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06KINSHASA793	ELECTIONS: PPRD SURPRISINGLY COMPETITIVE IN GRAND [...] (C) Summary: North Kivu's "Grand Nord" region, the assumed stronghold of candidates and political parties of Nande tribal origin, is undergoing a political transformation of sorts in the months leading up to the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections. Long a power base for nation [...]	2006-05-19 11:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UG RW ELECTIONS

06KINSHASA800	ITURI UPDATE: FARDC-MONUC OPERATION RETAKES [...] (C) Elements of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC),backed by MONUC peacekeepers, retook control of the Ituri town of Tchei (approximately 43 miles south of Bunia) May 21 during Operation Ituri Explorer. The operation, which was launched May 20 and included some 3,000 FARDC troops and 1,000 M [...]	2006-05-22 10:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA818	ECONOMICS ALONG THE UGANDAN BORDER: THE GRAND NORD [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff and PolOff visited Beni, Butembo and Kasindi in North Kivu province May 4-6. A strong Ugandan economic influence exists in the region, supported by both legal and illegal cross-border trade. Weak national and provincial-level government influence in the region further c [...]	2006-05-23 15:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELTN ECON EAGR CG
06KINSHASA827	ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION FACES MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary: As it organizes the DRC's first free elections in more than 40 years, the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) faces significant logistical challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country. The lack of an adequate transportation infrastructure makes delivering votin [...]	2006-05-24 16:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA851	ONE MONUC PEACEKEEPER KILLED, SEVEN OTHERS [...] (C) Officials with MONUC and the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) confirmed that one Nepalese peacekeeper was killed May 28 during an anti-militia operation in Ituri and that seven other Nepalese peacekeepers were captured. During Operation Ituri Element 3, a joint search-and-cordon operation w [...]	2006-05-30 11:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO CG
06KINSHASA853	ITURI UPDATE: MONUC CONFIRMS CAPTURED PEACEKEEPERS [...] (C) MONUC sources told PolOff May 30 they have verified that the seven Nepalese peacekeepers captured during operations May 28 (reftel) are alive and being held by militia leader Peter Karim. According to MONUC officials, MONUC is working with a group of intermediaries in Ituri to make contact [...]	2006-05-30 15:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO CG
06KINSHASA859	FARDC IN EASTERN DRC OFTEN UNDERMINING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) constitute one of the more problematic elements of the overall security situation in eastern DRC. Underpaid, underequipped, poorly disciplined, and poorly led, elements of the FARDC continue to harass, extort and menace local populations, thereb [...]	2006-05-31 11:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPKO KDEM MARR CG UG
06KINSHASA898	ITURI UPDATE: TALKS STILL UNDERWAY FOR RELEASE OF [...] (C) According to MONUC and Congolese government officials, talks are still underway with militia leader Peter Karim and his Front for National Integration (FNI) regarding the release of seven Nepalese peacekeepers captured in Tsupu May 28 (ref C). MONUC officials confirm that a Crisis Managemen [...]	2006-06-06 12:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA954	AJELLO STUMBLES IN PREMATURE ELECTORAL CALENDAR [...] (SBU) During a June 13 press conference in Brussels, European Union Special Representative for the Great Lakes Aldo Ajello reportedly presented what he claimed was the calendar for the second phase of the DRC's elections. According to Ajello, the results from the first round of elections (to b [...]	2006-06-15 16:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA959	ITURI UPDATE: MILITIAS SURRENDERING BEFORE NEW [...] (C) According to internal MONUC military reports, 120 militia members -- including two women -- from the Front for National Integration (FNI) in Ituri surrendered June 14 to MONUC and Congolese troops in Toni (approximately 12 miles southeast of Bunia). MONUC military officials said another 50 [...]	2006-06-16 14:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA963	UNIVERSITY STUDENTS SKEPTICAL ABOUT UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Summary: Many Congolese university students, particularly in the capital, have little faith in the elections or the transparency of the electoral process. Many say they see scant benefit in voting in an election when the outcome is assumed to be already set. Others say they have littl [...]	2006-06-19 10:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA966	ITURI UPDATE: MILITIAS CONTINUE TO SURRENDER [...] (C) According to internal MONUC military reports, more than 100 Ituri militia members surrendered to MONUC and Congolese troops June 16-17 in advance of a new June 30 disarmament deadline (reftel). MONUC officials said that nearly 300 militia members throughout Ituri have relinquished their we [...]	2006-06-19 11:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA972	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OSCAR KASHALA [...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidate (and AmCit oncologist) Oscar Kashala believes he is well positioned for July 30 elections, having forged an alliance with minor political parties that could lead to direct cooperation with Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba and/or UDPS leader Etienne Tshiseke [...]	2006-06-21 11:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA978	ITURI'S MILITIAS: WHY THEY CONTINUE TO FIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Ituri District's security has long been threatened by the presence of local armed militias backed by Congolese and Ugandan elements seeking to profit from the region's abundant natural resources, instability, and lack of central government authority. Over the past three years, a s [...]	2006-06-22 13:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM CG UG
06KINSHASA980	ITURI UPDATE: MORE THAN 200 MILITIA MEMBERS [...] (C) Internal MONUC military documents report that from June 20-21, more than 200 militia members voluntarily surrendered to MONUC and FARDC troops in Ituri. On June 20, 60 militia members surrendered to Pakistani peacekeepers at Nizi, turning over more than four dozen AK-47 rifles. The same da [...]	2006-06-22 15:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA988	UDPS SAYS VIOLENCE "INEVITABLE" AFTER ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: A top-ranking official with the opposition Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) said June 21 that violence will be "inevitable" in the DRC after the country's elections, and that his party will take "no responsibility" for what will take place. Claiming that the internat [...]	2006-06-23 14:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KIRKUK46	(C) ORGANIZED, WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION IN FUEL DISTRIBUTION [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: A highly organized corruption ring is running a black market for fuel in Kirkuk, manipulating fuel prices, and siphoning fuel to Iran and Turkey for profit. The organization parallels KDP and PUK party, Peshmerga and Asayish structures. Attempts to cover up its [...]	2006-02-26 19:06:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR EPET ECON PINS IZ
06KUALALUMPUR1499	MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S LATEST COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar rejected the draft United Nations (U.N.) resolution on Lebanon during an August 8 press conference. He also fielded questions on suggestions by former Prime Minister Mahathir that the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) supply arms [...]	2006-08-09 09:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NACB IS LE MY
06KUALALUMPUR1932	MALAYSIA SUPPORTS DRAFT UN DECLARATION ON RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On October 13, New Zealand Deputy High Commissioner Felicity Bloor, joined by New Zealand emboff, the human rights officer from the Australian High Commission, and poloff, delivered ref A demarche and accompanying documents to Astanah Banu, Principal Assistant Secretary in the MFA's mul [...]	2006-10-13 09:17:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIA UN MY
06KUALALUMPUR1975	MALAYSIAâ€™S CHINESE MINORITY: THE POLITICS OF MARGINALIZATION [...] (C) Malaysia's Chinese minority struggles to find new footing in national politics. In September Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew ignited a nation-wide debate on the marginalization of Malaysia's Chinese minority. Leaders from across the Chinese political spectrum agreed, at least p [...]	2006-10-19 09:04:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MY
06KUALALUMPUR2108	MALAYSIA ADOPTS NEW ANTI-TERROR LAWS [...] (C) Strong anti-terrorism provisions in Malaysia's Penal Code and Criminal Procedures Code will take effect January 1, 2007, following the early October finalization of amendments to these laws. Counterterrorism finance-related amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Act, the Subordinate Cour [...]	2006-11-14 09:05:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PTER PREL PINR KHLS ASEC MY
06KUALALUMPUR2137	CHIN REFUGEES STRUGGLE WHILE AWAITING UNHCR REGISTRATION AND RESETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) In their primitive jungle camps and at a medical clinic they established in Kuala Lumpur, Burmese Chin refugees recently described to us their harassment by police and their perceptions of UNHCR indifference regarding their plight. Up to 1,000 Chins live in jungle camps abutting palm oil plan [...]	2006-11-20 05:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF SMIG PREL PGOV UNHCR MY
06KUALALUMPUR2167	2006 UMNO GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EXTENDING (AND [...] (C) The defense of Malay rights, heated racial rhetoric, and Islamic themes dominated the 2006 UMNO General Assembly, with the often jolting Malay speak reaching Malaysians directly for the first time through unfiltered, live television coverage. Deputy Prime Minister Najib opened the 2006 U [...]	2006-11-27 08:17:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MY
06KUALALUMPUR313	CARTOON CONTROVERSY ENVELOPS MALAYSIA'S PREMIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new cartoon controversy erupted in Malaysia on February 20 when the country,s second-largest English-language newspaper, the New Straits Times (NST),published a syndicated cartoon poking fun at the global Prophet Muhammad cartoon controversy. Muslim NGOs and the Islamic opposi [...]	2006-02-23 11:29:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV KISL KPAO MY
06KUWAIT1041	KUWAIT'S DOMESTIC LABOR ADMINISTRATION TAKES [...] (U) Summary and Comment. PolOff and PolAssistant visited the Domestic Worker Administration (DWA) on March 18, and PolOff followed up with an unannounced visit to the DWA on March 22 to see how the GOK deals with domestic workers who have complaints. The DWA's role, as reported to Emboffs [...]	2006-03-25 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB RP KU TIP
06KUWAIT107	CAMELS JOCKEYED EXCLUSIVELY BY ROBOTS AT KUWAIT [...] On January 12, Poloff visited the Kuwait Camel Racing club in the Kabid area of Kuwait, located about 30km southwest of the capital city. During the November - April racing season, races take place for two to three hours most Thursdays. Poloff observed during his unscheduled two-hour visit that [...]	2006-01-16 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM KU
06KUWAIT1077	FREEDOM AGENDA: MUNICIPAL COUNCIL CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Talal Dashti, one of twelve candidates in an election for a vacant Municipal Council (MC) seat, told Poloff March 26 he refused to participate in a pre-election Shi'a primary to choose one of the seven Shi'a candidates in the election to represent the constituency's S [...]	2006-03-28 07:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT1084	LABOR MINISTRY REQUESTS TIP TRAINING IN CONTEXT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In a March 19 meeting, Amina Jowhar, Director of the International Relations Department at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),told EmbOffs that the GOK is reviewing plans to host a UN-sponsored conference on migran [...]	2006-03-28 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT1095	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT UPDATE: [...] (C) Summary and comment: While much work remains to be done, Post believes that the GOK is making significant efforts to combat human trafficking and to improve the working conditions and status of the large expatriate labor community. In the 2006 TIP report, we recommend that Kuwait be li [...]	2006-03-29 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT1096	KUWAIT REQUESTS U.S. PARTICIPATION IN EXPATRIATE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Amina Jowhar Ghazi (aka Amina Jowhar),Director of the International Relations Department of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),faxed Post a copy of a letter from the Undersecretary's office announcing MOSAL's inten [...]	2006-03-30 08:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT1135	FREEDOM AGENDA: MUNICIPAL COUNCIL DECISION SPARKS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Kuwait Municipal Council denied on March 20 a Catholic group's request for land to build a new church. The denial caused a vigorous public debate over the limits of religious freedom for non-Muslims in Kuwait. All agreed on freedom of conscience, but some argu [...]	2006-04-02 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT1176	FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAITI WOMEN "JUBILANT" AS THEY [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: For the first time since being given full political rights in May 2005, Kuwaiti women exercised their right to vote on April 4 in a Municipal Council by-election. Female campaign workers and voters were "jubilant" about exercising their political rights. "Today we [...]	2006-04-04 14:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
06KUWAIT1345	KUWAIT PASSES ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW [...] (U) Kuwait's National Assembly passed, and Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah signed, a law giving the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime the full force of law in Kuwait. Kuwait signed the Convention on December 12, 2000 but this action now gives it th [...]	2006-04-18 12:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB ZP TIP
06KUWAIT1346	KUWAITI STRATEGIC EXPERT: SMILES FOR RAFSANJANI, [...] (C) Dr. Sami Al-Faraj, Director of the Kuwait Center for Strategic Studies (KCSS),a private research institute, told Poloff April 18 that Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council Hashemi Rafsanjani, who concludes a three-day visit to Kuwait April 18, conveyed a veiled threat to the Kuwaiti leade [...]	2006-04-18 12:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT1352	KUWAIT: UN SOMA PASSED BY COMMITTEE BUT NOT BY [...] (U) Post has confirmed that, as of Monday April 17, the United Nations Status of Mission Agreement (SOMA) reputed to have passed in reftel has not yet been voted on in Kuwait's National Assembly (NA). The UN SOMA has been approved by the NA's Foreign Affairs Committee. Legislative action sta [...]	2006-04-19 13:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IZ KU
06KUWAIT1529	FREEDOM AGENDA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REVOKES [...] On May 1, the Constitutional Court, one of Kuwait's top judicial bodies, unexpectedly revoked a 1979 law prohibiting public gatherings without prior Government approval. In a verdict in a case against two Kuwaiti lawyers who faced up to two years in prison for holding a public meeting to crit [...]	2006-05-02 14:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KU
06KUWAIT1568	GCC ADVISOR: IRAN TOP ISSUE ON AGENDA OF THE MAY 6 [...] (C) Dr. Yacoub Al-Hayati, one of Kuwait's five members on the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) 30-member Advisory Committee, told Poloff May 2 that Iran's nuclear program would dominate the agenda of the "six-hour" GCC Consultative Summit scheduled to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 6. [...]	2006-05-03 14:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT1570	FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In a May 2 meeting, the Cabinet failed to agree on whether to support a reduction in the number of electoral constituencies from 25 to ten or five. Parliamentary debate on the issue, scheduled for May 15, could be postponed if the Government's proposal is further delayed. Nation [...]	2006-05-05 10:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT1622	ARAB IRANIAN COMMUNITY IN KUWAIT CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) On May 6, Poloff met with five activists from the Arab Iranian (Ahwazi) expatriate community in Kuwait at their request: Adulkhaligh Delavi, Sabah Haidary, Atiya Savari, Naji Sawaeidy, and Hosain Ahwazy, who currently lives in London. (Comment: Poloff was in a listening mode and did not [...]	2006-05-08 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT1623	FREEDOM AGENDA: BUREAUCRACY AND RELIGION COLLIDE [...] (C) Summary and comment: A committee of Kuwait's Municipal Council has engineered the refusal of a request from the National Evangelical Church (NEC) for a school license. (Note: The NEC serves as an umbrella organization for a loose grouping of Protestant groups. The legal sponsor of NEC i [...]	2006-05-08 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KU
06KUWAIT1637	UNDERSTANDING THE KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: The Islamic Constitutional Movement (Al-Haraka Al-Dusturi Al-Islamiyya),the political arm of the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood, is one of, if not the, largest and most influential political associations in Kuwait. (Note: The Government does not officially recognize [...]	2006-05-09 10:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT1638	UNDERSTANDING THE KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 10:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT1673	FREEDOM AGENDA: CABINET APPROVES TEN [...] (C) Summary and comment: On May 9, the Cabinet approved a draft law to reduce the number of electoral constituencies from 25 to ten. Information Minister Dr. Anas Al-Rashaid, a liberal who supports five constituencies, resigned in protest of the draft law and a related proposal (not approved) [...]	2006-05-10 15:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT1741	KUWAIT PIONEERS ISLAMIC MODERATION MOVEMENT; [...] (U) PolOff met Naser Mohammad Al-Ajmi, Secretary General of the Higher Committee on Strengthening Moderation (known as the Committee for Creating Programs and Plans Responsible for Protecting Youth from the Phenomena of Deviant Behavior and Religious Extremism until early 2006),on May 9 to di [...]	2006-05-15 13:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF UK RS KU RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
06KUWAIT1744	FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAIT'S ORANGE REVOLUTION: [...] (U) In a much-anticipated May 15 Parliament session, the Government introduced a bill to reduce the number of electoral constituencies from 25 to ten. Members of the Independent (pro-Government) bloc then submitted a motion to refer the bill to the Constitutional Court to examine its constit [...]	2006-05-15 14:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENGA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT1773	FREEDOM AGENDA: BETWEEN DISSOLUTION AND [...] (C) Summary: On May 16, Parliament approved by a simple majority a motion to refer the Government's draft law on constituency reform to the Constitutional Court for review. The session was boycotted by 29 MPs who support five constituencies and strongly criticize the Government for submitting [...]	2006-05-16 14:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT1934	KUWAIT INITIATES AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TARGETING [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (MAIA) has initiated the National Project for Domestic Workers (in Arabic it is the National Project for Domestic Worker Awareness-Raising) a project to raise awareness of the rights and responsibilities of domestic employees and their employer [...]	2006-05-29 08:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT200	SUCCESSION STRUGGLE: JABERS VS. SALEMS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Yousef Al-Zalzalah, a moderate Shi'a member of Parliament, told visitors to his diwaniya (traditional gathering) the evening of January 21 that the National Assembly had received two contradictory requests: one from the Cabinet to begin proceedings to declare Shaykh Saad medi [...]	2006-01-22 14:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU SUCCESSION
06KUWAIT2020	MFA OFFICIAL REQUESTS MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON [...] (S/NF) On May 29 PolOff delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Coordination and Follow-Up, Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, ref A information on two Kuwaiti detainees currently being held in Iraq: Abdelrahman Mobarak Meshakhas Al-Bathali and Ali Awad Faraj Al-Harbi. Al-Maqamis re [...]	2006-05-31 16:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PHUM KAWC PINR KU IQ
06KUWAIT2113	POST INFORMS GOK OF TIP RANKING; OFFICIALS LOOK [...] (SBU) Poloff met with representatives of three Kuwaiti Ministries on June 5 to inform them of Kuwait's rise from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watchlist: Saud Al-Saeedi, who handles human rights issues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Legal Department, Zakaria Al-Ansari, Assistant Director of the Inte [...]	2006-06-06 14:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT2147	KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO INDONESIA CRITICIZES GOK ON [...] (C) Kuwait's Ambassador to Indonesia, Mohammad Fadel Khalaf, met with the DCM on May 23 to discuss his concerns over the treatment of Indonesian domestic workers in Kuwait. He criticized Indonesia and especially his own government for not doing enough to protect Indonesian workers, and sugges [...]	2006-06-07 17:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL KIRF JO ID KU TIP RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
06KUWAIT2148	FREEDOM AGENDA AND JUNE 29 ELECTIONS: PROGRESS ON [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: The June 29 Kuwaiti parliamentary election campaign has commenced. Some observers will be tempted to use votes for women and reform candidates as a litmus test for the pace and success of political reform in the Gulf region. A more nuanced view is required. The [...]	2006-06-07 17:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2150	FREEDOM AGENDA: GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM BLOSSOMS IN [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Kuwait's recent "orange revolution" is the role played by the ad hoc coalition of pro-reform youth organizations known as the "orange movement." These youth organizations, which include both liberals and Islamists and were not [...]	2006-06-07 17:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2231	CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES OF FOREIGN LABORERS IN [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian expatriate labor community is Kuwait's second largest, surpassed only by the Indians. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Egyptian workers do not suffer as badly as workers from other expatriate communities. Post consulted with Egyptian Embassy officials as well as E [...]	2006-06-12 10:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM ELAB PREL EG KU TIP
06KUWAIT224	UP CLOSE WITH MUQTADA AL-SADR ON THE KUWAITI [...] (C) On January 21, PolOffs attended the diwaniya of a liberal Shia professor who is a close Embassy contact. The professor recounted an interchange he had with radical Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr at the diwaniya of a prominent Kuwaiti Shia real estate and hotel magnate. Al-Sadr had been [...]	2006-01-24 08:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2266	(S) ARAB IRANIAN LEADER CALLS ON U.S. TO LAUNCH [...] (S) Abdullah Yaseen Asakera -- also known as Abu Sa'ad, Abu Hussein, and Abu Fatima -- contacted Post and requested a meeting to talk about the Ahwazi (Arab) community in Iran. (Note: The Arab-Iranians call themselves the Ahwazis, after Ahwaz, the Arabized name of the capital of the heavily [...]	2006-06-13 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IR KU
06KUWAIT2271	THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS MY FRIEND: SUPPORT FOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: An emerging consensus between ideologically opposite political blocs on the need for political reform in Kuwait has led to the formation of a number of unprecedented alliances in advance of the June 29 parliamentary elections. Some Islamist groups, like the Islamic Constituti [...]	2006-06-13 15:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2298	FREEDOM AGENDA: LOCAL NGO RECRUITS VOLUNTEERS TO [...] (C/NF) In a June 14 meeting with Poloff, Nasser Al-Abdly, the Chairman of the Kuwait Society for Developing Democracy (www.demokwt.com),a local NGO, reported that his organization hoped to recruit 700 local volunteers to monitor Kuwait's June 29 parliamentary elections. He said KSDD had giv [...]	2006-06-14 17:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2392	FREEDOM AGENDA: WOMEN'S ELECTION PARTICIPATION [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: The participation of women in the June 29 parliamentary elections is having a profound impact on Kuwaiti society. Issues of equality and social import have taken a prominent place in the local media, and candidates have been forced to address issues important to w [...]	2006-06-19 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KWMN KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2417	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PERSUADING OIC MEMBERS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 13:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AORC PHUM PREF ICRC KU
06KUWAIT2419	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: WELCOME TO THE BIG TOP: [...] (C/NF) Campaigning in Kuwait is quite a production. In addition to waxing eloquent on all manner of issues, candidates are expected to provide lavish buffets, fresh-squeezed juice, copious amounts of tea and coffee, and big screen TVs showing the latest World Cup match. And all this in the [...]	2006-06-20 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2446	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: CORRUPTION EMERGES AS THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Corruption has emerged as the central issue in the June 29 parliamentary elections. Allegations of vote-buying are common and often politically-motivated, but there is no doubt that some candidates attempt to influence voters with bribes. Nonetheless, the intensity of the ca [...]	2006-06-21 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EIND KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT251	MEETING WITH RIHS CHAIRMAN: DEFENSIVE IN FACE OF [...] (C) Summary: On January 24, Emboffs (Poloff, Econoff, PolMiloff) conducted a meeting with Tareq Al-Essa, chairman of the influential Kuwaiti-based Islamic charity, Revival of the Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS)--"Jamiat Ahiya Al-Turath Al-Islami." During the meeting, Al-Essa was charming but [...]	2006-01-25 12:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KTFN KU
06KUWAIT2521	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: STRENGTHENED ANTI-FRAUD [...] (C/NF) During a June 24 meeting, the Director of the Ministry of Interior's National Assembly Elections Department, Ali Murad, showed Poloff the voting stands and transparent ballot boxes the GOK has ordered to prevent electoral fraud in the June 29 parliamentary elections. The voting stands [...]	2006-06-26 09:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2527	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: CABINET SHUFFLE RUMORED LIKELY [...] (C/NF) Summary: With the June 29 parliamentary elections fast approaching, candidates are making one final push to garner support. Several high-profile former members of Parliament are expected to easily win re-election, but beyond these it is unclear who will emerge victorious. Most contac [...]	2006-06-26 13:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2568	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: YOUTH ACTIVISTS HIGHLIGHT [...] (C/NF) In a June 26 meeting with Poloff, "orange movement" (ref B) leaders Kahled Al-Fadhalah, Jassem Al-Maqamis, and Dana Al-Salem shared their views on the upcoming elections. All three studied in the U.S. and were active in the U.S. branch of the National Union of Kuwait Students (NUKS). [...]	2006-06-27 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2569	KUWAITI NGO SAYS IT WILL BREAK THE IMPASSE OVER [...] (C) Summary: Social Work Society Chairman Faisal Al-Masoud called Poloff to say that the GOK had decided it could not implement the standard domestic worker contract it promised as part of an effort to improve the lot of domestic workers because of popular opposition. Al-Masoud claims he h [...]	2006-06-27 14:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT2593	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: KUWAITI CANDIDATES REPRESENT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Two hundred and fifty-two candidates will compete in Kuwait's National Assembly elections on June 29. Over 340,000 voters will go to 91 polling stations between 8:00 am and 8:00 pm to elect two representatives from each of 25 electoral districts. Fifty-seven percen [...]	2006-06-28 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2600	FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAITI WOMEN NOT REPRESENTED IN [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Kuwaiti women voted and ran for office for the first time on June 29. While initial reports indicate only 35% of registered women voted, EmbOffs who visited polling stations saw crowds of women taking part in the electoral process in both urban and tribal areas. [...]	2006-06-30 12:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT263	UN REQUESTS ASSISTANCE WITH UPCOMING KUWAIT-IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) Summary: In a January 25 meeting with the Ambassador, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative, Moez Doraid, requested assistance for the upcoming border assessment team's visit to the Kuwait-Iraq border area [...]	2006-01-25 14:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ UN
06KUWAIT2773	MELKITES DENIED PERMISSION TO BUILD CHURCH [...] (C/NF) On July 8, the Technical Committee of the Municipal Council officially denied the Greek Catholic (Melkite) Church's request for land on which to build a new church. Committee chairman Majid Al-Mutairi told Church representative Pier Maloof that the Committee had refused the applicati [...]	2006-07-10 10:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KIRF KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2774	FREEDOM AGENDA: EMBASSY ANALYSIS OF ELECTION [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Kuwaiti news media reported that only 35% of eligible women voted in the June 29 Parliamentary elections. Post's statistical analysis puts the number at approximately 60%. Although Islamists made gains in the National Assembly, a close look at the voting number [...]	2006-07-10 12:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2775	FAMILIAR FACES IN KUWAIT'S NEW CABINET; TWO [...] (C/NF) Amir Shaykh Sabah approved July 10 the new Cabinet proposed by Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Sabah. As is customary, the previous Cabinet resigned July 1 after the parliamentary elections (ref A). The new 16-member Cabinet, the 23rd since Kuwait gained independence in 1962, [...]	2006-07-10 13:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT2821	FREEDOM AGENDA: CABINET APPROVES FIVE CONSTITUENCY [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: The new Cabinet approved July 11 a draft electoral reform bill and a draft bill to write off the interest on retirees' loans. Many saw the measures as a conciliatory move by the Government to repair relations with Parliament. Jassem Al-Khorafi was re-elected as Sp [...]	2006-07-12 15:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT2822	PARLIAMENT ESTABLISHES COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS THE [...] (U) In its inaugural session on July 12, Kuwait's new Parliament voted unanimously to establish a committee for dealing with the over 100,000 "Bidoon" -- Arabs with no legal documentation proving their citizenship -- living in Kuwait. The proposal for the committee was initiated by MP Khudair [...]	2006-07-12 15:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT2871	FREEDOM AGENDA: REFORMERS WIN MAJOR VICTORY AS [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Parliament voted July 17 to reduce the number of electoral constituencies from 25 to five. The vote comes after months of contentious debate on the issue, which culminated in the Amir's dissolution of Parliament on May 21. According to one liberal political analy [...]	2006-07-17 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT2896	PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEW PUBLIC AND AMIRI BUDGETS [...] (U) On July 18, Parliament held its final session before recessing for the summer. The assembly is scheduled to reconvene on October 30. During the session, Parliament voted 39 to 10, with two abstentions, in favor of the 2006-2007 public budget previously approved by the Cabinet. The 10.86 [...]	2006-07-19 11:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EFIN KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT3078	BIDOON ACTIVIST MP: BIDOON (STATELESS ARABS) ARE [...] (C/NF) After the recent announcement of the formation of a Bidoon Affairs Committee in the National Assembly, Poloff met with Committee Rapporteur Khodair Al-Enezi on July 29 to hear his views the Bidoon issue. (Note: The Bidoon -- which means "without" in Arabic -- are Arab residents whose [...]	2006-08-01 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PTER KU
06KUWAIT3099	TFLE01: A PRESS WAR OF WORDS ON NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The Kuwaiti press printed August 1 virulent and anti-U.S. comments made by MPs. One Arabic daily headlined its front page with a paraphrase of one statement: "Americans and Israelis are SOBs and Bastards." While previously relatively balanced in its news covera [...]	2006-08-02 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OPRC PREL PGOC KMDR KPAO KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3167	KUWAIT ISLAMIC AFFAIRS MINISTRY VISITS U.S. TO [...] (C/NF) PolOff met Saad Al-Hajji, Director of the Family Development Department at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (MAIA) as well as the Barirah program to raise awareness about domestic labor (ref B),on August 6 to discuss FALCon, Post's anti-TIP ESF project (ref E). Al-Hajji ment [...]	2006-08-07 08:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KIRF PTER KU
06KUWAIT3447	(C) KUWAITI OFFICIAL CORROBORATES INFORMATION ON [...] (C/NF) In an August 23 meeting, PolOff delivered cleared USNAVCENT Intelligence information on Hizballah missiles used against Israel to Shaykh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah, the Office Director of the President of the National Security Bureau, Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahd Al-Sabah. (Note: This information was [...]	2006-08-23 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MNUC IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT347	FREEDOM AGENDA: POLITICAL ACTIVISTS AND MPS HOPE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: As Shaykh Sabah took the Amiri oath on January 29, leading political activists and parliamentarians (MPs) met to welcome the "new era" and call for greater political and economic reforms. In a Kuwait Graduates Society seminar entitled, "What Do We Want from the New [...]	2006-01-31 13:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETTC KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT3535	KUWAIT BASED ARAB-IRANIAN ACTIVIST DESCRIBES [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: During an August 27 meeting with Poloff, Khalil Delavi, an Iranian Ahwazi (Arab) activist and member of the Democratic Solidarity Party of Al-Ahwaz (DSPA),outlined the basic characteristics of a number of Ahwazi opposition groups operating outside of Iran. (Note: [...]	2006-08-30 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINS IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3618	ON IRAN, KUWAIT PREPARING CONTINGENCY PLANS AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a September 5 meeting, National Security Bureau (NSB) Iran analyst Ghanim Al-Otaibi told PolOff that the Kuwaiti government's (GOK) strategy for dealing with Iran covered three main areas: political, military, and internal security. According to Al-Otaibi, all governme [...]	2006-09-09 12:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3650	KUWAIT TO HOLD MODERATION CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON [...] (C/NF) The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (MAIA) has informed Post in a diplomatic note dated August 30 that it will hold its Moderation Conference (reftels) in Washington, DC from November 17 - 19. The event will not be a conference in the traditional sense: it will not be open to t [...]	2006-09-11 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KIRF KU
06KUWAIT3692	AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE PLANS TRIP TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Kuwait's Ambassador-designate to Iraq Ali Al-Mumin cited reciprocity issues as the most important stumbling block to upgraded diplomatic representation in Baghdad. He noted that issues involving security, site location and transportation between Iraq and Kuwait needed to be reso [...]	2006-09-14 11:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL OFDP PINR SOCI IZ KU
06KUWAIT3733	SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC ON HIZBALLAH, IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a September 13 meeting with PolOff, senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri shared his views on regional developments and Shi'a-Sunni relations in Kuwait. Al-Mohri said Hizballah was more popular among Kuwaiti Shi'a than before the recent Israel-Hizballah [...]	2006-09-17 13:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KTFN IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3741	KUWAIT TAKES ACTION ON KEY TIP ACTION PLAN ITEMS: [...] (C/NF) Summary. The GOK has made progress on a number of key items on the Kuwait TIP Tier 2 Watchlist Action Plan. The Ministry of Interior announced the implementation of a standardized domestic worker contract beginning October 1. Post will monitor implementation closely. GOK contacts hav [...]	2006-09-18 07:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB PHUM KU TIP
06KUWAIT3787	CONTINUED ANGER OVER POPE'S COMMENTS; ISLAMISTS [...] (C/NF) Summary: The furor over the Pope's comments has continued unabated in Kuwait, fanned by some conservative Islamists' depiction of the comments as further evidence of a Judeo-Christian conspiracy against Islam. The subject has dominated editorials over the past week with almost all aut [...]	2006-09-20 14:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL VT KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT3830	FORMER GCC SECRETARY GENERAL: "NO COMMON GCC [...] (C/NF) Summary: Former Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Ambassador Abdullah Bishara told PolOff September 19 the GCC had "no common strategy on Iran," a problem he attributed largely to friction between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. He believed an effective GCC strategy should sup [...]	2006-09-24 13:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3874	INVITATION DELIVERED: CIVILIAN CENTCOM CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 13:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL KU IZ DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT3875	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PSI PARTICIPATION IN EXERCISE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC KU DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT3889	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GCC+2 FOLLOW-UP MEETING IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Shaykh Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al-Sabah, Office Director for Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, confirmed to PolOff by SMS on September 28 that FM Dr. Mohamm [...]	2006-09-30 08:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KU DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT3965	JUSTICE MINISTER STRESSES INDEPENDENCE OF [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met with Dr. Abdullah Al-Maatouq, who currently serves as both Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, on September 27 to inquire about his plans for the Ministry of Justice. The Minister, who took over the Justice portfolio in February, said that [...]	2006-10-03 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KIPR KTFN EFIN PTER KU
06KUWAIT397	GCC STRATEGY ON IRAN: "HOPING FOR A MIRACLE" [...] (C) Summary and comment: Former Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General Ambassador Abdullah Bishara told Poloff in a February 1 meeting that while the GCC "has no other option than to comply with any UNSC resolution," it would not publicly support such a step. GCC countries had exp [...]	2006-02-05 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL SENV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3993	GOK CONFIRMS THAT STANDARDIZED DOMESTIC LABOR [...] (C/NF) PolCounselor and PolOff visited Abdullah Al-Ruwaih, the Director of Immigration at the Ministry of Interior (MOI),on October 3 to inquire about the Ministry's plans to begin enforcing the standardized, three-party domestic labor contract on October 1. Al-Ruwaih confirmed that as of [...]	2006-10-04 13:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT407	KUWAIT: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) Note on classification: Kuwait's extensive support for U.S. and Coalition troops in the country is sensitive both domestically and in the region. While all of the figures in the unclassified and the sensitive but unclassified sections of this report are from unclassified SIPDIS source [...]	2006-02-06 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MCAP MOPS KU
06KUWAIT410	ROBOTS REQUIRED AT KUWAIT CAMEL RACING [...] On February 5, Poloff and LES Pol Assistant attended the opening day of the Sixth Annual Camel Racing Championship, which runs through February 9. Robots have been used in the more minor races leading up to this event (ref A). This was the first of the annual championship races in Kuwait, how [...]	2006-02-06 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM KU TIP
06KUWAIT4158	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INFORMATION REGARDING [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-18 06:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KNNP KN KU DEMARCHE

06KUWAIT4178	ISLAMIC AFFAIRS MINISTRY CAMPAIGNS TO SPREAD [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Kuwait's Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs launched an initiative in 2005 to spread moderation among Muslims and present Islam as a moderate religion to non-Muslims. The Ministry has recently opened its World Moderation Center, a special agency to implement [...]	2006-10-18 13:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KIRF KU
06KUWAIT42	KUWAITI SHELTER FOR DOMESTIC LABORERS ALMOST OPEN [...] (U) Summary: Kuwaiti Union for Domestic Labor Offices (KUDLO) Director General Hashim Maged Sayyid Mohammad told us January 3 that he is waiting for final Interior Ministry approval in order to open a 50-bed shelter for domestic workers. The KUDLO-funded and run shelter will also offer legal [...]	2006-01-05 07:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KCRM KU
06KUWAIT4205	SPLITS EMERGING IN PARLIAMENT'S 17-MEMBER ISLAMIC [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Splits within the 17-member Islamic Bloc have recently surfaced. The tensions are largely between independent Islamists and those affiliated with a political association outside Parliament. While the two groups agree on fundamental issues, they differ over propos [...]	2006-10-23 06:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KISL KDEM KU ISLAMISTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT4206	FREEDOM AGENDA: OPPOSITION GROUPS IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The three opposition groups in Parliament -- the Islamic Bloc (17 MPs),the Popular Action Bloc (9 MPs),and the National Action Bloc (8 MPs) -- announced the formation of a new, 34-member Reform Bloc, culminating weeks of meetings between the groups. They also agreed on a com [...]	2006-10-23 06:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT4351	NGOS SAY NEW DOMESTIC LABOR CONTRACT IS A FIRST [...] (C/NF) Summary. After more than a year of delay, the GOK recently implemented a rule that all domestic laborers coming to Kuwait must sign a standard, three-party (recruitment agency, worker, employer/sponsor) contract. The contract provides for, among other things, minimum wages and daily [...]	2006-11-05 05:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB IN SL ET KU TIP
06KUWAIT436	FY 2007 ESF PROPOSAL: "PROJECT RESPECT" TO RAISE [...] Embassy Kuwait requests ESF funding for an anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) campaign targeted primarily at increasing protection for East and South Asian workers, the most vulnerable labor communities in Kuwait. Project RESPECT (Reaching Employers and Sponsors to Prevent and End Crimes of T [...]	2006-02-07 14:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB EAID KU TIP
06KUWAIT4416	KUWAITI PSYCHOLOGIST USES AMERICAN-STYLE [...] (C/NF) Summary. PolOff met with Dr. Bashir Al-Rashidi, a U.S.-trained psychologist who is involved in the training of imams to embrace a moderate version of Islam, as part of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs' (MAIA) larger "moderation" initiative. One way Al-Rashidi has contributed [...]	2006-11-08 12:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF KISL KU
06KUWAIT4418	PARLIAMENT APPROVES ZAKAT LAW DESPITE SHI'A [...] (C/NF) Summary: On November 7, Parliament passed a zakat (religious tax) law opposed by Kuwaiti Shi'a. Liberal parliamentarian (MP) Mishari Al-Anjari downplayed the Islamist nature of the zakat law, saying it was "just a way to collect one percent from companies" to supplement the government [...]	2006-11-08 13:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT4430	FREEDOM AGENDA: RUMBLINGS OF ANOTHER PARLIAMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Kuwait has been buzzing with rumors over the last two weeks that the Amir may dissolve Parliament again, this time unconstitutionally for a period of up to three years. Many Kuwaitis have come out strongly against such a move, arguing that it would exacerbate existing politic [...]	2006-11-10 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT4463	KUWAIT TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (C/NF) The GOK has provided Post with updated figures on prosecutions of trafficking-related crimes (Kuwait does not have a specific anti-trafficking law). The statistics address some of the deficiencies noted in last year's figures in that they specify not only the number of convictions, but [...]	2006-11-15 13:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT4467	PRESS REACTS TO DENIAL OF VISA TO SUDANESE LEADER [...] (C/NF) Several Kuwaiti dailies ran front page stories on November 13 about the denial of a visa to Dr. Issam Al-Basheer. Al-Basheer had planned to attend a conference on Islamic moderation in Washington, DC (reftel). Al-Seyassah wrote that "informed sources" had reported that Dr. Al-Basheer [...]	2006-11-18 04:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KIRF KISL CVIS SU KU
06KUWAIT4498	INFLUENTIAL AL-SABAH EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a November 17 meeting with Poloff, Shaykh Mohammed Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, an influential ruling family member with close ties to the Amir, expressed frustration with the Prime Minister's "weakness" and his inability to control an increasingly assertive Parliament. He complai [...]	2006-11-21 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT4514	KUWAIT'S BIDOON (STATELESS RESIDENTS): BACKGROUND [...] (C/NF) Summary: The "Bidoon" are people living in Kuwait who assert rights to Kuwaiti citizenship and who deny that they have a right to citizenship in any other country. It is the highest profile human rights issue in Kuwaiti domestic politics. The GOK argues that most of the approximatel [...]	2006-11-26 06:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KU
06KUWAIT4579	(C) C-NE6-01698: KUWAITI ISLAMISTS' INITIATIVES ON [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: The women's issues legislation recently drafted by Islamist parliamentarians aims to increase state benefits provided to Kuwaiti women, not change their social and political status. It is likely the result of women's suffrage and recent electoral reforms resulting [...]	2006-12-06 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KISL KWMN KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT4580	KUWAITI "AHWAZ ACTIVIST" MEETS WITH EUROPEAN [...] (S/NF) Over the past several months, a Kuwaiti in his mid-fifties named Faisal Al-Khazal has met with several European embassies in Kuwait to enlist their support for his alleged Ahwazi opposition group. (Note: Ahwaz is the Arabized name of the capital of Khuzestan, a predominantly Arab prov [...]	2006-12-06 14:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4583	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LEADER WARNS OF IMPACT OF IRAQ [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Secretary General of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),Dr. Bader Al-Nashi, told Poloff December 6 that sectarian violence in Iraq was contributing to rising Shi'a-Sunni tensions in Kuwait. While he did not believe violence between the two communities was likely, [...]	2006-12-06 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL IR IZ KU ISLAMISTS SHI
06KUWAIT4610	ISLAMIC AFFAIRS UNDERSECRETARY: MODERATION [...] (C/NF) Summary: Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Undersecretary Dr. Adel Al-Falah told the DCM on December 5 that the Ministry's recent conference in Washington had been a great success, though he provided few details about the proceedings. He said the Ministry is looking forward to h [...]	2006-12-10 10:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KISL CVIS KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT4626	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION; [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Hamid Bou Rahmah on December 9. Rahmah said that he would ensure the points were delivered to the Foreign Minister for consideration. ********************************************* * For mo [...]	2006-12-12 03:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KU DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT4649	FILIPINO LABOR ATTACHE SAYS MINIMUM WAGE FOR [...] (C/NF) PolOff met with Filipino Labor Attache Leopoldo De Jesus on December 12 to discuss recent reports that the Philippines intends to increase the monthly minimum wage for Filipino domestic workers from USD 200 to USD 400. De Jesus verified that all domestic workers leaving the Philippine [...]	2006-12-13 12:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KHUM ELAB RP KU TIP
06KUWAIT467	AMIR APPROVES NEW CABINET: SHI'A AND ICM GAIN; [...] (C) Summary: Amir Shaykh Sabah approved on February 9 a new Cabinet, which was particularly notable for the appointment of a second Shi'a minister and one of the leaders of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait. The appointments like [...]	2006-02-09 17:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU PINR SUCCESSION
06KUWAIT4678	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNGA AORC KU
06KUWAIT4679	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESULTS OF THE 2006 COPENHAGEN MTCR PLENARY [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE MNUC TSPA KU
06KUWAIT475	CORRECTED COPY -- AMIR APPROVES NEW CABINET: SHI'A [...] (C) Summary: Amir Shaykh Sabah approved on February 9 a new Cabinet, which was particularly notable for the appointment of a second Shi'a minister and one of the leaders of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait. The appointments like [...]	2006-02-11 07:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT505	KUWAIT UNION OF DOMESTIC LABOR OFFICES (KUDLO) [...] (C) The Municipal Council closed down the Kuwait Union of Domestic Labor Offices (KUDLO) headquarters on February 7th. (Note: KUDLO, an independent association of offices that hire out domestic laborers, aims to systematize the domestic labor sector in Kuwait. They were on the verge of opening [...]	2006-02-13 11:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM ELAB KU
06KUWAIT554	NEW LABOR MINISTER OPEN TO ENDING EXPATRIATE LABOR [...] (U) New Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah said that he is open to looking into alternatives to Kuwait's system of sponsorship of foreign workers. His remarks came in an interview with Al-Watan newspaper, in which he was aked about the ILO's request that Kuwait end the [...]	2006-02-15 13:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KU
06KUWAIT560	SHI'A MP DISILLUSIONED BY RAMPANT GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Saleh Khorshid, a moderate Shi'a member of Parliament, told Poloff in a February 15 meeting that he was pessimistic about the prospects for political and economic reform in Kuwait given what he characterized as wide-spread, institutionalized government corruption. He [...]	2006-02-15 15:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV EINV PINR KU
06KUWAIT578	GCC FEARS BEING LABELED PRO-ISRAELI FOR [...] (C) Dr. Yacoub Al-Hayati, one of Kuwait's five members on the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) Advisory Committee, told Poloff in a February 19 meeting the GCC was hesitant to directly confront Iran over its nuclear program for fear of being labeled by Iran as pro-Israeli, a view he repeated [...]	2006-02-19 14:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT594	SCENESETTER FOR COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S FEB. 28 - [...] (U) We look forward to your visit to Kuwait. We have requested meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Minister of Energy Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and Minister of Finance Bader M. Al-Humaidhi. Your visit [...]	2006-02-21 07:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ENRG KU IZ IR
06KUWAIT630	SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC SAYS IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri told Poloff in a February 21 meeting that Iranian "reformers" had been politically marginalized by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and exercised little restraint on the President's conservative policies. He disco [...]	2006-02-22 14:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT661	KUWAITI SHI'A AND SUNNIS CONDEMN IRAQ SHRINE [...] (C) Summary and comment: During a February 24 rally at the Shi'a Imam Hussein mosque, Kuwaitis from across the religious and political spectrum condemned the bombing of the Al-Askariya shrine in Iraq. While most speakers blamed the attack on Sunni extremists and stressed the need for Muslim [...]	2006-02-27 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS SHI
06KUWAIT724	NEW NGO LOBBIES GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT ON EXPAT [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met on March 1st with the Social Work Society (SWS) of Kuwait, a new NGO devoted to advocating for expatriate labor rights. The NGO claims it has found corruption in the GOK's dealings with foreign laborers, but it is optimistic about the new government's declared focus on [...]	2006-03-04 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM ELAB KU
06KUWAIT746	FREEDOM AGENDA: WIVES OF STATELESS MEN FOCUS ON [...] Summary and Comment: A March 4 meeting of Kuwaiti women married to "bidoon" (stateless Arabs) serves as a positive indicator that MEPI programs are reaching and influencing targeted audiences in Kuwait. Echoing themes researched by a recent MEPI small grant recipient for a project on how Kuw [...]	2006-03-05 11:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KU
06KUWAIT749	GUANTANAMO DETAINEES RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (U) On March 5, only hours after Kuwait's Court of First Instance heard opening arguments in the case charging five Kuwaitis formerly held at Guantanamo with membership in Al-Qaeda, the court abruptly issued an oral decision to release four of the five men from prison on 500 dinar bail (appro [...]	2006-03-05 15:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT804	FREEDOM AGENDA: OPPOSING REACTIONS TO THE NEW [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Reactions to the newly-passed Press and Publications law (reftel) have varied widely and at times tended to hyperbole. One knowledgeable post contact sees it as a great step forward while another fears it will lead to the end of quality journalism in Kuwait. Liberal [...]	2006-03-08 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KHUM IR KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT849	IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD DOMESTIC LABOR CONTRACT [...] (U) The GOK has decided to again delay the implementation of its standard domestic labor contract until August. The three-party contract is between the worker, the employer/sponsor, and the Kuwaiti recruitment agency and clearly spells out wages, benefits, breaks and other working conditions [...]	2006-03-13 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT86	SOMETIME STRATEGIC ADVISOR TO GOK SAYS IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Sami Al-Faraj, the director of the Kuwait Center for Strategic Studies (KCSS) and a regularly contracted advisor to various government ministries in Kuwait on national security issues, told Poloff January 8 that the GOK views Iran as a threat. According to Al-Faraj, the Gov [...]	2006-01-09 14:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT881	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION'S TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE'S [...] Summary: Kuwait hosted the 50th session of the Tripartitite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on March 14, 2006 with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, Britain, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC),and Embassies Kuwait and Baghdad in attendance. [...]	2006-03-15 10:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT891	FREEDOM AGENDA - ELECTORAL REFORM PART I OF III: [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: This is the first in a series of three cables on electoral reform in Kuwait. Debate over proposals to reduce the number of electoral constituencies, a key political reform, continues to dominate political discussion in Kuwait. Reducing the number of constituencies [...]	2006-03-15 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT892	FREEDOM AGENDA - ELECTORAL REFORM PART II OF III: [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: This is the second in a series of three cables on electoral reform in Kuwait. A majority of Kuwaitis support reducing the number of electoral districts from the current 25 to 10, or fewer; however, there is still an influential minority opposing the reform. The mos [...]	2006-03-15 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT921	IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD DOMESTIC LABOR CONTRACT [...] (U) The GOK has decided to again delay the implementation of its standard domestic labor contract until August. The three-party contract is between the worker, the employer/sponsor, and the Kuwaiti recruitment agency and clearly spells out wages, benefits, breaks and other working conditions [...]	2006-03-18 10:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT972	FREEDOM AGENDA: THE PROPOSED NEW LABOR LAW: [...] (U) Summary: The Government has identified passing a new Labor Law as one of its legislative priorities, though Post contacts doubt its passage in the short term. The Kuwait Bar Association held March 13 a seminar to debate the benefits of a proposed new Labor Law. The participants, represen [...]	2006-03-20 09:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM KU TIP
06KUWAIT976	IOM'S EFFORT TO ESTABLISH MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER [...] (SBU) The UAE Permanent Mission in Geneva sent a letter on February 8 to the Geneva headquarters of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) stating that the GCC countries would not host a migrant resource center. Mohammad Al-Nassery, IOM Chief of Mission in Kuwait, presented a copy [...]	2006-03-20 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT998	NATO'S ICI VISIT BRINGS MISUNDERSTANDINGS TO A HEAD [...] (C) Summary and Comment: NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) delegation to Kuwait briefed over a dozen NATO member country mission chiefs on its March 19 meetings with GOK officials. According to the head of the six-person delegation, Rear Admiral Dr. Deniz Kutluk of Turkey, the Kuw [...]	2006-03-21 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL PTER IR IZ KU
06KYIV4028	UKRAINE: LIKELY GOU ABSTENTION ON UNGA VOTE ON [...] (U) On October 16 we delivered reftel demarche regarding the upcoming UNGA vote on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to Andriy Beshta of the MFA UN Directorate. Neither Australia nor New Zealand have an embassy in Kyiv. 2. (C) While making our points, poloff noted that th [...]	2006-10-18 12:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UN UP
06KYIV4106	UKRAINE WILL PROBABLY ABSTAIN ON UPCOMING [...] (U) On October 26, 2006, we delivered points in reftels to Andriy Beshta of the MFA UN directorate. 2. (C) Mr. Beshta said Ukraine would "not support" the UNGA resolutions on the situation of human rights and children in Lebanon described in reftel A. 3. (C) Mr. Beshta also stated that U [...]	2006-10-26 15:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER UP
06LAGOS1048	BAYELSA SSG DISCUSSES IJAW MILITANTS' OBJECTIVES [...] (C) Bayelsa Secretary to the State Government Dr. Godknows Igali said steps must be taken quickly to improve the prospects of Niger Delta inhabitants in order to prevent more kidnappings of expatriate oil workers. The Secretary claims FNDIC leader Tom Polo has been momentarily placated by Pr [...]	2006-07-31 13:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1076	DEVELOPMENT AS ROAD TO GOVERNORSHIP [...] (U) On July 18 Governor Goodluck Jonathan of Bayelsa State published the Bayelsa Partnership Initiative (BPI),describing it as a vehicle for community-driven sustainable development. In anticipation of the rather lengthy process of stakeholder input and approval by the Bayelsa House of Assem [...]	2006-08-07 12:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1285	SOUTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS THROUGH [...] (U) Summary: These snippets of political information from southern Nigeria are offered for their insights into the politics of the region. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- - Another Voice Saying the EFCC Has Lost Its Way ------------------------------------------ [...]	2006-10-17 15:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1288	IMPEACHMENT FEVER HITS EKITI [...] (U) Summary: Embattled Governor Ayo Fayose has gone underground and may have left Ekiti State following his removal after a lightning-quick impeachment proceeding by the Ekiti State Assembly on October 16. A panel convened by the Chief Justice of Ekiti State had earlier acquitted the Governo [...]	2006-10-17 16:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1313	STATE INECS PREPARE FITFULLY FOR VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Before the announcement by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) that nationwide registration would be postponed until October 25, Poloff took a swing through Nigeria's six Southwestern States to assess the status of voter registration. State INEC officials told Poloff [...]	2006-10-30 13:43:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1317	THE GODFATHER OF OYO STATE CHOOSES HIS MAN [...] (C) Summary. Oyo State strongman Lamidi Adedibu and current Oyo State Governor Christopher Alao-Akala have ended the feud between them. In return for the old man's support for his 2007 gubernatorial bid, Akala has promised to share some government funds with Adedibu, who, in turn, will use [...]	2006-10-31 07:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1320	FOLLOW THE ROADS TO FIND THE PROBLEMS IN EDO STATE [...] Summary: Conflictual politics and benighted leadership in local and state governments have contributed to miserable conditions for the residents in Edo State, best characterized by the overloaded, cratered roads of this trade-oriented State. Governor Lucky Igbinedion, lacking both vision and [...]	2006-11-01 07:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1332	DELTA SITREP: ONE AMCIT, ONE BRIT KIDNAPPED NEAR [...] (C) Summary: American citizen Jim Nelson Brazel and British citizen Martin Madison were kidnapped early morning November 2 off the shore of Bayelsa State. Both expatriates work for Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS),a Norwegian oil exploration firm under contract to Chevron. The expatriates wer [...]	2006-11-02 15:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1355	VOTER REGISTRATION IN OGUN STATE STILL WAITING TO [...] (C) Summary: The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) registration has been hampered by a lack of registration machines, by maintenance issues, and by inexperience. NGOs report registration stations are inaccessible to most rural residents. Journalists recount allegations by [...]	2006-11-16 10:00:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1364	OGUN STATE GOVERNOR'S FORMULA FOR RE-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Ogun State Governor Otunba Gbenga Daniel appears in firm control of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) apparatus in his State and is favored to win a second term. The Daniel administration has increased revenues, slightly improved public services, and continued road construct [...]	2006-11-21 11:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1365	WILLBROS AMCITS REMAIN CAPTIVE IN LABOR DISPUTE; [...] (C) Summary: Six Americans remain among the thirty-five employees of Willbros oil services company held up at the company's Choba I facility in Rivers State over a labor dispute. The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) claims the controverted collective bargaining a [...]	2006-11-21 12:27:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ELAB ASEC PTER NI
06LAGOS1369	SOUTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS FOR OCTOBER 2006 [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo tells Speakers to stop further gubernatorial impeachments. Police in Rivers State captured six men alleged to have kidnapped expatriates in Port Harcourt and Eket. Bayelsa Governor Jonathon touts bridges, housing, and orphanages on the gubernatorial campaign [...]	2006-11-22 09:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1372	NIGER DELTA YOUTH SUMMIT: A STARTING POINT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Niger Delta youth leaders are preparing a plan of action and initiatives to bring peace to the Niger Delta. These efforts follow an October 2-4 summit which brought together fifty youth leaders, resulting in a 12-point communique to address the root causes of violence in the Del [...]	2006-11-22 12:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PTER PINR EPET NI
06LAGOS1375	MILITANTS KIDNAP 7 EXPATS FROM AGIP VESSEL, NO [...] (C) Summary. On November 22, militants reportedly took seven expatriates hostage from AGIP's FPSO Mystras vessel. No American citizens are involved in this incident, according to an AGIP contact. The British Deputy High Commission reported that one British, a Romanian, a Filipino, an Italian [...]	2006-11-23 09:05:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1376	BRITON KILLED, ITALIAN INJURED IN [...] (C) The British hostage kidnapped from AGIP's FPSO Mystras vessel November 22 was killed during a fusillade between the hostage-takers and a military patrol boat the day of the kidnapping. The six other hostages were freed as a result of this encounter. AGIP's Deputy Managing Director, Akin [...]	2006-11-24 15:53:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1385	COMMUNITY ACTIVIST/CANDIDATE ON BAYELSA SECURITY & [...] (C) Summary. Nalaguo Chris Alagoa, Project Coordinator of the Peace And Security Secretariat (PASS) told Poloff November 13 he hopes to be Paul Orie Wari's running mate in Bayelsa State's 2007 gubernatorial election should Wari obtain the People's Democratic Party (PDP) nomination. Alagoa sai [...]	2006-11-30 08:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ELAB EPET NI PGOV PINR PTER
06LAGOS1396	ABIA STATE SUPPORTERS SWITCH PARTIES TO BACK KALU [...] (SBU) Summary: Abia State Governor Orji Kalu's aides claim President Obasanjo has punished the State, by withholding federal resources and assistance, for Kalu's vociferous opposition to President Obasanjo. In support of Kalu's presidential bid, Kalu's advisors say his youth would allow him [...]	2006-12-04 13:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06LAGOS1403	OPPOSING PDP FACTIONS VIE FOR CONTROL OF THE ENUGU [...] (C) Summary: Enugu State Governor Chimaroke Nnamani is seeking to continue his hold on power by transferring the governor's seat to his closest advisers in the Ebeano faction of the Enugu State People's Democratic Party (PDP). President of the Senate Ken Nnamani (no relation to Governor Nnama [...]	2006-12-06 07:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1418	SOUTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS FOR NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: Kidnappers may be trying new tactics in Rivers State. Tinubu aide terms Lagos political scene tense. Edo State contact scoffs at idea of a Lucky Igbinedion Vice-Presidency. Senators in Cross-River State accuse contractors of embezzling money intended for development. Officials [...]	2006-12-12 15:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1426	AQUACULTURE & TIMBER: DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN [...] Summary: Aquaculture, agriculture, and timber offer sustainable economic development opportunities in Cross River State. There are currently 100 fish farms in the state and the Institute of Oceanography and Marine Sciences (IOMS) at the University of Calabar is promoting aquaculture as a way [...]	2006-12-15 13:21:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ENRG PGOV ECON EFIS EINV AA NI
06LAGOS1430	ELECTION 2007: SOUTHERN PDP WARD CONGRESSES AND [...] (C) Summary: The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has completed the process for choosing candidates to contest the April 2007 State Assembly and Federal House and Senate elections in southern Nigeria. Throughout the south, candidates from established factions supported by the governor generall [...]	2006-12-18 14:32:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1436	SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS OYO STATE IMPEACHMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court ruling upholding an earlier appeal court decision has returned Rashidi Ladoja to the Oyo State governorship he unceremoniously lost eleven months ago due to the machinations of political strongman Lamidi Adedibu. The Supreme Court decision is a victory for the [...]	2006-12-19 14:56:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1445	AC PICKS ATIKU IN UNANIMOUS VOTE [...] (C) Summary: The Action Congress (AC) National Convention nominated Vice President Atiku Abubakar as its candidate for President in the 2007 presidential elections. Nine other political parties joined the AC in supporting Abubakar, who lambasted the PDP and said Nigeria needs a leader committ [...]	2006-12-22 12:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1446	AC PICKS ATIKU IN UNANIMOUS VOTE [...] (C) Summary: The Action Congress (AC) National Convention nominated Vice President Atiku Abubakar as its candidate for President in the 2007 presidential elections. Nine other political parties joined the AC in supporting Abubakar, who lambasted the PDP and said Nigeria needs a leader committ [...]	2006-12-22 12:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS177	NIGERIA: FY 2006 PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR ESF [...] Mission Nigeria submits the following proposals to help Nigeria increase its capacity, raise community awareness, build anti-trafficking outreach networks and support a local NGO with anti-trafficking capacity-building focused on trafficking in women. These proposals focus on states with sig [...]	2006-02-08 10:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG NI
06LAGOS235	AN NGO HOSTAGE NEGOTIATOR'S TALE [...] (C) In a recent meeting with Poloff, Ledum Mitee, President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP),described his role in the recent Delta hostage crisis involving four oil service company workers, including one Amcit. Mitee described the kidnappers as well-armed and su [...]	2006-02-16 15:13:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS317	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #13 [...] (C) AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins was released this evening to two foreign journalists and is currently at Delta State Governor Ibori's mansion. Econoffs are accompanying Hawkins and plan to remain with him overnight at the Shell medical clinic in Warri. Shell will bring him to Lagos tomorrow b [...]	2006-03-01 18:37:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS327	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 16 [...] (C) AmCit Macon Hawkins safely departed Nigeria for Houston, Texas. There has been no additional information about the condition of the remaining hostages, except for reports yesterday confirming they were well-fed and well-treated. 2. (C) Willbros requested Delta State Governor Ibori deli [...]	2006-03-03 16:04:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS400	SOYINKA WILLING TO APPEAL TO HOSTAGE TAKERS [...] (C) Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka offered to deliver messages from the USG to the hostage-takers. He said he was in contact with the hostage-takers and would be meeting with one of their representatives in Enugu on Saturday, March 18. He confirmed they exchanged communication by e-mail, and th [...]	2006-03-17 16:06:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS427	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 30 [...] (C) Conoff received a call from a hostage-taker at the militant camp this afternoon, who allowed Conoff to speak to Cody Oswalt. Oswalt said he was fine, but he is still separated from the other two hostages. Oswalt asked Conoff to relay his wellbeing to his family, and also seemed in bette [...]	2006-03-22 15:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES
06LAGOS589	STICKY PICKETS: ORGANIZED LABOR MAY BECOME A [...] Nigerian organized labor is still having problems gathering the consensus necessary to initiate action on a national-scale. Since mid-March, the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) has routinely postponed plans for a national picketing campaign to protest unfair labor practices. Possible reasons [...]	2006-05-03 10:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS605	A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A NIGER DELTA MILITANT [...] (S/NF) On the morning of 11 April 2006, Lagos Acting Consul Howe, Lagos Econoff Marcinek, and Abuja Poloff Judah embarked on tour of the creeks around Warri Southwest Delta State. The tour was guided by the Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities (FNDIC),members who have a close and overlapp [...]	2006-05-05 12:31:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EPAT PREL PTER CASC NI
06LAPAZ1211	MILITARY EQUIPMENT: WHAT'S MINE IS MINE, WHAT'S [...] (C) Summary: In a GOB-requested May 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel and Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca attempted to set conditions for the return of counter-terrorism unit U.S. equipment to MilGroup custody. The Ambassador reminded both ministers that [...]	2006-05-08 11:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ1254	BOLIVIA: FISSURES IN THE MORALES GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Evo Morales entered his fourth month in office with rifts developing within his government and Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Morales' abrupt firing of associates for alleged corruption, autocratic management style, and rhetorical attacks against the United Stat [...]	2006-05-09 20:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL SOCI
06LAPAZ1265	DISCRIMINATION WITHIN THE MAS? [...] (C) Summary: While the GOB continues to ride a wave of euphoria following President Morales' May 1 nationalization of hydrocarbons, an undertow of discontent grows within the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) due to alleged intra-party discrimination based on gender and race, as well as Morales' [...]	2006-05-10 13:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ1283	SLOW START FOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY CAMPAIGNS [...] (C) Summary: The Constituent Assembly campaign is off to an unimpressive start; campaign season opened May 2 but political parties, perhaps taking their cues from a fatigued electorate, or perhaps hindered by a lack of funding, have done little to educate voters about their candidates or posi [...]	2006-05-11 17:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ1317	OPPOSITION PROSPECTS ARE WEAK FOR THE CONSTITUENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The opposition to President Evo Morales, Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party enters the campaign for the Constituent Assembly elections on July 2 even weaker than before the general elections in December 2006. The best-known opposition leaders--Podemos, Jorge Quiroga and UN,s S [...]	2006-05-16 17:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL SOCI
06LAPAZ1322	MAS HAS STRONG ADVANTAGE ENTERING THE CONSTITUENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Evo Morales and his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party will launch their campaign for the 2 July Constituent Assembly election on May 26 riding a wave of popular support for the President's hydrocarbons nationalization decree. The MAS remains the most powerful party [...]	2006-05-17 12:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SOCI BL
06LAPAZ1357	JUDICIAL BRANCH STANDS TALL AGAINST EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with poloff on May 17 in Sucre, Supreme Court and Constitutional Tribunal (CT) justices, still stinging from President Morales' March public criticisms of the CT, expressed strong resolve to resist political pressure and influence from the Morales government. While Mo [...]	2006-05-19 19:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ169	CHILE'S LAGOS HOPEFUL ABOUT BOLIVIA'S MORALES [...] (C) Summary: During their January 22 meeting in La Paz, President of Chile Ricardo Lagos told WHA A/S Shannon that the U.S. should keep the doors open with Evo Morales to prevent Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez from gaining disproportionate influence. Lagos said he had explained Chile's his [...]	2006-01-23 21:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI ELAB CI BL
06LAPAZ1706	JAPANESE AND CHINESE AMBASSADORS ON BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary: Acting Ecopol Chief met the Chinese and Japanese ambassadors in Bolivia June 20 and 21. The ambassadors shared concerns about the GOB's economic policies, which they said are having a chilling effect on foreign investment. Both ambassadors indicated that their governments are ta [...]	2006-06-23 15:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL OTRA SNAR ETRD LA XK CH JA
06LAPAZ195	MORALES-SHANNON MEETING: PRESIDENT RECOUNTS [...] (C) Summary: Summary: In their January 21 meeting, WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon told President-elect Evo Morales the U.S. agenda in Bolivia reflected our larger agenda in the region: consolidating democracy, promoting economic growth through free markets and integration, and protec [...]	2006-01-26 15:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ENRG SOCI ELAB BL
06LAPAZ2036	LA PAZ PREFECT UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: Following the July 2 autonomy referendum, social sectors have called for the resignation of La Paz Prefect Jose Luis "Pepe Lucho" Paredes, expressing anger at his support for regional autonomy (a position that contradicted his department's popular vote). Paredes alleges that a r [...]	2006-07-27 14:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2111	MORALES' RHETORIC LEADS TO INCREASED CRITICISM [...] (C) Summary: President Morales launched his "agrarian revolution" August 2 in Ucurena, Cochabamba, declaring that if Congress does not approve the executive's land reform bill, indigenous communities will close Congress for its "ineffectiveness." Opposition parties from eastern Bolivia claim [...]	2006-08-04 18:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ217	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Late January 27, Foreign Minister Choquehuanca summoned the Ambassador to apologize for the Foreign Ministry's gaffe in prematurely announcing its intention to nominate Sacha Llorentty as Bolivia's next ambassador to the U.S., and to formally submit Llorentty's credentials. He sa [...]	2006-01-30 20:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2171	MAS INSIGHT INTO CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: Raul Prada, a MAS insider and Constituent Assembly representative, confirmed President Morales' plans for an all-powerful Assembly which would seek to remove all traces of colonialism from Bolivian society. Prada said procedural issues for the Assembly remain pending but he expe [...]	2006-08-11 21:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2418	MAS STEAMROLLING CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY? [...] (C) Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) Constituent Assembly delegates approved the general outline of their own draft rules of order September 6 by simple majority (141 of 255 votes) without permitting debate. Opposition parties had attempted to postpone a vote on the rules of order by requestin [...]	2006-09-07 20:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2494	BOLIVIA: NOT TERRIBLY HELPFUL ON THE NAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 20:18:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PTER UNGA CU BL
06LAPAZ2495	UNSCR 1696: BOLIVIA NOT HELPFUL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to First Secretary Eduardo Gallardo of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Relations September 20. Gallardo noted our concerns and said it would be difficult to reach consensus with the large number of countries attending the NAM. While the GOB does not h [...]	2006-09-14 20:34:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC IR USSC BL
06LAPAZ2505	BOLIVIA'S MCC FOCAL POINT EXPLAINS RESIGNATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs met with Bolivia's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) point of contact, Javier Hurtado, on September 15 to discuss his still non-public resignation and to obtain his assessment of Bolivia's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal. Frustrated with inadequate finan [...]	2006-09-15 19:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2506	VENEZUELAN AND CUBAN INFLUENCE GROWING [...] (C) Two social sector leaders, Rufo Calle and Hugo Vega (protect),independently told poloff September 14 that Venezuela and Cuba are increasingly involved in Bolivian social organizations. Rufo Calle, president of a national indigenous/labor organization (CSUTCB),said the MAS is intensifyin [...]	2006-09-15 19:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL CU VE
06LAPAZ2511	HYDROCARBONS NATIONALIZATION FUMBLING ALONG [...] (C) Summary: The Hydrocarbons Ministry issued a Ministerial Resolution on September 12 which shifts foreign companies' hydrocarbon revenues to the Bolivian state-owned company YPFB. The Resolution is legally in line with Hydrocarbons Law 3058, but comes at a time when the GOB is negotiatin [...]	2006-09-15 21:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2576	INSIDERS' VIEW INTO THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: Several opposition representatives in the Constituent Assembly (CA) told poloff September 18-20 that the Assembly is in "complete chaos." Two of the delegates blamed the Assembly's inefficiency on delegate inexperience and the MAS' heavy hand. They also complained about surveilla [...]	2006-09-25 16:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2586	BOLIVIA SUPPORTS BUSH WAR ON TERRORISM SPEECH [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-25 20:51:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ2627	BOLIVIA - PARAGUAY RELATIONS HIT A BUMP, BOUNCE [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Interior Vice Minister Rafael Puente's September 27 statement calling Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte a "cynical liar" caused a diplomatic roil between Bolivia and Paraguay which ended with an official apology by the GOB and Puente's dismissal. End summary. 2. [...]	2006-09-28 20:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL

06LAPAZ2683	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: TRUE MAS INTENTIONS? [...] (C) Poloff met with approximately twenty Constituent Assembly representatives in Sucre September 28-29 and observed the Assembly's chaotic operations. Following the MAS' approval of Article 1 of the rules of order by simple majority (reftel),the principal debate among opposition delegates wa [...]	2006-10-04 19:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2726	VENEZUELAN AMBASSADOR PLEDGES DEFENSE OF GOB; GOV [...] (C) Summary: President Morales convoked cocaleros of the Chapare October 7 to publicly demonstrate against the U.S.'s hedged certification of Bolivia on counternarcotics and to defend his coca policies. Standing at President Morales' side, Venezuelan Ambassador Julio Montes pledged to defend [...]	2006-10-10 20:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2756	FIRST MEETING ON NEW SOFA AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officials met with Bolivian Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel October 10 regarding the Embassy's pending request for return of the F-10 counterterrorism equipment and the need for an updated SOFA agreement (reftels). San Miguel expressed concern about the continuing M [...]	2006-10-13 21:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV MARR MASS MCAP PREL KTIA MOPS BL
06LAPAZ2932	INDIGENOUS INTERNS ON RACISM, NATIONALIZATION AND [...] (SBU) Three of the Mission's indigenous interns met with Poloff October 18 and expressed their views on discrimination in Bolivian society, the continued popularity of nationalization, and the reasons for anti-American sentiment in Bolivia. The root cause of discrimination, per the consensus [...]	2006-10-27 17:50:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ3147	BOLIVIA HOSTS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) From October 24-26, Bolivia's eastern city of Santa Cruz hosted a conference of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) from over eighty countries. The theme of the conference was "respecting the human rights of migrants." The Santa Cruz Declaration, the conference's main product, f [...]	2006-11-22 16:21:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BL
06LAPAZ3152	GOB WILL SEEK CONSENSUS FOR IAEA DECISION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 18:07:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ3176	CATHOLIC CHURCH STEPS INTO THE POLITICAL FRAY [...] (U) On November 26, the Catholic Church took steps to calm Bolivia's current political impasse; however it may have also opened itself up to renewed attacks by the ruling Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party. In response to the present political stalemate in which opposition party members ar [...]	2006-11-27 21:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3178	MAS INSIDERS SPECULATE ABOUT MORALES' INTENTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Two MAS insiders independently told poloff November 22 that President Morales intends to close congress and the courts in January 2007. Both said the GOB is gearing up for the next presidential elections, which will likely be set for early 2008. One said if Morales stumbles poli [...]	2006-11-28 12:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3204	MORALES RAILROADS LAND REFORM BILL THROUGH SENATE [...] (SBU) Indigenous peoples from across Bolivia who had been marching for land reform for the past four weeks finally reached La Paz on November 28. A poloff who attended the marchers' rally in La Paz's Plaza San Francisco estimated the attendance at 4000, less than the 10,000 expected. Presiden [...]	2006-11-29 17:35:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ3314	MORALES: A POTENT FORCE DESPITE SHRINKING SUPPORT [...] (C) While President Morales' popularity has dropped from a May high of 81 percent, his current 67 percent approval demonstrates he remains a potent force. To maintain his standing, Morales has engaged in a propaganda strategy of ads espousing his accomplishments, rhetorical attacks aimed at u [...]	2006-12-07 19:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ3368	OPPOSITION ABANDONS CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Due to the increasing intransigence of President Morales' Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) and its refusal to negotiate on the voting mechanism in the Constituent Assembly (CA),96 opposition delegates (Podemos, National Unity-UN, Leftist Revolutionary Movement-MIR and the Road to Change-C [...]	2006-12-13 18:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3400	WILL THE REAL OPPOSITION LEADER PLEASE STAND UP? [...] (C) Evo Morales' election in December 2005 was a political earthquake in Bolivia, sweeping aside political expectations that have defined Bolivian politics for generations and at the same time breaking open fissures and offering up new possibilities. While President Morales' popularity has rise [...]	2006-12-18 21:07:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3449	REACTIONS TO BOLIVIA'S NEW COCA STRATEGY [...] (C) On December 20, the DCM met with European Union chief of mission Ambassador Andrew Standley and United Nations representative Jose Manuel Martinez Morales to discuss reactions to the GOB's new coca strategy which was announced at a December 18 ceremony in the Chapare. Poloff also attended [...]	2006-12-21 19:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SNAR BL
06LAPAZ409	MIN. OF GOVERNMENT OFFERS INSIGHT INTO GOB PLANS [...] (C) Summary: In a February 14 meeting with poloff, Minister of Government Alicia Munoz said that with international assistance (primarily Venezuelan),her top priority is to provide government identity documents to as many people as possible before the Constituent Assembly. On coca, Munoz sa [...]	2006-02-15 20:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PINR SNAR BL
06LAPAZ413	NATIONAL ELECTORAL COURT PRESIDENT TO RESIGN [...] (C) Summary: President of the National Electoral Court Oscar Hassenteufel told Poloff February 15 he was concerned about the government's seeming intention to control even autonomous Bolivian institutions -- and in particular to purge the Electoral Court and dominate the Constituent Assembly [...]	2006-02-16 17:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM BL
06LAPAZ459	CHALLENGES FOR SUCRE [...] (C) Summary: As Sucre prepares to host the Constituent Assembly (CA) as early as August this year, it and Chuquisaca, the department in which it is contained, face more than just structural and logistical challenges. The newly-elected MAS prefect, David Sanchez, appears to be a party outsider [...]	2006-02-22 19:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ587	DISSENT IN EVO'S RANKS [...] (C) Giovanny Hervas, a social sector leader from the altiplano, told poloff on March 2 that there is a growing discontent among his peers with the Morales government. Hervas, who is associated with the Fejuve of El Alto (and will soon run for the presidency of that organization),the Yungas co [...]	2006-03-06 19:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI BL
06LAPAZ604	PRAGMATIC INDIGENOUS LEFTIST RENE JOAQUINO ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officials had lunch with mayor of Potosi and former presidential aspirant Rene Joaquino on March 3. Joaquino is organizing a new political party that will be based out of Potosi, Chuquisaca, and Oruro, and will tap into the region's indigenous Quechua majority. His main [...]	2006-03-07 20:07:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON PGOV PINR PREL
06LAPAZ644	MORALES TO FOCUS ON ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: In a March 8 meeting, President Evo Morales told the Ambassador he would raise Bolivia's threatened soy markets, the extension of U.S. trade preferences and the Millennium Challenge Account in his discussion with Secretary Rice in Chile. The Ambassador said the Secretary would l [...]	2006-03-09 21:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ELAB PMAR BL
06LAPAZ70	SANTA CRUZ: ANXIETY ABOUT UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Many Santa Cruz civic representatives, stunned by the MAS's decisive electoral victory, are anxious about Bolivia's uncertain future. Some believe the MAS government will immediately begin dismantling the market-based economic model while postponing (for tactical reasons) its [...]	2006-01-11 21:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ENRG SOCI ELAB BL
06LAPAZ859	CONTINUED GOVERNMENT INSINUATIONS OF U.S. ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Government officials, including President Morales, have continued to suggest a possible USG role in the deadly La Paz bombings March 21 (ref). While Morales has persisted in professing ignorance about any formal expression of U.S. displeasure, March 26 news articles out [...]	2006-03-28 14:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET SOCI ELAB PTER BL
06LAPAZ868	POLOFF'S FIRST HAND LOOK AT VENEZUELAN [...] (C) On a March 18 group tour to Lake Titicaca Poloff witnessed first hand rudimentary indoctrination efforts of the Venezuelan government officials towards Bolivians. By chance, the only other people on the tour were two female employees of PDVSA, the Venezuelan government owned oil company [...]	2006-03-29 14:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL PINR
06LAPAZ901	JUDICIARY RESISTS MAS ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the Constitutional Tribunal's (TC) ruling against GOB intervention in the Lloyd Airlines' case (reftel A),President Morales and Vice-President Garcia Linera went on the offensive against the court, claiming it had accepted bribes from the airline's president. In one [...]	2006-03-30 20:16:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ908	EVO'S POLITICAL ADVISERS (PART 3 OF 3) [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales keeps several close advisers who facilitate and carry out his personal agenda but have limited influence on the President's decisionmaking. They are split between those who work behind the scenes to facilitate Morales' vision and those who are charged with in [...]	2006-03-31 14:07:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	ECON PGOV PREL BL PINR
06LIBREVILLE300	GABON AND SAO TOME MISCELLANY APRIL 2006 [...] (U) Mamboundou's Stay in South African Embassy Ended UPG (Union of Gabonese People) President and opposition leader Pierre Mamboundou, in the South African Embassy since March 21, left his refuge the morning of April 19. A South African diplomat reported that the South African Ambassador [...]	2006-05-04 15:57:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GB TP
06LILONGWE1001	MALAWI TO SUPPORT US INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on November 16 to follow up on the points delivered in reftel B. Chiunguzeni confirmed that the GOM will support Michael Matheson, the U.S. candidate for the International Law Commission. Chiung [...]	2006-11-16 12:04:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IO PGOV MI
06LILONGWE1003	U.S. REPORT ON EFFORTS TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] Poloff delivered reftel report to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on November 17. Chiunguzeni thanked poloff for the report, and said he would disseminate it within the Ministry. Any further response will be delivered septel. EASTHAM [...]	2006-11-17 09:11:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL
06LILONGWE1004	DEMARCHE REQUEST: NOVEMBER 17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL [...] Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on November 17 to discuss reftel talking points. Chiunguzeni responded positively, but said that he had to consult within the Ministry before making a final decision and sending instructions to New York. [...]	2006-11-17 09:11:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IO MI
06LILONGWE1064	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: SPECIAL SESSION ON SUDAN [...] Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on December 7,2006, to discuss reftel talking points. Poloff presented the points, along with the two proposed texts, and laid out the problems with the Angolan text. Chiunguzeni said he needed to confer [...]	2006-12-08 10:45:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA PHUM PREL
06LILONGWE235	UDF SPOKESMAN ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT, ARRESTED FOR TRESSPASSING IN GRAVEYARD [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 13:22:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE243	MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] PolOff met with Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 9 to discuss reftel talking points. Chiunguzeni stated that he was sure Malawi would sign the additional protocol, and would bring up the issue within the Ministry. Any further response [...]	2006-03-15 13:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREF PREL
06LILONGWE244	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - SUPPORTING THE U.S.-INDIA [...] Poloff met with Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni in the MFA on March 9 to discuss reftel talking points. Chiunguzeni thanked Poloff for the information, and initiated a short discussion on the difficulties the U.S. faces in balancing relations between India and Pakistan. Any furt [...]	2006-03-15 13:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KNNP PREL ENRG PARM ETTC MI
06LILONGWE286	MALAWI LAUNCHES CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-29 14:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE34	MP WITHDRAWS IMPEACHMENT MOTION AS OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The Member of Parliament who began impeachment procedures against President Mutharika is now trying to withdraw his motion. Completing the 180-degree flip, the MP says that his party, the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF),has let him down and it's now clear to him that im [...]	2006-01-12 14:48:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE361	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered talking points for Reftel A to Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on April 20. Chiunguzeni stated that the GOM does not know who it will support, but agreed that human rights abusers should not be on the council. After discussing Malaw [...]	2006-04-24 15:21:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM
06LILONGWE47	GOM UNIMPRESSED WITH NORTH KOREANS [...] (C) Summary: The North Korean delegation discussed in reftel left the GOM unimpressed, and future serious collaboration looks doubtful. While their aim was allegedly to explore funding development projects, in the end the North Koreans could offer nothing tangible to the GOM. This led GOM of [...]	2006-01-18 14:35:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MI KN
06LILONGWE53	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNSC [...] (C) On Tuesday, January 17 Poloff met with Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni and presented talking points in reftel. After a short discussion on Iran's continued violations of international agreements, Chiunguzeni said the GOM would be supportive of the effort to properly deal wi [...]	2006-01-20 08:21:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL AORC
06LILONGWE590	MULUZI RETURNS - HIS ARREST TO FOLLOW? [...] (C) Summary: Former President Bakili Muluzi returned to Malawi on July 9, after spending the last seven months in the U.K., ostensibly for medical care. In a speech given at the airport Muluzi disassociated himself with any impeachment attempt against President Mutharika, and told his supporte [...]	2006-07-12 05:07:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE601	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN [...] (U) On July 12, 2006 Poloff met with Deputy Director of Political Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Warren Gunda to deliver reftel. Mr. Gunda accepted reftel talking points, and briefly discussed the issue of North Korea, highlighting the importance of China as a pressure point f [...]	2006-07-13 09:31:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PREL PARM
06LILONGWE635	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] (U) On July 25 Poloff met with U.S./U.N. Desk Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pamela Mkwamba to discuss reftel talking points. Mkwamba said that she would pass along the information to the Minister, and thanked Poloff for the information. Any further response will be reported septel [...]	2006-07-27 14:38:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL AORC
06LILONGWE643	FORMER PREZ ARRESTED AND RELEASED, AS [...] (C) Summary: Former President Bakili Muluzi was arrested, then quickly released in Blantyre on July 27, on forty-two counts of corruption. Only eight hours later it was announced on the government-run television station that Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director Gustave Kaliwo, who had placed [...]	2006-07-28 11:36:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE654	FORMER PRESIDENT'S CORRUPTION CASE DISCONTINUED [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid turmoil caused by the suspension of the Anti-Corruption Bureau Director, the GOM has decided to halt indefinitely the corruption case against former President and United Democratic Front Chair Bakili Muluzi. The move, widely viewed as quid pro quo for the opposition-control [...]	2006-08-01 15:11:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE706	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 06:05:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE713	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: UNSC RESOLUTION AND UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-15 14:35:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE951	INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ELECTION [...] On November 2 Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni to present reftel dipnote and talking points. Chiunguzeni thanked poloff for the information, but was noncommital on support, stating that the GOM would look at the list of candidates for th [...]	2006-11-02 12:05:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ODIP UNGA
06LILONGWE952	UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON DPRK CONVENTIONAL ARMS [...] On November 2 Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni to discuss reftel talking points. Chiunguzeni thanked poloff for the information, and stated that the GOM had had no recent contact with the government of North Korea, or companies from Nor [...]	2006-11-02 12:16:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM
06LILONGWE972	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Ben Mbewe on November 7, 2006. Mission suggests that USUN also deliver points directly to the Malawian mission in New York. EASTHAM [...]	2006-11-08 10:21:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA
06LIMA1010	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] Peruvian Navy Squadron Commander Percy Acosta told Poloff on 3/8 that his squadron is the end user for the helicopter parts in Ref A. He provided Poloff with the following answers to Ref A questions: CAN THE NAVY CONFIRM IT PLACED AN ORDER FOR THE PARTS LISTED IN REFTEL PARAGRAPH 4? -- A [...]	2006-03-14 21:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC PE
06LIMA1065	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: ANDRADE GLUM ON [...] (C) Centrist Front First Vice President candidate Alberto Andrade continues to blame his alliance's presidential candidate Valentin Paniagua for their campaign's shortcomings and lack of success in the polls. Andrade seems to be focusing on the congressional race, in which he believes the C [...]	2006-03-17 18:56:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1099	PERU LABOR LEADERS ON LOURDES/HUMALA, FTA, LABOR,S [...] Peruvian labor leaders reject both candidates Lourdes Flores Nano and Ollanta Humala as too extreme, a situation that could create an opportunity for APRA candidate Alan Garcia were he to take up the cause of the proposed General Labor Law (Ref C). A labor rep from Arequipa described her reg [...]	2006-03-21 18:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EINV PGOV PHUM PINS PE
06LIMA1154	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: AREQUIPA IS HUMALA [...] (SBU) In traditionally idiosyncratic, independent-minded Arequipa, business, media, and University leaders told Poloff, during a 3/16-19 visit, that Ultra-nationalist, "outsider," Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala would decisively win in Arequipa Department as well [...]	2006-03-23 22:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1157	PERU ASKS FOR SUPPORT FOR HR COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] On 3/20 Post received a Diplomatic Note asking for USG support for Peru's candidacy to the Human Rights Council. Julio Garro, Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, told Poloff on 3/21 that the GOP wished to emphasize the importance of this election for Peru. 2. Begin text of [...]	2006-03-24 11:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA PE
06LIMA1215	SUDAN - ACCELERATING UNSC RE-HATTING (PERU) [...] (C) On 3/21 Poloff discussed UNSC re-hatting of the Sudan PKO with Foreign Ministry Director of Multilateral Affairs Julio Garro and Deputy Director of UN Affairs Miguel Barreto. Poloff emphasized the USG view that the African Union's request for re-hatting was definitive and without precondit [...]	2006-03-28 17:46:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SOCI SU PE
06LIMA1220	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Humberto Lay Sun, presidential candidate for the Christian evangelical National Restoration (RN) party, told Poloff 3/27 that his campaign is generating increased momentum (the most recent Apoyo poll has Lay's support doubling to two percent while his party could meet the minimum thresho [...]	2006-03-29 11:52:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA1233	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: UNIDAD NACIONAL [...] (C) In recent conversations with Poloffs, Unidad Nacional alliance congressional candidates and advisors described a disorganized campaign struggling to come up with a formula to reverse presidential candidate Lourdes Flores' steady fall in the polls. Going into the last three weeks of the [...]	2006-03-29 20:47:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1240	SUDAN - ACCELERATING UNSC RE-HATTING [...] (C) On 3/21 Poloff discussed UNSC re-hatting of the Sudan PKO with Foreign Ministry Director of Multilateral Affairs Julio Garro and Deputy Director of UN Affairs Miguel Barreto. Poloff emphasized the USG view that the African Union's request for re-hatting was definitive and without precondi [...]	2006-03-30 15:50:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SOCI SU PE
06LIMA1326	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: JUNIN DIVIDED, BUT [...] (SBU) In Junin Department and its capital Huancayo, the commercial hub of the central sierra, community leaders told Polofff during a 3/27-29 visit that ultra-nationalist, "outsider", Union por el Peru (UPP) party presidential candidate Ollanta Humala would likely win a plurality of votes, but [...]	2006-04-06 15:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1343	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: APRA OUTWARDLY [...] (C) APRA party Co-Secretary General (and Congressman) Mauricio Mulder, in a 4/3 lunch with Poloffs, was optimistic that APRA presidential candidate Alan Garcia would outpoll Unidad Nacional's Lourdes Flores and reach the second-round run-off against ultra-nationalist "outsider" Union por el [...]	2006-04-07 18:17:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1345	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: CRACKS APPEAR IN [...] (U) During a 4/4-5 visit to the northern coastal area, local observers told Poloff that APRA presidential candidate Alan Garcia will likely carry Chiclayo by a narrow margin, with Unidad Nacional's Lourdes Flores and Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala battling for second place. In Piura [...]	2006-04-07 18:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1443	DEMARCHE: VENEZUELA'S IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR ON [...] (C) Dep PolCouns delivered the demarche on Venezuela's irresponsible behavior on counter terrorism (Ref A) to the Director of Multilateral Affairs Julio Garro on 4/11. On 4/12 Garro thanked Poloff for the information in the demarche and said he had not/not yet received a readout from the Peruvi [...]	2006-04-12 20:46:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC VE UN PE
06LIMA1637	GARCIA OFF TO GOOD START, SAYS APRA INSIDER DEL [...] (C) Summary: APRA insider Jorge del Castillo told the Ambassador April 25 that Alan Garcia is steering clear of public discussion of coalitions until after the second round of Presidential elections; Garcia feels (correctly, we judge) that opening talks with the Flores and Paniagua camp would [...]	2006-04-27 22:04:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA1765	EVANGELICAL CANDIDATE LOOKS TO THE FUTURE [...] (U) Ambassador met with Evangelical Pastor and Renovacion Nacional (RN) presidential candidate Humberto Lay on 4/26 to discuss Lay's analysis of the Peruvian political scene. Lay proved to be the biggest surprise of the recent (4/9) first-round presidential vote. He garnered nearly five pe [...]	2006-05-08 19:33:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1781	BOLIVIA AND VENEZUELA PERPLEX, VEX GOP [...] (C) According to Foreign Ministry South American Affairs Director Milagros Castagnon: -- the Government of Bolivia has asked the GOP for 40 experts to provide technical assistance with Bolivia's hydrocarbons nationalization; -- Venezuela refuses to acknowledge the seriousness of Peru's w [...]	2006-05-09 16:44:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA1807	HUMALA CAMPAIGN ALLEGES U.S. SUPPORTS GARCIA AND [...] (C) Battered by bad publicity resulting from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' heavy-handed attempts to tilt the Peruvian election toward Union por el Peru (UPP) candidate Ollanta Humala (Ref A),the Humala campaign has responded with a series of allegations that the U.S.G. supports Alan Garc [...]	2006-05-10 15:38:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA1833	PERU: DEMARCHE ON SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points to the Foreign Ministry's Director of UN Affairs, Miguel Barreto on 3/10. On 3/11 Barreto told Poloff that the GOP in general supports the points, specifically the importance of restoring Lebanese sovereignty and independence. Barreto said he had not yet see [...]	2006-05-11 22:27:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC SY LE PE
06LIMA2368	CONGRESSMAN MEEKS MEETS WITH AFRO-PERUVIANS [...] (U) Summary. Congressman Gregory Meeks met with representatives of the Afro-Peruvian community on May 27. The Afro-Peruvians discussed their marginalized role in society, where 90 percent live in poverty and their unique cultural heritage is largely ignored. Congressman Meeks encouraged them [...]	2006-06-13 21:23:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV KIPR PREL PE
06LIMA2445	LULA-GARCIA MEETING A "LOVE-FEST" ACCORDING TO TOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peruvian Foreign Ministry's Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Pablo Portugal, described the 6/13 meeting in Brasilia between President-elect Alan Garcia and Brazilian President Lula da Silva as a "love-fest," during a 6/14 coffee with the Ambassador. According to Portu [...]	2006-06-19 19:30:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD EINV PE BR
06LIMA248	OLLANTA HUMALA: KEYS TO HIS CHARACTER, LIKELY [...] (C) Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala has offered little direct information about his attitudes toward the United States. The absence of direct criticism of the U.S. might lead some to conclude that his ideas about the U.S. are still gestating and possibly could be t [...]	2006-01-23 11:58:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE
06LIMA2624	HUMALA HAS NO COATTAILS IN LORETO [...] (C) Ex-Union por el Peru (UPP) and Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala carried the Loreto Region in Peru's 6/4 second-round presidential race. Despite that, Loreto remains up for grabs in November's regional and municipal elections because Humala's party has [...]	2006-07-03 21:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2625	HUMALA HAS NO COATTAILS IN LORETO [...] (C) Ex-Union por el Peru (UPP) and Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala carried the Loreto Region in Peru's 6/4 second-round presidential race. Despite that, Loreto remains up for grabs in November's regional and municipal elections because Humala's party has [...]	2006-07-03 21:39:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2716	PERU: DEMARCHE PROVIDING BACKGROUND AND INFORMING [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 14:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	CU PGOV PHUM PREL PE
06LIMA2717	PERU: DEMARCHE ON STATE OF PLAY OF UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 15:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KN PARM UNSC PE
06LIMA2743	HUMALA MOVEMENT LOSING STEAM IN AREQUIPA [...] Radical opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala carried the Arequipa region by a wide margin in Peru's 6/4 presidential race. Despite that, the prospects for pro-Humala candidates in upcoming regional and municipal elections are uncertain. Humala has lost credibil [...]	2006-07-13 19:56:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL PE
06LIMA2926	CRACKS APPEAR IN HUMALA'S BASE IN AYACUCHO [...] (SBU) Ayacucho voters overwhelmingly supported radical opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala in the recent 6/4 presidential runoff. However, Humala will have trouble transferring this support to candidates he favors in November's regional and municipal elections. [...]	2006-07-31 13:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PINR PE
06LIMA2927	CRACKS APPEAR IN HUMALA'S BASE IN AYACUCHO [...] (SBU) Ayacucho voters overwhelmingly supported radical opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala in the recent 6/4 presidential runoff. However, Humala will have trouble transferring this support to candidates he favors in November's regional and municipal elections. [...]	2006-07-31 13:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PINR PE
06LIMA3016	PERU'S GARCIA EXTENDS HAND TO CHILE [...] (U) During his inauguration, Peruvian President Alan Garcia Perez made a deliberate and highly successful effort to improve Peru's relations with Chile. Garcia invited President Bachelet to be a guest of honor at Peru's annual Independence Day Military Parade on 7/29, and Peruvian Foreign Mi [...]	2006-08-02 22:52:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA3054	UNSC RESOLUTION ON IRAN [...] Poloff discussed reftel talking points with and gave text of UN Resolution to Minister Counselor Ana Rosa Valdivieso, Head of the Peruvian Foreign Ministry's Office of Multilateral Affairs, on 8/3. Valdivieso did not have an immediate response. Post notes that the recent change of government [...]	2006-08-04 18:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC IR PE
06LIMA3126	PERU: URGENT DEMARCHE ON DERAILING PROPOSED UN [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Minister Counsellor Ana Rosa Valdivieso, Head of the Peruvian Foreign Ministry's Office of Mulitlateral Affairs on 8/9. Valdivieso said the GOP would not/not sign the request for a Human Rights Council Special Session on Lebanon, which she understood 16 other [...]	2006-08-09 20:45:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	IS LE MOPS PHUM PREL PTER PE
06LIMA3487	HUMALA FORMALLY CHARGED WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala was formally charged with human rights violations, and prohibited from leaving the country. While Humala has claimed the accusations are politicized, human rights representatives say they are credible and likely to stick. Humala's le [...]	2006-09-01 21:29:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PE
06LIMA3522	DEMARCHE REQUEST - PRESIDENT'S INITIATIVE ON [...] Econoff and Poloff delivered Reftel talking points, and explanatory background specifically for the GOP, to the Foreign Ministry's Director for North America Maria Eugenia Chiozza on September 5. Chiozza said that the Foreign Minister was definitely going to UNGA, but it was uncertain whethe [...]	2006-09-05 23:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PE
06LIMA3823	COCALEROS USE CONGRESS TO PUSH PRO-COCA/ANTI-U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Pro-cocalero congressional representatives ranted about the benefits of coca and the costs of U.S. imperialism disguised as counternarcotics policy at a recent "Coca and Biodiversity" conference held in a Congressional annex. Cocalero leader Nelson Palomino also participated. T [...]	2006-09-27 17:42:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PE
06LIMA3995	ERADICATION PROGRESSES AND INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Starting September 28, Coca eradicators have uprooted 30 hectares per day despite minor protests in the field. Interior Minister Mazzetti has taken a firmer public stance against the cocaleros and in favor of the eradication program, stating: "Police have a right to repel viole [...]	2006-10-06 21:12:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV SNAR PE
06LIMA4125	PERU: DEMARCHE UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to First Secretary Alexis Aquino in the Peruvian Foreign Ministry's Office of Multilateral Affairs on 10/16 and requested a response on 10/16 and 10/18. The Foreign Ministry has offered no substantive response. STRUBLE [...]	2006-10-20 15:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC PE
06LIMA4366	REGIONAL/MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: APATHY, LOCALISM [...] (SBU) Regional and municipal elections have failed to spark much enthusiasm in the key southern regions of Arequipa and Ayacucho, where voters appear stricken with "election fatigue." A plethora of local movements and candidates pursuing often narrow regional and local platforms predominates [...]	2006-11-14 22:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
06LIMA4384	GARCIA SAYS HE WILL ASK BUSH TO SEND FREE TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Alan Garcia announced that he would personally ask President Bush in the next few days to submit the implementing legislation for the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) to Congress now. Garcia announced on state-run television November 15 that the Democrats' mid-ter [...]	2006-11-16 21:30:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PE
06LIMA4407	REGIONAL ELECTIONS: OAS CONFIDENT OF SMOOTH PROCESS [...] Peruvians will return to the polls on November 19 to elect regional presidents and provincial and district mayors. The OAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) will send 33 observers (including 9 U.S. Embassy volunteers) around the country to witness the process and receive any citizen complaint [...]	2006-11-17 18:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA4408	FORMER FM BLACKER MILLER: PROVISIONAL ARREST [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request - please see para 6. The GOP request for the provisional arrest of former Peruvian FM Augusto Blacker Miller for his alleged participation in the 1992 self-coup ("auto-golpe") is not, in our view, politically motivated; that is, we do not believe the [...]	2006-11-17 18:07:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KJUS PE
06LIMA4516	AYACUCHO CONTACTS TALK OF NARCO-ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) Ayacucho's economy turns on narcotrafficking, local contacts told Poloff during a Nov. 8-10 visit. They cited coca-growing in the Apurimac and Ene River Valley (VRAE) as a key source of jobs, particularly for area youth who migrate to the VRAE during school vacations. They alleged that [...]	2006-11-28 20:58:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM SNAR PE
06LIMA4519	GOP DECENTRALIZATION "SHOCK" A NECESSARY BUT [...] (SBU) President Garcia has announced a series of measures to accelerate the GOP's decentralization process, including the transfer of many government functions and over $1 billion USD to the regions and municipalities in 2007. The political motive behind the initiative is clear -- Garcia will [...]	2006-11-29 13:59:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SNAR PE
06LIMA4547	CONGRESS LABOR COMMITTEE BULLISH ON LABOR LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: UPP congressman Aldo Estrada, president of the congressional committee on labor, told poloffs November 21 that revisions to the proposed General Labor Law should be completed and passed to the plenary by December 22--where it could be approved early in next year's session. He no [...]	2006-12-01 22:01:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PE PGOV
06LIMA4566	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, NOVEMBER 2006 [...] (U) The key developments in November 2006: As of November 30, CORAH surpasses annual goal by eradicating 10,006 hectares of coca leaf. The GOP's 2007 Eradication Plan awaiting final approval--probably in December. ** Institute for Tropical Crops (ICT) has five-year plan for self- [...]	2006-12-04 20:25:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
06LIMA461	BRAZILIAN PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR [...] (C) Brazilian presidential foreign policy advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia visited Peru the week of 1/30, meeting with President Alejandro Toledo; Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua and other Foreign Ministry officials; Andean Community Secretary General Allan Wagner; leading presidential SIPDIS [...]	2006-02-03 18:48:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR BR PE
06LIMA4621	ELECTORAL BOARD EXPOSES NARCO-CANDIDATES [...] (U) Summary: The National Electoral Board (JNE) on November 14 identified more than 200 candidates in local elections who had lied on their resumes, including some who had hidden ties to narcotrafficking. Most of the publicized narco-candidates did not win. Despite evidence of narco-influenc [...]	2006-12-07 22:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PE
06LIMA4722	CAJAMARACA AND REGIONAL UNREST [...] (SBU) Summary: Cajamarca may be emblematic of the broader regional challenges facing the Garcia administration, namely persistent poverty and rising frustration with inadequate public services that fuel antipathy towards all levels of government. Social discontent in Cajamarca has at times m [...]	2006-12-19 15:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA494	HUMALA DOGGED BY ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Ultra-nationalist, anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala has recently been dogged by allegations that he committed human rights violations while serving as a Peruvian Army Officer in the Upper Huallaga Valley in the early 1990s. The Human Rights Coordinator, an umbrella group [...]	2006-02-06 23:38:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE
06LIMA658	HUMALA DOWN BUT STILL AHEAD IN PUNO [...] A recent trip to Puno provided insights into ultra-nationalist, radical, anti-system candidate Ollanta Humala's support in this rural and traditionally more radical region of Peru (Ref C). Humala's popularity in Puno has been dented but not fatally damaged by political problems within his pa [...]	2006-02-16 21:49:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE
06LIMA713	REPORTS CHAVEZ BUYS VOTES FOR HUMALA ROIL PRESS, [...] (C) Charges that Hugo Chavez is offering legal residency to expat Peruvians in Venezuela if they vote for Humala roiled the press over the weekend (2/19). Candidates have split on the issue, with Lourdes Flores Nano calling the accusations potentially serious and Alan Garcia dismissing them. [...]	2006-02-22 22:23:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE
06LIMA754	DEMARCHE: MEETINGS WITH HAMAS (PERU) [...] (U) Polcouns and Poloff delivered the meetings with Hamas demarche (Ref A) to the Foreign Ministry's Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs, Amb. Antonio Garcia Revilla, Director of Multilateral Affairs Julio Garro, and Director of UN Affairs, Miguel Barreto, on 2/23. 2. (U) The Peruvians [...]	2006-02-27 19:34:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL
06LIMA951	HUMALA'S POSITION IS NO TO COCA ERADICATION AND [...] (C) Ultra-nationalist, "outsider" presidential candidate Ollanta Humala condemned alleged aerial fumigation of coca crops (which does not occur in Peru) and said, if elected, his government would end coca eradication, promote coca industrialization, and not welcome foreign military in the coun [...]	2006-03-10 17:02:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PE
06LJUBLJANA173	SLOVENIA: REACTIONS TO 2005 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Reaction to the 2005 Human Rights Report was varied. The GOS reaction contrasted with last year, as MFA State Secretary Bozo Cerar called in COM to complain about passages in the Report on trafficking in persons, rape, and the government's relations with Slovenia's Muslim minori [...]	2006-03-21 08:33:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPAO SI

06LJUBLJANA369	SLOVENIA TO ADDRESS JEWISH RESTITUTION ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Slovenia (GOS) has taken several important initial steps towards addressing the issue of restitution for Jewish communal and heirless properties confiscated or nationalized after World War II. In October 2005, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) created a new Departme [...]	2006-06-14 00:00:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KNAR SI
06LJUBLJANA397	SLOVENIA'S ASYLUM POLICY: TOWARDS A MORE BALANCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mindful that refs A and B present two divergent views on Slovenia's asylum policy (representing the NGO community and GOS, respectively),the following cable seeks to strike a middle ground and explain why these two groups see things so differently. On the one side, most of the [...]	2006-06-26 05:08:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PGOV SI
06LJUBLJANA729	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER 13-14 FOREIGN [...] (U) Polecon Chief met on 8 November with Slovenian MFA EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih to discuss reftel points. 2. (C) Western Balkans: Arih agreed with the US view that Serbian elections had little to do with final status discussions/decisions on Kosovo. He thought a slight delay might be [...]	2006-11-09 13:43:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SI
06LJUBLJANA747	GOVERNMENT PLAN FOR DISPLACED ROMA MET WITH FIERCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Tensions continue to rise in Slovenia as the GoS's proposal to relocate the displaced Roma family of Ambrus (reftel) was met with immediate opposition from the local community. Residents frame the dispute as a problem with law and order, not discrimination. But images of angry [...]	2006-11-17 15:04:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SI
06LJUBLJANA761	SLOVENIA BALANCES INTERESTS IN KOSOVO/SERBIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 09:44:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA763	SLOVENIAN GOVERNMENT WORKING TO RESOLVE DIFFICULT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Slovenia continues to struggle to resolve the issue of relocating 30 members of a Roma family displaced from their home in late October by protests from neighboring villagers (reftel a). Government missteps in the search for a resolution have caused several pro [...]	2006-11-30 05:15:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SI
06LOME529	TOGO: UNCOMPROMISING POSITIONS DURING THE NATIONAL [...] (U) Summary. Three weeks after the official opening of the Togolese national dialogue, discussions are moving along at a tortuous pace. In leading the proceedings, dialogue chair Yawovi Agboyibo of the opposition CAR party has been ponderous, as have been the agreed-to procedures. This we [...]	2006-05-22 10:00:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO
06LOME737	TOGO: NATIONAL DIALOGUE ROUSES FROM SOJOURN WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Following an extended break in discussions caused by the contentious adoption of an interim agreement, the national dialogue process is suddenly back on track with the nomination of Burkinabe president Compaore as facilitator. The nine delegations unanimously agreed to cast [...]	2006-07-26 15:09:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO
06LOME800	TOGO: FINAL NEGOTIATIONS OF THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (U) Summary. This cable continues reporting from ref A. Although talks in Ouagadougou were difficult, the Togolese ruling party made significant concessions, and Blaise Compaore proved a worthy facilitator. Provisions of the comprehensive poltical agreement that emerged in Ouagadougou a [...]	2006-08-22 18:22:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TO KDEM
06LONDON1623	(SBU) GUANTANAMO: LABOUR MP DISCUSSES OMAR [...] (U) Action Request - please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Poloffs met with Labour backbench MP Des Turner March 2 at his request, to hear his concerns about Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes, a Libyan national with longstanding legal residency status in UK as a refug [...]	2006-03-03 14:15:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM UK
06LONDON1629	(C) ZIMBABWE: UK LOBBYING TOO AHEAD OF IMF VOTE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to FCO Zimbabwe Section Head St. John Gould March 3, noting that DOTreasury would contact HMTreasury directly on the same topic. Gould said FCO and HMTreasury were also lobbying IMF Executive Board member states against restoring Zimbabwe's voting rights [...]	2006-03-03 16:25:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ZI UK
06LONDON1735	(C) SUDAN: UK IN SYNCH ON UN RE-HATTING OF AMIS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 15:48:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO NATO SU UK
06LONDON2020	(C) SUDAN: UK PUSHES RE-HATTING AND SENSITIVITY [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to FCO Sudan Unit Senior Political Officer Gregor Lusty March 17. Lusty said the UK agrees with those points and is also pressing appropriate African states to support quick action on re-hatting AMIS as a UN operation. He said the UK stresses the importanc [...]	2006-03-17 17:51:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SOCI NATO SU UK
06LONDON4022	(C) SOMALIA: FCO SEEKS CLOSER COORDINATION [...] (U) Action Request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) FCO East Africa Section Head Ben Lyon told Poloff June 5 that the UK is keen to coordinate more closely with the USG on Somalia. He said Africa Director James Bevan tried to phone A/S Frazer June 2 to ask for a response to the draft "US [...]	2006-06-07 10:22:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SO UK
06LONDON4033	(U) LIBERIAN PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIRLEAF VISITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's visit to London May 29-31 reflects the UK's increased commitment to Liberia as a key to stability in the sub-region. She met with the Queen, Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn and FCO Minister for Africa Lor [...]	2006-06-07 11:11:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EFIN LI UK
06LONDON4221	(C/NF) LIBERIA/SIERRA LEONE: UK CONSIDERING [...] (C/NF) FCO West Africa Section Head Jason Moore told Poloff under questioning June 12 that HMG is considering UN Secretary General Annan's request that it agree to SIPDIS incarcerate former Liberian president Charles Taylor if he is convicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). M [...]	2006-06-13 15:39:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM KAWC LI SL UK
06LONDON4336	(U) UK AGREES TO TAKE CHARLES TAYLOR IF CONVICTED [...] (U) Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett announced June 15 that, subject to Parliament passing the necessary legislation, the UK would allow the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, to serve his sentence in the UK should he be convicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). Thi [...]	2006-06-16 09:53:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL
06LONDON5057	(C) SRI LANKA: UK REVIEWING POLICY [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) FCO Sri Lanka Section Head Simon Lever told Poloff July 11 that HMG is reviewing its policy on Sri Lanka. This policy review is what is holding up its reply to the USG proposal that the UK consider chairing a contact group to a [...]	2006-07-12 07:53:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR CE UK
06LONDON5746	(C)UK ON BURMA: NO THAI REMORSE FOR VISIT; FINNS [...] (C) We met August 4 with British Foreign Office officials responsible for Burmese affairs. Head of section Nick Alexander had seen our demarche (ref a) over concern that the Finns have invited the Burmese Foreign Minister to ASEM, as it had been shared by a representative of an unspecified E [...]	2006-08-07 10:54:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV UN BM UK
06LONDON6160	ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS AND INL A/S PATTERSON MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY: ONDCP Director Walters and INL A/S Patterson met August 9 in London with Afghanistan,s Counter Narcotics (CN) Minister Habibullah Qaderi. The Minister said Afghanistan's CN Strategy is good but needs to be implemented fully; he agreed that more needs to be done on public outreac [...]	2006-08-22 13:12:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR AF UK
06LONDON6196	(U) GUANTANAMO: POLOFFS MEET WITH MP'S AND [...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) At the request of Labour backbench MP Desmond Turner, Poloffs met August 22 with Turner and a group of activists to discuss Guantanamo. Most of the activists were campaigners on behalf of Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes, whose family [...]	2006-08-23 16:37:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM UK
06LONDON6261	(U) CENTRAL ASIAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 15:50:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR KNNP PARM PREL UN
06LONDON6272	(C) KAZAKHSTAN: UK AGREES ON DELAYING OSCE [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, FCO Head of International Organizations Department Tim Morris told Poloff August 25 that the UK agrees with the U.S. position and considers the timing "ideal." The EU will meet at working level on September 8 and the UK is prepared to block any attempt to [...]	2006-08-25 16:03:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
06LONDON6325	(C) DARFUR: UK KEEN ON JOINT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 06:06:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DPKO UNSC SU UK
06LONDON6433	(C) UK SUPPORTS PUTTING BURMA ON THE UNSC AGENDA [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 09:20:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM UK
06LONDON6559	(C) SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP MEETING 9/27 [...] (U) Action Request - please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The UK still supports the Sri Lanka Contact Group in principle but would like more detail about it - i.e., what are the expected inputs and the anticipated outputs/results? FCO Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Section Head Simon Lever told Polof [...]	2006-09-11 15:32:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE UK
06LONDON6714	FOREIGN SECRETARY BECKETT UNABLE TO ATTEND UNGA [...] (U) Ambassador Tuttle wrote to Foreign Secretary Beckett on September 12 inviting her to participate in Secretary Rice's Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking (CAWT) press event on the margins of the UNGA on September 22. HMG contacts tell us that Barry Gardiner, the junior minister responsib [...]	2006-09-15 15:50:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV UK
06LONDON7035	(SBU) BLAIR'S AFRICA PROGRESS PANEL IS TAKING SHAPE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Blair has decided to convene an Africa Progress Panel to ensure that the promises on Africa made at G8 and UN Summits are kept. Kofi Annan has agreed to chair it; Bob Geldof, President Obasanjo, Michel Camdessus, Graca Machel and Peter Eigan (founder of Transpa [...]	2006-09-29 16:14:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID
06LONDON7036	(C) SUDAN: FCO THOUGHTS ON INCENTIVES AND [...] (C) In keeping with the Secretary's speech of September 27, the UK is thinking about possible incentives if the Government of Sudan does the right thing on Darfur, and possible disincentives if it does not. FCO-DFID Sudan Unit Deputy Head James Thornton shared UK thoughts with Poloff Septemb [...]	2006-09-29 16:17:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID ETTC SU UK
06LONDON7080	(C) SUDAN: UK AWAITS EU ENVOY'S REPORT ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-02 16:07:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM SU ER UK
06LONDON7124	(C) SUDAN: UK AGREES TO DELETION OF LRA LANGUAGE [...] (U) Action Request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The UK agrees "somewhat reluctanctly" to accept a UNSCR on UNMIS without reference to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). FCO-DFID Sudan Unit Deputy Head James Thornton told Poloff this in response to reftel demarche, adding that the UK wo [...]	2006-10-04 12:11:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO SU UK
06LONDON7136	(C) ZIMBABWE: FCO CONVENES U.S., CANADA, [...] (U) Action Request; please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: FCO Zimbabwe Section convened a meeting with London-based political officers from U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand October 4. The UK's priority on Zimbabwe is to ensure renewal of EU sanctions in February; it expects r [...]	2006-10-04 15:34:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ZI UK
06LONDON7250	(C) UK-INDIA SUMMIT: BUILDING ON THE STRATEGIC [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Prime Ministers Blair and Singh met in London October 10 for the third annual UK-India summit since the bilateral strategic partnership was launched in 2004. This was not intended as a summit of breakthrough agreements, but rather of building on the multi-faceted relationship. [...]	2006-10-11 16:05:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KNNP ETRD PTER IN AF UK
06LONDON7253	(SBU) SOUTHERN SUDAN: UK CHANNELING AID THROUGH [...] (U) Action Request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The UK has contributed some 40 million British Pounds Sterling (BPS) to the Common Humanitarian Fund for Sudan (CHF) this fiscal year (April-March); it is up to UN Humanitarian Coordinator Manuel da Silva to disburse it as he sees fit. [...]	2006-10-12 07:46:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL SU UK
06LONDON7287	ALL QUIET IN TEHRAN AS ARRESTED DISSIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Office and London-based expat sources confirm media reports that hundreds of security personnel in central Tehran clashed violently on October 7 and 8 with as many as a thousand supporters of dissident Ayatollah Boroujerdi. Iranian security forces managed in the early [...]	2006-10-12 18:42:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MNUC PGOV PREL IR
06LONDON7308	(C) DRC: OKITUNDU ASSAULTED IN LONDON; FCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leonard She Okitundu, chief of staff to DRC President Kabila, was assaulted in London October 11 by Congolese expatriates whose affiliation is not yet clear. He was beaten, stripped and robbed, and photos of his possessions were posted on the internet. He and his companions ha [...]	2006-10-13 14:18:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM CG UK
06LONDON7311	(C) PAKISTAN: ARD CHAIRMAN IN LONDON [...] (C) The Chairman of Pakistan's Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD),Makhdum Amin Fahim, is visiting London and met with Poloff October 13. He said former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif (whose parties, PPP and ML/N respectively, are the main components of ARD) wil [...]	2006-10-13 14:35:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PK UK
06LONDON7623	(C) CENTRAL ASIA: SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum met in London October 23 with officials of the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID),to exchange views on policy and programs in Central Asia. Key policy points: - Both countries seek to bol [...]	2006-10-26 16:24:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON EAID ZK KZ KG TI TX UZ
06LONDON7626	PRO UNION MP SEEKS DEPUTY LABOUR PARTY POST [...] (SBU) Summary: Two term Labour MP Jon Cruddas is part of a crowded field seeking the post of Deputy Party Leader (DPL) when the incumbent (and Deputy PM) John Prescott steps down with PM Blair. Cruddas believes Labour has lost its progressive character and its ties to the working class, and [...]	2006-10-26 16:33:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB SCUL UK
06LONDON7670	(C) COTE D'IVOIRE: UK SHARES U.S. CONCERNS BUT [...] (C) The UK shares U.S. concerns about the French draft UNSCR on Cote d'Ivoire (reftel) but wants to avoid being seen to lobby against France in the UNSC, according to FCO West Africa Section Head Jason Moore. He told Poloff October 30 that UKUN is working closely with USUN, hoping to reach an [...]	2006-10-30 16:14:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO IC UK
06LONDON7672	(C) SOMALIA: FCO DOUBTS UGANDA CAN DEPLOY [...] (C) Uganda is "unclear" about its willingness to deploy an "IGASOM" force to Somalia under the aegis of IGAD, and the UK doubts whether it has the capability even if it wanted to, according to FCO East Africa and Horn Section Head Ben Lyon. He told Poloff October 30 that the UK wants to seek [...]	2006-10-30 17:00:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SO UK
06LONDON8039	(C) AFGHANISTAN: DAS GASTRIGHT'S MEETING WITH FCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS John Gastright discussed Afghanistan November 14 with FCO, MOD and Cabinet Office officials. On the upcoming NATO summit in Riga, the UK argued that pressing for use of the term "counter-insurgency" in the summit communiqu would invite unhelpful perceptions of a split i [...]	2006-11-21 17:11:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EAID MARR PREL SNAR UK
06LONDON8073	DEMARCHE ON UNSC ACTION ON IRAN: HMG IN FULL [...] (CO) UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Iran Team Leader Ben Fender expressed full agreement with U.S. views reftel, both as to the implications of the November 14 AIEA report as well as to the urgent need to move quickly on a UNSC resolution; he also said the UK strongly opposes any IAEA tec [...]	2006-11-22 16:41:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC IR UK
06LONDON8074	(SBU) AFGHANISTAN: HAJJ TRANSPORT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 16:53:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID EAIR AF
06LONDON8106	(C) A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with FCO Minister for Africa Lord Triesman November 21 and Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn the next day, AF A/S Frazer stressed the need to adopt a UNSCR on Somalia flexible enough that frontline states could play a positive role. She al [...]	2006-11-27 15:29:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR UNSC SU SO ER ET KE UK
06LONDON8212	UK AGREES ON NEED FOR VIGOROUS CRITIQUE OF IRAN [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office welcomes USG plans to publicly critique the undemocratic, unaccountable nature of Iran's Assembly of Experts election and the UK will be making a similar public statement, perhaps as early as December 5. The FCO noted, however, that due to co [...]	2006-12-05 12:24:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL IR EU UK
06LONDON8372	U.S. JOURNALIST: TEHRAN MAN IN THE STREET LOVES [...] Summary: (C) An American journalist just back from her third working visit to Iran reports a paradox in popular feeling in Tehran: the man in the street has a positive view of America and hates the current high level of political oppression, but at the same time takes great patriotic pride i [...]	2006-12-15 17:51:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KPRP PHUM IR UK
06LUANDA710	ANGOLA - CATHOLIC CHURCH NEUTRAL, OPPOSITION [...] (C) During the U.S. 4th of July celebration, Graciano Apolonio, a prominent clergyman in the Catholic Church and personal priest to President Dos Santos, stated that the Catholic Church's new Bishop in Cabinda, Filomeno Vieira Dias, was unlikely to comment on the Cabinda peace accord because o [...]	2006-07-12 14:22:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO
06LUANDA812	ANGOLA - CABINDAN PEACE ACCORD SIGNED [...] (C) On August 1, 2006, the GRA and the Cabindan Forum for Dialogue (FCD) officially signed the Memorandum of Understanding for Peace in Cabinda. In attendance at this event were the highest officials of all three branches of the GRA, including the acting President Roberto de Almeida. The FCD [...]	2006-08-04 08:42:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO
06LUSAKA1349	Zambia Election Observers' Observations [...] (SBU) Zambia's September 28 tripartite elections were generally conducted in an orderly and peaceful manner, in the view of Embassy observer teams, which coordinated with observers from six other missions to observe the vote in 342 polling stations in eight of Zambia's nine provinces. Observer [...]	2006-10-02 04:59:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
06LUSAKA1366	2006 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS: COMPARISON TO 2001 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) announced on October 4 the final results to the 2006 parliamentary elections. The ruling Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) has won a small majority of seats. A comparison to the 2001 parliamentary elections reveals large increase [...]	2006-10-05 05:16:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
06LUSAKA1591	Proposed Development Riles Conservationists [...] (SBU) Summary: A controversial, recently-published Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) recommends approval of plans to develop a 550 acre site in Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park. The project developer, Legacy Holdings Zambia Limited (Legacy Holdings, funded the EIA, which must be approved by the [...]	2006-11-17 07:29:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EINV ZA
06LUXEMBOURG662	LUXEMBOURG INFORMED ABOUT SPECIALTY STEELS SOUGHT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-29 10:44:00	Embassy Luxembourg	SECRET	ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL
06MADRID1037	SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON NATO ISSUES [...] (U) Poloff discussed reftels with MFA Deputy Director General for International Security Affairs Manuel Acerete and his deputy on April 24. Acerete had previously accepted some of the information, but lacked instructions on how to respond. Following are his responses. 2. (C) On Georgia's [...]	2006-04-25 15:07:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR SP
06MADRID1088	SPAIN ON ELECTION SUPPORT FOR HAITI AND GUYANA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 16:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV HA GY
06MADRID1253	SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE UN DECLARATION [...] (U) Poloff accompanied poloffs from the Australian and New Zealand Embassies to deliver reftel demarche to Fernando Fernandez-Arias, MFA Deputy Director General for Human Rights. Fernandez-Arias said that Spain understood the tripartite position and acknowledged the concerns expressed in refte [...]	2006-05-19 09:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SP
06MADRID1262	MUSLIMS IN SPAIN: FINDING A WAY FORWARD [...] (U) Summary. Spain's diverse and rapidly growing Muslim community is new to the country and does not yet identify itself as Spanish. The community's national representation has recently been experienced significant upheaval, prompting many to question the structure of a Muslim religious leader [...]	2006-05-19 14:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL SP
06MADRID1459	SPAIN PRESSES KYRGYZSTAN ON MANAS AIRFIELD [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 16:42:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL SP AF KG
06MADRID1558	SPAIN/IRAN: MFA READOUT OF IRANIAN FM VISIT [...] (C) MFA Subdirector General for Middle East Affairs Alberto Moreno contacted poloff on June 15 to respond to the Embassy's request for a readout of the June 14 visit to Madrid of Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki. (NOTE: Originally, Iranian Secretary of the Supreme National Security [...]	2006-06-15 16:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN IR SP
06MADRID1562	SPAIN'S SUPPORT FOR MONITORS FOR NICARAGUAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 11:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL SP NU
06MADRID1577	SPAIN ON NATO SENIOR CIVILIAN REPRESENTATIVE IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 12:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL
06MADRID1593	SPAIN ON MDA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 15:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SP
06MADRID1610	SPAIN OPPOSES VENEZUELAN ANTI-NGO LAW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 07:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PREL EAID SP VZ
06MADRID1656	SPAIN TAKES POSITIVE VIEW OF US CANDIDATE FOR NATO [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 15:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO MARR PREL SP
06MADRID1722	SPAIN/IRAQ: TRANSIT OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ [...] (S) Summary. Beginning in early 2005, Spanish authorities discovered the existence of a significant Spain-based network to recruit, indoctrinate, and send Islamist radicals to Iraq to fight against coalition forces. Press reports indicate that as many as 80 individuals have been recruited in o [...]	2006-07-06 10:34:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PTER PREL IZ SP
06MADRID1743	SPAIN TO SEND HIGH-LEVEL DELEGATION TO AFGHANISTAN [...] After consulting with Canadian DCM, Emboffs delivered PRT conference invitations on June 26 to the Foreign Ministry Director General (DG) for Asia and Pacific, the Spanish aid agency AECI DG for Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe, and Defense Ministry DG for Policy. Separately, Emboffs reached [...]	2006-07-07 14:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC NATO SP AF
06MADRID1806	SPAIN: PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COMPACT MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-17 08:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV IZ SP
06MADRID1808	SPAIN TO MAKE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO HAITI [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-17 13:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL HA SP
06MADRID1861	SPAIN WITH EU CONSENSUS ON NICARAGUA ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-24 12:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KDEM SP NU
06MADRID1908	SPAIN: GOS POSITION ON PHARE ASSISTANCE TO TURKISH [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to GOS European Correspondent Carlos Fernandez Arias on July 18 and Jose Luis Pardo, an official in the Subdirectorate General for General Affairs, on July 27. 2. (C) Fernandez Arias told Poloff that the Cyprus reintegration is coming to a head and r [...]	2006-07-27 15:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID LH EUN CY SP
06MADRID1909	SPAIN ON TRANSNISTRIA'S PROPOSED INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to GOS European Correspondent Carlos Fernandez Arias on July 18 and Spanish Sub-Director General for Eastern Europe Jose Maria Valdemoro Gimenez on July 27. 2. (C) Fernandez Arias agreed with the U.S. position that the referendum is poorly worded and [...]	2006-07-27 15:19:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PBTS MD RS SP
06MADRID1962	SPAIN ON SYRIA/HIZBALLAH AND POSSIBLE TROOP [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The MOD Director General for Defense Policy told poloff on August 3 that, although Spanish FM Moratinos has said that it is "very premature" to talk about troop contributions before there is a UNSC resolution, Spain is likely to contribute 800 or more troops to an internationa [...]	2006-08-03 13:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR LE SY SP
06MADRID1976	SPAIN MAY SUPPORT SOME FORM OF UN MIGRATION BODY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-04 14:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF SMIG UNGA SP
06MADRID1994	SPAIN ACCEPTS BURMA'S PRESENCE AT ASEM [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 09:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EUN BU SP
06MADRID2028	SPAIN SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 11:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC US SP
06MADRID2066	SPAIN REAFFIRMS CONTRIBUTION TO UNIFIL [...] (C/NF) As described in ref A, Spain intends to deploy approximately a battalion of troops to UNIFIL. Acting DG for Defense Policy Brigadier General Jose Munoz Castresana told Poloff on August 17 that Spain shares the US's sense of urgency and generally agrees with ref B's points. He said tha [...]	2006-08-17 15:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL SP LE
06MADRID2139	SPAIN GENERALLY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Sub-Director General for Central Europe and the Balkans Raul Fuentes Milani on August 25. Fuentes Milani said that Spain mostly supports the U.S. approach to Kosovo. He made the following comments during the discussion of the reftel points: -- It [...]	2006-08-28 15:55:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN PGOV EU SP
06MADRID2163	STAFFDEL BRENNAN SEEKS SPANISH COOPERATION IN [...] (U) A staff delegation from the House International Relations Committee and the House Judiciary Committee visited Madrid August 28-30, to discuss narcotics trafficking between Europe and Colombia and other Andean nations. Poloff and DEA attach attended all meetings with Spanish and Colombian o [...]	2006-08-30 15:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR SP
06MADRID2184	SPANISH ATTENDANCE AT IRAQ COMPACT MEETINGS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-01 12:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ SP
06MADRID2242	SPAIN ON NATO STRATEGIC AIRLIFT INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 11:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO SP
06MADRID2259	OSCE: SPAIN'S CHAIRMANSHIP, KAZAKHSTAN [...] (U) Please see action request paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed reftel demarche, Spain's plans for the Chairmanship, and the Personal Representatives on Tolerance with Jose Lopez Jorrin, MFA Coordinator for the Spanish Chairmanship of OSCE, on September 7. Lopez Jorrin said th [...]	2006-09-11 10:55:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL OSCE SP KZ
06MADRID2319	SPAIN AGREES ON DARFUR AND NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 07:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU SP
06MADRID2360	SPANISH POSITION IN ADVANCE OF SEPTEMBER 15 GAERC [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel A and B demarche points to Spanish EU Correspondent Carlos Fernandez-Arias on September 13. Fernandez-Arias said that Spain agrees with U.S. positions on Sudan, Bosnia, Congo, and Ukraine. Fernandez-Arias did not anticipate discussion of Kosovo, Macedonia, or [...]	2006-09-19 15:23:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UN EU SP KPAL
06MADRID2435	SPAIN: SIX MONTHS ON, ETA'S "PERMANENT CEASEFIRE" [...] (C) Summary: Six months after the Basque separatist group ETA announced a permanent ceasefire, many inside Spain are now doubting its permanence. Street violence and vandalism continue in the Basque region and alleged ETA supporters released a statement over the weekend claiming that the gr [...]	2006-09-27 10:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SP
06MADRID2495	SPAIN: VISIT OF CUBA TRANSITION COORDINATOR CALEB [...] (C) Summary. Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry visited Madrid September 26-27 for meetings with Spanish MFA officials, political figures (including former Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar),and opinion leaders, as well as radio and print interviews on Spanish media. In his meeting [...]	2006-10-02 16:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
06MADRID2512	SPAIN ON UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, Subdirector General for the United Nations, on October 2. Linares told Emboff that the GOS clearly understands that 22 percent is a red line for the U.S. in terms of reaching a consensus on the scale of assessments f [...]	2006-10-04 08:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KUNR UNGA SP
06MADRID2622	SPAIN: RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-papers to Spanish MFA Deputy Office Director for Human Rights Cecilia Robles Cartes on August 13. Robles said that she understood the tripartite position on the HRC's text for the declaration, but she indicated that Spain would support the decl [...]	2006-10-16 16:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIA UN SP
06MADRID2624	SPAIN: IN ADVANCE OF OCT. 16 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with MFA European Correspondent Carlos Fernandez-Arias on October 13 to discuss Spain's position in advance of the October 16 GAERC meeting. Fernandez-Arias indicated that Spain was in complete agreement on most topics with the United States, but he singled out Kosovo [...]	2006-10-17 07:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UN EU YI SR BO MK SU CG IS LE IR IZ UP
06MADRID2759	SPAIN: NAM RESOLUTIONS ON LEBANESE CHILDREN [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-27 16:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER SP
06MADRID2813	SPAIN ON UNSCR 1718 CONVENTIONAL ARMS OBLIGATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-03 09:57:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PARM SP
06MADRID2871	SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER GAERC [...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish Subdirector General for the EU Carlos Fernandez-Arias on November 8 to discuss Spain's position in advance of the November 13-14 GAERC meeting. Fernandez-Arias indicated that Spain was in complete agreement with the United States on most topics, but he singled out [...]	2006-11-13 14:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID2895	SPAIN/HSPD-6: THEY SIGNED! [...] Summary. In a November 15 meeting with A/S for Consular Affairs Maura Harty, Spanish Secretary of State for Security Antonio Camacho agreed to deepen information exchanges with the USG by exchanging terrorist lookout information as contemplated in Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSP [...]	2006-11-16 16:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL SP
06MADRID2942	SPAIN ON MEPP: WE SUPPORT QUARTET, NEED TO PUSH [...] (C) Summary. DCM called Javier Sancho Velazquez, Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Moratinos, on November 22 to discuss reftel points and Spain's proposed Middle East initiative in advance of the November 24 Quintet meeting in Rome. DCM went over the demarche with Velazquez point by point [...]	2006-11-22 18:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP IS SY
06MADRID2996	WESTERN SAHARA: SPAIN WARY OF UNILATERAL MOROCCAN [...] (C) Poloff discussed Western Sahara with Spanish Subdirector General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo and Assistant Subdirector General Javier Garcia-Larrache on December 1. Poloff thanked Spain for their white paper on Western Sahara and emphasized that the U.S. wished to put the onus o [...]	2006-12-05 08:12:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC WI SP
06MADRID3007	DEMARCHE TO SPAIN ON CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) The DCM discussed the EU's reconsideration of the China Arms Embargo with MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar on December 5. Dezcallar assured the DCM that Spain is not seeking to lift the embargo, nor would it support such an effort. He noted that he had recently [...]	2006-12-07 09:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL PGOV PHUM EUN SP CH
06MADRID3081	SPAIN/CUBA: DOMESTIC POLITICS SCUTTLE UNITY ON [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Popular Party (PP) presented a Parliamentary motion December 19 calling for unity among Spanish political parties in supporting a democratic transition in Cuba. Foreign Minister Moratinos had signaled to PP Parliamentarians that a common position on Cuba could be n [...]	2006-12-21 11:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU SP
06MADRID3083	SPAIN ON UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref. A demarche to Miriam Alvarez, Spanish MFA Deputy Subdirector General for the United Nations, on December 20. After consulting with New York and the MFA Director General in charge of UN affairs, Alvarez informed Poloff on December 21 that the debate was ongoing in [...]	2006-12-21 17:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC PREL UNGA SP
06MADRID3096	SPAIN ON SAHRAWI REFUGEE CENSUS; ALGERIA SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-27 15:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM AG SP
06MADRID32	SPAIN'S MEASURED WELCOME OF EVO MORALES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales met in Madrid on January 4 with the King, President Zapatero, the Foreign and Industry Ministers, and business leaders. The GOS focused Morales' visit on economic issues, including Spanish energy company Repsol's billion dollar investment in [...]	2006-01-05 16:04:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP BO
06MADRID750	SPAIN ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-28 07:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SU SP

06MADRID853	SPAIN ON IRANIAN TREATMENT OF BAHAI MINORITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 11:15:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SP
06MADRID895	SPAIN: SECRETARY'S LETTER ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 13:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA SP
06MADRID932	SPAIN: SECRETARY,S LETTER ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 14:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA SP
06MANAGUA1023	EX-NICARAGUAN MOD BIDDING ON REGIONAL UNDP ARMS [...] (C) Poloff met with local UNDP official Felipe Molina on May 5 to discuss the UNDP's five-year, $5 million project to reduce small arms in Central America. Molina explained that the plan will cover "all types of weapons transportable by one person" -- including MANPADS. "Arms in poor countrie [...]	2006-05-09 22:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR PREL NU
06MANAGUA1057	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: FIVE ALLIANCES EMERGE, APRE [...] (SBU) Summary: The deadline to register political alliances for Nicaragua's national elections in November came and went on May 11 without a deal to unite the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) and the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN). The big surprise of the day was APRE's decision to break [...]	2006-05-12 21:44:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1098	CODEL BURTON -- SHORT BUT SUCCESSFUL VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 9, Codel Burton (Representatives Burton, Meeks, Akin, Bordallo, Marchant, and Watson) made a brief stopover in Nicaragua on their way back to the United States from Costa Rica. During their time in Nicaragua, the Codel met with Embassy staff for a briefing on elections [...]	2006-05-18 21:48:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1105	NICARAGUA: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: This cable update's post's democracy promotion strategy submitted in October and reviewed in December 2005 (refs B and C). Now that the executive will in all likelihood remain in place through the end of President Bolanos' term, we must focus on the results of Nicaragua's nationa [...]	2006-05-19 19:05:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KCOR NU
06MANAGUA1114	RESETTLEMENT OF CUBAN AND HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Ambassador Domingo Salinas, Director of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry (MFA),on May 19 to discuss points in reftel. Salinas explained that he would need to discuss the issue with his counterparts in relevant GON agencies before offering a f [...]	2006-05-22 20:21:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF NU CU
06MANAGUA1164	NICARAGUA: DEMARCHE ON 2006 TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 19:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG NU
06MANAGUA1184	MISKITO CASE NEEDS SUPPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) During a May 30 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, Raymond Genie and Marcos Carmona from the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH) outlined their current activities and plans for their investigation into atrocities committed against the Miskito population during the 1980s Sand [...]	2006-06-02 18:34:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM ECON SENV EFIN NU
06MANAGUA1193	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: LIBERAL CHONTALENOS FEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the May 31 deadline to register party candidates for the November national elections and the fact that both major Liberal groups determined to run separately, we found most Liberals in Chontales still hoping for a united front to challenge the FSLN in November. Supporter [...]	2006-06-05 16:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA124	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: JINOTEGA [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with political, religious, and economic leaders in Jinotega department reveal an affinity across the Liberal spectrum for dissident presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, although Liberal leaders acknowledged that local campesinos -- the majority of the populati [...]	2006-01-23 20:56:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1309	NICARAGUAN PARTICIPATION AT INTERNATIONAL RED [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC AORC IS NU
06MANAGUA1333	MANY NICARAGUAN EVANGELICALS WANT TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Many leaders of the evangelical community in Nicaragua prefer ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre as the best option to lead Nicaragua after the November elections. Most feel, however, that Montealegre has not done enough to promote evangelical candidates and politicia [...]	2006-06-19 14:47:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM KIRF NU
06MANAGUA1359	VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL, BUT CSE NOTES SOME [...] (U) Summary: With over 45 percent of eligible Nicaraguan voters estimated to have verified their status and location on the official voters list (padron),the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) proclaimed the two-weekend verification process a success. This assessment was supported by observers f [...]	2006-06-20 21:59:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1400	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: RIO SAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nicaraguan department of Rio San Juan is largely rural and a majority of the population has voted Liberal in every election since 1990. The FSLN has, however, captured a consistently large minority of the vote. Local political, religious, and community leaders disagree on [...]	2006-06-27 16:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1411	MONTEALEGRE WARNS A/S SHANNON, "LEWITES IS [...] (C) Summary: ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre warned A/S Shannon, Ambassador and others at a June 27 breakfast that MRS candidate Herty Lewites is corrupt, surrounded by unreformed Sandinistas, and likely to siphon votes from Montealegre. Montealegre and his advisors further dis [...]	2006-06-29 11:11:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU ES
06MANAGUA1429	AMBASSADORS SHARE ELECTION CONCERNS WITH A/S [...] (C) Summary: A group of ambassadors resident in Nicaragua, most of whom are contributing funds to election efforts, shared their conviction with A/S Shannon on June 26 that a thorough international observation effort is necessary to prevent fraud during the November 5 national elections. The [...]	2006-06-30 16:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1499	RESETTLEMENT OF CUBAN AND HAITIAN MIGRANTS (2) [...] (C) Poloffs met with Ambassador Domingo Salinas, Director and Western Hemisphere Affairs at the Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and U.S. Desk Officer Agnes Alvarado to discuss Nicaragua's willingness to assist in the resettlement of Cuban and Haitian migrants at Guantanamo. After [...]	2006-07-07 22:24:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF NU CU
06MANAGUA1507	AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES MONTEALEGRE TO FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, emboffs, and local IRI Director Gilberto Valdez met with ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre on July 7 to express concern that ALN officials are not sufficiently focused on the campaign and encourage him to organize the senior leadership of the party. Montea [...]	2006-07-10 20:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1512	GON "CONCERNED" ABOUT NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] On July 7 poloffs met with Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry Director of Western Hemisphere Affairs Domingo Salinas and U.S. Desk Officer Agnes Alvarado to deliver the points in reftel. Salinas described the North Korean missile launches as "very disturbing" and promised to share the talking points [...]	2006-07-10 20:44:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP KN NU
06MANAGUA1523	A/S SHANNON -- LEWITES: LAST MEETING WITH U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27, Assistant Secretary Shannon met with Herty Lewites, Sandinista dissident and presidential candidate for the Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS). Lewites voiced concern about the election process, the lack of MRS poll watchers and continuing problems with national/voter [...]	2006-07-11 15:10:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1524	FOREIGN MINISTER CALDERA TO A/S SHANNON: IT IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a June 27 lunch he hosted for A/S Shannon, Foreign Minister Norman Caldera predicted that Central America would sign a free trade agreement with the European Union within the next three years. Caldera touched on the recent free trade agreement between Nicaragua and Taiw [...]	2006-07-11 15:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1552	REMOTE RIO SAN JUAN HAS MUCH UNDEVELOPED POTENTIAL [...] (U) Summary: During a June 21 to 23 trip to the remote Nicaraguan department of Rio San Juan, poloff and political specialist met with political, business, and religious leaders to discuss economic and social conditions in the area. We learned that the economy is largely based on the exploita [...]	2006-07-14 19:49:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1556	PLC MAYORS DEMAND ALEMAN LEAVE PARTY [...] (C) Summary: A group of 15 mayors and municipal leaders from northern areas of Nicaragua held a press conference in Managua on July 12 to insist that convicted PLC leader Arnoldo Aleman and his family leave the PLC for the good of the party and the good of the country. This event followed a s [...]	2006-07-17 14:06:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1565	MPN WARNS OF CEDULA IRREGULARITIES [...] (C) Summary: Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) leaders warned poloffs on July 14 that Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) is failing to issue national/voter ID cards (cedulas) in a fair and efficient manner. A recent MpN study of eligible voters in secondary schools revealed that only 18 [...]	2006-07-18 15:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR SOCI OAS NU
06MANAGUA1572	MRS CANDIDATE JARQUIN: "WE ARE THE RESPONSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: New MRS presidential candidate Edmundo Jarquin assured Ambassador that he will continue deceased candidate Herty Lewites' strategy of pursuing "responsible" social and economic policies and a productive relationship with the USG. Jarquin admitted that he struggles with name recog [...]	2006-07-18 22:36:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1630	CEDULA CRISIS FORCES EDG TO RECONSIDER PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan Elections Donor Group (EDG) decided to reconsider releasing a public statement regarding the electoral process after leaders of the NGO Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) gave a presentation on their recent investigation revealing that large segments of the population a [...]	2006-07-26 13:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM GM CA DA SP FI JA NO NL SW
06MANAGUA1731	NICARAGUA ELECTIONS: FSLN CONFIDENT OF FIRST ROUND [...] (C) Summary: With FSLN internal polls supposedly demonstrating an 8-10 point lead over the nearest challenger, FSLN Foreign Affairs officer Samuel Santos is confident that perennial FSLN presidential candidate Daniel Ortega can win in the first round of elections. The FSLN's confidence was fu [...]	2006-08-09 22:39:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1760	MONTEALEGRE ALLIES CONFIDENT OF VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior advisor to ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, Edmundo Leal and Conservative Party (PC) president Azalia Aviles recently expressed confidence that Montealegre will win the November 5 national election. Briefly interrupted to defend himself before the National As [...]	2006-08-14 22:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA177	VICE MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT PRESSES FIGHT AGAINST [...] (U) On January 24, polcouns and poloff met Vice Minister of Government Deyanira Arguello to discuss the status of various GON efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). As Vice Minister of Government, Arguello has the primary responsibility for overseeing all GON anti-trafficking programs. Sin [...]	2006-01-25 14:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NU
06MANAGUA193	GOVERNMENT DECLARES MEDICAL STRIKE ILLEGAL, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A widespread strike of medical workers, led by a Sandinista (FSLN)-affiliated union, has paralyzed most Nicaraguan public hospitals for the last week. On January 20, the Minister of Labor declared the strike illegal, allowing the Ministry of Health to fire striking union leade [...]	2006-01-27 15:09:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ELAB ECON EFIN NU
06MANAGUA1961	MRS: "WE WANT TO BRING ORTEGA DOWN" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) spokesperson Israel Lewites (Herty Lewites' nephew) recently asserted to polcouns that the MRS is the only viable option for the 2006 election. Lewites believes that the MRS can capture some of the traditional Sandinista (FSLN) vote, enough t [...]	2006-09-06 22:33:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2053	NORTHERNERS BEMOAN MANAGUA NEGLECT TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The pressing needs of local leaders, NGO's and election campaigns were clearly presented during the Ambassador's recent trip to the rural northern departments of Madriz, Nuevo Segovia, and Esteli. The Ambassador garnered considerable support for his anti Aleman-Ortega pact messa [...]	2006-09-18 22:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2077	MARTINEZ CUENCA WORRIED ABOUT AN ORTEGA WIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with Polcouns and emboffs on 11 September, Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) dissident Alejandro Martinez Cuenca voiced his concern that savvy Sandinista campaigning and a weak and distracted center-right have strengthened Daniel Ortega's campaign. Th [...]	2006-09-21 15:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA213	EVIDENCE SUGGESTS SECRET TAIWAN PAYMENTS TO [...] (C) On January 25, poloff and RLA met Attorney General for Criminal Affairs Ivan Lara and Economic Crimes investigator Mario Diaz of the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) to discuss Taiwan's use of foreign aid funds in Nicaragua in recent years. Lara and Diaz did not have any evidence of Taiwan [...]	2006-01-30 14:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EAID CH PREL ECIN EINV ETRD PM GT TW
06MANAGUA2161	NICARAGUAN POLITICAL PARTIES PLEDGE TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of four political parties contesting Nicaragua's November 5 national elections pledged to support (more or less) the Nicaraguan Defense White Paper should their party come to power. Enthusiasm for White Paper policy goals varied, however, between officials of the [...]	2006-09-29 22:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS MARR NU
06MANAGUA2180	ALN PLANNING FOR A ROUGH ROAD AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Drawing on Emboffs' recent meetings with various members of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),this cable provides a comprehensive view of where the party stands five weeks before election day. Although most local polls continue to show Eduardo Montealegre as the second-stro [...]	2006-10-03 17:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA220	OAS SENIOR POLITICAL ENVOY READS THE RIOT ACT TO [...] (C) Summary: OAS senior political envoy John Biehl has placed stringent conditions on the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) to enable the OAS to participate in Nicaragua's March and November elections. In his recent visit to Managua, Biehl clarified that CSE's invitation for OAS observation of [...]	2006-01-30 22:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA221	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: CARAZO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political, economic and religious leaders in the Department of Carazo suggest that by far the two most popular presidential candidates there are Eduardo Montealegre and Herty Lewites. Montealegre has successfully siphoned off elements of the PLC departmental organi [...]	2006-01-30 22:28:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2225	NICARAGUAN PRESIDENTIAL POLLS -- WHAT DO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The presidential polls from March to the most recent in September all point to the likelihood of a runoff in the November 5 presidential election. From poll to poll the candidates have gained and lost percentage points, but none of the candidates has attained the level (40 per [...]	2006-10-07 00:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA223	NICARAGUA'S OAS AMBASSADOR CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD [...] (SBU) The OAS election observation team and efforts to combat election fraud may fail unless certain steps are taken, according to Nicaraguan Ambassador to the OAS Jose Luis Velasquez. Velasquez, and senior MFA advisor Ariel Granera, during a 26 January meeting with the Ambassador, DCM and P [...]	2006-01-30 22:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2247	MISKITO VOTE POTENTIAL OBSTACLE TO FSLN AMBITIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) significant campaign efforts in the remote North Atlantic Autonomous Zone (RAAN),the indigenous Miskito population remains staunchly anti-Sandinista. In response, the FSLN-allied Yatama government has forced unelected le [...]	2006-10-10 23:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2249	FSLN MOUNTING STRONG CAMPAIGN, CONVINCED OF VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs recently met with Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) dissident Alejandro Martinez Cuenca and FSLN foreign affairs director Samuel Santos to discuss the party's progress in the election campaign and examine the FSLN governing platform. Both figures reported that [...]	2006-10-11 00:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2264	NICARAGUA "PERFECTLY IN LINE" WITH USG CONCERN [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 23:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN PARM KNNP
06MANAGUA2434	DORA MARIA TELLEZ CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD, POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) National Assembly deputy candidate Dora Maria Tellez is concerned about election fraud and the possibility of a Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) victory. She believes that the FSLN will resort to fraud to ensure a first-round victory for D [...]	2006-11-02 00:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2459	SIT REP 1 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the Liberal vote split between the Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN) and the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC),Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega appears to be the likely victor in Nicaragua's November 5 national elections. The latest r [...]	2006-11-06 18:46:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA250	AS MEDICAL STRIKE WIDENS, MINISTER OF HEALTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The doctor's strike that has paralyzed many public sector hospitals for over two weeks has widened to include the powerful Sandinista union Fetsalud, which represents the vast majority of public sector health care workers. Minister of Health Margarita Gurdian insists that she [...]	2006-02-02 17:01:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ELAB EFIN NU
06MANAGUA2517	SIT REP 5 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALN Deputy Yamileth Bonilla is confident the ALN will win at least 27 seats in the National Assembly which the ALN will use to influence the composition of the Assembly's executive board. The president of Bolanos' APRE party did not win an Assembly seat, but promises to help Mont [...]	2006-11-14 19:06:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2531	SIT REP 6 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) has released final results for the presidential and provisional results for the congressional elections amidst complaints from the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) and some observer groups that these talli [...]	2006-11-17 00:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2537	SIT REP 7 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the deadline to submit formal complaints regarding the vote count fast approaching at midnight on November 17, the political parties are rushing to check the official numbers against the results provided by their poll watchers -- a task made especially arduous because the Sup [...]	2006-11-17 21:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2548	EVANGELICALS PLEDGE CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR ALN [...] (SBU) Summary: Evangelical leaders recently pledged to continue to support the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),led by Eduardo Montealegre, as long as that party continues to uphold Christian values. The reverends noted that Montealegre has a chance to consolidate the party and draw more di [...]	2006-11-21 17:53:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2599	NICARAGUA: ZOILAMERICA NARVAEZ VOWS TO CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zoilamerica Narvaez, the stepdaughter of Nicaragua's president-elect Daniel Ortega and daughter of future first lady Rosario Murillo, remains committed in her quest to bring justice to the case of alleged sexual abuse by her stepfather during the 1980s, and of the failure of the [...]	2006-11-29 22:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KWMN NU PGOV PREL
06MANAGUA2606	RIZO TO A/S SHANNON: WE WILL REFORM THE PLC FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon met with Jose Rizo and Jose Antonio Alvarado, former presidential and vice presidential candidates for the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). Voicing their discontent with the election process, Rizo and Alvarado insisted that t [...]	2006-11-30 20:07:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2608	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH NICARAGUAN [...] (C) Summary: In his cordial yet measured meeting with WHA Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, Nicaraguan President-elect Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) stated his desire for "productive relations" with the USG. Ortega discussed his plans to fight pov [...]	2006-11-30 22:58:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAID KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2617	BOLANOS TO A/S SHANNON: "WE HAVE TO CORRAL ORTEGA" [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 28 lunch hosted for Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, President Bolanos and his advisors shared their insights and concerns about an Ortega presidency and outlined the key points of a liberal opposition strategy. President Bolanos opined that Ortega has littl [...]	2006-12-01 22:24:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON KDEM NU PGOV
06MANAGUA2630	NICARAGUA'S HEALTH MINISTER SAYS ABORTION LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs recently met with Nicaraguan Minister of Health Margarita Gurdian to solicit her position on Nicaragua's new legislation criminalizing all forms of abortion and how this decision could affect women's health. According to the minister, the law will create fear and confusio [...]	2006-12-04 21:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN
06MANAGUA2645	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH THE MRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 27 meeting with Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, key Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) leaders expressed their views on the elections and the party's future. MRS member Luis Carrion, National Assembly deputy Monica Baltodano and spokesperson Israel Lewites [...]	2006-12-05 21:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2646	LEGISLATIVE REFORMS WOULD GIVE FSLN "ABSOLUTE [...] (SBU) Summary: National Assembly deputies began approving the articles of a law on December 5 that would give the Sandinista Front (FSLN) caucus in the 2007-2012 Assembly greatly expanded powers, reduce legislative transparency, expand the Assembly's overall authority, and increase routes for [...]	2006-12-05 23:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR NU
06MANAGUA2652	ALN BLOCKS SOME PROBLEMATIC ELEMENTS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) partially succeeded in minimizing the effects of a ways and means law supported by "pacted" Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) caucuses (Reftel). Vigorous ALN lobbying efforts prompted the re [...]	2006-12-06 21:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2665	CSE OFFICIAL CLAIMS COUNCIL IS OPEN TO ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: During a December 5 lunch with poloff, Nicaraguan Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) Chief of Staff Rodrigo Barreto commented that the CSE magistrates are open to suggestions to reform the electoral laws and regulations -- although not from certain prominent domestic NGOs with whom t [...]	2006-12-07 20:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2673	FSLN FACES DIFFICULTIES DELIVERING ON CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos recently admitted that the party is having difficulty reconciling its many campaign promises. Santos specifically referred to the FSLN's desperate search for a solution to Nicaragua's ongoing ener [...]	2006-12-11 22:56:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ENRG KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2696	CONTROVERSIAL ASSEMBLY REFORMS SENT TO PRESIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: According to present and future National Assembly deputy for the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) Maria Eugenia Sequeira, the Assembly's controversial ways and means bill has been sent to President Bolanos for signing, but will likely face a veto, giving the new Assembly a chance [...]	2006-12-14 21:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA270	NICARAGUA: COFFEE IS CAPRICIOUS KING IN JINOTEGA [...] (U) Summary: The economy of the northern Nicaragua department of Jinotega is almost entirely dependent on one crop: coffee. The international price of coffee drives the fortunes of the region, and a poor transportation infrastructure inhibits the development of other industries. The shaky eco [...]	2006-02-03 23:40:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EAGR PGOV SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2705	ALN DEPUTIES DISCOUNT POSSIBILITY OF QUICK, EASY [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with the Ambassador, a group of young Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) deputies-elect minimized rumors of ALN rapprochement with the rival Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). They commented that public overtures from PLC officials aim to create the impres [...]	2006-12-18 14:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2717	NICARAGUA KICKS OFF "CALL AND LIVE" ANTI-TRAFFICKING CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Inter American Development Bank (IDB),the International Organization for Migration (IOM),the Ricky Martin Foundation, and UNICEF launched the Nicaraguan "Llama y Vive" (Call and Live) anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) campaign December 6 with the participation of the Minist [...]	2006-12-19 19:02:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREL
06MANAGUA2725	FSLN ACCORD WITH PRN PRESIDENT TALAVERA PROMISES [...] (C) Summary: The September 15 accord that Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) leader/President-elect Daniel Ortega signed with Nicaraguan Resistance Party (PRN) President Salvador Talavera includes the formation of a autonomous and decentralized National Peace and Reconciliation Coun [...]	2006-12-20 14:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA277	GON WILL RE-SEND REQUEST FOR DOMINICAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) The Nicaraguan government will re-send its June 2005 Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) request for Dominican assistance in the money laundering investigation of ex-President Arnoldo Aleman. This time the request will be accompanied by a GON diplomatic note to the Dominican Foreign Min [...]	2006-02-06 16:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR DR NU
06MANAGUA348	NICARAGUA SYMPATHETIC TO USG MESSAGE ON [...] (C) On February 13, poloff delivered the talking points in reftel to Miriam Fonseca, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Middle East, Africa and Asia section. Fonseca was sympathetic to the USG concerns, and said that the GON, like everyone else, is waiting to see what sort of Palestinian Auth [...]	2006-02-13 21:10:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL NU
06MANAGUA417	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: RIVAS [...] (C) Summary: With the November national elections still distant in the minds of the citizens of the southern Nicaraguan department of Rivas, none of the major candidates seems to have made a significant impact on the views of the voting public. That stated, most contacts indicate that Nicarag [...]	2006-02-22 23:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA464	A RUSE -- OR DO GENUINE CONCERNS DRIVE PLC'S CALL [...] (C) Many Nicaraguan political and civil society leaders are calling for the resignation of all Supreme Electoral Commission (CSE) magistrates. Asserting that the CSE's substantial irregularities and clear domination by Daniel Ortega's Sandinista (FSLN) party will cause the March 5 Atlantic C [...]	2006-03-02 17:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA475	NO NICARAGUAN STATEMENT AS YET ON THE AL-ASKARIYA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 17:01:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PETER IZ NU
06MANAGUA511	NICARAGUAN ATLANTIC COAST ELECTIONS: PLC GARNERS [...] (U) Summary: Belying early predictions of an FSLN victory in the March 5 regional council elections for the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) and South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS),the PLC surged ahead as late returns from rural voting centers were added to the vote count. The FSL [...]	2006-03-07 23:59:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI OAS NU
06MANAGUA556	NICARAGUA ATLANTIC COAST ELECTIONS: PLC SUPREME IN [...] (C) Summary: Preliminary results for the allocation of seats on the Councils of the South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS) and North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) indicate that the PLC will win enough positions to control the RAAS without having to form an alliance with another party. In [...]	2006-03-13 19:14:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SNAR SOCI NU
06MANAGUA565	OAS MISSION LEADER - POLITICAL STAKES MUCH HIGHER [...] (SBU) Ambassador and team met with the OAS election mission on March 9 to assess the March 5 Atlantic Coast regional election and to determine the steps necessary to ensure clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections in November. OAS Mission leader Gustavo Fernandez believes that [...]	2006-03-13 22:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA568	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: ESTELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political and economic leaders in the department of Esteli suggest that the Sandinistas (FSLN) continue to dominate the city of Esteli and that this strength, combined with a solid organization, will be enough to ensure an FSLN victory in the department in November [...]	2006-03-14 16:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA578	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: MADRIZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political, economic, and civil society leaders in the department of Madriz suggest that the department's Liberal roots remain strong, and that the FSLN can be beaten there, despite the fact that it currently controls most municipalities and enjoys considerable sup [...]	2006-03-14 22:52:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA579	FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF CLAIMS ORTEGA SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos insists that Daniel Ortega seeks positive, constructive relations with the U.S. government. Santos decried to polcouns, poloff, and visiting INR analyst on March 13 the USG's "loss of interest" in its American neighbors, wh [...]	2006-03-14 23:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA624	NICARAGUA: FOLLOW UP CICTE DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, poloff met with Myriam Vasquez, the Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Vice Director for Sovereignty, Territory and International Legal Issues. (Note: Vasquez is the Ministry's terrorism guru. The Ministry recently decided that she will head Nicaragua's CICTE [...]	2006-03-20 23:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL ECON MARR MASS OAS NU
06MANAGUA632	FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF: "JUDGE US BY OUR [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos holds up the FSLN's recent support for CAFTA implementation legislation as evidence of his party's interest in constructive relations with the United States. He suggests that the FSLN might also be willing to vote to destroy [...]	2006-03-21 21:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA643	INDIGENOUS REGIONAL PARTY CONTESTS ELECTION [...] (SBU) The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) decided in favor of indigenous regional party Yatama on March 18, ruling that the party won 13 seats in Nicaragua's Northern Autonomous Region (RAAN) election instead of the previously reported 12. Yatama leaders contested the election results in the [...]	2006-03-22 20:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL
06MANAGUA708	ZOILAMERICA NARVAEZ SEEKS USG HELP IN HER IACHR [...] (C) This cable includes an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. SUMMARY: (C) On March 24, DRL PDAS Jonathan Farrar and poloffs met Zoilamerica Narvaez, the daughter of Rosario Murillo and the step-daughter of Daniel Ortega, to discuss Narvaez's ongoing complaint against the Nicaraguan sta [...]	2006-03-28 21:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM USOAS KWMN NU
06MANAGUA710	CPDH FINDS MORE EVIDENCE OF SANDINISTA 1980S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Between March 14-23, representatives of the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH) NGO carried out the second of three planned trips to Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast to document charges of crimes against humanity and genocide brought against Sandinista leaders for acts [...]	2006-03-29 14:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM NU
06MANAGUA711	ARELLANO DISCUSSES DEFECTION TO ALN-PC, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Outspoken National Assembly deputy Delia Arellano plans to actively recruit "converts" in the evangelical community to support presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre now that she has become a member of Montealegre's ALN-PC caucus (reftel). Arellano backs a proposal to chose a [...]	2006-03-30 16:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR SOCI NU
06MANAGUA728	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PLC MAYORS AND PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS IN JINOTEGA [...] (C) Summary: After speaking at a CAFTA workforce briefing, touring a milk products plant certified by the FDA, and inaugurating a USAID-sponsored vegetable packing plant in the northern Nicaraguan department of Jinotega, Ambassador took the opportunity to meet with a group of PLC mayors and the Jin [...]	2006-03-31 23:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA801	NICARAGUA UNDERSTANDS USG DECISION NOT TO RUN FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-10 19:50:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA
06MANAGUA807	CSE CONTINUES TECHNICAL WORK AS PLC/FSLN BATTLE [...] (C) Summary: The inter-institutional battle over control of Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) continues even as the CSE embarks on a new electoral cycle. In the midst of conflicting court rulings and a PLC-driven National Assembly threat to invalidate CSE president Roberto Rivas' app [...]	2006-04-11 16:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA841	VENEZUELA NOW USING FERTILIZER TO GROW SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In only the latest example of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) efforts to bolster the Sandinista Front Party (FSLN) in Nicaragua's 2006 national elections, 11,260 metric tons of urea have been sent for distribution by a Sandinista Cooperative to the rural poor as part of an [...]	2006-04-17 21:26:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV NU PREL SOCI VE CU EPET
06MANAGUA885	EX-MINISTER OF DEFENSE CRITICIZES PRESIDENT AND [...] SUMMARY: (C) Ambassador and poloff held a wide-ranging discussion with Nicaraguan ex-Minister of Defense Jose Adan Guerra on April 19. Guerra strongly criticized President Bolanos' handling of the MANPADS issue, and commented that the Nicaraguan Army leadership will resist MANPADS destruction [...]	2006-04-24 14:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM KDEM NU
06MANAGUA964	MOVING CLOSER TO MANPADS DESTRUCTION? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conversations with representatives of the different political parties represented in Nicaragua's National Assembly reveal a claimed willingness from all sides to approve the destruction of another 651 MANPADS (leaving Nicaragua with an official stock of 400 MANPADS). Nicaraguan [...]	2006-05-03 14:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM KDEM SOCI
06MANAGUA968	LIBERAL FORUM MEMBERS TELL DAS MADISON THAT [...] (C) Liberal Forum (Foro Liberal) members, who dined with DAS Madison, USAID DAA Magan and Ambassador on April 24, agree that Liberal dissident Eduardo Montealegre is the brightest and best-suited candidate to lead Nicaragua. However, they diverge over whether he can beat Daniel Ortega in the [...]	2006-05-03 16:37:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAMA1001	KING HAMAD APPOINTS FIRST WOMAN JUDGE [...] (U) King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa June 6 appointed prosecutor Mona Jasem Al Kawari to be the first woman judge in Bahrain's history and in the history of the Arab Gulf states. Press reports stated that she would be assigned to the Higher Civil Court. In her public reaction to the appointmen [...]	2006-06-07 15:05:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN PREL KJUS KMPI BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1013	BAHRAIN: 2006 TIP REPORT AND TIER 2 WATCH LIST [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarches June 5 to MFA Human Rights Coordinator Ali Al Aradi, including Bahrain's 2006 TIP Report and the Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan. Al Aradi expressed optimism that two key items would be accomplished by year's end: passage of comprehensive anti-TIP legislati [...]	2006-06-10 15:48:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN KHUM PREL PGOV SMIG BA HUMRIT
06MANAMA1040	BAHRAINIS REACT TO AL ZARQAWI'S DEATH [...] (C) Privately, all Bahrainis we have been in touch with, whether Sunni or Shi'a, have expressed satisfaction with the death of Al Zarqawi. Public reactions have broken down along mostly sectarian lines. Shi'a Bahrainis, who represent some 70 percent of the country's citizens, expressed their [...]	2006-06-13 12:23:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER BA IZ REGION CTR
06MANAMA1144	MOCK GTMO SOCCER MATCH NIXED BY MINISTRY OF SOCIAL [...] (U) In an attempt to link World Cup fever in the Kingdom with UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture June 26, Bahrain's local chapter of Amnesty International (AI),which is not an officially registered NGO with the Ministry of Social Development, had plans to conduct a mock so [...]	2006-06-25 14:51:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KHUM BA HUMRIT POL
06MANAMA1156	COURT RULES CHARGES AGAINST SUNNI EXTREMIST CELL [...] (C) Bahrain's constitutional court issued a decision June 26 that the conspiracy charges filed against four Sunni extremists are unconstitutional, citing a conflict between Article 157 of the penal code and Article 20 of the constitution. The constitution requires that only "acts" be punishe [...]	2006-06-27 14:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ASEC BA BILAT CTR POL
06MANAMA1192	FLURRY OF SPRING STRIKES NETS WORKER BENEFITS [...] (C) There have been several incidents of labor actions, strikes and near-strikes, involving both Bahraini and expatriate workers over the past several months. These actions have ranged from unauthorized strikes by non-union South Asian and Southeast Asian expatriate workers to, from a Wester [...]	2006-07-03 12:55:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL BA HUMRIT POL REFORM
06MANAMA1254	BAHRAIN: NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] (C) Poloff July 9 delivered reftel demarche concerning North Korea's launch of ballistic missiles to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dr. Dhafer Al Umran. Al Umran said that Bahrain is not pleased with this recent incident, and that North Korea should instead be working toward peace within [...]	2006-07-10 13:43:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN BA ROW
06MANAMA1354	BAHRAIN: P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] (C) PolOff July 24 delivered reftel demarche on the Iran P5 1 incentive package to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dr. Dhafer Al Umran. Al Umran's initial reaction was that the package is quite extensive and includes many concrete benefits for Iran. He then asked about the inclusion of p [...]	2006-07-26 09:42:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL BA IR EU AORC REGION OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1641	BAHRAIN: IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM FOR NAM SUMMIT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche September 10 to MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa concerning discussion of the Iranian nuclear program at the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Havana. Shaikh Abdul Aziz reaffirmed that Iran' [...]	2006-09-10 11:20:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM IAEA UNSC BA IR REGION

06MANAMA1691	MINISTER OF STATE FOR CABINET AFFAIRS EXPLAINS [...] (C) The Ambassador September 19 met with Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Shaikh Ahmed bin Attiyatallah, who is responsible for carrying out many aspects of the upcoming parliamentary and municipal elections. Shaikh Ahmed said King Hamad would soon officially announce the dates of the t [...]	2006-09-21 15:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL REFORM OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1728	"BANDARGATE" REPORT ALLEGES SENIOR POWER BROKER [...] (C) A recently leaked report written by a former strategic advisor for Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Shaikh Ahmed bin Attiyatallah Al Khalifa alleges that Shaikh Ahmed engaged in a complex conspiracy to influence the outcome of upcoming parliamentary elections in favor of friendly Sun [...]	2006-09-28 13:42:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BA POL
06MANAMA1785	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS NO. 2: KING AND CLERICS MEET, [...] (SBU) KING HAMAD MEETS WITH SHI'A CLERICS: King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa met October 8 with members of the Islamic Scholars Council (Shi'a),made up of many of Bahrain's most influential Shi'a clerics, to discuss issues of concern, including the elections. King Hamad reportedly reassured the [...]	2006-10-12 16:23:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1799	ELECTION MONITORING: GOB MOVES TOWARD GREATER [...] (C) The High Commission for Elections announced October 16 that any registered Bahraini civil society group will be allowed to monitor the November 25 elections. Most societies welcomed the announcement, but Bahrain Human Rights Society continued to push the GOB to allow international monitor [...]	2006-10-18 11:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1814	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS NO. 3: CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF, [...] (C) SUMMARY: By the conclusion of the official registration period for parliamentary candidates, a total of 221 have registered, 18 of whom are women. The official campaign period opens October 20. In his Friday sermon on October 13, Shaikh Isa Qassem, chairman of the Islamic Scholars Coun [...]	2006-10-19 16:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1834	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS NO. 4: CAMPAIGN VANDALISM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acts of vandalism marred the election campaign during a week when Bahrainis were celebrating the Eid Al Fitr holiday. Vandals burned down the campaign tent of second deputy speaker and Al Asala (Salafi) candidate Shaikh Adel Al Ma'awada on October 22. In separate events, hooli [...]	2006-10-26 15:30:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1887	FIRST ARAB WOMAN PARLIAMENTARIAN IN THE GULF: [...] (C) With the close of parliamentary candidate registration October 16, Latifa Al Qa'oud became the first woman member of an elected parliamentary body from any of the Arab Gulf states when no other candidates registered to run against her. Al Qa'oud is no newcomer to parliamentary politics, [...]	2006-11-06 14:39:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KWMN BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1912	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS 6: SISTANI GIVES "ADVICE", AL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading Shi'a cleric Hussain Najati relayed "advice" from Sayed Sistani from Najaf to the Bahraini people November 1, encouraging them to participate in upcoming elections. Najati was careful to avoid possible misunderstanding that the "advice" was being issued in the form of a [...]	2006-11-09 12:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1942	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS 7: GENERAL POLLING STATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading Shi'a cleric Shaikh Isa Qassem encouraged candidates and the public November 10 to lobby the government to eliminate the ten general polling centers. Members of the three-person High Commission for Elections said that it would be impossible to do away with the general ce [...]	2006-11-16 15:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1943	BAHRAIN: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for an update on progress by the GOB toward (a) enacting comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation; (b) opening a shelter for victims of trafficking; and (c) increasing investigations and prosecutions against suspected traffickers. 2. (SBU) Legis [...]	2006-11-16 15:51:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG BA HUMRIT
06MANAMA1950	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS 8: CANDIDATES WITHDRAW, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fourteen parliamentary candidates withdrew from their respective races, including one incumbent MP, by the November 14 deadline, leaving 207 candidates competing for the 40 seats in the Council of Representatives (COR). The official election spokesperson announcedNovember 19 that [...]	2006-11-20 13:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1953	CANDIDATES FOCUS ON LOCAL ISSUES WHILE SPECTER OF [...] (C) Two hundred seven candidates are contesting Bahrain's parliamentary elections to be held November 25 and December 2. In the run-up to the elections, campaign tents, posters and billboards have blossomed around the country and candidates host events nightly for constituents to get to kno [...]	2006-11-22 13:08:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KISL BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1955	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS 9: AN OFFICIAL "NO" TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the first official public statement on the matter, Minister of Information Dr. Mohamed Abdul Ghaffar stated to Arabic daily Al Wasat November 21 that Bahrain would not allow international organizations to monitor the elections November 25. However, it was reported in the pres [...]	2006-11-22 14:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1963	HUGE BAHRAINI ELECTION TURNOUT, VOTING PROBLEMS [...] (C) There was a massive turnout for Bahrain's parliamentary and municipal elections November 25, with reports of at least 72% participation. According to the NGO Election Monitoring Joint Committee (EMJC),their initial assessment is that there were no reports of widespread attempts to influ [...]	2006-11-26 13:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1970	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS 10: UPDATED RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Hamad, in responses November 27 to congratulatory cables from the Prime Minister and the Crown Prince, praised the participation of the Bahraini people in the election, which he said reinforces Bahrain's status as a kingdom of constitution and laws. Election result updates [...]	2006-11-27 15:00:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1979	GOB SPECIFIES BAHRAIN STRIKE BAN SECTORS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa issued an executive order November 20 that bans labor union strikes at facilities deemed to be in vital sectors. Going beyond the text of the 2002 La [...]	2006-11-29 13:43:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB BA BILAT HUMRIT ECTRD
06MANAMA1984	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS 11: ELECTION OBSERVER REPORT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of suspicions raised in the general polling center vote count in the Munira Fakhro/Salah Ali election race, the Election Monitoring Joint Committee's (EMJC) November 29 preliminary report recommended that for the December 2 runoffs, election officials at all polling sta [...]	2006-11-30 15:52:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1995	SUNNI ISLAMISTS NET GAINS IN BAHRAIN'S SECOND [...] (C) Nearly 70% of Bahrain's registered voters in runoff districts participated in the second round of polls December 2. There were reports of minor skirmishes and journalists being harassed at a few poll stations, but overall voting proceeded peacefully. Early indications from the Election [...]	2006-12-03 15:16:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA20	NATIONAL JOB PROJECT KICKS OFF REGISTRATION [...] (C) The long-awaited $80 million National Employment and Training Project began registering Bahrain's estimated 20,000 unemployed January 2 at 20 centers around the country. Minister of Labor Dr. Majeed Al-Alawi has stated publicly that the project will end unemployment in the Kingdom. Dr. A [...]	2006-01-04 14:04:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB ECON BA POL HUMRIT
06MANAMA2004	BAHRAIN'S ELECTIONS: DESPITE ALLEGED FLAWS, A [...] (C) Bahrain's parliamentary elections, held in two rounds November 25 and December 2, represent a major step forward in the King's democratic reform program. In a significant improvement over the 2002 parliamentary elections, which were marred by a boycott by leading Shia opposition political [...]	2006-12-05 12:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KISL BA POL
06MANAMA2030	ANTI-TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE CHAIRMAN COMMENTS ON [...] (C) In a December 7 meeting with Emboffs covering several topics, MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up and Bahrain's Anti-Trafficking Task Force Chairman Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa discussed GOB steps to combat trafficking-in-persons. He said the November [...]	2006-12-12 14:18:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN BA HUMRIT
06MANAMA314	COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETINGS WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa welcomed Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez February 27, voicing SIPDIS appreciation for his visit and the Secretary's support for the U.S.-Bahrain FTA. The PM stressed the importance of stability in the region for development and urged the U [...]	2006-03-01 14:59:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL PGOV BEXP BA REGION OFFICIALS ECTRD BILAT
06MANAMA389	BAHRAIN ANTI-TRAFFICKING RESPONSES 2006 [...] (SBU) Post's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Please note that during the reporting period the Ministry of Social Affairs, which has the lead in establishing a shelter for victims of trafficking and abuse, was renamed the Ministry of Social Development. [...]	2006-03-14 04:35:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF BA HUMRIT
06MANAMA5	HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP MAKES FIRST EVER PRISON VISIT [...] (C) Summary: A delegation from Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS),including Deputy Secretary General Dr. Abdulla Al-Derazi, has made a visit to Jaw Prison for men, representing the first time in Bahrain's history that a human rights organization has been allowed access to the prison system [...]	2006-01-02 11:52:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF BA REFORM HUMRIT
06MANAMA704	FUTURE UNCERTAIN FOR NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT PROJECT [...] (C) Bahrain's much-anticipated 80 million dollar National Employment Project (NEP) completed its formal registration phase at the end of February and has moved into its worker orientation and assessment phases. NEP Head of Marketing Nizar Al Qari told PolOff April 18 that optimism and morale [...]	2006-04-24 13:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL BA REGION HUMRIT REFORM
06MANAMA729	GOB MOVES FORWARD ON SHELTER, ANTI-TIP LEGISLATION [...] (C) In an April 26 conversation with PolOff, Chief of Social Welfare Section and Ministry of Social Development representative to Bahrain's interministerial anti-TIP Task Force Afaf Ahmed Al Aseeri reported that the Minister of Social Development Dr. Fatima Al Balooshi had decided on one of t [...]	2006-04-26 15:23:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SMIG KHUM KWMN PGOV PREL BA REGION
06MANAMA75	NEA TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR WATCH LIST [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-21 10:57:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG BA GR EG KHUM HUMRIT
06MANAMA863	BAHRAIN: GOB WILL WORK TO OPEN SHELTER, PASS [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche May 15 to MFA Human Rights Coordinator Ali Al Aradi, who said that he would discuss the points with MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Al Aradi confirmed that progress toward opening the s [...]	2006-05-16 08:43:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KHUM PHUM PGOV BA HUMRIT
06MANAMA869	AL WIFAQ ENCOURAGED BY REACTION TO PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Al Wifaq's May 1 decision to participate in this year's parliamentary elections prompted expressions of support from both King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa and leading Shi'a cleric Shaikh Isa Qassim. In a May 3 press conference, Al Wifaq Secretary General Shaikh Ali Salman made the formal an [...]	2006-05-17 14:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BA POL REFORM
06MANILA1	MOVING FORWARD ON USG PRIORITIES IN THE [...] (C) Summary: While still facing serious political obstacles, President Arroyo has recovered some of her equilibrium after surviving impeachment charges and severe domestic turbulence in 2005. The relative pause in the political wars provides an opening for the USG to move forward with key b [...]	2006-01-03 01:55:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID MARR MOPS PHUM RP
06MANILA1021	FIVE LEFTIST LAWMAKERS REMAIN "UNDER PROTECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Five leftist lawmakers remain "under protective custody" at the House of Representatives complex in metro Manila. The Department of Justice (DoJ) Secretary and the five claim that they will be arrested if they leave the premises. It is not clear what exactly the five might be [...]	2006-03-06 09:16:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR RP
06MANILA1047	SENATE PRESIDENT UNDER PRESSURE FROM WITHIN HIS [...] (C) Summary: Opponents of Senate President Drilon took action on March 2 to strip him of his leadership position in the Liberal Party (LP). Drilon is contesting the move. Contacts are also reporting that Drilon is under pressure in the Senate from elements who want to see him removed from hi [...]	2006-03-07 08:52:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR RP
06MANILA1075	"NO CNN CAMERA CREWS!" -- CHILD PRISONERS IN THE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: A recent visit by emboffs to a jail in a town near Manila highlighted in a microcosm the problem of incarcerated children in the Philippines. On the national level, the GRP is trying to address [...]	2006-03-08 09:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KOCI SOCI OPRC RP
06MANILA1110	PHILIPPINE OPPOSITION: BITTER TOWARD PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings, Opposition politicians told poloffs that they will continue to denounce President Arroyo for her recent imposition (since rescinded) of a State of National Emergency, asserting that it was poorly calibrated to meet the nature of any threat posed at the time. [...]	2006-03-10 07:41:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PREL RP
06MANILA1162	GRP KEEPS UP PRESSURE ON ACCUSED LAWMAKERS [...] (C) Summary: The GRP has presented its first witness in a prosecution probe of five left-wing lawmakers accused of sedition in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow the government in February. The five remain ensconced at the House of Representatives. On March 13, a trial court order [...]	2006-03-14 09:06:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PHUM RP
06MANILA1259	LOCAL ISSUES -- NOT MANILA POLITICS -- DOMINATE [...] (C) Summary: Based on emboffs March 16-17 visit, recent political turbulence in Manila appears to have garnered little attention in Isabela Province in northeastern Luzon. Governor Grace Padaca, the 2006 Ninoy Aquino Award for Public Service winner, remains popular, but faces entrenched oppo [...]	2006-03-21 07:25:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ECON PREL PINR SOCI RP
06MANILA1519	NEW VENUE, JUDGE ANNOUNCED IN ALLEGED RAPE CASE [...] (U) On March 28, the Philippine Supreme Court transferred the case of four Marines accused of raping a Filipina from Olongapo City to Makati City in metro Manila. The Department of Justice (DOJ) had requested the change of venue after the original judge, Renato Dilag, recused himself due to a [...]	2006-04-04 08:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA1538	PROPONENTS PRESS FORWARD ON CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: Pro-Administration groups are collecting signatures for a "People's Initiative" (referendum) on Constitutional changes that would create a parliament with an executive prime minister. If plans move forward, the referendum might take place later this year. President Arroyo and [...]	2006-04-05 09:00:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS RP
06MANILA1747	MILF WELCOMES REGULAR DIALOGUE WITH US EMBASSY [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a second meeting with poloffs, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Vice Chairman for Political Affairs Ghazali Jafaar confirmed that MILF-GRP negotiations for a political settlement will begin after both parties sign a written agreement on ancestral domain, and noted that [...]	2006-04-21 06:49:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PINS PTER PREL KISL MY RP
06MANILA1792	REBELLION CHARGES AGAINST SUSPECTED COUP PLOTTERS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-25 10:20:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL PTER RP
06MANILA1887	MINDANAO PEACE PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: According to Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema, detained Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari has formed a new council for talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),excluding Sema and other members of the MNLF-Council of 15. Sema commented the c [...]	2006-05-02 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER PREL KISL RP
06MANILA1941	ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST SLAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: In early April, two environmental activists in Cebu received word that an explosives dealer allegedly had placed a bounty on their heads. Days later, one of the activists was murdered. The other, Antonio "Tony" Oposa, Jr., continues to fear for his life. Mission is taking e [...]	2006-05-05 06:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS SENV RP
06MANILA2009	WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On May 8, poloff delivered reftel talking points to Rosalita Prospero, Health Division Director, Office of United Nations and Other International Organizations, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Pros [...]	2006-05-10 08:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC TBIO WHO RP
06MANILA2013	GRP-MILF PEACE TALKS DEADLOCKED OVER TERRITORIAL [...] (C) Summary. GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiators failed to reach an agreement on ancestral domain during their 12th Round of Exploratory Talks, but were successful in expanding the composition/mandate of the International Monitoring Team, and extending the Ad Hoc Joint A [...]	2006-05-10 08:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PINS KISL MY RP
06MANILA2060	MAINSTREAM OPPOSITION: DIVIDED AND WITHOUT [...] (C) Summary: Mainstream Opposition groups in the Philippines remain seriously divided among factions linked to former president Estrada, former president Aquino, Senator Lacson and others. The Opposition also remains without effective themes with which to counter the Arroyo administration. [...]	2006-05-15 06:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PHUM ECON RP
06MANILA2193	PHILIPPINE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS DENOUNCES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine Commission on Human Rights has announced plans to hold a public hearing to investigate the recent murders of journalists and leftist activists. In response, President Arroyo has called for an end to the killings. Meanwhile, a popular radio commentator was kil [...]	2006-05-26 04:09:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PTER PINS PREL RP
06MANILA2195	DRUGS, CRIME, AND CORRUPTION CHALLENGE PEACE AND [...] (C) Summary. Widespread methamphetamine trafficking and abuse, organized crime, and endemic corruption are gnawing at the fabric of Muslim society in Mindanao. While Muslim clan leaders and political warlords sustain fiefdoms and private armies through sources of illicit income, the common p [...]	2006-05-26 06:26:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL SNAR KISL KCRM RP
06MANILA2263	PHILIPPINE ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] (SBU) In a meeting on May 31 with Department of Foreign Affairs Executive Director for United Nations and International Organizations MacArthur Corsino, poloff urged high level Philippine attendance at the High-Level Political Meeting for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) on June 23 [...]	2006-06-01 02:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP PARM RP
06MANILA2294	SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) In a meeting on May 30 with Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for African and Middle East Affairs Oscar Valenzuela, poloff urged the GRP to issue a statement of support for the new Iraqi political leadership and congratulate them on forming a unified government (reftel). 2. (SB [...]	2006-06-02 02:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IZ RP
06MANILA2350	Cybersex a growing problem in the Philippines [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The cybersex industry continues to grow in the Philippines, spurred on by the increasing availability of broadband Internet connectivity, foreign demand, and difficulty in prosecuting operators. [...]	2006-06-06 08:24:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP
06MANILA2383	USG STEPS TO COUNTER EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (U) Extra-judicial killings (EJK) in the Philippines -- notably of leftist activists, journalists, judges, and suspected narcotics traffickers -- remain of high concern to the USG and are increasingly a subject of international media attention. The annual country report on human rights for t [...]	2006-06-08 01:36:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV RP
06MANILA2636	GRP EFFORTS AGAINST EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (U) Summary: The GRP has geared up to focus more concerted attention on the troubling problem of extra-judicial killings, notably of leftist activists, journalists, judges, and suspected criminals. A month-old overall task force incorporates two existing subsidiary task forces within the Ph [...]	2006-06-23 09:38:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL RP
06MANILA2680	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE [...] (U) Summary. In a June 23 courtesy call on the Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General, the Ambassador expressed the U.S. Mission's appreciation for PNP contributions to our security, encouraged good coordination between the PNP and the Armed Forces of the Philippines as they battl [...]	2006-06-27 06:37:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM RP
06MANILA2697	GRP EFFORTS AGAINST EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (U) Summary: The GRP has geared up to focus more concerted attention on the troubling problem of extra-judicial killings, notably of leftist activists, journalists, judges, and suspected criminals. A month-old overall task force incorporates two existing subsidiary task forces within the Ph [...]	2006-06-28 00:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL RP
06MANILA2833	MAGUINDANAO CLASHES UNLIKELY TO UPSET PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. Armed clashes erupted between GRP security forces and elements of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on June 28 when police officials attempted to serve arrest warrants on two MILF commanders related to a June 23 bombing in Shariff Aguak that left seven dead. While members [...]	2006-07-06 09:38:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINS KISL RP
06MANILA2994	UNEASY TRUCE IN MAGUINDANAO [...] (C) Summary. A week-old truce brokered by GRP officials between the Maguindanao Provincial Governor and local commanders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) appears to be holding, with thousands of displaced persons now returning to their homes. The Malaysian-led International Monit [...]	2006-07-18 07:42:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINS KISL RP
06MANILA3344	MILF SEEKS GREATER US INVOLVEMENT IN PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. During DCM and Poloff's low-key, two-day visit to Muslim Mindanao's political center in Cotabato, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Vice-Chairman Jafaar sought greater USG involvement in the GRP-MILF Peace Process. Meeting at the MILF's camp in Sultan Kudurat, Maguindanao on [...]	2006-08-09 06:43:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINS KISL RP
06MANILA3346	CENTRAL LUZON REACTIONS TO EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (C) Summary. At least some NGO and party activists in Central Luzon are scaling back their rural activities in response to an increased number of extrajudicial killings (EJKs). Some place the blame for the recent rise in EJKs squarely on the 7th Infantry Division of the Armed Forces of the [...]	2006-08-09 07:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS MOPS KCRM RP
06MANILA3404	ONGOING GRP EFFORTS ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] Summary. In response to a deadline from President Arroyo to solve at least ten cases of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) before October 15, Task Force Usig of the Philippine National Police (PNP) held its first monthly "multisectoral meeting" with NGO, media, church, and community leaders on Aug [...]	2006-08-15 03:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINS PREL RP
06MANILA3565	2006 ARROYO IMPEACHMENT DEAD; MOVING FORWARD ON A [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 24, the House of Representatives voted 173-32 to uphold its own justice committee report recommending the dismissal of this year's impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Most politicians and observers had long viewed the outcome as a forego [...]	2006-08-25 09:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PHUM RP
06MANILA3574	TIP UPDATE: CORRUPTION IMPEDES ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) has made some progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) in 2006. However, there have been no additional convictions under the 2003 Anti-TIP Law since December 2005 (refs C and D),despite dozens of human trafficki [...]	2006-08-28 05:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM PGOV KCOR RP
06MANILA364	DISCREPANCIES IN OFFICIAL CASUALTY FIGURES [...] (S/NF) Summary: A total of 2,838 persons were killed in calendar year 2005 during encounters between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and insurgents/terrorists. The majority (2,268) of these casualties were AFP soldiers (458) and NPA members (1,810),according to AFP statistics rece [...]	2006-01-26 08:08:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS PINS PTER PREL PHUM RP
06MANILA3771	WORKING SESSION ON WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT: PRESIDENT [...] Department of Foreign Affairs U.S. Division Director Eduardo de Vega confirmed September 8 that President GloriaQMacapagal Arroyo will not attend the UN General Assembly this year and regrettably will not be able to participate in the September 23 Working Session on Women's Empowerment (reftel) [...]	2006-09-08 07:48:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM UNGA PREL RP
06MANILA3793	CHARGE MEETS WITH "MELO" COMMISSION ON [...] (C) Summary. Retired Supreme Court Justice Jose A. Melo and other members of the "Melo" Commission told Charge d'Affairs September 7 that their primary goals are to press for progress on cases of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) and to identify overall patterns to these killings. The Commission [...]	2006-09-08 10:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS MOPS KCRM RP
06MANILA4221	GRP-MILF PEACE TALKS CONFRONT DIFFICULT ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Peace talks between the Government of the Philippines (GRP) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) remain at an impasse over the issue of ancestral domain, the historically Muslim territory claimed by the MILF. The GRP Peace Panel lacks a mandate to expand the existing boundar [...]	2006-10-04 09:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS KISL RP
06MANILA424	MADRASAH PROJECT: AFTER COMPLETING U.S. TRAINING, [...] (U) This Message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Twenty-eight madrasah educators from Mindanao have completed training courses in the U.S. on American educational practices and values, as part of a USD 400,000 USG-sponsored "Madrasah Teacher Tr [...]	2006-01-31 09:11:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER SOCI KISL RP
06MANILA4277	PHILIPPINES TO ATTEND 2006 PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM [...] (U) Poloff passed to Department of Foreign Affairs Director for Pacific Affairs Alan Deniega agenda items and instructions regarding scheduling bilateral meetings contained in reftel on October 10. Deniega confirmed that Philippine Ambassador to New Zealand (with jurisdiction over Tonga, Sa [...]	2006-10-10 04:35:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIS ETRD PGOV PREL SENV XU XV RP
06MANILA4304	NOVEMBER 2006 CONVENTION ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel points on October 10 with the Department of Foreign Affairs' Director for International Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Jesus Domingo. Domingo took note of our view that the "opt-in" approach is the only viable way to reach consensus on an Anti-Vehicle Min [...]	2006-10-11 07:28:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PREL RP
06MANILA4349	UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] (SBU) Jointly with officers from the New Zealand and Australian Embassies, poloff on October 12 delivered reftel demarche on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Director Noel Servigon. Servigon said [...]	2006-10-13 09:16:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIA UN RP
06MANILA4359	ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS OF EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (C) Summary. Justice Melo, chairman of the new Presidential commission investigating the recent spate of extrajudicial killings, expressed appreciation for an Embassy offer to provide guidelines toward achieving successful prosecutions of human rights violations involving police and military [...]	2006-10-16 01:49:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS MOPS KCRM RP
06MANILA4511	PHILIPPINES ON ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS BEFORE UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff on October 27 delivered reftel demarches on anti-Israel resolutions at the UN General Assembly to Department of Foreign Affairs United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) Assistant Director Gunther Sales. Sales said UNIO has "carefully considered" these resolutions a [...]	2006-10-27 10:26:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA IS LE
06MANILA4512	PHILIPPINES ON U.S. REQUEST TO EXTEND DESTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Poloff on October 27 delivered reftel demarche requesting an extension of the destruction deadline under the Chemical Weapons Convention to Department of Foreign Affairs United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) Director Jesus Domingo and Assistant Director Gunther Sales. Do [...]	2006-10-27 10:27:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW
06MANILA4528	PSI LETTER ON UNSCR 1718 [...] (SBU) Poloff on October 30 delivered reftel letter from U/S Joseph for Proliferation Security Initiative participants on UNSCR 1718 to Department of Foreign Affairs Director for International Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Jesus Domingo. Domingo promised to convene an interagency mee [...]	2006-10-30 09:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT KNNP PARM PBTS PHSA EAIR RP
06MANILA4558	LABOR UNION STRIKES AT CAVITE ECONOMIC ZONE FACTORY [...] (SBU) Summary: Union members at Chong Won Fashion, a clothing manufacturer at the government-owned Cavite Economic Zone, launched a strike September 25. The management of the factory refuses to negotiate with union leaders and initiated legal action against the union. The strike has garnered [...]	2006-11-03 04:33:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM RP
06MANILA4628	NEW EFFORTS TO COUNTER COMMUNIST INSURGENCY [...] (C) Summary. A recent Executive Order 546 directed the Philippine National Police actively to support the military in combat operations against the Communist New People's Army. One already controversial provision is the arming of civilian volunteer organizations at the local level, beginnin [...]	2006-11-08 01:28:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS MOPS KCRM RP
06MANILA4660	NOVEMBER 9 UPDATE ON JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C/REL AUS) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) operation to capture or kill the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leadership on the island of Jolo is ending its 15th week. Khadaffy Janjalani, Abu Solaiman, Dulmatin, and Umar Patek are believed to have split up into smal [...]	2006-11-09 09:02:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL
06MANILA4726	COUP PLOTTER HONASAN CAPTURED, TO FACE REBELLION [...] (U) Agents of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) captured fugitive coup plotter and former Senator Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan November 15 in Metro Manila. The arrest [...]	2006-11-17 04:09:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS RP
06MANILA4758	PHILIPPINES: WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT CONTACTS [...] Poloff on November 3 shared reftel fact sheet on recommendations from the Women's Empowerment Working Session with the Department of Foreign Affairs Gender and Development Focal Office Executive Director Marilynn Alarilla and the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women Chairperson My [...]	2006-11-20 07:21:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL RP UNGA
06MANILA4802	ADVANCING THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging 90 minute meeting with nine senior members of the MILF Central Committee at their headquarters, DCM described USG comprehensive support for the Mindanao peace process and commitment to assist former combatants in the event of a peace agreement. Central Commit [...]	2006-11-22 09:26:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MY RP
06MANILA4805	ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN SEES FIRST-HAND HOW THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On a November 11 trip to Jolo Island in the Sulu Archipelago, Political-Military Affairs Assistant Secretary Hillen witnessed the transformational programs SIPDIS underway with collaboration among the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the U.S. Joint Special Operations Task Fo [...]	2006-11-22 10:10:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP
06MANILA4811	POLICE, MELO COMMISSION UPDATES ON EXTRAJUDICIAL [...] (C) Summary. Philippine National Police (PNP) Task Force Usig Commander Avelino Razon provided a November 20 update to poloffs on investigations of extrajudicial killings of partylist activists and members of the media. These investigations have now led to the filing of charges in 67 cases, [...]	2006-11-24 07:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS MOPS KCRM RP
06MANILA4834	AMPATUAN CLAN CLAIMS SUPPORT FOR PEACE PROCESS, [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with dozens of leaders of one of Central Mindanao's most powerful clans, Governors Andal and Zaldy Ampatuan told DCM and Embassy delegation that they support the MILF peace process and want to work closely with the USG. The Governors blamed the MILF for sporadic [...]	2006-11-28 08:58:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KISL RP
06MANILA4848	JOINT SEISMIC SURVEY IN SOUTH CHINA SEA MAKES [...] (C) Summary: The first phase of a joint seismic survey for hydrocarbon deposits undertaken by the national oil companies of the Philippines, China, and Vietnam in an 143,000 square kilometer zone of the South China Sea is near completion. After its partners conducted a "reconnaissance" surv [...]	2006-11-30 01:14:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS BTIO EPET ECON CH VM RP
06MANILA4855	PHILIPPINE PLANS FOR ASEAN SUMMITS IN CEBU [...] (C) Summary. The Philippines plans to make a new counterterrorism convention and recommendations on an ASEAN Charter the highlights of the December 11 ASEAN Summit. The subsequent ASEAN 3 Summit and East Asia Summit will probably break no new ground and will not include new participants, [...]	2006-11-30 07:25:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN PTER ASEAN XE RU CH JA KN KS RP
06MANILA4910	MEETING NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OBLIGATIONS OF THE [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for International Political, Legal & Security Affairs Jesus "Gary" Domingo, draft legislation to implement Philippine obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention is currently under review by Foreign Secretary Romulo. Doming [...]	2006-12-06 08:26:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC JA AS RP
06MANILA4971	AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS IN MAJOR [...] Ambassador publicly highlighted the importance of human rights during a visit to the northern Philippine city of Baguio December 8-9. In remarks to the cadets at the Philippine Military Academy, the Ambassador underscored the importance of respect for human rights as they advance through the [...]	2006-12-13 02:44:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO RP
06MANILA4974	TERRITORY REMAINS KEY ISSQ FOR GRP-MILF PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Despite a favorable reaction by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to the Philippine Peace Panel's recent offer of self-determination, territory remains a key issue. MILF negotiators are compiling a new list of barangays to include in a Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE) f [...]	2006-12-13 07:24:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KISL MY RP
06MANILA4997	PHILIPPINES FRUSTRATED WITH BURMA, MIGHT SUPPORT [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Acting Assistant Secretary for United Nations and International Organizations SIPDIS Jesus "Gary" Domingo told poloff December 14 that the Philippines appreciates the "concept and spirit" of the proposed US-sponsored UN Security Council resolution on [...]	2006-12-14 05:58:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC XC BM RP
06MANILA5007	GRP UNVEILS MAJOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING INITIATIVE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) recently issued new employment requirements designed to better protect overseas Filipino household workers from trafficking. Among other measures, the new requirements increase the monthly minimum wage from $200 to $400 [...]	2006-12-15 05:42:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM KTIA PHUM RP
06MANILA5018	NUR MISUARI SIGNALS INTENT TO RUN FOR SULU GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary. Detained Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari registered as a voter in Jolo on December 14, and signaled his intent to run for Governor of Sulu during the May 2007 elections. Misuari, who enjoys widespread grassroots support and recognition by the Organiza [...]	2006-12-15 10:56:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KISL RP
06MANILA557	PHILIPPINE REACTION TO DANISH CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary: A Danish flag was burned in Cotabato, a city in the southern Philippines on February 7. Protesters condemned the recent publication of a cartoon offensive to Muslims in a Danish newspaper. Muslim religious leaders are planning to issue a condemnation of the cartoon shortly. Th [...]	2006-02-07 09:15:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL PINR ASEC RP DA
06MANILA606	FILIPINO MUSLIM LEADERS DENOUNCE CARTOONS, BUT [...] (C) Summary: A group of Filipino Muslim religious scholars issued a statement on February 8 condemning the publication of cartoons depicting the Muslim Prophet Mohammad. They also called for a restrained response. A Muslim congressman from Mindanao made a speech hitting similar themes on t [...]	2006-02-09 09:46:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL PINR ASEC RP DA NO
06MANILA695	OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS AS A POLITICAL FORCE [...] (C) Summary: The over eight million Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) already have an important and growing role as an economic force, sending roughly USD 10 billion worth of remittances home each year. On the political side, however, OFWs were not granted the right to vote in absentia until [...]	2006-02-15 07:06:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON SOCI PINR RP
06MANILA830	SITREP 1: MALACANANG DECLARES "STATE OF EMERGENCY" [...] (C) Summary: President Arroyo declared a "State of Emergency" in a TV address at 1120 hrs (local). Arroyo's formal proclamation of national emergency blamed a conspiracy between the "extreme Left" and "military adventurists." Based on Mission information, there does appear to have been som [...]	2006-02-24 07:17:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ASEC CASC PREL RP
06MAPUTO194	MOZAMBIQUE: RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) On February 9 poloff delivered reftel talking points to Faizal Cassam, Department of African and Middle East Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cassam stated that the GRM had yet to issue a public statement on the results of the Palestinian election and indicated that Mozambique would [...]	2006-02-14 08:28:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MZ KPAL
06MAPUTO21	MOZAMBIQUE: ENGAGING AU ON AMIS REHAT [...] (U) On January 6, poloff delivered reftel talking points to Faizal Cassam, Directorate for Africa and Middle East Affairs (DAMO),Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cassam stated that the GRM agreed in principle to the rehatting of the African Union Mission in Sudan and implied that the AU Peace an [...]	2006-01-09 05:47:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
06MAPUTO242	MOZAMBIQUE: SIX MEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED [...] (U) Summary. On Friday, February 17, Mozambican police stopped two minivans on the EN4 highway linking Mozambique and South Africa, arresting six men allegedly involved in a plan to traffic 43 persons to South Africa. After being held for questioning in Maputo, the 43 individuals, including two [...]	2006-02-24 09:35:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID KDEM KWMN ASEC KCRM SMIG MZ
06MAPUTO253	MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE - STATEMENTS OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 11:54:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ MZ
06MAPUTO324	MOZAMBIQUE: WTO GI WINES & SPIRITS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 09:48:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR WTO MZ
06MAPUTO377	MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHARLES TAYLOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 14:33:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KAWC UNSC LI MZ NI SL

06MAPUTO396	U.S. TOBACCO COMPANY DEPARTING MOZAMBIQUE OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: American loose-leaf tobacco merchant Alliance One International has decided to discontinue all operations in Mozambique. The withdrawal comes as the result of the GRM's decision in August 2005 to seize Alliance One's most profitable Mozambican concession and grant it to another [...]	2006-03-31 07:43:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EINV MZ
06MAPUTO428	UNHCR IMPATIENT WITH MOZAMBIQUE'S REFUGEE PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 13:27:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PREF PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD MZ
06MAPUTO565	MOZAMBIQUE: ACOTA TRAINING PLANNED FOR JULY; GRM [...] (U) Summary: In late April ACOTA Program Representative John Sevold met with senior Mozambican Armed Forces (FADM) leadership to conduct planning for the upcoming iteration of ACOTA training in Mozambique. Sevold also met with the Minister of Defense and senior ministry officials to discuss M [...]	2006-05-16 12:48:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PGOV PREL MZ
06MAPUTO608	MOJ DISCUSSES DRAFT ANTI-TERRORISM LAW, UN 1267 SANCTIONS LIST 77, PLANS FOR FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 15:31:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN ASEC EFIN PREL ETTC CVIS KVPR MZ
06MAPUTO66	MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UN REFORM -- THE [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Henrique Banze on January 17 to discuss UN reform and other issues. Based on talking points in reftels A and B, Ambassador stressed the USG's continued interest in advancing UN reform, particularly reforms to the management structure [...]	2006-01-18 10:44:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR PHUM UNAUS ADCO MZ
06MAPUTO668	MOZAMBIQUE: FRELIMO A NO-SHOW AT AFRICAN [...] (U) The African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC) held its third regional anti-corruption training seminar in Maputo on May 22-23. This regional forum, which was supported by both the Canadian and Danish development agencies, aimed to strengthen the capacity of African parli [...]	2006-06-08 06:13:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PREL MZ
06MAPUTO718	MOZAMBIQUE: MDA DEMARCHE PRIOR TO JUNE 20 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 09:18:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM MZ
06MAPUTO78	MOZAMBIQUE: REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 13:22:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC MZ
06MAPUTO786	MOZAMBIQUE: PRESSING AU MEMBERS TO STAND FIRM ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 13:04:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL MARR PINS SOCI MZ
06MASERU261	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador called on Prime Minister Mosisili May 31 prior to his departure for the UNGASS on AIDS. The agenda included Article 98 Agreement status which is awaiting Cabinet review; positions on Iran, Iraq and democratic growth; HIV/AIDS, education and the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA [...]	2006-06-02 14:04:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV KICC KHIV LT
06MASERU538	LESOTHO'S FOREIGN MINISTER ADDRESSES NAM UNGA RESOLUTION, [...] On October 26, Ambassador Perry (accompanied by POLOFF Smith, notetaker) delivered a demarche (Reftel A) on the Non-Aligned Movement's draft resolution "Consequences of the Israeli Invasion on the Human Rights Situation in Lebanon" to Lesotho's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Monyane Moleleki. M [...]	2006-10-27 11:43:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER LS
06MASERU578	CARDINAL MCCARRICK VISITS LESOTHO: GRANTS CRS GROWING [...] SUMMARY. During a November 9 call on Ambassador June Carter Perry, Washington-based Cardinal Theodore McCarrick thanked the U.S. Embassy for its work fighting HIV/AIDS and poverty. Cardinal McCarrick, on a week-long visit to Lesotho in connection with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Lesotho's [...]	2006-11-21 07:19:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV EAID PREL OVIP ASEC VT LT
06MEXICO1080	RADIO AND TELEVISION PROPOSAL FAVORS MEXICAN [...] (U) Summary: The Mexican Chamber of Deputies unanimously passed legislation in December to reform the Radio and TV Law and change the composition of the Mexican Federal Telecommunications Commission (COFETEL). The Mexican Senate recently held a series of hearings on the bill and is expected t [...]	2006-02-28 17:37:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON MX EINV
06MEXICO1113	SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) The mission's point of contact on the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report is Poloff Scott C. Higgins. He may be reached by telephone at (52)(55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52)(55) 5080-2247. Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working with [...]	2006-03-02 13:24:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
06MEXICO1370	LEFT GAINS IN KEY MEXICO STATE ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) appears to have won a narrow plurality in the March 12 Mexico state elections, the left-of-center Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) made impressive gains, easily displacing President Fox's National Action Party (PAN) as [...]	2006-03-13 21:16:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO1461	AMLO READY TO MAKE FOREIGN POLICY STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 20:49:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO1462	MEXICO: SRE DOES NOT SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Marta Vasquez, Assistant Director for International Cooperation Against Narcotics-trafficking and Corruption, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Vasquez and Director General for Global Themes, Ernesto Cespedes, are the SRE's lead officials [...]	2006-03-17 20:50:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MARR MASS CVIS OAS MX
06MEXICO1463	MEXICO PLANS TO SIGN MDA ADOPTION WITHIN A MONTH [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Liliana Lopez Ortiz, Assistant Director for International Law, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Lopez reminded Poloff of Mexico's long tradition of supporting international rights and that the GOM was happy to vote in favor of the adopt [...]	2006-03-17 20:51:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC ICRC PHUM PREF MX
06MEXICO1464	MEXICO HAS NOTHING TO SAY OVER U.S.-INDIA CIVIL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Alicia Buenrostro Massieu, Assistant Director General for Africa and Middle Eastern Affairs, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Buenrostro thanked Poloff for the information and said she would look it over carefully. She confirmed that th [...]	2006-03-17 20:51:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC MX
06MEXICO1509	ROSARIO GREEN ANALYZES PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation, Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) Secretary General and former Foreign Minister Rosario Green offered to poloff her analysis of Mexico's presidential race. She attributed Madrazo's current electoral problems in part to the fact that the PRI [...]	2006-03-20 22:14:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO1758	MEXICO STILL WAITING FOR RESPONSE ON INCB CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Julian Juarez Cadenas, Assistant Director General for Security and Judicial Affairs, at the Foreign Relations Secretariat's (SRE) Office of United Nations Affairs. Juarez reminded Poloff that Mexico also had a candidate for the International Narcotics [...]	2006-04-04 20:09:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR AORC UN MX
06MEXICO1884	MADRAZO'S ECONOMIC POLICIES: TWO VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate meetings, two factions of the PRI's economic brain trust offered competing economic visions of the GOM's likely economic policy should PRI candidate Roberto Madrazo win the presidency. Jorge Chavez Presa, Madrazo's chief economic advisor, described Madrazo's pla [...]	2006-04-10 17:37:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV MX
06MEXICO2026	MEXICO STILL EVALUATING PSI COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Julian Juarez, Assistant Director General for United Nations Affairs, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Juarez explained that the PSI issue was undergoing serious discussion within the SRE, but stated that Mexico would most likely not suppo [...]	2006-04-18 21:21:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC PHSA MX
06MEXICO2240	CALDERON SCORES BIG IN FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary: As measured both by the polls and the pundits, National Action Party (PAN) presidential candidate Felipe Calderon emerged the big winner in yesterday's presidential debate, offering a national audience a polished, well-organized and engaging summary of his platform. His princ [...]	2006-04-27 13:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO2407	MEXICO: U.S. DOESN'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT MEXICO'S [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Julian Juarez, Assistant Director General for Security and Judicial Affairs at the Foreign Relations Secretariat's (SRE) Office of United Nations Affairs. Juarez reiterated the SRE's earlier statement that Mexico would not negotiate votes on Human Right [...]	2006-05-04 23:16:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR PHUM UNHRC MX
06MEXICO2408	AMLO: FOREIGN POLICY STAYS THE SAME BUT CAMPAIGN [...] (C) On Tuesday 05/02, leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) chaired a foreign policy program hosted by the Consulting Council for an Alternative Project for the Nation. The Council is led by former Mexican Ambassador to the United Nations and AMLO advisor Porfirio Munoz Ledo and [...]	2006-05-04 23:22:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO2460	WHAT AILS THE PRI? [...] (C) Summary: After its considerable successes in the 2003 midterm elections and in state and local races since then, many in the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) expected that 2006 would be the year of its restoration, particularly given the public's disappointment with the Fox Admini [...]	2006-05-09 14:47:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO255	"I'M GOING TO WIN" PAN CANDIDATE FELIPE CALDERON TELLS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: A confident Felipe Calderon and key campaign advisors Ernesto Cordero and Josefina Vasquez Mota told the Ambassador January 10 that recent polls showed Calderon slightly ahead of Democratic Revolution (PRD) candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). The National Action Party candida [...]	2006-01-18 22:37:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MX PGOV PREL
06MEXICO2555	MEXICO: SUPPORT FOR MDA STILL STRONG, DELAYED [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Liliana Lopez Ortiz, Assistant Director for International Law, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Lopez Ortiz was happy to hear that the Ambassador's meeting had gone well and reiterated Mexico's support for the initiative. Lopez Ortiz explain [...]	2006-05-12 20:24:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM AORC PREF ICRC MX
06MEXICO2711	MEXICAN CONGRESS DEMONSTRATES INDEPENDENCE, NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The final session of the 59th Congress ended on April 28, with the modest results that have become its hallmark under a divided government. Some, including Eduardo Perez Motta, head of the Federal Competition Commission (CFC) believe that the new competitiveness law will become [...]	2006-05-20 00:39:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO2958	MEXICO WILL SUPPORT GRULAC CANDIDATE NOT IRAN FOR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Norma Diaz, Director for International Organizations at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat's (SRE) Office of United Nations Affairs. Diaz explained that the GOM has no official position on Iran's candidacy for Chairman of the International Organiz [...]	2006-06-01 20:04:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SMIG AORC MX
06MEXICO2960	OAS: MEXICO WILL PERSIST WITH TRADE RESOLUTION [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Astrid Diaz-Infante, Acting Director General for OAS Affairs at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Diaz-Infante agreed that opening up the text of Mexico's "trade and investment" resolution would undo years of negotiations and said that the GOM i [...]	2006-06-01 20:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO3081	PAN LEGISLATORS OPINE ON CAMPAIGN/PARTY DYNAMICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings with TDY Poloff, both Senator Maria Luisa Calderon (sister of ruling National Action Party (PAN) presidential Candidate Felipe Calderon) and Federal Deputy German Martinez (party representative to the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE)),expressed their frustr [...]	2006-06-06 13:29:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3148	PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: CALDERON ON POINTS, AMLO ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the second and final of the presidential debates, front-running candidates Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party (PAN) and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) of the Party of the Democratic Revolution were widely perceived to have debated to a near draw. The debate f [...]	2006-06-07 23:19:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3196	BLAST FROM THE PAST: FORMER PRESIDENT ECHEVERRIA [...] (C) Summary: In a July 5 breakfast with poloff, former Mexican President Luis Echeverria Alvarez (1970-76) offered his views on the state of U.S.-Mexican relations and the current election campaign. He expressed concern about the damage the migration issue was doing to U.S.-Mexican relations and ab [...]	2006-06-09 17:42:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO3267	OHCHR RUNS SLIM OPERATION IN MEXICO [...] (U) Summary: Minister Counselor for Political Affairs (MCCA) and PolOff met with the representative in Mexico of the United Nation's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),Amerigo Incalcaterra. The OHCHR's strategy in Mexico is to promote a human rights agenda by working wit [...]	2006-06-14 14:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MX
06MEXICO3325	LEADING POLLSTER GIVES EDGE TO AMLO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 15 meeting, Maria de las Heras, one of Mexico's most respected pollsters, told poloff that she believed that if the election were held today, the Party of the Democratic Revolution's (PRD) Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) would defeat the National Action Party's (PAN) [...]	2006-06-16 15:47:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3351	LEADING ANALYST OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTION PROCESS, [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion, leading political analyst Denise Dresser told poloffs that while she was optimistic Mexico's electoral machinery would work, she questioned whether President Fox's successor -- whoever it would be -- would be capable of reforming the Mexican state. S [...]	2006-06-19 20:24:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3423	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CONFERENCE IN MEXICO LAYS [...] (SBU) Summary: With support from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),Mexico's National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) sponsored a comprehensive conference on trafficking in persons (TIP) in Tapachula, Chiapas, June 14-15. [...]	2006-06-21 19:31:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3465	A ONCE MIGHTY PRI STRUGGLES FOR RELEVANCY [...] (C) Summary: With Election Day ten days off, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) remains divided and debilitated, struggling to maintain its relevance in a political scene it once dominated. On the one hand, party insiders tell us that presidential candidate Roberto Madrazo appears [...]	2006-06-23 13:21:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3572	TEACHERS' STRIKE RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT VOTING IN [...] (C) Summary: As Election Day draws near, public school teachers in the state of Oaxaca remain on strike, with some continuing to threaten to block voting unless a resolution is reached by July 1. What began some five weeks ago apparently as a routine labor action in pursuit of increased wages [...]	2006-06-27 21:41:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB MX PINR PREL PHUM
06MEXICO3574	TEACHERS' STRIKE RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT VOTING IN [...] (C) Summary: As Election Day draws near, public school teachers in the state of Oaxaca remain on strike, with some continuing to threaten to block voting unless a resolution is reached by July 1. What began some five weeks ago apparently as a routine labor action in pursuit of increased wages [...]	2006-06-27 22:52:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB MX PINR PREL PHUM
06MEXICO3747	CALDERON DECLARED WINNER; AMLO TO CONTEST RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: On July 6, the Federal Electoral Institute's (IFE) district councils completed their retabulation of the votes cast in last Sunday's election. The official results show Calderon with 35.88% and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) with 35.31%, a margin of 0.57%. We understand that [...]	2006-07-07 13:18:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3832	AMLO TAKES TO THE STAGE: HOLDS FIRST MEETING WITH [...] Presidential candidate for the Coalition for the Good of All, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),held his first post-electoral "informative meeting" in Mexico's central plaza, the Zocalo, on Saturday, July 8. AMLO used the venue to express his concerns with the election process and the Feder [...]	2006-07-11 18:15:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3865	ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL RECEIVES FIRST TRANCHE OF [...] (C) Summary: On July 11, poloffs met with the head of public relations for the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judicial Power (TEPJF) to discuss the legal challenges to the presidential election results brought by PRD candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). Although as of the time of [...]	2006-07-12 21:48:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3879	AMLO'S FRIEND SPECULATES ON THE CANDIDATE'S [...] (C) Poloffs met early July 4 with Jose Maria Perez Gay, a personal friend of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) tapped to be Foreign Secretary if AMLO had won July 2. Perez Gay said he was perplexed by apparent inconsistencies in preliminary numbers released by the Federal Electoral Institu [...]	2006-07-13 19:17:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO3907	LOOKING FOR FRAUD IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES? [...] (C) Summary: In a July 12 meeting with poloffs, officials of the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) offered an impassioned defense of their work in conducting the July 2 presidential elections. Although they had not yet seen the specific complaints submitted by the PRD (or, for that matter, [...]	2006-07-14 18:01:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3999	NGO CITES ELECTION "IRREGULARITIES," SUPPORTS [...] (U) Summary: On July 14, poloffs met with Silvia Alonso, Executive Secretary of the influential NGO Alianza Civica (Civic Alliance),to discuss the findings of her organization's election observation mission. She called on the electoral tribunal (TEPJF) to give greater credibility to the el [...]	2006-07-19 16:31:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO4000	NGO CITES ELECTION "IRREGULARITIES," SUPPORTS [...] (U) Summary: On July 14, poloffs met with Silvia Alonso, Executive Secretary of the influential NGO Alianza Civica (Civic Alliance),to discuss the findings of her organization's election observation mission. She called on the electoral tribunal (TEPJF) to give greater credibility to the el [...]	2006-07-19 16:31:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO4100	PRI BOSS HOLDS FORTH ON ELECTION, PARTY'S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) Federal Deputy Manlio Fabio Beltrones, recently elected to head the PRI faction in the incoming Senate, told poloff that his party would be willing to cooperate on specific issues with the administration of Felipe Calderon, although he doub [...]	2006-07-25 16:59:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4139	LOCAL PRD OFFICIALS CLARIFY PARTY POSITION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with poloffs on July 21, Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) deputies from the Mexico City Legislative Assembly discussed their party's position towards the contested presidential election. Led by Deputy Lorena Villavicencio Ayala, the PRD committee expressed its con [...]	2006-07-26 12:58:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO4238	AMLO URGES SUPPORTERS "TO SAVE DEMOCRACY" [...] (SBU) Summary: At his third mass "informational meeting," Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO, presidential candidate of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD),called on his supporters to begin a continuous vigil until the electoral tribunal (TEPJF) issues its final decision with respect [...]	2006-08-01 14:05:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4267	FORMER MAGISTRATE SEES FULL RECOUNT AS UNLIKELY [...] (U) The Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE) recently held its third post-electoral briefing for the diplomatic community, in which Fernando Franco Gonzalez, former Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) magistrate and current head of the Public Law Studies Center at the Autonomous Technological Insti [...]	2006-08-02 13:52:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4290	DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR RE-ELECTION OF PROFESSOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-03 01:41:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO4292	A VISIT TO THE PROTEST'S GROUND ZERO [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 31 and August 2, Poloffs visited Mexico City's central square or Zocalo to observe ground zero in the ongoing protest of the supporters of PRD candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). Thousands of demonstrators were camped out in the Zocalo and on Juarez and Mader [...]	2006-08-03 13:37:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4368	ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL CALLS FOR PARTIAL RECOUNT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a unanimous August 5 decision, Mexico's Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) rejected the Democratic Revolutionary Party's (PRD) request for a complete, nationwide recount of the results of the July 2 presidential election, ordering instead a recount in the 11,839 precincts (casillas [...]	2006-08-07 18:11:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4465	ANALYSTS PREDICT A LONG SEASON OF PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: Three prominent Mexican political analysts believe that Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) is likely to continue his protests for the foreseeable future. All three expect AMLO to pursue increasingly aggressive tactics in the days leading up to the electoral tribunal's (TEPJF) de [...]	2006-08-10 04:55:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4472	MEXICO PLANS TO HOLD UNHRC SPECIAL SESSION ON [...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered talking points in reftel to Rodrigo Labardini, Director General for Human Rights at the Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE),on August 9. SIPDIS Currently the president of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),Mexico expressed strong views on the recent request [...]	2006-08-10 18:11:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO4482	DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON [...] (C) Acting MCPA and Poloff delivered ref A talking points to Dr. Luis Angel Benavides, acting head of the Office of Human Rights and Democracy at the Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE),as well as to Mariana Salazar Albornoz, Director of International Policy for Economic, Social, Cultural [...]	2006-08-11 01:18:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPAO UNRCR PGOV MX
06MEXICO4490	PRD EXPLOITS ELEMENT OF SURPRISE IN ON-GOING [...] (U) Summary: Following the Electoral Tribunal's (TEPJF) announcement on August 5 that it would recount 11,839 precincts (9.07 percent of the nationwide total),PRD Candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) vowed new acts of civil resistance. After a noisy protest in front of the TEPJF itse [...]	2006-08-11 16:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4534	MEXICO'S "OTHER HALF"--THE VIEW FROM OAXACA (PART [...] (SBU) On August 1-4, poloff visited the state of Oaxaca in order to learn more about the political and economic dynamics of this region, often characterized as part of Mexico's poor "other half." Academics, journalists, protesters, and indigenous citizens described a state--until recently a PR [...]	2006-08-14 23:01:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO4535	MEXICO'S "OTHER HALF"--THE VIEW FROM OAXACA (PART [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the end of PRI rule, Oaxaca still lacks a viable economic development strategy and there is no effective political leadership or coordinated social movement to address Oaxaca's significant needs. The teachers' strike reflects the old way of challenging the government und [...]	2006-08-14 23:15:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO456	MADRAZO AIMS FOR THE SENSIBLE CENTER [...] (C) Summary: Roberto Madrazo, candidate of the PRI-led Alliance for Mexico, has kicked off his campaign by trying to position himself as the candidate of the political center. Madrazo used the month long holiday break to smooth over the divisions in his fractious party, restructuring his camp [...]	2006-01-27 20:41:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO4619	ASSESSING OAXACA,S POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the past week, the complex political crisis in Oaxaca has worsened, with four people killed in two separate incidents and protestors pledging to intensify their civil disobedience campaign demanding that PRI Governor Ulises Ruiz resign or be removed from office. Tension is m [...]	2006-08-17 23:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO4654	THE MAKING OF THE SHADOW PRESIDENT? [...] (C) Summary: Several leading Mexican political observers largely concurred that the evolution of the current political stalemate would continue to be largely a function of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO) personality. They believed that his manner of thinking was so rigid and self-righte [...]	2006-08-18 21:55:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO466	CALDERON'S CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF [...] (U) Summary. National Action Party (PAN) presidential candidate Felipe Calderon kicked off his campaign on January 19 in the State of Mexico, where he focused his message on rule of law, values, and economic growth. Calderon will launch a weekly one-hour radio program over the weekend and an [...]	2006-01-27 22:24:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MX PGOV
06MEXICO4704	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REELECTION OF PROFESSOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 23:11:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC US MX
06MEXICO4708	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OBJECTIVITY OF UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 23:15:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC MX
06MEXICO4857	DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONCERNING HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to several officials at the Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE): Director General for North American Affairs, Bosco Marti Ascencio; Director General for the United Nations, Ulises Canchola Gutierrez; Director of International Organizations, Norm [...]	2006-08-29 17:12:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF SMIG UNGA PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO4958	A DAY AT THE REVOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: With all eyes now focused on the Mexican Congress and the Revolutionary Democratic Party's (PRD) long-threatened effort to deny President Fox the opportunity to deliver his final annual report there, poloff spent much of August 31 with a range of PRD contacts to gain further ins [...]	2006-09-01 18:47:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4964	MEXICAN GOVERNMENT HELD TIP MEETING WITH CIVIL [...] (SBU) On August 30, the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE) hosted a meeting on trafficking in persons (TIP) that was attended by representatives of the federal government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs),and UN agencies. Since government and civil society in Mexico have traditionall [...]	2006-09-01 20:04:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO505	APOCALYPSE NOT: AMLO ASSURES AMBASSADOR HE WILL [...] (C) On 01/23, presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) of the leftist-Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) sat down with the Ambassador to discuss his proposals on a number of key issues of interest to the United States. Accompanied by his foreign policy advisor, Dr. Jose Maria [...]	2006-01-31 14:22:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MX PGOV PINR
06MEXICO5165	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 17:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MX
06MEXICO5210	PROTEST CAMPS TO BE LIFTED; NEW PHASE FOR CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: Developments unfolding this week, and conversations with PRD and GDF (city government) insiders, provide ample indication that backers of defeated PRD Presidential candidate Andres Lopez Obrador will dismantle their six week old occupation of Mexico City's central square Zocalo [...]	2006-09-13 17:13:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO5233	DEMARCHES ON NAM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) On September 8 and September 13, respectively, poloff passed ref A and ref B talking points to First Secretary Samuel Berkstein, of the Secretariat of Foreign SIPDIS Relations' (SRE) Directorate of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights. Berkstein noted that Mexico was an observer, r [...]	2006-09-14 16:54:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC UNGA KDEM AA PGOV
06MEXICO536	JESUS ORTEGA: AMLO CAMPAIGN INSIDER OR OUTSIDE [...] (U) On 01/24, Poloffs and WHA/MEX Deputy Director met with Jesus Ortega, campaign coordinator for Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),to discuss the upcoming campaign agenda, what effect the continued public infighting between the Democratic Revolutionary Party's (PRD) Mexico City factions was [...]	2006-01-31 17:45:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO5567	OAXACA: ATTITUDES HARDEN AS PROTESTORS SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent days, positions on the opposing sides of the Oaxaca crisis appear to have hardened as tensions continue to mount. To pressure the federal government to send forces to resolve the conflict, local business leaders declared that several thousand establishments, including [...]	2006-09-28 22:51:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MX
06MEXICO5771	HOPE GROWS FOR A NEGOTIATED SOLUTION TO OAXACA [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent developments in the Oaxaca crisis point toward a possible easing of tensions and an eventual political solution that would result in the return of law enforcement to the state, an increase in teachers' salaries, and the resumption of public school classes. A Senate commi [...]	2006-10-11 18:34:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MX
06MEXICO5935	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On October 16, Poloff led the tripartite demarche, with political officers from the Embassies of Australia and New Zealand, to deliver reftel talking points to Director General of Human Rights and Democracy Rodrigo Labardini and Director of International Policy for Economic, Social and [...]	2006-10-18 17:28:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIA UN MX
06MEXICO6088	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA RESOLUTION ON CHILDREN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Director of International Policy on Civil and Political Rights Dr. Luis Angel Benavides and Director of International Policy on Economic, Social, Cultural and Minority Groups, both of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE). Benavides responde [...]	2006-10-25 20:41:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER MX
06MEXICO6219	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CUBA AND THE IBERO-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-01 18:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	CU EU PREL PHUM MX
06MEXICO6248	CWC EXTENSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 00:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW
06MEXICO6278	THE RADICALIZATION OF AMLO? [...] (SBU) After virtually two weeks of silence, defeated presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) took a more radical line in a speech to supporters of the Popular Assembly for the People of Oaxaca (APPO),backing the protests in Oaxaca and criticizing President Fox's decision to [...]	2006-11-04 01:57:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON FBI DHS PAS DAO CONS OPAD DCM POL AID
06MEXICO6404	MEXICO'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ISRAEL-RELATED [...] (SBU) On October 25, poloff delivered reftel talking points to Minister Dolores Jimenez, Deputy Director of UN Affairs at the Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE). On November 6, Jimenez contacted poloff to explain that Mexico's position on at least two of these resolutions -- she did not [...]	2006-11-08 23:03:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA MX IS
06MEXICO6481	PRESIDENT FOX'S POLITICAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND [...] (SBU) This is the fourth in a series of four cables assessing President Fox's legacy. In the political area, Fox's greatest achievements were overseeing Mexico's first true political opening, which included a strengthening of the separation of powers and respect for limits on the president's [...]	2006-11-15 17:51:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MX
06MEXICO6531	DEMARCHE ON UNGA EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION [...] (SBU) On November 16, poloff passed ref A talking points to Minister Dolores Jimenez, Deputy Director General for UN Affairs at the Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE). Post notes that historically, Mexico has proven a fairly reliable vote against Israel in UN bodies, and we do not expect [...]	2006-11-17 16:59:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA MX IS
06MEXICO6546	PRD PREPARES FOR TWIN INAUGURATIONS [...] (C) Poloff met with PRD leaders and Mexico City government (GDF) officials to discuss PRD plans for Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO) self-styled inauguration on November 20 and for the official inauguration of President-elect Felipe Calderon on December 1. For November 20, the PRD expects [...]	2006-11-17 23:37:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON FBI DHS PAS DAO CONS OPAD DCM POL AID
06MEXICO6569	AMLO ASSUMES SHADOW PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) On November 20, defeated PRD presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) inaugurated himself "legitimate president" of Mexico before a crowd of thousands of supporters in the city's central square. Although large, the crowd was nevertheless noticeably smaller than those p [...]	2006-11-22 13:22:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO6861	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SPECIAL SESSION ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-11 18:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA PHUM PREL SU UN MX
06MEXICO6867	A CONVERSATION WITH PRD MORAL LEADER CUAUHTEMOC [...] (C) On December 7, Poloffs met with PRD "moral leader" and founder and three time presidential candidate Cuauhtemoc Cardenas to get his perspective on the events leading up to Felipe Calderon's inauguration as president. Cardenas lamented the damage done to the PRD's public image by Andres M [...]	2006-12-11 20:34:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO6934	CALDERON,S BUDGET PROPOSAL SPARKS DEBATE OVER [...] (SBU) The level of educational spending in Mexican President Felipe Calderon,s 2007 budget proposal has set off a firestorm of protest. While the budget proposal increases real spending on education by 4.2% when compared to the approved 2006 budget, it decreases real spending by 1.2% when com [...]	2006-12-15 00:45:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO7007	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-20 14:08:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN MX
06MEXICO7033	CALDERON DEBUTS WITH A DEFT HAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first weeks in office, President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa has seized the initiative on several important issues, demonstrating his intent to forge an activist presidency. The change in atmospherics between the Fox and Calderon administrations has been evident from Calder [...]	2006-12-21 19:41:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO7067	UNDERSECRETARY OF GOVERNMENT DOUBTS NEAR-TERM [...] (C) Summary: Undersecretary of Government Abraham Gonzalez Ulleda discussed the state of dialogue with Oaxaca protesters, asserted that agitators arrested by the GOM had received due process and were subsequently released from federal custody or transferred to state prisons, and acknowledged t [...]	2006-12-26 22:42:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB PHUM MX
06MEXICO742	PAN DEPUTIES DENOUNCE BORDER FENCE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, ten members of the National Action Party's (PAN) faction in the Chamber of Deputies met with poloffs to voice their strong opposition to the provision of H.R. 4437 calling for the extension of the fence that now exists along portions of the U.S.-Mexican border. T [...]	2006-02-10 18:10:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO743	PAN DEPUTIES DENOUNCE BORDER FENCE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, ten members of the National Action Party's (PAN) faction in the Chamber of Deputies met with poloffs to voice their strong opposition to the provision of H.R. 4437 calling for the extension of the fence that now exists along portions of the U.S.-Mexican border. T [...]	2006-02-10 18:10:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO744	PAN DEPUTIES DENOUNCE BORDER FENCE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, ten members of the National Action Party's (PAN) faction in the Chamber of Deputies met with poloffs to voice their strong opposition to the provision of H.R. 4437 calling for the extension of the fence that now exists along portions of the U.S.-Mexican border. T [...]	2006-02-10 18:10:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO792	LEADING POLLSTER ANALYZES PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: One of Mexico's most respected pollsters, Maria de las Heras, told us that according to her own data, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),presidential candidate of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD),remained the candidate to beat in Mexico's July 2 presidential election, [...]	2006-02-14 14:34:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO858	PRI DISSIDENTS SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary: In order to broaden our understanding of the dynamics within the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI),over the past two weeks, poloff met with three dissidents within the party's congressional faction, two of whom had just announced their defection from the party. In frank c [...]	2006-02-15 20:34:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO895	DEMONS IN EDEN - LYDIA CACHO CASE UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. The case of Lydia Cacho, the independent journalist arrested in December on libel and defamation charges, exploded back into the headlines on February 14 when the media released excerpts of a tape containing alleged phone conversations in which businessman Kamel Nacif is heard plo [...]	2006-02-16 22:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MX KCRM KWMN KCOR

06MINSK10	Belarus' Flailing White Elephants [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months Ambassador and Emboffs have visited several of Belarus' larger businesses, including its fourth largest company, the Minsk Automobile Factory (MAZ),its fifth largest company, the Belarus Automobile Factory (BelAZ),and Belshina, one of the world's largest tire [...]	2006-01-05 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ETRD ELAB PGOV BO
06MINSK1002	GOB DENIES ACCESS TO KOZULIN, ANONYMOUS LETTER [...] (C) On September 8, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the MFA in response to the Embassy's August 10 request for access to former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin in prison. Charge had traveled to the prison to seek access to Kozulin August 30, but was told that t [...]	2006-09-13 11:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK1018	DAY OF SOLIDARITY EVENT CUT SHORT BY POWER FAILURE [...] (C) Summary: On September 16, youth opposition activists staged a demonstration and concert on the one-year anniversary of the first "Days of Solidarity" event. Despite significant security presence and attempts by the GOB to impede the rally, the demonstration in Minsk attracted approximat [...]	2006-09-18 12:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF ASEC BO
06MINSK1036	BORISOV OPPOSITION FACES SEVERE REPRESSION AHEAD [...] (C) Poloffs recently traveled to Borisov to gauge local preparedness and the degree of cooperation of democratic forces ahead of the January 14 municipal elections. Despite blatant surveillance and frequent interruptions by GOB representatives and state media, Borisov's opposition political p [...]	2006-09-21 11:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
06MINSK1050	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 26, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Date Announced for CIS October Summit in Minsk (para. 2) - Belarus' Foreign Minister to Address UNGA (para. 3) - Foreign Ministries of Belarus, Iran [...]	2006-09-27 03:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK1056	REGIME TIGHTENING ELECTORAL CODE ON EVE OF LOCAL [...] (C) The Belarusian Parliament will review a bill of 60 amendments to the Electoral Code in early October, which if passed, could have a noticeable impact on the process leading up to municipal elections in January 2007. Most of the changes will not be publicized until after signed into law by [...]	2006-09-27 13:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK106	WOMEN,S POLITICAL WILL IS STRONG BUT UNDERUTILIZED [...] (C) Summary: On January 17, DCM met with Belarusian Organization of Working Women (BOWW) representative to discuss the political mood of women on the eve of the presidential elections, BOWW's strategy to support the opposition candidates and the organization's future projects for the post-elec [...]	2006-02-03 07:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN SCUL BO
06MINSK1060	THE HARD LIFE AND TIMES OF BELARUSIAN THINK TANKS [...] (C) Leaders of the most prominent independent analytical centers in Belarus recently detailed how a continuing campaign of repression by the Lukashenko regime has caused many of their organizations to formally disband. Despite the pressure, think tank leaders continue working to try to inform [...]	2006-09-28 10:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK1074	BELARUSIAN YOUTH ACTIVELY WORKING, JUST NOT [...] (C) Summary: Belarusian youth groups have redirected their attention away from post-election stagnation to resuming activities to bring about change in Belarus. Some are actively preparing for the January 2007 local elections, while others are focusing on distributing information, providing [...]	2006-10-03 10:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK1079	LUKASHENKO FIELDS SOFTBALLS FROM RUSSIAN MEDIA, [...] (C) In an extensively covered lengthy press conference with selected visiting Russian journalists, President Lukashenko laid all the blame for the latest delay in Belarusian-Russian integration at the doorstep of the Kremlin. On the other hand, he claimed an affinity for Russia, told the audi [...]	2006-10-03 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK1084	NEW EU INTEREST IN VISA BANS ON STATE MEDIA [...] (C) Embassy Minsk recommends that the Department renew its efforts to persuade European allies to expand the current EU visa ban against top officials of the Lukashenko regime to include twelve state media executives and journalists, who are responsible for some of the most egregious propaganda [...]	2006-10-05 09:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1110	REGIME FINGERS OPPOSITION ACTIVIST FOR 2005 [...] (C) On October 5, Belarusian law enforcement authorities arrested prominent youth opposition leader Pavel Krasovskiy on suspected involvement in two bombings in 2005 that injured approximately 50 people in northeastern Belarus. If formally charged and found guilty, Krasovskiy could face the de [...]	2006-10-13 14:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1117	INDEPENDENT POLLING: MILINKEVICH SUPPORT RATINGS DECLINE [...] Summary: Independent Belarusian pollster Manaev September 25 gave Poloff results of his fifth post election survey conducted in August. Opposition coalition presidential candidate Milinkevich's support rating dropped 8.8 points since March to 11.6%, whereas President Lukashenko's support rati [...]	2006-10-17 04:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK1123	"16" NOT SO SWEET: DAYS OF SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN [...] (C) September 16, 2006 marked the first anniversary of the "Days of Solidarity" opposition campaign in Belarus. Planned as a series of monthly candle-lighting ceremonies on the 16th of each month honoring the memories of disappeared opponents of the Lukashenko regime, the campaign evolved into [...]	2006-10-18 11:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1136	OPPOSITION YOUTH LEADER RECONSIDERS HIS ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Authorities conditionally released youth opposition activist Pavel Krasovskiy from police custody on October 15, following 10 days of questioning in connection with two 2005 Vitebsk bombings and a 1999 murder and rape case. After strong words of support from Ambassador, Krasovskiy admitte [...]	2006-10-20 13:36:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK1143	PROTESTANTS PREPARED TO "FIGHT UNTIL THE END" TO [...] (SBU) On October 21, approximately 600 people gathered in Minsk to protest the GOB's confiscation of the New Life Church's (NLC) property. Amidst heavy security presence, NLC Senior Pastor Vyacheslav Goncharenko called on the people to defend their right to freedom of religion. On October 17 [...]	2006-10-24 14:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF BO
06MINSK1144	TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR INSULTING LUKASHENKO [...] (SBU) In a politically motivated trial observed by Poloff, a Minsk court sentenced a 60-year-old human rights activist Yekaterina Sadovskaya to two years in prison for allegedly insulting President Lukashenko by demanding he be subjected to a mental examination. The court also fined her USD [...]	2006-10-25 04:50:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK1149	LOCAL ELECTION PROCESS DOES NOT LOOK PROMISING FOR [...] (SBU) The Belarusian Central Election Committee (CEC) approved a calendar of the process for the January 14, 2007 local council elections, listing the dates territorial election commissions are to be formed, the time period for nominees to gather signatures( and the date marking the beginning [...]	2006-10-27 05:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1157	COALITION LEADERS SETTLE ON HOLDING SECOND [...] (C) The United Democratic Forces (UDF) Political Council recently agreed to convene a second congress of democratic forces on March 25, 2007. The dec)sion was included in th% Political CounciX's approved "Agreement on the UDF Political Campaign" that also called for the creation of a Political [...]	2006-10-31 05:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1174	U.S.-EU AMBASSADORQ SHOW SUPPORT FOR CHURCH UNDER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and EU Heads of Mission recently visited the embattled New Life Church (NLC) to show their support for religious freedom in Belarus. The NLC ended its 23-day hunger strike on October 29 after the Supreme Economic Court agreed to review the church's appeal of the forced [...]	2006-11-03 14:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KIRF BO
06MINSK1179	GOB'S EGO OUTSTRIPS ACTIONS IN ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (C) The GOB and the International Organization for Migration recently co-hosted an international conference that sought to bolster cooperation between source and destination countries in the battle against trafficking in persons (TIP). At the conference, GOB officials stressed the importance [...]	2006-11-09 05:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM BO
06MINSK1184	LUKASHENKO AND RUSSIA: A TALE OF UNREQUITED LOVE? [...] (C) Lukashenko and Putin likely will achieve little during a possible November 10 meeting in Moscow. Both countries continue to play hardball with one another in energy negotiations, which are expected to drag on until the end of the year. Belarus will eventually have to settle for increased [...]	2006-11-09 12:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK1188	BELARUS NOT DOING WHAT IS NEEDED TO PREVENT GSP [...] (C) On October 12, the European Commission (EC) postponed its decision to suspend the General System of Preferences (GSP) for Belarus, giving Belarus more time to implement the International Labor Organization's (ILO) 12 recommendations to improve labor rights (ref A). According to some estim [...]	2006-11-13 09:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK1192	REGIONAL ACTIVISTS CONFIRM: BELARUSIANS ARE [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief and Emboffs recently traveled to Polotsk and Baranovichi in introductory visits with local authorities, opposition activists, and entrepreneurs. Opposition activists and journalists in both communities openly described the repression they face, but continue to cooperate toge [...]	2006-11-14 07:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1204	HUNGER-STRIKING KOZULIN DENIED FAMILY CONTACT [...] (C) At a recent opposition Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) press conference held in support of imprisoned BSDP chair and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, Kozulin's wife discussed how authorities repeatedly denied her husband family contact and legal counsel [...]	2006-11-17 15:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK1207	AMBASSADOR VISITS VANDALIZED HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL [...] (C) Ambassador visited Minsk's Yama Holocaust Memorial and two other related sites on November 15. The Yama site had been vandalized on November 11, when unknown persons drew a swastika on the memorial's main monument, splashed white paint on bronze statues, and left leaflets signed by the "B [...]	2006-11-20 13:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KIRF BO
06MINSK1213	HUNGER-STRIKING KOZULIN DENIED FAMILY CONTACT [...] (C) At a recent opposition Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) press conference held in support of imprisoned BSDP chair and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, Kozulin's wife discussed how authorities repeatedly denied her husband family contact and legal counsel [...]	2006-11-24 10:23:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK1215	DELIVERED JCIC-DIP-06-11, 12, AND 13 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 12:06:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	KACT PARM UP US START JCIC BO
06MINSK1220	MINSK FORUM: BITING THE HAND THAT PATS YOUR BACK? [...] (C) November 9-11 witnessed the Minsk Fgrum, an annual German-sponsored conference designed to be a platform for open dialogue. The GOB's denial of visas to at least eight would-be attendees overshadowed the substance of the conference. The row highlights the hazards of attempting even seemi [...]	2006-11-24 14:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK1221	POLITICAL PARTY DEPUTIES POINT FINGERS WHILE [...] (C) Ambassador on November 17 met with deputy leaders of pro-democratic political parties to gauge the unity within the coalition and the progress in the local council elections. The deputy leaders reported a small victory in receiving registration for most of their initiative groups, althoug [...]	2006-11-24 14:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1241	LOCAL COUNCIL DEPUTIES FACING AN UPHILL BATTLE [...] (C) Pro-democratic local council deputies from the regions of Belarus claimed to have high public support within their districts but doubted it would be enough to win re-election in what they predict will be fraudulent local council elections in January. Deputies informed Ambassador that GO [...]	2006-12-04 08:30:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1244	LUKASHENKO FOCUSES ON ENERGY SECURITY DURING CIS [...] (SBU) On November 28, Minsk hosted the CIS Heads of State summit. Although the agenda called for discussions on CIS reform and other issues, few agreements were reached. Lukashenko used the summit to negotiate with Russian President Putin on gas prices and the fate of Belarus' pipeline Beltra [...]	2006-12-05 12:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK1248	KOZULINA APPROACHES AMBASSADOR TO HELP END [...] (C) Ambassador recently meet with Irina Kozulina, wife of hunger striking imprisoned former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin. Kozulina relayed to Ambassador Kozulin's request that the U.S. raise the GOB's human rights violations at the UN Security Council. She also asked t [...]	2006-12-05 13:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1256	DELIVERED JCIC-DIP-14 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-07 13:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT PARM UP US START JCIC BO
06MINSK1258	DELIVERED RESULTS OF 2006 MTCR PLENARY [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 09:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC EITC KSCA TSPA
06MINSK1270	Prison Cannot Stop Pro-Democratic Activists [...] (C) Former political prisoners and the friends and family of opposition activists currently in jail gathered December 7 at Ambassador's residence. The event marked the second occasion in recent months that the Embassy has hosted a reception for these champions of democracy. The attendees desc [...]	2006-12-12 12:00:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1273	OPPOSITION UNITED ON KOZULIN, DIVIDED ON [...] (C) Through a series of demonstrations on World Human Rights Day (December 10),the Belarusian democratic forces demonstrated unity in supporting hunger striking imprisoned former opposition candidate Aleksandr Kozulin. Opposition leaders also expressed gratitude for Congress' recent passage [...]	2006-12-13 09:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1276	OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER FENDS OFF JAIL SENTENCE [...] (C) A Minsk judge suspended indefinitely the trial of opposition party leader Anatoliy Lebedko, whom authorities had charged with "minor hooliganism" for his participation in a December 10 World Human Rights Day demonstration, for lack of credible evidence. During his spirited self-defense, [...]	2006-12-14 09:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1283	LUKASHENKO, UNDER RUSSIAN PRESSURE, TRIES TO SHORE [...] (C) News Russia would begin charging full export duties on oil shipments to Belarus effective January 1 caught Lukashenko off guard, necessitating a hastily planned December 15 visit to Moscow. Although the GOB has downplayed the significance of the decision, the imposition of 100 percent of [...]	2006-12-15 14:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET BO RS
06MINSK1307	COURT UPHOLDS FIRING OF ELECTION MONITORING [...] (C) A Minsk court recently upheld a university's decision to fire a professor who had served as an independent election observer during Belarus' fraudulent March 2006 presidential elections. The university's case against reinstatement rested upon hearsay witnesses and threats of criminal inv [...]	2006-12-27 13:00:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1314	GOT CAS? THE COLD WAR BETWEEJ BELARUS AND GAZPROM [...] (C) NEGOTIATIONS IN MOSCOW OVER GAS PRICES AND A RUSSIAN STAKE IN BELTRANSGAZ CONTINUE DOWN TO THE WIRE, WITH BOTH SIDES RATCHETING UP THE RHETORIC. GHILE THE EXACT TERMR AND TIMING OF A FINAL DEAL REMAIN UNCERTAIN, IT APPEARS *-QM!Q9-=WILL FINALLY CONC%DE A STAKE IN @ELTRANSG!Z IN RETURN DOR [...]	2006-12-29 11:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL BO RS
06MINSK138	OPPOSITION DENIED PARTICIPATION IN ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: On December 30, the Central Election Committee announced the results of the territorial (regional and municipal) commission nomination process. Out of the 2,124 members, only one was a representative of the opposition, despite the dozens of nominations opposition parties submitt [...]	2006-02-10 06:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK162	GOB Ready to Cooperate to Fight TIP [...] (U) In a surprisingly cooperative gesture, GOB officials willingly shared information on the GOB's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in an informal setting on February 10. DCM invited representatives from local NGO's and international organizations as well as GOB officials from t [...]	2006-02-15 09:26:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV BO
06MINSK173	STATE MEDIA VILIFIES AMERICA, OFTEN [...] (C) Summary: In recent months Belarusian state media has become increasingly venomous in its daily attacks against the U.S. and the West. Common themes include charges of espionage, of Western attempts to destabilize the country, and of attempts to overthrow the government in a forced "color" [...]	2006-02-16 14:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK179	DEMONSTRATION PEACEFULLY DISBURSED, SOME ARRESTS [...] (C) At 1800 on February 16, opposition groups Zubr and Charter 97 organized a peaceful demonstration on October Square as part of the Day of Solidarity campaign to encourage public support for the families of the disappeared figures and for overall democratic change in Belarus. Poloffs, who o [...]	2006-02-17 15:41:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK183	PARTNERSHIP NGO RELEASES SECOND ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Despite potentially facing criminal charges for reporting any information that may discredit Belarus, election monitoring NGO Partnership anonymously sent via email its second observation report on the elections. Similar to the first report Post received (Ref A),the second report [...]	2006-02-21 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK185	YOUTH GROUPS COMMITTED TO DEMOCRATIC CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: While many youth remain reluctant to wander far from President Lukashenko's camp of supporters, some Belarusian youth groups are actively participating in a number of civic initiatives and/or directly supporting opposition candidates Aleksandr Milinkevich and Aleksandr Kozulin in [...]	2006-02-21 12:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK191	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES BEGIN THEIR CAMPAIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 17, the Central Election Committee (CEC) registered President Aleksandr Lukashenko, 10 Coalition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich, former rector of Belarusian State University Aleksandr Kozulin, and leader of the Libera Democratic Party Sergey Gaidukevich as officialpres [...]	2006-02-22 15:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK192	BKGB ARRESTS ELECTION OBSERVERS [...] (C) On February 21, BKGB officers arrested four pro-democracy activists, Partnership leaders Nikolay Astreyka and Enira Bronitskaya, NDI employee Aleksandr Shalaika (strictly protect),and Timofei Dranchuk, aide to imprisoned opposition member Andrei Klimov. They arrested the first, Dranchuk, [...]	2006-02-22 15:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK200	Minsk Election Weekly X (February 18 - February 24) [...] This is the tenth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ----------------------- Candidates Get Air Time ----------------------- 2. As per the law, state television and radio scheduled ai [...]	2006-02-24 07:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK205	BKGB SPREADING FEAR [...] (C) Summary: The BKGB continues to hold, but has not yet charged, the four activists it arrested on February 21 (ref A). Authorities have until 2100 on February 24 to decide whether to release or continue holding the group. The GOB then has two months, with the possibility of extensions, to [...]	2006-02-24 15:33:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK21	TAIWAN CLOSES MISSION AS MINSK SUPPORTS BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan is closing its small trade mission in Belarus, as Minsk grows ever closer to Beijing. In recent months the mission has had no access to GOB officials, but has received requests for help from some in the opposition. The mission never succeeded in its main tasks, promoting p [...]	2006-01-11 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TW BO
06MINSK22	TAIWAN CLOSES MISSION AS MINSK SUPPORTS BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan is closing its small trade mission in Belarus, as Minsk grows ever closer to Beijing. In recent months the mission has had no access to GOB officials, but has received requests for help from some in the opposition. The mission never succeeded in its main tasks, promoting p [...]	2006-01-11 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TW BO
06MINSK238	Harassment of Opposition Intensifies [...] In recent weeks authorities have greatly accelerated their petty harassment of opposition activists, leading up to the March 19 presidential elections. Police throughout the country are detaining Milinkevich activists, usually releasing them without charge after three hours, and seizing their [...]	2006-03-11 09:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK25	Latest Polling: Milinkevich Creeps Ahead in Polls, But Not [...] Summary: The results of IISEPS' latest polling shows that Lukashenko retains high ratings, around 53 percent. Opposition support remains low, even for the 10+ opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich. Although Milinkevich's approval ratings did climb several points to 6.6 percent, a growin [...]	2006-01-12 12:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK255	Opposition and Police Face Off at Peaceful Rally [...] Summary: On March 2 at 1800 opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich held an election rally in downtown Minsk. The rally attracted an estimated 3,000 participants. Although the event was peaceful and there were no arrests, security services prevented anyone from entering the square where th [...]	2006-03-14 09:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK258	Meeting Voters Illegal in Belarus [...] (U) Summary: In the past week authorities have arrested and jailed or fined several Milinkevich activists, including senior campaign deputies Anatoly Lebedko (fined USD 721) and Vintsuk Vyachorka (sentenced to 15-days in jail),as well as ten other activists each sentenced to 15-days in jail. [...]	2006-03-14 09:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK259	Meeting Voters Illegal in Belarus [...] (U) Summary: In the past week authorities have arrested and jailed or fined several Milinkevich activists, including senior campaign deputies Anatoly Lebedko (fined USD 721) and Vintsuk Vyachorka (sentenced to 15-days in jail),as well as ten other activists each sentenced to 15-days in jail. [...]	2006-03-14 09:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK261	Opposition and Police Face Off at Peaceful Rally [...] Summary: On March 2 at 1800 opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich held an election rally in downtown Minsk. The rally attracted an estimated 3,000 participants. Although the event was peaceful and there were no arrests, security services prevented anyone from entering the square where th [...]	2006-03-14 09:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK262	Harassment of Opposition Intensifies [...] In recent weeks authorities have greatly accelerated their petty harassment of opposition activists, leading up to the March 19 presidential elections. Police throughout the country are detaining Milinkevich activists, usually releasing them without charge after three hours, and seizing their [...]	2006-03-14 09:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK264	Kozulin Continues With Campaign, More Violence [...] (C) Summary: Campaign managers for presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, Aleksei Korol and Oleg Volchek met with Poloffs on March 6 following Kozulin's March 2 beating at the hands of security forces. Although charged with hooliganism, Kozulin has continued with his campaign and his manag [...]	2006-03-14 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK265	CEC Secretary on Early Voting and Problems with [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with Central Election Commission (CEC) Secretary Nikolai Lozovik on March 9. Lozovik at first explained Belarus' early voting process and answered questions concerning the censoring of opposition candidate television speeches and the March 2 beating of a candidate at [...]	2006-03-14 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK276	Milinkevich Holds Three Meeting With GOB [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs on March 12 observed three of 10+ Coalition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's meetings with voters in Minsk. Milinkevich's messages in all three gatherings focused on "stability should not equal stagnation," "the elections will not be free and fair," and "vote against sel [...]	2006-03-15 10:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK278	Belarus Buying Indian SU-30s [...] (SBU) In February a number of Indian and Russian press sources announced that Belarus was intending to buy 18 used Sukhoi SU-30 aircraft from India. According to these press reports, India acquired a number of SU-30K fighters in 1997-1998, but is now modernizing its air force. Belarus theref [...]	2006-03-16 11:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC BO
06MINSK287	Russian Printing Press Stops Producing Independent [...] (SBU) Summary: The Smolensk Printing Plant annulled its contracts with independent newspapers Narodnaya Volya (NV),BDG Gazeta, and the democratic Communist Party of Belarus' Tovarishch on March 13, citing an overwhelming workload. The plant director later stated that the annulments were due [...]	2006-03-17 11:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BO
06MINSK288	Milinkevich Strong in Grodno [...] (C) Summary: Poloff recently visited the western city of Grodno, hometown of opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich. Despite increasing harassment and pressure from authorities, Milinkevich's regional campaign leaders believe that Milinkevich would readily win an honest elec [...]	2006-03-17 11:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK294	KOZULIN MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR, SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: In his March 14 meeting with Ambassador, opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin presented pictures and names of security service officers who beat him on March 2 (reftel),and noted a letter of appreciation to Secretary Rice and his plea to Russian President Vladimir [...]	2006-03-17 16:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK299	MILINKEVICH CALLS FOR STREET PROTESTS [...] (U) Summary: Opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich told a press conference on March 20 that the opposition does not recognize Lukashenko as the winner of the obviously falsified elections. Milinkevich is demanding a repeat election, held in a democratic manner without repres [...]	2006-03-21 07:50:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK305	INDEPENDENT WEEKLY CLOSED FOR PRINTING MOHAMMED [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Economic Court first suspended and then closed the independent weekly "Zgoda" for reprinting the Mohammed cartoons as part of a commentary on the violent protests the cartoons had sparked in the Islamic world. The GOB, siding with Belarusian Muslims, condemned the cart [...]	2006-03-21 15:05:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK306	SOME DIGGING STILL AT GRODNO CEMETERY [...] (C) Summary: On March 13, Poloff visited the site of the controversial Grodno stadium, built on top of a Jewish cemetery. Poloff confirmed that digging continues at the site, but that it is to finish off the expansion of the stadium, rather than as part of any new project. Poloff did not see [...]	2006-03-21 15:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF BO
06MINSK307	Mass Arrests Follow Elections [...] Summary: The human rights NGO Vyasna and independent press report that at least 108 people, and likely more, were arrested late March 20th and early March 21st. The detained include Anatoly Lebedko, deputy to Milinkevich and leader of the United Civic Party, and his deputy Aleksandr Dobrovolsk [...]	2006-03-21 15:53:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK308	Crowd Size Drops On Second Day of Opposition Protests [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, opposition presidential candidates Aleksandr Milinkevich and Aleksandr Kozulin organized another protest rally on October Square in Minsk. Emboff observers estimate that between 18:30 and 20:00, 5,000 to 6,000 Belarusians participated in the rally, a significant de [...]	2006-03-21 16:05:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK309	OSCE Rebukes Belarus Elections [...] (U) Summary. At a joint press conference on March 20, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and OSCE ODIHR representatives declared that the presidential elections in Belarus did not meet international standards or OSCE commitments for free and fair elections. Preliminary conclusions from their observa [...]	2006-03-22 11:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK312	Sitrep 1: Numbers and Spirits Drop On Third Day of [...] (C) Summary: In the evening on March 21, Poloffs observed the third protest rally on October Square organized by Ten Plus Coalition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich and Belarusian Social Democratic Party ("Gramada") Aleksandr Kozulin. At the height of the rally, Poloffs estimated that approxim [...]	2006-03-22 15:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK320	Sitrep 1: Numbers and Spirits Drop On Third Day of [...] (C) Summary: In the evening on March 21, Poloffs observed the third protest rally on October Square organized by Ten Plus Coalition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich and Belarusian Social Democratic Party ("Gramada") Aleksandr Kozulin. At the height of the rally, Poloffs estimated that approxim [...]	2006-03-23 15:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK321	Ten Days in Jail for Reading the Bible [...] (C) Summary: On March 14, Poloff met with head of the Christ Convenant Reformed Baptist Church who had just served 10 days in jail for holding an unsanctioned religious service in his private residence. This is the first time in 20 years that a person has been jailed for holding religious wo [...]	2006-03-23 15:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK323	Even More Arrests and Many Convictions Follow Elections [...] Summary: From March 21 to March 23, human rights activists and independent press reported that more people have been arrested and several dozens have already been sentenced for participating in demonstrations following the March 19 presidential elections. Anatoly Lebedko, deputy to Milinkevich [...]	2006-03-23 15:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK329	SITREP 4: KOZULIN'S PLAN FOR A SHADOW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: A key Kozulin campaign member and a spokesperson for the Zubr youth group spoke to Poloff on March 23 to discuss their plans in the wake of fraudulent elections and massive arrests. Kozulin seeks Milinkevich,s cooperation in creating a new shadow government that will unite all po [...]	2006-03-24 12:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL
06MINSK331	SITUATION REPORT 5: POLICE BREAK-UP PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: Just after 0300 March 24, security forces converged on October Square and arrested nearly everyone taking part in the opposition's on-going demonstration. Although estimates vary and authorities have not released any information, Post believes between 150 and 400 people were arres [...]	2006-03-24 12:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BO CASC
06MINSK332	Milinkevich: 500 Arrested Today [...] (C) Summary: On March 24 opposition presidential candidate held a press conference where he estimated that around 500 of his supporters had been arrested early that morning, along with nearly 300 more the previous two days. He called on authorities to release all detainees, and appealed to the [...]	2006-03-24 16:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK333	Sitrep 6: Detainees Exceed 200 [...] (SBU) According to human rights NGO Vyasna, there are now 227 identified protesters who were arrested early this morning. Trials are already underway at many Minsk city courts. According to Vyasna, the sentences of those who have already stood trial range from 5-15 days in jail. Human rights [...]	2006-03-24 16:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK337	Up to 1,000 Arrested, Trials Have Begun [...] Summary: Trials for those arrested March 24, when police raided the protest tent camp on October Square, started on March 24. Most of the detained are being sentenced to 10-15 days in trails that last 10 minutes at most. Reportedly, so one has been acquitted. Police detained another estimated [...]	2006-03-27 15:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK342	250 ACTIVISTS CONVICTED IN ONE DAY, KOZULIN BEATEN [...] (U) Summary: As of March 27, approximately 250 people who were detained for participating in post-March 19 election protests were sentenced to up to 15 days in jail. Those sentenced included former presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's stepson, a former Polish ambassador to Belarus, [...]	2006-03-28 15:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK343	Candidates React to Regime Crackdown [...] (U) On March 26, opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich issued a statement expressing solidarity with all those beaten and arrested by authorities on March 25, including his rival opposition leader Aleksandr Kozulin. Expressing his desire to continue to challenge the illegiti [...]	2006-03-28 16:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK348	Where's Lukashenko? [...] Summary: On March 28 the GOB indicated Lukashenko's inauguration would not take place March 31 as had been widely reported and prepared for. This followed an eight-day period where Lukashenko disappeared from public view. Only on March 28 did a wan and de- energized Lukashenko reappear for a [...]	2006-03-29 11:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR BO
06MINSK358	480 PEOPLE SENTENCED [...] (C) Summary: As of March 28, nine Minsk district courts had convicted in two days of trials 480 people for participating in post-presidential election demonstrations. Human rights lawyers have called the authorities' treatment of detainees "barbaric" and claim detainees are regularly denied fo [...]	2006-03-29 14:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK369	PROTESTER POSSIBLY DEAD, KOZULIN CHARGED FOR [...] (C) Summary: Independent news sources on March 30 circulated a story that Sergei Otroshchenko, allegedly a protester beaten by security forces on March 25 who subsequently went missing, died from his injuries in a Minsk hospital. The GOB denies the death and claims they have no information a [...]	2006-03-31 14:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK374	LUKASHENKO FOUND, LOOKS ILL [...] (C) Summary: Lukashenko has been found. After a two-week absence from the public eye, and after missing all the events surrounding the tenth anniversary of the Union State Treaty, Lukashenko appeared on state television on April 4. In two short segments an atypically weary and soft-spoken Luk [...]	2006-04-05 15:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK381	GAZPROM'S THREATS A PLOY FOR STRENGTHENING UNION? [...] (U) Summary: Gazprom and Minsk have been arguing for years over control of the GOB's Beltransgaz pipeline network. To date Lukashenko has fended off Russian attempts to take over the company, and at the same time has secured rock-bottom natural gas prices for his country-one of the main factor [...]	2006-04-07 09:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL ENRG ETRD BO
06MINSK390	OPPOSITION COALITION TO STAY TOGETHER [...] (C) Summary: In recent days Poloffs and Ambassador have spoken with a number of senior members of Milinkevich's 10 Plus coalition. All agreed that the coalition will continue to exist and will keep Milinkevich as the leader, despite some resistance from one coalition party. Post election the [...]	2006-04-11 06:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO PHUM
06MINSK395	STUDENT EXPULSIONS FOLLOW PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Summary: Although the Ministry of Education (MOE) denied reports that students would be expelled for political reasons, approximately 15 students who participated in demonstrations following the March 19 presidential elections have been expelled from Belarusian universities. In a March 2 [...]	2006-04-12 13:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK397	LUKASHENKO INAUGURATED: A PALE IMAGE [...] (C) Summary: Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko was inaugurated in a brief, highly orchestrated and sparsely attended ceremony in Minsk April 8. In an unusually short speech, a depressed looking Lukashenko stressed his re-election represented the people,s will and lashed out at outside [...]	2006-04-12 15:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK403	VIOLENT ARRESTS, POOR PRISON CONDITIONS, AND [...] (C) Summary: Nearly three weeks have passed since the March 19 presidential election and the subsequent wave of arrests of street protesters. Detainees who were recently released have shared with independent press and Emboffs their accounts of violent arrests and meager prison conditions. Th [...]	2006-04-13 13:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK408	MARINICH RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: Imprisoned opposition member Mikhail Marinich was released from jail April 14 after serving two years on trumped up charges. A Minsk court April 12 ruled to release Marinich a full year earlier than his sentence required. The 66-year-old Marinich, Belarus' former Ambassador to L [...]	2006-04-14 12:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK422	CIVIL SOCIETY REGROUPS POST ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Poloffs met separately with human rights activists, civil society leaders and political analysts following the March 19 presidential elections to learn about their post-election plans. Most of the civil society leaders agreed that Milinkevich proved to be a good le [...]	2006-04-18 14:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK428	UCP UNHAPPY WITH COALITION [...] (C) Summary: On April 17, United Civic Party (UCP) deputy Jaroslav Romanchuk in a meeting with Poloff expressed his frustration with the activities and organization of the opposition's main coalition. Claiming to speak for his party, Romanchuk said the UCP presented a proposal to reform the o [...]	2006-04-19 13:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK43	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - January 17, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Polish Activists Fined The Grodno Border Control Unit on January 5 fined two Union of Belarusian Poles (UBP) activists Andrei Pochobut and Andrei Pisalnik the maximum USD 1 [...]	2006-01-19 05:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK433	EU VISA BAN IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: On April 10, the EU expanded its visa ban list for Belarus from six to 37 senior GOB officials involved in election fraud and human rights abuses. Switzerland announced on April 12 that it would abide by the ban as well. In the first week of existence the ban has already prevente [...]	2006-04-20 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CVIS BO
06MINSK44	SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN MOVING FORWARD, DESPITE HARASSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The signature collecting campaign, the second phase of the presidential election, is in full swing. The Central Election Committee gave contenders until January 27 to collect the 100,000 signatures needed to be registered as a presidential candidate. President Lukashenko's init [...]	2006-01-19 06:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK442	OPPOSITION ILL-PREPARED FOR CHERNOBYL [...] (C) Summary: The Minsk authorities granted the opposition permission to hold the Chernobylski Shliakh (The Chernobyl Path),a demonstration commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl power plant tragedy, on April 26. The Ten Plus Coalition is "organizing" the event, but the leadershi [...]	2006-04-24 13:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO

06MINSK458	LUKASHENKO BOTCHES POTASH EXPORTS [...] (U) Summary: Potash is Belarus' second largest export commodity, earning the country USD 609 million in 2005. Most of this revenue went to the GOB, which owns the sole potash producer. In order to squeeze more money from this valuable export, last year Lukashenko created a potash exporting c [...]	2006-04-27 10:13:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EMIN ETRD EAGR BI
06MINSK459	4,000 PARTICIPATE IN CHERNOBYL MARCH, OPPOSITION [...] (U) Summary: Approximately 4,000 people participated in the opposition's annual Chernobyl march that took place at the National Academy of Sciences in Minsk. Before the demonstration began, however, authorities arrested several opposition activists, including United Civic Party leader Anatol [...]	2006-04-27 14:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK470	OPPOSITION,S TENUOUS PLANS FOR LABOR DAY RALLY [...] (SBU) Despite the recent imprisonment of most of the main opposition leaders (reftel),Ten Plus Coalition press secretary Pavel Mazheiko told Poloff on April 28 that the May SIPDIS 1 demonstration would not be canceled. Party of Communists of Belarus' deputy chairman Valery Uknalyev, who i [...]	2006-04-28 14:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK477	Small Protest Jeopardizes Remaining Free Activists [...] On May 1, Belarusian Social Democratic Party Hramada head Stanislav Shushkevich led approximately 300 people carrying signs and waving banned national flags from the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to Bangalore Square for a rally in honor of Labor Day (ref A). [Note: While autho [...]	2006-05-03 14:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK50	Minsk Election Weekly V (January 16-January 20) [...] This is tha fifth in a wEekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ------------------ Signature Campaign ------------------ 2. SIgnature Updates The initiative groups of the following presidential [...]	2006-01-20 13:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK513	Youth Activist Gets Two Years Restricted Freedom [...] SUMMARY: After a six-day postponement, the trial of Malady Front activist and anti-Lukashenko graffitist Artur Finkevich concluded on May 10. Although Finkevich had been facing up to twelve years in prison, the judge sentenced Finkevich to two years of restricted freedom. During two days of h [...]	2006-05-16 06:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK527	DEMONSTRATORS BRIEFLY DETAINED NEAR RUSSIAN EMBASSY [...] (U) Approximately 70 people at 20:00 on May 16 gathered in front of the Russian Embassy, which is adjacent to the U.S. Embassy, wearing EU handkerchiefs and holding candles to protest the Kremlin's support of President Lukashenko. Five minutes into the demonstration, a dozen OMON riot police o [...]	2006-05-17 14:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK528	THE BELARUSIAN PARTY OF FREEDOM: AN ACTIVE PLAYER [...] (C) Summary: On May 16, Poloffs met with the leader of the unregistered Belarusian Party of Freedom (BPF) Sergey Visotsky at the latter's request to discuss his party's activities. The BPF first appeared in 1993 as a student initiative and, according to Visotsky, remains a youth organization [...]	2006-05-18 10:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK537	MILINKEVICH ON THE LEBEDKO PROBLEM, RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, Ambassador met with leader of the unified opposition Aleksandr Milinkevich. Milinkevich had just completed a long-delayed talk with Anatoly Lebedko, a likely contender for Milinkevich's position. Milinkevich stated this talk convinced him Lebedko would not quit the co [...]	2006-05-22 13:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK538	Belarus Suffers Large Crop Loss, Still Expects [...] (SBU) Summary: Spring has finally come to Belarus and, along with it, President Aleksandr Lukashenko's mad fervor to attain an unrealistic harvest yield. Lukashenko raised the national quota of grain to 8.4 million tons, a 700,000-ton increase to Lukashenko's 2005 quota that was never achieved [...]	2006-05-22 14:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK559	GOB SUSPENDS THREE INVESTIGATIONS OF TWO [...] (C) Summary: During the first two weeks of May, GOB authorities announced that investigations into the 1999-2000 disappearances of two opposition activists and the 2004 murder of a journalist were suspended. Independent investigator Garry Pogonayilo believes the lack of progress is due to th [...]	2006-05-26 12:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK56	Jeans Campaign: Youth Try To Unite Through Denim [...] (C) Summary: The human rights NGO Charter97 recently reported that on January 16 the Free Belarus Coalition launched the "jeans campaign." The youth-driven jeans campaign, which grew out of the Day of Solidarity nonviolent resistance campaign, aims to provide Belarusians a safe way to expre [...]	2006-01-24 08:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK580	Opposition Activist Convicted of Sedition [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 25, a Milinkevich campaign worker, Sergei Lyashkevich, was tried in Shchuchin regional court on charges of inciting mass disorder. The prosecution's evidence included seized electronic media, written testimony, and oral testimony by two dubious witnesses. Following the [...]	2006-06-02 10:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK581	Belarus: Iran Demarches Passed; No Response [...] On June 2, acting Pol/Econ Chief delivered ref A and B Iran demarches to Oleg Anisimov, Second Secretary in the MFA's America's Department. When Anisimov heard Poloff wanted to discuss a new U.S. proposal for Iran, he commented that, "your policy will of course change for the worse." He di [...]	2006-06-02 10:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IAEA KNNP USNC IR BO
06MINSK588	TEN PLUS APPROVES TWO-YEAR STRATEGY [...] (U) Summary: The Ten Plus Coalition's Political Council on May 22 approved a two-year plan aimed at removing Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko and promoting democracy. The plan concentrates most of its energy in the "For Freedom" movement, which calls for pro-democratic civil society gr [...]	2006-06-05 12:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK605	CZECHS BLOCK SENIOR GOB VISAS, PASS [...] (C) Summary: The Czech Embassy recently passed over information that Lukashenko's son, Dmitry, and Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky and his family all applied for Czech visas. The Czechs did not issue to Dmitry or Sidorsky, even though neither is on the EU's visa ban list. The Czech Charge also [...]	2006-06-09 12:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM BO
06MINSK608	REGIONAL OUTREACH TO GOMEL REGION HIGH, SUPERVISED [...] (U) Summary: On June 1-2, Ambassador traveled to the regional capital city Gomel and surrounding villages to conduct public outreach. Opposition and civil society representatives described the repressive conditions in which they exist, but the civil society representatives also criticized the [...]	2006-06-09 13:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
06MINSK619	POST-ELECTION PROFILE OF BELARUSIAN YOUTH GROUPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 25-27 and May 3-4, Poloffs met with representatives of five Belarusian youth organizations: Zubr, which announced its formal dissolution in May 2006; Third Way; Association of Belarusian Students; Volnaya Moladz; and New Life Church. All of these groups have been direct [...]	2006-06-13 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK640	THE NATIONAL LIBRARY: LUKASHENKO'S DIAMOND OR [...] (U) Summary: The June 9 grand opening of the Belarusian National Library, a 23-story glass diamond-shaped monstrosity on the outskirts of Minsk, was again postponed. Although the authorities did not give a reason for the delay, independent news sources expect it is related to the perennial pro [...]	2006-06-16 05:30:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK648	Sudan and Belarus Sign Military Pact, Minsk Stays Silent [...] (U) On June 16, on-line Sudanese newspaper the Sudan Tribune announced that Sudanese Defense Minister General Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein signed a military cooperation protocol with his Belarusian counterpart Leonid Maltsev on June 15 in Minsk. The article claimed Hussein was in Belarus June 13 [...]	2006-06-19 10:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETRD UNSC SU BO
06MINSK652	Lukashenko's Potash Hole Grows Deeper [...] (U) On June 13, Belarus closed all four of its potash mines. With exports falling due to Lukashenko's insistence on above-market prices, Belarus no longer had any place to store the potash it was digging up. The problem began in 2005 when Lukashenko ignored market reality and ordered the ferti [...]	2006-06-20 09:55:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EMIN ETRD EAGR USTR PHUM BO
06MINSK654	DEMONSTRATION [...] (SBU) At 20:00 on June 16 near the Russian Embassy (adjacent to U.S. Embassy),45 activists were briefly detained while observing the Day of Solidarity. The Day of Solidarity takes place on the 16th of every month in support of jailed and missing opposition activists. Similar to the May 16th [...]	2006-06-20 11:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK666	NATO Materials Seized from Local Deputies [...] The Lithuanian Embassy, NATO POC in Minsk, informed post on June 21 that they sent a group of twelve elected members of local government councils to NATO headquarters in Brussels for an informational visit June 15-16, organized by NATO's Public Diplomacy Division. Upon their return to Minsk on [...]	2006-06-22 10:55:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PHUM BO
06MINSK679	ACTIVIST SEEKS TO EXPAND ROLE OF WOMEN IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: In her new role as head of the Commission on Women in the United Civic Party (UCP),Women's Independent Democratic Movement (WIDM) chair Lyudmila Petina told DCM she is searching for ways to encourage women to become more politically active, including the possible creation of a w [...]	2006-06-27 12:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KWMN SCUL BO
06MINSK680	MFA MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR-DRUMS UP GOB OUTCRY OVER [...] (C) Summary: On June 23, Head of the MFA's U.S. and Canada Desk Sergey Sergeyev formally relayed GOB irritation with the U.S. imposition of visa bans and financial sanctions against GOB officials. Ambassador reiterated the USG had long warned the GOB the U.S. would take such actions against GO [...]	2006-06-27 12:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK707	IN-FIGHTING AND DISORGANIZATION STAGNATES UDF [...] (SBU) Summary: The internal power struggles and disorganization within the United Democratic Forces (UDF) are affecting the UDF's support among democratic-minded Belarusians and its ability to initiate a formable movement against Lukashenko. At least two clans have formed in the UDF and are b [...]	2006-07-10 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK720	POST REVIEW OF GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, [...] On June 27, 2006 USAID Country Representative, USAID Activity Manager and an Embassy Poloff met with UNDP HIV/AIDS Program Manager, the UNDP Resident Representative and the Belarus Global Fund Project Manager to discuss the results of Phase I of the project (which ends November 30, 2006) and p [...]	2006-07-12 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV SOCI TBIO BO
06MINSK731	KOZULIN VERDICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 13, former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin was sentenced to five and a half years in a medium security prison on one charge of disturbing the peace and two counts of hooliganism. The six-day proceedings were at times chaotic and drew a heavy presence [...]	2006-07-14 13:37:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK738	Opposition Party Leader Arrested in Rally Near Russian [...] (SBU) On July 17, a Belarusian court sentenced United Civic Party (UCP) leader Anatoly Lebedko to 10 days in jail for "minor hooliganism" for attempting to participate in a July 16 protest near the Russian Embassy in Minsk. Authorities also charged activist Evgeny Askerko, whose trial followed [...]	2006-07-17 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK759	VICTIMIZED BELARUSIAN STUDENTS GET CHANCE TO STUDY [...] (C) Summary: Inna Kulei's Committee for the Defense of the Repressed (CDR) has successfully placed approximately 250 Belarusian students who have been victimized for their political activities in universities in neighboring countries. Discrepancies exist over precisely how many of these stud [...]	2006-07-21 05:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK764	Pro-Lukashenko Communists Hijack Opposition Party [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 15, the pro-government Communist Party of Belarus (CPB) and the opposition Belarusian Party of Communists (BPC) held rival conferences regarding the CPB-proposed merger of Belarus' two communist parties. According to CPB Central Committee Secretary Georgy Atamanov, CPB's [...]	2006-07-21 14:36:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK785	POLICE BRIEFLY DETAINED OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) On July 26, two Polotsk traffic police officers stopped a vehicle carrying former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich, his wife Inna Kulei, press secretary Pavel Mazheiko, and Belarusian Popular Front deputy SIPDIS chairman Aleksey Yanukevich on their way to visit po [...]	2006-07-27 08:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK791	NGO Partnership Case Begins, Families and Observers [...] (SBU) On July 28, the criminal trial against four young people associated with the NGO Partnerstvo (Partnership) began in Minsk's Tsentralny district. Belarusian authorities accused Timofei SIPDIS Dranchuk, Aleksandr Shalaiko, Nikolai Astreiko, and Enira Bronitskaya of operating an illegal [...]	2006-07-28 12:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK795	OPPOSITION COALITION SET TO LAUNCH THREE-STEP [...] (C) Summary: Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff met with United Democratic Forces (UDF) Political Council member Viktor Ivashkevich to discuss the UDF's preparations for the tentatively scheduled 2007 municipal elections and the new executive body that was formed to implement the coalition's plan of ac [...]	2006-07-31 13:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK809	NO ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE FROM RUSSIAN PIPELINE [...] Belarusian and Russian press are reporting that on July 27 an oil leak occurred on the Unicha-Polotsk section of the Druzhba pipeline in the Russian region of Bryansk, which is near the Belarusian border. News reports indicate that the accident resulted from corrosion in the pipeline. Russi [...]	2006-08-01 13:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK819	US and European Heads of Mission Press for Access to NGO [...] (SBU) U.S. and EU embassies in Minsk have taken an assertive and coordinated approach to spotlighting the criminal trial against four young leaders of the prominent NGO Partnerstvo (Partnership). Belarusian authorities accused Timofei Dranchuk, Aleksandr Shalaiko, Nikolai Astreiko, and Enira B [...]	2006-08-02 14:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK820	Belarus Announces Potash Contract with China, China Claims [...] (U) Despite recent claims from the GOB that Belarus has signed a contract to supply potash to China, it remains unclear whether China and Belarus have reached an agreement. China is Belarus' largest buyer of potash, and the lack of a contract has caused Belarus' overall potash exports to drop [...]	2006-08-03 05:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN ETRD EAGR USTR BO
06MINSK838	UN HLD Demarche Delivered, MFA Requests U.S. Participation [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points on the UN High Level Dialogue (HLD) on International Migration and Development to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in the form of a non-paper on August 4. The talking points were received without comment. 2. Separately, MFA Department for Humani [...]	2006-08-04 14:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID PREF SMIG UNGA BO
06MINSK866	BOBRUISK OPPOSITION PREPARES FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: To gauge the strength of opposition forces ahead of upcoming municipal elections, Poloffs traveled to Bobruisk on July 20, as the southeastern city was preparing for Lukashenko's September annual harvest festival. Although marginalized and weakened, opposition political parties [...]	2006-08-10 13:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON BO
06MINSK887	KOZULIN'S PARTY PREPARES FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Senior Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) members corroborated reports that the health of imprisoned BSDP leader and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin is degenerating, but insisted the BSDP has no plans to replace Kozulin as party leader. They cha [...]	2006-08-17 06:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK893	GOB - "AVIAN INFLUENZA NOT BEHIND 100,000 POULTRY [...] (U) Summary: Approximately 100,000 chickens have died in two separate accidents at Belarusian poultry farms since July 14. The GOB stressed that human error was at fault and maintained that AI was not detected. Health officials reiterated that the deaths were unfortunate accidents, but ass [...]	2006-08-17 07:41:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK9	Media Mistaken: Partnership Will Observe Elections [...] (C) Summary: On January 4, Emboffs met with civil initiative Partnership director Nikolai Astreiko to inquire about press reports that Partnership would not be monitoring the March presidential elections. Astreiko stated that Partnership plans to observe the entire electoral process, and proc [...]	2006-01-05 14:05:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK903	MINSK AUTHORITIES LIQUIDATE KALYAKIN'S OPPOSITION [...] (U) Summary: On August 17, authorities liquidated the Minsk chapter of the Belarusian Party of Communists for alleged violations of "registration protocol" in 1999. The closure of the Minsk chapter would result in the de facto liquidation of the party -- headed by senior united opposition lea [...]	2006-08-18 13:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK911	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 18, 2006 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lukashenko Stipulates Eurasian Customs Union (para. 2) - Belarus and Ukraine Discuss Cooperation (para. 3) - Lukashenko Greets Indian, South Korea [...]	2006-08-21 13:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK937	BELARUS' MOST PROFITABLE STATE-RUN COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: The GOB published its list of state-owned companies contributing the most revenue to the GOB budget in 2005. This list suggests some significant changes in the Belarusian economy, particularly in the fertilizer and oil industries, since the GOB prohibited publication of its list [...]	2006-08-28 10:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK951	MILINKEVICH, BACK IN BELARUS, TOUTS SOLIDARITY AND [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Charge on August 29, United Democratic Forces (UDF) leader Milinkevich argued that the opposition remains united and said he would be publicly involved in the run up to the local elections. He and his wife spoke of their efforts to create solidarity among Belaru [...]	2006-08-31 13:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK957	PROTESTANTS THREATEN TO PROTEST FORCED SALE OF [...] (C) Summary: On August 22, the GOB ruled that the New Life Church must sell their church building to the local government at a price far below market value and vacate the property by September 1, although no action has been taken by the authorities to date. Church leaders insist that the GOB' [...]	2006-09-01 10:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ASEC BO
06MINSK965	EMBASSY HOSTS VICTIMS AND FAMILIES OF KOZULIN AND [...] (SBU) On September 1, Charge and A/DCM hosted a reception for family members of imprisoned former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, recently released Partnership NGO activists Aleksandr Shalaiko and Enire Bronitskaya and their families, and the family members of still impri [...]	2006-09-05 12:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK971	BELARUS GEARING UP FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT [...] (C) The GOB continues to advocate the construction of a nuclear power plant (NPP) in Belarus. Although a decision has not officially been made, the state media's positive propaganda indicates that Lukashenko plans to build an NPP whether Belarusians agree or not. GOB officials maintain the N [...]	2006-09-07 08:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY PARM MNUC BO
06MINSK972	MOBILE SATELLITE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in the form of a non-paper on September 1. The talking points were received without comment. MOORE [...]	2006-09-07 08:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS BO
06MINSK975	BREST OPPOSITION PUSHES ON DESPITE GOB PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: An August 22-23 visit by Poloffs to the Western border city of Brest received heavy attention from state security services. Local activists, already under siege by the regime, kept their commitments to meet with Poloffs despite the threat of even further scrutiny from the BKGB. [...]	2006-09-11 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK976	PRO-REGIME NEO-NAZIS INTIMIDATE INDEPENDENT MEDIA, [...] (C) Summary: Following March's stolen presidential elections, the pro-government, pan-Russian, neo-Nazi group "Russian National Unity" (RNE) appears to have undertaken a campaign of intimidation against Belarus' independent media and opposition political parties. This campaign apparently incl [...]	2006-09-11 13:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK978	REGIONAL OPPOSITION PARTIES COALESCE FOR LOCAL [...] (C) In preparation for Belarus' upcoming municipal elections, the regional chapters of parties within the opposition United Democratic Forces (UDF) coalition continue to sign cooperation agreements with their Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) counterparts. Despite enthusias [...]	2006-09-11 13:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK982	NAM ATTENDEES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points on the Middle East and terrorism to the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in the form of a non-paper on September 8. The talkig points were received without comment. MOORE [...]	2006-09-12 11:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA PTER PHUM BO
06MINSK984	UNSC RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in the form of a non-paper on September 8. The talking points were received without comment. MOORE [...]	2006-09-12 11:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS BO
06MOSCOW10309	RUSSIAN MFA UNCLEAR ON TRANSNISTRIAN REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Embassy three days before Transnistria's September 17 referendum, MFA Transnistrian negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin provided no clarity on how Russia will treat the referendum result. While acknowledging that whatever the result, Transnistria would not be recog [...]	2006-09-15 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PBTS MD RS
06MOSCOW10692	ODIHR DIRECTOR STROHAL'S VISIT: OSCE "REFORM" AND [...] (C) Summary: During a September 19 meeting with OSCE Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Director Strohal, DFM Grushko emphasized once again Russia's desire for OSCE "reform." However, ODIHR's harshest critic had much softened his tone, according to Strohal, while sti [...]	2006-09-22 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE RS
06MOSCOW11137	UNITED RUSSIA SEEKS MAJORITY IN OCTOBER 8 [...] (C) A September 28 - 29 visit to Chuvashiya in the run-up to the October 8 State Council elections found: -- five of the Republic's twenty-two parties on the ballot, with a sixth --the Party of Pensioners-- denied registration, and joining the Party of Life in supporting Rodina's quest to cr [...]	2006-10-04 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW11172	UNITED RUSSIA IGNORES THE PARTY OF LIFE IN LIPETSK [...] (SBU) Lipetsk oblast and city are tightly controlled by United Russia Governor Oleg Korolyev. Oblast regional elections will be held on October 8 and it is widely believed in Lipetsk that YR will win a decisive majority. While the Communist Party (KPRF) continues to have loyal followers, it ap [...]	2006-10-04 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW11652	PSYCHIATRY ABUSED FOR COMMERCIAL ENDS [...] (C) Anecdotal evidence suggests that psychiatry is increasingly being used as a tool, especially in more "sophisticated" urban areas like Moscow, in the resolution of family squabbles or business disputes. The interpretation of a 2001 law on legal expertise activities allegedly has been used [...]	2006-10-18 10:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12369	RUSSIAN NATIONALIST MARCH FIZZLES [...] (SBU) Decisive action by the Moscow city authorities and waning enthusiasm for the enterprise produced smaller-then-predicted attendance at the March 4 nationalist "Russian march." In the end, fewer then three thousand Muscovites participated on Saturday, a fraction of the number of police an [...]	2006-11-08 16:18:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12595	PRESIDENT PUTIN, DEFMIN IVANOV ADDRESS RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Putin and Defense Minister Ivanov candidly acknowledged many of the military's internal problems during a 16 November senior commanders conference in Moscow. The two leaders promised various remedies ranging from higher salaries and better treatment for soldiers to steep increas [...]	2006-11-22 15:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL PGOV PHUM RS
06MOSCOW12708	COMMUNIST PARTY: NOT DEAD YET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Most observers describe the Communist Party (KPRF) as a party on life-support sustained by nostalgic pensioners. The cliche has it that as party stalwart's die off, so too will the KPRF. This assessment, however, ignores a relatively constant level of support, despite the dem [...]	2006-11-30 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM RS
06MOSCOW13168	ALTAI KRAI: PICKETS AND PLURALISM [...] (SBU) Summary: While Altai Krai is one of the most economically depressed regions in Russia, it has an unusually high level of civic activity and political pluralism and is home to outspoken liberal Republican Party Head Vladimir Ryzhkov. United Russia dominates, but the Communists, Agrarians, [...]	2006-12-29 09:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW1431	RUSSIA MOVING SLOWLY ON DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 13:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD SCUL UNESCO RS
06MOSCOW1433	MOSCOW DEFERS TO GRULAC CONSENSUS ON NEXT UNSC REP [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 14:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNSC GT VE RS
06MOSCOW1435	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: EXPECT SHARP RUSSIAN REACTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the absence of DFM Karasin from Moscow, A/DCM spoke with MFA 4th CIS Department Director Andrey Kelin to emphasize the efforts the USG has been making to moderate Georgian parliamentary action on CIS peacekeepers in South Ossetia (per ref e-mail request). Kelin took careful no [...]	2006-02-14 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG
06MOSCOW1536	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: HARD RUSSIAN LINE ON SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Both the Russians (4th CIS Department Director Kelin) and Georgians (State Minister for Conflict Resolution Khaindrava) gave us separate readouts of their February 16 talks in Moscow. The talks focused on South Ossetia in the wake of the Georgian Parliamentary resolution callin [...]	2006-02-16 18:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS RS GG
06MOSCOW2914	RUSSIAN MFA ON AMIS RE-HATTING [...] (C) On March 21 Poloff delivered reftel demarche on re-hatting the African Union (AU) Mission in Sudan to MFA Department of International Organizations Counselor Oleg Kravchenko. Kravchenko agreed that there was no ambiguity in the AU March 10 statement and that its intention was clearly to [...]	2006-03-22 14:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL SOCI SU RS
06MOSCOW3647	SUDAN: CONTRIBUTION TO UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-06 14:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SU RS
06MOSCOW4374	ZIMBABWEAN TRADE DELEGATION VISITS RUSSIA [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Africa Department Counselors Mikhail Gulyakin and Andrey Stolyarov April 21 to discuss the April 3-13 visit to Moscow and St. Petersburg of Zimbabwean Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono and Transport Minister Chris Mushohwe to promote Russian investment in Zimbabwe. Gu [...]	2006-04-24 13:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ZI RS
06MOSCOW4799	RUSSIA SUPPORTS THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) On May 3 poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Legal Department Acting Director Vladimir Tarabrin. Tarabrin said the GOR continues to support the Third Additional Protocol and will support the statutory amendments to the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement at the conference in Geneva [...]	2006-05-04 14:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL ICRC RU
06MOSCOW5008	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SYRIA/LEBANON RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 06:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC SY LE RS
06MOSCOW5030	MOSCOW OPPOSES CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIAN [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche points May 12 with Anatoliy Taksubayev, Deputy Director of the MFA Third CIS (Central Asia) Department. (NOTE: We were unable to make this demarche to the MFA New Threats and Challenges Department, as the Deputy Director and principal staffers responsible [...]	2006-05-12 13:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR RS
06MOSCOW5264	RUSSIANS AGAINST DELISTING MONIB [...] (C) On May 12 poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Afghanistan Section Chief Yuriy Khokhlov, and followed up on the issue with him in a May 15 discussion. On May 17 econoff double-tracked the demarche with Aleksandr Ubilava and Nikolay Ostrokhov from the MFA New Threats and Challenges Dep [...]	2006-05-18 12:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KTFN UN AF RS
06MOSCOW5951	DEMARCHING RUSSIA ON A BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Poloff made reftel demarche June 5 to Petr Ilichev, UN Political Affairs Senior Counselor, MFA International Organizations Department. Ilichev said that Burma did not represent a threat to international peace and security, or to security in the region, and thus was not an appropriate sub [...]	2006-06-05 12:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM RS
06MOSCOW5997	RUSSIAN HOSTAGES IN IRAQ [...] (C) Upon learning of the killing of a GOR security guard and the kidnapping of four Russian Embassy employees outside a local market in Iraq on June 3, Ambassador called DFM Saltanov to express condolences and the desire of the U.S. to provide needed assistance. The Ambassador followed up wit [...]	2006-06-05 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS IZ
06MOSCOW6130	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING, MOSCOW, MAY [...] (SBU) Summary. Participants at the second Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future planning meeting agreed that the 2006 Forum will take place at the Dead Sea on December 3, preceded by a senior officials meeting and working dinner for ministers on December 2. Jordan [...]	2006-06-07 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMPI RS
06MOSCOW6131	RUSSIAN MFA DEMARCHED ON TRANSNISTRIA MAY PROTOCOLS [...] (C) With Ambassador-at-Large Nesterushkin on vacation until the end of the week, poloff delivered reftel demarche June 7 to Mikhail Yalkin, Moldova Section Chief, MFA Second CIS Department. Yalkin said that there was no change whatsoever in Russian policy or approach to Transnistria. He cha [...]	2006-06-07 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PBTS PREL MS RS UP
06MOSCOW6263	RUSSIA ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 12:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL RS
06MOSCOW6354	RUSSIA SUPPORTS EXTENDING MNF-I MANDATE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA IO/UNSC Section Chief Vladimir Safronkov June 14. Safronkov said Russia fully supports continuing the MNF-I mandate and the DFI/IAMB arrangements and that the GOR would not present any obstacle to the extension. The Russian side would support a po [...]	2006-06-14 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ RS
06MOSCOW6464	RUSSIAN MFA ON ICTY PIFWC LIKELY IN RUSSIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 19 to Andrey Kalinin of the MFA Legal Department. Kalinin and his superior, Department Section Chief Igor Panin (who was traveling at the time),are the only officials in the MFA with a thorough knowledge of the ICTY and the status of PIFWCs. Russia [...]	2006-06-19 11:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KCRM PREL ICTY KAWC PHUM BK SR RS
06MOSCOW7723	RUSSIA: APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR HAITI INTERIM [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche July 19 to Sergey Tarasov, Caribbean Section Chief in the MFA Latin America Department. Tarasov said he would pass the information to his superiors but could not predict whether Russia would provide any assistance to Haiti. He was aware of the High Lev [...]	2006-07-19 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN HA RS
06MOSCOW8691	URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-12 10:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MOPS IS LE RS
06MOSCOW9018	RUSSIA AND UKRAINE: TWO CHEERS FOR YANU? [...] (C) Summary: Moscow was pleased that new Ukrainian PM Viktor Yanukovich made his first foreign trip to Russia to meet with President Putin and PM Fradkov in Sochi. Observers here expect that the tone of the relationship will improve, but on substance, few saw Yanukovich as a pushover. On t [...]	2006-08-18 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD UP RS
06MOSCOW9953	RUSSIA NONCOMMITTAL ABOUT FIVE PLUS FIVE MEETING [...] (SBU) After providing reftel talking points to the MFA earlier, we checked with MFA North America on September 8 to see whether FM Lavrov would attend a meeting of the Five Plus Five on the margins of the upcoming UN General Assembly meetings. We were told that no decision had been made abou [...]	2006-09-08 10:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM KN RS
06MOSUL10	NINEWA IECI DIRECTOR CLAIMS EVIDENCE OF MISSING VOTERS COULD [...] (C) REO Poloff met with Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) Ninewa Governate Electoral Office (GEO) director Oday Abed at his headquarters office at the PJCC on February 6. Abed claims an internal study he is conducting has revealed that over 4,000 families (potentially 15,000 to 1 [...]	2006-02-07 15:59:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL11	SHABEK NATIONAL ASSEMBLYMEMBER ASKS FOR MORE "VISIBLE" USG [...] (C) PRT Leader and REO Poloff met with Shabek national assemblymember Dr. Haneen Al Qado in Mosul on February 8. Al Qado thanked the USG for ongoing assistance but said USG development projects in Ninewa need to be "more visible." Al Qado said he is working with other members of the national [...]	2006-02-10 18:24:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MOSUL12	ASSYRIAN PATRIOTIC PARTY REPS CALL FOR CREATION OF A NEW [...] (C) Assyrian Patriotic Party (APP) reps in Ninewa and Dohuk said they believe the answer to problems in Iraq's Christian community could be settled by the creation of a separate province for minorities. APP leader Namrood Betto suggested that "Ninewa Plains" be partitioned from eastern Ninewa [...]	2006-02-12 15:30:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MOSUL13	LIBERATION AND RECONCILIATION NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATE [...] (C) According to newly elected national assembly delegate Sheikh Mohammed Khalaf of the Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc, Iraq's new federal government needs to be more inclusive by "reaching out" to all parties in the country. Khalaf said he would work hard to help issues of unemployment a [...]	2006-02-14 14:24:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ ECON PINT
06MOSUL14	IRAQ NATIONAL DIALOGUE COUNCIL CONCERNED ABOUT SHAPE OF [...] (C) The Iraqi National Dialogue Council (INDC) in Ninewa is concerned about the shape of the new national government in Iraq. National assembly delegate Mahmood Al-Azzawi seems afraid Sunni Arabs might be "left out" from playing a larger role in the formation of the government. He said he wo [...]	2006-02-14 14:38:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL15	LOCAL NGO LAUNCHING NEW WOMEN'S CENTER IN MOSUL [...] (SBU) In an effort to address concerns of unemployment, job training, and community counseling for Iraqi women, members of the Assembly of Ninevah NGOs, a local NGO umbrella organization, have created a second women's center for western Mosul. The effort expands on the already existing Iraq W [...]	2006-02-14 15:00:00	REO Mosul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ ECON ELAB SCUL SOCI PINT
06MOSUL16	NINEWA JUDGES FIRE BACK AT DETRACTORS, BLAME SYSTEM FOR [...] (C) Ninewa's judges are having difficulty with the public's negative perception of their work. In part, they blame Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) officials for "public statements" made to the press that condemn the judges for faults in the system. The judges make clear, however, that [...]	2006-02-16 18:10:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MOSUL17	NINEWA POLICE CHIEF CLAIMS REPORTS OF A RISE IN KIDNAPPINGS [...] (C) Provincial Chief of Police Wathiq Al Qudir told PRT Poloff that reports of an increase in the number of kidnappings and extortions in Mosul are exaggerated. He said rumors that the crimes are targeted specifically against Kurds and Chaldo/Assyrians are false, and denied that incidents are [...]	2006-02-18 12:46:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL18	HOW JA'AFARI PLAYS IN THE PROVINCES: NINEWA REACTIONS TO [...] (C). PRT Ninewa spoke to several political party leaders from across the province to elicit reactions to the Shia coalition's re-nomination of current Prime Minister Ibrahim Al Ja'afari to a second term. The overwhelming majority of political parties appear to be disappointed by the selectio [...]	2006-02-19 14:01:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MOSUL19	NINEWA SCIRI REP CLAIMS KURDS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF AL JAAFARI [...] (C). Ninewa Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution of Iraq (SCIRI) Spokesman Aref Yousef claimed that recent personal attacks against Shia coalition nominee and current Prime Minister Ibrahim Al Jaafari as unjust and motivated by Kurds. Yousef accused Kurds of working against Al Jaafari becau [...]	2006-02-21 15:47:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ
06MOSUL20	NINEWA ISLAMIC PARTY REPS CALL FOR PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS NOW [...] (C). Ninewa Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) representative Younis Hashim called for provincial elections immediately. He accused the Kurds (which control the provincial government) of not doing enough to address the lack of basic social services and improve security in Mosul. Hashim said before t [...]	2006-02-22 17:51:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL21	NINEWA SHIAS CLAIM ALL IS CALM AFTER SAMARRA INCIDENT, BUT [...] (C) Shiite political party members, especially among the predominantly Shia Shabek community in Ninewa, have called for calm. They expressed great sadness about the attack on February 22 on the Al-Askariya Shrine in Samarra and said they hoped the incident would not increase tensions between [...]	2006-02-23 17:08:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL23	NINEWA: TAL AFAR SHEIKHS WANT MORE ASSISTANCE FROM USG ON [...] (C) Recent U.S. press coverage has painted a positive picture of Tal Afar's security situation. But some locals see it otherwise. Sunni Arab tribal leaders are upset by what they claim are poor security conditions in Tal Afar. Local sheikhs threatened that Sunnis would leave the city if the [...]	2006-02-24 16:58:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL24	KURDISH VIEWS FROM NINEWA [...] (C) PRT Mosul had lengthy discussions with three Kurdish leaders in late February: two top Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) officials and one from the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). All were united in their support for continued American presence in Iraq, the difficulties Ja'afari [...]	2006-03-01 08:54:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR

06MOSUL25	NINEWA'S KURDS AND THEIR NEIGHBORS: ENCROACHMENT ISSUES [...] (C) Anxieties are building between the Kurds and their neighbors in Ninewa. Since taking control of the provincial government in January 2005, Kurdish political parties have spread their influence through many symbolic gestures in several strategic areas of the province. From Sinjar in the w [...]	2006-03-04 17:24:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL26	NINEWA: A PROVINCIAL COUNCILMEMBER'S VIEWS ON LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Ninewa Provincial Council and Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) member, Gevara Zia, said he believed Sunni Arab political parties would control the Ninewa provincial government after elections were held later this year. Zia claimed a "more representative" provincial government would bett [...]	2006-03-05 08:35:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL28	NINEWA: SINJAR YEZIDIS UNHAPPY WITH RULING KURDS [...] (C) Spokesmen for the Yezidi Movement for Progress and Reform (YMPR) demand that influence by the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Sinjar must end or "civil war" would begin. Waad Matto of YMPR claims the KDP has too much control over the police and lo [...]	2006-03-12 15:12:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL30	NINEWA: THE HERO OF TAL AFAR [...] (C) Mayor of Tal Afar Najim Al Jubouri -- the hero of President Bush's March 20 speech in Cleveland -- is a rare leader in a country fraught with fear and uncertainty. His strong leadership, both as chief of police and mayor, helped clean up this city of a quarter-million people in northwest [...]	2006-03-22 14:52:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL32	NINEWA: SHABEK SHIA ON ASHURA ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND [...] (C) Minority Shabek Shia in Ninewa reported no major security incidents during the 40-day Anniversary of Ashura. Representatives of the Shabek Democratic Assembly (SDA) and Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution of Iraq (SCIRI) said the only regret they had was when Al Sadr supporters were hec [...]	2006-03-23 17:36:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL33	NINEWA: TAL AFAR AND RABIYA CITY COUNCILS SEARCHING FOR [...] (C) The city councils of the west Ninewa towns of Tal Afar and Rabiya seek to improve security and basic services to their communities. While both councils are pleased with improved security, they realized more work would need to be done to shore up Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in number and t [...]	2006-03-24 14:27:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL34	NINEWA: PUK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATE HAS AN OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Although national assembly delegates met for the first time last week to take an oath of office, Ninewa PUK deputy director and national assembly delegate Abdelbari Al Zebari believes that talks will not resume until the second week of April. He claims the pause is deliberate yet necessar [...]	2006-03-24 17:09:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ
06MOSUL36	KURDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK REP CLAIMS NINEWA "HANGS IN THE [...] (C) According to the Western Ninewa director of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Mustafa Khokhe, Ninewa province "hangs in the balance." Ethnic tensions and the flow of terrorism from Iraq's neighbors are all contributing to a potentially combustible situation, he claims. He says Tal Afar, [...]	2006-03-30 14:04:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL37	NINEWA RULE OF LAW ISSUES PART I: NINEWA CRIMINAL JUSTICE [...] (C) In recent months we have heard criticism of the Iraqi criminal justice system in Ninewa. Even officers at the Provincial Joint Coordination Center (PJCC) say they are "tired" of seeing terrorists released by "cowardly judges" or "corrupt" military and police officials. Corruption and cow [...]	2006-03-30 14:31:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR KCRM
06MOSUL39	NINEWA RULE OF LAW ISSUES PART I: NINEWA CRIMINAL JUSTICE [...] (C) In recent months we have heard criticism of the Iraqi criminal justice system in Ninewa. Even officers at the Provincial Joint Coordination Center (PJCC) say they are "tired" of seeing terrorists released by "cowardly judges" or "corrupt" military and police officials. Corruption and cow [...]	2006-04-01 12:22:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR KCRM
06MOSUL4	NINEWA KURDS FOCUSING ON PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) REO Poloff met with members of the Kurdish Alliance (KA) to discuss national election results, the new government, security, and the future provincial election. PUK member Abdulbari Al-Zebari claims KA did not perform as well as they should have due to improprieties by local IECI. He sai [...]	2006-01-30 13:39:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MOSUL40	HUMAN RIGHTS/NORTHERN IRAQ: MAYOR FEARS KURDISH DESIGNS IN [...] (C) Mayor Bassem Jejo is frustrated by what he sees as blatant efforts by the Kurds to usurp his and the Ninewa provincial government's authority over Telkaif District. He accuses the Kurds of loading the district council with KDP members, allowing Peshmerga to operate checkpoints on major t [...]	2006-04-01 12:37:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL41	NINEWA: TAWAFOQ IRAQI FRONT PARLIAMENTARIAN VIEWS ON IRAN [...] (C) Tawafoq Iraqi Front coalition national assemblymembers, who are predominantly from the Iraqi Islamic Party, told us that U.S. pressure on Iran over nuclear issues is causing Iraq's Shia politicians to resist any formation for the new government. They said the end of U.S. pressure on Iran m [...]	2006-04-07 16:31:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL42	NINEWA: IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY ON SECURITY [...] (C) Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) leaders in Ninewa want a more representative Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and a reduced role of Coalition Forces (CF). They claim the Kurds are meddling with security and politics in the province. IIP reps believe they should play a larger role with helping CF an [...]	2006-04-08 16:05:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL43	NINEWA: PROMINENT - AND SHADY - SUNNI SHEIKH ON SECURITY AND [...] (C) With the advent of democracy in Iraq, Ninewa's tribal leaders in the Sunni Arab community fear losing their traditional influence. However, there are tribal leaders working behind the scenes who still hold sway over politics and business affairs, especially such persons with strong ties t [...]	2006-04-08 16:13:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL44	NINEWA: SCIRI REP BLAMES SUNNIS, USG FOR PROBLEMS WITH [...] (C) SCIRI provincial spokesman Aref Yousef believes delays in the formation of a new central government are the fault of Sunni Arab political parties and the USG. Yousef says Sunni coalitions Tawafoq Iraqi Front (Iraqi Accord Front) and Iraqi Front for National Dialogue (Al Hewar Iraqi Front) [...]	2006-04-11 11:19:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL45	NINEWA: SHAMMAR TRIBAL LEADER ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION, [...] (C) Western Ninewa Sunni Arab tribal leader Sheikh Abdullah Al Yawar believes all ethnic and political groups in Baghdad are responsible for failings with the new government formation. He believes the last government's problems were not only the fault of Prime Minister Al Ja'afari, but also t [...]	2006-04-14 12:00:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL46	NINEWA: PUK NATIONAL ASSEMBLYMEMBER CONFIDENT IMPASSE OVER [...] (C) PUK national assemblymember from Ninewa Abdelbari Al Zebari is an optimist. On a recent visit to Turkey with PUK colleagues for talks with members of the Turkish parliament, the delegation was told -- repeatedly -- that the Iraqis should "get accustomed" to the idea of working with the Tu [...]	2006-04-14 12:39:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL47	NINEWA: TURKOMAN TRIBAL LEADER ON TURKEY, RELATIONS WITH THE [...] (C) Sheikh Seyh Beyatli, leader of the Turkoman Beyatli tribe, believes Turkey is meddling in Turkoman affairs in Iraq. He claims Turkey's main goal is to remove any sort of historical allegiances between the Kurds and Turkoman people to keep federalism from taking hold in Iraq. Beyatli claim [...]	2006-04-20 11:51:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL5	NINEWA CHALDO/ASSYRIANS CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE IN [...] (C). REO Poloff met with members of the Beth Nahrain Patriotic Union (BNPU),a Chaldo/Assyrian political party, on January 31, to discuss national election results, security issues, and the future of the community in Ninewa. BNPU member Yacoub Ibrahim said kidnappings and extortions against [...]	2006-01-31 16:57:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL51	NINEWA: PROVINCIAL CHIEF OF POLICE CONFIRMS SECTARIAN STRIFE [...] (S) Provincial Chief of Police Wathiq al-Qudir confirms recent violence in the western Ninewa city of Tal Afar is due to sectarian strife. President Bush mentioned Tal Afar in a speech this year as a beacon of hope after successful counterinsurgency efforts last September helped bring stabili [...]	2006-05-20 16:17:00	REO Mosul	SECRET	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL52	NINEWA PRT: MOSUL UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS INTERESTED IN WORKING [...] (C) Dean of the University of Mosul Medical School, Dr. Nazar Qibi, says he is interested in working with PRT Ninewa on projects to benefit the people of the province, but is terrified that any association with the USG or Coalition Forces (CF) might lead to injury or death for himself and his [...]	2006-05-22 16:12:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL53	NINEWA PRT RULE OF LAW: NINEWA CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE [...] (C) Rule of law is the foundation of an effective criminal justice system that empowers governments to provide security and stability. Using this concept, the PRT Rule of Law Team is working with local officials on the establishment of the Ninewa Criminal Justice Committee (NCJC). The NCJC a [...]	2006-05-25 12:20:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR KCRM
06MOSUL55	NINEWA: SOURCES CITE SECTARIAN STRIFE IN TAL AFAR [...] (C) Tal Afar is frequently cited in the western media and by USG officials as a good news story in Iraq. Recently, however, we have also heard reports of increased sectarian strife. Some sources say Sunni and Shia conflict in southern Iraq and Baghdad has influenced relations between the two [...]	2006-05-31 06:14:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MOSUL6	AL MOSUL FREE LIST DISAPPOINTED BY ELECTION LOSS [...] (C). REO Poloff met with Shammar Sheikh Nayif Al Faysal of the Al Jerba tribe in Mosul on February 1, to discuss election results, compensatory seat awards, and the upcoming provincial election. Al Faysal is disappointed that his brother Sheikh Khlaid Al Faysal's Al Mosul Free List (#639) co [...]	2006-02-01 14:58:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL7	NINEWA VICE GOVERNOR REQUESTS MORE AUTHORITY FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (C) PRT TL and REO Poloff met with Vice Governor Khessro Goran and KDP headquarters in Mosul in February 1. Goran believes the new federal government should "give more authority" to provincial governments to help address the needs of the people. Goran spoke at some length about an increase i [...]	2006-02-03 16:58:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL8	TAWAFOQ NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATES HOPE TO "REFORM" THE [...] (C) REO Poloff met with Tawafoq Iraqi Front (#618) national assembly delegates at the Provincial Joint Command Center (PJCC) on February 2. Tawafoq members said they have many plans to help Ninewa from their positions in the federal government. Izzi Adola said Tawafoq would like to push for a [...]	2006-02-04 06:49:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ MARR PINT
06MOSUL9	KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION, BRINGING DEMOCRACY BACK TO IRAQI [...] (C) REO Poloff met with Ninewa members of the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) on February 2. KIU provincial director Sabbah Baberi believes KIU, given their strong showing after the December national election, could now play an important role in Iraqi Kurdistan by moving the PUK and KDP, "back [...]	2006-02-05 11:44:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ PINT
06MUSCAT1004	INSIDE OMANI DEPORTATION CENTER, SEEKING [...] This is an action request for ECA, DRL, and G/TIP; please see paragraph 11. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) A June 19 visit to one of Oman's largest deportation centers revealed a clean and well-organized facility, and included a tour of the arrivals processing rooms, sleeping quarters [...]	2006-06-21 10:21:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF SMIG PHUM PBTS OEXC KPAO PGOV PREL MU
06MUSCAT1084	OMAN FULFILLS FTA LABOR PROMISE TO CONGRESS THREE [...] In a surprise, Sultan Qaboos issued a royal decree July 7 that fulfills, three months early, the important labor reforms to which Commerce Minister Maqbool Sultan committed the Sultanate in his March 26 letter to the House Ways and Means Committee Chairman. Minister Sultan told the Ambassador [...]	2006-07-10 12:01:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT1458	OFFICIALS SAY OMAN STILL ON TRACK TO PUBLISH NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials at the Ministry of Manpower claim they are on track to publish regulations implementing recent reforms to Oman's labor law before the target date of October 31. The International Labor Organization (ILO) has seen a draft of the regulations and provided comments. Unio [...]	2006-10-10 11:22:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KMPI PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT207	GOVERNMENT CRITIC ALLEGES AMCIT AILING IN PRISON [...] (SBU) Recently released former parliamentarian Taybah al-Ma'wali claims that unsanitary prison conditions and poor medical care have caused a serious decline in convicted Amcit Rebecca Thompson's health. Her charges, however, are at variance with what Conoff and other independent visitors have [...]	2006-02-14 08:54:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI MU
06MUSCAT512	PRIVATE SECTOR FORUM BOOSTS UNIONIZATION [...] (SBU) With considerable media attention, a leading Muscat businessman devoted the March 31 session of his influential discussion forum to promoting Oman's labor union movement. Union leaders addressed key CEO's on their growing pains, while one company exec suggested that Omani unions be permi [...]	2006-04-03 13:04:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT588	LABOR FEEDBACK ON ILO VISIT, NEED FOR TECHNICAL [...] In meetings held April 3-4, an International Labor Organization (ILO) delegation met with Ministry of Manpower officials, employers and worker committee representatives to discuss ongoing labor reforms and proposed plans for technical assistance. Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali bin Jumaa t [...]	2006-04-11 14:40:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD KMPI PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT687	SOMALI MIGRANTS: SMALL PROBLEM, BUT INCREASING [...] (U) Somali migrants infiltrating Oman from Yemen or by sea, often engaged in unskilled labor but sometimes accused of theft and confrontations with police, have sparked calls for government action from angry local residents and farmers in Southern Oman. Army patrols and police checkpoints have [...]	2006-05-02 05:27:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREF PGOV PREL PINR SO MU
06MUSCAT728	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF EB DAS AMBASSADOR DAVID A. [...] Greetings and welcome to the Sultanate of Oman. My team and I look forward to your arrival on May 12 in conjunction with the USTDA Information and Communication Technology regional forum, May 14-16. In addition to conference activities, we are seeking a meeting with the Telecommunications R [...]	2006-05-08 14:32:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON PGOV OTRA MU
06MUSCAT793	LABOR UPDATE FOR US-OMAN FTA HEARINGS [...] The Ministry of Manpower confirmed on May 13 that it is researching and preparing ILO-consistent legislation to meet recent labor reform commitments for ratification of the US-Oman Free Trade Agreement. Labor committee members and government officials assert that, in practice, the government [...]	2006-05-17 14:21:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT851	RARE PUBLIC PROTEST BY TEACHERS, GRADUATES [...] (SBU) In a rare protest on May 28, approximately 200 teachers and graduates from government-operated Colleges of Education (CoE) gathered in front of the Ministry of Education (MoE) and demanded to speak with the minister, Yahya bin Saud al-Salimi, about diminishing promotions for teachers and [...]	2006-05-31 09:27:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PGOV ELAB PINS MU
06MUSCAT858	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SPEAKS TO FOREIGN MEDIA, [...] (C) Former parliamentarian and human rights activist Taybah al-Ma'wali told foreign media and the Embassy in May that she fears for her safety and alleges that Oman's Internal Security Service (ISS) is collecting evidence to make another case against her. Ironically, at the same time as grant [...]	2006-05-31 11:48:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL SOCI PINR MU
06MUSCAT905	PORT, BORDER SECURITY A TOP OMANI PRIORITY [...] (SBU) In the wake of recent security incidents on ships that have visited the Port of Salalah, an Omani transportation official says there will soon be significant improvements in port and border security. Oman also continues to mull the creation of a new Homeland Security-type ministry. The [...]	2006-06-06 13:41:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KSTC ASEC PREL KHLS EWWT MU
06MUSCAT954	OMAN REAFFIRMS NO ISRAELI BOYCOTT, DENOUNCES [...] (SBU) In separate meetings with Emboffs, Omani officials denounced a Jerusalem Post article alleging the application of the Arab League boycott in Oman. The government plans to respond formally to a Congressional inquiry on the matter, but will not comment publicly. End Summary. ---------- [...]	2006-06-12 13:37:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KBCT OPRC PREL IS MU
06NAIROBI1023	PUBLIC AND POLITICIANS DEMAND EXPLANATION FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the furor over the government's assault on media freedom grew into a several thousand strong protest march, further details of the raid against the Standard Media Group suggest it was part of a much deeper effort to help the increasingly paranoid government cling to power. Alt [...]	2006-03-07 12:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC KE
06NAIROBI1077	MUSYOKA: LIES, LOVERS, AND MERCENARIES IN KENYA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition politician Kalonzo Musyoka privately sees sabotage by supporters of a fellow presidential aspirant as behind the false story suggesting he was cutting a political deal with President Kibaki. The reason for the Government's own visceral reaction to this story (and raiding th [...]	2006-03-09 01:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR KE
06NAIROBI1107	KENYA WAVERS ON AMIS RE-HAT [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting with poloff, Kenyan MFA Head of International Organizations and Conferences Division Tom Amolo included Kenya among a group of AU member states inclined to support the AMIS re-hat. Although this consensus exists, there are "a few" member states trying to bulldoze thei [...]	2006-03-10 06:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU KE
06NAIROBI1154	KENYAN GOVERNMENT FUMBLES, OPPOSITION BENEFITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Parliament set to reconvene March 21, Kenya's "ODM" opposition is armed with a number of issues over which to take on the government. Buoyed by the government's recent media crack-down gaffe, ODM leaders have publicly recommitted themselves to cooperation. Their united ext [...]	2006-03-15 02:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
06NAIROBI1237	MISERY LOVES COMPANY: DROUGHT AND CONFLICT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Harsh drought conditions in Mandera district are having a devastating effect on livestock and their owners. While the deprivations of the drought have alleviated some of the causes of inter-clan conflicts in the area, the loss of livestock (and the income generated thereby) is r [...]	2006-03-17 10:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SENV PINS ECON MARR KE
06NAIROBI1262	POLITICAL INTRIGUES TO ENGENDER FURTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a four-month hiatus, Kenya's Parliament faces daunting challenges when it reconvenes March 21. Despite the importance of pending legislation, including the creation of a parliamentary budget office, the sharply polarized climate -- equal parts partisan and personal -- coup [...]	2006-03-20 15:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KE
06NAIROBI129	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING AU ON AMIS REHAT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points January 6 to Ms. S. Luyali, Third Secretary, Africa Union Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Luyali welcomed the suggestion of the U.S. to begin planning for re-hatting, particularly given the U.S. commitment to press for an Af [...]	2006-01-11 09:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SU KPKO KE
06NAIROBI1362	KENYA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS BODY [...] (C) In recent conversations with poloff, Tom Amolo, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' International Organizations and Conferences Division, has inquired as to how the U.S. would view Kenya's planned bid for membership on the newly established UN Human Rights Council. Amolo has repeated [...]	2006-03-27 13:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KE
06NAIROBI1393	KENYA AGREES TO TEMPORARY DETENTION OF SOMALI [...] (SBU) Juliet Gicheru, Acting Head of the Legal Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),confirmed to poloff March 29 that Kenya consents to both the immediate transfer of Somali pirate suspects in Kenya and temporary detention of those suspects identified for repatriation to Somalia. Post [...]	2006-03-29 14:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MAAR PHSA SO KE
06NAIROBI1484	AMBASSADOR TO YUSUF: ALLIANCE AGAINST TERROR NOT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a March 31 meeting with Somali Transitional Federal President Abdullahi Yusuf, Ambassador reassured Yusuf of our support for the Transitional Federal Government, specifying that our support for counter-terrorism activities in Mogadishu were directed only at foreign terrorist [...]	2006-04-03 15:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER SO KE
06NAIROBI157	FOREIGN MINISTER TUJU COMMITS ON ISSUES OF U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tuju told Ambassador January 11 that Kenya will now proceed, in coordination with the U.S. and UK governments, with the prompt establishment of the long-stalled Joint Terrorism Task Force. Given the government's multiple and unfulfilled previous pledges, Tuju set [...]	2006-01-12 13:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR EAID ASEC MASS KCOR KE
06NAIROBI1601	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOMALI PRIME MINISTER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Bellamy met Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi on April 6 at the Residence. Gedi offered an up-beat account of developments within the TFIs, especially the work of parliamentary committees in Baidoa. He also worried about the recent fighting in Mogadishu. The A [...]	2006-04-12 03:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHSA MARR SO KE
06NAIROBI1643	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: SECRETARY'S LETTER [...] (SBU) Ambassador hand-delivered Secretary Rice's letter (ref. A, requesting Kenya to pledge to support only candidates with a genuine commitment to human rights for the U.N. Human Rights Council) to Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju on April 11. The Minister did not offer a substantive reply. P [...]	2006-04-13 13:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA KE
06NAIROBI1715	KENYA NON-COMMITTAL ON AFRICAN CANDIDATES FOR UN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A demarche April 18 to Tom Amolo, Head of MFA's International Organizations and Conferences Division. While Amolo did not offer a Kenyan commitment to not support the UN Human Rights Council candidacies of serious human rights violators such as Sudan and Zimbabwe, [...]	2006-04-20 14:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR PHUM UNHCR KE
06NAIROBI182	GOVERNMENT SPINNING ITS WHEELS WITH ALL EYES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the new cabinet on January 6 indicated the Kenyan government may finally be ready to get back to the business of governing. Political maneuvering and whining, nevertheless, continued, with a singular focus on the next election in 2007. Despite cabinet takin [...]	2006-01-13 07:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM KE
06NAIROBI1874	LAMU LEADERS GIVE U.S. EFFORTS MIXED REVIEWS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloffs addressed a Town Hall meeting of the Lamu County Council, and responded to community,s concerns about USG policies, military presence in Lamu and various assistance programs. The tone of the meeting was cordial, although several participants expressed resentment over perc [...]	2006-05-02 12:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS PREL PTER MASS MOPS KISL KPAO KE SO
06NAIROBI1883	U.S.-CAPTURED SOMALIS REPATRIATED TO SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten Somali nationals under U.S. control since an encounter on the high seas in mid-March were successfully repatriated April 29 to Somalia via Kenya with the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The remains of the deceased Somali are expected to be [...]	2006-05-02 15:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA MOPS ASEC PTER PREL ICRC SO KE
06NAIROBI2003	COMPENSATION DEMANDS BY DECEASED SOMALI'S FAMILY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) The family of a Somali national killed during a mid-March engagement with the U.S. Navy intends to request compensation from the USG as a condition for accepting the remains. Post recommends against offering any f [...]	2006-05-08 15:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA MOPS ASEC PTER PREL ICRC SO KE
06NAIROBI2023	IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR THE UNHRC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche urging Kenya to oppose Iran's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to Tom Amolo, Head of MFA's International Organizations and Conferences Division. Amolo's response was not encouraging. Thanking poloff for sharing the U.S.' view, he noted t [...]	2006-05-09 14:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC PREL KUNR KE IR
06NAIROBI2059	NEW SEARCH AND RESCUE CENTER MAY BOLSTER [...] Summary: The recent launch of a new regional search and rescue center in Mombasa could potentially serve as crucial resource in furthering maritime security in the region. However, the limited capacity of maritime forces may undermine the center's effectiveness. Incidents of piracy in the r [...]	2006-05-11 13:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA PTER PREL IMO KE
06NAIROBI2120	RECENT COCAINE BUSTS HIGHLIGHT KENYA'S CONTINUING [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent string of cocaine seizures at Nairobi's international airport highlights the continuing drug trafficking problem in Kenya, despite April's success in the verification and destruction of the record cocaine seizure. While the arrests of "mules" may have alerted trafficking [...]	2006-05-16 07:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI2166	SOMALIA: UPDATE ON DISPOSITION OF DECEASED [...] (C) Pursuant to ref A, Post requested the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convey the message to the deceased Somali's next of kin their two options: that they can either accept the remains without any form of compensation from the USG or that the body will be properly disposed [...]	2006-05-17 13:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PHSA ICRC ASEC MARR PREL KE SO
06NAIROBI2168	KENYAN MEDIA: FIRMLY IN GOVERNMENT'S CROSSHAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even as the government hoped the public's outrage over the March Standard Media Group raids would quietly dissipate, continuing official actions only underscore the government's unrelenting ire towards Kenyan media. While paying lip service to its commitment to free media on the [...]	2006-05-17 14:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL KE
06NAIROBI2386	KENYA CONSIDERS IOM EXCOM CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Tom Amolo, Head of MFA's International Organizations and Conferences Division who expressed an interest in Kenya's own candidacy for chairman of the IOM's Executive Committee. While Kenya had not previously considered seeking the position, Amolo stated [...]	2006-05-31 11:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG KNNP AORC KE IR
06NAIROBI2654	SOMALILAND'S CHARM OFFENSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government of the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland has taken advantage of the downward trend of events in Somalia to step up its efforts for international recognition. A visit to Kenya appears to have produced unexpectedly positive results, opening doors for a [...]	2006-06-16 14:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV PINS SO KE TZ ZA RW UG SF
06NAIROBI2781	SOMALI SUPREME ISLAMIC COURTS COUNCIL: THE WOLF [...] (S) SUMMARY: The formation of a Supreme Islamic Courts Council headed by al Qaida associate Hassan Dahir Aweys has raised concerns in the Transitional Federal Government about the possibility of alternate governing structures becoming more firmly rooted in Mogadishu. While one civil society a [...]	2006-06-27 03:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV SO
06NAIROBI3004	SOMALIA: COURTING AND POSTURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: European members of the IGAD/AU mission to Somalia came away with the impression that the Islamic Courts in Mogadishu are much more organized than the government in Baidoa. The Transitional Federal Government seems to have no clear idea of what it must do to implement the National [...]	2006-07-10 13:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SO
06NAIROBI315	PATRONAGE IN MOMBASA: THE KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: Based on demands from local politicians for an appointee from Coast Province, Kenyan Transport Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere appointed Abdalla Mwaruwa to the critical position of Managing Director (MD) of the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). The Minister ignored the KPA Board,s recom [...]	2006-01-24 09:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EWWT KCOR ETRD PGOV KE
06NAIROBI3217	CHARTERHOUSE WHISTLEBLOWER DETAILS MONEY [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan auditor Peter Odhiambo exposed billions of shillings of tax evasion and money laundering at his former employer, Charterhouse Bank, by a group of major companies partly owned by notorious businessman John Mwau and MP William Kabogo. On July 20, Odhiambo briefed Emboffs on [...]	2006-07-26 02:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM PREF ECON EFIN KE TZ UG
06NAIROBI3392	KENYA COAST: FAILING TO GET OUR MESSAGE OUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff traveled to Mombasa and Lamu to assess the impact of our outreach efforts to this marginalized region. From conversations with a variety of contacts who have worked with us over the past few years, one theme dominated: the message of our contributions to promote develop [...]	2006-08-04 07:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS PREL PTER MASS MOPS KISL KPAO EAID
06NAIROBI3726	KENYAN GOVERNMENT DROPS ONE CASE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: An almost one-year old legal case against two journalists charged with publishing an "alarming" article has been quietly dropped by the government of Kenya (GOK). But the GOK is pursuing another legal case against other journalists under the same law, despite the risk of negative [...]	2006-08-24 14:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL KE
06NAIROBI3876	ETHNIC SOMALIS DISCUSS ETHIOPIA, THE ISLAMIC [...] (U) This message is part of a series following an early August USAID-sponsored conflict mitigation workshop in Mandera, Northeastern Province, Kenya. This message was cleared with the USAID participant in the discussions. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Cross-border conflict mitigation [...]	2006-09-06 14:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KE ET SO
06NAIROBI3886	MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 14:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KE
06NAIROBI4070	KENYA BETTER FOCUSED ON TIP BUT MORE COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: G/TIP Yousey's August visit to Kenya highlighted the challenges facing government efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP). While Kenya's ranking among Tier Two Watchlist countries has increased the attention of the GOK and Kenyan civil society to the problem of human tr [...]	2006-09-19 08:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC ELAB PREL KE
06NAIROBI4299	FEEBLE CASE AGAINST JOURNALISTS FINALLY DROPPED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 29 the Government of Kenya dropped its weak case against three journalists from the Standard daily newspaper charged with publishing an alarming story in February. The three men had been arrested two days before the infamous March 2 Standard Media Raids. Although [...]	2006-10-05 06:15:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PHUM KE
06NAIROBI4629	TWO MEETINGS WITH UHURU KENYATTA [...] (C) Summary: Gliding over the faults of the previous KANU government, KANU political party leader Uhuru Kenyatta sees a political landscape marred by the destruction of party discipline, with ethnic politics an increasingly attractive and dangerous option for some. The current opposition squa [...]	2006-10-27 12:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KE CH
06NAIROBI5112	GUNS, THUGS, AND POLITICS: INSECURITY IN KENYA [...] (C) Summary: The recent attack on Kenya's top official responsible for security and the outbreak of gang violence in one Nairobi slum have focused national attention on what the government in a November 9 statement called the "recent upsurge in rape, house robberies, carjacking, and general [...]	2006-11-30 13:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM KE
06NAIROBI5129	POLITICAL PARTIES IN DISARRAY, OPPOSITION SMELLS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the heels of the hostile takeover in Kenya's KANU party, members of the (mostly pro-government) FORD-K party attempted a similar coup. The original leaders in both cases received support November 30; KANU's Kenyatta from Parliament and FORD-K's Kombo from the High Court. In [...]	2006-12-01 15:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI5183	SENATOR FEINGLOD TOLD OF CHALLENGES TO KENYA'S [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Top electoral and human rights officials confided to Senator Feingold the numerous challenges facing the independence of their institutions. The Electoral Commission of Kenya highlighted the limitations on their ability to penalize electoral malpractices, while the [...]	2006-12-07 05:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI5214	KENYA: THE BIWOTT SIDE OF THE KANU STORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 7 conversation with Poloff, newly elected KANU Secretary General Josephine Ojiambo made the case for the Nicholas Biwott-led coup in the party. Ojiambo, a Parliamentary hopeful, insisted the matter was purely an issue of internal party democracy, contrary to observe [...]	2006-12-08 09:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI525	STORMY PARTY POLITICS COMPOUND KIBAKI'S WOES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under mounting pressure to effectively respond to a massive corruption scandal, President Kibaki is also facing the disintegration of his governing "NARC" coalition, as parties and politicians calculate their strategy for the 2007 general election. Kenyans are fired up and fed u [...]	2006-02-06 11:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KCOR PREL KE
06NAIROBI5282	FORMER GANG LEADER'S ENTRY INTO POLITICS LEAVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a likely foreshadowing of a troubled election year ahead, a political rally in Kenya's largest slum turned violent on December 17 leaving three dead. Police had earlier denied permission for the gathering, organized by Ndura Waruinge, a feared criminal gang leader turned pas [...]	2006-12-18 13:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM KE
06NAIROBI5390	KENYA HIGH COURT REINSTATES KENYATTA AS KANU CHIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 28, Kenya's High Court ruled in favor of ousted KANU party Chairman Uhuru Kenyatta restoring him as the party's leader and allowing his court case against the registration of a rival slate of party officers to go forward. The decision, a surprise to Kenyatta suppor [...]	2006-12-29 08:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI72	(S) INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING RING ENJOYS [...] (S) SUMMARY: The absence of convictions in high-profile cocaine cases and the New Year's Eve murder of the lead police officer investigating drug trafficking through the Port of Mombasa (East Africa's regional maritime hub) amply demonstrate that international narcotics trafficking rings have [...]	2006-01-09 01:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI799	KIUNGA: A BORDER TOWN WITHOUT A BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The impoverished hamlet of Kiunga is where Kenya ends -- and Somalia and the Indian Ocean begin. Security, especially cross-border banditry by Somalis, is the prime concern of local officials. USG-provided assistance is designed to enhance security, border controls and maritime [...]	2006-02-23 09:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PINS KISL KE
06NAIROBI818	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOST COUNTRY MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and message February 23 to Ambassador Binsai Chepsongol, Head, Middle East Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chepsongol stated that Kenya did not anticipate receiving a delegation from Hamas. He explained that the Kenyan government agreed with the [...]	2006-02-23 12:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KE
06NAIROBI920	KENYA SUBMISSION FOR THE SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] (U) The following is Embassy Nairobi's submission for the Department's annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP). Information is keyed to the format provided in reftel. 2. (SBU) STATUS AND EXTENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN KENYA I. Overview A. Origin, Transit, and Destination Origin [...]	2006-03-01 10:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KE
06NAIROBI973	KENYAN MEDIA CRACKDOWN: PUBLIC OUTRAGED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Public fury and disgust mounted with official confirmation that Kenyan police conducted the March 2 raids against the Standard Media Group. Senior government officials are split in their reactions, ranging from condemnation to brashly unapologetic. The flimsy official explanati [...]	2006-03-03 12:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAIROBI988	MICHUKI UNBOWED, BUT OPPOSITION GROWS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security Minister Michuki remains unbowed in his conviction that the police actions against independent media were fully legal and justified in the name of national security. Civil society, the media and opposition parliamentarians plan a day of peaceful protest against what many [...]	2006-03-06 11:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NASSAU1044	BAHAMAS, CARICOM LIKELY TO BACK VENEZUELA FOR UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bahamian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that The Bahamas will follow CARICOM's lead on the vote for the regional representative to the UNSC. Reports from those present at CARICOM'S Heads of Government meetings in St. Kitts indicate that CARICOM will vote as a block [...]	2006-07-07 20:02:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BF
06NASSAU1050	BAHAMAS CLAIMS NO FINAL DECISION FOR VENEZUELA ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 20:20:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC VE BF
06NASSAU1051	NORTH KOREA MISSLE LAUNCH DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 20:23:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KN PARM KNNP BF
06NASSAU1300	BAHAMAS LEANING TOWARD SUPPORT OF UN MIGRATION [...] (U) The Bahamas provided no initial response following July delivery of reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Patricia Rodgers or following re-delivery of the demarche to MFA Undersecretary Marilyn Zonicle on August 17. 2. (C) On August 23, Poloff again [...]	2006-08-24 21:05:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PREF SMIG UNGA BF
06NASSAU1302	BAHAMAS FOCUSED ON SEPTEMBER NAM MEETING [...] (C) Per Department's request, Poloff spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Marilyn Zonicle regarding The Bahamas participation in the Non-Aligned Movement's (NAM) September 14 meeting in Havana. Ms. Zonicle confirmed that Foreign Minister Mitchell would attend, possibly with th [...]	2006-08-24 21:31:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR BF
06NASSAU1566	MEDIA REPORTS ON CUBAN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Local media sources have reported the presence of at least five Cuban intelligence officers in The Bahamas. The operatives, allegedly working undercover in Bahamian retail establishments and with Havantur, are reportedly gathering intelligence regarding Cuban-Americans in Th [...]	2006-10-17 13:22:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	PINR PREL CU BF
06NASSAU1609	BAHAMAS UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT OAS DECLARATION ON US [...] On October 23, Poloff delivered Reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Permanent Secretary Marilyn Zonicle. Following discussion of U.S. concerns, Zonicle acknowledged similar Bahamian sensitivity to border control issues in light of Bahamian challenges with Haitian and [...]	2006-10-23 20:22:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PTER SMIG MX XM OAS BF
06NASSAU1610	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA RESOLUTION ON HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-23 20:22:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PREL PHUM PTER IS LE BF
06NASSAU1711	HURRICANE ANNA NICOLE WREAKS HAVOC IN THE BAHAMAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several months into her Bahamian residency, American B-list celebrity and regular entertainment television fixture Anna Nicole Smith has changed the face of Bahamian politics. Not since Category 4 Hurricane Betsy made landfall in 1965 has one woman done as much damage in Nassau. Lying [...]	2006-11-15 15:15:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF PGOV PREL CASC SMIG
06NASSAU358	BAHAMAS: SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) A,B: There have been no substantiated reports of specific instances indicating that The Bahamas is a country of origin, transit or destination for trafficking in persons. However, general reports regarding potential trafficking, especially in the vulnerable Haitian communities, are st [...]	2006-03-02 14:29:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG PREF ELAB ASEC BF KCRM KWMN KFRD

06NASSAU363	BIRD FLU FEARS LIKELY UNFOUNDED [...] Twenty-one wild birds, mostly flamingos, were found dead February 28 on the island of Great Inagua in the Southern Bahamas, and testing is underway to determine if the H5N1 virus, avian influenza, is to blame. Bahamian authorities are working closely with the Pan American Health Organization [...]	2006-03-02 16:09:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL BF

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