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09NEWDELHI593	BHARAT BALLOT 09: MANMOHAN SINGH COMES OUT SWINGING [...] (SBU) Summary: At a rally this week to release the Congress Party's election manifesto, Prime Minister Singh attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Prime Ministerial candidate L.K. Advani in unusually combative, personal terms. He described Advani as an "opportunist" and "unfit" to be Pr [...]	2009-03-27 10:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR IN

09NEWDELHI661	NEW DELHI WEEKLY EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Below is a compilation of Environment, Science, and Technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 30 to April 03, 2009, including the following: -- India to Conduct Next Tiger Census in October 2009 -- Maoist Attack in Orissa's Similipal Wildlife Sanctuary Surprises [...]	2009-04-03 10:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPA TRGY TNGD ECON SOCI KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI800	BHARAT BALLOT 09: BULANDSHAHR TAKE TWO [...] (U) Summary: This is the second in a series of cables on Bulandshahr, a rural market-town of 175,000 two hours southeast of Delhi in the state of Uttar Pradesh (reftel). A series of one-day visits have given us an opportunity to observe the election campaign from the ground up, and to gauge t [...]	2009-04-22 13:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI828	NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 20 TO [...] (U) Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 20-24, 2009, including the following: -- Tiger Deaths in Madhya Pradesh - Poaching on the Rise -- EST Section Celebrates Earth Day -- Famous Tiger Gets Lifetime Achieve [...]	2009-04-24 20:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI960	MAYAWATI DEPUTY FORESEES NO CHANGE IN INDIAN [...] (C) Summary: Shashank Shekhar, Cabinet Secretary to Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Mayawati, told Ambassador Burleigh on May 4 that he foresees no change in Indian foreign policy should Mayawati become Prime Minister. He further commented that what little the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) lead [...]	2009-05-13 11:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
09NEWDELHI995	BHARAT BALLOT 09: CHARGE DISCUSSES NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Burleigh discussed the national elections with journalists, local politicians and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's deputy during a visit to the state capital, Lucknow, on May 4. The journalists generally agreed that Mayawati's popularity has declined sinc [...]	2009-05-15 13:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
09NEWDELHI998	BHARAT BALLOT 09: JAI HO! CONGRESS PARTY WINS [...] (U) Please note that the numbers in this cable are all approximate, based on the latest media reports of vote count in progress. The actual results may vary slightly but we do not expect any major changes. The Election Commission will certify the final results on Monday, May 18. 2. (C) Su [...]	2009-05-16 13:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KDEM IN
09NIAMEY100	NIGER HOSTS INAUGURAL CEN-SAD GAMES (FEBRUARY 4-14, 2009) [...] Summary. Approximately 3000 young athletes and/or artists from 19 African states basked in the eleven days of sports and cultural diversity competition that unfolded at the inaugural Community of Sahel and Saharan States (CEN-SAD) Games in Niamey. Nigerien President Mamadou Tandja and Prime M [...]	2009-02-19 14:44:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL SOCI XA NG
09NIAMEY1004	Niger: Upcoming Local Elections, Republic Day Celebration [...] (U) Summary: On December 15, President Tandja launched the campaign for local elections. On December 17, he addressed the nation on the occasion of the 51st anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic of Niger. On December 20, political parties favorable to the president's continuation in [...]	2009-12-21 20:27:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY1005	Niger: ECOWAS MEDIATOR AND GON PRIME MINISTER OPEN THE [...] Summary: On December 21, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mediator, Abdulsalami Abubakar, and Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie, co-presided over the opening ceremony of the Inter-Nigerien Political Dialogue (INPD). The aim of the INPD is to arr [...]	2009-12-22 08:10:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG XY
09NIAMEY1008	Niger: Labor Unions Strike; Inter-Nigerien Political [...] Summary: The Inter-Union of Nigerien Workers (ITN) observed a strike on December 22 to demand salary and benefit increases and to press the Government of Niger (GON) to implement previous agreements signed. During a press conference, President Tandja criticized the Economic Community of West [...]	2009-12-22 19:44:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY1009	Niger: Government Delegation Walks out of Political Talks [...] On December 22, the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) issued a statement at its headquarters in Abuja regarding the end of President Tandja's term in office under the 1999 Constitution, subsequently superseded by the disputed August 4 referendum's new constitution. In the sta [...]	2009-12-23 18:26:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY1011	Niger: Government Returns to Negotiation Table [...] On December 23, during the state television evening news broadcast, the Minister of Communication and Government Spokesperson read a Government of Niger (GON) statement about recent developments in the Inter-Nigerien Political Dialogue (INPD). Following are highlights of the statement: (Beg [...]	2009-12-24 11:06:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY1013	NIGER: POSITION PAPERS REQUESTED; WARRANTS [...] (U) Summary. The ECOWAS Mediator for the Niger political crisis requested a meeting with Ambassador Allen on the evening of December 24 to provide an update on the negotiations between the Government of Niger (GON) and Opposition. The Mediator requested both negotiation teams to prepare a po [...]	2009-12-28 07:50:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY1017	Niger: Municipal Elections Pass Quietly; Ruling Party [...] Summary: Municipal elections of December 27 occurred without violence; preliminary Government of Niger (GON) tallies indicate a strong showing by ruling party-affiliated candidates and a GON-alleged overall voter turnout of 56 percent. Although that figure appears high based on mission person [...]	2009-12-29 17:02:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY1021	Response: Information on Human Rights Trends Pertaining [...] Summary: Niger is a conservative country both culturally and religiously, and homosexuality is not discussed publicly. There are no provisions in the 1993 Penal Code that make homosexuality illegal, and there are no advocacy groups regarding homosexuality. While there is tolerance of homosexu [...]	2009-12-30 16:20:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI SCUL NG
09NIAMEY1023	NIGER: DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST, IVLP PARTICIPANT THANKS [...] (C/NF) Summary: PAO met with Marou Amadou, a leading Nigerien pro-democracy advocate, for a December 28 out-briefing to prepare for his upcoming participation in an International Visitor Program (IVLP). During the meeting, Amadou shared his view that the current Nigerien administration would [...]	2009-12-31 09:32:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI PREL NG
09NIAMEY106	PM CHOSEN AS MNSD PRESIDENT AT PARTY CONVENTION; PRO-HAMA [...] Summary: MNSD members selected PM Oumarou as party president during a February 21 extraordinary congress in Zinder, elevating him from his role as interim president. Party members also chose Minister of Interior Abouba as party Secretary General. Numerous MNSD members who supported former PM [...]	2009-02-23 21:12:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI KCOR PHUM NG
09NIAMEY108	PRESIDENT TANDJA EXTENDS STATE OF ALERT FOR AGADEZ REGION [...] On February 24, President Mamadou Tandja signed an executive order extending the "State of Alert" on Agadez region for an additional 90 day period from its effective date, also February 24. This travel limitation and security measure has been in place since August 2007. 2. This decision wil [...]	2009-02-26 08:20:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC PTER SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY109	GON OPENS PEACE AND SECURITY FORUM ON NORTH [...] On February 25, the Government of Niger (GON) opened the two-day "Forum on Peace and Security" at the Hotel Tenere in Niamey under the auspices of the Ministry of Interior and the High Commissioner for the Restoration of Peace. DCM and Pol Specialist attended the opening session, which roughly [...]	2009-02-26 08:20:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM SCUL PINR PTER ML NG
09NIAMEY110	NIGER-BURKINA FASO CONCUR ON TERMS OF REFERRAL OF BORDER [...] On February 23-24, Government of Niger (GON) and Government of Burkina Faso foreign ministers, experts, local authorities, and community leaders met in Niamey to finalize the "Projet de Compromis Commun de Saisine de la Haute Cour de Justice" (Joint Consensus Project for Referral to the Intern [...]	2009-02-27 14:11:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS ECIN PGOV SOCI ICJ UV NG BN
09NIAMEY111	CIVIL SOCIETY PROTESTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPENSATION [...] Arm-wrestling between the National Assembly and civil society continues. On February 19, three umbrella groups of civil society organizations - the Citizen's Convergence (CC),the United Front for the Protection of Democratic Gains (FUSAD),and the Citizens' Movement for Peace, Democracy, and [...]	2009-02-27 14:11:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI NG
09NIAMEY112	SULTAN OF AGADEZ CALLS ON AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 12 luncheon, the Sultan of Agadez told Ambassador that the security situation in Niger's north had improved, with fewer abuses by the military, although sporadic attacks by rebels and smugglers continued. His efforts to get insurgents to cease their hostilitie [...]	2009-03-02 07:09:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL PHUM SOCI ASEC CASC PTER NG
09NIAMEY121	NIGER: CONTRACT TEACHER PROTESTS AND STUDENT [...] On March 3, public high school and middle school students took to the streets to protest in support for contract teachers. The latter have been observing slowdown strikes for several weeks to pressure the Government of Niger (GON) to provide permanent employment to those who have completed at [...]	2009-03-05 08:25:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SOCI PHUM SCUL PINR ASEC NG
09NIAMEY122	NIGER: PRO-HAMA AMADOU MNSD FACTION MEETS, VOWS TO [...] On March 1, following the February 21 Mouvement National pour la Societe de Developpement (National Movement for a Development Society - MNSD) convention in Zinder (Ref a),former prime minister and former MNSD president Hama Amadou's supporters organized a meeting in Niamey to reconsider their [...]	2009-03-05 08:40:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM SCUL PINR NG
09NIAMEY163	FORMER PM HAMA AMADOU HOSPITALIZED FOR MALARIA; [...] On March 12, officials transferred jailed former Prime Minister Hama Amadou from the Koutoukle prison to Niamey National Hospital for medical care, reportedly following a malaria attack. There was no further information available regarding his illness and general condition. Amadou's transfer o [...]	2009-03-17 06:22:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY165	NIGER: AFRICAN UNION CHAIRMAN QADHAFI STOPOVER MORPHS INTO [...] (SBU) Summary. African Union (AU) Chairman Muammar al- Qadhafi's March 12 stopover in Niamey concluded three days later, March 15. Government of Niger (GON) President Mamadou Tandja praised Qadhafi for the delivery of six former hostages previously held by Mouvement des Nigeriens Pour la Justi [...]	2009-03-17 12:02:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PGOV SOCI AU LY NG
09NIAMEY211	NIGER: UNDP, DONORS DISCUSS SUPPORT FOR NIGER'S 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 18 meeting for development partners, GON officials, and civil society representatives, discussion focused on the nearly complete voter registration process, the prospect that this and delays in forming the CENI would delay local elections anticipated for June 30, [...]	2009-03-26 06:20:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM PREL NG
09NIAMEY214	NIGER: POL/ECON UPDATE FOR MARCH 2009 [...] The following is an Embassy Niger compilation of political and economic highlights for March 2009 not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- President Sarkozy to Visit Niger Briefly on March 27; -- Civil Society Demonstrations Occur on March 21 & [...]	2009-03-27 06:17:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL TBIO FR NG
09NIAMEY217	NIGER: PRESIDENT TANDJA FORMS CENI; JUDGES DISPUTE [...] President Tandja signed a decree on March 25 appointing members of the Independent National Commission on Elections (CENI),consistent with Articles 10, 11, and 12 of the constitution. Moumouni Hamidou, current president of the National Committee to Pilot the Revision of the Voter Register (CNP [...]	2009-03-30 06:58:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY225	NIGER: LABOR CONFEDERATION, GON SIGN 20-POINT PROTOCOL [...] Negotiations that started in mid-2008 between the Government of Niger (GON) and seven labor confederations came to conclusion on March 20 with the signature of a protocol. Out of 20 items negotiated, only one did not reach resolution. 2. On May 1, 2007, on the occasion of International Labo [...]	2009-04-03 13:46:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL NG
09NIAMEY227	FORMER PM HAMA AMADOU RETURNED TO PRISON FROM [...] On April 2, Government of Niger security forces returned former Prime Minister Hama Amadou to prison from Niamey National Hospital at 4:00 a.m., where he had been since March 11 due to an attack of malaria (Ref A). Amadou's lawyers have lodged a complaint before the judiciary complaining that [...]	2009-04-06 06:57:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI NG
09NIAMEY230	NIGER: GON Prosecution of Journalists Continues [...] On April 1, police arrested Mr. Abibou Garba, owner of private media group TV/Radio Dounia, on charges of "broadcasting false information," and transported him to detention at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigations Department (PJ). 2. Garba's arrest resulted from a debate broadcast on [...]	2009-04-06 15:35:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY233	NIGER: THE DILEMMA OF CONTRACTUAL TEACHERS [...] Since the beginning of 2009, roughly 37,000 contract teachers representing almost 85 percent of primary and secondary educators have been on strike for improved compensation and the opportunity to convert to regular civil service positions. The long duration of their job action threatens to an [...]	2009-04-06 16:14:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON PHUM NG
09NIAMEY234	VISIT OF PRESIDENT SARKOZY; PRESIDENT TANDJA'S REMARKS [...] On March 27, French President Sarkozy paid a four-hour visit to Niger, where he met with President Tandja to strengthen the "strategic partnership." Sarkozy also met with the National Council for Political Dialogue (CNDP),the country's political elite, with whom he discussed governance issues [...]	2009-04-06 16:14:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEN SOCI PHUM PINR NG
09NIAMEY235	GON DELEGATION PARTICIPATES IN PEACE TALKS WITH TUAREGS IN [...] (SBU) Despite long-held refusals to negotiate with rebel Tuareg groups, including most notably the Mouvement Nigerien pour la Justice - MNJ, the Government of Niger (GON) recently sent a high-level delegation to engage in talks in Tripoli, with the first sessions of talks taking place on April [...]	2009-04-06 16:14:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PREL PHUM PINR PINS PTER NG
09NIAMEY252	MORE ON FORMER PM HAMA AMADOU'S RETURN TO PRISON AND [...] (U) On April 3, attorneys for former Prime Minister Hama Amadou held a press conference to request an explanation for Amadou's unexpected 4:00 a.m. return to prison on April 2 (Refs A and B). The attorneys stated that Amadou had fallen unconscious during his transfer, and that medical advisors [...]	2009-04-08 16:09:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM PINR NG
09NIAMEY273	NIGER: UPDATE ON CASE OF SLAVERY VICTIM HADIZATOU MANI - [...] On March 24, the Tribunal of Birni-N'Konni sentenced Naroua, the defendant in the slavery case of Hadizatou Mani (reftel),to one year's imprisonment, a fine of one million F CFA (USD 2000) in damages payable to Mani, and a fine of 500,000 F CFA (USD 1000) in damages payable to the Government o [...]	2009-04-16 07:20:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN SCUL NG
09NIAMEY281	NIGER: UPDATE ON GSP PETITION-RELATED MATTERS [...] (SBU) Introduction and Background: Ref A tasked post with obtaining information pertaining to the continuing review of the 2006 Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) petition involving Niger; post responded in Refs B, C, D, and E. Ref F was a follow-on tasking that requested that post meet [...]	2009-04-17 17:25:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PGOV SOCI KWMN SCUL ECON ETRD NG
09NIAMEY282	COURT DATE SET FOR FORMER PM HAMA AMADOU; MEDICAL [...] (U) On April 8, the Investigative Commission referred the case of former Prime Minister Hama Amadou to the High Court of Justice (HCJ). In doing so, the Commission also stated that Amadou embezzled 39 million CFA instead of the 100 million announced in the lower court's and the National Assemb [...]	2009-04-17 17:26:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM PINR NG
09NIAMEY302	Former PM Hama Amadou released from prison; receiving care [...] On April 23, the High Court of Justice approved the provisional medical release of former Prime Minister Hama Amadou from prison, where he had been detained since June 26, 2008. Amadou, who faces corruption charges, left Niamey on April 24 to seek medical care in France. The High Court has st [...]	2009-04-28 07:52:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI PHUM PINR NG
09NIAMEY31	Niger: Latest Arrest of a Journalist Reflects No Change of [...] SUMMARY: On January 23, Nigerien Judicial Police arrested Boussada Ben Ali, publication director for independent weekly newspaper "L'Action" following a complaint lodged by Minister of the Economy and Finance Mahamane Ali Lamine Zeine. 2. Police arrested Boussada for allegedly "divulging inf [...]	2009-01-27 10:54:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY321	NIGER: PLEA FROM UN SYSTEM RESIDENT COORDINATOR [...] (U) See action request in paragraph eight. 2. (U) Summary. United Nations (UN) System Resident Coordinator/UN Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative Khardiata Lo Ndiaye paid an April 27 call on Ambassador Allen to make a plea for USG election support for 2009 local, legislative [...]	2009-05-04 06:43:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY324	NIGER: WORLD MALARIA DAY OBSERVANCE [...] On Saturday, April 25, 2009, Nigerien First Lady Fati Tandja (the 2nd first lady) presided over a World Malaria Day observance in Maradi (about 400 miles from Niamey). The event featured several sensitization skits and included speeches by Government of Niger Health Minister Issa Lamine, reg [...]	2009-05-04 15:46:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI TBIO NG JA
09NIAMEY326	Opposition Leader Confirms Fears that Pres. Tandja Will Seek [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-05 09:31:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI SCUL PHUM ASEC NG
09NIAMEY333	President Tandja Meets with Rebel Leaders, Ceasefire to [...] (SBU) Summary: President Tandja met May 3-4 with rebel leaders in Agadez, marking their first dialogue since conflict commenced in February 2007. Following April 6-7 peace talks between a GON delegation and three rebel groups in Sirte, President Tandja addressed their bid for amnesty and rein [...]	2009-05-07 06:51:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI SCUL PTER PHUM NG
09NIAMEY341	President Tandja Calls for Constitutional Referendum; [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister Mohamed Ben Omar announced on May 8 that President Tandja will seek a new constitution, via referendum, that would lift the current limit on presidential terms. In response, opposition political parties and civil society held a massive demonstration on May 9 in protest [...]	2009-05-12 13:31:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI SCUL PHUM NG
09NIAMEY344	NIGER: FOREIGN MINISTER CONVOKES DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] Summary. On May 12, Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister (FM) Aichatou Mindaoudou convoked the diplomatic corps ambassadors and international organizations' resident representatives to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to elaborate on President Tandja's call for a referendum. She s [...]	2009-05-13 15:15:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EAID NG
09NIAMEY350	GON Officials, Tuareg Rebels Continue Peace Talks in [...] (SBU) Summary: Two of Niger's three rebel groups, the Niger Patriotic Front (FPN) and the Movement of Nigeriens for Justice (NMJ) held peace talks May 13-14 in Niamey with Prime Minister Seini Oumarou and Minister of Interior Albade Abouba. These meetings follow the May 3-4 dialogue held betw [...]	2009-05-15 09:37:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI SCUL PHUM NG
09NIAMEY353	NIGER: GOVERNMENT OF NIGER (GON) DISTRIBUTES [...] Summary. ----------- The GON Ministry of Foreign Affairs transmitted to Embassy Niamey via diplomatic note the official timetable and budget requirements for the local, legislative and Presidential elections to be held in the Republic of Niger in calendar year 2009. The diplomatic note speci [...]	2009-05-15 16:18:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NG
09NIAMEY354	Minister of Competitiveness and High Cost of Living Abdou [...] On the night of May 14-15, Minister of National Competitiveness and Fight against the High Cost of Living Abdou Daouda died, apparently of a massive heart attack, while on a road trip to Zinder (historical capital of Niger located approximately 550 miles from Niamey). His body was being sent b [...]	2009-05-15 16:33:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY356	President Tandja Realigns Cabinet; Six Seats Affected, [...] (SBU) On May 14, President Tandja replaced six cabinet ministers in what is regarded as a preparatory move to a constitutional referendum designed to lift presidential term limits. Although some of the replacements appear designed to sideline members of parties critical of the referendum, othe [...]	2009-05-15 16:35:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY357	President Tandja Realigns Cabinet; Six Seats Affected, [...] (SBU) On May 14, President Tandja replaced six cabinet ministers in what is regarded as a preparatory move to a constitutional referendum designed to lift presidential term limits. Although some of the replacements appear designed to sideline members of parties critical of the referendum, othe [...]	2009-05-15 16:43:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY358	Minister of Competitiveness and High Cost of Living Abdou [...] On the night of May 14-15, Minister of National Competitiveness and Fight against the High Cost of Living Abdou Daouda died, apparently of a massive heart attack, while on a road trip to Zinder (historical capital of Niger located approximately 550 miles from Niamey). His body was being sent b [...]	2009-05-15 16:43:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY367	NIGER: MINISTRY OF POPULATION AND SOCIAL REFORM [...] Summary. On May 12, 2009, at the request of Government of Niger (GON) Minister of Population and Social Reform (MP/SR) Boukari Zila Mamadou, Ambassador Allen met with MP/SR officials to discuss the GON's family planning action plan. The officials asked for United States Government (USG) supp [...]	2009-05-20 14:34:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI KWMN NG
09NIAMEY373	PRESIDENT TANDJA EXTENDS STATE OF ALERT FOR AGADEZ REGION [...] On May 22, President Mamadou Tandja signed an executive order extending the "State of Alert" on Agadez region for an additional 90 day period. This travel limitation and security measure has been in place since August 2007 (Refs C and D). 2. Comment: This decision comes at a time of ongoin [...]	2009-05-26 11:33:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC PTER SOCI KDEM PHUM NG
09NIAMEY374	NIGER: POL/ECON UPDATE FOR APRIL 2009 [...] The following is an Embassy Niger compilation of political and economic highlights for April 2009 not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- First Woman Appointed to National Assembly VP; -- Council of Ministers Seeks Parliamentary Reimbursements; [...]	2009-05-26 13:34:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI EIND KDEM EPET EAIR ECON ELAB
09NIAMEY375	ECOWAS Advisory Body Urges President Tandja Not to Effect [...] On May 15-18, the Council of Wise Men of the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) held a meeting with GON officials in Niamey. The Council, an advisory body, discussed the proposed draft constitutional referendum that would lift presidential term limits, and thereby allow Presid [...]	2009-05-26 17:04:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM AORC SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY376	Constitutional Court Finds Against President Tandja's Move [...] On May 25, the Constitutional Court issued a non-binding opinion against President Tandja's proposal for a constitutional referendum to eliminate presidential term limits. The Court stated, "If the President decides to maintain his status as leader of the country beyond the limits of his term, [...]	2009-05-26 17:04:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC PTER SOCI KDEM PHUM NG
09NIAMEY377	Anti-Referendum Consortium Forms, Plans Caravan [...] A new political party consortium, Front for the Defense of Democracy (FDD),announced its plans to conduct an "anti-Tazartche" (Note: Hausa for "Let it continue." End note.) caravan with conference/debates in all eight regions of the country, beginning on May 30 in Diffa and ending on June [...]	2009-05-26 17:04:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY378	President Tandja Dissolves National Assembly [...] (SBU) On May 26, President Tandja signed a decree to dissolve the National Assembly. Although disturbing, the move is not entirely a surprise. President Tandja has suffered a series of recent setbacks. On May 18, an ECOWAS advisory body urged him to not seek a new constitution, and warned th [...]	2009-05-26 17:05:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY381	NIGER: DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT TANDJA ON THE [...] (C) Summary. On Wednesday, May 27 at 11h00, I demarched Government of Niger (GON) President Mamadou Tandja as outlined (ref a). He listened intently to the points delivered in favor of democracy and stability, but remained steadfast in his intent to proceed with a referendum to the people. [...]	2009-05-27 16:13:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KDEM NG
09NIAMEY382	Update on Hadizatou Mani, Woman of Courage Award Recipient [...] (SBU) On May 10, PolOff and LES Pol Specialist traveled to Birni N'Konni to deliver the State Department's Woman of Courage prize to Mani Hadizatou (Ref A). Timidria, the local NGO that helped Mani file her successful lawsuit against the Government of Niger for failing to assist her under cond [...]	2009-05-28 12:29:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN SCUL NG
09NIAMEY385	NIAMEY GRAND MARCHE FIRE [...] Shortly after 1400 on May 27, a fire broke out in a shop in the Grand Marche of Niamey (the largest market in Niger). It spread quickly through the immediate area, and burned for several hours, generating a high column of smoke visible across the city. In addition to Niamey's limited fire fig [...]	2009-05-28 16:30:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI PGOV NG
09NIAMEY386	NIGER: MINISTER OF FINANCE HOLDS MEETING OF DONOR [...] (U) On the afternoon of May 27, Government of Niger (GON) MOF Lamine Zeine's office contacted donor partners to request their representation at a meeting the minister had decided to hold at 17h00. A U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employee represented Embassy Niamey; three Mi [...]	2009-05-28 21:31:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NG
09NIAMEY391	President Tandja Announces Intentions to Hold [...] (U) On Friday, March 29, President Mamadou Tandja addressed the nation on state television (Tele-Sahel) to inform Nigeriens of his intentions to seek a new constitution, via referendum, that would lift the current limit on presidential terms. This announcement comes despite the Nigerien Consti [...]	2009-06-01 12:41:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY406	NIGER: REPORTS OF CLASHES IN DOSSO [...] (U) Summary: On June 1, Embassy received reports of a clash in Dosso between groups for and against President Tandja's call for a referendum on a new constitution. A couple of Embassy contacts, including a nongovernmental organization (NGO) employee, reported large civil disturbances in Do [...]	2009-06-01 17:32:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY407	Niger: Anti-Referendum Consortium Leaders Request U.S. [...] (SBU) On June 1, Ambassador Allen received a letter from the Front for the Defense of Democracy (FDD),an anti-referendum consortium (ref b),requesting that she as "Dean of the Diplomatic Corps" facilitate a meeting with the diplomatic corps to discuss the political, social and economic situat [...]	2009-06-02 11:08:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI NG
09NIAMEY411	Niger: President Creates Technical Committee to Prepare [...] On June 1, President Mamadou Tandja created a five-person "technical committee," tasked to prepare a draft constitution that he intends to promote for a later constitutional referendum among the different social, professional layers of society. This action follows his dissolution of the Nation [...]	2009-06-03 13:03:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PNAT NG
09NIAMEY413	Niger: Army and National Police Conduct Door-to-Door [...] (U) On June 2, the Nigerien Minister of the Interior Albade Abouba visited Dosso (about 80 miles southeast of Niamey),scene of the June 1 clash (ref a) between proponents and antagonists of President Tandja's planned referendum (ref b). Embassy received reports that the Nigerien army, nationa [...]	2009-06-03 16:09:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY432	Niger's Council of Ministers Set Date for Constitutional [...] (U) On June 5, Niger's Council of Ministers announced a fixed date for a constitutional referendum. This comes on the heels of President Tandja's May 29 address to the nation on State television (Tele-Sahel) informing Nigeriens of his intention to seek a new constitution, via referendum, that [...]	2009-06-08 16:05:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY433	Human Rights NGO President Calls on Ambassador [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8, Ambassador Allen met with members of the Nigerien Association for the Defense of Human Rights (ANDDH). Embassy Political Officer and Political Specialist also participated in the meeting. The ANDDH representatives described themselves as "Ambassadors of Peace" and ca [...]	2009-06-09 15:14:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY439	Ambassador Meets with Nigeria's ChargQ d'Affaires [...] (C) Summary: On June 9, Ambassador Allen and Political Officer (notetaker) met with Muhammad Sani Yunusa, Nigeria's ChargQ d'Affaires (CDA),to obtain his views on the ongoing political developments in Niger. (Note: The Government of Nigeria has had a CDA in Niger for the last 18 months; a ne [...]	2009-06-10 06:57:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI NG
09NIAMEY44	PRES. TANDJA GREETS DIP CORPS; COMMENTS ON TERRORISM, UN [...] On January 13, President Tandja received the annual greeting of the diplomatic corps and offered his own remarks in return. His comments, a stocktaking of the past year, covered a wide range of subjects, ranging from thanking development partners for their assistance, the state of the economy [...]	2009-01-27 16:49:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI PTER EMIN EAID UN US NG
09NIAMEY446	Niger: Constitutional Court Rules on Tandja's [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 15:25:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY447	ILO Country Program Holds Child Labor Conference [...] (U) Summary: On June 11-12, Embassy Political Officer and Political Specialist traveled to Zinder (approximately 550 miles east of Niamey),Niger's second largest city, to attend a conference celebrating June 12 World Day Against Child Labor. The two-day conference, organized by the Internati [...]	2009-06-15 15:27:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN SCUL NG
09NIAMEY448	Niger: Constitutional Court Rules on TandjaQs Constitutional [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12, NigerQs Constitutional Court issued an QarretQ, a binding decision that, in principle, cancels President TandjaQs plan for a constitutional referendum. On June 14, a consortium of opposition political parties, labor unions and civil society groups held a massive, pe [...]	2009-06-15 15:56:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY45	NIGER: MOTION OF "NO CONFIDENCE" AGAINST PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (U) Summary: During the ongoing extraordinary session of the National Assembly that started on January 20, several majority party (Mouvement National pour la Societe de Developpement aka MNSD) deputies filed a motion of "no confidence" against the Government of Niger. On January 29, Niger's M [...]	2009-01-30 13:13:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY463	NIGER: NATIONAL INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION SETS DATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 19, Niger's National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) set an August 20 date for legislative elections. Although this is a positive development, the date has yet to be endorsed formally by the Government of Niger (GON). End Summary. Legislative Elections to be [...]	2009-06-19 13:28:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY466	NIGER: President Tandja Signs Decree Authorizing [...] (U) On June 20, President Tandja signed a decree authorizing legislative elections for August 20. This comes one day after the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) proposed an August 20 date for the legislative elections (ref a). According to CENI, the election campaign will open [...]	2009-06-22 19:30:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY467	WORKING LUNCH WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. On June 24, French Ambassador Alain Holleville and I discussed the political environment in Niger, notably the Government of Niger's (GON) posture after the June 12, 2009 Constitutional Court ruling that President Tandja's proposed constitutional referendum is not in conformity w [...]	2009-06-25 11:30:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY477	Niger President Requests Constitutional Court to Retract [...] (U) Summary. Government of Niger (GON) Spokesperson Ben Omar appeared on the June 24 Tele-Sahel evening news broadcast on behalf of GON President Mamadou Tandja to announce Tandja's request that the Constitutional Court retract its June 12 ruling that declared unconstitutional Tandja's propose [...]	2009-06-26 11:19:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG
09NIAMEY479	CDS Party Withdraws from Government; Labor Unions Stage [...] On June 25, the Democratic and Social Convention (CDS) party, the second largest party of Niger's ruling coalition, announced that it would withdraw its eight ministers from the 31-member cabinet. This move comes in response to President Tandja's June 24 request that the Constitutional Court r [...]	2009-06-29 06:07:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG
09NIAMEY484	President Tandja Assumes Emergency Powers, Opposition Calls [...] (U) Summary: On June 26, President Mamadou Tandja announced he would assume emergency powers and rule by decree. This came on the heels of the June 26 re-assertion by the Constitutional Court of the illegality of a proposed constitutional referendum to permit President Tandja to remain in pow [...]	2009-06-29 12:58:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG
09NIAMEY492	President Tandja Dissolves Constitutional Court, Names New [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29, President Tandja dissolved the Constitutional Court, named eight new ministers, and had an opposition civil society group leader arrested for alleged inciting security and military forces not to obey unlawful orders. The armed forces' spokesperson, in a message on s [...]	2009-06-30 14:20:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG
09NIAMEY493	GON Shuts Down Private TV and Radio [...] Summary: On June 29, the Government of Niger closed Radio and TV Dounia, private stations, for allegedly airing opposition incitements to security and military forces to disobey unlawful orders. Although the suspension order came earlier in the day, police appeared during the 8:00pm broadcast [...]	2009-06-30 15:40:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY495	Niger: Police Detain Opposition Party President; FDD Holds [...] (SBU) On June 30, police temporarily detained and questioned Mahamadou Issoufou, President of the Niger Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS),the main opposition party. Reports indicated that several hundred supporters of Issoufou assembled outside the gendarmerie headquarters where he was [...]	2009-07-01 16:23:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG
09NIAMEY502	Niger: Child Labor in Gold Mining Operations [...] SUMMARY: On June 25, Embassy officials visited three artisanal gold mines in Tillabery region, 100 km outside of Niamey. The visit, organized by the ILO's International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO/IPEC),evaluated gold mining sites in Niger that are notorious for exploitin [...]	2009-07-06 13:10:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KTIP PGOV PHUM EMIN SOCI EAID NG
09NIAMEY503	President Tandja Names New Constitutional Court, Sets Date [...] On July 2, President Mamadou Tandja signed a decree appointing both the president and members of a reconstituted Constitutional Court. This falls subsequent to actions taken on June 29, when President Tandja issued a decree dissolving the Constitutional Court and suspending relevant constituti [...]	2009-07-06 13:57:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG
09NIAMEY504	Opposition Rally Draws Thousands; FDD Denounces President [...] On July 5, the Front for the Defense of Democracy (FDD),made up of political parties, civil society organizations and labor unions, organized a rally in central Niamey to protest President Tandja's intention to organize an August 4 referendum on a new constitution. Although police estimated 5, [...]	2009-07-06 14:06:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY505	NIGER: Ambassador Allen Hosts Political Parties [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Allen hosted a series of dinners at the Chief of Mission Residence (CMR),June 4-30, inviting six of Niger's most influential political parties. These dinners allowed Embassy officials to meet political party leaders and gain insight into party perspectives on upcomin [...]	2009-07-06 15:51:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY507	Private TV, Radio Station Dounia Back on the Air [...] Summary: Private radio and TV operator Dounia went back on the air on July 3 following a legal reversal of the CSC's (High Council for Communication) suspension order of June 29. The Supreme Court also ruled on June 17 that the CSC's decision to suspend Dounia in August 2008 was unwarranted, [...]	2009-07-06 16:24:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY511	Dinner with KEY OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: On July 7, Ambassador Allen hosted Sanoussi Tambari Jackou, President of the opposition Nigerien Party for Self-Reliance (PNA),and other senior party officials for a dinner.. Jackou criticized the non-interactive introduction of the draft constitution he belie [...]	2009-07-10 12:12:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY515	President Tandja Tightens Grip on the Media [...] Summary: President Tandja boldly moved to assert his will over the independent media on July 08 by granting sweeping powers to the chairman of the media regulator agency, the High Council for Communication (CSC). Independent media organizations have been swift in their condemnations. The Pre [...]	2009-07-13 11:26:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY517	President Tandja Launches Campaign for New Constitution [...] (U) Summary: In a July 12 address on public media, President Tandja launched a campaign for the August 4 referendum on a new constitution. Although the campaign period started officially on July 13, government officials commenced sensitizing the public on the draft constitution on July 6. Ke [...]	2009-07-15 06:09:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY520	Niger's Lawyers Engage in Nation-wide Strike [...] On July 13, Niger's Bar Association observed a one-day strike to protest against President's Tandja's decision to dissolve the Constitutional Court and to assume emergency powers. Attorneys stayed away from their offices and the courts, effectively stopping judicial proceedings nation-wide. T [...]	2009-07-15 20:02:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY521	Police Disperse Women's Protest with Tear Gas and Batons; [...] Summary: Security forces forcibly dispersed women demonstrating in Niamey on July 15 in support of the recently dismissed Constitutional Court and its president, using batons and tear gas to end a four-hour rally. Opposition groups have formed yet another coalition, with calls to "actively bo [...]	2009-07-16 15:27:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI KWMN NG
09NIAMEY522	Independent Media to Strike July 20-26 [...] Summary: Independent media organizations will go silent on July 20 - 26 in protest of President Tandja's decision to restrict press freedoms by strengthening the hand of the president of the media regulatory body, the High Council for Communication (CSD),part of a trend of public outcry over [...]	2009-07-17 06:02:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY527	Update on Niger's Political Situation [...] (SBU) Summary: Political tensions remain, with anti-Tazarcists breaking up a civil society conference for the public in Zinder; organizers, however, vow to continue their campaign against the August 4 referendum. The Nigerian Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS),the nation's main opposit [...]	2009-07-21 16:09:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG

09NIAMEY531	Niger: UN-AU-ECOWAS Delegation Meets GON Officials, [...] Summary: On July 20-21, a joint UN-AU-ECOWAS delegation met with President Tandja, PM Oumarou, political party leaders, civil society, and labor union heads in an attempt to defuse the ongoing political crisis. All meetings took place behind closed doors; President Tandja subsequently declare [...]	2009-07-22 20:53:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AORC UN AU ECOWAS NG
09NIAMEY536	Niger: Court Rules Union Strike Illegal, GON Bans [...] On July 20, the Inter-Union of Niger's Workers (ITN),made up of seven labor confederations, notified the government of its intention to go on strike on July 23-24 to demand a 10% salary increase and press President Tandja to repeal his referendum plan. On July 22, the Government of Niger (GON [...]	2009-07-23 20:27:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY551	SINO-NIGERIEN COOPERATION; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) [...] Summary. Le Sahel (the state newspaper) prominently featured reports on the Sino-Nigerien and Sino-African partnerships this past week. Journalist Saidou Daoura filed a front-page image of Beijing with the headline "The Marvels of the Middle Empire" together with a two-page story and a full-p [...]	2009-07-30 17:07:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PGOV SOCI CH KN JA NG
09NIAMEY552	Mysterious Mining Monies: Opposition, Media Open [...] (SBU) Summary: Niger's independent newspapers this week carried the story of a multi-million dollar mining deal involving President Tandja's son. Long a concern of the political opposition and civil society, the issue of transparency and mining concessions again surfaces during the week prece [...]	2009-07-30 17:16:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN KCRP SOCI NG
09NIAMEY553	Niger - Update on Trafficking in Persons [...] Overview: Although Embassy Niamey has engaged in discussion with Washington regarding trafficking in persons-related issues over the past year, including through its Trafficking in Persons, Human Rights, Child Labor, Advancing Freedom and Democracy, and other annual reports, much of this infor [...]	2009-07-31 05:58:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KTIP SOCI NG
09NIAMEY554	Niger: Five Day Countdown to Referendum [...] Over the month of July, a series of circumstances have contributed to rising levels of tension in Niger in the pre-August 4 referendum period. The referendum, deemed unconstitutional three times by the former Constitutional Court (refs A and B),would be a national vote to approve a new consti [...]	2009-07-31 05:59:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM ASEC NG
09NIAMEY556	Niger: Unions Launch Strike [...] Summary: The Inter-Union of Niger's Workers (ITN) went on strike on July 30-31 to demand salary increases and press the Government of Niger (GON) to implement agreements made with the country's labor unions. Although political discontent remains an issue with labor confederations, the strike [...]	2009-07-31 14:26:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV SOCI KDEM NG
09NIAMEY557	Niger: Court Issues International Arrest Warrant for [...] On July 29, Niamey media reported that the Tribunal of Niamey had issued an international warrant for the arrest of former prime minister Hama Amadou on charges of "illicit enrichment" and money laundering in the amount of US$30 million (15 billion CFA),including US$1 million (500 million CFA) [...]	2009-08-01 07:23:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI KCRP PHUM NG
09NIAMEY558	NIGER: SECURITY FORCES VOTE EARLY ON THE REFERENDUM; [...] Summary: The Government of Niger (GON) issued a warning to those who may be planning to disrupt the August 4 referendum. It announced a 24-hour land border closing and informed the public that security forces will vote on August 3 so that they will be available, if needed, to "protect voters" [...]	2009-08-03 10:40:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM NG
09NIAMEY56	NIGER: "No Confidence" Vote Against Prime Minister [...] On January 31, the 12 National Assembly deputies who issued a motion of "no confidence" against Prime Minister Seini Oumarou's cabinet withdrew their motion (reftel). During preliminary discussions in the plenary, Moumouni Djermakoye, a senior member of the National Assembly, raised an interlo [...]	2009-02-03 16:33:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY567	Police Detain Journalists in Referendum Run Up [...] Summary: Police summoned eight independent media editors for questioning on August 1, ahead of the August 4 constitutional referendum, and two remain in custody. The police accused them of defaming the son of President Tandja by publishing reports that he received millions in kickbacks for hi [...]	2009-08-05 16:46:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY568	Niger: Snapshot of the August 4 Referendum [...] Summary: On August 4, some six million Nigeriens were called to a referendum vote on a controversial new constitution that would allow President Tandja to remain in power beyond his legally-mandated term slated to end on December 22, 2009. While the referendum took place in a generally calm a [...]	2009-08-05 17:27:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY569	Niger: Snapshot of the August 4 Referendum [...] Summary: On August 4, some six million Nigeriens were called to a referendum vote on a controversial new constitution that would allow President Tandja to remain in power beyond his legally-mandated term slated to end on December 22, 2009. While the referendum took place in a generally calm a [...]	2009-08-05 17:34:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY57	NIGER: Voter Registration Update [...] On January 21, amid civil society concerns, the president of the National Commission to Pilot the Revision of the Voter Register (known by its French acronym CNPRFE) briefed the National Council for Political Dialogue (CNDP) made up of all political parties on the progress made in the preparati [...]	2009-02-03 16:33:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY570	Niger: Snapshot of the August 4 Referendum [...] Summary: On August 4, some six million Nigeriens were called to a referendum vote on a controversial new constitution that would allow President Tandja to remain in power beyond his legally-mandated term slated to end on December 22, 2009. While the referendum took place in a generally calm a [...]	2009-08-06 06:23:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY582	Niger: Provisional Referendum Results Released, [...] Summary: On August 7, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) announced the provisional results of the August 4 referendum on a new constitution. CENI stated that "yes" votes in favor of the new constitution won with 92.5 percent of the vote. Furthermore, CENI stated that 68 perc [...]	2009-08-11 07:13:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY584	Niger: Post-Referendum Tension Continues, Police Arrest [...] On August 10, the judicial police arrested Marou Amadou, President of the United Front for the Protection of Democratic Gains (FUSAD),a civil society umbrella group made up of 22 civil society organizations and labor unions, after he read at a press conference a statement that FUSAD issued on [...]	2009-08-11 15:38:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM CASC ASEC NG
09NIAMEY591	Niger: Potential Suspension or Termination of USAID and MCC [...] (SBU) Summary: I am writing to urge continuation of two programs in Niger that promote girls education on the grounds of our national security interests and for humanitarian purposes. I believe that cancelling the investment in the education of girls would send a message that we are abandonin [...]	2009-08-14 11:36:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI US NG
09NIAMEY593	Niger: Update on Civil Society Activist Case [...] Summary: Shortly after his release from Niamey prison on August 11 (reftel),Marou Amadou, President of the United Front for the Protection of Democratic Gains (FUSAD),forcibly was taken away by the Nigerien Intervention and Security Forces (FNIS),then brought back to prison before being tra [...]	2009-08-14 13:03:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY596	Niger: Court Validates Referendum Results, Opposition [...] Summary: On August 14, the newly-appointed Constitutional Court declared as valid the results of the August 4 referendum as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) on August 7 (ref B). While the president's supporters welcomed the court's decision, the opposition dis [...]	2009-08-17 17:06:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY597	Niger: Update on Case of Civil Society Activist Amadou [...] As of August 17, Marou Amadou, President of the United Front for the Protection of Democratic Gains (FUSAD),arrested on August 10 on various inconsistent charges and then finally jailed for "operating a non-authorized organization," remains in custody at Koutoukale maximum security prison. FU [...]	2009-08-17 17:10:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI NG
09NIAMEY599	Niger: President Addresses Nation, Enacts New [...] On August 17, President Tandja addressed the nation following the Constitutional Court's validation of the August 4 referendum for a new constitutional (ref A). Tandja thanked Nigeriens for "massively voting 'yes' for this Constitution, paving the way for the Sixth Republic...(and for) having o [...]	2009-08-18 19:12:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY609	Niger: President Tandja Re-appoints Cabinet, Sets [...] On August 19, President Tandja re-named the same 31 members to his new Cabinet following their August 18 resignations made in response to his promulgation of the new constitution (ref A). In his announcement, President Tandja re-appointed Prime Minister Seini Oumarou, Minister of State for the [...]	2009-08-19 16:50:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY611	NIGER: PRIME MINISTER TAKES OATH OF OFFICE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 09:15:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY618	NIGER: DIPLOMATIC CORPS ATTENDANCE THIN AT THE [...] Summary. Government of Niger (GON) President Mamadou Tandja presided over an August 21 swearing-in ceremony to install Prime Minister Seini Oumarou for the Sixth Republic of Niger (ref a). The GON extended invitations to the diplomatic corps and international organization senior representativ [...]	2009-08-24 16:05:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM CASC ASEC NG
09NIAMEY619	POSITIVE AND EXTENSIVE MEDIA REACTION TO U.S. PRESS [...] Summary: Coverage of the August 13 and August 17 press releases, respectively outlining the USG positions on the referendum in Niger and calling for the release of a leading opposition leader and a journalist, has been widespread and favorable in the independent print and broadcast media. (N [...]	2009-08-25 10:29:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL KCOR KPAO KDEM NG
09NIAMEY624	STATE OF ALERT FOR AGADEZ REGION EXTENDED [...] On August 26, President Mamadou Tandja signed an executive order extending the "State of Alert" in Agadez region for an additional 90-day period. This travel limitation and security measure has been in place since August 2007 (Refs A and D). 2. The decision comes at a time of ongoing peace [...]	2009-08-27 13:17:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC CASC PHUM SOCI PTER KDEM NG
09NIAMEY625	Niger: National Council for Political Dialogue Proposes [...] Summary: The National Council for Political Dialogue (CNDP) convened on August 26 to discuss issues related to the announced October 20 legislative elections (Ref B),and adopted a proposal to increase the size of the National Assembly. Most opposition parties shunned the meeting. End Summar [...]	2009-08-27 15:40:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY626	Niger: Several Detained Opposition Members Released; [...] Summary: Several persons detained in connection with various opposition protests in August (Refs B and C) have been released. The Movement of Nigeriens for Justice (MNJ) reacts to President Tandja's extension of the state of alert in northern Niger (Ref A). End Summary. Detainees in Niamey. [...]	2009-08-28 10:58:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM CASC NG
09NIAMEY630	Niger: ECOWAS Envoys Visit to Niger; Police Disperse [...] Summary: On August 29-30, a delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met with various actors of Niger's political spectrum in an effort to find a solution to Niger's political quagmire. All meetings took place behind closed doors, and envoys informed local media t [...]	2009-08-31 15:53:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM ASEC CASC NG
09NIAMEY633	Niger: Opposition Party Leaders Call on Ambassador [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 1, Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS) representatives, Niger's main opposition party, met with Ambassador Allen to discuss the country's current political developments. Embassy Political Assistant (note taker) also participated in the meeting. The PN [...]	2009-09-01 20:08:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY640	Niger: Some Former Parliamentarians Arrested; Detained [...] (U) Summary: On September 3, Niamey police summoned and arrested several former National Assembly Deputies in connection with "unduly received amounts." Detained civil society activist Marou Amadou and journalist Abdoulaye Tiemogo remain in prison. End summary. ------------------------------ [...]	2009-09-04 12:34:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY641	Niger: Northern Rebel Group Dismisses Leader [...] On August 31, the Movement of Nigeriens for Justice (MNJ) dismissed its leader for "misconduct." In a September 1 posting on its website the MNJ announced the dismissal of its leader, Aghali Alambo for allegedly cutting himself from the base and taking unilateral decisions on the MNJ's behalf [...]	2009-09-04 13:01:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM ASEC NG
09NIAMEY646	Niger: Detained Ex-Parliamentarians Appear in Court [...] Summary: On September 7-8, about 30 former National Assembly Deputies arrested for allegedly receiving "undue amounts" (reftel) appeared before the investigating judge at the Niamey Tribunal. While President Tandja's supporters welcome this as an "operation clean hands" (to combat corruption),[...]	2009-09-09 15:38:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM KCOR NG
09NIAMEY653	Niger: Travel Ban for Ex-Parliamentarians; Updates on the [...] Summary: The Government of Niger (GON) banned foreign travel for former National Assembly members. On September 9, the Ministry of Interior closed the reception of candidacies for the October 20 legislative elections. On September 10, President Tandja announced the local elections for December [...]	2009-09-11 11:29:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY684	Update on Niger's Political Situation [...] Summary: On September 13, fifty former National Assembly members who were arrested for allegedly embezzling funds from State coffers denounced President Tandja for making false accusations against them. In a separate, yet similar case, opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou appeared before a tr [...]	2009-09-18 13:58:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI AU NG
09NIAMEY690	Pan-African Parliamentary Delegation Calls on Ambassador [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 18, four members of an African Union (AU) Pan-African Parliamentary delegation called on Ambassador Allen, and stated that Niger's political opposition should accept the status quo and negotiate with President Tandja for a way forward that reflects their objectives. [...]	2009-09-21 21:16:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI AU NG
09NIAMEY701	Prime Minister and Two Cabinet Ministers Resign To Run for [...] (U) On September 23, President Tandja accepted the resignation of three key cabinet members during a ceremony at the Prime Minister's Office. Prime Minister Seini Oumarou, Minister of Communications and Government Spokesperson Mohamed Ben Omar, and Minister of Religious Affairs and Humanitaria [...]	2009-09-25 16:08:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY702	Another Journalist Jailed in Niger [...] (U) Summary: Ibrahim Soumana Gaoh, director of a private weekly newspaper, is the latest journalist to be arrested in Niger for criticizing the government. Security officials arrested him on September 20 for defaming the Minister of Communications and Government Spokesman by implying he was c [...]	2009-09-25 16:33:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY72	Niger: Journalist Convicted, His Attorney Jailed [...] On February 6, a Nigerien court sentenced Mr. Boussada Ben Ali, publication director of independent weekly newspaper "L'Action" to three months in prison. Police arrested Ben Ali on January 23 on charges of "divulging information likely to undermine public order." The charge stemmed from an a [...]	2009-02-12 15:32:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY790	Campaigning for Legislative Election Begins, Opposition in [...] Summary: On September 27, President Tandja appeared on State television (Tele-Sahel) to discuss the National Assembly election slated for October 20. He outlined the importance of the poll, urging Nigeriens to vote in mass and to "choose competent men and women in order to set up a National A [...]	2009-09-30 15:26:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY793	Journalist Freed After Retraction [...] Government of Niger officials dropped charges and freed Director of the weekly private newspaper "Le Temoin," Ibrahim Soumana Gaoh, on September 29. Gaoh, arrested on September 20 on charges of defamation against the Minister of Communications and Government Spokesperson Mohamed Ben Omar (ref [...]	2009-10-01 16:05:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY808	Political Rights Activist Flees Country [...] (SBU) On October 4, Marou Amadou, President of the United Front for the Preservation of Democratic Gains (FUSAD),left Niger en route to Paris. Embassy Political Specialist spoke with Amadou by phone on October 5, who told him that he and one of his colleagues were able to leave Niger without [...]	2009-10-06 07:23:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY809	President Tandja Appoints New Prime Minister [...] (U) Summary: On October 2, President Tandja appointed former finance minister and deputy governor of the Central Bank of West African States, Ali Badjo Gamatie, to serve as Prime Minister. This comes on the heels of the resignation of former Prime Minister Seini Oumarou (reftel),who resigned [...]	2009-10-06 07:23:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY810	Rebel Tuaregs Surrender Arms [...] According to Radio France International (RFI) and Embassy sources, hundreds of Nigerien Patriotic Front (FPN) combatants handed over their arms to Nigerien authorities in Tidene valley, north of Agadez, starting in late September. The process is expected to continue over the next several days. [...]	2009-10-06 07:23:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PARM PHUM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY812	National Police Prevent Former National Assembly Members [...] On October 6, national police prevented 67 former National Assembly members from accessing the headquarters of the Nigerien Democratic Movement (MODEN),an opposition party created by former Prime Minister Hama Amadou. The former parliamentarians had planned to organize a symbolic "opening of [...]	2009-10-07 17:16:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY813	Niger: Early Warning of Increase in Food Insecurity [...] Summary: There are increasing official and anecdotal reports that this year's harvest will be poorer than that of most recent years with some areas facing acute stress. FFPO made site visits across the agro-pastoral zone and found poor or negligible harvest in many villages. Populations are a [...]	2009-10-09 09:21:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR PGOV EAID SOCI NG
09NIAMEY819	President Tandja Appoints New Cabinet Members [...] (U) On October 10, President Tandja appointed Kassoum Mamane Moctar to serve as Minister of Communication and Government Spokesperson. He also appointed Salah Ben Mamouda Ali to serve as Minister of Religious Affairs and Humanitarian Action. The two appointees replace Mohamed Ben Omar and Iss [...]	2009-10-13 19:24:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY826	Niger: Tensions High as ECOWAS Imposes Sanctions [...] Summary: On October 17, heads of state from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) attended a special summit in Abuja to discuss the ongoing political crisis in Niger. This came on the same day when thousands of protesters held a rally in Niamey and demanded that the legislati [...]	2009-10-19 16:12:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL AORC PHUM NG
09NIAMEY830	Niger: Legislative Election Calm, Turnout Low [...] On October 20, some six million Nigerians were called to a vote for deputies to serve in a newly constituted National Assembly. This came one day after security forces voted, allowing the police, gendarmerie, and military to provide security for the general public during balloting. The vote to [...]	2009-10-21 20:38:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY831	Niger: EmbOffs Meet with Cheiffou Amadou [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 21, Pol Officer and Pol Specialist met with Cheiffou Amadou, President of the Social Democratic Rally (RSD). Cheiffou admitted that turnout for legislative elections held on October 20 was low in some areas, but blamed it on the harvest season. He added that ECOWAS [...]	2009-10-23 09:46:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY832	Niger: Ruling Party Takes Early Lead in National Assembly [...] On October 23, the President of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) announced that early results show the ruling party, National Movement for a Society of Development (MNSD),had taken a lead in the October 20 National Assembly elections (reftel). The MNSD provisionally has wo [...]	2009-10-23 12:30:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY834	Niger: Ruling Party Gains Majority in National Assembly [...] On October 24, the President of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI),Moumouni Hamidou, announced the final results from the October 20 National Assembly elections. The ruling party, the National Movement for a Society of Development (MNSD),won 76 out of the 113 parliamentary [...]	2009-10-26 17:14:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY835	Niger: President Tandja Grants Amnesty to Rebels and [...] (U) On October 23, President Tandja signed an order granting amnesty to Tuareg rebels who have relinquished their weapons, representing a major step beyond the largely ceremonial acts organized in the past to mark the ongoing peace process involving Niger's vast north. 2. (U) The following [...]	2009-10-26 20:09:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY836	Niamey Fraud Summary (March 1 - Sept 30, 2009) [...] The following cable responds to the Department's request (ref A and B) for updated information on patterns of fraud in consular activities and post's fraud prevention efforts. a. Country Conditions in Niger ------------------------------ 2. Niger recently was ranked last among the 182 count [...]	2009-10-27 06:29:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SOCI SCUL NG
09NIAMEY838	Journalist Tiemogo Released from Prison [...] (U) Summary: Authorities released journalist Abdoulaye Tiemogo of the weekly independent newspaper "Le Canard Dechaine" from prison on October 26 after accepting an appeal to commute his sentence. Held in prison since August 1, officials had accused Tiemogo of having "discredited a judicial de [...]	2009-10-27 15:01:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV KPAO NG
09NIAMEY840	GON Road Show to Argue Case to ECOWAS States [...] On October 26, President Tandja deployed a delegation headed by Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie to various West African states. The Government of Niger (GON) stated Gamatie would lead a nine-member delegation with a primary responsibility to "explain the political situation of Niger to W [...]	2009-10-28 10:00:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY844	GON Road Show to Argue Case to ECOWAS States [...] On October 26, President Tandja deployed a delegation headed by Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie to various West African states. The Government of Niger (GON) stated Gamatie would lead a nine-member delegation with a primary responsibility to "explain the political situation of Niger to W [...]	2009-10-29 06:15:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY855	Niger: Symposium on Pres. Obama, "The Audacity of Hope," [...] Summary: The Charge d'Affaires (CDA) and Public Affairs Section (PAS) Cultural Affairs Specialist participated in a discussion on the merits of President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize at an Abdou Moumouni University-sponsored symposium on October 16. The influential academic presenters, one a for [...]	2009-11-03 20:48:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO US NG
09NIAMEY862	Niger: Food Insecurity Disaster Alert [...] (U) Summary: This message provides an alert that Niger may be moving towards a full-scale disaster declaration. The Government of Niger (GON) Ministry of Agricultural Development (MDA) released the "Pre-Evaluation and Provisional Results of the Agricultural Season - 2009/2010," indicating a c [...]	2009-11-04 17:01:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV EAID SOCI NG
09NIAMEY866	Niger: Counter-Narcotics Strategy [...] Summary: Niger, while not a drug producing country or a significant consumer market for narcotics, should be characterized as a "developing" transit point for narcotics en route to North Africa and Europe. Mindful of the potential for increased drug trade, the Government of Niger (GON) has ta [...]	2009-11-06 08:55:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM PREL NG
09NIAMEY871	Niger: Meeting with High Commissioner for the Restoration [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 5, Embassy Political Officer and Specialist met with the Government of Niger (GON) High Commissioner for the Restoration of Peace (HCRP),Mohamed Anacko. The Commissioner spoke about the ongoing peace process, landmine removal, fears of Al-Qaeda in the region, and e [...]	2009-11-06 17:45:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM KDEM NG
09NIAMEY882	NIGER: NEW PRIME MINISTER'S VIEWS ON THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: On November 2, Ambassador Allen (Embassy PolOff note taker) met Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie at the PM's office. Over the past few months, the GON has made concerted efforts to silence its critics and to marginalize the opposition. Some GON mem [...]	2009-11-12 12:15:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM NG
09NIAMEY89	NIGER -- ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW [...] The following is Post's response to provide input to help further define law enforcement and judicial training needs. Below are Post's responses to the questions posed: A. What are the key internal or regional challenges the host government's non-military security apparatus confronts? (i.e [...]	2009-02-17 15:52:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM PARM PGOV PTER SNAR SOCI NG
09NIAMEY899	NIGER: NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY INSTALLED [...] Summary: On November 10, the Constitutional Court validated the legislative elections held on October 20. On November 14, the President of Niger convoked a special session for the installation of the new National Assembly. While all government bodies and political parties supporting the Sixth [...]	2009-11-16 15:36:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY90	NIGER TO HOST PEACE FORUM ON THE NORTH [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Niger (GON) plans to host a Peace Forum to address continuing instability in the north of Niger and Mali on February 25 -27 in Niamey. The event will gather roughly 80 government and civil society leaders to discuss how best to deal with underlying causes of co [...]	2009-02-17 16:03:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI PTER SCUL PINR PHUM ML NG
09NIAMEY900	ECOWAS MEDIATOR OPENS TALKS ON NIGER [...] (U) Summary: November 9, members of the People's Movement for the Reshaping of the Republic (MPRR) met with General Abdusalami Abubakar (retired),ECOWAS Mediator responsible for dealing with Niger's political crisis. MPPR members submitted a memorandum outlining the Government of Niger's (G [...]	2009-11-16 16:17:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM PREL NG
09NIAMEY928	NIGER: ECOWAS MEDIATOR MEETS WITH DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (C) Summary. On November 20 (today),Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mediator Abdulsalami Abubakar invited the diplomatic corps to a morning meeting to discuss the current political crisis in Niger. He stated that the purpose of his delegation's four-day visit to Niamey is t [...]	2009-11-19 18:04:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL SOCI NG
09NIAMEY935	NIGER: OPPOSITION MEMBERS PAY CALL AT EMBASSY [...] (C/NF) Summary: On November 20, opposition Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS) Vice President (VP) Bazoum Mohamed and PNDS Deputy Secretary General (DSG) Assoumi Massaoudou provided a read-out of the November 11-13 meetings that Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) [...]	2009-11-23 16:40:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI PREL ASEC NG
09NIAMEY936	Niger: Opposition November 22 Rally in Niamey [...] Summary: On November 22, the Coordination of Forces for Democracy and the Republic (CFDR) organized a rally in Niamey to demand that President Tandja step down on December 22, the end of his term of office under the constitution of the 5th Republic, which was supplanted by that of the 6th Repu [...]	2009-11-23 16:42:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY943	Niger: Poor, but not too Poor for Cell Phones [...] Summary: Cell Phone usage is Niger is expanding rapidly, despite high costs to users with very limited means. With four service providers, cell phone growth has left landlines far behind. A Government of Niger (GON) survey indicates that men are twice as likely as women to have a cell phone, [...]	2009-11-28 11:10:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON SOCI PGOV KWIR NG
09NIAMEY945	Nominees to Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit [...] In response to reftel request, post nominates ten individuals to represent Niger at the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit to be held during the first quarter of 2010. Representing a cross-section of Niger's small business community, these individuals are likely to have the means and the mot [...]	2009-11-30 18:03:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI NR
09NIAMEY948	NIGER: USAID/OFDA PROGRAM MONITORING TRIP KEY FINDINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: October 26 to November 2, 2009 field observations by USAID/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Acting Senior Program Officer from across the three most easterly regions of Niger revealed that cereal prices remain high, harvests are poor or non-existent, pasturage i [...]	2009-12-01 10:30:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV EAID SOCI NG
09NIAMEY950	Government Warns Independent Media [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Niger (GON) admonished three independent media organizations on November 19 for disseminating the statements of former Prime Minister Hama Amadou claiming that President Tandja intended to kill him. In a written warning, the GON's media regulator, the High Counc [...]	2009-12-01 14:55:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY952	Niger: National Assembly President Elected [...] On November 25, deputies elected former Prime Minister and current President of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD) Seini Oumarou to serve as President of the National Assembly. Oumarou stated that his immediate goals are to, "Boost the fortunes of the National Assembly [...]	2009-12-01 18:27:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY964	Niger: Food Insecurity Continues to Deepen [...] (SBU) Summary: Evidence continues to accumulate that Niger is facing a serious food insecurity crisis between now and the next potential harvest in September 2010. Reporting from the field continues to confirm poor, minimal, or no harvest in many villages. Pasturage is virtually non-existent [...]	2009-12-07 16:25:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV EAID SOCI NG
09NIAMEY977	Niger: Opposition Protests Again; Pro-Tandja Rally [...] On December 13, Niger's Opposition, led by the Coordination of Forces for Democracy and the Republic (CFDR),organized a rally in Niamey to demand that President Tandja step down at the end of his second five-year term of office on December 22, as permitted under the 5th Republic (the pre-Augus [...]	2009-12-14 17:06:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY984	Niger: Pro-Tandja Rally Musters 3000 [...] On December 15, the Patriotic Movement for the Defense of the Nation and People, supporters of President Tandja's continuation in office, organized a rally in downtown Niamey to show support for President Tandja and the National Assembly. 2. The roughly 3000 supporters consisted of students, [...]	2009-12-15 16:32:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
09NIAMEY987	Niger: 2009 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (SBU) Summary: Al-Qa'ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has demonstrated a greater interest in the Republic of Niger (RON) in 2009, with attempts to extend its influence into Nigerien territory from the largely ungoverned region bordering Mali and Algeria. The porous borders and u [...]	2009-12-16 13:31:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC SNAR PGOV SOCI KISL PHUM PREL NG
09NICOSIA580	CYPRUS SHARES USG CONCERNS OVER SRI LANKAN IDPS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 13:49:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID CE CY
09NICOSIA765	CYPRUS: DPRK UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 10:27:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM AORC SOCI CY
09NICOSIA766	CYPRUS: DPRK UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW SESSION [...] (C) On December 3 Poloff delivered reftel points to Cyprus MFA Head of Department for Asia and Oceania Marios Kountourides. Kountourides thanked the USG for sharing its views and said that the GOC holds the positions set forth in relevant EU documents concerning the DPRK. He is traveling to [...]	2009-12-04 09:55:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM AORC SOCI CY
09NOUAKCHOTT127	MAURITANIA: NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Post Coup Caveats: This is a response to REFTEL request for information. Our response reflects activities we believe would be useful if political conditions -- i.e. the return of democratic governance -- will allow. In the Post-Coup environment, our engagement must be very limited a [...]	2009-02-12 13:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC XW XY XI
09NOUAKCHOTT264	MAURITANIA: NO REPORTS OF FORCED CHILD LABOR IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-12 16:08:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI MR
09NOUAKCHOTT313	MAURITANIANS REPATRIATED FROM SENEGAL SURPASS [...] (U) Summary: The cumulative number of Mauritanian refugees repatriated from Senegal surpassed 10,000 people in April. There are approximately 10,000 more refugees that remain in Senegal that have expressed their intent to return to Mauritania. To date, all of the refugees have returned to the [...]	2009-04-30 16:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF SOCI ECON MR
09NOUAKCHOTT366	JUNTA GIVING AWAY FOOD IN FINAL EFFORT TO GAIN [...] (C) Summary: In a thinly veiled attempt to gain public support, the junta is once again giving away food and land. Local mayors are distributing free fish to their constitutents, likely on behalf of the junta. The "Prime Minister" and "Food Security Commissioner" oversaw the distribution of 2 [...]	2009-06-02 13:50:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIS PGOV PREL SOCI MR
09NOUAKCHOTT567	MAURITANIAN DISASTER ALERT CABLE: HEAVY RAINS [...] Between August 27-29, 2009, 174 mm of rain fell on the southern Mauritanian city of Rosso. Days after the flooding, many houses in the city were still under 15-25 cm of water, with some neighborhoods of Rosso being 90-95% flooded. In Rosso alone, over 2,000 families have been displaced by the [...]	2009-09-08 10:30:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MR SOCI
09NOUAKCHOTT574	MAURITANIAN DISASTER DECLARATION CABLE: HEAVY [...] Pursuant to the authority stated in Section 062, Volume 2 of the Foreign Affairs Manual, and in accordance with OFDA's mandate to save lives, alleviate suffering and reduce the economic impact of disasters, I, Ambassador Mark Boulware, have determined that Mauritania is suffering from a disaste [...]	2009-09-09 16:11:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MR SOCI
09NOUAKCHOTT577	GLOBAL FUND INVESTIGATION IN MAURITANIA: FUNDS GO [...] (C) Summary: After widespread reports of mismanagement of aid granted to Mauritania through the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, a Global Fund financial investigation uncovered that nearly 74% of all aid funds to Mauritania were either spent improperly, or were not sufficie [...]	2009-09-14 09:09:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID TBIO SOCI MR
09NOUAKCHOTT619	FIRST EVER MOSLEM AMERICAN COUPLE VISIT CEMENTS NEW [...] Summary: IIP and ARS speakers Mrs. Fatima (Jane) Casewit and Mr. Daoud (Stephen) Casewit visited Mauritania from September 6th - 10th, 2009. Post capitalized on the timing of their visit to refresh recently renewed ties with the Mauritanian government through informal gatherings with local g [...]	2009-09-28 12:39:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL KMDR PREL MR PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NOUAKCHOTT647	FY 2010 RENEWAL OF DISASTER DECLARATION FOR [...] (U) Summary. On September 9, 2009, Post declared a disaster due to the effects of severe flooding in the city of Rosso and surrounding areas in southern Mauritania. (Ref A). In response, the USG has provided USG 25,100 to UNICEF from the International Disaster Assistance Account for the cons [...]	2009-10-08 11:11:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MR SOCI TBIO
09NOUAKCHOTT656	SENIOR MAURITANIAN OFFICIALS ARRESTED IN GLOBAL [...] (U) Summary. After being suspended from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, because of charges of fraudulent use of Global Fund payments, the GIRM took direct action by promising to immediately repay USD 1.7 million in mismanaged funds. The GIRM also arrested two prominen [...]	2009-10-12 14:58:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI TBIO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT735	ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT FOR GLOBAL FUND ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the announcement of Mauritania's suspension from the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS grants, a recent internal United Nations Development Program audit of the Mauritanian Global Fund grants for tuberculosis and malaria indicates that these funds have also been improperly di [...]	2009-11-16 12:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV SOCI TBIO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT774	MAURITANIA'S RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel A, Post will establish an interagency working group chaired by DCM Dennis Hankins and coordinated by Economic Officer Stephen Kochuba to promote the vision of President Obama's proposed Entrepreneurship Summit. Other members of the working group will include represe [...]	2009-12-01 18:30:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID CN ECON MR MV PREL PU SO SOCI XF XI
09NOUAKCHOTT825	AMBASSADOR HOSTS RECEPTION FOR MAURITANIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador hosted an off the record, roundtable discussion for a diverse group of seven Mauritanian business leaders to discuss the challenges Mauritania faces to stimulate economic growth, provide employment to young Mauritanians and to create economic opportunities for women. [...]	2009-12-30 16:06:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID SOCI MR
09NOUAKCHOTT93	MAURITANIA: QATAR POSITIONING ITSELF AS MAJOR DONOR [...] (SBU) Qatar, via its bilateral assistance implementing body, the Qatari-Mauritanian Establishment for Social Development (Etablissement Qataro-Mauritanian pour le Developpement Social),is positioning itself as a lead donor in Mauritania's post coup environment. It is the only known donor in [...]	2009-01-29 14:07:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SOCI MR
09OSAKAKOBE93	H1N1 Kansai Economic Bell Begins to Toll [...] (SBU) Summary: As the spread of H1N1 and official countermeasures to the flu outbreak in Kansai continue to evolve, it is too early to calculate the full impact of the H1N1 flu virus on the Kansai economy, but as local governments and business organizations struggle to sweep away the percepti [...]	2009-05-27 03:22:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KFLU SOCI TBIO PINR JA
09OSLO114	PART II: RISING NORWEGIAN ANTI-SEMITISM AFFECTING [...] (C) Summary: Anti-Semitism in Norway, and the expression of anti-Semitic comments, has increased since the Gaza war. The small Norwegian Jewish community is wary of being targeted, and "Jew" has become more popular as an epithet. While the issue of anti-Semitism is frequently debated in the me [...]	2009-02-13 14:48:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KWBG SOCI PREL PGOV PINR IS NO
09OSLO311	FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM) IN NORWAY [...] Several cases over the past few months highlight the continuing problem of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) among some immigrant groups in Norway. While the issue has gained public notoriety, the adequacy of the GON FGM response is questioned by some. Particularly at issue are mandated genital [...]	2009-04-22 14:34:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KFGM KISL KWMN KOCI XA NO
09OSLO469	H1N1 UPDATE: NORWAY PREPRES FOR WAVE OF PANDEMIC [...] (U) Sumary: H1N1 cases in Norway have increased to 342confirmed cases as of the end of July, and the infction rate appears to be accelerating, driven largely by the return of Norwegians from summer holidays abroad. Norwegian health officials recently announced plans to deal with the pandemic, [...]	2009-07-30 12:07:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI ASC EAGR NO

09OSLO525	NORWAY'S IMMIGRATION POLICY A HOT TOPIC IN PUBLIC [...] (U) SUMMARY. Due to a significant increase in the number of immigrants seeking asylum in Norway and news reports of generous welfare payments, the right of center "Progress Party" (FrP) has been largely successful in driving the public debate on Norway's integration and immigration policy. F [...]	2009-08-26 07:37:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI PREF NO
09OSLO552	NORWAY AGREES WITH USG APPROACH ON SRI LANKA IDP [...] (C) Norway's response to reftel demarche was uniformly positive. Poloff met with Tone Allers, Sri Lanka Desk officer at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Allers, after having two days to digest the information in the demarche and share it with the Norwegian embassy in Colombo, [...]	2009-09-11 12:33:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN
09OSLO572	SE WOLPE HAS PRODUCTIVE TALKS WITH GON AND NGOS IN [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Howard Wolpe had a day of productive meetings on September 4 in Oslo with representatives of the Norwegian government (GON),the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC),Norwegian Church Aid (NCA),and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). The GON agreed t [...]	2009-09-18 08:52:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KPKO KWMN SOCI NO
09OTTAWA273	CANADA FIGHTING ANTI-SEMITISM WHILE INCIDENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to B'nai Brith Canada, white supremacists, radical Muslims, and far leftists are uniting to promote anti-Semitic propaganda in Canada. A recent B'nai Brith report claimed that the current economic crisis had spurred an upsurge in anti-Semitic incidents over the last [...]	2009-04-06 20:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI CA
09OTTAWA298	REMNANTS OF ANTI-AMERICANISM IN CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: As President Obama noted in Strasbourg on April 3, anti-Americanism in developed countries is sometimes both "casual and insidious." Canada's traditionally liberal universities have often displayed some anti-American biases, as emboff discovered first-hand as a part-time graduat [...]	2009-04-16 19:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI SCUL KPAO CA
09OTTAWA549	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE CANADIAN PROVINCE OF MANITOBA [...] (U) This cable was prepared by APP Winnipeg. 2. (SBU) Summary: In the Canadian central plains, trafficking in persons is tied inextricably to the prostitution of aboriginal women and female children in the largest cities. A conference hosted by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs July 8-9 br [...]	2009-07-17 20:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP SOCI CA
09OTTAWA708	CANADA SUPPORTIVE OF SRI LANKA FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT [...] (C) Canada is supportive of the U.S. strategy to promote freedom of movement in Sri Lanka (reftel),according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) South Asia Deputy Director Jonathan Yendall. He cautioned that he was still seeking to coordinate a "whole of governme [...]	2009-09-11 19:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN
09OTTAWA869	Canada taking "harsher line" on DPRK's UPR [...] (C/NF) Canada agrees with U.S. views and suggested questions and recommendations for the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the DPRK (reftel),according to Cyndy Nelson, Policy Advisor for Human Rights, and Daniel Ulmer, Policy Officer for Human Rights, in the Human [...]	2009-12-03 22:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL AORC SOCI UN KN CA
09OUAGADOUGOU10	BURKINA FASO: 2008 MIDTERM REVIEW OF THE POVERTY REDUCTION [...] In October 2008, the Government of Burkina Faso (GOBF) met with domestic stakeholders and international donors to conduct a mid-term review to provide stakeholders with crucial updates on macroeconomic, structural, and social policies related to the country's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (P [...]	2009-01-08 14:06:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON SENV SOCI PGOV UV
09OUAGADOUGOU172	BURKINA FASO: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] Post has collected, to the extent possible, information in response to reftel request on the worst forms of child labor: A) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: -What laws have been promulgated on child labor? -- the UN Convention on Children's Rights; -- the [...]	2009-03-17 07:07:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID UV
09OUAGADOUGOU374	BURKINA FASO: DISASTER DECLARATION: MEASLES OUTBREAK [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. Summary: The largest measles outbreak in Burkina Faso in over a decade is entering its 20th week and the total number of cases continues to increase with 3,812 new cases reported for the most recent reporting week. The 34,451 total cas [...]	2009-05-11 16:51:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAID AMED PGOV UV
09OUAGADOUGOU450	FEMALE ECISION IN BURKINA FASO [...] Summary: Burkina Fao has attempted to eradicate the practice of femle excision for over fifty years and officially outawed the practice over a decade ago; however, th prevalence rate among girls and women has not canged. In fact, the Government of Burkina Fas (GOBF) recently announced that c [...]	2009-06-05 12:00:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI KWMN PHUM SOCI UV
09OUAGADOUGOU47	BURKINA FASO: DESPITE RECORD HARVEST CEREAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Burkina Faso recorded good harvests during the 2008-09 agricultural campaign, cereal prices in local markets remain at record levels. Burkina Faso produces the bulk of its cereal needs, approximately 3.5 million metric tons, and imports small amounts of rice and wheat. [...]	2009-02-02 14:25:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAID AMED PGOV UV
09OUAGADOUGOU471	BURKINA FASO: THE NINTH ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE POVERTY [...] Summary. In April 2009, the Government of Burkina Faso (GOBF),led by Prime Minister Tertius Zongo, met with the private sector, civil society organizations and international donors to conduct the ninth annual review of the country's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). According to the re [...]	2009-06-12 10:52:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAID AMED PGOV UV
09OUAGADOUGOU548	BURKINA FASO: overcrowded and dilapidated city jail. [...] (SBU) PolOfficer visited the Ouagadougou city jail on June 25th at the invitation of a local human rights NGO. The visit, which lasted about two hours, included a meeting with the jail administrator as well as site visits to the main jail block, VIP quarters, women's quarters and juvenile dete [...]	2009-07-13 15:03:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM ELAB SOCI PGOV UV
09OUAGADOUGOU549	BURKINA FASO: overcrowded and dilapidated city jail. [...] (SBU) PolOfficer visited the Ouagadougou city jail on June 25th at the invitation of a local human rights NGO. The visit, which lasted about two hours, included a meeting with the jail administrator as well as site visits to the main jail block, VIP quarters, women's quarters and juvenile dete [...]	2009-07-13 15:03:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM ELAB SOCI PGOV UV
09OUAGADOUGOU551	BURKINA FASO STRIVES TO ADDRESS CHILD TRAFFICKING ISSUES. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Burkina Faso is a source and transit country for trafficked children destined for labor or sexual exploitation in the sub-region. In the past year, and in order to reverse this trend, the Government of Burkina Faso has undertaken a number of noteworthy anti-trafficking in pers [...]	2009-07-14 12:52:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM ELAB SOCI PGOV UV
09OUAGADOUGOU582	Will Ouagadougou's Brothels Really Be Shut Down? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since January 2008, the mayor of Ouagadougou has worked to close down all brothel houses in the capital. While some houses have been converted into rental property, and others destroyed, many brothels are still open for business. In March 2009, after a twelve month grace peri [...]	2009-07-22 16:55:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM ELAB SOCI PGOV UV
09OUAGADOUGOU98	BURKINA FASO: ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW [...] Post provides the following input to reftel request on law enforcement and judicial training needs in Burkina Faso: 2. What are the key internal and regional challenges the host government's non-military security apparatus confronts? --Burkina Faso's non-military security faces the follow [...]	2009-02-23 17:21:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC XW XY XI UV
09PANAMA163	PANAMA: OBJECTION TO THE INCLUSION OF PORNOGRAPHY [...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to review the documents used by DOL to determine whether a "significant incidence" of child labor is used in Panama to produce pornography, but is troubled by the conclusions drawn from these sources. Of the two sources that post was able to obtain, one [...]	2009-02-26 20:58:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP PM
09PANAMA196	PANAMA: PLANS FOR NORMALIZATION FOR COLOMBIANS [...] (C) The GOP planned to offer legal immigrant status to individuals living in the Darien region under Temporary Humanitarian Protection (THP) status, said MFA DG of Exterior Policy Javier Bonagas told POLOFF on February 20. The official census of THP persons taken in 2004 counted 542 Colombia [...]	2009-03-10 15:52:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTBS SOCI PM
09PANAMA339	PANAMA: TORRIJOS SOCIAL PROGRAMS TO CONTINUE UNDER [...] (C) Both leading presidential candidates have acknowledged the success of some social programs initiated during President Martin Torrijos' term, and have agreed to continue certain programs after the next administration is sworn in on July 1. Programs earmarked for continuity by ruling Revolu [...]	2009-04-27 20:32:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI PM
09PANAMA89	PANAMA: COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] (SBU) This is an action request; see para 3. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Regarding REFTEL A, Embassy Panama concurs with DOL's assessment that coffee is a good for which there is reason to believe is produced by child labor in violation of international standards. Indeed, there is [...]	2009-01-29 21:39:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP
09PANAMA894	Scenesetter for CODEL Boehner [...] (SBU) Since the restoration of democracy after Operation Just Cause twenty years ago, Panama has established and consolidated a democratic, stable government, achieving a new confidence, dynamism, and psychological sovereignty that complements the 1999 completion of its territorial sovereignty. [...]	2009-12-03 14:17:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON SOCI ASEC SNAR PGOV KPAO CASC PM
09PARIS10	FRENCH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES INFORMATION FOR TRADE [...] In post's assessment, France continued to meet its international commitments in 2008 to eliminate the worst forms of child labor in its overseas territories. The following update is in response to reftel's request for information to determine if countries eligible for trade benefits under th [...]	2009-01-06 10:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI FR
09PARIS378	FRANCE FACES TOUGH LABOR CLIMATE IN RUNUP TO G8 [...] (SBU) The financial crisis has dramatically reversed a once positive employment story in France. After hitting a 25-year low of 7.2 percent in mid- 2008, the jobless rate climbed to 7.8 percent at the end of 2008 and could reach 9.8 percent during 2009. In the context of a gloomy socio-econom [...]	2009-03-13 17:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI FR
09PARTO14	SECRETARY CLINTON'S JULY 23 MEETING WITH LOWER [...] (U) July 23, 2009; 4:30 p.m.; Phuket, Thailand. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Eric John EAP A/S Kurt Campbell Deputy Chief of Staff Jake Sullivan EAP DAS Scot Marciel Spokesman Ian Kelly Lt GEN Paul Selva, Military Advisor to the Secretary Greg Smith, Nationa [...]	2009-08-25 16:57:00	US Delegation, Secretary	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV ECON SOCI OVIP CLINTON HILLARY XC
09PERTH55	KIMBERLEY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONFRONT THEIR FUTURE [...] (U) Summary: This is the second of two cables reporting on a visit by ConGen staff to the north west Kimberley region. In the face of enormous challenges, advancement programs are making headway to improve living conditions in the far north Kimberley region of Western Australia (WA) for the I [...]	2009-12-10 06:02:00	Consulate Perth	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI AS
09PHNOMPENH145	CAMBODIA TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ARRESTS JANUARY 1 TO [...] (SBU) Summary: From January to February 23, 2009, Cambodian police reported that they arrested two individuals on human trafficking charges and two on prostitution charges in connection with one case in which a rescued prostitute was under age 18. Police reported that four foreign pedophiles [...]	2009-03-05 05:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH148	CAMBODIA: 2008 4TH QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the fourth quarter of 2008, Cambodian police arrested 10 persons on human trafficking charges and two on prostitution charges in connection with two cases in which seven rescued prostitutes were under age 18. During the same period, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court convic [...]	2009-03-05 09:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH149	CORRECTED COPY: CAMBODIA TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ARRESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: From January to February 23, 2009, Cambodian police reported that they arrested two individuals on human trafficking charges and two on prostitution charges in connection with one case in which a rescued prostitute was under age 18. Police reported that four foreign pedophiles [...]	2009-03-05 09:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH206	CAMBODIA TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ARRESTS FEBRUARY 21 TO [...] (SBU) Summary: From February 21 to March 9, 2009, Cambodian police reported that they arrested three individuals on human trafficking charges. Police reported that three foreign pedophiles were arrested and seven victims were rescued in connection with pedophile cases. Police reported that [...]	2009-03-30 06:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH261	CAMBODIA: 2009 1ST QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the first quarter of 2009, Cambodian police arrested six persons on human trafficking charges and four on procurement of prostitution charges in connection with two cases in which three rescued prostitutes were under age 18. Police reported that seven foreign pedophiles [...]	2009-04-23 06:09:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH376	CAMBODIA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES LAW PROTECTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 29, the National Assembly (NA) passed the first law on protecting the rights of disabled persons in Cambodia. In a country that still deals with yearly casualties from unexploded land mines and other ordinance, the legislation is an important step forward for many disa [...]	2009-06-08 06:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI EAID PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH419	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER RECEIVES 2009 TIP REPORT; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rodley delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, during a meeting the afternoon of June 16. The DPM accepted the news of Cambodia's tier reduction, noting that Cambodia "has been there [...]	2009-06-26 08:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH449	POSITIVE SIGNS ON TIP FROM CAMBODIA'S MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rodley met with Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana to review the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report and discuss the next steps in Cambodia's efforts to combat human trafficking. The Ambassador emphasized the Ministry of Justice's (MOJ) direct responsibility [...]	2009-07-06 10:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH547	CAMBODIA: 2009 2ND QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the second quarter of 2009, Cambodian police arrested seven persons on human trafficking charges. Police also arrested six persons on procurement of prostitution charges in connection with two cases involving two victims who were minors. Police reported arresting four f [...]	2009-08-04 11:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH557	RGC LAND POLICY MAKES HEADLINES AGAIN IN CASE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Cambodia's land and eviction policies earned more worldwide attention July 27 when international news outlets highlighted the resettlement of a group of HIV/AIDS-affected families from a central Phnom Penh neighborhood to a site on the outskirts of the city. The Phnom Penh Muni [...]	2009-08-06 03:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH874	CAMBODIA: 2009 3RD QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the third quarter of 2009, Cambodian police arrested five persons on human trafficking charges and 12 persons on procurement of prostitution charges in connection with cases involving minor victims. Police reported arresting eight foreign pedophiles and rescuing 14 vict [...]	2009-11-25 09:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH899	PEACEFUL CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Cambodians in Phnom Penh celebrated a peaceful International Human Rights Day on December 10, marked by a march and a rally. This year's march is the third consecutive march allowed by authorities; in prior years, the route had been limited to approximately 4 blocks, but this year author [...]	2009-12-10 08:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV CB
09PHNOMPENH920	POLL SHOWS POWER OF HAVING A CONCRETE PARTY MESSAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 11, the International Republican Institute (IRI) presented the results of its August 2009 Cambodian Public Opinion survey. The USAID-funded survey found solid public confidence in the general direction of the country and the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP). Q [...]	2009-12-15 10:03:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS SOCI CB
09PONTADELGADA5	US MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE AZORES, PORTUGAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. For over 60 years the United States and Portugal have maintained a high level of military cooperation in the Azores. This close cooperation is reflected in the daily leadership and performance of the 65th Air Base Wing at Lajes Field. We continue to look for new opportunities t [...]	2009-01-30 11:22:00	Consulate Ponta Delgada	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR ECON SOCI CASC PO
09PORTLOUIS22	AMBASSADOR'S DEPARTURE CALL ON MAURITIAN FOREIGN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Cabrera's departure call on Mauritian Foreign Minister Arvind Boolell ran the gambit of Economic and Political issues. From Bilateral Investment Treaty remarks to questions about trafficking in persons, the friendly, one-hour meeting brought key issues forward. END SU [...]	2009-01-20 10:54:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAIR SOCI MP
09PORTMORESBY166	DISASTER ALERT IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA: CHOLERA AND HUMAN [...] Summary: An outbreak of cholera and A(H3) seasonal human influenza in Morobe Province has affected hundreds, resulting in the deaths of 28 in August. . It marks the first time cholera has been confirmed in PNG. The Health Department has been working closely with the World Health Organizatio [...]	2009-09-03 11:00:00	Embassy Port Moresby	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED PP SOCI
09PORTMORESBY225	PAPUA NEW GUINEA DISASTER UPDATE -- DISEASE OUTBREAKS [...] Summary: The Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) declared a State Of Emergency in September to address outbreaks of cholera, dysentery and A(H3) seasonal human influenza in Morobe Province. According to the World Health Organization's (WHO) latest Situation Report, the number of new cases re [...]	2009-11-12 06:02:00	Embassy Port Moresby	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED ECON PREL SOCI CASC PP
09PORTOFSPAIN198	NO CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES IN TRINIDAD, PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in T&T. Seven individuals returning from Mexico were quarantined, of which six tested negative for Type A Influenza and were released and one is still under observation. No facility in T&T currently has the capacity to test for th [...]	2009-05-01 21:31:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAID SOCI TBIO XL TD
09PORTOFSPAIN251	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO CONFIRMS FIRST H1N1 CASE [...] (U) GOTT Minister of Health Jerry Narace announced Trinidad and Tobago's first confirmed H1N1 case on June 5. The patient was described as an adult female national of Trinidad and Tobago. Her history of recent travel to several countries affected by the virus makes it impossible to pinpoint w [...]	2009-06-05 23:30:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAID SOCI TBIO XL TD
09PORTOFSPAIN26	2008 COUNTRY CHILD LABOR REPORT FOR TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] This cable contains updated information for required reporting under the Trade and Development Act (TDA) concerning child labor in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. (TT). A. Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: The Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) [...]	2009-01-23 15:51:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID TD
09PORTOFSPAIN261	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S SOCIAL SAFETY NET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trinidad's social safety net for adults able to work consists of two major work programs and a variety of training programs. While successful in alleviating extreme poverty, they have not lifted individuals permanently out of poverty nor made them self sufficient. The economic d [...]	2009-06-18 19:01:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SCUL SOCI TD
09PORTOFSPAIN377	INCREASED OVERSIGHT OF TRINIDAD'S CCT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Seeking to get a better handle on those fraudulently receiving benefits, the GOTT will remove on September 18 approximately 6,000 individuals from its "Smart Card" program, a conditional cash transfer (CCT) effort. The remaining 25,000 participants will receive a benefit increa [...]	2009-09-17 16:08:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SCUL SOCI TD
09PRAGUE707	CZECHS HAVE THEIR OWN QUESTIONS FOR THE DPRK [...] (SBU) Emboff spoke to Czech MFA Human Rights and Transition Policy Officers Jana Rezna and Petra Ali Dolakova on December 3 regarding the upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK). Petra Ali Dolakova indicated that like the USG, the Czechs are [...]	2009-12-04 14:44:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA EZ
09PRAIA204	DECLARATION OF DISASTER FOR FLOODING IN SAO NICOLAU, CAPE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. SUMMARY: Torrential rains have fallen on the island of Sao Nicolau, Cape Verde, during September and October 2009, causing flooding that has killed at least three people, displaced at least 41 families, and destroyed homes, personal p [...]	2009-10-28 17:59:00	Embassy Praia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI EAID PREF CV
09PRAIA208	DENGUE FEVER EPIDEMIC IN CAPE VERDE [...] In a meeting on October 29 with the Diplomatic Corps in Cape Verde, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Health provided information about the mushrooming epidemic of dengue fever that is afflicting the country. The following details were provided: --there are over 3,700 sus [...]	2009-11-03 13:27:00	Embassy Praia	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI CDC TBIO UN CV SG
09PRAIA209	DENGUE FEVER EPIDEMIC ACCELERATES, WITH INCREASING [...] Summary. The Dengue epidemic in Cape Verde has affected almost five percent of the population of the capital city of Praia, and five deaths have now occurred. Eighteen more patients are hospitalized with the hemorrhagic form of the disease. The number of suspected Dengue cases doubled over [...]	2009-11-03 18:21:00	Embassy Praia	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI CDC TBIO UN CV SG
09PRAIA215	CORRECTED COPY: DENQUE EPIDEMIC CONTINUES IN CAPE VERDE [...] Summary. The number of confirmed and suspected cases continues to increase, but the rate of increase has slowed. The Minister of health has informed the diplomatic corps that, in the view of the GoCV, the peak of the epidemic was reached on November 4. However, the views of the World Healt [...]	2009-11-13 18:46:00	Embassy Praia	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI CDC TBIO UN CV SG
09PRETORIA1009	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, May 2009, Volume 4, Number 5, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- Scientists Develop New Carbon Emission Reduction Process -- South Afri [...]	2009-05-19 14:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA1063	FORMER MININSTER OF EDUCATION NAMED NEW MININSTER OF [...] (U) Summary: Newly-elected President Jacob Zuma has appointed former Minister of Education Naledi Pandor as the new Minister for Science and Technology. Long-standing Deputy Minister Derek Andre Hanekom remains in place, as do key officials in the quasi-governmental S&T entities. No major c [...]	2009-05-27 08:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA1135	AIR CARGO TRADE GROWS AS AIRLINES EXPAND SERVICE BETWEEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Charge La Lime hosted a lunch on May 14 for Delta officials and representatives of the Commercial, Consular, Economic, and Management sections of the mission. Delta Southern Africa General Sales Manager Margaret Copeland and outsourced Cargo Manager Anne Sanders provided an upd [...]	2009-06-05 14:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD SOCI SNAR SF
09PRETORIA1293	SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Embassy Pretoria has checked its files and finds no credible information regarding gross human rights abuses by the following officials who will attend the Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights at the Border training event in Durban July 20-24. Name: John Alwin Matroos [...]	2009-06-26 14:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM SF SOCI PREL
09PRETORIA131	CHIEF JUSTICE WELCOMES USG INVOLVEMENT WITH NEWLY [...] SUMMARY: Intermittent Legal Advisor (ILA) recently met with Chief Justice Pius Langa of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa, analogous to the U.S. Supreme Court. This meeting in Chief Justice Langa's chambers, was also attended by representatives of the United States [...]	2009-01-22 16:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SF PHUM KWMN SOCI EAID PGOV
09PRETORIA1717	SOUTH AFRICA'S NEW POLICE COMMISSIONER HITS THE [...] (U) Summary: President Zuma recently appointed Bhekokwakhe Hamilton Cele as South Africa National Police Commissioner (SAPS). Cele replaces former Jackie Selebi, who was placed on administrative leave in January 2008 following allegations of corruption. In the interim, the SAPS suffered fro [...]	2009-08-25 07:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PINR SF KCRM WMN SOCI PREL
09PRETORIA1809	THE ROYAL BAFOKENG: TRIBE, COMMUNITY, AND [...] When Kgosi Leruo Molotlegi was crowned king of the Royal Bafokeng Nation (RBN) cloaked in African leopardskin over a Western business suit, his attire reflected his dual role as both tribal chief and modern executive. The RBN he leads is a traditional community, defined by cultural heritage a [...]	2009-09-04 14:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SF EMIN EFIN SOCI
09PRETORIA2039	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Newsletter, September 2009, Volume 4, Number 9, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SUMBANDILASAT FINALLY SHOOTS INTO ORBIT -- HIGH-SPEED DATAT LINK TO BE I [...]	2009-10-08 13:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA2164	ICT COMPANIES HIGHLIGHT BROADBAND AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Ambassador Gips hosted a luncheon discussion with leading executives of U.S. ICT companies in South Africa on September 25. The executives called for improvements in South African Government (SAG) decision-making processes and for increased public-private collaboration. Leadership shortf [...]	2009-10-23 14:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EIND EINV EINT ETTC SOCI SF
09PRETORIA2280	FOREIGN OPERATORS AND PRIVATIZATION INCREASE COMPETITION IN [...] (SBU) Neotel executives briefed Ambassador Gips on the creation of the second fixed-line operator on October 27. Neotel began operations in 2005 and is working with new undersea fiber-optic cable companies to boost broadband capacity in the region. Neotel executives outlined impending changes [...]	2009-11-09 07:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EIND EINV EINT ETTC EAID SOCI SF
09PRETORIA245	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, January 2009, Volume 4, Number 1, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY BILL PASSED INTO LAW -- SOUTH AFRICA CELEBRA [...]	2009-02-09 13:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA2453	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, October 2009, Volume 4, Number 10, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- Super-Thin Film Solar Panels Readied for Production in South Africa [...]	2009-12-01 06:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA2478	JOHANNESBURG'S TWO BILLION RAND BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary. Emboff tested Johannesburg's new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System, the Rea Vaya, on November 20. The Rea Vaya was launched on October 20, to improve public transport infrastructure and alleviate traffic gridlock in South Africa's most congested and economically productive city. [...]	2009-12-03 07:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELTN SOCI SF PREL PGOV
09PRETORIA2506	WWF HOSTS NEW ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ROUDTABLE DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (U) The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in South Africa hosted a one-day "National Roundtable on New Electricity Supply" on November 18 in Johannesburg. The meeting was a follow up to calls from various stakeholders in the energy sector who attended the National Climate Change Summit in March [...]	2009-12-07 14:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG EPET SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA2569	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, November 2009, Volume 4, Number 11, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SA Accelerates Preparations for Copenhagen -- 2010 World Cup Cou [...]	2009-12-14 05:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA333	SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS CREATES TASK TEAM TO PROBE SECOND [...] (SBU) Summary. State-controlled South African Airways (SAA) announced the creation of a task team to probe a second drug bust of SAA crew members in London on suspicions of carrying five kilograms of cocaine. Crew members were detained in London and released to South Africa pending further in [...]	2009-02-23 12:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON KHLS SOCI SNAR SF
09PRETORIA570	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, February 2009, Volume 4, Number 2, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- DEBATE CONTINUES OVER QULALITY OF DRINKING WATER IN SMALL TOWNS - [...]	2009-03-25 14:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA59	SOUTH AFRICA ADOPTS NEW WEAPON IN THE BATTLE [...] Summary: South Africa's cabinet recently passed a DNA Bill that will allow police officials to collect DNA from suspects of crimes, particularly, suspects of rapes and murders. This is a step in the right direction toward combating Sexual Offenses, but manpower and training still continue to [...]	2009-01-13 11:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SF PHUM KWMN SOCI PREL
09PRETORIA674	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, March 2009, Volume 4, Number 3, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SOUTH AFRICANS JOING EARTH HOUR - REDUCE POWER USANGE BY 15% -- [...]	2009-04-06 12:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA728	PRETORIA PROPOSAL -- FY'09 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES [...] Post hereby submits a proposal (ref B) for PRM's FY 2009 Julia V. Taft Fund for Refugees (ref A),recommending a grant of $20,000 to Ikenze Kungwe Mazwi Community College, a start-up elementary and high school serving children of Zimbabwean migrants in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Funds will be u [...]	2009-04-15 11:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI ASEC CASC SF ZI
09PRETORIA872	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, April 2009, Volume 4, Number 4, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- ANC OFFICIAL ARRESTED IN ABALONE BUST -- SADC SKIPPER FINED R1.5M FO [...]	2009-04-30 10:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA986	SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE CELEBRATES WORLD [...] (U) Summary: The South African Weather Services (SAWS) hosted a World Meteorological Day seminar for over one hundred government, private sector, academia and civil society participants in Pretoria on March 23 - 24, 2009. Discussion topics included weather-related disasters and their impact o [...]	2009-05-14 12:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09QUITO1005	PRM DAS Robinson Visit to Quito and Ecuador's Northern [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) DAS David Robinson visited Ecuador on November 5-6 to discuss refugee programs and conditions. During meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Government and Police, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, R [...]	2009-11-30 18:00:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREF PGOV PTER KCRM SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO
09QUITO609	ECUADOR: REFUGEE CONDITIONS IMPROVING, BUT [...] (U) Ecuador hosts the largest refugee population in the Western Hemisphere with 25,000 registered refugees and another 135,000 Colombians living in a refugee-like situation. Colombian refugees have poured into Ecuador as a result of Colombia's conflict for the past nine years. The Colombia-E [...]	2009-07-20 21:34:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO
09QUITO69	COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] In response to the Department of State and Department of Labor request (reftel),post submits the following comment on the Department of Labor's draft list of goods that may be produced with forced labor or child labor in Ecuador. Please note Post's recommendation in paragraph 5. 2. The [...]	2009-01-29 15:53:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP EC
09QUITO841	Defending the "Citizen's Revolution:" Correa's neighborhood [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa touched off a storm of debate after using his August 10 inauguration speech to the people to propose the formation of "Committees for the Defense of the Revolution" (CDRs). Opposition commentators accused Correa and his party of creating state- [...]	2009-09-22 22:47:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI EC
09QUITO883	Refugees Programs in Ecuador Risk Benefitting the FARC [...] (S/NF) This is an action request. See para. 9. 2. (S/NF) Summary and Comment: Embassy Quito and the Regional Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) request guidance on how to respond to information that suspected FARC members have manipulated Ecuador's Enhanced Registration Program implemented [...]	2009-10-15 20:44:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO
09QUITO999	PRM DAS Robinson Visit to Quito and Ecuador's Northern [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) DAS David Robinson visited Ecuador on November 5-6 to discuss refugee programs and conditions. During meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Government and Police, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, R [...]	2009-11-25 23:44:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREF PGOV PTER KCRM SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO
09RABAT118	CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM THE [...] Summary and introduction: The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) Director General, Dr. Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, has sent a letter of congratulations to President Obama. The January 23, 2009 letter praised President Obama's commitment to engage the Islamic [...]	2009-02-06 16:37:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SOCI KISL UNESCO OIC MO
09RABAT124	FLOODS RAVAGE MOROCCO'S NORTH, BUT AGRICULTURE [...] (U) Summary. Early and sustained rains have recharged reservoirs and raised hopes of good 2009 harvests. The rosy agricultural output projections are one of the few bright spots in Morocco's 2009 GDP growth outlook. The unusually high level of precipitation has caused flood damage in parts o [...]	2009-02-09 14:17:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SOCI MO
09RABAT161	ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW [...] (SBU) The Mission has identified three key priorities for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) judicial sector and law enforcement support to Morocco: anti-corruption, counterterrorism (CT) and general technical support. These priorities reflect Government of Morocco (GOM) requ [...]	2009-02-23 10:58:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SNAR ASEC PTER SOCI KJUS KCRM MO
09RABAT214	2008 WESTERN SAHARA UPDATE OF THE WORST [...] This message provides requested updates for the Department of Labor's annual report on the Worst Forms of Child Labor in the Western Sahara. (Ref A) The sovereignty of the Western Sahara is disputed between the Government of Morocco and the Polisario, an Algerian-backed organization seeking [...]	2009-03-18 09:37:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN MO
09RABAT221	MIXED REVIEWS ON MOROCCO'S LEVEL OF RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: A range of government, religious, and education leaders told EmbOffs and visiting DRL/IRF officer that while tolerance is broadly observed in practice, some problem remain. Government forbearance for perhaps 150 foreign Christian missionaries was being stretched, they said, as p [...]	2009-03-19 18:54:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KPAO MO
09RABAT265	CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES EXPELLED FROM MOROCCO; [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan authorities expelled five expatriate female Christian missionaries from the country Sunday morning for proselytizing and their involvement leading a regular women's Bible study group in Casablanca, according to press and church sources. The Moroccan women in the study [...]	2009-04-01 15:30:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KPAO KIRF MO
09RABAT336	MOROCCO: INSIGHTS INTO RECENT MISSIONARY EXPULSION [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's expulsion of five Christian women last month accused of proselytizing has created a flurry of concern among the approximate 4,000 local Christians who meet regularly throughout Morocco. Three local Christian leaders from Casablanca (one of whom legally imports and sells [...]	2009-04-20 14:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KPAO KIRF SP MO
09RABAT374	GENDER AND RELIGIOUS REFORM: WOMEN "IMAMS" IN [...] (C) Summary: Morocco has successfully made gender a central component of religious reform in its efforts to both counter religious extremism and promote women's participation in all areas of civic life. Beginning with the ground-breaking 2004 reform of the Family Code (Moudawana),and exten [...]	2009-05-03 18:32:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KISL KWMN MO
09RABAT408	OPENING UP AGAIN? MOROCCAN PRISON ADMINISTRATION [...] (S/NF) Summary: This cable responds to Ref A request for information and provides a broader general update on Morocco's prison situation and the now year-old Prison Administration. Overcrowded and underfunded, Morocco's prisons are in a difficult, but changing situation. They have won increasing in [...]	2009-05-15 12:35:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PHUM SOCI EAID SNAR PTER KCRM MO
09RABAT431	RE-ORIENTING THE ORIENT: ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Oriental region in northeastern Morocco is undergoing a rapid transformation from one of Morocco's poorest and least-developed regions to one of its most richly-endowed with development projects and infrastructure. The flood of new construction, investment, and social prog [...]	2009-05-29 15:30:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAGR SOCI MO
09RABAT485	20,000 MUSLIM WOMEN RUNNING FOR ELECTION IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: The June 12th municipal elections will be a landmark in women's participation in Moroccan political life, and the effects of the government's decision to reserve seats for female candidates are already being felt in society. An astounding 20,000 women are poised to run in the [...]	2009-06-09 18:10:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN KISL KDEM SOCI MO
09RABAT486	GOM COUNTER-DRUG EFFORTS IN CHEFCHAOUAN HAVE [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan efforts to eradicate cannabis cultivation in the northern part of the country have been successful enough to prompt some voters to boycott the coming local elections. In the northern province of Chefchouan, heart of Morocco's cannabis producing region, various party ca [...]	2009-06-10 11:29:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR SOCI PGOV MO
09RABAT604	WOMEN LEAD MOROCCO'S "PETITE REVOLUTION" [...] (SBU) Summary: In what is being hailed in the press as the "petite revolution," a dozen women have been elected by their men and women peers to chair local councils, making them mayors or the equivalent rural executives. Prior to the June 12 municipal elections, only one woman had ever serve [...]	2009-07-14 18:37:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN KISL KDEM KMPI SOCI MO
09RABAT638	MOROCCO'S STRATEGY FOR MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Moroccans, like others in the region, most clearly expressed a desire to see action on the Arab-Israeli conflict as a follow-up to the President's words in Cairo; so deeper partnership on economic development fronts will have the greatest impact if, and as, concrete political [...]	2009-07-23 07:13:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID OEXC SENV SOCI KISL MO
09RABAT667	MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT: OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) could facilitate linkages between U.S. and Islamic world universities, ISESCO Director General Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri told the Charge on July 24. Altwaijri, an admirer of the U.S., proposed that such [...]	2009-07-31 17:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OEXC SOCI KISL PINR MO
09RABAT685	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL RUSH [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Rush, Embassy Rabat warmly welcomes you and your delegation to Morocco. Politically and economically, Morocco is a country "on the move," deeply engaged in reform and development, albeit unevenly. Morocco has averaged over 5 percent annual growth in recent yea [...]	2009-08-10 17:18:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI MO
09RABAT701	KING MOHAMMED VI'S FIRST TEN YEARS: SOCIAL AND [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI has successfully advanced social and economic reforms during the first ten years of his reign, but he has not done as much to promote structural democratic change in Morocco. The King can be credited with implementing many significant reforms in human rights, w [...]	2009-08-17 07:11:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PGOV ECON EAID PHUM SOCI KDEM KMPI MO

09RABAT714	HUMAN RIGHTS SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL HOGREFE [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco is a country in the throes of change and reform, particularly with respect to human rights. King Mohammed VI has embarked on an ambitious and continuous program of human rights reform that includes greater political rights and participation by women, the Arab World's [...]	2009-08-19 16:51:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN KPAO MO
09RABAT875	MARRAKESH'S FIRST FEMALE MAYOR SETS AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Marrakesh Mayor Fatima Zohra El Mansouri, the first female mayor of a major Moroccan city, discussed with PolOffs her goals of providing good governance and bringing real improvements to the lives of Marakesh's residents. She also described the challenges of managing a city h [...]	2009-10-28 14:08:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SOCI MO
09RABAT921	SECRETARY CHALLENGES BMENA CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 3 meeting with 11 civil society representatives from the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) region, Secretary Clinton emphasized the importance of civil society's role in the G8-BMENA Forum for the Future process. She highlighted the role youth play in [...]	2009-11-22 16:39:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM MO XF
09RABAT928	UNDER SECRETARY OF EDUCATION MARTHA [...] Summary: From November 1 through 4, 2009, Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education Andre Lewis, and the Under Secretary's Chief of Staff, Alejandra Ceja, represented the U.S. Department of Education at a series o [...]	2009-11-24 18:03:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI MO
09RABAT932	INTER-PARTY POLITICS LEAVES WOMEN BY THE WAYSIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: Unlike the June communal elections in which, through the aid of a 12 percent quota, women won an unprecedented number of regional and city council seats, female candidates fared poorly in the successive rounds of indirect voting, including for parliament,s upper house election [...]	2009-11-25 14:32:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KWMN KDEM MO
09RABAT950	OECD-MENA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE, NOVEMBER 23, MARRAKESH [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The November 23 OECD-MENA Ministerial Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, brought government, business, and civil society leaders together to debate policy responses to the global economic crisis as well as government and business climate reforms in the Middle East and [...]	2009-12-04 15:20:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON EINV SOCI MO
09RANGOON106	BURMA: CLARIFYING USG POSITION ON GAVI [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points February 18 to Dr. Nyo Nyo Kyaing, Director of the International Health Division of the Ministry of Health. Charge had sought to speak directly to the Health Minister, but he has been unavailable. Charge explained to Nyo Nyo Kyaing that the USG did not [...]	2009-02-19 07:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI EAID PHUM PGOV BM
09RANGOON156	BURMA: LAUNCHING PILOT PROJECT TO COMBAT MULTI-DRUG [...] (SBU) The Burmese Ministry of Health, working with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Medecins sans Frontieres-Holland, will launch a three-year multi-drug and extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR- and XDR-TB) pilot program in Rangoon on March 23 and Mandalay on April 2. The Nati [...]	2009-03-11 06:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM
09RANGOON175	BURMA: TRIPARTITE CORE GROUP POWERS CURTAILED [...] (C) UN Resident Coordinator Bishow Parajuli informed diplomats and aid officials March 18 that the Government of Burma has decided that the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) will no longer have the power to approve visas and extensions of stay for international staff engaged in Cyclone Nargis relie [...]	2009-03-18 08:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINR SOCI BM
09RANGOON187	BURMA: REACTIONS TO THE "AFTER THE STORM" REPORT [...] (C) Officials from the UN and international NGOs, including International Development Enterprises (IDE),Save the Children, and CARE, have criticized the findings of a recent assessment of Cyclone Nargis assistance conducted by Johns Hopkins and the Emergency Assistance Team (EAT) based in T [...]	2009-03-26 01:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	BM EAID PGOV PREL SOCI
09RANGOON200	BURMA: DONORS PREPARING TO PURCHASE TB DRUGS IN [...] (C) Burma will face a shortage of tuberculosis (TB) drugs in mid-2010, leaving the region vulnerable to new outbreaks of both TB and multi-drug resistant TB. WHO estimates that Burma needs between USD 4-5 million to cover the drug shortfall; and to ensure timely delivery of drugs, procureme [...]	2009-03-31 07:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM
09RANGOON207	BURMA: GLOBAL FUND PRINCIPAL RECIPIENTS SELECTED [...] (SBU) The Minister of Health chaired the fourth Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) meeting March 31 in preparation for the GOB's planned Round 9 Global Fund application. During the meeting, CCM members selected Save the Children (US) and the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) as the du [...]	2009-04-06 22:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM
09RANGOON214	BURMA: TCG REGAINS LIMITED VISA POWERS FOR UN, [...] (SBU) During the past month, UN and ASEAN members of the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) have joined us in urging the Burmese Government to reconsider its early March decision to strip the TCG of its power to approve visas for Cyclone Nargis-related activities (reftel). In an April 3 letter to [...]	2009-04-08 07:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI EAID PREL PINR PGOV BM
09RANGOON223	BURMA: REVISED TRIPARTITE CORE GROUP TO HAVE NO [...] (C) The UN Resident Coordinator in Burma has clarified that, under new Government of Burma (GOB) rules, the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) has no visa-authorization powers, not even for ASEAN or the UN. All visa requests for Cyclone Nargis related activities must now be approved by the GOB's F [...]	2009-04-10 05:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINR SOCI BM
09RANGOON237	BURMA: URGING THE GOB TO ADDRESS GLOBAL FUND ACCESS [...] (SBU) With the June 1 deadline fast approaching, the Ministry of Health (MOH) and WHO technical advisors continue to revise the MOH's draft Round Nine Global Fund application. Embassy Rangoon, USAID, and other donors reviewed and provided comments on the first draft; we expect to review the [...]	2009-04-27 07:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM
09RANGOON326	BURMA: HEALTH MINISTRY SUBMITS GLOBAL FUND [...] (SBU) The Minister of Health submitted the Burmese Government's Round Nine Global Fund (GF) application on May 31, requesting USD 320.6 million over five years to fund HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB),and malaria programs. Funds, if approved, will be overseen by two principal recipients: Save t [...]	2009-06-03 01:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM
09RANGOON428	BURMA: GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES PILOT MDR-TB PROGRAM; [...] (C) The Burmese Ministry of Health (MOH),in coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Medecins sans Frontieres-Holland (MSF-Holland),launched a three-year multi-drug and extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR- and XDR-TB) pilot program in Rangoon on July 9; the MOH plan [...]	2009-07-10 03:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM
09RANGOON432	BURMA: INCREASING DRUG RESISTANCE FOR MALARIA [...] (C) Malaria is one of the most prevalent diseases and leading causes of mortality in Burma. In 2008, the Ministry of Health (MOH) reported more than 564,000 cases, with 959 deaths. NGOs emphasize that these figures grossly underestimate Burma's true morbidity, which they estimate is two mi [...]	2009-07-13 05:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM
09RANGOON66	BURMA: PREPARATIONS CONTINUE FOR GLOBAL FUND [...] (C) The Minister of Health chaired the third Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) meeting January 30 in preparation for the GOB's planned round nine Global Fund application. During the meeting, CCM members agreed on the proposed selection process for the dual principal recipients (PRs),who [...]	2009-02-04 07:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM
09RIGA238	PRESIDENT PUSHES GOVERNMENT TO GET SERIOUS ON [...] (C) Summary. At the request of President Zatlers, the Cabinet held a extraordinary session on April 24 to discuss budget and government reform issues, specifically focusing on overhauling Latvia's health and education services. This meeting is being followed by a second extraordinary session [...]	2009-04-30 12:58:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI LG
09RIGA275	EASTERN LATVIA - ECONOMIC WOE, SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 11:51:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI PHUM EIND LG
09RIGA277	GAY PRIDE MARCH CALM DESPITE OPPOSITION [...] Summary: The May 16 Baltic Pride parade in Riga drew about 300 participants and a far larger crowd of protestors, but it avoided the problems of violence and overzealous security seen in previous years. The event took place despite a late move by some members of the Riga City Council to revok [...]	2009-05-18 14:45:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI LG
09RIGA298	LATVIAN HEALTH MINISTRY CUTS BUDGET; TUBERCULOSIS [...] (U) Summary. The Latvian Ministry of Health, like other Latvian ministries, is facing huge budget cuts and restructuring as the country deals with its financial crisis. Officials state that the cuts and reforms will not negatively affect Latvia's ability to provide essential health care or to [...]	2009-05-29 11:26:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON EFIN LG
09RIGA310	LATVIAN ELECTION CAMPAIGNS FUELED BY ETHNIC TENSION [...] Summary: Ethnic identity remains an important -- and perhaps decisive -- factor in the June 6 municipal and European Parliament elections in Latvia. Several parties have based their campaigns on divisions between Latvians and Russians and their sometimes divergent political goals. Ethnic poli [...]	2009-06-03 11:49:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI PHUM LG
09RIGA33	KNEE JERK REACTIONS EXACERBATING LATVIA'S PROBLEMS [...] (C/NF) Summary: The failure of the Latvian government to engage the people in the realities of the economic situation and to explain what will be needed to move the country forward has sent trust in government to historic lows. This tension boiled over into violence following an anti-governm [...]	2009-01-15 12:02:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV ECON SOCI LG
09RIGA338	Who will run Riga? [...] Nils Usakovs, leader of the leftist and heavily ethnic-Russian party, Harmony Center, will be the next mayor of Riga. This will mark the first time since the restoration of independence that an ethnic-Russian has filled the job. Although Harmony Center won a strong plurality of votes in the J [...]	2009-06-17 14:57:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI PHUM LG
09RIGA521	CUTS TO LATVIAN HEALTH SYSTEM LOWERS H1N1 READINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Cuts to the Health Ministry's budget have weakened Latvia's ability to respond to an unlikely but possible H1N1 outbreak. Latvia cannot afford H1N1 vaccines and has fewer resources to combat an outbreak. So far the virus does not appear to be widespread in Latvia. End Summar [...]	2009-10-16 14:53:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PGOV SOCI AMED CASC LG
09RIODEJANEIRO285	Rio Radar - August 21, 2009 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a weekly compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: CLEANING UP THE FAVELAS: ECONOMIC BENEFIT TRUMPS COSTS ------------------------------ [...]	2009-08-24 09:58:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EINV EIND EPET EWWT PHUM PINS SOCI BR
09RIODEJANEIRO290	Rio Radar - August 28, 2009 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a weekly compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: PRESALT OIL ROYALTIES ISSUE DIVIDES GOVERNORS IN RIO CONSULAR DISTRICT 2. (U) On [...]	2009-08-28 20:08:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET PHUM SOCI BR
09RIODEJANEIRO302	Rio Radar - Weeks of September 4 and 11, 2009 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a weekly compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This report's subjects: NARCO-TRAFFICKING GANGS ATTACK POLICE IN SALVADOR 2. (U) On September 7, narco-t [...]	2009-09-11 16:17:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EPET PHUM SOCI BR
09RIODEJANEIRO311	Rio Radar - September 18, 2009 [...] Rio Radar is a weekly compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: RIO MAYOR WANTS FURTHER COOPERATION WITH USG 2. (U) On September 11, Principal Officer m [...]	2009-09-22 09:58:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EAIR EINV EPET ENRG PREL PHUM SOCI BR
09RIODEJANEIRO329	COUNTER-INSURGENCY DOCTRINE COMES TO RIO'S FAVELAS [...] (SBU) Beginning in December 2008, Rio de Janeiro Governor Sergio Cabral, with support from Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes, launched a comprehensive program to "pacify" Rio de Janeiro's violent favelas (i.e., vast shantytowns that are spread around the city's core) by establishing and maintaining a sus [...]	2009-09-30 18:18:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS SOCI SNAR ECON PBTS PREL BR
09RIODEJANEIRO334	Rio Radar - Weeks of September 25 and October 2, 2009 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a weekly compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: U.S. DRAWS THOUSANDS AT BRAZIL'S PREMIER BOOK FAIR 2. (U) The United States was th [...]	2009-10-08 17:28:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET PHUM SOCI SNAR PGOV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO348	Rio Radar - October 16-23, 2009 [...] Rio Radar is a regular compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. Subjects for 16-23 October: AECIO NEVES ON PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS 2. (SBU) In a 20 October call on Minas Ger [...]	2009-10-23 09:22:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PHUM SOCI PGOV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO353	A VISIT TO A PACIFIED FAVELA [...] (SBU) Summary: On 16 October 2009 Principal Officer and consulate officers joined Rio State Secretary of Security Beltrame and police officials for a visit to Dona Marta, the first favela formally considered "pacified" under the state government's Favela Pacification Program (ref b). Along wit [...]	2009-10-27 17:34:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI SNAR PGOV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO357	(C) WAR BY ANY OTHER NAME: RIO'S "INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT" [...] (C) Summary: Rio Principal Officer, accompanied by PAO, met on 23 October with XXXX (strictly protect),XXX for the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) in Rio. XXXX has long ICRC experience in conflict zones. It is his assessment that the situation in many Rio favelas today is, for al [...]	2009-11-03 14:11:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SNAR PGOV ASEC BR
09RIODEJANEIRO364	Rio Radar - November 4, 2009 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a regular compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: FARC ARMS TRAFFICKING PIPELINE TO RIO DE JANEIRO? 2. (SBU) On October 22, [...]	2009-11-05 15:25:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN KNNP SOCI PTER EAIR TSPL CO BR
09RIODEJANEIRO365	RIO WEIGHS OPTIONS FOR NEXT FAVELA PACIFICATION [...] (C) On October 29, the Superintendent for Operational Planning from Rio's State Security Secretariat said Rio Governor Sergio Cabral would decide by the end of November whether to "pacify" five less populated, lower-threat favela communities or focus on one largely populated, higher-threat fave [...]	2009-11-09 17:29:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SNAR PGOV ASEC BR
09RIYADH1012	NATIONAL DIALOGUE: STRENGTHENING NATIONAL UNITY [...] (SBU) Secretary General Faisal al-Moammar of the National Dialogue Center told Charge July 27 that King Abdullah had created the national dialogue campaign - aimed at promoting tolerance and moderation in Saudi society - because of Saudi society's reluctance to embrace change and serious diff [...]	2009-08-04 15:21:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SA SOCI
09RIYADH1021	THE JURASH ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG: SEASON II, DIGGING [...] (SBU) On July 31, the CDA and an Embassy delegation visited the Jurash archaeological dig in Asir province, the first U.S. - Saudi joint excavation in the Kingdom. The Jurash dig, currently in its second season, is funded by ExxonMobil. The Embassy played an important part in facilitating Sa [...]	2009-08-05 12:21:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI SA
09RIYADH1024	KING KHALID UNIVERSITY IN ASIR: FEMALE STUDENT BODY, [...] (SBU) During Charge's (Ambassador Erdman) August 1 visit to King Khalid University in Asir, Deputy Rector Dr. Saeed Raffaa and Deputy Rector for Female Colleges Dr. Amer Al-Shahrani discussed the predominantly female student body, changing faculty, and revised curriculum. Charge noted the impor [...]	2009-08-08 04:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM PREL SCUL SA
09RIYADH1034	PRINCE FAISAL BIN KHALID DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) HRH Prince Faisal bin Khalid, Governor of Asir province, acknowledged security concerns about Iran, Libya, and neighboring Yemen related to his province in a meeting with Charge Ambassador Erdman in the Governor's Abha office August 1. He agreed to provide additional security forces for v [...]	2009-08-12 04:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAO EINV PREL SCUL SMIG SOCI SA
09RIYADH1058	SAUDI VOICES OF FEMINISM: RUNNING THE GAMUT FROM [...] (C) The Saudi male guardianship system is the major impediment to advancing the status of women in Saudi Arabia. Although various women's groups have challenged the system, it has deep roots in Saudi culture and tradition, but very little basis in law, as opposed to regulations or policies. Li [...]	2009-08-16 04:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWMN PGOV PHUM SA SOCI
09RIYADH1101	SAUDI VOICES OF FEMINISM: RUNNING THE GAMUT FROM [...] (C) The Saudi male guardianship system is the major impediment to advancing the status of women in Saudi Arabia. Although various women's groups have challenged the system, it has deep roots in Saudi culture and tradition, but very little basis in law, as opposed to regulations or policies. Li [...]	2009-08-26 06:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWMN PGOV PHUM SA SOCI
09RIYADH1107	EDUCATION REFORM AND THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE: [...] (C) King Abdullah's national dialogue campaign addressing the Saudi population's reluctance to embrace reforms is taking on new forms. Recent episodes of the popular television program "Tash ma Tash" underscore national dialogue is not just an empty slogan but a vehicle that can give courage, [...]	2009-08-26 16:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	KISL KWMN PGOV PREL PHUM SA SOCI
09RIYADH1111	SORCERY CALLING SCAM TARGETS [...] (SBU) A/GSO received a call at 17:45 on August 25 from an unknown number with country code 221 (the country code for Senegal). Upon returning the call, a man purporting to know her said in Egyptian colloquial Arabic that he "wanted to help her." "You are in danger -- your life is in danger," h [...]	2009-08-28 11:47:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ASEC KCRM SOCI SA SG
09RIYADH1112	ROYAL EXTENSIONS OF GOVERNORSHIPS - PRESERVING THE [...] (C) On August 23, King Abdullah issued royal decrees extending the terms of HRH Mishal bin Majed bin Abdelaziz as Governor of Jeddah City, and of Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al-Abdelkadir as Deputy Minister of Civil Services. These appointments are in keeping with the King's general tendency t [...]	2009-08-28 11:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SA SOCI
09RIYADH1278	KING CHARTS NEW VISION FOR SAUDI ARABIA WITH [...] (SBU) After only three short years of preparation, Saudi Arabia inaugurated the King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) in an elaborate ceremony on September 23, coinciding with Saudi National Day. The massive scale and luxury of the amenities are physical reminders of the [...]	2009-09-29 06:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL SOCI EINV KSCA SCUL SA
09RIYADH1304	ROWDY SAUDI NATIONAL DAY CELEBRANTS TURN TO [...] (C) The third Saudi National Day celebrations on September 23 fell victim to acts of vandalism and looting of restaurants, cafes, and shops (some of which were U.S. franchised establishments) that caused over a million dollars in damage and resulted in at least several dozen arrests. (NOTE: RS [...]	2009-10-01 16:20:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ASEC SA
09RIYADH1305	ROWDY SAUDI NATIONAL DAY CELEBRANTS TURN TO [...] (C) The third Saudi National Day celebrations on September 23 fell victim to acts of vandalism and looting of restaurants, cafes, and shops (some of which were U.S. franchised establishments) that caused over a million dollars in damage and resulted in at least several dozen arrests. (NOTE: RS [...]	2009-10-02 10:08:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ASEC SA
09RIYADH1360	PROVOCATIVE SAUDI COMEDY HIGHLIGHTS INFLATION CONCERNS [...] (SBU) For sixteen years, Saudi viewers have become accustomed to gathering around their television sets after breaking the Ramadan fast to watch the highly satirical and painfully critical Saudi comedy show Tash Ma Tash. This show broadcasts one thirty minute skit each night during Ramadan, ge [...]	2009-10-13 08:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PGOV SCUL SA
09RIYADH1514	SAUDI WOMEN'S QUIET PROGRESSION [...] (SBU) Saudi Arabia is the biggest economy in the Middle East despite the fact that women constitute only 10 percent of the workforce. The SAG continues to create education opportunities for women, but the private sector seems to lack both the infrastructure and ability to absorb the growing nu [...]	2009-11-14 11:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SCUL SOCI ELAB EFIN SA
09RIYADH1540	SAUDI CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR MUSES ON FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Muhammed Al-Jasser, Saudi Arabia's Central Bank Governor, recently reviewed for the Ambassador the Kingdom's last fifty years of Saudi financial history, which he stressed plays an important role in shaping Saudi economic policy on issues like the dollar peg. Overspending Saudi A [...]	2009-11-21 13:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON SOCI PREL SA
09RIYADH1584	SAUDI NOMINATIONS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT, INTERIM [...] Mission Saudi Arabia provides the following nominations for the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship (solicited reftel). Additional biographic material and justification will follow in the next few days. Due to the Hajj and Eid holidays, the Saudi government and private sectors have been of [...]	2009-12-04 16:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI XF SA
09RIYADH1665	FULL BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATIONS FOR SAUDI [...] Mission Saudi Arabia provides the following expanded background and justifications for its nominations for the President's summit on entrepreneurship (nominees previously submitted ref B). Please note one replacement from our previous submission: Ms. Maria Jamal Mahdaly, who was recently name [...]	2009-12-23 12:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV SOCI XF SA
09RIYADH233	Little hope for quick relief from the great tonic water [...] (SBU) The shelves of Saudi groceries stores normally are as blessed with food as the country's land is blessed with prodigious oil reserves, so emboffs took note several months ago when tonic water began to disappear from stores, homes, and restaurants. Initially Western expats assumed tonic wa [...]	2009-02-07 09:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI SA
09RIYADH292	ROSES ARE RED, AND BLACKLISTED: SAUDI ARABIA NOT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 14:47:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV KPAO SOCI SA
09RIYADH799	SAUDI RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: TAIF CHRISTIANS UNHINDERED [...] (C) TAIF CHRISTIANS FREE TO WORSHIP In two separate meetings on June 9 and 14, Embassy Indian Christian contacts confirmed that the 14 Taif Christians threatened with deportation in July/August 2008 have been left alone by the Saudi government (Reftel A, B and C). Advised by fellow Christia [...]	2009-06-16 11:07:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SA SOCI KIRF
09RIYADH823	FEMALE MUTAWWA'IN IN SAUDI ARABIA? [...] (SBU) In May 2009, the Shura Council approved a bill to allow the religious police to hire women. The bill, which would need to be approved by the Council of Ministers and King to become law, has provoked intense controversy and mostly negative public opinion. It is not likely to be approved [...]	2009-06-21 15:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SA SOCI KWMN
09RIYADH824	SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DECRIES STATUS OF [...] (C) Saudi human rights activist Ibrahim Mugaiteeb told Poloff that the Kingdom's most pressing human rights issues were the status of women and the deteriorating situation of the Shi'a. Founder of Human Rights First Society, Mugaiteeb urged the USG to press the SAG to recognize non-government [...]	2009-06-21 16:08:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SA SOCI KWMN
09RIYADH914	EX-IM BANK DISCUSSES $2 BILLION ARAMCO FACILITY, U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Export-Import Bank Director Bijan Kian visited Dhahran June 25-28 to meet with business leaders in the Eastern Province. Kian discussed next steps towards signing a $2 billion facility with Saudi Aramco and explored other export opportunities for U.S. goods and services in [...]	2009-07-13 10:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET SOCI SA
09ROME1004	ITALY H1N1 UPDATE: 1800 CONFIRMED CASES, NO DEATHS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed A(H1N1) infections in Italy reached the total of 1800 as of August 26. So far, only a few hospital admissions and no deaths are reported. However, a 24-year-old man is currently in an intensive care unit; his case strengthened calls for a nation-wide de [...]	2009-09-01 08:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR IT
09ROME1049	GAERC DEMARCHES ON SRI LANKAN IDPS; ARMENIA, [...] (SBU) On September 11, Post delivered reftel points to Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for EU External Relations Minister Michele Esposito. Minister Esposito, who deals with all GAERC-related issues, noted that there is no item pertaining to Sri Lanka on the September 14-15 GAERC [...]	2009-09-11 12:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EUN MASS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER SOCI
09ROME1339	ITALY SUPPORTS US APPROACH ON DPRK UNIVERSAL [...] (C) Italy agrees with the USG views and suggested questions and recommendations for the upcoming U.N. Human Rights Council's (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the DPRK according to MFA Human Rights Office Director Laura Carpini. Carpini commented that the proposed questions were thorou [...]	2009-12-04 14:04:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA IT
09RPODUBAI169	DRUG USE IN IRAN DECLINING, U.S. MODEL CREDITED [...] (C) Summary: A medical professor who consults for the IRIG on drug treatment and prevention programs said that demand reduction programs are showing results in reducing drug use in Iran. He said that Iran now models many of its demand reduction and addiction treatment efforts on programs deve [...]	2009-04-14 10:55:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI176	DECONSTRUCTING THE IRANIAN ELECTORATE [...] (S) Summary: The Iranian electorate comprises a diverse mix of voters, including the true believers, the scared voters, and those just looking for moderate improvement. This year, much discussion has centered on four groups of voters: rural voters, urban voters, young voters, and a potential bl [...]	2009-04-21 11:37:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	PGOV ECON KDEM SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI315	IRANIAN JEWISH YOUTH "CONFESSES" TO SPYING FOR ISRAEL; [...] (S/NF) Summary: A former Jewish MP said that at least one Jewish youth was among the hundred defendants subjected to the first show trial that began August 1 and the 18-year old has already made a videotaped confession to spying on behalf of Israel. His arrest has sparked fears that more membe [...]	2009-08-03 10:51:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI319	IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI:WINDOW ON IRAN-AUGUST 5, [...] (S) Endorsement, Inauguration Initiate Ahmadinejad's Second Term: Supreme Leader Khamenei officially endorsed Ahmadinejad for the presidency on August 3 and today Ahmadinejad took the oath of office during his inauguration. Both events have been scrutinized for their clues to the elite infight [...]	2009-08-05 12:41:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI329	RESEARCHER DESCRIBES HIV/AIDS SITUATION IN IRAN [...] (C) Summary: An Iranian HIV/AIDS researcher in Dubai applying for a visa sat down with IRPO to discuss the HIV/AIDS situation in Iran. Less than 1 percent of the Iranian population is infected, though developing accurate statistics is difficult because the leading causes of HIV/AIDS in Iran, in [...]	2009-08-12 10:52:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON KHIV IR
09RPODUBAI331	IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOWN ON IRAN-AUGUST [...] (S) Shahroudi's Term Approaches its End: An IRPO contact with indirect access to senior Iranian officials told us that Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi was leaving his office frustrated that he had been unable to make significant changes to strengthen Iran's justice system. [...]	2009-08-12 12:18:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR SOCI TSPL IR
09RPODUBAI385	IRAN: IRIG SEES ROOT CAUSES OF OPPOSITION IN THE CLASSROOM [...] (C) Summary: Supreme Leader Khamenei and the IRIG have signaled their intention to move beyond the arrests of opposition figures and attack the perceived intellectual basis of the opposition. This initiative seems to be at least a two-pronged approach -- limiting the ability of universities to [...]	2009-09-17 15:02:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI51	IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - FEBRUARY 3, [...] [S/NF] Election Update - Rumors of Ahmadinejad's Delusions May Hurt His Chances, Khatami Poised to Enter, Velayati May Be Compromise Choice: Several of our Iran and Dubai based contacts have noted Ahmadinejad is facing a major reelection challenge, and that only the Supreme Leaders' active supp [...]	2009-02-03 13:49:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI56	IRAN'S HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM - AN INSIDE LOOK [...] (C) Summary: Iran's best universities largely focus on engineering, which the country's top students pursue for its supposed financial reward. Our interlocutors ranked Iran's best schools similarly, starting with Sharif University of Technology and generally concluding with the Islamic Azad U [...]	2009-02-05 09:18:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON SOCI SCUL IR
09SANAA1309	TA'IZ RESIDENTS EXPRESS CONSENSUS ON UNITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his first official visit to Ta'iz on July 22, the Ambassador met with the Governor, the political opposition, civil society leaders, and staff at USAID-grantee al-Jumhuriya Hospital. The Governor and opposition were emphatic about the need to preserve Yemeni unity, while busin [...]	2009-07-26 14:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI ECON YM
09SANAA1678	FROM YEMEN, ANOTHER TALE OF WOE: 12-YEAR-OLD CHILD [...] (SBU) A 12-year-old girl died on September 11 after three days of painful labor in Hudeidah governorate. The girl, Fawzia Abdullah Yousef, was married to a 24-year-old laborer at the age of 11. Her case became public when a local human rights worker from the Seyaj organization for child righ [...]	2009-09-15 13:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI YM
09SANAA1832	TALE OF TWO HOSPITALS HIGHLIGHTS ROYG'S MISPLACED FISCAL PRIORITIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-06 05:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON GM PGOV PREL SOCI UK YM
09SANAA184	BOYS FIGHTING AS MEN IN YEMEN'S TRIBAL CONFLICTS [...] SUMMARY. A recent report by a local NGO touting high rates of child combatants in tribal warfare has garnered considerable international coverage. Culturally, however, the adolescents are viewed as adults who owe allegiance to their tribes and are fighting to protect their homes. This may [...]	2009-02-02 12:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI YM
09SANAA2041	CAUGHT BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH, TAIZ CITIZENRY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The residents of Taiz, Yemen's most populous governorate and the country's cultural and educational capital, share the same frustrations expressed by citizens across the country: a water crisis, economic woes and a crackdown on human rights such as freedom of the press. Unlike [...]	2009-11-09 13:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON YM
09SANAA2058	WATER RESOURCES FALL AS WATER SCARCITY RISES ON [...] (C) Summary. Water remains a socially threatening, yet politically sensitive subject in Yemen; government action has stagnated as water resources continue to decline. The lack of regulation of drilling rigs and the cultivation of qat are largely responsible for the continuing decline of wate [...]	2009-11-14 08:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID MASS PGOV SENV SOCI YM
09SANAA2124	IDPS IN AMRAN ESCAPE WAR BUT STILL EXPOSED TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The approximately 28,000 IDPs in Amran governorate may have escaped the conflict zone, but their survival remains precarious. Local authorities view them with suspicion and have attempted to restrict and manipulate aid delivery for political purposes. The camp established for [...]	2009-11-24 11:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UNHCR YM
09SANAA215	LIFE ON THE BORDER: CHILD MIGRATION IN YEMEN'S [...] SUMMARY. Thousands of children in Yemen's northern governorates travel illegally to Saudi Arabia in search of work, despite the dangers inherent in this path. Children face physical and sexual abuse, as well as grinding poverty across the border. Increasing ROYG awareness and efforts by th [...]	2009-02-07 07:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI YM
09SANAA2170	MEPI'S LOCAL GRANTS PROGRAM: A YEMEN SUCCESS STORY [...] Summary. With more than 7000 registered Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs),but little to no indigenous funding for its nascent civil society, Yemen has benefited greatly from the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)'s local grants program. The local grants program has made a particul [...]	2009-12-07 08:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KDEM KPAO EAID PREL PGOV SOCI YM
09SANAA2178	POPULATION PROJECTIONS OFF THE CHARTS IN YEMEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Population projections in Yemen are among some of the highest in the world. According to the ROYG's National Population Council, the Yemeni population (approximately 23 million) will double within 23 years if current growth rates continue. With assistance from the United Nat [...]	2009-12-09 07:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KWMN KIRF ELAB EAID ECON
09SANAA271	YEMENIS THINK SAUDI ARABIA COULD DO MORE TO STOP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ROYG officials and independent experts repeatedly express frustration with the lack of Saudi cooperation on trafficking-in-persons issues, including children smuggled to Saudi Arabia for work and Saudi "sex tourists" who frequent underage prostitutes in Yemen. They allege tha [...]	2009-02-11 14:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KTIP YM
09SANAA314	A VICTORY FOR CHILD BRIDES: PARLIAMENT (FINALLY) [...] With strong opposition from Islah, Parliament voted on February 14 to approve a marriage law setting the minimum age of marriage at 17 for men and women. The law also stipulates that no woman of any age can be married without her consent. Parents violating the law face imprisonment for up to [...]	2009-02-21 08:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI YM
09SANAA493	YEMEN UNPREPARED FOR LONGTERM GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The global financial crisis has directly affected the public sector, while indirectly affecting the private sector in Yemen. While the ROYG has responded in the short-term by cutting disbursements to the budget, a long-term solution to the crisis remains elusive. The ROYG is [...]	2009-03-22 13:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	EAID ECON EFIN EIND ETRD SOCI USAID YM
09SANAA813	YEMEN: WILD, BUT STILL NOT WET [...] SUMMARY. A water-scarcity crisis continues to loom over Yemen. Both urban and rural areas remain at risk from water scarcity, water contamination and untreated waste water, and a mismanaged water policy is generally to blame. Yet, recent increased coordination between the ROYG and donor com [...]	2009-04-29 14:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID MASS PGOV SENV SOCI YM
09SANJOSE217	SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes Vice President and Dr. Biden and their delegation, and provides this broad overview as requested by the OVP. The Arias administration has made progress on key elements of its 2006-2010 agenda, most notably entering the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Repub [...]	2009-03-23 16:05:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD OTRA OVIP PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI
09SANJOSE23	MAGNITUDE 6.2 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES COSTA RICA, [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 8, a localized but devastating 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Costa Rica about 30 kilometers north of San Jose, near Poas volcano, a popular tourist destination. As of January 14, there were 23 known dead, nearly 100 injured and 11 still missing. The killer earthquak [...]	2009-01-16 14:50:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS PGOV SOCI EAID AEMR ASEC PHUM SEVN
09SANJOSE25	HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT TOUTS NEW ERA OF HHS/FDA COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt's January 7, 2009, return visit to Costa Rica to open the new regional office of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received a warm welcome from President Oscar Arias, relevant Government Ministries, the press, [...]	2009-01-16 18:25:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL PGOV SOCI OSCI OTRA OVIP CS
09SANJOSE28	NOVEMBER'S MASSIVE FLOODING IN LIMON PROVINCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. At the end of Costa Rica's rainy season late last November, a stationary storm caused massive flooding in Limon province. The Ambassador authorized his $50,000 disaster assistance authority (Ref B) and Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B) helicopter assets were deployed to assist both [...]	2009-01-20 18:44:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS PGOV SOCI PHUM CS
09SANJOSE55	COSTA RICA: 2008 WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] The following is the 2008 worst forms of child labor report for Costa Rica in response to Ref A; it updates our 2007 report, Ref B. Answers are keyed to Ref A, and source documents will be emailed to DOL/ILAB TMcCarter per same. The Government of Costa Rica is committed to eliminate the worst [...]	2009-01-29 16:12:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI KTIP CS
09SANJOSE836	COSTA RICA: MEDRETE TREATS NEARLY 400 PATIENTS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 11-12, Honduran-based Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B) and Costa Rican medical personnel conducted a Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) in Costa Rica's remote, mountainous Turrialba region. Nearly 400 people received much-needed medical treatment. Three me [...]	2009-10-02 14:18:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MASS SOCI CS
09SANSALVADOR1045	MILITARY ANTI-CRIME PLAN A GAMBLE FOR FUNES [...] (C) Summary: On November 5, President Funes signed an emergency decree to deploy 3,500 soldiers into 28 urban areas to combat a growing wave of violent crime. Politicians, the military and the public strongly support the plan, but critics fear human rights violations and damage to the Salvado [...]	2009-11-09 11:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET//NOFORN	KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PINS PREL SOCI MOPS ES
09SANSALVADOR513	EL SALVADOR REALLOCATES LOANS, APPROVES DEBT TO ADDRESS [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 22, the Legislative Assembly unanimously approved the reallocation of $950 million in international loans and the issuance of $1.8 billion in new medium and long term debt to replace short-term debt in order to face the effects of the international financial crisis in El S [...]	2009-06-08 17:47:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON SOCI PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR63	EL SALVADOR: CHILD LABOR REPORT 2008 [...] (U) Summary: Pursuant to ref A, this cable provides information on the worst forms of child labor in El Salvador. As a country eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP),the Government of El Salvador (GOES) supports efforts to eliminate the worst forms of [...]	2009-01-21 22:14:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI ES
09SANSALVADOR647	NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE OUTLINES VISION FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. New Minister of Agriculture Manuel Sevilla discussed his Ministry's role in the Government of El Salvador's (GOES) "anti-crisis" plan and his views on agricultural assistance during a June 25 courtesy call. The Ministry of Agriculture's anti-crisis program will focus on a combina [...]	2009-07-08 21:46:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PGOV SOCI EFIN ES
09SANSALVADOR817	WAVE OF PROTESTS MAY SIGNAL FMLN EFFORT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent wave of protests organized by a so-called environmental group, "La Coordinadora Nacional de Medio Ambiente (CNMA)", are likely part of a movement by hard-line elements of the FMLN to undermine President Funes. Over the past several weeks, the CNMA has carried out large-scale, [...]	2009-08-28 22:35:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG EAGR SENV SOCI ES
09SANSALVADOR889	EL SALVADOR'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL A COMPROMISE [...] (C) Summary: El Salvador's Legislative Assembly chose Romeo Benjamin Barahona Melendez as its new Attorney General (AG) September 18 following a long power lacuna in the office. The AG has significant influence on law enforcement and security policy in El Salvador. Barahona promises a rene [...]	2009-09-22 17:05:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS SNAR SOCI ES
09SANSALVADOR980	TACA AND AVIANCA AGREE TO MERGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, El Salvador's Grupo TACA announced a merger with Colombia's Avianca Airlines to form Latin America's second-largest carrier. TACA's primary short-term benefit is new long-haul routes to Europe and North America. The local American Airlines representative does not [...]	2009-10-14 19:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON SOCI ES

09SANTIAGO106	CHILEANS, HUNGRY FOR CHANGE, EYE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Progressive Chilean leaders admit that their Concertacion coalition's nearly twenty year rule has left the Chilean public largely uninspired by the prospect of another Concertacion president and has led to stale party politics. Concertacion has been hurt by a series of relative [...]	2009-02-04 10:35:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO1176	Embassy Santiago Nomination for International Woman of [...] Post nominates Maria Antonieta Saa Diaz, Chilean parliamentarian, for the Secretary's International Woman of Courage Award for 2010. Deputy Saa has been a fierce advocate for women's issues throughout her political career, spanning from her clandestine activism during the Pinochet dictatorshi [...]	2009-12-04 18:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KWMN SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO124	CHILE'S AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR DEFENSE REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Although it has received only periodic attention in the press, President Bachelet has encouraged a far-reaching series of defense reforms which, if approved, would dramatically restructure the Ministry of Defense, usher in significant changes to military procurement, and create [...]	2009-02-10 20:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PHUM SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO221	JCS MULLEN IN CHILE: LATIN AMERICAN ENGAGEMENT A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen emphasized the priority of U.S. engagement with Latin America during his March 3 visit to Chile. In meetings with President Bachelet, Minister of Defense Goni, and Chief of National Defense Ewing, Chairman Mullen praised th [...]	2009-03-09 19:53:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO3	CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE: PINERA STILL LEADING, FREI [...] (SBU) Summary: The latest poll on possible presidential candidates shows that former president Eduardo Frei is very competitive with OAS SecGen Jose Miguel Insulza to receive the nod as the Concertacion candidate. But both trail opposition leader Sebastian Pinera by a sizeable margin, althoug [...]	2009-01-02 16:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON CI
09SANTIAGO309	VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MARCH 27 MEETING WITH [...] (U) March 27, 2009; 6:30 pm ) 7:05 pm; Vina del Mar, Chile. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Joseph Biden, Vice President Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Dan Restrepo, Senior Dire [...]	2009-04-02 15:53:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI UY JOSEPH BIDEN
09SANTIAGO312	VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MARCH 27 MEETING WITH ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER [...] (U) March 27, 2009; 7:15 pm ) 7:55 pm; Vina del Mar, Chile. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Joseph Biden, Vice President Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Dan Restrepo, Senior Dire [...]	2009-04-02 19:50:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI ETRD AR JOSEPH BIDEN
09SANTIAGO324	VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MARCH 27 MEETING WITH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN [...] (U) March 28, 2009; 8:30 am; Vina del Mar, Chile. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Joseph Biden, Vice President Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Brian Harris (notetaker),Political/Economic Officer, U. [...]	2009-04-03 22:17:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET	OVIP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI UK PK JOSEPH BIDEN
09SANTIAGO327	MAJOR EDUCATION REFORM LAW APPROVED BY CHILEAN CONGRESS; [...] (SBU) Summary: Both houses of Chile's Congress on April 1 passed a new General Law for Education (LGE) that aims to broadly reform primary and secondary public education. The LGE is based on a widely-applauded bipartisan agreement signed between the Concertacion government and opposition lea [...]	2009-04-06 21:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI SCUL CI
09SANTIAGO331	VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MARCH 28 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO [...] (U) March 28, 2009; 9:20 am; Vina del Mar, Chile. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Joseph Biden, Vice President Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Dan Restrepo, Senior Director, Western Hemisphere Affairs, [...]	2009-04-07 20:57:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET	OVIP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI EU JOSEPH BIDEN
09SANTIAGO515	BACHELET'S FINAL PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS HAILS SOCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a May 21 State of the Union speech, President Bachelet hailed her government's achievements in promoting social protection, focusing on improvements in healthcare, housing, and education. She took credit for Chile's deft handling of the global financial crisis and said the c [...]	2009-06-03 12:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI PREL PHUM ELAB KTIA CI
09SANTIAGO524	CHILE'S SURPRISE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: HERE TO [...] (C) Summary: Marco Enriquez-Ominami, a 35-year old Socialist parliamentarian and former filmmaker, has burst onto Chile's presidential scene in recent weeks. Known as one of the "unruly" parliamentarians from the ruling Concertacion coalition, Enriquez-Ominami is running against his party (and the [...]	2009-06-05 13:44:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON SNAR CI BO
09SANTIAGO548	CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE: ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition presidential candidate and business leader Sebastian Pinera believes that successive Concertacion governments have been complacent in managing Chile's economy, missing opportunities for structural change and modernization, and creating an extensive and pricey social s [...]	2009-06-11 20:07:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SOCI KIPR CI
09SANTIAGO565	PINERA ADVISORS: A FREE MARKET APPROACH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A strong belief in free markets and the importance of the private sector is a consistent thread in economic, social, energy, and political policies articulated by advisors to opposition presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera. In describing plans to fight poverty, improve edu [...]	2009-06-17 19:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI ELAB SENV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO566	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BACHELET'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's June 23-24 visit to Washington represents an opportunity to broaden and deepen the "equal partnership" we enjoy with one of the hemisphere,s most successful democracies. Chile is off to a strong start with the Obama Administration. The Vice President,s Marc [...]	2009-06-17 19:57:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD MARR CI ENRG SOCI
09SANTIAGO579	CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE: AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Eduardo Frei, Concertacion presidential candidate, received the Ambassador at his home June 17, hours before re-launching his campaign at a massive rally. The Senator predicted that he would win against Alianza candidate Sebastian Pinera in a second-round run-off. He cr [...]	2009-06-19 22:40:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO751	CHILE A DEVELOPED COUNTRY BY 2018: FREI'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Advisors to presidential candidate Eduardo Frei advocate pushing Chile into the ranks of developed countries within 10 years via pro-business reforms, pro-labor measures, and support for entrepreneurs. The advisors, part of a progressive policy network known as "Oceanos Azule [...]	2009-08-05 20:27:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO826	MYTH VS. REALITY IN CHILE'S MAPUCHE CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary: Despite sensationalist press coverage and a popular image of bloody conflict in Chile's southern Mapuche heartland, poloffs found that relations between indigenous and non-indigenous communities were largely non-violent, if often tense and distrustful. Three people -- all Mapuche activ [...]	2009-09-03 18:05:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL SOCI CI CO SP
09SANTIAGO843	CHILE: Indigenous Conflict Tops Domestic Political Agenda [...] (SBU) Summary: Indigenous conflict -- particularly between Mapuche and non-indigenous land owners in southern Chile -- has forced itself prominently on to President Bachelet's political agenda following the August 12 police killing of a Mapuche activist. Over the past 20 years, relations between th [...]	2009-09-10 21:36:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO885	LOW LEVEL VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN CHILE'S INDIGENOUS SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three recent attacks in Chile's Araucania region, the heart of indigenous Mapuche territory, have riveted attention once again on continuing disputes between indigenous groups and the state in southern Chile. The Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM),a violent Mapuche group with a history [...]	2009-10-23 19:04:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI CI PHUM
09SANTODOMINGO104	FY 2009 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] Per reftel request, US Embassy Santo Domingo confirms that UN agency INSTRAW (UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women),is located in the Dominican Republic. INSTRAW provided post with a list of twenty-five (25) civil society organizations with which it h [...]	2009-01-27 17:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM SOCI
09SANTODOMINGO1341	FY 2010 Pedophilia Certification [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 17:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AORC KWMN SOCI UN
09SANTODOMINGO141	DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) This message responds to the Department of Labor's request for comments on its draft list of products produced with child or forced labor, as required under the TVPRA Act (Ref A). Embassy Santo Domingo opposes the inclusion on the list of the Dominican sugarcane industry for forced labor [...]	2009-01-30 19:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP DR
09SANTODOMINGO206	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - RESPONSE FOR CHILD LABOR [...] The following information is Post's response to Reftel A request for information for the Trade and Development Act 2008 Report and follows the same question and answer format as the original request. A) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor. What laws have been p [...]	2009-02-13 18:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID DR
09SANTODOMINGO96	FY 2009 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] Per reftel request, US Embassy Santo Domingo confirms that UN agency INSTRAW (UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women),is located in the Dominican Republic. INSTRAW provided post with a list of twenty-five (25) civil society organizations with which it h [...]	2009-01-27 16:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM SOCI
09SAOPAULO126	OUTDATED LABOR LAWS MAY ENCOURAGE LAYOFFS [...] (U) Summary: According to Brazilian labor economists, Brazil's outdated labor laws are inflexible and may result in companies laying off workers rather than preserving employment through negotiation in times of crisis. Therefore, some laws enacted to protect workers' rights paradoxically cau [...]	2009-03-06 16:27:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EFIN ECON EIND PGOV PHUM SOCI BR
09SAOPAULO182	OUTREACH TO AFRO-BRAZILIANS - TAKING OBAMA TO THE [...] (U) Summary: Traditional Afro-Brazilian community (quilombo) leaders expressed admiration for President Obama and were pleased to hear about the U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan Against Racism (JAPR) during Poloff's February 10 visit to the Vale do Ribeira region of Sao Paulo State. Quilombos a [...]	2009-03-25 10:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL SOCI PGOV INR KPAO BR
09SAOPAULO317	The MST Method: Work the State, Alienate the Locals [...] (SBU) Summary: The Landless Rural Worker's Movement (MST) follows a pre-planned methodology in its land seizures that includes leveraging contacts within the GOB's National Institute of Colonization and Agricultural Reform (INCRA) to help select targets, according to MST expert Clifford Welch [...]	2009-05-29 13:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAGR ELAB PHUM PINS EINV SOCI ASEC BR
09SAOPAULO601	LABOR LEADERS' POSITIVE OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent discussions, Sao Paulo labor leaders were positive on the voice of unions in Brazilian economic policy. Sector representatives praised U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Kirk's September 16 visit, expressing gratitude for his interest in their views on trade but indicate [...]	2009-10-13 17:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI SCUL EFIN ECON PREL BR
09SAOPAULO602	SAO PAULO EXPERTS DETAIL CONTINUING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: Forced labor, lack of land titles, Trafficking in Persons (TIP),the pace of justice and poor prison conditions emerged as recurring themes in an extensive round of recent meetings with Sao Paulo (SP) human rights experts. While contacts cited improvements --a rise in the number [...]	2009-10-13 18:24:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL PREL BR
09SAOPAULO662	SAO PAULO ACTIVISTS DESCRIBE AFRO-BRAZILIAN CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Key human rights and antidiscrimination contacts spoke with visiting Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chairman Stuart Ishimaru October 20 in the run-up to the Joint Action Plan Against Racism (JAPER) meeting in Salvador October 21. While all saw improvem [...]	2009-11-10 17:04:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI SCUL EAID KPAO ELAB BR
09SAOPAULO708	Sao Paulo Nominee for Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit [...] Sao Paulo Brazil nominates Andre Luz Lara Mello to participate in President Obama's summit for Young Muslim Entrepreneurs during the first quarter of 2010 per State 112468. 2. Sao Paulo hosts Brazil's and South America's largest concentration of Muslim communities. Most Brazilian Musl [...]	2009-12-09 12:10:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI
09SAOPAULO720	LAUNCH OF SAO PAULO MONTHLY HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR SWEEP [...] Summary: The following is the first in a new monthly series summarizing human rights and labor developments in the Sao Paulo Consular District (i.e. the states of Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and Mato Grosso do Sul) not covered in broader reporting. POLICE DETAIL [...]	2009-12-15 17:38:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV BR PHUM ELAB SOCI EAID KPAO KCRM
09SAOPAULO98	INL ANTICRIME PROGRAM BEARS FRUIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The State of Sao Paulo is making improvements to its once-notorious juvenile detention system (Fundacao CASA, formerly known as FEBEM),in part thanks to USG support. The improvements became clear during a February 3, 2009 visit to two such facilities by International Narcotic [...]	2009-02-13 16:01:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
09SARAJEVO1372	BOSNIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Embassy Sarajevo appreciates the opportunity provided in reftel to nominate candidates from the Bosnian Muslim community to participate in the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit in the spring. However, we request exemption from the requirement to recruit candidates actively and to hol [...]	2009-12-15 16:44:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI KPAO BK
09SARAJEVO1419	BOSNIA: SLIGHT DELAY IN IMF SECOND TRANCHE [...] (SBU) It appears that Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is on track for receiving the next tranche of assistance from the country's IMF Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) in January 2010. However, given political squabbling, particularly as 2010 is an elections year, we will not be surprised by delays as a [...]	2009-12-28 07:17:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV IMF SOCI BK
09SARAJEVO1433	BOSNIA: ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) constitute the most numerous of the three constituent peoples in BiH and the majority group in the Federation of BiH and capital city Sarajevo. Given that the three constituent groups (Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats) are divided along ethnic-religious line, one of [...]	2009-12-31 10:10:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL KPAO PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI BK
09SARAJEVO299	BOSNIA: LABOR STATE OF PLAY - PROGRESS ON ECOSOC [...] (SBU) Summary: The creation of a Bosnian European-model Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at the state level has been a goal of the international community and advocates of expanded government/labor dialogue for several years. The BiH Directorate for European Integration has included the c [...]	2009-03-11 06:46:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ELAB ETRD SOCI
09SARAJEVO361	BOSNIA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR THE TRADE AND [...] There have been no legislative or regulatory updates since March 2008 on laws related to child labor. There is no tradition in Bosnia and Herzegovina of forced labor in the production of goods. Known incidents of child labor take place in small, family-owned shops (services) and farms (agri [...]	2009-03-23 10:34:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI
09SARAJEVO954	BOSNIA: FY09 INL-MANAGED SEED-FUNDED LAW [...] (U) The U.S. Government's core strategic objective in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) is to lock the country into a self-sustaining path towards Euro-Atlantic integration. A BiH inside NATO and the EU is the best guarantee that the country's future will be stable, democratic and prosperous. Strong l [...]	2009-08-04 14:35:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ASEC SNAR KCRM KJUS SOCI BK
09SARAJEVO955	BOSNIA: FY09 INL-MANAGED SEED-FUNDED LAW [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 14:39:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ASEC SNAR KCRM KJUS SOCI BK
09SECTION01OF03BRUSSELS1234	SE WOLPE'S CONSULTATIONS WITH THE EU 31 AUGUST - 1 [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Special Envoy to the African Great Lakes, Howard Wolpe, met with development and humanitarian aid officials from the Commission, and security and defense officials at the Council Secretariat. He also met with the Secretariat's Africa Task Force and attended a lunch meeting [...]	2009-09-11 15:52:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MOPS MARR SOCI CG BE
09SECTION01OF03SANJOSE525	COSTA RICA: MORE MEANINFUL MILITARY MISSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Significant U.S. military humnitarian missions and training took place in Cosa Rica during April and May, continuing the strig of activities begun in late 2007. In April, oer 150 U.S. military personnel practiced disaster mnagement and recovery techniques with civilian clleagu [...]	2009-06-25 18:47:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS MARR SOCI EAID CS
09SEOUL1386	HYUNDAI CHAIRWOMAN ON DPRK TRIP, KIM JONG-IL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 25 breakfast with the Ambassador, Hyundai Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun said DPRK leader Kim Jong-il (KJI) claimed a lack of trust between the two Koreas was the main reason for "difficulties" in inter-Korean relations. KJI groused that the Ministry of Unification (M [...]	2009-08-28 08:07:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINR KS KN
09SEOUL1400	INTER-KOREAN RED CROSS TALKS ON FAMILY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The North Korean delegation to the August 26-28 inter-Korean Red Cross talks showed up armed with instructions from Kim Jong-il (KJI) to agree immediately to family reunions by Chusok (Korean Thanksgiving, October 2-3),but was not prepared to negotiate additional reunions. Ministry of [...]	2009-09-01 09:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1419	KOREA STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH FOREIGN WIVES [...] (C) Summary: The number of Korean men marrying foreign women has increased dramatically in the past decade, and in 2006 41 percent of rural marriages were international marriages. Most arrangements are intended to be mutually beneficial -- men facing a shortage of eligible brides and women [...]	2009-09-04 06:23:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KPAO SOCI PHUM KS
09SEOUL1421	NK DEFECTORS MOCK CURRENT DPRK CAMPAIGN AS [...] (C) Summary: Three trusted interlocutors told us that North Korea's "150-Day Battle" campaign has devolved into a state-sponsored shakedown of small-scale North Korean traders who have managed to stash away foreign currency and/or accumulate consumer goods by doing business successfully in t [...]	2009-09-04 09:30:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV SOCI ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1468	DPRK NOT STARVING BUT CONTROLS ERODING, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with poloffs, Kookmin University professor and longtime DPRK-watcher Andrei Lankov ridiculed NGO assertions that North Korea is facing another major famine but did say the regime's internal political controls are weakening. Lankov asserted that up to 80 p [...]	2009-09-14 08:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS CH
09SEOUL1513	SENIOR ROK DIPLOMAT ON IRAN, DPRK HUMANITARIAN AID [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon told the DCM on 9/21 that while the ROK would be as helpful as possible on Iran issues in the coming weeks, Seoul's position would be shaped by what Tokyo does. Lee argued the ROKG position on humanitarian assistance to North Korea is clear and cons [...]	2009-09-23 07:28:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KS KN JN IR
09SEOUL1529	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Deputy Secretary, all of us at Embassy Seoul warmly welcome you back to Korea. Your visit comes as we are in a sweet spot in the relationship, with a strongly pro-American president who has largely recovered from last year,s debacle on the importation of American beef and is committed [...]	2009-09-24 08:24:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	OVIP PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KN KS
09SEOUL1531	MOFAT Previews FM Yu's Upcoming Visit to Tokyo [...] (C) In a preview of Foreign Minister Yu's upcoming visit to Japan, MOFAT DG for Northeast Asia Cho Tai-young noted the potential for negative fallout from next year's 100th anniversary of Japan's annexation of Korea. He said a pending Japanese decision on textbook guidelines relating to the L [...]	2009-09-24 08:58:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI KS JN
09SEOUL1556	CHINESE DCM ON DPRK DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Embassy DCM Xing Haiming, one of the PRC's most experienced DPRK-watchers, told DCM Tokola that the PRC hoped for a quick, positive decision by Washington on bilateral talks with Pyongyang. An upside to holding discussions in North Korea, he said, was that the DPRK inte [...]	2009-09-28 09:04:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1604	GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO DPRK ON SUCCESSION, 150-DAY [...] (C) During a recent meeting with Ambassador Stephens, Germany's ambassador in Pyongyang, Thomas Schaefer, asserted that military hardliners had seized the initiative while Kim Jong-il (KJI) was recovering from his stroke and are now ascendant in the DPRK government. According to Schaefer, con [...]	2009-10-08 08:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON PHUM KN GM
09SEOUL1612	RURAL NORTH KOREANS THANKFUL FOR U.S. MEDICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The CEO of an American NGO that provides humanitarian assistance to North Korea, Robert Springs, told the Ambassador on October 7 that medical equipment and generators provided to rural hospitals were being used as intended and appeared to be well maintained. Springs noted tha [...]	2009-10-09 08:42:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1617	RARE DPRK APOLOGY MAY SIGNAL START OF NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) During October 14 inter-Korean talks on flood prevention, the DPRK expressed regret for the deaths of six South Koreans caused by the unannounced release on September 6 of a huge amount of water from a dam just north of the DMZ. The Blue House moved quickly to characterize the North's con [...]	2009-10-14 09:43:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KN KS
09SEOUL1664	ROK DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER READOUT ON IRAN VISIT [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon, MOFAT's point man on Iran issues, told the DCM on October 20 that post-election protests in Iran represented conflict between "hardliners and other hardliners" and not between the government and the people. Lee dismissed the protests a "tempest in a [...]	2009-10-21 06:31:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MNUC SOCI KS IR
09SEOUL1667	ROK CONSIDERING MORE FOOD AID TO THE DPRK -- IF [...] (C) A senior Ministry of Unification (MOU) official told us that the October 16 inter-Korean Red Cross talks went unexpectedly badly. The North's delegation rejected South Korea's proposal to hold another round of family reunions and asked for a significant amount of food aid. Our contact re [...]	2009-10-21 07:47:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1672	UK AMBASSADOR SAYS CHINESE AID KEEPING DPRK "ON [...] (C) During a 10/19 breakfast with Ambassador Stephens, UK Ambassador to Pyongyang Peter Hughes asserted that Chinese economic aid was keeping the DPRK economy from collapsing. He said most factories were not functioning and the regime's "150-Day Battle" campaign appeared to be more about keepi [...]	2009-10-21 09:01:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON SOCI KN CH
09SEOUL1679	EMBASSIES PRAISE ROKG ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Korean Government has established a strong track record of cooperation with the United States, Canada, and Australia on anti-trafficking efforts. In an attempt to gauge ROKG cooperation with other countries on trafficking issues, poloff met with representatives from the Mong [...]	2009-10-22 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KPAO SOCI PHUM KS
09SEOUL1680	PROMINENT DPRK DEFECTOR ON REPORTED CLASHES [...] (C) Summary: Prominent North Korean defector Kang Cheol-hwan asserted on 10/21 that the DPRK's latest labor mobilization campaign has damaged this year's food crop harvest. Mandatory ideological busywork has kept workers out of back alley black markets and forced farmers to neglect their pri [...]	2009-10-22 08:47:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON KN
09SEOUL1698	HYUNDAI ASAN HOPING TO BENEFIT FROM NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) Hyundai Asan is preparing to move quickly to resume tourism to Kaesong city and Mount Kumgang in the event of a breakthrough in North-South relations, according to company executive vice president Jang Hwan-bin. Jang claimed that word-of-mouth reports about the Kaesong Industrial Complex's [...]	2009-10-26 08:28:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1699	ROK EXPERT CLAIMS CHINA WON'T OBSTRUCT DPRK ENDGAME [...] (C) The intellectual godfather of the ROK's current DPRK policy, Professor Nam Joo-hong, told us that in the event of a DPRK collapse China would not stand in the way of the ROK's efforts to unify the Korean Peninsula. Nam claims senior PRC intelligence officials have told him that Chinese in [...]	2009-10-26 09:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON KN KS CH
09SEOUL1707	"DR. CORN" SAYS DPRK HARVEST COULD BE OFF 60 [...] (C) Biologist Kim Soon-kwon, an internationally-recognized corn expert, told us on October 23 that the DPRK corn and rice harvests could be a staggering 60 percent lower than last year, based on recent field observations near Kaesong and Pyongyang. Kim explained that this year's crops were s [...]	2009-10-27 09:14:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR SOCI KN
09SEOUL1771	SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGES WON'T COLLAPSE DPRK, SAYS [...] (C) During a November 2 meeting with poloffs, prominent North Korean defector Cho Myung-cheol emphasized that the DPRK's poor harvest and severe food shortages are "nothing new." The major difference between now and the famine of the late 1990s, said Cho, is that non-elite North Koreans have [...]	2009-11-05 08:43:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS CH
09SEOUL1772	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO KOREA, [...] (SBU) Mr. President, all of us at Embassy Seoul warmly welcome your first official visit to Korea. The U.S.-ROK alliance is in arguably its best shape ever, and it is growing in scope. We have a historic opportunity to expand cooperation with an ally that sees its national interests as coinc [...]	2009-11-05 10:25:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KN KS
09SEOUL1785	SENIOR UNIFICATION MINISTRY OFFICIAL ON DPRK FOOD [...] (C) One of the Ministry of Unification's top DPRK experts, Yang Cheong-seok, told us that North Korea's grain harvest was down about 10 percent from 2008, a shortfall that would be "manageable" for the regime. The DPRK's food shortages would worsen next spring and summer because the ROK had no [...]	2009-11-09 09:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI ECON KN KS CH
09SEOUL1804	ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON TROIKA VISIT TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) During the EU Troika's October 26-30 visit to North Korea, interlocutors had consistently stressed that Pyongyang was ready to discuss "anything" with Washington, without preconditions, according to EU Commission DCM Uwe Wissenbach. The 2009 harvest appeared to have been only slightly wors [...]	2009-11-13 08:02:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI ECON KN
09SEOUL1867	TOP JAPANESE PYONGYANG-WATCHER ON SINO-DPRK TIES [...] (C) Fresh from detailed discussions with longtime Chinese and North Korean contacts in Beijing, noted Japanese DPRK-watcher Professor Hajime Izumi told us that Premier Wen's October trip to Pyongyang had restored China's influence with the DPRK and put Beijing's relationship with the North bac [...]	2009-11-25 09:07:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV ECON SOCI KN CH KS JP
09SEOUL1888	MOFAT MIDDLE EAST DG ON IRAN, SYRIA AND NORTH [...] (C) MOFAT Middle East Bureau Director General Kim Jin-soo told the DCM that the ROK was deeply concerned about Iran's defiant reaction to the November 27 IAEA Board of Governor's resolution. The DG, noting the ROK had voted with the U.S. on the resolution, emphasized that Seoul would follow W [...]	2009-12-02 05:14:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MNUC SOCI ECON ETRD KS IR SY
09SEOUL1900	DFM LEE SAYS ROK WELCOMES NEW U.S. APPROACH ON [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points on December 1 to Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon, asking the ROK to urge the Burmese government to engage in serious dialogue with the opposition and allow ASSK to meet with the National League for Democracy's entire leadership council. DFM Lee said the [...]	2009-12-03 05:49:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI BM KS KN
09SEOUL1901	DFM LEE SAYS ROK WELCOMES NEW U.S. APPROACH ON [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points on December 1 to Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon, asking the ROK to urge the Burmese government to engage in serious dialogue with the opposition and allow ASSK to meet with the National League for Democracy's entire leadership council. DFM Lee said the [...]	2009-12-03 05:49:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI BM KS KN
09SEOUL1902	PDAS DONOVAN'S NORTH KOREA MEETINGS AT MOFAT [...] (C) ROK Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Wi Sung-lac told EAP PDAS Joe Dononvan during a 12/2 meeting that Korea appreciated Ambassador Bosworth agreeing to stop in Seoul immediately before and after his upcoming trip to Pyongyang. Wi was concerned by the [...]	2009-12-03 06:34:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1903	PDAS DONOVAN'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY NSA KIM TAE-HYO [...] (C) During a December 2 meeting at the Blue House with EAP PDAS Joe Dononvan, ROK Deputy National Security Advisor Kim Tae-hyo characterized Ambassador Bosworth's upcoming trip as a "chance to check out the views" of the DPRK leadership. Kim warned that the North Koreans would attempt to provok [...]	2009-12-03 06:48:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS AF IR
09SEOUL1906	PDAS DONOVAN'S MEETING WITH DPRK REFUGEE COMMUNITY [...] (C) During a wide-ranging discussion over dinner on December 2, five prominent leaders from the North Korean refugee community told EAP PDAS Joe Donovan that ordinary people in the DPRK are listening to and reading "illegal" media from the South. Donovan's interlocutors cited a range of diffi [...]	2009-12-03 08:48:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KPAO MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1921	DPRK CURRENCY FIASCO MAY SOON CAUSE MAJOR FOOD [...] (C) British diplomats in Pyongyang have reported that shops and markets remain closed in the wake of the sudden DPRK government decision to replace its currency. There are rumors that the revaluation of goods in state stores and unofficial markets would take at least another week, which would [...]	2009-12-04 09:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI ECON EFIN KN KS
09SEOUL1932	CHINESE DCM ON BOSWORTH VISIT, DPRK CURRENCY CHAOS [...] (C) Chinese Embassy DCM Xing Haiming predicted on December 8 that Ambassador Bosworth would be successful in persuading the DPRK to return to the Six-Party Talks (6PT),though the North Koreans would likely demand at least one more bilateral meeting with the United States ahead of a possible pl [...]	2009-12-09 08:14:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS CH
09SEOUL1956	AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 14 LUNCH WITH UNIFICATION [...] (C) Unification Minister Hyun In-taek confirmed to the Ambassador on December 14 that the ROK will soon provide 500,000 doses of antiviral drugs to the DPRK to help it handle an H1N1 outbreak. Hyun said the Ministry of Unification (MOU) plans to increase the budget for DPRK-related activities [...]	2009-12-15 07:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN SOCI KN KS CH
09SEOUL1988	AMBASSADOR RAISES HAGUE CONVENTION ON CHILD [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 16, Ambassador Stephens and Consul General Cynthia Sharpe met with Minister of Justice Lee Gwi-nam to press for Korea to accede to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Parental Child Abduction and to continue to fight human trafficking in Korea an [...]	2009-12-22 07:22:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM KOCI CASC KTIP KJUS KS
09SEOUL2002	CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO ROK ON SIX-PARTY TALKS, DPRK [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-24 03:12:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV ECON SOCI KN CH KS
09SHANGHAI110	BREAD AND ROSES: CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY IN [...] (SBU) Shanghai women enjoy a higher social status than in most other parts of China, according to attendees at a Consulate lunch in honor of International Women's Day. The guests talked freely about their own struggles as women in male-dominated fields such as film, law, and engineering, and e [...]	2009-03-09 02:55:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PHUM ECON PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO CH
09SHANGHAI128	UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SHANGHAI SEE ROUGH ROAD AHEAD FOR [...] (C) Summary: During a series of roundtable discussions, university students in Shanghai said they see a rough road ahead for China over the next several years but believe the economic downturn will help China in the long run if it leads to economic restructuring. Although many students were s [...]	2009-03-18 09:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ELAB SOCI PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI150	EXPLORING BRIDGES TO NANJING CIVIL SOCIETY: FEDERATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Initial calls on the Nanjing Federation of Industry and Commerce and the Nanjing Academy of Social Science yielded potentially valuable contacts for gauging the extent of civil society development in Nanjing. Although both bodies are closely tied to the Communist Party, they [...]	2009-04-02 08:55:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ECON CH
09SHANGHAI154	EAST CHINA VIEWS ON THE OPEN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION ACT [...] (SBU) As the implementation of the Central Government's Open Government Information (OGI) Regulation approaches its first anniversary on May 1, officials in East China are handling a deluge of public requests for information, as well as subsequent administrative litigation lawsuits against gove [...]	2009-04-07 01:00:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KJUS CH
09SHANGHAI168	GRAB THE TIGER BY THE TAIL: ONLINE REPORTS OF CORRUPTION ON [...] (C) Summary: Online reports of corruption in East China appear to have increased over the past year. In particular, "Human Flesh Search Engines," where netizens post derogatory information about local government officials, are attracting greater public attention in East China. While East Chin [...]	2009-04-14 07:47:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TINT SOCI ETTC EFIN CH
09SHANGHAI175	THE PERFECT MURDER? DEVELOPMENT ZONE TAKES "BUSINESS AS [...] (C) An industrial development zone in western Shanghai hosted a glitzy investment seminar in Pudong's World Financial Center on April 10, one month after the zone's Communist Party Secretary was brutally murdered in an underground parking lot. There were no public references to the murder durin [...]	2009-04-16 08:45:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV PHUM SOCI EFIN CH
09SHANGHAI195	(SBU) EAST CHINA ANXIOUS OVER CHINA'S DOLLAR HOLDINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. East China reporters and academics interacting with visiting Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard W. Fisher repeatedly raised the possibility of a link between current U.S. monetary and fiscal policy expansion and future U.S. inflation. One of the most vocal academic [...]	2009-04-28 11:37:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI
09SHANGHAI21	MUSLIMS IN SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary: There are over 200,000 Muslims in Shanghai, according to one estimate, most of them migrants from Western China. The Muslim population in Shanghai has recently leveled off, though the number of Muslim students at Shanghai universities has increased. Muslims face no restrictions [...]	2009-01-09 08:52:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI211	ANHUI SHOWCASES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN LU'AN [...] (SBU) On April 25-27, Shanghai Deputy Principal Officer and ConOff traveled to Anhui to attend the 2009 Central China Expo in Hefei (ref A) and visit Lu'an Municipality in western Anhui. `Central China Rising' was the theme of the weekend, and provincial leaders and Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) [...]	2009-05-08 02:30:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELTN EIND PGOV SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI228	CONSUMPTION COUPONS IN HANGZHOU: BOOSTING CONSUMPTION, OR [...] (SBU) Summary: One of few cities in China to issue its own consumption coupons, Hangzhou has taken the lead in local government efforts to boost consumption. The Hangzhou Government issued the first tranche of consumption coupons in mid-January 2009, followed by a second tranche in March 2009 [...]	2009-05-22 06:25:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI23	SOME ECONOMIC OPTIMISM PERSISTS IN YIWU [...] (SBU) Summary: City officials and businesspersons in the Zhejiang Province manufacturing and trading city of Yiwu in mid-December continued to express optimism that Yiwu and its businesses will fare comparatively better than other parts of Zhejiang and other parts of China during this economic [...]	2009-01-12 06:41:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SOCI
09SHANGHAI230	CODEL PELOSI'S MEETING WITH SHANGHAI CATHOLIC BISHOP JIN, [...] (U) Summary. Shanghai Catholic Bishop Jin welcomed Speaker Pelosi and her delegation in their first meeting following arrival in China on May 24, and proclaimed himself to be satisfied with the degree of religious freedom now existing in China. He praised President Obama's May commencement [...]	2009-05-25 10:13:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH
09SHANGHAI231	CODEL PELOSI'S MEETING WITH SHANGHAI CATHOLIC BISHOP JIN, [...] (U) Summary. Shanghai Catholic Bishop Jin welcomed Speaker Pelosi and her delegation in their first meeting following arrival in China on May 24, and proclaimed himself to be satisfied with the degree of religious freedom now existing in China. He praised President Obama's May commencement [...]	2009-05-25 10:13:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH
09SHANGHAI24	SHANGHAI "TWO MEETINGS" OPEN: LEADERS FACING ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) Shanghai Municipality's "Two Meetings" kicked off on January 12 with the opening session of the Shanghai Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Reflecting on a "challenging year" in 2008 and looking ahead to 2009, the CPPCC Shanghai Committee's "Work Re [...]	2009-01-12 07:52:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB EFIN SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI245	TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY: SHANGHAI FOCUSED ON ECONOMICS, NOT [...] (C) A wide range of Shanghai-based contacts said they expect the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre to pass with little fanfare in the city, as current concerns about China's economic downturn outweigh political considerations. Given the focus in Shanghai on the economi [...]	2009-06-01 08:29:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI ASEC CH
09SHANGHAI249	SHANGHAI QUIET ON TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) Shanghai appeared quiet on the 20th anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen Square crackdown. CongenOffs visiting People's Square, Pudong, and local universities observed an increased police presence in several areas, but there were few indications that the situation was anything but business [...]	2009-06-04 09:22:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI ASEC CH
09SHANGHAI250	MAYBE THE CAGE IS GETTING BIGGER: HANGZHOU CONTACTS DISCUSS [...] (C) Three Hangzhou-based reform-minded contacts told PolOff on the 20th anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen Square massacre that they are optimistic the "cage is getting bigger" in East China, as the Communist Party, unable to control everything, has been forced to yield ground on basic freedom [...]	2009-06-05 03:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI258	NEW NANJING MASSACRE FILM DOES LITTLE TO CHANGE CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: The recent Chinese movie "Nanjing! Nanjing!" has stirred much domestic debate over the Nanjing Massacre and its implications for current Sino-Japan relations but has done little to alter public sentiments toward Japan. Comments on Chinese blogs are sharply divided between those w [...]	2009-06-12 02:36:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL CH JA
09SHANGHAI27	BLOGGER JIA XIAOYIN RELEASED BY POLICE [...] (C) Shanghai police released blogger Jia Xiaoyin from jail on January 13, six months after he was arrested for "spreading rumors" about the Yang Jia trial and charged with libel. The case had been widely criticized in the legal community because of the lack of a legal basis for charging libel [...]	2009-01-14 05:20:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI TINT CH
09SHANGHAI273	CHINA'S HEALTHCARE REFORM/REBALANCING: THE SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China released its national roadmap for healthcare reform on April 6, which calls for universal healthcare coverage by 2020 and large investments in key areas. Provinces and municipalities (who will bear a large amount of the implementation costs) are now formulating their own [...]	2009-06-22 06:05:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI EFIN TBIO CH
09SHANGHAI277	NANJING MASSACRE MEMORIAL HALL DIRECTOR SEEKS CHANNEL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Non-Chinese, including some Japanese, accounted for about 10 percent of the 5.4 million visitors in 2008 to Nanjing's memorial hall commemorating the Chinese victims of the city's occupation by Japanese forces in 1937. Zhu Chengshan, the director of the memorial, which contains [...]	2009-06-26 05:53:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH JA PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI

09SHANGHAI281	NANJING ACADEMIC: DESPITE SLOWER REFORM, CHINESE DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary: As demonstrated by recent events, Iran, like China, currently lacks the political culture needed to support a democratic political system, according to a well-known Nanjing University academic. Discussion on democracy continues among intellectuals and the Chinese public, even th [...]	2009-06-29 08:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON IR PGOV SOCI
09SHANGHAI291	HOUSEHOLDS LOOKING AT REAL ESTATE PURCHASES, BUT GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese households in cities across China began to show renewed interest in residential property during the first four months of 2009, but the boost this gives to the economy is limited because developers are still running down their housing inventory. Speculators, who drove i [...]	2009-07-01 05:46:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI
09SHANGHAI292	BEIJING LOOSENING RESTRICTIONS ON PROPERTY DEVELOPERS [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks the Central Government has shifted from--in the words of one contact--"strangling" the property sector with regulatory restrictions to encouraging families to purchase homes. While this is not the direct aid that many struggling property developers were hoping [...]	2009-07-01 10:59:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI
09SHANGHAI320	CELEBRATING U.S. INDEPENDENCE DAY IN NANJING [...] Summary: High level enthusiastic attendance at Consulate General Shanghai's first ever Independence Day reception in Nanjing July 8 provided the capstone to our intensive outreach efforts over the past ten months. Senior leaders of both Jiangsu Province and Nanjing Municipality participate [...]	2009-07-17 10:45:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI BEXP KPAO ECON CH
09SHANGHAI351	SHANGHAI SUMMER SIMMERING WITH SUB-SURFACE SOCIAL STRIFE [...] (C) Two recent housing protests as well as other local concerns that cropped up during the summer highlight the continuing challenges to social stability in Shanghai. Consulate contacts say housing issues will remain a point of contention in the coming months, but point out that unrest to date [...]	2009-08-07 07:49:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI ASEC CH
09SHANGHAI368	ZHEJIANG ACTIVISTS ON POLITICAL ANNIVERSARIES, SOCIAL [...] (C) Human rights activists in Zhejiang Province told PolOff they currently enjoy relative freedom of movement following restrictions during the June 4 period, but they predict much tighter controls in the run-up to the 60th anniversary of the PRC in October. The activists remain concerned abou [...]	2009-08-20 08:28:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI404	SHANGHAI WOMEN'S FEDERATION CHAIRWOMAN ON PLENUM OUTCOMES [...] (SBU) The Chairwoman of the Shanghai Women's Federation discussed her views on the recently concluded CPC Central Committee Plenary Session and challenges facing NGOs with the Consul General on the margins of the 7th Shanghai International Forum for Children. During the forum's opening ceremon [...]	2009-09-25 06:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM ECON PREL OIIP KPAO CH
09SHANGHAI405	POLITICAL PESSIMISM AS 60TH ANNIVERSARY APPROACHES [...] (C) The recent plenary session of the Communist Party Central Committee and the upcoming 60th anniversary of the establishment of the PRC are mechanisms to protect the Party's legitimacy and reassert its supremacy over other political institutions, according to Shanghai contacts. Efforts to cu [...]	2009-09-25 08:07:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI411	60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS BALANCE LOCAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS [...] (SBU) As Shanghai prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China on October 1, municipal government officials and the state-run media have attempted to balance local pride with national unity. In public statements and newspaper articles, Shang [...]	2009-09-30 06:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KPAO SOCI TPHY CH
09SHANGHAI472	MEDIA FRENZY AS AMBASSADOR REVISITS ADOPTION SITE [...] U.S.-China relations received an emotional boost December 3 as Ambassador Huntsman and wife Mary Kaye brought their daughter Gracie Mei to visit the city where they adopted her in 1999. Yangzhou officials and the Yangzhou Children's Welfare Institute spared no effort in preparing an ebullient h [...]	2009-12-08 08:18:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO CH CASC SOCI CPAS CVIS
09SHANGHAI492	PARTY CHIEF TOUTS SHANGHAI'S ECONOMIC "TRANSFORMATION" [...] (SBU) Shanghai Communist Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng announced to a December 5-6 meeting of senior municipal officials that Shanghai would "lead the transformation of China's economic development model" in the coming year. Yu's statements appear to reassure local officials of Central Gover [...]	2009-12-18 09:19:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN SENV PHUM SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI63	SHANGHAI REFORMING MIGRANT CHILDREN EDUCATION, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai's large migrant population poses challenges for the Shanghai Government, as it tries to enact reforms of migrant children's education. Interlocutors cited the low quality of teachers, poor infrastructure, and the commercialization of migrant schools, which are run by mig [...]	2009-02-03 08:44:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL SMIG PINR SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI89	JIANGSU SCHOLARS SEEK CLEARER U.S. POLICIES ON FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) A desire for greater policy clarity by the United States dominated comments regarding the new U.S. administration by economists and sociologists at the Jiangsu Academy of Social Sciences. Jiangsu's export-dominated economy has suffered more than other parts of China with the global econo [...]	2009-02-20 09:03:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI90	ECONOMIC ISSUES DOMINATE JIANGSU COURT, PROCURATORATE [...] (SBU) Supporting government efforts to maintain economic growth figures prominently among the tasks facing the Jiangsu Provincial High Court and Procuratorate. Contract disputes make up the largest portion of new cases before the Jiangsu High Court, according to the court's president. Neverth [...]	2009-02-23 02:37:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN KJUS KPAO SENV SOCI CH
09SHENYANG150	YAO FUXIN'S LABOR PAINS: LABOR LEADER'S [...] (C) Summary. The family of labor activist Yao Fuxin, who was released from prison in March 2009, is still subject to restrictions on travel and very close scrutiny of all of their actions, according to the activist's daughter Yao Dan, who has reported to us periodically (Ref A and B). Mr. Yao' [...]	2009-08-25 03:37:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PINR PINS SOCI CH SPILL
09SHENYANG208	MIGRANT LABOR MARKET SNAPSHOT: CRACKS IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent visit to a major labor market in Shenyang shows that despite government and NGO efforts to increase protections for migrant workers, an underclass of mostly unskilled migrants continues to exist here. Individuals in this situation have difficulty finding temporary work [...]	2009-11-20 02:47:00	Consulate Shenyang	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PLAB PGOV SOCI CH
09SHENYANG220	PRC-DPRK BORDER: BRIBES SOFTEN LAWS ON REFUGEES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new consulate contact with family ties to one of South Korea's more conservative and recognized DPRK defector NGOs reports that Chinese government and security officials are willing to turn a blind eye to their operations to shelter-in-place undocumented North Koreans who want t [...]	2009-12-21 23:36:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH KN KS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RS SOCI
09SHENYANG221	PRC-DPRK BORDER: TRADERS DISCUSS CURRENCY REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in Northeast China along the PRC- DPRK border say that North Korea's latest currency reform will not have any short-term implications for social stability. Sources agreed that this was a move by the DPRK government to wrest back control of income streams from those who h [...]	2009-12-21 23:38:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN KN KS PGOV PINS PREL RS SOCI
09SINGAPORE1000	SINGAPORE TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES TO ORGAN TRANSPLANT [...] (SBU) Starting November 1, Singapore will implement recent amendments to its Human Organ Transplant Act (HOTA),which include a controversial measure to allow for monetary reimbursement for living, unrelated organ donors. The HOTA amendments followed extensive public debate about whether to [...]	2009-10-15 07:36:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI ECON SN
09SINGAPORE152	SINGAPORE MUSLIMS HAVE HOPE BUT WANT CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Singapore's Muslims welcome the Obama presidency as "a new era of hope," but are waiting to see what new steps the United States will take, Hajji Mohammad Alami Musa, President of the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS),told the Charge d' Affaires (CDA) on February 12 [...]	2009-02-19 09:54:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO SOCI SN
09SINGAPORE18	SINGAPORE TO ALLOW COMPENSATION FOR ORGAN DONORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced plans to amend the Human Organ Transplant Act (HOTA) in early 2009 to allow monetary compensation for donors, among other changes. The announcement followed an unusually extensive public debate about legalizing the organ tr [...]	2009-01-06 08:18:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SOCI ECON SN
09SINGAPORE559	SINGAPORE MUSLIMS IMPRESSED BY CAIRO SPEECH, BUT [...] (U) Summary: President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo generated a lot of attention and discussion in Singapore's Muslim community. Singapore's Muslims appreciated President Obama's Cairo speech, but they want to see what actions he will take, especially with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian [...]	2009-06-12 10:22:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO SCUL SOCI SN
09SINGAPORE58	TANG RECEIVES DEATH ROW KIDNEY; HOTA CHANGES ON [...] (SBU) Retail magnate TANG Wee Sung's quest for a kidney came to a bizarre conclusion January 9 when he received a kidney, apparently from hanged triad gang leader TAN Chor Jin. Tang's health problems became a front-page staple after he was fined and spent a day in jail last summer for trying [...]	2009-01-16 09:30:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SOCI ECON SN
09SINGAPORE61	JOURNALISTS FRUSTRATED BY PRESS CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: Singapore journalists say they are increasingly frustrated with GOS-imposed limits on their domestic reporting. Political leaders put pressure on the Straits Times (ST) staff to ensure that the paper's domestic coverage follows the government line. Reporters say they are eager [...]	2009-01-16 09:57:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PREL SN
09SINGAPORE965	SINGAPORE'S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM: ADDRESSING COSTS AND CARE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore's first graduate medical school, a partnership between Duke University and the National University of Singapore (NUS),opened September 29. The physicians it graduates will increase Singapore's pool of new doctors and help the island address increased healthcare deman [...]	2009-10-02 09:59:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI ECON SN
09SKOPJE206	MACEDONIA'S CULTURE WARS [...] (SBU) Summary: Coincidentally (or perhaps not),two church/state issues in Macedonia have grabbed the headlines and pitted PM Gruevski's VMRO government against the opposition and his own ethnic Albanian coalition partner, DUI. The GoM is aggressively pressing forward with its plans to fund t [...]	2009-05-08 06:38:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI MK
09SKOPJE589	MACEDONIA: NEW TIP COMBATING AND PREVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Macedonia has continued to refine its victim protection and TIP prevention activities and is attending to the shortcomings identified in its established TIP infrastructure. Partnering with the international community, the government has begun expansive training projects focused [...]	2009-12-07 09:17:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS SMIG SOCI ELAB TI KS SR
09SOFIA340	SOFIA GAY PRDE PARADE A QUALIFIED SUCCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY The second annual Rainbow Friendship parade hel on June 27 in downtown Sofia attracted over three hundred participants and avoided any violent incients or major anti-gay protests like those that arred last year's event. Eleven embassies, the Bulgarian Green Party and the Bulgari [...]	2009-07-02 07:06:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI BU
09SOFIA685	BULGARIA AND THE GLOBAL MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Post welcomes inclusion in the Global Muslim Engagement Initiative as outlined in ref A. We recommend tailoring post participation to fit Bulgaria's unique circumstances and look forward to working with S/P as suggested in reftel A to determine the most effective ways to proceed. Bulga [...]	2009-12-02 16:21:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PREL SOCI BU
09STATE100316	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, SEPTEMBER 2009 SESSION: [...] Background. A draft resolution on "Elimination of Discrimination Against Women," introduced by Colombia and Mexico, is being discussed at the September 2009 session of the Human Rights Council (HRC). The latest draft of the resolution, dated September 24, calls for appointment of an Indepe [...]	2009-09-26 00:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SIPDIS PHUM HRC KWMN SOCI UN
09STATE108572	INSTRUCTION: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON [...] The Department authorizes USDEL to join consensus on the resolution entitled "Cooperatives in Social Development," provided that the resolution text does not change significantly from the wording contained in REFTEL to negatively affect vital U.S. interests. CLINTON [...]	2009-10-20 22:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SOCI UN PHUM UNGA
09STATE108941	INSTRUCTION: JOIN CONSENSUS ON UNGA 3C RESOLUTION [...] The Department authorizes USDEL to join consensus on the resolution entitled "Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing," provided that the resolution text does not change significantly from the wording contained in REFTEL to negatively affect vital U.S. interests. 2. Additionally, [...]	2009-10-21 19:05:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SOCI UN PHUM UNGA
09STATE109025	INSTRUCTION: JOIN CONSENSUS UNGA 3C RESOLUTION [...] The Department authorizes USDEL to join consensus on the resolution entitled "Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women" provided that the resolution text does not change significantly from the wording contained in REFTEL to negatively affect vital U.S. interes [...]	2009-10-22 00:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SOCI UNAUS PHUM UNGA KWMN
09STATE109136	INSTRUCTION: CO-SPONSOR UNGA 3C RESOLUTION [...] The Department authorizes USDEL to co-sponsor the resolution entitled "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto," provided that the resolution text does not change significantly from the wording contained in REFTEL to negatively affect vital U.S. [...]	2009-10-22 13:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SOCI UNAUS PHUM UNGA
09STATE109493	INSTRUCTION: JOIN CONSENSUS UNGA 3C RESOLUTION [...] The Department authorizes USDEL to join consensus on the resolution entitled "Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond," provided the resolution text does not change significantly from the wording contained in REFTEL to negatively affect vital U.S. [...]	2009-10-22 22:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SOCI UN PHUM UNGA
09STATE110959	INSTRUCTION: CO-SPONSOR THIRD COMMITTEE [...] The Department authorizes USDEL to co-sponsor and join consensus on the resolution entitled "Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas," provided that the resolution text does not change significantly from the wording contained in REFTEL to negatively affect vital U.S. interests. C [...]	2009-10-27 21:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN UN PHUM SOCI AORC UNGA
09STATE112468	THE PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is an action cable, see paragraphs 7, 8, 9, and 10. In the Presidents June 4 speech in Cairo, he announced that he would host an Entrepreneurship Summit within a year. The National Security Council staff and the Domestic Policy Councils Office of Social Innovation and Civi [...]	2009-10-30 21:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI XF XI ZR ZP CN PU
09STATE112495	THE PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT AND BEYOND [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is an action cable, see paragraphs 7, 8, 9, and 10. In the President's June 4 speech in Cairo, he announced that he would host an Entrepreneurship Summit within a year. The National Security Council staff and the Domestic Policy Council's Office of Social Innovation and Ci [...]	2009-10-30 23:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI XF
09STATE116248	INSTRUCTION: COSPONSOR & JOIN CONSENSUS UN 3C [...] The Department authorizes USDEL to co-sponsor and join consensus on the resolution "Realizing the Millennium Development Goals for Persons with Disabilities" provided the resolution text does not change significantly from the wording contained in REFTEL to negatively affect vital U.S. interes [...]	2009-11-10 23:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SOCI UNAUS PHUM UNGA
09STATE117719	VOTING INSTRUCTION: JOIN CONSENSUS AND DELIVER [...] The Department authorizes USDEL to join consensus on the resolution entitled &Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children8 based on the text of the resolution provided in reftel. 2. USDEL is further instructed to deliver the following explanation of position: The United States is com [...]	2009-11-14 00:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA
09STATE118190	THE PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT AND BEYOND [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is an action cable, see paragraphs 7, 8, 9, and 10. In the President's June 4 speech in Cairo, he announced that he would host an Entrepreneurship Summit within a year. The National Security Council staff and the Domestic Policy Council's Office of Social Innovation and Ci [...]	2009-11-16 21:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI XF
09STATE118744	INSTRUCTION TO COSPONSOR & JOIN CONSENSUS ON UNGA [...] The Department authorizes USDEL to cosponsor and join consensus on the resolution entitled "Violence Against Women Migrant Workers" provided that the resolution text does not change significantly from the wording contained in REFTEL to negatively affect vital U.S. interests. CLINTON [...]	2009-11-17 22:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN AORC SOCI UN PHUM UNGA
09STATE119660	INSTRUCTION: JOIN CONSENSUS ON CHAIR'S TEXT OF [...] The Department authorizes USDEL to join consensus on the Chair's text entitled "Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly", provided t [...]	2009-11-19 20:19:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN SOCI UNGA UN AORC
09STATE119663	INSTRUCTION: JOIN CONSENSUS ON UNGA 3C RESOLUTION [...] The Department authorizes USDEL to join consensus on the resolution entitled "International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances", provided that the resolution text does not change significantly from the wording contained in REFTEL to negatively affect vit [...]	2009-11-19 20:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SOCI UNAUS PHUM UNGA
09STATE119804	INSTRUCTION: JOIN CONSENSUS AND DELIVER EOP ON UN [...] The Department instructs USDEL to join consensus on the resolution entitled "Rights of the Child" based on the text of the resolution provided in REFTEL 1 with proposed changes to OP 19 in REFTEL 2. If the resolution that is tabled differs from what was provided in REFTEL 1 and REFTEL 2, pl [...]	2009-11-19 23:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNGA SOCI AORC
09STATE119805	INSTRUCTION: JOIN CONSENSUS ON UNGA 3C RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 00:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA
09STATE119806	INSTRUCTION: JOIN CONSENSUS ON UNGA 3C RESOLUTION [...] ACTION REQUEST A. If the text of OP4bis and OP5 of the final resolution remains as in REF, the Department authorizes USDEL to join consensus, provided that the entire resolution text does not change significantly from the wording contained in REF to negatively affect vital U.S. inter [...]	2009-11-20 00:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI UN UNGA AORC
09STATE120172	GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION OF THE QDDR - SEEKING INPUT FROM THE [...] Action request - see paragraph 5. 2. Defining the context in which the U.S. will be conducting its foreign policy over the next ten to fifteen years is a key element of the Department's Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. This section of the broader report seeks above all to iden [...]	2009-11-20 20:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL SOCI
09STATE120273	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTION -- "IMPROVING THE [...] BACKGROUND. Negotiations on Belarus' trafficking in persons (TIP) resolution are wrapping up. Last draft resolution is the November 10 version. A major area of contention throughout the negotiations was how the draft resolution would characterize a Global Plan of Action (GPOA) on TIP. Be [...]	2009-11-20 23:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SIPDIS UN UNGA PHUM SOCI KWMN
09STATE120274	FY 2010 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] (U) Summary: This is an action message. In order to comply with legislative requirements, responses are requested no later than December 23, 2009. Please see paragraphs 7-11. 2. (U) Section 102 (g) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act P.L. (102-236) requires the Department ea [...]	2009-11-20 23:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI
09STATE12332	HAITI'S PRESIDENT PREVAL MAKES CASE FOR GREATER [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Clinton met with Haitian President Rene Preval on February 5. Preval described the economic devastation caused by the hurricanes and asked for additional USG assistance to help cover a $75 million budget shortfall. The Secretary assured Preval of continued U.S. supp [...]	2009-02-11 00:15:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN EAID SNAR ECON SOCI HA
09STATE124834	THE FIRST SCIENCE ENVOYS AND GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 06:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ISCON KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP PREL SCUL SENV SOCI
09STATE126780	CORRECTED TEXT: THE FIRST SCIENCE ENVOYS AND [...] (SBU)Summary: The Secretary announced the U.S. Science Envoy Program on November 3. The Science Envoys will seek to identify new opportunities and build new partnerships in Science and Technology (S&T) cooperation. The first three envoys will begin travel in January and February, and posts are [...]	2009-12-11 03:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ISCON KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP PREL SCUL SENV SOCI
09STATE13994	IRAQI COUNTERPART MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON [...] The Departments of State, Agriculture, Energy, Health and Human Services, and Transportation welcome meetings with their ministerial counterparts from the Ministries of Agriculture, Electricity, Health, and Transportation as well as Deputy Prime Minister Rafa'a Al-Issawi (reftel). 2. Each [...]	2009-02-13 22:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD IZ OTRA PGOV PREL SOCI
09STATE1730	REQUEST FOR COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see summary paragraph (para. 2) and paras. 6 through 10 for specific information requested. 2. (SBU) Summary: This is a request for comment on the Department of Labor,s (DOL) draft list of goods from countries that the Bureau of International Labor [...]	2009-01-08 15:32:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP
09STATE17303	HIGHLIGHTING WORLD TB DAY - MARCH 24, 2009 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-4. 2. (U) World TB Day is March 24. This annual event commemorates the date in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB). The World Health Organization (WHO),the United States, [...]	2009-02-25 04:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI PREL KPAO
09STATE21371	IRAQ MINISTRY OF HEALTH INVESTMENT CONFERENCE: [...] (U) Summary: At the Iraq Health Investment Summit, held on February 19 and 20 in Istanbul, the Minister of Health, Dr. Salih al-Hasnawi, showcased Iraq's 2009-2013 health plan and solicited partnerships with private companies. Potential investors believed there were opportunities in the new [...]	2009-03-06 20:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT CVIS VO PA PGOV PREL SOCI ECON IZ
09STATE21472	FOLLOW-UP REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR [...] This is an action request. Please see summary paragraph (para. 2) and paras. 9 through 13 for specific information requested. 2. Summary: This is a follow-up request for information (see refetel #1) on the use of forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods. DOL [...]	2009-03-06 23:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI
09STATE23798	ENGAGING BRAZIL ON REGIONAL COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (C) Summary: WHA and INL recently held an initial conversation to encourage the Government of Brazil to assume a greater role in regional counter-narcotics efforts. INL A/S Johnson solicited Brazilian views on how to increase cooperation in responding to regional drug trends. WHA DAS McMulle [...]	2009-03-12 21:13:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BR KCRM PREL SNAR SOCI BO
09STATE29163	(SBU) SOMALIA: TFG FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH AF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Foreign Minister Mohamed A. Omaar (FonMin) met with Bureau for African Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter (AA/S) on March 24. The FonMin and AA/S spent the majority of the meeting discussing the African Union Mission [...]	2009-03-26 15:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SO PGOV SOCI PINR PTER KPKO
09STATE29753	(U) QATARI CITIZENS AND THE RULING FAMILY [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS MAINTAIN INTEREST IN QATAR'S DOMESTIC STABILITY, INCLUDING RELATIONS BETWEEN CITIZENS AND THE RULING FAMILY, AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR OPPOSITION TO THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICIES. ANALYSTS APPRECIATE THE REFERENCED REPORTING AND WOULD WELCOME ANY INFORMATION THAT W [...]	2009-03-27 15:20:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ECON PGOV SCUL SOCI QA
09STATE35122	ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENT AND CARGO SECURITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Top-level port officials met in Buenos Aires, March 23-27, for the Tenth Executive Board Meeting of the Organization of American States' Inter-American Committee on Ports (CIP). The Maritime Administration led the U.S. delegation, which included USOAS and Coast Guard officials. Th [...]	2009-04-09 20:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PHSA PREL SENV SOCI OAS
09STATE35495	JOINT COOPERATION COMMITTEE TERMS OF REFERENCE [...] (SBU) Washington agencies and Embassy Baghdad have completed the Terms of Reference for the four Joint Cooperation Committees charged with implementing the Strategic Framework Agreement. Final texts of each TOR (Law Enforcement and Judicial Cooperation, Economic and Energy Cooperation, Service [...]	2009-04-10 14:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAID SCUL SOCI TSPL IZ
09STATE37352	C) SOUTH AFRICA: KUDOS WITH FOLLOW-UP FOR [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WANT TO THANK POSTS FOR EXCELLENT REPORTING ON SOUTH AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENTS AND CHALLENGES IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND HEALTH. THESE CABLES PROVIDED IMPORTANT INSIGHT INTO THE SPECIFIC ISSUES SOUTH AFRICA IS FACING AND HOW THESE ISSUES ARE BE [...]	2009-04-15 21:29:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR SOCI SF
09STATE39222	GUIDANCE REGARDING USG PARTICIPATION IN THE [...] This is an action request for Geneva, The Hague, Moscow, Jerusalem, London, Nairobi, Accra, Kigali, Lusaka, Rabat, Bamako, Abuja, Dakar, Mexico City, Brasilia and Rome. Please see paragraphs 2, 3 and 4. 2. The draft review conference outcome document for the Durban Review Conference does no [...]	2009-04-20 23:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI AORC KISL PHUM KDEM
09STATE39633	(U) The Secretary's April 20, 2009 Meeting with [...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) April 20, 2009, 10:45 - 11:10, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Secretary Clinton EUR PDAS Marcie Ries Spokesman Robert Wood S Staff Joseph Macmanus NSC Western Europe Director T [...]	2009-04-21 19:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR EAID PREL PGOV PHUM NATO SOCI KWMN
09STATE41510	(C) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON TRIBALISM AS A [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE EMBASSY KUWAIT'S RECENT REPORTING ON TRIBALISM AS A MOBILIZING FACTOR IN KUWAIT (KUWAIT 000244). THE DETAILED BACKGROUND ON THE STATUS OF TRIBES, THE EVOLUTION OF DYNAMICS BETWEEN THE ROYAL FAMILY AND TRIBALIST FIGURES, AND THE WAY TRIBALISM HAS PLAYE [...]	2009-04-24 18:46:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KU
09STATE44188	(S/NF) KUDOS FOR "NORTHEASTERN SYRIA: IT'S MORE [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS COVERING SYRIAN POLITICAL ISSUES VERY MUCH APPRECIATED DAMASCUS 000209 FROM POST ON ATMOSPHERICS OUTSIDE OF THE CAPITAL. INFORMATION ON THIS SUBJECT IS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN AND GREATLY ENHANCES ANALYSTS' UNDERSTANDING OF SYRIAN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DYNAMICS. [...]	2009-04-30 20:33:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR SOCI SY
09STATE44199	(S/NF) KUDOS FOR "HABIB SALEH SENTENCED TO THREE [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WHO FOLLOW SYRIAN POLITICAL ISSUES APPRECIATED DAMASCUS 000210 ON THE DETAILS OF DISSIDENT HABIB SALEH'S 15 MARCH SENTENCING BY THE DAMASCUS CRIMINAL COURT. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST WAS THE INFORMATION ON THE EU'S DELIBERATIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT TO ISSUE A STATEMENT [...]	2009-04-30 20:40:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PREL SOCI SY
09STATE47313	(U) HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SRI LANKA [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CONCERNED BY THE TREATMENT OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS) BY THE SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT AND WHAT PLANS THE GOVERNMENT HAS FOR DEALING WITH THEM. AS TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT, ANALYSTS WOULD WELCOME ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS FROM POST REGARDING THE FOLLOWING Q [...]	2009-05-08 20:01:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PHUM PTER SMIG SOCI CE
09STATE50285	H1N1 -- UPDATE AND GUIDANCE [...] Summary: This is a joint cable to provide an update and guidance regarding the H1N1 situation from USAID's Global Health Bureau's Avian and Pandemic Influenza Unit and the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance. 2. The ident [...]	2009-05-16 01:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	REF SOCI EAID
09STATE5448	ACTION REQUEST: ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Posts are requested to provide input to help further define law enforcement and judicial training needs for countries in West, Central, and North Africa. If necessary, partial responses are preferred [...]	2009-01-21 20:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC XW XY XI
09STATE64971	2009 OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY WRAP-UP REPORT [...] (U) This cable is from the U.S. Permanent Mission to the Organization of American States. 2. (U) Note: This cable reports on activities at the Organization of American States General Assembly (OASGA) in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. We report on other OASGA decisions on Cuba in SEPTEL. Info [...]	2009-06-23 16:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD KSUM PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI XM OAS
09STATE6843	KUDOS FOR ABUJA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-26 19:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR TBIO SOCI NI
09STATE69219	UN HABITAT: WORLD OF SLUMS GROWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 22 meeting with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, Dr. Anna Tibaijuka, the United Nations' Under Secretary General and Executive Director of UN Habitat, emphasized the need for countries to recognize the challenge of slum urbanization that is spreadin [...]	2009-07-02 22:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI
09STATE71325	FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: CONSULTATIVE PROCESS [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 8-14. 2. SUMMARY: The President's June 4 speech in Cairo called for a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world based on mutual respect and the pursuit of partnerships in areas of mutual interest. Among the Presiden [...]	2009-07-09 22:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD
09STATE79541	Secretary Clinton's July 24, 2009 Conversation [...] (U) July 24, 2009; 2:30 PM; Washington, DC. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Deputy Secretary Jim Steinberg Ambassador Chris Hill Public Affairs Assistant Secretary P.J. Crowley NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman Executive Assistant Joseph MacManus NEA Senior [...]	2009-07-30 15:54:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV EPET SOCI UNSC PREF OVIP
09STATE80762	Secretary Clinton?s July 24, 2009 Higher [...] Classified by NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman for Reason: 1.4 (d) 2. July 24, 2009; 3:30 PM; Washington, DC. 3. Participants: U.S. Secretary Ambassador Christopher Hill NEA A/S Feltman PA A/S Philip Crowley USAID A/A Alonzo Fulgham DOJ D A/F David Ogden U/S Jud [...]	2009-08-03 23:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV EPET SOCI OVIP CLINTON
09STATE85629	(C) CHINA: KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON UNREST IN [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED THE EXCELLENT REPORTING IN REFTELS ON UNREST IN URUMQI. REFTELS PROVED VITAL FOR THE DRAFTING OF FINISHED INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS, WHICH WERE RECEIVED WITH GREAT INTEREST BY POLICYMAKERS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. REF A PROVIDED DETAILS NOT AVAILABLE [...]	2009-08-17 20:56:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV SOCI CH
09STATE88234	(SBU) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON VIOLENCE IN WESTERN [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE FOLLOWING THE RECENT VIOLENCE AGAINST ETHNIC UIGHURS IN XINJIANG, CHINA. REFTEL OFFERED KEY INSIGHTS INTO THE CONTENTIOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HAN CHINESE AND UIGHURS FUELING THIS UNREST. REFTEL ALSO INDICATED THE NEGATIVE EFFECT THAT CONTINUED UNREST MAY HAVE [...]	2009-08-24 21:25:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI CH KG KZ TI
09STATE90467	TRANSFER OF POLICE TRAINING CONTRACT TO CSTC-A [...] ACTION REQUESTED: PARA 6. 2. IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, AN INTERAGENCY MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN WAS HELD ON AUGUST 10 TO DISCUSS THE TRANSFER OF MOST POLICE TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE DOD COMBINED SECURITY TRANSITION COMMAND-AFGHANISTAN (CSTC-A). THIS TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY [...]	2009-08-31 14:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF MARR PGOV PINS PREL SOCI
09STATE92560	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR LIST OF GOODS PRODUCED BY [...] (SBU) This is an action request; see paras.8-11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 10, 2009, the Department of Labor (DOL) will release 3 items related to child labor and/or forced labor in numerous countries. (1) DOL will release a report containing its initial "list of goods from countries [...]	2009-09-04 19:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI
09STATE92641	PERSUADING THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA ON FREEDOM [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 8-11. BACKGROUND: ADVOCATING FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT ------------------------------------------ 2. (SBU) Following the end of hostilities in May 2009, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) moved over 270,000 internally displaced persons (ID [...]	2009-09-04 23:21:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN CE
09STATE92997	(C) KUDOS FOR ALGERIA REPORTING (C-ME9-01697) [...] S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE THE HIGH QUALITY REPORTING RECEIVED FROM EMBASSY, ESPECIALLY OVER THE PAST YEAR. IN PARTICULAR, WE WOULD LIKE TO CITE YOUR COVERAGE OF ISSUES/EVENTS OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL, WHICH WE REALIZE CAN MEAN WORKING IN DIFFICULT SECURITY ENVIRONMENTS AND OCCASIONAL RI [...]	2009-09-08 14:45:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PINS PTER SOCI AG
09STOCKHOLM417	RWANDAN GENOCIDE SUSPECT TO BE EXTRADITED FROM [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-09 14:48:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PREL PGOV RW EU SW
09STPETERSBURG70	ARCHANGELSK DOCTOR'S ATTEMPT TO HEAL HEALTH CARE PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Around 300 people assembled in the central square of Archangelsk on May 29 to protest inadequate funding and equipment shortages in local hospitals and the lack of transparency in budget spending. The organizers of the protest were primarily surgeons from various regional hospitals. Arc [...]	2009-06-11 11:06:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV SOCI
09SURABAYA107	DECENTRALIZATION: AN EDUCATION TUG-OF-WAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Eight years after the government began pushing decision making to the local level under a policy of regional autonomy, the central government remains deeply involved in local-level education. The Constitution requires that local governments devote 20% of their annual budget to e [...]	2009-11-05 05:36:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI EAID ECON ID
09SURABAYA111	FISHERY LAW THREATENS MALUKU TRADITIONS, ECONOMY, [...] SUMMARY: Jakarta recently passed a law that sets a 12-mile off-shore boundary outside of which the national government controls. This law threatens the local traditions that have governed fishing practices, and sustained coastal resources, in the Maluku islands for centuries. Local groups are [...]	2009-11-13 09:33:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SENV EFIS PHUM SOCI ID
09SURABAYA116	MANADO'S TRADITIONAL FISHERMEN AND FISH STOCKS FACE NUMEROUS [...] Representatives from the local NGO KELOLA and the North Sulawesi Traditional Fisherman Association (ANTRA) are trying to raise awareness about threats to the livelihood of traditional fishermen in North Sulawesi. Local fishermen established ANTRA, with a current membership of 1500, earlier thi [...]	2009-12-03 06:13:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV PGOV SOCI ID
09SURABAYA120	INDONESIAN BAHA'I FACE DIFFICULTIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent proselytizing activities have created difficulties for a small Baha'i community in East Java. The local Council of Muslim Clerics decided not to ban the Baha'i because they are a distinct religion. While Baha'i regularly encounter administrative difficulties due to their [...]	2009-12-16 10:57:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI ID
09SURABAYA124	SURABAYA TIP SEMINAR: DIFFICULTIES REMAIN IN COMBATTING TIP [...] (SBU) Several attendees at a recent Trafficking in Persons (TIP) seminar in Surabaya described prosecutors and judges as a weak link in the enforcement of TIP laws. Recently tightened government regulations were said to have made less-educated workers more vulnerable to trafficking. The Indo [...]	2009-12-24 05:55:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KTIP ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI ID
09SURABAYA17	EAST JAVA: BOY HEALER GIVING HEALTH MINISTER A BLACK EYE [...] (SBU) Summary: Seeking a cure from water blessed by a ten year old boy, thousands are flocking to a small village near the East Java city of Jombang. Provincial authorities have tried to stop the flood of potential patients, but with marginal success. Four have died while queuing to see the boy [...]	2009-02-19 07:52:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ID
09SURABAYA43	NEWMONT'S FUTURE IN SUMBAWA [...] (SBU) Summary. ConGenOff visited western Sumbawa from April 21-24, meeting with Newmont representatives as well as government officials and non-governmental organizations (NGO). The General Manager of Newmont Nusa Tenggara (PTNNT) said the recent arbitration ruling offers clarity in regard to [...]	2009-04-30 14:42:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN EFIN ETRD EINV PREL SENV SOCI ID
09SURABAYA55	METHANOL SPIKED "ARAK" RESULTS IN MULTIPLE DEATHS IN BALI [...] Indonesian authorities on the island of Bali have confirmed more than 50 cases of suspected methanol poisoning associated with consumption of apparent methanol-spiked "arak" (also referred to as "arrack"). Arak is a common home-brewed alcoholic beverage in Bali, but is also produced by a few [...]	2009-06-02 11:04:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC SNAR SOCI ETRD ID
09SURABAYA56	METHANOL SPIKED "ARAK" RESULTS IN MULTIPLE DEATHS IN BALI [...] Indonesian authorities on the island of Bali have confirmed more than 50 cases of suspected methanol poisoning associated with consumption of apparent methanol-spiked "arak" (also referred to as "arrack"). Arak is a common home-brewed alcoholic beverage in Bali, but is also produced by a few [...]	2009-06-02 11:04:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC SNAR SOCI ETRD ID
09SURABAYA62	SURABAYA: SOUTHEAST ASIA'S LONGEST BRIDGE OPENS--BUT IMPACT [...] (U) Summary: After decades of sporadic planning, Indonesia's longest bridge opened on June 10th. Empty pockets and grass roots opposition stymied the span that now links the islands of Java and Madura. Burdened with symbolism before it carried its first car, skepticism over promised economic [...]	2009-06-19 01:43:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EINV SOCI ID CH
09SURABAYA73	DECENTRALIZATION BRINGS LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO HEALTH SERVICES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI's decentralization program has created significant leeway for local governments to prioritize community services and spending. Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city, has focused its attention on improving health services and allocated significant budget resources to [...]	2009-08-11 01:12:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV SOCI ID
09SURABAYA81	EAST JAVA: SURABAYA'S RAMADAN OUTREACH MAKES A POSITIVE [...] (U) Summary: The staff of ConGen Surabaya extended their hands to 1500 Indonesians during the first three weeks of Ramadan. Surabaya hosted seven Iftaar events (known locally as Buka Puasas) throughout East Java and gave eight presentation on "Muslims in America" at local schools. The Iftaar [...]	2009-09-17 09:34:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL SOCI KISL ID
09SURABAYA92	NTT: CNN HERO'S ORPHANAGE FACES FUNDING PROBLEMS [...] (U) SUMMARY: CNN hero Soehardi Budi operates and funds the Roslin Orphanage in Kupang, the capital of Nusa Tenggara Timor (NTT). This orphanage provides refuge for 46 children, operates a farm and provides mobile library services to surrounding villages. Mr. Budi was recently fired from his [...]	2009-10-09 05:27:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI ECON PGOV ID
09SURABAYA94	BREAST CANCER AWARENESS, BUT DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Breast cancer diagnostic facilities are difficult to access in Indonesia, especially outside provincial capitals. Once a case of cancer is diagnosed, treatment is too expensive for all but the wealthiest individuals. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, ConGen Surabaya is [...]	2009-10-16 05:09:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KWMN KPAO PGOV SOCI ID

09SUVA157	Non-communicable Disease: the Number One Killer in the [...] Summary: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for approximately 75 percent of annual deaths in the Pacific islands sub-region. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) have recently joined forces to develop and implement "the Pacific Framework [...]	2009-04-27 07:04:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TBIO FJ XV
09TAIPEI1266	MAINLAND CHINA TOURISM PROVING DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD [...] (U) This is the first of two reports on political implications of newly launched people-to-people cross-Strait exchanges. This cable looks at the influx of Chinese tourists to Taiwan. Septel will look at mainland university students in Taiwan. 2. (C) Summary: Tour groups from nearly every c [...]	2009-10-28 07:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL ETRD SOCI CH TW
09TAIPEI67	H5N2 OUTBREAK TESTS TAIWAN'S PREPAREDNESS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A low-pathogenic H5N2 virus outbreak, discovered on a Kaohsiung chicken farm in October 2008, but not reported for two months, underscores the need for transparency at the Council of Agriculture (COA) regarding virus outbreaks among poultry and animals. The authorities' slow re [...]	2009-01-16 09:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA ETRD PGOV TW
09TALLINN302	H1N1: ESTONIAN VACCINATION PLAN REMAINS UNCERTAIN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 07:56:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AMED SOCI EN
09TALLINN383	Estonia's Missing Russian Parties [...] (U) Summary: Even though one-third of Estonia's population is Russian-speaking, Estonia has no strong Russian political parties. The few ethnic Russian parties that have formed have remained on the margins of politics. Instead, largely because it is the only Estonian political party reaching o [...]	2009-12-17 12:48:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI EN
09TALLINN84	FIGHT AGAINST TB CONTINUES IN ESTONIA [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Tallinn marked World Tuberculosis (TB) Day with media placements in Russian and Estonian-language newspapers, a site visit to Tartu University Lung Hospital (TULH),and a DVC for Baltic and USG TB experts. Although Estonia remains a hotspot for multi-drug resistant (MDR) [...]	2009-03-31 10:58:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI KHIV EN
09TASHKENT100	UZBEKISTAN: NEW STUDY ON LABOR MIGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In December, the United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) office in Tashkent published a new study on labor migration from Uzbekistan based on surveys conducted in 2006 and 2007. While the study does not reflect the impact of the current financial crisis upon labor migratio [...]	2009-01-23 11:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KIRF KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI RS KZ UZ
09TASHKENT1029	UZBEKISTAN: REMITTANCES 2009 -- DROP NOT AS BAD AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Remittances are an important source of external financing for the Uzbek economy, accounting for 10 percent or more of the national GDP. With the downturn in the world economy, many feared a dramatic drop in remittances to Uzbekistan followed by ballooning unemployment and poss [...]	2009-06-19 10:34:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT103	UZBEKISTAN ROLLS OUT RED CARPET FOR DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY. As part of the continuing effort to establish a Northern Distribution Network (NDN) to support U.S. forces in Afghanistan, a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) delegation visited Tashkent on January 13-15 to look at opportunities for local procurement. Local procurement is something [...]	2009-01-26 00:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD KCRM SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT1049	UZBEKISTAN: IMF STATEMENT BY DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN [...] (U) Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),issued the following statement in Tashkent on June 18 at the conclusion of his visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan: BEGIN IMF STATEMENT I am very satisfied with my first visit to the Republic of U [...]	2009-06-22 07:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT1201	Uzbekistan: U.S.-Uzbekistan Working Group Discusses [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S.-Uzbekistan Joint Working Group (JWG) met on June 24 for an update on the implementation of 38 projects funded by U.S. Food for Progress programs. Despite the apparent benefits that these jointly-agreed projects on irrigation, improving agricultural productivity, and enh [...]	2009-07-13 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ECIN SOCI PREL PGOV UZ
09TASHKENT1523	Bukharan Jews Cite Religious Tolerance in Uzbekistan [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief joined members of one of Tashkent's Bukharan Jewish Synagogues on September 25 for their celebration of the beginning of the upcoming Yom Kippur holiday and their (delayed because of Ramadan) celebration of Uzbek Independence Day. Unlike other minority religious communities [...]	2009-09-30 06:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KIRF UZ
09TASHKENT1547	BUSINESS AS USUAL AT UZBEK COTTON FAIR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Fifth International Uzbek Cotton Fair took place in Tashkent on October 14-15, 2009. This event showcased Uzbekistan as a leading producer and exporter of quality cotton and highlighted recent efforts by the Government of Uzbekistan to strengthen its internal textile industry [...]	2009-10-19 10:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT156	UZBEKISTAN: PLIGHT OF AFGHAN REFUGEES WORSENING [...] (C) The newly arrived head of the United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) Refugee Support Unit in Tashkent, Ustina Kupreychik, reported that the situation for Afghan refugees in Uzbekistan has worsened since the fall (ref A). According to Kupreychik, 67 Afghan refugees have been forcibly [...]	2009-02-10 05:15:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UNDP UNHCR AF UZ
09TASHKENT1567	UZBEKISTAN'S COTTON SECTOR STILL A BASTION OF THE COMMAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) continues to control the "commanding heights" of the cotton sector, exercising strict control over all aspects of cotton production and sale, from setting planting and harvest quotas to negotiating all ginning and export contracts on behalf of f [...]	2009-11-03 12:34:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI PHUM UZ
09TASHKENT158	TASHKENT TIDBITS FEBRUARY 10, 2008 [...] (SBU) Post has updated its cost of living analysis for Uzbekistan through the end of 2008. At 21.6 percent, the cost of living grew more slowly in 2008 than in 2007, when it increased by 29.2 percent. The cost of foodstuffs increased by only 17.0 percent as contrasted with a 29.1 percent rise [...]	2009-02-11 04:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KIRF SOCI PHUM KISL KPAO UZ
09TASHKENT1604	UZBEKISTAN TURNS TO DEBIT CARDS IN INFLATION BATTLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an effort to control inflation by limiting the amount of cash in circulation, the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) has begun to mandate the use of debit cards. However, Uzbekistan remains a cash economy and although the debit cards can be used for payment in a limited number of [...]	2009-09-14 05:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT1621	Uzbekistan: Suspending GSP Counterproductive [...] (C) Post understands that the inter-agency is preparing to discuss the issue of suspension of Uzbekistan's GSP benefits based on petitions related to child labor and intellectual property rights. A decision to suspend or revoke GSP for Uzbekistan would be counterproductive - it would do little [...]	2009-12-09 11:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ELAB PHUM ECON SOCI KIPR UZ
09TASHKENT1637	UZBEKISTAN: TASHKENT TIDBITS DECEMBER 18, 2009 [...] (SBU) Dilmurod Sayyid, who was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison last June, was transferred December 15 from Navoi Prison to Sangorod, the Tashkent-based prison hospital. Embassy contact Abdurahmon Tashanov, who attended Sayyid's trial, told the Embassy that he was turned away from v [...]	2009-12-18 12:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI EINV ETRD UZ
09TASHKENT177	UZBEKISTAN: REPORTS OF CRACKDOWN ON "NUR" RELIGIOUS GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Uzbek authorities appear to be significantly ratcheting up the pressure on suspected members of the banned Nur (or "Nurcilar") religious organization, which is associated with the conservative (but not extremist) religious teachings and Pan-Turkish ideology of Turkish scholar Feth [...]	2009-02-13 09:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PINR PREL SOCI TU UZ
09TASHKENT1926	Uzbekistan: GOU Demonstrates its Commitment to Education [...] (U) SUMMARY. With over 60% of its population under the age of 25, Uzbekistan has made a significant commitment in the last few years to improve its education system and to transition from a Soviet-era model to one that is consistent with internationally accepted requirements. The Government of [...]	2009-10-30 06:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI OEXC ECON UZ
09TASHKENT193	UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVISTS SEEK TO BRIDGE GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador recently met with activists from the independent Rapid Reaction human rights group (RRG),who described their plans for the upcoming year, including applying for official registration and setting up a "think-tank" with like-minded activists and defense attorneys to [...]	2009-02-19 10:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID ECON KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT194	UZBEKISTAN: AFGHAN REFUGEES DESCRIBE HARRASSMENT; [...] (C) Summary: On February 12, poloff met with 25 Afghan refugees at the office of a Tashkent-based NGO which provides humanitarian assistance to refugees. The Afghans alleged widespread harassment by government officials, and some refugees experienced forced deportation back to Afghanistan. T [...]	2009-02-19 10:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UNDP UNHCR AF UZ
09TASHKENT1966	UZBEKISTAN: STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING THE USE OF CHILD LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This USAID-drafted cable examines strategies for addressing the problem of child labor in the cotton sector in Uzbekistan. (Please see Ref A for an analysis of the cotton sector overall and a specific look at this year's harvest.) Uzbekistan's cotton economy remains state-driven [...]	2009-11-05 10:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PHUM SOCI SENV UZ
09TASHKENT2	UZBEKISTAN: STAFFDEL DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM WITH MVD [...] (C) Summary: On December 15, House Foreign Affairs Committee staffers and Emboffs discussed counterterrorism with several officials from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). The MVD officials held that Uzbekistan is stable and a system of information-sharing with other ministries an [...]	2009-01-05 11:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SOCI PGOV PREL PINS UZ
09TASHKENT2008	UZBEKISTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL SUMMIT -- INITIAL [...] (SBU) Embassy Tashkent staff met on November 4 to discuss steps needed to implement reftel actions. USAID Country Director will chair Post's interagency working group on expanding economic opportunity and will coordinate activities associated with the Embassy-sponsored roundtable on entrepren [...]	2009-11-10 12:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT209	UZBEKISTAN: EYE ON 21ST CENTURY FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Khakim Mukhitdinov, First Deputy General Director of the Information and Communication Agency of Uzbekistan, described for us the state of telecommunications in Uzbekistan, current projects, and future plans. According to him Uzbekistan is well connected to the world through fo [...]	2009-02-24 08:33:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINT SOCI KPRV UZ
09TASHKENT22	UZBEKISTAN: TIP PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN CONTINUES; [...] (U) Summary: In the past few months, the government has continued a wide-ranging public awareness campaign on trafficking-in-persons (TIP) in the government-controlled mass media (ref A and B). Conducting a relatively non-extensive survey, poloff uncovered more than 70 separate TIP-related st [...]	2009-01-07 12:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ECON ELAB KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI KZ RS UZ
09TASHKENT222	UZBEKISTAN: TRIAL OF ALLEGED RELIGIOUS EXTREMIST EXTRADITED [...] (C) Summary: The trial of Haitjon Juraboev, a religious extremist suspect who was extradited by Kyrgyz authorities to Uzbekistan in September 2008, is nearing completion in Tashkent, according to an independent activist monitoring the trial. Juraboev has reportedly pled innocent to all the cha [...]	2009-02-26 13:01:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PREF PREL SOCI UNHCR KG
09TASHKENT223	UZBEKISTAN: IV ALUMNUS AND DISABLED RIGHTS ACTIVIST ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary: On January 21 an independent news website reported that Chairman of the Uzbek Society of the Disabled (and International Visitor Leadership Program [IVLP] alumnus) Oybek Isoqov had been arrested on charges of bribery. When CAO met with him on February 13, Isoqov denied all wrong [...]	2009-02-26 13:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT226	Uzbekistan: State-run Shelter for TIP Victims Nears [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Justice told poloff in separate meetings on February 11 that, pursuant to President Karimov's decree in November and the country's new anti-TIP law, the first state-run shelter for TIP victims is nearing completion and will off [...]	2009-02-27 11:14:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KTIP PHUM PREL KWMN SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT248	How the Kagan Munitions Explosions Saved a Neighborhood and [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met informally in Tashkent with two English language professors from Bukhara State University on several social occasions between February 27 - March 1. Both are talented and highly motivated teachers who have a good pulse on community life from their vantage point in Bukh [...]	2009-03-04 07:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON KCOR PINR UZ
09TASHKENT249	Activist: Andijon Province Has Become a Mini-Turkmenistan [...] (C) On March 3 well-known human rights activist and long-time Embassy contact Saidjahon Zaynabiddinov visited the Embassy and talked to poloff about current conditions in Andijon Province. He previously reported that, unusually, the province was being administered almost entirely by outsiders [...]	2009-03-04 12:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON PREL UZ
09TASHKENT277	UZBEKISTAN: "NUR" RELIGIOUS GROUP CRACKDOWN CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Authorities are continuing a widespread crackdown on suspected members of "Nur," a banned conservative (but not extremist) religious organization associated with Turkish scholar Fethullah Gullen (ref A). According to reports from independent and state-controlled media, at least 1 [...]	2009-03-13 12:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PINR PREL SOCI TU UZ
09TASHKENT3	UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVIST REPORTS ON KILLING OF AKROMIYIST; [...] (C) Summary: An Andijon-based human rights activist recently reported the killing by law enforcement officials of a young member of "Akromiya," a religious-business organization whose members were at the center of the 2005 Andijon events. The activist specifically requested that the United [...]	2009-01-05 11:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER SOCI KG
09TASHKENT327	UZBEKISTAN: EDUCATION MINISTRY ON ANTI-CHILD LABOR EFFORTS; [...] (U) Summary: During a meeting on February 23, Ministry of Public Education officials discussed their efforts to combat child labor during the cotton harvest season. They reported that Uzbekistan's transition from 9-year to 12-year mandatory free secondary education, a major reform, would be f [...]	2009-03-19 13:01:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON ELAB KCRM PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT331	UZBEKISTAN'S SYSTEM OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION AT A [...] (SBU) Summary: A contact recently provided a copy of a government document entitled "Index of the Ministry of Public Education for the 2007-2008 Academic Year," which provides a useful snapshot of the country's primary and secondary education system. The document shows that few students study [...]	2009-03-19 13:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ECON ELAB KPAO OEXC PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT361	UZBEKISTAN: RECENT ALLEGATIONS OF PRISONER ABUSE AND DEATHS [...] (C) Summary: In the past few months, independent human rights activists and websites have reported on several serious human rights issues at Uzbek prisons, including deaths in custody. Activists also provided updates on the condition of political prisoners Alisher Karamatov and Sanjar Umarov. [...]	2009-03-26 08:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ICRC KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT375	Uzbekistan: Spring Road Woes Further Isolate Ferghana [...] (U) Summary: Poloff made an overland trip to the Ferghana Valley on March 20-22 and encountered poor road conditions on the only link between Tashkent Province and the three populous provinces on the other side of a high mountain range. The poor conditions may be a temporary result of heavy w [...]	2009-03-26 12:37:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI MARR PINR UZ
09TASHKENT395	UZBEKISTAN INDICATES AREAS WHERE HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS IS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a report of Uzbekistan's recent Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC),Uzbek officials agreed to several substantive recommendations from other member states on how to improve its human rights record. Uzbek officials also anno [...]	2009-03-30 04:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KIRF KPAO KTIP PGOV PREF PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT415	UZBEKISTAN: UNIVERSITIES NOT MEETING DEMAND FOR HIGHER [...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent Embassy-sponsored Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP) alumni reunion, one alumnus, a lecturer at a private university, revealed that the growth of the higher education system in Uzbekistan is not keeping pace with demand. Uzbekistan also lags behind its Centra [...]	2009-03-31 10:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC ECON KPAO PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT425	UZBEKISTAN: JFDP ALUMNA OPENS DOORS TO EMBASSY IN URGENCH [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10 and 11 Public Affairs Section (PAS) staff successfully held English language training workshops in Urgench and discussed several upcoming projects with the rector of Urgench State University (UrSU). The rector was surprisingly candid and open to future collaboratio [...]	2009-04-01 09:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON KPAO OEXC PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT441	Uzbekistan: World Bank Official Discusses Economic [...] (C) Summary: In a March 24 meeting with us, a World Bank economist discussed Uzbekistan's economy and the effects of the global financial crisis on it. Despite the limited exposure of Uzbekistan's financial sector to global markets, the slow-down in construction abroad (particularly in Russia) [...]	2009-04-03 10:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB EFIN ENRG EPET EINV PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT449	UZBEKISTAN: SECURITY SERVICES SEEKING TO ENTRAP HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: The National Security Service (NSS) appears to be attempting to entrap the Embassy's Human Rights Officer by arranging meetings for him outside the Embassy on sensitive topics that could then be taped. On at least three separate occasions over the past month, we have strong re [...]	2009-04-06 06:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT453	UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVISTS REPORTING UNRELIABLE CHILD LABOR DATA [...] (C) Summary: On March 30, the independent Ezgulik human rights group released its report on child labor practices during the 2008 fall cotton harvest at a roundtable hosted by the British Embassy. While Ezgulik announced that nearly a million Uzbek children participated in the cotton harvest, [...]	2009-04-06 12:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON ELAB KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT463	UZBEK ASYLUM-SEEKER EXTRADITED FROM KYRGYZSTAN RECEIVES [...] (C) On March 30, independent human rights activist Ismoil Adilov provided poloff with court documents regarding the case of Haitjon Juraboev, a religious extremist suspect who was extradited by Kyrgyz authorities to Uzbekistan in September 2008 (reftel). According to the documents, on February [...]	2009-04-07 06:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL PGOV PREF PREL SOCI UNHCR KG UZ
09TASHKENT483	UZBEKISTAN: UNICEF SIGNS NEW AGREEMENT ON CHILD LABOR WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 6, the Ambassador met with a visiting UNICEF representative from Geneva, who reported that UNICEF would sign a new Annual Work Plan with the government that fleshes out several key points from the September 2008 National Action Plan (NAP) on the elimination of child lab [...]	2009-04-10 09:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ECON ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI TX UZ
09TASHKENT497	UZBEKISTAN: RECENT RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting at the Embassy on March 30, independent human rights activist Ismoil Adilov handed over to poloff a collection of court documents from recent trials he had monitored involving suspected religious extremists. The documents demonstrate that at least six women were [...]	2009-04-13 15:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KWMN PGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT511	Uzbekistan: Anti-Corruption Workshop Launches UN Convention [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),with funding support from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),conducted a workshop on March 31 - April 1 on implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption. International experts, [...]	2009-04-14 13:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KCOR SOCI PHUM LG UZ
09TASHKENT55	UZBEKISTAN: ANATOMY OF A HIZB UT-TAHRIR CASE [...] (C) Summary: This cable examines in depth a recent Hizb ut-Tahrir case reported by state-controlled and independent media and a local human rights activist. While the case highlights on-going abuses in the government's campaign against suspected religious extremists, it also demonstrates how [...]	2009-01-13 10:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT559	TASHKENT TIDBITS APRIL 22, 2009 [...] (SBU) We attended a roundtable on transboundary water issues at the Oliy Majlis on March 4. The two hour session was chaired by Sadyk Safaev, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and former Ambassador to the U.S. The roundtable produced nothing new in terms of policy; all speakers [...]	2009-04-22 10:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON KIRF SOCI PHUM KISL KPAO UZ
09TASHKENT56	UZBEKISTAN: HIZB UT-TAHRIR ARRESTS IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: State-controlled media, independent news website s, and local human rights activists continue to report on arrests in Uzbekistan of suspected members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) religious extremist group, as well as the arrests of other banned religious groups members. In 2008, t [...]	2009-01-13 12:01:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KWMN PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER SOCI
09TASHKENT581	UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVIST REPORTS ATTACKS ON HERSELF AND ADOPTED [...] (C) Summary: On April 23, poloff met with Human Rights Alliance activist Elena Urlaeva, who reported being attacked by two unknown assailants on April 15 after receiving threatening phone calls for weeks demanding that she leave Uzbekistan. She also reported that her adopted 5-year old son wa [...]	2009-04-27 10:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREF PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT585	UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVIST ACCUSES OPPOSITIONISTS OF EMBEZZLING [...] (C) Summary: During an April 23 meeting with poloff, Human Rights Alliance activist Elena Urlaeva, who was attacked by unknown assailants on April 15 (septel),accused Free Farmers Party leader Nigara Khidoyatova and Gulam Umarov, the son of imprisoned Sunshine Coalition leader Sanjar Umarov, [...]	2009-04-27 12:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT67	Financial Crisis: Uzbekistan in the Tail of the Storm [...] (SBU) Summary: Although spared from the initial fall out of the global financial crisis by its isolation, Uzbekistan could face growing economic difficulties in the second half of 2009. Uzbekistan is vulnerable on three fronts: 1) reduced remittances and increased unemployment among the ranks o [...]	2009-01-15 12:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT703	UZBEKISTAN: LONG-TIME MINISTER OF HEALTH SACKED [...] (C) Summary: On April 23, President Karimov relieved long-time Minister of Health Feruz Nazirov from his duties and appointed Adkham Ilkhamovich Ikramov, who had been serving as First Deputy Minister of Health, as his replacement. Reportedly, Nazirov was fired due to unsatisfactory work [...]	2009-05-11 12:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI KCOR UZ
09TASHKENT727	UZBEKISTAN: COMMENTS ON UNFPA PROGRAM [...] (U) Per request in reftel, post has reviewed the draft UN Population Fund country program for Uzbekistan and has the following suggestions: --The Uzbekistan Reproductive Health Association should be a key partner in the NGO sector. --The term "nurses" should be replaced with "nurse [...]	2009-05-13 09:35:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI EAID UZ
09TASHKENT73	UZBEKISTAN: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] Summary: Per reftel request, post is providing the following update on child labor in Uzbekistan. In 2008, the Government of Uzbekistan undertook legal reforms to combat the use of child labor. In January 2008, Uzbekistan adopted a new law on children's rights which clarified protections for [...]	2009-01-16 10:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ECON ELAB EIND ETRD KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI
09TASHKENT751	UZBEKISTAN: AGRICULTURE, BORDERS, AND ISLAM IN THE FERGHANA [...] (C) Summary: Poloff visited the Ferghana Valley on May 5-6, traveling through Fergana and Andijon Provinces en route to Kyrgyzstan. The overland trip was a good opportunity to take the pulse of this unique and populous area of the country. The land border crossing with Kyrgyzstan between And [...]	2009-05-13 10:24:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTIP SOCI EAGR KISL ASEC KG UZ
09TASHKENT83	UZBEKISTAN: COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] Per ref A, Embassy Tashkent appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's draft list of goods from countries that DOL has reason to believe are produced by forced labor or child labor in violation of international standards. We recognize that child labor continues to be [...]	2009-01-21 08:22:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ECON ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT831	UZBEKISTAN: POST STRONGLY SUPPORTS UNICEF DRAFT COUNTRY [...] (C) Summary: On May 27, the Ambassador met with UNICEF Country Representative Mahboob Shareef, who reviewed elements of the draft 2010 - 2015 country program for Uzbekistan and (protect) quietly encouraged the U.S. to vote in favor of the document at the upcoming June 10 board meeting. Sharee [...]	2009-05-28 06:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KOCI ELAB UN SOCI ECON UZ
09TASHKENT917	UZBEKISTAN: NGO COUNTERPART INTERNATIONAL SEEKS FORMAL [...] (C) Summary: On June 2, DCM and emboffs met with visiting representatives from Counterpart International, who are quietly exploring legal avenues for seeking formal registration in Uzbekistan. While humanitarian assistance programs have continued on a small scale since the Government of Uzbek [...]	2009-06-05 12:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PREL UZ
09TASHKENT921	UZBEKISTAN: DESPITE CLAIMS, ECONOMIC CRISIS HITS HOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. First quarter macroeconomic results show that the real sectors of the Uzbek economy are already facing serious problems created by the downturn in the world economy. Despite GOU claims to the contrary, analysis of official statistics indicates that total exports in the first [...]	2009-06-05 13:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT937	Afghan Trans-Boundary Water Discussions: Maintaining [...] (SBU) Reftel (A) notes that the Afghan government, with USAID and USFOR-A sponsorship, will hold a two-day conference on water management in early July. If it does not already plan to do so, we recommend that Afghanistan be encouraged to invite Central Asian neighbors such as Uzbekistan to tak [...]	2009-06-08 12:15:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV PREL SOCI SENV PBTS
09TASHKENT959	UZBEKISTAN: NEW ATTORNEY LICENSING EXAMINATION REDUCES [...] (C) Summary: The newly-established Uzbekistan Chamber of Lawyers, which supplanted the Bar Association, is conducting its first round of mandatory new licensing examinations for all defense attorneys who actively practice in courts of law. Several attorneys have complained that the testing pr [...]	2009-06-11 08:34:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCOR UZ
09TASHKENT961	UZBEKISTAN: ANDIJON ACTIVIST OFFERS CONSPIRACY THEORIES [...] Summary: On June 9, emboffs met with Saidjahon Zaynabiddinov, a well-known human rights activist based in Andijon and a frequent contact for independent websites and the Embassy alike. Zaynabiddinov reported that his youngest son was arrested for a double murder and, although his son confessed [...]	2009-06-11 08:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
09TBILISI1149	GEORGIA: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ISSUES CLUSTER [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On April 14, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report entitled "A Dying Practice" on the use of cluster munitions by Russia and Georgia in the August 2008 conflict. NGOs involved in explosive remnants of war (ERW) clearance in Georgia generally agree with the report [...]	2009-06-23 14:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI GG
09TBILISI1517	GEORGIA: INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO ABKHAZIA AND [...] (C) Summary and comment. Immediately following the August 2008 war between Russia and Georgia, our small USG aid programs in Abkhazia and South Ossetia were closed, with the exception of HALO Trust's demining program in Abkhazia. Other international donors, including the European Commission ( [...]	2009-08-10 08:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EAID SOCI AID GG
09TBILISI2241	GEORGIA: FIRST H1N1 DEATHS REPORTED; PUBLIC [...] (U) Summary. Georgia reported its first confirmed deaths due to H1N1 the week of December 14. As of December 16, there are five confirmed deaths. The reported number of confirmed and unconfirmed H1N1 cases vary widely among the different sources. The reported confirmed cases range from 5 [...]	2009-12-16 13:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID AMED SOCI GG
09TBILISI347	GEORGIA: 2008 WORST FORs4ZPTbreform a priority and has significantly increased [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 13:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID
09TBILISI56	GEORGIA: HALO TRUST'S CLEARANCE ACTIVITIES TO [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. A $4 million, USG-funded project being implemented by HALO Trust, a British demining NGO, for training, risk education, surveying and clearance operations in the Gori-Tskhinvali corridor and Abkhazia is back on track after a Georgian regulation threatened to derail [...]	2009-01-13 14:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV PREF SOCI GG
09TEGUCIGALPA1067	TFH01: DE FACTO REGIME ABROGATES DECREE CURTAILING [...] (U) Summary. The de facto regime has abrogated the executive decree it adopted that severely curtailed civil liberties. Ensuring a high voter turnout for the general election scheduled for November 29 was the justification for the abrogation. End Summary. 2. (U) The de facto regime abrog [...]	2009-10-20 21:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ASEC SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1085	TFH01: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF WHA A/S THOMAS [...] (SBU) Embassy Tegucigalpa warmly welcomes the October 28-29 visit of Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Craig Kelly, and National Security Council Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs and Special A [...]	2009-10-27 21:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1099	ELECTION OF SUPREME ACCOUNTING TRIBUNAL [...] (U) Summary. The Congress selected the three new magistrates of the Supreme Accounting Tribunal (TSC) on October 14. The selection process has come under attack for lacking transparency. The TSC is an important institution because of its government oversight function. The TSC submits its f [...]	2009-11-03 01:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1114	TFHO1 Gangs Wage War While Police Distracted By Street [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since a June 18 prison escape by leaders of a Honduras transnational gang, a street war has killed at least 42 people, including four police and nine civilian women and children, most in broad daylight. The 18th Street and Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gangs are exploiting the curr [...]	2009-11-06 17:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SMIG PINS PINR SOCI PGOV CVIS HO KCRM KJUS
09TEGUCIGALPA1203	PRO-ZELAYA RESISTANCE FEARS ELECTIONS MAY BE [...] (C) Summary. The pro-Zelaya resistance movement has told its supporters not to vote in the general election scheduled for November 29 if President Zelaya is not restored to office. The resistance does not believe it will be possible to hold credible elections while the de facto regime remains [...]	2009-11-25 01:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1209	TFHO1: NATIONAL PARTY ECONOMIC ADVISORS OUTLINE [...] (C) Summary: Members of the National Party economic team met with Embassy officers on November 24 to discuss the economic policies of the party, which led in the polls as the November 29 election approached. Job creation programs and assistance to poor families are key priorities, but the p [...]	2009-11-27 17:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV SOCI PREL KDEM
09TEGUCIGALPA1298	PRESIDENT-ELECT LAUNCHES NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo presided over a meeting on December 14 with representatives of many sectors of Honduran society, following up on his announced intention to create a dialogue with the Honduran people in order for his administration to be an inclusive one. L [...]	2009-12-16 21:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA181	Scenesetter for Assistant Secretary Shannon's Visit to [...] (SBU) Summary: We warmly welcome you to Tegucigalpa. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to hold substantive discussions with President Zelaya, senior GOH officials, as well as with the two leading presidential candidates. The political situation continues to be stable as we move for [...]	2009-03-17 01:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON SOCI OVIP HO
09TEGUCIGALPA186	UPDATE ON HONDURAN ELECTIONS: NATIONAL PARTY [...] (U) Five hundred principal delegates and 500 alternates attended the National Party's annual convention on March 14. While unity was the main theme, Mario Canahuati, a losing candidate for the party's presidential nomination, did not attend. The party re-confirmed Lobo as its Presidential can [...]	2009-03-18 14:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI EFIN EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA2	ZELAYA EXECUTIVE DECREE FOR 1980S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya announced the formation of a National Program of Reparations on December 10, the 60th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. The program will compensate victims and the family members of victims who were the victims of human rights violations in the p [...]	2009-01-06 12:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS SOCI PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA210	ZELAYA CALLS FOR OPINION POLL ON CONSTIUTENT [...] (C) Summary: President Manual "Mel" Zelaya announced on March 24 that the executive will hold a poll on June 30 to ask whether or not there should be a vote on Election Day calling for a constituent assembly to consider changes to the Constitution. Many political leaders are concerned that th [...]	2009-03-26 15:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA214	NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL WANTS RESULTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a courtesy call on newly-installed Attorney General Luis Rubi and Assistant Attorney General Roy Urtecho, Rubi stressed to the Ambassador and Country Team members that the fight against drug trafficking, money laundering and organized crime was his biggest challenge and prio [...]	2009-03-27 19:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS SNAR SOCI PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA215	(C) PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT PLEDGES TO WORK [...] (C) Summary: President of the Supreme Court Jorge Alberto Rivera Aviles expressed his concern to the Ambassador that President Manual "Mel" Zelaya's attempts to push for a poll for a constituent assembly (reftel) could be an attempt to remain in power beyond his mandate. Rivera said he would [...]	2009-03-27 19:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA33	HONDURAN JUSTICE: A NEW SUPREME COURT, ATTORNEY [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by Poloff, met with Attorney General Leonidis Rosa Bautista and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Vilma Morales on January 12. The main topics discussed were the nominating process for the new magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ as it is know [...]	2009-01-16 17:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV SNAR HO PHUM KJUS SOCI
09TEGUCIGALPA353	Mission Integrated Strategy to Fight Crime and Illicit [...] Summary and Background: The Mosquitia is a huge swath of territory accounting for nearly 20 percent of Honduras' land mass on the eastern border with Nicaragua. The area is swampy, undeveloped, difficult to access and virtually uninhabited (only 60,000 people),which over the centuries has mad [...]	2009-05-15 00:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR PREL SOCI KCRM KJUS EAID MOPS MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA380	OPPOSITION BUILDS TO PRESIDENT'S POLL ON [...] (C) Summary: The country's political institutions have lined up against a plan by President Zelaya to hold a poll canvassing popular support for the holding of a referendum on a constituent assembly. A court ruling is expected soon, perhaps as early as the week of May 25, and could probably g [...]	2009-05-23 00:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV KCRM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA39	HONDURAS: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] SUMMARY: This report is a response to the U.S. Department of Labor action cable (Reftel) regarding the worst forms of child labor in Honduras. The Government of Honduras (GOH) has made clear progress addressing the worst forms of child labor with a new more effective eradication plan, a nation [...]	2009-01-20 19:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EIND ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA409	FOURTH URN UPDATE: PRESIDENT ZELAYA ORDERS ARMED FORCES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya interrupted regularly-scheduled programming on May 29 to declare that the public opinion poll to canvass support for the addition of a Fourth Urn on the holding of a constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution set for June 28th would go forward [...]	2009-06-01 21:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA424	FOURTH URN UPDATE: CONGRESS CENSURES THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 22:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA464	PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S LIMOSINE RECEIVES TWO IMPACTS [...] (C) In the evening of June 12, local media reported a possible attack against President Manual "Mel" Zelaya after the front windshield of the motorcade vehicle in which he was riding in Tegucigalpa received two impacts from objects of unknown origin. The unknown objects cracked the windshield [...]	2009-06-16 00:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC HO PGOV PREL SOCI
09TEGUCIGALPA486	SEEKING HONDURAN SUPPORT FOR REINCORPORATION OF [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Poloff spoke on June 15 with Rafael Carbajal, General Manager of The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) in Honduras. Carbajal asserted that although the Honduras branch of IBAF had limited resources and was therefore solely concerned with spreading the sport do [...]	2009-06-22 18:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SCUL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA491	HONDURAN SUPREME ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL TO APRROVE [...] (C) Poloff visited the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) on June 23 to inquire about the 23 applications for independent candidacies the institution had received. TSE President Saul Escobar (who represents the Christian Democratic Party) told us that 16 of the 23 independent candidacies had pa [...]	2009-06-24 13:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA52	NOMINATING COMMITTEE SENDS FINAL LIST OF SUPREME [...] (U) Summary: The Supreme Court Nominating Committee came to a compromise and submitted a list of 45 candidates for the Supreme Court to the Congress on January 23, despite intense political pressure and a media frenzy, mostly driven by leaks from politicians and from the committee itself. Notab [...]	2009-01-23 20:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA529	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST COUP [...] (C) Summary: The media war over the legitimacy of the Honduran coup has taken front stage with various competing interests protesting either in support of the new regime or for the return of ousted President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. Both groups claim to be defending the constitution and the rule o [...]	2009-07-02 20:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECPS PGOV SOCI DS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA53	NOMINATING COMMITTEE SENDS FINAL LIST OF SUPREME [...] (U) Summary: The Supreme Court Nominating Committee came to a compromise and submitted a list of 45 candidates for the Supreme Court to the Congress on January 23, despite intense political pressure and a media frenzy, mostly driven by leaks from politicians and from the committee itself. Notab [...]	2009-01-23 20:50:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA56	CONGRESS PUSHES THROUGH NEW COURT, RESISTS THREATS [...] (S) Summary: Congress elected a new Supreme Court, taking all candidates from a list supplied by the Nominating Board (reftel),minutes before its constitutional deadline the night of Sunday, January 25. Congress successfully resisted intense pressure from President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya to ele [...]	2009-01-26 22:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV KCRM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA584	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 2 [...] (C) Summary: The Attorney General's (AG) aggressive pursuit of corruption charges against Zelaya administration officials seemingly outweigh his consideration for the deteriorating human rights situation. While the situation is not yet dire, civil liberties have been denied, arbitrary arrest [...]	2009-07-13 18:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA589	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 3 [...] (C) Summary: The human rights situation in Honduran appeared to deteriorate over the weekend as two pro-Zelaya political organizers were killed, a dissident member of Congress reported that her home was raided, and 11 Venezuelan reporters were arrested and then strongly encouraged to leave th [...]	2009-07-14 00:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA605	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 4 [...] (U) Summary: The human rights situation in Honduras remains tense despite a public invitation for international human rights groups to monitor the situation. The curfew was reinstated the night of July 15 and will last at least through the weekend. Opponents of the de facto regime continue [...]	2009-07-16 19:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KDEM HO

09TEGUCIGALPA661	CLASHES AT BORDER PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Conditions along the Honduras-Nicaragua border where pro-Zelaya demonstrators have congregated across from the encampment of President Zelaya have become a potential flash point for an escalation to violence in the Honduran political crisis. Human rights groups have lodged prot [...]	2009-07-28 00:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA687	TFHO1: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 5 [...] (C) Summary: The Honduran human rights situation continues to be difficult as tensions rise in the prolonged political uncertainty. Another aggravating factor has been the presence of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and the First Lady Xiomara Castro de Zelaya on opposite sides of the Honduran- [...]	2009-07-31 22:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA707	TFHO1: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND EXPRESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: The freedoms of expression and of the press in Honduras continue to be threatened as members of the de facto government intimidate and attempt to close media outlets, harass journalists, and seize the cameras of photographers and filmmakers. On an unofficial visit the UNHCR Spe [...]	2009-08-06 18:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA85	HONDURAN UNION LEADERS DISCUSS GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with leading union leaders in Honduras to discuss the current state of labor in Honduras, on February 3. The Ambassador took the opportunity to convey U.S. support for human rights and labor rights. He shared his view of the U.S-Central American Free Trade [...]	2009-02-09 22:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAGR EIND ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI EFIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA947	TFH01: NEED FOR COMMISSION [...] (C) Honduran authorities can no longer handle their deteriorating political situation and need the intervention of an international commission, preferably headed by senior UN and OAS officials accompanied by regional foreign ministers. The current situation is rapidly deteriorating. There is [...]	2009-09-22 15:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA948	TFH01: NEED FOR COMMISSION - CORRECTED CABLE [...] (C) Summary: Honduran authorities may no longer be able to handle their deteriorating political situation and need the intervention of an international commission, preferably headed by senior UN and OAS officials accompanied by regional foreign ministers. The current situation is rapidly dete [...]	2009-09-22 16:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA975	TFHO1: STOCKS OF STAPLES STILL SUFFICIENT [...] (U) Summary: The de facto regime temporarily suspended the nationwide curfew during the day on Wednesday, September 23 to allow Hondurans to stock up on food, fuel and cash; the curfew was lifted for most of the day on September 24. On September 23, thousands of people rushed to stores, bank [...]	2009-09-25 23:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD EAGR ELTN PINS PGOV SOCI KDEM
09TEGUCIGALPA982	TFH01: CANDIDATES MEET ZELAYA AND MICHELETTI AND [...] (U) Summary. The four presidential candidates who on September 16 traveled to Costa Rica to meet with President Arias met on September 24 with de facto regime head Roberto Micheletti and later the same day with President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya at the Brazilian Embassy. There was widespread [...]	2009-09-28 20:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI HO
09TELAVIV1082	NAZARETH AND THE POPE: A MODEL FOR ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY: In preparation for the Pope's visit on May 14th, the municipality of Nazareth, in conjunction with the Government of Israel (GOI),undertook a massive construction and infrastructure renovation initiative with a budget of almost 25 million NIS ($6 million USD). City officials want t [...]	2009-05-15 08:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI ELAB IS VT
09TELAVIV2701	Global Context Section of the QDDR - ISRAEL [...] Embassy Tel Aviv offers the following responses to queries posed in ref A regarding the trends in Israel that will most likely affect the conduct of diplomacy and the execution of development programs over the next ten to twenty years. The challenges that Israel will face diplomatically will [...]	2009-12-11 13:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI IS
09TELAVIV350	GOI ESTABLISHES COMMISION ON ILLEGAL BEDOUIN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-09 16:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI PREL EFIN ELAB EIND IS
09TELAVIV423	DEAD SEA COSMETICS AND SKINCARE INDUSTRY FRAUD [...] SUMMARY: In the past few years, sales of Dead Sea cosmetics and skincare products at kiosks in shopping malls across America has grown into a huge industry. A lesser-known, but problematic, aspect of the Dead Sea industry is that its personnel is comprised of many young Israelis working on tou [...]	2009-02-20 05:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT KFRD ELAB SOCI IS
09THEHAGUE560	NETHERLANDS: PUSHING SRI LANKA ON FREEDOM OF [...] (C) The Dutch support U.S. efforts to encourage the GSL to permit the free movement of IDPs. On September 14, post delivered ref A points to MFA Senior Policy Officer Andrea Nederlof, in the Department for Asia and Oceania. Nederlof responded that the Dutch ambassador in Colombo has been "ver [...]	2009-09-15 16:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID NL
09THEHAGUE693	EUR/PGI WEINSTEIN'S VISIT TO THE NETHERLANDS FOR EUROPEAN [...] EUR/PGI's Ivan Weinstein, who heads EUR's policy formulation on engaging with Muslims and other minorities in Europe, visited The Netherlands September 21-23, 2009, to attend a conference on the intercultural policies of European cities, consult with Embassy The Hague, and meet with the America [...]	2009-11-16 08:22:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO SCUL SOCI NL
09THEHAGUE729	NETHERLANDS: NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP [...] Post is pleased to submit 10 nominees to attend the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington in early 2010 (see paragraph 3). This initiative complements a wide range of activities already underway at this Mission to promote diversity and outreach to the Netherlands' large Muslim [...]	2009-12-04 17:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI NL
09THESSALONIKI1	NOTHERN NOTES DECEMBER 2008 [...] (U) Riots sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old schoolboy in Athens damaged over 100 downtown Thessaloniki businesses, including a about 20 banks. Ref A.) Some businesses, including a Starbucks, a Benetton and several banks, were completely destroyed. Anarchists and other an [...]	2009-01-08 10:44:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINT PGOV PREL PTER SMIG SOCI GR
09THESSALONIKI12	THESSALONIKI: INVITATION TO TRANSBORDER COOPERATION [...] ConGen Thessaloniki is pleased to announce a training seminar for southeast European police officers and prosecutors on "Trans-border Law Enforcement Cooperation to Combat Cyber Crime" in the northern Greek border city of Drama on June 1-4, 2009. ConGen Thessaloniki is organizing the seminar [...]	2009-03-16 19:56:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ECPS SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU
09THESSALONIKI16	THESSALONIKI: NORTHERN NOTES - MARCH 2009 [...] (U) On March 9, the President of the Exporters Association of Northern Greece Vassilis Thomaidis stated that local businesses have implemented reduced work hours in order to avoid substantial lay-offs. On March 17, Alumil S.A. President Giorgos Milonas announced that employees in his company [...]	2009-04-04 13:37:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU MK
09THESSALONIKI24	THESSALONIKI: GREECE IMPLEMENTING PROMISED MEASURES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Greek Government continues to implement several measures it announced in February 2007 (Ref A) aimed at addressing concerns of the Turkophone Muslim minority in Thrace, northeastern Greece. While the GoG has made progress in hiring imams and cancelling taxes on Musli [...]	2009-04-27 10:16:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI GR TU
09THESSALONIKI27	NORTHERN NOTES - APRIL 2009 [...] (U) On April 1, the Thessaloniki Port Authority announced the cancellation of an earlier tender for the privatization of the port's Cargo Station. The decision followed weeks of deliberations on how to proceed, after the winning bidder Hutchison Whampoa withdrew its bid which was valued [...]	2009-05-08 07:29:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU
09THESSALONIKI29	NORTHERN NOTES MAY 2009 [...] (U) On May 05, local media reported that the port of Thessaloniki's international role is gradually diminishing. Media stated that in the first quarter of 2009, only 8% of the containers handled by the Cargo Station were in transit for other countries, compared to 19% the year before. How [...]	2009-06-10 20:41:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR
09THESSALONIKI30	THESSALONIKI: STRENGTHENING BALKAN COOPERATION ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's fourth annual regional seminar on Trans-border Law Enforcement Cooperation, which focused this year on Cyber crime, confirmed strong regional interest in tackling Balkan transnational crime. Police and prosecutors from Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Gre [...]	2009-06-30 15:35:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ECPS SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU
09THESSALONIKI31	NORTHERN NOTES [...] (SBU)In the June Euro-parliament elections, the governing center-right New Democracy party suffered its biggest losses ever in the traditional stronghold of northern Greece, declining by more than 10% since the last Euro-elections of 2004. Commentators attributed the result to rising popularit [...]	2009-07-02 12:42:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR
09THESSALONIKI34	NORTHERN NOTES - JULY 2009 [...] (SBU) On July 29, local media reported the arrest of a Greek Muslim on charges of espionage for Turkey. The arrested man, who comes from Thrace, was allegedly approached by two Turkish people who were unknown to him and asked to photograph Greek military installations alongside a series of [...]	2009-08-05 06:02:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU
09THESSALONIKI45	THRACE COURT REJECTS "TURKISH UNION OF XANTHI'S" APPEAL FOR [...] (U) On 30 September, the Appeals Court in Thrace rejected an application by local Muslim community organization "Turkish Union of Xanthi" to reverse earlier decisions by national courts prohibiting it from being recognized and registered under that name. The Union's appeal was based on a 27 M [...]	2009-10-21 12:08:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI GR TU
09THESSALONIKI47	NORTHERN NOTES OCTOBER 2009 [...] (U) Winner of this month's Greek national election PASOK (Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement) made substantial gains in traditionally conservative Northern Greece, too. In Thrace, the two current Muslim MPs were re-elected with PASOK, while the decision by the far-right LAOS leader Georgios K [...]	2009-11-06 16:13:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR
09THESSALONIKI54	NEW INTERIOR DEPMIN TO FOCUS ON LEGAL IMMIGRATION AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Interior DepMin Tzakri expects to be given national policy responsibility for integration of immigrants as well as regional responsibility for legal immigration, implementation of new decentralization initiatives, and general administration. Her role and duties will be def [...]	2009-12-01 15:00:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SMIG PINR PHUM CACS SOCI GR
09THESSALONIKI9	NORTHERN NOTES - FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) In Komotini, a Muslim woman challenged successfully a decision by the local mufti to give custody of two of her four children to her husband, reportedly an alcoholic suffering from psychological problems. On February 18, the Greek first instance Court of Rhodopi gave the woman custody [...]	2009-03-05 15:35:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ODIP OPRC PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SOCI GR TU
09TIJUANA1116	QUANTIFYING VIOLENCE: TIJUANA'S DRUG VIOLENCE AS REFLECTED [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 19:31:00	Consulate Tijuana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SOCI MX
09TIJUANA33	STILL PURSUING THE AMERICAN DREAM: AN UPDATE ON TIJUANA'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 00:31:00	Consulate Tijuana	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI SMIG ECON
09TIJUANA883	REPORT FROM LA FRONTERA: BORDER PATROL'S BATTLES WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Migrant and drug trafficking patterns along the Mexico-U.S. border vary from sector to sector and are difficult to pin down because the routes and tactics used by traffickers are in constant flux. Most traffickers prefer to avoid confrontation with U.S. law enforcement, and the ab [...]	2009-08-22 00:24:00	Consulate Tijuana	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI KCRM PREL MX
09TIRANA714	ALBANIA INCSR SUBMISSION FOR 2009 [...] Albania is a transit country for narcotics traffickers moving primarily Afghan heroin from Central Asia to destinations around Western Europe. In 2009, seizures of heroin increased but seizures of marijuana declined. Cannabis continues to be produced in the remote mountain regions of Albania fo [...]	2009-11-05 05:48:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR SOCI AL
09TIRANA723	LONG ELECTORAL PROCESS SLOWING DOWN ANTI-TIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite an unprecedented flurry of anti-trafficking activity in 2008, in 2009 the GOA's anti-trafficking efforts appear to have come to a standstill, a victim of the entire GOA's preoccupation since April of this year with the June parliamentary elections and subsequent government [...]	2009-11-06 16:08:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN KTIP SMIG SOCI AL
09TIRANA747	H1N1 - GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES AN "ALMOST" PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Minister of Health Petrit Vasili held a press conference November 19 to declare that Albania is "on the edge of an epidemic spread of the H1N1 virus." He stated that "there is no reason to panic, but citizens should be careful and follow given instructions." Vasili stated that schools w [...]	2009-11-19 16:27:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI AL
09TIRANA755	SUPRISE POLICE SHAKEUP REVEALS AN "UNTOUCHABLE" [...] (C) Summary. After only one week in power, newly appointed General Director of the State Police Hysni Burgaj announced reassignments of almost all regional and functional police directors. Two weeks later, Burgaj made similar staff changes in the Border Police. While the speed of the shakeup [...]	2009-11-25 07:31:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KCOR PINS AL
09TIRANA790	GOA HAS REGAINED MOMENTUM ON TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In two recent meetings with Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)officials, the GOA seems to have regained its momentum on anti-trafficking efforts. Both ministries outlined new initiatives and ideas and the MOI provided a report demonstrating that th [...]	2009-12-11 13:54:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN KTIP SOCI SMIG PREL ELAB AL
09TIRANA793	ALBANIA: First Deaths Due to H1N1 [...] (SBU) Summary : Albania announced its firstH1N1 death of an otherwise "healthy" patient on December 13, bringing the total to four deaths in the past three weeks. Incidence rates for respiratory illness overall have hit ten year highs but have fallen short of epidemic status and have stabilize [...]	2009-12-14 15:20:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KFLU AL
09TOKYO1589	U.S.-JAPAN WORKSHOP PROMOTES COLLABORATION TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Tokyo, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and others hosted a workshop July 8 to promote better U.S.-Japan collaboration in cancer clinical trials. Nearly one hundred participants from academia, industry, government, and the media discussed how to strengthen capaciti [...]	2009-07-13 08:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH ECON PGOV SOCI CASC JA
09TOKYO1607	JAPAN REVISES ORGAN TRANSPLANT LAW [...] The GOJ amended the National Organ Transplant Law of 1997 for the first time July 13, making in-country organ donations easier. The amended law, which passed the Diet's Upper House by a vote of 138 to 82, recognizes brain dead persons as legally deceased and abolishes the age limit for organ d [...]	2009-07-15 06:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AEMED SOCI PGOV JA
09TOKYO2112	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PERSUADING SRI LANKA ON [...] (C) On September 10, Embassy Poloff and Embassy USAID Counselor separately delivered reftel demarche to MOFA Southwest Asia Division Principal Deputy Director Aya Yoshida and MOFA International Cooperation Bureau Director Hikariko Ono, urging that Japan join the U.S. in pressing the Government [...]	2009-09-11 06:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN
09TOKYO2551	ADVANCING U.S.-JAPAN COLLABORATION IN CANCER CLININAL [...] (U) Summary: Dr. Edward Trimble of the National Cancer Institute participated in a series of meetings and programs on October 20 and 21 as part of Embassy Tokyo's ongoing effort to promote increased collaboration between U.S. and Japanese researchers in cancer clinical trials. The activities [...]	2009-11-05 07:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSTH ECON PGOV SOCI CASC JA
09TOKYO2687	GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK IN JAPAN [...] Summary: Embassy Tokyo supported Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) in Japan, working with local organizers, and featuring a keynote program with Ambassador Roos on entrepreneurship. Organizers coordinated 14 separate events around Japan under a GEW umbrella, and attracted over 3000 participa [...]	2009-11-20 08:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL SOCI JA
09TOKYO492	JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No human outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the period of May 2, 2008 to March 4, 2009. ------------------------------------------- H7N6 Detected in Quail in Aichi Prefecture ------------------------------------------- 2. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fo [...]	2009-03-04 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA
09TOKYO965	JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO SWINE FLU OUTBREAKS [...] Please note action request contained in para. 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: No human cases of swine flu have been reported in Japan. The Japanese government, following an emergency meeting April 25, established a special working group in the Prime Minister's office, issued warnings to Japanese tr [...]	2009-04-27 07:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR JA
09TOKYO982	UPDATE ON JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: No human cases of swine flu have been reported in Japan. The Health Ministry raised Japan's domestic pandemic alert April 28 to a level corresponding to an outbreak of pandemic influenza abroad. The GOJ authorized expanded border screening to include arrivals from the U.S. and [...]	2009-04-28 22:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR JA
09TORONTO149	Measuring Anti-Semitism in the GTA [...] (U) Summary: Law enforcement statistics on hate crimes in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in 2008 are becoming publicly available, with the Toronto Police Service (TPS) statistics already released, and York Regional Police statistics soon to follow. The statistics show that the Jewish communit [...]	2009-07-02 19:15:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV CA
09TORONTO39	TORONTO: IS JUST BEING DIVERSE GOOD ENOUGH? [...] (U) Summary: Toronto proudly proclaims its status as one of the most diverse cities in the world, with some 47% of the population in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) having been born abroad and over 150 languages spoken daily. Comparatively few minorities are seen in visible leadership roles, ho [...]	2009-02-27 18:29:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI SMIG SCUL CVIS CA
09TORONTO40	TORONTO: IS JUST BEING DIVERSE GOOD ENOUGH? [...] (U) Summary: Toronto proudly proclaims its status as one of the most diverse cities in the world, with some 47% of the population in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) having been born abroad and over 150 languages spoken daily. Comparatively few minorities are seen in visible leadership roles, ho [...]	2009-02-27 18:49:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI SMIG SCUL CVIS CA
09TRIPOLI192	FOR ORDINARY LIBYANS, IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID REF: A) TRIPOLI 133, B) TRIPOLI 0001, C) TRIPOLI 0068, D) 08 TRIPOLI 699, E) TRIPOLI 186 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy - Tripoli, U.S. Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 13:12:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SOCI KCOR KDEM ELAB PGOV PHUM LY
09TRIPOLI196	TWEAKING THE TIGERS' TAIL: SAIF AL-ISLAM OPENS NEW HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION IN LIBYA REF: A) 08 TRIPOLI 960, B) TRIPOLI 0022 TRIPOLI 00000196 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy - Tripoli, U.S. Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-01 16:43:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KDEM LY
09TRIPOLI34	UN ORGANIZES HUMAN RIGHTS CONTACT GROUP WITH KEY LIBYAN [...] (C) Summary: UN officials have quietly begun a human rights contact group that consists of quasi-governmental organizations with strong ties to the al-Qadhafi regime (two of groups are chaired by children of al-Qadhafi). The goals are to build awareness of basic human/civil rights and expand the c [...]	2009-01-19 12:58:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI LY
09TRIPOLI359	STATE MEDIA PULLS THE PLUG ON SAIF AL-ISLAM'S SATELLITE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-29 16:29:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KMDR SOCI LY
09TRIPOLI739	EMBASSY TRIPOLI'S RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (SBU) Introduction: Following the exchange of Ambassadors in January 2009, the United States and Libya have embarked on a new period of engagement. With the restoration of full diplomatic relations for the first time in more than three decades, we are engaging Libyans on a vast range of publi [...]	2009-09-14 12:45:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD
09TRIPOLI939	DEADLY DRIVING HABITS: ACCIDENTS THIRD CAUSE OF DEATH IN LIBYA TRIPOLI 00000939 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 14:45:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELTN EAID SOCI LY EINV
09TRIPOLI948	MGSF01: LIBYA REPORTS FIRST DEATH DUE TO H1N1, WITH 84 [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Libyan state-run media, a pregnant 40-year old Libyan woman recently died in the country's first reported H1N1-related death. The number of H1N1 cases in the country reached 84 as of December 1, a jump from the official figure of 20 provided by the Libyan Nationa [...]	2009-12-03 16:16:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI CASC LY KFLU AEMR ASEC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09TRIPOLI961	LIBYAN CHANGE OF EID AL ADHA HOLIDAY PROMPTS RARE PUBLIC GRUMBLING TRIPOLI 00000961 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 09:11:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL SOCI LY
09TUNIS372	TUNISIAN CRITICIZES REGIME IN FORTHCOMING BOOK; [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX approached Ambassador and Pol/EconCouns XXXXXXXXXXXX to share with us XXXXXXXXXXXX the Ambassador gave him assurances that we would. XXXXXXXXXXXX shared a rare first-hand account of corruption from several years ago in which Ben Ali himself was described as asking for a 50 perc [...]	2009-06-16 18:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KCOR SOCI PREL TS
09TUNIS76	TUNISIA: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] (SBU) The information on Tunisia in the Department of Labor's 2007 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor remains accurate, to the best of Post's knowledge. The Government of Tunisia (GOT) did not respond to Post's requests for information about its activities in this area during 2008. [...]	2009-02-10 09:32:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TS
09TUNIS833	PRESIDENT'S CAIRO AGENDA: EMBASSY TUNIS ACTIONS [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis has established a steering group and begun extensive outreach in preparation for the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship. With a strong private sector and a government focused on creating economic opportunity, Tunisia offers opportunities to implement the President's v [...]	2009-11-13 17:05:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI TS
09TUNIS880	TUNISIAN NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT [...] (U) Attached is Embassy Tunis' submission of ten nominees to attend the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington (reftel). The list includes already-established entrepreneurs, members of entrepreneurship and student organizations, women entrepreneurs, and candidates from the priva [...]	2009-11-30 16:04:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI TS
09TUNIS921	ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT: EMBASSY TUNIS OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Our engagement with public and private sector Tunisians continues to build support for the Entrepreneurship Summit and other Cairo speech initiatives. Tunisians are widely supportive of the President's vision of comprehensive engagement and partnership, and have identified the potential [...]	2009-12-21 15:22:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI TS
09TUNIS928	TUNISIAN HEALTH MINISTER DISCUSSES CHALLENGES, [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Minister of Public Health Mondher Zenaidi discussed on December 17 Tunisia's health achievements, its efforts to reform the health insurance system and prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus, and the opportunities for enhanced cooperation on health. The minister highlig [...]	2009-12-23 15:59:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED PINR PREL SOCI TS
09ULAANBAATAR132	RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER VISITS MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived in Ulaanbaatar on the afternoon of May 13 for a half-day of meetings with Mongolian government officials. In addition to Putin's hour-long private meeting with Mongolian Prime Minister S. Bayar, Mongolian and Russian officials held [...]	2009-05-15 08:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM KCOR KMCA SOCI MG
09ULAANBAATAR318	Mongolia INCSR Draft Submission [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 05:46:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI MG
09ULAANBAATAR97	45 DAYS AND COUNTING: MONGOLIA'S PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Both the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) and Democratic Party (DP) have officially selected their candidates for the May 24 presidential election. Incumbent President N. Enkhbayar is the MPRP nominee and Ts. Elbegdorj is the DP candidate. The Green Party and the Ci [...]	2009-04-10 08:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI MG
09UNESCOPARISFR1666	U.S. OPPORTUNITIES AT UNESCO [...] (SBU) Summary: A window of opportunity has opened for the United States at UNESCO. With the election of Irina Bokova, the U.S. has a favorably disposed Director-General who is looking for new ideas. Rather than being on the defensive, the U.S. should be making programmatic proposals to help [...]	2009-12-09 11:10:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL SOCI TPHY UNESCO
09UNROME29	ONE BILLION NOT SERVED: HOW THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [...] According to separate studies published in 2008 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),there are approximately one billion hungry, or "food insecure," people in the world. Both organizations have since predicted that this number wil [...]	2009-04-22 16:28:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SOCI PHUM FAO UN
09UNVIEVIENNA150	IAEA BUDGET: PROGRAM OF ACTION FOR CANCER THERAPY (PACT) [...] (U) The IAEA's Program of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) expertise in radiotherapy to assist developing Member States to design comprehensive National Cancer Control Plans (NCCP). PACT looks to the U.S. as one of its main supporters and would welcome USG funding or cost-free expertise duri [...]	2009-04-07 11:23:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP MNUC PREL SOCI TRGY EAIO
09UNVIEVIENNA153	IAEA/TC: REQUEST FOR EXTRABUDGETARY FUNDING FOR AFRA [...] (U) Mission received a letter from the Permanent Mission of Tanzania on March 6, 2009 requesting USG extrabudgetary funding for seven specific programs under the IAEA's regional technical cooperation (TC) project for Africa, the African Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research Development an [...]	2009-04-08 12:27:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KNNP PREL SOCI TRGY XA
09UNVIEVIENNA38	FY 2009 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] Per Reftel instructions, Mission sent inquiries to the following UN bodies in Vienna and has received their responses. ------ UNIDO ------ 2. The United Nations International Development Organization (UNIDO) provided UNVIE with a 2008 list of NGOs with consultative or observer status. [...]	2009-01-30 15:43:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM SOCI UN
09UNVIEVIENNA507	IAEA/PACT: WHO ENVOY FOR CANCER PREVENTION NANCY BRINKER [...] (U) SUMMARY: WHO Envoy Ambassador Nancy Brinker spoke at a PACT-hosted event entitled "The Globalization of Cancer" on October 20, 2009, painting a picture of how cancer will increasingly burden low income and developing countries. Brinker also consulted IAEA officials about implementing the [...]	2009-11-09 11:06:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI EAID KNNP AORC IAEA
09USEUBRUSSELS1234	SE WOLPE'S CONSULTATIONS WITH THE EU 31 AUGUST - 1 [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Special Envoy to the African Great Lakes, Howard Wolpe, met with development and humanitarian aid officials from the Commission, and security and defense officials at the Council Secretariat. He also met with the Secretariat's Africa Task Force and attended a lunch meeting [...]	2009-09-11 15:52:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MOPS MARR SOCI CG BE
09USUNNEWYORK1002	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMEMORATES ICPD+15 [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations held a plenary session of the General Assembly to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The October 12th session saw nearly forty countries speak on a variety of issues related to the explo [...]	2009-11-06 21:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SMIG SOCI PREL PGOV PRM USAID
09USUNNEWYORK1027	UN INVITES INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AS [...] On October 19, the UN General Assembly invited the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to participate as a Permanent Observer in the sessions and the work of the Assembly. The United States was one of over 100 co-sponsors of this initiative that had begun in 2008. Prince Albert II of Monaco [...]	2009-11-13 00:51:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA KOLY SCUL SOCI AORC
09USUNNEWYORK1039	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY TURNS TO SPORTS [...] The UN General Assembly on October 19 called upon all Member States to cooperate in efforts to use sport as a tool for peace, to proclaim the Olympic Truce during the Olympic Winter Games (Vancouver, 2010),and welcomed the historic holding of soccer's World Cup for the first time in Africa ( [...]	2009-11-16 20:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA SOCI AORC KOLY SCUL
09USUNNEWYORK1045	THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: High Commissioner for Human Rights, Pillay, told the UN Third Committee of her priorities for the upcoming year and justified the controversial Goldstone Report on human rights violations in the Gaza Strip. END SUMMARY. 2. Following are summary points of the High Commissioner for Hu [...]	2009-11-17 18:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI UNGA MY
09USUNNEWYORK1091	THIRD COMMITTEE SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: As part of the annual discussion of human rights issues in the UN General Assembly, numerous Special Rapporteurs on thematic issues made presentations to the UNGA Third Committee. Below are summaries of the hour-long presentations by the Special Rapporteurs for Right to Health, Right [...]	2009-12-03 15:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1093	STATEMENTS BY HUMAN RIGHTS SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS [...] SUMMARY: As part of the annual discussion of human rights issues in the UN General Assembly, numerous Special Rapporteurs on thematic issues made presentations to the UNGA Third Committee. Below are summaries of the hour-long presentations by the Special Rapporteurs for Torture, Myanmar, DPRK, [...]	2009-12-03 15:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1113	POLICE IN UN PEACEKEEPING: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2, 4, and 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Police Division officials asked member states on December 4 to assist in developing national follow-up plans to the Singapore Ministerial meeting on international pol [...]	2009-12-11 21:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO KCRM SOCI CVIS SN
09USUNNEWYORK134	FY2009 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to reftel requests regarding the annual Section 102 (g) Foreign Relations Authorization Act pedophilia certification regarding UN agencies and their affiliated NGOs. As requested, Mission requested required confirmations from the following UN agencies: ECOS [...]	2009-02-13 18:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM SOCI
09USUNNEWYORK189	AMBASSADOR RICE'S FEBRUARY 24 LUNCH WITH EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Rice and the 27 Permanent Representatives (PRs) from European Member states and European Commission (EC) representatives discussed a broad range of political, security, development, and human rights issues over lunch on February 24. The PRs unanimously welcomed the [...]	2009-02-27 16:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PREL SENV SOCI UN
09USUNNEWYORK201	AMBASSADOR RICE'S FEBRUARY 24 LUNCH WITH EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Rice and the 27 Permanent Representatives (PRs) from European Member states and European Commission (EC) representatives discussed a broad range of political, security, development, and human rights issues over lunch on February 24. The PRs unanimously welcomed the [...]	2009-03-02 20:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PREL SENV SOCI EU UN
09USUNNEWYORK213	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] Summary: In a March 2 meeting, Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS),discussed with Ambassador Rice efforts to prevent transmission to children, support for their HIV-positive parents, and other key priorities. Ambassador Rice invited [...]	2009-03-04 23:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV SOCI TBIO
09USUNNEWYORK351	COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN (CSW) 2009 SESSION [...] (U) Summary and Action Request. The Commission on the Status of Women held its annual two-week session from March 2-13, 2009. The new positions of the U.S. were well received, Agreed Conclusions were adopted by consensus, an annual resolution on Palestinian women was adopted by a vote of 30-3 [...]	2009-04-03 16:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PHUM UN KWMN
09USUNNEWYORK357	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS UNDER SECRETARY-GENERAL [...] On April 2, Special Advisor for Africa and Under Secretary-General Cheick Sidi Diarra briefed Ambassador Rice on his office's support for implementation of the New Partnership for African Development (NePAD). As Diarra's office is mandated by the General Assembly to provide "global advocacy" [...]	2009-04-06 19:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA SOCI UN
09USUNNEWYORK415	SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE PLEDGES AND [...] (U) In response to Ref A regarding pledges and contributions made to the Special Court for Sierra Leone (the Court) since its inception, the Mission refers to Refs B and C, which set forth amounts paid by country and by year. The Court's Liaison Office in New York has advised the Mission th [...]	2009-04-23 13:02:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL SL SOCI UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK418	NEW UN WOMEN'S MECHANISM PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary and action request. Members of the General Assembly voiced measured support for continuing deliberations on the creation of a new "entity" to deal with women's empowerment and gender equality that would be a hybrid between a full-fledged Fund (such as UNICEF or UNDP) and an offic [...]	2009-04-23 17:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PHUM UN KWMN
09USUNNEWYORK448	AMB VERVEER AND DEPUTY SG MIGIRO DISCUSS WOMEN AT THE UN [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer and UN Deputy-Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro met April 28 at the UN for a cordial discussion of the need to move forward on reforming the UN's gender architecture, the importance of Security Council Resolutions 1325 [...]	2009-05-01 19:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI EAID KWMN UN
09USUNNEWYORK451	AMB RICE DISCUSSES WOMEN'S ISSUES WITH STEPHEN LEWIS [...] (SBU) Former Canadian ambassador Stephen Lewis spoke to Ambassador Rice April 27 on the need for a new UN agency on women's affairs, and to plead for U.S. support to move quickly to establish the new agency. Lewis, through his previous positions as Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, Canadian [...]	2009-05-04 20:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI EAID KWMN ZI UN
09USUNNEWYORK521	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH BOTSWANA FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 14, Botswana FM Mompati Merafhe told Ambassador Rice that Botswana would balance support for Zimbabwean social ministries controlled by the MDC and revitalization of the economy with the necessity of continuing to deny access to foreign credit to ZANU-PF leaders. To this [...]	2009-05-19 22:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA SOCI KHIV ETRD ELAB BC ZI MA
09USUNNEWYORK60	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH DSG MIGIRO [...] (U) Summary. In a cordial introductory meeting, Ambassador Susan Rice discussed with UN Deputy-Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro January 28 their shared comittment to implement the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and UN reform. Migiro urged the U.S. to show leadership on development and [...]	2009-01-29 14:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK61	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH EU PRESIDENCY CZECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice discussed ways to strengthen EU - U.S. cooperation in the UN context with Czech Permrep Ambassador Martin Palous January 28, including institutionalizing both high-level and working level contacts, in order to promote agreement on issues of common concern. Amba [...]	2009-01-29 14:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM ECON PARM UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK622	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETING WITH UNHCHR PILLAY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 18:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI KUNR KWBG SU CE SF QA IN XF
09USUNNEWYORK64	UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES AND UNRWA CHIEF BRIEF COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary-General Holmes and UNRWA Commissioner-General Abu Zayd briefed the Security Council January 27 on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Holmes said he was shocked by the destruction and suffering he saw in Gaza on his recent trip and highlighted both Hamas' use of [...]	2009-01-30 00:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER EAID SOCI UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK752	UNGA 64: TANZANIA INVITES PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) Tanzanian PermRep Augustine Mahiga requested a meeting with Ambassador Rice following up on the May 21 meeting between Tanzanian President Kikwete and President Obama, and conveyed Kikwete's hopes that President Obama would participate in two high-level events contemplated on the margins [...]	2009-08-06 19:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PHUM ECON EAID KWMN UNGA TZ
09USUNNEWYORK765	SC DEBATES WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY: SEXUAL VIOLENCE [...] Summary: The members of the Security Council, plus over two dozen other delegations, discussed the Secretary-General's report on sexual violence in armed conflict (SCR 1820) August 7, condemning such crimes and urging continued international attention to this issue. Ambassador Rice began the [...]	2009-08-12 21:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KWMN UNSC CG KPKO SOCI
09USUNNEWYORK892	SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS AND DEBATES WOMEN, PEACE, [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Khiem chaired the Security Council open debate on the Secretary-General's report on Women, Peace, and Security. At the top of the meeting, the Council adopted follow-on resolution 1889, which focuses on women's empowerment in post-confl [...]	2009-10-12 15:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI KPKO KWMN UNSC CG
09USUNNEWYORK893	SECRETARY CLINTON CHAIRS UNANIMOUS ADOPTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of State Clinton chaired the unanimous adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1888 on conflict-related sexual violence which was co-sponsored by 68 UN member states including 10 members of the Security Council. Russia, China, Libya, Uganda and Vietnam did not co- [...]	2009-10-13 20:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI KPKO KWMN UNSC CG
09USUNNEWYORK910	BURMA, BURUNDI, COLOMBIA AND UGANDA ADDRESS SC [...] (SBU) The Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict (WGCAAC) held a formal meeting chaired by Mexican Permanent Representative Claude Heller on October 12 to adopt the group's conclusions on Burma and to discuss the Secretary General's reports on children and armed conflict [...]	2009-10-14 19:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI UNSC BM CO BY UG
09USUNNEWYORK931	SENATOR BOXER DISCUSSES WOMEN, CLIMATE WITH SG [...] Senator Barbara Boxer came to New York to meet with Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in her capacity as Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittees on International Organizations and Global Women's Issues. She raised the need to quickly appoint a Special Representative of the Secretary-G [...]	2009-10-20 22:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI SENV KWMN KGHG UNGA

09USUNNEWYORK975	THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES INDIGENOUS ISSUES [...] SUMMARY: Addressing the Committee for the first time as Special Rapporteur on human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, James Anaya said the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP),adopted by the General Assembly two years ago, provided a clear normative framew [...]	2009-11-02 14:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI UNGA BH MY WS VE CO
09USUNNEWYORK978	HHS SECRETARY SEBELIUS - SYG BAN CALL ON [...] (SBU) (Begin summary) U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius spoke via teleconference with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Director-General of the World Health (WHO) Organization Margaret Chan, the Executive Director of the UN Fund for Children (UNICE [...]	2009-11-02 21:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNICEF WHO EAID SOCI UN
09VATICAN108	EMBASSY VATICAN AIDS CONFERENCE LINKS FAITH-BASED WITH [...] (U) Embassy Vatican and Caritas Internationalis co-hosted a very successful international conference on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS from October 14 to the 16. The conference also aimed at improving access to testing and treatment for children living with HIV and [...]	2009-10-30 17:17:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI KHIV KIRF ECON EAID KHDP TSPL UN XA VT
09VATICAN122	AMIDST CONTROVERSY, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY MEETS POPE [...] (S) Summary: During his recent visit to Rome and meeting with the Pope --planned before the Pope urged disaffected Anglicans to convert to Catholicism-- Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams challenged the position of the Catholic Church on ordination of women and made it clear that the Vat [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Embassy Vatican	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI UK VT
09VATICAN123	AMIDST CONTROVERSY, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY MEETS POPE [...] (S) Summary: During his recent visit to Rome and meeting with the Pope --planned before the Pope urged disaffected Anglicans to convert to Catholicism-- Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams challenged the position of the Catholic Church on ordination of women and made it clear that the Vatican s [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Embassy Vatican	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI UK VT
09VATICAN134	AN INVENTORY OF THE VATICAN'S INTERFAITH DIALOGUES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vatican is a leader or partner in many inter-religious dialogues, primarily with the "Abrahamic" religions - Islam, Judaism, and of course, other Christians. Vatican leaders are also beginning to reach out to Asian faiths. This cable describes the Vatican's primary, organized dia [...]	2009-12-18 11:44:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI SCUL VT
09VATICAN135	INTERFAITH DIALOGUE: A VIEW FROM THE VATICAN [...] (U) In an era of growing contacts and conflicts between faith communities, interfaith dialogue -- to increase understanding and in pursuit of concrete objectives -- is increasingly important. The Holy See is an active proponent and participant in a wide range of these dialogues, in order to [...]	2009-12-18 11:53:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI SCUL VT
09VATICAN137	PROPOSALS FOR COLLABORATING WITH THE VATICAN ON INTERFAITH [...] (U) Catholics and the organized Catholic Church are present in virtually every country of the world, and the Holy See is second only to the United States in terms of relations with other states. Given this near-universal presence and the Vatican's critical role in interfaith dialogues, Embassy [...]	2009-12-18 12:45:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI SCUL KIRF VT
09VATICAN16	EMBASSY VATICAN CONFERENCE CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF FORMAL [...] (U) In honor of the 25th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations with the Holy See, Embassy Vatican convened an international conference on the American model of church-state relations on January 13, 2009. More than 200 officials, academics, diplomats, and students seized the opportunity t [...]	2009-01-29 10:16:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO KIRF SOCI VT
09VATICAN54	HOLY SEE TURNS OUT THE LIGHTS [...] Summary: The dome of Saint Peter's Basilica plunged into darkness March 28 signaling Vatican City's participation in Earth Hour 2009. Environmental issues have moved more to the front burner since Pope Benedict XVI assumed office in 2005 and the Vatican has initiated several highly publicize [...]	2009-04-14 14:36:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KIRF ENRG SENV SOCI TNGD TRGY TSPL KTIA VT
09VATICAN60	VATICAN AND ARAB LEAGUE SIGN AGREEMENT TO PROMOTE PEACE AND [...] (U) The Holy See and the Arab League signed a Memorandum of Understanding April 23 to strengthen joint projects to promote peace and dialogue, especially on the political and cultural level. The Memorandum was signed by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, representing the Holy See, and by Amr Mou [...]	2009-04-24 17:54:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF SCUL PTER VT
09VATICAN95	INTERFAITH DIATRIBES TURN TO DIALOGUE IN KRAKOW AT ANNUAL [...] (U) Summary: At the 22nd edition of an annual interfaith dialogue to promote peace, held this year in Krakow with thousands of observers, hundreds of senior religious and political leaders expressed great agreement on themes like food security. They also engaged in some interfaith sniping, un [...]	2009-09-14 14:10:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI PGOV KIRF VT PL
09VIENNA126	MEASURES TO COMBAT CANCER IN AUSTRIA [...] On World Cancer Day, Minister of Health Alois Stoeger announced that the GoA will put more emphasis on preventative measures against cancer. The Ministry of Health is evaluating a special screening process to improve the early diagnosis of breast and uterine cancer in women. Officials say th [...]	2009-02-06 13:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI SENV TBIO WHO KPAO AU
09VIENNA1524	AUSTRIA: NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT [...] In response to reftel, Post submits the following nominees for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit: 2. Yavuz Kuscu. Kuscu is the current owner of TVG Consulting GmbH & TVG European Air Alliance. He is also the President of the Austro-Turkish Trade Association. TVG was established in [...]	2009-11-30 14:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI XF XI ZR ZP CN PU MV SO AU
09VIENNA1529	DPRK HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW: AUSTRIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 10:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA KN AU
09VIENNA314	MFA Legal Affairs Director New National Anti-Trafficking [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 09:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KTIP PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN AU
09VIENTIANE291	Lao Government Issues Long-Awaited Decree on Associations [...] (SBU) Summary. The Prime Minister's Office has officially released the text of the new decree on the formation of non-profit associations in Laos, opening the door for Lao-run civil society organizations to register legally. Issued on April 29th, the decree will permit the formation of non-pro [...]	2009-06-18 09:39:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SCUL LA
09VIENTIANE293	IRF VISITS PROVINCIAL LAOS TO GAUGE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: In May, DRL Office of International Religious Freedom (DRL/IRF) officer traveled with PolOff through three northern provinces - Luang Prabang, Oudomxay, and Luang Namtha - to assess religious freedom conditions. Predictably, the further away the officers traveled from Vientiane [...]	2009-06-19 05:07:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI LA
09VIENTIANE335	STAFFDEL LEE: GOL SHOWS OFF HMONG RESETTLEMENT SITE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials accompanied House Foreign Affairs Committee professional staff member Jessica Lee and Ambassador to the Phalak village Hmong resettlement site. Phalak is used to settle Lao Hmong who return from detainment in Thailand but d [...]	2009-07-10 09:16:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	LA PHUM PREF PREL SOCI TH
09VIENTIANE68	LAO INGO POLICY: OVERSIGHT VS. EFFICIENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Lao Foreign Minister led an unusually high profile and public February 5-6 consultative discussion about proposed revision of the Prime Minister,s Decree 71, which regulates registration and operation of international NGOs (INGOs) in Laos. Also attending were vice ministers f [...]	2009-02-12 00:37:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PROP SOCI
09VILNIUS479	GOL FOCUSED ON SOUTHERN CAUCASUS AT GAERC [...] (C) The head of MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Division, Egidijus Navikas told us that Foreign Minister Usackas will speak in favor of new generation treaties with the Southern Caucasus at the GAERC session on September 14-15. He said FM Usackas will also suggest that energy securi [...]	2009-09-11 13:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN LH PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI
09VILNIUS615	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her initial meeting with Minister of Health Algis Caplikas, Ambassador Derse heard that the budget crisis was forcing the ministry to speed up its reforms in the health-care sector, that the GOL believes it is prepared for the worsening flu pandemic, and that the ministry [...]	2009-11-18 15:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KFLU SOCI TBIO LH
09VILNIUS624	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON JEWISH COMMUNITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Lithuania's small Jewish community, largely elderly and impoverished, lives among a homogeneous ethnic Lithuanian population, significant elements of which accept anti-Semitic stereotypes and blame the Jews for fighting alongside Soviet soldiers during World War II, Jewish lead [...]	2009-11-23 10:08:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SCUL SOCI LH
09VILNIUS648	LITHUANIA: OUTREACH FOR DPRK UNIVERSAL PERIODIC [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 15:46:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AORC SOCI LH
09VILNIUS706	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON SOCIAL-SECURITY [...] (C) In her first meeting with Minister of Social Security and Labor Donatas Jankauskas, Ambassador Derse heard that emigration is a problem for Lithuania as workers seek better opportunities elsewhere in the EU and usually do not return, that the GOL is moving forward with overhauling its de [...]	2009-12-23 09:07:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SMIG SOCI ELAB LH
09VLADIVOSTOK8	RIVAL VLADIVOSTOK DEMONSTRATIONS HELD WITHOUT VIOLENCE [...] Summary. Government detractors and supporters held simultaneous demonstrations in Vladivostok on Saturday, January 31. Though police presence was heavy throughout the city, with militia men at nearly every intersection downtown, and despite the Communists' insistence on holding the rally in [...]	2009-02-02 05:34:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI RS
09WARSAW1135	H1N1 IN POLAND: QUIET FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Poland's Chief Sanitary Inspectorate reports no deaths related to H1N1 and no major outbreaks. While Polish officials are watching the situation closely, they do not plan to implement extraordinary measures absent a dramatic change in the disease's behavior, despite substantial [...]	2009-11-06 16:29:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ECON GM PREL SOCI TBIO
09WARSAW1198	POLES WELCOME U.S. APPROACH ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) The GOP appreciates the U.S. approach to the December 7 meeting of the UN Human Rights Council, per reftel, as well as Washington's broader engagement strategy with North Korea. Urszula Rasnowiecka of the MFA's Asia-Pacific Department said she hoped that such recent developments would stim [...]	2009-12-07 18:31:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA KN PL
09WARSAW277	POLAND - NO REPORTS OF FORCED CHILD LABOR IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-17 13:58:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP PL
09WARSAW377	POLAND: SNAPSHOT OF BIALYSTOK, NEAR THE BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Local and regional officials in Poland's northeastern Podlaskie Province -- located along the Belarusian border -- told us April 1-3 that residents still viewed the U.S. as Poland's main security guarantor but have been shifting their focus towards the EU over the past five years. [...]	2009-04-09 13:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON SOCI PL BO
09WARSAW428	BELARUSIAN VISA APPLICANTS SPEAK OUT ON [...] (C) As the post responsible for processing IVs for Belarusians, and one of the posts designated for Belarusian NIV interviews, Embassy Warsaw regularly interacts with Belarusians of all walks of life. We took the opportunity to ask several Belarusian IV and NIV applicants about their views on [...]	2009-04-23 13:34:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	BY CVIS ECON PHUM PL PREL SOCI
09WARSAW931	POLAND INTERESTED IN COORDINATED APPROACH TO SRI [...] (C) Anna Krzak-Danel, Sri Lanka desk officer in the MFA's Asia-Pacific Department, welcomed reftel points on IDP freedom of movement and said they would be helpful in developing Poland's position for the upcoming EU debate. To this end, Krzak-Danel said Sri Lanka had fallen off next week's G [...]	2009-09-10 15:30:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID CE PL
09WELLINGTON112	NEW ZEALAND'S FOREIGN MINISTER ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN AID [...] (SBU) Summary. In a stinging May 1 speech, New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully signaled a course correction in New Zealand's aid program. Chief among the National Government's intended changes is a shift away from poverty alleviation to developing economic sustainability. McCully al [...]	2009-05-05 05:34:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI KDEM PREL NZ
09WELLINGTON99	NZ PUBLIC SECTOR CUTS UNDERWAY [...] (SBU) Summary. In keeping with its campaign pledge to curb New Zealand public sector expenditure, the National-led Government has instigated a review of public spending in advance of the May 28 budget. The main aim of the review is to identify programs and personnel not consistent with Govern [...]	2009-04-17 03:35:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN SOCI NZ
09WINDHOEK11	NAMIBIA UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] Summary: The worst forms of child labor are taking place in Namibia. Evidence suggests that it is most prevalent in the agriculture and livestock, domestic service, charcoal production, and commercial sex industry sectors. Three cases were reported and investigated during the reporting period [...]	2009-01-16 10:49:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI WA USAID
09YAOUNDE1041	CAMEROON'S NOMINEES AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PLAN FOR THE [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Yaounde submits the following nominees in rank order of preference for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit: Alamine Ousmane Mey ------------------- Mr. Alamine Ousmane Mey is the General Manager of the Afriland First Bank, one of the largest banks in C [...]	2009-12-08 14:43:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI KE
09YAOUNDE357	CAMEROON: RUNNING OUT OF ANTI-RETROVIRAL DRUGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Cameroon (GRC) anticipates it will run out of anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs by September 2009, leaving an estimated 60,000 patients without medication. The GRC has sought international funding to meet this shortage and has apparently not considered using its own [...]	2009-04-16 15:28:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV KOCI SOCI PGOV CM
09YAOUNDE366	WOMEN'S MONTH IN CAMEROON HIGHLIGHTS GAPS [...] (U) Summary. Amidst much celebration and fanfare, Cameroon celebrated International Women's Month and Day March 8, perhaps raising general awareness of some problems faced by Cameroonian women, but revealing troubling shortcomings in the vision and activities of the Ministry of Women's Empow [...]	2009-04-21 15:47:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SCUL SOCI KWMN PGOV CM
09YAOUNDE643	CAMEROON'S NEW PRIME MINISTER - FOCUS ON THE [...] (C) Summary: On July 16, Ambassador made an initial courtesy call on Philemon Yang, named Cameroon's new Prime Minister in a June 30 Cabinet shuffle (ref A). Yang said his priority would be the economy. He praised the independence of members of the Electoral Commission, saying the 2011 pr [...]	2009-07-24 09:57:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR PGOV PHUM SOCI CM
09YAOUNDE703	CAMEROON: FIRST CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1 [...] SUMMARY: Cameroon has just announced its first confirmed cases of H1N1, one of which includes an Amcit. END SUMMARY. 2. On August 13, state-run radio announced the first four confirmed cases of H1N1 in Cameroon. Two of the cases are within the missionary community in Yaounde, and include [...]	2009-08-14 11:01:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU PINR CM TBIO ECON SOCI CASC EAGR
09YAOUNDE705	Cameroonian University Students Decry Corruption and [...] (SBU) Summary. Cameroonian university students are frustrated with corruption, political influence, educational neglect, and perceived discrimination related to bilingualism within Cameroon's education system. They are generally afraid to discuss their problems, especially politics, but have o [...]	2009-08-18 11:09:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI ECON PGOV CVIS PHUM CM
09YAOUNDE865	CAMEROON: A HEALTH UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Cameroon (GRC) has not yet offered a solution to a possible anti-retroviral drug (ARV) shortage, although the Central Drug Depository may use its reserves to finance ARVs for additional quarter. Although four H1N1 cases were reported in August, the Pasteur Ins [...]	2009-10-14 12:51:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV KOCI SOCI PGOV CM
09YAOUNDE903	CAMEROON'S INCONVENIENT TRUTH: THE 2005 CENSUS [...] (C) Summary: A contact in the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) office in Yaounde recently shared with us a confidential summary document of the 2005 census conducted by the UNFPA and the Government of Cameroon (GRC). The report was never released, apparently because of its political [...]	2009-10-23 12:16:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM ECON PGOV SOCI
09YEKATERINBURG54	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: YEKATERINBURG VISIT OF DRL [...] (U) Introduction: Susan Corke, DRL's EUR team leader, visited Yekaterinburg July 26-28, meeting with local human rights activists and sitting in on a blogger's class conducted by the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations. Her visit provided an excellent opportunity to catch up on local [...]	2009-08-07 09:23:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
09YEKATERINBURG55	UPDATE ON THE ARREST OF ANDREY SOKOLOV [...] (U) This is an action request for DRL. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Pol/Econ officer met with the lawyer representing arrested prisoners' rights activist Alexey Sokolov (see ref A) on August 5 for an update on the case. The court allowed Sokolov's release on bail on July 31 but he was rearres [...]	2009-08-10 10:21:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
09YEKATERINBURG56	MINORITY RELIGIONS IN THE URALS - WALK SOFTLY AND YOU WILL [...] Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Summary: In recent weeks, consulate officers have met with representatives of three "minority" religions operating in the Urals: Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Evangelical Lutherans. Jehovah's Witnesses appear to experi [...]	2009-08-10 10:39:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
09YEKATERINBURG70	SOKOLOV HEARING POSTPONED [...] (SBU) On October 28, Vice Consul and Pol/Econ assistant attended a procedural hearing at Sverdlovsk regional court for imprisoned human rights activist Aleksey Sokolov. A former prisoner turned activist, Sokolov was arrested on May 13 in the run-up to the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Or [...]	2009-10-30 12:56:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM RS SOCI
09YEKATERINBURG74	URALS REGION GRAPPLES WITH GRIPPE [...] Summary: The H1N1 outbreak is the main topic of the week in Sverdlovsk oblast now that a new governor has been named. A flu epidemic was declared for the oblast last week. Deaths from H1N1 have been confirmed in Chelyabinsk oblast, Surgut, and Bashkortostan. School vacations in many oblasts [...]	2009-11-13 09:33:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI KFLU WHO PGOV RS
09YEKATERINBURG82	MUSLIM ENTRPRENEURS WELL INTEGRATED INTO REGIONAL ECONOMOY [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 7, Consul General hosted a lunch for Muslim entrepreneurs and an NGO rep. Invitees discussed problems and trends within the local Muslim community and shared their thoughts on the up-coming Presidential Summit on Muslim Entrepreneurship in Washington (Reftel). In [...]	2009-12-16 10:57:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	RS EAID ECON SOCI XF XI ZR ZP
09YEREVAN246	ARMENIA: NO CHILD LABOR PROBLEM IN PRODUCTION OF GOODS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-06 14:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI AM
09YEREVAN339	ARMENIA RENOVATES 800-YR OLD JEWISH CEMETERY [...] (U) On May 11, Ambassador joined the Vayats Dzor governor, churchmen, foreign diplomats, scholars and dignitaries to dedicate the renovation of Armenia's ancient Jewish cemetery located near the Armenian village of Yeghegis, in the Vayats Dzor region in the south of the country. Thirteen years [...]	2009-05-18 11:56:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI SCUL EAID KIRF IL AM
09YEREVAN41	ARMENIA: NO SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA OF CHILD [...] (SBU) There have been no changes with respect to child labor or worst forms of child labor in Armenia during the reporting period. Armenia has adopted all international agreements on children's rights, and there have been no new legal changes in this area. On October 30, 2008, UNICEF officiall [...]	2009-01-22 13:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AM
09YEREVAN712	ON THE TURKEY-ARMENIA BORDER: IS THE RAILWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and EXBS Advisor toured the Akhurian Train station near the Turkish border, where Armenian railway officials claimed that they are ready to begin rail traffic as soon as the border opens and procedures are established. Our assessment, however, is that much work wou [...]	2009-10-07 09:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ELTN PBTS SOCI TU AM
09YEREVAN797	EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES - ARMENIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Armenian Diaspora is a well organized and well financed community within the United States. They have moved beyond their original purpose of maintaining their Armenian identity and giving a political voice to the various communities, to providing humanitarian aid, development [...]	2009-11-17 12:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PREL SOCI SMIG EINV AM
09YEREVAN830	ARMENIAN YEZIDIS: POVERTY, EDUCATION, AND ETHNIC [...] (U) In September and October 2009, Embassy officers met with members of the ethnic Yezidi community, Armenia's largest minority group. Ethnic identity, education, and endemic poverty are the main issues that confront the Yezidis. There is a dispute in the Yezidi community as to whether Yezidis [...]	2009-12-03 09:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ASEC PTER PREF SMIG SOCI KWMN KIRF
09YEREVAN848	FIRST WOMEN'S MENTORING PROGRAM LAUNCHED IN ARMENIA [...] On December 8, Ambassador Yovanovitch launched the first women's mentoring program in Armenia for female students of the American University of Armenia (AUA) and local Armenian women leaders. Mentors and mentees were introduced to each other and learned about the concept and objectives of the [...]	2009-12-10 07:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO SCUL SOCI AM
09ZAGREB25	UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR: CROATIA [...] Summary: Croatia has a strong institutional and legal framework for protecting the rights of minors and a good track record of taking action to prevent child labor. Problems are isolated and infrequent. Most reported abuses occur in the entertainment, hospitality, retail, industrial construct [...]	2009-01-15 15:08:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID HR
10ABIDJAN37	OPPOSITION YOUTH TO HOLD MASS DEMONSTRATION ON JAN 26 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political youth leaders from the RHDP opposition coalition have called for a mass demonstration on January 26. It will be the opposition's first major demonstration since March 2004. They plan to march on the state-owned television network in Abidjan and hold a [...]	2010-01-25 16:48:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV SOCI IV
10ABIDJAN45	ELECTORAL PROCESS GRINDING TO A HALT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) fraud scandal made headlines in early January, the pace of electoral preparations has slowed to a crawl. There is still no consensus among the political parties on a way forward following the CEI scandal. The 70 observati [...]	2010-01-29 17:41:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI IV
10ABIDJAN53	Report on Child Labor and Forced Labor [...] In response to ref A and in accordance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2005 and the Trade and Development Act (TDA) of 2000, post provides the following information on child labor and forced labor in Cote d'Ivoire. --------- TVPRA --------- [...]	2010-02-03 15:02:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAGR EIND ETRD ECON PHUM SOCI KTIP IV
10ABIDJAN72	COTE D'IVOIRE: EFFECTIVENESS OF UNOCI EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (U) Per ref A, post consulted with the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire's (UNOCI) Conduct and Discipline Office, the Ministry of Family, and Save the Children UK on whether UNOCI is effectively preventing sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking in persons (TIP). 2. [...]	2010-01-15 17:45:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KWMN KPKO
10ABIDJAN75	OPPOSITION YOUTH LEADERS VOW TO CONTINUE PROTESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Youth leaders from the two main opposition parties in the RHDP coalition plan to continue demonstrations against the government despite the February 22 agreement reached by their party heads. They expressed surprise at the agreement to participate in a new government and [...]	2010-02-24 10:34:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI IV
10ABUDHABI7	ABU DHABI'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC MODEL [...] (C) Summary: While many have surmised that Abu Dhabi would seek certain political concessions for its (at least) USD 25 billion financial support for Dubai in 2009 (reftel),there is little indication of a coerced quid pro quo. Rather, Abu Dhabi officials remain squarely focused on mastering [...]	2010-01-07 10:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KIPR ECON ENRG AE
10ABUJA101	TOUGH DECISIONS AHEAD FOR FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON [...] (S/NF) Following a High Court order to the Federal Executive Counil (FEC) that the FEC had two weeks to demonstrate to the nation that President Yar'Adua could continue in office, the FEC (an expanded cabinet) will hold its weekly meeting on January 27 to weigh its options amid a swirl of compe [...]	2010-01-27 08:04:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL MARR SOCI KCRM NI
10ABUJA103	JOS RECOVERING, LOOKING TO PROSECUTIONS [...] (C) The city of Jos has started to return to some normalcy, but residents remain concerned that violence could erupt anew. Authorities have relaxed the curfew, with schools, government offices, and businesses starting to resume operations. Displaced people, who may number as many as 30,000 per [...]	2010-01-27 08:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KCRM NI
10ABUJA105	KANO GOVERNOR INSISTS HIS STATE HAS NO LINKS TO OUTSIDE [...] (C) Kano Governor Ibrahim Shekarau insisted to the Ambassador during a January 21 meeting in Kano that the state had no "linkages" to external terrorism or religious extremist groups. He noted that the brigade based in Kano had deployed some of its personnel to Jos in Plateau State to help con [...]	2010-01-27 18:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI NI
10ABUJA113	SOKOTO GOVERNOR GETS HIGH MARKS FOR EDUCATION EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Media, civil society, and government representatives generally gave high marks to Sokoto Governor Aliyu Wamakko for his efforts to improved education, but some intended beneficiaries voiced dissatisfaction during a mid-January visit by PolOffs to this northern Nigerian state. Many stated [...]	2010-01-29 09:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI NI
10ABUJA123	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- JANUARY 29, 2010 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not reported previously. --------------------------------------- SUCCESSFUL RE-RUN ELECTION IN EDO STATE --------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Independ [...]	2010-01-29 16:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON SOCI KPAO NI
10ABUJA125	PRESSURE MOUNTS FOR YAR'ADUA TO STEP ASIDE [...] (SBU) An Eminent Elders Group led by former Heads of State Alhaji Shehu Shagari, General Yakubu Gowon, and Chief Ernest Shonekan submitted letters to Senate President David Mark and House Speaker Dimeje Bankole January 28 demanding that President Yar'Adua hand over power formally to Vice Presid [...]	2010-01-29 18:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO NI
10ABUJA129	POLITICAL FOCUS ON YAR'ADUA AND ANAMBRA ELECTION [...] (C) The Arewa Consultative Forum has joined calls for President Yar'Adua to hand over power to Vice President Jonathan. Senate leaders publicly denied that they intend to impeach Yar'Adua, but People's Democratic Party (PDP) legislators have privately told us that they view Yar'Adua's situatio [...]	2010-02-01 18:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO NI
10ABUJA131	JOS STATUS: TWO WEEKS LATER [...] (C) Jos and surrounding towns now exhibit a tense quiet in the wake of the widespread violence that erupted there two weeks ago. Use of cellular telephones and text messaging, which reportedly contributed to the rapid spread of violence, continue to keep tensions elevated as rival groups called [...]	2010-02-01 18:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO NI
10ABUJA137	YAR'ADUA'S REMAINING SUPPORT ERODES FURTHER [...] (C) Demands for President Yar'Adua to step aside continued to mount from nearly all sections. Information and Communications Minister Dora Akunyili distributed a memorandum at the February 3 Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting demanding that Yar'Adua submit a hand-over letter to Vice Presi [...]	2010-02-04 19:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MARR PREL SOCI KPAO NI
10ABUJA141	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- FEBRUARY 5, 2010 [...] (SBU) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not reported previously. ---------------------------------------- RENEWED POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN AKWA IBOM ---------------------------------------- 2. (C) Contacts o [...]	2010-02-05 17:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO NI
10ABUJA149	INCUMBENT WINS CREDIBLE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION IN ANAMBRA [...] (C) Anambra State Governor Peter Obi comfortably won re-election February 6 against a competitive field where political parties, security forces, and, to a lesser extent, the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) all performed credibly. U.S. Mission observers note reports of isolated [...]	2010-02-08 15:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO NI
10ABUJA155	ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON ENGAGES WITH GOODLUCK JONATHAN ON [...] (C) U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Ambassador Johnnie Carson engaged in a lively dialogue with Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan February 9 on democracy and constitutional succession, the need for credible national elections, prospects for removal of Nigeria from [...]	2010-02-11 11:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP PINR PTER SOCI NI
10ABUJA157	ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON DISCUSSES POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) Nigerian Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mahmud Yayale Ahmed discussed the current "very abnormal" political situation, President Yar'Adua's health, concerns about the 2011 elections, and what he considers an Algerian-Chadian axis of support for extremists February 9 in [...]	2010-02-11 15:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO NI
10ABUJA159	INEC CHAIRPERSON CALLED OUT ON DISMAL PERFORMANCE [...] (C) Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson, the Ambassador, Deputy Chief of Mission, Special Assistant, USAID Democracy Officer, and PolOff (notetaker) met with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairperson Maurice Iwu February 10 to emphasize the importa [...]	2010-02-11 17:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OVIP SOCI NI
10ABUJA161	ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON UWAIS HOPEFUL ON [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson met with Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) Chairperson and retired Chief Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais February 10 to discuss electoral reform, prospects for return to military rule, need for expanded corruption investigations and prosec [...]	2010-02-11 18:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR OVIP PTER SOCI KCRM NI
10ABUJA163	MADUEKWE REITERATES SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-TERRORISM AND [...] (C) Nigerian Foreign Minister Chief Ojo Maduekwe reiterated to Assistant Secretary Carson and the Ambassador February 9 his country's full support for counter-terrorism engagement in Nigeria and regionally and commitment to democratic principles and the constitution during Yar'Adua's absence. [...]	2010-02-11 19:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER OVIP SOCI NI
10ABUJA165	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- FEBRUARY 12, 2010 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. --------------------------------------------- --- WESTERN NAVY COMMAND CONTENT WITH CIVILIAN RULE --------------------------------------------- --- [...]	2010-02-12 19:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KCRM KPAO EAGR NI
10ABUJA167	GOODLUCK JONATHAN BECOMES ACTING PRESIDENT [...] (C) The Nigerian Senate and House of Representatives approved resolutions February 9 designating Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Jonathan announced his acceptance of the designation during a brief televised address to the nation. [...]	2010-02-12 20:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KDEM KPAO NI
10ABUJA169	NIGER DELTA ACTIVISTS WELCOME U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Activists from civil society told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Ambassador Johnnie Carson that they welcomed greater U.S. engagement during a round table discussion on Niger Delta in Lagos on February 6. Participants praised U.S. public statements urging a constitutional end to t [...]	2010-02-12 21:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO NI
10ABUJA171	ANAMBRA IMPRESSIONS -- PROGRESS, BUT MUCH WORK TO DO [...] (C) Many observers had expected a messy, even violent, vote going into the February 6 gubernatorial election in Anambra State. That the worst of Nigerian elections past did not materialize this time may be the most encouraging outcome of this vote. The peaceful, largely violence-free, process [...]	2010-02-12 21:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KCRM KDEM NI
10ABUJA173	NIGER DELTA ACTIVISTS WELCOME U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Activists from civil society told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Ambassador Johnnie Carson that they welcomed greater U.S. engagement during a round table discussion on Niger Delta in Lagos on February 6. Participants praised U.S. public statements urging a constitutional end to t [...]	2010-02-12 21:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO NI
10ABUJA179	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR CHANGE WITH NIGERIA'S NEW ATTORNEY [...] (C) Within 24 hours of Vice President Goodluck Jonathan's designation as Acting President, Jonathan replaced controversial Attorney General and Minister of Justice Michael Aondoakaa with Minister of Labor and Productivity Adetokunbo Kayode on February 10. The Ambassador met with Kayode Februa [...]	2010-02-17 18:57:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER CJAN SNAR SOCI KCRM NI
10ABUJA183	ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON DISCUSSES POLITICAL SITUATION, [...] (C) Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson engaged in a lively dialogue February 10 on Nigeria's leadership crisis, elections, and electoral reform with Kwara Governor and Governors' Forum Chairperson Bukola Saraki, former Senate President Ken Nnamani (now Chairperson o [...]	2010-02-18 12:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OVIP SOCI KDEM KPAO NI
10ABUJA185	NORTHERN NIGERIAN MUSLIM VIEWS OF THE UNITED STATES [...] (C) Muslim scholars, government officials, politicians, professors, students, and civil society representatives discussed their views on the United States and its foreign policy with PolOffs during a visit in January to the Northern Nigerian state of Sokoto. Many interlocutors expressed apprec [...]	2010-02-18 12:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI KDEM KISL KPAO NI
10ABUJA197	NIGERIAN SECURITY CHIEF BRIEFS FOREIGN PARTNERS ON MUTUAL [...] (S) Director General Afas Gadzama, Intelligence Director Yusuf Bichi, and Operations Director Mathew Seiyefa of the Nigerian State Security Service (SSS) briefed foreign diplomats and intelligence officials on security issues February 18. Gadzama welcomed the opportunity to correct what he cha [...]	2010-02-22 17:20:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PTER ASEC SOCI KPAO NI
10ABUJA199	MINISTERIAL DELEGATION TRAVELS TO SAUDI ARABIA TO SEE [...] (C) Secretary to the Government of the Federation Mahmud Yayale Ahmed called the Ambassador shortly before 1 a.m., February 23, to inform her of his impending departure for Saudi Arabia along with five other Cabinet colleagues. As reported in reftel, the Federal Executive Council had decided F [...]	2010-02-23 20:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KDEM KPAO NI
10ABUJA201	JONATHAN TELLS FORMER PRESIDENT HIS PLANS FOR NEW INEC [...] (C) Former President George W. Bush and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice included the Ambassador in their 30-minute courtesy call on Acting President Goodluck Jonathan at his official residence February 21. PolOff (notetaker) and an aide to Dr. Rice accompanied the delegation. Vario [...]	2010-02-23 21:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP PGOV PINR ASEC SOCI KDEM PTER NI
10ABUJA205	PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA RETURNS TO NIGERIA: WHAT NEXT? [...] (S) Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's secretive return to Abuja at roughly 0230 February 24 created new uncertainty over who has actual charge of Nigerian Government (GON) decision-making, and raised new concerns about a military intervention. The absence of any images of Yar'Adua's ret [...]	2010-02-24 19:01:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV OVIP PINR MCAP PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO NI
10ABUJA211	POLITICAL MANEUVERING CONTINUES; YAR'ADUA REMAINS OUT OF [...] (C) According to multiple contacts, President Yar'Adua was returned to Nigeria to prevent the Federal Executive Council from declaring him permanently incapacitated. One contact, who spoke recently with the President's brother in Saudi Arabia, confirmed that Yar'Adua remains in "bad shape," wi [...]	2010-02-25 16:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OVIP PREL PINR SOCI KPAO NI
10ABUJA213	NIGERIA: GOLDSTONE FOLLOW UP AND HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES [...] (C) PolOffs delivered demarches (refs a and b) to Foreign Ministry International Organizations Director Ambassador M.K. Ibrahim February 24. Ibrahim accepted U.S. points on the upcoming vote in New York, but told us he could "not see a way to change Nigeria's vote on Goldstone." Due to the im [...]	2010-02-26 14:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI UNGA NI
10ABUJA246	TEXT OF NIGERIAN INFORMATION MINISTER'S MEMORANDUM TO [...] (SBU) As reported in Reftel, Nigerian Information and Communications Minister Dora Akunyili submitted a memorandum to Cabinet colleagues at the February 3 Federal Executive Council Meeting requesting that President Yar'Adua hand over power to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President [...]	2010-02-05 17:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL SCUL KPAO SOCI NI
10ABUJA248	NIGERIA SUPPORTS US INITIATIVE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING [...] (SBU) Ambassador, Deputy Chief of Mission, and Economic Counselor delivered reftel points on distracted driving to the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Acting Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Federal Road Safety Commission Corps Marshal and Chief Executiv [...]	2010-02-08 07:53:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV SOCI UNDP UNGA NI
10ABUJA322	NIGERIAN DISTRACTED DRIVING STATISTICS [...] The Nigerian Federal Road Safety Corps provided annual statistics and information regarding the country's recent uptick in distracted driving in response to Embassy's demarche (reftel A). Cell phone usage while operating a motor vehicle in Nigeria is illegal under federal law, yet, the Federal [...]	2010-02-17 10:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU NI
10ABUJA79	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- JANUARY 22 2010 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. --------------------------------------------- --------- ELECTION MONITOR REQUESTS MORE INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS -------------------------------------- [...]	2010-01-22 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR EAID SOCI NI
10ABUJA81	TENSE CALM REIGNS IN JOS [...] (SBU) A tense calm reigned over Jos city as of January 22. The state government continues to impose a night-time curfew. Violence has largely ended within the city limits, but may continue at some surrounding locations. Unconfirmed reports estimate over 300 deaths. The International Committ [...]	2010-01-22 17:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM CASC SOCI KCRM NI
10ACCRA102	DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] We delivered reftel demarche regarding road safety and distracted driving to Twumasi-Ankrah Selby, Chief Director of Ghana's Ministry of Transport, and Noble Appiah, Executive Director of the National Road Safety Commission. Mr. Selby told us that the issue of distracted driving had been the s [...]	2010-02-02 14:57:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN ECON SOCI GH
10ADDISABABA166	ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S JANUARY 30, 2010, [...] (C) Summary: A high-level Kenyan delegation headed by Foreign Minister Wetangula used a long January 30 meeting on the margins of the AU Summit to lobby Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson's support for the GOK's long-incubating Lower Juba initiative. Wetangula, the Minist [...]	2010-02-02 11:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER SOCI KE SO

10ADDISABABA223	DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING [...] (U) Regional Environment Officer (REO) and Regional Environment Assistant (REA) delivered subject demarche to Dr. Kebede Worku, Ethiopia's State Minister of Health, on Thursday, February 4, 2010. Dr. Kebede agreed that distracted driving stemming from cell phone usage and texting while drivin [...]	2010-02-04 13:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV ECON ET EU SOCI UNDP UNGA
10ADDISABABA293	Ethiopia: Information on Child Labor and Forced Labor [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-12 04:10:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI ET
10AMMAN220	WOMEN'S ACTIVISTS ASK FOR JORDAN-SPECIFIC PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) On January 10, the Embassy organized a dinner in honor of visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Michael Posner and Director of Policy Planning Anne-Marie Slaughter. Invitees included a number of Jordanian women's rights activists, who suggested key pri [...]	2010-01-24 06:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KDEM KWMN JO
10AMMAN252	JORDAN: COURT RULING THREATENS FREEDOM OF [...] (S) Summary: Journalists and non-governmental organizations are up in arms about a ruling by Jordan's highest court subjecting online media to the country's Press and Publications Law (PPL). Non-governmental organizations and journalists assert the government will use the ruling to curb the [...]	2010-01-26 15:02:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV KDEM SOCI JO
10AMMAN283	JORDAN: A/S POSNER HOSTS ROUNDTABLE WITH MEDIA ON [...] Post organized an on-the-record media roundtable January 11 with visiting DRL Assistant Secretary Michael Posner. The Assistant Secretary's remarks during the hour-long meeting with local media representatives received excellent coverage in the local newspapers published on January 13 and in [...]	2010-02-01 11:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI JO
10AMMAN317	JORDAN: NEA DAS WITTES PRESSES FOR INCREASED [...] (S) Summary: In the wake of the Secretary's speech on Internet freedoms and a recent court decision subjecting Jordan's online media to the problematic Press and Publications law, NEA DAS Tamara Wittes met during her January 26-28 visit with the King's media advisor to discuss official actio [...]	2010-02-04 08:56:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV KDEM SOCI JO
10AMMAN335	JORDAN: MINISTER OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SMARTING [...] (S) Summary: A recent conversation between visiting NEA DAS Tamara Wittes and Minister of Social Development (MoSD) Hala Latouf underscored the contradictions in the Jordanian approach to freedom of expression. In response to a question, Latouf said that she supported a recent ruling by Jor [...]	2010-02-09 06:40:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI JO
10AMMAN380	Jordan: Amman Brings African-American History to Life [...] Summary: Juilliard-trained, award-winning soprano Nicole Taylor opened PA Amman's celebration of African-American History Month with a highly-acclaimed series of concerts and workshops February 2-3. Explaining how "beautiful things come out of ugliness," Taylor performed African-American spiri [...]	2010-02-11 10:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO JO OEXC OIIP SOCI
10AMMAN383	JORDAN: INPUT ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR FOR [...] (U) Task 1 Summary: A range of governmental, non-governmental, and private sector interlocutors continue to inform Post that, as a whole, forced labor in the garment sector has significantly decreased, largely due to government action. However, they also state some forced labor conditions st [...]	2010-02-11 13:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KWMN PGOV JO
10AMMAN392	JORDAN: AFTER "MINISTRY OF INJUSTICE" COMMENT, [...] (C) On February 1, the local media, including electronic websites, reported that Rana Hajaya, Jordan's only female mayor, had been jailed for contempt of court during a legal dispute involving her family members. Hajaya was sentenced to one week imprisonment without bail, but was released the [...]	2010-02-16 07:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI KDEM KWMN JO
10ANKARA189	Iranians Seek Global Support Not Nuclear Pressure [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of President Obama's State of the Union Address on January 27, 2010, CONOFFs surveyed Iranian non-immigrant visa (NIV) and immigrant visa (IV) applicants to assess their reaction to US pressure regarding Iran's nuclear program. Although applicants voiced strong supp [...]	2010-02-04 12:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR
10ANKARA233	TURKEY COMMITTED TO SENDING POLICE TO HAITI, [...] (U) MFA UN Affairs Department Head Turhan Dilmac told us that Turkey's offer to send a formed police unit to Haiti (ref a) is formal and said Turkey's UN Mission has instructions to convey this to UNDPKO. Dilmac noted that the mission is a challenging one, but underscored Turkey's firm commit [...]	2010-02-11 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN
10ANKARA285	MISSION TURKEY'S S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] SUMMARY: Mission Turkey received 180 proposals for the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues Small Grants Initiative. Ankara, Adana, and Istanbul POL and PAS officers were energized by the vast number of responses from every corner of Turkey and worked together to reach out and brief [...]	2010-02-22 09:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SGWI SOCI KPAO KWMN PREL
10ANKARA299	No Foreseeable Relief For Iranian Domestic Woes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CONOFFs surveyed Iranian Immigrant Visa (IV) and Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) applicants regarding the political, economic, and social conditions since the February 11 Revolution Day demonstrations. Applicants expressed mixed views about the effectiveness of the Iranian opposition [...]	2010-02-24 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR
10ANKARA35	Iranians Pine For Relief As GOI Tightens Grip [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CONOFF surveyed Iranian non-immigrant visa (NIV) and immigrant visa (IV) applicants from mid-December to early January 2009 to gain insight into Iran's current economic and political climate. Applicants report a bleak economic outlook due to continued corruption and mismanageme [...]	2010-01-08 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR
10ANTANANARIVO105	MADAGASCAR: CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR DOL [...] SUMMARY: Madagascar's ongoing political crisis, which began in December 2008, has severely diminished the government's ability to address a wide range of social problems, including child labor and forced labor. The most recent reliable data specific to this subject remains the 2007 national su [...]	2010-02-25 04:21:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP MA
10ASHGABAT111	TURKMENISTAN: CAT IMPLICATED IN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been reports about a recent incident in which a motorist crossed an intersection in front President Berdimuhamedov's motorcade as it moved through Ashgabat. Several high ranking police officials were fired after the incident, and the driver of the vehicle was reportedly beat [...]	2010-01-22 11:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT114	TURKMENISTAN: FOOD PRICES GENERALLY STABLE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (U) A recent price check for basic food items at the local market revealed that prices for locally produced food items have not changed, but remained high since August 2009. Prices for imported food items fell since last August, [...]	2010-01-25 07:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT115	TURKMENISTAN FACES SHORTAGE OF SKILLED LABOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan faces a shortage of skilled workers capable of operating and repairing increasing sophisticated machinery and equipment. Prior to Turkmenistan's independence, many highly-trained workers needed for tec [...]	2010-01-25 11:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ELAB SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT117	TURKMENISTAN: FREE AT LAST -- TASP STUDENTS ABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkmen American Scholarship Program students, who had been prevented since July 2009 from leaving the country for any reason, simply because they either had been enrolled at or planned to enroll at the American University in Central Asia, are now free to leave Turkmenistan. [...]	2010-01-25 16:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT132	TURKMENISTAN: ARCHIVES RESTRICTED TO PROTECT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkmenistan National Archives are closed to the general public, but annual issues of the Turkmenistan Archives journal give some highlights of the stored materials. Access to the material in the Archives is re [...]	2010-01-28 11:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT14	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S CULT OF PERSONALITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov appears to be following his predecessor's example of establishing a cult of personality. This appears to be part of the model of governance that the Turkmen leadership knows and with which it is comfortable. However, so far Berdimuhamedov has set limits [...]	2010-01-06 09:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT146	JANUARY 29 MEETING WITH NURY BAYRAMOV FROM THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PAO met with Nury Bayramov, Head of the International Department of the Ministry of Education (MinEd) on January 29th to discuss ongoing collaboration between the Embassy and the GOTX in the sphere of education. Bayramov was interested in pursuing an agreement for Turkmen students [...]	2010-02-01 13:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT147	TURKMENISTAN: RED CRESCENT SOCIETY BROACHES SENSITIVE [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coordinator for the Red Crescent's Society's Drug Demand Reduction Project reported on the project's recent and upcoming activities. She gave a detailed overview, highlighting, in particular, the work tha [...]	2010-02-01 13:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT16	TURKMENISTAN: A HARBINGER OF THE TOUGH CHOICE FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In Turkmenistan, those affected most by government efforts to eliminate dual citizenship have been individuals holding both Turkmen and Russian passports, currently being unable to obtain new Turkmen passport [...]	2010-01-06 10:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI SMIG TX
10ASHGABAT160	TURKMEN DOCTORS PAY BRIBES TO AVOID PENALTIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) Despite the Turkmen healthcare system's glamorous fagade of gleaming white marble medical facilities, family doctors and nurses struggle to provide services to the local population. In the early 1990s, the Ministry of Health [...]	2010-02-02 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED SOCI PGOV TX
10ASHGABAT175	TURKMENISTAN'S TRAVEL BLACKLIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOTX keeps an officially "nonexistent" blacklist of activists, journalists, students, and others that are not allowed to leave Turkmenistan for any reason. By enforcing the blacklist at all exit points, the GOTX can block exit to anyone that it believes represents a threat or [...]	2010-02-06 09:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT181	TURKMENISTAN: LOW COTTON YIELDS LIKELY TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmen government media was silent about the poor results of the 2009 cotton harvest until President Berdimuhamedov dismissed several district governors and reprimanded the governors of Dashoguz and Lebap provinces during [...]	2010-02-08 12:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SOCI PGOV TX
10ASHGABAT185	FEW CASINOS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Currently there are three casinos operating in Turkmenistan. A Turkish company owns all three. Former President Niyazov allowed the casinos to open in the 1990s, and the current president has shown no sign of clos [...]	2010-02-09 10:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BTIO ECON EINV PGOV SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT187	TURKMEN CITIZENSHIP: THE LAW AND REALITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's citizenship law stipulates that Turkmen citizenship can be acquired either by birth or through completion of an application process. However, during the past five years, Turkmenistan has not granted citizenship to anyone who was not born in the country. The Stat [...]	2010-02-10 11:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG PGOV SOCI KDEM PHUM TX
10ASHGABAT19	TURKMENISTAN: SOLDIER ARRESTED WITH 50 KILOS [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A first sergeant in a military unit in Serdar district near the Iran border was reportedly arrested for drug smuggling last week. Immediately following the incident, the Minister of Defense gathered all militar [...]	2010-01-06 12:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PGOV SOCI TX IR
10ASHGABAT190	TURKMENISTAN: WOMEN INCREASINGLY INVOLVED IN [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chief of the State Counter Narcotics Service (SCNS) reported at the February 5 session of the Cabinet of Ministers that two Ashgabat women had been arrested for heroin smuggling. No other details regarding [...]	2010-02-10 12:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PGOV SOCI TX IR
10ASHGABAT202	TURKMENISTAN: NEW WOMEN'S COATS INTENDED TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) In January, the Turkmen Government introduced a new unwritten dress code for female government officials, secondary school students and university students, to be worn at official government events. Although it has not been [...]	2010-02-11 13:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN SCUL SOCI PGOV TX
10ASHGABAT210	TURKMENISTAN: RED CRESCENT SOCIETY VOLUNTEERS [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: INL Assistant met recently with an instructor from the Red Crescent Society's Drug Demand Reduction Project, as well as local project volunteers. The instructor highlighted the project's educational activities w [...]	2010-02-12 13:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT233	TURKMENISTAN: BRIBERY IS PERVASIVE IN GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Bribery is pervasive throughout Turkmenistan's government, to the extent that the public expects to pay bribes during almost any interaction with the government. Turkmen routinely pay bribes when obtaining a drive [...]	2010-02-23 11:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD PGOV SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT236	TURKMENISTAN: ASHGABAT MUNICIPALITY FAILS WINTER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The shortcomings of Ashgabat's municipal services and emergency preparedness were vividly illustrated when a heavy snowfall hit the Turkmen capital on February 12. Icy roads crippled both public and private [...]	2010-02-24 10:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV TX
10ASHGABAT239	TURKMENISTAN: DOMESTIC TEXTILES NOT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) In mid-February, Embassy economic assistant surveyed Ashgabat stores that specialize in textile products to find out what types of products they offered, where the textiles were produced, and the price range. The governmen [...]	2010-02-25 07:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EIND ETRD SOCI PGOV PREL TX
10ASHGABAT249	TURKMENISTAN'S MOST ACTIVE BLACK MARKETS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Foreign currency, imported alcohol and tobacco, and pharmaceuticals are the three most prominent items sold on the black markets in Turkmenistan. Until the Turkmen Government unified the exchange rates in 2008 (Ref A),curre [...]	2010-02-26 09:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI SNAR TX
10ASHGABAT251	TURKMENISTAN: POOR HEALTHCARE ANOTHER DETERRENT [...] (C) An Amcit employee of Austrian energy company OMV met with Poloff to ask about the quality of healthcare in Turkmenistan. Even though he is his company's sole expatriate employee in Turkmenistan, he said company headquarters required him to have a medical and other emergency contingency pl [...]	2010-02-26 12:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED EINV EPET PGOV SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT33	TURKMENISTAN: ONLY BASIC VETERINARY SERVICES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Veterinary Service of Turkmenistan is responsible for all animal care in the country, including licensing and employment of veterinarians, maintaining healthy livestock, preventing the spread of contagious diseases, and certifying the quality of meat imports and exports. [...]	2010-01-08 07:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	BTIO EAGR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT34	TURKMENISTAN: OUTDOOR ADVERTISING TIGHTLY CONTROLLED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Outdoor advertising in Ashgabat is a potentially lucrative sector, but not all advertising companies can break into the closely-guarded market. The Ashgabat municipality functions as the sole proprietor of advertis [...]	2010-01-08 11:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PHUM BBSR PGOV TX
10ASHGABAT40	TURKMENISTAN: FANFARE (AND NO WOMEN IN SIGHT) AS [...] (C) Turkish diplomats and a UN agency head who attended the official events organized for the visit of Iranian President Ahmadinejad to Turkmenistan on January 5 and 6 gave their observations in conversations with Iran Watcher. Muzaffer Gultekin, the Turkish Charge, and Selim Topcu, Consul, ha [...]	2010-01-08 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON EPET IR TX
10ASHGABAT42	CONTINUED INTERNET CENSORSHIP IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmentelecom provides the only dial-up and A/DSL internet service in Turkmenistan. It controls and monitors access and reportedly blocks certain sites. Recently, the media reported that YouTube and other sites were added [...]	2010-01-08 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	TINT SOCI SCUL PGOV PHUM TX
10ASHGABAT49	A GLIMPSE INTO THE TURKMEN TOURISM INDUSTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy officials met with representatives of Turkmenistan's primary official tourism agency, Ashgabatsiyakhat to discuss tourist programs in Turkmenistan. Official Turkmen tourism focuses on providing controlled visits for tourists to cultural sites, nature parks and adventure t [...]	2010-01-13 13:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SCUL PGOV TX
10ASHGABAT55	TURKMENISTAN: MEDICAL CARE WELL BELOW WESTERN STANDARDS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The system of medical care in Turkmenistan is unreliable, with the majority of hospitals being old, unsanitary, and lacking in basic diagnostic equipment and medical supplies. However, there are some well-educated do [...]	2010-01-14 12:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED PGOV SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT57	TURKMENISTAN'S ONLY HOMEGROWN WOMEN'S MAGAZINE [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkmen Government publishes a monthly magazine for women named Zenan Kalby (Women's Soul). Despite having the largest circulation of any Turkmen periodical, the magazine's highly politicized content lacks [...]	2010-01-14 13:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL SOCI KWMN KDEM PGOV PHUM TX
10ASHGABAT98	TURKMENISTAN: STATE FARMS STILL RUN BY SOVIET [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (U) The famous Turkmen farmer Myratberdy Sopiyev, Chairman of the Agricultural Joint Stock Association named after him, recently celebrated his eightieth birthday. President Berdimuhamedov sent Sopiyev congratulations and a birt [...]	2010-01-21 13:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV SOCI TX
10ASMARA16	16 MONTHS UNDERGROUND FOR "THE WRONG RELIGION" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Selam Reta (please protect),spent 16 months of her life in an underground cell at the Wi'a prison and was subjected to daily physical torture for being a member of the Berhane Hiwet Evangelical Church, a banned religious group. Selam was released after 16 months only after develo [...]	2010-01-25 11:46:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI ER
10ASTANA10	NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN WELCOMES CUSTOMS UNION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a series of visits to Kazakhstan's two northernmost provinces, local officials praised their regions' economic stability and growth potential. Accounting for the largest share of Kazakhstan's 20.8 million [...]	2010-01-08 10:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR ETRD SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA119	KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. OIL EXECUTIVES DISCUSS CORRUPTION, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 26, the outgoing and incoming CEOs of U.S. oil services company J. Ray McDermott conveyed to the Ambassador their optimism about the investment climate in Kazakhstan, and asserted that strong, fundament [...]	2010-01-29 08:04:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA13	KAZAKHSTAN: A TALE OF TWO NORTHERN CITIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On recent visits to Kostanai and North Kazakhstan Oblasts, PolOff visited American corners in Kostanai and Petropavlovsk. Local residents claimed their regions are "the most peaceful in Kazakhstan," and expressed [...]	2010-01-11 03:11:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KPAO RS KZ
10ASTANA132	KAZAKHSTAN: GALA CELEBRATION MARKS 50 YEARS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 27, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry -- a state-sponsored business association that supports the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises -- held a lavish, gala celebration to mark its 5 [...]	2010-02-01 03:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA154	KAZAKHSTAN: STATE TO REGULATE FUEL PRICES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Since independence, the government has attempted to manage gasoline prices through various means, including direct ownership of Kazakhstan's three refineries, crude export duties, bulk procurement, and state contr [...]	2010-02-04 08:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA158	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AND AN NGO JOIN FORCES TO [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Prior to a February 3 press conference to discuss joint Kazakshtan-U.S. efforts to combat trafficking-in-persons (TIP),Charge and INL Officer visited the newly-opened, government-funded TIP shelter operated by lo [...]	2010-02-05 10:14:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ
10ASTANA162	KAZAKHSTAN: LABOR MARKET CONCERNS TAKE CENTER STAGE AT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nur Otan National Democratic Party of Kazakhstan co-hosted a roundtable on January 19 at the lower house of parliament (Mazhilis) to discuss the legal definition of "self-employment" and how to implement polic [...]	2010-02-09 03:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EINV ELAB SOCI KZ
10ASTANA175	KAZAKHSTAN'S DELEGATION TO THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 5 for Action Request. All three of Kazakhstan's approved nominees to the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit have confirmed their participation in the Summit on April 26-27. Post [...]	2010-02-10 09:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI KZ
10ASTANA184	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW TRIES, BUT FAILS, TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Timur Kulibayev, the President's influential son-in-law and Deputy Chairman of the National Welfare Fund Samryk Kazyna, sued four independent newspapers for publishing articles alleging that he received major kick-backs from the Chinese for oil contracts signed in 2003-05. The [...]	2010-02-12 09:33:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
10ASTANA187	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA PUSHES ABC GOALS AS SUMMIT PROSPECTS LOOK [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a working lunch on February 15, MFA Americas Director Askar Tazhiev told Charge that State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev was very pleased with his February 1-4 visit to Washington and wants to g [...]	2010-02-16 02:17:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA198	KAZAKHSTAN: FIRST PRESIDENT OF KAZAKHOIL CALLS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 10, Nurlan Balgimbayev -- former Prime Minister and first president of KazakhOil -- shared his strident opinions of the national oil company he helped to create, the degree of local content in oil and [...]	2010-02-16 06:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA225	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE [...] (U) Sen... [...]	2010-02-18 00:31:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA226	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-18 00:31:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA227	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-18 00:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA23	ETHNIC HARMONY IN NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent visits to Kazakhstan's Kostanai and North Kazakhstan Oblasts, interlocutors emphasized the tolerant nature of Kazakhstani society and government efforts to encourage ethnic harmony. According to Vik [...]	2010-01-12 04:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA24	NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN PROMOTES INTER-RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent visits to Kazakhstan's Kostanai and North Kazakhstan Oblasts (refs A-C),officials, civil society representatives, and leaders of the Russian Orthodox and Islamic communities emphasized the regions' r [...]	2010-01-12 05:04:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KIRF RS KZ
10ASTANA253	KAZAKHSTAN SEEKS TO BE COMPETITIVE IN SCIENCE AND [...] SUMMARY: During the annual Public Roundtable on Collaboration in Science and Technology, participants heard that the development of science is one of Kazakhstan's most important priorities, and the government plans to increase the government budget allocated to scientific research and develop [...]	2010-02-22 08:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SENV SOCI TSPL KPAO KZ
10ASTANA255	KAZAKHSTAN: WEEKLY SPOT-REPORT DIGEST, FEBRUARY 16-19 [...] (SBU) This is the first edition of a new weekly cable to disseminate spot reports based on Embassy conversations with interlocutors, as well as from the mass media. Our goal is to draw attention to information that might not merit a full cable report. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS - NAZARBAYEV TAL [...]	2010-02-22 09:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EPET ENRG SOCI SENV KCRM KDEM KZ
10ASTANA257	KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE LAND-LEASE DEAL STIRS UP CONTROVERSY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite a December 23, 2009, Interfax press report that President Nazarbayev instructed the prosecutors to punish those who disseminate information about the sale of land to foreigners, opposition leaders have con [...]	2010-02-22 09:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR SOCI CH KZ
10ASTANA259	KAZAKHSTAN: CITES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-23 03:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU KZ
10ASTANA261	KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS ON OIL TRANSPORTATION, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 22, ConocoPhillips' John Dabbar called on the Ambassador to discuss relations between the Kashagan consortium and national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG),expansion of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (C [...]	2010-02-23 09:03:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI AJ TX KZ
10ASTANA270	KAZAKHSTAN: SECOND PREPARATION MEETING FOR THE 2010 [...] SUMMARY: Astana hosted the Second Advisory Council Meeting in Preparation for the Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development (MCED) to be held in Astana in 2010. This year's MCED will focus on "green growth." The meeting presented the MCED's projected schedule, which will include [...]	2010-02-26 08:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SENV SOCI TSPL KPAO KZ
10ASTANA271	KAZAKHSTAN: WEEKLY SPOT-REPORT DIGEST, FEBRUARY 22-26 [...] (SBU) This weekly cable disseminates spot reports based on Embassy conversations with contacts as well as reports from the Kazakhstani media. Our goal is to draw attention to information that might not merit a full cable report or that will be developed later. MAJOR POLICY DEVELOPMENTS: H [...]	2010-02-26 08:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG SOCI SENV KNNP KCOR
10ASTANA275	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, the Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Rashid Tusupbekov to discuss ongoing legal reforms and the possibility of a general amnesty that could include jailed prominent Kazakhstani human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis. Tusupbekov praised cooperation with the [...]	2010-02-26 10:00:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI SNAR KDEM KTIP KZ
10ASTANA36	CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVE IN NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent visits to Kazakhstan's Kostanai and North Kazakhstan Oblasts (refs A-D),NGO representatives emphasized the growth of a vibrant civil society, especially in Kostanai Oblast. They highlighted key cha [...]	2010-01-14 09:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KDEM KTIP OSCE KZ
10ASTANA41	KAZAKHSTAN: THE U.S. IOC BIG THREE AND KMG [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior executives from the three largest U.S. investors in Kazakhstan -- ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron -- spoke recently about their companies' plans, priorities, and problems with the biggest oil explor [...]	2010-01-15 11:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA45	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REPORTS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES [...] The following is a summary of local media reports of human trafficking cases in Kazakhstan May-August 2009. SEXUAL EXPLOTATION 2. May 6, "Interfax," "Zakon.kz": Two women were arrested in Petropavlovsk for pimping and trafficking in persons. The North-Kazakhstan Oblast Department of I [...]	2010-01-19 05:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ
10ASTANA49	KAZAKHSTAN: AES CONSIDERS ALTERNATIVES TO ARBITRATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 15, a senior executive from U.S. power company AES told the Ambassador that the company has worked with Kazakhstan's Ambassador to the United States to prepare a settlement letter to the government to r [...]	2010-01-19 09:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV ENRG SOCI KZ
10ASTANA51	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REPORTS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES [...] The following is a summary of local media reports of human trafficking cases in Kazakhstan September-December 2009. ANTI-TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS 2. December 14, "Interfax": During a nationwide anti-trafficking operation, December 7-11, police arrested 55 pimps and two traffickers and reg [...]	2010-01-20 03:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ
10ASTANA60	KAZAKHSTAN: BEHIND THE SCENES OF KARACHAGANAK AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: For more than 90 minutes on January 20, Maksat Idenov, First Vice President of national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG),briefed the Ambassador on the ongoing dispute between shareholders in the Karachaganak Petrole [...]	2010-01-22 09:31:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA61	KAZAKHSTAN: BEHIND THE SCENES OF KARACHAGANAK AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: For more than 90 minutes on January 20, Maksat Idenov, First Vice President of national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG),briefed the Ambassador on the ongoing dispute between shareholders in the Karachaganak Petrole [...]	2010-01-22 09:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA69	KAZAKHSTAN: HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nurlan Kapparov, one of the leading entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan, is the founder and CEO of Lancaster Holding. Coming from a traditional Kazakh political family, he commissioned a biography of his forbearers, one of whom was the vizier for the Khan of Khokhand. His grandfather [...]	2010-01-25 06:49:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR SOCI KZ
10ASTANA70	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING [...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered the demarche on distracted driving on January 25 by diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Department and provided a non-paper containing the key issues of concern. Post will follow up in order to obtain a reply. HOAGLAND [...]	2010-01-25 07:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU KZ
10ASTANA89	KAZAKHSTAN: LOCAL CONTENT LEGISLATION AMENDMENTS NEEDED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 20, Energy Officer received a thorough overview of the laws and regulations governing subsoil use and local content from a well-respected local law firm. Negotiations between the government and foreign [...]	2010-01-26 08:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA90	KAZAKHSTAN: PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES REVISIONS TO MARITIME [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At a January 21 roundtable hosted by the Association of Maritime Transportation Entrepreneurs, parliamentarians and representatives of 10 ministries, international shipping companies, and the diplomatic community di [...]	2010-01-26 08:31:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV SOCI KZ
10ASUNCION77	PARAGUAY DEBATES HAITI DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs America Desk Officer said February 12 there are ongoing internal discussions regarding a Paraguayan desire to deploy in support of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) under the Paraguayan flag. He said internal discussions are prelim [...]	2010-02-12 14:42:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MCAP MASS PA HA PGOV UN SOCI CG
10ATHENS164	Greece - Demarche on Distracted Driving [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche on distracted driving to Nicolaos Hatzivasdekis, Director of Road Safety and Environment in the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transportation, and Networks on February 3. Hatzivasdekis stressed that the Government of Greece takes this issue very seriously, [...]	2010-02-04 15:26:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA GR
10ATHENS21	Greek Engagement with Cuba [...] (C) On January 13, Poloff raised REF A points with Anastopoulos Chanos, Second Secretary in the MFA A8 Directorate for South America and the Caribbean. Econoff also raised points with Ioannis Klonias, MFA B5 Directorate for Economic Relations with Central and South America, Sub-Saharan Africa [...]	2010-01-14 14:53:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI CU GR
10ATHENS25	Muslim Engagement in Greece [...] (U) This report is a response to reftel information request and is a joint cable with Consulate General Thessaloniki. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission Greece has a multifaceted Muslim outreach strategy encompassing public diplomacy programming, human rights and religious freedom advocacy, outr [...]	2010-01-19 15:36:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL KPAO GR
10BAGHDAD122	IRAQI HIGH TRIBUNAL ISSUES VERDICT IN HALABJA [...] (C) Summary: On January 17, 2010, the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) announced its verdict in the trial of Ali Hassan Al Majid (a.k.a. &Chemical Ali8),and Iraqi army officers Sultan Hashim, Sabir Al Douri, and Farhan Mutlak Saleh for the March 16, 1988 chemical attack on the Northeastern Iraqi ci [...]	2010-01-19 10:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC IZ
10BAGHDAD340	BABIL PRT WORKSHOPS DEMONSTRATE VALUE OF FORENSIC [...] This is a Babil PRT cable. 2. Summary: The Babil PRT held two forensic workshops with local provincial judges, investigators, and journalists at FOB Kalsu in December 2009 and January 2010. The workshops included a walk-through of the Army Crime Lab at FOB Kalsu, briefings on the effecti [...]	2010-02-09 13:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI IZ
10BAGHDAD449	EPRT EAST-BAGHDAD: LEGAL ASSISTANCE CENTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Zafraniyyah is a sometimes violent, mixed semi-rural/urban area on the outskirts of the city, squeezed between the Diyala and the Tigris rivers in south Eastern Baghdad. In an effort to develop indigenous civil society organizations, ePRT East-Baghdad and the Brigade focused on [...]	2010-02-19 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KDEM
10BAGHDAD485	BABIL TRIBAL LEADER PREDICTS IRAQIYYA COALITION TO [...] This is a Babil PRT Cable 2. Summary. On February 17, Chief Sheikh Adnan Abd al-Munim al-Janabi told PRToff that his public call for a boycott among his predominantly-Sunni 150,000 tribe is mostly for show. He said that he believes the Iraqiyya coalition could win as many as 100 seats [...]	2010-02-23 15:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI
10BAGHDAD489	BAGHDAD GOVERNOR TELLS CDA DE-BA'ATHIFICATION WAS [...] (U) THIS IS A PRT BAGHDAD MESSAGE. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Baghdad Governor Salah Abd al-Razzaq (Da'wa) questioned CDA about the USG's position on de-Ba'athification on February 18, noting that the de-Ba'athification process was legal and mandated under the Iraqi Constitution. He criticized U.S. [...]	2010-02-23 16:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD61	DIYALA PROVINCE: PERCEPTIONS OF SECTARIANISM [...] (U) This is a Diyala Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary: A spate of arrests and assassinations of Sunni leaders and a perception of sectarian bias among the Iraqi Police in the strategically important Muqdadiyah area of Diyala are undermining reconciliation efforts [...]	2010-01-10 15:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PTER KISL KIRF KCOR SOCI IZ
10BAMAKO44	DEPUTY NIAID DIRECTOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT AMADOU [...] (C) On January 13, Charge and the Deputy Director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),Dr. Hugh Auchincloss, met with Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT). ATT was accompanied by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mrs. Siby Ginet [...]	2010-01-27 14:31:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI NIH ML
10BAMAKO66	MALI RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST: 2009 REPORT [...] This cable responds to Reftel A requests for information on child labor and forced labor for DOL congressional reporting requirements. Tasking 1 / TVPRA 2. The following answers, keyed toquestions in paragraph 15 of 2009 State 131995, are provided below: 1A) GOOD: As per paragraph 14 o [...]	2010-02-03 08:18:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND KTIP PHUM SOCI SIPDIS USAID ML
10BANGKOK333	Thailand: Use of Cell Phone While Driving Prohibited [...] In response to a demarche delivered per reftel, the Social Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided a non-paper on February 5, 2010, explaining Royal Thai Government activities with regard to cell phone use by drivers. In 2008, Thailand amended its Land Transport Act of 1979 to pr [...]	2010-02-08 09:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EU SOCI UNDP UNGA TH
10BANGUI14	DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CARG [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-26 13:28:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU CT
10BASRAH2	BASRAH ANTI-IRAN DEMONSTRATION: LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE [...] (U) This is a Basrah reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Basrah-based representatives of political parties and tribes staged a brief and peaceful protest on January 2 at the Iranian Consulate to protest the reported December 18 Iranian occupation of the cross-border Al Fakkah oil well in nearb [...]	2010-01-31 11:07:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI SCUL KPAO IZ IR SA
10BEIJING109	CHINESE LGBT NGOS FACE CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: PRC lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) NGO leaders told PolOffs December 22 that their organizations are not viewed by the government as particularly sensitive but face the same registration and funding challenges as other civil society groups. PRC Internet censors equate h [...]	2010-01-15 07:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PHUM SOCI
10BEIJING13	JANUARY 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-SINO RELATIONS, [...] Key points at the January 5 MFA press briefing included: -- On trends in U.S-China relations, the two sides worked from a "comprehensive common ground," believed in the peaceful development of the relationship, and respected the "core interest" of each other. -- The PRC followed the "ethic [...]	2010-01-05 23:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM SOCI CH NK UK IR VM PG XA

10BEIJING146	PRC SCHOLARS GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ON SOUTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC scholars view the late-December passage of the Southern Sudan Referendum Law as "only the first step" in a long and difficult Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) implementation process. The scholars acknowledged that Southern Sudan will likely vote for independence in January [...]	2010-01-20 07:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EPET PHUM SOCI KDEM CH SU

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