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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG 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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD 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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 10DAMASCUS51 | 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 14:00:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC SY |
| 10DAMASCUS52 | ASAD'S VISIT TO KSA: INITIAL REACTION IN DAMASCUS [...] (SBU) President Asad's January 13 trip to Riyadh, his second trip to Saudi Arabia since September, cemented opinion in Damascus that Syria and Saudi Arabia had solidified the "normalization" of bilateral relations both sides said they hoped for after King Abdullah's landmark visit to Damascus o [...] | 2010-01-14 14:11:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SY |
| 10DAMASCUS57 | SYRIA-IRAQ UPDATE: DAMASCUS FORESEES LITTLE CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG officials and Iraqi diplomats agreed Iraqi-Syrian relations would likely not improve until at least after Iraqi parliamentary elections slated for March. There has been no sign of a thaw in the frostiness between Damascus and Baghdad since the withdrawal of the countries' res [...] | 2010-01-18 08:47:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PTER SY IZ |
| 10DAMASCUS66 | IRAQI REFUGEES: SARG BACKS UNHCR REGIONAL APPEAL, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Syrian Vice Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad used a UNHCR conference in Damascus to burnish the SARG's credentials in helping Iraqi refugees and to call on others, including the U.S. and Iraq, to do more. UN officials, though uncertain of the donor response to their ambitious [...] | 2010-01-19 10:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM SOCI PREL PREF PHUM SY IZ |
| 10DAMASCUS68 | ONE NEW FACE IN ASAD'S CHOICES FOR STATE PLANNING [...] (C) In a move to rapidly fill a gap at the State Planning Commission (SPC) following the ouster of SPC Head Dr. Taysir Raddawi (reftel),President Bashar al-Asad appointed on January 18 the current Minister of Economy and Trade, Amer Hosni Lutfi, as head of the SPC. Asad also selected Syria's [...] | 2010-01-20 03:28:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI SY |
| 10DAMASCUS70 | DROUGHT UPDATE: WFP RENEWS SYRIA AID APPEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN World Food Program (WFP) Country Representative Muhannad Hadi requested on January 13 that the United States donate food aid valued at $10 million to the drought appeal for northeast Syria. WFP seeks to begin food distribution in February but thus far has received only a fract [...] | 2010-01-21 13:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON FAS PREL SOCI SY WFP |
| 10DAMASCUS72 | SYRIAN YOUNG MEN COMPLAIN ABOUT MANDATORY MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Young Syrian men often complain about their country's mandatory 21-month military service, which has been reduced by the SARG twice in the last four years given popular discontent with the law. The most commonly heard complaint about mandatory conscription is the uneven way in wh [...] | 2010-01-24 09:37:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL PGOV PREL SOCI SY |
| 10DAMASCUS77 | SYRIA-IRAQ TENSION: IRAQI EMBASSY PROTESTS SARG [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi embassy told us January 25 the GOI was offended by comments regarding Iraq's alleged neglect of Iraqi refugees made by Syrian Vice Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad at a UNHCR conference in Damascus last week. Miqdad's comments reportedly angered Baghdad and heightened G [...] | 2010-01-25 14:46:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PTER IZ SY |
| 10DAMASCUS89 | WHEN YOUR FATHER GETS FIRED BY PRESIDENT ASAD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Suleman al-Raddawi, the 24-year-old son of former State Planning Commission (SPC) head Tayseer al-Raddawi, told us on January 26 his father is "doing fine" following his very public ouster from the SPC earlier this month. Complaining that Damascus' chattering classes had focused [...] | 2010-01-31 08:09:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SOCI SY |
| 10DAMASCUS92 | "MA FEE SHABAB": SYRIAN YOUNG MEN FRUSTRATED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 07:34:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL PGOV PREL SOCI SY |
| 10DAMASCUS93 | GOVERNOR IYAD GHAZAL OUTLINES HIS "DREAM OF HOMS" [...] (C) Summary: Homs Governor Iyad Ghazal waxed poetic on his vision of economic/social/political revival that he romantically called the "Dream of Homs" during a January 26 meeting with the Charg in Homs. Two key elements stood at the "dream's" center: (1) the development of an industrial park [...] | 2010-02-01 07:42:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EIND EINT EINV EPET ETRD |
| 10DAMASCUS95 | MFA PROVIDES DETAILS ON PLANE IT WANTS FOR [...] (C) Ever hopeful that a way can be found to obtain a "Syrian Air Force One" for President al-Asad, Foreign Minister Muallim's chief of staff, Bassam Sabbagh, took advantage of a January 31 meeting with CDA (reported septel) to provide details about the airplane the Emir of Qatar offered Asad l [...] | 2010-02-01 08:08:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER IR SY |
| 10DARESSALAAM100 | GUIDE TO THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY [...] BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY: The East African Community (EAC) is the regional intergovernmental organization of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Headquartered in Arusha, Tanzania, the EAC's goals, reaffirmed in a November 2009 Summit, are to realize a common Customs Union (supposedly in [...] | 2010-02-03 07:02:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PREL ECON XW ZF TZ |
| 10DARESSALAAM105 | EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY SEC-GEN ON USG-EAC [...] SUMMARY: On January 20, I visited East African Community (EAC) Secretary-General Juma V. Mwapachu (Tanzania) to discuss the three-D's: "Defense, Diplomacy and Development." The U.S. and the EAC share common goals. We have undertaken several projects together in the areas of defense, aviation [...] | 2010-02-03 14:32:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PREL ECON EAID XW ZF TZ |
| 10DARESSALAAM106 | EAST AFRICAN LEGISLATURE COULD BE VEHICLE FOR U.S. [...] SUMMARY: On January 20, Ambassador Lenhardt paid a courtesy call on Speaker Abdirahin Abdi (Kenya) of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). Abdi said the EALA had a legislative mandate through the treaty that bonded the member states. Bills passed by the EALA had the force of law among [...] | 2010-02-03 14:35:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PREL ECON XW ZF TZ |
| 10DARESSALAAM107 | ZANZIBAR LEGISLATURE VOTES FOR UNITY GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 14:42:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI TZ |
| 10DARESSALAAM108 | ZANZIBAR ENERGY CRISIS: Z-BAR GOVT LIKELY TO ASK USG [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 09:18:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD MCC PGOV EPET EAID TZ |
| 10DARESSALAAM114 | THE TPDF PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: FROM THE OPTIC [...] (C) Summary. Over the past two years, the Tanzanian Peoples Defense Force has taken a significantly more active role in regional and international issues while simultaneously implementing broad structural changes within its own organization. End summary. Tanzanian Military Activities in the [...] | 2010-02-04 11:57:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MCAP PGOV PREL TZ |
| 10DARESSALAAM126 | TANZANIA: CHILD AND FORCED LABOR REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 14:53:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI TZ |
| 10DARESSALAAM129 | TANZANIA: CHILD AND FORCED LABOR REPORT [...] This cable responds to questions in reftel. TASK 1: Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) - Forced labor and/or Exploitative Child Labor in the Production of Goods Agricultural Products Q Sisal, Cashew, Tea, Coffee --------------------------------------------- - 1A-E. [...] | 2010-02-09 15:12:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI TZ |
| 10DARESSALAAM136 | TANZANIA: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable is in response to guidance in reftel. TIP SITUATION IN TANZANIA ------------------------- 2. (SBU) Reliable sources of qualitative information for TIP trends include the Government of Tanzania (GOT) Ministry of Home Affairs, which is the lead agency on TIP issues; Ministry o [...] | 2010-02-11 11:31:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 10DARESSALAAM138 | CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN TANZANIA [...] The deep and long-standing Tanzanian-Chinese relationship continues to be characterized by significant trade, diplomatic exchanges and Chinese assistance and investment in Tanzania. Tanzania remains one of China's principal African trading partners and assistance recipients. Ministerial visit [...] | 2010-02-12 07:15:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID CN TZ MCC |
| 10DARESSALAAM140 | FINANCE MINISTER PLEAS FOR POST-FLOOD RAIL/ROAD REPAIR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 10:14:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ELTN ECON TZ |
| 10DARESSALAAM155 | NEWSPAPER SUSPENSION: GOVERNMENT UNMOVED [...] (SBU) Minister of Information, Sports and Culture George Mkuchika, meeting with Ambassador Lenhardt February 2, defended his 90-day suspension of Swahili weekly "Kulikoni" for publishing "seditious" material (reftel). Mkuchika argued that the suspension was fully in accordance with Tanzanian l [...] | 2010-02-19 08:38:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM MCAP KPAO TZ |
| 10DARESSALAAM156 | CODEL DURBIN REVIEWS TANZANIAN HEALTH ISSUES [...] Over an informal breakfast, the delegation met with an interagency group of senior USG officials working on health and development issues in Tanzania. The USG representatives were from State, DoD (including Walter Reed MRU),TREAS, HHS/CDC, Peace Corps, and USAID. After a brief introduction f [...] | 2010-02-19 09:48:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID TZ |
| 10DARESSALAAM159 | FM MEMBE ON ZANZIBAR, POLITICS, AU, AND PIRACY [...] SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Membe convened the diplomatic corps on February 19 for a general briefing on Tanzanian domestic and foreign affairs. Membe reported GOT endorsement of a Zanzibar coalition government; welcomed international monitoring of the October general election; boasted of Tanzan [...] | 2010-02-22 13:45:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SENV AU TZ SO |
| 10DARESSALAAM17 | DISASTER DECLARATION FOR TANZANIA FLOODS [...] Summary: Much of Central and parts of Southwestern Tanzania are currently experiencing devastating floods following ongoing above normal heavy rains that have in some areas poured almost continuously since 24 December 2009. The Government of Tanzania (GoT) requested U.S. Government material and [...] | 2010-01-11 13:07:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID TZ |
| 10DARESSALAAM26 | OVERCROWDING CRITICAL CHALLENGE FOR TANZANIAN PRISONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Severe overcrowding produces poor living conditions in Dar es Salaam's prisons. Our observations indicate food supplies are sufficient, while sanitary and sleeping facilities are clearly inadequate. Remand prisoners at the Segerea Prison, who may wait up to five years for a tr [...] | 2010-01-14 12:52:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PGOV PHUM TZ |
| 10DARESSALAAM38 | ZANZIBAR'S MAIN ISLAND: POWER CRISIS UNABATED [...] This is an action message. Please see para. 15. 2. SUMMARY: On January 15, representatives from the donor community met at UNDP headquarters to hear the UN and the Norwegian Embassy's assessments of Zanzibar's needs following the December 10 malfunction of the power cable terminus connecti [...] | 2010-01-20 14:05:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD MCC PGOV EPET EIND TZ |
| 10DARESSALAAM66 | TANZANIAN ALBINOS: SOME GOVERNMENT SUCCESS AS MURDERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Government efforts in 2009 to curb attacks against Tanzanians with albinism met with some success, as the number of murders dropped to 7, from 27 in 2008. From leadership by the President and the Prime Minister to police and judicial work resulting in several convictions of killer [...] | 2010-01-29 03:48:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TZ |
| 10DARESSALAAM83 | ZANZIBAR ENERGY CRISIS: Z'BAR GOVT LIKELY TO ASK USG TO [...] SUMMARY: The USG should expect a formal request from the Zanzibar Government (SMZ) seeking assistance for air transport of up to 32 Caterpillar-brand diesel generator units currently located in Belgium. Several donors have pledged to provide support for the purchase of these units. The SMZ sa [...] | 2010-02-02 07:11:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD MCC PGOV EPET EAID TZ |
| 10DARESSALAAM88 | EAST AFRICAN LEGISLATURE COULD BE VEHICLE FOR U.S. REGIONAL [...] SUMMARY: On January 20, Ambassador Lenhardt paid a courtesy call on Speaker Abdirahin Abdi (Kenya) of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). Abdi said the EALA had a legislative mandate through the treaty that bonded the member states. Bills passed by the EALA had the force of law among [...] | 2010-02-02 07:54:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PREL ECON XW ZF TZ |
| 10DARESSALAAM95 | ZANZIBAR LEGISLATURE VOTES FOR UNITY GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 12:23:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI TZ |
| 10DHAHRAN14 | CALM PREVAILS IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE AS SHIA COMMEMORATE [...] (S/NF) An atmosphere of calm prevailed during the Islamic New Year as Shia of the Eastern Province celebrated Ashura. Moderate leaders such as Sheikh Hassan al-Saffar drew large audiences to their lectures during the run-up to Ashura, with a particularly strong showing by youth. Contacts note [...] | 2010-01-23 08:41:00 | Consulate Dhahran | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL INR SA YM BA |
| 10DHAHRAN18 | SOLAR ENERGY PICKS UP MOMENTUM IN SAUDI ARABIA [...] (U) The First Energy Bank of Bahrain plans to build a polysilicon plant in Saudi Arabia to serve an increasing demand for solar energy power generation in the Middle East. The King Abdul Aziz City of Science and Technology (KACST) launched a major initiative to use its research facilities to d [...] | 2010-02-06 11:38:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV SA BA |
| 10DHAHRAN28 | TWO WOMEN APPOINTED TO THE EASTERN PROVINCE CHAMBER OF [...] (U) For the first time in the history of the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EPCCI),two women were appointed to the board. This follows disappointing results for the three different women candidates who ran unsuccessfully for the board in the recent elections. The appointm [...] | 2010-02-08 12:37:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON KWMN SA |
| 10DHAHRAN31 | SAUDI ARAMCO IS TAPPED AGAIN TO BUILD MAJOR REFINERY [...] (C) On January 19, the Ministry of Petroleum announced that Saudi Aramco had been asked to build the estimated USD $10 billion Jazan refinery. This project was originally to be built by the Saudi private sector in a move to give them valuable experience in managing a big project. For now, it [...] | 2010-02-22 12:56:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV SA |
| 10DHAKA109 | BANGLADESH ON THE ROAD TO WOO POWER INVESTORS [...] (SBU) Six power projects valued at $5.5 billion are the core of a Government of Bangladesh (GOB) plan to add close to 4,000 megawatts (MW) of power to Bangladesh's grid. GOB officials unveiled these plans at a series of investment roadshows in London, Singapore and New York in December and Ja [...] | 2010-02-04 08:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ETRD EAID ECON PREL BG |
| 10DHAKA112 | BANGLADESH ENDORSES U.S. PROPOSALS FOR CITES COP15 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 07:00:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV AORC |
| 10DHAKA115 | FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS IN DIPLOMATIC CORPS AFTER [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni called in the Ambassador and other COMs January 28 to request assistance in apprehending the absconding killers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, founder of Bangladesh and father to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In a hastily-arranged meeting the day after the exe [...] | 2010-02-08 09:18:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM BG |
| 10DHAKA132 | JAMAAT PLEADS ITS CASE BEFORE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) On February 10, 2010, the Ambassador and Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Razzaq discussed the recent upsurge in student violence, the possible repeal of the 5th amendment, and the looming war-crimes trials. One of Bangladesh,s leading barristers, Razzaq repeatedly stressed Ja [...] | 2010-02-16 03:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KUIR PINR BG |
| 10DHAKA142 | INCREASING STUDENT VIOLENCE RAISES ALARMS [...] (C) A recent surge in student violence, and the ensuing crackdown on Islamic student groups, has raised concern that Bangladesh may witness a return to the violent political confrontations that preceded the January 2007 State of Emergency. The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) announced a crackd [...] | 2010-02-18 06:52:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM PINR SOCI KCRM KDEM BG |
| 10DHAKA149 | BANGLADESH RESPONSE TO 2008 DOL REQUEST FOR TRADE AND [...] (U) This cable responds to Ref D request for additional information regarding exploitative child labor in Bangladesh under the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (TDA). As there is no new information on the use of forced labor and/or exploitative child labor in the production of goods, Ref A a [...] | 2010-02-23 09:53:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID BG |
| 10DHAKA19 | BANGLADESH TRADE BOYCOTT ON ISRAEL IMPACTS U.S. [...] Bangladesh's ban on trade with Israel has impeded one U.S. firm, Avery-Dennison, from investing to expand its operations in Bangladesh. The ban has blocked Avery-Dennison's local affiliate from importing two printing presses to upgrade its services to Bangladesh,s ready-made garment industry [...] | 2010-01-07 09:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV BG |
| 10DHAKA27 | BANGLADESH'S PRIME MINISTER PREPARES FOR ""TRANSFORMATIONAL"" VISIT TO INDIA [...] (C) Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed will arrive in New Delhi January 10 to begin her most important foreign visit since assuming office in early 2009. Recognizing the inertia within Bangladesh's bureaucracy, the Prime Minister entrusted her own office with preparations for the visit [...] | 2010-01-10 09:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD PTER KDEM BG IN |
| 10DHAKA51 | NO CHANGE IN PLANS: BILATERAL TALKS BETWEEN [...] (C) During Foreign Secretary-level talks in Dhaka, the Government of Burma agreed in principle to the voluntary return as soon as possible, of over 6,300 registered Rohingya refugees the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) considers Burmese citizens. The individuals targeted for repatriation we [...] | 2010-01-14 10:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BG BM |
| 10DHAKA61 | GOVERNMENT TRUMPETS ACHIEVEMENTS OF PRIME [...] (C) Since her return from a state visit to India on January 13, 2010, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Government have trumpeted the trip as an unbridled success which will produce tangible benefits for both Bangladesh and the region. For her part, opposition leader Khaleda Zia has charac [...] | 2010-01-19 09:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM IN BG |
| 10DHAKA64 | GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH OFFERS TO SEND A MEDICAL [...] (SBU) In a meeting with the Defense Attach on January 18, the Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Division declared that the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) wished to send a medical team of 30 to assist in relief efforts in Haiti. It will be led by an Army Colonel and comprised of 10 [...] | 2010-01-19 10:40:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA BG |
| 10DHAKA70 | EMBASSY DHAKA FINAL REPORT FOR 2009 COMBINED FEDERAL [...] (U) Embassy Dhaka's final report for the 2009 Combined Federal Campaign is as follows: 2. (U) Total number of donors: 6 3. (U) Total dollars pledged: $18,791.24 4. (U) Number of employees qualifying for Eagle Award: 2 5. (U) Number of employees qualifying for Double Eagle Award: 0 [...] | 2010-01-21 05:46:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | APER |
| 10DHAKA8 | BANGLADESH CONSIDERS UNAMID HELICOPTER REQUEST BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-04 08:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | BG KPKO MARR |
| 10DILI17 | TFHA01: TIMOR-LESTE TO DONATE USD 500,000 TO HAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 08:16:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PGOV PREL PREF TT |
| 10DILI19 | PM GUSMAO SEEKS TO VISIT WASHINGTON IN 2010 [...] In a discussion with the Ambassador on January 26, 2010, Timor-Leste Foreign Minister da Costa reported that Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao would like to visit Washington at some point during 2010. The Prime Minister hopes to meet with appropriate USG counterparts, including at the White House [...] | 2010-01-28 09:00:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL TT |
| 10DILI27 | TIMOR-LESTE: INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR [...] Summary: Child labor in Timor-Leste remains pervasive and difficult to quantify (see ref B for further background). Children work in agriculture, as street and market vendors, and as domestic laborers. Although there is some anecdotal evidence to suggest that underage girls have been forced i [...] | 2010-02-04 06:38:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI TT |
| 10DILI37 | VISAS VIPER 2010 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The Ambassador chaired a meeting of Post's Visas Viper committee on February 9, 2010. State, USAID, Justice, and DOD participated. 2. Post has no information to report for the February 2010 reporting period. KLEMM [...] | 2010-02-17 06:30:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TT |
| 10DILI4 | VISAS VIPER: DECEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Charge d'Affaires chaired a meeting of Post's Visas Viper committee on December 1, 2009. State Department, USAID, and Defense Department meeting. 2. Post has no information to report for the December 2009 reporting period. 3. Post's Visas Viper coordinator is Michael P. Taylor [...] | 2010-01-05 02:30:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TT |
| 10DILI9 | NEW UN REP ARRIVES AS DRAWDOWN ASSESSMENT STARTS [...] SUMMARY: Ms. Ameerah Haq, the new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to Timor-Leste (SRSG),took up her post on January 6, 2010. One of her first tasks is to assist the UN Technical Assessment Mission that is in Dili from January 11-18 to make recommendations on drawing down th [...] | 2010-01-13 09:01:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD TT ASEC |
| 10DJIBOUTI100 | DJIBOUTI: MISHANDLED SOMALI REFUGEE RETURN STRAINS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In mid-November, 43 Somalis rescued in international waters by a Dutch military ship and off-loaded in Djibouti were repatriated by the Government of Djibouti (GODJ) to Mogadishu (Ref A). UNHCR claimed that this constituted refoulement. The GODJ maintained that UNHCR was awar [...] | 2010-02-07 10:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF DJ SO UNHCR PREL SMIG |
| 10DJIBOUTI113 | DJIBOUTI SUPPORTS COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (U) EconOff discussed reftel points with Director of Environment Dini Omar Abdallah January 26. Abdallah reports to Minister of Housing and Environment Elmi Obsieh Waiss, and travelled to Copenhagen as part of Djibouti's Conference of the Parties delegation (headed by Prime Minister Dile [...] | 2010-01-27 12:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGHG SENV ENRG DJ |
| 10DJIBOUTI117 | Leahy Vetting - Fouad Elmi Waiss [...] (C/NF) Summary and Action Request: Post has thoroughly examined derogatory material reported Ref C concerning MAJ Fouad Elmi Waiss, Djiboutian Liaison Officer to CJTF-HOA, and finds nothing to substantiate allegations of his involvement in extra-judicial killing. Post recommends that Fo [...] | 2010-01-31 12:48:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PHUM DJ |
| 10DJIBOUTI125 | DJIBOUTI - FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S JAN 19 VISIT [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a brief stop-over in Djibouti January 19, French President Nicholas Sarkozy met with Djiboutian President Ismael Omar Guelleh for a wide-ranging discussion that included China's role in Africa, climate change, Eritrea's role in the region, the African Union, Frenc [...] | 2010-02-02 09:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR DJ FR ER CH AU |
| 10DJIBOUTI127 | DJIBOUTI: ASD VERSHBOW AND GODJ DISCUSS STRONG BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. During separate January 24 meetings, visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow discussed Yemen, Somalia, and Eritrea with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Minister of Defense [...] | 2010-02-02 12:05:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KPKO KPIR DJ YM ER SO |
| 10DJIBOUTI129 | DJIBOUTI POLITICAL UPDATE: REGIONAL GOVERNOR SHUFFLE; MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a rare shakeup, the national Council of Ministers named three new regional governors on January 26. Two of the three new appointees are from the same sub-clan as Aden Robleh Awaleh, the only ruling coalition partner to have publicly rejected a constitutional amendment allowin [...] | 2010-02-03 12:46:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM DJ |
| 10DJIBOUTI133 | DJIBOUTI: VISAS VIPERS STATUS REPORT FOR JANUARY 2010 [...] (U) VISA VIPERS 2. (U) The VISA VIPERS Committee chaired by DCM Wong convened February 1, 2010. Representatives from POL, RSO, ORA, PD, CONS, DAO, NCIS, and MGT were in attendance. 3. (S/NF) All reported no submissions for VISA VIPERS, with the exception of GRPO. 4. (S/NF [...] | 2010-02-04 10:32:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | CVIS PTER ASEC PINR DJ KVPR |
| 10DJIBOUTI135 | DJIBOUTI: EAC DISCUSSES AL-SHABAAB THREAT [...] (S/NF) Core members of Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met February 2 to discuss recent threat reporting regarding U.S. service members (ref A),review current security conditions, and determine whether there was a need to increase our security posture. GRPO stated that this reporti [...] | 2010-02-04 14:30:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC MOPS PTER DJ SO |
| 10DJIBOUTI186 | DJIBOUTI: DECEMBER-JANUARY ECON-ESTH ROUNDUP [...] (U) This message contains business-sensitive information. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) In this issue: --Djibouti associates with Copenhagen Accord --Strong banking sector growth benefits both newcomers and the long-established --Limited progress on Djibouti-Iceland geothermal dea [...] | 2010-02-17 08:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EWWT ENRG KTDB SENV BEXP DJ |
| 10DJIBOUTI191 | DJIBOUTI: LAST UNDECIDED RULING COALITION PARTNER SUPPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Guelleh's last undecided and undisputedly most important ruling coalition partner has declared its support for a constitutional amendment allowing him to run for a third term in office in 2011. Yet while the FRUD ("Front for the Restoration of Democracy and Unity") did [...] | 2010-02-17 09:16:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPAO PHUM SO DJ |
| 10DJIBOUTI193 | DJIBOUTI: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This message contains Embassy Djibouti's 2010 trafficking in persons (TIP) submission. Responses are keyed to ref A numbering and lettering. Since the late 2007 passage of Djibouti's comprehensive anti-TIP law, awareness and acknowledgement of TIP as an important challenge con [...] | 2010-02-17 10:07:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIP SMIG PREF PHUM KWMN ASEC KFRD ELAB KMCA DJ |
| 10DJIBOUTI195 | DJIBOUTI: GEN WARD MEETING WITH DJIBOUTIAN CHOD MG FATHI [...] (C) Summary: In a friendly hour-long meeting with AFRICOM Commander General William Ward on February 10, Djiboutian Chief of Defense Staff Major General Fathi Ahmed Houssein reviewed threats from Yemen, Somalia, and Eritrea and appealed for additional U.S. assistance to preserve Djibout [...] | 2010-02-17 13:07:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PTER MOPS MASS DJ ER SO YM |
| 10DJIBOUTI199 | DJIBOUTI: S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN AND GODJ NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's key security concerns include Eritrean sponsorship of al-Shabaab fighters as well as ethnic-Afar rebels, al-Qa'ida forces allying with al-Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen, and maintaining the loyalty of Somali TFG forces combating Islamic extremists, according to Djib [...] | 2010-02-22 05:34:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINS PREL EAID MASS DJ SO ER YM |
| 10DJIBOUTI31 | DJIBOUTI: FONMIN REPORTS MORE ERITREAN PLOTTING [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-13 16:21:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS DJ ER |
| 10DJIBOUTI35 | EMBASSY DJIBOUTI HOLDS EAC TO DISCUSS TERRORISM AND VISAS [...] (SBU) Per ref A, Post convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on January 13 to review VISAS VIPERS procedures. Attendees included: DCM (chair),CONS/PD, ORA, MGT, NCIS, OBO, acting RSO, DATT, and USAID. 2. (U) EAC members reviewed the purpose and procedures for "VISAS [...] | 2010-01-19 06:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS PTER PINR DJ |
| 10DJIBOUTI37 | DJIBOUTI: SCENESETTER ON SECURITY ISSUES FOR ASD VERSHBOW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti warmly welcomes Assistant Secretary of Defense Vershbow and his party to Djibouti. A stable, moderate Muslim ally, Djibouti not only hosts Camp Lemonnier -- the only U.S. military base in Africa -- but also key USG broadcasting facilities used by Arabic-language R [...] | 2010-01-19 12:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PREL PHSA DJ SO AU YM ER IR |
| 10DJIBOUTI5 | VISITING SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER ON SECURITY, ASWJ, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 4 meeting with Ambassador, visiting Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi Mohamed Duale stressed Somaliland's ongoing focus on security threats, including potentially heightened targeting from al-Shabaab during upcoming elections. Duale said that Somaliland was in [...] | 2010-01-05 07:04:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EWWT ETRD SO DJ ET |
| 10DJIBOUTI52 | DJIBOUTI PLANNING FOR AMISOM CONTINGENT [...] SUMMARY. From January 11-15, Djibouti National Armed Forces (FAD) senior staff planners joined U.S. Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) planners to conduct a Peace Support Operations (PSO) Training Strategy Conference. The purpose of the conference was to develop Dj [...] | 2010-01-19 12:04:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MASS KPKO DJ SO |
| 10DJIBOUTI54 | DJIBOUTI PLANNING FOR AMISOM CONTINGENT [...] SUMMARY. From January 11-15, Djibouti National Armed Forces (FAD) senior staff planners joined U.S. Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) planners to conduct a Peace Support Operations (PSO) Training Strategy Conference. The purpose of the conference was to develop Dj [...] | 2010-01-19 14:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MASS KPKO DJ SO |
| 10DJIBOUTI66 | DJIBOUTI: FY10 BFIF PROGRAM PROPOSAL [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Embassy Djibouti, a non-Commercial Service post, requests USD 3,500 in FY10 BFIF funds (ref A) to organize a three-day workshop on entrepreneurship in Djibouti before October 2010. The proposed workshop--to be executed in collaboration with the Djiboutian National [...] | 2010-01-25 10:27:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO EINV ETRD ECON DJ |
| 10DJIBOUTI7 | DJIBOUTI: FONMIN AND CHOD ON IMPACT OF SANCTIONS ON ERITREA [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-07 16:23:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS DJ ER UNSC |
| 10DJIBOUTI72 | DJIBOUTI: CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR INFORMATION [...] (U) This message contains Post's responses to Ref A taskers one and two. --------------------------------------- TASK ONE: FORCED OR EXPLOITATIVE CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Post has no/no evidence that goods originating in Djibou [...] | 2010-02-01 08:21:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI DJ |
| 10DJIBOUTI97 | DJIBOUTI: DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff discussed reftel points January 25 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Multilateral Relations Mariam Ahmed Goumaneh. Goumaneh indicated that while the GODJ was concerned about road safety, the specific issue of text messaging while driving had not been addressed in Djibou [...] | 2010-01-25 14:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN SOCI DJ |
| 10DOHA22 | QATAR INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 07:10:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC QA |
| 10DOHA24 | Engaging Al Jazeera on Haiti [...] (SBU) On Sunday, January 17, Al Jazeera's English (AJE) news channel, headquartered in Doha, began running inaccurate coverage of U.S. and international relief efforts in Haiti. At times, the coverage used inflammatory language, such as accusing the U.S. military of setting up a "mini-Green Zo [...] | 2010-01-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KDEM QA HA |
| 10DOHA25 | PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR GIVES EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF [...] (C) At a January 14 meeting with Ambassador, Palestinian Ambassador Mounir Abdullah Ghanim offered a firsthand account of Imam Yousef Al-Qaradawi's January 8 sermon in which he called for the death of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The remarks were delivered during Friday prayers at Doh [...] | 2010-01-21 08:46:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL WBG QA |
| 10DOHA27 | ENERGY DEPSEC RECEIVES OVERVIEW OF QATAR'S ENERGY [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister (also Minister of Energy and head of Qatar Petroleum) Abdullah Al-Attiyah welcomed Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman December 10, saying that he welcomed the renewed contact with the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) under Secretary Chu. Al-Attiyah said before meeting S [...] | 2010-01-21 10:08:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL TRGY EPET QA |
| 10DOHA39 | EGYPTIAN DCM: CAIRO TO THWART ANY QATARI [...] (C/NF) Adham Naguib, Egypt's DCM at its Embassy in Qatar (strictly protect),told P/E Chief Rice January 26 that the Egyptian Government is determined to thwart any initiative that Qatar proposes during its current term as president of the Arab League, just for the sake of thwarting it. Nagui [...] | 2010-01-28 11:47:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG KPAL EG SU QA |
| 10DOHA42 | IRANIAN AMBASSADOR ANNOUNCES DEAL ON MARITIME [...] (SBU) At a January 6 press conference widely reported in local English and Arabic news outlets, Iranian Ambassador to Qatar Abdulla Sohrabi announced that Iran and Qatar had reached an "initial agreement" on the demarcation of their maritime border. He noted that Iran recently reached a simil [...] | 2010-02-01 13:24:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS IR YE QA |
| 10DOHA52 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY'S VISIT TO QATAR [...] (C) Mr. Chairman, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested host-country meetings for you with the Amir and Prime Minister on the margins of the U.S.-Islamic Forum. You would be the first Congressional visitor to meet in Doha with Qatari officials since Speaker Pelosi in M [...] | 2010-02-08 09:50:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL OVIP OREP KWBG KPAL QA |
| 10DOHA55 | QATARI PERSONAL DEBT: MANAGABLE - FOR NOW [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 08:43:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN QA |
| 10DOHA69 | QATARI MFA OFFICIAL'S PERSPECTIVE OF HEIR [...] (C) MFA Director for Asian and African Affairs Zayed Al-Naemi told P/E Chief Rice February 21 that the February 3 visit by Heir Apparent Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to Tehran, which had been planned for several months, should be seen through the prism of Qatar's need of "dealing with Iran as a ne [...] | 2010-02-23 07:06:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR QA |
| 10DOHA70 | SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH QATAR'S AMIR [...] (C) Senator Joh Kerry (D-MA),the Chairman of the Senate Foreig Relations Committee(SFRC),joined by Ambassador,P/E Chief, and SFRC staff member Dr. Jonah Blank met February 14 with the Amir of Qatar, Hamad bn Khalifa Al Thani. The meeting took place at Waba Palace, the residence of the Amir [...] | 2010-02-23 10:47:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IR QA |
| 10DOHA71 | SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH QATAR'S PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) The Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC),Senator John Kerry (D-MA),accompanied by Ambassador, P/E Chief and SFRC staff Frank Lowenstein and Fatema Sumar, met February 13 with Prime Minister (and Foreign Minister) of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ). HBJ [...] | 2010-02-24 09:44:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IR QA |
| 10DUBAI13 | UAE's RAS AL KHAIMAH: OPEN FOR BUSINESS, BUT STRUGGLING TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ras Al-Khaimah's (RAK) effort to grow its economy by offering incentives to international investors has attracted primarily small-scale traders, including from Iran, and thereby drawn scrutiny from UAE federal authorities concerned about illicit Iranian activity in the country. O [...] | 2010-02-07 10:44:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE |
| 10DUBAI19 | UAE RELEASES DETAILS OF HAMAS ASSASSINATION SUSPECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dubai police have publicly released details of their investigation into the January 19 assassination of senior Hamas commander Mahmoud al Mabhouh. Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Chief of Dubai Police, held a press conference on February 15 in which he shared informa [...] | 2010-02-17 13:24:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PREL ASEC PTER IS AE |
| 10DUBAI27 | Iranian Gas Deliveries to Sharjah Remain on Hold [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sharjah-based Crescent Petroleum executives tell Consul General that the company's project to purchase unprocessed sour gas from Iran's Salman gas field remains suspended pending Iranian completion of export facilities to deliver the gas. But they believe progress is underway, due [...] | 2010-02-25 09:55:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL ETTC IR IZ AE |
| 10DUBAI29 | U.S. Credit Cards linked to Mabhouh Assassination [...] (C//NF) Summary: The Dubai Police released new details of their investigation into the killing of Hamas leader Mahmoud al Mabhouh February 24, including the names of an additional 15 suspects (bringing the total to 26) and the numbers of 14 credit cards issued by a U.S. bank allegedly used by t [...] | 2010-02-25 10:51:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ASEC PTER IS AE |
| 10DUBAI34 | U.S. Companies Seek Overdue Payment in Dubai [...] (SBU) Summary: Following months of advocacy by the Consul General and FCS, some Dubai government-linked companies have begun initial steps to address outstanding payments owed to U.S. companies that provided services and delivered on projects during Dubai's property boom. Dubai Holding, a co [...] | 2010-01-26 09:19:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV AE |
| 10DUBAI5 | Labor Strike Over Unpaid Wages [...] (C) Summary: On December 22, 60 Robust Contracting Company staff employees went on strike over three months' unpaid wages. This is the third known labor strike in 2009 (reftel). Representatives from the Ministry of Labor (MOL),Dubai Police, and National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking a [...] | 2010-01-24 12:55:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM PGOV EFIN KTIP AE |
| 10DUBAI7 | Dubai-based Companies Transition to New Wage Protection [...] (C) Summary: The UAE Ministry of Labor (MOL) issued a decree on the "protection of wages" in September 2009 affecting all the emirates, including Dubai. The Wage Protection System (WPS) is an electronic salary payment system meant to shield the UAE's massive foreign labor population from dela [...] | 2010-01-25 12:37:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM EFIN KTIP PGOV AE |
| 10DUBLIN12 | THE IRISH GOVERNMENT'S VIEW ON THE NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: On January 13, the Ambassador spoke with an official in the Irish Prime Minister's office about the January 12 meeting between Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin and UK Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward. The Ambassador also spoke to Woodward himself. In addition, Econ [...] | 2010-01-14 17:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UK EI |
| 10DUBLIN13 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH WEAPONS DECOMMISSIONERS [...] C) SUMMARY: The group charged with overseeing the decommissioning of paramilitary weapons in Ireland told us that weapons decommissioning has been accomplished to a great extent, but not completely. Completing devolution of policing and justice remains crucial to the peace process; failure t [...] | 2010-01-15 08:13:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UK CVIS EI |
| 10DUBLIN6 | UPDATE ON IRELAND'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite recent negative media attention, Ireland has made significant strides in addressing instances of trafficking in persons (TIP) within its borders. At present, 57 investigations are ongoing, with a single case before the courts. A further three individuals were convicted [...] | 2010-01-08 15:08:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EI |
| 10DUBLIN65 | IRELAND - TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 10:47:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EI ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
| 10DUBLIN69 | TIT FOR TAT IN DUBLIN: MINISTER SARGENT RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary: On February 23, former Minister for Food and Horticulture Trevor Sargent (Green Party -- GP) resigned after a letter he wrote in 2008 was leaked to the press. Sargent admitted that the letter, written to Garda (Irish police) on behalf of a constituent, "could be considered unlawf [...] | 2010-02-24 14:00:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EI |
| 10DURBAN3 | IS THE ANC AS DEMOCRATIC AS IT CLAIMS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. What began as a Durban road blockade in 2005 has become a shack-dwellers movement in South Africa. Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM, which means `those who live in the shacks' in Zulu) now includes thousands of shack-dwellers from more than 30 informal settlements throughout the co [...] | 2010-01-08 15:48:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI SF |
| 10DUSHANBE103 | INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS AGREE ON UNIFIED ROGHUN MESSAGE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Gross convened a meeting of heads of diplomatic missions in Dushanbe to discuss a common approach to the government of Tajikistan's campaign to force its citizens to contribute to the construction of the Roghun dam. Attendees agreed on a two-pronged strategy: They wou [...] | 2010-01-21 12:02:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PHUM ENRG EAID IMF TI |
| 10DUSHANBE104 | TAJIKISTAN: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 06:25:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR TI |
| 10DUSHANBE112 | TAJIK ELECTIONS: CCER PROMISES FULL ACCESS FOR MONITORS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) Chief Mirzoali Boltuev promised to enforce President Rahmon's call for free and fair elections in a January 25 meeting with Ambassador Gross. Boltuev said foreign and local election observers would have full access to monito [...] | 2010-01-26 11:49:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TI |
| 10DUSHANBE113 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe delivered points in reftel on January 22 to Farhod Salim, Director of the North America and Europe Department at Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Salim said the MFA had no immediate comment on the U.S. goals at the London Conference on Afghanistan, but he had ma [...] | 2010-01-27 03:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF TI |
| 10DUSHANBE123 | TAJIK COURTS EXTORT, JAIL ISLAMISTS AND THEIR PLUMBER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajik courts issued stiff sentences to individuals convicted of membership in two outlawed Muslim fundamentalist organizations as members of a third banned group stand trial. Dushanbe city court convicted seven individuals who follow the banned Salafiya movement, although the c [...] | 2010-01-29 11:56:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL TI |
| 10DUSHANBE143 | EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JANUARY [...] Site Assessments a) On January 20 the EXBS Staff and the ODC Counter Narcotics Program Manager visited Nizniy-Pyanj border crossing to meet the new Customs Port Director. The EXBS Staff examined the EXBS funded Rapiscan luggage x-ray scanner at the passenger processing terminal and the [...] | 2010-02-02 11:59:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI |
| 10DUSHANBE150 | RELIGIOUS MINORITY GROUPS FACE RED TAPE, NOT CLOSURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Most of Tajikistan's previously registered religious groups and nearly all mosques completed mandatory re-registration with the Department of Religious Affairs (DRA) before their January 1, 2010 deadline. The Dushanbe synagogue was not able to re-register because of a land owne [...] | 2010-02-03 14:41:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KRFR TI |
| 10DUSHANBE156 | MEDIA CRACKDOWN: OFFICIALS SUE NEWSPAPERS FOR MILLIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajik judges, a Ministry, and a government agency hit five of Tajikistan's independent newspapers with separate lawsuits in what could be the death knell of media freedom in the country. On January 25, three judges sued three newspapers for publishing a defense attorney's statem [...] | 2010-02-04 11:21:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM SCUL TI |
| 10DUSHANBE157 | TAJIKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy delivered the demarche on distracted driving on January 29 by diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and provided a non-paper containing the key issues of concern. The Ministry did not have immediate answers to the questions posed in the demarche. Post will [...] | 2010-02-05 07:39:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU TI |
| 10DUSHANBE165 | TAJIK ELECTIONS: THE CAMPAIGN THAT WASN'T [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pro-Rahmon parties and MPs are well-positioned to expand their dominance of the Majlisi Namoyandagon in February 28 parliamentary elections. Opposition parties have waged lackluster campaigns, mostly relying on local officials to arrange their meetings with constituents. Indepe [...] | 2010-02-09 03:30:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TI |
| 10DUSHANBE170 | 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Enclosed is Embassy Dushanbe's submission for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report. As outlined in reftel, we have paraphrased the text of each question and then provided answers based on discussions with non-governmental organizations, Tajik authorities, and other relevant officials. [...] | 2010-02-10 12:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KTIP TI |
| 10DUSHANBE171 | IMPACT OF ROGHUN CAMPAIGN ON U.S. ASSISTANCE GOALS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tajik government stresses electricity shortfalls as a serious threat to living standards and economic growth, and rightly so, but refuses to confront key causes of the shortfall, or to pursue to the most effective solutions. Instead, it insists that building mega-hydro-proje [...] | 2010-02-11 10:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON SOCI PHUM TI |
| 10DUSHANBE172 | TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP HOLBROOKE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. interests in Tajikistan are a stable state on Afghanistan's northern border, support for our military efforts in Afghanistan, and for Tajikistan to be a stabilizing influence and contributor to economic development in the region. Tajikistan gives unrestricted over flight righ [...] | 2010-02-12 10:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON EINV TI |
| 10DUSHANBE173 | CORRECTED COPY - TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP [...] (C) Summary: U.S. interests in Tajikistan are a stable state on Afghanistan's northern border, support for our military efforts in Afghanistan, and for Tajikistan to be a stabilizing influence and contributor to economic development in the region. Tajikistan gives unrestricted over flight rights, [...] | 2010-02-16 13:41:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON EINV TI |
| 10DUSHANBE176 | IMF TAKES STAND ON ROGHUN; SOME SAY NOT STRONG ENOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: An IMF team recently completed a two-week visit to Dushanbe to assess economic and government performance before releasing further funding under its Extended Credit Facility (ECF). A central issue was the government's campaign to fund the Roghun hydroelectric dam. The IMF outl [...] | 2010-02-17 08:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PHUM IMF TI |
| 10DUSHANBE203 | TAJIK ELECTIONS: IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE 2005 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The week before parliamentary elections, opposition party leaders reported an uptick in government harassment of their activities and a concurrent increase in local officials' support for People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT) candidates. Security officials briefly det [...] | 2010-02-18 12:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TI |
| 10DUSHANBE207 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS FROM DUSHANBE [...] (U) Summary: Post nominates four projects, in order of priority, to be considered for funding under the Women's Issues Small Grant Initiative. From highest to lowest priority are the following projects: Tradecraft Training for Girls (NGO New Generation); Guaranteeing Women's Land Rights (NGO B [...] | 2010-02-19 12:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ECON TI KWMN PREL KPAO |
| 10DUSHANBE229 | NEWSPAPERS STAND FIRM IN COURT, EMBASSY ISSUES STATEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In preliminary court hearings in Dushanbe, editors in chief of four independent newspapers called libel lawsuits filed against them by government officials "groundless". On February 23, representatives of Asia-Plus, Farazh, Ozodagon and an attorney, Solijon Juraev, appeared in [...] | 2010-02-26 11:49:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL TI |
| 10DUSHANBE23 | FOOD SECURITY UPDATE FOR TAJIKISTAN [...] The food security situation in Tajikistan has been slightly better through the first ten months of 2009 compared to 2008, according to World Food Program's December update. Surveys showed that as of October 2009, 22% of households were moderately food insecure and 9% were severely food insecu [...] | 2010-01-05 06:53:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ELAB SOCI TI |
| 10DUSHANBE26 | TAJIK ELECTIONS: MONITORS TO BE DEPLOYED, BUT OBSERVERS [...] (SBU) USAID, the European Commission (EC),and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are funding election observation, party training, and voter education projects for the February 28 elections to the Tajik lower house of parliament (Majlisi Namoyandagon). USAID imple [...] | 2010-01-05 12:44:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TI |
| 10DUSHANBE27 | TAJIK ELECTIONS: RAHMON SHOWS RULING PARTY WHO'S BOSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the pre-election congress of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT),which dominates both houses of the Tajik Parliament (Majlisi Oli),President Rahmon won unanimous re-election as PDPT chairman and installed his son on the party's central committee. He dismissed [...] | 2010-01-05 12:47:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TI |
| 10DUSHANBE37 | AHMADINEJAD IN TAJIKISTAN, CALLS TIES "STRATEGIC" [...] (SBU) Summary: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paid a 24-hour state visit to Dushanbe. He signed economic and social agreements with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, few of which were new or substantive. The Iranians committed to provide $6 million to complete the long-delayed Istiqlol [...] | 2010-01-07 11:00:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON TI IR |
| 10DUSHANBE4 | TAJIK EARTHQUAKE IMPACT LESS SEVERE THAN REPORTED [...] Summary: A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck eastern Tajikistan on the morning of January 2. Embassy contacts and others with direct knowledge of the area said a few hundred households have been affected by the earthquake, far short of the 20,000 figure widely reported in the international medi [...] | 2010-01-04 12:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM CACS TI |
| 10DUSHANBE44 | EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORT DECEMBER 2009 [...] Site Assessments a) On December 15 the Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant and the EXBS Program Management Assistant visited the construction site of the Nuclear Radiation Safety Agency (NRSA) laboratory. The Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant and the EXBS Program Management Ass [...] | 2010-01-08 12:37:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI |
| 10DUSHANBE51 | TAJIK GOVERNMENT BLOCKS WEBSITES, THEN BACKS DOWN [...] (SBU) On January 11, the Tajik government ordered Internet providers to block access to two Internet news sites: centrasia.ru and ariana.su. The providers immediately implemented the order. The next day, the sites were back up. The brief blocks are a sign that government would like to silenc [...] | 2010-01-12 16:39:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TI |
| 10DUSHANBE52 | DAM IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DON'T: ROGHUN PRESSURE MOUNTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 6, the Tajik government inaugurated nationwide sales of shares in the Roghun hydroelectric dam project, using extortion and intimidation to pressure individuals and organizations to buy stock. As part of an unprecedented multi-media campaign, all four state televisio [...] | 2010-01-13 09:02:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PHUM ENRG EINV TI |
| 10DUSHANBE55 | TAKING A STAND AGAINST THE ROGHUN EXTORTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative Luc Moers (protect) said the government's campaign to extort money from the population for the construction of the Roghun hydroelectric dam appeared to violate the terms of the IMF's current assistance to Tajikistan. He s [...] | 2010-01-13 13:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PHUM ENRG EAID IMF TI |
| 10DUSHANBE67 | TAKING A STAND AGAINST THE ROGHUN EXTORTION (*** CORRECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative Luc Moers (protect) said the government's campaign to extort money from the population for the construction of the Roghun hydroelectric dam appeared to violate the terms of the IMF's current assistance to Tajikistan. He s [...] | 2010-01-14 11:18:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PHUM ENRG EAID IMF TI |
| 10DUSSELDORF12 | NRW Election Chessgame: Ruettgers Sacrifices His Queen as [...] (U) Summary: Juergen Ruettgers, Minister-President (M-P) of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) forced his prot????g???? and the General-Secretary of the NRW Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Hendrik Wuest to resign his post February 22 after a scandal broke over the weekend involving the possible se [...] | 2010-02-23 13:15:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
| 10EFTOBANDARSERIBEGAWAN24 | RAYTHEON'S RECENT VISIT AND RUMBLINGS FROM THE [...] (SBU/NF) The Raytheon team recently briefed the Ambassador about a recent turn of events where Deputy Minister of Defense Pehin Yasmin revived a pet project, developing and building Brunei's National Modeling and Simulation Center, that a subordinate of his, Ministry of Defense Permanent Secre [...] | 2010-01-29 08:26:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV USTR KIPR KINR ECON BX |
| 10EFTOKABUL597 | AWCC BETS ON DRAMATIC MARKET EXPANSION [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC),one of the Afghanistan's largest cellular providers, plans to invest millions of dollars in dramatic infrastructure expansion in 2010. The company will build nearly 400 new towers, mostly utilizing its own capital, but 40 will [...] | 2010-02-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EAID PGOV PREL AF |
| 10EFTOKABUL668 | Treasury A/S Cohen Urges Major Afghan Banks to be more [...] (SBU//NF) In meetings with the heads of Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank and Afghan United Bank on February 11, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing David Cohen expressed optimism that the Afghan banking sector is implementing stronger controls against anti-money laundering and [...] | 2010-02-23 11:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON SNAR KTFN KCOR KCRM PGOV PINS AF |
| 10FLORENCE1 | AMBASSADOR SEEKS UPDATE ON STATUS OF BILATERAL TAX [...] See Action Request in paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. During a bilateral discussion following his presentation of credentials, Ambassador David Thorne pledged his best efforts to meet the Republic of San Marino's request to conclude a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with the [...] | 2010-01-04 11:55:00 | Consulate Florence | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV SM IT |
| 10FREETOWN35 | DELEGATION TO AU SUMMIT FROM SIERRA LEONE, [...] Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided the Embassy with a list of the following delegates to the annual African Union: President Ernest Bai Koroma: Hon. Haja Zainab H. Bangura - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Int. Cooperation Hon. Alhaja Ibrahim B. Kargbo - Minister of Information & Communi [...] | 2010-01-25 13:36:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP AORC SL |
| 10FREETOWN50 | SIERRA LEONE: CHINESE ENGAGEMENT [...] This message responds to reftel request for information on Chinese engagement in Sierra Leone and potential areas for cooperation. Post opted for a front channel cable as well as an email in light of the significant interest in the level of Chinese engagement in Sierra Leone. 2. China wa [...] | 2010-02-05 09:27:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON SL CN |
| 10FREETOWN56 | SIERRA LEONE: "BIGGEST IRON MINE IN AFRICA" [...] (U) Summary: President Koroma formally commissioned what he called "the biggest iron ore mine in Africa" January 22 in the hills east of the newly-finished Bumbuna dam. African Minerals Ltd. claims it will be able to rebuild the iron-ore port at Pepel and the railway from Lunsar, build a new [...] | 2010-02-08 15:45:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN PREL SL |
| 10FREETOWN61 | UPDATE ON NARCOTICS MATTERS IN SIERRA LEONE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 17:07:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | LI SL SNAR |
| 10FREETOWN64 | SIERRA LEONE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) This report covering 2009 relies on the research done for 2008 in ref B, updating where necessary. The trafficking situation remains much as reported there. Sierra Leone ranks near or at the bottom of every global measure of poverty. Trafficking in persons thrives in such an environm [...] | 2010-02-12 15:05:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 10FREETOWN67 | SIERRA LEONE: ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY [...] Summary: The four minor incidents of inter-religious violence over the past five years are the first such occurrences in Sierra Leone. As Christianity becomes less orthodox and Islam more so, such incidents are likely to recur or worsen, but Sierra Leoneans, both Muslim and Christian, are p [...] | 2010-02-17 10:04:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SL |
| 10GABORONE110 | BOTS-ZIM TENSIONS RISE OVER ARRESTED GOB OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Botswana said it would recall its Defense and Intelligence Attaches from Harare by the end of February and expects that Zimbabwe will similarly recall its Attaches from Gaborone to protest the GOZ's January 19 arrest and continued detention of three GOB wildlife [...] | 2010-02-05 14:24:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ZI BC |
| 10GABORONE139 | WELCOME TO BOTSWANA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL [...] (SBU) Embassy Gaborone warmly welcomes Codel Meeks-Watt to Botswana. Your visit comes as the Government of Botswana, which announced its proposed FY 10/11 budget last week, attempts to maintain its social welfare and infrastructure development programs despite the global economic slowdown. Bo [...] | 2010-02-12 10:21:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BC |
| 10GABORONE173 | ACCREDITATION OF SAME-SEX DOMESTIC PARTNERS [...] (C) Per instructions in Ref A, Ambassador raised the issue of accreditation of same-sex domestic partners of U.S. government personnel with a senior aide to President Khama. The aide said Botswana remains a very traditional society and homosexuality is an extremely sensitive subject. She noted that [...] | 2010-02-25 14:11:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | APER AMGT PREL BC |
| 10GENEVA101 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) CONFORMING GROUP MEETINGS IN MOSCOW, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-001. 2. (U) Meeting Dates: January 18-22, 2010 Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. and Russian members of the New START Treaty Conforming Group met in Moscow January 18-22, [...] | 2010-02-18 18:09:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
| 10GENEVA11 | WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property [...] SUMMARY: The 4th session of the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) was a constructive step forward from the U.S. perspective. The Committee approved five major thematic projects and reviewed all projects and activities under current implementation. On the importan [...] | 2010-01-08 11:54:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 10GENEVA123 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE 005, MOBILE ICBM BASE [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-079. ------------------------------ SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUESTED ------------------------------ 2. (S) In Ref A, paragraph 11, Washington instructed the delegation to secure Russian agreement to limit the size of mobile ICBM bases and the individu [...] | 2010-02-25 12:27:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
| 10GENEVA129 | SFO-GVA-VIII: AGREED STATEMENTS, FEBRUARY 05, 2010 [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-019. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 05, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Mr. Elliott and Col Ilin met on February 5 to discuss the propose [...] | 2010-02-26 10:02:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
| 10GENEVA138 | WHO: Report on the 126th Session of the World Health [...] Summary. The 126th Session of the Executive Board (EB) of the World Health Organization (WHO) met from January 18-23, 2010, in Geneva. This cable reports on the significant outcomes from the Board, including key resolutions forwarded for adoption at the 63rd World Health Assembly (WHA)in May [...] | 2010-02-19 10:59:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO WHO |
| 10GENEVA145 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) TELEMETRY WORKING GROUP MEETING. FEBRUARY [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-072. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 22, 2010 Time: 5:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Telemetry Working Group meeting co-chaired by Mr. Siemon and General [...] | 2010-02-26 13:38:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
| 10GENEVA155 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) INSPECTION PROTOCOL WORKING GROUP, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-043. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 12, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:10 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG) meeting on February 12 c [...] | 2010-02-26 15:30:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
| 10GENEVA163 | SFO-GVA-VIII: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE-006 (SSBN SCRAPPING), [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-097 - REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE. ------------------------------ SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUESTED ------------------------------ 2. (S) Guidance received on January 30 (Ref A) directed the delegation to continue to press for Russian Federation agreement on [...] | 2010-02-26 18:24:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
| 10GENEVA183 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE-006 (SSBN SCRAPPING), [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-097 - REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE. ------------------------------ SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUESTED ------------------------------ 2. (S) Guidance received on January 30 (Ref A) directed the delegation to continue to press for Russian Federation agreement on [...] | 2010-02-27 13:49:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
| 10GENEVA187 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) INSPECTION PROTOCOL WORKING GROUP, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-043. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 12, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:10 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Inspection Protocol Working Group (IPWG) meeting on February 12 c [...] | 2010-02-27 14:01:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
| 10GENEVA193 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-090. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 26, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Working Group meeting [...] | 2010-02-27 17:51:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
| 10GENEVA225 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) NOTIFICATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-087. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 25, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During a meeting of the Notifications Working Group held at the Ru [...] | 2010-02-28 16:46:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
| 10GENEVA23 | PROSPECTS FOR LAUNCHING FMCT NEGOTIATIONS AT THE 2010 CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT; WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO REALIZE THE PRAGUE AGENDA (CD) [...] (C) Summary. The outlook for launching Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty Negotiations (FMCT),one of the President's signature goals from his Prague agenda, has dimmed considerably since last year's historic agreement on a Program of Work at the Conference on Disarmament. Pakistan, presumably motivat [...] | 2010-02-24 10:44:00 | Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC CDG PK |
| 10GENEVA42 | WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights: USG [...] (U) Summary: The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) met in Geneva December 14-18, 2009. At this 19th session of the SCCR, the United States unequivocally called on the international copyright community to reach a consensu [...] | 2010-01-21 10:52:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 10GENEVA43 | Palestinian Ambassador on Goldstone, 4GC, HRC [...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with DRL A/S Mike Posner, Palestinian Ambassador Ibrahim Khraishi stressed the following points: -- The PA is angered that the OHCHR asked Hamas to submit a report on Goldstone follow-up, which implicitly recognized Hamas as a governing entity; the Palestin [...] | 2010-02-16 16:30:00 | Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 10GENEVA45 | GENEVA DISCUSSIONS ON GEORGIA: ROUND IX [...] (C) SUMMARY: The de facto authorities in Abkhazia and South Ossetia continued to clamor for "bilateral" non-use of force agreements with Georgia. The Georgians continued to insist Russia be part of such agreements and to link them with international security arrangements. While the Abkhazia [...] | 2010-02-17 09:40:00 | Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM GG RS |
| 10GENEVA48 | LINKING MIGRATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS: PREPARING FOR EXPANDED [...] (SBU) Summary: The nexus of human rights and migration is set to be the focus of discussion in a number of separate fora, both governmental and non-governmental, during 2010. The U.S. often finds itself on the defensive in many of these bodies, especially the Human Rights Council. U.S. poli [...] | 2010-01-21 14:22:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL SMIG |
| 10GENEVA57 | (U) GOTTEMOELLER-NYKONENKO LUNCH, FEBRUARY 3, 2010 -- [...] (S) At a U.S.-hosted lunch on February 3 on the margins of the START Follow-on negotiations in Geneva, Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller met with the Ukrainian Director of Arms Control and Military and Technical Cooperation, Ambassador Aleksandr Nykonenko. Nykonenko inquired as to the progress [...] | 2010-02-18 13:46:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US UP |
| 10GENEVA73 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-011. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 3, 2010 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:45 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Working Group (WG) met on Fe [...] | 2010-02-18 15:53:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
| 10GENEVA80 | The Global Framework for Climate Services [...] SUMMARY: The WMO hosted an intergovernmental meeting in Geneva on January 11-12, 2010, to approve the terms of reference and endorse the composition of a task force of high-level, independent advisors who will conduct consultations and make recommendations on the components of a Global Framew [...] | 2010-01-28 08:13:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG WMO AORC |
| 10GENEVA87 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) EXPANDED AD HOC WORKING GROUP MEETING, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-028. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 9, 2010 Time: 12:15 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Ad Hoc Working Group met in expanded format (with experts) to discuss t [...] | 2010-02-18 16:39:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
| 10GENEVA93 | SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) TELEMETRY WORKING GROUP MEETING, FEBRUARY [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-050. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 15, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Telemetry Working Group meeting co-chaired by Mr. Siemon and General [...] | 2010-02-18 16:52:00 | Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US |
| 10GENEVA94 | Preview of March 2010 Human Rights Council Session [...] (U) The 13th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) will take place in Geneva from March 1 - 26, 2010. The longest of the three yearly meetings, the March session opens with the High Level Segment. This cable outlines key issues Mission Geneva expects will be raised at the 13th Session, p [...] | 2010-02-02 11:39:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 10GEORGETOWN1 | Pol/Econ Round-up December 25- January 11 [...] (U) This "round-up" reporting cable covers the period from December 25, 2009 to January 11, 2010. Search for next PPP Presidential Candidate Begins 2. (C) The People's Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Donald Ramotar publicly stated on December 30 that the PPP has st [...] | 2010-01-11 20:42:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON XL CH GY |
| 10GEORGETOWN15 | Jagdeo Visits Iran [...] (C) Summary. President Bharrat Jagdeo returned from his visit to the Middle East, including Iran January 20-21, announcing that the GoG had signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with Iran. Besides announcing these two MoUs, President Jagdeo said Iran would send a team of specialists to [...] | 2010-02-04 19:52:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ENRG IR XL GY |
| 10GEORGETOWN17 | LCDS COLLIDES WITH GOLD MINING INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: In early January the Jagdeo administration proposed new mining regulations to limit forest degradation as part of President Bharrat Jagdeo's Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS). Miners strongly rejected proposed regulations and demanded that five to seven percent of Guyana's [...] | 2010-02-08 17:08:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EMIN ECON XL GY |
| 10GEORGETOWN19 | Pol/Econ Roundup January 28-February 16 [...] (U) This periodic reporting cable highlights developments in Guyana's politics and economy affecting Department strategic objectives in country and throughout the Caribbean basin. Local Government Elections - STATUS UPDATE 2. (C) Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (G [...] | 2010-02-16 20:16:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EMIN ECON XL GY |
| 10GEORGETOWN3 | Pol/Econ Round-up January 11-January 28 [...] (U) This periodic reporting cable highlights developments in Guyana's politics and economy affecting Department strategic objectives in country and throughout the Caribbean basin. JAGDEO'S FIRST VISIT TO IRAN January 20-21 2. (C) Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affair [...] | 2010-01-28 21:38:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON IR GY |
| 10GEORGETOWN58 | GUYANA - CHILD LABOR REPORT 2010 [...] (U) No evidence exists to suggest forced or exploitive child labor occurs in the production of goods in Guyana. While child labor does exist in certain forms in Guyana, it occurs primarily in the informal sector, mainly domestic housework and small-scale fishing, farming and vending. Sou [...] | 2010-02-01 16:33:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM GY |
| 10GEORGETOWN78 | TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ASSESSMENT - GUYANA [...] (U) The following is Embassy Georgetown's submission of information requested in reftel for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 2. (SBU) GUYANA'S TIP SITUATION: A. Sources of information available include: the Guyanese media; the Ministry of Home Affairs; the Ministry [...] | 2010-02-10 16:23:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA GY |
| 10GEORGETOWN86 | Guyana: S/GWI Project Proposal [...] (U) Per reftel, local NGO Help & Shelter's program proposal is provided below: 2. Project Title: Support in Combating Gender-Based Violence (GBV) with proposed project duration of 18 months. Amount requested is USD99,970 (see paragraph 7). 3. Help & Shelter Background: [...] | 2010-02-19 19:59:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM AID CDC GY |
| 10GEORGETOWN90 | SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 3-4 VISIT BY S/EGCI DAVID GOLDWYN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY OF PROPOSED TRIP AGENDA: Embassy Georgetown welcomes you to Guyana March 3-4. On March 3 you are scheduled to meet with President Bharrat Jagdeo, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Finance Minister Ashni Singh, Bank of Guyana Central Governo [...] | 2010-02-24 14:38:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EAID ECON ETRD PGOV GY |
| 10GRENADA4 | An Island at E's: Education, Enforcement, the Economy and [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 20:27:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV SENV GJ XL |
| 10GUANGZHOU13 | "Fe" vs. Climate Change: China's BYD Bets on Batteries in [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The answer to climate change may be as simple as the chemical formula of a lithium iron phosphate battery, according to one ambitious south China company. Referred to simply as "Fe" and already the key component of the world's first mass produced plug-in hybrid elec [...] | 2010-01-07 09:11:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PREL ETRD KIPR PGOV CH HK |
| 10GUANGZHOU33 | CHINA-HONG KONG: CEPA IMPLEMENTATION IN GUANGDONG NOT [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Numerous barriers continue to hinder service sector liberalization as envisioned by the Beijing-Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Agreement's (CEPA) sixth supplemental agreement that took effect on October 1, 2009, according to Guangzhou-based contacts in meetings [...] | 2010-01-20 07:10:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH HK |
| 10GUANGZHOU34 | (C) South China Sea - Hainan-Based Think Tank Probes DATT [...] (U) Classified by Economic/Political Section Chief Steve Lang for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to the National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCS),Defense Attach (DATT) Rear Admiral Gehrke was treated to more than a generic overview of the institute's history an [...] | 2010-01-21 09:07:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHSA PGOV CH |
| 10GUANGZHOU49 | Ambassador Attends Symposium Comparing U.S., Chinese [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Huntsman addressed representatives from the Counselor's Office of the State Council of China and the Kissinger Institute at a January 20-22 symposium on similarities and differences between U.S. and Chinese government systems. Speakers from both sides gave comparative v [...] | 2010-01-29 07:46:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI PREL CH |
| 10GUANGZHOU50 | Something Stinks in Guangzhou - Government Forced to Adopt [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: After sustained public pressure forced officials in December to shelve a garbage incineration project, Guangzhou is now turning to the Internet for solutions to the city's growing waste disposal problem. Guangzhou's municipal government issued a notice January 14 ur [...] | 2010-02-01 00:52:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV ECPS EIND CH HK |
| 10GUANGZHOU6 | China Financial Markets: Shenzhen Start-Up Board Rocking [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The long-awaited "NASDAQ-like" start-up board, ChiNext, completed its first 2 months of operation in positive territory after finally making its Shenzhen debut on October 23, 2009. The new board opened by offering a first batch of 28 companies followed by another lis [...] | 2010-01-06 09:22:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON CH |
| 10GUANGZHOU75 | NGOs, EDUCATION, AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING: BUILDING CIVIL [...] (U) Summary: The Consul General's February 1-3 visits to Guilin and Liuzhou focused on developing civil society through strengthening NGOs and forming educational partnerships. The CG visited Guangxi Normal University officials and librarians, as well as administrators of the Liuzhou Minority H [...] | 2010-02-10 05:38:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECON PGOV ELAB SOCI SCUL PREL OPRC CH |
| 10GUANGZHOU76 | Domestic Demand Strong, But Not "High End" in Guangxi's [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Demand for inexpensive automobiles and heavy machinery produced in Liuzhou, the main manufacturing city in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, increased in 2009 and is likely to exceed sales records in 2010, according to local executives. However, China's domestic [...] | 2010-02-10 08:10:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR EFIN EINV PGOV CH |
| 10GUANGZHOU82 | Migrant Worker Generation Gap Underscores [...] (C) Summary and comment: China's new generation of migrant workers has more education, less interest in rural life and a higher rate of criminality than the previous generation. Younger workers favor jobs in the service sector over manufacturing and often do not plan to retire to the countrys [...] | 2010-02-12 07:25:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV CH |
| 10GUANGZHOU83 | South China Violent Land Disputes Symptomatic of the [...] (SBU) Summary: Violence erupted in a long festering land dispute in rural Longya Village of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region early on January 12, 2010, resulting in a number of arrests and hospitalizations for local villagers and public security officers. Congenoff visited the site on February [...] | 2010-02-12 07:28:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI ECON PGOV CH |
| 10GUANGZHOU86 | Guangdong and Fujian Take the Reins of China's Nuclear [...] (SBU) Summary: Over one third of the total nuclear generating capacity set to come online in China by 2020 will likely be concentrated in two southern provinces: Guangdong and Fujian. Home of the nation's first nuclear reactors in Daya Bay -- which along with two units at neighboring Ling Ao [...] | 2010-02-18 06:18:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY ENRG ETRD EINV PGOV TW CH |
| 10GUANGZHOU9 | CONTAINER SHIPPERS IN GUANGDONG SUFFER A TUMULTOUS 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Serving the heart of China's export market, container terminal operators and carriers in Guangdong Province did not escape the damaging effects of the latest global economic downturn. Volumes dropped precipitously in the first half of 2009 and showed only modest signs of recove [...] | 2010-01-06 09:25:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ETRD ECON PGOV CH |
| 10GUATEMALA198 | Regional Visit of USDA/FAS General Sales Manager/Associate [...] Summary: From December 6-11, USDA/FAS General Sales Manager (GSM)/Associate Administrator John Brewer and Deputy Administrator of the FAS Office of Capacity Building and Development (OCBD) Pat Sheikh visited FAS programs in El Salvador and Guatemala. The visit of the USDA/FAS delegation to [...] | 2010-02-01 22:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV GT ES |
| 10GUATEMALA212 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR JANUARY 2010 [...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 3 February 2010 CHAIR: DCM Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: CG Kay Anske ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON, NGA PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: None [...] | 2010-02-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT |
| 10GUATEMALA214 | EAC GUATEMALA REVIEWS TERRORISM ISSUES INCLUDING VISAS VIPER [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post's EAC (AMB, DCM, CONS, RSO, AID, NAS, DEA, DHS/ICE, MILGP, DAO, PAS, ADMIN, CLO, ORA, CDC, POL/ECON, DHS/ICE, and Peace Corps) convened January 13. The DCM (EAC chairperson) and Consul General (CG) emphasized the importance of the Visas Viper process, and stressed the r [...] | 2010-02-03 17:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PTER ASEC PINR PREL CASC GT |
| 10GUATEMALA232 | Guatemala Child Labor Report for TVPRA and TDA [...] (U) Below is a response to Ref A, Tasking 1 (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA)) and Tasking 2 (Trade and Development Act (TDA)). Guatemalan children continue to be the victims of forced and exploitive labor practices in the production of goods and the provision of serv [...] | 2010-02-04 21:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI GT |
| 10GUATEMALA236 | Embassy Guatemala: January 2010 Merida Report [...] (U) In response to ref A, Post submits the information below detailing Embassy Guatemala's Merida activities for January 2010. Issues for Washington 2. (U) Post conducted a review of Merida funding to date and found that some FY 2008 funds are still stalled in the procureme [...] | 2010-02-04 22:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID GT |
| 10GUATEMALA296 | Conviction of Publisher Raul Figueroa Overturned [...] (U) Summary: On February 5, the Second Court of Penal Appeals annulled a lower court conviction of Guatemalan publisher Raul Figueroa Sarti on charges of copyright infringement. Figueroa's conviction six months earlier by the Seventh Penal Court had generated substantial interest in the Washi [...] | 2010-02-16 16:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GT |
| 10GUATEMALA32 | Embassy Guatemala: December 2009 Merida Report [...] (U) In response to ref A, Post submits the information below detailing Embassy Guatemala's Merida activities for December 2009. Issues for Washington 2. (U) Allocation of Merida funding continues to be inconsistent and slow. Post requests Washington's continued ass [...] | 2010-01-06 15:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID GT |
| 10GUATEMALA38 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2009 [...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 6 January 2010 CHAIR: DCM Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: CG Kay Anske ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: None [...] | 2010-01-06 23:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT |
| 10GUATEMALA41 | GUATEMALA: RECENT CRIME EVENTS AND TRENDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: As violent crime continues to be a significant issue for Guatemala, with police struggling to address gang and street crime, and citizens taking the law into their own hands more frequently, 2009 police statistics show an increase from 2008 and 2007 for almost all reported crimina [...] | 2010-02-11 22:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC KCRM GT |
| 10GUATEMALA45 | 2009 in Review; What to Watch for in 2010 [...] (C) President Colom's tenure during 2009 was characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others, especially security. Preparing for a presidential run in 2011, controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom continued to lead the government's efforts to alleviate [...] | 2010-02-17 20:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI PREL PINR ASEC EAID GT |
| 10GUATEMALA49 | Opposition Leader Complains of Smear Campaign [...] (C) The Ambassador met February 17 with rightist opposition leader General Otto Perez Molina. Perez said the First Lady and her associates are preparing a smear campaign to falsely accuse him of human rights abuses during the internal conflict, and are trying to manipulate the judiciary to d [...] | 2010-02-22 17:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM GT |
| 10GUATEMALA51 | Under Pressure, Guatemalan Congress Voids Nomination of [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 9, the Guatemalan Congress voted to annul the selection of Remberto Leonel Ruiz Barrientos as head of the Institute for Public Criminal Defenders. Though originally chosen by a vote of 96-1 (with 61 abstentions or no-shows),the Commission Against Impunity in Guatemal [...] | 2010-02-23 17:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCOR GT |
| 10GUATEMALA82 | Guatemala - Diplomacy and Development Plan for the Global [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Guatemala welcomes the opportunity to continue its engagement with the Government of Guatemala (GoG) and others on food security (Ref A and B). Guatemala is highly vulnerable to food crises and progress on this issue is integral to economic development. At present, the G [...] | 2010-01-13 23:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PGOV GT |
| 10GUAYAQUIL13 | GUAYAQUIL PROTESTS AGAINST CORREA REGIME [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 11, several hundred thousand lin... id: 248733 date: 2/12/2010 20:01 refid: 10GUAYAQUIL13 origin: Consulate Guayaquil classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHGL #0013/01 0432001 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 122001Z FEB 10 FM AMCONSUL GUAYAQ [...] | 2010-02-12 20:01:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
| 10HALIFAX4 | Nova Scotia's Emera Inc.: A Unique Energy Entity Poised for [...] Sensitive, but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution - please protect. 2. (SBU) INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY: Consul General met recently with James Spurr, a senior executive with Emera Inc. (www.emera.com),an investor-owned, diversified energy company that owns Nova Scotia's electricit [...] | 2010-01-15 22:07:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV CA |
| 10HALIFAX6 | New Brunswick and Quebec Agree to Significant Modifications [...] SUMMARY: New Brunswick will retain control of its transmission system under a new, renegotiated energy agreement with Quebec, but with reduced cash to apply to its power utility's debt. The changes were prompted by bitter opposition to the original MOU but there is also speculation that a pl [...] | 2010-01-20 21:14:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD EINV PGOV CA |
| 10HAMILTON11 | BERMUDA: 2009 WORST YEAR FOR ARRESTS, FIREARMS AND GANGS [...] (SBU) Confirming what residents already know, Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva revealed that 2009 was the worst year on record for crimes involving arrests generally and guns and gangs specifically. There was also a 40 percent jump in the number of arrests over 2008. However, post now [...] | 2010-01-15 19:47:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC SOCI BD |
| 10HAMILTON12 | CORRECTED COPY: BERMUDA'S 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] U.S. Consulate General Hamilton provides this corrected copy of the money laundering and financial crimes section of the 2009-2010 INCSR (REFTEL A). Post has updated responses to questions (45) and (55),see paragraphs 30 and 44.. GENERAL QUESTIONS 2. (18) Yes. An ov [...] | 2010-01-15 21:47:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIM KTFN SNAR PGOV BD |
| 10HAMILTON15 | C O R R E C T E D C O P Y BERMUDA'S 2009-2010 [...] U.S. Consulate General Hamilton provides this corrected copy of the money laundering and financial crimes section of the 2009-2010 INCSR (REFTEL A). Post has re-numbered the paragraphs beginning with paragraph 40. GENERAL QUESTIONS 2. (18) Yes. An overseas territory o [...] | 2010-01-19 20:03:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR PGIV BD |
| 10HAMILTON20 | BERMUDA: H1N1 UPDATE - JANUARY 29, 2010 [...] (U) Due to a misprint by the Royals Gazette on January 7, 2010, the Department of Health has clarified that "There have been no confirmed deaths due to influenza A/H1N1. However, there has been reported a death in a person with influenza and a death in a person with confirmed influenza A/ [...] | 2010-01-30 01:14:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT KFLU TF BD |
| 10HAMILTON26 | BERMUDA: TENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR [...] (SBU) (Question 25A) CONGEN Hamilton verifies that trafficking is not a significant problem in Bermuda. The Bermuda Police Service (BPS),the Bermuda Department of Immigration, the Bermuda Department of Labor and Training, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP),social workers at Ki [...] | 2010-02-16 13:58:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KMCA KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
| 10HAMILTON3 | STATUS OF H1N1 IN BERMUDA: 25 CASES [...] (U) A front-page article in the January 7th edition of the daily Royal Gazette quoted Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Cann, "There have been two deaths recorded in Bermudians with influenza, including one laboratory confirmed case of 2009 H1N1 influenza." However, it is unclear whether th [...] | 2010-01-07 15:05:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT KFLU TF BD |
| 10HAMILTON30 | BERMUDA: MIGRANT WORKER ABUSE NOW ON THE RADAR SCREEN [...] (SBU) Bermuda is one of the most affluent countries in the world, but migrant workers at the lower end of the economy in the construction, hospitality and domestic service industries are vulnerable to workplace abuse. An estimated two-three dozen guest workers complained about labor abus [...] | 2010-02-19 19:36:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PGOV BD |
| 10HAMILTON31 | BERMUDA: AUDITORS GENERAL CALL ON POLICE TO INVESTIGATE [...] (U) Reports by both the current and former auditors general found evidence of massive mismanagement of government funds and recommended that police investigate four cases of overspending and/or lack of oversight and poor internal controls. A 2007/08 report by the former auditor general, [...] | 2010-02-23 18:55:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KCRM BD |
| 10HAMILTON32 | BERMUDA INSURERS REVERSE 2008 LOSSES WITH HUGE POFITS IN [...] (U) The February 22 edition of the daily Royal Gazette reported that 17 U.S.-listed property and casualty re/insurance companies based on the Island reversed 2008 losses of just over USD one billion with high profits of USD 11.7 billion in 2009. The list of 17 did not include London-listed [...] | 2010-02-23 19:18:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BD |
| 10HAMILTON6 | BERMUDA: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] U.S. Consulate General Hamilton provides the following answers in response to questions for the money laundering and financial crimes section of the 2009-2010 INCSR in REFTEL, referenced in parentheses. GENERAL QUESTIONS 2. (18) Yes. An overseas territory of the Unite [...] | 2010-01-12 19:46:00 | Consulate Hamilton | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR PGOV BD |
| 10HANOI1 | Violent Demolition of Crucifix Overshadows Progress on [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM |
| 10HANOI116 | Prime Minister Approves USD 50,000 for Haiti [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 10:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL HA VM |
| 10HANOI154 | VIETNAM HAS NOT YET CONSIDERED DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE [...] (U) On January 27, Embassy delivered the distracted driving demarche to the Ministry of Transportation. In several follow up conversations, the Ministry of Transportation stated that it had not yet reviewed the demarche in detail, nor had it determined who in the Ministry eventually would resp [...] | 2010-02-08 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI ELTN UNDP UNGA VM |
| 10HANOI168 | Treasury Visit to Hanoi: Macroeconomic Uncertainty, Tax [...] (SBU) Summary. During Treasury Financial Attach???? Seth Bleiweis' January 21-22 trip to Hanoi, Vietnamese economic officials acknowledged the recent policy shift towards fiscal and monetary tightening that began in November 2009, focusing on the control of inflation which has now risen for f [...] | 2010-02-10 09:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EINT VM ASEAN |
| 10HANOI17 | Vietnam's Impressions of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Retreat [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first major ASEAN meeting of Vietnam's chairmanship, an informal foreign ministers retreat, focused primarily on internal efforts to implement ASEAN's new charter and on aspirations to build an ASEAN Community by 2015, according to officials from the MFA's ASEAN Department. A [...] | 2010-02-04 04:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON MARR ASEAN BM VM |
| 10HANOI18 | SETTING THE SCENE FOR CODEL BOND VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their most productive since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third- largest trading partner, and one of its largest fore [...] | 2010-01-06 10:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ECON SENV VM |
| 10HANOI188 | 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - VIETNAM - PART 1 of 3 [...] (U) Post provides the following responses to the questions in paragraphs 25-33 of ref A, taking into account the additional guidance and reporting requirements required by the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA of 2008). Post's responses cover the re [...] | 2010-02-12 08:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 10HANOI190 | 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - VIETNAM - PART 2 of 3 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 08:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM |
| 10HANOI196 | Vietnam's Nomination for S/GWI Project Proposal 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Vietnam is pleased to submit two distinct project proposals for consideration by S/GWI as part of the 2010 Small Grants Initiative (ref A). Domestic violence is a serious problem in Vietnam - one that is of growing concern to the Vietnamese government and public. The 2 [...] | 2010-02-12 09:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN VM |
| 10HANOI214 | Is Vietnam Blocking BBC.com? [...] (SBU) There is mounting, though inconclusive, evidence that access to the BBC's Vietnamese-language internet news site is becoming more difficult in Vietnam. According to a UK Political Officer, the British Embassy began to receive reports during last week's Tet Holiday suggesting that the BB [...] | 2010-02-23 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
| 10HANOI220 | TWO FIRST HUMAN CASES OF INFLUENZA A/H5N1 IN VIETNAM IN [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam reported its first two Influenza A/H5N1 infections of 2010, one of them apparently fatal. Consistent with seasonal trends, Vietnam also has experienced several outbreaks in flocks of chickens and ducks throughout the country. End Summary. First Human Infection of I [...] | 2010-02-26 11:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM |
| 10HANOI23 | EAP DAS Marciel and MFA DG for the Americas Exchange Views [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 06:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV AMGT APER ECON KNNP MNUC CH VM AF BM |
| 10HANOI25 | DAS MARCIEL REBUTS ALLEGATIONS OF U.S. DISENGAGEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an at times contentious discussion with EAP DAS Marciel, Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Vice Minister General Nguyen Van Huong criticized the "lack of U.S. engagement" in Southeast Asia in contrast to China's rising power and influence. Gen. Huong said China was focused [...] | 2010-02-11 06:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN VM |
| 10HANOI27 | DAS MARCIEL DISCUSSES REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE WITH GVN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam continues to push for a U.S. Presidential visit in 2010 and, less forcefully, for the United States to join the East Asia Summit (EAS). In separate conversations with EAP DAS Marciel, Vietnam's Senior Official for ASEAN and the influential Vice President of Vietnam's Dipl [...] | 2010-02-11 07:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEAN MARR MOPS CH RS VM |
| 10HANOI29 | CDA Encourages Vietnam to Step Up Participation in GPOI [...] (C) Summary: MFA DG for IO Affairs Le Hoai Trung told Charge February 12 that after reviewing its tenure as a UNSC member, Vietnam was likely to be more active in multilateral fora addressing global issues such as counter-terrorism, piracy, non-proliferation, and climate change. Charge encoura [...] | 2010-02-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO PGOV MARR VM |
| 10HANOI3 | Ambassador cautions Vice Foreign Minister that deteriorating [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador used his January 13 working lunch with VFM Pham Binh Minh to discuss managing the overall relationship this year in the context of deteriorating human rights situation, the 15th anniversary of re-normalization of bilateral relations, and the lead-up to the Party Cong [...] | 2010-01-15 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV AMGT APER ABLD |
| 10HANOI32 | Education Reform in Vietnam: Everyone Being Left Behind [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: This cable is the first of two reports on Vietnam's stalled education reform. Education reform is key to Vietnam's political and economic development, yet three years after Deputy Prime Minister Nhan announced his intent to overhaul the education system, little real [...] | 2010-01-13 04:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC KPAO PGOV VM |
| 10HANOI33 | Father Ly Health and Possibility of Medical Parole Update [...] (C) Father Nguyen Van Ly's health is not improving, according to his sister, who last visited the prominent political dissident in Nam Ha prison February 7. She informed us that although he recovered well from his fist stroke in July 2009 (Ref A & B),his second stroke in November 2009 has le [...] | 2010-02-25 09:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV VM |
| 10HANOI4 | Setting the Scene for CODEL Bond Visit to Vietnam [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their most productive since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third-largest trading partner, and one of its largest foreign invest [...] | 2010-01-05 10:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ECON SENV VM |
| 10HANOI5 | Bat Nha Wrap-up: VN government makes its case while Lang Mai [...] (C) Summary: For months, Lang Mai followers in Lam Dong province have been cajoled, harried, and harassed into dispersing to their home provinces throughout Vietnam. The last of the Lang Mai adherents -- a group of nine nuns -- left Phuoc Hue pagoda on December 29 in advance of the GVN-impos [...] | 2010-01-15 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL TH VM |
| 10HANOI68 | Vietnamese Border Guards' role in Combating Human [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 7 meeting, the Deputy Chief of the Ministry of Defense's Border Guards Division, Bui Quang An, stated criminal activity, including human trafficking, was on the rise. The northern border provinces of Lang Son, Lao Cai and An Giang registered the largest number of TI [...] | 2010-01-22 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KTIP KCRM PHUM PREL ELAB VM |
| 10HANOI7 | Vietnam Religious Freedom Update - The Case Against CPC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's poor handling of the situations at the Plum Village Community at the Bat Nha Pagoda and the Dong Chiem Catholic parish last week "” particularly the excessive use of violence "” is troublesome and indicative of a larger GVN crackdown on human rights in the run-up to the J [...] | 2010-01-20 09:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF HURI PREL VM |
| 10HANOI70 | Vietnam's plans for the Mekong Initiative against [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff and USAID project manager met with the Regional Project Manager for the UN's Interagency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP) on January 5 to obtain a briefing on progress under UNIAP's USAID-funded grant and discuss Vietnam's participation in the Coordinated Mekong Minis [...] | 2010-01-22 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KTIP KCRM PHUM PREL ELAB VM |
| 10HARARE100 | ZIM NOTES 02-05-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- IMF to Restore Voting Rights-Biti... Circular Arguments... ACR Reports Offices Raided... Dozens Arrested While Discussing the Constitution... Zimbabwe Named to AU's Security Council... MDC-M Spokesman Defects... MDC Councilors Accused of Killing a ZA [...] | 2010-02-08 07:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
| 10HARARE102 | HARARE ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF MANAGEMENT CONTROLS [...] Per reftel, post completed its review of consular operations on February 9, 2010, which was certified by Deputy Chief of Mission Kathy Dhanani, FE-OC. Post is in full compliance with consular management control requirements. 2. (a) Inventory and Reconciliation of Accountable Items. Th [...] | 2010-02-08 14:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD ZI |
| 10HARARE107 | Zimbabwe: Measuring Progress [...] (C) The coalition government is now one year old. As the U.S. examines further engagement with Zimbabwe, post would like to suggest the Hague Principles agreed to in late 2007 as benchmarks for examining progress, and we offer our evaluation of progress from that time until the present. The [...] | 2010-02-19 08:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ZI |
| 10HARARE110 | STRIKE IN ZIMBABWE HITS EDUCATION HARDEST [...] (SBU) Some government employees, including teachers, began a labor action on February 5 in demand of higher wages, improved working conditions, and price cuts at government-controlled essential utilities. The greatest impact of the strike has been felt in the education sector, as teacher ab [...] | 2010-02-11 06:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV SOCI PREL PHUM ASEC ZI |
| 10HARARE116 | Zimbabwe Sets Racial Quota for Business Ownership [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) minister from President Mugabe's ZANU-PF party has issued regulations meant to force "indigenization" of businesses. The new rules, published on February 5, say that any business worth US$500,000 or more must explain how it will "cede a controlling [...] | 2010-02-12 10:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL ZI |
| 10HARARE118 | CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Although statistics are not readily available, anecdotal evidence shows increasing Chinese involvement in Zimbabwe's economy. The trend became pronounced with the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) "Look East Policy" in 2003, through which it sought to emphasize new ties with China in place o [...] | 2010-02-12 11:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAID CN ZI |
| 10HARARE12 | ZIM NOTES 01-08-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Vacations Delay Negotiations... Diamond Sale Announced Then Cancelled... MDC-T Investigating Corrupt Ministers... Zim Ambassador Invades Malaysian-Owned Farm... Teachers and Mine Workers Threaten Strikes... Michael Jackson's Ghost Sighted in Zimbabwe... Counterfeit US [...] | 2010-01-11 06:51:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
| 10HARARE120 | Zimbabwe Expects Another Poor Harvest [...] SUMMARY: Zimbabwe probably will not see an increase in maize production this year, mainly due to poor weather and small-scale farmers' lack of financing for seed and fertilizer. There was reportedly a sufficient amount of seed in the country, but the sole fertilizer producer could not keep p [...] | 2010-02-12 12:02:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ZI |
| 10HARARE132 | ZIMNOTES 2/12/2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Civil Service Strike Hits Education Sector... Commissioners to ZEC and HRC Selected... No Progress on Talks... MDC-T Expels 23 Councilors... Diamond Firm Directors Arrested... Newspaper Staff Charged... No Birthday Cake for the Government... "Indi [...] | 2010-02-16 07:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
| 10HARARE152 | ZIM NOTES 02-19-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Mugabe Welcomes Codel Meeks/Watt... Journalist thrown out of Mugabe/Codel meeting... Diamond Drama Continues... Zim Agrees to KP Monitor... Court Orders Mining at Chiadzwa to Stop... EU Extends Targeted Sanctions on Zimbabwe... ZANU-PF Hijacks Civil [...] | 2010-02-23 08:57:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI |
| 10HARARE156 | Zimbabwe: Goods Produced With Forced or Exploitive Child [...] This cable provides information relevant to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2005, as described reftel, by providing details on goods produced in Zimbabwe with forced labor and exploitive child labor and government efforts to investigate and eliminate forced and [...] | 2010-02-23 10:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL PREF PHUM KTIP ZI |
| 10HARARE158 | Zimbabwe: Tenth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report [...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's response to questions posed to Post in ref B. --------------------------------- Zimbabwe's TIP Situation --------------------------------- -- 25 A. (SBU) There are no reliable statistics on the trafficking problem in Zimbabwe. Most informa [...] | 2010-02-23 20:01:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP PGOV PREL PREF ELAB SMIG ASEC KMCA KWMN |
| 10HARARE168 | Zimbabwean Labor Leader Interrogated, Office Raided [...] (SBU) On February 19, the Secretary General of the General Agriculture and Plantation Workers' Union of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ),Gertrude Hambira, was interrogated by a group of 17 security officials for her part in producing a film documenting abuse suffered by farm workers in Zimbabwe. During the [...] | 2010-02-24 15:27:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL PREF ASEC ZI |
| 10HARARE170 | ZANU-PF Peacefully Protests Sanctions In Front Of U.S. [...] (U) A ZANU-PF organized group protested peacefully in downtown Harare and in front of the U.S. Embassy on February 24. The protesters, who were allegedly bused in from outside Harare, shouted anti-sanctions slogans and appeared to have been paid at ZANU-PF headquarters after the march ended. [...] | 2010-02-24 15:53:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI |
| 10HARARE20 | 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ZIMBABWE [...] Zimbabwe's gross domestic product (GDP) declined by roughly 50 percent over the past decade, possibly the largest peacetime contraction ever recorded. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that GDP shrank by 14 percent in 2008 alone. In July 2008 inflation reached the officially est [...] | 2010-01-15 07:25:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC ZI |
| 10HARARE23 | ZIM NOTES 01-15-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- SADC Meets in Maputo... Constitutional Process to Resume after Long Delay... MDC-T Ministers Named in Corruption Probe... Rash of Farm Invasions in Rusape... AG Tomana Impeaches Own Witness... Hitschmann's Lawyer Mahlangu Acquitted... Students Arrested While Protestin [...] | 2010-01-19 07:04:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
| 10HARARE32 | ZIMBABWE'S FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] The USG provides no direct funding to Zimbabwe's central government. But USG funding does support provision of assistance to specific elements of the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). This includes substantial assistance under the PEPFAR program to government-led efforts combating HIV/AIDS, assis [...] | 2010-01-20 15:38:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID EAID ECON EFIN PREL ZI |
| 10HARARE35 | INSIDER'S VIEW OF MDC-T [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 10:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 10HARARE36 | FISHMONGERS UPDATED ON DIAMONDS IN ZIM [...] (SBU) On January 14, Andrew Cranswick, CEO of African Consolidated Resources (ACR),and Greg Sebborn, an ACR special projects consultant, briefed the Fishmongers heads of mission group on current activities regarding their claims dispute with the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) over diamond fiel [...] | 2010-01-21 10:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EMIN ASEC ZI MZ |
| 10HARARE44 | ZIMBABWE ANNOUNCES MEMBERS OF NEW MEDIA COMMISSION [...] (SBU) The GOZ has named members of the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC),a regulatory body that will receive and process applications for media publishing licenses. Media groups view this development as an opportunity to democratize the media environment in Zimbabwe. However, they question t [...] | 2010-01-22 11:37:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO ZI |
| 10HARARE45 | ZIMBABWE 2010 BFIF PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Harare proposes three projects to be supported by the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF). The total amount of BFIF support requested is $15,000. 2. The common theme of the projects is transparency and good governance. Zimbabwe is once again open for business after several [...] | 2010-01-25 06:55:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV ETRD ZI |
| 10HARARE46 | ZIM NOTES 01-25-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Official Constitutional Outreach Suspended... ... While ZANU-PF Launches Its Own Menacing Campaign... WOZA Protest Disrupted, Three Arrested... Journalist Flees After Death Threats from Cop... Wheels of Justice Too Slow for Bennett... Religious Group Faces Arrest Ove [...] | 2010-01-26 06:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
| 10HARARE48 | ZIM NOTES 01-25-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Official Constitutional Outreach Suspended... ... While ZANU-PF Launches Its Own Menacing Campaign... WOZA Protest Disrupted, Three Arrested... Journalist Flees After Death Threats from Cop... Wheels of Justice Too Slow for Bennett... Religious Group Faces Arrest Ove [...] | 2010-01-26 06:26:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
| 10HARARE58 | ZIM NOTES 01-29-2010 [...] SUMMARY ----------- ZANU-PF Says No More Concessions... High Court Dismisses SADC Land Ruling... Four More Farmers Harassed, Evicted, Arrested... Constitutional Outreach Clears One Hurdle... Civil Society Launches Constitutional Monitoring Effort... WOZA Members Beaten, Arrested, Released [...] | 2010-02-01 07:07:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI |
| 10HARARE66 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON ZIMBABWE MINISTER OF [...] (U) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Environment Frances Nhema on January 29 and delivered demarches on the Copenhagen Accord and CITES (Refs). Other discussion focused on land conservancies and indigenization, conservation of rhinos, and the political situation in Zimbabwe [...] | 2010-02-02 07:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV CITES KGHG ZI |
| 10HARARE7 | SURVIVING IN TODAY,S ZDF -- VIEWS OF TWO SERVING [...] (C) The most senior ranks of the Zimbabwean military are so entwined with ZANU-PF as to be practically indistinguishable from the party. This is particularly frustrating for many officers who want to concentrate on building a professional military that can serve as a national army and play a [...] | 2010-01-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ZI |
| 10HARARE75 | MEETING WITH ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the newly arrived Algerian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, the country is currently in the midst of three transitions: the internal transformation of ZANU-PF, the transitional coalition government, and an economic transition. If these transitions, especially the overall po [...] | 2010-02-03 12:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR ASEC ZI AG |
| 10HARARE83 | Conversations with MDC-T Minister-in-Waiting Roy Bennett [...] (C) MDC-T Finance Chairman Roy Bennett told the Ambassador that while the MDC is good at campaigning, it lacks a cadre of people who know how to run a government. While much of U.S. and other Western support has focused on the party, there is a compelling need for institution building. Apar [...] | 2010-02-04 14:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI |
| 10HARARE87 | Ambassador's meeting with Zim Minister of Youth, [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's Minister of Youth, Indigenization and Empowerment Saviour Kasukuwere suggested to the Ambassador that all donor and NGO support for youth be channeled through the Zimbabwe Youth Council. He defended indigenization as necessary to protect Zimbabwe's resources, and said the pol [...] | 2010-02-08 15:04:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI ECON EINV |
| 10HARARE9 | RECOMMENDATION ON RESPONDING TO ZIMBABWE FINANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Tendai Biti sent me a letter requesting that three banks be removed from Treasury's sanctions list. I recommend that we honor Biti's request. The information available to me indicates that these three banks no longer have any role in supporting Mugabe. This woul [...] | 2010-01-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ETTC ZI |
| 10HARARE91 | Welcome (back) to Zimbabwe - CODEL MEEKS/WATT Scenesetter [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Zimbabwe welcomes CODEL Meeks/Watt and their delegation. Your return visit comes at an important period in Zimbabwe's history, at the one-year anniversary of the entry into government of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) factions in February 2009 and the formation w [...] | 2010-02-09 14:33:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV ZI |
| 10HARARE95 | Ambassador Meets with Zim Home Affairs Co-Ministers [...] (SBU The Ambassador met February 8 with Khembo Mohadi (ZANU-PF) and Giles Mutsekwa (MDC-T),the co-ministers of Home Affairs, at their office. The meeting was friendly, especially when contrasted with Ambassador McGee's meeting with the two ministers in April 2009 (Ref). 2. (SBU) Moh [...] | 2010-02-10 13:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP ASEC PINR ZI |
| 10HAVANA107 | CUBA BUTTONED DOWN FOLLOWING DEATH OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The situation in Cuba is quiet following the February 23 death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo from a prolonged hunger strike. Several sources reported that up to 50 Zapata supporters had either been detained or prevented from leaving their homes, all in central and [...] | 2010-02-24 18:57:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EAID CU |
| 10HAVANA109 | USINT HAVANA'S ANSWER TO TIP REPORT QUESTIONS THIS [...] (SBU)Per Reftel, USINT Havana submits the following information for inclusion in the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, Cuba section. ------------------- REPORTING QUESTIONS ------------------- 25. (U) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of [...] | 2010-02-25 20:27:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 10HAVANA11 | CLIMATE CHANGE PROVIDES GOC WITH MUCH NEEDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Cuba (GOC) used the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to distract attention from problems within Cuba and ferociously vent against the United States and, in particular, President Obama. While some elements within the GOC are legitimately concerned about the e [...] | 2010-01-07 18:48:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PGOV ECON PREL CU |
| 10HAVANA110 | CUBAN OPPOSITION SHOCKED AND ENERGIZED BY DEATH OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The February 23 death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo has both shocked and energized the Cuban opposition, but has not provoked large scale political unrest in Cuba or resonated deeply within Cuban society at large. State security forces have been active, resorting to [...] | 2010-02-26 19:37:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV EAID CU |
| 10HAVANA26 | CUBA STILL IN THE DARK ABOUT PASSENGER SCREENING, [...] (SBU) Chief of Mission and Pol-Econ Chief met on January 11 with Cuban Foreign Ministry officials to deliver points per Reftel A on the new regulations on passenger screening. The officials, including North America Division Director Josefina Vidal, said that this was the first official informa [...] | 2010-01-11 19:29:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR PGOV CU |
| 10HAVANA42 | CUBAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI POST EARTHQUAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cuban assistance to Haiti after the earthquake consists primarily of mobilizing doctors and nurses already in country, supplemented by teams of Cuban doctors who specialize in emergency medical assistance. Cuba is also transporting Haitian doctors who studied in Cuba and Hait [...] | 2010-01-20 12:02:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID PREL CU HA |
| 10HAVANA8 | CUBA AGHAST ABOUT LANDING IN FLIGHT SCREENING LIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Cuba (GOC) complained about reports that it had been included on the list of countries whose nationals would require additional screening before flying to the United States. Moreover, the GOC said that it was in the dark about the extent and application of th [...] | 2010-01-06 17:27:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR PGOV CU |
| 10HAVANA84 | KEY TRADING PARTNERS SEE NO BIG ECONOMIC REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is little prospect of economic reform in 2010 despite an economic crisis that is expected to get even worse for Cuba in the next few years, according to key commercial specialists, economic officers and Cuba-watchers in Havana. Promised structural reforms remain on hold while the [...] | 2010-02-09 18:49:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CU |
| 10HAVANA85 | GOC REJECTS OFFICIAL EXCHANGES;SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 15, 2010 meeting with USINT representatives, Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs Representatives emphatically declined to support USG-funded exchange programs. USINT subsequently learned that students and professors were being threatened by University of Havan [...] | 2010-02-10 16:47:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU PHUM PREL |
| 10HELSINKI15 | COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH EASIER SAID THAN DONE: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Finnish government is justly proud of its contributions to crisis management operations. In the last decade alone it has deployed military and civilian personnel to the Balkans, Africa, the Middle East, and Afghanistan as part of missions under UN, EU, OSCE, and NATO auspic [...] | 2010-01-13 16:22:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | AF FI MOPS PGOV |
| 10HELSINKI19 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 - FINLAND [...] The following is Embassy Helsinki's response to reftel regarding features of the investment climate in Finland. A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Finnish Government is open to direct foreign investment. There are no general regulatory limitations relating to acquisitions. Legisl [...] | 2010-01-15 15:33:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD USTR OPIC ELAB KTDB PGOV FI |
| 10HELSINKI21 | GOF CONSIDERING MODEST INCREASES IN AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 16:24:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | AF FI MOPS PREL |
| 10HELSINKI35 | FINLAND'S VIEWS ON JAN 25 FAC TOPICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 22 meeting with PolEconOff, Finnish Acting Deputy European Correspondent Juha Mustonen received U.S. points on FAC agenda items contained in ref A and provided the following responses, previously reported in ref B email. In general Finland supported almost all U.S. p [...] | 2010-01-25 14:06:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | BK EU FI HA IR MAS PHUM PK PREL SO YM |
| 10HELSINKI37 | HAITI ENGAGEMENT - REPORT FROM HELSINKI [...] PAS has engaged with Finnish government and media on Haiti relief operations and is pleased to report that their treatment of the earthquake and its aftermath has been fair, balanced and forward-leaning in terms of their own support and understanding. We have seen no need to flag highly-biase [...] | 2010-01-26 15:59:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA FI |
| 10HELSINKI71 | AFGHANISTAN: FEW DETAILS ON FINLAND'S INCREASES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The details and exact duties of Finland's additional military and civilian personnel promised for Afghanistan (details reported in reftel B) are not yet available. MFA Afghanistan Envoy Kalkku responded to Charge's delivery of reftel A points by reiterating the GOF plan to fill i [...] | 2010-02-22 15:38:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | AF FI MARR MASS MOPS PREL |
| 10HELSINKI74 | FINLAND: GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP ACTION [...] (SBU) Pol/Econoff delivered reftel remarks to Riikka Eela, Regional Manager for the Middle East Unit in the Bureau of Middle East and North African Affairs at the MFA. When Pol/Econoff thanked the GOF for having abstained from the earlier vote on the Goldstone Report Eela indicated that this [...] | 2010-02-26 07:01:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | IO PHUM UNGA |
| 10HOCHIMINHCITY33 | SHOW TRIAL OF DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS SHOWCASES CHALLENGES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of four pro-democracy advocates, including prominent lawyer/Fulbright scholar Le Cong Dinh and activist and blogger Nguyen Tien Trung, opened and closed in HCMC on January 20. All four were convicted for "attempting to overthrow the state" and given sentences ranging f [...] | 2010-01-21 11:29:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
| 10HOCHIMINHCITY37 | STATE MEDIA SPINS FICTITIOUS ACCOUNTS OF JAN 20 DISSIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: News reports on the January 20 trial of four democracy advocates (ref A) carried in Vietnam's tightly controlled media -- particularly the more reliably vitriolic papers connected to the armed forces and MPS -- clearly demonstrated why the GVN banned foreign observers and media f [...] | 2010-01-29 02:49:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINS PROP PREL VM |
| 10HOCHIMINHCITY38 | CHRISTIANS HOLD WIDESPREAD CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: Christians in HCMC, Hanoi and other locations held several large-scale Christmas celebrations with record- breaking turnout and without incident. In HCMC, Protestant house churches staged their largest Christmas gatherings to date -- two separate events involving 40,000 and 12,000 [...] | 2010-01-29 09:42:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL VM |
| 10HOCHIMINHCITY39 | HCMC IPR BUSTS DEMONSTRATE IMPACT OF MISSION EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ho Chi Minh City police recently raided the largest illegal disc production operation to date, seizing millions of CDs and DVDs and disrupting a ring that is believed to stock up to 60% of the shops selling illegal discs to the HCMC market. This bust comes close on the heels of [...] | 2010-02-02 09:45:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR EAID ETRD VM |
| 10HOCHIMINHCITY47 | HCMC ECONOMIC POLICE STRIKE AGAIN, MAKING GRAB FOR FAKE [...] (C) Summary: Economic police in HCMC conducted another head-line grabbing IPR bust on January 25, this time breaking up a large counterfeit pharmaceutical ring. The ring ran under the guise of a legally-registered local pharmaceutical firm that purchased domestically-produced pills then re-pac [...] | 2010-02-10 10:41:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KIPR EAID ETRD VM |
| 10HOCHIMINHCITY50 | FOUR CG TOUR OF THE DELTA HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC GROWTH AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A joint trip undertaken by the Consuls General of Australia, India, Kuwait and the USA to the Mekong Delta provinces of Can Tho, Hau Giang and An Giang provided a host of opportunities to share experiences, gain insights from colleagues, forge new connections and reinforce key sh [...] | 2010-02-12 06:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTIP KIRF PREL PGOV SOCI VM |
| 10HOCHIMINHCITY56 | THE HOA HAO TODAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The religious freedom situation facing the more than one million mainstream Hoa Hao continues to improve since GVN recognition in 1999, as evidenced by the open religious gathering in An Giang province attended by 50,000-70,000 followers in January. The vast majority of Hoa Hao [...] | 2010-02-24 10:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
| 10HONGKONG10 | HONG KONG JANUARY 1 DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATION: ONE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Thousands of Hong Kong residents marched to the Central Government Liaison Office (CGLO) January 1 to push for universal suffrage and to protest the conviction of Mainland Charter '08 activist Liu Xiaobo. While the Civic Party and the radical League of Social Democrat [...] | 2010-01-04 10:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH HK |
| 10HONGKONG100 | THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: BEIJING DECLARES [...] (C) Summary: Beijing made its first direct response to plans by Hong Kong's Civic Party and League of Social Democrats (LSD) to use five legislative by-elections as a de facto referendum on constitutional reform by means of a January 15 statement issued through Xinhua (text below) that declare [...] | 2010-01-19 11:49:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK CH |
| 10HONGKONG101 | HONG KONG RAIL PROTESTS: WHAT A FIELD DAY FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: As expected, Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo) Finance Committee approved funding to begin construction of a link to the PRC national high-speed rail system in the early evening of January 16. Though largely peaceful, protesters clashed with police following a decision not [...] | 2010-01-19 12:11:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK CH |
| 10HONGKONG112 | HONG KONG YAHOO AND MICROSOFT BLOCK ADULT CONTENT [...] (U) Hong Kong's major English daily, the South China Morning Post (SCMP),reported January 17 that both Yahoo.com.hk and Microsoft's Bing search engine in Hong Kong were now blocking adult content through the use of strict "SafeSearch" filters. Users of the Yahoo-owned Flickr photo sharing w [...] | 2010-01-20 10:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD HK TINT SOCI CH |
| 10HONGKONG113 | RUSAL IPO IN HONG KONG: ALL RISK, NO REWARD FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian Aluminum company Rusal is set to be the first Russian company to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) when it completes its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on January 27. Rusal's questionable corporate governance, precarious debt profile, and its CEO's alleged ties [...] | 2010-01-20 11:34:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV HK CH RS |
| 10HONGKONG149 | HONG KONG AGREES TO PURSUE MOU WITH U.S. CONSUMER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Hong Kong Government's (HKG) Customs and Excise Department (CED) told U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) Director of International Programs and Intergovernmental Affairs Richard O'Brien on January 12 that CED would work in 2010 on a memorandum of understanding ( [...] | 2010-01-26 09:35:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD USTR HK CH |
| 10HONGKONG182 | HK ECONOMISTS DISMISS DOWNSIDE RISKS TO CHINESE [...] (SBU) Summary: China macroeconomists in Hong Kong predict inflation and Renminbi (RMB) appreciation for 2010 but are not overly worried about asset bubbles or non-performing loans. The recent small interest rate increase and hike in reserve requirements were intended to show the market that [...] | 2010-01-29 10:26:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON HK CH |
| 10HONGKONG19 | HONG KONG TO BEIJING: WE WANT A ROLE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Hong Kong government (HKG) has embarked on all-out effort to be included in China's 12th Five-Year Plan (FYP),due to start in 2011. Spurred by fears of being marginalized and buoyed by overwhelming public support, Chief Executive Donald Tsang in his October Policy [...] | 2010-01-05 08:26:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH HK |
| 10HONGKONG197 | RESIGNATION-AS-REFERENDUM: ONE HAND CLAPPING? [...] (C) Summary: Pro-Beijing parties have counted themselves out of the Civic Party-League of Social Democrats by-election-as-referendum plan, citing those parties' use of the term "uprising" and Beijing's declaration that the "referendum" is illegal. Pro-establishment politicians continue to bea [...] | 2010-02-04 00:54:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH HK |
| 10HONGKONG232 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: UNFAVORABLE PRE-LICENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per reftel request, Post conducted a pre-license end-use check on application 050211346 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled transformer coupling devices to end-user Sinometer (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd. (Sinometer) and foreign consgnee H&E Development Comp [...] | 2010-02-08 10:01:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC CH HK |
| 10HONGKONG233 | JASPER TSANG ON EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Legislative Council (LegCo) President Jasper Tsang Yok-sing used a luncheon address organized by the Hong Kong Democratic Foundation to de-bunk a widely-held belief that relations between Hong Kong's executive and legislative branches were dysfunctional. That many government init [...] | 2010-02-08 10:15:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR HK |
| 10HONGKONG267 | HONG KONG SHIP OWNERS WELCOME PLA TROOPS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy forces currently deployed in the waters off East Africa to counter Somali maritime pirate attacks have reportedly offered troops to merchant ships from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The Hong Kong Ship Owners Associat [...] | 2010-02-12 07:46:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA ATRN EWWT PREL KPIR KCRM IMO DA UK BA |
| 10HONGKONG268 | SOCIAL JUSTICE TRUMPS DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT FOR [...] (C) Summary: Although democracy is now at least a topic of discussion in Macau, even the leading advocates of democratic reform see little prospect that the public will push for more democracy in the near term. At most, there might be a transition in the 2013 legislative elections that would [...] | 2010-02-12 08:25:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MC HK |
| 10HONGKONG277 | NEXT GENERATION MACAU LEADERSHIP: THE PLAYER, THE [...] (C) Summary: Few of our counterparts seemed able (or willing) to tip anyone as a future leader in Macau. In some respects, argued one democratic politician, even Beijing was stuck on the issue, since the small-circle election system it devised gave Macau's establishment a veto effective agains [...] | 2010-02-17 07:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV MC CH |
| 10HONGKONG279 | SUBMISSION FOR 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: [...] (U) Per reftel A, the following are post's contributions to the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Subheadings and answers correspond to questions posed in paragraphs 25-30 of reftel A. Para 25: T [...] | 2010-02-17 07:57:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 10HONGKONG286 | MACAU: HOW MUCH CHANGE FROM CHUI, HOW MUCH [...] (C) Summary: Few of our contacts expect new Macau Chief Executive (CE) Fernando Chui Sai-on to take any significant policy initiatives, at least for now. They point to his coming March 16 policy address as offering the conclusive word one way or another. Our contacts suggested different rol [...] | 2010-02-18 10:07:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MC CH |
| 10HONGKONG290 | REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE: HK VIEWS APEC AS "DEFINING [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A senior Hong Kong official welcomed Secretary Clinton's January 12 speech on U.S. views toward Asia Pacific Regional Architecture and applauded clear administration statements on the importance of U.S. commitments in Asia. Despite its status as a Special Administrat [...] | 2010-02-19 03:53:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL APECO ECON HK |
| 10HONGKONG292 | SOMALI PIRACY: HONG KONG SHIP OWNERS TO LOBBY [...] (SBU) On February 18, Hong Kong Ship Owners Association (HKSOA) Managing Director Arthur Bowring informed Post that the HKSOA would approach China's Foreign Ministry Commissioner in Hong Kong to raise the industry's concerns over a rumored United Nations ban on ransom payments to pirates. Res [...] | 2010-02-19 09:20:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA ATRN EWWT PREL KPIR KCRM IMO DA UK BA |
| 10HONGKONG304 | SUBMISSION FOR 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: [...] (U) Per reftel A, the following are post's contributions to the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China. Subheadings and answers correspond to questions posed in paragraphs 25-30 of reftel A. [...] | 2010-02-22 09:52:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 10HONGKONG314 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ON GRACE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2010-02-24 07:02:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
| 10HONGKONG32 | EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: LEADGO LIMITED [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...] | 2010-01-06 08:59:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC |
| 10HONGKONG326 | HONG KONG AND MACAU NOTIFIED: FEBRUARY 10 [...] (SBU) On February 24, Post notified appropriate government officials in Hong Kong and Macau of the February 10 designation under Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 of an individual and four companies affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC),per reftel. 2. (SBU) Banking regulators from H [...] | 2010-02-25 09:32:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM MC HK |
| 10HONGKONG333 | UPON THIS ROCK: HONG KONG RULE OF LAW REMAINS [...] (C) Summary and comment: Hong Kong legal professionals judged Hong Kong's rule of law remains both independent and, more importantly, sufficiently well-designed that few opportunities exist for external tampering. They believed Beijing recognizes the singular role rule of law plays in Hong Ko [...] | 2010-02-26 09:14:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HK |
| 10HONGKONG334 | UPON THIS ROCK: HONG KONG RULE OF LAW REMAINS [...] (C) Summary: Thirteen years after Hong Kong's return to Chinese sovereignty, Hong Kong remains deeply enmeshed in the common law tradition. Law is taught, and cases are still largely heard, in English. Precedents from other common law jurisdictions, including the United States, are admissible [...] | 2010-02-26 09:24:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CH HK |
| 10HONGKONG7 | MACAU WATER SECURITY: POLICIES EVOLVING TO LESSEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Macau's over-reliance on the Mainland for its water supply has prompted the Special Administrative Region to adopt measures to secure long-term supplies with the aim of gaining greater autonomy over its water policy. These include conservation programs, tariffs, and new infrast [...] | 2010-01-04 03:42:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM ECON ENRG HK PBTS SENV SOCI TPHY KGHG |
| 10HONGKONG80 | 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR HONG KONG [...] The Hong Kong Government welcomes foreign investment, neither offering special incentives nor imposing disincentives for foreign investors. Hong Kong's well-established rule of law is applied consistently and without discrimination. There is no distinction in law or practice between investment [...] | 2010-01-14 09:42:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR HK CH |
| 10HONGKONG86 | 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR MACAU [...] Macau became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on December 20, 1999. Macau's status since reverting to Chinese sovereignty is defined in the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration (1987) and the Basic Law, Macau's constitution. Under the concept of "One Country [...] | 2010-01-15 10:19:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR HK CH |
| 10HYDERABAD2 | TELANGANA - A BANDH AND A ROAR STIR A UNITED RESPONSE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Two "bandhs" (strikes) and a rally over the past week brought different regions of Andhra Pradesh (AP) to a standstill. Facing down significant government opposition, the "Vidyarthi Garjana" (Student's Roar) rally organizers pulled off a well attended and peaceful protest in Hyder [...] | 2010-01-05 13:01:00 | American Consulate Hyderabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IN |
| 10ISLAMABAD10 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 04, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 03:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD102 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 15, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 12:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD11 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 05, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 10:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD115 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 16-19, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 10:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD137 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: January 20, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 10:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD143 | H1N1 IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan has 148 officially confirmed cases of H1N1, but the country's extremely limited disease surveillance capacity leads top Pakistani public health officials to believe that infection is dramatically under-reported. Pakistan's National Institute of Health (PNIH) and the U. [...] | 2010-01-21 07:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI TBIO ECON PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD144 | SUBJECT: PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 21, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD148 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: January 22, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 09:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD176 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 23-25, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD178 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, JANUARY 6, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 05:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD184 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 26, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 10:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD189 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, JANUARY 20, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD208 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 27, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 11:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD222 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 28, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 11:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD223 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 29, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 10:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD23 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 06, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD232 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 01, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD252 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 02, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 10:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD265 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 03, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 10:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD282 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 04, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 10:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD290 | MOE ON COPENHAGEN ACCORD, LEADERSHIP CHANGES [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Secretary of Environment Kamran Lashari on 4 February, emphasizing the importance of the Copenhagen Accord as a vital first step toward addressing the issue of climate change. The Secretary revealed that responsibility for Pakistan's position on the A [...] | 2010-02-05 05:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI TBIO ECON PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD294 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 05, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 14:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD298 | COMBATING BONDED LABOR ABUSES IN AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: In Pakistan debt labor in agriculture stems from culturally accepted money lending traditions and a socio-economic disparity that contributes to maintaining the poverty gripping the country's rural areas, especially in the Sindh province. There is a spectrum of abuse that arise [...] | 2010-02-05 15:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI ELAB PREL PGOV PTER |
| 10ISLAMABAD307 | PROGRESS ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FOR SOUTH [...] (C) In a January 28 meeting with U.S. Economic and Development Assistance Coordinator Raphel, Army Director General of Staff Duties Lt. General Zubair and Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) Secretariat Director General of Projects Fakre Alam reported on the progress toward implementatio [...] | 2010-02-08 06:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
| 10ISLAMABAD308 | CODEL LYNCH'S JANUARY 29 MEETING WITH SBP GOVERNOR RAZA, [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 06:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL |
| 10ISLAMABAD309 | INTER-AGENCY HUMAN TRAFFICKING - BONDED LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Interior hosted an inter-agency conference on human trafficking and bonded labor on February 3. Officials from all four provinces attended. Participants included the provincial Inspector Generals of Police, the Ministry of Labor, provincial Departments of Labou [...] | 2010-02-08 07:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER ELAB KTIP PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD310 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 08, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 11:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD313 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 09, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 11:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD316 | PAKISTAN APPEARS LIKELY TO ACCEPT INDIA'S OFFER OF [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General for South Asia Afrasiab Mehdi Hashim told Deputy PolCouns on February 9 that Pakistan has not yet accepted India's offer of a bilateral foreign secretary-level meeting, but expected it would do so. Though the Indians have said they are open to discussion of a [...] | 2010-02-10 13:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD319 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 10, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 02:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD326 | SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY [...] Summary: (C) Deputy Secretary Wolin's visit to Pakistan comes at a time when Pakistan's long term stability depends more and more upon the government's willingness to confront difficult economic policy choices it has long sought to avoid. Pakistan must begin to address a breadth of economic [...] | 2010-02-11 09:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER CH PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD330 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 11, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 11:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD339 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 12, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 10:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD34 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 08, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-08 10:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD345 | WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION OF DR. AAFIA SIDDIQUI,S [...] (U) Summary: The guilty verdict against Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NY sparked protests and public condemnation across Pakistan on February 4 and 5. The reaction to the Siddiqui verdict was front-page news in all the major newspapers. A number of press art [...] | 2010-02-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD362 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 16, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-16 10:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD380 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 17, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-17 09:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD383 | GOP BACKS DOWN FROM PRESIDENT'S JUDICIAL [...] (C) On February 17, after much protest, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) backed down from President Asif Zardari's decision to appoint Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif to Pakistan's Supreme Court (SC),elevating him from the Lahore High Court (LHC),and Justice Saqib Nisar as acting Chief Justi [...] | 2010-02-17 17:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD387 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 18, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 10:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD39 | ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH MONTHLY - DEC [...] (U) Summary: Environment, Science, Technology and Health Monthly Update for December 2009, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan. Topics covered: -- Low HPV Prevalence among Karachi Women -- AIDS Therapy Centers in Pakistan -- Pakistan to Formally Enter Antar [...] | 2010-01-11 04:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD398 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 10:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD406 | LAUNCH OF 2010 PAKISTAN HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 9, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, joined by federal and provincial Pakistan government representatives, the head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),and a local NGO representative, launched the Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan [...] | 2010-02-20 06:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID IO PGOV PREF PREL ECON PINR PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD409 | ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH MONTHLY - JAN [...] (U) Summary: Environment, Science, Technology and Health Monthly Update for January 2010, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan. Topics covered: -- Nationwide Drought Deepens -- Islamabad to Harvest Rain Water -- Promoting Business, Community and Ecology with Pine Nuts -- Worr [...] | 2010-02-22 04:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD41 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 11, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-11 11:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD410 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, FEBRUARY 3, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 04:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD414 | SUBJECT: PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 22, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 11:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD416 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER’S FEBRUARY 24 [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Islamabad warmly welcomes your February 24 visit to Pakistan. You will participate in a trilateral cooperation meeting with Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Afghan Interior Minister Hanif Atmar, followed by bilateral meetings with senior Pakistani officials, includi [...] | 2010-02-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD426 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 23, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 07:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD432 | PROGRESS CONTINUES ON SOUTH WAZIRISTAN PROJECTS [...] (C) On February 20, U.S. Economic and Development Assistance Coordinator Robin Raphel (AssistCoord) met with Army Director General of Staff Duties Major General Zubair and Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Habibullah Khan and their team to discuss South [...] | 2010-02-23 14:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID MOPS PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD437 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, FEBRUARY 17, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 07:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD441 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 24, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 09:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD444 | TARIN OUT, SHAHAB-UD-DIN -- AND NASIM BEG? -- IN [...] (C) Summary: On February 23, Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani accepted the resignation of Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, and his successor remains unknown. According to conversations on February 24 with Treasury Attache and Embassy EconOff, it is not entirely certain which of the two leading candidate [...] | 2010-02-25 02:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EFIN PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD446 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 25, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD452 | PAKISTAN'S RESPONSE: PREPARING FOR SYRIA AT MARCH [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche on preparing for Syria at the March International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors meeting to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director for Disarmament Mohammad Kamran Akhtar and Deputy Director Abbas Qureshi, on February 25. 2. (C) Akhtar [...] | 2010-02-26 07:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL SY IAEA |
| 10ISLAMABAD453 | FRIENDS OF DEMOCRATIC PAKISTAN TO TACKLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first meeting of the Steering Committee on February 10, co-chairs Water and Power Secretary Shahid Rafi and Asian Development Bank Country Director Rune Stroem outlined the goals, membership and work plan for the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) Energy Sector Task F [...] | 2010-02-26 07:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ENRG PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD459 | PML-N WINS IN HOTLY CONTESTED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won the February 24 by-election for the National Assembly seat in Rawalpindi (NA-55) vacated by Haji Pervez Khan. The PML-N soundly defeated long-time politician Sheikh Rashid Ahmed who was elected from that constituency six times before a [...] | 2010-02-26 09:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD461 | GOP DENIES AGREEMENT TO TRANSFER BERADAR TO [...] (C) Summary: On February 26, the Lahore High Court reportedly barred the Government of Pakistan (GOP) from extraditing Mullah Beradar and four other Afghan Taliban leaders, pending a hearing on March 15 to which both the federal government and concerned provincial governments have been summoned. Th [...] | 2010-02-26 16:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK AF |
| 10ISLAMABAD54 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 12, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 12:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISLAMABAD94 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 14, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 12:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 10ISTANBUL11 | ARMENIAN PATRIARCHATE: AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. Armenian Patriarch Mutafyan Mesrob II has been suffering from dementia since late 2007, and in 2008 Archbishop Aram Atesyan took over the administrative responsibilities of the patriarchy as acting patriarch. On December 3, the Patriarchate petitioned the Ministry of Interior f [...] | 2010-01-08 12:23:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL PINR TU AR |
| 10ISTANBUL12 | IRAN/REFUGEES: EBRAHIM SHARIFI'S U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Ebrahim Sharifi, an Iranian opposition supporter whose testimony to Iran's parliament that security forces raped him in prison (and subsequent interviews with international media outlets) made him a target for regime death threats, and who had been a refugee in Turkey since Sept [...] | 2010-01-08 13:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PINS PGOV UNHCR TU IR |
| 10ISTANBUL14 | IRAN'S PRESS TV: HUNKERED DOWN AND RATIONALIZING [...] (C) Summary: The Istanbul correspondent for Iran's "Press TV" news channel (protect) told us that several pro-opposition reporters and staffers at the news channel have quit their jobs and left Iran, but a majority of the "Green Movement" supporters on the staff are still working there. The [...] | 2010-01-11 13:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS TU IR |
| 10ISTANBUL19 | "ALEVI OPENING" MEETS WITH ALEVI SKEPTICISM [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOT announced plans to discuss at its final Alevi workshop Alevi concerns related to the recognition of their cem houses as places of worship, ending compulsory religious instruction, and opening a special institute to train Alevi clerics. The Alevi population does not agr [...] | 2010-01-14 05:16:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
| 10ISTANBUL20 | IRANIAN POLITICS: A TURKISH EXPERT SAYS "KEEP AN [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish contact who claims business connections to Iranian regime insiders told us regime leaders are planning on a scenario that would replace President Ahmadinejad with Tehran Mayor Qalibaf in 2012. He said Qalibaf advisors asked his help to secure Turkish funding for sever [...] | 2010-01-15 10:30:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON ETRD ENRG IR TU |
| 10ISTANBUL21 | IRAN'S BAR ASSOCIATION: TRYING TO STAY [...] (C) Summary: An American Bar Association (ABA) representative briefed us recently on ABA's effort to make contact with Iran Bar Associations Union (IBAU),with the goal of offering legal workshops and capacity building to strengthen the IBAU's and regional Iranian bar associations' technical [...] | 2010-01-15 10:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KDEM IR TU |
| 10ISTANBUL30 | ISTANBUL AKP REPRESENTATIVES ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul,s Justice and Development Party (AKP) representatives echo the Prime Minister,s public insistence that there will not be early elections, and agree that the state of the economy and unemployment will have the greatest impact on the election results. AKP,s organizationa [...] | 2010-01-21 11:50:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
| 10ISTANBUL40 | IRAN/POLITICS: TEN DAYS OF DAWN, THE OPPOSITION'S [...] (C) Summary: Several contacts (in Istanbul, Paris, and Tehran) who are close to Iran's "Green Movement" have cautioned that the opposition intends to use the "Ten Days of Dawn" commemoration (February 1-11) to muster the largest demonstrations yet against the regime. A journalist with many o [...] | 2010-01-29 15:02:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL PGOV PHUM TU IR |
| 10ISTANBUL43 | TURKEY-IRAN TRADE WOES; RAFSANJANI FAMILY AND [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish business executive who deals with Iran's transportation and tourism sectors told us his pro-Rafsanjani partners are under great pressure from the regime. Two Iranian company CEOs told him their company books were audited for ties to Rafsanjani and state banks are denyi [...] | 2010-02-02 09:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON ETRD IR TU |
| 10ISTANBUL44 | INSIDE MAYOR SARIGUL'S CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary. A member of the Turkey Change Movement's (TDH) leadership board described TDH's recent rally in Izmir as a "turning point," and explained Sarigul's team is gaining momentum and drawing support from both the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Republican People's Party (CHP [...] | 2010-02-02 09:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
| 10ISTANBUL46 | STOCK EXCHANGE CHIEF EAGER TO MAKE ISTANBUL AN [...] (U) Summary. During a January 27 meeting with Ambassador Jeffrey, Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) Chief Huseyin Erkan offered his views on how Istanbul can become a major financial center for Turkey and the region. Erkan emphasized that commercial banking alone, even with an offshore compon [...] | 2010-02-05 08:21:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PREL TU |
| 10ISTANBUL50 | ISTANBUL'S LANDFILL GAS UTILIZATION PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary. Landfill gas utilization, a growing alternative energy technology with compelling environmental benefits, is in its early stages in Turkey. Ortadogu Enerji won a tender from the Istanbul Municipality to implement and run Istanbul's two landfill energy projects for 23 years, and el [...] | 2010-02-11 06:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV ECON PREL PGOV KGHG TU |
| 10ISTANBUL54 | DINK TRIAL: JUSTICE DELAYED... [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 8, poloff attended the chaotic 12th hearing of the Hrant Dink murder trial at Besiktas Heavy Penal Court. A "secret witness" was scheduled to provide testimony during the hearing but was either "forgotten" at home by the police or unable to testify due to the lack of [...] | 2010-02-12 13:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE AR |
| 10ISTANBUL6 | IRAN/HUMAN RIGHTS: BAHAI LEADERSHIP TRIAL AND [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary General of Turkey's Bahai Community told us January 5 that the trial date for the Iranian Bahai leadership has been re-scheduled to January 12. He asked for USG support in raising the issue with Turkey, in the hopes Turkey would press Iran to close the case or at l [...] | 2010-01-06 15:21:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINS TU IR |
| 10ISTANBUL62 | FINDING ROOM FOR THE SYRIAC ORTHODOX IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan for Istanbul and Ankara Yusuf Cetin February 7 discussed the need for more Syriac Orthodox churches and clergy in Istanbul following the boom in the community's population in the 1990s. Cetin also noted that while some families are returning to [...] | 2010-02-19 08:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ |
| 10ISTANBUL67 | NEW TUSIAD BOARD UNVEILS AGENDA, DIVES INTO [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD)'s recently elected board of directors kicked off its new term with a "new approach" laid out in the board's recently released activity plan for the upcoming year. TUSIAD board members predict that the new term will [...] | 2010-02-23 12:02:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL TU |
| 10JAKARTA104 | REVIEW OF "THE AMERICAN PLACE" RFP [...] As follow-up to our January 21, 2010, teleconference, we are pleased to quickly respond in detail to all of the issues and concerns raised in ref A's A/LM/AQM report. We believe that this high priority project must be funded and implemented given the USG's strategic interest in Indonesia. Bre [...] | 2010-01-26 00:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KPAO AFIN ASEC OEXC ABLD ID |
| 10JAKARTA126 | ACTION REQUEST: A MULTILATERAL CLIMATE CENTER IN INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Action Request: Post requests Washington concurrence to discuss with foreign missions resident in Jakarta and the GOI the possibility of multilateral participation in the proposed Jakarta component of the Asian Regional Center for Climate Change initiative. The scheduled February 20-23 a [...] | 2010-01-29 00:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PREL ID |
| 10JAKARTA129 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COMMANDER USPACOM ADM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Admiral Willard, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Your visit comes shortly before President Obama,s late March visit to Indonesia and will help address key security issues while helping to set the stage for a successful Presidential visit. The U.S.-Indonesian militar [...] | 2010-01-29 06:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER ID |
| 10JAKARTA136 | INDONESIAN FIU FEARS FATF SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 21, Embassy RLA met with representatives of the Indonesian Financial Intelligence Unit (PPATK) to discuss concerns about a recent FATF review of the GOI anti-money laundering/counter terrorist financing (AML/CFT) regime. The PPATK interlocutors expressed concern that t [...] | 2010-02-01 06:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC |
| 10JAKARTA140 | INDONESIA REQUESTS SUPPORT IN ADVANCE OF FATF [...] (C) In a meeting January 29, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Rezlan Jenie told the DCM that Indonesia fully understands the need to improve its anti-money laundering/countering terrorist financing (AML/CFT) efforts. MFA staff reported that the [...] | 2010-02-02 05:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM KJUS PTER EFIN SNAR PHUM |
| 10JAKARTA155 | NSC Senior Director Ramamurthy discusses S&T with former [...] (SBU) The U.S. Science Envoy effort is already yielding results by laying the foundation for expanded science and technology (S&T) cooperation. NSC Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy, Ambassador and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Senior Advisor Jason [...] | 2010-02-03 10:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TBIO SCUL SENV ENRG PGOV ID |
| 10JAKARTA163 | INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR DOL [...] (U) Post does not have information on additional goods for the Indonesian TVPRA list. Post does ask that lacking substantiated reports that DOL delete gold from Indonesia's TVPRA list of goods. Removing Gold ------------- 2. (U) Mission has not received any reliable reports to corrobor [...] | 2010-02-05 10:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI ID |
| 10JAKARTA171 | S/CT AMB BENJAMIN BILATERAL MEETINGS WITH GOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary's Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),Ambassador Daniel Benjamin, conducted meetings with Indonesian officials on counterterrorism issues and cooperation in Jakarta on December 16. Ambassador Benjamin's interlocutors said the proposed GOI interagency Counterter [...] | 2010-02-09 07:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINS ASEC ID |
| 10JAKARTA199 | NGOs PRAISE COOPERATION BUT WANT MORE PROSECUTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In conjunction with a DOJ TIP conference (see septels) Embassy DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) met on February 2 with two anti-trafficking non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Surabaya, East Java, to discuss the ability of local law enforcement to address trafficking [...] | 2010-02-16 05:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC |
| 10JAKARTA202 | US-ABC PROMOTES BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] Summary. A delegation of business representative from The U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (US-ABC) sent a delegation of U.S. business representatives to Jakarta from January 25-28 for a series of meetings with senior Indonesian officials to discuss Indonesia's investment climate. Council members [...] | 2010-02-17 00:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR EINV ID |
| 10JAKARTA211 | INDONESIA WELCOMES U.S. SCIENCE ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. All corners of Indonesia's science and policy community welcomed President Obama's science envoy engagement effort. Despite Science Envoy Dr. Bruce Alberts' last minute injury preventing his travel, the GOI pressed on with the majority of the January 18-29 planned schedule with [...] | 2010-02-18 06:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TBIO SCUL SENV ENRG PGOV ID |
| 10JAKARTA213 | NASA ADVANCES SCIENCE ENGAGEMENT IN INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary: NASA Assistant Administrator Michael O'Brien advanced President Obama's science engagement efforts in Indonesia February 2-3. He discussed cooperative partnership opportunities on space and Earth science and education with representatives from the Ministry of Research and Techno [...] | 2010-02-18 10:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TSPA SCUL SENV PGOV ID |
| 10JAKARTA216 | CPR ASSERTS ITS ROLE IN ASEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The newly-installed ASEAN Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) in Jakarta is working to define a policy and programmatic role that satisfies member-states' capitals desire for oversight of the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) while increasing ASEAN efficiency by concentrating more [...] | 2010-02-18 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR AMGT ASEAN XC ID |
| 10JAKARTA23 | WEST ACEH'S TIGHT PANTS LAW LOOSENED UP [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. This message was coordinated with Embassy Jakarta. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A local Shariah edict in West Aceh District banning women from wearing pants which will go into effect in February has been softened due to commu [...] | 2010-01-08 08:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI ID |
| 10JAKARTA251 | INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO TEHRAN RESEARCH REACTOR [...] (SBU) At a February 23 meeting with Rolliansyah (Roy) Soemirat of the Foreign Ministry's Directorate of International Security and Disarmament, Poloff delivered reftel demarche regarding U.S. policy toward the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR). 2. (C) Soemirat said the issue was one of inter [...] | 2010-02-24 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR ID |
| 10JAKARTA254 | ACEH POLICE ACTION NETS FOUR MILITANTS, ESTIMATED 50 AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 22, Aceh police carried out an operation to break up a suspected Islamic militant training camp in the remote jungles of Aceh Besar District, arresting four militants and seizing guns and jihadi books and videos. Police continue to search for an estimated 50 militan [...] | 2010-02-25 01:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PINS ASEC ID |
| 10JAKARTA255 | INDONESIA - GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] This message is Sensitive but Unclassified, please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 23, Poloff and DRL Senior Policy Advisor Susan O'Sullivan met with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorates of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs and Multilateral Affairs. We [...] | 2010-02-25 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM IR ID |
| 10JAKARTA256 | INTERNAL POWER STRUGGLE SLOWS PROGRESS ON REFORM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's reform efforts are slowing as he grapples with elements of his own government who seek to preserve Suharto-era patronage norms. Golkar and a cluster of other parties seek to undermine Yudhoyono's reforms by pinning responsibility for a controversial 2008 b [...] | 2010-02-25 10:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM ID |
| 10JAKARTA258 | INDONESIA - ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-27 19:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
| 10JAKARTA48 | INDONESIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The following is the draft text of the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Indonesia. Please treat as Sensitive until the report is finalized for submission to Congress. Begin text: - GENERAL AS [...] | 2010-01-14 04:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PINS ASEC ID |
| 10JAKARTA59 | INDONESIAN REACTION TO THE SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON [...] (SBU) As requested reftels, poloff delivered points on Asia-Pacific multilateralism and Secretary Clinton's January 12 speech at a January 15 meeting with Arto Suryodipuro, Deputy Director for APEC of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Directorate of Intra-Regional Cooperation in Asia [...] | 2010-01-15 08:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN ASEAN APEC ARF ID |
| 10JAKARTA63 | ENGAGING HEALTH MINISTER ENDANG IN GENEVA ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) This is an action message. The GOI extended visas for NAMRU-2 personnel through March 15, 2010 to allow negotiations to form a joint center for research, the Indonesian-United States Center for Biomedical [...] | 2010-01-15 10:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG ID |
| 10JAKARTA74 | INDONESIA-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive, but Unclassified - Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The following is the draft text of the 2009-2010 Indonesia International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) Part 1, Drugs and Chemical Control for Indonesia. Please treat as Sensitive, but Uncla [...] | 2010-01-19 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KMCA MCC ASEC ID |
| 10JAKARTA87 | Indonesian Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti [...] Per instructions in State 04854, Emboff expressed gratitude for Indonesian assistance to Haiti. Riaz Saehu, Deputy Director Office of Information and Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that Indonesians empathized with victims of natural disasters. He noted that the GOI had [...] | 2010-01-21 06:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID HL ID |
| 10JEDDAH4 | JEDDAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: A GATEWAY THROUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Smith's December 28 visit to the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) revealed an active organization on the front line of social change in Saudi Arabia. Ambassador met with Deputy Chair Dr. Lama Sulaiman, the first woman to be elected to this position (r [...] | 2010-01-04 09:26:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO ECON PREL EMIN EFIN EIND EINV SA |
| 10JERUSALEM101 | PA FOCUSES ON WEST BANK ENERGY SECTOR: [...] (SBU) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) is taking steps to improve governance and increase accountability in the West Bank energy sector. Its goal is to improve the sector's performance and lower its impact on the PA's budget. Reform of the sector, including the establishment of an in [...] | 2010-01-15 18:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV IS JO |
| 10JERUSALEM102 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/19): President Abbas continues [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 10:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM11 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/05): Potential US peace plan [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 07:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM111 | NGO CONTACTS WARN ISRAELI GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Tel Aviv - Consulate General Jerusalem cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: According to NGO and GOI sources, the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) intends to "reassess" the legal status of the land on which three West Bank outposts are built, despite previous GOI stateme [...] | 2010-01-19 16:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM114 | FAYYAD LAYS OUT 2010 BUDGET AND PROJECT PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told donors that the PA is likely to require USD 1.2 billion in external budget support in 2010, and urged early disbursement. He presented the PA's priority project list for 2010, which includes over USD 5 billion in proje [...] | 2010-01-19 18:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV FR NO |
| 10JERUSALEM115 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/20): Israeli authorities level [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 07:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM130 | CLOSURE ORDERS FOR EAST JERUSALEM PALESTINIAN [...] (C) On January 19, Ishaq Budeiri, General Manager of the Arab Studies Society at Orient House, told Post he had received no indication that the GOI is considering allowing the current closure order on Orient House to lapse when it expires in February 2010. Budeiri said that in the past, ren [...] | 2010-01-20 15:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM132 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/21): Local press report that [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 07:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM135 | IDF OPENS KEY WEST BANK ROAD TO PALESTINIANS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) opened an important West Bank road southwest of Hebron to Palestinian vehicle traffic on January 15, in compliance with an October 2009 Israeli Supreme Court ruling. The IDF's response to the ruling could have implications for the easing of other [...] | 2010-01-21 16:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM137 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/22): Palestinian media ask [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 09:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM139 | PRESIDENT ABBAS DEMONSTRATES SUPPORT FOR FAYYAD, [...] (C) Summary. The Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC, Fatah's quasi-parliamentary body) held its second assembly January 15-19 in Ramallah, during which members of the FRC discussed the ongoing stalemate in negotiations with Israel and reconciliation with Hamas; reviewed reports and financial r [...] | 2010-01-22 19:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM141 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/25): Local press report that [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 08:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM148 | 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THE WEST [...] Obtain temporary copy of certificate of registration from the Ministry. 2. Deposit initial capital, which is 25 percent of the capital plus official bank fees (1/1000 of stated capital). 3. Obtain signature of the required documents by a local lawyer. 4. Register with the commercial Regist [...] | 2010-01-25 15:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC KWBG |
| 10JERUSALEM155 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/26): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 07:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM156 | GAZA BRANCHES OF PALESTINIAN BANKS TURN AWAY [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian bank branches in Gaza have been turning away large Israeli Shekel (NIS)-denominated deposits, according to the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA),Gazan merchants, and Palestinian bankers. Contacts in the gas sector in Gaza voiced concerns that they may not have eno [...] | 2010-01-26 07:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID ENRG KWBG PREL KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM16 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/06): New settlement [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 10:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM161 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/27): President Abbas under [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 15:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM165 | DE FACTO SOCIOECONOMIC SEPARATION PERSISTS BETWEEN [...] (C) Contacts ranging from ultra-nationalist Israeli hard-liners to anti-settlement peace activists and Arab community leaders agree that a de facto separation persists between Israeli-majority West Jerusalem and Arab-majority East Jerusalem. East Jerusalem's rapidly-growing Arab population [...] | 2010-01-27 17:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM166 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE [...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) issued a January 25 decree forming a committee to examine allegations against Palestinians in the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Goldstone report). PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consu [...] | 2010-01-27 18:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL PHUM KAWC IS |
| 10JERUSALEM168 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/28): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 09:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM175 | HATEM ABDEL QADER ON FATAH, ELECTIONS, AND [...] (C) In a January 22 meeting with Post, Fatah activist and former Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Hatem Abdel Qader said that with local government elections on the horizon, Fatah needed to "build confidence between the party and the people" by focusing on social iss [...] | 2010-01-29 08:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS KDEM |
| 10JERUSALEM178 | ISRAELI ANTI-SETTLEMENT ACTIVISTS SWELL SHEIKH [...] (SBU) Protests by anti-settlement activists in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on January 15 and 22 drew an unusually large turnout and resulted in a total of 35 arrests. The demonstrations were attended by a mostly-Israeli crowd of veteran peace activists, undergraduates, [...] | 2010-01-29 10:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM180 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/29): Clashes continue between [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 11:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM185 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PRESSES GAZA ELECTRIC [...] (C) Summary. In a calculated move to decrease its financial burdens and increase the fiscal sustainability of the Gaza Strip's only electrical power plant, the Palestinian Authority (PA) is cutting back its payments for the plant's industrial fuel. The PA's goal is to press the Gaza Electr [...] | 2010-01-29 20:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PREF ENRG GZ IS |
| 10JERUSALEM187 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REMAINS SERIOUS, WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: One year after the end of the war in Gaza, the coastal territory remains in a challenging humanitarian situation, with modest improvements in access for humanitarian and commercial goods. The average number of monthly shipments into Gaza increased by nine percent in 2009 com [...] | 2010-01-29 21:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EAGR PREF GZ IS |
| 10JERUSALEM188 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/01): Settlement-related [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 09:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM193 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/02): President Abbas said he [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 12:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM199 | AS OLD GUARD RESIGNS, YESHA COUNCIL SETTLERS [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 11, Pinchas Wallerstein resigned as director-general of the Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip (known as the "YESHA Council," from the Hebrew acronym for "Judea, Samaria, and Gaza"). Wallerstein told the Israeli press that he was re [...] | 2010-02-02 18:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM2 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/04): The new year starts with [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-04 07:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM201 | AS OLD GUARD RESIGNS, YESHA COUNCIL SETTLERS [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 11, Pinchas Wallerstein resigned as director-general of the Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip (known as the "YESHA Council," from the Hebrew acronym for "Judea, Samaria, and Gaza"). Wallerstein told the Israeli press that he was re [...] | 2010-02-02 20:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM202 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/03): Prime Minister Fayyad [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 08:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM214 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/04): PA and Hamas officials [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 07:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM215 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/05): Fatah and Hamas leaders [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 09:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM226 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/08): President Abbas meets [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 10:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM230 | MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON INCITEMENT AT [...] (C) The Palestinian Authority (PA) employee who delivered an impromptu sermon inciting violence at a West Bank mosque on January 29 was "disturbed," according to Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Mahmoud Habash. The employee, who works in Habash's ministry, has been counseled for his s [...] | 2010-02-08 17:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL KWBG KISL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM231 | JERUSALEM MAYOR WRESTLES WITH "LOCAL" POLITICS ON [...] (C) Assessing the performance of Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat in his first year in office, Barkat's aides, allies, and opponents point to the difficulty the "apolitical" Barkat (a former software executive) has had in managing a broad coalition containing a diversity of religious-nationalist, s [...] | 2010-02-08 18:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM232 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/09):Palestinian official says [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 07:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM233 | ISRAELI TRAVEL BAN AGAINST PROMINENT EAST [...] (C) On February 9, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad contacted the Consul General to express strong concern about the Israeli government's imposition of a six-month overseas travel ban on Khalil Tufakji, an Arab resident of East Jerusalem and prominent cartographer, as report [...] | 2010-02-09 17:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM236 | PALESTINIAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Tamara Cofman Wittes discussed efforts for Middle East peace, the growing distance between Palestinian and Israeli societies, and the role of women with Palestinian Authority (PA) officials and Palestinian civil society activists. Participants lamented de [...] | 2010-02-09 18:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KMPI KDEM KPAL KWBG KWMN IS |
| 10JERUSALEM238 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/10): President Abbas asks the [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 07:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM25 | "ECONOMIC" SETTLERS PROTEST THEIR INCLUSION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent conversations, residents of "economic" settlements -- established to provide cheaper housing and higher standards of living than available in "Green Line" Israel -- objected to their inclusion in the Israeli government's settlement moratorium. Leaders in these comm [...] | 2010-01-06 15:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM258 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SECURITY OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a series of February 7 meetings in Ramallah, Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials emphasized that nonviolence was the only viable strategy for the Palestinian pro-peace camp, and said they were committed to interdicting violent actors in the West Bank, regardless of [...] | 2010-02-10 16:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM26 | PERMITS FOR 24 NEW HOUSING UNITS ON MOUNT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 5 vote, the Jerusalem Municipal Planning Board approved construction permits for 24 apartments in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of at-Tur on the Mount of Olives. NGO sources and press reports suggest the developer of the project is backed by settler organizati [...] | 2010-01-06 16:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM261 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/11): IDF soldier killed at [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 08:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM265 | RISING TENSIONS IN SHU'FAT REFUGEE CAMP AS ISRAELI [...] (SBU) Summary. According to UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) staff, Israeli police and Jerusalem municipality officials conducted intermittent operations in the Shu'fat refugee camp in East Jerusalem between February 7 and February 10. As of February 10, Israeli auth [...] | 2010-02-11 15:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM266 | PALESTINIAN POLICE OFFICER KILLS IDF SOLDIER [...] (C) SUMMARY. A plain-clothes Palestinian Authority (PA) Civil Police Captain stabbed an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Sergeant near Nablus on February 10. The IDF Sergeant subsequently died of his injuries. PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad issued a statement later that day condemning the actio [...] | 2010-02-11 16:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM269 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/12): Israeli air raids on the [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 09:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM27 | SEVEN ARCHES HOTEL TARGETED BY ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary: In the midst of debate over the approval of 24 new Israeli residential units on the Mount of Olives (reftel),press reports that the nearby Seven Arches Hotel had been sold to Israeli owners generated further controversy. The hotel's Jordanian management described the reports [...] | 2010-01-06 17:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 10JERUSALEM275 | LARGE VILLAGES SOUTH OF HEBRON CUT OFF FROM MAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 14:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM276 | DOES HAMAS HAVE A CASH FLOW PROBLEM IN GAZA? [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 15:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | ECON EFIN EG GZ KPAL KTFN PGOV PTER QA |
| 10JERUSALEM279 | NABLUS DEVELOPER ON AREA C CONSTRAINTS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian private sector contacts and developers in Nablus report that a closed Israeli military road north of the city is preventing progress on 15 construction projects that would ease urban congestion and further develop Nablus's economy. Despite the constraints, the cons [...] | 2010-02-12 16:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV OPIC KWBG KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM281 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/16): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-16 11:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM288 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/17): President Abbas says [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-17 11:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM29 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/07): Israel plans for more new [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-07 12:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM299 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/18): The investigation into [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 07:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM301 | ARAB RESIDENTS OF EAST JERUSALEM'S AL-BUSTAN [...] (SBU) In recent conversations, Arab residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Bustan, and the lawyers and city planners they have retained to represent them, expressed strong opposition to Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat's proposal that al-Bustan (immediately south-east of al-Aqsa Mosque) [...] | 2010-02-18 16:24:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM303 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/19): Dubai police believe [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 09:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM315 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/22): Deputy Secretary Jacob [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 08:52:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM321 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/23): The Europeans start to [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 06:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM33 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/08): President Abbas says he [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-08 09:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM331 | OFFICIAL PALESTINIAN PROTESTS, SKIRMISHES IN WEST [...] (SBU) Summary. The February 21 Israeli cabinet decision to include Hebron's Tomb of the Patriarchs/Ibrahimi Mosque and Rachel's Tomb (near Bethlehem) as "national heritage sites" prompted a flurry of strong official criticism from senior Palestinian officials, as well as demonstrations in bot [...] | 2010-02-23 17:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM332 | DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETINGS WITH UNRWA [...] (SBU) During his February 19 visit to the Jalazone refugee camp in the West Bank, Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew toured the camp's UNRWA health clinic and discussed UNRWA's operations with UNRWA Commissioner General Filippo Grandi, Deputy Commissioner General Margot Ellis, Deputy Director for G [...] | 2010-02-23 17:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV KPAL KWBG IS LE |
| 10JERUSALEM344 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/25): More demolition orders [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 08:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM351 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/26): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 09:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM357 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY REQUEST FOR WTO OBSERVER [...] (SBU) Representatives of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) met with Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestinian private sector representatives to discuss the PA's pending request for World Trade Organization (WTO) observer status. PA Prime Minister Fayyad and Minister [...] | 2010-02-26 17:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD USTR WTRO ECON KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM358 | PRIME MINISTER FAYYAD VISITS HEBRON TO CALM LOCAL [...] (C) Following a week of demonstrations in Hebron protesting the Israeli government's decision to include the Ibrahimi Mosque/Cave of the Patriarchs on a list of Israeli national heritage sites, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad attended Friday prayers in the Ibrahimi Mosq [...] | 2010-02-26 18:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL KWBG SCUL KISL IS |
| 10JERUSALEM41 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY LEADS HIGH-PROFILE CAMPAIGN [...] (U) This message contains an action request; please see para 3. 2. (C) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) has launched a high-profile campaign against products from Israeli settlements found on Palestinian store shelves, and has called for further international boycotts of settlement [...] | 2010-01-08 17:29:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM45 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/11): Israelis and Palestinians [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-11 09:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM52 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/12): Special Envoy Mitchell [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 08:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM61 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/13): Palestinian Authority [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-13 07:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM67 | OPIC PRESSES WEST BANK HOUSING INITIATIVES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: An Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) delegation visited Jerusalem and Ramallah January 5-7 to prepare for the February launch of the West Bank-based Affordable Mortgage and Lending Corporation (AMAL),attend the launch of a small business loan guarantee program aime [...] | 2010-01-13 14:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN EAID OPIC KWBG IS |
| 10JERUSALEM69 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/14): Senior US administration [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 07:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10JERUSALEM77 | HAMAS CALLS PUBLICLY FOR A HALT TO GAZA ROCKET FIRE [...] (U) On January 12, Hamas "Prime Minister" Ismail Haniyeh publicly called on all armed factions in the Gaza Strip to observe the de facto cease-fire in place since Israeli combat operations in Gaza ceased in January 2009. In his statement, Haniyeh urged other factions to "reinforce the nation [...] | 2010-01-14 17:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL GZ IS |
| 10JERUSALEM84 | JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/15): General Jones reaffirms [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 08:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS |
| 10KABUL10 | 2010 ELECTIONS: IEC ANNOUNCEMENT, INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Details about the 2010 elections came slightly more into focus on January 2 as the Independent Election Committee (IEC) announced the date and UNAMA convened international stakeholders. The IEC announced at a press conference the May 22 date for the Parliamentary elections and ex [...] | 2010-01-03 07:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
| 10KABUL102 | Semi-annual Assessment for Badghis Province: July - [...] This is a Semi-annual assessment of Badghis Province. 2. (SBU) Summary. July - December 2009. Security in Badghis Province continued to deteriorate, as insurgents stepped up attacks on military convoys on main roads and overran several police checkpoints. Insurgents control large areas [...] | 2010-01-12 10:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
| 10KABUL12 | MILITIAS IN KUNDUZ; A TALE OF TWO DISTRICTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since Kunduz authorities helped stand up pro-GIRoA militia forces in early Fall 2009, the forces have evolved in very different directions. In Qala-e-Zal district, a well-disciplined force has brought about a marked improvement in security, while the picture in the Aqtash areas of Khan [...] | 2010-01-03 07:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS AF |
| 10KABUL120 | ROLLING BACK THE INSURGENCY--POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tagab District, Kapisa Province, remains unstable with continued attacks on coalition forces. Several remote valleys in the district are insurgent sanctuaries. However, a series of recent incidents have combined to provide real opportunities to turn the tide. Most promising are [...] | 2010-01-14 11:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS FR AF |
| 10KABUL122 | AFGHANISTAN: THE DYSFUNCTIONAL WORLD OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Panjshir, with its unrivaled security, has never been the object of &clear and hold8 operations by U.S. forces. Instead, the U.S. moved straight to "build," with the establishment of the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in 2005. Today, 65 million dollars worth o [...] | 2010-01-14 14:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID AF |
| 10KABUL126 | BMTF/DHS meeting with Finance Minister Zakhilwal [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 20, 2009 meeting, Border Management Task Force Director Ortiz met with Finance Minister Zakhilwal and Deputy Minister Sabit to provide an overview of the current mission set and incoming DHS elements and to discuss the Minister's vision to take the Customs Departmen [...] | 2010-01-16 05:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EAID ECON PREL AF |
| 10KABUL127 | AFGHAN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REITERATES SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 7, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) E. Anthony Wayne and Treasury Attache met with Da Afghanistan Bank Governor Abdul Qadeer Fitrat to discuss the M-Paisa pilot project, which uses mobile banking technology to pay Afghan National Polic [...] | 2010-01-16 05:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL AF |
| 10KABUL13 | 2010 ELECTIONS: IEC ANNOUNCEMENT, INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Details about the 2010 elections came slightly more into focus on January 2 as the Independent Election Committee (IEC) announced the date and UNAMA convened international stakeholders. The IEC announced at a press conference the May 22 date for the Parliamentary elections and ex [...] | 2010-01-03 08:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
| 10KABUL130 | INDIAN, PAKISTANI DIPLOMATS FORECAST LIMITED ROLE [...] (C) Summary: India and Pakistan reportedly intend to play a limited role in Afghanistan's 2010 parliamentary elections, both in advising Afghanistan on a preferred election date and in providing support for the elections themselves, according to Kabul-based diplomats of those nations. Acco [...] | 2010-01-16 14:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
| 10KABUL143 | SPOT REPORT: MULTIPLE ATTACKS IN KABUL CITY [...] (U) Summary: Multiple suicide bomber explosions shook downtown Kabul on January 18 in a complex, coordinated attack in the vicinity of major Afghan government centers, including the Presidential Palace, Central Bank, and Ministries of Justice, Foreign Affairs, Education, Economy, and Interior [...] | 2010-01-18 13:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | FBI PREL PTER |
| 10KABUL170 | SRAP MEETING WITH KARZAI: MOVING REINTEGRATION [...] (S) Summary: President Karzai told S/SRAP Holbrooke January 16 that he wants to announce a reintegration policy before London but save the details of the plan for a rollout at the Kabul conference in late spring. Karzai is still conflicted about finalizing the policy, according to several observers [...] | 2010-01-19 05:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF |
| 10KABUL175 | GIROA INDICTS THREE SENIOR OFFICIALS IN GHAZNI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 9, Kabul-based prosecutors filed charges against three prominent Ghazni officials: Ghazni City Mayor Hakim Ghazniwal, Refugees Director Abdul Mamid Wafa, and Reconstruction and Rural Development Director Sanai Mayel, in a 2005 case involved the illegal appropriation of [...] | 2010-01-19 06:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM AF |
| 10KABUL20 | DUBAI PROCESS: SLOW AND STEADY COOPERATION BETWEEN [...] (SBU) Summary: The sixth round of the Canadian-led Dubai Process meeting brought together Afghan and Pakistani technical level delegates to discuss cooperation on counter narcotics, law enforcement, customs and movement of people. Discussions focused mostly on updates and fine-tuning of exist [...] | 2010-01-03 13:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELTN PREL EAID AF |
| 10KABUL200 | EXBS ADVISOR DECEMBER 14, 2009 to January 13, 2010 MONTH [...] (U) EXBS staff worked daily with a systems engineer to install a licensing system at the Afghan Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Kabul. The installation and configuration of this phase of the project will be completed by February 3, 2010. The Licensing Department will be linked with the A [...] | 2010-01-20 05:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL KG AF |
| 10KABUL201 | EXBS ADVISOR DECEMBER 14, 2009 to January 13, 2010 MONTH [...] (U) EXBS staff worked daily with a systems engineer to install a licensing system at the Afghan Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Kabul. The installation and configuration of this phase of the project will be completed by February 3, 2010. The Licensing Department will be linked with the A [...] | 2010-01-20 07:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL KG AF |
| 10KABUL202 | SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNANCE AND NATIONAL POLITICS: [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry and Jelani Popal, head of the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG),met with the integrated command element of Brigade Combat Team Task Force Mountain Warrior in Jalalabad on January 14 before lunch with Governor Gul Agha Sherzai and a walking [...] | 2010-01-20 08:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
| 10KABUL211 | JANUARY 19 UNAMA MEETING: LONDON CONFERENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary: At the UNAMA meeting on January 19 SRSG Eide led a discussion on the JCMB, the London Conference, and the Parliamentary elections. The British do not yet have a formal agenda or speakers list for the London Conference and will work to circulate a draft communiqu in advance of t [...] | 2010-01-21 12:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL PGOV AF TU IR UK |
| 10KABUL217 | Hajigak Iron Mine Tender Likely to be Canceled [...] (C) Summary: The World Bank's Mining Advisor Craig Andrews (strictly protect) reports Mining Minister Shahrani is planning to contact the short-listed bidders for the massive Hajigak iron ore mining project (ref A) to inform them not to send in bids due February 15. The Hajigak tender package [...] | 2010-01-23 04:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV ENRG PREL SENV AF |
| 10KABUL22 | AFGHANISTAN: "TEN MILLION DOLLARS A DAY" LEAVING [...] (C) Summary: On December 26, the U.S. Treasury Attache and a representative of the Border Management Task Force participated in an impromptu meeting between Afghan Minister of Finance Zakhilwal and Central Bank Governor Fitrat. The Minister and Governor discussed Minister Zakhilwal,s recent p [...] | 2010-01-04 05:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF |
| 10KABUL228 | AFGHANISTAN: FY 2010 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVTS. [...] (SBU) Summary: Since 2005, Afghanistan has made steady progress in fulfilling its commitment to fiscal transparency, reinforced by the passage of a Public Expenditure and Financial Management Law (PEFML - 2005),a Procurement Law (2005),the publication of a Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF [...] | 2010-01-24 07:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AF |
| 10KABUL231 | OPIC FINANCE APPLICATION: AFGHAN GROWTH FINANCE, [...] This message responds to reftel request for Embassy input on potential OPIC financing to Afghan Growth Finance Company (AGF),a non-bank financial institution operating in Afghanistan. AGF is dedicated to providing debt financing to Afghan small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) with a focus [...] | 2010-01-24 10:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN AF |
| 10KABUL24 | MINISTER SPANTA OFFERS TO DISCUSS HUMAN [...] (C) On December 30, Charge d'Affaires Ricciardone briefed Foreign Minister Spanta on Frontline's upcoming program investigating "bacha bazi" in Afghanistan. Charge Ricciardone told FM Spanta that the program, which will air on January 19, would draw increased world attention and criticism to [...] | 2010-01-04 09:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KTIP KDEM AF |
| 10KABUL245 | IEC POSTPONES PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced on January 24 that the Parliamentary elections would be postponed until September 18 due to lack of funding, security, and logistic support. On January 23 the President held a meeting at the Palace with Ambassador Eikenberry and [...] | 2010-01-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
| 10KABUL25 | COMMERCE OFFICIAL ON CABINET DEAL-MAKING IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 1 meeting, Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) Chief Negotiator (and former Commerce Deputy Minister) Adib Farhadi expressed serious concerns about the Afghan Ministerial confirmation process to Coordinating Director for Development and Economic A [...] | 2010-01-04 11:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF |
| 10KABUL26 | AFGHAN HIGH OFFICE OF OVERSIGHT (HOO) SEEKS U.S. GUIDANCE [...] (SBU) In his second week as the new Deputy Director General for Policy and Oversight for the HOO, Qaseem Ludin met with Ambassador Wayne, the USAID Rule of Law Advisor and the US Embassy Rule of Law Coordinator on January 3, 2010 to discuss the HOO's current anti-corruption activities. Ludin d [...] | 2010-01-04 13:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KJUS EAID AF |
| 10KABUL328 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's meeting with new Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmay Rassoul on January 23, they concurred that the London Conference will serve as a symbol of a new start for Afghanistan and deliberated how to further emphasize reintegration and reconciliation. Rassoul confirm [...] | 2010-01-26 11:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD AF EG AE XF |
| 10KABUL335 | Analysis of UNAMA's Proposed New Donor Coordination [...] (U) Summary: In preparation for the London and Kabul Conferences, outgoing United Nations SRSG Kai Eide recently submitted a proposal to the Afghan Government (GIRoA) and international community partners to improve consultation and coordination of assistance in institution building and economic [...] | 2010-01-26 16:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV AF |
| 10KABUL336 | 2010 ELECTIONS: ESTABLISHING "CONDITIONALITY" FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Independent Election Commission's (IEC) postponement of Afghanistan's 2010 Parliamentary elections until September 18 (Reftel) provides the GIRoA more time to implement electoral reforms. While all donors may not yet agree on which reforms to promote, or on how best to press [...] | 2010-01-26 16:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV AF |
| 10KABUL360 | ACTING COMMERCE MINISTER SURVEYS TRADE POLICY PRIORITIES [...] (U) On January 26, USAID's Economic Growth Team and the Economic Counselor met with newly-designated Acting Minister of Commerce Ghulam Mohammed Aylaki to assess his support for trade liberalization and introduce the USG's new Trade and Accession Facilitation for Afghanistan (TAFA) project desi [...] | 2010-01-28 15:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID PGOV EINV EIND AF |
| 10KABUL376 | Embassy Kabul Clarifications to Sweden's Interim Reply on [...] (SBU) This is an Action Request. Embassy Kabul recommends that Department instruct Embassy Stockholm to deliver the following points in response to Stockholm 796 and reftels: -- The U.S. Government is pleased that your Government welcomes the expansion of USG civilian presence in the Swedis [...] | 2010-01-31 13:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PREL EAID AF SW |
| 10KABUL377 | 2010 ELECTIONS: IEC AND ISAF PRELIMINARY PLANS [...] (S/REL) Summary: In recent conversations, Independent Election Commission (IEC) officials speculated that they were behind on 2010 election preparations and expressed doubt that the IEC could operate without international assistance. Meanwhile, ISAF contacts confirmed that ISAF is beginning p [...] | 2010-01-31 16:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
| 10KABUL388 | Rail Projects Underway, But a Uniform Network Remains [...] (U) Summary: While two rail construction projects in Afghanistan are underway and several more are under discussion, the dream of a nationwide rail network remains remote. Small-scale projects sponsored by neighboring countries require different rail gauges, matching those of the countries these pr [...] | 2010-02-01 15:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | ELTN EINV ECON PGOV AF IR |
| 10KABUL408 | SPIN BOLDAK POWERBROKER ENCOURAGES MODERNIZATION [...] (C) Summary: Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) for the South Frank Ruggiero discussed border control and development issues on January 28 with Colonel Abdul Razzik, a controversial commander of the Afghan Border Police (ABP) and the de facto political and security chief of Spin Boldak. Ra [...] | 2010-02-03 05:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM PREL AF |
| 10KABUL433 | AVIPA PLUS PROGRESS IN RC-SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary. The visibility of the USAID-funded Afghanistan Vouchers for Increased Production in Agriculture Plus (AVIPA Plus) program is growing in Regional Command-South (RC-South),and we are seeing progress in seven key districts in Helmand and Kandahar provinces. AVIPA Plus is a key s [...] | 2010-02-03 09:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAGR PREL AF |
| 10KABUL436 | AFGHANISTAN’S OUTLOOK ON IRAN: A KARZAI INSIDER’S [...] (S) Summary: President Karzai's Chief of Staff and former Ambassador to Iran, Omar Daudzai, offered the Palace's outlook on Iran's role in Afghanistan. Daudzai suggested that Karzai could provide "an open door" for the United States to engage Iran, at such time as the U.S. may judge this useful. Da [...] | 2010-02-03 13:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL IR AF |
| 10KABUL439 | POLITICAL PARTY DEVELOPMENT IN AFGHANISTAN: KEY TO [...] (U) Summary: Functioning political parties may be critical to Afghanistan's long-term democratic development and stability but they are generally unpopular and misunderstood, prompting most Afghan politicians to avoid affiliation. The USG provides some technical assistance to political parti [...] | 2010-02-04 06:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
| 10KABUL442 | Trans-boundary Water Issues: Slow but Sure Progress [...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) in concert with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is leading an effort to address trans-boundary water rights. While Afghanistan remains reluctant to engage fully with its neighbors on this issue, USG-supported training is imp [...] | 2010-02-04 12:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV EINV EAID PREL AF |
| 10KABUL443 | Trans-boundary Water Issues: Slow but Sure Progress [...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) in concert with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is leading an effort to address trans-boundary water rights. While Afghanistan remains reluctant to engage fully with its neighbors on this issue, USG-supported training is imp [...] | 2010-02-04 12:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV EINV EAID PREL AF |
| 10KABUL454 | AFGHAN BORDER AND TRIBAL AFFAIRS: MINISTER IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Acting Minister for Border and Tribal Affairs, Arsala Jamal, says he is attempting to transform a demoralized and weak ministry into one that will play an important and creative role both in developing the poorer border regions and in encouraging reconciliation and reintegra [...] | 2010-02-06 10:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PCON PBTS PGOV PINR PK AF |
| 10KABUL455 | Afghan United Bank CEO Stresses his Humanitarian Activities [...] (C) Summary: In a February 4 meeting, Haji Mohammed Jan, CEO of Afghan United Bank (AUB) and Naqebullah, Chairman of Afghan United Petroleum, discussed with Ambassador Wayne and Treasury Attache AUB's plans for expansion. Their primary interest, however, was to describe their support for devel [...] | 2010-02-06 14:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PTER KCOR AF |
| 10KABUL463 | BEDLAM AND CORRUPTION PERMEATE CUSTOMS PROCESS AT [...] (C) Summary. On January 28, the Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) for Regional Command ) South (RC-S) met with Deputy Customs Director Sardar Ashraf Weesa, the lead customs officer for Spin Boldak and brother of Kandahar Governor Weesa. Weesa candidly reported a sorry state of affairs and [...] | 2010-02-07 06:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM PREL AF |
| 10KABUL465 | ACTING COMMERCE MINISTER ENDORSES PRIVATE SECTOR AND TRADE [...] (U) Summary: In a January 31 meeting, newly-designated Acting Minister of Commerce and Industries (MoCI) Ghulam Mohammed Aylaqi told Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Ambassador Wayne that the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) is his "highest priorit [...] | 2010-02-07 11:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD PGOV PBTS EINV EIND AF |
| 10KABUL467 | POWERBROKER AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES IN SPIN BOLDAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Spin Boldak District in Kandahar Province and its major border crossing point to Pakistan at Weech-Chaman have become the focus of a number of high profile coalition efforts given the upcoming military operations in Regional Command-South (RC-S). Although there is a high potential [...] | 2010-02-07 12:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM PREL AF |
| 10KABUL47 | ROUND TWO FOR CABINET SWEEPSTAKES UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary: After meeting with his cabinet, advisors and MPs on January 4, President Karzai issued a Presidential decree late in the day calling an extraordinary session of Parliament to finish the task of cabinet confirmation. Parliament Speaker Qanooni presided January 5 over a contentiou [...] | 2010-01-05 14:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF |
| 10KABUL475 | WHITHER BALKH PROVINCE GOVERNOR ATTA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Balkh Governor Usted Mohammad Noor Atta told us that the decision as to whether he stays on as Governor of Balkh or moves on to some opposition role lies with him, as well as President Karzai. Atta named Junbesh Party Chairman Sayed Noorullah as his most likely replacement, shoul [...] | 2010-02-08 04:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID AF |
| 10KABUL476 | Energy Minister Provides Update on Electricity Sector [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, met with Acting Minister of Energy and Water (MEW) Ismail Khan on February 6 to discuss cooperation in Afghanistan's energy sector and to strategize on a path forward that would improve elec [...] | 2010-02-08 05:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG EINV AF |
| 10KABUL479 | Preparing U.S. Military Ag Programs for Civilian [...] (U) Summary: At a CENTCOM-initiated and sponsored January 29-31 workshop, military and civilian representatives developed a plan for transitioning assistance from Agribusiness Development Teams (ADT)to civilian expertise over the next several years. Stakeholders from the Embassy, United State [...] | 2010-02-08 13:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV AF |
| 10KABUL482 | AFGHAN PUBLIC PROTECTION FORCE ENROLLS [...] (C/REL) On 21 December the Afghan government placed a charismatic former mujahideen commander, Ghulam Mohammed Hotak, in charge of the Ministry of Interior,s Afghan Public Protection Program (AP3) in Wardak province, resulting in an influx of volunteers. 2. (C/REL) Ghulam Mohammed and hi [...] | 2010-02-08 14:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MCAP AF |
| 10KABUL488 | AFGHANISTAN REPORTS BETTER THAN EXPECTED ANNUAL REVENUES [...] (U) On January 23, 2010, the Deputy Minister of Revenues and Customs, Mr. Gul Sabit, unofficially reported that annual revenues for Afghan fiscal year 2010 are likely to be in excess of the 54.5 billion Afghanis (USD 1.09 billion) target set by the IMF. Estimates from the Ministry of Finance pr [...] | 2010-02-09 05:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAID EFIN PGOV AF |
| 10KABUL490 | CURRENT STATUS AND NEXT STEPS ON AGRICULTURE CREDIT [...] (SBU) Members of the Embassy Interagency Agriculture Team met with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (MAIL) on February 3 to discuss the current status and next steps on addressing the agriculture credit constraints facing the small commercial farmer. MAIL reiterated its [...] | 2010-02-09 08:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ECON SNAR PGOV PINS AF |
| 10KABUL494 | MINISTER OF EDUCATION COMMITS TO CONTINUING STRONG USG [...] (U) Summary: During Ambassador Eikenberry's February 1 courtesy call on recently confirmed Minister of Education, Farooq Wardak, the Minister provided a detailed presentation on Afghanistan's education crisis. The presentation was filled with well-documented statistics on the lack of education [...] | 2010-02-09 08:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ESTH SOCI AF |
| 10KABUL500 | KARZAI DELIGHTED AT SAUDI ARABIA VISIT [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai is "very happy" with his recent trip to Saudi Arabia, according to Karzai Chief of Staff Daudzai and reconciliation advisor Masoom Stanekazai, each of whom described the high-level attention Karzai received from Saudi leaders as a boost for Karzai and GIRoA's sta [...] | 2010-02-09 09:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL AF SA |
| 10KABUL504 | KARZAI COS: NO NATIONALIZATION OF ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai's Chief of Staff Daudzai claimed there is no presidential decree in the works to nationalize the Electoral Complaints Committee (ECC) and that the law remains as it stands to allow for international observers to remain on the ECC. However, we have learned that nat [...] | 2010-02-09 10:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AF PREL |
| 10KABUL509 | DEPARTING WOMEN'S AFFAIRS MINISTER GHAZANFAR SUGGESTS [...] SUMMARY: Departing Women's Affairs Minister Hussan Ban Ghazanfar told Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne on January 5 that her successor's priorities as Minister should include: building inter-ministerial coordination on women's issues (inc [...] | 2010-02-10 06:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KWMN AF |
| 10KABUL538 | Afghan Government Requests Intervention in Contract Dispute [...] (SBU) This is an action request for U.S. Mission to ICAO, U.S. Mission to NATO and FAA. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation (MOTCA) is increasingly agitated by the performance of contractors working for the International Civil Aviation Organi [...] | 2010-02-11 12:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EAID PGOV PREL AF |
| 10KABUL542 | REGIONAL COMMAND EAST -- TALIBAN REINTEGRATION IN [...] (C/REL NATO) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With the express purpose of establishing acceptable dispute mechanisms and connecting the Seyadabad District government to the people of the extremely volatile Tangi Valley in Wardak Province, acting District Sub-Governor (DSG) Hajji Niematullah convened a s [...] | 2010-02-13 07:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS UK AF |
| 10KABUL543 | FULL SUPPORT BY LOCAL SHURA FOR OPERATION MOSHTARAK [...] (C) Summary. On February 11, Helmand Governor Mangal and Minister of Interior Atmar hosted a well-attended shura, consisting of tribal elders from Nad Ali district and neighboring villages, to discuss the upcoming military operations in Marjah (Operation Moshtarak). The elders showed strong [...] | 2010-02-13 09:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF |
| 10KABUL551 | AFGHANISTAN BANKING SECTOR VULNERABILITIES: EXPOSURE TO [...] (C) Summary. The Treasury Attache Office in Afghanistan has met with multiple bank officials, financial sector experts, and a Washington Post reporter in recent weeks to discuss growing rumors that Kabul Bank and Azizi Bank are highly exposed to the Dubai property market. Together, Kabul Bank a [...] | 2010-02-13 13:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AF |
| 10KABUL554 | OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY 13, [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the blessing by President Karzai on the evening of 12 February, the operations in Nad Ali (Operation Moshtarak) started at 0200 on the morning of 13 February. Most of the day's activity took place in the northern half of the district, and although not yet secure, Marja [...] | 2010-02-14 08:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM MOPS PGOV EAID AF |
| 10KABUL564 | Afghan Banking Sector Booms but Concerns Remain about [...] (SBU) Summary: The Treasury Attache Office met with officials from six of the seventeen banks operating in Afghanistan in January to gather views on the health of the sector. These meetings were held with a broad range of formal financial institutions, including large (Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank, [...] | 2010-02-15 05:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON AF |
| 10KABUL566 | EFFECT OF SIV PROGRAM ON LES STAFFING IN MISSION [...] Summary: The Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 allotted 1500 Special Immigrant Visas per annum for Afghan nationals under threat who have worked for the US government for at least one year. In addition to more general immigrant eligibility requirements, applicants must present a letter from [...] | 2010-02-15 06:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT PGOV AF |
| 10KABUL567 | OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY 14, [...] (SBU) Summary. Operations continued on February 14, with the heaviest activity taking place in northern Marjah, but media reports have remained extremely positive about the current status of Operation Moshtarak. Governor Mangal convened a budget conference in Lashkar Gah to develop line-item o [...] | 2010-02-15 09:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF |
| 10KABUL570 | CORRECTED COPY: IDLG DIRECTOR POPAL MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: In the course of a February 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Independent Director of Local Governance (IDLG) Jelani Popal previewed his upcoming visit to Helmand to help finalize preparations for the rollout there of the District Delivery Program (DDP). He indicated he can work [...] | 2010-02-15 10:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
| 10KABUL571 | NEW CIV-MIL EFFORT TO INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR OF CRIMINAL AND [...] (C//REL ISAF) Summary: The first Nexus-Corruption Leadership Board, co-chaired by Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, Ambassador Wayne, and ISAF J2 (Intel),Major General Flynn, met on February 4 to consider possible courses of action ("COAs") that U.S. military and Embassy [...] | 2010-02-15 10:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR PREL EAID AF |
| 10KABUL572 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ALARMED DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Convening a meeting of key ambassadors on February 11, UN SRSG Kai Eide sought counsel on how to avoid a potential stand-off with President Karzai on the issue of appointing international observers to the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC),in light of rumors that Karzai int [...] | 2010-02-15 10:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL AF |
| 10KABUL575 | ATMAR UNDER PRESSURE FOR NEW ANSARI HAWALA CASE [...] (C) In a February 2 courtesy call on Interior Minister Hanif Atmar by visiting Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Gil Kerlikowske, Ambassador Wayne thanked Atmar for his firmness on recent money laundering cases (Ref B). Atmar responded that the January 14 search of [...] | 2010-02-15 12:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KTFN KCOR KCRM SNAR AF |
| 10KABUL576 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HOPEFUL FOR SOLUTION TO [...] (C) Summary: After his cabinet approved on a decree that would strip the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) of all foreign observers, President Karzai is considering UN SRSG's request to allow for two international observers (septel) to be appointed to the ECC, UN SRSG reported to a gatherin [...] | 2010-02-15 16:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PREL |
| 10KABUL582 | OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 15, [...] (SBU) Summary. Operation Moshtarak continued on February 15 in Nad Ali district; however, reports throughout the operational area indicate that the situation was relatively quiet. ISAF Commander, along with Ministers of Defense and Interior, visited the northern Nad Ali area of Showal where t [...] | 2010-02-16 09:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF |
| 10KABUL584 | ABDULLAH REFLECTS ON HIS COALITION, NATIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Former presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah recently shared with the Ambassador his perspectives on the need for independent electoral bodies, the security situation, and the mixed messages the Afghan people are receiving on reconciliation and reintegration. While Abdu [...] | 2010-02-16 10:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
| 10KABUL589 | KANDAHAR: CORRUPTION REFORMS BY THE MASTER OF SPIN? [...] (S) Summary: On February 9, Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) Frank Ruggiero and Regional Command-South (RC-S) Commander Major General Nick Carter (UK) met with Colonel Abdul Razziq, 4th Afghan Border Police (ABP) Director and a well-known powerbroker based in the border town of Spin Bolda [...] | 2010-02-17 05:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM PREL AF |
| 10KABUL590 | OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 16, [...] (SBU) Summary. Operations in Nad Ali District continued on February 16, as ISAF continued to find high numbers of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the operational area. Governor Mangal attended a security shura today to look at Nad Ali security, and he traveled to Camp Bastion to visit [...] | 2010-02-17 06:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF |
| 10KABUL596 | REFORMING USG TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE OFFICE OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mission is developing a new, coordinated approach for providing salary support and technical assistance to key Ministries and offices of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA). We are designing programs to reduce ministerial stove-piping and enhance th [...] | 2010-02-17 12:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PREL AF |
| 10KABUL601 | OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 17, [...] (SBU) Summary. Operations in Nad Ali District continued on February 17 and Governor Mangal paid his first visit to Marjah with ISAF military leadership. High numbers of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) challenge progress in the operational area but the District Stabilization Team (DST) hop [...] | 2010-02-18 09:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF |
| 10KABUL606 | KARZAI AMENABLE TO ECC CHANGE, FOCUSED ON CAPACITY [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai expressed confidence in the ongoing Marja operation in a meeting with General McChrystal and me on February 16. Speaking privately with me afterward, Karzai was receptive to the suggestion that the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) include two international m [...] | 2010-02-18 10:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV AF PREL |
| 10KABUL62 | A TALE OF TWO KABUL MAYORS [...] Summary: (C) President Karzai has appointed a new mayor of Kabul, Engineer Mohammad Yunos Novandish. This follows the December 7, 2009 'mismanagement of authority' conviction and the December 8, 2009 release pending appeal of former Kabul Mayor Abdul Ahad Sahebi (Reftel.) The Novandish appointme [...] | 2010-01-07 13:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | FBI JUS PGOV PINR PREL |
| 10KABUL621 | KARZAI AMENABLE TO ECC CHANGE, FOCUSED ON CAPACITY [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai expressed confidence in the ongoing Marja operation in a meeting with General McChrystal and me on February 16. Speaking privately with me afterward, Karzai was receptive to the suggestion that the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) include two international m [...] | 2010-02-18 13:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV AF PREL |
| 10KABUL637 | CHILD SOLDIERS PREVENTION ACT DEMARCHE POINTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the request (Ref B) to inform our host government of the provisions of the Child Soldier Prevention Act (CSPA) and its impending implementation, Embassy Kabul delivered demarche points to the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and the Ministry of Defense (MOD) to review the prog [...] | 2010-02-21 07:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SOCI KTIP |
| 10KABUL648 | AFGHAN OFFICIAL REPORTS PAKISTAN SEEKS TO LIMIT GOODS [...] (SBU) Afghan Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) Director of International Trade told us February 20 that the Government of Pakistan's Revenue Division has invoked a clause of its 1969 Customs Act which allows it to restrict the transit of 22 categories of goods destined to Afghanistan thr [...] | 2010-02-22 09:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL AF PK |
| 10KABUL657 | FARYAB: A VIEW FROM MAIMANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Governor Shafaq, local Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) leaders, PRT Maimana military and civilian representatives all regard insurgency as the principal challenge facing Faryab province. They express their strongest concerns about Ghormach district, but see the entire "Pa [...] | 2010-02-22 14:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV TU AF |
| 10KABUL664 | Energy Minister Khan Undermines Utility Progress [...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Jalil Shams, CEO of the Afghan national utility DABS, has called for President Karzai's help in maintaining the utility's independence in the face of increasing interference from Acting Minister of Energy and Water Ismail Khan. Dr. Shams tells us that President Karzai was r [...] | 2010-02-23 07:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG SENV AF |
| 10KABUL668 | Treasury A/S Cohen Urges Major Afghan Banks to be more [...] (SBU//NF) In meetings with the heads of Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank and Afghan United Bank on February 11, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing David Cohen expressed optimism that the Afghan banking sector is implementing stronger controls against anti-money laundering and [...] | 2010-02-23 11:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON SNAR KTFN KCOR KCRM PGOV PINS AF |
| 10KABUL67 | MP'S BELIEVE CABINET LIST MAY BE DELAYED, SOME [...] (C) As of January 8 MPs considered it an open question as to whether Karzai will present a complete list of cabinet choices to the National Assembly (NA) on the agreed-upon January 9 date, despite Karzai's call for an extraordinary NA session (reftel). Pro-Karzai MP Khalid Pashtun (Pashtun, [...] | 2010-01-08 08:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
| 10KABUL672 | ELECTIONS, KANDAHAR AND KARZAI [...] (C) Begin Summary. In a frank discussion, Canadian Ambassador Crosbie explained to Ambassador Eikenberry that getting the electoral process right is a bottom-line position for Canada, and said we must be prepared for confrontation with Karzai on this issue, or risk losing credibility among our [...] | 2010-02-23 13:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL MOPS CAN AF PK |
| 10KABUL684 | TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY WOLIN EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF [...] (SBU) During a February 10-11 visit to Kabul, Treasury Deputy Secretary Wolin promoted sound public financial management and governance in meetings with senior Afghan officials, including Central Bank Governor Fitrat and Finance Minister Zakhilwal and in a speech at the American University of A [...] | 2010-02-24 10:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON PGOV KCRP AF |
| 10KABUL688 | PROPOSED AFGHANISTAN DETAINEE MONITORING STRATEGY [...] (U) This cable includes an action request; please see paragraph 10. 2. (S/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: In response to the President's executive order banning torture, the Washington interagency Task Force on Interrogation and Transfer Policies recommended that Embassy Kabul develop a plan to [...] | 2010-02-24 12:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS AF |
| 10KABUL692 | NEW AFGHAN ELECTION LAW DECREE: AREAS OF CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai signed a legislative decree on February 17 with sweeping amendments to the 2005 Electoral Law, using his authority under Article 79 of the Constitution to issue legislative decrees during Parliamentary recess "in case of an immediate need." While some of the decre [...] | 2010-02-24 18:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
| 10KABUL695 | OPERATION MOSHTARAK MOVING TO GOVERNANCE PHASE [...] (C//Rel NATO, ISAF) Summary: Afghan and Coalition Forces carrying out Operation Moshtarak ("Together" in Dari) in Helmand Province are facing stiff challenges, but are on track to bring the "clearance" phase to closure. The Operation's success, however, will be measured in the coming "hold" [...] | 2010-02-25 07:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM MOPS PREL PINS UK CAN AF |
| 10KABUL699 | PRESSING KARZAI FOR ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry and Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone demarched President Karzai and his inner circle on the problems of the final version of the electoral decree February 24-25, stressing the need for an independent Electoral Complaints Commission with international commissioners, p [...] | 2010-02-26 11:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF |
| 10KABUL700 | GIROA STRONGLY CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACK ON KABUL [...] The Afghan government swung into action to publicly and strongly condemn Taliban suicide and car bomb attacks in central Kabul the morning of February 26 that killed at least 13 people and wounded approximately thirty-two. Demonstrating an unprecedented degree of intergovernmental cooperation [...] | 2010-02-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | FBI PREL PTER AF |
| 10KABUL711 | CORRECTED COPY: Treasury A/S Cohen Urges Major Afghan Banks [...] (SBU//NF) In meetings with the heads of Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank and Afghan United Bank on February 11, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing David Cohen strongly encouraged the Afghan banking sector to implement stronger controls against money laundering and terrorist f [...] | 2010-02-28 06:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON SNAR KTFN KCOR KCRM PGOV PINS AF |
| 10KABUL96 | NEW AFGHAN CABINET NOMINEES [...] (C) Summary: The Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga, WJ) received President Karzai's list of 16 cabinet nominations on January 9; there were no repeated names from the last list with a slate primarily comprised of political unknowns. This new list appears to be Karzai's attempt to balance prag [...] | 2010-01-11 13:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF |
| 10KABUL97 | COORDINATING UN AND UK VIEWS ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy has begun discussions with the GIRoA and coordination with UN and UK on policies regarding the 2010 Parliamentary elections. The UN and UK are essentially in line with U.S. views, and the UN plans to lead the dialogue with the GIRoA on a reform agenda. Some differen [...] | 2010-01-12 04:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UNSC AF |
| 10KAMPALA13 | UGANDA: USG SUPPORTED ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVIST THREATENED [...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda (ACCU),Jasper Tumuhimbise, went into hiding in late December after publishing a "Fame and Shame" booklet on government corruption. Funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) anti-corruption threshold program, ACCU's [...] | 2010-01-07 11:36:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM UG |
| 10KAMPALA182 | UGANDA: UPDATE ON IMPACT OF LRA ON CIVILIAN POPULATIONS [...] (U) Summary: This report provides recent statistics on the impact of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) activities on civilian populations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),Central African Republic (CAR),and Sudan keyed to reftel questions. These statistics are compiled from multiple [...] | 2010-01-21 11:39:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS CG UG SU CT |
| 10KAMPALA19 | UGANDA: SECURITY REPORT DETAILS OIL SECTOR CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: A December 17 report by the External Security Organization (ESO),which XXXXXXXXXXXX allegedly forwarded to President Museveni, says Security Minister Amama Mbabazi is "eyeing" a $200 million commission for securing a deal between Heritage Oil and the Italian firm ENI. On January 7, a [...] | 2010-01-13 10:47:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET KCOR UG |
| 10KAMPALA21 | UGANDA: UK CONSIDERING CORRUPTION TRAVEL BANS [...] (C) Summary: The U.K. is considering visa restrictions for senior Ugandan officials guilty of misusing $27 million allocated to the November 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kampala. The British say their primary target is Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa, that recent visa ba [...] | 2010-01-13 14:02:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR KCOR KCRM UG |
| 10KAMPALA274 | FY2008 AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF-HELP FUND REPORT [...] Summary: In FY2008, U.S. Mission Uganda received an allocation of $40,000 for the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Fund (SSH). The Mission supported five projects with FY2008 SSH funding: the restocking of fish ponds, an equipment purchase to support a community-based poultry business, the pur [...] | 2010-02-04 08:20:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KDEM EAID UG |
| 10KAMPALA364 | UGANDA: DOL TDA/TVPRA CHLD LABOR REPORTING [...] The U.S. Mission consulted with the Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development (MGLSD),the Ugandan Police Force (UPF),the Ugandan Human Rights Commission (UHRC),the International Labor Organization (ILO) and several local NGOs to compile this report in response to taskings in reftel. [...] | 2010-02-16 07:50:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI UG |
| 10KAMPALA37 | REPORT OF NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT IN KAMPALA [...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel A that RSO Kampala has received information from Ugandan Police about possible nuclear material (Uranium) currently being transported from Kampala, Uganda to Malindi, Kenya. A Ugandan Police source only known as "Habi [...] | 2010-01-25 09:48:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR PINR UG KE KNNP |
| 10KAMPALA388 | UGANDA: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] The U.S. Mission to Uganda submits the following two project proposals for consideration for the Office of Global Women's Issues (SGWI) Small Grants Initiative. The two projects are listed in priority order for funding. Definition of the Problem: 2. Women and girls in Uganda are m [...] | 2010-02-19 07:44:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN KPAO AID UG |
| 10KAMPALA39 | FOLLOW UP TO 10 KAMPALA 37 REPORT OF NUCLEAR SMUGGLING [...] (SBU) Post is providing follow up information as requested in ref A to 10 Kampala 37 cable submitted 10/25/2010. 2. (S/NF) SUBJECTS name is Habib BURE. BURE's Cell phone number as reported by Ugandan police is +254-714-379-137. 3. (SBU) At the current time there is no furthe [...] | 2010-01-26 07:11:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR PINR UG KE KNNP |
| 10KAMPALA41 | UGANDA'S SHRINKING PRESS FREEDOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 6, the Ugandan Human Rights Network for Journalists (HRNJ) declared 2009 "the worst year" for Ugandan journalists since press restrictions were lifted in the early 1990s. According to HRNJ, 18 journalists were fired during the year due to government pressure and more t [...] | 2010-01-27 10:54:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM UG |
| 10KAMPALA426 | UGANDA: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 13:25:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PREF ELAB SMIG UG |
| 10KAMPALA45 | UGANDA: AMBASSADOR CREDENTIALED; GETS EARFUL ON [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 05:10:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UG |
| 10KAMPALA47 | UGANDA: FOREIGN MINISTER ON DEMOCRACY, HOMOSEXUALITY, AND [...] (C) Summary: On January 21, Ambassador Lanier discussed the congressional reporting requirement for Uganda's presidential elections, the draft anti-homosexuality bill, and allegations of corruption in Uganda's nascent oil sector with Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa. Kutesa inquired about Congressio [...] | 2010-01-28 11:00:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR EPET UG |
| 10KAMPALA5 | UGANDA'S ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT CORRUPTION BUFFET [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda's failure to prosecute corrupt government officials is rapidly eroding donor confidence and local support for President Museveni. New evidence of worsening government corruption appears almost daily in local media, and in broader assessments like the Millennium Challeng [...] | 2010-01-05 09:11:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM UG |
| 10KAMPALA51 | Ugandan Response on Mobilizing Pressure on Iran [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission delivered reftel demarche on January 29 to Ugandan State Minister of Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem. Oryem responded by saying Uganda has been firm in insisting that Iran should only use nuclear power for peaceful purposes, and indicated an openness to additional [...] | 2010-02-03 08:29:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IR UNSC UG |
| 10KAMPALA55 | UNDER SECRETARY OTERO'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero raised U.S. concerns over Uganda's preparations for the 2011 elections and the draft anti-homosexuality bill with the State Minister for International Affairs Henry Okello Oryem on January 29. Oryem rebuffed perceptions [...] | 2010-02-04 14:34:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KGHG SENV ENRG UG |
| 10KAMPALA67 | UGANDA: BY-ELECTION GOES FROM SUCCESS TO SUSPECT [...] (C) Summary: A January 25 by-election in central Uganda underscored concerns about the voter registry and the transparency of polling results in advance of the February 2011 presidential election. Local media and observers described turn out as low, and the Electoral Commission uncovered one in [...] | 2010-02-11 13:22:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UG |
| 10KAMPALA69 | UGANDA: REPORT ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE 2011 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to the Congressional requirement to monitor preparations for Uganda's 2011 elections and actively promote the independence of the Electoral Commission, an accurate and verifiable voter registry, the announcement and posting of results at polling stations, free [...] | 2010-02-11 14:27:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM UG |
| 10KAMPALA7 | UGANDA: DOOR TO DOOR NRM REGISTRATION WORRIES OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) is going door-to-door to see what persons are NRM members, and compare the Electoral Commission's voter registry with the NRM's own findings about party affiliations. Worried constituents called opposition MPs to report that local [...] | 2010-01-05 10:24:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM UG |
| 10KAMPALA73 | UNDER SECRETARY OTERO'S MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS AND GLBT ACTIVISTS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-16 06:54:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM UG |
| 10KAMPALA77 | CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN UGANDA [...] (SBU) Summary: China's economic ties to Uganda continue to accelerate on all fronts making it one of the country's top foreign investors. Already heavily involved in infrastructure projects, China is now attempting to become an even larger player in Uganda's newly discovered oil deposits. Th [...] | 2010-02-17 11:00:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EINT UG CH |
| 10KAMPALA81 | UGANDA: PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT OLARA OTUNNU'S STRATEGY FOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 16, presidential hopeful and former UN Under Secretary Olara Otunnu characterized his December 21 auto accident with the Presidential Guard Brigade as an assassination attempt, and said the U.S. congressional reporting requirement for Uganda's election is a core compone [...] | 2010-02-23 12:34:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM UG |
| 10KAMPALA83 | UGANDA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON KING OF BUGANDA [...] (C) Summary: The leader of Uganda's largest and most powerful ethnic group told the Ambassador on February 18 that Uganda is slipping toward instability. Buganda King Ronald Mutebi II said he is apprehensive about the February 2011 election, and accused President Museveni of trying to dismantle [...] | 2010-02-23 13:38:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM UG |
| 10KAMPALA85 | UGANDA: PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT OLARA OTUNNU'S STRATEGY FOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 16, presidential hopeful and former UN Under Secretary Olara Otunnu characterized his December 21 auto accident with the Presidential Guard Brigade as an assassination attempt, and said the U.S. congressional reporting requirement for Uganda's election is a core compone [...] | 2010-02-23 19:30:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM UG |
| 10KAMPALA91 | UGANDA: PHENYLACETIC ACID DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 13:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC SNAR UG |
| 10KAMPALA93 | UGANDA - IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD DEMARCHE RESPSONE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 13:34:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP MNUC IR PARM EFIN |
| 10KAMPALA95 | UGANDA: ELECTORAL COMMISSION FALLS FLAT, AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party narrowly defeated the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) in a February 15 by-election marred by mismanagement, rain, and a shoot-out involving the Minister of Housing's bodyguard. The FDC attributed its victory to superi [...] | 2010-02-25 14:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM |
| 10KARACHI40 | KARACHI: MQM AND PPP SPAR OVER LAW AND ORDER, LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The debate over the future of local governance in Sindh Province continues without resolution, while the current local government's tenure expired in October 2009. The terrorist attack in Karachi on Ashura, and several recent periods of elevated targeted killings in the city hav [...] | 2010-02-09 10:40:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PK |
| 10KATHMANDU118 | NEPAL: 2009 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Per the reporting requirements noted reftel, Post has an end-use monitoring to report for Calendar Year 2009. 2. BACKGROUND A. EUM Program coordinator: Denver H Fleming III, 977-400-7200, flemingdh@state.gov B. Inventory System: Standard INL-LOA handover forms and state departme [...] | 2010-02-08 10:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN NP |
| 10KATHMANDU128 | NEPAL'S CONSTITUTION DRAFTING MOVES AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's 601-person Constituent Assembly (CA) is making steady progress drafting a new constitution. The CA's eleven thematic committees have submitted reports, and drafting has begun. While the committees reached agreement on many key constitutional provisions, there are at leas [...] | 2010-02-11 12:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NP |
| 10KATHMANDU129 | NEPAL: DISCHARGE OF DISQUALIFIED COMBATANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Maoist army discharged 268 combatants from the last of seven cantonments on February 8, marking a major political step forward in the peace process. The ceremony was attended by members of the diplomatic community, including U.S. Charge Camp, and Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal [...] | 2010-02-11 12:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
| 10KATHMANDU142 | EMBASSY KATHMANDU'S S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Reconciliation: Voices and Experiences of Conflict-Affected Women (Himalayan Human Rights Monitors - HimRights) ---------- Background ---------- The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord in November 2006 brought a formal end to the decade-long armed conflict between Maoist rebels and [...] | 2010-02-18 11:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM NP |
| 10KATHMANDU16 | NEPAL: MAOISTS START DISCHARGING MINORS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a positive step in Nepal's long-stalled peace process, the Maoist party officially discharged 209 "disqualified" combatants from one of the seven main Maoist cantonment sites. Following their discharge by the People's Liberation Army Deputy Commander, UNDP and UNICEF teams [...] | 2010-01-07 11:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
| 10KATHMANDU163 | NEPAL: AIRBUS DEAL IN TROUBLE, EU LOBBIES HARD [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Nepal is unlikely to guarantee the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) loan to purchase two Airbus aircraft, according to Finance Secretary Khanal, essentially killing the deal and reviving Boeing's hopes to sell its aircraft to the NAC. The European Union continu [...] | 2010-02-24 12:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAIR PREL NP |
| 10KATHMANDU38 | NEPAL: SCENESETTER FOR PDAS MOON VISIT [...] (SBU) PDAS Moon, Embassy Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. You are arriving at a particularly critical juncture in the peace process, with "indefinite" Maoist protests still threatened for January 24, despite some welcome progress on unblocking the political process. Pressure building a [...] | 2010-01-14 13:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM MARR NP |
| 10KATHMANDU46 | NEPAL: TWO NEPAL ARMY BATTALIONS ASSISTING IN [...] (U) SCA PDAS Patrick Moon discussed the earthquake in Haiti with Chief of the Army Staff Gurung on January 19. General Gurung reported that Nepal had two battalions serving in the UN Peace Keeping operation, MINUSTAH, in Haiti when the earthquake struck. One soldier was injured and two Nepal [...] | 2010-01-20 12:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON HA KDEM MARR NP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
| 10KATHMANDU58 | NEPAL'S FORESTS MINISTER CONFIRMS BAN ON RHESUS [...] (U) Minister of Forests and Soil Conservation Deepak Bohara has confirmed he ruled current Nepali law prohibits the export of rhesus monkeys, both wild and captive-born. The decision, made public in late August 2009, prevents the National Biomedical Research Center (NBRC) from fulfilling its [...] | 2010-01-22 10:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SENV TBIO PGOV NP |
| 10KATHMANDU62 | NEPAL PM: "CANTONMENTS AND CONSTITUTION LINKED" [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with SCA PDAS Patrick Moon, Prime Minister M.K. Nepal said the peace process and the constitution drafting process were inextricably linked. He asked the international community to support the government's new integration and rehabilitation plan and pres [...] | 2010-01-24 15:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
| 10KATHMANDU63 | NEPAL: MAOIST RESPONSE TO BENCHMARKS PROMISED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Maoist party wants to deepen its engagement with the United States, and is preparing to address the benchmarks for removal from the U.S. terrorism lists, according to United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda". Prachanda told PDAS Moon th [...] | 2010-01-24 15:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
| 10KATHMANDU65 | NEPAL FORMIN OPTIMISTIC ON HIGH-LEVEL MECHANISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recently-announced High-Level Political Mechanism will help solve Nepal's political impasse, according to DeputyPM and FM Sujata Koirala. Koirala told visiting PDAS Moon that the Mechanism, led by her father G.P. Koirala, would focus first on the integration and rehabilitati [...] | 2010-01-25 06:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NP |
| 10KATHMANDU69 | NEPAL: G.P. KOIRALA TOUTS HIGH LEVEL MECHANISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: G.P. Koirala, Nepali Congress party President, acknowledged his health was not good, but committed to wrapping up the peace process and the drafting of the constitution. He asserted the High Level Political Mechanism is "the only way" to accomplish these goals. According to Koi [...] | 2010-01-25 11:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
| 10KATHMANDU72 | SAARC: REGIONAL POLITICS LIMIT POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) lacks clout among its member states, preventing it from reaching its full potential. SAARC has facilitated some regional economic and social cooperation, but has little influence over regional geopolitical issues. Th [...] | 2010-01-26 11:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECIN SAARC IN PK NP |
| 10KATHMANDU74 | CLIMATE CHANGE COULD SEVERELY IMPACT NEPAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Due to its geographic location in the Himalayas, Nepal is likely to be substantially impacted by climate change. During a meeting with leading environmental non-governmental organizations, private citizens, and the Minister of Forests and Soil Conservation, PDAS Moon urged Nep [...] | 2010-01-27 10:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KGHG NP |
| 10KATHMANDU81 | MEDIA REACTION: GATES VISIT TO INDIA, PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 11:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
| 10KATHMANDU84 | NEPAL'S ECONOMY FACES MAJOR CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's economy, already damaged by a decade of civil conflict, faces balance of payments and liquidity problems, a real estate price bubble, slowing remittance growth, and a shaky (and partially unregulated) banking sector. The IMF, central bank and leading bankers do not war [...] | 2010-01-29 08:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON NP |
| 10KHARTOUM101 | French Ambassador Reports Release of Darfur Hostage [...] (SBU) Summary: French Ambassador Nicoloso informed CDA on February 7 that a French aid worker at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),held hostage in Darfur since November, 2009, had been released. End summary. 2. (SBU) French Ambassador Nicoloso told CDA on February 5 that [...] | 2010-02-09 13:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ICRC CD SU |
| 10KHARTOUM102 | SLA/AW INFIGHTING CONTINUES; REBELS FAIL TO TAKE GOLO [...] (SBU) Summary: The January 5 killing of Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) faction Commander Abdalla Bakr (reftel) has led to sporadic infighting within the movement, according to unconfirmed reports out of Jebel Marra. Meanwhile, elements of the SLA/AW faction attacked the Sudan Armed [...] | 2010-01-20 07:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PINR ASEC SU |
| 10KHARTOUM122 | CPA DAY CELEBRATIONS IN YAMBIO [...] Summary: On January 19, the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) and Government of National Unity (GNU) hosted the fifth anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in Yambio, Western Equatoria. Unlike the previous years' celebrations in Malakal and Wau, there were no reports of se [...] | 2010-01-24 08:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
| 10KHARTOUM123 | SE GRATION MEETS HEAD OF CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES [...] (C) Summary: In a February 20 meeting, the Head of the Center for Strategic Studies Sayeed el-Khatib told U.S. Special Envoy Gration and Charge d'Affaires that recent discussions in Juba were fruitful and should help facilitate a planned meeting between Presidents Bashir and Kiir. He said a hig [...] | 2010-02-22 13:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SU |
| 10KHARTOUM125 | SPLM Describes Successes in Negotiations [...] (C) Summary: In a February 21 meeting, Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Vice President Riek Machar told Special Envoy Gration that the SPLM had reached agreement with the NCP for 40 additional seats in the National Assembly for the South, four for South Kordofan and two for Abyei. They had a [...] | 2010-02-22 16:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO SU |
| 10KHARTOUM126 | African Union High Level Implementation Panel for Sudan [...] Summary. Ambassadors and Charges from the P-5 met on January 23 with the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) at the latter's request. AUHIP Chairman Thabo Mbeki presented the panel's proposed action plan for future involvement in Sudan and provided a detailed briefing on wh [...] | 2010-01-24 12:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SU OAU |
| 10KHARTOUM127 | Special Envoy Discusses Election Preparations with DSRG [...] (C) Summary: In a February 20 meeting with Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jasbir Lidder, Special Envoy (SE) Scott Gration said strong United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) leadership is needed to meet current and future challenges, including support for the elec [...] | 2010-02-22 16:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO UN SU |
| 10KHARTOUM129 | (U) Vice President Taha Tells Special Envoy Impasse on [...] (C) Summary: In a February 21 meeting, Second Vice President Ali Osman Taha told Special Envoy Gration that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) parties had resolved the dispute over the census, giving the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) 40 additional seats, as well as an addition [...] | 2010-02-22 16:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KDEM KPKO SU |
| 10KHARTOUM130 | CHADIAN REBELS TEST-FIRE NEWLY RECEIVED HEAVY WEAPONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Chadian rebels test-fired newly received heavy weapons outside the area of Mellit on January 22, according to both UN and rebel sources. No details have emerged where the weapons came from. The incident comes less than two weeks after Chad and Sudan signed agreements to end all s [...] | 2010-01-25 08:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PINR ASEC SU CD |
| 10KHARTOUM133 | KHARTOUM EAC CONVENED TO REVIEW TELEPHONE THREAT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Embassy Khartoum's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on February 28 to review a telephone threat received by the Embassy on Saturday, February 27. The caller warned of an attack against the Embassy and urged personnel to evacuate. RSO and GRPO updated EAC members on t [...] | 2010-02-28 15:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER AEMR SU |
| 10KHARTOUM150 | SPLM ANNOUNCES NOMINATIONS FOR ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: From January 14-20, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Polit-Buro (PB) met to review candidate selections and nominations. While the discussions were reportedly tense at times, the PB has publicly announced their candidates for president, governors and the legislati [...] | 2010-01-28 06:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU |
| 10KHARTOUM158 | DARFUR ELECTIONS UPDATE, PART I: IN NORTH DARFUR'S GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary: North Darfur Wali (Governor) Osman Mohamed Yousif Kibir is seeking to extend his rule as the National Congress Party (NCP) candidate in the upcoming April elections. Though generally unpopular even among his own Berti tribe, Kibir has extensive party resources at his disposal and [...] | 2010-01-31 08:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR SU |
| 10KHARTOUM160 | MISSERIYA BUILDING PERMANENT STRUCTURES IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) In a conversation with Poloff on January 26, Mark Rutgers, United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Head of Office for Sector VI (Abyei),stated that members of the Misseriya tribe are constructing large permanent structures in five separate locations in the Abyei area without required per [...] | 2010-01-31 09:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO MOPS SMIG SU |
| 10KHARTOUM182 | ELECTIONS UPDATE: NCP CONCLUDES NOMINATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 27, the official nomination period for Sudan's April 2010 national elections concluded with a mostly full slate of National Congress Party (NCP) nominees in all twenty five states of the country. Despite this, the NCP chose not to nominate a candidate for the presiden [...] | 2010-02-01 05:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU |
| 10KHARTOUM214 | Sudan: UNMIS SRSG Describes UN Elections Prep in Farewell to [...] Summary: Ashraf Qazi, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative (SRSG) and head of the UN Mission to Sudan (UNMIS),assembled Chiefs of Mission and top aid representatives on February 3 to say goodbye and to preview UN arrangements for the April 2011 elections. Qazi emphasized that th [...] | 2010-02-08 09:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO MOPS SU |
| 10KHARTOUM222 | CONCEPT OF POPULAR CONSULTATIONS TAKING SHAPE [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7 Poloff met with members of the steering committee for the popular consultations of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile, who expressed unity across ethnic and party lines in their goal of taking greater power from the center to benefit their marginalized states. Attende [...] | 2010-02-09 13:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI SU |
| 10KHARTOUM234 | WEST DARFUR HEALTH SITUATION UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Following the March 2009 non-governmental organizations (NGO) expulsions, the West Darfur State Ministry of Health (SMoH) and several national and international NGOs took over affected clinic facilities and continue to provide care. The SMoH has worked considerably to preserve co [...] | 2010-02-11 09:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
| 10KHARTOUM236 | SUDAN: CHINA POISED FOR KEY ROLE IN POST 2011 AGRICULTURE [...] (U) Summary: The People's Republic of China (PRC) is encouraging Chinese private enterprises to invest heavily in Sudan's agriculture sector, Lee "Ali" Wei Zheng, Commercial Officer for the Chinese Embassy, told PolEconOff February 3. Chinese investors currently have ten farms in China, and [...] | 2010-02-11 09:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAGR ECON EFIN EPET SU |
| 10KHARTOUM24 | NEW YEAR'S EVE ATTACKS IN AKOT, ATAR AND MARIAL LAU [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 31, there were three serious attacks in the areas of Atar in Upper Nile State, Akot in Lakes State and Marial Lau in Warrab State. The attacks appear to be unrelated and involve a wide range of actors to include the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and Lam Akol [...] | 2010-01-06 12:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS SU |
| 10KHARTOUM242 | WEST DARFUR HEALTH SITUATION UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Following the March 2009 non-governmental organizations (NGO) expulsions, the West Darfur State Ministry of Health (SMoH) and several national and international NGOs took over affected clinic facilities and continue to provide care. The SMoH has worked considerably to preserve co [...] | 2010-02-11 09:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
| 10KHARTOUM254 | DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE: FIGHTING RESUMES IN JEBEL MARRA [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 10, intense fighting broke out between the Government of Sudan (GOS) and Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) rebels in East Jebel Marra, according to UN and humanitarian sources. The scope of casualties and civilian displacement remains unknown, though the Unit [...] | 2010-02-15 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PINR PREL ASEC SU CD |
| 10KHARTOUM260 | DARFUR ELECTIONS UPDATE, PART II: IN WEST DARFUR, A LAME [...] (SBU) Summary: Abulgasim Imam Al Hajj, the former rebel who was appointed Wali of West Darfur as a reward for signing the Declaration of Commitment (DOC) to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in 2006, has no real constituency and has decided not to run in the April 2010 elections. In the race to [...] | 2010-02-16 08:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM SU |
| 10KHARTOUM296 | SE GRATION MEETING WITH JUBA UN OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting February 18 with U.S. Special Envoy General Scott Gration, UN officials in Juba reported that elections mobilization is underway, food insecurity in the South is on the rise, and the need for additional support and focus on capacity building in the South is acute. [...] | 2010-02-22 08:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
| 10KHARTOUM304 | SE Gration Meets with Senior SPLM Officials [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 17 meeting, senior Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)/ Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) officials told Special Envoy Gration that there had been good, though not perfect, progress in passing outstanding laws central to implementation of the Comprehensive [...] | 2010-02-22 13:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON PINS SU |
| 10KHARTOUM306 | SE Gration Meets with Senior SPLM Officials [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 17 meeting, senior Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)/ Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) officials told Special Envoy Gration that there had been good, though not perfect, progress in passing outstanding laws central to implementation of the Comprehensive [...] | 2010-02-22 13:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON PINS SU |
| 10KHARTOUM316 | Donors Press NEC on Outstanding Issues Threatening to Delay [...] (SBU) Summary: At the February 18 National Elections Commission (NEC) Policy Committee meeting, donors pressed the for answers on a host of issues threatening to delay the April elections, including planning and funding for the transportation of elections materials, clarification on the number [...] | 2010-02-24 09:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU |
| 10KHARTOUM33 | GOSS BUDGET: FISCAL CRISIS OVER BUT CORRUPTION LOOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: There are precious few bright spots in the Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) 2010 draft budget. On the revenue side, the GoSS remains overly reliant on oil, deriving 98 percent of its income from oil transfers. Concerning expenditures, the GoSS, as in the past, plans to sp [...] | 2010-01-08 08:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV KDEM ENRG ECON SU |
| 10KHARTOUM332 | SUDAN: EXPERTS ASSESS MANUFACTURING, SERVICES, BANKING [...] (U) Summary: On February 21, Alwaleed Alatabani, World Bank (WB) Senior Financial Sector Specialist told PolEconOffs at a Donor Economic Forum meeting that Sudan's high cost of loans and over-reliance on collateral-based lending have stifled business growth. In addition, corruption, non-perfo [...] | 2010-02-25 15:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG SOCI ECPS EIND SU |
| 10KHARTOUM336 | DARFUR: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN JEBEL MARRA [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between members of the armed opposition group Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Jebel Marra, an area transecting all three Darfur states, remains ongoing and has extended to the SLA/AW stronghold of Deribat, according to h [...] | 2010-02-26 12:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
| 10KHARTOUM34 | ABYEI CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR FIRED FOR ALLEGED CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Khartoum media reported on January 6 that Abyei Chief Administrator Arop Moyak Monytoc (SPLM),as well as the Abyei Administration's directors of Finance, Agriculture, and Infrastructure, had been fired for alleged corruption. A relatively minor political figure, Deng Arop Kuol (SPLM),C [...] | 2010-01-08 08:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SU |
| 10KHARTOUM35 | ABYEI CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR FIRED FOR ALLEGED CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Khartoum media reported on January 6 that Abyei Chief Administrator Arop Moyak Monytoc (SPLM),as well as the Abyei Administration's directors of Finance, Agriculture, and Infrastructure, had been fired for alleged corruption. A relatively minor political figure, Deng Arop Kuol (SPLM),C [...] | 2010-01-08 08:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SU |
| 10KHARTOUM36 | GOSS BUDGET: FISCAL CRISIS OVER BUT CORRUPTION LOOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: There are precious few bright spots in the Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) 2010 draft budget. On the revenue side, the GoSS remains overly reliant on oil, deriving 98 percent of its income from oil transfers. Concerning expenditures, the GoSS, as in the past, plans to sp [...] | 2010-01-08 08:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV KDEM ENRG ECON SU |
| 10KHARTOUM37 | NATIONAL CONGRESS PARTY WINS CONTROVERSIAL STUDENT UNION [...] (SBU) Summary. University student unions have long been an important part of Sudan's political spectrum because they serve as incubators for future national political party leaders. For the first time since 1997, the National Congress Party (NCP) won the leadership position of the Student Union [...] | 2010-01-10 04:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU |
| 10KHARTOUM55 | CHADIAN REBELS: UNCONFIRMED ALLEGATIONS OF LOOTING AND RAPE [...] (SBU) Summary: Chadian rebel troops have allegedly looted markets in nearly a dozen villages near the area of Al Saiyah in North Darfur, according to local media and Sudanese rebel sources. However, no independent verification is available. A United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UN [...] | 2010-01-11 07:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SU CH |
| 10KHARTOUM64 | TENSIONS FLARE IN JEBEL MARRA AS KEY REBEL COMMANDER KILLED [...] (SBU) Summary: The internal struggle within the Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) rebel faction reignited on January 5, when a prominent commander was killed in an ambush, according to UN and rebel sources. Abdalla Bakr, who had actively advanced the Doha rebel unification process supp [...] | 2010-01-12 10:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS SU |
| 10KHARTOUM65 | Charge's Meeting with UNSRSG Ashraff Qazi [...] (sbu) Summary. Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Whitehead met with United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraff Qazi, the head of the United Nations Mission to Sudan (UNMIS),on January 11. Qazi discussed UNMIS personnel changes, Sudan's upcoming general elections, [...] | 2010-01-13 07:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV PTER KDEM UN SU UG |
| 10KHARTOUM71 | KHARTOUM EAC CONVENED TO REVIEW TERRORISM ISSUES AND VISAS VIPER [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC CVIS PINR PREL PTER SU |
| 10KHARTOUM72 | Port Sudan Union Protest: Harbinger of Election Activism? [...] (SBU) Summary: 250 members of a politically-influential union of dockworkers operating in Port Sudan were arrested during a peaceful demonstration at the offices of Governor (Wali) al-Tahir Ella on 10 January. Union organizers had previously attempted to call a general assembly to discuss spe [...] | 2010-01-13 12:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ELAB EINT SU |
| 10KHARTOUM73 | GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN CONFIRMS SUDAN-CHAD PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. On January 17 Government of Sudan (GOS) Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salah Eddin briefed the Charge on the January 15 agreement between Sudan and Chad to end their proxy war, confirming information conveyed to Embassy Ndjamena by Chadian and UN officials (reftels). Ghazi des [...] | 2010-01-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MARR PHUM PINS LY CD SU |
| 10KHARTOUM74 | GOS AND MEDIA COMPLAIN ABOUT ENHANCED U.S. AVIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Sudan (GOS) officials and state-controlled media have reacted negatively to the news of enhanced airport security screening for U.S.-bound Sudanese nationals. Complaints centered on Sudan's inclusion on the list of countries receiving increased scrutiny by the U.S. [...] | 2010-01-13 13:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR KPAO OIIP PREL PTER SU |
| 10KHARTOUM75 | SUDAN'S COMPREHENSIVE PEACE AGREEMENT AT FIVE YEARS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Five years after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) by the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) the CPA stands at a critical juncture as Sudan moves into its first election since 1986. The peace agreement has hel [...] | 2010-01-21 11:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO MOPS ECON EFIN SU |
| 10KHARTOUM76 | LRA UPDATE AND UNMIS DIRECTED BY DPKO TO RESCUE LRA [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 5, SPLA Director for Military Intelligence Major General John Lat Zakeria briefed us on the movements and whereabouts of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Sudan. He explained that while there had been a presence of LRA in Southern Sudan, the majority of LRA were no [...] | 2010-01-13 14:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS SU |
| 10KHARTOUM78 | SUDAN RESPONSE - EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Both the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the UN African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) require all military personnel and civilian employees to undergo training to recognize, report and prevent sexual exploitation and abuse. According to the UNMIS Conduct and Discipline Unit (CDU) Offi [...] | 2010-01-13 14:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI SU |
| 10KHARTOUM79 | Sudan: Unity Fund Chair on Sanctions Trip, Electoral [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge met January 27 with General Yahia Hussein Babiker, erstwhile Deputy Director of the National Intelligence Service of Sudan and current Secretary General of the Unity Support Fund. Babiker, who joined a delegation to the United States to discuss the ins and outs of the U.S [...] | 2010-01-28 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR EFIN EAID SU |
| 10KHARTOUM87 | NCP: NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE, SEEK FREE AND FAIR ELECTION- [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 28, poloff met with Ibrahim Ghandour, political secretariat chief of the National Congress Party (NCP) and a senior NCP member. According to Ghandour, the NCP never asked the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) to reconsider Yassir Arman's candidacy and talks b [...] | 2010-02-01 11:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KPKO SU |
| 10KHARTOUM89 | UNMIS SRSG Qazi Reportedly Plans to Depart Sudan [...] (sbu) Derek Plumbly, Chairman of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission, on February 1 informed Commission members that he had just met with Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraff Qazi, who has directed the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) since the expulsion o [...] | 2010-02-01 13:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU UN |
| 10KHARTOUM91 | WEST DARFUR WALI PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Abulgasim Imam Al-Haj, the Wali of West Darfur, will leave office in April embittered that the Government of Sudan (GOS) has done little to honor its commitments under the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) of 2006 and the Declaration of Commitment to the DPA of 2007, to which he was a s [...] | 2010-02-03 05:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SU CD ASEC |
| 10KHARTOUM96 | MISSERIYA MIGRATION BECOMING A CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a conversation with Poloff on January 12, Seth Kumi, United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Civil Affairs Chief for Sector VI (Abyei),stated that many Misseriya are collecting in Abyei, unwilling to continue their southern migration. The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPL [...] | 2010-01-18 10:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PBTS KDEM KPKO MOPS SMIG SU |
| 10KHARTOUM99 | SPLM Presidential Advisor on Electoral Dynamics [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 13:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PINS PREL SU |
| 10KIGALI117 | KIGALI GRENADE ATTACKS ADD TO TENSIONS [...] (SBU) On the evening of February 19, three near-simultaneous grenade attacks/explosions occurred in and near downtown Kigali. The attacks targeted a restaurant/supermarket, a multiple-story office building, and the city's main bus/taxi station, killing two individuals and reportedly injuring [...] | 2010-02-22 18:22:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER KCRM PGOV CASC ASEC RW |
| 10KIGALI120 | RWANDA, DRC SIGN REFUGEE REPATRIATION AGREEMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After much deliberation, the governments of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed repatriation agreements at the conclusion of a February 16-17 tripartite meeting with the UNHCR in Kigali to discuss the voluntary repatriation of refugees in the two countrie [...] | 2010-02-23 15:51:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM EAID CG RW |
| 10KIGALI122 | RWANDA EAGER TO TAKE GREATER OWNERSHIP OF FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 4-5 annual meeting with development partners to review progress and efforts to make aid more effective, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) proposed to limit the number of sectors in which each donor country works in order to reduce transaction costs and risks of d [...] | 2010-02-25 08:55:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR EINV SOCI ECON KMCA RW |
| 10KIGALI17 | GRENADE ATTACKS/INCIDENTS IN RWANDA - NO SIGN OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In late December, three hand grenades exploded at bars in Butare, causing some minor injuries. On January 4 and 6, in two separate incidents, children in northeastern Rwanda playing with unexploded grenades they had found accidentally set them off, killing two children and woun [...] | 2010-01-08 13:32:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER KCRM PGOV CASC RW |
| 10KIGALI18 | NATIONAL DIALOGUE: ORDINARY CITIZENS PUSH THEIR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Rwanda's December 10-11 National Dialogue, broadcast via television, radio and streaming internet video to a national and international Rwandan audience, President Kagame criticized sharply several ministers and other officials over mismanaged or ineffective programs in [...] | 2010-01-08 13:40:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER KCRM PGOV CASC RW |
| 10KIGALI34 | HIGH-LEVEL FRENCH, DUTCH AND GERMAN DELEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Over the last five days, senior officials from France, the Netherlands and Germany conducted multi-day visits to Rwanda. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner used his visit to cement diplomatic relations that France and Rwanda officially restored in late 2009. He also prepare [...] | 2010-01-13 16:40:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS RW |
| 10KIGALI41 | RWANDA 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) The Government of Rwanda recognizes the private sector is an essential engine of development and welcomes foreign investment in policy and in practice. As a result of reforms implemented in 2008 and 2009, the World Bank recognized Rwanda as the world,s top reformer in adopting business re [...] | 2010-01-22 07:09:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR RW |
| 10KIGALI54 | RWANDA "FRAGILE" BUT POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Parti Democrate Centriste (PDC) leaders told Emboffs January 6 that while the political situation in Rwanda fifteen years after the genocide remains "fragile," political parties can operate more easily and freely today, and the PDC is considering running as an independent party [...] | 2010-01-27 17:19:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM RW |
| 10KIGALI55 | CHINESE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS RWANDA [...] (SBU) Chinese Vice Foreign Minister for African Affairs Zhai Jun visited Rwanda January 25-27. During his stay, he met with President Kagame, Foreign Minister Mushikiwabo, other senior officials and businessmen. He also visited the main genocide memorial at Gisozi as well as sites outside of [...] | 2010-01-27 17:23:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID CH CG RW |
| 10KIGALI65 | NO EVIDENCE OF CHILD SOLDIER RECRUITMENT FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: G/TIP officer Rachel Yousey, AF/RSA officer Learned Dees and Emboffs met January 21-27 with MONUC, UNHCR, Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegration Commission (RDRC),the Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC),and visited the Muhazi Rehabilitation Center for former child soldiers [...] | 2010-02-02 17:05:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP PHUM PREF PGOV PREL MARR MOPS CG RW |
| 10KIGALI75 | POLICE ARREST PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL INGABIRE'S AIDE [...] (SBU) Police on February 6 arrested Joseph Ntawangundi, an aide to would-be presidential candidate Victoire Ingabire, on charges that a gacaca court in 2007 tried and convicted him in absentia for genocide-related crimes. Ingabire's camp shortly afterward released a press statement, claiming [...] | 2010-02-09 08:25:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PHUM PINS RW |
| 10KIGALI76 | INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER AWAITS VERDICT IN DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Editor and journalist Didas Gasana and journalist Richard Kayigamba of the independent Kinyarwanda-language weekly newspaper Umuseso appeared in court January 27 on charges of defamation and invasion of privacy over an article they published alleging an affair between the mayor [...] | 2010-02-09 09:42:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KMCA MCC PHUM KPAO RW |
| 10KINGSTON11 | VISAS VIPER: JANUARY 2010 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 17:24:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC |
| 10KINGSTON118 | Jamaica: 2010 Investment Climate Statement [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 20:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINT EINV ENRG PGOV KTDB KCOR OPIC USTR XL JM |
| 10KINGSTON168 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training on Deployment of Electronic Surveillance Devices with the starting date of 23 February 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Na [...] | 2010-02-04 17:17:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM JM |
| 10KINGSTON176 | Jamaica: 2010 Special 301 Watch List Response [...] (SBU) Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list until it passes a World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS-compliant patent law. The country's trademark and copyright regime meet international standards, and enforcement efforts remain commendable. Progress also [...] | 2010-02-05 13:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL TRSY USTR KIPR XL JM |
| 10KINGSTON178 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to the CID Special Agent Course with the starting date of 19 February 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: Na [...] | 2010-02-05 16:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM JM |
| 10KINGSTON188 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to the Financial Management Course with the starting date of 22 February 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: [...] | 2010-02-08 14:57:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM JM |
| 10KINGSTON190 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to the Builder Class One Advanced Course with the starting date of 22 February 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: [...] | 2010-02-08 15:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM PGOV JM |
| 10KINGSTON192 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to the Information Technology Course with the starting date of 19 February 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: [...] | 2010-02-08 15:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM JM |
| 10KINGSTON196 | Jamaica's Libel Laws: A Chilling Effect on Crime and [...] (U) Jamaica's libel laws have a chilling effect on investigative reporting by the press and hinder the media's ability to bring corruption and criminal activity to light. A duty to inform subjects of media reporting prior to publishing puts the subject of a story on notice and provides them w [...] | 2010-02-08 15:59:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EINV PREL PINR SOCI TRSY OPIC |
| 10KINGSTON206 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to the International Officer Intelligence Course with the starting date of 22 February 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed can [...] | 2010-02-09 21:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM PGOV JM |
| 10KINGSTON242 | S/GWI Project Proposal from Kingston - The Secretary's [...] Kingston is pleased to submit a project proposal entitled "Women Under Threat: A Strategy for Support" from Woman Inc, a non-governmental organization that operates a shelter and help line for women who are victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault. This is for funding under The Secretar [...] | 2010-02-19 12:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY JM |
| 10KINGSTON244 | JAMAICA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Per Reftel, the following is Embassy Kingston's submission of information requested for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report: 2. (SBU) Jamaica's TIP Situation -------------------------------------- A. Sources of information include: Jamaican media; the Governm [...] | 2010-02-19 14:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB XL JM |
| 10KINGSTON260 | JAMAICA: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR CONDEMNS PRISON CONDITIONS, [...] (U) Jamaica's detention facilities are "inhumane" and "reflect a complete disrespect for human dignity," according to Manfred Nowak, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel and Inhuman Treatment. Nowak, who had been invited by the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to as [...] | 2010-02-25 16:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM HURI ECON OFDP OVIP PGOV SCUL SNAR SOCI KCOR |
| 10KINGSTON27 | Jamaica: Fertile Soil for Terrorism? [...] (C) Jamaica has a significant penchant for violence, frequently gang related, and often exported to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Some perpetrators appear to be in search of the sense of security and strength offered by gang membership, or perhaps to fill the void of an a [...] | 2010-02-25 15:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON PTER SOCI EAIR ASEC PREL PINS PINR KISL KCRM |
| 10KINGSTON276 | JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP ACTION [...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered a demarche requesting follow-up on the Goldstone Report to Ms. Pamela Ingleton of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). The demarche was delivered on the afternoon [...] | 2010-02-25 19:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL JM XL |
| 10KINGSTON282 | Jamaican Real Estate: Lower Rates May Lift Market [...] (U) The successful completion of the Jamaican Debt Exchange (JDX) program, combined with the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approving a 27-month Stand-By Arrangement with Jamaica on February 4 for nearly US$1.27 billion to support the country's balance of payments and [...] | 2010-02-26 17:12:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EINV PREL PINR SOCI TRSY OPIC |
| 10KINGSTON3 | VISAS VIPER: DECEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-07 17:21:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC JM |
| 10KINGSTON46 | JAMAICA: POSSIBLE HOST COUNTRY AID TO HAITI; POSSIBLE [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph four. 2. Despite Jamaica's extreme financial difficulties, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) currently are developing courses of action (COAs) to provide up to a company of engineers [...] | 2010-01-13 20:49:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA JM XL |
| 10KINGSTON60 | JAMAICA / HAITI / CARICOM: RESPONSE TO EARTHQUAKE DISASTER [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 16:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT SOCI OVIP EAID |
| 10KINGSTON62 | JAMAICA / HAITI: REQUEST FOR C-130 AIRCRAFT TO TRANSPORT [...] The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) requests a U.S. C-130 aircraft to fly telecommunications hardware and personnel to Haiti in order to restore Digicel cell phone connectivity in Haiti. Embassy understands that a similar request has been made to the Canadian High Commission. According to the Ca [...] | 2010-01-15 18:56:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC CASC MARR ECPS MOPS PREL PINR AMGT SOCI |
| 10KINGSTON74 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Per reftels, Emboff delivered demarche on humanitarian assistance offers for Haiti to Government of Jamaica (GOJ) Minister of Information Daryl Vaz on the morning of January 19. Vaz reported that the Secretary had met briefly with Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Foreign Minister Kenneth [...] | 2010-01-20 13:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA JM XL |
| 10KINGSTON80 | Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Patrol Officers Communication Course with the starting date of 05 February 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed c [...] | 2010-01-22 14:16:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PHUM JM |
| 10KINGSTON82 | JAMAICA: LIKELY TO ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] Per reftel, Charge' delivered points regarding the importance of the Copenhagen Accord in a private meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs, Amb. Vilma McNish, on the afternoon of January 21. 2. Amb. McNish was mo [...] | 2010-01-22 15:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG ENRG JM XL |
| 10KINSHASA100 | FY 2010 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS [...] (U) The FY2010 USG foreign assistance package for the DRC includes funds that are considered assistance for the central government. In addition, the DRC required a waiver in 2009 under Section 7086 (C)(1)of the SFOAA. Post therefore provides the following responses to the questions contained i [...] | 2010-01-28 11:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL CG |
| 10KINSHASA120 | DRC RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND [...] (U) Summary: In response to ref A, below is Post's submission of information on child labor and forced labor for the Department of Labor's Congressional reporting requirements under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (TVPRA) and the Trade and Development Act of 200 [...] | 2010-02-01 12:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI CG |
| 10KINSHASA128 | International donors seek to push GDRC on press freedom [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite international calls (reftels) for the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC) to improve the press climate, little action has been taken, according to members participating in the last meeting of the Groupe Inter-Baileurs M????dias (International Group [...] | 2010-02-02 13:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC KPAO OPRC SCUL SOCI PREL PHUM PINS CG |
| 10KINSHASA17 | Operation Amani Leo: Old Wine in a New Bottle? [...] (C) Summary: Various MONUC officials have underscored that the overriding objective of Operation Amani Leo is civilian protection, although several, including SRSG Alan Doss, cautioned that demands for no collateral damages from a military operation were illusory. The operation, acco [...] | 2010-01-22 14:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UNSC MONUC MOPS PHUM PINR KPKO MARR MASS PREL CG |
| 10KINSHASA176 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DURBIN VISIT TO THE DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) stands at a crossroads in 2010, having registered progress in stabilizing the security situation in the volatile eastern part of the country in 2009, and awaiting local and national elections in 2011. On the security and democratization [...] | 2010-02-10 19:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS MASS MONUC EAID ECON |
| 10KINSHASA19 | EFFECTIVENESS OF THE UN TO COMBAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: An influential Congolese NGO, Voice of the Voiceless, acknowledged that improvements in MONUC's handling of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) cases have occurred in 2009, but more improvements are needed. MONUC's Conduct and Discipline Unit (CDU) report SEA allegations in 20 [...] | 2010-01-22 14:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KPKO KWMN CG |
| 10KINSHASA194 | Chinese Engagement in the DRC and Potential Areas for [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is strong and growing. China's highly visible presence is largely focused on extractive industries, infrastructure and construction projects, including those financed through multilateral development banks (such as the [...] | 2010-02-16 20:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV EMIN SENV PGOV PREL CH CG |
| 10KINSHASA196 | Can Radio Okapi survive after MONUC leaves the Congo? [...] (SBU) Summary: As the United Nations Mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or MONUC, begins internal discussions on its ultimate withdrawal from the Congo, its radio station, Radio Okapi -- which has helped to improve the country's media environment and supported efforts for democr [...] | 2010-02-17 14:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC KPAO OPRC SCUL SOCI PREL PGOV PINS CG |
| 10KINSHASA218 | Cabinet Reshuffle Announced Over Weekend; Impact Still [...] 1. (U) On February 20 President Kabila announced a new cabinet, his third since taking office in December 2006. Also included in the announcement are the names of a new special advisor for security affairs, as well as a new chief of staff. Analysis of the new cabinet's likely impact, [...] | 2010-02-22 11:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON CG |
| 10KINSHASA22 | MIMINCO INVESTMENT DISPUTE STILL SIMMERS [...] (SBU) Summary: MIMINCO local representative Joseph Kabwika reported to Econoff on January 6 that no progress has been made on either GDRC payment of a USD 13 million ICSID settlement to MIMINCO or the expropriation of MIMINCO from its headquarters building in Kinshasa. He requested immediate [...] | 2010-01-08 15:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV KJUS KTFN CG |
| 10KINSHASA23 | MONUC TROOPS ABANDON AID WORKERS, FARDC PILLAGES IDP CAMP [...] (C) Summary: MONUC forces escorting aid workers in a North Kivu IDP camp abandoned their post on January 15 under threat from a rogue FARDC unit that then pillaged the camp. MONUC's Force Commander lodged a protest with the commander of the South African soldiers (RSABATT) involved. The For [...] | 2010-01-25 18:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPKO MONUC MOPS CG |
| 10KINSHASA232 | CODEL DURBIN VISIT TO GOMA, DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: Senators Richard Durbin and Sherrod Brown traveled to Goma, DRC from February 15-16, 2010. The Senators, accompanied by Ms. Connie Schultz (wife of Senator Brown) and four staff members, visited an IDP camp, a hospital specialized in treating victims of sexual violence, and me [...] | 2010-02-23 07:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF ECON CG |
| 10KINSHASA248 | DRC: RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FOR THE TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] (U) This message contains Embassy Kinshasa's responses keyed to questions in reftel on trafficking in persons. THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION 2. (SBU) Begin responses to paragraph 25: --A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on trafficking in persons? What plans are in [...] | 2010-02-24 07:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN KFRD KMCA SMIG ASEC ELAB CG |
| 10KINSHASA25 | CHOD Outlines Military Reform Plans [...] (C) Summary: Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Didier Etumba Longila discussed plans to reform the military during a January 26 briefing to select UNSC ambassadors and senior MONUC officials. The FARDC plans to organize its national defense into three geographical zones headquartered in [...] | 2010-01-28 08:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MCAP PREL KCRS AORC MARR PHUM PINS CG |
| 10KINSHASA250 | DRC/UNHCR/RWANDA TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT: VIEW FROM THE DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Governments of the DRC and Rwanda, and UNHCR signed a long-awaited Tripartite Agreement in Kigali on February 17 providing a framework for the voluntary repatriation of Congolese refugees from Rwanda and Rwandan refugees in Congo. For the Congolese refugees, the agreement [...] | 2010-02-24 10:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV UNHCR PHUM MOPS CG |
| 10KINSHASA252 | CNDP COMPLAINS ABOUT ITS EXCLUSION FROM NEW GDRC [...] (SBU) CNDP President Philippe Gafishi met with Goma-based diplomats (France, EU, Netherlands and Goma poloff) on February 23 to brief them on the GDRC reshuffle (ref C). Gafishi opened by stressing that all parties to the March 23 Agreements must follow the peace process to the end. The CNDP [...] | 2010-02-24 12:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM MOPS PINR CG |
| 10KINSHASA254 | Prime Minister Assures Donors of Progress and Commitment [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito, accompanied by a team of key ministers, assured bilateral and multilateral donors on February 23 of the government of the DRC (GDRC)'s political commitment to and progress towards meeting the triggers required to reach Heavily Indebted Poor Countr [...] | 2010-02-24 15:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV PREL |
| 10KINSHASA256 | CONGOLESE PRESS AND CIVIL SOCIETY REACT POSITIVELY TO U.S. [...] Summary: Following an initial series of logistical challenges, U.S. and Congolese personnel successfully assembled Government of Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) officials, members of civil society and press in Kisangani and Kinshasa for an inaugural ceremony on February 17 commemorating t [...] | 2010-02-24 16:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PGOV CG KPAO |
| 10KINSHASA26 | UNCERTAINTY IN EQUATEUR PROVINCE KEEPS POPULATION ON EDGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The local population in the Dongo region of Equateur Province remains concerned about insecurity. Refugees continue to flee into neighboring Congo-Brazzaville and the Central African Republic (CAR),while the number of IDPs is difficult to ascertain due to on-going insecurity [...] | 2010-01-10 13:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID PGOV PHUM MOPS PINR CG |
| 10KINSHASA260 | "Balkanization" conspiracy theory -- a challenge to PD [...] (SBU) Summary: The term "balkanization" has its own special meaning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it refers to a conspiracy theory that foreign interests seek to divide the DRC into smaller client states in order to facilitate access to the country's vast mineral reserves. M [...] | 2010-02-25 11:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN KPAO OEXC OPRC SCUL SOCI PBTS PREL PGOV PINS CG |
| 10KINSHASA27 | Kabila tells new Belgian foreign minister he wants good [...] (C) Summary: Belgium's DRC ambassador Dominique Struye briefed P-3 ambassadors and others January 23 on the meeting between new Belgian foreign minister Steven Vanackere and President Joseph Kabila on January 19 in Katanga. Struye portrayed Kabila as intent on repairing the DRC's damaged re [...] | 2010-01-28 14:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PNAT EAID MASS SOCI BE CG |
| 10KINSHASA31 | A U.S.-TRAINED INFANTRY BATTALION: CORNERSTONE OF GDRC [...] (C) Summary: The GDRC's recently unveiled three-zone national defense strategy (ref A) places Kisangani as the focal point of one of the zones. A USG effort to construct a training facility in Kisangani to train a professional light infantry battalion appears to be a major cornerstone of dev [...] | 2010-02-02 07:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PGOV PINR PHUM MCAP CG |
| 10KINSHASA33 | 2009 in review: On balance progress prevails, but barely [...] (C) Summary: 2009 did not commence auspiciously for the DRC. The country faced a critical security situation, both internally and with regard to certain neighboring countries; the specter of the global economic crisis threatened financial collapse; and weak political institutions appeared to [...] | 2010-02-02 09:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MOPS MARR PHUM PREF EAID PBTS CG |
| 10KINSHASA39 | Cabinet reshuffle announced February 20: Prime Minister is [...] (C) Summary: Ending a long period of speculation about a cabinet reshuffle, President Kabila announced his new government late Friday, February 19 (ref C). The big winner was Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito who kept his position and received support when Kabila appointed trusted confidants to [...] | 2010-02-26 07:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR PREF PHUM CG |
| 10KINSHASA5 | South African Diplomat Shot [...] (C) Summary: Elements of the Republican Guard shot South African diplomat Maryse Ash early morning December 4, as she departed the GDRC Presidential Compound. She sustained direct and indirect wounds from small-arms fire. Ash was stabilized first in a Kinshasa hospital, then evacuated on De [...] | 2010-01-12 08:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL OFDP CG |
| 10KINSHASA58 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS [...] In response to reftel, the DCM met January 19 with Louise Mayuma Kasende, President Kabila's deputy chief of staff with specific responsibility for political, administrative and legal issues. (Note: President Kabila and his chief of staff are away from Kinshasa with date of return unce [...] | 2010-01-20 08:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV CG |
| 10KINSHASA66 | HIV/AIDS IN THE DRC: AN EVOLVING EPIDEMIC [...] Background note: Embassy Kinshasa recently completed a Partnership Framework with the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and hired a full-time PEPFAR coordinator. This message provides general information about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the DRC. It has been cleared by all PE [...] | 2010-01-21 17:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO CDC AID KHIV SOCI EAID PREL CG |
| 10KINSHASA68 | CONGOLESE PRESS GENERALLY POSITIVE ABOUT INTERNATIONAL [...] Kinshasa local press reporting has focused on reports of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (GDRC) pledge to contribute $2.5 million dollars in emergency assistance. Pro-government and independent papers have reacted positively to this decision, and have argued, despite cr [...] | 2010-01-21 19:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL HA CG KPAO ECON |
| 10KINSHASA78 | BELGIAN FORMIN IN GOMA [...] Following his visit to Kinshasa, Belgian Foreign Minister Steven Vanackere visited Goma January 20-21. He was accompanied by Africa Director (and former Ambassador to Congo) Renier Nijskens, Ambassador Struye de Swielande, and other officials to a breakfast meeting with diplomats based in Go [...] | 2010-01-22 21:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV BE CG |
| 10KINSHASA86 | New Congolese press law signed but not yet on the books [...] (SBU) Summary: President Kabila signed a new law on December 31, 2009, regulating the media and press in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The law establishes a new media regulatory body named the Conseil Sup????rieur de l'Audiovisuel et de la Communication (Governing Council of Br [...] | 2010-01-25 15:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OPRC KPAO KWMN SCUL SOCI PREL PGOV PHUM PINS CG |
| 10KINSHASA88 | DRC MAKES PROGRESS TOWARDS EITI VALIDATION [...] Summary: In 2008, the DRC became a candidate country for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),a multi-stakeholder effort to increase transparency in transactions between governments and companies in the extractive industries (reftel). In order to be declared or "validate [...] | 2010-01-25 16:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EMIN ENRG EPET ECON PGOV CG |
| 10KINSHASA9 | SENATE PRESIDENT KENGO'S OUVERTURES TO THE U.S. - WHAT'S THE [...] (C) Summary: Senate President Kengo wa Dondo has unexpectedly approached United States diplomats, in Kinshasa and at the AU in Addis Ababa (reftels),to request assistance in facilitating meetings with senior USG officials during an upcoming trip to Washington. One of the Congo's most astute [...] | 2010-01-20 09:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
| 10KINSHASA92 | DRC: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Per reftel, the following is the text of the Investment Climate Statement for the DRC for 2010. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. (U) The DRC's rich endowment of natural resources, large population size (approximately 68 million) and generally [...] | 2010-01-26 15:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD ECON KTDB OPIC USTR CG |
| 10KOLKATA11 | CONFIRMED OUTBREAK OF AVIAN INFLUENZA H5N1 IN WEST BENGAL [...] (U) On January 14 the Indian central government's High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal confirmed the presence of avian influenza and the H5N1 virus in samples taken from the village of Khargram, West Bengal. The outbreak's epicenter is in the district of Murshidabad located [...] | 2010-01-15 11:16:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN |
| 10KOLKATA24 | BRAZEN MAOIST/NAXAL ATTACK IN WEST BENGAL MAY STRENGTHEN [...] (SBU) On February 15, in one of the most brazen and brutal Maoist/Naxal attacks in West Bengal in more than a decade, a group of alleged Communist Party of India-Maoist supporters killed approximately 24 state police. The attack took place in the remote rural settlement of Silda in West [...] | 2010-02-16 10:46:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CONS IN |
| 10KOLKATA4 | FORMER WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER JYOTI BASU CRITICALLY ILL [...] (U) Former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, the longest serving Chief Minister in India's political history (1977-2000) and a founding member of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M),was hospitalized on January 1 and is in critical condition. National and local political leader [...] | 2010-01-07 12:58:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IN |
| 10KOLONIA12 | ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR THE FEDERATED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-17 03:17:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 10KOLONIA8 | AMBASSADOR PRAHAR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS, MEETS WITH FSM [...] (U) Summary. Peter Alan Prahar became the eighth U.S. Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) after presenting his credentials to FSM President Emanuel Mori. Ambassador Prahar then met separately with President Mori, Secretary for Foreign Affairs Lorin Robert, and Acting Chief [...] | 2010-02-10 05:24:00 | Embassy Kolonia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID FM |
| 10KOROR18 | PALAU'S RESPONSE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT FOLLOW-UP ACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 01:42:00 | Embassy Koror | UNCLASSIFIED | IO PHUM UNGA PS |
| 10KUALALUMPUR10 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY CONGRESSMAN [...] (C) Mr. Congressman, Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia, which comes at a moment of opportunity in U.S.-Malaysia relations. In his nine months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-oriented approach than his predecessor [...] | 2010-01-08 09:41:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON ETRD KDEM MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR103 | MALAYSIA’S NEW ECONOMIC MODEL: ECONOMIC REFORM EFFORTS MAY MEET OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Najib Razak (Najib) introduced a first wave of limited economic reforms (refs A and B) shortly after taking office in April 2009 and has promised more substantial economic reforms designed to improve Malaysia's competitiveness (ref C). To accomplish this, Najib f [...] | 2010-02-19 08:12:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENIV EXIM MY PGOV |
| 10KUALALUMPUR106 | EMPHASIS ON ANWAR CASE SHIFTS FROM COURTROOM TO [...] (SBU) The emphasis of Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial shifted from the courtroom to international reaction, as a host of Malaysian government officials and politicians denounced a February 11 statement by Australian MP's condemning the trial while issuing frank messages to stay out of this interna [...] | 2010-02-19 09:13:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR107 | POWER STRUGGLES IN PERAK: RULING COALITION WORKING HARD TO REGAIN VOTERS' SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Poloff and Pol Specialist visited the politically turbulent state of Perak from February 1-3. Perak is one of five states won by the opposition People's Alliance (PR) coalition in the March 2008 general elections, but through political defections in February 2009 it subsequently reverte [...] | 2010-02-19 09:49:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR108 | CANING OF THREE WOMEN REFLECTS UMNO'S POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 17, Home Minister Hishammuddin announced that three women and four men who had been found guilty of illicit sex under Syariah law had been caned on February 9. The three became the first women to be caned in Malaysia. Caning of women in Malaysia had recently become [...] | 2010-02-19 11:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR11 | OVERNIGHT ATTACKS ON THREE CHURCHES RAISE CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary: A Protestant church was substantially burned by Molotov cocktails, and another Protestant and one Catholic church attacked without damages near Kuala Lumpur in the early morning hours of January 8, amidst heated debate about whether the Catholic Herald should be able to continue [...] | 2010-01-08 09:46:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR116 | MALAYSIA: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE YET TO [...] (U) Embassy delivered the refetel demarche to Malaysia's Road Safety Department's (RSD) Director General Suret Singh. In follow-up conversations, Singh said that he reviewed the information and passed the information request to the legal department, but he did not have any further response. Em [...] | 2010-02-23 00:19:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI ELTN UNDP UNGA MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR117 | MALAYSIA: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE YET TO [...] (U) Embassy delivered the refetel demarche to Malaysia's Road Safety Department's (RSD) Director General Suret Singh. In follow-up conversations, Singh said that he reviewed the information and passed the information request to the legal department, but he did not have any further response. Em [...] | 2010-02-23 00:19:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI ELTN UNDP UNGA MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR12 | MALAYSIA: UPDATE ON F-5 ENGINE SCANDAL [...] (C) Malaysian government officials continue to communicate little information directly to Post regarding the missing F-5 engines (reftels). Most of the information on the scandal to date has come thru the local media, which reported on January 6 that police arrested and charged one Air Force s [...] | 2010-01-10 23:31:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PM PGOV MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR130 | SPECIAL 301 KUALA LUMPUR INPUT [...] (SBU) In 2009 Malaysian IPR enforcement authorities continued to make significant progress in fighting IPR piracy as compared to the previous year. Malaysia also continued its legislative efforts to modernize its copyright laws and come into compliance with various trade commitments, including [...] | 2010-02-25 10:00:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR14 | MALAYSIA: UPDATE ON THE "ALLAH" ISSUE AND CHURCH ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following three separate attacks on churches over the night of January 7-8 (ref A),unknown individuals made another nine attacks on churches and a mosque over the weekend, according to senior police officials at a special briefing for the diplomatic corps on January 11 at the M [...] | 2010-01-11 10:34:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR36 | BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON POST-SHIPMENT END-USE [...] Pursuant to reftel request, Econoff contacted the office of the Principal Assistant Secretary (PAS) for Procurement within the Malaysian Ministry of Defense (MOD) regarding the sale of 48 Detroit diesel engines (model 5063-539H, rated 305 BHP) for armored vehicles. Econoff was referred to PUA [...] | 2010-01-19 08:03:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR37 | MALAYSIA: ISA UPDATE - PETRONAS MOVING AWAY FROM IRAN INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: Post approached the three Malaysian companies listed in Ref A that are reportedly doing business or contemplating doing business in Iran. Petronas told us January 11 that it has no active investments in Iran, no commitment has been made to invest in South Pars Phase 11 and its c [...] | 2010-01-19 09:31:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENIV ETRD ETTC IR KNNP MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR43 | SABAH TRAVEL ALERT: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) In the absence of the Foreign Minister and Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General I Radzi Rahman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested a meeting with the Ambassador on January 18 to discuss the Department's January 15 Travel Alert concerning parts of Sabah, Malaysia. Radzi sai [...] | 2010-01-20 09:00:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | CT MY PGOV KTIP CASC |
| 10KUALALUMPUR44 | MALAYSIA: GOM ON HAITI ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered reftel demarches regarding Malaysia's humanitarian assistance offers for Haiti and information regarding Haiti air traffic on January 19 to Principal Assistant Secretary Muhammad Radzi Jamaludin, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, U.S. desk officer and Assistant Secretary for [...] | 2010-01-20 09:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL CASC HA MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR49 | MALAYSIA: MFA VIEWS ON NON-PRO, IAEA, AND EXPORT CONTROL LAW [...] (S) The DCM met with MFA Deputy Secretary General Zainol Abidin Omar on January 15 to convey Ref A talking points and to discuss a range of other counter-proliferation and export control-related issues (refs A and B). Referencing special information that was provided to the GOM in early-Novemb [...] | 2010-01-21 08:54:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC PGOV IR MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR58 | MALAYSIA: MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS UPDATE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Raja Azahar, Senior Deputy Secretary General in the Ministry of Home Affairs, told the DCM during a January 14 meeting that the GOM was pleased with its efforts combating sexual exploitation trafficking but still had room for improvement in combating labor trafficking. He expla [...] | 2010-01-27 07:54:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR59 | MALAYSIA: SKS VENTURES EXPLAINS ITS IRAN INVESTMENTS [...] (C) Summary: SKS Ventures (SKS) CEO Abang Iskandar Muas (Iskandar) met with Econoff January 19 to discuss SKS plans to develop the Golshan and Ferdowsi gas fields (G&F) in Iran. Iskandar said that the GOM had initially negotiated the deal with the GOI and handed the project to SKS just prior [...] | 2010-01-27 10:38:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENIV ENRG EPET ETTC IR KNNP MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR6 | TIP: MALAYSIAN DIRECTOR GENERAL OF LABOR SAYS GOM [...] (SBU) Summary: Ismail Abdul Rahim, Director General of Labor in the Ministry of Human Resources, told Polcouns during a December 24 meeting that the GOM had acted to prevent outsourcing companies from fraudulently recruiting workers overseas and was close to reaching an agreement with Indonesi [...] | 2010-01-07 07:57:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR64 | OPPOSITION LEADER ANWAR'S "SODOMY II" TRIAL BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of delay while his defense team submitted motion after motion ranging from a request to see all the evidence to outright dismissal, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's trial for alleged consensual sodomy with a former aide began in the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Febru [...] | 2010-02-03 12:26:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR7 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED -- URGING IRAN TO RELEASE AMCITS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-07 08:41:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IR MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR8 | EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES ADVISOR [...] SUMMARY: (U) This cable covers the period 1-31 Dec 09. - Contraband Team Detection Kits (CT-30) arrive in MY. - Advisor meets with and fields CNBR training requests from Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA). - Invitation to MFA to participate in "Commodities Identification Workshop" re [...] | 2010-01-07 23:35:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR91 | EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES ADVISOR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 23:37:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR92 | COURT DECISION ON STATE POWER PLAY ENDS LEGAL BATTLE, BUT SETS WORRISOME PRECEDENT [...] (SBU) Malaysia's Federal Court, the highest level in Malaysia's judicial system, announced on February 9 that the Sultan of Perak had the legal authority to appoint a new Chief Minister in his state, as he did in February 2009, after concluding that the ruling National Front (BN) coalition com [...] | 2010-02-12 03:53:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR94 | MALAYSIA'S TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Malaysia (GOM) made significant efforts to address the challenges associated with trafficking in persons (TIP) during this reporting period. Malaysia reacted to its placement on Tier Three in the 2009 Report in a constructive and responsible manner. Senior g [...] | 2010-02-12 08:17:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KFRD ASEC |
| 10KUALALUMPUR95 | FIRST WEEK OF ANWAR'S TRIAL -- VICTIM TESTIMONY [...] (SBU) Summary: The first week of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial, which began February 3, featured graphic testimony by former Anwar aide and alleged victim Saiful Bukhari, extensive press coverage in both the government-influenced media and blogosphere, and motions by the defen [...] | 2010-02-12 09:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS MY |
| 10KUALALUMPUR96 | MALAYSIA EXPRESSES INTEREST IN TRANS-PACIFIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy USTR Marantis accompanied by the Ambassador discussed the Trans Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (TPP) and other trade issues in meetings with Malaysia's Minister of International Trade and Industry Mustapa, and several other Ministerial level officials during his v [...] | 2010-02-17 08:52:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD MY |
| 10KUWAIT1 | GTMO RETURNEE FUAD AL-RABIAH RELEASED BY COURT [...] (U) In a page-one special, Kuwaiti daily Arab Times reported on December 30 that recent GTMO detainee Fuad Al-Rabiah, who was handed over to the GOK and returned to Kuwait on December 10, was released by a Kuwaiti court on December 29. The article noted that Al-Rabiah, who was arrested in Afg [...] | 2010-01-04 12:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PINR KDRG KU |
| 10KUWAIT100 | KFAS FORUM BUILDS MOMENTUM FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (U) Econoff attended the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) Perspectives on Energy and Climate Forum from January 18-20, an event cosponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The forum assessed the domestic energy question from both the supply and dema [...] | 2010-02-03 14:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET SENV KU |
| 10KUWAIT102 | GOK WILL NOT ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (C) On January 31st, Econoff followed up on the status of Kuwait's deliberations on associating with the Copenhagen Accord with Captain Ali Al-Haider, the Deputy Director General for Kuwait's Environmental Public Authority (KEPA) (ref B). Al-Haider, the head of Kuwait's interagency climate co [...] | 2010-02-04 11:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KGHG SENV KU |
| 10KUWAIT103 | GOK TO ATTEND MARCH CITES CONFERENCE IN DOHA [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points about the U.S. initiatives for the 15th meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (COP15) taking place March 13-25 in Doha to Captain Ali Al-Haider, Deputy Director General for Kuwait's Environmental Public Authority on January 31st. Al-Haider affirmed [...] | 2010-02-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KU SENV ENRC KSCA CITES AORC UNEP |
| 10KUWAIT105 | U.S. MILITARY FLIES KUWAITI TENTS TO HAITI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) on February 3, three weeks after the Minister of Health approached Ambassador for assistance in sending relief supplies to Haiti, final clearances were received permitting space-available transportation of 300 Kuwait Red Crescent [...] | 2010-02-04 13:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREF YM KU |
| 10KUWAIT106 | KUWAIT SCENE SETTER FOR SCIENCE ENVOY DR. ZERHOUNI [...] (SBU) Ambassador and Mission Kuwait warmly welcome the February 17-18 visit of Science Envoy Elias Zerhouni. Meetings have been requested with the following officials: H.E. Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer, the Minister of Health; Dr. Naji Al-Mutairi, the Director General for the Kuwait Institute for Scient [...] | 2010-02-04 13:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KU SENV |
| 10KUWAIT107 | KUWAIT UNHAPPY OVER PUBLIC "OUTING" ON PATRIOT DEAL [...] (C) Like some of its Arabian Gulf neighbors (ref A),the GoK was embarrassed and chagrined by discussion in a January 31 New York Times article linking plans to deploy defensive missile systems to Kuwait and a number of other Gulf countries to possible Iranian missile attacks. The article co [...] | 2010-02-04 13:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IR KU |
| 10KUWAIT11 | PARLIAMENT GIVES INITIAL APPROVAL TO BILL [...] (C) Kuwait's National Assembly, by a vote of 35-22 (one abstention) on January 6 approved a bill sanctioning the write-off of interest on citizens' consumer loans and rescheduling their debts. (Note: Total consumer loans reached KD 5.2 bn (USD 18 bn) in November 2009. End note.) The GoK str [...] | 2010-01-10 10:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KU |
| 10KUWAIT123 | NEW SUPREME PETROLEUM COUNCIL MEETS -- ROOM FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, one day after its appointment, Kuwait's Supreme Petroleum Council met and reportedly approved a technical services agreement with Shell. The decree appointed the 18 member (8 government, 10 private sector) oil policy making body, which had not met since December [...] | 2010-02-11 05:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PGOV KU |
| 10KUWAIT124 | SUPREME PETROLEUM COUNCIL APPROVES SHELL TSA [...] (U) This contains business proprietary information. 2. (SBU) On February 9, ExxonMobil Kuwait President John Hoholick told Econcouns that he had been learned that Kuwait's newly appointed Supreme Petroleum Council had approved an agreement with Shell to develop the Sabriyah gas field. Acc [...] | 2010-02-11 09:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG KU |
| 10KUWAIT126 | KUWAIT'S 2010 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION: PART 1 [...] (SBU) Part 1 of Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report follows. 2. (SBU) Responses are keyed to paragraphs 25 to 27 of reftel. ================== THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ================== 3. (SBU) Please find below responses to questions i [...] | 2010-02-11 10:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 10KUWAIT127 | KUWAIT'S 2010 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION: PART 2 [...] (SBU) Part 2 of Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report follows. 2. (SBU) Responses are keyed to paragraphs 27 to 30 of reftel. ================== INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS (continued) ================== 3. (SBU) Please find b [...] | 2010-02-11 10:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 10KUWAIT129 | KUWAIT: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador and Mission Kuwait cordially welcome the February 16-18 visit of Deputy Secretary of Treasury Neal S. Wolin. 2. (SBU) Situated at the nexus of Iraq, Iran, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait is a constitutional emirate with a freely-elected -- and rambunctious -- parli [...] | 2010-02-11 13:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PTER KTFN OVIP KU |
| 10KUWAIT13 | GOK STATES NO RECENT ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT ISSUES [...] (SBU) Econoff met with Waleed Al-Sabej, the General Supervisor and Acting Director of Kuwait's Arab League Boycott office on December 30 to discuss recent activities (ref A). Al-Sabej confirmed that he attends the bi-annual Arab Boycott League meetings at the Damascus-headquartered office. H [...] | 2010-01-11 11:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT ECON ETRD KU |
| 10KUWAIT131 | LEAHY REQUEST FOR ABDULRAZAQ ALAWADHI [...] This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2. 2. The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: LAST NAME: ALAWADHI FIRST NAME: ABDULRAZAQ DOB: 2 NOVEMBER 1954 PLACE OF BIRTH: KUWAIT CITY, K [...] | 2010-02-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR MASS KU |
| 10KUWAIT134 | AMBASSADOR PULSES YOUNG KUWAITIS ON THEIR VISIONS [...] (C) Summary. At a February 2 luncheon at the CMR organized around the theme "Youth Vision for Kuwait in 2020," Ambassador pulsed fifteen Kuwaiti youth leaders, ranging from liberal to conservative, on what sort of Kuwait they will seek to create a decade from now. In response to her overture, [...] | 2010-02-15 13:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM KWMN KU |
| 10KUWAIT136 | GOK OFFICIAL: GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT NOT [...] (SBU) On January 28th, Econoff met with Ishaq Abdulkarim, the Finance Ministry's Director of International Economic Co-Operation, about the status of Kuwait's interest in the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). Abdulkarim stated that there had been no updates or any movement on this i [...] | 2010-02-16 05:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT PGOV ECPS KIPR EIND ETRD KU |
| 10KUWAIT137 | MOVING TO THE PRESSURE TRACK ON IRAN: KUWAITIS [...] (U) This is an action message for the Department, please see paragraph X. 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador reviewed February 10 developments in US Iran policy with FM Dr. Shaykh Mohammed Al Sabah, taking the opportunity to note USG concerns about recent high-level Kuwait-Iran exchanges and pr [...] | 2010-02-16 06:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU |
| 10KUWAIT138 | THE PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT: KUWAITI [...] (U) Per reftel request, post has contacted all five of the invitees to the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit. Four of the five participants confirmed their attendance and visa status for the Summit. (Note: Marwan Boodai, the Chairman of Jazeera Airways, who had originally accepted the invit [...] | 2010-02-16 13:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV PGOV KU |
| 10KUWAIT14 | GOK OFFICIAL DISCUSSES INTERNET CENSORSHIP, VOIP [...] (SBU) During a January 4 meeting with Econoff, Nasser Al-Kendari, the Director of the Telephone Monitoring Department in the Ministry of Communications (MoC),discussed internet censorship, the GoK's prohibition on Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) technology, and IPR-related internet issues [...] | 2010-01-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT PGOV ECPS KIPR EIND ETRD KU |
| 10KUWAIT140 | KUWAIT WANTS GREATER CLARITY ON IRAQ DRAW-DOWN [...] (S/NF) Kuwait's new military leadership -- likely with tacit support at the political level -- has increasingly made clear over recent weeks that, with the Iraq war receding into the past and the Iraqi government increasingly capable (and solvent),the large US military presence here is becomi [...] | 2010-02-17 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PARM MARR MASS KU |
| 10KUWAIT142 | KUWAIT INTERIOR MINISTER SOUNDS ALARM ON IRAN; [...] (S/NF) Summary: Interior Minister Jaber Al-Khaled Al Sabah told Ambassador February 16 that he is deeply concerned about Iranian actions, particularly in Yemen with the Houthis. A security hard-liner whose views do not always reflect those of the rest of the GoK, Shaykh Jaber suggested Iran [...] | 2010-02-17 14:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER IR YM KU |
| 10KUWAIT143 | KUWAITI PROSECUTOR WANTS TOUGHER CT LAWS [...] (C) Mubarak Al-Refaie, Head of Kuwait City (Capitol) Prosecution Office told poloff February 11 that Kuwaiti prosecutors are eager to try and convict homegrown terrorism suspects but their efforts are stymied by antiquated CT laws. For the prosecution, he stated, the biggest hindrance to co [...] | 2010-02-18 14:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR PGOV KU |
| 10KUWAIT15 | FEEDBACK REQUESTED ON PENDING AML AMENDEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. US Customs representative and Econoff were invited on January 5th by Ministry of Commerce and Industry Anti-Money Laundering Unit (MoCI) to provide feedback on the pending AML amendment (Ref a). Post appreciates prompt input provided by Customs, Treasury, State/INL, and DoJ t [...] | 2010-01-11 12:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR KTFN KU |
| 10KUWAIT150 | KUWAITI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHAIRMAN ON [...] (SBU) In the context of the Kuwaiti parliamentary passage of a four year $104 billion development plan (including approximately $80 billion in oil sector projects),Ambassador met with Kuwait Chamber of Commerce Chairman Ali Al-Ghanim to discuss potential opportunities for U.S. businesses. Al- [...] | 2010-02-22 07:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ENRG ECON EPET KU |
| 10KUWAIT152 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS [...] (U) On February 2nd, Econoff delivered reftel points about the call for small grants proposals from the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues to Business and Professional Women Organization (BPW) members Maha A. Al-Baghli, the Senior Manager with the Kuwait Asia Holding Company and Maali [...] | 2010-02-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KU |
| 10KUWAIT160 | GOK TO ENCOURAGE YEMEN REFORM AT RIYADH MEETING [...] (C) PolCouns on February 23 raised reftel points concerning the February 27-28 GCC Secretariat meeting in Riyadh on donor coordination in Yemen with Faisal Al-Houli, Counselor in MFA's Arab World Department. Al-Houli responded that the GOK views the upcoming meeting as very important and believes t [...] | 2010-02-23 13:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YM KU |
| 10KUWAIT161 | GOK QUIETLY CONCERNED ABOUT IRANIAN ENRICHMENT [...] PolCouns on February 23 raised ref a points regarding USG policy on Iran's Tehran research reactor with Counselor Rashid Al-Hajiri, MFA's desk officer for Iran. Al-Hajiri offered no substantive response to our points, noting merely that the GOK has been following the issue through its represe [...] | 2010-02-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR KU |
| 10KUWAIT165 | KUWAIT: SPECIAL 301 REPORT 2010 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting on February 10th, Econcouns informed Ahmed Al-Haroun, the Minister of Commerce and Industry (MOCI),and Sheikha Rasha Naief Al-Sabah, the Director for IPR in the MOCI, about the 2010 301 Special Report review process. Due to the delays in passing a TRIPS-compliant C [...] | 2010-02-24 11:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD SENV ECON KU |
| 10KUWAIT166 | VISA REVOCATIONS: KUWAIT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | CMGT CVIS KU |
| 10KUWAIT167 | KUWAIT RATIFIES NEW PRIVATE SECTOR LABOR LAW [...] (U) On February 21, Kuwait's new Private Sector Labor Law entered into force after it was published in the official gazette, having been approved by Amiri decree on February 10 and unanimously passed by the parliament on December 23 (REFS A & B). The law, updating its antiquated 1964 predecesso [...] | 2010-02-24 11:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KTIP KMPI ELAB KU |
| 10KUWAIT168 | MP MOVES TO GRILL OIL/INFORMATION MINISTER [...] (C) Tribal MP Ali Al-Dokbasi filed on February 23 a motion to interpellate Minister of Oil/Information Shaykh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al Sabah on grounds that the government failed to enforce adequately an audio-visual media law in the aftermath of urbanite Mohammed Al-Juwaihel's December 18 [...] | 2010-02-24 11:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV KU |
| 10KUWAIT17 | MISSION KUWAIT'S PARTICIPATION IN THE 34TH ANNUAL BOOK FAIR [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Embassy Kuwait participated in Kuwait's 34th annual book fair, held from October 28 to November 7, 2009 and attended by thousands of book lovers from across the socio-economic and political spectrums, including many groups of school children, from around the Gulf region. The [...] | 2010-01-11 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO ZR |
| 10KUWAIT21 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - KUWAIT 25TH COMMANDO [...] This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2. 2. The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: NAME: Kuwait 25th Commando Brigade SEX: DOB: POB: NATIONALITY: OCCUPATION: PASSPORT: [...] | 2010-01-12 11:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR MASS KU |
| 10KUWAIT22 | GOK STEPS UP ABUSE PROSECUTIONS/TRAINING AHEAD OF [...] (U) Summary: Further to reftel report of a recent landmark court case in which a Kuwaiti national received a 16-year sentence for abuse of a domestic worker, the GoK has continued to demonstrate an increased commitment to prosecuting TIP-related crimes (particularly against foreign domestic w [...] | 2010-01-12 13:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KTIP PHUM ELAB KU |
| 10KUWAIT23 | MFA’S ARAB WORLD DEPARTMENT DISCUSSES ABU MAZEN’S [...] (U) There is an action request in para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The head of MFA's Arab World Department, Ambassador Jassem Mubaraki, told Polcouns January 12 that Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's January 5 - 6 visit to Kuwait and meeting with the Amir was positive, and provided an oppo [...] | 2010-01-12 14:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KU IR YM |
| 10KUWAIT29 | KUWAIT SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 24 JOINT MILITARY [...] (S/NF) Convening in Washington January 24-26, the ninth round of the Joint Military Commission (JMC) -- the first JMC since Spring 2007 -- offers senior DOD and DOS officials an opportunity to pulse GoK senior military officials on possible changes in the military operating environment in Ku [...] | 2010-01-14 11:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR PARM KU |
| 10KUWAIT31 | KUWAITI RESPONSE TO UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided the following identifying data on Abdu Hakim Murad on January 12, 2010 via Diplomatic Note. The GoK has no information about Murad's current place of residence or activity. 2. (SBU) Identifying information Name: [...] | 2010-01-14 13:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL KTFN PTER |
| 10KUWAIT35 | KUWAIT TO PROVIDE RELIEF SUPPLIES TO HAITI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) Key points: -- The Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) will wire USD 800,000 to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies as early as January 19. -- KRCS has already purchased aproximately 100 tons [...] | 2010-01-19 12:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREF PREL YM KU |
| 10KUWAIT36 | TRIPARTITE TALKS: POSITIVE VIBES BUT NOTHING TO [...] (C) Despite continued, laudable efforts by the GoI Ministry of Human Rights to secure progress on recovering the remains of Kuwaiti MIAs -- including formation of an Iraqi interagency coordinating committee -- the lack of tangible progress and the looming June expiry of the Tarasov UN Mandate [...] | 2010-01-19 13:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ KU |
| 10KUWAIT39 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL RAVEN JANUARY 21-22 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Professional Staff Member Erik Raven and delegation to travel to post on Thursday, January 21, 2010 to review issues of U.S. National interest, including examining current operations of the Fifth Fleet and the intelligence, surve [...] | 2010-01-20 11:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU |
| 10KUWAIT4 | SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 7 VISIT OF CODEL MCCONNELL [...] (U) Mission Kuwait warmly welcomes the January 7 visit of CODEL McConnell. Ambassador and country team look forward to providing the CODEL with a classified briefing on January 7. Given the brevity of CODEL's stay in Kuwait, no meetings with GOK officials have been arranged. Kuwait Snapsh [...] | 2010-01-04 14:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON KU |
| 10KUWAIT40 | POST RECEIVED GOK DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) Action request: Post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Office of International Organizations requesting support for the GoK's official application for membership to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) during the Oct. 4-22, 2010 elections [...] | 2010-01-20 12:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT PGOV ECPS KIPR EIND ETRD KU |
| 10KUWAIT42 | KUWAIT RECEIVES IRAQI POLITICAL FIGURES IN RUN-UP [...] (C) Former Iraqi PM Dr. Ibrahim Al-Jaafari held a series of high-level meetings in Kuwait on December 12 and 13 including with the Amir, Parliamentary Speaker, and National Security Bureau (NSB). While the visits were publicly portrayed as focused on building bilateral relations, Al-Jaafari a [...] | 2010-01-20 14:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV KU IZ |
| 10KUWAIT43 | GOK CONSIDERING CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE, [...] (SBU) This is an action request; see Paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) On January 21, A/DCM met with Salem Al-Shebli, First Secretary in the Legal Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to urge the GoK to associate itself with the Copenhagen Accord. Al-Shebli accompanied Kuwaiti Prime Minister [...] | 2010-01-21 12:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV KU |
| 10KUWAIT45 | TREASURY A/S COHEN REQUESTS CONTINUED TF [...] (C) Summary and Key Points. During a series of meetings on January 13 in Kuwait, Treasury A/S Cohen: - Emphasized the Obama administration's commitment to disrupt, dismantle, and eventually defeat Al-Qa'ida to prevent their return to Afghanistan and Pakistan; - Stressed that the Gulf-based financ [...] | 2010-01-24 11:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN PTER PGOV EFIN KU |
| 10KUWAIT49 | GOK AND NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE PLAN [...] (U) On January 20th, Econoff accompanied Kathrin Humphrey, an Associate Program Officer for the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine on a meeting with Hayfaa Almudhaf, the Senior Advisor to the Director General of Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR),to discuss t [...] | 2010-01-25 12:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG EPET KU |
| 10KUWAIT5 | PURSUING REQUEST FOR GOK APPROVAL TO BROADCAST [...] (S/NF) During a December 30 meeting with MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah, Ambassador pursued ref A points concerning USG desire to obtain GOK permission to broadcast into Iran from a soon-to-be completed new transmitter at IBB's Kuwait Transmitting Station. Noting she'd raised this months ago with th [...] | 2010-01-04 14:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL BBG KPAO KU IR |
| 10KUWAIT52 | FOREIGN MINISTER SPEAKS OUT ON ISSUES WITH IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging January 17 interview with Al-Qabas, a leading Kuwaiti Arabic-language daily, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah voiced his thoughts on lingering bilateral issues with Iraq and on Kuwait's relations with Iran. Embassy provides [...] | 2010-01-25 13:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ IR KU |
| 10KUWAIT53 | KUWAIT'S FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND LONDON [...] (C) During a January 25 call on Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah, A/S Feltman, accompanied by the Ambassador, acknowledged strong USG concern about increasing insecurity in Yemen and noted USG intentions to increase security and development assistance the [...] | 2010-01-25 13:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID YM AF KU |
| 10KUWAIT59 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2. 2. The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: MAJOR GENERAL AHMAD Y. A. A. T. ALMULLA (DOB: APR-17-1955, Kuwaiti Passport # 002364366, [...] | 2010-01-26 13:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR MASS KU |
| 10KUWAIT61 | IRANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER LARIJANI COMPLETES [...] (U) Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani completed a two-day visit to Kuwait on January 27 at the invitation of Kuwaiti Parliament speaker Jassem Al-Kharafi, who met Larijani on arrival at Kuwait airport. While Kuwait's press provided only a sketchy outline of the meetings, some ink was de [...] | 2010-01-27 13:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON IR KU |
| 10KUWAIT62 | YEMENI AMBASSADOR TO KUWAIT REJECTS TERRORISM [...] (C) According to press reports, Kuwait State Security recently detained UNSCR 1267 designee Mubarak Al-Bathali after he allegedly offered to "mediate" between the GoY and Al-Qaeda in Yemen. Al-Bathali, a Kuwaiti citizen, reportedly conveyed to Yemeni Ambassador to Kuwait Khalid Al-Shaykh bot [...] | 2010-01-27 13:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINR KU |
| 10KUWAIT79 | KUWAIT INCREASES ASSISTANCE TO HAITI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Summary. On January 28 DCM and Econcouns met with Yousef Al-Merag, Director of Disaster relief for the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS),to discuss the status of GoK,s pending offer of in-kind assistance to Haiti and to thank h [...] | 2010-01-28 14:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREF PREL YM KU |
| 10KUWAIT8 | SBU SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 7 VISIT OF CODEL [...] (U) Mission Kuwait warmly welcomes the January 7 visit of CODEL McConnell. Ambassador and country team look forward to providing the CODEL with a classified briefing on January 7. Given the brevity of CODEL's stay in Kuwait, no meetings with GOK officials have been arranged. Kuwait Snapshot [...] | 2010-01-05 13:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON KU |
| 10KUWAIT83 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW FOR DOD FUNDED TRAINING [...] This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for the following unit and unit commander of the Kuwait Marine Forces, who have been selected to participa [...] | 2010-01-31 06:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR MASS KU |
| 10KUWAIT88 | AMBASSADOR RAISES IRANIAN NUCLEAR CONCERNS WITH [...] (C) Ambassador, during a January 31 luncheon in honor of Tony Blair at the residence of Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah, pulled aside Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah and raised ref A points concerning Iran's nuclear program, continuing USG concerns, and our efforts to addres [...] | 2010-02-01 11:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV UNSC IR KU |
| 10KUWAIT90 | RED CRESCENT TO SEND 1,500 TENTS TO HAITI - TOTAL [...] (U) Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) President Barges Al-Barges told emboffs January 30 that Kuwait had pledged a total of USD 3.5 million, KRCS had already sent USD one million to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC),spent an additional USD 330,000 to purchase [...] | 2010-02-01 12:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREF PREL YM KU |
| 10KUWAIT94 | A/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, MEPP, AND YEMEN [...] (C) Key points: - A/S Feltman noted he'd accompanied Vice President Biden to Iraq, where he continued to encourage political reconciliation. The A/S suggested movement on Chapter VII issues involving Kuwait was more likely following the March elections, but said he had pressed Iraq to name [...] | 2010-02-02 13:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAID KTFN PTER IZ IR YM KU |
| 10KUWAIT95 | KUWAIT TRIES TO DOWNPLAY IMPORTANCE OF VISITS BY [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti officials took pains to downplay the importance of a January 26 - 27 visit by Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and the preceding week's visit by an Iranian economic team. Officials insisted that the Larijani visit had come at the invitation of Kuwait's Parliament [...] | 2010-02-02 14:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EPET ENRG IR KU |
| 10KUWAIT99 | KUWAIT: TERRORISM TRIAL CONTINUES, KSS WITNESS [...] (SBU) In the ongoing trial of the alleged "Arifjan plotters" -- adjourned since December 21 (reftel) -- Kuwait State Security (KSS) investigator Abdulaziz Salem testified in the Court of First Instance February 2 that though conspiracy charges were dismissed earlier, six Kuwaitis had indeed [...] | 2010-02-03 12:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL PINR KU |
| 10KYIV120 | UKRAINE'S "OTHER" SECURITY THREAT - ROMANIA [...] (C) From the perspective of Kyiv, the Ukrainian-Romanian bilateral relationship is surprisingly troubled, with a wide range of irritants both great and small. The most neuralgic issues for Ukrainians are linked to concerns about Romanian irredentism (e.g., issuance of Romanian passports to U [...] | 2010-01-25 15:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EWWT SENV NATO EU UP RO |
| 10KYIV129 | UKRAINE: DEMARCHE ON COPENHAGEN ACCORD DELIVERED [...] (U) The Government of Ukraine (GOU) has no principle objections to associating with the Copenhagen Accord. However, given upcoming Presidential elections, it is uncertain that Ukraine will complete its association by the January 31 deadline. Post delivered reftel talking points to Igor Lupal [...] | 2010-01-26 15:46:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV KGHG ENRG UP |
| 10KYIV178 | INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR [...] (U) Post responded to prior taskings, and does not have information on additional goods for the Ukraine TVPRA list. ---------- TASK 2/TDA ---------- 2A. PREVALENCE AND SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION OF EXPLOITIVE CHILD LABOR --------------------------------- -------------------------------- Â [...] | 2010-02-01 15:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI SIPDIS USAID UP |
| 10KYIV186 | TERNOPIL: FEARS OF FRAUD NOT BORNE OUT IN FIRST [...] (C) During a recent visit to Ternopil Oblast in west-central Ukraine, campaign officials, NGOs and journalists told us that they were concerned about vote buying in the oblast during the presidential elections. PM Yuliya Tymoshenko and Party of Regions candidate Viktor Yanukovych's campaign d [...] | 2010-02-02 16:19:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP |
| 10KYIV191 | POTENTIAL FOR POST ELECTION COURT BATTLES [...] (C) Prime Minister Tymoshenko's continued allegation of fraud in the January 17 first round presidential election, despite the OSCE's assessment that it was, for the most part, free and fair, raises the importance of the appeals process for the February 7 runoff. The Chairmanship of the High [...] | 2010-02-03 15:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 10KYIV193 | UKRAINE'S DEPUTY PM ON MONEY LAUNDERING, [...] (C) Summary. In a broad-ranging discussion with the Ambassador on February 2, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Nemyrya expressed concern about Ukraine being designated as a high-risk country at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary meeting in Abu Dhabi in mid-February. Nemyrya also [...] | 2010-02-05 11:22:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV UP |
| 10KYIV199 | TYMOSHENKO DOES BETTER THAN EXPECTED BUT FALLS [...] (SBU) PM Yuliya Tymoshenko exceeded expectations by narrowing a ten percent post-first round gap with rival Viktor Yanukovych to a surprisingly close 2.86 percent (with 98.8% of the vote counted) in the February 7 presidential runoff. Higher than expected turnout in western Ukraine accounted [...] | 2010-02-08 16:48:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UP |
| 10KYIV208 | TYMOSHENKO SURGE: APPEAL OF "THE LESSER EVIL" [...] (C) The late surge in support for PM Tymoshenko, which made the February 7 second round presidential election results closer than many observers expected, reflected more an anti-Yanukovych vote than a pro-Tymoshenko one. Yanukovych's refusal to debate Tymoshenko, over confidence among his supp [...] | 2010-02-09 19:40:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UP |
| 10KYIV226 | UKRAINE'S 2010 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine suffered one of Europe's worst recessions in 2009, with real GDP declining nearly 15%. The economic slump was prompted by a sharp fall in global demand for steel and chemical products, combined with the global credit crunch and vulnerabilities in the Ukrainian financial [...] | 2010-02-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 10KYIV228 | TYMOSHENKO READIES COURT CHALLENGES; REGIONS [...] (C) PM Tymoshenko, thus far remaining uncharacteristically silent in public, is putting together legal challenges to the February 7 Presidential election result. DPM Nemyria admitted that he did not think the challenges would change the outcome. The Yanukovych camp is negotiating with elemen [...] | 2010-02-10 18:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UP |
| 10KYIV229 | UKRAINE: ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT AGENCY ON COPENHAGEN [...] (SBU) Acting Economic Counselor and Economic Analyst met on February 3 with Igor Lupaltsov, the head of the National Environmental Investment Agency of Ukraine (NEIA),to discuss Ukraine's association with the Copenhagen Accord and deliver talking points per reftel A. Lupaltsov, who headed the [...] | 2010-02-11 08:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KGHG ENRG SENV UP |
| 10KYIV23 | SALE OF UKRAINIAN STEEL GIANT LIKELY TIED TO PUTIN [...] (C) Summary. Rumors have swept through Kyiv over the impending Russian purchase of the indebted Ukrainian steel giant Industrial Union of Donbass (IUD). A group of Kremlin-backed investors, perhaps led by metals magnate Alisher Usmanov and Roman Abramovich-controlled Evraz, have reportedly [...] | 2010-01-06 15:36:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 10KYIV232 | FIRTASH TRIUMPHS OVER TYMOSHENKO ON NADRA [...] (SBU) Summary. Nadra Bank's year-long moratorium on deposit withdrawals ended on February 10, amidst last-ditch negotiations over the bank's future. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) had engaged in talks on February 10 about liquidating Nadra, one of Ukraine's largest private banks, only to [...] | 2010-02-11 12:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 10KYIV234 | UKRAINE: DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING DELIVERED [...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered the distracted driving demarche on January 27 to Oleksiy Illyashenko, Deputy Head of Public Relations and International Affairs at the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior, with the points and questions attached as a non-paper. The Ministry of the Interior did not [...] | 2010-02-12 13:20:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UP |
| 10KYIV246 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM POROSHENKO [...] (C) Foreign Minister Poroshenko embraced President-elect Yanukovych and distanced himself from PM Tymoshenko in a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador. Poroshenko criticized Tymoshenko's unwillingness to concede the election and her denigration of the work of international election observe [...] | 2010-02-17 16:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP |
| 10KYIV295 | UKRAINE: UNHRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche on February 25 to the Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UNHRC, Svitlana Pereverten. On religious and racial intolerance, Ms. Pereverten commented that Ukraine has never and will never support the defamation resolution. The Embassy share [...] | 2010-02-25 15:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN UP |
| 10KYIV64 | CAMPAIGNS PREPARED FOR POST-ELECTION COURT BATTLES [...] (C) Amendments to Ukraine's presidential election law in August 2009 granted the Administrative Courts sole jurisdiction to hear election related cases. However, confusion over who currently heads the High Administrative Court means that this court's role as the final arbiter of election dis [...] | 2010-01-15 11:01:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 10KYIV68 | UKRAINIAN LAND SALE MORATORIUM ENDS, BUT [...] (U) Summary. President Yuschenko vetoed a bill that would have extended the moratorium on the sale of agricultural land through the end of 2011, allowing the ban to expire on January 1, 2010. As in past years, parliament is expected to make a strong push to overturn the veto. However, even [...] | 2010-01-15 13:47:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR UP |
| 10KYIV71 | UKRAINE'S NATIONAL BANK WILL HELP WITH GAS PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Despite the lack of political unity, the National Bank of Ukraine was obliged to help the government make its gas payments to Russia in a timely manner, National Bank Governor Stelmakh told the Ambassador on January 14. During the meeting, Stelmakh also noted that the exchange r [...] | 2010-01-15 16:39:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ENRG EREL PGOV UP |
| 10KYIV72 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FIRST ROUND: YANUKOVYCH [...] (SBU) Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has held on to his ten point lead over PM Yuliya Tymoshenko with almost 99% of votes counted in the January 17 presidential election. Observers have called the election generally free and fair. The OSCE ODIHR mission called the election "high quality," [...] | 2010-01-18 17:53:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UP |
| 10KYIV92 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: TOUGH MATH FOR TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) Runoff candidates Viktor Yanukovych and PM Yuliya Tymoshenko are reaching out to second-tier candidates and their constituencies for support in the February 7 second round of presidential voting, following the January 17 first round. Yanukovych expressed his willingness to incorporate th [...] | 2010-01-19 18:25:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 10LAGOS10 | NIGERIAN WORKERS KILLED AT CHEVRON SITE [...] (SBU) On January 4, two Nigerians working at the construction site of Chevron's Escravos Gas-to-Liquid plant in Delta State were killed by Nigerian security forces following an argument at a checkpoint that "got out of hand," according to Nigerian press reports on January 5. The killings al [...] | 2010-01-07 16:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM NI |
| 10LAGOS13 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Nigeria warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Jane Holl Lute. The following political and economic backdrop provides context for your visit. -------------------------------------- RELATIONSHIP STRESSED BY RECENT EVENTS ---------------- [...] | 2010-01-11 09:51:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS NI |
| 10LAGOS17 | CHEVRON MAKARABA PIPELINE SABOTAGED [...] (C) On January 8 Chevron's Makaraba pipeline in Delta State was sabotaged. The pipeline has supplied the Escravos terminal with 20,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd). Hercules Manager Coleman McDonough says it is not clear if the pipeline was in production or not at the time of the incident. [...] | 2010-01-11 16:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI |
| 10LAGOS29 | CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROVERSY AS SEEN FROM THE SOUTH [...] (C) Nigerian civic activists Tony Uranta, Pat Utomi and Denzil Kentebe warned ConGen Lagos of dire consequences if the current constitutional "crisis" over President Yar'Adua's prolonged absence results in a breach of the constitution and also if the Niger Delta amnesty process continues to l [...] | 2010-01-25 15:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI NI |
| 10LAGOS3 | UPDATE ON KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Kidnapping in Nigeria is increasing in frequency, expanding in scope and changing in character. This seriously under-reported crime may be occurring as frequently as 40 times a week, and targets are increasingly ordinary Nigerians. Incidents are no longer geographically concentrated [...] | 2010-01-04 12:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KCRM ASEC NI |
| 10LAGOS36 | ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHIEF DEFENDS HIS PAST AND [...] (C) Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairperson Professor Maurice Iwu passionately defended his performance as head of Nigeria's electoral body during a January 28 office call by Ambassador and PolOff (note-taker). He also discussed INEC's preparations for the February 2010 A [...] | 2010-01-29 15:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI NI |
| 10LAGOS42 | NIGER DELTA EX-MILITANT COMMANDER PROMISES PATIENCE [...] (S) Okubo Robert, the self-styled founder of the Niger Delta Freedom Fighters and a subordinate of ex-militant leader Government Ekpemupolo ("Tompolo"),told PolOff on January 21 that he had accepted the GON's amnesty because Ijaw leaders convinced him that Yar'Adua was sincere about developi [...] | 2010-02-03 08:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM SOCI NI |
| 10LAGOS44 | NIGERIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION PUSHES SECURITY [...] (C) Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Director General Temisanren Omatseye used a tour of NIMASA's training and operations center in Kirikiri, Lagos on December 22 to highlight current capacity, shortfalls, budget proposals, and strategic plans to the Ambassador and [...] | 2010-02-03 08:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EWWT KCRM MCAP NI |
| 10LAGOS49 | MEND SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCES END OF CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Allegedly speaking for the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),self-identified spokesperson "Jomo Gbomo" announced January 30 the end of MEND's October 25, 2009, cease-fire. Contacts with close ties to the militants claimed that the statement represented the in [...] | 2010-02-04 08:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI KCRM KDEM |
| 10LAGOS5 | THE "PEOPLE'S GOVERNOR" SETS AN EXAMPLE IN [...] (C) Governor Adams Oshiomhole (Action Congress - AC) of Edo State believes that because he was popularly elected he must govern differently from those who owe their positions to "Godfathers." Oshiomhole stressed to PolOff in Benin City on December 7 that he remained free of the need to pay fa [...] | 2010-01-05 13:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM PINR ELAB NI |
| 10LAGOS53 | DEBRIEFING OF CS-07-125859 ON FEBRUARY 1, 2010. [...] THE LAGOS CO DEBRIEFED CS-07-125859 (CS) REGARDING THE ACTIVITIES OF NIGERIAN TRAFFICKERS OPERATING IN SOUTH AMERICA. NIFGERIAN NATIONAL WOLEX AND ASSOCIATES ARE CURRENTLY COORDINATING THE MARITIME AND AIR CARGO SMUGGLING OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF COCAINE FROM SOUTH AMERICA TO WEST AFRI [...] | 2010-02-09 10:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR DEA |
| 10LAHORE18 | PUNJAB AMENDS 2001 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE [...] (C) Summary: The Punjab Assembly passed an amendment on February 4 to replace current district nazims with "administrators" appointed by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif until local elections are held. Meanwhile, the provincial cabinet is discussing a new ordinance that would basically return th [...] | 2010-02-05 08:10:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PK |
| 10LAHORE20 | PUNJAB'S DEFICIT SPENDING POSES CHALLENGES FOR NEXT IMF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An August 2009 deal to finance Punjab province's deficit received sudden attention from the media in January, despite the absence of new issues arising from that deal - yet. The size of Punjab's growing deficit, however, raises concerns about the next review of Pakistan's financ [...] | 2010-02-08 06:20:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
| 10LAHORE25 | ACCUSATIONS OF TORTURE IN DEATH OF ADOLESCENT MAID IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The death of 12-year old girl, allegedly at the hands of her employers, offers a glimpse into the world of child labor in Pakistan. Shazia Masih, who died on January 22, worked for seven months as a servant in the home of a Lahore attorney. The attorney, his wife, son, and sis [...] | 2010-02-13 06:26:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF KWMN PK |
| 10LAHORE26 | LAHORE ARRESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8 Punjab Police held a press conference to announce they had arrested six Pakistani men on suspicion they were planning to attack the Pearl Continental Hotel in Lahore. The men reportedly intended to target U.S. Nationals. The RSO and CG reviewed the current securi [...] | 2010-02-19 13:49:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | ASEC PTER PREL AMGT CASC PK |
| 10LAPAZ102 | TFHA01: La Paz Media Engagement on Haiti [...] (U) Summary. Reporting in Bolivia on the U.S. response to the earthquake in Haiti has been generally balanced in the independent media outlets, while state-run media outlets have focused their coverage on GOB criticism and suspicions of U.S. efforts. Embassy La Paz has taken multiple ste [...] | 2010-01-21 18:51:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL PGOV HA BL |
| 10LAPAZ146 | Authorization to use local courier service for ACS passback [...] Per instructions in 7 FAM 1362, Embassy La Paz requests Department authorization to implement an ACS passback system using a local courier service. Post would like the new system to take effect on February 1, 2010. 2. The Consular Section's non-immigrant (NIV) and immigrant [...] | 2010-01-26 19:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CPAS CASC KFRD BL |
| 10LAPAZ202 | BOLIVIA - response to TDA report on worst forms of child [...] Per reftel B, post submits the following information for the U.S. Department of Labor's Congressional Reporting Requirements related to forced and child labor. 2. Post has no new information relevant to tasking 1: The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2005, Sec [...] | 2010-02-02 12:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PREL BL PGOV EAID |
| 10LAPAZ27 | BOLIVIA: PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION ATTENDS MORALES [...] (C) Summary: Presidential delegation members Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, U/S for Global Affairs Maria Otero, and Charge attended President Evo Morales' traditional and official inauguration ceremonies on January 21 and 22, respectively. The delegation met with FM Choquehuanca (reftel) Januar [...] | 2010-01-27 21:31:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR OVIP ODIP BL |
| 10LAPAZ282 | S/GWI Project Proposal - Bolivia [...] Disseminate the values of gender equality and respect and refocus the culture of machismo among male officers in the Bolivian police force 2. Complete a diagnosis and provide a baseline on the topic of violence and discrimination against policewomen from a male perspective 3 [...] | 2010-02-11 18:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PHUM BL KWMN |
| 10LAPAZ29 | BOLIVIA: NEW LAWS INSTITUTIONALIZE MORALES' CHANGE PROJECT [...] (C) Summary: The GOB is preparing several pieces of legislation to implement the country's new constitution. Judiciary-related laws will "re-found" the country's electoral, supreme, and constitutional courts, and will also define how the now co-equal indigenous and "ordinary" justice systems w [...] | 2010-02-02 18:33:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL |
| 10LAPAZ294 | Bolivia CN Update January 2010 [...] SUMMARY: * Interdiction: Seizures in all categories except solid precursors and cocaine HCl labs declined compared to January 2008. (paras 2-7). * Eradication: The GOB did not undertake eradication operations during the month. (para 8). * [...] | 2010-02-12 22:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR BL KJUS PHUM |
| 10LAPAZ306 | BOLIVIA TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) ANNUAL REPORT [...] (SBU) Embassy La Paz submits the following response to the questions posed in paragraphs 25-35 of the cable guidance (reftel) regarding the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. 25. THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: A. The primary sources for the information contained in this [...] | 2010-02-18 15:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM BL KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PREF SMIG KMCA |
| 10LAPAZ33 | Morales Continues to Attempt to Derail Copenhagen Accord [...] (C) Summary: Declaring the Copenhagen UN climate change summit a failure, Bolivian President Morales announced he will convoke the first "People's World Conference on Climate Change and the Mother Earth" in Cochabamba April 20-22 -- coinciding with Earth Day. The conference's stated objective is to [...] | 2010-02-09 12:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG PREL BL |
| 10LAPAZ35 | BOLIVIAN PROSECUTOR TIES TERROR CASE TO CIA [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian prosecutor investigating a 2009 alleged domestic terrorism plot claims that the perpetrators' leader, Eduardo Rozsa, had been in regular contact with a former CIA employee and kept him informed of the group's activities in Bolivia. The prosecutor's assertion is the first s [...] | 2010-02-09 16:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BL |
| 10LAPAZ37 | CORDIAL FIRST MEETING WITH NEW BOLIVIAN INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The ChargC) met February 4 with new Bolivian Interior Minister Sacha Llorenti for a surprisingly cordial one-hour exchange. Llorenti, a frequent critic of the U.S. and reportedly close to hard-line Vice President Garcia Linera, underscored his interest in working closely with u [...] | 2010-02-10 16:00:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BL |
| 10LAPAZ47 | Bolivia: No major changes predicted in gas industry [...] (U) Summary: Bolivia's natural gas production fell in 2009 due to reduced regional demand, dropping from 40-42 million cubic meters a day (Mm3/d) in 2008 to the current 33 Mm3/d. Natural gas exports also fell as a percentage of the value of total exports, from 45 percent in 2008 to 37 percen [...] | 2010-02-17 16:57:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG EINV PREL PGOV BL |
| 10LAPAZ51 | DEFENSE MINISTRY, MILITARY FACE OFF OVER ARCHIVES OF [...] (C) Summary: After a nine-month standoff, Bolivian military leadership on February 17 again refused to allow a civilian investigator access to archives said to contain information regarding approximately 150 persons "disappeared" during Bolivia's military dictatorship period. Minister of Defen [...] | 2010-02-18 21:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KJUS BL |
| 10LAPAZ53 | BOLIVIA: NEW JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS RELATIVELY DIVERSE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Evo Morales on February 18 announced temporary judicial appointments to fill eighteen vacancies in the Supreme Court, Constitutional Tribunal, and Judicial Council. Most appointees drew praise for their qualifications and judicial independence. Only five are declared [...] | 2010-02-19 22:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL |
| 10LAPAZ55 | EMBASSY LA PAZ CONVENES DEMOCRACY WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge hosted February 12 a meeting of key resident ambassadors and UN High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR) representative Denis Racicot to launch an informal working group on democracy and human rights issues in Bolivia. The group reviewed the Bolivian government's re [...] | 2010-02-19 22:11:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM BL |
| 10LAPAZ57 | The United States Remains Bolivia's 4th Largest Trading [...] SUMMARY. U.S.-Bolivian bilateral trade remains relatively strong, in spite of cancellation of Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) preferences for Bolivia. Overall, preliminary 2009 numbers indicate that Bolivian exports to the United States decreased by 14.5% from 2008, c [...] | 2010-02-23 20:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINT PREL BL |
| 10LAPAZ7 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) Embassy La Paz warmly welcomes the Presidential Delegation headed by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to the January 22 inauguration of Bolivian President Evo Morales for a second term. The U.S. delegation will visit Bolivia as efforts to normalize relations with the Morales government rema [...] | 2010-01-14 21:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR EAID OVIP BL |
| 10LAPAZ72 | BOLIVIA - 2010 Investment Climate Statement [...] In response to reftel, Embassy La Paz submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement. 2. The Bolivian investment climate is undergoing a transformation. In February 2009, the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS)-led government obtained passage of a new constitution which aggressively [...] | 2010-01-13 19:51:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC BL |
| 10LAPAZ90 | Bolivia CN Update December 09 [...] SUMMARY: * Interdiction: Seizures of cocaine HCl and coca leaf declined significantly in 2009 compared to the previous year. Seizures of solid and liquid precursor chemicals, and cocaine recycling and HCl labs rose dramatically. (paras 2-6). * Era [...] | 2010-01-20 13:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR BL KJUS PHUM |
| 10LIBREVILLE23 | GABON: ECONOMIC TRANSPARENCY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Gabon's new President, Ali Bongo Ondimba, announced bold economic reforms upon taking office in October 2009. His ambitious agenda is aimed at jump-starting the country's deteriorating economy and changing the way business is done in Gabon to attract investors. Anti-corruption [...] | 2010-01-14 05:38:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON GB |
| 10LIBREVILLE37 | GABON: FORCED AND CHILD LABOR IN EXPORT PRODUCTS (2010) [...] Per reftel, post provides this response to questions regarding forced and child labor in the production of export products. Post's response to annual child labor reporting requirements follows in septel. Forced, child, and exploitive labor in the production of exports goods is not a signific [...] | 2010-01-25 12:41:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP KCRM PHUM SOCI AID GB |
| 10LIBREVILLE53 | GABON: EXPLOITATIVE CHILD LABOR REPORT FOR THE TRADE AND [...] Per reftel, post provides this response to questions regarding exploitative child labor in the production of products. Post's response to annual child labor reporting requirements follows in septel. Forced, child, and exploitive labor in the production of exports goods is not a significant p [...] | 2010-02-05 06:19:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP KCRM PHUM SOCI AID GB |
| 10LILONGWE108 | MALAWI: SAME-SEX COUPLE TRIAL: DELAY CONTINUES [...] (U) The trial of same-sex couple Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Mojenza remains in recess. The delay is the result of the defense's attorney's apparent inability to continue as council for the couple. A date for the trial to resume has not been set. In a related case, Malawian Peter Sawali [...] | 2010-02-09 15:55:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MI |
| 10LILONGWE126 | MALAWI ASSOCIATES WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD, DISCUSSES CLIMATE [...] Malawi has formally associated with the Copenhagen Accord, while at the same time raising several issues it would like to see addressed before the next Conference of the Parties in Mexico (COP 16). These issues include the target limit for global temperature increase, reporting requireme [...] | 2010-02-12 14:32:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KGHG MI |
| 10LILONGWE128 | TFHA01: MALAWI RICE DONATION TO HAITI [...] This is an action Request, see paragraph 3. 2. In a meeting with Chiefs of Mission and heads of other donor agencies, in which President Mutharika laid out his agenda for his AU Chairmanship (septel),the President reported that the Government of Malawi was committing to donate a total o [...] | 2010-02-12 23:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID HA MI |
| 10LILONGWE130 | MALAWI: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] SUMMARY. The government of Malawi remains engaged in the fight against trafficking but continues to suffer from a lack of resources. Malawi is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficking and the GOM acknowledges that trafficking is a problem. The Ministry of Women and Child Dev [...] | 2010-02-16 17:33:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB EAID KMCA |
| 10LILONGWE148 | MALAWI: SAME-SEX COUPLE TRIAL TO RESUME; ANOTHER ARREST MADE [...] (U) The trial of same-sex couple Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Mojenza is scheduled to resume February 18. Issues surrounding the ability of defense attorney Mauya Msuku to practice before the Blayntyre Magistrate Court were resolved and he will continue as the couple's council. In a separa [...] | 2010-02-17 16:02:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MI |
| 10LILONGWE154 | MALAWI: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] Post nominates the following project in response to the solicitation in reftel. The basis of this project narrative and budget was developed by the Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Malawi. PROJECT SUMMARY: FIGHTING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN MALAWI 2. Gender based violenc [...] | 2010-02-19 11:52:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC MI |
| 10LILONGWE176 | MALAWI: RESPONSE TO US CITES PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 11:16:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP MI |
| 10LILONGWE20 | MALAWI: SAME-SEX COUPLE ARREST UPDATE [...] (C) The trial of a Malawian same-sex couple charged with gross indecency is scheduled to start January 11. International interest in the story is growing. Malawian public reaction to news of the arrest has been extensive and generally supportive of the criminalization of homosexuality, refle [...] | 2010-01-08 10:38:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MI |
| 10LILONGWE21 | MALAWI: GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] Summary: One of the poorest countries in the world and highly vulnerable to food shortages, Malawi is an appropriate target for the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative. The Mission plan is based on three pillars (assistance, direct diplomacy, and public diplomacy),and will engage all U [...] | 2010-01-08 14:32:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV MI |
| 10LILONGWE26 | MALAWI 2009-2010 INCSR PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] Post is pleased to submit the following responses to the request for information contained in reftel. Post's most recent INCSR report dates from 2007. Accordingly, Post has chosen to reply to the reftel questions. Answers are keyed to reftel paragraph numbers. 2. Post contact for the 200 [...] | 2010-01-11 15:36:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR MI |
| 10LILONGWE33 | MALAWI: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The government encourages both domestic and foreign investment in most sectors of the economy without restrictions on ownership, size of investment, source of funds, and destination of final product. There is no government screening of foreign investment in Malawi. Apart from the privatization [...] | 2010-01-14 13:30:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KTDB EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV MI |
| 10LILONGWE34 | MALAWI HIGHLIGHTS - JANUARY 14 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The following is a compilation of recent highlights from the "Warm Heart of Africa." -- SADC Members Urged to Support Mutharika for AU Chair -- Minister for the Disabled Says Devices Needed -- Vice President Banda Unhappy with TV Coverage -- Energy Regulator Recommends Increasi [...] | 2010-01-14 13:54:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV AU MI |
| 10LILONGWE40 | MALAWI: FISCAL TRANSPARENCY GOOD AND GETTING BETTER [...] Summary. Malawi's budget is a matter of public record and fiscal information is available through the Ministry of Finance. U.S. and other donor programs have contributed to improvements in GOM capacity, and to the quality and transparency of the budget process. Although there is still room f [...] | 2010-01-20 16:14:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL AID MI |
| 10LILONGWE48 | MALAWI REQUEST FOR FUNDS FROM THE BUSINESS FACILITATION [...] Summary: This is a request for funds to conduct two programs: to foster increased trade through improving the business climate, and to build small business marketing capacity. Post's priority project is to conduct a training seminar on marketing skills for sixty small businesses mainly run by [...] | 2010-01-22 12:27:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP MI |
| 10LILONGWE53 | MALAWI: THE NEW AU CHAIRMAN OUTLINES HIS PLANS [...] (SBU) New African Union Chairman Bingu wa Mutharika summoned the diplomatic corps and heads of international organizations in Lilongwe to brief them on his plans for the AU. Noting that he had only eleven months left in his AU tenure, Mutharika stated that he plans to be "action oriented." [...] | 2010-02-12 15:17:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID AU KPKO KDEM MI |
| 10LILONGWE55 | MALAWI: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CHINESE ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malawi terminated its relationship with Taiwan and established ties with the People's Republic of China in December 2007. Malawi made the abrupt change in hopes of obtaining significant PRC grant aid (ref A). Apart from a few projects taken over from Taiwan, Chinese assistance ha [...] | 2010-02-17 14:02:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CH MI |
| 10LILONGWE86 | MALAWI: INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR [...] (Reftel 1A) The current TVPRA list shows two goods, Tobacco and Tea, as goods produced in Malawi using forced labor and /or exploitive child labor. In 2009 Post has not found evidence to support the inclusion of additional goods on the TVPRA list. 2. (Reftel 1F) The GoM [...] | 2010-02-01 10:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI MI |
| 10LILONGWE94 | TFHA01: MALAWI: RICE DONATION CONFIRMED [...] Malawi media reported on 25 January that the GOM intends to donate 150 metric tons of rice to Haiti (ref A). 2. GOM Director of Information Chikumbutso Mtumodzi has confirmed to post that the donation will go forward, but provided no details. This is a change from the GOM's [...] | 2010-02-02 17:05:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID HA MI |
| 10LIMA172 | Peru - Investment Climate Statement 2010 [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Lima submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. The Peruvian government seeks to attract investment -- both foreign and domestic -- in nearly all sectors of the economy. The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agr [...] | 2010-01-26 21:44:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC PE |
| 10LIMA203 | New Bagua Protests: The Dog That Didn't Bite [...] (SBU) Summary. Planned February 22 protests organized by indigenous organizations in the Amazon and elsewhere fizzled. Protesters had an expansive list of objectives, from arresting former GOP officials and opposing the Bagua investigative report issued in December (ref A),to banning all min [...] | 2010-02-24 17:20:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI ENRG EMIN PE |
| 10LIMA215 | PRESIDENT ENDS DISCORD OVER SECURITY FORCES' COMPENSATION [...] (C) Summary: Compensation for GOP security forces has always been sensitive issue, given their key role in maintaining public security in a country where potential conflicts abound and state presence is lacking. After several weeks of bitter political wrangling within his administration and [...] | 2010-02-26 15:30:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EFIN SOCI MCAP PE |
| 10LIMA227 | Peru Response: OAS Reform and Mandate for Next Secretary [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 25 to MFA Director for OAS Affairs Carlos Ortega. Ortega expressed interest in USG plans to raise issues of concern at the March 3 Permanent Council meeting, and said he would consult with his colleagues regarding reftel talking points. Post w [...] | 2010-02-26 19:02:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KDEM OAS PE |
| 10LIMA33 | BLOODY BAGUA PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS UNRESOLVED ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: A grisly photo of a missing police officer surrounded by his indigenous captors - widely published in Peruvian media -- has revived deep emotions over what happened during June 5 violence in Peru's Amazon region (refs),and rekindled debate over who is to blame. The picture app [...] | 2010-01-08 17:46:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PTER PGOV PHUM PE |
| 10LIMA67 | Peru's Haiti Assistance [...] Peru has sent three aircraft with humanitarian aid for Haiti. The presidential plane, carrying three cabinet members and the Chief of Peru's Armed Forces Joint Command, in addition to emergency relief aid cargo, landed in Haiti on January 14. Two additional aircraft (a Hercules C-130 and a Bo [...] | 2010-01-22 18:25:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HA PREF EAID ECON PE |
| 10LIMA69 | Bagua Report - No Consensus but a Good Start [...] (C) Summary: After three months of work, the "Special Commission to Investigate and Analyze the Events of Bagua" in late December issued its report describing the causes and events leading up to the June 5, 2009 violence. The document assigns blame broadly - including to the government and [...] | 2010-01-25 20:43:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM PE |
| 10LIMA97 | THE STATE OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN PERU [...] (C) Summary. ... id: 246088 date: 1/28/2010 20:49 refid: 10LIMA97 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 09LIMA1053|09LIMA1561|09LIMA899 header: VZCZCXYZ0000 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0097/01 0282049 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 282049Z JAN 10 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 062 [...] | 2010-01-28 20:49:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PE |
| 10LIMA99 | Peruvian Banking Superintendent Talks about Future of FIU [...] (SBU) Summary: Peru's Superintendent of Banking Felipe outlined his vision for the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) moving forward and discussed his priorities as the new chairman of GAFISUD (spell out first usage) in a January 22 meeting with Emboffs. Accompanied by International Affairs Mana [...] | 2010-01-28 20:52:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EFIN SNAR PE KCRM KTFN |
| 10LISBON12 | PORTUGAL ENVIRONMENT OVERVIEW: MANY POSITIVE STEPS [...] Portugal's environmental programs, managed by the Government of Portugal Environment Agency, have produced impressive results in recent years. Ambitious renewable energy programs should enable Portugal to meet targets for greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Air and water qual [...] | 2010-01-08 15:00:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR KGCC ECON PREL PO |
| 10LISBON15 | PORTUGUESE PARLIAMENT PASSES SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL [...] As anticipated (reftel),on January 8, the Portuguese Parliament passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage while rejecting proposals to allow adoption by same-sex couples and a petition for a public referendum on the issue. The Socialist-sponsored bill was approved after a three-hour debate [...] | 2010-01-11 16:18:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI PO |
| 10LISBON21 | PORTUGAL: ELECTRONIC IDENTITY CARDS RFI DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 11:15:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS PREL PO |
| 10LISBON22 | PORTUGAL'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is Portugal's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement: A. Openness to Foreign Investment Portugal offers a favorable investment climate for foreign capital, both in the near and long term. Its economy has become increasingly diversified and service-based since [...] | 2010-01-14 14:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR PO |
| 10LISBON27 | PORTUGAL: INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED [...] Per Ref A, Poleconoff contacted the Portuguese Ministry of Labor, the International Labor Organization (ILO),and local NGOs to obtain current information on the use of forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods in Portugal. 2. According to Fatima Matos, Coordinato [...] | 2010-01-19 18:21:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID PO |
| 10LISBON30 | PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 10:11:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID PHUM PGOV UN HA PO |
| 10LISBON31 | PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE IN RESPONSE TO HUMANITARIAN [...] On January 19, Poleconoff delivered reftel demarche to Joao Batista, Deputy Director of the Americas Department at the Portuguese MFA, thanking the government for its humanitarian assistance to Haiti and stressing the areas of immediate focus during the initial phase of relief efforts. 2. B [...] | 2010-01-20 11:30:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA PO |
| 10LISBON34 | UPDATE ON TWO FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEES IN [...] (C/NF) On January 20, the Portuguese Immigration and Border Service (SEF),which is administering the resettlement of two former Guantanamo detainees (Syrian nationals Muhammad Khantumani and Moammar Dokhan) who were tranferred to Portugal in August 2009, provided us a status update. 2. (C/ [...] | 2010-01-21 06:25:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER MARR PO |
| 10LISBON40 | PORTUGAL DISAPPOINTED WITH COPENHAGEN, SAYS EU [...] (C) Poleconoff discussed reftel points on January 21 with Fausto Brito e Abreu, advisor on climate change in the Portuguese Ministry of Environment, who said the EU will be submitting this month a combined letter of association for all member states to the UN Framework Convention on Climate C [...] | 2010-01-25 13:06:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | KGHG SENV ENRG PO |
| 10LISBON43 | PORTUGAL: OUTREACH ON LONDON CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 09:28:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF PO |
| 10LISBON45 | PORTUGAL ON CITES COP15 U.S. SPECIES PROPOSALS [...] Poleconoff and Economic Assistant delivered reftel talking points to Ana Zuquete, Joao Loureiro, and Paulo Carmo of the Portuguese Institute for Conservation of Nature and Biodiversity, who will be the Portuguese delegation to CoP15 and share issue responsibilities. Loureiro will lead the de [...] | 2010-01-29 11:57:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV AORC ECON PO |
| 10LISBON47 | PORTUGAL ILZSG, ICSG STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND [...] Per reftel, below are staff lists and extrabudgetary data on the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) and the International Copper Study Group (ICSG). 2. STAFF LISTS -------------- * * * * * ILZSG * * * * * NAME POSITION CITIZENSHIP GRADE Jorge, [...] | 2010-01-29 15:52:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR AORC APER ECON PO |
| 10LISBON52 | PORTUGAL'S POLICY TOWARD IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (U) This message responds to questions in ref A request. 2. (C/REL TO USA, FVEY) Question A: Are decisions on this topic made solely by prime minister Jose Socrates or Foreign Minister Amado, or is there a team of government officials making decisions? If multiple officials are involved in [...] | 2010-02-05 13:08:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ETRD EUN PGOV PREL IR PO |
| 10LISBON53 | U.S.-PORTUGAL SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (U) This message responds to reftel. Answers are keyed to para 3 of reftel. 2. (U) Question A: Does the U.S. currently have an established security dialogue with your country? Answer: The U.S. and Portugal engage in formal discussions that cover the entire bilateral relationship, includi [...] | 2010-02-05 13:09:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PO |
| 10LISBON55 | PORTUGAL: INTEREST ON EXTERNAL BORROWING ON FY2010 [...] Neither the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) nor the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) (both non-deferred organizations) incurred interest costs associated with external borrowings for CY 2010. Per ref A, a written statement to that effect provided by the secretary genera [...] | 2010-02-08 18:34:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AFIN PO |
| 10LISBON58 | PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE ON U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR [...] Emboffs delivered reftel demarche on February 8 to Joao Confraria, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Portuguese Civil Aviation Authority (INAC),and Fernanda Bandarra, Head of the Market Access Department at INAC, urging a realistic and pragmatic approach in the upcoming round of U.S.-EU neg [...] | 2010-02-09 12:53:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EUN KTIA ECON PO |
| 10LISBON64 | PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE ON U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR [...] Emboffs delivered reftel demarche on February 8 to Joao Confraria, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Portuguese Civil Aviation Authority (INAC),and Fernanda Bandarra, Head of the Market Access Department at INAC, urging a realistic and pragmatic approach in the upcoming round of U.S.-EU neg [...] | 2010-02-11 09:19:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EUN KTIA ECON PO |
| 10LISBON65 | ETA SAFEHOUSE FOUND IN PORTUGAL [...] (C) Summary. The February 5 discovery by the Portuguese National Guard Police of an ETA safe house in a town north of Lisbon where significant amounts of explosives and weapons were found has put Portuguese authorities on alert. The two individuals who rented the house disappeared and are on [...] | 2010-02-11 11:37:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM PREL PGOV PO |
| 10LISBON66 | PORTUGAL: ACTION REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 12. 2. (C/NF) Summary: In April 2009, officials of Millennium BCP, Portugal's leading private bank, visited Iran at the invitation of the Iranian Embassy in Lisbon and met with the Central Bank and other entities in the financial sector to discuss Iran's in [...] | 2010-02-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON EFIN EUN PGOV PREL IR PO |
| 10LISBON68 | EU MISSION IN GUINEA-BISSAU: MANDATE RENEWAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Since 2008, an EU mission in Guinea-Bissau (GB) has been playing an important role in reform of the military and the security and justice sectors. Despite initial challenges due to political instability and resistance from the GB military, the low-budget advisory mission has ma [...] | 2010-02-22 13:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PREL PGOV MARR KDEM KJUS PU PO |
| 10LISBON69 | PORTUGAL FLOOD DISASTER DECLARATION [...] This is an action request - please see Paragraph 7. SUMMARY ------- 2. More than a normal month's worth of rain fell within eight hours on February 20, in Funchal, the capital of Madeira, a Portuguese island 1,200 kilometers southwest of Lisbon, causing flash floods and mudslides that kill [...] | 2010-02-22 15:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI PREF PHUM PGOV PO |
| 10LISBON71 | PORTUGAL: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 15:12:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 10LISBON72 | VENEZUELA WITHHOLDS PAYMENT TO PORTUGUESE COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: Portugal signed a series of commercial agreements with Venezuela in 2008 to expand economic cooperation. While the agreements have increased Portuguese investment in Venezuela, Portuguese companies have confronted numerous challenges, including devaluation of the bolivar, delays [...] | 2010-02-22 19:23:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL ENRG EPET VE PO |
| 10LISBON75 | PORTUGAL: INFORMATION-SHARING AND DATA PRIVACY [...] (U) Consul General and Poleconoff delivered reftel points in early February to Goncalo Teles Gomes, Portugal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief for North America, Regina Quelhas de Lima, MFA Director for Justice Affairs in the European Directorate, Joao Manuel Ribeiro, Ministry of Justi [...] | 2010-02-25 07:38:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN KCRM KHLS ECPS ECON PREL KPAO KTIA |
| 10LISBON8 | PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE ON EU ENGAGEMENT WITH CIVIL [...] (C) Per Ref A, Poleconoff met January 6 with Joao Batista, senior Portuguese MFA official on Cuban affairs, to discuss U.S. Cuba policy and Portugal's bilateral relationship with Cuba. Poleconoff briefed Batista on changes in U.S. policy and USINT outreach to civil society, and underscored the [...] | 2010-01-07 11:06:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI CU PO |
| 10LISBON9 | EMBASSY LISBON REPORT ON POTENTIAL YEMENI [...] (S) Embassy Lisbon's Marine Security Guard (MSG) Gunnery Sergeant Russell Boley's previous posting was to the MSG at Embassy Sanaa, Yemen. On 04 January 2010, GySgt Boley received the following email in Lisbon: Begin Text: From: Ralph McDonald (lostcreekflyer@gmail.com) Sent: Monday, Ja [...] | 2010-01-07 11:35:00 | Embassy Lisbon | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR YM PO |
| 10LJUBLJANA1 | SLOVENIA: OMLT ON ORDER FOR OCT 2010, LOGISTICS [...] (C) Summary: Slovenia announced on December 24 that it would lead an Operational Mentoring Liaison Team (OMLT) in Afghanistan beginning no later than October 2010, with functional caveats lifted to allow Slovene troops to accompany Afghan security forces on operations. USG support will be re [...] | 2010-01-04 10:53:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR AF SI |
| 10LJUBLJANA17 | TFHA01: SLOVENIAN OFFER OF ASSISTANCE TO HAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 15:23:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA SI |
| 10LJUBLJANA34 | IRAN: SLOVENIA WILL SUPPORT EU CONSENSUS ON [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on February 3 to Tadej Rupel, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East section. Rupel noted that the EU would likely back tougher measures if the UN Security Council did not adopt stronger sanctions against Iran. The EU does not plan to make an ear [...] | 2010-02-10 11:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL UNSC IR SI |
| 10LJUBLJANA40 | SLOVENIA: LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN KCRM KHLS ECPS ECON PREL KPAO KTIA |
| 10LONDON126 | SCOTLAND: INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM NOT MOVING [...] (SBU/NF) Summary and comment. First Minister Alex Salmond and his Scottish Nationalist Party-led (SNP) minority government are unlikely to introduce an independence referendum bill in the Scottish Parliament in January, as previously planned. According to well-placed sources, the SNP government's [...] | 2010-01-20 17:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PBTS UK |
| 10LONDON177 | UK SUPPORTS CUTTING IRAN OFF FROM CORRESPONDENT BANKING [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 18:23:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETTC IR UK |
| 10LONDON19 | (S/NF) UK: NO ENGAGEMENT WITH ANY HAMAS ARM; DIFFICULT INTERPAL DYNAMICS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 17:16:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON KTFN PTER UK |
| 10LONDON208 | (C) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UK WANTS TO USE UPR TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 14:46:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PARM PHUM IR UK |
| 10LONDON213 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL: SOMALIA - SUPPORTING [...] With its large Somali Diaspora community and historical connections, the UK is home to many Somali-run non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that deliver development programs with/through/as local organizations in Somalia. Harnessing the capacity of the UK's active and capable Somali communit [...] | 2010-01-29 10:59:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN PHUM KPAO EAID SO UK |
| 10LONDON260 | HMG SAYS UK WILL NOT INTRODUCE BANK LEVY TO RECOUP BAILOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Following President Obama's proposals for a Financial Crisis Responsibility (FCR) fee and bank restructuring, HMG announced it would not introduce similar measures in the UK. While HMG supports the concept of a future internationally coordinated global bank insurance levy, it d [...] | 2010-02-04 13:37:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV UK |
| 10LONDON295 | IMO/STW: 41ST SESSION OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON [...] SUMMARY: The 41st session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Subcommittee on Standards of Training and Watching (STW S/C) met in London from 11-15 January, 2010, chaired by Rear Admiral Peter Brady (Jamaica). The session was attended by delegations from 90 member states, 2 associ [...] | 2010-02-08 17:46:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT IMO UK |
| 10LONDON313 | UK ELECTION: HUNG PARLIAMENT LOOKING MORE LIKELY [...] (C/NF) Summary. Narrowing polling data suggests the increased likelihood of a hung parliament in the UK's next general election, expected May 6. Despite small but sustained leads in the polls, the Conservative Party has not managed to seal the deal with the British electorate and faces the p [...] | 2010-02-10 17:14:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UK |
| 10LONDON330 | UK UNIONS PUT THEIR MONEY ON LABOUR PARTY, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. British trade unions, though not the political force they once were, continue to be the primary source of funding for the Labour Party's electoral campaign, contributing 72 percent of Labour's total donations. The unions expect either a Labour or Conservative government to imp [...] | 2010-02-11 16:49:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV UK |
| 10LONDON338 | SUDAN/DARFUR: SLM/AW LEADERSHIP COUNCIL SUSPENDS [...] (SBU) UK-based Sudan Liberation Movement/Abdul Wahid (SLM/AW) Spokesman Yahia Ahmed al Bashir Bolad informed Poloff February 11 that the SLM/AW Leadership Council took a decision February 11 to "freeze authorities and power of the head of movement Mr. Abdul Wahid Mohammed Ahmed Nour." (COMMENT [...] | 2010-02-12 09:22:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS EAID SU CD UK |
| 10LONDON366 | GUINEA: UK THINKING ON JUSTICE AND SECURITY SECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 13:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM MASS EAID PGOV GV UK |
| 10LONDON443 | PDAS NANCY MCELDOWNEY'S MEETING WITH E-6 POLITICAL [...] (C/NF) Summary. EUR PDAS Nancy McEldowney's February 18 consultations in London with E-6 counterparts on European security underscored the need to engage Russia in a way that advanced Allied interests; to renew discussions of the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty regime to strengthen predi [...] | 2010-02-25 17:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PARM NATO RS UK |
| 10LONDON444 | UK RESPONSE: SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA MEETING [...] (C/NF) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to Duncan Johnson, Regional Issues Desk Officer in the Counter-Proliferation Department (CPD) of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),and Victoria Dunne, Syria and Lebanon Desk Officer in the Middle East and North Africa Department of the FCO, on [...] | 2010-02-25 17:11:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL IAEA SY IR TU UK |
| 10LONDON456 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UK GIVES TACTICAL ADVICE ON [...] (C/NF) Alastair Long, head of the UN Human Rights team at the FCO, told Poloff in response to reftel demarche that HMG is broadly supportive of U.S. goals for the upcoming Human Rights Council session. He reported positive progress on the U.S. defamation of religions action plan within the [...] | 2010-02-26 13:44:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN IR UK |
| 10LONDON67 | SUDAN/CHAD: JEM ON ABDUL WAHID, CHAD-SUDAN [...] (C) Summary. London-based Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) spokesperson Ahmed Hussein Adam phoned Poloff on January 12 from N'djamena to offer an update on JEM's diplomatic activities. He said he had recently had a conversation with a "more open-minded" Abdul Wahid al-Nur in Paris; implie [...] | 2010-01-13 11:57:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS SU CD UK |
| 10LONDON77 | AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - UK DELEGATION [...] (SBU) The following delegation will represent the UK Government at the African Union summit: - Baroness Glenys Kinnock, Foreign Office Minister for Africa - Norman Ling, Her Majesty's Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union (mobile: 251.91.120.3081) - Fiona Robertson, Private Secr [...] | 2010-01-14 17:32:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA UK |
| 10LONDON89 | SOMALIA: UK SET TO PUT RESOURCES TO NEW POLICY REF: 09 LONDON 2435 Classified By: Political Counselor Robin Quinville, reasons 1.4 (b/d). [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 16:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KTFN KPKO SO UK |
| 10LONDON92 | United Kingdom: Investment Climate Statement 2010 [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the United Kingdom. The information is updated as of January 1, 2010. UNITED KINGDOM: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT --------------------------------------------- ---- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment [...] | 2010-01-15 17:27:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV OPIC KTDB USTR UK |
| 10LUANDA84 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN ANGOLA AND [...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to Department queries (reftel): A: Description of Chinese engagement in Angola: The Chinese are heavily engaged in financing and implementing Angola's reconstruction following the end of the nation's devastating civil war in 2002. In the absence [...] | 2010-02-26 16:12:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON PGOV AO CH |
| 10LUANDA85 | FOREIGN MINISTRY TAKES ON BOARD RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH [...] (SBU) In separate meetings at the Foreign Ministry on February 24, Ambassador Mozena relayed U.S. concerns regarding developments in Iran (Refs A, B, and C) to the Director for Middle East and African Affairs Amb. Nelson Cosme and to Director Americas Balbina Malheiro Dias da Silva. Mozena [...] | 2010-02-27 21:56:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ENRG EPET ETTC IN IR KNNP MNUC PARM |
| 10LUSAKA103 | CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN ZAMBIA IS STRONG DESPITE [...] (SBU) The following information is in response to Ref A request for information regarding China's engagement with Zambia and whether there are areas of collaboration between the United States and China in the country. CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN ZAMBIA ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) Chi [...] | 2010-02-17 15:32:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID CN ZA |
| 10LUSAKA110 | REFUGEES AT MEHEBA OCCUPY UNHCR OFFICES TO PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: In early February, 200 refugees began occupation of the offices of UNHCR and Government of Zambia (GRZ) staff at Meheba refugee camp to protest wide-spread corruption by GRZ camp officials. The GRZ is considering deporting the instigators against UNHCR wishes. While the protest [...] | 2010-02-22 15:12:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PBTS AO CG ZA |
| 10LUSAKA118 | ZAMBIA TRIES TO SNEAK THROUGH CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Zambia's National Constitutional Conference (NCC),which has been sitting at intervals since January 2008, likely will conclude its deliberations by the end of April. The Zambian government (GRZ) still has much work to do to enact a new constitution, and although it may seek pa [...] | 2010-02-25 14:39:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZA |
| 10LUSAKA20 | ZAMBIAN BUDGET TRANSPARENT -- EXECUTION IMPROVING [...] (SBU) The Zambian government (GRZ) publishes its budget in draft and final form annually, as required by law. The budget is available for purchase from government printers, and is analyzed by civil society organizations (CSOs) and international accounting firms during the budget debate proces [...] | 2010-01-12 15:42:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PREL AID ZA |
| 10LUSAKA25 | PROPOSAL FOR FY2010 EEB BIOTECH OUTREACH RESOURCES [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A solicitation for FY2010 biotechnology outreach proposals, Embassy Lusaka requests support for two activities totaling USD 19,000. The first proposed activity will leverage the interest within the Lusaka-based Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Se [...] | 2010-01-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID TBIO KPAO ZA |
| 10LUSAKA5 | BANDA DEMOTES AGRICULTURE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In a move possibly meant to beef up State House control of agriculture policy, President Banda demoted the effective, competent Agriculture Minister Brian Chituwo to the relatively inconsequential Ministry of Science, Technology, and Vocational Training (MSTV) and put the lacklu [...] | 2010-01-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ZA |
| 10LUSAKA52 | HOLLOWED HALLS: ZAMBIA'S TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary: Chronic absences. Poor preparation. Classroom inebriation. And that's just the professors. While gains have been made in elementary and secondary education, insufficient capacity, resources, facilities and training have crippled Zambia's ability to educate its citizenry at the t [...] | 2010-01-25 14:50:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL SOCI KIRC KPAO ZA |
| 10LUSAKA75 | ZAMBIA: CHILD LABOR COMMON WITH SOME FORCED LABOR [...] (U) This cable responds to ref A request for information on the use of forced labor and/or exploitive child labor in the production of goods per the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). It describes exploitive and hazardous child labor for Zambia per the Trade and Deve [...] | 2010-02-08 12:08:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID PGOV ZA |
| 10LUSAKA89 | ZAMBIA: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Post is providing the below information for use in the preparation of the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The sections in this message are keyed to questions contained in Ref A. ---------------------- ZAMBIA'S TIP SITUATION ---------------------- 2. (SBU) A. The [...] | 2010-02-11 05:57:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PGOV PREF |
| 10LUSAKA95 | ZAMBIA PLAYS WAIT AND SEE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (C) Zambian Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources Catherine Namugala told Charge February 10 that the Zambian government (GRZ) declined to associate itself with the Copenhagen Accord (refs A and B). She echoed concerns she shared with the Ambassador January 19 (ref C) that CO [...] | 2010-02-16 12:54:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KGHG SENV ENRG ZA |
| 10LUSAKA98 | ZAMBIA SETS ITS "CITES" ON EXPORTING IVORY [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. Zambian Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources Catherine Namugala told Charge February 10 that the Zambian government (GRZ) plans to press for resumption of the legal sale and export of elephant products, including ivory, at the [...] | 2010-02-16 14:01:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ZA |
| 10LUXEMBOURG11 | TFHA01: LUXEMBOURG RESCUERS IN AND OUT OF HAITI IN 72 HOURS; [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Grand Duchy's 17-man contingent to Haiti has already returned to Luxembourg following provision of emergency services on the ground in Port-au-Prince. The team returned to Belgium via Belgian military aircraft and were received back in Luxembourg by Defense Min [...] | 2010-01-19 17:15:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV LU HA |
| 10LUXEMBOURG13 | TFHA01: LUXEMBOURG OFFER OF WATER PURIFICATION UNIT AND TEAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY MFA Defense Directorate contacted Post today (January 21) with an offer of assistance to be put forward to our Defense AttachC) Office (resident in Brussels) in the immediate future. The GoL is offering to deploy to Haiti an eight-man team from the Luxembourg Army with [...] | 2010-01-21 14:13:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL MARR LU HA |
| 10LUXEMBOURG17 | TFHA01: LUXEMBOURG PRESS FOCUSED ON OWN EFFORTS, POSITIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Press reporting on U.S. efforts in Haiti has been overwhelmingly - and nearly exclusively - positive. The one exception Post has noted is a letter to the editor that ran in weekly paper Le Jeudi, entitled "A Military-Humanitarian Invasion" and penned by an unknown e [...] | 2010-01-22 17:04:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KDEM EAID PHUM OIIP LU HA |
| 10LUXEMBOURG5 | TO HELL AND BACK: GITMO EX-DETAINEE STUMPS IN LUXEMBOURG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) detainee Moazzam Begg met with Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn 14 January 2010 to press the government of Luxembourg to accept GTMO detainees for resettlement. Begg, a British citizen of Pakistani origin, was arrested in Pakistan in 2002 and imprisoned in [...] | 2010-01-15 15:34:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDRG PREL LU |
| 10LUXEMBOURG7 | TFHA01: LUXEMBOURG QUICK ON THE DRAW IN HAITI [...] (U) Luxembourg responded quickly to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, dispatching a 17-person team with seven rescue dogs to Haiti on Wednesday, 13 January. The team departed with a team of Belgian emergency workers (reftel). According to Luxembourg Red Cross Director Marc Crochet, [...] | 2010-01-15 15:56:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV SOCI LU HA |
| 10MADRID108 | SPAIN'S EXPERIENCE WITH ELECTRONIC IDENTITY CARDS [...] (SBU) Electronic identities in Spain are governed by Law 59 of 2003, known as the electronic signatures law. Spain began issuing electronic national identity cards (DNIs) in 2006. The DNI is the document that citizens and residents are required to present for access to government facilities [...] | 2010-01-29 13:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS SP |
| 10MADRID116 | CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR IN SPAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 07:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID SP |
| 10MADRID117 | CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR IN SPAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 07:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID SP |
| 10MADRID14 | SPAIN ECONOMIC ROUNDUP, DEC.28 - JAN.8 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-08 16:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ELAB ENRG ETRN SP |
| 10MADRID148 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEBRUARY 1-5 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 07:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB KIPR SP |
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