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07TBILISI1418	DEMARCHE BY FRIENDS OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL TO [...] (C) Summary. The Friends of the Secretary General (FSG) delivered a demarche, as agreed in capitals, to the Georgian Government on June 4 and to the Abkhaz de facto authorities in Sukhumi on June 8. The demarche pressed both sides to calm tensions, re-engage in dialog, implement confidence b [...]	2007-06-13 13:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS KPKO UNSC RU GG

07TBILISI1446	Georgia Bi-Weekly Update June 15 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of June 2-15. Meeting of Georgian and Russian Presidents ------------------------------------------ 2. Georgian President Saakashvili and Russian President Putin had a 50-minute [...]	2007-06-15 11:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI1477	OSCE AMBASSADORS GROUP UPBEAT ON ELECTION REFORMS [...] (C) Summary: During a June 18 meeting, the OSCE Ambassadors Group on Elections offered a glowing report on GOG efforts to implement suggestions delivered to Speaker Burjanadze and MP Giga Bokeria on May 2 (reftel). Council of Europe (COE) Ambassador Igor Gaon said there has been "good progres [...]	2007-06-19 13:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL GG
07TBILISI1528	MCC DANILOVICH MEETS MINORITY LEADERS IN ETHNIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 14, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) President John Danilovich, accompanied by Ambassador Tefft and MCC Country Director Colin Buckley, traveled to the ethnic Armenian area of Samtskhe-Javakheti to meet members of the local government and civil society. This isolate [...]	2007-06-26 12:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EAID GG
07TBILISI1563	SOUTH OSSETIA TENSIONS HIGH [...] (SBU) A number of dangerous eruptions in tension have recently occurred in South Ossetia, suggesting that we may be in for a long, hot summer in the conflict zone. Georgian villagers have squared off with Russian peacekeepers over Georgian efforts to improve a road connecting two Georgian vil [...]	2007-06-29 13:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GG
07TBILISI1566	RUSSIA TRANSFERS AKHALKALAKI MILITARY BASE TO [...] On June 27 Russia officially handed over its military base in Akhalkalaki to Georgia, several days ahead of schedule. Georgian First Deputy Defense Minister Levan Nikoleishvili and Russian Commander of the Group of Russian Forces in the Transcaucasus Andrei Popov attended the handover ceremo [...]	2007-06-29 13:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1573	SOUTH OSSETIA REOPENS ONE IRRIGATION CANAL [...] (C) OSCE confirmed on July 2 that the South Ossetians have re-opened one of the two irrigation canals that bring water to Georgian farms both inside and outside the zone of conflict (reftel). The move came either during or after South Ossetian de-facto president Kokoiti's visit to Moscow, s [...]	2007-07-02 13:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1574	Georgia Bi-Weekly Update June 29 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of June 16-29. Criminal Procedure Code Moving through Parliament --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. The Legal Committee of Georgian Parliament is currently i [...]	2007-07-02 15:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI1595	MORE TIME NEEDED TO REOPEN GEORGIA-RUSSIA AIR LINKS [...] Georgian Airways announced on July 1 that it is about to start periodic charter flights to Moscow, beginning July 3. The company's press release indicated that this is a temporary arrangement between the company and Russia's transport administration, facilitated by Georgia's Orthodox Church Pa [...]	2007-07-03 14:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PGOV PREL GG RU
07TBILISI1601	CHECHEN REFUGEES RECEIVE TEMPORARY RESIDENCE [...] Summary: Georgian Minister of Refugees Giorgi Kheviasvhili marked World Refugee Day on June 20 by distributing temporary residence permits to 600 Chechen refugees living in Georgia's Pankisi Gorge. The remainder of the estimated 1,300 refugees living in the Gorge will receive their permits [...]	2007-07-05 13:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PREF GG
07TBILISI1604	ABKHAZIA: GENEVA-STYLE MEETING IN BONN: SMALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27 and 28, representatives of the Friends of the UN Secretary General (FSG),together with the UN, met the Georgian and Abkhaz sides for a Geneva-style meeting in Bonn. Most significantly, the sides agreed to resume Quadripartite meetings on law enforcement cooperation i [...]	2007-07-06 11:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS KPKO UNSC GG RU
07TBILISI1605	MERABISHVILI ON WHAT'S NEXT IN SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs Vano Merabishvili told the Ambassador July 5 that while he thought tensions would continue in South Ossetia, he did not expect a major escalation. He said the Georgians hoped to be able to recruit a number of prominent de facto officials at the "deput [...]	2007-07-06 11:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI1624	GEORGIA-CHINA: TRADE AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. On June 28, press reports announced that Chinese buyers purchased Tbilisi's central supermarket. The news sparked mild protests by some Georgians who feel threatened by increasing Chinese immigration and investment in Georgia, which is a natural outgrowth of Georgia's efforts to [...]	2007-07-10 07:09:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREL GG
07TBILISI1675	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE JULY 13 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of June 30-July 13. Education Minister Disputes Corruption Charges --------------------------------------------- - 2. A corruption controversy surrounding Education Minister Ale [...]	2007-07-13 13:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG GG
07TBILISI1702	SOUTH OSSETIA: INCHING TOWARD DIALOGUE? [...] (C) Georgian and South Ossetian representatives are currently negotiating the details of a meeting of the Joint Control Commission (JCC) and a joint inspection of the contested drinking water pipe that runs through South Ossetia. While the sides have not reached final agreement on either issu [...]	2007-07-17 12:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI1731	DAVID BAKRADZE TO BE NEW STATE MINISTER FOR [...] (C) Officials in the State Ministry for Conflict Resolution have confirmed to us that Minister Merab Antadze is departing his post to return to the MFA, and he will be replaced by David Bakradze, currently Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on European Integration. Bakradze is a young, t [...]	2007-07-20 12:02:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GG
07TBILISI1732	RUSSIAN ACTIVE MEASURES IN GEORGIA [...] (C) The strains between Russia and Georgia play out in leaders' statements, the Russian economic embargo, the separatist conflicts, and a number of other public ways, but they also play out on a level that is at least slightly below the surface: Russian "active measures" (or covert actions) aimed a [...]	2007-07-20 12:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1781	CEC CHAIR GIVES AMBASSADOR ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: In a follow-up to the June 18 OSCE Ambassadors Group on Elections (reftel),Ambassador met with Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Guram Chalagashvili on July 18. Chalagashvili said the CEC is close to completing work on the voters' list and inaccuracies are now down to " [...]	2007-07-25 13:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
07TBILISI1857	DFM MANJGALADZE EXPRESSES GOG CONCERN OVER UNSYG [...] Summary: On July 27, Deputy Foreign Minister Giorgi Manjgaladze called a meeting of the Group of Friends of the Secretary General to express Georgia's concerns about the UN SIPDIS Secretary General's interim report on the situation in SIPDIS Abkhazia. German, Russian, British, U.S. rep [...]	2007-07-31 12:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1933	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE AUGUST 3 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of July 14-August 3. Commission on Ossetian Status Starts Work ----------------------------------------- 2. The state commission defining the status of the temporary autonomous [...]	2007-08-03 13:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG GG
07TBILISI1940	SOUTH OSSETIA: SHOOTINGS AND ACCUSATIONS [...] (C) OSCE Political Advisor Gantcho Gantchev told us August 6 that South Ossetian accusations of a Georgian "terrorist attack" August 3 should not be taken too seriously. In the incident, a bomb reportedly exploded in Tskhinvali, damaging a gas station but causing no injuries. The next day the [...]	2007-08-06 11:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE GG
07TBILISI1956	GEORGIA WARNS OUTSIDE INVESTORS ON BUYING PROPERTY [...] On August 3, Post received a diplomatic note from the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding its concern about possible sales of property belonging to IDP's by the de facto governments in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. As part of the 1994 Quadripartite Agreement, signed by Georgia, Abkha [...]	2007-08-07 10:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1958	GEORGIA BOMBING UPDATE [...] (C) Georgian officials report that SU-type airplanes from Russia crossed into Georgian airspace on the evening of August 6, and that one of the planes dropped a "precision-guided Russian missile" -- estimated to weigh 700-1,000 kilograms -- that impacted near the Georgian village Tsitelubani, [...]	2007-08-07 12:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
07TBILISI1976	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: On July 27, EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with influential majority Members of Parliament. Saakashvili insider Giga Bokeria complained that the recent UN report on the situation in Abkhazia was unbalanced. Bryza argued that the UNOMIG Joint Fact Finding Group (JFFG) report made a stron [...]	2007-08-08 13:02:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
07TBILISI1979	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH OPPOSITION MP'S [...] (C) Summary: On July 27, EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with leading opposition Members of Parliament. Their most urgent concern was elections, and they raised the issues of the fairness of the majoritarian system and composition of the Central Election Commission (CEC) (reftel A). Although they als [...]	2007-08-08 13:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
07TBILISI1992	SOUTH OSSETIA DONORS STEERING COMMITTEE ADDRESSES [...] (SBU) In a meeting August 2, the Steering Committee for the OSCE-led economic rehabilitation projects in South Ossetia conditionally approved three water-related projects for contracting, although the Georgian and South Ossetian sides made final approval contingent on resolving some remaining [...]	2007-08-09 12:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID OSCE GG
07TBILISI1993	GEORGIA MISSILE ATTACK UPDATE -- AUGUST 9 [...] (C) Speaking at a press conference August 8, Foreign Minister Bezhuashvili maintained the Georgian government's moderate tone in talking about the missile impact on Georgian territory August 6 (reftels). He called for a "group of international experts" to investigate the incident, something t [...]	2007-08-09 13:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1994	SOUTH OSSETIAN CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY IN TBILISI [...] (C) Building on previous accusations that the Georgians were plotting bombings and assassinations (reftel),South Ossetian de facto president Kokoity told a meeting of the "Union of Elders of South Ossetia and North Ossetia" on August 8 in Tskhinvali that Georgia was planning terrorist attacks [...]	2007-08-10 04:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GG
07TBILISI1998	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH OSCE AMBASSADOR REEVE [...] (C) Summary: In a July 27 meeting with DAS Bryza, OSCE Ambassador Roy Reeve said that the Georgians have rejected a Spanish proposal to allow Reeve to continue on as "Acting" Head of Mission until his successor is found. Reeve said his last day as OSCE Ambassador to Georgia will be Tuesday, [...]	2007-08-10 05:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2000	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH SPEAKER BURJANADZE [...] (C) Summary: On 27 July, DAS Bryza met with Georgian Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze and discussed a wide range of issues. Burjanadze told us that Turkmenistan is interested in closer business and military ties with the West. She believed the ruling National Movement needed to find a [...]	2007-08-10 05:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2012	GEORGIA MISSILE ATTACK UPDATE -- AUGUST 10 [...] (C) U.S. military experts arrived August 10 to review the evidence related to the August 6 missile impact in Georgia. Other international experts are expected to arrive in coming days, as the Georgian government begins to put together an international team to provide transparency to the invest [...]	2007-08-10 11:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2018	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH FM BEZHUASHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On July 27, DAS Bryza met with Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili on the conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Bezhuashvili told Bryza that the Georgian government was not happy with the latest United Nations report on the situation in Abkhazia, adding that the Group of Fri [...]	2007-08-13 05:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2019	DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH PROSECUTOR GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: On July 27, DAS Bryza and GoG Prosecutor General Adeishvili discussed judicial reform, Abkhazia, property issues and crime. Adeishvili talked about the training of judges and implementation of the magistrate system, both of which are on track. He cited great strides in the last [...]	2007-08-13 08:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
07TBILISI2024	GEORGIA: POTENTIAL POLISH MANPADS SALE TO GEORGIA [...] (U) On August 11 Charge delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Nikoloz Vashakidze. Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili received the message from EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried in a telephone conversation on August SIPDIS 10. 2. (U) Vashakidze responded that the MFA u [...]	2007-08-13 11:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL
07TBILISI2029	GEORGIA INTENDS TO CONTINUE WORKING IN JCC [...] (C) Georgian officials tell us they plan to continue working in the Joint Control Commission (JCC) on the South Ossetia conflict, even as they push for other mechanisms that they believe would be more effective. Although the South Ossetians torpedoed a planned JCC meeting in Tbilisi August 9- [...]	2007-08-13 13:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2030	DEPUTY SPEAKER MACHAVARIANI DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: During a July 24 meeting with Poloff, Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mikheil Machavariani, discussed the upcoming 2008 elections. He said that he will be the campaign chairman for the ruling National Movement (UNM) party and lead its nationwide campaign. He advised that the major [...]	2007-08-13 14:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG RU
07TBILISI2043	GEORGIA: FRIENDS OF SYG DISCUSS FOLLOW-UP TO BONN [...] (C) Summary: On August 7, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (D/SRSG) Ivo Petrov briefed representatives of the Group of Friends of the UN Secretary General (U.S., Germany, France, Britain, and Russia) on progress by the sides in implementing steps agreed to during their [...]	2007-08-14 06:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2050	NINO BURJANADZE, THE CONSTANT GARDENER [...] (C) Summary: One of the few constants in the Georgian political landscape over the past decade has been Nino Burjanadze. Since her election to Parliament in 1995, Burjanadze has emerged as one of the most moderate voices in Georgia, a reformer with credibility at home and abroad. Both her as [...]	2007-08-14 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR GG
07TBILISI2061	GEORGIA LAUNCHES ANTI-TIP CAMPAIGN IN SVANETI [...] (U) As part of a national anti-trafficking awareness campaign, the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA) - a USAID implementing partner - conducted consultations and distributed anti-TIP publications in the remote, mountainous border region of Svaneti from 27 July until 2 August. Rumors [...]	2007-08-15 12:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2062	GEORGIA MISSILE INVESTIGATION UPDATE -- AUGUST 15 [...] (C) International experts have completed a preliminary report on the August 6 missile incident. Key conclusions are: the aircraft entered Georgian airspace from Russia, and the Georgian Air Force does not possess aircraft capable of firing this type of missile or of flying the profile flown by [...]	2007-08-15 13:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2063	DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH STATE MINISTER FOR [...] (C) David Bakradze, Georgia's new State Minister for Conflict Resolution, told EUR DAS Bryza July 27 that the Georgian government was concerned UNOMIG and the Group of Friends had lost "strategic focus" over Abkhazia, as reflected in a recent UN report criticizing Georgia for minor issues, whi [...]	2007-08-16 06:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GG
07TBILISI2075	GEORGIA MISSILE INVESTIGATION UPDATE -- AUGUST 17 [...] (C) Additional international experts are arriving in Georgia to provide further, more specific analysis following up on the International Group of Experts (IGE) report released August 15 (reftel). An OSCE delegation led by former Croatian Foreign Minister Zuzul is also expected in Tbilisi Aug [...]	2007-08-17 12:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2076	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE AUGUST 17 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of August 4-17. Saakashvili Visits Upper Abkhazia --------------------------------- 2. On August 11, President Saakashvili visited the Upper Kodori Gorge (or Upper Abkhazia) fo [...]	2007-08-17 13:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG GG
07TBILISI2089	GEORGIA MISSILE INVESTIGATION UPDATE -- AUGUST 21 [...] (C) A second round of the International Group of Experts (IGE) has completed a report on the August 6 missile impact, endorsing the conclusions made by earlier experts while providing additional detail and more specific information to confirm that Georgian aircraft could not have fired the mis [...]	2007-08-21 11:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GG
07TBILISI2090	ABKHAZIA: UN BASE ESTABLISHED IN UPPER KODORI [...] (C) Summary: On August 16, the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault and the Chief of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) General Khattak provided the Friends of the Secretary General (FSG) an update on the situation in Abkhazia, following the Geneva-s [...]	2007-08-21 13:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GG
07TBILISI2092	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN GALI--SAME PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: On 31 July-2 August, an Embassy team traveled to Abkhazia to review the human rights situation there. The team participated in a patrol with the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) in the ethnically Georgian Gali region, visited local NGOs in Gali and Sukhumi, and met with the [...]	2007-08-21 13:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL GG
07TBILISI2114	IMPACT OF RUSSIAN SANCTIONS ON GEORGIAN ECONOMY [...] (U) Summary. A recent report by the International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University provides a rigorous analysis and confirms the widely held view that Russian economic sanctions on Georgia have not had the intended overall negative effect on the Georgian economy. Although grow [...]	2007-08-23 10:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL GG
07TBILISI2139	MAIA TOPURIA CASE [...] (C). Summary: On August 24, the Tbilisi City Court found all 13 defendants accused of plotting to overthrow the country's leadership in September 2006 guilty. Most of the 13 are linked with Igor Giorgadze's Justice Party. Igor Giorgadze is a Georgian fugitive wanted for attempted murder of [...]	2007-08-27 14:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2170	PEACEKEEPING ACCIDENT SPURS DISPUTE OVER MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 28, a CIS Peacekeeping Force (PKF) contingent collided with a civilian minibus in the Georgian city of Khobi. According to the UN, Georgian police responded and detained 14 CIS PKF, 6 of whom the Georgians claimed were Chechens armed with silencers. The Georgian poli [...]	2007-08-30 13:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2267	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 7 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of August 18-September 7. Government Adopts New Agenda ---------------------------- 2. Parliament is expected to adopt the government's new plan action, entitled For a United a [...]	2007-09-07 12:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI2269	STAFFDEL ANAND'S AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 1 VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Georgian officials gave a four-member staff delegation from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs an overview of Georgia's ongoing reforms August 30, in areas including rule of law, elections, defense, prisons, and the economy. The officials stressed the importance of NATO integration a [...]	2007-09-07 12:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2304	CONVERSATION WITH SALOME ZOURABICHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On September 6, former Foreign Minister and hopeful presidential candidate, Salome Zourabichvili, met Ambassador. Zourabichvili has been conducting research in the regions and meeting with other opposition members, but not campaigning. She said a strong, coherent opposition is c [...]	2007-09-12 12:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TBILISI2389	ABKHAZ CONTINUE TO BLOCK UN MISSION TO ASSESS [...] (C) Summary: On September 18, the Ambassador attended a Tbilisi meeting of the Group of Friends of the Secretary General, minus Russia, for a discussion of the situation in Abkhazia ahead of a planned Group of Friends meeting in Berlin on September 19. Special Representative of the Secreta [...]	2007-09-21 09:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2392	GEORGIAN AND ABKHAZ FORCES CLASH NEAR KODORI [...] (C) On the evening of Thursday, September 20, Georgian media reported a clash between Georgian and Abkhaz forces near the Georgian-controlled upper Kodori gorge. Georgian Minister of Interior Vano Merabishvili held a press conference on Thursday evening to inform the public about it. He sai [...]	2007-09-21 10:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2398	LABOR TRENDS IN GEORGIA [...] Summary: Post submits the following voluntary report on labor trends in Georgia. Most Georgians work in agriculture and unemployment and underemployment are high, while wages in hired employment are relatively low. Creating new employment opportunities is a key challenge for the Georgian [...]	2007-09-21 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB BEXP SENV EAGR ENRG GG
07TBILISI2413	DIPLOMATS TURN OUT FOR CONFERENCE IN SOUTH OSSETIA [...] Summary: On September 21, the Georgian State Ministry for Conflict Resolution held a conference for the western diplomatic corps in the village of Tamarasheni, a Georgian-controlled village in the South Ossetian zone of conflict. The purpose of the conference was to share information with d [...]	2007-09-26 11:54:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2415	OKRUASHVILI THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 25, former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili made the long-awaited announcement on the establishment of his political party - Movement for United Georgia. In his announcement and a subsequent television interview, Okruashvili for the first time harshly attacked P [...]	2007-09-26 13:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2423	IRI NATIONAL VOTER SURVEY: ECONOMY SLOWS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Saakashvili's, and his government's, popularity have slipped since February (ref A). According to a USAID-funded poll conducted in early September by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the Gallup Organization, the highest percentage of respondents in 3 y [...]	2007-09-27 11:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2439	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of September 8-28. New CEC Chair to be Chosen Soon ------------------------------- 2. On September 23, a special Selection Commission under the President's administration compl [...]	2007-09-28 13:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI2451	GEORGIA GETS IMPROVED RANKINGS ON BUSINESS [...] Summary: The annual report of the International Financial Corporation (World Bank Group) has moved Georgia up from thirty-seventh to eighteenth place out of 178 surveyed countries in terms of ease of doing business. Georgia is the fifth top reformer country on the list. An annual report by [...]	2007-10-01 10:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV PROV GG
07TBILISI2452	THOUSANDS PROTEST OKRUASHVILI ARREST, SAAKASHVILI [...] (U) Summary: On September 28, several thousand people took part in a demonstration against President Saakashvili's government and the arrest of former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili on corruption charges (ref A). All opposition parties participated, except the New Rightists. Saakashvili [...]	2007-10-01 12:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2463	COURT OF APPEALS CONFIRMS OKRUASHVILI DETENTION [...] (U) Summary: The Tbilisi Court of Appeals rejected an appeal of former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili's two month pre-trial detention on October 1. Okruashvili's lawyer called it an "illegal decision" and said she would file a case in the European Court of Human rights in Strasbourg. For [...]	2007-10-02 12:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2484	SENTENCING IN THE GIORGADZE TREASON CASE [...] (C) As promised to the Ambassador (ref C) the office of the Prosecutor General made the trial court's decision in the Maia Topuria treason case available to the Embassy. On August 24, the Tbilisi City Court found all 13 defendants linked to Igor Giorgadze's Justice Party guilty of treason in [...]	2007-10-04 13:13:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2498	PM NOGHAIDELI TALKS TOUGH ABOUT BP AND AZERI GAS [...] (C) On October 4, the Ambassador met with Georgian Prime Minister Noghaideli. Noghaideli told the Ambassador that shortly before he went to Baku on September 27-28 for a meeting of the Georgian-Azerbaijani Economic Commission, he received word from the Azerbaijanis that there would be no chan [...]	2007-10-05 09:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET GG AJ RU AR
07TBILISI2532	SAAKASHVILI QUESTIONS INTERIOR MINISTER ON MOD [...] (U) Summary: During a televised government session with his cabinet, President Saakashvili criticized Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili for allowing the former Head of Procurements at the MOD, Iason Chikhladze, to escape to Russia. Merabishvili said Chikhladze traveled to Turkey with Okruas [...]	2007-10-05 12:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2545	DEMARCHE ON RELEASE OF SOUTH OSSETIAN PEACEKEEPERS [...] (C) On October 7 the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili. The Ambassador recommended that the Georgians release the two Ossetians and the seven Abkhaz they are holding after separate incidents in September. Bezhuashvili said he had already reco [...]	2007-10-09 11:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG
07TBILISI2558	PATRIARCH'S PROPOSAL FOR RESTORATION OF GEORGIA'S [...] Summary: In a sermon on October 7, Georgian Patriarch Ilia II suggested a constitutional monarchy for Georgia. The proposal was welcomed by many opposition parties in Georgia. His proposal echoes other ideas circulated by the opposition for a "parliamentary republic", without a presidency. [...]	2007-10-10 12:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2559	OPPOSITION COALITION MEETS AMBASSADOR, WANTS EARLY [...] (C) Summary: On October 9, three opposition leaders representing the United National Council of opposition parties (ref A) called on Ambassador to discuss their activities during the current political crisis. The trio presented a letter on behalf of the opposition parties appealing for early [...]	2007-10-10 13:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2574	OKRUASHVILI FADES FOR NOW, PATARKATSISHVILI [...] (U) Summary: Irakli Okruashvili has secluded himself in his Tbilisi apartment following two weeks of ups and downs in his political fortunes. In an October 11 press conference, Okruashvili's Movement for a United Georgia party secretary, MP Koka Guntsadze, announced that the former Defense Min [...]	2007-10-12 13:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2579	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE OCTOBER 12 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of September 29-October 12. Opposition Rally Planned for November 2 --------------------------------------- 2. Several leading opposition parties which have rallied around the [...]	2007-10-15 10:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI2595	ISOLATED ABKHAZIA GROWS BUT DEVELOPMENT LAGS [...] (C) Summary: On a September 4-8 visit to Abkhazia, Embassy officers found that the region's economy and its tourism industry are growing and that investment in hotels and vacation homes, mostly from Russia, is increasing. The overall standard of living is comparable to that in Georgia, or per [...]	2007-10-17 12:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2596	SAAKASHVILI: LOWER PARTIES' PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) Summary: On October 16, in a televised meeting with parliamentarians from the ruling National Movement (UNM),President Saakashvili publicly addressed details of the upcoming elections for the first time. The President called for initiatives to reduce the party list threshold from 7 perce [...]	2007-10-17 12:09:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2610	OPPOSITION RESPONDS TO SAAKASHVILI, OTHER RECENT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Saakashvili's October 16 proposal (ref A) for lowering the party list threshold for next year's Parliamentary election was pocketed by the opposition and met with additional demands. The United National Council of opposition parties (ref B) on October 17 released a man [...]	2007-10-19 13:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI263	SOUTH CAUCASUS SUMMIT ENERGY RESULTS DISAPPOINT [...] (C) Summary: IN a February 8 meeting with DCM Mark X. Perry, Valeri Chechelashvili, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia expressed strong disappointment that the February 7 meeting of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Georgian President Saaka [...]	2007-02-09 14:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL GG TU AJ
07TBILISI2657	GEORGIA'S NEW ENERGY MINISTER OUTLINES 2007-08 [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Georgia's new Minister of Energy, Aleksandr Khetaguri, on October 18. Khetaguri outlined increasing hydroelectric production in Georgia that has enabled Georgia to export significant amounts of power to Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan in 2007, as well as supp [...]	2007-10-26 07:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL GG RU AJ
07TBILISI2659	USUPASHVILI ADDRESSES NOVEMBER 2 PROTEST, [...] (C) Summary: On October 24, Chairman of the opposition Republican Party David Usupashvili met with Ambassador regarding the united opposition's planned November 2 protest against the Saakashvili government (ref A). Usupashvili voiced two main concerns about the protests: First, that the gover [...]	2007-10-26 11:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2664	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE OCTOBER 26 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of October 13-26. Deputy Governor Resigns, Levels Charges --------------------------------------- 2. Deputy Governor of the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region Beso Sabashvili announced h [...]	2007-10-26 12:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI2709	UNITED COUNCIL OF OPPOSITION MEETS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, representatives of the ten-party United National Council of opposition (ref A) met the Ambassador and presented to him a copy of the four core demands they submitted earlier to President Saakashvili's and Parliamentary Speaker Nino Burjanadze's offices. The Council [...]	2007-11-02 07:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TBILISI2710	OVERVIEW OF GEORGIA'S LEADING OPPOSITION PARTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Of the 191 political parties officially registered at the Ministry of Justice, 182 parties are formally operating, but only a few are really active on the political scene. The arrest of former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili (ref A) for corruption on September 27 acted as a [...]	2007-11-02 07:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV GG
07TBILISI2729	GAP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND PROTESTERS WIDENS AS [...] (C) Summary: Street demonstrations against the Saakashvili government continue in Tbilisi for the fourth day on November 5, following their start on November 2 (reftel). Conservative estimates placed the crowd at up to 70,000 people on Rustaveli avenue at the peak on November 2. Georgian oliga [...]	2007-11-05 12:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2773	BURJANADZE REACHING OUT TO OPPOSITION [...] (C) The Ambassador met privately with Nino Burjanadze, Speaker of Parliament, on November 6. The meeting took place at the Parliament and about 2000 demonstrators were outside the building. Burjanadze said that she had been talking to more moderate members of the opposition leadership, inclu [...]	2007-11-07 14:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TBILISI2774	TBILISI PROTESTS: SITREP 3 [...] President Saakashvili addressed the Georgian nation live on television at approximately 1900 on November 7. Meanwhile, demonstrators clashed in the streets with police after being dispersed from the Rike area on the other side of the Mtkvari River from Parliament. The demonstrators had retrea [...]	2007-11-07 17:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC GG RU
07TBILISI2777	PROTEST IN TBILISI SITREP NO. 4 [...] (C) This cable details the latest information regarding the November 7 government crackdown on opposition protests in Tbilisi, including Embassy EAC action. Currently, RSO reports that the Freedom Square and Rustaveli metro stations are closed. Major streets Rustaveli Avenue and Baratashvili [...]	2007-11-08 09:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2778	TBILISI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On November 2, 2007, Post convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) in response to threat information against Baku, to review our crisis preparedness status, and to discuss the implications for armed conflict between Russia and Georgia if and when the international community recogniz [...]	2007-11-08 11:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC GG
07TBILISI2789	GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BEZHUASHVILI ON [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on November 8, Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili said that the government has decided not to go for parliamentary approval of the full 15 day state of emergency if there are no incidents during the next two days, thereby letting it lapse. It will also sta [...]	2007-11-08 14:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR CFE GG
07TBILISI2791	SAAKASHVILI ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary. In a live address November 8 President Saakashvili announced his intention to hold a presidential election on January 5, 2008, effectively giving up a year of his term. According to the constitution, Speaker Nino Burjanadze will assume the presidency until the election date. Sa [...]	2007-11-08 15:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2796	GEORGIA OUTLINES WORK OF COMMISSION ON SOUTH [...] (SBU) Embassy received the below letter and non-paper (full texts in paragraph 2) from Georgian State Minister for Conflict Resolution David Bakradze on November 5. The non-paper lays out Georgian plans for the continued work of the commission on defining the autonomous status of South Osseti [...]	2007-11-09 12:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2797	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE NOVEMBER 9 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of October 27-November 9. Georgia Claims Violation of Airspace ------------------------------------ 2. Zaza Gogava, Head of Georgia's Joint Forces Command, was quoted November [...]	2007-11-09 12:54:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI2798	AMBASSADOR TEFFT'S MEETING WITH EU CAUCASUS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Peter Semneby, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, on November 9. Also present were Per Eklund, Head of the EU Commission Delegation in Georgia, Eric Fournier, the Ambassador of France, and members of the EU Commission's and Semneby's staff. [...]	2007-11-09 14:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2802	TBILISI PROTESTS: SITREP NO 6 [...] (U) The United National Council of Opposition (UNC) met with the government, represented by the Speaker of Parliament, Nino Burjanadze, on November 10 and again on November 12. Five opposition parties - Georgia's Way, the Conservatives, the Republicans, the New Rightists, and the Industriali [...]	2007-11-13 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2812	DAS BRYZA'S NOVEMBER 13 MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] (C) Georgian Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili told EUR DAS Matthew Bryza on November 13 he was concerned about a Russian build-up of peacekeeping forces at Ochamchira in Abkhazia, calling it a clear violation of the CFE treaty. Kezerashvili said the MOD was going to share with Embassies a [...]	2007-11-14 14:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2813	EUR DAS BRYZA'S NOVEMBER 13 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting EUR DAS Matt Bryza conveyed to Georgian President Micheil Saakashvili the Secretary's firm message that the state of emergency in SIPDIS Georgia must be lifted and that all TV broadcasts, especially Imedi's, must be resumed if the GOG is to restore fait [...]	2007-11-14 14:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR GG RU
07TBILISI2814	DAS BRYZA'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH GEORGIAN PM [...] (C) Summary: In a November 12 meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli, EUR DAS Matt Bryza urged that the government lift its state of emergency and return independent television station Imedi back to the air. Noghaideli admitted that the government's aggressive pursuit of econom [...]	2007-11-14 14:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG GG
07TBILISI2822	TBILISI PROTESTS: SITREP NO. 7 [...] (U) Speaker Nino Burjanadze said in a televised statement that the state of emergency imposed on November 7 will be lifted on November 16. She stated "this is important for the international community and our society." Burjanadze also reaffirmed the government's readiness to continue talks wi [...]	2007-11-15 13:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2843	TBILISI PROTESTS: SITREP NO. 8 [...] (U) Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze announced the Parliament voted by a margin of 153 to 6 on November 15 to lift the state of emergency November 16 at 7:00 p.m., allowing the country to return to "normal life." In a November 15 meeting with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Burjanadze said she ex [...]	2007-11-16 11:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2855	LADO GURGENIDZE NAMED NEW PRIME MINISTER OF GEORGIA [...] (U) Lado Gurgenidze was named the new Prime Minister of Georgia November 16, replacing Zurab Noghaideli. Gurgenidze has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Bank of Georgia, a Tbilisi commercial bank, since May 2006. Prior to that he was the bank's Chief Executive Officer. He curren [...]	2007-11-16 15:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR GG
07TBILISI2934	TBILISI UPDATE: 11/20/07 [...] (U) On November 19 Speaker Nino Burjanadze postponed her meeting with opposition leaders, saying the opposition was complicating the process by presenting new demands during meetings, calling for street actions, and sending different representatives to the negotiating table than had been agree [...]	2007-11-20 14:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2944	DAS BRYZA'S NOVEMBER 11 AND 14 MEETINGS WITH IMEDI [...] (C) (Summary) During his visit to Tbilisi DAS Bryza held three meetings with the management and journalists of Imedi television. On November 11, Lewis Robertson, CEO Newscorp Caucasus and Imedi General Manager; Bidzina Baratashvili, Imedi General Director; and Irakli Rukhadze, Manager of Self [...]	2007-11-21 11:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO ASEC GG RU
07TBILISI2948	TBILISI UPDATE: 11/21/07 [...] (C) United National Council of Opposition (UNC) members met with Ambassador November 21 to express their concerns about continuing government "oppression" of November 7 protesters, government misuse of administrative resources to campaign, and the indefinite closure of Imedi. Goga Khaindrava [...]	2007-11-21 14:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG

07TBILISI2953	PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI SOFTENS HIS TONE, BUT DIALOGUE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Dialogue between the government, represented by Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze, and the government's political opposition began after the unrest of November 7. President Saakashvili has been reaching out to various constituencies in public appearances that are seemingly a [...]	2007-11-21 14:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2964	TBILISI UPDATE: 11/26/07 [...] (U) As expected, on November 25 President Saakashvili resigned to launch his re-election campaign. The resignation is required for early presidential elections. The Parliament approved Saakashvili's proposal of January 5 elections by 148 to 1. Parliamentary Speaker Nino Burjanadze has become [...]	2007-11-26 12:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2973	REQUESTED SPEAKER ON MEDIA ETHICS IN A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN [...] Summary: Embassy Tbilisi requests a rapid response speaker program for a program on journalistic ethics in covering elections. This program should last 7-9 days and take place in December 2007, before the January 5, 2008 snap Presidential elections. Post requests George Krimsky of the ICFJ, or [...]	2007-11-28 09:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO GG
07TBILISI2999	TBILISI UPDATE: 11/30/07 [...] (U) Opposition parties accused Mikheil Saakashvili of misusing administrative resources for political campaign purposes after he met with Abkhaz Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on November 28 at a Tbilisi Municipality building. Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava and Minister for Refugees and Acco [...]	2007-11-30 12:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI3002	WHY PATARKATSISHVILI SCARES THE GOG [...] (C) Summary. The Georgian government accuses oligarch and presidential candidate Badri Patarkatsishvili of moving from ordinary politics to fomenting revolution over the course of 2007. It has taken steps against him personally and against his business interests in an attempt to blunt his in [...]	2007-11-30 13:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KBIO GG
07TBILISI3005	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE NOVEMBER 30 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of November 10-30. Last Russian Troops Leave Batumi -------------------------------- 2. On November 15, the last train cars loaded with military equipment left the Russian mili [...]	2007-11-30 13:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI303	OSCE PROVIDES SNAPSHOT OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) OSCE officials shared with us several interesting bits of news and analysis about South Ossetia during a recent visit to Tskhinvali. Head of Mission (HOM) Roy Reeve said Russian officials had told him in Moscow that the South Ossetian decision to declare Georgian Deputy State Minister for [...]	2007-02-14 13:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID OSCE GG
07TBILISI3032	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE, 12/5/2007 [...] (U) Presidential candidate Mikheil Saakashvili's representatives presented the Central Election Commission (CEC) with 140,000 supporters, signatures December 4, well over the 50,000 required to register a candidate. (The deadline for submission of signatures is December 6 at 1800.) In a Dece [...]	2007-12-05 13:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI304	SPEAKER BURJANADZE ON RUSSIA, UKRAINE, REFORMS [...] (C) Summary: During a February 9 meeting with Ambassador, Speaker Nino Burjanadze was positive on the recent rapprochement with the opposition (septel). She outlined steps the Parliament is planning to strengthen property rights and offer amnesty for privatization violations committed by ordi [...]	2007-02-14 13:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI3049	STATE MINISTER BAKRADZE ON DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (C) State Minister for Conflict Resolution David Bakradze briefed the diplomatic corps December 6 on his taking leave of absence to become spokesperson for the presidential campaign of Saakashvili and the United National Movement party for the January 5 election. Georgian law allows a ministe [...]	2007-12-07 12:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI3050	GEORGIA: TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE: 12/07/2007 [...] (U) Thirteen presidential candidates each submitted more than the 50,000 required voter signatures to the Central Election Commission (CEC) by the December 6 deadline. Mikheil Saakashvili's National Movement Party submitted 205,000 signatures, Oligarch Badri Patarkatsishvili's representatives [...]	2007-12-07 12:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI3064	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 12/10/07 [...] (C) On 7 December, members of the OSCE Ambassadorial Working Group were provided a copy of the letter sent by Ambassador Terhi Hakala, Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, to Acting President Nino Burjanadze. In the letter, Hakala outlined the main issues which need to be addressed to ensure [...]	2007-12-10 13:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI3065	PROFILES OF OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES [...] On December 6, the Central Election Commission registered thirteen candidates for the early presidential elections January 5 but only eight, including former President Mikheil Saakashvili, had sufficient signatures to meet the threshold to be registered as a presidential candidate. Following a [...]	2007-12-11 04:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KBIO GG
07TBILISI3080	TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE, 12/12/07 [...] (U) Imedi is due to begin broadcasting December 12 with the Kronika program, beginning at 8 p.m. Tbilisi time. The Imedi staff report that one entire control room at Imedi is out of commission and phone and internet access was severely damaged, with only 15 of their former 150 telephone lines [...]	2007-12-12 11:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI3096	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE DECEMBER 14 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of December 1-14. Georgian Politicians React to Medvedev -------------------------------------- 2. Georgian political figures reacted immediately -- and unanimously -- to Russi [...]	2007-12-14 11:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
07TBILISI3098	GEORGIANS ADVANCE PROPOSAL TO SOLVE WTO BORDER [...] (C) Summary: On December 13, Econoff met with Tamar Kovziridze, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Georgia's lead negotiator on WTO issues. Kovziridze shared the text of a proposal by the Georgian government for solution of the impasse over border crossings that is the basis of a dis [...]	2007-12-14 12:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL WTO USTR GG RU
07TBILISI3099	GEORGIA: ELECTION CAMPAIGNS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11, the Central Election Commission (CEC) released the final list of the seven registered candidates for the January 5 pre-term presidential elections. Several candidates, however, have been actively campaigning for as long as a week, meeting daily with Tbilisi res [...]	2007-12-14 12:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KBIO PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3112	TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE 12/17/07 [...] (C) In a meeting December 14, the Ambassador told NSC Chairman Alexander Lomaia that we had done a comprehensive feasibility evaluation and found that we could not sponsor and mount a proper exit poll (factoring in an adequate amount of time for voter education) in the short time before the Ja [...]	2007-12-17 13:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3145	GEORGIAN ELECTIONS: TWO COMPETING WORLDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the Black Sea town of Batumi in the autonomous region of Adjara December 11-13 to gauge the pre-election mood of the political parties, election-monitoring organizations and general populace in the lead-up to the January 5 snap presidential election. Opposition pa [...]	2007-12-20 12:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3146	GEORGIA: NOT QUITE THERE ON ENERGY INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary: Georgia should be able to meet at least 3.5 million of its total 7 million cubic meter per day natural gas needs from Azerbaijan, in the early part of 2008. The rest will have to be purchased from Gazprom. The 2008 Gazprom price is expected to be higher than 2006, but not to do [...]	2007-12-21 10:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL GG AJ RU TU
07TBILISI3148	GEORGIA: PRE-ELECTION TRIP TO AKHALKALAKI, [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the Armenian minority region of Akhalkalaki in Javakheti December 18-19 to gauge the pre-election mood of the political parties, NGOs, press and general populace in the lead-up to the January 5 snap Presidential elections. This impoverished region traditionally [...]	2007-12-21 10:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3151	GEORGIAN ELECTIONS: COMPETITION FOR THE FIRST TIME [...] (C) Summary: As the Georgian Presidential election campaign gears up for its final two weeks, a number of themes have emerged on the campaign trail. The most glaring is the brutal blood sport aspect of the Georgian campaign, with each political party battling to the death for dominance. The [...]	2007-12-21 12:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM GG
07TBILISI3174	ALEX RONDELI: THE UNM SHIP MIGHT STILL FLOAT [...] (C) Alex Rondeli, Director of the Georgian Foundation for Security and International Studies (GFSIS) and widely respected political analyst, shared his views on recent political developments and media professionalism with the DCM on December 26. Rondeli wasn,t surprised by reports of Patarka [...]	2007-12-28 11:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TBILISI379	PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI SHARES HIS VIEWS ON CASPIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Daniel SIPDIS Sullivan, Georgian President Saakashvili gave the Assistant Secretary a tour d'horizon of Caucasus and Caspian region SIPDIS politics. He spoke positively of Karim Mas [...]	2007-02-26 07:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON GG
07TBILISI384	Georgia Update February 23 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of February 10-23. The 81 Richest Georgians? ------------------------- 2. The newspaper Georgian Times stirred up considerable public interest with its February 15 list of Geor [...]	2007-02-26 13:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI387	SAAKASHVILI DISMISSES ANTI-NATO DEBATE AND [...] (U) At a February 23 news conference, President Saakashvili dismissed as "foolish" the recent public debate over whether Georgia's NATO aspirations will prevent it from restoring territorial integrity over the separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The debate began on February 16, [...]	2007-02-27 06:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RU
07TBILISI401	AMBASSADOR URGES GEORGIA TO AGREE TO JCC MEETING [...] (C) Ambassador called on Deputy Foreign Minister Manjgaladze on February 27 to deliver reftel demarche urging the Georgians to agree on a date and time of a meeting of the Joint Control Commission (JCC) for South Ossetia. Noting a recent press report on Georgian plans to invest 3.5 million U [...]	2007-02-28 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI405	UN TO USE UNOMIG RENEWAL TO MOVE SIDES FORWARD [...] (C) On February 27, UN Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) for Georgia Jean Arnault briefed the SIPDIS Friends of the Secretary General (FSG) on UN plans to use the April 15 deadline for renewal of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) to push the sides to fulfill t [...]	2007-03-01 15:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI436	OSCE SAYS THERE IS AGREEMENT TO INFORMAL JCC MARCH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Tefft called on OSCE Ambassador Roy Reeve February 28 to discuss South Ossetia. On the Joint Control Commission (JCC),Ambassador said that the U.S. is pressing the Georgians to agree to the JCC. Reeve said that there were some positive signals that a JCC meeting wou [...]	2007-03-05 14:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI489	ABKHAZIA: UN BRIEFS WESTERN FRIENDS ON KODORI [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault briefed the Western Friends of the Secretary General (FSG) on the alleged rocket and missile firing on Georgian villages in Upper Kodori on March 11 (reftel). Arnault said that the Georgians had [...]	2007-03-12 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI623	BAGAPSH ALLIES WIN ABKHAZ DE FACTO PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) After a poor showing in the first round (reftel),candidates aligned with de facto Abkhaz president Sergey Bagapsh rallied in the parliamentary run-offs March 18 (likely with the help of "administrative resources") to win an outright majority. According to a UN official, Bagapsh supporter [...]	2007-03-23 12:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TBILISI624	Georgia Bi-Weekly Update March 23 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of March 11-23. Investigation of MOD Finances under Okruashvili --------------------------------------------- -- 2. Georgian newspapers are reporting that the Audit Chamber has [...]	2007-03-23 13:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO GG
07TBILISI652	THE GEORGIAN ECONOMY LOOKS FORWARD TO A YEAR OF [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Georgia's economy overcame Russian sanctions and grew 9.3 percent in 2006. Growth is expected to continue at a 7-8 percent rate in 2007. Prospects for increased foreign direct investment ar [...]	2007-03-28 10:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV GG
07TBILISI656	GEORGIAN PRIME MINISTER NOGHAIDELI REPORTS ON HIS [...] (C) Summary: Returning from a March 23 visit to Ashgabat, Georgian Prime Minister Noghaideli told the Ambassador on March 26 that he found Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhammedov interested in learning more about the West and exploring sending more oil through the South Caucasus, in lieu of c [...]	2007-03-28 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL GG TX
07TBILISI674	ABKHAZIA: PRELIMINARY REPORT ON KODORI ATTACK [...] (C) In a March 29 meeting of the Friends of the Secretary General (FSG),UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault and UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) Commander General Khattak briefed the FSG on the preliminary findings of the Joint Fact Finding Group's (J [...]	2007-03-29 14:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI711	EUR DAS MATT BRYZA'S MARCH 29 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a March 29 meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli, EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed the recent attack on Georgian government buildings in Kodori and rising tensions in the Gali region, and their relationship to the debate over the next UNOMIG mandate renewal in the U [...]	2007-04-02 10:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG GG AR RU TX UN
07TBILISI725	EUR DAS MATT BRYZA'S MARCH 29 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 11:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG GG AR RU TX UN
07TBILISI816	SOUTH OSSETIA ADMINISTRATIVE STATUS LAW MOVES [...] (SBU) Parliament Speaker Nino Burjanadze briefed the diplomatic corps April 11 on the draft law establishing a new autonomous status for South Ossetia, which had passed Parliament in second reading just hours earlier. Parliament passed the bill in third and final reading April 13. Burjanadze [...]	2007-04-13 12:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI817	GOG LOOKS TO IMPROVE AI COOPERATION WITH ABKHAZIA [...] Summary: On March 23, Russian and Georgian press reports claimed an Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak had occurred in Abkhazia. On March 28, Deputy Minister of Health Levan Jugeli told Poloff that the GoG was ready at any time to work with the Abkhaz de-facto officials on AI or other health iss [...]	2007-04-13 12:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TBIO GG
07TBILISI826	SOUTH OSSETIA: LAW ON RESTITUTION [...] Summary: On January 1, 2007, a new Georgian restitution law entered into force, authorizing the GoG to provide compensation for the approximately 60,000 Ossetian refugees (90% of whom fled to North Ossetia) and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who lost their homes during the 1990-92 war. [...]	2007-04-16 13:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF GG
07TBILISI894	Georgia Bi-Weekly Update April 20 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of April 7-20. Controversy over Border Monastery --------------------------------- 2. A longstanding controversy over the border with Azerbaijan -- and specifically over the Dav [...]	2007-04-20 11:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI992	GEORGIA: DRAFT TIFA DELIVERED TO GOG, RUSSIA [...] (C) On April 18, Econoff met with Tamara Kovsiridze, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, and delivered a copy of the draft TIFA approved by the Trade Policy Staff Committee and USTR. Kovsiridze asked for a formal transmittal of the text by letter signed by the Ambassador, which we deliv [...]	2007-04-27 13:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL USTR WTO GG
07TBILISI996	RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE WITHDRAWAL FROM GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Russia appears ready to complete its withdrawal from its military base in Akhalkalaki and to finish removing all heavy equipment from its base in Batumi in 2007. On April 13, the first of five convoys of Russian arms and equipment left the Russian military base in Akhalkalaki [...]	2007-04-30 06:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TEGUCIGALPA415	CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO HONDURAS FINALLY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque filled his two-day visit to Honduras with the inauguration of a hospital specializing in ophthalmology, a visit with President Zelaya, the signing of three agreements to bring the two countries closer together, and a visit with local suppo [...]	2007-03-07 14:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR CU HO
07TELAVIV1019	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran-Britain Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that his government would release the 15 detained British sailors and marines as a gift t [...]	2007-04-05 08:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1088	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that, during their meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, PM Ehud Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas will discuss the "diplomatic horizon." Yediot reported that Olme [...]	2007-04-13 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1113	ISRAEL: CODEL ACKERMAN AND FM LIVNI DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting in Tel Aviv on April 12 with Representative Gary Ackerman (D-NY) and the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni explained Israel's belief that it is impossible to distinguish between Hamas and non-Hamas members of the Palestinian government. She urged the inte [...]	2007-04-18 06:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IR IS
07TELAVIV1119	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 09:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1218	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Similar to other media, Ha'aretz quoted senior IDF officers as saying that on Tuesday the IDF foiled a Hamas attempt to kidnap a soldier on the Gaza border. Apparently as pa [...]	2007-04-26 05:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1223	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Performance 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that, in a high-level defense consultation on Wednesday, PM Ehud Olmert decided that Israel will avoid a broad military response to the Hamas rocket bar [...]	2007-04-26 08:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1258	CODEL PELOSI'S MEETING WITH PM OLMERT [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Olmert told CODEL Pelosi April 1 that he would continue to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas despite Abbas' failure to deliver on his commitments. Olmert was adamant that his talks with Abbas not include the final status issues of refugees, Jerusalem a [...]	2007-04-27 15:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS SY LE IR IZ
07TELAVIV1328	DEMONSTRATORS CALL ON LEADERS TO RESIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: The May 3 Tel Aviv demonstration gathered more than 100,000 people, but its diverse assortment of students, reservists and settlers will not compel political action such as early elections. Some analysts speculated, however, that the demonstration may strengthen the hand of t [...]	2007-05-04 14:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB IS LE
07TELAVIV133	ISRAELI POL-MIL BUREAU CHIEF ON RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (S) On January 8, Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad shared with the Ambassador the results of his recent visit to Russia and meetings with Russian intelligence officials to discuss Iran and Syria. Gilad said that the Russians believe it will take twice as long as the Isra [...]	2007-01-11 16:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP ETTC MASS SY IR EG RS
07TELAVIV1343	ISRAEL MFA AND MOD CONTACTS ON POSSIBLE SUMMER WAR [...] (S) An MOD working-level official suggests that Hizballah in southern Lebanon is not seeking a fight with Israel this summer, but is intent on quietly rebuilding its capabilities, and reasserting itself south of the Litani River. The official does not rule out that Syria might try to provoke a war [...]	2007-05-07 13:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR MCAP MARR SY LE IS
07TELAVIV1348	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. PM Olmert's Performance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot, Israel Radio, and other leading media quoted State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack as saying in his daily briefing on Monday that he would not ex [...]	2007-05-08 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1358	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1376	COALITION SURVICES NO-CONFIDENCE VOTES; BARAK AND NETANYAHU [...] (U) PM Olmert kept the Kadima Party and the coalition together despite last week's resignation of the coalition chairman, Avigdor Yitzhaki, and shaky support from the Labor Party, defeating opposition attempts to pass no-confidence votes on May 7. Olmert's supporters bruited the possibility o [...]	2007-05-11 04:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM IS
07TELAVIV1438	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the shelling of Sderot with Qassam rockets and the internecine fighting in the Gaza Strip. The media reported that more than 20 Qassam rockets fell on Sderot on Tuesda [...]	2007-05-16 11:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1476	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 12:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1514	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that last night the Israel Air Force bombed the house of Hamas parliamentarian Khalil al-Haya in Gaza. He was slightly injured in the attack, but eight others including [...]	2007-05-21 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1540	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1604	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ----------- Summary: -------- Senior commentator Nahum Barnea wrote in the popular, pluralist Yediot: "The current government has three negotiation tracks that require discussion.... Each track involves great risks, but refraining from making a choice is no less dangerous. Whoe [...]	2007-06-04 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1624	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] 40th Anniversary of the Six-Day War 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Palestinian sources as saying that PM Ehud Olmert will meet on Thursday in Jericho with PA Chairman (President) Mahmoud Abbas. Israel Rad [...]	2007-06-05 11:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1644	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. G-8 Summit, June 6-8 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the possibility that a military confrontation with Syria might break out this summer. The media reported that this morning the security cabinet will hold [...]	2007-06-06 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1665	DOE/NNSA/LLNL TEAM'S VISIT TO ISRAEL SEES PROGRESS [...] (S) From March 13 through March 14, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Team comprised of officials from the DOE-affiliated National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) met with officials from the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC),Israel' [...]	2007-06-07 15:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC IR SY KN IS
07TELAVIV1733	MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR YADLIN COMMENTS ON [...] (S) Summary. During a June 12 meeting with the Ambassador, IDI Director MG Amos Yadlin said that Gaza was "number four" on his list of threats, preceded by Iran, Syria, and Hizballah in that order. Yadlin said the IDI has been predicting armed confrontation in Gaza between Hamas and Fatah since Ham [...]	2007-06-13 16:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS KWBG LE SY IS
07TELAVIV1842	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Monday the US and EU lifted the embargo on the PA. The media quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying: "We intend to lift [...]	2007-06-19 12:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1901	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 10:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1912	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banner in Yediot) quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying at a fundraising event in Haifa on Thursday that his meeting with PA President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday will create a "new be [...]	2007-06-22 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1957	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a conciliatory address to the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh PM Ehud Olmert declared in a surprise gesture that he intends to ask the cabinet to approve the release of [...]	2007-06-26 12:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1972	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that on Tuesday two Qassam rockets were launched at Sderot. This morning leading electronic media reported on IDF operations in the southern Gaza StripQIs [...]	2007-06-27 10:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1996	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except the ultra-Orthodox newspapers, led with news on the plea bargain agreement for President Moshe Katsav. As a result Katsav resigned this morning. The media reported that [...]	2007-06-29 09:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2050	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 10:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2082	NATO A/SYG COLSTON'S JUNE 24-26 VISIT SEES [...] (S) NATO Assistant Secretary General (Defense Policy and Planning) John Colston told NATO embassy representatives in Tel Aviv June 26 that his 3-day visit to Israel resulted in progress on implementation of five chapters of Israel's Individual Cooperation Program (ICP). Observing NATO and Isr [...]	2007-07-06 10:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL NATO PTER MASS MARR IS
07TELAVIV2112	CODEL ISRAEL'S MEETING WITH AMOS GILAD: REGIONAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. CODEL Israel on July 5 discussed with the MOD's political-military bureau chief MG (Ret) Amos Gilad the evolving relationship between Iran, Syria, and Hizballah, Egypt's role in working to broker the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, and curbing weapons smuggling [...]	2007-07-10 11:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER KNNP MNUC EG IS SY
07TELAVIV2135	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 09:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2173	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 10:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV219	REPORT ON BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) On November 15, 2006, Blue Lantern Officer and Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) employee conducted a site visit to the former Israel Military Industries Aircraft System Division (IMIASD) facility and met with Danny Inbal, Corporate Security Director; Israel Zigerson, Purchasing [...]	2007-01-19 10:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IS
07TELAVIV2280	APHSCT TOWNSEND TAKES STOCK OF BMENA REGION WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (AFHSC),met Mossad Director Meir Dagan on July 12 for a general discussion of regional security threats. On the Iranian nuclear program, Dagan proved surprisingly optimistic about the [...]	2007-07-26 13:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PTER PREL KNNP KWBG EFIN IR IS
07TELAVIV2338	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US-Saudi Arms Deal 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- The media reported on Sunday that the U.S. is prepared to increase military aid to Israel to ease concerns over a proposed American weapons sale to Saudi Arabia. The media cite [...]	2007-07-30 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2357	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 08:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2391	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 10:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2483	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Pakistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that Binyamin Netanyahu won the Likud primary with 73.2 percent of the vote. Far-Right activist Moshe Feiglin garnered 23.4 percent, and World Likud Chairman D [...]	2007-08-15 10:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2513	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Columnist and former IDF Intelligence chief Shlomo Gazit wrote in the popular, pluralist Maariv: "Israel's steps [vis-a-vis Syria] are determined more than anything by domestic politics, and in particular by the Prime Minister's attempt to portray [...]	2007-08-20 10:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV252	GOI CAUTIOUSLY IN FAVOR OF INFORMAL UNSCR 1701 [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a January 22 meeting with NEA DAS Robert Danin, Aharon "Ronny" Yaar (MFA Deputy Director General and Head of the UN and International Organizations Division) and Tal Becker (Advisor to Foreign Minister Livni) observed that smuggling of weapons, including hundreds of long-ra [...]	2007-01-24 06:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY IS FR
07TELAVIV2539	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that a week ago President Shimon Peres met in his office with Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad and that he is willing to meet with PA Chairman [Presi [...]	2007-08-21 09:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2543	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-22 10:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2558	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2576	U/S BURNS' MEETING AT ISRAEL'S MFA ON LEBANON, [...] (S) After the August 16 signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on U.S. Security Assistance to Israel and the press conference that followed, Under Secretary Burns and his delegation participated in a roundtable discussion of issues with an Israeli MFA delegation led by MFA Director G [...]	2007-08-24 04:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MASS NATO PTER KNNP UNSC SY IR EG LE IS
07TELAVIV2579	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-24 11:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2620	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the meeting between PM Ehud Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas. The Jerusalem Post reported that on Tuesday officials from both sides ad [...]	2007-08-29 11:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2635	U/S BURNS' AUGUST 15 MEETING WITH ISRAELI DEPUTY [...] (S) In an August 15 meeting, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz and Under Secretary Burns discussed the Memorandum of Understanding on security assistance to Israel that would be signed the following day, U.S. efforts to ensure that security assistance to Arab partners would not jeopard [...]	2007-08-30 07:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MASS MARR KNNP UNSC SY LE IS
07TELAVIV2640	DAS DANIN'S AUGUST 29 MEETING WITH ISRAELI DEFMIN [...] (S) In an August 29 meeting, Michael Herzog, the Chief of Staff to Israeli Defense Minister Barak, told visiting NEA DAS Robert Danin that Israel is not looking for a fight with either Hizballah or Syria, but needs to prepare for one just in case. Earlier concerns within government circles abo [...]	2007-08-30 13:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MASS KPAL KWBG UNSC SY EG LE IS
07TELAVIV2642	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that three Palestinian children from one family were killed in a strike against rocket launchers in the northern Gaza Strip. The media quoted the IDF [...]	2007-08-31 03:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2650	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 10:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2652	U/S BURNS' AUGUST 17 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOSSAD [...] (S) In an August 17 meeting, Israeli Mossad Chief Meir Dagan thanked Under Secretary Burns for America's support of Israel as evidenced by the previous day's signing of an MOU that provides Israel with USD 30 billion in security assistance from 2008-2018. Dagan provided his assessment of the [...]	2007-08-31 12:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR MASS KNNP UNSC PK IR IZ ZP
07TELAVIV2662	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 10:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV267	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel: Governance 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major electronic media cited the State of the Union Address that President Bush delivered on Tuesday. The media reported that the President dedicated roughly half of his speech [...]	2007-01-24 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2682	TEL AVIV RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT'S JUNE 5 PRAGUE [...] Israel's status as a well-established democracy means that most of our public and media outreach on the Freedom Agenda is focused on promoting the functional integration of Israeli minorities -- particularly the Israeli-Arab community -- into the political system. As part of these efforts, the [...]	2007-09-05 11:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	XF KMPI KPAO SCUL PGOV IS
07TELAVIV2690	DAS DANIN AND IDF INTEL CHIEF MG YADLIN DISCUSS [...] (S) SUMMARY. During a meeting August 30, Israel Defense Intelligence (IDI) Chief MG Amos Yadlin analyzed the ongoing possibility of war with Syria for visiting NEA DAS Robert Danin. While tensions have eased somewhat from their mid-summer high, and while neither side wanted a fight, Yadlin s [...]	2007-09-06 09:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPPS PINR SY IR LE IS

07TELAVIV2702	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted Syrian Information Minister Mohsen Bilal as saying on Thursday afternoon that Syria is weighing its response to an alleged violation of its airspace early on Thursday. Maa [...]	2007-09-07 10:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2722	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Military correspondent Amos Harel wrote on page one of the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: "It is safe to assume that Assad will make some sort of move to keep Israel on the edge of its seat over the [upcoming Jewish] holidays." Senior colu [...]	2007-09-10 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2756	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited a report by Christiane Amanpour of CNN based on American and Middle Eastern sources that Israel's action in Syria last week was directed at an Iranian shipment [...]	2007-09-12 10:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2779	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. France-US Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying on Monday, in a briefing for Russian-language media outlets in Israel: "I have a lot of respect for the Syrian leader and for Sy [...]	2007-09-18 09:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2780	EMBASSY RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INPUT ON [...] (U) Israel is a well-established democracy with a large number of influential NGOs and human rights activists. Human rights are guaranteed in a series of "Basic Laws," which function as a constitution. The government's treatment of NGOs is consistent with the 2006 Guiding Principles on NGOs. [...]	2007-09-18 10:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV IL
07TELAVIV283	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] State of the Union Address 2. Mideast 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post highlighted a part of President Bush's State of the Union Address: "We could expect an epic battle between Shi'a extremis [...]	2007-01-25 10:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2890	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 10:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2896	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Myanmar ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit the region in mid-October to work on the agenda for the Annapolis meeting. Maariv reported that during a meet [...]	2007-10-03 11:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2908	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- The independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized: "The changes in the region and the Palestinian leadership's weakness make it even more difficult to reach a viable agreement. It is clear that the Annapolis meeting will require much more crea [...]	2007-10-05 12:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2933	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 10:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2947	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-12 13:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2948	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will come to the region early next week. Israel Radio reported that a three-way meeting will be held between her, PM Ehud [...]	2007-10-12 13:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2986	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 06:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2994	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 06:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3014	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 07:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3030	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that President Bush is sending National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley to the Middle East next week and that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will return soo [...]	2007-10-19 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3051	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The top story over the weekend was the alleged assassination plot against PM Olmert in June. Reportedly, the plot which was broken up by Shin Bet and PA security services, involved five [...]	2007-10-22 10:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3067	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on PM Ehud Olmert's meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace on Monday. The Jerusalem Post banners: "PM Feels Fres [...]	2007-10-23 10:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3077	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Rabin Assassination Anniversary 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that on Tuesday a Palestinian was killed in an air force attack on a vehicle in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. The newspa [...]	2007-10-24 15:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3087	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted a State Department spokesperson as saying on Wednesday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will come to Israel and the PA in early November. Major media quoted Sec [...]	2007-10-25 10:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3109	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday Defense Minister Ehud Barak approved economic sanctions on the Gaza Strip in response to continued Qassam rocket attacks. Thi [...]	2007-10-26 10:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3222	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3227	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying on Tuesday that the Annapolis meeting will take place during the last week of November. (Ha'aretz quoted chief PA negotiator Qurei as saying that [...]	2007-11-07 11:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3244	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Global Democracy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Wednesday Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, who is in charge of the strategic dialogue with the US, met with Secretary of State Con [...]	2007-11-08 11:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3257	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Israel expects the US to formally confirm the Annapolis meeting on Friday for the last week of November. Major media suggested that President Bush would ho [...]	2007-11-09 10:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3268	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Columnist Amos Gilboa, former head of Research Division at IDF Intelligence, wrote in the popular, pluralist Maariv: "The Annapolis conference should be a test, a litmus paper, for the Palestinians and the Arab states: Are they willing to support [...]	2007-11-13 12:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3286	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3295	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3316	AMBASSADOR HOSTS ROUNDTABLE ON "TOWARDS ANNAPOLIS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 14th Ambassador Jones held a round-table discussion with leading Israeli academics and think tank representatives to discuss the upcoming Annapolis conference. Opinions varied as to the possible outcomes of the conference, but there was general agreement that plannin [...]	2007-11-20 17:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS SA IR SY
07TELAVIV3323	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 10:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3341	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 12:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3376	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 11:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3385	PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 MEETING AT THE ISRAELI [...] (S) In an October 24 meeting at the MFA, an Israeli government interagency team led by MFA Deputy Director General (Strategic Affairs) Miriam Ziv shared its assessment of the internal situation in Iran with a U.S. team led by ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney. The Israeli side made the following points: ( [...]	2007-11-29 07:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR IS
07TELAVIV3386	PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 MEETING AT THE ISRAELI [...] (S) In an October 24 meeting at the Israeli MFA, an Israeli government interagency team led by MFA Deputy Director General (Strategic Affairs) Miriam Ziv shared its assessment of the technical status of Iran's nuclear program with a U.S. team led by ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney. The Israeli sid [...]	2007-11-29 07:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR IS
07TELAVIV3398	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 12:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV340	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that according to security sources Prime Minster Ehud Olmert has approved a change of route in the separation barrier east of the Green Line in the area of Modi'in Ilit. Th [...]	2007-01-31 10:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3411	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-30 11:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3429	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Russian Parliamentary Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banners in Ha'aretz and the Jerusalem Post) reported that on Sunday Labor Party Chairman and Defense Minister Ehud Barak proposed at the weekly cabin [...]	2007-12-03 13:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3441	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The release of the U.S. National Intelligence Assessment on Iran received top billing in major media. The Jerusalem Post headlined "US: Iran Stopped Its Nuclear Arms Program 4 Years Ago". [...]	2007-12-04 11:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3454	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3461	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] NIE Report on Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) led with a comment made on Wednesday to the press by IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei that the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report "vindic [...]	2007-12-06 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3491	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted senior diplomatic officials in Jerusalem as saying that the Israeli and Palestinian negotiators who will meet in Jerusalem on Wednesday to kick off final-status ne [...]	2007-12-11 11:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3514	PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 MEETING AT THE ISRAELI [...] (S) In an October 24 meeting at the Israeli MFA, an Israeli government interagency team lead by MFA DDG (Strategic Affairs) Miriam Ziv shared its assessment of the current situation in the IAEA and UN Security Council, and the likelihood of key UNSC members supporting a third UNSC sanctions resolut [...]	2007-12-13 16:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR IS
07TELAVIV3515	PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 DISCUSSIONS ON COUNTERPROLIFERATION FINANCE AND IRAN WITH THE ISRAELI MFA (CABLE 4 OF 5) REF: A. TEL AVIV 03385 B. TEL AVIV 03386 C. TEL AVIV 03514 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 16:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER KNNP MNUC IR IS
07TELAVIV3516	ISN PDAS MCNERNEY'S DISCUSSION ON PSI AND UNFC [...] (C) During an October 24 meeting with an Israeli inter-agency team at the Foreign Ministry that focused mainly on the Iranian nuclear threat, ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney and her delegation also exchanged views on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and various resolutions in the UN Firs [...]	2007-12-13 16:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP UNSC UNFC EG RU IS
07TELAVIV3520	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that President Bush is expected to accept an invitation by Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik to visit Israel during the state's 60th anniversary celebrations. The newspaper repor [...]	2007-12-14 11:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3526	D/S KIMMITT AND PM OLMERT DISCUSS IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 7, Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt and the Ambassador discussed the recent release of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Political Advisor Shalom Tourgeman. Olmert was satisfied by Kimmitt,s statements that Treasu [...]	2007-12-14 16:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN KNNP KWBG IR IS PINR
07TELAVIV3528	DG ABRAMOVICH DISCUSSES STRATEGY WITH D/S KIMMITT: [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 7, Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt and the Ambassador met with Foreign Ministy Director General Aaron Abramovitch. The DG emphasized the need for Palestinian economic development, but emphasized that Israeli security forces would be required in the West Ba [...]	2007-12-14 16:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PTER KNNP KWBG IR IS
07TELAVIV3548	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Paris Donor's Conference 2. Gaza ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- All media reported that eleven Palestinians were killed since Monday night in four aerial strikes of IAF among them nine Islamic Jihad activists. One of the dead is a senior [...]	2007-12-18 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3566	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] President Bush's Doctrine 2. Gaza ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that U.S. general (ret.) James Jones said in his meetings on Tuesday with Israeli ministers that he will not serve as a "judge" and arbitrator of road map [...]	2007-12-19 11:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3612	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the outcome of Defense Minister Ehud Barak's visit to Sharm el-Sheikh on Wednesday. Media reported that Barak and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak se [...]	2007-12-27 11:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3613	CODEL SPECTER'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Specter met with Prime Minister Olmert December 25. Their discussion focused on the possibility of peace negotiations with Syria; the National Intelligence Estimate and Iran's nuclear program; Egypt and the problem of smuggling into Gaza; dealing with Hamas in Gaza; and the [...]	2007-12-27 11:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OREP KPAL SY IR EG IS
07TELAVIV3626	ISRAEL NUCLEAR COMMISSION LEADERS DISCUSS IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 19, Ambassador Jones met with the new Director General (DG) of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC),Shaul Shorev. Former DG and current Vice Chairman (VC) Gideon Frank (NOTE: PM Olmert is the IAEC Chairman.) and the recently appointed Deputy Direct General for [...]	2007-12-28 08:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR IS
07TELAVIV3631	CODEL SPECTER'S MEETING WITH BINYAMIN NETANYAHU [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-28 12:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PAL KWBG IR IS
07TELAVIV365	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Missile Defenses ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post and Israel Radio reported that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier SIPDIS (representing the EU),Russian FM Sergey Lavrov, [...]	2007-02-02 10:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV378	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend all media reported that the Quartet decided on Friday to maintain the boycott of the Hamas government until it renounces terrorism and recognizes Israel and [...]	2007-02-05 11:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV387	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Lebanon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that PM Ehud Olmert, PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet on February 19. Maariv (Ben Caspit) reported [...]	2007-02-06 11:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV433	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that today Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter will meet with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to discuss the three-way Rice-Olmert-Abbas meeting later this mont [...]	2007-02-08 10:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV461	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night Israel TV confirmed that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will hold a three-way meeting with Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas on February 19 as planned. Over [...]	2007-02-12 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV471	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-13 11:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV496	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying in Ankara today that he is prepared to talk with the Palestinians if they agree to Israel's terms. Leading media reported that, during his curr [...]	2007-02-15 10:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV509	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will arrive in Israel on Saturday and meet with FM Tzipi Livni. The station said that on Sunday Rice will hold separate meeti [...]	2007-02-16 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV523	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-20 10:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV549	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-21 10:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV553	IRAN: U/S JOSEPH'S JANUARY 30 DINNER WITH ISRAEL [...] (S) During his January 30 - February 2 visit to Israel, Under Secretary Robert Joseph participated in talks with Israeli representatives from the MFA, MOD, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) and affiliated research centers, IDF intelligence, and the Mossad. Discussions focused on the thr [...]	2007-02-22 06:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR RU IS
07TELAVIV554	IRAN: UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (S) During his January 30 - February 2 visit to Israel, Under Secretary Robert Joseph participated in talks with Israeli representatives from the MFA, MOD, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) and affiliated research centers, IDF intelligence (IDI),and the Mossad. Discussions focused on t [...]	2007-02-22 06:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR RU IS
07TELAVIV555	IRAN-IAEA: UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S DISCUSSIONS [...] (S) During his January 30 - February 2 visit to Israel, Under Secretary Robert Joseph participated in talks with Israeli representatives from the MFA, MOD, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) and affiliated research centers, IDF intelligence (IDI),and the Mossad. Discussions focused on t [...]	2007-02-22 06:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA UNSC PTER IR RU IS
07TELAVIV556	IRAN-RUSSIA: UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPHâ€™S DISCUSSIONS [...] (S) During his January 30 - February 2 visit to Israel, Under Secretary Robert Joseph participated in talks with Israeli representatives from the MFA, MOD, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) and affiliated research centers, IDF intelligence (IDI),and the Mossad. Discussions focused on the thr [...]	2007-02-22 06:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR RU IS
07TELAVIV557	IRAN-UNSC: UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S DISCUSSIONS WITH ISRAELI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 07:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	IR IS KNNP MNUC PREL PTER RU UNSC
07TELAVIV559	CODEL KYL MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER LIVNI [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Livni echoed Prime Minister Olmert February 19 by telling CODEL Kyl that despite Israeli "disappointment" with Abu Mazen in the wake of the Mecca Agreement, contacts would continue, although she also cautioned that Abu Mazen needed to understand that he had "los [...]	2007-02-22 08:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS IR
07TELAVIV564	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 09:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV605	IRAN: REPRESENTATIVE HARMAN'S FEBRUARY 20 MEETING [...] (S) During a February 20 meeting with Representative Jane Harman (D-CA),Israeli Deputy DefMin Ephraim Sneh said that he believes that the installation of a pro-American, secular, democratic government in Iran can be far more easily accomplished than many observers think. Saying that regime c [...]	2007-02-27 06:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IR IS
07TELAVIV610	CW/BW AND EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: International Security and Nonproliferation DAS Donald Mahley led a team of experts from State and Commerce to Israel on February 11-13 for consultations on chemical and biological weapons non-proliferation and export controls. In the discussions, Israeli MFA Director for Arms [...]	2007-02-27 07:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL BWC TBIO FR UK IS
07TELAVIV615	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted sources in Washington as saying that Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns is slated to SIPDIS head the American side negotiating Israel [...]	2007-02-27 09:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV636	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Taiwan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that tonight Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik will meet with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and later with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The radio reported that Itzik [...]	2007-02-28 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV660	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Proposed Baghdad Conference ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted a senior political source in Jerusalem as saying on Wednesday that Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas will meet in two weeks, their third m [...]	2007-03-01 10:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV678	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iraq 2. Syria 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted a State Department official in Washington as saying that no one in the US administration, including President Bush, can point out a date for the establishment [...]	2007-03-02 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV690	ISRAEL STUDYING STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES FOR THE [...] (C) PolCouns called on MFA Deputy Director General (A/S equivalent) for Strategic Affairs Miriam Ziv March 1 to convey reftel request for Israel to become a partner in the Global Initiative. (Note: Given current tensions in Israel's relations with Russia, we decided not to coordinate our de [...]	2007-03-02 13:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL IS
07TELAVIV697	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- The independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized: "It is the duty of the government of Israel not to reject the hand that is being offered by Saudi Arabia." Zalman Shoval, senior Likud member and former ambassador to the US, wrote in the ma [...]	2007-03-05 10:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV699	ISRAEL 2007 TIP REPORT, PART 1 OF 2 [...] (SBU) The following is post's input for the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report. Embassy point of contact is Alan Holst, telephone (972) (3) 519-7437, fax 519-7484, email holstar@state.gov. The Government of Israel (GOI) has provided extensive written responses to post's questions on traffick [...]	2007-03-06 03:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GTIP ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KJUS KWMN PHUM
07TELAVIV700	ISRAEL 2007 TIP REPORT PART 2 OF 2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-06 03:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GTIP ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KJUS KWMN PHUM
07TELAVIV715	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV728	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Proposed Baghdad Conference ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that an agreement has been reached with Hamas over the number of prisoners Israel will release in return for Cpl. Gilad Shali [...]	2007-03-08 10:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV733	LEADING NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERTS DEBATE IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A MARCH 1 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH VISITING S/P DEPUTY DIRECTOR MATT WAXMAN, POLCOUNS AND POLOFF, SENIOR RESEARCHERS AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY,S INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES (INSS) SURVEYED A VARIETY OF REGIONAL THREATS FACING ISRAEL AND OFFERED VARIOUS POLICY AL [...]	2007-03-08 12:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KPAL KWBG LE SY IR IZ IS
07TELAVIV767	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 09:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV824	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that on Wednesday FM Livni discussed with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ways to respond to the formation SIPDIS of a Palestinian unity government and that Arab pa [...]	2007-03-16 09:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV860	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV885	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-22 09:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV909	ISRAEL ENDORSES PRINCIPLES OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (C) In response to ref A demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, the Israeli MFA sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy on March 22, announcing Israel's endorsement of the Initiative's principles and its readiness to contribute to the Initiative. A copy of the Israeli no [...]	2007-03-23 13:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM IS
07TELAVIV957	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV978	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 09:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV999	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran-Britain Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Ehud Olmert, at a press conference on Sunday evening in Jerusalem with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, proposed a "meeting of all the heads of the [...]	2007-04-04 12:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07THEHAGUE1013	DUTCH INTENSIFY FIGHT AGAINST SYNTHETIC DRUGS [...] The Justice Ministry policy memorandum on planned measures against the production, trade and use of synthetic drugs, submitted to Parliament May 11, outlines the Dutch government's objectives and strategies to combat ecstasy and other synthetic drugs over the next several years. The policy me [...]	2007-05-31 06:24:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PINS PREL NL
07THEHAGUE1018	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ACHIEVING U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: It has become increasingly apparent that most formal consultations at the OPCW are of marginal value in meeting U.S. goals and objectives, and there are much more productive ways of achieving progress. On certain subjects (budget, Article VII),they are obviously unavoidable. [...]	2007-05-31 09:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE104	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): U.S. PRIORITIES [...] (U) While 2006 was dominated by the extension of the U.S. 100% destruction deadline, there will be a number of key issues of importance to the U.S. in 2007. Article VII will remain a critical policy objective throughout the year, with the focus on practical steps to promote full implementatio [...]	2007-01-19 16:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1103	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (U) Two issues will likely dominate the June 26-29 EC session: Albanian and Russian CW destruction. If Albania does not complete destruction by the start of the EC, there is every reason to expect that Iran will again be on a mission to generate a precedent that can be used against the U.S. i [...]	2007-06-08 14:40:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1186	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On June 11, Amb. Lyn Parker (UK) chaired a meeting of States Parties and chemical industry representatives for the preparation of the Second RevCon. In his opening remarks, the Director General made mention of: UNSC 1540, the chlorine gas attacks in Iraq, the importance of establishing nat [...]	2007-06-20 11:14:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1274	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The June 26-29 Executive Council session was an exercise in punting. Only 13 of some 50 items for EC action were actually decided and everything else was deferred to EC-50. On the most important issue of all, the Council deferred consideration of the verification plan and facility agreem [...]	2007-07-05 07:25:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1347	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On July 10, the facilitator (Larry Denyer, U.S.) chaired a consultation on late declarations, which was well-attended. The discussion centered around the latest facilitator's draft decision text, as well as the Technical Secretariat's supporting paper, both of which were SIPDIS distrib [...]	2007-07-16 10:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1348	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF U.S. [...] (U) At mid-year, a number of U.S. priorities at the OPCW for 2007 have been achieved. An Executive Council chairman very supportive of the U.S. was selected. The Director General proposed a 2008 budget with zero nominal growth and increased funding for inspector training. The Technical Sec [...]	2007-07-16 15:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC

07THEHAGUE1364	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DASD FATA'S JULY 13 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During his meetings with Dutch officials on July 13, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Daniel Fata discussed the Dutch decision on whether to extend in some capacity its ISAF mission in Afghanistan. Dutch officials were receptive to Fata's suggestion of [...]	2007-07-19 10:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1402	RESULTS OF CITES STANDING COMMITTEE 55 AND COP14 [...] The United States achieved key objectives at the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES COP14),which met June 3-15 in The Hague, Netherlands. The delegation of approximately 30 interage [...]	2007-07-25 06:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA ETRD EFIS NL
07THEHAGUE1447	NETHERLANDS:DEBRIEF OF JULY 30 U.S.-RUSSIA EXPERTS [...] Poloff delivered reftel on U.S.-Russia experts meeting on missile defense cooperation to Dutch MFA Senior Advisor of Security Affairs and Non-Proliferation Frank van Beuningen. Van Beunigen appreciated the information. GALLAGHER [...]	2007-08-03 13:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO UP AJ CZ PL RS
07THEHAGUE1615	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR TWO [...] (U) On August 29, Diana Gosens (Netherlands) chaired the first consultation on the DG,s Draft Program and Budget for 2008. She was careful to point out that this meeting was only to cover Programme 1 (Verification),thus avoiding premature (and expected to be contentious) discussions on num [...]	2007-08-31 14:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1642	NETHERLANDS/EU: KOSOVO IS TOP PRIORITY FOR GYMNICH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 5, 2007, POLOFF delivered reftel points to Desiree Kopmels, EU correspondent for the Dutch MFA. In discussions the next day, Ms. Kopmels emphasized that the Netherlands would push for the EU to send a united message to Belgrade and Pristina: 'get to a solution.' K [...]	2007-09-06 14:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU NL RU YI KV
07THEHAGUE1650	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL NAC [...] (C) The GONL is not opposed in principle to a North Atlantic Council (NAC) trip to Tbilisi, but has reservations regarding the prospects of joining NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer in his trip to Georgia in October. According to MFA NATO Advisor Mark Versteden, the GONL is reluctant to "antagonize R [...]	2007-09-10 15:59:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	GG NATO PREL RS NL
07THEHAGUE1684	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 12:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1713	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) There has been a certain malaise since delegations returned from summer holidays, with widespread acceptance of the view that there will need to be a special session of the Executive Council during the Conference of States Parties to pass the budget and perhaps other agenda items. Alexan [...]	2007-09-18 14:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1727	Dutch seek U.S. cooperation on marine conservation [...] Summary: During a recent meeting, an Agriculture Ministry official responsible for Law of the Sea issues inquired about U.S. position on three marine resources issues: cooperation on Regional Fish Management Organizations (RFMOs),genetic research on the high seas, and a third agreement under [...]	2007-09-19 14:28:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIS SENV FWS INPFC NFMS PHSA NL
07THEHAGUE1786	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On September 17, Ambassador Romeo Arguelles (Philippines) chaired the preparatory meeting for EC-50 and review of the agenda. There was little discussion. Ambassador Javits urged delegations to address the issues for decision and avoid the deferrals of routine business that have characte [...]	2007-09-26 16:11:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1851	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) ACTION ITEMS -- see paragraphs 31 and 69. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Executive Council 50 approved the OPCW's zero nominal growth budget for 2008, in a newly productive spirit of getting things done after the large agenda of unfinished business it inherited from the previous s [...]	2007-10-04 16:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1872	DUTCH TRANSPORT MINISTER FOCUSED ON MOBILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Dutch Transport Minister Eurlings believes a more rational, practical approach is needed for tackling mobility and traffic congestion in the Netherlands. He recently told Ambassador Arnall that he plans to use his October 15-19 trip to the United States to learn more about Ame [...]	2007-10-11 08:21:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON PGOV PINR NL
07THEHAGUE1890	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] Country clearance is granted for the Octobe 30-31, 2007 visit to the Netherlands for NNSA official Joseph John Krol. The purpose of the travel is for a layover in route to Moscow, Russia. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unesc [...]	2007-10-15 14:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KNNP OTRA NL
07THEHAGUE1902	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH PREVIEW OCTOBER 15-16 GAERC [...] (SBU) On October 10, Embassy shared reftel points with the Dutch MFA's EU Correspondent, Desiree Kopmells; Deputy Director for European Integration, Marisa Gerards; and Pauline Diepenbroek, Senior Policy Officer, European Cooperation Directorate. 2. (SBU) WTO off the agenda: Diepenbroek to [...]	2007-10-16 14:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS KPAL PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC NL EU
07THEHAGUE1905	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR TWO [...] (U) On October 2, Del Reps were invited to join the Executive Council Bureau meeting to answer questions on the upcoming visit to the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility. Gabrielle Coman-Enescu of the Technical Secretariat also attended for the same purpose. The SIPDIS Ambassadors h [...]	2007-10-17 14:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1925	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: POSITIVE NEWS ON MARGINS [...] (S) Summary: The GONL received potentially good news from France on the margins of the European Council meeting in Lisbon on October 18-19. According to Dutch officials, French President Sarkozy agreed in a meeting with Dutch PM Balkenende to deploy up to two Operational Mentoring and Liaison [...]	2007-10-23 12:23:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1931	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (U) On October 15, Kimmo Laukkanen (Finland) chaired a consultation to draft decision text for the upcoming CSP on Article VII. The meeting was well-attended but not productive. Iran raised two significant points that seriously sidetracked discussions: (1) as the EC did not make recommendati [...]	2007-10-24 10:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1935	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (U) On October 15, Kimmo Laukkanen (Finland) chaired a consultation to draft decision text for the upcoming CSP on Article VII. The meeting was well-attended but not productive. Iran raised two significant points that seriously sidetracked discussions: (1) as the EC did not make recommendati [...]	2007-10-24 12:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1963	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (U) During the October 19 consultation (at which Iran was noticeably absent),significant progress was made on a draft decision. As a result, the facilitator (Larry Denyer, Del) prepared a new draft to reflect the general consensus achieved during this most meeting. Based on subsequent consu [...]	2007-11-02 18:55:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1967	ABN AMRO TAKEOVER BATTLE OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A consortium of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Spain's Banco Santander and the Belgian-Dutch bank Fortis have gained control of the Dutch bank ABN Amro after a long takeover battle that pitted the group against a rival bidder, the British bank Barclays. A detailed plan for ABN A [...]	2007-11-05 15:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NL
07THEHAGUE1980	NETHERLANDS/OSCE: PRESSING RUSSIA TO ABIDE BY [...] (C) Summary: The GONL shares our concerns regarding the Government of Russia's decision to significantly restrict the ODIHR observation mission for the upcoming Russian parliamentary elections to 70 persons for short-term observation only. MFA Special OSCE Advisor Tony van der Togt said Dutc [...]	2007-11-09 16:58:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM RS NL
07THEHAGUE1992	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: BALKENENDE MIXES BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his November 5-8 visit to Moscow, Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende engaged Russian President Putin on tough issues such as Kosovo, Iran, and human rights in addition to announcing a major multi-billion dollar gas pipeline deal (reported septels). Balkenende believes that strong e [...]	2007-11-15 12:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON PINR IR RU KO NL
07THEHAGUE1994	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: MINISTER TIMMERMANS REGRETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 9, Ambassador met with Dutch MFA Minister for European Affairs Timmermans to discuss Russia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, French President Sarkozy, Timmermans, upcoming trips to the United States, and plans to commemorate 400 years of American-Dutch relations. Although Timmermans o [...]	2007-11-15 12:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EU RU KV YI
07THEHAGUE1998	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) The Twelfth Conference of States Parties (CSP -12) approved a series of decisions to intensify action on Article VII implementation, to continue consultations on specific measures to implement Article XI, and to continue work on the action plan on universality. The Iranian price for allo [...]	2007-11-16 14:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	LY PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1999	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: DUTCH EXPAND ECONOMIC TIES DURING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dutch trade and energy officials are claiming success following Prime Minister Balkenende's recent Russia visit and the conclusion of Dutch-Russian business deals that build on existing bilateral trade and business ties. The Dutch hope that a Gasunie-Gazprom pipeline deal wil [...]	2007-11-19 07:11:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ECON RS NL
07THEHAGUE2018	NETHERLANDS/OSCE: MADRID MINISTERIAL, MD/CFE PROPOSALS [...] (C//NOFORN) Summary: The GONL does not "expect much" from the upcoming OSCE Madrid ministerial, given too many issues pitting Russia against Europe and the United States, such as Kosovo, the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, and missile defense. MFA OSCE Special Advisor Tony v [...]	2007-11-28 10:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREK PGOV PHUM NL OSCE
07THEHAGUE2024	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR [...] (U) Despite being a much shorter session than normal (a day and a half as opposed to the usual four),Executive Council 51 did manage to clear several lingering issues from the Council agenda, including a decision on late declarations shepherded through by U.S. facilitator Larry Denyer and sev [...]	2007-11-30 16:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE2034	CWDEL IDEAS FOR THE SECOND REVIEW CONFERENCE - [...] (U) Now that the Conference of States Parties and the final Executive Council session have ended, OPCW delegations and the Technical Secretariat turn their attention more fully to the upcoming Review Conference. The Director General,s ¬e8 and lengthy TS annex have just been issued)a copy [...]	2007-12-05 15:03:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE2047	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (U) On December 4, UK Ambassador Lyn Parker chaired a meeting of the Open Ended Working Group on Preparations for the Second Review Conference to discuss initial reactions to the recently distributed &Note by the Technical Secretariat: Review of the Operation of the Chemical Weapons Conventio [...]	2007-12-10 16:10:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE2069	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) met on December 12 to discuss preparations for the Review Conference (RevCon). The coordinator, Annie Mari (France),also proposed at the request of the Netherlands to hold an expanded WEOG meeting either January 22 or 20 to discuss voluntary [...]	2007-12-17 14:54:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL RS UK CWC
07THEHAGUE223	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) In response to inquiries over the past several weeks, del rep briefed WEOG on recent press articles concerning the U.S. chemical weapons destruction program. With respect to Dupont's recent decision not to treat the VX hydrolysate from Newport, del rep explained that the program impact wa [...]	2007-02-06 13:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE284	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Amb. Javits and del rep met with DG Pfirter, at the DG's request. Pfirter said he had been contacted by "concerned delegations" (read: Germany) regarding the latest information on the U.S. destruction program. The DG's priority is, of course, to view this in terms of what it will mean f [...]	2007-02-14 15:03:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE297	NETHERLANDS/NEW CABINET: INCOMING FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister-designate Maxime Verhagen told Ambassador Arnall on February 15 that becoming foreign minister was the fulfillment of a "boyhood dream." He stressed that maintaining and strengthening U.S.-Dutch relations will be among his highest priorities as foreign mini [...]	2007-02-16 12:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER EUN NL
07THEHAGUE313	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) On February 12, the P-5 Ambassadors met to discuss universality efforts. Following welcoming remarks by Amb. Javits, DG Pfirter provided an update on universality efforts. On the three Caribbean non-SPs, the DG said he had specifically mentioned the Bahamas, Barbados and the Dominican [...]	2007-02-20 14:14:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE330	NETHERLANDS: INITIAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) Summary: Post delivered reftel points to MFA working level contacts on February 22; we will engage at higher levels as soon as possible, but this may take several days as the new government was sworn in today. In the meantime, the initial response from the MFA working level suggests the D [...]	2007-02-22 16:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EZ MARR PL PREL RS NL
07THEHAGUE365	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SCENESETTER FOR [...] (C) There are two important U.S. goals at EC-48. The first is to ensure that the Asian Group does not select Iran as its candidate to serve as the next EC Chair. The Malaysian Ambassador informed Ambassador Javits on Feb. 26 that the group decided that day to nominate the Ambassador of the [...]	2007-02-27 14:19:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE504	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) What promised to be an uneventful EC-48 on March 13-16 turned into a lengthy session that previewed important, upcoming issues. Iran's tactics have focused the minds of delegations on how to keep Iran from delaying work at future EC sessions. The handling of the Albanian destruction is [...]	2007-03-21 15:21:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE551	NETHERLANDS: UN KOSOVO PROPOSAL SUPPORT [...] (C) Polmiloff delivered reftel points to MFA Head of the Western Balkans Division Cees Roels on March 26; Charge has requested senior appointments. To date, the GONL has been supportive of the Ahtisaari status process for Kosovo, but remains concerned with Russian opposition and the possibilit [...]	2007-03-26 15:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU NL
07THEHAGUE565	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Ambassador Parker (UK) chaired a meeting of the open-ended working group for the Second Review Conference on March 23. The meeting covered the modalities for a possible meeting of States Parties and NGOs (discussion continued from the February 20 meeting),as well as activities not prohi [...]	2007-03-27 13:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE566	UNSCR 1737/IRAN: DUTCH RECEPTIVE TO TREASURY UNDER [...] (S) SUMMARY. In meetings March 8 in The Hague, senior GONL officials told visiting Treasury Under Secretary Levey that a nuclear-armed Iran would be unacceptable. While supporting USG aims for a second UN resolution on Iran, these officials stressed the need for practical and non-discriminatory mea [...]	2007-03-27 15:21:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IR NL
07THEHAGUE643	STATE SECRETARY TIMMERMANS ON EU CONSITUTION, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met April 4 with Frans Timmermans, the new Dutch State Secretary for European Affairs. Timmermans expressed hopes that EU members could agree on a compromise EU treaty prior to the end of the German Presidency. He reiterated his personal commitment to a continued Dutch [...]	2007-04-05 15:31:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL EUN NATO PINR AF BO RS UP NL
07THEHAGUE658	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH ACCEPT GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) Per reftels, MFA Director for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Henk Cor van der Kwaast reported April 10 that the Dutch have decided to accept the invitation to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Van der Kwaast said Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen approved the [...]	2007-04-11 08:41:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NL
07THEHAGUE741	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): OPCW [...] (C) Summary: On April 18, Rogelio Pfirter, the Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),hosted discussions with an Israeli delegation headed by Miriam Ziv, MFA Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs. The Israeli delegation was largely in a [...]	2007-04-20 13:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC IS
07THEHAGUE762	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Luis Garcia (Spain) held an April 17 consultation to discuss the opinion of the Legal Advisor Santiago Onate regarding what information could be made available on an anonymous facility list. Onate carefully laid out his opinion, based on the Verification Annex part IX, Section [...]	2007-04-24 12:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE804	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Status of efforts toward Middle East Universality: UK Ambassador Parker opened the meeting with a briefing on the recent meetings in Cairo. DG Pfirter met with Egyptian MFA officials as well as members of the NGO Council on Foreign Relations, but found no sign of movement towards adherenc [...]	2007-05-01 11:45:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE838	NETHERLANDS: ENDORSEMENT OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] Post received the following note verbale from the Dutch MFA endorsing the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Statement of Principles: BEGIN TEXT: No: DVB/NN-223/07 NOTE VERBALE The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the Unite [...]	2007-05-04 11:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NL
07THEHAGUE839	NETHERLANDS/AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY PARTICIPATION [...] (S) The Dutch will present briefings in both the Information Exchange and Enforcement Experts meetings of the Australia Group Plenary in Paris, June 4-7, said MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Ceta Noland on May 3. According to Noland, the Dutch will build upon a pre [...]	2007-05-04 11:35:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL CBW NL
07THEHAGUE894	NETHERLANDS: PARTICIPATION IN OSCE [...] The GONL will participate in the OSCE Political Public-Private Partnership Conference focused on counterterrorism in Vienna from May 31 to June 1, 2007. However, the GONL has yet to decide at what level to send its delegation. Either an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or office [...]	2007-05-11 13:09:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS SP NL
07THEHAGUE899	NETHERLANDS/EU: MAY 14-15 PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary. The GONL remains concerned about Sudan and will support EU sanctions if no UN sanctions are forthcoming. The Dutch are also concerned about progress on EU-Russia cooperation. They support an EU role in the International Compact with Iraq and Ahtisaari's recommendations for [...]	2007-05-11 15:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN ETRD KPAL PREL EAID NL
07THEHAGUE916	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: ELEMENTS ARE THERE IN UNSC [...] (C) Summary: The GONL has seen the draft UN Security Council Resolution for Kosovo circulated on May 11, and believes it contains "all the elements" from UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari's Settlement Plan. But the Dutch believe Moscow will continue to oppose the plan, and questioned whether [...]	2007-05-15 12:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI NL
07THEHAGUE923	DUTCH ON OECD ENLARGEMENT AND FINANCING REFORM [...] (U) Econ Chief forwarded reftel points on May 10 to Peter Post, Head of the OECD Unit, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post was not available to meet and discuss the points until May 14. Econ Chief also shared the points with Jerome Larosch, OECD Coordinator in the Trade Policy Unit, Dut [...]	2007-05-15 13:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OECD EUN NL
07THEHAGUE924	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) The May 9 events commemorating the tenth anniversary of entry into force of the Convention went off smoothly, and Secretary Rice's message of congratulations was delivered to SIPDIS DG Pfirter. The dedication by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands of a memorial for the victims of chemical [...]	2007-05-15 14:06:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE935	ISA (FORMERLY ILSA): DUTCH AND SHELL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Shell official confirmed the company does not expect to make any final investment decisions before mid-2008 or early 2009 on the Persian LNG and Yadavaran gas and oil investment projects in Iran. Dutch Foreign Ministry officials noted surprise with the Iranian announcement of a [...]	2007-05-16 13:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL IR
07THEHAGUE946	NETHERLANDS: A/S DE SUTTER'S MAY 8 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: During a tour d'horizon discussion at the MFA on May 8, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula A. DeSutter addressed Russian President Putin's April 26 remarks and attempts to link the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty to [...]	2007-05-18 13:53:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP KCFE CWC NL
07TIRANA1070	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, DECEMBER 15 - 21, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...]	2007-12-21 15:05:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL SOCI AL
07TIRANA981	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 3-10, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) [...]	2007-11-13 09:25:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL AL
07TOKYO1	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/03/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-03 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1025	ANRE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS DIRECTOR GIVES [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting on March 2 Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) Petroleum and Natural Gas Division Director Shin Hosaka expressed only partial satisfaction with discussions between Japan and Russia that took place in late February. He appreciated assurances from Russian P [...]	2007-03-09 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON JA CH RU
07TOKYO1051	UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION: JAPAN CAUTIOUS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S., Japanese and Australian delegates to the Trilateral Working Group (WG) on Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718 met in Tokyo January 24 to continue discussions on 1718 implementation including resolving outstanding legal and policy concerns over sanctions en [...]	2007-03-12 05:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR UNSC AS JA
07TOKYO1090	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/13/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1113	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1133	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1158	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-16 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1185	EAP DIRECTOR RAPSON'S MARCH 12 MEETING WITH MOFA [...] (C) Summary: Officials from MOFA's Southeast Asia Division told visiting EAP/MLS Director Robert Rapson March 12 that pressuring Burma to release political prisoners, promote dialogue on national reconciliation, improve access for international organizations, and end violence directed at eth [...]	2007-03-16 10:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH BM TH VM RO IN CB RP JA
07TOKYO1211	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR CROUCH'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is committed to ballistic missile defense and working toward early deployment of the missile defense agreement, DFM Yachi told DNSA Crouch that during February 26-27 meetings. Japan is troubled by the lack of transparency in China's military development and developmental as [...]	2007-03-19 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER PHUM ECON ETRD EAID MARR KWBG
07TOKYO1218	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1227	MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA/IRAQ - TOKYO [...] "Don't Play into North Korea's Hands" The business- oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (3/20): "Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Glaser, meeting the press Monday morning in Beijing, announced that the US would release the entire amount of frozen DPRK-linked accounts, estimated at ab [...]	2007-03-20 02:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO124	MOFA DIRECTOR GENERAL VISITS TEHRAN, URGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 7 visit to Tehran, MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Okuda urged Iranian officials to comply with the will of the international community and abide by the provisions of UNSCR 1737, according to a MOFA contact. The Iranians replied, predictably, th [...]	2007-01-11 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IR JA
07TOKYO1267	RUSSIA AND JAPAN SEEK TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC TIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov's February visit to Japan included visits with Japan's top leaders and centered on economic issues, especially trade. Japanese officials noted a new openness in their Russian counterparts and speculated that Prime Minister Putin's re [...]	2007-03-22 06:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON JA RU
07TOKYO1276	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-23 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1344	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 08:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1353	CJCS GENERAL PACE MEETING WITH FM ASO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Pace, in a meeting with Foreign Minister Aso on March 21, emphasized the importance of the alliance realignment agreement, the value of Japan's continued contributions to Iraq and Indian Ocean operations, and explained he will visit C [...]	2007-03-28 05:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR JA
07TOKYO1363	GENERAL PACE MEETS WITH MOD LEADERS: TALK ALLIANCE [...] Summary: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Pace reaffirmed the strength of the U.S.-Japan alliance during March 21 meetings with Defense Minister Kyuma and Administrative Vice Minister Moriya. Noting Gen. Pace's upcoming visit to the PRC, Kyuma and Moriya expressed differing outl [...]	2007-03-28 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL
07TOKYO1391	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1393	MEDIA REACTION - ARAB SUMMIT IN RIYADH - TOKYO [...] "Arab Leaders Agree to Relaunch Peace Initiative" Riyadh correspondent Michio Okamoto of the top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote (3/30): "Arab leaders ended a summit in Riyadh Thursday after adopting the Riyadh Declaration, which calls for relaunching their five-year-old peace initiative [...]	2007-03-30 02:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1482	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/05/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-06 00:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1557	JAPANESE CONCERNED BY NORTH KOREAN "PROPAGANDA"; [...] (C) Japan is concerned by what it considers an increased volume of North Korean propaganda that asserts Japan has not made apologies for past "criminal" conduct and that Pyongyang has done all it can to address the abductee issue. MOFA Deputy Director for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Junichi Iha [...]	2007-04-10 05:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KN JA
07TOKYO1577	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1592	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1608	NIIGATA PREF LOOKING TO EXPLOIT ENERGY ADVANTAGE [...] (SBU) Niigata is looking to exploit its energy advantage to attract new business to the prefecture. The prefecture is Japan,s largest producer of oil and natural gas and the country's leading supplier of electric power, which allows it to sell electricity at a substantial discount compared to [...]	2007-04-12 06:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO163	JAPAN OFFERS FAVORABLE ASSESSMENT OF SAKHALIN 2 [...] (C) Summary. The Kremlin,s aggressive move to increase Gazprom,s stake in the Sakhalin 2 project was largely driven by Russian domestic political considerations, MOFA Russian Division officials told poloffs recently. Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) worsened things when it committed a &big blunder8 and [...]	2007-01-15 22:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET RU JA
07TOKYO1657	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1665	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-17 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1689	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 02:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1710	IRAQ PRIME MINISTER MALIKI'S VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Abe told Prime Minister Maliki that Japan fully supports his government and looks to him to continue to lead in Iraq, during Maliki's April 8-11 visit to Tokyo. Abe advised Maliki that he must take steps to shore up the security situation by this summer, do more to [...]	2007-04-18 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN EAID IZ JA
07TOKYO1725	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-19 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1742	MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY ON IRAQ COMPACT DELIVERED; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Aso told Ambassador and Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari that his agreement to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in Moscow on May 3 precludes his participation in the Compact meeting. However, he suggested that if Lavrov were to propose moving their meeting [...]	2007-04-19 08:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL IZ RS JA
07TOKYO1744	ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MULL,S APRIL 11 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: U.S.-Japan cooperation is critical to enhancing Japan's relationship with NATO and to preventing arms sales to China, DG Harada told A/S Mull April 11. Prime Minister Abe's speech to the North Atlantic Council earlier this year marked the beginning of a transformation of Japane [...]	2007-04-19 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MASS MCAP PGOV CH EU JA
07TOKYO1752	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 02:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1762	FM ASO'S PARTICIPATION AT COMPACT MEETING SEEMS [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission, following up on Ambassador's April 18 telephone conversation with Foreign Minister Aso (ref A),met April 20 with MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Norihiro Okuda to reiterate the Secretary's oral message urging FM Aso's attendance at the [...]	2007-04-20 08:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL IZ JA
07TOKYO1763	ASTOP: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO RUSSSIA'S PARTICIPATION [...] On April 17, ESToff spoke with MOFA Principal Deputy Director, Non-Proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division Kaoru Magosaki, concerning Russian participation in ASTOP. Magosaki informed ESToff that Russian Minister Counsellor Galizin visited MOFA on March 7 to appeal to the Japanese g [...]	2007-04-20 09:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PREL RS
07TOKYO1802	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-24 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1843	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 01:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1951	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 22:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1976	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1982	GNEP: MOFA RAISES CONCERNS FOLLOWING MAY 1 [...] (U) Note - This is an Action Request - See paragraph 6 below. 2. (C) On May 2 EST Deputy and EST Officer were called in by MOFA International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Principal Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma to discuss questions that arose following the May 1 pre-ministerial [...]	2007-05-02 10:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL JA
07TOKYO1989	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-07 01:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2004	JAPAN URGES PROGRESS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS IN CCW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japan believes in the need for close U.S.-Japan coordination on cluster munitions (CM) and wishes to see the U.S. encourage progress on CM via the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) for a formal negotiating mandate ""by the end of the year,"" DDG Shimbo told visiting DAS Ru [...]	2007-05-07 05:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL JA NATO
07TOKYO2094	JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND [...] EST Minster-Counselor met with her counterpart, Ambassador Takeshi Nakane, Director-General, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department on May 10, 2007, to discuss reftel points. Ambassador Nakane stated that Japan shares the view that the global WMD threat will not go away and expa [...]	2007-05-10 05:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS
07TOKYO2097	JAPAN KEEPING A WATCHFUL EYE ON UNSCR-LISTED [...] (C) Embassy Political Officer delivered reftel demarche May 9 to UN Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto. Fujimoto said that Japan has very strict border controls in place, and immigration officials have instructions to notify the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately [...]	2007-05-10 06:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PBTS PARM KNNP IR JA

07TOKYO2133	JAPAN RESPONDS TO U.S. WHA OBJECTIVES; INDONESIAN [...] (C) Summary: On May 10, ESTOFF conveyed USG positions per reftel A to appropriate officials at Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW). The officials described Japan's views as being largely in line with U.S. positions on avian and pandem [...]	2007-05-11 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU TBIO AORC PREL AMED JA
07TOKYO2154	JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST: JOINT [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) Embassy political officer delivered Reftel on May 11 to MOFA International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division officer Mikiko Masuda. Masuda asked if Japan would be expected to provide a keynote speaker, or be responsible for leading discussions d [...]	2007-05-14 05:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PTER JA
07TOKYO2157	GNEP: "DIFFERENCE OF VIEWS" ON FAST REACTOR [...] (C) On May 14, ESTOFF delivered points in reftel A to MOFA International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Principal Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma. Naganuma said he appreciated the clarity of Washington's response on the question of cooperation on fast reactor technology with Russia an [...]	2007-05-14 07:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY IAEA JA
07TOKYO2177	The Japan Economic Scope - May 11, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from May 11, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren DG on Mideast Trip, FTAs and Upper House Elections 4. Advisory Committee's Recommends Joint Studies for a U.S. -- Japan FTA 5. Tokyo Uneasy on New WTO Paper on Agriculture 6. [...]	2007-05-15 04:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2194	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 23:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2195	MEDIA REACTION - US-RUSSIA RELATIONS - TOKYO [...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's conservative Sankei front-paged a report quoting a source familier with Japanese and Taiwanese military affairs as disclosing on Tuesday that China is developing anti-ship missiles to possibly counter US aircraft carriers in the event of a cross-straits milit [...]	2007-05-16 23:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2233	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2251	The Japan Economic Scope - May 18, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from May 18, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP and DPJ Staff Members Discuss Upper House election 4. Keidanren Joins G-8 Business Declaration (SBU) 5. KORUS Creates Some Pressure for Japan-U.S. FTA (SBU) 6. FTA/EPA Debate Cont [...]	2007-05-18 06:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO226	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2276	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 02:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2277	MEDIA REACTION - EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT - TOKYO [...] "Breakdown of EU-Russia Summit: Concern over a 'New Cold War'" The moderate Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (5/22): "With the confrontation between the two sides becoming so sharp, the EU-Russia summit held on May 18 in central Russia broke down. There are concerns that without efforts to improve [...]	2007-05-22 02:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2287	JAPAN-RUSSIA VICE MINISTER TALKS: NO PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary. The May 17 Japan-Russia Vice Ministerial talks addressed a range of topics, but focused on preparations for the PM Abe-President Putin meeting on the margins of the G-8, MOFA and Russian Embassy contacts tell Embassy Tokyo political officer. Japan asked for clarification on repo [...]	2007-05-22 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA RU
07TOKYO2289	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2304	MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA - TOKYO [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning papers front- paged the OIE classification of the US as a "controlled risk country" for BSE. 2. "Russia Becoming More Distant from US and EU" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (5/23): "Russia's relations with the US and EU continue to c [...]	2007-05-23 06:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO232	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 01:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2323	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 02:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2395	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2400	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 01:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2411	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 09:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2473	MEDIA REACTION - US-IRAN TALKS - TOKYO [...] LEAD STORIES: Monday morning's economic daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun gave top play to an interview in Moscow with Russian President Putin, who repeated Moscow's claim to the Northern Territories and said that resolving the territorial dispute with Japan would be difficult. 2. "US and Iran S [...]	2007-06-04 02:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2477	JAPAN RESPONDS TO RUSSIA-BURMA NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (C) On May 30, EST Officer delivered points in reftel to Satoshi Kikuchi of the Non-Proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Kikuchi said that Japan shares many of the U.S. concerns about the announced Russia-Burma civil nuclear agreement, a [...]	2007-06-04 06:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU BM RS KNNP IAEA JP
07TOKYO2480	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/04/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-04 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2493	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 02:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2521	MEDIA REACTION - MISSLE DEFENSE IN EASTERN [...] Wednesday's Yomiuri and Nihon Keizai front-paged the opening on Wednesday of the G-8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany. 2. "US, Russia Should Work Harder to Prevent New Cold War" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (6/6): "The US and Russia are sharply at odds over the planned US deployment o [...]	2007-06-06 06:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2529	ANRE'S HOSAKA "BORED" WITH EAST CHINA SEA [...] (C) Summary. The eighth round of director- general level talks between Japan and China on May 25 over the disputed oil and natural gas deposits in the East China Sea broke no new ground. Japan expected a new proposal from China but none was proffered. The two sides will step up the frequency [...]	2007-06-06 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENFR PREL PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO2553	FORMER SWEDISH DPRK AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NORTH [...] (C) Summary. DPRK foreign ministry officials appeared "tense" as a result of Pyongyang's 2006 missile and nuclear tests, former Swedish Ambassador to North Korea Paul Beijer told Embassy Tokyo Political Minister Counselor on June 4. Beijer judged the North Korean military to be in poor condit [...]	2007-06-07 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO2575	MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA'S ISOLATION AT G-8 [...] LEAD STORIES: All six Friday morning papers gave top play to an agreement at the G-8 leaders' meeting Thursday in Heilingendamm, Germany, on the need for substantial global reductions in -- and consideration of seriously halving -- greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. 2. "Russia Sharply at Odd [...]	2007-06-08 02:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2599	The Japan Economic Scope - June 7, 2007 - Part 1 [...] (U) This cable contains part one of Japan Economic Scope from June 7, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. VFM Yachi on FTA, WTO, Agriculture 4. Bilateral Investment Working Group Business Outreach; FTA, Transparency, DHS 5. Asia Pacific Business Leaders Discussed Regional Economic [...]	2007-06-08 07:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2611	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 04:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2618	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 09:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2627	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-12 02:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2629	MEDIA REACTION - PLANNED DEPLOYMENT OF MISSILE [...] LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's liberal Mainichi front- paged the alleged sale by the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) of its headquarters in Tokyo to a fund led by the former head of the Public Security Investigation Agency, which has monitored the gr [...]	2007-06-12 02:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2656	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BUSH'S TRIP TO EUROPE [...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's economic daily Nihon Keizai front-paged GOJ plans to resume full-scale military exchanges with China after a suspension of more than nine years. 2. "Bush Receives Warm Welcome in Former Communist Nations" Sofia correspondent Takashi Sadahiro of the top-c [...]	2007-06-13 05:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2664	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-13 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2668	DASD CLAD TALKS INDIA WITH JAPANESE OFFICALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 7, 2007 DASD for South and Southeast Asia James Clad met Ministry of Defense and MOFA officials to discuss Japan's emerging defense and security cooperation with India. Following the recent Japan-India Defense Ministerial as well as U.S./Japan/India naval training exercis [...]	2007-06-13 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA MARR PINR
07TOKYO2690	ABE-PUTIN G-8 SUMMIT: RUSSIA AGREES TO [...] (C) Summary. During their June 7 summit, PM Abe and President Putin agreed not to shelve the Northern Territories issue, and Putin promised to instruct his deputies to ""accelerate"" the negotiations, according to MOFA Russian Division Director Muto. On North Korea, Putin expressed frustrati [...]	2007-06-14 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET JA RU
07TOKYO2725	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-18 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2729	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - HAMAS-FATAH CLASH AND [...] "Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation the Only Way Forward" An editorial in the conservative Sankei stated (6/17): "Due to internal conflicts between Hamas and Fatah, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has essentially been divided into two government bodies in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. As things sta [...]	2007-06-18 04:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2761	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-19 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2772	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-20 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2786	FORMER JAPANESE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: NEW DIRECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazuhiro Sugita, former Director of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office (CIRO),believes Japan must support United States policy toward the Middle East but, at the same time, be more willing to pursue its own strategies and engagements in the region. He fears that follo [...]	2007-06-20 09:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR JA
07TOKYO2790	JAPAN-PAKISTAN RELATIONS: SLOWLY WARMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan-Pakistan relations appear to be slowly warming, after having suffered a breach following Pakistan's detonation of a nuclear device in 1998. Japan's overriding concern regarding Pakistan is to maintain stability in the South Asia region and, therefore, to help keep it a moder [...]	2007-06-20 20:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID PK JA
07TOKYO2826	The Japan Economic Scope Part 2 - June 21, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains part two of the Japan Economic Scope from June 21, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Political Agenda for Coral Transplants Around Disputed Pacific Islets Denied (SBU) 4. Expansion of Social Insurance Coverage (U) 5. Electric Power Market System Under Review [...]	2007-06-22 04:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2830	NISSAN MOTOR CO. PROJECT WITH THE RUSSIAN [...] (S) On June 22, 2007, EST officer delivered the points in the reftel to MOFA's International Science Cooperation Division, Ms. Ryoko Henna and Tetsuo Takagi. MOFA officials thanked Embassy for passing the information. However they requested time to study the new information with other GOJ coll [...]	2007-06-22 05:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PARM TNGD
07TOKYO2847	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2906	JAPAN'S FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY TOWARD BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Using humanitarian aid and technical assistance to keep bilateral lines of communication open is the backbone of Japan's foreign policy strategy on Burma, MOFA contacts told Tokyo Embassy political officer on June 20. Japan shares many of the United States' concerns on Burma, [...]	2007-06-27 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO2908	GNEP: JAPAN ON EXPANSION, FUTURE MEETINGS [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request -- see para. 6. 2. (C) Summary: Following the May 21 GNEP Ministerial, Japan continues to voice concerns about expanding GNEP beyond the existing core group. Japan is cautious about undertaking cooperative research on sensitive nuclear technol [...]	2007-06-27 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY IAEA JA
07TOKYO2929	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2937	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - DARFUR VIOLENCE [...] LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Yomiuri gave top play to a GOJ plan to provide bullet-train technology to Russia. 2. "Don't Neglect Tragedy in Sudan" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (6/28): "The humanitarian crisis in Darfur has been neglected. The fighting between an Ara [...]	2007-06-28 04:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2958	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-29 03:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO296	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 00:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2966	The Japan Economic Scope June 28, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from June 28, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Economic Section's Thinning Ranks 4. Doha Stock Taking in Tokyo 5. Ag Text Delay -- Is There a Silver Lining? 6. US-Korea FTA -- Political Will Key to Deal 7. U.S. Beef: Technical [...]	2007-06-29 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO30	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3013	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 00:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3028	JAPANESE VICE ADMIRAL UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON AEGIS [...] (S) In a July 2 update for the Ambassador on the status of the GOJ's investigation into the AEGIS leak, Vice Admiral Kato said the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) found no evidence that the Chinese national spouse of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) seaman involved in the ca [...]	2007-07-03 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
07TOKYO3054	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BUSH-PUTIN MEETING [...] "US, Russia Must Continue Efforts to Bridge Gap" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/4): "Presidents Bush and Putin met at a time when US-Russia relations are at a post-Cold War low. It appears that the two leaders were able to repair their personal relationship of trust after [...]	2007-07-05 03:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3077	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3104	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3127	The Japan Economic Scope--July 5, 2007 Part 2 [...] (U) This cable contains part two of the Japan Economic Scope from July 5, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. JBIC Will Finance Pipe Manufacturing in Russia Autos, Energy 4. International Auto Standards and ACCJ Japan American Auto Industries Subcommittee 5. Nissan on Exchange Rates, O [...]	2007-07-09 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO321	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3276	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-18 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3301	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3318	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-20 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3319	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UK-RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] "UK-Russia Relations Looking Like New Cold War" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/18): "At a time when US-Russia relations are awkward, ties between London and Moscow are becoming downright chilly, and the friction between the two appears so deep-rooted that coming to terms w [...]	2007-07-20 02:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3397	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO343	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3470	PDAS STEPHENS JULY 23 MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) Summary: MOFA officials took a very cautious line on the Six-Party Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism Working Group during meetings with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Stephens on July 23. They were also cautious in SIPDIS reacting to initial U.S. ideas for core princi [...]	2007-07-30 05:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP JA DPRK
07TOKYO3479	RESPONSE TO JAPANESE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (S) Summary: Post delivered ref A non-paper to Japan,s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),Ministry of Finance (MOF),Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI),and National Police Agency (NPA). While the meetings revealed ongoing efforts by the Government of Japan to prevent Japan,s Kom [...]	2007-07-30 22:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC KN JA
07TOKYO3587	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a working lunch hosted for the Deputy Secretary by Vice Foreign Minister Yachi, MOFA officials made SIPDIS the following points: -- Japan is hopeful the September report on progress in Iraq will be positive, but is realistic and expects it may not meet expections and will [...]	2007-08-06 07:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG XF IZ IR IS IN AF BM PK JA
07TOKYO36	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3600	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: The Abe Cabinet is committed to moving forward on extending the Anti-Terror Special Measure law despite the LDP's defeat in the Upper House election, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on August 3. The two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance w [...]	2007-08-06 22:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PGOV AS CH TW KS KN RS PG JA
07TOKYO3601	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: The Abe Cabinet is committed to moving forward on extending the Anti-Terror Special Measures law despite the LDP's defeat in the Upper House election, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on August 3. The two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance [...]	2007-08-06 22:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PGOV AS CH TW KS KN RS PG JA
07TOKYO3643	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INTER-KOREAN SUMMIT [...] "Can Roh-Kim Summit Help Denuclearization?" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/9): "The main focus of the just-announced inter-Korean summit will be whether the talks can give momentum to the six- party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program. South Kor [...]	2007-08-09 03:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3681	The Japan Economic Scope--August 9, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 9, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. LDP's Political Foundation Has "Crumbled," Says One Pundit 4. Postal Privatization, Other LDP Legislative Initiatives, Up for Review? 5. Beef Talks Grind Down, No Consensus Yet 6. [...]	2007-08-10 07:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO3688	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/10/07 [...] The government's failure to extend the law would result in the withdrawal of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, which has been on the refueling mission in the Indian Ocean for naval vessels of the United States, Britain, and other countries that are engaged in mop-up operations against terrorists [...]	2007-08-10 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO374	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER MEETS DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 12 meeting with S/P Director Krasner, Director General for North American Affairs Chikao Kawai (since elevated to Deputy Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Foreign Policy) explained that Japan cannot, for domestic reasons, provide humanitarian assistance to the D [...]	2007-01-26 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ZK IN KN KS AS CH RS JA
07TOKYO375	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3784	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/16/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3792	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] LEAD STORIES: Top items in Friday morning national papers included worldwide stock-market plunges and the scorching heat wave sweeping Japan. 2. "SCO reinforces unity to check US." The business- oriented Nikkei reported from Bishkek, Kyrgyz (8/17): "The leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation [...]	2007-08-17 02:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3812	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/17/07 [...] Ozawa has expressed his opposition to the extension of the law, but Maehara, who is regarded as an active leader of the anti-Ozawa force, has advocated that the law should be extended. There was a rumor in the largest opposition party that Maehara might break away from Ozawa since the two ha [...]	2007-08-17 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3877	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-22 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3914	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/23/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3919	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/24/07 [...] In Tokyo, members of the Tokyo Action Committee stood outside the West Entrance of Shinjuku Station and campaigned. Many people stopped to talk with them. A woman (36) from Saitama Prefecture stated: "I am absolutely against Japan cooperating with the war. It only makes terrorism worse. They [...]	2007-08-24 07:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3929	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-24 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3966	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3987	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO401	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 07:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4094	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4213	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - MISSILE DEFENSE IN [...] "Tension Growing Between US and Russia" Warsaw correspondent Sakuraba of the business-oriented Nikkei commented on Polish Defense Minister Szczyglo's disclosure of his country's plan to begin the construction of a missile-defense facility next spring (9/6): "Tension is bound to increase betwee [...]	2007-09-10 06:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4292	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RESIGNATION OF PRIME [...] "Candidates' Policies and Qualifications Must Be Scrutinized" The top circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (9/14): "Following Prime Minister Abe's announcement that he will step down, the LDP presidential election campaign officially starts today. The ruling party must elect a new presi [...]	2007-09-14 01:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4329	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4339	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-19 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO436	JAPAN ASKS ABOUT U.S.-UKRAINE RELATIONS [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 2. 2. (C) In the course of a separate conversation on FM Aso's recent visit to Eastern Europe, MOFA Central and South Eastern Europe Division Deputy Director Hiroki Takabayashi observed that not all of the countries subsumed in Aso's "Arc [...]	2007-01-31 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UP JA
07TOKYO4384	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 01:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4397	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 22:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4400	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 01:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4416	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4436	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4462	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-26 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4528	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-27 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

07TOKYO4552	The Japan Economic Scope--September 27, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from September 27, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Political 3. New PM Fukuda Keeps Economic Team Intact 4. Less Uncertainty in Japan's Trade Team 5. Fukuda's Campaign Pledges Squishy on Reform ( International Interrelations 6. [...]	2007-09-28 07:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4557	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 08:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4648	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4661	PM FUKUDA PLANS NO SHIFT IN JAPAN POLICY ON [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will not alter Tokyo's policy approach to Russia or the Northern Territories, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials tell Embassy Tokyo. Russian Embassy representatives add that Moscow plans to continue its "two-track" approach toward Tokyo: 1) [...]	2007-10-04 07:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG JA RU
07TOKYO4666	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/04/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4673	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-05 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4715	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 04:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4732	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 02:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4746	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 10:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO475	PM ABE'S MESSAGE TO EUROPE: WE SHARE YOUR VALUES, [...] (C) Summary. During PM Abe's January 9-13 trip to London, Berlin, Brussels and Paris, Abe underscored his desire to strengthen Japan's ties with Europe, including NATO, based on a new values-focused foreign policy. Abe's interlocutors agreed with him that the DPRK nuclear issue must be addres [...]	2007-02-01 10:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UK FR GM BE KN CH JA
07TOKYO4775	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-11 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO478	ANRE'S HOSAKA DISCUSSES RUSSIA, CHINA ENERGY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary. Agency of Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) Petroleum and Natural Gas Division Director Shin Hosaka accompanied ANRE Director General Harufumi Mochizuki on a visit to Moscow the week of January 29 to talk to Gazprom about Japanese companies aiding the construction of a gas in [...]	2007-02-01 23:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON JA CH RU
07TOKYO4787	The Japan Economic Scope--October 11, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from October 12, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Money Matters 3. Unemployment Post Slight Rise to 3.8% 4. Bank Sales of Insurance Advocacy 5. U.S. - Japan Investment Initiative 2007--Investment Seminar in Osaka 6. KIAC Welcomes [...]	2007-10-12 03:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4803	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/15/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-15 02:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4804	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - 2+2 TALKS IN RUSSIA [...] "Russia's Hard Line Pronounced" Moscow correspondent Seguchi of the top circulation, moderate Yomiuri reported (10/14): "During a 2+2 defense and foreign ministerial with the US in Moscow, Russian President Putin called for the cancellation of US plans to deploy a missile defense system in Eas [...]	2007-10-15 03:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4829	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 22:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4843	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4856	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 22:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4857	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4901	PANEL ANALYZES FUKUDA, JAPANESE POLITICS, REGIONAL [...] (C) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Japanese politics were two of the topics discussed on October 11 by a Jiji press panel consisting of a politician, a bureaucrat, a Chinese researcher, and a member of the media. The panelists also commented on the income gap and regional disparity issue, the [...]	2007-10-19 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO4954	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 01:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4976	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4980	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-03 07:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5019	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV MEETING WITH JAPAN FM KOMURA: [...] (C) Summary. Tokyo and Moscow made no progress toward resolving the Northern Territories issue during Russian FM Sergei Lavrov's October 23 visit to Japan, MOFA officials told Embassy Tokyo on October 25. Lavrov expressed concern about U.S.-Japan missile defense cooperation and BMD deployment [...]	2007-10-26 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG JA RU
07TOKYO5070	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5073	DAS CHRISTENSEN, DIET MEMBERS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. Prospects for improved Japan-China ties under new Prime Minister Fukuda, the role of Japan against the backdrop of growing U.S-China cooperation, and contentious issues in Japan-China relations were the focus of EAP DAS Tom Christensen's discussions with senior lawmakers from Jap [...]	2007-11-01 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA CH
07TOKYO5084	The Japan Economic Scope--November 1, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from November 1, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Fiscal Issues 3. Citigroup Shares to Hit TSE November 5 4. Unemployment Up Slightly to 4% 5. CPI Down 0.1% in September, 8th Consecutive Monthly Drop 6. BOJ's Economic Outlook: No [...]	2007-11-02 01:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5116	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5137	NORTH KOREA: DIET MEMBERS PRESS FOR ABDUCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS Arvizu met October 31 with eight members of a Diet group dedicated to the return of Japan's abductees. Representative of hardline views in Japan on the issues of negotiating with North Korea and removing the DPRK from the state sponsors of terrorism list, the Diet members [...]	2007-11-07 07:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KN JA
07TOKYO5139	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5176	The Japan Economic Scope--November 8, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from November 8, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents 3. EisMAP and Fostering Sustainable Development in the Asia/Pacific Region Politics 4. Deja vu...D(PJ)eja -Vu 5. Unlikely to Get into Business School 6. Secretary of Defense Rob [...]	2007-11-09 03:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO520	The Japan Economic Scope - February 2, 2007 [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. High Pathology Avian Influenza in Japan 4. Abe Urges Early Listing of Japan Post Corporation Stock 5. USG Urges Postal Privatization Committee to Get Serious About Level Playing Field 6. ANRE's Hosaka Discusses Russian, Chinese Energy Issues 7. Machimura [...]	2007-02-06 00:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5216	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GEORGIA [...] "Rose Revolution Losing Appeal" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (11/13): "Four years ago, a peaceful democratization movement called the 'Rose Revolution' displaced then Georgian President Shevardnadze and led to the election of Saakashvili as the nation's new leader. Ironically, ho [...]	2007-11-13 01:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5227	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5228	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5270	RUSSIA EYEING JAPANESE RAIL, ENERGY TECHNOLOGY [...] (C) Summary. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Naryshkin's November 4-6 visit demonstrates both countries' commitment to strengthening the bilateral relationship, according to a Japanese Foreign Ministry official. Russia would like to build a high-speed railway using Japanese expertise and techn [...]	2007-11-16 09:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD JA PGOV PREL XH
07TOKYO5290	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5298	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 07:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5311	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ASEAN SUMMIT AND [...] "Rough Road Toward Community" The liberal Mainichi's Singapore correspondent wrote (11/21): "In its leaders' summit on Tuesday, ASEAN adopted the ASEAN Charter, which sets forth the organization's legal and other frameworks. While the charter is considered the basic principles upon which the g [...]	2007-11-21 04:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5337	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5338	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5350	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5359	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5369	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ANNAPOLIS MEETING [...] "Implementation of Agreement Not in Sight" The liberal Asahi's report from Annapolis said (11/29): "President Bush announced during the Annapolis meeting on Wednesday an agreement of 'common understanding' between the Israelis and Palestinians to end their conflict and establish a Palestinian [...]	2007-11-29 04:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5388	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-30 01:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5416	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] "Doubts Raised About Election Fairness" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun's Moscow correspondent wrote (12/3): "Parliamentary elections were held across Russia on Sunday. Given that President Putin's ruling party "United Russia" appears to be heading toward a lopsided victory, momentum is bound to bui [...]	2007-12-03 05:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5425	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-03 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5435	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] "Premonitions of a 'Putin Dynasty'" The liberal Asahi editorialized (11/4): "Each nation has its own form of democracy. Although the recent Russian parliamentary elections may have been conducted in a 'Russian way,' we have to wonder whether this was true democracy at all.... During President [...]	2007-12-04 04:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5439	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/04/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5456	INITIAL JAPANESE REACTION TO NIE ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan was surprised by the National Intelligence Estimate finding that Iran has halted its nuclear weapons development program, and has yet to draw any conclusions. Tokyo will be watching carefully how other nations react, but working level contacts believe the finding will make [...]	2007-12-05 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR JA
07TOKYO5465	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-06 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5480	JAPAN: TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY LEVEY CONSULTS ON [...] (S) Summary. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met in Tokyo on November 14 and 15 with Government of Japan officials to discuss recent U.S. sanctions against Iran, reactions to the FATF statement on Iran, and the need for additional financial meas [...]	2007-12-07 00:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	EFIN PARM PINR PINS JA IR
07TOKYO5488	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND RUSSIA [...] "Use NIE Report to Lead to Peaceful Resolution" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun editorialized (12/6): "President Bush's hard line against Iran may falter following the issuance of the latest National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report. The Bush administration should take advantage of the release and [...]	2007-12-07 06:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5491	ACTING U/S ROOD'S NONPROLIFERATION MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, John C. Rood, conducted a series of successful and substantive nonproliferation meetings with senior GOJ officials November 9 on the margins of the U.S.-Japan Commission on Arms Control, Disarmament, Non- [...]	2007-12-07 07:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	KNEP MNUC PARM PINS PREL PTER IAEA JA
07TOKYO5492	TENTH U.S.-JAPAN COMMISSION MEETING ON NOVEMBER 8, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 07:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PTER TRGY KGIC IAEA
07TOKYO5496	The Japan Economic Scope--December 7, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from December 7, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Bilateral Dialogs 3. Sub Cabinet Meetings Taking Place in Tokyo 4. Megaports Discussions Continue in Tokyo 5. Chukeiren Vice Chairman Frustrated With China; Favors FTA 6. Japan-Chi [...]	2007-12-10 04:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5499	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 07:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5505	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PUTIN'S SELECTION OF [...] "With Few Enemies, Medvedev Seen as Harmless Figure" The liberal Asahi wrote from Moscow (12/11): "In view of the deepening rivalry among political players over who will succeed President Putin, Medvedev is seen as an innocuous politician who has few enemies. In addition, Putin appeared to cho [...]	2007-12-11 06:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5510	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5520	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 02:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5522	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - PUTIN'S SELECTION OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 02:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5537	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5543	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA [...] "Very Odd Change of Leadership" The conservative Sankei editorialized (12/13): "The word 'retirement' appears to be a forbidden one for Russian President Putin, who is scheduled to leave office next spring. First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev, whom Putin has chosen as his heir apparent, decid [...]	2007-12-13 04:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5549	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5572	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-16 22:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO558	FEBRUARY 25-26, 2007 ASTOP IV MEETING [...] SUMMARY: On February 25-26, 2007, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the Fourth Asian Senior-Level Talks on Non-Proliferation (ASTOP IV) in Tokyo. Senior-level government officials in charge of non-proliferation policies from the ASEAN member countries, Australia, Brunei Darussala [...]	2007-02-07 23:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV JA
07TOKYO5591	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-18 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5592	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA [...] "Putin Rein to Continue" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri's Moscow correspondent Seguchi wrote (12/18): "With President Putin's official announcement on Monday that he will assume the premiership under President Medvedev, a new political system is in the making, under which Putin will con [...]	2007-12-18 02:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO560	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-08 00:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5604	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN'S RELATIONS WITH [...] "U.S. Approach to Iran Facing Impasse" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri's Washington correspondent reported (12/19): "President Bush expressed support on Monday for the Russian provision of nuclear fuel to an Iranian nuclear power plant at Bushehr by saying that Tehran no longer needs to [...]	2007-12-19 02:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5611	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-19 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5624	CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JAPANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan believes the optimal solution to the cluster munitions issue is a legally binding agreement arrived at through the CCW process. However, because such an outcome is not certain, Japan will continue to participate in the Oslo Process in order to be able to influence any final [...]	2007-12-20 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS JA
07TOKYO5653	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-26 03:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5682	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-28 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO569	MEDIA REACTION - SIX-PARTY TALKS - TOKYO [...] "Six-Party Talks at a Turning Point" The liberal Asahi editorialized (2/8): "...The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions will resume today in Beijing. Because of past disappointments with North Korea, there is no predicting what will result from this round of talks. However, rema [...]	2007-02-08 05:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO582	I/O SILVERBERG'S JANUARY 25 MEETING WITH JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. MOFA DVM Kawai told IO A/S Silverberg on January 25 that Japan would contest Iran for the 2009-10 UNSC nonpermanent Asia slot. A/S Silverberg recalled Washington's positive experience working with Japan during Tokyo,s last tenure on the UNSC. She applauded Japan's approach on UN [...]	2007-02-08 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC JA
07TOKYO599	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/09/07 [...] Name(Time of establishment) 2. Immediate purpose 3. Confronting challenge Â [...]	2007-02-09 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO617	JANUARY 25-26, 2007 ASTOP IV MEETING [...] SUMMARY: On January 25-26, 2007, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the Fourth Asian Senior-Level Talks on Non-Proliferation (ASTOP IV) in Tokyo. Senior-level government officials in charge of non-proliferation policies from the ASEAN member countries (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, [...]	2007-02-13 06:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM JA ENRG
07TOKYO619	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-13 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO643	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-14 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO645	The Japan Economic Scope - February 9, 2007 [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Inbound FDI Negative for 2006, Japan Likely to Miss Five-Year FDI Target 4. Keidanren Chairman Visits Australia, Wants an FTA 5. Japanese Reaction to U.S. WTO Subsidy Case Against China 6. The New Reg Reform Council Launched 7. EMIN Meets Niigata and Kan [...]	2007-02-14 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO650	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-15 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO692	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO697	VFM YACHI ATTENDS FIRST JAPAN-RUSSIA STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials told VFM Yachi during his January 23-25 Moscow visit that Russia has no intention of "controlling" or "monopolizing" Central Asia, but said that Moscow should be "an important interlocutor" on issues affecting the region, according to MOFA Russia Division Direct [...]	2007-02-17 03:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET JA RU
07TOKYO702	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/20/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-20 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO708	AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 16 MEETING WITH KOMEITO [...] (SBU) Summary. During a February 16 courtesy call with the Ambassador, Komeito Chief Representative Ota: -- stated his firm belief in the U.S.-Japan alliance; -- expressed appreciation for U.S. efforts to keep abductions on the front burner in dealings with the DPRK; -- said he strongly supp [...]	2007-02-20 04:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV JA
07TOKYO722	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-21 00:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO742	MEETING WITH MEXT TO DISCUSS PROPOSED BILL ON [...] SUMMARY. On January 30, 2007, Embassy EST section met with MEXT officials to glean additional information on the Government of Japan (GOJ) plan to submit to the Diet a bill intended to prevent nuclear and radiological terrorism. The bill is being introduced to the Diet to ratify the U.N. Inter [...]	2007-02-22 05:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL
07TOKYO752	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 05:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO807	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO832	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-28 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO859	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO876	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO910	The Japan Economic Scope - March 2, 2007 [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 2. (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from February 23, 2007. 3. Upper House Member Running for Reelection Predicts Win for DPJ 4. Russian PM Fradkov Visits Japan 5. MAFF Sounds the Alarms About Free Trade 6. An Intelligent Diet Debate on [...]	2007-03-05 05:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO950	JAPAN WISHES TO PARTICIPATE IN IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Japan has expressed disappointment that it has not been invited to attend the upcoming Baghdad extended neighbors conference, according to Iraqi Ambassador to Tokyo Ghanim Al-Jumaily. Al-Jumaily told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer he had recently dined with Japan's departing Ambassador t [...]	2007-03-06 10:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JA
07TORONTO450	Changing Face of Canadian Auto Sector [...] (SBU) Summary: An ascending Canadian dollar, briefly topping US$1.10 for the first time in modern history on November 7 and still at US$1.04 as of November 14, continues to put pressure on the Canadian auto manufacturing sector, and to erode its global competitiveness. Canadian Auto Workers ( [...]	2007-11-14 18:21:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA
07TRIPOLI1038	LIBYAN EPSA GAS BIDDING ROUND: INTERNATIONAL MAJORS' [...] (C) Summary: Four companies won exploration and production rights for gas in the recently concluded fourth round of Libya's Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) mechanism. Winning bids featured low production sharing percentages for the international oil companies (IOC's),but i [...]	2007-12-13 16:18:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET BTIO ECON EINV ENRG LY
07TRIPOLI1053	U.S. COMPANIES WIN $2 BILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACTS AS REWARD FOR POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP REF: TRIPOLI 1023 TRIPOLI 00001053 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED BY: Chris Stevens, CDA, Embassy Tripoli, State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-18 08:55:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	BTIO ECON EIND EINV PREL PGOV LY
07TRIPOLI1065	CORRECTED COPY - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TEAM FINALIZES HEU-LEU [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting team of experts from the Department of Energy (DOE) finalized language for a government-to-government agreement providing for the return of highly-enriched uranium to Russia under the rubric of the tri-lateral agreement (TSCC) announced December 19, 2003 with the U.S. [...]	2007-12-28 10:07:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TRGY KNNP IAEA PINR TSPL TPHY TNGD MCAP

07TRIPOLI641	QADHAFI HOSTS SARKOZY FOLLOWING DEPARTURE OF BULGARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Just one day after six foreign health workers accused of intentionally spreading HIV left Libya for Bulgaria, French President Nicholas Sarkozy arrived in Tripoli on July 25 for wide-ranging discussions with Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi. Sarkozy and Qadhafi reportedly discus [...]	2007-07-26 15:20:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EINV ENRG FR LY
07TRIPOLI967	GROWTH OF RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN LIBYA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 14:17:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET LY
07TUNIS1503	EU PUTS TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ON THE TABLE [...] (C) EU Charge de Mission Bernard Philippe told the Ambassador on November 15 that he was encouraged that the November 12 EU-Tunisian Sub-Committee on Human Rights had taken up several serious issues, including torture and the 2009 elections. Philippe noted, however, there were a few missed [...]	2007-11-21 16:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS324	G-8 AMBASSADORS TO SEEK JOINT MEETING WITH GOT [...] (C) Summary: The G-8 Ambassadors in Tunis have agreed to seek meetings with the GOT Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Interior to raise Tunisia's continuing lack of cooperation on counter-terrorism. Other subjects for discussion will include energy security and African development. A fin [...]	2007-03-09 10:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV ENRG EAID XF TS
07TUNIS381	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 15:29:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TS
07ULAANBAATAR109	List of Mongolian Registered Ships [...] Mongolia's Ministry of Roads, Transportation and Tourism (MRTT) has provided post with a list of 283 "active ships" currently registered under the Mongolian flag. Ministry officials define "active" as those vessels operating on a regular, long-term basis with a normal or permanent registration [...]	2007-02-20 02:59:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PHSA PINR PREL ETRD MG
07ULAANBAATAR112	Third annual U.S.-Mongolia Consultations on Bilateral [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United States State Department held the third annual U.S.-Mongolia Consultations on Bilateral, Regional, and Global Issues (CBRGI) on January 29 at Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen [...]	2007-02-21 07:34:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ETRD MASS MARR PREF MG
07ULAANBAATAR119	Part 1 of 2: Investment Climate in Mongolia's Mining Sector [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nationalist and populist politics on mineral resources have led to a sharp deterioration of the investment climate in the mining industry over the last year. With support from both major political parties, the legislature abruptly passed a confiscatory Windfall Profits Tax on c [...]	2007-02-23 08:10:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR123	Part 2 of 2: The U.S. Stake in Developing Mongolia's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In reftel, we described the sharply deteriorating investment climate for mining over the last year. Post recommends raising many of those problems during the forthcoming Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks, because the U.S. has a major stake in ensuring a favor [...]	2007-02-23 08:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR164	Mongolia Customs [...] Summary: While there is a bilateral Customs agreement with the U.S., cooperation has waned since the end of the Multifiber Arrangement in 2005. Mongolia has a relatively liberal trade regime, with low tariffs and no quotas or onerous licensing requirements. Customs is widely viewed as corru [...]	2007-03-10 03:55:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EIND PGOV KPRV EFIN PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR165	Scenesetter for TIFA Talks [...] (SBU) The Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks have become an important part of our overall bilateral relationship since 2004. During the third annual round of talks on March 12, the U.S. delegation will need to fend off Mongolia's efforts to get the U.S. to agree by the end [...]	2007-03-10 06:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EINV PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR22	Ambassador, Mongolian FM Discuss Bilateral Issues. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Foreign Minister Enkhbold exchanged views on a wide range of bilateral and regional issues over lunch on January 4. Topics included the North Korean refugee situation in Mongolia, U.S efforts to help Mongolia develop its military peace-keeping capacity, the pr [...]	2007-01-16 08:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON MG EAID PGOV
07ULAANBAATAR228	MONGOLIAN ECONOMIC UPDATE: ALL THAT GLITTERS IS GOLD (AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Preliminary figures for 2006 from the Government of Mongolia's (GOM) Statistics Office show that Mongolia is experiencing unprecedented economic growth. Reaching US$2.7 billion in 2006, nominal GDP increased 8.4%. Mongolia has averaged 7% growth in GDP since 2002 (a low base poin [...]	2007-04-17 04:53:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAID EMIN SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR229	Mongolia/Partners Discuss National Development Strategy, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Mongolia (GOM) and external partners, including bilateral and multilateral donors, international financial institutions and international NGOs, met at the third semiannual GOM/World Bank co-sponsored Technical Meeting in Ulaanbaatar April 3-4. (Reftels summarize [...]	2007-04-17 05:10:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EMIN SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR238	Interest Rises in Mongolian Uranium Deposits [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Current estimates, mostly based on Soviet era surveys, place Mongolia's current commercial recoverable reserves of yellowcake at some two million metric tons, but Mongolian officials believe that the actual totals may be much higher. Rising prices for uranium have reignited inte [...]	2007-04-20 06:41:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL SENV EMIN EINV ETRD KNNP MG
07ULAANBAATAR245	Mongolia's Newest Domestic Private Airline: EZnis [...] Summary: Mongolia's second domestic private airline, EZnis Airways, was launched in December 2006, taking advantage of the vacuum created when the country's flag carrier MIAT sharply reduced domestic routes (reftel a). Mongolian telecom/IT company Newcom has funneled substantial amounts of mon [...]	2007-04-25 06:33:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR257	Mongolia's Newest Domestic Private Airline: EZnis [...] Summary: Mongolia's second domestic private airline, EZnis Airways, was launched in December 2006, taking advantage of the vacuum created when the country's flag carrier MIAT sharply reduced domestic routes (reftel a). Mongolian telecom/IT company Newcom has funneled substantial amounts of mon [...]	2007-04-30 08:30:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR265	Is Mongolia's New Minister of Industry and Trade His Own [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: New Minister of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Ts. Davaadorj's low-key, if sometimes eccentric demeanor is a welcome relief compared to the sometimes disastrous tenure of the frenetic, flamboyant and feckless B. Jargalsaikhan, who reportedly spared no opportunity to exploit his positio [...]	2007-05-07 22:13:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV EAID ECON EFIN PREL PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR267	New Minister of Industry and Trade Seeks U.S. Help on [...] (U) This an action cable for USTR. See action requested in para 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Minister of Industry and Trade Ts. Davaadorj invited Charge over to press for a favorable reply to Mongolia's request for a five-year extension of its export tariffs on cashmere. He also [...]	2007-05-08 05:55:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EMIN KNNP EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR268	Western Snapshots Part 2 of 3: Bayan Ulgii - Home to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge visited Bayan Ulgii (BU) aimag (province) in Mongolia's far west April 24/25. BU is home to Mongolia's largest ethnic minority group: Moslem Kazakhs make up 92% of the aimag's 100,000 citizens. Several BU interlocutors stressed that they are "calm, moderate, secula [...]	2007-05-08 05:59:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD SENV PREL EMIN SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR276	Third US-Mongolia TIFA Joint Council, March 12, 2007, Part [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the third annual round of TIFA talks held in Ulaanbaatar on March 12, Mongolian trade representatives continued to lobby for a roadmap towards an FTA with the U.S. and requested USG support on joining APEC. Rather than a roadmap, AUSTR Stratford instead recommended focusing o [...]	2007-05-11 05:59:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR281	Snapshots of Mongolia's West Part 3 of 3: Uvs' Future [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge visited Ulaan Gom (UG),the capital of Uvs aimag (province) April 27/28. Uvs Governor Togoo said the best business prospects are sea buckthorn production, cashmere, agribusiness, tourism, and mining, but unemployment is high and nearly 30% of the population lives belo [...]	2007-05-15 02:50:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SENV PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR294	Impasse with Russia Over Joint Venture Railroad Head Leaves [...] (U) On April 11-13, a meeting of the joint Russian-Mongolian Railroad Authority board failed to select a new Chairman. The post has been vacant since early October 2006, when Russian Chairman Vasile Magdei and his Mongolian deputy (both reportedly inebriated) accidentally died of carbon monoxi [...]	2007-05-21 05:45:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELTN EINV ETRD EAID MG RU
07ULAANBAATAR297	Turbulence Ahead for Mongolia's Airline Sector? [...] (U) This is an action cable. See action requested in of the FAA in para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The General Director of Mongolia's Civil Aviation Authority (MCAA) dismissed reports that Aero Mongolia is suffering serious financial difficulties, despite a series of safety related incidents an [...]	2007-05-23 05:37:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR300	Third US-Mongolia TIFA Joint Council, March 12, 2007, Part [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable reports the March 12 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks between the U.S. and Mongolia which concentrated on specific U.S. concerns about Mongolia's trade and investment climate. Speaking first with an advance outline of the U.S. presentation, the Mo [...]	2007-05-24 07:10:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR310	Scope Paper and Issues for Assistant Secretary Hill's June [...] (SBU) SCOPE: Assistant Secretary Hill's visit to Mongolia fulfills the dual purposes of: 1) reinforcing the strong U.S.-Mongolia relationship and, 2) attendance at the Asia Society's June 15-18 Williamsburg conference (the conference is covered in a separate memo). This visit fulfills a lon [...]	2007-05-29 06:46:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF MARR EAID KMCA MG IZ KN
07ULAANBAATAR327	MCC Issues Briefer for Assistant Secretary Hill's June [...] (SBU) The following draft bullets and talking points are provided in preparation for Assistant Secretary Hill's planned visit to Mongolia. 2. (SBU) Background: -- After three years of false starts and sometimes emotional give-and-take with MCC, there is very strong optimism that a Compact [...]	2007-06-12 00:09:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF MARR EAID KMCA MG
07ULAANBAATAR335	Trade and Economic Issues Briefing for Assistant Secretary [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's economy grew 8% in 2006 (yielding GDP of US$2.7 billion) and is projected to reach 7.5% in 2007. Mining (copper, coal and gold),cashmere, tourism, and small retail trade were the primary economic drivers, coupled with high world commodity prices. Mining prospects im [...]	2007-06-12 23:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF MARR EAID KMCA MG IZ KN
07ULAANBAATAR336	Mongolia Scenesetter for A/S Hill [...] (SBU) We and the Mongolian Government very much look forward to your visit. You will be the most senior solo State Department visitor to Mongolia since Jim Kelly in October 2004; Kelly visited to inaugurate the first session of the "Comprehensive, Bilateral, Global, Regional Issues" (CBRGI) d [...]	2007-06-12 23:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EMIN ETRD PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR339	DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS IRAQ ROTATION DECISION TO BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 12 call on Defense Minister Sonompil, the Ambassador emphasized that there is great interest in Washington in Mongolia's formal approval of the 8th rotation of troops to Iraq. Minister of Defense Sonompil responded that the Mongolian National Security Council (NS [...]	2007-06-13 08:22:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PTER MG IZ PL CH RU
07ULAANBAATAR349	A/S HILL'S MEETINGS WITH MONGOLIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill met on June 15 with Mongolia's President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. None of the officials revealed their thinking on the pending decision on whether to send an 8th rotation of troops to Iraq, but President Enkhbayar noted that [...]	2007-06-18 04:10:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID SCUL MG IZ KN
07ULAANBAATAR376	Mongolia Scenesetter for Codel Payne [...] (U) We and the Mongolian Government very much look forward to your visit, and to the initiation of the House Democracy Assistance Commission's program of exchange with the State Great Hural. The historic 2005 visits of Speaker Hastert and the President and First Lady underlined the increasing [...]	2007-06-25 09:11:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EMIN ETRD PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR394	Homes For Mongolia's Masses -- a Housing Shortage Amidst a [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Mongolia (GOM) has launched a two-year campaign to build 40,000 affordable apartment units throughout the country (with 80 to 90% in Ulaanbaatar (UB),the capital) to address a critical housing shortage caused by increasing numbers of rural migrants moving to th [...]	2007-07-06 00:28:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV SOCI BTIO MG
07ULAANBAATAR418	TRAGIC CRASH FOCUSES ATTENTION ON HELICOPTER SAFETY. [...] (U) This is an action cable. See action requested in of the FAA in para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The crash of a Mongolia Border Forces Russian-built MI-8 helicopter that claimed the lives of 15 firefighters has led to renewed focus on the safety of the country's dwindling helicopter fleet, [...]	2007-07-18 06:07:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR424	VISIT OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER YANG TO MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his first trip abroad since his appointment, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with Mongolian officials June 30 to July 2 to forge closer political, economic, and commercial ties between the two northeast Asian neighbors. Both sides viewed this visit as a favorable [...]	2007-07-20 05:25:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EMIN EINV MG CH
07ULAANBAATAR425	OPPOSITION GROWS AS PARLIAMENT DEBATES CONTROVERSIAL OYU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Mongolia (GOM) has begun its public roll- out of the tentative investment agreement for the development of the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine struck between the GOM and Ivanhoe/Rio Tinto in April (ref A). If copper's price remains at today's high of US$7,600 per ton, M [...]	2007-07-23 00:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN PGOV ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR428	MONGOLIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON CD MINISTERIAL AND [...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a demarche by the DCM to the Mongolian MFA on the upcoming Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial, the MFA expressed no objection to the U.S. positions on Venezuela and Nigeria. However, Mongolia will not support Taiw [...]	2007-07-24 05:36:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA MG
07ULAANBAATAR429	CODEL PAYNE'S VISIT TO MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ) led a delegation of members from the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) through three days of highly productive meetings with representatives of the Mongolian legislative and executive branches, July 1-4, 2007. Delegation members included Rep. [...]	2007-07-24 08:41:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN EINV MG
07ULAANBAATAR437	US DELEGATION THANKS MONGOLIA FOR ITS CONTINUED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 22-24 visit to Mongolia, NEA DAS Ambassador Lawrence Butler and Peter McVety, Office of the Secretary of Defense,s Director of Coalition Affairs for Iraq and Afghanistan, met July 23 with senior government officials including the President, Foreign Minister, Chief [...]	2007-07-27 08:18:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID MG IQ
07ULAANBAATAR438	164-Foot Genghis Khan with Laser Eyes to Tower Over Niagara [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: If Mongolian promoters have their way, a 164-foot tall statue of Genghis Khan with laser eyes may soon tower over the base of Niagara Falls. Per the promoters, supporting the project, there will be cheap, direct flights between Ulaanbaatar and Niagara Falls, both t [...]	2007-07-27 08:32:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CVIS SCUL EINV AMGT PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR448	Mongolia's Economy Still Running Strong [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Mongolia's economy continued strong growth in the first half of 2007 and, according to local analysts, will likely meet expectations of 7% to 8% GDP growth this year. High copper prices and increased tax receipts bolstered Government revenues. The Ministry of Finance is n [...]	2007-08-02 07:05:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL EAID EMIN SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR454	ON A FALCON'S WING: THE EMIR OF KUWAIT VISITS MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Emir of Kuwait met with senior Mongolian officials regarding trade, cultural, and security affairs, before taking a vacation in the Mongolian countryside. Although the Mongolian-Kuwait bilateral trade relationship remains minuscule, mostly trade in falcons, Kuwait has provid [...]	2007-08-07 00:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EINV ECON PGOV MG KU
07ULAANBAATAR475	Mongolia's Railroad Woes: Construction, Other Materials [...] (SBU) Chairman of the Railway Authority of Mongolia Davaadorjiin Ganbold (protect) told the DCM August 17 that greatly increased traffic plus a shortage of locomotives and rail cars (wagons) had resulted, over the past few months, in an ominous peak backlog of some 800 rail cars at the border [...]	2007-08-22 06:23:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ETRD PREL PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR479	MONGOLIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER DESCRIBES TIES WITH NORTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tsogtbaatar Damdin (protect),Foreign Policy Advisor (FPA) to Mongolia's President, shed light August 21 on his country's relationship with North Korea. Joined by officials from the MFA, Tsogtbaatar told USG officials that Mongolia is trying to reduce North Korea's sense of isol [...]	2007-08-24 06:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON MG KN KS
07ULAANBAATAR489	Mongolia's Muslim Minority Reaches Out [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite dismal economic conditions, leaders of Mongolia's Muslim/Kazakh minority in the western province of Bayan Ulgii dismiss fears of Islamic radicalism taking root within their ranks, and say they feel no undue pressure from far-off Ulaanbaatar, even though they are under con [...]	2007-08-28 05:56:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD PGOV ECON PHUM PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR494	Mongolia's President Visits Kazakhstan, Bolsters Ties [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolian President Enkhbayar's August 13-15 visit to Kazakhstan produced several cooperative agreements, firmed up already solid bilateral relations, and convinced at least some of the visiting Mongolians that development through authoritarianism is undesirable. One agreement, [...]	2007-08-29 08:33:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI MG KZ
07ULAANBAATAR507	Mongolian Mining Exec: Promise, Peril Surround Sector [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed Mongolia's promising but politically-charged mining sector on September 4 with Dashdorj Zorigt, CEO of Erdenes MGL, a new mining-asset holding company that is state-owned. Over an informal dinner, discussion flowed on the status and future of Erdenes (EM [...]	2007-09-07 08:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV PREL PGOV ELTN MG
07ULAANBAATAR508	Mongolian Mining Exec: Promise, Peril Surround Sector [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed Mongolia's promising but politically-charged mining sector on September 4 with Dashdorj Zorigt, CEO of Erdenes MGL, a new mining-asset holding company that is state-owned. Over an informal dinner, discussion flowed on the status and future of Erdenes (EM [...]	2007-09-07 08:34:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV PREL PGOV ELTN MG
07ULAANBAATAR599	WE'RE TALKIN' TRASH: MONGOLIA TACKLES A MOUNTING SOLID [...] SUMMARY. As Mongolia evolves into a consumerist, disposable society, its cities are increasingly becoming overrun by mounting piles of trash and other solid waste. Garbage sometimes goes uncollected for months, especially in impoverished ger (yurt) districts, and Ulaanbaatar's single landfill [...]	2007-10-19 06:37:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV PGOV SOCI EAID BTIO MG
07ULAANBAATAR619	BAYAR UPSETS PM ENKHBOLD TO LEAD MONGOLIA'S RULING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 24th Congress of the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) unexpectedly produced a new party leader on October 27: Bayar, who defeated incumbent MPRP Chairman and Prime Minister Enkhbold in a secret-ballot vote. Bayar, an English-speaking, Russian-educated MPRP [...]	2007-10-29 08:56:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR620	MONGOLIA'S MEGA-FISH IN FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Mongolia the taimen, a giant member of the salmon family and a prized catch for sport fishermen, is becoming increasingly rare and facing a number of threats. This was underlined October 17 at a taimen conservation conference in Ulaanbaatar. Hucho Taimen (aka Siberian taimen [...]	2007-10-30 07:03:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PGOV ECON EAID MG
07ULAANBAATAR630	WILL MONGOLIA EXPROPRIATE URANIUM MINING RIGHTS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An internal report by Mongolia's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) (protect) on the future of uranium mining and processing in the country suggests that the Government of Mongolia (GOM) intends to revoke uranium exploration and mining rights from current holders. The report [...]	2007-11-06 00:34:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG PREL KNNP TRGY PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR637	MONGOLIA'S INCOMING PM OUTLINES NEW GOVERNMENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mongolia's ruling party chief Bayar, who is almost certain to become Prime Minister this month, indicated in a November 6 meeting with the Ambassador that he is "fully committed" to continuing Mongolian participation in the Iraq Coalition. Bayar, elected Chairman of the ruling Mon [...]	2007-11-07 07:37:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR642	Snapshot of Mongolia's North Central Selenge Province [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's central northern Selenge aimag (province) hopes to develop mining, agricultural production and tourism. Selenge has generally good relations with its Russian neighbor, but the Russians remain bureaucratic and uncooperative in facilitating border crossing. During the [...]	2007-11-13 08:28:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN ETRD PREL SOCI MG RU CM
07ULAANBAATAR670	HIV/AIDS in Mongolia: Crisis in the Making? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia retains its reputation as a country with a low rate of HIV infection, but testing among at-risk populations remains at a low level, and experts fear that official figures do not tell the whole story. To date 41 HIV/AIDS cases have been officially recorded (involving 35 M [...]	2007-11-30 09:05:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID SOCI PGOV PINR PREL MG KHIV
07ULAANBAATAR686	Mongolia Experiences Highest Inflation in over a Decade [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia is experiencing its highest inflation rate in over a decade as consumer prices have so far risen 14% in 2007 largely due to skyrocketing fuel, wheat and meat costs. Prices for gasoline, taxi fares, flour and even the national dish huushuur (fried meat dumplings) have do [...]	2007-12-12 04:42:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV MG
07ULAANBAATAR703	MONGOLIA'S NEW CABINET: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY [...] (S) This cable provides analysis of the new 16-member Cabinet of Mongolian Prime Minister S.Bayar and identifies the Ministers' strengths, weaknesses, likely objectives and challenges. A separate cable will follow on the balance of power in Parliament and political parties' prospects for succ [...]	2007-12-20 06:12:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	PREL MARR ECON SENV KCOR SOCI PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR712	Ambassador Meets New Minister of Industry and Trade [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Minister of Industry and Trade Kh. Narankhuu told the Ambassador, during an initial courtesy call December 21, that the Government of Mongolia (GOM) hopes to conclude one or both of the two major mining projects under consideration (Oyu Tolgoi and Tavan Tolgoi) ov [...]	2007-12-27 00:32:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON SENV MARR PGOV KMCA MG
07ULAANBAATAR85	Parliament Fires Controversial Trade Minister [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 6, the State Great Hural (SGH, Mongolia's parliament) voted to sack controversial Minister of Industry and Trade B. Jargalsaikhan. Although many in and out of government -- particularly in the mining community -- greeted the ex-minister's dismissal with unconcealed g [...]	2007-02-07 22:22:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR89	MCC Official Briefs on Hope for Late 2007 Compact [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Europe, Asia, and Pacific Managing Director Frances Reid visited Ulaanbaatar January 31 to February 3. During her meetings with Prime Minister Enkhbold, Finance Minister Bayarsaikhan, and MCC Mongolia's National Council (NC) and [...]	2007-02-08 23:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EINV ECON PGOV MG
07UNVIEVIENNA181	IAEA/IRAN: RUSSIAN STAFF TURNOVER AT BUSHEHR [...] (C) Recent media reports that Russian workers are leaving the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant construction site in Iran because of political pressure are incorrect, according to the Rosatom representative at the Russian Permanent Mission, Andrey Karasev. He clarified that personnel are leaving b [...]	2007-03-21 13:23:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA IR KNNP
07UNVIEVIENNA384	IAEA/BOG/IRAN: STATEMENTS CALL FOR COOPERATION, [...] (SBU) Director General ElBaradei's opening statement noted that Iran has continued to place additional limitations on IAEA verification activities, which has resulted in a "deterioration" of the IAEA's knowledge of some aspects of Iran's nuclear program. Almost all country and bloc statements [...]	2007-06-18 08:01:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IAEA IR KNNP
07UNVIEVIENNA432	AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES IRAN CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary : Ambassador Schulte delivered the keynote speech at a July 6-8 conference on Iran in Liechtenstein and addressed criticism of U.S. policy on Iran,s nuclear program. He defended P5 Plus 1 demands for a suspension of uranium enrichment as a starting point for negotiations. Also in [...]	2007-07-11 12:03:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IAEA
07UNVIEVIENNA644	IAEA/IRAN: SETTING A STANDARD OF FULL DISCLOSURE [...] (S) Summary: P3 Ambassadors and German Charge discussed October 24 the inauspicious Jalili-Laranjani-Solana meeting and reviewed Mission-proposed criteria for evaluating a "positive outcome" as defined by the September P5 1 Ministerial statement (ref a). All agreed on the need to set factual [...]	2007-10-29 08:47:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC IAEA IR KNNP
07UNVIEVIENNA673	IAEA/IRAN: RUSSIA AND CHINA SEE NO POINT TO VIENNA [...] (C) At a UK-hosted P5 1 Heads of Mission(HOM) meeting November 5, UK Ambassador Smith sought to engage Russia and China on next steps on Iran following the November 2 London Poldirs' meeting. Russian and Chinese Ambassadors made it clear that they intended to do nothing prior to the release o [...]	2007-11-07 16:18:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	KNPP IAEA AORC IR
07UNVIEVIENNA705	IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 DIVERGE AS RUSSIA AND CHINA SEE [...] (S) Summary: P5 1 Ambassadors could not come to agreement in a November 20 meeting on any common approach in the November Board on Iran. The EU3 and the U.S. downplayed the work plan as a tool and focused concerns on the Agency's diminishing knowledge of the current Iranian nuclear program a [...]	2007-11-21 15:41:00	UNVIE	SECRET	KNPP IAEA AORC IR
07UNVIEVIENNA710	IAEA/BOG/IRAN: BOARD STATEMENTS INCREASE PRESSURE [...] (SBU) Summary: While Iran tried to emphasize positive progress at the November 22-23 Board of Governor's meeting, most members expressed concern over the DG's report and called on Iran to rectify the situation. Even though DG ElBaradei's opening statement to the Board was slightly more posit [...]	2007-11-23 19:14:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA KNPPIS AORC IR
07UNVIEVIENNA738	IAEA/IRAN: EXPLAINING THE NIE TO KEY BOARD MEMBERS [...] (C) South African Governor Abdul Minty told Ambassador Schulte that the NIE is an opportunity for P5 1 negotiations and offered President Mbeki as an intermediary with Iran. Separately, Nuclear Counselor briefed key Board members, including P5 1 DCMs/Counselors, on the implications of the NIE, [...]	2007-12-05 15:47:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA KNPP PARM AORC IR
07UNVIEVIENNA778	IAEA/IRAN: UK AND FRANCE LOOK FORWARD, DG TO MEET [...] (S) Summary: UK Ambassador Smith discussed DG ElBaradei's forthcoming trip to London with Ambassador Schulte December 21. He expected Foreign Secretary Miliband to underline the central message that international pressure on Iran must be maintained. The UK was leery of the DG's possible tra [...]	2007-12-21 16:02:00	UNVIE	SECRET	IAEA KNPP PARM IR
07USEUBRUSSELS1043	U.S. - EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND [...] (C) The U.S.-EU Troika disarmament and nonproliferation consultations under the German presidency demonstrated many common interests and a willingness to engage frankly but cordially. They did not hide, however, the well known divergence of views on how to approach these key issues. In parti [...]	2007-03-28 09:26:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP PARM PREL EUN PTER KN IR IN CH
07USEUBRUSSELS2984	DAS KRAMER'S QUAD CONSULTATIONS ON RUSSIA, [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-24 13:28:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EUN MARR OSCE PARM PGOV PHUM PREL
07USEUBRUSSELS3178	HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATIONS WITH THE EU [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 15:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EUN
07USEUBRUSSELS3227	RUSSIAN ARMS TRANSFERS TO IRAN AND SYRIA: EU [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 16:30:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET	PARM ETTC PREL IR IZ RU SY EUN
07USNATO103	EAPC DISCUSSES KOSOVO, PARTNERSHIP ON FEBRUARY 14 [...] (SBU) The U.S. and UK responded forcefully to Serbian and Russian objections to UN Envoy Ahtisaari's formula for Kosovo's final status at the February 14 Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) session. Ambassadors discussed the outcomes of the Partnership for Peace (PfP) Planning Symposium [...]	2007-02-16 13:24:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS NATO PREL EAPC
07USNATO109	NSA HADLEY TALKS TO NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley discussed a wide range of strategic issues with NATO Allies on February 21, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, new U.S. efforts to revive the Middle East peace process, and relations with Russia. Mr. Hadley's visit comes as Europe [...]	2007-02-22 13:59:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL WEU RU
07USNATO110	NSA HADLEY'S 21 FEBRUARY DISCUSSION WITH NATO SYG [...] (C) SUMMARY: De Hoop Scheffer described European weakness as playing out in Allies, approaches to Afghanistan (lack of unity of purpose),Russia (desire not to rock the boat),and missile defense (ditto). Mr. Hadley pressed the SYG to have ISAF do more on counternarcotics, and an augmented [...]	2007-02-22 15:05:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU NATO
07USNATO136	MISSILE DEFENSE: ANSWERS PROVIDED TO RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable provides answers to 11 written questions on U.S. Missile Defense (MD) plans, drafted by the Russian Mission to NATO, which were answered by Lt Gen Obering, Director, Missile Defense Agency, at a NATO-Russia Council meeting on February 28, 2007. While the Russian que [...]	2007-03-02 15:54:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL RU
07USNATO137	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT FEBRUARY 28, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG announced 7,000 soldiers force generated since the Riga Summit, and that he intends to invite SACEUR to brief the NAC soon. Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) stressed the importance of the on-going negotiations with Qatar regarding the statu [...]	2007-03-02 16:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO138	NAC-PSC DISCUSSES EU-NATO COORDINATION IN KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Immediately following the February 26 NAC-PSC on Bosnia, NAC and PSC Ambassadors (with Cypriot and Maltese representatives present) met "informally" to discuss NATO/EU coordination in Kosovo. Both NATO SYG De Hoop Scheffer and EU High Representative/SYG Solana called for close co [...]	2007-03-02 17:35:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07USNATO140	NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES STILL GRAPPLING WITH MEANING [...] (S/NF) Allied PermReps and the Russian Ambassador sought to clear the air from the Munich Conference in the Feb. 28 NATO-Russia Council (NRC). The Russian delegation has stated repeatedly that Putin's speech in Munich gives us a road-map for future frank discussions at the NRC. Poland, UK, an [...]	2007-03-02 18:18:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL RU
07USNATO148	NATO/GEORGIA: NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MEETING [...] (U) Below is the text of a report distributed to NATO Allies by the NATO Secretary-General on his February 27 meeting with Georgian President Saakashvili at NATO Headquarters. 2. (C) Begin Text: President Saakashvili visited Brussels from 26-27 February 2007 for meetings with NATO and t [...]	2007-03-07 17:14:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS GG
07USNATO15	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JANUARY 10, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG focuses Allies on upcoming NATO foreign and defense ministerials, agrees to Ambassador Nuland,s suggestion to invite Afghan FM Spanta to meet ISAF Foreign Ministers on January 26, while delaying a decision on inviting the EU, UN, and World Bank to the ministe [...]	2007-01-12 12:34:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO151	RFG ON MISSILE DEFENSE: NATO SCHEDULES [...] (C) At the NATO PermReps March 6 luncheon, PermReps agreed to a U.S. proposal to hold two meetings on April 19 on Missile Defense, reinforced by experts from capitals. The first meeting would be in NAC/Reinforced (NAC/R) format and a second in NATO-Russia Council/Reinforced (NRC/R) format to [...]	2007-03-07 18:17:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL RU
07USNATO170	IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN/MISSILE DEFENSE: USD/P EDELMAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher, and Deputy National Security Advisor Meghan O'Sullivan briefed Allied PermReps on the latest U.S. thinking on Iraq, Afghanistan, and missile defense in a coffee session at USNATO on [...]	2007-03-15 15:54:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF IZ
07USNATO177	NATO/VCC: MARCH 8 VCC EXPERTS MEETING [...] (C) Summary: After the U.S. representative executed guidance, the experts agreed (ad ref for Germany, whose representative agreed but stated that he had to go back to Berlin for full approval) that revision 2 of reference B would focus in Annex 1 of table B as directly answering the tasking, [...]	2007-03-20 09:14:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO KCFE OSCE
07USNATO191	NATO/GEORGIA: ALLIES PRAISE GEORGIAN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. NATO Allies unanimously praised Georgia's restrained response to the March 11 attacks in the Kodori Gorge (ref A) during a March 21 Political Committee meeting at NATO Headquarters. Allies commended Georgia for turning to the UN-led Joint Fact Finding Group, which [...]	2007-03-23 16:54:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL GG RS NATO
07USNATO209	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MARCH 28, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: A NAC-Reinforced at Political Directors, level on Afghanistan and Kosovo took place March 27, and a U.S./UK counternarcotics briefing to the NAC in ISAF format occurred just prior to the March 28 regular NAC meeting, (both NACs reported septels). As a result, the regular March [...]	2007-03-28 17:09:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO218	VCC AND EXPERTS MEETINGS, MARCH 29, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings on March 29, VCC experts reached agreement on procedures for reporting ambiguities related to BRM-1K vehicles and use of GPS during inspections; they will continue to address use of digital cameras to report ambiguities and definition of inspection site. The V [...]	2007-03-30 16:57:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO OSCE KCFE
07USNATO227	NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL ARMS CONTROL DISCUSSION, MARCH [...] (C) Summary: In the NATO-Russia Council arms control discussion on March 29, 2007, Russian Ambassador Totskiy claimed that Russia "did not know what it needs to do" to get NATO to ratify the Adapted CFE (A/CFE),and asked for a list of outstanding Russian "debts" related to ratification. All [...]	2007-04-04 09:58:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO OSCE KCFE
07USNATO237	RFG - OSLO NRC MINISTERIAL TASKING AND 2007 NRC [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 16:39:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL RS
07USNATO257	RECOMMENDED DRAFT OSLO NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL [...] (C) Following today's NATO-Russia-reinforced meeting on Missile Defense, USNATO strongly recommends that we try to negotiate a NATO-Russia Council (NRC) agreed statement for release after the Oslo Foreign Ministers' NRC meeting on April 29. The following draft text for the April 29 Oslo NATO- [...]	2007-04-19 16:53:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO
07USNATO259	U.S. NON-PAPER ON MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH [...] The following is the text of the non-paper provided to Russia on April 17 in Moscow. It was distributed to Allies during meetings on April 19. It was not distributed to partners, other than Russia. Begin text: NON-PAPER ON MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA The United States is [...]	2007-04-20 14:24:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS NATO MARR
07USNATO263	ALLIES REACT POSITIVELY TO U.S. BRIEFING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 19, Senior U.S. Defense and State, officials briefed the North Atlantic Council on U.S. plans to counter the threat to Europe and North America posed by the Iranian and DPRK missile programs. The briefers emphasized our willingness to be transparent with Allies, make our [...]	2007-04-23 16:47:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS NATO
07USNATO264	NATO-RUSSIA: MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE PLAYING OUT AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 20th meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) reinforced with missile defense (MD) experts demonstrated again the U.S. commitment to transparency with our NATO allies and with Russia on our MD plans, while the Russians focused on trying to paint the U.S. proposed system [...]	2007-04-23 16:57:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL RU
07USNATO265	MISSILE DEFENSE: A/S ROOD CONSULTS WITH CZECH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the April 19 meetings at NATO HQ on Missile Defense (reftels),Assistant Secretary Rood briefed his Czech, Polish, French and German counterparts on his April 17 meetings in Moscow and the U.S. offer of Cooperation across the full spectrum of missile defense act [...]	2007-04-23 17:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL CZ PL RU
07USNATO266	HLTF MEETING MARCH 22, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite determined efforts by the U.S. and many other Allies, Germany derailed agreement at the March 22 High-level Task Force (HLTF) on the text of a NATO paper on cross-group stationing of forces under the CFE Treaty. Most allies, in particular Turkey, Greece, Norway, Bulgaria [...]	2007-04-24 07:44:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS
07USNATO279	NATO-RUSSIA: MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE PLAYING OUT AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 19th meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) reinforced with missile defense (MD) experts demonstrated again the U.S. commitment to transparency with our NATO allies and with Russia on our MD plans, while the Russians focused on trying to paint the U.S. proposed system [...]	2007-05-02 08:36:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL RU
07USNATO316	ALLIES POSITIVELY ASSESS GEORGIA'S PROGRESS, PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a May 16 meeting to review Georgia's progress in implementing reforms over the last year, Georgian Foreign Minister Bezhuashvili told the North Atlantic Council that Georgia's democratic reforms were moving ahead swiftly and that Georgia would like to move into NATO's Me [...]	2007-05-18 15:31:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GG
07USNATO319	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE DISCUSSES DARFUR, [...] (C) Summary. During a May 16 meeting with NATO Secretary General (SYG) de Hoop Scheffer, Deputy Secretary Negroponte said the U.S. is considering new sanctions to raise pressure on the Sudanese government to accept the AU/UN "hybrid" force for Darfur, and pushing rebel groups to sign the Darfu [...]	2007-05-21 08:14:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO324	A/S FRIED BRIEFS NATO PERMREPS ON SECRETARY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16 Assistant Secretary Fried told NATO PermReps that US-Russian relations, Kosovo, and the internal Russian political climate were the principal subjects of the Secretary's discussions with President Putin, FM Lavrov, and others in Moscow. The Russians took on board the [...]	2007-05-23 06:44:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR XB

07USNATO330	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MAY 24, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) noted SACEUR,s letter to PermReps regarding the start of Operation Adalat. The D/CMC also highlighted recent offers of additional Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams (OMLTs),but stressed that these offers ar [...]	2007-05-25 06:51:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO337	HLTF MEETING MAY 16, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The May 16 HLTF meeting focused on CFE-related comments in Russian President Putin's April 26 statement and the positive steps the Alliance should take in response. The U.S. delegation was led by DOS/VCI DAS Karin L. Look. Allies concluded that NATO should continue to send a [...]	2007-05-25 15:17:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS
07USNATO340	MAY 16 NRC(ACE): RUSSIA EXPLAINS CFE MORATORIUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's Representative to the CFE Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Mikhail Ulyanov, used the May 16 NATO-Russia Council's Arms Control Experts (NRC(ACE)) meeting to try to explain the rationale for President Putin's April 26 threat to declare a moratorium on Russian implementation [...]	2007-05-25 15:58:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM NATO PREL OSCE RS
07USNATO348	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MAY 30 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: The Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) reported that Operation &Adalat8 in northern Kandahar has been delayed and that the Theater Task Force has been redeployed to Operation Achilles to maintain security in the Sangin area. Ambassador Nuland po [...]	2007-06-01 08:59:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO351	CFE: VCC AND VCC EXPERTS' MEETINGS, MAY 16, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the May 16 VCC and VCC experts' meetings: a. The U.S. announced an upcoming Vienna Document inspection in Sweden during the time a Swedish exercise below Vienna Document thresholds will be conducted; b. Experts agreed to attempt to hold a NATO Vienna Document course in Cen [...]	2007-06-04 14:09:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO OSCE KCFE
07USNATO362	U.S. UPDATES NATO ALLIES ON MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Eric Edelman and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LTG Obering met with Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer on June 5, and then informally with NATO PermReps, to update them on the status of U.S. Missile Defense (MD) plans in Europe, negotiations with Poland and [...]	2007-06-11 10:25:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL
07USNATO372	U.S. PRESENTS MOLDOVA PKF ALTERNATIVES TO ALLIES [...] (C) Summary: On 8 June, DAS Kramer presented to Allies the U.S. proposal on internationalizing the peacekeeping force in Moldova (REF A-C). Allies appeared interested in the proposal and engaged with a number of questions about how the force would be implemented. Following the meeting, an [...]	2007-06-15 08:16:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS RU MD
07USNATO373	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 13 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: --Afghanistan: The SYG discussed civilian casualties and the need for ISAF to do more on OMLTs and equipment support to the ANA. The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Henault briefed on "modestly positive" force generation conference. SHAPE DCOS for Operations Major Gen [...]	2007-06-15 09:03:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO380	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 20 2007 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Deputy Secretary General (D/SYG) Minuto Rizzo reviewed the June 14-15 Defense Ministerial. Allies expressed deep concerns over continuing civilian casualties, including the Spanish PermRep,s insinuation that ISAF,s targeting policy was not being adhered to. Amb [...]	2007-06-21 12:51:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO405	NAC-MOLDOVA CONSULTATIONS JULY 4 FOCUS ON [...] (C) Molodvan FM Stratan and Acting DefMin Ion Coropcean consulted with the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on Moldova's Individual Partnership Action Plan July 4. NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer said that Moldova had made a good start, but strategic concepts still needed to be defined to guide the mor [...]	2007-07-05 05:15:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR KCFE NATO ML
07USNATO409	NATO/HLTF MEETING, JUNE 28 2007 [...] (C) Summary. The all-day HLTF June 28 was focused on both assessing the Extraordinary Conference June 12-15, 2007 and preparing to deal with the likelihood that Russia may soon trigger a 150 day countdown to suspension of performance of its CFE obligations or (less likely) of Russia,s su [...]	2007-07-10 15:16:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO412	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JULY 11 2007 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Spring 2007 Periodic Mission Review (PMR) is under NAC silence; Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) notes that NMAs are working on strategic metrics of ISAF effectiveness; IMS briefs continued high levels of OMF activity in RC-South and RC-East; Ambassadors [...]	2007-07-12 12:09:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO426	OSCE SYG, EAPC AMBS SEEK SYNERGY AND COOPERATION, [...] (SBU) OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut exchanged views with EAPC Ambassadors July 11 on increasing cooperation between the two overlapping organizations. He summarized ongoing OSCE operations, emphasized areas of commonality with the EAPC, and endorsed closer interaction (wit [...]	2007-07-25 17:19:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL NATO OSCE EAPC
07USNATO430	NRC: RUSSIA DISCOUNTS IRANIAN THREAT AND OFFERS [...] (S) Summary: In the July 25 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting, Russian MFA Director of Disarmament Antonov and LTG Buzinskiy gave lengthy presentations on Russia's offer to the United States on missile defense (MD) cooperation in a transparent attempt to drive wedges within the Alliance. The [...]	2007-07-26 15:05:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	NATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO431	JULY 17 MEETING OF THE VCC AND EXPERTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and experts met on July 17. Regarding the food-for-thought (FFT) paper (Ref A) on coordinating Vienna Document (VD) inspections, consensus could not be reached due to German objections. There was much unfocused discussion over ho [...]	2007-07-27 15:00:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO433	NRC/CFE: RUSSIA WANTS COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 15:59:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PARM PREL MARR KCFE RU
07USNATO442	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 1 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Deputy Secretary General (DSYG) reported on a series of ISAF-related decisions in the Military Committee. The Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee briefed the Council again on the need for rotary wing capability for RC-South when th [...]	2007-08-01 16:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO445	NATO/HLTF MEETING, JULY 26 2007 - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. The July 26 HLTF focused on discussion of what the Allies, game plan should be for achieving key CFE and related policy goals in the period prior to December 12, when Russia,s threat to suspend implementation of CFE would become operational. U.S. HLTF Deputy Jennifer Laurendeau [...]	2007-08-06 14:30:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO446	ALLIES APPRECIATE DAS KRAMER'S BRIEFING ON [...] (C) Summary: Allies praised DAS David Kramer's briefing to Allies on the US/Russia experts' talks in Washington (July 30-31) on missile defense (MD) and CFE. Allies expect US leadership in these negotiations with Russia, and greatly appreciate our efforts to brief and consult with them. Krame [...]	2007-08-06 14:54:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR KCFE RU
07USNATO448	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 8 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: D/SYG noted the upcoming Jirga in Kabul Aug 9-12 and applauded ISAF efforts in countering Taliban propaganda. The Deputy Chair of the Military Committee (DCMC) reported on the Border Security Sub-Committee Meetings, and the Ops Briefing show [...]	2007-08-08 15:30:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF AU
07USNATO451	MEETING OF NATO SPS [...] (U) Summary. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Committee met on March 23, 2007, at NATO Headquarters. The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) met at NATO Headquarters on March 22, 2007. The U.S Representative was Dr. Vigdor L. Teplitz [...]	2007-08-13 15:13:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT MARR NATO PGOV PREL TSPL
07USNATO453	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 14 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: D/SYG commented favorably on the recent Jirga in Kabul, as Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (DCMC) highlighted the ISAF security for the event. SHAPE MG Wright provided the operational brief, highlighting the current period of high- [...]	2007-08-14 15:47:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO457	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 22 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: D/SYG commented favorably on U.S. and UK counternarcotics strategies and noted the upcoming National Counternarcotics Conference in Kabul. The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) reported that SHAPE will host a September conference on N [...]	2007-08-22 17:26:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO46	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JANUARY 24, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG reported that Pakistan PM Aziz will address the NAC on January 30. The outgoing JFC-Brunssum and ISAF Operational Commander General Back presented his analysis of NATO,s efforts in Afghanistan stating that the Alliance's goals are too high. He called for mo [...]	2007-01-25 17:35:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO479	BUILDING SUPPORT FOR A NAC VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: At a September 4 informal discussion among NATO Perm Reps, there was significant movement towards consensus in favor of the proposed October 3-4 visit of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) t [...]	2007-09-05 16:50:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GG
07USNATO486	UNODC CHIEF COSTA BRIEFS THE NAC ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Antonio Costa, Head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),briefed NATO on September 5 on UNODC's 2007 report on Afghanistan poppy production. In addition to NATO PermReps, 24 other interested nations and organizations were on hand as Costa reviewed the key findings and r [...]	2007-09-06 15:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MARR ECON PGOV UN AF NATO
07USNATO495	ALLIES EMBRACE A/S ROOD READOUT OF US-RUSSIA MD [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-12 12:29:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PREL NATO PINR KACT RU
07USNATO502	SACEUR, COMISAF BRIEF ISAF PROGRESS AND CLEARLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate sessions first with the NAC in ISAF format (which includes the 11 non-NATO troop contributors) and then at 26 with the NAC, COMISAF General Dan McNeill described ISAF successes on the battlefield, and challenges in building an effective police force and strengthening [...]	2007-09-14 17:31:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO521	SUBJECT: HLTF: NATO ALLIES ENDORSE U.S. PARALLEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the September 13 HLTF, Allies endorsed the U.S. &Parallel Actions Plan8 as the basis to end the current impasse with Russia on the fulfillment of the remaining Istanbul commitments and ratification of the Adapted CFE Treaty. U.S. HLTF Representative Karin L. Look also successf [...]	2007-09-21 15:59:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO522	NATO PERMREPS' SEPTEMBER 18 AWAY DAY [...] (C) Summary: NATO PermReps and the Secretary General (SYG) brainstormed about goals for the April 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest and NATO headquarters reform at an all-day offsite on September 18. PermReps expressed no objection to the idea of a missile defense deliverable at Bucharest, althoug [...]	2007-09-21 16:26:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO
07USNATO524	NATO/VCC SEPTEMBER 13 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: The September 13 Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and VCC Experts made progress on agreeing on procedures to deconflict Vienna Document Inspections with four non-Allied OSCE states (Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Austria) for the 2008 year. The NATO Staff will sen [...]	2007-09-24 16:01:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO525	NON-PAPER CIRCULATED BY SOME ALLIES ON RAISING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NATO Permanent Representatives from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, and Spain circulated a non-paper (see below) to all Allied PermReps on September 19 on exploring ways to strengthen NATO's profile in arms control and disarmament prior to t [...]	2007-09-26 15:48:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	KCFE NATO PARM PREL OSCE
07USNATO529	RFG: KOSOVO TROIKA'S OCTOBER 15 BRIEFING TO THE [...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Thursday, October 11. 2. (C) On Monday, October 15 the representatives of the Kosovo Troika (U.S. Ambassador Frank Wisner, EU Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, and Russian representative Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko) will come to NATO to update and b [...]	2007-09-27 14:52:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PGOV PREL KV
07USNATO532	RUSSIANS SOFTENING TONE ON CFE AT THE NRC? [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Senior Russian military official briefing at the September 26 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting signaled possible Russian softening on its CFE line. NATO International staff reports that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov also made some constructive comments in a recent discussi [...]	2007-09-28 15:10:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO533	RUSSIAN MILITARY DOCTRINE VIEWS NATO AS A [...] (C) This is an Action Request: please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: After delivering a lackluster briefing on Russian military reforms, Russian Senior Military Representative Kuznetsov demonstrated previously unseen frankness in responding to Allies' questions in the September 29 NATO-R [...]	2007-09-28 15:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR KCFE RU
07USNATO539	GEORGIAN MINISTER BAKRADZE REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Georgian Conflict Resolution Minister Bakradze led an interagency delegation to meet with Allies in a Georgian-initiated discussion of its disputed territories. Bakradze's presentation, his forthright responses to tough questions, and Georgia's associated non-paper hit all the right notes [...]	2007-10-03 13:13:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO GG
07USNATO544	RUSSIANS PUT THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (C) In a brief October 1 letter (emailed to EUR/PRM),Russian Senior Military Representative Valentin Kuznetsov informed the NATO International Staff (IS) that Russian MOD representatives will not take part in the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Theater Missile Defense (TMD) Computer Assisted Exer [...]	2007-10-04 17:15:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO547	DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY PUSHES NATO ON CN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Karen Tandy pushed NATO to do more to support Afghan drug interdiction efforts during a powerful presentation to Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer and the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on October 1. She highlighted the intertwi [...]	2007-10-08 06:32:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	SNAR NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO566	KOSOVO TROIKA UPDATES NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL AND [...] SUMMARY: The representatives of the Kosovo Troika (U.S. representative Frank Wisner, EU representative Wolfgang Ischinger, and Russian representative Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko) briefed a special meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) on Monday, October 15, providing a general update on w [...]	2007-10-19 07:52:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PGOV PREL KV
07USNATO574	CHANGING TIDES ON MISSILE DEFENSE? BRUSSELS THINK [...] Further evidence that we're making progress on missile defense with Europe, Russian speakers got an earful from a previously skeptical leading Brussels think tank at an 22 October European Security Forum entitled &Does Europe need a new Missile Defense?8 hosted by the Center for European Poli [...]	2007-10-23 16:26:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL NATO
07USNATO577	NRC: RUSSIANS ILL-PREPARED TO RESPOND TO US 2+2 [...] (C/NF) Summary: In the October 17 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) reinforced meeting on missile defense, Under Secretary of Defense Edelman, EUR Assistant Secretary of State Fried, and Missile Defense Agency Director LTG Obering offered our vision for a joint U.S./NATO/Russia regional missile defens [...]	2007-10-24 15:09:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO578	NATO/HLTF MEETING, OCTOBER 19 2007 - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. The October 19 High Level Task Force meeting focused on discussion of the "way ahead" for maintaining the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) in the face of Russia's stated intent to suspend implementation. HLTF representative Karin L. Look provided Allies with a r [...]	2007-10-24 15:09:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO579	ALLIES SUPPORT U.S. MD OUTREACH TO RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies warmly endorsed recent U.S. Missile Defense (MD) proposals offered to Russia at the Oct. 17 reinforced North Atlantic Council (NAC) briefing offered by USD(P) Eric Edelman, A/S Daniel Fried and MDA. Dir. LTGEN Trey Obering. Allies further praised the U.S. effort to c [...]	2007-10-24 16:36:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR PARM IR RS
07USNATO587	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 31, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG commended the good discussions on Afghanistan at last week's informal defense ministerial at Noordwijk and at this week's informal SYG coffee with PermReps. He also noted SACEUR,s recent letter regarding the strains placed on ISAF [...]	2007-11-02 17:14:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO599	HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK BRIEFS THE NAC ON [...] (C) Summary: In a calm yet forceful address to the North Atlantic Council on November 7, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Lajcak called on NATO and the international community to recognize that the Bosnian Serbs are working with the support of Belgrade and Moscow to und [...]	2007-11-07 17:08:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL BK
07USNATO601	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 7, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Balkans: The NAC discussion with Ambassador Miroslav Lajcak, High Representative and EU Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, reported separately in reftel. -- Afghanistan: The SYG reported on his November 6 phone conversation with President Kar [...]	2007-11-08 18:06:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO605	SAAKASHVILI PROMISES NATO SYG TO LIFT STATE OF [...] (C) In his November 11 telephone conversation with Georgian President Saakashvili, NATO SYG Jaap de Hoop Scheffer urged him to lift Georgia,s state of emergency, restore Georgia,s media freedoms, and not "lose your friends." He said that Saakashvili had pledged to lift the state of emergency [...]	2007-11-14 16:50:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GG
07USNATO609	ACTION REQUEST: FUNDING TO CONTINUE NATO-RUSSIA [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Russia, Allies, contributing partners, and recipient countries enthusiastically support the continuation of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) 2006-07 pilot project to train counter-narcotics officials in Central Asia and Afghanistan in 200 [...]	2007-11-19 12:36:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO613	NATO/VCC NOVEMBER 14 AND 15 MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 14 and 15 Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and VCC Experts made progress on several issues, but postponed others until the January VCC. Particular implementation concerns were discussed in regard to the potential Russian CFE suspension where HLTF policy guida [...]	2007-11-21 17:29:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO615	CFE: NOVEMBER 15 MEETING OF THE HLTF [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the NATO High Level Task Force on November 15, Allies welcomed U.S. updates on current U.S. ) Russian Federation discussions and considered appropriate next steps in anticipation of Russian suspension of implementation of the CFE Treaty on December 12. 2. (C) Allies agreed [...]	2007-11-23 15:08:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCFE NATO PARM PREL OSCE RS
07USNATO616	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 21, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: SHAPE reported that November through February historically has been a period of reduced activity by Opposing Militant Forces (OMF),but OMF would likely seek to retain a high op tempo in limited areas. Ambassador Nuland noted that she had [...]	2007-11-23 16:26:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO623	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 28, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG noted that the first draft of the Autumn 2007 ISAF Periodic Mission Review has been sent to the Policy Coordinating Group (PCG). Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) General Henault noted that SHAPE,s PRT initiatives are being [...]	2007-11-29 19:02:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO630	NRC: RUSSIA AND ALLIES WORLDS APART ON BOSNIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 28 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) discussion of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the head of the Russian MFA,s Third European Department, Vadim Gorelov, appeared as a surprise guest speaker and accused High Representative Lajcak of "misusing" the Bonn powers to fu [...]	2007-12-06 15:08:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO632	UKRAINE'S A/FM KHANDOGIY TELLS NATO MINISTERS [...] (C) At the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) Ministerial meeting at NATO Headquarters on December 7, Acting Foreign Minister Khandogiy forecast a Ukrainian request to launch a NATO Membership Action Plan at the April 2008 Summit in Bucharest and announced Ukraine's readiness to contribute forces t [...]	2007-12-11 14:01:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR KCFE PARM BO
07USNATO636	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 12, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Ambassadors congratulated ISAF for excellent military and media coordination on Operation MAR KARARDAD in Musa Qala, but expressed concern that follow-up efforts to hold Musa Qala are implemented across the civil-military spectrum. Ambass [...]	2007-12-14 10:48:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO637	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 12, 2007 [...] (U) This cable is being retransmitted due to an error in the reftel number. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Ambassadors congratulated ISAF for excellent military and media coordination on Operation MAR KARARDAD in Musa Qala, but expressed concern that follow-up eff [...]	2007-12-14 11:31:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO640	HLTF: NATO ALLIES READY TO STAY THE COURSE ON CFE [...] (C) At the December 14 HLTF all NATO Allies - without exception - called for a continuation of NATO,s unified response to Russia,s unilateral actions on CFE and urged that the U.S. keep its "parallel actions" package on the table for negotiation with Russia. Praise for U.S. efforts to date wa [...]	2007-12-17 19:41:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS
07USNATO648	RFG AND READOUT OF VCC AND VCC EXPERTS MEETING - [...] This is a Request for Guidance. See Para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: At the December 19 meeting of the NATO Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC),Allies agreed to allocate and coordinate CFE inspections -- including for Russia -- based on data from the previous Treaty year. Allies also coor [...]	2007-12-20 15:38:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO649	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 19, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 18:01:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO76	MOLDOVAN MINISTERS DISCUSS PARTNERSHIP, REGIONAL [...] (C) Moldovan Foreign Minister Stratan and Defense Minister Plesca consulted with NATO Ambassadors in a January 31 "NAC 1" on Moldova's progress toward implementing its Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). NATO SecGen de Hoop Scheffer agreed that Chisinau had made a good start, and calle [...]	2007-02-07 10:52:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS NATO PREL MARR ML
07USNATO95	SUBJECT: BACKGROUNDER FOR NATO PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) We look forward to your visit to Brussels, where your presence will remind Allies once again of the strong Congressional support for the Alliance. Today, NATO is conducting operations on three continents bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan and the Balkans, while supporting peac [...]	2007-02-14 17:26:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR NATO OREP PREL PTER
07USOSCE258	OSCE PPP CONFERENCE PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO [...] (U) Summary: At the OSCE's May 31-June 1 Conference to promote Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in countering terrorism, co-initiated by the U.S. and Russia, more than 300 participants from 58 participating States and Partners as well as several international organizations discussed the utili [...]	2007-06-12 13:43:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER OSCE PREL RS
07USOSCE291	OSCE LEGAL PERSONALITY, ROUND 4 - MINOR MOVEMENT; CIO TO [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 14-15 round, much of the initial discussion, as in Round 2, centered on whether the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly should be granted privileges and immunities (P's and I's) and if so, what kind. Many states voiced reservations against doing so, with Canada, Germany and [...]	2007-07-02 12:31:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE KTIA
07USOSCE331	OSCE LEGAL PERSONALITY, ROUND 5 - MOVEMENT FORWARD AS [...] (SBU) Summary: At the July 5-6 round of negotiations on a Convention on Legal Personality, Legal Capacity and Privileges and Immunities for the OSCE (CLPPI),the absence of key players limited the WG's ability to deal with unresolved issues. There was extended discussion on a Belgian proposal [...]	2007-08-01 10:08:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE KTIA
07USOSCE346	DAS DICARLO DISCUSSES KOSOVO ISSUES WITH OSCE [...] (C) Summary: In an August 29 meeting in Vienna, EUR/SCE DAS Rosemary diCarlo and OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut agreed that it would be difficult to deter Kosovo from making a unilateral declaration of independence if the Troika-led negotiations do not bear fruit. In the [...]	2007-09-05 14:44:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV YI PGOV SR OSCE UNMIK
07USOSCE363	OSCE Legal Personality, Round 6 ? Talks Make Progress As Russ [...] Summary: Meeting for the first time since July, on September 13-14 Article 14 -- OSCE Officials ---------------------------- 2. On Wednesday, before the WG convened, Belgium called a small group 3. At the beginning of the WG on Thursday, the Chair, Dutch Ambassador -- Bracketed tex [...]	2007-09-28 11:46:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE KTIA
07USOSCE365	OSCE Legal Personality, Round 6 Q Talks Make [...] Summary: Meeting for the first time since July, on September 13-14 the Working Group on the Convention on Legal Personality, Legal Capacity and Privileges and Immunities for the OSCE (CLPPI) made considerable progress in removing bracketed text and reaching compromise on previously disputed i [...]	2007-09-28 12:08:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE KTIA
07USOSCE366	OSCE Legal Personality, Round 6 ? Talks Make [...] Summary: Meeting for the first time since July, on September 13-14 the Working Group on the Convention on Legal Personality, Legal Capacity and Privileges and Immunities for the OSCE (CLPPI) made considerable progress in removing bracketed text and reaching compromise on previously disputed i [...]	2007-09-28 12:15:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE KTIA
07USOSCE382	IF KOSOVO DECLARES INDEPENDENCE UNILATERALLY, WHAT [...] (C) The likelihood that the OSCE will have to close its mission to Kosovo is increasing. In the event of a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI),Russia and Serbia have threatened to force closure of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK),and they could easily do so. Under such circumsta [...]	2007-10-15 08:19:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV UNMIK KV UNSC SR YI RU
07USOSCE453	OSCE: MADRID MINISTERIAL CROATIA BILAT [...] (C) Summary: The November 29 bilateral meeting between U/S Burns and Croatian FM Grabar-Kitarovic (and with the participation of State Secretary Biscevic) focused on possible negative security implications for Croatia and the region due to developments in Kosovo and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [...]	2007-12-06 12:21:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC HR CROATIA OSCE PREL
07USUNNEWYORK1004	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: QATAR CALLS FOR SANCTIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an informal meeting of the Sudan Sanctions Committee on November 7, Qatar expressed a strong interest in imposing targeted sanctions on JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim and SLM faction leader Abdelwahid el-Nur for their failure to attend the UN/AU-led Darfur mediation in Tripoli. [...]	2007-11-12 19:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK1010	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: REPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: On Nov. 5-6, UNGA's Third Committee addressed the Human Rights Council's Report and particularly its institution-building package. In introducing the Report, HRC president Costea (Romania) argued that the Council had made progress, faces major challenges, and should only be judged on [...]	2007-11-13 17:34:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1016	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: THIRD COMMITTEE ADOPTS EIGHT [...] (U) On November 1, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted 8 resolutions without a vote. 2. (U) The United States joined consensus on the following resolutions: --L.6, Cooperatives for Social Development (ref A). --L.15.Rev.1, Violence Against Women (ref B),with EOP. [...]	2007-11-15 12:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PHUM SNAR KWMN
07USUNNEWYORK1019	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Speaking Oct. 31 in the annual debate on promotion and protection of human rights in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee, Ambassador Khalilzad emphasized the value the United States places on human rights, described the important role these rights play in building societies, cited exa [...]	2007-11-15 14:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PHUM BM CU KN SY CH
07USUNNEWYORK1024	UN/1267 SANCTIONS: RUSSIANS UNYIELDING ON REMOVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgian PermRep and Chairman of the 1267 (Taliban/Al-Qaida) Sanctions Committee Johan Verbeke convened P-5 ambassadors plus Afghanistan on November 8 to discuss the outstanding Afghan requests to remove from the 1267 sanctions list twenty individuals who have renounced their ties t [...]	2007-11-15 19:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1026	P-3 FINDS DPKO CONCERNED ABOUT KOSOVO END-GAME [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN U/SYG for Peacekeeping Guehenno and Europe Division Chief Harland shared with P-3 Deputy PermReps on November 9 their concerns about how Kosovo-related events will play out after the presumed failure of Troika talks. Guehenno and Harland have identified key issues -- whether a [...]	2007-11-15 21:47:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KV
07USUNNEWYORK1028	SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON BURMA [...] (SBU) In a public meeting of the Security Council November 13, Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari discussed his November 3-8 trip to Burma. He listed positive developments in Burma leading up to his visit, including the withdrawal of visible military presence, the release of some detainees, and [...]	2007-11-15 22:34:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC BM PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK1032	UNSC REFORM: PLENARY DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Summary. During the annual UNGA plenary debate on UNSC reform, held November 12-14, only Germany expressed continued support for the original G-4 (Germany, Japan, Brazil, and India) proposal, while India unilaterally proposed several new elements for expansion and accused the UNSC of mul [...]	2007-11-16 16:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK1035	NEPAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ASKS FOR EXPANDED [...] (SBU) On November 21, Sushil Pyakurel, a Nepalese human rights activist and former Commissioner in the National Human Rights Commission of Nepal, urged a group of European diplomats to press the Nepalese government on human rights and to support an expansion of the United Nations Mission in Ne [...]	2007-11-16 20:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM NP
07USUNNEWYORK1037	UNSC 1540 COMMITTEE: NEW WEBSITE, PROGRESS ON 1673 [...] SUMMARY: On November 14, the Security Council's 1540 Committee discussed the Committee's new website, plans to inform regional groups about the Committee's recent letter requesting information from States and transmitting the Committee's implementation matrices to them, and the possibility o [...]	2007-11-16 21:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK1048	HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK WARNS UNSC BOSNIA IS AT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 15 Security Council meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH),High Representative Miroslav Lajcak told members that reform progress in the country had been stalled and this was holding back a European and Euro-Atlantic future. Lajcak defended his use of Bonn Powers [...]	2007-11-20 18:51:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BK UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1057	SECURITY COUNCIL LOOKING TO BE USEFUL ON SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN A/SYG Menkerios described for Security Council members the bleak realities of Somalia that together dampen his enthusiasm for the recent peaceful change in government -- Mogadishu still lacks basic security; the humanitarian situation is deteriorating further; opposition grou [...]	2007-11-21 20:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SO
07USUNNEWYORK1058	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: CHINA, RUSSIA, INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Sanctions Committee met on October 9, October 30, and November 7 to discuss the recommendations on improving the sanctions regime contained in the Panel of Experts' September report, which included an embargo on the sale of aircraft to the GOS and targeted sanctions on [...]	2007-11-21 20:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK1063	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: MERCENARIES [...] (U) On November 7, Jose Luis Gomez del Prado, Chairmen of the UN's Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries as a Means of Violating Human Rights and Impeding the Exercise of the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination, presented his report to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly. Much [...]	2007-11-21 21:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PHUM IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1065	P-5 DISCUSS SUDAN, BURMA [...] SUMMARY: The P-5 PermReps met on November 21 to discuss Sudan and Burma. On Sudan, the P-3 PermReps advocated for additional pressure on the Sudanese to accept the UNAMID force composition. Ambassador Khalilzad said the challenge was determining how to press and/or incentivize the Sudanese a [...]	2007-11-23 16:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BU SU
07USUNNEWYORK1069	UN - P-5 DISCUSS DPA STRENGTHENING [...] Summary: The five permanent members of the Security Council (P-5) met at the Deputy Permanent Representative (DPR) level with Lynn Pascoe, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on November 21 to discuss SYG Ban's proposal to strengthen the Department of Political Affairs (DPA). [...]	2007-11-27 18:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1071	1540 COMMITTEE: OUTREACH, BRIEFING FOR REGIONAL [...] SUMMARY: On November 21, the Security Council's 1540 Committee reviewed outreach activities, discussed briefing the UN's regional groups on the Committee's letter to states transmitting its implementation matrices and seeking information on states' implementation of resolution 1540, and conti [...]	2007-11-28 12:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK1072	SIXTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON THE REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The Sixth Committee held its debate on the report of the fifty-ninth session of the International Law Commission (ILC) from October 29 through November 6. ILC Chairman Ian Brownlie (UK) attended sessions from October 29 through November 2 to present the ILC report to the Sixth Comm [...]	2007-11-28 13:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1081	SYG BAN TALKS TOUGH ON SUDAN, PRAISES ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-on-one meeting with Amb. Khalilzad on Nov. 28, SYG Ban reacted positively to the Secretary's planned CPA ministerial (reftel) and said he would be more vocal in criticizing Sudanese President Bashir if Sudan did not improve its cooperation on implementation of the Darfur [...]	2007-11-28 17:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC SU SR AA
07USUNNEWYORK1082	COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED [...] SUMMARY: On November 20-21, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted four country-specific resolutions addressing the human rights situations in North Korea, Burma, Iran and Belarus, despite attempts to derail the process through no-action motions on the last three resolutions. [...]	2007-11-28 19:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PHUM IR KN BM BO
07USUNNEWYORK1085	GEORGIAN DFM MAJGALADZE AFFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with the New York Friends of Georgia on November 28, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Majgaladze said Georgia could accept a full Geneva meeting of the Friends of Georgia that includes Russia and said the best timing would probably be in the new year. He explained [...]	2007-11-28 23:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV GG UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1093	SOLANA TELLS BAN EU WILL MAKE STRONG POLITICAL [...] (C) On November 28, Ambassador Khalilzad met with the EU's Javier Solana to discuss Kosovo. Solana reported that he had met earlier in the day with SYG Ban Ki-Moon to tell him that when the EU holds its summit on December 14, he will push for a strong political statement that "the EU is ready [...]	2007-11-29 23:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KV YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK1095	NOV 28 ICTY/ICTR UNSC WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] SUMMARY: Members of the UNSC Working Group on Residual Issues concerning the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) met on Nevember 28 to discuss a non-paper prepared by the Chair (Indonesia) on the preparati [...]	2007-11-30 18:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREF PREL RW
07USUNNEWYORK1098	UN - GA BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Fifth Committee, in formal sessions on November 19 and 20, began its consideration of the proposed budget of $1.478 billion for the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) for the period July 07/June 08. The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions ( [...]	2007-11-30 19:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL SU UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1100	UNGA/C-5: CONSOLIDATED REPORT DRAWS STRONG [...] (U) The 5th Committee met on October 18 to take up review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations. Nancy Hurtz-Soyka, Chief of the Office of Oversight and Internal Justice, introduced the United Nations Secretariat Consolidated Report 2006. Thi [...]	2007-11-30 19:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1102	UNGA/G-5: SYG BAN INTRODUCES 2008-2009 UN BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon introduced the proposed program budget for the biennium 2008-2009 before the Committee on Administration and Budget on October 25. SYG Ban stated the proposed budget of $4.2 billion represents real growth of $23 million, or 0.5%, over the previous [...]	2007-11-30 19:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1103	UNGA/C-5: OIOS REPORTS ON LACK OF UN-WIDE INTERNAL [...] (U) The UN General Assembly Fifth Committee met in formal session on October 10 to hear introduction of several financial reports (REF). UN Undersecretary-General for Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) Inga-Britt Ahlenius presented the OIOS Annual Report (A62/281/Part 1/Add. 1),covering OIOS [...]	2007-11-30 19:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1110	CTED DIRECTOR MICHAEL SMITH MAKES INITIAL BRIEFING [...] SUMMARY: The Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) met November 29 to welcome Michael Smith (Australia),the new Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED). Smith praised CTC's role in UN counter-terrorism efforts, and said the CTC should continue [...]	2007-12-03 13:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREF PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1121	SYG BAN SUPPORTS KOSOVO END GOAL BUT WANTS TO [...] (C) SYG Ban told Ambassador Khalilzad in a tete-a-tete breakfast on December 5 that he supports the end goal of coordinated independence for Kosovo, is willing to reconfigure UNMIK and will not vitiate a coordinated declaration of independence by Kosovo. However, Ban said he hopes he is not p [...]	2007-12-05 18:03:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK1125	SIXTH COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF CHARTER COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY: The Sixth Committee concluded its consideration of the Report of the Special Committee on the Charter and Revitalization of the Organization with the adoption of a draft resolution that differed little in substance from last year (Ref A). During the Sixth Committee's debate, many d [...]	2007-12-05 20:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA

07USUNNEWYORK1129	CAUTIOUS BAN SEEMS TO SUPPORT OUR KOSOVO BOTTOM [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 5, the Coordinating and Drafting Group minus Russia plus Portugal met with SYG Ban to discuss the way ahead on Kosovo in the post-Troika period. The group laid out the likelihood of a blocked Security Council and the need to find a status solution outside of the Coun [...]	2007-12-06 00:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK1137	U/S ROOD BRIEFS UN SECRETARY-GENERAL ON IRAN/NIE [...] (C) Summary: On December 6, Undersecretary John Rood briefed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the recent National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran. Rood stressed that the NIE does not diminish USG concerns regarding Iran,s nuclear weapons program and, if anything, heightens our concerns. T [...]	2007-12-07 19:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IR MNUC KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK114	SECURITY COUNCIL EXPANSION: WIDE DIFFERENCES [...] (SBU) Summary: The General Assembly's Open Ended Working Group on Security Council expansion and reform, meeting for the first time this year, accepted GA President Khalifa's suggestion to proceed via five separate consultations on "key issues" related to Council reform. Facilitators will beg [...]	2007-02-09 19:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1141	LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ PREDICTABLY TIGHT-LIPPED IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a December 5 open briefing to the UNSC and closed consultations with member states that followed, departing UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) head Serge Brammertz hewed closely to his written report to the Council and declined to provide more [...]	2007-12-10 14:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK1143	SRSG MOLLER EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION OVER NO PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) on December 7, SRSG Michael Moller expressed strong disappointment with the failure of the two parties to implement the July 8 Agreement of 2006. Moller also addressed the need for ag [...]	2007-12-10 14:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CY
07USUNNEWYORK1151	SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE [...] The Security Council, on December 10, unanimously adopted resolution 1787 (text below). The following countries co-sponsored the resolution: Belgium, Congo, France, Italy, Panama, Russia, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The resolution extends the initial period of the Co [...]	2007-12-11 15:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER UNSC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1155	CDG MINUS RUSSIA DISCUSSES RUSSIAN PRST ELEMENTS [...] (SBU) On December 10, Ambassador Khalilzad convoked Permreps of the CDG minus Russia to discuss the Russian distributed elements for a PRST and format issues for the December 19 UNSC meeting on the Troika report. Ambassador Khalilzad framed the options for dealing with Russia's PRST elements [...]	2007-12-11 22:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK1159	MNF RESOLUTION: POSITIVE REACTION TO US/UK TEXT [...] (C) On December 12, the Security Council met at experts level to discuss the draft UK/US resolution extending for 2008 the mandates of the Multinational Force in Iraq (MNF-I),the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). Significantly, no del [...]	2007-12-13 00:56:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1168	YUGOSLAV AND RWANDA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS REPORT TO [...] SUMMARY: The Security Council met December 10 for a briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made a statement, as did all Council members and repr [...]	2007-12-14 16:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC ICTY ICTR PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK1170	NATO SEEKS COOPERATION WITH 1540 COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY: NATO Assistant Secretary General Martin Erdmann (Germany) delivered the first NATO briefing to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 ("1540 Committee") on December 11. Erdmann said 1540 issues were a central part of NATO counter-proliferation efforts [...]	2007-12-14 18:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNSC PREL KPAO PTER KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK1173	UN SETS PREPARATORY PROCESS FOR MONTERREY [...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nation General Assembly's Second Committee passed by consensus a resolution on December 7 setting out the modalities for a review in 2008 of the 2002 Monterrey Consensus on Financing for Development (FfD). The review process will conclude with a November 29 - Decembe [...]	2007-12-14 21:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN SENV UN
07USUNNEWYORK1175	KOSOVO'S RETURN TO UNSC FINDS RUSSIA STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: In UNSC consultations on December 13, Russia raised its recently circulated elements for a PRST on Kosovo. Ambassadors Khalilzad and Sawers voiced disagreement with the premise of the elements that there is scope for a mutually acceptable solution. They said there can be no PRST [...]	2007-12-14 21:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK1177	LEBANON: COUNCIL DEBATE ON UNSCR 1701 CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on December 12, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Geir Pedersen reported that Lebanon's continuing political impasse had prevented further progress on the implementation of resolution 1701. He called for presidential elections to be held as so [...]	2007-12-17 16:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK1179	IRAQI OBJECTIONS TO MNF-I UNSCR TEXT DELAY [...] (S) During the course of December 17, Amb Khalilzad sought to confirm GOI support for the MNF-I text circulated to the Security Council Friday, December 14 (ref A). The draft resolution currently enjoys consensus support from the Security Council. Citing various justifications, both Iraqi PR [...]	2007-12-17 23:17:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1183	UNSC REFORM: LITTLE CHANGE IN SUBSTANCE BUT SOME [...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on UNSC expansion on December 14, President of the General Assembly (PGA) Srgjan Kerim announced that he had created a three-PermRep "task force" to help him advance the upcoming inter-governmental negotiations on Council r [...]	2007-12-18 22:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNSC IN JA BR
07USUNNEWYORK1187	SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MNF-I, DFI AND IAMB [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the UN Security Council unanimously approved the extension of the mandate for 2008 of the Multinational Force in Iraq (MNF-I) and the arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). The U.S., UK and [...]	2007-12-19 21:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1191	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS [...] (C) On December 7 Italian PermRep and Chairman of the Sudan Sanctions Committee Marcello Spatafora reported to the Security Council on the Committee's discussion of the Sudan Panel of Experts, October report, which examined the implementation of the sanctions regime over the past year. The Cha [...]	2007-12-20 16:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK1199	1540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ITS ROLE ON BIOSAFETY AND [...] SUMMARY: Members of the Security Council's 1540 Committee held a thematic discussion on biosafety and biosecurity on December 18, which the Committee's Chairman (Slovakia) scheduled to help determine how the Committee's April 2008 report to the Security Council would address these issues. S [...]	2007-12-20 20:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK12	HOLOCAUST DENIAL RESOLUTION STRATEGY [...] (C) Now that the Security Council has adopted resolution 1737 regarding Iran's nuclear program, USUN has taken stock of the possibilities for introducing a resolution condemning Iran's denial of the holocaust (reftels). In discussions with Israel, Germany and the UK of options for General Ass [...]	2007-01-10 19:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA IR IS GM EUN
07USUNNEWYORK1203	SYG BAN CONVENES FIRST GROUP OF FRIENDS MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Secretary-General Ban convened the first meeting of the Group of Friends on Burma December 19. Participants included the P-5, Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Norway, Singapore, Portugal, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as UN Under-Secretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pasco [...]	2007-12-21 18:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK1204	KOSTUNICA: SERBIA WILL "DO MUCH MORE" THAN DECLINE [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of the Security Council's session on Kosovo (reported septel) Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica offered Ambassador Khalilzad a familiar mix of legalisms and ethnic nationalism in arguing against a non-negotiated solution to Kosovo's status. Kostunica said Serbia is prep [...]	2007-12-21 18:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI
07USUNNEWYORK1207	DECEMBER MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING: PRAISE FOR PARIS, [...] (U) Summary: UN Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe delivered the monthly briefing on the Middle East to the Security Council on December 21. Pascoe praised the Paris donors' conference but said the goal now is to generate "real momentum on all aspects of the peace proc [...]	2007-12-21 23:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL IS
07USUNNEWYORK1208	SECURITY COUNCIL DIVIDED ON KOSOVO, BUT IS IT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 19 UN Security Council session, Serbian PM Vojislav Kostunica called for open-ended negotiations on Kosovo's future political status, insisting that any other means of resolving the issue would violate UNSCR 1244 and the UN Charter. Kosovo President Sejdiu declar [...]	2007-12-26 15:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KV UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK1209	62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) Support from East Asian and Pacific Island (EAP) countries was essential for achieving U.S. objectives in this 62nd UN [...]	2007-12-26 16:13:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG
07USUNNEWYORK1210	UN: 62ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION: SOUTH ASIA WRAP [...] (U) Joe Melrose served as the Senior Area Advisor for the 62nd UN General Assembly for South and Central Asia. The following is his summary of the UNGA as it pertained to South and Central Asia. The South and Central Asian states did not provide the drama of some other regions or even of [...]	2007-12-26 16:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF BG CE IN KG KZ NP PHUM PK PREL TI TX
07USUNNEWYORK1217	EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE 62ND UNGA [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador James Gadsden, who served as Senior Area Adviser for Eastern European Affairs to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (C) Summary: Most Eastern European states generally supported US priority objectives for the Fall session of the 62nd UNGA [...]	2007-12-26 20:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UNGA AA AM BK BU CY EN GG GR HR
07USUNNEWYORK122	SE AHTISAARI AND AMBASSADOR WOLFF STRATEGIZE ON [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting Special Envoy Ahtisaari and Acting Permrep Wolff discussed the way ahead on the Kosovo status process including taking Ahtisaari's package to the Security Council and work that will follow. Wolff explained that the Russians were continuing to play for ti [...]	2007-02-12 17:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK1221	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 27 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3, 6 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: --Deployment Update: Chinese Engineers and Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU) are the only Heavy Support Package units arriving in calendar year 2007. UN DPKO expects the remainder of the HSP units [...]	2007-12-28 13:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV UNSC AF SU
07USUNNEWYORK1224	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS OCEANS AND FISHERIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The General Assembly adopted without a vote the draft resolution on Sustainable Fisheries (A/62/L.24) on December 18 and the draft resolution on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (A/62/L.27) with a vote (146-2-3) on December 22. The majority of delegations emphasized the significance [...]	2007-12-28 20:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PHSA PREL PREF PREM
07USUNNEWYORK1225	USUN VIEWS ON SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM [...] (C) Summary and comment. With inter-governmental negotiations on Security Council reform set to begin in 2008, a serious debate has begun on Council expansion. We are closer than we have been in several decades to the prospect that a formal proposal for expansion could be put to a vote. We d [...]	2007-12-29 02:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNSC JA BR IN GE
07USUNNEWYORK133	UNSC: MECCA AGREEMENT AND TEMPLE MOUNT [...] Summary: In the monthly Security Council briefing on the Middle East held February 13, UNSCO Alvaro de Soto said that the Mecca agreement and recent international initiatives to re-energize the peace process, especially the commitment of the Quartet partners, showed "potential" for progress. C [...]	2007-02-15 18:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK136	(S) SYG BAN KI-MOON CONSIDERING IRAQ VISIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a February 8 meeting with IO A/S Silverberg, UN DPA Middle East Advisor Michael Williams said SYG Ban Ki-Moon is considering a stopover in Iraq in connection with his participation in the March 28 Arab League meeting in Riyadh. SYG Ban is also considering visits to Egy [...]	2007-02-15 22:29:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK149	A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH SLOVAK FM KUBIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 20 meeting with Slovak FM Jan Kubis, IO A/S Silverberg and Acting Permrep Wolff advised FM Jan Kubis that the U.S. would not look favorably on any Slovak action that undermined UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari's proposals on Kosovo in the Security Council. Kubi [...]	2007-02-22 23:33:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK150	SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACKS IN IRAQ [...] (U) The Security Council adopted a press statement February 22 condemning recent terrorist attacks in Iraq, including the chlorine gas bombing of February 21 (text in para 5). This step concludes a series of recent Council press statements condemning terrorist attacks in Lebanon (February 1 [...]	2007-02-23 00:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK155	USUN DISCUSSES PROTRACTED CONFLICTS RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) On February 23, Acting Permrep Wolff met with representatives of the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) at their request to discuss their initiative of a General Assembly (GA) resolution on protracted conflicts. Speaking for the GUAM, Moldovan Permrep Grigore explained the [...]	2007-02-27 19:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG MD AJ
07USUNNEWYORK156	DARFUR: USG AND UN GET READY TO TEST BASHIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S Silverberg expressed on February 20 to UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Guehenno U.S. support for UN candidates for leadership positions in the Darfur hybrid operation. The A/S also pushed for deployment of advance elements of the Heavy Support Package (HSP) in ord [...]	2007-02-27 23:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK161	UNSC MOVING CAUTIOUSLY ON UN PEACEKEEPING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At February 27 consultations, a majority of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members advocated a go-slow approach toward UN peacekeeping in Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR),mindful of Chadian President Deby's attitude toward deployment, which so far has been eq [...]	2007-03-01 14:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD ET PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK162	UNSC CONDEMNS TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN IRAN, LEBANON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary and comment. The UN Security Council approved a press statement condemning two bus bombings in Lebanon on February 13, another press statement condemning the bombing of a bus carrying Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) [...]	2007-03-01 15:42:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC LE IR
07USUNNEWYORK166	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: UK AND FRENCH REACTIONS TO US [...] (C) Summary and action request: USUN delivered reftel demarche February 28, sharing with the UK and France the names of Sudanese we propose for sanctions per UNSCR 1591 (2005). The UK expressed concern that the senior rank of one target would provoke Russian and Chinese opposition at the outs [...]	2007-03-02 18:51:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL UNSC ETTC SU
07USUNNEWYORK17	NEW YORK UPDATE ON BURMA UNSCR [...] (U) USUN placed the revised text of the draft Burma UNSCR (ref A) "in blue" the afternoon of January 11. The Russian delegation, which currently holds the Council presidency, has scheduled a vote for 3:30 p.m. on January 12. Veto Threats ------------ 2. (C) Amb Wolff met with Chinese [...]	2007-01-12 01:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK173	MAKING TALIBAN SANCTIONS RELEVANT [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides a status report on implementation of UNSCR 1735, a resolution drafted by the USG which calls for updating the Taliban sanctions list to enhance its utility as a relevant and potent tool to combat the [...]	2007-03-02 23:18:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV KTFN PTER AF
07USUNNEWYORK175	ISRAELI MILITARY BRIEFS UN ON HIZBALLAH REARMAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 1 ISRAELI BRIGADIER GENERAL YOSSI BAIDATZ BRIEFED THE UN AND SELECTED DELEGATIONS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND TROOP CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES TO UNIFIL, ABOUT REARMAMENT OF HIZBALLAH. USING AERIAL IMAGERY AND CITING "HUNDREDS" OF TRUCK MOVEMENTS SINCE A [...]	2007-03-03 00:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IS SY IR LE
07USUNNEWYORK179	DDA, IAEA, OPCW, AND WCO BRIEF COUNCIL ON [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Representatives of the Department for Disarmament Affairs, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),and the World Customs Organization briefed the Security Council in a public meeting on February 23, concer [...]	2007-03-06 18:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC PARM KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK182	PROPOSED NEXT STEPS ON BRAMMERTZ COMMISSION AND [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz is scheduled to deliver his latest report on the Commission's activities March 14 and to brief the Security Council March 21. In order to foster UNSC support for the Commission and Tribunal, USUN recommends that Brammertz [...]	2007-03-06 23:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK193	DARFUR DEPLOYMENT: THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Most every element of Darfur deployment is frustrated by political and physical realities: supporting infrastructure for light support package (LSP) military and civilian officials is inadequate, and AMIS has refused to integrate even the relative few who have arrived; constructio [...]	2007-03-12 10:59:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK194	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: FRENCH REACTION TO US NAMES [...] (C) Summary: French support for targeted sanctions in Sudan will be predicated on an expected positive effect on the ground in Darfur. Paris feels that USG proposed sanctions targets are of too senior a rank to have a productive effect, and expressed concern that targeting individuals under [...]	2007-03-12 17:20:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL UNSC ETTC SU
07USUNNEWYORK195	RUSSIANS RENEW PRESSURE FOR U.S. APPEARANCE BY DE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request -- action requested para 5. 3. (SBU) On March 12 Russian PR Churkin, in reaction to negative signals from Washington, renewed his request of last week for U.S. approval of a visa for de fac [...]	2007-03-12 19:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
07USUNNEWYORK196	UN CSD-15: READOUT OF FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 2 [...] (SBU) The Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting for the 15th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development achieved its principal aims the week of February 26 of producing a basis for the CSD-15 negotiating text in May, and providing a showcase for highlighting proven solutions in the [...]	2007-03-12 19:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EUN SENV UNCSD
07USUNNEWYORK197	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: INITIAL MARKERS ON POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: During the March 8 informal meeting of the Sudan Sanctions Committee delegations gave early indications of their positions on new sanctions in Sudan. The UK, supported by USUN, argued that the strategy of constructively engaging the Government of Sudan (GOS) had not been success [...]	2007-03-12 20:01:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL UNSC ETTC SU
07USUNNEWYORK198	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: P5 AMBASSADORS DISCUSS SUDAN [...] (C) UK PermRep Emyr Jones Parry convened a meeting of P5 Ambassadors on March 6 to discuss imposing new sanctions on Sudan. In attendance were Chinese PermRep Wang, Russian PermRep Churkin, French Political Counselor Nicolas de Riviere, and USUN Ambassador Sanders. Jones Parry argued that i [...]	2007-03-12 23:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU
07USUNNEWYORK209	PARKING ISSUES, IRS SETTLEMENT INITIATIVE, ALLEGED [...] Summary: The UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country (Host Country Committee-HCC) discussed the results of the HCC's survey of the New York Diplomatic Parking Programme (the Program) at its 232nd meeting on March 5, 2007. Missions which oppose the Program as implemented or on principl [...]	2007-03-15 12:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP UN CVIS
07USUNNEWYORK213	UNSC/IRAN: P5 RESOLUTION INTRODUCED [...] (SBU) Summary: On behalf of the P5, on March 15 the UK introduced a draft resolution on Iran to the Security Council following the IAEA's report of February 22 of Iranian non-compliance with resolutions 1696 and 1737. The draft resolution builds upon the sanctions established by 1737, includ [...]	2007-03-16 00:58:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IR
07USUNNEWYORK216	RUSSIAN PERMREP LINKS KOSOVO AND ABKHAZIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On March 14, at the end of P5 meeting on Iran, Russian Permrep Churkin protested a UK proposed Arria-style meeting for Kosovo President Sejdiu that he said he had been informed of earlier in the day. Churkin produced [...]	2007-03-17 01:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK217	IRAQ BRIEFING TO SECURITY COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: Iraqi Vice President Abd al-Mahdi told the Security Council that 2007 will be the year of civil peace and unity in Iraq. The UN Security Council held March 15 its quarterly open briefing (REFTEL) on the activities of the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) and the Multinational For [...]	2007-03-19 14:34:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PGOV UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK219	MONTHLY UNSC MIDDLE EAST DEBATE FOCUSES ON MECCA [...] (SBU) DELIVERING HIS FIRST BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY PAGE 02 RUCNDTA0219 UNCLAS COUNCIL DURING ITS MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DEBATE ON MARCH 14, NEWLY-ARRIVED DPA U/SYG LYNN PASCOE (AMCIT) SAID DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE PAST MONTH -- INCLUDING THE MECCA AGREEMENT -- HOLD OUT THE PROMISE TO TURN PAS [...]	2007-03-19 21:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK224	ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization ("Charter Committee"),a sub-Committee of the General Assembly Legal Sixth Committee, held its annual meeting at UN Headquarters from February 7-15, 2007. [...]	2007-03-20 22:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC PTER UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK226	BRAMMERTZ AGREES TO MAKE PROCEDURAL CASE FOR [...] (C) Summary. During a bilateral meeting with UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Chief Serge Brammertz on March 19, Ambassador Wolff said the U.S. would support an early extension of the Commission's mandate for up to one year and urged Brammertz to make the case fo [...]	2007-03-20 23:59:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK227	UNSC/DARFUR: MEMBERS DISAPPOINTED WITH BASHIR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At March 19 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) for Peacekeeping Operations Guehenno stressed that the three-phase package of Darfur peacekeeping operations was "indivisible," with its proposals "interlinked and interdependent." [...]	2007-03-21 00:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK229	UNSC/IRAN: INFORMALS MARCH 20 [...] (C) Summary: Security Council Ambassadors discussed the draft Iran resolution in "informal informals" on Tuesday, March 20. The UK hosted the meeting in response to requests from Council members for more information on the P-5's "political framework" to address the Iranian nuclear issue and i [...]	2007-03-21 15:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KNNP IR
07USUNNEWYORK231	FRENCH VIEWS ON UNIIIC EXTENSION, CHAPTER VII FOR [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with French PR de la Sabliere on March 19, Ambassador Wolff sought French views on timing/strategy for a possible Chapter VII resolution to establish the Special Lebanon Tribunal and underscored the need to convene a meeting of the Lebanon Contact Group before Se [...]	2007-03-22 14:39:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK239	KOSOVO COMING ATTRACTIONS: ROUTINE UNMIK BRIEFING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the March 19 Security Council quarterly session on UNMIK, SRSG Rucker reported that steady progress continues on Standards and stressed that Kosovo needs clarity about its future. Speaking for Serbia, Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija President Raskovic-Ivic focused [...]	2007-03-24 01:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK24	CHINA AND RUSSIA VETO UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION [...] On January 12, the Security Council voted 9 - 3 (China, Russia, South Africa) - 3 (Indonesia, Qatar, Congo) on the UNSCR introduced by the United States and co-sponsored by the United Kingdom on the situation in Burma. The negative votes by permanent members China and Russia resulted in defeat [...]	2007-01-13 00:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK240	UNSC MEETING: BRAMMERTZ CAUTIOUS ON PROCEDURAL [...] (SBU) After a public briefing to the Security Council by UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz on March 21 that just reviewed the findings in his last report (ref A),UNSC members proceeded to closed consultations to discuss the Commission's work in more detail. Nearly all delegations supported the GOL [...]	2007-03-24 22:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK241	UNSC MEETING: BRAMMERTZ CAUTIOUS ON PROCEDURAL [...] (SBU) After a public briefing to the Security Council by UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz on March 21 that just reviewed the findings in his last report (ref A),UNSC members proceeded to closed consultations to discuss the Commission's work in more detail. Nearly all delegations supported the GOL [...]	2007-03-24 22:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK251	UNSC/IRAN: RESOLUTION 1747 UPS THE SANCTIONS; FM [...] Summary. On March 24, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a second Chapter VII Security Council Resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its failure to comply with its obligation to suspend its enrichment, reprocessing and heavy water activities and cooperate fully with the IAEA. Ira [...]	2007-03-28 15:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KNNP IR
07USUNNEWYORK259	UN FORCE IN CHAD: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a private meeting with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),Minister of External Affairs of Chad Ahmad Allam-mi stressed the GOC was still in the "exploratory phase" of its deliberations on possible UN peacekeeping in eastern Chad and was open to discussion on the mili [...]	2007-03-30 23:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK269	UNSC: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SUDAN, CHAD AND CAR [...] (U) SUMMARY. On April 4 Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council on his recent mission to Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic (CAR). Despite the wide agenda topic, "Situation in Africa," Holmes' presentation focused on the three coun [...]	2007-04-06 12:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU CD CT UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK270	UNSC: SYG BAN KI-MOON'S AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST TRIP [...] In the April 4 briefing of his recent trip to Africa and the Middle East, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon focused on five issues: the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Iraq, Darfur and Somalia. This cable will review only his comments on the Middle East Peace Process. His comments on other s [...]	2007-04-06 13:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK271	UNSCR 1701: SYG BAN FORWARD-LEANING ON ARMS [...] (SBU) Summary. During an April 5 closed briefing to the UN Security Council on his recent visit to Middle East and his March report on UNSCR 1701 implementation (other topics reported septel),UN SYG Ban Ki-Moon took a very forward-leaning approach on reports of arms smuggling into Lebanon an [...]	2007-04-06 15:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK273	RUSSIA OBSTRUCTIVE AS UNSC CONSIDERS PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) Special Envoy Ahtisaari briefed the Security Council on April 4 on the Kosovo status process and detailed his reasoning for recommending that Kosovo become an independent state. The format of the meeting was decided only 90 minutes before Ahtisaari began his presentation, largely because [...]	2007-04-09 21:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK282	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE MEETS WITH EXPERTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Panel of Experts briefed the Sudan Sanctions Committee on April 10 on its interim report, which highlighted ongoing violations of the arms embargo by the rebels and the GOS, and GOS offensive overflights in Darfur and use of white aircraft bearing the UN logo, all of whic [...]	2007-04-11 21:47:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK283	WOLFF-FASSI FIHRI MEETING AND SUBSEQUENT CONTACTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: April 11 was a day of intense activity on the Moroccan Western Sahara initiative. In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff, MFA Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri requested US assistance in helping solidify Moroccan public and political party opinion in support of this initiative by convinc [...]	2007-04-11 22:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WS
07USUNNEWYORK293	USUN PERSPECTIVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (C) In the absence of a unifying focal point, climate change debates in the UN system are proliferating at a dizzying rate, with unpredictable and unwanted ramifications. This cable outlines strategies that USUN proposes to adopt in encouraging sensible and efficient UN handling of this conten [...]	2007-04-14 09:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON UNCSD
07USUNNEWYORK295	UNSC/DARFUR: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM AFTER APRIL 9 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At April 12 consultations, United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Members welcomed news of the apparent "success" enjoyed by Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Dmitry Titov at the April 9 UN/African Union (AU)/Sudanese Government of National Uni [...]	2007-04-16 16:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK3	USUN SURVEYS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN has surveyed the UN missions of Security Council members for views on the way forward on the Kosovo status process. We found Belgium, Slovakia, and France expecting and supporting eventual Kosovo independence but concerned about how the Security Council could facilitate th [...]	2007-01-05 00:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNMIK YI PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK302	SECURITY COUNCIL CLIMATE CHANGE DEBATE: RIGHT [...] (U) UK Foreign Secretary Beckett chaired the UN Security Council's unprecedented April 17 open debate on energy, security and climate, although, because of controversy over introducing this topic into the Council, the event was formally titled "Open Debate on Letter from UK Permanent Represent [...]	2007-04-19 13:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC SENV ENRG UK
07USUNNEWYORK312	UNSC: CONSULTATIONS ON THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] Summary: In an April 20 briefing on the situation in Western Sahara that he shared with Special Representative (SRSG) Julian Harston, Personal Envoy Peter van Walsum reiterated the Secretary-General's call on Morocco and the Polisario Front to engage in "direct negotiations without preconditio [...]	2007-04-23 15:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
07USUNNEWYORK317	UNSC/SUDAN: NO CLEAR SUPPORT FOR 3-MONTH UNMIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Taye Brook-Zerihoun briefed the SIPDIS United Nations Security Council (UNSC) at April 23 consultations on the status of the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreemen [...]	2007-04-24 23:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK319	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MICHEL REPORTS TRIP AND P-3 [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 18. 2. (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Per reftel, USUN Ambassador Wolff met with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel on April 24 and followed up on April 25 to discuss the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. In response to Ambassador Wolff,s questions, Michel reported th [...]	2007-04-25 00:11:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK322	UNSC BEGINS DISCUSSION ON UN CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following an April 24 briefing by UN officials, EU delegations led by France, Belgium and Italy voiced objections to allowing the UN to begin contingency planning for a peacekeeping operation in Somalia. The U.S., Slovakia, Congo, Ghana, South Africa and African Union (AU) Perman [...]	2007-04-25 16:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL SO
07USUNNEWYORK326	UNSC: APRIL MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the monthly briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, U/SYG Lynn Pascoe welcomed recent diplomatic developments and expressed concern over the recent escalation of violence in the West Bank and Gaza. Pascoe also announced the resignation of UNSCO Al [...]	2007-04-27 13:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK330	KOSOVO: DPKO BRIEFING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] (C) Summary. In a briefing to the Security Council on the eve of its trip to Kosovo, U/SYG Guehenno delivered a briefing on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1244. Guehenno cited progress across the board and stated that by any objective evaluation Kosovo was now a much [...]	2007-04-27 22:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK339	WESTERN SAHARA: SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MINURSO [...] The Security Council April 30 adopted a resolution extending the MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) mandate for a further six months to October 31, 2007. In addition, the resolution takes note of both Moroccan and Polisario proposals for ending the political [...]	2007-05-01 13:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI
07USUNNEWYORK347	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MICHEL BRIEFS COUNCIL AND [...] (C) Summary. In a forthright briefing to the Security Council on May 2, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel said his April 17-21 trip to Beirut to help facilitate Lebanese ratification of the UN-GOL agreement and statute establishing the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon had yielded no concrete res [...]	2007-05-03 02:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK349	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 PERMREPS MEET GOL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with P-3 PermReps on May 3, GOL senior foreign policy advisor Mohammad Chattah reported that while UNSC delegates with whom he had met were generally positive about the need to establish the tribunal, several expressed concerns about the international legal implic [...]	2007-05-04 00:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK352	KOSOVO AT UNSC: RUSSIANS ARGUE FOR DELAY LEADING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Khalilzad suggested to Russian PermRep Churkin on May 4 that the just-concluded Security Council trip to Kosovo seems to have established a solid Council majority in favor of the Ahtisaari package leading to independence for Kosovo. The ambassador framed the Kosovo iss [...]	2007-05-07 13:02:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK359	UNSC/ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: THE DEVIL IS IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Titov told the UN Security Council (UNSC) at May 8 consultations that a renewed appeal from the UNSC was needed to defuse the tense and volatile military situation on the ground in Ethiopia [...]	2007-05-09 16:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ER ET PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK368	P5 AGREE TO COOPERATE ON SUDAN AND OTHER ISSUES [...] (SBU) On May 10, Ambassador Khalilzad convened his first meeting of the Permanent Five United Nations Security Council Members (UNSC). Members welcomed Ambassador Khalilzad's commitment to begin regular P5 consultations and to make use of this forum to advance shared goals and harmonize posit [...]	2007-05-12 00:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK37	1540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES EXPERTS' PANEL [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The 1540 Committee met informally January 19 to discuss the appointment of three experts to fill vacancies on the Committee's panel of experts, as well as the extension of contracts of the five remaining experts. Committee Chairman Burian asked delegations to seek instru [...]	2007-01-22 16:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PTER PREL KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK374	IN MEETING WITH P3 SYG BAN STILL CAUTIOUS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 11 meeting with Permanent Three Security Council Members, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon seemed defensive about his emphasis on the political process as the appropriate way to proceed on Darfur. While SYG Ban agreed joint and/or individual pressure [...]	2007-05-14 22:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK376	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 DISCUSS DRAFT RESOLUTION AND [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting on May 11, P-3 PermReps told SYG Ban that the Council should act on the tribunal as soon as possible after it receives a clear request from the GOL and the SYG endorses the GOL position. Noting he planned to speak with PM Siniora on May 14, Ban reported that Syri [...]	2007-05-14 23:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK385	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the May 9 and 15 meetings of the Sudan Sanctions Committee China, Russia, Indonesia, Qatar, and Congo insisted that progress in the peace process made further sanctions inappropriate, while USUN, the UK, France, Belgium, and Slovakia expressed support for broader sanctions. [...]	2007-05-17 23:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK389	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-5 PERMREPS DISCUSS DRAFT UNSCR [...] (SBU) P-5 PermReps met on May 17 to discuss the P-3 draft Chapter VII UNSC resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (reftel). French PR de la Sabliere introduced the draft resolution, noting that the co-authors preferred the "light" approach of deciding that the tribunal agreement and s [...]	2007-05-18 19:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK392	UNSC LUNCH WITH SYG BAN: LEBANON, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad hosted the monthly lunch for Security Council Perm Reps with the Secretary-General. In addition to updating the Council on SIPDIS his discussions on Iraq and Afghanistan, SYG Ban used the opportunity to follow-up on Lebanese PM Siniora's letter requesting [...]	2007-05-19 00:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IQ LE AF SY
07USUNNEWYORK394	UNSC EXPANSION: DEBATE REVIVED IN THE GENERAL [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The debate on Security Council expansion has flashed hot again in New York, in the wake of the report of the most recent set of facilitators to tackle this long-running issue. Disappointed with the content of the report, the G-4 countries are seeking new facilitators [...]	2007-05-21 11:59:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK395	FIRST SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF KOSOVO DRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 17, the first Security Council meeting on our draft Kosovo UNSCR was held at the expert-level. The Russian expert stated at the beginning of the meeting that he had no instructions and then did not speak again. Italy offered several substantive amendments to the text th [...]	2007-05-21 15:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK401	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: CHATAH CONSULTS P-3 AND OTHERS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: P-3 Ambassadors met May 21 with GOL Foreign Policy Advisor Mohamad Chatah, who said the recent violence in Lebanon argued for accelerating action in the Security Council. Chatah said the GOL would prefer a vote on the tribunal May 25 even if it meant the resolution re [...]	2007-05-22 00:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK405	P5 WITH BAN, 5/18: SUDAN, DPKO RESTRUCTURING AND [...] (C) Summary. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with P-5 Ambassadors on May 18. Ban noted that he had some way still to go to complete his high level appointments. He urged the Council to be cautious in moving forward with sanctions against Sudan lest it undermine the current "credible progr [...]	2007-05-23 00:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KUNR AORC UNGA SU
07USUNNEWYORK408	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 AND CHATAH AGREE TO PUSH FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. P-3 PERMREPS AGREED ON MAY 23 TO TABLE THE RESOLUTION ON THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON IN THE COUNCIL ON THE MORNING OF MAY 25, PUT THE TEXT "IN BLUE" THE EVENING OF MAY 25, AND PUSH FOR A VOTE ON MAY 29. (NOTE: MAY 28 IS A UN HOLIDAY. END NOTE.) DURING A SEPARATE MEETING WI [...]	2007-05-24 00:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK41	QUINT STRATEGIZES IN NEW YORK ON UN PROCESS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of Quint countries (U.S., UK, France, Germany, Italy) met in New York on January 18 to consider tactics for getting the Kosovo final status process to and through the Security Council. Participants considered: whether and how Special Envoy Ahtisaari's initial pro [...]	2007-01-23 00:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI

07USUNNEWYORK411	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: DRAFT UNSCR DOES NOT YET HAVE [...] (C) P-3 PermReps, joined by Slovakia, agreed mid-afternoon May 24 that we do not currently have nine confirmed votes in favor of the draft Chapter VII resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. (Although USUN subsequently learned that we have support from a majority of Security Council c [...]	2007-05-24 23:43:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK415	U.S. BILATERALS AT THE UN COMMISSION ON [...] (U) Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky took advantage of the ministerial segment of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development's 15th Session (CSD-15) May 9-11 to conduct a number of bilateral discussions with key states, with climate change, energy and economic dev [...]	2007-05-25 21:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KGCC SENV EAID EAGR CH MD FI PK RS IN
07USUNNEWYORK416	KOSOVO: MOSCOW HARD LINE SOFTENING IN NEW YORK? [...] (C) Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Churkin reiterated Moscow's official hard line on Kosovo to Ambassador Khalilzad, who replied that Moscow offers no basis for discussion. Churkin essentially agreed, suggesting that Ambassador Khalilzad and he leave aside red lines for the moment a [...]	2007-05-29 14:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK423	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: VOTE SCHEDULED FOR MAY 30 [...] (C) The UN Security Council discussed the draft resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon for the second time during closed consultations on May 29. After P-3 PermReps explained the revisions made to the draft resolution in response to concerns raised during UNSC consultations on May 25, [...]	2007-05-29 23:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK431	DPKO WARNS OF RISING TENSIONS ALONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At May 29 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi described rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea and dangerous restrictions on the movement of the UN Mission there (UNMEE). Annabi warn [...]	2007-06-01 15:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK433	UNSC/CHAD: NO AGREEMENT YET ON UN PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At May 31 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Director Titov updated on the security situation in eastern Chad and on prospects for UN peacekeeping in the region. Titov reported on conversations that the UN t [...]	2007-06-01 19:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK439	UNHCHR ARBOUR MAY 31 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 31, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour met with Ambassador Khalilzad to discuss her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. She noted many ongoing problems, specifically the overall lack of security, violence against women and children, and judicial [...]	2007-06-01 21:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL XA ZF
07USUNNEWYORK440	SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1757 ON LEBANON [...] (U) THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL VOTED 10-0-5 ON MAY 30 TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 1757, WHICH DECIDES UNDER THE COUNCIL'S CHAPTER VII AUTHORITY TO BRING INTO EFFECT THE SPECIAL PAGE 02 RUCNDTA0440 UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000440 TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON. RUSSIA, CHINA, QATAR, SOUTH AFRICA, AND INDONESIA A [...]	2007-06-04 11:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK442	KOSOVO: CHURKIN CHAFES AGAINST SHORT MOSCOW LEASH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian Ambassador to the UN Churkin shared Moscow's latest hard line guidance on Kosovo with Ambassador Khalilzad on June 4. Churkin said Moscow wants: no reference to SYG Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposal in the Security Council resolution; at least a year of further Belgrade-P [...]	2007-06-04 21:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK455	UNSC/SUDAN: PREVIEW OF JUNE 7 ICC BRIEFING [...] (SBU) Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division Director Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen previewed for Poloff International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's June 7 briefing on June 6. Le Frapeur said Ocampo's main message would be t [...]	2007-06-07 14:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KJUS
07USUNNEWYORK467	UNMIT SRSG KHARE BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 30, UNMIT SRSG Khare updated the Security Council on the recent presidential elections, the Parliamentary elections scheduled for June 30, and the future challenges in Timor-Leste. The Council was unanimous in its praise for the peaceful conduct of the presidential elect [...]	2007-06-08 23:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO TL
07USUNNEWYORK470	UNHCHR ARBOUR UNSC BRIEFING ON GREAT LAKES REGION [...] (U) Summary: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Arbour briefed the UN Security Council on her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. Noting she had addressed the Peacebuilding Commission on Burundi the previous day, Arbour focused her remarks on conditions in the Democratic Republic o [...]	2007-06-12 16:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	BY CG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL RW UG XA ZF ZU
07USUNNEWYORK480	KOSOVO: TIME FOR A GUT-CHECK [...] (C) SUMMARY. A P-3 meeting on Kosovo today found the UK and French United Nations missions without clear guidance from London and Paris about next steps in the face of resolute Russian opposition to the Ahtisaari settlement proposal. Both thought the recent Quint political directors meeting [...]	2007-06-14 16:53:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK490	UNSC/DARFUR: GNU ACCEPTANCE OF HYBRID DEEPENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During his June 13 briefing to the Security Council, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under-Secretary-General Guehenno confirmed Sudanese acceptance of the hybrid operation for Darfur after "comprehensive clarifications" on the June 5 UN-African Union (AU) report. The Suda [...]	2007-06-15 20:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK495	SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENTS ON LEBANON [...] (U) During the past week, the Security Council has issued three statements on the situation on Lebanon. The Council issued a press statement June 18 condemning the rocket attack from Lebanon into Israel; a Presidential Statement (PRST) June 13 condemning the assassination of Lebanese parliam [...]	2007-06-19 00:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC IS SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK496	UN INTERRELIGIOUS DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) The UN has seen a number of initiatives recently to grapple with the "clash of civilizations" notion and the aftermath of last year's violence over Dutch cartoons featuring the prophet Mohammed. The initiative with the most wide-spread backing is the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC),whi [...]	2007-06-19 20:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL KISL UNESCO UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK497	CHURKIN CONTINUES TO SAY NO ON AUTOMATICITY [...] (C) Summary: During a June 18 meeting at the Russian Mission, Ambassador Churkin yielded no ground on Russia's objection to Kosovo independence unless agreed by Serbia. Churkin stressed that the recent Quint meeting in Paris had "left a bad taste" in Russia's mouth as it gave the impression th [...]	2007-06-20 00:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK503	CHURKIN ON KOSOVO UNSCR: STEPS FORWARD SOMETIMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: During Security Council consultations on June 20, France, on behalf of the co-sponsors, tabled a revised draft resolution on Kosovo. Ambassador Wolff and the UK Deputy Permrep delivered comments supporting the [...]	2007-06-20 23:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK505	SECURITY COUNCIL SPLIT OVER SUPPORT FOR ABBAS [...] (SBU) In the monthly briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, Michael Williams, the recently appointed UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said the Middle East was in a time of crisis. Williams focused his briefing on recent events in Gaza and [...]	2007-06-21 00:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL LE SY IS
07USUNNEWYORK511	RUSSIA DENIES PROTECTION OF VLASTIMIR DJORDJEVIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Security Council (SC) met June 18 for a briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made a statement, as did representatives from all [...]	2007-06-22 23:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK519	1540: UPDATE ON COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel, USUN has solicited views from 1540 Committee Members on how to handle matrices more broadly and with specific regard to Iran. The Chair (Slovakia) has indicated that he intends to hold a meeting in late June to consider formally how matrices are handled. UNODA [...]	2007-06-25 19:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC PARM
07USUNNEWYORK522	CHURKIN: A LAPSE OF 1244 WOULD MEAN KOSOVO REVERTS [...] (SBU) In the course of a June 25 discussion with Ambassador Khalilzad, Russian Permrep Churkin said he would veto the draft resolution tabled by cosponsors June 20 if it was brought to a vote today. Churkin expressed interest in a formula that would have a first resolution calling for negoti [...]	2007-06-25 23:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK541	UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN [...] (U) On June 22, Under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council in an open session on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. His remarks included first-hand observations from recent field missions to Chad, Darfur, the Central African Republic, norther [...]	2007-07-02 17:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF UNSC XA
07USUNNEWYORK544	PORTUGAL'S PERMREP ON KOSOVO: SIX MONTHS OF TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: In a lunch meeting on June 27, Portuguese Permrep Joao Salgueiro and Ambassador Wolff discussed strategies for achieving supervised independence for Kosovo. Salgueiro expressed reservations about scenarios involving unilateral recognition, was opposed to putting a Security Counci [...]	2007-07-03 12:19:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK546	EXEMPTIONS TO IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) The Iran Sanctions Committee met on June 29, at the request of Italy, to discuss exemptions to the assets freeze. In response to USUN REFTEL points, Italy agreed fully that there should be no "business as usual" for sanctioned individuals and entities (specifically Bank Sepah). That said [...]	2007-07-03 14:53:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR
07USUNNEWYORK549	SECURITY COUNCIL VOTES TO TERMINATE UNMOVIC [...] (U) Summary: The Security Council voted June 29 in support of the U.S.-UK resolution to terminate the mandates of UNMOVIC and the IAEA's Iraq Nuclear Verification Office, with 14 members voting in favor and one abstention (Russia). Russian PermRep Churkin attributed Russia's abstention to th [...]	2007-07-03 20:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK555	AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS AND THE INTERNET [...] (SBU) The Security Council 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee discussed on June 25 al-Qaida's misuse of the Internet to recruit, fundraise, train, spread propaganda, and plan terrorist attacks. The Committee Chairman structured the debate around a Monitoring Team paper on the issue ( [...]	2007-07-06 20:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PTER
07USUNNEWYORK563	AU/UN HYBRID IN DARFUR: NARROWING DIFFERENCES [...] (C) This message updates on the current state of play in pre-negotiations on the draft Security Council resolution likely to be tabled July 11 by the UK and Ghana mandating the African Union (AU) - United Nations (UN) hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur. This message contains a recommendat [...]	2007-07-11 00:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK564	SRSG RUCKER AND COMKFOR KATHER WARN SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 9 "informal dialogue" with the Security Council, COMKFOR General Roland Kather said that the security situation in Kosovo was under control and could be kept that way so long as the international community maintained momentum and there was a prospect for some kind of [...]	2007-07-11 11:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK568	UNSC: BRIEFING ON WESTERN SAHARA NEGOTIATIONS; [...] Summary: In a July 11 closed briefing to the Security Council, the Secretary General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum explained that he had included recommendations in his report that were eventually deleted in order to suggest a way for the parties to move beyond "atmosph [...]	2007-07-12 20:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI
07USUNNEWYORK574	WEST AFRICAN STATES ASK FOR HELP IN COMBATING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) held an informal meeting on July 11 to address the technical assistance needs of West African states in fulfilling their counter-terrorism obligations under Security Council resolution 1373. Present at the meeting w [...]	2007-07-13 19:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER XY KFTN KCRM
07USUNNEWYORK578	RUSSIA TRASHES MINIMALIST KOSOVO DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian PermRep Churkin told co-sponsors of a revised draft resolution on Kosovo that Moscow's initial reaction to their text was thoroughly dismissive. He read guidance from Moscow characterizing the draft as calling for negotiations that would be mere formalities leading to aut [...]	2007-07-13 22:16:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK579	KHARTOUM TIGHTENS GRIP ON AU AND UNSC OVER HYBRID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The extent of the influence of Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) over the hybrid draft resolution was apparent during July 13 meetings at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in which African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare participated. In a private mee [...]	2007-07-16 22:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK58	SPECIAL POLITICAL MISSIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE [...] 1. This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 13. 2. As reported reftel, the General Assembly (GA) agreed on December 22, 2006 to additional funding for 27 special political missions (SPMs),including the UN missions in Iraq and Afghanistan (A/RES/61/252 Section VII). Howeve [...]	2007-01-25 15:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA AORC KUNR PREL
07USUNNEWYORK582	MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH THE [...] Summary. On July 9, 2007 the Committee on Relations with the Host Country convened its 233rd meeting to address, inter alia, Host Country travel regulations, acceleration of immigration and customs procedures, and entry visas issued by the Host Country. Briefly mentioned were New York,s con [...]	2007-07-17 11:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP UN CVIS SY
07USUNNEWYORK595	SECURITY COUNCIL PUTS KOSOVO RESOLUTION ON HOLD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following an hour of closed Security Council consultations during which Russia made clear an intent to veto the latest draft resolution on Kosovo if it were brought to a vote, sponsors of the resolution announced to the press that they would "put on hold discussions of a new reso [...]	2007-07-20 22:31:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK601	SECRETARIAT DELIVERS TOUGH UNSCR 1701/LIBAT [...] (C) Summary. During closed consultations on the SYG,s latest UNSCR 1701 report as well as the report of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (LIBAT) on July 18, UNSCO Michael Williams spoke at length about the need for greater progress on the issue of prisoners, compliance with the a [...]	2007-07-24 20:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK618	UNSC: JULY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING/CONSULTATIONS [...] Summary: In his July Middle East Security Council briefing, UN Special Coordinator (UNSCO) Michael Williams highlighted both the positive and negative developments in the region over the past month. Positive developments include the release of BBC journalist Alan Johnston, renewed contact b [...]	2007-07-27 15:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK62	UNSC: JANUARY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 23:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK622	US STRONGLY DEFENDS GEORGIAN RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Security Council consultations on July 25, Georgia's request to speak in the July 26 meeting on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was the subject of intense debate. Russia insisted that Georgia should not participate in the UNOMIG meeting unless Abkhaz de facto [...]	2007-07-28 00:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK626	US STRONGLY DEFENDS GEORGIAN RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Security Council consultations on July 25, Georgia's request to speak in the July 26 meeting on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was the subject of intense debate. Russia insisted that Georgia should not participate in the UNOMIG meeting unless Abkhaz de facto [...]	2007-07-30 20:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK630	UNSC: QATAR AND INDONESIA DROP GAZA PRST [...] (SBU) Qatar and Indonesia formally abandoned July 30 an effort to push a UNSC Presidential Statement expressing concern about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including a call to open the border crossings, after USUN advised the Council we would not be able to support the statement. USUN [...]	2007-08-01 00:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL ID QA
07USUNNEWYORK635	UNSC EXPANSION: DEBATE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 19, the UNGA,s Open-Ended Working Group on UNSC Expansion discussed the two recent reports on the issue prepared by facilitators appointed by UNGA President Khalifa. Although the debate on Security Council reform and expansion gained some momentum in the wake of these [...]	2007-08-02 22:59:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK636	DPKO SEEKS P5 HELP AGAINST SUDAN'S OBSTACLES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an August 1 meeting of P5 Ambassadors, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General Guehenno solicited P5 bilateral engagement with the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) on the issue of GNU restrictions on movement of goods and flight clearan [...]	2007-08-03 00:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK648	CLIMATE CHANGE: GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ATTESTS TO [...] Nearly 100 member states delivered remarks during the July 31-August 2 informal thematic debate of the General Assembly on climate change. The theme of "common but differentiated responsibilities" ran through the speeches with developed countries pledging continued reductions of greenhouse gas [...]	2007-08-07 23:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV KGHG UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK651	COUNCIL ADOPTS LEBANON STATEMENT AFTER QATAR [...] (C) The UN Security Council adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) on August 3 in response to the Secretary-General's latest report on the implementation of SIPDIS resolution 1701 as well as the report of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (full text of PRST below). The PRST w [...]	2007-08-08 23:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC KPKO SY IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK656	UNSC WELCOMES ARUSHA PROGRESS AND LOOKS FORWARD TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At August 9 United Nations Security Council consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Hedi Annabi heralded the positive atmosphere at August 3-6 Arusha consultations, which represented the first meeting of all key leaders in the Darfur conf [...]	2007-08-09 23:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK659	SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS GEORGIAN REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In UNSC consultations on August 9, the Congolese Presidency raised Georgia's request for a Security Council meeting on the August 6 rocket attack on its territory. Russian PermRep Churkin announced that Russia preferred a "careful, joint investigation" with Georgia, and regret [...]	2007-08-10 00:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC GG
07USUNNEWYORK66	UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE FIRST MEETING [...] (SBU) Iran Sanctions Committee Chairman, Belgian PermRep Johan Verbeke, convened the group's first meeting on January 23. Verbeke said the Committee's role is to facilitate and monitor effective implementation of resolution 1737 (2006). The Committee should be faithful to the letter and spiri [...]	2007-01-26 21:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR
07USUNNEWYORK667	FRENCH PERMREP PLEDGES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH USUN [...] (C) Amb Khalilzad greeted newly-arrived French PermRep Jean-Maurice Ripert for a courtesy call on August 10. Ripert began the meeting by declaring bluntly that U.S.-French relations "are not what they should be," and that although the two countries might disagree, the "ways of disagreement sh [...]	2007-08-14 15:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPKO UNSC IR KO LE SU
07USUNNEWYORK67	ARNAULT RAISES POSSIBLE REQUEST FOR INCREASE IN [...] Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a private meeting of the Security Council on October 6, United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Jean Arnault briefed Council members SIPDIS [...]	2007-01-26 22:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK685	DPKO REJECTS ISRAELI CLAIMS OF NEW WEAPONS FLOWS [...] (C) Summary. During UNSC consultations on UNIFIL's mandate on August 16, DPKO A/SYG Hedi Annabi acknowledged that the situation in south Lebanon had changed as a result of recent attacks against UNIFIL, but rejected Israeli claims of Hizballah refortification and illegal weapons transfers int [...]	2007-08-16 23:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC KPKO IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK689	RUSSIA STIFLES UNSC STATEMENT ON GEORGIAN MISSILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Russia blocked Security Council consensus on two U.S.-led efforts to have the Council issue a statement of concern over the August 6 crash without detonation of an air-launched missile in Georgia. When the U.S. recrafted the initial Presidential Statement (PRST) criticizing "the [...]	2007-08-17 23:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GG PGOV PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK695	CHAD/CAR: UN URGES COUNCIL TO "TRUST BUT VERIFY" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At August 21 consultations, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi advised the Security Council to "trust but verify" plans for peacekeeping in eastern Chad and northeastern Central African Republic (CAR),given Chadian President [...]	2007-08-21 22:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK697	OLA LEGAL COUNSEL TO TRAVEL TO THE NETHERLANDS TO [...] Begin Summary: UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel will lead a high-level UN delegation to the Netherlands in the next two weeks to discuss practical arrangements for the Netherlands to host the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Michel's Special Assistant Mark Quarterman advised USUN August 21. The [...]	2007-08-22 23:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC KCRM SY LE NE
07USUNNEWYORK70	1540 COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN PROPOSES DIFFERENT [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At its informal meeting January 24, the 1540 Committee discussed, but did not reach decisions on several topics: (1) candidates to fill three current vacancies on the Committee's experts' panel; (2) disposition of the contracts of the Committee's five current experts (ref B),[...]	2007-01-29 17:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PTER PREL KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK704	UNSC UNANIMOUSLY EXTENDS UNIFIL'S MANDATE AMID [...] (U) The UN Security Council unanimously approved resolution 1773 on 24 August 2007 to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until 31 August 2008. (Note: The full text of the resolution is contained in reftel and can be found on the UN website. End Note.) [...]	2007-08-24 22:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
07USUNNEWYORK711	GAMBARI SEEKS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ON BURMA [...] (C) UN Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari conducted three trips in July and August to build international support for pressure on the Burmese regime. Gambari sought to create consensus in support of his good offices mandate that he can exploit to obtain results on his next trip to Burma, tentat [...]	2007-08-28 14:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK717	MONTHLY UNSC MIDEAST DEBATE: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM FOR [...] (U) Summary. During a seven-hour monthly UNSC debate on the Middle East on August 29 featuring over 30 speakers, UNSCO Michael Williams professed "guarded optimism" about recent developments in the Arab-Israeli peace process but was decidedly downcast about the reality on the ground. Amb Wol [...]	2007-08-30 22:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC KPKO KPAL KWBG SY LE IS
07USUNNEWYORK725	GAMBARI TO BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: During a September 5 meeting of the Security Council to finalize the program of work for September, Amb Wolff successfully rebuffed a Chinese request to delete the program's "footnote" reference to Burma, and confirmed Council agreement to receive a briefing during the month fr [...]	2007-09-06 00:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK728	1540: COMMITTEE STILL DEBATING MATRICES [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: At the August 29 meeting of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee"),South Africa, Indonesia, and China agreed to seek instructions on a U.S. compromise concerning the posting of country-specific implementation matri [...]	2007-09-06 20:02:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK729	1540: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: At its August 29 meeting, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) ("1540 Committee") discussed its work program, technical assistance, outreach efforts, and a letter from Ambassador Khalilzad and Portuguese PermRep Salgueiro (on behalf of [...]	2007-09-06 20:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK73	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS U.S. RESOLUTION [...] (U) Summary. On January 26, the day before the sixty-second anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus a U.S.-sponsored resolution that condemned without reservation any denial of the Holocaust. The resolution garnered the support of 103 UN co- [...]	2007-01-29 22:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA IS IR
07USUNNEWYORK731	LIBERIA: SECURITY COUNCIL FOCUSES ON UNMIL DRAWDOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIL SRSG Doss briefed the UN Security Council on progress on political and security fronts in Liberia, focusing most of his presentation on explaining the recommendations of the Secretary-General's August 8 report (S/2007/479) for a drawdown in UNMIL operations and personnel. [...]	2007-09-07 01:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	LI PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK733	UN A/S MULET BRIEFS ON UNMIS, EXPRESSES CONCERN ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. New Assistant Secretary for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet delivered two separate briefings to the UNSC on September 7 regarding recent developments with the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and Mission of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). Follow [...]	2007-09-08 00:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNSC CG SU
07USUNNEWYORK74	SYG BAN PROPOSES RESTRUCTURING OF DPKO [...] (U) Secretary-General Ban has proposed restructuring the Secretariat to downgrade the Department of Disarmament SIPDIS Affairs (DDA) and split the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) into two distinct departments. Ban has asked the GA to give its blessing to the proposals, which he [...]	2007-01-30 22:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KUNR KPKO UN UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK741	62ND UNGA PRESIDENT PLANS FOR TAIWAN ISSUE [...] Action Request Para 5. 2. Summary. UN General Assembly President-elect H.E. Mr. Srgjan Kerim convened informal consultations of the 62nd UNGA General Committee on September 6 to discuss procedures for considering the request for inscription of a new agenda item on Taiwan. The Chinese ur [...]	2007-09-11 23:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	TW UNGA XE ZO
07USUNNEWYORK745	GEORGIA PROPOSES NEW IDEAS FOR NEW YORK ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: On June 7, Ambassador Wolff and Georgian Permrep Alasania discussed next steps in reaction to the August 6 attack on Georgia. Alasania proposed holding some type of panel discussion in which the two Independent Expert Group (IEG) teams and Russian experts could participate inste [...]	2007-09-12 22:07:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC GG
07USUNNEWYORK75	UNSC/PBC: CONSULTATIONS ON THE PEACEBUILDING [...] (U) Summary. The Security Council held closed consultations on the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) on Tuesday, January 23, in advance of the January 31 open debate. The Russians, as Council President for January, sought to use the Council's engagement this month to exert leadership over a bod [...]	2007-01-31 14:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK757	SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS TERMS OF RWANDA AND [...] The Security Council, September 14, adopted resolutions extending the terms of the Prosecutors for the International Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR) and Yugoslavia (ICTY). Resolution 1774 (ref A),which re-appointed Hassan Jallow as ICTR Prosecutor for a four year term, was adopted unanimously. [...]	2007-09-14 21:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY PHUM PREL UNSC ICTR
07USUNNEWYORK773	UN DEBATE ON TAIWAN MEMBERSHIP [...] (U) Summary: When determining the agenda for the 62nd UN General Assembly September 19, the General Committee considered whether to include the agenda item "Urging the Security Council to process Taiwan's membership application pursuant to provision rules of procedure 59 and 60." Following a [...]	2007-09-20 21:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA CH TW
07USUNNEWYORK779	INDIAN UNSC REFORM GAMBIT: LOTS OF SOUND AND FURY, [...] (C) Summary. The last few meetings of the 61st UNGA session of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on UNSC reform, held between September 11-14, featured much more controversy than usual in the fourteen-year history of the working group. After President of the General Assembly (PGA) Khalifa [...]	2007-09-21 16:04:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KUNR IN JA PK IT
07USUNNEWYORK781	SEPTEMBER MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING: COUNCIL FOCUSES ON [...] Summary: In delivering the UN's monthly briefing on the situation in the Middle East on September 20, U/SYG Lynn Pascoe characterized the continuing Olmert/Abbas dialogue, Secretary Rice's current trip to the Middle East and Quartet SIPDIS Representative Tony Blair's work as elements of a g [...]	2007-09-21 17:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK782	62ND UNGA ADOPTS THE REPORT OF THE GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 17:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA PHUM CH TW
07USUNNEWYORK783	UN LEGAL COUNSEL BRIEFS SC ON LEBANON SPECIAL [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: In a short briefing to the Security Council September 19, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel highlighted the UN's efforts to make the Special Tribunal for Lebanon operational. The Netherlands has provided "full cooperation" since expressing its willingness to host the Tribunal, [...]	2007-09-21 19:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	REINEMEYER WILCOX EMAIL
07USUNNEWYORK786	UNGA KEEPS TAIWAN UN MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION OFF [...] (U) Summary: The UN General Assembly met in plenary session September 21 to consider the report of the UN General Committee containing its recommendations for the agenda of the new (62nd) UNGA session which opened September 18. The General Committee had decided not to inscribe the agenda it [...]	2007-09-22 01:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA CH TW
07USUNNEWYORK797	SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR RESTRAINT BY BURMESE [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: After an extensive, two-hour debate called to consider the events in Burma during closed consultations September 26, the Security Council authorized French PermRep Ripert, in his capacity as Council president, to deliver an oral staQment to the press highlighting the fol [...]	2007-09-27 01:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK799	NEW UN ENVOY TO IRAQ OUTLINES FIRST STEPS [...] (C) Summary: On September 26, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Staffan de Mistura, the UN's newly-appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). The Ambassador underscored strong U.S. support for de M [...]	2007-09-27 21:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ
07USUNNEWYORK8	UNSC/BURMA: U.S. TABLES BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. formally tabled the draft resolution on Burma (reftel) in the Security Council on January 9, citing the need to empower the Secretary-General and his envoy to encourage the Burmese regime to take the concrete steps needed to address the international community's concerns. [...]	2007-01-10 02:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK805	RUSSIA BLASTS GEORGIA ON SEPTEMBER 20 INCIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a rambling screed before the Security Council on September 26, Russia's PermRep Churkin accused the Government of Georgia of everything from warmongering to attempted murder. Finally focusing on the September 20 violence in Georgia that was the item he was ostensibly addres [...]	2007-09-28 19:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC GG
07USUNNEWYORK807	OSCE SIDESTEPS GEORGIA IN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: In the OSCE Chairman-in-Office's annual briefing before the Security Council on September 28, Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos gave a generalized presentation that barely touched on Georgia. Prompted by Slovakia, Belgium, the UK and the US, Moratinos claimed that the OSCE had [...]	2007-10-01 14:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OSCE
07USUNNEWYORK810	IRAQI STATEMENTS ON MNF EXTENSION [...] (U) Recent press reports quote Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari as stating: "We will ask the (Security) Council to include an article that allows Iraq to enter into negotiations with the United States to reach long-term security arrangements to meet Iraq's security needs bilaterally." Deputy Fo [...]	2007-10-01 23:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK814	UNSC ADOPTS PRST CONDEMNING DARFUR ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Security Council adopted a presidential statement condemning the September 29 killing of 10 AMIS peacekeepers at a camp near Haskanita, South Darfur (please see paragraph 6 for PRST text). The PRST adoption followed two days of heated Security Council debate on October 1 and 2 [...]	2007-10-03 21:13:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK815	U/SYG PASCOE SAYS UN CYPRUS PLANS DEPEND ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 27 meeting with visiting EUR DAS Matt Bryza, UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe said that if President Papadopoulos of Cyprus loses the election in February then he will push to appoint a new special envoy for the Cyprus conflict and work on brokering a new settlement plan. Pas [...]	2007-10-04 13:33:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC CY GG
07USUNNEWYORK831	GAMBARI DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting October 8, Special Adviser Gambari told Ambassador Khalilzad that he needed staff to follow up on his recent mission to Burma and that he planned to form a core group comprised of the U.S., China, Japan, India, the Russian Federation, Singapore (as ASEAN ch [...]	2007-10-09 13:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK832	GAMBARI RAISES ISSUES FOR A TRANSITION IN BURMA [...] (S) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (S) On October 8, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari to discuss next steps following the latter's return from Burma. Several issues emerged in the discussion, which could benefit from an NSC-led interagency review, w [...]	2007-10-09 13:37:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL PGOV UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK834	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DROPS TWO COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] (U) Summary: At the Oct. 8 opening session of the UNGA Third Committee, Benin, on behalf of the African group, called unexpectedly for the deletion from the draft agenda of two reports of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR) on the human rights situation in Nepal and Uganda. Portugal [...]	2007-10-09 19:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM AORC UNGA UG NP
07USUNNEWYORK839	AMBASSADOR DAILEY MEETS WITH UN COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Begin summary and introduction: On September 28, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Dell Dailey met with the United Nations' Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force Director Robert Orr; Counter Terrorism Committee Chair Amb. Arias; UNSCR 1267 Committee Chair Amb. Verbeke, an [...]	2007-10-09 23:41:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK840	UNGA 62 GENERAL DEBATE: SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from 191 member states spoke during the General Debate of the 62nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from September 25 through October 3, 2007 and covered many themes in common. On Security Council Reform, many countries called for a more representative Co [...]	2007-10-09 23:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK856	HARIRI SATISFIED WITH PACE OF UN EFFORTS TO SET UP [...] (C) Summary. During an October 8-9 visit to New York, Lebanese MP Sa'ad Hariri held meetings with UN SYG Ban Ki-Moon, other Secretariat officials, and UNSC members that focused largely on the need to speed up the set up of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Ambassador Khalilzad met Hariri on [...]	2007-10-11 22:04:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK859	SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) An additional two hours of negotiations between China and the U.S., followed by China and the P-3, then joined by Indonesia, South Africa and the Russian Federation, produced a consensus presidential statement on the situation in Burma on October 11. While initially again rejecting refer [...]	2007-10-12 00:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK862	SRSG RUCKER: UNMIK CAN DO LITTLE ELSE WITHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) on October 9, SRSG Rucker said that cumulative progress on standards implementation has been such that UNMIK can achieve little else without status clarity. Russian PR Churkin compla [...]	2007-10-12 23:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KV PGOV PREL UNMIK YI SR UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK866	UNSC 1540 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES OUTREACH ASSISTANCE [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: On October 10 the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004)("1540 Committee") discussed a strategy for further outreach and a draft matrix states could use to submit assistance requests. Committee members also welcomed the Committee's October 9 [...]	2007-10-15 20:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK868	RUCKER WANTS LEGAL SCRIPT [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff on October 11, UNMIK SRSG Rucker said he had been holding meetings with the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) and the Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) to discuss concerns regarding Kosovo future status. He said that in these meetings he had emphasized [...]	2007-10-15 22:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KV PGOV PREL UNSC YI SR
07USUNNEWYORK870	PRESENTATION OF ANNUAL RWANDA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL [...] At a meeting in the plenary of the General Assembly on October 15, 2007, Judges Dennis Byron, President of the ICTR, and Fausto Pocar, President of the ICTY, presented annual reports on the Tribunals. In his remarks to the General Assembly, Judge Byron indicated that the Tribunal's chambers c [...]	2007-10-16 16:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ICTR ICTY
07USUNNEWYORK871	UNGA/C-6:OBSERVER STATUS DRAFT RESOLUTIONS [...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department regarding draft resolutions on observer status in the General Assembly under consideration by the Sixth Committee (paras 2 - 6). Background information on each organization is contained in the UN documents referenced below. The f [...]	2007-10-16 22:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK873	UNOMIG CONSULTATIONS: SPARKS BUT NO FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 10 UNOMIG SRSG Jean Arnault held a private meeting with the New York Friends (Friends plus Slovakia) to discuss the situation in Abkhazia. He reported that a recent study showed that deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the Kodori Valley was feasible, but [...]	2007-10-16 22:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC GG
07USUNNEWYORK879	CRIME AND DRUGS DISCUSSED AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Summary: In an Oct.10-11 discussion in the "crime and drugs" segment of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly (agenda items 106 and 107),speakers outlined current problems and their individual advances in combating crime, corruption and drug trafficking and abuse. Speaking for [...]	2007-10-17 22:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR UNGA XF XR XC
07USUNNEWYORK880	UNGA/C6: POSITIVE REACTION TO U.S. COUNTER [...] SUMMARY: Seventy-four delegations addressed the Sixth Committee during the debate on counterterrorism on October 10 - 11. As in previous years, delegations strongly condemned acts of terrorism, called for measures to promote tolerance and eliminate the root causes of terrorism and rejected at [...]	2007-10-17 23:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK881	P5 DISCUSSES SUDAN AND BURMA [...] (C) Summary. During a P-5 meeting on October 16, Ambassador Khalilzad, supported by his British and French counterparts, pressed Russian PR Churkin and Chinese DPR Liu for coordinated pressure on Sudan to cooperate with UNAMID deployment, and to work together to get UN Special Adviser Gambari [...]	2007-10-18 15:42:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC BM

07USUNNEWYORK882	UNGA PRESIDENT PROPOSES MECHANISM TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on October 17, President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) Srgjan Kerim proposed that he convene a "Group of Friends" to agree on the modalities and the substantive elements for the inter-governmental negotiations on UNSC reform set to begin in the [...]	2007-10-18 19:19:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC

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