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08MANAGUA329	LIBERALS UNITE FOR NOVEMBER MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) On March 4, Nicaragua's two largest Liberal movements, Vamos con Eduardo (VCE, formerly the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance, ALN) headed by Eduardo Montealegre and the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC) led by ex-President Arnoldo Aleman officially formed an alliance to run jointly in the Nove [...]	2008-03-18 22:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NU

08MANAGUA333	CORRECTED COPY -- LIBERALS UNITE FOR NOVEMBER [...] (C) On March 4, Nicaragua's two largest Liberal movements, Vamos con Eduardo (VCE, formerly the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance, ALN) headed by Eduardo Montealegre and the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC) led by ex-President Arnoldo Aleman officially formed an alliance to run jointly in the Nove [...]	2008-03-18 22:47:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NU
08MANAGUA349	NICARAGUA CIVIL SOCIETY: STRUGGLING TO KEEP [...] (C) Nicaraguan civil society actors have expressed growing concern about the anti-democratic tendencies of the Ortega government, frustration with the political class, the private sector, and the lack of a coherent political opposition. They are also convinced that civil society is the only via [...]	2008-03-25 23:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR ECON NU
08MANAGUA350	CITIZEN POWER COUNCILS - THE TIP OF THE SPEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ortega's Citizen Power Councils are the "tip of the spear," helping Ortega and First Lady Rosario Murillo to further centralize and consolidate their personal power. CPCs have been most "successful" in municipalities with town halls controlled by the Sandinista Nation [...]	2008-03-25 23:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU
08MANAGUA361	WHA/CEN DIRECTOR FEELEY VISITS NICARAGUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his March 4-5 visit to Nicaragua, Office Director for Central American Affairs John Feeley delivered a consistent message that the USG desires a constructive and positive relationship with the Ortega administration and that the U.S. will stay engaged for the benefit of th [...]	2008-03-26 23:11:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU
08MANAGUA416	AMBASSADOR VISITS MINING TRIANGLE - UNCERTAINTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) and "Vamos Con Eduardo" -- former members of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) loyal to Eduardo Montealegre -- are running on unified tickets in November's Municipal elections in the Mining Triangle towns of Bonanza, Rosita, and Siuna in [...]	2008-04-08 19:26:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU
08MANAGUA417	ELECTION THEFT FOR DUMMIES: CPCS, CSE, FSLN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Citizens' Power Councils (CPCs),the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) and FSLN-controlled municipalities in several of Nicaragua's Departments appear to be engaged in a concerted and coordinated effort to pad voter rolls with FSLN-supporting voters for the upcoming municipal [...]	2008-04-08 20:26:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NU
08MANAGUA419	ELECTION-RELATED VIOLENCE ERUPTS ON NICARAGUA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. On Friday, April 4 violence erupted in Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region's (RAAN) capital of Puerto Cabezas between local government-backed opponents of municipal elections and supporters of elections. Initial reports that at least two pro-vote supporters died in the [...]	2008-04-09 15:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PHUM KDEM NU
08MANAGUA706	NICARAGUA'S TWO CAUDILLOS MOVE FURTHER TOWARDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) has initiated proceedings to revoke the legal registration of two minority national democratic parties, the leftist Movement for Sandinista Renovation (MRS) and the center-right Conservative Party (PC). These two parties, representing [...]	2008-06-04 23:37:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM NU
08MANAGUA761	GOVERNMENT BARS TWO MAIN DEMOCRATIC PARTIES FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 11, Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) revoked the legal registration (personeria juridica) of the Movement for Sandinista Renovation (MRS) and the Conservative Party (PC),two minority democratic parties that represent as much as 20 percent of the potential elec [...]	2008-06-16 15:07:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM NU
08MANAGUA866	CITIZENS' POWER COUNCILS MEDDLING IN HEALTH CARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives from health care unions reported that Citizens' Power Council (CPC) members have been installed in all 102 of Leon's public health centers. Although not healthcare professionals, these CPC stalwarts are making healthcare-related decisions. Over 40 qualified healt [...]	2008-07-08 23:03:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU
08MANAGUA922	TERRITORIAL RESTRUCTURING OF AUTONOMOUS REGIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are two proposals pending introduction into the National Assembly (NA) that would carve out two new regions or departments from the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) and its southern counterpart, the RAAS. Liberal deputies allegedly authored both proposals on ground [...]	2008-07-18 22:57:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU
08MANAGUA944	PLC CONVENTION SHOWS ALEMAN IN CONTROL, [...] (C) Summary: The Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) held its national convention July 11 outside Managua, with the nominal purpose of showing a united front against the Ortega government, ratifying its candidate list for the November municipal elections, and supporting Managua mayoral candidat [...]	2008-07-24 16:39:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PHUM
08MANAGUA955	NICARAGUA: CATHOLIC CHURCH LEADER HIGHLIGHTS LACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Influential Catholic Church leader Monsignor Bernard Hombach, the German-born Bishop of Granada, privately reaffirmed his concerns about Nicaragua,s fragile democracy, absence of justice, politicization of government institutions, and erosion of moral values. While acknowledging [...]	2008-07-25 15:36:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM NU
08MANAGUA989	REPORTER INJURED IN POLITICAL SCUFFLE: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Partisan violence erupted on the afternoon of July 30, 2008 resulting in gunshots and a wound to the leg of pro-Sandinista Channel 4 News reporter, Antenor Pena Solano. Edgardo Cuarzema, the local-level Political Secretary for the Sandinista national Liberation Front (FSLN) and [...]	2008-07-31 23:29:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV ASEC NU
08MANAMA168	BAHRAINI LEADERS DESCRIBE UPS AND DOWNS OF REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Senior government officials told visiting NEA DAS Kent Patton that the GOB remains committed to continuing reforms aimed at broadening participation, while frankly discussing past setbacks, like the departure and partial return of NDI. Oppositionists and NGOs (chiefly Shi'a) expressed [...]	2008-03-16 12:16:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BA
08MANAMA2	AL-WIFAQ LEADER HOPES POTUS VISIT WILL HELP CEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-02 06:26:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA
08MANAMA305	SUPPORTING THE DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 13:39:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO CU BA
08MANAMA313	ACRIMONY IN PARLIAMENT FEEDS SECTARIAN ILL-WILL (C-NE8-00961) [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-19 15:11:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL BA
08MANAMA404	MODERATES ON TOP IN WIFAQ SHURA ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 13:10:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL BA
08MANAMA592	A FIELD GUIDE TO BAHRAINI POLITICAL PARTIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 14:27:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV ELAB KDEM PINR PTER LE IR BA
08MANAMA593	RIVALS FOR BAHRAIN'S SHI'A STREET: WIFAQ AND HAQ [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Bahrain's leading Shi'a parties Wifaq and Haq compete for the support of the Shi'a community, which constitutes 60-70 percent of Bahrain's citizen population. Wifaq engages and cooperates with the government and is at pains to stay on the right side of the law. Some Ha [...]	2008-09-04 14:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR IZ BA
08MANAMA61	NDI IN BAHRAIN: UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a protracted negotiation over the terms of its relationship with the Bahrain Institute for Political Development (BIPD),NDI has successfully conducted one parliamentary training project and has received positive GOB reaction for further programs in February, March, and [...]	2008-02-03 12:29:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV BA
08MANAMA681	BAHRAINI ACTIVISTS TO BRIEF CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Three Bahraini opposition and human rights activists are scheduled to brief the Congressional Human Rights Caucus in Washington on October 15. One, Abduljalil Alsingace, is the spokesman for the Haq movement, which the GOB accuses of inspiring street violence. End Summary. 2 [...]	2008-10-06 12:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM BA
08MANAMA697	KARZAKAN ATTACKERS GO TO COURT [...] (C) Summary: Defense attorneys for nineteen young Shi'a men accused in the April 9 killing of a police officer presented a document that they claim suggests the police officer died the previous November. The Ministry of Interior countered with evidence that the document merely contained a cl [...]	2008-10-09 14:23:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC KDEM BA
08MANAMA723	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: BAHRAIN SUPPORTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 06:38:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL AF BA
08MANAMA737	BAHRAIN: OUTLOOK FOR THE THIRD PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: The new session of parliament will focus on housing, unemployment, and discrimination - the last a topic likely to spur the same sectarian tensions that led to deadlock in the last session. End Summary. Background ---------- 2. (SBU) King Hamad opened parliament on October [...]	2008-10-27 13:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BA
08MANAMA742	REACTIONS TO CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS BRIEFING [...] (C) Summary: Sunni community leaders are angry over a Capitol Hill briefing presented by a leader of the Shi'a Haq movement. Haq's prestige on the Shi'a street has shot up. The mainstream Shi'a Wifaq party will try to regain lost ground by criticizing the government more energetically over sectaria [...]	2008-10-29 06:31:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM BA
08MANAMA762	GOB WARNING TO OPPOSITIONISTS: EMPTY THREAT OR [...] (U) Summary: The Minister of Interior threatened to enforce a long-disused law that would penalize the internationalization of sensitive domestic issues, such as the October briefing to the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. Several Shi'a opposition factions defied the warning and publicly p [...]	2008-11-10 12:57:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC KISL BA
08MANAMA774	PUBLIC HOUSING: ANOTHER FAILED ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS [...] (U) Summary: The Crown Prince announced to the press on October 30 that he had dissolved the Housing and Construction Committee (HCC),once billed as an initiative that would ensure the fair distribution of public housing. Many Shi'a seized on the news to reiterate their complaints about all [...]	2008-11-18 14:16:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BA
08MANAMA795	(U) SCENESETTER FOR THE MANAMA DIALOGUE, DECEMBER 12-14 REF: A. MANAMA 759 B. STATE 123514 C. MANAMA 773 [...] (S/NF) Mr. Secretary, Ambassador Burns, Chairman Mullen, General Petraeus - Embassy Manama is delighted to welcome you all back to Bahrain. King Hamad and his leadership team value your friendship and appreciate your visit. We and they will want to use this visit to advance greater GCC defense coop [...]	2008-12-02 10:35:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR KDEM IR IZ RS CH IN BA
08MANAMA89	BAHRAIN'S CROWN PRINCE CONSOLIDATING HIS AUTHORITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 11:10:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM BA
08MANILA823	PHILIPPINES WEIGHING NEXT STEPS ON ASIA PACIFIC [...] (SBU) The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs reviewed with great interest the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) non-paper (ref A). Acting Assistant Secretary for American Affairs Lourdes Yparraguirre shared a SIPDIS positive assessment of the preliminary working document duri [...]	2008-04-03 08:35:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL RP
08MAPUTO1085	U.S. ELECTION NIGHT CELEBRATION DRAWS RECORD CROWDS [...] SUMMARY: In the final weeks of the 2008 U.S. Election, Mozambicans remained captivated, and Public Affairs Maputo responded with a number of programs, culminating in a grand elections night bash with close to 600 people at the national conference center. The November 4 celebration is not the [...]	2008-11-17 12:08:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV KDEM MZ
08MAPUTO310	VISIT OF PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT PROMISES CLOSER [...] (U) Summary. Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva made a state visit to Mozambique March 24-27, the first by a Portuguese head of state in more than ten years. The visit was widely described as the beginning of a new era of cooperation between Portugal and Mozambique and was highlighte [...]	2008-04-11 05:07:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PO MZ
08MAPUTO323	NEW FOREIGN MINISTER--"DUTY TO STRENGTHEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an introductory call by the Charge, new Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi discussed Zimbabwe (ref A) and indicated his support for greater bilateral political and economic dialogue with the USG. Baloi urged for better coordination in-country among international donors. He ex [...]	2008-04-18 16:59:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KDEM AMGT EAID MZ
08MAPUTO365	TSVANGIRAI VISITS MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) visited Maputo on April 23. The visit was personally coordinated by the leader of Mozambique's opposition party Renamo, Afonso Dhlakama, who arranged for Tsvangirai to meet with former president Joaqu [...]	2008-04-24 17:24:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM ZI MZ
08MAPUTO475	RAISING ZIMBABWE AT THE UN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (C) Charge raised reftel points with VFM Henrique Banze on May 12 and new Transportation Minister Paulo Zucula on May 15 (Note: Zucula was most recently the director of Mozambique's Disaster Response Agency, which would have a key role in any humanitarian efforts for Zimbabwean refugees enter [...]	2008-05-22 06:09:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ZI MZ
08MAPUTO782	U.S. ELECTIONS INSPIRE INTROSPECTION IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Responding to the great public demand here for information and insight on the U.S. elections, Public Affairs hosted Mozambican university students for a pair of programs on July 31 and August 5. In learning more about democracy in the United States, the students, who are looking [...]	2008-08-15 10:00:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV KDEM MZ
08MAPUTO927	FORMER MINISTER OF INTERIOR ARRESTED ON CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 22, police arrested former Minister of Interior Almerino Manhenje and eight other citizens on charges of corruption. Politics seems to have played a role in this particular case, and the timing coincides with growing concerns by donors that the Mozambican governmen [...]	2008-09-30 09:52:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV MZ
08MAPUTO963	U.S. ELECTIONS PROGRAMS A BIG DRAW IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] SUMMARY: Responding to the enthusiastic Mozambican interest in the U.S. Presidential race, Public Affairs Maputo continues to organize successful elections-related events, with several more planned in the final month of campaigning. These events have been excellent opportunities to engage ke [...]	2008-10-08 13:26:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR PREL PGOV KDEM MZ
08MASERU11	LESOTHO: GOL INTERESTED IN KOSOVO QUESTION, WIREC [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) On January 17, Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas and Europe Desk Director Pitso Makosholo regarding the possibility of Lesotho's early recognition of Kosovo's independence and Secretary Rice's invitation for a delega [...]	2008-01-17 11:49:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK KDEM ENRG SENV TRGY YI LT
08MASERU135	LESOTHO: ZIMBABWEAN OPPOSITION LEADER CALLS ON GOL [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai arrived in Maseru aboard a private plane on May 13 for an afternoon of meetings with senior GOL officials. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement that said the visit "follows the announcement of presidential elections i [...]	2008-05-14 05:58:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ZI LT
08MASERU151	LESOTHO: TAXI TROUBLE BLOCKS GOVERNMENT BUSES [...] SUMMARY: On the morning of May 20, private taxi drivers and owners attempted to block GOL-owned buses from operating in Maseru, the latest clash over government efforts to undercut the ability of taxi associations to paralyze public transport. The May 20 confrontation, at which police fired [...]	2008-05-20 14:59:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC LT
08MASERU178	LESOTHO TO ATTEND UN ZIMBABWE ROUNDTABLE, SEND 31 ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge spoke on June 18 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Tebollo Metsing, who, after conferring with Minister of Foreign Affairs Tsekoa, said that "Lesotho would most certainly participate" in the UN roundtable on Zimbabwe (ref A). Lesotho's election monitor [...]	2008-06-19 09:30:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM UN ZI LT
08MASERU306	LESOTHO UPDATE: POLITICAL CLIMATE MARRED BY INTRA-PARTY [...] Summary: Since May 2008, rumors have emerged about internal disputes and power struggles within the governing Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and within the two major opposition parties, the All Basotho Convention (ABC) and the Basotho National Party (BNP). According to local analysts [...]	2008-10-17 08:32:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM LT
08MASERU336	LESOTHO POLITICAL UPDATE: NEW POLITICAL PARTY LAUNCHED [...] Summary: Disgruntled former members of Lesotho's main opposition political party, the All Basotho Convention (ABC),held a political rally on November 9, 2008 and indicated their intention to form a new political party in the coming days. On November 2, 2008, the ABC celebrated its second an [...]	2008-11-14 04:29:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM LT
08MASERU338	WOMEN IN THE MILITARY TCT TO LESOTHO [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 22:40:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM MARR MASS MOPS MCAP LT
08MASERU344	LESOTHO: PRIME MINISTER MOSISILI CHALLENGES MUGABE [...] Summary: Lesotho's Prime Minister, Pakalitha Mosisili, called for President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe to conclude a power-sharing deal with the opposition. Mosisili confronted Mugabe with the fact that he does not have a majority in Parliament. At a press conference held in Maseru on Novembe [...]	2008-11-26 14:15:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM LT
08MASERU370	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S DECEMBER 19-VISIT TO LESOTHO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 20:47:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV KDEM LT
08MASERU45	LESOTHO GOVERNMENT CLAIMS ASSASSINATION PLOT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Lesotho Government's senior spokesperson stated publicly in January that the GOL had uncovered a plot by opposition political parties to assassinate government ministers and business figures, an issue he revisited with the Ambassador during a January 30 courtesy call. In the [...]	2008-02-21 17:16:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM LT
08MASERU88	NORMALLY COMPLIANT LESOTHO SENATE REJECTS CONSTITUTIONAL [...] SUMMARY: In a stunning demonstration of rare political independence, on March 19 Lesotho's Senate, the upper house of the nation's Parliament, defeated a controversial constitutional amendment which had been approved by the elected lower house of the Parliament on February 8. Local observers [...]	2008-03-20 17:40:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM LT
08MASERU94	LESOTHO: GOL SHARES CONCERNS ON ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 14:08:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM ZI LT
08MBABANE193	SWAZI ELECTIONS: A PRIMER ON POLITICAL PARTIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 13:49:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL WZ
08MBABANE194	SWAZI POLICE UNION LOSE IN SUPREME COURT [...] SUMMARY: On May 23, Swaziland's Supreme Court upheld the High Court's ruling denying police and correctional officers union the right to register as a union. The unregistered Swaziland Police Union (SWAPU) and Swaziland Correctional Officers Union argued they have the right to form and regist [...]	2008-07-08 04:19:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB KDEM PREL WZ
08MBABANE240	LEGAL CHALLENGES TO SWAZI ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 14:46:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM WZ
08MBABANE244	TRADE UNIONS CHALLENGE SWAZI DEMOCRACY, MAKE COMPARISONS [...] SUMMARY: On July 21, the Southern African Trade Union Coordinating Council (SATUCC),a regional labor umbrella organization, called for a boycott of goods destined for Zimbabwe and Swaziland. On August 10-11, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU),a SATUCC member, hosted a Zimb [...]	2008-08-13 09:16:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ELAB ETRD KDEM WZ ZI
08MBABANE353	SWAZI KING APPOINTS NEW CABINET THAT SUGGESTS CHANGE, BUT DIRECTION LOOKS MIXED [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 14:19:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB KDEM PREL WZ
08MBABANE356	Swazi Government Cracks Down on Opposition [...] SUMMARY: The September 19 detonation of a small bomb (reftel),which detonated early and killed two of the suspected instigators but left no structural damage, was the catalyst for King Mswati III's decision to make fighting "terrorism" his number one concern. The King's choice of a new gover [...]	2008-11-19 03:21:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB KDEM PREL WZ
08MBABANE358	SWAZIS REACT TO U.S. ELECTION RESULTS [...] SUMMARY: On November 5, approximately 140 people attended the Embassy's "Election Breakfast." High-ranking government officials, academicians, political organizations, and religious, labor and civil society members attended the event. The event took place about a month and a half after Swazi [...]	2008-11-19 14:38:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO WZ
08MBABANE397	SWAZI POLICE TARGET LABOR, CIVIC AND POLITICAL ACTIVISTS [...] SUMMARY: In the two months following King Mwsati III's appointment of Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini and the government's ban on four political organizations, Swazi police have detained, beaten or threatened numerous members of political organizations, trade unions, and civil society. On No [...]	2008-12-20 09:47:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB PHUM KDEM WZ
08MEXICO1003	MEXICO NORMALIZES RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa visited Cuba March 13 normalizing relations between the two that had chilled considerably in the course of the Fox administration. Espinosa pointedly decided not to meet with the Cuban dissident community and it appears human rights were likel [...]	2008-04-07 14:13:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ETRD ETTC MX CU
08MEXICO1040	PAN PARTY PRESIDENT FOCUSED ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. In his 3/12 meeting with the Ambassador, PAN Party President German Martinez focused on internal party politics and 2009 elections for the House of Deputies and Governors for a number of key states. Martinez expressed concern about the flow of drug money into election campaign [...]	2008-04-08 21:10:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KCOR KCRM SNAR MX
08MEXICO151	MEXICO ON THE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-18 22:31:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV POL PREL PHUM KDEM WHA MX
08MEXICO189	MEXICO ON THE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (U) Action Request. See para. 4. 2. (C) Minister Jose Antonio Zabalgoitia, the General Coordinator of Advisors to the Foreign Minister, was reluctant initially about identifying candidates for PDG projects. He thought it would be more appropriate for potential candidates to volunteer [...]	2008-01-24 20:32:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV POL PREL PHUM KDEM WHA MX
08MEXICO267	MEXICO TAKES ON BOARD U.S. VIEWS ON PDG PROGRAMS, [...] Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel A points to Lorena Larios, Deputy Director of the Foreign Ministry's (SRE) Office of International Policy on Human Rights, conveying appreciation for GOM interest in the PDG and calling attention to the importance the PDG attached to projects that aim to impro [...]	2008-01-31 15:29:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KDEM PGOV PHUM POL PREL WHA IZ MX
08MEXICO2891	DEMARCHE ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF [...] (U) On September 25, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Minister Counselor for the General Directorate of Human Rights Reyna Torres Medivil at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (SRE). Although Torres had no substantive response regarding the Mexican Government's position, she agreed to [...]	2008-09-26 21:32:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
08MEXICO358	MEXICO TO ATTEND PDG MEETING IN PARIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 23:00:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM POL WHA MX
08MEXICO630	ZACATECAS NOTES: STATE OF DISCONTENT [...] (SBU) A two day trip to Zacatecas state in early February by Embassy Poloff and Monterrey consulate's Polecon chief provided indications that the nearly ten year grip held by the Democratic Revolutionary Party on the state may be loosening. Contacts in politics, government, media and academe [...]	2008-03-04 18:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCRM KDEM MX PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SMIG
08MEXICO965	MEXICO NORMALIZES RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 14:47:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ETRD ETTC MX CU
08MEXICO966	MEXICO NORMALIZES RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa visited Cuba March 13 normalizing relations between the two that had chilled considerably in the course of the Fox administration. Espinosa pointedly decided not to meet with the Cuban dissident community and it appears human rights were likel [...]	2008-04-04 16:39:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ETRD ETTC MX CU
08MONROVIA1072	LIBERIA: GUINEAN JUNTA DELEGATION CALLS ON PRESIDENT [...] (U) A Guinean delegation headed by National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) vice president Brigadier General Mamadou Camara called on President Sirleaf in Monrovia December 30 in her capacity as chair of the Mano River Union. President Sirleaf used the occasion to press the junta [...]	2008-12-31 13:41:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM GV LI
08MONTEVIDEO223	JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS CONFIRMS COMPROMISE CANDIDATE [...] (U) On April 22, a joint session of the Uruguayan Congress unanimously confirmed Judge Jorge Larrieux as a compromise candidate for the Supreme Court, thereby putting an end to the political turmoil generated by this vacancy (reftel). The vacancy occurred when a Supreme Court Justice reached m [...]	2008-04-23 13:15:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KJUS KDEM UY
08MONTEVIDEO232	OPPOSITION NATIONAL PARTY (BLANCOS) POISED FOR A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political observers consider the opposition National Party (Blancos) well-positioned to compete against the governing in the 2009 national elections. The Blancos are polling a close second to the governing Frente Amplio, with 35% and 42% respectively in March. The poll result [...]	2008-04-30 15:26:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR UY
08MONTEVIDEO27	VAZQUEZ REELECTION: TARGET OF PROPOSED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Talk of President Tabare Vazquez seeking reelection in 2009 has been a central theme in media and political circles in recent weeks. While whispers could be heard as far back as early 2007, the cacophony of voices has increased notably since the start of the New Year. The Urug [...]	2008-01-23 18:33:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UY
08MONTEVIDEO274	URUGUAY: CUBA SOLIDARITY DAY PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 16:10:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL CU UY
08MONTEVIDEO289	URUGUAY: FOLLOW-UP ON PROGRAM FOR DAY OF [...] Embassy Montevideo has arranged for Amherst College Professor and Cuban Affairs expert Javier Corrales to discuss the situation on the island live via telephone in a ten-minute radio interview with Radio Monte Carlo. The program is scheduled for the afternoon of May 21st. Radio Monte Carlo re [...]	2008-05-16 17:25:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU UY
08MONTEVIDEO534	URUGUAY'S TAKE ON PNG DECLARATIONS OF U.S. [...] (C) DCM made reftel points to MFA Secretary General Ambassador Nelson Fernandez September 17. Fernandez acknowledged the U.S.'s positive regional agenda, and expressed regret over the persona non grata designations of our ambassadors to Bolivia and Venezuela. Looking for a bright side, Ferna [...]	2008-09-18 18:25:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC UY
08MONTEVIDEO666	AN URUGUAYAN REACTION TO THE EXPULSION OF DEA FROM [...] (C) Ambassador Baxter made reftel points November 28 to Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidency and head of Uruguay's drug-fighting agency (JND) Jorge Vazquez. Vazquez agreed that the possibility of an increase in the flow of drugs from Bolivia is a concern, and said he hopes to continue to wo [...]	2008-12-01 14:05:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL UY
08MOSCOW102	RUSSIAN DUMA TAKES ON AGGRESSIVE AGENDA [...] (U) The Duma has planned an aggressive legislative agenda for its spring session. The lower body of parliament has decided that more than 600 bills will be considered by its committees during the session that runs through July. Of these bills, a much smaller number are considered to be high [...]	2008-01-16 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW103	BRITISH COUNCIL CONFLICT CONTINUES TO WORSEN [...] (C) Summary: The British Embassy told us January 16 that its efforts to call a "time out" in the spiraling conflict between HMG and the GOR over the status and presence of the offices of the British Council in Russia have seemingly been rejected. In January 15 - 16 meetings British Ambassador [...]	2008-01-16 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1043	ANOTHER PUBLIC OFFICIAL GUNNED DOWN IN INGUSHETIYA [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 13, Ingushetiya's deputy head of the Supreme Court Khasan Yandiyev was killed. While Ingushetiya government officials were quick to tie the shooting to Yandiyev's 2004 prosecution of Islamic terrorists, opponents attributed the murder to the local government's repres [...]	2008-04-16 07:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS ASEC RS
08MOSCOW1124	MOSCOW TABLOID SHUT DOWN BY OWNER AFTER BREAKING [...] (C) Summary. The Moscow-based tabloid Moskovskiy Korrespondent suspended its operations on April 18 at the request of its owner after being the first Russian newspaper to report the rumor on April 11 that Putin had divorced in February and planned to marry 24-year old rhythmic gymnast and Duma memb [...]	2008-04-23 10:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KPAO PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1192	JUST RUSSIA FLOUNDERS [...] (C) Summary: On April 25 the pro-Kremlin Just Russia (SR) party held its third party convention at the State Kremlin Palace amid speculation that its days as even a limited a political force were numbered. Just Russia Chairman Mironov offered assembled delegates at the listless convention lit [...]	2008-04-29 07:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW1197	CONFUSING PICTURE FOR NGOS [...] (C) Summary: Three recent developments suggest that both the Federal Registration Service (FRS),which is charged with enforcing much of the amended NGO law, and the NGOs themselves continue to struggle with the law and the sometimes confusing requirements it has imposed. On the one hand, [...]	2008-04-29 15:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW1200	ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOR FAVORS HANDS OFF [...] (C) Summary: The MFA told us Russia's "usual position" of noninterference in the internal matters of sovereign states applied in the case of Zimbabwe and that only the South African Development Community could legitimately engage on the results of the recent elections. MFA officials said the [...]	2008-04-30 03:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PINS PREL
08MOSCOW1239	RUSSIA OPPOSES USE OF BONN POWERS FOR SREBRENICA [...] (C) Summary. Russia strongly opposes use of the Bonn Powers by the High Representative to redress potential Serbian control of the Srebrenica municipal administration following elections in October. While recognizing the sensitivity of the issue, the MFA believes use of the Bonn Powers woul [...]	2008-05-02 12:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KAWC BK RS
08MOSCOW1243	COE HUMAN RIGHTS HEAD SEES GROWING DICHOTOMY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: COE Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg noted during his April 18-26 visit to Russia that while Chechnya is making progress on the protection of human rights, the situation in neighboring Dagestan and Ingushetiya is becoming more violent. In his meeting with Putin, Ha [...]	2008-05-02 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM RS
08MOSCOW1344	KADYROV DECLARES VICTORY OVER YAMADAYEV CLAN FOR [...] (C) Summary: What started on April 14 as a simple case of Chechen "road rage" and escalated into a conflict between the two remaining factions led by Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov and the "Vostok" (East) battalion led by the powerful Yamadayev clan has resulted in Kadyrov neutralizing the [...]	2008-05-14 14:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ASEC RS
08MOSCOW1496	JUDGING DIMA - MEDVEDEV STEPS OUT AGAINST LEGAL [...] (C) Summary. Two seemingly unrelated events -- Medvedev's launch of two commissions to tackle corruption and judicial reform and the unprecedented public exposure of Kremlin pressure on the courts -- have re-kindled optimism about tackling "legal nihilism" under the new president's leadership [...]	2008-05-28 11:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS KDEM
08MOSCOW179	MEDVEDEV'S CAMPAIGN TAKES SHAPE [...] (SBU) Russians have few doubts that Dmitriy Medvedev will be the next president, but there is considerable uncertainty within the political class about the structure of power after his inauguration - particularly since this transition is complicated by questions about the role for a young, heal [...]	2008-01-25 12:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ECON SOCI RS
08MOSCOW181	FRAGILE STABILITY IN CHECHNYA [...] (C) Summary: At the end of 2007, a mixed picture emerged in Chechnya with relative stability in the form of fewer abductions and terrorist acts offset by near absolute control by President Ramzan Kadyrov. Kadyrov has achieved a greater deal of autonomy for Chechnya from Moscow than one might [...]	2008-01-25 12:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM SOCI KISL RS
08MOSCOW1818	YABLOKO TURNS OVER A NEW LEAF [...] (SBU) Summary: The fallout from founding father Grigoriy Yavlinskiy's decision at the 15th Yabloko Party Congress to resign as its head in favor of Sergey Mitrokhin is still being examined. Yavlinskiy hoped that his resignation (while staying engaged as a member of a new 12-person Political [...]	2008-06-25 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW1828	LINKS TO MOSCOW BOOST NIZHNIY NOVGOROD [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with members of the regional government, journalists, NGO representatives, party members, and academics during a June 23 - 24 visit to Nizhniy Novgorod suggested that the city's economic fortunes were generally improving under Governor Valeriy Shantsev. Most observer [...]	2008-06-26 23:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM PINR RS
08MOSCOW1832	FOLLOW-UP MECHANISM TO SOCHI COMMITMENTS: GOOD [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-27 11:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM RS
08MOSCOW1862	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH WARNS GOR ON VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 25 press conference in Moscow, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned that if the Russian government continues to use counterinsurgency techniques in Ingushetiya and does not address previous human rights violations, the situation there could deteriorate to the same level t [...]	2008-07-01 13:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PTER KDEM KJUS SOCI RS
08MOSCOW1871	COZY PARTY POLITICS IN KURSK AND BELGOROD [...] (C) Summary: United Russia dominates local politics in Belgorod and Kursk regions. Politicians first and foremost push for continued economic growth, and United Russia, the Communists, LDPR and Just Russia work together with no major disputes among them. Businessmen enter politics to preserv [...]	2008-07-03 07:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON KDEM RS SMIG SOCI
08MOSCOW189	ELECTION COMMISSION SEEMS UNLIKELY TO GREENLIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ex-Prime Minister Kasyanov's uphill battle to be registered as a contender in the March 2 presidential elections, seemed unlikely to succeed January 25 with the Central Election Commission (CEC) contending that 13 percent of the required two million signatures submitted were in [...]	2008-01-25 16:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR RS
08MOSCOW1909	PUTIN WANTS TIGHTER REGULATIONS ON SPECIAL TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian Premier Putin issued a decree dated June 28 annulling tax-free status for grants issued by most foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Putin swept away seven existing regulations (most dating from 2001-2003) providing international NGOs tax-exempt grant-making [...]	2008-07-03 13:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM PINR KDEM SOCI RS

08MOSCOW1928	RUSSIAN POSITIONS ON ZIMBABWE, KOSOVO, BURMA AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 11:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC BM KV ZI RS
08MOSCOW2034	NGOS STILL STUDYING PUTIN'S NEW NGO GRANT POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Most international NGOs and their local Russian partners who have analyzed Putin's June 28 decree that initially reduced the number of organizations able to give tax-free grants from 101 to 12 and tasked federal ministries to come up with new regulations governing grants by fore [...]	2008-07-16 18:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW207	NORTHERN CAUCASUS: INGUSHETIYA BOILS OVER, AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: Violence in Ingushetiya is growing, which threatens to have impact neighboring North Ossetiya and Kabardino-Balkariya. Following a week of violence, police on January 26 dispersed an unsanctioned opposition meeting, but not before demonstrators set fire to nearby buildings housin [...]	2008-01-28 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW2146	MIXED SIGNALS AS RUSSIA PREPARES FOR OSCE HUMAN [...] (C) Summary. Leading up to this year's OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reacted positively to US concerns and, despite a July 23 MFA statement reiterating criticisms of ODIHR, was positively disposed to the upcoming visit of ODIHR Dire [...]	2008-07-25 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE PHUM RS
08MOSCOW2182	MFA WALKS BACK THREAT OF BUDGET CUT FOR ODIHR [...] (SBU) Summary: While reiterating its frequent complaint that the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has performed poorly, on July 26 the Russian MFA walked back the assertion by the Deputy Chair of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of an imminent budget cut [...]	2008-07-29 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE PHUM RS
08MOSCOW2312	RUSSIA REMEMBERS SOLZHENITSYN [...] (SBU) Summary: In bidding farewell to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russia took a moment to honor a great writer and dissident, and remember an historical period often glossed over in this era of gangbuster economic growth and public trumpeting of Russia's resurgent geopolitical power and pride. Pr [...]	2008-08-08 12:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW236	RUSSIA LIMITS ELECTION OBSERVERS AGAIN [...] (C) Following the same course it took in the December Duma elections, on January 28, the GOR issued a limited number of invitations to international organizations to observe the March 2 presidential election. Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Vladimir Churov specified that the OSCE's [...]	2008-01-30 16:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW266	New USAID Mission Director's January 24 Meeting with MFA's [...] (SBU) USAID's New Mission Director called on Alexander Konuzin, Director for International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on January 24th to discuss the GOR's upcoming visit to the United States to learn about the USG approach to development assistance and identify areas [...]	2008-02-01 14:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL KDEM RS
08MOSCOW2702	ODIHR HEAD LENARCIC SEEKS "NEW CHAPTER" IN [...] (C) Summary: On September 9, Janez Lenarcic, Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR),stated that he hoped for a "new chapter" in relations with Russia and that "there can be no double standards" in how ODIHR treats OSCE member countries. In coordina [...]	2008-09-10 03:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE KDEM RS
08MOSCOW2731	INGUSH OPPOSITION STILL HOPES ZYAZIKOV'S DAYS ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: Colleagues of slain Ingush opposition leader Magomed Yevloyev, in Moscow to tell their version of Yevloyev's August 31 death (reftel),told us September 10 that Ingushetiya president Murat Zyazikov has lost all local support and the opposition movement will continue its efforts [...]	2008-09-11 12:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW2751	A LOOK AHEAD TO THE OCTOBER 12 REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 12, five regions (Chechnya, Zabaykalskiy Kray, Irkutsk, and Kemerovo and Sakhalin Oblasts) will elect their respective regional parliaments. Also, throughout Russia over 90 municipal and by-elections will take place, including by-elections in Chukotka. United Russia [...]	2008-09-12 11:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW2752	A LOOK AHEAD TO THE OCTOBER 12 REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 12, five regions (Chechnya, Zabaykalskiy Kray, Irkutsk, and Kemerovo and Sakhalin Oblasts) will elect their respective regional parliaments. Also, throughout Russia over 90 municipal and by-elections will take place, including by-elections in Chukotka. United Russia [...]	2008-09-12 11:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW2813	OPPOSITION PARTY CONSOLIDATION SPEEDS UP, LIBERALS [...] (C) Summary: Consolidation of political parties has accelerated with reports that the Agrarian Party will merge with United Russia and that the Party of Social Justice (PSS) and the ecological Zelenye ("Green") Party will merge with Just Russia. Agrarian and PSS leadership claimed ideological [...]	2008-09-18 15:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW2893	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BOLIVIAN AND VENEZUELAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC
08MOSCOW2910	KEMEROVO'S POLITICAL OPPOSITION FINDS LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: In Kemerovo Oblast, no party can muster a viable opposition to United Russia's (ER) stranglehold on local politics. Led by charismatic governor Aman Tuleyev, ER holds a supermajority in the regional parliament that likely will grow in the upcoming October 12 elections. Liberal p [...]	2008-10-01 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW2938	ALEKSEYEVA DECRIES EVENTS IN INGUSHETIYA, SLAMS [...] (C) Summary: Moscow Helsinki Group Chairperson Lyudmila Alekseyeva described to Ambassador on September 30 her conclusions from a recent fact-finding trip to Ingushetiya. She said that special forces there -- possibly on orders from Moscow -- routinely take people from the street and torture d [...]	2008-10-03 06:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW2951	COMPARATIVE CALM IN CHECHNYA AS KADYROV [...] (C) Summary: A September 22-24 visit to Chechnya, the first by an Embassy political officer in almost two years, showed that life -- in Groznyy, at least -- has achieved a surface normalcy and that people were more interested in solving their own "day-to-day" problems than worrying about pol [...]	2008-10-06 08:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PREF EAID RS
08MOSCOW296	ELECTION COMMISSION MAKES COMPROMISE OFFER TO ODIHR [...] (C) Summary: At a February 5 lunch meeting Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Churov told Ambassador he had suggested to ODIHR in talks February 3 - 4 that it send five logisticians to Moscow February 5, twenty longer-term observers February 7, and 55 observers February 20 to observe [...]	2008-02-05 16:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SOCI RS
08MOSCOW2989	VIOLENCE IN INGUSHETIYA ESCALATES [...] (C) Summary: Ingushetiya continues to be the most dangerous place in the North Caucasus, especially for government officials, their families and representatives of law enforcement bodies. The possibility of a full-fledged blood feud is strong, especially after a local court ruled October 6 [...]	2008-10-08 14:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR EAID PREF RS
08MOSCOW303	CEC MULLS RESPONSE TO ODIHR'S CONDITIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Central Election Commission (CEC) February 6 continued to mull over the latest proposal from ODIHR Director Strohal to monitor the March 2 presidential elections. The Ambassador told DFMs Yakimenko and Grushko February 6 that the USG supported ODIHR's desire to have its miss [...]	2008-02-06 16:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS
08MOSCOW3032	LIBERAL OPPOSITION TO REGROUP AS "SOLIDARITY" AT [...] (C) Summary: On December 13, democratic opposition and human rights groups will hold a conference to unite into a movement tentatively called "Solidarity." Participants will include a who's who of opposition leaders, including Garry Kasparov, Boris Nemtsov, Nikita Belykh, and Lev Ponamarev. [...]	2008-10-10 15:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW3035	SPS POST-MORTEM: PLAYERS, MOTIVES, AND DEBT [...] (C) Summary: Since the Union of Right Forces (SPS) announced October 3 that it would dissolve and merge with the Democratic Party and Civil Force, details have emerged about the party's re-invention as a loyalist opposition party. SPS Acting President Leonid Gozman and other SPS activists de [...]	2008-10-14 05:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW3054	UNITED RUSSIA WINS BIG IN REGIONAL ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: October 12 regional elections produced predictably large victories for United Russia in Chechnya, Kemerovo Oblast, Zabaikalskiy Krai and Irkutsk Region (see Ref A for Sakhalin election details). Kemerovo and Chechnya each delivered United Russia tallies over 80 percent; Just Rus [...]	2008-10-15 13:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW3076	USAID Team Examines Situation on the Ground in North [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 12:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL KDEM RS GG
08MOSCOW3088	USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE STILL NEEDED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent trip to the North Caucasus, poloff spent three days in Chechnya and two in Ingushetiya monitoring humanitarian assistance programs funded by the Department's Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM). Beneficiaries of the programs, internally-displace [...]	2008-10-20 13:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF EAID KDEM PINR RS
08MOSCOW3089	INSURGENTS IN INGUSHETIYA TARGET FEDERAL TROOPS [...] (SBU) Summary: The internet-based Caucasian Knot has confirmed only three deaths from an attack on a convoy of federal troops in Ingushetiya, not the 50 claimed by the jihadist Kavkaz Center website and the opposition Ingushetiya.org website. While initial reports of major casualties appear [...]	2008-10-20 13:39:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR KCRM PREF KS
08MOSCOW3148	LUKIN LOOKS FORWARD TO THE END OF HIS TENURE AS RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian Federation Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin told visiting HFAC Chairman Berman that his term as Ombudsman for the Russian Federation has been a "difficult job of compromises." Lukin said that during his almost five years as Ombudsman, it has been most important for him not to [...]	2008-10-27 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KCRM KJUS RS
08MOSCOW315	RUSSIANS PETITION PUTIN TO RE-OPEN BRITISH COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 24, a group of Russian graduates of British universities sent a letter to Putin asking that he allow the British Council offices to reopen. The letter asked that cultural and exchange programs not be held hostage to the current chilly relations between Russia and Br [...]	2008-02-07 12:58:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SOCI RS
08MOSCOW3179	GOR STILL FEELING ITS WAY ON TAXING FOREIGN GRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Finance has sent a letter to Premier Vladimir Putin identifying the criteria and procedures for including foreign non-commercial organizations on a list of grantors whose grants are exempt from income taxation for Russian recipients. The proposal was hardly a [...]	2008-10-29 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KDEM PHUM PINR USAID RS
08MOSCOW3202	MOSCOW SPS OPPOSES, REGIONS SUPPORT, SURKOV PLAN [...] Summary: Opposition within the Union of Right Forces (SPS) to the party's impending dissolution is almost non-existent outside of Moscow. Moscow SPS leader Vladlen Maksimov and SPS Federal Political Council member Maria Gaydar have publicly opposed the dissolution and have urged regional bra [...]	2008-10-31 03:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW3209	INGUSHETIYA: WIDESPREAD APPROVAL OF ZYAZIKOV'S [...] (SBU) Summary: There has been widespread approval of the October 30 resignation of Murat Zyazikov as president of the northern Caucasus Republic of Ingushetiya. Representatives of one of the major opposition groups there said that they would work with the new president, former paratrooper an [...]	2008-10-31 13:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW322	ODIHR/PACE WILL NOT OBSERVE RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia and ODIHR failed to bridge the five-day difference over the timing of the arrival of an observer mission for the March 2 presidential elections, with the CEC failing to respond to ODIHR's last counteroffer. PACE, which did observe the December Duma elections, also announ [...]	2008-02-07 16:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL RS
08MOSCOW3242	KASPAROV SAYS SOLIDARITY AIMS TO DISMANTLE, NOT [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging November 3 meeting with the Ambassador, former world chess champion and United Civil Front (OGF) chairman Garry Kasparov predicted that economic and political pressures will hasten government transformation and the end of the Putin regime before 2012. Kasparov h [...]	2008-11-05 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW3355	NEW KREMLIN-BACKED RIGHT CAUSE PARTY EMERGES FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 16, a new Kremlin-supported "liberal" opposition party - Right Cause - emerged from the ashes of 1990s-era liberal standard-bearer Union of Right Forces (SPS),which along with two other vanity political parties (Democratic Party and Civil Force) voted to dissolve on [...]	2008-11-19 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM RS
08MOSCOW3371	RUSSIA'S DUMA PASSES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 21, the Russian State Duma passed constitutional amendments proposed by President Medvedev increasing the term of Russia's next president from four to six years, and the terms of State Duma members from four to five years. The proposed amendments must now go to th [...]	2008-11-21 12:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR RS
08MOSCOW3464	PUBLIC CHAMBER TAKES UP PRESS FREEDOM [...] (C) Summary: In response to the recent attack on independent journalist Mikhail Beketov, the Public Chamber held a hearing on November 25 at which Lawyers Association head Pavel Astakhov proposed a legal amendment to the criminal code increasing the punishment for endangering the life of a jou [...]	2008-12-01 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
08MOSCOW348	REACTION TO ODIHR/OSCE-PA DECISION ON ELECTION [...] (SBU) As expected, the reaction to the decisions by ODIHR and the Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE not to observe the March 2 presidential elections has been loud and swift. Political analysts and members of the Duma from both United Russia and the Communist Party decried the decision not to sen [...]	2008-02-08 15:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL RS
08MOSCOW3636	DISSENTERS' DAY PROTESTS LEAD TO ARRESTS IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Police arrested more than 150 people across Moscow on December 14 in separate Dissenters' Day protests, with an additional 60 protesters arrested in St. Petersburg. In the largest Moscow protest, organized by Garry Kasparov and Eduard Limonov, police detained approximately 100 Othe [...]	2008-12-15 14:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM RS
08MOSCOW3637	AT INAUGURAL CONGRESS, SOLIDARITY SELECTS LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: On December 12-13, the Solidarity opposition movement held its inaugural national congress, bringing together several political opposition and human rights organizations. The congress elected leaders, including Garry Kasparov and Boris Nemtsov, and also elaborated its program to [...]	2008-12-16 03:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
08MOSCOW3657	FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS SEEK COVER AS GOR DITHERS ON [...] (C) Summary: Despite the looming January 1, 2009 deadline for the possible end of a tax exemption for recipients of some grants from foreign non-commercial organizations, the GOR has yet to come up with the criteria and procedures for such donors to apply for inclusion on the list of foreign [...]	2008-12-17 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR EAID RS
08MOSCOW374	SOCHI REGION FACES OLYMPIC-SIZED CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) A meeting of Putin and his team on February 5 underscored the Kremlin's recognition that the "eyes of the world" are on Sochi, not only for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games themselves, but also in the way in which Russia manages the preparations. In addition to overcoming significant engin [...]	2008-02-12 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ECON SOCI RS
08MOSCOW3743	VOLGOGRAD: POLITICIANS CALM BEFORE ECONOMIC STORM, [...] (C) Summary: A December 17-19 visit to Volgograd revealed politicians and observers focused on maintaining political stability amid the deepening economic crisis. One Regional Duma Deputy predicted the crisis will last for up to two more years, with regional production slipping by as much as 3 [...]	2008-12-24 10:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ECON RS
08MOSCOW375	THE INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND COOPERATION; [...] (C) Summary: The GOR has decided to establish an Institute for Democracy and Cooperation, which will be headquartered in Moscow with branch offices in New York and Paris. The Institute is intended to end what the GOR sees as the western "monopoly" on defining and reporting human rights abus [...]	2008-02-12 14:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW3754	MOSTLY QUIET IN THE WESTERN NORTH CAUCASUS [...] (SBU) Summary: The North Caucasus republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia have largely been spared the violence and instability of their eastern neighbors North Ossetia, Ingushetiya, Chechnya and Dagestan. In view of the sustained improvement in the security situation there, [...]	2008-12-29 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI PTER RS
08MOSCOW380	SEPARATISM NOT THE ROOT CAUSE OF INSTABILITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: While Moscow-based experts believe that the insurgencies in the various North Caucasus republics are different in nature, none think that separatism is their root cause. Experts tell us that while the insurgency in Dagestan may have a religious basis, violence in Ingushetiya a [...]	2008-02-12 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI PHUM PTER ECON RS
08MOSCOW411	SMOLENSK: SLOWLY BREAKING AWAY FROM THE RED BELT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 07:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW467	IVANOVO: UNITED RUSSIA FRACTURE LEADS TO EARLY [...] (SBU) A simmering dispute in Ivanovo between a Kremlin-appointed Governor and a State Duma Deputy, over control of the local United Russia party and the economic benefits that go with it, reached a boiling point in December 2007 when more than half of the members of the regional Duma resigned [...]	2008-02-20 13:39:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON RS
08MOSCOW479	UNITED RUSSIA PULLS OUT ALL STOPS IN YAROSLAVL [...] (SBU) United Russia finds itself under a microscope in Yaroslavl where its poor showing in the December 2 Duma elections means the national party is closely watching its preparations for the March 2 presidential elections and hoping for better results. During a February 13-14 visit by Emboff, [...]	2008-02-21 16:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW481	SUBJECT: MEDVEDEV, COMING OUT OF THE SHADOWS? [...] (SBU) Summary: Dmitriy Medvedev, heir apparent to the Russian Presidency, continued his whistle-stop tour of the country, touting his vision in Krasnoyarsk and Izhevsk of an economically vibrant country, with a strong market system, and without the corruption that permeates society today. His [...]	2008-02-22 06:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ECON SOCI RS
08MOSCOW483	KEMEROVO OBLAST: KREMLIN LOYALTY IN SIBERIA [...] (C) In the ten years he has been governor in Kemerovo, Aman-Geldy Tuleyev has garnered vast popular support and been among the most successful of provincial leaders in tacking with the prevailing political winds, delivering a near-Caucasus turnout to the ruling party. During meetings in th [...]	2008-02-22 10:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW497	VOLGOGRAD: BUSINESS GROUPS CONTEST CITY DUMA [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with politicians and interested observers during a February 19 - 20 visit to Volgograd suggested little interest in the March 2 presidential elections, except among those charged with ensuring a high turnout. According to the Chairman of the Regional Election Commi [...]	2008-02-22 15:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW535	CASE CONTINUES AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] (C) Summary: The slander case against "For Human Rights" Chairman Lev Ponomarev that was opened on February 22 continued to move forward the week of February 25 with Ponomarev called in for questioning on February 26 and case materials provided to Ponomarev's lawyer the same day. In conversa [...]	2008-02-27 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV PINR RS
08MOSCOW553	TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL ON MEDVEDEV'S LEGITIMACY [...] (SBU) Summary: Dismissing the March 2 presidential elections as preordained, Transparency International Director Yelena Panfilova nonetheless argued that the process accurately reflected Russia's political maturity and conferred the necessary legitimacy on First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev. [...]	2008-02-28 14:58:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PGOV RS
08MOSCOW564	MEDVEDEV - AND PUTIN - DOMINATE MEDIA LEADING TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 10:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM KPAO RS
08MOSCOW589	MEDVEDEV: WHAT HE SAYS, WHAT HE DOES [...] (C) Summary: During the two months that separate Dmitriy Medvedev's election March 2 from his inauguration, much will become clear about his power-sharing arrangement with outgoing President and incoming Prime Minister Putin. Following keynote speeches by Medvedev before fellow lawyers, civil [...]	2008-03-01 13:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS
08MOSCOW602	MEDVEDEV WINS BIG; COMMUNISTS DO BETTER THAN [...] (C) Summary: With almost 99.5 percent of votes counted, Dmitriy Medvedev, Putin's choice as Russia's next president, has received a landslide 70.23 percent of the vote. His closest competitor was the Communists' Gennadiy Zyuganov with 17.76 percent. Late evening March 2, Medvedev appeared w [...]	2008-03-03 15:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PREL RS
08MOSCOW614	INGUSHETIYA'S OPPOSITION: YEVLOYEV REMAINS IN [...] (C) Summary: Opposition to Ingushetiya President Murat Zyazikov is becoming bolder. Magomed Yevloyev, owner of the banned opposition "Ingushetiya.ru" internet site and the force behind the "I Did Not Vote" campaign after the December 2007 Duma elections, came out of hiding long enough to cha [...]	2008-03-04 16:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM RS
08MOSCOW639	SIDELINED DEMOCRATS SPECULATE ABOUT MEDVEDEV, [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings with Ambassador, three opposition politicians described some of their current difficulties, the prospects for cooperation among western-looking democratic forces, and the future under President Medvedev. The three --ex-PM Kasyanov, ex-Duma Deputy Ryzhkov, and [...]	2008-03-06 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW660	DETAINED YABLOKO LEADER'S CASE RAISED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 14:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM PINR RS
08MOSCOW665	DETAINED YABLOKO LEADER'S CASE RAISED [...] (SBU) On March 7, we raised our strong concern over the detention of St. Petersburg Yabloko leader Maksim Reznik with the Ombudsman's office and the Presidential Council on Human Rights. Ombudsman Secretariat Chief Natalia Mirza noted that she had yet to see the open letter sent to HR Ombudsm [...]	2008-03-07 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM PINR RS
08MOSCOW687	KAZAN REMAINS TIED TO MOSCOW DESPITE TATARSTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Despite its unique status within the Russian Federation negotiated with the central government under Yeltsin in 1994 and again with Putin in 2007, Tatarstan is firmly part of Russia and seems set to remain so under Medvedev. President Mintimer Shamiyev is currently very much in [...]	2008-03-12 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RS
08MOSCOW702	RUSSIA CRIES FOUL OVER 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Although press coverage of the 2007 Human Rights Report has been largely straightforward, the Russian MFA and several members of the State Duma have accused the U.S. of having double standards and a "Cold War" mentality. The head of the Helsinki Moscow Group defended the report [...]	2008-03-13 14:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM PINR RS
08MOSCOW712	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-14 12:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL IR RS
08MOSCOW747	DAS KRAMER'S MEETINGS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: Both governmental and non-governmental human rights figures offered DAS David Kramer March 16 their views on the state of human rights in Russia and prospects for improvement during a Medvedev presidency. They variously identified the state of the judiciary and law enforcement ( [...]	2008-03-18 15:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV SOCI RS
08MOSCOW804	RUSSIAN MEDIA NOT CONCERNED ABOUT BEING LABELED A [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Dan Russell for reason 1.4(d) 2. (U) Summary: The Russian Duma approved the second reading of the Strategic Sector draft law regulating foreign investment in 42 so-called "strategic sectors" -- including much of the media -- on March 21. If passe [...]	2008-03-24 15:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KPAO RS
08MOSCOW818	CONSTITUENCY FOR CHANGE? OBSERVERS HOPEFUL AS [...] (C) Summary: As candidate Medvedev transitions into "President-elect" Medvedev, commentators have begun to speak with increasing frequency about political support for a reform agenda, not only the expected backing from the "liberal" economic elite, but also more broadly amongst Russia's business le [...]	2008-03-25 14:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM RS
08MOSCOW861	THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE IN THE JUST RUSSIA PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Four Duma deputies from the left-leaning, Kremlin-sponsored Just Russia party offered us assessments of their party in Russia's fifth Duma, which convened in January after the December 2 parliamentary elections. As expected, Just Russia has found it difficult to have an impact on [...]	2008-03-28 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW913	MOSCOW HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ON MEDVEDEV, CURRENT [...] (C) Summary: Seven prominent Moscow-based human rights activists offered Ambassador April 1 their expectations for a Medvedev presidency, and their perspectives on the current human rights climate in Russia. The group was skeptical that much would change after Medvedev's May 7 inauguration, a [...]	2008-04-03 13:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV SOCI RS
08MOSCOW914	LIBERALS ON LIFE UNDER MEDVEDEV, THE NATO SUMMIT, [...] (C) Summary: In a series of recent meetings, traditional SPS patron and UES Chairman Chubais, beleaguered Yabloko Chairman Yavlinskiy, and radio station Ekho Moskvy Editor Venediktov described a MAP for Ukraine as a "major strategic mistake," but thought that Putin's intention in Bucharest re [...]	2008-04-03 13:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW916	CONTINUED PRESSURE ON NATIONAL BOLSHEVIKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Eduard Limonov's outlawed National Bolshevik Party (NBP) has been frequently in the news recently as a series of relatively high-profile court cases have resulted in the jail sentences for young NBP activists. On March 24, a Moscow court sentenced seven NBP activists to up to [...]	2008-04-03 13:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM PINR RS
08MOSCOW932	SOLZHENITSYN AND METROPOLITAN KIRILL ON RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: In separate conversations recently, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Metropolitan Kirill criticized the decision to recognize Kosovo's independence and sharply condemned plans for Ukraine to move closer to NATO. Solzhenitsyn, who is partially paralyzed by a stroke, but remains alert and very [...]	2008-04-04 06:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR RS
08MUMBAI567	CHHATTISGARH ELECTIONS: BJP CONFIDENT OF FORMING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian state of Chhattisgarh went to the polls on November 14 and 20. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made wholesale changes to its roster, throwing out a majority of its sitting legislators to avoid anti-incumbency. It has high-lighted its anti-Maoist security [...]	2008-12-03 12:04:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ECON KDEM PHUM IN
08MUMBAI572	ELECTION IN MADHYA PRADESH: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS DIM [...] (U) Summary: Voters went to the polls in Madhya Pradesh (MP) on November 27, just 12 hours after terrorists launched a series of coordinated attacks on Mumbai. Though the Congress Party's internal calculations on the day prior to polls showed that both the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party(BJ [...]	2008-12-05 12:46:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM ECON IN
08MUMBAI587	MADHYA PRADESH AND CHHATTISGARH: ELECTIONS, BUT NO NEW [...] (U) Summary. In the recent state elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returned to power in both Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh with clear victories, though the Congress Party made some gains. In both states, the BJP's development agenda and putting forth well-known, respected leaders [...]	2008-12-17 14:00:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IN PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER KWMN
08MUSCAT169	OMANI WOMEN SPEAK OUT ON U.S. POLICIES AND OTHER [...] (C) A group of Omani women in a small-group discussion with the Ambassador shared their concern over the U.S. visa issuance process and misperceptions among Americans about the Middle East. While disagreeing with some U.S. policies, the women stressed their positive views about the American p [...]	2008-02-27 11:04:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO KWMN CVIS MU
08MUSCAT198	SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Vice President: Embassy Muscat and my wife and I warmly welcome you and Mrs. Cheney back to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the Middle East -- the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" -- Oman remains a strong and trusted U.S. ally. The Sultan will be please [...]	2008-03-05 15:53:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KNNP KWMN MASS
08MUSCAT339	DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN PEOPLE: OMAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 12:18:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM CU MU
08MUSCAT351	FOLLOW UP ON OUTREACH TO ACTIVISTS: OMAN [...] (U) This cable provides updated information on Post's actions to engage with democracy and human rights activists and promote democratic reform in support of the President's Freedom Agenda in Oman. - - - - - - - - - - - - Meeting with Activists - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (C) There are v [...]	2008-05-12 11:42:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO MU
08MUSCAT379	SULTAN QABOOS GRANTS RARE PRESS INTERVIEW [...] (C) A rare interview given by Sultan Qaboos to a Kuwaiti newspaper painted a predictably rosy picture of the Sultanate that pushed, if not exceeded, the bounds of credibility. According to the Sultan, who was treated to fawning praise by the interviewer (also the paper's chief editor and, rep [...]	2008-05-21 13:53:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM KPAO MU
08MUSCAT424	YOUNG OMANIS SOUND OFF ON REGIONAL ISSUES, [...] (C) During a recent meeting with the Ambassador, a group of young professionals shared their views on Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, democracy, and the public image of the U.S. Participants were downbeat on Iraq and thought it was inevitable that the U.S. would withdraw its troops f [...]	2008-06-09 14:21:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI KPAL IZ MU
08MUSCAT436	OMAN: MEPI REPORT CARD [...] (U) SUMMARY. Many of the major projects funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) over the past years are now, in one way or another, at a crossroads. With the 2007-08 program season winding down, Muscat's MEPI team, under the guidance of the Ambassador, offers this review of ME [...]	2008-06-14 12:10:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMPI KDEM KWMN ECON ELAB SCUL MU
08MUSCAT615	OMAN TO REFRAIN FROM SPEAKING OUT ON MAURITANIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 13:55:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR MU
08MUSCAT723	ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN: OMAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 09:47:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF MU
08NAIROBI10	KENYA ELECTIONS: COMMONWEALTH OBSERVER GROUP PRESS RELEASE [...] The Commonwealth Observer Group issued the following Statement by Chairperson of teh Commonwealth Observer Group on December 31, 2007. Begin text: Commonwealth Observer Group Kenya General Elections, 27 December 2007 News Release Statement by HE Dr Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, former President [...]	2008-01-02 15:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE
08NAIROBI1030	RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) On April 16, PolOff met with Ambassador Daniel Mukiri Kinyanjui, Head of Division for International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to follow up on reftel demarche. 2. (C) Kinyanjui said that the Government of Kenya has no precedent for the formal recogn [...]	2008-04-18 05:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1041	KENYA'S CABINET SWORN IN: AN OVERVIEW [...] (U) Ending weeks of contentious in-fighting between President Kibaki's Party of National Unity (PNU) and Prime Minister Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM),Kenya's expanded cabinet was sworn in today, April 17, with much pomp and ceremony. As announced by the President on April 13 (see [...]	2008-04-18 10:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1045	TEXT OF PRESIDENT KIBAKI'S SPEECH ON SWEARING IN [...] President Mwai Kibaki delivered an address on the swearing in of the new grand coalition cabinet on April 17. The message stressed reconciliation and unity. The text of the speech follows. 2. Begin Text. Your Excellency Yoweri Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda, Your Excell [...]	2008-04-21 06:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1126	KIBAKI, ODINGA AGREE ON KEY CIVIL SERVICE [...] President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga have agreed on the appointment of high-level civil service appointments for the new grand coalition government. On April 22, President Kibaki announced the names of Permanent Secretaries (PS) for the 42 Cabinet positions, as well as 23 Secretaries fo [...]	2008-04-29 12:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1170	UPDATE ON COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO POST-ELECTION [...] As a result of the Kofi Annan-led mediation efforts to end Kenya's post-election crisis, Kenya's political leaders agreed to form a Commission of Inquiry on Post-Election Violence (Violence Commission) and a Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC). The Violence Commission is pre [...]	2008-05-07 06:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI128	A/S FRAZER STATEMENT ON KENYA CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 11:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1301	INDEPENDENT REVIEW COMMISSION CHAIR PUZZLED BY [...] (C) The Ambassador and Emboffs recently met with Independent Review Commission (IREC) Chairman Judge Johann Kriegler to discuss IREC's top-to-bottom review of Kenya's electoral system and the bungled 2007 presidential elections (ref A). The Commission has a two-part mandate: (1) to assess and [...]	2008-05-21 10:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1320	PM ODINGA RECEIVES HERO'S WELCOME IN HOMECOMING - BUT [...] Prime Minister Raila Odinga received a hero's welcome from a crowd of over 300,000 at a home coming in his native Nyanza province. American flags were spotted amidst the excited crowd. He had a difficult time convincing his supporters that his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party was an equal [...]	2008-05-23 05:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI136	KENYA ELECTIONS: EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY OBSERVATION MISSION [...] On Saturday, January 12 the East African Community Observer Mission issued the following report on the Kenyan General Elections. Begin text: THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY OBSERVER MISSION REPORT KENYA GENERAL ELECTIONS DECEMBER 2007 INTRODUCTION ------------ The following is the East [...]	2008-01-15 08:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE
08NAIROBI1384	KENYA BRACES FOR PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS ON [...] (C) Kenya will hold parliamentary by-elections on June 11 to fill five of six vacant parliamentary seats. The largest parliamentary blocs, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and the Party of National Unity (PNU),hope to gain seats, but each of the races is tight. The results are unlikely [...]	2008-06-05 15:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1453	TEXT OF HEADS OF MISSIONS STATEMENT ON KENYAN [...] As reported in reftel, the Ambassador joined with other Nairobi-based Heads of Missions in issuing a statement on the June 11 parliamentary by-elections. To follow is a text of the statement. 2. Begin text: Heads of Missions: Statement on 11 June by-elections We, the undersigned Heads o [...]	2008-06-13 11:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1500	COALITION GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES VISION 2030 MEDIUM [...] On June 10, President Kibaki, Prime Minister Odinga, and Vice President Musyoka launched the Medium Term Plan (2008-2012) of Vision 2030, Kenya's ambitious development blueprint outlining economic, political, and social reforms and goals. Although it was drafted well before the post- electio [...]	2008-06-19 10:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1579	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE [...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes six months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya now st [...]	2008-06-27 12:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1658	SENATOR BILL NELSON (D-FL) MEETS WITH PRIME [...] (C) Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) met on June 30 with Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga. The two discussed continuing USG-GOK cooperation in combating terrorism and security threats to Kenya presented by ongoing lawlessness in Somalia. Odinga discussed his recent trip to Washington and the nee [...]	2008-07-07 14:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1659	KENYA TAKES STRONG STAND AGAINST ZIMBABWE [...] (U) In early June during a visit to South Africa, Prime Minister Raila Odinga denounced the deteriorating political situation in Zimbabwe after the March 29 elections. He was the first Kenyan official to do so publicly. He continued to speak out in public events and meetings with senior USG [...]	2008-07-07 14:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE ZI
08NAIROBI1692	MINISTER OF FINANCE RESIGNS IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (C) Minister of Finance Amos Kimunya resigned on July 8, capping a week of intense speculation about his political future stemming from his role in the cut-rate sale of the Grand Regency Hotel in Nairobi. The hotel, built with proceeds from the 1990s Goldenberg corruption scandal, had become [...]	2008-07-09 16:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EFIN KCOR KE LY

08NAIROBI1698	GOK BILL OUTLINES ROADMAP TO NEW CONSTITUTION [...] The Ministry of Justice recently published the Constitution of Kenya Review Bill of 2008, outlining the process for writing and adopting a new constitution. The new constitution could take as long as 24 months to enter into force, not the 12 months agreed at the Kofi Annan-led mediation eff [...]	2008-07-11 04:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1753	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-21 08:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1776	SOMALIA - TFG COMMITTEES TO IMPLEMENT DJIBOUTI [...] (C) On July 18, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) nominated its representatives for the committees outlined in the June 9 Djibouti Agreement (Ref A) reached between the TFG and the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS). Article 9 of the Agreement called for a High Lev [...]	2008-07-22 14:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SO
08NAIROBI1815	PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER TELL CODEL PRICE [...] (U) CODEL Price has cleared on this cable. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) In separate meetings held on July 3, CODEL Price heard from both President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga that constitutional reform is one of the Grand Coalition Government's top priorities. Prime M [...]	2008-07-28 13:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KBIO KE ZI
08NAIROBI1838	POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE COMMISSION BEGINS HEARING [...] (SBU) The Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (the Waki Commission) has begun hearing testimony from security officials, and civil society organizations. The heads of the main Kenyan security agencies have testified. Each attempted to portray, with varying degrees of success, h [...]	2008-07-30 10:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1961	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON [...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes eight months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement of 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya h [...]	2008-08-14 12:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV KDEM PTER KE
08NAIROBI198	KENYA ELECTIONS: PARLIAMENT COMPOSITION - A [...] (SBU) Unlike Kenya's contentious presidential election, the parliamentary elections proceeded relatively smoothly and with a clear and credible outcome. With 207 of 210 constituencies reporting (3 constituencies will be re-run),Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) won 99 of the 207 [...]	2008-01-17 16:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2032	Somalia - Clan Militias Battle to Control Kismayo [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 22, a loose coalition of clan militias, cooperating with remnants of the former Islamic Courts Union (ICU) and some al-Shabaab elements drove warlord and Member of Parliament Barre "Hirale" out of Kismayo, southern Somalia's major port city. Upwards of 100 fighters a [...]	2008-08-26 14:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO
08NAIROBI2053	SOMALIA - President and Prime Minister Face Hostile [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After signing an August 26 agreement in Addis Ababa to reconcile internal political conflicts, President Yusuf and Prime Minister Hassan Hussein returned to Baidoa to brief parliament on the accord. While the two senior officials convinced their respective camps to support the [...]	2008-09-02 11:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO
08NAIROBI2061	SOMALIA - Leahy Vetting Request for Interdicting Terrorist [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following members of the Somali security forces nominated to participate in a USG-sponsored Interdicting Terrorist Activities Course from September 22 to October 3, 2008 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assi [...]	2008-09-03 15:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO
08NAIROBI209	KENYA ELECTIONS: COMMONWEALTH OBSERVATION GROUP REPORT [...] On January 17, the Commonwealth Observation Group issued its report on the 2007 Kenyan General Elections. To follow is an excerpt of the report containing the group's conclusions. The complete text of the report is available (ref). Begin text: CONCLUSIONS ----------- The December 27 e [...]	2008-01-18 09:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO KE
08NAIROBI2140	PRIME MINISTER, DEFENSE MINISTER BRIEF CODEL PAYNE [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings on August 7-8, CODEL Payne discussed a wide range of issues with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Defense Minister Mohammed Yusuf Haji, Trade Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Minister of Higher Education Sally Kosgei, former President Daniel arap Moi, Nobel laureate Wanga [...]	2008-09-10 16:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM ASEC ETRD PREF KE
08NAIROBI2158	Somalia - US Mission Officers Visit Hargeisa [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 9, US Mission officers visited Hargeisa, Somaliland and met with government officials, political party representatives, and organizations implementing U.S. Government-funded activities. The visit provided an opportunity to reinforce key messages made by Assistant [...]	2008-09-12 08:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SOCI SO
08NAIROBI2200	KENYA'S REFORM CHALLENGE [...] (U) On September 17, President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga received the final report from the commission investigating the conduct of Kenya's 2007 elections. Kofi Annan was scheduled to arrive in Nairobi on September 18 to receive the report as well. This report is the first to em [...]	2008-09-18 11:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KDEM ASEC KE
08NAIROBI2232	Somalia - Internationals and Somalis Meet on Humanitarian, [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 14:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM EWWT SO
08NAIROBI2233	Somalia - No Cease Fire in Joint Communique [...] From October 17-21 Transitional Federal Government and Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia joint High Level and Security committees met in Djibouti to advance implementation of June 9 peace agreement. At the conclusion of the meetings, the parties issued a communique, the text of which [...]	2008-09-22 14:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM EAID EWWT SO
08NAIROBI2253	MT. ELGON: STATUS OF INVESTIGATIONS ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (C) In late July, the international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a second, more detailed report alleging security forces' involvement in serious human rights violations during the joint military-police operation against the Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF) in Mt. Elgon in March-April 200 [...]	2008-09-24 15:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS MASS KPKO KCRM KE
08NAIROBI234	ELECTION CRISIS -- ANTI-U.S. GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Throughout last week, the government,s office of public communications placed prominent advertisements in the print and broadcast media accusing the U.S. and others of contributing to violence. The advertisements varied in text, but evoked similar themes. All were entitled "Setting the R [...]	2008-01-22 16:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI235	KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - THE SPEAKER OF [...] (C) I met with the new Speaker of the Parliament, Kenneth Marende, on January 18 to congratulate him on his election and to discuss the role he can play to help resolve the election crisis. 2. (C) I briefed Marende on U.S. efforts to assist in resolution of the crisis. Marende noted that i [...]	2008-01-22 16:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2366	COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE PRESENTS [...] On September 15, the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV) -- which was formed as part of the Kofi Annan-mediated settlement of Kenya's post-election crisis (reftel) -- presented its report to President Mwai Kibaki. Kibaki then ordered the report to be released immediately. [...]	2008-10-15 13:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2375	JOINT HEADS OF MISSION STATEMENT ON COMMISSION OF [...] As per reftel, Post has signed the following joint Heads of Missions statement on the Commission of Inquiry on the Post-Election Violence, which was released to local media on October 16. Begin text: We, the undersigned Heads of diplomatic missions based in Nairobi, welcome the publicatio [...]	2008-10-16 12:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI238	EC AMBASSADOR MICHEL'S VISIT [...] (C) EC Commissioner Louis Michel made a one-day visit January 19 to press for a political solution to the electoral crisis. According to the French Ambassador (who is representing the EU presidency in the absence of Slovenia),Michel had consulted with Kofi Annan before visiting in order to e [...]	2008-01-22 17:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE FR SI
08NAIROBI239	KENYA,S ELECTORAL CRISIS -- PUSHING KIBAKI-ODINGA [...] (C) Summary. In the lead-up to Kofi Annan,s expected arrival January 22, we have continued to press for President Kibaki and Raila Odinga to use that opportunity for a face-to-face meeting and to launch a meaningful political dialogue. Achieving that would go a long way towards calming tensio [...]	2008-01-22 17:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI240	KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - THE ROLE OF THE [...] (U) With the election crisis taking an ever greater toll on business interests (see reftel),the business community has become increasingly engaged in lobbying for a political solution. While it is hard to determine precisely what impact this will have, the voice of the business community is [...]	2008-01-22 19:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2401	POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE COMMISSION RELEASES REPORT [...] (U) The Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV) submitted its report to President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga on October 15 (Ref A). The report proposes the establishment of a special tribunal to try high-level organizers of post-election violence. It also p [...]	2008-10-21 15:26:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI245	KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: KOFI ANNAN - A NEW [...] Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan arrived in Nairobi on January 22 with the strong public backing of the United States, the African Union, the European Union, and the United Nations. He gave a press conference upon arrival in which he evinced a no-nonsense, serious and determined approac [...]	2008-01-23 14:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2551	POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE COMMISSION REPORT: [...] (U) Two weeks after release of the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV) report (refs A and B),Kenya's political leaders continue to publicly grapple with fallout. Of particular contention is whether to implement the report's recommendations for a special tribunal to try [...]	2008-11-04 14:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2588	U.S. ELECTION DAY IN KENYA [...] Summary. Kenyans see President-elect Barack Obama as their "favorite son," and are delighted by his election. The Ambassador hosted an early morning November 5 event attended by over 2,000 Kenyans to watch the results, and issued a statement highlighting the transparent and peaceful nature of [...]	2008-11-13 12:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM PGOV KE
08NAIROBI2613	MARTHA KARUA ELECTED AS NARC-KENYA PARTY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 14, a convention of 2,000 delegates of the National Rainbow Coalition - Kenya (NARC-Kenya) elected current Minister of Justice, National Cohesion, and Constitutional Affairs Martha Karua as its Chairperson. Karua has made no secret of her desire to contest the 2012 K [...]	2008-11-19 08:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2696	PARTIES SCRAMBLE TO COMPLY WITH POLITICAL PARTIES [...] Kenya's notoriously disorganized political parties are scrambling to comply with a series of administrative, organizational, and financial requirements imposed by the Political Parties Act (the Act) before the December 31 deadline. The Act aims to bring much-needed order to Kenya's party sys [...]	2008-12-02 09:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2703	SOMALIA - TFG, ARS, CIVIL SOCIETY DISCUSS FUTURE GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) held a workshop on federalism and decentralization in Nairobi from November 27 to 29. The conference drew together high level, cross-clan and cross-regional representation from Somali sc [...]	2008-12-02 16:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI SO
08NAIROBI2710	GOK EFFORT TO PRESERVE VITAL FOREST HITS POLITICAL [...] The Kenyan government's (GOK) attempt to preserve and restore the environmentally and economically important Mau Forest Complex (the Mau Forest) by evicting legal and illegal settlers (reftel) has caused political problems within Prime Minister Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) p [...]	2008-12-04 06:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG SENV SOCI KE
08NAIROBI2740	Kenyan Prime Minister says "Mugabe Must Go" [...] Speaking at an international press conference on December 7 in Nairobi, Prime Minister Raila Odinga called Robert Mugabe's government a "vile dictatorship" that must be stopped. Odinga urged the African Union to send troops to end the humanitarian crisis, or allow the UN to do so. "The inter [...]	2008-12-09 06:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPAO KE
08NAIROBI2747	GOK PREPARES TO OUST ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] On November 27, the Cabinet approved a draft constitutional amendment which will disband the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) and remove all 22 current ECK commissioners. If, as expected, Parliament approves the measure before it recesses on December 18, the ECK will be replaced by an Int [...]	2008-12-10 12:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2768	PRESIDENT SIGNS TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND RECONCILIATION [...] On November 28, President Mwai Kibaki signed into law the Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Act (the Act). The Act creates a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) to establish a complete record of violation of human and economic rights from the time of Kenya's independence in [...]	2008-12-11 14:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KE
08NAIROBI279	KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: MINISTER OF INTERNAL [...] On January 24 we received Minister of Internal Security George Saitoti's response to the Ambassador's letter of January 17 (reftel) requesting; 1) a precise statement of the Rules of Engagement currently in effect for Kenyan security forces in dealing with unarmed peaceful demonstrators; 2) a [...]	2008-01-25 09:26:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2790	AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO GARISSA ELICITS CANDID [...] The Ambassador recently travelled to Garissa, the provincial center of Kenya's predominantly Muslim North Eastern Province, to talk to the community about a range of issues. Feedback from the (mostly) Kenyan Somali community was generally positive toward the United States. There was great ap [...]	2008-12-16 11:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER KISL KDEM SOCI PHUM KE SO ET
08NAIROBI281	KIBAKI-ODINGA TAKE FIRST STEP TOWARD DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. A meeting between President Kibaki and Raila Odinga facilitated by Kofi Annan on January 24 sent a very positive message to the Kenyan people and will help end violence. The agenda and modalities for subsequent dialogue have not yet been worked out. The process of dialogue will [...]	2008-01-25 11:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2850	PROTESTS OVER RESTRICTIVE MEDIA BILL [...] Parliament passed a Media Bill on December 10 which, if signed by President Mwai Kibaki, would potentially subject the independent media to intrusive government interference. The Media Bill was presented to Parliament and the public as a series of amendments to the Communications Act of 1998. [...]	2008-12-19 13:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO KE
08NAIROBI2851	PARLIAMENT AMENDS CONSTITUTION, OUSTS ELECTORAL [...] Parliament on December 16 passed the Kenya Constitution Amendment Bill of 2008 (the Amendment). The Amendment follows the recommendations of the Kriegler Commission (Reftel B) and abolishes the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK),which was widely discredited for its mishandling of Kenya's 2 [...]	2008-12-19 13:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM KE
08NAIROBI2864	INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS MARRED BY POLICE [...] Celebrations of Kenya's 45th Jamhuri (Independence) Day in Nairobi on December 12 turned slightly chaotic when police cracked down on protesters who disrupted President Mwai Kibaki's speech. Civil society aimed to use the event to highlight widespread discontent about skyrocketing food price [...]	2008-12-23 08:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC KE
08NAIROBI2865	PRESIDENT, PM SIGN PACT TO FORM POST-ELECTION [...] President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga signed on December 17 an agreement to implement the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV),also known as the Waki Commission (Reftels). The agreement tasks a Cabinet sub-committee to draft legisl [...]	2008-12-23 08:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2899	Somalia - A Primer on the Puntland Elections [...] (SBU) Summary: The semi-autonomous region of Puntland will hold presidential elections on January 8, 2009. The President will be elected by the Parliament. Following the disputed elections of 2001/2002 and the departure of then Puntland President Abdullahi Yusuf for the Transitional Federal [...]	2008-12-31 11:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI SO
08NAIROBI309	KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: ODM MP SLAIN - VIOLENCE [...] (U) The opposition Orange Democratic Movement MP for Embakasi (Nairobi),Melitus Were, was murdered by two gunmen as he was driving up to his home just after midnight on January 29. In the current crisis, the perception that this is a politically-motivated killing has taken hold. Were was a L [...]	2008-01-29 13:26:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI310	KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: EXPLAINING RIFT VALLEY [...] The central region of Kenya's Rift Valley Province, known as "Kalenjin land" after its indigenous inhabitants, is the scene of the worst violence since the election crisis began in late December. Kenya's history of ethnic politics, land pressures, and shifting political alliances explain the [...]	2008-01-29 13:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI312	KENYA: A/S FRAZER,S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer, joined by Ambassador Ranneberger, met with President Mwai Kibaki on January 5 and January 7 to seek a path towards ending the political crisis stemming from the disputed December 27 presidential election results. She carried with her Secretary Rice's [...]	2008-01-29 14:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI330	KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: AMBASSADOR'S LETTER TO MINISTER [...] On January 30, the Ambassador sent the following letter to the Minster of Internal Security and Minister of Foreign Affairs asking for an investigation of threats against human rights activists. Begin text. Hon. George Saitoti Minister of Internal Security Hon. Moses Wetangula Minister o [...]	2008-01-30 12:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI331	KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: AMBASSADOR'S LETTER TO MINISTER [...] On January 30, the Ambassador sent the following letter to the Minister of Internal Security and the Orange Democratic Movement's Secretary General. Begin text. SIPDIS Hon. Prof. George Saitoti Minister of Internal Security Hon. Prof. Anyang Nyong'o ODM Secretary General Dear Sirs: [...]	2008-01-30 13:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI356	KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: SECOND OPPOSITION MP [...] On January 31, Orange Democratic Movement (ODM-opposition) Member of Parliament for Ainamoi (Kericho District, Rift Valley) David Kimutai Too (ethnic Kalenjin) was shot dead in Eldoret by Police Constable Andrew Moache (ethnic Kisii). The police maintain this was a "crime of passion," with C [...]	2008-02-01 13:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI370	KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: PNU AND [...] Summary: The Party of National Unity (PNU) and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) agreed a framework for further negotiations to resolve Kenya's electoral crisis. The parties signed several documents, all of which were witnessed by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in his capacity as [...]	2008-02-05 08:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI371	KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: FEBRUARY 4 AGREEMENT [...] On February 4, PNU and ODM issued the following public statement. Begin text. Public Statement Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation Mediated by H.E. Kofi Annan and the Panel of Eminent African Personalities Feb 4, 2008 Preamble: Goal: To ensure that the National Dialogu [...]	2008-02-05 12:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI378	KENYA: LINKING VISAS TO VIOLENCE [...] (C) To follow up on recent statements by Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer and the Ambassador indicating that the Department will review the visa eligibility of Kenyan politicians and businessmen suspected of supporting, inciting, or perpetrating violence in Kenya, Post delivered eight letter [...]	2008-02-05 15:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PGOV KCOR PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI420	KENYA: MORE VISA WARNING LETTERS SENT [...] (C) Reftel reports on the February 5 conveyance of eight letters to Kenyan individuals warning the latter that indications they may be involved in supporting, inciting, and perpetrating inter-ethnic violence in Kenya are relevant to their eligibility for U.S. visas. 2. (C) On February 8, [...]	2008-02-08 13:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PGOV KCOR PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI495	KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: KOFI ANNAN PRESS [...] At a press conference held on February 15, Kofi Annan, as expected, put a positive spin on the negotiations. However the agreement signed restates progress made to date, but makes clear that there is no real progress on the core issue of power-sharing. 2. To follow is the text of an agree [...]	2008-02-15 17:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI496	KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: KOFI ANNAN PRESS [...] At a press conference held on February 15, Kofi Annan, as expected, put a positive spin on the negotiations. However the agreement signed restates progress made to date, but makes clear that there is no real progress on the core issue of power-sharing. 2. To follow is the text of an agree [...]	2008-02-15 17:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI515	KENYAN TALKS MOVE FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. The Secretary's February 18 visit has propelled the talks forward. Discussion of the structure of a coalition government has begun. However, Raila Odinga remains concerned that the government is seeking a minimalist outcome and threatened to resume mass action within a week i [...]	2008-02-20 13:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI547	KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - KOFI ANNAN'S FEBRUARY [...] On February 25, Kofi Annan issued the following press statement after meeting with both Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki. Begin Text. KENYA NATIONAL DIALOGUE AND RECONCILIATION Press Statement By Kofi Annan After four hours of intense negoti [...]	2008-02-26 05:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI585	KENYA'S POLITICAL CRISIS: ODM CALLS OFF [...] (U) The opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) announced that it was calling off nationwide demonstrations planned for February 28 to protest the lack of progress in the negotiations to resolve Kenya's ongoing political crisis. The announcement was made by ODM leader Raila Odinga after h [...]	2008-02-28 06:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI588	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION [...] (C) On February 26, the Ambassador intervened directly with Minister of Foreign Affairs Moses Wetangula regarding reftel demarche and emphasized the importance of helping Cuba work toward a peaceful process of meaningful change that will lead to a democratic end. 2. (U) Kenya generally has [...]	2008-02-28 07:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE CU
08NAIROBI59	KENYA ELECTIONS: TEXT OF PRESIDENT KIBAKI?S SPEECH ON [...] The following is the text of the speech Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki read in English to journalists at Nairobi's State House by Kenyan privately-owned TV station NTV on 3 January. Begin text. Fellow Kenyans, I am deeply disturbed by the senseless violence instigated by some leaders in purs [...]	2008-01-04 09:15:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE
08NAIROBI598	Kenya's Mayoral Elections Show ODM Strength, [...] Summary: On February 25, Kenyan city councils nationwide held mayoral elections. Comporting with the sordid tradition of such elections in Kenya, tales of blatant vote-buying and graft abounded on all sides. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) won a plurality of council seats nationwide du [...]	2008-02-28 13:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI6	KENYA ELECTIONS: GOK PRESS STATEMENT ON SUSPENSION OF LIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-02 14:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE
08NAIROBI601	KENYA'S POLITICAL CRISIS: TEXT OF FEBRUARY 28 [...] On February 28, President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga signed a much awaited power-sharing agreement in Nairobi, paving the way for a coalition government. The text of the agreement and its proposed companion legislation, which will be considered by Parliament when it conve [...]	2008-02-28 18:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI641	KENYA'S POLITICAL ACCORD AND U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have a positive public tone regarding their commitment to implement the coalition agreement. When I met with them separately on March 3 to lay out U.S. plans and to discuss next steps, they were upbeat. Sorting out the disposition of cabinet [...]	2008-03-05 09:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI653	SECURITY UPDATE: NORMAL CALM IN KENYA [...] (SBU) Summary. The security situation in Kenya is normal calm, and there have been no reports of election-related violence since well before the February 28th power-sharing agreement reached between President Kibaki and Raila Odinga. On March 4, media reported violence in Kenya's Mt. Elgon [...]	2008-03-06 08:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI680	Ambassador Addresses Kenya Law Society [...] The following is the text of a speech delivered by the Ambassador to the Law Society of Kenya's Annual Dinner on March 8. It received extraordinary positive coverage in national and local television, radio, and print media: Begin text: --------------------------------------------- ------ [...]	2008-03-10 14:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI682	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE [...] On March 6, the Kenya Gazette Supplement published the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill of 2008. This proposed constitutional amendment will be debated by Parliament at its next session on March 11. Begin text. THE CONSTITUTION OF KENYA (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2008 A Bill for an Act of [...]	2008-03-10 15:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI693	TEXT OF NATIONAL ACCORD AND RECONCILIATION BILL [...] On March 6, the Kenya Gazette Supplement published the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill of 2008. This Bill will be debated by Parliament at its next session on March 11. Begin text. A Bill for An Act of Parliament to give effect to the Agreement on the Principles of Partnership of [...]	2008-03-11 10:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI786	KENYA'S PARLIAMENT AMENDS CONSTITUTION AND ADOPTS [...] Kenya's grand coalition government is now a legal reality. On March 18, Kenya's parliament adopted the Constitutional Amendment Bill and the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill (reftels a and c),which create a prime minister position and further secure the power-sharing agreement betwee [...]	2008-03-19 15:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI792	KENYA'S POLITICAL PROCESS AND U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the signing of the political accord on February 28, President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have sent positive signals and maintained the momentum for peace and political reconciliation generated by the February 28th landmark power-sharing accord. Odinga will likely be sworn [...]	2008-03-20 10:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KE
08NAIROBI798	CORRECTED COPY: KENYA'S POLITICAL PROCESS AND U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the signing of the political accord on February 28, President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have sent positive signals and maintained the momentum for peace and political reconciliation generated by the February 28th landmark power-sharing accord. Odinga will likely be sworn [...]	2008-03-20 12:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KE
08NAIROBI8	KENYA ELECTIONS: INTERIM REPORT OF PAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-02 15:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
08NAIROBI824	FORMING KENYA'S CABINET PREDICTABLY CONTENTIOUS [...] (SBU) Disagreement over the size and composition of President Kibaki's cabinet has delayed the final step needed to form Kenya's coalition government. Forming a cabinet was never expected to be a neat or easy exercise, according to our political contacts, so this delay comes as no surprise. [...]	2008-03-26 10:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI869	INDEPENDENT REVIEW COMMISSION SET TO BEGIN REVIEW [...] As part of their historic February 28 power-sharing deal, the Party of National Unity (PNU) and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) agreed to form an Independent Review Committee (IREC) to undertake a top-to-bottom review of Kenya's flawed 2007 elections. Commissioners and a Chair, South African [...]	2008-03-31 13:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI893	COALITION CABINET STILL NOT FORMED [...] (C) Summary. The failure of the two sides thus far to reach agreement on composition of a coalition cabinet threatens momentum to resolve the Kenya post-elections crisis. We have been working intensively with both sides to press for rapid agreement (see ref A which lays out U.S. engagement) [...]	2008-04-03 09:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI896	DEAL REACHED ON COALITION CABINET [...] (C) Per reftel, President Kibaki and Prime Minister (designate) Odinga met on April 3 to discuss the composition of a coalition cabinet. Odinga told me that the meeting resulted in an "agreement in principle." Kibaki and Odinga agreed that there will be 40 ministries. Kibaki's side will ke [...]	2008-04-03 13:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI9	KENYA ELECTIONS: KENYAN DOMESTIC OBSERVERS FORUM PRESS [...] Deployment 2. Polling 3. Counting 4. Tallying at constituency centers 5. Announcement of results 6. Delivery of Constituency results by Returning Officers to the ECK Headquarters at KICC 7. National tallying of Presidential Results from all the 210 constituencies Deployment ----- [...]	2008-01-02 15:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE
08NAIROBI960	RESOLVING KENYA'S CABINET IMBROGLIO [...] (C) Summary. President Kibaki and PM-designate Odinga have still not reached agreement on composition of a coalition cabinet. The difference between them is over 2-3 ministries. The impasse has heightened tensions. There was sporadic violence April 8 and 9, but the country is now calm. H [...]	2008-04-09 18:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI989	KENYA'S GRAND COALITION CABINET UNVEILED [...] President Mwai Kibaki unveiled a 40 member grand coalition cabinet on April 13, 2008 in a televised speech to the nation. The text of the speech, containing the list of Ministries, Ministers, and Assistant Ministers, follows. An analysis of the cabinet and challenges ahead will follow septel. [...]	2008-04-14 11:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI999	CABINET DEAL REACHED [...] (C) Summary. Intervention by the Secretary and strong support from A/S Frazer were decisive in persuading President Kibaki and Prime Minister-designate Odinga to reach agreement on the cabinet, which was announced April 13. Kibaki and Odinga both saw the U.S. as the only party who could work [...]	2008-04-15 12:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NASSAU676	DEMARCHE ON BOLIVIA-VENEZUELA AMBASSADORS DELIVERED [...] (C) PolChief delivered demarche points on the declarations of U.S. ambassadors in Bolivia and Venezuela persona non grata (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary and Head of International Relations Division, Marilyn Zonicle September 22. Ms. Zonicle took note that the USG's a [...]	2008-09-23 21:58:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PROV PREL KDEM ASEC BF
08NEWDELHI1013	GREYBEARDS AND INSIDERS GIVE DAS FEIGENBAUM THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During three days of meetings in Delhi, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum heard from Indian academics, politicians and former top bureaucrats gave varying views on the bilateral relationship, Indian domestic politics, and regional affairs. Former Ambassador to the U. [...]	2008-04-08 07:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BM CH CE NP
08NEWDELHI1018	CONGRESS PARTY WOES CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary: With little political headway on the civil nuclear initiative and election defeats in Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, and the Northeast (refs A,B,C,D,E),good news for the Congress Party has been in short supply in recent months. The latest piece of bad news: rising food prices, whi [...]	2008-04-08 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ECON PREF CH IN
08NEWDELHI1019	BIOGRAPHY: BHUTAN'S FIRST DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED [...] (SBU) On April 5, Druk Phuensum Tsogpa (DPT) President Jigmi Thinley was unanimously endorsed by his party to serve as Bhutan's first Prime Minister of its new democratically elected government. On March 24, the DPT crushed the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) during National Assemb [...]	2008-04-08 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BT INR
08NEWDELHI1051	INDIA SKEPTICAL NEPALESE ELECTIONS WILL BRING [...] (U) GOI officials are publicly upbeat on the significance of Nepal's first democratic election in 15 years, with the MEA officially saluting the Nepalese people for taking a positive and important step. However, Indian observers are privately dubious about the outcome of Nepal's voting, and p [...]	2008-04-15 01:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KDEM NP IN
08NEWDELHI1096	INDIA COMES TO GRIPS WITH MAOIST VICTORY IN NEPAL [...] (C) Summary. Official India welcomed Nepal's relatively free and fair election, saying in public statements that it was satisfied with the results and looked forward to working with the Maoist goernment. Foreign Minister Mukherjee has called Pushpa Dahal ("Prachanda") to offer official congr [...]	2008-04-17 13:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI1109	MAYAWATI'S BSP SWEEPS FIVE U.P. BY-ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In Uttar Pradesh (UP) last week, Chief Minister Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) swept five by-elections: two Lok Sabha races and three State Assembly races. Except for one Lok Sabha contest, the elections primarily pitted the BSP against Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Par [...]	2008-04-21 11:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI1210	SHIPPING MINISTER HIT BY CORRUPTION ALLEGATION [...] (C) Summary: On April 28 and 30, Parliament erupted in chaos when BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) members staged a walk-out to highlight Minister for Shipping, Transport, and Highways T.R. Baalu,s alleged abuse of his position to seek favorable GOI terms for supply of natural gas to [...]	2008-05-02 12:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI1237	INDIA AND DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 12:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU IN
08NEWDELHI1284	INDIA: CUBAN PEOPLE SOLIDARITY DAY: AMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 08:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU IN
08NEWDELHI1295	THEATER IN THE ROUND: INDIAN BUDGET SESSION COMES [...] (SBU) The Indian Parliament adjourned its Budget Session in the Lok Sabha on May 5 and in the Rajya Sabha on May 6, both ahead of the May 9 scheduled date. Increasingly criticized as ineffective and unproductive, the Lok Sabha worked for 77 percent of the scheduled hours and the Rajya Sabha w [...]	2008-05-12 13:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI1330	INDIAN COMMUNIST LEADER URGING CEREMONIAL ROLE FOR [...] (C) Summary. In a May 13 meeting with PolCouns, Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury: -- said the Maoists won the Nepalese election because they turned out to be the most pragmatic, mature and best organized of any of the competing parties; -- reported that he h [...]	2008-05-14 12:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NP IN
08NEWDELHI1345	INDIAN POLITICAL PARTIES CYNICALLY WOO WOMEN VOTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 6, amid chaos in the Rajya Sabha, the UPA government introduced the Women's Reservation Bill, which would reserve 33 percent of all seats for women in Parliament and the state assemblies. In an effort to appeal to women voters before a slew of state elections and nationa [...]	2008-05-15 12:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN KDEM PHUM PREL KIRF IN
08NEWDELHI1353	AMBASSADOR MEETS L.K. ADVANI TO URGE BJP TO BACK NUKE DEAL [...] (C) The Ambassador on May 8 again urged BJP leader L.K. Advani in a private meeting to exhibit statesmanship and either back the nuclear deal or withdraw opposition to it. Advani did not alter his argument, but I sensed that he is much less comfortable than he was a month ago. Advani informed the [...]	2008-05-16 11:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI1372	AFTER BOMBS, RAJASTHAN THREATENS ACTION AGAINST [...] (SBU) On May 16, the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)-led Rajasthan government asked its district magistrates to identify illegal Bangladeshi immigrants living in the state over the next 30 days. In the aftermath of the bombings which rocked Jaipur on May 13 to which the Indian government has link [...]	2008-05-20 12:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI1441	GOI TO SEND MINISTER, NOT MONEY, TO PARIS [...] (C/REL ACGU) SUMMARY: MEA Deputy Secretary (Afghanistan) Piyush Srivastava disclosed to Poloffs May 28 that the GOI will likely send a Minister level GOI representative to the June 12 International Conference on Afghanistan in Paris, corroborating what the Australian PolOff told Post at a May [...]	2008-05-28 12:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID EFIN IN AF
08NEWDELHI1442	RAJASTHAN GUJJARS STIR UP VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: On May 23, just as the Rajasthan tourism industry was crawling towards recovery after the May 13 Jaipur bomb blast (ref A),an old controversy resurfaced, threatening to disrupt life in parts of Rajasthan and beyond, including in the greater Delhi area. The Gujjar community once [...]	2008-05-28 13:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CASC ASEC IN
08NEWDELHI1560	DELHI DIARY, MAY 30-JUNE 6, 2008 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 30-June 6, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Chief of Mission Conference -- Government Officials Retain Public Information -- Karunanidhi Birthday Bash: Bashing the BJP -- Pa [...]	2008-06-06 12:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI1578	GOI TO SEND MINISTER SHARMA TO AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-09 11:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID EFIN IN AF
08NEWDELHI1620	INDIA STILL NONCOMMITTAL ON APDP EOM - WANTS [...] (SBU) Poloff followed up on demarche (Ref A) with MEA Joint Secretary Sanjiv Arora (United Nations Political) and his Deputy, Sanjay Rana, regarding Foreign Secretary Menon's April 24 conversation with Under Secretary Dobriansky indicating that India will participate in the Asia-Pacific Democr [...]	2008-06-12 10:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	IN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL

08NEWDELHI1644	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: HIGH TURNOUT EXPECTED IN [...] (C) Summary: During a May visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Poloff learned that state assembly elections will be held in October, although the precise dates have not yet been announced. There was agreement among Poloff's interlocutors that the elections would see a record turnout barring a sustain [...]	2008-06-16 11:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI1674	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: DELICATELY POISED AHEAD OF [...] (C) Summary: The political, economic and security environment in Jammu and Kashmir appears to have improved significantly during the last year. During a May visit to the state, Poloff/PolFSN found that violence and the public's fear of it has declined, the economy is booming and tourism is a [...]	2008-06-18 08:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI1721	DELHI DIARY, JUNE 13-20 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 13-20, 2008, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Congress and JDS Team Up Against the BJP in Karnataka -- Jammu and Kashmir: Amarnath Yatra Begins -- Presumed "Dead" Former Bonded Labor [...]	2008-06-23 07:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KWMN KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI1726	INDIA IN COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: NOT SATISFIED [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on India's role in the Community of Democracies (CD) to Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora. On June 20 Arora contacted A/PolCouns to provide India's position on the withdrawal of Indian support for the Diplomat's Handboo [...]	2008-06-23 11:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA ZI SF PO CA IN
08NEWDELHI1760	FS MENON DESCRIBES HARDENED POSITIONS, [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon described for the Ambassador on June 26 a hardening of positions on the part of the Left and within the Congress Party on whether to take the next step in advancing the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative. The Left ultimately rejected submis [...]	2008-06-26 07:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN KDEM
08NEWDELHI1765	RAJASTHAN RESOLVES STATE GUJJAR DILEMMA, PUNTING [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 17, with the announcement of a new state reservation/quota policy, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje brought an end to the 27-day agitation launched by the Gujjar community who were demanding classification as a Scheduled Tribe (ST) in order to access greater emp [...]	2008-06-26 13:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI1799	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: BOARD WITHDRAWS LAND CLAIM, [...] (C) Summary: On June 30, for the seventh consecutive day, Kashmiri Muslims in Sringar and Hindus in Jammu protested in response to the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) state government decision to transfer 100 acres of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB),a government-run organization that [...]	2008-06-30 15:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI1894	JAMMU AND KASHMIR'S CONGRESS-LED GOVERNMENT FALLS [...] (SBU) Summary: Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Congress Party Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned on July 7, thereby ending the rule of his Congress-led coalition government in the state. Azad's coalition government lost its majority when its key ally, the People's Democratic Party (PDP),pulled [...]	2008-07-08 12:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI194	MODERATE KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS BANDING TOGETHER [...] (C) Former violent insurgent and longtime peaceful Kashmiri separatist Shabir Shah decided January 14 to join the Mirwaiz faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference led by moderate separatist Mirwaiz Omar Farooq. The decision had been a long time coming, with Mirwaiz and his cohorts spe [...]	2008-01-18 12:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI2003	MENON SEEKS INDO-BANGLA COUNTER-TERROR EFFORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Mohd Touhid Hossain met with Indian Foreign Minister Shivshankar Menon during his July 17 visit to New Delhi. During a joint press conference, both expressed interest in addressing security issues, specifically cross-border terrorism and escalating [...]	2008-07-21 12:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PINR KDEM BG IN
08NEWDELHI2011	FS MENON'S COMMENTS POINT TO RISING TENSION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 21, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon voiced allegations of Pakistan involvement in the July 17 bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul, on the heels of the fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue (CD) with Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir earlier [...]	2008-07-22 14:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM PK IN
08NEWDELHI2047	COOL HEADS PREVAIL IN RESPONSE TO KABUL ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian Ministry for External Affairs (MEA) Director for Pakistan Affairs Balasubramanian told Poloffs on July 23 that Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon,s aggressive press statements, alleging Pakistan's complicity in the July 7 Indian Embassy bombing, indicate a do [...]	2008-07-25 11:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM PK IN
08NEWDELHI2109	OPTIMISM REPLACE BY TENSION IN KASHMIR, BUT [...] Summary: (SBU)"Tension" is the new byword in Kashmir, replacing the optimism that seemed to be cautiously growing prior to the June outbreak of rioting related to the transfer of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board. An ongoing "bandh" (work stoppage) has been in place in Hindu-dominated [...]	2008-08-01 12:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KDEM PK IN
08NEWDELHI2110	RAJASTHAN BELLWETHER: RAJE REMAINS A STRONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the western state of Rajasthan facing elections in November 2008, Poloffs held meetings July 7-11 with high-level state officials, journalists, industrialists and state assembly members. Despite the May 13 Jaipur terrorist incident (Ref B) and the violent Gujjar-led agit [...]	2008-08-01 13:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI2111	KARZAI TO VISIT INDIA, TO BE GREETED WITH OPEN ARMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Within weeks of the July 7 suicide attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit New Delhi August 3-5. According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),Karzai will meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, President Pratibha Patil, Vice P [...]	2008-08-01 13:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM AF PK IN
08NEWDELHI2137	INDIA WELCOMES BHUTANESE PM ON FIRST TRIP ABROAD [...] (U) Summary. Bhutan's first democratically elected Prime Minister (PM) Jigmi Y. Thinley visited India July 14 - 17. The four-day visit to Delhi marked Thinley's first trip abroad after assuming power in April. Thinley met with Indian PM Manmohan Singh and other officials to continue the dialo [...]	2008-08-05 12:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BT INR ENRG
08NEWDELHI2146	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: VIOLENCE AND PROTESTS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Jammu and Kashmir remained on edge as violence sparked by the Amarnath land transfer controversy (reftels) continued into its second month. Over 50 people were injured on August 5 and rail and road traffic remained disrupted. The Prime Minister called an all-parties meeting on [...]	2008-08-06 11:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2170	NSG MUST "ACCEPT INDIA AS IT IS," ACCORDING TO [...] (C) Summary. In an August 6 meeting with the Charge, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma thanked the USG for its efforts to advance the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative and reaffirmed the GOI message -- accept India as it is -- in the lead up to the August 21-22 Nuclear Sup [...]	2008-08-08 10:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM ENRG KNNP PARM TSPL
08NEWDELHI2173	DELHI DIARY, AUGUST 4-8 [...] Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi from August 4-8, 2008, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- All-Party Meeting on Jammu and Kashmir Launches a Process -- Supreme Court Extends Ban on Islamic Student Group -- Election Dates Discus [...]	2008-08-08 10:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI2223	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: VIOLENCE AND PROTESTS PEAK [...] (C) Summary: Following two days of increasing tension and violence in Jammu and Kashmir, the situation improved on August 13. There were fewer protests and confrontations, with only one reported incident of police firing on protestors. Curfew was relaxed for most of the day and truck traff [...]	2008-08-13 14:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2234	DELHI DIARY, AUGUST 11-14 [...] (U) Below is a complilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 11-14, 2008, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- September 6 Deadline for Poll Schedules -- Congress Dilemma in Jharkhand -- No Change in Uttarakhand Leadership -- Women Turn C [...]	2008-08-14 13:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI2264	PM'S INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS: INDIA'S MOMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: While giving prominent attention to issues that most directly involve U.S. interests -- U.S.-India Civil Nuclear initiative, Jammu and Kashmir, terrorism and regional security -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's traditional Independence Day address on August 15 focused primaril [...]	2008-08-21 12:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY
08NEWDELHI2265	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: TENSION EXPECTED IN THE VALLEY [...] (C) Summary: After a relatively calm week so far, August 22 is expected to be tense in the Kashmir valley because separatist leaders have called for a march in memory of those who died in police firings in recent weeks. Any clash between security forces and the protesters will further infla [...]	2008-08-21 13:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2288	DELHI DIARY, AUGUST 18-25 [...] (U) In the wake of the July 22 trust vote in Parliament over the U.S.-India civil nuclear deal in which the Samajwadi Party (SP) lined up squarely with the Congress Party, the two parties announced on August 18 the establishment of a high-powered coordination committee to ensure smooth relati [...]	2008-08-25 13:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KISL KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI2289	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: THE GOI CRACKS DOWN [...] (C) Summary: Indian security forces cracked down forcefully in the Kashmir valley to prevent a protest march in Srinagar on August 25. They arrested prominent separatist leaders and imposed a complete curfew in the entire valley. The police and paramilitary aggressively enforced the curfew [...]	2008-08-25 13:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2308	INDIAN PARLIAMENT TO CONVENE ON OCTOBER 17 [...] (SBU) The Indian parliament will hold its next session October 17 through November 21, 2008. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs on August 26. The session will be a continuation of the brief July 21-22 session in which the United Progressive [...]	2008-08-27 14:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI2378	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: CALM AND VIOLENCE-FREE WEEK [...] (C) Summary: The Kashmir valley and the Jammu region have been calm this week, with few reports of violence or police-protester clashes. Security forces lifted curfew around the state. Everyday life returned to normal with government offices, markets, businesses and schools reopening. The [...]	2008-09-04 13:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI239	CONGRESS ROUTED, BJP FORMS GOVERNMENT IN HIMACHAL [...] (SBU) On January 9, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed the state government in Himachal Pradesh (HP) after routing the Congress Party in a head-to-head contest. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati,s party did not make any impression, winning only one seat and failing to replicate in H [...]	2008-01-24 11:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI2556	UPA STEPS UP ANTI-TERROR REGULATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Government of India faced yet another political storm after a series of bombs ripped through New Delhi on September 13, killing 21 people and injuring more than 100. The Indian Mujahideen -- a new, homegrown Islamic extremist group -- claimed responsibility for the attacks. [...]	2008-09-22 14:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM PTER IN
08NEWDELHI2631	THE POLITICS OF BANNING THE BAJRANG DAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent violence against Christians in Karnataka spurred on by members of the Hindu militant group Bajrang Dal has renewed calls to ban the group. This issue has become entwined with the UPA government's consideration of a variety of measures to strengthen the GOI's ability to com [...]	2008-10-01 13:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	IN KDEM KWIR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SOCI
08NEWDELHI2681	BJP LEADER NAIDU DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Venkaiah Naidu told PolCouns that he expects inflation, terrorism and the crisis in agriculture to be the main issues in the upcoming national elections. He was confident of the BJP winning state assembly elections due in four states this Nove [...]	2008-10-08 11:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KIRF CVIS IN
08NEWDELHI2732	INDIAN AMBASSADOR IN SEOUL TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] (SBU) In an October 17 meeting with MEA Under Secretary Vishwesh Negi and Korean Embassy Counselor Lee Jeongkyu, Policy Planning Staffer Daniel Twining urged the MEA to consider sending a Joint Secretary level official to the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) senior officials meeting i [...]	2008-10-17 09:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2742	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: ELECTION COMMISSION STILL [...] (C) Summary: Several weeks of peace and quiet in Kashmir have reignited discussion of whether or not state assembly elections should be held as scheduled before January 8 or whether they ought to be postponed to some time after spring next year. No decision has been made as of the afternoon [...]	2008-10-20 01:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2746	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: After weeks of consideration and consultations, the Election Commission finally decided to hold state assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir in seven phases over a five week period starting November 17. Results will be announced on December 28. Most of the political partie [...]	2008-10-21 01:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2771	INDIA WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AFGHAN ELECTIONS, DETAILS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on "Elections in Afghanistan" to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Deputy Secretary (Pakistan Afghanistan, and Iran),Piyush Shrivastava on October 14. Shrivastava assured PolOff that India would contribute to the Afghan elections, but was vague about w [...]	2008-10-22 12:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PGOV PREL AF IN
08NEWDELHI2772	PARLIAMENT COULD ADJOURN EARLY [...] (SBU) There are increasing signs that the Parliamentary session which began on October 17 and was scheduled to run through November 21, will be adjourned early, perhaps as soon as October 24, and reconvened at a later date. Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla told Acting DCM on October 22 that the [...]	2008-10-22 13:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI2794	PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS EARLY, WILL RECONVENE DECEMBER [...] (U) The Indian parliamentary session which began on October 17 and was scheduled to run through November 21 ended early when the ruling United Progressive Alliance government and the opoosition Bharatiya Janata Party agreed to adourn today. Cutting short the session allows lawmakers to go hom [...]	2008-10-24 12:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI2829	PUNJAB: BELLWETHER STATE CAUGHT BETWEEN CONSUMER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Punjab remains the richest state in India with its historically strong agricultural sector, and nascent real estate and industrial sectors. However, there are signs of decline in Punjab as other states surge ahead. Its long-held claim to highest per capita income in India has [...]	2008-10-31 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI2872	KING OF BHUTAN CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA [...] (U) Even in the midst of hi coronation celebrations, His Majesty the Fifth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck sent a congratulatory message to President-Elect Barack Obama via fax on November 5. The speed with which the Bhutanese sent the message reflects the intense interest the U.S. [...]	2008-11-07 07:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
08NEWDELHI2911	BHUTAN READY FOR PRAGMATIC, IF NOT FORMAL, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley, during his November 5-7 visit to Bhutan to attend the coronation of King Jigme Keshar Namgyal Wangchuck as Bhutan's new king. The former King expressed pessimism about the new government in Nep [...]	2008-11-13 07:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	BH IN KDEM MARR NP ODIP PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF
08NEWDELHI2912	BHUTAN READY FOR PRAGMATIC, IF NOT FORMAL, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley, during his November 5-7 visit to Bhutan to attend the coronation of King Jigme Keshar Namgyal Wangchuck as Bhutan's new king. The former King expressed pessimism about the new government in Nep [...]	2008-11-13 07:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	BH IN KDEM MARR NP ODIP PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF
08NEWDELHI2946	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: GOI PULLS OFF A SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite bad weather, aggressive calls from separatists to stay home, and tight security, Jammu and Kashmir voters went to the polls in larger than expected numbers on November 17 in the first phase of elections for the state legislature. The voter turnout was estimated at 55 [...]	2008-11-18 13:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2954	GOI SEEMS OPEN TO DEVELOPING RECONSTRUCTION AND [...] (C) Summary: Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization Ambassador John Herbst met MEA officials November 6 to explore potential areas of cooperation between the United States and India in civilian reconstruction and stabilizatioN efforts. United Nations-Political Division Joint Secreta [...]	2008-11-19 11:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	IN KCOR KCRS KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08NEWDELHI2987	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: SECOND ROUND OF ELECTIONS TOPS [...] (C) Summary: For the second time in less than a week, Jammu and Kashmir voters went to the polls in larger than expected numbers on November 23 in the second phase of elections for the state legislature. The voter turnout was estimated at 65 percent for the six seats contested. Each contes [...]	2008-11-24 13:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI3003	INDIA RELUCTANT ON TALIBAN TALKS, CONSULTING [...] (C) Summary: In a 24 November meeting with PolCouns, Indian Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) T.C.A. Raghavan expressed his government's concern over ISAF members' willingness to engage the Taliban. Raghavan welcomed a USAID proposal for a Trilatera [...]	2008-11-26 13:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ENRG KDEM AF IR PK XD IN
08NEWDELHI3018	MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: INDIAN PUBLIC'S ANGER AND [...] (C) Summary: Indians across the country reacted with anger and outrage at the Mumbai terrorist attacks. They were jolted by the brazenness of the attacks and the level of sophistication involved. They are furious at the country's political leadership for its failure to protect them. They [...]	2008-11-28 13:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI3020	INDIA & PAKISTAN TALK AS TERROR CRISIS UNFOLDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 14:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	IN KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PRER
08NEWDELHI3025	MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: GOI HEADS BEGIN TO ROLL [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister began to take some initial steps to respond to the anger and fury of the Indian public at GOI failures that made the Mumbai attacks possible. Home Minister Shivraj Patil resigned on November 30. Finance Minister P.C. Chidambaram takes over from him while the Prime M [...]	2008-11-30 16:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3030	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: PEACEFUL POLLING CONTINUES [...] (U) Summary: Voters in Jammu and Kashmir went to the polls in record numbers on November 30, and for the third time in a row, defied separatists' calls for an election boycott. The high turnout for phase three of the state assembly elections was all the more impressive as it came amidst the te [...]	2008-12-01 12:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI3031	MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: POLITICAL FALLOUT CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: A day after the Home Minister was sacked, the impact of the Mumbai tragedy continued to play out domestically and in the Indo-Pakistan relationship. There is likely to be a shakeup in the Maharashtra state government today. At an all-party meeting, the Prime Minister unveiled a number [...]	2008-12-01 13:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3044	MUMBAI ATTACKS UPDATE: DIPLOMATS IN DELHI DELIVER [...] (C) Summary: Diplomatic missions in Delhi have agreed to offer a more sympathetic message to the Indians rather than pound on the government for its massive intelligence failure. Evidence that Pakistani-based extremist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) was the culprit is still not out in the open, alt [...]	2008-12-02 15:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3054	PM SINGH URGES MCCAIN CODEL TO DELIVER TOUGH [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Senators McCain, Lieberman, Graham, and the Ambassador in a December 2 meeting that the November terrorist attacks in Mumbai were of an unprecedented level of sophistication, clearly launched by LeT from Pakistani soil, with at least the knowle [...]	2008-12-03 11:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	IN KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI3067	MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: INDIA REELS UNDER STRAIN [...] (C) Summary: A week after the Mumbai attacks, the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, the Indian security bureaucracy and the Indian public continued to struggle to make sense of how the attacks occurred and what form a proper response should take, both internally a [...]	2008-12-04 15:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3094	CONGRESS COMES TO POWER IN RAJASTHAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a five-year gap, the Congress Party returned to power in Rajasthan as poll results were announced on December 8. Congress soundly defeated the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),winning 98 out of 200 seats in the state assembly. Despite spiraling commodity prices an [...]	2008-12-08 13:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI3124	CONGRESS BRACES FOR STORMY POST-MUMBAI PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: The fallout from Mumbai terror attacks will dominate debate in the Indian Parliament, which reconvened on December 10. The political opposition will seek to lay the blame squarely on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and accuse it of being soft on terrorism. [...]	2008-12-11 11:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI3185	JAMMU AND KASHMIR ELECTIONS: SIXTH DOWN, ONE TO GO [...] (C) Summary: The sixth round of state assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir went like the first five - record turnout, no violence, and no allegations of coercion. Voter turnout in this round was estimated at 65 percent, with dramatic increases from the 2002 election in constituencies tha [...]	2008-12-18 13:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI3197	GOI'S SWIFT COUNTERTERRORISM STEPS HELP LIMIT [...] (C) To respond to the public outcry following the Mumbai terror attacks, the GOI moved quickly to limit the political damage and demonstrate that it is serious about combating terrorism. It forced through a bill to create a new crime fighting federal agency that will concentrate on terrorism [...]	2008-12-19 12:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI332	GOI WARNS POWELL OF GROWING UML-MAOIST ALLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for North (Nepal and Bhutan) Preeti Saran told SIPDIS Ambassador Nancy Powell she thought the United Marxist-Leninist (UML) Party and the Maoists were forming an alliance ahead of Nepali elections. Saran expressed concern th [...]	2008-02-01 09:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KDEM NP IN
08NEWDELHI353	GAMBARI TELLS INDIA TO USE ITS INFLUENCE ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary. UN Special Envoy for Burma Ibrahim Gambari's late January visit to India delivered the message that India should use its influence to do more to help the democratization and reconciliation process in Burma. Gambari told British and Canadian missions privately that India reiterate [...]	2008-02-04 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BM IN
08NEWDELHI431	DELHI DIARY, JAN 31 - FEB 8 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 31- February 8, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- India to host Summit of India-Africa Forum in April -- Leaders Continue to Beat a Path to India's Door -- Three UP MPs Disqualified, Tel [...]	2008-02-08 13:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER TBIO KDEM SOCI IN CH BT DA
08NEWDELHI506	CONGRESS TRIES TO BREATHE LIFE INTO THE PARTY WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The rattled Congress high command is exploring several moves ) cabinet reshuffle, populist budget, changing alliance partners, promotion of Rahul Gandhi - to recover from its trouncing by the Bharatiya Janata Party in recent state assembly elections. Public bullying by the Le [...]	2008-02-15 13:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR IN
08NEWDELHI542	INDIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AFTER PAKISTAN GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 08:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	IN KDEM KISL MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI560	CODEL BIDEN MEETING WITH NSA NARAYANAN [...] (C) Summary. In a February 20 meeting with Codel Biden (consisting of Senators Joe Biden, John Kerry and Chuck Hagel),National Security Advisor M.K.A. Narayanan disclosed that GOI negotiations with the IAEA on the India-specific safeguards agreement are going well and he expects the agreemen [...]	2008-02-22 09:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PARM KDEM KNNP ENRG SOCI IS
08NEWDELHI7	CODEL VOINOVICH MEETING WITH PM SINGH [...] (C) Summary. In a December 29 meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Codel Voinovich (consisting of Senator Voinovich, and Congressmen Turner, Gingrey, Pearce and Bishop) expressed appreciation for the Prime Minister's leadership in bringing U.S.-India relations to new heights. Senator V [...]	2008-01-02 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KNNP SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI701	HARYANA BELLWETHER: A PROSPEROUS STATE WITH STRONG [...] (C) Summary: January 20-22, Emboffs traveled to Haryana to gauge the political, economic, and social climate of the state. Journalists and politicians alike described the pace of development as constant and fast in Haryana regardless of which political party leads the state, leading to overall [...]	2008-03-06 12:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV KDEM SENV IN
08NEWDELHI795	COMMUNISTS AND BJP/RSS TAKE THEIR KERALA STREET [...] (C) Summary The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) battled each other last week in parliament, on the Delhi street and in Kerala over who was to blame for violence between the CPM and the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) in Kerala. BJP members of [...]	2008-03-17 09:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM PINR IN
08NEWDELHI836	ON EVE OF ELECTION, BHUTANESE WARY OF COMMUNIST [...] (U) Due to months of low-level bombing campaigns by leftist groups, Bhutan as a precaution is sealing two border areas with India in the run-up to the Bhutanese National Assembly elections scheduled for March 24. Just as occurred during the December 31 upper house election, the border between [...]	2008-03-20 13:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER BT IN
08NEWDELHI849	BHUTAN: THE LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON PLANS FOR [...] (U) Summary: On a January 31 ) February 3 trip to Bhutan, SCA/INS desk officer and Poloff met with Bhutanese government officials and political figures to discuss the current political and social climate in the country ahead of its National Assembly (lower house) elections on March 24. Despite [...]	2008-03-24 06:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT
08NEWDELHI888	INDIA WELCOMES GILANI'S INAUGURATION, ANTICIPATES [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh warmly congratulated the new Pakistani Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, on the occasion of his taking office March 25 and expressed GOI optimism that Indo-Pakistani ties will improve. Kashmiri politicians expressed similar optimism for Gilani's tenure, [...]	2008-03-27 11:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER PBTS PK IN
08NEWDELHI895	WITH ELECTIONS ON THE HORIZON, RAJASTHAN WRESTLES [...] (C) Summary: On a March 11-14 trip to Rajasthan, Poloffs met journalists, politicians, and academicians to gauge the political and social pulse of the state before elections there in November 2008. Currently under the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),Chief Minister Vasundhara R [...]	2008-03-28 10:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI971	WELCOME TO THE WORLD'S NEWEST DEMOCRACY: BHUTAN [...] (SBU) Demonstrating a strong commitment to a transition to democracy, Bhutan went to the polls on March 24 to provide a lop-sided victory for the Druk Pheuensum Tshogpa (DPT),one of the two parties in contention. DPT president Jigme Y. Thinley is expected to be sworn in as Prime Minister sho [...]	2008-04-02 13:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT
08NIAMEY1111	CIVIL SOCIETY, OPPOSITION REACT TO CALLS FOR THIRD TERM [...] Over the past several months speculation has mounted in the local media, within civil society, and in political circles about President Tandja's political intentions to seek a third term through an amendment to the country's constitution, which limits the presidential office to two five-year t [...]	2008-11-21 10:02:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
08NIAMEY303	NIGER: DONORS DISCUSS ELECTIONS [...] (U) There is an action request in paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GON has proposed an ambitious timetable to create a new voters registration list in preparation for elections in 2009, although it is not clear that registration can take place in the north given the security situation th [...]	2008-03-11 13:36:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID KDEM NG
08NIAMEY545	NIGER: CIVIL SOCIETY PROTESTS AGAINST NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] On May 21, the Movement of Citizens for Peace and the Republic (a group of civil society associations) organized a peaceful march and rally to protest the recent bill increasing National Assembly members' benefits (reftel). Thousands of demonstrators marched to the National Assembly square, whe [...]	2008-05-21 15:04:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NG
08NIAMEY727	NIGER: VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE [...] Summary. Niger's voter registration drive took place June 19 - July 10, 2008. The National Committee to Pilot the Revision of the Voter Register (known by its French acronym CNPRFE) was created in 2007 to prepare a new voter register. After a long delay related to the committee's organization a [...]	2008-07-24 14:32:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM NG
08NIAMEY975	Community of Democracies at UNGA [...] Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Whitaker and Political Specialist Idi Moussa delivered subject demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Director for the Americas, Asia, and Oceania Sani Nana Aicha Andia and Desk Officer for the Americas Aboubacar Danbarma on September 19. 2. Aicha [...]	2008-09-20 14:42:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM UNGA NG
08NICOSIA103	CYPRUS SUPPORTS LEBANON, BUT WON'T ISSUE PUBLIC [...] Per reftel, PolOff on February 11 demarched MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysis Dionysiou to request urgent Cypriot support for Lebanon and to urge the RoC to condemn publicly Iran and Syria's interference there. In response, Dionysiou promised to forward to appropriate MFA officials our sp [...]	2008-02-13 09:07:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV CY
08NICOSIA277	EMBASSY NICOSIA THOUGHTS ON "DAY OF SOLIDARITY [...] (SBU) In promoting the May 21 "Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People," the Embassy intends to place an Ambassador-drafted op-ed in prominent Greek Cypriot daily newspapers. The article will attempt to draw attention to the plight of Cuba's prisoners of conscience, call for a legitimate pol [...]	2008-05-05 13:14:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL CY
08NICOSIA309	EMBASSY NICOSIA PLANS UNCHANGED FOR COMMEMORATING [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 14:24:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL SOCI CY CU
08NICOSIA34	CYPRUS GREENS REMAIN FAITHFUL PAPADOPOULOS ALLIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cyprus's Greens should have little affection for a cantankerous chain-smoker who equates Birkenstocks with Wagnerian opera, not fuzzy footwear. Yet the island's pre-eminent environmental movement, represented in Parliament since 2001, steadfastly supports RoC President Tassos P [...]	2008-01-14 14:53:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SENV CY
08NICOSIA554	CYPRUS FOLLOWS EU, SUPPORTS PRISONERS OF [...] Per reftel, PolOff demarched Attach Stelios Georgiades, Cypriot MFA Human Rights Desk Officer, on July 2 regarding support for the Prisoners of Conscience public affairs event in New York. Georgiades responded that the week of July 7-12 he would attend the EU Working Party on Human Rights (COH [...]	2008-07-21 11:51:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL CY
08NICOSIA897	CYPRUS WILL CONSIDER USG CONCERNS OVER EXPULSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 13:19:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL CY
08NOUAKCHOTT682	THE DEEP SOUTH POST-COUP: THE MORE THINGS CHANGE... [...] (C) Summary: Since the August 6 military-led overthrow of President Abdallahi, political and economic conditions in the south of Mauritania have remained largely unchanged, according to numerous community leaders. Politically, most community leaders showed tacit approval for the coup, with o [...]	2008-11-18 19:01:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAGR ECON ELTN MR
08NOUAKCHOTT710	NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT BUSH GARNERS [...] (U) Charge hand-delivered message from President Bush to President Abdallahi (Reftel) on November 30 to FNDD co-leader in charge of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Ould Maouloud. Local media picked up the story December 1, resulting in several calls to the PAO section asking for confirmation that the [...]	2008-12-03 14:43:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KDEM MR
08NOUAKCHOTT711	PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S UNDELIVERED MAURITANIAN NATIONAL DAY [...] (U) President Abdallahi was supposed to deliver an address to the nation on Mauritanian National Day (November 28). However, he was prevented from doing so by security forces that arrived and banned journalists from entering his village (Ref A). A text of the speech was released by the FNDD [...]	2008-12-04 09:08:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KDEM MR
08NOUAKCHOTT715	PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S UNDELIVERED MAURITANIAN NATIONAL DAY [...] (U) President Abdallahi was supposed to deliver an address to the nation on Mauritanian National Day (November 28). However, he was prevented from doing so by security forces that arrived and banned journalists from entering his village (Ref A). A text of the speech was released by the FNDD [...]	2008-12-04 12:15:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KDEM MR
08NOUAKCHOTT718	MEDIA FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION TAKES A STEP BACKWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: After a "honeymoon" period of press freedom during the democratic transition of 2005-2007 and President Abdallahi's time in office, a marked decline has occurred since the August 6 coup led by General Aziz. State-run media is as tightly controlled as ever, and online web sites [...]	2008-12-04 14:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO KDEM PROP MR
08NOUAKCHOTT722	THE FNDD'S TAWASSOUL PARTY: STILL CONFIDENT OF [...] (C) Summary: Members of the moderate Islamist party Tawassoul expressed strong anti-coup sentiments and faith that their efforts to fight the military regime would eventually lead to its downfall. They rejected accusations by the High State Council (military junta) that they are "extremists [...]	2008-12-07 17:18:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
08OSLO151	NORWAY NOT PLANNING A STATEMENT ON IRANS ELECTION [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel points to MFA Iran Advisor Jan Dybfest who stated that Norway was not at this point planning any statement on Iran's elections. Dybfest agreed with the U.S. criticisms of Iran's election and stated that Norway shared many of the same concerns. He said he would r [...]	2008-03-14 13:43:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL IR NO
08OSLO388	NORWAY STILL CONSIDERING PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (C) In response to the reftel demarche and subsequent discussions with Anne Merchant, Senior Advisor in the MFA Section for Human Rights and Democracy, the GON refused to confirm support for the NYC prisoners of conscience public affairs event. Merchant stated that she could not commit until [...]	2008-07-10 13:59:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PERL KDEM
08OSLO402	NORWAY WON'T SUPPORT PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE EVENT [...] (C) Poloff was called by Anne Merchant, Senior Advisor in the MFA Section for Human Rights and Democracy, and told that Norway would not co-sponsor the NYC prisoners of conscience event. Merchant had consulted extensively with State Secretary Elizabeth Walaas and the issue had been debated in [...]	2008-07-18 14:24:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PERL KDEM
08OSLO519	NORWAY CONCERNED ABOUT EVENTS IN BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Oyvind Johansen and Kjersti Rodsmoen of the Latin America section of the MFA to deliver reftel points. While generally supportive of our talking points, they inquired what kinds of evidence (if any) had been used by the governments of Bolivia and Venezuela to support thei [...]	2008-09-22 11:55:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC NO
08OSLO564	NORWAY SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 11:02:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL AF NO
08OSLO613	MORALES NOVEMBER 26 OSLO VISIT AN OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (C) Embassy Oslo delivered points in reftel concerning the explusion of DEA from Bolivia to the head of the Latin American section in the MFA, Hege Araldsen. Araldsen asked if it would be possible to have more information on the positive impact that the DEA has had in Bolivia. Bolivia's Presi [...]	2008-11-10 15:00:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL NO
08OSLO675	NORWAY HESITATES ON PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) The underdirector of the MFA Pakistan/Afghanistan section of the Norwegian MFA, and the special advisor on Afghanistan in the Ministry of Defense, were unwilling to commit at this stage to additional Norwegian military elements to provide security for the upcoming Afghan elections. Post [...]	2008-12-17 13:57:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF NO
08OTTAWA1172	CANADA WILL DISCUSS BRAZIL'S PARTICIPATION IN PDG [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Policy Planning officer Helen Fytche told poloff September 4 that Canada would be pleased to discuss Brazil's participation in the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG) at the October 17 Steering Group meeting. Canada felt [...]	2008-09-05 21:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KDEM BR CA
08OTTAWA1253	CANADA CONSIDERING FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO [...] (C) Canada is leaning toward extending financial support to the Community of Democracies (CD) Secretariat, and will likely announce that it is exploring ways to provide a modest contribution at the September 26 CD meeting, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFAIT) Senior Policy An [...]	2008-09-19 20:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNGA CA
08OTTAWA1331	CANADA TO ANNOUNCE SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Policy Advisor Jennifer Kleniewski confirmed to pol/miloff on October 15 that the just re-elected Conservative government "soon" would announce Canada's "substantial" donation to support the 2009 and 2010 [...]	2008-10-16 20:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV KDEM AF CA
08OTTAWA1345	CANADA WILL CONTRIBUTE $35 MILLION TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Policy Advisor Jennifer Kleniewski told pol/miloff on October 20 that Canada has budgeted $35 million to support the 2009 and 2010 elections in Afghanistan. In her follow-up to ref a, she also specifie [...]	2008-10-20 18:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KDEM PGOV AF CA
08OTTAWA1424	OTTAWA HOSTS LIKE-MINDED COUNTRIES INFORMAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada hosted an informal meeting of like-minded countries on Zimbabwe in Ottawa on October 30. Delegates agreed that MDC and ZANU-PF are in the midst of a power struggle to which there is no easy solution in sight. Several countries expressed concern at the Like-Minded Group,s [...]	2008-11-07 16:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID ZI CA

08OTTAWA380	CANADA ON IRAN'S ELECTIONS [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on March 14, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon E. Venner (a former Ambassador to Iran) expressed appreciation for the draft U.S. statement on Iran's parliamentary elect [...]	2008-03-14 17:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM IR CA
08OTTAWA467	HAITI: THE CENTERPIECE OF CANADA'S LATIN AMERICA [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 13. 2. (C) Summary: Following the roll-out in 2007 of a higher priority to Latin America in its foreign policy, Haiti has emerged as the key component of Canada's Latin America strategy. During a mid-February 2008 visit, Foreign Minister Bernier [...]	2008-04-07 17:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EAID ECON CA HA
08OTTAWA491	CANADA'S RENEWED FOCUS ON LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: PM Harper has made Latin America one of a very few focal points for Canada's foreign policy, alongside Afghanistan, improving relations with the U.S., and developing stronger ties with the rising economic powers of Asia. Of the three pillars of the Latin America strategy -- secu [...]	2008-04-10 14:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KDEM XM CA
08OTTAWA572	CANADA ATTENDANCE AT PARIS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT [...] (sbu) Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier will likely lead Canada's delegation to the June International Support Conference on Afghanistan in Paris, according to Richard Arbiter, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Acting Director for Policy and Advocacy on the Afghanistan [...]	2008-04-24 17:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF CA EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL
08OTTAWA593	CANADIAN EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRATIZATION ABROAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has taken a middle course between the large expansion of democratization capacity that a Parliamentary committee recommended in July 2007 and the ad hoc approach it had been following before then. Canada is justifiabl [...]	2008-04-25 18:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM PREL CA
08OTTAWA628	CANADA TO CONSIDER "DAY OF SOLIDARY WITH CUBA" [...] (C) In separate conversations with PolMinCouns, senior policy advisor to the Foreign Minister Ross O'Connor and Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) expressed Canada's willingness to consider o [...]	2008-05-07 17:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM CU CA
08OTTAWA638	CANADA AND PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE FOR AGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 17:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF CA EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL
08OTTAWA640	MISSION CANADA OUTREACH TO DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Canada personnel regularly engage democracy activists, notably from Burma, Somalia, Sudan, and Belarus,. Our outreach has helped to empower groups whose links to their home country can make a difference on the margins in the development of democracy and stability. On [...]	2008-05-08 21:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PREL CA
08OTTAWA653	CANADA'S POST-CONFLICT STABILIZATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's "Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force" (START) has become a key component of its foreign affairs architecture. Its Ottawa headquarters works on policy formulation, while inter-agency teams now operate in Haiti, Uganda, Colombia, and Kandahar -- and soon also in [...]	2008-05-13 18:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PINS KDEM KJUS MCAP PGOV CA
08OTTAWA724	FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE DRAFT AGENDA PASSED TO [...] (U) Poloff passed a copy of the draft agenda for the Friends of Iraq Conference to Iraq Desk Officer David Leach of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade on May 30. Leach thanked us for keeping Canada in the loop, but reconfirmed that Canada would not send a representative [...]	2008-05-30 18:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS KDEM EAID ECON CA IZ
08OTTAWA906	CANADA REQUESTS LIST OF SUPPORTERS OF PRISONERS OF [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Human Rights, Gender Equality, Health, and Population Division Policy Advisor Sue Butchart, Canada would like to see a "broad regional cross-section of support" for the prisoners of conscience public affairs event (reftel) [...]	2008-07-07 19:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EUN KDEM CA
08OUAGADOUGOU261	GOBF APPOINTS NEW MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY RELATIONS; [...] (U) On March 23, Prime Minister Tertius Zongo adjusted his cabinet, starting with the removal from the Government of powerful Minister of Agriculture and Minister of State Salif Diallo, and ending with an addition to government of one newcomer (reftel). The former Minister of Environment, Laur [...]	2008-04-07 07:33:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR EAGR EFIN KDEM UV
08OUAGADOUGOU272	French DCM on Cote d'Ivoire Peace Process [...] (C) Summary: The French DCM told us April 8 that progress at the latest round of Cote d'Ivoire peace talks held March 21 in Ouagadougou was modest, with good results in issuing almost 500,000 birth certificates to identify Ivorian citizens, but little success in disarming northern Cote d'Ivoir [...]	2008-04-10 14:57:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM UV IV
08OUAGADOUGOU396	BURKINA FASO: DECENTRALIZATION STARTS IN EARNEST, BUT [...] Key Points: -- Municipal elections in Burkina Faso were successfully carried out in April 2006, and resulted in an unparalleled increase in the number of elected female officials (5000 female councilors out of nearly 18,000). -- Despite this progress, local governments struggle to carry ou [...]	2008-05-12 09:30:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI UV
08OUAGADOUGOU504	Burkina Faso: Special Municipal Elections in Four Rural [...] (C) Summary and Comment: While Embassy observers witnessed the smooth operations of special elections held June 1 for municipal councils in four rural communes, the real story behind the elections was disappointing. In each commune, faithful from the ruling Congress for Democracy and Progress [...]	2008-06-11 16:52:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI UV
08OUAGADOUGOU603	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGENT REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON UNSC [...] (C) On July 3, PolOff presented reftel demarche to MOFA Director for International Organizations Dieudonne Sougouri. Referring to meetings held at the recent African Union (AU) Summit in Egypt, Sougouri said that the GOBF, along with other African nations condemned the actions of President Mug [...]	2008-07-07 08:11:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI UV
08OUAGADOUGOU817	CABINET RESHUFFLE IN BURKINA FASO: SIX MINISTERS MOVED; [...] (U) On September 3, Prime Minister Tertius Zongo announced a new cabinet. The shake-up follows the recent appointment of former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Djibrill Bassole, as AU-UN Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur. Bassole's departure led to the repositioning of six ministers and the addit [...]	2008-09-12 07:46:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM UV
08OUAGADOUGOU925	BURKINA FASO: WEST AFRICAN ELECTORAL COMMISSIONS DISCUSS [...] (U) Summary: Burkina Faso's National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) hosted a three-day workshop for a network of West African States (RESEAO) to discuss the use of technology, specifically the use of mobile biometric technology, in the voter registration processes. The workshop, which [...]	2008-10-14 17:13:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM UV
08OUAGADOUGOU963	ARS Speaker Dr. Ekovich Educates Burkina on U.S. [...] Summary: August 29 -September 6, 2008 ARS Speaker Dr. Steven Ekovich presented a series of lectures to Burkinabe audiences from academia, media, government, military and students. The topic themes revolved around the U.S. political system, the electoral process, and especially the upcoming P [...]	2008-10-15 16:29:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPAO PHUM UV
08PANAMA125	PANAMA: SUPPORT LEBANON NOW DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 18:58:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY PM
08PANAMA510	PANAMA: JUNE 23 MEETING ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) "Panama fully supports (UK PM) Gordon Brown's recent statement regarding the violence in Zimbabwe," Panamanian MFA UNSC Advisor Janio Tunon told POL Fellow on June 23. Now that the opposition had pulled out of the upcoming elections, MFA UNSC Team ExecSec Thays Noriega told POLCOUNS that i [...]	2008-06-23 18:55:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI PM
08PANAMA529	PANAMA: "SANCTION" MAY BE NECESSARY IN ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 15:56:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI PM
08PANAMA541	PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORT FOR UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 20:13:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC PM ZI
08PANAMA550	PANAMA: VARELA WINS PANAMENISTA PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) "I want to issue a call not only for party unity, but also for a coalition to win the elections in 2009," exclaimed Juan Carlos Varela late in the evening on July 6, in declaring victory in the Panamenista Party presidential primary. On July 7, Alberto Vallarino, Varela's main opponent, a [...]	2008-07-07 21:18:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PM
08PANAMA726	SCENESETTER: PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT TORRIJOS [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington in mid-September for meetings with the Secretary of State and the President. These meetings will take place about ten days after the ruling Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) will have selected its presidential candidate. The PR [...]	2008-09-05 19:57:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM KDEM ETRD ECON PINR PM
08PARAMARIBO394	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE [...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche to Juliette Redman, acting head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS),on September 18, 2008. 2, (U) Redman did not have any initial reaction. She said she would st [...]	2008-09-18 18:41:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA NS
08PARAMARIBO403	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AMBASSADORS IN BOLIVIA AND [...] (SBU) Per reftel, PolEcon Chief delivered talking points to Terence Craig, Head of the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname. Craig said the U.S. points were "well-crafted," and that he is very interested to see what happens next since Chavez has th [...]	2008-09-22 18:58:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC NS
08PARIS1024	FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE DRAFT AGENDA PASSED TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-29 15:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS KDEM EAID ECON FR IZ
08PARIS109	FRANCE CRITICIZE ARRESTS OF SYRIAN ACTIVISTS BUT [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to French MFA Syria desk officer Jean-Christophe Auge on January 14. He did not have an immediate response and stated he would have to get back to us. We used a January 17 meeting between visiting Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Securit [...]	2008-01-22 17:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM KMPI FR SY
08PARIS1139	FRENCH PRESIDENCY READOUT ON GUEANT/LEVITTE JUNE [...] (C) French presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon gave us a quick readout June 16 of the visit made to Damascus a day earlier by Elysee SecGen Claude Gueant, Diplomatic Adviser Jean David Levitte, and Boillon. The trio met with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad for about an hour, followed up by [...]	2008-06-16 14:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR SY LE
08PARIS1168	NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF LEBANON/SYRIA AT [...] (C) Summary: Lebanon/Syria dominated NEA-themed discussions between visiting NEA A/S Welch and his French MFA counterpart, Jean Felix-Paganon, June 12. Felix-Paganon and members of his team voiced relative satisfaction with the situation in Lebanon after the Doha accord but were watching c [...]	2008-06-20 12:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR LE SY IS IR IZ
08PARIS1170	NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF IRAQ AT FRENCH MFA, [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 13:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PTER PINS EUN FR IZ IR
08PARIS118	INFORMAL FRENCH RESPONSE TO S/I SATTERFIELD'S [...] (U) See action request in the second sub-tick of para 3. 2. (C) French MFA Iraq desk officer Olivier Masseret on January 8 gave us an "informal" response to the paper S/I David Satterfield passed to the Elysee and the MFA on December 28. Masseret explained that we would receive an "off [...]	2008-01-23 16:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KDEM FR IZ
08PARIS1183	FRANCE ACCEPTS IN PRINCIPLE SEEKING A PRST ON [...] (SBU) We passed reftel points to the French MFA early on June 23, including to the AF and IO/UNP equivalents. DCM subsequently raised the subject with French MFA Political Affairs Director (P-equivalent) Gerard Araud. He stated general French agreement with our points and general assessmen [...]	2008-06-23 16:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC FR ZI
08PARIS1248	UNSC/ZIMBABWE: FRENCH CONTINUE TO AGREE WITH U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 14:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI FR
08PARIS1261	FRANCE/SYRIA: WAITING FOR BASHAR [...] (C) In addition to what was reported in ref, French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon discussed Syria and Lebanon with us July 2. French President Sarkozy, according to Boillon, raised the status of the indirect dialogue between Syria and Israel via Turkey with Israeli PM Olmert. The Isr [...]	2008-07-03 18:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR SY LE IS SA
08PARIS129	TOGO: COOPERATION MINISTER BAWARA'S VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo Cooperation Minister Bawara focused on restarting bilateral and multilateral development assistance programs for Togo during his January 16-18 visit to France. According to MFA Desk Officer Daniel Westerink, Togo has developed a possible roadmap that could result in the r [...]	2008-01-24 16:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID EFIN MARR TO FR
08PARIS1316	FRANCE NONCOMMITTAL ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on Prisoners of Conscience Public Affairs event to the French MFA on July 2 but did not receive a substantive response. After multiple follow-ups, DAS-equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet told PolOff on July 10 that the GOF is still consulting EU par [...]	2008-07-10 17:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN PHUM KDEM
08PARIS1358	THE SYRIA/LEBANON SIDESHOW LARGELY UPSTAGES THE [...] (C) Summary: The GOF is pleased with what it considers to have been a major diplomatic triumph by using Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's participation in the recent Paris summit on the Mediterranean to achieve a public commitment from the Lebanese and Syrian presidents to normalize relatio [...]	2008-07-17 15:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM PBTS ECON FR SY LE IS IR
08PARIS1366	FRANCE/ZIMBABWE: FRENCH TO PROPOSE STRENGTHENING [...] (U) This is an action request (para 4). 2. (C) MFA Zimbabwe Desk Officer Isabelle de Boisgelen said on July 17 that France would propose to EU partners at the July 22-23 GAERC that the EU strengthen existing sanctions against Zimbabwe in the wake of the sham election and the failure to [...]	2008-07-18 13:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL KDEM ZI FR
08PARIS1426	FRENCH MFA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON DEALING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 23 Poloffs delivered reftel points to French MFA Syria desk officer Jean-Christophe Auge and European Affairs officer Anne Predour. Auge said a Sarkozy visit to Damascus was highly likely but subject to a last-minute cancellation depending on events in Lebanon and whether [...]	2008-07-25 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR SY LE PHUM
08PARIS155	FRENCH MFA EMPHASIZES THAT IRAQ'S PROBLEMS ARE [...] (U) Action request at para 7. 2. (C) At the end of a January 25 briefing by visiting Washington analysts on transition/security issues in Iraq, French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf Franck Gellet expanded on French reluctance to host the next meeting on the Iraq Compact [...]	2008-01-29 16:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM FR IZ UN
08PARIS1793	FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S. ON PNG DECISION BY BOLIVIA [...] (C) The French Government agrees with the U.S. position from reftel demarche on the decision by Bolivia and Venezuela to declare our ambassadors persona non grata (PNG),according to MFA desk officers Aurelien Lepine-Kouas and Lionel Paradisi who spoke to poloff on September 22. The MFA noted [...]	2008-09-25 15:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC FR
08PARIS1805	FRENCH GOVERNMENT TAKING A HARD LINE ON COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, Counselor on Africa at the French Presidency, on September 19 provided a frank assessment of the situation in Mauritania in the aftermath of the August 6 coup to Ambassador Mark Boulware, stating that the French are prepared for a "divorce" with Mauritania if P [...]	2008-09-26 16:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KDEM PINS MR FR
08PARIS1855	MARCH 14 SHOOTS ITSELF IN FOOT DURING ELYSEE VISIT [...] (S) Summary: A March 14th delegation led by Lebanese MP Marwan Hamadeh that met October 2 with senior French officials may have done more harm than good, at least so far as relations with the Elysee are concerned. "What world are they living in?" Boris Boillon, Counselor for Middle East Affairs at [...]	2008-10-08 10:11:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR PREL PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY
08PARIS187	BURKINA FASO/COTE D'IVOIRE: FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's January 27 visit to Burkina Faso focused on Cote d'Ivoire and the need to remain engaged on ensuring free and fair elections there, according to the MFA desk officer responsible for both countries. The main priority is to enable the e [...]	2008-02-01 18:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UV IV FR
08PARIS1946	MAURITANIA/FRANCE: "ISOLATE AZIZ, MAKE HIM LEAVE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French are attempting to isolate Mauritania coup leader General Aziz, in order to force his resignation, which would lead to the return of constitutional government, Presidential AF Counselor Romain Serman said on October 22. Serman said that the GOF had had some success in [...]	2008-10-23 13:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINS ETTC MR FR
08PARIS2101	COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH RESIGNED TO DELAYED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Marie Audouard on November 14 said that France was resigned to the fact that elections in Cote d'Ivoire would not be possible by the November 30 target date, but hoped that they would take place before the beginning of the 2009 rainy season. She [...]	2008-11-14 14:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MARR IV FR
08PARIS2149	FRANCE/ZIMBABWE: MORGAN TSVANGIRAI'S VISIT TO [...] (C) MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe visited France November 17-19, beginning in Strasbourg at the EU meeting on development. He met with FM Kouchner in Strasbourg and traveled in Kouchner's plane to Paris. In Paris on November 18, he met with Claude Gueant (Secretary-General at th [...]	2008-11-24 14:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ZI FR
08PARIS2151	TOGO: PRESIDENT FAURE GNASSINGBE'S VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo President Faure Gnassingbe's visit to Paris the week of November 17 was largely uneventful but allowed the two sides to touch base, and provided France the opportunity to remind Faure of the importance of carrying out democratic reform and holding meaningful dialogue with th [...]	2008-11-25 10:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV SNAR TO BN FR
08PARIS216	LATEST ELYSEE TAKE ON LEBANON [...] (C) French Presidency adviser on NEA affairs Boris Boillon told us February 1 that France has run out of "levers, carrots, and sticks" to use in resolving the continued political impasse in Lebanon. The word from the French embassy in Damascus, he added, was that Syrian President Asad has s [...]	2008-02-06 16:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY
08PARIS2253	MAURITANIA/FRANCE: POLITICAL PROCESS AT AN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, AF advisor at the French Presidency, said on December 10 that the political process in Mauritania was blocked, with neither Aziz, President Abdallahi, nor opposition leader Amed Ould Daddah willing to compromise to reach a solution. Serman said that internal GOF [...]	2008-12-11 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR KDEM MR FR
08PARIS243	FRENCH RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON CONDEMNING THE [...] (SBU) The GOF, per ref A, responded rapidly to the January 28 arrest of Riad Seif and other activists with a public statement the next day condemning the action and calling on Syria to respect its commitments under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. As previously repo [...]	2008-02-11 17:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM KMPI FR SY
08PARIS300	S/I SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES LEBANON/SYRIA WITH [...] (C) During meetings in Paris February 14-15 largely devoted to Iraq, S/I David Satterfield discussed Lebanon and Syria at the French Presidency and the MFA. Diplomatic adviser to the French president Jean-David Levitte on February 14 said that France has tried everything but was not present [...]	2008-02-20 16:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM FR LE SY SA
08PARIS304	S/I SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: S/I Satterfield discussed Iraq at the French Presidency and the MFA February 14 and 15. The French provided their formal response to the paper Satterfield had presented at the end of December. In addition to briefing the French on our view of the situation in Iraq, Satterfield [...]	2008-02-21 13:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID EFIN SHUM FR IZ
08PARIS307	Partnership for Democratic Governance - Readout on [...] Summary. The PDG Steering Group convened for the first time on February 13-14 in Paris. Secretary General Gurria chaired the meeting, which was attended by the nine Steering Group countries, plus the UNDP. Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Daniel S. Sullivan re [...]	2008-02-21 15:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON KDEM OECD
08PARIS31	S/I SATTERFIELD'S DECEMBER 28 MEETINGS PRECEDE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-08 12:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY
08PARIS34	S/I SATTERFIELD'S DECEMBER 28 MEETINGS PRECEDE [...] (C) Summary: S/I and NEA PDAS David Satterfield on December 28 urged French Presidency diplomatic adviser Levitte and MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Felix-Paganon in separate meetings to strengthen the Siniora government in Lebanon pending election of a president and to consider using the Arab Leag [...]	2008-01-08 18:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY
08PARIS344	ELYSEE READOUT ON LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S FEBRUARY [...] (C) French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon on 26 February provided a quick readout of Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora's February 21 meetings with French President Sarkozy and Prime Minister Fillon. Boillon stressed that the main message was one of French support to Lebanon's head of go [...]	2008-02-27 09:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EASS EFIN FR LE SY
08PARIS468	FRENCH MFA VIEWS ON IMMINENT IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) We passed reftel message to French MFA Iran desk officer Arnaud Pescheux, along with NEA/IR's draft press statement, on March 12. In his response on March 13, Pescheux noted the following: --France shares fully our concern about the selection of candidates. French estimates of the nu [...]	2008-03-14 08:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM FR IR
08PARIS481	FRENCH MFA VIEWS ON IMMINENT IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) We passed reftel message to French MFA Iran desk officer Arnaud Pescheux, along with NEA/IR's draft press statement, on March 12. In his response on March 13, Pescheux noted the following: --France shares fully our concern about the selection of candidates. French estimates of the nu [...]	2008-03-17 10:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM FR IR
08PARIS572	FRENCH THINKING ON LEBANON PRIOR TO THE ARAB [...] (C) Summary: The French MFA has publicly repeated its concern over the continuing political impasse in Lebanon but seems to have few ideas about what to do next to elect a new president or address the what appears to be an increasingly tense situation in that country. DAS-equivalent for the [...]	2008-03-27 10:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MARR FR LE SY IS
08PARIS589	COMOROS: EXILE OR EXTRADITION FOR BACAR? [...] (C) MFA Comoros desk officer Jacques Biau on March 27 said that renegade Anjouan leader Colonel Bacar had requested political asylum in France. Comoros has also requested Bacar's extradition to stand trial. Biau said that Bacar fled Anjouan when it became apparent that Union of the Comoros [...]	2008-03-28 14:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN FR
08PARIS599	COMOROS/FRANCE: MARCH 31 UPDATE ON BACAR'S [...] (C) MFA Comoros desk officer Jacques Biau on March 31 provided an update on former Anjouan leader Col. Bacar. Biau reported that Bacar and his 22-member entourage were in French custody at an airbase in Reunion. Biau said that there were three separate but related legal proceedings in prog [...]	2008-03-31 16:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN FR
08PARIS624	FRENCH PRESIDENCY THINKING ON LEBANON AND SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: The recent Arab summit in Damascus was a "failure" but the French still have no ideas about how to move the situation in Lebanon forward, according to French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon. He told us April 1 that the status quo seems to suit everyone for different reaso [...]	2008-04-04 10:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER FR LE SY
08PARIS83	S/I SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: Visiting S/I David Satterfield on December 28 provided an overview to French Presidency diplomatic adviser Levitte and French MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Felix-Paganon of U.S. efforts to promote Iraqi national reconciliation. He also provided a paper outlining U.S. ideas on how Fra [...]	2008-01-15 17:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR IZ IR
08PARIS909	FRENCH MFA ON LATEST LEBANON CRISIS [...] (C) We passed reftel points on Lebanon early in the day May 9 to French MFA DAS-equivalent Ludovic Pouille. In a subsequent meeting, Pouille stated that French FM Kouchner was engaged in active telephone diplomacy with Lebanese political faction leaders to urge restraint and respect for the [...]	2008-05-12 14:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR LE SY
08PARIS948	FRENCH FULLY SUPPORT ARAB LEAGUE AGREEMENT ON [...] (SBU) We made reftel points to the French MFA Syria desk officer Jean-Christophe Auge May 16 and passed relevant parts of press guidance and extracts from the May 15 Department press briefing to DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille and others in his "Lebanon cell." Auge, who noted [...]	2008-05-16 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR LE SY IR
08PARIS961	Partnership for Democratic Governance - Readout on Second [...] Summary. The PDG Steering Group (SG) held its second meeting on May 7. Deputy Secretary General Amano chaired the gathering, which was attended by the nine SG countries, plus the UNDP. USOECD Charg d'affaires Paul Reid represented the USA. The Head of the PDG Advisory Unit (AU) presented [...]	2008-05-20 13:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON KDEM OECD
08PARIS988	FRANCE/LEBANON: FRENCH PRESIDENCY POSITIVE BUT [...] (C) French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon told us May 22 that the GOF regarded the recently Doha accord on Lebanon as mostly favorable to the March 8 opposition but not entirely so. Most important, he stressed, the agreement stopped the fighting and got the political process for addressi [...]	2008-05-23 13:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KPAL FR LE SY IS
08PHNOMPENH1030	RESIDENTS IN ONGOING PHNOM PENH LAND DISPUTE RECEIVE FINAL [...] (SBU) On December 25, the Phnom Penh Municipal Government issued a "final" eviction notice to residents of the Dey Krahorm area of Phnom Penh. The notice, signed by Chamkarmon District Governor Lo Yuy, instructs the approximately 130 remaining Dey Krahorm families to vacate the area by Tuesday [...]	2008-12-29 10:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CB
08PHNOMPENH270	PRIME TIME FOR TELEVISED CANDIDATE DEBATES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To support prime time TV access for some of NDI's planned candidate debates during the June-July campaign season, the Ambassador March 21 called on Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith. The Ambassador emphasized the importance of media access for all parties in advance of [...]	2008-03-21 10:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM EAID CB
08PHNOMPENH305	OPPOSITION LEADER EVINCES CONFIDENCE IN FACE OF [...] (SBU) In an April 3 meeting with Poleconoffs, Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) parliamentarian Tioulong Samura evinced confidence in the face of rumors that she could be arrested over allegations that she was involved in the detention of a defector from the Sam Rainsy Party (reftel). Samura, who had j [...]	2008-04-04 09:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH360	CAMBODIA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE: LAND ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Prominent human rights organization leaders ranked land disputes, impunity, limits on freedom of assembly and the lack of rule of law among their top concerns, and predict the trends will continue through 2008. Land grabbers are using some new, fraudulent methods to claim land [...]	2008-05-02 05:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM KWMN CB
08PHNOMPENH399	HOR NAMHONG, SAM RAINSY SEEK EMBASSY INTERCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hor Namhong summoned the Ambassador on May 8 for a one-on-one meeting to explain to the Ambassador his defamation and disinformation cases against Sam Rainsy regarding Rainsy's assertion that Hor Namhong was a former Khmer Rouge prison camp chief. The aged and [...]	2008-05-13 09:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KJUS CB
08PHNOMPENH403	CAMBODIA PUBLIC OPINION: FAVORABLE TOWARD U.S. AND [...] (SBU/NOFORN) In a recent Cambodia public opinion poll, 87 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of the United States. International Republican Institute (IRI) conducted the public opinion survey in February 2008 and found public opinion of the U.S. higher than for any other country [...]	2008-05-15 07:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM CB
08PHNOMPENH472	CAMBODIA OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER EDITOR ARRESTED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday, June 8, the Cambodian editor-in-chief of an opposition party affiliated newspaper was arrested on criminal disinformation charges and is currently being held in pre-trial detention in a Phnom Penh prison. Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong filed the charges ag [...]	2008-06-10 10:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PJUS KDEM PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH554	CAMBODIAN ELECTIONS: LADIES FIRST, AS DEBATES GO [...] (SBU) Summary: The first multi-party candidate debate in preparation for Cambodia's July 27 election took place in Phnom Penh July 8. This initial debate featured women candidates from four parties, as a key theme of the National Democratic Institute (NDI's) USAID-financed program in Cambodia [...]	2008-07-08 08:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN CB
08PHNOMPENH558	CAMBODIA ELECTIONS: LEAD PARTIES GO HEAD-TO-HEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: A ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) candidate and lead opposition party Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) candidate faced off for the first time this pre-election season during a video-recorded political debate of female candidates on July 9. The debate was part of a 22-debate series [...]	2008-07-09 12:02:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KWMN CB
08PHNOMPENH565	CAMBODIA'S NATIONAL ELECTION COMMITTEE IMPROVING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charged with organizing the National Assembly election every five years, the National Election Committee (NEC) has assumed greater responsibilities since its first outing in 1998, just as the Royal Cambodian Government has assumed a greater budget burden to support an elector [...]	2008-07-11 13:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH575	CAMBODIA ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN SEASON SNAPSHOT FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs recently conducted pre-election monitoring trips in mainly rural parts of two populous provinces during the official campaign season for Cambodia's July 27 National Assembly elections, noting intense Cambodian People's Party campaigning throughout the areas traveled. O [...]	2008-07-16 11:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CB
08PHNOMPENH601	CAMBODIA ELECTION: SAM RAINSY PARTY STANDS TO GAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One day before the official cooling-off period ahead of the July 27 election, the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) is assessing its chances as good in many of Cambodia's 24 provinces. In more sober moments - when not rhetorically claiming imminent victory - party regulars will say they [...]	2008-07-25 04:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH602	CAMBODIA ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN SEASON SNAPSHOT FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs' pre-election monitoring trip in and around the capital of Phnom Penh revealed a campaign process that is generally running smoothly (particularly when compared to previous elections) and with very few official complaints logged to date. While the Election Committees a [...]	2008-07-25 07:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CB
08PHNOMPENH611	CAMBODIA ELECTION: PEACEFUL, ORDERLY [...] (SBU) The national election to choose Cambodia's next National Assembly came to a peaceful close July 27 as most of its 15,255 polling stations wrapped up ballot counting in the evening. Overall, the atmosphere was non-violent and free of threats, with many Cambodians boasting participation [...]	2008-07-28 01:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR CB
08PHNOMPENH622	CAMBODIA ELECTION: JAPANESE - "MUCH MORE FAIRLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Japanese and EU observer missions released statements on the National Assembly Election which praised the reduced levels of violence and intimidation and noted the generally smooth electoral process. The Japanese mission noted that irregularities should be handled through [...]	2008-07-29 11:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH626	OBSERVATIONS FROM EMBASSY STAFF: POLLING STATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty-seven Embassy teams observed the July 27 elections in 18 provinces and found above-average professional behavior from the more than 15,000 PSCs (Polling Station Commissions) in the country. PSC staff were generally seen as timely, competent, evenhanded, and impartial in [...]	2008-07-30 13:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM EAID CB
08PHNOMPENH629	CAMBODIA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY-ELECT: SOMETHING OLD, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Assembly-elect may not be sworn in until sometime in September if the opposition chooses to drag out the election appeals process. Nonetheless, it appears the CPP will hold onto its 90 seats (Ref B) and a clear electoral mandate. Whether CPP will form a coalition [...]	2008-07-31 09:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR CB
08PHNOMPENH630	CAMBODIAN ELECTORAL PROCESSES OFFER IMPROVED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Given the overall peaceful atmosphere of Cambodia's July 27 National Assembly election and its generally competent conduct, the contesting parties (especially the ruling Cambodian People's Party) and the CPP-dominated National Election Committee (NEC) deserve some recognition f [...]	2008-07-31 10:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH705	IN FAREWELL TO AMBASSADOR, SAM RAINSY HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An animated Sam Rainsy bade farewell to the Ambassador in a recent lunch during which Rainsy continued his single-minded crusade to taint CPP's election victory. The Ambassador praised the work of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) which had taken the high road in the election and had ga [...]	2008-08-26 11:37:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH706	IN FAREWELL TO AMBASSADOR, SAM RAINSY HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An animated Sam Rainsy bade farewell to the Ambassador in a recent lunch during which Rainsy continued his single-minded crusade to taint CPP's election victory. The Ambassador praised the work of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) which had taken the high road in the election and had ga [...]	2008-08-27 01:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH763	CAMBODIA: CPP CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBER CHEAM YEAP [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with A/DCM, CPP Central Committee Permanent Committee Member and Cambodian National Assembly Permanent Committee Member Cheam Yeap stated that the CPP has enough legal documents to "easily" show that it has legitimately won 90 National Assembly seats in the July [...]	2008-09-09 12:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH776	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH CAMBODIAN [...] (U) September 15, 2008; 13:30; Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2. (U) Meeting Participants U.S. The Deputy Secretary Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel Charge D'Affaires, a.i. Piper Campbell A/DCM Greg Lawless (notetaker) Opposition Parties Sam Rainsy, President, Sam Rainsy Party Kem S [...]	2008-09-16 09:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM KTIA CB
08PHNOMPENH789	PM HUN SEN ANNOUNCES PARDON, PAVING THE WAY FOR [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Hun Sen's September 17 announcement that he would seek a pardon for Prince Norodom Ranariddh paves the way for the self-imposed exiled Prince to return to Cambodia. The NRP decision to recognize the July general election results is paying dividends, not only for R [...]	2008-09-22 01:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CB
08PHNOMPENH881	ROYALIST PARTIES STRUGGLE TO FIND THEIR FUTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fallout from the 2008 elections continues as the royalist parties face the retirement of their stars, defection from their ranks, and questions about their future. Prince Norodom Ranariddh's retirement from politics has shaken his followers and led to defections from his namesa [...]	2008-10-30 10:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CB
08PHNOMPENH981	CAMBODIA'S DRAFT NGO LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Hun Sen recently told the Council of Ministers in a public address that drafting an NGO law is a priority for the RGC. He indicated that the law may be used as a tool to fight terrorism, and to ensure that NGOs and their workers are paying appropriate taxes. Hu [...]	2008-12-11 09:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM EAID CB
08PHNOMPENH991	FORCED EVICTION ATTEMPT IN KAMPOT PROVINCE LEADS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 17, Kampot provincial forestry officials, police officers, and soldiers from the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) Brigade 31 (B31) attempted to evict approximately 300 families without lawful notice from Anlong Khmeng Leng village in Kampot Province. Forestry offi [...]	2008-12-13 02:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CB
08PORTAUPRINCE1016	ARISTIDE SUPPOTERS MARCH JULY 15 [...] (SBU) Several thousand supporters offormer President Jean Bertrand Aristide took to the streets of Port-au-Prince on July 15 to celebrate the absent Fanmi Lavalas (FL) leader's fifty-fifth birthday. MINUSTAH estimated the size of the crowd as a maximum of 5,000. The supporters, made up prima [...]	2008-07-16 16:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE1017	YVON NEPTUNE LAMENTS LAVALAS DISUNITY, LASHES OUT [...] (C) A disillusioned Fanmi Lavalas (FL) militant and former Prime Minister, Yvon Neptune, sees former President Aristide as an anti-democratic force for the party and the country. He does not support Aristide's return to Haiti. Neptune assesses that the FL organization has been weakened by co [...]	2008-07-16 17:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1019	HAITI IN POLITICAL GRIDLOCK: DAY 96 [...] (C) Summary: As Haiti enters its fourth month without a Prime Minister, the confirmation of the President,s third Prime Minister-designate remains very uncertain. The Chamber of Deputies report on PM-designate Michele Pierre-Louis' constitutional qualifications is complete, and the Chamber i [...]	2008-07-17 12:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1027	PM-DESIGNATE PIERRE-LOUIS CONFIRMED BY LOWER [...] (U) The Chamber of Deputies on July 17 voted to confirm Michele Pierre-Louis as Prime Minister. In a brief afternoon session, the commission tasked with studying Pierre-Louis' qualifications presented its report, which concluded she was constitutionally eligible for the Prime Minister positio [...]	2008-07-18 16:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA

08PORTAUPRINCE1029	PREVAL CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PM CANDIDATE; [...] (C) In a 70 minute meeting with the Ambassador on July 17, Haitian President Rene Preval declared his intention to move forward with reforming the Haitian constitution. Preval remains convinced that key threat to Haitian political stability is the flawed constitution. He intends to call [...]	2008-07-18 18:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE106	SENATORS EXTEND TERMS INTO NEW SESSION OF [...] (C) Summary: The new session of the National Assembly began January 14. Since Senate elections have yet to be held, a decision had to be made whether the ten lame-duck two-year senators would depart on January 14 or remain in their office a full two years, until May 2008. The Senate, Presi [...]	2008-01-22 14:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1086	HAITIAN SENATE POSTPONES VOTE ON PM-DESIGNATE [...] (C) Summary: The Haitian Senate on July 30 cancelled a planned vote on the eligibility of Michele Pierre-Louis for the post of Prime Minister. Three of the 18 senators initially present left the session prior to the official opening, breaking quorum and requiring the Senate President to cal [...]	2008-07-31 17:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1093	MICHELE PIERRE-LOUIS HAITI'S NEW PRIME MINISTER. [...] (SBU) Summary: The Haitian Senate on July 31 voted 12 to 0, with 5 abstentions, to ratify Michele Pierre-Louis as Prime Minister. Successfully confirmed by both chambers of Parliament, Pierre-Louis is now Prime Minister of Haiti. Pierre-Louis and President Preval will now move forward with t [...]	2008-08-01 17:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1127	NEW PM GIVES FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE, BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: In her first press conference as Prime Minister, Michele Pierre-Louis broadly outlined her goals for the next government, which include addressing problems of national production, health, education and security, and moving quickly to attend to the high cost of living, delayed Se [...]	2008-08-07 17:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ASEC HA
08PORTAUPRINCE115	CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES RE-ELECTS JEAN-JACQUES TO [...] (U) Summary: For the third year in a row, the Chamber of Deputies elected Eric Jean-Jacques to the presidency of Parliament's lower house. The four deputies elected to other leadership positions in the Chamber are new to the executive bureau. Jean-Jacques' challenger for the presidency, Pat [...]	2008-01-23 19:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1179	DISPUTES OVER CABINET EVAPORATING PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Anticipated support for Michele Pierre-Louis in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies appears to be unraveling as President Preval sets aside more and more cabinet posts for incumbent ministers and nominees of political parties. Though the Parliament votes solely on Pierre-Louis' general pol [...]	2008-08-19 17:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1240	HAITI NERVOUS ON THE EVE OF BACK TO SCHOOL [...] (C) Summary: As the new government of Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis continues to seek confirmation in a precarious political climate, Haiti is facing economic and security challenges that could flare up in the near term, bog down the new government, and potentially caused renewed unres [...]	2008-09-04 18:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE126	HAITI,S NEW SENATE LEADERSHIP: A TALE OF TWO CAMPS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an open session on January 17, the Senate unanimously elected Senator Kely Bastien (Lespwa, North) as the new President of the Senate. The Senate leadership elections polarized that body, wit [...]	2008-01-25 14:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE147	PREVAL PROVINCIAL SWING A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Preval recently made the first public tour outside the capital since assuming office. He spent two days in Haiti's Central Plateau, stopping to inaugurate a new hospital with U.S. p [...]	2008-01-30 19:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CU ECON HA KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI
08PORTAUPRINCE1517	HAITI: TENTATIVE DATE FOR SENATE ELECTIONS, APRIL [...] (SBU) After over a year of stagnation in election preparations, Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) announced that the first round of Senate elections would be held April 19. That date is not final until confirmed by Presidential decree. The latest GOH amended budget commits additio [...]	2008-10-29 19:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1673	CLOUDY PROSPECTS FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: There is still no political consensus or final executive decision to hold long-delayed partial Senate elections next April. Two powerful political parties have criticized the Provisional Electoral Council's (CEP's) halting preparations for these elections. Most political parties [...]	2008-12-04 15:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA
08PORTAUPRINCE175	FANMI LAVALAS SENATOR: ELECTIONS EDGING TOWARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fanmi Lavalas Senator from the West Department Rudy Heriveaux told the Ambassador he supports President Preval and his efforts for the political stabilization of Haiti, wants to attract foreign investment, supports reforming the constitution according to the constitution's own proced [...]	2008-02-07 18:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE1757	HAITI ELECTIONS: DONOR FRUSTRATION GROWS, [...] (C) Summary: Frustration grows in the international donor community as President Rene Preval has yet to issue a Presidential Decree (''Arrete'') to hold elections for one-third of the senate, planned for April. Canada and the European Commission have made clear they will not disburse funds w [...]	2008-12-24 15:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA CA
08PORTAUPRINCE198	PETIT GOAVE POSTCARD: HARBINGER OF POLITICAL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The coastal city of Petit Goave (West Department),historically the vanguard of major uprisings in Haiti, is now largely calm - both politically and with respect to crime. Former sworn politica [...]	2008-02-11 16:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID ASEC SOCI HA
08PORTAUPRINCE293	LAVALAS PARTISANS PLAN ANTI-GOVERNMENT [...] (C) A Fanmi Lavalas Senate candidate reports Lavalas is planning anti-government protests on February 29, the four-year anniversary of Aristide's departure from Haiti. Organizers say they will assure the GOH the marches will be peaceful. The chosen protest theme of government inaction against [...]	2008-02-22 13:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE320	PRIME MINISTER JACQUES EDOUARD ALEXIS RECEIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies has convoked the Prime Minister to answer questions February 28 on his government's policies to combat the rising cost of living and allegations of corruption. The session could end in several ways, to include: a vote of no confidence that brings down th [...]	2008-02-26 19:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE321	FANMI LAVALAS: FOUR REGIONAL CONGRESSES HELD, SIX [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 20:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE335	REACTIONS TO INTERPELLATION OF PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU)Summary: The interpellation of Prime Minister (PM) Jacques Edouard Alexis by the House of Deputies on February 28 has strongly divided public opinion. Elite opinion is warning of the politically destabilizing effect a vote of no confidence. The informal sector and peasant groups, the h [...]	2008-02-28 19:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE341	HAITI IN 2008: FOUR YEARS AFTER ARISTIDE [...] (C) Summary: Four years after the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti now enjoys a degree of stability not seen here in almost a decade. A democratically elected President and Parliament, a growing national police force, strong international support, led by the United State [...]	2008-02-29 17:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID HA KCOR KCRM KDEM KJUS KPKO PGOV
08PORTAUPRINCE344	PRIME MINISTER SURVIVES VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The Chamber of Deputies voted on February 28 to keep Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis in office. Of the 84 Deputies present, 63 voted "confidence," 8 "no-confidence" and 13 abstained. Fifteen Deputie [...]	2008-02-29 19:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE38	PREVAL ON INDEPENDENCE DAY: "PATIENCE, PLEASE" [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (U) President Rene Preval's annual January 1 Independence Day speech calling for patience and unity has met with a mixed reaction, some welcoming his recognition of the threat of unemploym [...]	2008-01-08 19:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE447	DUAL CITIZENSHIP MANHUNT HITS SENATORS, MINISTERS; [...] (SBU) Summary: Prominent businessman and Senate Vice-President Rudolph Henri Boulos resigned from the Senate on March 18 following the Senate's consideration of a report by the Senate Commission of Inquiry on Nationality. The report, confirming that Senators Boulos and Ultimo Compere held Ame [...]	2008-03-19 19:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE520	SENATOR BOULOS RETRACTS RESIGNATION; DUAL [...] (SBU) Senate Vice Presdent Rudolph Boulos withdrew his resignation fro the Senate in a March 19 letter to the Presiden of that body, one day after he walked out of theSenate session that labeled him and another Senato a dual national and hence not a legal member ofthat body. Claiming to still [...]	2008-04-01 18:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE528	SHOOTING IN HAITI'S CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified--please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies suffered more damage to its reputation April 1 when Deputy Joseph Mercier Isidor (RDNP-Jeremie, Grand'Anse) shot a parliamentary staff member during an argument with a fell [...]	2008-04-03 15:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE537	HAITI ELECTIONS: MORE ASSURANCES BUT FEW CONCRETE [...] (C) Summary: President Preval at the end of March again reassured the international community of the GOH's commitment to hold Senate elections. The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) announced to donors an increase of USD 2 million in the projected cost of elections, but has still not prese [...]	2008-04-04 18:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE589	HAITIAN POLITICAL PARTIES: FORM AN INCLUSIVE NEW [...] (C) Summary: Political parties complain they were largely ignored by President Preval during the demonstrations of April 3 to 12. Despite many of these parties being represented in the Alexis government, nearly all parties supported the vote that dismissed it, arguing that the mass demonstra [...]	2008-04-24 17:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE607	PREVAL NOMINATES CANDIDATE FOR PRIME MINISTER, [...] (SBU) Summary: Following weeks of consultations with political parties and the private sector, President Preval nominated Ericq Pierre on April 27 to replace Jacques-Edouard Alexis as Prime Minister. Preval notified the presidents of both houses of parliament April 27 of his choice and will f [...]	2008-04-28 19:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE642	REACTIONS TO ERICQ PIERRE'S NOMINATION AS PRIME [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Ericq Pierre has begun reaching out to parliament to enhance his chances of confirmation. Public and private reactions to Ericq Pierre's nomination as Prime Minister have been mixed. His approval by the Parliament is likely but not certain. The focus of politi [...]	2008-05-02 19:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE701	CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES REJECTS ERICQ PIERRE'S [...] (C) The Chamber of Deputies on May 12 rejected President Preval's nominee for Prime Minister, Ericq Pierre. The Senate had endorsed him May 7. Since both houses of parliament must vote to approve, Pierre's confirmation has definitively failed, and the President now must start the selection a [...]	2008-05-13 18:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE783	ELECTORAL LAW PASSES PARLIAMENT; SENATE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The possible date for elections for one-third of the Senate continues to slip farther into the future. Expanding CEP election budget projections now exceed pledged donor financing by USD 4 million. The CEP has rejected donor pleas to trim the election budget and continues to in [...]	2008-05-30 20:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE793	MANUEL CONFIRMATION AS PM HINGES ON LESPWA-PREVAL [...] (C) Summary: President Preval on May 29 convoked a special session of Parliament, primarily to consider Robert Manuel's candidacy for the office of Prime Minister. Manuel himself has been reaching out to parliamentarians, political party leadership and civil society leaders. He is hopeful, [...]	2008-06-02 14:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE814	ROBERT MANUEL CONFIRMATION PROCESS: COUNTING THE [...] (C) Summary: The ratification of Robert Manuel as Prime Minister increasingly depends on Chamber of Deputies' majority bloc, the Coalition of Progressive Parliamentarians (CPP). President Preval's political party, Leswpa, is an integral part of this bloc. Preval held the first in a series [...]	2008-06-04 17:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE821	ANTI-KIDNAPPING MARCH PEACEFUL, BUT PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: Private sector and civil society groups carried out a peaceful demonstration June 4 to draw attention to the gravity of security problems, in particular the recent spate of kidnappings in the capital. The rate of kidnappings has continued to rise since early 2008, and pressure i [...]	2008-06-06 14:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE824	ANATOMY OF A DECISION: WHY PREVAL WENT WITH TI-BOB [...] (C) Summary. Recent discussions with President Preval's friends and advisors indicate that he selected Bob Manuel as his second Prime Ministerial candidate, following the rejection of Ericq Pierre by the Lower House, after being pressed by associates to dump the putative front runner, Planning [...]	2008-06-06 16:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KINR KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE886	GOH RESPONSE TO SAVE THE CHILDREN REPORT OF SEXUAL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified ) please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel points June 13 with Ministry of Women's Affairs Director General Myriam Merlet. She commented that the Save the Children report, while informative, did not go far enough in analyz [...]	2008-06-18 13:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS KPKO KWMN UNSC PHUM KCRM
08PORTAUPRINCE898	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ELECTORAL COUNCIL, EMPHASIZES [...] (C) Summary: Provisional Electoral Council President Frantz-Gerard Verret's unilateral cancellation of a June 4 elections roundtable reinforced misgivings among international donors that the CEP, and President Preval, are reluctant to move forward with Senate elections. The Ambassador subse [...]	2008-06-20 16:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA
08PORTAUPRINCE91	PREVAL STATE OF THE UNION: STATE MODERNIZATION AND [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In his constitutionally-mandated speech at the opening of the new parliamentary session January 14, President Preval defined his vision for Haiti over the coming years as 1) security, justice, an [...]	2008-01-17 17:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SNAR KCOR ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE913	MICHELE PIERRE-LOUIS: PREVAL'S THIRD PRIME [...] (C) Two weeks after Parliament's rejection of Robert Manuel, President Preval on June 23 announced his third Prime Minister designee, Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis. As was the case with his previous two nominees, Pierre-Louis is a close personal associate of Preval. She is a former business [...]	2008-06-25 18:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE934	NEW PARLIAMENTARY GROUPING CHALLENGES PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: An ad hoc grouping of deputies from diverse political parties calling itself the ''Cooperative of Progressive Parliamentarians'' (CPP) is emerging as the majority bloc in the Chamber of Deputies and a foil to President Preval. Born of opposition to stale, corrupt leadership in [...]	2008-06-27 11:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE954	THIRD PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMATION PROCESS JUST [...] (C) Summary: Haiti,s legislature is just getting down to the confirmation process for President Preval,s third nominee for Prime Minister, Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis. In the first vote, which determines whether she fulfills constitutional eligibility requirements, the Senate appears ready [...]	2008-07-01 18:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTLOUIS164	MAURITIUS: EMERGING CREOLE MOVEMENT SURPRISES TRADITIONAL [...] The May 1 Labor Day political rallies not only confirmed Paul Berenger's Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) party's rise in popularity, but it also brought the Creole Community under the spotlight. Father Jocelyn Gregoire's Federation of Mauritian Creoles (FMC) rally drew a larger crowd than a [...]	2008-05-21 07:33:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM MP
08PORTLOUIS224	UK, AUSTRALIA AND US EMBASSIES JOINTLY DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 24 June, DCM met with the High Commissioners of Australia and the UK to demarche the Mauritian Prime Minister regarding Zimbabwe. The joint demarche was somewhat disappointing, with the Prime Minister agreeing to take only modest actions with regard to Zimbabwe. Specifically, [...]	2008-06-24 14:08:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI MP
08PORTLOUIS267	SPPF LOSES CHANCE TO CHANGE CONSTITUTION BUT CASTS A SHADOW [...] (U) The Seychelles National Party (SNP) won the July 18 by-election provoked by the resignation of Jean Francois Ferrari, thus, the ruling Seychelles People's Progressive Front (SPPF) remains one seat shy of being able to amend the constitution. Oddly enough, had the SPPF won this seat, it cou [...]	2008-07-25 10:36:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PROP PINS KDEM PINR SE
08PORTLOUIS312	MAURITIAN CABINET RESHUFFLE AND PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT [...] SUMMARY. On September 12, a week earlier than expected, Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam confirmed that Sir Anerood Jugnauth's (SAJ) mandate as President will continue for five more years. One day later, on September 13, the Prime Minister announced a much-anticipated cabinet reshuffle. In add [...]	2008-09-15 14:59:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MP
08PRAGUE132	CZECH CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAQ (C-RE8-00009) [...] (C) Summary: The Czech Republic has maintained troops in Iraq since 2003, and its support will continue at a reduced level through 2008. While no final decision has been made on 2009, the Foreign Ministry would like to see a small number of Czech troops remain in Iraq so long as the NATO Trai [...]	2008-02-27 16:39:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EAID EUN KDEM MARR NATO PREL EZ
08PRAGUE175	CZECHS PLAN TO SUPPORT EU STATEMENT ON IRAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 14:05:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN EZ IR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
08PRAGUE277	CZECH PLANNING FOR DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE [...] (SBU) The Czechs are actively engaged in advancing human rights in Cuba throughout the year, and particularly on significant dates such as UN Human Rights Day or to mark the March 18, 2003 anniversary of the arrest of Cuban journalists. Following WHA DAS Kirsten Madison's April visit to Pragu [...]	2008-05-05 15:42:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL CU EZ EUN
08PRAGUE298	CZECHS WILL PARTICIPATE IN JUNE CONFERENCE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 15:04:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV EZ EUN
08PRAGUE305	CZECH UPDATE: ACTIVITIES COMMEMORATING DAY OF [...] (SBU) As noted in our May 5 update (ref B),the Czech government and several Czech NGOs promote human rights in Cuba throughout the year. This month Embassy Prague and the Czechs have engaged on several fronts. The Embassy has scheduled and publicized a showing and discussion of the film "Da [...]	2008-05-19 13:22:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PGOV CU EZ EUN
08PRAGUE309	CZECH WRAP UP: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 12:43:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PGOV CU EZ XG
08PRAGUE381	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING: EMBASSY PRAGUE INPUT [...] (U) Post is providing the following points in response to Reftel request for information on host government's record on matters of basic freedoms and human rights for this fall's HDIM Conference: 2. (SBU) The Czech Republic has a strong record of promoting human rights and basic freedoms [...]	2008-06-20 11:11:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM OSCE PREL
08PRAGUE455	GOCR TO SUPPORT PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE EVENT; [...] (SBU) Czech MFA Director of Human Rights and Transition Policy, Gabriela Dlouha, stated that the GOCR is willing to support the July 24 prisoners of conscience event. She noted that this proposed event was discussed at the EU Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) meeting July 8 (see below) and [...]	2008-07-16 14:08:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EZ EUN
08PRAGUE488	CZECH RESPONSE ON OSCE DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 25, Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Czech Director of Human Rights and Transition Policy, Gabriela Dlouha. Dlouha noted that the Czechs are prepared for and engaged in the upcoming OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). Emboff also raised the reftel [...]	2008-07-29 07:08:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EZ KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL
08PRAGUE499	CZECH JUSTICE SYSTEM: INCOMPLETE REFORMS [...] (C) Summary: Almost 19 years after the Velvet Revolution, the Czech Republic's Communist past continues to hamper its justice system . A lack of transparency, lengthy legal proceedings, dependence on the executive branch, and a considerable number of "old regime" judges are all problems that [...]	2008-07-30 14:29:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EZ KDEM KJUS PGOV PREL
08PRAGUE621	DEMARCHE ON U.S. AMBASSADORS TO BOLIVIA AND [...] (C) Political/Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche September 19 to Czech MFA American States Department Deputy Director Veronika Bajgarova 2. (C) Bajgarova said Venezuela has recently attempted to intensify diplomatic dialogue with the Czech Republic. The incoming Czech ambassado [...]	2008-09-19 15:17:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM BL VE EZ
08PRAGUE624	CZECHS WILL ATTEND THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (SBU) On September 18,2008 Post delivered reftel demarche to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),United Nations Department's Deputy Director David Cervenka. On September 22, the Ministry informed us that the Czech Delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Jan Kohout will attend the C [...]	2008-09-22 17:58:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA EZ
08PRAGUE73	CZECHS SHARE USG PERSPECTIVE ON LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary: Czech Department Director of Middle East and North Africa, Josef Rychtar, confirmed that the GOCR shares our perspective on the need for a special tribunal for Lebanon into the assassination of Rafik Hariri, as well as GOCR support for the cause of Syrian dissidents. He also sp [...]	2008-02-05 15:02:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV EZ LE SY EUN
08PRAIA147	CAPE VERDE RESPONSE TO DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 15:32:00	Embassy Praia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU CV
08PRETORIA1000	MBEKI AND ADVISORS REVEAL BIAS AGAINST MDC (AND [...] (C) British diplomat Marianne Young (protect) told PolOff on 09 May that President Mbeki's chief strategist, Joel Netshitenzhe, has bought Mugabe's argument that the MDC is a western puppet "hook, line, and sinker." Young had just returned from a meeting with an unnamed source in the presiden [...]	2008-05-09 15:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KHUM KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA1006	MDC ANNOUNCES THEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN RUN-OFF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 10 May, MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai announced that the MDC would participate in a run-off and that it must be held no later than 24 May. However, MDC participation is on the condition that SADC peacekeepers be allowed in to monitor the run-off, international election observe [...]	2008-05-12 15:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA1155	PAN-AFRICAN PARLIAMENT LOOKS FOR MEANS TO EXPAND [...] (C) PolOff met with Murumba Werunga, Secretary General of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP),on 29 May to discuss their plans to send an expanded election observation team back to Zimbabwe to monitor the 27 June run-off election. Werunga said that an advance team will go out 05 June to work on [...]	2008-05-30 16:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ZI
08PRETORIA1165	THE SOUTH AFRICAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (SABC): BACK TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) dominates broadcast media in South Africa, reaching 78% of radio listeners and 74% of TV viewers daily. It is currently engulfed in a battle for political control between the supporters of current South African President Thabo Mbe [...]	2008-06-02 14:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CVIS PTER PHUM KPAO KDEM SF
08PRETORIA1276	JOINT DECLARATION: GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF [...] The SAG hosted a meeting of special envoys and diplomatic representatives in South Africa from June 9-10, 2008 (SEPTEL). Prior to this session, representatives of the Republic of Burundi and the Palipehutu-FNL released a Joint Declaration upon their arrival on June 8, 2008. Text follows. [...]	2008-06-11 15:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM BY SF
08PRETORIA1283	REVISED PROGRAMME OF ACTION TO FURTHER THE BURUNDI [...] The SAG hosted a meeting of special envoys and diplomatic representatives in South Africa from June 9-10, 2008 (SEPTEL). Prior to this session, The SAG distributed a revised program of action to further the Burundi peace process. Text follows: 2. Begin text: Revised programme of acti [...]	2008-06-12 14:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM BY SF
08PRETORIA1339	SPECIAL ENVOYS BURUNDI - MAGALIESBURG DECLARATION [...] The SAG hosted a meeting of special envoys and diplomatic representatives in South Africa from June 9-10, 2008 (SEPTEL). After this session, the SAG distributed the Magaliesburg Declaration on the Burundi Peace Process. Text follows: 2. Begin text: Magaliesburg Declaration on the Bur [...]	2008-06-19 14:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM BY SF
08PRETORIA1340	SPECIAL ENVOYS BURUNDI - MAGALIESBURG COMMUNIQUE - [...] The SAG hosted a meeting of special envoys and diplomatic representatives in South Africa from June 9-10, 2008 (SEPTEL). After this session, the SAG distributed the Magaliesburg Communique on the Burundi Peace Process. Text follows: 2. Begin text: Magaliesburg Communique on the Burun [...]	2008-06-19 14:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM BY SF
08PRETORIA139	EXILED ZIMBABWEANS NCUBE AND MASIYIWA INTRIGUED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The emergence of a "united front" or "third way" opposition force led by former ZANU-PF minister Simba Makoni, if it became reality, would be a positive development for Zimbabwean politics, according to exiled businessmen Trevor Ncube and Strive Masiyiwa. Publisher Ncube enthusi [...]	2008-01-22 15:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA1392	SPECIAL ENVOYS BURUNDI [...] (SBU) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) The second meeting of Special Envoys on Burundi was held in Magaliesberg, South Africa June 9-10, 2008. The SAG Minister of Safety and Security, Charles Nqakula, hosted this meeting along with the SAG [...]	2008-06-26 13:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM BY SF
08PRETORIA1459	ALLEGATIONS OF JUDICIAL LOBBYING AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Constitutional Court and Cape Judge President John Hlope swapped allegations of breaching judicial protocol and attempts to suborn high court judges in a high-level corruption case. Hlope is alleged to have tried to influence two judges who will preside over aspects of the r [...]	2008-07-07 12:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KJUS PGOV SF
08PRETORIA152	MDC FORMATIONS AGREE ON ELECTORAL PACT, [...] (C) The two formations of the Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),led by Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, agreed to form an electoral SIPDIS pact during January 19-20 meetings in Johannesburg. IDASA Executive Director Paul Graham and Deputy Ivor Jenkins brief [...]	2008-01-24 05:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA1570	MUGABE BIOGRAPHER SAYS MBEKI MEDIATION WILL FAIL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mugabe biographer Heidi Holland doubts that the Zimbabwean leader is serious about the South African-led talks. Mugabe will continue to "run rings" around South African President Mbeki, as he has done for years. She fears a vengeful Mugabe is intent on destroying the Zimbabwean [...]	2008-07-17 15:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PINR SF ZI
08PRETORIA1572	MUGABE BIOGRAPHER SAYS MBEKI MEDIATION WILL FAIL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mugabe biographer Heidi Holland doubts that the Zimbabwean leader is serious about the South African-led talks. Mugabe will continue to "run rings" around South African President Mbeki, as he has done for years. She fears a vengeful Mugabe is intent on destroying the Zimbabwean [...]	2008-07-18 07:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA1632	MASIYIWA FLOATS MDC-ZANU-PF POWER-SHARING AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. South African businessman and unofficial MDC advisor Strive Masiyiwa told Harare PolEconChief and Pretoria PolOffs July 24 that he believed a power sharing agreement would be signed between ZANU-PF and the MDC within two weeks. Masiyiwa has drafted a proposed agreement under wh [...]	2008-07-25 12:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA1635	ZUMA ADVISOR SAYS TALKS WITH NPA UNDERWAY TO DROP [...] (C) Key advisors to African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma have entered into secret talks with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) about the corruption charges pending against Zuma, according to businessman and former diplomat Moe Shaik. Shaik, who is part of the Zuma team, [...]	2008-07-25 14:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA189	CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS FOR REMOVING SITTING [...] (C) SUMMARY and INTRODUCTION. Since Jacob Zuma won the ANC Presidency in late December 2007, speculation among ANC members, political analysts, and the media has been rife about how long South African President Thabo Mbeki will remain in office. Mbeki's second and final five-year term ends i [...]	2008-01-29 15:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2093	SOUTH AFRICA: PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI'S RESIGNATION [...] Summary: In a September 21 televised address to the nation, Thabo Mbeki announced his resignation as President of South Africa. Mbeki said he respected the African National Congress (ANC) September 20 decision to recall him (reftels). He thanked the nation and the ANC for the opportunity to [...]	2008-09-22 15:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2095	ANC NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE STATEMENT [...] On 21 September, The National Executive Council (NEC) of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) announced that President Thabo Mbeki was told to step down, which he did the following day. In explanation of this decision, ANC Secretary Gwede Mantashe said the ANC admired Mbeki's many year [...]	2008-09-22 16:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2102	SAG DEPUTY PRESIDENT AND ONE THIRD OF CABINET [...] Summary: The resignation of Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka came as no surprise, due to her loyalty towards President Thabo Mbeki, and her controversial standing with the new African National Congress (ANC) senior leadership. Although the ANC said her resignation was regrettable, and w [...]	2008-09-23 17:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2464	DIPLOMATS IN SOUTH AFRICA TALK ZUMA AND ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: On November 4, 2008, Ambassador Bost briefed Chiefs of Missions (COM) to South Africa on African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma's October 20-25 trip to the U.S. (report septel). The COMs discussed who was making South African Government (SAG) policy on Zimbabwe now an [...]	2008-11-07 09:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF ZANU ZM
08PRETORIA2466	AMBASSADOR AND DIPLOMATIC CORPS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Bost hosted members of the Pretoria diplomatic corps to discuss African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma's recent visit to the U.S. and the latest developments on Zimbabwe power-sharing talks (report septel). The Ambassador briefed on Zuma's official meeting [...]	2008-11-07 09:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CG EAID KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SF
08PRETORIA2477	A LOOK AT MOTLANTHE'S CABINET APPOINTMENTS [...] (U) Motlanthe finished making his Cabinet appointments this week by appointing three Deputy Ministers: Andre Gaum was named Deputy Education Minister, Musa Nhlanhla Nene was named Deputy Finance Minister, and Fatima Hajaig was named Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister. In total, Motlanthe made 10 [...]	2008-11-07 15:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2478	FINAL LIST OF PRESIDENT KGALEMA MOTLANTHE'S CABINET [...] (U) President Kgalema Motlanthe completed his Cabinet appointments November 5. Attached is the completed list of all Cabinet ministers and their deputy ministers. Agricultural and Land Affairs Minister - Lulama Xingwana Agricultural and Land Affairs Deputy Minister - Dirk du Toit Arts an [...]	2008-11-07 15:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2541	"SEEING YOU IN THE WORLDWIND": PALLO JORDAN ON [...] (C) Arts and Culture Minister Pallo Jordan, one of the African National Congress' (ANC) sharpest minds, opened up to a small group of students and professors at a University of Johannesburg lecture on November 13. Jordan began his address by steeping his remarks in a theoretical, Marxist fra [...]	2008-11-19 08:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2544	EMAIL FROM PROFESSOR MEANT TO CONVEY ANC MESSAGE [...] (C) University of South Africa professor Rok Ajulu -- husband of Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu -- sent Poloff an email on November 19 discussing his take on the recent formation of the Congress of the People (COPE) and its prospects for success. Ajulu's message is significant for two reaso [...]	2008-11-19 13:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2546	ZIMBABWE FEATURED AT SOUTH AFRICAN CABINET MEETING [...] On November 19, 2008 the South African Government's (SAG) cabinet discussed Zimbabwe and other issues. The SAG released a statement on November 20. Text related to Zimbabwe follows: 2. Begin text: Cabinet is extremely concerned about the political impasse that is creating a humanitarian c [...]	2008-11-20 15:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM
08PRETORIA2576	ANC USING MULTIPLE MEANS TO STALL OPPOSITION [...] (C) The African National Congress (ANC) is undertaking several steps to stall the opposition ahead of the election next year. Although the ANC's efforts to maintain its two-thirds majority in Parliament appear organized and extensive, there are few signs of a coherent strategy for countering [...]	2008-11-25 15:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2605	COURT HEARS STATE'S APPEAL OF ZUMA DECISION, WILL [...] (U) The Supreme Court of Appeal on November 28 reserved judgment until January 12 in the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) appeal against a high court ruling that halted the prosecution of African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma. The atmosphere outside the court was reporte [...]	2008-11-28 16:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2623	ANIMOSITY BETWEEN ZUMA, LEKOTA MAKE RETURN OR [...] (C) Personal animosity between African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma and Congress of the People (COPE) leader and former Defense Minister Mosiuoa Lekota is emblematic of the divisiveness that has created the split of the ruling party and could inhibit cooperation down the road. [...]	2008-12-02 14:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2624	COPE LEADER MOSIUOA LEKOTA MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Congress of the People (COPE) leader Mosiuoa Lekota discussed his party's campaign platform, the broader politics surrounding the election next year, and his party's prospects for success at a lunch with Ambassador Bost, the DCM, Polcouns, and Poloff on December 2. Lekota said his party i [...]	2008-12-02 15:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2641	WHY CALLS FOR AN ARMS INQUIRY MAY GO UNHEARD [...] (C) Nobel laureates Desmond Tutu and FW de Klerk on December 2 delivered a letter to President Kgalema Motlanthe asking the South African leader to institute an independent and public judicial commission of inquiry into the controversial 1998 arms deal. Their decision to present a letter fol [...]	2008-12-04 17:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2649	AN INTIMATE VIEW INTO THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY UNIT [...] (S//NF) Policy analysts in the Presidency's Policy Unit discussed the challenges of job security, pleasing new policymakers, and crafting effective policies in a meeting with Poloff on December 4. Deputy Director General of Policy Coordination and Advisory Services for the Presidency Vusi Gu [...]	2008-12-05 14:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2650	STRONG INDICATION OF MBEKI INVOLVEMENT IN COPE [...] (S//NF) Former President Thabo Mbeki reportedly had a hand in drafting a six-page policy document for the newly formed Congress of the People (COPE) and has influence in how COPE is drafting a foreign policy vision, according to prominent University of South Africa professor Dirk Kotze. Kotze [...]	2008-12-05 15:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2689	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S DECEMBER 18-22 VISIT [...] (SBU) Ambassador Bost warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, just three months after Thabo Mbeki resigned as President under pressure from the [...]	2008-12-10 15:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2709	LEKOTA'S ASSISTANT TALKS PARTY LEADERSHIP AND [...] (C) Mosiuoa Lekota's personal assistant, Dr. Tseliso Phomane, talked with Poloff about the Congress of the People's (COPE) leadership situation and logistics ahead of the party's manifesto conference on December 13. Phomane was confident that Lekota would emerge as the party's leader followi [...]	2008-12-12 15:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2715	THE END OF THE ANC INTELLECTUAL? [...] (C) The ascendancy of African National Congress (ANC) leaders such as Julius Malema, routinely described as "uneducated" and "unpolished" by South Africans across the socio-economic spectrum is raising questions about the future of the ruling party as a place of ideas. The ANC still holds po [...]	2008-12-15 16:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2716	SOUTH AFRICA FEELING THE HEAT ON ZIMBABWE CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: South African leaders have recently stepped up their level of activity and pronouncements on the Zimbabwe political and humanitarian crises. Former President Thabo Mbeki's facilitation team, without Mbeki, remain engaged with the political parties, pressing for the quick establish [...]	2008-12-15 16:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM
08PRETORIA2736	COPE, ANC SQUARE OFF ON RECONCILIATION DAY IN [...] (C) The Congress of the People (COPE) and the African National Congress (ANC) held events on December 16 in Bloemfontein that indicate where South Africa is headed ahead of the election next year and beyond. COPE's December 13-16 inaugural conference ended on December 16 with the election of [...]	2008-12-18 16:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2763	MOTLANTHE MAKES SOLID FIRST CHOICE FOR [...] (C) President Kgalema Motlanthe is drawing praise from the media and community activists for his appointment of Edwin Cameron to the Constitutional Court, South Africa's highest court. Motlanthe finalized the appointment last week and will have the opportunity to confirm four more justices i [...]	2008-12-30 10:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2764	BIOS FOR COPE'S NEWLY ELECTED LEADERSHIP [...] (U) The newly elected leaders of the Congress of the People (COPE) bring a wide range of experiences to their positions within South Africa's newest opposition party. With the exception of Deputy President Lynda Odendaal, a political novice who was seemingly chosen out of "nowhere," most of t [...]	2008-12-30 10:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF

08PRETORIA2773	PRESIDENT'S POLICY UNIT DEALS WITH FUTURE, PAST [...] (S//NF) Policy analysts in the Presidency's Policy Unit are working on a host of projects that offer insight into the clash of ideas the South African Government is currently dealing with. The President's Policy Unit, which is the most prestigious and important decision-making body for the g [...]	2008-12-31 08:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA348	MDC TREASURER BENNETT SAYS PARTY WILL "SHOCK THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Treasurer Roy Bennett claimed that support for the MDC is growing and that the party will "shock the world" in the March 29 presidential and parliamentary elections. Bennett says he has raised "significant" funds for the party in recent weeks [...]	2008-02-21 09:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA375	ANGLICAN CHURCH AND IDASA TO SEND 'UNOFFICIAL' [...] (C) SUMMARY. Both the Anglican Church and South African think-tank Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) will send unofficial observers to monitor the March 29 Zimbabwean elections. The Church will send an initial team of 10 trained observers to assess the election environment, fol [...]	2008-02-25 13:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA418	ZIMBABWEAN EXILES NCUBE AND MASIYIWA UPBEAT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent exiled Zimbabwean businessmen Trevor Ncube and Strive Masiyiwa agreed that the upcoming March 29 elections offered opportunities for political change in Zimbabwe, but differed on the electoral prospects for independent presidential candidate Simba Makoni. Ncube, a stro [...]	2008-02-28 16:21:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA419	ZIMBABWEAN EXILES NCUBE AND MASIYIWA UPBEAT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent exiled Zimbabwean businessmen Trevor Ncube and Strive Masiyiwa agreed that the upcoming March 29 elections offered opportunities for political change in Zimbabwe, but differed on the electoral prospects for independent presidential candidate Simba Makoni. Ncube, a stro [...]	2008-02-28 17:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA428	SOUTH AFRICA OUTLINES NEW BURUNDI PEACE PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a February 22-23 South African Government (SAG)-sponsored seminar, Facilitator Charles Nqakula and Special Envoy Kingsley Mamabolo outlined SAG plans to reinvigorate its Burundi mediation through creation of a "Political Directorate" that would include the Government of Buru [...]	2008-02-29 17:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM BY SF
08PRETORIA454	SADC-PF DENIED ACCREDIDATION TO OBSERVE ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) The Government of Zimbabwe has refused to accredit the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) as observers for the March 29 Zimbabwe elections. In an 04 March letter to Pretoria-based regional USAID Director, SADC-PF Secretary General Kasuka Mutukwa reported that the Government of Zimbabwe [...]	2008-03-05 14:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA468	PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE PROVIDES FURTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In yet another blow to the embattled Directorate of Special Operations, also known as the Scorpions, the parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) has released a report that criticizes the Scorpions for intelligence gathering, among other things, and for puttin [...]	2008-03-07 08:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KDEM SF
08PRETORIA482	ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS: SOUTH AFRICA TO SEND 50 [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa will deploy approximately 50 election observers to Zimbabwe as part of the SADC delegation. Angola, as chair of the SADC Troika, will lead the SADC delegation, which the South African Government hopes will include at least 100 regional observers. Ambassador Kingsle [...]	2008-03-07 14:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA527	ADVISOR SHAIK SAYS ZUMA NOT SUPPORTED BY PARTY; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recently-elected ANC President Jacob Zuma is not receiving support from the party, according to informal Zuma advisor Moe Shaik. Mbeki "cleared out" the ANC headquarters, leaving the "exhausted" Zuma with little support staff. The top six ANC leaders are not working "in harmony [...]	2008-03-13 14:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA604	(S/NF) MASIYIWA PREDICTS MDC VICTORY IN ZIMBABWE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai will win the March 29 election, predicted respected Zimbabwean businessman Strive Masiyiwa (strictly protect). The only question is the extent of ZANU-PF rigging and whether this might force a second round presidential poll. Masiyiwa downplayed th [...]	2008-03-20 14:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA606	SOUTH AFRICA OBSERVER HEAD SAYS SADC IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) The goal of the SADC election observation delegation is to "assist the Zimbabweans" to ensure the holding of "credible elections," according to the head of the South African component of the SADC delegation, Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo. In press briefings on March 13 and 19, Mamabolo s [...]	2008-03-20 15:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA642	MASIYIWA ALLY LOBBYING ZUMA TO BE TOUGH ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma reportedly said that the ANC is "fed up" with President Mugabe, according to Embassy contact and Zimbabwean businessman Strive Masiyiwa. Masiyiwa told Ambassador McGee (speaking by conference call),PolCounselor and PolOff that one of M [...]	2008-03-28 13:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA66	MBEKI AVOIDS FIRST ANC NEC MEETING; ZUMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In its first meeting since newly-elected ANC President Jacob Zuma's victory at Polokwane, the new ANC National Executive Committee elected a National Working Committee comprised almost entirely of core Zuma supporters that collectively are more leftist and less experienced than [...]	2008-01-11 13:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SF
08PRETORIA666	SOUTH AFRICA WATCHING ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS CLOSELY [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 15:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA729	ZUMA ADVISOR TRIES TO LOWER EXPECTATIONS ON [...] (C) On 08 April, ANC President Zuma advisor Mo Shaik told PolOff that the international community should not expect ANC President Jacob Zuma to resolve the Zimbabwe crisis. When PolOff mentioned that the extensive media coverage surrounding MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai's 07 April meeting with [...]	2008-04-08 15:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SF
08PRETORIA740	SAG OFFICIAL FAVORS TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT IN [...] (C) DFA's Great Lakes Special Envoy Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo, who headed South Africa's SADC election observation team in Zimbabwe, expressed frustration to PolCouns and PolOff on 08 April about the current Zimbabwe crisis. He started the conversation with the admission that "it looks bad [...]	2008-04-09 12:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA744	AUSTRALIAN ASSESSMENT OF ZIMBABWE DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Acting Australian High Commissioner Jane Lambert (protect) on 08 April called PolOff to share the points she planned to make to her Foreign Minister, who was expected to call later that afternoon for a Zimbabwe update. Lambert said she would emphasize that her contact within the MDC told [...]	2008-04-09 16:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA812	MDC UNDECIDED ABOUT RUNOFF [...] (C) SUMMARY. MDC advisor Kathi Walters (strictly protect) told PolOff on 15 April that MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai is still in Johannesburg, having received death threats. She does not believe Tsvangirai is afraid to go back, but could not say if or when he was going to return. Today, Tsvan [...]	2008-04-16 15:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KHUM KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA966	MDC LEADER ALLEGEDLY RETURNING TO HARARE [...] (C) SUMMARY. After traveling for most of the past month, MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai will finally return to Harare on 10 May to address the nation, lay out signposts, and start a "victory/campaign" tour, according to Institute for Democracy in South Africa analyst Sydney Masamvu and a British [...]	2008-05-07 14:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KDEM KHUM ZI
08PRETORIA983	PEER REVIEW MAKING LITTLE PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ross Herbert met with PolOffs to discuss his new book, "The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM): Lessons from the Pioneers," which examines APRM's pitfalls and yet to be unleashed potential, nearly six years after its formal adoption. The APRM's intent of fostering good gover [...]	2008-05-09 08:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM AU SF
08PRISTINA11	KOSOVO: BROAD-BASED, MULTI-ETHNIC GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 9 the newly constituted Kosovo Assembly, reflecting the coalition agreement between the PDK and LDK parties, overwhelmingly elected PDK leader Hashim Thaci as Prime Minister and approved his cabinet by 88 votes out of a total 120. Thaci got an extra boost as Bexhet Pa [...]	2008-01-10 17:27:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
08PRISTINA128	KOSOVO: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION PART ONE OF TWO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's submission for the Eighth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. (Note: On February 17, 2008 the Kosovo Assembly declared Kosovo to be an independent state. On February 18, 2008 the United States recognized and formally established diplomatic relations with [...]	2008-03-12 16:16:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV PHUM ELAB
08PRISTINA129	KOSOVO: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION PART TWO OF TWO [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 16:16:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV PHUM SMIG
08PRISTINA154	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY PASSES AHTISAARI LAWS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the four weeks since the February 17 declaration of independence, the Government of Kosovo and the Kosovo Assembly continue to demonstrate their commitment to the Ahtisaari Plan. The Assembly has passed 19 Ahtisaari-related laws and the Constitutional Commission has wrapped [...]	2008-03-20 15:30:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KV
08PRISTINA187	KOSOVO ASSEMBLY APPROVES NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly passed its new, fully Ahtisaari-compliant Constitution with 97 votes in favor during an April 9 extraordinary session. Prime Minister Thaci, President Sejdiu, and Constitutional Commission president Hajredin Kuci spoke during the brief session, while Assembly [...]	2008-04-11 13:00:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM EAID KV UNMIK YI
08PRISTINA239	KOSOVO: ICR FEITH CHAIRS SECOND ISG MEETING IN [...] (C) Summary: International Civilian Representative Pieter Feith convened the second meeting of the International Steering Group (ISG) on May 7 in Pristina, at which he polled members on ISG expansion, discussed transition and ICO growth, and previewed the agenda for the May 22 ISG Balkans Di [...]	2008-05-09 16:53:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA24	KOSOVO: COM URGES PM THACI AND PRESIDENT SEJDIU TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A day after the installation of the new government in Kosovo (reftel),COM and ICOPT head Jonsson paid a call on newly re-elected President Sejdiu, PM Thaci, and Thaci's two deputy prime ministers. COM and Jonsson used the opportunity to urge the government to make its top prio [...]	2008-01-14 16:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA249	KOSOVO: THACI GOVERNMENT TAKING KEY STEPS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since taking office in January 2008, Prime Minister Thaci's government has taken some key steps in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) in Kosovo. In hopes of achieving better results in the future, the Kosovo government recently adopted a law enforcement-centered app [...]	2008-05-19 11:33:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA274	KOSOVO: PASSAGE OF AHTISAARI LAWS NEARLY COMPLETED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo has made solid progress in passing the required Ahtisaari legislation, with the Assembly having pushed through 26 laws and the remaining five set to reach the Assembly the week of June 2. Important laws and regulations, not technically part of Ahtisaari but necessary for [...]	2008-06-02 11:57:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK KDEM
08PRISTINA28	KOSOVO: COM EMPHASIZES AHTISAARI LEGISLATION, SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a January 14 meeting, COM encouraged PM Thaci to reach out quickly to new opposition party leaders Bexhet Pacolli and Nexhat Daci and make certain their representatives were included in the preparation of Ahtisaari settlement legislation and of Kosovo's new Constitution, in th [...]	2008-01-16 17:15:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA307	KOSOVO: DEMARCHE ON U.S. PARTICIPATION IN EULEX [...] (U) Charge delivered reftel points on U.S. participation in the European Union's Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) to EU Planning Team Head Roy Reeve on June 13. Reeve acknowledged our concerns and promised to relay them to his colleagues in Pristina and Brussels. We will follow up. YAZD [...]	2008-06-17 13:34:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI KS
08PRISTINA308	KOSOVO CELEBRATES ENTRY INTO FORCE OF NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The entry into force of Kosovo's constitution was celebrated on June 15, just four months after the country declared independence. The day included President Sejdiu signing into effect 41 Ahtisaari Plan and related laws as local and international media looked on. Sejdiu and PM Th [...]	2008-06-18 14:37:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KV
08PRISTINA34	KOSOVO: USOP ESTABLISHES STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Strategic Communications Group (SCG),comprised of USOP, USAID, the Kosovo Government, KPS, UNMIK's Office of the Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator (OKPCC),KFOR (including USKFOR),UNMIK, the International Civilian Office Planning Team (ICOPT),and the British Office, was [...]	2008-01-18 17:43:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA37	KOSOVO: NEW GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO MAKING AHTISAARI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 17 COM joined ICOPT head Jonas Jonsson at an all-ministerial meeting convened specifically to urge PM Thaci's new cabinet to make finalization of Ahtisaari Plan legislation and Kosovo's new Constitution a top priority. The meeting, which included all 15 ministers and t [...]	2008-01-23 12:36:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA38	KOSOVO: NEW ASSEMBLY SPEAKER PLEDGES CLOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on new Assembly Speaker Jakup Krasniqi, COM pointed to the importance of the Assembly in passing Ahtisaari final settlement legislation and Kosovo's new Constitution at the appropriate time, expeditiously and without change. COM also reiterated that move [...]	2008-01-23 12:39:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV EAID
08PRISTINA40	KOSOVO: NEW MITROVICA MAYOR PROMISES TO URGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM met January 22 with former PM Bajram Rexhepi, the newly elected mayor of the divided city of Mitrovica, to urge him to use his moral authority to send a message of restraint and calm to his constituents in the run-up to and aftermath of Kosovo's final status resolution. She [...]	2008-01-23 13:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA47	KOSOVO: KOSOVO SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FILES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 2, the U.S.-supported Kosovo Special Prosecutor's Office (KSPO) filed an indictment in the Peja District Court against three Kosovo Albanian men and three Moldovan women for human trafficking, facilitating prostitution, and money laundering. This groundbreaking indic [...]	2008-01-29 17:38:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA51	KOSOVO: BELGRADE-ALIGNED GORANI ETHNIC GROUP POSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Gorani, a small Slavic Muslim community that resides in the isolated mountains of southern Kosovo's Dragash municipality, retain close ties with the Serbian government. Serbian funding for a parallel education system is one such strong link, as are subsidies, jobs, and pensio [...]	2008-01-30 18:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA55	KOSOVO: KOSOVO POLICE SERVICE INFORMATION SHARING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of the Strategic Communications Group (SCG) -- the USOP-led effort to coordinate information flow among key local and international actors in Kosovo in the run-up to and aftermath of status resolution (ref) -- the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) has shared with USOP its new [...]	2008-02-04 10:49:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA58	KOSOVO: UNMIK POLICE MOVES ADDITIONAL OFFICERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting on information that ethnic Serb Kosovo Police Service (KPS) officers are being pressured to accept the Government of Serbia's direction and possibly desert the KPS in the event of a Kosovo declaration of independence (DI),UNMIK Police moved an additional 42 international [...]	2008-02-05 17:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA62	KOSOVO: GOVERNMENT PROJECTS TO BENEFIT THE SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM and USOP/USAID team met February 8 with the PM Thaci, Deputy PM Kuci, Finance Minister Shala, and other members of the government, including the Kosovo Serb ministers, to discuss measures the Kosovo government could take to provide support to the Serb community. Chief amon [...]	2008-02-08 18:02:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR EAID PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA71	KOSOVO: POLICE RAID UNCOVERS FIVE TRAFFICKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following an eight-month long Kosovo Special Prosecutors Office (KSPO) and Kosovo Police Service (KPS) Trafficking in Human Beings Section (THBS) investigation into trafficking rings in Gjakova, police raided six sites connected to Lulzim Thaqi and his uncle Sadik Thaqi on Janua [...]	2008-02-15 15:30:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA73	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY PREPARES RESPONSIBLY FOR PASSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly completed three key pre-declaration tasks during its February 15 session: it approved a fast-track process for Ahtisaari laws with a two-thirds vote of support; it began to publish the votes of each member, in line with democratic transparency across Europe; a [...]	2008-02-15 15:56:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM UNMIK YI KV PGOV
08PRISTINA97	KOSOVO PROPERTY AGENCY UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) is continuing its work adjudicating property claims cases, mostly involving displaced Kosovo Serb owners, but still struggles with enforcement and funding issues. In a meeting with us, KPA head Rosandhaug also mentioned that KPA activity in the S [...]	2008-03-04 11:37:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV EAID PHUM SOCI PINR KV UNMIK
08QUITO1010	CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS ON JUDICIAL SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's new constitution makes some improvements in the judicial sector that have the potential to improve the delivery of justice. However, the articles on the judicial sector contain many inconsistencies and gaps, which will have to be resolved by the passage of legislation. [...]	2008-10-27 14:13:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EC
08RABAT1100	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS [...] (SBU) Representative Hastings, my staff and I warmly welcome your visit. As you are aware, Morocco is a member of the OSCE Mediterranean Partnership and has hosted OSCE meetings in Rabat, but there is potential for more engagement. Morocco has given us exemplary cooperation in the struggle [...]	2008-11-25 14:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS KDEM AG WI MO
08RABAT1144	MOROCCO'S USFP/SOCIALIST PARTY PICKS NEW SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: After several months of indecision and party infighting, the Union of Popular Socialist Forces Party (USFP) elected Abdelouahed Radi as its First Secretary on November 8th, and received a congratulatory visit from Ambassador Riley soon thereafter. The victory, by a thin plurali [...]	2008-12-12 12:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL MO
08RABAT1161	Special Media Reaction: Election of Barack Obama [...] Summary: Reflecting broad Moroccan interest in the U.S. presidential elections, the Moroccan press has been filled with reporting and commentary on the election of Barack Obama as America's 44th president. Commentators variously aver that Obama's leadership will be to Morocco's benefit, detr [...]	2008-12-17 09:28:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI MO
08RABAT1199	VICE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FIRED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 19:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SP MO
08RABAT154	MR. EL-HIMMA GOES TO PARLIAMENT: AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: In a February 13 meeting, prominent parliamentarian and royal confidante Fouad Ali El-Himma discussed with the Ambassador his efforts to better coordinate local, regional and national governance in the poor constituency he represents. El-Himma asserted that Morocco's legislature has "a [...]	2008-02-19 17:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MO
08RABAT158	MOROCCO PRESS FREEDOM: DAS PATTON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: During his January 16-19 visit to Morocco, DAS Kent Patton discussed Morocco's media environment and press freedom with local stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds. Embassy officials stressed that passage of a revised press code eliminating prison sentences remained a ke [...]	2008-02-19 18:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO EAID KMPI KDEM PREL MO
08RABAT342	MOROCCO STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. GOALS FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 13:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI MO
08RABAT413	ADVANCING THE PRESIDENTQS FREEDOM AGENDA IN [...] Summary: To further the PresidentQs Freedom Agenda (Ref A),the Ambassador, DCM and other Mission officers have met with a variety of activists and interlocutors to highlight the importance of continued democratic and human rights reforms in strengthening MoroccoQs position as a moderate, de [...]	2008-05-09 10:38:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM EAID PREL MO
08RABAT443	SENIOR GOM OFFICIAL: AMERICA SHOULD CHANGE ITS [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with National War College students and faculty, Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General of Bilateral Relations Youssef Amrani identified the poor perception of the United States in the region as the U.S. government's greatest foreign policy challen [...]	2008-05-16 17:56:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KWBG IS IZ MO
08RABAT458	GOM BRIEFED ON CUBAN SOLIDARITY DAY [...] (SBU) Fouad Yazourh, Director of American (Western Hemisphere) Affairs at the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs met Polcouns on May 16 and received a summary of USG interest in Cuban Solidarity Day. Yazourh stated that the Moroccan Government has had no diplomatic relations with the Cuban [...]	2008-05-20 11:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU MO
08RABAT469	GOM REACHES OUT TO ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION [...] (S) Summary: A senior Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs official told us the Government of Morocco (GOM) has quietly reached out to the Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. On May 16, the Director for African Affairs Abdellatif Bendahane (strictly protect) told us the Minister of [...]	2008-05-21 12:12:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM ZI SF MO
08RABAT54	PALACE INSIDER SET TO FORM NEW PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Chair and top royal confidante Fouad Ali Al-Himma appears to be taking steps to form a new political party. It would be well placed to dominate Morocco's political scene. A January 17 communique signed by Al-Himma and a diverse and influential group of pol [...]	2008-01-18 18:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
08RABAT577	PARLIAMENTARY REFORM VIEWED WITH SKEPTICISM [...] (C) Summary: A parliamentary staffer from the Berber-dominated Mouvement Populaire (MP) political party recently told us that real constitutional reform was necessary to advance democracy, but unlikely in the near term. For now, the Parliament could exercise better the authority it already ho [...]	2008-06-23 07:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
08RABAT579	MOROCCO: FOLLOW UP ON THE 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) The Country Report on Human Rights Practices has become an increasingly useful tool for promoting improvement in Morocco. Since the release of the Morocco and Western Sahara human rights reports on March 11, the Government of Morocco (GOM),human rights organizations and other diplomats [...]	2008-06-23 14:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM MO
08RABAT623	FREEDOM OF PRESS IN MOROCCO: BATTERED BUT NOT [...] (C) A rash of incidents over the past month have taken a toll on Morocco,s reputation for relative press freedom. These incidents have included several cases of police harassment or abuse of journalists, Government of Morocco (GOM) efforts to restrict the operations of foreign news agencies i [...]	2008-07-03 17:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI PREL MO
08RABAT678	PJD PICKS A NEW, MORE HARDLINE, LEADER [...] (C) In an upset with potentially major implications, the PJD (Party of Justice and Development),Morocco's main Islamist opposition party, elected Abdelilah Benkirane as party leader at its national Congress July 20. Benkirane was the candidate of the "hardline" elements of the party, but has [...]	2008-07-21 18:33:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MO
08RABAT688	NEW PJD LEADER MOVES QUICKLY TO REASSURE [...] (C) Summary: New PJD leader Abdelilah Benkirane moved quickly to reassure the nation, in a July 23 press conference, that he will not radicalize the Justice and Development Party (PJD) party. He said his agenda was economic not religious. Outside observers note his election as leader of th [...]	2008-07-24 15:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MO
08RABAT711	DEMOCRACY IN TRANSITION: MOROCCAN YOUTH SPEAKS OUT [...] (U) Summary: Educated Moroccan youths are concerned about Parliamentary dysfunction, constitutional imbalances, and corruption among elected officials. During a conference attended by young academics and opinionmakers, debate focused on problems related to the mismanagement of public resources [...]	2008-08-01 11:26:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL MO
08RABAT726	"MOVEMENT OF ALL DEMOCRATS": ASSOCIATION [...] (C) Summary: The Movement of All Democrats (MTD),the political association formed by palace intimate Fouad Ali El-Himma is the main topic for political discussions in Morocco. Despite formal denials, members say that MTD is preparing to form a party and participate in the 2009 municipal el [...]	2008-08-04 15:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL MO
08RABAT785	JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY LEADER PRAGMATIC IN [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Justice and Development Party (PJD) Chairman Benkirane told the Ambassador in a recent meeting that the principal reason for the United States' increasingly negative image among Moroccans is the perception that the U.S. has become increasingly pro-Israeli and less objecti [...]	2008-08-22 16:12:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL KCOR MO
08RABAT797	SUPPORTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENT ON [...] (U) Polloff delivered REF A demarche on August 26 regarding support for the UN Security Council statement condemning the Mauritania Coup to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of the Division of International Organizations Ahmed Faouzi. Faouzi said that Morocco is monitoring the situa [...]	2008-08-26 17:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL MO
08RABAT852	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: VISIT OF SECRETARY [...] Summary: Moroccan press coverage of Secretary Rice's September 6-7 visit to Morocco was principally factual and positive, focused on statements she made that the press described as supportive of the Moroccan perspective on Western Sahara negotiations. The Moroccan press also highlighted her [...]	2008-09-10 15:55:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI MO
08RABAT879	MAURITANIAN ENVOY EXPLAINS COUP TO GOM [...] (C) During a long September 16 briefing on Western Sahara (septel),Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri told the Perm 5 Ambassadors and Charges, as well as the Spanish Ambassador, that King Mohammed VI and he had met new Mauritanian Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou in C [...]	2008-09-16 18:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MR MO
08RABAT897	MOROCCO PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 18:08:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM UNGA MO
08RABAT937	LOW TURNOUT AND VOTE BUYING MARS PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: A recent Moroccan special election to fill eight parliamentary seats was marred by low voter turnout and accusations of vote buying. Voter participation in the election, which took place in four Atlantic coast cities, was 27%. Increasing public distrust of the efficacy of poli [...]	2008-09-30 12:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL MO
08RANGOON214	DRL SPECIAL BURMA RESPONSE FUND - EMBASSY [...] Per reftel, Embassy Rangoon acknowledges the terms of the transfer of $100,000 to Post for projects in Burma. 2. Embassy Rangoon contacts for the grant are: --Financial Officer: Craig Shaw. Mr. Shaw will assist the P/E section with financial transactions related to this grant. He wil [...]	2008-03-20 08:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KDEM PREL BM
08RANGOON313	DRL SPECIAL BURMA RESPONSE FUND [...] Per reftel, Embassy Rangoon acknowledges the terms of the transfer of $20,000 to Post for projects in Burma. 2. Embassy Rangoon contacts for the grant are: --Financial Officer: Craig Shaw. Mr. Shaw will assist the P/E section with financial transactions related to this grant. He will [...]	2008-05-05 11:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KDEM PREL BM
08RIGA255	LATVIA: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE [...] Per reftels, Post would like to place an op-ed in local media, and joins in Embassy London's request to receive generic text for such an op-ed from WHA. In order to have time to translate the text into Latvian, we would ask that text be made available by May 16. 2. In addition, we have spok [...]	2008-05-13 14:25:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PHUM EUN CU LG
08RIGA279	LATVIA: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE FOLLOW-UP [...] Per reftel, Post confirms that the Department-provided op-ed was placed under Ambassador Larsons' name in a local Russian-language newspaper, Telegraph, on May 21. 2. In addition, the MFA issued the following statement on May 20 (informal embassy translation): "Foreign Minister Urges Supp [...]	2008-05-22 10:28:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO SOCI CU LG
08RIGA575	UNGA COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 14:43:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UNGA LG
08RIGA719	LATVIA FOLLOWS EU LINE ON BOLIVIA/DEA ISSUE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 09:00:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR LG
08RIGA779	LATVIA SUPPORTS OSCE ADDRESSING GEORGIA INVASION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 13:37:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU LG
08RIYADH1133	Saudi Arabia: Media Reaction to the Madrid Interfaith [...] Summary and comment: The Madrid Interfaith Dialogue Conference provided Saudi press with an excellent opportunity to advance King Abdullah's agenda of promoting interfaith dialogue and religious tolerance among the broader Saudi society. Highlights include a commentary by a prominent editor w [...]	2008-07-22 04:58:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAO KDEM PHUM SA
08RIYADH1170	KING ABDULLAH'S INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND THE MADRID [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Saudi-hosted Madrid Conference for Interfaith Dialogue won King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud praise from local media and Embassy contacts alike. It has the potential to lead to greater religious tolerance, with the tangible effect of defusing extremism and associated ter [...]	2008-07-30 05:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CIA EU EUN KDEM KISL KMDR KPAO PGOV
08RIYADH1270	SAUDIS FIND THEIR VOICE ON INTERFAITH DIALOGUE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Public opinion on religious tolerance in Saudi Arabia continues to develop in the wake of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz's Madrid Conference on Interfaith Dialogue. Senior SAG officials railed against the USG's lack of public support after the Conference concluded. Conservative S [...]	2008-08-19 04:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	ASEC CIA EU EUN KDEM KISL KMDR KPAO PGOV
08RIYADH1343	SAUDIS TO REMAIN SILENT ON MAURITANIA COUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-01 14:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MR PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH1346	SAUDIS REQUEST USG SUPPORT FOR U.N. SESSION ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal will call for UN endorsement of Saudi King Abdullah's Interfaith Dialogue initiative in his address to the upcoming 2008 U.N. General Assembly. A Saudi MFA official revealed that t [...]	2008-09-02 04:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CIA EU EUN KDEM KISL KMDR KPAO PGOV
08RIYADH1376	Saudi Arabia: Special Media Reaction on Election of [...] Summary: Coverage of the election of Asif Ali Zardari as the new president of Pakistan has been extensive in the English-language press. The Arabic-language coverage has been significantly less, with only one newspaper printing a commentary on the election. Everything else consisted of wire sto [...]	2008-09-09 11:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM SA PK
08RIYADH154	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: SAUDI ARABIA WILL DONATE, LOOKS [...] (S) Charge d'Affaires Gfoeller met with Prince Dr. Turki bin Mohammed, Undersecretary for Political Affairs at the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on February 4 and presented demarche points per REFTEL A; he also carefully read Secretary Rice's note verbale to the Undersecretary. [...]	2008-02-04 15:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY SA
08RIYADH1617	EP GOVERNOR OFFERS HIS SUPPORT TO THE CONSULATE [...] (C) Summary: On October 19, Consul General Kenny made a familiarization call on the Governor of the Eastern Province, HRH Prince Mohammed bin Fahad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Prince Mohammed stressed the Saudi Arabian Government,s (SAG) commitment to combating terrorism and providing the appropri [...]	2008-10-28 14:20:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH442	SAUDI BLOGGERS DEBATE MEDIA FREEDOM AND QUESTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Two Saudi bloggers highlighted differences within the blogger community over whether media freedom is a human right or not during a February 24 meeting with PA Officer. Both bloggers noted the lack of formal charges against jailed blogger Al-Farhan which makes the Saudi blog [...]	2008-03-12 14:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM SA
08RIYADH5	BLOGGER'S ARREST MAY DAMPEN SAUDI BLOGOSPHERE [...] (U) According to Saudi media reports January 1, the Saudi Ministry of Interior arrested on December 10 the &dean of Saudi bloggers,8 Fouad Al-Farhan. Reports stated that his arrest was sparked by his blog entry calling for the release of a group of Jeddah men arrested on charges of supporting [...]	2008-01-02 12:47:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM SA
08RIYADH717	U.S. Foreign Policy Heavy Hitters: Mead and Telhami in [...] Summary: Two first-rate U.S. foreign policy experts gave their views on U.S. policy from historical, contemporary, and forward-looking perspectives with eager-to-engage elite Saudi interlocutors. Both proved to be highly capable advocates for U.S. perspectives on foreign policy, Middle East [...]	2008-05-04 13:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KDEM PGOV SA
08RIYADH761	Saudi Media: Recent commentaries show environment [...] Summary and comment. Local Saudi print media has recently favored regional issues concerning local topics over international issues. Editorials and commentaries from January to May 2008 have largely focused on three major Saudi issues: (1) debate on the activities and role of the Commission [...]	2008-05-13 13:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAO KDEM SA
08RIYADH791	DAMMAM MUNICIPAL COUNCIL UPDATE: PUBLIC CORRUPTION [...] SUMMARY: (C) The city of Dammam continues to be embroiled in a confrontation of governance, pitting four elected members of the Municipal Council against Eastern Province Mayor Dhaifallah al-Otaibi and Council Chairperson, Khalid al-Faleh, an appointed member and the second-in-charge of Saudi [...]	2008-05-19 17:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH792	Saudi Arabia: Media Reaction to President and Mrs. Laura [...] Summary: Editorials pinpointed three major themes during President Bush's recent visit: (1) the Middle East Peace Process, (2) regional security, and (3) oil production and energy security. News stories reporting the visit filled the front pages of all Saudi dailies. The First Lady's separat [...]	2008-05-20 04:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAO KDEM SA
08RIYADH799	SIX HAIL MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEMBERS OFFER [...] (U) On May 11, 2008, six members of the Hail municipal council presented their resignations to the President of the Hail City Municipal Council, Abd al-Aziz Ibrahim al-Toub. Citing a lack of progress in council performance, the members left two options for Minister of Municipal and Rural Affair [...]	2008-05-21 08:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH853	STATE OF THE SAUDI SHI,A 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite an ongoing dialogue between Saudi Shi'a leadership and the SAG, and slightly greater autonomy of religious and political action in the sub-governate of Qatif, the Shi'a community of Saudi Arabia continues to feel itself a second-class citizenry, facing both formal and inf [...]	2008-06-01 15:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	ECON KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PREL SA
08ROME1464	ITALIANS URGE U.S. TO AGREE TO WATERED-DOWN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Elena Basile, MFA OSCE Office Director, on December 2. Basile noted the U.S. position and stated that she had just received instructions to contact post to urge the U.S. to accept softer language for the ministerial declaration to avoid a stalemate with R [...]	2008-12-03 10:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM RU IT
08ROME147	SYRIA: ITALY SUPPORTS EU DEMARCH ON SEIF'S ARREST [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 16:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL SY IT
08ROME170	ITALY: CONSIDERING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HARIRI [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points and dip note February 4 to MFA Levant Office Director Carlo Formosa who had just returned from a trip to Lebanon with MFA Director General for the Middle East Cesare Ragaglini. Formosa said Italy remains committed to Lebanon's stability, democracy, and econo [...]	2008-02-07 17:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY IT
08ROME657	ITALY/CUBA: ACTIVITIES FOR THE DAY SOLIDARITY WITH [...] (C) Summary: Per ref A-C requests, Post engaged in a robust effort to mark May 21's "Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People." We placed the Cuba Solidarity op-ed May 20 in leading center-right daily Il Giornale. Lobbying by the Ambassador convinced Senate President Schifani, Chamber of Depu [...]	2008-05-22 15:34:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU IT
08ROME809	ITALY: RESPONSE TO CHAPTER VII UNSCR ON ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 15:00:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI IT
08ROME872	ITALY REMAINS FOCUSED ON HOLDING PRISONERS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 14:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL KDEM IT

08ROME995	ITALY: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-06 11:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM IT
08SANAA1935	OPPOSITION LEADER: PARTICIPATION IN APRIL [...] (C) With Yemen's April 2009 Parliamentary elections approaching, the opposition continues to boycott all election preparations. The concessions that President Saleh is willing to discuss privately come nowhere near addressing what the opposition deems to be its "minimum standards" for partic [...]	2008-12-03 12:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM YM
08SANJOSE102	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT LEBANON NOW [...] (SBU) On February 5 we delivered reftel demarche to Alejandro Solano-Ortiz, Alternate Director General of the Foreign Policy Department of the MFA. 2. (SBU) Solano-Ortiz indicated the GOCR fully supports the legitimate government of Prime Minister Siniora in Lebanon and will issue statement [...]	2008-02-07 20:15:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY CS
08SANJOSE406	COSTA RICAN ASSEMBLY AND MEDIA PLAN DAY OF [...] (SBU) Per reftels, Post contacted media and key community leaders active on Cuban issues to promote the Day of Solidarity observance. Planned activities include the following: -- Four members of the National Assembly will speak for a total of 20 minutes during the May 21 plenary session [...]	2008-05-16 18:56:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL SOCI CU CS
08SANJOSE432	COSTA RICA: MAY 21 DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] The Costa Rican National Assembly, local media, Post and others observed the Day of Solidarity with Cuban People on May 20-21. Post contacted key representatives from each of these groups in the lead-up to May 21 and suggested possible commemorative activities and statements. Post also provided [...]	2008-05-23 00:43:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO CU CS
08SANJOSE539	COSTA RICA: JUNE 23 UNSC MEETING ON ZIMBABWE [...] On June 23, we delivered reftel points to Juan Salas, UNSC Desk Officer at the MFA. Salas said they had a copy of the UK's Presidential Statement and were in communication with their NY UN Mission to see "what the UN Mission says about it" since they have also heard that MDC Morgan Tsvangirai h [...]	2008-06-23 22:35:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI CS
08SANJOSE568	COSTA RICA MFA STATES NO OFFICIAL POSITION YET ON [...] (U) On July 2, we passed the U.S. draft resolution on Zimbabwe, per reftels, to Deyanira Ramirez, MFA UN Officer. She had not seen the text nor had heard it was coming. She promised to review it and respond. 2. (SBU) We asked Ramirez whether Costa Rica had taken a position on the Zimbabwe [...]	2008-07-02 19:35:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI CS
08SANSALVADOR1092	GOES RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO CD GOALS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 17:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA ES
08SANSALVADOR1368	EL SALVADOR ELECTION UPDATE: DECEMBER 12 [...] Summary: This message is an update regarding the Salvadoran municipal and legislative elections scheduled for January 18, and the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report includes additional information on the test of the electoral results reporting system, results of two lat [...]	2008-12-15 18:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPLS KDEM ES
08SANSALVADOR147	ARENA: FIVE CANDIDATES SURVIVE FIRST CUT [...] (SBU) Summary: ARENA's executive board announced the names of five candidates who will continue in the party's competition to become ARENA's nominee for 2009 presidential elections. In a surprise to many observers, ARENA founding member Hugo Barrera was not among those moving on to the next p [...]	2008-02-05 19:36:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ES
08SANSALVADOR238	ARENA: COENA NAMES THREE PRESIDENTIAL FINALISTS [...] (C) Summary: Rodrigo Avila, Luis Mario Rodriguez and Ana Vilma de Escobar were named February 26 as the three finalists in the race to become ARENA's presidential candidate. There is unhappiness and worry in COENA, ARENA's executive board, over President Saca's heavy handed management of the [...]	2008-02-27 19:43:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ES
08SANSALVADOR321	WHA/CEN DIRECTOR FEELEY VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: From March 4-7, WHA/CEN Director John Feeley visited El Salvador as part of a regional visit focused on the Merida Initiative. During the visit, Feeley attended the Ambassador's speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in El Salvador, discussed the Merida Initiative with Deputy F [...]	2008-03-14 19:58:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES KDEM MX
08SANSALVADOR343	NO SURPRISES AS AVILA WINS ARENA NOMINATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 15, the National Republican Alliance Party (ARENA) selected Rodrigo Avila as its presidential candidate for the 2009 election. Avila's selection had been widely anticipated, but his landslide win did little to mollify critics who claimed that the process was less than fa [...]	2008-03-18 22:37:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ES KDEM
08SANSALVADOR547	DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN PEOPLE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 15:18:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM EUN CU ES
08SANSALVADOR601	EL SALVADOR: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN [...] (U) This cable is an update to Reftel B. 2. (SBU) Post confirms that we placed the Op-Ed provided by the Department under the Ambassador's signature in the leading Salvadoran Daily, El Diario de Hoy, on May 21. In addition, the Mission has placed material on Cuban Solidarity Day on the Emb [...]	2008-05-21 20:08:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PHUM CU ES
08SANTIAGO412	MAY 21: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE [...] (U) In response to reftel requests, Post provides the following initial plans for promoting Cuba Solidarity Day in Chile: --DVC with senior USG officials and Chilean print media to highlight Cuba Solidarity Day and increase awareness in Chile about the plight of Cuba's prisoners of conscience [...]	2008-05-05 19:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL CU CI
08SANTIAGO456	MAY 21: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE [...] (U) In response to reftel A request, Post provides the following activities to promote Cuba Solidarity Day: --DVC with a senior USG official and Chilean media to highlight Cuba Solidarity Day, and increase awareness in Chile about the plight of Cuba's prisoners of conscience and drum up suppo [...]	2008-05-16 19:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL CU CI
08SANTIAGO470	MAY 21: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE - [...] (U) In response to reftel A request, Embassy Santiago conducted the following activities to promote Cuba Solidarity Day: -- Post recorded a radio interview on 5/20 with international affairs commentator Libardo Buitrago and Cuban dissident Julio Cesar Montes. The Embassy-produced "Dimension [...]	2008-05-22 20:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL CU CI
08SANTIAGO672	PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS EVENT: CHILE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 14:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL KDEM CI
08SANTIAGO850	CHILE RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Jaime Acuna, Deputy Director of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Affairs, and Olivia Cook, Third Secretary, of the same office, on September 16. Chile agreed that, in principle, individual countries should not be allowed to block country-specific state [...]	2008-09-17 16:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM CI IN SF
08SANTODOMINGO1108	PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS EVENT [...] On July 3, PolOff delivered to the Office of the Foreign Minister reftel demarche regarding the Prisoners of Conscience Public Affairs event. MFA did not have any immediate substantive response. Post will report any subsequent reply from the ministry. FANNIN [...]	2008-07-08 20:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL DR
08SANTODOMINGO1921	REFORM OF THE REFORMISTA PARTY - THE DREAM IS ALIVE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Victor "Ito" Bisono, a rising star of the falling Reform Party (PRSC) to discuss prospects for the party's revival - an on-going saga (ref A). Although some Dominicans have already dismissed the party as a thing of the past, Bisono has a different vision: He pred [...]	2008-12-16 20:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR KJUS VE DR
08SANTODOMINGO225	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 [...] Opposition Walks Out on Central Elections Board 2. Participacion Ciudadana Launches Observation, Cites Abuses 3. Fernandez Criticized for Describing Sun Land Issue as "Closed" 4. New Polls Fail to Clarify Divergent Numbers Â [...]	2008-02-15 15:25:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON KDEM DR
08SANTODOMINGO418	CONCERN GROWING OVER GOVERNMENT'S CAMPAIGN RULES [...] (C) Summary: On March 24, the Government and ruling PLD party suffered a setback when a Central Elections Board (JCE) decision found that a special government payroll existed to pay party members who did no work, and ordered that the practice be ceased. The ruling follows a damning report by a [...]	2008-03-27 17:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM DR
08SAOPAULO122	SANTA CATARINA GOVERNOR SURVIVES IMPEACHMENT SCARE [...] (U) Summary: Luiz Henrique da Silveira, Governor of the southern state of Santa Catarina, has survived an attempt to remove him from office over allegations of abuse of power. On February 21, the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) voted for technical reasons to suspend the legal proceedings ag [...]	2008-03-12 09:40:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM BR
08SAOPAULO61	PARANA GOVERNOR REQUIAO TAKES ON THE FEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: A dispute between Parana State Governor Roberto Requiao and federal prosecutors and judges has attracted widespread media attention. Prosecutors accused the Governor of using the state's public educational television channel as a vehicle to promote his own political agenda and [...]	2008-02-13 11:45:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM BR
08SARAJEVO1088	BOSNIA - CORRUPTION VERDICTS HIGHLIGHT RULE OF LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent verdicts in corruption cases against senior Bosnian political leaders have highlighted the vulnerability of the judiciary to political attacks and the systemic weaknesses in the judicial system that continue to require the attention of the international community. On June [...]	2008-07-02 15:10:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS KDEM EAID BK
08SARAJEVO1193	BOSNIA - DODIK REMAINS TOP DOG IN THE RS DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his 2006 election campaign, Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik promised the RS public that he would revitalize the RS oil industry and the Gacko thermo power plant, finish the highway connecting Banja Luka to Croatia, and build a comprehensive network of hig [...]	2008-07-24 16:26:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ECON KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1227	BOSNIA - A VISIBLY UPSET DODIK DIMISSES USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik responded angrily to a letter from Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried, which outlined USG concerns about statements and actions by Dodik that created the impression that Dodik believed the RS can take a path separate form Bosnia as a [...]	2008-07-30 15:10:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PINR EUN BK KDEM PHUM
08SARAJEVO1231	BOSNIA - THE LONG, SAD SAGA OF BOSNIA'S HUMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The appointment of a single state-level Ombudsman for human rights, a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) and Council of Europe post-accession requirement, remains incomplete almost two years after the Bosnian parliament adopted legislation mandating it. The initial att [...]	2008-07-31 08:50:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM EAID BK
08SARAJEVO1423	BOSNIA - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN OFFICIALY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The campaign season officially opened today (September 5) for Bosnia's October 5 municipal elections. Although municipal-level party officials tell us their campaigns will focus on local-level issues, party leaders have already begun trying to capture votes by focusing on divisive [...]	2008-09-05 16:58:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	BK KDEM PGOV PINR PREL
08SARAJEVO1435	BOSNIA - DISPLACED CROAT COMMUNITY DENIED VOTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 28 August, the Central Election Commission (CEC) rejected the voter registration applications of 2,048 displaced Bosnian Croats, provoking howls of criticism from Croat political parties that they and their voters were victims of discrimination. The CEC's decision rests on co [...]	2008-09-09 13:23:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1449	BOSNIA -- A HOUSE DIVIDED: MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The campaign to register 1991 residents of Srebrenica to vote in municipal elections there has leveled the political playing field in the municipality for Bosniaks, whose demographic profile in Srebrenica reflects the genocide and ethnic cleansing that took place in and around the [...]	2008-09-11 13:28:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KAWC KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1481	BOSNIA - DISENFRANCHISEMENT IN POSAVINA LEAVES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Central Election Commission (CEC) decided on September 9 not to approve voter registration applications for 2,084 Croats from the Posavina region (details of the Croats' dilemma are reported reftel). The party that helped spearhead the effort to register these Croats is laun [...]	2008-09-17 08:12:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1507	BOSNIA - SDA ISSUES WARNING TO DODIK AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Party of Democratic Action (SDA) main board on September 20 adopted a declaration that: decried the "perpetual and systematic obstruction" of Dayton by "some politicians" (read: Republika Srpska PM Dodik); stressed that Dayton had not been implemented; underscored that it was [...]	2008-09-23 13:29:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1510	BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thirteen years after Dayton, Bosnia and Herzegovina remains a deeply divided society. Dayton's division of the country into two entities - one overwhelmingly Serb (Republika Srpska - RS),and one divided between a Bosniak (Muslim) majority and a Croat minority (the Federation) - [...]	2008-09-23 15:58:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KAWC BK
08SARAJEVO1518	BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC STOKES THE FLAMES OF A RESTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bosniak Tri-Presidency member Haris Silajdzic has ratcheted up his anti-Republika Srpska (RS) rhetoric, this time tking his vitriol to the international stage. Hedelivered his most recent potshot during his Septmber 23 speech to the UN General Assembly, at whic he declared -- as [...]	2008-09-25 14:13:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1520	BOSNIA - DODIK'S OPTIONS FOR BOSNIA: IT'S MY WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As we have reported, Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik has taken a number of actions over the last 12 months to undermine the Bosnian state, his most being his attacks on TRANSCO (Ref C) and in challenging the authorities of state-level law enforcement and judicial authoritie [...]	2008-09-25 15:16:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KAWC KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1530	BOSNIA - PIC SPLITS OVER DODIK CHALLENGE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board Ambassadors (SBA) met on September 26 to discuss its response to the Republika Srpska (RS) government's conclusion that the RS administration and administrative organizations are not obligated to provide SIPA documents in conne [...]	2008-09-26 15:35:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK
08SARAJEVO1531	BOSNIA - REPUBLIKA SRPSKA ATTACKS ON MISSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska (RS) authorities have taken a series of steps that undermine the ability of the state-level Missing Persons Institute (MPI) to locate, exhume, and identify victims of the 1992-1995 war. MPI was designed to search for missing individuals without regard to ethnicit [...]	2008-09-29 09:59:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KAWC KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO1536	BOSNIA - DODIK APPEARS TO STEP BACK FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 26, High Representative Lajcak issued a statement acknowledging written assurances from Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik that his government was willing to honor a subpoena presented by State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) in connection with an inves [...]	2008-09-29 16:12:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK
08SARAJEVO1547	BOSNIA - DODIK RENEGES ON PROMISE TO COOPERATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: After promising publicly on September 28 that the Republika Srpska Government (RSG) would cooperate with state-level law enforcement institutions, RS PM Milorad Dodik informed the State Prosecutor's Office on September 30 that his government would not submit documentation requeste [...]	2008-10-02 14:47:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK
08SARAJEVO1553	BOSNIA - AGREEMENT ON CENSUS? DON'T COUNT ON IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Underscoring growing political intransigence on key reforms, Bosnian leaders sharply diverge on the data to include in a country-wide census, which Bosnia has not conducted since 1991. The EU-Bosnia Partnership Agreement -- a non-binding document outlining reforms the EU deems n [...]	2008-10-03 11:32:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1559	BOSNIA - DODIK IMPLIES RS POLICE WILL RESIST [...] (SBU) Commenting on the ongoing standoff between Republika Srpska (RS) and state-level law enforcement and judicial authorities, RS PM Milorad Dodik implied that RS police would prevent the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) from obtaining documentation requested by the State Pro [...]	2008-10-03 15:24:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK
08SARAJEVO1560	BOSNIA - DODIK IMPLIES RS POLICE WILL RESIST [...] (SBU) Commenting on the ongoing standoff between Republika Srpska (RS) and state-level law enforcement and judicial authorities, RS PM Milorad Dodik implied that RS police would prevent the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) from obtaining documentation requested by the State Pro [...]	2008-10-03 15:32:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK
08SARAJEVO1561	BOSNIA - DODIK IMPLIES RS POLICE WILL RESIST [...] (SBU) Commenting on the ongoing standoff between Republika Srpska (RS) and state-level law enforcement and judicial authorities, RS PM Milorad Dodik implied that RS police would prevent the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) from obtaining documentation requested by the State Pro [...]	2008-10-03 16:01:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK
08SARAJEVO1575	BOSNIA - COUNCIL OF EUROPE REPORT PLAYS INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on September 30 adopted a resolution on Bosnia that -- inter alia -- calls for a new constitution by October 2010 that: 1) reforms entity voting; 2) narrows the "vital national interest" protections; 3) allows "others" to [...]	2008-10-07 13:14:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1593	BOSNIA - MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS UNLIKELY TO CHANGE DOWNWARD POLITICAL TRAJECTORY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 16:34:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	BK KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08SARAJEVO1598	BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR HIGHREP'S OCTOBER 20-21 [...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Miroslav Lajcak will visit Washington on October 20-21 as part of his consultations with Peace Implementation Council (PIC) capitals prior to the November 19-20 PIC. Lajcak's stop in Washington follows visits earlier this month to Quint capitals, Brussels, and [...]	2008-10-14 14:55:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KAWC KDEM PHUM BK
08SARAJEVO1599	BOSNIA - PUBLIC BROADCAST REFORM: BAD NEWS [...] (C) Summary: Public Broadcast Reform, though a prerequisite for the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA),remains incomplete, and recently suffered two notable setbacks. On September 17, Croat and Serb parliamentarians joined forces and passed over the objections of [...]	2008-10-15 09:12:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KPAO BK
08SARAJEVO1613	BOSNIA - RS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REAFFIRMS RIGHT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following calls in September by Bosniak Tri-Presidency member Haris Silajdzic for the abolition of the RS, the Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA) held a special session on October 13 and 15, at which it adopted a resolution implying the right of the RS to hold a referendum [...]	2008-10-16 14:28:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1614	BOSNIA: SREBRENICA MAYOR'S OFFICE RETAINED BY [...] (C) Summary: SDA candidate Osman Suljic won the mayor's office of Srebrenica, carrying with him a significant number of seats for the SDA-SBiH coalition in the municipal assembly, though fewer than SDA previously held. The resounding defeat of SDP's Hakija Meholjic, and the cooperative tone [...]	2008-10-16 15:19:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1619	BOSNIA - DODIK SENDS MIXED MESSAGES TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, the Ambassador met with Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik and warned him that the U.S. was growing increasingly concerned with his statements and actions, particularly his attempts to undermine state-level institutions. The Ambassador underscor [...]	2008-10-17 14:03:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KCRM KDEM KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO1655	BOSNIA - BACKSLIDING ON BRCKO [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the municipal elections behind us and the November PIC approaching, OHR and Bosnian leaders are again discussing the five objectives and two conditions for OHR closure. Among the outstanding objectives is the completion of the Brcko Final Award, which requires the Superviso [...]	2008-10-24 15:57:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1703	BOSNIA - DODIK FAILS TO DELIVER DOCUMENTS TO STATE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite public and private promises, including an October 23 commitment to the Ambassador, Republika Srpska PM Milorad Dodik and his government have yet to comply with a request for RS government documents from the State Prosecutor's Office. The State Prosecutor had reiterat [...]	2008-11-04 14:20:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO1724	BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 19-20 PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) will meet in Brussels on November 19-20 against the backdrop of continued political deterioration in Bosnia. The major parties continue to focus on their narrow ethnic agenda, not the reforms required for Euro-Atlantic integration. Republika [...]	2008-11-07 17:52:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KDEM EU BK
08SARAJEVO1728	BOSNIA - DODIK, TIHIC, COVIC AGREE TO A POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 8, Bosnia's three main political party leaders -- Sulejman Tihic, Dragan Covic, and Milorad Dodik -- issued a joint statement outlining a common approach to a number of controversial issues. The statement deals with constitutional reform, state and defense property, th [...]	2008-11-10 18:48:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1734	BOSNIA - STATE PROSECUTOR REQUESTS TEMPORARY [...] (C/NF) In light of the Republika Srpska (RS) government's failure to submit documents needed for an inquiry into corruption associated with government building and other contracts in the RS, the State Prosecutor's Office on Monday requested a temporary seizure order from the State Court, whi [...]	2008-11-13 07:54:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO1738	BOSNIA - HIGHREP PROPOSES "NO CONTACT" POLICY WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ongoing confrontation between Republika Srpska PM Milorad Dodik, the RS government and state-level law enforcement and judicial authorities intensified on November 13. The RS government issued a defiant statement asserting that it "had no legal obligation" to comply with a re [...]	2008-11-13 18:04:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KJUS KDEM PHUM BK
08SARAJEVO1739	BOSNIA - POLITICAL MANEUVERING BEFORE THE PIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Going into next week's PIC, most Bosnian leaders are capitalizing on a climate of relative political optimism created by the three-party agreement that Milorad Dodik, Sulejman Tihic, and Dragan Covic reached on November 8 (reftel). Tihic, Covic, and Dodik have put elements of thei [...]	2008-11-13 19:17:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1789	BOSNIA: RS GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES PLANS TO APPEAL [...] (C/NF) On November 20, contacts at the State Prosecutor's Office told us that the RS government has not yet complied with the temporary seizure order that was requested by the State Prosecutor's Office for its preliminary investigation into corruption associated with RS government building and [...]	2008-11-24 17:00:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS KCRM BK
08SARAJEVO1795	BOSNIA - POSSIBLE BREAKTHROUGH IN THE RS/STATE [...] (C/NF) We understand from contacts at the State Prosecutor's Office that the Republika Srpska (RS) government handed over today some of the documents requested by the State Prosecutor's Office for its investigation into corruption associated with government building and other contracts to St [...]	2008-11-26 17:03:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS KCRM BK
08SARAJEVO1803	BOSNIA - RS GOVERNMENT FILES CRIMINAL SUIT AGAINST [...] (U) The Republika Srpska government on November 27 filed "criminal charges" with the State Prosecutor's Office against Principal Deputy Representative Raffi Gregorian, Acting Chief Prosecutor Milorad Barasin, and seven other individuals in connection with the State Prosecutor's investigation [...]	2008-11-28 17:29:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO1811	BOSNIA - MAYORALTY BATTLES MAY THREATEN TENUOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the October 5 municipal elections, parties are measuring their strength not only in terms of the number of mayoralties and city council positions they hold, but in the concentration of power in the areas of importance to each ethnic group. As such, the Croatian Democrati [...]	2008-12-03 18:14:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1832	BOSNIA - PIC REITERATES COMMITMENT TO 5-PLUS-2, [...] (C) Summary: At the November 19-20 PIC, HiRep Lajcak and PIC members underscored their commitment to seeing the 5-plus-2 benchmarks and conditions met in full prior to OHR closure and transition to EUSR, but stressed a desire be in a position to make a decision on transition at the next PIC m [...]	2008-12-05 13:53:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KCRM KDEM EU BK
08SARAJEVO1861	BOSNIA - CROAT COUNCIL PROPOSAL STRIKES A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Prime Ministers of the three Croat-majority cantons declared on December 9 that they intend to form an Inter-Cantonal Council by the end of December. The chairmen of the two parties that lead these cantons -- the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)-1990 and the Croatian Party of [...]	2008-12-13 15:54:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1862	BOSNIA: DODIK CROSSES THE LINE WITH ATTACK AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The conflict between Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, his government, and state-level judicial institutions over the State Prosecutor's preliminary investigation into corruption in the RS rose to new heights the week of December 8. Dodik, whose government has been [...]	2008-12-14 15:22:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO1868	BOSNIA - MESIC AND DODIK GO AT IT AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatian President Stjepan Mesic's strong criticisms of Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Dodik in a December 8 speech in New York provoked a sharp reaction from Dodik and an even fiercer counterattack from Dodik's political allies and the RS media. Mesic referred to Dodik as [...]	2008-12-15 14:18:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM KISL IR BK
08SARAJEVO1869	BOSNIA - PROGRESS ON PRUD AGREEMENT SLOW AND SHAKY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A month after the signing of the November 8 Prud Agreement (Ref A),the leaders of all three signatory parties continue to profess their support for the document. However, intra-party rifts, quibbling over details, continued concern over the element of the Agreement pertaining to [...]	2008-12-15 16:55:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1900	BOSNIA - AMBASSADOR VISITS SREBRENICA, PUSHES [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador English visited Srebrenica December 16 to inaugurate two USAID-funded projects and one new American-backed investment. He also met with newly-elected Mayor of Srebrenica Osman Suljic, who named his municipal team at the inaugural session of the Srebrenica assembly on [...]	2008-12-24 06:37:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1911	BOSNIA - TIHIC OFFERS HAND OF COMPROMISE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: In a December 26 press conference, Party of Democratic Action (SDA) chairman Sulejman Tihic called on Bosniaks to abandon the politics of victimhood and stressed that compromise with Serbs and Croats is the only path to a stable Bosnia. Tihic also attacked rival Bosniak politician [...]	2008-12-30 15:56:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO350	BOSNIA - ONE YEAR POST ICJ VERDICT, MUCH PROGRESS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict that genocide was committed in and around Srebrenica in July 1995 unleashed pent-up Bosniak anger about the 1992-1995 war. Bosniak political leaders exploited the verdict in order to advance their own narrow, nati [...]	2008-02-21 18:32:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KAWC KDEM PHUM BK
08SARAJEVO532	BOSNIA - DODIK FORCED TO WITHDRAW PROPOSAL TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The international community and civil society groups scored a victory this week in blocking a move that would have walked back a key democratic gain in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This came on March 19, when Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik withdrew a proposal to eliminate the [...]	2008-03-21 17:44:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM SOCI ECON BK
08SARAJEVO541	BOSNIA - RS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AIMED AT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA) adopted draft amendments to the Republika Srpska (RS) constitution on March 19, which will require a two-thirds majority for future transfers of entity-level competencies to the state, change the official capital of the RS from Sarajev [...]	2008-03-25 14:12:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM EU BK
08SARAJEVO735	BOSNIA - LOOMING POLITICAL CRISIS OVER SREBRENICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Election Commission (CEC) plans to announce on May 8 that municipal elections will take place on October 5. In Srebrenica, Bosniaks currently hold the mayoralty and majority of the 27 seats on the Municipal Assembly (17; Serbs hold the other 10 seats). There is a r [...]	2008-04-23 13:49:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KAWC BK
08SARAJEVO816	BOSNIA - PARLIAMENT ADOPTS SREBRENICA ELECTION LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 7, Bosnia's Parliamentary Assembly adopted an amendment to the BiH Election Law that will allow all 1991 residents of Srebrenica Municipality the option to vote there in the upcoming October 2008 municipal elections. The amendment was supported by every major political party [...]	2008-05-07 17:02:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO90	BOSNIA - DODIK'S ATTACKS ON PRESS AND NGOS RAISE [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 10, Embassy officers and representatives of the International Community met with non-governmental organizations and independent media outlets in Banja Luka to discuss concerns over the deterioration of press freedom and freedom of speech in the Republika Srpska (RS). [...]	2008-01-15 15:38:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KMDR BK
08SECTIN03OF03KABUL3036	DISCUSSIONS ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAW AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 10:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KTIP AF
08SEOUL1008	MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY (PART II) [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 04:20:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU KS
08SEOUL1757	ROK SAYS "NO" TO HOSTING APDP SENIOR OFFICIALS' [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 06:00:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM KS
08SEOUL1820	ROK RECONSIDERING HOSTING APDP MEETING; REQUESTS [...] (C) Summary: This is an action request. The ROK is giving positive consideration to hosting the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) Senior Officials' Meeting (ref A),the Deputy Foreign Minister for Multilateral, Global, and Legal Affairs Oh Joon told the DCM on September 12. Oh said, [...]	2008-09-12 05:36:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KS
08SEOUL1847	ROK CLOSE TO AGREEMENT TO HOST APDP; REQUESTS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Based on the Department's answers to his queries (refs B-D),Deputy Foreign Minister for Multilateral, Global, and Legal Affairs Oh Joon told the DCM on September 17 that he would recommend to the Foreign Minister that the ROK agree to host the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership [...]	2008-09-17 07:54:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KS
08SEOUL1859	ROK AGREES TO HOST APDP [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 06:57:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KS
08SEOUL2014	ELECTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN: ROKG SEEKS DETAILS ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) On October 14, poloffs delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Development Cooperation Division's Jong-ho Kyun. Kyun noted that Deputy Minister for Multilateral, Global and Legal Affairs Oh Joon, who h [...]	2008-10-14 08:02:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	AF KDEM KS PGOV PREL XB XC XD XE XF XG
08SEOUL2166	ROK EMBRACES ITS ROLE AS CHAIR OF FIRST APDP SOM [...] (U) Summary: The Republic of Korea hosted and chaired the first Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) of the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) in Seoul on October 31, 2008. Twelve countries participated: Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, New Zealand, the Philippines, the [...]	2008-11-05 06:57:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM KS
08SEOUL502	ROK AGREES WITH US VIEWS ON IRAN'S PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Kwak Sung-kyu, MOFAT Director for Middle Eastern Affairs, said that the ROK agreed with all of the reftel points detailing the U.S.'s assessment of the March 14 parliamentary elections. Instead of a public statement condemning the elections, however, Kim believed that a statement that exp [...]	2008-03-14 00:01:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS IR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
08SEOUL804	SEOUL RESPONSE; DONORS CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Development Cooperation Division Acting Director Kyun Jong-ho recently told us the ROKG was prepared to make a "substantial" pledge (involving both grants and loans stretching over three to four years) at the upcoming Af [...]	2008-04-21 06:54:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM KS PGOV PREL
08SEOUL987	SEOUL RESPONSE; PLEDGING AT THE PARIS SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Development Cooperation Division Acting Director Kyun Jong-ho recently confirmed that Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan will be leading the ROKG delegation to the Paris conference. While the ROKG has not yet finalized its [...]	2008-05-14 07:56:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM KS PGOV PREL
08SEOUL991	MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 04:25:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU KS
08SINGAPORE1153	CHEE'S PARTY FACING THREAT OF DISSOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beset by legal actions, threatened with insolvency, and hobbled by a leadership that seems unable to gain traction with the public, Chee Soon Juan's Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) shows no sign of becoming a credible political opposition for the long-ruling People's Action Par [...]	2008-10-31 00:29:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SN
08SINGAPORE534	BLOGGERS DEMAND INTERNET FREEDOM [...] (U) Thirteen Singaporean bloggers submitted proposals for increased internet freedom to the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) in late April. The proposals called for a change in the law that requires registration of political- or religious-focused websites. The blogg [...]	2008-05-09 05:56:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV SN
08SKOPJE13	MACEDONIA: PLANS FOR IRAQ FOR 2008 AND BEYOND [...] (S/NF) The following responses are keyed to the questions in ref A: A. (S/NF) Macedonia's leadership is committed to staying the course in Iraq in 2008 and beyond, as long as the U.S. remains engaged in Iraq and indicates Macedonian support is needed. Macedonia recently doubled its troop d [...]	2008-01-11 13:58:00	Embassy Skopje	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR KDEM MARR NATO PREL MK IZ
08SKOPJE226	MACEDONIA: DECENTRALIZATION MOVING FORWARD [...] (SBU) The GOM has successfully decentralized responsibility for a number of government activities to municipal governments, including such key functions as education and social policy. Decentralization of those government activities was a key requirement of the 2001 Ohrid Framework Agreement. [...]	2008-03-25 13:27:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ECON USAID MK
08SKOPJE231	CODEL PRICE'S MACEDONIA MEETINGS [...] (SBU) CODEL Price visited Macedonia March 15 to 18. CODEL members met with parliamentary leaders to advise on effective parliamentary procedures. The CODEL also met with President Crvenkovski, Prime Minister Gruevski, Foreign Minister Milososki, and Defense Minister Elenovski to discuss Mace [...]	2008-03-27 06:39:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP OVIP KDEM PGOV PREL MK
08SKOPJE333	AMBASSADOR AND EUSR URGE ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADERS [...] (C) Summary. On May 16, the Ambassador and EU Special Representative Erwan Fouere met jointly in separate meetings with ethnic Albanian party leaders Menduh Thaci and Ali Ahmeti to urge them to use their influence to end the violence in the parliamentary election campaign (ref B). Thaci compl [...]	2008-05-19 13:36:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MK
08SKOPJE345	MACEDONIAN MOI ON ELECTION CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS [...] (C) On May 26, DCM Navratil, EUSR Fouere, and ODIHR Ambassador Barry met jointly with Minister of Interior Gordana Jankulovska to discuss the continuing incidents of violence and intimidation related to the parliamentary election campaign. Jankulovska agreed that the incidents are damaging t [...]	2008-05-27 15:15:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MK
08SKOPJE399	MACEDONIA: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) In response to the request for information on Macedonia's commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms for the OSCE's annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (reftel),Post offers the following summary of progress in areas of democratic development, human rights, religious [...]	2008-06-18 13:29:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM OSCE PGOV KDEM PREL MK
08SKOPJE501	MACEDONIA TO REVIEW HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS AHEAD OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-05 11:36:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OSCE PHUM KDEM
08SKOPJE576	MACEDONIA: SUPPORT FOR U.S. PRIORITIES IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 13:58:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA MK
08SKOPJE731	MACEDONIA: OSCE HELSINKI MINISTERIAL POINTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 15:41:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE MK

08SOFIA315	BULGARIA: NO COMMENT ON PLEDGING AT THE PARIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-19 09:54:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV AG BU
08SOFIA489	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 11:17:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM
08STATE100108	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR SOMALI CANDIDATES TO [...] Reftel nominated nineteen candidates to attend the Interdicting Terrorist Activities course from September 22 to October 3 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As per reftel, Embassy Nairobi has reviewed mission records and found no credible information of gross human rights violations by the nominees l [...]	2008-09-18 20:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PGOV PINS PREL SO
08STATE101434	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RELEASE OF THE 2008 [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on September 25. Begin text: Thank you Mr. Chairman. On Friday, September 19, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice transmitted to the United States Congress the 10th annual United States Re [...]	2008-09-23 15:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE
08STATE102147	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE HEAD OF [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the September 25, 2008 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ambassador Tesoriere, welcome to the Permanent Council and thank you for your comprehensive report on the situation in Kyrgyzstan a [...]	2008-09-24 17:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KG PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV
08STATE102410	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: CONCERNS ABOUT UPCOMING [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 25 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomed the August release of three prisoners of conscience by the government of Belarus in the hope that this positive [...]	2008-09-24 22:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM BY
08STATE104488	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Under Secretary Burns met with Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov on September 26 in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly. Norov told Burns that the Government of Uzbekistan was satisfied with the U.S.-Uzbek relationship, and hoped the relationship would grow in a balan [...]	2008-09-30 20:37:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC NATO PHUM KDEM PREL KMAR AF RS UZ
08STATE104519	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) In a forty minute meeting on September 25, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon and Under Secretary William Burns discussed the U.S.-Tajik relationship and Rahmon's views on issues facing South and Central Asia. Rahmon expressed concern over the situation in Afghanistan stressing that, i [...]	2008-09-30 21:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM PMAR PK AF TI
08STATE105096	FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN MEETING AT THE UN [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. A/S Richard Boucher, SCA AFGHANISTAN Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta AUSTRALIA Foreign Minister Stephen Smith CANADA Ambassador John McNee, Permanent Representative to the UN [...]	2008-10-01 21:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC UNAMA UNGA KDEM EAID MARR MASS MOPS UN
08STATE105880	A/S JENDAYI E. FRAZER,S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: A/S Jendayi E. Frazer met with Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Gadio September 25 on the margins of UNGA. They discussed South African President Mbeki,s resignation, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Senegal,s relationship with Iran, and the state of Senegal,s democratic institutions. END SUM [...]	2008-10-03 13:37:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL IR SF SG SU ZI
08STATE106151	BOUCHER AND NOROV: PRAGMATIC STEPS FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia, Richard Boucher, and Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister, Vladimir Norov, met September 27 on the margins of the UN General Assembly and discussed: overland supply to Afghanistan, human rights, religious freedom, the Red Cross, counter nar [...]	2008-10-03 18:32:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM PMAR PK AF UZ
08STATE106743	USUN INSTRUCTION: SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] This is an action request; see paras 3 and 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. As part of security sector reform efforts in Somalia the United States will provide a two-week Interdicting Terrorist Activities Course for nineteen Somali Transitional Federal Government participants. The [...]	2008-10-06 19:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KTFN PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PTER SO XW UNSC
08STATE109268	GUIDANCE FOR UNSC DEBATE ON AFGHANISTAN, OCTOBER [...] The Department instructs USUN to draw on the points below for its participation in the UN Security Council debate on the Secretary General's September 23 report on the situation in Afghanistan, scheduled to take place on October 14. 2. Begin points: Mr. President I would like to thank [...]	2008-10-10 23:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PGOV UNAMA MARR MOPS EAID KDEM AF
08STATE112713	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT BY [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the October 23 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is a pleasure to welcome Ambassador Remler to the Permanent Council today. His report bears witness to the continuing energy and focus of [...]	2008-10-22 22:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PBTS KDEM MD RS
08STATE114964	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO ODIHR [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on October 30. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Ambassador Lenarcic for your comprehensive report. The United States strongly supports ODIHR, which has earned its place a [...]	2008-10-28 21:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM
08STATE115258	USUN INSTRUCTION: VOTE IN FAVOR OF CDI SANCTIONS [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the adoption of the resolution (text in para 2) that will renew the UNSC Cote d'Ivoire sanctions regime and extend the mandate of the Group of Experts for an additional 12 months. ------------------ TEXT OF RESOLUTION ----- [...]	2008-10-29 16:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KTFN PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PTER UNSC XY
08STATE118603	USUN INSTRUCTION: JENKINS DUNBAR FOCAL POINT [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to inform the Focal Point that the United States has no objection to the delisting requests for Jenkins DUNBAR. While Mr. DUNBAR's request only concerns removal from the travel ban list maintained by the UNSC Liberia Sanctions Committee, the Unit [...]	2008-11-06 23:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KTFN LI PGOV PREL PTER UNSC
08STATE119300	USUN INSTRUCTION: TALAL EL'DINE FOCAL POINT [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to inform the Focal Point that the United States has no objection to the delisting request for Talal EL'DINE. If delisted by the UNSC Liberia Sanctions Committee, Mr. El'Dine (DOB: 14 April 1955) would no longer be subject to the travel ban impose [...]	2008-11-08 00:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KTFN LI PGOV PREL UNSC
08STATE119309	AFGHANISTAN: INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNGA AFGHANISTAN [...] The Department requests that USUN co-sponsor the resolution on the situation on Afghanistan (para 3),to be considered by the UN General Assembly on November 10, and that USUN draw on the following points for use during the discussion. 2. Begin points: Mr. President: The United State [...]	2008-11-08 00:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA UNAMA KDEM PREL MARR MOPS SNAR PHUM AF
08STATE120326	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO PARLIAMENTARY [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the November 13 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States joins in warmly welcoming Mr. Joao Soares, President of the OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly. We tale particular note of his [...]	2008-11-12 23:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM OSCE
08STATE120333	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: AZERBAIJAN MOVE AGAINST [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the November 13 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Mr. Chairman, The United States has noted with concern reports that Azerbaijan's National Television and Radio Council may discontinue local radio broadcasts of [...]	2008-11-12 23:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM AZ LO
08STATE121624	USUN INSTRUCTION: VOTE IN FAVOR OF SOMALIA [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the adoption of the resolution (text in para 2) that will expand the current UNSC Somalia sanctions regime from a comprehensive arms embargo to include targeted measures (asset freeze and travel ban) for those threatening t [...]	2008-11-16 20:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KTFN PGOV PREL PTER SO XW UNSC
08STATE123072	GUIDANCE FOR UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON ZIMBABWE [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the statement in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Zimbabwe November 20. USUN should also address the press after the UNSC briefing to summarize the key points from the U.S. statement. Additionally, USUN should hand t [...]	2008-11-19 23:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU KDEM
08STATE125626	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON THE HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) This is an action request. The annual OSCE Ministerial will take place in Helsinki 4-5 December. The Secretary will attend a portion of the meeting which forty-nine ministers are expected to attend. Posts are requested to engage host country officials to garner support for U.S. object [...]	2008-11-26 21:31:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU
08STATE129841	DEMARCHE: PROSPECTS FOR REFORM IN 2009 SAUDI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) With Saudi Arabia scheduled to appoint a new Majlis al-Shoura in April 2009 and to hold municipal elections in June 2009, the Department is formulating an elections strategy per the framework of post,s democracy strategy. [...]	2008-12-10 19:58:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM SA
08STATE130459	GUIDANCE FOR DECEMBER 15 UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the talking points in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Zimbabwe December 15. USUN should also address the press after the UNSC briefing to summarize the key points from the U.S. statement. 2. (U) Begin points: O [...]	2008-12-11 22:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU KDEM
08STATE131994	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON RUSSIA [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council in Vienna on December 18. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On December 14, Police in Moscow and St. Petersburg detained over 200 peaceful protestors at demonstrations, for which permission was not granted, l [...]	2008-12-17 13:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS OSCE
08STATE132299	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON BELARUS [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the December 18, 2008 Per1. Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council in Vienna on December 18. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States takes note of the efforts of the governme [...]	2008-12-17 22:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BY OSCE
08STATE13345	TALKING POINTS ON IRAN: ELECTIONS, THIRD [...] (SBU) Over the next two months, a number of key events related to Iran will take place: the UN Security Council is expected to adopt a third Chapter VII sanctions resolution on Iran; the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General ElBaradei will issue a late February report on [...]	2008-02-08 15:39:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC IAEA
08STATE14246	DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING PORTUGAL TO ACTION AS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Post is requested to approach the MFA at the appropriate levels to urge their strong leadership of the Community of Democracies (CD) and to solicit their views on priorities for their Chairmanship over t [...]	2008-02-11 22:11:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA PO AO
08STATE18784	BOSNIA - ONE YEAR POST ICJ VERDICT, MUCH PROGRESS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict that genocide was committed in and around Srebrenica in July 1995 unleashed pent-up Bosniak anger about the 1992-1995 war. Bosniak political leaders exploited the verdict in order to advance their own narrow, nati [...]	2008-02-25 21:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KAWC KDEM PHUM BK
08STATE19188	DRC: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of February 20, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Mutamba, Kanza Nicole Rank: Captain Position: National Police DOB: June 10, 1962 [...]	2008-02-26 17:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KJUS PGOV PHUM CG
08STATE25858	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO CIO SPECIAL [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on March 13. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States greatly appreciates the diligent efforts of Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, the special envoy of the Chairman in Office, t [...]	2008-03-12 16:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AM KDEM MO OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL
08STATE33385	IRAN SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department announces the availability of funds for programs to support civil society, human rights, and rule of law in Iran. The Iran small grants program is an opportunity for posts to strengthen their contacts with the Iranian diaspora and advance the U.S. goal of suppor [...]	2008-04-01 17:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AFIN AMGT ECON IR KDEM KPAO PREL
08STATE34313	GEORGIANS LOOK TO MAY 21 ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: A Presidential decree on March 21 set the date for upcoming parliamentary elections on May 21. Against the backdrop of campaign preparations, events are unfolding quickly. The ruling National Movement (UNM) party replaced its Secretary General, effectively sidelining a leading r [...]	2008-04-03 02:38:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08STATE34317	WELCOME TO THE WORLD'S NEWEST DEMOCRACY: BHUTAN [...] (SBU) Demonstrating a strong commitment to a transition to democracy, Bhutan went to the polls on March 24 to provide a lop-sided victory for the Druk Pheuensum Tshogpa (DPT),one of the two parties in contention. DPT president Jigme Y. Thinley is expected to be sworn in as Prime Minister sho [...]	2008-04-03 02:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT
08STATE35438	DEMARCHE: CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Embassy is requested to meet with MFA Assistant U/S Haidan or other appropriate UAEG official to press the UAEG to include the same number of civil society representatives in G8-Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) events in 2008 as were included in 2007 events, and to announce th [...]	2008-04-04 22:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KMPI JA AE
08STATE35860	PREPARATION FOR THE PARIS CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph four. -------- Overview -------- 2. (U) On June 12, France will host and co-chair (along with the Government of Afghanistan and the UN) a Foreign Minister-level international conference on Afghanistan in Paris. We anticipate Foreign Ministe [...]	2008-04-07 18:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL SA KU QA AE AF
08STATE37076	OSCE GUIDANCE: DRAFT DECISION ON THE AGENDA, [...] The Department authorizes USOSCE to join consensus on the draft decision on the Agenda, Timetable and Modalities of the Huamn Dimension Seminar (PC.DD/11/08/Rev.1),with the changes outlined in paragraph 2. 2. Post should seek the following changes to the text as transmitted to the EUR/RP [...]	2008-04-09 18:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM OSCE PHUM PREL
08STATE38202	GOALS FOR THE BROADER MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH [...] Summary. The Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) initiative faces important challenges this year. We must ensure that BMENA is seen as a functioning, useful vehicle for the region's governments and reformers. The Forum for the Future must remain relevant to the needs of civil soci [...]	2008-04-11 14:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KMPI XF
08STATE40163	DEMARCHE: APPROACHING THE UAE ON CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Embassy is requested to meet with an appropriate MFA official to request that host government engage the UAE government to (1) stress the importance of civil society participation in G8-Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) events in 2008, (2) note the past practice of peer select [...]	2008-04-16 21:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KMPI JO MO BA AE JA
08STATE42157	KUWAIT'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE PARIS CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 7-9. 2. (SBU) In the lead up to the Paris Support Conference for Afghanistan on June 12, the U.S. Government is aiming for significant increases in financial support from the Gulf States to bolster the international community's lo [...]	2008-04-22 13:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL AE AFIN KU QA SA
08STATE44359	PLEDGING AT THE PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE FOR [...] (U) Summary: The United States views the upcoming Paris Support Conference for Afghanistan as an opportunity for the international community to reaffirm its long-term commitment for Afghanistan through support for the Afghanistan National Development Strategy and the 2009 and 2010 Afghan electi [...]	2008-04-26 22:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL
08STATE46814	OSCE: GUIDANCE ON APPOINTMENT OF JANEZ LENARCIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 19:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL KDEM
08STATE46997	MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN PEOPLE [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 2. Baghdad and Triopli are excused from this request. 2. (U) The Department asked Posts to consider ways to promote the May 21 "Day of Solidarity with Cuba" (reftel). At Deputy Secretary Negroponte's request, Posts should report their plans b [...]	2008-05-03 00:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU
08STATE50839	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: WELCOMING JANEZ [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the May 15, 2008 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States joins other delegations in offering our sincere congratulations to Janez Lenarcic on his selection as ODIHR,s [...]	2008-05-13 21:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM OSCE
08STATE51536	FOLLOW-UP MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] (U) This is an action message; see paras 3-9. 2. (SBU) Per reftels, Embassies have been asked to undertake activities and encourage host governments and NGOs to undertake activities for a day of solidarity with the Cuban people on May 21. For post information only, President Bush is expec [...]	2008-05-15 00:02:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU
08STATE53968	A/S BOUCHER'S TRIP TO ASHGABAT: DEMOCRACY AND [...] Action request. See paragraph 2. 2. In advance of Assistant Secretary Boucher's visit to Turkmenistan next week, post is instructed to deliver to the Government of Turkmenistan the non-paper in para 3, which outlines some of the democracy and human rights points that Assistant Secretary B [...]	2008-05-20 22:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TX
08STATE53972	ENLISTING AUSTRALIA TO SOLICIT ASSISTANCE PLEDGES [...] (U) In the lead-up to the June 12 Paris Support Conference for Afghanistan, the U.S. Government will be engaging emerging donors to present U.S. objectives for the conference and encourage participation and financial pledging (Ref A) . At a meeting on Afghanistan in Ottawa last month, Australi [...]	2008-05-20 22:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL
08STATE5676	NEPAL - STATEMENT TO THE COUNCIL ON UNMIN RENEWAL [...] The Department requests USUN to draw on the points in paragraph 2 during the January 18 debate on the renewal of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN). 2. Begin Points. -- Mr. President, the United States is pleased to support the six-month extension of UNMIN's mandate so that it [...]	2008-01-17 23:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL KDEM NE
08STATE60838	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING: REQUEST FOR EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The OSCE will conduct its annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) from September 29 through October 10 in Warsaw. The HDIM is the OSCE's annual review of participating States, implementation of their OSCE commitments to human rights and fundament [...]	2008-06-05 21:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM OSCE KDEM PREL
08STATE62767	DEMARCHE REQUEST: INDIA'S ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) India has a longstanding position at the UN against the use of country-specific language in resolutions and it seems they are extending that position to statements issued by the Community of Democracies (C [...]	2008-06-11 13:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA IN ZI SF PO CA
08STATE66915	URGENT REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON JUNE 23 UNSC [...] This is an action request. See Paragraph 2. Objective --------- 2. The UN Security Council will be discussing Zimbabwe June 23. Action addressees are requested to demarche host governments at an appropriately senior level, as soon as possible, to attain strong support for a Presidenti [...]	2008-06-23 02:02:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI
08STATE67965	FOLLOW-UP MECHANISM TO SOCHI COMMITMENTS: GOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Department requests Post relay at a high level a proposal to the Russian government to initiate a follow-up mechanism for our joint commitments to respect the rule of law, international law, human rights, tolerance of diversity, political freedom, and a free market approach to eco [...]	2008-06-24 21:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM RS
08STATE70829	PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS EVENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (U) Department requests action addressees to approach respective Foreign Ministries to seek support for a prisoners of conscience public affairs event at the United Nations in New York during the final week of the [...]	2008-07-02 00:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL KDEM
08STATE70836	URGENT REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON UNSC CHAPTER VII [...] (C) Action Requests: (1) Action addressees in UNSC capitals should pass the text of the draft UN Security Council resolution and annex on Zimbabwe in para 5 below to their host governments. Action addressees are requested to demarche host governments at an appropriately senior level, as soo [...]	2008-07-02 02:58:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI
08STATE70882	URGENT REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON UNSC CHAPTER VII [...] (C) Action Requests: (1) Action addressees in UNSC capitals should pass the text of the draft UN Security Council resolution and annex on Zimbabwe in para 5 below to their host governments. Action addressees are requested to demarche host governments at an appropriately senior level, as soo [...]	2008-07-02 11:30:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI
08STATE76294	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The OSCE will conduct its annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) from September 29 through October 10 in Warsaw. Based in part on embassies' input (reftel),which the Department appreciates, this demarche conveys USG concerns on host government [...]	2008-07-16 15:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM
08STATE93943	APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR IRAN SMALL [...] (SBU) The Office of Iranian Affairs (NEA/IR) announces that the application deadline for the Iran Small Grants program has been extended to November 15, 2008. 2. (SBU) The Office of Iranian Affairs has funds available for small grants at addressee posts to support civil society, human rig [...]	2008-09-02 21:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KPAO ABUD AFIN AMGT ECON IR
08STATE94464	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: REACTION TO RELEASE OF [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on September 4. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes the August 20 release of the last two Belarusian prisoners of conscience, Andrey Kim and Syarhey Parsyukevich. [...]	2008-09-03 20:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM BY
08STATE99202	GUIDANCE FOR UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON ZIMBABWE [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the points in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Zimbabwe September 19. 2. (U) Begin points: I would like to thank Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Haile Menkerios for his briefing on the situ [...]	2008-09-17 00:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU KDEM
08STOCKHOLM506	IRAN SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES IN SWEDEN [...] (C) Summary: Post has reached out to members of the Iranian community in Sweden over the past year. Post has not yet identified recipients for the Iran Small Grants Program, however, we continue to vet different groups and intend to nominate several candidates in the Fall. Iranian Swedes are [...]	2008-07-15 14:38:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KDEM KPAO PREL SW
08STOCKHOLM585	IRANIAN KURDISH PARTY OUTLINES GOI SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Salah Sharafi, a leading member of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI) and Hussam Heydari, a local Swedish member, met with the Charge on August 13 and underscored the importance of the KDPI chapter in Sweden. The KDPI Sweden chapter is the largest in Europe, with [...]	2008-08-22 12:35:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KDEM PREL PINR SW IR
08STOCKHOLM754	DEMARCHE REQUEST: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 16:31:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SNAR BL SW
08STOCKHOLM771	SWEDES INCREASE AID TO AFGHANISTAN BUT CONTINUE TO [...] Summary: On November 13, Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation, announced that a new Afghanistan development cooperation bill had been introduced to Parliament that will: -- Focus on promoting democracy, providing education with an emphasis on increasing oppor [...]	2008-11-14 15:56:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PREL KDEM KISL AF SW
08STOCKHOLM801	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 15:24:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU SW
08STOCKHOLM833	SWEDEN INDICATES CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR UN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 11:02:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA KDEM
08STPETERSBURG135	PANDEMONIUM ERUPTS AT PUBLIC HEARING ON OKHTA CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The June 27th public hearing on the proposed construction of the Okhta Center degenerated into chaos shortly after its start. An estimated 75% of the audience was recruited by authorities in order to stage enthusiastic public support of the project. Civic and political activi [...]	2008-07-02 11:14:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI SCUL KDEM RS ECON PGOV
08STPETERSBURG148	ST. PETERSBURGERS HESITANT TO LABEL U.S. AN ALLY, POLL [...] Summary. According to a recent poll, only a minority of St. Petersburg residents consider the U.S. to be a "friend" of Russia, while the perception that China is a close Russian ally is quickly growing. At the same time, however, a majority of residents now deem the U.S. to be closer to a frie [...]	2008-08-05 13:41:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM RS
08SURABAYA131	EAST JAVA: RAZOR THIN VICTORY IN RUN-OFF ELECTION SIGNALS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the November 4 run-off election to select East Java's governor, low turnout and a lack of party discipline saw former Provincial Secretary Soekarwo squeak out a narrow (less than 1%) victory over East Java's first female gubernatorial candidate Khofifah. Although early exit [...]	2008-11-14 10:28:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI KISL ID
08SURABAYA51	EAST JAVA -- SOME LISTEN TO ALLAH, SOME TO THE POLLS; [...] (SBU) Summary: What role will the world's largest Muslim organization play in the run up to Indonesia's 2009 Presidential election? The East Java governor's race could provide a preview of the declining role of large Muslim organizations like Nadhlatul Ulama (NU),with some 40 million member [...]	2008-04-23 09:27:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI KISL ID
08SURABAYA88	EAST JAVA GOVERNOR'S ELECTION: WEAK PARTY LOYALTY LEADS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on quick count results, it appears likely East Java governor's election will go to a second round after no candidate garnered 30% of the vote in a five ticket race. Soekarwo-Syaifullah Yusuf -- supported by the National Mandate Party (PAN),Party Democrat (PD),and the Pro [...]	2008-07-25 10:36:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI KISL ID
08SURABAYA94	EAST JAVA: THE TANGLED WEB SURROUNDING THE SOLE FEMALE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: East Java's female candidate for governor, Khofifah Indar Parawansa, succeeded in reaching the second round of the election, but faces strong criticism from women's issues activists in Surabaya. While her critics acknowledge that the Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama's (NU) [...]	2008-08-01 08:13:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN KDEM SOCI KISL PREL ID
08SUVA109	A TONGA ELECTION PREVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Seventy-one candidates are running for the nine seats in Tonga's parliament reserved for People's Representatives(PRs) in the April 23-24 elections. While Tonga law has no provision for candidates to register their political affiliation, at least 30 are associated with the pro- [...]	2008-03-19 15:04:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TN
08SUVA145	BAINIMARAMA'S NATIONAL COUNCIL PROPOSES DRAMATIC [...] (SBU) The National Council for Building a Better Fiji (NCBBF),co-chaired by Interim PM Bainimarama, put forward to President Iloilo late April 15 a resolution calling for dramatic changes in Fiji's electoral system. Iloilo will undoubtedly endorse the resolution. According to the resoluti [...]	2008-04-16 03:34:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM FJ
08SUVA147	FIJI'S PREPARATIONS FOR THE PLANNED 2009 ELECTIONS [...] (C) While the Fiji Interim Government (IG) continues to give mixed signals about a March 2009 election, preparations are starting at a pace slower than donor countries would like. After months of delays, a New Zealand lawyer was named Supervisor of Elections April 17, to take up the job in e [...]	2008-04-18 03:12:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM FJ
08TALLINN144	ESTONIA'S PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT [...] (U) We contacted Marje Luup, Estonian MFA External Economic and Development Cooperation Division Director, to discuss points in reftel and emphasize the importance the USG places on this initiative. On April 21, Luup confirmed to us that Foreign Minister Urmas Paet plans to attend the confere [...]	2008-04-23 13:48:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL EN
08TALLINN163	ESTONIA: PLEDGING FOR AFGHANISTAN AT THE [...] (U) On April 29, we delivered points in ref A to Marje Luup, Estonian MFA Division Director for Development Cooperation. Luup told us the Government of Estonia (GOE) agrees with the USG suggestion to differentiate between old and new pledges at the Paris Conference. The GOE is planning to all [...]	2008-05-14 13:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL EN
08TALLINN164	ESTONIA: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 13:32:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU EN
08TASHKENT1420	UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON THE HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief discussed reftel points with Uzbek MFA UN and International Organizations Division Head Karomiddin Gadoev on December 3.Karomiddin noted that, for the first time in three years (i.e. since Andijon),Uzbekistan would be represented in Helsinkiat the ministerial level byForeign [...]	2008-12-04 13:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PHUM KDEM UZ
08TASHKENT1454	UZBEKISTAN: ATMOSPHERE SLOWLY IMPROVING FOR ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: In the past weeks, independent human rights activists have held two human-rights related events attended by government officials. On November 28, the independent Ezgulik human rights group held a conference evaluating the government's recent legal reforms with several other indepen [...]	2008-12-12 06:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1463	Tashkent Tidbits December 15, 2008 [...] (SBU) Recently, a member of the Ezgulik human rights group's Syrdarya province branch observed that his organization has received a response from law enforcement officials regarding complaint letters they had sent over an incident in October when a police officer threatened and hit Ezgulik memb [...]	2008-12-15 12:35:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT5	ODIHR LIMITED OBSERVER MISSION TO UZBEKISTAN WAS [...] (C) Summary: On December 26 Ambassador and DCM had an outbrief with Ambassador Walter Siegl, who headed the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) limited election observer mission for the Presidential elections in Uzbekistan. Siegl reported that, although the c [...]	2008-01-02 10:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE UZ
08TASHKENT524	UZBEKISTAN/DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN PEOPLE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 13:24:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM PREL UZ
08TASHKENT563	UPDATE: UZBEKISTAN/DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-19 10:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UZ
08TASHKENT671	UZBEKISTAN: EMBASSY INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw (scheduled for September 29 - October 10),we are providing the following input for the pre-HDIM demarche to the Uzbek government. We wou [...]	2008-06-13 10:14:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM KIRF OSCE PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT792	UZBEKISTAN: AUTHORITIES MOVING TO DEPORT [...] (C) Summary: During a three-day visit to the Ferghana Valley on June 25 - 27, poloff visited Birlik opposition political party Deputy Chairman Pulat Akhunov, who returned to Uzbekistan from exile in Sweden in March 2007 to renew his passport, at his family's estate in Andijon province. Akhunov [...]	2008-07-09 12:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT924	FREEDOM HOUSE TRIES TO UNITE LAWYERS AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: On July 26-29, poloff observed an offshore Freedom House training conference for Uzbek human rights activists and state-licensed defense lawyers in Istanbul, the first to be conducted under Freedom House's new USAID grant. The conference sought to encourage greater cooperation bet [...]	2008-08-11 12:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI TU UZ
08TASHKENT927	EMBASSY TASHKENT HOSTS ROUNDTABLE ON IMPRISONED [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 6, poloff hosted an informal roundtable at the Embassy with Arslan Umarov, the son of imprisoned Sunshine Coalition leader Sanjar Umarov. The roundtable was attended by the Charge, the Swiss Ambassador, the French and Italian DCMs, and officers from the German and Bri [...]	2008-08-12 08:51:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KPAO ICRC PGOV PINR PREL UZ
08TASHKENT928	UZBEKISTAN: OPPOSITION LEADER FORCIBLY DEPORTED TO [...] (C) On August 12, Birlik opposition party General Secretary Vasila Inoyatova (who is also head of the Ezgulik human rights group) reported to poloff that Birlik Deputy Chairman Pulat Akhunov, who returned to Uzbekistan from exile in Sweden in March 2007 to renew his passport (reftel),was forc [...]	2008-08-12 12:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL KG UZ
08TBILISI1021	CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS, RULING PARTY NEGOTIATE; JOINT [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, Giorgi Targamadze's Christian Democratic Movement (CDM) reached tentative agreement with Parliamentary Speaker Davit Bakradze and the ruling United National Movement (UNM) on many of the terms whereby the CDM would enter Parliament. These terms include changes to the [...]	2008-06-13 14:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1026	IMEDI TELEVISION RECOGNIZES THE CHANGED [...] (C) Summary. Imedi television - once the voice of the opposition in Georgia - has resumed broadcasting, but currently only broadcasts entertainment programming. Emboff met with station general manager and director of programming on June 10, 2008 to discuss when the station would restart news [...]	2008-06-16 13:54:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO GG
08TBILISI1072	AFTER ELECTIONS: BURJANADZE ANNOUNCES FOUNDATION, [...] Summary: On June 17, former Parliamentary Speaker Burjanadze announced she is establishing a think-tank called the "Foundation for Democratic Development." Burjanadze said she sees her foundation not as a purely analytical, apolitical think-tank, but rather as a "new way for her to participate [...]	2008-06-23 04:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1123	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES GETTING ATTENTION IN [...] (U) Summary and Comment: On June 9, 2006, President Saakashvili signed Georgia's first legislation on domestic violence. Although the law institutionalized a system designed to shield victims from their abusers, other provisions in the Domestic Violence Law Action Plan have languished due [...]	2008-06-27 14:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1141	ABKHAZIA CLOSES BORDER AFTER BLASTS, GEORGIANS [...] (SBU) As a result of several blasts in Abkhazia on June 29 and 30, Abkhaz de facto President Sergey Bagapsh closed all border crossings with Georgia, including the Inguri River crossing, on July 1. UNOMIG confirmed on June 30 that around noon two blasts went off the same day in Sokhumi. One o [...]	2008-07-01 14:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1152	ANOTHER BLAST ON BORDER, ABHKAZIA DECLARES STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: An additional explosion occurred in Georgian-controlled territory near the administrative boundary with Abkhazia on July 2. No injuries were reported. Abkhaz separatist leaders declared a state of emergency on July 1, following earlier blasts (reftel). Georgian leaders blamed [...]	2008-07-02 14:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1161	POLICE CHIEF KILLED, SANAKOYEV TARGETED IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) OSCE told Poloff July 3 that separatist South Ossetian police chief Nodar Bibilov was killed in an explosion outside his home around 0600 in the South Ossetian village of Dmenisi on July 3. The OSCE told Post that a monitoring team had visited the site. They said an explosive device wa [...]	2008-07-04 08:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1163	A/S KRAMER MEETINGS WITH OPPOSITION, PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 25, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) David J. Kramer and the Ambassador met with the Public Defender, Georgian opposition leaders, civil society and those involved in judicial reforms to discuss the state of human rights [...]	2008-07-04 08:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1205	ACTION REQUEST RESPONSE--PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 13:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI1216	LEGAL PROFESSION REFORM INDEX SHOWS GEORGIA'S [...] (U) Summary and Comment: On July 10, the American Bar Association released the second volume of its Legal Profession Reform Index (LPRI) which assesses the performance of the legal profession in Georgia. Overall, there have been significant improvements since the first LPRI in 2005: out o [...]	2008-07-15 13:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG

08TBILISI1217	FREEDOM HOUSE NATIONS IN TRANSIT REPORT: GEORGIAN [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Freedom House's 2007 Nations in Transit report released on June 24 covering the period of January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007, gives Georgia a "Democracy Score" of 4.79, down from the previous year's score of 4.68. The study describes Georgia's hybrid system of dem [...]	2008-07-15 13:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI1239	POLOFF DISCUSSES TROOP LEVEL AND DEFENSE SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Desk Officer for the United States, Irakli Machitidze, Director of Department of International Organizations, Alexander Nalbandov and Head of NATO Division, Tornike Parulava regarding press reports that Georgia is planning to [...]	2008-07-17 12:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1245	RECENT DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The parliamentary minority faction has nominated one of three vice-speaker positions in Parliament reserved for opposition lawmakers and has filled deputy chairmen positions on parliamentary committees. The Parliamentary Committee for Procedural Issues rejected the Labor Party' [...]	2008-07-18 13:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1265	LISTS OF SANCTIONED ENTITIES DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloffs visited the new headquarters of the Financial Monitoring Service (FMS) and the Financial Supervisory Agency (FSA) and delivered reftel lists of sanctioned organizations to Giorgi Kadagidze of FSA. Poloffs learned little about money laundering in Abkhazia because neither [...]	2008-07-23 12:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL GG KDEM
08TBILISI1268	SUMMARY OF RUSSIAN MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador attended a July 22 meeting at the MFA for NATO Ambassadors. A paper prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs was distributed, summarizing Russian military activities in Abkhazia this spring. The paper is not classified, but the MFA asked that it be treated [...]	2008-07-25 04:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1273	EKA BESELIA CLAIMS SON'S ARREST IS POLITICALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Eka Beselia, member of the Joint Opposition, activist and well-known defense lawyer, alleged her son's recent arrest is politically motivated and is the latest step by the GOG to repress members of the opposition. Beselia's son, Rati Milorava (age 15 or 16) is facing two to fiv [...]	2008-07-25 07:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1286	LABOR PARTY ACTIVIST ARRESTED, NATELASHVILI CLAIMS [...] (U) On July 25, Georgian police arrested Labor Party activist Archil Benidze on charges of money laundering. Chairman of the Labor Party Shalva Natelashvili held a press brief where he denounced the arrest as "political persecution by the government." Natelashvili alleged the arrest was engin [...]	2008-07-29 11:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1313	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE AUGUST 1 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic and social interest concerning Georgia for the weeks of July 14-August Â [...]	2008-08-01 10:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM EPET KDEM GG
08TBILISI136	DAS BRYZA'S JANUARY 19 MEETING WITH ACTING [...] (C) Summary: Acting President Nino Burjanadze told DAS Matthew Bryza at a January 19 meeting that she planned to continue talks with representatives of the opposition and also pledged to take steps to improve election procedures prior to the spring 2008 parliamentary elections. Burjanadze was [...]	2008-01-29 13:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI141	IRAKLI BATIASHVILI-BACK IN POLITICS? [...] (C) In a January 29 meeting with Poloffs, Irakli Batiashvili, recently amnestied from Georgian prison on January 11, said that he sees his role as a coordinating force for the opposition prior to the Parliamentary elections, although he has not decided where in the spectrum of the opposition [...]	2008-01-30 13:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI17	GEORGIAN ELECTION AND AFTERMATH: THE GOG ESTIMATE [...] (C) In recent meetings, Prosecutor General (PG) Adeishvili and key officials at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA) have expressed serious concerns about security on election day and opposition protests after the election. Having uncovered Patarkatsishvili,s coup plot, the MoIA has taken [...]	2008-01-04 13:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GG
08TBILISI183	DAS BRYZA MEETS ELECTION TASK FORCE MEMBERS [...] (C) Summary: On January 18, EUR DAS Matt Bryza and Ambassador met with Elections Task Force Members MP Nino Nakashidze, and D/MOIA Eka Zguladze, as well as with key Saakashvili insider MP Giga Bokeria and UNM Spokesman David Bakradze on leave from his position as Minister of Conflict Resolu [...]	2008-02-05 09:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI19	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/04/2008 [...] (U) On January 4, DCM, the diplomatic community, and ODIHR's Ambassador Boden, met with opposition members Levan Gachechiladze, United Opposition Candidate, Tina Khidasheli, Republican Party, Salome Zourabichvili, Georgia's Way, and Kakha Kukava, Conservative Party. The tone of the candidat [...]	2008-01-04 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI20	SAAKASHVILI LIKELY TO WIN (BUT NOT OVERWHELMINGLY) [...] (C) Summary: As the country gears up for presidential elections on January 5, the polls are unreliable and all over the map. Those commissioned by the opposition show former president Saakashvili not gaining enough votes to obtain a first round victory; those commissioned by the ruling Unite [...]	2008-01-04 14:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2016	GEORGIA: PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION INVESTIGATES [...] (SBU) Summary: An Ad-hoc Parliamentary Commission investigating the Georgian-Russian war of August 2008 began its hearings on October 25. The Commission was designed to obtain evidence from government officials, who "were directly or indirectly involved in decision-making during the August e [...]	2008-10-30 13:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2018	GEORGIA: LOW TURNOUT EXPECTED FOR NOVEMBER 3 ELECTIONS IN [...] Summary and comment: On November 3 elections will be held for the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, which is institutionally an important component of Adjara's autonomy but a plays a minimal national role. By-elections for the national Parliament will also take place in two [...]	2008-10-30 17:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI204	DAS BRYZA MEETS CIVIL SOCIETY MEMBERS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with DAS Bryza and Ambassador, representatives of civil society discussed the problems of the Presidential election and what impact it would have on Saakashvili's second term. The group was divided on whether Saakashvili won in the first round. Many thought that a [...]	2008-02-07 10:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG KDEM PHUM
08TBILISI2073	GEORGIA: UNM STRONG IN ADJARA ELECTIONS, DESPITE [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Extremely low turnout marked by-elections in two Tbilisi districts held on November 3 to fill two vacant seats that opposition parties refused to fill after the May elections. The Christian-Democratic Movement (CDM) candidate won the Vake seat. In Didube, the National D [...]	2008-11-06 14:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2192	GEORGIA QUIETLY MARKS ROSE REVOLUTION'S FIFTH [...] (U) On November 23, the fifth anniversary of Georgia's Rose Revolution, the Government held a party and concert to commemorate the occasion. The Ambassador attended both events Only a small number of foreign dignitaries attended the events, including Polish President Lech Kaczynski, UK Speci [...]	2008-11-24 14:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2219	GEORGIA: FORMER SAAKASHVILI ALLY ACCUSES TBILISI [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a November 25 appearance before the Parliamentary Commission Investigating the August Conflict, former Georgian Ambassador to Russia Erosi Kitsmarishvili publicly stated his views that Georgia's leaders wanted conflict with Russia and that the United States gave [...]	2008-11-28 14:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU
08TBILISI2225	GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI TAKES HIS CASE PUBLIC, MAKES [...] (U) Begin Summary: In an unprecedented development in modern Georgian history, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili voluntarily testified on November 28 in front of Parliament's "Ad Hoc Commission Investigating the August events and Russia's invasion." The country watched on live TV as t [...]	2008-12-01 14:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI227	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE February 8 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of January 26-February 8. New Governors Appointed ----------------------- 2. On February 4, President Saakashvili replaced three regional governors. Ramaz Nikoleishvili, the f [...]	2008-02-08 14:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI229	OPPOSITION SUSPENDS TALKS WITH GOVERNMENT [...] Summary: Koba Davitashvili, United National Council (UNC) announced the decision to suspend talks with the ruling party United National Movement (UNM) representatives on the afternoon of February 8 following an impasse on resolution of two of the 17 demands made by the opposition. In a follow [...]	2008-02-08 15:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV GG
08TBILISI2378	GEORGIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE TBILISI VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Georgia comes in the aftermath of the August conflict, which resulted in Russia's occupation and recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Tension along the de facto boundaries remains high, and international monitors do not have access to So [...]	2008-12-15 11:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2399	GEORGIA: OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARIANS PROPOSE NEW [...] (U) Summary: Members of the Parliamentary minority faction Christian-Democrats (CDM) have presented a plan for a new national security initiative, including a new structure for the national security council. The initiative is intended to address the problems identified in the aftermath of Geor [...]	2008-12-15 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2417	GEORGIA: ELECTION CODE REFORM BACK AGAIN [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Speaker Bakradze announced December 15 the formation of a special group of lawmakers from the Parliamentary majority and minority, NGO representatives, and non-Parliamentary opposition to improve the election code. It is generally agreed that the current code is flawed [...]	2008-12-18 09:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI249	OPPOSITION OLIGARCH PATARKATSISHVILI DEAD OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 13 news broke in Georgia that Georgian oligarch and opposition figure Arkadi "Badri" Patarkatsishvili died in London. He was 52 years of age. Patarkatsishvili's Tbilisi-based lawyer, Shalva Khachapuridze, confirmed the news. The reported cause of death is a heart [...]	2008-02-13 09:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI27	SAAKASHVILI TO WIN GEORGIA'S PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Summary: In what has been the most competitive presidential race in Georgia's history, former president Saakashvili appears set to win the January 5 presidential elections with 52 percent of the vote. His biggest challenger, United Opposition's Levan Gachechiladze, is set to achieve 25 [...]	2008-01-08 16:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI271	OPPOSITION PROTESTS GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT MEMORANDUM [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 14:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	GG KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
08TBILISI277	GEORGIA RESPONDS TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence on February 17, most Georgian leaders, from President Saakashvili to the Patriarch, stated publicly that Kosovo does not constitute a precedent that can be followed by other breakaway regions, including Abkhazia and South [...]	2008-02-19 10:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG RU
08TBILISI296	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE FEBRUARY 22 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of February 9-22. Prime Minister Unveils Anti-Poverty Plan ---------------------------------------- 2. The Georgian government has presented its long-term plan for realization [...]	2008-02-22 12:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI318	GOG AND OPPOSITION POINTS OF AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Georgian government took concrete steps on February 26 in addressing the opposition's concerns (Reftel A,B,C) by releasing three more "political prisoners," replacing the board of the Georgian Public Broadcasting Station, and officially stating that Parliamentary elections [...]	2008-02-27 14:19:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI346	CODEL PRICE MEETS GEORGIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS, [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 23-24 members of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) visited Tbilisi to support democratic reform and fair elections. CODEL Price met with ruling National Movement MPs and Parliament staff over dinner and, on February 24, met with opposition leaders fr [...]	2008-02-29 14:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP KDEM GG
08TBILISI36	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/10/2008 [...] (C) Summary: On January 10 Ambassador Dieter Boden, OSCE/ODIHR Observation Team Chief briefed the OSCE Ambassadorial Working group, stressing that no systemic fraud occurred during the January 5 Presidential Elections. On the same day, Chairman of the Central Elections Commission (CEC) Lev [...]	2008-01-10 14:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI362	NEW DIRECTION FOR PRISON REFORM? [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from the Penitentiary Service (PS) and Ministry Of Justice (MOJ) announced March 4 that Tbilisi Prison Number 5 pre-trial detainment facility is now officially closed. All prisoners have been transferred to other facilities and MOJ plans to demolish the building [...]	2008-03-05 13:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI384	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE MARCH 7 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of February 23-March 7. New Board for Public Broadcaster -------------------------------- 2. On February 26, the Georgian Parliament approved the new composition of the Supervi [...]	2008-03-07 11:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI402	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador used his first official meeting with Nick Gvaramia, Minister of Justice to underscore the importance of rectifying problems identified previously to permit Parliamentary elections to take place in a transparent and positive environment. Ambassador stressed the need t [...]	2008-03-11 14:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM GG
08TBILISI403	RULING PARTY AGAINST CHANGING ELECTORAL SYSTEM, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and other Embassy officials raised the issue of the newly proposed Parliamentary electoral system with key MPs on March 11. Speaker Burjanadze told Ambassador Tefft that some in the opposition are now calling for a return to the "winner-take-all" system, although [...]	2008-03-11 14:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM GG
08TBILISI41	A DAY AT THE POLLS IN GEORGIA [...] (U) Twenty teams of U.S. Embassy observers spread out across Georgia on January 5 to observe the presidential election from the opening of polls to the completion of the count late into the night. In addition to providing material for our reports on the conduct and the results of the election, [...]	2008-01-11 13:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI42	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/11/2008 [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced preliminary results of Georgia's Presidential election. Mikheil Saakashvili won 52.21 percent. The nearest challenger, Levan Gachechiladze had 25.26 percent. On January 11, Irina Sarishvili, presidential candidate [...]	2008-01-11 17:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI43	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/11/2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 17:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI437	IRI NATIONAL VOTER SURVEY: NEW PUBLIC OPTIMISM [...] (C) Summary: The latest USAID-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) poll, based on 1,500 surveys conducted from February 19-27, shows more optimism about the future than was seen in September 2007 (reftel). More people said the country is going in the right direction than in Septem [...]	2008-03-14 13:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI444	RULING PARTY AMENDS GEORGIAN CONSTITUTION AGAIN, [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 12, the ruling National Movement (UNM) amended the Georgian Constitution to maintain 75 single-mandate Parliamentary seats for the upcoming election (reftel) and establish 75 party list seats. In response to the proposed amendment, the Labor Party called on all the op [...]	2008-03-17 13:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI473	USUPASHVILI: UNITED OPPOSITION BROKEN, NO EASY END [...] (C) Summary: On March 19, Republican Party Chairman David Usupashvili told Charge that the leadership of the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) and the New Rightists (NR) parties, weakened by their ongoing hunger strike (reftel),is nearly broken. According to Usupashvili, both the U [...]	2008-03-19 14:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI496	PATRIARCH CALLS FOR DIALOGUE, BURJANADZE REJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, Georgian Patriarch Ilia II called on the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) and the New Rightists (NR) to end their hunger strike (reftel) and return to dialogue with the ruling National Movement (UNM). At the same time, Ilia II called on the UNM to "take [...]	2008-03-21 13:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI497	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE MARCH 21 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of March 8-21. Okruashvili Asserts Control of Shrinking Party --------------------------------------------- - 2. On March 15, the political party United Georgia elected its most [...]	2008-03-21 13:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI509	ELECTION CODE AMENDED FOR MAY 21 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: On March 21, the Parliament of Georgia amended Georgia's election code (reftel) by a vote of 134-2. All but one opposition member of Parliament boycotted the proceeding. The deadline for registering political parties is March 26. This cable summarizes the main points of the amen [...]	2008-03-26 05:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI51	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/14/2008 [...] (C) Summary: Early January 13, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced final results of Georgia's Presidential election. Mikheil Saakashvili won 53.4 percent of the votes. Levan Gachechiladze had 25.67 percent. The CEC denied nearly all of the election complaints filed by the oppos [...]	2008-01-14 15:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI516	MEETING WITH UNION OF KURDS OF GEORGIA [...] (SBU) On 25 March 2008, Poloff met with Vitali Nabiev (Anqosi),chairman of the NGO Union of Kurds of Georgia. Nabiev's organization represents the Georgian Kurdish Diaspora in Tbilisi (about 30,000 people mainly in the capital whom he described as Yesids) and Iraqi Kurds in Kurdistan. His pu [...]	2008-03-26 14:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI52	SAAKASHVILI WINS A SECOND TERM IN GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 13, the Central Election Commission announced the final results of the January 5 presidential elections. Former president Saakashvili received 53.47% of the vote, giving him a narrow win on the first round. Leader of the 9-party opposition coalition Levan Gechachila [...]	2008-01-14 15:19:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI528	GEORGIAN OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKE ENDS, CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: On March 25, after 16 days, the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) and the New Rightists (NR) party ended their hunger strike. They said they could not ignore a second appeal to stop by the Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Ilia II, after he visited them at Parl [...]	2008-03-28 12:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI545	GEORGIANS LOOK TO MAY 21 ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: A Presidential decree on March 21 set the date for upcoming parliamentary elections on May 21. Against the backdrop of campaign preparations, events are unfolding quickly. The ruling National Movement (UNM) party replaced its Secretary General, effectively sidelining a leading r [...]	2008-04-02 13:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI556	PRELIMINARY LOOK--JUDICIAL REFORM INDICATORS [...] (C) Summary: A independent judicial reform expert recently visited Georgia to evaluate progress since 2005. Preliminary results indicate much has been done to improve the professionalism, accountability and salaries of judges, but questions remain as to the independence of the judiciary. E [...]	2008-04-04 13:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI568	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE APRIL 4 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of March 22-April 4. Transport Links with Russia Re-Opening -------------------------------------- 2. Russia's closure of air and sea links with Georgia -- in effect since Octo [...]	2008-04-04 13:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI57	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/15/2008 [...] (C) Summary: United National Council of Opposition (UNC) presidential candidate Levan Gachechiladze told the Ambassador on January 15 that the UNC is indeed in serious negotiation with President-Elect Mikheil Saakashvili on 11 key issues. The first concession, announced as a "first victory" [...]	2008-01-15 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI665	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE APRIL 18 [...] (U) This cable contains current items of Political, Economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of April 4-18. New Director of Public TV ------------------------- 2. (U) Levan Kubaneishvili, the new Director of Public Television, is the former head of TBC Studios, a [...]	2008-04-18 14:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI666	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (C) On April 8, the Central Election Commission (CEC) kicked off Georgia's parliamentary elections and presented their election strategy to the international community. OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights' (ODIHR) election observation mission (EOM) began operations on Ap [...]	2008-04-18 14:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI674	PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE 04-21-2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 13:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI676	PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE 04-21-2008 [...] Summary: Twelve registered parties/election blocs must submit their full party lists and majoritarian MP candidates by the evening of April 21. Once these lists are submitted, Georgia's May 21 parliamentary elections will be much clearer. In addition, the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) a [...]	2008-04-21 13:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI69	WILL A WEAKER SAAKASHVILI GIVES RISE TO A STRONGER [...] (C) By narrowly crossing the fifty-percent threshold to gain a first-round victory January 5, Mikheil Saakashvili won another five-year term as Georgia's president. Nevertheless, the close result suggests that Georgian politics will be decidedly different in this term than in the first, when t [...]	2008-01-17 09:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI707	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE APRIL 24 [...] (U) Summary: On the evening of April 21, Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze surprised most of Georgia and announced that she would not seek re-election May 21. Foreign Minister Davit Bakradze took her place atop the ruling United National Movement's (UNM) party list. Her announcement was [...]	2008-04-24 15:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI726	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE MAY 1 [...] (C) Summary: On April 30, the United National Movement's (UNM) pollster told the Ambassador that the UNM is polling around 57 percent among likely voters in the May 21 election. This will likely result in another UNM constitutional majority. He expects at least three other opposition parties [...]	2008-05-01 14:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI743	REPUBLICANS COOL BUT RESIGNED TO NATIONAL MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: David Usupashvili, Chairman of the Republican Party of Georgia, spoke on April 23 with EUR/CARC Director Paul Wohlers. Usupashvili regretted the decision of Nino Burjanadze not to run for a parliamentary seat because it sets up a confrontation between the radical wing of the Unit [...]	2008-05-02 14:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI749	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE MAY 2 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of April 19-May 2. Two New Ministers, One New Deputy for Reintegration --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. Even before voters go to the polls, the May 21 par [...]	2008-05-05 13:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI751	PARTIES FOCUS ON MAJORITARIAN RACES IN GEORGIA'S [...] Summary: On April 28, the Central Election Commission (CEC) approved the lists of candidates for the May 21 parliamentary elections that were submitted by political parties on April 21. Most of the party leaders, except Republicans, are both leading the party lists and running as majoritarian [...]	2008-05-05 14:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR GG
08TBILISI755	PRE-ELECTION TRIP TO SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETI [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the towns of Borjomi, Akhaltsikhe, Ninotsminda and Akhalkalaki in the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti May 1-2 to gauge the pre-election mood of the political parties, NGOS, press, local government officials and general populace in the lead-up to the May 21 Parliam [...]	2008-05-06 14:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI756	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE MAY 6 [...] (SBU) Summary: The environment surrounding Georgia's parliamentary election campaign degraded during the week. The Joint Opposition scuffled outside the Central Election Commission (CEC),while their youth wing did the same near the CEC Chairman's home. The Joint Opposition called for rallie [...]	2008-05-06 14:13:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI757	STATUS OF TOPURIA, OKRUASHVILI, AND BATIASHVILI [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 29 the Tbilisi Appellate court announced that it upholds the guilty verdicts for the thirteen defendants tried in the Giorgadze treason cases. The announcement generated little public or media attention. On April 23, Georgian media announced that France granted asylu [...]	2008-05-06 14:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI76	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/17/2008 [...] (C) Summary: An OSCE Technical Working Group on Elections (TWG) met on January 17 and considered post-election processes by the Central Election Commission and courts. The CEC's and courts quick denial of observers' complaints regarding election-day violations and post-election counting proc [...]	2008-01-17 15:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI765	ELECTIONS UPDATE MAY 7 [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 6 President Saakashvili stated publicly that United National Movement (UNM) intimidation of local officials will not be tolerated. The Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA) publicly made a similar statement the same day telling police their role is to provide a safe envir [...]	2008-05-07 13:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI775	ODIHR TELLS AMBASSADORS: SO FAR, SO GOOD ON [...] (SBU) Summary: ODIHR's Election Observation Mission (EOM) monitoring Georgia's parliamentary elections briefed the Diplomatic Corps on May 8. The EOM said neither the government nor opposition was pleased with its first interim report, suggesting its balance was accurate. Overall, ODIHR Hea [...]	2008-05-08 16:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI828	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE MAY 20 [...] (SBU) Summary: As the election campaign entered its last week, ODIHR released its Second Interim Report on May 15. The report highlights active GOG election preparations, an extended deadline to check voter lists, increased campaign activity by opposition parties, and the broadly-equal TV cov [...]	2008-05-20 15:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI829	WEST GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES READY, OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the city of Zugdidi in Georgia's Western Samegrelo region for a pre-election visit May 6-7. Poloff met with regional government, the District Election Commission (DEC),four political parties, NGOs and journalists, and conducted an interview on free and fair elec [...]	2008-05-20 15:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI830	RULING PARTY SET TO WIN MAJORITY IN GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: As the election campaign wraps up its final day, Post predicts that President Saakashvili's ruling United National Movement (UNM) party will easily win a majority of the 150 seats in Georgia's May 21 parliamentary elections. The UNM may even win the 100 seats needed to obtain a c [...]	2008-05-20 15:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI832	COMPETITIVE PARLIAMENTARY RACES SHAPE UP IN ADJARA [...] (SBU) Summary: The autonomous region of Adjara will elect five majoritarian members of parliament on May 21, in addition to party list candidates that will be chosen according to the nationwide vote. Although the United National Movement (UNM) is strong in Adjara and is likely to win all but [...]	2008-05-20 17:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI833	PRE-ELECTION TRIP TO KUTAISI [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 1 and 2 Emboff visited Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city to gauge the pre-election mood in the lead-up to the May 21 Parliamentary elections. Kutaisi is the capitol of Imereti, and remains a pocket of persistent unemployment, with shuttered automobile factories that [...]	2008-05-20 17:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI87	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/22/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Mikheil Saakashvili was sworn in as President of Georgia for a second, 5-year term on January 20. A military parade and gala concert by Jose Carreras marked the occasion, attended by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez and other foreign dignitaries. True to their word, the U [...]	2008-01-22 15:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI88	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/22/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Mikheil Saakashvili was sworn in as President of Georgia for a second, 5-year term on January 20. A military parade and gala concert by Jose Carreras marked the occasion, attended by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez and other foreign dignitaries. True to their word, the U [...]	2008-01-22 16:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI881	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE MAY 27 [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 27, with 3604 precincts reporting, the ruling United National Movement has 59.22 percent of the vote in Georgia's parliamentary elections. This will likely give them a total of 120 out of 150 seats in Parliament. The opposition parties held a protest on May 26 against w [...]	2008-05-27 15:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI925	OPPOSITION LEADERS: ANGRY, CONFUSED, UNDER [...] (C) Summary: From May 27 through May 30, opposition leaders of the Christian-Democratic Movement (CDM),Republicans, and the New Rightists met the Ambassador to explain their positions and distance themselves from Joint Opposition leader Levan Gachechiladze's anti-U.S. comments at the May 26 o [...]	2008-06-02 13:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI926	WHAT THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS MEAN FOR [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Initial results from the May 21 Parliamentary elections indicate that President Saakashvili's ruling United National Movement (UNM) will receive an overwhelming majority in the new Parliament, taking some 120 out of 150 seats. Three factors appear to have contr [...]	2008-06-02 13:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI935	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Ambassador Tefft and EU Representative Peter Semneby met with leading members of Georgian civil society. During a wide ranging lunch discussion, they discussed the upcoming May 21 Parliamentary elections and the current tension in Abkhazia. Much of t [...]	2008-06-04 07:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI957	PUBLIC BROADCASTING AGAIN SERVES AS OPPOSITION BATTLEGROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 27 leaders of the United Opposition (UNC) accompanied by a large contingent of reporters stormed the board of the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) and the office of the Director. They presented conflicting sets of demands to the Board, the Director, and in a following pr [...]	2008-06-06 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO GG
08TBILISI963	GEORGIAN OPPOSITION, BURJANADZE REPORTEDLY [...] (C) Summary: As the first meeting of Georgia's next Parliament nears on June 10, the Joint Opposition and the Labor Party continue to talk about boycotting the new Parliament and even blocking access to the building, to reinforce their position that the May 21 election was invalidated by fraud [...]	2008-06-09 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI968	GEORGIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 5, the Central Election Commission (CEC) released the final vote count from Georgia's May 21 parliamentary elections. The ruling United National Movement (UNM) won 119 seats in the 150-seat Parliament with 59.18 percent of the vote. A joint U.S.-UK election monitoring [...]	2008-06-10 14:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI969	PARLIAMENT MEETS, OPPOSITION UNITY DISSOLVES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise move, President Saakashvili called the new Parliament into its first session on the morning of Saturday, June 7. Caught off-guard, the Joint Opposition was unable to force the mass protests they had planned for June 8, in anticipation of Parliament meeting on June [...]	2008-06-10 14:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TEGUCIGALPA1012	HONDURAS: SUPREME COURT CASES COULD HAVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with the Ambassador, Attorney General Leonidas Rosa Bautista and President of the Supreme Court Vilma Morales both explained their views on two cases likely to be heard by the Supreme Court which could be of potential significance on the presidential elections, [...]	2008-11-10 23:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1021	SUPREME COURT ROLLS BACK 2001 CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court ruled on November 14 to turn back 2001 reforms to the Constitution that established the office of the Vice President. The case effectively abolishes the office and returns Honduras to a system with three presidential designates. Those candidates running for pre [...]	2008-11-14 20:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1023	GOH SIGNS ALBA DOCUMENT CONGRATULATING FSLN ON [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Legal Advisor Milton Jimenez announced on November 13 that the GOH had signed the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas' (ALBA) document regarding the Nicaraguan elections. In a telephone call initiated by the Ambassador, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya explained hi [...]	2008-11-14 21:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI KJUS NU HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1034	VICE PRESIDENT ELVIN SANTOS RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary. Vice President Elvin Santos announced his resignation on November 18, in an attempt to circumvent suspected efforts by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) and the Congress to legally bar him from running for President. Santos has thwarted these efforts, for now, by jumping ship, [...]	2008-11-18 20:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1040	CONGRESS REFUSES TO CONSIDER VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Congress refused to accept Vice President Elvin Santos' resignation on November 18 reportedly because Santos had not submitted a valid reason for resigning. These events were orchestrated to put an end to Santos' presidential aspirations, but may backfire and strengthen his prim [...]	2008-11-19 19:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1054	HONDURAN TEACHERS DEMANDING PAYMENT OF BACK WAGES [...] (C) Teachers unions are threatening to close polling stations, mostly located in schools, for the November 30 primary elections due to an ongoing pay dispute with the government. While President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya gave into demands of the teachers unions on October 13, promising to pay over [...]	2008-11-21 22:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1064	ZELAYA CONSULTS WITH AMBASSADOR ON ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya for a one-on-one lunch at the Residence on November 21 where they covered a number of issues, including the upcoming primary elections, Zelaya's proposal for a constitutional referendum, the impact of the global economic crisis o [...]	2008-11-25 19:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI EFIN ECON VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1072	ALL SET FOR THE KEY HONDURAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The primary elections of November 30 are a critical event in Honduras. Our Mission had been intimately involved with supporting democracy and the primary election process in Honduras for months. We have worked through our Democracy Working Group, in conjunction with the Group of [...]	2008-11-28 20:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI EFIN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1073	PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF HONDURAN PRIMARIES: LOBO [...] (C) Summary. Honduran voters from the two main parties (National and Liberal) went to the polls November 30 to elect the candidates from their respective parties. The election process was smoothly run, with all observers and the press describing them as a clear success. At this point, they a [...]	2008-12-01 02:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV SOCI EFIN EAID HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1079	UPDATE ON HONDURAN PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS [...] (C) Summary. Preliminary results confirm that Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo won in a landslide in the National Party primary election and Vice President Elvin Santos' stand-in Mauricio Villeda won a decisive victory over President of the Congress Roberto Micheletti in the Liberal Party primary election, [...]	2008-12-02 18:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV SOCI EFIN EAID HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1080	MISSION HONDURAS LAUNCHES MERIDA COORDINATION [...] Embassy Honduras has formed a plan to coordinate Merida Initiative efforts both mission-wide and bilaterally. We have created a Merida Working Group that meets monthly and includes senior-level representatives from POL/NAS, DEA, USAID, MILGROUP, DHS/ICE, DAO, RSO, PAS, MCC, JTF-B, RAO and TAT [...]	2008-12-02 19:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL KDEM KCOR KCRM MASS EAID ECON KJUS
08TEGUCIGALPA1127	POLITICAL MOMENTUM INDICATES ELVIN SANTOS WILL [...] C) Summary Although powerful political figures tried their hardest to keep Vice President Elvin Santos from running for President, he was still able to win the primary elections with a stand-in candidate. Pundits and political rivals like President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and President of the Cong [...]	2008-12-15 23:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1133	PRESIDENT ZELAYA AGAIN CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY IN [...] (U) During a brief visit to Costa Rica for a graduation ceremony, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya made statements on December 14 against U.S. policy in Nicaragua. He said Honduras "laments" that the United States has intervened in an electoral process by questioning the outcome. Zelaya said th [...]	2008-12-16 23:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN KDEM NU VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1134	PRESIDENT ZELAYA AGAIN CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY IN [...] (U) During a brief visit to Costa Rica for a graduation ceremony, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya made statements on December 14 against U.S. policy in Nicaragua. He said Honduras "laments" that the United States has intervened in an electoral process by questioning the outcome. Zelaya said th [...]	2008-12-17 12:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN KDEM NU VE HO

08TEGUCIGALPA1136	HONDURAN CARDINAL RODRIGUEZ CRITICAL OF PRESIDENT [...] (S) Summary. Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez, the most respected person in Honduras, reviewed the current political situation with the Ambassador during a December 11 courtesy call. Rodriguez said that he was completely surprised with the results of the primaries and the transparent way the p [...]	2008-12-17 16:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV KDEM EFIN SOCI HO

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