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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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08TOKYO1381MOFA CONFIRMS MUGABE NOT COMING TO TICAD
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-20 09:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID PHUM PREL ZI JA
08TOKYO1397JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura visited Pakistan May 2-4, where he met with senior government and political figures. According to a MOFA debriefing, the major goal of his visit was to signal Japan's strong support for Pakistan through two messages. First, the stability [...]
2008-05-21 08:37:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PK JA
08TOKYO1448PRESIDENT'S GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY AND TRADE
[...] (C) As requested in refs, EMIN met with Japanese Foreign Ministry Director General Yoichi Otabe May 22 and delivered the points reinforcing those made in the President's food policy security address and also regarding the important role agbiotech needs to be allowed to play in increasing agri [...]
2008-05-27 22:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAGR ETRD TBIO EAID PREL JA
08TOKYO1465JAPAN WILL SEND REPRESENTIVES TO MONGOLIAN EOM
[...] (C) Japan will designate two officials to participate in the election observation mission (EOM) in Mongolia, according to MOFA Mongolian Desk Officer Sayaka Minamikawa. MOFA currently plans to choose the two officials from within the Embassy Of Japan in Ulaanbaataar (Candidates listed in para [...]
2008-05-28 09:16:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV KDEM PHUM JA
08TOKYO1587U/S BURNS PARTICIPATES IN TRILAT SOM IN TOKYO
[...] (C) Summary. The political directors from the United States, Japan, and Australia met for more than two and a half hours in Tokyo on June 9 for a Senior Officials Meeting of the Trilateral Security Dialogue (TSD SOM). The principals included Under Secretary Burns, Deputy Foreign Minister Sas [...]
2008-06-10 08:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID MOPS JA AU
08TOKYO1597JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SEEKING VIEWS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 08:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ARF EAID ASEAN JA
08TOKYO1598TICAD IV: TOWARDS A VIBRANT AFRICA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Japan announced a myriad of commitments to Africa, including that it would double aid to the region by 2012, during the May 28-30 Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD). Co-sponsored by the GOJ, the World Bank, and the UNDP, the conference brought toget [...]
2008-06-11 08:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL JA XA
08TOKYO1612JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT JUNE 23 VIENNA
[...] (C) Japan will be represented at the June 23 Vienna Conference on Reconstruction of Lebanon's Nahr Al-Barid refugee camp by its Ambassasdor to Austria, according to MOFA First Middle East Divison Lebanon Desk Officer Hitoshi Ishizuka. However, it is unlikely Japan will announce further contri [...]
2008-06-12 10:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL KPAL UNRWA LE JA
08TOKYO1625JAPAN'S DISASTER RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO CHINA
[...] (S) Summary: Japan is continuing efforts to provide disaster relief assistance to China following the earthquake in Sichuan Province in an effort to improve ties with Beijing. Japan has provided one billion yen in aid and disaster relief supplies in addition to the three emergency and medical [...]
2008-06-13 09:19:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV EAID CH JA
08TOKYO1677JAPAN, ROK AND PRC FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET
[...] (C) The Foreign Ministers of Japan, China and South Korea met June 14 to set the stage for a first-ever "stand-alone" trilateral summit this fall in Tokyo (every previous trilat has taken place on the margins of the ASEAN 3 summit or other international events). During their three-hour meeting [...]
2008-06-18 08:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SENV EAID KS CH JA
08TOKYO1820JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT KOSOVO DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Japan will most likely be represented at the European Union-sponsored Kosovo donors conference July 11 in Brussels by its Deputy Chief of Mission from its Embassy in Belgium, according to MOFA Central and South Eastern Europe Division Deputy Director Akihiko Ishimoto. At this time, it is [...]
2008-07-02 09:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID UN UNMIK EU KV JA
08TOKYO1854JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO SHAPING POST-CYCLONE
[...] (C) USAID Counselor and Political Officer delivered reftel points to MOFA First Assistance Planning Division Director Kozo Honsei. Japan agrees that the international community should continue to make clear to the Burmese authorities that further assistance will depend on full access, transpar [...]
2008-07-07 07:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID BM JA
08TOKYO1860JAPANESE RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE TEAM RETURNS
[...] (C) Japan dispatched a reconstruction team to China from June 20 to July 2 to assess construction assistance needs following the earthquake in China, MOFA First Country Assistance Planning Division Director Kozo Honsei told USAID Counselor and Political Officer on July 2. MOFA Southeast and S [...]
2008-07-07 08:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CH JA
08TOKYO1995JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO UPDATING ARF ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) USAID Counselor and Political Officer delivered Reftel nonpaper to MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau National Security Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Shingo Miyamoto and Deputy Director Kazutoshi Hayashi on July 16. Miyamoto and Hayashi thanked Embassy Tokyo and agreed on the need to [...]
2008-07-18 05:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ARF ASEAN PARM JA
08TOKYO2044JAPAN PRESSES BURMA BUT EXTENDS ADDITIONAL AID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Koumura pressed Burmese Foreign Minister Nyan Win for progress on democratization and human rights when the two met July 22 in Singapore. He also advised Burma to cooperate fully with and not discriminate against humanitarian assistance workers engaged [...]
2008-07-24 08:44:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID KDEM BM JA
08TOKYO217DAS MARCIEL ENGAGES JAPANESE INTERLOCUTORS ON SE
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese government officials and Diet members discussed Japan's relations with Southeast Asia and told DAS Marciel that Japan and the United States need to continue to work closely together to coordinate on aid and other projects; Cambodia needs to take more of an "ownership rol [...]
2008-01-28 09:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID JA
08TOKYO2237BOUCHER FINDS GOOD PARTNER IN TOKYO ON INDIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher visited Tokyo August 7-8 to discuss India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia with a number of senior government officials. On the India civil nuclear deal, he was told that while Japan is "bas [...]
2008-08-14 08:19:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO2287AMBASSADOR AND VFM YABUNAKA ON AFGHANISTAN, NORTH
[...] (S) Japan's failure to extend its Indian Ocean refueling operations in support of OEF would be a shock to the United States and others in the coalition whose forces are in harm's way in Afghanistan, and would marginalize Japan internationally, the Ambassador told Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka [...]
2008-08-19 08:06:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR MOPS PINR ETRD EAID EAGR RU IN GG
08TOKYO2537JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT AD-HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Japan will be represented at the September 22 New York meeting of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee by Ambassador Tatsuo Arima, Japan's Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji. Ministerial representat [...]
2008-09-16 09:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KPAL KWBG EU IS JA
08TOKYO257JAPANESE AND IRAQIS FINALLY EXECUTE FIRST LOAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese and Iraqi officials signed loan agreements worth over USD 1.5 billion covering eight reconstruction projects in Iraq. These are the first of Japan's USD 3.5 billion worth of soft yen loans to Iraq to be signed and come after an extended period due to Iraq's lack of capac [...]
2008-01-31 08:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ JA
08TOKYO2783DEMARCHE DELIVERED: Financing for Development Conference
[...] Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation Bureau, Global Issues Cooperation Division official Shinsuke Okawa told Emboff October 1 the GOJ is ramping up its preparations for the Doha high-level FfD Review Conference in November (reftel). Okawa's division leads formulating the GOJ' [...]
2008-10-06 22:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PREL UN JA
08TOKYO2862JAPAN DECLINES TO MAKE FUTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNRWA'S
[...] (SBU) EmbOffs delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Humanitarian Assistance Deputy Director Hisanobu Mochizuki October 10. Mochizuki, while not ruling out additional contributions to UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the future, said the GOJ would [...]
2008-10-14 22:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID LE PGOV PHUM PREL UNRWA JA
08TOKYO2931OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) DevCon Reed met with Hideki Uyama, Director of MOFA's Second Country Assistance Planning Division, International Cooperation Bureau to deliver the points contained in reftel on October 22. 2. (SBU) Mr. Uyama advised that Japan shares the same views with the United States and it is ver [...]
2008-10-21 05:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PREL KMCA KCRS GG JA
08TOKYO3015JAPANESE PLEASED WITH VISIT OF INDIAN PM SINGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese officials are pleased with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's October 21-23 visit to Tokyo. The primary objective of the visit was to solidify and move forward with the "Strategic and Global Partnership" between India and Japan. The visit's major deliverable was the [...]
2008-10-29 07:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ECON EAID ENRG MARR TSPA SENV KGHG
08TOKYO3029NEW TAX EXEMPTION RULES FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan passed a new tax exemption law in 2006 and is finalizing implemention now. The new law, effective December 1, is expected to make the process of getting tax exempt status more transparent and more in line with policies elsewhere in the world. Opinions on the new regulatio [...]
2008-10-30 08:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PREL EAID JA
08TOKYO307ROCK AND A HARD PLACE - JAPAN'S TICAD DILEMMA
[...] (C) Summary. South African diplomats here report Japan would have "serious diplomatic problems" had Japan not invited Zimbabwe President Mugabe to attend the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV). According to them, the U.S. can do little to prevent him from [...]
2008-02-05 23:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID PHUM PREL JA ZI
08TOKYO3093PERSPECTIVES ON THE "NEW JICA", THE WORLD'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The reorganization of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA),which recently announced its largest foreign assistance project loan to date, has not slowed Japan's overseas development assistance programs. The Japanese government expects the new JICA, which consolidat [...]
2008-11-06 22:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL JA
08TOKYO3114U.S. - JAPAN - KOREA TRILATERAL POLICY PLANNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Trilateral Policy Planning talks were held in Tokyo October 28-29 by S/P Director David Gordon and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts, Deputy Vice Foreign Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho, and Deputy Minister for Planning and Coordination Lim Dae-Hong. Main topics [...]
2008-11-10 06:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN EAID SENV KGHG KSCA KDEM XE
08TOKYO3144JAPAN ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN MEETING
[...] (C) Japan looks forward to the November 17 Friends of Pakistan meeting in Abu Dhabi, and will be represented by MOFA Director General for Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Hiroshi Inomata, according to Southwest Asia Division Deputy Director Takehiko Wajima. DG Inomata will be accompanie [...]
2008-11-12 08:40:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON EAID PK JA
08TOKYO3172AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI E. FRAZER MEETS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan will continue to deepen its economic and political engagement with Africa, senior Japanese officials told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi E. Frazer October 17. MOFA officials expressed skepticism about the sustainability of Chinese development programs in Af [...]
2008-11-17 08:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS EAID KPKO SO ZI SU CH JA
08TOKYO3198FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT: JAPAN SHARES USG
[...] (SBU) Responding to points delivered as a non-paper (reftel),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),International Cooperation Bureau, Global Issues Cooperation Division official Shinsuke Okawa said Japan views the purpose of the upcoming Financing for Development Review Conference in Doha as fo [...]
2008-11-19 07:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON UNGA PBIO JA
08TOKYO3243DEMARCHE DELIVERED - GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 08:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ETRD JA PGOV
08TOKYO3257AMBASSADOR AND FM NAKASONE DISCUSS DPRK,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-28 08:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID JA AF AS KS KN
08TOKYO3296JAPAN ON POTENTIAL DONORS CONFERENCE FOR PAKISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan supports in general the idea of holding a donors conference for Pakistan but has questions about timing, hosts, and whether Pakistan is prepared with a solid request that specifies how much is needed and for what purposes, according to MOFA Southwest Asia Division Principal [...]
2008-12-03 07:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IFM PK JA
08TOKYO3360JAPANESE VIEWS: ASEAN, BURMA, THAILAND, CAMBODIA,
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with DAS Scot Marciel, senior MOFA officials reaffirmed that ASEAN remains an important focus for Japan in terms of development assistance, business expansion, and political engagement. In regards to other issues Japan believes that: despite recent events engagement w [...]
2008-12-10 22:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECIN EAID AORC XC BM TH CB RP VM
08TOKYO3382PAKISTAN DONOR'S CONFERENCE: JAPAN SEEKS FURTHER
[...] (C) Japan strongly supports Pakistan and recognizes that the country has significant financial needs, MOFA Southwest Asia Division Deputy Director Aya Yoshida told Embassy Tokyo December 12. Furthermore, Japan wants to play a leadership role in assistance to both Pakistan and Afghanistan, she [...]
2008-12-12 08:16:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN IBRD PREL IMF PK JA
08TOKYO3403AMBASSADOR FOLLOWS UP ON PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary. Japan recognizes the importance of Pakistan to the war on terror and is committed to remain a top donor, VFM Yabunaka assured the Ambassador on December 15. At the same time, he said, Japan is "perplexed" by the immediacy of a planned donors conference in January and unclear on t [...]
2008-12-15 09:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN IBRD PREL IMF PK JA
08TOKYO475ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is very much looking forward to the Secretary's visit to Asia the week of February 25 and is SIPDIS anticipating fruitful discussions on strengthening the U.S.-Japan alliance, MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Nishimiya told EAP Assistant Secretary Christop [...]
2008-02-22 09:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID XA XE CH AS KS KN IN JA
08TOKYO569JAPAN MAY RECOGNIZE KOSOVO WITHIN WEEKS, AID
[...] (C) Japanese recognition of Kosovo is likely "a matter of weeks, not months," Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Central and South Eastern European Division Deputy Director Akihiko Ishimoto told Emboffs February 28. Japan currently has a diplomatic mission in Kosovo to determine whether the c [...]
2008-03-04 08:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN EINV JA PREL XG
08TOKYO71JAPANESE VIEWS OF SITUATION IN PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Japan shares the concerns and views of the United States, as expressed ref A, and agrees that efforts must be made to keep Pakistan on the path to democracy, according to Principal Deputy Director Masaki Ishikawa of MOFA's Southwest Asia Division. Ishikawa told Embassy Tokyo Political Offic [...]
2008-01-10 02:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PK JA
08TOKYO779JICA PRESIDENT OGATA MEETS SYRIA'S ASAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Sadako Ogata met March 12 in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad. According to MOFA, their discussion focused on economic assistance and did not address political issues. Japan believes it necessary to maintain c [...]
2008-03-21 07:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF EAID KPAL KWBG IS IZ SY JA
08TOKYO83WIREC: FORMAL INVITATION DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) As requested in ref, EMIN met with MOFA Director-General for Economic Affairs Yoichi Otabe January 10 to deliver the Secretary's formal invitation to Foreign Minister Koumura to attend the March 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). Otabe appreciated t [...]
2008-01-10 08:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO
08TOKYO841SCENESETTER FOR G-8 DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary -- Japan is the world's third largest national aid donor, despite on-going budget cuts. The GOJ has been able to keep the ODA budget between $10-$13 billion using an increased reliance on yen loans to compensate for large cuts in grant aid (40 percent over the past eleven years) [...]
2008-03-27 05:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAID JA
08TOKYO93DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GOJ INVITATION TO ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) EMIN delivered demarche points (ref) to MOFA Director General for African Affairs and the Prime Minister's Personal Representative for Africa Shuichiro Megata Jan. 9. Charge also discussed USG concerns over the invitation the GOJ issued to Mugabe to participate in the Fourth Tokyo Interna [...]
2008-01-11 04:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID JA PHUM PREL ZI
08TOKYO95JAPAN PESSIMISTIC ABOUT SITUATION IN KENYA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-11 05:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL KE PGOV JA
08TOKYO97FM KOUMURA VISITS TANZANIA, TALKS ECONOMICS AND
[...] (C) Summary. In an effort to highlight Japan's relations with Africa while shoring up support for the May 2008 Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV),Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura visited Tanzania January 4-7 (after scaling back plans to visit Kenya as well). Th [...]
2008-01-11 06:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON JA PGOV PREL AF
08TOKYO974JAPAN SEEKING TO DISCOURAGE MUGABE FROM ATTENDING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-09 08:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID XA ZI JA
08TRIPOLI554LIBYAN MEASURES TO CHECK RISING FOOD COSTS AND ACQUIRE
[...] (U) On July 7th, the Political/Economic Assistants met with the Resident Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),Dr. Saad Elmedani Ahmed. According to Dr. Ahmed, the Libyan government (GOL) has generally taken prudent steps to protect Libyans from [...]
2008-07-09 16:12:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI614EXBS AIRPORT TRAINING PROCEEDS DESPITE SECURITY SERVICE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-30 12:50:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KNNP EAID LY
08TRIPOLI856LIBYA'S CENTRAL BANK CONTINUES FINANCIAL SECTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Libya's Central Bank Governor briefed a visiting U.S. trade expert and Emboffs on efforts by the Government of Libya (GOL) to modernize the financial sector, in part to attract greater foreign direct investment in non hydrocarbon sectors. Libya is working with international org [...]
2008-10-30 11:58:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EFIN PGOV LY EAID
08TRIPOLI917HEAD OF LIBYA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD: U.S.-LIBYA RELATIONS NOT JUST ABOUT OIL REF: TRIPOLI 227
[...] (C) Summary: The head of Libya's national economic planning apparatus and the effort to implement Muammar al-Qadhafi's vision for government restructuring and privatization told the visiting NEA/MAG Director that a new, commonly agreed frame of reference for U.S.-Libya relations that took into a [...]
2008-11-26 14:53:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN KPAO SCUL KMPI EAID EPET LY
08TUNIS1151DELIVERED DEMARCHE ON MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-12 13:32:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC TS
08TUNIS1250TUNISIA: Nuclear Energy Plans
[...] (U) This message is in response to Ref A request for Civil Nuclear Trade Initiative related information. The bulk of the information was acquired during the November 18 - 20, 2008 visit of Special Envoy for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Jackie Wolcott (Ref B). ------------------------- Nuclea [...]
2008-12-24 17:38:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EAID EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS237FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN TUNISIA
[...] Embassy Tunis provides the following narrative in response to reftel request. 2. The Government of Tunisia's national budget is publicly available and is published in the official gazette and on the internet. According to Tunisian law, the parliamentary debates on the annual budget are ope [...]
2008-03-12 11:29:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL PGOV TS
08TUNIS373MEPI UPDATE FOR TUNISIA
[...] (SBU) Tunisia remains a difficult environment for MEPI programs and activities, particularly in the area of political reform, and some organizations remain reticent about receiving MEPI, or USG, funding. We have continued, however, to look for new ways to reach out to the community and active [...]
2008-04-16 14:41:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM PGOV KMPI KIPR KPAO TS
08TUNIS448SCENESETTER FOR US-TUNISIA JOINT MILITARY
[...] (S) Tunisian military officials, including Minister of National Defense Kamel Morjane, are looking forward to the twenty-third US-Tunisia Joint Military Commission (JMC) meetings in Washington on May 12-14. The Government of Tunisia is proud of our long history of strong military cooperation [...]
2008-05-06 17:13:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS PREL PTER EAID TS
08TUNIS535DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE PRESIDENT'S GLOBAL FOOD
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-19 15:20:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO TS
08ULAANBAATAR110TURF BATTLES HINDER MONGOLIAN EFFORT TO REACH TRANSPARENCY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turf battles between Mongolian ministries have slowed preparations for a series of digital videoconferences on a US-Mongolia Transparency Agreement, but progress has been made and Mongolia hopes to start such conferences in late March. D. Munkhjargal, a senior official of the Mo [...]
2008-03-12 22:58:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR118MPs Buying Votes by Nationalizing Mongolia's "Strategic"
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Mongolia's Parliament and Prime Minister S. Bayar's administration have, in post's view and that of western mining firms, embraced a decidedly anti-business set of mining amendments, likely to be passed during an upcoming recess session of Parliament. The amendments are po [...]
2008-03-19 23:49:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR128TB Rates Climbing in Mongolia
[...] SUMMARY: Mongolia's tuberculosis rate has steadily risen since the early 1990s, in spite of government efforts to contain its spread. Statistics show an increase of 177% since 1991. Health officials concede that a steady climb in case numbers make meeting Millennium Development Goals to revers [...]
2008-03-24 08:14:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV EAID SOCI PGOV PHUM PINR PREL MG
08ULAANBAATAR149MCA-Mongolia Holds First Board Meeting, Approves Documents,
[...] Prime Minister S. Bayar, the Chairman of Millennium Challenge Account - Mongolia's (MCA-M) Board of Directors, convened the first ever full-scale board mlevig!tje orn`ne ofhEprm|!Q> Inqd`itIo. po!he@E(0`n!Biv0QiniSveRaHr&br!b"cJqlO3,y(,V! nyov2QMkC=u43sqQmQaf2QFpJ`v$l5}6cX?t,L(/LQ W[mhuOQ&-Qor t [...]
2008-04-03 08:45:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL EINV EON PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR16 MONGOLIAN AVIAN FLU DECEMBER 2007
[...] There have been no suspected outbreaks of H5N1 in Mongolia's wild waterfowl and poultry. There have been no transmissions to humans. The ban on importing poultry products from China remains in place. Also, the ban does not include poultry products from third countries imported through Russia an [...]
2008-01-14 00:19:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC EAID PGOV SENV KFLU MG
08ULAANBAATAR17For Mongolia's Green Party, Hope Springs Eternal
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's Green Party hopes for a political resurrection in upcoming parliamentary elections, after more than 15 years of disappointments. The party's new co-chair, successful businessman Dr. D. Enkhbat, feels the Greens could finally benefit from widespread anger at the major [...]
2008-01-14 06:55:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAID SOCI SENV MG
08ULAANBAATAR182UNHCR REP: MONGOLIA WILL NOT/NOT FORCE REFUGEES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR's Regional Rep for China and Mongolia, Veerapong Vongvarotai, visited the Embassy on April 24 and said UNHCR has appealed to the South Korean Government to reconsider its refusal to admit three North Korean refugees currently in Mongolia. Veerapong said it is "not possible" [...]
2008-04-25 08:11:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREF SMIG PHUM PREL PGOV ECON EAID SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR1912008 US-Mongolia TIFA, Report I: Progress on Transparency
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia and the United States held their fourth annual Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Talks on February 4, with the Mongolian side continuing its push for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) Tim Stratford explained that wh [...]
2008-04-28 02:21:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR204MONGOLIA UNLIKELY TO SEEK SEAT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 06:42:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHCR EAID MG
08ULAANBAATAR205IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
[...] (SBU) 1. SUMMARY: Prices of Mongolia's chief staples have risen more than 33% over the last year, with flour spiking nearly 45% year-on-year. As most of these staples are imported, Mongolia has suffered from inflation related to rising energy and related transport costs. Other factors exacerb [...]
2008-05-02 07:57:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PGOV SOCI EAID ETRD ECON PREL MG
08ULAANBAATAR206APDP MONGOLIAN ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Post visited Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on May 2 to discuss the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) and its proposal to send an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Mongolia for its Parliamentary elections, tentatively scheduled for June 29. MF [...]
2008-05-02 09:19:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PREL EAID MG JA AS KS CA
08ULAANBAATAR244POSITIVE REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY
[...] (U) Post met May 27 with the Mongolian Food and Agriculture Ministry's State Secretary, N. Batsuuri, to solicit his reaction to previously provided points on the President's Global Food Security Initiative (ref A) and to relay Administration's efforts to urge food-exporting countries to remove [...]
2008-05-28 00:18:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR PGOV EAID ECON TBIO PREL MG
08ULAANBAATAR262A BAD AIR DAY: ULAANBAATAR STRUGGLES TO BREATHE AS AIR
[...] SUMMARY: Residents of Ulaanbaatar suffer from air pollution that is among the world's worst - comparable in airborne particulate matter to Beijing or Cairo. Much of the problem stems from garbage-burning and dust from coal-burning stoves at the city's rapidly growing ger districts. Heating and [...]
2008-06-03 07:36:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PREL EAID PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR282NGO Reports 1/3 of Mongolia's Urban Households Lack Access
[...] SUMMARY: A recent Mercy Corps study has found that one third of Mongolia's urban households are "food insecure," meaning they do not have access to enough sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs. Poverty and unemployment are key contributing factors. Residents of prov [...]
2008-06-12 09:15:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR PGOV SOCI EAID ETRD ECON PREL MG
08ULAANBAATAR285OUT OF STEPPE: DISABLED MONGOLIANS STRUGGLE TO INTEGRATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Disabled Mongolians face serious obstacles to full participation in society, despite advances in special education and societal awareness. Many of these obstacles are infrastructure-related. The elation that many disabled Mongolians felt in August 2007, when Parliament passed n [...]
2008-06-13 01:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EAID SOCI PGOV KOCI KGLB AMED SCUL ECON MG
08ULAANBAATAR33UNHCR PLANS TWO NEW DPRK SHELTERS IN MONGOLIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the request of Mongolia's Border Force, UNHCR is planning to establish two new shelters in eastern Mongolia for DPRK refugees, UNHCR Senior Regional Protection Officer Nai Jit Lam told us on January 23. Lam said the two shelters will each cost around $35,000, contain 25 to 30 [...]
2008-01-24 03:30:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KREF EAID PHUM MG
08ULAANBAATAR396AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOLLOWING BIRD DEATHS IN MONGOLIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Tissue samples from dead wild birds in northern and western Mongolia have tested negative for the H5 strain of Avian Influenza (AI). Initial testing following a suspicious bird die-off yielded a suspect sample, but further testing by the Mongolian State Central Veterinary Laborat [...]
2008-08-20 08:48:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC EAID PGOV SENV KFLU MG
08ULAANBAATAR46Mongolia to Host Asian Ministerial Meeting on Environment
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's courtesy call on January 24, Mongolian's new Minister for Nature and Environment, G. Shiilegdamba, revealed that Mongolia would host a meeting of North East Asian Environment Ministers in Ulaanbaatar in May. He made clear that this would be the precursor [...]
2008-01-25 08:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EMIN SENV PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR48FOREIGN MINISTER OYUN SEEKS SEOUL MEETING WITH
[...] (C) The Ambassador crossed paths January 29 with Mongolian Foreign Minister S.Oyun, who volunteered that she would be in Seoul on February 25, 26 and 27 for the South Korean presidential inauguration. Oyun said she would be accompanying President N.Enkhbayar, adding that if SecState were to [...]
2008-01-29 09:18:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MG
08ULAANBAATAR50Mongolia Ponders Transparency Agreement with U.S.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting on a commitment to the Mongolian Government at last year's US-Mongolia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks (reftel A),Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Timothy Stratford proposed negotiating a Transparency Agreement (TA) with the Government of Mongolia [...]
2008-01-30 08:13:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR524U.S. DOE IS SECURING MONGOLIA'S BORDERS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. U.S. Department of Energy-provided radiation detection portals are now operational at Ulaanbaatar's international airport, as well as at Mongolia's borders with Russia (rail at Sukhbaatar and vehicle at Altanbulag) and China (rail and vehicle at Zamiin-Uud). A November 14 inaugur [...]
2008-12-03 02:23:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL EAID MG
08ULAANBAATAR526MONGOLIAN AVIAN FLU UPDATE NOVEMBER 2008
[...] November often marks the beginning of a four-month period where H5N1 outbreaks are concentrated in many countries, but in Mongolia migration due to the cold weather actually makes these months somewhat passive. 2. Update on WCS Field Veterinary Program -- Avian Influenza: In FY 08, inten [...]
2008-12-05 08:37:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC EAID PGOV SENV KFLU MG
08ULAANBAATAR63FORWARD MOVEMENT ON GSP ISSUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After almost two years of prodding by Post and USTR, Mongolia looks set to implement a GSP Handicrafts agreement that will allow duty-free export to the U.S. of two Mongolian hand-made items. (The five items previously covered by the agreement have become MFN duty-free). Now t [...]
2008-02-04 08:11:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR73NEW MONGOLIAN SHELTER FOR DPRK REFUGEES UP AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korean refugees at a new Mongolian Border Force shelter are receiving adequate treatment while being processed for resettlement. On February 5 we visited the Nalaikh shelter, which opened in late October 2007 and is located one hour outside Ulaanbaatar. We were joined by M [...]
2008-02-07 09:23:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KREF EAID SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR89FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES 6 PARTY TALKS, IRAQ, KOSOVO,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM Oyun told the Ambassador over dinner February 22 that Russia and the other six party talks (6PT) members had responded favorably to Mongolia's proposal to host the next 6PT Peace and Security Working Group (PSWG) meeting. Regarding the recent announcement that the Government [...]
2008-02-25 01:29:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON MARR PGOV MG IQ
08ULAANBAATAR9Ambassador Pays Initial Call on Ulaanbaatar Mayor Bilegt
[...] (U) The Ambassador, during his January 7 courtesy call on newly appointed Ulaanbaatar Governor and Mayor Bilegt, congratulated Bilegt and passed to him White House photos taken when Bilegt, then Head of the President's Office, accompanied President Enkhbayar on his summit visit to the U.S. in O [...]
2008-01-08 00:37:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SENV EAID MG
08ULAANBAATAR90THEY'RE BA-ACK! RUSSIANS RE-ENGAGE MONGOLIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia has recently focused renewed attention on the Russia-Mongolia relationship. Russia recently offered to equip Mongolia with around $120 million worth of military hardware, possibly including pushing Mongolia to take two MiG-29 fighter jets.. Less conspicuous, but no less [...]
2008-02-25 08:33:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON MARR ETRD EMIN EPET PBTS EAID KIDE KCOR
08UNVIEVIENNA513UNCITRAL WORKING GROUP REVISES MODEL LAW ON PROCUREMENT
[...] (U) The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group I (Procurement) met in Vienna September 8-12, 2008 to discuss proposed reforms to the UNCITRAL model procurement law. For the past several years, the Working Group on Procurement has been engaged in an effor [...]
2008-09-18 11:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN
08UNVIEVIENNA523VIENNA'S FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN ON COMPACT AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-25 11:48:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAF AS AU CA EAID FR IT KCRM NL NO PREL
08UNVIEVIENNA533WORKING GROUP REFORMS UNICTRAL MODEL ARBITRATION LAW
[...] (U) The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group II on Arbitration met September 15-19, 2008 in Vienna to continue discussing proposed reforms to the UNCITRAL model arbitration law. The UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules are considered one of the most successful U [...]
2008-09-30 13:26:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN
08UNVIEVIENNA588SEEKING GUIDANCE FOR NOVEMBER 18 VIENNA FRIENDS OF
[...] (SBU) Ambassador will host the second meeting of the Vienna Friends of Afghanistan group (Ref b) on November 18. (Note: List of Friends follows in para 5. End Note.) UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa has been invited to give a presentation on UNODC's activities in Afghanistan, as well [...]
2008-11-06 15:54:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN NATO AF
08UNVIEVIENNA596UNCITRAL: SECURED TRANSACTIONS WORKING GROUP ADDRESSES
[...] (U) UNCITRAL Working Group VI (Secured Transactions) at its 2008 session in Vienna, October 20-24, continued its work on the preparation of an annex to the 2007 UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions (hereafter "the Guide") on security rights in intellectual property (IP). The Un [...]
2008-11-13 09:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN
08UNVIEVIENNA617UNODC on Afghanistan and Related Drug Issues
[...] (SBU) Meeting in mid-November, UNODC Executive Director told Ambassador of the shocking level of amphetamine seizures in Saudi Arabia. He expressed surprise at the difference between USG and UNODC estimates of poppy cultivation in Pakistan, predicted a decline in Afghanistan poppy cultivatio [...]
2008-11-21 13:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL EAID AF UN CO PK IR SA
08UNVIEVIENNA622UNIDO: POTENTIAL PARTNER ON CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT REFORMS
[...] (U) The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has implemented a substantial reform over the last decade that has improved its efficiency and relevance, making it a potential partner for the U.S. on issues like climate change and energy as well as a useful exemplar for the reform of ot [...]
2008-11-25 13:36:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND ENRG EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KUNR KGHG
08UNVIEVIENNA640IAEA/TACC WRAP-UP: SYRIA OVERSHADOWS NOVEMBER TACC
[...] (SBU) Debate over the Syrian proposal for a nuclear power feasibility study was the main event at the November 24-26 IAEA Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee (TACC) meeting. In the end, the U.S. and other likeminded agreed not to block consensus on the entire 2009-2011 Technical Co [...]
2008-12-05 12:40:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA KNNP ENRG TRGY EAID SY
08USEUBRUSSELS1650BURMA: EU URGES U.S. PATIENCE ON GLOBAL FUND
[...] (C) Summary: Per REFTEL instructions,Poloff shared the U.S. position on the Global Fund in Burma with European Commission External Relations and Development officials. They agreed with our principles, but felt that it was too early in the process for many of the details. They said Global Fu [...]
2008-10-24 17:01:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALEAID KHIV PREL BM EUN
08USEUBRUSSELS299EU SUPPORTS RESTRUCTURING ICG ON SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) The European Union is largely in favor of the U.S. proposal to strengthen the effectiveness of the International Contact Group on Somalia, with the caveat that it would like to convene plenary sessions approximately four times a year. Poloff delivered reftel points to Jean-Christophe Bell [...]
2008-02-25 16:58:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PGOV SO EUN
08USEUBRUSSELS533ENCOURAGING GREATER REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ
[...] (U) EU contacts confirmed that the EU will be represented at the Expanded Neighbors process on April 22 in Kuwait by Slovenian Presidency Foreign Minister Rupel, Council desk officer for Iraq Sophie Kisling, and Commission Deputy Director-General for the Middle East Hugues Mingarelli. Council [...]
2008-04-09 05:24:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID IZ EUN
08USEUBRUSSELS748U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON WESTERN BALKANS ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: EUR/SCE Director Chris Hoh discussed Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, and the EU's enlargement process with EU and member state officials during the May 7 U.S.-EU troika consultations on Western Balkans (COWEB) and during separate meetings on the margins. On Kosov [...]
2008-05-19 07:30:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID EUN ZL
08USUNNEWYORK1006UNGA PANEL ON FINANCIAL CRISIS CALLS FOR REFORMS;
[...] (U) Summary: Columbia University's Dr. Joseph Stiglitz, chair of the President of the General Assembly's (PGA) new task force on the international financial system, harshly criticized U.S. financial policies and the U.S. Government's response to the financial crisis at an October 30 "Interacti [...]
2008-11-03 23:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID PREL IMF UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1017SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON - TRANSITION FROM
[...] (U) Action request in paragraph eight. 2. (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary-General/Legal Counsel Patricia O'Brien and International Independent Investigation Commissioner Daniel Bellemare have agreed that Bellemare should seek a two-month extension (beyond its December 31, 2008 mandate expi [...]
2008-11-04 23:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER EAID UNSC LE
08USUNNEWYORK1069UNGA'S LATEST FINANCIAL CRISIS PANEL MORE BALANCED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) Second Committee held a panel discussion to examine the causes and impact of the global financial crisis on November 11. In contrast to the President of the General Assembly's (PGA) October 30 panel on the crisis (reftel),this latest discussion w [...]
2008-11-13 23:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID PREL ENRG UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1097UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS FIVE RESOLUTIONS ON
[...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Second Committee adopted five resolutions by consensus on procedural matters for the upcoming Financing for Development (FfD) Review conference during its November 5 session. This action came after the Committee Chair brokered a compromise to [...]
2008-11-20 20:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID ECIN UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK148KUWAIT DELEGATION REINFORCES IRAQ COMPENSATION
[...] (SBU) A Kuwaiti delegation headed by Khalid al-Mudhaf, the Chairman of the Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation related to Iraq,s 1990 invasion (PAAC),visited New York February 6-8 and met with key Security Council delegations, as well as the UN Comptroller. The Kuwaiti message in [...]
2008-02-15 16:42:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN KU IZ
08USUNNEWYORK213MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST
[...] (U) Mission clearance is granted for Andrew Haviland, Deputy Director, Office of Economic and Development Affairs (IO/EDA),Christine Harbaugh, Financial Economist, Office of Development Finance (EEB/IFD/ODF),Marlene Sakaue, Director, Office of Monetary Affairs, U.S. Department of State and [...]
2008-03-07 17:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EAID EFIN ECON
08USUNNEWYORK822UN TO RATIONALIZE ITS WOMEN'S AFFAIRS MECHANISMS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The high-level panel on UN System-Wide Coherence underlined, in its 2004 report, the need for reform in the gender sector, and the Member States have agreed that the UN's approach to gender/women needs to be rationalized and strengthened. Deputy Secretary-General Migiro present [...]
2008-09-15 20:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI EAID KWMN UN
08USUNNEWYORK897SYG BAN'S SEPTEMBER 25 HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON THE FOOD CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Discussion of the global food price crisis dominated UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's September 25 high-level event on food security and climate change. Ban committed to providing leadership on the food crisis through the High-Level Task Force process, and stated that policy [...]
2008-10-01 20:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON EFIN ENRG SENV UN
08USUNNEWYORK930UNDP AND UNFPA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING, SEPTEMBER
[...] This cable reports on the Executive Board session of the UN Development Program (UNDP) and UN Population Fund (UNFPA),September 8-12, 2008 in New York. ------- Summary ------- 2. The Board accepted a management "roadmap" to discuss the resumption of UNDP operations in North Korea. [...]
2008-10-11 00:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNDP UNFPA EAID SOCI
08USUNNEWYORK950UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE DISCUSSES BRETTON WOODS
[...] SUMMARY: During the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Second Committee's October 16 meeting to discuss Financing for Development, UN Department of Social and Economic Affairs (DESA) briefed committee members on plans for the upcoming Doha Financing for Development Review Conference, with the United S [...]
2008-10-17 22:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ECIN PREL EAID EAGR IBRD IMF
08USUNNEWYORK995UPDATE ON DOHA FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT (FFD)
[...] (U) Summary. Delegations in New York have completed the first reading of the "zero draft" of the outcome document for the November 29 - December 3 Financing for Development Review Conference in Doha. The Egyptian and Norwegian co-facilitators for the FfD process hope to finalize the outcome [...]
2008-10-31 21:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN ECON ETRD UN
08VALLETTA167MALTA: TURKEY CHANGE OF STATUS AT THE EBRD
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 14:49:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL
08VALLETTA215MALTA'S RESPONSE TO BURMA DONORS CONFERENCE DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-23 12:15:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PGOV MT
08VALLETTA228MALTA'S REACTION TO GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador briefed key Maltese military and civilian officials about GMP. The Maltese expressed enthusiasm about the concept. Several GMP-related areas of cooperation already exist, and the Maltese were eager to explore further areas. Malta,s Foreign Minister said that at an [...]
2008-06-02 14:31:00Embassy VallettaCONFIDENTIALASEC EAID ECIN ECON EFIS EWWT MARR MAS MCAP
08VALLETTA236MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 14:42:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM MT
08VALLETTA254MALTA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO REQUEST FOR
[...] On May 23, Embassy Valletta delivered reftel demarche requesting that Malta pledge financial aid during the UN-ASEAN Burma Donors Conference. Malta responded favorably, pledging 45,000 euros in financial aid for the relief effort. 2. On June 19, MFA Desk Officer for Asian Affairs Paul Sant [...]
2008-06-20 13:35:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PGOV MT
08VIENNA1304AVIAN FLU CONFERENCE IN EGYPT: AUSTRIA PLANNING TO ATTEND,
[...] Hubert Hrabcik, General Director of Public Health in the Ministry of Health, Family and Youth Affairs (Assistant Secretary level) told Emboff he had registered for the Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza in October in Egypt and intended to represent the GoA in Sharm el Sheik [...]
2008-09-10 10:52:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL AU
08VIENNA1358WORLD WATER CONGRESS HIGHLIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] SUMMARY: From September 7 to 11, Vienna hosted the World Water Congress / trade show highlighting the impact of climate change on water issues. Organized by the International Water Association (IWA),the event brought together around 3,000 experts from science / technology, water policy, water [...]
2008-09-16 14:42:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID ENRG AU
08VIENNA1416AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA
[...] (U) Polchief discussed reftel points September 25 with Stefan Weidinger, MFA unit chief for Development Cooperation in Southeastern and Eastern Europe. Weidinger noted that the Southern Caucasus, including Georgia, is one of the MFA's seven priority regions for assistance worldwide. He said [...]
2008-09-25 12:56:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG RS AU
08VIENNA1466 SOLICITING POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO KOSOVO DEBT RELIEF
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submitted information on USG request for financial assistance for the Kosovo Debt Relief Trust Fund to Johann Kinast, Head of the Export Guarantees and Debt Rescheduling Unit in the Ministry of Finance (MoF). Post also sent reftel information to Thomas Schnoell, MFA Unit [...]
2008-10-01 13:16:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN EINV PREL EU KV AU
08VIENNA1795 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
[...] Embassy reps shared ref discussion points with relevant stakeholders in the Austrian MFA (Ministry of European and International Affairs) and Ministry of Agriculture and Environment. We followed up with Manfred Schnitzer from the MFA Development Assistance / Program Planning unit, who has th [...]
2008-12-05 14:54:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON AU
08VIENNA1890AUSTRIAN POSITION ON ASSISTANCE TO NICARAGUA
[...] Polchief discussed reftel points December 23 with Andreas Melan, MFA Unit Chief for Latin America and the Caribbean. Melan agreed that the Nicaraguan elections had fallen far short of international standards. He said EU states have agreed to re-orient aid, both EU and bilateral, for Nicaragua [...]
2008-12-24 09:12:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL NU AU
08VIENNA267WIREC 2008 - AUSTRIAN DELEGATION AND PLEDGE INFO
[...] On February 21, EmbOff contacted Elfriede More from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, to discuss the Austrian delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC),March 4-6, 2008. More, who is Austria's inter-ministerial coordinator for WIREC, confirmed t [...]
2008-02-26 13:28:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET SENV EAID SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA AU
08VIENNA50WIREC 2008 - INVITATION DELIVERED
[...] On January 9, Post delivered reftel invitation to the WIREC conference to the Minister of Agriculture and Environment, and sent copies of the letter to the Chiefs of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economics, Labor, and Energy. We understand from the discussions [...]
2008-01-11 13:36:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET SENV EAID SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA
08VIENNA709AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE
[...] Embassy shared reftels Aides Memoire with high level contacts in the Ministries of Agriculture and Environment, Health, Economics and Labor, and European and International Affairs, following up with Friedrich Huemer, Head of the Department for International Trade at Agriculture. He said that [...]
2008-05-23 09:54:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO AU
08VIENTIANE10WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?
[...] (U) Summary: The USG estimate of poppy cultivation in Laos for 2007 is 1100 hectares, down from 43,150 hectares in 1989. Laos, at one time the world's third largest producer of illicit opium, stands poised to end its tenure as a part of the golden triangle. After an investment of more than [...]
2008-01-03 09:58:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID LA SNAR
08VIENTIANE1642008 FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT FOR LAOS
[...] Following is the 2008 fiscal transparency report for Laos, as instructed in reftel. The Lao Government (GOL) budget, a summary of revenue and expenditure for the current fiscal year, and a projection for the following fiscal year are generally published by the Ministry of Finance (MOF [...]
2008-03-13 10:33:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL LA
08VIENTIANE240FOOD PRICES IN LAOS: STICKY RICE PRICES REMAIN
[...] Summary: Despite rising world prices for white rice, sticky (glutinous) rice, the primary rice variety eaten in Laos, has seen only moderate price rises this year. One notable aspect of Lao sticky rice prices has been their stability over the past several years despite inflation averaging 7 [...]
2008-04-24 04:53:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL EPET LA
08VIENTIANE241AMBASSADOR RAISES FOOD SECURITY; CHINESE DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Topics at an April 10 Informal Quarterly Donors Meeting co-chaired by the Ambassador included food security in Laos, focusing on poor governmental policy choices in the often rice-deficient uplands areas, and the Chinese-financed development project at That Luang marsh (ref A). [...]
2008-04-24 06:36:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EINV UN LA CN
08VIENTIANE272DEMARCHE TO LAOS: HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO CYCLONE
[...] (C) Summary: According to an MFA official who traveled to Rangoon on May 7 with the Lao Vice Foreign Minister, Burmese officials expressed appreciation for Lao material assistance ($20,000 and three tons of food) and said that they would welcome more, but declined the GOL's offer to send an [...]
2008-05-09 10:25:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL BM LA
08VIENTIANE285IMF ANTICIPATES STRONG MACRO-ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF expects Laos's economy to continue to grow at a strong 8 percent annual rate, driven by mineral and electricity exports. Inflation is relatively low at 5 percent, but the IMF is concerned that the government is expanding commercial credit too quickly raising the specte [...]
2008-05-16 08:07:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN ENRG LA PGOV
08VIENTIANE291 LAO GOVERNMENT ALLOWS BLANKET OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCES FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reversing a 33-year-old policy, Lao officials notified the Embassy on May 19 that they would grant blanket overflight clearances for U.S. planes providing humanitarian support for Burma. This is another in a series of positive developments in U.S.-Lao military-to-military ties [...]
2008-05-21 09:23:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL EAID PGOV LA US BM
08VIENTIANE297BURMA DONORS CONFERENCE: LAO FOREIGN MINISTER TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials view the Burmese government as having changed its attitude toward outside assistance as a result of the recent ASEAN meeting in Singapore. They expressed high hopes the May 25 Pledging Meeting in Rangoon will be effective in [...]
2008-05-23 07:23:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PHUM BM LA
08VIENTIANE385DEMARCHE TO LAOS: SHAPING POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM delivered reftel demarche on July 2. In response, an official at the foreign ministry's Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Department noted that many of the principles set forth in the demarche were consistent with the conclusions of the UN-ASEAN-Burmese T [...]
2008-07-07 09:11:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBM EAID LA PREL
08VIENTIANE458DISASTER DECLARATION FOR FLOODING IN LAOS
[...] This is an action request. In view of the mounting reports of damage caused by flooding in Vientiane and various provinces in Laos and in response to the August 18, 2008, appeal of the Government of Laos to the international community for assistance, the Charge d'Affaires has determined that a [...]
2008-08-19 10:16:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV EWWT EAID CASC ASEC LA
08VIENTIANE485U.S. AND LAOS CONTINUE PROGRESS IN THIRD BILATERAL DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bilateral military talks held at historic Lockwood Hall on Pearl Harbor August 14-15 confirmed progress in U.S.-Lao military relations and widened the range of activities the Lao will consider during the coming year. One key focus for both sides was the upcoming exchange of Defe [...]
2008-09-04 03:03:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS EAID PREL LA
08VIENTIANE519Rear Admiral Burkhard Explores Initiating PACOM HIV/AIDS
[...] SUMMARY: Rear Admiral (RADM) Thomas Burkhard, the Pacific Command (PACOM) Surgeon, visited Laos August 26-28 to discuss initiating U.S.-Laos military-to- military HIV/AIDS cooperation via PACOM endorsed PEPFAR (US Presidential Emergency Program for AIDS Relief) funding. Admiral Burkhard's visi [...]
2008-09-22 06:02:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS EAID PREL TBIO KHIV LA
08VIENTIANE562DASD CLAD VISIT TO LAOS CONTINUES MIL-MIL PROGRESS; LAO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OSD's DASD James Clad may be the highest-ranking Pentagon policy official to have visited Vientiane since 1975. While senior DPMO officials involved in the MIA accounting process have visited regularly, Dr. Clad's visit sends another positive signal about the improving and broad [...]
2008-10-16 08:04:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS EAID PREL LA
08VIENTIANE68CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN SOUTHERN LAOS ABATING
[...] (U) Summary: The cholera outbreak in southern Laos that began in mid-December (reftel) appears to be abating. The director of the World Heath Organization's (WHO) office in Laos expressed appreciation for USG interest in assisting but said that no additional resources are necessary at this [...]
2008-01-30 07:18:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS SOCI PREL AMED EAID LA
08VIENTIANE83SECOND U.S.-LAO COMPREHENSIVE BILATERAL DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second U.S.-Lao Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue (CBD),led by Department of State East Asia and Pacific Bureau (EAP) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Scot Marciel on January 25, highlighted the slowly maturing relationship between Laos and the United States. Unlike the pr [...]
2008-02-06 06:48:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON KHDP MARR MASS MOPS OTRA PGOV PHUM
08VILNIUS1014AMBASSADOR VISITS MOLETAI -- A REGION IN TRANSITION
[...] Ambassador Cloud traveled November 13 to the Moletai district, a region transforming from a relatively poor, agrarian-based economy to one based mainly on domestic tourism to the vast woodlands and lakes in the area. In the first meeting of the day, he sat down with the long time Mayor of Mol [...]
2008-12-03 07:43:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON OTRA KGLB EAGR EAID LH
08VILNIUS1028LITHUANIA CONCERNED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-05 14:49:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO LH
08VILNIUS290LITHUANIA INTERESTED IN FUTURE OF TURKEY'S ROLE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-25 11:42:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL TU LH
08VILNIUS345LITHUANIA: CONCERNED ABOUT CRISIS IN BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 14:24:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL LH BM
08VILNIUS365BELARUS: POLL POINTS OPPOSITION TOWARD BREAD AND
[...] (C) An April 2008 poll commissioned by the USAID-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) demonstrated that the Belarusian public remains concerned about socio-economic issues like cuts in state benefits. Following a presentation on these data, the Presidium of the United Democratic [...]
2008-05-16 07:48:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PHUM BO
08VILNIUS376LITHUANIA AWARE AND PARTICIPATING IN GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-19 13:36:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP LH
08VILNIUS435LITHUANIA STILL CONCERNED ABOUT CYCLONE NARGIS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-05 13:30:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM BM LH
08VILNIUS459LITHUANIA WILL NOT PLEDGE AT LEBANON CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-11 11:42:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PHUM XG LE LH
08VILNIUS522LITHUANIA AGREES SITUATION IN BURMA REMAINS SERIOUS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 12:24:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID BM LH
08VILNIUS727LITHUANIA LIKELY TO SEND HEALTH MINISTER TO API
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-05 11:03:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEAID TBIO EAGR PREL KFLU AORC
08VILNIUS865LITHUANIA WILL PLEDGE ONE MILLION EUROS AT GEORGIA
[...] MFA's Director of Development Cooperation and Democracy Promotion Renatas Juska told Post October 15 that the GOL plans to make a pledge of one million euros, to be spread over two years, at the Georgia Donors Conference October 22. Juska said that the Lithuanians intend their pledge to go tow [...]
2008-10-17 05:58:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID EFIN GG LH
08VILNIUS994LITHUANIA DOUBTFUL ON PAKISTAN CONTRIBUTION THIS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 12:01:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALEAID IBRD IMF PK LH
08WARSAW1075UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 15:29:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV EAID PL
08WARSAW1142ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche regarding the upcoming Georgia donors conference in Brussels to Tomasz Orlowski, Georgia desk officer at the Polish MFA, as well as Barbara Gronowska and Joanna Poplawska in the MFA's Development Cooperation Department on September 22. The MFA is working [...]
2008-09-29 15:07:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN KCRS EUMEM PREL GG RS PL
08WARSAW1218POLISH MFA WORKING WITH FINANCE MINISTRY ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-17 15:30:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS PL
08WARSAW1366POLAND ON POTENTIAL PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Polish government is keenly aware of the challenges in Pakistan and the importance of managing them successfully. Provided that it can muster a meaningful donation, Poland is likely to attend the proposed conference, although no information is available regarding the leve [...]
2008-12-01 16:29:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK PL
08WARSAW468POLAND ON INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT CONFERENCE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: So far Polish officials have not begun to discuss whether to make a pledge at the Afghanistan Conference in Paris in June, let alone the possible amount. Like other European governments, they have been thinking of the Conference in purely political terms. Nevertheless, Afgha [...]
2008-04-14 08:14:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NATO PGOV PREL AF PL
08WARSAW529POLAND'S AGREES WITH USG ON ZIMBABWE CHAIR OF CSD
[...] (SBU) Econoff raised reftel points on Zimbabwe chairing the Commission on Sustainable Development with Mariusz Lewicki, Head of the Department of United Nations System and Global Affairs in the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Lewicki stated that Poland's thinking on the Zimbabwe chairmans [...]
2008-04-28 11:34:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EAGR EAID ECON EUN PREL SENV
08WARSAW538IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - POLAND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Overall food prices in Poland have risen about 7 percent in the past year, but are not reflected in lower rates of consumption as wage increases topped 10 percent in the same period. A continuing increase in prices could affect at-risk populations in poorer regions. Rising food [...]
2008-04-30 13:20:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PL PREL
08WARSAW579DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POLISH HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 14:31:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL BM PL
08WARSAW588DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PLEDGING AT THE PARIS SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 12:16:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL PL AG
08WARSAW596DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT
[...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche on May 13 2008 to Juliusz Gojlo, head of the Polish MFA,s Iraqi Task Force. Gojlo said that MFA Undersecretary Ryszard Schnepf would head the Polish Delegation to the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial Meeting in Stockholm, though he [...]
2008-05-15 14:26:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ PL
08WARSAW608POLAND'S NATIONAL BANK GENERALLY SYMPATHETIC TO
[...] (C) National Bank of Poland (NBP) President Slawomir Skrzypek told us May 15 that he is generally sympathetic to Turkey's desire to change its status at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from that of a donor country to that of a 'country of operation.' Skrzypek said h [...]
2008-05-16 16:19:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PL EAID TU
08WARSAW746POLAND: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 08:01:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP
08WARSAW945POLISH ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Plans are still being developed for a proposed Polish-Spanish-Emirati Agricultural Training School in Afghanistan. Poland's USD 1.3 million pledge at the Paris Support Conference will be used for a 2008 donation to the Afghan Reconstruction Trust Fund. The Poles remain keenly [...]
2008-08-11 14:11:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALECON NATO MARR EAID PL AF
08WELLINGTON142NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING TURKEY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 06:02:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON158NEW ZEALAND CONTRIBUTING TO BURMA RELIEF, PRESSING
[...] (SBU) In response to Reftel instruction, DCM contacted David Taylor, the Director of the Asia Division in New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On May 7, Prime Minister Helen Clark announced that the New Zealand Government committed NZD 500,000 (USD 387,000) to New Zealan [...]
2008-05-09 03:59:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL BM NZ
08WELLINGTON175NEW ZEALAND TO CONTRIBUTE TO ZIMBABWE ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Counselor spoke on June 5 with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) official handling the issue of GNZ assistance to the Zimbabwe Presidential run-off election later this month. Paul Roberts, Deputy Director of the UN office at MFAT, said that New Zealand's missio [...]
2008-06-06 03:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON271DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS MEETING, MONROVIA: GNZ
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of New Zealand has confirmed that it cannot send a representative to the Development Ministers Meeting to be held in Monrovia, Liberia September 5-6. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In response to Reftel request regarding host nation participation in the Development M [...]
2008-08-28 23:21:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID LI PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON276PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM 2008: POST FORUM DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the August 21 Post Forum Dialogue, dialogue partner nations outlined ongoing and projected assistance projects with the Pacific island nations and generally lauded the Forum's Communique issued a day earlier. Most countries associated themselves with the Forum's stron [...]
2008-09-01 20:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG EAGR EAID NZ
08WELLINGTON400NEW ZEALAND, ASEAN AND THE ARF DISASTER RELIEF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-28 02:06:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALEAID MOPS PREL MARR NZ
08WELLINGTON92NEW ZEALAND UNDECIDED ON ASSISTANCE TO KOSOVO
[...] (C) In a February 29 meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Europe Division Director, George Kroup, and Europe Policy Officer Kate Russell, Pol/Econ Counselor outlined planning for an upcoming donors conference regarding Kosovo, provided the needs table included in ref [...]
2008-03-07 03:17:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN NZ
08WINDHOEK249AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE, LAND REFORM WITH
[...] (C) During a cordial 45-minute meeting with the Ambassador in his office on August 12, Foreign Minister Marco Hausiku declined to describe the kind of agreement he hoped ZANU-PF and the MDC would reach, saying that was up to Zimbabweans. The Ambassador stressed the U.S. view that Morgan Tsvangi [...]
2008-08-13 16:24:00Embassy WindhoekCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM EAID EAGR KMCA ZI WA
08WINDHOEK290NAMIBIA UNDECIDED ON UNAIDS DIRECTOR
[...] (SBU) Emboff met with the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Multilateral Affairs Julius Zaya Shiweva and delivered reftel demarche on September 15. According to Shiweva, Namibia had not yet been approached regarding the selection of a new Executive Director for the Joint Unit [...]
2008-09-17 08:52:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHIV UNGA EAID WA
08WINDHOEK304NAMIBIA: AFRICA GROUP HAS DECIDED ON CONSENSUS
[...] (U) In a call on Ministry of Health deputy Permanent Secretary Norbert Forster on September 30, Charge followed up on earlier discussions with the MFA (ref A) regarding the appointment of a successor to UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot. Conveying ref B talking points, Charge explained th [...]
2008-09-30 13:40:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV UNGA EAID WA
08WINDHOEK378NAMIBIA: GPAF DEMARCHE SPURS FOOD SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-01 05:48:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV
08WINDHOEK398NAMIBIA: LACEY ACT AMENDMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to members of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF),as well as the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). Director of Forestry J.S. Hailwa remarked that the new import declaration requirements under the amended Lacey Act should not impo [...]
2008-12-09 14:29:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO WA
08YAOUNDE1047BAKASSI DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES: THE PRIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon has formed a committee to coordinate future development projects for Bakassi, under the auspices of the Prime Minister. The committee's initial report, designed to provide a broad road map for consideration by the government and donors, outlines priority needs for Ba [...]
2008-10-23 15:52:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCM EAID ECON NI PGOV PREL
08YAOUNDE1257BIYA TAPS PARTY FAITHFUL TO RUN NEW ELECTION AGENCY
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Paul Biya appointed the membership of the newly created elections agency ELECAM in a Presidential Decree issued on December 30, one day after the legislative deadline. The process of devolving management of the elections from the central government to an independent [...]
2008-12-31 14:52:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID PREL PHUM PINR CM
08YAOUNDE262 CAMEROON INPUT FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON FISCAL
[...] (SBU) The following information is keyed to questions in reftel: --Is Cameroon's Budget Made Public? At the beginning of the fiscal year, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) publishes an overview of projected expenditures, indicating how the GRC intends to spends money at the Ministry-level [...]
2008-03-17 14:39:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON KCOR PREL CM
08YAOUNDE266CAMEROON PRESS FREEDOM AT RISK
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-18 10:02:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM EAID KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL SOCI OPRC CM
08YAOUNDE300CAMEROON LURCHING TOWARDS GLOBAL AIDS FUND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Seeking to address the governance flaws that doomed Cameroon's Round 7 application to the Global Fund for AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria (GFATM),Cameroon's Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) met on March 27 to reform the size and composition of its membership. Although th [...]
2008-03-28 12:55:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHIV EAID PREL KCOR CM
08YAOUNDE625CAMEROON DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL MARITIME
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post demarched the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense on the Global Maritime Partnership. We have not yet received a substantive response. The GRC actively participates in the Africa Partnership Station (APS) and appears interested in future collaborations. We expec [...]
2008-06-20 08:29:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08YAOUNDE687CAMEROON TAKES OVER BAKASSI IN SIX WEEKS
[...] (C) Summary. The Government of Nigeria (GoN) is expected to hand over the remaining area of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula (known as "the zone") to Cameroon on August 14 2008, in accordance with the 2006 Greentree Agreement. Insecurity and criminal activity in "the zone" has risen in the two y [...]
2008-07-03 12:23:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM EAID MOPS NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08YAOUNDE738CAMEROON'S FOOD CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Summary: Cameroon's food sector challenges remain unchanged since rising food prices were a major factor in sparking civil unrest in February. Significant impediments to a more productive agricultural sector include the dysfunctional nature of the government (particularly the Ministry o [...]
2008-07-16 14:39:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM EAGR EAID ECON PGOV
08YAOUNDE754BAKASSI: 12 DEAD IN LATEST ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) In the early hours of July 24, an unidentified armed group attacked a Cameroonian naval detachment at Kombo a Junea in the Bakassi Peninsula, killing two Cameroonian soldiers and wounding four. Later that same day, Cameroonian Minister of Defense Remy Ze Meka released statement claiming [...]
2008-07-25 12:32:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDCM EAID MOPS NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08YAOUNDE762CAMEROON: GOV'T OFFICIALS ON IMPENDING BAKASSI
[...] (C) Summary. The Government of Cameroon (GRC) is not well-positioned to understand or deal with on-going violence in Bakassi and likely will not be so until well after the planned August 14 handover, according to meetings the Ambassador had with GRC officials and others during the week of J [...]
2008-07-30 06:25:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM EAID MOPS NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI MASS
08YEREVAN1033AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (C) In the Ambassador's December 10 introductory meeting with Minister of Agriculture Aramayis Grigorian, the Minister outlined the GOAM's priorities in the agriculture sector, and assured that planned changes to safety standards on poultry imports were not intended to exclude imports in violat [...]
2008-12-23 12:26:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAGR EAID AM
08YEREVAN106 ELECTION SEASON HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP (JANUARY-FEBRUARY)
[...] (SBU) In light of the current presidential election in Armenia, scheduled for Tuesday, February 19, this issue of Yerevan's Human Rights Round-up is exclusively dedicated to reported and alleged election-related violations. Reports are organized chronologically. This issue's headlines: [...]
2008-02-11 12:08:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KDEM KPAO KJUS KWMN AM
08YEREVAN16ARMENIAN PM CONTRADICTS PRESIDENCY: EXIT POLL
[...] (C) In a hastily called meeting, Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan told Charge that he still favors the holding of a USAID-funded exit poll during the upcoming presidential election, as long as a key condition be met. Contradicting the presidential administration, which has privately oppo [...]
2008-01-08 13:00:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID KDEM OSCE KPAO AM
08YEREVAN194HOW THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IS AFFECTING NGOS AND
[...] (C) With a GOAM-enforced State of Emergency (SoE) in Yerevan in effect until March 20 (reftel),many local and international NGOs have been forced to curtail their activities. USG assistance implementers, especially those working on Democracy and Governance (DG),have not been spared this fat [...]
2008-03-05 14:00:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALEAID PHUM PGOV KDEM AM
08YEREVAN229ARMENIA - MACROECONOMIC OVERVIEW FOR 2007
[...] Armenia's economy continued its double-digit growth trend of the past five years, again driven primarily by the construction and service sectors. The gap between import and export of goods and services continued to increase, and year-end inflation was 6.6 percent. The Armenian Dram appreciated [...]
2008-03-17 02:43:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID AM
08YEREVAN238GOAM'S MCC POINT OF CONTACT ASKS FOR PATIENCE
[...] (C) On March 13 MCC resident country director (RCD) and acting Polchief met with Minister of Trade and Economic Development Nerses Yeritsian to convey USG concerns about Armenia's ongoing political crisis, warn about its potential impact on continued funding of MCC programs, and urge the GOAM [...]
2008-03-19 05:49:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPROV PREL PHUM EAID ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN274TOUGH LOVE: ARMENIA'S MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE PROGRAM
[...] (C) As we consider the future direction of U.S. relations with Armenia in light of recent problems and broader negative trends in Armenia's democracy and human rights record, the future of Armenia's continued eligibility for the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) should be high on the agenda [...]
2008-03-31 15:20:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN3ARMENIAN PRESIDENCY OPPOSES EXIT POLL FOR
[...] (C) During a lengthy, back-and-forth discussion, President Kocharian's Chief of Staff and senior aide conveyed the president's opposition to the exit poll proposed by USAID for the February presidential election. Asking the Mission to understand, and not politicize the president's request to [...]
2008-01-04 09:55:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID KDEM OSCE KPAO AM
08YEREVAN357RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
[...] (SBU) Food prices have risen significantly in Armenia over the past year. Despite some public discontent over those increases, there have been no reports of food shortages or food-related political disturbances. While prices have increased largely in step with world markets, food import monopo [...]
2008-04-25 12:54:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON PGOV AM
08YEREVAN384CDA PAYS INTRODUCTORY CALL ON NEW FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) CDA and FM Nalbandian reviewed U.S. relations, Armenia's neighbors, and democratic reforms during an April 29 introductory call. On Turkey he afirmed readiness to talk, but nitpicked FM Babacan's congratulatory letter. On NK, he again expressed firm commitment to negotiate, but complain [...]
2008-05-09 09:39:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KDEM GG RU TU AJ AM
08YEREVAN426MCC ELIGIBILITY UPDATE -- NEW ARMENIAN
[...] (C) Armenia's new president has done little to correct the grave failings of the February election and post-election crisis. His public and private messages have become increasingly hardline (see Ref C example). He acknowledges no government fault for widespread election fraud, police brutal [...]
2008-05-26 17:22:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN429LOOKING AHEAD ON ARMENIA'S MCC -- SILENCE IS DEADLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian leaders need a sharp wake-up call from the MCC Board that authorities' half-baked, semi-reforms and continuing persecution of political rivals is a recipe for MCC termination. Clear, consistent messages from Washington remain critical to preserving credibility and Armeni [...]
2008-05-27 10:03:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN454ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR FINDS MORE ENTHUSIASM FOR
[...] (C) GOAM ministers told EUR Assistance Coordinator Tom Adams May 16 of their eagerness for economic reforms to eliminate corruption in the tax and customs areas, increase foreign investment, and reduce economic inequality. On political reforms, the ministers, especially FM Nalbandian, rehas [...]
2008-06-04 04:02:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON EAGR KDEM KWMN AM
08YEREVAN485CODEL SCHIFF MEETS PRESIDENT SARGSIAN AND FM
[...] (C) Summary. U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff, Wayne Gilchrest, and Allyson Schwartz, accompanied by the Charge, called on President Serzh Sargsian and Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian late in the evening of May 24. Congressman Schiff registered USG concern about the February presidential [...]
2008-06-12 13:28:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN490JUNE 13 LETTER TO AMB DANILOVICH FROM PRIME
[...] (SBU) Late on June 13 post received a letter from Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian, writing in his capacity as Director of the MCA-Armenia Governing Council, addressed to Ambassador Danilovich. The letter requests the next disbursal of funds from the MCC, including for the previously delayed pack [...]
2008-06-13 15:07:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN546CODEL SCHIFF MEETS WITH ARMENIAN MPS AND
[...] (C) Summary. U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff, Wayne Gilchrest, and Allyson Schwartz, accompanied by the Charge, met with a wide range of parliamentary and opposition representatives on May 25 to discuss the state of democratic reform in Armenia following the March 1 post-election violence. [...]
2008-07-03 05:55:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM AM
08YEREVAN547CODEL SCHIFF MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY REPS, RADIO
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Representatives Adam Schiff, Wayne Gilchrest, and Allyson Schwartz, accompanied by the Charge, met May 25 with representatives of civil society, USG-supported Radio Liberty, and wives of political detainees to solicit their views on the state of democracy following Armenia's [...]
2008-07-03 06:03:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM AM
08YEREVAN628CUSTOMS REFORM: THE WINDS OF REAL CHANGE OR A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sargsian's young administration has made much of its new campaigns to overhaul customs and tax. CDA called on the new Chairman of the State Customs Committee, Gagik Khachatrian, with an eye toward assessing the new man's commitment and energy to change fundamentally th [...]
2008-08-07 04:01:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ETTC EINV KNNP AM
08YEREVAN653TFGG01: ARMENIAN FRUSTRATION MOUNTS OVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Top Armenian officials are growing increasingly offended by Georgians's non-responsiveness to Armenian efforts to reach out. The most discourteous, perhaps, was the Georgian FM's refusal even to meet FM Nalbandian for a few minutes in Yerevan airport, as she passed through en route ove [...]
2008-08-15 12:58:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV GG AM
08YEREVAN68CLOCK RUNS OUT ON ARMENIA EXIT POLL
[...] (C) Following a weeks-long effort to come to closure with the GOAM on modalities to carry out a USAID-funded exit poll for Armenia's upcoming presidential election, CDA and Presidential Chief of staff Armen Gevorkian agreed in a January 17 meeting to abandon the idea. Despite strong support f [...]
2008-01-31 13:02:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID KDEM KPAO OSCE AM
08YEREVAN734ARMENIA AND MCC ELIGIBILITY: DEMOCRATIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reftels in late May predicted that Armenia would deserve termination of its MCC Compact this year. Three months on, the GOAM has noticeably improved the tone and outlook of the democratic climate here, even though performance still lags in key areas. The public mood has shifted c [...]
2008-09-15 15:33:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN764AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador's introductory courtesy call with President Sargsian, following presentation of her credentials, highlighted progress on relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan (Nagnoro Karabakh) peace negotiations. Sargsian expressed thanks for robust U.S. assistance for Armenia. He ca [...]
2008-09-23 13:29:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ETRD TU AJ AM
08YEREVAN789ARMENIA MACROECONOMIC OVERVIEW FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2008
[...] Despite political turmoil during much of the period, Armenia continued to experience strong economic growth during the first half of 2008, though slightly below 2007 levels. Tax revenues increased considerably due to higher VAT collections. The trade deficit has widened, however, with strong gr [...]
2008-10-01 02:53:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID ETRD KTDB AM
08YEREVAN812AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Ambassador's introductory meeting with Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian on October 3 included discussion of the PM's ambitious reform agenda, particularly in the area of tax and customs. Sargsian also made the surprising announcement that he would not be making his long-planned visit to Washi [...]
2008-10-06 15:24:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ETRD TU AJ AM
08YEREVAN818FM NALBANDIAN ON SARGSIAN'S TRIP TO GEORGIA,
[...] (C) During their October 6 meeting, FM Nalbandian told Ambassador that Turkish FM Babacan had invited him to visit Turkey in late October in connection with the Davos Forum. Nalbandian reported that President Sargsian's Tbilisi visit had made good progress at warming the strained relationship [...]
2008-10-08 10:43:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ETRD TU AJ AM
08YEREVAN821AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER
[...] (C) Ambassador's introductory meeting with Finance Minister Tigran Davtian on October 6 highlighted the minister's positive outlook on the Armenian economy and continued economic reform progress. When Davtianmade a pitch for resumption of full MCC funding,the Ambassador reminded him of US con [...]
2008-10-08 12:57:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ETRD TU AJ AM
08YEREVAN829NEW SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY COVERS GOAM TALKING
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on the Secretary of Armenia's National Security Council, Artur Baghdassarian echoed almost verbatim points raised a day before by National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian. Baghdassarian demonized the opposition led by Levon Ter-Petrossian. He em [...]
2008-10-14 10:45:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM AM
08YEREVAN837AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER
[...] (C) During their introductory meeting October 9, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisian emphasized to the Ambassador the GOAM's need to pursue energy security. The recent crisis in Georgia was a reminder of Armenia's vulnerability to the region's political instability, and the [...]
2008-10-16 08:15:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ENRG AMGT TU AJ IR AM
08YEREVAN862A BURDENED OMBUDSMAN LUNCHES WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) During their introductory lunch October 24, Ombudsman Armen Harutyunian sounded cautious optimism on the issue of resolving the fate of the March 1 political detainees but otherwise struck a more downbeat note on the human rights situation. A somewhat self-serving Harutunian portrayed him [...]
2008-10-29 06:19:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPHUM AM EAID PGOV
08YEREVAN864NEW SPEAKER TO AMBASSADOR: GOVERNMENT INNOCENT,
[...] (C) In his first meeting with the Ambassador, new National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian blasted the opposition for blackening the image of Armenia, and asked the Ambassador to use U.S. influence to moderate the opposition. He also asked that the Ambassador end the limited funding suspensi [...]
2008-10-29 06:19:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID SOCI KDEM AM
08YEREVAN874E.U. AMBASSADOR DETAILS EUROPEAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: European Commission Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger offered a readout of EC External Relations Director General Eneko Landaburu's Yerevan visit, and the shape of EU political and assistance priorities, during the Ambassador's introductory call October 23. In an initiative to be u [...]
2008-11-03 14:39:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KDEM AM
08YEREVAN882AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY VISIT WITH MINISTER OF LABOR
[...] (C) During their introductory meeting on October 27, Minister of Labor and Social Issues (MLSI) Arsem Hambardzumian thanked the Ambassador for the significant amount of development assistance provided by the USG to the Armenian people. Hambardzumian stated the MLSI's two main priorities for th [...]
2008-11-05 13:39:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID LAB SOCI AM
08YEREVAN906POLITICS DOMINATE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory meeting with Emergency Situations Minister Mher Shahgeldian on November 4, Shahgeldian shared his views on the current political situation in Armenia and related his priorities for the Ministry, while also upbeat about the upcoming DOD Biological Threat [...]
2008-11-12 14:04:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EAID ASEC MARR AM
08YEREVAN932AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY COURTESY CALL ON
[...] (C) During an introductory meeting November 10 with Minister of Transport and Communication Gurgen Sargsian, Sargsian expressed appreciation for USG assistance and cooperation on transportation projects and noted the value that the GOAM places on the MCC Compact. Ambassador applauded the GOAM [...]
2008-11-18 14:14:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ELTN ECON TU AM
08YEREVAN953DAS BRYZA MEETS ARMENIAN PM AND DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) On November 17 EUR DAS Matt Bryza met separately with Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian and Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian. Acknowledging Armenia's failing MCC indicators and the upcoming MCC board meeting, the PM asked for time and understanding from Washington, warning that a program susp [...]
2008-11-26 05:45:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM KJUS MARR MOPS
08YEREVAN971AMBASSADOR RAISES POLITICAL DETAINEES/PRISONERS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's November 10 introductory call on Justice Minister Gevorg Danielyan focused on a review of his priorities and recent reform efforts, as well as a discussion on opposition-linked prisoners/detainees from the March 1 events. The Ambassador asked about the possibili [...]
2008-12-02 11:36:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN998KOCHARIAN SKEPTICAL TO AMBASSADOR ON NK, TURKEY,
[...] (C) Disavowing his rumored plans to return to power, former President Robert Kocharian barely concealed his abiding interest in, and influence on national affairs, providing contrarian views on the most topical issues touching Armenia. In the Ambassador's introductory call on Kocharian, the [...]
2008-12-12 09:45:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM AM
08ZAGREB238FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN CROATIA
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, the Croatian Law on the Right of Access to Information, adopted in October 2003, requires the government to provide information to the public about its activities, organization, expenditures, and sources of financing. The Ministry of Finance makes the budget available [...]
2008-03-10 15:03:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL HR
08ZAGREB332CROATIA ON TURKEY CHANGE OF STATUS AT THE EBRD
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 09:51:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL TU HR
08ZAGREB352FY 2008 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES - CROATIA PROJECTS
[...] Per refs, Post is pleased to propose its submission for project funding through the Julia V. Taft Fund for Refugees FY 2008. Our two-part project is targeted at providing immediate assistance to aid in the reintegration of primarily ethnic Serb returnees in disadvantaged and isolated regions o [...]
2008-05-06 06:41:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID PGOV HR REFUGEES
08ZAGREB361SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AID ADMINISTRATOR FORE TO
[...] I am delighted that you will be coming to Zagreb to mark the closing of our AID Mission here after nearly 16 years. During that period, with our assistance and the help of the international community, Croatia has made remarkable progress. Croatia has resisted the temptation of nationalist an [...]
2008-05-09 11:01:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL HR
08ZAGREB363CROATIAN ECONOMY MINISTER POSITIVE ABOUT VIENNA
[...] Ambassador met with Croatian Deputy PM and Minister of Economy Damir Polancec on May 8 to discuss the Vienna Trade and Investment Conference and other follow up to the President's April commitment to Croatian PM Sanader to seek ways to bolster trade and investment between the U.S. and Croatia. [...]
2008-05-12 13:32:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP CVIA EAID EINV HR
08ZAGREB384CROATIA'S PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT WITH IRAQ
[...] Econ officer delivered reftel demarche to Pjer Simunovic, assistant minister, Directorate for International Organizations and Security. Simunovic was joined by Marta Nakic-Vojnovic, head of Section for Peace Support Operations, and Ivana Zivkovic Mikec, counsellor in the Directorate for Intern [...]
2008-05-21 14:57:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IZ HR
08ZAGREB585DESIGNATION OF MISSION DISASTER RELIEF OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-06 14:39:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SOCI HR
08ZAGREB590ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 8
[...] TRADING BARBS OVER OPERATION STORM: Croatia celebrated Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day on August 5, the 13th anniversary of Operation Storm, which liberated Serb-held territories of Croatia. Criticism of the holiday from Serbian and Bosnian-Serb leaders received extensive media attenti [...]
2008-08-08 12:56:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM EAID HR
08ZAGREB660CROATIAN MINISTER OF AG TO ATTEND EGYPT'S
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-18 08:46:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDAORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL KFLU HR
08ZAGREB662CROATIA UNDECIDED ON UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
[...] (U) On September 17, Poloff delivered reftel requesting support for UNAIDS Executive Director candidate Michel Sidibe to Vesna Vukovic, head of the MFA's UN office. Vukovic thanked us for the information on the candidate, indicated the MFA would take note of the US position, and said that his [...]
2008-09-18 13:22:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNGA EAID KHIV HR
08ZAGREB694CROATIA ON CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SUSTAINING AFGHAN
[...] (C) Pol officer discussed reftel points in a meeting at the Croatian Foreign Ministry with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department and Marta Nakic-Vojnovic, Head for Peace Support Operations. Nakic noted that earlier this year the Croatian Parliament (Sabor) had authorized an increase in Cr [...]
2008-10-03 12:59:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL NATEU MOPS MARR EAID AF HR
08ZAGREB805DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROPOSED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 12:41:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV HR
08ZAGREB842DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-09 16:10:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO HR
09ABIDJAN104FORCES NOUVELLES SPOKESMAN CLARIFIES OUAGA IV
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 10 meeting, Minister of Tourism and Forces Nouvelles (FN) Spokesman Sidiki Konate confirmed that the Ouaga IV agreement returns civilian control of the north to the government but stressed that the FN will retain military control of the north until after the election. [...]
2009-02-11 12:35:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KDEM EAID IV
09ABIDJAN166COTE D'IVOIRE: GOVERNMENT POSTPONES HANDOVER OF
[...] (C) Summary: Just hours before it was to take place, Minister of Interior Desire Tagro forced the postponement of a March 4 ceremony marking the handover of administrative powers by the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) in Bouake to civilian government authorities. He said that without mixed brigades (j [...]
2009-03-10 16:10:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MARR SOCI EAID IV
09ABIDJAN175IDENTIFICATION/VOTER REGISTRATION EXTENDED
[...] (SBU) Summary. The identification/voter registration process has been extended until March 30 in some regions and until early April for those persons affected by the reconstitution of civil registries. Identification/voter registration of Ivoirians living in 19 foreign countries began on Marc [...]
2009-03-17 10:00:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KDEM PREL SOCI IV
09ABIDJAN185FACILITATOR'S REPRESENTATIVE SAYS KEEP PRESSING
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 10 conversation, Ambassador Boureima Badini (Facilitator Blaise Compaore's representative in Abidjan) urged that the US and other donors keep pressing for elections in 2009. He expressed concern that the political will to hold elections has faded as it has become incre [...]
2009-03-19 16:28:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ECON EAID IV
09ABIDJAN186MALNUTRITION IN NORTHERN COTE D'IVOIRE UNDERSCORES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The absence of a functioning government in the north of Cote d'Ivoire and ongoing insecurity in the west are having increasingly negative effects on the resident populations. A SMART survey conducted in July 2008 revealed that the global acute malnutrition (GAM) rate in northern [...]
2009-03-20 15:43:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PGOV PREL EAGR SOCI IV
09ABIDJAN22MILITARY ISSUES RESOLVED IN OUAGA IV (THE FOURTH
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ouagadougou Political Agreement's (OPA) fourth supplementary agreement (often referred to as Ouaga IV) addresses military issues that have blocked disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR),including grades, ranks, and the establishment of a new army. This cable [...]
2009-01-12 16:32:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV KDEM EAID PREL IV
09ABIDJAN227DIFFICULT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN CENTRAL-WESTERN
[...] Summary. During a March 16-19 visit to the central-western region of Cote d'Ivoire, DCM and econoff found residents and local leaders to be greatly concerned about economic conditions, despite improved security in the area. The national political crisis has hampered the area's economic progr [...]
2009-04-07 09:27:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV EMIN SENV EAGR EFIN EAID IV
09ABIDJAN246PRIME MINISTER PROMISES PROGRESS ON ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 15 meeting, Prime Minister Soro told Ambassador that he has sent a draft decree containing a proposed election date to President Gbagbo for approval. With the recent USG statement on HIPC and elections clearly in mind, he sought to reassure Ambassador that the Primature [...]
2009-04-17 12:31:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MARR EAID IV
09ABIDJAN35FINANCE MINISTER DOCUMENTS PROGRESS MADE TO MEET
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-15 14:01:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID PGOV PREL ECON IV
09ABIDJAN406ELECTIONS IN COTE D'IVOIRE: THE MYTH AND THE
[...] C) Summary: Although key figures in the Ivorian government and opposition continue to insist publicly that elections must be held as scheduled on November 29, resident diplomats are highly skeptical, as are most politically-savvy Ivorians. The gap between public pronouncements and the behind-t [...]
2009-07-02 14:30:00Embassy AbidjanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KDEM PREL EAID IV
09ABIDJAN444PM SORO REITERATES VIABILITY OF ELECTIONS IN
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Soro told Ambassador July 15 that elections will be held as scheduled on November 29, despite widespread skepticism. He deplored the cost of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI),and insisted that the process must come to an end. Unlike key political party rep [...]
2009-07-20 15:43:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EAID PREL IV
09ABIDJAN592TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE MOVES FORWARD--SLOWLY
[...] (U) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's initial report for compliance with the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) is behind schedule. Nevertheless, it is still possible for the GOCI to meet the May 2010 deadline for EITI validation. End summary. 2. (U) In an October 8 meeting with [...]
2009-10-14 14:46:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EMIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IV
09ABIDJAN653DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER
[...] On November 3, 2009 post delivered the letter from Secretary Clinton and reftel details concerning the need to partner for global hunger and food security to Ambassador Idrissa Bayo, Director of American Affairs at the Cote d,Ivoire Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Bayo was very inter [...]
2009-11-05 07:23:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD IV
09ABIDJAN66PM SORO DISCUSSES ELECTION DELAY, HIPC WITH CARTER
[...] (C) Summary. The Carter Center representative in Cote d'Ivoire, Sabina Vigani, told Emboffs that former President Jimmy Carter has offered to visit Cote d'Ivoire if it would advance the peace process. According to Vigani, President Gbagbo's governing FPI party remarked that such a visit is un [...]
2009-01-28 08:34:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KDEM IV
09ABIDJAN68PRIME MINISTER PLANS TO IMPLEMENT OUAGA IV
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Prime Minister's Office has drafted an operational program for implementation of the fourth supplementary agreement (Ouaga IV) to the Ouagadougou Polib=Xo|WPthat the PNRRC has already reconfirmed the plans of 4,000 FN troops. He noted that the FN troops will also have to be [...]
2009-01-29 17:23:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV KDEM EAID PREL IV
09ABIDJAN91OUAGA IV MAY RESOLVE THE CRISIS, BUT AT A COST
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Since the Ouaga IV accord was signed in late December 2008, Embassy has noted widely varying reports about what the accord means, both in terms of what it requires each side to do, and the broader political implications. This message gives our analysis of Ouaga IV. We believe t [...]
2009-02-06 16:10:00Embassy AbidjanSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM EAID IV
09ABUDHABI1016UAE HAS NOT DISBURSED TOKYO PLEDGE FOR PAKISTAN
[...] (C) On October 26 EconChief delivered Ref A talking points urging the UAE to disburse its $300 million Tokyo pledge for Pakistan to Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) Director General Mohammed Saif Al Sowaidi. (Note: As reported in Ref B, the ADFD has been tasked to implement the UAE's Toky [...]
2009-10-29 13:05:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID PGOV PAK AE
09ABUDHABI1107UAE DEVELOPS FOOD SECURITY POLICY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Like the United States, UAE federal and local government officials are focused on promoting food security and expanding cooperation and partnership with foreign agricultural producers. The UAE imports over 85 percent of its agricultural needs, making food security a pressing chall [...]
2009-11-24 11:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ETRD AE
09ABUDHABI1160SUPPORTING UAE ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-15 12:34:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN AE AF
09ABUDHABI146UAE LEADERSHIP ON THE MEETINGS OF THE MODERATES
[...] (C) Summary: UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah continues his coordination with Arab counterparts, while MinState Gargash recounted that February 3 discussions among the moderate camp addressed troublesome scenarios like a Palestinian split that gives a new Israeli government the excuse that it "h [...]
2009-02-10 09:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL KWBG EAID EFIN AE
09ABUDHABI148UAE ACTIVITY IN ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary: As the UAEG hosted the "moderate camp" of Arab ministers February 3, its role in moderating peace in the Middle East came somewhat more into focus. The UAE is a determined player, and consistent coordinator, in Arab efforts to secure stability; its contributions to GCC and Arab [...]
2009-02-10 14:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL EAID KPAL KWGB IS AE
09ABUDHABI162(C) UAE CAUTIONS QATAR ON IRANIAN AND HAMAS PARTICIPATION IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 05:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER KPAL KWBG EAID EFIN AE
09ABUDHABI173REQUESTING UAE VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY
[...] (C) UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash took careful notes February 18 as the Ambassador delivered ref A points regarding U.S. interest in the UAE's "considered views" on goals, priorities, and actions that we might focus on in our Pakistan/Afghanistan policy review. D [...]
2009-02-18 12:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EAID NATO AF PK AE
09ABUDHABI20UAE REMINDED OF PALESTINIAN HUMANITARIAN NEEDS
[...] (SBU) Post relayed ref B appeal for donations to UN-related relief agencies in separate conversations with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash and MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq al Haidan. Dr. Gargash acknowledged the need and told the Ambassador [...]
2009-01-07 13:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE
09ABUDHABI270UAE THOUGHTS ON AFGHAN POLICY REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: The UAE's input to our Afghan/Pakistan policy review is constructive and broadly consistent with current US policy insofar as it calls for: supporting Pakistan; upping reconstruction assistance; urging Pakistan and Afghanistan to work better together; and looking skeptically at [...]
2009-03-18 13:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID NATO AF PK AE
09ABUDHABI312UAE ON DOHA ARAB SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador shared reftel points on the Doha summit with MFA and was told the UAE is looking for Arab solidarity. Separately, UAE President Khalifa discussed key summit topics in a press interview. End summary. 2. (C) Ambassador raised reftel points on the Doha summit with D [...]
2009-03-26 14:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL SU QA IS IR SY AE
09ABUDHABI317UAE PRESIDENT'S PRESS REMARKS ON REGIONAL ISSUES
[...] Summary: In a rare press interview (this time with Qatar's Al-Watan newspaper) in advance of the Doha summit, UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan commented on the continuing strength of relations with the U.S. as Washington changes leadership, expressing optimism in the Obama Adm [...]
2009-03-29 10:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ENRG KPAL SU IS IR SY IZ AE
09ABUDHABI337 UAE BUDGET TRANSPERANCY
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel request regarding UAE budget transparence, responses below are keyed to reftel para 3: -- The UAE is expected to receive FY-09 foreign assistance. -- The UAE federal budget, including revenue and expenditure, is available from the Ministry of Finance on request a [...]
2009-04-02 05:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL AE
09ABUDHABI34 HUMANITARIAN AID THE FOCUS OF PUBLIC EFFORTS ON GAZA
[...] (U) As local news outlets warn of escalation of Israeli military activity in Gaza, UAE citizens and residents are expressing solidarity, taking to the streets in calm, controlled (and relatively small) demonstrations while pledging donations in cash and in kind. Marching in solidarity ---- [...]
2009-01-11 13:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE
09ABUDHABI369UAE "UP TO DATE" ON BUDGET SUPPORT TO PA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 06:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN KPAL KWBG PTER AE
09ABUDHABI371PRESSING UAE ON AID FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) The Ambassador reviewed with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash and Assistant MFA Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq al-Haidan (who will join the UAE delegation in Tokyo) U.S. goals for the Tokyo Pakistan Donors' Conference April 17. Noting $4 billion as a t [...]
2009-04-14 07:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN ECON MOPS NATO PK AF AE
09ABUDHABI485ABU DHABI DEVELOPMENT FUND CHANNELS ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During EconOff's May 7 courtesy call, Acting Director General of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD, www.adfd.ae) Mohammed Saif Al Sowaidi outlined the Fund's efforts to support economic development through bilateral loans and grants to Middle Eastern, African and Asian cou [...]
2009-05-14 10:43:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV EFIN EINV AF PK AE
09ABUDHABI50 GAZA AID CONFERENCE HELD IN ABU DHABI
[...] As noted Ref A, UAE Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed, who is head of the UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) and Chairman of the UAEG's Foreign Aid Coordination Committee, called an emergency meeting of donor countries and international relief organizations to discuss Gaza on January [...]
2009-01-13 13:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE
09ABUDHABI513UAE AND UNICEF CONTINUE TO ASSIST REPATRIATED
[...] (U) Summary: The effort to repatriate young foreign camel jockeys was the headline focus of the UAE's anti-TIP efforts just a few years ago; the follow-up continues unabated, with significant UAE effort and resource applied to the rehabilitation of prior jockeys. End summary. 2. (SBU) U [...]
2009-05-21 08:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KTIP EAID MR SU BG PK UN AE
09ABUDHABI574(C) UAE DONATING $30 MILLION FOR PAKISTANI REFUGEES TO UNHCR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 10:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID PTER PGOV PK AE
09ABUDHABI578(S) UAE UPDATES S/SRAP HOLBROOKE ON PAKISTAN SUPPORT, AFGHAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: During a June 6 meeting with Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) pledged an additional USD 30 million for Pakistani displaced persons and commended Pakistan's decision to shift troops to the Afgha [...]
2009-06-10 07:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL PARM EAID MOPS AF PK AE
09ABUDHABI616UAE AID TO PAKISTAN
[...] (C) In our ongoing effort to keep the UAEG focused on Pakistan's funding needs, the DCM on June 15 asked MFA Assistant Minister for Political Affairs Ambassador Tariq al-Haidan about the status of the $300 million pledged in Tokyo. Al-Haidan said that initial distribution of funds was underwa [...]
2009-06-16 13:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN PK AE
09ABUDHABI618UAE PROPOSAL TO SEND DOCTORS TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) This cable contains an action request in para 4. 2. (C) Following up on Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed's (MbZ) June 6 discussion with Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke (reftel),Ambassador met with Abu Dhabi Health Authority (HAAD) [...]
2009-06-17 10:37:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID MOPS PTER PGOV AF AE
09ABUDHABI640UAE PERSPECTIVES ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS
[...] (C) MFA Assistant Minister for Political Affairs Ambassador Tariq al-Haidan acknowledged ref A points and President Obama's statement that the USG has no favored candidate in the Afghan elections in a June 22 meeting, but pressed the Charge to clarify who the U.S. is really backing. He noted [...]
2009-06-22 13:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID AF AE
09ABUDHABI719UAE DOCTORS TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) During his July 13 majlis (a weekly public salon),Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) told Abu Dhabi Health Authority (HAAD) Chairman Dr. Ahmed Al Mazrouei and the Ambassador that HAAD should work with Al Ain-based Oasis Hospital to send volunteer Emirati doctors to Afgh [...]
2009-07-14 11:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAID MOPS PARM PREL PGOV AF PK AE
09ABUDHABI732DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOOD CRISIS ETHIOPIA, SOMALIA, AND KENYA
[...] (U) Reftel demarche request for urgent food aid to Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya was delivered to the MFA without response on July 9. 2. (U) Ambassador delivered demarche points to UAE Red Crescent Chairman Mohammad al-Qamsi July 12. (Note: the UAE Red Crescent is one of several quasi-Go [...]
2009-07-20 09:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREF PREL EAID ER SO ET KE AE
09ABUDHABI744UAE GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE (GSD) JULY 20 PLENARY SESSION AND
[...] (S/NF) In a July 20 plenary session of the GSD with a large UAE delegation, accompanied by a smaller session with the UAE Chief of Staff, the immediate focus was largely on Iran. Participants reiterated the good defense cooperation that the U.S. and UAE enjoy, while noting the need to improve [...]
2009-07-22 10:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL PARM EAID MOPS IR IS AF PK SY LE SA
09ABUDHABI746(S) MBZ HOSTS GULF SECURITY DINNER WITH ISA ASD VERSHBOW AND PM A/S SHAPIRO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 12:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL PARM EAID MOPS IR IS AF PK SY LE SA
09ABUDHABI754(S) MbZ HOSTS GULF SECURITY DINNER WITH ISA ASD VERSHBOW AND
[...] (S) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ, also Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and de facto defense chief) hosted a July 19 executive session of the Gulf Security Dialogue in Abu Dhabi (July 20 plenary with UAE uniformed officers reported septel). The U.S. d [...]
2009-07-23 09:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL PARM EAID MOPS IR IS AF PK SY LE SA
09ABUDHABI772(S) COMCENTCOM PETRAEUS MEETING WITH UAE CHIEF OF STAFF
[...] (S) CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus met with UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff (CoS) LTG Hamad Mohammed Thani al-Rumaithy on July 24. Echoing his points on Iran with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed the night before (septel),Petraeus told the CoS by that the USG does not fully share the UAEG a [...]
2009-08-02 08:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPTER PGOV PREL PARM EAID MOPS AF AE
09ABUJA1050NIGERIA-US ROUNDTABLE ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE SETS
[...] (SBU) Summary. From May 21-22 2009, a U.S. delegation headed by Douglas Hengel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, held roundtable discussions on energy and climate change issues with counterparts from the Government of Nigeria [...]
2009-06-12 10:31:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET SENV ECON EINV ENRG EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA1058NIGERIA: DELTA NEW YORK-ABUJA ROUTE LAUNCHES WITH THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Delta flight 215 touched down at Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport June 11 at 12:13 p.m., currently the only U.S. flag carrier to fly direct from the U.S. to Nigeria's capital city Abuja. The plane was met by a full staff of ground crews and customer service staff to ai [...]
2009-06-15 08:55:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA106NIGERIA - FUNDING REQUEST FOR FY09 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH
[...] Embassy Abuja is pleased to submit the following project proposal for consideration of funding under the Department's 2009 biotechnology outreach program. . Background ---------- . 2. Nigeria is a natural leader in the African continent due to its size, population, and economic potential. [...]
2009-01-20 15:07:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO BEXP EAID NI
09ABUJA1072NIGERIA: USTDA SPONSORED ELECTRICITY HEALTH AND SAFETY
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 28, the Ministry of Power held a mandatory meeting of the electricity sector to disseminate the Nigerian Electricity Health and Safety Standards Manual and to declare that the industry is now accountable to the standards and that infractions will be punishable by law. Th [...]
2009-06-16 12:52:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA1076NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 1-14, 2009
[...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of June 1-14, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic News --Health --Political News --Delta Incidents --Oil and Gas ECONOMIC NEWS ------------- 2. (U [...]
2009-06-16 13:38:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SENV KGHG ENGR EAID ELAB EPET EFIN NI
09ABUJA1103NIGERIA NATIONAL DRUG LAW ENFORCMENT AGENCY (NDLEA) DETECTS
[...] (U) The Mission confirms reports in local newspapers that, since May 1, 2009, the Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 5 members of a drug trafficking ring that was operating out of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. NDLEA Director General [...]
2009-06-19 06:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
09ABUJA1134 ILEA GABORONE - Drug Unit Commander Course, August 10-14,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 08:11:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
09ABUJA1175 NIGERIA: GLOBAL ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) As per reftel instructions, the Ambassador delivered demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Ojo Maduekwe on June 13 by phone while the Minister was on a visit to Rome. The Minister agreed on the need for a sustained commitment on food security and also with the basic thrust of the USG a [...]
2009-06-29 06:24:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID PREL NI
09ABUJA1186 NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR SEEK USTDA SUPPORT
[...] (U) Summary. During the June 7 - 13 visit of United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Africa Business Development Manager Jason Nagy, Government of Nigeria (GON) officials and private sector representatives expressed keen interest in USTDA support. Despite tremendous market growth i [...]
2009-06-29 12:29:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1209NIGERIA: USTDA VISIT ELICITS GON ASSISTANCE REQUESTS FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman; Minister of State for Petroleum Odien Ajumogobia and Special Adviser to the President on Petroleum, Professor Emmanuel Egbogah on June 8 to introduce U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Africa Mana [...]
2009-06-30 11:32:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1210NIGERIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES AU SUMMIT AND
[...] (C) Ambassador had a short June 28 breakfast meeting with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe at his residence a few hours before his departure for Libya for the African Union (AU) Summit. Ambassador covered a range of issues ranging from Nigeria,s delegation to both the AU and upcoming G-8 [...]
2009-06-30 12:10:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAGR EAID EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA PARCA
09ABUJA1258NIGERIA LABOR MINISTER AND DELEGATION TO VISIT U.S.
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 6. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Nigeria's Minister of Labor and Productivity Prince Adetokunbo Kayode and a delegation of high-level Nigerian labor sector officials will travel to the United States on July 25 for the Minister's first labor orientation t [...]
2009-07-09 12:32:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAID PGOV PHUM PREL NI
09ABUJA1274NIGERIA: DELTA ATLANTA-LAGOS ROUTE INTRODUCES BOEING 777
[...] (SBU) Delta flight 54 landed at Lagos' Murtala Muhammed International Airport on July 2 at 3:05 pm local time with a Boeing 777-200 aircraft. On April 8, 2009 the Government of Nigeria agreed to approve Delta's new route from New York John F. Kennedy Airport to Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe Internation [...]
2009-07-13 15:06:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA1307NIGERIAN LABOR DISCONTENT BECOMING CONTAGIOUS, BUT
[...] (U) Summary: Frustration and discontent in the labor sector was at its most contagious state during the week of July 6-10, as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliates led demonstrations -- and inspired others to do so -- within education, health, and media institutions across the [...]
2009-07-20 08:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAID PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC NI
09ABUJA1333NIGERIA: POST'S FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH AND
[...] Summary: Following President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo, Mission Nigeria has engaged audiences throughout Nigeria with various outreach activities, including meetings with journalists, government officials, civil society organizations, and traditional religious leaders. Post has also com [...]
2009-07-22 15:32:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCHUL ESENV SOCI
09ABUJA1400NIGERIA: CHIEF OF MISSION DELEGATION MEETS OIL & GAS CHIEF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador was part of a diplomatic delegation (French, UK, and Dutch) to meet with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Chief Dr. Mohammed Barkindo to encourage more transparency in the oil and gas sector reform process, raise concerns with problematic provisions o [...]
2009-07-31 13:04:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1438NIGERIA: POL/ECON GRAB BAG
[...] (U) The Following is an Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of July 23 through August 7, 2009 political/economic highlights not previously reported. ECONOMIC -------- 2. (SBU) GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA MOVES TO CHECK E-WASTE DUMPING: On July 20, addressing an international conference on [...]
2009-08-06 08:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SENV KGHG ENGR EAID ELAB EPET EFIN NI
09ABUJA1457NIGERIA: OMNIBUS LEGISLATION ON OIL & GAS REFORM GOES TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Oil majors and other stakeholders appeared in record numbers at the National Assembly for the five day public hearing of the Petroleum Industry Bill before the House and Senate Joint Committee on Gas and Oil. In their testimonies, international and indigenous oil companies, and [...]
2009-08-06 14:30:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1465 NIGERIA: PFIZER SIGNES A $75 MILLION SETTLMENT AGREEMENT
[...] (U) On July 30, Pfizer and the Kano State Government signed a $75 million settlement and non-prosecution agreement, effectively terminating the longstanding litigation stemming from Pfizer's Trovan medical tests (oral vaccines) on children during a 1996 meningitis epidemic. TRUST FUNDS FOR V [...]
2009-08-07 14:42:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAID ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA1469NIGERIA: ACTION REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador received a letter dated July 23 from Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, Minister of Petroleum Resources, as follow up to their meeting on June 8 and requesting USG technical assistance in reducing gas flaring th [...]
2009-08-11 15:56:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1496 ILEA GABORONE - BASIC DRUG ENFORCEMENT COURSE, AUGUST
[...] The following four Nigerians from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) are nominated for attendance for the referenced ILEA Training. Name: HAMZAT, Mohammed DOB: 20 December 1972 Gender: Male Rank: Chief Narcotic Agent, Investigation Passport No: A3473392A [...]
2009-08-18 14:37:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
09ABUJA1514NIGERIA: CONCURRENCE ON E.O. 13126 LIST
[...] (U) In response to reftel, U.S. Mission Nigeria concurs with the Department of Labor's draft update to its list of products that have been "mined, produced, or manufactured using forced or indentured child labor" pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 13126, as specifically related to Nigeria. MCCUL [...]
2009-08-20 06:45:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAID PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC NI
09ABUJA1582 THE POWER HOLDING COMPANY OF NIGERIA CLAIMS PROJECTED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Power Holding Company of Nigeria claims that its plan to increase electricity supply to 6,000 megawatts by December 31 is threatened by the disruption of natural gas feedstock due primarily to militant activities in the Niger Delta. End Summary. Gas for Power Production [...]
2009-08-28 05:36:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EINV PGOV EAID NI
09ABUJA16 ILEA GABORONE - Law Enforcement Executive Development
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 06:50:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI IZ
09ABUJA1651MORE WOES FOR NIGERIA'S PUBLIC EDUCATION
[...] (C) On September 4, Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) General Secretary John Odah told LabOff that NUT (an NLC affiliated union) was on the verge of shutting down the public primary and secondary education system over GON failure to honor its 2008 agreement on a 27.5 percent salary increase for all [...]
2009-09-08 12:40:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PREL KISL EAID NI
09ABUJA169NIGERIA: INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS ASK FOR ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 16, 2009 meeting with ten members of the Independent Power Producer Association of Nigeria (IPPAN) and EconOffs, IPPAN requested assistance from the USG to spur the Nigerian government (GON) to finalize steps for electricity sector privatization, which would assist I [...]
2009-01-30 06:48:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON PGOV EAID NI
09ABUJA1703 NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT
[...] (U) The Mission delivered on September 15 the reftel-requested demarche, encouraging GON's participation in the UNGA food security event. 2. (U) The Mission also spoke with a senior contact at the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources who promised to bring the invitation to the attent [...]
2009-09-15 13:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EAGR UNGA NI
09ABUJA1722008 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 10:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID IZ
09ABUJA1735NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO START AIR MARSHAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 10:43:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA1742008 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 11:03:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID IZ
09ABUJA1758 NIGERIA: UPDATE ON DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA FOOD
[...] Mission received a verbal response on September 23 from the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources that the Government of Nigeria will be represented by Dr. Sayyadi Abba Ruma, the Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, at the UNGA food security event on September 26. Ruma will be ac [...]
2009-09-23 17:18:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EAGR UNGA NI
09ABUJA1761INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY STRUGGLING TO FIND PROPER
[...] (C) International community representatives continue to struggle to identify an appropriate way to support the Niger Delta amnesty program. At recent donor meetings, diplomats expressed skepticism about various proposals, including those formulated by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) [...]
2009-09-23 18:33:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID UNDP NI
09ABUJA1768NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
[...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not reported previously. --------------------------------------- DUTCH DELIVER DIGITAL EVIDENCE TRAINING --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Law enforcement and legal [...]
2009-09-24 18:10:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SENV KTIP KPAO NI
09ABUJA1814 NIGERIA'S DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY MAKES FIRST ARREST ON
[...] (SBU) On September 23, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) personnel arrested Nigerian National Onugha Benjamin Simon at Lagos's Murtala Mohamed International Airport while he attempted to board a U.S. bound Delta Airlines flight with heroin. During the screening of passengers, NDLEA [...]
2009-10-02 12:31:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
09ABUJA1846FAVORABLE RAINS SHOW PROMISE FOR NIGERIA'S
[...] SUMMARY: Favorable rains show promise for a good 2009 grain harvest. Most grain crops were planted in June and farmers hope the rainy season will extend well into October. The visiting Nigeria Desk Officer and accompanying Economic and USAID MARKETS Officers visited farmers in Northern Niger [...]
2009-10-07 18:05:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD EAID EFIN PREL NI
09ABUJA1852 Nigerian Nominees for ILEA GABORONE - Vetting for
[...] (SBU) The following six Nigerian personnel from the Nigerian Police Force and National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Name ELISHA, Taibat Oyedoyin DOB 01 April 1967 Gender [...]
2009-10-09 10:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR PHUM KCRM ASEC EAID NI
09ABUJA1861 U.S. MISSION'S ADVOCACY ON PIB: SOME PROGRESS MADE, MORE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mission has supported Nigeria's oil and gas reform and has worked with both the GON and the international oil companies on issues of concern within the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill. The bill has already had two readings in the National Assembly and public hearings were [...]
2009-10-10 12:20:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1870NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MADUEKWE LAUDS AMNESTY
[...] (C) Nigerian Foreign Minister Chief Ojo Maduekwe declared the recently concluded amnesty program to be an unqualified success and appealed for international support at an October 12 briefing for the diplomatic community in Abuja. He praised President Yar'Adua for taking more courageous and en [...]
2009-10-13 17:42:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID PTER NI UNSC
09ABUJA1990 KANO'S INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS CONTRIBUTE TO ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Representatives of Kano's Chamber of Commerce told USTDA visitors that the state's irregular power supply and poor infrastructure have contributed to business closures and high unemployment. Agricultural activity suffers from the lack of improved agricultural inputs and a well-developed [...]
2009-10-30 12:41:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EAGR ENRG ETRD EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA1997 LOCAL CONTENT BILL COULD BE SIGNED INTO LAW BY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Senate and the House have passed competing versions of the Nigerian Content Development Bill, with the main difference being a requirement for operators to maintain bank accounts in Nigeria with at least ten percent of their total revenue and to contribute up to one percent [...]
2009-10-31 11:15:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA2002SENIOR PDP OFFICIAL AND FIVE OTHERS CONVICTED ON
[...] (SBU) On October 26, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured convictions and prison terms for Olabode George, vice-chairman of President Yar'Adua's campaign in 2007 and a former chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA),and four other NPA board directors. The court f [...]
2009-11-02 06:53:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR EFIN EAID ASEC NI
09ABUJA2006NIGERIAN LABOR PROTESTS AGAINST DEREGULATION
[...] (SBU) Some 15,000 members of national and state unions, civil society organizations, and political parties marched on October 29 to the National Assembly to protest the GON's proposed deregulation of fuel prices and the lack of action on minimum wage and electoral reform issues. The Nigerian [...]
2009-11-02 18:35:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EAID ENRG PREL NI
09ABUJA2007NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY UNIONS SUSPEND FOUR-MONTH
[...] (SBU) The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU),Non-academic Staff Union (NASU),and Senior Staff Association of Universities (SSAU) officially suspended their four-month long strike October 26. During the strike, the ASUU, NASU, and SSAU strikes effectively shut down almost all public [...]
2009-11-02 18:36:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EAID PGOV PREL PHUM NI
09ABUJA20192009-2010 NIGERIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] (U) Nigeria remains attractive to drug traffickers. Heroin and cocaine transit Nigeria on their way to markets in Europe, and the heroin transiting Nigeria has a significant impact on the United States. During the past year, authorities have arrested increased numbers of drug couriers at Lagos [...]
2009-11-05 06:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR KFIN EAID ASEC NI
09ABUJA204NIGERIA: DELTA AIRLINES FACES UPHILL BATTLE ON ABUJA-ATLANTA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and a Delta Airlines delegation headed by Senior Vice President Bob Cortelyou met on January 27, 2009 to discuss problems Delta is experiencing with the Nigerian government (GON) in receiving approval for two new routes between Nigeria and the U.S. The Ambassador [...]
2009-02-05 06:40:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON EINV EAID ASEC ERTD PGOV NI
09ABUJA205NIGERIA: BA BOEING 777 EMERGENCY LANDING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 24, 2009 British Airways (BA) flight 82 bound for London Heathrow Airport made an emergency landing at Kano airport in Northern Nigeria just an hour after takeoff from Abuja airport due to mechanical problems. The Boeing 777 landed without incident and there were no [...]
2009-02-05 06:41:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA2100S/CIEA GOLDWYN MEETS WITH NIGERIAN PETROLEUM UNIONS
[...] (C) U.S. State Department Coordinator for International Energy Affairs (S/CIEA) David Goldwyn met with leaders of Nigeria's two largest petroleum unions met with on November 11 to discuss union perspectives on GON efforts to reform the petroleum sector, specifically plans for downstream deregul [...]
2009-11-20 11:55:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG EPET INV ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM EAID NI
09ABUJA2187GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION OF THE QDDR
[...] (U) Ref A requested input from the field regarding the global section of the QDDR. Mission Nigeria's answers pegged to Ref A para 4 follow: A) TO WHAT DEGREE WILL/CAN TECHNOLOGY EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS, OR CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE HOST COUNTRY, TO EXERCISE A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN PUBLIC LIFE? In t [...]
2009-12-03 18:38:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI EAID ECON
09ABUJA2189 AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT ON US
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador encouraged the Government of Nigeria (GON) on December 3 to support the Danish Plan for a "politically binding" operational agreement at the upcoming climate change negotiations in Copenhagen and highlighted the figures on U.S. emission reductions per reftel. Ministe [...]
2009-12-03 20:01:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON EINV ENRG EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA2218 NIGERIA CELEBRATES WORLD AIDS DAY WITH FOCUS ON HIV/AIDS
[...] (SBU) Nigeria commemorated World AIDS Day on December 1 with a symposium on bridging the gap between the current coverage of 11 percent and its target of achieving 80 percent in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT). Nigeria has a 4.6 percent HIV/AIDS prevalence rate. It has [...]
2009-12-08 06:33:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KISL PGOV SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI
09ABUJA222 NIGERIA: GOVERNORS PROMISE TO KEEP THEIR STATES POLIO-FREE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sustained engagement by the Ambassador and other senior staff has yielded positive results in the battle to eradicate polio in Nigeria. The Ambassador's advocacy with Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki has led the Governor's Forum to give polio eradication a priority and to eng [...]
2009-02-06 13:32:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KISL PGOV PREL SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI
09ABUJA231NIGERIA: NEW COMMERCE MINISTER SEEKS FURTHER US INVESTMENT;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with newly appointed Minister of Commerce and Industry (MCI) Chief Achike Uzomah Udenwa February 5 to update him on the March 30-31 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council Meeting in Washington, the USG $25 million Global Food Security Respons [...]
2009-02-09 09:48:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KIPR EINV EAID EAGR PGOV NI
09ABUJA23512009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] (U) Nigeria remains a major drug trans-shipment point and a significant center for criminal financial activity. Individuals and criminal organizations have taken advantage of the country's location, porous borders, weak laws, corruption, lack of enforcement, and poor socioeconomic conditions to [...]
2009-12-30 15:32:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR EFIN KTFN EAID ASEC NI
09ABUJA238 ILEA GABORONE - Airport Interdiction Course, March 16-20,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 15:12:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI IZ
09ABUJA263NIGERIA: MINISTER OF FINANCE PUSHING FOR REFORMS
[...] (C) Summary. Minister of Finance Mansur Muhtar told the Ambassador on February 5 that his priority areas are minimizing the budget deficit, maintaining fiscal discipline with the excess crude account, implementing "holistic" economic policy reforms and cushioning the Nigerian economy from the [...]
2009-02-11 06:46:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD EAGR NI
09ABUJA268ECOWAS: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CHAMBAS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 5, the Ambassador, in her capacity as U.S. permanent representative, met with Economic Community of West African States' (ECOWAS) President Mohamed Ibn Chambas to discuss a range of issues, including ECOWAS' next steps on the Guinea coup, the status of USAID projects [...]
2009-02-11 12:56:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EAGR ECOWAS PGOV GV NI
09ABUJA307 STATISTICS OF ARRESTS WITH INL DONATED BODY SCANNERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 13:16:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI IZ
09ABUJA308NIGERIA: ABUJA ECON SECTION NATIONAL DAY OUTREACH TO
[...] Summary: Led by Deputy Chief of Mission, EconStaff sponsored outreach events on February 16, 2009, as part of U.S. National Day celebration week, held in February because July is the rainy season, at the African School of Excellence (ASE) in Suleja, Niger State. DCM also delivered a lecture on [...]
2009-02-20 12:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL PGOV EAID NI
09ABUJA310NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW NIGER DELTA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10, Ambassador met for the first time with Ufot Ekaette, Minister of the newly created Ministry for the Niger Delta. Ekaette began by reiterating that the creation of the Ministry in September 2008 shows President Yar'Adua's seriousness in tackling the problems of the [...]
2009-02-20 13:08:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON EPET EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA312 ILEA ROSWELL - Advanced Management Course, March 23-April
[...] The following 12 Nigerian personnel from the Nigeria Police force, Nigeria Customs Service and The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training Name DANDAURA Mustapha DOB January 15 1963 Gender Male Rank Chief Superintend [...]
2009-02-20 13:20:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC KJUS EAID NI IZ
09ABUJA396NIGERIA - 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite USG-sponsored training and capacity building efforts the Nigerian government (GON) in 2008 failed to curtail rampant, sustained and serious intellectual property rights (IPR) violations in Nigeria. The U.S. Mission recommends that Nigeria be included in the "Special Men [...]
2009-03-05 10:45:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON EINV EAID PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA448 NIGERIA: USG-GON RAPID RESPONSE STEMS ACUTE RENAL FAILURE
[...] (SBU): SUMMARY: Following reports of an unusually high number of cases of acute renal failure (ARF) among Nigerian children between November 2008 and January 2009, the USG dispatched a team of experts which assisted with conducting epidemiological investigations, developing and launching an e [...]
2009-03-13 13:19:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAID KIPR ECON SOCI ETRD NI
09ABUJA474NIGERIA: PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA SIGNS 2009 BUDGET
[...] (SBU) Summary. Nigeria's President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua signed into law the 3.087 trillion naira ($21.29 billion) 2009 budget appropriation bill on March 10, 2009. The final 2009 budget represents a 17% increase (217 billion naira, $1.5 billion) by the National Assembly above the 2.87 trillio [...]
2009-03-19 07:17:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA476AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIFA, BIT WITH ECONOMIC ADVISOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with President Yar'Adua's Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Dr. Tanimu Yakubu on March 12 to discuss upcoming March 30-31 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council Meeting in Washington, GON interest in a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) and areas o [...]
2009-03-19 14:04:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV KIPR ECON EAID EAGR PGOV NI
09ABUJA535NIGERIA: AVIATION AIRPORT SECURITY WORKSHOP WITH TSA
[...] Summary. Ambassador and the new Minister of Aviation, Babatunde Omotoba, opened the third workshop of the U.S. and Nigeria's Public Private Partnership (PPP on Aviation Airport Security and Safety on March 17. The purpose of the PPP is to assist the GON in achieving U.S. Federal Aviation Admi [...]
2009-03-30 07:22:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA549NIGERIA: KADUNA REFINERY - NOT READY FOR PRIMETIME
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 5, 2009 Engineer Olayinka Agora, the Managing Director of the Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC),described the ongoing saga of poor planning and neglected maintenance that has reduced the effectiveness and usefulness of the refinery. He underscored that s [...]
2009-03-31 15:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON EINV ENRG EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA573NIGERIA: NEW MINISTER OF POWER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 19 the Ambassador met with the new Minister of Power Dr. Lanre Babalola to discuss opportunities for the U.S and Nigeria to improve the power sector. The Ambassador provided a briefing paper on the USG's assistance to the GON in the power sector, encouraged that the bil [...]
2009-04-02 11:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EINV PGOV EAID NI
09ABUJA578NIGERIA: MINISTER OF FINANCE CONFIDENT ON BUDGET NEXT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reftel B reports on the signed 2009 budget allocations and ways to successfully execute the budget. Following the press announcement, Finance Minister Mansur Muhtar gave a speech on March 24 to audience of key ministers, head of government agencies, press and others at the Intern [...]
2009-04-03 12:41:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EAID EINV ENRG NI
09ABUJA592NIGERIA: Delta Abuja-New York Route, One Step Closer
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with Minister of Aviation Babatunde Omotoba on April 3 to ensure that the Minister understood that Delta Airlines had taken steps to meet the Minister's request to upgrade their customer service and antiquated planes on the Lagos to Atlanta route as a condition fo [...]
2009-04-06 17:07:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA612NIGERIA: GON Approves Delta's Abuja-New York Route
[...] (SBU) Ambassador received a letter on April 8, 2009 from Minister of Aviation Babatunde Omotoba recounting the agreement reached by the Minister and Ambassador in their April 3, 2009 meeting on Delta Airlines Abuja-New York route with operations to begin on June 8, 2009 with a upgrade to a Boei [...]
2009-04-10 10:04:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA614NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AND STANDARD CHARTERED CEO DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, the Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria, American citizen, Christopher Knight, paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador and discussed challenges facing the banking sector. He stated that the low price of oil is the main contributor to the economi [...]
2009-04-14 08:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EPET ECON EINV EAID NI
09ABUJA618 NIGERIA USES WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY TO BRING FOCUS TO THE
[...] (U) Post provides the following response per reftel request. 2. (U) Summary: In commemoration of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, the Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) held a press conference on March 24, 2009 and briefed the media on Nigeria's TB challenges, efforts underway to combat [...]
2009-04-14 16:38:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAID AMED SOCI KPAO NI
09ABUJA626NIGERIA: BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
[...] Following is Embassy Abuja's response to reftel A. 2. (U) The Government of Nigeria is expected to receive U. S. foreign assistance using FY 2009 funds, for the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR),International Military Education and Training (IMET),foreign military fi [...]
2009-04-15 15:25:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL NI
09ABUJA666NIGERIA: KADUNA PRIVATE SECTOR SEEKS US INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a March 5-6 visit to Kaduna by EconDeputy, Kaduna Chapter Members of the Nigeria-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) were unanimous in their displeasure with the Yar'Adua administration's inability to increase electricity supply. They complained that epileptic electricit [...]
2009-04-20 10:41:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG CVIS EINV EAGR EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA671NIGERIA: PFIZER REACHES PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT FOR
[...] (C) Summary. In an April 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Pfizer lawyers Joe Petrosinelli and Atiba Adams reported that Pfizer and the Kano State government had reached a preliminary settlement on lawsuits arising from medical tests conducted with Trovan (oral antibiotic) on children living in Kano d [...]
2009-04-20 16:00:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EAID ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA673NIGERIA: MINISTER OF FINANCE ON EVE OF BANK/FUND
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador conveyed invitations from Treasury Secretary Geithner and other senior Treasury and State Department officials during meeting with GON Finance Minister Mansur Muhtar on April 17. Muhtar told the Ambassador that he appreciated efforts by the U.S. and U.K. governments t [...]
2009-04-20 17:07:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD EAGR NI
09ABUJA676TERRORISM FINANCE: COUNTERING TERRORIST ABUSE OF THE
[...] Post, in response to reftel, submitted a Non- Paper document to the relevant offices within the host government, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU),the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML) and relevant National Assembly Senate and House of [...]
2009-04-21 09:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KTFN EFIN ETTC PHUM EAID PTER NI IZ
09ABUJA744NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PLANNING MINSTER TO DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with the head of the National Planning Commission April 9 to discuss need for a President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Country Partnership Framework (CPF) Agreement and the way forward towards achieving one in the near future. Ambassador and Minister [...]
2009-04-29 11:58:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KISL PGOV KHIV ECON KOCI EAID PREL NI
09ABUJA746NIGERIA: COUNTERFEIT MEDS ENFORCEMENT TRAINING IN LAGOS
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a April 7-9 three-day counterfeit products and investigative techniques workshop, Nigerian government (GON) agencies made progress in better understanding what intellectual property rights (IP) are, how counterfeit medicines enter Nigeria, and what steps should be taken to [...]
2009-04-30 09:06:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA748NIGERIA: VISIT TO NIGERIA-BENIN BORDER AND LAGOS AIRPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 6, 2009 an interagency USG Team visited the Nigeria-Benin border to observe the movement of goods and people between the two countries. The Seme border crossing post is manned by 650 Nigerian Customs Officers and is a major transit point of goods in West Africa. On Apr [...]
2009-04-30 10:53:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA823NIGERIA: USG PARTICIPATES IN INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTE
[...] (SBU) Summary: At an international workshop and conference on waste management from April 21-22 in Abuja, stakeholders discussed strategies for improving waste management in Nigeria. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) helped design the workshop and provided four trainers. Delegat [...]
2009-05-11 09:11:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON EAID TRGY KRVC TPHY NI
09ABUJA921NIGERIA: FIRST BANK GMD EDGING OUT SOLUDO FOR CBN
[...] During the Ambassador's series of Lagos meetings May 7-11 with five managing directors of key Nigerian banks -- Zenith, Diamond, Eco, First Bank, Oceanic -- she was told that current Governor of Nigeria's Central Bank (CBN) Charles Soludo has instituted a full court press to have his appointme [...]
2009-05-27 17:22:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN EINV EPET NI
09ABUJA925NIGERIA: MINISTER MAY DENY CONTINENTAL AIRLINE'S NEW ROUTE
[...] (SBU) During the course of a May 11 meeting arranged so that a U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator could brief Minister of Aviation Babatunde Omotoba on the status of reviews into the crashes of a two Nigerian Airliners several years ago, the Deputy Chief of Mission (D [...]
2009-05-28 14:05:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA976NIGERIA: INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS OFFERED USG
[...] (SBU) The Independent Power Producer Association of Nigeria (IPPAN) met with EconOff and USAID Consultant on May 19 to discuss the challenges they are facing in the industry and propose a plan to overcome the obstacles, which included: an authorized power purchase agreement; loan guarantees; an [...]
2009-06-05 14:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA98 NIGERIA: NEW CUSTOMS COMPTROLLER GENERAL
[...] (SBU) Former Nigerian Customs Comptroller General Alhaji Hamman Bello Ahmed resigned on January 14, 2009 and handed over his position to Dr. B. E. Nwadialo. H. B. Ahmed is retiring because he has reached the mandatory retirement age of 60. The media has reported that there are tensions within [...]
2009-01-16 12:37:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON EAGR EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA980ATTORNEY GENERAL AGREES TO ASSIGNMENT OF TDY DEA NARCOTICS
[...] This is an action request. See paras 3 and 4 and 6. 2. Post wishes to report the receipt of Diplomatic Note number M.679/2009 from the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs acknowledging that the Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria approves the deploy [...]
2009-06-08 11:33:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI IZ
09ACCRA1054DISASTER DECLARATION GHANA FLOOD DISASTER
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. Pursuant to section 062, volume 2 of the Foreign Affairs Manual and USAID ADS 251, the Charge d'Affaires has determined that a disaster exists in Ghana and certifies that the following conditions exist: over the past few months high lev [...]
2009-10-05 16:22:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF WFP GH PHUM SENV
09ACCRA1162GHANA PROMISES SUPPORT FOR USG GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD
[...] SUMMARY: On October 30, Econoff, USAID and MCC representatives delivered REFTEL A demarche to Government of Ghana (GOG) Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) officials, including the Deputy Minister for Fisheries, and the Chief Technical Advisor to the Minister of Food and Agriculture. GOG [...]
2009-11-06 11:03:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EAID KMCA GH
09ACCRA1164GHANA'S CAADP COMPACT SUPPORTS U.S. FOOD SECURITY GOALS
[...] Summary and Comment: The Government of Ghana outlined its commitments to agricultural growth and poverty reduction policies in a two-day roundtable to advance NEPAD's Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) and the G8 L'Aquila Summit five point declaration. Commitments by [...]
2009-11-06 11:04:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EAID KMCA GH
09ACCRA1288GHANA'S ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SHARES COPENHAGEN EXPECTATIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on December 2, Ghana's Environment, Science and Technology Minister, Sherry Ayittey, shared Ghana's expectations for the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen. The Minister welcomed the prov [...]
2009-12-03 15:58:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG EFIN EAID GH
09ACCRA1290GHANA HOLDS NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE FORUM IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 2, Ghana held its National Climate Change Forum in advance of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen. Environment, Science and Technology Minister Sherry Ayittey announced that Ghanaian President John Evans Atta [...]
2009-12-07 02:34:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EFIN EAID GH
09ACCRA1291GHANA HOLDS NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE FORUM IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 2, Ghana held its National Climate Change Forum in advance of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen. Environment, Science and Technology Minister Sherry Ayittey announced that Ghanaian President John Evans Atta [...]
2009-12-07 02:35:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EFIN EAID GH
09ACCRA478DEMARCHE: URGENT NEED TO PROMOTE SOMALIA CEASEFIRE
[...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche to Dr. Kojo Assan, Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Assan said that he would raise the issue of a public statement calling for an immediate ceasefire in Mogadishu with the Deputy Foreign Minister but t [...]
2009-05-21 16:25:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL PTER EAID ER SO GH
09ACCRA479DEMARCHE ON UN CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF
[...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche to Dr. Kojo Assan, Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Assan reacted positively to the demarche and said that he is aware of the outcome document prepared by the President of the General Assembly (PGA) be [...]
2009-05-21 16:27:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN UNGA GH
09ACCRA50Ghana: Special Self Help Final Obligation Report FY08, FY07
[...] Post's USD 40,000 Special Self-Help Fund (FY08) allocations have been awarded to 7 projects listed below. Grants were allocated under one element: Social Assistance Geographic distribution of projects by region is as follows:- Central (2); Northern (2); Upper West (1) Volta (1); Western (1). [...]
2009-01-23 10:14:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON GH
09ACCRA570DEMARCHE DELIVERY ON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reftel demarche delivered; Ghana intends to ratify the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) statute by August 2009 and will attend the June 28-30 meeting in Egypt. Ghana will support the Spanish candidate for Director General of IRENA. Ghana,s President will decide wh [...]
2009-06-17 15:55:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV EAID PREL GH
09ACCRA631Ghana: Special Self-Help final obligation report (FY07 and
[...] Post's USD 40,000 Special Self-Help Fund (FY08) allocations have been awarded to 2 projects listed below. Grants were allocated under three elements: Water Supply and Sanitation (1 project); and Social Assistance (6 projects). Geographic distribution of projects by region is as follows: Cent [...]
2009-07-07 08:33:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON GH
09ACCRA820GHANA RECORDS FIRST H1N1 CASES
[...] SUMMARY: Ghana has recorded six confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza through August 20, 2009. Two individuals were treated in hospital with Tamiflu and have fully recovered, and four persons are currently being treated at home with Tamiflu and have not yet recovered. To date, Ghana has not recor [...]
2009-08-20 15:45:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO EAID GH
09ACCRA967DEMARCHE ON UN FOOD SECURITY EVENT
[...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that she will pass the invitation from Secretary Clinton to the Minister of Foreign Affairs immediately to make [...]
2009-09-16 16:10:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EAGR UNGA
09ADANA79TURKEY: BUSINESS ROUNDTABLES IN GAZIANTEP, ADANA AND MERSIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM Douglas Silliman, accompanied by Adana PO and DPO, held three business roundtables in Gaziantep, Adana and Mersin to discuss President Obama's Cairo speech and the upcoming Summit on Entrepreneurship. During the roundtables, business leaders from Gaziantep, with their can [...]
2009-12-23 13:26:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PREL SOCI TU
09ADDISABABA1202PRIME MINISTER MELES ON THE FUTURE OF AFRICA
[...] (C) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi relayed to USUN Ambassador Susan Rice May 16 that he would like to step down as Prime Minister, hinting that it could be after the 2010 elections. According to Meles, Africa faces unprecedented challenges from the world economic downturn to climate change. Afric [...]
2009-05-21 14:58:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID PINR ET
09ADDISABABA1235PRIME MINISTER MELES ON PILLARS OF THE BILATERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 12:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EAID ET SO
09ADDISABABA1241PRIME MINISTER MELES ON PILLARS OF THE BILATERAL
[...] (C) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, in a follow-up to a meeting with Ambassador Susan Rice May 16 (septel),underscored to the Ambassador during a private meeting on May 22, the importance of security cooperation, economic development, and governance as pillars in our relationship requi [...]
2009-05-27 06:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID ET SO
09ADDISABABA1317SOMALI REGION UPDATE: HUMANITARIAN
[...] USAID officials attended the Regional Humanitarian Coordination meeting on May 25 in Jijiga town (Jijiga Zone, Somali Region). Points of discussion were the poor performance of the main April to June rains, the soon-to-be released nutrition survey for five districts of the Somali Region, re [...]
2009-06-08 11:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1334AU PANEL OF THE WISE REPORTS ON ELECTION-RELATED
[...] The African Union's Panel of the Wise has completed a report examining election-related disputes and violent conflict that often characterize electoral processes in Africa. One of the report's major recommendations is to strengthen Africa's capacities at the national, regional and continental [...]
2009-06-09 07:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM EAID AU
09ADDISABABA1348ETHIOPIA'S EMERGENCY FOOD NEEDS - A PERMANENT STATE
[...] (SBU) Ethiopia is in a state of chronic food insecurity. Climatic changes with the lack of rain have reduced annual harvests from one instead of three harvests in many areas of Ethiopia. Along with poor agricultural practices, Ethiopia faces another severe year of hunger with the government un [...]
2009-06-10 12:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EAID EAGR PREL ET
09ADDISABABA140TWO YEARS ON: STRUCTURING USAU TO MEET THE
[...] SUMMARY: The United States Mission to the African Union (USAU) has the opportunity to play a much more influential role in the deliberations and actions of the African Union (AU) in 2009 and beyond than it has had since its establishment as an observer mission in 2006. Both the AU Commission [...]
2009-01-20 09:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER AU EAID PGOV PREL
09ADDISABABA144FOOD SHORTAGES IN TIGRAY REGION DUE TO POOR 2008 RAINS
[...] Local and regional officials, relief organizations, and affected communities report deterioration of food security in southern and eastern areas of Tigray Region. Failed belg rains and uneven meher rains in 2008 resulted in poor crop production, insufficient feed and pasture for livestock, an [...]
2009-01-20 11:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1473 ETHIOPIA: IMF DETAILS ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) On Saturday June 20, 2009, representatives of the donor community were invited to a briefing by the head of the IMF review delegation which had been consulting with the Ethiopian government over the previous week. The IMF team was both reviewing progress on the agreed macro-economic acti [...]
2009-06-24 07:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EAGR PREL PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1498 ETHIOPIA ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS FOOD SECURITY SITUATION
[...] On June 17, 2009 the U.S. Ambassador convened a meeting with key members of the humanitarian community to discuss an action plan to address the worrisome food security situation exacerbated by consecutive seasons of failed rains and an impending food relief pipeline break in mid - July. 2. [...]
2009-06-26 08:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1526DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW AND PRIME MINISTER MELES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Meles told visiting Deputy Secretary Lew on June 29 that he was grateful for U.S. assistance to Ethiopia, and they both agreed that shifting from emergency food aid to sustainable agriculture development should be a priority for Ethiopia. Meles was comfortable [...]
2009-06-30 10:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1556ETHIOPIA: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION DETERIORATING
[...] The humanitarian situation in large parts of Ethiopia is deteriorating due to successive seasons of failed rains evidenced by increased food insecurity and subsequent upward spikes in admissions of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) to therapeutic feeding centers. The key indicator [...]
2009-07-02 14:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1599PRIME MINISTER MELES ON BALANCING AND
[...] (C) Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi underscored to visiting Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson on July 6 that Ethiopia welcomes a broad and balanced relationship that focuses not just on security but also encompasses economic development and political stability. As he commented to othe [...]
2009-07-08 05:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ET
09ADDISABABA1612WILL VOTE FOR FOOD- REPORTED POLITICIZATION OF
[...] (C) A four day trip to the Southern Nations and Nationalities (SNNPR) and Oromiya regions shed light on the possible politicization of donor cash and food resources delivered through the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP),coercive recruitment tactics by the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolut [...]
2009-07-08 13:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1617DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW HIGHLIGHTS U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND
[...] (U) Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew's visit to Ethiopia on June 29-30 signaled the importance the new Administration is placing on how U.S. foreign policy and foreign assistance is working in Ethiopia. Deputy Lew held discussions with the Country Team, met with the Prime Minister (reftel),[...]
2009-07-09 05:44:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1673A/S CARSON DISCUSSES FOOD SECURITY IN ETHIOPIA
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with humanitarian community representatives, Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson described the Obama administration's plans to promote food security by emphasizing agricultural development. Participants described Ethiopia's chronic food insecurity and Government of Ethiopia [...]
2009-07-15 13:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR PHUM PGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1797INCREASED ONLF ACTIVITY, POLICE PRESENCE REPORTED
[...] (C) Reliable sources in Ethiopia's Somali Region report ONLF attacks on Ethiopian Government (GoE) road construction workers, increased scrutiny of passenger vehicles, and looting of commercial goods in the Somali region. Increasingly violent ONLF attacks on police and military elements lead N [...]
2009-07-28 08:23:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC EAID SO ET
09ADDISABABA1842SCENESETTER FOR USTR AMB. KIRK'S VISIT TO ETHIOPIA
[...] (C) Your visit to Addis Ababa comes at a challenging time for the Ethiopian economy. The economy is punctuated by a chronic -- and largely endogenous -- macroeconomic imbalance and the government and ruling party's dominance over most economic sectors. The global economic downturn has only e [...]
2009-08-03 10:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1861 USAID/ETHIOPIA'S GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY RESPONSE (GFSR):
[...] USAID/Ethiopia inaugurates a series of background pieces profiling livestock, food security, Comprehensive Agriculture Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) status, private sector and other topics related to GFSR. We hope these information sharing cables will be useful in keeping the G [...]
2009-08-04 06:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1908SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL THOMAS VISIT TO ETHIOPIA
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Addis Ababa comes at a challenging time for the Ethiopian economy. Average inflation stands at 36 percent -- the second highest in Africa, after Zimbabwe. Despite two rounds of devaluation of the Birr by 10 percent each this year, the real exchange rate remains overvalued. [...]
2009-08-06 10:19:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ECON ETRD EAID PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1914ADDIS ABABA ON SOMALIA SITUATION IN LIGHT OF
[...] (C) On August 5, Charge d'Affaires and Deputy Political-Economic Counselor met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver Reftel points. The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) is pleased with USG support to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG),including in-kind support and pledged [...]
2009-08-07 07:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SO EAID KPKO
09ADDISABABA2065GOE PASSES RESTRICTIVE BIOSAFETY LAW, BUT IS
[...] (SBU) Ethiopia recently enacted highly restrictive biosafety legislation that could significantly impact the importation of bioengineered seeds, food commodities, and processed foods. Ethiopia's Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is admittedly unprepared to implement the new legislation [...]
2009-08-25 08:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV EAGR ETRD EAID ET
09ADDISABABA2086ETHIOPIA - INTERPARTY DIALOGUE IMMINENT ON CODE OF
[...] (C) In early August Prime Minister Meles formally considered sample codes of conduct suggested by the Ethiopian Partner's Group (EPG) of Ambassadors. Through the mediation of the EPG, via the British Embassy, the EPRDF has invited major opposition parties to engage in negotiations about a cod [...]
2009-08-28 08:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PREL
09ADDISABABA214IMPACT OF REDUCED COFFEE AND SWEET POTATO
[...] Late, uneven, and generally poor 2008 seasonal rains resulted in poor coffee production and expected decreases in sweet potato cultivation, negatively affecting food security in eastern Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples (SNNP) Region. Humanitarian agencies expect food insecurity [...]
2009-01-29 05:57:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2164CHOLERA SPREADS THROUGHOUT ETHIOPIA
[...] (SBU) To date, seven of 10 regions of Ethiopia have been affected by cholera or acute watery diarrhea (AWD). The percentage of cholera cases is not known but it is expected to be significant. While cholera is an endemic disease in Ethiopia, it is rarely seen in Addis Ababa. However, a recent [...]
2009-09-04 09:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2208DO NOT INTERVENT IN OUR AFFAIRS: GOE LAYS DOWN A MARKER
[...] (SBU) Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Mike Gonzales and Public Affairs Officer Alyson Grunder met with the Director of the Office of Government Communications Affairs, Minister Bereket Simon, on September 4 to discuss two opinion pieces published in the state-owned Amharic language Addis Zemen n [...]
2009-09-14 08:34:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA2245ETHIOPIAN G20 AGENDA CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) Charge and DCM met with the Prime Minister's Economic Advisor, and G20 sherpa, Minister Newaye Christos Gebre-Ab September 15, at the latter,s request. Gebre-Ab had just returned from the G20 sherpa meeting in the U.S. 2. (SBU) Noting that PM Meles would be representing views from al [...]
2009-09-16 10:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID ET
09ADDISABABA2294 AU DONOR SUPPORT GROUP PLANS NOVEMBER 2009 MEETING
[...] (U) This Message contains an action request in para 9. 2. (U) Summary: Members of the AUC, UNECA and donor countries met on September 17 to discuss an up-coming Donor Support Group meeting scheduled for the week of November 30. The meeting will give high-level policymakers from donor countr [...]
2009-09-23 06:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID AU
09ADDISABABA2299EXPERIENCE ENGAGING THE ETHIOPIAN DIASPORA
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Addis Ababa compiled experiences engaging the Ethiopian diaspora community from relevant agencies at post. Post's point of contact for future submissions is Political/Economic Officer Skye Justice (justicess@state.gov). Responses to specific reftel questions follow: [...]
2009-09-24 14:43:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOIIP SCUL SMIG PGOV BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC PHUM PREL
09ADDISABABA2314MONITORING REPORT ON ETHIOPIA G/TIP PROGRAM
[...] (U) This cable provides monitoring information, requested ref A, to the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) to evaluate the effectiveness of G/TIP's USD 324,000 grant to Project Concern International (PCI). PCI's used the funds to support the Government of Ethiopia (GoE [...]
2009-09-28 05:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP SMIG PHUM ASEC ELAB KWMN PREL EAID ET
09ADDISABABA2346 Ethiopia Becomes Fourth African Country
[...] (U) As part of the USG's food security initiative implementation plan development, USAID Ethiopia continues to produce information sharing cables to highlight progress and plans in key areas. This Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) cable is a continuation of this seri [...]
2009-10-01 06:32:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID PREL AF ET
09ADDISABABA2402 ETHIOPIA FY 2010 DISASTER REDECLARATION
[...] In July 2009, the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GFDRE) increased the projected number of people requiring emergency food assistance between June and December 2009 to 6.2 million people, from previous January to June 2009 estimates of 4.2 million people. In additi [...]
2009-10-05 13:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
09ADDISABABA2497ETHIOPIA: ENCOURAGING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET
[...] (SBU) P/ECouns and EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Director General for Europe and the Americas Tesfaye Yilma on October 8 and Minister of Finance and Economic Development State Minister Mekonnen Manyazewal on October 13, emphasizing USG concern with the [...]
2009-10-20 14:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2556ETHIOPIA'S HOLD OVER THE IMF AND WORLD BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Both the local International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (Bank) representatives discussed the Government of Ethiopia's (GoE) strong position when negotiating for additional donor assistance during a October 22 lunch with Embassy officials and visiting AF/E Director. Acco [...]
2009-10-29 05:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ET
09ADDISABABA257ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS PM MELES
[...] (C) Acting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Phil Carter highlighted to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles over a two-hour January 30 meeting that while principal themes of our foreign policy are unlikely to change across U.S. Administrations, the U.S. will certainly emphasize the diplomacy [...]
2009-02-02 14:29:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ECON EAID ET
09ADDISABABA2648G/TIP VISIT REVEALS PROGRESS, CHALLENGES IN ETHIOPIA
[...] (SBU) The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) continues to take steps to curb the international trafficking of Ethiopian citizens, but is challenged by economic realities, limited law enforcement capacity, and ever-changing trafficking patterns. To combat international trafficking, the GoE passed a [...]
2009-11-09 13:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PHUM PGOV SMIG ELAB KWMN PREL EAID DJ SU ET
09ADDISABABA2660RISK BASED ASSESSMENT ON AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF-HELP
[...] (SBU) Embassy Addis Ababa received an allocation of USD 90,000 for the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program (SSH) for the fiscal year 2009. Eight projects were selected for funding according to the SSH selection criteria and Mission objectives. We estimate that a total of 14,163 people wil [...]
2009-11-10 14:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON AFIN ET
09ADDISABABA2688ETHIOPIA: MFA DISCOURAGED OVER ANOTHER POOR MCC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 14:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2690 Ethiopia: Quiet on Food Security Demarche But Engaged on
[...] (U) Post delivered Reftel demarche by diplomatic note to the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 20, and followed up with Tesfaye Yilma, Director General for Europe and the Americas, but did not receive a substantive reply. 2. (SBU) Comment: The US Mission in Addis Ababa has [...]
2009-11-13 04:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ETRD ET
09ADDISABABA2770INCREASE IN TCN IMMIGRANT VISAS CAUSES CONCERN IN ADDIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Consular section in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has noted a substantial increase in the number of third country national immigrant visa cases. From FY08 to FY09, post recorded a 13 percent increase in the total number of immigrant visa cases scheduled. Over the same period, post [...]
2009-11-24 07:58:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS KTIP PHUM PGOV SMIG ELAB KWMN PREL EAID
09ADDISABABA2809PARTY PATRONAGE AND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN ETHIOPIA
[...] (C) Recent allegations of the politicization of foreign assistance in Ethiopia, including humanitarian food aid, are consistent with reports by non-governmental organizations, opposition political parties, the media, and members of the international donor community. The manipulation of humani [...]
2009-11-25 14:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA292ETHIOPIA A DICTATORSHIP, DON'T LET AID ENABLE IT:
[...] (C) Ethiopian opposition party leaders told Acting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Phil Carter and Assistant USAID Administrator for Africa Earl Gast on January 30 that Ethiopia is increasingly becoming a military dictatorship where dissenting opinions are suppressed and access to cons [...]
2009-02-04 13:31:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL EAID ET
09ADDISABABA2926REPORT OF 20TH GLOBAL FUND BOARD MEETING NOV 9-11, 2009
[...] The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB),and Malaria (Global Fund) held its 20th Board meeting on November 9-11, 2009, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The U.S. government (USG) holds a permanent seat on the Global Fund Board and works through the Board to make funding decisions and provid [...]
2009-12-14 13:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV EAID TBIO ET
09ADDISABABA2943GLOBAL HEALTH INITATIVE: PROMOTING GREATER AWARENESS AND
[...] The U.S. Mission to Ethiopia wishes to provide the following comments in response to State cable 00125761 regarding the goals and principles of the President's Global Health Initiative (GHI). The broad goals around improving overall health outcomes and increasing country capacity to improve p [...]
2009-12-16 04:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV EAID ET KOCI KWMN
09ADDISABABA2977SUSPICIONS REMAIN HIGH AS CONFLICT, ABUSES
[...] (C) Contacts in Ethiopia's Somali Regional State report that although humanitarian access has improved, the humanitarian situation has declined since 2007, as a result of continued conflict, restricted humanitarian access, trade blockage, and repeated seasons of poor rain. Government of Ethio [...]
2009-12-22 09:10:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID KDEM ASEC MOPS PREL SO ET
09ADDISABABA31ETHIOPIA PASSES RESTRICTIVE CSO LAW
[...] (SBU) On January 6, the Ethiopian Parliament passed a new Charities and Societies Proclamation (CSO law)(Refs A-C) to regulate the conduct of civil society organizations. As expected, the law prohibits civil society organizations that receive more than ten percent of their funding from foreign [...]
2009-01-06 13:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PHUM EAID ET
09ADDISABABA326AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on February 1 on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. They discussed a range of topics including the Secretary's call to Nigerian President Yar'Adua, Nigerian troop contribution [...]
2009-02-06 05:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SO NI AU
09ADDISABABA454U.S. ENGAGEMENT VITAL TO NILE NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (U) The Nile River runs through ten countries, whose populations depend on its waters for their livelihood. It is a shared, multi-state river basin characterized by water scarcity, poverty, rapid population, and a long history of dispute and instability. Sound and equitable management of the Ni [...]
2009-02-23 11:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID AMGT XW BY RW ET
09ADDISABABA459ETHIOPIAN FORMIN CALLS FOR SENIOR BILATERAL TALKS TO
[...] (SBU) Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin called in Ambassador and USAID/Ethiopia Mission Director February 20 to officially protest Congress' listing of Ethiopia in last year's foreign operations appropriations bill (section 620) with 20 other countries -- including Sudan, Zimbabwe and Ir [...]
2009-02-24 04:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ET
09ADDISABABA472WORLD BANK PBS VOTE - SETTING BENCHMARKS AND REVIEW
[...] (SBU) The World Bank's Protecting Basic Services (PBS) project has filled a gap in providing critical health and education services to rural Ethiopians while creating a limited window of significant transparency in illuminating budget allocation and expenditure data to the public. Still, three [...]
2009-02-25 12:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA574KENYA: DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP CONDITIONS
[...] (U) Regional Refugee Coordinator (Refcoord) Inga Heemink and Refugee Program Officer Matt Austin visited Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya January 19-26 to review current conditions at the camp, discuss ongoing negotiations for additional land allocation, and monitor PRM-funded projects. Despite th [...]
2009-03-05 11:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV EAID KE ET SO
09ADDISABABA578MELES COMPLAINS OF SHIFTING U.S. POLICY
[...] (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi called in Ambassador February 25 to discuss Ethiopia's perception that the U.S. has taken a tougher policy shift towards Ethiopia, stressing human rights concerns over shared objectives on regional stability, counterterrorism and development. The meeting rei [...]
2009-03-06 08:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM EAID ET
09ADDISABABA606ETHIOPIA: SOMALI REGIONAL PRESIDENT DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) Newly-appointed Somali Regional President Dawood Mohammed told the Ambassador and delegation that Ethiopia's Somali region wants U.S. and international support for long-term development, especially in exploiting water resources. Security is still a major issue in the Somali region, Dawo [...]
2009-03-13 11:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV EAID ET
09ADDISABABA63ETIOPIA CSO LAW AND OPPOSITION LEADER ARREST
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by the UK and French DCMs, called on Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu on behalf of the Ethiopia Partner's Group (EPG)(which consists of ambassadors accredited to Ethiopia) to provide an advance copy of a statement to be issued by the EP [...]
2009-01-13 13:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM EAID ET
09ADDISABABA64ETIOPIA CSO LAW AND OPPOSITION LEADER ARREST
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by the UK and French DCMs, called on Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu on behalf of the Ethiopia Partner's Group (EPG)(which consists of ambassadors accredited to Ethiopia) to provide an advance copy of a statement to be issued by the EP [...]
2009-01-13 13:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM EAID ET
09ADDISABABA640ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER MELES CAUTIONS DIPLOMATS
[...] (C) Prime Minister Meles cautioned the Ambassador during a March 7 meeting that foreign diplomats and governments are giving misleading messages to the opposition and domestic insurgent group, the Oromo National Liberation Front (ONLF). The opposition and ONLF come away from their meetings wit [...]
2009-03-16 12:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL EAID ET
09ADDISABABA677PARTY-STATALS: HOW THE RULING PARTIES'
[...] (C) Upon taking power in 1991, the ruling Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) liquidated non-military assets held by the movement to found a series of companies whose profits would be used as venture capital to rehabilitate the war-torn Tigray region's economy. The TPLF bestowed a porti [...]
2009-03-19 12:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EAID ET
09ADDISABABA728MELES SUMMONS G-20 AMBASSADORS FOR PRE-SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi summoned most G-20 Ambassadors on March 26 to present a briefing of the position he will take in London on April 2 where he will represent Africa at the Summit. The meeting occurred just hours after Meles convened a separate, but supposedly similar, [...]
2009-03-27 12:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN ETRD ET
09ADDISABABA84AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN ETHIOPIA
[...] The American Chamber of Commerce in Ethiopia (AmCham Ethiopia) held a successful launch ceremony on January 12, 2009. In prepared remarks, Girma Biru, Minister of Trade and Industry, lauded AmCham Ethiopia as a step forward in Ethiopian-American economic and commercial ties, and the Ambassad [...]
2009-01-14 14:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV KPAO EAID ET
09ADDISABABA85AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN ETHIOPIA
[...] The American Chamber of Commerce in Ethiopia (AmCham Ethiopia) held a successful launch ceremony on January 12, 2009. In prepared remarks, Girma Biru, Minister of Trade and Industry, lauded AmCham Ethiopia as a step forward in Ethiopian-American economic and commercial ties, and the Ambassad [...]
2009-01-14 14:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV KPAO EAID ET
09AITTAIPEI258 TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF U.S.-BASED TAMIL
[...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on March 5, 2009, providing all banking institutions with information on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's designation of the U.S.-based Tamil Foundation under Executive Order 13224 for supporting te [...]
2009-03-09 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID ECON SL TW
09AITTAIPEI335 TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF U.S.-BASED TAMIL
[...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the U.S.-based Tamil Foundation, which on March 5, 2009 was designated under Executive Order 13224 for supporting terrorism. YOUNG [...]
2009-03-25 05:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID ECON SL TW
09AITTAIPEI457LEVERAGING U.S.-TAIWAN GLOBAL ISSUES COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As advanced-economy democracies, the U.S. and Taiwan already cooperate closely on a broad range of global issues. In addition to the many benefits inherent in our bilateral cooperation, the expansion of cross-Strait ties (septel) gives us new options for reinforcing U.S. global i [...]
2009-04-15 02:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALSENV PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SOCI EAID TW CH
09AITTAIPEI509 Taiwan Enacts New Anti-Terrorism Finance Law
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 14, Taiwan's legislature passed a bill that authorizes financial regulators to take enhanced action against terrorist financing, including freezing bank accounts and financial transactions associated with designated terrorists, entities, and countries. In the past, onl [...]
2009-04-29 09:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID ECON SL TW
09AITTAIPEI727Global Action on Food Security: Securing
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 15, AIT economic and agricultural officers shared reftel information with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Department of Economic and Trade Affairs Director General Weber Shih and Council of Agriculture (COA) International Affairs Department (IAD) Director General Susan [...]
2009-06-18 03:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON PREL APEC TW
09AITTAIPEI732 TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ, AKA
[...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to Abdul Haq designated on April 15, 2009, by the UN Security Council's Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee (1267 Committee) for targeted sanctions. [...]
2009-06-18 08:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID UNSC ECON CH TW
09ALGIERS1085ALGERIA CANDIDATES, PD STRATEGY FOR PRESIDENTIAL
[...] Embassy submits the following candidates for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit: Issad Rebrab - Conglomerate Magnate ----------------------------------- Rebrab is one of Algeria's industrial titans. Born in 1944 near Tizi Ouzou, the largest city in the Berber area of Northern Alger [...]
2009-12-07 15:06:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL SOCI AG
09ALGIERS3GHARDAIA: IDEOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL OASIS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Proud of its independent spirit and unique heritage, the oasis town of Ghardaia stands at the gateway to the Sahara as a example of what a community whose traditional structures continue to thrive can achieve when left to its own devices. During his November 14-16 visit to the reg [...]
2009-01-04 08:46:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PREL KDEM KPAO AG
09ALGIERS366CHALLENGES FACING FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN ALGERIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The foreign assistance environment in Algeria is significantly different than in neighboring lower income countries where governments actively seek an open and transparent donor aid process. Donors from different governments and multilateral agencies do not coordinate their acti [...]
2009-04-13 09:35:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL EU AG
09ALGIERS396ALGERIA: SITUATION IN MADAGASCAR FROZEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 11:16:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID MA AG
09ALGIERS615 H1N1 FLU CONFIRMED IN ALGERIA
[...] (SBU) The Algerian Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed June 21 the first two cases of H1N1 flu in Algeria. The patients, an Algerian-American and one of her daughters, arrived June 16 on Lufthansa flight LH462 from Miami via Frankfurt. On June 19, the woman developed flu symptoms and went to a [...]
2009-06-23 13:17:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR TBIO AMED EAID KSTH AG
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1284(SBU) UNSIC advances planning for April 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senior United Nations (UN),European Union (EU),and USG officials met with government of Vietnam (GVN) officials in Hanoi on November 25-27 in preparation for the 7th Inter-Ministerial Conference for Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IMCAPI) to be held in Hanoi on April 19-21. The [...]
2009-12-01 08:33:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAID EAGR PREL KFLU VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1290(SBU) Avian H5N1 influenza A human fatality, Vietnam
[...] (U) Summary: On November 30, 2009, Vietnam's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported the death of a 23 year-old man in Dien Bien province (in northern Vietnam) from the avian H5N1 strain of influenza A. Over one month earlier, on October 21, Dien Bien had reported a poultry outbreak. This is the fi [...]
2009-12-02 03:35:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAID EAGR PREL KFLU VM
09AMMAN1070JORDAN'S TOURISM SECTOR LIKELY TO DECREASE IN 2009 TO 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's tourism sector revenues grew 28% in 2008 to a record $2.97 billion from $2.31 billion in 2007. While officials had hoped for similar growth in 2009, the industry now expects that revenues may return to their 2007 levels due to the slowing worldwide economy. Business tr [...]
2009-05-11 04:13:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EAID JO
09AMMAN1177 Jordan's QIZ Garment Factories Continue to Close or
[...] (U) Summary: Jordan's apparel sector has been hard hit by the recession in the U.S., where most of its exports are destined, and competition with Egypt (ref A). The Ministry of Industry and Trade has reported that Jordanian garment exports produced in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) pe [...]
2009-05-21 11:37:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KTEX EAID JO
09AMMAN1179 Mediterranean Resources Apparel Industry (MRAI) in
[...] (SBU) Mediterranean Resources Apparel Industry (MRAI),an Emirati-owned garment factory in Ad-Dulayl Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ),is currently under liquidation after suffering significant financial losses. Since a strike in September 2008 (ref A),MRAI had been having financial difficul [...]
2009-05-21 11:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO
09AMMAN1219ISRAELI EMBASSY IN JORDAN QUESTIONS JORDAN,S WATER
[...] (C/NF) Jordan and Israel, which both suffer from water shortages, have enjoyed a healthy collaboration on this critical issue. The 1994 peace treaty stipulated water exchange provisions between the two countries and as recently as the summer 2008 drought, Israel loaned Jordan extra water (ref [...]
2009-05-28 07:45:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV EAGR EAID PGOV PREL JO IS
09AMMAN1265DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 15:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS JO
09AMMAN128JORDAN HASHEMITE CHARITY ORGANIZATION HEAD
[...] (SBU) The Jordan Hashemite Charitable Organization (JHCO),which has become the semi-official conduit from Jordan to Gaza, is now sending 15 truckloads five days a week containing a variety of aid. The organization's spokesman offered a brief history of the JHCO's role in past humanitarian e [...]
2009-01-14 14:10:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PHUM KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN136FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS JORDAN IN SPITE OF DOMESTIC FISCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although Jordan's conservative banking and mortgage practices have partially protected the country from the international financial crisis, Jordan's economy is still suffering from a credit crunch; falling real estate prices and cancelled development projects; a general business [...]
2009-01-15 10:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV EAID KTEX JO
09AMMAN1408FY 2009 Julia Taft Refugee Fund Proposal for Jordan
[...] Summary: The Christian and Missionary Alliance Church in Jordan has requested Taft Fund assistance to purchase medication and equipment. The grant would support the operations of an existing health care clinic in Amman, which serves Iraqi refugees and Jordanians in need. The Church has been [...]
2009-06-24 10:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID IZ JO SY LE
09AMMAN1419 JORDAN SUPPORTS GLOBAL ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 10:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID PREL JO
09AMMAN1449UNHCR-JORDAN: IRAQI REFUGEES WILL ONLY RETURN HOME
[...] (C) Summary: Reftel recently established voluntary repatriation as the goal of U.S. assistance policy for Iraqi refugees and asked post to approach government and IO officials to present the policy. In response to the action request, the Ambassador met with UNHCR Country Representative Imr [...]
2009-06-30 08:54:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF EAID PHUM IX JO
09AMMAN146DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN STRESSES THAT ARAB
[...] (SBU) EconCouns reviewed reftel on the Arab Economic Summit in Kuwait with Finance Minister Dr. Hamed Kasasbeh on January 15. Kasasbeh, who was in Kuwait, welcomed U.S. views on economic integration and the global financial crisis and reported that central bank governors had discussed these [...]
2009-01-15 14:28:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID ETRD KPAL PREL AL JO
09AMMAN1472GOJ SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR JORDAN-ONLY RED SEA
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite the ongoing multilateral World Bank led Red Sea - Dead Sea Feasibility study (RDS),on May 17 Jordan announced a unilateral $10 billion Jordan Red Sea Development Project (JRSP). The GOJ sees a Red Sea - Dead Sea conveyance mechanism as the best way forward to solve its [...]
2009-07-01 04:28:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV EAGR EAID ENRG PGOV PREL KNNP JO IS
09AMMAN1618JORDAN: TWO NEW HONOR CRIME KILLINGS
[...] (U) On July 9, two Jordanian women were killed at the hands of their brothers "in defense of family honor." In the first case, the woman had previously been placed in protective custody by Jordanian authorities. She was then released into the custody of her brother in East Amman after he pro [...]
2009-07-20 05:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS EAID JO
09AMMAN1646JORDAN'S BUDGET DEFICIT BALLOONS, A RESULT OF
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has revised its projected year-end 2009 budget deficit from $975 million to $1.56 billion or 7.3% of GDP. GOJ officials have pointed to the global recession as a main cause for their fiscal dilemma, saying it has caused GDP growth to slow to 3.2%. [...]
2009-07-23 11:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV EAID JO
09AMMAN1676 EMBASSY AMMAN'S FOLLOW UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH
[...] (SBU) Summary: As reported in refs D and E, the President's June 4 speech in Cairo was generally well received in Jordan. Most Jordanian audiences focused on language related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but they nevertheless expect and look for increased engagement stemming from the [...]
2009-07-27 11:48:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL OEXC SOCI JO
09AMMAN1739GOJ DETERMINED TO CONTINUE WITH JORDAN-ONLY RED
[...] (C/NF) Post continues to engage Jordanian officials on various plans to use the Red Sea to address the country's dire water needs. Minister of Water and Irrigation Abu Saud reiterated Jordan's commitment to implementing the Jordan Red Sea Development Project (JRSP) in a July 22 meeting with OP [...]
2009-08-03 12:42:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV EAGR EAID ENRG PGOV PREL KNNP JO IS
09AMMAN1880Changes in Jordan's S&T Establishment Likely to Impact U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: A new Secretary General at the Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST),and other changes in Jordan's S&T establishment will challenge us to maintain the momentum under the U.S.-Jordan S&T agreement, which has had mixed success. Jordan's Scientific Research Fund, esta [...]
2009-08-20 13:00:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL SENV PREL EAID TBIO TPHY ETRD PINR JO
09AMMAN1915GOJ MUDDIES THE FACTS TO PAINT A POSITIVE PICTURE
[...] (C/NF) In an August 18 meeting with visiting Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and the Ambassador, Minister of Water and Irrigation (MWI) Raed Abu Saud reiterated Jordan's commitment to implementing the Jordan Red Sea Development Project (JRSP) and noted that Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh is [...]
2009-08-25 05:08:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV EAGR EAID ENRG PGOV PREL KNNP JO IS
09AMMAN1932GOJ REQUESTS EXPEDITED DISBURSEMENT OF BILATERAL
[...] (C) The Jordanian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) has requested that the cash transfer from USAID scheduled for the end of September be expedited to the beginning of the month to help the GOJ meet its August payroll. MOPIC officials have repeatedly contacted the USAI [...]
2009-08-27 09:14:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL ECON PGOV EFIN JO
09AMMAN2064Jordan Secures $300 Million World Bank Loan to Help Close
[...] (U) Ministry of Finance officials confirmed to the press on September 8 that Jordan will receive $300 million in soft loans from the World Bank in the fourth quarter of this year to address its increasing budget deficit (ref E). Finance Minister Bassem Salem explained that under the terms of t [...]
2009-09-10 09:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID JO
09AMMAN2105DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 12:30:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EAGR UNGA
09AMMAN2150 ENGAGING THE JORDANIAN DIASPORA
[...] (U) Post offers the following in response to reftel B, paragraph 15 questions: A) The Jordanian Diaspora working in the Gulf providing remittances are Substantial and are closely tracked by Jordan's Department of Statistics and the Central Bank of Jordan. Outside the Gulf region though, Dia [...]
2009-09-17 11:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG BTIO EAID
09AMMAN2151 ENGAGING THE JORDANIAN DIASPORA
[...] (U) Post offers the following in response to reftel B, paragraph 15 questions: A) The Jordanian Diaspora working in the Gulf providing remittances are Substantial and are closely tracked by Jordan's Department of Statistics and the Central Bank of Jordan. Outside the Gulf region though, Dia [...]
2009-09-17 11:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG BTIO EAID
09AMMAN2155DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR ZERO NOMINAL GROWTH IN FAO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 14:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR EAID EFIN FAO KUNR JO
09AMMAN2156DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN NONCOMITTAL ON U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 14:32:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KPAL PGOV WBG EU IS JO
09AMMAN226 Jordan's Garment Industry Hurting - High Production Costs
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jordanian exports from the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs),which are predominantly apparel, fell almost 17% to $946 million in 2008. Since 2007, at least twenty garment factories in the QIZs have closed down; four have downsized; and five decided to expand operations in oth [...]
2009-01-27 12:19:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KTEX EAID JO
09AMMAN230 Update on Labor Issues in Jordan
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has continued to take measures to strengthen its institutional capacity to identify and correct labor violations, in part by hiring 60 new inspectors in 2008. Inspectors for the International Labour Office's (ILO) Better Work Jordan program have [...]
2009-01-27 12:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO
09AMMAN2382DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 15:24:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL JO
09AMMAN2404JORDAN: NSC DELEGATION DISCUSSES CAIRO INITIATIVES
[...] (SBU) A five-member delegation led by NSC Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy visited Jordan from October 6-9 to discuss initiatives laid out in the President's June 4 speech in Cairo. The delegation also included representatives from the Secretary's Policy Planning Staf [...]
2009-11-01 13:34:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNEAID PREL OEXC SOCI JO
09AMMAN2408LOW REVENUES, LACK OF GRANTS MEAN DEEP CUTS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Ministry of Finance (MOF) has circulated to government ministries a draft budget for 2010 that proposes 11.3% cuts compared to the 2009 budget. The proposed $7.71 billion budget is based on an expected real growth rate of 4.5% for 2010 and on a $967.79 million projected [...]
2009-11-02 10:16:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EAID PGOV JO
09AMMAN2487SIGNIFICANT ESTH OPPORTUNITIES IN JORDAN TO ADVANCE POTUS'
[...] (SBU) Summary: A robust bilateral and regional ESTH partnership with Jordan is evidenced through 18 USG agencies engaging in ESTH collaborations over the past several years. Despite the individual merits of each activity, the collective impact of this engagement in supporting Jordan's scienc [...]
2009-11-16 13:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL SENV PREL EAID PINR JO
09AMMAN2517JORDAN: USAID Global Engagement Follow-up
[...] This cable is the fourth of four cables following up on the October visit to Amman of NSC Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy. It outlines aspects of Embassy Amman's efforts to advance goals emphasized in the President's June 4 speech in Cairo. 2. USAID/Jordan is activ [...]
2009-11-18 15:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PHUM ECON SOCI JO
09AMMAN2572 Jordan's Tax Revenues Increase in 2009, But 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's Tax Department announced recently that tax collections through October 2009 are 7.2% higher than the corresponding 2008 levels. Better collection efficiency and good business performance in 2008 have led to higher tax revenue income in 2009. Tax reform efforts in 2009 [...]
2009-11-25 12:49:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV EAID JO
09AMMAN2583JORDAN--A/SCHWARTZ MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 09:36:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEAID PREF PREL JO
09AMMAN2663 Scenesetter for the U.S. - Jordan FTA Joint Committee
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (U) Jordan's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) will host the December 15 U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Area Agreement (FTA) Joint Committee (JC) meeting in Amman. This JC occurs on the eve of the FTA coming into full force in January 2010. T [...]
2009-12-09 11:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN ECON ELAB EFIN EAID JO
09AMMAN2670JORDAN--A/SCHWARTZ MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ON
[...] (C) Summary. PRM Assistant Secretary Eric Schwartz met with Jordan's Prime Minister, Nader Al-Dahabi, on November 17, 2009. They discussed several issues involving Iraqi refugees, primarily the importance of allowing Iraqis to return home for "look-see" visits while preserving their right t [...]
2009-12-09 14:55:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEAID PREF PREL JO
09AMMAN2673Jordan's 2010 Budget Approved with High Deficit and Cuts to
[...] (SBU) Prior to its December 9 resignation, as one of its last acts, Jordan's cabinet endorsed on December 8 the 2010 budget. As the parliament was dissolved on November 23, the cabinet passed the budget law as a provisional measure, meaning it is binding until a new parliament can review it (r [...]
2009-12-10 10:03:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV EAID JO
09AMMAN2693 JORDAN SEEKS U.S. INTERVENTION WITH UN COMPENSATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Then Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi requested from the Ambassador, during a November 11 meeting, support for Jordan's interests during the next meeting of the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC). Subsequent to that meetin [...]
2009-12-13 10:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID SENV KUNC JO IZ
09AMMAN2799SCENESETTER FOR THE JANUARY VISIT OF PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post extends a warm welcome to Science Envoy Dr. Ahmed Zewail. Your visit will enable us to build upon a robust bilateral and regional ESTH partnership which has seen 18 USG agencies engage in ESTH collaboration with Jordan over the past several years. Despite the individual [...]
2009-12-30 06:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL SENV PREL EAID PINR JO
09AMMAN358 International Relief and Development Monitoring
[...] Summary: The following is the first quarter monitoring and evaluation assessment of cooperative agreement SPRMCO08CA156 for USD 1,899,817 million awarded to International Relief and Development (IRD) in Jordan to support its program for livelihoods training for Iraqi refugees. RefCoord and P [...]
2009-02-05 13:24:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID UNHCR IZ JO
09AMMAN410 IFRC: MONITORING AND EVALUATION ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) RefCoord met with Ahmed Gizo, Regional Director for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Organizations (IFRC) in Amman on January 26, 2009 to discuss IFRC's work, under PRM-funded agreement, with the Jordanian Red Crescent (JRC) primary health clinics in Jordan. [...]
2009-02-16 11:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID UNHCR IZ JO
09AMMAN429 Complete Text of Jordan's New Anti-TIP Law
[...] (U) Jordan's Upper House of Parliament endorsed on February 4 the anti-Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) Law. The law was previously endorsed by the Lower House on January 25 and now moves forward for the King's signature and publication in Jordan's Official Gazette. The law would come into effect [...]
2009-02-18 10:25:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO
09AMMAN458FINE TUNING REFUGEE ASSISTANCE IN LEBANON, SYRIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: To keep pace with the most recent information about Iraqi refugees, PRM refugee assistance in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan should be fine tuned to address specific vulnerabilities in the Iraqi population in the three countries. Advanced health care for the chronically ill, post- [...]
2009-02-18 13:37:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID IZ JO LE PREF SY
09AMMAN472JORDANIAN ECONOMY WEAKENS UNDER GLOBAL PRESSURE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan is starting to feel the effects of the global economic crisis, with real growth expected to drop from 6% in 2008 to 3% in 2009. Although conservative monetary policies helped protect Jordan from immediate external shocks, weak domestic and international demand and tight [...]
2009-02-19 16:16:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ETRD EAID KTEX EFIN JO
09AMMAN508LOWEST RAINFALL LEVELS SINCE 1995 CAUSE JORDAN TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is preparing for a summer water crisis due to the lowest rainfall levels since 1995. As the fourth driest country in the world, Jordan has long had its share of water troubles (reftels). Even during years of average to good rain, Jordan's total [...]
2009-02-23 13:32:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALSENV EAGR EAID PGOV PREL JO SY IS
09AMMAN526JORDANIAN RED CRESCENT ECLIPSED BY ALLEGATIONS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The NGO International Relief and Development (IRD) has told PRM that it intends to sever its relationship with the Jordanian Red Crescent (JRC) over its belief that the organization was deliberately double-billing donors for services. As part of an independent inquiry, Post [...]
2009-02-25 12:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID UNHCR IZ JO
09AMMAN582JORDAN'S INTERIOR MINISTRY EASES UNHCR ACCESS TO
[...] (C) The Jordanian Minister of Interior notified UNHCR before he was replaced in a February 23 cabinet reshuffle that the GOJ would ease UNHCR access to all Iraqis detained in Jordan and that the Ministry would order the release of refugees held for overstaying their visas and for working with [...]
2009-03-04 10:09:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF EAID PHUM IZ JO
09AMMAN6MONITORING REFUGEE HEALTH CENTERS IN JORDAN--
[...] (U) Summary: RefCoord and Program Specialist visited on December 22, three health centers for the benefit of Iraqis administered by Jordan Red Crescent Society (JRC) on behalf of three different donors: UNHCR, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and ECHO. [...]
2009-01-04 10:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID IZ JO
09AMMAN611JORDAN CONSIDERS STIMULUS PACKAGE TO AID ITS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Finance (MoF) officials said the government is developing a $212 - $258 million stimulus package to help the private sector weather the global economic crisis (ref B). While the package must still be approved by the Cabinet and Parliament, potential projects include [...]
2009-03-05 04:00:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN JO PGOV
09AMMAN703JORDANIAN FINANCE MINISTER ADVOCATING FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Minister of Finance Bassem Salem plans to replace a proposed $280 million stimulus package with a tax reform program advocated for by the USAID-funded Fiscal Reform Project (ref A). The project seeks to improve tax administration and to implement a revised corpora [...]
2009-03-18 13:01:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN JO PGOV
09AMMAN806JORDAN--SURVEY SHOWS IRAQI REFUGEE WEALTH MORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A draft UNICEF/Save The Children study due for 2009 release will challenge the myth of the affluent Iraqi refugee. The notion that Iraqis in Jordan are well off and so do not deserve assistance persists despite growing evidence that Iraqis are in worsening economic and social [...]
2009-04-01 13:25:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM EAID JO
09AMMAN829UNCC-funded Badia Ecosystems Restoration Program Takes
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC),through its Compensation Fund established to reimburse countries for losses and damages resulting from the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, awarded $160 million to Jordan in 2005 for the Badia Ecosystems Restoration Program (BERP) [...]
2009-04-06 13:39:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV EAID ECON UN IZ KU SA JO
09AMMAN856 DK Garment Factory Shuts Down After Strike and Financial
[...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 93 Bangladeshi employees at DK Textiles Company in Al Hassan Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) went on strike in January 2009 after an altercation between a Bangladeshi supervisor and Bangladeshi employee. The strike led to financial problems that caused DK to clo [...]
2009-04-12 04:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO
09AMMAN859REFCOORD REPORTING FORM RESPONSE JORDAN, SYRIA, AND LEBANON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reftel tasked RefCoords to open a dialogue with UNHCR in the field as they prepare their biannual program/budget planning document, the Country Operational Plan (COP). Initial conversations with UNHCR Country representatives and staff in Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon on the COP re [...]
2009-04-13 09:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID UNHCR IZ JO SY LE
09AMMAN860JORDAN ONLY APPROACH TO RED-DEAD PROJECT GAINS
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Many in Jordan view the Red Sea-Dead Sea conveyance project (RDS) to carry water from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Dead-Sea as a savior to Jordan's water woes. The $15.5 million World Bank RDS feasibility study, which includes a $1.5 million USG contribution, began in May 2008 wit [...]
2009-04-13 10:07:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV EAGR EAID PGOV PREL JO IS
09AMMAN883JORDAN FY 2009 FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT
[...] (U) Embassy Amman's submission for the FY2009 report on fiscal transparency follows. 2. (SBU) Question 1: Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. foreign assistance funds using FY 09 funds? Answer 1: Yes, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) is expected to [...]
2009-04-15 11:59:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL JO
09AMMAN894JORDAN--UNHCR LOOKS AT NEW WAYS TO MONITOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR-Jordan recently changed the composition of its monitoring and evaluation teams to include staff from both its protection and program offices. UNHCR invited the Refugee Coordinator for assistance to participate on March 30, in the first deployment of the newly constitut [...]
2009-04-16 05:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM EAID AORC JO
09AMMAN906WATER POLLUTION INCIDENT TO CAST BLAME ON MINISTRY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) on March 13 suspended pumping water for two days from the King Abdullah Canal, which supplies Amman with one-third of its water needs, after detecting oil and sewage in the waterways. Jordanian authorities determined that the [...]
2009-04-16 15:03:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALSENV PREL EAGR EAID PGOV JO IS
09AMMAN920ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS SENT TO JORDAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: Amendments to a 2008 law that increased regulatory burdens and government oversight over civil society were endorsed by Jordan's cabinet on March 24 and will now be considered by parliament (Ref A). Divisions about the draft amendments have already arisen among the civil societ [...]
2009-04-21 08:28:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KDEM JO
09AMMAN942CORRECTED VERSION: ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Amendments to a 2008 law that increased regulatory burdens and government oversight over civil society were endorsed by Jordan's cabinet on March 24 and will now be considered by parliament (Ref A). Divisions about the draft amendments have already arisen among the civil societ [...]
2009-04-23 05:52:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KDEM JO
09ANKARA1084TURKEY-IRAN BORDER: A TALE OF TWO CUSTOMS POSTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 04:05:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNECON PINS PTER EAID IR TU
09ANKARA1101TURKEY: PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY HAS THE LEAD
[...] (S) Ambassador summarized REF A points to MFA U/S Apakan, July 24. 2. (S) POLOFF reiterated demarche to MFA Israel/Palestine desk officer Rauf Alp Denktas, July 27. Denktas underscored GOT policy that the Palestinian Authority led by President Abbas is the legitimate authority for all Pa [...]
2009-07-31 04:45:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PTER EAID TU WBG IS
09ANKARA1111SOUTHEAST ANATOLIA'S POTENTIAL NOT FULLY REALIZED
[...] (SBU) Summary. We visited Sanliurfa, Mardin, and Diyarbakir and heard opinions ranging from optimism for the future to disillusion over security and economic concerns. After 20 years of work on the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP),we learned that more than 90 percent of the GAP electricit [...]
2009-08-03 04:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEAID ECIN ENRG ECON TU
09ANKARA1216TURKEY: ENGAGEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's experience as an ISAF participant and lead nation, its long-term leadership of Wardak PRT and its sponsorship of the "Ankara Process" confirm its commitment to security and democracy in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Though constrained by limited resources, Turkey is willi [...]
2009-08-19 04:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PTER PINS EAID MASS
09ANKARA1217TURKEY: ENGAGEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's experience as an ISAF participant and lead nation, its long-term leadership of Wardak PRT and its sponsorship of the "Ankara Process" confirm its commitment to security and democracy in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Though constrained by limited resources, Turkey is willi [...]
2009-08-19 04:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PTER PINS EAID MASS
09ANKARA1363TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON FOOD SECURITY DELIVERED
[...] We delivered reftel invitation and draft statement to Ibrahim Yagli, Head of Department at MFA's Office of Multilateral Economic Affairs. He indicated that Turkey is considering the invitation and will decide on an appropriate representative to send, but no final decision has been made. 2. [...]
2009-09-17 05:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EAGR UNGA TU
09ANKARA1381TURKEY SUPPORTS USG OBJECTIVES FOR AD-HOC LIAISON
[...] (SBU) On September 18 we delivered REFTEL objectives to Rauf Denktas at MFA's Directorate General for the Middle East. He told us that Turkey supports the U.S. objectives and that the Deputy Under Secretary for the Middle East and head of the department plan to attend the Ad Hoc Liaison Commi [...]
2009-09-18 15:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KPAL PGOV TU IS EU WBEG
09ANKARA1567TURKEY: TOKYO PLEDGE IN PROGRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 12:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN AF PAK
09ANKARA1695TURKEY: RESPONSE FOR GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION OF THE
[...] (U) This cable responds to the information request in reftel. This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) To what degree will/can technology empower individuals, or civil society in the host country, to exercise a more active role in public life? Are hos [...]
2009-11-25 07:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL SOCI TU
09ANKARA180TERRORISM FINANCE: COUNTERING TERRORIST ABUSE OF
[...] On January 27, we delivered this demarche to MFA Security Affairs Director Metin Ergin. He said the Government of Turkey has seen significant problems with misuse of charitable donations and entities for terrorist purposes in Europe. The GOT is supportive of cracking down on abuses, but Erg [...]
2009-02-04 15:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID TU
09ANKARA32TURKEY ON IRAN UNDP EXECUTIVE BOARD PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points January to MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia and Iranian Affairs Babur Hizlan and, separately, to UN Affairs desk officer Turhan Dilmac. (NOTE: MFA bilateral political directorates have responsibility for country-specific UN decisions. END NOTE.) Hizl [...]
2009-01-08 16:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREF IR UNAUS EAID TU
09ANKARA405TURKEY: PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE AND
[...] (U) We delivered ref A points on the Pakistan Donors' Conference and ref B points on the Afghanistan Conference to MFA South Asia Department Head Babur Girgin March 18. PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE --------------------------- 2. (C) Turkey's representation is undecided for the April 17 me [...]
2009-03-18 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON EFIN INRD IMF AF PK IR TU
09ANKARA522TURKEY TO PLEDGE $100 MILLION AT PAKISTAN DONORS
[...] (C) We delivered ref A follow-up points April 8 on the Pakistan Donors Conference to MFA South Asia Department Head Babur Girgin. Girgin confirmed that Foreign Minister Ali Babacan does plan to attend the conference. Accompanying him will be MFA Deputy U/S for South Asia and Middle East Ferid [...]
2009-04-08 16:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK TU
09ANKARA536FOREIGN ASSISTANCE: TURKISH BUDGET IS TRANSPARENT
[...] Per reftel, Turkey does make publicly available on an annual basis its national budget, including income and expenditures. Therefore, it is in full compliance with Section 7088(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2009. 2. The G [...]
2009-04-10 12:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL TU
09ANKARA602TURKEY: PARTICIPATION IN ISLAMABAD REGIONAL
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points April 24 to MFA South Asia Section Head Emre Karagol. Deputy U/S for South Asia, Middle East and Iran Feridun Sinirlioglu and Deputy DG for South Asia Babur Hizlan are in Washington April 20-25, having traveled there directly from Tokyo where they attended the P [...]
2009-04-24 16:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG ETRD KPWR EAID BEXP AF TU
09ANKARA738TURKEY: PAKISTAN IDP AID DEMARCHE
[...] (C) We delivered REFTEL points on May 22 to MFA South Asia Department Head Emre Karagol. On May 18 Turkey hosted a meeting of all the Pakistan-Afghanistan SRAPS. During the course of this meeting, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu stated that Turkey was preparing a package of aid for Pakistan in a [...]
2009-05-22 16:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON IMF PK PREL TU
09ANKARA774SRAP HOLBROOKE'S GOT BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS: "THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 18 meeting in Istanbul, SRAP Holbrooke pressed his Turkish MFA counterpart to increase Turkey's diplomatic, political, economic/reconstruction and military training activities in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in close coordination with the US. Holbrooke underscored that Tu [...]
2009-06-02 12:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KDEM PK AF TU
09ANKARA852TURKEY: FM DAVUTOGLU VISIT TO PAKISTAN AND
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Davutoglu presented $10 million for IDP support plus additional material aid to Pakistan during a recent visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan July 9-12. Turkey also agreed on a new mechanism for coope [...]
2009-06-18 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV PHUM AF PK TU
09ANTANANARIVO102Comoran Dialogue Finished Before It Begins (Again)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: African Union Special Envoy Madeira obtained agreement early this month from all Comoran stakeholders to convene an Inter-Comoran Dialogue February 27 to March 4. A few days later, President Sambi announced a date for his constitutional referendum (March 22),at which point all [...]
2009-02-17 04:51:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO107 Former Comoran President Azali Watching, Waiting
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Comoran President Azali told Comoros Officer February 17 he is concerned about President Sambi's "dangerous and unconstitutional" actions. He believes Sambi cares too much about foreign friends (like Iran) and is losing touch with the Comoran people; especially Imams who [...]
2009-02-19 09:16:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO114 COMOROS PURSUING GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
[...] SUMMARY: The Union of the Comoros Government (GOC) is actively pursuing geothermal energy options to tap into volcanic Mount Karthala's heat on the main island of Grande Comore. Given the high cost and unreliability of the MAMWE electric utility, the geothermal alternative has the potential t [...]
2009-02-20 04:04:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAID PGOV CN
09ANTANANARIVO115 Comorans Rally Against Sambi
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Dozens of opposition leaders, Imams, and elder leaders representing all three islands held a rally February 18 calling on the people to actively prevent President Sambi's constitutional referendum from taking place. They denounced the president as illegitimate and dangerous, vowi [...]
2009-02-20 05:07:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO138 COMOROS WELCOMES IRANIAN PRESIDENT AHMEDINEJAD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thousands of moderate Sunni Comorans saw no contradiction in turning out to enthusiastically welcome Shi'a Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, to the Comoros February 25. Comorans are pro-American, eagerly asking that we reopen our Embassy and Peace Corps program. After year [...]
2009-02-26 14:32:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PREL PHUM EAID ECON CN IR PGOV PTER
09ANTANANARIVO141MADAGASCAR 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Madagascar is not a confirmed source or destination for internationally trafficked men and women, during the year there were reports of labor and sex trafficking in persons (TIP) within the country's borders. Cultural values, poverty, corruption, lack of funding and capacit [...]
2009-03-02 13:54:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID MA
09ANTANANARIVO142CHINESE MALARIAL RESEARCH IN MADAGASCAR AND
[...] (U) Summary: Chinese researchers have targeted several small islands: Nosy Be, Madagascar and Moheli, Comoros, to conduct drug trials of a new treatment with the hopes of eradicating malaria. Because malaria is among the top three causes of death and disease, especially among young children, [...]
2009-03-02 14:03:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI TBIO EAID CN MA
09ANTANANARIVO153 Inter-Comoran Dialogue Opens
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Union Vice President Idi Nadhoim, speaking on behalf of the Head of State, officially opened the Inter-Comoran Dialogue March 3. African Union Special Envoy Madeira hailed Comorans for their historic decision to meet in order to advance reconciliation. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU [...]
2009-03-04 13:00:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO19 Six Months Of Enhanced Engagement In The Comoros
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since July, 2008, Post has had a dedicated Comoros Officer spending three-quarters of his time on extended TDYs in the Comoros. This cable highlights the positive reaction from the Comoros and improved efforts to pursue Mission objectives. END SUMMARY. U.S. Presence "Promo [...]
2009-01-09 11:01:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN CN
09ANTANANARIVO198France's Last African Colony Votes
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The island of Mayotte, governed by France but claimed by the Union of the Comoros since independence in 1975, will vote March 29 in a "consultation" to become a French Overseas Department. Most observers expect the overwhelming majority of Maorais to vote in favor of becoming a [...]
2009-03-23 09:20:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV EAID CN FR
09ANTANANARIVO200 AU Efforts IN The Comoros Continue
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the Inter-Comoran Dialogue (REFTELS),AU S/E Madeira continues to mediate in the Comoros. With guidance from Addis, he brokered a meeting between Preisdent Sambi and the island presidents and obtained agreement for all parliamentary elections to take place in 2009. Tanza [...]
2009-03-24 09:08:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO207DISASTER DECLARATION - COMPLEX EMERGENCY: POLITICAL CRISIS
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 2 and 11. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. A power struggle beginning in January 2009 that led to an unconstitutional transfer of power has resulted in a severe shock to the economy of Madagascar and a near paralysis of government capability to respond [...]
2009-03-25 10:29:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV ZI
09ANTANANARIVO331 COMOROS DISASTER DECLARATION - WIDESPREAD FLOODING FROM
[...] This is an Action Cable. See para 2 and 5 for action required. SUMMARY: 2. Unseasonably heavy and sustained rains in the Comoros from late March to mid-April caused extensive damage to buildings, infrastructure, and crops. The Government of the Union of the Comoros has declared an offici [...]
2009-05-07 05:33:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV ZI
09ANTANANARIVO399MADAGASCAR: HOW LONG CAN THE HAT GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The IMF predicts that Madagascar's transition government (HAT) will likely be able to make payroll for its workers and soldiers through July using normal fiscal revenues. However, during the latter half of 2009, the HAT will probably receive less tax and customs revenue, and cann [...]
2009-06-04 07:40:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALECON EAID ENRG EFIN PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO475 COMOROS CABINET RESHUFFLE
[...] (SBU) SUBJECT: Union of the Comoros President Sambi made sweeping changes to his cabinet June 24, dismissing some competent and loyal Ministers in favor or several unknowns. END SUBJECT. 2. (SBU) President Sambi has made the most dramatic changes to his cabinet since taking office in 2006 [...]
2009-06-25 10:58:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO747MADAGASCAR: FURTHER EMBASSY INPUT FOR AGOA REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: As the 2010 interagency AGOA review now moves forward toward making decisions, post offers this additional input and background to inform agencies' ongoing deliberations. Post recommends that Madagascar's AGOA eligibility be maintained for 2010 if the Malagasy leaders can demons [...]
2009-10-30 05:57:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAGR EAID PHUM MA
09ANTANANARIVO752MADAGASCAR: ALL EYES ON ADDIS
[...] (C) Summary: The African Union will host a meeting of Madagascar's four vying political chiefs Nov 3-5 in Addis Ababa. The meeting has been touted alternately as a forum for getting the four chiefs' seal of approval on the provisional agreements made during the Oct 6 international contact gro [...]
2009-11-02 13:16:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAGR EAID PHUM MA
09ANTANANARIVO76 DISASTER DECLARATION - SIGNIFICANT DAMAGES AND POPULATION
[...] This is an Action Cable. See Paragraphs 9 and 10 below. ------- Summary ------- 2. The Intense Tropical Cyclone Fanele, a category three tropical cyclone, hit a populated area on the west coast of Madagascar in the Morondava region on the morning of January 20, 2009 and headed westward [...]
2009-02-03 11:58:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL SENV SOCI MA
09ANTANANARIVO775MADAGASCAR'S CRISIS TAKES A TOLL ON BASIC EDUCATION
[...] The on-going political and economic crisis in Madagascar is taking a toll on the basic education system and prospects for continued gains in improving education for 4,400,000 primary school children. Available resources from the government and donors have diminished and parents are being expect [...]
2009-11-13 09:28:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI EAID SCUL MA
09ANTANANARIVO784MADAGASCAR: AGOA PRODUCTION CONTINUES PENDING ELIGIBILITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The approximately forty garment factories that are producing clothing in Madagascar for export to the U.S. under the terms of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) have reduced production and workforce by an estimated 15 to 20 percent since the coup last March, but only one [...]
2009-11-17 13:13:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDAGOA ECON EAID EAGR ETRD PHUM MA
09ANTANANARIVO863GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVE: MADAGASCAR COMMENT
[...] SUMMARY: This cable is in response to reftel, "Global Health Initiative: Promoting Greater Awareness and Participation". Post welcomes the opportunity to provide input on the Global Health Initiative (GHI). Post supports the GHI Principles as they bring attention to key elements of health pro [...]
2009-12-15 14:40:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KHIV KWMN KOCI MA
09ANTANANARIVO87 Comoros Reestablishes Links To Swahili Coast
[...] (U) SUMMARY: After decades of instability and post-colonial focus on France, the Union of the Comoros is rediscovering historic links to the Swahili Coast of Africa. In partnership with Tanzania's Board of External Trade, the Comoran Chamber of Commerce will soon open an office in Dar es Sal [...]
2009-02-09 06:04:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON ETRD CN
09ANTANANARIVO88Comoran Students Look Abroad For Opportunity
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Comoran education and foreign ministry officials express growing concern about the trend in Comoran students going abroad far and wide seeking educational opportunities. Thousands of Comorans study in more than 30 countries, some with scholarships, some self-financed and most ob [...]
2009-02-09 06:04:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON CN
09ASHGABAT1006 TURKMENISTAN: USAID SEMINAR ON LOCAL GOVERNANCE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 5-6, 25 Turkmen parliamentarians, local government leaders and other officials participated in a USAID sponsored seminar on local governance. The Turkmen parliament is currently considering reforms to t [...]
2009-08-10 11:17:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KDEM TX
09ASHGABAT102STRAIGHT TALK BETWEEN TURKMENISTAN'S STATE
[...] (SBU) Chairman of the State Counternarcotics Service (SCNS),Col. Murat Islamov, told UN Office on Drugs and Crime(UNODC) Project Coordinator, Ercan Saka, at an Imamnazar Border Crossing Checkpoint Project Steering Committee meeting on January 15 that Turkmenistan is not a narcotics smuggling [...]
2009-01-22 08:18:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX AORC
09ASHGABAT1053TURKMENISTAN: NEW ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT WITH UN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A six-year assistance framework agreement signed by the UN and the Turkmen government last week covers a broader range of areas for cooperation than the previous agreement, perhaps a further indication that the Turkmen Government is slowly opening up to the world. Although many [...]
2009-08-20 12:33:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID UN TX
09ASHGABAT1060TURKMENISTAN: JAPANESE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY HAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This week, officials from Japan's development agency made a trip to Turkmenistan for the first time in 10 years to discuss broadening cooperation. Their talks focused on a plan to modernize the port at Turkmenbashy, which would then become a point on the east-west transit corrid [...]
2009-08-21 12:19:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECIN ELTN EWWT JA TX
09ASHGABAT1168TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 12:33:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EAGR UNGA TX
09ASHGABAT1210TURKMENISTAN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNGA FOOD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-24 09:16:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EAGR UNGA TX
09ASHGABAT123TURKMENISTAN: INTERNEWS RECEIVES POSITIVE SIGNALS ON MEDIA
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings on January 22 with the Turkmen National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) and Ministry of Culture and Broadcasting, USAID/Internews received renewed confirmation of these entities' desire for [...]
2009-01-26 12:43:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT1230TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON BUDGETARY TRANSPARENCY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 11:27:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN ECON PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1244TURKMENISTAN REFUSES INCOMING GROUP OF PEACE CORPS
[...] (C) Post received a diplomatic note September 29, stating that the incoming group of 50 new Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) should arrive fall 2010 rather than October 2, as had been planned. Earlier the same day, the Acting Peace Corps Country Director had received a call from MFA, saying that [...]
2009-09-29 14:19:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SCUL TX
09ASHGABAT1247REACHING OUT TO THE TURKMEN DIASPORA: A WORK IN
[...] (SBU) Officially, there is a clear recognition within Turkmenistan that there is a Turkmen diaspora beyond the borders of the country, including both descendants of groups long departed from Turkmenistan and more recent emigrants. Efforts to reach out to this diaspora began only during the ear [...]
2009-09-30 12:45:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL
09ASHGABAT1294TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT INDIFFERENCE IMPEDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkmen people are making ends meet by creativity in business and supporting family within the tribal system, but with little help from their government. The EU TACIS Program Advisor in Turkmenistan said that traditional assistance programs allow the government to take a cut o [...]
2009-10-14 12:54:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1319TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PARTNERING FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-20 09:57:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD UN TX
09ASHGABAT1328TURKMENISTAN: STATE HYRDOCARBON AGENCY HEAD ASKS FOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: After waiting since early August for an October 20 meeting to discuss potential cooperation on introducing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) with funding from the USAID-Chevron public-private partn [...]
2009-10-22 11:58:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT137TURKMENISTAN: INFORMATION ON COUNTERING TERRORIST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 10:06:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID TX
09ASHGABAT1373TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON MCC INDICATOR SCORECARD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 09:04:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC TX
09ASHGABAT138MICROSOFT/POLIMEKS DEVELOPING TURKMEN DICTIONARY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Post has learned that Microsoft, with support from Turkish construction firm Policom Istanbul (known locally as "Polimeks"),has apparently agreed to develop a Turkmen language dictionary and relevant software in cooperatio [...]
2009-01-29 03:21:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID ECON ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1400 TURKMENISTAN: USAID TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On September 10, USAID and its implementer, Project HOPE, held a conference to mark the completion of their second five-year tuberculosis (TB) program. From 2000 to 2009, this program cooperated with the Ministry [...]
2009-11-02 09:38:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1415TURKMENISTAN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BUDGETARY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) On November 2, post received a diplomatic note from the Turkmenistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to Ref B demarche that urged the Turkmen government to improve its budgetary transparency. BEGIN DIPLOMATIC [...]
2009-11-04 12:37:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1417TURKMENISTAN: ENVIRONMENTAL NGOS TRYING TO SPREAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two environmental NGOs in Turkmenistan are attempting to educate the public about the environment, about interactions with nature, and in general how to behave in society. Their ability to operate is restricted by the government's refusal to register NGOs. They also face a lang [...]
2009-11-04 13:42:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID OSCI SENV TSPL TX ZK
09ASHGABAT1428 THE FEW FOREIGN BANKS IN TURKMENISTAN
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Five foreign banks currently operate in Turkmenistan: Turkmen-Turkish Bank, National Bank of Pakistan, Saderat (Export) Bank of Iran, Deutsche Bank and Commerz Bank of Germany. Besides the two German banks, these ba [...]
2009-11-06 14:14:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON EAID PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1469TURKMENISTAN: UNDP WORKS TO BUILD ANALYTIC SKILLS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A United Nations Development Program (UNDP) project to develop analytic capacity among government employees in Turkmenistan seems to be making progress toward its goal of improving policy planning skills at the Institute of Strategic Planning and Economic Development. In a Novemb [...]
2009-11-17 04:19:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PREL SOCI UNDP TX
09ASHGABAT1549TURKMENISTAN: PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, a technical advisor funded through the USAID-Chevron Global Development Alliance delivered a presentation on "The Role of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Encouraging Foreign [...]
2009-12-04 09:22:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT1550TURKMENISTAN: STATE HYDROCARBON AGENCY SUBMITS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 25, USAID received a detailed request for technical cooperation from the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources. The requested activities, which will be carried out within the fr [...]
2009-12-04 09:23:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID EPET TX
09ASHGABAT1551 TURKMENISTAN: DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS ANNOUNCES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 23, USAID received a letter dated November 19 from Head of Mission- Turkmenistan for Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF) announcing its intentions to end its operational presence in Turkmenistan. MSF had [...]
2009-12-04 11:40:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1630TURKMENISTAN: TURKISH ASSISTANCE PROMOTES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA) has a wide range of programs in Turkmenistan, including healthcare, education, law enforcement, agriculture, and tourism. The TIKA Turkmenistan country representative described the agriculture and tourism project [...]
2009-12-18 09:53:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL SOCI TU TX
09ASHGABAT1665TURKMEN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO JAPAN NOT A PANACEA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmen media spent several days giving headline coverage to President Berdimuhamedov's recent visit to Japan. Although they painted the trip as successful, a Japanese Embassy official was more cautious, saying that the visit was more productive economically than politically. Eve [...]
2009-12-29 09:14:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEAID ETRD PREL JA TX
09ASHGABAT1669TURKMENISTAN: DESERT INSTITUTE OPEN TO SCIENTIFIC
[...] (SBU) Poloff on December 29 met with the director of the Turkmenistan National Institute of Deserts, Flora, and Fauna, one of his deputies, and a deputy minister of the Turkmenistan Ministry of Nature Protection to discuss possible future joint projects that might fulfill the goals of Presiden [...]
2009-12-30 07:40:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEAID OSCI SENV TSPL PREL PGOV UN TX
09ASHGABAT181UNDP PLAYS UP ITS SPECIAL ROLE IN TURKMENISTAN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an introductory meeting with Charge on January 29, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative, Richard Young, and Deputy Resident Representative, Inita Paulovica, outlined current UNDP pro [...]
2009-02-04 11:45:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT197POLIMEKS IN TURKMENISTAN WOULD BE A HARD ACT FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The largest Turkish construction firm active in Turkmenistan, Polimeks, has set up a communications subsidiary -- Policom. The company's General Manager said that these companies begin work on projects without contracts, and made it clear that this is possible because Polimek [...]
2009-02-09 12:07:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL EIND EAID ETRD SOCI ECON TX TU
09ASHGABAT198TURKMENISTAN: UNDP ENCOURAGES DONOR COORDINATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting, the local United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Deputy Representative mentioned her organization's "privileged access" to work with the Turkmen in some areas of Government reform. She contrasted this with the Turkmen Government's wariness about U.S. assis [...]
2009-02-09 12:33:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL EAID UNDP TX
09ASHGABAT199TURKMENISTAN - AFGHANISTAN ELECTRICITY TALKS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 3-5, Afghanistan's Minister of Energy and Water Resources Mohammad Ismail Khan led a delegation to Ashgabat to discuss potential increased electricity exports to Afghanistan. After meeting with recent [...]
2009-02-09 12:43:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT212TURKMENISTAN UNICEF DIRECTOR PROPOSES DIRECTION
[...] (C) On February 6, Charge met with resident UNICEF Director, Abdul Alim, to discuss UNICEF's upcoming five-year country strategy document. In the course of the discussion, Alim, a citizen of Pakistan, turned to his views on the "war for the hearts and minds" of the Islamic world, specifically [...]
2009-02-11 13:01:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KIRF PK TX
09ASHGABAT244TURKMENISTAN: AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW
[...] (C) On February 20, DCM discussed reftel policy review with MFA Americas Department Chief Serdar Bashimov. Bashimov seemed gratified that the United States was inviting Turkmenistan's input. He said such a review, which sought the views of regional partners, was a "wise and correct" approach [...]
2009-02-20 12:14:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EAID NATO AF PK TX
09ASHGABAT254TURKMENISTAN: RESIDENTS AND ENTREPRENEURS IN MARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Food processors from around Mary province told Economic Officer that they need capital to increase their manufacturing capacities. Accepting Turkmen Government equipment would force them to hand over all food production to the Government, thus severely reducing their profits. Th [...]
2009-02-24 11:43:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR EAID BTIO SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT263TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 07:14:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID SL TX
09ASHGABAT270U.S. AGRICULTURE ECONOMISTS CONCLUDE SUCCESSFUL
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The visit of two professors from the University of Nevada, Reno College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources to teach seminars at the Agriculture University was successful, with groundwork laid for [...]
2009-02-27 12:16:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EAID TX
09ASHGABAT315TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE OF DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS OPENS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an introductory meeting with the Charge on March 9, Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) Director, Shirin Ahmedova, highlighted the "positive and constructive" relations it enjoyed with USAID and [...]
2009-03-10 09:08:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KDEM TX
09ASHGABAT326AUSTRALIAN PTROCHEMICALS FIRM TAKING A CLOSE LOOK
[...] (C) An Australian trade delegation led by Australian Trade Commission Senior Commissioner for Russia and the CIS Dan Tebbutt told Economic Officer on March 10 that he observed, during a similar visit with Australian mining companies last year, that Turkmen officials from the mining sector wer [...]
2009-03-12 12:38:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEAID EMIN EPET PREL TX AS
09ASHGABAT330TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR BABY BOOM BUT TURKMEN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: Alarmed at falling birth rates, the Government of Turkmenistan is taking new steps to encourage families to have more children. The government provides modest benefits for mothers and children, and is trying to come u [...]
2009-03-13 14:59:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI EAID TX
09ASHGABAT331TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR BABY BOOM BUT TURKMEN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: Alarmed at falling birth rates, the Government of Turkmenistan is taking new steps to encourage families to have more children. The government provides modest benefits for mothers and children, and is trying to come u [...]
2009-03-13 15:13:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI EAID TX
09ASHGABAT332TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR BABY BOOM BUT TURKMEN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: Alarmed at falling birth rates, the Government of Turkmenistan is taking new steps to encourage families to have more children. The government provides modest benefits for mothers and children, and is trying to come u [...]
2009-03-13 15:13:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI EAID TX
09ASHGABAT333TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR BABY BOOM BUT TURKMEN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: Alarmed at falling birth rates, the Government of Turkmenistan is taking new steps to encourage families to have more children. The government provides modest benefits for mothers and children, and is trying to come u [...]
2009-03-13 15:14:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI EAID TX
09ASHGABAT335 TURKMENISTAN: MICROFINANCE APPEARS INCREASINGLY POSSIBLE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27, Turkmenistan's first-ever conference on microfinance was organized in Ashgabat by the UN Development Program (UNDP). Titled "Microfinance - A Tool to Enhance Private Sector Development in Turkmenis [...]
2009-03-13 15:17:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT40TURKMENISTAN: ECONOMIC POLICY PROJECT RECEIVES LETTER OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 6, 2009, the Country Coordinator of USAID's implementing partner for its Economic Reform to Enhance Competitiveness (EREC) project, BearingPoint, received an e-mail from Turkmenistan's Cabinet of Ministe [...]
2009-01-13 05:58:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT41TURKMENISTAN: USTDA MEETINGS WITH HYDROCARBON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings with the U.S. Trade Development Agency (TDA) Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia and Charge, Turkmenistan hydrocarbon sector officials agreed to consider further cooperation with TDA. Turkmengas will continue to develop onshore gas deposits itself, hiring ser [...]
2009-01-13 10:11:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT413TURKMENISTAN'S OVERALL BUDGET FIGURE IS PUBLICLY
[...] (SBU) The following is Post's response to reftel that requests information about Turkmenistan's central government budget. 2. (SBU) Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. foreign assistance funded using FY 09 funds? Yes, the Turkmenistan Government wi [...]
2009-04-02 05:02:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL TX
09ASHGABAT475TURKMENISTAN: LACK OF PROGRESS IN EDUCATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A local economist and a member of Ashgabat's international banking community told a Eurasian Foundation of Central Asia delegation that change, while not happening as fast as some people would have liked, is taking place in Turkmenistan. The economist said that it will take d [...]
2009-04-15 11:50:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID EIND EFIN SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT476IPC AGRI: ONE EXAMPLE OF COMMERCIAL SUCCESS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sales of Case New Holland equipment to Turkmenistan continue apace in 2009, with shipment of 300 tractors and $30 million in spare parts underway. Exclusive importer of Case New Holland and John Deere equipment to Turkmenistan, IPC Agri feels that its business is secure due t [...]
2009-04-15 11:51:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID EIND ETRD TX RU
09ASHGABAT482TURKMENISTAN'S STATE TOURISM AND SPORTS COMMITTEE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of the State Tourism and Sports Committee said that they are interested in developing Community-Based Tourism (CBT),especially national crafts, higher education for tourism professionals, and some [...]
2009-04-16 12:37:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EIND TX
09ASHGABAT483TURKMENISTAN-AFGHANISTAN MARCH 11 CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 11, USAID met with representatives of the Turkmenistan Ministry of Energy and Industry (MOEI) to continue consultations in support of the supply by Turkmenistan to Afghanistan of 300 MW of electric power [...]
2009-04-17 08:46:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT498 EDUCATION OFFICIALS EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR COOPERATION, BUT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher's meeting with Turkmenistan's top two education officials successfully presented U.S. views and continued engagement in this area. Unfortunately, it also revealed the continued [...]
2009-04-20 05:55:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL EAID KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT501TURMENISTAN: ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AT THE HAZAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNDP and the Global Environmental Fund are sponsoring a project for community outreach in the Hazar Nature Reserve, to reduce the amount of hunting and fishing of endangered and unique species in the area. This involves the delicate work of trying to change the habits of those [...]
2009-04-20 10:39:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID EPET ESTH SENV AORC TX
09ASHGABAT514TURKMENISTAN CAN BE A TOUGH ENVIRONMENT FOR
[...] (C) Visiting Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia representatives recently met with UNICEF's acting Representative, Abdul Alim, to discuss the prospects for an international NGO seeking to initiate a program in Turkmenistan. Alim said the first step is to assess government interest in the propo [...]
2009-04-21 12:25:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT536TURKMENISTAN: AFGHANISTAN REGIONAL ECONOMIC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 05:39:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PREL AF TX
09ASHGABAT541DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-29 09:03:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID ADB TX
09ASHGABAT619TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-15 08:17:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID CH TX
09ASHGABAT629 TURKMENISTAN: FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS IN THE ISOLATED
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recently thought of as a disease of the turn of the last century, tuberculosis (TB) has once again reared its ugly head. While, in modern times, TB is mostly associated with HIV infection in developing countries, [...]
2009-05-19 03:48:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI KZ
09ASHGABAT753SABIT COORDINATOR BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS WITH
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The coordinator of the Central Asia office of the U.S. Department of Commerce Special American Business Internship Training (SABIT) program met with Turkmen government officials to promote the program. She focuse [...]
2009-06-12 13:18:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAGR EAID ECON EFIN EIND EPET SOCI
09ASHGABAT768UNICEF OFFICIAL DISCUSSES TURKMEN RELUCTANCE TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A UNICEF official said that Turkmenistan lacks the motivation to supply education statistics necessary to be considered for Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) funds. In addition, Turkmenistan's gross domestic product per capita income most likely puts it in the middle-inco [...]
2009-06-18 12:20:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT85GOVERNMENT SHAKEUP LEADS MINFIN TO REQUEST IFRS TRAINING
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to the January 15 government personnel changes, a Ministry of Finance department head requested a meeting on January 16 with USAID FSN in which he pleaded for USAID training for the Ministry's staff on [...]
2009-01-20 10:18:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT920TURKMENISTAN: GTZ RULE OF LAW PROJECT FOCUSES ON
[...] (C) On July 21, poloff discussed GTZs (German Society for Technical Cooperation) Supporting Legal and Judicial Reform in Central Asia Program with Head of Program Hirbod Aminlari, based in Tashkent, and its local Legal Coordinator Alexander Jumayev. Aminlari stressed that the program focuses o [...]
2009-07-22 12:50:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID SOCI KCOR TX
09ASHGABAT943TURKMENISTAN: IDHR EXPRESSES INTEREST IN WORKING
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative Country Director in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan Catherine Dwyer briefed Charge July 28 on a meeting she had with National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) Direct [...]
2009-07-29 06:21:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAID ECON TX
09ASHGABAT991TURKMENISTAN: EBRD MOVING AHEAD ON SME GREEN FIELD
[...] (SBU) On August 4, Poloff met with a visiting EBRD Small Business Development Mission, Senior Banker Oksana Pak and Senior Investment Officer Marie-Paule Claes, and local Head of Office Neil McKain to discuss EBRD's proposed start-up bank project. The concept to establish a privately held ba [...]
2009-08-05 12:36:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EBRD PGOV EFIN SOCI TX
09ASMARA113EC GREENLIGHTS 122 MILLION EURO AID PACKAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: European Commission (EC) member countries have officially signed off on a 122 million euro aid package for Eritrea, according to an EC representative. The decision now goes to the EC president for final approval, which the representative believes will happen. The EC funds will g [...]
2009-04-08 15:10:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL PGOV ER
09ASMARA126STRENGTHENING EASTERN SUDAN CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of Africa (PCHA) is concluding its fifth USG-funded workshop for eastern Sudanese NGO leaders. The week long workshop invited 29 participants from the four previous workshops to attend a final session on "training the trainers." Embassy offic [...]
2009-04-20 13:20:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM SOCI EAID SU ER
09ASMARA131EMBASSY'S USAID FSN RELEASED AFTER 15 MONTHS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Asmara's sole USAID FSN was released on April 18 after 15 months in prison. The Eritrean government (GSE) arrested him in January 2008, holding him in a prison in downtown Asmara. He spent four months in solitary confinement in a 3x6 foot cell. The FSN, Mehreteab Araya, [...]
2009-04-24 08:13:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV EAID PINR ASEC ER
09ASMARA138ICRC UNDER NEW PRESSURE FROM ISAIAS REGIME
[...] (C) NO FUEL, NO TRAVEL PERMITS ----------------------------------- ICRC, which has a relatively large and active program in Eritrea, has long been seen as unusually favored by the Isaias regime, which dislikes NGOs and is contemptuous of UN agencies. For no apparent reason, ICRC is now bein [...]
2009-04-29 12:24:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREF PHUM PBTS ICRC ER
09ASMARA143CHINA'S MERCANTILIST AID TO ERITREA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China's foreign assistance to Eritrea consists in part of a multi-million dollar shopping spree for Chinese manufactured goods selected by a senior Eritrean official, according to the Chinese ambassador to Eritrea. End Summary. 2. (C) MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR GIFT CARD ----------- [...]
2009-05-04 12:02:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL ECON ER CH
09ASMARA154CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES APPEALS FOR ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Country Director Jim McLaughlin told the ambassador that CRS will close down in June if it is unable to secure USG funding of at least $750,000 to $800,000. McLaughlin had just returned from consultations with CRS headquarters in Baltimore where this decisio [...]
2009-05-12 14:50:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALEAID ER PREL
09ASMARA225ERITREA TIGHTENS VICE ON ICRC
[...] (C) ONCE FAVORED, NOW UNWANTED ---------------------------------- The Isaias regime has greatly restricted the operations of the once-favored International Committee of the Red Cross, according to the ICRC Head of Delegation Gherardo Pontrandolfi (strictly protect). The operational environm [...]
2009-07-14 11:52:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALEAID PHUM PREF PGOV ER
09ASMARA239RELEASE OF ARRESTED AMCIT EMBASSY EMPLOYEE AFTER 4
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 14, pol/econ assistant Helen Tesfazion, a dual Eritrean-American citizen, was arrested, held in a small cell, and interrogated for four days at an unknown location in Keren, 60 miles from Asmara, Eritrea. She was released on July 18th, after being told she was a spy, doin [...]
2009-07-24 08:55:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALAPER ASEC CASC EAID ER KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR
09ASMARA252ISAIAS GIVES EC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER COLD
[...] (C) Louis Michel, former European Commission (EC) Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, met with President Isaias July 30 to discuss the details of the upcoming 122 million euro aid package Eritrea is set to receive (reftel). In addition, Michel brought up two specific political [...]
2009-08-04 14:53:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EUN ER
09ASMARA264BIOGRAPHICAL DATA OF ERITREAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) Biographical data is incuded for the following Eritrean government officials, as requested: 2. (SBU) Ali Abdu Ahmed. Male. DPOB: 15 May 1965, Asmara, Eritrea. Diplomatic passport number: D000512; issued 20 JUL 1999; expiration date: 13 JUL 2009. Note: Though the passport has expi [...]
2009-08-11 12:59:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER EAID UNSC ER
09ASMARA269ICRC IN ERITREA BEING UNMEE'ED
[...] (C) AN ASMARA VERB: The Isaias regime is attempting to UNMEE the ICRC in Eritrea, fears ICRC Head of Delegation Gherardo Pontrandolfi (please protect). Among Eritrea's dwindling expat community, the verb "to UNMEE" is used to connote the regime's purposeful tightening of restrictions on an u [...]
2009-08-12 13:28:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV ER
09ASMARA407ISAIAS ADMITS FAMINE PRESENT IN ERITREA; PROMISES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a surprising departure from his public pronouncements on the non-existence of hunger in Eritrea, President Isaias admitted to visiting UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Hilde Johnson that there is famine in the country and UNICEF's help is needed. Johnson briefed Western diplom [...]
2009-11-20 07:40:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALEAID ER PGOV PREL
09ASMARA437SOON JUST TWO NGOS LEFT IN ERITREA?
[...] (C) New Eritrean government (GSE) policies could force two of the remaining four international NGOs to leave Eritrea, according to Ayman Omer, director of Oxfam. According to Omer, the Ministry of Labor and Human Welfare (MLHW) will now require international NGOs to have an operating budget of [...]
2009-12-21 12:07:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV ER
09ASMARA446CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES SHUTS DOWN
[...] (C) Catholic Relief Services (CRS) will close its doors by February 2010, reducing to three the total number of international NGOs in Eritrea. The Ministry of Labor and Human Welfare (MLHW),which oversees NGO operations, recently mandated CRS to end its operations because it could not "meet [...]
2009-12-31 13:38:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV ER
09ASTANA109 KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM REFORM PROJECT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The World Bank's five-year project for reforming Kazakhstan's outmoded health-care system is progressing but faces considerable difficulties. Planned reforms include health financing and budget planning; health-car [...]
2009-01-21 10:44:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SOCI SENV KZ
09ASTANA1215 KAZAKHSTAN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coordinating Committee of the Public-Private Economic Partnership Initiative (PPEPI) held its second meeting on July 17 in Astana. During the meeting, the PPEPI Secretariat summarized the initiative's progress to date. The meeting revealed that there are obstacles and imp [...]
2009-07-22 10:18:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1266 KAZAKHSTAN TAKES FURTHER STEPS TO PROTECT INVESTORS
[...] SUMMARY: On July 14, President Nazarbayev signed legislation that will toughen and improve general reporting requirements for joint stock companies (JSCs) as well as certain business transactions of JSCs. The new provisions will also require disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by m [...]
2009-07-27 04:19:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID EINV SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1348 KAZAKHSTAN REDUCES BURDENSOME BUSINESS INSPECTIONS
[...] SUMMARY: Inspections of business enterprises in Kazakhstan have traditionally served as disincentives to entrepreneurs due to their intrusive and burdensome nature. Recognizing this as a drag on business development and economic diversification, President Nazarbayev ordered a moratorium on i [...]
2009-08-05 10:41:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1373 POWERING AFGHANISTAN: CONSIDERING THE CONTRIBUTION OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Reliable, affordable electricity is vitally important to Afghanistan's economic growth, prosperity, and stability. Donors are investing substantial resources in Afghanistan to build a power transmission and distr [...]
2009-08-11 06:07:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PGOV ECON EAID EINV KZ AF ZK
09ASTANA1428 KAZAKHSTAN STEPS CLOSER TO SUPPORT FOR A SINGLE-WINDOW FOR
[...] SUMMARY: Since 2007, the USAID Regional Trade Liberalization and Customs Project, in cooperation with the German International Development Agency (GTZ),has encouraged the Governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan to implement electronic single-window systems to simplify the proce [...]
2009-08-24 10:40:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID ECON SOCI KZ
09ASTANA150 KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF ECONOMY SUPPORTS CLOSER
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 23, the Ambassador met Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Bakhyt Sultanov and discussed the government's response to the financial crisis, the new tax code, administrative barriers to doing busines [...]
2009-01-27 01:42:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN EAID KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1531 KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND UNGA FOOD
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On September 15, we delivered the official invitation for the head of Kazakhstan's delegation to the UNGA to attend the meeting on Partnering for Food Security (reftel). On September 16, Zhanar Kulzhanova of the MFA's Inte [...]
2009-09-16 11:41:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA KZ
09ASTANA167 KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF EXTENSION OF PROGRAM
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 3. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: According to the USAID Economic Contagion Tracker released in January, Kazakhstan is one of only three CIS countries that is listed as a R [...]
2009-01-28 11:07:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID ECON KZ
09ASTANA1842 KAZAKHSTAN FY 2010 COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF 1206 FUNDING
[...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Embassy Astana's Country Team approve the Kazakhstan Fiscal Year 2010 1206 funding proposal. The proposals are for equipment and training for the Kazakhstan Peacekeeping Brigade (KAZBRIG) of the Airmobile Forces Command and the Air Defense Forces. The proposal fo [...]
2009-10-13 06:30:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS MCAP PARM EAID KOMC KZ
09ASTANA1844 KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR SECTION 1004 COUNTERNARCOTICS
[...] Embassy Astana Country Team and Deputy Chief of Mission have approved the Kazakhstan FY10 request for DOD support under Section 1004 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, as amended for support concerning the Government of Kazakhstan Counternarcotics (CN) effort. 2. Emb [...]
2009-10-13 09:15:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS MCAP PARM EAID KOMC KZ
09ASTANA1856 KAZAKHSTAN: NEW AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE AGENCY?
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 14, Talgat Kaliyev, head of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs' new policy planning staff, told the DCM that with FM Saudabayev's endorsement, he is exploring plans to establish a bureau within [...]
2009-10-16 02:09:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SOCI AF KZ
09ASTANA1971 KAZAKHSTAN: NO COMMENT YET ON PARTNERING FOR FOOD
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On October 23, Post delivered the Secretary's letter and non-paper on food security to Minister of Agriculture Akylbek Kurishbayev per reftel. The Ministry is still studying the non-paper. HOAGLAND [...]
2009-11-05 10:11:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR EAID ETRD KZ
09ASTANA1983 KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER EVALUATES PPEPI
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, the Ambassador, USAID's Mission Director for Central Asia, and the American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan's Executive Director discussed the U.S.-Kazakhstan Public Private Economic Partnership I [...]
2009-11-10 06:33:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID ECON EINV KZ
09ASTANA1985 KAZAKHSTAN: TRAFFICKING AWARENESS CAMPAIGN COMPLETED
[...] SUMMARY: INL's anti-trafficking information campaign, including 10 performances of the play "Night Stars," a roundtable, and press conference, received unanimously positive responses. "Night Stars," based on true-life stories of former victims of trafficking, was performed in Astana by the Kok [...]
2009-11-10 10:29:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB EAID SMIG SOCI KTIP KCRM KWKN KZ
09ASTANA2026 KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY, EDUCATION, AND EXPECTATIONS IN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mud, oil, gas, and ambition blend to form the strange clay that molds the Western Kazakhstani city of Atyrau. In a three-day visit from November 5-7, DCM, Energy Officer, and local staff met with the Deputy Gover [...]
2009-11-13 08:41:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET EAID SOCI KDEM KWMN KZ
09ASTANA2090 ALL IN A DAY'S WORK: KAZAKHSTANI FOREIGN MINISTER IN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 22, State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev traveled to Kabul to discuss bilateral cooperation with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and unveil Kazakhstan's 2009-2011 assistance package. Saudab [...]
2009-11-24 09:27:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAID OSCE AF KZ
09ASTANA2099 KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable responds to reftel request for nominees from Kazakhstan for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit in 2010. It also summarizes Mission plans to conduct a series of public diplomacy events and business roundtables to highlight the importance of fostering entrepreneu [...]
2009-11-30 10:26:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EINV EAID KZ
09ASTANA213 KAZAKHSTAN: NGO HEAD RECOMMENDS MORE ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met on February 4 with Tamara Kaleyeva, director of the media watchdog NGO "Adil Soz." Kaleyeva said the Kazakhstani media are very polarized between pro-government and opposition media outlets, wi [...]
2009-02-05 10:52:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA2159 KAZAHKSTAN: SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE HEARS REALISTIC
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake and the Ambassador found that civil society in Kazakhstan is alive and well during a roundtable with democracy and human-rights leaders on Decem [...]
2009-12-18 05:19:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI OSCE KZ
09ASTANA251 KAZAKHSTAN: REGIONAL ELECTRICITY MARKET MUST OVERCOME
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 5, Energy Officer accompanied USAID Senior Energy Policy Specialist Michael Trainor to meetings with major players in Kazakhstan's power sector to solicit feedback on USAID's new Regional Energy Market [...]
2009-02-12 02:38:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAID ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA254 KAZAKHSTAN: U.S.-FUNDED PROJECTS IN STEPNOGORSK SHOW
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff recently met with various interlocutors working on several U.S.-funded nonproliferation-related projects in Stepnogorsk. Stepnogorsk today represents the opportunities and challenges the Kazakhstani govern [...]
2009-02-12 08:42:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL EAID EAGR TBIO KNNP KZ
09ASTANA267 KAZAKHSTAN: NEW MINISTER OF HEALTH PLEDGES CONTINUED
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 12, the Ambassador met for the first time with new Minister of Health Zhaksylyk Doskaliyev, and further reinforced the strong partnership that exists between the United States and Kazakhstan in the area [...]
2009-02-13 09:58:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID EINV SOCI KNNP KZ
09ASTANA270 KAZAKHSTAN: USAID PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM PRODUCES
[...] SUMMARY: The 2006 HIV outbreak among children in southern Kazakhstan is a painful reminder to Kazakhstani families of the vulnerabilities in their health-care system. However, as a result of the outbreak, a USAID exchange program conducted in September 2007 contributed to the recent establis [...]
2009-02-13 10:09:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA297KAZAKHSTAN: MFA OFFICIAL URGES A POTUS VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 18 with Pol-Econ Chief, MFA Americas Department Director Askar Tazhiyev pressed for a POTUS visit to Kazakhstan in the near future. This would send a clear signal to Russia that the United States remains fully engaged in Central Asia, and would support Kazakhsta [...]
2009-02-19 10:30:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON KNNP IAEA RS AF KZ
09ASTANA319KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER TAZHIN SAYS RUSSIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed the U.S. government's Afghanistan-Pakistan policy review and the increase in U.S. military forces in Afghanistan with Foreign Minister Tazhin on February 24. Tazhin said that the Kazakhstani government is considering providing reconstruction and humanit [...]
2009-02-24 10:13:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID AF PK RS KZ
09ASTANA344 KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK OFFICIALS DISCUSS ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador had an introductory meeting with incoming World Bank Country Director for Central Asia Motoo Konishi on February 24. Konishi and World Bank Country Manager for Kazakhstan Sergei Shatalov explained [...]
2009-02-25 06:22:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ
09ASTANA386 KAZAKHSTAN: FATE OF LARGEST PRIVATE BANK UNCERTAIN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During February 17-20, Department of the Treasury Advisor Thomas Lanier held meetings in Astana and Almaty to assess the government's response to the global financial crisis. A key element of the government's ant [...]
2009-03-04 09:20:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ
09ASTANA419 KAZAKHSTAN WITHDRAWS FROM REGIONAL POWER GRID
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 26, for the second time in ten years, Kazakhstan withdrew from the Central Asian Power Grid (CAPG) by disconnecting all high-voltage lines to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The last time Kazakhstan took s [...]
2009-03-06 09:33:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAID ENRG EINV ZK
09ASTANA421KAZAKHSTAN: UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY CENTER HEAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Miroslav Jenca, Director of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia (UNRCCA),met with the Ambassador on March 2 to discuss regional water and energy cooperation and a conference on those issues that will be held in Almaty April 19-21. Jenca said that Kaz [...]
2009-03-06 09:44:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ENRG SENV UN ZK
09ASTANA436GOVERNMENT OF KAZAKHSTAN HAS FIRST EVER DIALOGUE WITH CIVIL
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On February 23, USAID implementing partner Freedom House held a roundtable in Almaty with senior governmental officials and prominent non-governmental organizations working on human rights and the media. The round-ta [...]
2009-03-12 08:29:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAID KZ
09ASTANA445 KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR EMBASSY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Assistant Secretary Johnson, I want to express my great appreciation for INL's support for counter-narcotics, counter-trafficking in persons, and other law-enforcement programs in Kazakhstan. We have a fine INL officer post [...]
2009-03-13 09:39:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL APER EAID SNAR KCRM KTIP AF KZ
09ASTANA448 KAZAKHSTAN: DONORS SEEK TO IMPROVE COORDINATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27, several bilateral and multilateral donors met in Astana to discuss ways to improve coordination of assistance and resolve common issues and obstacles. Participants discussed information sharing; exemptions for Value Added Tax (VAT) on goods and services received [...]
2009-03-13 09:49:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA490 KAZAKHSTAN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE ALLIANCES EXPAND BUSINESS
[...] SUMMARY: On February 25, USAID established separate public-private alliances with Baker Hughes ($1,250,000 over five years),an American drilling company active in Kazakhstan, and with Chevron ($250,000). The partnerships between these two companies and USAID will improve the supply of ski [...]
2009-03-18 09:45:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA497 KAZAKHSTAN: LEAD WTO NEGOTIATIOR REQUESTS FLEXIBILITY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 18, the Ambassador met with Vice Minister of Industry and Trade Zhanar Aitzhanova to discuss the status of Kazakhstan's WTO accession negotiations with the United States. Aitzhanova expressed frustrat [...]
2009-03-20 02:26:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID RS KZ
09ASTANA574 KAZAKHSTAN: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON
[...] This cable is keyed to reftel, which requests information on the transparency of central government budgets for countries that receive U.S. foreign assistance. 2. The central government of the Republic of Kazakhstan will receive U.S. foreign assistance from FY09 funds. 3. Kazakhstan's [...]
2009-04-02 10:55:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID ECON KZ
09ASTANA591 KAZAKHSTAN: JUDICIARY SEEKS TO INCREASE COOPERATION WITH
[...] SUMMARY: On March 17, visiting USAID Democracy and Governance Advisor Gavin Helf and other USAID staff met with Abdrashid Zhukenov, Acting Chairman of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Collegium on Criminal Cases, and Ilyas Ispanov, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court's Administrati [...]
2009-04-03 12:00:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA594 KAZAKHSTAN COMMITTED TO PUBLIC PRIVATE ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 1, the initial Coordinating Committee meeting of the Public Private Economic Partnership Initiative (PPEPI) was held in Astana. While the initiative has been slow getting off the ground since it was laun [...]
2009-04-03 12:21:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA625 KAZAKHSTAN: OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE RELATIVELY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Soros Foundation's Open Society Institute's (OSI) Executive Director in Kazakhstan judges that the government of Kazakhstan's political will to provide access to government-related information is "spotty but [...]
2009-04-13 09:47:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA629 KAZAKHSTAN: NEW SUPREME COURT CHAIRMAN TALKS JUSTICE WITH
[...] SUMMARY: On April 7, the newly appointed Chairman of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan, Musabek Alimbekov, met with Paul Magnuson, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Alimbekov stated that the judiciary in Kazakhstan is independent, and is implementing reforms consi [...]
2009-04-13 11:38:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA661 KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY -- INSPIRING STUDENTS
[...] SUMMARY: The DCM addressed a World Tuberculosis Day conference for medical students at the Kazakhstan National Medical University on April 7. The conference, entitled "We Can Stop TB," aimed to motivate students to get involved in the country's fight against tuberculosis (TB) -- a disease th [...]
2009-04-17 11:02:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI KZ
09ASTANA734KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PED EXTENSION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 28 meeting, the Ambassador informed Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Bakhyt Sultanov about the U.S government's approval of a three-year extension for the Program for Economic Development (PED) and updated him on the progress of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Public-P [...]
2009-04-28 11:35:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID KNNP KZ
09ASTANA812 KAZAKHSTAN: RESULTS OF BOTA FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See para 13. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: The BOTA Foundation held a meeting of its Board of Trustees in Almaty on April 29-30. All the items on the fully packed agenda were reviewed, with many [...]
2009-05-07 10:25:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA818KAZAKHSTAN: SCIENTOLOGISTS, JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES HAVE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, USAID's State and Society Advisor met with representatives of the Church of Scientology and the Jehovah's Witnesses in Almaty. The two organizations offered contrasting views of progress on religious f [...]
2009-05-08 08:59:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAID SOCI KIRF KZ
09ASTANA829KAZAKHSTAN: ISLAMIC LEADERS DISCUSS THEIR WORK, COOPERATION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During the week of April 20, USAID's Regional Society and State Advisor met in Astana with the Deputy Imam of the Nur Astana Mosque, Beibit Alikpekovich Mirzageldiyev, and in Almaty with the Deputy Mufti of Kazakhstan [...]
2009-05-13 01:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAID KZ
09ASTANA830 KAZAKHSTAN: KAZAKHSTAN WELCOMES REVITALIZED TIFA
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 24 and April 27, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative (DAUSTR) for South and Central Asia Claudio Lilienfeld held meetings in Almaty and Astana to discuss the future of the Central Asia Trad [...]
2009-05-13 03:35:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ
09ASTANA928 KAZAKHSTAN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE ALLIANCE LEADS TO INCREASED
[...] SUMMARY: The Sustainable Dairy Global Development Alliance (SD-GDA),initiated in 2006 by USAID in cooperation with U.S. and Kazakhstani based dairy farms and dairy service providers, is a public-private partnership designed to increase the profitability of small and medium sized dairy farms. [...]
2009-06-01 10:26:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID EAGR SOCI KZ
09ASUNCION223PARAGUAY 2009 FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT
[...] (U) Paraguay's commitment to fiscal transparency and accountability has improved. Information on current and past budgets is readily available on-line at the Ministry of Finance web site. All revenues and expenditures are included in the publicly available budget, accurately reflecting the gov [...]
2009-04-08 15:04:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL PA
09ASUNCION361FIRST MEETING WITH FM LACOGNATA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Ambassador's first formal meeting with Foreign Minister Hector Lacognata, President Lugo's new face to the world expressed a strong desire for close relations with the United States. Ambassador reviewed the range of U.S. assistance in Paraguay -- from Peace Corps to military a [...]
2009-06-10 13:11:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS EAID PGOV PA
09ASUNCION468BACHELET VISIT TO PARAGUAY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chilean President Michelle Bachelet met Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo July 22 before the July 24 MERCOSUR Summit in Asuncion. Bachelet reaffirmed to Lugo Chile's desire to buy Paraguay's electricity, and the two presidents signed a joint declaration to cooperate on social p [...]
2009-07-25 17:39:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS EAID PGOV PA
09ATHENS1023Pakistan Displaced Persons Crisis-Greek Response
[...] (SBU) On June 12 Ambassador Speckhard delivered reftel points to Greek Ambassador Chalistani, Chief of Staff to Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakayiannis. Ambassador Speckhard asked that the information be passed to the Foreign Minister (Note: who was then travelling in Scandinavia). The Ambass [...]
2009-06-18 11:21:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEAID PREF PHUM PK PGOV
09ATHENS114THE HELLENIC POLICE: FEW FRIENDS, BIG CHALLENGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the riots that swept across Greece after the death of a 15-year-old youth in an altercation with police, the public spotlight has been on the Hellenic Police (HP) -- both for its role in the shooting but also for its perceived ineffectiveness in protecting property owners a [...]
2009-01-29 15:06:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KCRM PTER EAID SNAR GR
09ATHENS1331Greek-U.S. Partnership in Afghanistan and Pakistan
[...] (C) The Government of Greece continues to respond positively to USG requests for increasing military and civilian assistance to Afghanistan and Pakistan, despite its dire fiscal realities. According to Hellenic Aid (HA),Greece's development agency, the GoG has pledged 3.7 million euro to Afgha [...]
2009-07-27 07:20:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK EAID GR SNAR CA UK
09ATHENS1393AS 2009 FIRE SEASON COMMENCES, CONCERNS CONTINUE OVER LEVEL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 13:07:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID PREL SENV SOCI GR
09ATHENS1501GREEK RESPONSE ON URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED FOR HUMANITARIAN
[...] (SBU) DepEconCouns delivered reftel points on September 18 to Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Director of Emergency Humanitarian and Food Aid Programs at Hellenic Aid (HA). On September 23, Dr. Koutrakou advised DepEconCouns that the GoG has made Ethiopia and Somalia two of its highest priority [...]
2009-09-23 15:10:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF EAGR ET KE SO EUN GR
09ATHENS1544FIRES IN GREECE: AUGUST 24 SITREP
[...] (SBU) Over the weekend of August 21-23, over 80 wildfires broke out throughout Greece. The worst of these hit northeast of the greater Athens area, fueled by strong winds and evoking images of Greece's devastating 2007 fire season. In response, Post issued a Warden message. While the worst o [...]
2009-08-24 16:59:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID PREL SENV SOCI GR
09ATHENS1560FIRES IN GREECE: AUGUST 26 SITREP
[...] (SBU) Wildfires in towns north of Athens subsided on 25 August after four days of destruction. No casualties were reported, but press reports indicate about 50,000 acres of land had been burnt and 50 homes destroyed. Following an "emergency" cabinet meeting on August 25, the Government of Gree [...]
2009-08-26 15:58:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID PREL SENV SOCI GR
09ATHENS1585ACTION REQUEST: GREECE TO U.S.: "HELP US HELP YOU IN
[...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In a meeting with DepEconCouns and USAID/E&E representatives on October 22, Ambassador Karafotias, the Director-General of Hellenic Aid (HA),made a very pointed request-the latest in a long line of requests-for specific projects [...]
2009-10-27 17:35:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL GR EAID AF
09ATHENS1621GREECE: Ambassador's Call on Minister of Economy Katseli
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a 90-minute tour d'horizon of the Greek economy, Ambassador Speckhard's November 6 courtesy call on newly-appointed Minister for Economy, Competitiveness, and Shipping Louka Katseli revealed the challenges confronting the new Greek government. Katseli described her newly-fo [...]
2009-11-12 16:10:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID
09ATHENS1659Greece: Lacking a Fire Prevention Strategy Despite US
[...] (SBU) Despite significant U.S. cooperation programs, Greece continues to lack a comprehensive fire prevention policy and does not have a wildfire prevention strategy. The Greek Government has sought to leverage any investment the U.S. is willing to provide in wildfire prevention and emergency [...]
2009-11-25 16:42:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID PREL SENV SOCI GR
09ATHENS168IRAQI FM, IRANIAN DFM BOTH SEEK GREATER COOP WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Athens, Iraqi FM Zebari discussed a wide range of topical issues with Greek FM Bakoyannis, thanked Greece for its decision to open a commercial office in northern Iraq, and urged Bakoyannis to make good on her long-standing promise to visit Iraq. Following [...]
2009-02-06 09:07:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IZ IR GR EAID ENRG
09ATHENS1691HEAD OF HELLENIC AID: AFGHANISTAN IS OUR TOP ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) In response to the GoG's request (see reftel E),DepEconCouns delivered to Ambassador Karafotias, the Director-General of Hellenic Aid, a list of USG-suggested projects in Afghanistan to which Greece may contribute funds (see reftel D). Per the GoG's previously expressed interest, the lis [...]
2009-12-08 17:02:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL GR EAID AF
09ATHENS2038Greeks Host Third Global Forum on Migration and Development
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Greece hosted the 2009 Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Athens November 2-5. For the first time, a U.S. delegation attended the Forum, led by PRM/PIM Office Director Suzanne Sheldon and including officers from U.S. Mission Geneva, U.S. Embassy Athens, and DH [...]
2009-11-16 17:07:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF EAID SMIG GR
09ATHENS241GREEK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON U.S. PLANS FOR MARCH
[...] (SBU) Hellenic Aid has informed Post that the GoG has made no decisions on attendance and a pledge for the upcoming Donors, Conference for the Palestinian Authority (PA). EconOff delivered reftel points on February 19 to Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Hellenic Aid, Director of Emergency Humani [...]
2009-02-24 09:23:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV EAID PTER PHUM GR GZ
09ATHENS341FURTHER INFORMATION ON GREECE'S 5 MILLION USD
[...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel points on March 6 to Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Director of Emergency Humanitarian and Food Aid Programs, Hellenic Aid. On March 18, Koutrakou advised EconOff that the $5 million pledged by the GoG at the March 2 conference would be used for various reconstruct [...]
2009-03-19 13:23:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDKPAM KWBG EFIN PGOV PHUM PTER GR EAID
09ATHENS417Hellenic Aid Director on Greek Assistance to Afghanistan
[...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission met March 31 with Hellenic Aid Director Mercurios Karafotias to discuss the USG's new Afghanistan strategy, among other subjects. As she passed Karafotias the USG's White Paper on Afghanistan and Pakistan, she noted the push for stability in this region is of c [...]
2009-03-31 11:47:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEAID AF
09ATHENS541EMBASSY ATHENS RESPONSE: FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (U) The GoG is expected to receive $100,000 in International Military Education and Training (IMET) funding in FY 2009 in order to continue to professionalize Greece's military. Therefore, Greece is covered by Section 7088(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Progr [...]
2009-04-08 11:41:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL GR
09ATHENS689GREECE URGES EARLY RETURN TO CONSTITUTIONAL RULE IN
[...] (C) On April 27 poloff delivered reftel points urging a return to constitutional rule in Madagascar to Stefanos Ioannides, Counselor for Sub-Saharan Africa in the A9 Division of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). While Greece believed a return to constitutional order in Madagascar wa [...]
2009-04-29 10:53:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALAORC EAID PGOV GR MA
09ATHENS725GREEK DEVELOPMENT AID TO THE BALKANS: BUSINESS AS USUAL
[...] (U) Since 2001, Greece has given a consistent level of assistance to the Balkans, albeit not up to the level one might expect from a country with such regional leadership potential. In 2007, Greece programmed 83.3 million euro of official direct assistance (ODA) for development in the Balkans [...]
2009-05-06 13:57:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV GR EU
09ATHENS933Terrorism Finance: Greek Response on UN Designation of Abdul
[...] (SBU) On May 21, EconOff delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Ioannis Papadakis, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the Bank of Greece. EconOff f [...]
2009-06-02 10:32:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID CH GR
09BAGHDAD101BATTLING CORRUPTION IN IRAQ: OVERVIEW AND WAY
[...] (C) There are signs of the GOI's growing concern over widespread corruption, although the depth of its professed commitment to curbing it remains uncertain. In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih spoke of convening a meeting of representatives of the GOI, [...]
2009-01-14 12:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKCOR KCRM PGOV PREL EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD1045WORLD BANK MEETS DONOR COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, Daniela Gressani, World Bank Vice President of Middle East and North Africa Region, recently discussed her organization's Iraq strategy and exchanged views on the Bank's role in Iraq with donor country representatives. Donors requested a larger World Bank presence to [...]
2009-04-17 10:45:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1050WORLD BANK MEETS DONOR COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 14:20:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1056INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ - STATE OF PLAY
[...] (C) Summary: Skepticism over the significance of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) has begun to grow among donors as Iraq has shifted its focus to developing bilateral political, economic, and military agreements. Many donor countries have demanded a streamlined ICI. Prime Minister M [...]
2009-04-18 08:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1066SUPPORT FOR IRAQI WIDOWS AND MINISTRY OF STATE FOR
[...] (C) In response to reftel, Post reports below on the current financial status of the Ministry of State for Women's Affairs (MoSWA),MoSWA's efforts to obtain international donor funding, and the poorly run GOI's widows stipend program. While current USAID assistance programs do not specific [...]
2009-04-20 12:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON IO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1071ERBIL: Water from a Rock: Drought and Dohuk
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Kurdistan Regional Government has officially declared 2009 to be another drought year. In an effort to proactively mitigate the drought's effect, Dohuk Governor Tamar Ramadan recently convened a conference to formulate a provincial drought action plan. But human and industri [...]
2009-04-20 15:16:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR IZ TU IR EAID PGOV
09BAGHDAD1075BUILDING BETTER IRAQI OIL CONTRACTING PERSONNEL
[...] (C) Summary: From March 29 to April 2, the Department of Commerce's Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) held a four day workshop for Ministry of Oil (MoO) personnel on negotiating and contracting with International Oil Companies (IOC). Dr. Sabah Al-Saidi, senior legal advisor to the [...]
2009-04-21 09:14:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1097FM ZEBARI,S CHIEF OF STAFF PROMISES HELP WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 16 meeting with EMIN Wall, Foreign Minister Zebari,s Chief of Staff, Ambassador Srood R. Najib noted that he would facilitate formalizing documents related to physical assets transfer from the USG to the Government of Iraq (GOI). After many months of delay, Najib [...]
2009-04-24 03:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL EINV KCOR ECON PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1105DPM BARHAM SALIH ON ICI AND DEC, NEW COR SPEAKER,
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a 22 April meeting with EMIN, GoI DPM Barham Salih confirmed that the GoI is committed to the ICI and would be issuing invitations to a Fall ministerial meeting in Baghdad after a senior officials meeting in late May; deferred a decision on agreeing to hold the next Dialogue [...]
2009-04-24 16:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EPET EAID PGOV EINV CVIS IZ
09BAGHDAD1137NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER WANTS TO HELP BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first official meeting with the Embassy as Speaker of the Parliament on April 23 Ayad al-Samarrai'e expressed support for an oil law and thought passage of a text this calendar year was feasible. He expressed support for ratification of the USAID Bilateral Assistance Trea [...]
2009-04-29 15:59:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL EAID EINV ETRD IZ
09BAGHDAD1146IRAQI FINANCE MINISTER ON BUDGET WOES AND CUSTOMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Finance Minister Bayan Jabr continues to lament Iraq's budget woes and the parliamentary restrictions he faces in trying to find ways to meet shortfalls. He told EMIN that he is planning to offer a recisionary amendment ("negative supplemental") in June or July and may be f [...]
2009-04-30 13:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN ETRD WTO PINS IZ
09BAGHDAD1183AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON DPM EISSAWI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an Aprl 30 meeting, DPM Eissawi expressed to the Ambassador enthusiasm for the "visible results" the GOI and USG are achieving under the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA); offered insights into Iraq's disputed internal boundaries; and suggested that many Iraqi political p [...]
2009-05-05 14:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1189BAGHDAD CITY PLANNING: A CAPACITY BUILDING SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: What began five years ago as a request for USG assistance with electronically mapping four Baghdad neighborhoods has grown into a sustainable Geographic Information System (GIS) Center within the Mayor's office, also known as the Amanat. The Baghdad Provincial Reconstruction [...]
2009-05-06 06:27:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID PINR KCRS IZ
09BAGHDAD120CONSULTATIONS WITH ANTI-CORRUPTION OFFICIALS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 13:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKCOR KCRM PGOV EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD1221ASSISTANCE COORDINATION: A GOI INSIDER PERSPECTIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Huda Malik, Director General of the International Cooperation Directorate, Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC),told Econoff that she is crafting a plan to move donor assistance coordination responsibility out of the Ministry and under a higher-level coordi [...]
2009-05-10 11:38:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV PREL IZ KW
09BAGHDAD1223IRAQ WTO WORKING PARTY: HOPES FADE FOR A JUNE MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A GOI working group has finished compiling Iraq's Initial Goods Offer and its new tariff schedule. However, senior-level approval of the Goods Offer will take another several weeks, in part because of an unfolding corruption scandal at the Ministry of Trade (MOT). Long-awaited [...]
2009-05-10 14:51:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV EAID WTO ECON EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD1262RRT ERBIL: IMPROVING BUDGET EXECUTION IN THE KRG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acknowledging deficiencies in public finance management, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has committed to an ambitious UNDP-supported Public Finance Management Plan for improving transparency, planning execution and oversight. While the project is aligned with the nation [...]
2009-05-14 05:01:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV EBUD IZ
09BAGHDAD1291 BAGHDAD RESPONSE TO STATE 2885: IRAQ'S BUDGET IS
[...] Iraq benefits from USG foreign-assistance funding. The GOI's budget is a matter of public record. Budget lines for individual ministries and revenue estimates are debated openly in the national legislature. The final budget is available to the public when it is printed in the official GOI g [...]
2009-05-17 16:05:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL
09BAGHDAD1351RRT ERBIL -- AGRICULTURE POTENTIAL IN THE KURDISTAN REGION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A recent study by the Monitor Group highlighted the potential for agriculture and processed foods to become a lucrative, employment-generating growth cluster in the Kurdistan Region. However, the mixed experience of one U.S. agribusiness investor (including difficulties in access [...]
2009-05-24 10:02:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EAID EAGR
09BAGHDAD1378WFP LOOKS TO TAKE ON CORRUPTION IN THE IRAQI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has asked the World Food Program (WFP) to help it devise a plan to reform its inefficient and corrupt Public Distribution System (PDS). But what the GOI may not have bargained for in making the request is WFP's intention to challenge the PDS's intensely corrupt procuremen [...]
2009-05-26 13:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALETRD PREF KCOR EAID EAGR ECON WFP IZ
09BAGHDAD1437ICI - BAGHDAD COORDINATION GROUP DEMANDS RESULTS
[...] (C) Summary: The International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial set for October or November, 2009 in Baghdad must have substance to persuade ministers to attend, UN Special Advisor to the Secretary General Ibrahim Gambari told Ambassador Hill May 25. Gambari met with the Ambassador prior t [...]
2009-06-01 16:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1480MAY 2009 PRT TEAM LEADERS CONFERENCE: SECURITY, STABILITY,
[...] (U) Summary: On May 26-27, Embassy Baghdad's Office of Provincial Affairs (OPA) hosted its quarterly conference for leaders of the Iraq Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs). All PRTs, embedded Provincial Reconstruction Teams (ePRTs) and Regional Embassy Offices (REOs) participated, including [...]
2009-06-05 11:34:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON AMGT EAID EAGR SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD1528AN OVERVIEW OF USG ANTI-CORRUPTION ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG remains very active in support of and funding for programs with an anti-corruption content in Iraq. Embassy Baghdad's Anti-Corruption Coordination Office (ACCO) has compiled a catalog of ongoing USG assistance programs to build the Iraqis' awareness of and capacity t [...]
2009-06-11 15:20:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCOR KDEM EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD1610THAMIR GHADBAN DISCUSSES HYDROCARBONS LAW AND USG
[...] (C) Summary: At a June 15 meeting, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Thamir Ghadban, told EMIN that he felt the mood surrounding the hydrocarbons legislation (HCL) had changed for the better after attending the June 14 UNAMI conference on Hydrocarbon Resource Distribution. [...]
2009-06-19 13:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1647DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Deputy PolCouns conveyed reftel demarche to Mohammed Al-Hamaimidi, Director of the North America office at the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on June 22. Stressing that all parties had a responsibility to take constructive steps to achieve a comprehensive peace, Deputy PolCouns urged [...]
2009-06-22 16:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ PREL PGOV KPAL XF EAID
09BAGHDAD1691IRAQ'S PRIVATE BANKS ACCELERATE LENDING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 12:17:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD1697ENVIRONMENT MINISTER REQUESTS ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. During a meeting of the Environment Working Group under the Strategic Framework Agreement on June 22, 2009, the Minister for the Environment requested USG assistance for environmental legislation and regulation, laboratory c [...]
2009-06-25 14:37:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID SENV SOCI EWWT KGHG IZ
09BAGHDAD1700ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN IRAQ: THE POSITIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Iraq's lead anti-corruption agency, the Commission of Integrity (COI),works with NGOs and civil society (hereafter referred to as NGOs) to enforce ethical behavior in the public and private sectors. A number of NGOs have demonstrated their commitment to fi [...]
2009-06-26 08:10:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCOR PGOV KDEM EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD1728IRAQ'S PRIVATE BANKS ACCELERATE LENDING
[...] SUMMARY: Iraq's private banks have dramatically accelerated lending since October 2008. Their total lending is now growing at an annual nominal rate of 80%, twice as fast as one year ago. Increasing public confidence and a recent capital infusion in private banks appear to be the main forces b [...]
2009-06-28 08:15:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD1744IRAQ AFTER JUNE 30: THE VIEW FROM SADR CITY
[...] (C) Summary. As the June 30 deadline for withdrawal from the cities approaches, Sadr City remains unstable and dangerous. Security there and in surrounding low-income Shi'a neighborhoods remains fragile but has not significantly deteriorated. Information about the two-thirds of Sadr City [...]
2009-06-29 12:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD1746USG ASSISTANCE TO THE KRG ELECTIONS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; handle accordingly. Not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) With the official campaign season for KRG elections underway, elections programs sponsored by DRL and RRT Erbil are in full swing. Our efforts aim to strengthen political [...]
2009-06-29 13:14:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD1802RISING OIL PRICES IMPROVE IRAQ'S BUDGET OUTLOOK,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rising oil prices have improved Iraq's 2009 budget outlook, but they are not a panacea for all of the country's budget woes. Projected 2009 GOI revenues of $42.7 billion are still optimistic since oil exports for the remainder of the year are likely to remain well below the for [...]
2009-07-06 12:11:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD1856SECOND MEETING OF SERVICES AND INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) Deputy Prime Minister Rafi Al Eissawi and EMIN Marc Wall convened the second meeting of the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) Services and Information Technology Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) on July 6, 2009. Both sides highlighted the continued significance of the SFA as the fou [...]
2009-07-09 15:21:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EINV ETRD IZ PREL
09BAGHDAD1882RRT ERBIL: FDI DOES NOT MEET KRG EXPECTATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-12 15:03:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD EAGR IZ TU IR EAID PGOV
09BAGHDAD205RRT ERBIL: MEETING WITH KRG PRIME MINISTER BARZANI
[...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani expounded on a wide range of subjects in a January 25 meeting with Erbil PRT team leader. The initial impetus of the meeting was to provide PM Barzani with information on USG development assistance. In the cour [...]
2009-01-27 07:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAID ECON SOCI PTER TU IZ
09BAGHDAD2069DIWANIYAH PUBLIC DISAPPOINTED WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months into the tenure of the Diwaniyah provincial government, the public's initial optimism that the new team would improve services is eroding. Provincial authorities seem to be focused on the challenges at hand, but are burdened by budgetary woes and the effects of a dro [...]
2009-08-02 06:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD21PLANNING MINISTER BABAN ON SFA, 2009 BUDGET, ICI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Emin Ambassador Wall and Treasatt met with Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC) Ali Baban December 31 to discuss mechanisms for implementing the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA),asset transfers, the Iraqi fiscal outlook and development prospects, and Emba [...]
2009-01-05 15:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD2100MINISTER SAFA AL-SAFI LAUDS BASRAH RECONSTRUCTION,
[...] (C) Summary. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Safi al-Safi told Poloffs he is proud of his management of Prime Minister Maliki's $100 million reconstruction effort in Basrah province. Contrasting his efforts to the United Kingdom's "economic failure" in Basrah, he said over 80 perce [...]
2009-08-04 10:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2106IRAQ'S PROGRESS ON MCC INDICATORS: OUR ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's post-conflict economy continues to improve but it remains challenged by deep-rooted problems of corruption, red tape, an ill-equipped workforce, and land disputes. Although the GOI still focuses a lot of energy on the development of its oil sector, future foreign investme [...]
2009-08-05 08:49:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON IZ KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL
09BAGHDAD2143IRAQI MINISTER OF FINANCE JABR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador,s meeting with Finance Minister Jabr, they discussed the Minister,s approval for financing of the GE deal, the need for flexibility in bidding rounds to increase oil production, the need to encourage the World Bank to provide financing to complement the USD 5. [...]
2009-08-10 08:11:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALBEXP EAID ECON EFIN EINV IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD2144INEXPERIENCE AND BUDGET CRUNCH MARK KARBALA
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Nearly three quarters of Karbala's 2009 provincial budget is allocated for water and housing projects. With reduced oil revenues driving funding shortfalls from Baghdad, many essential service projects remain uncompleted over three months into the tenure of the new local gove [...]
2009-08-10 10:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EAID PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2299(C) IRAQ OIL: MINISTRY OFFICIALS SKEPTICAL AS
[...] (C) Summary: In advance of the second oil and gas bid round, international oil companies (IOCs) are increasing their engagement with the Ministry of Oil (MOO). While the Government of Iraq (GOI) has yet to determine how it will deal with oil fields that were not awarded in the first bid roun [...]
2009-08-26 08:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2301SECURITY ISSUES, NOT RAMADAN, CORRELATES WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Iraq, as in other Middle Eastern countries, economic activity increases during Ramadan as families buy more traditional foodstuffs and gifts for Iftar dinners. Despite this increased demand for goods (and reports of price-gouging),our analysis of Iraq's Consumer Price Index [...]
2009-08-26 14:29:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD2320EMBASSY BAGHDAD SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Hill welcomes your visit to U.S. Embassy Baghdad. Your visit comes as we shift to a higher gear on transition amidst the initial stages of the U.S. military drawdown. We look forward to discussing in depth the 2011-2012 planning and explaining in detail our assistance, rig [...]
2009-08-28 18:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID AMGT IZ
09BAGHDAD2374WTO ACCESSION STEPS UNLIKELY BEFORE JANUARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI seems unlikely to make the sound economic but tough political decisions that would move Iraq closer to World Trade Organization (WTO) accession before Iraqi national elections in January 2010. Although Iraq has completed the requisites for the next round of accession ta [...]
2009-09-03 10:19:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV EAID WTO ECON EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD2389OIL MINISTER FLEXIBLE WITH IOC IN PRIVATE ... BUT
[...] (C) Summary: British Petroleum Iraq (BP) said Oil Minister Shahristani is under intense pressure to get the GOI's contract with British Petroleum/China National Petroleum Corporation (BP/CNPC) signed. According to BP, Shahristani has been personally engaged and responsive to BP's concerns, an [...]
2009-09-04 16:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2445IRAQ UNEMPLOYMENT ESTIMATED AT 15.5 PERCENT
[...] (SBU) Internal figures from the Central Office for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT) estimate that Iraq's unemployment rate is currently at 15.5 percent. COSIT's last published estimate showed a 12 percent rate for the final quarter of 2008. In addition to the overall rate, a GOI [...]
2009-09-10 15:20:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD2454ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: A number of cases involving senior judicial and anti-corruption officials continue to bubble up in the media in Iraq, likely a manifestation of both intense political jockeying and real efforts to crack down on corruption, which polls show is an issue of increasing [...]
2009-09-11 14:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KDEM EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD2469 Iraq Depends on Others for Water; Low River Flows Have
[...] (U) Note: Post intends this message to be the first periodic report on water issues - and their growing prominence - in Iraq. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Tigris and Euphrates river systems supply almost all of Iraq's water needs. Ninety percent of the two rivers' water flows first through Turk [...]
2009-09-13 13:22:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV ENRG PBTS PREL TPHY TRGY TSPL EAGR EAID
09BAGHDAD2514IRAQ: PRIVATE BANKS' LOANS SURPASS CAPITAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: For the first time since 1964, Iraqi private banks' total lending has surpassed their total capital. The relationship between banks and their customers is maturing, with both sides gaining confidence in the financial system. If private bank lending and deposits continue to grow a [...]
2009-09-17 10:46:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD2621REFORMING THE PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM -- EASIER
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The GOI won't soon take the tough political decisions needed to reform Iraq's Public Distribution System (PDS),despite the burden it places on national finances and the market distortions and corruption it engenders. The UN World Food Program (WFP) has proposed a [...]
2009-09-29 14:13:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON ETRD IZ KCOR PREF WFP
09BAGHDAD2633IS THE BELL TOLLING FOR THE ICI?
[...] (C) In separate meetings with Charg Haslach on September 26 and major donor countries on September 28, UNAMI SRSG Ad Melkert confirmed that he would deliver the following points to the Prime Minister's office regarding the International Compact with Iraq (ICI): - The ICI has largely outlive [...]
2009-10-01 09:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2660IRAQ'S ECONOMY ON THE EVE OF THE ELECTION: ARE YOU
[...] (SBU) On the eve of the election season in Iraq, we do not expect any major party or coalition to campaign on a record of economic success. Security and stability continue to be the primary focus, and are essential for economic success. However, it is worthwhile to compare today,s Iraqi econom [...]
2009-10-03 11:24:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2661RECONSIDERING IRAQ'S FIRST OIL BID ROUND AND
[...] (C) Summary: While the results of Iraq's June 30 oil and gas bid round may at first seem disappointing, the bid round could be considered a modest success. Although only one oil field was awarded, the planned expansion of that field should increase Iraq's oil production over the next six year [...]
2009-10-03 13:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2675IIER HOLDS CONFERENCE ON TRANSPARENCY AND ECONOMIC LAWS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Iraqi Institute for Economic Reform (IIER) held a successful conference entitled "The Absence of Economic Legislation and Transparency in Iraq" October 3. The conference was financed under a $1.5 million USG-Targeted Development Grant (TDG). About 70 people attended, includin [...]
2009-10-05 15:45:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID KCOR IZ
09BAGHDAD2686IRAQ OIL: EXXONMOBIL AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING WEST
[...] (C) Deputy Oil Minister for Midstream Shamma told econoffs that ExxonMobil--which unsuccessfully bid on the West Qurna oil field in Iraq's June 30 bid round--has agreed to accept the Oil Ministry's low remuneration fee and enter negotiations for the production service contract for West Qurna. [...]
2009-10-06 10:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2694BAGHDAD: INL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE
[...] (U) Summary: INL faces significant challenges in its effort to ensure contractor performance in Iraq. Some of the challenges are due to current constraints on the number of program officers and in-country contracting officer representatives (ICOR) in Baghdad, while others appear to be inhere [...]
2009-10-06 15:30:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SNAR MOPS SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2718EPRT ANBAR 1: FALLUJAH SHEIKS FEAR SECURITY RISKS
[...] (U)This is an ePRT Anbar 1 (Fallujah) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On September 24, Fallujah's city council sheikhs complained that reduced U.S. aid and GoI budget austerity are spurring unemployment and creating fertile ground for Al Qaida recruitment. They lobbied for increased U.S. aid proje [...]
2009-10-10 07:53:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID EAGR ENRG PTER PHUM ASEC KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD2754CENTRAL BANK CONSIDERING COMMUNITY BANKS IN IRAQ
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As existing Iraqi banks mature, open new branches nationwide, and focus on their wealthiest customers, accessible community banks may provide a viable option for low- to middle-income villagers. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) is considering a proposal to create second-tier "commun [...]
2009-10-13 16:07:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD2759CUSTOMS HURDLES TO IRAQ TRADE LIBERALIZATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iraq's customs and trade dispute resolution procedures lack the structure and transparency to ensure orderly, consistent resolution of complaints by importers. According to the President of Iraq's Customs Court, the court does not have jurisdiction over civil cases [...]
2009-10-14 10:26:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV KCOR EAID WTO ECON EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD2784PRT ANBAR: SUNNI ENDOWMENT TO SUPPORT ELECTIONS FROM THE
[...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Sheikh Riyad Ziad al-Zobayee, a religious sheikh and deputy head of the Sunni Endowment in Anbar, briefed PRT on the Endowment's current and future activities in support of the electoral process. Among several efforts by the Endowment, [...]
2009-10-15 14:14:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2816IRAQ'S PROGRESS REPORT ON MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI's completion of its "Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Monitoring Indicators" report shows that the government may be serious about tracking progress on socio-economic indicators. According to the Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology's (COSIT's [...]
2009-10-19 16:03:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KMCA PHUM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2831IRAQ OIL LEGISLATION, THE ROAD AHEAD: DELAYS AND
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with econoffs, both the chair (KDP) and vice-chair (Da'wa) of the Oil and Gas and National Resources Committee of the Council of Representatives (parliament) reaffirmed that progress on hydrocarbons legislation must wait until the new central government is sea [...]
2009-10-22 06:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2833IRAQ OIL LEGISLATION, THE ROAD AHEAD: DELAYS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 08:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2834KRG MAY BE PLOTTING AGAINST IRAQ OIL MINISTER AND
[...] (C) Summary: The chair and vice-chair of the Oil and Gas and National Resources Committee of the Council of Representatives (parliament) disagree over whether the Council of Ministers (cabinet) or parliament has final authority to approve the large oil-field development contracts currently bei [...]
2009-10-22 08:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2869INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ MEETING SET FOR
[...] (SBU) The GOI has agreed to an International Compact with Iraq (ICI) meeting on Novmeber 7, UNAMI Senior Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Ad Melkert has told donor countries. Melkert said this meeting would "mark the transition to the next new stage of interaction between the Go [...]
2009-10-26 14:38:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD2877BAGHDAD BOMBINGS: USG ASSISTANCE COORDINATION
[...] (C) Summary: Post has established an interagency working group to coordinate assistance to the GOI following the October 25 car bombings at several GOI buildings, including the Ministry of Justice (MOJ),Ministry of Interior (MOI),Higher Judicial Council (HJC),Ministry of Municipalities and [...]
2009-10-27 12:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAID ASEC PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD2889BAGHDAD BOMBINGS: USG ASSISTANCE COORDINATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post's USG Assistance Coordination Working Group has identified areas of immediate need following the October 25 bombings in response to GOI requests. We are providing vehicles, office equipment, and generators to the affected government offices, and continuing to support forens [...]
2009-10-28 16:36:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD2899 Reduced Turkish and Iranian Water Flows to Iraq's Tigris
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daily water flows into three major Iraqi dams (the Mosul, Dokan, and Derbendikahn) indicate significant reductions in waters crossing into Iraq from both Turkey and Iran. Iranian river blockages and diversions contribute to low Tigris River and Shatt Al Arab water flows in Iraq [...]
2009-10-29 15:06:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PBTS PREL SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL EAGR EAID
09BAGHDAD2900BAGHDAD BOMBINGS: USG ASSISTANCE COORDINATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Baghdad's Assistance Coordination Working Group continues to meet daily to assess the damage and respond to needs following the October 25 bombings. INL has delivered 12 vehicles and several work stations to the Higher Judicial Council (HJC) and is expediting delivery of additi [...]
2009-10-29 16:17:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD2902 Reduced Turkish and Iranian Water Flows to Iraq's Tigris
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daily water flows into three major Iraqi dams (the Mosul, Dokan, and Derbendikahn) indicate significant reductions in waters crossing into Iraq from both Turkey and Iran. Iranian river blockages and diversions contribute to low Tigris River and Shatt Al Arab water flows in Iraq [...]
2009-10-30 13:53:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PBTS PREL SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL EAGR EAID
09BAGHDAD2904BAGHDAD BOMBINGS: USG ASSISTANCE COORDINATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post's Assistance Coordination Working Group continues to monitor and organize assistance to the GOI following the October 25 bombings. Delivery of laptops and other equipment to the Higher Judicial Council (HJC) will allow it to become functional by November 1. The Ministry o [...]
2009-10-30 14:07:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD2934BAGHDAD BOMBINGS: USG ASSISTANCE COORDINATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Iraq continues to recover from the October 25 bombing. The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) is preparing to move into its new quarters on November 8 and will receive some equipment from INL. The Minister of Justice has appointed the DG for Administration and Finance [...]
2009-11-03 16:00:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEX PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD2936FLASH FLOODS HIT ERBIL PROVINCE
[...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (U) Summary: On October 31, up to five inches of rain fell in the Kurdistan Region resulting in flash flooding in several mountainous sub-districts, particularly in Erbil Province. A woman and her young child died, and 200 adobe houses were damaged or d [...]
2009-11-04 06:48:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID IZ TU
09BAGHDAD2953MND-N CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) representatives from Kirkuk, Ninewa, Diyala, Erbil, and Salah ad Din provinces, emboffs, and Multi-National Division-North (MND-N) discussed local economic development issues at the quarterly conference held on October 16-17 in Tikrit. Discuss [...]
2009-11-06 12:51:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2970THE LEADER OF IRAQ'S ASPIRING, BUT STILL UNLAWFUL,
[...] (C) During an October 24-26 trip to Basra to assess Iraq,s southern oil and gas facilities (septels),emboffs met with the leader of a group aspiring to represent Iraq's oil workers. (Note: At the moment, unions are illegal in Iraq. End note) Hassan Jum,ah Al-Asadi, the apparently self-appo [...]
2009-11-10 07:00:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EINV ENRG EPET IZ PREL
09BAGHDAD2971IRAQ'S SOUTHERN IRAQ OIL AND GAS SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary: BP plans to sign and implement its contract to increase the production of Rumaila oil field as soon as early December, even though some Government of Iraq (GOI) officials claim parliament must first approve the contract. While a significant production increase will likely not occ [...]
2009-11-10 07:09:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EINV ENRG EPET IZ PREL
09BAGHDAD2973SOUTHERN IRAQ OIL AND GAS SITUATIONAL ASSESSMENT,
[...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to what promises to be an historic expansion of Iraqi oil and gas production, Econoffs visited Basrah-based Southern Oil, Southern Gas, and Southern Refining companies to assess their preparations and solicit their views. Southern Gas seemed upbeat but ill-prepared f [...]
2009-11-10 07:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2975SOUTHERN IRAQ OIL AND GAS SITUATIONAL ASSESSMENT,
[...] (C) Summary: USG help is still crucial to the security and operations of Iraq,s two offshore oil export terminals, through which 75 percent of Iraq,s oil exports flow. Without USG help, we assess that both terminals, at least in the short term, would experience periodic reduced throughput or [...]
2009-11-10 08:18:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3002COORDINATOR FOR ASSISTANCE TRANSITION HASLACH'S
[...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Rafi al Issawi described the Iraqi leadership as completely consumed with politics and very unlikely to move forward any significant legislation prior to January's elections. He suggested formally calling for meetings of the Strategic Framework Agreement Jo [...]
2009-11-15 14:41:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD3003BIG OIL'S ABOUT-FACE ON IRAQ: THREE WORLD CLASS
[...] (U) The first week of November saw significant progress towards realizing the GOI's vision of tripling oil production over the next eight years. On November 1, a consortium led by Italian firm ENI and including U.S. firm Occidental and South Korea's Kogas initialed a contract for the Zubair oi [...]
2009-11-15 14:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3025National Development Plan Workshop: First GOI Interagency
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a November 5-8 workshop in Erbil, the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC) briefed other GOI ministries and the international community on progress on Iraq's National Development Plan (NDP) for 2010-2014. The NDP is a follow-on to the 2007-2010 National De [...]
2009-11-17 06:07:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD3028GOI PROPOSED 2010 BUDGET: RIDING THE OIL ROLLER COASTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI has proposed a 2010 budget to the Council of Representatives (CoR) that would increase expenditures by 22 percent. While security remains a budget priority, as do the essential services of oil and electricity, more resources are proposed for health, education, municipal [...]
2009-11-17 06:08:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3031National Development Plan Workshop: First GOI Interagency
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a November 5-8 workshop in Erbil, the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC) briefed other GOI ministries and the international community on progress on Iraq's National Development Plan (NDP) for 2010-2014. The NDP is a follow-on to the 2007-2010 National De [...]
2009-11-17 07:47:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD3044ASSISTANCE COORDINATION IN IRAQ: A NEW PARTNERSHIP
[...] (U) Summary: In a clear show of support for the GOI, over twenty heads or deputy heads of missions resident in Iraq attended an International Compact with Iraq (ICI) / New Partnership meeting in Baghdad on November 7, followed by a similarly well-attended Donor Committee meeting of the Intern [...]
2009-11-18 14:39:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3052AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF FINANCE SIGN MOU ON USG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 20:00:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN IZ
09BAGHDAD3055THE PDS IN ANBAR: LET THEM EAT SOAP
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: An early November call on a panel of Iraqi Trade Ministry officials who administer the Public Distribution System (PDS) in Anbar province provided insight into the decaying utility of the GOI's program. More than 2,000 agents licensed by the Ministry of Trade (MOT) a [...]
2009-11-20 13:37:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON ETRD IZ KCOR PREF WFP
09BAGHDAD3112ACTION REQUEST: INCREASING WORLD BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Overall assistance funding to Iraq is decreasing and the GOI is increasingly looking for technical assistance and capacity development from all donors, including multilateral institutions. The UN and World Bank will both be critical partners for Iraq's future, and while UNAMI [...]
2009-11-30 09:52:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD3129IRAQ'S POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY - CUT POVERTY BY 30 PERCENT
[...] (U) Summary: On November 24, the Council of Ministers (CoM) endorsed Iraq's first Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS),a requirement for the release of any potential World Bank Development Policy Loan. The PRS aims to reduce by 30 percent the number of Iraqis living below the country's poverty l [...]
2009-12-02 13:09:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD316FOREIGN ASSISTANCE BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR IRAQ
[...] (U) Summary: U.S. assistance to Iraq has changed substantially, moving from "bricks and mortar" projects to improving Iraq's ability to govern effectively and democratically. Our assistance will help the GOI meet the needs of its citizens, preserve security, reform its economy, and foster po [...]
2009-02-06 18:28:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD3173IRAQ'S NEW-AND-IMPROVED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
[...] (U) Iraq's Central Office for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT) has unveiled new consumer price index (CPI) weights. The weights are based upon data collected in the 2007 World Bank-sponsored Household Socio-economic Survey, which included a comprehensive study of household spendin [...]
2009-12-09 14:46:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3174EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE COORDINATION TEAM CONVENES IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 9, Coordinator for Assistance Transition Patricia Haslach convened Post's interagency Emergency Assistance Coordination Team (EACT) in response to the December 8 bombings in Baghdad. The blasts damaged the Karkh courthouse, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOL [...]
2009-12-09 17:17:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD3179EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE COORDINATION TEAM: DECEMBER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post's Emergency Assistance Coordination Team continues to monitor recovery efforts from the December 8 bombings to coordinate USG assistance. At the GOI's request, PRT Baghdad sent four teams of cadaver dogs to search two blast sites. The Higher Judicial Council (HJC) reported [...]
2009-12-10 15:21:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD3186IRAQ OIL, MAYSAN PROVINCE: AN ALLOTMENT? REPLACE
[...] (U) On December 3, on the margins of a meeting hosted by Deputy Chief of Mission Ford, the Second Deputy Governor of Maysan Province Khalid Abdulwahid Qubian told Econoff the Baghdad federal government was considering allotting the Maysan provincial government -- as a "deprived region" under a [...]
2009-12-11 10:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3196OIL STAMPEDE: IRAQ,S 2ND BID ROUND RESULTS
[...] (U) Summary: In a landmark event for Iraq and the global oil industry, Iraq's 2nd oil bid (licensing) round on December 11-12 showcased the potential of Iraq's oil sector. Overall, the event proceeded with remarkable organization, precision, and transparency. The bidding started as a rush and [...]
2009-12-14 12:06:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3235EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE COORDINATION TEAM: DECEMBER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post's Emergency Assistance Coordination Team (EACT) continues to monitor damage assessments and requests for USG assistance following the December 8 bombings. While we have received small requests for assistance, GOI ministries and entities have addressed immediE56>jBGRQ=IQQQQc [...]
2009-12-15 16:09:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD3245THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUNDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI's June and December oil bid rounds ) history's largest (by reserves) ) have the potential to significantly alter Iraqi economics and politics. While much can easily go astray (on contracts, timetables, onshore construction, or export infrastructure),Iraq could conceiv [...]
2009-12-16 13:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3246IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUND 2: DOMESTIC POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The job creation and spin-off benefits of economic development should provide a significant boost to the citizens of Basrah. If developments in other countries offer a guide, however, there remains a chance that Basrah residents, living near the source of much of Iraq's wealth, [...]
2009-12-16 13:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3257IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUND 2: CAN IRAQ FULFILL THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's proposal to increase national oil production from 2.5 million barrels per day to perhaps as high as 12 million barrels per day is extremely aggressive and delivering on that promise poses significant challenges. These challenges include: limited project management capabil [...]
2009-12-17 09:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3275Iraq Partners Forum Discusses Election Preparations and UN
[...] (SBU) The Iraq Partners Forum (IPF),which holds monthly meetings among the donors, UN, and World Bank to discuss international donor coordination, met on December 16 and focused on the UN's efforts for the upcoming elections and its strategic planning for assistance in the upcoming years. Emb [...]
2009-12-20 14:49:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3282IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUND 2: U.S. FIRMS' PARTICIPATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Only one U.S. firm bid for a contract in Iraq,s second oil bid round, as part of a larger consortium, and that consortium did not win. U.S. companies' decisions on whether or not to participate were driven by myriad complex factors and judgments the companies hold very close t [...]
2009-12-21 09:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3286 TRADE MINISTRY CONSIDERING MARKET-ORIENTED APPROACH WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Two reform proposals originating from within the Iraqi Ministry of Trade (MOT) would liberalize state control over food production and processing. The first deals with Iraq's corrupt and inefficient food rationing program, the Public Distribution System (PDS). The [...]
2009-12-21 09:52:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON ETRD KCOR PREF WFP IZ
09BAGHDAD3287IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUND 2: WHAT WILL OPEC SAY?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq is currently exempted from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil production quotas. Iraq's future quota would likely be similar to Iran's current quota of approximately 4.1 million barrels per day. We estimate that Iraq could reach levels of four million [...]
2009-12-21 10:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD386PRT TEAM LEADERS CONFERENCE: FOCUSING EFFORTS POST
[...] (U) Summary. On February 9-10, Embassy Baghdad Office of Provincial Affairs (OPA) hosted its quarterly Team Leaders Conference of Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs). Addressing the post-provincial elections theme, Ambassador Ryan Crocker said the next 18 months will be pivotal to Iraq's [...]
2009-02-13 14:09:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON AMGT EAID EAGR SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD389PRTS PROMOTE DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ
[...] (SBU) As we discussed in our telephone call on Sunday, February 8, the Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Iraq have been essential to the emerging democracy in this country. The January 31 provincial elections succeeded in no small measure because of the civil society organizations and women' [...]
2009-02-13 16:56:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD427Initial Meeting of Services and Technology Joint
[...] (SBU) The Co-Chairs of the Services and Information Technology Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) agreed to launch the work of the Committee under the Strategic Framework Agreement. In a meeting on February 14, Deputy Prime Minister Rafae al-Essawi and EMIN Wall, Coordinator for Economic Trans [...]
2009-02-18 23:40:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EINV ETRD PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD546PRT SALAH AD DIN: PROVINCIAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION
[...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In recent months, the Salah al-Din (SaD) Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) has improved its working relationship with the National Investment Commission (NIC) and committed itself to a rigorous campaign of outreach to pot [...]
2009-03-03 03:32:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON PREF EAID ETRD IZ PINR
09BAGHDAD769 Guidelines for PRT and MND/BCT Engagement with Newly
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; handle accordingly. Not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: This message provides guidelines for PRT and MND/BCT engagement with newly elected provincial officials. This guidance is being issued to assist PRT and MND/BCT pe [...]
2009-03-21 07:10:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KDEM KCOR IZ
09BAGHDAD836COORDINATION, CAPACITY AND BUDGET, MISSING IN GOI
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Iraq's (GOI) efforts to support returns of internally displaced persons and refugees suffer from a chronic lack of coordination, capacity and resources. The GOI cut the Ministry of Displacement and Migration's (MODM) budget for benefits to the displaced by 80 [...]
2009-03-27 14:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD857IRAQ'S PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: AN IRAQI SHOW, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Although the GOI was in the lead on the successful January provincial elections, U.S. assistance greatly facilitated the elections logistically and helped the GOI to conduct the voting in a manner approximating international norms. Our support for the Iraqi provincial election [...]
2009-03-30 09:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD955Shell Moves Forward on Southern Flared Gas Project
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the media trumpeted news of the September 22, 2008, signing ceremony to end flaring of associated natural gas from southern oil fields, Shell and the South Gas Company only signed a heads of agreement commitment to form a joint venture to execute the 25-year project. S [...]
2009-04-07 13:24:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EAID EINV PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD959IRAQI MARSHES STRUGGLING TO MAKE A COMEBACK (PART
[...] (SBU) Iraq's marshes have been in trouble for a long time. Considering the marshes to be a waste of land and a breeding ground for mosquitoes, early British plans called for the near complete drying out of the marshes. By 1990, the marsh area had already been reduced by 50%. Saddam greatly [...]
2009-04-08 07:46:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID SOCI SENV EWWT KGHG IZ
09BAGHDAD960WHO'S WHO IN MARSHLAND RESTORATION (PART 2 OF 2)
[...] (SBU) Marsh restoration is a nexus of delicate political, economic, and cultural issues, spanning three provinces and 12 Iraqi ministries. While only a few tens of thousands of Iraqis still lived in the marshes area in early 2003, estimates are that over 150,000 people have returned, with man [...]
2009-04-08 07:47:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID SOCI SENV EWWT KGHG IZ
09BAGHDAD969IMPROVING COORDINATION: SCIENTIAL GLOBAL STUDY ON
[...] Summary: The recently completed assessment of U.S. capacity development (CD) programs in Iraq by the independent consultant Scientia Global, Inc. calls for stronger coordination among the ministerial advisors, a comprehensive strategic framework, metrics for measuring progress, support for su [...]
2009-04-08 13:33:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDIZ ECON PGOV PREL EAID
09BAGHDAD976THREE KEY US-IRAQ AGREEMENTS STILL UNRATIFIED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI and the USG signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA),an OPIC Investor Incentive Agreement (IIA),and a Bilateral Assistance Agreement (BAA) in 2005, but all three remain unratified. These agreements would bolster US efforts to expand trade and investment a [...]
2009-04-09 06:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAID EINV PREL ETRD PGOV IZ
09BAKU132HOW IRAN BUILDS INFLUENCE
[...] (S) Iranian outreach activities in Azerbaijan rest on a tripod of "social engagement" organizations, including an "Iran Assistance Society"; the Baku-based Iranian Culture House and its affiliates; and the Iranian Red Crescent society, based in "Iranian Clinics" in Baku and elsewhere. Importa [...]
2009-02-18 11:10:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL KISL ECON EAID AJ LE IZ IR
09BAKU139HOW IRAN BUILDS INFLUENCE: CULTURE HOUSE AND RED
[...] (S) In addition to operating generous micro-loan and financial grant programs (Ref A),Iran builds its influence in Azerbaijan through overlapping ideological proselytizing, recruiting, network-building. and humanitarian assistance programs operating out of the Iranian Cultural House, Iranian [...]
2009-02-20 10:44:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL KISL EAID LE IZ AJ IR
09BAMAKO118A CHINESE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER NIGER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 11:53:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID CH ECON EIND ETRD EINT ML
09BAMAKO122MALI: EXTENDING THE AMBASSADOR'S GIRLS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 08:06:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PINS ASEC KPAO ML
09BAMAKO199PRIME MINISTER FACING POLITICAL FALLOUT FOLLOWING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 09:52:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR PINR ML
09BAMAKO200MALI STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC TIES WITH IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 11:58:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL ML IR
09BAMAKO203MALI BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
[...] This cable is U.S. Embassy Bamako's response to the questions posed in reftel. 2. Mali is a recipient of U.S. foreign assistance and is expected to receive such funding in FY09. 3. Mali's National Assembly approves the budget each December. It is then published and distributed by the M [...]
2009-04-01 13:21:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO226SOME NEW MINISTERS AND MINISTRIES IN MALI, BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 16:47:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR EFIN PINR
09BAMAKO251MALI'S ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS STYMIED BY ITS OWN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 21, Malian authorities destroyed 20 tons of counterfeit goods - including fake toothpaste, soap, and other products valued at USD 40,000 to 60,000 - seized from local markets. The joint effort by the Regional Directorate of Trade and Competition (DRCC),law enforcement, [...]
2009-04-21 16:47:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO349IMF FORESEES STABLE MACROECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR MALI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 16:26:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO405Mali Telecoms Company Privatization In Limbo
[...] Summary: The long-awaited privatization of Mali's telecommunications company, Sotelma, seemed nearly complete in February when the Malian government announced that Maroc Telecom was the highest bidder. Since then, the process has been at a standstill. The Malian government claims that the CF [...]
2009-06-22 12:17:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID ETRD ML
09BAMAKO43DROUGHT THREATENS MALI'S MIGRATORY ELEPHANT HERD
[...] Summary: In meetings on January 13 and 21, representatives of international conservation groups Save the Elephants and the WILD Foundation told the Embassy that prolonged drought is severely threatening the estimated 400 to 600 elephants in Mali's Gourma region. This herd is the only survivi [...]
2009-01-22 15:15:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ML SENV
09BAMAKO441THE RISKS AND REWARDS OF ARTISANAL GOLD MINING IN
[...] (U) Summary: Artisanal gold mining accounts for four percent of Mali's total gold production. In contrast to industrial mining, artisanal mining is unregulated by the Malian government and plagued with problems such as the use of child labor as well as the use of mercury in the process of gol [...]
2009-07-02 10:07:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO479A TALE OF TWO RIOTS IN WESTERN MALI
[...] Summary: During the week of July 13, authorities were faced with two outbreaks of violence in western Mali. On July 15, youth groups in Kita looted and burned public buildings when the news spread that tax officers had killed a transporter who refused to stop at a security checkpoint. Severa [...]
2009-07-16 14:11:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KDEM PINR PINS ECON ML
09BAMAKO511MALI'S AUDITOR GENERAL RELEASES 2009 REPORT
[...] (SBU) On July 13, Mali's Office of the Auditor General (BVG) released its fourth annual report. Notwithstanding a tumultuous year for the office and the Auditor General, the BVG was able to conduct 49 audits in 2008, up from 33 in 2007. Among the 25 entities audited, the BVG identifed 98 bi [...]
2009-08-03 15:39:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO543MALI: A NEW TOURIST DESTINATION?
[...] Summary: Tourism has become Mali's third largest export after gold and cotton, showing steady growth in 2008 in spite of the global economic downturn. Malian tourism officials are optimistic about continued growth in 2009, but private sector operators say the effects of the worldwide recessi [...]
2009-08-13 13:33:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML
09BAMAKO643MALI REACHES OUT TO ITS DIASPORA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 11:53:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL
09BAMAKO68INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT MALI: FY 2009
[...] In response to reftel, this cable provides the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Mali. 2. Investment Climate Statement: A. Country Investment Policies and Practices. A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment: The Malian government has made efforts to encourage foreign investment. It [...]
2009-02-02 14:09:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON ETRD EIND EAID EFIN KTDB OPIC USTR ELAB
09BAMAKO696PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY
[...] (U) On October 20 DCM and POL/ECON Chief met with Malian Minister of Agriculture Aghatam Ag Alhassane to deliver the letter from the Secretary regarding the opportunity of the November 16-18 World Food Summit to build on the momentum of the September 26 event through timely endorsement of the f [...]
2009-10-29 16:24:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD ML
09BAMAKO697NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY SLOWLY RAMPING UP
[...] (SBU) The Northern Mali Development Agency (ADN) announced in July 2009 the start of its economic reinsertion program for Northern Malian youth who were participants in the 2006 rebellion. The program is starting with CFA 1.1 billion (USD 2.4 million) of a total CFA 22.6 billion (USD 50.2 [...]
2009-10-29 17:00:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PREL ML
09BAMAKO771IMF REVIEW: CONTRASTING VIEWS ON MALI'S
[...] Summary: On November 11, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the third review of Mali's performance under the poverty reduction and growth facility (PRGF) and gave Mali a generally clean bill of financial health. The IMF noted that the GOM was well positioned to reach its 2009 tar [...]
2009-11-30 21:05:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINT EAGR EAID ML
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN229DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT
[...] (SBU) DCM delivered demarche request on September 10th to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). MFAT responded on September 19th that Brunei's Foreign Minister, Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, plans to attend the Partnering for Food Security meeting on September 26th. TODD [...]
2009-09-23 04:31:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ETRD EAGR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN23EMBASSY BRUNEI CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ASEAN
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Embassy Brunei contact for ASEAN related issues is John McIntyre, Deputy Chief of Mission, mcintyrejw@state.gov TODD [...]
2009-02-05 07:23:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECIN PREL ASEAN BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN257PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY - BRUNEI'S
[...] DCM and Economic Assistant delivered letter noted in para 7 of reftel to Brunei's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On October 28, 2009, MFAT sent Embassy a response from His Royal Highness, Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Brunei's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Complete tex [...]
2009-10-29 08:19:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN69BRUNEI SUPPORTIVE OF TCG EFFORTS IN BURMA
[...] (C) Per Reftel, CDA McIntyre noted USG concerns regarding adverse actions taken by the Burmese government against the Tripartite Core Group's (TCG) existing authority in a March 26th meeting with Government of Brunei (GoB) officials. CDA urged GoB to discourage the recent restrictive conditions [...]
2009-03-26 07:53:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM PREL BM BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN80 AMBASSADOR TODD ENCOURAGES BRUNEI'S ENVIRONMENTALISM
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Todd has encouraged Government of Brunei (GoB) officials, as well as the private sector to pursue more definitive actions to protect the environment. Of particular interest is the Heart of Borneo (HoB) initiative. Recently, Ambassador Todd met with the likely new head of Brune [...]
2009-04-03 07:53:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO EAID KINR BX
09BANGKOK1088 UNESCAP 65TH COMMISSION SESSION DISCUSSES THE FINANCIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) held its 65th annual session at its headquarters in Bangkok on April 23-29. A recurrent topic of discussion was the current global economic downturn and the meeting's ministerial segment provi [...]
2009-05-01 05:14:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR IR CH INCB KS JA PK RS XB TH
09BANGKOK1095THAILAND SUPPORTS INCREASE TO ADB BUDGET
[...] Econoff delivered Reftel talking points and received confirmation on April 30 from Mr. Peerakarn Buranakan, staff aide to Director General Somchai Sujjapongse from the Fiscal Policy Office at the Ministry of Finance (MOF),that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) supports a 200 percent general cap [...]
2009-05-01 08:14:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD ECON EFIN EAID ADB TH
09BANGKOK1096 THAILAND SUPPORTS INCREASE TO ADB BUDGET
[...] Econoff delivered Reftel talking points and received confirmation on April 30 from Mr. Peerakarn Buranakan, staff aide to Director General Somchai Sujjapongse from the Fiscal Policy Office at the Ministry of Finance (MOF),that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) supports a 200 percent general cap [...]
2009-05-01 08:35:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD ECON EFIN EAID ADB TH
09BANGKOK1249THAILAND: DEMARCHE ON UN CONFERENCE ON FINANCIAL
[...] (SBU) On May 21, Econoff delivered reftel demarche points on the upcoming "United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development" to Chulamanee Chartsuwan, Director of International Economic Policy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chulamanee and [...]
2009-05-22 04:33:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN UNGA TH
09BANGKOK1685Asia Clean Energy Forum 2009 Draws More Than 800 Experts to
[...] SUMMARY: To help confront the urgent challenge of scaling up clean energy solutions for Asia while mitigating climate change, the US Agency for International Development's Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID/RDMA) partnered with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and other donors to orga [...]
2009-07-14 07:26:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO
09BANGKOK1718AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-16 07:26:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF DJ ER ET KE SO UG
09BANGKOK2046 Progress on Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate
[...] SUMMARY. After a year of preparation, the USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) is ready to move forward with a feasibility assessment for the Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate Change and Development (ARC) in Bangkok. The ARC is intended to serve as a network of lead [...]
2009-08-18 10:38:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO TH
09BANGKOK2259 Why the Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate
[...] SUMMARY. Ref A details USAID's plans to move forward with development of an Asia-Pacific Regional Center of Excellence on Climate Change and Development (ARC) in Bangkok. With the ARC's purpose to concentrate a network of leading U.S. and Asia institutions to advance the President's climate [...]
2009-09-04 07:50:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO TH
09BANGKOK2343DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 10:46:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EAGR UNGA TH
09BANGKOK2384EMBASSY THAILAND RESPONSE TO USG PARALLEL REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 08:37:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV EAID TBIO TH
09BANGKOK2437Landmark Thai/U.S. study: HIV Vaccine Effective
[...] SUMMARY: A groundbreaking, six-year, joint Thai/U.S. HIV vaccine study found 31 percent efficacy in preventing HIV infection. The study was the first ever to show that a vaccine can prevent HIV infection, and the over 16,000 Thai volunteers made this the largest HIV vaccine trial ever conducte [...]
2009-09-24 10:52:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KHIV EAID PREL TH
09BANGKOK2463THAI GOVERNMENT ON THE FAO BUDGET
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 09:46:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR EAID EFIN FAO KUNR TH
09BANGKOK2773THAILAND: PARTNERING FOR FOOD SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Econoff forwarded a copy of the Secretary's letter on food security to Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya on October 22. Econoff also conveyed reftel points on the US and UN proposal to Chulamanee Chartsuwan, Director of International Economic Policy at the Ministry of For [...]
2009-10-30 09:15:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID ETRD TH
09BANGKOK2777Major Outcomes of the Coral Triangle Initiative Senior
[...] The "Coral Triangle" includes the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, and Papua New Guinea. This 5.7 million square km area of ocean and islands has the highest marine biodiversity on earth. It provides livelihood for 120 million people and food for many more. The ar [...]
2009-10-30 09:48:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID AORC EFIS KGHG IN TH
09BANGKOK2963ASEAN WILDLIFE NETWORK SCORES WITH AFRICAN IVORY BUST
[...] (U) Summary: In an important step forward against wildlife trafficking, the Royal Thai Police arrested two ivory traffickers on November 16 in Bangkok. The arrests came after a year-long joint investigation involving U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Royal Thai Police and the USG-supported A [...]
2009-11-20 10:47:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID TH
09BANGKOK3033CTI Ministerial Consensus Reached to Locate Regional
[...] SUMMARY: At the 2nd Ministerial Meeting held in Gizo, Solomon Islands on November 19, 2009, Ministers from the six countries of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) unanimously agreed to locate the Permanent Regional Secretariat in Indonesia. Other [...]
2009-12-01 09:55:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID AORC EFIS KGHG IN TH
09BANGKOK3072FIRE IN THE KITCHEN: COOK STOVES, HEALTH AND GLOBAL
[...] SUMMARY: The US/ASEAN Next Generation Cook Stove Workshop was held at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok November 16-20. Old cook stoves are a source of considerable indoor pollution and accompanying health problems in the developing world, and the new technologies showcased may offe [...]
2009-12-04 09:40:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EAGR KGHG KGCC SENV ASEAN SOCI TH
09BANGKOK3117LOWER MEKONG NATIONS ENGAGE CHINA, TACKLE HYDROPOWER
[...] (U) Summary: The Mekong River Commission (MRC) continues to mature as engagement with China expands. Member states Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam met at the MRC's 16th Council that included a meeting with the MRC Donor Consultative Group in Thailand November 26-28. Donors announced $66 [...]
2009-12-11 10:02:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ENRG EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV TH
09BANGKOK322Coral Triangle States Advance Commitment to Marine
[...] SUMMARY: Officials from the six nations of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI) made steady progress towards a comprehensive coastal and marine management framework at the fourth meeting of the CTI Coordination Committee in Manado, Indonesia from Janua [...]
2009-02-06 09:55:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID AORC EFIS KGHG IN TH
09BANGKOK386BANGKOK CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ASEAN RELATED
[...] (SBU) Political Officer Eric Lund is Embassy Bangkok,s point of contact for ASEAN related issues. Lund,s office phone number is (66) 2 205-4708; his fax number is (66) 2 253-3876; his unclassified e-mail is LundET@state.gov. JOHN [...]
2009-02-13 10:57:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECIN ASEAN TH
09BANGKOK611 THAILAND HOSTS USG CUTTING EDGE DISEASE PROGRAMS
[...] SUMMARY: With over one-fifth of Mission Bangkok's staff of roughly 2000 working on health issues, the Embassy hosts one of the USG's largest efforts to fight the world's most dangerous diseases: malaria, TB, dengue, HIV/AIDS and avian/pandemic influenza. USAID, HHS/CDC, USDA/APHIS and the Arme [...]
2009-03-10 12:45:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO WHO KPAO KFLU KHIV ECON EAID TH
09BANGKOK644THAILAND: ADB SAFEGUARD REVIEW DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 08:41:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDQA PGOV ETRD ECON EAID TH
09BANGKOK789BUDGET TRANSPARENCY FOR FY09 ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) The Royal Thai Government (RTG) is expected to receive IMET and other aid from FY 09 foreign assistance funds. The RTG budget is readily available to the public on the Budget Bureau's website: www.bb.go.th. The budget contains a detailed accounting of incomes and expenditures, as requir [...]
2009-03-30 09:52:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL TH
09BANGUI1042009 CAR BUDGET ANALYSIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Assembly of the Central African Republic adopted the 2009 national budget on February 2, 2009 during a special session. A final copy of the budget is now available to the public. The 2009 budget increased by 14.2 percent compared to 2008. The CARG resources are estim [...]
2009-05-28 08:03:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EAID
09BANGUI123EMBASSY BANGUI'S REACTION TO THE WORLD BANK'S POVERTY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AmEmbassy Bangui has reviewed the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report (APR) of the Central African Republic and takes exception to much of the document. Post has seen little real progress or commitment on the part of Central African Republic's governmen [...]
2009-06-26 12:20:00Embassy BanguiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINT
09BANGUI204CAR: DEMARCHE ON CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 15:27:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON EFIN AID CT
09BANGUI22LEADER OF A FAILED STATE: HOW BOZIZE MAINTAINS POWER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Francois Bozize took power in the Central African Republic on March 15, 2003 overthrowing Felix-Ange Patasse. It was his second attempt at that coup, but may have been only the last in a long series of extra-legal attempts to gain power. This message describes how Bozize, ofte [...]
2009-02-14 03:54:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
09BANGUI235CAR: PRESIDENT BOZIZE DELAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF USAID ROAD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USD 2.75 million USAID funded roads rehabilitation project set to launch on October 26, 2009 was delayed by President of the Central African Republic (CAR) Francois Bozize due to a perceived lack of government participation in the project. Despite fully informing the governm [...]
2009-10-30 11:56:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID CT
09BANGUI9NEW CAR COALITION GOVERNMENT - NOTHING NEW, AND NOT A
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The announcement on Monday, January 19, of a new coalition government ended the several weeks of delay in naming the new coalition recommended by December's Inclusive Political Dialogue. The new government, listed below, represents little change from the old and is even less inc [...]
2009-01-23 03:26:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
09BANJUL348Banjul in Brief
[...] Banjul is going nuts: On December 3rd Embassy Banjul convened a meeting of key stakeholders of The Gambia's (TG) cashew industry to introduce them to the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) and urge them to set up a National ACA Committee. The meeting was also convened as part of the efforts by th [...]
2009-12-08 09:45:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV KPAO TG
09BASRAH31CONOCO PHILLIPS SIZING UP OIL OPPORTUNITIES IN BASRAH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Senior ConocoPhillips (CP) representatives briefed Basrah PRTOffs on their latest activities in Basrah during a May 31 visit, and indicated that they would likely bid on a number of fields in the first oil licensing round. They gave the Government of Iraq's (GOI) Ministry of Oi [...]
2009-06-08 10:12:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV ECON EAID PGOV IZ
09BASRAH34PRT ENGAGES BASRAH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary. On June 3, PRT Basra met for the first time with the new Provincial Council as a group. PRT acting team leader delivered short remarks to remind Iraqis that U.S. military withdrawal does not mean U.S. withdrawal, and that the U.S. civilian presence will endure so long as the bila [...]
2009-06-14 13:11:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ PGOV
09BASRAH46SUNNI ENDOWMENT LEADER REVEALS IIP ELECTION STRATEGY
[...] (C) In a August 12 meeting, Dr. Abd al-Kareem al-Khazraji, head of the Sunni Endowment for southern Iraq, provided his views on local and national issues. He gave positive marks to the current Basra Provincial Council and Sunni effectiveness within it, but criticized reconstruction efforts as [...]
2009-08-13 14:47:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID SOCI IZ IR
09BASRAH47PRT BASRA: ROUND-UP OF RECENT POLITICAL MEETINGS
[...] (U) This cable provides summaries of PRT meetings held since July 13 with various Iraqi officials. These meetings have not been the subject of front-channel reporting. Complete reports of all these meetings are available by email by contacting MalloryJL@state.gov with a request for specific [...]
2009-08-16 15:00:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER EAID SOCI PHUM IZ IR
09BASRAH48BASRA GOVERNMENT FLEXES MUSCLES TO SACK MINISTERIAL DG
[...] (SBU) In a first for the Basra government, the Provincial Council and Governor Shiltagh joined forces to use new Provincial Powers Law to remove a federal official from his job. Six times before, the Basra provincial government had tried to fire the managerially challenged Director General (DG [...]
2009-09-03 08:21:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID SOCI IZ
09BASRAH52BASRAH: THE PORT OF UMM QASR AND AN OVERVIEW OF IRAQ'S PORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The port of Umm Qasr, Iraq's only deepwater port, with significant U.S. assistance, has made major progress in its rehabilitation since 2003, following years of wars, damage and sanctions, and must continue to play a central role if Iraq's post-war economic recovery is to be sust [...]
2009-09-17 13:34:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EWWT EAID KSEC PREL PBTS ELTN IZ
09BASRAH64BASRAH BLACK GOLD RUSH BEGINS: OIL COMPANIES FACE "DOING
[...] (U) This is a Basrah PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) With the conclusion of Iraq's second oil bid round, successful bidders and oil-service firms are now increasing their presence in Basrah. Four super giant fields recently awarded at auction lie in Basrah Province - Rumai [...]
2009-12-29 08:17:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON EINV PGOV SENV EAID IZ EWWT KCOR BTIO
09BASRAH65BASRAH BLACK GOLD RUSH BEGINS: OIL COMPANIES FACE "DOING
[...] (U) This is a Basrah PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) With the conclusion of Iraq's second oil bid round, successful bidders and oil-service firms are now increasing their presence in Basrah. Four super giant fields recently awarded at auction lie in Basrah Province - Rumai [...]
2009-12-29 09:08:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON EINV PGOV SENV EAID IZ EWWT KCOR BTIO
09BEIJING1046SRAP HOLBROOKE'S APRIL 15 DINNER WITH CHINESE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 09:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER EAID NATO MOPS MARR CH PK AF
09BEIJING1148PRC-KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV VISIT STRESSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The energy deal announced during Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev's April 15-19 visit to China was only a deal "in principle," and Sino-Kazakh energy cooperation was proceeding under "market principles," according to an MFA official. Otherwise, the visit emphasized security and la [...]
2009-04-29 09:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EAID PTER ZK CH
09BEIJING118PRC SCHOLARS SAY CHINESE GOVERNMENT CAUTIOUSLY
[...] (C) Summary: The Chinese Government has distanced itself from Zimbabwean President Mugabe but will not pressure him to step down unless the South African Development Community (SADC) or African Union (AU) calls for his resignation, Chinese scholars recently told PolOff. The scholars agreed t [...]
2009-01-15 08:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CH ZI SF
09BEIJING1209REPORTS OVERSTATE CHINA'S AID TO ASEAN
[...] (C) Summary. There is less to China's much-heralded April 12 announcement of a multi-billion dollar aid package to ASEAN than media reporting suggests, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry contact. For example, the $10 billion investment cooperation fund will only receive $1 billion in in [...]
2009-05-06 08:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREL PHUM TH BM CH
09BEIJING1230CHINA TO SEND DELEGATION TO ISLAMABAD REGIONAL
[...] (U) China will send a delegation to the May 13-14 Islamabad Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Asian Affairs Department Deputy Director Cao Jing. The delegation will be headed by MFA Asian Affairs Department Director General [...]
2009-05-08 03:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAGR EAID ECON ENRG KPWR PREL AF CH
09BEIJING1311China's Africa Aid Aims to Achieve
[...] (SBU) Summary. China has a distinct approach to Africa development assistance and is open to exchanging views with the United States. Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) officials provided an overview to Emboffs of their African aid priorities, but skimped on budget and project details. They ack [...]
2009-05-15 08:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EAID EINV CH
09BEIJING1333LESSONS FOR S&ED - SWAGGER OVER SUBSTANCE AT 2ND
[...] (C) China used the second High-level Economic Dialogue (HED) with the EU in Brussels May 7-8 to secure a vague commitment to &resist protectionism8 and take a dig at the United States and missed the chance to make substantive concessions on the numerous trade and investment barriers the EU rai [...]
2009-05-18 09:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV EAID ETRD WTRO PREL CH EU
09BEIJING1349DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS
[...] (C) China recently donated USD one million for assisting Pakistan's internally displaced persons (IDPs) and will likely provide more, MFA Asian Affairs Department South Asia Division official Xing Lei told PolOff May 19 in response to reftel points urging China to provide aid. Xing said China [...]
2009-05-19 09:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PREF PHUM UN CH PK
09BEIJING1383UN CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CHINESE
[...] (U) On May 20, 2009, EconOff delivered demarche on UN Conference on Development Impact of Crisis (ref A) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations Deputy Director General Guo Xue Jun. Guo had no immediate comments. 2. (U) Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei discussed th [...]
2009-05-22 09:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN UNGA
09BEIJING1388PRC/SUDAN: PRC SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR DARFUR
[...] (C) In a May 25 meeting with Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration, Special Representative for the Chinese Government on Darfur Ambassador Liu Guijin agreed that the United States and China shared common goals in Sudan. Liu added that China hoped that the new U.S. Administration's "con [...]
2009-05-25 12:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM SOCI KDEM CH SU LY
09BEIJING1389PRC/SUDAN: MFA DG CALLS NATIONAL RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DG for West Asia and North Africa Song Aiguo told Special Envoy for Sudan General Scott Gration May 25 that China sought "comprehensive" ties with Sudan by developing links with authorities in the south but maintaining strong relations with Khartoum. Song urged the internati [...]
2009-05-25 12:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM SOCI KDEM CH SU
09BEIJING1414PRC/SUDAN: AFM LIU JIEYI TELLS S/E GRATION CHINA
[...] (C) The United States and China had common interests in Sudan, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi told Special Envoy for Sudan General Scott Gration May 25. AFM Liu stressed that China believed the political and peace-keeping tracks were both important and underscored the need to persuade p [...]
2009-05-27 08:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM SOCI KDEM CH SU
09BEIJING1435PRC/SUDAN: CHINESE OIL COMPANY VP DISCUSSES SUDAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a rare and free-flowing discussion with visiting Special Envoy for Sudan General Scott Gration, the state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) reported a "wait-and-see" attitude about Sudan's future but hoped to continue oil production regardless of the 2011 refer [...]
2009-06-01 00:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ENRG EPET SOCI KDEM CH SU
09BEIJING1531S/P Slaughter's Talks with MFA, MOFCOM, NDRC, and Academics
[...] (C) In a June 1 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) VM He Yafei, State Department Policy Planning Director Anne-Marie Slaughter discussed the U.S. proposed agenda for the late July first meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (SnED),noting differences between the [...]
2009-06-08 07:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC ECON EFIN EAID MNUC PTER JP AF PK KS
09BEIJING1536FRANCE-CHINA TENSION OVER DALAI LAMA, AFRICA ASSISTANCE,
[...] (SBU) Economic Counselor Josselin Kalifa and Financial Counselor Pierre Mongrue from the French Embassy in Beijing told Econoffs June 5 that Sino-French relations are on the mend following several months during which China gave France the cold shoulder as punishment for President Sarkozy's Dece [...]
2009-06-08 09:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD PHUM AU CH
09BEIJING1582UK-CHINA ECON DIALOGUE: NO LONGER A “BLOODY
[...] (C) While the 2008 first round of the UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) was a "bloody disaster," the second meeting, held in London May 11, 2009, produced "decent results," according to UK Embassy Econoff Tamsin Rees, who coordinated the UK Embassy's contributions to the event. Rees sa [...]
2009-06-12 02:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD PHUM AU-1 CH
09BEIJING1679PRC/SOUTH PACIFIC: INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While Chinese government interlocutors continued to stress the centrality of "non-interference" to China's foreign policy, a Fijian EmbOff told us a new package of Chinese economic assistance to Fiji announced earlier this year arrived just as western sanctions were proving probl [...]
2009-06-19 08:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ETRD CH FI AS NZ
09BEIJING1680PRC: AFGHAN FM SPANTA VISIT AFFIRMS POSITIVE
[...] (C) Afghan FM Spanta's June 9-11 visit to China provided both sides an opportunity to affirm positive bilateral relations but produced no new bilateral economic or security initiatives, according to MFA and Afghan Embassy contacts. While China reiterated its commitment to assist in Afghanistan [...]
2009-06-19 08:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID EINV CH AF
09BEIJING1698PRC: SCHOLARS DOWNPLAY POSSIBILITY OF HIGH-PROFILE
[...] (C) The United States "should not expect too much" from China in terms of high-profile advocacy of potentially controversial or unpopular strategies associated with the United States, particularly in Pakistan, Chinese academic contacts told the U.S. Embassy in recent weeks. They described PRC [...]
2009-06-22 10:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING1727Food Security at L'Aquila Summit: China
[...] (SBU) Summary: China is skeptical $15 billion can be raised for food security at the L'Aquila Summit, according to Guo Xuejun, Deputy Director in the Foreign Ministry International Organizations Department. China prefers bilateral and United Nations channels for delivering assistance. Guo [...]
2009-06-24 08:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD ECON WTRO EAGR EAID PREL CH
09BEIJING1747JAPANESE EMBOFFS ON ECONOMIC DIALOGUE, INVESTMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Emboffs, described the June 7 China-Japan High-level Economic Dialogue (HLED) as making little progress on substantive matters but enjoying good atmospherics. The most recent meeting of Japanese, Korean, and Chinese negotiators to discuss a trilateral investment treaty w [...]
2009-06-25 06:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD CH JA KS PK
09BEIJING18352009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT),
[...] (C) During U.S.-China Defense Consultative Talks June 24, 2009, Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) presented the U.S. perspective on the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, stressing the importance of China's role in the region. PRC military officials perceived [...]
2009-07-01 06:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS EAID IR AF PK
09BEIJING1839WFP Scaling Back DPRK Operations
[...] (SBU) Summary: The WFP is scaling back its work in North Korea because of lower than expected donor support as well as new restrictions imposed by the North Korean government, according to World Food Program (WFP) North Korea Country Representative Torben Due. The WFP is refocusing their eff [...]
2009-07-01 12:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID PREL CH KN
09BEIJING1843WFP Scaling Back DPRK Operations
[...] (SBU) Summary: The WFP is scaling back its work in North Korea because of lower than expected donor support as well as new restrictions imposed by the North Korean government, according to World Food Program (WFP) North Korea Country Representative Torben Due. The WFP is refocusing their eff [...]
2009-07-04 23:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID PREL CH KN
09BEIJING1844SCO SUMMIT: CHINA WEIGHS LEADERSHIP ROLE AS
[...] (C) Chinese and other Shanghai Organization (SCO) member countries' diplomats told us that the June 16 SCO summit in Yekaterinburg had served primarily as a forum for SCO members to demonstrate a sense of urgency in responding to the global financial crisis, eclipsing discussion about increasin [...]
2009-07-05 02:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR
09BEIJING1850CHINA WEIGHS LEADERSHIP ROLE AS ECONOMY TAKES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-05 03:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR
09BEIJING1969PRC SCHOLARS URGE QUICK ASSISTANCE FOR IDPS; WARY
[...] (C) State Council-affiliated academics told Embassy officers that recent progress on counter-terrorism efforts in Pakistan could collapse if the basic needs of IDPs resulting from military operations were not addressed quickly. According to Chinese scholars, mistrust of U.S. military intention [...]
2009-07-13 10:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING198CHINA CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR TALKS IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Summary: China supports the African Union (AU) position that continued negotiations offer the best way to resolve the political crisis in Zimbabwe, according to a Chinese diplomat. China also supports mediation efforts by South Africa and the South African Development Community (SADC) an [...]
2009-01-22 09:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CH ZI SF
09BEIJING1989PRC: INDIAN ACTIONS ON ARUNACHAL PRADESH DESIGNED
[...] (C) Chinese scholars believe the media-hyped controversies over recent Indian troop movements near the disputed province of Arunachal Pradesh and the province's inclusion in the Asia Development Bank's Country Strategy for India reflect India's desire to pressure China to recognize India's terr [...]
2009-07-14 10:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER MOPS MARR EAID CH IN
09BEIJING2110PRC SUPPORTIVE BUT VAGUE ON ADDITIONAL
[...] (C) On July 21, Poloff conveyed to MFA Asian Affairs Department, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh Division Desk Officer Hou Yanqi reftel points on enhanced civilian and military contributions to Afghanistan following the August 20 presidential election. Econoff also delivered reftel poin [...]
2009-07-23 10:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER CH AF
09BEIJING2111DETAILS ON PRC "HIGH-LEVEL" UNGA PARTCIPATION
[...] (SBU) PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Officer Li Jun July 23 reftel points requesting information on the attendance of senior Chinese officials at the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA). Li responded that the planning process for China's [...]
2009-07-23 10:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID CH
09BEIJING2224PRC:"WILL DO WHAT IT CAN" FOR SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed August 4 to MFA African Department East Africa Desk Officer Zheng Minjuan reftel points requesting that China contribute additional support to Somalia in light of the recent agreement signed between the Transitional Federal Government(TFG) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) [...]
2009-08-05 11:25:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER EAID KPKO SO
09BEIJING2263PRC/UN: UN SYG VISIT FOCUSES ON CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] (C) UN Secretary General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon visited China July 23-26 to seek support from senior Chinese leaders for upcoming UN discussions on climate change. Contacts reported that the Chinese leadership remained non-committal on the SYG's call for China to play a greater global leadership ro [...]
2009-08-07 10:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID ENRG SENV CH
09BEIJING2339REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these individuals. [...]
2009-08-13 08:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN ASEC CH EAID KCRM PTER SNAR TH
09BEIJING2402REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: COMPLEX
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these individual [...]
2009-08-20 08:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AFIN PTER KCRM SNAR TH CH EAID
09BEIJING2447AFRICAN EMBASSIES PREVIEW CHINA-AFRICA FORUM ""
[...] (C) Summary. Egyptian and South African diplomats in Beijing believe the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) offers a good platform for cooperation with China, but would be more useful if African countries did a better job of coordinating among themselves. Chinese investments have been [...]
2009-08-26 07:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCH EAID ECON PREL XA EINV
09BEIJING2454PRC WILL ATTEND SEPTEMBER 16-18 ARF DISASTER
[...] (U) China will send a five-person delegation to participate in the ninth annual ASEAN Regional Forum Inter-Sessional Meeting on Disaster Relief (ARF ISM-DR) in Honolulu, Hawaii, on September 16-18, MFA Asian Affairs Department Asian Multilateral Security Division Deputy Director Zuo Wenxing to [...]
2009-08-26 09:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ARF EAID MARR CH
09BEIJING2456PRC CONCERNS ABOUT POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE IN
[...] (C) In an August 25 meeting with PolOff, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Third Bureau Director Wu Baocai expressed concern about post-election violence in Afghanistan and uncertainty as to how to evaluate the strength of the Taliban. Whi [...]
2009-08-26 11:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EAID MARR NATO PTER CH PK AF
09BEIJING2461REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: COMPLEX
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these individuals. [...]
2009-08-27 10:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN ASEC CH EAID KCRM PTER SNAR TH
09BEIJING2480PRC INVESTMENT IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: AFGHAN
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese companies are contributing to Afghanistan's corruption problem by bribing Afghan officials and cutting under-the-table deals, according to Beijing-based Afghan diplomats. Our Afghan contacts said Afghanistan needed China's investment but expressed disappointment with lim [...]
2009-08-31 10:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID EINV EMIN PREL PGOV AF CH PK
09BEIJING2536SERBIA AND CHINA FIND ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Affirmation of mutual support on respective Serbian and PRC sovereignty issues highlighted the political agenda of Serbian President Boris Tadic's August 19-25 visit to China, according to Serbian diplomats and Chinese government and academic contacts. Despite MFA insistence tha [...]
2009-09-03 23:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EINV YI KV CH ICJ
09BEIJING2628Demarche Delivered: China on UNGA Food
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the International Organizations and Conferences Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on September 10 and had a follow-up conversation on September 14. MFA officials said they are coordinating with the Ministry of Agriculture on the invitation [...]
2009-09-14 11:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EAGR EAID UNGA PREL CH
09BEIJING2744China's Food Security Challenges and
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although China has eliminated widespread hunger and malnutrition within its borders, Beijing still faces challenges in ensuring predictable, affordable domestic food supplies, including: land and water constraints, ecological problems, trade barriers, a poor regulatory and inve [...]
2009-09-24 08:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EAGR EAID PREL CH
09BEIJING2770CHINA/PAKISTAN: PAKISTANI OFFICIALS PRAISE PRC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China's model of economic assistance benefits Pakistan and generates goodwill for China, according to a Beijing-based Pakistani diplomat. He praised China's focus on "bricks and mortar" development and use of concessionary loans and criticized USAID and other donors' for wasting [...]
2009-09-25 09:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID EINV ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV CH PK
09BEIJING2810AF/PAK: PRC VIEWS ON COOPERATION WITH U.S.,
[...] (C) Summary: PRC distrust in U.S. strategic intentions in South Asia and the PRC's stove-piped bureaucracy impede China's willingness to coordinate efforts with the United States on Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to Chinese scholars at two government-affiliated think tanks. To overcome [...]
2009-09-30 10:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MARR KDEM AF IN PK CH BM
09BEIJING2812NORTH KOREA: UPDATE ON UNDP AND WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
[...] (C) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is preparing to restart its program in North Korea, a World Food Program (WFP) official in Beijing told Econoffs (the UNDP office here declined to confirm this report),and Chinese officials have, for the first time ever, asked WFP for briefing [...]
2009-10-03 00:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR ECON PREL KN CH
09BEIJING2836PRC/AFRICA: KENYAN AMBASSADOR SEES PRACTICAL AID
[...] (C) Summary: While the United States and other Western countries focus on human rights and capacity building in Africa, China takes a more pragmatic and realistic approach to African aid, according to Kenya's Ambassador to the PRC. Kenyans feel that their positive attitudes toward the United [...]
2009-10-09 09:42:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KDEM KE CH
09BEIJING286TWO AFRICAN DIPLOMATS IN BEIJING SHARE VIEWS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China's growing engagement with Africa is a mixed blessing for African nations, according to two Beijing-based Rwandan and Nigerian diplomats. While acknowledging the positive role that China plays in Africa, the two diplomats lamented the imbalance in power between China and sm [...]
2009-02-05 10:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CH NI RW
09BEIJING288PROMOTING CHINESE INVESTMENT IN AFRICA
[...] (SBU) In recent meetings with three key semi-official and private Chinese organizations that promote Chinese investment in Africa, all three stressed that they are paying more attention to political and economic risk, environmental protection, and China's reputation in Africa and around the wo [...]
2009-02-06 01:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EAID ECON ETRD UNDP CH
09BEIJING2911PRC PROPOSES U.S.-PRC MEKONG DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recognition of increased U.S. engagement with Lower Mekong countries and China's ongoing development assistance to the region, China proposes an annual Mekong Dialogue within the Strategic and Economic Dialogue framework to coordinate development priorities and projects. Th [...]
2009-10-20 10:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID SENV ECON CH JA XC CN VM LA BM CB
09BEIJING2918PRC/AFGHANISTAN: MCC ON THE AYNAK COPPER MINE
[...] (C) Summary: The political vacuum created by Afghan elections and "inefficient" work of the de-mining company has caused delays at the Aynak copper mine project, according to two executives at the China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC, the mine contract holder). The MCC officials requested U.S [...]
2009-10-21 08:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID EINV EMIN ENRG PREL AF CH
09BEIJING297POST CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ASEAN-RELATED MATTERS
[...] (SBU) Political Officer Eric Barboriak is Post's point-of-contact for ASEAN-related matters. Contact information: Office:(86 10) 8531-4438. Cell (86) 139 1053 4294. Email: barboriakem@state.gov. PICCUTA [...]
2009-02-06 08:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECIN ASEAN CH
09BEIJING2980OCTOBER 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA-AFRICA COOPERATION,
[...] Key points at the October 27 MFA press briefing: -- China would deepen ties with Egypt and promote China-Africa and China-Arab ties at the early November Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt -- China hoped relevant parties would q [...]
2009-10-26 22:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PARM EAID CH IR IS AF IN JA
09BEIJING2999CHINA/FOOD SECURITY: STILL WARY OF ACTIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: China continues to be unenthusiastic about actively supporting the L'Aquilla Food Security Initiative (AFSI),which it sees as a developed country initiative requiring developed country resources. China would like to know more about how the U.S. plans to present AFSI principle [...]
2009-10-30 08:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EAID PREL CH
09BEIJING3072PRC/AFGHANISTAN/IRAN: SHARED U.S.-PRC INTERESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Shared interests in South Asia should prompt closer U.S.-China coordination in the region, according to an official of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID). In a November 3 meeting with PolOffs, the official said that geogra [...]
2009-11-09 11:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF IR
09BEIJING3223Read-out from Beijing on the
[...] (SBU) Qiu Bohua, China's Ambassador for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held November 6- 9 in Egypt, told Emboffs November 23 that China pledged USD 10 billion in new concessional loans to Africa, to be distributed via bilateral channels. For Africa's least developed countries (L [...]
2009-12-02 10:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAID PREL
09BEIJING3238PRC/ASEAN: OUTREACH SIGNALS CONCERN OVER RISING
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: China's outreach to ASEAN over the past two months, while mainly a repackaging of previous commitments, is intended to deepen Southeast Asian regional integration and respond to perceived rising U.S. influence in the region, ASEAN diplomats in Beijing told Econoffs. Be [...]
2009-12-04 01:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID ETRD PREL XC CH
09BEIJING3287COMPETING PERCEPTIONS OF PRC ACTIVITIES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC contacts define Chinese interests in Afghanistan within the context of China's international image, security requirements, commercial goals and bilateral relationships with key countries. Afghan Embassy contacts here lament the PRC's narrow focus on projects in Afghanistan t [...]
2009-12-09 14:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALAF CH EAID MARR NATO PARM PK PREL PTER
09BEIJING3288PRC: SKEPTICAL REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Official PRC reaction to the President's announcement of the way ahead on Afghanistan and Pakistan has been limited to a cautious statement by the MFA press spokesman at a regularly scheduled press conference December 3. Party-run media outlets expressed skepticism about the Pr [...]
2009-12-09 15:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING329MFA: CHINA SEEKS COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) The Chinese Government is paying close attention to any changes in U.S. strategies in Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to an MFA official, and seeks cooperation with the United States and the international community in the region. China will continue to promote stability in South Asia t [...]
2009-02-10 09:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ECON CH PK AF IN
09BEIJING3294NORTH KOREA: UPDATE ON UNDP AND WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary: The UN's World Food Program (WFP) Beijing-based North Korea coordinator on December 9 told Econoffs that North Korea's "middle class" would be the worst hurt by Pyongyang's recent currency revaluation. Furthermore, despite official North Korean estimates that the 2009 harvest was [...]
2009-12-10 10:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR ECON PREL KN CH
09BEIJING3295CHINESE FIRM RE-THINKS AFGHAN MINING CONTRACT
[...] (C) Summary: China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) President Shen Heting told a visiting U.S. delegation on November 12 that inefficiency and corruption in the Afghan government, security problems, and a lack of skilled Afghan workers had delayed work on the MCC´s Aynak copper mine project [...]
2009-12-10 10:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EINV EMIN ENRG MASS PREL PGOV PTER
09BEIJING3323DAS SHEAR DISCUSSES AF/PAK WITH MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China welcomes a "constructive" U.S. role in South Asia as well as continued dialogue and coordination with the United States regarding South Asia, an MFA official told DAS Shear December 10. Responding to DAS Shear's suggestion of areas for possible U.S.-PRC cooperation in Afgh [...]
2009-12-14 09:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING3331AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: CONSULTATIONS REVEAL
[...] (C) An eight-member U.S. delegation held bilateral consultations in Beijing November 12 on potential areas for future collaboration with China in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Throughout the consultations, the U.S. delegation stressed the many areas of aligned strategic interests of the United Sta [...]
2009-12-15 03:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3332U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP ON SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) In U.S.-China consultations on South Asia in Beijing November 11, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ministry of Public Security (MPS),and Ministry of Finance and Commerce (MOFCOM) expressed a preliminary willingness to cooperate with the United States on reconstruction and develo [...]
2009-12-15 03:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3347AF/PAK: CHINESE SCHOLARS SHARE VIEWS WITH U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: PRC scholars from three government-affiliated think tanks told Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman November 12 that the United States needs to demonstrate its resolve in the fight against the Taliban and speed up the pace of reconstruction in A [...]
2009-12-15 09:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3351PRC/MONGOLIA: ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL TIES STILL
[...] (SBU) In a December 3 meeting with Econoffs, Mongolian Commercial and Economic Counselor Nyamtseren Enkhtaivan noted that Chinese-Mongolian trade was increasing "quite well," and that generally the bilateral relationship had progressed quickly over the past 60 years. For instance, bilateral t [...]
2009-12-16 03:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH EAID ECON EMIN ETRD MG PREL
09BEIJING3507PRC: VICE PRESIDENT XI JINPING STRENGTHENS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Cambodian and Chinese official sources told EmbOffs that no connection exists between Cambodia's December 19 forced repatriation to China of 20 Uighur asylum-seekers and the PRC's announcement of USD 1.2 billion in bilateral assistance during Vice President Xi Jinping's December 2 [...]
2009-12-31 05:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG EAID ECON CH CB
09BEIJING353GEORGIAN DIPLOMAT LAMENTS LACK OF CHINESE SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Georgia has received "practically nothing" from China since the Russia-Georgia conflict began in August 2008, a contact at the Georgian Embassy in Beijing told PolOff February 11. The Georgian diplomat expressed disappointment with China's limited assistance and unwillingness to [...]
2009-02-11 09:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MARR RS CH GG
09BEIJING383AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND DEMARCHE PRC ON FIJI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of PRC Vice President Xi Jinping's February 8-9 trip to Fiji, Australia and New Zealand expressed concern to the MFA that such a visit would send the wrong message in light of international efforts to urge the government in Suva to carry out democratic reforms, accordi [...]
2009-02-13 11:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ETRD CH FI AS NZ
09BEIJING432PRC: CHINA SHARES U.S. POSITION ON MARCH 2 SHARM
[...] (C) China "has the same position" as the United States on the March 2 conference in Sharm al-Sheikh, MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel Division Deputy Director Xu Chen told PolOff February 19 in response to reftel points on the U.S. positi [...]
2009-02-19 10:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG CH IS
09BEIJING518HUI SAID XI SAID: CHINESE LEADERS VISIT LATIN
[...] (C) Summary: The overlapping visits of two of China's top leaders to Latin America and the Caribbean February 7-22 were marked by numerous investment and aid agreements. While some of the agreements lacked substance or were rehashed from previous visits, our contacts say China has begun to i [...]
2009-02-27 10:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG CH XM XL
09BEIJING527PRC LAUNCHES PR CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA
[...] (SBU) President Hu Jintao's February 10-17 trip to Africa capped a series of recent high-level visits intended to burnish China's image in Africa, according to Chinese and African contacts in Beijing. Our contacts contend that China is doing a great deal to assist Africa. At the same time, t [...]
2009-03-02 07:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EINV ETRD AO CH KE MI ML MP
09BEIJING59CHINA URGED TO OPPOSE IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP
[...] (C) PolOff January 9 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Economic Division Officer Tang Mengxiao reftel points urging China to oppose Iran's candidacy to be President of the UNDP Executive Board. Tang offered no immediate response but promised to convey U.S. [...]
2009-01-08 09:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF EAID AORG IR UN CH
09BEIJING604PRC: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CHINA'S PLEDGE AT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 10:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG CH IS
09BEIJING629CHINA/SUDAN: PRC ENVOY URGES RESTRAINT, SAYS
[...] (C) Summary: China is concerned about the expulsion and closure of NGOs operating in Sudan and the negative impact on the humanitarian situation but believes the impact will not be as serious as described by Western media reports, MFA Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin told PolMinCouns March [...]
2009-03-11 10:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KPKO CH SU
09BEIJING65CHINA WILL NOT OPPOSE IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP
[...] (C) China will not oppose Iran's candidacy to be President of the UNDP Executive Board, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Economic Division officer Tang Mengxiao told PolOff January 9 in response to U.S. concerns raised by PolOff January 8 (reftels). According to Tang, [...]
2009-01-09 08:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF EAID AORG IR UN CH
09BEIJING676DEMARCHE REQUEST: ADB SAFEGUARD REVIEW
[...] (SBU) On February 25, Embassy officers discussed Asian Development Bank issues with Ministry of Finance (MOF) International Department Director General Zheng Xiaosong and other MOF officials (septel). Concerning safeguards in general, Zheng said the ADB should be more flexible and allow the u [...]
2009-03-16 09:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID EFIN ADB CH
09BEIJING690CHINA WILL ATTEND AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE, "STANDS
[...] (C) China "stands ready" to cooperate with the United States on Afghanistan and intends to participate in the March 31 International Conference on Afghanistan, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Li Jun told PolOff March 17 in response to reft [...]
2009-03-17 09:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID AF PK UN CH
09BEIJING702COCA-COLA,S BID FOR JUICEMAKER HUIYUAN BEATEN TO A
[...] (SBU) China,s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced March 18 that it would not permit Coca-Cola,s proposed $2.4 billion acquisition of Huiyuan, China,s largest fruit juice maker. In its short public announcement on the rejection, MOFCOM cites concerns that Coca-Cola would be able to use its [...]
2009-03-18 22:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV EAID ETRD WTRO PREL CH
09BEIJING751AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW: CHINA'S INPUT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 09:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EAID NATO CH PK AF
09BEIJING913NORTH AFRICAN DIPLOMATS ANGRY ABOUT "CHINA INC."
[...] (C) SUMMARY: North African diplomats based in Beijing told EconOff that China's relations with the region are under stress caused by explosive growth in China's exports to the region. China's trade with the five countries in the region grew by 590 percent from 2001 to 2007. North African cou [...]
2009-04-07 06:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV EAID PREL CH AU
09BEIJING955CHINA'S COMFORT LEVEL WITH OTHER AFRICA DONORS
[...] (SBU) China says it will keep expanding its aid to Africa, and though it is hard to measure, its aid level seems to be significant and growing. Beijing continues to proclaim that its aid has no political conditions attached, an implicit rebuke to Western donors. However, China's premier has [...]
2009-04-10 00:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID EINV PREL EFIN CH UK AU SENV
09BEIRUT1041ENGAGING THE LEBANESE DIASPORA
[...] The Lebanese diaspora is a large and diverse global community with an estimated population of at least twelve million, three times that of Lebanon itself. The bulk of the diaspora is centered in the Western hemisphere, with the largest population in Latin America. The remittances from this s [...]
2009-09-23 14:29:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO EAID EINV OEXC PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL
09BEIRUT1148PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 14:16:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD LE
09BEIRUT1149UPBEAT HARIRI SAYS CABINET NEGOTIATIONS REACH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri was optimistic that the week ahead would be "decisive" for cabinet formation. Discussions over the telecommunications portfolio with Christian opposition figure Michel Aoun continued, however, and Hariri suggested that he might [...]
2009-10-19 14:16:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EFIN EAID PTER MARR MOPPS LE
09BEIRUT1183BERRI CHARACTERIZES GOVERNMENT DELAY AS "SILLY"
[...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri characterized the ongoing delay in cabinet formation as "silly" in an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador. He claimed that the negotiations between Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun had devolved i [...]
2009-10-28 16:58:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KDEM OREP PREL PTER SY EG LE
09BEIRUT1194SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE'S NOVEMBER 9-10 VISIT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Mission in Beirut welcomes your November 9-10 visit. Your visit is the first by a U.S. Congressional delegation to Lebanon since the June 7 parliamentary elections. Your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, caretaker PM Fouad S [...]
2009-11-02 13:09:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV KDEM EAID UNSC PTER MARR LE
09BEIRUT1207REFUGEES FACE ARBITRARY DETENTION AND A BROKEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Christians form a rapidly growing proportion of Lebanon's refugee population, according to UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representatives in Beirut. Iraqis are registering more quickly with the UNHCR, but they face bureaucratic obstacles to processing them for r [...]
2009-11-06 15:16:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PGOV SOCI SMIG EAID IZ LE
09BEIRUT1247GOVERNMENT LEADERS EMPHASIZE ECONOMIC REFORM WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 10, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, President Michel Sleiman, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora separately told visiting Codel Price that they welcomed U.S. congressional support to the Lebanese parliament and noted the multitude [...]
2009-11-24 11:19:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE
09BEIRUT1249EDUCATION LEADS TO DEMOCRACY, MPS TELL CODEL PRICE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lebanese parliamentarians from all sides of the political spectrum told visiting Codel Price November 10 and 11 that they welcomed the United States Congress' support for the Lebanese parliament. They suggested that technical assistance, particularly through a staff resource cen [...]
2009-11-24 11:19:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE
09BEIRUT126LEBANON: BORDER SECURITY WORK STALLED, SAYS
[...] (C) On January 29, Minister of Interior Ziad Baroud told the Ambassador that internal Government of Lebanon (GOL) discussions on border security had effectively stalled. The Prime Minister had taken this on personally and is the only who can move the complex issue forward. Turning to election [...]
2009-01-30 09:42:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PTER PINR KTIP PBTS MOPS LE IS SY
09BEIRUT1261EMBASSY BEIRUT NOMINEES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (U) Post nominated the following ten individuals for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit: - Mr. Fawaz Hamidi, General Manager, Business Incubation Association Tripoli and Northern Lebanon (BIAT); - Mr. Nicolas Rouhana, Business Development & Communication Director, Berytech Technologic [...]
2009-12-01 07:20:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL SOCI LE
09BEIRUT141LEBANON: CHATAH FRUSTRATED WITH BUDGET IMPASSE IN
[...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said he would formally ask the IMF to certify the GOL's fulfillment of the USG gas excise subsidy benchmark, and hoped the USG would use its USD 50 milion disbursement to pay off Central Bank of Lebano Eurobond [...]
2009-02-04 16:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER MCAP LE SY IS
09BEIRUT358LEBANON: FINMIN AGREES: USE USG CASH TRANSFER TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3 below. 2. (SBU) In a March 27 phone call with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah agreed that the USG use its $50 million cash transfer disbursement, which was triggered by GOL reform of its gas excise tax, to pay World Bank [...]
2009-03-27 14:38:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN PTER LE
09BEIRUT370LEBANON: FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL
[...] (SBU) It is post's assessment that Lebanon's budget easily meets the standards of transparency set under Section 7088(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009. 2. (SBU) The GOL makes all its budgets available online, including both [...]
2009-03-30 14:32:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID LE
09BEIRUT385LEBANON: UNRWA DIRECTOR--WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF CASH
[...] (SBU) In a March 27 meeting with international donors, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Lebanon Director Salvatore Lombardo stressed the dire financial situation that UNRWA faces. Regarding Nahr al-Barid reconstruction, he said the land [...]
2009-04-02 14:10:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE
09BEIRUT412LEBANON: CIVIL SOCIETY TELLS DAS SPIRNAK MEPI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 06:55:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OPRC PGOV PINS SCUL SOCI KDEM KCRS KISL
09BEIRUT417LEBANON: CIVIL SOCIETY TELLS DAS SPIRNAK MEPI
[...] (SBU) In several meetings on March 30-31 with visiting NEA DAS Madelyn Spirnak and the Ambassador, civil society leaders thanked the USG for its support of civil society reform initiatives, mainly through Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funding. The groups also briefed DAS Spirnak [...]
2009-04-08 16:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEAID OPRC PGOV PINS SCUL SOCI KDEM KCRS KISL
09BEIRUT444LEBANON: USAID'S OFFICE OF TRANSITION INITIATIVES
[...] Post requests a one year extension to 2011 and additional funding for USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives, which is currently scheduled to conclude in August 2010 following the municipal elections of June 2010. Maintaining USAID/OTI's program for an additional year would allow the US Mis [...]
2009-04-17 12:37:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDEAID LE
09BEIRUT498LEBANON: POLITICAL ELITE ATTEND AUB PRESIDENT'S
[...] (U) Leading figures from Lebanon's political and business communities turned out for the formal inauguration of the new president of the American University of Beirut (AUB),Peter F. Dorman, on May 4. Ambassador and Poloff attended, with ACS Chief in cap and gown representing Columbia Univers [...]
2009-05-05 15:06:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDASCH EAID OEXC OPRC PGOV SCUL KMPI LE
09BEIRUT523LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR U/S STUART LEVEY'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) You arrive three weeks before Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, in which the current moderate March 14 majority faces a tough battle against the Hizballah-led opposition. The race is still too close to call, but the outcome will hinge on the electoral results in a few key Christ [...]
2009-05-11 15:27:00Embassy BeirutSECRETEFIN ETTC PARM KNNP EAID PTER LE
09BEIRUT56 LEBANON STARTS DISBURSING ASSISTANCE TO GAZA; LAUNCHES
[...] (SBU) Lebanon has begun disbursing its $1 million assistance pledge to Gaza, sending a first shipment of medical supplies and blankets via Jordan on January 3. Subsequent deliveries will depend on needs submitted by the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza. The Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue C [...]
2009-01-14 08:06:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL LE GZ
09BEIRUT565LEBANON: LEBANESE YOUTH COALITION AGAINST CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) On Saturday My 9, 2009, a new anti-corruption movement, the "ebanese Youth Coalition against Corruption" (LYCAC was launched in Beirut. This coalition was launched by the Youth Civil Society & Leadership (YCSL) program as a joint initiative between the Lebanese Transparency Association (L [...]
2009-05-20 10:54:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KMPI LE
09BEIRUT691DEMARCHE: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Lebanon will take a moderate position at the AL ministerial and advocate for the Arab Peace Initiative, as it has in the past, the diplomatic advisor to President Michel Sleiman (Naji Abi Assi) and chief aide to Prime Minister Fouad Siniora (Rola Noureddine) told DCM in separate conversat [...]
2009-06-23 13:41:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL EAID XF LE
09BEIRUT698LEBANON: OUTGOING PM SINIORA COMMITS TO BORDER
[...] (C) On the last full day of his government's mandate before it became a caretaker government, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora confirmed to international donors June 19 Lebanon's continuing and firm commitment to secure the eastern border with Syria. Urging international donor support for the ext [...]
2009-06-24 15:28:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PBTS EAID IS SY LE
09BEIRUT833LEBANON FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: CONSULTATIVE PROCESS
[...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Beirut contacted Lebanese stakeholders - including youth, civil society partners, and political interlocutors - to solicit feedback about specific recommendations and suggestions to achieve priorities outlined by President Obama during his June 4 speech in Cairo, (ref A). Co [...]
2009-07-23 16:02:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL
09BEIRUT899ENCOURAGING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah on August 7. Chatah responded that budget transparency was one of his ministry's top priorities, as evidenced by its commitment to a $4 million World Bank assistance program to improve Lebanon's budget [...]
2009-08-10 14:31:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PREL LE
09BEIRUT909APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT
[...] (U) The following are Post's comments in response to reftel. 2. (SBU) The American University of Beirut (AUB),one of the most reputable universities in Lebanon and the region, is a private, independent, non-sectarian institution, with over 7,000 students currently enrolled. Many of Leban [...]
2009-08-13 12:58:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PGOV LE
09BELGRADE1020SERBIA: RESPONSE TO UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 11:02:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD UNGA SR
09BELGRADE1032SERBIA: AGRICULTURE MINISTER TO ATTEND UNGA FOOD SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 06:48:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD UNGA SR
09BELGRADE1084SERBIA: FROM FURNITURE TO FILMS, GOVERNMENT FUMBLES FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Serbia is missing out on potential investment opportunities from interested foreign investors. Despite the obvious need for new foreign investment in this difficult economic environment, the government's investment strategy is mishandled, haphazard and lacks central coordination, result [...]
2009-09-22 11:45:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAID ETRD EFIN SR
09BELGRADE1094SERBIA: EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITY
[...] (U) The Serbian diaspora community in the United States is geographically disparate and not unified on policy issues. The community has not yet made substantial investment in Serbia or been successful in interacting with the host country on political issues. End Summary. SERBIAN DIASPORA C [...]
2009-09-23 17:37:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PREF PREL SCUL SMIG SR
09BELGRADE1144SERBIA: RESTITUTION LAW PROMISED BY YEAR END AMID GROWING
[...] (SBU) The Government of Serbia has promised that it will adopt a long-awaited restitution law for nationalized property by the end of the year. In preparation, the Government hosted a conference, co-sponsored by the Council of Europe and European Commission, to review restitution laws and "le [...]
2009-10-05 14:17:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIDE KPRV CASC EAID SR
09BELGRADE1602SERBIA: ROUNDTABLES WITH MUSLIM ENTREPENEURS
[...] (U) During two embassy-led roundtables with local Muslim entrepreneurs (as per reftel A),participants expressed their support for President Obama's Muslim outreach initiative but remained primarily concerned about the depressed local economic situation hindering business opportunity and the [...]
2009-12-31 08:42:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON OEXC PREL SCUL SOCI SR
09BELGRADE19SERBIA: PARTICIPATION IN RCC ON TRACK
[...] (SBU) The Serbian government is redefining institutional structures and priorities to actively participate in the Sarajevo-based Regional Cooperation Council (RCC). Serbia's deputy RCC national coordinator told us that Serbian ministries are beginning to coordinate and de-conflict prospective [...]
2009-01-12 06:29:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EAID BK SR
09BELGRADE258SERBIA: DELIVERY OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING MILADIN
[...] (SBU) We delivered diplomatic note numbered 037/09 per Ref A instructions on March 24 to MFA Political Director Borko Stefanovic. 2. (SBU) In response, Stefanovic presented a diplomatic note in English numbered 963 and dated March 24, 2009. (A scanned copy of both notes has been forwarded [...]
2009-03-25 15:07:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN PREL OPDC EAID SR
09BELGRADE497 SERBIA MODIFIES LAW TO PERMIT EXTRADITION OF NATIONALS
[...] (SBU) A recent change to Serbian law necessitated by the European integration process has made the extradition of Serbian citizens possible under bilateral or multilateral treaties. Post recommends that we seize this opportunity to update or replace the existing 1901 extradition treaty with S [...]
2009-06-11 11:10:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN PREL PGOV ODIP EAID SR
09BELGRADE520SERBIA: Global Action on Food Security at the July G8
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 05:33:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID PREL SR
09BELGRADE851Serbia and China: Strengthening Relations, but Little
[...] (C) Serbia is seeking closer ties to China as part of its recent emphasis on "four pillars" of foreign policy: the EU, U.S., Russia, and China. Other than China's support for Serbia on Kosovo, the relationship remains greatly imbalanced in China's favor. To highlight the importance of the rel [...]
2009-10-05 06:17:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ETRD EINV CH SR
09BELGRADE996SERBIA: PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION LAW ENACTED
[...] (SBU) On August 31, Serbia's parliament passed the Planning and Construction law, which will streamline construction permitting and clarify land ownership issues, but which has also been strongly opposed by domestic and international restitution claimants. Following the passage, Charge met with [...]
2009-09-03 08:47:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIDE KPRV CASC EAID SR
09BELMOPAN206EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE MISSES BELIZE
[...] On May 28, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Honduras, followed by a 4.8 magnitude aftershock. While the earthquake was felt in Belize, only minor shaking was experienced. No major damage has been reported by the Government of Belize, and only minor damage has been observed b [...]
2009-05-28 22:16:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI REF EAID AEMR BH
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