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09BELMOPAN425	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE WORLD HEALTH [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 19:49:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO BH

09BERLIN1132	GERMAN VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 14-15 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany shares the U.S. assessment of the situation of IDPs in Sri Lanka and the need to act quickly, but notes that the EU Council is currently not on track to take action until October. While agreeing that the EU should enhance its trade and investment with Georgia, Armenia a [...]	2009-09-11 19:58:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN EAID PHUM ETRD AF PK GM CE ZJ
09BERLIN1134	PARTNERING FOR FOOD SECURITY: NO DECISION YET ON [...] (SBU) On September 10, 2009, Ambassador Murphy delivered the invitation to the September 26 meeting on Partnering for Food Security on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and accompanying draft statement during an introductory call on Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinme [...]	2009-09-14 12:38:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD PREL UNGA GM
09BERLIN1166	GERMANY SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON SRI LANKAN IDPS, [...] (SBU) After presenting ref A demarche on Sri Lankan IDPs to the MFA Deputy European Corespondent in advance of the September 14-15 EU GAERC meeting (ref B),PolOff followed up to reinforce the points with MFA South Asia Office Director Gudrun Sraega. 2. (C) Sraega said that Germany shared U [...]	2009-09-18 16:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN
09BERLIN1175	German Reactions to U.S. Proposals on "Global [...] (U) Summary: While supporting the results of the G-8 meeting in Washington during the week of September 14, Germany prefers to maintain the G-8 response to a global partnership on food security in line with agreements reach by the Agricultural Ministers in l'Aquilla in April. However, German [...]	2009-09-22 13:03:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD PREL UNGA GM
09BERLIN1332	GERMAN VIEWS ON OCTOBER 26-27 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Germany is in broad agreement with U.S. points on Afghanistan/Pakistan, but officials expect no discussion on the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Pakistan during the October GAERC. Afghanistan discussions will center around adopting the Council's Action Plan, which, Germany believes, [...]	2009-10-23 16:02:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN EAID PHUM ETRD AFDB PK GM
09BERLIN1447	SRAP HOLBROOKE DISCUSSES PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 12 meeting in Berlin, MFA State Minister Werner Hoyer and U.S. Special Representative Holbrooke discussed ministerial attendance at Karzai's November 19 inauguration, ongoing U.S. deliberations on a new Afghanistan strategy, and proposals for improving coordinat [...]	2009-11-16 10:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON EAID NATO GM AF
09BERLIN1470	ON THE EVE OF THE KARZAI INAUGURAL: GERMAN VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany completely shares U.S. priorities for the new Afghan government, and FM Westerwelle plans to reinforce these points in a scheduled bilateral meeting with Karzai after the November 19 inauguration. The German MFA remains skeptical about the idea of dual-hatting the U.S. Am [...]	2009-11-18 14:59:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO ECON EAID GM AF PK
09BERLIN1507	GERMANY WORRIES THAT HOLDING SECOND AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Both the German MFA and MOD reiterated that while Germany would rhetorically support the President's announcement next week of the U.S. way ahead in Afghanistan and Pakistan, any additional German contributions would have to wait until the Afghan government made the necessary com [...]	2009-11-27 11:43:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS NATO EAID GM AF PK
09BERLIN1513	GERMANY CONFIRMS $3 BILLION PLEDGE FOR FOOD [...] (SBU) In separate interactions with officials at the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV),Embassy reinforced the importance the U.S. and other partners place on putting the L'Aquila food security princi [...]	2009-11-30 16:12:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EAID ETRD
09BERLIN1525	GERMANY NONCOMMITTAL ON PA BUDGET SUPPORT [...] (C) Pol Minister Counselor delivered reftel letter from Secretary Clinton to German Foreign Minister Westerwelle November 25 to MFA Near East Assistant Secretary-equivalent Andreas Michaelis who had just returned from his November 23-24 visit to Jerusalem and Ramallah with Westerwelle. Michae [...]	2009-12-02 14:32:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL EAID PGOV WBG EU IS GM
09BERLIN1579	GERMANS STILL CONSIDERING NEW ASSISTANCE TO WFP IN [...] (SBU) Maren Lipps, Pakistan Desk Officer, Germany Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ),told Econoff that Germany shares U.S. concerns about the World Food Program's (WFP's) need for assistance in Pakistan to cover its forecasted shortfall of resources. She said there was a [...]	2009-12-14 14:01:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD IO PGOV PHUM PK PREF
09BERLIN1609	GERMANY'S NEW DEVELOPMENT MINISTER CONNECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dirk Niebel (FDP) was an odd pick as Germany's new Development Minister -- he had no experience in international development, and had previously suggested abolishing the Development Ministry. Now in charge, Niebel has big shoes to fill, following on the heels of Heidemarie Wie [...]	2009-12-21 16:31:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1610	EMBASSY BERLIN RESPONSE TO FY 2010 PEDOPHILIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, Embassy Berlin finds no evidence suggesting the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) or its affiliate organizations share ties to groups that support pedophilia. Per UNV representatives, the organization does not grant official status, accreditation or recognition [...]	2009-12-22 10:42:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAID PHUM SOCI GM
09BERLIN311	GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PAKISTAN'S IDP [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Pakistan Desk Officer Tobias Grothe on March 11 and asked that Germany support urgent appeals for assistance to Pakistan's internally displaced persons (IDPs). Grothe said he would coordinate with the MFA desk responsible UN humanitarian assistance [...]	2009-03-16 16:38:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PHUM PREF GM PK AF
09BERLIN326	GERMAN VIEWS ON APRIL 17 PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge Koenig delivered reftel points to MFA State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg on March 18, in a joint demarche with Japanese Ambassador Takahiro Shinyo and Pakistani Ambassador Shahid Ahmad Kamal. Silberberg said the German MFA will be represented at the April 17 Donors Confe [...]	2009-03-20 11:12:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD PK GM
09BERLIN335	GERMANY TO DONATE ADDITIONAL 1 MILLION EUROS TO [...] (SBU) Post followed up with MFA Pakistan Desk Officer Tobias Grothe on March 19 to see if Germany, as requested reftel A, would be able to contribute additional funds to one or more of the UN agencies involved in assisting internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Pakistan, or to help meet the Bu [...]	2009-03-20 15:28:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PHUM PREF PK GM
09BERLIN426	PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE: GERMANY STILL MULLING [...] (C) Pol-Mil/External Chief delivered ref A talking points to MFA Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force Director Ruediger Koenig on April 9 in a joint demarche with Japanese Political Counselor Ryo Nakamura and Pakistani Counselor Khayyam Akbar, stressing the importance of a generous German pledge in [...]	2009-04-09 15:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK JA GM
09BERLIN431	NEW U.S. AF/PAK STRATEGY GENERATES GOOD WILL, BUT [...] (S) SUMMARY. The new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan has been warmly received in Germany and has engendered considerable good will, but it has thus far yielded only a few additional commitments from Berlin -- the chief of which is a contribution of 50 million Euros to the Afghan Nat [...]	2009-04-10 10:25:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PREL MARR ECON EAID NATO EU AF PK UN GM
09BERLIN531	GERMAN PARTICIPATION IN MAY 13-14 RECCA CONFERENCE [...] (C) On May 4 and 5, 2009, post delivered reftel points to the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMW) and the German Federation of Industries (BDI),encouraging high-level German participation [...]	2009-05-08 13:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP EAID EAGR ECON EFIN ENRG KPWR PREL AF
09BERLIN602	GERMANY SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT UN CONFERENCE [...] (C) On May 20, 2009, Econoff delivered reftel points to Peter Woeste, Head of Division, Economic and Development Affairs of the United Nations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to urge cooperation on achieving an acceptable outcome at the June 1-3, 2009 United Nations Conference on the World Finan [...]	2009-05-20 17:04:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN UNGA GM
09BERLIN604	GERMANY: ADDITIONAL 6 MILLION EUROS FOR PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Germany shares U.S. concerns over the worsening situation of IDPs in Pakistan, and is increasing its humanitarian assistance to Pakistan as a result. New money for Pakistan's internally displaced persons (IDPs) from two different ministries -- the Ministry for Economic Coopera [...]	2009-05-20 17:17:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PHUM PREF GM PK AF
09BERLIN667	GERMAN ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTANI IDPS ALREADY [...] (SBU) On June 4, Econoff contacted Maren Lipps, Pakistan Desk Officer, German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ),to express appreciation for Germany's prompt response to the Pakistan Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) crisis and to urge quick disbursement of the German pl [...]	2009-06-04 15:53:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PHUM PREF GM PK AF
09BERLIN671	AHLC: GERMANY SHARES U.S. OBJECTIVES, CITES NEED [...] (SBU) MFA Near East Division Chief Boris Ruge informed Poloff June 5 that the MFA "fully agrees" with the U.S. policy objectives noted in reftel. Ruge will lead the German delegation to the AHLC's June 8 Oslo meeting. Ruge said that keeping the Palestinian Authority (PA) financially solvent [...]	2009-06-05 15:13:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS GM
09BERLIN688	GERMAN CIVILIAN ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN TO REACH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany is one of the largest development and humanitarian aid donors to Afghanistan. The Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is providing up to 100 million euros this year, focusing mainly on longer-term energy, water, education and sustainable development pr [...]	2009-06-09 17:18:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID AF GM
09BERLIN730	GERMANS SHARE U.S. CONCERNS ON PAKISTAN IDPS [...] (SBU) On June 9, 2009, Charge d'Affaires John Koenig sent letters to Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul to express appreciation for Germany's contributions to assist Pakistan's internally displaced persons (IDPs) and urge the German gove [...]	2009-06-18 15:21:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL PHUM PREF GM PK AF
09BERLIN749	GERMANY: NO DECISION ON BUDGETARY SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) On June 16, 2009, post contacted Maren Lipps, Pakistan Desk Officer, German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ),to express appreciation for Germany's pledge at the April 17 Tokyo Donors Conference and highlight the importance of donor pledges for the government of Pa [...]	2009-06-22 16:06:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PHUM PREF GM PK
09BERLIN85	EMBASSY BERLIN RESPONSE TO FY 2009 PEDOPHILIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, Embassy Berlin has found no evidence that would suggest that United Nations Volunteers (UNV) or its affiliate organizations have ties to groups that support pedophilia. Per UNV representatives, the organization does not grant official status, accreditation [...]	2009-01-23 15:01:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAID PHUM SOCI GM
09BERLIN887	GERMANS SHARE U.S. CONCERNS OVER HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Berlin A/DCM conveyed U.S. concerns over the urgent humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya to State Secretary Peter Ammon of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He urged Germany to join the United States in stepping up contributions to avoid a further deterioratio [...]	2009-07-22 16:12:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL PHUM PREF DJ ER ET GM KE SO
09BERLIN896	GERMAN SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN BEYOND THE AUGUST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Berlin presented REF A points to contacts at the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Interlocutors believe Germany is unlikely to take any major new decisions on Afghanistan before parliamentary ("Bundestag") elections [...]	2009-07-24 14:41:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN EUN MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF PK GM
09BERN136	CONCLUSIONS OF AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Poloff provided a copy of the White Paper in reftel A on March 27 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Regional Coordinator for Southern Asia at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Fux appreciated the information, which he said was timely, not only with regard to the upcoming intern [...]	2009-03-27 17:05:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS EAID PTER PGOV PK AF SZ
09BERN171	AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN: REQUESTING ADDITIONAL SWISS [...] (U) Poloff delivered the messages in reftels A and B on April 8 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Regional Coordinator for Southern Asia at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). ----------- AFGHANISTAN ----------- 2. (C) Fux lauded the detailed USG non-paper (reftel A) outlining s [...]	2009-04-09 17:41:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MARR NATO AF SZ
09BERN175	MADAGASCAR: SWISS AGREE WITH USG POINTS ON URGING [...] (C) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on April 15 to Anja Zobrist Rentenaar, Regional Coordinator for Southern Africa in the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Rentenaar mentioned that the FDFA (at least not in Bern) thus far had not been approached by the EU to discuss Madagasc [...]	2009-04-15 16:49:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MA SZ
09BERN286	SWISS RESPONSE: GLOBAL ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel points to Federal Office of Agriculture (FOAG) Head of International Sustainable Agriculture Unit Francois Pythoud and Senior Officer Hubert Poffet. In general, Pythoud welcomed the new U.S. approach towards food security. He stated that the five principles as o [...]	2009-07-08 14:40:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID PREL SZ
09BERN330	SWISS RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE SEEKING DONOR SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on August 7 to Anja Zobrist-Rentenaar, Regional Coordinator for Southern Africa at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA),and Jenny Piaget, Deputy Regional Coordinator. Piaget responded that Swiss government funding for Somalia is solely [...]	2009-08-07 13:44:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KPKO PGOV EAID SO SZ
09BERN364	DEMARCHE ON FOOD SECURITY: SWISS RESPONSE [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel points to Swiss Agency for Development and Corporation (SDC) Deputy Head of Global Food Security Lillian Ortega and Department of Agriculture (DOA) Head Director for Global Sustainable Agriculture Francois Pythoud. Ortega noted that SDC instituted a new global pro [...]	2009-09-01 12:08:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ETRD SZ
09BERN390	SWISS RESPONSE TO PERSUADING THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel A talking points on September 11, 2009 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Regional Coordinator for Southern Asia at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and one of his deputies, Yves Nicolet. Fux and Nicolet noted that the GOS was in agreement with the US [...]	2009-09-16 16:32:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID CE SZ
09BERN395	SWISS RESPONSE: DONOR SUPPORT FOR ETHIOPIA, KENYA, [...] Econoff delivered reftel A points to Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Regional Coordinator for Northern Subsaharan Africa Urs Beer in July. After consulting with his his colleagues in the Humanitarian Aid Department of the Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency (SDC) regarding donor su [...]	2009-09-18 07:29:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF EAGR SZ
09BERN478	IMF STAND-BY ARRANGEMENT REVIEW: SWISS ALSO [...] (SBU) Acting POLE counselor conveyed reftel points November 5 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Regional Coordinator for Southern Asia at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA),and to Riccardo Sansonetti, Head of the International Finance and Monetary Policy Division at the Federal Departm [...]	2009-11-05 15:31:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL PHUM PREF CE SZ
09BERN514	NOMINEES TO ATTEND THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request for post to nominate Switzerland-based entrepreneurs of Muslim faith to attend The Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit, Embassy Bern submits the following nominees: Cebrail Terlemez: Mr. Terlemez is the Secretary General of the Institute for Intercultura [...]	2009-11-30 16:19:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI PHUM XF SZ
09BERN57	ADDITIONAL SWISS INPUT REGARDING CALL FOR FREEZING [...] (SBU) Further to reftel A request for Switzerland to freeze non-humanitarian assistance to Nicaragua following its fraudulent municipal elections of November 9, and reftel B interim response, Nora Kronig, Regional Coordinator for Central and South America at the Swiss Federal Department of For [...]	2009-02-06 15:39:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL NU SZ
09BERN7	SWISS RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR DONATIONS TO UNRWA'S [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel message on January 5 to Thomas Oertle, Desk Officer for Israeli-Palestinian affairs in the Middle East and Africa Division of the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). Oertle explained that Switzerland already was providing CHF 4 million (USD 3.8 million) in [...]	2009-01-07 13:26:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA SZ
09BERN99	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CRITICAL [...] Post has identified two entities that fit into the categories supplied by S/CT: the Swiss pharmaceutical industry and the Swiss banking system. 2. The Swiss pharmaceutical industry is located in Basel and produces internationally recognized products to combat Avian Influenza, cancer, tube [...]	2009-03-05 15:35:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV EAID EFIN SZ
09BISHKEK1286	KYRGYZSTAN NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] Below are Embassy Bishkek's nominees to the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit (reftel) and proposed public diplomacy activities related to the summit. While some of the nominees come from relatively large companies (for Kyrgyzstan's market),others are from small companies and NGOs and th [...]	2009-12-14 08:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL EAID SOCI KG
09BISHKEK160	GENERATORS FOR KYRGYZSTAN: THANKS, CAN WE HAVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Kyrgyzstan facing rolling blackouts this winter due to low water levels in the main hydropower reservoir, USAID has provided back-up generators to 58 hospitals throughout the country. On February 18-19, Poloff and USAID FSN visited the Talas region to inspect the install [...]	2009-02-24 04:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK237	AMBASSADOR HOSTS INFORMAL MEETING BETWEEN KYRGYZ [...] (C) Summary: On March 11, the Ambassador hosted an informal meeting at her residence between Foreign Minister Sarbayev and the country director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI). The meeting was cordial and lasted a full ninety minutes. They discussed NDI's programming in Kyrgyzstan [...]	2009-03-19 12:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID KG
09BISHKEK267	AMBASSADOR HOSTS BRIEFING ON MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador hosted Foreign Minister Sarbayev and USAID's Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Program Advisor for an informal meeting to review the Threshold Program. Discussion focused on progress to date, how MCC's indicators work, and the desire for strong cooperation. Sarba [...]	2009-03-30 08:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KG
09BISHKEK269	KYRGYZ BUDGET TRANSPARENCY AND USG ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Embassy provides the following responses to reftel inquiry regarding Kyrgyz central government budgetary transparency and U.S. government assistance: -- The Kyrgyz Republic's central government is receiving U.S. foreign assistance that uses FY 2009 funds. -- The basic components o [...]	2009-03-31 03:52:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL KG
09BISHKEK382	AMBASSADOR HOSTS INFORMAL MEETING BETWEEN KYRGYZ [...] (C) Summary: On April 15, the Ambassador hosted an informal meeting at her residence between Foreign Minister Sarbayev and the Country Representative for USAID. Similar to previous meetings with the heads of the National Democratic Institute (NDI),the International Republican Institute (IRI) [...]	2009-04-23 11:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KG
09BISHKEK409	KYRGYZSTAN PRIMED FOR WINDFALL IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) Summary: The Kyrgyz government is looking at an eight-fold increase in direct donor support this year. As a result of the London G-20 Summit decision to boost IMF resources, the Kyrgyz Republic appears eligible for an additional $100 million in IMF assistance that would augment $222 mil [...]	2009-04-28 08:24:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK676	KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS ABOUT NDI [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Sarbayev complained to Charge June 17 that the National Democratic Institute (NDI) was biased against the government and that its programming was "not consistent" with the bilateral assistance agreement. Sarbayev claimed that with some in the government accusing [...]	2009-06-24 11:32:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM KG
09BISHKEK962	KYRGYZSTAN: BUDGET TRANSPARENCY POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Econoff met with Deputy Minister of Finance Abdualim Nishanov on August 26 to deliver reftel points regarding central government budget transparency. Nishanov defended the government's process for developing and auditing the annual budget. He stated that the parliamentary hearings and [...]	2009-09-02 03:22:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL AID KG
09BISHKEK974	KYRGYZSTAN: BUDGET TRANSPARENCY POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Econoff met with Deputy Minister of Finance Abdualim Nishanov on August 26 to deliver reftel points regarding central government budget transparency. Nishanov defended the government's process for developing and auditing the annual budget. He stated that the parliamentary hearings and [...]	2009-09-08 07:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL AID KG
09BOGOTA1014	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO MEDELLIN, ANTIOQUIA [...] (U) On March 10-11, the Ambassador traveled to Medellin on the occasion of a State Department-sponsored workshop on protecting cultural patrimony. Antioquia Governor Luis Alfredo Ramos and Mayor Alonso Salazar Jaramillo told the Ambassador that the security situation had improved with the Rev [...]	2009-03-27 21:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL EAID SNAR PHUM PTER PREF ECON CO
09BOGOTA1539	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your trip to Colombia will allow you the opportunity to see the incredible progress Colombia has made from a near failed state to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America over the last decade. Despite Colombia's significant progress, USG support remains critica [...]	2009-05-15 14:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL OVIP EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA1596	DCM HIGHLIGHTS U.S. ASSISTANCE TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 20:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV CO SCUL SNAR PHUM PTER
09BOGOTA1701	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL MEEKS TO CARTAGENA AND [...] (SBU) Your attendance at the presentation of the Afro-Colombian Inter-Sectoral Commission's recommendations to Colombian Vice President Santos sends a strong signal of US support for the legitimate aspirations of this long-suffering minority. In addition to attending this meeting, you will mee [...]	2009-05-28 11:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV EAID PHUM SNAR ECON PREL CO
09BOGOTA1814	MCC MEETS WITH CROSS SECTION OF COLOMBIANS ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. During its initial visit to Colombia, a delegation from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) explained the organization's mission and procedures to Colombian Government, civil society, and business communities. The delegation's interlocutors in Bogota and Cali identified i [...]	2009-06-04 19:15:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL PGOV CO
09BOGOTA1829	THE INFORMAL COLOMBIAN ECONOMY - WHY IS IT SO [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite several years of strong economic growth and economic liberalization, much of Colombia's economic activity continues to fall in the informal, unregulated and untaxed sector. Estimates of the size of the informal economy range from 48 to 60 percent of GDP, depending on how [...]	2009-06-08 16:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAID PGOV PREL CO
09BOGOTA1832	LESSONS LEARNED FROM PLAN COLOMBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. I asked my Country Team to distill our combined Colombia experience into a cable offering a selection of lessons learned that may be of use to our colleagues in Mexico and other countries confronting escalating drug trafficking and related violence. This is not [...]	2009-06-08 19:26:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID SNAR PREL MOPS PTER MX CO
09BOGOTA1891	CONGRESSMAN GREGORY MEEKS VISIT TO CARTAGENA AND TUMACO [...] (SBU) Congressman Gregory Meeks visited Cartagena and Tumaco from May 28-31. In Cartagena, his attendance at the Afro-Colombian Commission's presentation of recommendations to Colombian Vice President Santos sent a strong signal of U.S. support for the legitimate aspirations of Afro-Colombian [...]	2009-06-12 15:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV EAID PHUM SNAR ECON PREL CO
09BOGOTA2001	SCENESETTER FOR URIBE VISIT: RELATIONSHIP IN [...] (C) President Uribe will use his visit to reaffirm our strong bilateral ties. He will seek a timeline for approval of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, and will want continued U.S. help against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and drug trafficking organizations. Ur [...]	2009-06-22 16:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID SNAR PGOV PREF PTER PHUM CO
09BOGOTA2158	COLOMBIA: DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF 2008 GSP REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-08 20:26:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID ECIN EIND ETRD
09BOGOTA2223	LOWER TAX REVENUES PUT GOC IN FISCAL SQUEEZE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 21:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID ECIN EFIN CO
09BOGOTA2239	COLOMBIA: DEMARCHE ON JUSTIFICATION FOR DECISION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 15:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN EAID CO
09BOGOTA2329	COCA CULTIVATION IN COLOMBIAN NATIONAL PARKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOC National Parks Unit (NPU) insists that coca -- despite its presence in 15 parks -- is less of a concern than invasion of licit crops and that manual eradication is effective at controlling cultivation. Coca exists in an estimated 30 percent of parks, which make up 11 p [...]	2009-07-23 17:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV SNAR EAID ECON CO
09BOGOTA2345	YOUTH OUTREACH VISIT FOCUSES ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. The DCM traveled on June 27 to the city of Barranquilla (in the Caribbean coast department of Atlantico) to visit a drug demand prevention program sponsored by the Lion's Club International and to participate in the inauguration ceremony for the Latin American Little League Tourna [...]	2009-07-23 21:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV CO
09BOGOTA2347	DCM VISIT HIGHLIGHTS U.S. PRESENCE IN COFFEE COUNTRY [...] (U) On July 1 and 2, the DCM traveled to the heart of Colombia's coffee country to inaugurate three new AmCham branches and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Manizales Binational Center, all critical institutions to U.S. presence in the region. Coffee cultivation and processing remain the [...]	2009-07-23 22:09:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV CO
09BOGOTA2563	COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE (AUGUST 20-23) [...] (SBU) We welcome the return of House Democracy Assistance Commission Chairman David Price and delegation to Colombia. Your visit comes as a regional debate over a U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement has heated up and amidst significant political developments, as Congress exerts greater [...]	2009-08-13 16:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EAID PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PHUM CO
09BOGOTA257	PRESIDENT OBAMA'S INAUGURATION RECEIVES BROAD, [...] SUMMARY: Reaction to the Inauguration of President Obama as reflected by the extensive and very positive media coverage for the new administration, as well as comment from our contacts, has been uniformly positive in Colombia. President Uribe and numerous Colombian government officials have [...]	2009-01-27 14:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PHUM ECIN EAID PGOV CO
09BOGOTA2611	COLOMBIA ACCEPTS POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (SBU) We delivered S/P's invitation to policy planning talks at the Department, the draft agenda and the talking points (per reftel) to MFA Vice Minister Clemencia Forero and the MFA North America office on August 10. On August 18, MFA North America Director Adriana Maldonado confirmed that C [...]	2009-08-19 21:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM EAID MARR CO
09BOGOTA2716	GOC INQUIRES ABOUT COLOMBIA'S MCC ELIGIBILITY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) Post received a joint letter from Finance Minister Zuluaga, National Planning Department Director Esteban Piedrahita, and Presidential Agency for Social Action Acting Director Alzate inquiring about Colombia's continued MCC elig [...]	2009-08-25 21:26:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL CO
09BOGOTA2759	GENERAL SAAVEDRA SENDS POSITIVE SIGNALS ON SECURITY [...] (SBU) The Embassy's Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) working group met August 24 with Colombian Army General Carlos Saavedra, who coordinates implementation of the GOC's security strategy in relation to the National Consolidation Plan (PNC). Many areas targeted for CSDI assista [...]	2009-08-28 19:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA2904	AUGUST COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Colombian military is moving forward with its security strategy in support of the National Consolidation Plan (PNC),the GOC's effort to increase state presence in Colombia. Civilian participation at a senior level meeting for the Coordination Center for Integrated Action (CCAI),the [...]	2009-09-09 13:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA2922	AMBASSADOR'S TRIP HIGHLIGHTS INCREASINGLY STRONG USG [...] (U) On August 25, the Ambassador gave the opening address to the tenth annual Fulbright conference on hemispheric relations at the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla. He also inaugurated a U.S. Department of Commerce-sponsored corporate good governance program and met with leaders of the Ca [...]	2009-09-10 21:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM OEXC SOCI CO
09BOGOTA2923	CODEL PRICE: COLOMBIANS EMPHASIZE DEFENSE COOPERATION, FREE [...] (U) The House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) visited Colombia from August 20-23. Led by Chairman David Price, HDAC met with President Uribe and Colombian Congressional leadership, including the Senate and House Foreign Affairs committees. President Uribe highlighted the successes of Pl [...]	2009-09-11 14:13:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EAID PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PHUM CO
09BOGOTA3000	GOC RESPONSE TO TVPRA LIST OF GOODS PRODUCED WITH [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to GOC officials on September 9 concerning the release of the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) "List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor." Only the Ministry of Social Protection (MPS) responded to the demarche, providing the embassy with a detai [...]	2009-09-17 19:48:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PREL PTER USTR CO
09BOGOTA3031	UNDP LABOR VIOLENCE STUDY KICKS OFF [...] (C) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Colombia launched its long-anticipated labor violence study with an Ambassador-level planning meeting (which Ambassador Brownfield attended) and working-level workshop on September 4, 2009. The study will analyze the causes and effects of la [...]	2009-09-21 20:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PREL PTER USTR CO
09BOGOTA3049	MURDERS OF UNIONISTS DROP AS PROSECUTIONS INCREASE [...] (SBU) The number of trade unionist killings to date in 2009 is 24, 47% less than the same period in 2008. The Prosecutor General's Labor Crimes Sub-Unit has racked up 44 convictions in 2009 against perpetrators of violence against unionists. The majority of Colombian unionists work in the pub [...]	2009-09-24 16:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL PTER USTR CO
09BOGOTA3123	CONSOLIDATION EFFORTS IN NARINO PROMPTS FARC THREAT [...] (C/NF) The Colombian National Police (CNP) obtained on August 22 a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 29th Front pamphlet declaring all social projects under the GOC's National Consolidation Plan (PNC) military targets. The CNP has reviewed the communique and believes it to be authe [...]	2009-10-05 13:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER SNAR EAID CO
09BOGOTA3127	COURTS CONSIDER TWO CONTROVERSIAL STRIKES AT DRUMMOND AND [...] (C) Two controversial court cases concerning strikes in the coal sector have reached the highest levels of the Colombian judicial system. The National Mining and Energy Industry Workers' Union (SINTRAMIENERGETICA) initiated the first strike over work-safety issues at Drummond's La Loma coal mi [...]	2009-10-05 15:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EAID ETRD KJUS PHUM PREL USTR CO
09BOGOTA3160	AMBASSADOR'S TRIP HIGHLIGHTS THE DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN [...] (U) The Ambassador participated in a September 16 ceremony to transfer ownership of five counterdrug radar installations to the Colombian Air Force (COLAF). The ceremony was held at the Tres Esquinas Air Force Base, in a remote area near the Colombia-Ecuador border. The transfer ceremony incl [...]	2009-10-02 17:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MARR PHUM PTER SNAR AORC MOPS
09BOGOTA3187	GOC EFFORTS TO PROTECT EDUCATION-SECTOR UNIONISTS [...] (SBU) About 40% of murdered unionists in Colombia are public-sector educators. Ministry of Education (MOE) officials and labor leaders told us that armed groups and criminal gangs target educators because of their involvement in community affairs and politics. The Colombian Federation of Educ [...]	2009-10-14 20:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR CO
09BOGOTA3204	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS USG INTEREST IN SAN ANDRES [...] (SBU) The Ambassador traveled to San Andres, Colombia on September 22-23, to highlight U.S. interest in San Andres and discuss how the United States can best support the development of the island. The Ambassador was briefed by the Governor, leaders in conservation and tourism, leaders of the A [...]	2009-10-09 15:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID OEXC PREL KLSO SNAR SENV PHUM CO
09BOGOTA3262	SEPTEMBER COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE [...] (U) Diego Molano was named the new head of the President's Agency for Social Action and International Cooperation (Accion Social). The GOC has officially changed the name of "Fusion Centers" to "Regional Coordination Centers." Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul Stockton visited the Plan for [...]	2009-10-16 13:26:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA3301	FLOWER UNION WITHERS AFTER LABOR DISPUTE [...] (C) A labor dispute at a bankrupt flower farm is a case of lose-lose negotiating in Colombia. When workers occupied the Benilda, S.A. plantation in September to protest unpaid benefits, the company went into bankruptcy. The owner claimed he was hamstrung by high labor costs and currency appre [...]	2009-11-03 16:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO
09BOGOTA3343	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PROMINENT LABOR LEADER [...] (U) The Ambassador expressed USG support for the essential role unions play in healthy democratic societies in an October 29 meeting with the General Confederation of Workers (CGT). The CGT is one of the three main labor confederations in Colombia, with 270,000 members organized into approxima [...]	2009-11-10 17:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO
09BOGOTA3362	TELLING COLOMBIA'S STORY: FROM FAILING STATE TO STABLE ALLY [...] (SBU) The Ambassador challenged the Embassy's Country Team to critique and refine Post's strategic mission during the annual offsite meeting on October 5. The Country Team developed several objectives for the coming year, including: articulating and promoting the USG message on human rights i [...]	2009-10-23 14:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EAID PHUM PREF PTER MARR SNAR ETRD
09BOGOTA3408	Lack of Clarity and Increasing Polarization as Elections [...] (SBU) USAID carried out an elections assessment in September in anticipation of the upcoming 2010 presidential and congressional elections in Colombia. The main conclusions were: there is a lack of clarity surrounding the elections that has contributed to a sense of paralysis among key actors [...]	2009-10-28 16:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PREL PREF PHUM OAS CO
09BOGOTA3435	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ROUGHEAD'S DEC 2-6 VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Your upcoming visit to Bogota and Cartagena is an opportunity to reassure the Colombians of our commitment to their fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups. Colombians have begun to perceive our decision not to be baited by Venezuela's bellicose rhetoric and trade freeze as [...]	2009-11-24 15:12:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ECON ETRD EAID SNAR MOPS CO
09BOGOTA3437	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL FRASER'S NOV 30 - DEC 1 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Your return to Colombia is an opportunity to reassure the Colombians of our commitment to their fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups. Colombians have begun to perceive our decision not to be baited by Venezuela's bellicose rhetoric, violence against Colombians along the b [...]	2009-11-25 18:21:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV PHUM PTER ECON ETRD EAID SNAR MOPS CO
09BOGOTA3487	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR WHO BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO CO
09BOGOTA3489	COLOMBIA TO BE SUPPORTIVE IN COPENHAGEN; PROPOSES FORESTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Environment Minister Carlos Costa told the Deputy Chief of Mission that Colombia would support U.S. efforts at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The Minister welcomed the close coordination and openness of U.S. negotiators and indicated the USG could count on Col [...]	2009-12-01 23:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID ECON ENRG EINV PGOV PREL UN CO
09BOGOTA3511	Copenhagen Climate Summit: Colombian Delegation, Priorities, [...] (U) Summary. At the Copenhagen Climate Change conference, Environment Minister Carlos Costa will lead the Colombian delegation, which includes the Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs, Director of IDEAM (a NOAA-like institution),and other advisors. Per reftels, Colombia will continue to be [...]	2009-12-07 20:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID ECON ENRG PGOV PREL UN CO
09BOGOTA3526	Researchers Assess Post-FARC Consolidation, Intelligentsia [...] (U) On October 28, think tank New Rainbow Corporation and the Dutch Embassy held a public forum on the Integral Plan for the Consolidation of La Macarena (PCIM). La Macarena lacked a state presence for years and was the home base region of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). R [...]	2009-11-05 17:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA3536	DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S VISIT TO BARRANQUILLA AND [...] (U) The Deputy Chief of Mission, accompanied by USAID Mission Director and other embassy officers, travelled to Barranquilla and Cartagena on October 22-23, where he met with local political, business, and community leaders; visited commercial enterprises; and visited with beneficiaries of USAI [...]	2009-11-05 21:22:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR CO
09BOGOTA3537	JUDICIAL SECTOR WORKERS BARRED FROM STRIKING [...] (SBU) On November 11 the Colombian Supreme Court ruled that a 2008 strike by 38,000 members of the National Association of Judicial Branch Employees (ASONAL JUDICIAL) over remuneration and judicial independence was illegal. The ruling has renewed debate over restrictions on the right of public [...]	2009-12-14 17:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO
09BOGOTA3582	OCTOBER COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE [...] (U) At a senior level coordinating meeting, Diego Molano, civilian lead of the National Consolidation Plan (PNC),set goals for consolidation and attempted to reinvigorate the interagency coordinating mechanism. The military is still playing a large role in Montes de Maria. USAID held 11 town [...]	2009-11-10 21:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA3586	Colombia Shares Lessons from Demobilizing over 51,000 [...] President Uribe and Frank Pearl, High Presidential Commissioner for Reintegration and High Commissioner for Peace, launched a document based on Colombia's experience in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) on November 3. The GOC initiative seeks to share with other nations in c [...]	2009-11-12 14:55:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO BR HA RP

09BOGOTA3635	COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL (JANUARY 7-10) [...] (SBU) Your upcoming visit to Cartagena and Monteria is an opportunity to discuss with the Colombians our shared fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups as well as the underlying social inequality that drives both phenomena. President Uribe's final decision on whether to push for r [...]	2009-12-31 19:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PHUM MOPS OREP CO
09BOGOTA372	COLOMBIA'S AMAZON REGION: A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT, [...] SUMMARY. The economy of Amazonas Department, which borders Brazil and Peru, contributes less than .05 percent to Colombia's GDP. Local experts tell us that the Department's limited infrastructure and prevalence of protected areas -- there are only 25 miles of paved roads in the department and [...]	2009-02-04 22:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV EAID CO
09BOGOTA3968	NOVEMBER COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Embassy activated the Northern Band (Bajo Cauca in northern Antioquia) as the fourth Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) priority zone. Montes de Maria will remain a part of CSDI but requires less coordinated action from USG agencies due to progress on the ground. Gener [...]	2009-12-11 15:21:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA4066	FOR RELEASE: INTO THE JUNGLE: AMBASSADOR VISITS AMAZONAS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador traveled for the first time in his tenure to the Amazonas Department and its capital, Leticia, on November 18 and 19. During his visit, he met with representatives from indigenous communities, the local tourism sector, local, department, and federal government officials, a [...]	2009-12-22 14:21:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PHUM MOPS SENV EAID SOCI SCUL PREL CO
09BOGOTA413	SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 16-18 VISIT OF CHAIRWOMAN [...] (SBU) We welcome your visit as the first major CODEL to Colombia during the Obama administration. In ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America. Colombia has made major progress in its fight ag [...]	2009-02-09 16:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EAID PREL SNAR PTER ETRD CO
09BOGOTA418	COLOMBIA: INVITATION TO IDB 50TH ANNUAL MEETING IN [...] On February 6, Post received a diplomatic note from the Colombian Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs extending an invitation to Treasury Secretary Geithner to attend the 50th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the 24th Annual meeting [...]	2009-02-09 20:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OVIP PGOV ECON OTRA EAID CO
09BOGOTA435	SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 18-22 CAPSTONE VISIT TO [...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of the CAPSTONE fellows to Colombia, which comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. In ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America. Colombia has [...]	2009-02-11 20:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR EAID PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PREF CO
09BOGOTA446	COLOMBIA: INVITATION TO THE PRESIDENT FOR IDB [...] On February 10, Post received a copy of an invitation from President Alvaro Uribe to President Obama to attend the closing event of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Heads of State and Government Summit in Medellin on March 31, [...]	2009-02-12 16:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP OTRA PGOV ECON EAID EFIN IDB CO
09BOGOTA463	PROTECTING COLOMBIA'S CRITICAL ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In follow up to the August 2008 Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary visit to Colombia and subsequent request by Colombian Minister of Mines and Energy Hernan Martinez, a team of DOE and U.S. Southern Command experts completed a preliminary scoping visit January 25-31, 20 [...]	2009-02-13 21:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAID PGOV PREL CO
09BOGOTA612	SEVERE FLOODING IN TUMACO AND OTHER COMMUNITIES IN NARIQO, [...] SUMMARY: As a result of heavy rains on February 15-16, 2009, the Mira River overflowed its banks causing severe flooding in the municipality of Tumaco, Nario. Over 6,000 families were affected (approximately 31,000 people) resulting in one confirmed death and 22 missing persons. The Chief of [...]	2009-02-24 23:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV AEMR ASEC PHUM KFLO CO
09BOGOTA721	VISIT HIGHLIGHTS US ASSISTANCE TO SANTA MARTA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The DCM traveled on February 18 and 19 to the Port of Santa Marta (in the Caribbean coast department of Magdalena) to meet with local political, social, and business leaders and to visit the Santa Marta Port, La Remonta Antinarcotics Police Base, a USAID-funded clinic and school, [...]	2009-03-03 18:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV CO
09BOGOTA815	COLOMBIA: COMMENTS ON PARKO SERVICES APPLICATION [...] (SBU) Upon review and consultation with the Ministry of Mines and Energy, the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH),and local business community contacts, Post is aware of no derogatory information about the project company Parko Services listed in reftel. According to our contacts, the project [...]	2009-03-11 21:13:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN EAID PGOV CO
09BOGOTA970	SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the first Cabinet Secretary of the new administration to visit Colombia, you trip comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. Evidenced by its hosting of the Inter-American Development Bank's 50th Annual Meeting in Medellin, Colombia has progressed from a [...]	2009-03-20 18:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL OVIP EAID SNAR CO
09BRASILIA1112	BRAZIL MORE SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. ARAB-ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE or Itamaraty) has no immediate response to our request in ref A to provide $10 million in direct budget support to the Palestinian Authority (PA). The relevant MRE department heads were receptive to the idea of a further Brazilian co [...]	2009-09-04 20:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN EAID KWBG OPDC IS
09BRASILIA1120	BRAZIL: POTENTIAL FOR WORKING CLOSER WITH BRAZIL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Biotechnology and genetic resources are issues that have divided the Brazilian ministries, with the Agriculture Ministry vigorously supporting increased use of biotechnology and freer flow of genetic resources, and until recently, the Environment Ministry expressing skepticism [...]	2009-09-08 14:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO ECON KSCA KIPR EAID ETRD BR
09BRASILIA1131	BRAZIL: UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A recommendation to proceed with creation of a program under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA) is being considered at the highest levels of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). The Environment Ministry, the environmental community, and the Embassy have been urgi [...]	2009-09-11 10:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1136	BRAZIL: "WE WILL HAVE AN AMBITIOUS NUMBER" FOR EMISSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) will go to Copenhagen with an ambitious emissions reductions number as part of the negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),according to the Minister of External Relations Celso Amorim. In an early September inte [...]	2009-09-11 19:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1188	BRAZILIAN UNDERSECRETARY TALKS AFRICA, [...] (C) Summary. In his September 21 introductory lunch with the Charge D'Affaires, Ambassador Piragibe Tarrago, the recently named Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Under-Secretary for the newly created Middle Eastern and African Affairs portfolio, provided insight into Brazil's evolving dev [...]	2009-09-23 18:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON IS
09BRASILIA1202	BRAZIL: SUPPORTS GOALS BUT NOT MEANS IN U.S.-CANADA-MEXICO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) understands and is concerned by the growing use of HFCs to replace HCFCs. Nonetheless, it is opposed to both the U.S.-Mexico-Canada and the Mauritius and Micronesia proposals to the Montreal Protocol to address this problem. The GOB sees such pro [...]	2009-09-28 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1254	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based. There exists a solid foundation of scientific and technological (S&T) ties, which offers excellent opportunities for increasing bilateral - and possible trilateral - cooperation. The bilatera [...]	2009-10-22 18:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA EAGR EAID SENV TBIO BR
09BRASILIA1265	BRAZIL: MEETING OF BILATERAL PROTECTED AREAS WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The first meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Protected Areas Working Group on September 10 highlighted existing areas of cooperation and identified possibilities for future activities. These new possibilities include assistance with preparing economic studies on concessions, developing [...]	2009-10-27 13:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1308	BRAZIL'S CLIMATE POSITION IS IN FLUX AND COULD STRENGTHEN; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) is finalizing its position for the Conference of the Parties-15 (COP-15) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen. Despite earlier signals that it might announce an economy-wide emissions reduction target, President [...]	2009-11-09 18:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1321	SCENESETTER FOR THE U.S.-BRAZIL JOINT COMMISSION MEETING ON [...] SUMMARY: Brazil - the giant of South America - has stepped on to the world stage as a major economic power and is a key player in regional and multilateral matters. What has been less noticeable is that Brazil has put itself on a track to eventually become a global scientific and technologic [...]	2009-11-16 14:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KSCA EAGR EAID SENV TBIO NSF BR
09BRASILIA1324	USAID/BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM MEETING. [...] SUMMARY: On October 27-30, 2009, USAID/Brazil Environment Program held its annual meeting in Belm, State of Par. The objective of the event was to promote cooperation and better integration among Program partners, as well as to discuss current themes of sustainable development in the Amazon reg [...]	2009-11-17 16:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV BR
09BRASILIA1381	BRAZIL: LATEST ON CLIMATE CHANGE OFFER AND PRE-COPENHAGEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 13, the Government of Brazil (GOB) unveiled its position for the Conference of the Parties-15 (COP-15) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen. The GOB has announced that it will seek to reduce its economy-wide greenhouse gas emissio [...]	2009-11-30 18:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1386	BRAZIL: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 16:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TBIO EAID BR
09BRASILIA1402	BRAZIL: U/S MACHADO ON GOB'S CLIMATE POSITION GOING INTO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazilian Ministry of External Relations Under Secretary for Policy Vera Machado and her deputy, Special Ambassador for Climate Change Sergio Serra, told Charge that Brazil is more optimistic about the outcome for the Conference of the Parties-15 (COP-15) to the UN Framework Co [...]	2009-12-04 11:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EFIN EAGR EAID BR
09BRASILIA1414	BRAZIL: STAS DR. NINA FEDOROFF PROMOTES SCIENCE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dr. Nina Fedoroff, Science and Technology Advisor for the Secretary of State and USAID (STAS) visited Brazil on October 25-30. In her meetings in Sao Paulo, Brasilia, and Rio de Janeiro with academics, private sector representatives, and government officials she promoted incre [...]	2009-12-07 13:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TBIO TPHY EAGR KSCA EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1426	BRAZIL: NEW LEADERSHIP GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO CREATING A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) on November 30 informed the U.S. Government (USG) that it wants to establish a debt-for-forest program under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA). The GOB submitted specific changes it wanted to make in the proposed text of an agreement cr [...]	2009-12-08 12:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1428	USAID/Brazil and Brazil's Agency for Cooperation Visit Haiti [...] SUMMARY: From November 22-26, USAID/Brazil, together with the Brazilian Agency for International Cooperation (ABC) visited Port-au-Prince to identify opportunities for trilateral cooperation in Haiti. Activities including project site visits and stakeholder meetings with Government of Haiti of [...]	2009-12-08 17:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EINV ETRD ENRG SOCI KSCA HA ECON
09BRASILIA1460	BRAZIL: AMAZON FUND AND OTHER FUNDS TO PROTECT THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Amazon Fund created in August 2008 and funded by a US$1 billion pledge from Norway has just announced its first block of approved projects to help monitor and reduce deforestation in Brazil's Amazon region. Brazil also has now passed a law that will establish a National Cl [...]	2009-12-15 15:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID KGHG EAGR EFIN NO BR
09BRASILIA1516	BRAZIL IS PROUD OF ITS AMBITIOUS APPROACH TO COPENHAGEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) expressed disappointment and frustration with the Conference of the Parties-15 (COP-15) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen. President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva principally blamed the position of the United Sta [...]	2009-12-23 19:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EFIN EAID EAGR BR
09BRASILIA178	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 117 [...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]	2009-02-12 13:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA270	BRAZIL: ENORMOUS AMAZONAS STATE PLANS AMBITIOUS APPROACH ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. By December of this year, the State of Amazonas - which contains nearly half of the remaining Brazilian Amazon Forest - plans to announce its own climate change plan and state-wide target for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To accomplish this goal Governor Eduardo Bra [...]	2009-03-10 11:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG KSCA TSPL EAID ENRG NOAA NASA BR
09BRASILIA28	WORKING WITH BRAZIL ON CLIMATE CHANGE - AN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazil has a central role in the climate change arena, not only because it controls 70% of the Amazon rainforest, but also because it plays a pivotal role in the on-going UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations. USG efforts to have India and China assume [...]	2009-01-08 13:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG EAID EFIN BR
09BRASILIA330	GOLD MINING POSES HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS IN GUYANA [...] SUMMARY Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has seen exponential growth in the South American countries of the Guyana Shield (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil) since the early 1980's, owing to dramatic gold price increases and limited government presence in the remote i [...]	2009-03-17 19:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EMIN EAID TBIO SOCI BR XR
09BRASILIA399	SENATOR CORKER LOOKS INTO CHALLENGES OF DEFORESTATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senator Robert Corker visited the State of Amazonas on March 20-21 and learned about the extensive deforestation problem in Brazil and efforts to address it. Governor Eduardo Braga explained his state's innovative program to pay forest dwellers a monthly payment to protect the [...]	2009-03-31 20:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP SENV EAID EAGR KGHG BR
09BRASILIA400	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 118 [...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]	2009-03-31 20:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA403	BRAZIL-UK: ECONOMIC CRISIS, CLIMATE ARE KEY ITEMS AT LULA-BROWN MEETING [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador Sobel March 28, British Ambassador to Brazil Alan Charlton provided a readout of the March 26 meeting between Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Charlton said that the economic crisis was the principal topic o [...]	2009-03-31 21:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN SENV ECON EAID KNNP BR UK PARM
09BRASILIA526	U.S. FOREST SERVICE EXPLORES EXPANDED COLLABORATION WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A team of experts from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) identified and prioritized a range of areas for two-way cooperation with Brazilian counterparts during their April 14-17 visit to Brazil. Officials from the young Brazilian Forest Service, the Brazilian Agricultural Researc [...]	2009-04-29 19:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA EAID KGHG EAGR BR
09BRASILIA559	CONSORTIUM MEMBERS CELEBRATE INITIAL SUCCESS OF THE ANDEAN [...] The South America Regional Environmental HUB Office attended the Third Annual Meeting of the Andean Amazon Conservation Initiative (ICAA) in Bogota, Colombia, April 19-25. These annual conferences bring together more than twenty partner organizations of this USAID-funded initiative to exchang [...]	2009-05-06 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA618	BRAZIL: CONFERENCE ON FINANCE FOR REDUCING DEFORESTATION - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An international conference, April 1-4, hosted by the Governor of Mato Grosso Blairo Maggi and the NGO Forest Trends, and co-funded by USAID, highlighted how far Brazil has come in recognizing its problem with massive, ongoing deforestation of the Amazon Forest. The conference [...]	2009-05-18 10:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG KSCA EAID EFIN ENRG BR
09BRASILIA660	BRAZIL: UN Conference on Development Impact of Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: GOB interlocutors agree the current outcome document drafted by the President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) is not a helpful way forward in a discussion of the impact of the global crisis on the developing world. Brazil wants a consensus-based document that complements and r [...]	2009-05-26 10:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID UNGA BR
09BRASILIA743	BRAZIL EMBARKS ON PROGRAM TO IMPROVE MANAGEMENT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relatively new Brazilian Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio),the agency responsible for national parks and protected area system, has launched a program to improve its park management. It seeks to introduce public use plans for its parks, and the [...]	2009-06-10 20:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA EAID KGHG EAGR BR
09BRASILIA78	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 116 [...] The following is number 116 in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do [...]	2009-01-16 18:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA872	BRAZIL: CALIFORNIA'S AND OTHERS' INITIATIVES TO REDUCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. California is leading a group of states in the United States, Brazil and Indonesia, which are parties to a November 2008 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),in developing the specifications for credit grade international offsets for avoiding deforestation under California's cap- [...]	2009-07-13 14:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ECON KSCA EAID ENRG BR
09BRASILIA955	USG SPONSORED WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLACIAL MELT [...] SUMMARY. In July 2009, a USAID and NSF-sponsored workshop brought together U.S. and Peruvian experts on climate change impacts on highland mountain zones and they identified six major weaknesses impeding the development and implementation of adaptation strategies. These weaknesses included t [...]	2009-08-03 16:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA963	USG SPONSORED WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLACIAL MELT [...] SUMMARY. In July 2009, a USAID and NSF-sponsored workshop brought together U.S. and Peruvian experts on climate change impacts on highland mountain zones and they identified six major weaknesses impeding the development and implementation of adaptation strategies. These weaknesses included t [...]	2009-08-04 15:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO KSCA ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRATISLAVA10	SLOVAKS WILL NOT OPPOSE DELAY OF UNDP VOTE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-08 16:02:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF IR UN EAID LO
09BRATISLAVA322	EBRD FINANCING IMPROVES PROSPECT OF LONG-PROMISED HIGHWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EBRD approved EUR 250 million in financing for the 52-kilometer R1 express highway connecting Nitra to Tekovske Nemce, one of three sections of an east-west highway project organized under a public-private partnership (PPP) concept. The EBRD's decision is a critical milestone, [...]	2009-07-21 13:22:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN EFIN EAID PGOV PREL CH LO
09BRATISLAVA463	GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 16:40:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD LO
09BRATISLAVA54	SMER-SNS-HZDS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? [...] (C) Summary: The "worst case scenario" government of Smer-SNS-HZDS is now a certainty. We can expect many more challenges in advocating U.S. policy goals under a Fico-led government than during Mikulas Dzurinda's tenure, particularly on controversial issues such as the war in Iraq or support [...]	2009-01-30 10:27:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KPAO EAID LO
09BRAZZAVILLE143	BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - MAY 11, 2009 [...] The date has been set: Presidential elections for the Republic of the Congo (ROC) will be held July 12. Eligibility regulations were published: a candidate must be of Congolese nationality, of good morality, must have 15 years of professional experience, be between the ages of 40 and 70, and [...]	2009-05-11 14:39:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EINV ETTC ETRD PGOV CF
09BRAZZAVILLE146	BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - MAY 15, 2009 [...] Presidential campaign is heating up: Although local press has remained mysteriously silent about the fact, a fire in the Republic of Congo's (ROC) President Sassou Nguesso's home village of Edou this past week destroyed at least two vehicles and a stockpile of election materials. Internation [...]	2009-05-18 07:07:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI EAID TBIO CF
09BRAZZAVILLE228	SUBJECT : OVERVIEW OF FRENCH AID TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE [...] (U) Summary: In a detailed press interview, Nicolas Normand, French Ambassador to the ROC, described the major areas of GOF aid efforts in the ROC. Currently, the GOF has a multi-faceted aid program that focuses on intervention in infrastructure development, cultural advocacy, environmental is [...]	2009-07-30 11:02:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL CF FR
09BRAZZAVILLE325	BUDGET TRANSPARENCY DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MINISTER OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 09:02:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL ZF
09BRAZZAVILLE329	UPDATE-OVER 20,000 DISPLACED BY VIOLENCE IN DRC INTO [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 14:51:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CF CG EAID PREF PREL PHUM
09BRAZZAVILLE349	(SBU) EUROPEAN UNION ASSESSES SUPPORT TO NATIONAL PARKS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 07:15:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID CF CT CG CM GB
09BRIDGETOWN10	OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP - ANTIGUA AGREES [...] (c) DCM delivered ref demarche points to MFA Acting Permanent Secretary Cicely Solomon on January 8. Solomon agreed that Iranian leadership at UNDP would be counterproductive, and said the GOAB would instruct its UN Permrep to work to block an Iranian presidency and to find and support a su [...]	2009-01-08 18:34:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID UN XL
09BRIDGETOWN199	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for information on fiscal transparency in Antigua and Barbuda. Responses are keyed to reftel questions. -- Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. foreign assistance funded using FY 09 funds? Antigua and Bar [...]	2009-04-01 13:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN200	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN BARBADOS [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for information on fiscal transparency in Barbados. Responses are keyed to reftel questions. -- Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. foreign assistance funded using FY 09 funds? Barbados benefits from som [...]	2009-04-01 13:37:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN201	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN ST. LUCIA [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for information on fiscal transparency in St. Lucia. Responses are keyed to reftel questions. -- Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. foreign assistance funded using FY 09 funds? Dominica benefits from so [...]	2009-04-01 13:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN207	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN DOMINICA [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for information on fiscal transparencyin Dominica. Responses are keyed to reftel quesions. -- Is the central government expected to eceive or is it already receiving U.S. foreignassistance funded using FY 09 funds? Dominica bnefits from some reg [...]	2009-04-02 15:37:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN210	ST LUCIA: GOVERNMENT WEAKNESS AND FOREIGN [...] (C) The government's integrity and accountability are under increasing strain in St. Lucia in the face of continued tensions within the governing party and windfall foreign funds being deployed by Taiwan into government constituencies. With the ongoing economic slowdown impacting the island, [...]	2009-04-03 16:42:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PREL INRB XL CH TW EAID OFDP
09BRIDGETOWN292	TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ, [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, on May 15 the Embassy provided information concerning the addition of Abdul Haq to the consolidated list of individuals and entities associated with al-Qaeda, Usama bin Ladin, or the Taliban to the MFAs of the following countries under cover of Diplomatic Notes: [...]	2009-05-19 15:23:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID XL
09BRIDGETOWN39	BRIDGETOWN CLOSING OUT OF FY 2008 BFIF PROGRAMS [...] Summary: Post conducted an ambitious business outreach program in FY 08 and BFIF funding was essential to carrying out our agenda. At the conclusion of each trip post drafted reporting cables. This is the fiscal accounting cable requested in reftel. Reftels contains most of our BFIF reporti [...]	2009-01-22 11:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR ETRO EAID EPET EINV BB
09BRIDGETOWN407	CHAVEZ LAVISHES ATTENTION ON DOMINICA AFTER ST. [...] (C) On June 12th, the 18 member states of Venezuela's PetroCaribe agreement held their 6th annual summit on the island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis; President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela was the headliner. Citing the dynamic nature of oil prices and the global economy, St. Kitts PM Denzil Dougl [...]	2009-07-02 20:29:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON EAID XL
09BRIDGETOWN471	ALBA'S ALLURE TO ANTIGUA ET AL [...] (c) Three of the seven Eastern Caribbean countries are now members of both ALBA and PetroCaribe. While this has raised eyebrows among political pundits in the region and beyond, the three island nations that have joined - Dominica, St. Vincent, and most recently, Antigua - are doing what they [...]	2009-08-04 12:07:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ENRG ETRD XL
09BRIDGETOWN514	GOOD PROGRESS AT SECOND CBSI WG MEETING [...] (U) An August 13 working group meeting between Caribbean officials and USG representatives made good progress on moving the President's security agenda for the Caribbean region forward. The two sides agreed to craft a political declaration, strategy, and action plan to frame assistance under [...]	2009-08-24 15:46:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS EAID KJUS SNAR PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN529	St. Vincent Eager to Cooperate on Anti-TIP Measures [...] The Office to Counter Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) consultant's August 24-27 meetings with Vincentian government (GOSVG) and NGO representatives revealed receptiveness to further anti-TIP cooperation, from expanded legislation beyond the Organization for Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) model [...]	2009-08-31 21:06:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PHUM EAID PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN654	YOUNG MEN IN GRENADA NOT MAKING THE GRADE [...] (U) Throughout the Eastern Caribbean young men are in crisis. Few are pursuing higher education and many are facing difficulties finding gainful employment. By contrast, young women in the Caribbean are moving rapidly ahead of their male counterparts: nearly 70 percent of college students i [...]	2009-10-16 21:16:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAID PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN655	YOUNG MEN IN GRENADA NOT MAKING THE GRADE [...] (U) Throughout the Eastern Caribbean young men are in crisis. Few are pursuing higher education and many are facing difficulties finding gainful employment. By contrast, young women in the Caribbean are moving rapidly ahead of their male counterparts: nearly 70 percent of college students i [...]	2009-10-16 21:16:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAID PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN659	YOUNG MEN IN GRENADA NOT MAKING THE GRADE [...] (U) Throughout the Eastern Caribbean young men are in crisis. Few are pursuing higher education and many are facing difficulties finding gainful employment. By contrast, young women in the Caribbean are moving rapidly ahead of their male counterparts: nearly 70 percent of college students i [...]	2009-10-16 21:16:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAID PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN660	SOUTHCOM ASSESSMENTS ON ST.LUCIA HOSPITAL [...] (C) The three assessments prepared by SOUTHCOM on the effects of the fire at St. Jude's hospital in St. Lucia were completed and delivered to Prime Minister King October 2. These assessments, encompassing the entire Medical infrastructure of southern St. Lucia, provided a roadmap for rebuildi [...]	2009-10-16 21:21:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MASS PGOV PHUM PREL SL XL
09BRIDGETOWN745	Dominica Election Primer: The Bolivarian Candidate [...] (C) With high unemployment and government corruption dominating election debates, Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has decided to take a gamble on his political career, betting that he can ride a wave of financial support from China and Venezuela to overcome his government's poor sho [...]	2009-12-04 21:52:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON XL VE
09BRIDGETOWN749	The Last of the Caribs [...] (C) Dominica's Carib territory - one of the last vestiges of indigenous Carib culture in the Hemisphere -- is rapidly losing its cultural identity due to increasing government encroachment, the breakdown of public institutions, and the high rate of poverty and social ills within the Carib comm [...]	2009-12-07 19:47:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI EAID ECON KWMN XL
09BRIDGETOWN759	St. Kitts Shooting for Number One [...] (C) Summary. The per capita murder rate in St. Kitts is on pace to be among the highest in the world for the second year in a row. The country has set a new record for gun murders, despite new gun legislation and a national crackdown on illegal fire arms. A poorly trained police force sore [...]	2009-12-15 18:50:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV KCRM EAID XL
09BRIDGETOWN81	BARBADOS CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. All the countries in the region have enacted comprehensive child protection laws and measures. However, in the face of rising proverty levels due to the high cost of li [...]	2009-02-06 19:14:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID XL
09BRIDGETOWN83	ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. All countries in the region have enacted comprehensive child protection laws and measures. However, given rising poverty levels in the region due to the high cost of li [...]	2009-02-06 19:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID XL
09BRIDGETOWN86	DOMINICA CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. All the countries in the region have enacted comprehensive child protection laws and measures. However, poverty levels in the region are starting to rise due to the hig [...]	2009-02-06 19:45:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID XL
09BRIDGETOWN87	ST LUCIA CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. All the countries in the region have enacted comprehensive child protection laws and measures. However, poverty levels in the region are rising due to the high cost of [...]	2009-02-06 19:51:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID XL
09BRIDGETOWN88	ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES CHILD LABOR [...] (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. All the countries in the region have enacted comprehensive child protection laws and measures. However, given that poverty levels in the region are rising due to the hi [...]	2009-02-06 19:57:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID XL
09BRIDGETOWN89	ST. KITTS AND NEVIS CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] (U) Incidents of the worst forms of child labor are not believed to be a problem in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean. All the countries in the region have enacted comprehensive child protection laws and measures. However, given the fact that poverty levels in the region are starting to [...]	2009-02-06 20:01:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID XL
09BRUSSELS10	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU GIVES ADDITIONAL 3M EURO FOR [...] (U) The European Commission allocated 3 million euros from its general humanitarian budget on January 4 in response to the current crisis in Gaza. Total 2009 Commission funding for Gaza and the West Bank is 290 million euros, which includes 55 million from the European Commission Humanitarian [...]	2009-01-06 16:38:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID LE PGOV PHUM PREL UNRWA EUN
09BRUSSELS1023	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Brussels warmly welcomes the visit of Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Holbrooke and his meeting with newly appointed Belgian Foreign Minister Yves Leterme. Since a change of government in late 2007, Belgium has gone from regarding its military as "an [...]	2009-07-27 10:36:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS EAID AF BE
09BRUSSELS1028	EEB/ODF Director Nutter's Development Meetings with EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 7-8, the Director of the Office of Development Finance (ODF) within State's Economic, Energy, and Business Bureau (EEB) held consultations with European Commission and European Union (EU) member states' development officials to discuss U.S.-EU development issues, includin [...]	2009-07-28 09:57:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SOCI EIND ETRD SENV TPHY TSPL EUN
09BRUSSELS1029	EEB/ODF DIRECTOR NUTTER'S DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS WITH EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 7-8, the Director of the Office of Development Finance (ODF) within State's Economic, Energy, and Business Bureau (EEB) held consultations with European Commission and European Union (EU) member states' development officials to discuss U.S.-EU development issues, includin [...]	2009-07-28 10:45:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SOCI EIND ETRD SENV TPHY TSPL EUN
09BRUSSELS1097	BELGIUM: DONOR SUPPORT FOR THE SOMALIA TFG [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-07 15:24:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER EAID KPKO BE SO
09BRUSSELS1130	BELGIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN WITH SENATE [...] (C) Summary: On August 10, two staff members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Douglas Frantz and Fulton Armstrong, met with a delegation of Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defense officials to discuss the challenges and opportunities shared by Belgium, the United [...]	2009-08-13 13:25:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL EAID BE AF
09BRUSSELS1182	ARF DISASTER RELIEF DIALOGUE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 12:09:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ARF EAID MARR
09BRUSSELS1183	USEU SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW [...] (SBU) You are visiting Brussels at an ideal time to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan with the EU. Already a major contributor of development and humanitarian assistance, the EU is in the midst of writing a new Af/Pak strategy paper for release in October. Although European public opinion is sk [...]	2009-08-26 12:27:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EUN AF PK IK
09BRUSSELS1188	SCENESETTER FOR S/E HOWARD WOLPE'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Your visit will develop further the already close U.S. - Belgium strategic dialogue that has developed over the past year. MFA contacts will be excited to discuss the new Administration's developing perspective and policies on Africa, especially the Great Lakes region. Secretary Clinton [...]	2009-08-27 13:57:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MOPS MARR SOCI CG BE
09BRUSSELS1194	SCENESETTER FOR S/E HOWARD WOLPE'S MEETINGS WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION [...] (SBU) Your visit will be welcomed as an opportunity to deepen US-EU cooperation in the Great Lakes region. The EU has been heartened by the Obama administration's approach to Africa, and during A/S Carson's US-EU Troika on Africa 14 July in Stockholm, it was noted that the U.S. and EU are more [...]	2009-08-28 12:14:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID BE ZF MASS
09BRUSSELS1202	USEU SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW [...] (SBU) You are visiting Brussels at an ideal time to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan with the EU. Already a major contributor of development and humanitarian assistance, the EU is in the midst of writing a new Af/Pak strategy paper for release in October. Although European public opinion is [...]	2009-09-01 10:26:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EUN AF PK IK
09BRUSSELS1228	EMBASSY BRUSSELS FOLLOW UP ON CAIRO SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Post is actively engaged with Belgium's Muslim communities. Charge Bush used the occasion of the President's Cairo speech to host a special outreach luncheon on June 10 with key Muslim contacts (please see reftel). Muslims in Belgium took great interest in the President's speec [...]	2009-09-10 11:23:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD
09BRUSSELS1251	EUROPEAN COMMISSION ATTENDANCE AT SEPTEMBER 22 [...] (SBU) Mission delivered reftel demarche regarding the September 22 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) Meeting to the Palestine Desk Officer at the European Commission (EC). She indicated that the EU understood that the level of attendance for the meeting had already been set at the senior level [...]	2009-09-17 13:41:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KPAL PGOV WBG EU IS
09BRUSSELS1255	S/E WOLPE'S MEETINGS WITH BELGIAN MFA AND [...] (C) Summary: Great Lakes Special Envoy Howard Wolpe visited Brussels August 31 to September 1 to meet with Belgian MFA and Development contacts during a six nation visit to reestablish a transatlantic dialogue on Africa. The Belgians said the DRC, Rwanda, and Burundi were the top priorities o [...]	2009-09-17 16:06:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN MARR MOPS PHUM SOCI KWMN
09BRUSSELS1284	USEU RESPONSE TO FAO BUDGET DEMARCHE CABLE [...] (SBU) USEU representative delivered reftel demarche to the European Commission's Directorate General for Development (DG DEV) and Agriculture (AGRI) September 22. USEU rep spoke with lead for FAO within DG DEV's Unit for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources Luis Ritto. (Note: Prior to [...]	2009-09-23 15:17:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR ECON ETRD SOCI
09BRUSSELS1315	S/E WOLPE'S MEETINGS WITH BELGIAN MFA AND [...] (U) This is a corrected version of canceled BRUSSELS 1255. 2. (C) Summary: Great Lakes Special Envoy Howard Wolpe visited Brussels August 31 to September 1 to meet with Belgian MFA and Development contacts during a six nation visit to reestablish a transatlantic dialogue on Africa. The Bel [...]	2009-09-30 06:06:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN MARR MOPS PHUM SOCI KWMN
09BRUSSELS132	AFGHANISTAN: CAN THE EU BE A STRONGER PARTNER IN [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. We currently have a window of opportunity to lay the groundwork for more EU contributions in Afghanistan. The current window may close as soon as April 3-4, 2009 -- the dates of the NATO Summit. It is unlikely that the 21 out of 27 EU member states who are also N [...]	2009-01-29 16:36:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF AID BE EAID

09BRUSSELS133	WORKING WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See paragraphs 2 and 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: On January 22, USEU facilitated a videoconference with representatives of the European Commission to discuss the Critical Maritime Routes initiative, which is designed to provide capacity building support t [...]	2009-01-29 17:13:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAID PHSA PTER XI XO XW ZR EUN
09BRUSSELS1350	EU DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN WITH PARTNERS [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Swedish Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Anna-Karin Enestrom and Swedish EU Presidency Political and Security Committee Ambassador Olof Skoog hosted informal consultations on October 5 to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan. In addition to th [...]	2009-10-06 16:00:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EUN AF PK
09BRUSSELS1397	EU CONFERENCE GIVES ROUSING APPLAUSE TO NEW U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Mission to the European Union (USEU) officials were gratified by the enthusiastic and spontaneous reception given at the International Workshop on Poverty Eradication and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights to the presentation of new U.S. policy changes on reproducti [...]	2009-10-20 11:00:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI EU
09BRUSSELS1406	DONORS ENGAGE ON L'AQUILA FOOD SECURITY COMMITMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, 2009, the European Commission's (EC) Directorate General for Development (DEV) and USAID hosted a meeting in Brussels to further operationalize donor commitments from the July 8-10 L'Aquila meeting on Food Security. The meeting sought to build on prior discussion [...]	2009-10-21 11:06:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ETRD SOCI
09BRUSSELS1425	BELGIUM'S GOALS FOR THE AFRICAN GREAT LAKES REGION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gutman hosted a luncheon October 8 with the Belgian MFA Africa team and the Chief of Staff to Belgium's Minister for Development Cooperation to discuss Belgium's priorities in the African Great Lakes region. Regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Belgium [...]	2009-10-23 15:55:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI CG BE
09BRUSSELS1471	DELIVERY OF LETTER AND PROPOSAL ON PARTNERING FOR [...] USEU USAID officer delivered reftel letter from the Secretary outlining the USG approach to combating global hunger and promoting food security to the European Commission's Directorate General (DG) for Development (DEV) and DG for Agriculture (AGRI). In addition to the letter, USEU delivere [...]	2009-10-29 15:04:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ETRD SOCI
09BRUSSELS1480	NEW EUROPEAN UNION ACTION PLAN ON AFPAK: MODEST [...] (C) Summary: The new European Union (EU) Action plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan, released during the monthly foreign ministers meeting October 27, presents a unified focus for further EU engagement in Afghanistan and Pakistan. While it does not contain significant new commitments, it doe [...]	2009-10-30 17:28:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EUN AF PK
09BRUSSELS1494	BRUSSELS DISCUSSIONS ON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 28 Danika Walters from State/NEA and Ricki Gold from USAID/ME met with EU officials from the Directorate General for External Relations (RELEX),EuropeAid Development Cooperation Office, and Council of the European Union's General Secretariat Unit for the Middle East to [...]	2009-11-04 14:37:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IR PREL EUN ECON
09BRUSSELS1571	AFGHANISTAN CONTINUES TO DOMINATE EU MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers devoted considerable time and attention to Afghanistan at their monthly GAERC meeting November 16 and 17 (SEPTEL),with discussions on the issue at their informal meeting November 16 with EU Defense Ministers, their dinner November 16 with NATO Secretary G [...]	2009-11-23 16:49:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KDEM EUN AF
09BRUSSELS1581	AMBASSADOR GUTMAN'S NOVEMBER 9 MEETING WITH [...] Summary: The Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on Charles Michel, Belgium's Minister for Development Cooperation, on November 9. Michel's ministry creates policy and oversees administration of a large part of Belgium's official development assistance to Afghanistan, Central Africa an [...]	2009-11-24 15:34:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV BE AF CG
09BRUSSELS1609	DELIVERY OF LETTER FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO EU [...] (C) USEU delivered reftel letter from Secretary Clinton to newly appointed EU High Representative Catherine Ashton December 1--her first day in office. USEU also passed copies of the letter to EU Council and Commission officers resopnsible for Palestinian issues, who undertook to provide a r [...]	2009-12-01 14:24:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL EAID PGOV EUN WBG
09BRUSSELS1613	USEU RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CLARIFICATION OF [...] SUMMARY: USEU USAID officer delivered reftel demarche to the European Commission's (EC) Directorates General for Development (DG DEV) and for Agriculture (AGRI). USEU officer spoke with DG DEV's Head of Sector Sustainable Management of Natural Resources Marc Debois. USEU also engaged the DG [...]	2009-12-01 15:35:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ECON ETRD EUN SOCI
09BRUSSELS1637	SRAP HOLBROOKE'S DECEMBER 3 BILAT MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Richard Holbrooke held a bilateral meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on December 3 in Brussels to discuss the President's December 2 speech, Afghanistan's scheduled Parliamentary elections in May 2010, [...]	2009-12-04 12:49:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM AF EUN
09BRUSSELS1638	INTERNATIONAL CIVILIAN EFFORT IN AFGHANISTAN: [...] (S) SUMMARY: During Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke's December 2 meeting with NATO and EU SRAP counterparts he: -- Elicited a consensus among SRAPs that Afghan elections in May 2010 were neither possible nor desirable until electoral and constitutional [...]	2009-12-04 16:39:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET	AF EUN MARR MOPS PGOV PREL EAID PINS
09BRUSSELS1639	HOLBROOKE & FM BILDT ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS, CIVILIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt told Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke in a December 3 meeting in Brussels that he agreed that Afghan elections due to be held in May 2010 must be postponed. He advocated using the upcoming releases of OSCE, [...]	2009-12-04 18:28:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS EAID PINS PGOV PREL EUN SW PK IN
09BRUSSELS1658	SRAP HOLBROOKE'S DEC 4 MEETING WITH KOREAN DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: SRAP Holbrooke met with South Korean Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Lee Yong-joon on the margins of the December 4 NATO Ministerial in Brussels. Lee said the Korean Parliament would discuss the GOK's planned PRT for Afghanistan in approximately two weeks. Korean fi [...]	2009-12-10 13:39:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS EAID PINS PGOV PREL EUN SW PK IN
09BRUSSELS1684	ENDING EU UNCERTAINTY ON EUPOL AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) In conversations with visiting S/CRS Ambassador Herbst and USEU poloffs on December 16 and 17, both EU Council Secretariat officials and diplomats from the Spanish EU delegation underlined the EU's continuing desire for a U.S.-EU technical agreement to enable EU civpol to deploy to U.S.- [...]	2009-12-18 11:28:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS EAID PINS PGOV PREL EUN SP AF
09BRUSSELS169	USEU CONTACT FOR ASEAN ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-05 17:22:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN PREL ASEAN EU
09BRUSSELS1721	NEW LANDSCAPE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN [...] SUMMARY: The Treaty of Lisbon, the European Union's (EU) latest reform effort, entered into force on December 1, 2009. The institutional and policy changes Lisbon brings will impact EU development and humanitarian assistance over the longer term through more integrated EU development and hum [...]	2009-12-23 16:27:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL ECON PINR EUN
09BRUSSELS1737	MINISTER OF INTERIOR DEFENDS GO-SLOW ATTITUDE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Interior Annemie Turtelboom on December 16 to discuss possible contributions to police training in Afghanistan. Turtelboom took credit for obtaining cabinet approval for sending two or three police trainers and a magistrate to the EUPOL Afghani [...]	2009-12-30 16:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV BE AF
09BRUSSELS1739	URGING BELGIUM TO STEP UP EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] Summary: (C) Embassy Brussels has been conducting an intense campaign to encourage Belgium to step up its efforts to extend and increase its military commitment to Afghanistan, and to increase the level of its civilian assistance, including police trainers. This has been carried out through [...]	2009-12-31 13:14:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID AF BE
09BRUSSELS247	AFGHANISTAN: GENERAL PETRAEUS HITS RE-SET BUTTON [...] (C) Summary. General David Petraeus, Commander of U.S. Central Command, discussed Afghanistan with representatives from all 27 EU member states and other high-ranking EU officials in Brussels February 11 and 12. General Petraeus emphasized that his objective in meeting the EU was to consult [...]	2009-02-20 16:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF AID BE EAID
09BRUSSELS262	Javier Solana to the Middle East; Will Meet S/E Mitchell [...] SUMMARY: Javier SOLANA, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP),announced at the February 23 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting of EU-27 Foreign Ministers, that he would travel to the Middle East February 24 to 28. Solana's trip wil [...]	2009-02-24 15:20:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL EAID EUN SY LE EG IS XF
09BRUSSELS30	EUROPEAN COMMISSION SUSPENDS AID TO NICARAGUAN [...] (C) On January 9, PolOff delivered reftel points to Petros Mavromichalis, head of the Mexico and Central America unit in the European Commission's Directorate General for External Relations. Mavromichalis echoed U.S. concerns about the Government of Nicaragua's backsliding on democracy. Whe [...]	2009-01-09 16:40:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL NU EUN
09BRUSSELS318	U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON AFRICA FEBRUARY 27 [...] (C) Summary: Acting AF Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter represented the U.S. at the troika meeting with the EU on Africa issues, held February 27 in Brussels. The agenda included the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan),Zimbabwe, West Africa (Mauritania and Guinea),the Great La [...]	2009-03-06 18:18:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID ETTC XA EUN CH
09BRUSSELS364	EUROPEAN COMMISSION PLEDGE AT SHARM AL-SHEIKH [...] Mission confirms as reported reftel that the European Commission pledged EURO 440 million (approximately $572 million at an exchange rate of $1.3 to the Euro) for Palestinian assistance at the Sharm al-Sheikh donor conference. In announcing the pledge Commissioner Betina Ferrero-Waldner said [...]	2009-03-13 15:17:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER PREL EAID EUN
09BRUSSELS382	STRUCTURAL FUNDS OFFER CENTRAL EUROPE MEANS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. Over the next four to six years, the ten Central European Member States that joined the EU since 2004 have the opportunity to avail themselves of some $223 billion (176.6 billion Euros) of EU Structural and Cohesion funds. These funds were established to advan [...]	2009-03-17 16:56:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EUN EFIN BEXP EIND EAID XG
09BRUSSELS394	EU SUDAN POLICY FOCUSES ON ENGAGEMENT THROUGH [...] (C) Summary: EU foreign ministers agreed this week that EU policy on Sudan should focus not on direct engagement with President Bashir, but rather on convincing African, Arab and other countries with influence in Sudan to intervene. The EU also agreed to keep the ICC decision and the subsequ [...]	2009-03-19 15:27:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF EAID SU EUN
09BRUSSELS405	DEMARCHE ON PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE IN TOKYO (APRIL 17) [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 06:15:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK EUN
09BRUSSELS422	INVITING CZECHS TO PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE IN TOKYO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-24 15:16:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK EZ JA
09BRUSSELS450	EUROPEAN COUNTERPARTS SEEK MORE ROBUST DEVELOPMENT [...] European counterparts within the Commission, Czech Presidency, and EU Member States have indicated strong interest in elevating development to a more important place on the trans-Atlantic agenda. In their view, the new U.S. Administration is likely to be receptive to these efforts, given a s [...]	2009-03-27 15:43:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL ECON EFIN ETRD EUN IO EAGR
09BRUSSELS452	BELGIANS TELL S/R HOLBROOKE ADDITIONAL MILITARY, [...] (C) Summary: If last minute intra-coalition politics do not get in the way, the Belgian government intends to announce a new support package for NATO operations in Afghanistan before the April 4 Strasbourg summit, Belgian FM De Gucht told Special Envoy Holbrooke on March 23, 2009. On the mil [...]	2009-03-30 10:51:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MARR PREL
09BRUSSELS475	BELGIAN MFA ON NEW RESOURCES FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) The Belgian government has been considering for the past several weeks what actions it can take to support the need for an enhanced effort against the Taliban in Afghanistan, as outlined in the ref B white paper. Embassy delivered the white paper to the Belgian MFA's Office of Security Af [...]	2009-04-01 14:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR EAID BE
09BRUSSELS485	TERRORISM FINANCE: EU ON TAMIL FOUNDATION (U.S. [...] (C//NF) A contact close to the EU's autonomous terrorist designations process expressed doubt that the EU will to join the U.S. in autonomously designating the Tamil Foundation (Ref A). However, the EU would consider this request within the same context as the prior USG request for EU designa [...]	2009-04-02 12:30:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PHUM EAID SL PINR
09BRUSSELS511	BELGIUM: RESPONSE TO LACEY ACT DEMARCHE [...] Post delivered the Lacey Act demarche on December 11, 2008. On March 26, 2009, the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed the Embassy via email that the Government of Belgium appreciated the opportunity to comment on the implementation of the revised Lacey Act provisions, and we [...]	2009-04-06 13:48:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO BE
09BRUSSELS529	SENIOR EUROPEAN COMMISSION OFFICIALS AFFIRM [...] SUMMARY: During recent meetings with Acting USAID Administrator Alonzo Fulgham in Brussels, senior European Commission (EC) officials responsible for both policy and operational matters affirmed strong interest in elevating development to a more visible role within the ongoing trans-Atlantic [...]	2009-04-07 16:06:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IO EAGR EUN ECON EFIN
09BRUSSELS540	IMPROVING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN CHAD: JOINT [...] Summary: The European Commission DG ECHO) and the U.S. Government (State/PRM and USAID/OFDA) delivered joint recommendations in late March to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN Office for the Cordinator of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for te improvement of assistance to r [...]	2009-04-08 15:59:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL SU CD EAID EUN
09BRUSSELS541	COMMISSIONER FERRERO-WALDNER TO ATTEND TOKYO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USEU joined the Japanese Mission to the EU to present reftel follow-up demarche to European Commission (EC) counterparts in Brussels. The EC delegation will be headed by Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner. The final EC pledge will exceed $500 million, though the period covered wil [...]	2009-04-08 17:54:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL ECON EFIN IMF PK IBRD
09BRUSSELS625	BELGIUM STILL CONSIDERING POLICE TRAINERS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Belgian government at the cabinet level is interested in providing police trainers to Afghanistan in cooperation with the UE or NATO. However, it is running into internal opposition by the Belgian Federal Police, which would have to provide the officers to staff such a missio [...]	2009-04-30 14:45:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL EAID NATO AF BE
09BRUSSELS651	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Richard Holbrooke met with European Union leaders on March 23 during his first visit to Brussels as Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. He expressed appreciation for EU support to Afghanistan and Pakistan, applauded the EU for deploying the only inte [...]	2009-05-08 05:19:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS EAID KDEM SNAR PINS PTER EUN
09BRUSSELS656	BELGIAN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The National Center for Development Cooperation is an umbrella organization for Belgian francophone NGOs providing development assistance worldwide, including some working in Afghanistan. Its Director, Arnaud Zacharie, was open to the need for assistance to Afghanistan and the id [...]	2009-05-08 15:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV BE AF
09BRUSSELS657	PARTICIPATION IN THE MAY 13-14 ISLAMABAD REGIONAL [...] (U) USEU Poloff and Econoff delivered REF A points to Czech Government in its capacity as European Union (EU) Presidency, EU Council Secretariat, and European Commission officials. Czech Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Tomas Pojar will represent the Czech Presidency. EU Special Representat [...]	2009-05-08 15:49:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	AF BEXP EAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD EU EUN KPWR
09BRUSSELS658	BELGIAN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The National Center for Development Cooperation is an umbrella organization for Belgian francophone NGOs providing development assistance worldwide, including some working in Afghanistan. Its Director, Arnaud Zacharie, was open to the need for assistance to Afghanistan and the id [...]	2009-05-08 15:49:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV BE AF
09BRUSSELS696	OVERVIEW OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S 1 BILLION [...] SUMMARY: In early summer 2008 the European Commission (EC) proposed using leftover agriculture support funds to build a 1 billion Euro (USD 1.3 billion) Food Facility to assist developing countries struggling under the weight of the international food price crisis. However, EU member state [...]	2009-05-15 18:36:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ETRD EUN SOCI
09BRUSSELS723	EC RESPONSE TO PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS [...] USEU Brussels delivered reftel demarche to European Commission officials the week of May 18, including EC Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) Director General Zangl. EC officials share USG concerns regarding number of IDPs; strain on existing camps and families hosting IDPs, and need to provide [...]	2009-05-22 14:32:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PK PREF SOCI
09BRUSSELS747	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU CALLS FOR CEASEFIRE IN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points May 18 to the EU Council Secretariat, European Commission and EU Presidency. The same day, foreign ministers meeting in the EU's General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting issued a previously-drafted statement addressing many of the same points so [...]	2009-05-29 13:41:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER EAID ER SO EUN
09BRUSSELS769	U.S-EU CONSULTATIONS ON HUMANITRIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Mgration Samuel Witten led a U.S. delegation of PRM and USAID officials in Brussels May 19 or the annual humanitarian Strategic Policy Dialogue (SPD) between the U.S. and the European Commission, the world's two largest hum [...]	2009-06-03 15:37:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL EAID EUN
09BRUSSELS778	TERRORISM FINANCE: EU 1267 DESIGNATION AND PROCESS [...] (SBU) As discussed Ref A, the European Commission designated Abdul Haq (Ref B) on April 25. Furthermore, the EU is progressing in revising the law implementing UNSCR 1267 Al Qaida and Taliban sanctions EU-wide (Ref C). Contacts indicate that some EU Member States may be favoring an overhaul [...]	2009-06-05 05:20:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PHUM EAID CH EUN UNSC
09BRUSSELS784	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE [...] (SBU) Mission delivered reftel demarche to officials who cover the Middle East at the EU Council, European Commission, and Czech Mission (the current EU presidency). According to the director for Middle East affairs at the Council, the upcoming Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting was di [...]	2009-06-05 13:19:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KPAL PGOV PREL EU
09BRUSSELS811	SHIPPERS PROPOSE CLIMATE FUND TO AVOID CAP AND [...] In May 2009, the Danish Shipowners' Association (DSA) proposed a bunker levy on fuel as an alternative to inclusion of the maritime sector in emissions trading schemes (ETS). Under the proposal, suppliers of bunker fuel would be registered with the administrator of an international fund for gr [...]	2009-06-11 14:42:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENIV EWWT KGHG KTDB
09BRUSSELS830	BELGIAN POLICE PREPARING FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR [...] (U) This telegram contains an action request for SCA-A. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: The Belgian Federal Police are preparing a report on the feasibility of sending two to four police trainers to Afghanistan. The contribution is likely to be in the framework of EUPOL-Afghanistan. Belg [...]	2009-06-17 14:01:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL EAID NATO AF BE
09BRUSSELS84	EU FOREIGN MINISTERS PRESS LIVNI ON OPENING GAZA, [...] (C) Summary: Tomas Smetanka, Middle East Advisor at the Czech Permanent Representation in Brussels, told us that, during their January 21 dinner meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, EU Foreign Ministers pressed for an immediate humanitarian opening of Gaza, for a permanent ope [...]	2009-01-22 17:20:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM EU
09BRUSSELS869	ECHO TO USAID AA: SUDAN FRAGILE, GENOCIDE LABEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting USAID Assistant Administrator Earl Gast, transiting Brussels en route to Sudan, spent June 12 in Brussels meeting with Commission counterparts at the EC's Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO),EUROPEAID and DG-DEV. Interlocutors at ECHO described a fragile situation in Suda [...]	2009-06-24 18:10:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL ECON
09BRUSSELS886	AFGHANISTAN, GEORGIA & PIRACY DISCUSSED BY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Czech EU Presidency's Ambassador Ivo Sramek chaired a meeting of the EU Political Security Committee (PSC)ambassadors with NATO Allies and EU accession states on June 23. Topics were the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM),the EU's Civilian Police mission in Afghanist [...]	2009-06-26 14:07:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EUN MARR MOPS PREL EAID KDEM PINS PTER MASS
09BRUSSELS916	Commission Hosts Discussions on U.S. - EU Development [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 15-16, the European Commission hosted a Technical Meeting on Development in Brussels. The meeting was a continuation of a series of discussions between the U.S. and EU aimed at promoting a renewed trans-Atlantic dialogue on development. Sessions were held on food securit [...]	2009-07-06 05:01:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EIND ETRD SENV EUR ECON EAGR TPHY TSPL
09BRUSSELS963	AFRICAN PEACE FACILITY: AN IMPORTANT BUT LIMITED [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU's African Peace Facility (APF) has provided over 440 million Euros to African peacekeeping operations and capacity building since its inception in 2004 and will provide 300 million more between 2008 and 2010. A European Development Fund (EDF) instrument administered by [...]	2009-07-13 13:57:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN MARR MOPS PREL XA EAID
09BRUSSELS987	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 15:48:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF ET SOM KEN EU
09BUCHAREST214	ROMANIA: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-27 14:20:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL ECON RO
09BUCHAREST447	ROMANIA: GLOBAL ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY [...] On June 12, EconOff transmitted reftel demarche points to Minister of Agriculture Ilie Sarbu and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Global Affairs Petru Dumitriu. Post has received no substantive comments to date, but will forward any subsequent responses to the Department. GU [...]	2009-06-30 06:04:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL RO
09BUCHAREST500	ROMANIA: 50,000 EURO FOR PAKISTANI IDPS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 05:35:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PK RO
09BUCHAREST715	ROMANIA: FOOD SECURITY PROPOSAL DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered ref A talking points to the Acting Minister of Agriculture, Radu Berceanu, on October 20. The Acting Ministers of Health and Foreign Affairs also received courtesy copies of the Secretary's letter and the U.S. proposal. 2. (SBU) Following the successful no-confidence mo [...]	2009-10-23 14:12:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD EAGR RO
09BUCHAREST776	ROMANIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IDLO [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 08:58:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL RO
09BUCHAREST79	ROMANIA: GOR ON MEK AND TERRORIST ABUSE OF [...] (C/NF) Summary. Post delivered ref A demarche points to Elena Paris, Chief of the Office for Implementation of International Sanctions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on January 27th. During this discussion, EconOff also raised the recent EU Mujaheddin e-Khalq (MEK) de-listing dec [...]	2009-02-10 08:09:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID RO
09BUCHAREST796	Romania: GOR Supports IDLO Candidate [...] (SBU) As a follow-up to reftels, PolCouns spoke with MFA Director for UN Affairs Cosmin Boiangiu on November 24 to reiterate U.S. support for AmCit candidate Thomas McInerney as IDLO DG. After consulting with senior MFA leadership, Boiangiu reported that the GOR had in fact decided to support [...]	2009-11-30 06:47:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON RO
09BUCHAREST843	ROMANIA: HEALTH SYSTEM REMAINS ON LIFE SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Romanian healthcare system is in serious trouble, beset by a convergence of the economic crisis, political instability, and government budgetary woes. A recent report by the Romanian Academic Society (SAR) highlighted the major problems plaguing the system. With expenditu [...]	2009-12-21 11:21:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AMED EAID EFIN PGOV RO
09BUDAPEST197	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY [...] (C) In a March 11 written response to reftel demarche, the Hungarian MFA stated that "Hungary welcomes the opportunity to provide its views on Afghanistan and contribute to the development of a new U.S strategy...and we welcome the emerging transatlantic unity and commitment on this issue." [...]	2009-03-13 16:08:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EAID NATO AF HU PK
09BUDAPEST274	HUNGARY: FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN [...] The following responses are keyed to reftel questions. --The Government of Hungary is expected to receive U.S. foreign assistance using FY 09 funds. This funding includes Foreign Military Financing (FMF) and International Military Education and Training (IMET) assistance. --Hungary's cent [...]	2009-04-06 15:32:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL HU
09BUDAPEST298	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HUNGARIAN POSITION ON MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel talking points to Zita Szatmari, Head of Section for Southern Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She expressed concurrence with the general content of the points and agreed that the EU, the African Union (AU),and the U.S. need to speak with a common voice i [...]	2009-04-15 13:44:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAID PGOV SZ NO MA HU
09BUDAPEST357	HUNGARY: ETHICAL CODEX ENCOURAGES FOOD STORES TO [...] (U) Summary: On April 9 2009, representatives of major supermarket chains, food producers and processors signed a voluntary ethical codex that "requires" 80 percent of shelf items to be Hungarian products. Although portrayed as a symbol of good faith, international retailers such as Tesco (UK) [...]	2009-05-13 14:46:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	BTIO ETRD EAID ECON EU HU
09BUDAPEST400	HUNGARY ON PAKISTAN'S DISPLACED PERSONS CRISIS [...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel demarches seeking assistance for Pakistan's growing internally displaced persons (IDP) crisis to MFA International Organizations and Human Rights Deputy Director General Istvan Lakatos and Counselor Katalin Buzas. Lakatos agreed that the situation on the ground in [...]	2009-06-03 13:32:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF HU
09BUDAPEST462	HUNGARY ON INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AID AND [...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for International Development Ambassador Denes Tamaj, as well as to officials at the Ministry of Agriculture. 2. (U) Ambassador Tamaj agreed that last year's food price crisis increased the importance and [...]	2009-06-29 13:26:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL HU
09BUDAPEST698	HUNGARY'S REPLY TO FAO BUDGET - DEMARCHE FOR ZERO [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel points to Bernadett Kollar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Unit for International Organizations. Ms. Kollar stated that while she was not specifically aware of the Food and Agricultural Organization's (FAO) proposed budget increase, Hungary would likely tak [...]	2009-09-22 15:35:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN FAO AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN HU
09BUDAPEST785	HUNGARY: PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 16:29:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD HU
09BUDAPEST896	HUNGARY - INPUT FOR THE QDR'S GLOBAL CONTEXT [...] (U) We welcome the opportunity to contribute to the Global Context section of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. Our input is coded to the questions posed by reftel. A. (U) To what degree will/can technology empower individuals, or civil society in Hungary to exercise a mo [...]	2009-12-17 14:17:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON SOCI HU
09BUDAPEST904	ENGAGING HUNGARY ON PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM [...] (SBU) Political Counselor discussed reftel points December 21 with Ambassador Gabor Horvath, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Security Policy and Non-Proliferation Department. Horvath stated the MFA "totally supported -- full stop" the concept of increased civilian deploym [...]	2009-12-22 12:47:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID AF HU
09BUENOSAIRES200	ARGENTINE PARTICIPATION AT SHARM AL-SHEIKH [...] (U) Poloff discussed February 25 the upcoming Sharm al-Sheikh conference per instructions (reftel) with Argentine Foreign Ministry Counselor Guillermo Nicolas, in the Office of North Africa and the Middle East. Nicolas reported that Argentina's delegation would be led by Ambassador Gabriel Fu [...]	2009-02-26 16:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN KPAL KWBG PHUM PTER EAID AR
09BUENOSAIRES234	ILEA LATIN AMERICA - ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS FOR ARGENTINE [...] (U) Following is a list of the vetted candidates who will be attending the "ILEA Latin America Trafficking in Persons for Law Enforcement Professionals (G/TIP)", course Lima, Peru from March 9-20, 2009. Guillermo Alfredo SANGUINETTI (Captain) Head of the Department for Illegal Smuggling and [...]	2009-03-05 11:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN SNAR SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES376	NEW GOVERNMENT PLAN REFLECTS GROWING IMPORTANCE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez de Kirchner announced a new public security plan on March 27 to respond to rising public concerns about crime. The plan is focused on the provinces of Buenos Aires and Mendoza and includes promises of 4,000 new police to patrol the streets, a redeployment of [...]	2009-03-31 22:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR ASEC PREL MASS EAID AR
09BUENOSAIRES432	Argentina: Budget Transparency [...] (U) The following responds to Reftel questions on budget transparency ("FY09 Prohibition on assistance to central governments whose budgets are not transparent"). 2. (SBU) The Government of Argentina (GoA) is scheduled to receive FY 09 U.S. foreign assistance funds for IMET, INCLE, and NADR [...]	2009-04-13 16:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES499	Argentina: International Donor Community [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador hosted a roundtable coffee with the international donor community to discuss the impact of the global economic crisis on international assistance to Argentina. The roundtable was co-organized with the Argentine Network for International Cooperation (RACI) and the [...]	2009-04-30 21:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON SOCI PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES734	ARGENTINA SEEKS U.S PARTICIPATION AT FIFTH HEMISPHERIC [...] (SBU) This is an action request for WHA/PDA and USDOC/USFCS/OIO/WH. Please see para 5 for request. 2. (SBU) CDA Kelly attended a June 22 MFA briefing for all Western Hemisphere missions on the Fifth Hemispheric Summit of Mayors and Local Officials to be held, September 2-4 in Mar del Plata, [...]	2009-06-24 14:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KSUM EAID KPAO BEXP AR
09BUENOSAIRES789	ARGENTINA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA TIP TRAINING [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 10:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ASEC KCRM KJUS OTRA PREL SMIG ELAB EAID
09BUJUMBURA416	GUIDE TO BURUNDI'S REGISTERED POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (U) SUMMARY. This is a quick reference resource on Burundi's active political parties. There are 43 registered parties in Burundi, but only 15 are presently active. END SUMMARY. KEY POLITICAL PARTIES --------------------- 2. (C) Conseil National pour la Defense de la Democratie - For [...]	2009-08-19 12:23:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV EAID BY
09BUJUMBURA487	UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT CO-HOSTED BY THE [...] Subsequent to our demarche and transmittal of the letter of invitation from the Secretary, the office of the Foreign Minister has informed us that, due to the departure of the Minister and most of his delegation from New York the same day, the GOB will be represented at the event by its highest [...]	2009-09-14 14:52:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD UNGA BY
09BUJUMBURA586	BURUNDI RECEIVES SECRETARY'S LETTER, USG FOOD [...] (U) Acting Director of the Department of International Organizations at the Ministry of External Relations, Rosaline Uwimana, discussed Secretary Clinton's letter and accompanying USG food security plan (reftel) in an October 27 meeting with Emboff. While Ms. Uwimana was receptive to the USG [...]	2009-10-28 04:58:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD BY
09BUJUMBURA587	BURUNDI INFORMED OF POTENTIAL USG SECURITY [...] (U) Emboff discussed reftel talking points and delivered French-language copy of same to Acting Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of External Relations, Rosaline Uwimana, who appeared receptive and said she would encourage Burundi's CEACC delegates to follow up accordingl [...]	2009-10-28 04:58:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EAID PREL BY
09CAIRO107	NORTH SINAI REACTION TO GAZA CONFLICT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a trip to the North Sinai Governorate on January 19-20, we met with local leaders and discussed the recent fighting in Gaza, and its effect on the neighboring communities in Egypt. All the leaders, with whom we met, noted that the local population--which is a mixture of [...]	2009-01-22 14:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL PREF EAID PHUM KISL ECON IS EG
09CAIRO1129	FM ABOUL GHEIT ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 16:35:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	KPAL PREL PGOV EAID IS EG
09CAIRO1200	Update on banking sector reforms in Egypt [...] (SBU) Key points: -- Egypt's banking sector continues to weather the storm better than most; -- The U.S.-backed financial sector MOU has contributed to the financial sector's improvements; -- The next round of audits is unlikely to show that GOE has met the MOU's target of 62.5% o [...]	2009-06-28 08:40:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO1215	INFUENZA CONFERENCE REVIEWS VIRUS SITUATION IN EGYPT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 13:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO1216	H1N1 Country Update [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 13:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO1218	AVIAN INFLUENZA REMAINS MOST THE DANGEROUS THREAT [...] (SBU) Key issue: -- The real threat to Egypt is not swine flu (H1N1),but avian influenza (AI, or H5N1),now endemic in poultry flocks in Egypt and infecting people at an increasing rate, and the possibility it could change, with or without help from H1N1, into a virus that easily jumps from [...]	2009-06-29 14:46:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAID PGOV EG
09CAIRO1256	EGYPT: MINISTER OF INVESTMENT SPEAKS ON REFORMS AND [...] (U) Key Points -- The Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin threw his weight behind a forthcoming World Bank study on the Egyptian investment climate and recommended reforms. -- Mohieldin said Egypt cannot expect the high growth rates that it experienced before the crisis for a [...]	2009-07-02 12:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV EG
09CAIRO1311	Minister of Investment Talks Economic Reform, Privatization [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS - Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieddin told the Ambassador that successes in the Egyptian economic reform program have helped mitigate the impact of the global economic crisis. - The Ministry of Investment looks to the USG for continued support and technical assistance. [...]	2009-07-13 09:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAID PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO1456	GARBAGE CITY: AFTERMATH OF THE GOE PIG CULLING PLAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 14:15:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO1458	SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH SINAI [...] (S/NF) Key Points: -- A National Democratic Party (NDP) Bedouin parliamentary representative for northern and central Sinai and members of the Fawakhriya Bedouin Council said that increased Egyptian security and military measures will not resolve the smuggling of goods, weapons, and people. [...]	2009-07-30 04:29:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EAID SOCI KWBG EG
09CAIRO1531	GOOD INTENTIONS FAIL TO MASK DOUBTS ABOUT GOE'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-09 11:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EG
09CAIRO155	PROSECUTION ACTS ON CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST SAAD [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 13:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM EAID EG
09CAIRO1552	GOE INFLUENZA PLANNING WELL UNDER WAY FOR ANNUAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-10 07:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO163	DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN NORTH SINAI [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-01 05:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL ECON PTER SNAR EAID EAGR EG IS

09CAIRO1639	GARBAGE CITY: AFTERMATH OF THE GOE PIG CULLING PLAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 12:40:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO1725	GOE PROPOSES NEW MODEL FOR ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Key Points: -- The GOE sees the current U.S. administration's desire to transform the bilateral relationship as an opportunity to revive proposals for USG economic assistance deemed unworkable in the past. -- The GOE's newest proposal closely mirrors its unacceptable November 2007 endowment/deb [...]	2009-09-03 15:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV EG
09CAIRO1727	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON GOE ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 16:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EG
09CAIRO1761	CHALLENGES OF SINAI ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Key Points: -- Although security restrictions and other factors associated with working in the Sinai will continue to make it more difficult to implement our programs there, progress is being made. -- In May 2009, the Governor of North Sinai agreed to help facilitate access, and USAI [...]	2009-09-10 16:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV EG
09CAIRO1802	H1N1'S IMPACT ON EGYPT'S SCHOOL SYSTEM [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 15:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO1924	PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES ESF, ELECTIONS, SINAI DEVELOPMENT, AND POST SAID EXPANSION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV EWWT ETRD EG
09CAIRO1926	TRADE MINISTER ASSESSES BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Following a discussion of general trade and economic issues (Cairo 1793),Minister of Trade Rachid asked for a few minutes alone with the Ambassador. He asked her assessment of the bilateral relationship. She noted that it had obviously improved, if for no other reason than that our two Preside [...]	2009-10-08 16:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	BBSR BMGT EAGR EAID ECON PREL
09CAIRO1927	GOE MINISTERS SAY EGYPT REMAINS COMMITTED TO ECONOMIC REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 16:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG ETRD PGOV PREL
09CAIRO1929	EGYPT'S EQUITY MARKET: IS THERE MORE ROOM TO RUN? [...] (U) KEY POINTS - The Egyptian stock market has been a strong performer in 2009. The large cap index is up over 45% and the broader index is up nearly 100%. - Optimism about the Egyptian economy along with continued low commodity prices have been catalysts for buyers of Egyptian equities. [...]	2009-10-08 16:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG
09CAIRO1932	RACHID REVIEWS TRADE TIES, UPCOMING TRIP TO U.S. REF: A. CAIRO 1793 B. CAIRO 1550 C. CAIRO 1522 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 17:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL EFIN EAID EG
09CAIRO1959	Al-AZHAR VP WELCOMES COOPERATION WITH KABUL UNIVERSITY [...] PAO met with Dr. Abdullah El-Hossieny Helal, Vice President for Educational and Students Affairs, Al-Azhar University, on October 8, to discuss possible cooperation and exchanges with Kabul University. Dr. Helal said that Kabul University should send proposals to him. He added that Al-Azhar is [...]	2009-10-14 14:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC PGOV EAID PREL SCUL AF
09CAIRO2103	EGYPT: MINISTRY OF HEALTH REVIEWS CURRENT INFLUENZA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 15:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO2124	EGYPT: OPIC-SUPPORTED GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request for comments on the OPIC-supported Global Renewable Energy Investment program, Post and local contacts are not aware of any derogatory information with respect to the prospective fund manager, US Renewables Group, LLC. 2. (SBU) Renewable energy currently f [...]	2009-11-10 09:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON EAID EG
09CAIRO2172	SCENESETTER FOR U/S HORMATS MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 08:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO2214	EGYPT: NOMINEES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT ON [...] In response to reftel, Post offers the following twelve names to attend the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington: -- Basil El Baz, Founder and Chairman, Egypt Basic Industries Corporation. The first Egyptian company created solely from international finance, EBIC received su [...]	2009-11-30 14:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI EG
09CAIRO2247	EGYPTIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY REFLECTS ON DIFFICULT YEAR AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-06 14:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL EG
09CAIRO2249	SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 08:16:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER EAID SOCI SNAR SCUL KPAL KCRM IS EG
09CAIRO2320	THE MYSTERIES OF EGYPT'S HEALTH CARE REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 15:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ECON SOCI EG
09CAIRO2323	AMBASSADOR, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DISCUSS SECRETARY'S SPEECH, ELECTIONS, SUCCESSION REF: A. CAIRO 2299 B. CAIRO 2283 C. CAIRO 2277 D. CAIRO 1925 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 16:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM EAID EG
09CAIRO2347	EGYPT: DECEMBER 2009 INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 13:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO2355	EGYPT UNSUCCESSFUL IN SWAYING UPSTREAM NILE BASIN COUNTRIES REF: A. CAIRO 1897 B. CAIRO 1506 C. CAIRO 1615 Classified By: Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Stephen P. O'Dowd for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 10:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID TZ KE ET SU EG
09CAIRO2390	Post Response to Questions on Egyptian Fiscal Transparency [...] (U) The following is post's response to request for information regarding Egypt's fiscal transparency: 2. (SBU) Answers to reftel questions: Q1: Is central government expected to receive funding under the FY 2010 SFOAA ? A1: Yes. Q2: Is Egypt's annual national budget available? A [...]	2009-12-29 14:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV EG
09CAIRO2400	ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT, EMBASSY CAIRO OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Cairo's interagency entrepreneurship team has organized a series of activities to engage local partners in entrepreneurship and build momentum for the White House Summit next year. ------------------------ Roundtables and Outreach ------------------------ 2. (S [...]	2009-12-30 15:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL PGOV SOCI EG
09CAIRO25	BECHTEL WINS NUCLEAR TENDER; ELECTRICITY MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr. Hassan Younes and the Chairman of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) Dr. Yassin Ibrahim on December 31 to discuss Egypt's plans to develop a civilian nuclear energy program. GOE awarded a $188 million consulting [...]	2009-01-06 14:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP ECON ETRD EAID EG
09CAIRO302	EDUCATION REFORM IN EGYPT. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The poor quality of public education in Egypt is consistently cited by Egyptians across the board as a major impediment to both economic and political development. Reformers agree Egypt needs an education system which encourages critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork and [...]	2009-02-19 10:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV EG
09CAIRO328	DINNER WITH PARLIAMENT'S FOREIGN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: On February 22, the DCM hosted a dinner for several members of the Foreign Relations Committee of the People's Assembly. The attendees included two National Democratic Party (NDP) MP's, one independent, and two Muslim Brotherhood (MB) parliamentarians, including the head of the M [...]	2009-02-23 13:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL PTER EAID KPAL PA IS EG
09CAIRO339	DARFUR LEADER MINNI MINAWI'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) Summary: We met with Minni Minawi, SLA leader and Chairman of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority on February 19, and his foreign affairs advisor on February 12. During his three-day visit to Cairo, Minawi met with President Mubarak, EGIS Chief Soliman, Field Marshall Tantawi, and F [...]	2009-02-24 16:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SU EG
09CAIRO347	SCENESETTER FOR THE MARCH 2 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK [...] (C) Madame Secretary, welcome to Egypt and the March 2nd Gaza Reconstruction Conference in Sharm El-Sheik. President Mubarak is very pleased you are coming and will meet you at 8:30 a.m. on March 2, prior to the start of the conference. He may also host you and the other conference participant [...]	2009-02-25 17:54:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPAL EAID MASS QA IR SY EG IS XF
09CAIRO349	EGYPTIANS SIGNALLING WILLINGNESS TO RESOLVE ESF [...] (C) Summary: Ministers of Finance and International Cooperation both indicated unofficially to the Ambassador recently that they believed the GOE would agree to the FY2009 level of $200 million for ESF if the U.S. could acknowledge that the process of setting the amount had been unilateral [...]	2009-02-26 09:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL EG
09CAIRO353	A NEW APPROACH TO EGYPTÂ´S ESF [...] (S) Summary and Key points: --A robust economic assistance program for Egypt serves long-term U.S. interests: it balances a relationship otherwise defined solely on security grounds, it demonstrates U.S. interest in the welfare of average Egyptians, and it creates a bridge to assure access to futu [...]	2009-02-26 12:14:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	EAID PREL KDEM EG
09CAIRO358	WHAT DOES EGYPT WANT OUT OF THE GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptians see the March 2 Gaza Reconstruction Conference as validation of their role as the regional leader in forging peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Their goals for the conference are straightforward: they want to be seen as helping the Palestinian people [...]	2009-02-26 19:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL EG IS XF
09CAIRO379	EDUCATION REFORM IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The poor quality of public education in Egypt is consistently cited by Egyptians across the board as a major impediment to both economic and political development. Reformers agree Egypt needs an education system which encourages critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork and [...]	2009-03-03 13:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV EG
09CAIRO47	EGYPT: FOOD SUBSIDY REFORM UNLIKELY [...] (U) Subsidy reform in Egypt is politically charged. Most attempts to change decades-old programs have been met with fierce public opposition and occasional demonstrations. The GOE has been largely unsuccessful at targeting subsidy programs, and repeated studies have shown that only a fractio [...]	2009-01-12 10:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO470	DARFURI LEADERS IN CAIRO SUPPORT ICC ARREST [...] Key Points -- (C) We met with Cairo office representatives from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA)-Minni Minawi, SLA-Unity, The Sons of the Fur (who have strong ties to SLA-Abdel Wahid al-Nur),and the Darfuri Arab Democratic Popular Front (DPF) on March [...]	2009-03-18 15:53:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PREF KPKO PHUM KICR KISL EAID QA LY ER
09CAIRO476	EGYPT ECONOMIC UPDATE: INFLATION FALLS, GROWTH [...] (U) Key Points -- The Egyptian Central Bank buys $1 billion in Egyptian pounds to support the currency. -- Inflation dropped again in February, but vendors are slow to lower food prices. -- GDP growth continues to slow. --------------------------------------------- --- [...]	2009-03-19 14:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV EG
09CAIRO515	EGYPT: ESF DISCUSSION WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) Key points: -- In a March 23 meeting, Minister of International cooperation Aboulnaga told the Ambassador that Egypt is "very pleased" with the approach taken by the new Administration but is concerned that any proposed ESF for FY 2010 should demonstrate USG commitment to compensate Eg [...]	2009-03-25 11:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PREL PARM EG
09CAIRO534	EGYPT: CENTRAL BANK CUTS RATES AGAIN [...] (U) At the March 26 meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC),the Egyptian Central Bank (CBE) cut its overnight lending rate, deposit rate, and the discount rate by 50 basis points each. Following this cut, the lending and deposit rates stand at 12% and 10% respectively with the discount [...]	2009-03-29 11:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV EG
09CAIRO561	FOREIGN WORKERS IN EGYPT [...] (C) KEY POINTS - As part of our ongoing monitoring of labor conditions in Egypt, particularly in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs),we discussed the issue of foreign workers with diplomats from a number of Southeast Asian embassies. - Diplomats from Southeast Asian countries estimate [...]	2009-04-02 09:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG BG IN
09CAIRO602	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LOWEY [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Representative Lowey, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U. [...]	2009-04-08 13:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAL EG
09CAIRO613	EGYPT: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS USG ESF OFFER [...] (S) Key points: -- Prime Minister Nazif and Ambassador discussed way forward on ESF on April 9. His bottom line up front: "the relationship is more important than ESF." --Nazif also expressed appreciation for the Administration's approach to Egypt and appreciated that the Secretary had [...]	2009-04-09 18:11:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	EAID ECON PREL EG
09CAIRO656	MEETING WITH HEAD OF THE SUDANESE NATIONAL [...] (C) Key Points: -- Kamal al-Din Hassan Ail, the Director of the Sudanese National Congress Party's (NCP) office in Cairo told us April 1 that the ICC arrest warrant sent the wrong message to rebel groups. He said the Sudanese people are united behind Bashir, and Bashir's trip to Egypt was a [...]	2009-04-15 13:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO EAID PGOV SU EG
09CAIRO81	EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: JANUARY 15 [...] (SBU) Gilad visits; leaves disappointed. Demonstrations in support of Gaza continue throughout Egypt. Public opinion is strongly pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli; Israeli pilgrims are barred from a holy site. Embassy consular officers prepare for a potential evacuation of American citizens an [...]	2009-01-15 15:54:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	KPAL PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EAID MOPS EG IS
09CAIRO84	EGYPT TO RATIFY MADRID PROTOCOL [...] After a December 16 joint Shura Council/People's Assembly Committee decision to approve the Madrid Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, the Shura Council has approved the treaty for ratification. The People's Assembly began discussion o [...]	2009-01-19 12:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID KIPR EG
09CAIRO88	EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: JANUARY 18 [...] (SBU) Humanitarian Assistance: On January 18, 140 tons of medical aid from the Red Crescent, Qatar, Bahrain, and Morocco were delivered through Rafah, along with 42 casualties. The Red Crescent delivered 90 tons of flour and rice through Kerem Shalom and 400 tons of food aid entered through A [...]	2009-01-19 15:03:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	KPAL PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EAID MOPS EG IS
09CAIRO928	APPEALS COURT OVERTURNS SAAD EDDIN IBRAHIM PRISON [...] (U) On May 25, a Cairo appeals court reversed an August 2008 court ruling against Saad Eddin Ibrahim (SEI) in a civil lawsuit by an NDP activist for "tarnishing Egypt's image abroad," and overturned the two-year prison sentence and LE 10,000 (1,886 USD) fine imposed against him (ref B). The a [...]	2009-05-25 14:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM EAID EG
09CANBERRA1005	AUSTRALIA DECIDING ON VOTE FOR DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] We provided to Australia the information on candidate Thomas McInerney for the office of Director General of International Development Law Organization per reftel. According to Ben Milton, Director of the International Law Section at Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, his se [...]	2009-11-13 06:33:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL
09CANBERRA1047	G8 L'AQUILA SUMMIT FOOD SECURITY: AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia,s estimated commitment emanating from L,Aquila on food security programs is A$464 million for food aid (ref C). Australia believes that food aid should be included and is seeking clarification of the criteria used to calculate the amount, which depending on the metho [...]	2009-11-27 03:04:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID AS
09CANBERRA134	WILDFIRE DEATHS STUN AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. Unprecedented wildfire deaths in Victoria (reftel) on February 7-8 have led to a suspension of Parliament, an outpouring of public grief, and a request for U. S. assistance. With 130 deaths and the destruction of hundreds of households, and the very real pos [...]	2009-02-09 07:35:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV AS
09CANBERRA136	VICTORIA WILDFIRES: CANBERRA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Though the worst of the fires appear to be over, Australia is reeling as rescuers discover more victims from Victoria's wildfires, with the death toll expected to pass 200 (ref B). Deputy PM Gillard termed the fires "one of the darkest days" in Australia's peacetime history. T [...]	2009-02-10 21:00:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID SENV AS
09CANBERRA162	FOREIGN MINISTER SMITH'S OFFER OF ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade First Assistant Secretary for South and East Asia, the Middle East and Africa Deborah Stokes told Polcouns on February 18 that Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's offer of assistance to Pakistan in its struggle against Taliban insurgents i [...]	2009-02-18 05:47:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF EAID MARR PK PREL
09CANBERRA168	CANBERRA POC FOR ASEAN RELATED ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 07:21:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN PREL ASEAN
09CANBERRA24	AUSTRALIA CANNOT SUPPORT DELAY IN UNDP PRESIDENCY [...] (C/NF) Australian government representatives advised Poloff in reftel demarche that it is sympathetic to the U.S. position to prevent Iran from obtaining the UNDP Presidency, but agrees with the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) that the election should not be delayed. Lalita Kapur and [...]	2009-01-08 05:30:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF IR UN EAID AS
09CANBERRA252	AL-MALIKI STRENGTHENS COMMERCIAL LINKS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting in Canberra March 12, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd agreed to strengthen agricultural and commercial links. Iraq will again buy wheat from Australia, which will also provide assistance to the agricultural and petroleu [...]	2009-03-13 07:28:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EAID EAGR EPET IZ AS
09CANBERRA253	AUSTRALIAN INTERIM REPLY TO PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS [...] (SBU) On March 10, Poloff delivered reftel talking points, requesting the Government of Australia to respond generously to the UN and ICRC IDP funding appeals, to Lisa Rice-Madan and Rebecca Curtis, Director and Executive Officer respectively for Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Central Asian Repu [...]	2009-03-13 08:11:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PK PREF AS
09CANBERRA254	AUSTRALIA SUPPORTIVE ON ADB SAFEGUARD REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 03:50:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ADB AS
09CANBERRA256	AUSTRALIAN FM SMITH TO ATTEND AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's staff have confirmed he will participate in the Netherlands-hosted International Conference on Afghanistan in The Hague on March 31. 2. (C/NF) According to the Dutch Embassy, however, as late as Friday afternoon, March 13, FM Smith was considering tur [...]	2009-03-16 08:06:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS EAID AS
09CANBERRA267	PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C/NF) Econcouns delivered reftel demarche jointly March 18 with Pakistani Deputy High Commissioner Tawasar Khan to DFAT First Assistant Secretary for South and West Asia, the Middle East and Africa Deborah Stokes. The Japanese Embassy had already approached the Australians last week and did n [...]	2009-03-18 06:15:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN PREL AS
09CANBERRA300	AUSTRALIAN AID AGENCY'S REPLY TO PAKISTAN'S IDP [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 05:42:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PK PREF AS
09CANBERRA32	PACIFIC WORKING GROUP DECEMBER MEETING [...] (U) The Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Pacific Island Working Group (PWG) meeting was hosted by Australia on December 1 in Canberra. Australian delegation: Richard Rowe, First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Division Ravi Kewalram, Assistant Secretary, Pacific Regional and New Zealand [...]	2009-01-09 06:31:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	AS EAID FJ JA PREL
09CANBERRA359	AUSTRALIAN ATTENDEES AT ARF DISASTER RELIEF [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 04:21:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID MARR MOPS ASEAN ARF RP AS
09CANBERRA369	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE CONCERNING PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy along with Japanese and Pakistani Embassies delivered demarche on the upcoming donors conference for Pakistan. GOA confirms it will double its commitment to Pakistan, but details remain to be worked out. Demarche was delayed by Japanese Embassy desire to wait for lett [...]	2009-04-09 07:56:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK AS
09CANBERRA387	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO CONDITIONS PLACED ON TCG [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 07:32:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAID PHUM BM AS
09CANBERRA413	U/S BURNS' AUSTRALIAN BILATERAL, APRIL 21, 2009 [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns held a bilateral meeting with Michael L'Estrange, Secretary of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on the margins of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue Senior Officials Meeting (TSD SOM),in Canberra on April 21, 2009. They discussed the str [...]	2009-04-28 00:04:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MARR PARM PGOV EAID AS
09CANBERRA472	AUSTRALIAN REPLY TO PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS [...] (SBU) May 18, poloff delivered reftel talking points on the worsening crisis among IDPs in Pakistan to David Holly, Assistant Secretary for South and West Asia Branch at Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),Lisa Rice Madan, Director of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Central As [...]	2009-05-18 23:40:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PHUM PK PREF AS
09CANBERRA476	AUSTRALIAN REPLY TO PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 06:40:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PHUM PK PREF AS
09CANBERRA483	AUSTRALIA SUPPORTIVE ON UN CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points May 20 to Marco Salvio, acting director for the International Financial Crisis Task Force at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The GOA fully shares our concerns about the direction of the UN Conference on the Development Impact of Crisis. In fact, [...]	2009-05-21 05:16:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN UNGA AS
09CANBERRA486	AUSTRALIA DOUBLES ITS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 20, Australian Foreign Minister Smith announced an AUD $12 million (USD $9.2 Million) contribution to the IDP crisis in Pakistan, double the amount they had expected to contribute only two days earlier (reftel). The GOA decided to increase the amount for UNICEF and added [...]	2009-05-21 07:08:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PK AS PREF
09CANBERRA512	AUSTRALIA TO CONSIDER FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (SBU) On June 1, poloff conveyed to Lisa Rice-Madan, Director of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Central Asian Republics Section, at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) the gratitude of the USG for Australia's USD $9.2 million contribution to the IDP crisis in Pakistan. 2. (SBU) Ms Rice [...]	2009-06-01 22:05:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PK AS PREF
09CANBERRA541	AUSTRALIAN CIVILIANS DEPLOYED BY AUSAID IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Currently, AusAID has six long-term civilian experts in Afghanistan, who are working on a range of educational, health, agricultural, and institutional development activities. Besides these there are seven Australians regularly in the country on short-term assignments. AusAID is [...]	2009-06-09 06:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM AS IZ AG PREL
09CANBERRA548	AUSTRALIA TO CONTRIBUTE ANOTHER AUD 5 MILLION TO [...] (SBU) June 10, Peter Waddell-Wood, Director of the Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force at AusAID told poloff that Foreign Minister Smith plans to announce sometime before June 17 a further Australian contribution of AUD $5 million (USD $4.04 million) to the IDP crisis in Pakistan. The World Food [...]	2009-06-11 06:04:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREF AS PK
09CANBERRA55	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EXTENSION OF [...] (SBU) On January 16, Poloff delivered U.S. talking points on the extension of the Mandate of the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) to Jeannie Henderson, Director for Burma at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and to Jillian Ray, filling in for Sue Nelson, her equivalent at Aus [...]	2009-01-16 04:40:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAID PHUM BM AS
09CANBERRA559	FOOD SECURITY: PM RUDD PLANNING TO ATTEND L'AQUILA [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 4. 2. (U) Per instructions in reftel, Econoff and Ag Counselor discussed information in reftel with AusAID and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry on June 12. We subsequently passed a copy of the points in reftel to the Ameri [...]	2009-06-15 05:35:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PREL AS
09CANBERRA592	AUSAID CONFIRMS TOKYO DONOR CONFERENCE PLEDGES [...] Summary: AusAID corrects the amount of Australian donation cited in reftel A. USD $96 million will flow over two years directly to bilateral agencies--international, national and NGOs--already at work in Pakistan. 2. (SBU) Lisa Rice Madan, Director of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Central Asian [...]	2009-06-26 06:34:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PK AS
09CANBERRA615	AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE ON PAPUA NEW GUINEA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Australian Papua New Guinea watchers are cautiously optimistic about the PNG economy but concerned about the longer term management of potential revenue windfalls from major resource projects, particularly the ExxonMobil LNG project that could double GDP by 2014. However, Austral [...]	2009-07-01 21:53:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL PP AS
09CANBERRA619	FOREIGN MINISTER SMITH ANNOUNCES AUD $5MILLION FOR [...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister Smith announced on July 1 AUD $5 million for Pakistani IDPs and AUD $1 million for Afghan election observers. End summary 2. (U) On July 1, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith announced Australia would provide AUD $5 million (USD $4.1 million) for displaced people [...]	2009-07-02 01:14:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF AS PK
09CANBERRA668	AUSTRALIAN PLANS FOR POST FORUM DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Australian PM Kevin Rudd will personally chair the Post Forum Dialogue (PFD) August 7 that will follow the August 5-6 meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Cairns (reftels). Recognizing that previous PFDs have been too heavy on scripted interventions and short on substance, Rud [...]	2009-07-21 08:22:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID AS
09CANBERRA695	AUSAID RESPONSE TO POST-ELECTION ASSISTANCE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: AUSAID officials have provided further comment in response to points raised on July 20 regarding assisting Afghanistan following the August presidential election. They have also supplied additional information detailing their approach to development assistance in Afghanistan. End [...]	2009-07-30 05:52:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	AF AS EAID MARR MOPS PREL
09CANBERRA712	SECRETARY'S LETTER DELIVERED TO AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN [...] (SBU) August 3, Foreign Minister Smith received the Secretary of State's letter in support of the Palestinian Authority. CLUNE [...]	2009-08-04 07:10:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID KWBG PGOV OPDC PREL IS AS
09CANBERRA752	AUSTRALIA RETHINKING ITS FIJI POLICY [...] (C/NF) EconCouns paid a courtesy call on GOA Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs Duncan Kerr on August 12 to review Australia's views on the recent Pacific Islands Forum meeting. Kerr discussed GOA aid to the Pacific and Fiji. Kerr said that while Australia remains extremely p [...]	2009-08-14 03:44:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PGOV PREL AS FJ PP BP
09CANBERRA770	AUSTRALIAN ATTENDEES TO ARF DISASTER RELIEF [...] (U) Darren Hansen, South-East Asia and Regional Issues Branch, South-East Asia Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has provided the following list of Australian participants for the September 16-18 ARF Disaster Relief Dialogue. 2. (U) Darren Hansen, Executive Officer, S [...]	2009-08-19 22:32:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR ARF EAID AS
09CANBERRA832	SECRETARY CLINTON LETTER DELIVERED TO FM SMITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 05:25:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS
09CANBERRA833	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SRI LANKAN IDPS [...] (C) Pol/Econcouns delivered on September 8 reftel points on freedom of movement for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka to Gary Cowan, Director of the India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives section in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and raised the issue sep [...]	2009-09-10 05:33:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN CE
09CANBERRA834	AUSTRALIA MULLING HOW TO INCREASE AID IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) Following his late August/early September visit to Washington, Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance Bob McMullan told us the GOA is interested in increasing its aid contribution in Afghanistan. Overcoming logistical roadblocks to getting Australia [...]	2009-09-10 23:26:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PREL PGOV AF AS
09CANBERRA836	GOA STRONGLY SUPPORTS FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche on September 11, 2009 to Bruce Soar, Trade and Economic Policy Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Soar told Deputy Econcouns that Australia welcomed Secretary Clinton's initiative on Food Security and was also in full agreement with th [...]	2009-09-13 21:49:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EAGR UNGA AS
09CANBERRA906	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO PACIFIC NATURAL DISASTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to Samoa's request for help following the devastating earthquake and tsunami, Australia is sending medical personnel and urgently needed disaster relief supplies. This response is part of a A$2 million initial package of support, which includes disaster relief items [...]	2009-10-01 09:02:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV ASEC PREL AS
09CANBERRA931	SECRETARY'S LETTER TO F.M. SMITH ON FOOD SECURITY [...] (U) On October 16, we delivered the Secretary's letter (reftel) on partnering for global hunger and food security to Foreign Minister Smith. Australian responses will be sent septel. CLUNE [...]	2009-10-16 05:09:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD
09CANBERRA963	AID TO PAKISTAN ON SCHEDULE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: At the Tokyo Donor's Conference Australia announced the doubling of its aid to Pakistan. A significant portion of the promised aid has already been dispersed. Australia is on pace to fulfill its obligation by 2011, but has declined to provide budget support to Pakistan's gove [...]	2009-10-28 05:55:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS EAID EFIN PK
09CANBERRA980	PM RUDD REVAMPS DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Rudd has ordered a comprehensive review of Australia's humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HA/DR) policies, procedures, and capabilities. The PM's announcement of the formation of a $50 million civilian response corps at the East Asian Summit is one element intend [...]	2009-11-02 09:30:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL AS
09CARACAS1284	AFRICA-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT SHORT ON SUBSTANCE, LONG ON HEADACHES [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 20:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE UNCHC EAID
09CARACAS1374	BARRIO ADENTRO IN CRISIS: CHAVEZ TO STRENGTHEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to growing public criticism of Venezuela's health care system, including a well-publicized letter of protest from five former health ministers, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has intensified efforts to revitalize Barrio Adentro, its fla [...]	2009-10-26 15:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID EFIN ELAB KTIP VE
09CARACAS1521	VENEZUELA EXPECTED TO TAKE HARD LINE IN COPENHAGEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV)'s steadfast view that developed countries have caused climate change is expected to dominate its official position at the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference. Though the GBRV has not publicized an official s [...]	2009-12-03 14:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAID ECON ENRG PGOV PREL UN VE KGHG
09CARACAS388	VENEZUELA ISSUES ALMOST ALL PENDING DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary. USG protests against harassment of Embassy operations have spurred some MFA action. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) recently issued visas to almost all pending PCS employees, several TDY visas, and pledged to resume issuing all TDY visas. The Venezuelan government also ag [...]	2009-03-25 22:42:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID MCAP AMGT VE
09CARACAS404	REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO HELP STRENGTHEN [...] (C) Summary: As President Chavez concentrates even more power in his presidency, and closes off space for democratic dialogue, Embassy's USAID/OTI programs in support of democracy and civil society are vital to preserving and strengthening remaining democratic institutions and practices in Venezuel [...]	2009-03-27 18:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID VE
09CASABLANCA12	2008 MOROCCO UPDATE OF THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary: This message provides requested updates for the Department of Labor's annual report on the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Morocco's commitment to combat and eliminate them. It updates information provided by Post in 2007 and years prior, concerning Morocco's child labor laws and regu [...]	2009-01-21 17:18:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN MO
09CASABLANCA14	MOROCCO'S TEXTILE SECTOR IS IN TROUBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: With the economies of Morocco's principal textile trading partners - France, Spain, and the United Kingdom - slowing, the Moroccan Association of Textile and Industries (AMITH) has sounded the alarm about prospects for the sector, which typically constitutes a third of Moroccan [...]	2009-01-30 16:03:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMCHAMS EAID ECON EFIN ETRD MO
09CASABLANCA230	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES SOME OF MOROCCO'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In the lead up to the White House Entrepreneurial Summit, the Ambassador met with some of Morocco's leading business entrepreneurs, academics and investors in Casablanca on December 17. The group highlighted three major constraints to the growth of entrepreneurship in Morocc [...]	2009-12-24 12:36:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PREL ETRD PGOV MO
09CHENGDU264	CLIMATE CHANGE: UK EFFORTS IN SOUTHWEST CHINA TO ENCOURAGE A [...] (U) This message contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. Chongqing leads SW China in moving towards a low-carbon economy, with Guizhou lagging furthest behind, a UK official told Consul General. Chongqing owes its lead [...]	2009-11-18 09:02:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN PREL PGOV PINR SENV KGHG
09CHENGDU270	FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DURING [...] (U) The message contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for distribution on the internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Former President Jimmy Carter, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, and officials from the Carter Center and Habitat for Humanity, traveled to Sichuan Province November [...]	2009-11-29 01:38:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID ECON PGOV SOCI OVIP KPAO CH
09CHENGDU283	TIBET: NEPAL SEEKS INCREASED PRC TRADE/AID/TRANSPORT LINKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal seeks to be a transit point between India and China and hopes to see increased development assistance and investment from the PRC, Nepalese Consul General in Lhasa told CG recently during a visit to the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). Nepal seeks lower content requirement [...]	2009-12-02 07:46:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EAID EINV ELTN SOCI NP CH
09CHENGDU304	SICHUAN QUAKE DONATIONS DEMONSTRATE GREEN BUILDING [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Guangyuan, one of Sichuan's poorest prefectures, is the site for a demonstration of earthquake resistant, environmentally friendly bamboo shelters. The standards being [...]	2009-12-14 23:32:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID ECON PGOV CH

09CHIANGMAI109	IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN: HILL TRIBES, ENVIRONMENTALISM, [...] (SBU) In northern Thailand, differing opinions of environmental cause and effect have led to highly charged debates about forest management policies, often pitting "conservationists" against agriculturally-dependent ethnic hill tribe minorities and their supporters. The Royal Forest Departm [...]	2009-07-24 09:55:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR EAID ELAB SENV TH
09CHIANGMAI114	GOING "GREEN" TO EARN GREEN: CONSERVATION POLICIES USED TO [...] (SBU) In the past, the Thai Royal Forest Department (RFD) has encouraged and, sometimes forced, upland dwellers to resettle outside of highly valued national parks and protected forests. Recently, NGOs have begun to worry that carbon trading initiatives designed to slow climate change will [...]	2009-07-30 02:48:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR EAID ELAB SENV TH
09CHIANGMAI115	LAND CRUNCH AND AGRIBUSINESSES HURT HIGHLAND AGRICULTURE AND [...] (SBU) Agriculturally-dependent hill tribe people, as well as other upland farmers, face increasing pressures stemming from a general shortage of available agricultural land, problematic development policies, and the growth of agribusinesses in northern Thailand. In recent years, development p [...]	2009-08-03 02:23:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR EAID ELAB SENV TH
09CHISINAU41	PRIVATIZATION PROCEEDS FOR THE CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In December 2008 the Government of Moldova (GOM) decided to amend the 2008 state budget by increasing revenues, expenditures and the deficit. This followed an announcement in November that revenues from privatization had exceeded expectations and that the GOM would sell addi [...]	2009-01-22 06:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL MD
09CHISINAU545	TERRORISM FINANCE: UN AND U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 08:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID PK MD
09CHISINAU577	MINISTER OF FINANCE ON BUDGET AND ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Chaudhry's July 8 meeting with Minister of Finance Mariana Durlesteanu, the Minister explained that Moldova's finances were in serious trouble. Durlesteanu discussed a planned USD 500 million loan from Russia and the impact it would have on Moldova's relations [...]	2009-07-24 15:28:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET ENRG EAID RS MD
09CHISINAU620	FY2009 Project Proposals for INL Law Enforcement [...] Summary: Post believes the best use of FSA/INL funds for law enforcement in Moldova will combine technical and training assistance to strengthen institutional as well as individual capacities. This cable outlines a program for using FY2009 funds to provide an array of projects for the Go [...]	2009-08-07 07:15:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID MD
09CHISINAU634	NON-COMMUNIST COALITION MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Since the public announcement August 8 of the formation of the four-party non- Communist coalition, the group's leaders have been focusing their efforts on putting together a new government. They have agreed to nominate Filat for Speaker, Lupu for President and to let the Liber [...]	2009-08-13 14:05:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID MD
09CHISINAU643	POSSIBILITY OF COMMUNIST PARTY SPLIT [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Igor Dodon (strictly protect) confided to Ambassador that a group of younger, reform-minded members of the Party of Communists (PCRM) were considering breaking with PCRM to establish a new center-left party. This new party, which would focus on economic r [...]	2009-08-14 16:01:00	Embassy Chisinau	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID MD
09CHISINAU644	DID LUPU GO TO MOSCOW? IF SO, WHY? [...] (S) Summary: On August 12 Marian Lupu publicly denied a news item claiming that he had traveled to Moscow the previous day, saying he had been in Budapest. However, in an August 13 meeting, Marian Lupu (strictly protect) confided to the Ambassador that he had indeed been in Moscow. He clai [...]	2009-08-14 16:06:00	Embassy Chisinau	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU659	WHO WANTS ION STURZA TO BE PRESIDENT? [...] (C) Summary: In response to a question at an August 4 press conference, Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM) leader Vlad Filat said that former PM Ion Sturza had all the qualities needed to be a good President, thus launching a Sturza-for- President rumor that has rapidly gained traction. Filat i [...]	2009-08-19 15:58:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU67	ECONOMIC MINISTER DESCRIBES ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Chaudhry's January 21 meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Trade, Igor Dodon, the Minister reviewed the energy security situation in Moldova and possible measures to secure gas and electricity supplies. Dodon discussed a propose [...]	2009-02-03 13:34:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET ENRG EAID RS MD
09CHISINAU671	ALLIANCE ELECTS SPEAKER, BUT WHAT'S NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: In decisive move that stunned many observers, on August 28 the four-party Alliance for European Integration (AIE) elected Liberal Party (PL) leader Mihai Ghimpu as Speaker in a rump session that continued after the Communist Party (PCRM) adjourned the Parliament's opening meetin [...]	2009-08-28 15:58:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU685	LUPU FEELS "WINDS OF CHANGE" IN THE AIR [...] (C) Summary: In a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Presidential hopeful Marian Lupu expressed skepticism about Acting President Voronin's recent announcement that he would vacate his Presidential position for his seat in Parliament. Lupu also described recent meetings with the Russi [...]	2009-09-04 15:14:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU700	DPM DODON BELIEVES COMMUNISTS SHOULD [...] (C) Summary: In a September 3 meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Dodon told the Ambassador that he believes the Communist Party (PCRM) should give the eight votes necessary to elect Alliance for European Integration (AIE) candidate Marian Lupu as President. However, he said, President Voronin r [...]	2009-09-10 14:04:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU705	ENGAGING MOLDOVA'S DIASPORA [...] Summary: Defining and identifying a "Moldovan Diaspora" according to the definitions of reftel is difficult. Moldovan communities abroad, which are as ethnically and linguistically mixed as at home, are still in the process of formation. These communities share largely economic links with t [...]	2009-09-14 13:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EAID EINV OEXC OIIP PGOV
09CHISINAU711	EX-PRESIDENT VORONIN PREPARING FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a September 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Ex-President Vladimir Voronin said that his Communist Party (PCRM) would participate in Parliamentary committees, and would support issues related to European integration and neutrality, while eschewing extremism and separatism and [...]	2009-09-16 14:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR RS MD
09CHISINAU714	DPM DODON STILL CONSIDERING SPLIT WITH [...] (S) Summary: In a September 15 meeting with Ambassador Chaudhry, outgoing First Deputy Prime Minister Dodon spent an hour talking of his current indecision about whether to split with the Communist Party. he claimed that a group of 4-5 MPs could leave with him, including the former Prime Mi [...]	2009-09-18 15:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU742	NEW FOREIGN MINISTER LEANCA SUPPORTS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador's September 25 meeting with Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca was the very first the minister had held in his new capacity. Commenting on the historic appropriateness of holding his very first official meeting with the American Ambassador, Leanca affirmed his government's [...]	2009-09-29 15:01:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KTIP EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU750	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S. CONCERNS AND [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with newly- appointed Prime Minister Vlad Filat on September 28. The central focus of the meeting was the recent developments surrounding the MCC Compact. The Ambassador informed Filat that MCC had submitted a Congressional Notification on the intent to nego [...]	2009-09-30 15:47:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KTIP EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU755	NEW GOM QUICKLY REGISTERS IRI AND NDI [...] (SBU) In one of its first official actions, the Moldovan Ministry of Justice issued registration certificates to IRI and NDI on September 29. (Note: the previous Communist-led GoM had denied registration over the past year to IRI and NDI.) This was one day after Prime Minister Vlad Filat had [...]	2009-10-01 14:54:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU801	GRENADE EXPLOSION DURING CHISINAU [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of October 14, while some 50-100,000 people were in the town center celebrating the Chisinau Day holiday, a grenade exploded, injuring over 40 persons. No lives were lost. Minister of Interior Catan told the Ambassador October 15 that he believed that this incid [...]	2009-10-15 15:17:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PBTS EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU819	ROMAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ILINOIU [...] (C) Summary: On October 12, U.S. Ambassador to Romania and U.S. Ambassador to Moldova (who was visiting Bucharest) met with Anca Ilinoiu, Foreign Policy Counselor to President Basescu. Ilinoiu explained that Moldova was a very important foreign policy priority for Romania. She noted that R [...]	2009-10-19 14:13:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS EAID PINR MD RO
09CHISINAU826	NEW DEPUTY PRIME MINSTER FOR [...] (C) Summary: Despite initial doubts about his inexperience and the GoM decision to abolish the Ministry of Reintegration, new Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Victor Osipov has won over many of the initial skeptics. In a meeting with the Ambassador on October 9, Osipov, who kept all [...]	2009-10-21 13:50:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU833	EX-PRESIDENT VORONIN PREPARES FOR REPEAT [...] (C) Summary: In an October 13 meeting with the Ambassador, a very tired-looking ex-President Vladimir Voronin remained stubborn in his opposition to the candidacy of Democratic Party presidential-hopeful Marian Lupu, who Voronin said had "betrayed" the Communist Party. Voronin said he was f [...]	2009-10-26 10:41:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR RS MD
09CHISINAU848	COMMUNIST MP TURCAN READY TO VOTE FOR [...] (C) Summary: In an October 20 meeting, Communist Party (PCRM) Member of Parliament Vladimir Turcan told the Ambassador that he hoped to avoid repeat elections by getting his fellow PCRM MPs to vote for Alliance for European Integration presidential candidate Marian Lupu. Turcan said he had r [...]	2009-10-30 12:14:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU897	PRIME MINISTER AND EUR DAS RUSSELL [...] (C) Summary: During a November 19 meeting with EUR DAS Russell, Prime Minister Filat underlined the work of the new government and its priorities. He noted the importance his government placed on the USG's role in the 5 plus 2 negotiations and outlined his plans to promote communication and [...]	2009-11-20 14:27:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID KDEM MD
09CHISINAU926	EX-PRESIDENT VORONIN SPECULATES ON [...] (C) Summary: In a December 3 meeting with the Ambassador, ex-President Vladimir Voronin reaffirmed his position that the Party of Communists (PCRM) would not participate in the December 7 presidential vote. He conceded that a group of PCRM MPs led by Vladimir Turcan and Victor Stepaniuc app [...]	2009-12-04 14:20:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR RS MD
09CHISINAU927	COMMUNIST MP TURCAN READY TO LEAVE THE [...] (C) Summary: In a December 1 meeting with the Ambassador, PCRM MP Vladimir Turcan said that he was ready to leave the Communist party faction and claimed to have a group of at least six MPs who would leave with him to establish a new political party. He described a meeting of the PCRM inn [...]	2009-12-04 14:25:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU928	AMN LEADER URECHEAN BELIEVES LUPU WILL [...] (C) Summary: In a December 2 meeting, AMN leader Serafim Urechean told the Ambassador that he believed that Alliance candidate Lupu would be elected as President. He said that the process of cutting a deal was well underway, but still needed a few more days. Urechean suggested that a lot d [...]	2009-12-04 14:35:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU929	CRACKS IN THE ALLIANCE -- HOW STRONG IS [...] (C) Summary: Since the July 29 elections, the Alliance for European Integration (AIE) has overcome numerous hurdles to elect a Speaker, form a government, and launch reforms. But while the AIE's four leaders have made numerous compromises, each compromise has revealed the differences within [...]	2009-12-04 14:48:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU944	PARLIAMENT FAILS TO ELECT PRESIDENT: [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 7, the Moldovan parliament failed to elect Marian Lupu as president, since the Communists boycotted the vote, and Lupu fell eight ballots short. This moves Moldova into the next phase of the democratic process required to elect a president. Under Moldovan legislat [...]	2009-12-08 15:37:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU945	ODC LETTER OF REQUEST (LOR) [...] THE OFFICE OF DEFENSE COOPERATION (ODC) RECEIVED AN OFFICIAL LETTER OF REQUEST FROM THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD) OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA DATED 28 OCTOBER 2009. 2. REQUEST OVERVIEW TYPE OF REQUEST: REQUEST TO AMEND THE FMF CASE MD- R-DTL BY INCREASING FUNDING WITH $100,000 AND INCLUDE [...]	2009-12-09 13:11:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM MARR MASS EAID MCAP PM MD
09COLOMBO1006	MFA CALLS IN AMBASSADOR OVER DHS QUESTIONING OF [...] (C) On November 2, Foreign Minister Bogollagama called in Ambassador regarding reports that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had requested that Sri Lankan Chief of Defense (CHOD) Sarath Fonseka come in for a "voluntary" interview with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office [...]	2009-11-02 12:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1012	THE MALDIVES AGREES TO ACCEPT FIVE UIGHUR DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 27, Ambassador Daniel Fried, Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure, held meetings with senior officials from the Government of the Republic of the Maldives (GORM) to discuss the possibility of the GORM accepting five ethnic Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay. Followi [...]	2009-11-04 09:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS MV
09COLOMBO1016	JVP: PLAYING IT CLOSE TO THE CHEST--FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with PolOff, MP Vijitha Herath of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP, the People's Liberation Front) offered guarded comments indicated the leftist-nationalist party was probably waiting for a more certain political climate to declare publicly its political intention [...]	2009-11-06 06:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1017	SIGNIFICANT IDP RELEASES CONTINUE IN SRI LANKA [...] (C) Significant numbers of IDPs continue to be released from camps in Manik Farm and elsewhere. Exact figures differ on just how many have been released, depending on whether the source of the information is the UN or the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL). The bottom line is that in dramatic cont [...]	2009-11-06 12:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1018	FONSEKA'S U.S. VISIT AND RECALL MAKE WAVES IN SRI [...] (C) News of CHOD General Sarath Fonseka's visit to the U.S. and subsequent interaction with DHS dominated the local headlines in Colombo during the week of November 1. Many news outlets and political actors strongly criticized the U.S. for this apparent attempt to question Fonseka and possib [...]	2009-11-06 12:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1019	MUSLIM CONGRESS LEADER ON ELECTIONS, FONSEKA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with PolOff, Chairman of Sri Lanka Muslim Council (SLMC) and Eastern Provincial opposition leader Basheer Segudawood spoke of his party's strategy to defeat President Rajapaksa at the upcoming elections. The strategy included forming a broad coalition with the UNP and [...]	2009-11-06 12:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1030	HANGING CHOD? GENERAL SARATH FONSEKA SUBMITS HIS [...] (C) Chief of Defense (CHOD) General Sarath Fonseka submitted his resignation to President Rajapaksa on November 12. Senior military officials in the Office of Chief of Defense Staff (OCDS),a Ministry of Defense official, United National Party (UNP) insiders and a retired military general wit [...]	2009-11-12 14:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1031	TAMIL LEADER SAMPANTHAN FORESEES "HOT" ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 10 meeting with PolChief, Tamil National Alliance Chairman Rajavarothiyam Sampanthan said President Rajapaksa told him there would be early presidential elections. He affirmed General Fonseka's intention to run but noted that a Rajapaksa/Fonseka contest would "spli [...]	2009-11-13 10:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1032	MISSION ANNOUNCES RE-DIRECTION OF ASSISTANCE AWAY [...] (C) On November 11, Ambassador met with Basil Rajapaksa, senior advisor to the president and chief of the Sri Lankan Government's relief and reconstruction efforts, to announce the U.S. decision to redirect aid from closed camps to returnees, host families, and open camps by March 2010. Rajapa [...]	2009-11-13 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1038	PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA GETS COLD FEET ON ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a much-anticipated nationwide speech on Sunday night failed to announce either a presidential or general election. Rajapaksa instead largely gave a speech that extolled the virtues of his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and took thinly-veiled swi [...]	2009-11-16 13:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1043	MALDIVES OPPOSES IRAN'S NO-ACTION MOTION ON UNGA [...] (C) On November 16, Vice President Ahmed Shaheed assured Ambassador of the support of the government of the Maldives (GOM) and of the Maldives intention to oppose the &no-action8 motion on the human rights resolution on Iran. Shaheed instructed their mission in New York not to participate in t [...]	2009-11-17 10:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER UNGA MV
09COLOMBO1046	MALDIVES POISED TO CHANGE POSITION ON ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) On November 18, PolChief delivered reftel points urging non-support of Anti-Israel UN Resolutions to the Maldives High Commissioner Ali Hussain Didi. While he could not commit to a definitive response, Didi assured Pol Chief of government of the Maldives (GOM) serious consideration of the [...]	2009-11-18 12:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER UNGA MV
09COLOMBO1047	SRI LANKA WILL NOT OPPOSE UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (C) On November 18, PolChief delivered ref A points urging Sri Lanka to oppose UNGA resolutions with anti-Israel bias to Sri Lankan MFA U.N. and Multilateral Affairs Director General (DG) Ambassador Aruni Wijewardene. Wijewardene informed us that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) would continu [...]	2009-11-18 12:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER UNGA CE
09COLOMBO1051	PRM PDAS WITTEN EXAMINES IDP ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The November 12-16 visit of PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Samuel Witten came during a critical period in the ongoing humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. The Government is accelerating releases from closed camps, a move welcomed by the international community but on [...]	2009-11-20 10:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1061	TAMIL PARTIES CONFUSED AND UNDECIDED ON WAY FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's main Tamil parties remain disorganized and unsure of their strategy for the upcoming election season. Faced with the possible role of kingmaker in the upcoming presidential election, the Tamil parties generally are uncomfortable with the prospect of supporting the ree [...]	2009-11-23 12:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1062	TRUST BUT VERIFY: SRI LANKA ANNOUNCES IDP FREEDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 21, 2009, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) announced its intention to increase freedom of movement for internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in camps in northern Sri Lanka. While specifics are unclear, it appears that as of December 1, IDPs will be able to leav [...]	2009-11-23 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1066	BATTLE OF THE TITANS BEGINS [...] (U) Late on November 23, President Mahinda Rajapaksa began the process to hold an early presidential election and instructed the Elections Commission to begin preparations for the election. Rajapaksa issued the instructions at a meeting with leaders of political parties constituting the ruling [...]	2009-11-24 05:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1073	RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE: UNP LEADERS BELIEVE THEY ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the main opposition United National Party (UNP) are upbeat about the party's electoral prospects and are confident that UNF alliance candidate General Sarath Fonseka can beat President Rajapaksa in the upcoming presidential election. UNP party members noted that the U [...]	2009-11-25 12:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1094	SHOW ME THE MONEY: KEY TAMIL LEADER DELAYS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 13:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1095	HUAWEI SRI LANKA: A MAJOR PLAYER WITH AN IRON [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese firms continue to make inroads into the Sri Lankan market, including into areas such as telecommunications infrastructure. The Sri Lankan telecommunications market has expanded rapidly, and telephone companies plan to expand into the newly freed conflict areas of the N [...]	2009-12-03 03:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	CE ECON ETRD EINV EAID CH
09COLOMBO1109	USAID Support for Reconstruction of Eastern Sri Lanka [...] Summary. On November 8-11, Foreign Assistance Coordinator for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs/Office of Regional Affairs (SCA/RA) Aisha Sabar visited USAID funded projects in the Eastern Province. USAID has focused on fostering economic growth, good governance, and reconcili [...]	2009-12-03 12:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV CE
09COLOMBO1110	IDP UPDATE: SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WITH CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Large numbers of returns of internally displaced persons (IDPs) over the past several months and recent advances in freedom of movement policy are very encouraging. The returns process will continue to be complex, however, and long-term reintegration may present new challenges [...]	2009-12-04 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1111	SRI LANKA ABUZZ OVER FONSEKA CANDIDACY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The announcements of an early presidential election January 26 and of General Fonseka's candidacy have dramatically altered the political landscape in Sri Lanka and created a palpable sense of new possibilities. But the general is likely to face an uphill battle in his attempt to [...]	2009-12-04 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1112	IDP UPDATE: SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WITH CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Large numbers of returns of internally displaced persons (IDPs) over the past several months and recent advances in freedom of movement policy are very encouraging. The returns process will continue to be complex, however, and long-term reintegration may present new challenges [...]	2009-12-04 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1113	SRI LANKA ABUZZ OVER FONSEKA CANDIDACY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The announcements of an early presidential election January 26 and of General Fonseka's candidacy have dramatically altered the political landscape in Sri Lanka and created a palpable sense of new possibilities. But the general is likely to face an uphill battle in his attempt to [...]	2009-12-04 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1114	HUAWEI SRI LANKA: A MAJOR PLAYER WITH AN IRON [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese firms continue to make inroads into the Sri Lankan market, including into areas such as telecommunications infrastructure. The Sri Lankan telecommunications market has expanded rapidly, and telephone companies plan to expand into the newly freed conflict areas of the N [...]	2009-12-04 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON ETRD EINV EAID CH
09COLOMBO1117	Re-declaration of Disaster for the Complex Emergency in Sri [...] (U) Background: Continued civil strife in the North of Sri Lanka has displaced upwards of hundreds of thousand people from their homes creating a complex emergency for the region. A disaster was initially declared in August of 2006 when almost 50,000 people had been displaced. In 2007 and 200 [...]	2009-12-04 10:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO1118	ELECTION SEASON MAY BRING INCREASED RISK TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sunday Leader newspaper editor-in-chief Frederica Jansz, and chairman of Leader Publications Lal Wickramatunge reported feeling increasingly at risk as election season took off and expected that conditions would worsen after presidential nominations on December 17. The pair wer [...]	2009-12-04 10:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1129	RED ROVER: PARTY MEMBERS START CROSSING OVER [...] (C) On December 7, senior UNP leader S.B. Dissanayake resigned from his position as National Organizer for the UNP and his position as opposition leader of the Central Province provincial council. Local observers have noted in the past that Dissanayake was a possible presidential candidate ( [...]	2009-12-09 12:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1135	SRI LANKA: A/S BLAKE FINDS SITUATION IMPROVED BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a December 8-10 visit, Assistant Secretary Blake found progress on humanitarian issues but also much that remained to be done. The IDP situation had greatly improved, with about three-fifths of the IDPs returned home or resettled, freedom of movement allowed f [...]	2009-12-14 06:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1139	SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 1 [...] (SBU) Introduction: As an air of anticipation builds in Sri Lanka in advance of the upcoming Sri Lankan elections, including a presidential election scheduled for January 26 and a parliamentary election anticipated for later in the spring, post will provide update reports as events dictate, [...]	2009-12-14 13:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1140	UPDATE ON KEY IDP PROTECTION ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 05:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1144	Request for Economic Support Funds for the Maldives [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD MV
09COLOMBO1145	SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO.2 [...] (C) Former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva spoke at an event organized by UNF member Mangala Samaraweera on December 15, criticizing the concentration of powers developed through the executive presidency under Mahinda Rajapaksa. Fonseka was a "surprise" guest at the event, and local media publis [...]	2009-12-16 12:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1148	UPDATE ON KEY IDP PROTECTION ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Civilian population displacement issues in Sri Lanka have evolved rapidly over the last several months. Key protection issues identified most recently by the humanitarian community in Colombo include freedom of movement, transferred displacement, de-mining and demarcation, singl [...]	2009-12-17 05:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1150	FORMER PRESIDENT NOTES DESTRUCTIVE INFLUENCE OF [...] (C) In a December 14 meeting with Ambassador, former President Chandrika Kumaratunga discussed President Rajapaksa's abuse of power and said that under his leadership, the economy, the political climate, health care, education and international relations had spiraled down reaching a new low in [...]	2009-12-17 09:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1152	SRI LANKA ELECTIONS UPDATE NO.3 [...] (C) With official nominations registered between 9:00 and 11:00 this morning, 23 candidates will be vying in the January 26 presidential election. Both President Rajapaksa from the UPFA and his main challenger former General Fonseka of the UNF and JVP handed in their nominations while hundreds [...]	2009-12-17 12:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1159	DEFENSE SECRETARY DEFENDS SRI LANKAN POLICIES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 8 meeting with A/S Blake, Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa discussed accountability and reconciliation; the State of Emergency; disarmament of ex-combatants and paramilitary groups; reconstruction in the North; rehabilitation of Liberation Tigers of [...]	2009-12-22 04:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1165	EASTERN PROVINCE: RETURNS NEARLY COMPLETE BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Emboffs met with local authorities, community leaders, United Nations (UN) officials, and returnees in Batticaloa and Trincomalee districts in the Eastern Province. Returns of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to these districts are nearly complete but land issues, livelihoods, [...]	2009-12-22 11:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1166	ELECTIONS IN THE EAST: TAMILS UNCONVINCED [...] (S) SUMMARY: A visit to the Eastern Province by Embassy officers found that Tamils in the East do not strongly support either President Rajapaksa or General Fonseka in the upcoming election and that many would spoil their votes. Only Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) authorities expressed strong c [...]	2009-12-22 11:13:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1177	SRI LANKAN ELECTIONS COMMISSIONER: FAQS FOR AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The following provides Post assessment of key issues related to the Sri Lankan Elections Commissioner and the upcoming presidential election scheduled for January 26. The message is organized in frequently-asked-question (FAQ) format and draws on Ambassador's Dec [...]	2009-12-22 12:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1179	Action Request for FY 2010 Funds for Northern Sri Lanka [...] (SBU) This is an action cable. Please see paragraphs 7-13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The coming months offer a unique window of opportunity for the United States and other donors to assist the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) in supporting peace and reconciliation through development and assistance p [...]	2009-12-23 10:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PHUM PREF ECON CE
09COLOMBO1180	ACCOUNTABILITY: FONSEKA STIRS UP HORNETS' NEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The committee appointed by the president to look into allegations raised in the Department's October 21 incidents report to Congress will not issue a public report but rather a recommendation memo for President Rajapaksa's consideration. Although Sarath Fonseka was quoted as accu [...]	2009-12-23 12:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO174	Sri Lanka Humanitarian Update, 02/18/09 [...] The U.N. reports 30,000 internally displaced people from Sri Lanka's northern Vanni Region are receiving humanitarian assistance at 17 locations in the Vavuniya District. International organizations report they are responding to the food and non- food emergency needs of the displaced and that a [...]	2009-02-18 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF CE
09COLOMBO199	SRI LANKA: UN LAUNCHES 2009 COMMON HUMANITARIAN ACTION PLAN [...] Summary: On February 18, 2009, the United Nations launched its 2009 Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP) for Sri Lanka. The 2009 CHAP requests US$ 155 million for 103 projects proposed by 42 organizations. Priority activities for immediate requirements are estimated at $75.7 million. The [...]	2009-02-23 11:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF CE
09COLOMBO204	SRI LANKA: NEW IDPS ARRIVE IN JAFFNA; HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On a February 10-11 trip to Jaffna, DCM and RSO discussed conditions for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the human rights situation on the peninsula with government, military, and civil society representatives and the UN. They also participated in the launch of a prog [...]	2009-02-24 10:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL ECON EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO208	CORRECTED COPY (NEW SUBJECT) SRI LANKA: IDP ARRIVALS AT [...] SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has transported 1,611 people from the Mullaitivu conflict area to a reception center at the Trincomalee Hospital in northern Sri Lanka. USAID Office of Foreign Disaster regional advisor (OFDA R/A) was given access to the hospital, wh [...]	2009-02-24 13:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF CE
09COLOMBO231	SRI LANKA: ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES IN ADVANCE OF [...] Per ref A request, the following information concerning Sri Lanka's regulations governing access to genetic resources and benefit sharing is keyed below to ref A, para 20. Additional questions raised by AmEmb New Delhi (ref B) are not relevant at present as Sri Lanka's patent law does not pro [...]	2009-03-02 02:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV TBIO CE
09COLOMBO266	SRI LANKA: PILLAIYAN'S TMVP HANDS IN SOME OF ITS [...] (SBU) On March 7, cadres loyal to Eastern Provincial Council Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan ("Pillaiyan") surrendered 150 weapons and 7,000 rounds of ammunition to government security forces in Batticaloa. Press reports characterized the ceremony as the "official disarming" of Pi [...]	2009-03-09 11:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER MARR EAID CE
09COLOMBO288	SRI LANKA: PRINCIPLES FOR POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and USAID Mission Director hosted bilateral and multilateral donors and the UN Resident Representative on March 11 to discuss principles and plans for possible future reconstruction in Sri Lanka's North, where the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) appears to be on the verge of [...]	2009-03-13 08:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS CE
09COLOMBO308	A SUGGESTION FOR GETTING MANY OF SRI LANKA'S [...] (C) Summary: While the US and some others are engaged in intensive efforts to protect the estimated 120-150,000 civilians trapped in the "safe zone" of northern Sri Lanka from shelling, and assure they have adequate food and medicine, the international community needs a plan to evacuate as ma [...]	2009-03-19 11:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF EAID CE
09COLOMBO360	SRI LANKA: ASSESSMENT OF DISPLACED PERSONS CAMPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two USAID officials recently concluded separate trips to the Districts of Vavuniya and Mannar in Sri Lanka's Northern Province. Through meetings with local officials and implementing partners, visits to IDP sites ("camps"),and informal conversations with IDPs, they assessed t [...]	2009-03-30 12:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO365	SRI LANKA: FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) The following is in response to ref A's request for information concerning Sri Lanka's compliance under Section 7088(c)(1) of the Department of Stae, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act (SFOAA),2009 (Div. H, P.L.111-8). Responses are keyed to ref A questions. 2 [...]	2009-03-31 10:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PREL CE
09COLOMBO378	MALDIVES: FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] (U) The following is in response to ref A request for information concerning Maldives' compliance under Section 7088(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act (SFOAA),2009 (Div. H, P.L.111-8). Responses are keyed to ref A questions. 2. ( [...]	2009-04-02 06:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PREL MV
09COLOMBO385	SRI LANKA: IMF NEGOTIATIONS COMPLETE; GSL MUST ACT [...] (C) Summary: The IMF team negotiating a stand-by agreement with the GSL returned to Washington on April 1 with GSL-agreed language for Sri Lanka's Letter of Intent (LOI) and a hope that the government will demonstrate it is ready to take necessary steps to put the economy back on track. The p [...]	2009-04-02 12:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID CE
09COLOMBO395	MALDIVES: ECONOMY GREW BY 5.7% IN 2008; DOWNTURN EXPECTED [...] (U) Summary: In 2008, the Maldivian economy grew by 5.7%, down from 7.2% growth in 2007. Tourism and fisheries, the mainstays of the economy, fared poorly. Tourism grew by only 2.9% compared to 9.4% in 2007. The fisheries sector contracted for the second straight year. While these key sect [...]	2009-04-06 08:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID MV
09COLOMBO431	SRI LANKA: VISIT BY UNSYG CHIEF OF STAFF NAMBIAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 16-17 visit to Sri Lanka by UNSYG Chief of Staff Vijay Nambiar yielded mixed results. After a one-on-one breakfast meeting with President Rajapaksa on April 17, Nambiar reported that Rajapaksa had left only a slim opening for the UN to pursue the release of civilians b [...]	2009-04-17 11:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM MOPS EAID UNGA CE
09COLOMBO473	SRI LANKA: STRUGGLE TO PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING ASSISTANCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From April 21 to 25, USAID Si Lanka Mission Director and USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID OFDA) actin regional advisor traveled to Northern Sri Lanka to assess the humanitarian situation of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who fled the so [...]	2009-04-30 05:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO474	SRI LANKA: STRUGGLE TO PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING ASSISTANCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From April 21 to 25, USAID Sri Lanka Mission Director and USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID OFDA) acting regional advisor traveled to Northern Sri Lanka to assess the humanitarian situation of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who fled the [...]	2009-04-30 08:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO489	MALDIVES REVISED 2009 BUDGET PASSED; 2008 DEFICIT [...] On April 30, the Maldivian parliament approved the government's revised 2009 budget, replacing the 2009 budget prepared by former President Gayoom's regime and presented to Parliament by the President Nasheed team just weeks after coming into power in November 2008(ref C). This action follows [...]	2009-05-05 06:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID MV
09COLOMBO502	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT DISCUSSES HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa discussed the participation of the international community in ongoing humanitarian relief efforts and future recovery efforts in the conflict-affected north with Co-Chair Ambassadors on May 5. Charge, acting as spokesman for the Co-Chairs, urged the Presiden [...]	2009-05-06 13:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV MOPS EAID CE
09COLOMBO524	MALDIVES REVISED 2009 BUDGET, OFFICIAL FISCAL DATA [...] Official fiscal data from the revised 2009 budget approved by the parliament on April 30 has been published. The budget was prepared within a medium term expenditure framework (MTEF) to cover the period 2009-2011. It contains ambitious revenue and deficit targets for 2009. Revenue is estima [...]	2009-05-14 04:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID MV
09COLOMBO528	SRI LANKA: STATUS OF FIELD HOSPITAL REQUEST AND USG HEALTH [...] SUMMARY: Following several weeks of discussion with Ministry of Health (MOH) and other Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) officials, the US Government (USG) for a variety of reasons has decided not to provide a field hospital in the conflict-affected North. Key factors considered included rapidly [...]	2009-05-14 09:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO570	MALDIVES SUPPORTS KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) Maldivian Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed confirmed to Econ Chief on May 26 that the GORM will support Kosovo's bid to join the World Bank; he stated that the GORM remains "very supportive of U.S. policies to enhance the stability in the West Balkans." He said the GORM will cast its vote [...]	2009-05-28 09:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL EAID MV
09COLOMBO572	DEMINNG SRI LANKA'S NORTH - IMPRESSIONS FROM THE FIELD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) recently decided to begin de-mining operations in the Manthai West Division of Mannar District, one of five districts in the Northern Province and the scene of heavy fighting last year, when Government forces pushed the LTTE northward into the V [...]	2009-05-29 08:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO576	SRI LANKA: ARMY'S FIVE-YEAR STRATEGY FOR EXPANSION [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an ambitious five-year plan for expansion, the Sri Lankan military plans to roughly double its size to deal with the need for security in the post-conflict situation. The Army Commander has already announced plans to recruit about 100,000 new soldiers at an accelerated pace [...]	2009-06-01 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PGOV PTER PREL ECON EAID CE
09COLOMBO601	SRI LANKA DETAINS AND EXPELS CANADIAN SHADOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lankan immigration authorities, apparently acting on instructions from the Defense Secretary, detained Canadian Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Toronto Bob Rae on arrival late on June 9. (Rae's consituency has a large Tamil minority.) Rae had previously requested an [...]	2009-06-10 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PREF PHUM CE

09COLOMBO602	SRI LANKA: CHARGE URGES FOREIGN MINISTRY TO SEEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with the Foreign Secretary and Foreign Minister on June 9, Charge emphasized that the U.S. goal is to get bilateral relations with Sri Lanka on a more constructive, cooperative basis, as they were in the past. Charge noted that since the war was now behind u [...]	2009-06-10 12:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PREF PHUM CE
09COLOMBO61	SRI LANKA: ASSESSING IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Post does not anticipate significant negative implications for U.S. assistance due to the financial crisis, particularly as the majority of assistance is centered in the East, which, with low levels of development, remains predominantly insulated from the crisis. However, post [...]	2009-01-16 09:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN CE
09COLOMBO621	The Way Forward in the North - A Serious Discussion about [...] SUMMARY: Charge met with Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa on June 15 to ask about Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) priorities for de-mining and to discuss how the U.S. Government (USG) could support those within a strategic framework. M.S. Jayasinghe, Chairman of the National Steering Commit [...]	2009-06-17 13:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO623	SRI LANKA: "COMPETENT AUTHORITY" STILL IN CHARGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has indicated that responsibility for camp management in Manik Farms and in the transit sites in and around Vavuniya District was being transferred from Competent Authority (CA) Major General Chandrasiri to Vavuniya Government Authority [...]	2009-06-18 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO624	SRI LANKA: DOUGLAS DEVANANDA - GOVERNMENT'S MAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: The leader of the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EDPD),Douglas Devananda, has a long history of enmity with the recently defeated Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. He has been a favorite of successive Sri Lankan governments in Colombo. But Devananda has a violent and even cri [...]	2009-06-19 04:19:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PINR EAID CE
09COLOMBO637	SRI LANKA: IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NORTH BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From June 17 to 18, Charge, with the USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) regional advisor and information officer, traveled to Vavuniya District in northern Sri Lanka. They met with local Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) authorities and U.N. and non-gov [...]	2009-06-24 10:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO643	SRI LANKA: JUNE 22 BILATERAL DONOR MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, Charge attended a bilateral donor meeting hosted by Australian High Commissioner Kathy Klugman to discuss current relief assistance to Sri Lanka and aid beyond the emergency phase. Officials from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Can [...]	2009-06-25 09:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO651	SRI LANKA: THE VAVUNIYA GOVERNMENT AGENT [...] (SBU) On June 18, Charge, with USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) regional advisor and information officer met with Mrs. P.S.M. Charles, the Government Agent (GA) of Vavuniya District. When asked how the transition from military to civilian control of the IDP camp [...]	2009-06-26 09:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO652	CORRECTED VERSION: SRI LANKA: JUNE 22 BILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, Charge attended a bilateral donor meeting hosted by Australian High Commissioner Kathy Klugman to discuss current relief assistance to Sri Lanka and aid beyond the emergency phase. Officials from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, C [...]	2009-06-26 09:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO653	SRI LANKA: ICRC UPDATE: REGISTRATION OF EX-COMBATANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge attended an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) briefing by Head of Delegation Paul Castella on June 25 to update heads of Mission on the status of ICRC's humanitarian activities, as well as on its efforts to register ex-combatants detained by the Government [...]	2009-06-26 11:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO691	SRI LANKA: FOREIGN SECRETARY WELCOMES IDP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge met with Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on July 8 to deliver reftel points and USG benchmarks for progress on IDP conditions and resettlement. Kohona assured Charge that the GSL had no hidden agenda when it comes to the IDPs and that all IDPs would be resettled as soo [...]	2009-07-10 02:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO693	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT PROMISES DEVOLUTION...LATER [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a June 30 interview with The Hindu reaffirmed his willingness to pursue a political solution, but said he was waiting for two things: participation and cooperation of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and a fresh mandate from the people. The gove [...]	2009-07-10 10:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO695	DOCTORS RECANT EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF CIVILIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The five doctors who worked inside the final conflict zone (the government-declared "no-fire zone") and who released accounts of the situation and the numbers of killed and wounded civilians there gave a press conference press conference on July 8. The doctors said they were "pressur [...]	2009-07-13 10:33:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO697	NEW SRI LANKA MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND NEW SUPREME [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 2, President Rajapaksa swore in Milinda Moragoda as the new Minister of Justice and Law Reforms. Earlier in June, the President appointed a new Chief Justice, Asoka de Silva, to replace former Chief Justice Sarath de Silva, who many observers felt had "hyper-politicized" [...]	2009-07-14 04:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO704	Getting Set to De-Mine Sri Lanka's North - Stepping [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge and other U.S. Embassy officials met July 10 with Basil Rajapaksa, Special Advisor to the Sri Lankan president. Their discussion focused on de-mining in Sri Lanka's Northern Province - a prerequisite for the return of those displaced during the protracted conflict betwe [...]	2009-07-16 03:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO722	SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS INQUIRY (COI) DISBANDED; [...] (C) The GSL in mid-June disbanded the Presidential Commission of Inquiry, which hadbeen charged with investigating allegations of srious human rights violations since August 2005. Seventeen cases were being reviewed by the COI, ncluding the killing of 17 Action Contre la Faim (ACF) aid worker [...]	2009-07-22 07:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO728	SRI LANKA: RESOLUTION OF CHILD SOLDIERS ISSUE IN [...] (SBU) Summary. A/DCM, Poloff, and USAID met withUNICEF Representative and Protection Officer on July 17 to discuss GSL progress on facilitating release and rehabilitation of TMVP and LTTE child soldiers. UNICEF shared their data on under-age recruitment and noted progress on a number of fron [...]	2009-07-23 12:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO729	SRI LANKA: ICRC?S FUTURE UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Summary. A/DCM and Poloff met with ICRC Acting Head of Delegation Anthony Dalziel on July 21 to discuss ICRC?s current and future status in Sri Lanka. On July 1, ICRC received a letter from Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa requesting ICRC to terminate its operations in the East. A [...]	2009-07-23 14:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO740	SRI LANKA: POST-WAR TAMIL LEADERSHIP VACUUM [...] (C) Summary. Tamil National Alliance (TNA) member of parliament (MP) from Jaffna Pathmini Sithamparanathan met with Poloff on July 13 to discuss the TNA,s current status and post-war strategy. She said the TNA had begun talking with other Tamil parties about how to unite the Tamil polity a [...]	2009-07-28 09:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO744	UNP SEEKS NEW STRATEGY TO CHALLENGE RAJAPAKSA [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met recently with several key United National Party (UNP) figures to discuss the UNP,s post-war strategy. UNP contacts agreed that President Mahinda Rajapaksa is currently enjoying his post-war honeymoon, but felt that Sri Lankans would soon shift their focus to basic ec [...]	2009-07-29 10:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO745	SRI LANKA: CHINESE INFLUENCE ON THE RISE [...] (C) Summary. China has emerged as Sri Lanka,s strongest supporter in the post-war reconstruction era, providing funding for projects ranging from power plants to weapons. China has a long-standing goal of increasing its influence in the region, especially at the expense of India, the other re [...]	2009-07-29 11:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID EINV PREL CE
09COLOMBO753	Report Number One on Interagency Policy Committee (IPC) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is the first of three monthly reports on the Government of Sri Lanka's progress in meeting benchmarks for as outlined in Ref (b). CAMP MANAGEMENT AND ACCESS: Acute humanitarian needs are being met in internally displaced persons camps (IDP) camps, although all sectors ar [...]	2009-07-31 07:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
09COLOMBO773	UPDATE ON GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA'S PLANS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The rehabilitation and reintegration of former LTTE combatants will be crucial if Sri Lanka is to achieve sustainable reconciliation. With the launching this past week of a National Framework Proposal for Reintegration of Ex-Combatants, and the recent appointment of Major Gen [...]	2009-08-05 09:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID PREF PHUM CE
09COLOMBO774	SRI LANKA: SMALLER IDP CAMPS EXHIBIT SOME [...] (C) Summary: While the large IDP camp complex at Manik Farm in Vavuniya is the focus of most international attention and press reports, there are nonetheless a number of IDPs held in smaller camps in other areas across Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka. These camps often include a mixture of v [...]	2009-08-05 10:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID CE
09COLOMBO775	Addendum on Food: Report Number One on Interagency Policy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an addendum to the July Interagency Policy Committee Benchmarks Report for Sri Lanka, adding information about humanitarian food supplies to the IDP camps. 2. (SBU) Benchmark: Acute humanitarian needs are met with dignity. Key areas are food, water/sanitation, healt [...]	2009-08-05 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
09COLOMBO780	SCENESETTER FOR JAFFNA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Jaffna Municipal Council elections will be held on Saturday, August 8, the first elections in the Jaffna area since 2004. The government is paying close attention to this election, sending a number of ministers to campaign there alongside Douglas Devananda, leader of the Eelam [...]	2009-08-07 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID CE
09COLOMBO781	UVA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Pol Staff visited Badulla and Monaragela Districts in Uva Province to get a sense of the issues and progress of the campaign for the upcoming August 8 provincial elections. The elections are the first since the end of war and are being perceived by many as a testing ground fo [...]	2009-08-07 13:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID CE
09COLOMBO79	SRI LANKAN MILITARY CREATES SAFE ZONE FOR CIVILIANS TRAPPED [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan military unilaterally declared a "safe zone" northwest of Puthukkudiyiruppu (PTK) on January 21. ICRC, informed of this decision by the Sri Lankan Government, relayed the message to the LTTE. However, according to the ICRC, nothing has been prepared for people in t [...]	2009-01-22 11:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF MARR EAID CE
09COLOMBO805	MALDIVES ON THE BRINK OF BANKRUPTCY [...] (SBU) Severe balance of payments imbalances, crushing government debt, and a decline in revenue have brought the economy of Maldives to the brink of collapse. In meetings with the Charge, Maldivian Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed, Vice President Mohamed Waheed, and former opposition Quamee par [...]	2009-08-13 11:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID EINV PREL MV
09COLOMBO807	SRI LANKA'S FOREIGN MINISTER SEES "DEVOLUTION" [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 07:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO818	IMPACT OF RAINFALL ON SRI LANKA'S MANIK FARM IDP CAMPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent rainfall in Sri Lanka's northern district of Vavuniya, the location of the Manik Farm IDP camps, was a wake-up call for the Government of Sri Lanka and international organizations conducting humanitarian operations. Major improvements appear necessary to avert disaster pr [...]	2009-08-19 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
09COLOMBO823	JAPANESE QUESTION CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an August 19 bilateral meeting, Japanese Ambassador Takahashi told Charge that Japan questioned the effectiveness of the Europeans as participants in the Co-Chairs mechanism, effectively proposing that the U.S., India, and Japan would serve as the most influential interlocutors [...]	2009-08-21 08:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO827	BASIL RAJAPAKSA DISCLOSES PLAN TO DECONGEST MANIK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor to the President Basil Rajapaksa told Charge and A/DCM that the GSL planned to move forward with significant IDP resettlement before the monsoon season begins in October. When pressed, Rajapaksa said as many as 100,000 would be released, including students, relig [...]	2009-08-24 12:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO830	DOCTORS FROM NO-FIRE ZONE RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (S) Four government doctors, held by the police Criminal Investigation Division (CID) since the end of the war in May for allegedly filing false reports on civilian casualties in the No-Fire Zone during the last several months of the war, were released on bail today. XXXXXXXXXXXX 2. (S) The doctor [...]	2009-08-24 13:34:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO848	CLERGY IDPS RELEASED, DOCTORS OUT ON BAIL - IS [...] (SBU) On August 27, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) announced it was releasing 579 clergy members from the IDP camps in Vavuniya. Media reports said 571 of these were Hindu priests, with six Catholic priests and two nuns joining them. These same reports said approximately 220 clergy membe [...]	2009-08-27 11:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID CE
09COLOMBO854	REPORT NUMBER TWO ON INTERAGENCY POLICY COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is the second of three monthly reports on the Government of Sri Lanka's progress in meeting benchmarks as outlined in Ref B. The start of pre-monsoonal rains this month has created a heightened urgency among all humanitarian actors, in terms of accelerating the release of p [...]	2009-08-31 10:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
09COLOMBO855	JOURNALIST TISSAINAYAGAM CONVICTED, GIVEN 20 YEAR [...] (SBU) On August 31, the Colombo High Court announced a guilty verdict in the closely watched case of Sri Lankan journalist Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam. After brief summation of arguments by the prosecutor and lead defense counsel, the bailiff read the decision of Judge Deepali Wijes [...]	2009-08-31 10:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO860	CPA DIRECTOR SARAVANAMUTTU BRIEFLY DETAINED AT [...] (C) On the morning of September 2, Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Executive Director of the Center Policy for Alternatives and a high-profile critic of the Sri Lankan government, was detained at the airport for one hour when he returned to Colombo from Washington on a Sri Lankan Airlines flight fr [...]	2009-09-02 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO861	TNA TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA [...] (C) On September 2, Media reports indicated that the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) would meet with President Rajapaksa on September 7. TNA leader R. Sampanthan, a Member of Parliament (MP),told PolStaff there were several issues they wished to discuss with the President. First was the need f [...]	2009-09-02 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO864	TISSAINAYAGAM'S LAWYER, CONCERNED DIPLOMATS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting with diplomatic representatives, recently convicted journalist Tissainayagam's lead lawyer said the appeals process could be lengthy but held out hope for a presidential pardon at some point. Tissainayagam was of two minds on the question of whether the international [...]	2009-09-03 13:46:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO872	PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA HOLDS LINE ON RECONCILIATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a lengthy September 8 meeting with Charge, President Rajapaksa said his recent meeting with TNA party leaders had gone well but that implementation of the 13th Amendment to the constitution dealing with the devolution of central power would have to wait until at least April afte [...]	2009-09-09 13:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO876	SRI LANKAN OFFICIALS REJECT FREEDOM OF IDP [...] (C) On September 9, Charge delivered ref. A freedom of movement points to Foreign Minister Bogollagama and was met with a predictable response. The FM said these points were nothing new and the GSL appreciated our continued interest. He repeated the request for us to help purchase heavy demi [...]	2009-09-10 13:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO877	TNA SAYS MEETING WITH SRI LANKA PRESIDENT [...] (C) On September 7, seven members of parliament from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) party met with President Rajapaksa and his brother, Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa. While it was reported in the press as a cordial and satisfactory meeting, TNA MP Suresh Premachandran, one of [...]	2009-09-11 06:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID CE
09COLOMBO878	SRI LANKA REMAINS FOCUSED ON FOOD SECURITY; WILL [...] (U) SUMMARY: EconOff delivered REF points to Ms. Janaki Kuruppu, the President's top food security advisor. Kuruppu outlined a number of actions items the GoSL has taken since the food crisis of 2008 and expressed interest in participating in the Secretary's upcoming food security meeting in [...]	2009-09-11 06:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE EAGR EAID ETRD PREL UNGA
09COLOMBO886	SRI LANKA AGREES WITH P5+1 ON IRAN BUT SHIES FROM [...] Political Chief discussed reftel points on expanding the chorus on Iran with Sri Lankan MFA U.N. and Multilateral Affairs Director General (DG) Aruni Wijewardene. The DG agreed that Iran needed to be encouraged to cooperate, but that the GoSL took a "balanced position". She pointed out that I [...]	2009-09-16 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO887	GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA'S PRONOUNCEMENTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: ADCM attended meeting September 16 called by UN Resident Coordinator to brief Heads of Mission and aid agencies on recent IPD returns. Starting on September 11, approximately 2,7000 IDPs were moved from Manik Farm in Vavuniya and are currently being held in closed transit sites [...]	2009-09-16 12:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO890	MOJ SECRETARY ON GOVERNMENT REFURB OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 16 meeting with PolChief, Secretary of the Sri Lankan Ministry of Justice Suhada Gamalath said the recently named four-minister team to deal with the EU on the GSP-plus issue would have both a PR function (arguing in Europe that denial of GSP-plus would hurt the nee [...]	2009-09-17 12:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO893	PRESIDENT BEWILDERED, FRUSTRATED WITH U.S. SRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a private meeting following ambassador's credentialing ceremony, President Rajapaksa expressed bewilderment and frustration at U.S. policy for encouraging him to fight terrorism and then criticizing him when he did. Rajapaksa claimed that 70 percent of the IDPs locked in camps [...]	2009-09-18 11:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO894	PRESIDENT QUESTIONS VERACITY OF CPA DIRECTOR DEATH [...] (U) On September 16, President Rajapaksa called for an investigation to verify a death threat against Paikiasothi Saravanamuttu, or &Sara8, Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives. As mentioned in ref. A, Sara received a letter on August 20, 2009, threatening him with death for his all [...]	2009-09-18 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO895	UN PASCOE TAKES GSL AT ITS WORD ON IDP RETURNS [...] (C) On September 18 UN Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe gave a briefing for the Colombo-based diplomatic community, reviewing his visit here over the past two days. He and locally-based UN senior staff visited a demining site in Mannar, an IDP camp and a rehabilitat [...]	2009-09-18 11:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO897	FOREIGN MINISTER WANTS NEW RELATIONSHIP BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 18 initial courtesy call by ambassador, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama expressed his government's strong desire to improve and broaden relations with the U.S. in the new, post-war environment. Ambassador expressed our desire as well to broaden the relationship [...]	2009-09-21 09:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO898	MALDIVES STRENGTHENS TIES WITH ISRAEL [...] (C) In a September 18 meeting with PolOff, Maldivian Defense Minister Ameen Faisal spoke of his upcoming October trip to Israel and mentioned that he, Foreign Minister, Ahmed Shaheed and President Nasheed all agreed that stronger relations with Israel were in the Maldives' interest. The Defe [...]	2009-09-22 06:42:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS MV
09COLOMBO900	SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND PACIFIC (SOCPAC) [...] (U) PURPOSE: This is a request for the implementation of Military Information Support Team (MIST) and Civil Military Support Elements (CMSE) capabilities supporting the U.S. Embassy, Colombo. 2. (U) SITUATION: Chief of Mission requests deployment of MIST and CMSE elements no later that Oct [...]	2009-09-22 11:26:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS MASS OIIP
09COLOMBO913	REQUEST FOR USG DEMINING EQUIPMENT FOR SRI LANKAN [...] (U) This is an Action Request for Department. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) Officials of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) have often said that the release of the more than 250,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) currently held in closed camps cannot take place until demining operations are [...]	2009-09-25 10:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO919	SRI LANKA SUPPORTS HOLDING IRAN TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On September 28, PolOff discussed reftel points on existence of a covert uranium enrichment facility in Iran with Sri Lankan MFA U.N. and Multilateral Affairs Director General (DG) Aruni Wijewardene. Wijewardene had prior knowledge of the issue and expressed GSL support for holding Iran [...]	2009-09-29 11:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO924	JHU PROTESTS OUTSIDE OF U.S. EMBASSY [...] (SBU) On the morning of October 1, 2009, approximately 250-300 members of the Jathrika Hela Urumaya (JHU),a Sinhalese nationalist party, protested peacefully outside the U.S. Embassy for about 45 minutes. The demonstrators reportedly included several JHU members of parliament and a nationa [...]	2009-10-01 12:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO929	ARCHBISHOP SUGGESTS PUSHING ACCOUNTABILITY COULD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Roman Catholic Archbishop Ranjith told ambassador that pushing the GSL too hard on the war crimes accountability issue now could destabilize Sri Lankan democracy and would set back the cause of human rights. He reasoned that weakening the Rajapaksas -- who despite their public im [...]	2009-10-02 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO931	REPORT NUMBER THREE ON INTERAGENCY POLICY COMMITTEE (IPC) [...] (SBU) This is the third of three monthly reports on the Government of Sri Lanka's progress in meeting benchmarks, as outlined in Ref B. With a policy dialogue more focused on freedom of movement and issues associated with closed IDP camps, this report is shorter than its predecessors and focu [...]	2009-10-05 09:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
09COLOMBO932	SECRETARY'S COMMENTS ON RAPE ELICIT STRONG [...] (C) On October 2 the Ambassador was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Foreign Minister Bogollogama to discuss Secretary Clinton's October 1 UN speech, in which she mentioned Sri Lanka as a place where rape had been used as a "tactic of war." Bogollagama expressed his deep concern [...]	2009-10-05 12:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO936	THE MALDIVES PRESIDENT WELCOMES NEW U.S. [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. DEPARTMENT SEE PARA 12. TREASURY SEE PARA 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In his first meeting with Ambassador Butenis, the Maldives President Nasheed outlined an ambitious program of environmental and economic reform, business development, social-service improvements, [...]	2009-10-07 06:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS ECON EFIN
09COLOMBO938	JUSTICE MINISTER, DEFENSE SECRETARY DISCUSS [...] (C) In an October 7 meeting with Ambassador, Justice Minister Malinda Moragoda said the 1987 Youth Commission, which looked at the roots of the JVP uprising, might be a mechanism that Sri Lanka could use to get at the questions of accountability and reconciliation. In response to Ambassador's [...]	2009-10-07 12:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO940	SRI LANKA MAKES GOOD PROGRESS ON CHILD SOLDIER [...] (C) The latest update from UNICEF personnel in Colombo indicates the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) continues to make good progress toward eliminating the problem of child soldiers. UNICEF told Post in early October that only 15 child soldiers remained in the ranks of the TMVP, and it continu [...]	2009-10-09 02:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO942	RULING PARTY AIMING FOR DECISIVE VICTORY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The government is aiming for a strong showing in this Saturday's final provincial election in the heart of the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Sinhala Buddhist constituency to set the stage for victories in the upcoming Presidential (January) and parliamentary (April [...]	2009-10-09 08:46:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO945	RULING PARTY FEELING VULNERABLE AFTER SOUTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA),which includes President Mahinda Rajapaksa's Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),won the southern provincial election with a 67 percent majority, considerably lower than their goal of 75 to 80 percent. This setback may shift their strategy [...]	2009-10-13 12:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO953	REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010 JIATF-WEST (JW) [...] (U) THIS IS AN INITIAL REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010 (FY 10) JW SUPPORT IN MALDIVES, AS DEFINED AND AUTHORIZED BY THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1991 (AS AMENDED). 2. (U) MALDIVES FACES A BROAD RANGE OF TRANSNATIONAL THREATS, FROM DRUG TRAFFICKING TO POTENTIAL EXTREMIST IDEOLOGY. [...]	2009-10-16 06:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS MV
09COLOMBO955	SRI LANKA SEEKS RECIPROCAL SUPPORT AT THE UN [...] In a follow-up request for support for U.S. candidate Lucretia Myers' nomination to the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC),PolOff discussed reftel points with Sri Lanka MFA UN Multilateral Affairs Director Damika Semasinghe. In response, Semasinghe proposed in exchange for Sri Lank [...]	2009-10-19 10:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO957	UNP LEADER DOWNBEAT BUT UNBOWED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 13 courtesy call by the Ambassador, main opposition United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe discussed a wide range of issues, including IDPs, the soon-to-be released report to Congress on incidents during the recent conflict, and the results from the [...]	2009-10-19 13:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO962	MFA SECRETARY "SANGUINE" ON IDP ISSUE [...] (C) In an October 20 meeting with Ambassador, new MFA Secretary Romesh Jayasinghe claimed that the government's attitude toward the IDP situation was changing for the better. Jayasinghe, who recently returned to Colombo after what was seen as a very successful stint as Sri Lankan high commiss [...]	2009-10-20 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO968	SRI LANKA DENIES NEGOTIATIONS TO PROCURE LETHAL [...] (S) In a much-delayed response to our Ref A demarche on possible Sri Lankan procurement of lethal military equipment from North Korea and Iran, Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General (DG) Americas Division Kshenuka Senewiratne on October 16 said they appreciated U.S. concerns [...]	2009-10-21 07:58:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO977	OFFICIALS DEFEND INCREASE IN DEFENSE BUDGET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and PolOff separately delivered ref A demarche points on increases in the Sri Lankan defense budget to senior officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),the Ministry of Finance, and the Army General Staff. The consistent response was that the increase was due p [...]	2009-10-22 06:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO979	TEXT OF TNA LEADER SAMPANTHAN'S LETTERS TO [...] (SBU) During an October 19 courtesy call on Ambassador (septel),Tamil National Alliance leader R. Sampanthan passed copies of letters he and other Tamil members of parliament sent to President Obama and Secretary Clinton in January 2009. The following are the texts of those letters for the [...]	2009-10-22 10:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO982	TAMIL LEADER URGES U.S., INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an initial courtesy call, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan discussed a range of issues with the Ambassador, including upcoming elections, human rights, and the role of Tamils in the post-war environment. Sampanthan opined that the presidential election would b [...]	2009-10-22 12:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO983	DISAPPEARANCES APPEAR TO DECLINE, DEFSEC SAYS THEY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Post appears to be seeing a continuing decline in disappearances across most of Sri Lanka, according to statistics obtained from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). (STRICTLY PROTECT: Provision of these statistics by ICRC to Post goes against their regular [...]	2009-10-22 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO988	GSL RESPONSE TO REPORT MEASURED -- THUS FAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The response of the Sri Lankan government (GSL) to release of the S/WCI report to Congress on incidents during the recent conflict thus far has been measured. Human Rights Minister Samarasinghe told Ambassador an "independent" committee of eminent persons would be announced next w [...]	2009-10-26 11:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO993	SRI LANKA PRESS FREEDOM ISSUES: SOME STEPS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On October 26, the two people arrested as accomplices in publishing imprisoned journalist Tissainayagam's "terrorist" articles were released and apparently acquitted of all charges. In releasing V. Jasiharan and Valarmathy Vadivel, the high court judge noted that the only evidenc [...]	2009-10-28 12:38:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO994	FOREIGN MINISTER RESPONDS TO WAR INCIDENTS REPORT [...] (C) On October 28, Ambassador was called in by Foreign Minister Bogollagama to discuss the response of the Sri Lankan government (GSL) to the U.S. Report on Incidents in the Recent Conflict. The FM said the GSL was not satisfied with the report and they understood it reached no legal conclusi [...]	2009-10-28 12:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO999	Sri Lanka Scenesetter [...] (SBU) Sri Lanka stands at a pivotal point in its modern history. The end of the long secessionist war with the LTTE opens up opportunities for national reconciliation, political reform, economic renewal, and international re-engagement. The question is whether the Sri Lankan leadership has the [...]	2009-10-30 08:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09CONAKRY103	CATERPILLAR INFESTATION HIGHLIGHTS WEAK AGRICULTURAL [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. SUMMARY. The rare plague of caterpillars that devastated farm land in north and central Liberia has spread into the southern Forest Region of Guinea destroying crops, polluting water sources, and forcing farmers and families to remain i [...]	2009-02-13 10:27:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA GV
09CONAKRY106	WORLD BANK RESREP OUTLINES SUSPENSION TRIGGERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a 10 February meeting, World Bank ResRep Siaka Bakayoko told Embassy officials that he felt Guinea's prime minister has been marginalized by military leaders and has little influence on the CNDD. He said that arrears in excess of $3 million had not yet been paid, and re [...]	2009-02-13 13:43:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV ECON AORC GV
09CONAKRY109	GUINEA PAYS WORLD BANK ARREARS FOR JANUARY [...] (U) On 16 February, World Bank ResRep Siaka Bakayoko informed Embassy that the Bank had received approximately $2.42 million toward the payment of Guinea's outstanding arrears. However, he noted this payment covered only payments originally due in January, and said that Guinea still owes the [...]	2009-02-17 12:50:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV ECON AORC GV
09CONAKRY120	INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP MEETING ON GUINEA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The February 16-17 inaugural meeting of the International Contact Group on Guinea (ICG-G) met with coup leader Moussa Dadis Camara and a broad spectrum of civil society. Dadis defended his actions to date, said he was not interested in remaining in power, and laid out a vague r [...]	2009-02-24 08:40:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GV EAID
09CONAKRY122	IMF CONTINUES TECHNICAL SUPPORT WITH LOWERED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On Monday, 23 February, DCM and Econoff met with Alvin Hilaire, the Resident Representative for the International Monetary Fund in Guinea. Hilaire confirmed that the IMF is not withdrawing from Guinea, and plans to continue its low-profile macroeconomic engagement with the CNDD [...]	2009-02-25 13:34:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID AORC PGOV ECON GV
09CONAKRY124	GUINEA'S MINISTRIES CURRENTLY OPERATING WITHOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A reliable contact inside Guinea's Ministry of Finance told Econoff that the ministry has been chronically dysfunctional since the departure of MinFin Ousmane Dore in October 2008. The contact also reported that the current military MinFin continued to run the ministry even afte [...]	2009-02-25 16:37:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV EAID KDEM GV
09CONAKRY170	WORLD BANK/IMF TO CONDUCT "DAMAGE ASSESSMENT" VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The World Bank's Resrep in Guinea is preparing for what he calls a "damage assessment" WB/IMF team visit, which is scheduled to arrive this weekend. Even if the World Bank program remains active, the Bank's plan is to stall any additional funding until elections take place. The [...]	2009-03-19 16:58:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY171	SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP MEETING ON [...] ( C) SUMMARY. The International Contact Group on Guinea (ICG-G) met for the second time in Conakry on March 16. The Forces Vives proposed a more defined and cohesive schedule for voter registration, a Constitutional Referendum, Legislative and Presidential elections, but the proposed elec [...]	2009-03-19 16:58:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ASEC GV
09CONAKRY21	WORLD BANK RESREP DEMANDS CABINET, FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a discussion with Guinean Prime Minister Kabine Komara, World Bank Country Manager Siaka Bakayoko said that the Bank would not suspend its program, but stressed that appointment of a cabinet and a credible finance minister were critical for HIPC completion and other development [...]	2009-01-07 17:28:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN ECON AORC PGOV GV
09CONAKRY214	USG-FUNDED FISTULA REPAIR CENTER PROMOTES [...] (U) SUMMARY. During a recent trip to the Forest Region, Assistant Poloff explored health issues that affect women, including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and obstetric fistula. A visit to Engender Health's Fistula Repair Center and Waiting House illustrated the organization's emphasis on [...]	2009-04-17 12:53:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID PREL PGOV
09CONAKRY255	ELIMINATING FGM- NGO ACTIVITIES IN THE FOREST [...] (U) SUMMARY. During a recent visit to the Forest Region, Assistant Poloff explored the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM),which affects an estimated 96% of the female population in Guinea. Meetings with local authorities, citizens, and NGOs working to combat the practice of FGM rev [...]	2009-05-07 11:53:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV EAID GV
09CONAKRY290	GOG TO PAY $17.28 MILLION IN DEBT SERVICE IN JUNE [...] SUMMARY. June is a big month in terms of debt service payments owed by the GoG. According to the World Bank Country Director, Siaka Bakayoko, the GoG must pay the WB $8.24 million by June 30 in order to avoid an automatic suspension of the WB program. Similarly, the GoG reportedly owes $9. [...]	2009-05-22 13:27:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PGOV PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY299	THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP MEETING ON GUINEA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The International Contact Group on Guinea (ICG-G) met for the third time in Conakry on May 4 & 5. The continued gap in electoral financial assistance was discussed in detail as was the creation of the National Transition Council (CNT) which occurred only three days before the I [...]	2009-05-27 13:27:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ASEC GV
09CONAKRY333	DONORS TELL CNDD THAT THEY WILL ONLY SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A particularly heated exchange between the German Ambassador and the Minister of Finance on June 4 indicates that the international donor community is moving towards a tougher policy stance in Guinea. In response to the Minister's pleas for assistance for long-term projects, [...]	2009-06-11 15:29:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY341	GUINEA POST-COUP: AN ANALYSIS AND POLICY [...] (S) In assessing Guinea's post-coup environment (septel),Embassy's reporting team has also been looking at the potential longer term implications of our current bilateral foreign policy towards Guinea. Embassy fully supports the condemnation of the December 23 coup and the subsequent suspen [...]	2009-06-15 16:29:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PREL PGOV PMIL EAID KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY456	EU OFFICIALLY SUSPENDS DEVELOPMENT AID [...] (C) Summary: After three months of consultations with the GOG, the European Union announced that they will officially suspend many of their aid programs, linking resumption of cooperation with progress toward elections. The news apparently shocked many within the GOG bureaucracy even though it [...]	2009-08-07 10:08:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC ECON PGOV EAID GV
09CONAKRY491	WORLD BANK RES REP COMMENTS ON CNDD'S FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Siaka Bakayoko, the World Bank (WB) representative in Guinea, maintains that the WB,s assistance to Guinea will remain frozen until a civilian government is in place. Siaka commented on the lack of transparency under the CNDD, the CNDD,s lack of expertise and suspicious budgetary [...]	2009-08-21 13:25:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV AORC GV
09CONAKRY505	CNDD PROMISES TO RELEASE FUNDS FOR ELECTION [...] (U) On August 25, the Guinean Government (GoG) announced its intention to release the long promised 30 billion Guinean Francs designated for up coming elections. There are currently conflicting reports in the press with some stating that the funds have actually been released and others stating [...]	2009-08-26 16:37:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID AORC GV
09CONAKRY510	TECHNICAL DISCUSSION ON ELECTIONS SUGGESTS FURTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A recent discussion of technical issues indicates that Guinea's elections may end up getting delayed once again. A decision to add twelve new voter registration sites abroad, which appears to be a unilateral directive from the GoG, poses immediate technical and logistical prob [...]	2009-08-27 16:33:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM PHUM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY570	DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT - RESPONSE FROM GUINEA [...] Per reftel request, below are Embassy Conakry's responses to the Department's inquiry about the Guinean Diaspora: A: The Guinean diaspora are identifiable communities primarily based in Senegal, France, Mali, the United States, Canada and the United Arab Emirates. The existing diaspora net [...]	2009-09-16 15:19:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL GPI GV
09CONAKRY58	WORLD BANK RESREP INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 21, World Bank Country Manager Siaka Bakayoko met with PM Kabine Komara to discuss a number of issues related to ongoing World Bank programs in Guinea. Topics they discussed included a dispute over payment for upcoming financial audits of the government sector, the [...]	2009-01-22 15:21:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV ECON AORC GV
09CONAKRY59	WORLD BANK RESREP EXPRESSES DOUBTS ABOUT MINFIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. World Bank Country Manager Siaka Bakayoko told Econoff that he came away from his first meeting with Finance Minister Captain Mamadou Sande with the sense that Sande was a "tin soldier," a CNDD loyalist with no experience who would have difficulty meeting Guinea's financial chall [...]	2009-01-23 13:44:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV ECON AORC GV
09CONAKRY673	WORLD BANK SUSPENDS PROGRAMS IN GUINEA [...] On October 21, 2009, ECONOFF met with World Bank Country Manager Siaka Bakayoko to discuss the recent suspension of International Development Association (IDA) programs in Guinea due to non-payment of monies owed on outstanding debt. As of October 15, the GoG owed 3.7 million USD in payment t [...]	2009-10-21 17:33:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV GV

09CONAKRY90	WORLD BANK ISSUES NOTICE OF NON-PAYMENT TO GUINEA [...] (SBU) Siaka Bakayoko, the World Bank ResRep in Guinea, told Charge on 2 February that World Bank Headquarters in Washington issued a Notice of Non-Payment to Guinea at 5:00pm Washington time on Friday, 30 January for the loan payment that was due on 1 January. Prompt payment of this World Bank [...]	2009-02-04 13:13:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PREL AORC GV
09CONAKRY92	MIDDLE GUINEA - AN ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT [...] (U) SUMMARY. A recent trip into Guinea's mountainous central province revealed an impoverished economy dominated by subsistence agriculture, low-value-added artisanship, and imported consumer goods. Banks almost exclusively offer only short-term credit at interest rates over 21%. Chronic lack [...]	2009-02-05 09:43:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EAID ELTN EIND ENRG ECPS GV
09CONAKRY94	DADIS CAMARA "SUSPENDS" MINFIN [...] (U) On 7 February, Moussa Dadis Camara, President of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD),announced during a state television broadcast that he was suspending the Minister of Finance, Captain Mamadou Sande. Dadis Camara did not state a reason for issuing the suspension. [...]	2009-02-09 14:27:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PREL ASEC GV
09COPENHAGEN136	DANES WEIGHING PAKISTAN AID [...] (C) Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche on the Pakistan donors conference to Danish MFA Head of Department Jesper Thomsen March 17, urging high-level participation and a robust contribution at the April 17 conference. A/DCM noted that the conference had been flagged as a top priority by seni [...]	2009-03-17 14:33:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL ECON EFIN PK DA
09COPENHAGEN154	DENMARK WELCOMES U.S. AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN [...] (C) Danish officials responded positively to reftel messages on the outcome of our Afghanistan/Pakistan policy review, highlighting broad agreement with our approach, welcoming our renewed commitments and expressing gratitude for previewing the message in advance of President Obama's public an [...]	2009-03-27 15:52:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MOPS EAID AF PK DA
09COPENHAGEN172	DANES WEIGHING CONTRIBUTION FOR PAKISTAN DONORS' [...] (SBU) PolOff, accompanied by Japanese and Pakistani counterparts, met April 8 with MFA's Team Leader for Pakistan Jesper Thomsen. Thomsen told us that the Danes will be represented in Tokyo by MFA Political Director Carsten Damsgaard, who will also soon assume additional duties as Denmark's S [...]	2009-04-08 10:28:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL PK DA
09COPENHAGEN2	DENMARK: URGENT NEED FOR DONATIONS TO UNRWA GAZA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-02 09:42:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM DA
09COPENHAGEN21	DENMARK: OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-08 15:58:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID UN DA
09COPENHAGEN231	DENMARK'S CONTRIBUTION TO ALLEVIATE PAKISTAN'S IDP [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 07:36:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF DA PK
09COPENHAGEN363	DANISH DONOR SUPPORT FOR THE SOMALIA TFG [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-20 14:54:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO PREL PGOV PTER EAID DA
09COPENHAGEN396	(C) SRI LANKA: DENMARK SUPPORTING USG DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Denmark says it supported the USG position on Sri Lanka (reftel) at the EU's Asia Working Group meeting in Brussels September 16. Afterwards, the European Commission unit that covers Sri Lanka asked the Danes for a copy of reftel points; the Danes told the unit to talk to the [...]	2009-09-16 17:58:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN
09COPENHAGEN453	FAO BUDGET DEMARCHE: DANISH RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-14 07:33:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN DA
09COPENHAGEN470	GAERC DEMARCHE: DENMARK'S RESPONSE [...] (C) Lars Bo Larsen, MFA's European Correspondent, welcomed the USG's demarche ahead of the October GAERC and offered the following response October 20: - Afghanistan/Pakistan: the EU wanted to agree on a comprehensive strategy this month, but the Afghan elections are not yet over and the [...]	2009-10-22 08:47:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR EAID KPAL AF PK IR IS ZL DA GV
09COPENHAGEN474	PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY: [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 11:05:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD PREL DA
09COPENHAGEN491	EMERGENCY AID TO HORN OF AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 08:14:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL ET KE SO DA
09COPENHAGEN540	(SBU) DENMARK: NO COMMITMENT ON G8 L'AQUILA SUMMIT [...] (SBU) EconOff met with Niels Richter, Director of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Macroeconomic Policies Division (which is responsible for development assistance and G-8 cooperation) on November 27, to discuss the points in reftel. Richter will be the primary Danish point of contact [...]	2009-11-30 12:10:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR PREL DA RW
09COPENHAGEN543	PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL SUMMIT - ENGAGING [...] (SBU) This message addresses reftel action items due November 30. Post welcomes the opportunity to participate in this initiative, even though the economic context for Muslims in Denmark is substantially different from the norm in the Muslim world. While Denmark's population is largely homo [...]	2009-12-01 06:33:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI KISL DA
09COPENHAGEN568	DENMARK: ASSISTANCE TO WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-21 10:44:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PK
09COPENHAGEN6	DENMARK: URGENT NEED FOR DONATIONS TO UNRWA GAZA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-06 09:58:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM DA
09COTONOU145	BENIN: GPRA Report - MCA-Benin's press conference [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Following the March 30-31, 2009 visit to Benin by the Vice President and the Deputy Vice President for Africa of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a press conference to discuss the results of the visit. Ambassador Gayleat [...]	2009-04-16 07:37:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KMCA EAID KDEM KPAO BN
09COTONOU148	BENIN: GPRA Report - MCA-Benin's press conference [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Following the March 30-31, 2009 visit to Benin by the Vice President and the Deputy Vice President for Africa of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a press conference to discuss the results of the visit. Ambassador Gayleat [...]	2009-04-16 13:30:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KMCA EAID KDEM KPAO BN
09COTONOU187	BENIN TO VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-12 11:08:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EAID KV BN
09COTONOU330	BENIN DISASTER ALERT UPDATE 3 - THE EMERGENCY THAT WASN'T [...] Summary: Following the Government of Benin's (GOB) declaration of a State of Emergency on July 6, 2009, the United Nations mandated an Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs (OCHA) team to visit Benin to evaluate the flooding situation and recommend appropriate humanitarian assistance. Th [...]	2009-07-28 11:25:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV BN
09COTONOU374	BENIN: AMBASSADOR BROWN LEAVES ON A HIGH NOTE [...] Ambassador Brown departs post on August 22, 2009, leaving a legacy of a stronger bilateral relationship and increased visibility of the US Mission in Benin. Supported by a strong Country Team, American and LES staff, under her leadership the Mission agencies (USAID, MCC, Peace Corps, and the S [...]	2009-08-21 11:52:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI PHUM MASS EWWT BN
09COTONOU512	BENIN: PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY [...] Poloff delivered points reftel to Ambassador Adoumasse, Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He said that the GOB supported the proposal. He will be attending the meeting in Rome with the Minister of Agriculture and two directors from that ministry. The G [...]	2009-10-26 10:56:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD BN
09COTONOU581	BENIN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WORLD BANK RESREP [...] (U) Ambassador Knight met with the outgoing World Bank Resident Representative (ResRep) Joseph Baah-Dwomoh on November 10. Baah-Dwomoh shared his impressions as he prepares to leave Cotonou after three years. Baah-Dwomoh is currently responsible for Benin and Togo, but he said that there would [...]	2009-12-07 13:10:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID BN
09COTONOU586	BENIN: PRESIDENT KICKS OFF IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY. On November 19, President Yayi inaugurated implementation of Benin's Permanent Computerized Voter Registry project (French: Liste Electorale Permanente Informatisee - LEPI) scheduled to start on November 23 with a National Extended Electoral Census (French: Recensement Electoral Na [...]	2009-12-10 12:08:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM BN
09COTONOU67	BENIN: ACT DRUGS ON PARALLEL MARKET [...] Summary: The Artemisinin-based combination therapy drug Coartem, for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria, supplied to the public health sector in Benin by the USG through the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI),the World Bank Booster Program and the Global Fund, have been found on sale in [...]	2009-02-27 03:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PGOV EAID ETRD BN
09COTONOU76	BENIN SEASONSAL FOOD SECURITY OUTLOOOK [...] (U) From February 15 to 20, a joint evaluation team from FEW Net, Benin's National Food Security Agency (ONASA),the World Food Program (WFP),and the Interstates Commission to Fight Against Desertification (CILSS) conducted a comprehensive assessment of the seasonal food security, market and [...]	2009-03-05 07:13:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON PGOV WFP BN NG TO
09DAKAR1008	SENEGAL: PRESIDENT WADE ENDORSES TRANSGENETIC AGRICULTURE, [...] In a Thursday, July 22 meeting with President Wade in his office, Charge, IIP speaker Dr. Marcelline Egnin, and APHIS senior attache persuaded President Wade to sign a bill on his desk to legalize the cultivation of transgenetic crops in Senegal. Wade displayed a considerable knowledge of tran [...]	2009-08-04 17:26:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EFIN PINS KDEM SG
09DAKAR105	FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON [...] Summary: In response to Ref B request, Post submits the following information on the possible impact of the global financial crisis on assistance programs in Senegal. Ref A and previous reports have outlined the general impact of the global financial crisis on Senegal's broader economic cond [...]	2009-01-27 13:26:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ECON SOCI KMCA SG
09DAKAR1257	FY 2010 RENEWAL OF DISASTER DECLARATION FOR FLOODING IN [...] SUMMARY. On September 17, post declared a disaster due to the effects of severe flooding throughout Senegal (reftel). In response, USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) has provided USD 50,000 in emergency assistance to date. However, limited Government of Senegal [...]	2009-10-05 16:27:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR MI
09DAKAR1438	SENEGAL: IMF MISSION GAVE POSITIVE MARK, BUT URGED THE [...] Summary: An IMF team visited Senegal in mid-November to carry out a fourth review of the Policy Support Instrument (PSI) and a second review of the Exogenous Shocks Facility (ESF). The IMF team met with government officials as well as donors, private sector and civil society representatives. [...]	2009-11-24 17:10:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PINR PREL SG
09DAKAR1541	SENEGAL IS ON ITS WAY TO IMPROVE ITS AGOA TEXTILE [...] Summary: On December 21 2009, Minister of Trade Amadou Niang chaired a meeting to finalize amendments to a decree governing the issuance by the Customs Office of an approval stamp that allows textile products to be shipped from Senegal to the United States under the aegis of the African Growth [...]	2009-12-24 11:00:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SENV EAGR EINV EFIN EAID SG
09DAKAR411	SENEGAL'S BUDGET IS ADEQUATELY TRANSPARENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 11:40:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ECON PREL SG
09DAKAR429	SENEGAL HIGHLIGHTS MCC 609(G) GRANT [...] SUMMARY: Senegal's Finance Minister Aboualye Diop, with Foreign Minister Gadio at his side, signed a USD 13.4 million Millennium Challenge Corporation 609(g) grant to support the current Compact development effort. The DCM told a large press contingent that we remain hopeful that a Compact c [...]	2009-04-02 16:05:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ECON KMCC PREL SG
09DAKAR443	KOREAN FIRMS INTERESTED IN MCC CONTRACTS AS AN ENTRY TO [...] (SBU) On March 27, Mr. Ki-Joung Cho, DCM at the Republic of Korea's Embassy in Dakar called on Econ Counselor to inquire about the status of Senegal's MCC Compact proposal and to ask if implementation contracts are open to non-U.S. firms. Cho explained that his government had received inquiri [...]	2009-04-07 10:01:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON KMCC PREL KO SG
09DAKAR483	GUINEA-BISSAU'S BUDGET TRANSPARENCY IS IMPROVING [...] In response to request for clarification of host country's efforts to make its national budget publicly available, as per Section 7088(c) of the 2009 SFOAA, post provides the following information keyed to reftel's specific questions: A. Yes, Guinea-Bissau's central government is expected [...]	2009-04-15 17:27:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ECON PREL GB
09DAKAR62	IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON SENEGAL [...] Summary: In response to REF A request, Post updates its reporting on the impact of the global financial crisis on Senegal (REF D). Senegal's financial sector and businesses are facing a severe tightening of local credit -- the result of both the government's poor budget control and the globa [...]	2009-01-16 08:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID SG
09DAKAR748	SENEGAL'S MINISTER OF BUDGET WALKS OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 10, Junior Minister for Budget, Mamadou Abdoulaye Sow resigned from the Government of Prime Minister Souleymane Ndene NDiaye for "personal reasons". Sow was replaced immediately by Abdoulaye Diop, Chief of Staff of former Prime Minister Hadjibou Soumare. Several obser [...]	2009-06-18 07:51:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EAID SG
09DAKAR760	POST'S PERSPECTIVE ON SENEGAL'S IMF PROGRAM REVIEW ON JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: Senegal's Policy Support Instrument (PSI) program with the IMF will be presented for its 3rd Board review on June 19. We understand that the IMF Staff recommends a positive review. Post continues to believe it is essential to keep the IMF engaged in fiscal reform efforts thr [...]	2009-06-19 08:20:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EAID SG
09DAKAR873	Enlisting Senegal's New Prime Minister to Stay the MCC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Souleymane Ndn Ndiaye expressed his willingness to build upon the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact relationship that was established by his predecessor. Ndiaye showed great interest in the MCC initiative and assured [...]	2009-07-09 17:16:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EAID SG
09DAMASCUS432	UN PREPS 2009 SYRIA DROUGHT APPEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Syrian officials recently acknowledged the scope of the humanitarian disaster brought on by a four-year drought exceeds their capacity to respond. A combination of low rainfall and serious sand storms have all but wiped out the crop in Syria's three eastern provinces, and large-s [...]	2009-06-22 13:11:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR ECON PREL SY
09DAMASCUS587	US INTERNATIONAL GROUP INVESTS $40M IN SYRIAN [...] (C) The "Syrian Investment Agency" (SIA) announced the signing of a $40M investment deal with the U.S. International Investment Group (USIIG) on August 13. The investment is for five projects in the eastern Syrian region of Dayr al Zawr in the food, engineering and chemical industries, among ot [...]	2009-08-17 11:47:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS686	NO U.S. COMPONENT TO U.S. INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT [...] (C) As previously reported, the American International Investment Group (AIIG) has targeted eastern Syria for $30-40 million in investments (ref A). AIIG (formally referred to as the U.S. International Investment Group (USIIG)) plans to launch five projects in the Industrial City of Dayr al-Za [...]	2009-09-16 13:44:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL SY
09DARESSALAAM106	KIKWETE TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CDA PART II: MCC AND OTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At President Kikwete's request, on February 11 MCC Country Director briefed him on latest progress and obstacles in Compact implementation. Kikwete displayed a keen interest and awareness in Compact issues and offered assistance, both to provide resources if necessary and to fo [...]	2009-02-15 08:49:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV TZ
09DARESSALAAM110	PEPFAR/TANZANIA: CDC, AID, State, DOD & Peace [...] Summary & Introduction: The U.S. Mission to Tanzania is assistance-driven, with the largest part of that assistance devoted to the health sector. The Secretary cited our success in combating malaria and HIV/AIDS during her confirmation hearings. This message reviews our strategies and prog [...]	2009-02-17 13:51:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV TZ
09DARESSALAAM123	ZANZIBAR: OPPOSITION CUF THINKING IN A POST-RECONCILIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Once supportive of President Kikwete because of his stated desire for reconciliation, opposition party Civic United Front (CUF) is now disappointed that he failed to fulfill his commitment to Zanzibar. CUF has concluded that the upcoming 2010 elections in Zanzibar will not be d [...]	2009-02-26 14:11:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM124	ZANZIBAR: RULING PARTY CCM THINKING IN A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the ruling party CCM, U.S. development assistance to Zanzibar is welcome, but involvement in the political realm is not. According to Ali Mzee, Chairman of the Zanzibari House of Representatives (representing the mainstream Karume faction of Zanzibar CCM),America should not [...]	2009-02-26 14:11:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM125	ZANZIBAR: PEMBA SIMMERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several recent Embassy trips to Pemba, the second principal island of the Zanzibar archipelago (holding about 40 percent of the self-governing region's population) confirm that it remains among the least developed regions of Tanzania. Persistent power problems and a rapidly decl [...]	2009-02-26 14:11:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID TZ
09DARESSALAAM129	ZANZIBAR: OPPOSITION CUF THINKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Once supportive of President Kikwete because of his stated desire for reconciliation, opposition party Civic United Front (CUF) is now disappointed that he failed to fulfill his commitment to Zanzibar. CUF has concluded that the upcoming 2010 elections in Zanzibar will not be d [...]	2009-02-27 07:26:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM130	ZANZIBAR: RULING PARTY CCM THINKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the ruling party CCM, U.S. development assistance to Zanzibar is welcome, but involvement in the political realm is not. According to Ali Mzee, Chairman of the Zanzibari House of Representatives (representing the mainstream Karume faction of Zanzibar CCM),America should not [...]	2009-02-27 07:27:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM134	TANZANIA MILDLY POSITIVE ON ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) MFA Africa Division Deputy Director Zuhura Bandala told Poloff Mar. 3 that Tanzania was trying its best to ensure that the situation in Zimbabwe was resolved. She emphasized the GOT's policy of working through SADC (per AU directive) to be supportive as Zimbabwe returned to peace and eco [...]	2009-03-03 11:57:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN PHUM EAID ETRD ZI TZ
09DARESSALAAM160	TANZANIA-CHINA RELATIONS REMAIN STRONG DESIPTE GROWING [...] Summary: Chinese President Hu Jintao recently made a 36-hour stop in Tanzania as part of his five-nation African tour. The purpose of his visit was to solidify bilateral ties by reiterating past promises and by offering an additional USD 22 million in aid. President Kikwete warmly welcomed Pre [...]	2009-03-09 14:10:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PINR PREL TZ CH
09DARESSALAAM175	IMF-AFRICA MEETING IN TANZANIA ADDRESSES GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] Summary. Tanzania and the IMF jointly hosted a March 10-11 conference focused on minimizing the effects of the global economic crisis in Africa to preserve recent hard-won economic and political gains. Panelists included President Kikwete, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and Kof [...]	2009-03-17 14:01:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EIND TZ
09DARESSALAAM253	TANZANIA'S LINE ON MADAGASCAR UNCHANGED [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 10:34:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC EAID MA TZ
09DARESSALAAM294	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL WARD TO TANZANIA [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tanzania comes at a time of expanding military relations between our countries, in particular through increased ACOTA equipment and training for Tanzanian battalions deploying to Darfur. President Kikwete's positive attitude towards the U.S. is increasingly reflected in pub [...]	2009-05-06 13:43:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID MARR TZ
09DARESSALAAM333	TANZANIA TEXTILE AND APPAREL INDUSTRY STRUGGLING TO [...] Summary and Comment. Tanzania's once successful textile and apparel industry is floundering, unable to capitalize on advantages such as abundant supply of raw materials and preferential trading agreements, including AGOA. Recent interviews with various sector stakeholders in Tanzania revealed [...]	2009-05-21 12:54:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ETRD PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM335	MINISTRY ROUNDTABLE HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE [...] Summary: On April 23, the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MOID) hosted a roundtable discussion focused on the current state of infrastructure and infrastructure financing in Tanzania. The meeting, co-chaired by Omari Chambo, Permanent Secretary, MOID and Enrico Strampelli, EC Head of C [...]	2009-05-21 12:57:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EIND TZ
09DARESSALAAM351	PRESIDENT KIKWETE AND CODEL ISAKSON DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary. President Jakaya Kikwete welcomed visiting Senators Isakson and Corker to State House on May 28. On bilateral issues, Kikwete reiterated points he raised during his recent Washington meetings. He emphasized the strong U.S.-Tanzania relationship and reviewed the impact of the [...]	2009-06-01 06:09:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EINV EAID TZ
09DARESSALAAM401	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW VISIT TO TANZANIA [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tanzania will provide an opportunity to view a broad range of our assistance programs and their contributions to Tanzania's development. Tanzania's political stability, sound macroeconomic management and enormous development needs have made it a favored recipient of donor f [...]	2009-06-24 04:33:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KHIV MARR PREL PGOV TZ
09DARESSALAAM428	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KIKWETE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Kikwete, meeting with Deputy Secretary Lew June 30 immediately before departing for the African Union meeting in Libya, expressed satisfaction with U.S. assistance programs, in particular MCC, PEPFAR, and PMI, and the U.S. approach to assistance. Kikwete described Tanz [...]	2009-07-06 05:02:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PREL TZ BY CG KE SO
09DARESSALAAM484	CONSULTING ON MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT [...] SUMMARY: Following the President's Cairo Speech, we have consulted with various civil society groups and key target communities to identify ways to move forward priorities outlined in the speech. Among ideas presented by stakeholders for renewed collaboration are opening a community center tha [...]	2009-07-23 15:09:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OEXC SCUL KPAO KISL TZ
09DARESSALAAM502	SCENESETTER FOR UPCOMING SHIP VISIT TO TANZANIA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes the upcoming ship visit to Tanzania. This cable provides background information on the U.S.-Tanzanian bilateral relationship and Tanzanian domestic issues. This cable has been cleared by DATT. 2. (SBU) Although the U.S. and Tanzania do not have a Status of Forces Agre [...]	2009-08-04 10:19:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EAID MARR TZ
09DARESSALAAM606	TANZANIAN MINISTER OF AGRIGULTURE TO ATTEND FOOD SECURITY [...] In response to the invitation issued in reftel, the Tanzanian Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Co-operatives confirmed that the Honorable Stephen M. Wasira, Minister of Agriculture, Food Security, and Co-operatives, will participate in the Partnering for Food Security meeting co-host [...]	2009-09-14 14:58:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA TZ
09DARESSALAAM622	TANZANIA: FAO IMPORTANT, AS IS PRUDENT USE OF FUNDS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-22 15:08:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN TZ
09DARESSALAAM65	SCENESETTER FOR UPCOMING SHIP VISIT TO TANZANIA [...] (U) Embassy welcomes the upcoming ship visit to Tanzania. This cable provides background information on the U.S.-Tanzanian bilateral relationship and Tanzanian domestic issues. This cable has been cleared by DATT. 2. (SBU) Although the U.S. and Tanzania do not have a Status of Forces Agre [...]	2009-02-02 03:07:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID MARR TZ
09DARESSALAAM675	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-16 08:35:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PHUM ENRG TZ
09DARESSALAAM72	BANK OF TANZANIA TOWERS SCANDAL LANDS IN COURT; USG [...] (U) The Government of Tanzania launched prosecutions January 27 of two former Bank of Tanzania (BOT) officials for their role in the construction of the BOT towers. Amatus Liyumba, former director of personnel and administration, and former project manager Deogratius Kweka were charged with ca [...]	2009-02-03 04:06:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KMCA PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM836	BANK OF TANZANIA GOVERNOR REVIEWS TANZANIA'S ECONOMY WITH [...] Summary: Bank of Tanzania (BOT) Governor Benno Ndulu reviewed for visiting Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin the state of the Tanzanian economy and the Government of Tanzania's (GOT) responses to the global financial crisis in a November 2 meeting at the BOT. Ndulu described the GOT's rescue [...]	2009-12-04 06:10:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV TZ
09DARESSALAAM844	TANZANIA RAIL: GOT WEIGHS PROPOSALS TO FIX THE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Tanzania, in looking at ways to improve its crumbling rail infrastructure, is considering an upgrade to U.S. standard gauge of its Central Line, running from Dar es Salaam to northwest Tanzania. A USTDA-supported study, conducted by U.S. rail firm BNSF, argues [...]	2009-12-07 14:26:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON ELTN EAID PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM848	DONOR FRUSTRATIONS WITH TANZANIA [...] SUMMARY. During the late November Annual National Policy Dialogue among the Government of Tanzania, donors, and civil society organizations, donors expressed frustration with both the lack of GOT progress in many areas since the previous year's meetings and with the poor quality of the dialogu [...]	2009-12-08 13:43:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV TZ
09DHAKA1008	BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (C) Ambassador Verveer, we look forward to welcoming you to Bangladesh, a secular democracy with a moderate Muslim-majority population of nearly 160 million people friendly to the United States. U.S. engagement with Bangladesh focuses on what we call the three "D"s: democracy, development and [...]	2009-10-29 15:07:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER SOCI KPAO BG
09DHAKA1040	BANGLADESH EMBRACES USG GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 8. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Bangladesh and Mission Dhaka are moving ahead with plans to collaborate on food security, as laid out in the USG's new Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative. The Ambassador and senior officials from [...]	2009-11-17 09:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BG EAGR EAID IT KWMN PINR PREL SOCI
09DHAKA1057	WOMEN'S ISSUES AMBASSADOR MARKS BANGLADESH'S PROGRESS AND [...] (SBU) The recent visit to Dhaka by Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer highlighted the need for Bangladesh's leaders to work together more cohesively to further advance the status of women here. Ambassador Verveer's meetings with government officials, civil society l [...]	2009-11-23 23:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PREL PGOV EAID ECON EAGR GTIP BG
09DHAKA106	THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM--FIXING CIVIL MILITARY [...] (C) For much of the January 2007 - January 2009 Caretaker Government tenure, the USG and local actors were concerned about the ability of Bangladesh's military to find a safe exit to allow soldiers to return to the barracks without fear of retribution. This immediate goal has been accomplishe [...]	2009-01-29 11:25:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV KDEM EAID PREL PINR BG
09DHAKA1077	WOMEN KEY TO FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN [...] (SBU) The recent visit to Bangladesh by Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer underscored U.S.-Bangladesh convergence on a number of issues, including food security and climate change, and highlighted the role women should play in these efforts. Ambassador Verveer call [...]	2009-11-30 05:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN EAID PREL EAGR ECON SENV BG
09DHAKA1078	BANGLADESH PM REMAINS COOL TOWARD NOBEL LAUREATE [...] (C) A prophet has no honor in his own country, at least as far as Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus and Bangladesh's Awami League government is concerned. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Dipu Moni made clear their distrust and suspicion of Yunus in several recent meetings [...]	2009-11-30 05:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KWMN SOCI ECON PGOV PREL BG
09DHAKA1081	BANGLADESH RESPONSE: QDDR GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION [...] (SBU) Mission Dhaka welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the QDDR process. Bangladesh is home to 150 million people crowded into an area the size of Wisconsin. This desperately poor nation faces immense challenges, including with regard to food security and climate change. Bangladesh i [...]	2009-12-01 04:56:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL SOCI BG
09DHAKA1096	BANGLADESH HAS HIGH HOPES FOR COPENHAGEN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lead a large Bangladeshi delegation with high hopes for a meaningful agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. As le [...]	2009-12-09 08:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EAGR SENV SMIG TPHY BG
09DHAKA1114	BANGLADESH NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENT'S ENTREPRENEURSHIP [...] Mission Dhaka welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the President's Entrepreneurship Initiative. Post's Economic Working Group will continue to explore ways to highlight the entrepreneurship objectives outlined reftel. The Ambassador discussed entrepreneurship with leading business repre [...]	2009-12-15 08:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI BG
09DHAKA124	BANGLADESH: CHITTAGONG HILS TRACTS MINISTER [...] (U) The new State Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs told the Ambassador that his top priority was resolving land disputes that frequently flare up between ethnic minorities indigenous to the CHT and Bengali migrants. During the Ambassador's February 1 courtesy call, the new S [...]	2009-02-03 10:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	BG EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SENV
09DHAKA128	THE AWAMI LEAGUE'S FIRST THIRTY DAYS: GREAT [...] (C) The newly elected Awami League-dominated Parliament's initial sessions have been bogged down by petty issues rather than focused on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,s campaign promises to create a more civil political climate and to ratify Caretaker Government ordinances to improve governance. [...]	2009-02-04 11:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	BG EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SENV
09DHAKA13	AMBASSADOR CONGRATULATES CHIEF ADVISER ON SETTING [...] (C) Chief Adviser Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed is justifiably proud of the Caretaker Government's success in holding free, fair and credible elections and setting conditions for improved future governance. Ahmed leaves office optimistic about Bangladesh's future, and plans to stay in the country aft [...]	2009-01-04 10:40:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PINS KDEM EAID BG
09DHAKA160	BOUCHER VISIT HIGHLIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLOSER [...] (C) During his February 7 - 8 visit to Dhaka, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher stressed US desire to forge a close partnership with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's new government. In meetings with senior Bangladesh officials, Boucher discussed counterterrorism cooperation (including US supp [...]	2009-02-12 10:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM BG KV
09DHAKA167	SAUDI ARABIA'S ASSISTANCE TO BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) The Prime Minister is likely to request and receive a Saudi donation to implement governance goals during her upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia (KSA). According to the Saudi Embassy in Dhaka, KSA does not have a regular recurring development assistance program in Bangladesh, but responds to [...]	2009-02-16 06:43:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EAID KDEM PTER BG
09DHAKA172	BANGLADESH ARMY CHIEF ACKNOWLEDGES NEED TO IMRPOVE [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff General Moeen told the visiting head of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security (APCSS) that the civil-military relationship in Bangladesh required improvement. APCSS Director LTG (Ret.) Ed Smith replied that developing proper civil-military relations was a challenge for [...]	2009-02-17 07:18:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SENV EAID BG
09DHAKA189	AMERICA WEEK - TAKING THE USG ON THE ROAD [...] Sesame Street, a floating health clinic, jazz concerts, a cricket tournament and a biopic of President Obama were only a few of the highlights of America Week, a Mission-wide effort to showcase USG activities outside Dhaka. America Week 2009 found us in Barisal in southern Bangladesh, which we [...]	2009-02-24 08:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID KPAO SCUL EAGR SENV BEXP BG
09DHAKA195	BANGLADESH'S BNP: RESTRUCTURING, BUT IN NEED OF A [...] (C) The BNP is at a crossroads: still stinging from its electoral defeat and after boycotting most of the inaugural session of Parliament, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has shown few signs that it understands the need to embrace reform and define its role as the opposition in parliamen [...]	2009-02-25 12:23:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM BG
09DHAKA205	BANGLADESH: SHEIKH HASINA'S INNER CIRCLE: LOYAL TO [...] (C) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina relies on a small circle of trusted relatives, family friends, and time-tested devoted advisers while sidelining individuals she perceives as disloyal. Hasina's sister and son who reside abroad, are among her closest confidantes. Hasina also relies on longtime [...]	2009-02-26 14:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM PHUM PINS BG
09DHAKA247	AGRICULTURE MINISTER FOCUSED ON INCREASING CROP [...] (C) Improving agricultural productivity is critical to increasing incomes and lifting Bangladeshis out of poverty, according to Agriculture Minister Motia Chowdhury. In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, the Agriculture Minister focused on her efforts to improve farmers' access to water a [...]	2009-03-09 03:06:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PREL PGOV ECON SENV EAID EWWT BG
09DHAKA255	PENNY WISE, POUND FOOLISH: BANGLADESH TEETERING ON [...] (C) The February 25 - 26 Bangladesh Rifles mutiny has shaken the country's two month-old experiment in democracy to its core. The level of brutality and the loss of over fifty senior army officers have left important constituencies openly questioning the future of democratic governance in t [...]	2009-03-11 08:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS KDEM EAID MARR PHUM
09DHAKA322	BANGLADESH CONCERNS ON ITS EXCLUSION AT G20 SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 10:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD WTRO BG
09DHAKA350	BANGLADESH, A CLIMATE CHANGE FRONT LINE STATE [...] Already faced with numerous environmental challenges, Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. With an area the size of Wisconsin, Bangladesh supports a population of 150 million in a deltaic landscape at the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna River [...]	2009-04-07 08:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EAGR SENV SMIG TPHY BG IN
09DHAKA398	AVERTING A CRISIS? BANGLADESH PROVIDES ECONOMIC [...] (C) Bangladesh,s Finance Minister unveiled on April 19 a $500 million stimulus package for exporters and others affected by the global economic crisis. More than 40 percent of the program will benefit the agricultural sector; the package also provides fiscal stimulus for exporters and power/ [...]	2009-04-22 07:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV BG
09DHAKA44	BANGLADESH: WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE NEXT 180 DAYS [...] (SBU) Bangladesh's return to democracy following the successful December 29 Parliamentary elections presents significant opportunities for advancing U.S. Government (USG) interests in the country and the region. Embassy Dhaka has identified five major mission objectives for the USG to focus on [...]	2009-01-12 10:40:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID BG
09DHAKA448	LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER REASSURES AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) According to Local Government Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, the GOB remains committed to decentralization and will ensure that recently elected Upazila (County) Chairmen are allowed to function independently. The GOB welcomed USG assistance in making local government function effectively, [...]	2009-05-04 11:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM EAID BG
09DHAKA476	CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS: COMPETING TRANSNATIONAL [...] (U) The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is a region of serious concern for the stability of Bangladesh. Strife between indigenous ethnic groups and lowland Bengali migrants led to a long insurgency by the indigenous people in the 1980s and 1990s. The insurgency ended with the 1997 signing of t [...]	2009-05-13 07:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON PGOV PHUM SENV BG
09DHAKA534	BANGLADESH DECLARATION OF DISASTER DUE TO CYCLONIC STORM AILA DATED MAY 28, 2009 [...] Summary: Action Request: This cable declares a disaster in Bangladesh as a result of the Cyclonic Storm Aila and requests USD 100,000 to furnish disaster assistance, which may include supplies for shelter, water, food and relief supplies for the storm affected areas of Bangladesh. End summar [...]	2009-05-28 11:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	BG EAID PINR PREL SOCI
09DHAKA535	HASINA ADVISOR: PRIME MINISTER FOCUSED ON [...] (C) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina continues to grapple with thorny problems like improving civil-military relations and overcoming inept bureaucrats, one of her advisors told the Ambassador. Gowher Rizvi, a long-time unofficial advisor to Hasina, said the Prime Minister was focused [...]	2009-05-28 11:14:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON EAID EINV PTER MARR IN BG

09DHAKA568	BANGLADESH'S AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR TRANSPORT [...] (U) See action request, please see paragraph 6. Summary ------- 2. (C) Bangladesh,s Communications Minister, Syed Abul Hossain, has ambitious goals for expanding the country,s bridges, roads and public transportation links, including the completion of a bridge over the Padma (Ganges) r [...]	2009-06-07 08:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV EWWT PGOV PREL BEXP BG
09DHAKA614	PRIME MINISTER PRAISES PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (C) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told visiting SCA A/S Blake she was very pleased with President Obama's Cairo address, in particular his reference to Bangladesh, and expressed the hope that the President and Secretary Clinton would visit Dhaka. The Prime Minister outlined her plans to comba [...]	2009-06-17 04:20:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID ETRD BG
09DHAKA618	BNP,S ZIA REHASHES OLD COMPLAINTS AGAINST AWAMI [...] (C) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Begum Khaleda Zia told SCA A/S Blake on June 13 that the Awami League (AL) government continued to prevent the BNP from playing a constructive role in parliament. Zia, leader of the opposition, blamed the Caretaker Government for "destroying the [...]	2009-06-18 07:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM BG
09DHAKA686	GOB BUDGET: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY [...] (SBU) The recently-passed Government of Bangladesh (GOB) budget is expansionary and flexible. The $16.6 billion budget includes a progressive initiative for encouraging public-private partnerships to develop energy and transport infrastructure. More troubling is a tax amnesty that would all [...]	2009-07-13 10:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BG EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD KCRM KTNF PGOV PTER
09DHAKA698	BANGLADESH HEALTH MINISTER FOCUSED ON FAMILY PLANNING AND [...] (SBU) Family planning and improving local health care programs are top priorities for Bangladesh's Health Minister, Dr. A.F.M. Ruhal Haque. Minister Haque welcomed USG-funded health programs and emphasized the importance of decentralization to improving health services in Bangladesh. The Amb [...]	2009-07-16 09:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV PREL TBIO BG
09DHAKA699	TERRORISM FINANCE: UN AND U.S. DOMESTIC [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-16 10:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID PK BG
09DHAKA70	NEW FOREIGN MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS TRADE, AID AND CT [...] (C) Bangladesh's new Foreign Minister, Dr. Dipu Moni, told the Ambassador January 15 her government's priorities included fulfilling the Awami League's election manifesto and strengthening Bangladesh's democracy. In her first meeting with the Ambassador since taking office January 6, Moni exp [...]	2009-01-19 13:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EAID PTER EFIN PHUM BG
09DHAKA710	Bangladesh: Urgent Engineering/Contracting Needs for [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 11. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Post needs Washington engagement and support to implement Mission Dhaka's $34 million cyclone shelter construction project, the centerpiece of emergency supplemental funds Congress provided followi [...]	2009-07-20 08:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV ECON PTER BG
09DHAKA735	FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: ENGAGING WITH THE MUSLIMS [...] (U) Muslims in Bangladesh have shown great enthusiasm for following up with the U.S. on many of the themes unveiled in the President's Cairo speech. Mission Dhaka recommends the following areas of opportunity to foster dialogue with Muslims here: -- Bring the Peace Corps Back to Bangladesh. [...]	2009-07-28 07:18:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL
09DHAKA742	LIFE IN DHAKA COMES TO STANDSTILL AFTER RECORD [...] (SBU) Record rainfall overnight July 28 left major sections of Dhaka temporarily underwater, bringing normal life in the capital to a standstill and causing significant localized damage. The Prime Minister immediately convened an emergency meeting of Dhaka city and ministry officials and cr [...]	2009-07-29 09:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC BG CASC EAID PGOV PINR PINS PREL
09DHAKA757	BANGLADESH'S INDUSTRY MINISTER EYES PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Minister of Industry Dilip Barua assured the Ambassador during a July 29 meeting that protecting foreign investments was an "absolute" for his Ministry. Barua also stressed the importance of assisting small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) as a way to diversify Bangladesh's industria [...]	2009-08-03 03:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND EINV ELAB ETRD EAID BG
09DHAKA762	PRIME MINISTER SIDELINES OLD GUARD AND [...] (C) When General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam unveiled the new AL Central Committee July 30 it became apparent that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was no longer willing to "forgive, but not forget" those who betrayed her during the two-year Caretaker Government. Four senior party leaders were [...]	2009-08-03 07:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM EAID BG
09DHAKA764	BANGLADESH HEALTH MINISTER ENDORSES USG [...] On July 23, 2009, Ambassador Moriarty and Bangladesh Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. A.F.M. Ruhal Haque, launched the Mayer Hashi Family Planning and Safe Motherhood Project was launched in Dhaka the start of a new era of USG assistance to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) in fami [...]	2009-08-04 00:21:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV PREL TBIO ZK XD BG
09DHAKA768	BANGLADESH HEALTH MINISTER ENDORSES USG [...] On July 23, 2009, Ambassador Moriarty and Bangladesh Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. A.F.M. Ruhal Haque, launched the Mayer Hashi Family Planning and Safe Motherhood Project was launched in Dhaka the start of a new era of USG assistance to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) in fami [...]	2009-08-04 10:01:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV PREL TBIOZK XD BG
09DHAKA769	BANGLADESH HEALTH MINISTER ENDORSES USG [...] On July 23, 2009, Ambassador Moriarty and Bangladesh Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. A.F.M. Ruhal Haque, launched the Mayer Hashi Family Planning and Safe Motherhood Project was launched in Dhaka the start of a new era of USG assistance to the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) in fami [...]	2009-08-04 10:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV PREL TBIO ZK XD BG
09DHAKA78	PRIME MINISTER LOOKS FOR CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH [...] (C) As she completes her second week in office, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is focused on assembling her team, preparing for the opening of Parliament, and beginning to deliver on key elements of her ambitious election manifesto. Hasina understands the need to confront the regional terrorism [...]	2009-01-20 06:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID PTER PINR PINS KDEM BG
09DHAKA790	NOBEL LAUREATE MOHAMMAD YUNUS FACES CHALLENGES AT [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus August 9 to congratulate him on winning the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Yunus said he was honored to have been chosen and highlighted his success in replicating his foundation Grameen in several Latin American countries, most notab [...]	2009-08-12 03:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ELAB KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BG
09DHAKA825	GOB IMPLEMENTING CHITTAGONG HILL TRACT PEACE ACCORDS, [...] (SBU) Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHTC) monitors credit PM Sheikh Hasina's personal commitment to peace in the Chittagong Hill Tracts with progress towards implementation of the 1997 Peace Accords between the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and indigenous groups. In an August 18 donor [...]	2009-08-23 09:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR MOPS PHUM PREL PGOV EAID BM BG
09DHAKA827	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SYLHET DIVISION WITH SENIOR GOB [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and USAID Mission Director visited USG-supported development assistance project sites in Sylhet Division August 2-5 to highlight U.S. support in health and environment and enhanced U.S.-Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and intra-GOB cooperation. They attended the inaugurati [...]	2009-08-23 10:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV PREL TBIO BG
09DHAKA843	BANGLADESH ATTENDING ARF DISASTER MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed the upcoming ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Disaster Relief Meeting with Samina Naz, Americas Division Director at the Foreign Ministry (MFA). Samina said the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) was very interested in attending. She informed us that the GOB intended to send th [...]	2009-08-27 09:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ARF EAID MARR
09DHAKA849	SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Dipu Moni's September 14 - 17 visit to Washington will be the highest level bilateral meeting in almost three years and comes almost nine months after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government took office. As A/S Blake noted during his June visit to Bangla [...]	2009-08-30 08:07:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PINR PTER BG
09DHAKA851	SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Dipu Moni's September 14 - 17 visit to Washington will be the highest level bilateral meeting between the U.S. and Bangladesh since 2006 and comes almost nine months after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government took office. The newly elected administrat [...]	2009-08-31 09:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PINR PTER BG
09DHAKA858	BANGLADESH'S FINANCE MINISTRY PARTIALLY ADDRESSES [...] (C) Bangladesh's Finance Minister maintains the government's revised tax amnesty does not violate international standards or domestic laws against money-laundering and anti-terrorism finance. In a recent letter to the Ambassador and other diplomatic Heads of Mission in Dhaka, Finance Ministe [...]	2009-09-01 08:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EAGR PTER KTFN KCRM EAID
09DHAKA86	LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER LIKELY TO BE KEY PLAYER [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 11:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PINR PINS KDEM BG
09DHAKA881	BANGLADESH ON THE CUSP: AMBASSADOR AND A/DAS OWEN [...] (S) During a September 9 meeting, the Ambassador and visiting SCA A/DAS Owen outlined for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina opportunities for strengthening the bilateral partnership. They noted that a series of upcoming high-level meetings would focus on identifying areas for expanding the relati [...]	2009-09-10 09:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR EAID ECON ETRD KPKO KDEM BG
09DHAKA919	BANGLADESH DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Mission Dhaka welcomes reftel initiative and opportunities for further connections with the Bangladeshi diaspora in the United States. We already engage with Bangladeshi-Americans in a number of areas, but there is wide scope for expanded interaction. Our experience is that the Banglad [...]	2009-09-24 09:22:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC BEXP BG BTIO EAID ECON EINV OIIP PGOV PREL SCUL SMIG
09DHAKA921	BRING THE PEACE CORPS BACK TO BANGLADESH [...] Director Williams, congratulations on taking the helm at Peace Corps, the pre-eminent people-to-people nexus of the United States. I strongly believe the time is right to re-open the Peace Corps program in Bangladesh. By returning Peace Corps Volunteers to Bangladesh, the world,s fourth most [...]	2009-09-24 09:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL BG
09DHAKA942	BANGLADESH WANTS CONCERTED CLIMATE CHANGE [...] The Government of Bangladesh believes both developed and developing countries share responsibility for addressing climate change, according to State Minister for Environment and Forests Dr. Hasan Mahmud, in a meeting with the Ambassador. Mahmud praised President Obama's engagement on climate [...]	2009-10-05 10:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EAGR SENV SMIG TPHY BG
09DHAKA954	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S. PRIORITIES WITH PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on October 6. He reviewed her productive UN General Assembly trip and U.S. interest in cooperating with Bangladesh on climate change, food security, UN Peace Keeping Operations and counter-terrorism. The PM was receptive to U [...]	2009-10-07 10:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	BG EAID ECON KDEM PGOV PK PREL PTER
09DHAKA97	INVESTING IN BANGLADESH'S DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Bangladesh's successful democratic transition following the December 29, 2008 parliamentary elections opened a new chapter in this country's history. This exceptional moment also presents the United States and other development partners with an historic opportunity to help Bangladesh impr [...]	2009-01-26 09:31:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL KDEM BG
09DHAKA98	NEW FINANCE MINISTER FOCUSED ON PRICES, RURAL [...] (C) Bangladesh's new Finance Minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhit, said the new government's top three priorities are managing inflation, developing the energy sector and improving education. In a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, the Finance Minister said he planned to focus on rural devel [...]	2009-01-26 09:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV BG
09DILI108	TIMOR-LESTE: US ASSISTANCE AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] Keyed to questions contained in reftel para 3, please find Embassy Dili's responses with regard to U.S. assistance and budget transparency on the part of the Governmment of Timor-Leste. 2. Q1: IS THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EXPECTED TO RECEIVE OR IS IT ALREADY RECEIVING U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTA [...]	2009-04-15 13:02:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL TT
09DILI118	TIMOR-LESTE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS MEETING [...] Summary: The Government of Timor-Leste (GoTL) held its annual international donor development assistance meeting April 2-4, 2009, with delegations from over 32 countries and 350 participants attending. The Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister chaired the Timor Leste Development Pa [...]	2009-05-01 15:33:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN SOCI TT
09DILI123	F-FDTL'S MILITARY RECRUIT TRAINING PLAN: STEPPING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. The Timor-Leste Defense Force (F-FDTL) will soon move forward with a recruit training plan which promises to nearly double the size of the force by early 2010. The plan has potentially serious flaws, including the use of newly minted and under-trained officers and NCOs as train [...]	2009-05-11 16:05:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON MARR EAID TT
09DILI132	TIMOR-LESTE SEEKS WORLD BANK CONTRITION [...] Timor-Leste Minister of Finance Pires called in the Ambassador on May 21, 2009, to ask for U.S. support to resolve a dispute with the World Bank. The conflict concerns a financial management technical assistance project that is both a flagship program for the World Bank in Timor-Leste, and a [...]	2009-05-22 08:04:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN IBRD EAID ECON TT
09DILI150	SCENESETTER FOR JULY 2 - 4 VISIT OF CODEL PRICE TO [...] Summary. Embassy Dili warmly welcomes the July 2 - 4, 2009, visit of the House Democratic Assistance Committee under the chairmanship of Representative David Price. The CODEL will find Timor-Leste enjoying an unaccustomed phase of political stability, although the country remains afflicted b [...]	2009-06-17 08:29:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP OTRA PREL EAID TT
09DILI167	PRESIDENT RAMOS-HORTA CONDEMNS TRAFFICKING, ASKS FOR USG [...] (SBU) Following the release of the Trafficking-in-Persons report, GOTL President Ramos-Horta invited the Ambassador to meet to discuss the issue on July 1. Ramos-Horta told the Ambassador that trafficking in Timor-Leste is "totally unacceptable" and that forcing women into prostitution is " [...]	2009-07-09 10:10:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KTIP PHUM PGOV EAID PINS TT
09DILI194	NEW TOOL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Timorese parliament unanimously created a new Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on June 29, only the second time in the parliament's history a measure has been adopted without an opposing vote. The Commission is an independent criminal police body with full investigatory powe [...]	2009-08-03 07:30:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID KCOR TT
09DILI218	TIMOR-LESTE AT TEN YEARS: TO THE BRINK AND BACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten years after the August 30, 1999, referendum that put it on the road to formal independence, Timor-Leste remains an underdeveloped ward of the international community. Early efforts to portray the country as a triumph of international nation-building were shattered by violen [...]	2009-08-21 00:26:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS EAID ECON EFIN EIND EPET
09DILI285	TIMOR-LESTE: SECURITY SITUATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The security situation in Timor-Leste has improved dramatically following the political crises and violence in 2006, 2007, and early 2008. Infrastructure has been rebuilt, the internally-displaced persons have been resettled, and the incidence of serious and even petty crime i [...]	2009-10-16 07:48:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC EAID TT
09DILI34	U.S. 7TH FLEET COMMANDER AND THE USS LASSEN VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 15:15:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MARR EAID TT
09DILI36	RETURN OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED POPULATIONS IN TIMOR-LESTE [...] Increasing numbers of internally displaced persons (IDP) are returning to their areas of origin in Timor-Leste. Returns are facilitated by improvements in security, the distribution of a monetary relocation package to the affected and a commitment by national government to resolve resettlemen [...]	2009-02-11 10:42:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TT
09DILI86	RETURN OF THE PEACE CORPS TO TIMOR-LESTE [...] (SBU) President Ramos-Horta formally requested the Peace Corps to resume its program in Timor-Leste in a March 10 letter. Embassy Dili judges the security and stability conditions in Timor-Leste as safe and fully permitting the resumption of a Peace Corps Volunteer program. Much has changed [...]	2009-03-17 10:15:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ASEC TT
09DJIBOUTI1023	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DONOR SUPPORT FOR TFG FOLLOWING [...] (U) Charge discussed reftel points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan August 4. 2. (SBU) Hassan hailed the agreement between Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) as a positive develo [...]	2009-08-05 11:52:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SO DJ
09DJIBOUTI1171	DJIBOUTI CIVIL AVIATION: GODJ PLEDGES PROMPT REMOVAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Five months into a largely USG-financed program to provide technical assistance to Djibouti's civil aviation authority, Safe Skies for Africa (SSFA) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) officials remained gravely concerned that the program had not achieved its fir [...]	2009-09-30 15:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ICAO ECON EAID PGOV PINR DJ
09DJIBOUTI1191	DJIBOUTI POLITICAL ROUNDUP: PARLIAMENT, OPPOSITION, AND A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Prime Minister opened Djibouti's parliamentary session October 1 with a speech highlighting the GODJ's significant ongoing investments in health, education, and poverty reduction. Several days before the opening of parliament, the three-party opposition coalition which boy [...]	2009-10-08 14:41:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO ECON KDEM SOCI EAID EINV ELTN PREL PHUM DJ
09DJIBOUTI1205	DJIBOUTI REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR EASBRIG FTX [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti recommends provision of GPOI funds, or alternate sources of funding, in response to formal requests from Djibouti's Minister of Defense and chief of general staff, for assistance to support the East Africa Standby Brigade's Field Training Exercise (EASBRIG FTX),s [...]	2009-10-13 18:03:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS MOPS EAID DJ ET KE RW UG BY XA
09DJIBOUTI1261	DJIBOUTI PRISON VISIT: AS CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 22 visit to Djibouti's Gabode Prison, EmbOffs noted that conditions continued to improve. A new prison guard force was fully operational, and had created a noticeably calmer and more orderly atmosphere. Aging and inadequate physical infrastructure contribute [...]	2009-11-01 15:29:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CASC PGOV EAID KJUS SOCI DJ
09DJIBOUTI1299	NORTHERN DJIBOUTI: BEYOND SECURITY CONCERNS, HOPE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador visited the northern, primarily ethnic-Afar regions of Obock and Tadjourah November 2-4. Local officials remained concerned that Eritrean-influenced elements continued to infiltrate remote areas of northern Djibouti, and reported one recent and possibly Eritrean-linked [...]	2009-11-12 10:43:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID ASEC PBTS ELTN EWWT ER DJ
09DJIBOUTI1393	DJIBOUTI: DAS WYCOFF DISCUSSES ERITREA, SOMALIA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a December 9 courtesy call, visiting AF DAS Karl Wycoff and Ambassador discussed the strong U.S.-Djibouti relationship, Eritrea's regional spoiler role, and the opening of political space in Djibouti with Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita. Dileita and DAS Wycoff both [...]	2009-12-13 12:50:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO EAID DJ ER SO
09DJIBOUTI195	IMF OPTIMISTIC ON DJIBOUTI PRGF, ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to a recent visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, Djibouti is making solid progress under its new Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program. Despite an ongoing border conflict with Eritrea that has cost the GODJ approximately USD 34 million [...]	2009-03-19 15:01:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN EAID SOCI DJ
09DJIBOUTI223	GODJ BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] In FY09, the GODJ receives and is expected to continue to receive U.S. foreign assistance as defined in reftel. 2. The GODJ's budget is made publicly available on a regular basis. Djibouti's Official Journal, Central Bank, and Ministry of Finance publish information on the GODJ's budget. [...]	2009-03-26 10:03:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL DJ
09DJIBOUTI271	MISSION MARKS WORLD TB DAY [...] SUMMARY: Djibouti has the second-highest prevalence rate of tuberculosis (TB) in the world. Through coordinated USAID programming and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) civil affairs projects, Post continues to work closely with the GODJ as it implements a five-year plan to t [...]	2009-04-02 18:30:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI PREL EAID KPAO DJ
09DJIBOUTI291	MISSION MARKS WORLD TB DAY [...] SUMMARY: Djibouti has the second-highest prevalence rate of tuberculosis (TB) in the world. Through coordinated USAID programming and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) civil affairs projects, Post continues to work closely with the GODJ as it implements a five-year plan to t [...]	2009-04-08 05:46:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI PREL EAID KPAO DJ
09DJIBOUTI307	CONGRESSMAN PAYNE DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH GODJ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an April 11-13 visit in Djibouti, CODEL Payne discussed regional challenges with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh and other top GODJ officials. After speaking with President Guelleh about the ongoing Eritrea-Djibouti border dispute, Representative Payne traveled [...]	2009-04-15 05:39:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV PREL PBTS PHSA PTER PHUM PREF ECON EAID ET
09DJIBOUTI317	DJIBOUTI: SUPPORTS AU POSITION ON CONSTITUTIONAL RULE IN [...] (C) DCM raised demarche talking points (ref A) on April 15 with Mohamed Ali Hassan, MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs. Hassan said that in such matters, Djibouti often sought to align itself with "collective statements," rather than voice its view independently. In response to the recent Nort [...]	2009-04-15 16:28:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAID MA PREL
09DJIBOUTI335	DJIBOUTI: MARCH ECON-ESTH ROUNDUP [...] (U) This March 2009 Djibouti Economic-ESTH roundup includes: --Djiboutian President Guelleh visits U.S.-led salt mining project at Lac Assal --Progress underway on Djiboutis new Commercial Code --France and Djibouti sign investment risk convention --France approves USD 30 million in loans t [...]	2009-04-20 12:53:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN EAID ENRG ECPS PGOV BEXP SENV FR DJ
09DJIBOUTI43	FMF PROJECT GREATLY IMPROVES DJIBOUTIS MARITIME SECURITY [...] SUMMARY. A $14.2 million Foreign Military Funding (FMF) project to improve naval facilities in the northern Djibouti port city of Obock will significantly improve GODJ capacity to protect its littoral frontier in the vicinity of the strategic Bab-el-Mandeb strait. Related USG programs to furn [...]	2009-01-16 20:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL PHSA EAID DJ
09DJIBOUTI8	SOMALIA: DJIBOUTI FM STRESSES URGENT NEED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a Jan. 4 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Youssouf hailed recent USG statements on Somalia and on the Dec. 29 resignation of TFG President Yusuf, noting that Yusuf had been an obstacle to the Djibouti Process. Citing the reluctance of potential troop contributing coun [...]	2009-01-05 15:55:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MOPS EAID SO DJ
09DJIBOUTI9	DJIBOUTI - USAID FOOD INSECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] SUMMARY. A USAID team traveled to Djibouti December 15-21 to assess food insecurity and malnutrition. Due to a combination of continuing drought and increased food prices, Djibouti's food security situation remains precarious, with both a shortage in food availability and reduced purchasing p [...]	2009-01-06 06:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL DJ
09DOHA147	PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR DESCRIBES QATAR'S SPECIAL [...] (C) Palestinian Ambassador Ghannam told Ambassador February 25th that in December 2006, while visiting Doha for the Asian Games, then-Palestinian PM Ismail Haniyah personally asked Qatari Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani for financial help in resolving a dispute with striking teachers. 2. (C [...]	2009-02-26 14:34:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELAB KPAL EAID KWBG QA
09DOHA159	RECOMMENDATION FOR USG ENGAGEMENT WITH "SILATECH" [...] As reported reftel, Silatech is a year-old organization/initiative intended to "engage the private, public, and civil society sectors to promote large-scale job creation, entrepreneurship, and access to capital and markets." The initiative is the brainchild of the Amir's consort Shaykha Mozah [...]	2009-03-04 05:17:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID ECON ECIN EFIN QA BA MO TS YM SY
09DOHA214	QATAR: 2009 CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) Qatar shares with Iran the largest non-associated gas field in the world. Qatar's portion contains an estimated 900 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, giving it the third-largest reserves of natural gas in the world. Qatar is believed to have an agreement with Iran providing a set extract [...]	2009-03-26 13:41:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ENRG ETTC KCIP PGOV PREL PTER QA
09DOHA252	THE RISE OF THE GULF STATES AND THE USG POLICY [...] (U) The Embassy Doha analysis below is designed to contribute to the discussion and debate about the future of the region and the U.S. government response to it. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (C) The "Rise of the Gulf" is one of the most prominent features of a changing Midd [...]	2009-04-14 09:31:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL ECON ECIN EAID ENRG EFIN EINV PGOV QA ZP
09DOHA268	MINISTER OF STATE RECOMMENDS "PROJECT BY PROJECT" [...] (C) Ambassador asked Minister of State Ahmed Al-Mahmoud April 19 for his guidance on how best to work with Qatar on securing financial contributions for aid to third countries, underscoring that we "need to find a better way to work together on contributions to third countries." 2. (C) Al-M [...]	2009-04-22 09:24:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KWBG AF PK QA
09DOHA311	QATARI AMIR'S WIFE VISITS IRAQ, FURTHERS [...] (SBU) Shaykha Mozah serves in many high-profile roles, including as a UNESCO Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education, and she visited Iraq primarily under those auspices. She was accompanied on the visit by UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura, the UNSYG representative for Iraq Staf [...]	2009-05-11 12:58:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECIN QA IZ
09DOHA314	QATAR COMMITS USD 40 MILLION FOR UN OPERATIONS IN [...] (SBU) Laurie Kitch, a U.S. expat and former UNFAO official who is currently Director of Programs for Qatar Charity, told Econoff Fabrycky May 5 that his organization will handle the allocation, programming, and monitoring of the USD 40 million contribution from the Government of Qatar. Accordi [...]	2009-05-12 11:24:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID PREL QA GZ
09DOHA329	SYNCHRONIZING USG ENGAGEMENT WITH QATAR ON [...] (C) Reftel is Post's review of the critical infrastructure in Qatar, which if destroyed, disrupted or exploited might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. The following report is a description of Embassy Doha's interagency approach to engage GOQ entities in a synchro [...]	2009-05-20 12:09:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV ECON ETTC EAID EFIN EAGR ASEC
09DOHA376	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE'S [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested host-country meetings for you with the Amir, Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, and the Prime Minister (also Foreign Minister),Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani. 2. (C) We know that your focus is Afghanistan-Pakistan issues. Accordingly, [...]	2009-06-03 13:03:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL EAID QA AF PK
09DOHA404	QATAR'S PM ON PAKISTANI IDP CRISIS [...] (C) At a June 16 meeting with Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, A A/S Jeffrey Feltman and Ambassador asked whether the GOQ had decided yet on the request by Special Representative Holbrooke for financial support to Pakistan to ease the internally displaced persons [...]	2009-06-18 14:09:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF EAID PK QA
09DOHA412	HOLBROOKE PRESSES QATARI CROWN PRINCE FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a June 7 meeting with Qatari Crown Prince Tamim, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke outlined the severity of the humanitarian situation in Pakistan's northwest areas and made a strong appeal for humanitarian assistance from Qatar to help stabilize the country. The Crown Prince agree [...]	2009-06-23 11:31:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL QA PK
09DOHA458	EMBASSY DOHA'S FOLLOW-UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] OVERVIEW: This cable is structured to provide Embassy Doha's assessment - based on consultations with key stakeholders - of the best ways to engage on the three priority areas listed in the President's speech and in Ref A. After describing how we sought feedback to the speech, we call for buil [...]	2009-07-22 04:45:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL
09DOHA578	QATAR TO SEND DELEGATION TO FOOD SECURITY MEETING [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Embassy received a letter from the Qatar National Food Security Programme on September 17 stating that Chairman Fahad Al-Attiyah and members of his organization would attend the meeting to be co-hosted by Secretary Clinton on September 26. 2. (SBU) The [...]	2009-09-17 12:15:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA QA
09DOHA595	FOOD AID VS. FOOD SECURITY: AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE [...] (U) The White House, Department, and Department of Agriculture have effectively highlighted the USG's strong commitment to reducing hunger worldwide through development assistance and partnerships. The talking points and public diplomacy materials made available to posts have been unpreceden [...]	2009-09-29 13:01:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EAGR ECON QA
09DOHA604	EMBASSY DOHA'S WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) The Cairo Speech is a central element in "synchronization" - Embassy Doha,s whole of government approach to USG policy implementation in Qatar. Centered on interagency groups organized around achieving shared interagency goals, the synchronization process brings together all elements of [...]	2009-10-06 09:47:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO ECON EAID ESTH EAGR QA
09DOHA81	QATAR-HOSTED GAZA CONFERENCE AVOIDS HEATED [...] (SBU) The one-day workshop on aid to Gaza was hosted by Qatar Charity but organized by the Humanitarian Forum, a UK-based organization. The workshop was intended to harmonize aid efforts among Arab, Muslim, and Western humanitarian relief organizations. The Forum's steering group comprises a [...]	2009-02-02 13:02:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EAID WEBG QA GZ
09DOHA96	PROPOSED GAZA RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Turkish political counselor in Qatar Cevat Ok confirmed to Poloff Zebley on February 8 that PM Erdogan received a personal invitation from PM Al Thani to attend a conference on Gaza aid "in the near future", but stated that no date had been set. He also noted that while the Turkish PM wel [...]	2009-02-08 13:41:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAL EAID KWBG QA EG
09DUBLIN170	IRISH WILLING TO DO MORE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On April 21, Charge met with David Cooney, Secretary General, Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),to discuss how the Irish government could provide more assistance to Afghanistan. Cooney stated that Ireland would not send additional troops to support ISAF and that the Irish govern [...]	2009-04-22 13:44:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR PGOV EAID EI
09DUBLIN231	IRELAND'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) According to Emma Leonard of Irish Aid, Ireland has approved Euro 550,000 in emergency funding to assist Pakistan's displaced persons. These funds will be distributed through both NGOs (Concern and Trocaire) and UN entities (UNICEF and OCHA). Additionally, Ireland has provided supplies i [...]	2009-06-17 15:28:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EC PGOV PHUM PK EI PREF
09DUBLIN535	IRELAND: DEVELOPMENT MINISTER ON FOOD SECURITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8 Ambassador Rooney met with Peter Power, Ireland's Minister of State for Overseas Development. Power wants to work more closely with the U.S. on food security in Africa, Ireland's top development priority. He also agreed to explore the possibility of contributing mo [...]	2009-12-10 09:02:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ENRG EI MI ET TZ UG MZ
09DUBLIN550	TOP IRISH DIPLOMATS ON AFGHANISTAN, NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 17 Ambassador Rooney hosted a lunch with the top career officials in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The conversation focused on priorities for U.S.-Ireland relations such as Afghanistan and the Northern Ireland peace process. On Afghanistan, the Irish [...]	2009-12-18 16:24:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ENRG AF EI
09DUBLIN73	IRELAND APPLAUDS AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW [...] (C) EMBOFFS delivered reftel demarche on February 18, 2009 to Isolde Moylan, Director, Asia and Oceania Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Moylan indicated that Ireland is very receptive to the planned policy review and intends to provide views on the questions posed in reftel. She re [...]	2009-02-19 16:02:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EAID NATO EI
09DUSHANBE100	Mission Mutual Understanding Goal [...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plan provided a snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the fourth cable to provide a goal-by-goal look of what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. In our mutual understanding goal all [...]	2009-01-23 12:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM KHIV SOCI ELAB SCUL TI
09DUSHANBE1046	TAJIK RESPONSE TO GLOBAL ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY DEMARCHE [...] (U) In a diplomatic note dated August 20, 2009, the government of Tajikistan provided a short response to post's demarche seeking a new approach to food security in advance of the L'Aquila Summit. The note, in its entirety, reads as follows: Begin note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of [...]	2009-09-02 04:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL TI
09DUSHANBE1059	QATAR TO BUILD FIRST-CLASS RETAIL & RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company in Tajikistan recently announced plans to build a large office, retail and residential development in central Dushanbe. Office Manager Manuchehr Kurbonali said the project is the result of direct talks between President Rahmon and the E [...]	2009-09-04 10:40:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL EAID TI QA
09DUSHANBE1113	TAJIKISTAN NAMED TOP REGULATORY REFORMER -- NOW FOURTH-WORST [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan has been named a "top 10 regulatory reformer" by the World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC),after improving in five of the ten areas the Bank uses to compute its annual "Doing Business" rankings. Tajikistan now ranks 152 out of 183 countries, up from [...]	2009-10-02 04:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV PREL TI
09DUSHANBE1121	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2, 2009 Ambassador Ken Gross presented his credentials to Tajik President Rahmon. Rahmon thanked the U.S. for its assistance and singled out security, border and law enforcement assistance, while appealing for more economic assistance especially in hydropower, pitchin [...]	2009-10-05 12:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE1145	ON THE WINGS OF A GOAT: REMOTE PAMIR MOUNTAINS NOT REALIZING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Mountainous Badakhshan Autonomous Region is separated from the rest of Tajikistan by hundreds of kilometers of bad roads and thousands of years of divergent history. Its predominantly Ismaili Shi'a inhabitants have long thought of themselves as distinct from the rest of the [...]	2009-10-16 04:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EAID EINV TI
09DUSHANBE1156	TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of General Petraeus, and provides the following overview of recent developments and key issues in Tajikistan. Since your last meeting with President Rahmon on January 17, Rahmon met with Assistant Secretary of State Boucher in April and Assi [...]	2009-10-19 13:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EAID ECON MASS PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE1191	GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMON [...] (C) Summary: In a 75 minute meeting on October 26, President Rahmon pressed General Petraeus to help make Uzbekistan more friendly to Tajikistan, asked for additional bridges and dams, and urged that any post-election government of Afghanistan adequately represent Tajiks. Petraeus assured Rah [...]	2009-10-29 11:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID MASS TI
09DUSHANBE1212	TAJIKISTAN - AMBASSADOR VISITS THE RASHT VALLEY, WHERE FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 3-4 visit to the Rasht valley, an opposition stronghold during the civil war, Ambassador Gross met with local government officials, NGO and international organization representatives, and residents of a village which benefits from USG Food for Peace funding. De [...]	2009-11-09 13:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL PGOV PHUM EAGR KPAO TI
09DUSHANBE1333	EMBASSY DUSHANBE NOMINEES TO PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP [...] Following is Embassy Dushanbe's list of ten nominees to the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit (reftel). More background can be provided upon request for any nominee. Embassy notes that though most nominees are members of successful companies in Tajikistan, this is a very poor country, and [...]	2009-12-01 04:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI TI
09DUSHANBE1457	TAJIKISTAN - H1N1 SITUATION, INFORMATION SCARCE [...] (SBU) Summary: About one fourth of all people in Tajikistan will contract influenza by February 2010, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) Adviser. This number includes all forms of influenza, not just H1N1. In a worst-case scenario, about 1,000 of those infected would die. There [...]	2009-12-24 05:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI EAID KFLU CDC WHO TI
09DUSHANBE1464	COTTON IS DESPOT [...] (SBU) Summary: The past year has been a break point in Tajikistan's dysfunctional relationship with cotton. After losing money on cotton cultivation for years, no lender was prepared to front a single penny to finance cotton. The government responded by financing planting from the budget via [...]	2009-12-28 13:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN EAID KCOR TI
09DUSHANBE21	Power Politics: Uzbeks Hold up Critical Winter Energy [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan concluded an agreement to buy a critical 1.2 billion Kilowatt-hours (KWh) of electricity from Turkmenistan from November 2008 through April 2009. Although Uzbekistan agreed to transmit the first 400 million KWh through its grid in November and December, it has so far [...]	2009-01-08 03:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EAID PGOV PREL TI
09DUSHANBE228	NEW INTERIOR MINISTER AND THE AMBASSADOR ARE ON THE SAME [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's introductory meeting with new Minister of Internal Affairs Abdurahim Kaharov revealed Tajikistan's new chief policeman wrestling with, but undaunted by, enormous challenges. Kaharov was trying to retain SWAT forces who were leaving for better paying jobs, train [...]	2009-02-25 13:51:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC KCRM EAID KJUS PINR TI
09DUSHANBE233	TAJIKISTAN INITIAL INPUT TO AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY [...] (C) PolEcon Chief delivered Ref A points to Khusrav Nosiri, MFA Director for North America and Europe on February 20. Nosiri had no substantive reply at the time. On February 26 MFA North America Desk Officer Jamaluddin Ubaidulloev informed PolEcon Chief that the MFA had sent the points to the [...]	2009-02-26 11:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EAID NATO AF PK TI
09DUSHANBE234	TAJIKISTAN - REQUEST APPROVAL TO SEND DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON [...] (SBU) On February 20 Ambassador passed to Foreign Minister Zarifi a draft diplomatic note on transit of goods to Afghanistan (Reftel). On February 26 the MFA informed Embassy that Zarifi had agreed to an exchange of dipnotes to authorize transit of goods to Afghanistan as part of the Northern [...]	2009-02-26 12:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM EAID AF TI
09DUSHANBE245	FOOD DISTRIBUTION TENSE IN SOUTHERN TAJIKISTAN [...] Summary: USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)provided Tajikistan with $3.35 million for emergency winter food distribution for the most vulnerable in Tajikistan. On February 26, visiting Assistance Coordinator Dan Rosenblum visited Hiloli village in a Khatlon province in Souther [...]	2009-03-02 12:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EAGR TI
09DUSHANBE248	MISSION RIGHTSIZING GOAL [...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plan provided a snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the fifth cable to provide a goal-by-goal look at what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. For our rightsizing goal all agencies [...]	2009-03-02 13:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KMPP ASEC EAID APER ABLD TI

09DUSHANBE250	KARATE AGAINST DRUGS-PERFORMANCE IN KULYAB [...] Summary: INL Dushanbe officers participated in a drug demand reduction performance in the southern city of Kulab conducted February 17 by members of the Tajikistan Karate-do Federation. The karate experts led by the Federation's head coach, Bahrom Khomidov, engaged high school students in a spi [...]	2009-03-03 13:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID KCRM KJUS TI
09DUSHANBE301	BRINGING HOME NEW IDEAS -EXCHANGES IN ACTION [...] Summary: City planners, loan managers, librarians and hospital administrators - groups of each of these have visited the United States in the last seven months under the USAID-funded Community Connections program. This program for mid-level professionals provides many benefits. Participants g [...]	2009-03-10 13:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PCUL SOCI EFIN TBIO TI
09DUSHANBE306	WATER USERS ASSOCIATIONS FARMERS PRACTICE GRASS ROOTS [...] (U) Summary: Assistance Coordinator for Europe Dan Rosenblum visited USAID-supported Water Users' Associations (WUAs) during a recent visit to Tajikistan. The WUAs are already known as assistance success stories in Central Asia. They have organized farmers to cooperate in meeting their irrigati [...]	2009-03-10 14:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SENV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE308	FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS CHANGING THE FACE OF MEDICINE [...] Summary: The USAID-funded Zdrav-Plus program has been promoting family medicine in Tajikistan through Centers of Excellence, where family health practice is carried out and where doctors from nearby areas can receive training and support for practicing family medicine. There are four such cente [...]	2009-03-11 11:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO TI
09DUSHANBE316	FOOD DISTRIBUTION PEACEFUL BUT POVERTY STRIKING IN SOUTHERN [...] Summary: USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) provided Tajikistan with $3.35 million for emergency winter food distribution for the most vulnerable in Tajikistan. On March 5, Ambassador Jacobson visited Vaksh village in Khatlon province in Southern Tajikistan to see food being [...]	2009-03-12 13:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EAGR TI
09DUSHANBE334	TAJIKISTAN FACING DIRE FOOD INSECURITY [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The food situation in Tajikistan remains precarious. The challenges the country has faced over the past year read like the Old Testament: after the worst winter in recent history, during which families fa [...]	2009-03-18 12:51:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM ECON PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE341	TAJIKISTAN - SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary: Post recommends that Tajikistan remain on the Special 301 Watch List in 2009. While Tajikistan has made slight progress in improving IPR legislation, it has far to go in devoting resources and political will to stopping the widespread importation and selling of pirated goods in the c [...]	2009-03-19 10:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ETTC ECON ETRD PGOV EAID TI
09DUSHANBE402	TAJIKISTAN - REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Following is post's response to reftel tasking: A. Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. foreign assistance funded using FY 09 funds? Yes. Tajikistan receives U.S. technical assistance, but not direct financial support, through USAID funded p [...]	2009-03-31 14:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL TI
09DUSHANBE42	Mission Law Enforcement and Stability Goals [...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plan provides a good snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the first in a series of cables to provide a goal by goal look of what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. The Border and La [...]	2009-01-09 04:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID MASS PREL KCRM TI
09DUSHANBE429	TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S APRIL 20-21 VISIT [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of A/S Boucher. Following is an overview of the key issues we face in Tajikistan. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ------------------- 2. (C) Tajikistan has been hit hard by the global recession. Remittances, which in 2008 were equivalent [...]	2009-04-10 05:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE43	Birth of Tajik Ag Working Group and Appeal to Donors [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tajik government recently convoked the first meeting of a new agricultural working group, at which it made a number of not entirely convincing statements on agricultural reforms, especially in the cotton sector. Donors urged strict requirements on further lending for cotton [...]	2009-01-09 07:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON TI
09DUSHANBE449	KARATE AGAINST DRUGS-PERFORMANCE IN KULYAB [...] (SBU) Summary: INL Dushanbe officers participated in a drug demand reduction performance in the southern city of Kulab conducted February 17 by members of the Tajikistan Karate-do Federation. The karate experts led by the Federation's head coach, Bahrom Khomidov, engaged high school students [...]	2009-04-10 13:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID KCRM KJUS TI
09DUSHANBE45	TAJIKISTAN - SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 17 VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of General Petraeus. Following are an overview of the situation and key issues we face in Tajikistan. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (C) The poorest former Soviet republic, Tajikistan borders Afghanistan (1200 kilometers),China, Uzbekistan and [...]	2009-01-09 09:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE46	Financial Crisis Could Make Bad Situation Worse [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to ref A, seeking information on the effects of the world financial crisis. The crisis is likely to affect Tajikistan via three routes: falling prices for its two largest exports, cotton and aluminum; declining remittances from Tajik migrant workers in Russia [...]	2009-01-09 11:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON ETRD PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE467	RUSSIAN FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS LOOK BETTER ON PAPER [...] (C) Summary: According to the Russian embassy, Russia plans and implements its assistance to Tajikistan in a basic manner that is politically driven, does not take account of development needs, and relies excessively on the Tajik government for distribution. Russian diplomats share our frustra [...]	2009-04-15 09:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON RU TI
09DUSHANBE489	BOUCHER FINDS COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTAN, BUT REFORM ON THE [...] (C) Summary: In meetings in Dushanbe on April 20, 2009 South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher emphasized several key issues with Tajik President Rahmon and Foreign Minister Zarifi: -- the need for increased cooperation and engagement on Afghanistan; -- the need [...]	2009-04-24 12:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE50	Mission Economic Growth and Development Goals [...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plans provided a good snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the second cable to provide a goal by goal look of what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. Work towards the Economic Growt [...]	2009-01-12 11:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EAGR ELTN TI
09DUSHANBE508	ZARIFI BLOWS A GASKET OVER AUDIT OF NATIONAL BANK AND U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Helwig met with Foreign Minister Zarifi on April 24, to discuss elections, trafficking in persons, freedom of religion, economic reform, Afghanistan, and the work of the OSCE in the region. Zarifi made comments virtually identical to those he made to A/S Boucher on these [...]	2009-04-24 14:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE509	OPPOSITION PARTY LEADERS TELL BOUCHER THERE IS LITTLE HOPE [...] (C) Summary: Three leaders of opposition political parties told South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Boucher they had little hope for the development of democratic government in Tajikistan, then tried to blame this on lack of support from the United States Government. They offered no pl [...]	2009-04-27 12:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE514	MIFFED ABOUT INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND VOTE, TAJIK FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: With the Tajik government highly annoyed that the United States dared to oppose a new IMF loan, Foreign Minister Zarifi called in the Ambassador April 27, accompanied by the DCM and RSO. In a departure from normal practice, Zarifi, who is comfortable in both Russian and English, i [...]	2009-04-27 13:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ASEC CVIS PHUM EAID TI
09DUSHANBE570	AUDIT OF TAJIK NATIONAL BANK REVEALS MAJOR FRAUD; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The recently-released executive summary of an audit of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) documents fraudulent and other questionable activities. The Bank's chairman personally approved hundreds of millions of dollars in loans and guarantees to entities in which he had a perso [...]	2009-05-12 12:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR EAID EINV PREL PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE618	GOVERNMENT TRIES TO TACKLE FINANCIAL CRISIS, BUT SHADOW OF [...] (C) Summary. Last week the Tajik government convened a donor meeting to discuss the effects of and potential responses to the world economic crisis. Little of the information was new. Tajik officials described the difficulties the country is facing -- falling remittances, sharply lower expo [...]	2009-05-22 12:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR EAID EINV PREL PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE62	Mission Investing in People Goal [...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plan provided a snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the third cable to provide a goal-by-goal look of what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. With our Investing in People goal we s [...]	2009-01-16 07:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV SOCI ELAB SCUL TI
09DUSHANBE620	DECLARATION OF DISASTER IN TAJIKISTAN FOR MUDSLIDES AND [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. THE CHIEF OF MISSION HAS DETERMINED THAT A SERIES OF DISASTERS CAUSED BY CONTINUOUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS SPRING IS BEYOND THE CAPABILITY OF THE HOST GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND, IS OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO WARRANT U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE, AND T [...]	2009-05-22 18:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE665	FY2009 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-29 13:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID TI
09DUSHANBE670	AFTER Q1 FINANCIAL RESULTS, TAJIKS BEG DONORS FOR CASH [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 29 the Tajik Ministry of Finance briefed donors on the country's economic performance over the first quarter of 2009. With declining exports, falling remittances, and a weakening currency, budget revenues are expected to fall 20-25% short of initial projections. Official [...]	2009-06-02 18:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PREL TI
09DUSHANBE702	NEW RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR PROPOSES CLOSER COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In a courtesy call on the Ambassador, the newly arrived Russian Ambassador said Russia's chief interest in Tajikistan was maintaining stability and asked about Tajik and U.S. concerns about possibly greater activity of the Taliban in the north. He proposed greater coordination and [...]	2009-06-05 12:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ENRG TI RU UZ
09DUSHANBE774	TAJIKISTAN FACES ONGOING FOOD INSECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan continues to face serious food insecurity. According to the World Food Program (WFP),1.4 million of Tajikistan's 7 million inhabitants are food insecure, half of them chronically so. The global financial crisis has exacerbated the situation, as have rising food pric [...]	2009-06-23 11:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM ECON PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE785	TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLAKE'S JULY VISIT [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of A/S Blake. Following is an overview of the key issues in Tajikistan and some talking points for your meetings with senior government officials. Overview 2. (C) Tajikistan has the potential to be a stabilizing influence and a [...]	2009-06-25 10:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE798	EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JUNE [...] Site Assessments a) To monitor EXBS and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) equipment end-use, and to get information on additional equipment and training needs, the EXBS Advisor, EXBS Program Management Assistant, Director, ODC, and the ODC Program Management Assistant (hereafter the EX [...]	2009-07-01 10:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EAID MNUC PARM PREL KSTC SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE824	TAJIK RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS [...] (SBU) Tajikistan responded to our reftel request for assistance in Afghanistan by diplomatic note on June 11. Tajikistan replied to our request that they extend operations of the Nizhny Pyanj bridge to 24 hours a day saying that an agreement is currently pending with the Afghan side to increase [...]	2009-07-08 03:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS SMIG ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TI
09DUSHANBE831	THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF LABOR MIGRATION AND BRAIN DRAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Extreme levels of outmigration from Tajikistan have left the country with few skilled citizens to address its complex problems, and at the same time, is warping the social fabric in ways that have serious consequences for future stability. While skilled professionals leave with t [...]	2009-07-10 11:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON SOCI EAID AMGT RU TI
09DUSHANBE840	TAJIKISTAN - A/S BLAKE'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In Dushanbe on July 6, 2009 South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Robert Blake gave an overview to President Rahmon and Foreign Minister Zarifi of the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, emphasizing the importance of Tajikistan in this effort. He proposed the Unite [...]	2009-07-13 12:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE846	AGRICULTURAL REFORMS IN TAJIKISTAN: MORE MANURE? [...] (SBU) Summary: At the end of May President Rahmon signed a decree calling for writing off over half a billion dollars in debt owed by cotton farmers to agricultural investors and, ultimately, the National Bank of Tajikistan. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) required the passage of a debt [...]	2009-07-15 11:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PGOV EFIN TI
09DUSHANBE865	TAJIKISTAN: LINKS BETWEEN FOOD INSECURITY AND POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan faces serious ongoing food insecurity, and the situation may worsen as the year progresses. While the link between poverty and political instability is not simple, experts here agree that a decline in the availability of food in Tajikistan will contribute to political [...]	2009-07-20 12:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM EAGR ECON PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE866	TAJIKISTAN ASKS FOR ANOTHER BORDER ACADEMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The First Deputy of the State Committee for National Security requested U.S. assistance to construct a new Border Guard Academy on the grounds of a soon-to-be-handed-over Russian military base near Dushanbe. End summary. 2. (SBU) First Deputy of the State Committee for [...]	2009-07-21 12:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM EAID PINR MASS TI
09DUSHANBE877	WITH NEW ONE-STOP-SHOP, U.S. BUSINESS OPENS IN DUSHANBE [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan, which consistently ranks near the bottom of most comparative business rankings, with assistance from USAID recently instituted a "one-stop-shop" business registration process. Several days after the law's passage, an American citizen, Sanjeev Sonar, successfully took [...]	2009-07-23 12:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV PREL TI
09DUSHANBE886	JOINT ODC/EXBS END-USE MONITORING TRIP REPORT [...] Summary: Monitoring results of U.S. funded communications equipment in Tajikistan are positive. The equipment is being used along the porous Tajik-Afghan border as intended and is being maintained to the highest degree of serviceability. Some issues were identified, but could be easily overco [...]	2009-07-24 10:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EAID MASS ECPS TI
09DUSHANBE899	CAIRO SPEECH FOLLOW UP: CONSULTATIVE PROCESS FOR MUSLIM [...] Summary: To share President Obama's vision of partnership and opportunity here in Tajikistan, we will have to overcome the country's extreme poverty and isolation. While urban youth and educated elites were generally receptive to his June 4 speech, they represent a small minority of Tajiks. T [...]	2009-07-27 10:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SOCI TNGD TSPL TI
09DUSHANBE955	TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 14-16 VISIT OF GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-07 10:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EAID ECON MASS PGOV PHUM TI
09EFTOLONDON2239	"NEW" UK FUNDING FOR PAKISTAN BORDER AREAS: NOT [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: UK PM Gordon Brown,s announced GBP 50 million (USD 80 million) in additional assistance for Pakistan,s border areas will come from the current GBP 665 million (USD 1 billion) already designated for aid to Pakistan and is unlikely to be in place until spring 2010. End Summary. [...]	2009-09-29 17:17:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID UK
09FREETOWN120	SIERRA LEONE BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 17:05:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL SL
09FREETOWN122	AMBASSADOR PERRY VISITS KONO WITH UN DELEGATION [...] Summary: On March 18, Ambassador Perry joined a UN-led delegation on a one day tour of Koidu City and its environs in the Kono District of Eastern Sierra Leone. The group met with local leaders and observed several ongoing development projects to evaluate the region's future needs. The delegati [...]	2009-03-31 17:27:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID SCUL SL
09FREETOWN123	AMBASSADOR PERRY VISITS KONO WITH UN DELEGATION [...] Summary: On March 18, Ambassador Perry joined a UN-led delegation on a one day tour of Koidu City and its environs in the Kono District of Eastern Sierra Leone. The group met with local leaders and observed several ongoing development projects to evaluate the region's future needs. The delegati [...]	2009-03-31 17:31:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID SCUL SL
09FREETOWN136	IMF REPS CONCERNED BUT PATIENT REGARDING SIERRA [...] (C) Summary: On April 6, Ambassador met with IMF representatives to discuss their private views on GoSL performance since December 2008. Resident Representative Alvin Hilaire, Chief of Mission Norbert Toe and incoming Chief of Mission Jan Mikkelsen, discussed their disappointment that promises [...]	2009-04-14 15:43:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN SL
09FREETOWN140	FIRST LADY SIA KOROMA TO ATTEND AFRICAN HEALTH [...] (SBU) On April 4, Sierra Leone's First Lady, Mrs. Sia Koroma, confirmed to Ambassador her attendance at the First Ladies' African Summit. She told me she planned to depart Freetown on April 19. Mrs. Koroma also requested that we try to obtain a presentation slot for her during the conference. [...]	2009-04-14 16:49:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR OVIP SCUL EAID SL
09FREETOWN148	U.S. AND OTHER DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Ref A request for information on amounts and sources of contributions for the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL),the Court's Liaison Office provided up-to-date figures. In sum, the United States has contributed a total of USD 60,399,000 to date, amounting to 3 [...]	2009-04-17 15:55:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC EAID SL
09FREETOWN216	PRESIDENT LAYS OUT SIERRA LEONE'S DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary: On May 19, President Koroma presented his new poverty reduction strategy, the "Agenda for Change" focusing on four priority sectors: Power and Water Upgrades; Agricultural Output; Transportation Networks; and Human Development (Education and Health). President Koroma noted that hi [...]	2009-06-11 17:03:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL PGOV SL
09FREETOWN321	FINANCE MINISTER UNPERTURBED BY ECONOMIC PRESSURES [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Finance Minister Samura Kamara on August 11 to discuss the state of the Sierra Leonean economy. Minister Kamara downplayed the ongoing currency devaluation (reftel),focusing instead on long-term financial and development strategies, such as the GoSL's approach [...]	2009-08-17 15:22:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PREL PINR SL
09FREETOWN404	PRESIDENT KOROMA WANTS HIGH LEVEL USG [...] (U) On October 12, President Ernest Bai Koroma passed through his personal assistant a request that the United States Government endorse Sierra Leone's Consultative Group (CG) meeting in London November 18-19 by sending a high level delegation. The meeting, which is broken down into a Trade an [...]	2009-10-15 12:43:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL SL
09FREETOWN449	SLPP PULLS NO PUNCHES TO DISCREDIT GOVERNMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: On November 16, the SLPP released to the media a letter from party Chairman John Benjamin to President Koroma. The letter outlines four pages of alleged grievances, ranging from corruption and nepotism to inter-party squabbles. While the letter was dated November 12, its release w [...]	2009-11-18 08:29:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KCOR SL
09FREETOWN466	SIERRA LEONE STABILITY, PART II: ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of four cables that highlights risks to Sierra Leone's security (reftel A). The national economy continues to be in a state of woe, built on the precarious foundation of a weakening currency, decreasing imports and exports, reduced food security, and [...]	2009-12-01 17:31:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN78	KOROMA MAKES PROGRESS ON DRUGS; WE URGE SWIFTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with President Koroma on February 27 to discuss the new administration's policy goals and pending bilateral issues, underlining the President's importance in the region as a bulwark of stability. The meeting was also attended by Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura, DCM, [...]	2009-03-03 17:12:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM MASS SNAR PINR SL
09FREETOWN81	FEBRUARY POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with President Koroma February 27 and elicited a positive response in a pending request to expel wanted criminals and needed informants to the United States. Koroma reshuffled the cabinet after months of rumors, creating some controversy but largely satisfying S [...]	2009-03-04 15:40:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM EAID SL
09GABORONE174	ZIMBABWE, SADC, THE WEST -- WHO OWNS THE STORE? [...] (C) Foreign Minister Phandu Skelemani convoked resident G-8 Missions France, Germany, Japan, the U.S. and the UK as well as the EU on March 6 to brief on current GOB thinking on Zimbabwe and Sudan (septel). He and President Khama had "had a chat" earlier in the day and discussed, inter alia, t [...]	2009-03-08 14:48:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN BC ZI SADC
09GABORONE209	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON SADC EXECUTIVE SECRETARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Nolan had his first office call with Dr. Tomaz Salomao, the Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC),at SADC headquarters in Gaborone March 13. The Ambassador presented the letter designating him as the Secretary's Special Represent [...]	2009-03-18 08:46:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS ETRD EAID ZI BC
09GABORONE21	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SADC HUMANITARIAN AID TO [...] (SBU) On January 8, A/DCM Heather Merritt met with Mr. Ernest Mwemutsi, Senior Finance Officer for SADC at the organization's headquarters in Gaborone. Mwemutsi is the "Officer in Charge" at SADC this week, as all other senior officials are out of the country. A/DCM delivered reftel demarche [...]	2009-01-08 12:54:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SADC ZI BC
09GABORONE233	BOTSWANA: U.S. DIAMOND FIRM WAITING OUT THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. diamond manufacturing and distribution company Lazare Kaplan International (LKI) recently completed construction of a $10 million factory in Gaborone, but has suspended local operations and retrenched staff due to the global economic crisis. LKI's Botswana Managing Direc [...]	2009-03-20 07:44:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EMIN EFIN EAID BC
09GABORONE273	BOTSWANA: SEEKING CLOSURE ON ART/REFUGEE ISSUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Nolan met with Minister of Health Lesego Motsumi to try to bring closure to the long-pending issue of whether and how to provide antiretroviral therapy (ART) to registered refugees in Botswana infected with HIV/AIDS. The Ambassador explained that the USG's commitme [...]	2009-04-02 14:28:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF KHIV EAID PGOV BC
09GABORONE277	BOTSWANA READOUT ON ZIMBABWE, MADAGASCAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Skelemani spent two hours on April 3 briefing Ambassador Nolan and other Chiefs of Mission on the proceedings of the March 30 SADC Summit. Skelemani was frustrated by the unconstitutional change of power in Madagascar, and he was disappointed that the situation [...]	2009-04-03 11:52:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPKO ZI MA BC
09GABORONE309	BOTSWANA: MADAGASCAR DEMARCHE [...] On April 15 Pol/Econ Chief delivered the demarche (Ref A) to Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi, Director for Europe and the America's at Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nkoloi said that the GOB's unhappiness at the turn of events in Madagascar is clear, and he referenced the Ministry's March 18 press [...]	2009-04-15 14:33:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID BC MA
09GABORONE323	Clinton Foundation and Malaria No More Donate Nets to the [...] This message is a revision of reftel. 2. Summary: The village of Gumare in the Okavango District in North West, Botswana was buzzing with excitement on February 14, 2009, when most people in the village converged at the Kgotla to launch and celebrate the generous donation of Long Lasting Ins [...]	2009-04-21 14:09:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON EAID AO BC
09GABORONE326	BOTSWANA'S BUDGET IS TRANSPARENT [...] In response to reftel Embassy Gaborone provides the following information about the Government of Botswana's budget: - The GOB is receiving FY09 assistance. - The budget for the GOB is publicly available. Budget information is available online at http://www.gov.bw and through the gove [...]	2009-04-22 12:13:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL BC
09GABORONE336	BOTSWANA FM BRIEFS ON ZIM, MADAGASCAR, LESOTHO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Skelemani invited a select group of resident diplomats to a briefing at the Ministry on April 24. Skelemani clarified recent press reports regarding GOB financial assistance to Zimbabwe, explaining that the only support Botswana could offer would be loan guarante [...]	2009-04-27 13:11:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN KN MA LT ZI BC
09GABORONE400	GABORONE SSHF STATUS REPORT FOR FY 2008 [...] Summary: During FY 2008, Embassy Gaborone received an allocation of USD 40,000 for the Ambassador's Special Self Help Fund Program (SSHF). Five projects were selected for funding according to SSHF selection criteria and Post objectives expressed in the Mission Strategic Plan. Providing sewin [...]	2009-05-22 09:39:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID BC
09GABORONE457	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SADC DIRECTOR FOR PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of post's ongoing efforts to increase engagement with SADC, Ambassador met with Lt. Gen. (rtd.) Tanki Mothae, the Director of the Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security, at the SADC headquarters in Gaborone on June 8, 2009. The Ambassador reiterated our request that U.S [...]	2009-06-09 05:00:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS EAID KPKO SADC BC
09GABORONE517	Letter from President Khama to President Obama [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Gaborone received a diplomatic note July 6, 2009 transmitting a letter from Botswana's President Ian Khama to U.S. President Barack Obama. In addition to congratulating the United States on the anniversary of our independence, President Khama's letter offers thanks for U.S. as [...]	2009-07-07 12:23:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC OTRA PREL KHIV EAID BC
09GABORONE632	BOTSWANA: GOB INTERVENTIONS ON H1N1 [...] Summary: As of July 31, 2009, there were only 13 confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza in Botswana. However, government actions to inform the public and screen for the disease began in late April. The Botswana Ministry of Health has issued a series of notices in local media to alert the public ab [...]	2009-08-10 05:34:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAID SOCI TBIO PGOV BC
09GABORONE665	A SMART POWER SUCCESS STORY IN AFRICA -- THE CASE [...] (C) The U.S.-Botswana partnership is a model for what smart power could achieve in Africa. Over four decades, Botswana has invested in its people, promoted independent institutions, and trained and deployed a civilian-controlled military for national development priorities. We have multipli [...]	2009-08-20 16:29:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV MASS ETRD KHIV EAID MARR EINV
09GABORONE68	UPDATE ON U.S.-BOTSWANA SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Nolan called on GOB Minister of Defence, Justice, and Security D. Ndelu Seretse on January 22 in Gaborone, as mutual schedules and travel had defered this important meeting until now. While it was an initial courtesy call, we used the opportunity to do some business a [...]	2009-01-26 12:47:00	Embassy Gaborone	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS MCAP EAID BC
09GABORONE737	UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT: BOTSWANA REPLY [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 12:34:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD EAID EAGR UNGA BC
09GABORONE785	BOTSWANA 'S ECONOMIC SUCCESS OFFERS LESSONS FOR [...] Summary. Botswana is a remarkable economic success story in Africa. Since independence in 1966, it has escaped poverty to become a middle income, democratically stable success, avoiding the numerous pitfalls that commonly affect mineral rich countries in Africa. There is no single reason for [...]	2009-10-06 15:59:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN EAID BC
09GABORONE836	BOTSWANA: FOOD SECURITY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 11:11:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD BC
09GABORONE948	Botswana Merits Inclusion in Food Security Initiative [...] Botswana is Africa's most stable democracy and our closest, most reliable friend in southern Africa. Though Botswana is a middle-income country, according to the UNDP about half of its citizens still live on less than two dollars per day. According to the United Nations Food and Agricultural [...]	2009-11-24 12:03:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PGOV PREL KHIV BC
09GABORONE963	SADC ANSWERS PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION [...] (C) Summary. In a written submission, the SADC Secretariat told us SADC would not exclude Zimbabwe or Zimbabwean nationals from access to or participation in SADC activities. Recently, we understand French police trained several SADC member state police services -- not Zimbabwe -- to UN stan [...]	2009-12-04 08:29:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL ETRD EAID SADC ZI BC
09GABORONE997	Botswana Offers Bright Prospects for GHI Success [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. Summary and Action Request. The U.S.-Botswana PEPFAR partnership has yielded tremendous results over the past five years; 80 percent of citizens who need treatment receive it and 94 percent of infected mothers receive drugs to prevent t [...]	2009-12-15 13:29:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV KWMN KOCI BC
09GENEVA1048	UNCTAD - Trade and Development Board, 56th Session, [...] (U) Summary. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) held the 56th Session of its Trade and Development Board (TDB),UNCTAD's governing body, in Geneva from September 14-25, 2009. The meeting focused on LDC's, African economic integration, and the impact of the financi [...]	2009-11-22 11:02:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNCTAD ECON ETRD XA EAID
09GENEVA111	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE [...] Summary. Charge paid a courtesy call February 5, 2009, on Dr. Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM). Noting U.S. strong support for the Fund, Charge stressed the need for more efficiency savings to finance the Fund's Round 8 [...]	2009-02-06 13:24:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV SOCI TBIO
09GENEVA148	UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INDICATES SUPPORT FOR AN [...] Summary. Charge paid a courtesy call February 18, 2009, on Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Congratulating Sidibe on his appointment by the UN Secretary-General, Charge expressed strong U.S. support for UNAIDS anQurged Sidibe to a [...]	2009-02-20 16:44:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV SOCI TBIO UNAIDS
09GENEVA34	SADA CUMBER'S FAREWELL CALL ON OIC SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber paid a farewell call on OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu on January 11 in Geneva. The two agreed to work swiftly on the details of USG-OIC cooperation on maternal and infant mortality. They discuss [...]	2009-01-15 17:21:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL EAID OIC SA
09GENEVA349	Mitigating Indoor Air Pollution - Geneva Connections [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 13. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On April 15 the US Mission Geneva held a luncheon to encourage parties in Geneva to work on mitigating indoor air pollution and coordinate their efforts, and to brainstorm with delegates from affected countries about solutions. T [...]	2009-05-06 14:55:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TRGY EAID
09GENEVA363	Accounting: a key development challenge [...] SUMMARY: The Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR) builds developing countries' capacities to keep accounts (book keeping) and comply with internationally accepted accounting standards. ISAR has produced useful simplified acc [...]	2009-05-11 16:37:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV EFIN UNCTAD
09GENEVA582	ECOSOC 2009 GENEVA HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2009 High-Level segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was held in Geneva from July 6-9 and focused on current global and national trends and their impact on social development, including public health. As such the meeting examined the current fi [...]	2009-07-14 16:40:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ECIN PHUM UN
09GENEVA599	WMO Disaster Risk Reduction Programs - Executive Council [...] Summary. During the recent WMO Executive Council (EC) meeting in Geneva from June 3-12, members reviewed the progress of WMO Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Service Delivery (SD) programs. The EC Working Group for DRR and SD (WG DRR/SD) is chaired by the U.S. Permanent Representative, Dr. J [...]	2009-07-20 10:28:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID UN SENV WMO ECOSOC
09GENEVA61	IMPROVING IDP SERVICES IN PAKISTAN: WHO RESPONSE [...] The Office of Refugee and Migration Affairs (RMA) received the following answers from WHO in response to questions outlined in reftel B. WHO coordinated its response with its office in Islamabad. 2. Vaccinations: WHO experienced difficulties in the first phase of displacement in conducti [...]	2009-01-23 15:54:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM EAID WFP PK
09GENEVA643	ECOSOC - ONE UN RWANDA WORKING WELL [...] SUMMARY. In a July 15 special session on the One UN Rwanda program, organized by the UN Chief Executive Board (CEB) Interagency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity during the Operational Activities Segment of the Economic and Social Council meeting in Geneva, the UN Resident Coordinator f [...]	2009-07-31 13:42:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR UNCTAD XA EAID
09GENEVA647	ECOSOC 2009 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION [...] SUMMARY: This cable reports the results of the coordination, operational activities, and humanitarian affairs segments of the 2009 Substantive Session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC),which followed the high-level segment (reftel). The highlight of the three segments was the Ju [...]	2009-08-03 07:03:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID ECIN PHUM UN
09GENEVA672	International Trade Center (ITC) Targets [...] (U) SUMMARY: During an August 7 courtesy call with International Trade Center (ITC) Executive Director Patricia Francis, Francis asked Charge Griffiths for USG support for 19 new professional posts for ITC's 2010-2011 biennial budget, which the ACABQ in New York has already reviewed. The ACAB [...]	2009-08-11 16:06:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON UNCTAD APECO EAID EINV
09GENEVA682	Burkina Faso Investment Policy Review 2009 [...] SUMMARY: UNCTAD held an Investment Policy Review (IPR) for Burkina Faso on June 23, 2009, attended by about 40 delegates, including a number of LDCs and African delegations. Policy Review Section Chief Chantal Dupasquier recommended that Burkina Faso accelerate legal and fiscal reforms to a [...]	2009-08-17 12:49:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON UNCTAD EAID XA
09GENEVA74	UNAIDS: CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT JOINT UN PROGRAM [...] Summary: During the 23rd Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) meeting, held December 15-17, 2008, in Geneva, the Board paid tribute to its outgoing leadership, adopted new governance rules, and held a constructive policy debate on the relatio [...]	2009-01-28 09:48:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV EAID TBIO UNAIDS
09GENEVA762	UNHCR AGREES WITH U.S. APPROACH ON FREEDOM OF [...] (C) Refugee Officer spoke to Pascale Moreau, Deputy Director for Asia and the Pacific, UNHCR, on points outlined Reftel. Moreau said that UNHCR supported the U.S. concern for IDPs in Manik Farm as well as the need for the GSL to allow IDPs full freedom of movement. Moreau said that UNHCR Hi [...]	2009-09-15 17:26:00	Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	CE EAID EUN MAS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER SOCI
09GENEVA888	ASYCUDA customs software: aid catalyst [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is helping countries install the automated customs data software program (ASYCUDA),which the USG has supported in numerous countries, most recently Haiti, Jordan, and Sao Tome and Principe. Mission Officer participated in an U [...]	2009-10-19 16:42:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID UNCTAD
09GENEVA924	UNCTAD: ISAR Meeting - Accounting Builds Goodwill [...] SUMMARY: The US built goodwill at this year's meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standard of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR),through high-level participation by SEC Deputy Chief Accountant Erhardt and by hosting a town-hall style lunch meeting where de [...]	2009-10-29 15:54:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV EFIN USAID
09GENEVA93	UNCTAD DEPUTY POSITION - SYG BAN TO CONSULT WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A JANUARY 12 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR TICHENOR, UNCTAD SECRETARY GENERAL DR. SUPACHAI EXPRESSED HIS CONTINUED STRONG SUPPORT FOR HIS ACTING DEPUTY LAKSHMI PURI (INDIAN) AND FRUSTRATION THAT SYG BAN KI MOON HAS NOT YET APPOINTED HER TO THE POSITION. SUPACHAI SAID SYG BAN WAS WA [...]	2009-02-03 10:28:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ETRD UNCTAD
09GENEVA97	GAZA APPEAL AVOIDS POLEMICS, STRESSES NEED FOR [...] (C) Summary: The February 2 launch of the UN's Flash Appeal for Gaza remained focused on humanitarian issues and largely avoided sensitive political issues. Most of the language from an early draft of the appeal that had raised concerns about inserting political issues into humanitarian coord [...]	2009-02-03 15:40:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID KPAL IS
09GENEVA997	UNCTAD 47th Executive Session of the Trade and Development [...] SUMMARY. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Trade and Development Board (TDB) held its 47th Executive Session on June 30, 2009. The focus of the conference was food insecurity in Africa as an obstacle to development. The TDB approved several reports - the Report of [...]	2009-11-09 07:22:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID ETRD EAGR UNCTAD
09GEORGETOWN149	PRESIDENT JAGDEO TO EMBARK ON MIDDLE EAST TOUR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that he will travel to several Middle Eastern countries beginning on March 20, with his visit centered around the March 31 Second Summit of Arab-South American Countries in Qatar. Other countries on the planned itinerary include Syria, Jord [...]	2009-03-18 20:36:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD GY XF
09GEORGETOWN194	GUYANA RESPONSE TO FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE [...] (U) The following is Post's response to reftel questions regarding fiscal transparency in Guyana. 2. (U) As stipulated by law, the Government of Guyana publicly disseminates its annual budget. The Minister of Finance presents the budget to Parliament in the presence of the media and members [...]	2009-04-03 20:37:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL GY
09GRENADA29	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN GRENADA [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 21:42:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL GJ
09GRENADA36	GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR APRIL 5 - 18, 2009 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. Denton Shipment of Humanitarian Items Arrives in Grenada On April 5, a C-5 arrived at Point Salines International Airport (PSIA [...]	2009-04-23 21:46:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KSUM PREL EFIN GJ

09GUADALAJARA250	GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT: "JUSTICE" AND REFORM IN [...] Summary: Jalisco state incarceration and court case statistics along with concern over current practices expressed by the Jalisco State Human Rights Commission underscore the urgent need for judicial and penal reform. However, the state faces many challenges in its attempt to implement the fe [...]	2009-07-08 17:54:00	Consulate Guadalajara	UNCLASSIFIED	MX PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR EAID
09GUANGZHOU678	Slow Improvements in South China NGO Environment [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake, when the Chinese government tacitly allowed some non-government organizations (NGOs) to play a role in the relief effort, NGOs have had relatively more freedom in which to operate, according to NGO leaders and academics in south China. Howe [...]	2009-12-15 09:27:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SOCI SCUL EAID SMIG PHUM CH
09GUANGZHOU679	South China NGO Getting More Professional But Still Face [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the operational space for non-government organizations (NGOs) continue to slowly widen in China (septel),the sector's social role is becoming more defined and some organizations are beginning to mature in how they organize and operate, according to NGO experts in south China [...]	2009-12-15 09:27:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV ECON SCUL EAID CH
09GUANGZHOU716	Guangxi Snapshot: Local Volunteer Association Flourishing [...] (SBU) Summary: Volunteer organizations formed with the support of local government appear to be spreading to third-tier cities in China as illustrated by the example of the Beihai Civil Volunteer Association (BCVA) in coastal Guangxi. The organization has more than 400 members and is engaged i [...]	2009-12-30 09:55:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON PGOV SCUL EAID PHUM CH
09GUATEMALA1000	ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF GUATEMALA [...] On September 14, 2004, USAID/Guatemala signed a five-year Strategic Objective Grant Agreement (SOAG) with the Government of Guatemala for a total of US$98,567,440 (The Grant). 2. The first amendment to this agreement was signed on August 31, 2005 to provide additional funds to the initial [...]	2009-10-05 16:45:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID GT
09GUATEMALA1003	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US CANDIDACY FOR WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-27 17:19:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO GT
09GUATEMALA106	UNDER NARCO THREAT, RULE OF LAW COLLAPSING IN COBAN [...] (C) Confronted by the threat from three narcotrafficking groups, including recently arrived "Zetas" from Mexico, the local Rule of Law (ROL) apparatus in the northern city of Coban is no longer capable of dealing with the most serious kinds of crime. What is happening there is typical of many rural [...]	2009-02-06 10:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR EAID KCRM ASEC PHUM PINR MX GT
09GUATEMALA1204	GOG: Mixed Results on Transparency [...] SUMMARY: NGOs and private sector leaders have complained that access to public information declined significantly during the Colom administration. They point to lack of executive leadership, its failure to implement the 2005 presidential decree, the cancellation of a Berger-era (2003-2007) e-g [...]	2009-11-03 15:58:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PGOV GT
09GUATEMALA1224	PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY -- GUATEMALA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 15:22:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL EAGR GT
09GUATEMALA1284	GUATEMALA FY2010 SCORECARD DELIVERED [...] (U) On October 28, USAID Mission Director and Emboffs delivered the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) FY 2010 Scorecard for Guatemala to Vice President Jos???? Rafael Espada. Overall, VP Espada was pleased with Guatemala's progress on the indicators, contrasting them with the deteriorat [...]	2009-11-17 15:14:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON SOCI PGOV PREL KMAC GT
09GUATEMALA1348	Helping Guatemala's Indigenous and Rural Population address [...] The impacts of the global economic crisis in combination with the El Nino induced drought has created severe hardships for Guatemala's poor, exacerbated levels and severity of malnutrition and caused a spike in food security related deaths in children under 5. With substantial funding ($20 [...]	2009-11-25 17:38:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM PHUM EFIN PGOV PREL GT
09GUATEMALA1352	ALGAE IN LAKE ATITL??N THREATENS TOURISM, POSES CHALLENGE TO [...] (U) Summary: The appearance of an unsightly and potentially toxic algae in Lake Atitl????n poses a significant threat to one of Guatemala's most well-known tourist attractions, and has created a high-profile environmental challenge for the Colom Administration. Scientists identified the bacteri [...]	2009-11-30 15:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID PGOV EINT GT
09GUATEMALA1454	Algae Bloom Shrinks But Problems Remain for Lake Atitlan [...] (U) Summary: Recent satellite photos from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) show that the algae bloom has shrunk since mid-November and water experts expect the bloom to disappear by the end of the year, the underlying problems will still remain and require remediation by [...]	2009-12-17 17:09:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV EAID EINT GT
09GUATEMALA162	COLOM'S FIRST YEAR HAS SUCCESS IN SOCIAL POLICY, [...] (C) President Colom's first year in office was characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others. Controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom led the government's efforts to fulfill campaign promises of poverty alleviation and social inclusion of indig [...]	2009-02-20 11:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR ASEC SNAR EAID GT
09GUATEMALA239	RECOMMENDATION THAT USG SUPPORT CICIG MANDATE [...] (SBU) The two-year mandate of the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) is set to expire in September 2009, and public opinion in Guatemala strongly favors extending it. The Embassy recommends that the USG support extension. CICIG is of pivotal importance to [...]	2009-03-17 07:09:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR EAID PINR PHUM UN GT
09GUATEMALA254	SCENESETTER FOR A/S SHANNON'S MARCH 19-21 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) President Colom's tenure has been characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others, especially security. Controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom leads the government's efforts to fulfill campaign promises of poverty alleviation and social in [...]	2009-03-18 18:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PINR ASEC SNAR EAID GT
09GUATEMALA262	GUATEMALAN "WOMAN OF COURAGE" ASSISTS VICTIMS OF [...] (U) Summary: On March 4, the Ambassador met with 2009 Guatemalan "Woman of Courage" Norma Cruz to personally congratulate her in advance of her visit to Washington to participate in the Secretary's awards ceremony and related activities. Cruz, co-founder and director of local NGO Survivors F [...]	2009-03-19 12:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM KJUS KDEM KCRM EAID SOCI
09GUATEMALA265	GUATEMALAN ECONOMY SUFFERS THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY: The latest round of economic indicators shows continued deterioration of the Guatemalan economy as a result of the global economic crisis. The Central Bank indicated it would revise downward 2009 economic growth estimates, currently at 3 to 3.5 percent. Remittance flows and internati [...]	2009-03-19 13:59:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID SNAR KJUS PGOV GT
09GUATEMALA330	GUATEMALAN MINISTRY OF LABOR LAUNCHES CALL CENTER [...] Summary: On April 3, the Ministry of Labor inaugurated a call center, funded by USDOL, to respond to public requests for information, provide legal consultations, and refer complaints to the Labor Inspectorate. Earlier the same day, USDOL-funded "Cumple y Gana" (Comply and Win) program launch [...]	2009-04-06 23:41:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV ECON PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM EAID GT
09GUATEMALA446	WILSON CENTER CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION VISITS [...] (U) The Wilson Center on the Hill sponsored a non-official Congressional delegation (NODEL) to Guatemala, April 15-17, for briefings on security and trade in Central America. During their visit, Congressmen James Sensenbrenner (R-WI),Peter Roskam (R-IL),and Devin Nunes (R-CA) met with Vice P [...]	2009-05-11 23:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CVIS ECON EAID KCRM EAGR GT
09GUATEMALA782	CURRENT STATUS OF THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 17:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AFIN DCHA PGOV PREL KDEM GT FPC
09GUATEMALA807	Bond Passage Loosens Fiscal Straightjacket [...] SUMMARY: On August 6, the Guatemalan Congress passed a measure authorizing the issuance of Q3 billion (approximately $375 million)in bonds to help cover the 2009 budget gap created by tax collections that are running nearly 8 percent below 2008 levels and nearly 20 percent below 2009 expectat [...]	2009-08-25 18:32:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID GT
09GUATEMALA822	INFORMATION REGARDING UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR [...] What is the extent to which the host government supports the program financially or politically? Current host government laws, policies and priorities serve as the foundation for the proposed program. The Population and Social Development Law and the Universal Access to Family Planning Law [...]	2009-08-27 21:57:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID GT PHUM PGOV SOCI UG UNFPA
09GUATEMALA878	GUATEMALAN RESPONSE: UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 17:26:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA
09GUATEMALA904	STAFFDEL JACOBSTEIN STRUCK BY GUATEMALA'S SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Human rights and UN officials told Staffdel Jacobstein September 1-4 that weak institutions, vulnerability to narco-traffickers, and corruption were all serious problems facing the Colom government. These points were reiterated by the Country Team, and driven home during the St [...]	2009-09-18 18:32:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PHUM PREL PGOV PINS ASEC EAID MARR MCAP MOPS GT
09GUATEMALA919	Congress Elects Supreme Court Amid Controversy [...] (C) On September 30, the Guatemalan Congress elected the thirteen new members of the Supreme Court from a list of 26 candidates. The candidates' list was the result of a reformed and improved selection process which the U.S. and other embassies, as well as CICIG, had successfully encouraged C [...]	2009-10-02 19:00:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KCRM KJUS KDEM EAID GT
09GUATEMALA940	Nomination of Alternate U.S. Representative to the Oversight [...] This is an action cable. 2. U.S. Embassy Guatemala nominates Luis Alejandro Pontaza Behrens, Chief Financial Management and Accountant Specialist of USAID Guatemala, as the Alternate U.S. Representative to the Oversight Committee established to monitor implementation of the debt [...]	2009-09-25 15:40:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA GT
09GUATEMALA983	Mixco Security Woes Leave Bus Drivers Dead, Erode Public [...] (C) Summary: Mixco, the largest suburb of Guatemala City, has experienced a sharp rise in violence over the last year, especially in attacks against bus drivers. Post believes much of the violence is perpetrated by organized crime and gangs that kill those unwilling or unable to pay their exto [...]	2009-11-24 15:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM EAID KJUS PINR SNAR ASEC GT
09GUATEMALA997	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US CANDIDACY FOR WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] (U) Emboffs delivered demarche on US candidacy for service on the World Health Organization Executive Board for 2009 (Ref A) to the ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance, Dr. Ludwig Ovalle Cabrera on November 24. Both Ministries agreed to consider t [...]	2009-11-25 18:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO GT
09HANOI1050	POST PROMOTES BIOTECH WHILE GVN CONSIDERS MORE RESTRICTIVE [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador sent Minister-Chairman of the Office of Government Phuc a letter on September 28 requesting that the Government of Vietnam (GVN) remove provisions in current draft food and biosafety legislation that require mandatory labeling of all genetically modified food and agricultu [...]	2009-10-02 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR ETRD EAID ECON VM
09HANOI1156	VIETNAM RESPONSE ON PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD [...] (U) Summary. U.S. Embassy Hanoi officers met with officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on Tuesday, October 27, to gauge the Ministries' initial reaction and response to Secretary of State Clinton's letter and proposal, "Partnering [...]	2009-10-28 11:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD
09HANOI121	VIETNAM'S PROVINCIAL COMPETIVENESS SLIPS IN 2008 [...] (U) Summary: The latest regional competitiveness survey showed a "systematic" deterioration in the business environment throughout Vietnam. According to the 2008 Provincial Competitive Index, a survey of thousands of Vietnamese businesses, provincial governments were less effective in 2008 in [...]	2009-02-13 09:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV KCOR KPRV PGOV VM
09HANOI1308	Keep on Movin': Ambassador Promotes U.S. Companies to meet [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador advocated on behalf of U.S. businesses in a November 30 meeting with Vietnam's Minister of Transportation, emphasizing that U.S. companies' technology and experience could play an important role in the development of Vietnam's transportation sector. Ambassador al [...]	2009-12-04 11:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAIR EFIN EINV ELTN ECON VM
09HANOI137	IMPORT LICENSING: A HALF-HEARTED DEFICIT-BUSTING SCHEME [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's import licensing regime was implemented in response to the unprecedented rise in imports that caused a record $18 billion trade deficit in 2008. Although potentially burdensome, the licensing scheme has not inhibited U.S. exports to date and its scope is much narrower t [...]	2009-02-19 06:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV KCOR KPRV PGOV VM
09HANOI1370	(SBU) Applying Comments on the Draft Strategy of the [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Hanoi??????s inter-agency health team believes that the President??????s Global Health Initiative (PGHI) principles will advance our health diplomacy efforts in Vietnam, particularly PGHI??????s emphasis on health systems strengthening HANOI 00001370 004 OF 026 (HS [...]	2009-12-17 08:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI EAID KWMN KHIV VM
09HANOI1374	(SBU) PEPFAR supports Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister [...] (U) Summary. With support from the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR),Deputy Prime Minister Trong of Vietnam visited the United States on November 5-14, 2009 to explore medication-assisted therapy (MAT) for heroin addiction, including the manufacturing of methadone. The visi [...]	2009-12-17 11:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID SOCI SNAR KHIV VM
09HANOI1394	Donors Boost Aid While Highlighting Continuing Development [...] (SBU) Summary. At the December 3-4 annual Consultative Group meeting of donors, Vietnam received praise for its recent fiscal and monetary policy steps to address growing macroeconomic imbalances, including the devaluation of the dong and the decision not to extend short-term commercial [...]	2009-12-18 09:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID SENV KGHG VM
09HANOI1400	(SBU) Vietnam's seventh PEPFAR-supported Methadone Clinic [...] (U) Summary. The Ministry of Health of Vietnam (MOH) in conjunction with the Hanoi Peoples Committee opened a medication-assisted therapy (MAT) "Methadone Clinic" in Hanoi on World AIDS Day. U.S.-led innovations, such as the provision of MAT (including treatment with methadone which is curren [...]	2009-12-18 10:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID PGOV PHUM SNAR KHIV VM
09HANOI1404	TWO NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA POULTRY OUTBREAKS AND UPDATE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Earlier this week, Vietnam reported two poultry outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI),confirmed to be with the viral strain A/H5N1, in southernmost Ca Mau province and northern Thai Nguyen province. We have not seen any reports of human infections in these provin [...]	2009-12-21 09:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR EAID PREL KFLU VM
09HANOI165	JAPAN RESUMES SUSPENDED ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM [...] (C) Summary: Not unexpectedly, Japan announced the resumption of its suspended assistance to Vietnam when Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc met Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone in Tokyo on February 23. Japanese DCM Koichi Abioshi told DCM that the resumptio [...]	2009-02-25 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON JA PREL VM
09HANOI166	VIETNAM OPENS FIRST REFINERY, ENDS RELIANCE ON IMPORTS [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam celebrated the long-awaited opening of its first oil refinery on February 22. The new facility, located in central Quang Ngai Province, in one of Vietnam's poorest regions, ends the country's reliance on imported fuel and will allow Vietnam to curtail fuel imports by 30 pe [...]	2009-02-25 10:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON SENV ENRG TRGY VM
09HANOI211	PLAN TO DEREGULATE VIETNAM'S POWER SECTOR LAGS DESPITE [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) raised retail electricity rates by an average of around 9 percent from March 1 to reflect higher costs of power generation and encourage private investment in Vietnam's underfunded power sector. Vietnam expects electricity demand to rise sharply ove [...]	2009-03-10 08:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ENRG TRGY VM
09HANOI241	FINANCIAL CRISIS CAUSING INCREASED UNEMPLOYMENT; FULL [...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic slowdown and declining Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is increasingly affecting Vietnam's economy, including employment levels. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) says unemployment is rising and labor officials predict that up to 400,000 workers in the formal [...]	2009-03-16 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAID EINV ELAB VM
09HANOI304	VIETNAM'S LABOR MINISTER CONGRATULATES LABOR SECRETARY [...] (U) Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, of the Vietnam Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs, has sent congratulations to Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis on her appointment. In the letter, Minister Ngan also expressed her hopes for continued cooperation between her Ministry and [...]	2009-04-02 02:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID EINV WTRO ETRD ECON VM
09HANOI319	BUDGET TRANSPARENCY REPORT UPDATE FOR VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-07 11:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
09HANOI32	VIETNAM WORKS TO STRENGTHEN IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam continues to make progress in strengthening efforts and capacity to protect intellectual property rights (IPR). Although IPR enforcement in Vietnam remains weak and piracy is extensive, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) continues to take significant steps to bolster its enf [...]	2009-01-13 01:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR EAID ETRD VM
09HANOI329	VIETNAM POVERTY REDUCTION SURVIVING ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (U) Summary: Despite high inflation and the global economic crisis, Vietnam managed to bring down poverty levels in 2008 to 13.1% from 14.7% the previous year. Vietnam has made dramatic strides in poverty reduction since it began to adopt market economy policies. As the global financial cri [...]	2009-04-09 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI VM
09HANOI354	Vietnam's Agriculture and Rural Development Minister to [...] (U) SUMMARY. Vietnam's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat and a delegation of 10 will visit the United States April 20-23, beginning with visits to the University of California-Davis and ending with meetings in Washington, D.C. that include calls on USDA Secretary Vilsa [...]	2009-04-15 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO TBIO EAGR PINR SOCI USTR EAID VM
09HANOI408	VIETNAM SUPPORTS CAPITAL INCREASE FOR ADB [...] This is in response to State 41663. 2. Post delivered the points contained in reftel on April 29, 2009 to the General Economics Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). MOFA informed us that the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV),as the lead agency on this matter, had just delivered [...]	2009-04-29 06:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
09HANOI451	DEMARCHE DELOVERED - DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 04:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EAID CH VM
09HANOI467	VIETNAM COMPETITION COURT LANDS FIRST PUNCH ON SOE [...] (U) Summary: The first decision by Vietnam's new anti-trust court delivered a knock-down punch to a state-owned company, slapping the airline fuel monopoly with a $168,000 fine for refusing fuel service to a private airline. That the first decision by the newly-formed Vietnamese Competition C [...]	2009-05-20 01:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV KCOR KPRV PGOV VM
09HANOI483	VIETNAM'S AGRICULTURE MINISTER DISCUSSES BEEF ACCESS, NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 19, Ambassador Michalak met with Vietnamese Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat to discuss the Minister's recent visit to the United States. The Minister said he was pleased with the visit. It gave him a great opportunity to interact with his U.S. [...]	2009-05-27 03:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO TBIO EAGR PINR SOCI USTR EAID VM
09HANOI578	PEPFAR VIETNAM, SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Warm congratulations on your appointment from me and the entire PEPFAR team here at Mission Vietnam. I wanted to personally congratulate you and spend a little time giving you my perspective on what I believe is a somewhat unique component of your PEPFAR community. Before you [...]	2009-06-22 11:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PGOV PROP SOCI EAID SNAR KHIV VM
09HANOI615	Vietnam's Mid Year Consultative Group Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2009 Mid Year Informal Consultative Group (CG) meeting between donors and the GVN in the Central Highlands city of Ban Ma Thuot June 8-9 provided 2009 GDP growth rate estimates ranging from 3.5 to 5 per cent. Donors stressed the need for continued SOE equitization and povert [...]	2009-07-01 10:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID SENV KGHG VM
09HANOI632	LETTER FROM VIETNAM'S MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL [...] (U) On July 06, 2009, Embassy Hanoi received a letter from Minister Cao Duc Phat of Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development regarding Vietnam's decision on the import of U.S. beef from cattle older than 30 months. In the letter, Minister Phat gave approval for import of U.S. b [...]	2009-07-07 11:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO TBIO EAGR PINR SOCI USTR EAID VM
09HANOI89	ASEAN POINT OF CONTACT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-05 09:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECIN EAID ASEAN VM
09HANOI927	Preliminary Assessment of Politburo Bad Boy To Huy Rua [...] (C) Following is Post's evaluation of To Huy Rua, Chairman of the CPV Propaganda and Education Commission, whom many identify as a leading hard-line voice within the Politburo. We welcome comment from INR/B and other analysts. 2. (C) The Politburo's newest member, To Huy Rua, is consi [...]	2009-12-15 02:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID MARR VM
09HARARE135	ZIM DONOR MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Minister of Finance Tendai Biti met with Multi Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) representatives on February 16 to discuss the dire economic situation and to discuss necessary steps to resuscitate the economy. Tsvangirai focused on the need to pay civil servan [...]	2009-02-18 15:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
09HARARE144	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ZIM MINISTER OF FINANCE BITI [...] (C) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call today on new Minister of Finance Tendai Biti. Bti outlined his plan for short-term economic recovery, but expressed concern about funding recurrent government expenditures over the next several months while the economy stabilizes. He acknowledged that [...]	2009-02-23 14:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAID ECON ZI
09HARARE166	UN A/SG URGES DONORS TO DO MORE IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 25 breakfast meeting with U.S. and UK Ambassadors, UN Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg urged donors to expand their humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe to include recovery activities. While she acknowledged the appropriateness [...]	2009-03-02 15:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE226	THE NEW GOZ: A ONE-MONTH ASSESSMENT [...] (C) The newly formed Government of Zimbabwe is not a government of national unity with shared values and goals. It is principally a forced marriage of two opposing parties that seek to strengthen themselves while weakening the other as they look toward elections in two years. 2. (C) The M [...]	2009-03-16 13:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE266	BANKS STRUGGLE WITH LOGISTICS OF PAYMENTS TO CIVIL [...] (U) Funds have been released to pay government employees the March US$100 foreign exchange allowance that tops up their worthless Zimbabwe dollar salaries. At mid-month, however, when the allowances were due to be paid, many recipients were not able to withdraw the funds due to shortcomings i [...]	2009-03-27 10:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ECON ASEC EAID ZI
09HARARE28	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA USAID DART SITUATION REPORT #3 [...] As of January 8, the U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) reported a total of more than 36,000 cholera cases in Zimbabwe since the outbreak began in August, with 1,822 deaths and a case fatality rate (CFR) of 5.0 percent. On January 6, the health cluster coordinator noted that a number of the [...]	2009-01-09 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM TBIO ZI
09HARARE289	IMPROVED BUDGET TRANSPARENCY IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe is a recipient of FY09 foreign assistance, as defined in Ref A, under the Department of State Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act (SFOAA). Post therefore provides the following response to the questions contained in Ref A. 2. (U) The G [...]	2009-04-06 15:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL EFIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE306	FOOD SECURITY PROJECT UNDER DEVELOPMENT [...] On April 8, a team led by Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Special Advisor Tesfai Tecle briefed donors on its efforts to design a project to promote food security in Zimbabwe. Tecle said that AGRA Chair Kofi Annan was approached by many Zimbabweans, including Prime Minister Tsv [...]	2009-04-15 07:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PHUM ZI
09HARARE324	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON ZIM MINISTER OF HEALTH AND CHILD [...] Summary: On April 8 Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Zimbabwe's new Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr. Henry Madzorera. He was accompanied by USAID Mission Director Karen Freeman and CDC Country Director, Dr. Ruth Walkup. Dr. Madzorera was joined by his Permanent Secretary Dr. Gera [...]	2009-04-17 14:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE329	USAID/OFDA FIELD TRIP REPORT: AGRICULTURE/FOOD SECURITY [...] From March 1-5, USAID's Southern Africa Principal Regional Advisor for the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Harlan Hale and USAID/OFDA Zimbabwe Humanitarian Program Specialist Mark Adams conducted field monitoring assessments of agriculture/food security projects in the Matabe [...]	2009-04-20 12:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE331	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA - USAID/DART CLOSE OUT [...] In response to the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) activated a USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART). The mission of the USAID/DART was to identify humanitarian needs, target USAID/OFDA funding, evaluate response effe [...]	2009-04-20 14:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE46	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA - USAID/DART HEALTH COORDINATION UPDATE [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) has been working closely with the team from the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and humanitarian partners to improve coordination, set up the cholera command-and-control center, and implement cholera response activities at the field le [...]	2009-01-16 15:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV ZI
09HARARE486	WASH Assessment trip, April 20 - May 1, 2009 [...] From April 20 to May 1, 2009, the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) specialist undertook an assessment of the WASH sector response to the present cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe. The water and sewer systems serving urban centers in Zimbabwe are in a state of severe disrepair as a result of fi [...]	2009-06-11 12:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE488	AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: NOT YET TIME TO REENGAGE [...] (SBU) Ambassadors and aid agency heads attended a briefing by African Development Bank (AFDB) President Donald Kaberuka on June 9. Kaberuka, who we met just after the COMESA summit in Victoria Falls, related his impressions of Zimbabwe and the content of various meetings with political and bus [...]	2009-06-11 15:07:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE50	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA - USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT #4 [...] As of January 22, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported a total of over 48,600 cholera cases in Zimbabwe since the outbreak began in August, with 2,755 deaths and a case fatality rate (CFR) of 5.7 percent. According to the WHO epidemiological report covering the week of January 11 to [...]	2009-01-23 08:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE530	ZIMBABWE CROP ASSESSMENT CABLE [...] INTRODUCTION: From April through June numerous crop production and household vulnerability assessments were carried out in Zimbabwe to determine potential food deficits and potential food aid needs. Five surveys have been released, though two still need to be approved by the Ministry of Agric [...]	2009-07-01 10:48:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV ZI
09HARARE557	CHINESE ASSISTANCE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Over the past couple of weeks, both President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have claimed credit for obtaining $US950 million in lines of credit from China. There were also reports that Zimbabwe would receive a $5 billion loan in exchange for platinum mining rights. A [...]	2009-07-06 10:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID ASEC PHUM CH ZI
09HARARE677	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEK'S VISIT TO ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Zimbabwe welcomes Representative Meeks and his delegation. Your visit comes at an important period in Zimbabwe's history following the entry into government of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in February of this year and is an opportunity to express support for dem [...]	2009-08-19 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAID ZI
09HARARE734	PEACE (BUT NOT PROSPERITY) RETURNS TO MAZOWE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) During election violence that stretched across Zimbabwe in 2008, few areas were hit harder than the Mazowe Central constituency in the heartland of Mashonaland Central province. We recently went to the rural area to visit a site for a proposed project for the Ambassador's Self Help fund. [...]	2009-09-16 10:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE744	USAID/OFDA FIELD TRIP REPORT: MITIGATING CHOLERA IN [...] SUMMARY: In mid-August, staff from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) met with implementing partners, beneficiaries, city officials, and United Nations (UN) personnel in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city, to assess current water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) co [...]	2009-09-17 14:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE745	EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES: HARARE [...] (U) This cable responds to questions presented in Ref. 2. A. (U) To what extent are diasporans from your host country an identifiable community? Are there existing diaspora networks, organizations or online communities available as platforms for outreach? i) (U) Estimates by NGOs, di [...]	2009-09-18 09:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG
09HARARE752	ZANU-PF YOUTH BEAT TEACHER FOR FAILING TO STRIKE [...] (U) On September 11, ZANU-PF youth beat up an elementary school teacher in a rural area in eastern Zimbabwe for not going on strike with the historically ZANU-PF-aligned Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA) union. The aggressors had warned the teacher that he should stop teaching "until Tsva [...]	2009-09-18 10:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID ELAB ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE754	ZIM NOTES 9-18-09 [...] Donors Pledge USD 70 Million to Education... In a September 14 ceremony attended by the Charge and numerous other heads of mission, the Educational Transition Fund announced it is investing USD 70 million in education. The fund will put textbooks and learning materials back in schools and guar [...]	2009-09-21 09:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ZI
09HARARE760	ZIMBABWEAN FILM DOCUMENTS LAND, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] (U) The Research Advocacy Unit (RAU),a local NGO dedicated to documenting various human rights abuses and launching advocacy campaigns, recently completed a film documenting human rights abuses involved in the recent land grabs. Although the land issue has largely revolved around the plight o [...]	2009-09-23 08:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM EAID EAGR ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE768	SURVEY SHOWS DRAMATIC DECLINE IN PUBLIC SUPPORT [...] (SBU) According to a survey conducted by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) in May 2009, if an election for president was held in Zimbabwe today, support for ZANU-PF would be at an all-time low -- just over 10 percent -- while the MDC would enjoy 57 percent support. Large majorities in [...]	2009-09-24 15:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ASEC ZI
09HARARE769	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH VICE-PRESIDENT MUJURU [...] (C) In a cordial meeting with the Charge, Vice-President Joice Mujuru hewed to the ZANU-PF party line in defending the progress of the inclusive government and in criticizing sanctions. She stated a constitutional process was in place, but that elections might not take place for some time. M [...]	2009-09-24 15:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EAID ZI
09HARARE771	ZIM NOTES 9-25-09 [...] Political Parties Reconfigure Control of Constitutional Process... The three principals to the power-sharing agreement, President Mugabe, PM Tsvangirai, and DPM Mutambara, met last week and agreed to form three new entities to oversee the constitutional process - a Management Committee that ap [...]	2009-09-26 16:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ZI
09HARARE775	ZIM SUPREME COURT: SECURITY FORCES VIOLATED MUKOKO'S [...] (U) On September 28 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe issued a ruling on behalf of a unanimous court that the constitutional rights of human rights activist Jestina Mukoko had been violated in connection with her abduction, torture, and detention by State agents last year. The [...]	2009-09-28 15:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE820	IMF REPORTS PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS FOR ZIM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 13 briefing for OECD Ambassadors in Harare, IMF Mission Chief Vitaly Kramenko reported that progress in budgetary execution was encouraging, but that problems remained, including concerns about the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ),wages and rule of law. He said [...]	2009-10-14 13:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EAID ZI
09HARARE822	FY10 RENEWAL OF DISASTER DECLARATION IN ZIMBABWE FOR [...] Recent public opinion polling reveals that many Zimbabweans feel more positive about the future than they have during recent years. They credit the transitional government and, more specifically, Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC for the economic improvements they have seen. But while the humanit [...]	2009-10-15 08:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE86	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA - USAID/DART WASH ASSESSMENT [...] From January 23 to February 7, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) specialist undertook an assessment of the WASH sector response to the present cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe. The water and sewer systems serving urban centers in Zimbabw [...]	2009-02-05 13:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
09HAVANA356	CIVIL SOCIETY PROJECT PROPOSALS AND PRISONERS' [...] (SBU) Cuban Civil Society members frequently present USINT officers with project proposals or requests for humanitarian aid. USINT officers also provide input about civil society conditions and aid requests during quarterly USAID LAC Grantee Coordination Meetings and through regular communicat [...]	2009-06-15 17:07:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU EAID PHUM PREL
09HAVANA424	EUROPEANS RAMPING UP AID TO CUBA [...] (C) The European Union is ramping up its Mission in Cuba to focus on implementing a 40 million euro cooperation (i.e. aid) agreement. Prior to October 2008, Cuba only accepted limited assistance from Belgium and Spain. Although the EU package does not provide any direct budget support, all [...]	2009-07-07 19:14:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL ECON PGOV CU
09HAVANA592	GOC SIGNALS "READINESS TO MOVE FORWARD" [...] (C) SUMMARY. Avowing a "readiness to move forward in our relationship," the Government of Cuba granted us unprecedented access to its state institutions during the visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Bisa Williams from September 16 to 22. To underscore the move, the GOC also offered t [...]	2009-09-25 17:39:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC EAID ETTC ODIP OEXC OFDP PHSA PHUM
09HAVANA736	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY TURNS VIOLENT IN HAVANA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Human Rights Day turned violent in Havana as State-organized mobs attacked separate marches by the Damas de Blanco and by supporters of Dr. Darsi Ferrer. While the Damas were generally insulated from physical assault by state security agents surrounding them, Ferrer's supporters w [...]	2009-12-10 22:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EAID SMIG CU
09HAVANA763	CUBA PASSES UP YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO UNVEIL [...] (C) Summary: Even with expectations already below sea level, the National Assembly session that wrapped up on December 20 was a considerable disappointment. In the absence of a Communist Party Congress, or even a Conference, some had hoped that the GOC would take advantage of the legislative [...]	2009-12-21 20:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EAID CU
09HELSINKI118	FINLAND STILL CONSIDERING PLEDGE FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 12:47:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK FI
09HELSINKI138	FINLAND: AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE [...] (C) Polchief met with Johan Schalin, MFA Director for Asia and Oceania, on April 8 to discuss specific contributions to Afghanistan (REF A) and Finland's participation in the April 17 Pakistan donors' conference (REF B). Schalin began by stressing that the Administration's white paper (REF C) [...]	2009-04-08 13:20:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI143	FINLAND: MADAGASCAR RETURN TO DEMOCRACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 13:12:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAID PGOV SZ NO MA FI
09HELSINKI228	FINLAND: 2 MILLION EUROS FOR UN'S MAY APPEAL [...] Charge Michael Butler delivered reftel demarche on assistance for Pakistan's displaced persons to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director General for Development Policy Ritva Koukku-Ronde. Koukku-Ronde noted that Finland has contributed over four million euros in assistance to Pakistan, pri [...]	2009-06-16 13:02:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EC PGOV PHUM PK FI PREF
09HELSINKI329	FOOD SECURITY: FINLAND COMMITTED TO INCREASING [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-01 12:21:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID EI ETRD FI
09HELSINKI34	FINNISH MINISTER TO PRESENT NEW TRANSATLANTIC AID [...] At the upcoming Informal Council meeting in Prague January 29-30, Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Vayrynen will seek support from EU Development ministers for the creation of a U.S.- EU Transatlantic Partnership for Sustainable Development. The purpose of the partner [...]	2009-01-28 13:13:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EU FI PREL
09HELSINKI9	FINLAND: OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] (SBU) PolOff discussed the Iranian candidacy for UNDP President with Marko Laine, Counselor, Unit for Development Issues (UNDP Desk for Finland). He plans to discuss the candidacy further with the political section at the Finnish MFA, but noted that their unofficial position will be to vote i [...]	2009-01-08 11:09:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR UN EAID FI

09HOCHIMINHCITY584	BIG IPR BUST SUGGESTS PROGRESS, BUT POLITICS ALSO PLAYED A [...] (SBU) Summary: An interagency team charged with enforcing intellectual property rights (IPR) raided a factory and a private house in Ho Chi Minh City last month, confiscating close to 100 boxes of pirated CDs and DVDs as well as the industrial-scale equipment used to manufacture them. The agg [...]	2009-08-21 03:10:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR EAID ETRD VM

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