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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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06RABAT1925UNGA ISSUES
[...] (C) On October 13, Poloff met with Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the issues raised in reftel A and to emphasize the US' denial of Venezuela's election to the Security Council, reftels A and B. [...]
2006-10-13 15:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM UNGA MO
06RABAT1951KING'S OPENING SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT FOCUSES ON
[...] (C) Summary: In his annual speech to open parliament's fall session, King Mohamed VI on October 13 highlighted both his commitment to reform and determination to maintain overall control. He said next year's legislative elections must be open, transparent, and legitimate. He said the 2007 l [...]
2006-10-18 19:12:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PREL PHUM ECON MO
06RABAT1979MOROCCAN ROAD SHOW ON WESTERN SAHARA RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) Immediately following intensive meetings in DC (October 11-13) to discuss the government of Morocco's (GOM) autonomy plans for the Western Sahara (reftels A, B),the delegation headed to various capitals. The delegation went to Paris, where they were met by President Jacques Chirac. [...]
2006-10-20 17:24:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PBTS MO UN
06RABAT1983SAHRAWI ACTIVISTS OUTLINE GRIEVANCES AND POSSIBLE
[...] (C) During a mid-October visit to Western Sahara, Sahrawi human rights activists indicated profound alienation from Moroccan authorities and deep skepticism about any autonomy package the GOM might be preparing, charging that human rights practices in the region were getting worse. They viewe [...]
2006-10-23 13:05:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KPKO MA WI
06RABAT1984WESTERN SAHARA: TECHNOCRAT TAKES THE REINS OVER
[...] (C) Summary: The newly appointed Wali (governor) of Layoune, territorial seat of Western Sahara, told visiting Embassy team he was sent to build up the Sahara rather than impose order. Polcouns underscored the U.S. view that an agreed settlement was the best way forward and emphasized that an [...]
2006-10-23 13:30:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MA WI
06RABAT1987UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND CHILDREN IN
[...] (C) In an October 23 meeting with Nasser Bourita, the MFA's Director-General for UN and Multilateral Affairs, A/Polcouns urged that Morocco vote against items 63 (a) and 67 (b),in the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly (reftel). 2. (C) Bourita replied that Morocco understood U.S. c [...]
2006-10-23 16:32:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALUNGA LE IS MA PHUM PTER
06RABAT2ASYLUM SEEKERS OVERWHELM UNHCR IN RABAT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 30, Poloffs from Rabat and Casablanca met with UNHCR Head of Mission, Johannes van der Klaauw, at UNHCR headquarters in Rabat to discuss the status of refugee seekers in Morocco and UNHCR,s future plans. Van der Klaauw highlighted the challenges with the dramatic [...]
2006-01-03 08:53:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALELAB MO PHUM PREF PREL SMIG SOCI
06RABAT2061NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR A BOYCOTT
[...] (C) Summary: A wave of agitation has given new life to an existing "boycott" of cooperation with the US, and has now become linked to the glorification of Hizballah. Six nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have pledged to boycott all programs and activities of the Mission. The largest, the [...]
2006-11-06 11:58:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT2073REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: IHOURANE, Abdendi DOB: May 12, 1970 POB: Khemisset, Morocco CIN#: E 410016 Rank: O-3 Unit: 1 Base - Sale Purpose: To attend the Legal Aspe [...]
2006-11-07 16:58:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
06RABAT2076DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, poloff delivered talking points to Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging Morocco to support the Australian amendment to the Cuba em [...]
2006-11-08 14:17:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA MO
06RABAT2095REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: BENMOUSSA, Brahim DOB: November 14, 1976 POB: Rabat, Morocco CIN#: BK 150820 Rank: Civilian Unit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Rabat Purp [...]
2006-11-10 14:22:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
06RABAT2096REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: FIZAZI, Ahmed DOB: July 22, 1963 POB: Oujda, Morocco CIN#: D 179002 Rank: O-4 Unit: Army HQ - Rabat Purpose: To attend the Infantry Office [...]
2006-11-10 14:22:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
06RABAT2123SAHRAWI ACTIVIST HAIDAR'S SAFE RETURN TO LAYOUNE
[...] (SBU) Aminetou Haidar, the prominent Sahrawi human rights activist, returned to her home in Layoune on November 15, following an extended trip abroad. According to an account posted on the website of the Polisario Front, confirmed by Embassy contacts in Western Sahara, Haidar arrived at Layou [...]
2006-11-16 14:31:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV MO
06RABAT2124SAHRAWI ACTIVIST HAIDAR'S SAFE RETURN TO LAYOUNE
[...] (SBU) Aminetou Haidar, the prominent Sahrawi human rights activist, returned to her home in Layoune on November 15, following an extended trip abroad. According to an account posted on the website of the Polisario Front, confirmed by Embassy contacts in Western Sahara, Haidar arrived at Layou [...]
2006-11-16 14:35:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV MO
06RABAT215SCENSETTER FOR VISIT OF SECDEF RUMSFELD
[...] (C) Summary: The US Mission and the Moroccan government warmly welcome your upcoming visit. We believe King Mohammed will see the visit as reinforcement of our solid relationship with Morocco, a relationship the King considers very important. Morocco continues cooperation with us to counte [...]
2006-02-09 14:03:00Embassy RabatSECRETMARR MO OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL
06RABAT2168REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following candidate(s): Name: NAGUIME, Samir DOB: February 8, 1970 POB: Meknes Morocco CIN#: D 403735 Rank: O-3 Unit: Forces Auxiliaries HQ's - Rabat Purpose: To attend th [...]
2006-11-24 09:44:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
06RABAT2252HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SIT-IN IN LAAYOUNE ATTACKED BY
[...] (SBU) To commemorate International Human Rights Day, the Sahrawi Association for Grave Human Rights Abuses (ASVDH),held a sit-in in Laayoune on December 10. The ASVDH stated that they had received the appropriate Government of Morocco (GOM) approvals, i.e., notification of an event 48 hours [...]
2006-12-13 15:13:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT2253ISLAMISTS STAGE DEMONSTRATION
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On December 8, the families of 350 Islamist prisoners staged a demonstration in front of the Consultative Council for Human Rights (CCDH) offices in Rabat. The demonstration was organized by the Annasir ("helpe [...]
2006-12-13 15:15:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT2254WESTERN SAHARA: AUTONOMY IDEAS EMERGE DESPITE
[...] (C) Summary: The so-called "CORCAS" autonomy plan that its president announced he would submit to the King was not broadly approved by Sahrawis, even among CORCAS itself. In the event CORCAS had legitimately approved, it still would have meant little, as CORCAS itself is not a representative [...]
2006-12-13 15:15:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPBTS PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT2255UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: SPECIAL SESSION ON SUDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-13 15:15:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA PHUM PREL SU UN MO
06RABAT2286MOROCCO'S NEW POLLING LAW - A STEP BACKWARDS?
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) is considering a new law that would for the first time formally regulate polling and public opinion research. A copy of the draft bill obtained by the Embassy imposes a requirement that all public opinion polls be vetted and approved in advance by [...]
2006-12-19 15:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM MO
06RABAT2296URGING MFA TO REACH OUT ON SAHARA AND DEFEND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-20 14:58:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM MO
06RABAT2327REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following candidate(s): Name: EL QORCHI, Driss DOB: 19 October 1965 POB: Rabat, Morocco CIN#: A 252614 Rank: O-4 Unit: Gendarmeri HQs Rabat Purpose: to attend the Marshall [...]
2006-12-26 11:57:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
06RABAT2328REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following candidate(s): Name: EL KHABBAZ, Abdellah DOB: December 31, 1962 POB: Douar Jarf, Morocco CIN#: G 121751 Rank: E-9 Unit: 2 Base - Meknes Purpose: to attend the Ad [...]
2006-12-26 11:59:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
06RABAT2329REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following candidate(s): Name: OUHDIF, Aziz DOB: 1973 POB: Khenifra, Morocco CIN#: I 300059 Rank: O-3 Unit: 2 Base - Meknes Purpose: to attend the Squadron Officer School a [...]
2006-12-26 12:02:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
06RABAT2335TIP CONFERENCE IN UAE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-26 16:20:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG MO
06RABAT2337MOROCCAN JUSTICE MINISTER ON PRESS AND POLLING
[...] (C) During a December 22 meeting with Moroccan Justice Minister Mohammed Bouzouba, the Ambassador urged that pending amendments to the press code encourage journalistic responsibility without impinging on freedom of expression. The Ambassador also expressed concern that a proposed law regulati [...]
2006-12-26 17:18:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER EFIN MO
06RABAT2344MINISTER OF INTERIOR TOUGH ON PRESS REFORM AND
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley raised freedom of expression issues, the Western Sahara and elections with Interior Minister Benmoussa December 27. Following up on earlier senior contacts, Ambassador argued for liberalization of the press code and against the new draft law on polling. Repeatedl [...]
2006-12-28 15:19:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPBTS PHUM PGOV MO
06RABAT238WESTERN SAHARA: DISSIDENTS SAY NO TO AUTONOMY, NO
[...] (C) Summary: Continuing our dialogue with Sahrawi civil society, emboffs and NEA/MAG Desk Officer met with a group of Sahrawi dissidents at the Laayoune home of prominent activist Mohammed Dadach for an hour the evening of January 25. The dissidents were members of the "Association for Sahr [...]
2006-02-10 16:41:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PHUM MO
06RABAT24MOROCCO'S EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION
[...] (C) Summary: The Equity and Reconciliation Commission's (IER) mandate ended November 30, bringing to a close the IER's almost two-year investigation into human rights abuses in Morocco between 1956 and 1999. The IER's final report was submitted to King Mohammed VI on December 1. On Decembe [...]
2006-01-05 18:50:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MO
06RABAT240WESTERN SAHARA: MINURSO'S HOPES AND FRUSTRATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: During NEA/MAG desk officer's January 23-27 visit to Morocco and the Western Sahara, Poloffs and desk officer met over dinner with Francesco Bastagli, the Secretary General's Special Envoy to the Western Sahara and SIPDIS MINURSO Chief of Staff Philippe Elghouyal on January 2 [...]
2006-02-10 17:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PGOV PHUM
06RABAT248WESTERN SAHARA: NORDICS PONDER NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Swedish and Norwegian Embassy First Secretaries Jonas Wendel and Lene Richter Strand called on Polcouns February 8 for a read-out of the embassy's late January visit to Laayoune (Refs A-D),and in turn updated Polcouns on the latest Nordic thinking on how to respond to what they view as u [...]
2006-02-13 15:57:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT283WESTERN SAHARA: THE WALI EXPOUNDS ON THE CURRENT
[...] (C) Summary: On January 25, NEA/MAG desk officer and emboffs met with Driss Sharqi, the Wali of the Laayoune region of the Western Sahara. The discussion covered autonomy (septel),Sahrawi demonstrations, the impact of the Equity and Reconciliation's (IER) final report, the development sit [...]
2006-02-17 17:32:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT29REP. LANTOS DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES, FREE TRADE,
[...] (C) Summary: PM Jettou January 3 told visiting Rep. Tom Lantos that Morocco appreciates U.S. efforts in the Middle East and Iraq, where positive results are beginning to take shape, and that Morocco would continue to do its part in the war on terror. Jettou was also encouraged by the appro [...]
2006-01-06 18:01:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON MA PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
06RABAT31THE KING CALLS FOR TURNING TO THE FUTURE
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) King Mohammed VI delivered a televised speech to the Moroccan nation on January 6, following midday prayers. The five-minute speech was announced in the press the previous day to maximize interest. In attendance [...]
2006-01-06 18:32:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT321SNAPSHOTS OF MOROCCO: MEKNES AND BACK TO RABAT
[...] (U) Meknes, Morocco's seventh largest city with a population of more than half a million, is located an hour and one-half southeast of Rabat and is easily accessible by a modern toll road with little traffic and at a minimal cost (USD 3) for expatriates. The drive is through foothills and agr [...]
2006-02-24 12:05:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT322REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the Moroccan nationals listed below who are scheduled for training starting on March 5, 2006 for two weeks in Atlanta, GA: Name: 0-4 Kharchafi, Aziz DOB: 8 December 1966 POB: Casabl [...]
2006-02-24 13:22:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR MOPS MO
06RABAT327REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the Moroccan nationals listed below who are scheduled for training starting on April 2, 2006 for one week in Washington, DC: Name: 0-5 Boui, Mohamed DOB: 1959 POB: Taounate, Morocco [...]
2006-02-24 15:12:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR MOPS MO
06RABAT328REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the Moroccan nationals listed below who are scheduled to attend the "Intelligence in Combat Terrorism" course at Ft. Huachuca, AZ from April 3-22, 2006: Name: 0-4 Kazouz, Anas DOB: 2 [...]
2006-02-24 15:20:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR MOPS MO
06RABAT333MFA DISCUSSES NEED FOR ASSISTANCE, PRESS FREEDOM
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 17, 2006 visiting NEA/MAG Office Director William Jordan met separately with MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani and MFA Director of American Affairs Salahuddin Tazi to dis [...]
2006-02-24 15:38:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
06RABAT344WESTERN SAHARA: MINURSO UPDATE AS OF MORNING OF
[...] (C) Following up on reftels, Polcouns called MINURSO political officer Alexandyr Sporys the morning of February 27 for an update on weekend activity in Tifariti and a status report on expected activity in Tifariti and Tindouf on February 27 and 28 to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the foun [...]
2006-02-27 12:02:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT355WESTERN SAHARA: MINURSO REPORTS CONTINUED CALM IN
[...] (C) MINURSO Political Officer Alexandr Sporys telephoned Polcouns at 8 pm local time February 27 to brief on the day's activities in Tifariti. Sporys said MINURSO peacekeepers based in Tifariti had observed part of the day's festivities in keeping with MINURSO's mandate. MINURSO estimated th [...]
2006-02-28 13:00:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT357HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CLINICS IN MOROCCO -- THE CASE
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. With funding ending March 31, Post seeks an opportunity to express support for the continuation of the American Bar Association "Human Rights Clinical Legal Educat [...]
2006-02-28 16:53:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT358WESTERN SAHARA: SAHRAWI CLAIMS POLISARIO HOLDS AN
[...] This cable is sensitive by unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff recently met with Dahi Akai, President of the Association of Those Who Disappeared by the Polisario. Akai presented a letter in Arabic for the Secretary requesting assistance for an American allegedly hel [...]
2006-02-28 16:55:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MO PBTS PGOV PHUM
06RABAT360WESTERN SAHARA: MFA SAYS CBMS IN JEOPARDY
[...] (C) During a February 22 meeting (reftel),MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale told Polcouns that the family visits program, a key element of the US-funded confidence-building measures in the Western Sahara, was in jeopardy as a result of politicization of the program by the Polisario. Hilale [...]
2006-02-28 22:00:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT389WESTERN SAHARA: PREPARING THE GOM FOR AUTONOMY
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with the MOI and MFA on February 17 in Rabat, and reiterated during the embassy's February 22 meeting with MFA SecGen Omar Hilale, visiting NEA/MAG Office Director William Jordan urged GOM officials to be expansive in their thinking on autonomy to make it real and cred [...]
2006-03-02 14:27:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT398MOROCCO: IS THE GOVERNMENT STRANGLING THE PRESS?
[...] (C) Freedom of the press continues to be a significant political and human rights issue in Morocco, and the mission continues to discuss the issue with the GOM at high levels, and to raise concerns as we see them. The GOM's latest tack appears to be one of levying heavy fines on offending p [...]
2006-03-03 15:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS MO
06RABAT399CIVIL SOCIETY INVOLVEMENT IN JUDICIAL REFORM
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The American Bar Association (ABA) has MEPI and DRL funds to implement "rule of law" reform changes in Morocco. One of the MEPI funded programs is "judicial development" (reftel A). In light of th [...]
2006-03-03 15:58:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MO
06RABAT431WESTERN SAHARA: AUTONOMY, INTEGRATION, AND
[...] (C) Summary: During the mission's last visit to the Western Sahara in late January, and in a subsequent conversation with the Mayor of Laayoune in Rabat, emboffs have had opportunities to engage with local officials, NGOs, and other contacts concerning their views on autonomy, integration, [...]
2006-03-08 15:57:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PHUM MO
06RABAT432PRESS FREEDOM: MOROCCO NEEDS TO AVOID A BLACK EYE
[...] (C) During a March 2 meeting with MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani, DCM raised freedom of the press in Morocco, noting that recent actions against journalists in Morocco (reftels) appeared at odds with the country's increasing democratization. It appeared the GOM was taking a [...]
2006-03-08 18:33:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PHUM PREL
06RABAT433WESTERN SAHARA: DCM UNDERSCORES NEED FOR SERIOUS
[...] (C) During a March 2 meeting with MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani, which also covered freedom of expression (Ref A),DCM underscored the need for Morocco to produce a serious, credible autonomy plan that could serve as the basis of negotiations with the Polisario as well as A [...]
2006-03-08 18:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT442DEPUTY FM FASSI FIHRI VENTS ON THE WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) Ambassador telephoned Deputy FM Fassi Fihri midday on March 8 to inform him about the cancellation of A/S Welch's planned March 13-14 visit to Morocco. A fifty-three minute conversation ensued. Fassi Fihri pressed regarding the rest of the trip, and the Ambassador said A/S Welch still mi [...]
2006-03-09 18:32:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT448UPDATE ON ICRC ACTIVITIES IN MOROCCO
[...] (SBU) Over lunch March 2 in Rabat, visiting ICRC Regional Representative Bernard Pfefferle and Polcouns discussed the following issues: Western Sahara -------------- 2. (C) Pfefferle sought latest US views on the political situation in the Western Sahara. Polcouns said the US believe [...]
2006-03-10 14:44:00Embassy RabatSECRETMO PGOV PHUM PREL
06RABAT461WESTERN SAHARA: MOROCCAN POLITICAL PARTIES KICK
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: On March 10-11, the Islamist Party for Justice and Development (PJD),teaming up with the smaller Forces Citoyennes party (FC),held a conference at the Tour Hassan Hotel in Rabat entitled "Regionalization and Autonomy: Models and Options." International experts fro [...]
2006-03-14 17:56:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT507MFA, MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS OBJECT TO MEPI
[...] (C) Summary: Minister-Delegate for Foreign Affairs Fassi Fihri and Communications Minister Benabdallah told Ambassador Riley March 20 that media outlets accepting MEPI grants or other foreign funding would constitute a violation of Moroccan law, punishable by fines and imprisonment. They e [...]
2006-03-21 18:14:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO KMPI KPAO PHUM PREL
06RABAT516OFFICIAL MOROCCAN VIEWS ON REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT,
[...] (C) Summary: Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator Gerard Cheyne met with GOM officials during his March 3-10 visit to Morocco and Western Sahara to discuss the possibility of launching a limited resettlement program and the CBM family visit exchanges occurring in the Western Sahara. Chey [...]
2006-03-23 10:28:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREF PBTS PREL PHUM UNHCR PGOV MO EG
06RABAT517HUMAN RIGHTS: PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW LAW AGAINST
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On March 16, the GOM announced parliament's passage of a new law against torture, according to the English-language Morocco Times. The Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bouzoubaa, reportedly said, "The new law aga [...]
2006-03-23 11:50:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PBTS MO
06RABAT530MOROCCO SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] On Thursday March 23, 2006, Embassy received Diplomatic Note number 961 from the Moroccan MFA, requesting USG support for its candidature to the newly-created UN Human Rights Council (reftel). A copy of the diplomatic note has been faxed separately to NEA/MAG. 2. Begin text of GOM transl [...]
2006-03-24 17:24:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO PHUM PREL
06RABAT531MEPI MEDIA GRANTS PROGRAMS ALARM THE GOM; EMBASSY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-25 03:47:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALOIIP PHUM SCUL KMPI KPAO KIRC MO
06RABAT539WESTERN SAHARA: A TOUGH SPEECH CAPS A MOMENTOUS
[...] (C) King Mohammed spent five days in the Western Sahara, March 20-25, his first visit to the disputed territory since March 2002. The timing of the visit, coming amidst a public consultation process on autonomy and private diplomacy by Moroccan Deputy FM Fassi Fihri with Paris and Washington, [...]
2006-03-27 19:16:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT540THE BERBER (AMAZIGH) IN MOROCCO, PART I
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff and PAO traveled from Rabat to Al-Akhawayn University, located in the foothills of the Middle Atlas mountain range, south to Erfoud in the anti-Atlas, west to Agdaz and north to Ouarzazate and through the High Atlas range to Marrakesh from March 10 through March 17 on a c [...]
2006-03-28 11:06:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR MO
06RABAT552WESTERN SAHARA: THE MFA HELPS UNVEIL THE NEW
[...] (C) Summary: The MFA requested the Ambassador's attendance at a meeting on March 28 with MFA SecGen Omar Hilale and other Western Hemisphere ambassadors. The subject of the meeting was the King's recent speech (reftel) and the formation of the "Conseil Royal Consultatif pour les Affaires S [...]
2006-03-28 17:40:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT558AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF
[...] (C) Ambassador called on new Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa the afternoon of March 28. Ambassador expressed appreciation for the strong relations between the USG and the ministry and encouraged the MOI to go forward with anti money laundering legislation as well as a letter of agreement [...]
2006-03-29 15:06:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
06RABAT561WESTERN SAHARA: INFORMAL MINURSO VIEWS ON CURRENT
[...] (C) MINURSO Political Officer Alexander Sporys (please protect) visited Rabat March 22-24 for consultations with the P-5, Spanish, and South Africans at the request of SRSG Bastagli. Sporys called on Polcouns March 23. SRSG Bastagli is expected in Rabat for follow-on discussions in early Apr [...]
2006-03-29 18:52:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT567THE AMAZIGH (BERBERS),PART II: ERFOUD AND RISSANI
[...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of cables drawn from a combined outreach and reporting trip by Poloff and PAO to the anti-Atlas from March 10-17. Erfoud is a medium-sized town, which is quickly becoming a tourist hub for the region, whereas Rissani is a small town on the road sou [...]
2006-03-30 17:01:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PHUM PINR SCUL
06RABAT615THE AMAZIGH (BERBERS),PART III: ASSOCIATIONS IN
[...] (C) Summary: This cable is the third in a series of cables from a combined outreach and reporting trip by Poloff and PAO to the anti-Atlas (south side of the Atlas Mountains) from March 10-17. The area discussed is part of the Meknes-Tafilalt region (reftels) and, like the Erfoud area, it [...]
2006-04-06 16:29:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR SCUL MO
06RABAT616SEVENTEEN ACTIVISTS IN THE WESTERN SAHARA: BEATEN
[...] (C) Summary: On April 3, seventeen Sahrawi prisoners were brought to court from Laayoune prison for their trials. According to the Polisario website and Sahrawi activist Brahim Afari who called Polcouns April 4, the prisoners were "severely beaten" in vans on the way to the court. One acti [...]
2006-04-06 17:32:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN PBTS PHUM MO
06RABAT618EMBASSY OFFICERS DISCUSS FOREIGN POLICY WITH
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Poloffs visited Morocco's prestigious Al-Akhawayn University on April 3 to meet with faculty and discuss US-Morocco relations and human rights with undergraduate and graduate students as part o [...]
2006-04-07 08:13:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT62MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Contents --PPS Consolidates Socialist Alliance, Prepares Congress --Eid al-Adha: Prayer, Sacrifice, and Pardon --Morocco and Kuwait Join Forces to Promote Moderate Islam --King Supports Moroccan Children's Parliament --Morocco Creates Young Scientist Academy --Vietnam Opens Embassy in [...]
2006-01-13 17:02:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL MO
06RABAT630UNHCR REMAINS UPBEAT ON REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT
[...] (SBU) Over lunch March 30, UNHCR Head of Office Johannes Van der Klaauw told Polcouns that he remained optimistic at UNHCR's capacity to resettle abroad several hundred individuals in Morocco whom UNHCR had determined to be refugees. Following the visit of Cairo-based refugee coordinator (Re [...]
2006-04-07 14:13:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PHUM PREL MO
06RABAT633PARTY FOR JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT HOSTS CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: The Islamist Party for Justice and Development (PJD) hosted a conference March 31-April 1 on "U.S. Decision-Making and Its Impact on Moroccan-American Relations." Participants included party leaders as well as rank and file PJD members, select diplomats, academics and NGOs. Gues [...]
2006-04-07 15:17:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PREL PHUM MO
06RABAT635THE AMAZIGH (BERBERS),PART IV: WESTERN ANTI-ATLAS
[...] (C) Summary: From March 10-17, Poloff and PAO were on a combined outreach and reporting trip in the anti-Atlas, south of the Atlas mountains on the edge of the Sahara Desert. This cable is the fourth in a series. The population of the western section of the anti-Atlas is larger, and, the as [...]
2006-04-07 16:08:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR SCUL MO
06RABAT637WESTERN SAHARA: BASTAGLI MAKES THE CASE FOR
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 6 meeting with the Ambassador, SRSG Bastagli argued that tighter and more robust operations over the last six months had made MINURSO a more effective force. Violations of the ceasefire were down 50 percent. Confidence-building measures remained essential to UN [...]
2006-04-07 16:40:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT642MOROCCO: U.S. NOT TO RUN FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) A/Polcouns met April 10 with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita to deliver reftel message that the U.S. will not run for a seat on the new UN Human Rights Council this year. Bourita responded with a request for the U.S. to support Morocco's bid to b [...]
2006-04-10 16:43:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKUNR PREL PHUM UNGA MO
06RABAT671WESTERN SAHARA: GOM CLAIMS IT'S NOT STALLING ON
[...] (C) Following up on SRSG Bastagli's April 6 comment that Morocco had turned off a third attempted visit to the Western Sahara by the UN High Commission for Human Rights (reftel),Polcouns called MFA Director for UN Affairs Nasser Bourita the afternoon of April 13 to get the official Moroccan [...]
2006-04-14 15:18:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT676IS THERE AN AMAZIGH (BERBER) IDENTITY IN MOROCCO?
[...] (C) Summary: While the constitution of Morocco recognizes ethnic and religious diversity, it is also clear that citizens are to think of themselves as Moroccan, not as members of separate ethnic or religious groups. Recent Amazigh history in Morocco (reftel A),however, points to the perse [...]
2006-04-14 16:33:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR MO
06RABAT679MOROCCO: FORMATION OF UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] Reftel letter from the Secretary was delivered to the office of Foreign Minister Mohamed Benaissa on April 14. Post also delivered reftel demarche to the office of MFA Director of UN Affairs Nasser Bourita on April 14. Post will report any substantive response septel. ********************** [...]
2006-04-14 17:31:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA MO
06RABAT680DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - AFRICAN
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche to the office of MFA Director of UN Affairs Nasser Bourita on April 14. Post will report any substantive response septel. ****************************************** Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website; http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/rabat *************** [...]
2006-04-14 17:33:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR PHUM UNCHR UN MO
06RABAT734WESTERN SAHARA: MOROCCANS NERVOUS ABOUT IMPENDING
[...] (C) Deputy FM Fassi Fihri telephoned the Ambassador late afternoon April 20 to express concern about the contents of the SYG's report on the Western Sahara, soon to be released, as well as impending action on the Western Sahara by the UN Security Council. Fassi Fihri understood that the Secur [...]
2006-04-21 11:27:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT736HUMAN RIGHTS CLINICS IN MOROCCO -- SPENDING MONEY
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 4. 3. (SBU) Summary: On April 18, Poloff and Laboff visited the Human Rights Clinical Legal Education program at Hassan II University in Mohammedia, loc [...]
2006-04-21 12:01:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT779GOM SEEKS US SUPPORT IN BID FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post received the following diplomatic note and aide-memoire seeking US support for Morocco's candidacy to the Human Rights Council. As the aide-memoire is a comprehensive summary of how the GOM views its [...]
2006-04-26 16:21:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV MO
06RABAT786INTERIOR MINISTER'S FIRST INTERVIEW OFFERS GLIMPSE
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Coming on the heels of his recent visit to France, Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa provided April 19, 2006 the Moroccan French-language daily L'Economiste his first official interview since being appointed [...]
2006-04-27 11:00:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PTER MO
06RABAT787MOROCCO: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY OF IRAN
[...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche April 27 with MFA Director for International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita and urged Morocco to oppose the candidacy of Iran and other serious human rights abusers during the May 9 vote for the UN Human Rights Council. Bourita said that Iran [...]
2006-04-27 11:05:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL MO
06RABAT908AMAZIGH (BERBER) CONFERENCE DEMANDS
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) Le Reporter (April 20),a weekly French-language magazine format journal, reported the results of the April 7 and 8 Amazigh (Berber) conference held in Meknes. (Note: Meknes is located east of Rabat in the Mekne [...]
2006-05-10 08:32:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PINR MO
06RABAT911MOROCCO: UN DEMOCRACY FUND INVITATION FOR GRANT
[...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel fund on April 27 with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita. Bourita expressed interest in the fund and said that it was likely that the GOM would be interested in participating. He said he would review the information and pro [...]
2006-05-10 13:59:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM UNGA MO
06RABAT913WESTERN SAHARA: GOM WILL PROCEED WITH OHCHR VISIT
[...] (SBU) MFA Director of UN and International Affairs Nasser Bourita told Polcouns May 10 that the May 15 visit of the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) was going forward, and the program had been prepared. The delegation, which would not include Louise Arbour, would arrive [...]
2006-05-10 18:37:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMO PBTS PHUM PREL PINR
06RABAT918CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN MOROCCO: IS IT ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: Constitutional reform is regularly brought up by contacts and is occasionally a topic in the press. Reform, however, does not mean the entire constitution but rather portions of it which directly relate to the interest or interests of a particular group. Whereas Moroccans desc [...]
2006-05-11 13:49:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR MO
06RABAT922IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES - MOROCCO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 16:10:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKBCT ABLD PHUM ETTC MO
06RABAT968MOURAD EL HAMYANI DEPORTATION
[...] (S) Embassy Rabat provides the following background concerning the possible deportation of Moroccan terrorist suspect Mourad El Hamyani to Morocco. The Moroccan police have an arrest warrant for El Hamyani for criminal activity, including armed robbery with the intent to use the profits to f [...]
2006-05-19 16:20:00Embassy RabatSECRETMO PHUM PREL PTER
06RABAT970ICRC SEES PROGRESS WITH GOM ON HUMANITARIAN ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Over lunch May 18, ICRC Regional Delegate Bernard Pfefferle told Polcouns the ICRC was generally pleased with progress on the humanitarian issues it is working with the GOM, and especially with progress on resolving the issue of the disappeared between Morocco and the Polisario Front. [...]
2006-05-19 18:07:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RANGOON1012PROGRESS ON TRANSNATIONAL TIP SLOWING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 07:14:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM PREL BM
06RANGOON1013SURRENDER OF SHAN STATE ARMY-SOUTH BRIGADE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 07:22:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SNAR PINS BM
06RANGOON1014BURMA,S NGOS OPERATING IN AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 08:56:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON EAID PREL BM
06RANGOON1036IN BURMA, SMALL NGO EFFORTS SCORE BIG IMPACT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While international NGOs and organizations in Burma face increasing pressure on their activities (reftel),local initiatives to improve health and educational and meet other basic development needs are growing. These projects, often organized by NLD-affiliated civic leaders and [...]
2006-07-21 09:33:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON1042KAYAH STATE - BURMANS IN AND KARENNIS OUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Catholic Bishop Sotero Phamo of Loikaw, the capitol of Kayah State, briefed Charg on July 21 on daily life in his diocese. Ethnic Burmans have taken over leadership of the state and businesses, backed by nearly a dozen Burmese Army battalions. Kayah residents, predominately ethn [...]
2006-07-24 10:01:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREF PINS BM
06RANGOON1050BURMA: MANUVEURING FOR CHANGE
[...] (S) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) doctor met with Charge July 20 to discuss recent developments. He has not seen her since June 10 when she was ill, but expects to see her again by early August. He indicated that plans to use Martyr's Day, July 19, to launch public protests against the [...]
2006-07-25 05:59:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON1057INSPIRING THOSE WHO SEEK CHANGE IN BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: Ludu Sein Win shows what can be done in Burma today, contradicting the many who have concluded that nothing can be done. He defied his police monitors to write a well-articulated plea for change that appeared May 23 in the International Herald Tribune. Increasing desperation has [...]
2006-07-25 10:07:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON1061JOHNNY COMES MARCHING "HOME" TO BURMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOB confirmed rumors that Johnny Htoo, former child soldier and co-leader of Karen rebel faction "God's Army," surrendered to the SPDC with eight others on July 19. Along with his twin brother Luther, he briefly led local Karen compatriots to resist the Burmese Army in the la [...]
2006-07-26 08:46:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS BM
06RANGOON1065DISCORD AMONG BURMA'S KAREN INSURGENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The power vacuum created by the grave illness of Karen National Union (KNU) leader General Bo Mya has opened a serious split between the KNU and its armed faction, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA). While the KNU feels pressured by exile groups to continue the fight, the [...]
2006-07-27 10:30:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ASEC BM
06RANGOON1075BURMA'S WOMEN'S AFFAIRS FEDERATION TOUTS ITSELF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Myanmar Women's Affairs Federation (MWAF),an organization closely linked to the GOB, claims to prevent human trafficking and assist victims, its primary focus seems more geared to propaganda. Its small operating budget limits its effectiveness. The organization has [...]
2006-07-31 09:42:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID KWMN BM
06RANGOON1076CHINA WORRIED ABOUT DRUGS FROM BURMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China's Political Section chief in Rangoon told emboffs that China does not consider trafficking in persons (TIP) between China and Burma to be a serious issue, but she called drug trafficking China's "number one headache," and indicated that illegal logging complicated bilateral [...]
2006-07-31 10:27:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON SENV SNAR PREL BM
06RANGOON1077MIN KO NAING TRIES TO UNIFY BURMA'S OPPOSITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Min Ko Naing, former political prisoner and leader of the "88 Generation Students," used the July 19 Martyrs' Day holiday to show support for the NLD in an ongoing effort to mend the fractured relationship between the NLD and student groups. Min Ko Naing is taking on a more act [...]
2006-07-31 10:57:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1097BURMA: THE REGIME HARDENS ITS POSITION ON ASEAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Burma's ruling Generals are the hardest of the hardliners. They have made decisions to harden their positions on ASEAN, the democratic opposition, and the ethnic minorities. Only high-ranking UN representatives may be allowed access to Aung San Suu Kyi; visiting ASEAN representa [...]
2006-08-02 11:16:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON1122POL TEMPLATE...DO NOT ERASE!
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 11:04:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON1123STUDENT ACTIVISTS COMMEMORATE THE 1988 UPRISING
[...] (C) Summary: Over 500 democracy activists and supporters gathered in Rangoon on August 8, the 17th anniversary of the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, to commemorate their fallen comrades in a religious ceremony held at Thaikpan Monastery in Rangoon. The event, organized by the 88 Generation Stude [...]
2006-08-08 11:15:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON1124BURMA: CHARGE MEETS WITH MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After several requests and cancellations, Charge finally met with Minister for Home Affairs Maung Oo to stress the importance of meaningful progress toward democracy, the release of political prisoners, and greater access to Burma for journalists. The Minister lamented the West [...]
2006-08-08 11:20:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON1170BURMA: 11 AIDS ACTIVISTS AND 20 MONKS ARRESTED
[...] (C) Summary: Eleven HIV/AIDS activists close to the 88 Students Generation Group were arrested August 13 for not properly registering to spend the night at a monastery where they were preparing a ceremony for HIV/AIDS victims. Members of Min Ko Naing's Students Group and the NLD gathered at t [...]
2006-08-14 10:34:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KHIV PREL BM
06RANGOON1195THREE DISEASES FUND DONORS MOVE AHEAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The new Three Diseases (3D) Fund in Burma should become operational by December 2006. The UN is recruiting Fund staff and the UK just announced a $38 million funding commitment to the 3D Fund, while the Netherlands committed one million euros. The six donor nations -- UK, EC, [...]
2006-08-18 14:16:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID SOCI KHIV BM
06RANGOON1196BURMESE HARASSMENT CONTINUES PAST DEATH
[...] (U) On August 12, ex-political prisoner and NLD member Ko Than Lwin died of complications related to HIV/AIDS. Ko Than Lwin had contracted HIV/AIDS in jail after being arrested in 1998 and sentenced to 14 years in prison for distributing copies of the opposition journal "New Era." He was rele [...]
2006-08-18 14:16:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM KHIV
06RANGOON1241RESPONSES ON KARENNI NATIONAL DEFENCE ARMY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Little information is available about the Karenni National Defence Army (KNDA) outside of open sources. Post has no information or evidence that the KNDA has engaged in any activities that are considered acts of terrorism, nor has it posed any threat to U.S. national security or [...]
2006-08-30 09:34:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREF PTER BM
06RANGOON1287RESPONSES ON CHIN NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has no evidence that Chin National League for Democracy (CNLD) has ever planned or engaged in violence to achieve its objectives, nor that it poses any threat to the United States. The CNLD is an ethnic political party with no armed faction. The CNLD has held discussions wi [...]
2006-09-08 06:40:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PTER BM
06RANGOON1288RESPONSES ON THE ARAKAN LIBERATION PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has no information that the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) has engaged in any activities that are considered acts of terrorism, nor do we have any information that it poses any threat to U.S. national security or to the security of U.S. nationals or allies. Little information [...]
2006-09-08 06:50:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PINS PTER BM
06RANGOON1327PREPARING GAMBARI FOR HIS NEXT VISIT TO BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: Post supports U/SYG Gambari's efforts to foster dialogue in Burma, but another trip stage-managed by the regime would be counterproductive. The regime's extension of Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest shortly after Gambari's last visit was a slap in the face of the UN. Gambari nee [...]
2006-09-13 10:39:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON1346NGOS IN BURMA TRY TO STAY FREE OF INTERFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Seven months after the GOB issued new guidelines designed to regulate international and local NGOs operating in Burma, no one is sure which rules apply to which NGOs, but most organizations continue to face increased scrutiny and restrictions on their activities. Lack of coordi [...]
2006-09-18 06:46:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV EAID BM
06RANGOON136YAWN: BURMESE REGIME RECESSES NATIONAL CONVENTION
[...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime recessed its National Convention (NC) on January 31, ending the third session of an indefinite process to produce a new constitution that accords the military preeminent governing powers. The GOB did not announce a date to reconvene the NC, although a senior g [...]
2006-02-01 09:07:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1360CHALLENGES IN REMOTE SOUTHERN CHIN STATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: One visit to Mindat District in southern Chin State is enough to confirm it is one of the least developed areas in Burma. The impoverished majority Christian population faces widespread officially sanctioned religious discrimination. Lack of employment options remains a major [...]
2006-09-19 05:10:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID ECON BM
06RANGOON1361SPDC AND UNICEF DISCUSS CHILD SOLDIERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SPDC Secretary-1 Lt. Gen. Thein Sein recently told UNICEF that Burma is making progress on reducing child soldiers in its military, although UNICEF admits it has no mechanism to verify these claims. The regime continues to refuse UNICEF's request for regular, unannounced visits to [...]
2006-09-19 05:48:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KOCI BM
06RANGOON1363RESPONSES ON KAYAN NEW LAND PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has no information or evidence that the Kayan New Land Party (KNLP) has engaged in any activities that are considered acts of terrorism, nor has it posed any threat to U.S. national security or to the security of U.S. nationals or allies. The KNLP was a founding member of the [...]
2006-09-19 08:51:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREF PTER BM
06RANGOON1375BURMA'S FORMER POLITICAL PRISONERS PERSEVERE
[...] (C) Summary: Years in Burmese prisons have not dampened the will of many political prisoners to work within the country to promote change. Despite a tough adjustment period to life on the outside, former prisoners once active in the pro-democracy movement still hold tightly to their beliefs. [...]
2006-09-20 09:32:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID KPAO BM
06RANGOON1376LITTLE PROGRESS ON FORCED LABOR IN BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: ILO Burma Liaison Officer Richard Horsey said the GOB is making slow progress on the two outstanding issues raised at the June International Labor Conference (ILC): a moratorium on prosecutions of forced labor complainants, and agreement on a mechanism to handle forced labor compl [...]
2006-09-20 10:32:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM PGOV BM
06RANGOON1377OPPOSITION ELATED BY UNSC ATTENTION TO BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: The UNSC's decision to place Burma on its September agenda was greeted warmly by leaders of the National League for Democracy (NLD),student activists, and ethnic parties in Burma. The regime reacted by praising China, Russia, and other countries who opposed UNSC action and blast [...]
2006-09-20 10:42:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON138BURMA: WORLD VISION MOVES FORWARD AGAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Six months ago, the future of World Vision International (WVI) aid programs in Burma looked bleak. The GOB had ordered WVI to close some projects and restricted expatriate staff from conducting field visits. In the past three months, however, the GOB's cooperation has measurably [...]
2006-02-02 05:45:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1382COURT DISMISSES CASE CITED BY ILO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-21 06:47:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM PGOV BM
06RANGOON140BURMESE AND SHAN FORCES FIGHT IT OUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent GOB "news" conference announced the surrender of elements of the insurgent Shan State Army - South in northern Shan State. However, the GOB neglected to mention that the surrender followed a serious battle, in which a DEA source claims the Shan killed dozens of Burmese A [...]
2006-02-02 07:29:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREL BM
06RANGOON1432BURMA: TOP OPPOSITION LEADERS DETAINED BY REGIME
[...] (C) Summary: At 6:30 a.m. on September 27, Police Special Branch officers came to the homes of the leaders of the 88 Generation Students -- Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi and Htay Kway -- and NLD MP elect U Hla Theing, and took all four to separate locations for questioning. SB questioned U Hla [...]
2006-09-27 09:47:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1436BURMA: REGIME CONTINUES TO DETAIN OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: 88 Generation Student leaders Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi, and Htay Kywe remain in detention today at a Police Special Branch office in Rangoon. Min Ko Naing has been in contact with members of his group and communicated that he is being pressured to sign statements about the regime [...]
2006-09-28 08:19:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON146ILO REP PUSHING FOR GOB ACTION TO MATCH PROMISES
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Burma has reacted to international concern over their 2005 treatment of the ILO Liaison Officer (ref B),swiftly approving his latest request for in-country travel to look at forced labor issues and taking his personal security seriously for the first time. On th [...]
2006-02-03 04:57:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
06RANGOON1461(C) REGIME DETAINS TWO MORE PRO-DEMOCRACY LEADERS;
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 30 the GOB detained two more leaders of the 88 Generation Students pro-democracy group. In a meeting with emboffs shortly before his arrest, 88 Generation leader Pyone Cho said their organization is preparing for the potential long-term detention or arrest of sever [...]
2006-10-02 09:41:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1474UN REMAINS CAUTIOUS IN BURMA
[...] (C) Summary. The UN Resident Coordinator (UNRC) in Burma shared with us yesterday an internal UN report on U/SYG Gambari's Friday September 29 UNSC briefing, which indicates that Gambari's next visit to Burma may focus more on continuing a dialogue with the ruling military regime than pushin [...]
2006-10-04 10:54:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1475BURMA REGIME PRESSURES CEASE-FIRE GROUPS TO OPPOSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Official GOB media is publishing daily notices by ethnic cease-fire groups that condemn the UNSC decision to place Burma on its agenda. Several cease-fire groups told us privately that they issued the notices under pressure and privately thanked the United States for its initiati [...]
2006-10-04 14:58:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1485BURMA: UPDATE ON DETAINED PRO-DEMOCRACY LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: Nine days after the detention of Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi, and Htay Kywe and five days after the arrest of Pyone Cho and Min Zeya, the regime is taking a harder line, while public frustration is rising. Articles appearing today in the regime's mouthpiece daily paper indicate the [...]
2006-10-05 10:04:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON15INDEPENDENCE DAY: REGIME SUBDUED, OPPOSITION BUOYED
[...] (C) Summary: The Burmese military regime and the democratic opposition commemorated Burma's independence anniversary on January 4 with sharply contrasting and separate events. The SPDC focused on criticizing those who oppose the regime and on heralding its own achievements since assuming powe [...]
2006-01-05 10:52:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON PINS ASEC BM
06RANGOON1512KACHINS BET ON THE NATIONAL CONVENTION PROCESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kachin Independence Organization's (KIO) delegate to the National Convention believes the ethnics must try to strike the best possible deal with the regime via the National Convention and try to amend the constitution later, following a period of confidence building. He thinks [...]
2006-10-13 04:17:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1518DEADLINE LOOMS FOR GOB ACTION ON FORCED LABOR
[...] (C) Summary: ILO Liaison Officer Richard Horsey has been able to maintain regular contact with the Ministry of Labor over the past three months and has begun discussions on a mechanism to address forced labor charges in Burma. Horsey said the GOB's reaction to the draft text has been generally [...]
2006-10-13 09:08:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON PGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON1519BURMA: MFA DEMARCHES CHARGE ON UNSC DISCUSSION
[...] (U) On October 10, Deputy Director General of the MFA's International Organizations Division, U Hla Myint, called in the Charge d'Affaires to deliver a lackluster protest against U.S. comments during the September 29 UNSC discussion on Burma. Noting that the Foreign Minister had instructed h [...]
2006-10-13 09:41:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON152GOB PLANS DRACONIAN REGULATIONS FOR UN/NGOS
[...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime plans invasive new guidelines increasing its control over UN agencies and NGOs and further restricting the delivery of international assistance. If implemented, the draconian regulations would assign GOB ministries sweeping authority, including oversight of all [...]
2006-02-06 10:02:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON1520KAYAH: A VIEW OF BURMA'S SMALLEST STATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite obstacles to travel, emboffs made a rare visit to Loikaw, capital of Kayah State, on September 26-29. Local businesspersons, religious leaders, and humanitarian workers described the very rigid controls by authorities on their movements and activities. Tourism is non-exi [...]
2006-10-13 10:25:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS EAID BM
06RANGOON1521A WHITE REVOLUTION IN BURMA?
[...] (C) Summary: Detained pro-democracy leaders Min Ko Naing, Htay Kywe, and Ko Ko Gyi contacted members of their organization via cell phone on October 12, instructing them to begin demanding that the GOB release them. Meanwhile, the 88 Generation Students have obtained over 210,000 signatures [...]
2006-10-13 10:39:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1536KNU AND SPDC RE-ESTABLISH COMMUNICATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent visit to Rangoon by a team representing the Karen National Union (KNU) was not to negotiate a cease-fire agreement, but to re-establish communication links for future negotiations with the regime. The KNU representatives said they would return in two to three weeks, but [...]
2006-10-17 09:56:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREL BM
06RANGOON154GOB PLANS DRACONIAN REGULATIONS FOR UN/NGOS
[...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime plans invasive new guidelines increasing its control over UN agencies and NGOs and further restricting the delivery of international assistance. If implemented, the draconian regulations would assign GOB ministries sweeping authority, including oversight of all [...]
2006-02-07 00:58:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON1542THE DRY ZONE SPILLS OVER: FLOODS, AIDS AND TIP
[...] (C) Summary: Recent heavy rains created havoc across Burma's central Dry Zone. Dams burst, Mandalay airport's main access road flooded, and many other roads washed away, leaving dozens of villagers drowned and transportation crippled. Excessive rains severely damaged peanut crops, a primary [...]
2006-10-18 06:22:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON PGOV PHUM PREL GTIP SOCI BM
06RANGOON155YAWN: BURMESE REGIME RECESSES NATIONAL CONVENTION
[...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime recessed its National Convention (NC) on January 31, ending the third session of an indefinite process to produce a new constitution that accords the military preeminent governing powers. The GOB did not announce a date to reconvene the NC, although a senior g [...]
2006-02-07 01:20:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1559LETTER FROM NLD TO GAMBARI
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Chairman and Secretary of the National League of Democracy (NLD) asked the Embassy to pass copies to Secretary Rice and Ambassador Bolton of a letter they sent to SIPDIS Ibrahim Gambari, Under Secretary General at the United Nations. We have abridged the text to focus on [...]
2006-10-20 08:15:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON156BURMESE AND SHAN FORCES FIGHT IT OUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent GOB "news" conference announced the surrender of elements of the insurgent Shan State Army - South in northern Shan State. However, the GOB neglected to mention that the surrender followed a serious battle, in which a DEA source claims the Shan killed dozens of Burmese A [...]
2006-02-07 01:21:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREL BM
06RANGOON157AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE GLOBAL FUND IN BURMA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Six Western donor countries seek to establish a new fund addressing Burma's "Three Diseases" of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and TB. A "formulation team" of consultants will visit Burma for three weeks in February to establish the parameters for the program, which the UN Office for Project [...]
2006-02-07 02:58:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM SOCI KHIV BM
06RANGOON1571GOB DEFENDS ITS GUIDELINES ON HUMANITARIAN AID
[...] (SBU) Summary: GAO Senior Analysts met with Burmese government officials during their 10-day visit to discuss the GOB's new guidelines for humanitarian assistance issued last February. The guidelines have caused confusion and apprehension in the IO/INGO/NGO community. The Director General of [...]
2006-10-25 05:49:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID PREL BM
06RANGOON1572MIN KO NAING MARKS HIS BIRTHDAY IN JAIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Min Ko Naing's family marked his October 18 birthday in Rangoon while he and four other 88 Generation Student leaders remained in regime detention. GOB media railed against the 88 Generation Students "wear white" campaign protesting the detentions, while Mandalay authorities rush [...]
2006-10-25 06:01:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1588ILO SPECIAL ADVISOR DEPARTS BURMA EMPTY HANDED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ILO Special Advisor Francis Maupain briefed us on his unsuccessful negotiations with GOB officials on October 20-21 to try to establish a credible mechanism for ILO investigations of forced labor complaints. After reaching tentative agreement with the GOB permitting the ILO unfet [...]
2006-10-25 08:38:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON PGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON1622BURMA TIGHTENS THE NOOSE ON ICRC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Shortly after the arrival of a new head of delegation for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),the GOB informed the INGO that it could no longer work to support detainees in Burma directly, warned ICRC to stay away from border areas, and ordered two ICRC field offi [...]
2006-11-03 05:28:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1624PRAYING FOR CHANGE IN BURMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The 88 Generation Students began a weeklong prayer campaign on October 29, calling on Burmese of all faiths to pray for the release of all political prisoners, as well as for flood victims in central Burma and for peaceful national reconciliation. The prayer campaign culminates on [...]
2006-11-03 11:55:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1670BURMESE REGIME FILES CHARGES AGAINST OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: Reliable Embassy sources have told us that on November 6 the regime charged Min Ko Naing and the four other detained 88 Generation Student (88GS) leaders under the 1950 Emergency Provision Act, a catch-all law the regime uses to prosecute most political prisoners. The UN has not y [...]
2006-11-09 10:33:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON171GOB SENDS MIXED MESSAGES ON UN/NGO RESTRICTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: On February 7, the GOB issued new guidelines to UN agencies and INGOs regarding the delivery of international assistance in Burma. In contrast to a draft version of draconian new requirements issued a few days ago, the new guidelines appear "vague, redundant, and fairly non-contr [...]
2006-02-07 10:34:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON1722A TALE OF TWO SITTWES: BURMA'S ETHNIC TENSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Non-Buddhist ethnic minorities in Burma's Rakhine State face the worst of times, with a flat economy, no citizenship rights, and no freedom to seek better opportunities elsewhere. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),World Food Program (WFP),UN High Commission on [...]
2006-11-27 09:51:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV EAID BM
06RANGOON1767BURMA REGIME AND KAREN MISTRUST CONTINUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent discussion between Karen delegates to the National Convention (NC) reveals that the ruling regime mistrusts both the Karen National Union (KNU) and the proxy army it created to fight the KNU, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA). The KNU reportedly has invited the DKB [...]
2006-12-04 10:38:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS BM
06RANGOON1777BURMA: OPPOSITION WINS HEARTS ON WORLD AIDS DAY
[...] SUMMARY: The National League for Democracy (NLD) and members of the 88 Generation Students (88GS) used World AIDS Day to show compassion and care for HIV/AIDS victims and their families and to help raise greater awareness among the public. The NLD honored over 100 HIV/AIDS health workers and [...]
2006-12-07 10:20:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KHIV BM
06RANGOON1814RESTRICTING PRAYERS FOR AUNG SAN SUU KYI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After Shwedagon Pagoda officials harassed worshippers in November at their weekly prayers for Aung San Suu Kyi, thirteen participants wrote a letter of complaint to regime leaders. Authorities ordered the worshippers to request advance permission for future prayers, but allowed t [...]
2006-12-20 10:02:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1828BURMA: THE KNU AFTER GENERAL BO MYA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The death of Karen insurgent leader General Bo Mya did not come as a surprise, but leaves the Karen National Union (KNU) without a strong, charismatic leader. Sidelined by poor health in recent years, Bo Mya continued to influence KNU leaders and policy. It is uncertain if the re [...]
2006-12-27 04:27:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS BM
06RANGOON1829BURMA: THREE ETHNIC TRAFFICKING VICTIMS RETURN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The recent case of three Kachin women who were trafficked to China to be brides for Chinese men illustrates how the lack economic opportunity for Burma's ethnic minorities makes them increasingly vulnerable to human traffickers. After being lured to the Chinese border by an acqua [...]
2006-12-27 04:46:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALKCRM KWMN PHUM BM
06RANGOON207NLD SHOWS UNITY WITH ETHNICS ON UNION DAY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At ceremonies marking Burma's 59th Union Day, the NLD quietly unveiled a new plan for national reconciliation. NLD Chairman U Aung Shwe said that the NLD would endorse the ruling SPDC (the State Peace and Development Committee) as a legitimate interim government if the SPDC agree [...]
2006-02-13 10:50:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON213REQUEST TO SEE AUNG SAN SUU KYI DENIED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Min Lwin, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Americas Division, told the Embassy on February 13 that the Charge would not be allowed to meet with imprisoned NLD Secretary General Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) "at this moment" because she remains "under restriction." Min [...]
2006-02-14 07:35:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON235BURMA'S VAST INTERNMENT CAMP: NORTHERN RAKHINE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a country where everyone is oppressed by the military, some are treated worse than others. In general, the ethnic minorities are treated worse than the ethnic Burman majority, and non-Buddhists face more restrictions on their religious practices. Charge visited Northern [...]
2006-02-17 09:23:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON246NLD'S FLEXIBLE OFFER TO THE BURMESE REGIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NLD leaders have low expectations that the Burmese regime will respond favorably to their February 12 proposal to convene the Parliament elected in 1990 in return for the opposition's recognition of the ruling regime as a transitional government. The NLD is nonetheless encouraged [...]
2006-02-22 07:09:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD
06RANGOON248COMMUNAL RIOTS IN MAGWAY DIVISION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Communal rioting erupted between Buddhist and Muslim communities in central Burma on February 16. Sources report that three people died and ten others sustained injuries as Buddhist Burmans attacked Muslim and Indian shops, homes, and mosques. Authorities imposed a news blackou [...]
2006-02-22 09:02:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREL ECON KISL BM
06RANGOON253AMERICAN CENTER HELPING NLD EDUCATE ACTIVISTS AND
[...] (C) Summary: our American Center (AC) in Rangoon has attracted extra attention from both pro-democracy activists and the ruling regime as our programs reach more people. Representatives from Burma's National League for Democracy (NLD) contact the AC daily and regularly use our Information Re [...]
2006-02-23 23:40:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KPAO BM NLD
06RANGOON259BURMA: CONVERGING ON AI ISSUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID's Regional Infectious Diseases Advisor, on a second visit to Rangoon, encouraged WHO and FAO to identify needs and strengthen their capacity to investigate and respond to AI outbreaks in Burma. The GOB updated its national response plan, but some responsible ministries st [...]
2006-02-26 23:42:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON260BURMESE ARMY GETS TOUGH WITH CEASE-FIRE GROUPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burmese military recently detained four Kachin Independence Army (KIA) soldiers near Bhamo, Kachin State. The Burmese accused them of traveling outside their territory while armed. Separately, a Burmese unit opened fire on Shan State Army - North (SSA-N) troops inside the SS [...]
2006-02-26 23:42:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINS BM
06RANGOON27THE NLD SUGGESTS A TRIPARTITE "SUPREME BODY"
[...] (C) Summary: Burma's leading opposition party, the NLD, recently floated a proposal for a "supreme leading body"--comprised of the military regime, political parties, and ethnic nationalities--to govern a transition to democracy. Although the NLD has no specific plan for the proposal, party [...]
2006-01-09 09:59:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON270BURMA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-01 03:25:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN KCRM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SMIG BM
06RANGOON272ICRC WON'T GIVE UP ON BURMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed to international media on February 27 that Burma's ruling regime is now blocking ICRC access to the country's prisons and detention camps. ICRC officials told us on Feb. 28 that they publicly acknowledged their ongoing [...]
2006-03-01 07:36:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON287OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES IN MANDALAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy held a highly successful "Outreach Week in Mandalay" February 26-March 2. The Charge led over a dozen Embassy staff to Burma's second largest city and conducted a broad range of meetings and outreach activities with NGOs, business leaders, political parties, religi [...]
2006-03-03 06:28:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON299MANDALAY: NON-BUDDHISTS NEED NOT APPLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of our Mandalay Outreach Week (ref A),we met with Christian leaders in Mandalay on March 1 to discuss religious issues in central Burma. They described the tight restrictions local authorities place on religious meetings and church construction, as well as general GOB di [...]
2006-03-06 08:35:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PREF BM SK
06RANGOON3BURMESE REGIME CORRUPTS YOUTH AND COERCES SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met on Dec. 22 with NLD women leaders (including four Members-elect of Parliament) representing Rangoon, Mandalay, and Mogok cities; Bago Division; Karen State; Shan State; and Mon State. The NLD matriarchs, some who had snuck out of their homes, covertly boarded trains fo [...]
2006-01-03 10:54:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SNAR EAID ECON BM
06RANGOON319EU HUMANITARIAN AID IN BURMA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The European Union has established an EU Humanitarian Aid office in Rangoon to improve coordination of its 8 million euro aid projects in Burma. The new office supports humanitarian projects in health, water and sanitation, nutrition, and protection. The EU Humanitarian Aid offi [...]
2006-03-08 06:27:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BM NGO
06RANGOON356ALL SMILES: INDIAN PRESIDENT VISITS BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: For the second week in a row, a regional head of state visited Burma and allowed the ruling generals to bask in perceived legitimacy. Indian President Kalam's March 8-11 visit was the first-ever to Burma by an Indian head of state. The two countries concluded MOUs on petroleum [...]
2006-03-16 06:43:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON EAID BM IN
06RANGOON366BURMESE IDPS AND REFUGEES NEED MORE HELP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A visiting PRM team discussed refugee and IDP issues with IOs and donor counterparts in Rangoon March 8-10. UNHCR described its activities in northern Rakhine State and efforts to improve access to eastern border areas. ICRC outlined its lack of access to prisons and labor camps, [...]
2006-03-17 10:02:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM NGO
06RANGOON368BURMESE FUTURE LOOKING DIRE
[...] (C) Summary: Leon de Riedmattan, outgoing head of the Swiss NGO Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Burma, hosted a lunch March 15 for western Ambassadors. De Riedmattan, whose visa has been halted after nine years of efforts to promote national reconciliation, offered a grim assessment of th [...]
2006-03-19 23:35:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID ELAB BM
06RANGOON370CHIN STATE'S UNEASY COHABITATION WITH THE REGIME
[...] (U) Summary. Burma's ethnic minority Chin population, long victims of the Burmese regime's "Myanmarization" program, has reached a stage of uneasy but peaceful cohabitation with ruling authorities in its home state. In underdeveloped Chin State along Burma's western border with India, ethnic [...]
2006-03-20 08:54:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINS PREL ECON ETRD CVIS KFRD BM IN
06RANGOON384FORMER POLITICAL PRISONER DIES IN BRUTAL ATTACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A former political prisoner and student activist during the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, Thet Naing Oo, died on March 17 following a public beating by police and fire brigade officers. His family placed a death announcement in local newspapers and on March 20 held a funeral atten [...]
2006-03-21 09:37:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BM NLD
06RANGOON406PYINMANA: THE EMPEROR'S NEW CAPITAL
[...] (C) Summary: Months after announcing the sudden relocation of Burma's capital, the military regime continues efforts to build a new city to house thousands of civil servants who have already moved and are attempting to carry out government operations at remote, unserviced locations. There are [...]
2006-03-24 08:00:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON446EMBASSY'S MANDALAY WEEK - ONE MONTH LATER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: One month after the Embassy's outreach week in Mandalay, the regime continues to react. Security officials interrogated 50 local residents who had contact with Emboffs during our February 27 - March 2 visit to outreach week in Mandalay, and the GOB ordered many Burmese newspapers [...]
2006-03-31 11:08:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON447GOB STIFFS NLD COMPROMISE OFFER
[...] (C) Summary: After six weeks of silence, the GOB finally reacted to a National League for Democracy proposal for political compromise with an official editorial that accused the party of attempting to "grab power." NLD leaders called the editorial "unhelpful" and told us they were disappointe [...]
2006-03-31 11:20:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV BM ASSK NLD PHUM PREL
06RANGOON451NLD AND ETHNICS: DIFFERING VIEWS ON FEDERALISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the recent PD-sponsored visit of a U.S. federalism expert, senior National League for Democracy (NLD) party leaders asserted that they do not consider ethnic minority states capable of properly forming and running their own subnational administrations in a post-transition [...]
2006-04-03 09:31:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SNAR EAID BM NLD
06RANGOON452KACHIN YOUTH EVOLVE INTO A POLITICAL ENTITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Burma's northernmost state, diverse political, religious, military, and ceasefire groups struggle to address the needs of the Kachin people, who face extensive discrimination from Burma's ruling military regime (ref A). One group of activists who seem to be breaking out and fo [...]
2006-04-03 09:44:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SNAR EAID BM
06RANGOON461NLD TRAINS MEMBERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS / AIDS AWARENESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 31, the National League for Democracy (NLD) completed the first module of its distance-learning "Human Resource and Development Program," an initiative of Aung San Suu Kyi. This course trained 96 NLD activists from throughout Burma. Embassy Rangoon helped the NLD plan t [...]
2006-04-05 04:27:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BM NLD ASSK
06RANGOON462SOMETHING BETTER THAN NOTHING:FIGHTING TIP IN BURMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: High level GOB attendance gave the first anti-Trafficking in Persons National Seminar the visible support needed for lower level officials to implement Burma's new Anti-Trafficking Law. International NGOs had unprecedented input on the drafting process, the first time the curr [...]
2006-04-06 09:13:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KWMN KCRM BM
06RANGOON477THE PRESSED, SUPPRESSED, AND OPPRESSED IN BURMA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOB continued its harassment of ordinary citizens as well as pro-democracy advocates through pressure, intimidation, arbitrary detention, arrest, and imprisonment. Scattered crackdowns of individuals around the country on various charges during late March demonstrate that t [...]
2006-04-10 10:40:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON505NLD HOLDS OUT HOPE FOR DIALOGUE
[...] (S) Summary: NLD leaders expressed disappointment, but not surprise, that the SPDC failed to respond directly to their February proposal for a way out of the country's political impasse. They plan to issue a statement within the next few days again appealing for a genuine dialogue with the r [...]
2006-04-20 09:08:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON516FORMER STUDENT LEADER STAYS THE COURSE
[...] (C) Summary: Min Ko Naing--former pro-democracy student leader, political prisoner, and current activist--is struggling with the challenges of readjusting to life outside of solitary confinement and the pressures of meeting the expectations of his many followers and supporters. As in 1988, h [...]
2006-04-24 00:31:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON530NLD: REGIME NEEDS LEGITIMACY TO ADDRESS WOES
[...] (C) Summary: In a departure from previous party policies, the NLD issued a statement on April 21 that emphasized Burma's urgent need for humanitarian assistance and underscored that the ruling military regime requires legitimacy in order to deal immediately with the "calamities and pandemics [...]
2006-04-25 09:02:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON56REGIME POSES OBSTACLES TO ICRC PRISON ACCESS
[...] (C) Summary: The GOB has imposed new restrictions, including the meddling of regime-controlled organizations, that hamper the ability of ICRC to access and inspect the country's vast gulag of prison detention facilities and labor camps. These restrictions "have slowed down considerably the f [...]
2006-01-17 10:28:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID PM
06RANGOON591SOUTHERN KAREN FOCUS ON ECONOMIC WOES, NOT FIGHTING
[...] (C) Summary: Local residents during our recent visit to the H'pa-An capital region of southern Karen State expressed no pressing concern with recent skirmishes between Burmese military and Karen National Union (KNU) units in the northern part of the state. Numerous contacts characterized the [...]
2006-05-02 10:33:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON602RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR: "WE SEEK CLOSER TIES TO BURMA"
[...] (C) Summary: The Russian Ambassador, a four-year veteran in Rangoon, described Russia and Burma as at the "beginning of a new stage in bilateral cooperation." The two countries recently exchanged senior level visitors "to reinvigorate relations." The Ambassador described sanctions as counte [...]
2006-05-04 08:49:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MASS PHUM PGOV BM RS
06RANGOON603GOB GRANTS UNHCR RENEWED ACCESS TO KAREN STATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, UNHCR signed an MOU with the Ministry of Border Areas reinstating access to southeast Burma, including Karen State. UNHCR's country representative, baffled but grateful for the GOB's reversal oQUNHCR access, said that his agency plans to establish a field presence [...]
2006-05-04 08:55:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PINS PREL BM
06RANGOON617ICRC: DIMINISHING ACCESS
[...] (C) Summary: ICRC's Burma operations remain in a state of flux as the organization faces increased GOB restrictions on access to detention facilities and border areas. It must also cope with the interference of Government-affiliated organizations. To make matters worse, the Ministry of Healt [...]
2006-05-08 10:34:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON622UNDP STRUGGLES INSIDE, AND OUTSIDE, BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: UNDP officials told us that implementation of new GOB regulations for aid agencies and NGOs has been uneven and unpredictable. The GOB has not yet enforced compliance with the most restrictive of the new regulations, and some government entities have proven more flexible than ot [...]
2006-05-09 08:58:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON624FOOD SHORTAGES AND ROADWORK IN NORTHERN KAREN
[...] (C) Summary: A recent trip to Taungoo near northern Karen State provided a new dimension to the ongoing conflict between the GOB and the Karen National Union (KNU). The GOB has halted all transportation of food and other goods into the area of northern Karen, resulting in food shortages in K [...]
2006-05-09 09:46:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PHUM ECON PREF BM
06RANGOON650CABINET SHUFFLE: RIDE OF THE MAJORS-GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime announced on May 15 its first senior GOB cabinet shuffle in over a year. In a series of nine orders, signed by SPDC Secretary-1 Lt Gen Thein Sein, the regime ousted two veteran Ministers, militarized the entire leadership of the Ministry of Immigration, split t [...]
2006-05-16 11:12:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON669NLD LEADERS TO MEET WITH GAMBARI, AND SUNDRY PARTY
[...] (C) Summary: NLD leaders were scheduled to meet with UN U/SYG Gambari on May 19, but only learned of the meeting one day in advance--a likely reflection of the regime's desire to control the visit as closely as possible. On May 27, the NLD will commemorate its 1990 election victory, draw atte [...]
2006-05-19 10:06:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON679UN U/SG GAMBARI VISIT SURPASSES EXPECTATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: UN Under Secretary General Ibrahim Gambari visited Burma May 18-20. He did manage to see Aung San Suu Kyi for 45 minutes, although no one had expected it. He also visited the senior generals in their new capital and heard promises of greater openness. Gambari downplayed the si [...]
2006-05-22 10:48:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID BM UN
06RANGOON698NORTH KAREN STATE - WHERE DO YOU RUN?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Rangoon-based Karen contact who recently visited Taungoo discussed security conditions in nearby Karen State. Fighting erupted in northern Karen State in early 2006 after the Burmese army started moving into traditional Karen-controlled areas. Authorities established a food em [...]
2006-05-26 07:45:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREF BM
06RANGOON700NLD REACTION TO GAMBARI VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 10:03:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON707GOING IT ALONE IN SOUTHERN BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: The Burmese government, having gained an upper hand over insurgents and perceiving no local political threats, generally neglects the southern Burmese seaport of Dawei. The coastal border region, however, blessed with a robust fishing industry and productive agricultural sector, [...]
2006-05-30 09:27:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREL ECON EAID SOCI BM TH
06RANGOON710ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK: ASSK NOT RELEASED
[...] (C) Summary: On May 26, the Burmese regime extended the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi, re-sealed the street that runs in front of her Rangoon compound, and detained several supporters. ASSK thus began the fourth consecutive year of her current confinement. ASSK's NLD party issued a statement [...]
2006-05-30 10:35:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON727NLD THANKS SECRETARY RICE FOR SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Qe National League for Democracy (NLD) passed a letter to the Secretary via Embassy Rangoon. The text of the letter appears below; the Charge will hand carry the original to Washington this week. In a June 2 meeting, NLD leaders reiterated concern that the UNSYG may request his [...]
2006-06-05 08:34:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OPDC BM
06RANGOON73JAPAN QUIETLY NUDGES BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: Hideaki Mizukoshi, Director of Southeast Asia in Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Charge that he urged the GOB to activate a dialogue with the international community and start talking with Aung San Suu Kyi. He told the GOB that Burma's lack of progress on democracy and [...]
2006-01-18 09:13:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON732BURMA: DEMOCRACY AWAITS ANOTHER DAY
[...] (C) Embassy Rangoon's Pol/Econ Chief departs post this week, ending a three-year tour and having spent six of the past eight years on Burma-related assignments. We asked him to share a few unvarnished views on the current situation. He observes that the prospect for meaningful improvement in [...]
2006-06-05 10:33:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON738FORMER STUDENT LEADERS DISCUSS NEXT MOVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former student activists and political prisoners Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi shared their views on U/SYG Gambari's visit and their own political strategies in a meeting on June 1. They praised USG efforts on Burma in the U.N., which they said would encourage the Burmese people. Th [...]
2006-06-06 09:27:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON752BURMA: REGIME TOUGHS GET TOUGHER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent actions by regime authorities show a trend of strengthened surveillance and control of movement and meeting by opposition parties and the general public. In May, Rangoon officials started a campaign to photograph all household members in selected Rangoon communities. Tow [...]
2006-06-08 09:56:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF BM
06RANGOON775DESPITE REGIME SECRECY, AUNG SAN SUU KYI RECOVERING
[...] (C) Summary: According to National League for Democracy (NLD) officials and her doctor, NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi has now recovered from a recent illness that drew worldwide concern. Despite the ruling regime's tight control over information about her illness, which began on June 8, her do [...]
2006-06-12 11:06:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON79REGIME TIGHTENS THE NOOSE ON U.N. ACTIVITIES
[...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime appears poised to curtail the residency of a UN-sponsored mediator and confidant of Aung San Suu Kyi and impose new restrictions on UN agencies and international NGOs. The UN agencies and INGOs have devised creative measures to adapt to restrictions, but the re [...]
2006-01-19 03:09:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON799SPDC ROAD SHOW GOES TO KAREN STATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In another of its carefully choreographed road shows for local diplomats and hand-picked media, the Burmese ruling regime showcased its "peace and development" program in pacified areas of Karen State and characterized the Karen National Union as a "terrorist organization" solely [...]
2006-06-14 11:43:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINS BM
06RANGOON806SU SU NWAY: RELEASED TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY
[...] (C) Summary: NLD activist Su Su Nway emerged from her surprise June 6 release from Insein Prison committed to continue her efforts to eliminate forced labor and gain freedom for other political prisoners. She faced isolation and threats in prison, but continued to fight for human rights at ev [...]
2006-06-15 10:39:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM PGOV PREL ECON BM
06RANGOON816BURMESE CELEBRATE ASSK'S BIRTHDAY DESPITE CONTROLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 61st birthday within the walls of her compound in Rangoon, where she remains under house arrest. The NLD marked the day with a gathering of hundreds of supporters at party headquarters who attended a speaking competition, gave donations to the chi [...]
2006-06-19 11:14:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON82BURMA'S PRO-AMERICAN KACHIN STATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge traveled to Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State in northernmost Burma, Jan 8-10 and met with interlocutors from a variety of different organizations representive of the Kachin people, one of Burma's seven main ethnic minority groups. She heard the same themes repeat [...]
2006-01-20 00:03:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SNAR PREL BM
06RANGOON843BURMA/TIP: MUTED REACTION TO THE 2006 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB officially reacted to the 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report through a critique in the state press June 20. Although it was given front-page attention, regime criticism of the Tier 3 ranking was restrained, reflecting the SPDC's expectation to retain Tier 3 ranki [...]
2006-06-21 10:41:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON846GOB "PERMITS" EIGHT DEPUTY MINISTERS TO RETIRE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOB announced on June 16 the "retirement" of eight deputy ministers and one Supreme Court justice. Five of the retiring deputy ministers were military officers and two were ex-military. The GOB has not announced their replacements yet, but these retirements will create space f [...]
2006-06-22 07:45:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON848KAREN STATE: JUST ANOTHER DRY SEASON OFFENSIVE?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a GOB-organized trip for diplomats to Karen State June 8-10, a former Burmese Army battlefield commander recalled the Burmese Army's 1983-84 dry season offensive against the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and the KNLA's major miscalculation that enabled the Burmese [...]
2006-06-22 08:58:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINS BM
06RANGOON87FORMER STUDENT LEADERS: MOBILIZING THE MIDDLE
[...] (C) Summary: Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Kyi, former student leaders of Burma's 1988 pro-democracy movement, have become increasingly active in the year since their release from lengthy prison terms. GOB authorities have eased off their surveillance in recent months, prompting the two activists to [...]
2006-01-23 11:06:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON887UN RANGOON PROBES FOR OPENING IN BURMESE LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Onder Yucer, the temporary UN Resident Coordinator in Rangoon met with Charge on June 27 to discuss his efforts to persuade the GOB to loosen restrictive guidelines on humanitarian organizations, as well as the UN's role in negotiating some sort of political transition. He met Ju [...]
2006-06-28 09:44:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID PREL BM
06RANGOON911SMOOTH TRANSITION OF POWER IN KACHIN STATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the death of Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) Chairman Tu Jai, the Central Committee moved quickly to ensure a smooth leadership transition. Three rival Kachin factions participated in the funeral. Kachin sources expect the new leader, former Vice Chairman Lanyaw C [...]
2006-07-03 06:20:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON918RENOWNED MANDALAY WRITER FRAIL BUT STILL VOCAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite her age of 90, well known Mandalay author and political critic "Ludu" (People's) Daw Ahma remains outspoken, respected widely among the Burmese, and an irritant to the regime, as shown by a recent interview with the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB). She points to thousan [...]
2006-07-03 10:31:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON919ICRC DRAWS DOWN FURTHER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burma office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plans to reduce further its expatriate and local staff in light of continued restrictions on independent prison visits and access to vulnerable populations in conflict zones in border areas absent any indicat [...]
2006-07-03 10:52:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM NGO
06RANGOON94NO REWARD FOR OPPOSING FORCED LABOR IN BURMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Labor advocate and pro-democracy activist Su Su Nway, jailed since October for her successful efforts to sue GOB officials on forced labor charges, recently spent time in a prison hospital for deteriorating health. Her lawyers have appealed her conviction and expect an initial ru [...]
2006-01-24 10:04:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ELAB PREL BM
06RANGOON946NLD IN CENTRAL BURMA: TREADING WATER
[...] (C) Summary: Facing repressive measures by regional authorities, the NLD struggles to maintain minimal activities in the key central divisions of Mandalay and Magwe. Elder party leaders shrugged off the effects of the SPDC's public campaign to coerce NLD resignations, but hope for "outside he [...]
2006-07-06 04:55:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM NLD
06RANGOON952LAMPOONING THE ECONOMY LANDS SHAN YOUTH IN JAIL
[...] (C) Summary: Public lampooning of price hikes and the poor economy by youth during a recent festival in the Shan State landed eight, including a member of the regime,s mass-member organization Union Solidarity Development Association (USDA),in jail for presenting a security threat. While th [...]
2006-07-06 08:38:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON964RELEASED POLITICAL PRISONER UNDER TIGHT WATCH
[...] SUMMARY: The regime has increased its surveillance and harassment of prominent NLD Youth member Su Su New, released from prison a month ago. Security personnel will likely tightly monitor her to thwart her activities, but they will probably stop short of re-arresting her or restricting her m [...]
2006-07-10 11:28:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM NLD
06RANGOON970NLD RESIGNED ABOUT COERCED RESIGNATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 11:51:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM NLD
06RANGOON981BURMESE REGIME REACTS TO POSSIBLE UNSC ACTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The government daily newspaper, the New Light of Myanmar (NLM),has recently intensified the quantity and degree of its rhetoric against its political opposition in an ongoing series of multi-page articles. The articles also attempt to counter charges that Burma represents a th [...]
2006-07-13 07:20:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06REYKJAVIK162 ICELAND/HUMAN RIGHTS: SKEPTICAL OF IRAN, BUT
[...] (SBU) Since April post has regularly discussed the new UN Human Rights Council (refs A and B) and Iranian human rights violations (refs C and D) with Icelandic MFA Minister Counselor Nikulas Hannigan, who is both the International Institutions director and Middle East director in Iceland's sma [...]
2006-05-09 15:07:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM IR IC
06REYKJAVIK218ICELANDERS AGREE PROCEDURAL ISSUES SHOULD BE FOCUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In meetings with Embassy officials June 13 and 14, Icelandic MFA officials indicated agreement on most key issues for the June 19-30 first session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). The Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples may prove to be a sticking point, as Nordic soli [...]
2006-06-16 11:18:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IC
06REYKJAVIK224 MDA: ICELAND WILL BE SUPPORTIVE AT JUNE 20 INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Post discussed points from refs A and B with Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Human Rights Officer Ingibjorg Davidsdottir June 14 and 19, respectively. Following consultation with the MFA PermSec and the Icelandic Mission in Geneva, Davidsdottir replied as follows: -- Iceland wi [...]
2006-06-19 15:41:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM ICRC IC IS
06REYKJAVIK226 ICELAND: WEDGWOOD UNDER SERIOUS CONSIDERATION
[...] Post presented reftel diplomatic note, CV, and talking points to Icelandic MFA Human Rights Officer Ingibjorg Davidsdottir June 13. Davidsdottir responded June 19 that the GOI would probably make its decision on which candidates to support for the UN Human Rights Committee in August. She adde [...]
2006-06-20 16:56:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC PREL IC
06REYKJAVIK264 ICELAND SHARES U.S. OUTLOOK ON POST-CASTRO CUBA
[...] On July 19, post delivered reftel points to Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Minister Counsellor Nikulas Hannigan. Hannigan said that although GOI has disagreed with U.S. economic sanctions, it does share common goals with the U.S. for a future democratic Cuba in a post-Castro environmen [...]
2006-07-20 09:10:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDCU PHUM PREL PGOV EI
06REYKJAVIK308 ICELAND WILL SUPPORT WEDGWOOD FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-28 18:16:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHRC PREL IC
06REYKJAVIK331ICELAND/NAM SUMMIT: ICELAND ATTENDING HAVANA NAM
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Iceland is attending the NAM Summit in Havana primarily to campaign for a 2009-2010 UN Security Council seat, and claims no interest in NAM membership or increased engagement with the Government of Cuba. The GOI did not receive a landing clearance request in connection with Be [...]
2006-09-13 17:12:00Embassy ReykjavikSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PHUM UNSC CU IR BO IC
06REYKJAVIK405 ICELAND FOLLOWING NORDIC LEAD ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
[...] (SBU) Poloff presented reftel demarche to Icelandic MFA Counselor for Human Rights Ingibjorg Davidsdottir on October 25. Davidsdottir, who transferred from the Icelandic mission in Geneva this summer, was familiar with the text and the joint U.S.-Australian-New Zealand position, but apologetic [...]
2006-10-31 16:47:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA IC
06REYKJAVIK68 SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Lisa Kierans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail Kieransl@state.gov. Hours spent on preparation: - Polofficer (FO-02) 20 hrs - Polassistant 60 hrs - DCM [...]
2006-03-02 12:49:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
06REYKJAVIK89 ICELANDIC STATEMENT ON AKBAR GANGI: ONLY IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 17:15:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI IR IC
06RIGA202LATVIA'S RULING COALITION IN DEADLOCK OVER
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Since Transport Minister Ainars Slesers's March 15 dismissal for his alleged involvement in a vote- buying scandal in the city of Jurmala (reftel),Latvia's governing coalition has been unable to appoint a successor due to the tough stance taken by the coalition's senior member, [...]
2006-03-24 15:31:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM LG
06RIGA523LATVIAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON NATO, IRAN, UN AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a tour d'horizon with pol/econ chief, Latvian PolDir Klava talked about Latvia's goals for the Riga summit, Iran, UN and OSCE issues. Latvia strongly supports NATO opening an intensified dialogue with Georgia, and closer NATO relations with Georgia and Ukraine will be an import [...]
2006-07-05 14:43:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM NATO UN OSCE IR LG
06RIGA533LATVIAN PRESIDENT VETOS CONTROVERSIAL LABOR LAW
[...] SUMMARY. Latvian president Vaira Vike-Freiberga returned to the Saeima (parliament) a bill to amend the Labor Law, which did not include sexual orientation as one of the protected categories in employment. The language of the law appears to violate an EU directive that Latvia must incorporat [...]
2006-07-07 11:18:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM EUN LG
06RIGA552AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM ON 311 DESIGNATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Latvian Prime Minister Kalvitis greatly appreciated an advance briefing by Ambassador Bailey July 12 on U.S. Treasury decisions to sanction one Latvian bank for taking insufficient measures to combat money laundering and to lift the threat of sanctions on a second bank, bringing [...]
2006-07-13 14:32:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL ETRD PHUM KCRM LG
06RIGA633SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE: LATVIAN MFA,S REACTION TO
[...] (C) Summary: Latvia believes that the recent incident alleging that one of its diplomats in Minsk was distributing pornography was a set up meant to retaliate against Latvian support for Belarusian NGO's and Belarusian opposition forces, notably while Latvia was the EU presidency representa [...]
2006-08-08 09:02:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM PINR EUN BO LG
06RIGA656RUSSIA URGES ROBUST OSCE OBERSERVATION OF OCTOBER
[...] (SBU) Summary: An ODIHR election assessment team visited Latvia August 3-4 to assess the overall state of Latvia's election system prior to October parliamentary elections in order to make recommendations on an OSCE election observation mission. As part of this assessment, the team met with re [...]
2006-08-18 04:20:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE RU LG
06RIGA719LATVIA FIRM ON NEED FOR FULL SERBIAN COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-11 05:10:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC SR LG
06RIGA734POLICING HATE CRIMES - LATVIAN NGO HOSTS SEMINAR
[...] Summary. On August 28, the Latvian Center for Human Rights (a local NGO) hosted a seminar titled Policing Hate Crime. Approximately 20 police officers and 20 representatives from the Latvian government and NGOs attended. The daylong event covered a range of issues, but the most valuable we [...]
2006-09-12 14:21:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ASEC EUN LG
06RIGA761The rules for Latvia's October 7 parliamentary elections
[...] Summary. Latvia will hold its fifth post-Soviet elections to the Saeima, the 100-member parliament, on Saturday, October 7. The country uses a modified proportional representation system and any party that collects at least five percent of votes cast nationally wins seats in the Saeima. Out [...]
2006-09-21 04:16:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM LG
06RIGA762The players in Latvia's parliamentary elections
[...] SUMMARY. Latvia enters the 2006 Saeima (parliament) election race with a minority government led by Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis (People's Party) that includes the center-right People's Party, centrist Greens and Farmers Union and conservative First Party. The country will likely emerge fro [...]
2006-09-21 04:17:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM LG
06RIGA780LATVIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) Pol/econ chief delivered ref A points to Latvian MFA PolDir Ilgvars Klava on September 25. Klava, noting that Latvia was not a member of the HRC, took copious notes and nodded his head vigorously at several points, but did not give a formal indication of the GOL's position. He did, howev [...]
2006-09-25 15:03:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN LG
06RIGA859LATVIA'S ELECTIONS: MODERATE HARMONY CENTER BEATS HARDLINE
[...] Summary. One of the major upsets in Latvia's October 7 parliamentary elections was the poor showing of hard-line For Human Rights in a United Latvia (PCTVL) list versus its main rivals in the race for the votes of the Russian-speaking electorate, the moderate Harmony Center (SC) ticket. Even t [...]
2006-10-20 05:48:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI LG
06RIGA885LATVIA BANS DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ON THE BASIS OF
[...] Summary: Latvian President Vike-Freiberga has signed amendments to Latvia's Labor law adding sexual orientation to the categories of people protected from employment discrimination and the law takes effect October 25. The President had vetoed an earlier version of the law that omitted this gr [...]
2006-10-25 13:54:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ELAB EUN LG
06RIGA924LATVIA: JEWISH PROPERTY RESTITUTION MOVING FORWARD
[...] Our lobbying efforts of recent weeks appear to have helped unblock stalled progress on Jewish property restitution (reftel). On November 6, the Latvian cabinet approved the draft legislation for Jewish Property Restitution for heirless properties. The legislation will now be moved to the Saei [...]
2006-11-07 12:49:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SOCI LG
06RIGA938LATVIAN PARLIAMENT INSTALLS NEW CENTER-RIGHT MAJORITY
[...] SUMMARY. The Saeima (Latvian parliament) voted 58-41 on November 7 to approve a new center-right government led by Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis of the People's Party. The new government took office immediately after the vote. The four-party coalition consisting of the People's Party (TP),[...]
2006-11-13 15:04:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM PINR LG
06RIGA939LATVIA AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
[...] PolEconOff met with Agnese Gaile, Head of the Gender Equality Unit in Latvia's Ministry of Welfare and with Elina Celmina, Deputy Head, on November 9 to share the fact sheet on the September Women's Empowerment Working Session per reftel. Embassy has also provided the fact sheet to three NGOs [...]
2006-11-13 15:05:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL UNGA LG
06RIGA959LATVIA: PARLIAMENT PUNTS ON NEXT PHASE OF JEWISH
[...] Summary: The Saeima (Latvian parliament) on November 23 rejected a draft bill that would have provided financial assistance to the local Jewish community to compensate the losses suffered during the Holocaust and the Soviet occupation of Latvia. The government's bill failed because abstention [...]
2006-11-24 15:02:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SOCI LG
06RIYADH1PARDONED SAUDI DISSIDENT OUTLINES GRADUALIST
[...] (C) Ali Al-Dumaini, one of the three reformers pardoned by King Abdullah in August, described himself and his colleagues as "reformers, not revolutionaries." Although in Al-Dumaini's view the Al Saud do not have a vision for reform, reformers are not seeking a new form of government but rath [...]
2006-01-02 05:51:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SA
06RIYADH1377SHI'A "INDEPENDENTS" DISCUSS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR
[...] (C) A group of Shi'a independents again stressed to ConOffs their community's national identity, desire for reform in the Kingdom, and lack of political ties to Iran. They noted that the SAG is allowing the Shi'a community to build an active but small-scale and unofficial civil society, cente [...]
2006-03-06 06:45:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH1380FEMALE SHI'A ACTIVIST: PRESSURE FOR REFORM MUST
[...] (C) Summary: Aliya Al-Fareed (protect),longtime Shi'a political activist, discussed the state of reform in Saudi Arabia with PAO and PolOff in her home in Al-Safwa near Qatif. Al-Fareed was recently appointed to the National Society for Human Rights; she is the only woman among the five memb [...]
2006-03-06 11:24:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KIRF KWMN SA
06RIYADH1741SHI'A LEADER TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ALL OPPORTUNITIES
[...] (C) Jafar Al-Shayeb, President and elected member of Qatif's municipal council and one of five people appointed to the Dammam branch of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR),shared with CG and PolOff on March 15 his philosophy that "every positive initiative should be utilized." He d [...]
2006-03-18 11:12:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SA
06RIYADH1920'CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY' IS OFF-LIMITS FOR A
[...] (C) Nawal Al Yousif (protect),a Shi'a journalist and founder of www.saudiyat.net, noted in a meeting with the PAO on March 17, 2006 that mentioning a constitutional democracy in her writing crossed a red line with the Saudi Ministry of Interior. "The Mubahith (Investigative Police) came to s [...]
2006-03-21 09:03:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KMPI KIRF KPAO SA
06RIYADH2683VISITING PRIEST DETAINED BY SAG IN DAMMAM,
[...] (C) According to two sources in the Eastern Province's (EP's) expatriate Indian Roman Catholic community, a Catholic priest was detained by the SAG on April 5 while presiding over an evening service at a large compound or farm in Dammam. The priest, an Indian national from Kerala who was vis [...]
2006-04-12 12:46:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH3301CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE EP: THE ICE IS SLOWLY
[...] (C) Government influence and oversight pervade the Eastern Province's (EP's) older civil society organizations. The SAG provides part of their funding, appoints or approves board members, and regulates their by-laws. Yet the ice is slowly breaking. The government is beginning to relinquish [...]
2006-05-02 08:54:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KMPI KDEM SA
06RIYADH3306HASAWI SHI'A DETAIL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM VIOLATIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: In separate conversations with PolOff in Al-Ahsa on April 25, two groups of Shi'a leaders and activists discussed discrimination and restrictions on their religious freedom, as well as steps they had taken to address some of these problems. Abdulaziz Al-Bahrany, the patient and [...]
2006-05-02 13:05:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH3673QATIF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEMBER CONTINUES TO
[...] (C) In a conversation with the CG on April 29, Isa Al-Muzel, an elected member of Qatif's municipal council, described his work at the council as "going well, but frustrating." He said that the biggest problem council members faced at the moment was rooting out institutionalized corruption i [...]
2006-05-14 12:26:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SA
06RIYADH3977CHRISTIAN EXPATRIATE DOCTOR TOLD TO LEAVE KINGDOM
[...] (C) Mission and DRL contact Roy Markara told PolOff on May 18 that Dr. Florence Isaac, a Christian doctor of Indian origin who has been working in the Kingdom for a number of years, had her medical license suspended and was told by the SAG that she had to leave the Kingdom before June 16. Acc [...]
2006-05-22 12:30:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH4180DHAHRAN DIGEST 6
[...] (C/NF) In the course of a day trip to Jubail on May 28, the CG learned that Bechtel, which has the management contract for Jubail, has decided to allow families of its expatriate workers to return. As a result, there will be forty new American children joining school in Jubail in the fall. [...]
2006-05-29 13:25:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ECON EINV PHUM SA
06RIYADH42AL-HASA SHI'A WELCOME U.S. INTERVENTION IN IRAQ,
[...] (C) Members of the Shi'a community in Al-Hasa welcomed U.S. intervention in Iraq, saying an almost unqualified "thank you" during lunch with Acting CG and PolOff. Although noting some progress in the SAG's campaign against home-grown terrorism, they said that the government's campaign for to [...]
2006-01-03 11:16:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL SA KIFR
06RIYADH4224SAG RELEASES ARRESTED FILIPINO CHRISTIAN
[...] (C) Mrs. Minerva Cabel (strictly protect),wife of arrested Filipino Christian pastor Francisco Cabel (strictly protect),informed Poloff May 29 that her husband was released May 25 (reftels). She stated that the SAG had given her husband one month before they will deport the entire family. [...]
2006-05-30 13:46:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH4231SAG DECREE ON RELIGIOUS POLICE GAUGES PUBLIC
[...] (U) Recent media and Web site reports carried news of a decree issued by the Ministry of Interior May 24, which some interpret as an effort to curtail the seemingly unlimited and undefined authority of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, also known as the religi [...]
2006-05-30 15:10:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KIRF PHUM SA
06RIYADH4638DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DELIVERED TO SAG
[...] (C) ADCM raised reftel points during 6/12 meeting with MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Prince Turki al-Kabir Al Saud. APolCouns attended as notetaker. U/S Turki expressed concern over reftel point referring to deferring Israel/Palestine discussion at inaugural HRC meeting, particula [...]
2006-06-12 12:30:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH4719LEAHY VETTING FOR LIEUTENANT COLONEL MOHAMED MUTLK
[...] Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Mutlk G. Al Dhafari, who has been identified to participate in DOD training. The course in which Lt Col Al Dhafari will participate is the National [...]
2006-06-13 05:26:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM PINR PREL SA
06RIYADH4854TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE -- SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (U) PolOff, in coordination with the New Zealand and Australian Embassies, delivered reftel demarche May 31 to Abdulrahman Al-Rassj, First Secretary, International Organizations Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al-Rassj responded that the SAG had not yet formed a position on the [...]
2006-06-18 13:26:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH4914SAUDI HEZBOLLAH FIGURE OFFERS A SLIGHTLY TOUGHER
[...] (C) In a May 28 meeting with PolOff and PolFSN, Ahmed Al-Nimr (Ahmed),brother and office manager of Shi'a cleric Sheikh Hassan Al-Nimr (Hassan),explained that Hassan would not meet with American diplomats because "he would lose the respect of people on the street, who would ask why he met w [...]
2006-06-19 12:46:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM SA
06RIYADH4960UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT
[...] (SBU) Post attempted to contact FM Saud Al-Faisal on June 19 to deliver ref a demarche. He is currently on vacation in an intentionally remote location. We delivered demarche by diplomatic note directly to the FM's Chief of Staff, who agreed to forward to the FM. Please note that Post del [...]
2006-06-20 10:59:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SA
06RIYADH4997HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ACCEPTS FORMAL ROLE ON HUMAN
[...] (C) Ibrahim Al-Mugaiteeb, President of the unregistered Human Rights First Society, told the CG on June 17 that he had accepted a formal role with the government-affiliated Human Rights Commission (HRC) run by Dr. Turki Al-Sudairy. Al-Mugaiteeb said that Al-Sudairy had offered him a position [...]
2006-06-21 04:41:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR PREL SA
06RIYADH5114KING LAUNCHES ECONOMIC AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES
[...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah recently completed his first national tour since becoming King. Traveling with his Cabinet, the King visited the Ha'il, Al Qassim, Medina and Eastern provinces promoting government support for economic, industrial, health and educational development of the regions [...]
2006-06-26 14:21:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SA
06RIYADH5316SETBACKS FOR SAUDI BUSINESSWOMEN IN THE EP
[...] (C) Summary: Director of the Businesswomen's Committee at the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hana Al-Zuhair recounted recent setbacks for businesswomen. In a meeting on June 27 2006, Al-Zuhair told the PAO about a mixed-gender meeting held at the Chamber in April, to discuss [...]
2006-07-05 06:14:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KWMN KPAO SA
06RIYADH5451HASAWI SHI'A CONTINUE ADVOCACY EFFORTS IN RIYADH
[...] (C) In separate meetings with PolOff and PAO on July 8, Hasawi Shi'a activists Sadeq Al-Ramadan and Mohammed Al-Jubran discussed Shi'a advocacy efforts with the SAG. Al-Ramadan mentioned that he was part of a small delegation that visited the Vice Minister of Information and several other min [...]
2006-07-10 08:31:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF SA
06RIYADH5707SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS SOCIETY CALLS FOR CLOSURE OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. (U) On July 15 and 16, several Saudi newspapers published a letter to President Bush from the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) calling for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. A member of the NSHR gave the Ambassador a [...]
2006-07-18 07:30:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PHUM SA
06RIYADH5947SAG REMOVES SHI'A JUDGE IN QATIF
[...] (SBU) The SAG removed Ghalib Al-Hammad as judge of the Shi'a court in Qatif, replacing him with associate judge Sulaiman Abu Al-Makarem effective July 19. Al-Hammad had only held the post for 7 months (ref B),and his abrupt sacking engendered speculation and criticism within the Shi'a commu [...]
2006-07-26 11:23:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKIRF SA PGOV PHUM
06RIYADH5949SAG REMOVES SHI'A JUDGE IN QATIF
[...] (SBU) The SAG removed Ghalib Al-Hammad as judge of the Shi'a court in Qatif, replacing him with associate judge Sulaiman Abu Al-Makarem effective July 19. Al-Hammad had only held the post for 7 months (ref B),and his abrupt sacking engendered speculation and criticism within the Shi'a commu [...]
2006-07-26 11:23:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKIRF SA PGOV PHUM
06RIYADH6SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FREE TO TRAVEL,
[...] (C) Summary: Ibrahim Mugaiteeb, President of the Saudi NGO, "Human Rights First" (HRF),informed poloff that the SAG had returned his Saudi passport, and will allow him to travel to Germany to receive medical attention. Mugaiteeb also stated that he had met with the chairman of the National [...]
2006-01-02 11:42:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH6727THE YEAR IN REVIEW: KING ABDULLAH MARKS FIRST YEAR
[...] (C) August 1 marked the one year anniversary of King Abdullah's ascension to the throne. The King has generated considerable popularity by delivering political, economic, and social programs intended to improve the welfare of Saudi citizens. Utilizing the windfall from surging oil prices, [...]
2006-08-24 18:29:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINS PINR ECON EFIN ETRD
06RIYADH6926UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- SAG SAYS SAME OLD, SAME
[...] (C) Summary. Government of Saudi Arabia (SAG) MFA Human Rights POC Torki Al-Madi told Acting Political Counselor and PolOff during an August 16 courtesy call that the UN Human Rights Council is not an improvement on its predecessor, the UN Human Rights Commission, especially since the U.S. i [...]
2006-08-30 11:12:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH6976POLITICAL POETRY PRAISES HEZBOLLAH
[...] (C) Al Hayat newspaper published on August 26 a political poem entitled "Lebanon," which was written by Dr. Ghazi Al-Qusaibee, Minister of Labor and key advisor to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. Al-Qusaibee, a famous poet and writer in the Arab world, is commonly known as a [...]
2006-09-04 06:38:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL SA PHUM
06RIYADH6980CONVERSATION WITH NEO-TRIBALIST WOMEN'S ACTIVIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent media reporting about the rise in the number of official and unofficial female proselytizers in the Kingdom has generated much debate. The number of "unsanctioned" female preachers is increasing, and their lack of supervision by authorities breeds uncertainty about the me [...]
2006-09-04 13:26:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PCUL PHUM KISL KWMN SA
06RIYADH7097SAUDI REACTION TO SENTENCING OF HOMAIDAN AL-TURKI
[...] (S/NF) The August 31, 2006, sentencing by a Colorado court of Homaidan Al-Turki to 28 years to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his Indonesian maid has provoked calls for a boycott of U.S. products and the return of Saudis studying in the U.S. Some Saudi contacts even fear that this [...]
2006-09-10 11:29:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNAORC ELAB FBI KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA
06RIYADH7190MUST LOVE DOGS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Saudi attitudes toward animals exemplifies the way in which conservatism and tradition have collided with progressive thinking and western ideas to create a paradox within Saudi culture. Muslims are guided by the Qura'an and teachings of the Prophet Mohammad to be kind to animal [...]
2006-09-12 12:56:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPCUL PHUM PGOV PREL KISL SA
06RIYADH7629DRL DAS ERICA BARKS-RUGGLES DISCUSSES POLITICS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles met with dozens of Saudi women representing a broad spectrum of opinions and backgrounds during her September 12-14 visit to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi women unanimously agreed that Saudi [...]
2006-09-28 15:24:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN SA
06RIYADH8SHI'A JUDGE IN AL-HASA SEEKS GREATER RESOURCES
[...] (SBU) Acting CG and PolOff paid an introductory call on Sheikh Mohammad Al-Luwaimi, President of the Shi'ite Endowments and Inheritance Court in Al-Hasa, on December 28. Al-Luwaimi is the only judge in the only Shi'ite court serving the Shi'a population of Al-Hasa, a governorate in the Easter [...]
2006-01-02 13:33:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KISL SA
06RIYADH8173A/DCM DISCUSSES USG REVIEW OF SAUDI TEXTBOOKS WITH
[...] (C) A/DCM solicited continued SAG cooperation in support of a USG review of Saudi textbooks during an October 9 meeting with Minister Plenipotentiary Hazem Karakotly, assistant to Director General for International Organization Affairs Ambassador Dr. Turki bin Mohammed Saud al-Kabir al Saud. [...]
2006-10-15 15:49:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR KISL KIRF SA
06RIYADH8671KING'S "LANDMARK" TOUR OF SOUTHERN REGION YIELDS
[...] (U) Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Azziz arrived in Najran on October 31 for his first visit to the region since ascending the throne. Najranis, who closed their shops and held a festival in honor of the King, prepared for months for the visit. In conjunction with [...]
2006-11-04 15:32:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PINR SA
06RIYADH8787SAUDI ARABIA RESPONSE TO WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel Fact Sheet on Summary Recommendations of the Women's Empowerment Working Session to Talal Barri at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 6. He indicated interest in the follow up activities to the Working Session. Post also delivered reftel Fact Sheet via dip [...]
2006-11-07 12:52:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN UNGA SA
06RIYADH8788FOLLOW-UP ON DEMARCHES
[...] (C) On November 6, Deputy Political Counselor (DPC) delivered reftels (A, B, C, D) demarches and talking points to Saudi MFA, International Organization Affairs, UNGA Issues, Mr. Talal Berri. The issues raised were: the UNGA Third Committee (Iran, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Burma, and North Kore [...]
2006-11-07 13:03:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL MOPS PINR PTER USUN
06RIYADH8808UPDATE ON HADI AL-MUTIF
[...] (S) PolOffs met on November 6 with Human Rights First Society (HRFS) President Ibrahim Al-Mugaiteeb to discuss the October 31 and November 1 visit of King Abdullah to Najran and his pardon of Ismaili prisoners, ostensibly including Hadi Al-Mutif. Al-Mugaiteeb said that Al-Mutif has not been [...]
2006-11-08 14:48:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL KISL KIRF SA
06RIYADH8840DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES MEETING WITH SAUDI MFA, MOJ,
[...] (C) Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles met on September 12-13 with the Majlis Al-Shoura (MAS) and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Justice (MoJ). These meetings were follow-up to the July 25 - 27, 2006, meeting of [...]
2006-11-14 05:34:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM OTRA PINR SA
06RIYADH8841DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES MEETING WITH SAUDI HUMAN
[...] (SBU) DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles met the National Society for Human Rights, the Human Rights Commission, and the Human Rights First Society during her September 12-14 visit to Riyadh. Participants in all three meetings raised U.S. treatment of Homaidan Al-Turki (reftel)and Guantanamo Bay deta [...]
2006-11-14 05:34:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKDEM OTRA PGOV PHUM SA
06RIYADH8860SAUDI MFA DEMARCHED ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS, CPC
[...] (C) Deputy PolCouns demarched Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of International Organizations, human rights lead, Abdulrahman Al-Rassj, on November 15 regarding Afghan Hajj flights (Ref A),Saudi Arabia's November 13 redesignation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) (Ref B),and UN [...]
2006-11-15 16:09:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EAIR ECON KIRF UNHRC AF SA
06RIYADH8861SAUDI ARABIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE MATHESON
[...] MFA human rights point of contact Talal Berri told PolOff on November 15 that the SAG will support U.S. candidate Matheson for re-election to the UN International Law Commission (reftel). OBERWETTER [...]
2006-11-15 16:19:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDILC UNGA PGOV PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH8900A SAUDI'S VIEWS ON THE U.S. AND RULE OF LAW IN KSA
[...] (S) Echoing several other commentators and analyses, Saudi commercial lawyer and diplomat Dr. Waleed Nasser Al-Nuwaiser (strictly protect) told PolOff on November 8 that the heart of most problems in Saudi Arabia is the absence of rule of law. He stressed that the USG should emphasize the n [...]
2006-11-21 07:27:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPHUM PGOV KISL EPET SA IZ
06RIYADH9031COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL MEETS WITH SAG REGARDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At Post's invitation, Colorado Attorney General (AG) John Suthers visited the Kingdom from November 14-17 to explain the Homaidan Al-Turki case to King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Saudi government officials, and the Al-Turki family. The very successful visit highlighted the [...]
2006-12-09 14:47:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM KPAO PINR KISL SA
06RIYADH9085DHAHRAN DIGEST 8
[...] (U) This cable is a continuation of a regular series of updates from the Eastern Province (EP) designed to capture some of the EP's local color and items of USG interest that are not necessarily appropriate for a topical cable. ---------------------------------------- PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN FA [...]
2006-12-15 09:06:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EPET KIRF PA PGOV PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH9173ENTHUSIASTIC SHOURA COUNCIL ASKS SENATOR NELSON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Enthusiastic Majlis Al Shoura members acknowledged the positive U.S. - Saudi bilateral relationship but asked Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) during a meeting on December 17 for increased engagement by members of Congress with the Council. Meeting participants agreed that any enhance [...]
2006-12-26 11:54:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KISL IZ SA
06RIYADH9179DEPUTY MOI TO SENATOR NELSON:THE KEY TO WINNING
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Deputy Minister of Interior Mohamed bin Naif told Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) that the key to winning the war on terror is defeating the terrorists' ideology. He echoed the senator's other interlocutors in supporting Iraqi unity and the SAG's noninterference policy. The Deputy M [...]
2006-12-26 12:18:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPTER PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KISL IZ SA
06ROME1093PROTESTING THE IRANIAN REGIME'S TREATMENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-11 08:50:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP IR IT
06ROME1174ITALY SUPPORTS CURRENT EU BURMA POLICY
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 13 to Nicola Tassoni, MFA Deputy Southeast Asia Office Director, presenting U.S. concerns regarding some of the statements made at the EC 2006 Burma/Myanmar Forum, and highlighting the importance the U.S. places on coordinating our Burma mess [...]
2006-04-19 07:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALBM EAID EU PHUM PREF PREL IT
06ROME1222ITALY SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) April 11 PolMinCouns informed Giacomo Sanfelice, Deputy Director General for Political Multilateral Affairs, of Reftel A letter from Secretary Rice to FM Fini and explained the U.S. position on supporting candidate countries in the first UN Human Rights Council (HRC) elections. Poloff fol [...]
2006-04-24 17:17:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKUNR OPDC PREL PHUM IT UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS
06ROME1272MDA: ITALY REMAINS ON BOARD
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-28 09:37:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL IT ICRC HUMAN RIGHTS
06ROME1325ITALY WILL NOT VOTE FOR IRAN ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-04 13:08:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM UNHCR PREL IT
06ROME1414ITALY PLANS TO FULFILL UN DEMOCRACY FUND PLEDGE
[...] (SBU) Poloff met with Gian Lorenzo Cornado, MFA Office Director for United Nations Affairs, May 10 to deliver points in reftel regarding UN Democracy Fund grand opportunities and to inquire about the status of Italy's $3 million pledge to UNDEF. Cornado noted that the GOI was aware of the grant [...]
2006-05-11 07:05:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM UNGA IT
06ROME1492ITALY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA
[...] (C) Political Minister Counselor met May 16 with MFA Middle East Deputy Luca Del Balzo to deliver reftel, urging that the Italians speak publicly about the need for the SARG to improve its human rights record and release detainees. Del Balzo responded that the U.S., the EU and Italy were in [...]
2006-05-17 11:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SY IT HUMAN RIGHTS
06ROME1767ITALY WITH EU CONSENSUS ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
[...] (SBU) New Zealand Deputy Head of Mission Adele Bryant, Australian Deputy Head of Mission Angus MacKenzie, and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini May 22, emphasizing our joint concerns with the draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous [...]
2006-06-15 07:00:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL IT
06ROME1794ITALY SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON HRC AGENDA, SEES
[...] (C) June 12 Deputy Chief of Mission Anna Borg reviewed U.S. priorities and concerns in advance of the first session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) with Italian MFA Deputy Political Director Giacomo Sanfelice, as per Reftel A. The DCM highlighted the need for a procedural session and U.S. o [...]
2006-06-16 14:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL IT
06ROME1856ITALY TELLS IRAN TO ACCEPT EU3 PACKAGE
[...] (C/NF) Summary. On June 22, visiting EUR/WE Office Director Kathy Allegrone discussed Iran, Syria, Iraq, and UN Security Council reform with MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi. On June 21 in Rome, Italian FM D'Alema told visiting Iranian FM Mottaki to accept the EU3 package and that Italy, d [...]
2006-06-23 09:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP IR IT
06ROME2006IRAN: TEHRAN-BASED UN OFFICIAL SEES INCREASING
[...] (C/NF) An Italian UN official based in Tehran says Iran is using all means at its disposal -- from support for terrorist groups to its own counter-narcotics campaign -- to boost its influence in the region. Accustomed to years of economic sanctions and international isolation, key Iranian powe [...]
2006-07-14 07:50:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP SNAR IR IT
06ROME2093P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN: NO SURPRISE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-21 14:45:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP SNAR IR IT
06ROME2195ITALY: INVITATION TO BURMESE FM AN EU EXPERIMENT
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Giuseppe Mistretta, MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia, August 2, stressing U.S. disappointment with the Finnish Government's decision to invite the Burmese Foreign Minister to the September ASEM meeting in Helsinki. Mistretta responded that the invit [...]
2006-08-04 12:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM FI BU EUN IT
06ROME2258ITALY SEES HRC LEBANON SESSION AS UNPRODUCTIVE
[...] (SBU) August 9 Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Acting Office Director for Human Rights Francesco De Stefani, stressing that a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) Special Session on Lebanon would be a distraction that could undermine UN Security Council (UNSC) efforts to bring about a cessation [...]
2006-08-10 15:07:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIS LE MOPS PHUM PREL PTER IT
06ROME2335LEBANON: ITALY READY TO HELP WITH TROOPS, BRIDGE
[...] (S) Italy is prepared to deploy up to 1,000 troops quickly to UNIFIL and up to 3,000 overall. The Foreign Minister told NEA A/S Welch the cabinet unanimously approved Italy's participation in UNIFIL during its August 18 meeting. Italy is persuaded, based on its own high-level consultations wi [...]
2006-08-18 17:34:00Embassy RomeSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PHUM IS LE IT
06ROME2434ITALIANS NOT OPPOSED TO KAZAKHSTAN'S OSCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-30 15:53:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKZ KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE IT
06ROME2481ITALY SUPPORTS WEDGWOOD FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-06 10:20:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM US UNHRC
06ROME2489ITALY URGES SYRIA TO STOP ARMS FLOW
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Prodi sent his diplomatic adviser to Damascus September 6 with a message for Asad urging compliance with the terms of resolution 1701 and a halt in the arms flow to Lebanon. It was the latest in a series of direct Italian messages to Syria, coming on the heels of [...]
2006-09-06 16:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PHUM IS LE IT
06ROME2582ITALY CO-CHAIRING COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES WORKING
[...] Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on the Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial September 12 to Gabriella Biondi, MFA Acting Office Director for UN Affairs, and Brunella Borzi, MFA OSCE Office Director (and CD coordinator). Poloff noted we plan to focus our participation on the success of th [...]
2006-09-13 15:50:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IT
06ROME2593ITALY AT NAM SUMMIT
[...] (C) Italy's observer to the NAM Summit in Havana, Sebastiano Cardi, a minister in the MFA Directorate General for Political Affairs, will be in Cuba for several days, beginning September 12. In light of the Italian presence at the meeting, Poloff spoke with Alessandro Busacca, a minister in t [...]
2006-09-14 12:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU CU IT
06ROME2697ITALIANS AGREE THAT UN HRC NEEDS TO BE EFFECTIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-25 15:08:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM UN IT
06ROME2780ITALIANS NEUTRAL ON SUPPORTING AMENDMENT TO CUBA
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Leonardo Bencini, Director of the UN office of the Italian MFA, on October 3. Bencini noted that the EU regularly supports the Cuba Embargo resolution and would likely do so again. Bencini said that Italy's position on support for an amendment would be for [...]
2006-10-03 15:47:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEUN UNGA PREL PHUM UN IT
06ROME2953ITALY: LEBANON RESOLUTIONS UNBALANCED, EU SEEKING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-24 16:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER UNGA LE IS IT
06ROME2990ITALY: ON CUBA, DAS MADISON ENCOURAGES ITALY TO
[...] (C) Summary. WHA DAS Madison met with Italian officials October 23 to discuss the Cuba transition. Madison shared U.S. views and plans in light of the changing situation in Cuba. Stressing the fact that only the Cuban people could bring about change, she requested Italian help to open polit [...]
2006-10-30 13:24:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM UNSC CU VZ GT IT
06ROME3032ITALY: UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC AND CUBA EMBARGO
[...] (SBU) Poloff met with MFA Human Rights Office Director Laura Carpini November 6 to deliver Ref A demarche requesting Italian support on UNGA country specific human rights resolutions for Belarus and Uzbekistan. Carpini reported that Italy had decided November 3 to co-sponsor the U.S.-sponsore [...]
2006-11-06 16:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UNGA UN CU IT
06ROME3051ITALY VOTING WITH THE EU ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE,
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered Ref A and B points on the UN Third Committee country resolutions, No Action motions, and retaliatory resolutions November 8 to MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini. Poloff also delivered Ref C points on the Australian amendment to the Cuba embargo r [...]
2006-11-09 12:55:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL XG UNHRC UNGA CU IT
06ROME329IRAN: ITALY STEADY ON REFERRAL, WANTS
[...] (C) Italy supports the U.S. "100 percent" on the Iranian nuclear issue, including referral to the UN Security Council. MFA officials continue to stress to the Iranians the need to suspend enrichment activities to restore the confidence of the international community. While unhappy at Italy's [...]
2006-02-03 14:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP IR IT
06ROME536CARTOON-WEARING MINISTER RESIGNS
[...] (C) Summary. Italy's Reforms Minister resigned February 18 following violent protests against the Italian consulate in Benghazi. The minister, Roberto Calderoli of the Northern League, had won notoriety for wearing T-shirts emblazoned with cartoons that had triggered protests in Islamic co [...]
2006-02-21 18:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM KISL IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME585ITALY: UN REFORM PARTNER, SUPPORTS GUATEMALA UNSC
[...] (C) Summary. Italy continues to support UN Reform, including making the new Peacebuilding Commission an effective body, and creating a strong Human Rights Council. It also supports improving UN management, including a mandate review, according to MFA UN Reform Coordinator Alessandro Busacca. [...]
2006-02-24 18:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR PHUM UNSC GT VE IT
06ROME599 2006 TIP REPORT: ITALY
[...] Below is the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Italy. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. The Embassy point of contact is Labor Counselor Candace Putnam, telephone: 39-06-4674-2327, fax 39-06-4674-2623. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) 21.A. Italy is a country of destination an [...]
2006-02-27 15:21:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IT HUMAN RIGHTS EUN
06ROME622ITALIANS "ASTONISHED" BY PROPOSED BELGIAN TRIP TO
[...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA expressed astonishment at the proposed visit by Belgian FM De Gucht to Belarus to observe the election monitoring process. The GOI shares USG concern about the signal the trip could send regarding ODHIR,s integrity. While the GOI has no plans to publicly or form [...]
2006-03-01 12:40:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALOSCE PHUM PREL BE IT
06ROME638SYRIA EIB LOAN: ITALY WILL ALLOW LOAN TO PASS
[...] (C) A/ECMIN and EconOff delivered reftel demarche February 28 to Ignazio Angeloni, Ministry of Finance Director General for International Financial Relations, and Sangante Filippo, Office Director for Bilateral Affairs with non-European Union countries. Angeloni was surprised to hear a Europ [...]
2006-03-02 14:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN EINV EU IT PGOV PHUM PREL EUN
06ROME647ITALIANS UNABLE TO COMMIT MORE FUNDS TO BIH WAR
[...] Summary. GOI budget cutbacks will prevent Italy from pledging additional funds for the BIH War Crimes Chamber. Additionally, the GOI may have difficulty meeting its existing pledge of 1,440,000 Euros for the Chamber. End Summary. 2. Raimondo De Cardona, head of the MFA Balkans Department [...]
2006-03-02 16:42:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV PHUM BK IT
06ROME756ITALY FOLLOWING SUMATE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
[...] (C) Poloff met with MFA South America Office Director Piero Benassi March 1 to deliver reftel demarche. Noting the judicial harassment of non-governmental organization (NGO) Sumate, Poloff urged Italy to speak out in defense of the accused leaders, send observers to the trial, and convey to t [...]
2006-03-10 11:42:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEU PGOV PHUM PREL VE IT
06ROME956ITALIANS OPEN TO EU VISA BAN AGAINST LUKASHENKA,
[...] (C) Summary. On March 27, Poloff met with Antonino Cascio of the Eastern European Department of the Italian MFA to deliver reftel points. Cascio said the MFA is concerned that an extended visa ban, including a ban on Lukashenka, could prove to be ineffective and could backfire if Lukashenka [...]
2006-03-29 16:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO IT
06ROME979ITALIANS URGE SLOW EXPANSION OF EU VISA BAN
[...] (C) On March 31, PolMinCouns and Poloff met with Paolo Serpi, Director of the Eastern European Department of the Italian MFA, to get a readout of the measures the EU plans to implement against the Lukashenko regime. Serpi stated that the EU agreed to implement an expanded visa ban list agains [...]
2006-03-31 15:30:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM CVIS BO IT
06SANAA110YEMEN: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
[...] (U) Paragraph 2 contains Post's input for the 2005-2006 edition of "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy" as requested in reftel. This submission will also be sent via e-mail on the classified side as a clean copy word document. --------------------------------------------- --------------- [...]
2006-01-23 11:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI YM HUMAN RIGHTS
06SANAA1341HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SOCCENT JCET IN
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by any members of the Yemen Special Operations Force (YSOF) or the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG). 2. Addi [...]
2006-05-16 11:41:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM MASS YM
06SANAA1343YEMEN IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES
[...] In response to the Department's request for updated information on Republic of Yemen (ROYG) adherence to the Arab League Boycott of Israel, post conducted a review of ROYG enforcement and compliance practices in place regarding the boycott. The results of that review are as follows, and are ke [...]
2006-05-16 12:12:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKBCT ABLD PHUM
06SANAA1373HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR MAJOR TAWFIK
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by Major Tawfik Nagi Kaid Al-Bawah of the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG). 2. Additionally the following hu [...]
2006-05-23 09:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM MASS YM
06SANAA1490HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SOCCENT JCET IN
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by any members of the Yemen Special Operations Force (YSOF) or Yemen Central Security Force, Counter Te [...]
2006-05-30 11:36:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM MASS YM
06SANAA1675YEMEN: TIP REPORT AND RELATED DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-06 11:15:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG YM
06SANAA1805AMBASSADOR DELIVERS HRC DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-20 12:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM YM
06SANAA2003HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR AL-SUBHI AND
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by Colonel Ali Mohammed al-Subhi, Deputy Chairman, Yemen Coast Guard and Brigadier General Taher Ali al [...]
2006-07-12 14:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM MASS YM
06SANAA2058YEMEN'S DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY REVISED
[...] SUMMARY: Since its articulation of a Democratic Reform Strategy nearly one year ago, Post has registered a number of successes. The sustainability of such changes remains uncertain, however, and they are at best only small steps on the road to democracy. In order to consolidate recent refo [...]
2006-07-18 09:57:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI KMCA YM
06SANAA222YEMENI WOMEN PROTEST DANISH PORTRAYAL OF PROPHET
[...] On February 1, approximately 5000 veiled women marched from Sanaa's Airport Road to the U.N. headquarters, protesting the recent publication of caricatures of the prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper. The women arrived in buses, and were organized by the Saleh Foundation, a charity run by o [...]
2006-02-01 12:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KMPI YM
06SANAA2564HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SALEH, AL-NONO,
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: Captain Nabil Abdullah Ahmed al-Rassas, Yemen Coast Guard Major Khalid Ali Mohammed Saleh, Yemen [...]
2006-09-04 09:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS PHUM MOPS YM
06SANAA259 MEDIA REACTION -- HAMAS VICTORY.
[...] SUMMARY. Almost all media outlets reacted positively to the victory of Hamas in the recent Palestinian parliamentary elections. They also hailed the election process as democratic, free, and fair. In particular, they commended the Palestinian Authority for immediately accepting the Hamas [...]
2006-02-05 03:37:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM
06SANAA348 MEDIA REACTION - CARICATURES OF
[...] SUMMARY. Recent caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, which appeared in European newspapers, have angered Yemenis, who have responded with protests, boycotts, and calls for diplomatic measures. Yemeni protests, however, have been peaceful. END SUMMARY. 2. EDITORIAL COMMENTARY: A. O [...]
2006-02-13 07:36:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM
06SANAA588AMBASSADOR AND NEW M/INFO DISCUSS NEW PRESS LAW
[...] Summary: During Ambassador's February 22 introductory call on new Minister of Information (M/INFO),Hassan al-Lawzi, discussions centered around the proposed media law. The M/INFO noted that the proposed press law bill, as written, was designed to guarantee freedom of information and confided [...]
2006-03-07 13:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KMPI KMCA YM
06SANAA589NEW MHR HAISAMI ON REFUGEES, PRESS, AND THE MHR
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 27 introductory call by Ambassador the new Minister of Human Rights (MHR),Khadijah Ahmed al-Haisami, expressed her views on Somali refugees, the new press law and her new role, which she promised to perform to the best of her ability. End Summary. 2. (C) On [...]
2006-03-07 13:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KMPI KMCC PREF YM
06SANAA926FREEDOM AGENDA BRINGS DOWN GOVERNMENT: 2006 FIRST
[...] SUMMARY: The Freedom Agenda had a dramatic impact in Yemen within the last quarter, resulting in significant advances in fighting corruption, women's representation in government, independence of the judiciary, and other key areas. Post marshaled a multilateral initiative to pressure President [...]
2006-04-04 13:34:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KMPI KMCA ECON PHUM YM
06SANJOSE1171G/TIP-FUNDED TRAINING ASSISTS PROSECUTION OF TWO
[...] Summary: On May 24, 2006, two auditors with the powerful Comptroller's Office were each sentenced to nine years in prison on charges that included paid sex with minors and the production and diffusion of pornography. The officials were arrested in the port city of Limon on September 10, 2004 [...]
2006-05-26 21:56:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM CS
06SANJOSE1219COSTA RICA RED CROSS PARTICIPATION AT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 23:11:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL CS
06SANJOSE1339COSTA RICA RED CROSS SUPPORTS RED CRYSTAL AMENDMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-14 22:20:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM ICRC CS
06SANJOSE156COSTA RICA DEMARCHED ON UN REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Langdale and visiting A/DAS David Lindwall delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Tovar on January 17. Tovar was receptive to all of our points, but seemed most inclined to cooperate on reforms to the Human Rights Commission. End Summary. UNHRC ----- 2. (C [...]
2006-01-24 13:55:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR PHUM ADCO CS
06SANJOSE1747COSTA RICA ON CASTRO SUCCESSION
[...] (C) Ambassador discussed reftel talking points with Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Stagno on August 4, 2006. Stagno indicated that he would discuss the situation with Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon when they were in Bogota, Colombia, on August 7 f [...]
2006-08-09 22:36:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CU CR
06SANJOSE2316128 CHINESE AND PERUVIAN MIGRANTS INTERCEPTED BY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: October 11-18, in an international, inter-agency operation involving the Costa Rican Coast Guard (SNGC),the US Coast Guard, the Peruvian Air Force, the GOCR's Directorate of Immigration (and MOTR Plan participants in Washington),128 Chinese and Peruvian intending immigrants we [...]
2006-10-23 14:10:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KCRM CS PE
06SANJOSE2543COSTA RICA NOT LIKELY TO OPPOSE CUBA EMBARGO
[...] (SBU) Late afternoon of November 7, Polcouns discussed reftel talking points regarding the Cuba embargo resolution and the proposed Australian human rights amendment with Antonio Alarcon, chief of staff for Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Stagno. Post also delivered talking points to the Mi [...]
2006-11-09 16:59:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL PHUM UN CS
06SANJOSE2614COSTA RICAN RESPONSES TO UN-RELATED DEMARCHES
[...] (U) On November 14, PolCouns and Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials to discuss pending Third Committee country-specific human rights resolutions, the upcoming International Law Commission election, and the recent Costa Rican UNGA votes concerning Cuba. In attendance were D [...]
2006-11-17 19:54:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYILC PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC CS
06SANJOSE2735SOUTHERN COMMAND'S HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE;
[...] SUMMARY: The U.S. Southern Command, as part of its Human Rights Initiative (HRI),sponsored a human rights conference in Costa Rica for 77 personnel, mainly from the public security force, November 28-December 1. Building on the work of an initial conference in August, this event sought to [...]
2006-12-08 00:13:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MASS XM CS
06SANJOSE2798COSTA RICA: UNGA VOTE ON DECEMBER 19
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-21 15:10:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCS PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
06SANJOSE481COSTA RICA 2005 TIP REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 14:45:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CS
06SANJOSE550MAGEN DAVID ADOM: COSTA RICA SIGNING MECHANISM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-08 19:31:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL CS ICRC
06SANJOSE571COSTA RICA MEDIA REACTION TO 2005 HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] As anticipated, most local news organizations reported on this week's release of the annual Human Rights Report (HRR). Several news dailies published brief synopses of the reports for all Central American countries, and several noted the HRR's overall positive tone. Accounts of the report ge [...]
2006-03-10 20:24:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM CS
06SANJOSE762HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSWOMAN SLAMS CAFTA-DR
[...] Costa Rica's Human Rights Ombudswoman, Dr. Lisbeth Quesada, released a report on March 30 criticizing the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). Comparing the relative bargaining power of the U.S. and Costa Rica to "a wild tiger vs. a captive rabbit," the re [...]
2006-04-07 15:40:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PHUM PGOV CS
06SANJOSE805DEMARCHE AND SECRETARY RICE'S LETTER ON THE UN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-12 17:16:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR OPDC PHUM PREL UNGA CS
06SANJOSE910COSTA RICA RESPONSE TO UNHRC - CANDIDACY OF IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-28 16:01:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM PREL CS
06SANSALVADOR1014REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, Date of Birth: 20 Oct 1977, Place of Birth: Chalatenango, Male. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above individual has not [...]
2006-04-20 13:58:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1047REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidate. Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 15 Nov 1968 POB: San Salvador Male 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above [...]
2006-04-21 19:36:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1048REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidate. NAME: XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 26 Oct 1964 POB: San Salvador Male 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the ab [...]
2006-04-21 19:50:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1049REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 20 May 1961 POB: Usulutan Male Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 21 Jul 1964 POB: La Union Male N [...]
2006-04-21 19:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1090MDA - DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADORS MEETING IN GENEVA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-26 20:47:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREL PREF ES
06SANSALVADOR1177UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDATES (EL SALVADOR)
[...] (U) Per reftel A instructions, diplomatic note from Secretary Rice to Foreign Minister Lainez was delivered to SIPDIS the GOES Foreign Ministry on April 24. 2. (C) On April 28, poloff discussed reftels with Mario Rivera, Multilateral Affairs Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affair [...]
2006-05-04 14:34:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALKUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA ES
06SANSALVADOR1181SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT UNVEILS TIP VICTIMS SHELTER
[...] (U) On the margins of the Regional Migration Conference being hosted by the Government of El Salvador (GOES),Minister of Governance Rene Figueroa announced at a May 3 press conference the unveiling of a GOES shelter for trafficking in persons victims. Figueroa stated that the shelter openin [...]
2006-05-04 21:05:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALKCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG ES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
06SANSALVADOR1194UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - CANDIDACY OF IRAN (EL
[...] (C) On May 4, poloff spoke again with Mario Rivera, Multilateral Affairs Director for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rivera stated that El Salvador was continuing to evaluate candidate countries, but assured poloff that the GOES was in opposition to the candidacy of Iran and other countrie [...]
2006-05-05 20:55:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM PREL ES IR
06SANSALVADOR1195EL SALVADOR: LETTER REGARDING HUMAN RIGHTS FROM
[...] (C) On May 4, 2006, poloff met with Mario Rivera, Multilateral Affairs Director for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting, Rivera showed poloff a letter that the GOES had received from the North Korean Embassy in Mexico City requesting that the GOES oppose any motion regarding [...]
2006-05-05 20:58:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ES KN
06SANSALVADOR1224REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX San Salvador 24 Aug 1960 Male XXXXXXXXXXXX San Salvador 26 Apr 1962 Female XXXXXXXXXXXX San Salvador [...]
2006-05-10 13:14:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1225REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON OHCHR FIELD PRESENCE
[...] According to the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) website, the UNHCR no longer maintains a full office in El Salvador, but has a representative to assist in the processing of refugees. The Political Section contacts the UNHCR representative, Desiree Massier, annually for [...]
2006-05-10 13:15:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES PHUM PREL
06SANSALVADOR1276WOMEN IN SALVADORAN POLITICS: SLOW BUT STEADY
[...] SUMMARY: Although in the wake of March elections, El Salvador now slightly outpaces the United States in its percentage of women legislators, it still lags behind several countries in the region in terms of the number of women elected to political office. Salvadoran women are also less like [...]
2006-05-12 19:11:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL
06SANSALVADOR1278REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, Date of Birth - 20 July 1953, Place of Birth - Cojutepeque, Male. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; none of the above individua [...]
2006-05-12 19:20:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1312REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX 28 Jul 1968 San Miguel Male Resource Management Course Start Date: 22 May 2006 XXXXXXXXXXXX 13 Jun 1965 [...]
2006-05-17 13:58:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1403REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, San Salvador, 17 Nov 1966, Male. Major XXXXXXXXXXXX currently serves with the Military Doctrine Command Unit. 3. Post has reviewed available hu [...]
2006-05-30 16:13:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1404REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. All candidates are male and serve with the Ilopango Air Force Unit. XXXXXXXXXXXX San Vicente 08 JUL 1975 XXXXXXXXXXXX C [...]
2006-05-30 16:14:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1413REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights record of XXXXXXXXXXXX March, 23 JUL 1964, San Salvador, Male. Major XXXXXXXXXXXX is a member of the Second Air Force Brigade. 3. Post has reviewed available human righ [...]
2006-05-30 19:13:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1414REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX Chalatenango 28 Aug 1962 Male Military Police Unit XXXXXXXXXXXX San Miguel 09 Nov 1962 Male 3rd Infantr [...]
2006-05-30 19:14:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1415REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX Rank: Major Ministry of Defense Office Chalatenango 07 May 1969 Male XXXXXXXXXXXX Rank: Major Military D [...]
2006-05-30 19:15:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1501REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 29 Oct 1971, San Salvador, Male, Naval Headquarters Unit. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; none of the above individuals has b [...]
2006-06-07 19:47:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1502REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX 18 Jun 1971 Male San Salvador Ilopango Air Force Base XXXXXXXXXXXX 03 Dec 1972 Male El Transito Ilopang [...]
2006-06-07 19:47:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1503REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 23 April 1964, Male, Santa Ana, Salvadoran Military Academy. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above individual has not bee [...]
2006-06-07 19:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1552MDA: SUPPORT AT JUNE 20 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-13 18:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM ES
06SANSALVADOR158REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN FORCES PARTICIPATING IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following members of Battalion Cuscatlan, who will be participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The Battalion is scheduled to depart between February 8 and February 11, under the command of XXXXXXXXXXXX. The names of the officers of t [...]
2006-01-20 21:53:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1595MDA: SUPPORT AT JUNE 20 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 21:36:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM ES
06SANSALVADOR1600REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX 06 Feb 1963 San Salvador Male Naval Headquarters XXXXXXXXXXXX 09 July 1963 Cojutepeque Male Armed Force [...]
2006-06-20 19:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR170ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OR RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-24 14:36:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKBCT ABLD PHUM ES
06SANSALVADOR1709REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 7 Oct 1969, Sonsonate, El Salvador, Male. XXXXXXXXXXXX currently serves at the Salvadoran Armed Forces Headquarters. 3. Post has reviewed avail [...]
2006-07-05 14:02:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1783REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, date and place of birth for your reference. All individuals are male. X [...]
2006-07-13 13:59:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1847REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following member of Battalion Cuscatlan, who will be participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The Battalion is scheduled to depart between August 7 and August 11, under the command of XXXXXXXXXXXX. All available records at pos [...]
2006-07-21 16:33:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1848REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following members of Battalion Cuscatlan, who will be participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The Battalion is scheduled to depart between August 7 and August 11, under the command of XXXXXXXXXXXX . The names and date and pla [...]
2006-07-21 16:34:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1899REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 27SEP1959, Cojutepeque, El Salvador, Male. XXXXXXXXXXXX currently serves at the Engineer Command Group. 3. Post has reviewed available human ri [...]
2006-07-31 19:52:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR190EL SALVADOR: GOES CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Embassy is in receipt of a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating that the GOES will nominate Ambassador Roberto Mejia Trabanino for a 2007-2010 position on the UN Human Rights Committee, the elections for which will take place September 9, 2006 in New York. Trabanino has ser [...]
2006-01-25 15:08:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYES PGOV PHUM PREL UN
06SANSALVADOR1921REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following individuals: XXXXXXXXXXXX San Pedro Perulapan 11-Feb-1959 Colonel 4th Infantry Brigade Male XXXXXXXXXXXX La Union 22-Dec-1958 Colonel 4t [...]
2006-08-07 19:16:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1932REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, born December 2, 1978 in San Salvador, male, Research Director for the National Council of Public Security. 3. The named individual will partici [...]
2006-08-07 21:08:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1990REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 14 October 1967, Santa Ana, Male, Military Industry Unit, Lieutenant Commander. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above ind [...]
2006-08-11 18:36:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1991REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 29 Mar 1970, Sonsonate, Male, Police Counternarcotic and Counterterrorism Unit, Technician. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; th [...]
2006-08-11 18:37:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1992REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 08 Mar 1977, San Miguel, Transmissions Command, First Lieutenant. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above individual has no [...]
2006-08-11 18:37:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1993REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following individuals: XXXXXXXXXXXX 03-July-1977 La Paz Second Air Brigade Seargent XXXXXXXXXXXX 21 Jun 1978 San Vicente Second Air Brigade Seargent [...]
2006-08-11 18:38:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1994REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 19 Nov 1976, San Salvador, Engineering Command, First Lieutenant. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above individual has no [...]
2006-08-11 18:38:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1995REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following individuals: XXXXXXXXXXXX 03 Feb 1963 Chalchuapa BESM unit Major XXXXXXXXXXXX 14 Mar 1965 Chalatenango Special Forces Sergent Major 3 [...]
2006-08-11 18:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1996REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 06 Dec 1970, San Salvador, Male, Naval Headquarters, Lieutenant. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; none of the above individual [...]
2006-08-11 18:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2120REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran Air Force Cadet Salvador Palacios Bou, DOB 10 Feb 1985, POB San Salvador, Male, Fuerza Aerea Unit, CIMA. Cadet Palacios will be training at the Defense [...]
2006-08-28 19:41:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2128REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Legal Aspects on Counter Terrorism scheduled to take place at the Salvadoran Foundation for Health and Human Develp [...]
2006-08-29 18:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2142EL SALVADOR: LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY RATIFIES ILO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: El Salvador's Legislative Assembly on August 24 voted unanimously to ratify International Labor Organization (ILO) Conventions 87 and 98 regarding freedom of association and the right to organize and bargain collectively, as well as Conventions 135 and 151 dealing with protect [...]
2006-08-31 20:59:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ELAB ES ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL
06SANSALVADOR2196REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Navel Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, scheduled to take [...]
2006-09-07 20:52:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2255REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Cadet Troop Leader Course (Inf) at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC),Ft. Benning, [...]
2006-09-14 14:19:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2297REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-20 14:35:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2300REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Advance Language Instructor Course at the Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, TX scheduled to begin October 4, [...]
2006-09-20 15:20:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2303REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTIN OF SALVADORAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-20 17:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM INR ES
06SANSALVADOR2307REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-20 19:26:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2323REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Legal Aspects of Counter Terrorism and Border Patrol, at the Salvadoran Foundation for Health and Human Development [...]
2006-09-21 17:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2324EL SALVADOR- COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACY MINISTERIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-21 17:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
06SANSALVADOR2492EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INDIGENOUS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-13 18:16:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN ES
06SANSALVADOR2562EL SALVADOR: MFA SAYS WILL SUPPORT CONSENSUS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-25 12:06:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SMIG OAS MX ES
06SANSALVADOR257REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Post includes name, sex, date of birth and place of birth for your reference. Please review the following list: XXXXXXXXXXXX, ma [...]
2006-02-01 17:38:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2581REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the multinational Standby High-Readiness Brigade for UN Operations (SHIRBRIG) Peacekeeping Operation (PKO) in Spain, schedu [...]
2006-10-26 17:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2609REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Security, Defense, and Integration Subregional Conference in Guatemala City, scheduled for November 14 to 16, 2006. [...]
2006-10-30 14:48:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2623REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Executive Dialogue Seminar in Washington DC, scheduled for December 3 to 9, 2006. XXXXXXXXXXXX Legislative Assembl [...]
2006-10-31 20:26:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2652EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHES ON LEBANON AND ANTI-ISRAELI
[...] (SBU) On November 1, Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Amb. Guillermo Melendez, Director General for Foreign Policy at the MFA, and Mario Rivera, Head of Multilateral Affairs. They replied that, bearing significant changes to the resolutions' text, El Salvador was unlikely to change its vo [...]
2006-11-03 18:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA IS ES LE PHUM
06SANSALVADOR2654EL SALVADOR: POINTS DELIVERED ON WOMEN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 18:48:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL ES
06SANSALVADOR2655EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON CUBA AND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 18:49:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CU ES
06SANSALVADOR2698EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON COUNTRY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 15:13:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UNHCR KTIA ES
06SANSALVADOR2712REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Advanced Engineer's Course, Fort Leonardwood, MO scheduled for December 18, 2006 to June 13, 2007. CAPT XXXXXXXXXXX [...]
2006-11-08 21:25:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2771REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Naval Staff College Course, scheduled for January 10, 2007 in Newport, RI. LT XXXXXXXXXXXX Naval Headquarters DPO [...]
2006-11-16 18:24:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2772REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC),in Fort Benning, Georgia, scheduled for January 18, [...]
2006-11-16 19:08:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2773REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the International Maritime Officers Course, scheduled to begin on January 24, 2007 in Yorktown, VA. LTJG XXXXXXXXXXXX N [...]
2006-11-16 19:10:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2778EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-17 16:34:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL BO ES
06SANSALVADOR2841REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Basic Language Course, to be held at the Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, Texas; January 3 through July 13, [...]
2006-11-27 19:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2865EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL ON
[...] Action Request: See Paragraph 2. On November 29 Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Rhina Jarquin, Director General of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Environment (MARN),and Mauricio Ruiz Cacho, Office of Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Both understood [...]
2006-11-29 21:30:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV EAGR EFIN ETRD PHUM OAS USTR ES
06SANSALVADOR2914EL SALVADOR TO CO-SPONSOR FINNISH RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-08 16:38:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA PHUM PREL SU UN ES
06SANSALVADOR2915EL SALVADOR: DIPNOTE RECEIVED ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-08 16:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA KTIA ES
06SANSALVADOR2960EL SALVADOR: 2006 WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] SUMMARY: Pursuant to reftel, this cable provides information on the worst forms of child labor in El Salvador. As a country eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP),El Salvador has implemented steps to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, including [...]
2006-12-18 15:34:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ELAB ES ETRD PHUM SOCI
06SANSALVADOR2962EL SALVADOR: UNGA VOTE ON DEC 19
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-18 18:44:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNAUS ES
06SANSALVADOR3010REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of a Salvadoran soldier to attend a Basic Language Instructor Course at the Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, TX from Jan 3, 2007 to July 13, 2007. 2LT XX [...]
2006-12-27 16:12:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR3011REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of a Salvadoran soldier to attend a Non-Commission Officer Development Course at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Assistance at Fort Benning, GA from Jan [...]
2006-12-27 16:42:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR318EL SALVADOR: POST'S VIEWS ON DISASTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Temporary Protected Status status should be extended for El Salvadoran beneficiaries currently residing and working in the United States. El Salvador's ongoing recovery from the 2001 earthquakes and the 2005 eruption of the Santa Ana volcano is incomplete. Current conditions p [...]
2006-02-07 21:51:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
06SANSALVADOR450EL SALVADOR: ALL BUT ONE SUSPECT IN SOTO MURDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A sentencing tribunal on February 17 absolved two of three suspects accused in the November 5, 2004 murder of AmCit labor activist Gilberto Soto. One man was convicted in the crime and will likely be sentenced Friday. Prosecutors will appeal the court's findings to the Supreme [...]
2006-02-22 21:00:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALELAB ES KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL
06SANSALVADOR5EVALUATION - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) WORKSHOP
[...] ELISSA STEGLICH IS THE MANAGING ATTORNEY AT THE MIDWEST IMMIGRANT AND HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER IN CHICAGO. SHE PROVIDES DIRECT REPRESENTATION TO ASYLUM-SEEKERS AND VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. MS. STEGLICH CONDUCTED A THREE-DAY WORKSHOP ON "HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY: AN EFFECTIVE RESPO [...]
2006-01-03 19:02:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO OEXC PHUM SMIG ELAB KCRM KOCI KWMN ES
06SANSALVADOR506REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, date of birth and place of birth for your reference. All of the following ca [...]
2006-03-01 14:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR514SALVADORAN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS MUDDLE AHEAD
[...] SUMMARY: El Salvador's most prominent civil society organizations grew out of the nation's 12-year armed conflict, but many international donors have switched their focus elsewhere since the 1992 end of hostilities. Most Salvadoran NGOs are struggling to replace lost international support w [...]
2006-03-01 21:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN KOCI SOCI ES
06SANSALVADOR531EL SALVADOR 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following is Post,s submission for the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. The format tracks paragraphs 21 to 24 in reftel. Post POC is INL Country Director J. Brian Duggan, 011-503-2501-2037. For OMB purposes, Duggan (FS-03) spent 10 hours compiling the following information. Sen [...]
2006-03-03 16:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB ES
06SANSALVADOR659MDA: DEMARCHE ON SIGNING THIRD ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-13 16:22:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL ES IS
06SANSALVADOR711REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, sex, date of birth and place of birth for your reference. The candidate [...]
2006-03-16 16:46:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANTIAGO1092CHILE: TRIPARTATE DEMARCHE ON DECLARATION ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Deputy Chief of Mission and the Ambassadors of New Zealand and Australia delivered reftel demarche and background papers to Amira Esquivel, Director of Human Rights for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Esquivel said the GOC shared our concerns about approving such a g [...]
2006-05-23 13:59:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL AU NZ CI
06SANTIAGO1122CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 17, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Andrew G. Chritton certifies the above statement. [...]
2006-05-24 20:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1123CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 23, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Andrew G. Chritton certifies the above statement [...]
2006-05-24 20:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1124CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 15, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Andrew G. Chritton certifies the above statement [...]
2006-05-24 20:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1226CHILE: DEA REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training by USG officials, purs [...]
2006-06-05 19:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SNAR KCRM CI
06SANTIAGO1286CHILE: DEA HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR THE
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 9, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Political Officer, Harry R. Kamian certifies the above statement. KELLY [...]
2006-06-13 15:44:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SNAR KCRM CI
06SANTIAGO1297CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2006-06-14 19:19:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1322 MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM: GUANTANAMO
[...] On June 15, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 119,807) carried an editorial entitled, "Debate Over Guantanamo." Quote: 2. "The suicide of three Al Qaeda prisoners in the Guantanamo detention center has reactivated controversy over the camp and renewed accu [...]
2006-06-16 18:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1328CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 16, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Political Officer, Harry R. Kamian certifies the above statement. KELLY [...]
2006-06-16 20:42:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1332CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for U.S. sponsored training, pursuan [...]
2006-06-19 17:57:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1456CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2006-07-07 19:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1471CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 10, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. EPOL Acting Section Chief, Michael Keller certifies the above statement. YAMAUCHI [...]
2006-07-11 15:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1473CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant t [...]
2006-07-11 17:09:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1511CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2006-07-14 13:19:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1542CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant t [...]
2006-07-18 19:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1571CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 18, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting EPOL Section Chief, Michael Keller, certifies the above statement. YAMAUCHI [...]
2006-07-21 17:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1620CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 20, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting EPOL Section Chief, Michael Keller, certifies the above statement. KELLY [...]
2006-07-28 14:15:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1621CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 20, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting EPOL Section Chief, Michael Keller, certifies the above statement. KELLY [...]
2006-07-28 14:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1654MEDIA REACTION - CUBA: CASTRO TRANSITION
[...] On August 2, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried an editorial "The Awaited and Complex Cuban Transition." Quote: "It is in everyone's interest...for the transition in Cuba to be as non-traumatic as possible.... The United States and the international community sh [...]
2006-08-02 19:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO1684MEDIA REACTION - CUBA: CASTRO TRANSITION
[...] On August 7, business and financial daily "Diario Financiero" (circ 20,000) carried a column by international commentator Libardo Buitrago entitled, "Fidel: Succession or Transition." Quote: "Fidel's announcement last week is the key to what could be the island's political future.... By del [...]
2006-08-07 18:11:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO1704CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 27, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. EPOL Section Chief, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above statement. KELLY [...]
2006-08-09 19:19:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1727CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following 142 Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pur [...]
2006-08-14 15:41:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1728CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2006-08-14 15:41:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1731MEDIA REACTION - CUBA: CASTRO TRANSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 18:04:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO1760CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training, pursuant to the Leah [...]
2006-08-17 20:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1843MEDIA REACTION - CUBA: CASTRO TRANSITION
[...] On August 27, private TV channel Chilevision international pundit Raul Sohr commented about U.S. policy towards Cuba, drawing on a recent DVC at Embassy Santiago with A/S Shannon. Sohr stated: 2. "The United States is carrying out a very complicated policy towards Cuba. On one hand, the hi [...]
2006-08-29 13:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO1903CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training, pursuant to the Leah [...]
2006-09-07 16:55:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1932CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 8, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above stateme [...]
2006-09-11 13:24:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1936MEDIA REACTION - CUBA: CASTRO TRANSITION
[...] On September 10, government-owned, editorially independent "La Nacion" (circ., 4,200) carried a column by defense journalist Raul Sohr, entitled, "Cuba and Venezuela, a U.S. Target." Quote: 2. "The United States believes that nothing will ever be the same in Cuba again.... Washington beli [...]
2006-09-11 19:41:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO1937 MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM: FIFTH ANNIVERSAY
[...] On September 11, business and financial daily "Diario Financiero" (circ. 30,000) carried an op-ed by international commentator Libardo Buitrago entitled, "9-11-2001: Five Years Later." Quote: "The principal effect of the September 11 attacks...was an overwhelming deep and strong rejection th [...]
2006-09-11 19:47:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1953CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2006-09-13 14:57:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1959CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training, pursuant to the Leahy [...]
2006-09-14 15:57:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1961CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant t [...]
2006-09-14 19:00:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1971CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 14, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting EPOL Section Chief, Harry R. Kamian, certifies the above statement. KELLY [...]
2006-09-15 16:41:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1974CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. Post notes that training is due to begin on September 25, 2006. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean Navy [...]
2006-09-15 17:41:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO2050CHILE: DEA REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training by USG officials, pu [...]
2006-10-02 12:10:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SNAR KCRM CI
06SANTIAGO2076CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2006-10-03 21:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO2107CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant t [...]
2006-10-10 13:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO211MEDIA REACTION -LUCIA PINOCHET
[...] On January 28-31 Santiago dailies had extensive coverage of Lucia Pinochet's decision to withdraw her request for political asylum in the United States. A significant part of that coverage focused on describing the Arlington detention center in which Pinochet was detained and highlighting that [...]
2006-01-31 21:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM PREL KJUS CI
06SANTIAGO2243CHILE: MILG REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant t [...]
2006-10-25 16:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO2289STAFFDEL MEACHAM -- NGO COMMUNITY HEALTHY AND VIBRANT IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Carl Meacham met with Chileans across the political spectrum October 25-27 to discuss challenges facing Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Chile. NGO representatives emphasized there is freedom to operate and no onero [...]
2006-10-31 19:45:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO PREL PHUM OVIP CI
06SANTIAGO2324CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of October 25, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above statement [...]
2006-11-06 19:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO2344AMBASSADOR COUNTERS BACHELET'S COMPARISON OF
[...] (C) Summary. President Bachelet has very publicly drawn parallels between the recently approved U.S. border fence with Mexico and the Berlin Wall (reftel). The Ambassador expressed his concern over her comments to Paulina Veloso, Secretary General of the Presidency, and Foreign Minister SIP [...]
2006-11-08 19:06:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SMIG CI
06SANTIAGO2421CHILE: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR SECURITY
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of November 2, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the ab [...]
2006-11-22 20:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SNAR KCRM CI
06SANTIAGO2479CHILE: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR CYBER
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of November 29, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Harry R Kamian, certifie [...]
2006-12-01 13:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
06SANTIAGO2482CHILE: LEGATT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant t [...]
2006-12-01 21:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO2498CHILE REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE TO THE
[...] On December 1, Post received Diplomatic Note No. 373 requesting U.S. support for the candidacy of Marta Mauras Perez to the Committee on the Rights of the Chile. Paragraph two contains Post's informal translation of the Note. Post sent translated text, Ms. Perez' CV and the original dipnote [...]
2006-12-04 19:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA CI
06SANTIAGO2541SUGGESTED POINTS FOR PINOCHET GUIDANCE
[...] Summary: Below is the press statement coordinated with WHA front office about General Pinochet's death on December 10 (ref A). Post had drafted suggested responses to possible press questions during today's noon briefing. End Summary. Press Statement --------------- 2. "We recognize th [...]
2006-12-11 13:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON CI
06SANTIAGO2543MEDIA REACTION - PASSING OF GENERAL PINOCHET
[...] Summary: Major dailies gave extensive coverage to General Pinochet's death, the Bachelet government's statement, and the demonstrations of Pinochet supporters and opponents. Two Concertacion Congressmen expressed surprise at the U.S. statement, noting the absence of a reference to U.S. interv [...]
2006-12-11 19:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO2544REACTION TO PINOCHET'S DEATH MUTED BUT DETRACTORS
[...] (U) Summary: Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet died December 10 at the Military Hospital in Santiago. The 91 year old Pinochet had been admitted after suffering a heart attack a week earlier (ref A). Both Pinochet supporters and detractors took to the streets to demonstrate their re [...]
2006-12-11 20:26:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM MARR KCRM CI
06SANTIAGO2550MEDIA REACTION - GENERAL PINOCHET'S LEGACY
[...] On December 12, business and financial "Diario Financiero" (circ. 30,000) carried an editorial entitled "Augusto Pinochet." Quote: "The Pinochet regime had two faces: the positive one that led to a deep and radical change of the country's social and economic structure.... and set the found [...]
2006-12-12 20:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO2564WILL PINOCHET'S LEGACY REST EASY IN HIS GRAVE?
[...] (C) Summary: An estimated 30,000 people attended former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's funeral on December 12. Many leading conservative figures attended, but conspicuously absent were the Right's last two presidential candidates, Joaquin Lavin and Sebastian Pinera, as was former Commander [...]
2006-12-14 10:53:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM MARR KCRM CI
06SANTIAGO2586CHILE REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY TO THE
[...] On December 6, Post received Diplomatic Note No. 393 requesting U.S. support for Chile's candidacy to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Paragraph two contains Post's informal translation of the Note. 2. Begin Text: REPUBLIC OF CHILE Ministry of Foreign Relations [...]
2006-12-18 18:42:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA CI
06SANTIAGO2589CHILE PRESENTS ITS CANDIDACY FOR UNSC IN 2014-2015
[...] Post recently received Diplomatic Note No. 394 requesting U.S. support for Chile's candidacy as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the period of 2014-2015. Paragraph two contains Post's informal translation of the Note. 2. Begin Text: REPUBLIC OF CHILE [...]
2006-12-18 19:23:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA CI
06SANTIAGO2610MEDIA REACTION - PINOCHET AND THE COLD WAR
[...] On March 21, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) carried an op-ed by international commentator Karin Ebensperger entitled, "Pinochet and the Super Powers." Quote: 2. "For more than 30 years we Chileans have not forgiven ourselves, accusing each other [...]
2006-12-21 18:46:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO2616CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of December 19, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftels. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the abo [...]
2006-12-22 20:18:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO2617CHILE: LEGATT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of December 19, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftels. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the abo [...]
2006-12-22 20:18:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO265MEDIA REACTION - PRESS FREEDOM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-07 10:21:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PHUM KMDR KPAO CI
06SANTIAGO273CHILE: TIP PROPOSAL FOR ESF FUNDING IN 2006
[...] In response to ref B, Post proposes the USG fund a series of professional education workshops for public officials and local activists in all regions of Chile with ports or major land-border crossings. The project would help prevent trafficking in persons (TIP) in Chile and would also raise a [...]
2006-02-07 21:07:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG EAID CI
06SANTIAGO274MEDIA REACTION - PRESS FREEDOM
[...] On February 7, center-left "Diario Siete" (circ. 23,000) carried an editorial entitled "Muslims and Caricatures." Quote: "The violence unleashed by the caricatures of Mohamed... reflect much more than a confrontation between freedom (of expression) in the West and alleged Muslim barbarians.. [...]
2006-02-08 10:18:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PHUM KMDR KPAO CI
06SANTIAGO286CHILE: REQUEST HUMAN RIGHTS CLEARANCE FOR BUZOS
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. Action request: Post requests Department review the following Chilean military unit for potential human rights violations: Buzos Tacticos Unit of the Chilean Navy. Unit commander is Lieutenant Commander Rene O'Ryan Salazar, DOB: 04Sep1965, [...]
2006-02-08 18:31:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO290MEDIA REACTION - PRESS FREEDOM
[...] On February 8, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried a column by international consultant Juan Enrique Froemel entitled, "Cartoons, Mohamed, and Violence." Quote: "Europeans . . . insist on upholding freedom of expression, forgetting the right of those who are adhere [...]
2006-02-09 10:24:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PHUM KMDR KPAO CI
06SANTIAGO304HEADS UP: IOM SEEKS TO REPROGRAM CHILE PROJECT
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. Summary: The International Office of Migration (IOM) in Chile has asked for Post's assistance in obtaining Department approval to reprogram USD 160,000 in State/PRM funding from an existing trafficking in persons program to a new one. GOC aut [...]
2006-02-10 14:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL CI GTIP OIM TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
06SANTIAGO311MEDIA REACTION - PRESS FREEDOM
[...] On February 11, center-left "Diario Siete" (circ. 23,000) carried an editorial entitled, "Freedom of Expression and Religious Co-Existence." Quote: "Danish daily Jyllands Paoster, which published the Mohammed cartoons that enraged the prophet's followers, apologized to the Muslim world on T [...]
2006-02-13 16:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PHUM KMDR KPAO CI
06SANTIAGO438CHILE: SUBMISSION FOR SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chile continues to improve in its efforts to identify, investigate and prosecute trafficking in persons, and to protect trafficking victims. The number of known or suspected cases of cross-border trafficking in Chile is low, although there is a problem with domestic commercial [...]
2006-03-02 22:30:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB GTIP CI
06SANTIAGO439CHILE: SUBMISSION FOR SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 22:30:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB GTIP CI
06SANTIAGO574MEDIA REACTION - CUBA AND HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] On March 19, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 310,000) ran an editorial entitled, "Repression in Cuba." Quote: 2. "Three years into the biggest wave of repression against dissidents, the situation has worsened for the opponents of the Cuban Communist regim [...]
2006-03-20 20:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO61213 FORMER MILITARY OFFICERS INDICTED IN
[...] (C) Summary: On March 21 presiding judge Victor Montiglio filed murder charges against 13 former Chilean Army officers in the Pinochet-era "Caravan of Death" case, whereby military officials traveled the length of Chile in 1973, killing a number of suspected dissidents. Eleven of the thirteen [...]
2006-03-23 21:32:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM CI
06SANTIAGO664 MEDIA REACTION - HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 19:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO77CHILE SUPPORTIVE ON UN REFORM INITIATIVES
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Ignacio Walker told the Ambassador on January 11 that Chile generally supported U.S. positions on administrative reform, the creation of the Human Rights Council, and the development of the Peace-building Commission. Walker stated Chile would continue to work clo [...]
2006-01-12 18:01:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR PHUM UN ADCO CI
06SANTIAGO81CHILE: FM WALKER DISCUSSES HAITI, ARTICLE 98 AND
[...] (C) Summary: Chilean Foreign Minister Ignacio Walker reiterated the GOC's concerns about threats against MINUSTAH in Haiti during his January 11 meeting with the Ambassador. He asked the U.S. to deny visas to the Haitians who were behind those threats. Walker also provided the Ambassador a m [...]
2006-01-12 21:14:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UN AR BR VE BL CI
06SANTIAGO823CHILE: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2 and 3. 2. (U) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean military unit and/or candidates who have been nominated for train [...]
2006-04-19 14:58:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO833CHILE: DEA REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2 and 3. 2. (U) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean police unit and/or candidates who have been nominated for trainin [...]
2006-04-20 17:42:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SNAR KCRM CI
06SANTIAGO846CHILE: MILGRP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (U) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean military unit and/or candidates who have been nominated for trai [...]
2006-04-21 20:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO847CHILE WILL SUPPORT COUNTRIES COMMITTED TO HUMAN
[...] (C) Ambassador Amira Esquivel, Human Rights Director in the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Poloff on April 21 the U.S. could count on Chile to support only those countries which are truly committed to human rights for the UN Human Rights Council. Esquivel noted, however, the GOC h [...]
2006-04-21 20:36:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALKUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA CI
06SANTIAGO862CHILE: DEA HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 21, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean Carabineros cited in reftel B. 2. Acting EPOL Section Chief, Harry R. Kamian certifies the above statement. KELL [...]
2006-04-25 13:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SNAR KCRM CI
06SANTIAGO889CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant t [...]
2006-04-28 19:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO890CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Le [...]
2006-04-28 19:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO892CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 24, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting EPOL Section Chief, Harry R. Kamian certifies the above statement. KELLY [...]
2006-04-28 20:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO917IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points urging Chile to oppose Iran's candidacy for the Human Rights Council to Foreign Ministry Director General for External Relations Carlos Portales on May 3. Portales (the MFA's number 3 official) did not address Iran's candidacy specifically, but said [...]
2006-05-04 12:21:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL CI IZ
06SANTIAGO955AMBASSADOR URGES GOC TO OPPOSE IRAN'S CANDIDACY
[...] (C) Following up on his earlier demarche (reftel B),the Ambassador telephoned Chilean Deputy Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren on May 8 to urge Chile to oppose Iran's candidacy for the Human Rights Council. Van Klaveren reiterated Chile's position of supporting only those countries commi [...]
2006-05-08 20:08:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL CI IZ
06SANTODOMINGO1112FIRST ISSUE OF DOMINICAN MFA'S POLICY MAGAZINE
[...] Summary: Haiti is the focus of the Dominican Republic,s first number of a new foreign policy review released at the close of 2005. Among texts are President Leonel Fernandez's speech at a seminar where he presented his priorities for the border region and other quasi-official statements. The [...]
2006-04-03 21:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG DR
06SANTODOMINGO1123FIRST ISSUE OF DOMINICAN MFA'S POLICY MAGAZINE
[...] Summary: Haiti is the focus of the Dominican Republic,s first number of a new foreign policy review released at the close of 2005. Among texts are President Leonel Fernandez's speech at a seminar where he presented his priorities for the border region and other quasi-official statements. The [...]
2006-04-04 14:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG DR HA
06SANTODOMINGO1418DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CIVIL
[...] Per reftel, Embassy contacted the following pro-democracy civil society organizations to encourage their registration as "Special Guests" to attend the OAS General Assembly: -- Human Rights Institute Santo Domingo, -- Foundation for Institutionality and Justice (FINJUS),-- Center for Integra [...]
2006-05-02 11:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDOAS PREL PHUM XK XL XM XR XS
06SANTODOMINGO1640EXIMBANK APO82474XX - LEAHY AMENDMENT
[...] In response to reftel concerning proposed transaction to be financed for material to be used by the National Police of the Dominican Republic, Embassy Santo Domingo advises that although individual members of the National Police have committed gross violations of human rights, especially unju [...]
2006-05-18 15:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EXIM PHUM DR
06SANTODOMINGO1854MDA DEMARCHE - FUNDING NATIONAL SOCIETIES -
[...] Per guidance reftel, Embassy contacted the American Red Cross field representative for the Caribbean, David Hintch, who is based in Santo Domingo and works closely with the Dominican Red Cross. He had already spoken with the Dominican Red Cross about attendance at the 29th International Confe [...]
2006-06-02 20:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM DR ICRC PREL HA SZ
06SANTODOMINGO1955DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EMBRACES IACHR: PLACES JUDGE
[...] (U) Long-time Foreign Ministry professional Dr. Radhys Abreu de Polanco was elected from among 6 candidates during the recent OAS General Assembly (June 4-6) to serve a term as judge on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). She is one of six judges; each has a term of six years wit [...]
2006-06-12 20:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS OAS DR HA
06SANTODOMINGO2045SUPPORT FOR MDA AT 6/20 CONFERENCE - DOMINICAN
[...] Embassy on June 14 delivered text of points Ref A (minus the if-asked points) through the American Red Cross Caribbean representative here to the director general of the Dominican Red Cross, Arq. Gustavo Lara Tapia. Lara said he was forwarding the points to Dominican Red Cross president Ligia [...]
2006-06-19 20:54:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL ICRC PHUM IS
06SANTODOMINGO243WHA DAS DUDDY VISITS THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JAN
[...] (U) Summary: Following his visit to Port au Prince, WHA DAS Patrick Duddy visited the Dominican Republic January 11-12 where he met President Fernandez (ref a),the congressional leadership, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs (ref b) and several other cabinet -level officials. Much of the dis [...]
2006-01-23 18:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV PHUM PREL
06SANTODOMINGO2465NEW DOMINICAN CRIME CONTROL INITIATIVES TAKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thousands of military soldiers joined police in joint nighttime patrols throughout the country this week in an effort to quell violent crime and enforce new curfews on the sale of alcohol. These initiatives, among others, were implemented by presidential decree this week in [...]
2006-07-28 21:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR CASC PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC KCRM
06SANTODOMINGO2720DOMINICAN MFA OFFICIAL COMMENTS THAT "COMPACT WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. In response to shared points regarding the "Compact with the Cuban People," Embassy received a four page written response by Ambassador Danilo P. Clime, Director of the Caribbean Affairs Section of the Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Clime asserts in his response that, g [...]
2006-08-24 12:56:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL CU DR
06SANTODOMINGO273DOMINICAN POLITICS II #16: FERNANDEZ WARNS OF
[...] (SBU) This is the 16th cable in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. (The President's remarks on "balkanization" reflect the Dominican obsession with the thorny issue of dealing with Haitian migrants; ugly incidents suggest tha [...]
2006-01-25 20:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HA DR PHUM
06SANTODOMINGO2771DOMINICANS SUPPORT U.S. HRC CANDIDATE, STUDY ILC
[...] On August 24, poloff delivered reftel B talking points with accompanying diplomatic note to Ambassador for UN and OAS Affairs Michelle Cohen, both requesting Dominican support for the candidacy of Michael Matheson for the International Law Commission (ILC). 2. Cohen noted that the Dominic [...]
2006-08-28 10:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM US UNGA UNHRC
06SANTODOMINGO2810IMPROVEMENTS ON DOMINICAN SUGAR PLANTATIONS: THE
[...] SUMMARY: Observations from visits in March and on August 25 indicate that the Vicini consortium, one of the two largest private producers of sugar in the Dominican Republic, has substantially improved working conditions associated with its Cristobal Colon plantations. These changes come amids [...]
2006-08-29 21:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ELAB PHUM SMIG KOCI DR HA
06SANTODOMINGO292DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM DELIVERED TO DOMINICAN
[...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on January 24 and left the general points (paras 4-5) as a non-paper, regarding UN reform priorities. Morales accepted the non-paper and acknowledged the importance of the issue of UN reform. He did not ask [...]
2006-01-26 16:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR DR PHUM UN ADCO
06SANTODOMINGO2958AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ: NAM
[...] (SBU) In a September 9 meeting with President Fernandez, the Ambassador delivered Reftel demarche on the NAM Summit, emphasizing the importance the United States places on the UN Security Council membership, terrorism, democracy, and the Middle East. 2. (C) Regarding the Security Council ra [...]
2006-09-14 18:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU
06SANTODOMINGO3086FERNANDEZ CRIME INITIATIVES CREDITED FOR DROP IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Violent crime statistics for the month of August showed a significant reduction in the country's homicide rate, which many attribute to the success of President Fernandez's July anti-crime initiatives. Of note is the low incidence of extrajudicial killings carried out by police i [...]
2006-09-27 20:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR CASC PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC KCRM
06SANTODOMINGO3250CONTROVERSIAL PRIEST, BATEY ACTIVIST RECALLED TO
[...] Sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. SUMMARY: Father Christopher Hartley, an outspoken and controversial advocate for worker rights on the Dominican sugar plantations (bateyes),has been unexpectedly recalled to New York. Church spokesmen claim that the recall was a routin [...]
2006-10-13 17:56:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ELAB PHUM DR
06SANTODOMINGO3282HAITIANS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - - THEY JUST
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Unfulfilled promises, nationalistic rebuffs and outright distortions continue to characterize the Dominican response to international concerns over the country's treatment of its largely undocumented Haitian minority. Despite repeated pledges, the government has failed to comply [...]
2006-10-18 20:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PHUM PGOV PREF SMIG ASEC UNHCR IOM HA
06SANTODOMINGO3324DECLARATION IN OAS ON U.S. BORDER SECURITY:
[...] (SBU) On October 24, Ambassador delivered Reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Morales. Morales replied that he understands U.S. sensitivities on this issue, since the Dominican Republic has similar problems with the border it shares with Haiti. The Foreign Minister said that he agreed with t [...]
2006-10-24 20:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG
06SANTODOMINGO3328DOMINICAN HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: NAVAL COMMANDO
[...] In connection with U.S. military training planned for the Commando Squad of the Dominican Navy, EcoPol section advises that it has no repeat no information of any allegations of violations of human rights by the 64-man squad or by its commander, Naval Capt. Nelson A. ROQUE GARCIA. 2. Emba [...]
2006-10-25 15:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PHUM DR
06SANTODOMINGO3364DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON LEBANON DELIVERED
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on UNGA Resolutions on the Situation of Human Rights and Children in Lebanon to the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Ambassador Michelle Cohen, Dominican Chief of United Nations and Organization of American States Affairs (Assistant Secretary-equivalent),[...]
2006-10-27 15:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER
06SANTODOMINGO344DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL TO RUN FOR SENATE;
[...] (C) Summary: On January 26 Dominican Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito previewed for the Ambassador that, at the request of his political party (the ruling PLD),he will take a three-month leave of absence to run for senator from Santiago in the May 16 election. He is responding to [...]
2006-02-01 13:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV DR SNAR KJUS KCOR EFIN PHUM NU HA
06SANTODOMINGO3502DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: NONSUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO
[...] On November 14, poloff delivered Ref C talking points to Ambassador for UN and OAS Affairs Michelle Cohen. This was followed up on November 15 by delivery of additional country-specific points contained in Ref A. Neither demarche resulted in substantive comment from Dominican authorities. [...]
2006-11-15 16:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC UN KTIA BO DR
06SANTODOMINGO3521DOMINICAN POLITICS III #10: FERNANDEZ"S BIG
[...] (U) This is the tenth cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third years of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez has initiated a program to reform the constitution of the Dominican Republic, seizing the opportunity presented by a [...]
2006-11-16 18:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR EAID ECON PGOV PHUM SMIG
06SANTODOMINGO3545DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REVIEWS ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA
[...] (C) On November 16, Economic-Political Counselor and poloff presented Ref A points concerning the November 17 special session to Deputy Secretary of State Alejandra Liriano and Undersecretary of State (and functional Chief of Staff) Jose Manuel Trullols. Trullols remarked immediately on the o [...]
2006-11-20 17:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA UNHCR UN KTIA BO IS DR
06SANTODOMINGO3559REQUEST HR VETTING FOR DOMINICAN NAVY COMMANDO UNIT
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo requests Department human rights vetting of following members of the Dominican Navy Commando unit, scheduled for training by USSOUTHCOM from January 13, 2007. Embassy has no adverse information about any prospective trainees. 2. List follows: Dominican Navy Comm [...]
2006-11-22 11:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PHUM DR
06SANTODOMINGO3655SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO THE DOMINICAN
[...] (SBU) The United States Mission in the Dominican Republic warmly welcomes your planned December 8-10 visit to Santo Domingo. Space permitting, Ambassador Hans Hertell will greet you in Washington, DC on the day of your departure, and travel with you via milair to Santo Domingo. We have arrange [...]
2006-12-06 11:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR EPET PHUM PREF PREL ETRAD ECON DR
06SANTODOMINGO3759CODEL ENGEL: HAITIAN ISSUES DOMINATE VISIT TO THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The December 9-10 Congressional visit led by Rep. Eliot Engel touched some of the most sensitive points in the Dominican psyche. The group had intended to learn about a range of issues, but their trip, truncated by a late departure from Washington, was defined in the Dominican [...]
2006-12-18 18:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR PHUM PREF PREL EWWT DR XL OREP ELAB
06SANTODOMINGO657DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ ON HAITI, BORDER
[...] (C) Summary: On February 16 President Fernandez told the Ambassador he expects Haitian President-elect Preval will pay his first foreign visit to the Dominican Republic. Fernandez expressed keen interest in the possibility of President Bush's attendance at a May 30-31 regional summit in Santo [...]
2006-02-24 20:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL DR HA EXIM SNAR KCOR KJUS PHUM ETRD
06SANTODOMINGO913DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: REPLY ON UN REFORM
[...] (SBU) Embassy followed up to obtain a substantive response to the non-paper on UN reform that the Ambassador delivered to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso on January 24. Acting UN affairs director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco informed us March 8 that our views had been duly considered. 2, [...]
2006-03-14 11:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYADCO KUNR PHUM PREL DR UN
06SANTODOMINGO977DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #3: PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF
[...] (C) This is the 3rd cable in a series reporting on the Dominican Republic's 2006 congressional and municipal elections:. President's Chief of Staff Previews Elections, Questions Ethics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Secretary of the Presidency Danilo Medi [...]
2006-03-21 16:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV DR PREL KCOR SNAR PHUM
06SAOPAULO121LULA'S GOVERNMENT IN THE CROSSHAIRS: A PT PERSPECTIVE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although they deny it, members of President Lula's Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT) who attended the Sixth World Social Forum - Americas Region (WSF) in Caracas in late January had some difficult moments. The event became Hugo Chavez's show and Brazil was critici [...]
2006-02-07 17:13:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PHUM SOCI ELAB BR
06SAOPAULO215 LEADER OF THE 1992 CARANDIRU PRISON MASSACRE ACQUITTED OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 15, Police Colonel Ubiratan Guimaraes was absolved of responsibility for the infamous 1992 Carandiru prison massacre by a Special Session of the Sao Paulo State Court of Justice. The Court overturned a 2001 grand jury sentence of 632 years in prison for Guimaraes. [...]
2006-02-24 23:07:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO223 CONTINUED DECLINE IN MOST VIOLENT CRIME IN SAO PAULO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sao Paulo State Secretariat for Public Security released fourth quarter (October-December, 2005) crime statistics for the city of Sao Paulo, the Sao Paulo city outskirts, and the state as a whole. Statewide, violent crime decreased, including a marked decrease in homicide an [...]
2006-03-02 18:32:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PGOV ASEC PHUM ECON SNAR BR
06SAOPAULO319GANGS ON THE RISE IN SAO PAULO'S WOMEN'S PRISONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the Director of Training for the Sao Paulo state prison system, street gang influence within Sao Paulo prisons has notably increased over the last three years. Particularly disturbing in this trend is that for the first time, prison officials see the influence of g [...]
2006-03-22 17:50:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO332 LANDLESS MOVEMENT'S EARLY YEAR ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) Land invasions led by the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (Landless Rural Workers Movement - MST) and allied groups have begun in the Sao Paulo Consular District (southern and part of southeastern Brasil) in anticipation of the annual Red April protests (ref A). Early Mar [...]
2006-03-24 18:51:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PREL ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO348SEVEN DEAD IN LATEST WAVE OF PCC-LED RIOTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Seven inmates died during a 21-hour rebellion that rocked a public jail in Sao Paulo state March 23-24. This deadly event occurred two days after a series of prison disturbances in four municipalities in the state, and is believed to have been organized by the powerful gang, [...]
2006-03-29 19:09:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO449FEDERAL DEPUTY GREEHALGH SHARES VIEWS ON ELECTION CAMPAIGN,
[...] (SBU) In a ninety-minute breakfast meeting with Consulate representatives, Federal Deputy Luiz Eduardo Greenhalgh (PT-SP) offered his insights on a number of current political issues. He said President Lula faces a tough fight for re-election and is concerned about his prospects in populous S [...]
2006-04-28 18:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PHUM ELAB EAGR BR
06SAOPAULO526GANG WAGES WAR ON SAO PAULO POLICE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The notorious Sao Paulo organized crime gang First Capital Command ("PCC") waged a deadly and brutal assault against the police over the weekend, killing 44 officers and injuring another 27 in up to 180 attacks across Sao Paulo state. The police, in turn, killed 23 suspected cr [...]
2006-05-15 20:28:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO532SAO PAULO STREET WAR OVER, BUT WHO WON?
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The three-night assault on Sao Paulo police forces by the organized crime gang PCC seemed to have ended Monday evening (May 15) as suddenly as it started. The daily newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported on Tuesday, May 16, that the PCC leadership called a truce after reaching an [...]
2006-05-16 18:58:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO551SAO PAULO POLICE STRIKE BACK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In reaction to a wave of violence orchestrated by the organized crime gang First Capital Command (PCC) which left over 100 persons dead including over 40 law enforcement officers, Sao Paulo police stepped up patrols and checkpoints on Tuesday and Wednesday (May 16-17) in certai [...]
2006-05-18 20:05:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO573DUST SETTLES IN SAO PAULO AFTER VIOLENT CRIME WAVE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Criminal activities associated with last week's violent crime wave orchestrated by the organized criminal gang the First Capital Command (PCC) have all but ceased in and around Sao Paulo. A few random incidents that appear related were reported over the weekend, but in general, [...]
2006-05-22 18:43:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO708PCC FOILED IN ATTEMPTED ATTACKS ON OUTSKIRTS OF SP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sao Paulo state security officials reported on Monday, June 26, that police foiled several attacks against employees of detention facilities planned by Sao Paulo's notorious criminal gang the First Capital Command (PCC). State officials said imprisoned PCC leaders ordered stre [...]
2006-06-27 18:14:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO742PCC KILLS PRISON GUARDS AT HOME, POLICE NAB DOZENS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten days after a raid that left 13 of their compatriots dead and five apprehended, the PCC has carried out almost daily, precise assassinations and attempts on prison guards at their homes around Sao Paulo. Five guards have been killed and several other law enforcement person [...]
2006-07-07 16:52:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO751SNAPSHOT OF PRISON CHAOS IN SAO PAULO STATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the past month, Sao Paulo prison officials have been housing over 1400 prisoners in an open yard designed to hold about 160 people in the Araraquara prison in northern Sao Paulo state. No AmCits are currently housed in Araraquara, but one AmCit is being held in somewhat si [...]
2006-07-10 17:58:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM CASC SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO761INCREASED OVERNIGHT VIOLENCE IN SAO PAULO LIKELY DUE TO
[...] Sao Paulo's slow burn of violence directed against prison and police officials by the organized criminal gang PCC over the past weeks flared during the early morning hours of July 12. Reminiscent of the beginning of the violence unleashed on Sao Paulo and neighboring cities in mid-May by the P [...]
2006-07-13 09:28:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO765REDUCED VIOLENCE IN SAO PAULO NIGHT OF JULY 12, BUS
[...] Sao Paulo and neighboring cities again suffered attacks the night of July 12/morning of July 13 from the organized criminal gang First Capital Command (PCC),though at a reduced level compared to the previous night. Two deaths from July 12 were reported, though apparently no one was killed in [...]
2006-07-14 08:59:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO771VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO DIMINISH IN SAO PAULO NIGHT OF JULY
[...] (U) Sao Paulo and neighboring cities suffered a third night of attacks the evening of July 12/morning of July 13 from the organized criminal gang First Capital Command (PCC),though the level of violence continued to fall. There were only about 17 attacks (no deaths) reported overnight: two in [...]
2006-07-14 18:32:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM SOCI SNAR ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO988 COMMANDER OF CARANDIRU MASSACRE FOUND MURDERED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The police commander who was in charge of operations during the infamous 1992 police massacre of inmates at Sao Paulo's Carandiru Prison was found dead in his apartment on Sunday night, September 10. Early reports indicate that Ubiratan Guimaraes, who retired from the police f [...]
2006-09-12 18:49:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM PHUM PINR SOCI BR
06SARAJEVO1019BOSNIA SUPPORTS NEW ICRC SYMBOL
[...] On May 5, Post delivered points in reftel to Ambassador Nedzad Hadzimusic, Head of the Department for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hadzimusic represented Bosnia at the diplomatic conference in Geneva in December 2005 and was very familiar with the issues. He noted t [...]
2006-05-09 13:13:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PGOV PHUM PREF ICRC BK
06SARAJEVO1020BOSNIA: RELIGION AND POLITICS APPEALING MIX FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has long been politically involved in issues surrounding Croat returns, specifically the question of who is primarily to blame for the low numbers of Bosnian Croat refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) who returned to [...]
2006-05-09 13:13:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI BK
06SARAJEVO1024BOSNIA: TRAFFICKER GETS EIGHT YEARS
[...] On April 25, the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) State Court handed down the second-longest sentence in the history of Bosnia's anti-trafficking statute, which allows for a maximum sentence of ten years. Mostar trafficker Nermin Cupina was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment. The judge also or [...]
2006-05-10 08:55:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM SOCI BK
06SARAJEVO1045BOSNIA: IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES
[...] Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has had observer status in the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) since 1994. BiH does not require participation in, or cooperation with, the Arab League Boycott (ALB) or other international boycotts. The BiH government does not, as a matter of policy, p [...]
2006-05-12 15:10:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDKBCT ABLD PHUM PIRF AL
06SARAJEVO1064BOSNIA: APPLICATION FOR 2006 PRM AMBASSADOR'S FUND
[...] The following is Post's proposal for the 2006 PRM Ambassador's Fund. This proposal was developed in coordination with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH),the state Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees, the municipal government of Bratun [...]
2006-05-15 12:01:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF BK
06SARAJEVO1075BOSNIA: LITTLE PROGRESS IN POST-SANCTION TREBINJE
[...] (C) Summary: One year after Lautenberg sanctions on the municipality were lifted, the eastern Republika Srpska (RS) municipality of Trebinje shows very little progress in a number of critical areas. The working relationship between Mayor Dobroslav Cuk (a member of the opposition Alliance for I [...]
2006-05-16 14:13:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALECON KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1173BOSNIA: PLIGHT OF PENSIONERS DIRE
[...] Summary: Bosnia's 500,000 pensioners represent its largest special-interest group and will be influential in the October 2006 general elections. They also vote in a higher proportion than younger citizens. Increasingly squeezed by Bosnia's new national value-added tax (VAT) and rising health ca [...]
2006-05-25 12:35:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI BK
06SARAJEVO1230BOSNIA: PM CAVES ON INVESTIGATING FATE OF SERBS IN
[...] (C) Summary: On May 25, the BiH Council of Ministers decided to form a state commission to investigate "the truth about the suffering of all citizens of Sarajevo" from 1992-1995. Although Bosnian Serb leaders had long pushed for a commission to investigate the deaths and disappearances of Sara [...]
2006-06-01 11:40:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI BK
06SARAJEVO1279BOSNIA: STATE COURT BALANCES 2007 BUDGET, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: On May 24 the BiH State Court Registry presented international donors with a realistic plan to balance the 2007 budget and keep the War Crimes Chamber going. This presentation came as a result of collective donor pressure on the Registry to face the fiscal reality that pledges at [...]
2006-06-05 16:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKAWC EAID PHUM PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1287BOSNIA: REPORT ON OHCHR FIELD PRESENCE
[...] On May 26, Poloff met with Jasna Dzumhur, the current head of mission for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Sarajevo, to discuss the mission's field activities and future plans. The OHCHR office in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) will close on June 30, 2007; it wil [...]
2006-06-06 15:19:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM BK
06SARAJEVO1321BOSNIA: TIP REPORT DEMARCHE
[...] (U) Poloff delivered the 2006 TIP report and demarche (ref A) to Samir Rizvo, the State Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings on June 5. The Coordinator was pleased with comments in the report acknowledging that significant progress has been made in a number of areas. The re [...]
2006-06-09 10:42:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1329BOSNIA: STATE COURT ORDERS WAR CRIMINAL ZELENOVIC
[...] (U) On June 9 an international judge at the BiH State Court ruled that accused war criminal Dragan Zelenovic should be transferred immediately to The Hague for trial. The State Court based its ruling on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictment, the INTERP [...]
2006-06-09 17:44:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKWAC PHUM PGOV PREL RS BK
06SARAJEVO1367BOSNIA: NIGHT OF A THOUSAND DINNERS A SUCCESS FOR
[...] On June 10, 2006, the Embassy co-hosted a "Night of 1,000 Dinners" (N1KD) gala dinner with the local American Chamber of Commerce and the Embassy of Canada, the fourth of its kind since 2002. Donors to the event contributed almost 200,000 KM (approximately US $130,000),which will be matched [...]
2006-06-15 11:10:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KHDP PREF PARM AORC ODIP OFDP KSEP BK
06SARAJEVO1751RS OFFICIALS PLEDGE ICTY COOPERATION TO SWCI
[...] (U) Summary and Comment: On July 28 and from August 1-2 Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with GBiH and Republika Serpska (RS) officials in Sarajevo and Banja Luka. Both GBiH and RS officials affirmed their commitment to ICTY cooperation, and all agreed with Ambas [...]
2006-08-04 11:42:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKWAC PHUM PGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1773CORRECTED COPY: RS OFFICIALS PLEDGE ICTY
[...] (U) This cable replaces Sarajevo 1751 (ref. A). This cable has been cleared by S/WCI Ambassador Williamson's office. 2. (U) Summary and Comment: On July 28 and from August 1-2 Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with GBiH and Republika Serpska (RS) officials in Sa [...]
2006-08-07 08:03:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALICTY KAWC PHUM PGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1774CROAT COMMANDER SURRENDERS SELF TO FACE WAR CRIMES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 08:26:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDICTY KAWC PHUM PREL PGOV BG
06SARAJEVO1822BOSNIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] On August 10 POLOFF delivered reftel demarche and the attached resume to Ambassador Nedzad Hadzimusic, Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs at the BiH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hadzimusic said Bosnia would support Professor Ruth Wedgwood's candidacy for the Human Rights Committee. [...]
2006-08-10 17:45:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1860BIH POLITICIANS CHOOSE HIGH-ROAD IN RESPONSE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Political reaction to the bombing of Former BiH President Alija Izetbegovic's grave, with the exception of one Serb-based party, has been surprisingly measured in this pre-election period. Although the investigation into the attack has yielded few results, some groups, including [...]
2006-08-14 17:24:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR BK
06SARAJEVO2097NAM RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-11 16:47:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALIR PHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC BK
06SARAJEVO2575BOSNIA: BOSNIAKS MORE SENSITIVE ABOUT U.S.
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In the past, Bosniak (i.e., Muslim) politicians and the Bosniak public have been strong supporters of U.S. counterterrorism policies. This includes the work of the Citizenship Review Commission (CRC),one of our top counterterrorism priorities in Bosnia. Criticism of the CRC gen [...]
2006-10-19 13:11:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPTER PINR PHUM PGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO2783THE AMBASSADOR'S IFTAAR DINNER
[...] (U) In celebration of Ramadan, the Ambassador hosted an Iftaar dinner on October 11 for members of the Islamic Community as part of a recent series of events involving Bosnia's religious communities. Dinner guests included many of Bosnia and Herzegovina's leading Muslim clerics and academics, [...]
2006-11-08 15:12:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDBK PGOV PHUM PREL
06SARAJEVO3069STATE COURT UPDATES PART ONE: WAR CRIMES CHAMBER
[...] INTRODUCTION: This is the first of two cables summarizing cases currently before the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This cable summarizes war crimes cases. Cases underway in the State Court Special Section for Organized Crime, Financial Crime and Corruption will be discussed septel. [...]
2006-12-04 13:44:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDICTY KAWC PHUM PINR BK
06SARAJEVO3070STATE COURT UPDATES PART ONE: WAR CRIMES CHAMBER
[...] INTRODUCTION: This is the first of two cables summarizing cases currently bfore the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. his cable summarizes war crimes cases. Cases unerway in the State Court Special Section for Organzed Crime, Financial Crime and Corruption will b discussed septel. The [...]
2006-12-04 13:51:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDICTY KAWC PHUM PINR BK
06SARAJEVO3187BOSNIA - DELPONTE GIVES RS MINISTER CADJO 30 DAYS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The HighRep on December 15 told the Ambassador that ICTY Chief Prosecutor had delivered an ultimatum to RS Minister of Interior Cadjo demanding action within 30 days against ICTY indictee Stojan Zupljanan. The HighRep indicated that he would be prepared to use his Bonn Powers to [...]
2006-12-18 14:02:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETICTY KAWC PHUM PINR BK
06SARAJEVO738BOSNIA: TRUTH COMMISSION PROPOSALS CONTROVERSIAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. 2. (SBU) Summary: A number of local and international organizations have put forward concepts for the formation of a "truth and reconciliation commission" for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). However, some of the key players suffer from compet [...]
2006-04-07 14:28:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV SOCI BK
06SARAJEVO749BOSNIA: COURT DECLARES ENTITY SYMBOLS MUST GO
[...] Summary: On March 30, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) issued a decision that the Federation flag and coat of arms and the Republika Srpska (RS) coat of arms and anthem are unconstitutional because the ethnically-associated symbols they contain constitute a form of raci [...]
2006-04-11 08:22:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM BK
06SARAJEVO769BOSNIA GETS SINGLE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION
[...] On April 3, Bosnia's state-level Parliament adopted the law establishing a single Ombudsman institution composed of three members (a chairman and two deputies). The members will likely represent BiH's three constituent peoples (Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats),although theoretically members of nati [...]
2006-04-12 11:58:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM BK
06SECION01OF02HARARE628LABOR STRIKES LOMING
[...] C) General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Unio of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ) General Secretary GertrudeHambira told econoff on May 24 that within two weks the union would likely announce a strike by aricultural workers over wages. Zimbabwe Congressof Trade Unions (ZCTU) Secretary General Wellingon [...]
2006-05-26 10:03:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALELAB PGO PHUM ECON ASEC ZI
06SECTIKN01OF03MINSK1223EMBASSY EINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 21,
[...] The following are brief items of interest cmmpiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIKNS ----------------------- - Foreign Military Experts Confirm Belarus' Compliance (para. 2) - Belarus Still 67th in UN Human DEvelopment Ranking (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ----- [...]
2006-11-27 04:30:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06SECTIO03OF03MINSK1128EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 20,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-20 13:13:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06SECTION01O02HONGKONG2311JUNE 4 CANDLELIGHT VIGIL IN HONG KNG
[...] (C) Summary: According to ong Kong's "Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China," their annual candlelight vigil to commemorate the anniversary of the June 4, 1989 military suppression in Beijing's Tiananmen Square drew a crowd of 44,000 on Sunday evening, slightly short [...]
2006-06-05 10:23:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PINR HK
06SEOUL1021ROK CRITICIZED FOR "APOLOGIZING" TO DPRK TO
[...] (C) In the aftermath of the March 22 incident at Mt. Geumgang, North Korea -- in which DPRK officials retaliated against South Korean journalists' statement that one of the North Korean participants in the inter-Korean family reunion event was "abducted" by preventing 99 elderly South Koreans [...]
2006-03-28 09:35:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KN KS
06SEOUL1035U.S., CANADA, ROK ANTI-TIP GROUP RECONVENES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a 16-month hiatus, the ROK-U.S.-Canada Trilateral Working Group on anti-trafficking issues (TWG) met on March 22 to discuss the trafficking of women from Korea to the U.S. and elsewhere. While the group recognized the cooperation among the Embassy and local police to arr [...]
2006-03-29 22:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CVIS PHUM KS KCRIM SMIG PREL
06SEOUL1089S/E LEFKOWITZ'S REMARKS ON KAESONG PROMPT
[...] (C) Recent South Korean press reports drew attention to Special Envoy Jay Lefkowitz's March 30 remarks at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) calling for independent monitoring of labor conditions at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC),and the subsequent response from Assistant Unificat [...]
2006-04-03 08:48:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID KN KS
06SEOUL1108ROKG OFFICIALLY RESPONDS TO USG NORTH KOREAN
[...] (C) On April 4, Kim Ki-woong, Director of the Inter-Korean Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, presented the official ROKG response to our ref g demarche seeking support for the USG North Korean refugee strategy. The ROKG response (reprinted in paragraph 3) centered [...]
2006-04-04 08:19:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL KS KN
06SEOUL1157SOUTH KOREA WILL RUN FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-07 08:59:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KUNH UNGA KS
06SEOUL1266STAFFDEL VISIT TO KAESONG INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
[...] (U) During an April 12 staffdel visit to the South Korean-managed Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) in North Korea, KIC officials said that informal conversations with North Korean workers indicated that the DPRK provided the workers with approximately 70 percent of their wages, for a base inc [...]
2006-04-18 06:20:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALEINV ELAB PHUM PREL KS KN
06SEOUL1270ROKG DISCUSSES BANGKOK SIX AND KIM CHUN-HEE
[...] (C) MOFAT DG for Policy Planning Nam Gwan-pyo on April 18 told POL M/C that Seoul was relieved to hear that the six North Koreans had arrived safely in Bangkok (ref a). MOFAT has instructed its Embassy in Bangkok to assist in vetting and resolving the case quickly and quietly. Seoul was pos [...]
2006-04-18 07:30:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM AGMT KS KN
06SEOUL1279ROKG SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON UN HRC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-19 05:01:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL KS UN
06SEOUL1308ROKG PREFERS REQUEST COME FROM UNHCR ON BANGKOK SIX
[...] (C) On April 20, POL M/C delivered ref a demarche urging Seoul to reconsider its position and quickly allow a ROKG official to assist with the processing of the six North Koreans in Bangkok to Nam Gwan-pyo, Director General for Policy Planning in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Na [...]
2006-04-20 07:31:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL KS KN TH
06SEOUL1322MOU PREVIEWS APRIL 21-24 INTER-KOREAN MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) In an April 20 preview of the April 21-24 inter-Korean ministerial in Pyongyang, Assistant Minister for Unification Policy and Public Affairs Lee Kwan-sei told the DCM that the ROK planned to urge the DPRK to return to the Six Party Talks and agree to the resumption of general officer-lev [...]
2006-04-21 08:11:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC EAID PHUM KN KS
06SEOUL1377A/S HILL'S APRIL 13 MEETINGS WITH CHUNG
[...] (C) In separate meetings April 13, EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill discussed the status of Six Party Talks and U.S.-ROK relations with the leaders of Korea's two main political parties. Chung Dong-young, Chairman of the ruling Uri Party and former Minister of Unification, expressed concern that [...]
2006-04-25 08:19:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PNUC KS KN
06SEOUL1378ROK PREPARING TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-25 08:42:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC KS SZ
06SEOUL1445ROK OPPOSES IRAN'S HRC CANDIDACY
[...] (C) On April 27, POL M/C delivered Ref A points, urging opposition to Iran's candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council, to Cho Tae-yong, Director-General of the North American Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The same points were also delivered to Jang Hyun-cheol, D [...]
2006-05-01 05:36:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL KS
06SEOUL1470UNIFICATION MINISTER ON SIX PARTY TALKS, S/E
[...] (S) In a May 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Unification Lee Jong-seok said he believed, from his meetings with North Korean counterparts at the April 21-24 inter-Korean ministerial in Pyongyang, that the DPRK would return to the Six Party Talks if given a face-saving way to do so. [...]
2006-05-02 07:20:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPREL PHUM MNUC EAID KN KS
06SEOUL1472ROK QUESTIONS PERCEIVED USG POLICY SHIFTS ON DPRK
[...] (C) In a May 1 meeting with the POL M/C, Cho Tae-yong, Director-General of MOFAT's North American Affairs Bureau, asked whether USG policy had changed toward the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) and on granting asylum to North Koreans who had already been resettled in South Korea. Cho protest [...]
2006-05-02 07:44:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KS
06SEOUL1516DPRK REFUGEES IN BANGKOK: AVOIDING PUBLICITY
[...] (C) As the case of the six North Korean refugees in Bangkok appears to be moving toward a successful conclusion, with very forthcoming cooperation from all concerned, including the RTG, ROKG, and UNHCR, Embassy Seoul wants to underscore the need to handle their arrival and resettlement in the [...]
2006-05-04 07:50:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM KS KN
06SEOUL155ROK STUDYING USG NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE STRATEGY
[...] (C) On January 12, poloffs delivered reftel demarche, which requested support for approaches to Thailand, Mongolia, and Russia on processing North Korean refugees, to Kim Ki-woong, Director of the Inter-Korean Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Deputy Director C [...]
2006-01-12 08:27:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL KS KN
06SEOUL1622LOCAL UNHCR REQUESTS STOP TO NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM
[...] (U) Action Request: See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On May 12, the Acting Representative of UNHCR in the Republic of Korea, Michele Manca di Nissa, informed poloff that over the past week 3-5 ROK citizens, apparently resettled from North Korea, had approached UNHCR requesting asylum in the Unit [...]
2006-05-15 07:59:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPREF PREL PHUM AMGT KS
06SEOUL1774FOURTH ROUND OF USG-ROKG CONSULTATIONS ON NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: DG Nam Gwan-pyo opened the 4th round of USG-ROKG consultations on North Korean asylum seekers on May 25 by commending the U.S. government on its endeavors to make the resettlement of North Korean asylum seekers in the U.S. possible, and saying that this consultation provides an o [...]
2006-05-25 11:27:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM KS KN
06SEOUL183ROK SUPPORTIVE OF UN REFORM
[...] (C) On January 13, poloff delivered ref A and B demarches requesting support for USG UN reform objectives to Oh Young-ju, Deputy Director of the UN Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Jang Hyun-cheol, Deputy Director of the Human Rights and Social Affairs Division. Oh s [...]
2006-01-13 09:26:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR PHUM UN KS ADCO
06SEOUL1977ROKG AGREES HRC PRIORITY SHOULD BE PROCEDURAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-14 07:22:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KS
06SEOUL1978ROK TO SUPPORT MDA AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-14 07:23:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM ICRC KS IS
06SEOUL2054ROK TO OPPOSE CONFERENCE DISRUPTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 03:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PREF AORC ICRC KS
06SEOUL2183MEDIA REFORM LAW DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-30 09:21:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKS PGOV PHUM
06SEOUL2577THE HINES WARD EFFECT: KOREA QUESTIONS ITS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: When Hines Ward, a half-Korean, half-African-American pro football player, visited Korea recently, the event caused Koreans to examine their own prejudices against Koreans of mixed-race heritage. Hines Ward became a media darling, while the average mixed-race Korean suffers bigot [...]
2006-07-31 09:15:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KS
06SEOUL2679ROK INTENDING TO ATTEND UNHRC SPECIAL SESSION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 07:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER MOPS KS IS LE
06SEOUL2721ROK WELCOMES U.S. NOMINEE'S CANDIDACY FOR UNHRC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-11 05:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHRC KS US
06SEOUL3308ROK SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON CUBA AT HRC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-26 08:03:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL
06SEOUL3433INR A/S FORT'S MEETING WITH MOU VICE MINISTER SHIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 27 meeting, Ministry of Unification (MOU) Vice Minister Shin Eon-sang told visiting INR Assistant Secretary (A/S) Randall Fort that the international community needed to create an environment where North Korea's weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) would be useless. [...]
2006-10-10 07:44:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KN KS
06SEOUL3458TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE ON THE UN DECLARATION ON THE
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, New Zealand's Ambassador to the ROK, Jane Coombs, Australian POL Counselor Martin Quinn, and poloff delivered the tripartite demarche on the draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP) to MOFAT Director-General for International Organizations Kang [...]
2006-10-11 07:47:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA UN
06SEOUL3673ROKG PROBABLY TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-26 07:53:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PTER UNGA KS IS LE
06SEOUL3891ASSISTING NORTH KOREANS IN NORTHEAST CHINA: ONE GROUP'S STORY
[...] (C) Crossing Borders (protect) is a Christian organization
that provides assistance to North Korean migrants and
refugees in Yanji, China. American citizen Mike Kim (KIM
Sun-jung),approached the Embassy on November 1 to discuss
his organization's operations in Chin [...]
2006-11-13 06:42:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREF KTIP KN KS CH PHUM
06SEOUL3899ROKG IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1718: TEXT OF REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Unification jointly announced at 1500 on November 13 the ROKG "Report of the Republic of Korea on the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 (2006)." The twelve-page report (see text below) comprises a [...]
2006-11-13 09:48:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KS KN
06SEOUL3962ROK TO OPPOSE BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) On November 15, poloff delivered reftel points, urging capitals to vote against three retaliatory resolutions sponsored by Belarus in the UN Third Committee, to Jang Hyun-cheol, Deputy Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division. Jang explained that Seoul had already info [...]
2006-11-15 22:48:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KS BO
06SEOUL4193ROKG TO SUPPORT HRC RESOLUTION ON SUDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-07 08:43:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KTIA UN KS SU
06SEOUL4261ROK ACADEMICS OFFER MULTI-DIMENSIONAL APPROACH TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several conservative ROK academics urged a multi-pronged approach toward North Korean human rights, arguing that the U.S. should take larger number of refugees, continue sanctions and increase radio broadcasts into North Korea, while providing humanitarian assistance and promotin [...]
2006-12-14 09:12:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL KS KN CH
06SEOUL4281NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES IN THE ROK: AN OVERVIEW
[...] (SBU) The ROKG's resettlement programs for North Korean refugees have evolved over time as the number of refugees has grown and their demographics have changed. South Korean officials and experts see the ROK's efforts to help the nearly 10,000 refugees successfully resettle in the ROK as the [...]
2006-12-15 09:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KS KN
06SEOUL4282NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES: FIRST STEPS INTO ROK SOCIETY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Upon arrival in the ROK, North Koreans undergo an interagency security screening process, during which the ROKG seeks to confirm refugees' bona fides and assess security risks. Thereafter, nearly all North Koreans move to the ROK's Hanawon resettlement facility, where they rece [...]
2006-12-15 09:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KS KN
06SEOUL4283NK REFUGEES: OBSTACLES TO INTEGRATION IN THE SOUTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: North Korean refugees face an enormous culture shock in adjusting to life in the ROK. Not accustomed to South Korean political and economic systems and unable to compete educationally, North Koreans face difficulties obtaining stable employment. Their resettlement is not helpe [...]
2006-12-15 09:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KS KN
06SEOUL4284NK REFUGEES: THE QUEST FOR STABLE EMPLOYMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finding stable employment is probably the greatest challenge for North Koreans resettling in the ROK. The ROKG assigns North Korean refugees to employment officers, provides incentives, recruits employers, and subsidizes half of North Koreans' salaries to their employers for two [...]
2006-12-15 09:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KS KN
06SEOUL471ROK EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT USG REFUGEE STRATEGY
[...] (C) In a February 8 meeting with POL M/C, MOFAT DG Kim Won-soo opined it would be premature to approach third countries about a U.S. proposal (ref A) on North Korean refugees until there was a clear case of a North Korean being potentially eligible for resettlement to the United States. ROKG [...]
2006-02-10 01:07:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL KS KN
06SEOUL749BRITISH DCM IN PYONGYANG ON CONDITIONS IN NORTH
[...] (C) British DCM to Pyongyang Lindsay Skoll told poloffs on March 6 that the Kim Jong-il regime displayed no signs of instability, opining that through the effective use of the state security apparatus and continued economic assistance from China and the ROK, the regime's staying power might be [...]
2006-03-09 05:11:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD PHUM EAGR KS KN
06SEOUL772ROK BRIEFED ON USG NEXT STEPS ON PROCESSING NORTH
[...] (C) On March 10, poloffs delivered ref a demarche, which discussed Thailand's recent indication it would work with the USG on discreet case-by-case resettlement of North Korean refugees, to Kim Ki-woong, Director of the Inter-Korean Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. [...]
2006-03-10 07:36:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM KS KN TH
06SEOUL827ROK URGES ACTIVE, CONTINUED AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Director General for North American Affairs Cho Tae-young told POL M/C on March 13 that the ROK was attempting to gain permission to pay wages directly to workers at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC). Until that permission is granted, North Korean workers are being required to sign fo [...]
2006-03-15 02:49:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EINV KS KN
06SEOUL901AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 17 MEETING WITH URI CHAIRMAN
[...] (C) In a March 17 meeting, Uri Party Chairman Chung Dong-young pressed the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) for South Korea and for the inclusion of Kaesong-made goods in the U.S.-ROK FTA. On North Korea, Chung recommended de-linking illicit DPRK activities from the Six Party Talks. The Ambassador [...]
2006-03-21 07:13:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EINV KS KN
06SEOUL911ROK SAYS CHINA DEPORTED DPRK WOMAN CHOI EUN-SUN
[...] (S) On March 17, poloff conveyed reftel demarche on USG concern about a North Korean women arrested in China after trying to enter a South Korean school in December 2005 to Pak Ji-yun, Deputy Director of the Inter-Korean Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Pak was fa [...]
2006-03-21 08:55:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPHUM PREF KS KN CH
06SEOUL930GERMAN DCM IN PYONGYANG: NO INSTABILITY IN DPRK
[...] (C) Klaus Wendelberger, DCM at the German Embassy in Pyongyang, told poloff that the DPRK had moved aggressively in recent months to reassert control of the North Korean population, taking steps ranging from resuming control of the rice supply to tighter limits on the flow of information, inc [...]
2006-03-22 08:44:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI ECON PHUM KN
06SEOUL935SENATOR BOND'S MARCH 20 CALL ON MINISTER OF
[...] (C) In a March 20 meeting with Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond, ROK Minister of Unification Lee Jong-seok underscored the level of importance the ROKG attached to the U.S.-ROK alliance, stressing that Seoul looked to Washington to counterbalance the increasing Chinese influence in the region. [...]
2006-03-23 04:30:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS ECON EAID KN KS
06SEOUL969AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 24 MEETING WITH ROK FM BAN:
[...] (C) During a March 24 meeting with the Ambassador, ROK Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon described receiving strong expressions of support for his candidacy for UN Secretary General from Argentina, Peru, Egypt, Algeria and Nigeria. Ban noted that he has met with the foreign ministers of each of th [...]
2006-03-24 08:21:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF MARR KS KN
06SEOUL972ROKG DOWNPLAYS "ABDUCTEE" INCIDENT AT INTER-KOREAN
[...] (C) In retaliation for statements by two ROK journalists that a North Korean participating in the latest North-South family reunions had been "abducted," DPRK officials on March 22 refused to allow 99 elderly South Korean participants to depart the venue for 10 hours. The two journalists were [...]
2006-03-24 08:33:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID KN KS
06SHANGHAI6494DAS CHRISTENSEN'S SHANGHAI VISIT
[...] (C) Summary. During DAS Christensen's September 12-14 visit to Shanghai, he participated in a Fudan University roundtable, and met with Shanghai foreign policy academics, influential Shanghainese, and representatives of AmCham Shanghai. His lunch with academics was reported in reftel A. Dur [...]
2006-10-13 01:24:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CH ECON EFIN
06SHANGHAI6861CHINESE LEGAL EXPERTS CALL FOR REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese Prosecutors, judges and legal scholars attending the 2006 China Litigation Law National Conference in Hangzhou from September 27-28 urged that amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law include provisions to protect human rights and constrain governmental power through due p [...]
2006-10-25 09:31:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KJUS CH
06SHANGHAI7086AMITY PRINTING PRESS -- CHINA'S BIBLE PUBLISHER
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the Consul General's November 20 visit to Amity Printing Press in Nanjing, Special Assistant to General Manager Peter Dean said they did not have any substantive problems printing Bibles in China. Amity Printing Press produces all Bibles sold in officially-approved Prote [...]
2006-11-28 02:59:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF CH
06SHANGHAI7097SHANGHAI BISHOP JIN ON ILLICIT ORDINATION OF XUZHOU BISHOP
[...] (C) Summary: Shanghai Bishop Jin was shocked to learn of the illicit ordination of Xuzhou Bishop Wang Renlei. He said that the ordination was ridiculous and a challenge by the Chinese government to the Vatican. He said there was no hope for reconciliation in the near future. According to B [...]
2006-11-30 09:12:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PGOV CH VT
06SHANGHAI70982006 CHINESE BLOGGERS CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: The Second Annual Chinese Bloggers Conference took place in Hangzhou from October 28-29. Organizers had problems in holding the conference and had to switch venues twice. While the public sessions suffered from uninspiring speakers, a conference organizer said there were 20 priv [...]
2006-12-01 00:58:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ECPS CH
06SHANGHAI7126SHANGHAI PETITIONER ACTIVISTS UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Shanghai petitioners complained to Poloff during a December 7 meeting that the Chinese government continued to closely monitor their movements and prevented many petitioners from meeting or traveling to Beijing. They expected that prominent petitioners Mao Hengfeng and Chen Xia [...]
2006-12-13 08:45:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
06SINGAPORE1144AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER FOR MANPOWER
[...] Summary. Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen expressed his satisfaction with the deepening bilateral ties between the U.S. and Singapore, and highlighted our excellent military cooperation in a March 22 courtesy call with Ambassador Herbold. Minister Ng also discu [...]
2006-04-10 09:22:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ELAB MARR ECON PHUM KCRM SN
06SINGAPORE139IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR FOREIGN WORKERS IN
[...] (U) Singaporean civil society over the past year has become increasingly vocal in publicly advocating better treatment of foreign workers in Singapore. While the Singapore government has fairly tight labor regulations to protect foreign workers from abuse and exploitation, some workers, part [...]
2006-01-18 07:52:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM ELAB KWMN SN
06SINGAPORE1486OLD-STYLE PAP WINS ANOTHER ELECTION
[...] (U) Please see suggested press guidance in para 12. 2. (C) Summary: In the May 6 general election for parliament, the ruling People's Action Party won another landslide victory with 82 out of 84 seats. The election is another mandate for the PAP to continue its successful economic and secu [...]
2006-05-08 10:13:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON SN
06SINGAPORE1567SINGAPORE SCENESETTER FOR EAP A/S HILL
[...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your May 20-22 visit to Singapore. Singapore's leadership will be interested in your views on developments in Asia and the U.S. role in the region and can be counted on to provide thoughtful views on questions such as terrorism in Southeast Asia and the rise of China. [...]
2006-05-16 05:39:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD PTER PHUM SN
06SINGAPORE1578SINGAPORE EXPANDS PREDICATE OFFENSES LIST TO COMBAT
[...] In a move to strengthen its ability to combat money laundering and terrorist finance, Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently expanded its list of predicate offenses under which suspected individuals can be prosecuted. The amended Corruption, Drug Trafficking, and Other Serious C [...]
2006-05-17 01:06:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KTFN ETTC EFIN SNAR SENV PHUM KIPR
06SINGAPORE1610SINGAPORE ADDS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS-RELATED
[...] Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs has expanded its "Schedule of Serious Offenses," adding 108 new categories of offenses including several crimes under the Children and Young Persons Act (CYPA),the Women's Charter (WC),and the Immigration Act (IA) that are related to trafficking in person [...]
2006-05-18 08:02:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM ELAB KWMN ETTC EFIN SN
06SINGAPORE1667PM LEE MAKES MINOR CHANGES TO GOS CABINET
[...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced minor changes to his cabinet on May 22. The only ministerial change involves Minister for Transport Yeo Cheow Tong, who will be stepping down; his replacement will be Raymond Lim, currently Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. Five ne [...]
2006-05-24 06:18:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PHUM SN
06SINGAPORE1740THE GOMEZ SAGA: PAP'S APPROACH TO THE OPPOSITION
[...] (U) Summary: Opposition politician James Gomez left Singapore for Sweden on May 15 after the police issued him a "stern warning." The Elections Department had accused him of "criminal intimidation" stemming from his mishandling the paperwork of his election campaign (Ref A),and the ruling P [...]
2006-05-31 06:31:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SN
06SINGAPORE1834DEMARCHE ON 2006 TIP REPORT DELIVERED
[...] Singapore Government officials reiterated their commitment to combating trafficking in persons and expressed satisfaction with Singapore's Tier 1 Ranking in the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report, in a meeting with Economic/Political Counselor on June 1. EPCouns met with Bambang Sugeng bin K [...]
2006-06-06 03:40:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM ELAB KWMN SN
06SINGAPORE1912COURT RULES THAT SDP DEFAMED LEES
[...] (U) The High Court ruled on Thursday, June 8, that the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) had defamed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in the January edition of its newsletter. Lawyers for PM Lee and MM Lee asserted that articles in the newsletter alleged that the [...]
2006-06-09 08:57:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SN
06SINGAPORE2118CHEES' ATTORNEY LIKELY TO BE SUSPENDED
[...] (C) Summary: Lawyers for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew have filed a motion for summary judgment in their defamation suit against Dr. Chee Soon Juan and his sister Chee Siok Chin (Ref A, B). The Chees' attorney, M. Ravi, also faces suspension for up to five [...]
2006-06-29 09:39:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SN
06SINGAPORE3110LEE KUAN YEW: MINISTER AND PATRIARCH
[...] (C) Summary: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's October 9-23 visit to the United States will be an opportunity for him to discuss with senior USG officials the broad strategic developments that affect Singapore's future, notably the rise of China and India. The reemergence of these two powers on [...]
2006-09-27 08:12:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON SN
06SINGAPORE3136BANNED IN SINGAPORE - GOS HITS FAR EASTERN
[...] (U) On September 28, the GOS announced it had banned the Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) in Singapore. The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) said FEER had failed to meet the requirements of the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act to appoint a local legal representa [...]
2006-09-29 08:56:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SN
06SINGAPORE470CHILD SEX TOURISM LAW IMMINENT?
[...] (C) Summary. The GOS is preparing the legislative measures necessary to make child sex tourism extraterritorially illegal, according to a local NGO. The timing of the changes remains uncertain, however, given Parliament's current focus on the budget. Despite Parliament's current heavy wor [...]
2006-02-16 04:12:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SN
06SINGAPORE630SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE 2006 TIP REPORT:
[...] This is the first of three messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2006 TIP submission. Due to the length of our submission, we have split it into three cables. Part I covers the overview of Singapore's trafficking problem and prevention efforts. The Embassy point of contact for this report i [...]
2006-03-01 09:20:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN
06SINGAPORE631SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE 2006 TIP REPORT:
[...] This is the second of three messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2005 TIP submission. It covers the investigation and prosecution of traffickers. INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) A. Does the country have a law specifically prohibiting trafficking in [...]
2006-03-01 09:23:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN
06SINGAPORE632SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE 2006 TIP REPORT:
[...] (U) This is the third of three messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2006 TIP submission. Part III covers Protection and Assistance to Victims, and details the sources Post has consulted in preparing this submission. PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS ------------------------------------ [...]
2006-03-01 09:33:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN
06SINGAPORE938SINGAPORE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS UPDATE
[...] Summary: GOS officials from the Ministries of Home Affairs; Manpower; Community Development, Youth and Sports; and Foreign Affairs met with the E/P Counselor and Embassy officers on March 17 to discuss Singapore's 2005 trafficking situation and enforcement efforts. The GOS provided updated st [...]
2006-03-23 10:01:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN
06SKOPJE1029MACEDONIA INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN FUTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-27 02:16:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL UNGA MK
06SKOPJE1032MACEDONIA LIKELY TO FOLLOW EU POSITION ON UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-27 02:17:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER MK
06SKOPJE1056MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS AT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-04 12:08:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL MK
06SKOPJE1057MACEDONIA WILL FOLLOW EU POSITION ON CUBA EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-04 12:10:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU MK
06SKOPJE1100MACEDONIA: RULE OF LAW VICTORIES -- WIRETAP LAW
[...] (U) Macedonia recently scored two major victories in strenghtening rule of law and fighting organized crime. On November 15, after months of preparatory work by the former and current governments, and heated parliamentary and public debate, the parliament passed the Law on Monitoring Communic [...]
2006-11-20 15:34:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SMIG MK
06SKOPJE1102MACEDONIA OPPOSES BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-21 16:25:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM BO MK
06SKOPJE1157MACEDONIA: SUSTAINING POST-RIGA MOMENTUM ON NATO
[...] (SBU) We are taking advantage of the positive post-Riga Summit mood here to press the GOM to step up NATO MAP-related reform implementation. Macedonia is making progress in some areas -- working on constructive government-opposition dialogue, promoting economic growth, and strengthening rule [...]
2006-12-08 15:52:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV PHUM NATO MK
06SKOPJE1165MACEDONIA: SUSTAINING POST-RIGA MOMENTUM ON NATO
[...] (SBU) We are taking advantage of the positive post-Riga Summit mood here to press the GOM to step up NATO MAP-related reform implementation. Macedonia is making progress in some areas -- working on constructive government-opposition dialogue, promoting economic growth, and strengthening rule [...]
2006-12-13 09:14:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV PHUM NATO MK
06SKOPJE289MACEDONIA CHURCH DISPUTE: MOC PATRIARCH DECRIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) has reacted strongly to recent revelations that the Serbian government funds an affiliate of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) in Macedonia, calling that support an intrusion into Macedonia's domestic affairs. The MOC also has opposed intern [...]
2006-03-30 07:57:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KIRF MK
06SKOPJE329MACEDONIA WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT USG POSITION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-11 16:26:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA MK
06SKOPJE413MACEDONIA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - CANDIDACY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-04 17:31:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL MK
06SKOPJE419MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON THE ICRC THIRD ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-05 11:24:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ MK
06SKOPJE537MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE U.N.
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-05 14:01:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM US UNHRC MK
06SKOPJE593MACEDONIA RESPONDS TO MDA DEMARCHES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 08:06:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC IS SZ MK
06SKOPJE640MACEDONIA VOTES: OPPOSITION WINS IN GENERALLY CALM
[...] (SBU) The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party emerged as the clear winner in Macedonia's July 5 parliamentary elections, with the ethnic Albanian DUI party (governing coalition) consolidating its lead over rival eAlbanian opposition party DPA. The elections were considered to have "largely met intern [...]
2006-07-06 15:50:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL MK
06SKOPJE668MACEDONIA: MAJOR TIP TRIAL REFLECTS SOLID
[...] (U) Macedonia's largest-ever trial for trafficking in persons continued on July 6 with the testimony of the star witness for the prosecution. The witness, who initially was charged as a co-conspirator in the case, reached an immunity deal with the prosecution in exchange for his testimony aga [...]
2006-07-14 12:07:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM SMIG MK
06SKOPJE851MACEDONIA: PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON DETAINEES IN THE
[...] (SBU) P/E Chief delivered reftel points on President Bush's September 6 speech on detainees in the war on terror to MFA State Counselor Milan Spiridonovski on September 7. Spiridonovski appreciated the briefing and said he understood the need to ensure vital security information was quickly ob [...]
2006-09-11 05:25:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL MK
06SKOPJE863MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points on the upcoming Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial to MFA State Counselor for Multilateral Affairs Svetlana Geleva on September 12. Geleva said a GOM representative will attend this year's CD Ministerial at the UN General Assembly (UNGA),but did not [...]
2006-09-13 09:38:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALUNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IR MK
06SKOPJE898MACEDONIA: POLITICS TRUMPS FAITH -- ELECTION OF
[...] (SBU) Self-proclaimed moderate Islamic cleric Sulejman Rexhepi was elected Reis-ul-Ulema (head) of the Islamic Community of Macedonia (ICM) on September 20. The election itself was uneventful, but the electoral process was marred by the political intervention of ethnic Albanian governing coal [...]
2006-09-25 12:53:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PGOV MK
06SKOPJE973MACEDONIA LEANS TOWARD EU POSITION ON DECLARATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-16 06:54:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN MK
06SOFIA1089BULGARIA NOT IN A POSITION TO OPPOSE INVITATION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 08:20:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EUN BU
06SOFIA1111BULGARIA KICKS OFF DECADE OF ROMA INCLUSION WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an official ceremony on July 4, Bulgaria took over the presidency of the 2005-2015 Decade of Roma Inclusion. The pomp and circumstance of Bulgaria's ascendance to the Decade's presidency contrasts sharply, however, with the squalid living conditions of the Roma throughout [...]
2006-08-09 03:57:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KTIA BU
06SOFIA1169BULGARIA NON-COMMITTAL BUT LEANING TOWARDS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-17 07:29:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHCR BU
06SOFIA1182TIP: BULGARIA WANTS TIER 1, BUT STRUGGLES TO FIND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-21 09:12:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN BU
06SOFIA1230BULGARIAN PRISONERS IN LIBYA: SOFIA SEEKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. After the August 29 court hearing in Tripoli (ref),Bulgarian officials are showing signs of guarded optimism that the current judicial process may run its course before the end of September. This would open the way for a political decision to return to Bulgaria the six nurses i [...]
2006-08-30 14:26:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM LY BG
06SOFIA1264BULGARIA SUPPORTS WEDGWOOD FOR UNHCR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 13:01:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNHCR BU
06SOFIA1267BULGARIA ATTENDING NAM SUMMIT FOR POLITICAL REASONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 14:56:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM UNGA CU BU
06SOFIA1292BULGARIA: DEMARCHE ON IRAN DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 12:09:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC BU
06SOFIA1311BULGARIA FULLY SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-14 12:22:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BU
06SOFIA1314BULGARIA WILL RAISE SUDAN AT NAM IF POSSIBLE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-14 13:34:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC KPKO KDEM BU
06SOFIA1392MURADOVA'S RELATIVES SEEK POLITICAL ASYLUM IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Exiled relatives of Turkmen dissident Muradova, who died under disputed circumstances in Turkmenistan (ref A),believe Turkmen authorities are blocking their calls to Muradova,s three children and allege that Turkmen security forces are watching the family. The two relatives are o [...]
2006-09-28 14:24:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BU
06SOFIA1425BULGARIA SUPPORTS AMENDING EMBARGO RESOLUTION,
[...] (C) Panteley Spassov of the MFA's UN and Global Issues Department agreed that the Cuban Embargo Resolution at UNGA should be balanced with a statement on Cuba's human rights record. He said the GOB will seriously consider our proposed language for the amendment but doubted our text would pas [...]
2006-10-06 12:26:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALEUN INRO PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU BU
06SOFIA1427BULGARIA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MEGAN HALL, OCT.
[...] Embassy Sofia warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for G/TIP Reports Officer for Europe Megan Hall to visit Sofia, Bulgaria, from 18 through 21 October, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to assess recent government efforts to combat human trafficking through discussions with Embassy offic [...]
2006-10-06 13:31:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PHUM PREL BU
06SOFIA1504BULGARIA: FOLLOWING EU LINE ON UNGA'S ISRAEL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 13:46:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA BU
06SOFIA1531BULGARIA TO FOLLOW EU ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-06 14:09:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA BU
06SOFIA1540BULGARIA SUPPORTS NORTH KOREA AND BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 13:59:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UNGA BU
06SOFIA1541CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION: BULGARIA STILL TO FOLLOW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 14:04:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA BU
06SOFIA1559BULGARIA MOST LIKELY TO SUPPORT COUNTRY-SPECIFIC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 14:58:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UNGA BU
06SOFIA1565BULGARIA LIKELY TO VOTE AGAINST BELARUS'
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-16 14:34:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA BU
06SOFIA1683OUTRAGED BULGARIA CONDEMNS LIBYAN DEATH SENTENCES OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria predictably reacted with shock and outrage to the Tripoli Criminal Court decision to confirm the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of deliberately infecting more than 400 Libyan children with HIV. Although largely expected, the dec [...]
2006-12-19 14:20:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM LBY BU
06SOFIA1684OUTRAGED BULGARIA CONDEMNS LIBYAN DEATH SENTENCES OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria predictably reacted with shock and outrage to the Tripoli Criminal Court decision to confirm the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of deliberately infecting more than 400 Libyan children with HIV. Although largely expected, the dec [...]
2006-12-19 14:24:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM LBY BU
06SOFIA1695BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT DROPS "SILENT DIPLOMACY;"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The death sentences passed by a Tripoli court on five Bulgarian nurses Dec. 19 triggered mounting outrage in Bulgaria as politicians, NGOs, the public and the press lashed out at Libya for holding a deeply politicized trial and called for international support. Over the course o [...]
2006-12-21 13:33:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM LBY BU
06SOFIA264BULGARIA: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES UN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to reftel demarches, the Bulgarian MFA said that it supports Guatemala's UNSC candidacy, agrees that the Secretary General appointment process should be based on individual qualifications rather than regional affiliations, and supports continued UN reform. Bulgaria a [...]
2006-02-22 12:12:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR PHUM UN UNSC ADCO GT VE BU
06SOFIA304BULGARIA: 2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] SUMMARY: This cable provides Embassy Sofia's input for the sixth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Bulgaria is primarily a country of transit and origin, and to a lesser extent a country of destination for human trafficking. The past year has seen enhanced cooperation betwee [...]
2006-03-01 14:52:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ASEC ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD BU
06SOFIA430BULGARIA LOOKS TO U.S. FOR "PUSH" ON LIBYA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MARCH 23 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, FOREIGN MINISTER KALFIN EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT NEGOTIATIONS ON THE RELEASE OF BULGARIAN NURSES IN LIBYA WERE "GOING INTO SLEEP MODE" AND SUGGESTED THAT A HIGH-LEVEL PUSH FROM THE U.S. SIDE MIGHT BE THE BEST NEAR-TERM CHANCE OF GETTING TALKS BA [...]
2006-03-23 14:29:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL LY BU
06SOFIA444 BULGARIA: FINAL COURT DECISION REJECTS JEWISH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a decision released March 20, Bulgaria's highest court ended the Jewish community's 15- year legal struggle for restitution of the Rila Hotel. The ruling of the Supreme Court of Cassation denied the Jewish community's request for an extraordinary appeal of the 2005 court de [...]
2006-03-24 15:22:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KCOR KNAR KIRF BU
06SOFIA518 BULGARIA: JEWISH COMMUNITY PONDERS OPTIONS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the recent court decision rejecting the Bulgarian Jewish community's claim to the Rila Hotel (reftel),the community and the government have initiated talks toward a political settlement to outstanding property claims. The creation of a commission to consider restitu [...]
2006-04-12 07:05:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KNAR KIRF BU
06SOFIA527BULGARIA'S VIEW ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (U) We delivered reftel A talking points to Ambassador Kamen Velichkov, Director of the MFA's UN and Global Issues Directorate, on 12 April. Velichkov stressed the importance of the Human Rights Council (HRC) to Bulgaria's UN agenda, and said that the Foreign Minister might raise the issue w [...]
2006-04-13 14:34:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNGA BU
06SOFIA633BULGARIA AGAINST IRAN'S HRC CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-05 14:33:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA IR BU
06SOFIA817BULGARIA: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER'S IMPRESSIONS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 14:12:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU BU
06SOFIA918AMB. BEYRLE'S 6/30 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PARVANOV
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador on June 30 delivered Ref A letter from President Bush to President Parvanov reiterating U.S. support for Bulgaria's European Union accession. In the ensuing 40-minute discussion, Parvanov expressed deep appreciation for the President's timely response and vowed Bulga [...]
2006-07-03 10:41:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KNAR EUN LY BU
06STATE116138LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUIRED FOR ALL GPOI
[...] (U) Summary: The Department requests that all Posts participating in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) conduct human rights vetting for related training and activities as mandated by the annual Foreign Operations Appropriations Acts (FOAA) (Section 551 in the FY 2006 FOAA). Plea [...]
2006-07-14 22:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM
06STATE123845AZERBAIJAN AND THE OIC: LENDING SUPPORT TO THE GOI
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Washington read reftel (A) with interest. The willingness of the international community, particularly Iraq's neighbors and its Islamic partners, to support Iraq will be critical to Iraq's success. The U.S. welcomes Azerbaijan [...]
2006-07-28 15:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL AJ IZ
06STATE123851AZERBAIJAN AND THE OIC: LENDING SUPPORT TO THE GOI
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Washington read reftel (A) with interest. The willingness of the international community, particularly Iraq's neighbors and its Islamic partners, to support Iraq will be critical to Iraq's success. The U.S. welcomes Azerbaijan [...]
2006-07-28 15:55:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL AJ IZ
06STATE154949TRANSFER OF DETAINEES FROM
[...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Department welcomes news that the GOK has agreed to accept the return of three of its citizens from Guantanamo (ref A),and thanks Post for its continued efforts in this matter. 3. (C) The next step toward concluding the [...]
2006-09-18 21:34:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PTER PHUM PINS KZ
06STATE16185THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 24 MEETING WITH EAST
[...] (U) Classified by EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) January 24, 2006, 4:30-5:00 PM, Secretary's Outer Office. 3. (U) Participants: United States: -------------- The Secretary A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees III Executive Assist [...]
2006-01-31 23:08:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALASEAN PHUM PREL ID KEM KDEM UNSC KAWC PGOV
06STATE194431TRANSFER OF DETAINEES FROM
[...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 2. 2. (S) Action Request. Post should deliver the note in paragraph 3 and draw from the points in paragraph 4 to convey to the GOK that the USG intends to include the three detainees approved for transfer (refs B and C) in the next Det [...]
2006-12-01 23:00:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PTER PHUM PINS KZ
06STATE203832REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS AND
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) This cable informs addressee posts that grantees from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) and the Bureau of Near East Asian Affairs (NEA) may be operating in their countries, alone or in cooperation w [...]
2006-12-28 21:43:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM AW AF AJ AMB FR GG GM IR IT KZ TI
06STATE65681ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH'S APRIL 18, 2006,
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 18, 2006 meeting with A/S Welch on the margins of the 21st Tunisian-American Joint Military Commission, Tunisian Defense Minister Morjane reinforced many of the points made in the just prior meeting with Deputy Secretary Zoellick with regards to Tunisia's intention to [...]
2006-04-26 15:41:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM KMPI TS
06STOCKHOLM1424SWEDEN: ATTENDANCE AT NAM SUMMIT IN HAVANA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-08 09:30:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PTER UNGA CU SW
06STOCKHOLM192SWEDISH GOV'T PRESSURES COMPANY TO SHUT DOWN
[...] (U) Summary. On February 9 a Swedish internet company shut down a small, right-wing political party website that featured the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed cartoons and planned to publish additional ones. The Swedish government, which beforehand had cautioned the company on the danger the image [...]
2006-02-13 10:02:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PTER SCUL ECPS EINT PINS PROP KPAO KMDR
06STOCKHOLM1921SWEDES ON 11/12 DECEMBER GAERC
[...] (c) Polcouns discussed 12/7 with MFA deputy European Correspondent Niclas Kvarnstrom the 12/11-12 GAERC topics (reftels). Responses are keyed to the agenda items. Turkey/EU Accession ------------------- 2. (c) Sweden considers itself to be one of the most enlargement-friendly countries; [...]
2006-12-08 11:04:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNAUS EUN VY SR BK IS LE IR
06STOCKHOLM196SWEDISH GOV'T PRESSURES COMPANY TO SHUT DOWN
[...] (U) Summary. On February 9 a Swedish internet company shut down a small, right-wing political party website that featured the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed cartoons and planned to publish additional ones. The Swedish government, which beforehand had cautioned the company on the danger the images [...]
2006-02-13 13:33:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PTER SCUL ECPS EINT PINS PROP KPAO KMDR
06STOCKHOLM198SWEDISH GOV'T PRESSURES COMPANY TO SHUT DOWN
[...] (U) Summary. On February 9 a Swedish internet company shut down a small, right-wing political party website that featured the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed cartoons and planned to publish additional ones. The Swedish government, which beforehand had cautioned the company on the danger the images [...]
2006-02-13 13:34:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PTER SCUL ECPS EINT PINS PROP KPAO KMDR
06STOCKHOLM420SWEDEN: BELARUS VISA BANS
[...] (c) Polcouns made reftel demarche on expanding travel restriction against Belarus officials to MFA Eastern Europe Director Malena Mard. Mard said that prior to the elections in Belarus, Sweden had been reluctant to play the visa card. The election and its aftermath had changed the equation, a [...]
2006-03-24 16:05:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO SW
06STOCKHOLM54SWEDEN & DISAPPEARING CHINESE CHILDREN
[...] (U) Summary. Since November 2004, 120 Chinese children have disappeared from Swedish immigration centers. In all cases the children arrived in Stockholm via air from Beijing or Moscow, immediately asked for political asylum, and within days disappeared while their cases were pending. Swedi [...]
2006-01-13 15:33:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD CVIS SW
06SUVA109MILITARY INSERTS ITSELF INTO FIJI'S ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to May's elections, the war of words between the government and military in Fiji continues to intensify. In radio and print interviews over the past week, Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander, Frank Bainimarama, issued a series of blasts against the [...]
2006-03-16 01:38:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PHUM FJ
06SUVA174UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - PACIFIC VIEWS OF IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: We delivered reftel demarche on UN Human Rights Council membership to the highest-levels available in Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu on April 27 and 28. Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu expressed general concurrence with the points made. All four implied that they are [...]
2006-04-28 01:22:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC FJ TO KR NR TU
06SUVA180UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - REQUEST FOR EMBASSY SUVA
[...] (C) Ref A requested follow-up re Ref B report of the result of Embassy Suva demarches to the Governments of Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu regarding Iran's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council. While Ref A suggested only Tuvalu had already come on board, actually, per Ref B, Fij [...]
2006-05-02 00:12:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL FJ TO KR NR TU
06SUVA185FIJI ELECTION WEEK: CALM, THEN UNCERTAINTY?
[...] (C) Voting in Fiji's general election begins Saturday and will run for a week. Most people expect Prime Minister Qarase's SDL and Opposition Leader Chaudhry's FLP to take the bulk of the seats, though minor parties and independents could hold the balance in a close election. With the ethnic [...]
2006-05-04 01:10:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PHUM MCAP FJ
06SUVA189UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - TONGA OPPOSES IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-09 01:48:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL TN FJ KR NR TV
06SUVA215POLITICAL REFORM IN TONGA - OPTIMISM REIGNS, FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Government officials and diplomats we met during a May 13-16 visit to Tonga are optimistic about prospects for political reform over the next few months. The New Zealand High Commissioner said PM Fred Sevele has gotten off to a good start, and has demonstrated a willingness to [...]
2006-05-18 23:32:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ECON TN
06SUVA262TONGA'S POLITICAL EVOLUTION: HOW FAR AND HOW FAST?
[...] (C) The public drive in Tonga for political change seems to have decelerated in recent months, though debate is no longer about whether change should occur, but about the pace and degree. New Prime Minister Sevele's series of modest reforms may have reduced pressure. Also, people may be awa [...]
2006-07-05 22:49:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR PGOV PINR EFIN CVIS TN CH
06SUVA424FIJI REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS
[...] (SBU) The Australian and U.S. Ambassadors and the New Zealand Charge d'Affaires presented reftel demarche to Fiji's Foreign Ministry CEO, Isikeli Mataitoga, on October 12. In response, Mataitoga noted Fiji's long-standing interest in bringing a UN resolution on indigenous rights to an UNGA vot [...]
2006-10-11 20:30:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA UN FJ
06SUVA433TONGAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE'S REPORT CALLS FOR
[...] (C) The National Committee on Political Reform (NCPR) submitted its report to Tonga's Parliament on Oct. 3. The King received a copy a month ago. The report says Tonga's people want political reform but also want to protect traditional culture. The report recommends an all-elected, 26-memb [...]
2006-10-16 23:38:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM TN
06SUVA480NEXT STEPS IN TONGA'S POLITICAL REFORM
[...] (SBU) Tonga Prime Minister Sevele has responded to the proposals for political reform put forward by the National Committee on Political Reform (ref) with an alternate reform model. The NCPR called for all members of Parliament to be elected, with the PM and all cabinet members to be chosen [...]
2006-11-06 22:48:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM TN
06SUVA52TONGAN PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS
[...] (U) Summary: Tongan Prime Minister, Prince 'Ulukalala Lavaka Ata, has resigned. Lavaka Ata, youngest son of the King of Tonga, submitted his resignation on Saturday, February 11, to his older brother Prince Regent Tupouto'a. Tupouto'a named Minister of Labour, Commerce, and Industries Fred Se [...]
2006-02-13 03:10:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PHUM TN
06SUVA530TONGA AFTER THE FIRES: WHAT NEXT?
[...] (C) Summary: Tonga's King, Prime Minister, and others are demanding that those who looted and burned Nuku'alofa's central business district November 16 be brought to justice. At the same time, they have acknowledged that, while the national dialogue on democratic reforms has stumbled, it must [...]
2006-12-03 21:41:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PHUM TN
06SUVA543FIJI UPDATE 12/6: BAINIMARAMA DISSOLVES
[...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama swore in his caretaker Prime Minister of Fiji Wednesday late afternoon and then dissolved Parliament. He later announced new Commissioners of Police and Prisons. The RFMF moved VP Madraiwiwi out of his office today and convinced PM Qarase to relocate, for now, to his [...]
2006-12-05 23:43:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA548UNSC: FIJI GOVERNMENT PLEA TO DEFER ACTION
[...] (C) The Fiji Ministry of Foreign Affairs is lobbying P5 reps and Japan to have the UNSC not agree to an Australian proposal to remove Fiji from the UN Peace-building Commission. MFA CEO Isikele Mataitoga visited the Embassy late on Dec. 7 with that plea. Mataitoga suggested it is "too early [...]
2006-12-06 23:12:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR FJ
06SUVA549FIJI UPDATE 12/7: "CLEAN UP" ATTEMPT CONTINUES, AS
[...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama and the RFMF's PM discussed elections via the media, leaving an impression they intend Fiji's democracy to adjust some, with an election date a way off. Both stressed their desire for an improved political environment. Bainimarama asked again for the international c [...]
2006-12-07 00:16:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA550UNSC: FIJI GOVERNMENT PLEA TO DEFER ACTION
[...] (C) The Fiji Ministry of Foreign Affairs is lobbying P5 reps and Japan to have the UNSC not agree to an Australian proposal to remove Fiji from the UN Peace-building Commission. MFA CEO Isikele Mataitoga visited the Embassy late on Dec. 7 with that plea. Mataitoga suggested it is "too early [...]
2006-12-07 00:16:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR FJ
06SUVA553FIJI UPDATE 12/11: SCRAMBLE RE INTERIM GOVERNMENT;
[...] (C) Suva remained quiet over the weekend. The RFMF is working on plans for its interim government, without revealing details. A senior military officer threatened PM Qarase he will be arrested if he returns to Suva. Meanwhile, the Fiji Government and the economy are suffering. RFMF intimid [...]
2006-12-10 23:31:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA555THE FIJI COUP: WHAT EFFECTS? WHAT IMPLICATIONS?
[...] (C) A number of motivations lie behind Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama's coup, some seemingly noble, some not. An unbiased observer would have to conclude, though, that Fiji's situation was not so wrenching as to require illegally removing the Qarase Government. [...]
2006-12-11 23:51:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA556FIJI UPDATE 12/13: RFMF MONITORING TRANSPORT TO
[...] (C) PM Qarase says Fiji is sliding into dictatorship, and he continues to state he leads the only legitimate government. He reiterated today that he intends to return to Suva as soon as he can find transport. The RFMF said it is monitoring all transport so as to keep Qarase in the outer isla [...]
2006-12-12 23:04:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA557FIJI UPDATE 12/14: SMALL PROTEST, BIGGER PLANS?
[...] (C) Reportedly, Qarase's SDL Party had plans for peaceful protests following a coup. While SDL activism in the streets hasn't been obvious yet, 20 NGO members quietly marched through Suva streets at noon today. RFMF efforts to discourage dissent continued. The Chair of the Great Council of [...]
2006-12-13 23:09:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA558FIJI UPDATE 12/15: GCC AND THE FUTURE; HUMAN
[...] (C) PM Qarase, RFMF Commander Bainimarama, and Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) Chair Bokini remain headline players for how Fiji's political future will unfold. There is no obvious clarity. Reports of troubling RFMF intimidation tactics continue to flow in. We offered support to human rights [...]
2006-12-14 20:01:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA559ALLEGATIONS OF SECURITY FORCE ABUSE OF RIOT
[...] (C) Summary: An employee from a Tonga NGO has released a report alleging inhumane prison conditions and physical abuse of prisoners arrested after Tonga's November 16 riot (see reftels). The Tonga government and military have denied the charges, and there is some debate about the report's acc [...]
2006-12-17 22:45:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PHUM PREL TN
06SUVA560FIJI UPDATE 12/18: GCC AGENDA; RFMF IMMUNITY
[...] (C) Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) has issued invitations for a meeting Dec. 20-21. Commodore Bainimarama wanted to be invited as Acting President, but reportedly his invitation is as "Commander, RFMF." Bainimarama made clear over the weekend that he is demanding immunity from prosecut [...]
2006-12-17 23:21:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA573FIJI UPDATE 12/19: BAINIMARAMA WON'T ATTEND GCC;
[...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama said he will not be attending the Great Council of Chiefs meetings this week because the Chiefs did not invite him as "Acting President." PM Qarase said the GCC meeting will determine the direction of the country; if Bainimarama does not accept GCC decisions, Fiji's [...]
2006-12-18 23:49:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA578FIJI UPDATE 12/20: NO OUTCOME YET AT THE GCC
[...] (C) As expected, there was no substantive outcome announced at the end of the 12/20 meeting of the Great Council of Chiefs. The GCC meeting will conclude 12/21. The Chairman of the GCC began the 12/20 session by noting how the GCC had been ridiculed by the military, and urged Chiefs not to [...]
2006-12-20 00:36:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA581FIJI UPDATE 12/21: NO CONSENSUS REACHED BY GREAT
[...] (C) The Great Council of Chiefs failed to reach consensus during their meeting 12/21. The meetings have therefore been extended an extra day. A GCC press release stated that the Council "has agreed in principle on resolutions that are within the legal and constitutional framework," and that [...]
2006-12-21 00:09:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA582FIJI UPDATE 12/21: NO CONSENSUS REACHED BY GREAT
[...] (C) The Great Council of Chiefs failed to reach consensus during their meeting 12/21. The meetings have therefore been extended an extra day. A GCC press release stated that the Council "has agreed in principle on resolutions that are within the legal and constitutional framework," and that [...]
2006-12-21 00:23:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA587FIJI UPDATE 12/22
[...] (C) In a statement issued after the conclusion of its meeting 12/22, the Great Council of Chiefs reaffirmed the status of the appointed President and Vice President. The Council condemned the coup, but recognizing the reality of the military takeover, called for the PM to resign. The Counc [...]
2006-12-22 01:18:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA591FIJI UPDATE 12/29: ELECTION INQUIRIES; GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) The Fiji military (RFMF) plans to unveil on Jan. 1 "proof" of irregularities in last May's general elections, based in part on evidence from an Australian conman. RFMF Commander Bainimarama says an interim government may be in place by the end of January. The RFMF has continued to abuse [...]
2006-12-28 18:43:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06TAIPEI512 TAIWAN - SHARING U.S. CONCERNS ON ARMS SALES TO
[...] (S) AIT delivered the talking points reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Ministry of National Defense (MND). MOFA North American Affairs Acting Director Leo Lee assured AIT that he would pass U.S. concerns to the National Security Council (NSC) and other relevant governm [...]
2006-02-16 09:44:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPGOV MASS PARM MARR PHUM ETTC PREL VE CH TW
06TAIPEI6422006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: TAIWAN
[...] (U) Following is AIT/T's 2005-06 Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) report. The report is presented according to reftel sections, beginning with 21 A. -------- Overview -------- 21 A. (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit or destination for international trafficked men, women or [...]
2006-03-01 07:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06TAIPEI738Vietnamese Brides in Southern Taiwan -
[...] Summary. Foreign brides, and their social and educational problems have once more captured considerable attention in the wake of late 2005 news coverage of a group of Vietnamese women entering Taiwan (ref A) via marriage documents for the actual purpose of prostitution. While a few Vietname [...]
2006-03-09 05:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI VM TW
06TAIPEI787TAIWAN NGO RECOMMENDATIONS TO COMBAT TIP
[...] Summary: AIT held a roundtable with local NGOs on 1 March to discuss labor and foreign bride trafficking highlighted in the 2006 Taiwan TIP report (reftel). The NGOs stated Taiwan needs to pass a comprehensive TIP law for victims, address broker/domestic caretaker abuses, and institute better [...]
2006-03-10 07:54:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06TAIPEI905TAIWAN'S INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS LABOR TRAFFICKING
[...] Summary: AIT, G/TIP, and EAP/RSP visitors met with officials at the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) on 13 March to discuss labor trafficking, government initiatives to address TIP, and complaints raised by local NGOs (reftel). The CLA told AIT that it will increase labor broker standards, give [...]
2006-03-20 01:58:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06TALLINN1009 MURDERED RUSSIAN CENTRAL BANKER'S VISIT TO
[...] (U) In early October, Estonian investigative paper Eesti Ekspress published an article noting that recently- murdered Russian Central Bank Vice-President Andrei Kozlov visited Tallinn in June to meet with the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority (FSA). According to the article, Kozlov ve [...]
2006-11-13 12:22:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM PREL PGOV PHUM RS EN
06TALLINN1076 PRESIDENT ILVES REACHES OUT TO RUSSIAN
[...] (U) Summary. In an effort to reach out to Estonia's Russian-speaking minority, on November 14 Toomas Hendrik Ilves chose Ida-Virumaa as the destination of his first domestic trip as President. While there, he encouraged young ethnic Russians to participate actively in the political process, [...]
2006-12-04 15:54:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM EN
06TALLINN338ESTONIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNHRC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-11 10:21:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA EN
06TALLINN369ESTONIAN RESPONSE TO IRANIAN REGIME'S TREATMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-20 12:51:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI IR EN
06TALLINN370ESTONIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-20 12:55:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBM EAID EU PHUM PREF PREL EN
06TALLINN411 ESTONIA AMENDS LAW ON ALIENS TO CONFORM WITH
[...] (U) Summary: The Estonian Parliament adopted an amendment to the Estonian Aliens Law on April 19, 2006. The updated law widens non-citizen residents? freedom of movement and employment in other EU countries, and has generated strong interest among Estonia's 135,000 mostly Russian-speaking "st [...]
2006-04-28 14:48:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EN
06TALLINN418 UPDATE ON ESTONIA'S SCHOOL REFORM
[...] (U) Summary: In September 2007 Estonia's 63 Russian language high schools will begin a gradual four-year transition to teaching 60% of the curriculum in Estonian (reftels). The GOE is slowly responding to criticism that preparations have been insufficient and a National Action Plan was adopt [...]
2006-05-03 12:58:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EN
06TALLINN504DEMARCHE AND DIP NOTE DELIVERED ON RUTH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 13:09:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM US UNHRC EN
06TALLINN541ESTONIA: 2006 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) On June 5 we delivered reftel points informing the GOE of the release of the 2006 TIP Report and Estonia's Tier 2 status to Mai Hion, MFA Director for Human Rights, and Karen Tikenberg, MFA TIP Desk Officer. The Estonians were pleased to hear that the Report acknowledged progress the GOE [...]
2006-06-07 09:24:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL EN
06TALLINN576ESTONIA: EMBASSY'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE RACIAL
[...] (U) Summary: Discussion in Estonia about tolerance and integration has focused mainly on the cultural and linguistic divide between the Estonian and Russian communities. Looking forward, the GOE intends to broaden its Integration Action Plan to include initiatives designed to address integrat [...]
2006-06-16 14:26:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI EN
06TALLINN578ESTONIA: EMBASSY'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE RACIAL
[...] (U) Summary: Discussion in Estonia about tolerance and integration has focused mainly on the cultural and linguistic divide between the Estonian and Russian communities. Looking forward, the GOE intends to broaden its Integration Action Plan to include initiatives designed to address integrat [...]
2006-06-16 14:53:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI EN
06TALLINN623DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO PRINCIPLES NON-
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-05 10:45:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO KNAR PHUM SCUL EN
06TALLINN649DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE COMMISSION FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-14 06:13:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL CU EN
06TALLINN695ASEM DEMARCHE - ESTONIA HOLDING EU LINE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 09:31:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM FI BU EN
06TALLINN737ESTONIA UNDECIDED ON U.S. UNHRC CANDIDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-15 11:00:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UN EN
06TALLINN742BRINGING ESTONIAN AND U.S. TIP NGOS TOGETHER
[...] (SBU) Summary. In January 2006 the GOE passed its National Action Plan (NAP) to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). However, prior to and since the NAP's passing, many NGOs have criticized the plan for its lack of consultation with civil society. On July 19 post organized a roundtable disc [...]
2006-08-15 15:46:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EN
06TALLINN743FINNISH CASE REOPENS UNFINISHED TIP DEBATE IN
[...] (U) In July, Finnish prosecutors brought to trial a group of Estonians and Finns under TIP-specific statutes. The five Estonian and two Finnish traffickers were convicted of trafficking 15 Estonian women to Finland for prostitution. The ringleaders were given prison sentences and hefty fines [...]
2006-08-16 10:24:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM EN
06TALLINN839ESTONIA ON NAM SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-14 12:12:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU EN
06TALLINN912ESTONIA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CUBA EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-06 11:32:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDEUN UNGA PREL PHUM UN
06TALLINN944TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-16 13:50:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA UN EN
06TALLINN973ESTONIA UNDECIDED ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN
[...] (U) On October 23 Poloff delivered reftel points to Kirke Kraav, MFA Director for International Organizations and Cooperation, on the UNGA's resolutions on the situation of human rights and children in Lebanon. Kraav said that the GOE is following the developments in the Third Committee very [...]
2006-10-26 10:47:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER UNGA LE IS EN
06TALLINN988 ESTONIA OFFERS FREE CITIZENSHIP COURSES
[...] (U) Summary. The number of stateless people living in Estonia has declined significantly since 1992. A new program to provide citizenship training to non-citizens is being jointly funded by the GOE and the EU. It will help up to 10,000 more stateless people meet the qualifications for citi [...]
2006-11-03 10:34:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EN RS PHUM SOCI
06TALLINN998ESTONIA: UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) On October 3, Poloff delivered reftel points to Kirke Kraav, MFA Director for International Organizations and Cooperation, on building support for the five human rights country resolutions. Kraav thanked us and said that Estonia fully supports the USG's efforts. WOS [...]
2006-11-07 12:42:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN EN
06TASHKENT1562UZBEKISTAN'S KARIMOV THREATENED BY MILITANT ISLAM
[...] (C) Summary: In a marathon discussion with President Karimov, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Boucher pressed Karimov to live up to the promise that U.S.-Uzbek bilateral relations once held. Karimov welcomed the effort at dialogue, but said that a lack of trust is at the heart [...]
2006-08-11 12:59:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT1707FEARS OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISM GROWING
[...] (C) Summary: The GOU has urged Tashkent community leaders to take robust measures to discourage Islamist tendencies among the public. An Embassy contact with strong local government connections said that officials expressed fear that Islamists may be planning disturbances ahead of the 2007 P [...]
2006-09-07 10:43:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF KISL PHUM PTER SOCI UZ
06TASHKENT2324NEW STATE ADVISOR ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS BAKHROM
[...] (C) Summary: Bakhrom Abdukhalimov has been appointed State Advisor to the President for Religious Affairs and Interethnic Relations. Abdukhalimov is an expert in Arabic and Islamic Studies. He has spent much of his career at the Al Beruni Oriental Studies Research Institute under the Academ [...]
2006-12-13 11:58:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KIRF UZ
06TASHKENT245(U) NATIONAL TV AND RADIO REPLACES STATE TV
[...] (U) On January 28 Uzbekistan's state-owned television company, "Uzbekistan State Television and Radio," officially reverted to its former name of "Uzbekistan National Television and Radio." This followed a November presidential decree bringing television and radio stations under unified manag [...]
2006-01-31 13:43:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UZ
06TASHKENT247DISARRAY IN EGULIK'S JIZZAK BRANCH LEADS TO CLOSURE
[...] (C) Summary: In December 2005, the head of the Ezgulik Human Rights Society, Vasila Inoyatova, filed a request with Jizzak Province registration authorities to dissolve Ezgulik's Jizzak regional branch. As she explained to poloff, the decision was the result of more than two years of internal [...]
2006-01-31 14:22:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UZ
06TASHKENT261TAJIBAYEVA TRIAL OPENS WITH CHARGES OF U.S. AND
[...] (C) Summary: The trial of human rights activist Mutabar Tajibayeva opened in a small town near Tashkent on January 30. The charges against her include having received funding from the U.S. and French Embassies, which she used to distribute literature intended to sow panic among the populace. T [...]
2006-02-01 13:06:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT266OSCE MISSION IN TASHKENT PROVIDES UPDATE ON TIP
[...] (C) Summary: The OSCE anti-TIP Working Group project is stalled, and unlikely to make significant progress any time soon. The working group has not met since March 2005, although the OSCE Ambassador has reportedly obtained written statements of support from the General Prosecutor, Ministry o [...]
2006-02-02 12:18:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM SMIG KCRM KWOMN OSCE UZ
06TASHKENT269PROSECUTORS SEEK TO MERGE SUNSHINE COALITION LEADERS'
[...] (C) Summary: January 30 was scheduled to be the last day of Sunshine Coalition co-founder Nodira Khidoyatova's trial on tax evasion charges. It also was to be the first day of fellow co-founder Sanjar Umarov's trial on similar accusations. Instead, the judge postponed action on both cases an [...]
2006-02-02 12:43:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV ECON UZ
06TASHKENT325FREEDOM HOUSE APPEAL DENIED
[...] (U) On February 7, Freedom House lost its appeal of an Uzbek court order issued January 11 suspending its operations for six months (Ref A). After deliberating for approximately seven minutes, the appeals court also upheld the decisions to forward allegations that Freedom House illegally oper [...]
2006-02-13 12:48:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT326TAJIBAYEVA - NOT A RUN-OF-THE-MILL SHOW TRIAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a dramatic departure from Uzbekistan's recent Soviet-style show trials, human rights activist Mutabar Tajibayeva and her attorneys are putting up a spirited defense in her criminal trial. The judge has opened the proceedings to outside observers: journalists, diplomats and NGO [...]
2006-02-14 01:49:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PINR UZ
06TASHKENT327SUNSHINE COALITION LEADERS' TRIALS - BOMBAST AND
[...] (C) Summary: Sunshine Coalition co-founders Sanjar Umarov and Nodira Khidoyatova's trials continue in parallel sessions, in the same court and under the same judge. The judge has excluded testimony about alleged USG financial support for the opposition movement, limiting testimony to esoteric [...]
2006-02-14 01:49:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT345UNHCR PRESSING FOR UZBEK RATIFICATION OF REFUGEE
[...] (C) Summary: UNHCR's Deputy Country Representative asked for U.S. support in encouraging the GOU to sign the 1951 Convention on Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. Uzbekistan is the only CIS state not to have signed the documents. There are currently 1,816 refugees, mostly Afghan, registered wit [...]
2006-02-15 02:06:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT427SUNSHINE COALITION TRIALS - KHIDOYATOVA SENTENCED
[...] (C) Summary: The trial of Sunshine Coalition co-founder Nodira Khidoyatova ended on March 1 with a ten-year prison sentence. A verdict in the trial of fellow coalition co-founder Sanjar Umarov is scheduled for March 6. The final session of Umarov's trial featured a theatrical debate between [...]
2006-03-01 13:28:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT430GOU BLASTS UNHCR AND OSCE FOR THEIR CONCERN WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan has accused the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) of needlessly politicizing the deportation of ten Uzbeks from Ukraine. The MFA has summoned the OSCE Ambassador in Tashkent to protest the OSCE Chairman-in-Office's statement on the returnees. The GOU [...]
2006-03-02 11:13:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT439RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY NAMANGAN
[...] (C) Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Namangan correspondent Nosir Zokir was released from prison on February 26 after serving a six-month sentence at a Namangan detention facility. Zokir was convicted in August 2005 for insulting a member of the National Security Service (Ref A). Zoki [...]
2006-03-03 13:11:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UZ
06TASHKENT462ANOTHER UZBEK OPPOSITION LEADER SENTENCED TO A
[...] (C) Summary: Sunshine Coalition co-founder Sanjar Umarov was convicted on March 6 and sentenced to 14 and a half years in prison, with the sentence reduced to ten years and ten months by an amnesty decree. He plans to appeal. Fellow coalition co-founder Nodira Khidoyatova, convicted earlier o [...]
2006-03-08 08:36:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT466HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST TAJIBAYEVA SENTENCED TO
[...] (C) On March 6, the Lower Chirchik District Criminal Court sentenced human rights activist and Embassy Democracy Commission grantee Mutabar Tajibayeva to eight years in prison. The many charges against her included using U.S. Embassy grant funds to distribute printed materials intended to spr [...]
2006-03-09 13:48:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT495POWER OUTAGE SPARKS ANDIJON PROTEST
[...] (C) Summary: Over 100 local residents protested gas and electric outages near the Andijon city limits on March 8. Reports conflict in the details, but all agree that residents are fed up with the frequent utility interruptions, which have left many with no means to cook or heat their homes. Pr [...]
2006-03-14 13:42:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON UZ
06TASHKENT512RESOLUTION TIGHTENS CONTROL OF JOURNALISTS -
[...] (C) Summary: A Cabinet of Ministers resolution passed on February 24 and released March 7 restricts working conditions for independent journalists and accreditation procedures for foreign journalists. Under the resolution, it is illegal for Uzbek citizens to work for non-MFA accredited foreign [...]
2006-03-16 13:39:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL GM UZ
06TASHKENT520GOU ORDERS CLOSURE OF UNHCR
[...] (C) UNHCR Protection Officer Asako Nozawa told poloff that the Uzbek mission in Geneva had delivered a note verbale to UNHCR headquarters on March 17 giving the Tashkent office thirty days to close. She added that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees will not intervene, and that the office w [...]
2006-03-20 08:41:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL UZ
06TASHKENT521INTER-AGENCY GROUP DISCUSSES ANTI-TIP MEASURES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Amendments to the Uzbek criminal code for strengthening Trafficking-In-Persons (TIP) legislation are still under consideration, the current composition of the inter-agency TIP working group is still unknown, and there are no plans to register the International Organization for [...]
2006-03-20 09:25:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALKCRM SMIG ELAB ECON KWMN PGOV PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT522ACCUSED "WAHHABIS" DETAIL TORTURE IN DETENTION,
[...] (C) Summary: Eight defendants being tried on religious extremism charges in Tashkent have openly testified that investigators beat and otherwise intimidated them into signing confessions. Such charges have rarely been raised in open court sessions in the past. A defendant's mother told trial [...]
2006-03-20 10:18:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT532INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS HANGING ON BY A THREAD
[...] (C)Summary: Deutsche Welle stringer Obid Shabanov told Poloff that the MFA revoked his accreditation after he wrote a report about Uzbek migrant laborers freezing to death on a bus headed to Russia. Only one Deutsche Welle stringer is still accredited. Several international wire agency corre [...]
2006-03-23 02:23:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG SOCI GM KDEM UZ
06TASHKENT535FREEDOM HOUSE'S DIRECTOR DEPARTS UZBEKISTAN
[...] (C) Freedom House's Uzbekistan country director, Branka Sesto, has left Uzbekistan following the organization's decision not to appeal the March 6 Tashkent City Civil Court liquidation order. Prior to her departure, Sesto told Emboffs that the liquidation of Freedom House's Tashkent office wa [...]
2006-03-23 13:50:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT536GOU DENIES ACCESS TO UZBEKS DEPORTED FROM UKRAINE
[...] (C) In response to Post's request that international monitors be given access to the Uzbeks deported from Ukraine (ref A),the MFA replied in a March 23 diplomatic note that the individuals are subjects of a criminal investigation. In order to provide a fair investigation free from interferenc [...]
2006-03-23 13:54:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL UZ
06TASHKENT577UNHCR OFFICE PROPOSES PASSING TORCH TO UNDP
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-24 16:30:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL UZ
06TASHKENT651DE GUCHT AND KARIMOV - AN OSCE MANDATE CHANGE AND
[...] (C) Summary: OSCE Ambassador Jenca briefed OSCE ambassadors on Belgian FM and OSCE Chairman in Office (CiO) Karel De Gucht,s visit. According to Jenca, President Karimov told De Gucht a decision has not yet been made on the OSCE,s mandate, but he would like the mission to transform into a &Pr [...]
2006-04-04 12:51:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UZ PHUM
06TASHKENT691JOURNALIST SOBIRJON YAKUBOV RELEASED
[...] (C)Sobirjon Yakubov, a journalist with "Hurriyat" newspaper, was released on April 3, after spending a year in prison. Yakubov was detained on April 11, 2005, on the charge of undermining the constitutional order, under article 159 of the criminal code (ref A). However, he was never formally [...]
2006-04-07 12:52:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UZ
06TASHKENT693UNHCR OFFICE MAKES CONTINGENCY PLANS
[...] (C) Summary: The GOU has still not responded to UNDP's proposal to assume some of UNHCR's responsibilities after its closure. UNHCR headquarters has told its office to begin closing down on April 11 if the GOU has still not responded by then. UNHCR's Protection Officer told Poloff that the GO [...]
2006-04-07 14:04:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM UZ
06TASHKENT703LOCAL RESIDENTS SING THE K2 BLUES
[...] (C) Summary: The forced departure of the U.S. military from the Karshi-Khanabad (K2) airbase immediately affected hundreds of local area workers who depended on the generous wages. According to the head Imam of Kashkadaryo Province, the loss of jobs and humanitarian support has impacted the [...]
2006-04-11 10:55:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT728UNHCR OFFICE CLOSES; UNDP ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-14 12:55:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT755DEUTSCHE WELLE REPORTER BUSHUYEVA HARASSED
[...] (C) Deutsche Welle reporter Natalia Bushuyeva told Poloff that she has been the subject of extensive harassment since March 28, when she began receiving hundreds of telephone calls inquiring about sexual services and the sale of her apartment. Anonymous individuals posted fliers stating that [...]
2006-04-19 07:11:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UZ
06TASHKENT756FY06 FUNDING OF OSCE EXTRABUDGETARY PROJECTS IN
[...] (U) Summary: The OSCE website listing of extrabudgetary projects does not reflect any activities in Uzbekistan. Post recommends the USG contribute funding to the following projects that fulfill both U.S. and OSCE interests: a research grant on intellectual property rights (IPR) (USD 100,000 [...]
2006-04-19 07:27:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON OSCE PHUM PREL UZ
06TASHKENT800UNDP ESTABLISHES REFUGEE SUPPORT UNIT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-24 03:10:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT802(CORRECTED COPY) WORRYING TRENDS IN EDUCATION
[...] (C) Summary: Politics continue to play a defining role in education in Uzbekistan. In a reflection of its close ties to Moscow, the GOU is considering increasing the number of hours of compulsory Russian language classes. Teachers have been instructed to inform the Ministry of Education if a [...]
2006-04-24 07:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSOCI SCUL PGOV PHUM CVIS UZ
06TASHKENT808WORRYING TRENDS IN EDUCATION
[...] (C) Summary: Politics continue to play a defining role in education in Uzbekistan. In a reflection of its close ties to Moscow, the GOU is considering increasing the number of hours of compulsory Russian language classes. Teachers have been instructed to inform the Ministry of Education if a [...]
2006-04-24 12:42:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSOCI SCUL PGOV PHUM CVIS UZ
06TASHKENT809THE REJUVENATION OF ISLAM: WHY UZBEK MOSQUES ARE
[...] (U) This is the first in a series on the state of Islam in Uzbekistan with future cables addressing a trip to Friday prayer, the relationship of mosque and state, and the growing market for Islamic materials and media. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Uzbek men are filling the mosques in search of solace [...]
2006-04-25 03:13:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL PGOV PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT823IREX DIRECTOR DEPARTS
[...] (C) AmCit IREX Country Director departed Tashkent with his family on April 19. His visa had expired, but he was able to obtain a one day visa at the airport for his family and himself. He is now in Ashgabat, where he will continue to manage IREX regional programs. 2. (C) Before they can l [...]
2006-04-26 03:23:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UZ
06TASHKENT833MAGEN DAVID ADOM DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-27 02:17:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALAORC PREF PHUM PREL ICRC UZ
06TASHKENT852GOU CLOSES ABA/CEELI
[...] (SBU) On April 27, a Tashkent City Civil Court judge ordered the American Bar Association's Central European and Eurasia Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI) to liquidate. In requesting ABA/CEELI's liquidation, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) alleged that the organization acted outside its mandate and ch [...]
2006-05-01 02:26:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT881BRITISH STUDY PROGRAMS MOVING FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: Despite an often rocky Uzbek-British relationship, British sources in Tashkent indicate that the GOU has not imposed direct obstacles to study programs in the UK. A scholarship program jointly supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),Open Society Institute, and a [...]
2006-05-03 13:17:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSOCI SCUL PGOV PREL PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT887NGO'S SAMARKAND OFFICE FORCED TO CLOSE DUE TO
[...] (C) Summary: The local office of the Ministry of Justice took action against Amcits from the NGO Global Involvement through Education in Samarkand. Several were detained, harassed, and forced to sign statements. The organization paid fines for non-compliance with registration laws and volunt [...]
2006-05-04 09:30:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT888(S) UZBEK AMBASSADOR TO CHINA FEARS RECALL
[...] (S) Summary: Uzbekistan's Ambassador to China, Sabirjon Yusupov, told an Embassy contact visiting China that he fears being recalled. Yusupov said that President Karimov is dissatisfied with his performance, and considering replacing him with former Primer Minister Utkir Sultanov. He specu [...]
2006-05-04 13:24:00Embassy TashkentSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM PINR CH UZ
06TASHKENT900COUNTERPART INTERNATIONAL ORDERED LIQUIDATED
[...] (SBU) On May 4, a Tashkent City Civil Court judge ordered Counterpart International to liquidate. In requesting liquidation, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) accused Counterpart of not providing required documentation on its programs, acting outside its mandate in setting up a local NGO in Kokan [...]
2006-05-05 12:48:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT938LANDMINE ACTIVIST UNDER PRESSURE
[...] (C) Summary: Alisher Taksanov (please protect),the local representative of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL),told us that he was denied an exit visa at the end of March, preventing him from attending an international landmine conference. Taksanov, who is also an independent [...]
2006-05-15 13:13:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UZ
06TASHKENT948TENSE WEEKEND IN TASHKENT
[...] (C) Summary: The first anniversary of the Andijon unrest generally passed quietly in Tashkent. However, tension in the capital was higher over the weekend, as evidenced by several unrelated, yet illustrative, events. Students at several universities were ordered to report to class on May 13 [...]
2006-05-16 12:50:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI UZ
06TASHKENT980LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TOLD TO BUILD TIES WITH RUSSIA
[...] (C) The GOU is encouraging local NGOs and civic leaders to focus their international activities on cooperation with Russia and China. In a meeting on March 8 in celebration of International Women's Day, Deputy Prime Minister Svetlana Inamova told a group of local women civic leaders that they [...]
2006-05-19 05:34:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL UZ
06TASHKENT999NATIONWIDE PROSECUTION OF FAITH-BASED NGO
[...] (C) Summary: According to senior management at the faith-based NGO Central Asian Free Exchange (CAFE),the GOU has launched a coordinated effort to prosecute several of its regional offices. Seven of its nine provincial offices have come under scrutiny by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ). Thes [...]
2006-05-23 12:57:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV PHUM UZ
06TBILISI3406BILATERAL MEETING BETWEEN GEORGIAN AND ABKHAZ
[...] (C) Georgian Deputy State Minister for Conflicts Resolution Ruslan Abashidze returned December 21 from leading a GoG delegation at the Conciliation Resources-organized discussions in London with an Abkhaz delegation. He briefed Charge about the results of the meeting. The Georgian delegation [...]
2006-12-27 11:16:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM GG
06TEGUCIGALPA1333 HONDURAS NATIONAL REGISTRY OF PERSONS: ORGANIZATIONAL
[...] Summary: In early June, the Honduran National Congress discussed amending Article 54 of the Constitution in order to make changes in the directorate of the National Registry of Persons (RNP),the GOH's civil registry. The RNP has often been used as a political tool and the proposed changes we [...]
2006-07-26 19:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SMIG PHUM ECON PREL KFRD HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2013DEMARCHE: DECLARATION IN OAS ON U.S. BORDER
[...] Polcouns delivered the demarche on the Mexican Declaration in the OAS on U.S. Border Security (Ref A) to Amb. Eduardo Rosales, the Foreign Ministry's Director General of Foreign Policy on 10/24. Rosales was not/not familiar with the Mexican proposal, as the Foreign Ministry's phone and fax l [...]
2006-10-24 18:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDXM PHUM PREL PTER SMIG MX HO
06TEGUCIGALPA33HONDURAS: 13 PRISONERS KILLED BY OTHER
[...] Summary: On January 5, at approximately 3pm local time, A violent conflict occurred in which 13 prisoners were killed and up to 38 prisoners injured within Tamara National Penitentiary outside of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. This was reported by both the press and by Embassy sources. It was report [...]
2006-01-06 23:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM KJUS CASC ASEC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA459 HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2005/2006
[...] (SBU) The following is the 2005/2006 Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report input for Honduras, responding to questions posed in ref A. Post point of contact is Political Officer Swati M. Patel, phone: (504) 236-9320, ext. 4394, IVG phone: 539-4394, fax: (504) 238-4446, and unclassified and [...]
2006-03-08 23:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KJUS ASEC PREF ELAB HO
06TEGUCIGALPA620 Honduras Agrees on New Minimum Wage - 8.4 to 11
[...] After three months of deliberations between business and labor, the Honduran Special Commission for the Minimum Wage approved a 8.4 to 11 percent increase in the minimum wage for 2006 on March 25. The increase is retroactive to January 1. The official decree signed March 27 is awaiting publi [...]
2006-03-30 13:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA684The Early Stages of the New Honduran Congress and
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Honduran Congress is made up of every extreme, with politics permeating every part of it. Because of the political diversity of this group, it has been hard for them to come to agreement on many of the issues that they face. Within Congress, the Liberal Party has the m [...]
2006-04-07 23:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KCOR KWMN PINR ECON HO
06TELAVIV1110GOI AND PA OFFICIALS DISCUSS KARNI CLOSURE SOLUTION
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Tel Aviv - Consulate General Jerusalem cable. 2. (C) Summary: Officials from the GOI, PA, Egyptian Embassy, and EU-BAM met at the Ambassador,s Residence on March 19 to discuss the movement of commercial goods and humanitarian supplies between Gaza and Israel and [...]
2006-03-20 15:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PHUM PREL PINS EAID PTER KWBG EG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1193ISRAELI-ARAB PARTIES APPEAR SET TO REMAIN ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent polls show that rising Israeli-Arab interest in the March 28 elections, possibly prompted by fears of a growing right-wing Jewish vote, may yield up to 10 Knesset seats for Israeli-Arab parties, up two seats from the current Knesset. Until this past week, polls have proj [...]
2006-03-27 14:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1312Canon White Stresses Importance of USG Role in
[...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met with Canon Andrew White, former Special Representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Middle East, at the Embassy on March 29. White is a founding member, with former Archbishop Lord Carey of Clifton, of the "Foundation for Reconciliation in the Middle [...]
2006-04-03 14:08:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL KIRF PHUM KPAO IS ISRAELI SOCIETY PEACE PROCESS PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1318FM LIVNI SEEKS NEW MECHANISM FOR DELIVERING AID TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni asked NEA A/S David Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams on March 30 for USG help in formulating a new mechanism to deliver aid directly to the Palestinian people; without this mechanism, she said, other donors might "take their own decisions" and use a de [...]
2006-04-04 04:02:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PGOV PHUM PREL PREF EAID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1391RECENT GOI PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Director General Aharon Abramovitch told the Ambassador April 3 that the GOI seeks to abolish all forms of trafficking in persons. De facto Anti-Trafficking Coordinator Rahel Gershuni reported that the government's inter-ministerial anti-trafficking [...]
2006-04-06 15:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1396ICRC: NGOS CANNOT AVERT HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN
[...] (SBU) ICRC Head of Delegation Dominik Stillhart told the Ambassador April 4 that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) cannot avert a looming humanitarian crisis in the Occupied Territories. He emphasized that NGOs do not have the resources or capacity to assume the functions of government, [...]
2006-04-07 06:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIS KPAL PGOV PREF PHUM PREL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1422LIVNI REPORTS USG ANTI-TRAFFICKING AWARD TO GOI
[...] (SBU) News of the Department's acknowledgment of Rahel Gershuni as an anti-trafficking "hero" (reftel) has reached the highest level of the GOI. At the weekly Cabinet meeting of April 9, according to the official Cabinet communique, Foreign Minister and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni reported t [...]
2006-04-10 10:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1584EMBLEM: ISRAELI FM LIVNI PLEDGES ASSISTANCE ON
[...] (C) In a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on April 20 (septels),the Ambassador outlined U.S. efforts to facilitate the admission of Magen David Adom (MDA) into the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement. The Ambassador stressed the importance of four technical changes required to br [...]
2006-04-21 14:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF PGOV SZ IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1586FM LIVNI DISCUSSES RELATIONS WITH PALESTINIANS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on April 20, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni cautioned that there are limits to Israel's restraint following Palestinian terror attacks. Livni promised to examine ways that the GOI could pay medical costs for Palestinians being treated in Israeli hospi [...]
2006-04-21 15:01:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1619EMBLEM: FM LIVNI "CRACKED HEADS TOGETHER" TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials report that an assertive FM Tzipi Livni April 23 instigated dramatic progress on, but not yet final approval of, the two most controversial among the four remaining MDA statute amendments (reftel A) necessary for MDA membership in the Red Cross / Crescent Movement. [...]
2006-04-25 16:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF PGOV SZ IS ICRC HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1652GOI SEEKS NGO INPUT ON NEXT STEPS IN FIGHT AGAINST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI inter-ministerial anti-trafficking committee decided at its April 26 meeting to press for rapid passage of the draft anti-trafficking bill, and to address specific concerns raised by three leading NGOs critical of the GOI's anti-trafficking efforts. The committee invi [...]
2006-04-27 14:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM GTIP ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1685UPDATE ON MDA EFFORTS TO CHANGE ITS STATUTES AND
[...] (C) Summary: Following Foreign Minister/Justice Minister Tzipi Livni's engagement April 23 on Magen David Adom (MDA) accession to the Red Cross Movement (ref A),the GOI and MDA reportedly have made some progress toward amending MDA statutes, as required by the IFRC-ICRC joint statutes commi [...]
2006-04-28 16:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS ICRC GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1720ISRAEL OPPOSES IRANIAN CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN
[...] (C) Poloff shared appropriate reftel (B) points with Daniel Meron, the MFA's director for human rights and international organizations, on April 28 and discussed the issue again after receipt of reftel (A) on May 2. Meron said the GOI strongly opposes Iran's candidacy for the U.N. Human Right [...]
2006-05-02 14:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPHUM KUNR PREL IR IS UNGA UNHRC GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1774A SPRING OF LIEBERMAN'S DISCONTENT: NO
[...] (C) The absence from Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's 25-member Cabinet of even a single representative from the Russian-speaking immigrant community -- despite that community's electoral strength -- has elicited strong criticism from Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman and Kadima MK Marina [...]
2006-05-05 14:52:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1799EU AMBASSADORS SEEK CLARITY ON USG POSITIONS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador briefed some 25 EU ambassadors plus the Swiss and Norwegian ambassadors May 8 on USG policy regarding acceptable humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians; assistance to and contact with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas; the importance of EU solidar [...]
2006-05-09 12:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG IR IS KBTS ICRC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1807EMBLEM: AMBULANCE AND STATUTES UPDATE
[...] (SBU) MFA Director of International Organizations Daniel Meron told poloff May 9 that the GOI has not yet adopted a position on the stationing of five additional ambulances of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in East Jerusalem. He twice replied to direct questions about the GOI vi [...]
2006-05-09 15:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PREF SZ IS PGOV ICRC GOI INTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID
06TELAVIV189AMERICAN PASTOR ASSAULTED IN RELIGIOUS
[...] SUMMARY: Amcit Howard Mitchell Bass (25-Jan-1950 VA) told Conoff on January 4 that on December 24, 2005, he and his Messianic Christian congregation were physically assaulted by ultra-Orthodox Jewish protestors in Beer Sheva, who apparently believed and spread rumors that "busloads" of Jews we [...]
2006-01-13 05:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PHUM IS KIRF ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1923GOI CONCERNED MECHANISM TO PROVIDE AID TO
[...] (C) Summary: During a May 12 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs Yossi Gal and Deputy Director General for Europe Ron Curiel expressed concern about the EU offer to develop a mechanism to deliver assistance to the Palestinians, fearing it might be used [...]
2006-05-17 12:27:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EAID PREL PHUM ENRG KWBG KPAL IS GTIP ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID
06TELAVIV1931STATUS OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION
[...] (SBU) Minister of Justice Haim Ramon told Ambassador Jones May 17 that he will make the draft anti-trafficking bill "the first priority legislation" of the new government, setting it on a track that, under optimum conditions, will achieve final passage within two months. Ramon said that he w [...]
2006-05-17 16:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM GTIP GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1947ISRAELI DEFMIN PERETZ ON PALESTINIAN HUMANITARIAN
[...] (C) New Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told Ambassador Jones May 17 that he wants negotiations with the Palestinians to begin as soon as possible, and that PA President Abbas should be strengthened. He said that he has ordered that the Karni crossing remain open for traffic in both dire [...]
2006-05-18 16:10:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID
06TELAVIV1949ISRAELI DEFMIN PERETZ SAYS HE WILL TRY TO HELP ON
[...] (C) New Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told Ambassador Jones May 17 that, per the Ambassador's request, he will use his influence as a cabinet member to support efforts to have the Knesset proceed with second and third readings on draft legislation concerning labor trafficking. Peretz st [...]
2006-05-18 16:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ELAB IS GTIP GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1950ISRAEL DEFMIN PERETZ SAYS HE WILL ASSIST, AS MUCH
[...] (C) New Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told Ambassador Jones May 17 that, per the Ambassador's request, he will use his influence as a cabinet member to support efforts to resolve outstanding issues and clear the way for Magen David Adom's (MDA) incorporation into the international Red C [...]
2006-05-18 16:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF KWBG IS ICRC GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1980OLMERT'S COS ON VISIT PREPARATIONS, AMA, MDA, AND
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador and DCM on June 18, PM Olmert's chief of staff, Yoram Turbowicz, described the main goal of Olmert's upcoming visit to Washington as building trust and getting to better know the President. According to Turbowicz, he, Dov Weissglas, and Shalom Tourgeman con [...]
2006-05-19 17:01:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PREF IS ICRC GTIP ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV1986JUSTICE MINISTER ON CITIZENSHIP LAW
[...] (SBU) Minister of Justice Haim Ramon told the Ambassador May 16 that the GOI will reform its Nationality and Entry in Israel Law of 2003 to ensure that it conforms with international standards. This temporary law currently prohibits many Palestinian spouses of Israeli citizens from residing [...]
2006-05-19 17:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV2025EMBLEM: MFA FRUSTRATED WITH MDA REFORM EFFORT, BUT
[...] (C) On May 23, the Charge asked Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's chief of staff, Jakub "Yaki" Dayan (protect),for an update on efforts to facilitate the accession by Magen David Adom (MDA) to the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Dayan replied that two issues remain to be resolved [...]
2006-05-24 14:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PREF IS ICRC GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV2644ISRAELI-ARAB CIVIC LEADERS SAY THEY ARE ON CUTTING
[...] Summary: Israeli-Arab civil rights representatives stressed to the Ambassador in a June 28 luncheon their commitment to achieving greater equality within Israel as they strive for increasing cooperation with their Jewish compatriots. While they discussed the various problems facing Israel's [...]
2006-06-30 16:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDECON IS KDEM PHUM SCUL ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV2784KNESSET SPEAKER EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR ADVANCING
[...] (SBU) During his July 12 meeting with Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik (septel),the Ambassador asked for Itzik's support in advancing legislative initiatives in three areas: anti-trafficking in labor, copyright law, and export controls. Regarding the first, the Ambassador noted that Israel's cur [...]
2006-07-14 08:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KIPR KOMC IS GTIP GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV2923ISRAEL CLAIMS IT IS SEEKING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Division Director for Religious Affairs Zvi Tal told Staffdel Lara Alameh July 9 that the GOI is considering creative options to advance GOI-Vatican negotiations for a concordat on fiscal and legal matters, but Tal did not elaborate on what the creative options might entai [...]
2006-07-27 10:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KIRF PHUM IL
06TELAVIV3038ICRC: BATTLE OPERATIONS LIMITING ACCESS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 14:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIS PREF PGOV PHUM LE
06TELAVIV3149ICRC ACCESSES CIVILIANS SOUTH OF THE LITANI RIVER
[...] (SBU) ICRC Middle East and North Africa Regional Director Balthasar Staehelin told the Ambassador August 9 that ICRC successfully mounted a humanitarian mission August 8 to evacuate approximately 230 civilians from Houla, south of the Litani River. (See Septel.) Staehelin said that ICRC dec [...]
2006-08-10 15:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV IS LE
06TELAVIV3150ICRC PRESIDENT MEETS PRIME MINISTER OLMERT
[...] (SBU) MFA Director of International Organizations Daniel Meron told poloff August 10 that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert assured visiting ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger earlier that day that the GOI supports ICRC efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to civilians in southern Lebanon. Olm [...]
2006-08-10 16:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV IS LE
06TELAVIV3245ISRAELI MOD PRESSED TO TAKE QUICK STEPS TO HELP
[...] (C) Responding to the Charge's urgings that Israel act quickly to end the sea blockade of Lebanon, re-open Beirut International Airport, and allow mobile bridges to be erected in southern Lebanon to facilitate shipments of outside assistance to needy Lebanese, Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Head Amos G [...]
2006-08-16 10:51:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PHUM PTER KPAL KWBG MASS LE SY IL
06TELAVIV3433OLMERT AND LIVNI TO CODEL LANTOS: CONTROLLING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In brief, separate meetings August 27, Prime Minister Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told the Ambassador and CODEL Lantos that controlling the border between Lebanon and Syria was the "most crucial" issue for proper implementation of UNSCR 1701. Congressman Lantos informed Olm [...]
2006-08-28 16:01:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS LE IS PHUM UN
06TELAVIV3482KNESSET SPEAKER ITZIK DETAILS GOI ANTI TRAFFICKING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY In follow-up to their July 12 meeting, Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik sent Ambassador Jones a letter detailing Knesset anti-trafficking actions, including two new laws that strengthen enforcement and provide trafficking victims the right to legal aid provided by the state. [...]
2006-08-31 14:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM IS
06TELAVIV3729NAZARETH MAYOR PESSIMISTIC ON POSTWAR JEWISH-ARAB
[...] (C) In a September 13 meeting with Emboffs, longtime Nazareth Mayor Ramiz Jaraisy painted a bleak picture of postwar relations between Israel,s Jewish and Arab communities. He argued that Israel had chosen &force over peace8 in its invasion of southern Lebanon, and that Israeli Arabs felt be [...]
2006-09-19 08:30:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS
06TELAVIV3782AMBASSADOR PROPOSES OPENING RAFAH FOR HAJJ PILGRIMS
[...] (C) During a September 20 meeting with MFA Deputy Director General for North America Yoram Ben Zeev, Ambassador raised the Rafah crossing. Ambassador noted that Ramadan was approaching and would coincide with the Jewish High Holidays this year. Gaza Hajj pilgrims are already preparing to tra [...]
2006-09-21 15:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPAL IS
06TELAVIV3911Bloodless Holy War: The Beckfords vs Yad L'Achim
[...] Summary: Consular officers went to the city of Arad in the Negev desert to interview two American citizens about their ongoing conflict with the anti-missionary group, Yad L'Achim (lit.," Hand to Brothers"). While the Americans are clearly being harassed in their pursuit of daily activities, [...]
2006-10-04 15:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CVIS PHUM PGOV IS KIRF
06TELAVIV3952PRM PDAS GREENE MEETINGS WITH ISRAELI AND NGO
[...] (C) Summary: On September 28-29, PRM PDAS Richard Greene had wide-ranging discussions with GOI and International Organization (IO) officials pertaining to: access barriers facing IOs and NGOs implementing humanitarian programs in the West Bank and Gaza; coordination efforts between the GOI and [...]
2006-10-06 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PHUM IS LE KWBG PREF IZ
06TELAVIV4111DRUZE ELDERS: TIRED OF BEING TAKEN FOR GRANTED,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a meeting October 6, Druze leaders told PolCouns and poloffs that after almost sixty years, Druze loyalty to Israel had still not been rewarded. They cautioned that unless conditions in their communities improved soon, young Druze would begin sliding toward extremism. Th [...]
2006-10-18 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL LE SY IS
06TELAVIV4153EU DEMARCHE ON GOI ENTRY PROCEDURES TO WB/G
[...] The Embassy of Finland, in its EU Presidency capacity, shared with post the aide-memoire that the EU (plus Norway and Switzerland) plans to share with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the week of October 23. BEGIN TEXT: Since spring 2006, Israeli authorities have been more s [...]
2006-10-19 15:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWBG KPAL EU PBTS PHUM IS
06TELAVIV4155ISRAEL PASSES NEW TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAW
[...] (SUMMARY) The Knesset approved October 17 a law to strengthen and broaden penalties for human trafficking, an objective that Post has been advocating for and that the Olmert government strongly embraced. MK Zehava Gal-On (Meretz) drafted the law, which was supported by the government and pa [...]
2006-10-20 04:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB GTIP PHUM IS KCRM KJUS
06TELAVIV427CHIEF SEPHARDIC RABBI SEES INTERRELIGIOUS BRIDGE
[...] (C) Summary: Chief Sephardic Rabbi Schlomo Amar highlighted the importance of promoting dialogue between Jewish and Muslim religious leaders as a means to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador. Rabbi Amar emphasized that the GOI should encourage [...]
2006-01-30 15:57:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PREL KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS SOCIETY
06TELAVIV4329POL SIPDIS - ISRAELI SOCIEITY
[...] Text - Embassy Tel Aviv test cabel to see if SIPDIS routing works for categories & terms. 2. Second paragraph. ********************************************* ******************** Visit Embassy Tel Aviv's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/telaviv You can also access t [...]
2006-10-31 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM IS
06TELAVIV4398AMBASSADOR RAISES TREATMENT OF AMCITS WITH MFA
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador raised reports of GOI mistreatment of American citizens during a working lunch October 31 with MFA Director General Aharon Abramovitch and Deputy Director General for North America Yoram Ben Zeev. The Ambassador noted that we had two separate types of concerns: a change [...]
2006-11-03 17:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PHUM PREL IS
06TELAVIV4675TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR ISRAEL
[...] (Summary) The Government of Israel has taken several important actions to combat human trafficking since the 2006 TIP Report was written. On October 19, it amended Israel's trafficking in persons law to include labor trafficking, the most serious deficiency noted in the TIP report. The gov [...]
2006-11-29 16:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB GTIP PHUM IS KCRM KJUS
06TELAVIV480RIGHT-WING LIEBERMAN UNABASHEDLY ADVOCATES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Lieberman told the Ambassador January 31 that separation of Israeli Jews from Israeli Arabs is necessary in order to promote Israeli security and maintain Israel's Jewish identity. To accomplish this, Lieberman proposes that Isr [...]
2006-02-01 17:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL KISL EG IR IS JO ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV4851DEFENSE MINISTER PERETZ ON AMA, CEASEFIRE, LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by embassy senior staff, called on Defense Minister Amir Peretz December 12 to express appreciation for Peretz's role in maintaining the Gaza ceasefire and to review the status of AMA implementation discussions with the MOD. Peretz, who was flanked by Dep [...]
2006-12-15 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ECON KWBG PHUM IS LE
06TELAVIV4995DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH DESCRIBES TO
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Defense Minister Efraim Sneh briefed the Ambassador and Pol Couns December 26 on the MOD's plans to reduce obstacles to movement in the West Bank and to improve the Palestinian economy. Septel will report Sneh's comments on the lessons of the Lebanon War. Sneh described [...]
2006-12-29 06:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON KWBG IS
06TELAVIV522Supreme Court President Barak Dubious of
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's January 31 meeting at the Supreme Court, Israel's Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak shared his views on Israel's constitutional future and his own future as he prepares to retire from the Court in September 2006. He described fundamental points of ju [...]
2006-02-06 09:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM OEXC OIIP KPAO SCUL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV914ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 15:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV915ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) This cable forms the first part of a four-part message in response to reftel A. Embassy point of contact is poloff James Miller, phone (972)3-519-7437, fax (972)3-519-7484. Poloff spent approximately 120 hours in preparation of TIP report; deputy polcouns spent six hours, polcouns spe [...]
2006-03-06 15:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV916ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 15:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV918ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 04:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06THEHAGUE1097NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: ADDRESSING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-15 15:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM PREL SY NL
06THEHAGUE1109AYAAN HIRSI ALI: PARLIAMENTARIAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The surprise decision by Dutch Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk to strip maverick parliamentarian Ayaan Hirsi Ali of her Dutch citizenship has sent shock waves through the Netherlands. Hirsi Ali announced on May 16 that she was immediately resigning from parliament. Verdonk's [...]
2006-05-16 16:15:00Embassy The HagueSECRETKISL NL PHUM PINR PREF PREL
06THEHAGUE1141AYAAN HIRSI ALI: FIRESTORM CONTINUES
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The debate over Ayaan Hirsi Ali's citizenship status continues to divide the Netherlands. Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk was roundly criticized during a marathon May 16 Parliamentary debate for hastily stripping Hirsi Ali's Dutch citizenship, and Prime Minister Balkenende has [...]
2006-05-19 15:04:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PHUM PGOV PINR PREF KISL NL
06THEHAGUE1148DUTCH MAINTAIN LEGALIZED PROSTITUTION IS TOOL TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with visiting G/TIP legal and research consultant Luke Goodrich May 8 and 9, government, police, and NGO representatives indicated that, overall, legalization of prostitution has helped municipal authorities fight crime, including trafficking in persons (TIP),in the [...]
2006-05-22 11:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN NL
06THEHAGUE1203NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED, PROFESSOR RUTH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-30 13:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC NL
06THEHAGUE1299NETHERLANDS/TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE: DUTCH AFFIRM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 10:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL NL
06THEHAGUE1301DONOR COUNTRIES COALESCE ON BHUTANESE REFUGEE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 1, 2006, seven members of the Core Group on Bhutanese Refugees, the UNHCR and the European Commission met in The Hague to set a near-term strategy to break the impasse in resolving the 16-year-old Bhutan refugee problem. Representatives agreed to lobby both Nepal (to take [...]
2006-06-09 11:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL BT IN NP NL
06THEHAGUE1303DONOR COUNTRIES COALESCE ON BHUTANESE REFUGEE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 1, 2006, seven members of the Core Group on Bhutanese Refugees, the UNHCR and the European Commission met in The Hague to set a near-term strategy to break the impasse in resolving the 16-year-old Bhutan refugee problem. Representatives agreed to lobby both Nepal (to take [...]
2006-06-09 12:10:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL BT IN NP NL
06THEHAGUE1338NETHELRANDS/UN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary: The GONL agrees that the first order of business in the new Human Rights Council (HRC) must be to establish procedures. They will oppose OIC attempts to table condemnatory measures relating to Israel. However, they will attempt to raise Sudan, if others begin raising specific is [...]
2006-06-14 14:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL NL
06THEHAGUE1356NETHERLANDS/MDA: DEMARCHE PRIOR TO JUNE 20
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-16 10:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ICRC PREF PREL IS NL
06THEHAGUE1357NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: DEMARCHE ON ANTI-NGO LAW
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 15 to MFA Venzuela desk officer Dimitri Vogelaar. According to Vogelaar, the NGO law was raised in the June 6 COLAT working group, at the EU. On June 8, a resident European Union representative met in Caracas with the Vice Foreign Minister for Europe [...]
2006-06-16 10:52:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID KDEM PGOV PREL VE NL
06THEHAGUE141UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASING AMONG DUTCH MUSLIMS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Unemployment among the almost 700,000 ethnic Turks and Moroccans in the Netherlands is high and rising. While the overall unemployment level in the country stabilized last year at 6.5 percent, survey data presented this week show that unemployment among the Turkish and Moroccan im [...]
2006-01-20 15:38:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI PHUM PGOV ELAB KISL NL
06THEHAGUE1448DUTCH TIP POLICY OFFICIALS TO VISIT UNITED STATES,
[...] Summary. Eleven senior officials responsible for the development and enforcement of Dutch policy on combating trafficking in persons (TIP) will visit the United States July 4-7 to learn about U.S. approaches to TIP policy development, law enforcement, and victim assistance. The visit advance [...]
2006-06-28 18:41:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL
06THEHAGUE1465COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR,
[...] Country clearance is granted for the visit of Deputy Director Nakian to travel to the Netherlands from July 6-8, 2006 to meet with Jewish leaders in Amsterdam; and meet with government officials in the Hague regarding the implementation of the amendments to the International Tracing Service a [...]
2006-06-30 09:06:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PHUM KNAR NL
06THEHAGUE1549INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE: DUTCH FOCUS ON
[...] (U) Deputy Director for Holocaust Issues Elizabeth Nakian and econoff delivered on July 7 reftel points to Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Alec Cornelissen, Senior Advisor and Project Leader for General Management, J.J. Veerman, Director, Documentary Information Systems Department, [...]
2006-07-13 16:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKNAR PHUM
06THEHAGUE1567NETHERLANDS/CUBA: PROVIDING BACKGROUND AND
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche July 14 to Gertie Mulder, Head of the MFA's South America Division. Mulder promised to share the document, which contained information previously requested by senior officials at the Ministry. 2. Post will share the information with NGOs active in the Cuba [...]
2006-07-17 12:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL CU NL
06THEHAGUE1628OUTREACH ON DETAINEE POLICY MAKES INROADS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-27 13:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KAWC KJUS KPAO PHUM NL
06THEHAGUE1701NETHERLANDS/BURMA: FINNISH ASEM INVITATION TO
[...] (C) Summary: Although the GONL avoided inviting the Burmese to any EU fora during their 2005 EU Presidency, it insists such an invitation is consistent with EU procedures (per reftel). The Dutch are not actively pushing to reverse the Finnish decision. End summary. 2. (C) Poloffs delivere [...]
2006-08-04 07:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BU FI NL
06THEHAGUE1706NETHERLANDS/CHINA: BERN PROCESS DEMARCHE ON PRC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-04 15:13:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH NL
06THEHAGUE1758NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH WILL OPPOSE UNBALANCED
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch find the draft Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution on Lebanon "unacceptable" and will speak out against it publicly. According to Dutch Foreign Minister Bot, the HRC risks making itself irrelevant by adopting such a one-sided resolution. Although Bot has been attack [...]
2006-08-11 08:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPAO UNRCR NL
06THEHAGUE1780NETHERLANDS/CHINA: REVISED BERN PROCESS POINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 14:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CH NL
06THEHAGUE1855NETHERLANDS/ILC/HRC: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-24 09:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PHUM PREL UNHRC NL
06THEHAGUE1857NETHERLANDS/HRC: DUTCH FOLLOWING EU LEAD AT NEW HRC
[...] (C) The Dutch see no end to OIC efforts to tar Israel at the HRC. Moreover, they see little prospect of successfully blocking these attempts, given the OIC's 17 votes and the willingness of other HRC members to vote with the OIC. 2. (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche August 23 to Peter van [...]
2006-08-24 09:12:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC NL
06THEHAGUE1896NETHERLANDS/ILC/HRC: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-29 12:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PHUM PREL UNHRC NL
06THEHAGUE1897NETHERLANDS/HRC: DUTCH FOLLOWING EU LEAD AT NEW HRC
[...] (C) The Dutch see no end to OIC efforts to tar Israel at the HRC. Moreover, they see little prospect of successfully blocking these attempts, given the OIC's 17 votes and the willingness of other HRC members to vote with the OIC. 2. (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche August 23 to Peter van [...]
2006-08-29 12:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC NL
06THEHAGUE1976SCENESETTER FOR EUR PDAS VOLKER'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (C) My staff and I warmly welcome you to The Hague. Our Dutch MFA hosts are looking forward to consulting on a wide range of issues, including the Riga Summit, Uruzgan, Lebanon, OSCE reform (and the Kazakh presidency bid),the Arms Trade Treaty, and detainee policy. You will also have excelle [...]
2006-09-11 05:40:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MAAR ISAF NATO AF NL
06THEHAGUE1978NETHERLANDS/DETAINEES: SECRET PRISONS COULD BECOME
[...] (C) Summary: Dutch press and parliamentarians of all stripes are expressing disappointment and/or outrage over the revelation of CIA-operated secret prisons for high-value detainees. Foreign Minister Bot is coming under intense pressure, including from his own party, for misleading Parliament [...]
2006-09-11 05:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NL
06THEHAGUE2024NETHERLANDS/DETAINEES: FM BOT DEFENDS ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: FM Bot told parliament September 13 that he had spoken with Secretary Rice and made known Dutch concerns over secret prisons and detainee policy. He defended his acceptance of her assurances last year, and said that U.S. arguments on the challenges of interrogating terror suspects [...]
2006-09-15 15:47:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EU NL
06THEHAGUE2029NETHERLANDS/UN: SEPTEMBER 20 COMMUNITY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-18 15:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL NL
06THEHAGUE2044NETHERLANDS/ICTY/SERBIA: DEL PONTE, GONL URGE
[...] (C) Summary: ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and Dutch MFA officials have expressed concern that the message from the U.S., as well as the messages being sent by various EU and NATO members, are not consistent. The Dutch are maintaining a hard line on ICTY compliance and are worried tha [...]
2006-09-19 15:02:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ICTY PGOV PHUM SR YI NL
06THEHAGUE2047NETHERLANDS/U.S.: PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: During his September 12 visit to The Hague, EUR PDAS Volker discussed the road to Riga, detainee policy, Lebanon, ICTY compliance (septel),Guatemala's UNSC bid, contacts with Syria (ref b),OSCE reform and presidency, the Arms Trade Treaty concept, JSF, and energy security. He met wit [...]
2006-09-20 05:38:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG MASS NATO OSCE PHUM UN NL
06THEHAGUE2117NETHERLANDS/HRC: PRIORITIES FOR THE SECOND SESSION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-27 15:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UN NL
06THEHAGUE2118NETHERLANDS/CHINA: REVISED TALKING POINTS FOR BERN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-27 15:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CH NL
06THEHAGUE2119NETHERLANDS/HRC: RESPONSE TO CUBA AT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche 25 September to Joris Geeven, policy officer at MFA human rights division, and Peter van der Vliet, Head of the Political and Legal Affairs, UN and IFIs Department. Geeven thanked us for the information. He said the GONL had expected the Cubans to renew t [...]
2006-09-27 15:14:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL NL
06THEHAGUE2177NETHERLANDS/CUBA: SEEKING EU SUPPORT FOR AMENDMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-04 13:25:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM EUN PREL UNGA UN NL
06THEHAGUE2252DUTCH PROSECUTOR GENERAL ON TIP VISIT, RUSSIAN TIP
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. During an October 5 meeting with DCM, Prosecutor-General Herman Bolhaar stressed his determination to fully investigate the case of TIP victim Irine Veselykh, who testified before the U.S. Congress in June [...]
2006-10-18 09:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL
06THEHAGUE2267NETHERLANDS/SUDAN TARGETED SANCTIONS: SOLICITING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-18 16:34:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SU NL
06THEHAGUE2282NETHERLANDS/SCENESETTER: FOREIGN MINISTER BOT'S
[...] (C) Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot's upcoming visit to Washington DC comes just one month before national elections. It therefore provides an excellent opportunity to move some difficult issues forward in a way that helps ensure that the next Dutch government, whatever its configuration, co [...]
2006-10-20 11:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV PHUM NL
06THEHAGUE2286DETAINEE POLICY/MILITARY COMMISSIONS: BELLINGER
[...] (U) Summary: State Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger visited The Netherlands October 10-12, accompanied by EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and several other senior State and DOD officials. The team met with Dutch Defense, Justice, and Foreign Affairs officials for closed-door talks, answering detai [...]
2006-10-20 15:25:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM KPAO PREL PTER NL
06THEHAGUE2292TOP DUTCH PROSECUTOR CALLS FOR ENDING TIP IN FOUR
[...] Harm Brouwer, Chairman of the College of Prosecutors- General told an October 17 press conference that his goal is to eliminate human trafficking (TIP) in the Netherlands within four years. He called TIP a modern form of slavery, unworthy of society. Brouwer said that hundreds of foreign wom [...]
2006-10-23 15:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN PREF NL
06THEHAGUE2385NETHERLANDS/CUBA: EU CONSENSUS POSITION ON THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-06 10:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNGA UN CU NL
06THEHAGUE2426NETHERLANDS/UNGA: THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Human Rights Division chief expects the GONL to oppose the Iranian retaliatory resolution and the Belarusian measure on country resolution mechanisms. He believes the GONL will, in the end, find itself reluctantly supporting the resolution on detentions. He expressed a stron [...]
2006-11-09 06:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UN NL
06THEHAGUE2430NETHERLANDS/THIRD COMMITTEE: DUTCH INDICATE
[...] (C) Poloff spoke November 9 with Deputy Director General for Political Affairs Wim Geerts and Deputy European Correspondent (and Geerts assistant) Jeroen Boender about the Third Committee retaliatory resolutions tabled by Uzbekistan and Belarus. Poloff repeated the less-than-welcome message c [...]
2006-11-09 17:12:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UN BO UZ NL
06THEHAGUE2431NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH POSITIONS AHEAD OF THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect the GAERC to focus largely on Turkey and enlargement, with limited discussion on a range of other issues. They do not expect the Turks to fulfill their Ankara protocol commitments, but seem unlikely to press for wholesale suspension of negotiations. The Dutch exp [...]
2006-11-09 21:46:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL MARR PGOV PHUM EUN UN BK CG CU IR
06THEHAGUE2469TORTURE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DUTCH TROOPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A major Dutch daily reported November 17 that Dutch military intelligence officers had abused prisoners in 2003 in al-Muthanna province, Iraq. Following a Cabinet meeting later in the day, Defense Minister Kamp issued a statement that the allegations had been investigated at th [...]
2006-11-17 15:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MARR AF IR NL
06THEHAGUE2515EMBASSY HOSTS DUTCH-U.S. MUSLIM DIALOGUE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Embassy and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund convened the mission's most extensive outreach effort to date on November 1-2 when more than 120 Dutch and American Muslims, government officials, policy experts, civil rights and business leaders gathered fo [...]
2006-11-29 16:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL SOCI KPAO PHUM PREL KISL PINR NL
06THEHAGUE2550NETHERLANDS/CHINA/EU: GONL COMMITTED TO CHINA ARMS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche December 5 to MFA Deputy European Correspondent Jeroen Boender, who said he foresaw no change in the EU's position on the China arms embargo. The French call for a discussion of the embargo was, he said, a "Pavlovian reaction to the Finnish Presidency's" p [...]
2006-12-05 13:17:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM EUN PHUM PREL MARR CH JA TW NL
06THEHAGUE2564NETHERLANDS/TURKEY: ACCESSION DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT
[...] Summary: (SBU) The GONL supports the goal of Turkish accession but continues to insist that the Turks meet their obligations, particularly the opening of northern Cypriot ports. The GONL is fighting to avoid a formal suspension of, or an outright deadline for ending, accession negotiations. A [...]
2006-12-06 16:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EUN NL
06THEHAGUE2575NETHERLANDS/LEBANON COMMISSION: EU TO SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-08 12:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KUNR NL
06THEHAGUE2581AMSTERDAM MOVES TO CLEAN UP PROSTITUTION SECTOR
[...] Summary. On December 1, 2006, the Amsterdam city council decided to cancel licenses for 110 of the 350 prostitution windows in Amsterdam's Red Light district. The windows, which are operated by a small number of individuals who together held 33 licenses to operate them, are scheduled to be [...]
2006-12-08 15:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL
06THEHAGUE2634NETHERLANDS/IRAN: MEDIA PROJECTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Eleven Dutch-funded Iranian media projects, worth over 13 million Euros, have moved into the operational phase. The projects, begun in early 2006 at the behest of the Dutch parliament, represent the broadest Dutch media diversity efforts anywhere, according to MFA officials. En [...]
2006-12-18 16:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EUN PREL IR NL
06THEHAGUE265HOLOCAUST ART RESTITUTION: DUTCH RETURN PAINTINGS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a historic move, the Dutch government announced on February 6 the return of 202 of some of the greatest Dutch, Flemish, and Italian paintings to the heirs of Jacques Goudstikker, a Dutch Jewish art collector and dealer who fled the Netherlands during World War II. While th [...]
2006-02-07 13:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNAR PHUM SOCI NL
06THEHAGUE334DUTCH LAUNCH TIP OUTREACH CAMPAIGN
[...] (U) Summary. The Dutch government launched a national outreach campaign January 12 to counter trafficking in persons in the prostitution sector. The multimedia campaign is designed to increase awareness of the trafficking problem, and educate the public on how to identify potential victims [...]
2006-02-14 16:38:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
06THEHAGUE374NETHERLANDS/MUSLIM OUTREACH: MISSION SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In August 2005, Post established an Integration Issues Working Group (IIWG) to coordinate outreach and reporting activities related to the Dutch Muslim community. This approach succeeded in considerably expanding Embassy The Hague's and Consul General Amsterdam's contacts in the Dutc [...]
2006-02-17 15:43:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR PHUM KPAO KISL NL
06THEHAGUE397BOT RESPONDS TO PARLIAMENT ON CIA FLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Bot told Parliament he had no credible information on illegal CIA flights. He repeated Secretary Rice's assurances regarding U.S. practices and said SIPDIS that he continues to emphasize to her the importance of human rights in the war on terror. We expect t [...]
2006-02-22 15:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM NL
06THEHAGUE399TIP EXPERTISE CENTER STRENGTHENS DUTCH ANTI-TIP LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch National Expertise Center on People Trafficking and Smuggling (EMM) opened on May 18, 2005, bringing together officers from regional, national, and military police, as well as the Social Information and Investigation Service, and the Immigration and Naturalization Serv [...]
2006-02-22 19:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL
06THEHAGUE402DUTCH MUSLIM BUSINESS COMMUNITY - A GUIDE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The number of ethnic Muslim entrepreneurs and related business organizations in the Netherlands has increased significantly in recent years. Over the last few months, Emboffs have met with some of these organizations, as well as with traditional Dutch employer associations th [...]
2006-02-23 11:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SOCI PHUM PREL PGOV KISL PINR NL
06THEHAGUE406REACHING OUT TO THE DUTCH MUSLIM BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An Embassy lunch with members of the Dutch Muslim business community on February 8 succeeded in launching a constructive dialogue on discrimination in Dutch employment practices, unemployment among young ethnic Muslims, and the pros and cons of membership in ethnic business [...]
2006-02-23 12:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SOCI PHUM PREL PGOV KISL PINR NL
06THEHAGUE426NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: DEMARCHE ON NGO SUMATE
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 27 to MFA Human Rights and Peacebuilding Department Senior Policy Advisor Guillaume Teerling and left a copy for South America Division chief Gertie Mulder, who is currently away on travel. 2. (C) Teerling stressed that the GONL shares our inter [...]
2006-02-27 16:20:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM EU PGOV PREL VE NL
06THEHAGUE427NETHERLANDS/CHINA: PROPOSED JOINT DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) On February 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche regarding a proposed joint demarche on certain Chinese prisoners cases to Sandra Pellegrom in the Dutch MFA's Human Rights and Peacebuilding Department. According to Pellegrom, the GONL is not opposed, in principle, to such joint efforts. [...]
2006-02-27 16:22:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PREL CM NL
06THEHAGUE453EMBASSY THE HAGUE SUBMISSION FOR SIXTH ANNUAL TIP
[...] (U) This cable responds to reftel A's request for input for the 2006 TIP report. Part One summarizes key developments during the past year and Part Two responds to the questions in paragraphs 21 - 24 of reftel A. Preparation time is about 170 hours (FSN - 110; FS-04 - 30; FS-02 - 30 hours). [...]
2006-03-01 16:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
06THEHAGUE489DEMARCHE: DUTCH PLAN TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 19:26:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ NL
06THEHAGUE563NETHERLANDS: COORDINATING STATEMENTS ON THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 10:47:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI IR NL
06THEHAGUE564NETHERLANDS DEMARCHE: URGING THE EU TO SPEAK OUT
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 15 to MFA Political Affairs Department Director Pim Dumore. Poloff also followed up with MFA human rights policy officer Eric Litver on March 17. 2. (C) Litver confirmed the EU is raising through diplomatic channels the closing of the European Com [...]
2006-03-17 10:48:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL SY NL
06THEHAGUE569NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHING EU MEMBERS ON REACTION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 15:02:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM EUN KDEM PGOV PREL BO NL
06THEHAGUE659DUTCH ENCOURAGE U.S. TO SEEK HRC SEAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are actively encouraging the U.S. to seek a seat on the new UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Post believes the Dutch recommendation deserves serious consideration in light of Dutch international credibility on Human Rights issues and the strong Dutch interest in coordinat [...]
2006-03-27 15:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KUNR NL
06THEHAGUE764NETHERLANDS/IRAN: PROTESTING THE IRANIAN REGIME'S
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-07 16:31:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV SOCI IR NL
06THEHAGUE765NETHERLANDS/HRC: U.S. NOT TO RUN FOR HRC, BUT
[...] (U) This is an action/guidance request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Ambassador delivered April 7 ref A demarche explaining the USG decision not to seek a seat on the newly created Human Rights Council (HRC) to MFA Director General for Political Affairs, Hugo Siblesz. (Note: As noted ref [...]
2006-04-07 16:49:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM KUNR PREL UNGA NL
06THEHAGUE812NETHERLANDS/BURMA: RESPONSE TO EC COMMENTS AT
[...] (C) Summary: The GONL is adamantly opposed to any change in the European Union's position on Burma. Sanctions should remain in place. According to the Dutch, the comments of EU officials, including European Commission DG for External Relations Eneko Landaburu, do not represent EU policy. The [...]
2006-04-12 13:34:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID PREF PREL BM EU NL
06THEHAGUE829"MELD M" ANTI-TIP OUTREACH CAMPAIGN SUCCESSFUL
[...] The "Meld M" national awareness campaign against trafficking and sexual exploitation, which was launched by the Justice Ministry on January 12, 2006 (reftel),is proving to be very successful. According to an April 12 "Meld M" press release, the anonymous crime-reporting hotline received 51 r [...]
2006-04-13 15:31:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
06THEHAGUE835NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: NO VOTES FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador delivered the Secretary's letter (ref A) to FM Bot on April 11. Poloff, Political Counselor and DCM followed up April 11, 12 and 13, with working level officials. The Dutch are pleased, but not surprised, by our commitment to the success of the new Human Rights Counc [...]
2006-04-18 05:49:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM KUNR OPDC PREL UNGA NL
06THEHAGUE913TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: SUPPLEMENTAL B-9 AND VICTIM
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an April 20th letter to Parliament, Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk reported that 430 requests for B-9 temporary residence status were received from TIP victims between 2003 and 2005. Of the 430 applications for B-9 status during this period, 334 were granted, 74 were reje [...]
2006-04-25 19:53:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
06THEHAGUE939NETHERLANDS/MDA: DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-28 07:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM AORC PREF PREL ICRC SZ NL
06THEHAGUE976NETHERLANDS/EU: SUPPORT FOR ENLARGEMENT CANDIDATES
[...] (C) Summary: The Netherlands appears likely to follow the European Commission's recommendation, due this month, on Bulgarian EU accession. The GONL is ambivalent on the date for Romania - 2007 or 2008 - and is not making any bets on whether Turkey will ever make it into the Union. The GONL b [...]
2006-05-02 15:02:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EU BU CY RO TU NL
06TIRANA1208TRADE UNION POWER STRUGGLE INTERRUPTS WORK OF THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With dwindling membership and waning societal influence, the Albanian trade union organization that helped bring down the communist regime has been further weakened by an internal power struggle. This struggle has pitted Gezim Kalaja, long-time trade union confederation presid [...]
2006-11-27 16:05:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON AL
06TIRANA1209IMPASSE ENDS AFTER ISLAMIC COUNCIL VOTES TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After losing a vote of confidence in a meeting of the National Islamic Council on November 25, Bashkim Bajraktari, the Mufti of Shkoder, agreed to step down. His resignation ended a weeklong impasse during which Bajraktari, who had been fired earlier in the week by Selim Muca, h [...]
2006-11-27 17:17:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF AL
06TIRANA434ALBANIA SEEKS SEAT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
[...] (C) FM Minister Mustafaj told Ambassador May 1 that Albania would put its name forward for a spot on the UN Human Rights Commission, and asked for USG support. Mustafaj told the Ambassador that former UN SecGen Boutros-Boutros Ghali had written to Francophone countries in support of Albania's [...]
2006-05-02 14:49:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALKUNR PREL OPDC PHUM PINR UNGA AL
06TIRANA435ALBANIA AGREES TO HRC COMMITMENTS
[...] (SBU) Per ref A, Ambassador called on FM Besnik Mustafaj on and delivered the letter from Secretary Rice. Mustafaj said the GOA would not support states with a record of human rights violations or of sponsoring terrorism for the Human Rights Council (HRC). Mustafaj also noted Albania was a ca [...]
2006-05-02 14:53:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA AL
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