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06TRIPOLI459	LIBYANS DISCUSS NON-PROLIFERATION WITH AMB. SCHULTE - WHERE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Schulte conducted extensive discussions on non-proliferation with Libyan officials and the Jamahiriya press August 28-30. The Libyans agreed with our assessment that Iran was working on a weapons program and that it should comply with the IAEA, while stressing tha [...]	2006-09-01 14:25:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	CMGT OVIP PARM KNNP LY

06TRIPOLI472	LIBYAN SCIENTISTS DETAIL PRIORITIES FOR COOPERATIVE EFFORTS [...] (C) Scientists working at the National Bureau for Research and Development, linked to the General People's Committee for Manpower, Training and Employment (GPCMET) headed by Matouq Matouq have used a number of recent meetings to detail the types of projects that they hoped would result fro [...]	2006-09-06 17:53:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ENRG ETTC PARM KNNP LY
06TRIPOLI506	LIBYA WORKS TO FIND BALANCE ON LABOR AND MIGRATION ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOL is beginning to work with international partners such as UNHCR and IOM on facing their migration challenges, but there is still ample room for strengthening cooperation. A staggering 750,000 to one million migrant workers currently live within Libya's borders in addition to [...]	2006-09-15 12:08:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF LY
06TRIPOLI511	LIBYAN ENVIRONMENT AUTHORITY: HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL [...] Summary: On September 13, 2006 ESTH Officer met with Dr. Abul-Hakim Al-Waer, Secretary of the Libyan Environment Authority (LEA),or as he joked with, "The EPA without the protection." The meeting took place on the margins of the ongoing NDF Chemical Weapons Destruction Assistance Program. [...]	2006-09-17 19:45:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO UNEP EPA HHS LY
06TRIPOLI557	PROJECT LIBYA: EXHIBITION TO PROMOTE INFRASTRUCTURE AND [...] The 4-7 December Project Libya exhibition is underway following a well-attended press launch on September 17. Organizers Montgomery Libya and Sahara Expo Libya presided over a packed house of reporters, businessmen and local embassy staff at the Corinthia Hotel. Jeremy Sale, Montgomery Libya' [...]	2006-10-01 13:43:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT ECON EIND EINV ENRG EPET ETRD LY
06TRIPOLI565	BIS TEAM "CHECKS OUT" LIBYA [...] (U) Summary: The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) completed a largely successful series of export license compliance checks September 9-19. BIS agents Scot Gonzales and Perry Davis completed dozens of checks during the BIS's first-ever visit to Libya. Levels of co [...]	2006-10-03 14:00:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN EINV ENRG ECON ETRD ETTC LY
06TRIPOLI568	LIBYAN VIEWS ON REGIONAL AFRICA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Ali Treki, Under Secretary of African Affairs at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (de facto MFA),called in Charge on October 1 for a discussion of regional African issues. Treki said that Foreign Minister Shalgam instructed him to reach out [...]	2006-10-03 15:05:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL PGOV KDEM SU SO LY
06TRIPOLI573	BENGHAZI'S ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Six months after a deadly riot at the Italian consulate that left more than a dozen killed, Econoff made a quick swing through Libya's downtrodden second city on September 13-14, accompanying a two-person team from the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). 2. [...]	2006-10-05 08:24:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EIND LY
06TRIPOLI592	THE LIBYAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR STANDARDIZATION AND METROLOGY [...] SUMMARY: The Libyan National Centre for Standardization and Metrology (LNCSM) was established with the goal of bringing Libya into conformance with international trade standards, focusing on eventual accession of Libya to the World Trade Organization (WTO.) The current focus within the LNCSM [...]	2006-10-17 14:40:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	BBSR BEXP ECIN EIND WTRO XI LY
06TRIPOLI600	LIBYAN NOC CHAIRMAN GHANEM'S VIEWS ON PETROLEUM ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with National Oil Corporation (NOC) Chairman (and former Prime Minister) Shukri Ghanem on October 15 to discuss US-Libyan energy sector cooperation. Ghanem expressed confidence in Libyan efforts to boost oil production and defended the establishment of the Cabinet-leve [...]	2006-10-19 14:43:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL LY
06TRIPOLI644	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCMURRAY VISIT AND [...] Post warmly welcomes the visit of Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs McMurray. The following background information is provided in anticipation of your visit to Tripoli on November 11-13, 2006. Our scientific engagem [...]	2006-11-09 17:16:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EAIR ECIN EFIS EINV ETTC OSCI SENV
06TRIPOLI645	LIBYAN DEMARCHE ON CHINA SUMMIT WITH AFRICAN NATIONS [...] (C) Ibrahim Dridi, Director of the Americas Office at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA equivalent) requested a meeting on November 7 to convey a demarche regarding Libyan views on the China Summit with African nations. "I was instructed t [...]	2006-11-10 14:19:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD PREL AU KECF LY
06TRIPOLI648	LIBYAN CENTRAL BANK ESTABLISHING NEW TRAINING INSTITUTE [...] (U) See action request, Para. 7. 2. (U) The Libyan Central Bank is launching a new training center to improve employee skills throughout the banking sector, and its director is open to U.S. offers of assistance. Pol/Econ Chief and Econoff met with the Libyan Central Bank on the afternoon [...]	2006-11-10 16:07:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN EFIN LY
06TRIPOLI671	LIBYA: TIP SPECIAL WATCH LIST ASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The most salient feature of trafficking in Libya is the lack of information about it. Governments, non-governmental organizations, inter-governmental organizations, and the media all appear to know very little about the phenomenon. While slightly more information is available [...]	2006-11-17 13:30:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GTIP LY
06TRIPOLI686	QADHAFI ISSUES ANTI-CORRUPTION WARNING TO LIBYA'S WEALTHY [...] (U) Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi recently issued a particularly stark warning against official corruption, calling on the wealthy to declare their holdings and income sources and "repent" for any ill-gotten gains. In a November 13 speech before the General Council for Planning broadcast l [...]	2006-11-23 11:25:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG EPET LY
06TUNIS1099	BEN ALI STALWART RUMORED TO HAVE US SUPPORT AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since his appointment as Minister of National Defense in August 2005, Kamel Morjane's role in the domestic political scene has been a topic of increasing interest to Tunisian political observers. As Morjane spent much of his career outside of Tunisia working with the UN, few knew [...]	2006-05-09 13:59:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV KDEM TS
06TUNIS12	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Following criticism of Tunisia's freedom of information and internet access during its November 2005 hosting of the World Summit on the Information Society, the Chamber of Deputies is debating plans to privatize Tunisia's master internet service provider (ISP) and sole international inte [...]	2006-01-03 15:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET EINT ELAB TS
06TUNIS1239	REDUCED WORK HOURS FOR WOMEN: ADVANTAGE OR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In March 2006, President Ben Ali announced that his 2004 election proposal to allow women to work for half the hours for two-thirds the pay would be enacted in 2007. According to press reports, the draft law will apply to women working in the public sector with children under si [...]	2006-05-23 14:12:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI ELAB PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS1343	ABBAS VISIT TO TUNISIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 30, Palestinian President Abbas began his three day state visit to Tunisia with a meeting with Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. The GOT, ever eager to play its traditional moderate role in the Middle East Peace Process, has focused the visit on its support for [...]	2006-06-02 12:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS1402	SENIOR MOI OFFICIAL REMOVED: SIGN TO HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 5, President Ben Ali unexpectedly announced the dismissal of a senior Ministry of Interior (MOI) official who some believe to be responsible for an uptick in the GOT's harsh repression of Tunisian civil society. As Secretary of State for National Security, Mohamed Ali Gan [...]	2006-06-08 11:23:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC TS
06TUNIS1630	CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART II: THE ANATOMY OF EXPLOITATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 13:06:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV TS
06TUNIS1676	DAS GRAY MEETING WITH EUROPEAN COMMISSION [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. During his June 27-28 visit, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray met with representatives of the European Commission (EC) to discuss collaboration on human rights and democracy reform in Tunisia. EC reps noted difficulty in formal collaboration due to the heavy bureauc [...]	2006-07-05 13:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS1702	DAS GRAY MEETING WITH TUNISIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. During his June 27-28 visit, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray met with Deputy Foreign Minister for the Americas and Asia, Saida Chtioui, to discuss the USG position on Libya, Tunisian relations with Iran, USG support for Guatemala for the Latin American Security Counc [...]	2006-07-06 13:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPAO PGOV PHUM SMIG MARR TS
06TUNIS1851	PARTING THOUGHT FROM THE AMBASSADOR ON MEPI [...] (C/NF) I would like to share what I hope will be some impressions on the MEPI program in the hope that they might be useful to others as this program evolves. Since my arrival at post, our number one MPP priority has been support for greater democracy and human rights in Tunisia, and our post [...]	2006-07-20 12:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KMPI TS
06TUNIS2084	TFLE01: TUNISIAN REACTION TO LEBANON/ISRAEL/GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The general Tunisian public perception of current events in Lebanon and Gaza, fueled by local and pan-Arab media, is that the U.S. is offering unlimited support to Israeli "aggression." A broad range of Tunisian contacts, who share this perception, tell us that this is consequent [...]	2006-08-11 14:23:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO ASEC TS
06TUNIS2321	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes the Business Executives for National Security (BENS) delegation's September 13-14 2006 visit to Tunisia. This cable provides a brief overview of the political situation in Tunisia, as well as a summary of the business climate. -------------------------- [...]	2006-09-08 11:45:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER ASEC ECON TS
06TUNIS2408	TUNISIA: INTERFERENCE IN USG ACTIVITIES ON RISE; [...] (C) Summary. Embassy personnel are increasingly subject to GOT interference in their meetings and activities, the result of a culture of paranoia about dealing with foreign governments that appears to have spilled over from the MOI. While the phenomenon itself is not new, or targeted only at [...]	2006-09-20 13:37:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2586	TUNISIAN INTERFERENCE IN U.S. EMBASSY ACTIVITIES: [...] (C/NF) Summary. According to Foreign Minister Abdallah's Chef de Cabinet, recent charges of GOT interference in Embassy activities were either baseless fabrications or the result of a misinterpretation of events by Post. Alternating between feigning shock, surprise, anger, and hurt, Atallah [...]	2006-10-17 15:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2598	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: SEPT. 16 - OCT. 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Trade Balance Continues to Deteriorate B. Emirates Bukhatir to Build 5 Billion USD "Sports City" C. Emirati DIG Increases Stake in Karthago Airlines D. Legal Retirement Age to Be Rai [...]	2006-10-20 08:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB EAGR EFIN EINV EAIR KPRV TS
06TUNIS2665	SCRAP THAT TENDER!! ENERCIEL VS STEG -- THE [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with representatives of the U.S. company UPC Wind Partners (UPC) and its subsidiary Enerciel Tunisie, Emboffs were briefed on the current status of UPC/Enerciel's wind energy investment (which already approaches USD 3 million) and their ongoing problems with GOT's e [...]	2006-10-31 14:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ENRG KIDE EINV TS
06TUNIS2684	TUNISIANS FEEL PINCH OF HIGH PRICES THIS RAMADAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ramadan spending combined with rising inflation hit many Tunisians in the pocket book this year. While the GOT attempted to put its best foot forward by keeping prices low and stepping up enforcement of price controls, these measures did little to address rising inflation and co [...]	2006-11-01 15:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN TS
06TUNIS2689	SCRAP THAT TENDER!! ENERCIEL VS STEG -- THE [...] (C) Summary. In recent meetings with representatives of the U.S. company UPC Wind Partners (UPC) and its subsidiary Enerciel Tunisie, Emboffs were briefed on the current status of UPC/Enerciel's wind energy investment (which already approaches USD 3 million) and their ongoing problems with G [...]	2006-11-01 16:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ENRG KIDE EINV TS
06TUNIS2743	FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH LAYS IT ON THICK [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH ON NOVEMBER 6 CONVOKED CHARGE, "FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON." IN REALITY, THE GOAL OF THE MEETING WAS QUITE CLEAR: ABDALLAH SOUGHT TO EMPHASIZE THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE U.S.-TUNISIAN BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP, WHICH HE ENTHUSIASTICALLY CHARACTERIZED AS "TR [...]	2006-11-09 16:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2798	BEN ALI ANNOUNCES NEW POLICIES TO FACILITATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 21, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali spoke on the occasion of the opening of the 14th Congress of the Tunisian Employers' Association for Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA) and delivered a speech announcing some new economic and commercial policies. Designed to [...]	2006-11-24 07:41:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ETRD TS
06TUNIS2801	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO FOREIGN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Ambassador Godec presented a copy of his credentials to Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdelwaheb Abdallah on November 18. In an hour long meeting, Ambassador and FM discussed a range of issues, but clearly most important to Abdallah was the point he made the week before to Charg [...]	2006-11-24 09:14:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2826	GOT PREVENTS LEGAL OPPOSITION PARTY FROM [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the legal opposition party Democratic Forum for Labor and Liberties (FDTL) attempted to register a new newspaper on November 16, but were denied the necessary receipt from the Ministry of Interior (MOI) that would allow the would-be publishers to begin the process of au [...]	2006-11-30 14:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO KMPI KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS2861	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Nov. 1 - Nov. 30 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia Plans to Build Nuclear Power Plant by 2020 B. Tunisie Telecom Privatization Receipts To Reduce External Debt C. Central Bank Intervenes in Bank Lending D. GOT Subsidies R [...]	2006-12-07 09:08:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG EAID EPET TS
06TUNIS2970	EXXONMOBIL STIFLED BY EXCESSIVE GOT REGULATION, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 20 meeting with EconOff, ExxonMobil Tunisia Director General Arnaud Blouin lamented the difficulty of doing business in Tunisia and questioned whether ExxonMobil has a future in Tunisia. Blouin presented a laundry list of complaints ranging from Central Bank currenc [...]	2006-12-27 15:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV EPET ETRD BEXP TS
06TUNIS584	NEW POLITICAL PARTY AUTHORIZED IN TUNISIA; CRITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 3, Tunisian authorities authorized the establishment of the "Green Party for Progress" (French acronym is PVP),the first new political party created since 2002. Although President Ben Ali recently said new parties would be registered (reftel),the rapid approval of a [...]	2006-03-14 15:52:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS622	SENIOR GOT OFFICIALS' COMMENTS TARGET USG AND EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent speeches by senior GOT officials have directly addressed domestic reform initiatives of (while not mentioning by name) USG, as well as other foreign entities and domestic activists. Presidential Spokesman and Advisor Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, Minister of Social Affairs Ali Chao [...]	2006-03-16 15:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL TS
06TUNIS635	WORKING-CLASS OPINIONS AND COMMENTS IN TUNISIA [...] SUMMARY: Throughout 2005 and early 2006, Tunisians have complained about rising price levels. Everything from olive oil, to gasoline, to automobile insurance has seen price increases in recent months, and there is a rise in official and actual inflation. Middle-class to lower-income Tunisia [...]	2006-03-17 15:44:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET TS
06TUNIS807	NASA SCIENTISTS ENGAGE YOUTH ON SOLAR RESEARCH IN [...] SUMMARY. On March 23-24, 2006, four NASA scientists addressed Tunisian youth interested in science and solar research at the main Tunisian public science center. Following up on a successful visit in fall 2005, the scientists participated in workshops with the Tunisian Young Scientists Associa [...]	2006-04-06 12:26:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA KPAO TS
06ULAANBAATAR232	State Secrets Law: An Invitation to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The World Bank, civil society and donors, including the U.S., have long identified the lack of transparency and citizen access to government information as a major invitation to corruption and have encouraged the Government of Mongolia and worked with civil society [...]	2006-03-31 07:39:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON MG FR GM
06ULAANBAATAR434	EAP DAS KEITH'S APRIL 27-29 VISIT TO MONGOLIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During EAP DAS Keith,s meetings with Government of Mongolia (GOM) officials on April 28, Keith expressed appreciation for the GOM,s continuing support in the war against terrorism and its participation in coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Keith reiterated the importance of add [...]	2006-06-07 06:30:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EFIN PTER KCRM MG KN
06ULAANBAATAR525	Scenesetter for Presidential Delegation [...] We and the Mongolian Government very much look forward to your visit. The presence of a presidential delegation at the 800th anniversary celebrations continues a stellar 2005-6 year for high-level USG visits to Mongolia -- starting off with Peace Corps Director Vasquez last July, Speaker Has [...]	2006-07-10 06:34:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL PGOV EAID ETRD MG
06ULAANBAATAR593	KHAANQUEST 2006 PEACEKEEPING EXERCISE SCENESETTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: KHAANQUEST 2006 IS THE PACIFIC-AREA GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS INITIATIVE (GPOI) CAPSTONE EVENT OF THE YEAR. IT HAS FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS: 1) A MULTINATIONAL FIELD TRAINING EXERCISE (FTX) FOCUSING ON PEACEKEEPING SKILLS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FIVE HILLS TRAINING CENTER, [...]	2006-08-04 08:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR657	WHITHER U.S.-MONGOLIA RELATIONS? [...] (U) As I conclude my three-year tour as chief of mission in Mongolia, I offer the following reflections on the past and recommendations for the future, as we pursue the "comprehensive partnership" with Mongolia that was first enunciated in the July 2004, and reaffirmed in the November 2005, Jo [...]	2006-08-31 09:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MG PREL
06ULAANBAATAR658	New AML Law: Better Than Nothing, But Implementation Will [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the end of June, Mongolia's parliament passed the country's first anti-money laundering (AML) law. The step followed years of foreign exhortations, including and especially from the United States, about the danger that Mongolia might become a money laundering center. There [...]	2006-09-04 05:50:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER ECON PREL SNAR MG
06ULAANBAATAR660	Fiscal Snapshot: High Mining Revenues a Boon and a Danger [...] SUMMARY: Buoyed by sharp GDP growth in the last few years, Mongolia's government finds itself in a time of relative plenty. However, these large revenue increases have been driven by high international commodity prices for gold and copper. When the good times end for copper and gold, Mongoli [...]	2006-09-05 02:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL EAID EMIN SOCI MG
06ULAANBAATAR667	WHITHER U.S.-MONGOLIA RELATIONS? [...] (U) As I conclude my three-year tour as chief of mission in Mongolia, I offer the following reflections on the past and recommendations for the future, as we pursue the "comprehensive partnership" with Mongolia that was first enunciated in the July 2004, and reaffirmed in the November 2005, Jo [...]	2006-09-07 09:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MG PREL EAID ECON PGOV KMCA MASS
06ULAANBAATAR829	Country Clearance for MCA's Roche International [...] We welcome and grant country clearance to Roche International consultants Christian Berube, David Burns, Asil Gezen, Dennis Lindberg, Lawrence Phipps, and Deana Silverston for their travels to Mongolia during the month of November. The purpose of the visit is to work with MCC's Burak Inanc and [...]	2006-11-11 07:29:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAID KMCA ECON MG
06ULAANBAATAR832	U.S.-Based Peabody Moves Toward Coal Investments With USG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A Department of Commerce advocacy letter, and post-arranged meetings with senior Mongolian officials, have boosted the efforts of U.S.-coal mining giant Peabody Energy to be involved in development of a 6.5 billion ton coal deposit. Last week, Peabody's China-based o [...]	2006-11-15 09:43:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
06ULAANBAATAR841	Public Diplomacy Captivates Mongolian Media by Highlighting [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 08:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC PREL EAID SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC MG
06ULAANBAATAR861	Mongolia INCSR: Part 1 [...] The following is post's submission for Part 1 of the INCSR. 2. Begin text: I. Summary Drug trafficking and abuse are not widespread in Mongolia, but continue to rise and draw the attention of the government. Mongolia's young, burgeoning urban population is especially vulnerable to t [...]	2006-12-08 07:10:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MG
06ULAANBAATAR870	Mongolia's New Mining Law: Many Concerns [...] (SBU) Mongolia's new mining severely disrupts an industry that will and must be Mongolia's economic engine for many years to come. Most worrisome to miners are new provisions for the government to take equity stakes in a long list of "strategic" mines, provisions that leave unclear how much th [...]	2006-12-14 08:24:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR875	Mass firing of Mongolian mineworkers sends message to [...] (SBU) One of Mongolia's largest employers, Ivanhoe Mines, will fire 900 of its domestic and foreign workforce, or some 7.5% of the 12,000 workers directly employed in the Mongolian mining sector. Ivanhoe cannot afford to pay workers idled by the Government of Mongolia's refusal to reach an agre [...]	2006-12-18 23:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
06ULAANBAATAR878	Provincial Perspectives: Khentii and Dornod Aimags See [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a brief November 19-21 easterly swing through Dornod and Khenti provinces, leaders there expressed concern about growing unemployment pressures but were hopeful that investments in mining, for the former, and agribusiness and tourism, for the latter, would provide needed j [...]	2006-12-20 02:15:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EMIN PGOV MG
06USNATO643	NATO ECONOMICS COMMITTEE: "HEADS" AND "SECURITY & [...] (C) Summary: The NATO "Heads of Economic Intelligence" was convened by Defense & Economic Security Director Patrick Hardouin who reviewed the Committee's program over the past year. He then turned to the issue of the UK,s decision not to support the Committee's work in future and how to better [...]	2006-10-27 13:06:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET NATO PGOV RU UP
06USNATO684	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 18:52:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL
06USNATO701	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 06, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG conveyed the strong political convictions expressed by NATO Allies at the Summit in support of NATO's Afghanistan operations. He also cited the recent reduction in the overall level of violence in Afghanistan and the Hungarian donation of 20,000 rifles to t [...]	2006-12-07 15:29:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL
06USNATO712	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH NATO SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting December 5 with NATO Secretary General (SYG) De Hoop Scheffer, U/S Burns discussed strategy for NATO's 2008 and 2009 Summits, which should focus on NATO's global missions and partnerships, enlargement, and Afghanistan. U/S Burns advised careful consideration of the [...]	2006-12-13 15:50:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR NATO OVIP PREL
06USOSCE203	USOSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY'S VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN: [...] (SBU) This is a joint USOSCE-Embassy Ashgabat message. 2. (C) Summary: During her May 4-5 visit to Ashgabat, USOSCE Ambassador Finley met with GOTX officials to urge progress on human rights and democratic reforms in Turkmenistan. With the exception of FM Rashit Meredov, GOTX interlocut [...]	2006-05-16 09:07:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TX
06USOSCE246	WHITHER GOEST OSCE: A DEPARTING PERSONAL VIEW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 16:17:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL
06USUNNEWYORK1016	INDIA REJECTS UNSC BRIEFING ON NEPAL AS WELL AS UN [...] (C) Summary. During a May 16 meeting on Nepal hosted by UK PermRep to the UN Sir Emyr Jones Parry and attended by Special Adviser to SYG Annan Vijay Nambiar and USUN Deputy PermRep Wolff -- but not Indian PermRep Nirupam Sen, who decided at the last minute not to attend -- the UK pushed for a [...]	2006-05-18 20:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV UNSC NP
06USUNNEWYORK1065	SYG SELECTION: INDIA PUSHES UNHELPFUL GA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. The Indians are reportedly leading an aggressive General Assembly (GA) effort by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to advocate for a GA resolution that would demand the Security Council recommend more than one candidate to be the next Secretary-General. The proposal, which seeks to capi [...]	2006-05-24 13:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UN IN
06USUNNEWYORK1066	EGELAND TELLS UNSC NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) Jan Egeland told the UN Security Council (UNSC) on May 19 that while 2005 was a 'lost' year in terms of peace and reconciliation in the Darfur crisis, 2006 was looking up, [...]	2006-05-24 13:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1070	UN COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT'S 14TH [...] (U) Summary: Building on reforms advanced since the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the May 1-12 fourteenth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14) successfully focused on practical approaches to increase access to modern energy services. An interagency U.S. [...]	2006-05-25 14:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ENRG EAID TRGY ECON UN
06USUNNEWYORK1072	MAY 24 INFORMALS ON ENVIRONMENT HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) Co-chairs of the informal consultation process on the framework of the UN's environment activities, Ambassador Maurer of Switzerland and Ambassador Berruga of Mexico, convened a one hour meeting May 24 to brief New York delegations on the outcome of their recent trips to Nairobi and Geneva [...]	2006-05-25 20:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR SENV
06USUNNEWYORK1077	UN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU/NOFORN) Summary. The UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country held its 228th meeting on May 17, 2006. USUN Minister Counselor for Host Country Affairs represented the United States. In keeping with past practice, the New York City Commissioner for the United Nations, Consular Corps [...]	2006-05-26 16:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OFDP UN
06USUNNEWYORK1137	UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY: The Chairs of the UN Security Council's three subsidiary counterterrorism committees (the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),the 1267 or Al-Qaida/ Taliban Sanctions Committee, and the 1540 Committee on nonproliferation) briefed the Council for the fifth time on their committees' a [...]	2006-06-05 15:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC ETTC PGOV PTER
06USUNNEWYORK1142	LESSONS LEARNED FROM UNMEE'S 'RIGHTSIZING' [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 31, after almost seven hours of continuous, mostly ambassadorial-level negotiations, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted as a Presidential text resolution 1681, which reduced the military component of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) [...]	2006-06-05 21:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1149	CHINESE LOOK FOR INCREASED COOPERATION AS SC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Annabi gave the Security Council June 2 an overview of the current situation throughout Sudan in advance of the UNSC's Mission to Sudan, Addis Ababa and Chad. The most notable part of [...]	2006-06-06 20:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1208	PERMREP EMPHASIZES CHINA'S OPPOSITION TO SC [...] (C) During the Security Council's meeting this morning, Chinese Ambassador Wang asked Ambassador Bolton to step out of the briefing on the Council's recent trip to Sudan and Chad. Wang, on instructions from Beijing, said that China opposed any consideration of Burma in the Council, seeing no [...]	2006-06-15 18:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC BM
06USUNNEWYORK1227	PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: [...] (U) This is an action cable. Guidance requested in para below. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The 31 members of the newly-formed UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC)(reftel),agreed informally on June 16 that Angola will serve as the first Chair of the PBC, paving the way for the formal inaugural [...]	2006-06-16 21:28:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID UN
06USUNNEWYORK1229	PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: [...] (U) This is an action cable. Guidance requested in para below. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The 31 members of the newly-formed UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC)(reftel),agreed informally on June 16 that Angola will serve as the first Chair of the PBC, paving the way for the formal inaugural [...]	2006-06-16 21:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID UN
06USUNNEWYORK1315	CPC ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING [...] SUMMARY: USUN Management Reform (M/R) officer represented the U.S. Delegation at a June 21st organizational meeting of the Committee for Programme and Coordination (CPC) to discuss preparations for the 46th CPC session, scheduled for August 14 - September 8, 2006. Jamaica was elected by acclima [...]	2006-07-05 21:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AMGT AORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1335	PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: FIRST MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY. UN officials, international financial representatives and 31 member states inaugurated the Peacebuilding Commission on June 23. The Angolan permrep took the chair, and announced the selection by consensus of Norway and El Salvador as vice chairs. Each will lead country-specific [...]	2006-07-10 17:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EAID PREL UNSC KPKO KCRS
06USUNNEWYORK1340	UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF ALL [...] Summary. The Fifth Committee considered over 60 reports related to the budgetary, administrative and policy issues for UN peacekeeping at its second resumed 60th session from May 22 to June 30, 2006. By the end of the session, the Committee had agreed to financing resolutions for all 13 acti [...]	2006-07-11 19:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1366	LEGAL COUNSEL MICHEL REPORTS OLA/LEBANESE NEAR [...] (SBU) Begin summary: UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel told the P-3 on July 12 that UN lawyers and Lebanese judges Ralph Riachy and Choucri Sadr achieved progress last week in negotiating a draft agreement and statute to establish a tribunal to try those responsible for the assassination of fo [...]	2006-07-14 21:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SY LE
06USUNNEWYORK1372	UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE [...] Mission was requested to forward the following letter to Secretary Rice. The letter was also faxed to IO/S. SIPDIS Begin text: 20 June 2006 Dear Secretary Rice, Last week I met with Senator Coburn about the Capital Master Plan (CMP) of the United Nations, our $1.6 billion plan to [...]	2006-07-17 20:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN
06USUNNEWYORK1375	TAGLIAVINI'S LAST UNSC APPEARANCE ON ABKHAZIA: [...] (C) Summary: Speaking before the Security Council in a private meeting about the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) on July 11, Georgian Parliament President Nino Burjanadze delivered a powerful political rebuke of the policies of the Russian Federation on practically every level. Burja [...]	2006-07-17 20:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RS
06USUNNEWYORK1405	GUEHENNO BRIEFS ON COTE D'IVOIRE AND UPCOMING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 13, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary General (U/SYG) Guehenno briefed the UN Security Council (UNSC) on discussions held on July 5 in Cote d'Ivoire between Secretary-General (SYG) Kofi Annan and African leaders regarding the region's peace pro [...]	2006-07-25 15:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IV PGOV UNSC XA KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1410	1540: P-5 EXPERTS NEAR AGREEMENT ON DRAFT [...] Begin summary: P-5 experts met informally July 24 to discuss a UK draft of the 12-month program of work for the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) (ref A). USUN stressed the U.S. desire for the Committee to agree upon a work program soon and urged the [...]	2006-07-25 20:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER AORC KNNP UNSC PGOV
06USUNNEWYORK1416	UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Charles Casper and IO/EX/OB-Alice Green) a copy of a note and four related annexes from the SYG dated July 26, 2006 concerning the financing of 13 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Ope [...]	2006-07-26 20:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
06USUNNEWYORK1428	1540: RUSSIA BLOCKS ADOPTION OF WORK PROGRAM [...] (U) Summary: The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) met informally July 27 to discuss the status of reporting, outreach activities, and the adoption of a new 12-month program. After no delegation commented on the draft work program during the informal m [...]	2006-07-31 12:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM UNSC AORC KNNP
06USUNNEWYORK1434	UNSC/UNMEE: MEMBERS FEAR SPREAD OF CONFLICT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Titov updated the Security Council at July 27 consultations on the status of UNSCR 1681 (2006) implementation and on the situation on the ground between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Members looked forw [...]	2006-08-01 13:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ER ET PGOV PREL SO UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1435	AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS: INCREASING TRANSPARENCY [...] SUMMARY. The Chairman of the UN Security Council's 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, Argentine Ambassador Cesar Mayoral, held an open briefing and question and answer session for the general UN membership on July 26. This was the first such session conducted by Mayoral. The goal w [...]	2006-08-01 14:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV
06USUNNEWYORK1459	UN REFORM: GAO TEAM ASSESSES PROGRESS [...] SUMMARY: A four-member GAO team (Government Accountability Office, International Affairs and Trade Section) already engaged in an ongoing analysis of UN reform efforts visited New York July 17-19 to assess progress to date on management reform and mandate review initiatives. They met with a [...]	2006-08-02 19:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASIG KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1488	UNSC EXPANSION: GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES PRODUCES [...] (U) Summary and Comment. During more than ten hours of speeches over July 20 and 21, eighty-six delegations spoke in the General Assembly on Security Council expansion and working methods reform. Proponents of expansion cited the large number of speakers as evidence of continued support for [...]	2006-08-04 21:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KUNR UNSC UN
06USUNNEWYORK1595	MEETING OF MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS WITH AZERI [...] (SBU) Summary. Minsk Group Co-chair reps met with Azeri PermRep Aliyev August 18 to discuss the Azeri draft GA resolution regarding the fires that have been raging since June in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ambassador Wolff delivered reftel points, which were endorsed by the oth [...]	2006-08-21 18:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNGA AJ AM
06USUNNEWYORK1609	WAR ON TERRORISM - THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S ROLE - [...] Summary: UN efforts to counter terrorism have increased significantly since September 11, 2001. Pre-9/11 focus on negotiating conventions in the General Assembly has shifted to more robust and aggressive counter-terrorism measures mandated by the Security Council. Although the General Asse [...]	2006-08-22 22:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNGA UNSC KTFN
06USUNNEWYORK1611	UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST FOCUSES ON [...] (U) Summary. Recalling recent UNSC focus on Lebanon, UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Under Secretary-General Ibrahim Gambari used a monthly UNSC public debate on the Middle East held on August 22 to call for a renewed international effort to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace proc [...]	2006-08-23 00:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO IS LE
06USUNNEWYORK1620	UN ADMINISTRATION: PENSION BOARD APPROVES [...] Summary. At its meeting held in Nairobi July 13-21, the 33-member Board of the UN Joint Staff Pension Fund considered several dozen reports on a range of topics, including: the Fund's actuarial valuation; management of the Fund's $32 billion of investments; and the creation of an Audit Commi [...]	2006-08-24 20:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR UNGA ASIG
06USUNNEWYORK1667	1540 COMMITTEE: UK VIEWS ON PROGRAM OF WORK [...] USUN LegalOff met with UKUN First Secretary Samantha Purdy on August 29 to discuss the draft work program for the 1540 Committee, which the Russian delegation blocked on July 27 after presenting last-minute amendments it said would avoid "politicizing" the Committee's work (reftels). Purdy s [...]	2006-08-30 22:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL AORC PTER UNSC KNNP
06USUNNEWYORK1720	1540: COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SEEKS MOVEMENT ON WORK [...] Summary: Slovak PermRep and 1540 Committee Chairman Peter Burian consulted Ambassador Bolton and Ambassador Sanders August 31 on how to end the 1540 Committee's deadlock over its draft work program. The Russian delegation blocked the UK-drafted program on July 27, despite the P-5 experts' p [...]	2006-09-05 15:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL AORC PTER UNSC KNNP
06USUNNEWYORK1768	LIECHTENSTEIN REQUEST IN 61ST UNGA GENERAL [...] Action Request. Para 2. 2. Liechtenstein Mission is circulating a proposal to inscribe a generic item on the General Assembly agenda under which all requests for UNGA Observer Status could be considered . They are proposing that the item be allocated to the Sixth Committee. The Sixth Co [...]	2006-09-08 21:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA XG
06USUNNEWYORK1769	UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT: EXPERT-LEVEL MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) On September 7, USdel (UNMR) met with Finnish Fifth Committee delegate Katja Pehrman, in her capacity as EU president, to discuss positions and approaches to the UN scale of assessment methodology. USdel emphasized the need for the major financial contributors to work towards a common a [...]	2006-09-08 21:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1789	1540: RUSSIANS CIRCULATE "COMPROMISE" ON WORK [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On September 8, the Russian Mission circulated new compromise language for the 1540 Committee's work program (ref A),revising amendments it had presented after blocking adoption of the draft work program on July 27. Russia's new language proposes that th [...]	2006-09-12 20:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL AORC PTER UNSC KNNP
06USUNNEWYORK1823	FIRST UNSC KOSOVO MEETING FOR JOACHIM RUCKER [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 13, in his first appearance at a Security Council meeting on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK),SRSG Joachim Rucker praised Kosovo's leadership for having "now achieved most of the priorities on standards implementation." Kosovo Pr [...]	2006-09-16 14:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI

06USUNNEWYORK1834	FINAL WEEKS OF THE GUATEMALA-VENEZUELA CONTEST FOR [...] (C/NF) Summary. The General Assembly vote to decide the contested Latin American seat on the Security Council for 2007-2008 is less than a month away -- October 16. As we gear up in New York for the final stages of this campaign, it is time to take stock of the approach and strategy most lik [...]	2006-09-18 21:09:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC UN GT VE XM
06USUNNEWYORK1839	CONFERENCE ON UN PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: NGOS [...] SUMMARY: On September 5, civil society think tanks, NGOs, and UN mission representatives discussed next steps for the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) during a German NGO-sponsored symposium on "Getting the Peacebuilding Commission off the Ground - How to Include Civil Society on the Ground." [...]	2006-09-20 13:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO EAID SOCI BR SL
06USUNNEWYORK1849	TANZANIA REPORTEDLY ABSTAINS IN ERROR ON BURMA [...] (C) After the September 15 Burma vote, Ambassador Bolton approached Tanzanian Counselor Begum Taj to express surprise over her abstention on the vote. She assured the Ambassador that she had received explicit instructions from her capital to abstain on the procedural vote, implying that her [...]	2006-09-22 13:47:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC BM TZ
06USUNNEWYORK1869	SIXTY-SECOND UNGA - SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE [...] The Chairman of the Sixth Committee, Juan Manuel Gomez Robledo (Mexico) convened a meeting of member state delegates on September 27 to discuss plans for the Sixth Committee session which begins on October 10. Gomez Robledo called the group's attention to the tentative calendar of work (A/C. [...]	2006-09-27 20:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1901	AMBASSADOR WALLACE MEETS WITH SECRETARIAT [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Wallace met with Deputy-Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown, Under-Secretary-General for Management Chris Burnham, Assistant-Secretary-General and Controller Warren Sach and Officer-in-Charge of the Capital Master Plan John Clarkson on Monday, September 25th. The Secreta [...]	2006-10-03 14:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1930	UN AND CT: DENMARK, BELGIUM, ARGENTINA SHARE VIEWS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: In meetings on the margins of the UN General Assembly, Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Crumpton exchanged views on how to invigorate the UN's counterterrorism efforts with Ambassador Ellen Loj, Danish PermRep and Chairman of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terr [...]	2006-10-10 14:02:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER UNSC PREL KNNP KTFN
06USUNNEWYORK1985	COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP - [...] Action request, para 5. 2. For the past two years Danish Permanent Representative, Ellen Loj has energetically chaired the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),a subsidiary body of the Security Council. When Denmark's term as a non-permanent member of the Council ends on December 31, she w [...]	2006-10-17 14:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK2044	AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S MEETING WITH UN A/SYG ANGELA [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 22nd, Ambassador Wolff met with UN A/SYG Angela Kane to discuss U/SYG Gambari's scheduled visit to Burma on November 9th through 12th. Viewing his first visit as a success, the UN believes the second trip is an important confidence building dialogue. Gambari will not [...]	2006-10-26 00:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ASEAN UNSC BM
06USUNNEWYORK2117	UNSC/DPRK: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE AGREES ON CHEM/BIO [...] (C) Summary. The DPRK Sanctions Committee has agreed on a list of chemical and biological weapons-related items to be included under the sanctions provisions of Resolution 1718. The Committee will now move to a discussion of its own internal guidelines, while simultaneously considering amendm [...]	2006-11-03 22:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP UNSC KN
06USUNNEWYORK2166	UN FINANCES: IMPROVING THE FINANCIAL SITUATION OF [...] SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 9 AND 15TH , THE FIFTH COMMITTEE (ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY) RESUMED CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION ON IMPROVING THE FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS. CONTROLLER WARREN SACH HAD PREVIOUSLY (REFTEL) EMPHASIZED THE FOLLOWING THREE POINTS IN HIS STATEMENT PERTAINI [...]	2006-11-17 15:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNGA KUNR
06USUNNEWYORK2170	UNSC/DPRK: PROMINENT PANEL PUSHES FOR SECURITY [...] (U) Summary. Elie Wiesel, Vaclev Havel and Kjell Bondevik told an audience of UN delegaQand officials that the DPRK had failed to protect its citQs and was systemQally carrying out crimes against humanity. As such, the Security Council had a responsibility to act, under the doctrine of "resp [...]	2006-11-20 15:00:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC KN
06USUNNEWYORK2181	GEORGIAN PERMREP HOLDS BRAINSTORMING SESSION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Georgian Mission to the UN is getting busy. On November 3, Georgian Permrep Irakli Alasania hosted the New York Friends for a discussion titled "on a comprehensive peaceful solution to the conflict in Abkhazia." Alasania made obvious efforts to be accommodating to the Rus [...]	2006-11-22 21:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG YI
06USUNNEWYORK2184	SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: INITIAL FIFTH COMMITTEE [...] (U) SUMMARY/COMMENT: On November 21, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) took up initial discussion on concepts submitted by the U.S., the Group of 77 and China, Japan, the European Union, Russia, and Mexico on the scale of assessments for the period 2007-2009, with the majority [...]	2006-11-22 22:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC UNGA KUNR
06USUNNEWYORK2185	AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S MEETING WITH UN U/SYG GAMBARI [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Wolff met with UN U/SYG Gambari to discuss the latter's visit to Burma November 10-12th. Viewing his first trip earlier this year as an initial confidence building visit, Gambari believes his second visit was an important next step, as he was able to meet again with A [...]	2006-11-23 00:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ASEAN UNSC BM
06USUNNEWYORK2202	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' NOVEMBER 27 MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Status, Martti Ahtisaari, told U/S Burns he plans to deliver his package of recommendations on the future status of Kosovo to the UN Security Council in March 2006, after presenting it to Serbian and Kosovar leadership in late January. Ahtisaari's cove [...]	2006-12-01 23:43:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN YI
06USUNNEWYORK2203	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' NOVEMBER 27 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns reassured Kosovo President Sejdiu of U.S. resolve to complete the final status process for Kosovo, despite the two month delay in negotiations to accommodate Serbian parliamentary elections. Burns acknowledged that the Serbs, supported by the Russians in the [...]	2006-12-01 23:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN YI
06USUNNEWYORK2204	UNITED NATIONS PENSION SYSTEM DEBATE [...] SUMMARY: On November 10, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) of 61st United Nations General Assembly held its formal opening consultations on the UN Pension Fund and on the Joint Staff Pension Board. United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board Chairman presented the outcomes of the [...]	2006-12-04 16:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK2246	UN SECOND COMMITTEE CONCLUDES WORK, ADOPTS ELEVEN [...] Summary: Concluding its work for 2006, the United Nations General Assembly Second Committee on economic and financial affairs adopted ten resolutions and one decision by consensus and voted (at EU insistence) on a resolution on global climate change during action on December 8. UN Under Secre [...]	2006-12-13 19:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN ETRD TSPL SENV UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK2254	CHINESE IN NY THREATEN VETO OF BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Political Counselor Li Junhua told PolCouns and deputy PolCouns December 14 that if the United States moved forward with its draft resolution on Burma there would be a "political showdown" in the Security Council. Speaking without instructions but based on telecons wit [...]	2006-12-14 23:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH
06USUNNEWYORK2260	UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 61ST GA [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-18 17:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU
06USUNNEWYORK2268	SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: PREPARING FOR STATUS QUO [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On December 14, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) resumed its consideration of the draft resolution of the scale of assessments during informal informal consultations. Progress in the Fifth Committee towards finding consensus on the scale has come to a s [...]	2006-12-19 21:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC UNGA KUNR
06USUNNEWYORK2273	DEMARCHE DELIVERED:UNDP ACTIVITIES IN NORTH [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador Wallace met with Kemal Dervis, Administrator of UNDP, on Tuesday, December 19, to deliver a demarche regarding UNDP activities in North Korea (DPRK). Ambassador Wolff was scheduled to deliver the demarche with Ambassador Wallace, but was unable to attend due to a last m [...]	2006-12-21 19:52:00	USUN New York	SECRET	EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP
06USUNNEWYORK2283	SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: AGREEMENT REACHED ON SCALE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On December 20 and 21, the Fifth Committee reached agreement on a methodology for the scale of assessments for the biennium 2007-2009. The 22 per cent ceiling was preserved. The path to consensus at first seemed unattainable, as the European Union (EU) remained entren [...]	2006-12-22 22:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC UNGA KUNR
06USUNNEWYORK2285	SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: The Security Council conducted its second comprehensive review of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) December 20. The Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) submitted a report to the Council in connection with the review, assessing CTED's work in 2006 and [...]	2006-12-22 23:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC KFTN KNNP
06USUNNEWYORK2290	FINAL UNGA PLENARY ACTION ON RESOLUTIONS OF THE [...] (U) Summary: The UN General Assembly took final action December 19-22 on all the resolutions of the Third Committee, including human rights resolution on Belarus, Iran, DPRK and Burma (Burma further reported septel). As is customary, final action in the Plenary was virtually identical to that [...]	2006-12-26 18:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AORC UNGA XX
06USUNNEWYORK2291	CONDEMNATORY HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (U) A strong and unambiguous resolution deploring the situation of human rights in Burma gathered momentum and passed by a significant margin of 57 votes in a late-night session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on December 22. The final vote count was 82 in favor (U.S.) - 25 opposed - 45 ab [...]	2006-12-26 20:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AORC UNGA BM XC
06USUNNEWYORK2299	HAITI: CHINESE UN MISSION WARNS TIME MAY HAVE RUN [...] (C) Summary. Delivering ref A points to PRC UN Mission PolMinCouns Li Junhua on December 22, USUN PolMinCouns and Poloff (notetaker) emphasized that ensuring stability in Haiti remains a vital interest of the USG and therefore urged China to support the renewal of the mandate of the UN Stabil [...]	2006-12-28 20:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH TW
06USUNNEWYORK351	UN SECRETARIAT AND JAPAN SUGGEST RAISING NEPAL IN [...] (SBU) UN Undersecretary for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari will raise possible UN Security Council consideration of the political crisis in Nepal during his February 27 visit to Washington, UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Asia Political Officer Tamrat Samuel told Poloff on February [...]	2006-02-24 21:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NP
06USUNNEWYORK375	UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a public meeting on 21 February 2006, the Chairmen of the UN Security Council's three subsidiary counterterrorism committees (the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),the 1267 or Al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions Committee, and the 1540 Committee on nonproliferation) briefed the Council [...]	2006-02-27 23:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC ETTC PREL PGOV
06USUNNEWYORK424	MEETING WITH 1540 COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN BURIAN [...] Summary: (SBU) Ambassador Bolton met on February 28 with Slovak PermRep and 1540 Committee Chairman Peter Burian, who sought U.S. views on the extension of the 1540 Committee's mandate. During the discussion, which also touched on Iran and how the Council's consideration of Iran could affect [...]	2006-03-06 16:02:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC PARM
06USUNNEWYORK432	AD HOC COMMITTEE CONTINUES STALEMATE ON [...] (U) Summary. The Ad Hoc Committee (AHC),established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996, met at UN Headquarters February 27-March 3, 2006 to continue negotiations on the CCIT. Deep-seated differences over key text between member States of the Organization of the Isla [...]	2006-03-07 18:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK443	ELIASSON SIGNALS INTENT TO ADOPT HRC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. GA President Eliasson's Chef de Cabinet Wide told Ambassador Wolff March 8 that Eliasson is taking the first steps to prepare for the adoption of the Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution this Friday (March 10). Wide said the Fifth Committee will meet March 9 to approve the HRC [...]	2006-03-09 02:56:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KUNR UNGA PREL
06USUNNEWYORK452	UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT: AMBASSADOR WOLFF MEETS [...] Ambassador Wolff met with Finnish Permanent Representative Kirsti Lintonen, Ambassador Tom Gronberg, and Fifth Committee delegate Katja Pehrman on March 8 concerning the upcoming consideration of the scale of assessment in the General Assembly. Ambassador Gronberg, who will represent the EU in [...]	2006-03-09 21:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK453	AHTISAARI BRIEFS UNSC ON KOSOVO FUTURE STATUS [...] (C) Summary: In closed UNSC consultations March 7, Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari briefed Security Council members on his work to date in the Kosovo Future Status Process. Delivering a candid message, Ahtisaari argued while the current government in Belgrade is not responsible for what Milo [...]	2006-03-09 22:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK SR YI
06USUNNEWYORK459	UN/IRAQ: PERRICOS PRESSES SECURITY COUNCIL TO [...] (C) Begin Summary. In his briefing to the UNSC, Acting UNMOVIC Chairman Demitrius Perricos urged the UNSC to address UNMOVIC's mandate and discussed in detail his concerns about the chemical weapons (CW) site at Muthanna. He also highlighted Iraq's failure to engage thus far on this file. A [...]	2006-03-10 14:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV UNMOVIC IZ
06USUNNEWYORK501	UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENT: MEXICO PROPOSES "BUFFER" [...] Summary. In a briefing at the Mexican Mission on March 8th, the Mexican delegation briefed members of JUSCANZ (Japan, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand),as well as Norway, Switzerland and South Korea on its proposal to modify the UN regular budget scale of assessment. The proposal would, in [...]	2006-03-14 17:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK531	UN SECRETARY-GENERAL FAILS TO CREATE PEACEBUILDING [...] (U) Summary. Following long and divisive deliberations in the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ),the U.S. remains isolated in its commitment to establish a small Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) "from within existing resources," as mandated by the World S [...]	2006-03-17 17:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR UNGA KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK547	ECOSOC MEETING ADOPTS HUMANITARIAN SEGMENT THEME [...] Summary: ECOSOC (UN Economic and Social Council) held informal consultations March 10 on open items handled in the current organizational session, followed by a brief formal meeting to adopt the Humanitarian Affairs Segment theme. The President proposed continued consultations on the Operation [...]	2006-03-20 22:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN KUNR KPKO ECOSOC TBIO PHUM
06USUNNEWYORK548	WOLFF-OZAWA DISCUSS WEOG ROTATIONS, UN SCALE OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-21 11:13:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR UNGA UNCHR AORC UNDP UNICEF PREF
06USUNNEWYORK562	UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: AMBASSADOR BOLTON MEETS [...] SUMMARY: New York City Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding Dan Doctoroff and Commissioner for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol Marjorie Tiven called on Ambassador Bolton on March 21 to discuss DC-5 and the UN Capital Master Plan (CMP). They highlighted the City [...]	2006-03-22 19:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK597	PEACE BUILDING COMMISSION: P-3 ADVANCE PREPARATION [...] (u) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (c) Summary: In a March 22 meeting of the P-3 convened by French DPR Duclos, France and the UK emphasized to Ambassador Wolff the importance of advance preparation for the first meeting of the Organizational Committee (OC) of the Peacebuilding [...]	2006-03-24 21:08:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PREL UNGA UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK616	LETTER FROM U/SYG JOSE OCAMPO ON THE TRUST FUND ON [...] Mission received the following note dated March 10, 2006, from Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, addressed to Ambassador Bolton, regarding contributions for the Voluntary Fund on Indigenous Issues. Text of note follows in para 2 below. 2. Begin [...]	2006-03-28 16:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PHUM EAID UN
06USUNNEWYORK618	A STEP CLOSER TO TRANSITION: WITH UNSCR 1663 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Sudan Jan Pronk's March 21 SIPDIS briefing to the Security Council revealed persistent divisions among Members on the prospect of African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) transition and imposition of targeted sanctio [...]	2006-03-28 20:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK661	UN MANAGEMENT REFORM: GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 17:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK668	UN MANAGEMENT REFORM: GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-01 03:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK683	HIRC MEETING WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN, MARCH 27 [...] Summary. Chairman Hyde and a Congressional Delegation from the House International Relations Committee (HIRC) met with Secretary-General Kofi Annan and senior members of his staff at the UN on March 27. End Summary. 2. Chairman Hyde told Secretary-General Annan that the UN was at an histo [...]	2006-04-04 20:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KUNR SU IS KPKO UN
06USUNNEWYORK715	1540 COMMITTEE MEETS INFORMALLY TO DISCUSS ITS [...] SUMMARY: The 1540 Committee (established by resolution 1540 (2004)) met informally March 29 to discuss the extension of its mandate, which expires on April 28, 2006, as well as its future work. In their remarks, delegations reacted to a non-paper on the Committee's future work and the renewa [...]	2006-04-04 23:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC PARM
06USUNNEWYORK756	UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE UNABLE TO AGREE ON A SCALE OF [...] Summary. Following weeks of discussion and then negotiation on a draft resolution, the Fifth Committee had agreed to all paragraphs except operative paragraph (OP) 5, which included eight proposals to be forwarded to the Committee on Contributions (CoC) for its consideration this June. In the [...]	2006-04-11 13:59:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK764	HIRC DELEGATION DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A House International Relations Committee (HIRC) delegation led by Chairman Henry Hyde met the GA President's Chef de Cabinet and subsequently with six key G77 ambassadors March 27 to discuss a range of issues. Key topics of discussion centered on the recently created UN Human [...]	2006-04-11 18:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR PHUM EAID KPKO UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK766	SYG SELECTION: MARCH 28 SECURITY COUNCIL INFORMAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the practice established by Ambassador Bolton during the U.S. Presidency in February, Argentine PR Mayoral briefed the Council in informal consultations on the results of his bilateral meetings with members on the issue of the Secretary-General (SYG) selection. The d [...]	2006-04-11 19:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UN
06USUNNEWYORK776	LETTER FROM UNDP ADMINISTRATOR KEMAL DERVIS TO U/S [...] USUN received a letter, dated April 5, 2006 addressed to Ambassador Bolton, transmitting a letter to Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, Paul Dobriansky, regarding UNDP's role in the Community of Democracies. Text of letter and note follow below. 2. Begin text of c [...]	2006-04-12 18:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI UN KDEM EAID
06USUNNEWYORK800	UNSC/SUDAN: CHAD INSTABILITY IS REGIONAL THREAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At April 13 consultations, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Director Titov gave the Security Council an overview of the current situation in Chad and its potential consequences for regional stability, calling for a strengthening of the African Un [...]	2006-04-17 19:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD CT PGOV PREL SU UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK882	AMBASSADOR WISNER DISCUSSES KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 25 meeting in the office of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Secretary's Special SIPDIS Representative for the Kosovo Final Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner communicated current U.S thinking on the road ahead for Kosovo in 2006 and solicited the Secretary [...]	2006-04-27 17:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC YI UNMIK
06USUNNEWYORK889	UNSC/SUDAN: CONGO FEELS NO SENSE OF URGENCY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. April 26 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations witnessed a veritable face-off on Darfur. In one corner was Congolese Permanent Representative (PR) and representative of the African Union (AU) Chairmanship Ikouebe, who, under obvious pressure from Paris [...]	2006-04-28 19:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	CD NI PGOV PREL SU UNSC ZF KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK942	UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER PEACEKEEPING [...] Summary. At its second resumed session, beginning May 22, the Fifth Committee is scheduled to consider all 13 peacekeeping budgets for the period 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007. In addition, the Committee will also consider the budgets for the Support Account and the UN Logistics Base in Brind [...]	2006-05-10 17:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK945	COUNCIL FAVORS TWO-WEEK ROLLOVER OF UNMEE'S MANDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 8 briefing to the Security Council, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi told Members that if the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) were to continue its monitoring activities and eventually support borde [...]	2006-05-10 21:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK979	HARIRI INVESTIGATION GOING WELL, BRAMMERTZ WILLING [...] (C) Summary: UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz told Ambassador Bolton May 10 that the investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri is "going well" although he will not be ready to announce major developments when he next reports to the Security Counci [...]	2006-05-15 17:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE
06USUNNEWYORK993	UN REFORM: U/S BURNS SEES GA PRESIDENT ELIASSON [...] (C) Summary. U/S Burns called on GA President Eliasson during a break in the HRC voting on Tuesday, May 9. Eliasson was clearly energized by the results of the voting and expressed his hope that the U.S. would be "encouraged" by the process. Both agreed that the proof of positive change woul [...]	2006-05-16 14:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KUNR AORC UNGA UN IR
06USUNNEWYORK994	UN REFORM: U/S BURNS AND DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary. Deputy SYG Mark Malloch Brown told U/S Burns May 9 that the UN faced a looming crisis over the upcoming expiration of the spending cap. He encouraged early agreement among key delegations on a set of reforms that could be accomplished by the end of June and which would then allo [...]	2006-05-16 15:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR AORC UN UNSC SU IR
06USUNNEWYORK996	UN REFORM: U/S BURNS PRESSES KEY G-77 AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, U/S Burns pressed the UN reform agenda with four senior G-77 Ambassadors, three in particular (Egypt, Pakistan and South Africa) who play a disruptive role on a number of U.S. priority reform issues. The meeting took place a day after the G-77 successfully forced a reso [...]	2006-05-16 15:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR AORC UN
06VATICAN104	HOLY SEE: ISRAELI VIEWS ON HAMAS, ISLAM, FUNDAMENTAL [...] (C) Summary. During a May 30 meeting with Ambassador, Israeli Ambassador commented on Islam, Hamas, Israel-Holy See relations, and the Holy See's Custodian of the Holy Lands. End Summary. 2. (C) During a May 30 meeting with Ambassador Rooney, Israeli ambassador to the Holy See Oded Ben-Hu [...]	2006-06-09 10:12:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
06VATICAN123	HOLY SEE DEPUTY FM DISCUSSION WITH EUR/WE DIRECTOR -- IRAN, [...] (C) Summary. Holy See deputy FM Parolin discussed a number of topics with visiting EUR/WE Director on June 22. He portrayed an essentially stable Holy See foreign policy despite some reorganization of the Curia; continuing concern over the flight of Christians from the Holy Land, doubt over t [...]	2006-06-27 07:59:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
06VATICAN126	CATHOLIC - ORTHODOX RELATIONS: NATIONALITY COUNTS [...] (C) New hope for Catholic-Orthodox relations in the pontificate of Benedict XVI has been predicated in part upon the exit of the Polish Pope John Paul II, seen by many as an obstacle to improved relations with the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) because of his nationality and his role in the do [...]	2006-07-03 13:01:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SOCI PL RS TU VT
06VATICAN130	UGANDA: SANT'EGIDIO WORKING ON LRA [...] (C) Mario Giro of the Community of Sant'Egidio told the Ambassador that he had met recently with Joseph Kony, head of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),to discuss possible talks between the LRA and the government of Uganda. The meeting itself was inconclusive, but Giro said there was still a [...]	2006-07-10 13:21:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM SOCI UG SU VT
06VATICAN169	LEBANON: CATHOLIC MEDIA COMMENTARY [...] (U) Catholic media have given balanced coverage to the war in Lebanon, while editorial material has tended to criticize U.S. support for Israel as well as Israel's "disproportionate" response to Hezbollah terrorism. More "page space" has been given to the greater loss of civilian life in Leba [...]	2006-08-11 12:55:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI VT
06VATICAN185	HOLY SEE'S CHINA ENVOY: RECENT TRIP A SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary. Archbishop Celli, the Vatican's unofficial envoy to China, told Ambassador his July visit to China had a positive outcome and he hoped for a return visit later this year. Celli does not foresee any change in the overall situation for Catholics in China, but does think talks with [...]	2006-09-01 16:14:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VT CH
06VATICAN188	HOLY SEE SUPPORTIVE OF US POSITION ON MIGRATION HLD [...] (U) Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Undersecretary for Relations with States (equivalent to deputy foreign minister) called in DCM to discuss the High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (reftel),which DCM had raised with Foreign Minister Lajolo on July 28. [...]	2006-09-08 15:57:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL VT
06VATICAN201	POPE AGAIN TRIES TO CALM STORM [...] (C) In his weekly audience September 20, Pope Benedict again sought to defuse tensions stemming from his September 12 remarks on Islam at the University of Regensburg. He emphasized that the controversy stemmed from a "misunderstanding" and again disassociated himself from the offending quot [...]	2006-09-20 16:41:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT KIRF PTER PHUM
06VATICAN206	VATICAN: CONTROVERSY CONTINUES, TONE SHIFTING [...] (C) In a further effort at damage control following his remarks last week in Germany, Pope Benedict has invited ambassadors from predominantly Muslim countries to meet with him September 25. Criticism of the pontiff from the Muslim world has been well documented; there are, however, various [...]	2006-09-22 16:57:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PTER KIRF VT
06VATICAN209	VATICAN: MUSLIM AMBASSADORS REACT TO PAPAL GESTURES [...] (C) The ambassadors of several Muslim nations told Ambassador Rooney in recent days that they were ready to move on after the flap with Pope Benedict XVI. Some were still sensitive about the pope's quotation in his Regensburg speech, and all felt the pope had made a mistake in using it. Acc [...]	2006-10-03 12:48:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PTER SOCI PHUM VT
06VATICAN218	SLOW BUT STEADY: MOVING AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY FORWARD [...] (C) With a grant from EB, Post brought three American researchers to speak with various Holy See interlocutors to increase acceptance and understanding of agricultural biotechnology in advance of the publication of a key Vatican document on hunger. After several years of lobbying b [...]	2006-10-19 09:12:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	VT TBIO EAGR EAID FA
06VATICAN221	SLOW BUT STEADY: MOVING AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY FORWARD [...] (C) With a grant from EB, Post brought three American researchers to speak with various Holy See interlocutors to increase acceptance and understanding of agricultural biotechnology in advance of the publication of a key Vatican document on hunger. After several years of lobbying by Post, th [...]	2006-10-19 11:41:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON TBIO VT OIIP
06VATICAN232	VATICAN LOOKS AHEAD AFTER REGENSBURG [...] (C) With some lingering reverberations from the Muslim world, the dust has settled in the Vatican following the controversial speech by Pope Benedict XVI in Regensburg, Germany on September 12. As the Holy See takes stock of what happened, this cable seeks to answer the key questions on Rege [...]	2006-10-30 14:01:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SOCI PHUM KIRF VT
06VATICAN269	LATIN AMERICA: 1999 VATICAN DOCUMENT STILL GIVES DIRECTION [...] (SBU) Latin America is home to about half of the world's more than one billion-plus Catholics, making it a key region for the Holy See. It is also a region where the Catholic Church is losing many adherents, especially to evangelical groups. For these reasons and others, Latin America is oft [...]	2006-12-27 18:04:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI ECON VT XM
06VATICAN44	LENT BRINGS MIX OF SPIRITUALITY, POLITICS TO VATICAN [...] (SBU) The Lenten season brings with it an atmosphere of increased devotion in and around Vatican City, but politics can play a role in even the most spiritual activities. Governance stalls in the offices of the Vatican MFA and elsewhere in the Curia during the first week of Lent when the pope [...]	2006-03-20 11:30:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI VT
06VATICAN67	VATICAN HARDENING LINE ON ISLAM [...] (C) Relations with Islam and the issue of reciprocity for worship have taken center stage recently at the Holy See. Pope Benedict took the initial step in this direction in February with strong comments when he welcomed Morocco's new ambassador. Since then successive Vatican officials hav [...]	2006-04-20 14:34:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	VT KIRF PTER PHUM SOCI
06VATICAN83	POPE TRAVELS TO POLAND: PART ONE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 11:53:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PL SOCI PREL VT
06VATICAN84	POPE TRAVELS TO POLAND: PART TWO [...] (U) This cable is the second of two messages previewing Pope Benedict's May 25-28 visit to Poland. Reftel details Poland's continuing importance to the Holy See and touches on several on-going issues in the Polish Church from the perspective of the Vatican. This installment focuses in more [...]	2006-05-24 07:20:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PREL PL VT
06VIENNA1105	CONFERENCE ON NEXT STEPS FOR REACH LEGISLATION [...] On March 30 and 31, the Austrian Presidency hosted an experts workshop, entitled "REACH At the Edge of the Second Reading," to discuss next steps. Officials from all 25 Member States, the EU Commission, the EU Parliament (EP),industry and NGOs participated. 2. Thomas Jakl from the Austr [...]	2006-04-18 06:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EIND ECON PGOV AU
06VIENNA1121	SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria holds the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the f [...]	2006-04-19 15:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO OTRA OVIP KSCA KFLU AU
06VIENNA1173	KOSOVO: U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE WISNER BRIEFS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Frank Wisner, the U.S. Kosovo Special Representative, discussed Kosovo status issues on April 21 with Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Wisner bluntly outlined the problem: Belgrade has decided to ignore private messages that the outcome of the st [...]	2006-04-24 15:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KS AU
06VIENNA1174	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: ADDRESSING UN FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 16:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL AF AU
06VIENNA1227	SCENESETTER FOR THE MAY 3-5 VISIT BY THE ATTORNEY [...] (U) The Austrians are looking forward to your attendance, and that of Deputy Secretary Jackson, at the May 3-5 JHA Ministerials. These meetings constitute one of the more significant events of the six-month Austrian Presidency of the European Council. 2. (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations hav [...]	2006-04-28 15:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PREL PTER AU
06VIENNA142	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM PLASSNIK [...] (C) Summary. During a cordial and lively first meeting with Ambassador McCaw, Foreign Minister Plassnik expressed her desire to continue the improved tenor of transatlantic relations during the Austrian EU Presidency. She pledged solidarity on Iran and Afghanistan, and agreed that the EU ne [...]	2006-01-18 07:23:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU AU IR AF RU
06VIENNA1735	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JUNE 21 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid base in the common values of democracy and civil rights. Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy, and prosperity. Pursuant to a 1955 constitutional law, Austria is neutral. Austria [...]	2006-06-14 15:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU
06VIENNA1907	Austrian Airlines in Turbulence - On the Path [...] The Austrian Airlines (AUA) group, after losses of Euro 173 million ($216 million) in 2005, is on track for another loss in 2006 due to high debt levels, a burdensome cost structure, and high fuel prices. AUA's major creditors are reportedly very concerned with AUA's debts of Euro 1.8-1.9 bi [...]	2006-06-28 12:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR AU
06VIENNA2096	AUSTRIAN NATIONAL ELECTIONS SET FOR OCTOBER 1 [...] (SBU) On July 12, following weeks of speculation about the date of the national parliamentary elections this fall, all four floor leaders of the parties represented in parliament agreed on a motion calling for elections on October 1. On July 14, the four parties will adopt the motion in the l [...]	2006-07-13 15:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AU
06VIENNA2097	AUSTRIAN NATIONAL ELECTIONS SET FOR OCTOBER 1 [...] (SBU) On July 12, following weeks of speculation about the date of the national parliamentary elections this fall, all four floor leaders of the parties represented in parliament agreed on a motion calling for elections on October 1. On July 14, the four parties will adopt the motion in the l [...]	2006-07-14 06:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AU
06VIENNA230	JANUARY 30 GAERC PRE-DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief delivered ref (a) demarche to Austrian MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Coordinator Andreas Riecken on January 24. Riecken noted that, in addition to the topics mentioned in reftel, the EU Foreign Ministers would discuss the problem of granting visas [...]	2006-01-25 16:01:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU EUN
06VIENNA2317	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: EU INVITES BURMESE FM TO ASEM-6 [...] (SBU) Acting Economic-Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche on August 1 to Peter Storer, the Deputy Director for Asia and Oceania in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Storer said it was a difficult decision, but that the EU had reached a consensus to invite the Burmese Foreign Ministe [...]	2006-08-02 15:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EUN FI BU AU
06VIENNA2322	AUSTRIA'S EU PRESIDENCY: MANAGING THE GAME [...] (C) Summary: The Austrians approached the EU presidency like a solid backup quarterback takes the field: they had modest expectations, they strove for technical competence, and they set realistic goals. Their biggest successes -- winning agreement on a financial perspective, getting agreem [...]	2006-08-03 11:30:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EUN AU
06VIENNA2687	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON NAM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on September 8 to Andreas Melan, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Latin America Director. Melan confirmed that Austria will attend the September 11-16 NAM meeting in Havana in the character of "guests." The chief Austrian representative will be Peter [...]	2006-09-08 13:29:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNFA PTER PHUM CU AU
06VIENNA2689	SCENESETTER FOR HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY AZAR'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria held the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the fi [...]	2006-09-08 15:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA OVIP TBIO KSCA AU
06VIENNA2699	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON U.S. VIEWS OF UNSC [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on September 8 to Dorothea Auer, the Assistant Secretary-level Driector of the Austrian MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament bureau. Alexander Kmennt, Auer's deputy for nuclear issues, also participated in the meeting. 2. (C) Auer and Kemnnt agreed [...]	2006-09-11 11:45:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS
06VIENNA2801	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 20, 2006 [...] As expected, no common ground was identified in the eighth of the TV debates between party leaders - Tuesday night, Greens boss Alexander van der Bellen and FPOe party leader Heinz-Christian Strache, whose parties are fighting for third place in the upcoming national elections, engaged in a deb [...]	2006-09-20 12:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2829	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PRIORITIES FOR THE SECOND [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche on the Human Rights Council (HRC) September 22 to Engelbert Theuermann, the assistant secretary-level director of the Austrian MFA's human rights bureau. We also passed him copies of the U.S. proposals on Universial Periodic Peer Review and Mandate Revie [...]	2006-09-22 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UN AU
06VIENNA2972	Austrian Airlines Saved, For Now [...] Facing a worsening financial situation, Austrian Airlines Group (AUA) shareholders approved a Euro 350-400 million capital increase on October 2. Syndicated shareholders, who control 51% of AUA shares, strongly support efforts to maintain AUA's dominant position in Central, Eastern, and South [...]	2006-10-05 09:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR AU
06VIENNA3041	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 13, 2006 [...] Coalition negotiations over formation of a new government begin Friday. OeVP says it will play hardball, trying to push through its budget goals and retain the Finance Ministry. Current Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser no longer rules out staying in office in the next government. Independent daily [...]	2006-10-13 12:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3245	DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA: COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref (a) demarche on November 6 to Engelbert Theuermann, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary-level Human Rights Director. Charge delivered ref SIPDIS (b) points to Theuermann upon receipt on November 7. 2. (C) Theuermann said Austria shared U.S. views on the c [...]	2006-11-07 08:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UNHRC UN AU
06VIENNA3258	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 07, 2006 [...] SPOe leader Alfred Gusenbauer has said he will give the Conservatives until Sunday to "come to their senses" and resume negotiations on forming a grand coalition government. Meanwhile, Vienna Mayor Michael Haeupl suggests a minority Social-Democrat-led government if a majority coalition cannot [...]	2006-11-07 15:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC

06VIENNA3272	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref (A) immediate action demarche to Andreas Melan, the Austrian MFA's Latin America head, on November 8 at 1130 local. 2. (C) Melan was in the process of coordinating the Austrian position with the MFA's human rights and international organizations bureaus. He not [...]	2006-11-08 12:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU AU
06VIENNA3277	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 08, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 13:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3296	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 09, 2006 [...] SPOe boss Alfred Gusenbauer and Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel will meet in Parliament Friday to discuss again whether there is still a chance for a grand coalition. In the meantime, Federal President Heinz Fischer has indicated he is prepared to give the two parties "one or two weeks" to come t [...]	2006-11-09 14:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3297	WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE IN VIENNA [...] Delegates from 306 national trade union organizations representing 168 million workers in 154 countries met Nov. 1-3 in Vienna to found the International Trade Union Confederation. "The Confederation exists to unite and mobilize the democratic and independent forces of world trade unionism i [...]	2006-11-09 14:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD EAID PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI ILO
06VIENNA3303	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 13, 2006 [...] The People's Party resents SPOe's demands that negotiations be resumed by Wednesday or not at all. SPOe boss Alfred Gusenbauer has threatened that he will "talk to the Federal President about alternatives," unless the OeVP returns to the negotiation table - the latter maintains that such an ult [...]	2006-11-13 15:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3335	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 15, 2006 [...] The KPOe and Hans-Peter Martin's List are reportedly considering contesting the October 1 elections because the BZOe ran under different names in Carinthia province and at the national level. Should the Austrian Constitutional Court rule that the BZOe lose its representation in Parliament, the [...]	2006-11-15 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3373	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 20, 2006 [...] Austrian media speculate that Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel may be planning a continuation of the OeVP-FPOe coalition. Following his "amicable" talks with Freedom Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache last week, the Conservatives could be exploring the possibility of forming a three-party govern [...]	2006-11-20 15:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3392	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 22, 2006 [...] Coalition negotiations resume today between the Social Democrats and the People's Party. Party leaders Alfred Gusenbauer and Wolfgang Schuessel are to discuss issues aimed at paving the way for a grand coalition. Although Schuessel in an interview ruled out a coalition with the FPOe, Austrian m [...]	2006-11-24 07:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3400	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 24, 2006 [...] An expert opinion on the bank investigation committee, compiled by the Chancellor's Office, is threatening to strain even further the already critical coalition negotiations between the SPOe and the OeVP. The expert opinion concluded there was no obligation to provide documents or compel state [...]	2006-11-24 14:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3410	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 27, 2006 [...] The investigative committee looking into recent banking scandals in Austria continues to strain domestic politics. Following publication of an expert opinion last week, which found the banking committee is not authorized to investigate the Austrian Financial Markets supervisory Agency, informat [...]	2006-11-27 15:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3464	Austrian Airlines Gets Fresh Capital [...] The Austrian Airlines (AUA) group (Austrian Airlines, Lauda Air, Austrian Arrows, and Slovak Airlines) has launched a capital increase to raise more than Euro 400 million ($500 million) in fresh money. AUA needs a cash infusion to steady its serious financial situation, resulting from a high [...]	2006-12-01 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR AU
06VIENNA3475	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 04, 2006 [...] The next round of talks between representatives from the SPOe and the OeVP to form a grand coalition begins today. At the top of the agenda are issues including government and administrative reforms, as well as social affairs, such as the details and financing of the proposed basic security pay [...]	2006-12-04 15:20:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3492	AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF TRAINERS [...] A/DCM presented reftel demarche on December 6 to Brigadier Kurt Hager, the head of the Austrian Interior Ministry's bureau for international police missions. Hager said the Austrian cabinet had met December 6 to consider the extension of police training missions abroad. Regarding the JIPTC, [...]	2006-12-06 15:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR AU
06VIENNA3503	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 06, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-07 11:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3560	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 15, 2006 [...] Salzburg Governor Gabi Burgstaller of the SPOe emphasized that the new Austrian government would definitely be sworn in on January 11. Should there be no agreement on a grand coalition with the OeVP by then, the Social Democrats would go ahead and form a minority government, Burgstaller added. [...]	2006-12-15 15:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA462	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargement in May 2004, Austria's location beca [...]	2006-02-15 14:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
06VIENNA630	SPECIAL ENVOY AND AUSTRIAN MFA LEGAL ADVISOR [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: U.S. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Edward B. O'Donnell met Austrian MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff (successor to Austrian Holocaust negotiator Hans Winkler, now MFA State Secretary) on February 23 to exchange views on the SIPDIS remaining issues in imple [...]	2006-03-02 11:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
06VIENNA678	AUSTRIA: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified; please treat accordingly. 2. Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: I21. OVERVIEW ------------ A. Austria as a Country of Transit and Destination Police, M [...]	2006-03-06 15:00:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ALAB AU
06VIENNA718	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD'S DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud met with Austrian Government officials and U.S. business representatives in Austria on February 23 to discuss market access concerns, GoA views on the Doha Round, the EU's Services Directive, and U.S.-EU economic c [...]	2006-03-09 13:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BEXP AU WTO
06VIENNA746	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL VOINOVICH'S VISIT TO VIENNA, [...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria holds the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the [...]	2006-03-10 14:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU
06VIENNA758	EU FOREIGN MINISTERS: HAMAS MUST AGREE TO QUARTET [...] Summary: At their regular informal "Gymnich" meeting on March 10-11, EU foreign ministers confirmed existing EU policy toward Hamas, insisting it must meet the conditions established by the Quartet. They also discussed continuing efforts to strengthen the dialogue between the EU and the Isla [...]	2006-03-13 13:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS FR AU
06VIENNA764	MARCH 2-3 U.S.- EU SENIOR LEVEL TALKS ON JUSTICE, [...] (SBU) Summary. The Senior Level U.S.-EU Informal Meeting on Justice, Freedom, and Security (JLS) was held in Vienna March 2 and 3, and covered the full range of JLS issues on migration, borders and visas, counter-terrorism and security, and law enforcement cooperation. Among the key outcom [...]	2006-03-14 08:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER EUN KCRM SNAR EFIN ETTC AU
06VIENNA811	BERN PROCESS: AUSTRIAN/EU VIEWS ON CHINESE [...] (C) EconPolOff delivered reftel points on March 14 to Engelbert Theuermann, MFA A/S-equivalent for Human Rights and Thomas Unger, Human Rights Bureau desk officer. (Unger participated in the December 1-2 Bern Process meetings in Brussels). Theuermann and Unger, speaking for the EU Presidency [...]	2006-03-17 08:24:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KJUS CM AU EUN
06VIENNA857	UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES OF THE UN OFFICE OF THE [...] (U) The following is information gathered by the US liaison officer to the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Kosovo negotiations (UNOSEK) in Vienna. 2. (SBU) Summary: In addition to the second round of talks on decentralization in Vienna on 17 March, the UN Office of the Special Envoy for [...]	2006-03-21 16:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR YI AU UNMIK
06VIENNA956	U.S.-EU TROIKA ON NONPROLIFERATION, ARMS CONTROL [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: ISN Acting DAS Andrew Semmel and Acting Permanent Representative to Geneva Conference on Disarmament Thomas Cynkin met representatives of the Austrian EU Presidency, the future Finnish Presidency, the European Commission's delegation to IAEA, and the EU Council Secretariat [...]	2006-03-31 12:00:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER MARR MNUC ETTC EFIN KNNP EUN
06VIENTIANE335	SCENESETTER FOR DAS ERIC JOHN'S VISIT TO LAOS [...] (C) You are visiting Laos at a time when Lao-U.S. relations are at their lowest ebb since 1999, when two Lao-Americans disappeared on the border between Laos and Thailand. The Lao government's detention of 27 Hmong deported from Thailand in December has much to do with the strain, but there a [...]	2006-04-10 04:25:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LA
06VIENTIANE400	AVIAN INFLUENZA: LAO WEEKLY REPORT MAY 3 [...] (SBU) Possible Human Case: We have heard from the Australians of a possible human AI case in Houaphan Province (near Vietnam). Embassy's CDC representative is checking with the UN agencies and GOL on this. 2. (SBU) Announcing AI in ducks: The GOL finally notified the OIE of Dr. Webster' [...]	2006-05-03 09:14:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON SOCI PREL KFLU LA
06VIENTIANE405	THE EU AND THE WAGES OF FECKLESS AID IN LAOS [...] (C) Summary: Feckless aid has long provided a life-line to the Lao government, despite its failure to meet conditions set for certain projects and its regular violations of human rights. Major donors such as the Japanese look set to continue to bankroll the regime unconditionally, and the EU [...]	2006-05-04 09:42:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PHUM LA
06VIENTIANE413	AMBASSADOR RAISES HMONG MASSACRE WITH VIENTIANE [...] (C) Amnesty International has issued a statement condemning the April 6 killing by Lao soldiers of Hmong civilians in northern Vientiane province (ref A). Ambassador called on Vientiane province's Governor May 4 to discuss the killing; the Governor professed ignorance of the event but at least [...]	2006-05-05 09:48:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PREF PREL LA
06VIENTIANE596	THE GREAT LAND GRAB [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic development is spurring a land grab in broad areas of the country, and the poorest Lao are paying the price. What is feeding the frenzy is a boom in the mining industry and in agricultural commodities, principally rubber and eucalyptus. Foreign investment projects are [...]	2006-06-30 06:10:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM EAGR PREL LA
06VIENTIANE632	MOVING LAOS INTO CHINA, TRUCK BY TRUCK [...] (SBU) Summary: Laos has mineral resources and China wants them. A regional mining conference in Vientiane shows the deep penetration of the Chinese into the mining sector, and the GoL's preferential treatment of its Chinese investors. Anxious to attract the investment, the Lao have little capa [...]	2006-07-07 03:01:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN ENRG ETRD LA
06VIENTIANE670	GOL PURSUES REMAINING INSURGENTS [...] (C) Summary: In spite of the onset of the rainy season, Lao military forces are pressing remaining insurgent pockets, especially in Bolikhamsai province. Those groups left in the forest are dispersed in the remotest areas, suffering from possible starvation as LPA forces cut them off from food [...]	2006-07-18 07:56:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PINS PREL LA
06VIENTIANE674	TAKE ALL THE TREES, PUT 'EM IN TREE MUSEUM: [...] (U) Summary: Laos' hardwood forests are rapidly being depleted ravaged by timber interests from three adjacent economies, with Japan and China as the largest final destination markets. The GoL does not have the capability or the will to manage the country's natural resources responsibly. So-ca [...]	2006-07-19 06:56:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENIV ETRD PGOV LA
06VILNIUS103	LITHUANIA: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE [...] The following is the response for Lithuania for the 2005 and 2006 Report on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Unless otherwise stated, average exchange rate used throughout the report is: 1 USD = 2.775 Lita. ------------------ General Assessment ------------------ 2. (U) L [...]	2006-02-02 08:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PREL LH
06VILNIUS1032	LITHUANIA LOOKS TOWARDS RIGA SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Looking towards the Riga Summit, Lithuania hopes for encouraging words on Baltic air policing and NATO enlargement. The GOL remains committed to success in Afghanistan, where it may redeploy special forces in 2007. End Summary. Lithuania considering sending SOF to Afghanistan [...]	2006-11-16 13:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR LH LT
06VILNIUS121	FALSE ALARM: NO BIRD FLU IN LITHUANIA [...] Reports of a possible case of avian influenza in Lithuania's port city of Klaipeda have proved false. The Ministry of Health initially feared that the disease may have caused the death of an Indian sailor, who died on February 6 while his ship was docked in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda. E [...]	2006-02-07 14:07:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI PGOV LH
06VILNIUS129	LITHUANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] The following paragraphs represent a corrected version of our Investment Climate Statement for 2006. We have also submitted via e-mail (per reftel instructions) a copy of this report in MS Word format to DOS/EB/IFD/OIA (Hatcher) and DOS/EB/IFD/OIA (Brown). 2. Begin text of report: 2006 [...]	2006-02-09 08:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	LH NOTAG
06VILNIUS198	LITHUANIA 2006 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuania is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). The government of Lithuania (GOL) estimates that between 1,000 and 1,200 women leave Lithuania every year to engage in prostitution, basing their calculations on 2003 Europol data. There [...]	2006-02-27 15:44:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF LH
06VILNIUS223	LITHUANIA'S AI PREPAREDNESS: IS FOUR PERCENT ENOUGH? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL continues to plan for the arrival of avian influenza (AI) virus in Lithuania, but budgetary constraints may hinder preparations, particularly the acquisition of antiviral medication. The Government issued orders requiring owners to sequester domestic birds indoors and p [...]	2006-03-03 11:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED EAGR SOCI PGOV KFLU LH
06VILNIUS431	LABOR PARTY SPLITS, COALITION KEEPS IT TOGETHER [...] (C) Eight members of parliament, including the newly elected Speaker, withdrew from the Labor Party May 2 and 3, formed a new parliamentary group, and promised to support the ruling coalition of which they are no longer officially members. Over four hundred Labor Party members followed the pa [...]	2006-05-10 14:38:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
06VILNIUS45	LITHUANIA: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE [...] The following is the response for Lithuania for the 2005 and 2006 Report on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Unless otherwise stated, average exchange rate used throughout the report is: 1 USD = 2.775 Lita. ------------------ General Assessment ------------------ 2. (U) L [...]	2006-01-30 09:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PREL LH
06VILNIUS53	WORKING WITH THE BRAZAUSKAS GOVERNMENT: LOOKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: One year ago, we laid out a plan to strategically engage the newly elected coalition government headed by veteran politician Algirdas Brazauskas (reftel). Despite political tumult within the coalition, we succeeded in enlisting the new government to support key U.S. objectives, [...]	2006-01-20 14:56:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AMGT EINV LH
06VILNIUS584	JEWISH CEMETERY IN VILNIUS - OVERVIEW AND UPDATE [...] (SBU) The newest front in Lithuania's struggle to come to terms with its troubled past is a Jewish cemetery that Russian Czars closed in 1830 and which they and the Soviets largely destroyed. The site, known as the Snipiskes cemetery, has attracted the fervent interest of the Committee for th [...]	2006-06-21 14:14:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KNAR LH
06VILNIUS67	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW LITHUANIAN PROSECUTOR [...] Ambassador Mull and Lithuania's new Prosecutor General Algimantas Valantinas agreed January 17 to continue close bilateral cooperation in law enforcement and legal assistance, particularly to surmounting problems that may arise in extradition cases. The Ambassador thanked Valantinas for his [...]	2006-01-24 10:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KNEI ASEC LG LH
06VILNIUS698	RUSSIA DENIES VISAS TO LITHUANIAN STUDENTS WISHING TO HONOR [...] (SBU) The Russian Embassy in Vilnius denied visas on July 21 to members of a local youth organization that planned to visit the Siberian graves of Soviet-era Lithuanian deportees. The Council of Lithuanian Youth Organizations (LiJOT) planned the expedition to the Krasnoyarsk region, where Sovi [...]	2006-07-27 11:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM LH RU
06VILNIUS707	LITHUANIA: FINNISH PRESIDENCY OK TO INVITE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 14:55:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM LH BU
06VILNIUS727	LITHUANIA'S CHOICE: FIGHT OR SURRENDER ITS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Lithuania and its Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) oil refinery need to decide how to proceed, now that an "accident" has resulted in a complete cutoff in the refinery's pipeline-delivered supply of Russian crude. State Department Advisor Steve Hellman framed this issue for the Lithuanians d [...]	2006-08-04 15:12:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	ENRG ECON PREL LH XG VE LY
06VILNIUS82	VILNIUS'S LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO INFLUX OF [...] This is the first cable in a two-part series detailing efforts law enforcement in Lithuania's capital of Vilnius are taking to meet the increased demand upon its services by a burgeoning tourist industry, and a review of Vilnius's local criminal justice facilities. 2. Summary. More touri [...]	2006-01-26 11:42:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CMGT KCRM PGOV LH
06VILNIUS83	A VIEW FROM BEHIND BARS: VILNIUS'S LUKISKES [...] This is the second cable in a two-part series detailing efforts law enforcement in Lithuania's capital of Vilnius is taking to meet the increased demand upon its services by a burgeoning tourist industry, and a review of Vilnius's local criminal justice facilities. 2. Summary. Lithuania [...]	2006-01-26 12:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CMGT CPAS PGOV LH
06VILNIUS850	EUR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO LITHUANIA: ENERGY, [...] (C) Summary. During DAS Mark Pekala's September 8 visit to Vilnius, the foreign policy advisors to the President and Prime Minister, the MFA's State Secretary, the leader of the opposition, and the Vice Minister of Economy outlined Lithuania's main foreign policy concerns. Our interlocutors [...]	2006-09-14 10:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG LH BO
06VILNIUS952	LITHUANIAN FM ADVOCATES PATIENCE TO GEORGIA, MAKES [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's Foreign Minister Vaitiekunas visited Georgia October 12 to pitch the Georgians on a strategy of de-escalation in order to garner international support for their positions in territorial conflicts while easing current tensions with Russia. Vaitiekunas relied on his tr [...]	2006-10-18 13:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LH GG EUN
06WARSAW1169	ARE THE KACZYNSKIS WOBBLY ON DEMOCRACY? [...] (C) Summary: One month into the political marriage of convenience which delivered a long-sought parliamentary majority, the Kaczynski brothers are moving forward with their agenda to beat back the last vestiges of Polish Communism by means that their critics charge are anti-democratic. Thei [...]	2006-06-14 09:21:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PL PREL
06WARSAW1489	ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE POLISH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) is stung by criticism that it is anti-Semitic, gutting Holocaust education, and too slow to act on long delayed private property restitution, but does not have a strategy to deal with these problems. PiS points to its heretofore good [...]	2006-07-20 14:03:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNAR PL
06WARSAW1570	OPERATION PROMISED LAND - ITALIANS AND POLES TAKE [...] Summary: On July 18, Polish and Italian police made simultaneous arrests of 25 individuals allegedly involved in the trafficking and forced labor of an estimated 1000 Polish citizens in the Apulia region of southern Italy. PolOff and LegAtt met with the Polish police officers involved in the [...]	2006-08-02 08:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KJUS KCRM PGOV PL
06WARSAW160	A/S FRIED AND FLORY DISCUSSIONS WITH POLISH [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried's January 24 and 25 discussions with senior officials of President Kaczynski's staff reviewed issues likely to be on the agenda during President Kaczynski's February 9 meeting with President Bush. A/S Fried and Ambassador Ashe also had a separate breakaway meeting wit [...]	2006-02-02 11:42:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG OVIP MASS PL UP RS
06WARSAW1600	POLISH ROADS: ROOT PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR [...] (SBU) Poland's highway system remains practically non-existent. Though Prime Ministers Marcinkiewicz and Kaczynski have both made highway building centerpieces of their initial public addresses, systemic problems remain. Despite the availability of EU reimbursement funds, sources within the [...]	2006-08-04 13:43:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ELTN EU PL
06WARSAW1610	NEW HEAD OF CHANCELLERY A LOYAL KACZYNSKI [...] (C) SUMMARY. 43-year-old Aleksander Szczyglo is a Lech Kaczynski protege and one of the President's closest confidantes. Szczyglo's appointment as Head of the Presidential Chancellery will assure a loyal staff operation, but may not necessarily affect policy formulation. Though a member of t [...]	2006-08-07 13:24:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PL
06WARSAW1630	NEW HEAD OF CHANCELLERY A LOYAL KACZYNSKI [...] (C) SUMMARY. 43-year-old Aleksander Szczyglo is a Lech Kaczynski protege and one of the President's closest confidantes. Szczyglo's appointment as Head of the Presidential Chancellery will assure a loyal staff operation, but may not necessarily affect policy formulation. Though a member of t [...]	2006-08-07 15:09:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PL
06WARSAW2257	MEETING SUMMARY FOR STAFFDEL FOLDI IN POLAND [...] This cable has been cleared by Staffdel Foldi. MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL POLICY - THE RULES AND REGS 2. For the governmental perspective, Staffdel Foldi met with Krzysztof Wieckiewicz, Director of the Department of the Public Benefit at the MOL. The 2003 Law on the Organizations of Pub [...]	2006-10-24 13:56:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PHUM PL
06WARSAW2286	REVIVAL OF JEWISH LIFE IN POLAND, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Twentieth century Poland's history of Jewish relations has made many Jews see Poland solely as a Jewish cemetery and hotbed of anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism persists, but is no worse than most European countries, and rejection of anti-Semitism is on the rise, notwithstanding th [...]	2006-10-27 13:21:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KNAR PGOV PHUM PREL PL
06WARSAW2312	MFA DEMORALIZED AND WEAKENED UNDER FM FOTYGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lech Kaczynski's tight grip on foreign policy has squeezed out his own Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) with a corresponding loss of effectiveness in European institutions and overall quality in Polish foreign policy. The politicization of top and mid-level positions, [...]	2006-11-02 16:16:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
06WARSAW2399	POLAND SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarches upon receipt to Miroslaw Luczka, Deputy Director of the MFA UN Department. Luczka confirmed that, consistent with the EU common position, Poland would oppose procedural efforts to block consideration of Canadian, EU and U.S.-sponsore [...]	2006-11-15 15:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC BO
06WARSAW240	Poland's Stabilization Pact - What it means for the [...] (SBU) On February 2, the ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party signed a stabilization pact with two opposition parties - Self Defense (SO) and the League of Polish Families (LPR). The pact includes a list of bills the parties agree to support, and a shorter list of those they will d [...]	2006-02-15 10:18:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PL
06WARSAW2491	POLISH ATTITUDES TOWARD INVOLVEMENT IN AFGHAN DRUG [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 13:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR EAID EUN SNAR PL
06WARSAW2511	POLAND: GOVERNMENT STEPS UP EFFORTS VS. FORCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the months since stories broke of Poles trafficked to Spain and Italy for forced labor (Reftel) the Polish government has stepped up efforts in the fight against human trafficking. The Polish National Police (PNP) has supplemented the five person Central Anti-Trafficking Uni [...]	2006-12-06 15:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS KCRM PGOV IT PL SP SW UK
06WARSAW2609	POLISH COALITION FINDS FACE-SAVING EXITS FROM [...] (C) Summary: Poland's ruling coalition continues to lurch along, after two weeks of political distraction spurred by revelations of a sex scandal in Samoobrona (SO) and renewed accusation of neo-Nazi activity by the League of Polish Families (LPR) youth wing. While both junior partners foun [...]	2006-12-19 15:20:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL
06WARSAW2636	S/CT CRUMPTON HEARS POLISH PERSPECTIVES OF THE GWOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on December 13, Deputy Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski, and Chief of the National Security Bureau, Wladyslaw Stasiak, conveyed their thoughts on counterterrorism to Ambassador Henry Crumpton, State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism. In his si [...]	2006-12-22 09:52:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PL
06WARSAW280	POLAND: Embassy Warsaw Special 301 Input [...] (SBU) Despite lingering problems in enforcement and, particularly, in judicial adjudication of optical disc (OD) piracy cases, there has been slow, but nonetheless steady, progress in Poland's handling of IPR violations, warranting maintenance of Poland's position on the Watch List. And while [...]	2006-02-22 12:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR PL
06WARSAW339	POLAND: SIXTH ANNUAL (2006) TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 21-25 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Katharine Read (telephone: 48-22- 504-2676, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail ReadKM@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-03) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one polit [...]	2006-03-01 06:42:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM
06WARSAW347	POLAND AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: CROSS AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoffs recently discussed GOP contingency preparations for an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) with the Polish Ministry of Health. Polish Health Ministry officials believe that AI is still primarily a threat to Polish agriculture, but stressed that the GOP has planned thoro [...]	2006-03-01 15:47:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL
06WARSAW358	POLAND: SIXTH ANNUAL (2006) TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 21-25 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Katharine Read (telephone: 48-22- 504-2676, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail ReadKM@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-03) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one polit [...]	2006-03-03 06:47:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM
06WARSAW380	POLAND'S PROPOSED EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY TREATY [...] (C) Poland continues to consult with EU partners on its proposed European Energy Security Treaty. Deputy Minister of Economy Naimski requests a meeting with Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns March 20 or 21 to discuss mechanisms in the NATO Treaty that can be transferred to [...]	2006-03-03 16:25:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PL
06WARSAW579	POLAND: EU INTEGRATION OFFICE LUMBERS ON [...] (C) According to Director for Analyses and Strategies, Piotr Serafin (protect) at the Office of the Committee for European Integration (UKIE),integration of the Office,s functions into the Foreign Ministry is &going nowhere.8 With this third and latest attempt at disbanding UKIE in almost as [...]	2006-03-28 13:48:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PL
06WARSAW595	DEMARCHE ON IRAQ DEBT REDUCTION [...] (C) Polish Finance Ministry Director of Foreign Policy Dr. Jacek Tomorowicz indicates that the Marcinkiewicz Government has not yet considered the matter of writing off Iraq's debts to Poland. Up to now, Poland and Iraqi officials have been trying to come to an agreement as to the amount of [...]	2006-03-31 14:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ PL
06WARSAW944	POLISH STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 14:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ PL
06WELLINGTON10	PARLIAMENT'S COMMITTEE RESTRUCTURING REDUCES [...] (SBU) Summary: As a result of the National Party's strong showing in New Zealand's September elections, the ruling Labour Party's MPs face far stronger opposition in Parliament's select committees, which review proposed legislation. There are signs that National is trying to make life espe [...]	2006-01-08 18:43:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON1000	MUCK AND POWELL- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Richard Muck, Agricultural Engineer and Joseph Powell, Soil Scientist, USDA/ARS/MWA/Madison, WI to visit New Zealand from January 2-16, 2007 to visit dairy and sheep farms. 2. Embassy requests contact details (along with emails addresses) of Mr. Muc [...]	2006-12-18 03:37:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON1002	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FRANCISCA LIEM, FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Official Francisca Liem to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from February 20 - March 3, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to chair the Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) working group meeting in Auckland. 2. (U) Embassy understands t [...]	2006-12-18 03:45:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY EPA NZ
06WELLINGTON1003	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JONATHAN VERVILLE, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Official Jonathan Verville to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 27, 2006 - February 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand en route to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, w [...]	2006-12-18 20:24:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TSPA NZ
06WELLINGTON1007	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FBI A/SC JORGE [...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Acting Section Chief (A/SC) Jorge L. Martinez, Unit Chief (UC) Raymond T. Goergen, and Supervisory Special Agent (SSA),Cyber Division, to New Zealand February 27, 2007 to March 1, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to atten [...]	2006-12-19 21:29:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC FBI NZ XB XU AS
06WELLINGTON1012	NEW ZEALAND STAFFDEL COUNTRY CLEARANCE, ON OR ABOUT [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes the Senate Staff Member delegation visit to New Zealand from on/about January 1 through 12, 2007. New Zealand country clearance is granted to the following delegation members: Mr. Allen Cutler, Mr. Goodloe Sutton, Ms. Augusta Wilson, Mr. Jeremy Weirich, Ms. Marg [...]	2006-12-21 23:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ
06WELLINGTON1014	ALIAGA AND KLAG- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Julie Aliaga, NAPPO Coordinator and Narcy Klag, Deputy Director, Plant Protection and Quarantine, APHIS, USDA to visit New Zealand from February 16-25, 2007 to attend Annual Quad Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistan [...]	2006-12-26 22:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON1022	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PAULINO GARZA, DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Official Paulino Garza to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 27, 2006 - February 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand en route to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, where [...]	2006-12-29 01:39:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TSPA NZ
06WELLINGTON1023	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BAILEY + 8, JANUARY 9 - [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Biologists Larissa Bailey, Kenneth Burnham, William Kendall, Catherine Langtimm, James Nichols, Joel Schmutz, Theodore Simons, Computer Scientist James Hines, and Mathematical Statistician William Link to travel to Dunedin, New Zealan [...]	2006-12-29 01:54:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KSCA TPHY NZ
06WELLINGTON1024	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL CONROY, JANUARY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Biologist Michael Conroy to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from January 8 - April 10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the European Union for Bird Ringing 2007 Conference and then to stay as a collaborating visiting sc [...]	2006-12-29 01:57:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KSCA TPHY NZ
06WELLINGTON11	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Finney, Charles McHugh and Robert Seli of USDA/FS to visit Christchurch from January 10 to 21, 2006 to attend a fire spread modeling working seminar. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. 3. Point of cont [...]	2006-01-08 20:48:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON114	TSUNEZUMI- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Ronald Tsunezumi, Preclearance Coordinator, Riverdale, Maryland, to visit New Zealand from March 13 through April 28, 2006 to inspect Apple and Pear Preclearance Program. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. [...]	2006-02-13 03:05:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON115	BROWN- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Rose Brown, Preclearance Coordinator, Riverdale, Maryland, to visit New Zealand from February 23 through July 28, 2006 to inspect Apple and Pear Preclearance Program. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. 3. P [...]	2006-02-13 03:06:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON12	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes the delegation led by Mr. Mike Ringler, Professional Staff Member (PSM) House Appropriations Committee (HAC) to visit New Zealand from January 10 - 22, 2006. New Zealand country clearance is granted to the following delegation members: Mr. Mike Ringler, Ms. Ann [...]	2006-01-08 22:21:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NZ
06WELLINGTON124	HUTTENLOCKER AND DUNCAN- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Huttenlocker, Director, Compliance Review Staff and Ms. Jennifer Duncan, Compliance Review Specialist to visit Wellington, New Zealand from March 12-15, 2006 to conduct an on-site review of OAA's GA and AMP expenditures and general office administrat [...]	2006-02-16 02:40:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON126	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHARLENE ANDRADE, MARCH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biologist Charlene Andrade to travel to Dunedin, Invercargill, Stewart Island, and the Bluff Rakiuratiti Islands, New Zealand from March 15 - 26, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend project meetings [...]	2006-02-16 03:27:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA SENV TBIO NZ
06WELLINGTON130	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD ZEPP, FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Senior Research Scientist, Deputy Director, Office of Research and Development Richard ZEPP to travel to Alexandra and Hamilton, New Zealand from February 22 - March 7, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to give scientific presentatio [...]	2006-02-21 02:12:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY UNEP EPA NZ
06WELLINGTON132	NEW ZEALAND CLEARANCE FOR ECA/A/E/EAP, BYRON H. (TIM) [...] (SBU) EMBASSY WELCOMES AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO BYRON H. (TIM) MARSHALL, SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER, EAP FULBRIGHT BRANCH, TO TRAVEL TO WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, FROM MARCH 3 TO 9, 2006. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH COLLEAGUES AT POST AND FULBRIGHT STAFF MEMBERS REGARD [...]	2006-02-21 05:03:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KPAO OEXC SCUL NZ
06WELLINGTON134	OGAN AND METZ- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Ogan and Minica Metz, Investigators, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to visit New Zealand from March 4-25, 2006 to conduct regulatory inspections of New Zealand dairy producers and meet with New Zealand food safety authorities. 2. Embassy [...]	2006-02-22 03:17:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON14	NOMINATION OF CAPTAIN KEVIN KEAT OF THE NEW ZEALAND [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-09 03:28:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO NZ
06WELLINGTON142	FRAZIO and FORSLINE- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gennaro Fazio, Geneticist and Philip Forsline, Horticulturist, USDA/ARS/Geneva/NY and Ralph Scorza, Horticulturist, USDA/ARS/Geneva/NY to visit New Zealand from March 3-28, 2006 to attend conferences on Hort Research Plant Breeding Facilitiy and McGrath Nur [...]	2006-02-24 01:52:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON143	BALDO AND SWIETLIK- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Angela Baldo, Computational Biologist, Geneva, NY and Dariusz Swietlik, Plant Pathologist, Kearneysville, USDA/ARS to visit New Zealand from March 3-28, 2006 to attend Third International Conference to Rosaceae Genomics, Genetics and Breeding; post-conferen [...]	2006-02-24 01:53:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON144	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MAUREEN BLANCHARD, MARCH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Margaret BLANCHARD - Program Manager/Analyst, Policy and Programs Division, Office of International Affairs, Customs, to travel to Wellington, Auckland, and Christchurch New Zealand from March 3-14, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to a [...]	2006-02-24 02:24:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
06WELLINGTON145	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MAUREEN BLANCHARD, MARCH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Margaret BLANCHARD - Program Manager/Analyst, Policy and Programs Division, Office of International Affairs, Customs, to travel to Wellington, Auckland, and Christchurch New Zealand from March 3-14, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to a [...]	2006-02-24 02:24:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
06WELLINGTON148	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KAYE LEE, MARCH 9 - 11, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to State Department China Desk Officer Kaye Lee to travel to Queenstown, New Zealand from March 9-11, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to accompany EAP Senior Advisor James Keith to Halibut Group meetings. 2. (U) Embassy understands [...]	2006-02-27 01:36:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ECON PREL CH NZ

06WELLINGTON163	VOLK- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gayle Volk, Plant Physiologist, USDA/ARS/NPA to visit Napier, New Zealand from March 12-26, 2006 to attend and make presentation at the Third International Rosaceae Genomics Conference. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistanc [...]	2006-03-01 19:57:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON168	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOJ ANN O'BRIEN, MARCH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Ann O'Brien, Department of Justice Antitrust Division Official to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from March 11 - April 2, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Commerce Commission of New Zealand's Investigation Review. [...]	2006-03-02 04:04:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ECON ETRD KIPR NZ
06WELLINGTON169	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE/KEITH THOMSON, MARCH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Commissioner, Office of International Affairs, Keith Thomson to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from March 6 - 10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the New Zealand Customs Symposium and bilateral meetings w [...]	2006-03-02 04:07:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
06WELLINGTON171	COTE- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Charles Cote, Investigator, Office of Regional Operations, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Food and Drug Administration to visit Wellington, New Zealand from March 12-15, 2006 to take a regulatory/inspection-Environmental Science and Research, Kenepuru Scienc [...]	2006-03-03 02:39:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON178	SPOMER- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Duane Spomer, Food Defense Advisor, Compliance and Analysis Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Food and Drug Administration to visit Wellington, New Zealand from March 22 to April 2, 2006 to attend the 7th Session of the [...]	2006-03-06 21:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON18	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADM [...] (C) Mission New Zealand warmly welcomes your visits on January 15-19 (PACAF) and January 16-22 (PACOM). New Zealand officials are also eager to meet with you. You will be arriving in New Zealand towards the end of the summer holiday period. With Parliament out of session until mid-February [...]	2006-01-10 02:36:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON180	BELL AND SIMON - NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Richard Bell, Horticulturist and Charles Simon, Geneticist, USDA/ARS/NAA/Kearneysville to visit New Zealand from March 10 to march 27, 2006 to attend pre-conference Training Workshop on Rosaceae Bio-Informatics and Genomic Technologies of the 3rd Genomics C [...]	2006-03-07 01:33:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON181	CORRECTED COPY - SPOMER- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Duane Spomer, Food Defense Advisor, Compliance and Analysis Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service to visit Queenstown, New Zealand from March 22 to April 2, 2006 to attend the 7th Session of the Codex Committee on milk and milk products. 2. Embassy un [...]	2006-03-07 01:34:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON194	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUSAN ANTHONY AND JOHN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Attorneys Susan Anthony and John Rodriguez to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from March 24 - 31, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (IC [...]	2006-03-10 03:41:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ETRD ECON KIPR NZ
06WELLINGTON197	RIDAY- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Riday Heathcliffe, Geneticist, USDA/ARS/MWA/Madison to visit New Zealand from April 17-26, 2006 to present paper at the 13th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference, and visit agriculture research facilities and establish collaborations in clover research. [...]	2006-03-12 21:57:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON198	JANG- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Eric Jang, Research Entomologist, USDA/ARS/PWA, Hilo to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from March 27 through April 2, 2006 to further ARS cooperative research initiative with the HortResearch and New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture. 2. Embassy understan [...]	2006-03-12 21:57:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON201	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK HOLLIDAY, NOAA, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Holliday to travel to Auckland from March 13-14; Wellington from March 15-16 and March 19-20; and Christchurch from March 17-18. The purpose of this visit is to meet with NZ Government and industry representatives on implementation o [...]	2006-03-13 03:57:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS CS BEXP NZ
06WELLINGTON207	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NATHAN G. MCDOWELL, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nathan McDowell to travel to Christchurch and Rotorua, New Zealand, from March 24 to April 10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to collaborate with top scientist in New Zealand (and the world) on the subject of atmospheric carbon dioxid [...]	2006-03-14 23:22:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG NZ
06WELLINGTON208	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SUZANNE SENE AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration's Senior Policy Advisor Suzanne R. Sene and Senior Advisor Meredith Attwell to travel to Wellington, New Zealand, from March 20 - April 1, 2006. The pu [...]	2006-03-14 23:23:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON21	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Research Hydrologist Richard Alexander to travel to Hamilton, New Zealand from February 1 - March 7, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to collaborate with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research ( [...]	2006-01-10 22:36:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ
06WELLINGTON22	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRUCE MOLNIA, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist Bruce Molnia to travel to Twizel, New Zealand from February 3 - 11, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the workshop on Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) and present papers [...]	2006-01-10 22:37:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ
06WELLINGTON221	COOK ISLANDS HIGH COMMISSIONER SACKED FOR PLOTTING [...] (SBU) On March 3, citing involvement in a plot to topple him from Government, Cook Islands Prime Minister Jim Marurai sacked Dr. Robert Woonton as High Commissioner to New Zealand. Marurai succeeded Woonton as Prime Minister in December 2004, and Woonton became High Commissioner as a politica [...]	2006-03-22 19:29:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBIO NZ
06WELLINGTON222	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD CALNAN AND NANCY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Chief International Program Unit Richard Calnan and International Program Specialist Nancy Zeigler to travel to Wellington, New Zealand, from March 30-April 8, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend and to participate in the 200 [...]	2006-03-22 23:39:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY NZ
06WELLINGTON230	GNZ AIMS TO COOL EXPECTATIONS FOR U.S. FTA [...] (C) Summary: The New Zealand government is preparing the public for the likelihood it will not attain free trade negotiations with the United States any time soon. After six years of pressing its case for such a deal, the Labour-led government has turned its attention to agreements in Asia. T [...]	2006-03-24 04:51:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON232	CODEX COMMITTEE ON MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS - NEW ZEALAND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Duane Spomer, Associate Administrator, Standards and Grading, Dairy Program, AMS/USDA; John Sheehan, Director, Division of Dairy and Egg Safety, Office of Plant and Dairy Foods and Beverages, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA; Syed A Ali, [...]	2006-03-27 03:07:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON243	PANELLA - NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Leonard Panella, geneticist USDA/ARS/NPA to visit Christchurch and Palmerston North, New Zealand from April 15-26, 2006 to attend Australasian Plant Breeding Conference and to visit Collaborative visit to Grassland Research Centre in Palmerston North. 2. [...]	2006-03-28 23:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON244	ADMINISTRATOR DAY, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Administrator Lloyd Day, Agricultural Marketing Service; Deputy Administrator Barry Carpenter, Livestock and Seed Program; and Justin Ransom, Agricultural marketing Specialist, Livestock and Seed Program, USDA/AMS to visit New Zealand from April 30 to May 4 [...]	2006-03-28 23:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON247	PETERS PROVIDES GNZ PERSPECTIVES ON THE PACIFIC [...] (U) In a March 28 speech, Foreign Minister Winston Peters outlined GNZ objectives in the Pacific. Delivered to a group of more than 200 diplomats, bureaucrats, academics, scholars and former politicos, Peters' speech provided a country-by-country review of GNZ strategies for the region. 2. [...]	2006-03-29 04:56:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON25	R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] Embassy received Diplomatic Note No. 202/417/05 dated January 11, 2006 from the Cook Islands High Commission granting approval for the R/V Roger Revelle to conduct scientific research in Cook Islands waters. The text of the diplomatic note follows. Begin Text: The Cook Islands High Comm [...]	2006-01-11 01:37:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT CW NZ
06WELLINGTON254	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS/NNTRAV JAMES THOMAS [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Thomas to travel to Wellington and Christchurch, New Zealand, from April 6 - 15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate and consult at the University of Canterbury Consortium and to meet with government funding agencies i [...]	2006-04-03 22:27:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON266	MCGOWAN AND MILLER-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Paul McGowan, Director of Preclearance Programs, USDA/APHIS/Maryland, and Keith Miller, Assistant Director, Quarantine Policy Analysis and Support Staff (QPAS),Riverdale, Maryland, to visit New Zealand from April 17 to April 21, 2006. The purpose of the vi [...]	2006-04-10 02:15:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON27	NEW ZEALAND: PLEDGING FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-11 23:09:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV AF NZ
06WELLINGTON284	A/S HILL'S MEETINGS WITH NEW ZEALAND OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: During his March 19-20 visit to Wellington and Auckland, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher R. Hill met with GNZ officials from foreign affairs, defense, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies. All agreed that the United States and N [...]	2006-04-13 02:58:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV XB NZ
06WELLINGTON286	A/S HILL'S MEETINGS WITH PM CLARK AND FM PETERS [...] (C) Summary: During separate March 20 meetings with Prime Minister Clark and Foreign Minister Peters in Wellington, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill encouraged the United States and New Zealand to work together in areas such as the Pacific Islands and Afghanistan. Prime Minister [...]	2006-04-13 03:26:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL XB NZ
06WELLINGTON293	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF OFFICIAL DR. JILLIAN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jillian Pate, NSF Program Director, Office of Budget, Finance, and Award Management, to travel to Auckland, Nelson, and Christchurch, New Zealand, from April 20 - 26, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Helicopters New Zea [...]	2006-04-18 03:58:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON298	GNZ REACTION TO SOLOMONS UNREST [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand officials believe the situation in Honiara has calmed down, especially given the presence of stepped up RAMSI and local police security presence. But GNZ worries about future flashpoints, such as the upcoming inauguration of PM Rini. They also fear a possible spillo [...]	2006-04-20 05:46:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BP NZ
06WELLINGTON3	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT D. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Research Physicist Robert D. Evans to travel to Lauder Station, New Zealand from February 17 - 24, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to install the Dobson Ozone Spectrophotometers at Lauder Station. 2. (U) Embassy understands th [...]	2006-01-04 01:17:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV AS NZ
06WELLINGTON311	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PENNY J ANDERSON, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Penny Anderson, TSAR, to travel to Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand, from May 16 - 23, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct meetings and familiarization visit to Auckland Airport. 2. (U) Embassy understands that support r [...]	2006-04-25 22:08:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON321	Proposal for Digital Video Conference with an American [...] Post requests a U.S. specialist in alternative natural and sustainable energy sources for a digital video conference on (US date) Friday July 7 (NZ date: Saturday July 8). Time to be confirmed depending on location of the speaker. This DVC would form a major event in the Dunedin International S [...]	2006-04-26 23:05:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP NZ OEXC SCUL KPAO
06WELLINGTON322	OUTDATED ATTITUDES FRUSTRATE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EFFORTS IN [...] New Zealand media reflect the views of the wider New Zealand population when they describe the US reaction to the anti-nuclear legislation as "heavy-handed" and "bullying." New Zealanders feel that the US reaction failed to recognize New Zealand's sovereignty and its right to make its own choi [...]	2006-04-26 23:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KIRC OIIP MNUC KPAO KMDR OPRC NZ
06WELLINGTON326	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS/TSA SPECIALISTS ADAM [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Adam Michael Shanedling and Suzanne Ventura, DHS/TSA, to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands, from June 22-28, 2006, with a transit in Auckland, New Zealand, on June 28, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct airport and air carrier [...]	2006-04-28 00:07:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHLS EAIR ASEC PTER OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON341	NEW ZEALAND IVs EMERGE AS MEDIA LEADERS [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: While some New Zealand participants in the IV program remain in their same influential roles, others have had diverse experiences, including being offered employment by Al Jazeera, becoming the host of a radio show, and being promoted to management. Until recently we were able to [...]	2006-05-03 04:53:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KIRC OIIP MNUC KPAO KMDR OPRC NZ
06WELLINGTON35	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM SECOR, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Research Microbiologist, NCID, CDC, HHS William Secor to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 5 - 17, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to work with Victoria University Assistant Professor Dr. Anne LaFlamme on the developmen [...]	2006-01-12 19:40:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON355	Permission to be absent from Post [...] Ambassador William P. McCormick requests permission to be absent from post from May 15, 2006 to May 19, 2006 to present credentials to the Samoan Government. 2. While in Apia, the Ambassador can be reached at the US Embassy Apia. 3. During the Ambassador's absence, DCM David Burnett w [...]	2006-05-09 03:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON372	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL MOHEIT AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration Safety Inspectors Larry D. Moheit and Renato A. Lutz to travel to Christchurch and Auckland, New Zealand from June 10 - 22, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to inspect a U.S. certified repair station. [...]	2006-05-15 04:34:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA EAIR ASEC NZ
06WELLINGTON378	DEPARTURE OF AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 21:27:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON379	GNZ REMAINS COOL TO ISRAELI JUSCANZ PARTICIPATION [...] (C) As noted Ref A, Ambassador McCormick and his Australian and Canadian counterparts met with Minister Peters in late May to urge that New Zealand support Israeli membership in the Geneva JUSCANZ group. This followed representations by other Embassy officers at lower levels. Minister Peters [...]	2006-05-16 23:27:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NZ
06WELLINGTON380	FM PETERS CLAIMS BRASH LIED ABOUT U.S. SUPPORT AT [...] (C) Summary: NZ First leader and Foreign Minister Winston Peters, cheered on by the Government, has created a furor by claiming leaked e-mails prove National Party leader Don Brash courted US support for his party's general election campaign. The National Party has countered that Peters and th [...]	2006-05-16 23:33:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV
06WELLINGTON384	SAMOAN GOVERNMENT: NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA [...] (C) Summary: Officials for New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australia High Commission in Wellington continue to follow closely the implications of Samoa's March 31 general election. Both recognize the potential for improved governance following the announceme [...]	2006-05-18 05:05:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ WS
06WELLINGTON387	MOU WITH NEW ZEALAND REGARDING ZHELEZNOGORSK POWER [...] (U) On May 18, 2006, PolCouns shared the revised MOU and talking points provided reftel with Deborah Panckhurst of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MFAT) Disarmament Division. Panckhurst said that she has also been in contact with DOE's Mike Stafford about this issue. MFAT will [...]	2006-05-19 04:56:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PARM OTRA RS KNNP TRGY NZ
06WELLINGTON389	MORE ON FM PETER'S E-MAIL OUTBURST: AN ANTI-GOFF [...] (C) Summary: Chris Trotter, New Zealand's leading left-wing political analyst believes the recent attack by New Zealand First leader and Foreign Minister Winston Peters on National Party Leader Don Brash was actually aimed at Trade and Defense Minister Phil Goff. In a recent article in the "I [...]	2006-05-19 05:45:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON394	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID P. WISEGARVER, MAY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official David P. Wisegarver to travel to Tauranga, New Zealand from May 25 - June 16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the CO2 project cruise aboard the R/V Cap Victor. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country [...]	2006-05-24 03:32:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ
06WELLINGTON40	DRUG INDUSTRY SEES POSSIBLE SALVE TO ITS PAIN IN [...] (SBU) The pharmaceutical industry in New Zealand is enjoying a dose of optimism about the prospect of changes to the government's drug-purchasing system, which has crimped the industry for the past 12 years. The government has promised a review of the system that controls the range and price [...]	2006-01-13 05:15:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD NZ
06WELLINGTON405	NEW ZEALAND ON STANDBY FOR EAST TIMOR [...] (C) GNZ officials are deciding what support New Zealand will provide to E. Timor now that the Timorese government has officially asked for help. In the morning of May 25, NZ Defense Force (NZDF) Assistant Chief for Strategic Commitments and Intelligence, Brigadier Warren Whiting, told DATT a [...]	2006-05-25 04:45:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC TT NZ AS
06WELLINGTON406	NZ UPDATE ON THE SOLOMONS [...] (C) Summary: GNZ officials report that a May 19 meeting between New Zealand Foreign Minister Peters, Australian Foreign Minister Downer, and Solomon Island officials was "difficult." However, the Solomons PM was much more conciliatory during a separate meeting with Peters on May 23. Most Sol [...]	2006-05-26 00:50:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON41	LANGE'S LAST LAUGH [...] (C) Former NZ Prime Minister David Lange's private papers included a copy of the highly classified 1985-86 Government Communications Security Bureau annual report detailing its activities, including cooperation with the U.S. National Security Agency. According to an article in the January 15 [...]	2006-01-16 23:41:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET	PINR PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON410	DEMARCHE ON MANAS AIRFIELD [...] (C) On May 23, Pol-Econ Counselor and DATT shared reftel demarche with Chris Seed, Deputy Secretary of Defence. PE Couns also separately conveyed the demarche to Matthew Paterson, Policy Officer in the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). 2. (C) O [...]	2006-05-26 04:40:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON415	JACKSON-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Mark Jackson, Microbiologist, USDA, ARS, MWA, Peoria, IL to visit Hamilton, New Zealand from June 3-23, 2006 to attend the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research meeting and present seminar. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is [...]	2006-05-31 01:46:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON42	ACT PARTY'S DECLINE COULD SPELL NEAR-TERM END OF [...] (SBU) The expected resignation of the long-serving president of the ACT party could knock the center right out of New Zealand politics, at least over the short term. The president's recent statements suggesting her party should become a think tank instead illustrates the depths to which ACT h [...]	2006-01-17 04:29:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON429	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JULIA POWELL, SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Physical Scientist Julia Powell to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from on or about September 9-23, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Transfer Standard Maintenance and Ap [...]	2006-06-06 03:32:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON43	NEW ZEALAND CLEARANCE FOR RIRO PAMELA DRAGOVICH [...] (SBU) EMBASSY WELCOMES AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO PAMELA DRAGOVICH, REGIONAL INFORMATION RESOURCE OFFICER (RIRO),TO TRAVEL TO WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, FROM JANUARY 30 TO FEBRUARY 5, 2006. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO TRAIN THE NEW REFERENCE LIBRARIAN AND ADVISE ON RESOURCES AND PROGR [...]	2006-01-18 00:14:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KIRC OIIP KPAO NZ
06WELLINGTON430	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LORI L. AQUILINO, JUNE [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Official Lori L. Aquilino to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from June 23-24, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to stay in Auckland overnight en route to Vanuatu. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance is the only ass [...]	2006-06-06 04:35:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA EAIR ASEC NZ
06WELLINGTON431	Proposal for U.S. Speaker Dr. Anthony Cordesman [...] Dr. Anthony Cordesman is the Burke Chair of Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Co-Director of the Center's Middle East Program, Washington D.C., to visit Wellington, early September, 2006. 2. Post requests Dr. Cordesman for five days of speaking engagements [...]	2006-06-06 19:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP
06WELLINGTON434	EVANS-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Robert Evans, Agricultural Engineer, USDA, ARS, NPA, Sidney, MT to visit Auckland, New Zealand from June 22 to July 3, 2006 to attend and speak at seminars to be held by kiwifruit growers. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assista [...]	2006-06-07 01:43:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON446	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KAREN MCKEE, JULY 23-30, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Ecologist Karen McKee to travel to Hamilton, New Zealand from July 23-30, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to continue research on mangrove forests. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance requ [...]	2006-06-09 04:31:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON451	INITIATING A DIALOGUE: NEW ZEALAND ACTIONS IN THE [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) officials say New Zealand's main areas of concern in the Pacific are governance, economic stability and security. New Zealand is revising its approach to and strengthening engagement with Pacific Island countries (PICs),and is coordinating more [...]	2006-06-13 00:04:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON457	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. KULKARNI, JULY 2 - [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ashok Kulkarni, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Health, to travel to Dunedin, New Zealand from July 2-5, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to present two seminars at the University of Otago. 2. (U) Embassy understands [...]	2006-06-15 04:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KSCA TBIO AS NZ
06WELLINGTON463	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JERRY MULLINS, JULY 17 - [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Physical Scientist Jerry Mullins to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from July 17 - 21, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to discuss ongoing cooperative Antarctic research with the New Zealand Surveyor General, the New Zealand Geog [...]	2006-06-18 22:36:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KSCA TPHY NZ
06WELLINGTON47	KUDOS FOR TSS TEAM TO WELLINGTON [...] (SBU) From October to December of 2005, a TSS team from OBO was deployed to the American Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand. Team members were Danny Brady, Jeff Smith and Ken Foree. The team came to post to install the security wiring for a new Marine Security Guard booth. 2. (SBU) This [...]	2006-01-18 18:42:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ABLD
06WELLINGTON472	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS DOYLE AND KEN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Ecologists Thomas Doyle and Ken Krauss to travel to Hamilton, New Zealand from July 16 - 20, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research to [...]	2006-06-21 01:37:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON475	INDUSTRY SEES HIGHER COSTS UNDER NEW ZEALAND-AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) Begin summary: Proposed rules for a new Australian-New Zealand regulatory agency for therapeutic products will make it costlier for U.S. makers of medical devices and complementary medicines to operate in New Zealand, according to the manufacturers' representatives. They contend the pro [...]	2006-06-21 23:14:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON NZ
06WELLINGTON478	"THERE GOES THE NEIGBORHOOD": NZ MEDIA SURVEY REGIONAL [...] SUMMARY: The following is a digest of recent regional security reports in the New Zealand media. This cable gives a synopsis of media reporting on sixteen countries in the region, their outline of New Zealand contributions to each of those countries, and/or their assessment of each country's f [...]	2006-06-22 05:17:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KIRC OIIP KPAO KMDR OPRC NZ
06WELLINGTON479	"THERE GOES THE NEIGBORHOOD": NZ MEDIA SURVEY REGIONAL [...] SUMMARY: The following is a digest of recent regional security reports in the New Zealand media. This cable gives a synopsis of media reporting on sixteen countries in the region, their outline of New Zealand contributions to each of those countries, and/or their assessment of each country's f [...]	2006-06-22 05:30:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KIRC OIIP KPAO KMDR OPRC NZ
06WELLINGTON484	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHERYL HALLAM, JULY 1-5, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Scientist Emeritus Cheryl Hallam to travel to Palmerston North, New Zealand from July 1 - 5, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with collaborators to coordinate data and web service developments in digital g [...]	2006-06-26 04:20:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON50	NOMINATION: EDUCATIONAL ADVISING WORKSHOP: [...] POST NOMINATES PHILIP MCKENNA, PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSISTANT, AMERICAN CONSULATE GENERAL, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EDUCATIONAL ADVISING WORKSHOP IN SYDNEY, SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 22-26, 2006. DETAILS FOLLOW: NAME OF PARTICIPANT: PHILIP MCKENNA POST: AMERICAN CONSULATE G [...]	2006-01-19 03:48:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OEXC NZ
06WELLINGTON500	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. JILLIAN PATE, JULY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Science Foundation (NSF) Official Dr. Jillian Pate to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from July 16 - 21, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend ANZES Post Award and Program Management Review Conference. 2. (U) Emba [...]	2006-07-03 03:21:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY NSF NZ
06WELLINGTON504	NZ SUPPORTS IMMEDIATE FMCT NEGOTIATIONS, BUT... [...] (C) New Zealand supports immediate negotiations on a fissile material cut-off treaty (FMCT) and could accept the US-proposed mandate as the basis for talks, according to Caroline McDonald, Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). McDonald told [...]	2006-07-05 05:01:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON521	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] Following instructions in reftel, post contacted Steven Johnson, director of Heli Cam Aviation Limited. Johnson confirmed that he has received an R44 Raven II helicopter, manufactured by Robinson Helicopter Company, with gyro stabilization equipment installed. 2. Johnson said that possessio [...]	2006-07-09 22:12:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC NZ
06WELLINGTON534	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS MCGEE, AUGUST [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Official Thomas McGee to travel to Queenstown, New Zealand from August 4-12, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to have consultations on Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC) Lidar. 2. (U) Embassy u [...]	2006-07-12 03:14:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TSPA NZ
06WELLINGTON535	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BARRY HIRSHORN, JULY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA National Weather Service Geophysicist Barry Hirshorn to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from July 21-24 and July 30 - August 13. The purpose of this visit is to interact with and share on the handling and deriving of products from s [...]	2006-07-12 03:24:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA AS NZ
06WELLINGTON55	NEW ZEALAND NOMINATION FOR FSN POLITICAL [...] Embassy Wellington submits the following nomination for the FSN Staff Political Training Course to be held in Washington from April 3 - 14, 2006. 2. Name: Craig Brian Greaves Grade: 9 Step 2. Length of Service: Start date - May 16, 2005. English language ability: level 4 (native spea [...]	2006-01-20 01:33:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI AFSN PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON567	CHRISTIAN DELLIS-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Christian Dellis, Export Specialist, PPQS/APHIS/USDA to visit Wellington, New Zealand from July 23-29, 2006 to meet with New Zealand officials to attempt to finalize UN/CEFACT documents. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistan [...]	2006-07-21 05:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON568	THOMAS GEARY-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Thomas Geary, Animal Scientist, USDA/ARS/NPA to visit Wellington, New Zealand from August 9-18, 2006 to attend and make presentation at the 17 International Ruminant Reproduction Symposium. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assist [...]	2006-07-21 05:12:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON57	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BICE ESCORTED REMOVAL TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes ICE escorts Barry Miller and Michael Franchek to Auckland, New Zealand from March 2-3, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to transit New Zealand to escort deportee Tominiko Masifilo, A079365804, to Tonga. 2. (U) Embassy will arrange any in-briefing officials [...]	2006-01-20 12:54:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC
06WELLINGTON576	DENNIS GLICK -NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dennis Glick, Facility and Equipment Review Specialist, Dairy Program, Agriculture Marketing Service, USDA to visit Hamilton, New Zealand from August 8-15, 2006 to conduct equipment review of dairy equipment. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance [...]	2006-07-26 05:03:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON59	Bio Data for 2006 International Visitor Haydon [...] Post nominates Haydon Dewes for RP Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists, April 3-21, 2006. 2. Haydon Dewes has Full Country Team Approval. 3. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT: : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : automated processing in Washington and should not be : edi [...]	2006-01-24 18:47:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO NZ
06WELLINGTON590	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELIZABETH MALONE AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy Officials Elizabeth L. Malone and James A. Edmonds to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 8-15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Fourth Lead Author Meeting of the Intergovernmenta [...]	2006-07-28 03:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG NZ
06WELLINGTON591	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELIZABETH LUMAN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to HHS/CDC Epidemiologist Elizabeth Luman to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from September 2-10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with an expert technical group to discuss strengthening childhood immunizations and to present "Vari [...]	2006-07-28 05:35:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KSCA RP NZ
06WELLINGTON597	NEW ZEALAND WILL NOT ATTEND APEC SEMINAR ON [...] (SBU) On July 10, Poloff delivered reftel invitation to Llewellyn Roberts, Pandemic Planning Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),and on July 19 to MFAT representatives with the Americas Division and the United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division, which is the div [...]	2006-08-01 05:01:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN TBIO KFLU APECO NZ
06WELLINGTON599	GNZ VIEWS ON TONGA'S POLITICAL REFORM FOLLOWING [...] (C) With a vocal domestic population of 40,000 ethnic Tongans, the GNZ has monitored with interest the deaths of Tongan Prince Tu'ipelehake and Princess Kaimana in a July 5 car accident in the United States. GNZ views the death of the Prince as a blow to the political reform process in Tonga. [...]	2006-08-01 19:17:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NZ TN
06WELLINGTON6	GNZ CONSENT TO TRANSFER TO NEW ZEALAND OF [...] In response to reftel: The National Radiation Laboratory of the New Zealand Ministry of Health is the regulatory authority that approves applications for transferring radioactive materials into New Zealand. Application forms for such transfers can be found on the laboratory's website: www.n [...]	2006-01-04 23:35:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETTC KNNP KSCA TRGY NZ
06WELLINGTON603	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHELLE REYNOLDS, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research Wildlife Biologist Michelle Reynolds to travel to Invercargill, New Zealand from August 22 - September 6, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to provide technical assistance with data collection and p [...]	2006-08-03 00:09:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON62	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HUA-LU PAN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service Official Hua-Lu Pan to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 12 - 20, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the annual meeting of the members of th [...]	2006-01-25 02:22:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON625	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP DAS GLYN DAVIES, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP DAS Glyn Davies to travel to Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand from August 17 - 19, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy and Consulate staff and New Zealand government officials. 2. (U) Embassy has provided m [...]	2006-08-11 05:35:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP OTRA PREL AS NZ
06WELLINGTON628	KINDIGER -NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bryan Kindiger, Geneticist, USDA/ARS to visit Palmerston North, New Zealand from August 25 through September 4, 2006 to visit Agresearch Grasslands Research Center to present overview of research projects; tour facilities and nursery; discuss possible coope [...]	2006-08-14 01:54:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON63	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEVIN OBERG, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologist Kevin Oberg to travel to Rotorua and Christchurch, New Zealand from February 24 - March 24, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to provide two training sessions on the use of hydroacoustic instruments in [...]	2006-01-25 04:41:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON630	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TERRY MELTON, AUGUST 18, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NSF Official Terry Melton to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from August 18, 2006 to February 20, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to transit Christchurch en route to Antarctica for annual deployment to serve as the NSF Station Mana [...]	2006-08-14 03:33:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY NSF NZ
06WELLINGTON632	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEVIN T. CHAMNESS AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Personnel Kevin T. Chamness and David Michel Maynard to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from August 28 - September 1, 2006. The purpose of this visit is meet with the Informal South Pacific Air Traffic Services Coordination Group (ISP [...]	2006-08-14 04:14:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA EAIR ASEC NZ
06WELLINGTON633	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TIMOTHY J. COUTTS, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy official Timothy J. Coutts to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from August 26 - November 2, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to perform research at Canterbury University. 2. (U) Embassy understands that coun [...]	2006-08-14 05:40:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG TRGY NZ
06WELLINGTON652	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CONSTANTINOS TSOURIS, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy official Constantinos (Costas) Tsouris to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from September 24 - 30, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to co-chair a conference and present a paper entitled "Electrosorption of Ions fr [...]	2006-08-21 03:53:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG NZ
06WELLINGTON660	GORDH AND FIESELMANN -NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Daniel Fieselmann and Dr. Gordon Gorth, Plant Protection and Quarantine, APHIS, Raleigh, NC to visit Wellington, New Zealand from September 8-11, 2006 to meet with New Zealand contacts of the Quadrilateral scientific exchange. 2. Embassy understands that [...]	2006-08-22 02:54:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON661	VANDEMARK -NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to George Vandemark, Research Geneticist, USDA/ARS/PWA/Washington to visit Queenstown, New Zealand from September 1-9, 2006 to Speak at the Australasian soilborne disease symposium. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance requir [...]	2006-08-22 02:55:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON665	KIWIS OFFER HELP ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C/NF) Summary: New Zealand officials say there is no direct trade between New Zealand and DPRK but they will advise GNZ entities to be on the lookout for trade and financial activities related to North Korea's ballistic missile programs. New Zealand does not have the means to identify susp [...]	2006-08-24 05:07:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP KPAO PARM PREL MNUC PTER
06WELLINGTON669	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANP DIRECTOR C. STEVEN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ANP Director C. Steven McGann and Economic Officer Alisa Wong to travel to New Zealand from September 9 - 14, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with embassy and consulate staff and also New Zealand government officials. 2. ( [...]	2006-08-28 03:25:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PGOV PREL AS FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON67	NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS MOST U.S. GOALS FOR UN REFORM [...] (SBU) New Zealand concurs with most U.S. objectives for UN reform. Charge delivered refs A and B on January 25 to Caroline Forsyth, deputy secretary of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Forsyth said that reforming UN management was a key priority for New Zealand, that al [...]	2006-01-26 01:51:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ADCO PHUM KUNR NZ UNGA

06WELLINGTON7	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RANDAL KOSTER, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Official Randal Koster to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 11-17, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Clivar Working Group on Seasonal to Interannual Prediction (WFSIP) panel [...]	2006-01-05 23:34:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TSPA NZ
06WELLINGTON701	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID M. DICKERSON AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Census Bureau staff members David M. Dickerson and Dale C. Dickerson to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 14 - 22, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Third International Trade Statistics Conference. 2. [...]	2006-09-06 02:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON706	EDWARDS -NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Gavin Edwards, APHIS, International Services, US Embassy Canberra to visit Wellington, New Zealand from September 10-17, 2006 to meet with New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and ForestryQs officials. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the [...]	2006-09-07 04:21:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON71	NEW ZEALAND CLEARANCE FOR EAP/PD COUNTRY [...] (SBU) EMBASSY WELCOMES AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO ANNE GRIMES, EAP/PD COUNTRY COORDINATOR, TO TRAVEL TO WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, MARCH 2-7, 2006, FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CONSULTATIONS. 2. (U) EMBASSY HAS BOOKED MS. GRIMES AT THE DUXTON HOTEL. DETAILS FOLLOW: DUXTON HOTEL, AUCKLAND [...]	2006-01-27 00:47:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KPAO NZ
06WELLINGTON717	GNZ SHOULD IMPROVE U.S. TIES, SAYS FORMER NZ [...] (C) New Zealand's former Ambassador to the United States, John Wood, told an inflential local international affairs organization that New Zealand should take the initiative to improve US-NZ ties. Wood cited GNZ officials' anti-US election campaign rhetoric as a low point in the relationship. [...]	2006-09-11 05:23:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON718	BACKIEL -NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Adela Backiel, Directo, Sustainable Development, Office of the Chief Economist to Visit Rotorua, Christchurch, Kaikora and Wellington, New Zealand from Octber 12-18, 2006 to participate in the International Landcare Conference. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]	2006-09-11 22:17:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON723	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ALEXANDER LASKIN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy official Alexander Laskin to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 9-14, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a workshop where he will present scientific work conducted in EMSL/PNNL to demo [...]	2006-09-14 03:09:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ENRG NZ
06WELLINGTON724	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TSA OFFICIAL JEANETTE L. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Federal Security Director - Inspections Jeanette L. Bean to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from September 15-30, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in an International Civil Aviation Organization (I [...]	2006-09-14 04:09:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA EAIR ASEC PTER KHLS NZ
06WELLINGTON729	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TYLER COPLEN, OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Research Chemist Tyler Coplen to travel to Dunedin, New Zealand from October 5-21, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to give a class on the use of the USGS laboratory information management system for light stable isotopes at the Un [...]	2006-09-18 01:34:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON73	NEW ZEALAND ON EU'S PLAN TO REQUIRE DEBARKING OF [...] (U) Post on November 21 delivered reftel points to the European Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and to the International Policy Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF). In response, Meredith Stokdijk, acting director of MAF's International [...]	2006-01-27 04:24:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU WTRO NZ
06WELLINGTON732	EAP/ANP DIRECTOR MCGANN'S MEETINGS WITH GNZ: [...] (C) Summary: During September 13 meetings in Wellington, GNZ officials told EAP/ANP Director Steven McGann that PM Clark and NZ Ministers support greater US-NZ cooperation. McGann and his counterparts agreed that meetings over the coming months between both sides' leaders and senior officials [...]	2006-09-19 01:26:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ETRD NZ US
06WELLINGTON737	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEN ANDRASKO AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Officials Ken Andrasko and Francisco Delachesnaye to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 6-15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report: F [...]	2006-09-19 22:58:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY NZ
06WELLINGTON752	CALLAWAY AND EDRINGTON -NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Todd Callaway, Microbiologist and Thomas Edrington, Animal Scientist, USDA/ARS, to visit Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand from October 12-19, 2006 to visit Meat and Wool New Zealand to discuss collaborative research. 2. Embassy understands that country [...]	2006-09-26 04:56:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON764	CALLAWAY AND EDRINGTON QREVISED NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Todd Callaway, Microbiologist and Thomas Edrington, Animal Scientist, USDA/ARS, to visit Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand from October 21-26, 2006 to visit Meat and Wool New Zealand to discuss collaborative research. 2. Embassy understands that country [...]	2006-09-29 01:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON771	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA OFFICIAL STEVEN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Economist Steven Rose to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 6-15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report: Fourth Lead Author Meeting. 2. ( [...]	2006-10-02 01:31:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY NZ
06WELLINGTON772	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. RONALD S. JARMIN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Census Bureau Staff Member Dr. Ronald S. Jarmin to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 3 - 10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a peer review group at Statistics New Zealand. 2. (U) Embassy underst [...]	2006-10-02 01:45:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AU NZ
06WELLINGTON773	DELAY IN USG APPROVAL OF NEW ZEALAND'S A-4 PLANE SALE A [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request at para 8. 2. (C) Summary: The New Zealand Defence Force is evaluating how the further delay or cancellation of the GNZ's proposed sale of its last air combat planes to a private U.S. buyer could impact defense planning. NZDF will probably [...]	2006-10-02 03:32:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MOPS NZ
06WELLINGTON776	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT PIERCE, OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Scientist Robert Pierce to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 29 - November 10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings and give presentations to Land Information New Zealand on building and managing a geosp [...]	2006-10-04 22:28:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON779	HOFFMAN Q NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Wesley Hoffman, Ag Engineer, USDA/ARS/SPA/College Station/Texas, to visit Hamilton, Rotorua and Napier, New Zealand from October 11-17, 2006 to attend the New Zealand Agricultural Aviation Association Annual Conference and present papers. 2. Embassy und [...]	2006-10-05 19:59:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON789	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SHELDON R. TIESZEN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs employee Sheldon R. Tieszen to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 13 - 20, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to represent Sandia [...]	2006-10-10 04:52:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG TRGY KNNP NZ
06WELLINGTON790	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GARY LEE SEPULVADO, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Gary Lee Sepulvado to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from October 22-27, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to facilitate CSID Project/Initiative handover to designated PPD Coordinator. 2. (U) Embassy understands that [...]	2006-10-10 04:54:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON792	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROGER MORIN, NOVEMBER 2, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research Geophysicist Roger Morin to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand, en route to and from McMurdo Station, Antarctica from November 2, 2006 to January 11, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to participat [...]	2006-10-10 04:56:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON8	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) Mission New Zealand warmly welcomes your visit on January 12-3. New Zealand officials are also eager to meet with you. You will be arriving in New Zealand towards the end of the summer holiday period. With Parliament out of session until mid-February and many families on holiday, thing [...]	2006-01-05 23:58:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON801	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR UNDER SECRETARY TIMOTHY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Timothy Adams, Under Secretary for International Affairs, Treasury Department, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 15 - 16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand Government Officials and business leader [...]	2006-10-12 01:35:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP OTRA PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON81	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IAN WRIGHT, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy Official Ian G. Wright to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 25 - March 1, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in a technical workshop on materials [...]	2006-01-31 22:08:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG TRGY KSCA AS NZ
06WELLINGTON810	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT MARTIN LEVIN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to VA Medical Center Research Pharmacologist Robert Martin Levin to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 19 - December 2, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to present Department of Veterans' Affairs sponsored research at the Int [...]	2006-10-16 21:51:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON820	VISIT OF U.S. TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY FOR [...] Summary: U.S. Treasury Under Secretary, Timothy Adams consulted with New Zealand (NZ) government officials, private bank economists, academics and business people in Wellington on October 16 to ascertain the current state of the NZ economy. Consensus among experts was that NZ is relatively st [...]	2006-10-18 23:31:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON821	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the following U.S. Delegation members to APECTEL 34: Steven Olson, Anita Dey, Johindar Dhillon, Liesyl Franz, Ashley Heineman, George Tannahill, and Alan Vincent to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from October 22 - 28, 2006. The purpose [...]	2006-10-19 03:08:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON825	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS DAMOUR AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Officials Thomas Damour and William Henry to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from December 6-16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to represent the FAA at the joint FAA/CAA New Zealand MIP Meeting. 2. (U) Embassy understands th [...]	2006-10-23 20:25:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA EAIR ASEC NZ
06WELLINGTON830	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RAYMOND WOODRUFF, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Supervisory Hydrologist Raymond Woodruff to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 12 - December 10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand to and from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, where [...]	2006-10-25 02:01:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON831	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRUCE C. GARRETT AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE Personnel Bruce C. Garrett and Sotiris S. Xantheas to travel to Auckland, Christchurch, and Rotorua, New Zealand from on or about December 1-17, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Confe [...]	2006-10-25 02:03:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON832	VISIT OF U.S. TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY FOR [...] (C) Summary: On his recent trip to New Zealand, U.S. Treasury Under Secretary, Timothy Adams consulted with officials, private economists, academics and business people to ascertain the current state of the NZ economy. Consensus among experts was that NZ is relatively stable and in the midst o [...]	2006-10-25 02:07:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON833	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FRANCES REID AND ALISA [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to MCC Managing Director for Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, Ms. Frances Reid, and EAP/ANP Desk Officer Ms. Alisa Wong to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from November 2-4, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with multilateral and bi [...]	2006-10-25 02:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA EFIN EAID AS FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON836	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NICHOLE LEBOEUF, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Nichole Leboeuf to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 9-20, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 2nd Meeting of the Parties for the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels. 2. [...]	2006-10-27 01:31:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS BEXP AS NZ
06WELLINGTON84	ZHU - NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Yanmin Zhu, Research Molecular Biologist, USDA/ARS/PWA, Wenatchee, Washington to visit Napier and Auckland from March 14 through 24, 2006 to attend Third International Rosaceae Genomics Conference. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the onl [...]	2006-02-01 03:26:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON840	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TUHIN KIMAR CHAUDHURI, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Tuhin Kumar Chaudhuri, Ph.D. Chief, Nuclear Medicine Service, VA Medical Center, to travel to Christchurch and Queenstown, New Zealand from November 9-15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to present scientific papers to the Universi [...]	2006-10-30 03:31:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AS NZ
06WELLINGTON844	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHANIE PREJEAN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Research Geophysicist Stephanie Prejean to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from November 23 - December 7, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Active Fluid Flow and Deformation/New Zealand Plate Boundary Workshop and pr [...]	2006-10-31 01:40:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
06WELLINGTON853	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DONALD PETTIT, NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Johnson Space Center Official Donald Pettit to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 13, 2006 - January 30, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand en route to Antarctica, where he will participate in th [...]	2006-11-01 21:54:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TSPA NZ
06WELLINGTON86	PACOM VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) Summary: Admiral Fallon's January 20-21 visit to New Zealand came at a time of media interest in the bilateral relationship, sparked by a TV mini-series on the ANZUS breakup and public release of former Prime Minister David Lange's private papers (reftel). The Admiral met with Prime Mini [...]	2006-02-01 20:25:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC NZ
06WELLINGTON867	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRUCE BUDOWLE, DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Bruce Budowle, FBI Laboratory Division, to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from December 3 - 13, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to participate and present in meetings on microbial forensic and human identification hosted by the In [...]	2006-11-03 01:58:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC NZ
06WELLINGTON875	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL COMBERIATE AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Officials Michael Comberiate and Kurt Rush to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 14, 2006 - January 14, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand en route to Antarctica for t [...]	2006-11-06 02:54:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TSPA NZ
06WELLINGTON878	NEW ZEALAND - 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] Following is post's input for 2007 National Trade Estimate Report on New Zealand per request reftel. We assume that Washington agencies will provide updated trade and investment data. 2. Begin text of NTE submission: --------------- IMPORT POLICIES --------------- In general, tariff [...]	2006-11-07 01:56:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN NZ
06WELLINGTON879	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD H. KARNEY, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy Official Richard H. Karney to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from November 10-18, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand officials to discuss Energystar and to attend and represent the U.S. on [...]	2006-11-07 02:02:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG NZ
06WELLINGTON88	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANDREA [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Director of the Office of International Affairs Andrea Corcoran to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 6 - 9, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend an International Organizatio [...]	2006-02-02 03:04:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON882	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KIM RIVERA, NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Kim Rivera to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 12-30, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 2nd Meeting of Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels. 2. (U) Embassy understands [...]	2006-11-08 22:09:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS BEXP CW NZ
06WELLINGTON886	NEW ZEALAND - 2nd DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING THE CUBA EMBARGO [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 02:35:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU NZ
06WELLINGTON891	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs officials Grant SANDER, Jeffrey BACH, Douglas BICKEL, Jeffrey BRADLEY, Martin THOMPSON, and alternates Timothy BIELEK, Philip KAHLE, Michael PEDRONCELLI, and Mich [...]	2006-11-13 20:48:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG TRGY KNNP NZ
06WELLINGTON896	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TERRY LOWE, DECEMBER 8 - [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NNSA Official Terry C. Lowe to travel to Hamilton, New Zealand from December 8 - 16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to present a paper on fatigue of nanostructured metals and alloys at the Fourth International Conference on Advanced M [...]	2006-11-14 23:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG TRGY KNNP NZ
06WELLINGTON901	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GLORIA CARBAUGH, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Gloria Carbaugh to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand between November 21 and December 8, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to transit New Zealand en route to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, where traveler will calibrate inst [...]	2006-11-16 03:57:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV AY NZ
06WELLINGTON902	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KENNETH JONES, NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Langley Research Center Official Kenneth Jones to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from November 29 - 30, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present at the Air New Zealand meeting. 2. (U) Embassy understands that cou [...]	2006-11-16 03:59:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TSPA AS NZ
06WELLINGTON909	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK SIROKY, NOVEMBER 22 [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark B. Siroky, chief of Urology, VA Medical Center to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 22 - December 3, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 36th Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society. 2. [...]	2006-11-20 02:44:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON91	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BICE ESCORTED REMOVAL TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes ICE escorts Ruben Rocka and Manuel Paramo to Auckland, New Zealand from Feb 12-13, 2006. The purpose of the trip is to escort deportee Lauren Kiredeor Flint: A072998965. 2. (U) Embassy will arrange any in-briefing officials feel is necessary. 3. (SBU) E [...]	2006-02-02 12:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC
06WELLINGTON910	NEW ZEALAND ACTIVE IN TONGA AND FIJI [...] (C) Summary. Alan Williams, Deputy Director at New ZealandQs Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade, told the DCM November 20 that the current crisis in Tonga resulted from economic and political problems that have been developing over many months, but appeared to have abated. The Tongan Gover [...]	2006-11-20 20:52:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PREL NZ TN
06WELLINGTON92	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROEL CAMPOS, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Officers Roel Campos, Commissioner, Ethiopis Tafara, Director, and Scott Taub, Deputy Chief Accountant, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 6 - 9, 2006 (Campos and Tafara) and Februar [...]	2006-02-02 22:38:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA EFIN NZ
06WELLINGTON933	RITCHIE Q NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Martin Ritchie, Statistician, US Forest Service, to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from December 1-March 31, 2007 to attend forest service sabbatical. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. 3. Point of conta [...]	2006-11-27 00:45:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON942	HARMS, SEYBOLD- NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Cathy Seybold, and Deborah Harms, Soil Scientists, Nebraska to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from January 10-23, 2007 to collect data from and carry out maintenance on soil climate stations. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only as [...]	2006-11-29 03:59:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
06WELLINGTON959	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUGENE KESELMAN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Commerce NOAA, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Official Eugene Keselman to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 5 - 22, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to support the [...]	2006-12-03 23:30:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KSCA TSPA NZ
06WELLINGTON96	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP/ANP [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP/ANP Director Howard Krawitz to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from February 8-11, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy staff and New Zealand government officials. 2. (U) Embassy has provided hot [...]	2006-02-07 04:03:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON979	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S.T. AUTREY, FEBRUARY 11 [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy Official S.T. Autrey to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 11-24, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to speak at the Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Symposium and work in the laboratory with Dr. Mar [...]	2006-12-13 02:29:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG NZ
06WELLINGTON981	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JUSTIN GUAY, JANUARY 28 [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to HHS/FDA Scientific Reviewer Justin Guay to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 28 - February 2, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to be the FDA liaison for the International Standards Organization Anesthesia and Respiratory [...]	2006-12-13 02:32:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KSCA TBIO NZ
06WELLINGTON982	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. LUCINDA LEE, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Science Foundation Official Dr. Lucinda Lee to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from February 18 - March 1, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Conference on Sustainability Engineering and Science. 2 [...]	2006-12-13 02:34:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY NSF NZ
06WELLINGTON983	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GREGORY KUVER AND TODD [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Transportation Security Administration Specialists Gregory Kuver and Todd Oleson to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from January 13-22, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to perform airport visits and air carrier station se [...]	2006-12-13 03:30:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KHLS EAIR ASEC PTER TC NZ
06WELLINGTON984	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador to Venezuela William R. Brownfield and Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie A. Kenney to travel to Wanaka, New Zealand from December 26, 2006 - January 12, 2007. The purpose of this visit is personal travel. 2. (U) Embass [...]	2006-12-13 03:32:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
06YAOUNDE1631	CAMEROON: OFF ROAD IN THE WESTERN PROVINCES [...] (U) Pol/Econ chief made a three-day trip at the height of the rainy season September 28-October 1 to inaugurate Self-Help and Ambassador's Girls Scholarship projects in the North West, South West and West provinces. This message offers her impressions of the region. ----------------------- [...]	2006-10-26 08:55:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	CM EAGR SENV KCOR SCUL PINR
06YAOUNDE1811	TOUGH LOVE IN CAMEROON'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary. Corruption, specifically the Government's faithfulness to its anti-corruption promises, continues to take center stage in Cameroon. Indeed, this was Anti-corruption Week in Cameroon, as the Prime Minister launched a high-profile seminar on how to implment the UN Anti-Corrupt [...]	2006-12-08 11:31:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PREL PGOV EFIN CM
06YAOUNDE816	CAMEROON: A TALE OF TWO PRESIDENCIES [...] (C) In its 46 years of independence, Cameroon has only known two presidents, Ahmadou Ahidjo (1960-1982) and Paul Biya (1982-present). Ahidjo was a charismatic and decisive man who ruled a one-party state where citizens had no voice in their leadership. Under Ahidjo, Cameroon's economy fared [...]	2006-05-24 16:28:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM PINR CM
06YEREVAN104	COALITION NOMINATES KOCHARIAN ADVISOR FOR OMBUDSMAN [...] (SBU) Armenia's governing coalition announced January 20 that it would nominate long-time Kocharian confidant Armen Harutyunyan as the country's next Ombudsman. Local NGOs were divided in their reactions to the announcement, but most told us that the nomination would have significant politica [...]	2006-01-24 13:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AM
06YEREVAN110	WITH GAS USAGE ACCELERATING, GOAM PREPARING FOR WORST [...] (C) ArmRosGazprom (ARG) has drawn roughly half of Armenia's useful reserves -- much quicker than initially expected -- since the January 22 cut off of natural gas supplies from Russia (reftel). Consumption accelerated after the GOAM temporarily reopened a 200-megawatt hydroelectric unit in Hraz [...]	2006-01-26 04:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG IR AM ENGR AZ
06YEREVAN1148	JOURNALIST RETRACTS SOME ABUSE CHARGES...THE RIGHT ONES [...] (U) SUMMARY: A local journalist, Gagik Shamshian, beaten up in July (reftel) has retracted allegations that a local official's brother was involved. The retraction seems to have come under duress from local authorities, who have filed unrelated criminal charges against the journalist. END SUM [...]	2006-08-23 12:53:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM AM
06YEREVAN1204	SETTING THE STAGE FOR FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Election experts offer mixed views of ongoing efforts to improve key democratic institutions prior to the May 2007 parliamentary election. The challenges -- technical, bureaucratic and political -- are daunting. However there is room for cautious optimism that the GOAM is at lea [...]	2006-09-05 10:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KMCA KDEM AM
06YEREVAN1264	THE POLITICAL BUZZ: A SNAPSHOT OF LOCAL ANALYST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Garik Tsarukyan's new "Prosperous Armenia" faction is the hottest political topic, with divided views over the extent to which this pro-government faction is independent of the ruling Republican Party. Local analysts are generally pessimistic about chances for fair parliamentar [...]	2006-09-13 06:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AM
06YEREVAN1268	GEORGIA ARRESTS ARMENIANS FOR CROSSING SEPARATIST [...] (C) Since early August, numerous Armenian citizens have been arrested in Georgia for transiting the breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia without Georgian permission, which is illegal under Georgian law. Armenian media claim that 100 have been arrested. Armenian diplomats have co [...]	2006-09-13 12:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM GG RU
06YEREVAN1300	USG INTERNET FREEDOM INITIATIVES IN ARMENIA [...] Per reftel request, Embassy Yerevan presents its comprehensive review of usaid internet freedom programs in Armenia: ------------------------ Economic Growth Programs ------------------------ A. Project Name: Competitive Armenia Private Sector (CAPS) Program Recipient: IT companies, I [...]	2006-09-18 12:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECPS EINT PHUM AM
06YEREVAN1419	ARMENIA NARROWLY AVOIDS A MAJOR MISSTEP IN PROPOSED LEGAL [...] (SBU) A recent attempt by the Armenian Ministry of Justice to propose judicial reforms in the chaotic area of expert witnesses came perilously close to making a bad situation worse in criminal, civil, and administrative legal proceedings. During the week of September 11-15, 2006, representativ [...]	2006-10-11 09:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS AM
06YEREVAN1440	ARMENIA'S SCORECARD DELIVERED WITH A WARNING ON [...] (SBU) On October 6, 2006, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) and MCC Resident Country Director Alex Russin presented the MCC Indicator Scorecard on Armenia to Armenia's full MCA Governing Council, chaired by the Prime Minister. While we told the Council that Armenia had technically passed the criteria, [...]	2006-10-13 10:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM KMCA AM
06YEREVAN1633	ARMENIA RATIFIES HAGUE CONVENTION ON INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION [...] SUMMARY: On November 14, President Kocharian signed into law the bill ratifying the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption. The GOAM had worked toward ratification for several years, but relevant agencies were divided on whether to ratify first and then work on implementation or implement f [...]	2006-11-21 11:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	CACS PGOV PHUM KTIA KOCI KPAO AM
06YEREVAN1645	JAVAKHETI: AN ARMENIAN PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) Georgia,s predominantly Armenian Samstkhe-Javakheti (S-J) region periodically makes news in Armenia, colored by the local perception here that Georgians treat their Armenian minority shabbily. Armenian government officials have not generally complained on this theme, but others, including [...]	2006-11-27 13:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG AM
06YEREVAN1677	REQUEST FOR TREATMENT OF IRAQ-WOUNDED ARMENIAN [...] Post strongly urges that the Department of Defense approve the evacuation to Walter Reed Army Medical Center of Armenian First Lieutenant Georgi Nalbandian, who was wounded during his service with coalition forces in Iraq. Providing treatment and rehabilitative care to Nalbandian in Washington [...]	2006-12-05 14:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS AM
06YEREVAN1694	ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) Since Armenia's severe energy crisis in the early 1990s, energy security and independence have been critical priorities for the government of Armenia (GOAM). This cable, drawn primarily from conversations with representatives from the Armenian Ministry of Energy and USAID energy project [...]	2006-12-08 13:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG AM
06YEREVAN238	ARMENIAN FM OSKANIAN REFLECTS ON RAMBOUILLET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Oskanian was not as pessimistic about the results of Rambouillet as we had anticipated when we heard him reflect on the event and on his views of the way ahead February 15. Although agreement eluded the two presidents at Paris, it was Oskanian's view that many is [...]	2006-02-16 04:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM AJ OSCE
06YEREVAN258	ORPHANED RADIOLOGICAL SOURCES IN ARMENIA: SEARCH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenian nuclear regulatory authorities are preparing to ship two high-intensity, orphaned radiological sources to Russia for secure storage. According to the director of the quasi-govermenta [...]	2006-02-23 03:39:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC EAID ENRG KNNP AM
06YEREVAN269	ARMENIA ENJOYS FOUR YEARS OF DOUBLE-DIGIT [...] (SBU) For the fourth year in a row, Armenia's gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a double-digit rate according to National Statistical Service data. (Note: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has consistently praised the National Statistical Service for the quality of its data. End Note. [...]	2006-02-23 14:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID AM
06YEREVAN308	ARMENIA COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY: FEBRUARY [...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for February 2006. Major headlines include: -- GOAM approves a USD 240 million investment plan for Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Plant; -- Armentel plagued by customer lawsuits; -- EBRD issues 2006-2007 Strategy [...]	2006-03-02 05:23:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTDB BEXP BTIO AM
06YEREVAN330	ARMENIA FALLING SHORT ON AI DETECTION AND [...] (C) We are increasingly concerned that there are non-human cases of avian influenza (AI) in Armenia that have gone undetected and/or unreported. This cable details a series of incidents which collectively call into question the GOAM's willingness and ability to respond to reports of suspect c [...]	2006-03-06 13:40:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU TBIO SENV ECON AM
06YEREVAN380	HIGH DEMAND FOR AGRICULTURAL LOANS [...] The Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) recently released the results of a survey of 635 farmers around the country aimed at estimating local demand for agricultural loans. The CBA estimated that, without considering profitability and collateral requirements, total demand for loans was approximat [...]	2006-03-16 13:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EFIN EAID AM
06YEREVAN501	ABANDONED AZERI GRAVEYARD SUFFERS NEGLECT, [...] (SBU) Beyond common neglect, which, for the most part has led to the deterioration of an abandoned Azeri cemetery in Armenia's northern Lori province, we noted during a March 26 visit that vandals had intentionally damaged several of the cemetery's Muslim grave markers. The destruction did not [...]	2006-04-06 12:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD UNESCO SCUL AJ AM
06YEREVAN715	ARMENIA AND IRAN: KOCHARIAN WISHES HE HAD A [...] (C) With U.S. concerns about Iran peaking, so are Armenia's concerns about how the U.S. and the international community will respond to Armenia's attempts to maintain a vestige of neighborly relations with its southern neighbor. As Armenia had only two open international borders, President Koc [...]	2006-05-25 13:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNNP IR AM
06YEREVAN768	FITCH RATES ARMENIA "BB-" WITH A STABLE [...] (SBU) On June 5, 2006, Fitch Ratings assigned Armenia foreign and local Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) of "BB-" with a Stable Outlook. This is the first time Armenia has received a sovereign credit rating from an internationally-recognized rating company. Representatives from the Central Bank o [...]	2006-06-06 11:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD AM
06YEREVAN922	OSCE: "NOTHING TO" AZERI CLAIMS OF ARMENIAN ARSON [...] (C) There is "nothing to" the claim that Armenians had set fires to destroy Azeri property in the occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, according to Andrzej Kasprzyk, special representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office (CiO) on the Minsk Conference. The OSCE sent a monitoring gr [...]	2006-07-11 06:14:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ AM
06ZAGREB1	TWO YEARS IN POWER: RESILIENCE AND STABILITY OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During his second year in office, PM Ivo Sanader led his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) through domestic difficulties and over critical Euro-Atlantic integration hurdles. At the same time, he sustained a government coalition whose unquestionable stability defies th [...]	2006-01-01 15:17:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KAWC KCRM PHUM PREF HR
06ZAGREB1017	CROATIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DEFENDS NAM SUMMIT [...] (C) Ambassador Bradtke reiterated strong U.S. disappointment with President Mesic's planned attendance at the Havana NAM Summit in an August 28 meeting with presidential advisor Jakic. The Ambassador also expressed concerns with Mesic's recent public claim that the U.S. had not objected to th [...]	2006-08-28 21:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NAM HR CU HUMAN RIGHTS
06ZAGREB113	CROATIA ACCELERATING ON NATO-READINESS [...] (C/REL NATO) The political and military elite of Croatia believe they are ready to join NATO today. However, government efforts to educate the general public about why NATO is important to Croatia have been slow to get started. The GoC has developed a NATO-membership driven strategic defense [...]	2006-01-27 14:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL HR
06ZAGREB1178	BARROSO, THE EU'S "PAUSE" AND AVOIDING A "DOUBLE [...] (C) Despite EU and Croatian Government efforts to downplay Commission President Barroso's comments about a "pause" in the EU's enlargement process, the damage has been done. For many Croatians, Barroso has turned on its head the EU's assurance that "When you are ready to join us, we will be r [...]	2006-09-28 10:08:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EU HR
06ZAGREB1231	SCENESETTER - PM SANADERâ€™S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Fifteen years after the death of Yugoslavia and eleven years after a horrible civil war, Croatia is poised to become that rarity ) a Balkans success story. With EU entry negotiations underway, tourism arrivals breaking records, and new construction on every corner, Croatia is rebranding itself [...]	2006-10-11 10:46:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR EUN NATO
06ZAGREB132	ZAGREB FY-2004 CONSULAR PACKAGE NARRATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-01 12:21:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT HR
06ZAGREB1331	NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR NATO UNITES TOP LEADERSHIP [...] (U) President Mesic, PM Sanader and Parliament Speaker Seks agreed November 2 to co-chair a "National Committee for NATO Membership" to coordinate government, political party and state institutional activities in pursuit of NATO membership. Among other things, the committee will help relevant [...]	2006-11-03 14:52:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO HR
06ZAGREB1338	CROATIA INCSR 2006 - PART ONE [...] (U) Below please find per reftel request, part one of post's submission for the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. Part two on money laundering will be submitted septel. I. Summary Croatia is not a producer of narcotics. However, narcotics smuggling, particularly heroi [...]	2006-11-06 14:52:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL KJUS KCRM HR
06ZAGREB1347	DELIVERED COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT UN [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 13:41:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC HR
06ZAGREB1385	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO): [...] (SBU) The Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) for Embassy Zagreb is Econ Section Chief Nicholas Berliner, tel: 385-1-661-2229, email: berlinernr@state.gov. TFCO Deputy is Marlene Nice, Economic Officer, tel: 385-1-661-2225, email: nicemm@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Small countries wit [...]	2006-11-20 12:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL PTER HR
06ZAGREB1392	CROATIAN PM SANADER SAYS HE CANNOT SUPPORT THE [...] (C) Summary: It would not be possible for him to support the Bosnian constitutional reform package from last spring, PM Ivo Sanader told the Ambassador November 20. Doing so would pit him against half the BiH Croatian community as well as the Catholic church, and would damage him both at ho [...]	2006-11-20 16:18:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR BK

06ZAGREB1415	CROATIA SHARPENS REGULATORY GUILLOTINE [...] Summary: The Croatian government has undertaken an ambitious regulatory reform campaign aimed at easing bureaucratic impediments for business and improving the investment climate. The program, supported by USAID, is known as the "regulatory guillotine." Its aim is to create an inventory of al [...]	2006-11-28 12:39:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAID HR
06ZAGREB1465	CROATIAN STORKS TURN UP DEAD IN SOMALIA [...] SUMMARY. Some 50 Croatian-tagged white storks were found dead in Somalia in November, causing a brief panic over the possibility they brought avian influenza (AI) to the village of Elbaraf. The director of the Poultry Center in Zagreb said it is unlikely the birds died of avian influenza, after [...]	2006-12-11 14:51:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC KFLU HR
06ZAGREB1483	U/S BURNS' LETTER TO PM SANADER ON BOSNIA [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered U/S Burns' letter to PM Sanader on the Bosnian constitutional reform package (reftel A) to FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic December 14. He noted that while there was as yet no official reaction to the proposals conveyed by State Secretary Biscevic (reftel B),it was his [...]	2006-12-14 13:14:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC HR BK
06ZAGREB168	Croatia's Refugee Programs Proceeding, Slowly [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Continuing their monthly meetings on refugee return issues, the Ambassador and other principals from the international community (OSCE, UNHCR and EU) met with Minister for Trade, Transport and Development Bozidar Kalmeta February 6 to review progress. Perhaps the gr [...]	2006-02-09 13:39:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV HR
06ZAGREB173	Croatia's Refugee Programs Proceeding, Slowly [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Continuing their monthly meetings on refugee return issues, the Ambassador and other principals from the international community (OSCE, UNHCR and EU) met with Minister for Trade, Transport and Development Bozidar Kalmeta February 6 to review progress. Perhaps the g [...]	2006-02-10 10:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV HR
06ZAGREB233	GLAVAS: WINGS CLIPPED, BUT WATCH THE CLAWS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Branimir Glavas, the Slavonian strongman who broke ranks with PM Ivo Sanader and the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) last year (ref C),has been politically isolated and his power limited to Osijek and the surrounding county. While Glavas currently serves as th [...]	2006-02-22 13:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KAWC HR
06ZAGREB25	Croatia Scene Setter for Lt. General Hanlon [...] SUMMARY: The last few months have brought a string of good news for Croatia and the government of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. With EU accession negotiations opened on October 4 and fugitive general Ante Gotovina arrested in Spain on December 7, Croatia has now cleared the major political obst [...]	2006-01-09 07:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV MARR HR
06ZAGREB278	SIX-MONTH DELAY OF JUDICIARY SCREENING [...] (SBU) EC representatives confirmed 28 February that "screening" of Croatian legislation and practice in preparation for adopting the Acquis chapters dealing with human rights and the judiciary would be postponed for six months to September 2006. Local press put an inflammatory spin on the new [...]	2006-03-01 15:08:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM HR
06ZAGREB281	CROATIA SCENE SETTER FOR AMBASSADOR NULAND AND THE [...] SUMMARY: The last few months have brought a string of good news for Croatia and the government of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. With EU accession negotiations opened on October 4 and fugitive general Ante Gotovina arrested in Spain on December 7, Croatia has now cleared major political obstacle [...]	2006-03-02 15:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP PGOV MARR HR
06ZAGREB284	Declaration of European Muslims Well-Received in Croatia [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. On 24 February, Bosnian and Herzegovinian Grand Mufti Mustafa Ceric presented in Zagreb a Declaration of European Muslims. Hosted by the Zagreb Islamic Community, the presentation received widespread public attention as a message of tolerance, peace, and moderation. [...]	2006-03-02 15:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER PREL HR
06ZAGREB320	CROATIA'S LIMITED ECONOMIC CHOICES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH CROATIA ENJOYS MODEST ECONOMIC GROWTH AND LOW INFLATION, TWO SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS HAVE DONE LITTLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY BOOST ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. PARTIALLY, THIS IS THE RESULT OF POLITICAL INERTIA AND AN UNWILLINGNESS TO CONFRONT ENTRENCHED INTE [...]	2006-03-09 14:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN HR
06ZAGREB337	CROATIA SCENE SETTER FOR SENATOR VOINOVICH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Croatia and the government of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader have enjoyed several important successes since your last visit in May 2005. With EU accession negotiations opened on October 4 and Hague indictee Ante Gotovina arrested in Spain on December 7, Croatia has now cleared majo [...]	2006-03-13 11:25:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV HR
06ZAGREB45	CROATIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] SUMMARY: Only in recent years has Croatia begun to emerge as an attractive destination for investment. Croatia lagged behind many of the other countries of Central and Eastern Europe in attracting foreign investment following the fall of the Berlin Wall, partly as a result of the conflicts [...]	2006-01-13 12:53:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC
06ZAGREB461	VPOTUS SCENESETTER: PUSHING CROATIA'S INTEGRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Vice President Cheney will visit Croatia at a time of political optimism following the opening of accession negotiations with the European Union in October 2005, the arrest of war crimes suspect Ante Gotovina in December 2005, and the prospect of NATO membership growing [...]	2006-04-11 12:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KAWC SIPDIS HR
06ZAGREB526	CROATIA SEEKS POLICE COOPERATION AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request for EUR/SCE. SUMMARY and ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. (C) In an April 11 meeting, Minister of Interior Ivica Kirin asked the Ambassador to support the signing of a bilateral police cooperation agreement. As per ref A which provided the Depar [...]	2006-04-26 11:16:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KCRM PTER PREL ASEC HR
06ZAGREB690	CROATIA SUPPORTS STABILITY PACT TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Croatian MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic told Ambassador June 1 that Croatia supports the transformation of the Stability Pact into a regionally-owned organization and believes the U.S. will need to play an active role in the process. The GOC anticipates that a [...]	2006-06-06 13:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR BK SR
06ZAGREB729	CROATIA EYES REGIONAL ENERGY MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Croatia currently covers 46 percent of its overall energy needs from domestic sources. However, the GOC predicts that by 2030 it will only be able to cover 30 percent or less if no other investments are made into the energy sector. Croatia is now engaged in several regional in [...]	2006-06-13 13:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV HR
06ZAGREB780	SERBIAN PRESIDENT TADIC'S VISIT TO CROATIA: A [...] (U) Serbian President Boris Tadic visited Croatia on June 27, meeting with President Stjepan Mesic, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, and traveling with President Mesic to the town of Knin, where the two statesmen met with ethnic Serb returnees. While the visit was held in a highly positive atmosph [...]	2006-06-30 13:19:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR REGIONAL ISSUES
06ZAGREB941	AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON: CROATIA MODEL FOR REGION IN [...] (C) Summary: During a July 31 visit to Zagreb, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson welcomed Croatia's assistance on Serbia's Action Plan on ICTY cooperation and called on officials to continue their efforts to promote regional cooperation in addressing domestic war crim [...]	2006-08-08 11:58:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC ICTY SR HR WAR CRIMES
06ZAGREB949	EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS ----17-18 JULY, CONDUCTED CONSULTATIONS IN WASHINGTON, DC WITH NP/ECC TO COORDINATE PLANNING OF 2006/2007, ASSISTANCE PLAN FOR CROATIA, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA AND PERIMETERS OF REQUESTED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO HUNGARY. Croatia ----21 July, met wi [...]	2006-08-10 10:33:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO SI
07ABIDJAN1006	COTE D'IVOIRE: COMPAORE'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) Summary. Boureima Badini, Special Representative of Ouagadougou Political Accord (OPA) Facilitator Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore, told Charge on September 27 that both President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Soro are committed to OPA implementation, but that there is a lack of trust [...]	2007-09-28 15:07:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IV UV
07ABIDJAN1018	COTE D IVOIRE 2007 AGOA ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATION [...] Below is the text of Post's Eligibility Recommendation Input as emailed to EEB Janet Potash and USTR Connie Hamilton October 2nd: Country: COTE D'IVOIRE Current AGOA Status: Ineligible, Benefits Withdrawn January 1, 2005 Country Background Summary: Cote d'Ivoire's economy has struggled [...]	2007-10-03 16:57:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD XA IV
07ABIDJAN1019	COTE D'IVOIRE: PM SPOKESMAN OPTIMISTIC, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Alain Lobognon, Spokesman for the Prime Minister, told Emboffs on October 2 that Interior Minister Desire Tagro is trying to stall the "audiences foraines" (tribunals that will issue birth certificates to those who never had them) process. According to Lobognon, the delay in the [...]	2007-10-03 17:24:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IV
07ABIDJAN1080	OPA LIMPING ALONG [...] (C) Summary. United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) officials told TDY State/INR analyst and Pol/Econ Chief that, while Ivorians support the Ouagadougou Political Accord (OPA),their optimism could wane if they do not begin to see concrete steps on its implementation. However, ther [...]	2007-10-24 14:03:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV IV
07ABIDJAN1084	COTE D'IVOIRE ROLLS OUT PRELIMINARY COCOA-CHILD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Prime Minister's interministerial taskforce rolled out preliminary results of its industry-funded survey of child labor in the cocoa sector on Oct. 12. It found that 22 percent of children in the region are involved in cocoa production, and a majority of them are involved [...]	2007-10-24 14:34:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR PREL PGOV EAID ELAB EIND IV
07ABIDJAN1094	THE COUNTERFEIT DOLLAR AFFAIR - GBAGBO ENTOURAGE [...] (C) Summary. On October 11, police and prosecutors made public allegations that a counterfeit US dollar ring had been broken up in Abidjan. Three high-level officials close to the President were implicated by the accused owner of the premises in which the evidence had been found. The next [...]	2007-10-26 07:49:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KCRM IV
07ABIDJAN1110	COTE D' IVOIRE SCENESETTER FOR D VISIT [...] (C) Embassy Abidjan warmly welcomes your visit to Cote d,Ivoire. You will be the highest ranking USG official to visit Abidjan since 2005 when AF Assistant Secretary Connie Newman visited to discuss the peace process. We believe your visit will be viewed as a sign of increased USG interest i [...]	2007-10-31 18:11:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IV
07ABIDJAN1132	EMBASSY ABIDJAN DELIVERS POINTS ON FAFT STATEMENT [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered translated talking points drawn from reftel para three to the MFA's Office of United Nations and International Organizations Affairs on November 8. MFA had no comments, but post will report any follow-on substantive host government reactions. NESBITT [...]	2007-11-08 18:48:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC ECON IV
07ABIDJAN1135	COTE D'IVOIRE: PM'S OFFICE TOUTS OPA PROGRESS AND [...] (U) Summary. The Prime Minister's spokesman, Meite Sindou, held a press conference November 6 to discuss the status of government efforts to move beyond the current crisis. The most interesting new bits of information he gave: the PM and the President make joint decisions; the President will m [...]	2007-11-09 11:01:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IV
07ABIDJAN1157	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S TRIP TO COTE D'IVOIRE [...] ( C ) Summary: The Deputy Secretary and AF Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer were well-received by government and SIPDIS opposition leaders as well as UN officials during their November 10-11 visit to Abidjan. In all of his meetings, the Deputy explained that the purpose of his visit was t [...]	2007-11-16 16:09:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OVIP IV
07ABIDJAN1176	DOES LACK OF DONOR ASSISTANCE EXPLAIN SLOW [...] (C) Summary: During a number of recent public events, President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Soro have blamed slow implementation of the Ougadougou Peace Agrement (OPA) on a lack of international donor assistance. The Prime Minister and President both made this assertion in meetings with the [...]	2007-11-26 16:12:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IBRD IMF IV
07ABIDJAN1187	COTE D'IVOIRE: OPA IMPLEMENTATION AT CRITICAL STAGE [...] (C) Summary. Modalities to carry out the identification process were the main subject of the November 18-22 meeting of the OPA Evaluation and Monitoring Committee (CEA). The parties' positions were so irreconcilable that Interior Minister Tagro reportedly abandoned the meeting along with his d [...]	2007-11-28 18:46:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IV
07ABIDJAN12	COTE D'IVOIRE: EDUCATION IN THE FN-HELD NORTH [...] (U) Summary: The efforts to administer the New Forces (NF)-held north by the Ministry of Education are viewed by the FN and academics in the region with suspicion bordering on contempt. EconOfficers visited Bouake and Korhogo, and found that the ongoing public primary school teacher's strike [...]	2007-01-05 15:53:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB IV PGOV KISL USAID
07ABIDJAN1227	SCENESETTER FOR HARKIN CODEL JANUARY 7-9 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan warmly welcomes your visit to Cote d'Ivoire. Yours will be the second recent visit of high-level U.S. government officials, following the November visit of Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte. We believe your visit will be viewed as a sign of increased USG intere [...]	2007-12-14 17:49:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PREL PGOV EAID ELAB EIND IV
07ABIDJAN1238	SCENESETTER FOR HARKIN CODEL JANUARY 7-9 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan warmly welcomes your visit. Yours will be the first visit by a Congressional delegation to Cote d'Ivoire in many years. Senator Harkin and Representative Engle's roles in developing and implementing the international public/private accord (the "Harkin-Engle Protocol" [...]	2007-12-18 18:02:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PREL PGOV EAID ELAB EIND IV
07ABIDJAN1245	OPPOSITION LEADER OUATTARA STILL DOUBTS GBAGBO'S COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: In a December 20, conversation with Ambassador, RDR par leader Ouattara expressed concern about ongoing delays in the deploymen audiences foraines teams, the lack of precision about the identificatio process and the role of technical operator SAGEM. The RDR will be prepa a presiden [...]	2007-12-21 16:53:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID IV
07ABIDJAN128	COTE D'IVOIRE: PEACE EFFORTS CONTINUE BUT REAL [...] (C) Summary. Peace efforts here continue but it is far from clear whether they will bear fruit. Burkina Faso President Compaore, as new Chairman of ECOWAS, has moved quickly to take on a central mediating role in the upcoming direct dialogue between President Gbagbo and rebel New Forces (FN) [...]	2007-02-05 15:13:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC IV
07ABIDJAN14	COTE D'IVOIRE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: Cote d,Ivoire,s economy is projected to increase by 2 percent in 2007, slightly higher than 1.8 percent in 2006. The main contributors of the growth are higher export earnings from oil and refined products, cocoa revenues and proceeds from the telecommunications sector. Despite the [...]	2007-01-05 16:39:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC USTR KTDB ECON ETRD
07ABIDJAN141	COTE D'IVOIRE'S DIRECT DIALOGUE UNFOLDS; [...] Summary. Direct talks between the President's representatives and their New Forces counterparts kicked off in Ouagadougou on February 5. No substantive negotiations were held, but despite this, participants and observers were upbeat. Apparently an agenda for the much-anticipated direct Gba [...]	2007-02-07 14:41:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	IV PGOV PREL
07ABIDJAN147	ABIDJAN'S STRUGGLE TO CONTROL GARBAGE SITUATION [...] (U) After more than four weeks, on January 25th, Prime Minister Banny brokered an agreement with community groups located near Abidjan's municipal dump at Akouedo, permitting the resumption of discharge of the city's waste stream. Prior to this breakthrough, the city had become increasingly f [...]	2007-02-08 13:12:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENIV PREL IV
07ABIDJAN200	COTE D'IVOIRE: IDENTIFICATION PROCEEDING SLOWLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The identification process continues to proceed at a snail's pace. Two courts in Abidjan are issuing both birth certificates and certificates of nationality despite the lack of political agreement on Prime Minister Banny's revised procedures which call for issuing these two docum [...]	2007-02-23 14:42:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IV
07ABIDJAN226	COTE D'IVOIRE: NO VISIBLE PROGRESS IN OUAGADOUGOU [...] (C) Summary. There are no signs of significant progress in the Gbagbo-proposed "direct talks" with rebel New Forces (FN) leader Soro that President Compaore of Burkina Faso is trying to mediate. There has been no face-to-face meeting between the two principals and even their representatives a [...]	2007-03-01 15:42:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC IV
07ABIDJAN227	COTE D'IVOIRE: 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Since a September 2002 coup atempt that evolved into a civil war, Cote d'Ivoir has been partitioned in two with the governmentmaintaining control of the south and the rebel Nw Forces controlling the north. Tensions between he two sides have lessened through internationalmediation effort [...]	2007-03-02 07:35:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	KRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07ABIDJAN256	COTE D'IVOIRE: UNEVENTFUL THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held its 13th meeting in Abidjan March 2. Perhaps the most dramatic moment came when the Communications Minister Delegate briefed the group on the growing pro-Gbagbo bias in the state-owned media since Gbagbo replaced the leadership of both [...]	2007-03-08 16:49:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC IV
07ABIDJAN293	COTE D'IVOIRE: UNHCR PREPARING FOR JUNE DEADLINE [...] Summary: The Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa traveled with Lou Mazel, DCM Monrovia, and Mohamud Osman, USAID/FFP Dakar, from February 25 to March 3 to visit WFP and UNHCR offices in Cote d'Ivoire (Tabou, Guiglo) and Liberia (Harper) and to meet with refugees and [...]	2007-03-19 09:57:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM EAID UNHCR SOCI LI IV
07ABIDJAN298	COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON BUILDING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) EmbOff demarched Ambassador Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoue, Director of the MFA Office of UN and International Organizations, on U.S. concerns related to the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe as described in reftel. Ambassador Boutchoue and the Ivorian government were well aware of the situat [...]	2007-03-20 19:08:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI IV
07ABIDJAN333	NEW FORCES LEADER SORO TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 26 the ex-rebel movement New Forces (NF) announced that it has reached a deal with President Gbagbo's representatives in which NF leader Guillaume Soro will become Prime Minister. Some press reports and NF sources indicate that Gbagbo will issue a decree to this effect t [...]	2007-03-28 07:25:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC IV
07ABIDJAN403	COTE D'IVOIRE: FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 17:30:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UN IV
07ABIDJAN466	SORO PRESIDES OVER GOV'T SEMINAR OUTLINING [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 2nd, following a week-long "pre-seminar" dominated by technocrats, new Prime Minister Guillaume Soro presided over a "governmental seminar in Yamoussoukro to define the way forward regarding each of the elements laid out in the Ouaga Accord of March 4. This included i [...]	2007-05-04 19:22:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IV
07ABIDJAN544	COTE D'IVOIRE: REASSESSING THE UNOCI MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The evolving political and security climate in Cote d'Ivoire in light of the Ouagadougou Political Accord (OPA) and the increasing demands on the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) mission pose the question: what should UNOCI's role be in this fragile security env [...]	2007-05-23 11:53:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL UN IV
07ABIDJAN551	DISARMAMENT OF MILITIAS OFF TO SYMBOLIC START [...] (U) Ivoirian government officials organized a ceremony in the town of Guiglo on May 19 to mark the resumption of the disarmament and demobilization of militias (DDM) in the volatile west of the country. At the ceremony, attended by President Gbagbo, FANCI commander General Mangou, and Acting [...]	2007-05-24 14:13:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KPKO PGOV IV
07ABIDJAN560	COTE D'IVOIRE ELECTRICITY GENERATION FALTERS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Privately-owned national electricity distribution company CIE and the Ministry of Energy and Mines continue to squabble over who is to blame for shortfalls in investments needed to boost natural gas production to meet national and regional energy needs. CIE, owned by French f [...]	2007-05-29 13:19:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON IV PGOV PREL
07ABIDJAN580	PRIME MINISTER'S ADVISERS SAY OUAGA PEACE ACCORD [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Tourism and Prime Minister Soro confidant Sidiki Konate and the PM,s Political Counselor, Adama Bictogo, told selected Ambassadors on June 1 that the implementation of the Ouaga Peace Accord roadmap will move into high gear starting next week with the redeployment of [...]	2007-06-01 19:06:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO IV
07ABIDJAN633	COMPAORE CHAIRS OUAGA ACCORD'S FIRST "PERMANENT [...] (C) Summary. OPA facilitator Compaore hosted the first Permanent Consultative Mechanism (CPC) on June 12, bringing together Gbagbo, Soro, Ouattara and Bedie. Members issued a brief, harmonious press statement that touched on key questions of DDR and dismantlement of the militias, as well a [...]	2007-06-18 18:59:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC IV
07ABIDJAN689	COTE D'IVOIRE, WB AND IMF STAFF CONCLUDE [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank and IMF, working in tandem, finalized a deal on June 27 that would provide financing packages for the post-conflict transition (WB) and emergency budget support (IMF) in exchange for the GoCI paying 50 percent of its WB arrears and adoption of strict fiscal contr [...]	2007-06-28 13:29:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV IMF IBRD IV
07ABIDJAN691	END OF JUNE ASSESSMENT OF OUAGA ACCORD [...] (C) Summary. Implementation of the Ouaga Accord has not moved substantially since the Yamoussoukro CPC (reftel B). The Integrated Command Center is not functioning, the question of military ranks continues to bedevil efforts to begin integrating the militaries and the process of DDR, while [...]	2007-06-29 09:17:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IV
07ABIDJAN755	PRESIDENT GBAGBO AGREES TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on July 11, President Gbagbo stated that he had agreed to an international investigation of the attempt on PM Soro's life "in order to make the Prime Minister happy." To have objected to the investigation would have encouraged unnecessary suspicion in th [...]	2007-07-12 11:02:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	IV PGOV PREL
07ABIDJAN764	COTE D'IVOIRE'S GOVERNMENT DRIFTS AFTER ATTACK ON [...] (C) Summary. Since the March 29 attack on the aircraft carrying Prime Minister Soro, the peace process implementation has been at a near-standstill. Soro and his small team appear knocked off stride (although he could be "playing possum" and proceeding cautiously while recovering his footi [...]	2007-07-13 15:38:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IV
07ABIDJAN781	MOROCCAN CONTINGENT IN ONUCI ACCUSED OF SEXUAL [...] (C) The United Nations Operations in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) made a surprise announcement on Friday, July 20 that the entire 732-strong Moroccan battalion would be confined to barracks due to a number of allegations of sexual misconduct with minors by Moroccan troops. The announcement did not [...]	2007-07-24 16:22:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL UNSC IV
07ABIDJAN803	SORO, FORCES NOUVELLES STAY TIGHT-LIPPED ON [...] (C) Summary. Emboff traveled to Forces Nouvelles stronghold Bouake to meet with key aides to Prime Minister Soro concerning the investigation into who attacked Soro on June 29 (reftel D, C). Soro aide Cisse Sindou said the PM will not comment on who the authors of the attack were until an [...]	2007-08-01 07:47:00	Embassy Abidjan	SECRET	PGOV PREL IV
07ABIDJAN804	SORO, FORCES NOUVELLES STAY TIGHTLIPPED ON AUTHORS [...] (C) Summary. Emboff traveled to Forces Nouvelles stronghold Bouake to meet with key aides to Prime Minister Soro concerning the investigation into who attacked Soro on June 29 (reftel D, C). Soro aide Cisse Sindou said the PM will not comment on who the authors of the attack were until an [...]	2007-08-01 07:47:00	Embassy Abidjan	SECRET	PGOV PREL IV
07ABIDJAN831	COTE D'IVOIRE LIGHTS FLAME OF PEACE [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Cote d'Ivoire held a July 30 "flame of peace" symbolic disarmament ceremony in the Forces Nouvelles stronghold of Bouake. While the ceremony was attended by 7 African heads of state or government, Ivorian opposition leaders Henri Konan Bedie, Alassane Ouattara a [...]	2007-08-09 17:23:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IC
07ABIDJAN832	COTE D'IVOIRE: UNOCI A/SRSG ANALYZES POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Acting United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Abou Moussa underscored to Charge d'Affaires and Poloff August 9 the importance of the "balance" that the U.S. provides on the Ivorian political scene. Moussa said UNOC [...]	2007-08-09 17:28:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IV
07ABIDJAN864	COTE D'IVOIRE: PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES IDENTIFICATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a televised address to the nation on August 6, the eve of Cote d'Ivoire's anniversary of independence, President Gbagbo announced the resumption of the public identification hearings ("audiences foraines"),pledged his commitment to fair, transparent and open elections, and cal [...]	2007-08-17 10:26:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IV KDEM
07ABIDJAN892	COTE D'IVOIRE: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE SEEKS U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Henri Ettien Amoikon, Director of the Minister of Defense's Cabinet, told Poloff August 21 that President Gbagbo told members of the Armed Forces (FANCI - Forces Armees Nationales de Cote d'Ivoire) August 14 that the Ivorian state will pay its year-long arrears of soldiers' bonus [...]	2007-08-23 15:02:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS IV
07ABIDJAN895	ASSESSING THE POLITICAL IMPACT OF THE ONGOING [...] (C) Summary. World Food Program, UNited Nations Operations in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and private business leaders in the "Greater West" region, which straddles the "Green Line" and encompasses the extreme western portion of the former "Zone of Confidence," concur that the situation remains v [...]	2007-08-24 12:01:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID PREL PHUM IV
07ABIDJAN925	COTTON, CASHEWS, TIMBER: MAINSTAYS OF THE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary. Cotton, cashews and forest products are the mainstays of the economy in the North and West, but each sector is experiencing varying levels of difficulty. Cotton production is down by 40 percent since the division of the country in 2002, and both producers and ginning enterpris [...]	2007-09-04 07:20:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR PGOV EAID ETRD SENV IV
07ABIDJAN927	COTE D IVOIRE: OUATTARA ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY [...] (U) Former Ivorian Prime Minister and long-time President of the Rassemblement des Republicains (RDR) party Alassane Ouattara announced his candidacy for the Ivorian presidential election during an August 25 speech in Paris to RDR supporters in Europe. (Note: the date of the election has not [...]	2007-09-04 07:45:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IV
07ABIDJAN997	STATELESSNESS IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (SBU) Summary. Refugee Office Program Assistant participated in a September 13 trip organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Ministry of Justice to the towns of Meagui and Soube in western Cote d'Ivoire. The purpose of the trip was to exami [...]	2007-09-25 17:11:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL SOCI IV
07ABUDHABI1015	JUNE 11 U.S.-UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION TASK FORCE [...] (S) Summary: Department of State International Security and Nonproliferation/Counterproliferation Initiatives (ISN/CPI) Director Tony Foley led an interagency delegation to the June 11 US-UAE Counterproliferation Task Force (CTF) working groups meetings in Abu Dhabi to discuss questions relate [...]	2007-06-19 08:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PARM PGOV ETTC ETRD ECIN AE IR
07ABUDHABI1021	WILL UAE ENERGY NEEDS PROMPT IRAN-UAE GAS DEAL? [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Iran has expressed interest in improving energy cooperation with the UAE and has had "on again off again" discussions with the Emirate of Abu Dhabi about gas purchase agreements. However, Abu Dhabi authorities are skeptical about the reliability of the Iranians [...]	2007-06-20 10:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL ECON IR AE
07ABUDHABI103	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY BURNS TO [...] Summary: Print and electronic media gave extensive coverage to the visit of Under Secretary Nicolas Burns to the UAE January 22-23. 2007. The Arabic and English print media prominently carried photos and news agency story of Ambassador Burns meeting with Mohammed Bin Rashid (1/23) and Moha [...]	2007-01-25 13:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1157	ECONOMY MINISTER SHEIKHA LUBNA ON IPR, TIFA PLUS [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 10, Ambassador and Econchief met with UAE Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi to follow-up on the June 29 TIFA plus meeting in Washington. Sheikha Lubna told Ambassador that she thought that it was an "excellent meeting." She expressed interest in deepening the [...]	2007-07-11 13:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR AE
07ABUDHABI1273	UAE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HAZZA DISCUSSES [...] (S/NF) Summary: On July 29, UAE National Security Advisor Sheikh Hazza and USSC LtG Dayton discussed efforts to support the Palestinian Authority. USSC Dayton urged the UAE to coordinate its security assistance efforts with the USG and stated that he would be coordinating Palestinian security [...]	2007-07-30 10:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	KPAL MASS MARR PTER IS IR AE
07ABUDHABI1286	POTENTIAL ARMS SALES: STRENGTHENING UAE DEFENSIVE [...] (S) Summary. On July 31 Ambassador met with DCM, USLO Chief, and DATT to review UAE top priorities for upcoming potential military sales under the framework of the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). We discussed which of the proposed systems would be most feasible both to enhance UAE capacity for [...]	2007-08-01 09:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PTER MOPS MASS KNNP IR AE
07ABUDHABI1292	SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT TO UAE BY U/S BURNS AND U/S [...] (S) U/S Burns and U/S Levey: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your upcoming visit to the UAE. Your meetings with UAE's leaders come at a time when their attention is focused on U.S. policy in the Middle East and what this might mean to the UAE in the context of the violence in Iraq and Ira [...]	2007-08-01 13:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR LE AE
07ABUDHABI1338	ABU DHABI GOVERNMENT UNVEILS ITS "POLICY AGENDA 2007-2008" [...] (U) Ambassadors and Charges of foreign embassies in Abu Dhabi were called to a meeting on August 6 at the Emirates Palace Hotel for a roll-out on its new "Emirate of Abu Dhabi Policy Agenda 2007-2008." Diplomats were given a half-hour powerpoint presentation followed by brief Q&A on the Abu Dha [...]	2007-08-09 14:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SCUL SOCI AE
07ABUDHABI1377	ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE SENIOR ADVISOR REVIEWS [...] (C) CODEL Graham (Sen. Lindsey Graham, Rep. Henry Wood, and Rep. Robert Ingilis -- all R-SC) discussed Iran, Iraq, and economic issues August 12 with Yousef al-Otaiba, International Affairs Director for Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ). Citing the mutual benefits of UAE invest [...]	2007-08-16 15:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF ETRD IZ AE
07ABUDHABI1389	(S//NF) IN TOUR OF THE HORIZON WITH U/S LEVEY, UAE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-19 13:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PARM AE IR
07ABUDHABI1413	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ AND THE U.S. OCCUPATION; REPORT ON [...] SUMMARY: A UAE writer in "Al-Khaleej" opines that America has become bored as a result of its failure to accomplish its objectives in Iraq. "Al-Khaleej" does not believe that dragging other countries, such as Britain, the U.N. and recently France, into Iraq will help solve the Iraqi crisis an [...]	2007-08-23 13:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI1539	MIXED PICTURE FROM ACTIVISTS ON UAE ANTI-TIP [...] (C) Summary: Recent conversations with Ansar Burney (head of a Pakistani trust who focuses on the camel jockey issue in the UAE) and Sharla Musabih (who runs a shelter for abused women in Dubai),highlight the complex nature of the TIP problem in the UAE, as well as positive yet limited offi [...]	2007-09-13 13:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB UN AE
07ABUDHABI1852	FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH,S VISIT TO UAE SCORES PUBLIC [...] (U) In an historic October 21-23 visit to the United Arab Emirates, First Lady of the United States Laura Bush scored a public diplomacy victory while helping to launch the first nation-wide UAE campaign for breast cancer awareness. Mrs. Bush was hosted for a gala luncheon by the "Mother of t [...]	2007-11-06 13:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL KMPI KDEM AE
07ABUDHABI1998	UAE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES [...] Summary: the UAE, the second largest economy in the Arab World, is in the midst of aggressive economic development. Dubai is building high profile luxury projects such as the "Palms" and the world's tallest skyscraper, the Burj Dubai. On November 19, 2007, Amman ESTH Hub Officer visited Abu [...]	2007-12-13 13:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EAID PGOV AE
07ABUDHABI218	MUSIC VIDEO ON SUFFERING OF IRAQI NATION -- WITH LYRICS [...] (SBU) Summary: A music video on the suffering of the Iraqi nation with lyrics attributed to Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MbR),the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, is currently making the rounds in the Middle East. The video, implicitly critical of U.S [...]	2007-02-11 13:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PROP PTER IZ AE
07ABUDHABI276	SCENESETTER FOR A/S ROOD: THE US-UAE [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Rood, Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE for the third meeting of the US-UAE Counterproliferation Task Force (CTF) on March 1. The UAE CTF Chair, Brigadier General Mohammad Al Qemzi -- Dubai's General Department of State Security Direc [...]	2007-02-15 14:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	AE ETTC IR PGOV PREL
07ABUDHABI280	SCENESETTER FOR A/S ROOD: THE US-UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Rood, Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE for the third meeting of the US-UAE Counterproliferation Task Force (CTF) on March 1. The UAE CTF Chair, Brigadier General Mohammad Al Qemzi -- Dubai's General Department of State Security Direct [...]	2007-02-19 04:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	AE ETTC IR PGOV PREL
07ABUDHABI324	UAE OFFICIALS SIGN AGREEMENT FOR $300 MILLION LOAN TO [...] (U) On February 20, 2007, the UAE signed an agreement to extend a $300 million "easy-term" loan to Lebanon, which the UAE pledged at the January 25 Paris donors' conference. According to local press reports, the loan will be repayable in 20 years at a 2.5 percent interest rate plus 0.5 percent [...]	2007-02-25 14:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM LE AE
07ABUDHABI33	MEDIA REACTION: EXECUTION OF SADDAM/RICE'S VISIT TO MIDDLE [...] Summary: A UAE columnist in "Al-Khaleej" discussed the losses born by Bush: "Though pleased with Saddam's execution, Bush will be very disappointed when the American project in Iraq fails." "Al-Khaleej" front page described Rice's visit to Palestine as "a bribe" to get Arabs "to support the [...]	2007-01-10 10:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUDHABI368	UAE 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of April 2006 through March 2007. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of reftel paragraphs 27-30. Embassy TIP point o [...]	2007-03-05 15:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE
07ABUDHABI395	ANTI-BOYCOTT TEAM WORKS WITH UAEG OFFICIALS [...] (U) Summary: On March 5, Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) officials Edward Weant and Fred Davidson, Department of State official Danielle Monosson, and Econoff met with Ministry of Economy (MOE) officials Undersecretary Abdullah Al-Saleh and Legal Advisor Issa Baddo [...]	2007-03-08 13:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KBCT AL IS AE
07ABUDHABI421	MINSTER OF ECONOMY SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 13:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD PREL PGOV PARM IR AE
07ABUDHABI422	MARCH 1 US-UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION TASK FORCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 13:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PARM PGOV ETTC ETRD ECIN AE IR
07ABUDHABI524	UAE HOSTS 4TH INTERNATIONAL HAWALAS CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary. On March 18 and 19, 2007, at the Fourth International Conference on Hawalas the UAE Central Bank (CB) stressed the importance to poor workers of hawalas, and the need to regulate without being overly burdensome and expensive. In the UAE there are 215 registered Hawaladars, each [...]	2007-03-28 12:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KTFN ECON PTER AE
07ABUDHABI539	UPDATE ON ABU DHABI'S ENERGY PLANS [...] (U) This message contains business proprietary information. 2. (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi's near term focus will be to develop its gas reserves, both through its sour gas project and a pipeline to bring offshore gas onshore. The goal would be to double the current billion cubic feet per day th [...]	2007-04-01 10:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EPE ENRG ECON IR AE
07ABUDHABI705	NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ -- UAE [...] (S) Although the UAEG expresses concern over the continued violence in Iraq and has been a supporter of efforts to calm sectarian violence and support a moderate secular leadership, Post does not believe the UAE will contribute military resources to the President's new strategy in Iraq. The UA [...]	2007-04-29 13:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ AE
07ABUDHABI728	(S) SHIPMENT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN- UAE RESPONSE [...] (S) Summary: On May 2, Econchief and DHS/ICE Dubai delivered reftel demarche to the MFA and to Dubai Customs. The MFA conveyed instructions to Dubai authorities to investigate. The ship arrived in Dubai the afternoon of May 2, but we do not yet have an estimated time of departure. The MFA ha [...]	2007-05-02 13:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC IR CH AE
07ABUDHABI731	UAE RED CRESCENT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO AFRICA [...] SUMMARY: During January 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007, the UAE Red Crescent Society (RCS),the main quasi-government charity, provided USD 13.36 million in humanitarian assistance to Africa, according to official figures received from the RCS. This assistance included: miscellaneous relief USD 3.5 [...]	2007-05-03 07:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM MOPS PREL XF SO IZ AF AE
07ABUDHABI956	AFGHAN DEFMIN WARDAK MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (S) Summary: On June 8, Afghan Minister of Defense General Wardak told Ambassador that Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan has informed President Karzai that the UAE would donate nine Mi-19 helicopters to Afghanistan. General Wardak has passed the UAE and other donor c [...]	2007-06-10 12:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	MASS MOPS MCAP PREL AF AE
07ABUDHABI96	UAE DRAFT EXPORT CONTROL LAW OUT FOR COMMENT [...] (C/NF) In spite of longstanding U.S. urging, the UAEG still has no export control law. At the end of last year, UAE officials told us that they have an omnibus draft export-import law being finalized, which included a section on strategic trade controls. According to MinEcon Under Secretary [...]	2007-01-24 12:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC PARM PREL KSTC AE
07ABUDHABI97	U/S BURNS' JANUARY 22 MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE [...] (S) Summary. UAE FM Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) sketched for U/S Burns his impressions during a January 9 visit to Tehran. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ) in a wide-ranging discussion expressed strong reservations about free elections in the Middle East, stating that greater democra [...]	2007-01-24 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER KPAL ETTC IZ IR IS SY LE AE

07ABUJA1081	NIGERIAN REQUEST FOR A MEETING BY PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA WITH [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's Ambassador to the U.S., George Obiozor and President Yar'Adua's Special Advisor Benjamin Ademola "Danny" Adebiyi meet with the Ambassador at their request on May 31. They asked that President Bush meet with President Yar'Adua, "if only for two minutes" on the margins [...]	2007-06-01 08:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
07ABUJA1091	NIGERIA: LABOR/CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES ON INAUGURATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A two-day nationwide strike to protest the outcome of the April elections had limited impact on the Nigerian political situation. While there were no street protests in Abuja, police in Lagos and Benin City disrupted rallies by members of the Labor and Civil Society Coalition ( [...]	2007-06-01 12:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KLAB NI
07ABUJA122	NIGERIA: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) The following information is Nigeria's 2007 Investment Climate Statement. Overview -------- With an estimated population of 140 million, Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest domest [...]	2007-01-19 10:20:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB EINV ETRD EFIN OPIC USTR NI
07ABUJA1302	NIGERIA: NATIONAL LABOR STRIKE -- SITREP #1 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) initiated a national labor strike at midnight on the morning on June 20. Oil companies report that essential personnel have reported for work and there is no impact as of yet on production. Airports closed in Abuj [...]	2007-06-20 13:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM ENRG EAIR NI
07ABUJA1327	NIGERIAN ISLAMIC LEADERSHIP RELUCTANTLY SUPPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met on June 19 with the Secretary General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Dr. Lateef Adegbite to discuss Nigerian Islamic leadership support for President Yar'Adua and Nigeria's participation in the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),[...]	2007-06-22 13:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KISL NI
07ABUJA1434	NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA'S INITIAL ANTI-CORRUPTION RECORD [...] (C) SUMMARY. With just over one month in office, President Umaru Musa Yar'adua made history when he released his declaration of assets to the public, gaining praise for his transparency and setting a high marker for other public officials. However, other of his decisions raise the question o [...]	2007-07-06 08:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR NI
07ABUJA151	2007 BUDGET UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: On January 8, 2007, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) held a briefing discussing the 2007 budget. President Obasanjo submitted the budget to the National Assembly (NA) on October 11, 2006 and it was passed on December 20, 2006. The budget cycle for the GON is by calendar year and this i [...]	2007-01-24 10:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON NI
07ABUJA1535	EFCC ARRESTS FORMER GOVERNORS [...] (U) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested four former governors on allegations of money laundering, diversion of public funds for private use, conspiracy to steal, and abuse of office. Former governors Orji Kalu of Abia State and Saminu Turaki of Jigawa State were [...]	2007-07-18 13:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCOR NI
07ABUJA1545	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S END OF TOUR OBSERVATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In Africa, Nigeria has been indispensable to the U.S. It supplies a growing percentage of our oil and gas, is the site of our second largest investment on the continent (albeit almost solely in oil and gas),and, with up to one-quarter of the population of sub-Saharan Africa, it [...]	2007-07-20 06:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
07ABUJA1593	CONFLICT CONTINUES ON BENUE-TARABA BORDER [...] Since renewed fighting began along the Benue-Taraba boundary five weeks ago, no fewer than twenty people have died and at least five villages have been razed. For decades the Tivs and Jukuns, the two ethnic groups residing along the border, have engaged in intermittent fighting and there is p [...]	2007-07-26 09:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF NI
07ABUJA1607	NIGERIA: DOMESTIC ENERGY SECTOR IN TRANSITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nigeria's power sector was in transition and the World Bank was integrally involved in this process, according to World Bank (WB) Energy Specialist Waqar Haider. He identified three aspects to the transition: unbundling the Nigerian Electric Power Authority (NEPA); regulatory fun [...]	2007-07-26 14:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV EAID NI
07ABUJA1671	NORTHERN VIEWS ON YAR'ADUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Influential northern Nigerians remain split over whether the May 29 inauguration of President Umaru Yar'Adua, a northern Hausa-Fulani Muslim from Katsina state, may portend a change of fortune for the North. His northern extraction is overshadowed for many by the manner in which [...]	2007-08-03 12:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI NI
07ABUJA1693	YAR'ADUA LAWYER ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TRIBUNAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a conversation with PolOff that appeared at times incongruent and contradictory, Kabiru Turaki, a member of the legal team representing President Yar'Adua in the on-going Presidential Election Tribunal, averred that all petitions against the President would be jettisoned for la [...]	2007-08-07 14:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI
07ABUJA1793	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC REFORMS PHASE TWO [...] Summary. Phase two of financial sector reforms in Nigeria continue with a new monetary policy (redenominating the naira by August 1, 2008); inflation fighting measures (targeting framework implementation by January 1, 2009),improved liquidity management (commencing September 2007, disbursemen [...]	2007-08-17 12:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN NI
07ABUJA1828	NIGERIA: BANKING CONSOLIDATION SECOND WAVE [...] Summary. The second wave of banking consolidation is underway with a large portion of the banking community under-banked. By the end of 2007 at least 7 banks will have share capital in excess of $1 billion and ten with over $2 billion. Banks are raising additional capital in both the domest [...]	2007-08-23 09:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
07ABUJA1954	THE FOURTH AND FINAL IMF REVIEW OF NIGERIA'S PSI [...] (SBU) Summary. In its fourth Nigeria review, the IMF will recommend a positive outcome and noted satisfaction with overall macroeconomic figures. The third review had a few benchmarks that were not met, one of which questioned a $200 million loan from the Chinese Export Import Bank. Data from [...]	2007-09-10 13:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON EPET PINR NI
07ABUJA1973	GON WILL CONSIDER DEBT RELIEF FOR LIBERIA [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 12, 2007 Ambassador Gribbin, accompanied by EconCouns and EconOff, delivered reftel demarche to the Minister of State for Finance, Aderemi Babalola. Babalola said the GON would consider the USG request that Nigeria forgive $44 million in arrears that Liberia owes t [...]	2007-09-12 14:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET LI NI PREL
07ABUJA2020	NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S WORLD VIEW [...] (C) Summary. Chief Ojo Maduekwe, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs for Nigeria, has a long history of involvement in politics, where he is a survivor, as well as some involvement with foreign relations. Since taking over the helm of the ministry in late July 2007, he has pontificated to the d [...]	2007-09-17 13:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NI
07ABUJA2108	NIGERIA - 2008 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] (U) Country: Nigeria Current AGOA Status: Eligible 2. (U) Country Background Summary: Estimated population of 140 million. 2005 GNI was $74.2 billion; 2005 GNI per capita was $560 (World Bank 2006 Data). Nigeria continues to struggle to consolidate democracy during handover from civili [...]	2007-10-02 12:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA ECON NI
07ABUJA2232	NIGERIA'S PDP - WHEN IS A PARTY NOT A PARTY? [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ruling Nigerian Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) cannot be viewed as a political party within the common western understanding. Like velveeta cheese, the labeling claims it is a party, but upon further inspection, it lacks key ingredients most political parties share. This i [...]	2007-10-19 16:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
07ABUJA2260	THE LEBANESE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary. The majority of the wealthy Lebanese business community left Nigeria during the military period and only remnants remain. Successive poorly planned and executed government policies, such as government subsidies and import bans, have hurt local industries. The Nigerian mining s [...]	2007-10-24 13:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EMIN ENRG PGOV NI
07ABUJA2330	WATER- A CHERISHED COMMODITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary. The Hadelia Jama'are River Basin Development Authority (HJRBDA) covers over 45,000 square kilometers with the potential to irrigate 212,000 hectares in Kano, Bauch and Jigawa states. Agriculture is a big driver of Nigerian economic performance representing nearly 41% of GDP and [...]	2007-11-02 11:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO SENV PGOV SOCI NI
07ABUJA2333	NIGERIAN PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA: "GO-SLOW" BY NATURE? [...] (C) Polcouns and Poloffs met November 2 with Kabiru Turaki (strictly protect),a distinguished private practice lawyer with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and a member of the legal team handling President Yar'Adua's defense at the presidential election tribunal. Though Turaki p [...]	2007-11-05 12:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NI
07ABUJA2369	NIGERIA 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The following information is Nigeria's 2008 National Trade Estimate. Trade Summary ------------- 2. The U.S. goods trade deficit with Nigeria was $25.7 billion in 2006, an increase of $3.1 billion from $22.6 billion in 2005. U.S. goods exports in 2006 were $2.2 billion, up 37.6 percent [...]	2007-11-13 12:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN NI
07ABUJA2398	NIGERIA: DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING AT MINISTRY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 12, 2007 meeting at the Ministry of Defense, Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte and Minister of Defense Alhaji Mahmud Yayale Ahmed affirmed common goals on defense- and peacekeeping-related matters. Minister Ahmed indicated that the GON was moving forward on p [...]	2007-11-16 12:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MASS PGOV PREL NI
07ABUJA2416	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 15:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIA NI
07ABUJA2417	NIGERIA: 2008 BUDGET SHIFT TO INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) Summary: President Umar Musa Yar'adua presented to the National Assembly (NA) his 2008 federal government budget of $21.11 billion (2.47 trillion naira - exchange rate of 117 naira to one dollar) on November 8. The 2008 budget is a 6.5% increase from 2007 budget. The 2008 budget is nearl [...]	2007-11-19 15:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV NI
07ABUJA2439	NIGERIA: SEEKS INCREASED COOPERATION DURING INL [...] (SBU) Summary. During INL Assitant Secretary (A/S) Thomas Schweich,s November 4-6 visit to Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria, GON Law Enforcement Officials expressed a strong interest in increasing bilateral cooperation and an equally strong desire for a strengthened relationship in order to tackle th [...]	2007-11-26 15:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM KJUS ECON PGOV SNAR NI
07ABUJA2450	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NIGERIAN NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigerian National Security Advisor Mukhtar welcomed Deputy Secretary Negroponte's November 12 visit as USG recognition of Nigeria's importance and the Yar'Adua government's efforts to correct problems associated with the April 2007 elections. Mukhtar described the GoN's efforts to [...]	2007-11-28 06:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR MASS EPET KPKO KCRIM NI
07ABUJA2481	BUHARI'S LAWYER REMAINS CONFIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mike Ahamba (strictly protect),lead counsel for General Buhari, remains confident that the presidential election will be annulled. He said INEC was "incredibly sloppy" and left a paper trail of fraudulent results sheets at all stages of vote tabulation. Ahamba believes that IN [...]	2007-11-30 13:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
07ABUJA2523	NIGERIA: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 08:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA PHUM NI
07ABUJA2546	NIGERIA COMMEMORATES WORLD AIDS DAY [...] Summary: The HIV infection rate in Nigeria is estimated to be 4.4% or 3.9 million inhabitants with the most vulnerable the 20-24 year age group along with an estimated 930,000 orphans. The USG is the largest bilateral donor at $304 million for 2007 and holds the donor coordination chairmanshi [...]	2007-12-11 10:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAID KPAO SOCI PGOV NI
07ABUJA263	DPP'S BAFARAWA ON CAMPAIGN, POLITICAL BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Sokoto State Governor Attahiru Bafarawa offered his take on the presidential race, his own campaign as the Democratic Peoples' Party (DPP) candidate, and widening his political base of support to include northern Christians. Bafarawa [...]	2007-02-12 11:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA44	NIGERIA CENSUS RESULTS - STATUS QUO MAINTAINED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nigerian National Population Commission (NPC) released the first census in 15 years. The census tabulations affirmed conventional wisdom that the majority of the population is in the 17 northern states - 75 million compared to 65 million in the southern states. The largest [...]	2007-01-10 15:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KDEM ECON PGOV EAID NI
07ABUJA565	NIGERIA: SENATE COMMITTEE INDICTS PRESIDENT, V.P. [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Senate Review Committee looking into the activities of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund released its report recommending both President Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku be referred to the Code of Conduct Bureau for further action in relation to illegal approval of d [...]	2007-03-23 08:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR NI
07ABUJA603	Avian Influenza -- State and DOD Contacts [...] For G/AIAG Hollis Summers Embassy Nigeria Contacts on Avian Influenza State: Economic Counselor Necia Quast E-mail: QuastNL@state.gov Phone: 234-9-461-4119 Department of Defense: Office of Defense Cooperation ODC Chief Luis Perozo E-mail: PerozoL@state.gov Phone: 234-9-461-4168 [...]	2007-03-28 16:15:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAGR EAID NI
07ABUJA608	NIGERIA: FALLING BEHIND MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS [...] Summary. Nigeria is not on track to meet its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) due to a lack of policy coordination between the federal, state and local governments. A major impediment is the lack of staff available to implement and monitor MDG projects. The Government of Nigeria (GON) ha [...]	2007-03-29 11:02:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV NI
07ABUJA628	NIGERIA'S ECONOMY ON THE EVE OF ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of elections, from some angles Nigeria's economic performance looks impressive: low debt, high reserves, strong export earnings, stable inflation, GDP per capita up, strong non-oil sector growth, improved budget management, and increasingly modern banking all form the b [...]	2007-03-30 14:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN ENRG EAID SOCI NI
07ABUJA630	A SUMMARY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Political violence has increased over the past several months and many fear this trend will only worsen before the April elections. The driving force is a desire to capture power and control of state resources at all costs. Nigeria,s rampant corruption and patronage-based system support [...]	2007-03-30 15:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA709	NIGERIAN GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS - SITREP 3 [...] SUMMARY: The appointed hour for the close of polls has passed, but many polling stations remain open. Throughout the country, the elections were delayed for a minimum of two hours and in some places polling did not begin until after 1400 hrs., primarily due to absence of voting materials. I [...]	2007-04-14 19:27:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA746	OBSERVATION OF GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS: A REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A single characterization of the April 14 gubernatorial and state assembly elections across Nigeria's six geopolitical zones is impossible. Observations cover the full range -- from parts of Enugu and the Niger Delta regions where elections were simply never held, to some areas [...]	2007-04-19 15:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA757	NIGERIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - SITREP 1 [...] (U) SUMMARY: General balloting in Nigeria's Presidential and National Assembly elections is yet to get underway as of 1130 local time. Some stations report a few ballots cast, but others report only the potential for balloting later in the day. No serious security incidents reported at th [...]	2007-04-21 12:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA786	AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT OF THE 2007 NIGERIA ELECTIONS [...] (S) Summary: Nigeria's April 14 (governors and state legislators) and April 21 (the Presidency and the National Assembly) elections were characterized by logistical and procedural shortcomings and by fraud. The announced results of the presidential, gubernatorial and Assembly races cannot be [...]	2007-04-25 15:34:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA820	ACF UNHAPPILY ACCEPTS THE ELECTIONS [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: PolOffs met with Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Chairman Chief Sunday Awoniyi at his Abuja residence on April 26. The Kaduna-based ACF is an umbrella organization advocating the political, economic, and cultural interests of the 19 states constituting northern Nigeria. Wh [...]	2007-04-30 13:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA847	NIGERIA: APRIL 28 MAKE-UP ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) continued its near-sweep of state and national races after this weekend's rescheduled elections, which were held in select parts of 27 states. Previous state or national elections in these locations were either not held on the 14th o [...]	2007-05-02 10:02:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NI
07ABUJA922	NIGERIA'S ELECTION TRIBUNALS - LAST HOPE OR CATCH [...] (C) SUMMARY. As international and domestic observers hang their hopes for redemption of Nigeria's electoral process on the electoral tribunals and their hearing of appeals, new concerns emerge regarding the timeliness of convening the tribunals and the ability of petitioners to meet the strin [...]	2007-05-11 13:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KREL NI ELECTIONS
07ACCRA1029	GHANA ON NIGERIA'S ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The GOG has largely remained quiet about the recent elections in Nigeria. President Kufuor urged &extreme restraint8 at one point but has said little else publicly. Most Ghanaian contacts want to accept the outcome and move on, hoping that elections will improve next time. Close p [...]	2007-05-09 12:58:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH NI PGOV PREL
07ACCRA1033	UPDATE ON KRISAN REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a May 4 visit to Krisan Camp, Ref Coord noted relatively good morale, better access to potable water, and no incidents of sexual- or gender-based violence. There was still no lighting at night and the Camp Clinic has experienced occasional shortages of medication. Reset [...]	2007-05-09 17:41:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM GH
07ACCRA1037	UNEASY CALM IN GHANA'S DAGBON CONFLICT [...] (SBU) Summary: An uneasy calm remains over Ghana,s conflict-prone Northern Region. Last April, the two arguing claimants to the Dagbon chieftaincy agreed to bury their chief (Ya-Na) who was murdered in 2002. However, the next step to selecting a new chief -- the Ya-Na's funeral -- remains on [...]	2007-05-10 14:08:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH PGOV PHUM
07ACCRA1094	AVIAN INFLUENZA (H5N1) OUTBREAK IN GHANA [...] (U) Summary: Ghana confirmed its first case of H5N1 on April 28, 2007. Since then, the GoG has done a significant amount of work to manage and contain the epidemic. To date there are four confirmed outbreak locations, all in Tema municipality (approximately 20-25 km east of Accra). No huma [...]	2007-05-16 16:15:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH KFLU MARR MASS CASC
07ACCRA1096	Health Workers Strike: Over but not Forgotten [...] Summary: Health workers, with the exception of medical doctors, called a nationwide strike over wages beginning April 30. The GoG declared the strike illegal but with two exceptions, public hospitals were reduced to a skeleton crew, or less, with little or no service provision. The strike w [...]	2007-05-16 16:16:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EFIN SOCI GH
07ACCRA1247	GHANA'S OPPOSITION NDC ON ELECTION 2008 AND [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs recently met separately with four leaders from the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party. They expressed familiar concerns about implementation of a bill allowing expatriate Ghanaians to vote and were worried about the example set by the recent flawe [...]	2007-06-05 07:30:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH MOPS PGOV PREL
07ACCRA1375	UNSC DISCUSSIONS IN GHANA [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 18, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and other members of the UN Security Council visited Ghana as part of a five-day African tour. They met as a group with Foreign Minster Nana Akufo-Addo and President John Kufuor. Akufo-Addo was encouraged by recent progress in Sudan and [...]	2007-06-20 17:06:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH PGOV PREL SO SU AU UNSC KPKO
07ACCRA1412	GHANA'S PRESIDENT FORCES RESIGNATION OF KEY [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 23, President Kufuor gave all ministers aspiring to run for president until early July to resign. Four ministers have already submitted resignations, while five others (including the Foreign Minister and Minister of Trade and Industry) are expected to resign soon. The [...]	2007-06-25 17:44:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD GH PGOV PREL
07ACCRA1437	GHANAâ€™S NEW NARCOTICS DIRECTOR, GROWING [...] (C) Summary: On June 13, Polchief and Pol FSN met with Ben Botwe, who recently took over from Major General Richardson Baiden as the Acting Executive Director of Ghana's Narcotics Control Board (NCB). Botwe is preparing a budget for urgent funding priorities and wants to build a stronger relationsh [...]	2007-06-28 17:41:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
07ACCRA1455	PDAS THOMAS-GREENFIELD MEETS WITH AFRICAN LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: PDAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield, head of the U.S. delegation to the 28-July 2 African Union Summit in Accra, held bilateral meetings on the margins of the Summit with the Foreign Ministers of Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Botswana, as well as with the Presidents of Lib [...]	2007-07-03 16:02:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	BF BO ER ET GH JA LI PREL RW SO SU TZ UG
07ACCRA1461	PDAS THOMAS-GREENFIELD MEETS WITH AU PEACE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 30, on the margins of the June 28-July 2 African Union Summit in Accra, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa Linda Thomas-Greenfield met with AU Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit. They agreed with the need to coordinate AU and UN documents on Su [...]	2007-07-03 16:11:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ER ET GH PREL SO SU
07ACCRA1662	GHANAIAN RESPONSE ON ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHE ON UNSC [...] On August 2, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Worwornyo Agyemang, Acting Director of the Bureau for International Organizations and Conferences at the MFA. Agyemang thanked us for the information and said that she would relay it to her superiors. BRIDGEWATER [...]	2007-08-07 14:59:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL DR GH
07ACCRA1663	INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF [...] On August 2, poloff delivered reftel information to Worwornyo Agyemang, Acting Director of the Bureau for International Organizations and Conferences at the MFA. Agyemang thanked us for the information and said she would pass the information to her superiors. BRIDGEWATER [...]	2007-08-07 15:00:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL GH
07ACCRA1664	GHANA SUPPORTS UNESCO RESOLUTION [...] On August 2, poloff delivered reftel talking points and information to Worwornyo Agyemang, Acting Director of the Bureau of International Organizations and Conferences at the MFA. Agyemang said that while Ghana supported the UNESCO resolution, she would have to confer with her superiors in the [...]	2007-08-07 15:05:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO GH
07ACCRA1713	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL PAYNE [...] Ambassador Bridgewater warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Hon. Donald Payne (D-NJ) and Mr. Ted Dagne to travel to Ghana August 22-24. The purpose of the visit is to meet with government officials and discuss regional and country specific issues. 2. Point of Contact: The C [...]	2007-08-14 09:33:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GH
07ACCRA1791	GHANA'S ENERGY CRISIS: DAM AT CRITICAL LEVEL; EMERGENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of cables on Ghana's energy sector. The first, ref A, provided background on the crisis and near-term remedial measures. The second, ref B, focused primarily on the impact of the crisis on the mining sector. This cable provides an update on the crisis [...]	2007-08-24 13:42:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG GH
07ACCRA1819	GEN WARD MEETS WITH NEW DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On August 6, newly installed Minister of Defense Albert Kan-Dapaah told General William E. Ward, Deputy Commander of European Command and Presidential Designate for Commander of Africa Command (AFRICOM) that he looks forward to increased cooperation with the U.S. In a separate mee [...]	2007-08-29 16:45:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PGOV PREL GH
07ACCRA1893	GHANA'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SIERRA LEONE [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, on September 6 Charge spoke to D.K. Osei, President Kufuor's Foreign Policy Advisor, to convey USG concerns over tensions surrounding the run-off presidential elections in Sierra Leone, and to seek a statement from President Kufuor in his capacity as head of the Afr [...]	2007-09-06 16:14:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SL GH
07ACCRA1908	GHANA ON SEEKING A UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-10 15:04:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC
07ACCRA1962	GHANA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) On August 27, the "Ghanaian Observer," a private daily newspaper, published a leaked survey in which the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) asked participants nationwide who they supported in the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) race to succeed President Kufuor. The report has raised publ [...]	2007-09-18 15:38:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL GH
07ACCRA2118	DEMARCHE REQUEST: U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 17:02:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN AORC PHUM SOCI GH
07ACCRA2119	SEEKING A FORMAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 17:04:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNSC GH
07ACCRA2140	GOG NOT DOING ENOUGH TO COMBAT NARCOTICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent discussions with Ghanaian officials and Western diplomats paint a disappointing picture of the Ghanaian Government,s efforts to combat its increasing problem with illegal narcotics trafficking. Several GOG officials and others question whether Ghana,s leadership appreciates the [...]	2007-10-09 13:25:00	Embassy Accra	SECRET	PGOV SNAR PINR PREL GH
07ACCRA2144	GHANA'S PRESIDENCY OF THE UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Ghana assumed the Presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the month of October, we expect its focus to be Africa centered, particularly as it relates to peace and security. According to Ghanaian officials, their agenda will likely include Sudan, Somalia, the Ethiopian [...]	2007-10-10 08:58:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS GH
07ACCRA2273	RECENT NARCOTICS ARREST HAS GHANAIAN DRUG BARONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ghanaian criminal community is reeling after the well-publicized October 22 arrest of two Afghan nationals for narcotics trafficking (reftel),according to police and other contacts. Contacts have said the drug "barons" were very surprised to learn that DEA was actively conduc [...]	2007-10-25 16:43:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC SNAR PREL PGOV PINR KCRM GH AF
07ACCRA2385	Ghana - National Trade Estimate 2008 [...] Summary. This cable contains Embassy Ghana's submission for the 2008 National Trade Estimate Report. As instructed reftel, a copy in Word format was submitted via e-mail to USTR. End Summary. 2. Begin Text of National Trade Estimate: TRADE SUMMARY ------------- (Not updated, per r [...]	2007-11-09 07:58:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN ECON GH
07ACCRA2420	FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR MEETS WITH BNI, GHANA POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on November 9 with the Director of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and Ghana Police officials, FBI Deputy Director John Pistole emphasized the importance of mutual cooperation to more effectively combat transnational crime. The Director of BNI told [...]	2007-11-16 11:28:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM PINR GH
07ACCRA2506	GHANA: UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 07:20:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV UNGA GH
07ACCRA2586	THE LEADING NPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Only one more day remains in the race to select the next New Patriotic Party Presidential candidate for the 2008 election. In this two part series, Post will take a closer look at the leading candidates for the NPP's nomination and septel will focus on the internal dynamics infl [...]	2007-12-21 12:26:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM GH
07ACCRA27	PRESIDENT KUFUOR SIGNS CONDOLENCE BOOK FOR [...] Ghanaian President John Agyekum Kufuor came to the Embassy January 4 to sign the condolence book opened in memory of the late former President Gerald R. Ford. President Kufuor wrote: "On behalf of the government and people of the Republic of Ghana, I express condolences to the government and [...]	2007-01-05 11:58:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH PGOV PREL
07ACCRA474	GHANA AT 50: U.S.-GHANA RELATIONS [...] (U) Summary: This is the fifth in a series of scene setter cables focusing on Ghana at 50. Despite periods of friction in our relations, Ghana and the U.S. have had strong, positive ties for the past decade and are now at an all-time high. Ghana is a reliable, democratic partner for the U.S [...]	2007-02-28 17:59:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAID ECON ETRD GH PGOV PHUM PREL
07ACCRA478	GHANA AT 50: ENDURING LEGACY OF AFRICAN [...] (U) Summary: This is the sixth in a series of cables looking at Ghana at 50 and the second in a series focused on Ghana's external relations. Ghana,s legacy of continent-wide leadership began with its first president Kwame Nkrumah. Nkrumah's legacy includes a commitment to multilateral or [...]	2007-03-01 15:37:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON GH PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07ACCRA485	GHANA ON GUINEA: OSEI SAYS MUST FIND FACE-SAVING [...] (C) On February 22, Ambassador had a lengthy discussion with Secretary to the President Ambassador D.K. Osei about Guinea. Osei underscored the need to get trade unions into the negotiations to select a list of 3-4 potential candidates for prime minister that President Conte could accept. S [...]	2007-03-01 19:04:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH GV PGOV PREL
07ACCRA593	GHANA CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE [...] Summary: On March 6, Ghanaians celebrated 50 years of independence with a colorful parade and other events attended by delegations from all over the world. The GOG appreciated the presence of the U.S. Presidential delegation, headed by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jack [...]	2007-03-14 17:37:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GH
07ACCRA731	FOREIGN MINISTER ON GHANA AS AFRICAN UNION (AU) [...] (U) Summary: In a March 23 speech to parliament Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo noted President Kufuor's busy agenda of upcoming meetings in his capacity as AU Chair. The centerpiece is the AU Summit in Accra on June 25-July 3, which he said would focus on how the Union should be [...]	2007-04-02 17:35:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ECON GH IV PREL SO SU ZI
07ACCRA838	THIRD ECOWAS MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON [...] THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) AND THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA HOSTED THE THIRD ECOWAS MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON BIOTECHNOLOGY: ADOPTION OF THE 2006-2010 ACTION PLAN (ACTION PLAN) FOR MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOSAFETY, FROM MARCH 27-30 IN ACCRA, GHANA. T [...]	2007-04-17 18:29:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON GH TBIO SENV
07ACCRA957	Embassy Referral for Francis A. Aglamey [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Accra hereby refers Mr. Francis A. Aglamey and his family to the U.S. resettlement program. Mr. Aglamey took refuge in Ghana in 2006. As Director General Assistant of the Mission Baptist Hospital in Adeta, he gave orders to treat the wounded protestors after the April [...]	2007-05-02 11:21:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF GH TO
07ADANA100	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 28-31, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 28-31, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. HURRIYET/SABAH/CUMHURIYET/YENI SAFAK [...]	2007-08-01 14:44:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA103	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 04-08 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 04-08, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. HURRIYET: A remote-controlled PKK [...]	2007-08-09 10:51:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA104	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 9-10, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 9-10, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. HURRIYET: The Turkish Foreign Minis [...]	2007-08-13 11:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA11	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 16, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-17 07:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA19	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 13, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 13, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL 2. GUNDEM: Municipality Assembly member [...]	2007-02-14 10:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA21	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 09:44:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA30	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 6 MARCH, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 06:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA37	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 12, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 13:51:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA38	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 13, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 13:51:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA39	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 13, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 10:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA40	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 12, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 12, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL 2. YASAMDA GUNDEM: Gundem daily reappeared [...]	2007-03-14 10:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA41	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-16 09:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA43	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 22, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-22 13:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA53	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 10, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 05:35:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA61	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 25, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-26 10:01:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA63	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-30 17:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA69	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 09, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 09, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. BOLGE / EKSPRES / SABAH (GUNEY): [...]	2007-05-10 05:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU

07ADANA71	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 10 AND 11, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 10 and 11, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. BOLGE / EKSPRES: The local [...]	2007-05-14 05:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA77	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 06., 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 06, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. BOLGE / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): The da [...]	2007-06-07 12:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA80	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 12, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 12, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. SABAH (GUNEY): The local daily report [...]	2007-06-13 10:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA82	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE, 13, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 13, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. BOLGE / CNN ONLINE / HABERLER.COM / EK [...]	2007-06-14 14:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA85	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 21, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 21, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. EVRENSEL: ADSIAD (Adana Industri [...]	2007-06-21 12:55:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA92	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 12, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 12, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. BOLGE / EKSPRES / HURRIYET: CHP na [...]	2007-07-18 05:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA93	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 13, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 13, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. EKSPRES / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / SABAH [...]	2007-07-18 05:25:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA94	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 13, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 13, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. EKSPRES / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / SABAH [...]	2007-07-18 11:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA95	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 12, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 12, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. BOLGE / EKSPRES / HURRIYET: CHP na [...]	2007-07-18 11:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA96	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 16 AND 17, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 16 and 17, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. BOLGE / HURRIYET: Deniz Ba [...]	2007-07-18 11:12:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADANA99	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 21-27, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 21-27, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. CUMHURIYET/EVRENSEL/HURRIYET/YENI S [...]	2007-07-27 12:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07ADDISABABA1017	SOMALIA: DEPUTY FM TEKEDA DISCUSSES ETHIOPIA'S ROLE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador met State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu, Ethiopia's point person on Somalia negotiations, on April 4 to review Ethiopia's approach to the Hawiye clan and reconciliation, and later with National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) chief Getachew. [...]	2007-04-05 12:57:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA104	ETHIOPIA: SEN. BROWNBACK CONFERS WITH PM MELES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles briefed Sen. Brownback and his staff on Ethiopia's military operation in Somalia during a Jan. 12 meeting. Meles said that the GOE had learned from U.S. interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan that it was essential to place the burden for establishing security and political [...]	2007-01-16 07:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA1062	USAU AMB COURVILLE MEETING W/UGANDAN AMB SSEMPALA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 27, 2007, USAU met with BG Rusoke, Joint Chief of Staff of the Ugandan Peoples Defense Force and Ambassador Ssempala to discuss issues and concerns regarding the deployment of Ugandan troops in Somalia at the Ugandan Embassy in Addis Ababa. END SUMMARY 2. (U) Part [...]	2007-04-10 11:30:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA1091	AMIR MESHAL: POTENTIAL COURT CASE [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel demarche, Ambassador spoke in detail with the Prime Minister prior to receiving the demarche cable. It is not necessary to raise the questions posed in reftel on potential Ethiopian Government charges against Meshal. The GOE has made it clear to us in private di [...]	2007-04-11 14:25:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	CASC EAIR KHLS PTER ET
07ADDISABABA1104	ETHIOPIA: BENCH RULES CUD LEADERS MUST ANSWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a series of rulings between April 4-9, the High Court dismissed charges of "attempted" genocide and treason against all defendants in the nearly year-long trial of opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists and civil society represent [...]	2007-04-12 15:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA115	ETHIOPIA: TITLE 1 EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE REQUEST [...] I, Ambassador Donald Yamamoto, urgently request Title 1 emergency food assistance for Ethiopia. As mentioned in the reftel, Prime Minister Meles requested Title 1 food assistance during A/S Jendayi Frazer's visit on January 4 to help meet the critical needs of the urban poor. The Prime Mini [...]	2007-01-16 14:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA1221	ETHIOPIA: COMBATING COUNTERFEITING AND MONEY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In response to the discovery in Germany of counterfeit U.S. currency ("supernotes") from Ethiopia over two years ago, the Treasury Department in coordination with the Secret Service and the State Department began working with Ethiopia's central bank. In the near future, Treasur [...]	2007-04-19 15:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	EFIN KCRM SNAR KN ET GM
07ADDISABABA1277	ETHIOPIA: RELIABLE REPORTS OF TORTURE OF SOME [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting, respected local NGO leader Pastor Daniel Gebraselassie (strictly protect) confirmed reports by Amnesty International of arrests and police beatings of a group of teachers. However, he told Poloff and officials from European Embassies that the numbers were [...]	2007-04-24 14:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PHUM PTER PGOV ET ER
07ADDISABABA1308	ETHIOPIA: ONLF KILLINGS/KIDNAPPINGS OF CHINESE OIL [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has for the past six months threatened attacks on economic development projects in Ethiopia's Somali (Ogaden) Region being conducted by foreign workers, especially oil exploration. In a shift in tactics in recent months, NGO workers [...]	2007-04-27 09:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PTER PINS ECON EPET ASEC PREF ET CH
07ADDISABABA1309	ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USARCENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. engagement with Ethiopia focuses on the objectives of bolstering democratic institutions and processes and the protection of human rights; enhancing regional security and fighting terrorism; and supporting economic reform and development, breaking the cycle of food insecurit [...]	2007-04-27 12:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID MASS KDEM ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA1349	SOMALIA: ETHIOPIA POSITIVE ON JOINT U.S.-ETHIOPIA [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopia State Minister of Foreign Affairs Takeda noted to Ambassador May 2 that Ethiopia is positive on joint approaches with the U.S. to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) on common messages to promote inter-clan dialogue. The approaches must be quiet, behind-t [...]	2007-05-03 08:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA1381	ETHIOPIA: GOE ADDRESSES RELIGIOUS CONFLICT IN JIMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a three-day visit to the Jima area in Ethiopia's Oromiya Region, Poloff and FSN met with local government and religious leaders to better understand the causes of recurrent religious conflicts, including an October 2006 machete attack by Muslims that killed or injured 36 Chr [...]	2007-05-08 04:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KISL KIRF ET
07ADDISABABA1406	ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USCENTCOM CDR [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. engagement with Ethiopia focuses on the objectives of bolstering democratic institutions and processes and the protection of human rights; enhancing regional security and fighting terrorism; and supporting economic reform and development, breaking the cycle of food insecurit [...]	2007-05-08 15:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID MASS KDEM ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA1484	ETHIOPIA: DAS SWAN URGES GOE TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF DAS Jim Swan urged Minister Bereket Simon, Public Relations advisor to Prime Minister Meles, to seize the opportunity presented by a written apology from detained CUD leaders to release them. Bereket clearly took the point on board, but offered the standard GOE reply that the [...]	2007-05-16 08:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ER
07ADDISABABA1507	SOMALI AMBASSADOR TO ETHIOPIA HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 16 meeting with ORA analysts and deputy pol-econ counselor, Ambassador Abdulkarim Farah, the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's (TFG) Ambassador to Ethiopia and PermRep to the African Union, offered his frank perspectives on TFG relations with the Hawiye clan, a [...]	2007-05-18 04:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KPKO SO ET BY
07ADDISABABA1512	ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER RELUCTANTLY SEEKS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles met Ambassador to request reluctantly financial assistance to help the Ethiopians train the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's (TFG) troops and police, as well as build capacity and infrastructure. The Prime Minister said the budget is extremely [...]	2007-05-18 18:41:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL EAID KPKO ET SO
07ADDISABABA1531	SOMALIA: ETHIOPIAN STATE MINISTER TEKEDA DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a follow-up to May 11 consultations with AF DAS Swan, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda presented a GOE non-paper on May 15 to visiting Ambassador John Yates and Ambassador, expressing Ethiopia's shared concerns about the need for Transitional Federal Government of Som [...]	2007-05-21 13:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA1535	ETHIOPIA: BROKEN PROMISES, UNMET EXPECTATIONS -- [...] (S/NF) U.S.-Ethiopian mil-to-mil relations, specifically security assistance, are currently facing their most difficult challenges in the eleven years the Ambassador has observed U.S.-Ethiopian relations. The deterioration is an accumulation of missteps, misunderstandings, and misreadings of [...]	2007-05-21 16:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MASS ET US SO
07ADDISABABA1608	SOMALIA: SPEAKER OF TRANSITIONAL FEDERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sheikh Adan Mohammed Nur, Speaker of Somalia's Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP),led a 18-member parliamentary delegation to Addis Ababa this week to meet with Ethiopian MPs and GOE principals, including PM Meles and FM Seyoum. In a May 24 meeting with Ambassador, Nur said [...]	2007-05-25 08:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA170	ETHIOPIA SENTENCES DERGUE LEADERS TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT [...] SUMMARY: Ethiopia's 12-year trial of former Dergue officials concluded on December 12, 2006, with the conviction of dictator Mengistu Hailemariam and 56 other members of his Communist regime on charges of genocide and murder. A single defendant was acquitted. During their 17-year reign, the De [...]	2007-01-23 05:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS ET
07ADDISABABA1743	FINDING ALTERNATIVES TO DPRK TRADE AND STOPPING [...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Addis has pressed Ethiopian senior officials at every ministry and at every level to establish alternatives to North Korean trade and military ties. Ethiopia has significantly reduced trade with North Korea and is moving forward on phasing out the country's sole ammunit [...]	2007-06-05 09:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR MASS MCAP ECON KN ET
07ADDISABABA18	ETHIOPIA: PM MELES REPORTS TO PARLIAMENT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Meles told the Ethiopian Parliament Jan. 2 that Ethiopian military forces, along with TFG and Puntland militias, had defeated and dispersed Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) extremists. He highlighted the warm welcome and full cooperation Ethiopian forces had received from So [...]	2007-01-04 07:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PGOV PTER SO ET
07ADDISABABA181	SOMALIA: TFG AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO GERMANY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 22 meeting with deputy pol-econ counselor and German DCM, Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Embassy counselor Abdisalam Warsame Hassan reviewed recent developments in Somalia. TFG President Yusuf had not been harmed by the January 19 mortar attack on the [...]	2007-01-23 14:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SO ET
07ADDISABABA192	ETHIOPIA: PROSECUTION RESTS IN CUD TRIAL - A [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 29, 2006, the prosecution rested its case against detained opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists and civil society representatives, ending a 7-month presentation of evidence. The next court session will be on February 19, [...]	2007-01-24 04:43:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA1960	UNSC-AFRICAN UNION DISCUSSIONS IN ADDIS ABABA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union Commission Chairperson Konare urgently requested visiting UN Security Council representatives to provide funding for African peacekeeping forces in Darfur and Somalia. Konare, AU Commissioners, and African Ambassadors highlighted capacity and financial limitation [...]	2007-06-23 14:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC AU SU SO
07ADDISABABA1961	ETHIOPIA: REACHING OUT TO THE OLF AND CUTTING [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Norwegian Church Aid representatives Arne Saeveraas and Hans Birkeland told Ambassador June 21 that while there was little progress on their mediation efforts between the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and the Ethiopian Government, they were keeping lines of communications open. [...]	2007-06-23 14:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PGOV PINS ER ET
07ADDISABABA1988	DEMARCHE ON ICAO ASSEMBLY DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered demarche points (refs A-B) on June 22 to MFA desk officer for the United States, Third Secretary Adam Tesfaye, and to MFA Counsellor/Head for UN Principal Organs Fund and Programming, Lulit Zewdie Gebremariam. 2. Zewdie provided no detailed substantive response regarding GO [...]	2007-06-26 08:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD SENV ET
07ADDISABABA2027	ETHIOPIA ETHNIC INSURGENCY (C-AL7-01035): [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate briefings to Embassy officers, representatives of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders),as well as USG-funded researchers conducting a regional assessment of Somali issues, have highlighted concerns that the Government of Ethiopia's ongoing counterinsurg [...]	2007-06-27 16:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS EAID ET
07ADDISABABA207	ETHIOPIA: USG ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO MEET BURDEN OF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopia's announcement that it will begin withdrawing troops from Somalia highlight the GOE's assessment that it has largely met its strategic objectives. While active engagement by the USG and others in the international community will be required to mobilize and support an [...]	2007-01-24 14:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	EAID PREL MASS KDEM ET SO
07ADDISABABA2174	USAID/DCHA FIELD TRIP AND ASSESSMENT, AFAR REGION, ETHIOPIA [...] SUMMARY. Drought in Ethiopia's Afar region has taken its toll on pastoralists in woredas most affected by the failure of recent rains, including Chifra, Uwa and Awra. While access to water is a concern, the lack of browse, pasture, and fodder for livestock has had a devastating impact on catt [...]	2007-07-12 09:06:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF ET
07ADDISABABA2185	SOMALI TFG AMBASSADOR REVIEWS SOMALILAND, AMISOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Ambassador Abdulkarim Farah, the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's (TFG) Ambassador to Ethiopia and PermRep to the African Union, African foreign ministers meeting in Accra unanimously rejected a Ghanaian motion to establish an AU committee to examine Soma [...]	2007-07-13 08:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET ER AU BN
07ADDISABABA2195	ETHIOPIA: ELDERS ANTICIPATE JULY 16 AMNESTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Professor Ephraim Isaac, the lead negotiator from the team of Ethiopian Elders working on release of the CUD detainees, has returned to Addis Ababa for the conclusion of the trial, and the anticipated pardon announcement by the GoE. During a July 12 meeting with PM Meles, Ephraim [...]	2007-07-13 14:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2196	(C-AL7-01035) UN AGENCIES AND NGOS DISCUSS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador convened a meeting on July 3 of UN agencies and USAID-funded NGOs operating in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region, as well as major development partners, to exchange information on current security and humanitarian conditions in the Ogaden and to separate f [...]	2007-07-13 15:43:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINS EAID EAGR MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA2197	(C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: WFP OFFICIAL DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. An American security coordinator for the World Food Programme (WFP),who has traveled extensively in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region to coordinate WFP airdrops, assesses that the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) does not seek to target Americans or humanitarian [...]	2007-07-13 17:43:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV MOPS EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA2265	ETHIOPIA: FLOOD WARNING - PREPARING FOR THE WORSE [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST for AF Bureau, USAID-OFDA, DCHA and DOD/OSD: Early warning for the Horn of Africa forecasts heavy rainfall in the Ethiopian highlands, great or greater than last year's, during the July-Sept "kiremt" season with serious floods likely, especially in major river basins [...]	2007-07-18 08:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PREF MASS ET
07ADDISABABA2285	(C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: UN AGENCIES ALLEGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN agencies and humanitarian NGOs report that Somali Region authorities have decided to allow the delivery of emergency food relief--presumably under military escort--to 5 zones in the Ogaden where military operations are ongoing. However, the UN and NGOs also note that the Ethi [...]	2007-07-20 17:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS MOPS EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA23	AMBASSADOR CINDY L. COURVILLE'S MEETING WITH AU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 1, Ambassador Courville met with Peace and Security Commissioner Djinnit (PSC). He acknowledged that events on the ground in Somalia have overtaken the African Union (AU) strategy outlined in the AU communique issued on 27 December. Djinnit is chairing the AU troika on [...]	2007-01-04 12:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU
07ADDISABABA2343	(C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: EMERGENCY FOOD RELIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNOCHA Head of Office Paul Hebert reported that government officials had decided on July 21 to allow emergency food relief to be delivered to the 5 zones in the Ogaden area of the Somali Region where military operations against the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) were ong [...]	2007-07-25 07:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PINS PHUM EAGR EAID ET
07ADDISABABA238	ETHIOPIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 [...] Begin Ethiopia's 2007 Investment Climate Statement: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ There are few changes since last year's Investment Climate Statement report. The 2005/2006 highlights include: -- A new proclamation governing trademark registration and pr [...]	2007-01-26 07:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2392	SOMALI TFG PRIME MINISTER GHEDI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi, accompanied by TFG Foreign Minister Hussein Elabe Fahiye, informed Ambassador on July 27 that earlier meetings with AU Commission Chairperson Konare and French FM Kouchner "went well," with Kouchne [...]	2007-07-30 15:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SO EG QA
07ADDISABABA2439	ETHIOPIA: (C-AL7-01035) UNOCHA REPORTS EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An August 2 briefing by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reports that despite the recent decision by Somali Region officials to allow emergency food relief to the Ogaden area---where military operations against suspected Ogaden National Libera [...]	2007-08-02 16:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PINS PHUM EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA2445	ETHIOPIA: (C-AL7-01035) ACTIONS AGREED ON OGADEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador convened a meeting on August 3 to address current developments in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region, and possible responses by international partners. UN officials, NGO representatives, and key donor missions reviewed the humanitarian and security situation i [...]	2007-08-03 16:31:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREF PGOV PINS PHUM EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA2523	ETHIOPIA: (C-AL7-01035) SOME COMMERCIAL FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 9, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reported that World Food Program (WFP) emergency food relief is now finally en route to the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region, with 4 trucks making deliveries, and 32 other trucks anticipated [...]	2007-08-10 12:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV MOPS EAGR EAID ET
07ADDISABABA2524	ETHIOPIA: (C-AL7-01035) SOME COMMERCIAL FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 9, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reported that World Food Program (WFP) emergency food relief is now finally en route to the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region, with 4 trucks making deliveries, and 32 other trucks anticipated [...]	2007-08-10 12:25:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PHUM PGOV MOPS EAGR EAID ET
07ADDISABABA2557	MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY AND OVERALL ASSESSMENT: Refugee Coordinator (refcoord) Kent (Sam) Healy visited Kakuma refugee camp at Kakuma, Kenya, several times the first 7 months of 2007. During these visits, time was spent to monitor and evaluate the IRC program "Continuation of an Integrated Health Care, and A [...]	2007-08-15 11:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID ET KE SU
07ADDISABABA2566	ETHIOPIA DISASTER DECLARATION: IMMINENT [...] ACTION REQUEST: Ambassador requests Department's concurrence to announce disaster declaration from Addis Ababa, rather than from Washington. If Department concurs, Post seeks to make this announcement on Friday, August 17. END ACTION REQUEST. 2. SUMMARY. Concerns that a severe humanitaria [...]	2007-08-16 11:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ET PHUM PGOV PREF MOPS
07ADDISABABA2597	ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER MELES FLUSTERED ON THE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles expressed to the Ambassador and ORA chief on August 18 his frustration over international criticism of Ethiopian operations in the Ogaden. Defensive in tone, the Prime Minister said the counterinsurgency operation against the Ogadeni National Liberation F [...]	2007-08-21 09:41:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA2620	ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO ASSESS SECURITY SITUATION RELATED [...] (SBU) On August 22, the Addis Ababa Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to assess the security situation in regards to the Ethiopian Millennium (celebrated September 12). EAC members present included COM, A/DCM, ORA, DAO, CJTF HOA, POL/ECON, USAID, CDC, CONS, Peace Corps, Health Unit, MGT, PA [...]	2007-08-23 09:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC PTER ET
07ADDISABABA2636	2007 BELG SEASON PRE-HARVEST ASSESSMENT IN [...] SUMMARY. The Disaster Prevention Preparedness Agency (DPPA) led multi-agency teams that conducted a pre- harvest and needs assessment of the 2007 Belg season between June 24 and July 14, 2007. This involved 15 teams visiting all Belg producing and pastoral areas in the country. The purpose [...]	2007-08-27 05:01:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA264	AFRICAN UNION EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING, JANUARY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Opening the African Union (AU) Executive Council of Foreign Ministers, AU Commission Chairperson Alpha Konare said he was addressing the group for the last time as Chair of the AU Commission. Konare noted that the next AU Summit (late June in Ghana) member states will elect a ne [...]	2007-01-30 10:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA2710	MELES DISCUSSES REGIONAL EVENTS WITH CJTF-HOA [...] (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles thanked Admiral Hart August 30 for Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's (CJTF-HOA) civil affairs projects, logistical support, and training for the Ethiopian military. The Prime Minister lamented that Ethiopia bears the primary burden in Somalia for providing [...]	2007-09-01 07:56:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS SO ET SU ER
07ADDISABABA2749	ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer met with NGOs, UN agencies, and Ambassadors from major donor countries and interested parties on the Ogaden. In the fourth such meeting convened recently by Ambassador Yamamoto to consider the humanitarian and security situation in the Ogaden [...]	2007-09-10 06:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PHUM MOPS EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA2773	ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER MEETS WITH [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. LTG Samora Yenus, Ethiopian military Chief of Staff, on September 6 discussed his views on the Ogaden, Somalia, and Eritrea with visiting Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer, the Ambassador, DATT, and SIPDIS POLOFF. Samora explained that the situation in the Ogad [...]	2007-09-10 11:26:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA2796	A/S Frazer's Meeting with AU Commission Chair Alpha Oumar [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-10 15:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UN SO SU AU
07ADDISABABA2805	UN ON OGADEN: POCKETS OF CRISIS, ALARMING HUMAN [...] (C) Deputy UN Humanitarian Coordinator and head of the UN Assessment Mission to the Ogaden, Paul Hebert (strictly protect),briefed Ambassador Yamamoto and Embassy and USAID staff on September 13 on the findings of the United Nations, August 30-September 6 Assessment Mission to the Ogaden. The [...]	2007-09-17 05:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID EAGR PGOV PREF MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA2825	Codel Jackson-Lee Advocates Agricultural Technology and [...] Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee advocated for U.S. Technology as well as the need for Ethiopia to adopt land reform and liberalization of the fertilizer and seed markets to help Ethiopia's farmers enhance agricultural yields during a very cordial meeting with Prime Minister Meles on August 31. [...]	2007-09-18 06:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAGR PHUM ET SO
07ADDISABABA2860	ETHIOPIA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW FOR AUGUST 2007 [...] SUMMARY --Council of ministers approved salary increase for civil servants; --The consumer price index still on the rise; CPI inflation reached 18% in August; Government action to curb price hike; minister asks to expose speculators; --The official exchange rate of the Ethiopian Birr again [...]	2007-09-19 12:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ENRG EAIR ET
07ADDISABABA2876	ETHIOPIA'S HUMANITARIAN OUTLOOK - FLOODS UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: The overall humanitarian outlook in Ethiopia for the remainder of 2007 is cause for concern. While some areas of the country are particularly fragile, the combination of flooding, emerging nutrition hotspots, continued outbreaks of acute watery diarrhea (AWD),poor belg season rains, [...]	2007-09-20 12:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ET PHUM PGOV PREF MOPS
07ADDISABABA2981	ETHIOPIA: DIASPORA BUSINESS CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: The World Bank, USAID, and Netherlands Embassy sponsored the first Diaspora Business Conference on September 19, 2007. The conference aimed to illustrate how the Diaspora community can benefit from investment opportunities in Ethiopia. Participants heard remarks from the GOE, the Wor [...]	2007-10-04 14:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA2983	ETHIOPIA: INFLATION AT RECORD LEVELS [...] SUMMARY: Except during episodes of drought and macroeconomic shocks, Ethiopia historically has seen low rates of inflation. However, the recent rise in inflation, especially food inflation, during times of good agricultural output run counter to historic trends. The Government of Ethiopia (GOE [...]	2007-10-04 14:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA302	ETHIOPIA'S MUSLIM COMMUNITY: FIGHTING TO PRESERVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ethiopia's recent military incursion into Muslim Somalia, combined with several widely-reported earlier incidents of Christian-Muslim violence in the rural areas, have prompted quiet discussions among Muslims and Christians alike about whether or not Ethiopia's much vaunted religi [...]	2007-01-31 13:57:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL ET
07ADDISABABA3036	ETHIOPIA AGOA ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATION [...] Country: Ethiopia Current Status: Eligible -------------------------- COUNTRY BACKGROUND SUMMARY -------------------------- 2. After a difficult period of socialist dictatorship and civil war, the government of Ethiopia (GOE) in the early 1990s began a transition towards a more open eco [...]	2007-10-15 08:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA ECON ET
07ADDISABABA312	A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH UGANDAN PRESIDENT MUSEVENI [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Museveni confirmed that he had appointed a force commander to lead Ugandan peace-keeping troops who were ready to deploy to Somalia as soon as February 1, immediately after obtaining parliamentary approval. Their mission would be to support Somalia's Transitional Feder [...]	2007-02-01 16:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO KISL UG SO SU CD AU
07ADDISABABA3196	ETHIOPIA: CONCERNING POLITICAL CONDITIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 17-20 trip to Western Oromiya by Ethiopia Desk Officer John Wysham, Deputy Political-Economic Chief and Political Specialist, GoE/Oromo People's Democratic Organization (OPDO) interlocutors said there were no political tensions in their region and, while acknowle [...]	2007-10-30 10:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER ECON ET
07ADDISABABA3200	THE OGADEN HAS REACHED CRISIS LEVEL; GOE IMPEDING [...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraph three. 2. (S/NF) The Embassy believes that the five Ogaden zones of Ethiopia are now considered to be a humanitarian crisis. Famine-like conditions are currently present and the risk of widespread disease and mortality is severe. This asse [...]	2007-10-30 14:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PHUM PGOV ASEC PREL ET SO
07ADDISABABA3254	UPDATE ON HUMANITARIAN DYNAMICS IN THE OGADEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent discussions between Post and UN agency, donor, and NGO interlocutors over the past two weeks highlight the challenges facing the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali region. Ongoing commercial restrictions, limited operational access due to internal security operations in res [...]	2007-11-06 14:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA327	AU SUMMIT: ETHIOPIA FOREIGN MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum advised Assistant Secretary Frazer on the imperative nature of the international community to commit resources to help Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) stabilize Somalia. He stressed the urgency and the importance of ensuring a suc [...]	2007-02-03 09:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL EAID MOPS SO ET ER IT SA AU
07ADDISABABA3290	ETHIOPIA: DISCUSSION WITH PM ON BORDER, OGADEN, [...] (C) Summary: Following AFRICOM General Ward,s November 8 courtesy call on Prime Minister Meles, Ambassador and DCM stayed behind to raise with the PM several issues of interest. Meles said the departure of Somali Prime Minister Ghedi offered an opportunity for progress on reconciliation, but [...]	2007-11-09 14:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA3334	USAID FIELD ASSESSMENT IN THE OGADEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A small USAID team traveled to conflict-affected areas of the Ogaden November 4-8, 2007 to try to obtain some ground truth on humanitarian, conflict and commercial trade conditions. Following the field assessment, USAID confirms the situation to be very serious and a continued ca [...]	2007-11-15 14:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA3337	ETHIOPIA: UN A/SYG FOR PEACEKEEPING MULET ON [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. On November 8 PolCouns and Poloff attended a "Friends of UNMEE" meeting where newly appointed UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping (A/SYG) Edmond Mulet briefed the resident diplomatic community on his views of the Ethiopian-Eritrean border situation and Somalia. M [...]	2007-11-16 06:05:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA3355	USAU: AFRICOM COMMANDER WARD MEETING WITH AFRICAN [...] This cable is from U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU) Ambassador Dr. Cindy L. Courville. 2. (C) SUMMARY: AFRICOM Commander, General William Ward met with African Union Commission Chairman Alpha Oumar Konare on November 8. Their discussion focused on the status of standing up AFRIC [...]	2007-11-20 05:57:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MARR MASS
07ADDISABABA3365	THE OGADEN: INSURGENCY AND COUNTER-INSURGENCY [...] (S) Apparent support from the Government of Eritrea and elements within Somalia to the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has moderately improved the tactical capabilities and increased the activities of the largely ineffective nationalist movement in Ethiopia's Ogaden area since early 20 [...]	2007-11-20 14:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PHUM MOPS PGOV PTER ET SO
07ADDISABABA3430	ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S [...] (S) Your visit to Ethiopia comes at a time when Ethiopia faces security concerns from extremists based in Somalia, saber-rattling by Eritrea over the border demarcation impasse, and an increase in domestic insurgent activity. Ethiopia's excessive response to Ogaden National Liberation Front (O [...]	2007-11-30 12:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ET SO ER
07ADDISABABA3493	USAU: AFRICAN UNION APPOINTS SPECIAL [...] (U) This cable is from US Mission to the African Union (USAU) Ambassador Dr. Cindy L. Courville. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On November 28 the newly appointed African Union Special Representative for Somalia called on Ambassador Courville to introduce himself and to inform her of his vision for h [...]	2007-12-11 10:55:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR
07ADDISABABA3542	MELES Pressures CODEL MEEK on H.R. 2003 [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles pressured Codel Meek to reverse his support for H.R. 2003 - The Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act - during a November 29 meeting. Meles went on to describe the bill as an attempt to micromanage Ethiopia's internal processes and said he felt personal [...]	2007-12-17 05:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV EAID PTER ET SO
07ADDISABABA3586	ETHIOPIA: EMBASSY COORDINATED MEETING ON UPDATE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 14, the Ambassador hosted the fifth in a series of meetings of NGOs, UN agencies and donor countries, with the purpose of discussing and sharing information on the Ogaden. The general consensus was that access to the region by NGO groups has improved and that consid [...]	2007-12-18 13:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PHUM SENV EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA3601	ETHIOPIA: UN AND NGOS EXPRESS FRUSTRATION OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Key UN agencies and prominent international NGOs told Poloff in meetings on December 20 that, despite much of the progress discussed in the December 14 meeting at the Ambassador's residence (reftel),GoE bureaucratic challenges and deliberate interference at the local, regional a [...]	2007-12-21 11:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM SENV EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA3610	DPPA SOMALI REGION DEYR ASSESSMENT [...] On December 21, members of the United States Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia attended the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GFDRE) Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA) Deyr/Karan Assessment briefing for Somali Region. Acco [...]	2007-12-26 13:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA3642	USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: HEALTH AND NUTRITION [...] Summary: Between December 20 and 26, the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia health and nutrition specialist met with representatives from the U.N., the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GFDRE),and non-governmental organizations (NGO [...]	2007-12-31 12:25:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA40	SOMALIA: PM MELES AFFIRMS NEED FOR ETHIOPIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute meeting on January 4 with A/S Frazer, Prime Minister Meles said that Ethiopia sought to withdraw its forces from Somalia as soon as possible, as their prolonged presence would only serve to make them a target of possible terrorist attacks from remaining CIC fighter [...]	2007-01-08 09:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KPKO ET SO XA
07ADDISABABA413	ETHIOPIA: PUBLIC RELATIONS ADVISOR BEREKET UPBEAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-09 08:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ET
07ADDISABABA418	UNMEE SRSG REPORTS ETHIOPIAN-ERITREAN BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute briefing to diplomatic corps representatives on February 8, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Ethiopia and Eritrea, Ambassador Azouz Ennifar, reported that the situation along with the Ethiopia-Eritrea border remained "tense and volati [...]	2007-02-09 09:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS KPKO KHDP MOPS ET ER
07ADDISABABA420	SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS UNSCR SHOULD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 9 meeting with Ambassador, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale underscored Somaliland's role in promoting regional stability, practicing democracy, and fighting terrorism, and announced that President Kahin would seek reelection. Duale expressed apprecia [...]	2007-02-09 13:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KDEM EAID SO ET DJ KE UG EG SU
07ADDISABABA453	USAU PARTICIPATES IN AU MILITARY PLANNING WORKING [...] (SBU) Summary: As a result of discussions at the TCC(s)/International Donor/Partner Coordination meeting held at 0900hrs on 12 FEB 2007, Ambassador Said Djinnit, Commissioner, Peace and Security Commission thought it necessary to conduct a meeting of the &core of the core group8 for deployme [...]	2007-02-13 12:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA456	ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: MANAGING TENSIONS, PROMOTING [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ethiopian forces remain in defensive positions despite increased Eritrean incursions in the TSZ, an offensive deployment of Eritrean tanks in the TSZ near Bure and Eritrean attacks on border posts which have resulted in some Ethiopian civilian casualties. Special Representati [...]	2007-02-13 14:47:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPKO MOPS ET ER
07ADDISABABA467	USAU PARTICIPATES IN AU MILITARY PLANNING WORKING [...] (SBU) Summary: On 12 FEB, Mr. Bereng Mtimkulu, Head, Peace Support Department (PSOD) of the African Union, chaired a military planning meeting of the &core group8 of troop contributing countries and international donors/partners who have formally pledged troops or financial/logistical suppo [...]	2007-02-15 04:55:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA654	ETHIOPIA: GENERAL WARD AND ETHIOPIAN PRIME [...] (C) In a brief courtesy call on Prime Minister Meles on February 26, General Ward described preparations being made to establish an Africa Command. The PM remarked that Ethiopia welcomed the move, noting that it will provide enhanced coordination and cooperation among all countries in Africa, [...]	2007-03-01 12:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MOPS PREL ET
07ADDISABABA694	REVIEW OF OUTCOME OF FRENCH RECAMP V TRAINING [...] (U) Participants: USAU staff joined African and partner countries (what countries) there was no US participant at this meeting, with the exception of USAU observers. 2. (U) Background: The purpose of the February 21-22 meeting was for the participants to: (1) review outcomes of French R [...]	2007-03-06 06:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA695	USAU MEETING WITH UK AND FRENCH AMBASSADORS ON [...] (U) Summary - March 1, 2007 USAU Calls Group Meeting with, UK and French to discuss International Donor/Partner information sharing and the formation of the AU Strategic Planning Cell and its support to AMISOM. 2. (U) Participants: AMB Cindy Courville, US Ambassador to the AU; AMB Rober [...]	2007-03-06 06:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS AU

07ADDISABABA697	ETHIOPIA: BACKGROUND FOR U.S./CHINA DIALOGUE ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-06 06:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL EAID EFIN ET
07ADDISABABA771	SOMALIA: DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT FOR AFRICAN UNION [...] (C) Ambassador delivered demarche for a public statement by Ethiopia supporting the African Union's condemnation of recent attacks on AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops (reftel) to State Minister of Foreign Affairs Takeda Alemu Takeda on March 12. Minister Tekeda noted that Ethiopia is als [...]	2007-03-13 14:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS AU ET SO
07ADDISABABA773	ETHIOPIA: INPUT FOR 2007 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] Per reftel, Post is providing information for use in the 2007 President's Report on AGOA. Post is also including information on USG outreach efforts and technical assistance programs aimed at increasing Ethiopia's participation in AGOA. MARKET ECONOMY/ECONOMIC REFORM/ ELIMINATION OF TRADE [...]	2007-03-14 12:30:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA PREL PGOV EFIN ET
07ADDISABABA78	PM MELES AND TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF DISCUSS NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles stressed to Ambassador and DCM Jan. 9 that this was the best time for stabilizing and creating a new order in Somalia without warlords and extremists. He said the Somali clan system and Somalia practices must be respected and not circumvented in order to ens [...]	2007-01-10 16:01:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE
07ADDISABABA80	CORRECTED COPY - PM MELES AND TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF [...] (U) Revised to correct classification info in paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles stressed to Ambassador and DCM Jan. 9 that this was the best time for stabilizing and creating a new order in Somalia without warlords and extremists. He said the Somali clan system and Somalia [...]	2007-01-11 05:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE
07ADDISABABA812	ETHIOPIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART 2 - [...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. (Due to length of information reported, responses are being reported in two complementary cables.) 2. (U) Responses are keyed to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. 3. (SBU) QUESTION 29 [...]	2007-03-16 06:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ET
07ADDISABABA813	ETHIOPIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART 1 - OVERVIEW [...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. (Due to length of information reported, responses are being reported in two complementary cables.) 2. (U) Embassy point of contact: Pol/Econ Officer Kimberly E. Wright, office: +251 (11) 517-41 [...]	2007-03-16 06:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ET
07ADDISABABA87	ETHIOPIAN FM HAILS COOPERATION, BUT SEEKS LOWER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 11 meeting with Ambassador, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin expressed appreciation for U.S. military cooperation and U.S. political support of its intervention in Somalia, saying that Somalia was "a common challenge" that could not be addressed unilaterally. [...]	2007-01-11 14:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS EAID ET SO KE ER
07ADDISABABA89	ETHIOPIAN FM HAILS COOPERATION, BUT SEEKS LOWER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 11 meeting with Ambassador, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin expressed appreciation for U.S. military cooperation and U.S. political support of its intervention in Somalia, saying that Somalia was "a common challenge" that could not be addressed unilaterally. [...]	2007-01-12 09:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS EAID ET SO KE ER
07ADDISABABA895	UNMEE: ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BORDER CALM DESPITE TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Acting UNMEE SRSG Ennifar said Eritrean troops continued to occupy the Temporary Security Zone and to establish defenses along the border with Ethiopia, but that the overall situation was "quiet," with "no sign of offensive action by either party." Despite UNSCR 1741, restriction [...]	2007-03-23 09:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO MARR ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA908	UNMEE SRSG ENNIFAR DISCUSSES ETHIOPIA-ERITREA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Azouz Ennifar told Ambassador that he sought to continue serving as head of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE),despite Eritrea's continued refusal to recognize his official status. Ennifar said Eritrea's protests arose from difficulties in its relationshi [...]	2007-03-26 09:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL PBTS KPKO MOPS MARR ET ER
07ADDISABABA999	MEETING WITH BURUNDI'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON AMISOM [...] (S/NF) Burundian Foreign Minister Antoinette Batumubwira told USAU Ambassador Courville and Ambassador Yamamoto that logistical questions remain in preparation for deployment of Burundi,s troops to AMISOM. The challenges are strategic lift, training, equipment, survey of the planned deployment [...]	2007-04-04 13:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS BY ET
07AITTAIPEI102	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S IRAQ SECURITY PLAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to give extensive reporting and editorial coverage January 13-16 to the scandal-ridden Rebar Asia Pacific Group, of which the chairman and his wife have fled to the United States, and on the political impact this incident has produced. [...]	2007-01-16 08:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1061	TAIWAN STRATEGY AT WHA [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is an action cable (see para 4). MOFA and DOH officials discussed Taiwan's strategy for the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA) meeting in Geneva with AIT on May 9. MOFA officials stated Taiwan intends to ask its allies to introduce a Supplementary Item on Taiwan's WHO m [...]	2007-05-11 05:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	WHO TBIO PREL CH TW
07AITTAIPEI1092	TIFA - LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A DATE, NOT SO SURE [...] (SBU) Minister of Economic Affairs Steven Chen confirmed the dates of July 10-11 for the TIFA Council Talks and urged both sides to consult extensively over the next few weeks. On Tyco, he noted that the Ministry of Finance preferred that the case be resolved in the courts, but offered to sug [...]	2007-05-15 08:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV KIPR TW
07AITTAIPEI1121	TAIWAN REPLACES ATOMIC ENERGY CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) News sources reported the sudden replacement of Atomic Energy Council (AEC) Minister Ouyang Min-shen on May 17. His position will be filled by Deputy Minister Su Shian-Jang. Su has a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and was Director of the Department [...]	2007-05-18 08:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG KNNP TW
07AITTAIPEI1195	MEDIA REACTION: PENTAGON'S REPORT ON CHINA'S MILITARY [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 30 on President Chen Shui-bian's remarks at the video conference with the National Press Club (NPC) Tuesday; on the 2008 presidential election; and on other local issues. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" ran a bann [...]	2007-05-30 23:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1381	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 16-18 on the Taipei District Court's decision to detain Eastern Multimedia Group Chairman Gary Wang Sunday night for alleged involvement in a string of embezzlement cases and financial crimes; on the Kaohsiung District [...]	2007-06-18 07:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1396	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 19-20 on President Chen Shui-bian's proposal to hold a referendum on the island's UN bid under the name Taiwan and the U.S. State Department's statement Monday, which opposes such an initiative; on the 2008 presidentia [...]	2007-06-20 09:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1419	AIT CHAIRMAN AND AUSTR STRATFORD HEAR AMCHAM [...] (SBU) Summary. At an Amcham breakfast in honor of visiting AIT Chairman Ray Burghardt, which was also joined by AIT Director Steve Young and Assistant USTR Tim Stratford, Amcham leadership stated its firm support for bilateral agreements on tax, investment and government procurement. Callin [...]	2007-06-22 04:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV KIPR TW
07AITTAIPEI1429	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 22 on the release of a convicted "rice bomber" Thursday after President Chen Shui-bian granted him a special pardon; on the Basic Competence Test for junior high school students island-wide; on the 2008 presidential el [...]	2007-06-22 08:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1437	USDA SPONSORED INTERNATIONAL AVIAN INFLUENZA DIAGNOSTIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 03:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TW
07AITTAIPEI1580	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-16 08:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1685	MEDIA REACTION: DPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 26 on the Taiwan government's fuel subsidy plan to fight soaring oil prices; on DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's trip to the United States; on a graft scandal allegedly involving a DPP legislator; and on Afghan [...]	2007-07-26 23:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1690	MEDIA REACTION: DPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH'S [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage July 27 on DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's trip to the United States, on Taiwan's bid to join the United Nations, on the plunging Taiwan stock price index Thursday, and on a local teenager who killed his father Thu [...]	2007-07-29 23:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI170	RESPONSE TO TAIWAN EXPORT LICENSE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 09:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ETTC MTCRE PARM TSPA TW
07AITTAIPEI1718	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 1 on KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou's special mayoral fund case; on the corruption case of the Kaohsiung MRT (Metropolitan Rapid Transit) project, in which three former Kaohsiung City Government officials un [...]	2007-08-01 09:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1756	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 4-6 on next year's legislators' and presidential elections, on Taiwan's UN bid, on the joint efforts by Taiwan and the United States in successfully capturing five illegal Chinese immigrants at the Los Angeles Intern [...]	2007-08-06 22:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1816	TAIWAN: INVESTIGATIONS ON ILLEGAL EXPORTS TO NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent conversations with AIT, officials at the Ministry of Economic Affairs Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) confirmed local press reports on the investigation of a Taiwan trading company and an Iranian businessman in Taiwan for export control violations. The case involving th [...]	2007-08-10 08:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC TW
07AITTAIPEI1854	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JULY 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 22:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TW
07AITTAIPEI1877	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JULY 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-17 09:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TW
07AITTAIPEI1880	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, CHINESE PRODUCT [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 17 on Typhoon Sepat, which is expected to hit Taiwan later today; on the plunge of Taiwan's stock price index Thursday; on the strong backlash from local pig farmers over the government's decision to lift the ban on [...]	2007-08-17 09:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1907	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave extensive coverage August 21 to a China Airlines Boeing 737-800 airliner, which burst into flames shortly after landing at Okinawa's Naha international airport Monday. Coverage also focused on the surge of Taiwan's stock price index Monday [...]	2007-08-21 08:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1921	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave extensive coverage August 21 to a China Airlines Boeing 737-800 airliner, which burst into flames shortly after landing at Okinawa's Naha international airport Monday. Coverage also focused on the surge of Taiwan's stock price index Monday [...]	2007-08-22 09:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI193	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SATELLITE MISSILE TEST, DONALD [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage January 25 on the debt-ridden Rebar Asia Pacific Group, and on the controversial Presidential Office Allowance for State Affairs case. Taiwan's papers gave moderate, straightforward news coverage to U.S. Presid [...]	2007-01-25 08:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1954	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 25-27 on President Chen Shui-bian's trip to Central America; on the 2008 presidential election; on the investigation into the explosion of a China Airlines passenger jet in Okinawa last Monday; and on the future pros [...]	2007-08-27 10:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1988	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S UN REFERENDUM [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese- and English-language dailies August 29 gave significant reporting and editorial coverage to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte's exclusive interview with the Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV on Taiwan's UN referendum Monday. Both the centrist, KMT-leaning [...]	2007-08-29 10:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2030	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 5 on Taiwan's UN referendum; on the aftermath of President Chen Shui-bian's comment last week on the political bias of Taiwan's judiciary; on the upcoming APEC summit; and on a Taiwan business tycoon who donated N [...]	2007-09-05 23:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2106	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - AUGUST 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 05:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
07AITTAIPEI212	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ANTI-SATELLITE MISSILE TEST, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage January 27-29 on the debt-ridden Rebar Asia Pacific Group; on possible Blue and Green candidates for the 2008 presidential elections; on President Chen Shui-bian's remarks at the "Transformation in New Democracies" forum l [...]	2007-01-29 09:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2137	INVESTIGATION CONTINUES ON CAL FIRE - BOLT OR [...] (SBU) Although Japanese aviation safety authorities are still investigating the cause of the fire that destroyed a Boeing 737-800 operated by China Airlines (CAL) on August 20, Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration has suggested that an aircraft design flaw may be behind the incident. Tai [...]	2007-09-19 08:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD JA PGOV PREL TW
07AITTAIPEI2176	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S UN BID, OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY ISSUE [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave significant coverage September 22-24 to a Supreme Prosecutors' Office decision last Friday to indict DPP Vice President Annette Lu, DPP Chairman Yu Shyi-kun and National Security Council Secretary-General Mark Chen on charges of corruption [...]	2007-09-24 07:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2186	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S UN BID, ARMS PROCUREMENTS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 25-26 on the aftermath of a Taipei District Court's decision Monday to detain an agent and a former agent of the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau on suspicion of spying for China; on the 2008 presidential [...]	2007-09-26 10:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI220	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 08:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2280	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, INTER-KOREAN SUMMIT [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 4 on Taiwan's UN bid, on the 2008 presidential election, and on a decision reached by the DPP Central Standing Committee Wednesday to ask President Chen Shui-bian to re-assume the party chairmanship. In terms of ed [...]	2007-10-04 07:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2338	MEDIA REACTION: CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS, [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 07:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI234	(S) IRANIAN MACHINE TOOL PROCUREMENT IN TAIWAN, [...] (S) On January 22, 2007, AIT Economic Section received a letter from the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) regarding the Dah Lih Machinery and Industry Co. in response to a request submitted by AIT as instructed in ref A. The text of the letter was sent to ISN/MTR by classified e-mail on January [...]	2007-01-31 05:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC TW IR
07AITTAIPEI2345	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER [...] (SBU) On September 12 and October 2, the EXBS Advisor met with Special Agents of the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB)and a Prosecutor from the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office of the Ministry of Justice, respectively. During the September 12 meeting, MJIB officials explained that [...]	2007-10-17 07:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
07AITTAIPEI239	NSPO BUDGET AND PERSONNEL PROBLEMS CONTINUE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. National Space Program Office (NSPO) Director Lance Wu told AIT/T on Jan. 17 that Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) legislator Liao Pen-yan continues to obstinately oppose NSPO's budget and seeks Wu's ouster. Wu said NSPO continues to be beset with personnel issues and was pessi [...]	2007-01-31 08:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON ETTC PREL TSPA TW
07AITTAIPEI2462	INVASIVE SPECIES FLOOD TAIWAN RIVERS AND LAKES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is an action cable see paragraph 9. Taiwan, an island 160 kilometers off the coast of China, has been home to unique flora and fauna. Distance from the mainland has managed to preserve many of its endemic species from foreign invasion, although that situation is under th [...]	2007-11-09 07:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO ECON TW
07AITTAIPEI248	TAIWAN EXPORT CREDITS FOR SHIPMENTS TO IRAN [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, AIT/T Econ Chief on January 24, 25 and 26 requested Taiwan banking authorities provide information on the status of export credit facilities Taiwan provides to Iran. While Taiwan authorities are still gathering comprehensive information to respond to our request, the [...]	2007-02-01 08:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN MNUC OECD TW
07AITTAIPEI2486	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - OCTOBER 2007 [...] (SBU) On October 23, the EXBS Advisor, CSI Consultant and AIT Regional Security Officer met with the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) to discuss on-going cooperation on investigations, including investigations of export control violations. Mr. Yeh Cherng-Maw, Director General of [...]	2007-11-15 09:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
07AITTAIPEI2536	TAIWAN: TIME TO MOVE FORWARD ON A BILATERAL [...] (SBU) U.S. investment flows into Taiwan are significant and accelerating. With both of Taiwan's presidential candidates calling for more economic opening to China, we expect even greater interest by U.S. firms in Taiwan. While U.S. firms see a number of investment opportunities in Taiwan, [...]	2007-11-28 09:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD TW
07AITTAIPEI2550	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, TAIWAN'S UN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 1-3 on the controversy over the voting system for the January legislative elections; on China's refusal to allow the USS Kitty Hawk and its supporting vessels to dock in Hong Kong in late November; and on the 2008 [...]	2007-12-03 09:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2593	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 11 on the abrupt closing of the largest health club chain in Taiwan; on the protest against President Chen Shui-bian during a ceremony celebrating International Human Rights Day; on AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's [...]	2007-12-11 11:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2601	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies gave significant reporting and editorial coverage December 12 to AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt's press briefing Tuesday, in which he severely criticized Taiwan's UN referendum and urged President Chen Shui-bian to keep his [...]	2007-12-13 01:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2606	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 13 on an Austrian base jumper who jumped from the Taipei 101 skyscraper Tuesday; on the 2008 presidential election and the UN referendum; and on the aftermath of the abrupt closing of the largest health club chain [...]	2007-12-13 22:26:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2614	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.- CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-14 08:26:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2619	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language and English-language dailies gave significant reporting and editorial coverage December 15-18 to the exposure of the contents of a conversation between AIT Chairman Raymond Burghardt and KMT vice presidential candidate Vincent Siew on December 8. The p [...]	2007-12-18 23:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2623	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 19 on the controversy over the "one-step" and "two-step" voting formats for the 2008 legislative elections; on the arrest of a former Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau operative Tuesday who has allegedly thr [...]	2007-12-19 09:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2630	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, SOUTH KOREAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 20 on Lee Myung-bak's victory in South Korea's presidential election Wednesday; on Taiwan's Central Election Commission's insistence on the "one-step" voting format for the 2008 legislative election; and on the con [...]	2007-12-20 07:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2637	MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 21 on the Legislative Yuan ratifying the government's 2008 budget and the amendment to Taiwan's National Communications Commission Act on Thursday; the controversy over the voting format in the legislative election [...]	2007-12-21 05:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI2643	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY RICE'S STATEMENT ON TAIWAN'S UN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused December 22-26 news coverage on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's criticism of Taiwan's referendum on a bid to enter the UN under the name of "Taiwan" as "provocative," and President Chen Shui-bian's response. Meanwhile, where the m [...]	2007-12-26 09:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI272	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S POLITICAL ISSUES, IRAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies all gave front-page coverage February 2 to Rebar Group founder Wang You-theng and his wife, who reportedly boarded a Singapore Airlines flight from Los Angeles and stopped over in Singapore today en route to Myanmar (Burma). Coverage also focus [...]	2007-02-02 08:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI491	MTAG:RESPONSE TO TAIWAN EXPORT LICENSES [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 02:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ETTC PARM TSPA
07AITTAIPEI528	RESPONSE TO TAIWAN EXPORT LICENSES [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 07:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM TSPA
07AITTAIPEI540	CHINESE TAIPEI NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S. PROPOSAL ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-09 03:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTO TW
07AITTAIPEI686	MTAG: RESPONSE TO TAIWAN EXPORT LICENSES [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 05:26:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM TSPA
07AITTAIPEI742	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave significant news coverage March 31 - April 2 to the National Communications Commission's penalty on TVBS, a famous cable television network in Taiwan, for the network's violation of news ethics and principles of reporting by helping to shoo [...]	2007-04-02 08:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI777	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-ROK FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage April 7-9 on the suspicion that China's "Internet army" may have hacked into home computers of senior officials from Taiwan's University of National Defense, planted a Trojan Horse virus, and gained access to classified inf [...]	2007-04-09 08:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI79	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage January 11 on the probe into the alleged violation of securities transaction regulations of the Rebar Asia Pacific Group, and on President Chen Shui-bian's trip to Nicaragua. The pro-independence "Liberty Times, [...]	2007-01-11 09:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI845	MTAG: MACHINE TOOL EXPORT BY A TAIWAN COMPANY TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 03:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC TW SY
07AITTAIPEI934	FOLLOW UP: BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-27 02:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC TW
07ALGIERS1	BOUTEFLIKA SAYS HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE [...] (C) In a speech entitled, "Assessments and Perspectives," President Bouteflika December 26 surprised the nation by not outlining his proposed amendments to the constitution which must be adopted by referendum. Nor did he, as some media had speculated, reshuffle his cabinet. Instead, Boutefli [...]	2007-01-03 08:47:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PINR PGOV ECON KDEM AG
07ALGIERS1000	ANSAR AL-ISLAM IN THE MUSLIM SAHARA: NEW TERRORIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Our Algerian contacts are witholding their final judgment about a new, little-known terrorist group that calls itself Ansar al-Islam in the Muslim Sahara (AIMS). The group publicly professed its allegiance to Algeria's premier terrorist group, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQ [...]	2007-07-12 14:47:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL PINR AG
07ALGIERS1057	LABOR MINISTER'S COMMENTS REVEAL TRUE COST OF LIVING HIKES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algerian Minister of Labor and Social Security Tayeb Louh's July 21 announcement that Algerian purchasing power had increased by 66 percent since 1999 came in sharp contrast to official government figures and public sentiment showing the opposite. In the last year alone, prices [...]	2007-07-24 17:00:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV AG
07ALGIERS1123	ALGERIA'S FINANCIAL SECTOR EMERGING FROM THE DARK AGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria has billions of dollars in excess liquidity from hydrocarbon sales that its archaic banking system is incapable of absorbing and using to fuel economic growth and reduce unemployment. Unproductive state-run banks dominate the financial landscape despite the arrival on th [...]	2007-08-08 13:34:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV AG
07ALGIERS1330	GOA EAGER BUT CAUTIOUS ON FINANCIAL REFORM [...] SUMMARY: The Algerian Ministry of Finance leadership recognizes it should foster predictability for foreign investors, diversify its economy away from hydrocarbons and reform its financial sector. It is eager for U.S. assistance to meet these goals, but fearful of any sudden shock to its fin [...]	2007-09-18 11:25:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID PREL AG
07ALGIERS1336	ALGERIAN MFA: WE ARE WAITING FOR TOURE TO KEEP [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General (A/S equivalent) for African Affairs Chergui told Ambassador on 9/17 that Malian President Toure must pull troops out of Kidal and take steps to start reintegrating Tuareg fighters back into their communities in order to end the fighting in northern Mali. [...]	2007-09-19 08:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	REL MARR AG ML
07ALGIERS1471	INVESTING IN ALGERIA NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A soon-to-be-released report by the World Bank uses polling data to rank the main challenges facing the private sector in Algeria. Among the key obstacles detailed in the study were credit access and cost, the role of the informal market, access to land, and taxation. The br [...]	2007-10-10 13:15:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EIND AG
07ALGIERS1527	LOCAL ELECTIONS 2007: A CONFUSED AND UNEVEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The road to the November 29 elections for Algeria's city councils and provincial (state) legislatures is fraught with confusion, a lack of transparency and allegations of injustice surrounding the candidate lists proposed by the competing parties. Senior political leaders echo th [...]	2007-10-19 12:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAO AG
07ALGIERS1559	LOCAL ELECTIONS 2007: THE HEAVY HAND OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the same time as Interior Minister Yazid Zerhouni is making public statements about the government's commitment to a fair and neutral electoral process to urge greater turnout, the role of his ministry in micro-managing slates of candidates from all parties has been significant. [...]	2007-10-25 10:58:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAO AG
07ALGIERS1560	UPDATED ALGERIA DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Securing a wider democratic opening in Algeria is a challenge. Many Algerian young people call the political leadership the "Jurassics" because so many leaders from the President down are entrenched politicos from the same generation that took over after independence in 1962. We [...]	2007-10-25 11:24:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KMPI KPAO PGOV PREL AG
07ALGIERS1638	THE HIGH STAKES OF CITIBANK'S CPA BID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Citibank is the sole American bank bidding on the privatization of the state-owned bank Credit Populaire d'Algerie (CPA). Competition is considered stiffest from the two leading French banks, Societe General and BNP. Citibank may find itself disadvantaged by its recent announc [...]	2007-11-11 11:33:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PREL AG
07ALGIERS1680	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S ALGERIA VISIT [...] (U) Ambasssador Schulte, we are delighted you can visit Algiers this month. Algeria is a committed partner of the U.S. in the war on terrorism and the GoA has actively helped shut down ratlines funneling foreign fighters to Iraq. We also have big commercial interests in Algeria's energy sect [...]	2007-11-20 12:41:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PTER ECON AG
07ALGIERS1694	RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN ALGERIA ON THE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian official behavior since 2005, in terms of the country's hydrocarbons law, tax systems, contracting policies and customs enforcement, strongly suggests a growing sentiment of resource nationalism. Government actions indicate a conscious effort to gain greater control of h [...]	2007-11-21 10:18:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV ECON EINV AG
07ALGIERS1704	THE HARRAGA - NOT JUST FOR KIDS ANYMORE [...] SUMMARY: Over the past year, the problem of "harraga" -- desperate young Algerians setting out for Spain and Italy on makeshift boats -- has grown notably worse. The phenomenon is no longer limited to underprivileged youth, but now includes older and wealthier individuals otherwise able to s [...]	2007-11-26 08:43:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI AG
07ALGIERS1749	LOCAL ELECTIONS MARRED BY IRREGULARITIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 29 local elections in Algeria, while publicly hailed by the Ministry of Interior and Prime Minister as a success, were marred by accusations of irregularities, fraud, controlled media access and charges of intimidation of opposition parties. The results were notewort [...]	2007-12-06 11:45:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
07ALGIERS1804	U.S. OIL WONDERS ABOUT ITS FUTURE IN ALGERIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several U.S. companies have signaled their growing dissatisfaction with Algeria's oil sector. Windfall profit taxes, burdensome customs fines and practices, hiring difficulties and a general lack of cooperation by the Algerians have caused several large American oil producers [...]	2007-12-19 10:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV ECON EINV AG
07ALGIERS46	ALGERIA UNYIELDING ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND [...] (C) A top Algerian MFA official was adamant that the Human Rights Council (HRC) should send a mission composed of ambassadors to study the situation in Darfur during his January 15 meeting with Ambassador. Ambassador reviewed with MFA Director General for International Organizations Bouguerra [...]	2007-01-16 17:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SU AG
07ALGIERS619	OFFICIAL ELECTION PERIOD UNDERWAY BUT DOES ANYONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of the May 17 legislative elections, free electronic media access is now available to qualified Algerian political parties and independent candidates, signaling that the official national legislative election has begun. The parties generally express satisfaction with [...]	2007-05-03 11:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
07ALGIERS628	FOREIGN COMPANIES LAMENT IMPEDIMENTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of foreign oil companies operating in Algeria are increasingly voicing concern about the ambiguously worded -- and apparently hastily drafted -- amendments to Algeria's hydrocarbon legislation in effect since the beginning of the year. Although Sonatrach has begu [...]	2007-05-07 08:31:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV ECON AG
07ALGIERS708	ENERGY MINISTER UNMOVED BY CRITICISM OF CHANGES TO [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Energy and Mines Chakib Khelil told Ambassador May 19 that the new hydrocarbon amendments were intended to slow oil development to maintain natural resources for future generations while redressing "unfair gains" made by foreign partners on certain contracts. He si [...]	2007-05-23 08:45:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON EINV AG
07ALGIERS842	ALGERIANS CAUTIOUSLY WELCOME AFRICOM BRIEFING [...] (C) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ryan Henry, accompanied by his delegation, consulted with newly installed Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci, Minister Delegate for National Defense Abdelmalek Guenaizia and senior representatives of the foreign and defense ministries and intellige [...]	2007-06-13 10:15:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL AG
07ALGIERS944	RIOTS BREAK OUT IN ORAN AND BOUSSAADA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Riots erupted in recent days in two parts of Algeria for two very different reasons. In response to the downgrading of a local soccer team, two days of riots broke out in the desert city of Boussaada. Four days of rioting broke out in the westerm port city of Oran after the GOA [...]	2007-07-02 16:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC AG
07ALGIERS966	FORWARD WITH MEPI IN ALGERIA: FEWER BUT DEEPER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Middle East Partnership Initiative programming is the best tool we have to undermine support for extremism in Algeria. We reported in ref A the activities and progress we are making on the education, media, political and economic tracks. It is an uneven picture. Understanding [...]	2007-07-07 16:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI KDEM KJUS AG
07AMMAN1064	SCENESETTER FOR PRM A/S SAUERBREY'S MARCH 13-16 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Amman welcomes your visit, and looks forward to building upon your discussions with key Jordanian officials and Ambassador Hale in recent days in Washington to advance our dialogue with the GOJ on the needs of Iraqis in Jordan, as well as the other refugee issues of mutual [...]	2007-03-08 12:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREG PGOV PHUM SY IZ JO
07AMMAN1067	FEBRUARY PRM VISIT TO SYRIA AND JORDAN FOCUSED ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 12:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL SY IZ JO
07AMMAN1276	Embassy AI Task Force Meets With Diplomatic Community, [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman's Avian Influenza (AI) Task Force met with representatives from other embassies, Amman-based UN organizations, and Government of Jordan (GoJ) officials on March 7 to share information on avian flu preparedness. The GoJ is focusing now on pandemic preparedness, and [...]	2007-03-21 04:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU XF JO
07AMMAN1508	KING AND SENIOR OFFICIALS GREET [...] (C) Summary: The King and senior GOJ officials told a Jordanian-sponsored staffdel that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was the core issue in the Middle East. They described the burden large numbers of Iraqis impose on Jordan. The Minister of Labor explained the GOJ's plan to address repo [...]	2007-04-09 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ELAB IS JO IZ IR SY

07AMMAN1555	JORDAN AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 11:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL IZ JO
07AMMAN1704	GOJ CALLS FOR JUDICIAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION [...] (C) Post received on April 18 a diplomatic note which stated the GOJ would not be able to comply with ref A request for written information regarding the legal status of Majed Talat Hajbeh. 2. (SBU) Translation of the relevant portion of the diplomatic note follows below. "The Ministry o [...]	2007-04-19 13:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO
07AMMAN1801	STATE SECURITY COURT UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) sentenced Ziad al-Karbouli and three others to death and handed down prison sentences in three other terrorism-related cases, while Jordan's Court of Cassation upheld the SSC's death penalty verdict for would-be suicide bomber Sajida Rishawi. Meanw [...]	2007-04-26 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM ASEC IZ SY JO
07AMMAN1998	AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON UNHRC ELECTION: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 14:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC JO
07AMMAN2240	JAF TO TRANSFER MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (U) Action request - see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) has identified the following items for transfer to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): 2 million rounds of 5.56 mm ammunition, 1 million rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, and 500,000 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition. [...]	2007-05-24 13:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL JO LE
07AMMAN2464	KING AND SENIOR OFFICIALS WELCOME CODEL LEAHY [...] (S) Summary: King Abdullah told Codel Leahy that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is the key issue facing Jordan, time was running out to make progress, and soon a two-state solution may not be perceived as feasible. The King urged Democrats and Republicans to present a unified position on [...]	2007-06-10 06:36:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KPAL IS JO IZ IR SY
07AMMAN2605	JORDANIAN MEDIA PROFESSIONALS SAY NEW LAW POSITIVE BUT NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's Parliament passed a new law in April giving citizens the right to access information held by government bodies. The law is currently pending endorsement by King Abdullah. The law's supporters point to the mass enfranchisement of a new democratic right, while detractors [...]	2007-06-18 12:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO KPAO PHUM KMDR KMPI
07AMMAN2827	JORDAN REPEATS REQUEST FOR U.S. SUPPORT FOR PARIS CLUB [...] (SBU) Jordanian officials have renewed their request for the U.S. to join in supporting a debt buyback scheme. The King's Officer Director, Bassem Awadallah, sent Ambassador a new background paper and the text of a letter the Finance Minister sent to the head of the Paris Club (text below). [...]	2007-07-01 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PREL JO
07AMMAN2860	ICAO DEMARCHES DELIVERED TO JORDANIAN CIVIL [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 13:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD SENV JO
07AMMAN2980	STAFFDEL SOCHA TOLD THAT PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings with Christopher Socha, Senior Policy Advisor to Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC),Jordanian interlocutors stressed the urgency for movement toward a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and that Jordan was not able to further accommodate Iraqi [...]	2007-07-11 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO
07AMMAN2985	JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan is gearing up for municipal elections on July 31, with potential candidates reaching out to their constituencies as they and their backers engage in pre-electoral alliances and maneuvering. While the campaigns are hard-fought local events, the competition between the Is [...]	2007-07-12 10:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KWMN JO
07AMMAN320	GOJ CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IRAQI [...] ( SBU ) GOJ spokesman Nasser Judeh, responding to a question during his weekly press briefing, expressed support for an international conference on the situation of Iraqis who have moved to neighboring countries. (Note: Post understands UNHCR working to organize such a conference in Geneva [...]	2007-01-23 15:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREF SMIG IZ JO
07AMMAN3208	MODEST PROGRESS ACHIEVED AT JULY 26 RWG IN AMMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Modest progress was achieved during the July 26 Jordanian-Iraqi co-chaired Refugee Working Group (RWG) in Amman. In a significant breakthrough, the Government of Jordan announced the opening of its public and private schools to displaced Iraqis living in Jordan, regardless of t [...]	2007-07-30 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF SOCI EAID IZ JO SY EG IR TU
07AMMAN3242	REGENT TELLS STAFFDEL GROVE: NEED UNITED FRONT [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Regent stressed to STAFFDEL Grove the need for urgent movement toward a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in order to enable a united front against Iran to emerge. Discussions with interlocutors during the STAFFDEL's visit also focused on U.S. financi [...]	2007-08-01 16:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF JO KPAL IS IZ IR
07AMMAN3284	JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: "A WEDDING FOR [...] (SBU) In contrast to 2003 (in which all mayors and half of municipal council members were appointed; ref C),this year's municipal elections generated a high national turnout and high enthusiasm, as well as some controversy that resulted in scattered disruptions and violence in the country. Th [...]	2007-08-02 13:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KISL KWMN JO
07AMMAN3328	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ALEX BURKART AND JODY DANIEL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of ISN/NESS Deputy Director Alex Burkart and ISN/RA Jody Daniel to Jordan August 8 - 10, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to discuss Jordan's interest in developing a nuclear energy program. All visitors to Jordan [...]	2007-08-07 07:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP OTRA ENRG PARM JO
07AMMAN3352	UPDATE ON IRAQIS IN JORDAN - AUGUST 8 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of the July 26 Refugee Working Group (RWG),local press discussed the burden of assistance to Iraqis, suggesting the U.S. and its allies should pick up the tab, but also supporting the King's decision to allow all Iraqi children here access to public schools. Meanwhi [...]	2007-08-08 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV IZ JO
07AMMAN3369	GOJ RAPIDLY PREPARING SCHOOLS FOR IRAQI STUDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Education (MoE) sent a letter to all public school principals on August 6 instructing them to allow Iraqi students to register in public and private schools regardless of residence status for the 2007-08 school term. Major Jordanian daily newspapers prominently r [...]	2007-08-09 14:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PHUM SOCI EAID IZ JO
07AMMAN3482	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection employees Joyce Gouge, Jackie Ramsey, and Ronald Kihnel to Jordan, August 22 - September 01, 2007, for the purpose of conducting International Seaport Interdiction Training [...]	2007-08-20 16:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA JO
07AMMAN3579	SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS ON QIZ LABOR ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the Ministry of Labor (MOL) published a Plan of Action in March 2007, Jordan has been making slow but steady progress on labor issues in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs). For the first time, a Jordanian court found supervisors in one factory guilty of physical abu [...]	2007-08-26 13:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD EAID JO QIZ
07AMMAN3584	JORDAN'S FEED SUBSIDY PROGRAM: ANIMAL CENSUS IS FIRST STEP [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) recently concluded a livestock census, the first serious attempt since 1998 to determine the number of ruminants - sheep, goats, camels, and cattle - in Jordan. Officials told the press the survey was part of a broader effort to establish the geographic [...]	2007-08-27 03:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EFIN PGOV SOCI JO
07AMMAN3626	RESIGNATION OF FINANCE MINISTER SETS BACK [...] (SBU) Summary: The resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ziad Fariz and the government's decision to postpone liberalization of fuel prices do not bode well for the future plans of the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC),according to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. [...]	2007-08-28 12:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON JO
07AMMAN3654	E-GOVERNMENT: LOTS OF POTENTIAL BUT LITTLE ACTUAL [...] (U) Summary: After years of effort with few results, Jordan launched several e-government projects this summer, including those that will allow businesses to check their tax records online and citizens to review draft legislation. Among the projects in development are an online business tradem [...]	2007-08-30 10:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINT PGOV TINT KMPI JO
07AMMAN3656	JORDAN WELCOMES MOU ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND PROPOSES [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Khaled Touqan will represent the Government of Jordan (GOJ) at the September 16 Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Ministerial, and has proposed signing the Memora [...]	2007-08-30 11:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV EPET JO
07AMMAN3697	LIMITED CABINET RESHUFFLE BRINGS IN THREE [...] (U) As expected, Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit announced September 2 the names of three ministers to replace vacancies left by recent resignations (reftels). All three new ministers are considered technocrats by observers: the new Minister of Finance was promoted from Secretary General (the nu [...]	2007-09-03 13:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JO PGOV SENV EAID EFIN PINR
07AMMAN3729	American Basketball Clinics and English Language Programs [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Amman recently concluded its first Youth Enrichment Program. Under the auspices of this R initiative, PA Amman hosted two basketball and English-language camps in August for more than 200 underprivileged Jordanian boys and girls from several different regions of the country. [...]	2007-09-05 12:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL JO
07AMMAN3732	SHAKR AL-ABSI'S DEATH BARELY NOTED IN JORDAN [...] (SBU) The reported death of Fatah Al-Islam (FAI) leader and Jordanian national Shakr al-Absi in the fighting at Nahr al-Barid camp in Lebanon (ref A) has prompted a limited degree of media attention in Jordan, but with the focus on familial reaction rather than any political implications. 2 [...]	2007-09-05 14:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL JO
07AMMAN3752	A/S SAUERBREY CONGRATULATES GOJ ON PROVIDING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey congratulated the GOJ for its recent decision to expand enrollment of Iraqi schoolchildren, and focused local and international media attention on the broader needs of Iraqi refugees in the region during her August 26-29 visit. Her announceme [...]	2007-09-09 05:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KPAL IZ JO
07AMMAN3806	The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Balancing Development and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) manages the city of Aqaba and its surrounding 26 kilometers of Jordanian coastline. Roughly 30 percent of this strategic and precious real estate is a protected marine habitat. During meetings regarding environmental issues in [...]	2007-09-13 11:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO
07AMMAN3817	JORDAN'S STONE AND MARBLE INDUSTRY: BETWEEN A ROCK [...] Summary: Exports to the U.S. from Jordan's stone and marble industry reached $1.3 million in 2006, representing one of the few Jordanian goods besides garments to enter the U.S. market, but still only a small fraction of the $1.4 billion in total Jordanian exports to the U.S. Although the co [...]	2007-09-13 15:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EIND EAID JO
07AMMAN386	BURST OF PROGRESS AHEAD OF DEMINING MEETING [...] (C) Jordan cleared in 2006 nearly one-half of its minefields. However, the GOJ is concerned about conventional and terrorist threats from Syria, and may delay plans to remove mines along its northern border. Jordan will host the 2007 Meeting of States Parties to the demining treaty, at whic [...]	2007-01-30 11:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MCAP JO
07AMMAN3909	Jordan's Economic Zones Aim to Attract Investment and [...] Summary: Jordan has taken an approach of developing geographically delineated, policy-favored commercial zones to attract investment and promote economic development. In addition to industrial estates and free zones, King Abdullah recently announced the launch of a fourth economic developmen [...]	2007-09-23 04:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV JO
07AMMAN3992	Jordanian Labor Minister Continues to Focus on Improving [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paras 6-7. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a September 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Labor Bassem Salem provided an update on labor issues, noting that despite some intermittent problems, dramatic improvements have been made, particularl [...]	2007-09-27 08:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV JO
07AMMAN4015	FIRST UNSCR 1540 OUTREACH IN ARAB REGION PROMOTES [...] (U) Summary. The Regional Seminar, "Implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) for Arab States," took place on 4-5 September 2007 in Amman, Jordan. Jordan hosted the workshop jointly with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UN ODA) in close cooperation w [...]	2007-09-27 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP EU OSCE ARF
07AMMAN4038	Jordan's Textiles and Apparel Production: Still Competitive [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Ref D, Post provides below updated statistics and information on the textile and apparel industry in Jordan. Jordan's exports of textile and apparel slightly decreased during the first half of 2007 to USD 568 million, with over 90% going to the U.S. market. The [...]	2007-09-30 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX JO
07AMMAN4074	GULF TRAVELERS CONTRIBUTE TO A SUCCESSFUL SUMMER TOURISM [...] (U) Summary: As of the end of August 2007, the number of Gulf state-based tourists visiting Jordan had increased 3.4% compared to the same 8-month period in 2006. Gulf tourists visit Jordan primarily in the summer for the relatively temperate weather, family entertainment, and common culture. [...]	2007-10-03 11:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EIND JO
07AMMAN4075	DAMAN Pre-inspection Program Terminated; Jordan Institutes [...] (U) Director General of the Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology (JISM) Dr. Yaseen Khayaat confirmed to EconOffs September 30 that the long-running DAMAN pre-inspection program expired on schedule on September 1, 2007 (reftel). Khayaat added that with the end of the program, Bureau [...]	2007-10-03 11:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD JO
07AMMAN4129	JORDAN: DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Since the development of our initial democratic reform strategy for Jordan (REF A),the GOJ has made progress on a wide variety of the goals set out. Post made substantial contributions to democratic reforms in Jordan through focused, well-funded programming efforts, advocacy w [...]	2007-10-09 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO KDEM PGOV PREL
07AMMAN4226	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SNL EMPLOYEES HORAK, HAYCRAFT, [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Sandia National Laboratories employees Karl Horak, Debbie Haycraft, and Gaurav Rajen to Jordan, November 1 - 10, 2007, for the purpose of hosting a Web Access for Civil Society Initiatives meeting at the Cooperative M [...]	2007-10-18 10:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP JO
07AMMAN4278	Iraqi Jordanian Transport Company Claims Lack of Security [...] (SBU) Summary: Director General of the Iraqi Jordanian Land Transportation Company (IJLTC) Ghassan Farkouh confirmed that as of October 18, 40 of 166 trucks of Iraqi oil had reached Jordan's sole refinery in Zarka, and another 23 were about to cross the border (reftels). The whereabouts of t [...]	2007-10-21 15:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD JO IZ
07AMMAN4325	Jordanian Media Accused of Publication Offenses [...] (U) Summary: Two newspaper editors accused of publication offenses were recently questioned by Jordanian prosecutors. If indicted, they would be the first such cases since the amendment of the main press law passed by parliament in the spring which eliminated some categories of forbidden subj [...]	2007-10-25 04:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO KPAO KMDR PGOV
07AMMAN4338	DESPITE INCREASED REVENUES, SECOND BUDGET SUPPLEMENT NEEDED [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's 2007 budget and initial supplementary annex estimated USD 5.6 billion in total revenues, including foreign grants, and USD 6.1 billion in expenditures. While the GOJ's revenue projections are on-track, skyrocketing fuel subsidy costs have necessitated an additional USD 7 [...]	2007-10-25 11:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON ENRG PGOV JO
07AMMAN434	GOJ COMMITED TO RESOLVING LABOR PROBLEM; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GoJ officials continue to pledge their commitment to resolving labor issues in Jordan. In response to Ambassador's warnings that congressional and U.S. investor concern is deepening, the labor minister highlighted positive steps taken to date and plans for the coming months, pa [...]	2007-02-01 10:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD GTIP KTEX BG JO
07AMMAN4369	KING ABDULLAH DISCUSSES IRAQ AND REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah said October 28 that Jordan sought strategic consultations and close coordination with the USG in the effort to help to restore stability to Iraq. He told visiting Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker that Jordan would continue to work with PM Maliki and planned to send [...]	2007-10-29 16:17:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV JO IZ
07AMMAN4379	FY08 PRIORITIES AND WORK-ITEMS FOR AMMAN ESTH HUB [...] The Amman ESTH Hub for the NEA Bureau was established in 1997. The current incumbent (Manu Bhalla) is the fourth Hub officer. He is supported by regional environmental specialist Rana Safadi, who has served with the Hub for eight years. Key Priorities and Work Items ----------------------- [...]	2007-10-30 09:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO ETRD EAID PGOV JO
07AMMAN4430	FROM THE TRIBES TO THE STREET: THE ANATOMY OF A [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's campaign season is in full swing. Many candidates start their campaigns on the tribal level, where they compete for endorsements and the support of a unified tribe. Not all receive a unanimous verdict, but most can count on some form of tribal base. Campaign teams (both [...]	2007-11-01 12:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO PGOV KDEM
07AMMAN4453	UNHCR AND NGOS OUTLINE ADMISSIONS AND ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a two-day visit to Amman, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues Ambassador James Foley, accompanied by DHS Senior Advisor for Iraqi Refugees Lori Scialabba, discussed admission and assistance priorities with senior United Nations refugee officials, NGOs, and Jordania [...]	2007-11-04 10:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV SOCI EAID IZ JO
07AMMAN4499	JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HOWARD PASSELL AND JESSE ROACH [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Sandia National Laboratories employees Howard Passell and Jesse Roach to Jordan, November 09 - 24, 2007 for the purpose of holding a workshop with Iraqi engineers and hydrologists on the use of system dynamics modelin [...]	2007-11-07 14:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP JO
07AMMAN4559	JORDAN ELECTIONS: ECONOMY THE MAIN ISSUE, BUT [...] (C) Summary. The economy seems to be the number one issue on the minds of voters and candidates in the thick of Jordan's campaign season. Despite real economic growth, rising prices and unemployment numbers show that popular perceptions of economic difficulties have some foundation. As a re [...]	2007-11-13 16:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO ECON KDEM PGOV
07AMMAN4561	CAMPAIGN DIRTY TRICKS: VOTE BUYING, MUD SLINGING, [...] (C) Summary. Campaigning for the November 20 parliamentary elections is in full swing, with candidate tents springing up like mushrooms, posters and banners blanketing the traffic circles, and numerous newspaper editorials devoted to the big questions of representation, benefits of participa [...]	2007-11-14 06:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO PGOV KDEM
07AMMAN4571	CAMPAIGN DIRTY TRICKS: VOTE BUYING, MUD SLINGING, [...] (C) Summary. Campaigning for the November 20 parliamentary elections is in full swing, with candidate tents springing up like mushrooms, posters and banners blanketing the traffic circles, and numerous newspaper editorials devoted to the big questions of representation, benefits of participa [...]	2007-11-14 13:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO PGOV KDEM
07AMMAN4575	DRAFT 2008 BUDGET EXPECTS HIGH INFLATION AND SLOWING GDP [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's 2008 budget now being prepared is expected to include raises for public sector employees and pensioners, and to exclude fuel subsidies, which have necessitated budget annexes in 2007. The draft budget assumes a slow-down in GDP growth to four percent in 2008 after three [...]	2007-11-15 05:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON ENRG PGOV JO
07AMMAN4584	JORDAN ELECTIONS: PALESTINIANS AND THEIR [...] (C) Summary. Jordanians of Palestinian origin face difficult choices in the November 20 elections for Jordan's lower house of parliament. Candidates of Palestinian origin talk about unfairness in Jordan's electoral system and within Jordanian society, both of which lead to under-representati [...]	2007-11-15 13:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO PGOV PREL
07AMMAN4612	JORDAN ELECTIONS: ON ELECTION EVE, POLITICS IN AN [...] (C) Summary. In the stretch of slums and refugee camps that lies to the south and east of Amman, the campaign for Jordan's November 20 elections has a markedly different flavor than elsewhere in the country. Candidates here speak frankly about the issues that matter to their constituents: p [...]	2007-11-19 11:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO PGOV KDEM ECON SENV KPAL
07AMMAN4623	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ELECTION STRATEGY PUT TO THE [...] (C) Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is fielding 22 candidates in the November 20 election for the 110-seat lower house of parliament under the banner of its political party, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),with the slogan, "Islam is the Solution." IAF successes or failures in the polls will [...]	2007-11-19 14:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM JO
07AMMAN4663	ON ANNAPOLIS, FLEETING HOPE LEAVENS LOW [...] (C) Summary: As the Annapolis conference approaches, we have been pulsing our Jordanian contacts on their expectations for the event, speaking to a broad range of Palestinians and East Bankers. While few of our contacts evinced optimism about the meeting, neither complaints about its expecte [...]	2007-11-21 16:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL JO IS
07AMMAN4693	BIOGRAPHIES FOR JORDAN'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) In the wake of November 20 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit submitted his resignation to the King November 22, paving the way for a new government. On November 23, the King designated Nader Dahabi as the new Prime Minister, and the new cabinet was sworn in on November 25. [...]	2007-11-26 17:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	JO PGOV PINR
07AMMAN4732	KING ABDULLAH UPDATES CODEL INOUYE ON SYRIAN [...] (S) CODEL Inouye accompanied by Ambassador met with King Abdullah on November 28 and discussed developments in Iraq, the Annapolis meeting and a potential opportunity to change Syrian behavior. End Summary. 2. (U) Senators Daniel Inouye and Ted Stevens, Ambassador, and Minority Staff Direc [...]	2007-11-29 15:43:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL SY JO
07AMMAN4733	WHY JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS LOST GROUND IN [...] (C) Summary: The Muslim Brotherhood's Islamic Action Front (IAF) party suffered a crippling defeat in the November 20 parliamentary elections. As Jordan's political landscape realigns, the IAF is spinning its defeat several ways in the media. It is joined by the chattering classes, who have [...]	2007-11-29 16:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO PGOV KDEM KISL
07AMMAN4738	IRAQIS IN JORDAN UPDATE - NOVEMBER 28 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hale urged new Jordanian Prime Minister Nader Dahabi, Minister of Planning Suhair al-Ali, and Chief of Royal Court Bassem Awadallah to regularize the status of Iraqis in Jordan. The Ambassador attended an Iraqi Chaldean mass on November 25 and offered continued embassy [...]	2007-11-29 17:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF SOCI IZ JO
07AMMAN4762	CODEL ROHRABACHER MEETS WITH JORDANIAN ROYAL COURT [...] (C) Summary. In November 29 meetings with Chief of the Royal Court Bassem Awadallah and NGOs who work with Iraqi refugees, Codel Rohrabacher heard about Jordan's struggle to cope with increased demands on its overburdened infrastructure. While describing Jordan's economic direction as posit [...]	2007-12-03 12:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO PGOV KPAL SENV
07AMMAN4773	View That Iraqis in Jordan Are Only a Burden on the Economy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The prevailing view shared by the Jordanian public and government officials is that the Iraqi presence has further strained Jordan's already stretched budget, with a significant negative impact on the education and health systems, and an inflationary impact on prices. After rev [...]	2007-12-05 06:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREF PGOV JO IZ
07AMMAN4793	CONGRESSWOMAN MCCOLLUM DISCUSSES IMPACT OF IRAQI REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: During the November 24-27 visit to Jordan of Representative Betty McCollum (D-MN),Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials described the strain that approximately 500,000 Iraqis have been placing on the Jordanian infrastructure. All stressed that while Jordan has opened up public [...]	2007-12-06 07:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID ECON PREL IZ JO
07AMMAN4816	STAFFDEL WELLS EXAMINES CONDITIONS OF IRAQIS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During their five-day visit to Jordan, Staffdel Wells spoke with senior GOJ officials, refugee processing agencies, and NGOs in an effort to (1) better understanding the socioeconomic situation of Iraqi refugees in Jordan; (2) review refugee processing efforts and outcomes; and [...]	2007-12-06 15:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV SOCI EAID JO IZ SY
07AMMAN4820	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT APPLAUDS GOJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 5 visit to Jordan, Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt emphasized that Jordan's economic reform program made it possible for the U.S. to support the GOJ proposal to the Paris Club to buy back some of its debt. He encouraged continued reforms, especially eliminat [...]	2007-12-09 11:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID JO IZ
07AMMAN483	GOJ OFFICIAL UPBEAT ON PRIVATIZATION, PESSIMISTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chairman of Jordan's Executive Privatization Commission (EPC),former Finance Minister Mohammed Abu Hammour, painted an optimistic view of the progress of privatization in Jordan. After a record year for privatization in 2006, 2007 should also register major progress, inclu [...]	2007-02-04 11:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPRV JO
07AMMAN4862	PERSONAL FINANCE IN JORDAN: SAVING LESS, BORROWING MORE [...] (U) Summary: On average, Jordanian households spend $1900 more than they earn annually, and pay for the gap with loans, real estate sales, and remittances. Consumer use of banks is high, more as a vehicle for debit and credit cards than for savings. Mortgages continue to grow in popularity a [...]	2007-12-11 09:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV JO
07AMMAN4884	IRAQIS IN JORDAN UPDATE - DECEMBER 10 [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR signed a USD 11 million agreement with the Jordanian Ministry of Health to assist the GOJ in providing primary care services to Iraqis at equivalent costs to non-insured Jordanians. UNHCR hopes that increased Iraqi usage of Jordanian primary care facilities will allow the [...]	2007-12-11 16:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF SOCI IZ JO
07AMMAN4885	CAN NATIONALISM FILL JORDAN'S POLITICAL VOID? [...] (C) Summary: Throughout the recently concluded election season, Post was exposed to an undercurrent of discontent with the structure of Jordan's political system. Urban elites and tribal notables alike recognized that the current fractured, incoherent political discourse prevents progress o [...]	2007-12-12 06:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL KPAL JO
07AMMAN4961	GOVERNMENT GETS RESOUNDING VOTE OF CONFIDENCE AS [...] (C) Summary. After presenting its platform to the newly elected parliament, the Dahabi government had its vote of confidence - by a historically high margin. Pledged to phase-out fuel and fodder subsidies early in 2008, the government is already facing skepticism in some quarters about its [...]	2007-12-17 15:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON JO
07AMMAN4971	WHO'S YOUR DAHABI? [...] (C) Summary. There are now two Dahabis at the center of Jordanian political life. Nader Dahabi is the Prime Minister, and his brother Mohammed is entering his third year as director of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID). While there is little public conversation on the subject, it i [...]	2007-12-18 07:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
07AMMAN4993	Jordan's Garment Association Cites Shortage of Labor as [...] (U) This contains an action request for USTR. See para 16. 2. (SBU) Summary: Jordanian garment exports to the U.S. fell 6.4% during the first nine months of 2007. During a December 13 lunch, the newly elected Board for the Jordan Garments, Accessories, Textiles Exporters' Association (J [...]	2007-12-18 11:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD EAID KTEX JO
07AMMAN5061	JORDAN'S ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION NOT YET READY [...] (C) Summary. Passed as part of a raft of reforms in October 2006, Jordan's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is still trying to get on its feet. A seven-member body protected by limited immunities, the ACC has the power to investigate claims and assemble cases for transfer to the Ministry of [...]	2007-12-31 12:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV JO
07AMMAN51	FURTHER REACTION TO SADDAM'S EXECUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Demonstrations against the execution of Saddam Hussein took place in several cities after Friday prayers, January 5. Editorials continued to criticize the execution, the Iraqi government, and the USG, but also fired a number of salvos in Iran's direction. END SUMMARY. ---- [...]	2007-01-07 15:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ IR JO
07AMMAN52	FURTHER REACTION TO SADDAM'S EXECUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Demonstrations against the execution of Saddam Hussein took place in several cities after Friday prayers, January 5. Editorials continued to criticize the execution, the Iraqi government, and the USG, but also fired a number of salvos in Iran's direction. END SUMMARY. ---- [...]	2007-01-07 16:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ IR JO
07ANKARA1024	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1091	TURKEY: FM GUL AS THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES MASTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
07ANKARA1093	GROWTH HELPING ANATOLIAN BACKWATERS, BUT WORRIES ABOUT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV TU
07ANKARA110	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1101	UNHRC - CANDIDACY OF BELARUS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 08:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC BO SI TU
07ANKARA1111	UNHRC ELECTION: TURKISH MFA SIGNALS INTENT TO VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC TU BO BK SI
07ANKARA1136	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1149	TURKEY: INTELLECTUALS OPPOSE MILITARY'S [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. A group of 500 intellectuals issued a declaration May 13 against the Turkish military's April 27 e-memorandum. Echoing the message of a May 7 statement by 205 intellectuals (reftel),the signatories rejected the e-memorandum: "We openly declare that we have the right [...]	2007-05-14 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA115	U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-22 10:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA1151	UNHRC - CANDIDACY OF BELARUS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 08:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC BO SI TU
07ANKARA1181	UNHRC ELECTION: MFA UNDERSECRETARY SIGNALS TURKEY [...] (C) Ambassador raised the UN Human Rights Council election issue (ref a) during a May 15 meeting covering various topics with MFA Undersecretary (D-equivalent) Apakan. Ambassador noted that the candidacies of Slovenia and Bosnia should simplify Turkey's decision on whom to vote for and reitera [...]	2007-05-17 07:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC TU BO BK SI
07ANKARA121	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-22 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1215	TURKEY-RUSSIA RELATIONS: INTO THE BEAR'S DEN? [...] (C) Summary: Deepening economic and political ties between Russia and Turkey bear watching, but they do not signal a fundamental shift in Ankara's foreign policy orientation. Contacts believe Russia offers Turkey a sympathetic ear as both feel buffeted by a critical west. However, on key Turk [...]	2007-05-21 07:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET TU RS
07ANKARA1216	U/S APAKAN'S POINTS ON CYPRUS [...] (C) MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan told Ambassador on May 15 that Turkey hopes the UN report on Cyprus will contain a reference to the May 28, 2004 UN report. Apakan complained that the buffer zone was being extended at the expense of Turkish Cypriots. He provided Ambassador with a paper containin [...]	2007-05-21 08:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU
07ANKARA123	Turkey: U.S. Companies Worried about Business [...] (SBU) Summary. Many U.S. companies in Turkey feel they are missing out on Turkey's economic boom. They blame the persistence of traditional ways of doing business, including corruption and opaque regulatory practices, but also fault U.S. companies' lack of awareness of the substantial impro [...]	2007-01-23 11:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP PREL TU
07ANKARA1239	GOT ABRUPTLY FIRES ITS SPECIAL ENVOY TO COMBAT PKK [...] (C) Summary: On May 21, the Turkish government fired its Special Envoy to combat the PKK, GEN (r) Baser, citing the general's negative public comments on the trilateral (U.S.-Iraq-Turkey) process. The GOT named MFA Deputy Undersecretary Akgunay as his replacement, signaling a continuation of [...]	2007-05-22 09:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL TU UZ US
07ANKARA124	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1245	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1257	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1264	TURKEY'S PRESIDENT SEZER NOT A NEUTRAL PLAYER [...] (C) Summary and comment. President Ahmet Necdet Sezer remains in office indefinitely after Turkey's abortive presidential election, at least until a new parliament convenes after July 22 elections and attempts to elect his successor. Some give Sezer high marks as the last defense against th [...]	2007-05-24 05:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
07ANKARA1271	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 12:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1283	TURKISH-AMERICAN PROJECT LAUNCHES GAS PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With political speeches and fireworks alarmingly close to a heroic gas plume, the U.S. oil development company Toreador feted new gas production at its Black Sea facility on May 20. Toreador has overcome significant problems in bringing its production on line and connecting i [...]	2007-05-25 11:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET BEXP EINV TU
07ANKARA1315	TURKISH PRESIDENT VETOES NUCLEAR ENERGY LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 8 the Turkish Parliament passed the long pending Nuclear Energy Law, but on May 24 President Sezer vetoed the legislation based on a few technical provisions concerning privatization and government obligations. Even in the unlikely event that the parliament overturns the [...]	2007-05-30 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BEXP TU
07ANKARA1318	TURKEY WORRIED ABOUT TRANSFER OF SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Senior Turkish officials and MPs have expressed deep concern about the May 30 handover of security responsibility in northern Iraq from MNF-I to the KRG. The Turks' main concerns appear to be about control of the Iraq-Turkey border, but also extend to an apparent expansion of wha [...]	2007-05-30 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA132	U/S BURNS MEETING WITH TURKISH MFA U/S APAKAN -- [...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting in Ankara, Turkish U/S Ertugrul Apakan told U/S Burns that Turkey supports the U.S. strategy of reinforcing Iraq with additional troops. He appealed for U.S. help on the PKK and for a delay in Kirkuk referendum. Apakan expressed concern about Iranian infl [...]	2007-01-24 08:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ IR

07ANKARA133	U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH TURKISH NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Turkish National Security Council President Yigit Alpogan told U/S Burns January 19 that 2007 would be a challenging year for bilateral relations. The Turkish government hopes passage of an Armenian genocide resolution in the U.S. Congress can be averted, fears relations with the U.S. wil [...]	2007-01-24 08:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NATO IZ IR KPAL EPET ENRG ZK

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