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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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08BUCHAREST997ROMANIA: NUCLEAR POWER SECTOR ON THE RISE
[...] Nuclear power accounts for an increasing share of Romania's electricity production. The country's two operating reactors at the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant currently provide 18 percent of Romania's domestic electricity production, with this number scheduled to double after two additional re [...]
2008-12-19 16:00:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON TRGY BEXP BTIO SENV EPET KSEI RO
08BUDAPEST1035HUNGARY NOT INVITED TO IRAN'S UPCOMING NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 15:52:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC MNUC TRGY IR HU
08BUDAPEST1050HUNGARIAN SUPPORT FOR NORWAY-IAEA SAFETY TRAINING
[...] (S) In a follow-up to Hungary's initial response reported in ref C, Dr Kristof Horvath, Head of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Agency's (HAEA) Department of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials, told PolOff on November 3 that Hungary, in principle, is prepared to support the Norwegian sponsored trai [...]
2008-11-04 14:05:00Embassy BudapestSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KNNP TRGY IR HU
08BUDAPEST1082NRC CHAIRMAN MEETING WITH HUNGARIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Dale Klein met with representatives of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA),addressed the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and visited Hungary's new radioactive waste facility from September 22-25, 2008. Chairman Klein emphasized [...]
2008-11-12 05:59:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS HU
08BUDAPEST1145EU BIOFUEL SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) EconOff delivered the talking points received in Ref A to Zsuzsanna Bibok, head of the Air, Noise and Transport Unit at the Ministry of Environment and Water, and to her assistant, Mate Kovacs. Bibok seemed generally receptive to U.S. views concerning biofuel sustainability criteria, b [...]
2008-12-01 07:59:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN HU
08BUDAPEST1174HUNGARIAN MFA APPRISED OF SYRIA'S TECHNICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-09 14:31:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY HU
08BUDAPEST1175HUNGARY SUPPORTS DRAFT NSG TEXT FOR TRANSFERS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-09 14:31:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY HU
08BUDAPEST1227HUNGARY PLANNING EXPANSION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The probable expansion of the Hungarian nuclear power sector offers significant opportunities to U.S. firms engaged in nuclear-related manufacturing and services. Hungary is currently considering building one or two new nuclear reactor units at the Paks nuclear plant. There is s [...]
2008-12-23 14:52:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO KGHG US RS FR HU
08BUDAPEST715PRESIDENT OF HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
[...] (SBU) On July 18, Ambassador Foley used the occasion of her initial call on Jozsef Palinkas, the newly-elected President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA),as an opportunity to raise with him ISN's plans to host a workshop for former Iraqi WMD experts in Hungary. Palinkas expressed [...]
2008-07-21 13:12:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY PINR KSCA HU IQ
08BUDAPEST854DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUNGARY SUPPORTIVE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 10:36:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IR HU
08BUDAPEST963HUNGARY: VIEWS ON EU BIOFUELS PACKAGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hungary is supportive of EU efforts on biofuels, which are generally in accord with steps Hungary is already taking. However, there are some differing viewpoints between the two ministries principally involved in formulating Hungary's approach to renewable energy. The Energy [...]
2008-10-01 12:11:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN HU
08BUENOSAIRES1262CONVERSION OF ARGENTINA'S RA-6 RESEARCH REACTOR TO
[...] On September 8, ESTCouns met with Lic. Norma Boero, President of Argentina's National Energy Commission (CNEA by its Spanish acronym) to follow up on reftel demarche. EST Couns delivered another copy of DOE Assistant Deputy Administrator Bieniawski's letter and discussed the invitation to th [...]
2008-09-10 18:09:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY ENRG PARM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1283U.S.-Argentina Bilateral Energy Consultations on Renewable
[...] (SBU) U.S.-Argentina binational working group on alternative energy and energy efficiency met September 11 in Buenos Aires to advance cooperation under the July 2008 U.S.-Argentina Memorandum of Intention (MoI) on Renewable and Clean Energy. The GoA underscored its intention to advance bilate [...]
2008-09-15 14:55:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV TRGY PREL ETRD EINV EAGR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1335ARGENTINA ADVANCES ITS OWN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
[...] ESTCouns met on September 24 with Sebastian Sayus, Couselor for the MFA's Directorate of International Security, Nuclear and Outer Stace Issues (DIGAN) to deliver talking points in reftel and bio of US candidate for President of the Third Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Joint [...]
2008-09-25 12:48:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP IAEA AORC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1449ARGENTINA WELCOMES AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti welcomed Ambassador Schulte's October 16 consultations in Argentina, confirming Argentina's predisposition to cooperate with the U.S. internationally and at the IAEA. In the meeting with VFM Taccetti and at a lunch hosted by the [...]
2008-10-22 20:11:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1552ARGENTINA SHARES CONCERNS OVER PROPOSED NSG RESTRICTIONS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti told visiting DOE NNSA Administrator Thomas D'Agostino November 7 that the GOA was ready to work for an agreement under paragraph 6 of the draft criteria-based guidelines for the transfer of enrichment and reprocessing technology (ENR),but [...]
2008-11-13 14:07:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1661ARGENTINA WILL CONFER WITH BRAZIL BEFORE
[...] (SBU) Pol-Mil Officer discussed ref demarche December 2 with Ambassador Elsa Kelly, the MFA Director for International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN),the head of Argentina's delegation to the November 19-20 NSG Consultative Group (CG) meeting in Vienna. Kelly described the CG me [...]
2008-12-04 17:19:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY AR
08BUENOSAIRES1745ARGENTINA: OVERVIEW OF CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Argentina has had a nuclear program for nearly sixty years and currently draws on two power reactors to supply approximately nine percent of its total electricity generation. The country i [...]
2008-12-24 12:00:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO AR
08CANBERRA1106NSG: AUSTRALIA SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. OBJECTIVES AT
[...] (SBU) During an October 31 meeting with Chris King, Acting Director for Arms Control, and Tim Bryson, Executive Officer for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with responsibility for the Nuclear Suppliers Group, poloff delivered reftel points, stressing the importance of rea [...]
2008-10-31 07:29:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM IAEA TRGY ENRG ETTC AS
08CANBERRA1241AUSTRALIA COMMENTS ON SYRIAN TECHNICAL COOPERATION
[...] (C/NF) Australia viewed the approval by IAEA's Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee of Syria's project SYR/0/020 as a compromise outcome according to Chris King, Executive Officer, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. King in [...]
2008-12-09 03:14:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMNUC PARM IAEA TRGY KNNP AS
08CANBERRA69U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: DRAFT POLICY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4 below. 2. (C) We furnished demarche points (reftel) to Tim Bryson, Acting Director for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on January 25. In recounting to Bryson that the U.S. had circulated a draft of the edited policy s [...]
2008-01-25 06:29:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALENRG PARM TRGY KNNP AS
08CANBERRA760AUSTRALIA SET FOR FIRST URANIUM SHIPMENT TO PRC
[...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftel, press reports on July 26 indicate that Energy Resources of Australia (ERA),which is controlled by Rio Tinto (68 percent ownership) has reached agreement with an unspecified utility in China to sell uranium oxide from the Ranger mine in the Northern Territory [...]
2008-07-28 06:58:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP TRGY AS
08CANBERRA845AUSTRALIA RECEIVES NONPAPER ON PREVENTION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-27 02:42:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC KNNP AS
08CHENNAI263TAMIL NADU EXPERIENCES POWER SHORTAGES, INEVITABLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Decades of under-investment in power generation have finally caught up with the South India state of Tamil Nadu, which is currently experiencing unprecedented disruptions of electricity supply. This under-investment, combined with strong economic growth and accompanying demand [...]
2008-08-07 08:48:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP ECON EINV PGOV EFIN IN RS
08CHENNAI97U.S. NUCLEAR TEAM VISITS SOUTH INDIA ATOMIC RESEARCH
[...] (SBU) Summary: A six-member delegation from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) visited on March 3-4 the Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR) near Chennai as part of a 10-day visit to India that also included a stop in Mumbai to discuss nuclear safety issues with counterpa [...]
2008-03-14 06:56:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PARM KNNP PGOV TRGY IN
08CHISINAU511MOLDOVA WILL REPORT ON UNSCR 1803 COMPLIANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 14:30:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR MD
08CHISINAU552MOLDOVA RECEIVES REQUEST RELATED TO THE CONVENTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-27 08:40:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM MD
08CONAKRY154RESPONSE - CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN GUINEA
[...] The below information is in response to reftel request regarding China's engagement in Guinea. ------------- CHINESE FOCUS ------------- 2. China's interest in Guinea is primarily economic with significant investment in the following sectors: energy, mining, agriculture, infrastructu [...]
2008-05-02 11:40:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY XA
08COPENHAGEN500 Danes Support Strong EU Biofuels Sustainability Criteria
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to officials in the Ministry for Climate and Energy, Denmark fully supports the French initiative to develop sustainability criteria by the end of this year. Denmark hopes strong sustainability criteria can be established before the UN climate conference (COP-15) in C [...]
2008-09-19 14:40:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN DA
08COTONOU256CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN BENIN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-30 08:38:00Embassy CotonouCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY BN
08DARESSALAAM284CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN TANZANIA
[...] Per ref A, Post submits the following response. Focus areas of Chinese engagement in Tanzania include infrastructure investments and bilateral Tanzania-China business engagements, primarily in the tourism sector (see ref B). Some of the highlights of Chinese investment in Tanzania include: [...]
2008-05-05 08:31:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY XA XE TZ
08DHAKA103BANGLADESH DELEGATES TO WIREC 2008
[...] Post submits two names of representatives from Bangladesh for participation in the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) 2008. USAID will be funding the travel expenses for these two delegates. The two proposed participants are: Mr. Kaisar Ahmed, Director, Renewable Ener [...]
2008-01-22 07:09:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA BG
08DHAKA1147BURMA-BANGLADESH MARITIME DISPUTE FLARES
[...] (S/NF) Dhaka, on November 2, strongly protested Burma's November 1 decision to explore for oil and gas and dispatch naval vessels in disputed waters between the two nations. The Government of Bangladesh demanded the withdrawal of four exploration ships, accompanied by two naval warships, from [...]
2008-11-03 11:12:00Embassy DhakaSECRET//NOFORNBG BM ECON KDEM PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TRGY
08DHAKA1157MARITIME TENSIONS BETWEEN BANGLADESH AND BURMA
[...] (C) Diplomatic talks between Bangladesh and Burma ended inconclusively November 8, with no negotiated settlement over the current maritime border dispute. Tensions between the two states continued to escalate, with both nations placing border forces on alert. Bangladesh-based South Korean di [...]
2008-11-09 14:13:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALBG BM ECON PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TRGY
08DILI134DEMARCHE TO TIMOR-LESTE ON IRAN SANCTIONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 01:24:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR TT
08DOHA45SARKOZY DISCUSSES NUCLEAR COOPERATION AND
[...] (C/NF) French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Qatar January 14-15, accompanied by Defense Minister Herve Morin, Economy Minister Christine Lagarde and 20 French executives as part of his regional tour aimed primarily at bolstering French business ties with Gulf states. According to the Fre [...]
2008-01-21 10:57:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALENRG EINV PREL TRGY KNNP KPAL FR QA
08DOHA56QATARI MFA OFFICIAL SAYS NUCLEAR AIMS OF GCC ARE
[...] (C) MFA Director for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Affairs Yousef Al-Jaber outlined for P/E Chief January 24 current GCC thinking on the introduction of nuclear technology in Gulf states. According to Al-Jaber, the GCC formed a nuclear committee in early 2007 to explore cooperation on the ac [...]
2008-01-24 14:16:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG TRGY KNNP QA
08DOHA590EXXONMOBIL ASSESSES FOUR TYPES OF RISK TO THE
[...] (C) ExxonMobil-Qatar President and CEO Alex Dodds told the Ambassador during an August 14 introductory call that his company and other energy firms face substantive risks in Qatar, though the profits are lucrative enough to keep them here anyway. Dodds noted that when existing projects are co [...]
2008-08-19 06:12:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON TRGY QA
08DOHA591INCREASING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AS ENERGY
[...] (SBU) ExxonMobil Qatar President and CEO Alex Dodds told the Ambassador during an August 14 introductory call that his company is undertaking a number of initiatives to minimize the environmental effect of its massive LNG projects in Qatar. Dodds explained that the Amir and his consort, Sheik [...]
2008-08-19 06:28:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET TRGY QA
08DOHA83READOUT OF SECRETARY BODMAN'S JANUARY 22 MEETINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman visited Qatar January 22 for meetings with Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Al-Attiyah, the Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and representatives of major U.S. energy companies in Qatar. Discussions focused on the U.S. perception that t [...]
2008-02-04 05:30:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL EINV TRGY QA
08DOHA869QATAR'S PLANS TO PURSUE NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] The GOQ is currently considering development of a nuclear power generation capacity. Meanwhile, the quasi-governmental Qatar Foundation wants to build on its existing partnership with Texas A&M University to create an educational base for training Qataris in nuclear fields. Qatar signaled its [...]
2008-12-17 07:19:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO QA
08DUBLIN167IRISH RESPONSE ON PLEDGES TO WIAP AND CHINA'S AND
[...] On March 28, ECONOFF met with Sara White, Deputy Secretary General (and most senior energy official) in the Irish Department of Communications, Energy, and Natural Resources, to deliver reftel demarches. Regarding additional pledges to the Washington International Action Plan (WIAP) (Ref A),[...]
2008-04-03 15:41:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG EUN IEA TRGY KPAO KSCA EI
08DUBLIN598IRELAND WILL NOT ATTEND IRAN'S NOVEMBER 30 NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 12:17:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IR MNUC TRGY EI
08DUBLIN640IRISH RESPONSE ON EU BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY
[...] On November 26, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Martin Finucane, Principal, Sustainable and Renewable Energy Division at the Department of Communication, Energy, and Natural Resources. Finucane said that the Irish government will review the U.S. government's position as it prepares for t [...]
2008-11-26 15:53:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN ECON EI
08DUSHANBE1553INFORMATION ON TAJIKISTAN'S PLANS TO PURSUE NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Enclosed is Post's response to questions posed in reftel. GENERAL SITUATION -- Plans for the development of nuclear power; existing or planned nuclear power related facilities; foreseen expansion of these facilities? President Rahmon recently announced that his government would see [...]
2008-12-22 09:19:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO TI
08FREETOWN208ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINA IN SIERRA LEONE
[...] (U) Please see the following responses, pursuant to reftel A: ---------------------------------- CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN SIERRA LEONE ---------------------------------- 2. (C) As noted in reftel B, the Chinese Government's focus in Sierra Leone is technical assistance in targeted sectors [...]
2008-05-02 12:55:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY XA
08FREETOWN232DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR
[...] (SBU) On May 15 Ambassador spoke with Sierra Leone's Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Vandi Minah to present the U.S. 60 day report on Iran Sanctions, per UNSC 1803. Ambassador stressed the need to ensure robust international implementation and highlight the continued IAEA reports of Iran's fai [...]
2008-05-16 13:22:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR SL
08GUANGZHOU175Guangdong's Power Crunch - a Widening Gap between Supply
[...] (U) Summary. South China is experiencing its worst power shortages in thirty years. An annual problem, the situation in the region intensified due to January's winter storms as Guangdong imports almost all of its power from other provinces whose power generation capabilities were affected. The [...]
2008-03-27 02:30:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EMIN SENV PGOV TRGY CH
08GUANGZHOU246China's Largest Petrochemical Plant Planned for Guangdong,
[...] (U) Summary. Sinopec and Kuwait National Petroleum Company are awaiting Beijing's approval on plans to build what will reportedly be China's largest joint venture, a USD 5 billion petrochemical plant located in the heart of the Pearl River Delta. The plant will alleviate the severe gap betwee [...]
2008-04-29 06:16:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EMIN SENV PGOV TRGY CH
08GUANGZHOU302LNG Expansion - Fujian Readies for Operation of South
[...] (U) Summary: A delivery from Egypt marked the official opening of Fujian's new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. Supply to domestic users will begin in mid-late June. Success has been tempered by the real world: rising international prices and difficulty finding reliable long-term suppli [...]
2008-05-29 09:26:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EMIN SENV PGOV TRGY CH
08GUANGZHOU42DOC 'Clean-Energy' Trade Delegation Visits Guangzhou
[...] (U) Summary: During meetings with key government agencies in Guangzhou on January 11, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance David Bohigian, along with 16 members of his 'Clean-Energy' Trade Delegation, discussed environmental protection, IPR, energy conservation, moni [...]
2008-01-24 07:37:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EMIN SENV PGOV TRGY CH
08GUANGZHOU425Gone with the Wind - Guangdong Advances Wind Sector
[...] (U) Summary: As Guangdong's power crunch worsens, and the province faces brownouts and blackouts in the years ahead, local officials are looking at new ways to generate energy, including the use of wind and the construction of China's largest off-shore wind farm. Scarce land resources and diff [...]
2008-07-21 08:15:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EMIN SENV PGOV TRGY CH
08GUANGZHOU7LNG Expansion - A Key Component in South China's Energy
[...] (U) Summary: South China is betting big on liquefied natural gas to diversify its energy mix and plans to expand LNG import capacity dramatically over the next few years. Fujian Terminal will become the region's second LNG terminal in 2009. Dapeng Terminal in Shenzhen, currently China's only [...]
2008-01-03 07:02:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EMIN SENV PGOV TRGY CH
08GUATEMALA632GUATEMALA SUBMITS REPORT ON UNSCR 1803
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-20 13:56:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR GT
08GUATEMALA789GUATEMALAN RESPONSE TO CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY
[...] (SBU) On May 27, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to Leila Villatoro, Deputy Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Villatoro thanked Poloff for the non-paper and promised to study the material and consult with other members of the Foreign Affairs Mi [...]
2008-06-24 22:39:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM GT
08GUATEMALA948REINFORCING THE MESSAGE ON IRAN: GUATEMALAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 14:56:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PARM TRGY GT
08HANOI1048AMBASSADOR WOLCOTT DISCUSSES CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, the Secretary of State's Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, led an interagency delegation to meet with several high-ranking Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials to advocate for U.S. nuclear energy cooperation and nonproliferation initiatives. [...]
2008-09-15 00:08:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON TRGY BEXP PARM KNNP VM
08HANOI1360TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA VICE MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: In what we hope will be a regular monthly exchange, the Ambassador raised UNSC Security Council Resolutions on Somalia (septel),Vietnamese membership in the Trans Pacific Partnership, human rights, adoption, the Megaports Initiative and our proposed MOU on civilian nuclear pow [...]
2008-12-15 10:19:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD TRGY VM
08HANOI1405VIETNAM'S AMBITIOUS NUCLEAR POWER PLANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam has ambitious plans to develop its civilian nuclear power sector. In the face of rapidly expanding demand for power and few other domestic sources of energy, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) wants to move quickly to construct the nation's first nuclear power plants. Ack [...]
2008-12-24 07:24:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY SENV BEXP BTIO VM
08HANOI359VIETNAM PREPARES TO BUILD FIRST MDB-FINANCED DAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) is set to begin construction in 2009 on the Song Bung IV hydroelectric dam, Vietnam's first multilateral development bank-financed hydropower project. USAID Senior Environmental Policy Advisor Leslie Johnston recently traveled to Vietnam to condu [...]
2008-03-28 09:39:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON SENV ENRG TRGY SOCI IBRD AID VM
08HANOI415VIETNAM'S LARGEST HYDROELECTRIC DAM RISES IN SON LA
[...] (U) Summary: As part of an ambitious plan to add 50,000 megawatts of electricity to the national grid by 2015, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) is building what will be the country's largest hydroelectric dam in northwestern Vietnam. The 2,400 MW Son La Hydropower Project (SLHP) will enter ser [...]
2008-04-11 01:26:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON SENV ENRG TRGY SOCI IBRD AID VM
08HANOI532VIETNAM: DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 60-DAY REPORT DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-08 08:54:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR VM
08HANOI556 VIETNAM: DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 60-DAY REPORT DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 10:11:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR VM
08HANOI649VIETNAM'S OIL AND MINING COMPANIES EXTRACT REVENUES WHERE
[...] Summary: As rising domestic energy demands compel Vietnam's transition from exporter to net importer of crude oil and coal, state-run PetroVietnam (PVN) and the Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) are expanding their horizons. PetroVietnam, which expects a 140 percent inc [...]
2008-06-03 09:46:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON SENV ENRG TRGY VM
08HANOI667VIETNAM: SFRC STAFFDEL STUDIES TRANSPARENCY IN EXTRACTIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee professional staff members Jay Branegan and Marik String visited Hanoi May 25-29, 2008 to meet with GVN officials, private sector energy companies and NGOs to discuss transparency in extractive industries. The Extractive Industries Transparency [...]
2008-06-06 05:48:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON SENV ENRG TRGY SOCI IBRD AID VM
08HANOI713VIETNAM: NON-PAPER ON CSC DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-13 08:11:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM VM
08HANOI832HANOI DOUBTS NAM FOREIGN MINISTER'S STATEMENT WILL BE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 09:36:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL UR
08HANOI898VIETNAM NUCLEAR SECTOR MOVING FORWARD WITH U.S. SAFETY AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: A high-level Department of Energy (DOE) delegation recently visited Vietnam to discuss the safe and secure development of the Vietnamese nuclear sector and Vietnamese entry into the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). Vietnamese officials seemed quite interested in GNEP, [...]
2008-08-04 01:02:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON TRGY BEXP PARM KNNP VM
08HANOI975 OIL PRODUCTION DOWN, REVENUES UP AT PETROVIETNAM
[...] Summary: Shrinking reserves meant Vietnam produced only 16.5 million tons of crude oil in 2007, down 7.6 percent from 2006. Oil revenues increased sharply, however, as world prices soared. Vietnam, currently a net oil exporter, expects to be a net importer by 2015 due to rising domestic demand [...]
2008-08-20 09:50:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON SENV ENRG TRGY VM
08HELSINKI12FINLAND TO SEND A STRONG DELEGATION TO WIREC
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the formal invitation for the Washington International Conference on Renewal Energy (WIREC) to Mr. Henri Backman, Senior Advisor to the Minister in Finland's newly-created super Ministry of Employment and the Economy. A strong advocate of renewable energy sources, Mini [...]
2008-01-10 13:06:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO
08HELSINKI132FINLAND PARTICIPATES IN EU WIREC PLEDGE
[...] (SBU) According to WIREC participant Henri Backman, Advisor to the Minister at the Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Finland is participating in the EU's pledge to obtain 20 percent of its energy needs from renewable energy by 2020. Finland is not planning to make a separate WIR [...]
2008-03-27 12:24:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA FI
08HELSINKI231FINLAND TO JOIN METHANE TO MARKETS PARTNERSHIP
[...] (U) On May 15th Finland announced its intentions to join the Methane to Markets Partnership (M2M),an international initiative that advances cost-effective, near-term methane recovery and use as a clean energy source. Finland will be the 25th country to join this U.S.-led international partner [...]
2008-05-29 04:18:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY SENV EAGR FI
08HELSINKI405FINLAND: RESPONSE IRANIAN URANIUM ACQUISITION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 13:23:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC KNNP IR PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC FI
08HELSINKI519FINLAND PUBLISHES NATIONAL CLIMATE STRATEGY
[...] SUMMARY: The Government of Finland (GOF) published its long-awaited National Climate Strategy on November 6th, 2008. The Strategy reviews the GOF's efforts to date in meeting Kyoto Protocol and EU greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets, and provides a detailed plan of action to meet GHG emissi [...]
2008-11-14 07:20:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET TRGY FI
08ISLAMABAD2434PAKISTAN TO REMAIN "BALANCED" ON IRAN WITHIN NAM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 05:57:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALIAEA IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PK PREL TRGY
08ISLAMABAD2529PAKISTAN: "STRATEGIC INTEREST" TO PREVENT URANIUM SUPPLIES TO IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-26 07:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEMIN ENRG ETTC IR KNNP MNUC PARM PK TRGY
08ISLAMABAD2530PAKISTAN: WILL NOT SUPPORT PRO-IRAN NAM FM STATEMENT IF CONTRARY TO IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-26 07:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALIR PARM PK TRGY
08JAKARTA1011Indonesia - Delivery of BEP MOU Response
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-22 08:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY KNNP ENRG ID KTIA PARM
08JAKARTA1124HARRISON FORD WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING PSAS REACH TENS OF
[...] Post has convinced seven television stations with a total estimated viewership of 72 million to run the Harrison Ford public service announcements (PSAs) on wildlife trafficking during June. Six Indonesian television stations with a total viewership of 58 million (public television TVRI, and t [...]
2008-06-09 23:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SENV TPHY TRGY ID
08JAKARTA1141FROM EARTH DAY TO WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY, CONSULATE MEDAN
[...] (U) Summary: On May 24 a total of 421 students, 2 rock bands, 3 cheerleading squads, 4 environmental NGOs and a dozen journalists flocked to Consulate Medan's first-ever Environmental Fair. At the Fair Medan unveiled 10 student-produced panels designed to promote environmental awareness, and [...]
2008-06-11 07:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SENV TPHY TRGY ID
08JAKARTA1243INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: MAY 2008
[...] According to Tri Widayati, Director of Ozone Protection of the State Ministry of Environment (MOE),most operators of industrial-size chilling/air-conditioning units will have replaced those units with new ones that use environmentally friendly Freon, such as hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) 123 [...]
2008-06-26 01:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
08JAKARTA13EMBASSY JAKARTA PROPOSAL FOR SCIENCE FELLOWS
[...] (U) Summary. Embassy Jakarta would like to express its interest in the Embassy Science Fellows Program (ESFP) and request Department assistance in identifying up to two interested candidates focused on marine affairs, preferably from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Embassy [...]
2008-01-03 08:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
08JAKARTA1332NOAA SCIENCE FELLOW TRAINS INDONESIAN MEDIA
[...] Embassy Jakarta's Science Fellow conducted three media training events in Jakarta in late June to early July. Dr. Mary Baker of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration used the events to teach reporters, editors, and managers about coral issues in Indonesia: what is coral, why it [...]
2008-07-11 04:44:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ID
08JAKARTA1336AA/S MCNERNEY ADVANCES NONPROLIFERATION AGENDA IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During a June 25-27 visit to Jakarta, AA/S McNerney discussed U.S. nonproliferation priorities with Indonesian counterparts. Discussions covered the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT),including the recent NPT PrepCom meeting, the reduction of U.S. nuclear arsenals and U.S. initiativ [...]
2008-07-11 08:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP TRGY ID IR
08JAKARTA1380INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: JUNE 2008
[...] On June 7, Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation released 25 orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in Bukit Batikap protected forest, Murung Raya Regency, Central Kalimantan. According to BOS, the orangutans were victims of palm oil plantation expansion. BOS Communication Manager Nina Nuraisyah st [...]
2008-07-17 09:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
08JAKARTA1586INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: JULY 2008
[...] The Director of Forest and Water Resources Conservation of the State Ministry for National Development Planning (BAPPENAS),Basah Hernowo, announced on July 23 that Indonesia's forest and water conservation programs will cost Rp. 6.5 trillion (USD 726.3 million). Indonesia hopes that most of t [...]
2008-08-21 05:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
08JAKARTA1743CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: AMB. WOLCOTT'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21-22, Ambassador Jackie Wolcott led an interagency delegation to discuss civil nuclear cooperation with officials from the GOI's key nuclear-related agencies plus the Foreign Ministry and the principal national nuclear laboratory. All meetings indicated that Indonesia [...]
2008-09-15 08:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TRGY ENGY PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1945INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST-SEPTEMBER
[...] On July 31, Jakarta's State Minister of Environment Rachmat Witoelar, announced the results of the 2008 Environmental Company Performance Evaluation Award. Out of 514 companies reviewed, 30 percent received the lowest rating, 50 percent the average rating, and only 10 percent received an adeq [...]
2008-10-21 08:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
08JAKARTA2181INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 2008
[...] The Deputy Minister for Research Science and Technology Development officially inaugurated two biodiesel plants in South Sumatra and South Kalimantan on October 27. The combined production capacity of the two plants is 12,000 liters per day. The State Ministry for Research and Technology has [...]
2008-12-01 04:23:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
08JAKARTA2182INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 2008
[...] The Deputy Minister for Research Science and Technology Development officially inaugurated two biodiesel plants in South Sumatra and South Kalimantan on October 27. The combined production capacity of the two plants is 12,000 liters per day. The State Ministry for Research and Technology has [...]
2008-12-01 04:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
08JAKARTA2302INDONESIA SEEKS TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR POWER BUT FEW
[...] Indonesia has long-term plans to develop a nuclear power plant and currently operates three experimental reactors. The country is involved in creating the legal, regulatory, and scientific institutional capacity to operate a nuclear power plant, often in cooperation with the U.S. government. I [...]
2008-12-19 11:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO ID
08JAKARTA360INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 2008
[...] The South Kalimantan Regional Environmental Impact Agency (BAPEDALDA) examined coastal and mangrove forests in South Kalimantan and found that iron ore mining activities have polluted around 70 percent of the coastal area, the agency head announced on January 14. The mining activities have ca [...]
2008-02-25 01:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
08JAKARTA526UPDATE ON MEGAPORT INITIATIVE IN INDONESIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-14 09:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EWWT ID KNNP KTIA PREL TRGY
08JAKARTA548ENVIRONMENTAL OUTREACH WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Jakarta co-hosted a reception on March 14 with National Geographic (NG) and Indonesian television network ANTV at the Ambassador's residence. More than 200 guests from the media, government, civil society, and the private sector attended. The event, titled "Celebrate Indo [...]
2008-03-17 10:38:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ID
08JAKARTA566INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 2008
[...] Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) praised Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the January 30 Congressional Record for his engagement on forestry and orangutan protection. President Yudhoyono highlighted the link between orangutan protection, forest conservation, and the reduction of gre [...]
2008-03-19 00:36:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
08JAKARTA760INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: MARCH 2008
[...] The UN issued the first saleable "certificates of emissions reduction" (CERs) on March 14 to Indonesia's publicly listed cement maker, PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk, for its alternative fuel projects. PT Indocement registered two projects that reduce emissions through alternative fuels s [...]
2008-04-16 04:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
08JAKARTA807EARTH DAY -- EMBASSY JAKARTA "GOES GREEN"
[...] (U) Over 80 Indonesian children celebrated Earth Day at the Embassy with Ambassador Hume on April 19. Valerina Daniel, the Indonesian Ministry of Environment's Goodwill Ambassador, helped Ambassador Hume and the children put final touches on an environmental mural, one of seven murals displaye [...]
2008-04-22 11:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SENV TPHY TRGY ID
08JAKARTA812Indonesian Participants for NNSA Nuclear Infrastructure
[...] Foreign Ministry participant: Carolina Tinangon, Head of Nuclear Affairs Section of Directorate of International Security and Disarmament. 2. State Ministry of Research and Technology participant: Carunia Mulya Firdausy, Deputy Minister of Research and Technology for Social Dynamics. 3. [...]
2008-04-23 05:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG IAEA TRGY KNNP ID
08JAKARTA90INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2007
[...] Three Jakarta junior high school students won a video news competition on November 22 with a five-minute documentary on a mangrove forest in Pulau Rambut, Kepulauan Seribu Regency. The short film focused on the forest as a wildlife habitat and protector against coastal erosion. The competiti [...]
2008-01-16 05:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
08JAKARTA998INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: APRIL 2008
[...] The Governor of Central Kalimantan, Agustin Teras Narang, designated the two national parks of Tanjung Puting and Sebangau as possible sites for implementing Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) pilot projects. Governor Narang conveyed this while meeting an AusAid dele [...]
2008-05-21 07:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
08JEDDAH179JEDDAH TO HOST NUCLEAR ENERGY SYMPOSIUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Department of Nuclear Engineering at King Abdulaziz University (KAU) in Jeddah is planning to host the "International Symposium on the Peaceful Applications of Nuclear Technology in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries" in November 2008. In a discussion with the Chair [...]
2008-04-26 13:45:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PGOV PREL PINR PARM TNGD TRGY KCIP
08JEDDAH495SAUDIS HOST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PEACEFUL
[...] (C) Summary. PolOffs attended the International Symposium on Peaceful Applications of Nuclear Technology in the GCC, hosted by Jeddah's King 'Abd al-'Aziz University (KAU) November 3 ) 5, 2008. The conference was attended by a variety of Saudi academics and foreign scientists. Presentation [...]
2008-11-19 13:25:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKNNP ECON ENRG TRGY SA
08KABUL464RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL
[...] As reported Ref (B),seven attendees from Afghanistan will attend WIREC. The Afghan delegation will be headed by the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Washington D.C., the Honorable Said Tayab Jawad. Ambassador Jawad will be accompanied by six officials resident in Kabul, [...]
2008-02-25 06:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY
08KABUL769AFGHAN PLEDGE TO 2008 WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE
[...] (U) The Embassy EPA Environmental Advisor discussed WIREC 2008 (reftel) with Dad Mohammad Bahir, Deputy Executive Director General (Technical) of the Afghanistan National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) on March 23, 2008. Congratulating Afghanistan for making a WIREC pledge on renewabl [...]
2008-03-26 13:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA AF
08KATHMANDU535DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 (IRAN SANCTIONS) DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 03:38:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR NP
08KINGSTON743JAMAICA: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 20:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN TRGY IR GM JM XL
08KINSHASA247DRC NUCLEAR RESEARCH REACTOR: VISIT TO FACILITY
[...] (C) Summary. Lack of security, safety issues, and erosion continue to threaten the DRC Regional Center for Nuclear Studies of Kinshasa (CREN-K),site of the non-functional Triga I and Triga II nuclear research reactors. The nuclear research program lacks adequate government funding, but the [...]
2008-03-12 08:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALAORC ENRG KNNP PREL TRGY
08KINSHASA406INGA
[...] (U) Summary. African Ministers of Energy, civil engineers, and banking representatives attended a meeting hosted by the World Energy Council in London April 21-22 to discuss refurbishment of the Inga I and Inga II dams, the development of the Inga III hydroelectric power plant, and the larger [...]
2008-05-09 09:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EINV TRGY CG
08KINSHASA466DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-28 06:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC CG IR
08KINSHASA538DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA - ACTION REQUEST RELATED TO THE
[...] PolOff and EconOff delivered reftel demarche June 17 to Minister Alice Kimpembe of the International Organizations Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Kimpembe stated that the GDRC would consider our request to join the U.S. in ratifying the Convention on Supplementary Compensati [...]
2008-06-17 16:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY ENRG PARM KNNP KSTC
08KOLKATA167TRIBES NEAR INDIA'S URANIUM MINES SUFFER FROM CONGENITAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jadugoda, located in the mineral-rich Singhbum district of Jharkhand in Eastern India, supplies much of India's uranium needs. Mining uranium there, however, comes at a significant human and environmental cost according to a recent study by the non-government organization (NGO) [...]
2008-06-06 09:04:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGR EMIN PGOV PHUM ELAB SENV TRGY ASEC IN
08KOLKATA64BIHAR POLICE SEIZE FOUR KILOGRAMS OF SUSPECTED URANIUM
[...] (SBU) On February 19, Bihar Police seized approximately four kilograms of what they believe may be low-grade uranium in the Supaul district near the Indo-Nepal border. The Bihar police arrested six people connected with the smuggling operation, including a Sashatra Seema Bal (SSB) constable p [...]
2008-02-20 12:21:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY PARM PGOV IN
08KOROR24KOROR: CONFIRMATION OF WIREC INVITATION DELIVERY
[...] Per para 1 of reftel post confirms delivery of WIREC invitation letter to host government. 2. Post's WIREC POC is POL/ECON Assistant Mona Carlson, contact info as follows: Tel: 680-488-2920, Fax: 680-488-2911, Email: HYPERLINK "mailto:CarlsonMM@state.gov"CarlsonMM@state.g ov BRENT [...]
2008-02-06 23:31:00Embassy KororUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY PS
08KUALALUMPUR1033DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOLLOW-UP ON IRAN'S UPCOMING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-24 10:14:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC KNNP TRGY IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR1034DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA REPORTS ON IRANIAN AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-24 10:14:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC KNNP TRGY IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR375IRAN SANCTIONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 08:59:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR MY
08KUWAIT588DEMARCHE: KUWAIT 60-DAY REPORT TO UN ON UNSCR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-22 11:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR KU
08KUWAIT641DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-05 06:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM KU
08KYIV2306UKRAINE - DISPOSITION OF HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 3, 2008, a DOE delegation from the National Nuclear Security Administration,s (NNSA) Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) met with Academician Boris Paton, President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU),to discuss possible USG assistance on th [...]
2008-11-24 15:29:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG KNNP MNUC PTER TRGY UNVIE
08LIMA1945PERU: NO PLANS FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] In response to reftel, Post notes that Peru has a civilian nuclear authority and a small nuclear program geared to specialized research (health, agriculture, etc.),but no plans to pursue nuclear energy. This was confirmed on December 16 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. With oil and gas r [...]
2008-12-22 19:53:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO PE
08LIMA47PERU: WIREC 2008 INVITE DELIVERED
[...] Per reftel, Embassy delivered Secretary Rice's invitation to attend the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) to Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde under cover of a diplomatic note on January 9. Post also shared copies with the Mining and Energy Min [...]
2008-01-09 21:43:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO
08LIMA826PERU RESPONSE: ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 13:00:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY PE
08LISBON1340ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN PROMOTES WAVE ENERGY AND
[...] On his first trip to Portugal as Energy Secretary, Samuel Bodman highlighted the two countries' shared commitment to enhancing global energy and port security. During his stay, he signed two memoranda of understanding -- one with Economy Minister Pinho to collaborate on wave energy research a [...]
2008-06-09 14:30:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KGHG TRGY ECON PO
08LISBON1898PORTUGAL WON'T MEET RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGETS
[...] (C) Portugal is falling short on efforts to expand biofuels production due to tender problems this year. Portugal continues a broadbased effort to diversify energy sources, wooing potential new suppliers for petroleum and natural gas while expanding renewable energy generation capacity. Alth [...]
2008-08-04 16:27:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALENRG KGHG TRGY ECON PO
08LISBON222PORTUGAL: ECONOMY MINISTER TO HEAD WIREC 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 17:43:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO
08LISBON2600PORTUGAL ON BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY
[...] (U) Portugal is actively engaged in EU efforts to reach consensus on biofuels mandates and sustainability criteria by the end of 2008, according to officials of the Ministries of Environment and Economy. Fausto Brito e Abreu of the Ministry of Environment highlighted to Pol/Econoff the Prime [...]
2008-09-22 16:19:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN POL PO
08LISBON2676GOP NOT ATTENDING IRAN'S UPCOMING NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 13:38:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDIR PREK TRGY PO
08LISBON2678PORTUGAL OPEN TO AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 13:38:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PO
08LISBON2739PORTUGAL ON EU BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY
[...] (C) Luis Duarte Silva of Portugal's Directorate General of Energy and Geology (Ministry of Economy) said Portugal understands reftel demarche points but must continue to work within the EU process regarding biofuels sustainability. Silva acknowledged Portuguese reservations concerning the EU [...]
2008-11-28 15:22:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU PO
08LISBON2778PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: SYRIA IAEA PROJECT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-15 16:33:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY PREL PO
08LISBON2788PORTUGAL: NUCLEAR ENERGY OVERVIEW
[...] The following presents the information requested reftel regarding civilian nuclear energy in Portugal, provided by Teresa Tavares, Deputy for International Relations at the Ministry of Science and Technology, and Bento Morais Sarmento, Deputy Director of the General Directorate of Energy and [...]
2008-12-18 11:57:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO PGOV PO
08LISBON492POSSIBLE PORTUGUESE-IRANIAN GAS AGREEMENT ON THE
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Luis Amado confirmed during a January 23 press conference that Portugal's largest energy company, Galp Energia, and Iran's National Oil Company, NIOC, are in negotiations over a natural gas exploration and production project in Iran. The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and [...]
2008-02-26 17:58:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON TRGY PO IR RS AG
08LJUBLJANA30GOS OFFICIALS DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES WITH
[...] (SBU) On January 18 OES Climate Negotiator Dr. Harlan Watson and CEQ-NSC Senior Coordinator for Energy Security and Climate Change Dr. Robert Dixon met with representatives from the Government of Slovenia (GOS) to discuss preparations for the various climate change meetings that will take place [...]
2008-01-23 14:06:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG SI
08LJUBLJANA304CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY COMPENSATION FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-08 09:32:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA SI
08LJUBLJANA439SLOVENIA WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON BIOFUELS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 14:46:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ENRG EUN SENV TRGY KGHG SI
08LJUBLJANA489SLOVENIA: NOT PLANNING TO ATTEND IRAN'S NUCLEAR CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 13:32:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IR MNUC TRGY SI
08LJUBLJANA495SLOVENIA CONSIDERING NSG DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 15:57:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA SI
08LJUBLJANA506SLOVENIA IS INCLINED TO NON-PROLIFERATION, WILL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-10 15:35:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA539SLOVENIA: NO OBJECTION TO CONSENSUS ON NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-09 17:42:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY SI
08LJUBLJANA563THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY HAS A GLOWING FUTURE
[...] (SBU) The Slovene nuclear energy sector holds considerable promise for the U.S. company Westinghouse. Slovenia currently shares the electricity from its only nuclear plant, which was established during Yugoslav days, with Croatia. Westinghouse built the plant, which is 50% owned by the Govern [...]
2008-12-24 13:58:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP BTIO ENRG ETRD TRGY SI
08LONDON1328ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 17:01:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY UNSC UK
08LONDON1647IAEA: UK RESPONSE TO REQUEST RELATED TO THE
[...] (U) PolMilOff delivered reftel and on June 13, 2008, received the response below from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office's Counter Proliferation Department. 2. (U) Begin Text of HMG Response: June 13, 2008 (Complimentary opening),(Regarding) the non-paper on CSC that you provided. O [...]
2008-06-18 12:00:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM UK
08LONDON1922UK WELCOMES DEMARCHE ON PREVENTING IRAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 15:26:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALKNNP IR MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC UK
08LONDON1972SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT'S NUCLEAR ENERGY SUPPLY
[...] (C) Summary. On July 22, Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Special Assistant Marc Humphrey traveled to London to meet with Simon Manley (Director for Defense and Strategic Threats at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, FCO). The purpose of this meeting w [...]
2008-07-30 12:41:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY KNNP PREL ETTC IAEA FR UK
08LONDON2027U.S. FIRMS WELCOME ENHANCED USG SUPPORT OF UK
[...] (U) Summary: State Special Representative for Commercial Affairs Frank Mermoud and Commerce DAS Jamie Estrada visited the UK July 17-18 to discuss upcoming events in the UK,s nuclear industry. HMG is aggressively moving forward with plans for new nuclear power plants. Government contacts poin [...]
2008-08-04 16:17:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY IAEA UK
08LONDON2384READOUT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY KUPFER MEETINGS WITH JOHN HUTTON AND JONATHAN PORTES ON ENERGY SECURITY AND LONDON SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: During his visit to the UK on September 16th and 17th, Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy Kupfer met separately with Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) John Hutton and the Prime Minister,s Special Envoy for Energy Jonathan Portes to discuss energy s [...]
2008-09-19 10:21:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY UK
08LONDON2702UK WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN IRAN'S NUCLEAR CONFERENCE, WILL DISCOURAGE OTHERS FROM ATTENDING REF: STATE 112229
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-27 15:56:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALAORC IR MNUC TRGY UK
08LONDON2972UK RESPONSE TO EU BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY
[...] (SBU) Post delivered ref A points to the host government on November 21 regarding the EU's biofuels sustainability proposals under consideration for a vote by the European Parliament in its "20-20-20" Energy and Climate Legislation. In response to USG comments on the amendments, the UK Head of [...]
2008-11-28 18:04:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU
08LONDON3199POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR UK NUCLEAR ENERGY EXPANSION
[...] (SBU) Summary. HMG announced a long-term nuclear energy strategy in January 2008, setting it on a path for tremendous growth over the next ten years. This strategy addresses the UK's energy security concerns and EU commitments for clean/renewable energy. The UK hopes to increase the propor [...]
2008-12-22 17:54:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO UK
08LONDON66HMG UNDECIDED ON WHO WILL ATTEND WIREC 2008
[...] On January 7, OES A/S Claudia McMurray met with Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Minister Joan Ruddock to discuss HMG's delegation to WIREC 2008. Ruddock recommended sending REFTEL invitation to DEFRA Secretary of State Hilary Benn. The invitation was delivered SIPDIS to [...]
2008-01-08 15:27:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY UK
08MADRID1047SPAIN SKEPTICAL OF EU BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Spain is skeptical of the sustainability criteria under discussion in the EU. Spanish officials attending EU discussions on these criteria said that as drafted they are not based on sound economic and scientific models and that they would discriminate against biomass and biofuel [...]
2008-10-03 09:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV ENRG TRGY KGHG SP
08MADRID1184SPAIN NOT SENDING REPRESENTATIVE TO UPCOMING
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to various contacts in the MFA and Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade. Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin, who covers Iran in the MFA's Office of Bilateral Economic Relations with Developing Countries, told Econoff November 3 that he fully agreed with [...]
2008-11-07 08:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC TRGY AORC IR SP
08MADRID1232SPAIN: MFA OFFICAL'S REMARKS ABOUT EU AND IAEA RE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polcouns delivered reftel demarches November 25 to Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA,s Sub-DG for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. On Iran, Salazar said the EU was in the process of finalizing a declaration that will be "very tough" about Tehran's failure to cooperate with the IAEA o [...]
2008-11-25 13:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY SP IR SY EU
08MADRID1240SPAIN OK WITH EU BIOFUELS LANGUAGE; SUPPORTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ESTHOFF reviewed reftel points on November 25 with Hugo Lucas Porta, Secretary General of the International Relations Department at the GOS Institute for the Diversification and Development of Energy (IDAE). In the recent past, Lucas has expressed skepticism of the proposed la [...]
2008-11-26 10:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU SP
08MADRID1296SPAIN: CONTINUED RESERVATIONS RE CRITERIA-BASED
[...] (C) POLOFF met on December 9 with Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism, to discuss the revised Paragraphs 6 and 7 for the Nuclear Supplier Group's (NSG's) Guidelines for Transfers of Enrichment & Reprocessing E [...]
2008-12-10 11:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM SP TRGY ENRG ETTC
08MADRID1304SPAIN: REACTION TO PLAN RE CONTINGENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF on December 10 delivered REFTEL A non-paper to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament at the MFA's Sub-DG for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. The Spaniard opined that he considered the USG proposal -- to make the implementation of the I [...]
2008-12-12 12:10:00Embassy MadridSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM PREL SY IAEA TRGY SP
08MADRID1362SPAIN TO MAINTAIN CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY, NO FURTHER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Civil nuclear power in Spain is being phased out. Nuclear power provides approximately 20 percent of Spain's electricity, and has remained relatively constant in recent years. Spain operates 8 nuclear reactors at 6 plants, as well as other nuclear facilities including a waste [...]
2008-12-29 12:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO SP
08MADRID215SPANISH GOVERNMENT DELEGATION CONFIRMED FOR WIREC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 08:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KPAO KSCA SENV SOCI TRGY KGHG
08MADRID540ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO THE UN
[...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche on 5/12/08 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Subdirector General for Bilateral Economic Relations with Developing Countries Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin. Alvargonzalez told EconOff on 5/14/08 that he did not know when Spain would submit its UNSCR [...]
2008-05-14 15:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EFIN KNNP AORC ETRD TRGY UNSC SP IR
08MADRID566IRAN CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) DCM delivered reftel demarche to the newly appointed Secretary of State for Trade, Silvia Iranzo Gutierrez, on 5/19/08. Iranzo chairs the Spanish government's interagency committee that reviews exports to Iran. She indicated her willingness to work with us on this and other issues. EconO [...]
2008-05-22 17:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY PREL PARM IR MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC SP
08MADRID606SPAIN HAS SENT UNSCR 1803 REPORT TO NEW YORK
[...] (U) Per reftel, on 5/14/08, EconOff asked Ministry of Foreign Affairs Subdirector General for Bilateral Economic Relations, Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin, about the status of Spain's UNSCR 1803 report and encouraged submission as soon as possible, noting that the U.S. had already submitte [...]
2008-05-30 08:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC SP IR
08MADRID679IRAN SANCTIONS - SPAIN WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF BANK
[...] (C) Following up on information contained in ref e-mail, EconOff spoke on 6/18/08 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Subdirector General for Bilateral Relations with Developing Countries Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martin about Iran sanctions. Alvargonzalez indicated that Spain would vote in fa [...]
2008-06-19 10:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEFIN AORC ETRD EINV TRGY KNNP UNSC SP IR
08MANAGUA490NICARAGUA: WIREC WRAP-UP AND PLEDGE REMINDER
[...] (U) On April 2 the Nicaraguan Minister of Energy, Emilio Rappaccioli, wrote a letter to the Ambassador to inform us of Nicaragua's WIREC pledges for years 2008 to 2011. The pledges include expanding the percentage of electricity generated from renewable sources from a 2008 base of 27% to 38% b [...]
2008-04-21 21:36:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA NU
08MANAMA473BAHRAIN ON TEHRAN NAM MINISTERIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 13:37:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PREL IR BA
08MANILA1721PHILIPPINES CAUTIOUS ON NAM MEETING AND IRAN/IAEA
[...] (SBU) Post on July 14 conveyed to the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs' Legal, Political and Security Affairs Director for United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO) Leah Ruiz our concerns with Iran's anticipated maneuvering at the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) [...]
2008-07-21 09:10:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM RP TRGY MNUC PREL IR UR
08MANILA197MANILA HAS NO FUNDS TO SUPPORT DELEGATES TO ATTEND WIREC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 08:25:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO
08MANILA423 "$100 per Barrel: Crisis or Opportunity?" The 2008
[...] Summary: Against the backdrop of rising oil prices and prompted into action by President Arroyo, the Philippine Department of Energy convened an Energy Summit to solicit stakeholder inputs into developing government priorities for the sector. Despite being organized on a short notice, the Su [...]
2008-02-19 06:45:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG PGOV EAID TRGY SENV RP
08MANILA83MANILA: WIREC 2008 DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-10 09:33:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO
08MASERU11LESOTHO: GOL INTERESTED IN KOSOVO QUESTION, WIREC
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) On January 17, Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas and Europe Desk Director Pitso Makosholo regarding the possibility of Lesotho's early recognition of Kosovo's independence and Secretary Rice's invitation for a delega [...]
2008-01-17 11:49:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN UNMIK KDEM ENRG SENV TRGY YI LT
08MEXICO1649U.S-MEXICO TALKS ON IAEA, DOMESTIC NUCLEAR ISSUE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Mexican Foreign Ministry officials meeting with the U.S. Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Ambassador Greg Schulte conveyed general support for U.S. views on challenges facing the IAEA. Mexico shares our concern about Iran's nuclear activities [...]
2008-05-29 21:06:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM ENRG TRGY IAEA UN IR MX
08MEXICO3503MEXICO ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRANIAN AND SYRIAN
[...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed points November 26 on the IAEA's reports on Iranian and Syrian nuclear programs (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE). Juarez said that the Government of Mexico (GOM) conti [...]
2008-11-26 18:13:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY MX
08MEXICO3778MEXICO ON FORMER PRESIDENT ERNESTO ZEDILLO'S
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-23 23:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY MX
08MONROVIA753CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN LIBERIA (UPDATE)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to the Chinese Embassy, China has committed $88,347,400 in assistance to Liberia since 2006, contributing to all sectors of Liberia's Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) except Governance and Rule of Law. We understand that China was uncharacteristically outspoken during [...]
2008-09-26 17:00:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY LI
08MONTEVIDEO14URUGUAY'S RESPONSE TO FORMAL INVITATION FROM SECRETARY RICE
[...] (U) Ambassador Baxter delivered reftel invitation to Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining Jorge Lepra and Undersecretary for Industry, Energy and Mining Martin Ponce de Leon via e-mail, with hard copy following via embassy courier, on Tuesday, 8 January. 2. (U) On 9 January, embassy recei [...]
2008-01-10 13:43:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA
08MOSCOW1171RUSSIA'S ROSATOM TO PREPARE ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) In separate meetings April 23, we discussed the nuclear fuel fabrication transaction between Exelon Corporation and TVEL of Russia with Senior Counselor Aleksey Karpov and Second Secretary Aleksandr Trofimov from the MFA's Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs, and with Konstant [...]
2008-04-25 14:35:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC ENRG KNNP KSCA PARM TRGY RS
08MOSCOW1493ROSATOM GIVES ASSURANCES FOR NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
[...] (SBU) On 28 May we received the requested (Ref A and B) official response from State Corporation Rosatom Deputy Director Kamenskikh providing assurances for the transfer of nuclear fuel fabrication technology between Exelon Corporation and TVEL of Russia. Embassy will email a scanned copy of [...]
2008-05-28 09:02:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC ENRG KNNP KSCA PARM TRGY RS
08MOSCOW1624 ANNUAL OECD/NEA MULTILATERAL NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) The annual OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Multilateral Nuclear Environment Program in Russia (MNEPR) Committee Meeting took place May 13 in Moscow. Russian officials reviewed the status of the new Rosatom State Corporation. Participants also reviewed the Strategic Master Plan for Nort [...]
2008-06-06 12:46:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG OTRA TRGY TECH FR RS
08MOSCOW1835DEMARCHE ON NTI PROPOSAL FOR A NUCLEAR FUEL BANK
[...] On June 27, we delivered reftel demarche requesting GOR support for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) nuclear fuel bank proposal to Aleksandr Trofimov, Nuclear Affairs Officer in Department of Security Affairs and Disarmament, MFA. Trofimov asked if this was an effort to coordinate joint USG [...]
2008-06-27 14:04:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS
08MOSCOW2119RUSSIA - INDIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION - DEPENDENT ON
[...] (C) Atomstroyexport, Russia's construction firm for nuclear power plants outside of Russia, has agreed to build a total of six nuclear reactor units for India at Kudankulam. Currently, two nuclear reactor units are under construction and four more are planned. The future of the four reactors [...]
2008-07-23 15:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG PREL PINR ETTC TRGY IN RS
08MOSCOW2917DOES RUSSIA WANT THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post understands that the Department is considering the future direction of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC),in consultation with ISTC international partners. Key local contacts over the past month have indicated that although powerful forces would like to [...]
2008-10-02 03:46:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP TBIO TSPL MNUC EAID TRGY PGOV OSCI
08MOSCOW3215RUSSIA ON IRAN'S UPCOMING NUCLEAR CONFERENCE ON 30
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 14:27:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL MNUC TRGY IR RS
08MOSCOW3244RUSSIA PROMISES CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR U.S. GOALS
[...] (SBU) ESTOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Security and Disarmament Affairs Second Secretary Alexander Bolichiov on November 5. Bolichiov was clear that the GOR continues to support the revised U.S. criteria-based proposal for Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) c [...]
2008-11-05 14:51:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA RS
08MOSCOW3411ROSATOM TO SEND ONLY WORKING-LEVEL DELEGATION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 20:06:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IR RS
08MOSCOW3429RUSSIA'S VIEWS ON THE IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN AND
[...] (C) On November 25, ESToff delivered reftel points on the IAEA reports on the Iranian and Syrian nuclear programs to Alexander Bolichiov, Second Secretary in the MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. Syria ------ 2. (C) Bolichiov was dismissive regarding the points on [...]
2008-11-26 13:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY IR SY RS
08MOSCOW3604RUSSIA ON PREVENTING IMPLEMENTATION OF SYRIA'S
[...] (C) On December 12, ESToff delivered the reftel non-paper urging Russia to support efforts to prevent the implementation of a Syria-requested Technical Cooperation (TC) Project to conduct a feasibility study and site selection for a nuclear power plant in Syria to First Secretary Olga Kuzne [...]
2008-12-12 13:59:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY SY RS
08MOSCOW3606RUSSIAN RESPONSE ON AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 14:02:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY RS
08MOSCOW48GREEN STRUGGLES AGAINST BLACK GOLD IN RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) With its focus on oil, gas, and nuclear power, Russia has largely ignored the renewable energy sector. The GOR has not yet established a comprehensive renewable energy strategy. Instead, the GOR is targetting ways to reduce wasteful energy consumption. Experts believe renewable sourc [...]
2008-01-10 13:21:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV ETRD ECON TRGY RS
08MOSCOW64RUSSIA: WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED TO MINISTRY OF FOREIGN
[...] On January 9, 2008 post delivered reftel invitation from Secretary Rice for a Russian delegation to attend WIREC 2008 to the SIPDIS Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov. Invitation was sent through Mr. Igor Neverov, Director of the North America Department at the Ministry of Foreign A [...]
2008-01-14 10:10:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO RS
08MOSCOW927JOINT DECLARATION FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY AND NONPROLIFERATION:
[...] (SBU) On April 3, we delivered reftel letter from Ambassador Jackie Wolcott on the Joint Declaration for Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation to Mikhail Kondratenkov, MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. Kondratenkov said he would convey the letter immediately to Ambassador Berd [...]
2008-04-04 03:01:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP PREL PARM TRGY RS
08MUMBAI189SARAN ASKS INDIAN INDUSTRY TO COMMIT TO A LOW CARBON ECONOMY
[...] Summary: In a tough speech to Indian industry in Mumbai, Special Envoy for Climate Change Shyam Saran stated that the Indian government would resist calls for uniform standards for carbon emission reductions. Any global deal would have to take into account a country's relative development, a [...]
2008-05-02 10:52:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08MUMBAI340CARBON CREDITS SUFFICIENT BUT NOT NECESSARY FOR SUSTAINING
[...] Summary. (SBU) Despite the risk and uncertainty of qualifying for carbon credits (see ref A),Indian businesses have pumped USD 25 billion into unilaterally developing Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects to generate carbon credits. In discussions with ConGenoff and visiting analysts f [...]
2008-07-16 06:44:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA IN
08MUMBAI559INDIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY SUPPLIERS ARE EAGER TO GLOBALIZE, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In series of recent meetings in Mumbai, including with the delegation led by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale Klein, Indian private-sector nuclear energy equipment and service suppliers expressed enthusiasm about the opportunities awaiting them now that the U.S.- [...]
2008-12-01 13:46:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP EINV EFIN ECON IN PREL
08MUSCAT862COUNTRY PLANS TO PURSUE NUCLEAR ENERGY: OMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 10:28:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO MU
08NAIROBI1223DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY
[...] Post delivered ref demarche to Ambassador Michael Kinyanjui, Head of the International Organizations and Conferences Division at the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 12. Kinyanjui stated that he would refer the matter. RANNEBERGER [...]
2008-05-12 08:32:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY UNSC
08NAIROBI2716 KENYA ASPIRES TO BUILD A NUCLEAR PLANT BY 2015
[...] As reported in ref B, although it has no known fissionable material, Kenya aspires to build its first medium-sized 1,000 MW nuclear plant by 2015 as part of a multifaceted strategy to boost power production. The Government of Kenya (GOK) will appeal to the private sector to finance the plant' [...]
2008-12-04 12:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY EINV SENV BEXP BTIO KE
08NAPLES79SOUTHERN ITALY'S GROWING ENERGY SECTOR
[...] Summary: While Italy continues to import up to 90 percent of its energy needs, increasing production in southern Italy has the potential to slightly reduce the country's dependence on oil and gas from Russia and North Africa. Ironically, the growing production in the South has not prevented [...]
2008-10-31 15:59:00Consulate NaplesUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON TRGY BEXP KGHG SENV IT RS
08NEWDELHI1017 S&T ADVISER TO SECSTATE DISCUSSES INDO-US SCIENTIFIC
[...] SUMMARY: Dr. Nina Fedoroff, S&T Adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State and the AID Administrator, met with Dr. Thirumalachari Ramasami, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST),Ministry of S&T, Government of India (GOI) during her visit to India in February 2008 to assess the st [...]
2008-04-08 11:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI102MENON CLAIMS IAEA NEGOTIATORS NOT GOING BEYOND 123
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador told Foreign Secretary Menon January 11 that the demands made by the Indian negotiators during the January 2-4 safeguards talks with the IAEA appeared to go over beyond the principle of safeguards in perpetuity established in the 123 agreement. Menon countered that the [...]
2008-01-11 12:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN IR AF
08NEWDELHI1026NEW PRO-DEAL VOICES EMERGE IN NUCLEAR LULL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the lack of forward movement on the U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation initiative in recent weeks, political, business and religious proponents have emerged in India, revealing that the issue remains alive. Previously quiet Congress Party politicians have spoken in fav [...]
2008-04-09 11:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1134INDIAN IRAN RETORT MIGHT LAY GROUNDWORK FOR
[...] (C/NF) Summary: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee echoed April 23 the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesman's strong and unhelpful reaction to the U.S. statement on India's relationship with Iran. While the Communists expressed their approval for the MEA statement, Left leaders als [...]
2008-04-24 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN IR
08NEWDELHI1193MENON CAUTIOUS AND ADVANI SKEPTICAL ABOUT NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador May 1 that the Indian government would seek approval to submit the safeguards agreement to the IAEA in the May 6 UPA-Left committee meeting. Although he did not divulge any specifics, Menon believed that External Affairs Min [...]
2008-05-01 11:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1224 UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY ENGAGES INDIA'S SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] SUMMARY: In a bilateral meeting on the margins of the Global Issues Forum held April 24, 2008 in New Delhi, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky led a delegation consisting of OES Assistant Secretary Claudia McMurray and Dr. Robert Dixon, NSC-CEQ Senior Coordinato [...]
2008-05-05 12:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI1248INDIA'S UPA-LEFT NUCLEAR COMMITTEE STALLS AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: The UPA government and its Left allies agreed May 6 to hold a ninth committee meeting on May 28 to continue discussion about implementing the civil nuclear cooperation initiative. Although press reports indicated that External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee gave a pessimistic [...]
2008-05-07 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1311EX-PRESIDENT OFFERS GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR INDIA'S
[...] (C) Summary: Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's explicit endorsement of the civil nuclear initiative has added further pressure to the opposition BJP party to reverse its stance against the nuclear deal. However, BJP leader Jaswant Singh countered the building momentum by claiming that for [...]
2008-05-13 13:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1321MENON INDICATES FLEXIBILITY IN END-USE ISSUES FOR VVIP AIRCRAFT
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador May 14 that, after reading and having his people analyze note 1 in Amendment 1 of the Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for the Boeing VVIP Aircraft Self-Protection Suite (SPS),provided to Menon by the Ambassador the previous [...]
2008-05-14 10:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1398INDIA TO SUBMIT 1803 REPORT AFTER TAKING ACTION
[...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security Director Amandeep Singh Gill told poloffs May 21 that the Indian government would first complete implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) regarding Iran and then submit its UNSCR 1803 report. Gi [...]
2008-05-22 11:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR IN
08NEWDELHI1409NARAYANAN POINTS TO INSPECTIONS AS STICKING POINT IN VVIP AIRCRAFT
[...] (C) The Ambassador urged Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan May 23 to use the May 28-29 visit by a delegation led by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Mitchell Shivers to resolve quickly the enhanced end-use monitoring (EEUM) issue related to the Low-Aircraft Infrared Cou [...]
2008-05-23 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1410NARAYANAN WORRIED ABOUT PAKISTAN AND NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan told the Ambassador May 23 that the May 13 Jaipur blasts had HUJI "fingerprints," but he expressed greater concern about increased infiltration from Pakistan, which he believed could lead to greater tragedy. He related that Pakistan had not [...]
2008-05-23 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1429CONGRESS SETBACK PROMPTS POSTPONEMENT OF INDIA'S
[...] (SBU) Bruised by election losses in Karnataka (septel) and blocked by the intransigent Left, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government postponed the UPA-Left nuclear committee meeting originally scheduled May 28. According to May 27 press reports, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukhe [...]
2008-05-27 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1475CODEL FEINGOLD DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, NUCLEAR DEAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran told Senator Russ Feingold May 29 that India hoped to use its relative economic prosperity to promote the integration of South Asia. Saran expressed hope that the Indian government would soon submit the safeguards agreement to the I [...]
2008-05-30 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1489NARAYANAN URGES BETTER BILATERAL UNDERSTANDING ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 10:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL PTER KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1503SENATORS FEINGOLD AND CASEY MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary. In a May 30 meeting with Senators Feingold and Casey, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee noted that the key to stability in the region lies in addressing extremism in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border regions. He expressed concern over increasing cross-border infiltration attempts o [...]
2008-06-03 11:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM ENRG KISL PHUM PREL TRGY TSPL AF
08NEWDELHI1563NUCLEAR DEAL REMAINS HOT POLITICAL ISSUE AS
[...] (C) Despite the domestic policy challenges of rising gas prices and Gujjar community unrest, the nuclear deal remains very much on the political agenda in Delhi as political factions pre-position themselves for upcoming state and ultimately national elections. The Congress Party is distracted [...]
2008-06-06 12:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1611INDIA WILL ENDORSE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] (C) This is an action request for SCA and ISN. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Ministry of External Affairs Disarmament and International Security Director Amandeep Singh Gill told poloff in a June 11 telcon that India's Cabinet Committee on Security decided June 10 to join the Global Initiative [...]
2008-06-11 12:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1622INDIA THINKS BIG BUT DOES LITTLE AT DISARMAMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: A June 9-10 disarmament conference in New Delhi commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Rajiv Gandhi Action Plan on disarmament, but produced little in terms of concrete commitments by the Indian government. In his inauguration, the Prime Minister reaffirmed India's commitment [...]
2008-06-12 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1677UPA-LEFT MEETING ON NUCLEAR DEAL POSTPONED TO JUNE
[...] (SBU) The United Progressive Alliance-Left committee meeting scheduled for June 18 to decide whether the government will take the next step toward completing the U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement was postponed until June 25. Media reported that the official reason for the post [...]
2008-06-18 10:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1691NUCLEAR DEAL END-GAME: CONGRESS PARTY TO DECIDE
[...] (C) The Congress Party, at the request of Prime Minister Singh, abruptly postponed the June 18 United Progressive Alliance-Left committee meeting to prepare to move forward with the next crucial step toward completion of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative without the support o [...]
2008-06-19 10:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1760FS MENON DESCRIBES HARDENED POSITIONS,
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon described for the Ambassador on June 26 a hardening of positions on the part of the Left and within the Congress Party on whether to take the next step in advancing the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative. The Left ultimately rejected submis [...]
2008-06-26 07:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN KDEM
08NEWDELHI1798CONGRESS SEEKS SP SUPPORT ON NUCLEAR DEAL TO BUCK
[...] (C) The Congress Party appears on the verge of securing sufficient support from the Samajwadi Party (SP) to permit the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government to advance the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative and to prove a parliamentary majority even if the Left wi [...]
2008-06-30 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1847SAMAJWADI PARTY SUPPORTS NUCLEAR DEAL, GOVERNMENT STRIVING FOR EARLY IAEA ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A flurry of political activity over the past two days has culminated in the Samajwadi Party (SP) expressing public support for the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative following a meeting with Prime Minister Singh and negotiations with Congress Party President Sonia Gandh [...]
2008-07-04 16:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1875PM DEPARTS FOR G-8 WITH GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Singh departed on July 7 for the G-8 Summit in Japan where he plans to ask world leaders to support the Indian government following its decision on July 4 to advance the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative to the IAEA and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). [...]
2008-07-07 14:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1895CONFIDENCE VOTE FOLLOWS LEFT WITHDRAWAL AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Left Front stated on July 8 its intention to withdraw from the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and to seek a confidence vote, tentatively scheduled for July 21. The Samajwadi Party reiterated its support for the UPA government and the nuclear [...]
2008-07-08 14:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1906INDIANS BEGIN TO FOCUS ON NEXT STEPS IN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Speculation about the timing and likely result of a confidence vote following the Left Front's withdrawal of support from the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government dominated local media on July 9. Comments by Foreign Minister Mukherjee caused confusion [...]
2008-07-09 14:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1921PAKISTANI HIGH COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION UNDERSCORES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's call on him to explain next steps needed to bring the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement to fruition, Pakistani High Commissioner Shadid Malik focused on the need for the Nuclear Suppliers Group to follow a "criteria-based approach,"specifying, "We can onl [...]
2008-07-10 13:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PK IN
08NEWDELHI1922SARAN AND MENON OUTLINE MODEST INDIAN ACTION PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador discussed on July 10 next steps in the U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Initiative separately with Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the Nuclear Deal Shyam Saran and then Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon. Saran and Menon previewed planned travel by Ind [...]
2008-07-10 15:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1935 GAO EXPLORES INDIA'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE CDM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Analysts from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) visited New Delhi June 30 and July 1 to review India's experience with the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The GAO interviewed a wide range of public, private, and NGO stakeholders who were consistent i [...]
2008-07-11 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI1945POLITICAL REALIGNMENT CONTINUES AS JULY 22
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government continued to maintain its slim majority leading toward the July 22 confidence vote. Several small, marginal parties remained uncommitted, hoping to use their leverage to extract concessions for their support. [...]
2008-07-14 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIN PARM PK PREL TRGY TSPL
08NEWDELHI195 DRS. WATSON AND DIXON ENGAGE GOI IN PREPARATION FOR SECOND
[...] SUMMARY: Drs. Harlan Watson and Robert Dixon met with representatives of the Government of India (GOI) to discuss preparations for the upcoming Second Major Economies Meeting (MEM2) scheduled for January 30-31 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The GOI was represented by officials from the Ministry of Ext [...]
2008-01-18 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI1959MENON HOSTS NSG AND IAEA REPRESENTATIVES TO PUSH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 14, Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon hosted more than fifty representatives from countries represented on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). Menon described the benefits "for India, for the IAEA and fo [...]
2008-07-15 11:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIN PARM PK PREL TRGY TSPL
08NEWDELHI1972POLITICAL BARGAINING CONTINUES PRIOR TO KEY VOTE IN PARLIAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 13:23:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1976NEW DELHI BI-WEEKLY ESTH REPORT
[...] Summary: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH report includes an update on the die-off of a critically endangered crocodilian species; EmbOffs meeting with a company that provides Greenhouse Gas (GHG) monitoring solutions in the building sector; biofuels; a shortage of scientists in GOI researc [...]
2008-07-18 08:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV AMED KSCA ECON TSPL TRGY TNGD EIND ENRG
08NEWDELHI1985JULY 22 CONFIDENCE VOTE RESULT FAR FROM ASSURED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As of July 18, the last business day before the special session of parliament begins on July 21 and culminates in the confidence vote on July 22, the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's victory is far from assured, with the future of the U.S.-India C [...]
2008-07-18 13:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1997DEMARCHE DELIVERED - INDIA FAMILIAR WITH
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on July 21 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) directors for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra and Amandeep Singh Gill. Dharmendra and Singh Gill expressed interest in knowing why the U.S. was raising this issue at [...]
2008-07-21 11:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IR MUNC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IN
08NEWDELHI2004PARLIAMENT BEGINS DEBATING CONFIDENCE MOTION,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The first day of the two-day special session of parliament opened on July 21 and will culminate in the confidence vote late on July 22 that will determine the future of the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government and its ability to advance the U [...]
2008-07-21 14:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2012INDIA'S UPA GOVERNMENT SURVIVES CONFIDENCE VOTE --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The two-day special session of parliament to consider the confidence motion culminated late on July 22 with a victory for the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government. The tally was 275 votes in favor of the confidence motion, 256 opposed, and 1 [...]
2008-07-22 14:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2019INDIA DISPATCHES ENVOYS TO 54 CAPITALS, EMBASSY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Embassy hosted 41 local representatives of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) member countries to an information-sharing lunch on the next steps in the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative on July 23. Comments focused on the difficulties imposed by the compressed tim [...]
2008-07-23 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2086INDIA CONTINUES TO DEBATE NUCLEAR INITIATIVE, WARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A week after the United Progressive Alliance (UP) government's victory in the July 22 confidence vote, the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative remains a focus of media coverage and political positioning. Print media scrutinized negotiations over the language of Indi [...]
2008-07-30 13:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2141INDIAN VIEWS ON NAM MINISTERIAL DECLARATION ON
[...] (C) Summary. According to the UK High Commission in Delhi, the Indian government is claiming credit for helping to secure a much improved NAM declaration on Iran's nuclear program from the Tehran ministerial conference. Indian officials also report pressure from Iran's Sunni neighbors, who c [...]
2008-08-06 06:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PARM TRGY KNNP IR IN
08NEWDELHI2168INDIA CANCELS OVERFLIGHT PERMISSION FOR FLIGHT OF
[...] (S) The Charge d'Affaires delivered ref A demarche on August 6 to Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma and Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for the Americas Gaitri Kumar. Sharma noted the urgency of the issue and the Indian government's obligation to comply wi [...]
2008-08-08 09:52:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI223MENON SAYS HE REALIZES THAT THE NUCLEAR CLOCK IS
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Menon told the Ambassador January 23 that India and the IAEA have settled all technical issues but must still decide how to reflect the terms of the 123 Agreement in the safeguards agreement. Although he hesitated to predict that the January 29-30 round would wra [...]
2008-01-23 12:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2264PM'S INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS: INDIA'S MOMENT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: While giving prominent attention to issues that most directly involve U.S. interests -- U.S.-India Civil Nuclear initiative, Jammu and Kashmir, terrorism and regional security -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's traditional Independence Day address on August 15 focused primaril [...]
2008-08-21 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY
08NEWDELHI2278 PROSPECTS FOR COLLABORATION ON SOLAR ENERGY
[...] (U) Summary. The recently announced National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) envisages solar energy as a key element to India's energy security and climate change strategy. It calls for the formation of a new National Solar Mission (NSM),which is expected to lead to more integrated Go [...]
2008-08-22 12:58:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY SENV KGHG TSPL TNGD EIND KSCA ECON
08NEWDELHI2297SPECIAL ENVOY SARAN SAYS NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS
[...] (U) Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher cleared this report. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the Civil Nuclear Initiative Shyam Saran reviewed with visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and Ambassador Mulford progress toward an India-specific exception in th [...]
2008-08-26 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2319AMBASSADOR ALERTS "GROUP OF SIX" ENVOYS THAT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Mulford told the heads of mission of the "Group of Six" members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) at a lunch on August 28 that the amendments to India's exception that their delegations proposed at the August 21-22 Plenary could cause India to walk away, leading to [...]
2008-08-28 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2399ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER TELLS INDIAN MEA: WE
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 1 meeting with Indian External Affairs State Minister Sharma, Assistant Secretary Boucher stressed the importance of political engagement in Nuclear Supplier Group members' capitals to make clear what was at stake at the upcoming NSG plenary in Vienna. Boucher a [...]
2008-09-05 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2402 PLASTIC BAGS - A GROWING ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH CONCERN
[...] (U) Summary. The ubiquitous plastic bag, the common man's source of inexpensive and hygienic storage in India, is increasingly becoming a cause of grave concern to the environment and the health of both human beings and animals. The Government of India (GOI) and the state governments are real [...]
2008-09-08 02:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG TSPL TNGD EIND ENRG TRGY KSCA ECON ETRD
08NEWDELHI2457BRAJESH MISHRA SAYS BJP LOOKING TO MODIFY NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Former National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra told the Ambassador on September 12 that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders recognize that their continuing opposition to the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative is not likely to pay off in the next elections. BJP chiefs are considering at [...]
2008-09-12 13:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2589INDIA-EU SUMMIT PREVIEW (CANCEL THIS TELEGRAM)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-26 12:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP ETRD ENRG EAIR PHUM SENV TRGY
08NEWDELHI2591INDIA-EU SUMMIT PREVIEW NEW DELHI 00002591 001.2 OF 003
[...] (C) Summary. On September 29 and 30 Prime Minister Singh will travel to Marseilles for the ninth India-EU summit. While neither GOI nor EU interlocutors have expectations of big deliverables out of the summit, the two sides will deliver two declarations: one highlighting progress made in the India- [...]
2008-09-26 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP ETRD ENRG EAIR PHUM SENV TRGY
08NEWDELHI2641WITH THE UPCOMING LAUNCH OF "CHANDRAYAAN I" MOON MISSION,
[...] (U) Summary. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is poised to take on many ambitious projects with the aim of establishing broader international collaborations, developing novel technologies to meet social and economic development needs, and attracting and harnessing India's young ta [...]
2008-10-03 10:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY SENV KGHG TSPL TNGD EIND KSCA ECON
08NEWDELHI270DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS BRAJESH MISHRA AND M.K.
[...] (U) Summary: Two of Delhi's top foreign policy experts, former National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra and former Foreign Secretary M.K. Rasgotra, told visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum that the civil nuclear initiative is may yet move through the governing coalition bu [...]
2008-01-28 06:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PTER TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY
08NEWDELHI2764FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV VISIT TO INDIA REAFFIRMS
[...] (C) Summary. During his October 20 visit to New Delhi, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: -- brought a message that Russia's relations with India remain a priority for Moscow; -- announced Russia will assist India in building four additional nuclear reactors at the Kudankulam power project; [...]
2008-10-21 13:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PREL RU IN
08NEWDELHI277INDIA TRIES TO OUTFLANK COMMUNISTS WITH GLOBAL
[...] (C) Summary: The wintertime flurry of diplomatic engagement between India and China, the UK, Australia, Canada and France has provided the opportunity for the Indian government to demonstrate to its Communist coalition partners the full international dimension of civil nuclear cooperation and [...]
2008-01-28 13:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2816MENON ADDRESSES CIVIL NUCLEAR NEXT STEPS AND OTHER
[...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Mulford discussed next steps on civil nuclear cooperation and a range of bilateral issues with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on October 30. Menon said he was prepared to review draft diplomatic notes to bring [...]
2008-10-30 14:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2926MENON ADDRESSES CIVIL NUCLEAR NEXT STEPS WITH NRC
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and NRC Chairman Klein discussed next steps on civil nuclear cooperation with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on November 12. Menon underlined the importance of India adopting a nuclear regulatory regime that would allow the industry to expand and avoid hamp [...]
2008-11-14 13:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2960GOI OFFICIALS SHARE VISIONS OF NUCLEAR NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings, Prime Minister's Special Envoy Shyam Saran, Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Kapil Sibal, and Principal Scientific Advisor to GOI Dr. R. Chidambaram shared their thoughts on the way forward for the civil nuclear industry with Nuclear Reg [...]
2008-11-19 12:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY ETTC KNNP PARM PREL TSPL IN
08NEWDELHI2985ATOMIC ENERGY CHAIRMAN KAKODKAR SHARES CANDID
[...] (SBU) This cable was cleared by NRC staff. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Chairman Anil Kakodkar provided visiting Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Dale Klein November 18 in Mumbai with an unprecedently candid overview of India's plans and expectations for ci [...]
2008-11-24 12:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC BEXP IN
08NEWDELHI2986INDIA,S POSITION ON IRAN REMAINS UNCHANGED
[...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and PolOff delivered on November 24 reftel demarches on Iran to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran (PAI) Division, T.C.A. Raghavan, and Deputy Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs, Vipul. The two m [...]
2008-11-24 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08NEWDELHI2996BARC DIRECTOR BRIEFS NRC DELEGATION, PROVIDES TOUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On 21 November, Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) Director Dr. Srikumar Banerjee and several senior members of the BARC staff briefed Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Klein and delegation on activities at BARC, and provided a tour of the Dhruva reactor, Engineering [...]
2008-11-25 13:22:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETBEXP ENRG ETTC IN KNNP PARM PREL TRGY TSPL
08NEWDELHI3079KAIGE NUCLEAR POWER STATION AT HALF CAPACITY BUT HIGH
[...] Summary: (SBU) On 21 November U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Chairman (NRC) Chairman Klein and delegation, accompanied by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) Director of Operations Mr. G. Nageswara Rao, toured the Kaiga Generating Station located in North Karnataka State. Kaiga supplies po [...]
2008-12-08 07:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY EFIN EINV PREL BEXP SENV KGHG PARM KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI3095DIPLOMATIC NOTE EXCHANGE WITH INDIA BRINGS 123
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Americas Division initiated the exchange of diplomatic notes as planned December 6 with Embassy New Delhi to bring into force the U.S.-India Agreement Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy as signed October 10 in Washington, DC. The diplomati [...]
2008-12-08 13:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI3128CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN
[...] (U) Summary: Technical education in India is expected to expand rapidly from its current level of 600,000 engineering graduates per year to about 800,000 in three years. It is also projected that India will experience shortage of skilled human resources to meet its developmental needs. Hence [...]
2008-12-12 05:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY SENV KGHG TSPL TNGD EIND KSCA ECON ETRD
08NEWDELHI313MENON SAYS INDIAN NEGOTIATORS AWAIT ASSURANCE FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador January 30 that the Indian government sought to arrange a call between Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Secretary Anil Kakodkar and IAEA Director General Muhammad SIPDIS ElBaradei before sending a negotiating team back to [...]
2008-01-30 14:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI322AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER URGES U.S. TO KEEP UP
[...] (C) Summary: Australian High Commissioner John McCarthy urged Ambassador David Mulford January 30 to ensure that the U.S. continue pressuring the new Australian leadership to support an Indian exception in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). "It is important to continue to have the nuclear iss [...]
2008-01-31 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI354NARAYANAN SAYS INDIA SEEKS 123 LANGUAGE IN IAEA
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan told the Ambassador February 4 that the Indian team negotiating the safeguards agreement has stayed within the bounds of the 123 Agreement. While he admitted that the Indian side has sought to include the 123 language in the operational sa [...]
2008-02-04 14:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI355U.S.-INDIA EXPORT CONTROL EXPERTS TALKS: FEBRUARY
[...] (U) Underlining the importance of continuing the productive U.S.-India export control dialogue, poloff delivered reftel points February 4 proposing February 13 for the next round of talks in Washington, with alternate dates proposed in March. MEA Director (Disarmament and International Securi [...]
2008-02-04 14:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI433GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LAUNCHES THE NANOTECHNOLOGY MISSION IN
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of India (GOI) in its recent National Development Council (NDC) meeting has approved a Science and Technology (S&T) budget of approximately USD 18.7 billion in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan (2007-2012). This is a three-fold increase over its Tenth Plan allocation of [...]
2008-02-11 05:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV TSPL SENV TBIO TRGY TNGD
08NEWDELHI444MENON SAYS MUNICH MEETING HAS "CLEARED UP" INDIA'S
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador February 11 that the February 9 meeting in Munich between Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Secretary Anil Kakodkar and IAEA Director General (DG) Mohammad ElBaradei has allowed India t [...]
2008-02-11 14:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI474KARAT AND KAKODKAR SPAR IN PRESS WHILE INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: After several weeks of near-silence, Communist leader Prakash Karat denounced the civil nuclear initiative February 11, and demanded that the UPA government wait to finalize the IAEA safeguards agreement until the next U.S. administration comes to power. Department of Atomic Ener [...]
2008-02-13 11:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI503 DELHI SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT FOCUSES ON CLIMATE
[...] SUMMARY: The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS),held February 7 - 9, 2008, attracted a wide range of world leaders but proved to be more of a coup for it's organizers, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) than for the theme of sustainable development and climate change with few [...]
2008-02-15 13:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI524SARAN AND KAKODKAR SEND MIXED SIGNALS ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: While Special Envoy Shyam Saran underlined February 18 the importance of completing the civil nuclear cooperation initiative as soon as possible, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar downplayed the urgency during a press interaction February 18. Speaking at an Institut [...]
2008-02-19 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI541INDIAN PEACOCK DOES MATING DANCE FOR VISITING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months after Prime Minister Singh's visit to Moscow, Prime Minister Zubkov of the Russian Federation visited New Delhi February 12, accompanied by Russian Trade Minister Elvira Nabiullina and approximately 125 senior executives representing Russian industry and business. [...]
2008-02-21 05:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS EAGR EPET ENRG TRGY ECPS
08NEWDELHI558SENATORS' NUCLEAR DEADLINE BRINGS (MOSTLY)
[...] (SBU) Summary: The setting of a June deadline by Senators Kerry, Biden and Hagel during their February 20 visit to Delhi has sparked a tepid reaction from the Congress Party and, strangely, the Communists, while media supporters have used the opportunity to remind the Indian government of its [...]
2008-02-22 08:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI59WEAKENED UPA AND LEFT MULL MIDDLE WAY TO COMPLETE
[...] (C) Summary: While the Indian government prolongs the safeguards talks to a fourth round, the Congress Party and Left appear to have reacted to the Gujarat election loss by reaffirming that the UPA government will last its full term, which complicates the completion of the nuclear initiative in [...]
2008-01-08 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI606INDIAN PARLIAMENT BEGINS WITH NUCLEAR BANG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Building on the unexpected extension of Ambassador Ronen Sen's tenure in the U.S., President Patil's expression of hope for the completion of the nuclear deal during her first address to Parliament February 25 has injected life back into the civil nuclear cooperation initiative. [...]
2008-02-26 11:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI654 S&T ADVISOR DR. NINA FEDOROFF ENGAGES S&T MINISTER SIBAL
[...] SUMMARY: Dr. Fedoroff met with Minister of Science and Technology (MoST) Kapal Sibal on February 21 and discussed the scope of Indo - U.S. science and technology collaboration. Both agreed that greater collaboration would be beneficial to the relationship. In addition, Sibal noted the diffic [...]
2008-03-03 10:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI690SAFEGUARDS TALKS DONE, INDIA WILL SOON MAKE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Menon and Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran confirmed to Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher March 4 that India and the SIPDIS International Atomic Energy Agency had finally completed their negotiations on a safeguards agreement. Menon discounte [...]
2008-03-05 11:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI722ELECTIONS VS. ELECTRONS: POLITICAL DETAILS LOOM
[...] (C) Summary: With the resurgence of the civil nuclear political debate during the budget session of Parliament, observers have analyzed the minutiae to try to determine whether the UPA government calls the Left's bluff soon, waits until after the monsoon, or sits on the initiative altogether. [...]
2008-03-07 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI857CODEL PELOSI DISCUSSES CIV-NUKE AND OTHER ISSUES
[...] (U) Summary: On March 20 Speaker Pelosi and her delegation, and Ambassador Mulford and the DCM, held discussions with Indian Members of Parliament (MP) from across the political spectrum. The civil nuclear initiative dominated the 45 minute meeting but Tibet, Burma and the Doha trade talks wer [...]
2008-03-25 06:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY ECON
08NEWDELHI938AMBASSADOR FASTS FOR NUCLEAR DEAL
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for SCA. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador told Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon April 1 that he will go on a hunger strike until the UPA government submits the IAEA safeguards agreement to the Board of Governors. Moreover, he continue [...]
2008-04-01 06:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI942 CODEL PELOSI ENGAGES INDIAN ENERGY EXPERTS ON CLIMATE
[...] SUMMARY: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI),Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chairman Dr. R.K. Pachauri's powerful NGO, brought out its leading experts to brief CODEL Pelosi on climate change and answer questions in a roundtable meeting held at the TERI Gram Campus in [...]
2008-04-01 10:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI961INDIA BELIEVES THAT IT SATISFIES TERMS OF UNSCR
[...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Director Amandeep Singh Gill thanked poloff April 1 for the "interesting" reftel non-paper and related that he believed India's "existing notifications" fulfill the requirements of UN Security Council Resolutio [...]
2008-04-02 08:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI965 CODEL PELOSI ENGAGES INDIAN ENERGY EXPERTS ON CLIMATE
[...] SUMMARY: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI),Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chairman Dr. R.K. Pachauri's powerful NGO, brought out its leading experts to brief CODEL Pelosi on climate change and answer questions in a roundtable meeting held at the TERI Gram Campus in [...]
2008-04-02 09:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI967 S&T ADVISER TO SECSTATE ENGAGES PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFIC
[...] SUMMARY: Dr. Nina Fedoroff, S&T Adviser to the US Secretary of State and the AID Administrator, met with Dr. Rajagopala Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India (GOI) during her recent visit to India and discussed the scope and status of Indo - U.S. S&T colla [...]
2008-04-02 11:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI98950-50 CHANCE AT BEST FOR NUCLEAR DEAL AFTER MAY 9,
[...] (C) Summary: In light of the continuing political debate in Delhi, Indian observers have counseled that the central government will wait at least until Parliament approves the budget on May 9, after which the Congress Party may decide to move forward with the nuclear deal by submitting the saf [...]
2008-04-04 09:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI993CONGRESS INSIDER GIVES BLEAK VIEW OF NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Manish Tewari, Secretary in the All India Congress Committee (AICC),told poloff April 3 that there was no chance the UPA government would risk the downfall of the government in order to complete the nuclear initiative. If the Congress Party called the Left's bluff, he thought that "90 pe [...]
2008-04-04 10:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NIAMEY452CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN NIGER
[...] (SBU) Summary. On April 14, the Chinese Ambassador to Niger gave an interview to the Nigerien weekly newspaper "La Griffe" (The Claw). In the article he summarized China's aid projects in Niger. He stated that Chinese aid to Niger was given "without selfishness and without conditions." The Ch [...]
2008-04-29 13:33:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECPS EMIN EPET EAID EFIN MARR SENV TRGY
08NICOSIA298CYPRIOT RESPONSE FORTHCOMING ON IRAN SANCTIONS /
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 15:05:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY CY
08NICOSIA853CYPRUS NOT INVITED TO IRANIAN CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Seeking to discourage Cyprus's attendance at the Iran-hosted "First International Conference on Nuclear Power Plants, Environment, and Sustainable Development," the Embassy on October 27 delivered Ref A non-paper and background information to Marios Kountourides in the MFA's mulitateral a [...]
2008-10-31 05:23:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALAORC MNUC TRGY CY
08OSLO353 NORWAY AIMING TO BE A GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LEADER:
[...] (SBU) Norway, the oil and gas giant of northern Europe, is working to become a leader in global renewable energy technology and cleaner fossil fuel production. Norway's renewable energy field, though lagging behind other European nations, has found niches to fill in wind power production, sol [...]
2008-06-24 15:16:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG TRGY PGOV NO
08OSLO436CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIA, WASTE, AND SECURITY DURING
[...] (C) Summary: On his recent visit to Norway, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Dale Klein was approached by Russian nuclear regulators extremely concerned about their vanishing authority. Norwegian officials also appear to be frustrated about Russia,s limited cooperation in cleanup [...]
2008-08-05 14:14:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP NRC ENRG DOE TRGY SENV OVIP MX PARM RU
08OSLO483NORWAY CAUTIOUS ON UNSC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE IRAN
[...] (S) Poloff met with Erling Skjoensberg, senior advisor in the MFA department for disarmament and nonproliferation, who, along with Kaare Aas (current Ambassador to Afghanistan, but former security policy department head) will make decisions regarding reftel's subject matter for the GON. 2. [...]
2008-08-28 15:23:00Embassy OsloSECRETKNNP MNUC IR PARM IAEA TRGY UNSC PREL
08OSLO545NORWAY SUPPORTS TRIAY AS PRESIDENT OF JOINT
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and biographic information to Knut Langeland, Ambassador for Disarmament affairs. Langeland forwarded the information to Ole Reistad, one of the directors of the Norwegian Radiation Protection Agency (NRPA). Reistad said that Norway wholeheartedl [...]
2008-10-07 16:35:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP IAEA AORC NO
08OSLO659NORWAY HAS NO PLANS TO HELP WITH SYRIA'S PROPOSED
[...] (C) Poloff spoke with Erling Skjonsberg, Senior Advisor in the MFA nonproliferation section, to discuss reftel. Skjonsberg noted our caution that technical knowledge acquired by Syria for the proposed nuclear plant could be diverted, and said that Norway has no present plans to cooperate on su [...]
2008-12-09 14:50:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY
08OSLO98NUCLEAR MATERIAL TRANSFER-HALDEN REACTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-22 06:38:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP TRGY KSCA NO
08OTTAWA1242MEETING BETWEEN U.S. NRC CHAIRMAN DALE KLEIN AND
[...] (U) Summary: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Dale E. Klein traveled to Ottawa from July 17-19, 2008. On July 18 Klein discussed reactor licensing and medical isotope production issues recently appointed Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) President Michael Binder; an [...]
2008-09-18 21:42:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG TRGY SENV CA
08OTTAWA1368CANADA KEEN TO ADVOCATE NON-PARTICIPATION IN
[...] This is an action request -- please see para 4. 2. (C) Canada is willing to join the U.S. effort to persuade governments to steer clear of Iran's November 30 conference on nuclear energy. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for Non-Proliferat [...]
2008-10-24 21:07:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC AORC ENRG TRGY IR CA
08OTTAWA1411CANADA WANTS TO COORDINATE ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request - please see para 5. 2. (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation Che van Haastrecht on November 4 asked to coordinate CANUS outreach to discourage the sale of uranium to Iran by Kazakhstan (ref b). [...]
2008-11-04 20:12:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC ENRG AORC TRGY IR CA
08OTTAWA1453CANADA DECIDES AGAINST DEMARCHES ON IRAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) In an unexpected and unwelcome shift from ref a position, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for Non-Proliferation Ryan Hewer informed poloff on November 17 that DFAIT had now decided Canada was already overextended in its demarches on the [...]
2008-11-18 15:45:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC AORC ENRG TRGY IR CA
08OTTAWA1480CANADA CONCERNED BY IRANIAN AND SYRIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C/NF) Canada found the November 19 IAEA report on the status of Iranian nuclear program to be "very bleak," according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) non-proliferation senior policy advisor Ryan Hewer. Hewer commented that the report clearly suggests a "consi [...]
2008-11-21 21:20:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MNUC KNNP PARM IAEA TRGY IR SY CA
08OTTAWA156CANADA'S NUCLEAR SECTOR: REACTOR SHUTDOWN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn removed Linda Keen from the Presidency of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) late on January 15. (While no longer CNSC President, she remains a member of the Commission.) Undoubtedly the government hoped this would wrap up the tw [...]
2008-01-31 18:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY TBIO PGOV BTIO ENRG CA
08OTTAWA210CANADIAN VIEWS ON DRAFT POLICY EXCEPTION FOR
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, ESTH Counselor advised officials in the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) that the U.S. would not circulate a draft NSG policy statement regarding India until the Government of India and the IAEA ha [...]
2008-02-08 22:49:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM TRGY IN CA
08OTTAWA654CANADA'S 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 19:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KNNP AORC ETRD TRGY UNSC IR CA
08OTTAWA673CANADA'S NUCLEAR SECTOR: AECL SCRAPS ISOTOPE REACTOR PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 20:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY TBIO PGOV ENRG CA
08OTTAWA754DEMARCHE ON CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 18:42:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC PARM IAEA CA
08OTTAWA988CANADIAN URANIUM NOT AVAILABLE TO IRAN
[...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation Che van Haastrecht expressed appreciation for reftel U.S. initiative, and confirmed that Canadian firms would not sell uranium to any Iranian entities. The Canadian government authorizes [...]
2008-07-23 12:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC TRGY ENRG KNNP IR CA
08PANAMA151PANAMA WIREC DELEGATION
[...] (U) On February 14, 2008, Post provided the GOP's Energy Secretariat, National Environmental Authority, and its OAS SIPDIS delegation with the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) registration information in reftel. 2. (U) On February 13, 2008, Post received a lett [...]
2008-02-20 22:33:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY PM
08PANAMA386PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 60-DAY REPORT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 16:48:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EIND AORC TRGY UNSC IR PM
08PANAMA581PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON NAM CONFERENCE DELIVERED
[...] (C) POL had delivered Reftel demarche to MFA political advisor Janio Tunon on July 16 to discuss Panama's position in the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial Conference scheduled for July 29-30. POL underscored that Panama held a unique position as a NAM representative and UNSC member. PO [...]
2008-07-17 16:45:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPARM IR KNNP MNUC TRGY IAEA PERL UR PM
08PANAMA604PANAMA: MESSAGE REINFORCING MESSAGE ON IRAN TO
[...] (C) First VP and FM Samuel Lewis said he fully understood the U.S. message on Iranin advance of the Non-Aligned Movement Foreign Ministers' meeting in Teheran, in response to Charge's delivery of reftel demarche on July 23. "Panama is not sending a high-level delegation," Lewis added, but wo [...]
2008-07-25 14:51:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPARM TRGY IR PM
08PARAMARIBO234DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN
[...] (U) Per reftel, EconOff delivered demarche to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname. Hubard had no immediate reaction. 2. (U) Post will report any substantive response from the Government of Suriname. [...]
2008-06-02 19:41:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR NS
08PARAMARIBO8WIREC 2008 INVITATION DELIVERED
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered dipnote and invitation letter to Terence Craig, head of the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Craig said he will forward invitation to the following ministries: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environment. 2. (U) Post notes that the Go [...]
2008-01-10 15:08:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV TRGY OPDC NS
08PARIS1447SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT'S NUCLEAR ENERGY SUPPLY
[...] (U) Summary. On July 20-21, Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Special Assistant Marc Humphrey traveled to Paris for consultations on civil nuclear supply criteria in light of the anticipated expansion in nuclear energy. Meetings were held with officia [...]
2008-07-29 16:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY KNNP PREL ETTC IAEA FR
08PARIS1830FRENCH VIEW ON EU BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY
[...] (SBU) Summary. France continues to press to conclude the climate and energy package before the end of its EU presidency as a step towards consolidating an EU position before the UNFCC Poznan meeting in December 2008. France supports in principle the biofuel targets in the current draft of t [...]
2008-10-03 13:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN
08PARIS1836FRENCH VIEW ON EU BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY
[...] (SBU) Summary. France continues to press to conclude the climate and energy package before the end of its EU presidency as a step towards consolidating an EU position before the UNFCC Poznan meeting in December 2008. France supports in principle the biofuel targets in the current draft of t [...]
2008-10-03 16:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN
08PARIS2142FRENCH CAUTIOUS ON IAEA SYRIA REPORT
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 20 to Arnaud Mentre, action officer for Iran in the MFA's ISN-equivalent. Mentre was phlegmatic about the IAEA report on Iran, noting that Iran's enrichment seems to be on "autopilot" for the moment. As for Syria, Mentre offered as an initial impr [...]
2008-11-21 12:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY FR
08PARIS2183FRENCH WELCOME BIOFUELS "SUSTAINABILITY" DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy delivered reftel points to French Ministries of Agriculture, Economy and Environment. The Agriculture Ministry told us that the EU is still discussing the biofuels sustainability and criteria issue, and that they still hope to resolve the issue by the end of the French P [...]
2008-12-03 07:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU FR
08PARIS2213French welcome Biofuels "sustainability" Demarche
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, the Embassy has reached out to French Government officials in the Ministries of Agriculture, Economy and Environment. The Agriculture Ministry told us that the EU is still discussing the biofuels sustainability and criteria issue, and that they still hope [...]
2008-12-08 07:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU FR
08PARIS2222FRANCE PUSHES RENEWABLE ENERGIES DESPITE COUNTERCURRENTS
[...] Summary. France has unveiled an ambitious national plan to double the share of renewables in total energy consumption to 23 percent by 2020. At present, hydropower accounts for 12 percent. Apart from biofuels for transportation, the new renewable electricity plan will target photovoltaic (PV) [...]
2008-12-08 17:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EU FR
08PARIS33FRENCH PETROLEUM INSTITUTE - RESEARCHING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
[...] SUMMARY. ESTH officers visited the French Petroleum Institute (Institut Francais du Petrole or 'IFP'),a public research center focused on industrial R&D research in energy and transportation. The visit's purposes were to assess IFP's strategic priorities, obtain an understanding of its researc [...]
2008-01-08 16:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TRGY FR
08PHNOMPENH978NO CAMBODIAN PLANS TO PURSUE CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM
[...] (U) Cambodia does not have plans for a civil nuclear program at this time. Cambodia's energy infrastructure is currently very underdeveloped; most electricity is produced by diesel-powered generators. Only about 18 percent of the population is connected to the electricity grid. The Royal Gov [...]
2008-12-11 01:56:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO CB
08PORTAUPRINCE897HAITI: NO MOVEMENT ON 60-DAY REPORT ON IRAN
[...] Econoff requested on June 16 an update from Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Director Azad Belfort on the status of Haiti's 60-Day Report required by UNSCR 1803. Belfort said he requested mid-May responses from the Prime Minister's office, the National Palace and the Mi [...]
2008-06-20 12:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC HA IR
08PORTLOUIS233MAURITIUS OPEN TO DIALOGUE ON CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 11:22:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM MP
08PORTLOUIS424ONE COMPANY LEADS THE GREEN INITIATIVE IN MAURITIAN
[...] Summary. Richfield Tang Knits Ltd (RT Knits),a textile manufacturing company in Mauritius, has taken initiative to move toward "sustainable textile production," incorporating "Green Productivity Techniques" into a new facility in La Tour Koenig, near Port Louis. Using wind and solar energy, [...]
2008-12-04 12:13:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EIND SENV TRGY MP
08PORTLOUIS428MAURITIUS POSITIVE ABOUT GTRI COOPERATIVE PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) By request of reftel, RSO Helm met with the Chief of Mauritius' Radiological Protection Authority (RPA),Faradally Abdoulla Ollite, to ascertain his agency's interest and cooperation regarding the identification of high-risk and vulnerable radioactive sources in use or in storage. Ollite [...]
2008-12-08 02:17:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM TRGY MP
08PRAGUE687CZECH REPUBLIC NOT INVITED TO IRANIAN CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 12:38:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC MNUC TRGY IR EZ
08PRAGUE722CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-19 14:23:00Embassy PragueSECRETKNNP PARM PREL TRGY EZ NR IR
08PRAGUE723CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO THE DEMARCHE TO THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-19 14:26:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY EZ
08PRAGUE733CZECH RESPONSE: ACTION REQUEST: DELIBERATION BY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-4. 2. (SBU) The regional FAS officer and EconOffs delivered reftel demarche to Environment Ministry Director of Sustainable Energy and Transport Vladimir Vlk and First Deputy Minister of Agriculture Ivo Hlavac on November 25. We also [...]
2008-11-26 17:39:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EZ
08PRAGUE789OVERVIEW OF CZECH NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech nuclear industry sector offers significant opportunities for U.S. business, especially if a possible tender for the construction of two (possibly four) new reactors goes forward. Currently, the Czech Republic's two commercial nuclear power stations account for 30 perc [...]
2008-12-19 14:48:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO EZ
08PRAGUE793CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-23 09:27:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY EZ
08PRAGUE806CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PREVENTING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-30 08:10:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA SY TRGY EZ
08PRETORIA1560(C) SOUTH AFRICA PREDICTS SOFT IRAN NAM STATEMENT
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director: Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Michiel Combrink said that the drafting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit statement on Iran's nuclear program will be a "very difficult process." Iran has [...]
2008-07-16 14:27:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP MNUC TRGY IAEA PREL IR
08PRETORIA1631NAM COUNTRIES FAR APART ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Work on drafting on the NAM ministerial statement on the Iranian nuclear program has virtually come to a halt because of the "wide distance" between the Iranian draft and the revisions proposed by "core NAM countries," including South Africa, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA [...]
2008-07-25 12:39:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPARM TRGY IR SF
08PRETORIA2165SAG ALMOST READY TO SIGN AGREEMENT ON NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-02 08:56:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF
08PRETORIA323DEFUELING THE DRC RESEARCH REACTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-15 11:55:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG PREL AORC KNNP IAEA CG SF
08PRETORIA440WESTINGHOUSE STILL IN THE GAME AFTER SARKOZY SPLASH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French President Nicholas Sarkozy led a senior commercial delegation on his state visit to South Africa February 28-29. He succeeded in catalyzing a media campaign of announcements of French cooperation and deals focused on the troubled energy sector, thereby seeking to advanc [...]
2008-03-04 10:45:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP PREL KNNP SF FR
08PRETORIA455NUCLEAR JSCNEC MEETING POSTPONED AGAIN - HOPE FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) Chief Director: Nuclear informed Embassy that the bilateral Joint Standing Committee on Nuclear Energy Cooperation (JSCNEC) planned for June in South Africa would unfortunately have to be postponed because of the overwhelming distrac [...]
2008-03-05 16:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP SF
08PRETORIA840PROPOSED LANGUAGE FOR AGREEMENT ON NUCLEAR R&D
[...] Action Request in paragraph 5. 2. The Embassy has received diplomatic note FA3/D8 dated April 17, 2008 from the DFA with a proposed change to one paragraph in the IP Annex for the draft US - SA Agreement on Cooperation in R&D in Nuclear Energy. The text of the diplomatic note is as follo [...]
2008-04-21 13:36:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP PREL SF
08QUITO294 U.S. COMPANY LEADS SUCCESSFUL WIND ENERGY PROJECT IN
[...] (U) Summary: The multilateral Galapagos Wind Energy Project dedicated its wind-turbine project, largely funded by private sector companies, on the Galapagos's San Cristobal island on March 18. Project leader American Electric Power (AEP) says that on windy days, the project provides 80% of Sa [...]
2008-03-27 12:35:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TRGY SENV UNDP UNEP EINV PGOV TINT EC
08QUITO581ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: 60 DAY REPORT ON UNSCR
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on June 27 to Marisol Nieto, MFA Acting Director General of Multilateral Affairs. 2. (C) Nieto reiterated that the GOE's position on Iran is based on "principles" and that the IAEA should have been given additional time to work with Iran before introdu [...]
2008-06-30 21:39:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC EC
08QUITO777ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN AND THE NAM
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Ref A points on July 14 to the MFA's Directorate General of Multilateral Affairs and followed up with Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on August 8. 2. (C) Puma said that the GOE supported the passage of the Statement on Iran's Nuclear Issue adop [...]
2008-08-22 12:51:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL UR EC
08RABAT1058RENEWABLE ENERGY FOCUS OF DOE VISIT
[...] (U) Summary: DOE/EERE Chief Operating Officer Paul Dickerson met with key government, industry, and development officials central to Morocco's efforts to expand its renewable energy portfolio and reduce its 96 percent dependence on imported energy sources during an October 28 visit to Rabat a [...]
2008-11-07 15:28:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV TRGY ETRD ECON EAID MO
08RABAT1109MOROCCANS MORE FORWARD-LEANING ON NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Moroccan government, research, and industry leaders told Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation Jackie Wolcott that the Kingdom is preparing the necessary infrastructure and legal and regulatory framework for nuclear power. According to the Minister of Energy, the decision [...]
2008-11-28 13:52:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY ETRD TNGD KNNP MO
08RABAT1187MOROCCAN NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS
[...] (SBU) In response to Ref A request for an overview of Morocco's nuclear energy plans, Post notes Ref B reporting discussions held during the November 16-18 visit to Morocco of Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, the Secretary's Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation. Ambassador Wolcott discussed [...]
2008-12-23 15:21:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO MO
08RABAT485MOROCCAN RESPONSE TO THE CONVENTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-23 15:24:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY PARM KSTC KNNP MO
08RABAT661MOROCCAN MFA CONSIDERS U.S. POSITION ON NAM SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 16:39:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDIAEA PARM PERL TRGY MNUC KNNP IR MO
08REYKJAVIK10ICELAND POSITIVE ON WIREC, DELEGATION STILL UNDETERMINED
[...] Ambassador delivered WIREC invitation to Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir and MFA Environmental Counselor Bjarni Sigtryggsson on January 24. Gisladottir agreed it would be good for Iceland, which utilizes geothermal and hydropower for virtually all its electricity and home heating [...]
2008-01-25 14:21:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG KGHG KSCA TRGY IC
08REYKJAVIK9POST DOES NOT HAVE FUNDING FOR ICELANDIC WIREC DELEGATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 14:21:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG KGHG KSCA TRGY IC
08RIGA618LATVIA CONSIDERING RESPONSE TO US CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 12:08:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP IAEA AROC LG
08RIGA652LATVIA UNAWARE OF IRANIAN NUCLEAR CONFERENCE;
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Judite Dobele, the MFA's head of Middle East and Africa Division. Dobele stated that they were not aware of the Iranian Nuclear Conference in November but know that Iran has been active in their region on energy issues. She stated that Iran had been tryin [...]
2008-10-24 13:53:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC TRGY IR LG
08RIGA677 LATVIA SEEKS CONSENSUS AT NOV 19 NSG MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 11:12:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA LG
08RIGA727LATVIA STILL NOT FOCUSED ON BIOFUEL SUSTAINABILITY
[...] PolEconOff delivered reftel points to Juris Stalmeisters, director of the MFA Economic Relations Department and discussed with other officials from the Ministry of Environment and MFA. There was no substantive response. As in previous discussions of biofuel sustainability, the GOL has demonst [...]
2008-11-26 14:22:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU LG
08RIGA784NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP: LATVIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-05 15:08:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC TRGY LG
08RIGA786LATVIA NOTES U.S. CONCERNS OVER SYRIA'S TECHNICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-08 13:58:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP MNUC IAEA TRGY LG
08RIGA807LATVIA: NO PLANS FOR NUCLEAR POWER, EXCEPT IN LITHUANIA
[...] Latvia has no nuclear power plants, and no plans to develop nuclear power facilities within its own borders. As Latvia explored its options for increasing its generation capacity in mid-2008, there was some speculation that a small nuclear power plant would be one potential solution. Since [...]
2008-12-18 13:28:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO LG
08RIYADH1134SAUDIS ON IRAN REF UPCOMING NAM FM MEETING
[...] (S) On July 21, Pol Counselor delivered demarche on the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Foreign Ministers meeting scheduled for Tehran from July 27-30 (Reftel A) to Saudi MFA Deputy Director for Western Affairs Department Mojahid Ali Alwahbi. 2. (S) Alwahbi informed us that Saudi Minist [...]
2008-07-22 05:00:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMNUC PGOV PREL SA TRGY KNNP IR
08RIYADH1864SAUDI ARABIA'S NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS
[...] Saudi Arabia has only recently begun to examine how nuclear energy can best meet its national needs. Government statements have noted that Saudi Arabia would benefit from the ability to produce electricity from nuclear sources as well as to power expanded desalination operations. Part of the S [...]
2008-12-29 06:53:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO SA
08ROME1053IAEA/CSC: ITALY WILL CONSIDER NUCLEAR LIABILITY CONVENTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Italian Government (GOI) officials have acknowledged the need to "dust off the files" on Italy's ratification of the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC),which has languished for a decade. They raised CSC ratification in a July 7 meeting with indu [...]
2008-08-18 15:09:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG KNNP KSTC IAEA PARM SENV IT
08ROME1135DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOI CLAIMS TO BE VIGILANT IN
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel A demarche on uranium shipments to Iran to Roberto Liotto of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). According to Liotto, the Ministry of Trade and the MFA work in concert to ensure that no Italian company exports Uranium to Iran or to other "countries in [...]
2008-09-10 15:21:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC EMIN ENRG KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TRGY
08ROME1207DEMARCHE DELIVERED- PREVENTING IRANIAN ACQUISITION
[...] (C) On 23 September, Post delivered reftel demarche on preventing Iranian acquisition of Italian technology for building centrifuges to Pierfrancesco De Cercio of the Italian MFA. De Cerchio was initially unaware of Iran's deceptive trade practices related to its nuclear program, particul [...]
2008-09-26 10:40:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA IT
08ROME1359GOI WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, MFA Counselor Emanuele Farruggia, Director for Arms Control and Non Proliferation, confirmed to PolOff that the GOI would not be sending any official delegation to Iran's Nuclear Conference, to be held in Tehran on the 30th of November. Farruggia was not a [...]
2008-11-07 16:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAORC IR MNUC TRGY PGOV IT
08ROME1368ITALY TO SUPPORT USG POSITION AT NSG MEETING
[...] (C) On 5 November, Italian MFA Counselor for Nuclear Affairs Roberto Liotto informed Econoff that the GOI would support the US position at the November 19 meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Consultative Group. The GOI agrees on the need for greater controls on transfers of enrichmen [...]
2008-11-10 15:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA
08ROME1528RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT ITALY'S
[...] (U) This cable is classified Confidential (Releasable to Italy) for transmission purposes. Per Ref B, Post declassified and marked the recommendations as "SENSITIVE PHYSICAL SECURITY INFORMATION" prior to handing them over to appropriate personnel in the Italian government. 2. (SBU) Summ [...]
2008-12-17 12:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALENRG IT KNNP TPHY TRGY
08ROME1538ITALIAN NUCLEAR MATERIAL: SOGIN RESPONSE TO GTRI
[...] (U) This cable is classified Confidential (Releasable to Italy) for transmission purposes. For the purpose of discussion with officials of the Government of Italy (GOI) and wholly-GOI-owned entities such as the Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari (SOGIN),the inventory below may be declassifi [...]
2008-12-19 08:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALENRG IT KNNP TPHY TRGY
08ROME1577INFORMATION ON ITALY'S PLANS TO RETURN TO NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] (U) In response to Ref A questions, post provides the following information. 2. Plans to expand Italy's nuclear power program: (U) The GOI's Economic Development Minister Claudio Scajola (i.e. Italy's de-facto energy minister) announced in May 2008 that Italy planned to return to nuclea [...]
2008-12-24 13:24:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO IT
08ROME189GOI EXPRESSES CONCERN ON TIMING OF NSG POLICY
[...] On February 8, Econoff delivered reftel points on the status of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) draft policy exception for the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative to Roberto Liotto, the Italian MFA official responsible for GOI participation in the NSG. Although Liotto agreed it [...]
2008-02-11 15:54:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM TRGY IN
08ROME744ITALY ALERT TO IRANIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE
[...] (C) Econoff delivered Ref A points on critical equipment needs for Iran's IR-2 centrifuge design to Roberto Liotto, the Italian MFA official responsible for export controls and Italian participation in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on May 22. Liotto said he would pass the nonpaper to the [...]
2008-06-12 07:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC IR IT
08SANAA1990CIVIL NUCLEAR WORKING GROUP INFORMATION REQUEST:
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-14 12:33:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO YM
08SANJOSE390DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN
[...] On May 12, we delivered reftel demarche to Adriana Murillo, Head of the MFA's UN Security Council Team and to Juan Salas, of the UNSC Desk. Both seemed unaware that a report was due and said that Costa Rica had not yet prepared one. They thanked us for the copy of the U.S. report and said they [...]
2008-05-14 16:23:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR CS
08SANJOSE502COSTA RICA MFA SUPPORTS IAEA-CSC, BUT RATIFICATION
[...] We delivered reftel talking points, including paragraph 38 points for Costa Rica, and non-paper to the MFA on May 28. On June 9, we followed up with Randolph Coto, MFA Department Head for International Organizations, Disarmament and Terrorism. 2. On June 9, Coto responded by email that he w [...]
2008-06-12 15:45:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM CS
08SANSALVADOR562TALKING POINTS AND U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UNSC ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 19:57:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR ES
08SANTIAGO1046 ENERGY MINISTER TOUTS RENEWABLE ENERGY GOAL TO VISITING
[...] SUMMARY: During a Nov. 10 meeting with visiting members of Congress and the Ambassador, Energy Minister Marcelo Tokman highlighted Chile's dependence on foreign energy supplies and said the country intends to work towards a goal of meeting 20% of domestic energy needs through renewable source [...]
2008-12-01 17:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV PGOV TRGY CI AR
08SANTIAGO1087CHILEAN ENERGY MINISTER TOKMAN OUTLINES SOLAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Marcelo Tokman reviewed Chile's progress in moving ahead on renewable energy projects. Recognizing the difficulty of launching any commercial-sized solar generation project without government incentive, Tokman indicat [...]
2008-12-11 20:09:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP KGHG SENV TRGY CI ECON PGOV
08SANTIAGO1096 Chile's New Action Plan on Climate Change
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Michelle Bachelet announced December 4th a National Action Plan on Climate Change, the culmination of a three-year process conducted by the National Commission for the Environment (CONAMA). The plan is divided into three categories: adapting to the effects of climate c [...]
2008-12-15 12:21:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV ENRG PGOV CI TRGY
08SANTIAGO1140 CHILE: INFORMATION ON PLANS TO PURSUE NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR
[...] (U) The following is a response to STATE 127423. This is Post's report on in-country developments regarding civil nuclear energy, as requested by the Civil Nuclear Energy Working Group of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee of the International Trade Administration in the U.S., Departme [...]
2008-12-23 19:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO1147CHILEAN: ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS FOR NOVEMBER-DECEMBER
[...] Summary: This cable provides updates on developments in the Chilean energy sector. Energy Minister Tokman announced the national energy crisis has ended. A hydroelectric project planned for the Patagonia region has stopped operations while HydroAysen, the energy company overseeing the projec [...]
2008-12-24 16:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO666CHILE TO SEEK MODERATION IN NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 18:56:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL IR CI
08SAOPAULO269BRAZILIAN BIOFUELS: ETHANOL PRODUCTION EXPANDING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Soaring petroleum prices and a rapidly growing domestic fleet of flex-fuel cars are driving double-digit expansion in ethanol production in Brazil. In the coming year alone, Brazil's production of sugarcane-based ethanol is projected to increase 14.8 percent. Domestic demand for [...]
2008-06-02 14:43:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAGR ELTN ETRD TRGY BTIO BR
08SAOPAULO314U.S. SCIENTISTS VISIT BRAZIL FOR MOU ON BIOFUELS
[...] (SBU) As part of the U.S.-Brazil Memorandum of Understanding to Advance Cooperation on Biofuels, a U.S. delegation of eight scientists and engineers from the Departments of Energy and Agriculture visited Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states from May 30 to June 6. Their visit follows a similar [...]
2008-06-18 17:26:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAGR ECON EINV TRGY BR
08SAOPAULO423DOHA, ETHANOL, AND THE WTO: WILL BRAZIL FIGHT?
[...] (SBU) The collapse of the DOHA round WTO negotiations brings with it a call to continue fighting US agriculture subsidies directly through the WTO. In particular, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) may choose this fall to initiate a WTO case against the US tariff on ethanol imports fr [...]
2008-08-04 08:33:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ENRG EAGR ECON EINV TRGY BR
08SAOPAULO443ETHANOL, THE WTO, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR: ROOM TO TALK?
[...] (SBU) In the event of a WTO dispute over US tariffs on ethanol imports from Brazil, Brazil's largest association of sugar and ethanol producers (UNICA) would likely be asked to pay for the litigation. Conversations with high-ranking UNICA representatives show an organization ready for litigat [...]
2008-08-15 10:34:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAGR ETRD ECON EINV TRGY BR
08SEOUL1085ROK RESPONSE TO IRANIAN CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel information to Kim Jae-woo, First Secretary for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) on 28 May. Kim relayed continued support for U.S. and UN efforts to curtail Iranian illicit procurement activities. He undert [...]
2008-05-28 23:50:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY UNSC
08SEOUL1479PRESIDENT LEE'S CLIMATE INITIATIVE: MAKING KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 04:54:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALSENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KS
08SEOUL1894 KOREA SEES VALUE IN THE CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY
[...] Summary: In a September 19 meeting with ESTHOFF and U.S. nuclear power industry representatives, officials of Korea's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) agreed in principle that the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) was a constructive framewor [...]
2008-09-24 08:54:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDIAEA ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP KS JA CH
08SEOUL2448SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - NOVEMBER 2008
[...] On December 7 last year, a crane-carrying barge, belonging to Samsung Group's shipbuilding arm, rammed into Heibei Spirit, a Hong Kong-registered oil tanker, causing some 10,500 tons of crude oil to gush into the western coastal waters - Korea's worst oil spill ever. A shore of soft white san [...]
2008-12-22 01:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON ELTN TBIO TNGD TRGY TSPA KGHG KSCA KS
08SHANGHAI570ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY - A LOCAL UNIVERSITY WITH A GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) During a November 17-18 visit to Hangzhou, the Consul General (CG) met Zhejiang University President Yang Wei and discussed the university's international network, strategies to promote international student exchanges, collaborative research, scientific innovation and visa issues. Zheji [...]
2008-12-23 02:51:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL CVIS KIPR ECON TBIO TRGY SENV CH
08SKOPJE320MACEDONIA: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1803 DELAYED BY EARLY ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 11:53:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR MK AORC
08SOFIA107BULGARIA: WIREC DELEGATION LIST
[...] (U) The Bulgarian Ministry of Economy and Energy informed us February 20 that the Bulgarian delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference will consist of the following officials: Mr. Petar Dimitrov, Minister, Ministry of Economy and Energy; Ms. Galina Tosheva-Grigor [...]
2008-02-21 05:48:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV EAID SOCI TRGY PGOV BU
08SOFIA7BULGARIA: WIREC INVITES DELIVERED
[...] Per reftel, post delivered WIREC Invitations to Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivailo Kalfin with copies to Minister of Economy and Energy Petar Dimitrov, Minister of Agriculture and Food Supply Nihat Kabil, and Minister of Environment and Waters Dzhevdet Chakarov on January 7, 2008. Post will [...]
2008-01-07 14:59:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA BU
08SOFIA815OVERVIEW OF BULGARIA'S CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM
[...] (U) This is Embassy Sofia's response to Ref A Department of Commerce request for information on Bulgaria's civil nuclear energy program. OVERVIEW OF BULGARIA'S CIVIL NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (U) Bulgaria ratified the Statute of th [...]
2008-12-29 13:41:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO BU
08SOFIA84BULGARIA SUPPORTS U.S. DECISION NOT TO CIRCULATE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-08 14:31:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM TRGY IN BU
08STATE104182CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR IRAN,S NEW IR-2
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: -- On May 15, Washington provided all Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Participating Governments (PGs) with detailed information regarding critical commodities Iran requires to support the deployment of the next g [...]
2008-09-30 14:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY PREL PARM ETTC MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC JP
08STATE109919Second Meeting of the GNEP Reliable Nuclear Fuel Services
[...] Summary. The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Working Group on Reliable Nuclear Fuel Services held its second meeting September 3 - 4 2008 in Vienna Austria. The Group decided to establish two sub-groups, one on fact-finding and a second on the back end of the fuel cycle. The Fact Fin [...]
2008-10-14 21:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP TRGY AU
08STATE115454PREVENTING IRAN'S ACQUISITION OF NEW SUPPLIES OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVES FOR ASTANA AND TASHKENT: -- In coordination UK counterparts in country, Embassies Astana and Tashkent should convey to appropriate host government officials continuing U.S. concerns regarding possible Iranian at [...]
2008-10-29 20:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG ETTC IR MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE116629GOJ OFFICIALS CONFIRM TO ISN PDAS JORDAN,S
[...] (S/NF) Summary: International Security and Nonproliferation PDAS Patricia McNerney, during her October 13-14 visit to Jordan, discussed Iran, the full range of nonproliferation issues, and bilateral cooperation with Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials including Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bash [...]
2008-10-31 21:22:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNENRG PARM TRGY PREL JO
08STATE117745U.S.-ROK PYROPROCESSING COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: On October 20, 2008, the United States explained to the ROK its determination that the pyroprocessing process as contemplated by the ROK was reprocessing and proposed new parameters for U.S.-ROK bilateral cooperation in this area. Following discussion of the issu [...]
2008-11-05 15:14:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY KS
08STATE118181NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP - ENRICHMENT AND
[...] (SBU) This is an action cable. Paragraph 3 contains the text of a non-paper on the issue of reaching consensus on the criteria-based approach to amending the Nuclear Suppliers Guidelines to strengthen controls over the export of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) facilities, equipment, and te [...]
2008-11-05 23:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM TRGY KS
08STATE11870SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE
[...] Action Requests: Ambassadors or appropriate senior embassy officials at action addressee posts are requested to deliver the text in paragraph 11 as a letter over Post Official's signature to either the host government's Foreign minister or, if known, the host government's Designated Minister [...]
2008-02-06 15:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY AE
08STATE121002RESPONSE TO CANADIAN REQUEST ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE FOR OTTAWA: -- To inform appropriate Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) interlocutors that ISN discussed coordination on Iran non-proliferation objectives with First Secretary [...]
2008-11-14 14:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG ETTC IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE122464FOLLOW-UP ON IRAN'S UPCOMING NUCLEAR CONFERENCE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVES: In coordination with French counterparts in country, Posts should reinforce the message that countries should not attend the 30 November 2008 &First International Conference on Nuclear Power Plants, Environmenta [...]
2008-11-18 21:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE123074IAEA REPORTS ON IRANIAN AND SYRIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 7-8. 2. (C) OBJECTIVES: -- To note the 19 November 2008 release of reports by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the status of its respective investigations into the Iranian and Syrian nuclear programs. -- To urge ho [...]
2008-11-20 00:19:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY
08STATE123492ACTION REQUEST: DELIBERATION BY MEMBER STATES ON
[...] (U) This is an action request for Posts in EU Member State capitals. Please see paragraph 2. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) In preparation for the European Council meeting December 10-11, and a planned early December European Parliament vote on the European Union's "20-20-20 [...]
2008-11-21 00:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU
08STATE127071UPCOMING MEETING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE: To inform our outreach partners in Australia, Canada, Japan, and South Korea that they will soon be contacted by the Government of Italy to participate in a meeting in Rome on 12 December 2008 to discuss the impl [...]
2008-12-02 23:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EMIN ENRG ETTC EUN IR JA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE127423CIVIL NUCLEAR WORKING GROUP OF THE TRADE PROMOTION
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: Please see paras 5-8. 2. SUMMARY. At the first meeting of the Civil Nuclear Interagency Working Group of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee on August 27, 2008, representatives of several USG agencies agreed to request that selected Posts report on in- [...]
2008-12-03 19:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO
08STATE129920FUNDING FOR TRAVEL BY ALGERIAN NUCLEAR EXPERTS
[...] The Department,s Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction has invited two nuclear experts from Algeria to attend the Waste Management Conference being held March 1-5, 2009, in Phoenix, Arizona. On December 2, 2008, Merzak Remki, Director of Cooperation of the Algerian Atomic Energy Commission [...]
2008-12-10 21:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAL KNNP TRGY
08STATE13105JANUARY 30 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first G-8 Global Partnership Working Group meeting (GPWG) of the Japanese G-8 Presidency, which took place on January 30, 2008 in Tokyo, focused on expanding the geographic scope of GP activities and developing benchmarks to ensure that current pledges for GP projects in Rus [...]
2008-02-07 22:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR
08STATE13442SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE
[...] Action Requests: Ambassadors or appropriate senior embassy officials at action addressee posts are requested to deliver the text in paragraph 5 as a letter over Post Official's signature to either the host government's Foreign minister or, if known, the host government's Designated Minister- [...]
2008-02-08 18:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY BH
08STATE14169SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE
[...] Action Requests: Ambassadors or appropriate senior embassy officials at action addressee posts are requested to deliver the text in paragraph 5 as a letter over Post Official's signature to either the host government's Foreign minister or, if known, the host government's Designated Minister- [...]
2008-02-11 20:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY BH
08STATE14252SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATION TO ATTEND THE
[...] Action Requests: Ambassador or appropriate senior officials at Embassy Kigali is requested to deliver the text in paragraph 5 as a letter over Post Official's signature to either the host government's Foreign minister or, if known, the host government's Designated Minister-level head of offi [...]
2008-02-11 22:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY RW
08STATE14490SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE
[...] Action Requests: Ambassadors or appropriate senior embassy officials at action addressee posts are requested to deliver the text in paragraph 11 as a letter over Post Official's signature to either the host government's Foreign minister or, if known, the host government's Designated Minister [...]
2008-02-12 17:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY AJ
08STATE14563SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE
[...] Action Requests: Ambassador or appropriate senior embassy official is requested to deliver the text in paragraph 4 as a letter over Post Official's signature to either the host government's Foreign minister or, if known, the host government's designated Minister-level head of official delega [...]
2008-02-12 19:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY TS
08STATE14866SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE
[...] Action Requests: Consul General or appropriate senior consulate official is requested to deliver the text in paragraph 5 as a letter over Post Official's signature to either the Palestinian Authority Foreign minister or, if known, the PA's designated Minister-level head of official delegatio [...]
2008-02-13 17:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY KPAL
08STATE15502SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE
[...] Action Requests: OES apologizes for this short- fuse request. We have only just learned that the Maldives and Mauritania are interested in attending WIREC and given that the conference is now only two weeks away, and the delegates will need to make their travel arrangements urgently, we are [...]
2008-02-14 20:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY MR
08STATE15551SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL
[...] This is an action request. Action request in para 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. The U.S. State Department will host the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) in Washington on March 4-6, 2008 (refs I and J). Addressee posts have received formal inv [...]
2008-02-14 21:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XA
08STATE15566SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL
[...] This is an action request. Action request in para 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. The U.S. State Department will host the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) in Washington on March 4-6, 2008 (refs I and J). Addressee posts have received formal inv [...]
2008-02-14 21:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XB
08STATE15599SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL
[...] This is an action request. Action request in para 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. The U.S. State Department will host the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) in Washington on March 4-6, 2008 (refs I and J). Addressee posts have received formal inv [...]
2008-02-14 21:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XB
08STATE15608SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL
[...] This is an action request. Action request in para 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. The U.S. State Department will host the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) in Washington on March 4-6, 2008 (refs I and J). Addressee posts have received formal inv [...]
2008-02-14 22:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY MR
08STATE17307SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATION TO ATTEND THE
[...] Action Requests: OES apologizes for this short- fuse request. We have only just learned that Monaco is interested in attending WIREC and given that the conference is now less than two weeks away, and the delegates will need to make their travel arrangements urgently, we are asking post to [...]
2008-02-20 23:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY MN
08STATE18041SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATION TO ATTEND THE
[...] Action Requests: OES apologizes for this short- fuse request. We have only just learned that Mongolia is interested in attending WIREC and given that the conference is now less than two weeks away, and the delegates will need to make their travel arrangements urgently, we are asking post t [...]
2008-02-22 16:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY MG
08STATE2033VISAS FOR WIREC 2008 DELEGATES
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs six and seven. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Summary: The Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) will be held in Washington DC March 4 - 6. (See reftels D and E for background on WIREC 2008). The participatio [...]
2008-01-08 20:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG
08STATE26870WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY
[...] Action requests in paras 12 and 13. SUMMARY ------- 2. Summary: The Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) and the co-located but separately managed side events, trade show, and business conference eclipsed expectations. Some 3,000 delegates from 118 count [...]
2008-03-14 14:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA XX
08STATE33478SECOND U.S.-EU HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a frank exchange on March 7, U.S. and European principals reviewed work on climate change under the Major Economies and UNFCCC Processes. U.S. principals secured EU Environment Commissioner Dimas' admission that current EU proposals will permit some EU Member States to reco [...]
2008-04-01 18:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN
08STATE35962MARCH 26 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) AT THE MARCH 26 G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP WORKING GROUP MEETING (GPWG),RUSSIA POURED MORE COLD WATER ON THE PROPOSAL TO EXPAND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP (GP) ACTIVITIES BEYOND RUSSIA AND THE REST OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION (FSU) -- THE PROPOSAL SUPPORTED BY ALL OTHER G-8 MEMBERS AND THE MAJOR GP [...]
2008-04-07 20:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA CBC ETTC FR GM JA KNNP PARM PREL RS TRGY UK
08STATE52030CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR IRAN,S NEW IR-2
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVES: To encourage Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Participating Governments (PGs) to conduct outreach to manufacturers, law enforcement, and customs officials within their countries [...]
2008-05-15 21:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY PREL PARM IR MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC
08STATE521FORMAL INVITATION FROM SECRETARY RICE
[...] Action Requests: Ambassador or appropriate senior embassy official is requested to deliver the text in paragraph eight as a letter from Secretary Rice to either the host government's SIPDIS foreign minister or, if known, the host government's designated Minister-level head of official de [...]
2008-01-03 17:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA
08STATE559FORMAL INVITATION FROM SECRETARY RICE FOR NON-MEM
[...] Action Requests: Ambassadors or appropriate senior embassy officials at action addressee posts are requested to deliver the text in paragraph 11 as a letter from Secretary Rice to either the host government's foreign SIPDIS minister or, if known, the host government's designated Minister- [...]
2008-01-03 18:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO
08STATE563FORMAL INVITATION FROM SECRETARY RICE FOR NON-MEM
[...] Action Requests: Ambassadors or appropriate senior embassy officials at action addressee posts are requested to deliver the text in paragraph 11 as a letter from Secretary Rice to either the host government's foreign SIPDIS minister or, if known, the host government's designated Minister- [...]
2008-01-03 18:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO
08STATE5835DEPARTMENT REQUESTS POSTS CONSIDER SUPPORTING
[...] Department requests that country team determine whether post has program or discretionary funds which may be used to help defray travel costs, including per diem, for appropriate member(s) of host country,s official delegation, sub national government representatives, or civil society whose p [...]
2008-01-18 15:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XA
08STATE5837DEPARTMENT REQUESTS POSTS CONSIDER SUPPORTING
[...] Department requests that country team determine whether post has program or discretionary funds which may be used to help defray travel costs, including per diem, for appropriate member(s) of host country,s official delegation, sub national government representatives, or civil society whose p [...]
2008-01-18 15:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XM
08STATE5963DEPARTMENT REQUESTS POSTS CONSIDER SUPPORTING
[...] Department requests that country team determine whether post has program or discretionary funds which may be used to STATE 00005963 002 OF 006 SUBJECT: DEPARTMENT REQUESTS POSTS CONSIDER SUPPORTING HOST COUNTRY ATTENDANCE AT WASHINGTON INTERNATION help defray travel costs, including per [...]
2008-01-18 19:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XA
08STATE60269REPORT OF THE SECOND GNEP STEERING GROUP MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Second Steering Group Meeting of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) was held in Jordan on May 14-15, 2008, hosted by the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and chaired by the United States. The meeting was attended by approximately 105 representatives of 28 countries ( [...]
2008-06-04 22:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
08STATE60525REPORT OF THE SECOND GNEP STEERING GROUP MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Second Steering Group Meeting of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) was held in Jordan on May 14-15, 2008, hosted by the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and chaired by the United States. The meeting was attended by approximately 105 representatives of 28 countries ( [...]
2008-06-05 15:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
08STATE72687REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON UKRAINIAN
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Kyiv. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: According to Ref A, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry in the Cherkasy region detained two men attempting to sell cesium and enriched uranium for five million U.S. dollars. According to the report, [...]
2008-07-07 21:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY UP XH PINR
08STATE81808IAEA: INSTRUCTIONS FOR USDEL TO IAEA BOARD OF
[...] Department appreciates the Mission,s reporting and analysis for the August IAEA BOG meeting (Refs A, B, C and D). Instructions for the U.S. Delegation (USDel) follow in paragraphs 2 through 4. 2. AGENDA ITEM 1 ) Nuclear Verification: Safeguards Agreement with India ISSUE: The BOG will b [...]
2008-07-30 11:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIAEA TRGY ENRG KNNP ABUD AORC
08STATE84105WMD COMMISSION: RUSSIA TRAVEL
[...] This is an action cable - please see paragraph 8 for Embassy assistance requests. 2. Summary: The Commission on Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism will travel to Moscow, Russia during the period of September 22-26, 2008 to assess and update, as appropriate, the Department of Ene [...]
2008-08-05 20:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM PREL RS TRGY
08STATE9413REQUEST FOR EMBASSY TO ENCOURAGE HOST COUNTRY
[...] This is an action request. Action request in para 9. --------------- SUMMARY --------------- 2. Summary: This message provides background information on how national governments can make voluntary pledges to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy. These national pledges, as [...]
2008-01-30 14:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XL
08STATE9421REQUEST FOR EMBASSY TO ENCOURAGE HOST COUNTRY
[...] This is an action request. Action request in para 9. --------------- SUMMARY --------------- 2. Summary: This message provides background information on STATE 00009421 002 OF 006 SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR EMBASSY TO ENCOURAGE HOST COUNTRY PLEDGE TO ADVANCE THE UPTAKE OF RENEWABLE EN [...]
2008-01-30 14:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XA
08STATE98088ACTION REQUEST: INTENSIFIED U.S.-EU EXPERT-
[...] This is an action request for USEU Brussels. OBJECTIVES 2. Department instructs Post to pursue the following action plan: -- Work with European Commission (EC) expert-level contacts, EPA, DOE, USDA, and other USG agencies to schedule and conduct a bilateral Digital Videoconference (DV [...]
2008-09-13 00:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN SIPDIS
08STATE98110ACTION REQUEST: SOLICITING MEMBER STATE VIEWS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-13 09:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN
08STATE99217ACTION REQUEST: SOLICITING MEMBER STATE VIEWS
[...] (U) This is an action request for all EU member posts. Please see paragraph 2 below. Embassy Paris, please see additional actions in paragraph 3. USEU Brussels, as you discuss this topic with member state representatives and others, please use points in paragraphs 2 and 3 as appropriate. [...]
2008-09-17 03:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN SIPDIS
08STATE99666CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR IRAN,S NEW IR-2
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Washington provided all Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Participating Government (PGs) with detailed information regarding the critical commodities Iran will require to support the deployment of the next generation [...]
2008-09-17 21:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY PREL PARM IR MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC UK GM FR
08STATE99928SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT'S NUCLEAR ENERGY SUPPLY CONSULTATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-18 16:22:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY KNNP PREL ETTC JA
08STOCKHOLM350DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EU MOVING SLOWLY ON UNSCR 1803
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 08:32:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR SW
08STOCKHOLM404SWEDISH RESPONSE: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-03 14:47:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC IR SW
08STOCKHOLM416SWEDEN: TREASURY DEPUTY'S CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND DISCUSSIONS
[...] (SBU) On May 28, Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt raised the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) with Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation; also in attendance were Per Jansson, State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, and Anders Turesson, Sweden's Ch [...]
2008-06-09 08:37:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ENGR ENRG SENV EAID TBIO TRGY SW
08STOCKHOLM654SWEDISH RESPONSE: US CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-01 12:39:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG TRGY OTRA IAEA AORC SW
08STOCKHOLM762SWEDISH RESPONSE ON AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES FOR
[...] (SBU) On November 13, Eskil Renstrom, Senior Advisor, Department for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA),told us that Sweden is actively working on capacity-building measures regarding transit/transhipment-related activities and counter-proliferat [...]
2008-11-13 16:12:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA SW
08STOCKHOLM844SYRIA AND IAEA DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 09:13:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY SY SW
08SURABAYA53SURABAYA CELEBRATES EARTH DAY AND HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPACT OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen Surabaya celebrated Earth Day by joining a clean-the-beach campaign organized by a local NGO and planting trees in a nearby park. Later in the week, the Principal Officer participated in a well-attended seminar organized by a group of women's issues activists to discuss t [...]
2008-04-29 05:39:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KPAO ENRG KWMN EAID TPHY TRGY ID
08TALLINN431ESTONIA: RESPONSE TO CIVIL-NUCLEAR WORKING
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tallinn's responses below are keyed to questions in reftel. Questions are repeated below for ease of reading. POC for follow-up questions is Economic Officer Rob Hollister, Jr. at hollisterrm@state.gov, tel. +372 668 8107. -- Describe any plans for the development of nuclear [...]
2008-12-17 14:51:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO KGHG PREL PGOV EN
08TALLINN57WIREC: ESTONIAN PARTICIPANTS
[...] (U) Per reftel A, on February 7, we sent the official WIREC invitation letters under the Charge's signature to Estonia's Minister of Economic Affairs and Communication Juhan Parts and the Minister of Agriculture's (MOA) Deputy Secretary General for Agriculture and Trade Policies, Andres Oopkau [...]
2008-02-08 12:11:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG
08TALLINN69UPDATE ON ESTONIAN PARTICIPANTS AT WIREC 2008
[...] (U) As of Tuesday, February 20, post has received the following information from the GOE regarding the composition of Estonia's delegation to WIREC 2008: - Minister of Economy Juhan Parts and Minister of Agriculture Helir-Valdur Seeder will not/not be able to participate in WIREC due to othe [...]
2008-02-21 10:26:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG
08TASHKENT554UZBEKISTAN/UNSCR 1803 60-DAY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-15 04:07:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN AORC ETRD KNNP TRGY UNSC UZ
08TASHKENT867UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PREVENTING
[...] (SBU) On July 24 poloff delivered the demarche per reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev, who promised to pass the information to the appropriate officials. BUTCHER [...]
2008-07-25 12:29:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC KNNP UZ
08TBILISI932GEORGIA PLANS TO SUBMIT 60-DAY REPORT TO UNSC ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-03 13:41:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC GG
08TBILISI934GEORGIA: NON-PAPER ON CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 06:55:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM TRGY ENRG KNNP KSTC IAEA GG
08TEGUCIGALPA608DELIVERY OF USG VIEW ON THE CONVENTION ON
[...] 1. On June 5, 2008, Econoff expressed USG views related to the Convention of Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) to Ambassador Eduardo Rosales Ramirez, Director of the External Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Econoff explained the position and delivered the Re [...]
2008-06-27 15:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KSTC TRGY ENRG PARM IAEA HO
08THEHAGUE1013NETHERLANDS: DUTCH CONCERN ON IRAN STEALTH
[...] (C) Summary. The Dutch are concerned that Iran's slick use of media and events may have ensnared the incoming European Union (EU) Presidency and numbed other EU members to Iran's nuclear program. Head of the Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, Henk cor Van der Kwast, told PolMil [...]
2008-12-10 07:04:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS PREL NATO MNUC TRGY IR NL
08THEHAGUE183NETHERLANDS/WIREC: TIMMERMANS TO LEAD DUTCH
[...] (U) In separate discussions February 20, Dutch officials Femke Smeets, Policy Officer, Directorate for Foreign Economic Relations, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA),and Femke Hoogeveen, Senior Policy Officer, Economic and Ecological Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Econ [...]
2008-02-26 15:26:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA KPAO ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KGHG
08THEHAGUE281WIREC FOLLOW-UP: DUTCH GOVERNMENT MAKES PLEDGE
[...] As requested reftel, Econoff contacted Femke Hoogeveen, Senior Policy Advisor for Energy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 19 regarding a Dutch government WIREC pledge to accelerate the uptake of renewable energy. The Dutch head of delegation to WIREC, Minister for European Affairs Frans [...]
2008-03-25 16:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TRGY KGHG NL
08THEHAGUE38NETHERLANDS/WIREC: DUTCH FORMING DELEGATION
[...] Post forwarded on January 7 ref A letter for the Dutch to attend WIREC to Minister of Economic Affairs Maria van der Hoeven. Post also received and delivered on January 8 ref B invitation for van der Hoeven to serve on WIREC's Bioenergy Feedstocks Panel. 2. On January 10, Econoff spoke w [...]
2008-01-14 15:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KPAO ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KGHG
08THEHAGUE397GUIDANCE REQUEST: DISCUSSING ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request - please see para 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Post seeks guidance regarding policy on the discussion of remediation issues in the context of the Netherlands United States Operational Group (NUSOG). Post understands from ISN/WMDT that the USG position is t [...]
2008-05-09 16:22:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMARR MNUC PARM TRGY KRAD NL
08THEHAGUE513NETHERLANDS/IAEA: EVALUATING THE CSC, NO POSITION
[...] (SBU) EconOff met June 11 with Michel Deelen, Deputy Head, Environment and Nuclear Safety Division, and Hendrik Koets, Advisor, Economic and Environmental Affairs Department, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to follow up on reftel demarche. Deelen and Koets said the Dutch position rega [...]
2008-06-13 11:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM NL
08THEHAGUE565NETHERLANDS/NUSOG: REMEDIATION STILL AN ISSUE
[...] (S) Summary and action request: The issue of whether to discuss remediation under the Netherlands - United States Operational Group (NUSOG) auspices once again proved contentious at the NUSOG Plenary on June 18-19. The Dutch argued that environmental remediation in the event of an incident i [...]
2008-07-01 13:38:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNMARR MNUC PARM TRGY KRAD NL
08THEHAGUE758NETHERLANDS: PREVENTING IRAN'S ACQUISITION OF NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-15 13:24:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IR NL
08THEHAGUE813NETHERLANDS: LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-29 15:09:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA AORC NL
08THEHAGUE820NETHERLANDS: BULLISH ON EU BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch coordinators for biofuels policy have "no real concerns" with the biofuels proposals in Brussels and are anxious for the EU climate and energy package to move forward. If anything, the Dutch position on biofuels is closer to the European Parliament´s view than the Europe [...]
2008-09-30 13:21:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN NL
08THEHAGUE906NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH WILL NOT ATTEND UPCOMING
[...] (SBU) Emboffs shared reftel points concerning the upcoming Iran-hosted nuclear conference with the Dutch Foreign Ministry's Middle East desk and the Non-proliferation Division Head as well as with Taco Westerhuis, Coordinator for Middle East and Energy Affairs, Ministry of Economic Affairs (ME [...]
2008-10-29 14:34:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC MNUC TRGY IR NL
08THEHAGUE929NETHERLANDS/NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP (NSG): DUTCH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 11:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA NL
08TOKYO1287ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer and Deputy Financial Attach conveyed reftel demarche on May 8 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Second Middle East Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima. Matano thanked Political [...]
2008-05-12 08:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN KNNP AORC ETRD TRGY UNSC JA IR
08TOKYO1556DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO CRITICAL
[...] (U) Please see action requests in paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (SBU) ESToff delivered non-paper and photos in ref to METI Security Export Control Policy Division Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa and Deputy Director Yukio Yoshihiro May 29. Tanizawa said Japan is complying with UN Security Council [...]
2008-06-09 00:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY PREL PARM IR MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC JA
08TOKYO1702JAPAN CONSIDERING CSC RATIFICATION
[...] (U) Please note action requests in paras 4 and 6. 2. (SBU) Embassy officers delivered points (ref) urging Japan's membership in the Convention of Supplementary Compensation (CSC) to Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Atomic Energy Division Deputy Direct [...]
2008-06-20 05:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM JA
08TOKYO1948SOLAR POWER IN JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Solar photovoltaic (PV) power is poised to become a centerpiece of Japanese Government renewable energy initiatives aimed at cutting greenhouse gases and meeting energy needs. Increased PV use figures prominently both in the vision PM Fukuda publicly announced June 9 (ref) an [...]
2008-07-15 04:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV TRGY SOCI JA
08TOKYO2143FURTHER VIEWS ON CSC AND NUCLEAR LIABILITY
[...] (C) Econoff met July 30 with incoming Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Atomic Energy Division Deputy Director Taro Hokugo. MEXT's Atomic Energy Division is revising Japan's nuclear liability law and plans to submit a draft to the Diet by February 2009, [...]
2008-08-05 07:44:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM JA
08TOKYO2535DEMARCHE ON INCLUSION OF LANGUAGE SUPPORTIVE OF
[...] (U) Please see GOJ request for information at the end of para 3. 2. (SBU) Energy Attache delivered nonpaper in ref to MEXT Director for Atomic Energy Tomohiro Yamano, the GOJ lead official on CSC matters, September 16. Yamano noted that Tokyo had received the draft IAEA General Conference [...]
2008-09-16 09:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC JA
08TOKYO275WIREC -- PROPOSED SUBNATIONAL PANELISTS FROM JAPAN
[...] (SBU) In response to request in ref A, propose the following individuals as potential panelists for the WIREC 2008 Subnational Sessions: Dr. Hideaki YUKAWA Director, Microbiology Research Group Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) Visiting Professor, University [...]
2008-02-01 09:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV TRGY ECON SOCI JA
08TOKYO2765DEMARCHE RESPONSE: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR
[...] (SBU) On October 2, EconOff delivered points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Export Controls Deputy Director Shinichi Sato and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa. 2. (SBU) Sato expressed appreciation for the non-paper. [...]
2008-10-03 06:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM TRGY PREL ETTC MNUC AORC IAEA KNNP JA IR
08TOKYO285MOFA RESPONSE TO U.S.-INDIA DRAFT POLICY EXCEPTION
[...] (SBU) ESToff delivered points in ref to MOFA Non-Proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Assistant Director for Export Control Shinichi Sato January 28. Sato appreciated for the update and said the GOJ will likely need "some time" to examine the IAEA-India safeguards agreement [...]
2008-02-04 09:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PREL IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY JA
08TOKYO2993MP CRITICIZES JAPANESE NUCLEAR PLANS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-27 08:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA
08TOKYO3002JAPANESE QUESTIONS REGARDING IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) Econ officer delivered demarche and non-paper in ref to officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Department on October 23. Similarly, Pol officer delivered the demarche an [...]
2008-10-28 02:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IR MNUC TRGY JA
08TOKYO3077JAPANESE RESPONSE AND QUESTIONS ON NSG
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy official Shinichi Sato October 31. Sato responded positively, commenting that the GOJ support [...]
2008-11-05 07:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA JA
08TOKYO3169JAPAN TO CONTINUE DELIBERATING CONVENTION ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan sees no need to join the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) immediately, but has concluded the CSC is the "realistic future choice." The GOJ, therefore, will continue its internal deliberations. Despite comments from a MEXT official that U [...]
2008-11-17 01:45:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA
08TOKYO3229JAPANESE RESPONSE REGARDING REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Per instructions in ref A, EST Chief demarched Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Director Tomiko Ichikawa November 25. Econoff and poloff previously had delivered points contained in ref B to MOFA counterparts in the Non-proliferat [...]
2008-11-25 07:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA JA
08TOKYO3299FURTHER DELAY AT JNFL'S ROKKASHO REPROCESSING PLANT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL) is still experiencing technical difficulties related to its high level waste vitrification melter at Rokkasho and announced on November 25 that it will delay the end of its active testing phase from November to February. Officials at JNFL are [...]
2008-12-03 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA
08TOKYO3395JAPAN UNDECIDED ON SYRIAN-IAEA COOPERATION
[...] (C) Econoff delivered demarche contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Nuclear Cooperation Deputy Director Shoichi Nagayoshi and Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division action officer for Syria Shingo Ito December 9. In response, Nagayoshi not [...]
2008-12-15 07:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY JA
08TOKYO34323-4 DECEMBER NUCLEAR SAFETY AND SECURITY GROUP
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the third meeting of the G8 Nuclear Safety and Security Group (NSSG) held in Tokyo December 3-4, NSSG members reviewed the status of ongoing projects, discussed the future of initiatives proposed during Japan's 2008 G8 presidency, and reviewed a draft plan of work for t [...]
2008-12-17 07:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA
08TOKYO519JAPAN'S OFFICIAL DELEGATION TO WIREC
[...] (SBU) In follow up with GOJ contacts as requested in ref, post has confirmed the following members of Japan's official delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008): Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) -------------------------------------- [...]
2008-02-27 06:17:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV TRGY EPET SOCI JA
08TOKYO83WIREC: FORMAL INVITATION DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) As requested in ref, EMIN met with MOFA Director-General for Economic Affairs Yoichi Otabe January 10 to deliver the Secretary's formal invitation to Foreign Minister Koumura to attend the March 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). Otabe appreciated t [...]
2008-01-10 08:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO
08TOKYO889DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON JOINT DECLARATION FOR
[...] (SBU) ESToff delivered letter in ref from Ambassador Wolcott to MOFA's International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Director Yasuyoshi Komizo March 31. On April 1, Director Komizo expressed appreciation for the letter and asked Post to forward the response in para 2 to Ambassador Wolcot [...]
2008-04-01 09:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP PREL TRGY RS JA
08TOKYO925TOYOTA SEES AN ALL HYBRID FUTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Toyota plans to more than double hybrid vehicle sales by 2010, apply hybrid technology across powertrain types, and integrate hybrid systems into long-term R&D programs to develop clean diesel, synthetic fuel, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, according to executives at a Toyo [...]
2008-04-04 05:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV TRGY SOCI JA
08TRIPOLI374LIBYA'S NSC SOLICITS U.S. VIEWS ON CIVILIAN NUCLEAR COOPERATION & LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT SALES REF: A) TRIPOLI 340, B) TRIPOLI 372
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-08 14:11:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ETTC KNNP MASS PINR TRGY LY RU FR
08TRIPOLI870AL-QADHAFI'S RUSSIA TRIP SIGNALS DESIRE FOR FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 17:17:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR TRGY EPET RS BO UP LY
08TRIPOLI966LIBYA: WE WILL NOT SELL URANIUM YELLOWCAKE TO IRAN
[...] (C) The CDA met with Tajuri el-Sheradi Tajuri, Director of UN Affairs at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA-equivalent),on December 18 to convey reftel demarche (the non-paper had been conveyed under cover of a diplomatic note on December 4). [...]
2008-12-18 16:41:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC PREL PGOV IR
08TUNIS292 TUNISIA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR 2008-2010 IAEA BOARD OF
[...] (SBU) The GOT has requested USG support for Tunisia's candidacy for a seat at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors for the period 2008-2010. An informal Embassy translation of the Foreign Ministry's diplomatic note is in para 2. The original has been faxed to NEA/MA [...]
2008-03-21 07:59:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY TSPL KNNP TS
08ULAANBAATAR555NUCLEAR ENERGY OVERVIEW FOR MONGOLIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mongolia's nuclear sector is at a primitive stage of development, although GOM officials hope that as-yet unproven reserves can spur rapid sector growth. An undeveloped legal and regulatory framework makes it difficult for businesses interested in Mongolia's uranium reserves, a [...]
2008-12-23 07:40:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO PGOV MG
08UNVIEVIENNA264IAEA/SYRIA: THE CASE OF THE MISSING REACTOR
[...] (S) The Syria Al-Kibar nuclear-reactor storm passed quickly over Vienna the week of April 21 when the USG made public information about the reactor and the Israeli attack, and briefed the IAEA Secretariat on our information. Syria immediately circulated a letter to Arab Group members denying [...]
2008-05-08 15:32:00UNVIESECRETIAEA AROC ENRG KNNP MNUC TRGY SY IS
08UNVIEVIENNA284IAEA: U/S ROOD TOUR D,HORIZON WITH DG ELBARADEI
[...] (C) In a series of meetings with IAEA Director General ElBaradei and Secretariat officials May 6, Acting U/S for Arms Control and International Security John Rood discussed priority issues on the U.S. agenda: nuclear safeguards in the DPRK and India; reliable access to nuclear fuel (RANF) and [...]
2008-05-19 08:23:00UNVIESECRETAORC PARM ENRG TRGY KNPP KN
08UNVIEVIENNA392INDIA/IAEA SAFEGUARDS - GETTING TO YES IN THE BOARD
[...] (C) Mission has been seeking expeditious consideration of the India-IAEA Safeguards Agreement, which we now expect to come before the Board on August 1 (reftel). Like-minded allies advise that successful Board approval and next steps to make the initiative a reality will require a multi-facete [...]
2008-07-14 08:02:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IN
08UNVIEVIENNA417IAEA SHARES COST ESTIMATE FOR INDIA SAFEGUARDS
[...] (C) Summary: The IAEA Secretariat has shared with us on a confidential basis their estimates for the near term costs of implementing safeguards in India as part of the US-India nuclear deal, which could total Euro 19 million by 2016. Speaking with DCM on July 23, Deputy Director General Heinon [...]
2008-07-24 12:58:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ETTC IN
08UNVIEVIENNA430IAEA/BOARD: PAKISTAN WILL NOT BLOCK INDIA
[...] (S) Summary: Speaking on instructions, Pakistani Ambassador Shahbaz advised Ambassador Schulte on July 30 that Pakistan would not call for a vote or block Board approval of the India agreement. Ambassador Schulte repeatedly pressed him to withdraw his letter on the India agreement but Shahbaz [...]
2008-07-30 13:10:00UNVIESECRETENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ETTC IN PK
08UNVIEVIENNA431IAEA/BOARD:KAKODKAR PROMISES PRUDENCE AT INDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-31 12:22:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IN
08UNVIEVIENNA437IAEA/INDIA: BOARD ADOPTS INDIA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT
[...] (C) U.S-led diplomatic efforts in coordination with India and other key allies paved the way for the consensus adoption of the India Safeguards Agreement by the Board of Governors on August 1. A ringing endorsement from IAEA Director General ElBaradei helped sealed the deal in the Board. In [...]
2008-08-01 17:56:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ETTC IN
08UNVIEVIENNA448IAEA/SAL: PLUTONIUM "EXPLOSION" AT THE NUCLEAR LAB
[...] (C) Summary. A contamination incident occurred at the IAEA's Safeguards Analytic Laboratory in Seibersdorf on August 3, in which five plutonium reference solution vials exploded due to a buildup of gases, primarily hydrogen. The vials, which were 15 years old, built up gases to an estimate [...]
2008-08-08 13:49:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA459IAEA/INDIA: ENCOURAGING SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS
[...] (C) Summary. In an August 14 meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director of External Relations and Policy Coordination (EXPO) Vilmos Cserveny, Ambassador Schulte raised the need for India and the IAEA to achieve "substantial progress" toward concluding an Additional Prot [...]
2008-08-14 15:20:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC IAEA IN KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA477FOLLOW-UP ON IAEA-NORWAY SAFETY TRAINING PROJECT
[...] (U) Mission rep spoke to IAEA and delivered ref D talking points regarding safety concerns at Iran's Bushehr reactor on August 13. Norway has agreed to the training plan and IAEA is moving forward with plans. The IAEA recommends that the United States demarche Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia and [...]
2008-08-27 14:13:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA MNUC PARM PREL TRGY KNPP UNSC IR NO
08UNVIEVIENNA488IAEA/DG: ELBARADEI (FOR NOW) WILL NOT SEEK A NEW
[...] (U) According to an official memorandum circulated by the Chairman of the Board of Governors on the Appointment of the Director General (GOV/2008/44) and posted on September 5, IAEA Director General ElBaradei will not/not seek a further term of office upon the expiration of his current term on [...]
2008-09-05 12:12:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC IAEA KNNP ENRG TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA543IAEA/IRAN: STATUS OF NORWEGIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (SBU) At the request of the Norwegians, Mission Officers (MsnOffs) met with Erling Skjonsberg, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Section for Disarmament and Non-proliferation on Saturday, October 4 on the margins of the IAEA General Conference. Skjonsberg sought the mee [...]
2008-10-08 15:21:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR PARM IAEA TRGY UNSC PREL
08UNVIEVIENNA565IAEA/GC: GENERAL DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-21 14:44:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY LY IN
08UNVIEVIENNA569IAEA/TC: SYRIA NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT MAY DROP FROM
[...] (C) As reported ref a para 6, the IAEA Secretariat indicated to us a Technical Cooperation (TC) proposal was forthcoming from Syria on the economic feasibility of nuclear power. Msnoffs stated at the time the U.S. view that nuclear power cooperation with Syria was inappropriate while Syria w [...]
2008-10-22 15:57:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA TRGY SY
08UNVIEVIENNA575IRAN,S UPCOMING NUCLEAR CONFERENCE ON 30 NOVEMBER
[...] (C) IAEA participation in the November 30-December 1 Iranian-hosted conference on "Nuclear Power Plants, Environmental and Sustainable Development" would be confined, per current plans, to the presentation of one paper on reactor safety issues. DCM on October 28 alerted the DG's Special Assi [...]
2008-10-28 15:21:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC IR
08UNVIEVIENNA584IAEA TECHNICAL COOPERATION: IRAN, SYRIA, BURMA
[...] (C) On October 28, the IAEA officially released the documentation for the 2009-2011 Technical Cooperation cycle in advance of the November Technical Assistance Cooperation Committee (TACC) and Board of Governors meetings. All documentation released on the IAEA's GOVATOM restricted distributio [...]
2008-11-03 06:52:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC IR SY BM
08UNVIEVIENNA587IAEA PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS - A BUDGET ISSUE THAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA has no clear policy on the application of Program Support Costs (PSCs) to extrabudgetary contributions. In recent months, however, the Secretariat has dabbled with implementing a universal fee of 7 percent. The U.S. and Australia have so far refused to pay the 7 perce [...]
2008-11-06 15:23:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC UN PREL AS CA
08UNVIEVIENNA590ANSWERING THE MAIL ON SUPPORT TO IAEA SAMPLE
[...] (S) Summary and Recommendation: The IAEA is proceeding toward expansion of the Clean Laboratory at the Safeguards Analytical Laboratories (SAL) in Seibersdorf to house an Ultra-High Sensitivity (UHS-SIMS) mass spectrometer. The Japanese Government has agreed to fund the UHS-SIMS machine, and [...]
2008-11-07 16:45:00UNVIESECRET//NOFORNAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA602IAEA/UNCOPUOUS: FIFTH JOINT EXPERTS GROUP MEETING ON THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UNCOPUOS Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (STSC)/IAEA Joint Expert Group (JEG) met in Vienna during the week of 20 October 2008 to review comments from IAEA Member States to the revised draft Safety Framework for Nuclear Power Source (NPS) Applications in Outer Space. J [...]
2008-11-14 15:48:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA UNGA UNPUOS AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP OTRA AU
08UNVIEVIENNA604IAEA/TC: STATUS UPDATE ON PROPOSED SYRIA NUCLEAR
[...] (S) The IAEA Department of Safeguards recently circulated a confidential internal memo (strictly protect) outlining Safeguards Department concerns with the Syrian technical cooperation (TC) project proposal entitled "Conducting a Technical and Economic Feasibility Study and Site Selection for [...]
2008-11-14 16:39:00UNVIESECRETKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC SY
08UNVIEVIENNA611IAEA/TC: LIKE-MINDED MOVE TOWARD CONSENSUS ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 18, Mission met with like-minded counterparts to discuss the Agency's request to approve a Syrian technical cooperation (TC) project SYR/0/020 Conducting a Technical and Economic Feasibility Study and Site Selection for a Nuclear Power Plant during the November 24-2 [...]
2008-11-19 12:15:00UNVIESECRETKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC SY
08UNVIEVIENNA614REPATRIATION OF U.S. ORIGIN NUCLEAR MATERIAL FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 4-5, a DRC delegation met in Vienna with IAEA officials and a U.S. delegation from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and U.S. Department of State (DOS). The NNSA Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in coor [...]
2008-11-20 07:32:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PTER TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA616IAEA/SYRIA/IRAN: PRE-BOARD ENGAGEMENT WITH BOARD
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Schulte hosted consultations with 16 Board members (Russia, China, Algeria, Albania, Brazil, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, India, Iraq, Ireland, Lithuania, Mexico, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland) on November 20 to solicit views on the Iran and Syria reports and next ste [...]
2008-11-20 17:27:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA PREL KNNP TRGY SY IR
08UNVIEVIENNA639IAEA: NOVEMBER 2008 BOARD WRAP-UP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-04 14:07:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY
08UNVIEVIENNA640IAEA/TACC WRAP-UP: SYRIA OVERSHADOWS NOVEMBER TACC
[...] (SBU) Debate over the Syrian proposal for a nuclear power feasibility study was the main event at the November 24-26 IAEA Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee (TACC) meeting. In the end, the U.S. and other likeminded agreed not to block consensus on the entire 2009-2011 Technical Co [...]
2008-12-05 12:40:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA KNNP ENRG TRGY EAID SY
08UNVIEVIENNA644IAEA: LETTER RECEIVED FROM IAEA REGARDING VOLUNTARY
[...] U.S. Mission received a letter from the IAEA dated October 30, 2008, which we conveyed initially by e-mail. Begin text of letter: Sir, I have the honour to refer to my letter dated 2008-06-26 informing you of the IAEA's acceptance of your Government's voluntary contribution of USD 500, [...]
2008-12-05 15:31:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP IAEA AORC TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA658IAEA: LETTER RECEIVED FROM IAEA REGARDING VOLUNTARY
[...] U.S. Mission received a letter from the IAEA dated October 30, 2008, which we conveyed initially by e-mail. Begin text of letter: Sir, I have the honour to refer to my letter dated 2008-06-26 informing you of the IAEA's acceptance of your Government's voluntary contribution of USD 50 [...]
2008-12-18 15:04:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP IAEA AORC TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA663NUCLEAR SAFETY: U.S. DEL REPORT ON THE THIRD ORGANIZATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Confrontation and procedural machinations marred the October 2008 Organizational Meeting on the Joint Convention. The meeting's main purpose was to elect officers for the May 2009 Third Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties. The U.S. candidate for presidency of the Third Review Meet [...]
2008-12-19 16:04:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP AORC
08UNVIEVIENNA664GENEVA GROUP MOVES TO IMPLEMENT IAEA RULES ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is a guidance request (see paragraph 7). Geneva Group members have reached consensus to request the IAEA Secretariat to report in writing on the financial implications of resolutions introduced for consideration by the Board or General Conference. Such reporting conforms [...]
2008-12-22 07:27:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA AORC KNNP TRGY UN PREL SZ
08UNVIEVIENNA667 IAEA: Syria and Iran Display "Responsible" Interest in
[...] (U) Summary: A December 2008 IAEA workshop on nuclear power infrastructure reflected how governments have improved their understanding of the complexities of developing, operating, and regulating safe nuclear power. This technical gathering advanced the U.S. goal of institutionalizing and imp [...]
2008-12-23 13:35:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG AORC KNNP BTIO SY IR EG
08USEUBRUSSELS1006EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND HUNGARIAN REPRESENTATION
[...] (SBU) European Commission Officials and the nuclear energy desk officer at the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU do not foresee any problems with the EU's approval of the required Hungary-Russia bilateral agreement required to move Russian-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) spent [...]
2008-07-02 14:08:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG HU KNNP OTRA RS TRGY
08USUNNEWYORK446CONNAUGHTON, DOBRIANSKY BRIEF SYG ON MAJOR
[...] (SBU) In a May 6 meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban, CEQ Chairman Jim Connaughton and U/S Dobriansky briefed on progress in discussions within the Major Economies Meeting process toward a Leaders Statement in July. They also shared details on new U.S. domestic legislation and the recently [...]
2008-05-19 22:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV KGHG TRGY TSPL UNGA
08VIENNA1391AUSTRIA FAVORS FRENCH PROPOSAL ON BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY
[...] Embassy reps discussed biofuels sustainability with biofuels experts Sonja Schantl and Heinz Bach in the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment, Forestry and Water Management (who have the lead on Austria's biofuels position within the EU). Our interlocutors told us that ecological and social s [...]
2008-09-22 11:54:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN AU
08VIENNA1524AUSTRIAN POSITION ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-14 14:57:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP IAEA AORC AU
08VIENNA1664AUSTRIAN POSITION ON AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 15:11:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA AU
08VIENNA1740BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY: AUSTRIA COMMITTED TO
[...] Post shared ref A guidance points with relevant leadership in the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (sections dealing with transportation concepts and fuels, EU coordination, climate change) and the Ministry of Economy and Labor (MinEcon). We followed up with MinAg fuels exper [...]
2008-11-26 15:55:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN AU
08VIENNA1808AUSTRIA ON AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES FOR ENR TRANSFER
[...] (C) Austrian MFA Non-Proliferation Director Alexander Marschik and IAEA Unit Head Andreas Launer reported Dec. 10 that, though the MFA supports the unbracketed text of the proposed revised text for NSG Guidelines paras 6 and 7, the Austrian Economics Ministry and, especially, the Environment M [...]
2008-12-11 07:54:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY AU
08VIENNA1846AUSTRIAN POSITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SYRIA'S
[...] (C) Polchief discussed reftel points December 15 with Andreas Launer, MFA Unit Chief for IAEA, CTBTO Prep Com, and NPT. Luaner said the GOA shares the USG's concerns regarding possible safeguards violations by Syria, and would like to see these concerns addressed before Syria benefits from any [...]
2008-12-16 10:22:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA SY TRGY AU
08VIENNA267WIREC 2008 - AUSTRIAN DELEGATION AND PLEDGE INFO
[...] On February 21, EmbOff contacted Elfriede More from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, to discuss the Austrian delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC),March 4-6, 2008. More, who is Austria's inter-ministerial coordinator for WIREC, confirmed t [...]
2008-02-26 13:28:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET SENV EAID SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA AU
08VIENNA50WIREC 2008 - INVITATION DELIVERED
[...] On January 9, Post delivered reftel invitation to the WIREC conference to the Minister of Agriculture and Environment, and sent copies of the letter to the Chiefs of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economics, Labor, and Energy. We understand from the discussions [...]
2008-01-11 13:36:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET SENV EAID SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA
08VIENNA644U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNSCR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 11:15:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR AU
08VIENNA698DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-20 15:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY KNNP PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC AU IR
08VIENTIANE267ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-08 09:05:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EFIN ETRD KNNP LA TRGY
08VIENTIANE578LAO GOVERNMENT INFORMED OF DEPLETED URANIUM
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy Vientiane on October 23 spoke with Mr. Thammavong Phiphatsely to request he encourage his friend, the purported owner of the depleted uranium aircraft counterweight notified in ref. A and identified in ref. B, to turn th [...]
2008-10-27 09:54:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY LA
08VILNIUS1054CIVIL NUCLEAR TRADE INITIATIVE -- RESPONSES TO
[...] Below please find Post responses to reftel questions. Overview of Civil Nuclear Power Program --------------------------------------- 2. Lithuania plans to build a replacement nuclear power plant (NPP),known as Visaginas, for the currently operating Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) [...]
2008-12-23 07:34:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO LH
08VILNIUS756LITHUANIA: KEEN ON KEEPING IRAN FREE OF NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 14:20:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC KNNP MNUC LH
08VILNIUS796GOL UNDERSTANDS AND SUPPORTS EU BIOFUELS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-23 14:51:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV ENRG TRGY LH
08WARSAW1185US CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE THIRD REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 06:41:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP OTRA TRGY PL
08WARSAW1258POLAND AGREES THAT ATTENDANCE AT IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Warsaw has no intention of participating in the November 30 nuclear conference in Iran. Juliusz Gojlo, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Africa and the Middle East, said October 29 that Poland fully respected its obligations under various UNSC resolutions [...]
2008-10-29 17:20:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALAORC MNUC TRGY IR PL
08WARSAW1391POLAND: NO OBJECTIONS TO U.S. CRITERIA-BASED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-09 07:05:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY PL
08WARSAW1450POLAND'S PLANS FOR A CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Polish government has committed to develop a nuclear power sector, driven by CO2 emissions constraints and reluctance to rely on imported energy. Prime Minister Tusk recently announced his intention to have two reactors up and running by 2020; an ambitious target for a coun [...]
2008-12-23 15:50:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV TRGY BEXP BTIO PL
08WARSAW150POLAND: RRRFR DIP NOTE RECEIVED
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Post received the following diplomatic note from the Polish Government. 3. (SBU) (Begin text) DPB 10-9-08 (Complimentary opening) in order to facilitate the provision of technical assis [...]
2008-02-04 14:30:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP KTIA TRGY ENGR PARM PL
08WARSAW223POLAND SIGNS REACTOR FUEL RETURN CONTRACT
[...] (C) Summary. Wlodzimierz Tomczak, chief of Poland's Radioactive Waste Management Plant (RWMP),signed a preliminary contract with Battelle Energy Alliance, a U.S. Department of Energy contractor, on February 8, putting into motion Poland's long-stalled participation in the Russian Reactor R [...]
2008-02-19 13:49:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALKNNP KTIA PARM PL RS TRGY ENGR
08WELLINGTON365NEW ZEALAND WILL NOT ATTEND IRANIAN-SPONSORED
[...] (C) In response to reftel, PE Counselor contacted Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Iran Desk Officer Marina Anderson on October 22 to inquire as to New Zealand's possible attendance at the November 30 conference. Anderson explained that New Zealand had not received an invitation and th [...]
2008-10-30 00:55:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC TRGY NZ
08WELLINGTON418NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AMENDING NSG
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel action request, on December 3 Poloff shared talking points with Jillian Dempster, deputy director of the International Security and Disarmament Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Dempster contacted Poloff on December 15 and s [...]
2008-12-20 04:47:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY KNNP NZ
08WELLINGTON48 DOE A/S KARSNER MEETS WITH NEW ZEALAND ENERGY LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 14, US Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary Alexander Karsner met in Wellington with key NZ energy officials and experts in roundtable discussions hosted by the NZ Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST). The productive dialogue covered many e [...]
2008-02-15 03:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TRGY KGHG AY NZ
08WINDHOEK122NAMIBIA-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] China's focus in Namibia is mainly economic and commercial, with an underlying political objective of maintaining Namibian support for Chinese positions on certain issues (One China policy, Taiwan, UN, etc.). Chinese firms dominate the Namibian construction industry and have faced numerous al [...]
2008-05-06 06:37:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR SENV TRGY WA
08YEREVAN1049ARMENIA'S CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-31 09:30:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO
08ZAGREB640CROATIA SUPPORTIVE OF EFFORTS TO PREVENT IRAN'S
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Sanja Bujas-Juraga and Ivana Djerek of the Department for International Security at the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. While neither provided a specific response to the non-paper, they did express the GOC's continued suppo [...]
2008-09-09 14:16:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IR MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC HR PREL
08ZAGREB870CROATIA CIVIL NUCLEAR INVESTMENT PLANS:
[...] (U) In response to reftel request, Post has prepared the following information on Croatia's current plans for nuclear sector investment This cable was prepared with the assistance of embasssy commercial service staff. 2. (U) Overview: Croatia released its new national energy strategy for p [...]
2008-12-19 15:05:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG BTIO TRGY BEXP HR
09ABUDHABI585 UAE INTERESTED IN DOE/NNSA COOPERATION, MOU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. In response to reftel request, the Ambassador and EconOff discussed DOE/NNSA's interest in pursuing nuclear infrastructure cooperation with the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) and the Emirates Nuclear Energ [...]
2009-06-11 12:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA AE
09ABUDHABI808 OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOE/NNSA TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN UAE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the August 3-5 visit of a DOE/NNSA and State delegation, UAE nuclear power officials expressed great interest in bilateral civil nuclear infrastructure engagement and formal cooperation in the fields of safety, security and safeguards, under the auspices of a bilateral imp [...]
2009-08-13 04:34:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA AE
09ABUJA1NIGERIA: A GLANCE AT THE STATE OF WILDLIFE AND FORESTRY IN
[...] (U) Summary: ESTHOff and visiting REO met with key Nigerian federal officials responsible for wildlife and forest conservation and management November 26-29. Ownership of the major Nigerian wildlife and forestry reserves transferred from the federal government to the states starting in 2000 w [...]
2009-01-02 06:59:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON TRGY KRVC TPHY NI
09ABUJA1038NIGERIA: U.S. SCIENCE FELLOW PUTS HIS MARK ON EMERGENCY
[...] (U) Summary: 2009 U.S. Science Fellow and Environmental Protection Agency's Federal on Scene Coordinator, Michael Solecki, over a three-month period (January - April, 2009) helped the Nigerian Emergency Management Agency (NEMA),the Nigerian Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA),a [...]
2009-06-11 09:42:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON TRGY KRVC TPHY NI
09ABUJA1096NIGERIA: DAS HENGEL DISCUSSES NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The challenges of economic development in the Niger Delta was the subject of a meeting on May 21 for EEB DAS Douglas Hengel with Group General Manager for Strategy, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),Dr. Timothy Okon, and NNPC Manager of the Nigerian Content Divisio [...]
2009-06-17 13:00:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON SENV EIND EINV TRGY TPHY NI
09ABUJA1109NIGERIA: DAS HENGEL MEETS WITH GON PERM SEC FOR PETROLEUM
[...] (SBU)SUMMARY: After the conclusion of a two-day U.S.-NIGERIA roundtable on energy and climate change (Reftel),the U.S. delegation, headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary Douglas Hengel of the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, met on May 22 with the Permanent Secretary of the Nig [...]
2009-06-19 07:40:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET SENV ENRG ECON EIND EINV TRGY TPHY NI
09ABUJA1139NIGERIA: DAS HENGEL VISITS EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
[...] (SBU) Deputy Assistant Secretary Douglas Hengel of the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, met in Abuja on May 20 with the leadership of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI),accompanied by DCM, Econ Counselor and Deptoff. NEITI Chairman Asobie noted [...]
2009-06-24 10:07:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON ENRG SENV EIND EINV TRGY TPHY NI
09ABUJA127NIGERIA'S PLAN TO PURSUE NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] (U) Post provides the following response per reftel request. 2. (C) The Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) is the agency empowered to regulate nuclear activities in Nigeria, while the Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) is entrusted with research and development of nuclear pow [...]
2009-01-21 16:11:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON TRGY BEXP BTIO NI
09ABUJA1328NIGERIA: MINISTER TAKES ACTION ON GAS FLARING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman is seriously discussing the installation and promotion of a Gas to Liquid (GTL) process developed and patented by Synfuels International in cooperation with Texas A&M University. Lukman would like to purchase the equipment and [...]
2009-07-22 10:18:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON SENV EIND EINV TRGY TPHY NI
09ABUJA33NIGERIA:DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RATIFICATION OF
[...] (U) Charge d'Affaires Lisa Piascik delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Toyin Solaja, the incoming Director for North America and the Caribbean at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja, during his courtesy call to the Embassy on January 8. CDA commended Nigeria for having an Additional [...]
2009-01-09 09:58:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09ABUJA696 NIGERIA TO HEAD THE FORUM OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY BODIES IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 10, ESTHOff met with the Director General of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA),Professor Shemsiden Elegba, who reported that he has been elected to chair the newly-formed Forum of Regulatory Bodies in Africa (FORBIA). The forum aims to harmonize and str [...]
2009-04-23 08:19:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG ECON PARM TRGY PTER PGOV KRAD NI
09ABUJA823NIGERIA: USG PARTICIPATES IN INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTE
[...] (SBU) Summary: At an international workshop and conference on waste management from April 21-22 in Abuja, stakeholders discussed strategies for improving waste management in Nigeria. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) helped design the workshop and provided four trainers. Delegat [...]
2009-05-11 09:11:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON EAID TRGY KRVC TPHY NI
09ACCRA583DEMARCHE DELIVERY ON INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reftel demarche delivered to the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ghana appeared favorably disposed to supporting an open discussion at the IAEA regarding an international nuclear fuel bank, but gave no specific assurances of what steps the [...]
2009-06-19 13:20:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG TRGY
09ACCRA584IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 09:33:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY XA XY GH
09AITTAIPEI1077FRENCH SEEK U.S. COORDINATION ON STALLED BID FOR
[...] (U) This telegram contains an action request for T/ISN in para 4. Â [...]
2009-09-03 04:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALENRG SENV TRGY FR TW
09AITTAIPEI1230TAIWAN RESPONSE TO ADVANCED REACTOR RESEARCH
[...] (U) This message is a response to Ref A action request. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan has no official programs in the field of advanced nuclear reactor research, and nuclear officials here are cool to the prospects of Generation IV reactor technology to play any role in Taiwan's nuclear industry [...]
2009-10-15 07:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALSENV ECON PARM ENERG KNNP TRGY FR TW
09ALGIERS160ALGERIA'S CIVILIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS
[...] (U) This cable provides answers to questions in ref A. 2. OVERVIEW OF CIVILIAN NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM -- (C) Algeria currently operates two nuclear research reactors at Draria and Ain Oussera. We have been told (refs B and C) that Algeria is roughly twenty years from actually operating a [...]
2009-02-16 16:19:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO PREL AG
09ALGIERS824ALGERIA: DEMARCHE ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief presented reftel demarche September 13 to Hamza Khelif, Deputy Director for Disarmament in the MFA's Office of Security and Disarmament. Khelif noted that as president of the IAEA Board of Governors, Algeria carried a special responsibility to be impartial and listen to all [...]
2009-09-14 16:32:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY AG
09AMMAN1319DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-14 08:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA JO
09AMMAN1480CONFERENCE ADDRESSES NUCLEAR ENERGY AND NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nuclear energy and non-proliferation experts discussed security challenges in the Middle East during the conference "Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Energy Security, Political and Economic Implications" held in Amman from June 22-24. Participants welcomed the call by President [...]
2009-07-01 11:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON TRGY KNNP PARM JO XF
09AMMAN2233JORDANIAN THINK TANK ADVOCATES REGIONAL NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) Nuclear physicist and Director of Jordan's Arab Institute for Security Studies, Ayman Khalil, recently advocated to EconCouns the benefits of a regional Arab nuclear fuel bank. Khalil's think-tank, located at the University of Jordan, sponsored in June 2009 an international "Nuclear Pro [...]
2009-10-05 12:59:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EMIN TRGY KNNP PARM JO
09AMMAN2290JORDAN PRODUCES YELLOWCAKE AND SEEKS COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) is keen on reaching a nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States even as it continues to sign similar agreements with other countries, most recently Argentina on September 22. JAEC also has had discussions with regional actors [...]
2009-10-14 08:04:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG ECON EMIN TRGY KNNP PARM JO
09AMMAN2498JORDAN AWARDS CONTRACT FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY PROJECT
[...] (C) The Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) on November 15 signed an $11.3 million agreement with the Australian firm WorleyParsons to conduct a two-year technology selection and financial feasibility study for Jordan's first nuclear power plant planned to be built near Aqaba, according to t [...]
2009-11-17 14:14:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EMIN TRGY PARM KNNP JO
09ANKARA113TURKEY'S NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY STILL WON'T BUDGE
[...] (C) Turkish Atomic Energy Administration (TAEK) Chairman Okay Cakiroglu told the Ambassador that, with its exponentially increasing energy demand, Turkey was not now ready to exclude any options or any technology from its consideration. Turkey needed time to decide whether it could accept re [...]
2009-01-23 07:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY TU
09ANKARA1317TURKEY: VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN
[...] (C) We shared U.S. views on the latest IAEA reports on Iran and Syria (ref a) and passed the non-paper to MFA Deputy DG for Nonproliferation and Disarmement Ahmet Gun on September 8. Gun agreed that the measures undertaken by Iran at Arak and Natanz as signals of cooperation were minimalist, [...]
2009-09-09 10:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY PREL TU
09ANKARA1660TURKEY WANTS MORE INFORMATION ON ANGARSK RESERVE
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Energy Department Head Berris Ekinci and Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section Head Mustafa Yurdakul on November 17. While noting no particular objections to the reftel information, Ekinci said the GoT will seek additional information about the prop [...]
2009-11-19 06:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP AORC IAEA ENRG TRGY
09ANKARA387NSG - TURKEY WILLING TO TAKE THE CHAIR, UNLIKELY
[...] (C) Turkey's willingness to chair the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG - see reftel) is a welcome sign of its increasing engagement in international nonproliferation efforts, and we expect that, from a management standpoint, Turkey will be able to serve effectively as chair. We want to sound a not [...]
2009-03-16 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY ETTC MNUC PARM ENRG IAEA
09ANKARA73TURKEY NOT READY TO AGREE TO GIVE UP RIGHT TO SEEK
[...] (C) Turkey's position against joining consensus on the current draft text of new Nuclear Suppliers Group guidelines to restrict Enrichment and Reprocessing Technology is hardening. On January 14, MFA Undersecretary Apakan told the Ambassador that Turkey objects to portions of the current tex [...]
2009-01-15 13:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY TU
09ANKARA753DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO TURKEY ON AMENDING NSG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-27 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY TU
09ANKARA841TURKEY ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (C) The Ambassador met with MFA Undersecretary Ertugrul Apakan on Jun 12 and made reftel demarche, urging support for the IAEA reports on Iran and Syria. The Ambassador pressed for Turkey to make a strong national statement, calling on Iran and Syria to cooperate in a transparent manner with [...]
2009-06-17 15:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY
09ASHGABAT1QUESTIONS ON TURKMENISTAN'S PLANS TO PURSUE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 06:15:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO
09ASHGABAT1597 INL-FUNDED IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Five Turkmen Government officials participated in an INL-funded General Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement Program in Alexandria, VA from December 1-4. Delegation members also met with INL Deputy [...]
2009-12-10 13:15:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR TBIO TNGD TPHY TRGY TSPA PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1676TURKMENISTAN: PROSPECTS FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Turkmenistan possesses substantial hydrocarbon resources, the Turkmen Government has recently started paying more attention to alternative energy sources. President Berdimuhamedov has on numerous occasions [...]
2009-12-31 06:18:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT46TURKMENISTAN'S SUPREME COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Supreme Council on Science and Technology officials said at a meeting with Dan Stein of the U.S. Trade Development Agency that they would welcome ideas on how to expand the national Internet network for educationa [...]
2009-01-13 11:57:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ENRG TRGY TBIO TX
09ASHGABAT526DAS KROL'S MEETING WITH TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTER OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a rather positive April 22 meeting, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met with Turkmen1. (C) SUMMARY: In a rather positive April 22 meeting, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met with Turkmenistan's Minister of Energy and Development, Yarmuhammet Orazguliyev. Orazg [...]
2009-04-24 12:24:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG ETRD TRGY TX
09ASHGABAT677 TURKMEN GOVERNMENT RELUCTANT TO OPENLY DISCUSS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: While the Government of Turkmenistan has recently authorized environmental cleanup projects, it appears to be motivated more by preparations for the Avaza Tourism Zone than by a desire to improve the living condit [...]
2009-06-02 08:15:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SENV EIND ENRG TRGY TX RU AORC
09ASHGABAT77TURKMENISTAN: ANNOUNCEMENT OF RATIFICATION OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 10:03:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09ASTANA1945 KAZAKHSTAN: NUCLEAR SUMMIT SHERPA AND SOUS-SHERPA
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, on October 28, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post that Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Umarov will represent Kazakhstan as Sherpa at the Nuclear Security Summit Sherpa meeting in Tokyo on De [...]
2009-10-30 09:57:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA KZ
09ASTANA2073 KAZAKHSTAN AGREES TO PROVIDE ASSURANCES REQUIRED FOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 17, Post received Diplomatic Note 10-2/4116 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It assures the U.S. government that the technology proposed for transfer by Westinghouse Electric Com [...]
2009-11-23 06:54:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP TRGY KZ
09ASTANA2197 KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIAN HAND IN KAZATOMPROM DRAMA?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The case against Mukhtar Dzhakishev, former head of the state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP),finally is heading to court, as rumors intensify about the reasons behind his arrest. In videos posted on YouTube on November 4, Dzhakishev asserts that his arrest is linked to a [...]
2009-12-22 10:50:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ENRG EMIN ETRD TRGY RS KZ
09ATHENS1081GREECE CONCURS WITH UAE IRENA HQ BID, FIELDS CANDIDATE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 08:00:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG TRGY SENV KSCA IEA GR
09ATHENS118RENEWABLES: GREECE AMENDS PHOTOVOLTAIC LAW BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Development and its Renewable Energy Sources (RES) division contacts told EconOff January 20 they were close to wrapping up legislation designed to improve the environment for investing and implementing photo-voltaic (PV) projects. The new law was approved on Januar [...]
2009-01-30 09:04:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV GR
09ATHENS1553CLIMATE CHANGE: GREECE LOCK-STEP WITH EU, BUT SYMPATHETIC TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 11:12:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALSENV KGHG ENRG TRGY GR
09BAGHDAD1961IRAQ'S NEW ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Council of Ministers (CoM) signed an order in April 2009 establishing the Iraqi National Atomic Energy Commission, an inter-ministry commission mandated to provide coordination and advice regard [...]
2009-07-20 10:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALTPHY SENV TRGY TSPL PARM ENRG KGIT KNNP KSCA
09BAGHDAD2318 Alternative Energies to be integrated into Iraq's Energy
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from eleven Iraqi ministries discussed the potential for alternative energy (solar, wind, biomass, hydro) in Iraq at the Iraqi Renewable Energy Steering Committee (IRESC) meeting on August 19. IRESC keynote speaker Dr. Al-Qaraghuli from the U.S. Department of [...]
2009-08-28 14:00:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG OSCI SENV TNGD TPHY TRGY TSPL BEXP BTIO
09BAGHDAD2469 Iraq Depends on Others for Water; Low River Flows Have
[...] (U) Note: Post intends this message to be the first periodic report on water issues - and their growing prominence - in Iraq. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Tigris and Euphrates river systems supply almost all of Iraq's water needs. Ninety percent of the two rivers' water flows first through Turk [...]
2009-09-13 13:22:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV ENRG PBTS PREL TPHY TRGY TSPL EAGR EAID
09BAGHDAD2899 Reduced Turkish and Iranian Water Flows to Iraq's Tigris
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daily water flows into three major Iraqi dams (the Mosul, Dokan, and Derbendikahn) indicate significant reductions in waters crossing into Iraq from both Turkey and Iran. Iranian river blockages and diversions contribute to low Tigris River and Shatt Al Arab water flows in Iraq [...]
2009-10-29 15:06:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PBTS PREL SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL EAGR EAID
09BAGHDAD2902 Reduced Turkish and Iranian Water Flows to Iraq's Tigris
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daily water flows into three major Iraqi dams (the Mosul, Dokan, and Derbendikahn) indicate significant reductions in waters crossing into Iraq from both Turkey and Iran. Iranian river blockages and diversions contribute to low Tigris River and Shatt Al Arab water flows in Iraq [...]
2009-10-30 13:53:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PBTS PREL SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL EAGR EAID
09BAGHDAD403UN REVIEW OF IRAQ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLGY OFF TO A
[...] (SBU) Minister of Science and Technology (MoST) Ra'id Fahmi Jahid told a visiting group of Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) representatives on February 11 that the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) science, technology, and innovation policies (STIP [...]
2009-02-16 12:49:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY SENV TRGY TSPL PARM ENRG KGIT KNNP KSCA
09BANGKOK1407 THAILAND'S RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK
[...] (SBU) On June 10, Econoff delivered reftel demarche talking points to Mr. Pakawat Srisukwattana of the Peace, Security, and Disarmament Division; Department of International Organizations; Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (SBU) Mr. Pakawat stated that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) is plann [...]
2009-06-11 00:25:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA TH
09BANGKOK2505Thailand Hopes for Nuclear Power by 2020
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thailand's 2007-2021 Power Development Plan (PDP) calls for nuclear production of electricity by 2020. Newly-revised goals call for 1,000 MW from nuclear power in each of four years beginning in 2020, which would account for about five percent of total electricity use. Author [...]
2009-10-01 08:47:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA TRGY ENRG TH
09BANGKOK3010 Thai Civilian Nuclear Energy Program: Renewed Focus and
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In spite of anticipated community protests, Thailand appears committed to developing its civilian nuclear energy and research programs. The Royal Thai Government's (RTG) Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP) hosted the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) earlier this month to di [...]
2009-11-25 10:38:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA TRGY ENRG TH
09BANJUL100IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LEADS DELEGATION TO GAMBIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-03 09:39:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EFIN ETRD PREL TRGY GA
09BEIJING1516IAEA FUEL BANK ISSUE: CHINA SUPPORTS FULL
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche encouraging China to support a full and open discussion of fuel bank assurances at the June 15-18 IAEA Board of Governors meeting, including advocating with other countries to do the same, to Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Direc [...]
2009-06-05 08:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA CH
09BEIJING174CHINA: VISA DELAYS SET BACK WESTINGHOUSE PROJECT, THREATEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Westinghouse's execution of a multi-billion dollar contract to build nuclear power units in China -- a source of thousands of U.S. jobs -- continues to be hindered by visa processing delays, specifically the 9 weeks currently required for Visas Mantis Security Advisory Opinion ( [...]
2009-01-21 09:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA CH
09BEIJING1945EMBASSY AIR QUALITY TWEETS SAID TO "CONFUSE" CHINESE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),ESTH Off and MED Off met on July 7 with Mr. WANG Shuai of MFA's Office of U.S. Affairs to respond to MFA's concerns about recent publicity in international and local press surrounding an air quality monitor installed on t [...]
2009-07-10 07:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV CASC KGHG TRGY ENRG PREL CH
09BEIJING2978DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES INTERNATIONAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary (DEPSEC) Daniel Poneman met privately with the head of China's National Energy Administration (NEA) ZHANG Guobao on the margins of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Ministerial in Beijing on October 23. The two discussed the [...]
2009-10-26 09:09:00Embassy BeijingSECRETENERG ECON ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS CH
09BEIJING3095DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES NEW NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary (DEPSEC) Daniel Poneman met privately with Keisuke TSUMURA, the Parliamentary Secretary for Science and Technology in Japan's Cabinet Office, and Shunsuke KONDO, the Chairman of Japan,s Atomic Energy Commission (AEC),on the margins of [...]
2009-11-12 23:37:00Embassy BeijingSECRETENERG ECON ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS CH
09BEIJING3096GNEP BEIJING MINISTERIAL - AGREEMENT TO CONSIDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China--led by National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman and National Energy Administration (NEA) chief ZHANG Guobao--hosted the third Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Executive Committee meeting on October 23 in Beijing. The U.S. delegation was le [...]
2009-11-13 00:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS CH
09BEIJING3141IAEA: CHINA TENTATIVELY SUPPORTS ANGARSK NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche encouraging China to support an anticipated Russian resolution to create a nuclear fuel reserve at Angarsk, Russia, during the November 26-27 IAEA Board of Governors meeting to Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Director Zhang Shen o [...]
2009-11-20 00:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC TRGY ENRG KNNP IAEA CH
09BEIJING3179HAZARDOUS AIR DAYS IN BEIJING
[...] (SBU) From November 5 through November 8, the Air Quality Index (AQI),as measured by the Embassy's PM2.5 monitor, registered "Hazardous," whereas the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau (BEPB),which reports only PM10 readings, registered only "Lightly Polluted" and "Moderately Polluted" [...]
2009-11-27 08:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV CASC KGHG TRGY ENRG PREL CH
09BEIJING478CHINA REACTS TO IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the IAEA's recent reports on Iran and Syria to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Zhang Shen on February 25. As instructed, PolOff requested China's support for a strong P5 1 statement demanding Iran's full and [...]
2009-02-25 07:35:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM KNNP IAEA MNUC TRGY IR SY CH
09BEIJING548CHINA URGED NOT TO DELIVER A NATIONAL STATEMENT ON
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche urging China to not deliver a national statement on Iran at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting to MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Shen Jian on the morning of March 4. Shen noted previous receipt [...]
2009-03-04 06:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM EMIN TRGY ETTC MNUC KNNP PREL CH IR
09BEIJING686Mantis 2008 (1 of 2): More Workload, More Waiting in
[...] Summary: This cable summarizes Beijing's 2008 Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) review. In 2008, overall SAO Mantis volume increased by 10 percent, and wait times quadrupled to 16 weeks for SAO clearance. End Summary. ------------------------------- 2008 in Review: By the Numbers - [...]
2009-03-17 09:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA
09BEIJING687Mantis 2009 (2 of 2): Unpredictable Delays Harm Business,
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable draws preliminary conclusions on 2009 Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) processing trends, based on the first 5 months of the fiscal year. Current lengthy SAO processing delays undermine Consular Section public outreach efforts. Expediting 2009 student and scho [...]
2009-03-17 09:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA
09BEIJING817SAOs: U.S. Companies Highlight Harm to U.S. Exports; Jobs
[...] (SBU) Summary: Presidents and CEOs of U.S. high-tech exporters met with the CDA to express their concern that four-month-long waits for visa issuances are having a serious negative impact on American exports, and to discuss possible solutions. A delegation of former American Chamber of Commerc [...]
2009-03-27 06:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA
09BEIJING991NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Senator John McCain (R-AZ) emphasized the importance of free trade and bilateral cooperation to resolving the global economic crisis during an April 8 meeting with Wu Bangguo, Chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and Politburo Standing Committee member. Wu noted [...]
2009-04-15 05:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PTER EFIN ECON ETRD TRGY
09BERLIN1276GERMANY INVITED TO WASHINGTON EXPERTS AND TOKYO
[...] (SBU) Econoff provided reftel information to MFA Desk Officer for Nuclear Energy and Non-proliferation Dr. Bernd Rinnert. Rinnert thanked Econoff for the points and stated that the German Sherpa for the Nuclear Security Summit will be Ambassador Viktor Elbling, Commissioner for Nuclear Energy [...]
2009-10-13 16:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG PREL PTER TRGY IAEA
09BERLIN1501ANGARSK NUCLEAR FUEL BANK: GERMANY CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (C) Germany is supportive the ref A Angarsk nuclear fuel reserve proposal, but would prefer text changes that address concerns about "conditions of supply" and "market neutrality" before pledging co-sponsorship. Econoff met with MFA Desk Officer for Nuclear Energy and Non-Proliferation, Dr. [...]
2009-11-24 16:55:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS PK IN IS JP KS
09BERLIN192GERMANY WELCOMES U.S. NONPROLIFERATION ASSURANCES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 17:27:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ENRG KNNP KSCA PARM TRGY FR GM
09BERLIN228GERMANY ANXIOUS FOR RESULTS AT NEXT WEEK'S
[...] (C) PolOff delivered ref points to Martin Langer, head of the MFA's IAEA Unit in the Nuclear Arms Control (REF 240) Division on February 24. Langer noted that Germany shares many of our views and concerns about Iran's and Syria's refusal to work with the IAEA and the nature of those contries' [...]
2009-02-24 16:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALIAEA KNNP MNUC PARM IR GM SYR TRGY
09BERLIN264GERMANY'S THREE-PRONGED APPROACH TO RETURNING HEU
[...] (C) This is an action request, please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Germany is exploring the mechanics of returning Russian-origin Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) that is currently stored at the Rossendorf Research Reactor in the German state of Saxony to Russia. German Foreign Ministry [...]
2009-03-05 16:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY IAEA RS GM
09BERLIN351GERMANY UNDERSTANDS CANCELLATION OF OAK RIDGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 15:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC ENRG KNNP KSCA PARM TRGY FR GM
09BERLIN407 Scenesetter for CODEL Bingaman
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Senator Bingaman, Mission Germany warmly welcomes your visit and looks forward to supporting a mix of productive meetings. You will find your German interlocutors to be understanding of the broad challenges the US is facing simultaneously; they await robust US engagement on clima [...]
2009-04-06 07:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP ECON SENV ENRG TRGY PREL GM KGHG
09BERLIN424(C) GERMANY SAYS CYPRUS WILL BLOCK TURKEY FROM NSG
[...] (C) According to Germany, the current Chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),Cyprus will block Turkey's candidacy to chair the NSG in 2010. Germany has been in direct contact with Nicosia and Ankara on this impasse and stated that the Cypriots, primary objection to Turkey's NSG Chairman [...]
2009-04-09 14:25:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC IAEA KNNP PARM TRGY TU CY GR HU GM
09BERLIN425GERMANY PLEASED WITH USG ROLE ON ROSSENDORF
[...] (C) Summary: Germany welcomed the USG's quick and helpful response offering assistance regarding the return and subsequent reprocessing of Russian-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Saxony's Rossendorf nuclear research facility back to Russia. On March 25, EconOff met with German MFA [...]
2009-04-09 14:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP OTRA TRGY IAEA RS GM
09BERLIN457GERMANY TO REVIEW PERMITS FOR RETURN OF LOW LEVEL
[...] (SBU) Econoff met with Joerg Polster, German MFA desk officer for International Nuclear Energy to discuss issues raised in Ref A. Polster stated he was not familiar with the issue, as it predated his tenure in his current position by several years. As the German MFA point of contact, per Ref [...]
2009-04-17 15:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP KSCA TRGY GM
09BERLIN52(S) GERMANY REQUESTS USG INFORMATION REGARDING
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (S) On January 13, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck provided Global Affairs Officer with a German-language nonpaper requesting quick-turn information from the U.S. regarding the transfer of nuclear technology to Chin [...]
2009-01-14 16:41:00Embassy BerlinSECRETENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY PK CH GM
09BERLIN702GERMAN MFA CLAIMS INTERAGENCY VICTORY ON
[...] (C) Summary: The German MFA claimed it had resolved German interagency dissent regarding its proposed transfer of spent nuclear research fuel to Russia for reprocessing (ref A). The MFA also outlined its vision of the USG role in the Berlin meetings, hoping for public USG support of the tran [...]
2009-06-11 13:25:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP OTRA TRGY IAEA RS GM
09BERLIN709IAEA REPORT ON SYRIA: GERMANY DECLINES TO DO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 17:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY
09BERLIN848CDU PARLIAMENTARIANS CONSIDER FUTURE ENERGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a symposium on future technologies, the CDU/CSU parliamentary bloc outlined its energy policy priorities for the 2009 election year. Support for solar and nuclear energy and questions about the future of coal power were voiced. The symposium, held on June 30 in Berlin and [...]
2009-07-14 12:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV EIND ENRG PGOV KGHG TRGY GM
09BERLIN938Nuclear Power and Germany's Climate Change Goals
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The current CDU/CSU-SPD governing coalition agreement commits Germany to phase out all nuclear power, which currently provides 23 percent of Germany's electric power generation, by approximately 2020. Energy industry watchers indicate that the planned phase-out will complicate G [...]
2009-08-04 14:11:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV KGHG TRGY ECON PREL PGOV GM
09BERLIN949German Views on IRENA and the Innovation Center
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Germany welcomes the U.S. decision to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and is looking forward to assisting in the establishment of both the Secretariat in Abu Dhabi and the Innovation Center in Bonn. Although office space for the Innovation Center has alrea [...]
2009-08-06 09:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KGHG SENV TRGY GM
09BERN253NUCLEAR FUEL BANK: SWISS FAVOR COMMERCIAL SUPPLY
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel message June 4 to Jean-Daniel Praz, Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA),and the FDFA's point-of-contact for IAEA issues. Praz said that, while not opposed in principle to the idea of a n [...]
2009-06-15 16:16:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA
09BERN92IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (C) Acting POL/E Counselor conveyed the reftel message on February 26 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). Friedrich said that he expected that Switzerland will make national statements at the March 2-6 [...]
2009-02-27 18:17:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM IAEA KNNP MNUC IR SYR TRGY SZ
09BRASILIA1141BRAZIL: VIEWS ON PROPOSED NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - INTERESTING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil is interested in discussing further the proposals for nuclear fuel banks. In particular, it has concerns about possibly restricting a country's right to nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and also about under what criteria a country could draw on [...]
2009-09-14 19:13:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY BR
09BRASILIA1149BRAZIL NO LONGER SEEKS TO SEND LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE
[...] (SBU) Per REFTEL A, on September 11 Science Counselor and Science Officer discussed with Brazil's Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Acting Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS) Fabio Simao Alves the proposal to transfer of low-level radioactive items fro [...]
2009-09-15 18:54:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP KSCA TRGY BR
09BRASILIA1156BRAZIL: PLANNING TO SEND ASSURANCES FOR EXPORT OF HEU
[...] (SBU) Per REFTEL A, on September 11 Science Counselor and Science Officer met with Brazil's Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Acting Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS) Fabio Simao Alves to request written assurances from the Brazilian Government that [...]
2009-09-16 17:35:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY BR
09BRASILIA1186BRAZILIAN VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) is concerned about Iran's and Syria's nuclear activities and wants all parties to work with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to answer the outstanding questions. The GOB does not see the latest IAEA reports on these countries as closin [...]
2009-09-23 16:39:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL BR
09BRASILIA1370NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - BRAZIL THINKS THE IDEA IS PREMATURE
[...] (SBU) On November 25, Science Counselor discussed the proposal for establishing a nuclear fuel bank (per REFTELS B and C) with the Director of Brazil's Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Minister Santiago Mourao. As indicated in REFTEL [...]
2009-11-27 09:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS BR
09BRASILIA1384BRAZIL: ASSURANCES RECEIVED FOR EXPORT OF HEU SAMPLES TO
[...] (SBU) Per Ministry of External Relations Diplomatic Note DDS/105/ENER BRAS EUA, dated November 5, 2009, the Government of Brazil as requested (REFTEL A) provided the assurances to the U.S. Department of Energy regarding the handling of a small quantity of highly enriched uranium (HEU) material [...]
2009-12-01 11:27:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY BR
09BRASILIA201KEY BRAZILIAN NUCLEAR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES POSSIBLE WAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 4, Othon Pinheiro, Director-President of Eletrobras Termonuclear S.A., briefed the Ambassador on a new concept for indirect monitoring rather than intrusive inspections as a way to provide the IAEA with assurances about the nature of Brazil's nuclear activities. This [...]
2009-02-17 18:40:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY ETTC AR BR
09BRASILIA533AFTER 23 YEARS, BRAZIL RESUMES WORK ON ANGRA III NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. More than two decades after halting construction of Brazil's third nuclear reactor at Angra dos Reis, the Brazilian Government has resumed work. The estimated cost for completing the construction of Angra III has jumped from USD 1.8 billion in 1986 to USD 3.3 billion. The go [...]
2009-04-30 14:22:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG TRGY FCS BR
09BRASILIA599NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION: BRAZIL MAY SOFTEN ON IAEA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. It appears that an internal turf battle between Brazil's Defense and External Relations Ministries led to Defense Minister Nelson Jobim's refusal to cooperate with the IAEA's request to interview a Brazilian scientist over his book on nuclear weapons. Minister Jobim now recognize [...]
2009-05-11 21:19:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP TRGY ETTC IAEA BR AR
09BRASILIA616 BRAZILIAN SCIENTIST'S BOOK ON NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS OFFERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-15 17:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY BR
09BRASILIA643 (S/NF) BRAZILIAN SCIENTIST'S BOOK ON NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
[...] (S/NF) Dalton Ellery Barroso, a Brazilian scientist working for the Ministry of Defense, has written a book entitled "The Physics of Nuclear Explosives" ("A Fisica dos Explosivos Nucleares"). Post has found that this book is offered for sale to the general public through an online Brazilian b [...]
2009-05-19 20:05:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRET//NOFORNAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY BR
09BRASILIA698BRAZIL -IAEA DEMARCHES ON BUDGET AND INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) On June 4, Post delivered the two demarches and provided the referenced non-papers in REFTELS concerning the June 15-19 meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensiti [...]
2009-06-04 18:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA TRGY KNNP NPT PREL UN BR
09BRASILIA700BRAZIL -IAEA DEMARCHES ON BUDGET AND INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) On June 4, Post delivered the two demarches and provided the referenced non-papers in REFTELS concerning the June 15-19 meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensiti [...]
2009-06-04 18:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA TRGY KNNP NPT PREL UN BR
09BRASILIA725BRAZIL - WARMING UP TO A COMPROMISE ON AMENDING NSG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There is positive movement in Brazil's position regarding the proposed non-proliferation initiative at the Nuclear Suppliers Group concerning transfers of enrichment and reprocessing equipment and technology, according to the Ministry of Exterior Relations' Director of the Divisi [...]
2009-06-08 17:52:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY NSG AR BR
09BRASILIA759BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS
[...] (SBU) On June 12, Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Officer delivered the information and questions contained in REFTEL to Fabio Antibas, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Exterior Relations' Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies. 2. (SBU) Mr. Antibas received [...]
2009-06-16 19:43:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY BR
09BRATISLAVA427SLOVAKIA WELCOMES U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE GOALS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOS welcomes USG greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and strongly agrees on the need to include all major economies in an eventual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) agreement at Copenhagen. Slovakia understands the domestic political realitie [...]
2009-10-02 15:11:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN LO
09BRIDGETOWN347READY TO DRILL (FOR STEAM NOT OIL): DOMINICA
[...] (U) On 14 March 2009, poloff, met with Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Utilities, Energy, and Ports Vincent Philbert to discuss the Summit of the Americas, focusing on the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (EPCA). Philbert advised us that representatives from Domin [...]
2009-06-11 12:14:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDXL ECON ENV EINV ENRG SENV TRGY
09BRUSSELS1031EU MEMBER STATES APPEAR EXCITED ABOUT NBT, EVEN IF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Sweden is moving forward with preparations to move the One Big Thing (OBT) initiative, which exists between Embassy Stockholm and the Government of Sweden to promote development of green technology through R&D and business partnerships, to the EU-level. Some Member States are [...]
2009-07-28 14:43:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS1032IN A REPEAT OF 2008, DIVISIONS EXIST BETWEEN EU
[...] (C) Summary. As it prepares for Copenhagen, the EU is reliving many of the arguments that plagued it during negotiations of the Climate and Energy Package last year. At a recent EU Energy and Environment Ministers meeting, Poland is leading what appears to be the same group of Central and Eastern E [...]
2009-07-28 14:45:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS1033EU GENERALLY POSITIVE ON U.S. CLIMATE POLICY, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. Several EU officials are pleased with the direction the United States is taking in its climate policy, but some (notably Germany and France) are looking for more. However, on several other issues related to the UN negotiation process, the EU is far from a consolidated position. [...]
2009-07-28 14:47:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS1165COMMISSION PERSPECTIVES ON UNFCCC, MEF, AND TROIKA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 08:42:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS1172COMMISSION PERSPECTIVES ON UNFCCC, MEF, AND TROIKA VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 10:05:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL
09BRUSSELS1231EXPECT NEGATIVE RHETORIC ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONTINUE FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite efforts to stem unhelpful comments, we can expect certain EU Member States will continue to call for the United States to "do more" on climate change in the run-up to Copenhagen. Recent statements targeting the United States, notably from the Swedish Presidency, Germany [...]
2009-09-11 08:36:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL
09BRUSSELS1295BELGIUM: CLIMATE CHANGE DISCUSSION WITH EU MEMBER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-25 08:58:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN
09BRUSSELS1329CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 15:13:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL
09BRUSSELS1330CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 15:36:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL
09BRUSSELS1333CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 16:14:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL
09BRUSSELS1334CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA),Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and co-author of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES, also known as Waxman-Markey),told Commission officials and reporters that the Senate could pass [...]
2009-10-01 16:32:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL
09BRUSSELS1391EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO PROPOSE BINDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The European Commission plans to propose binding energy efficiency targets for all EU Member States, according to a draft Communication outlining recommendations for improving Europe's energy efficiency. The Commission argues that the EU can only reduce energy consumption by 11 [...]
2009-10-16 12:29:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EWWT KGHG SENV TRGY
09BRUSSELS1470 PRESIDENT BARROSO CALLS FOR STRONG COPENHAGEN AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 28 speech, President Barroso, said that climate change is "the defining issue of our generation" and called for a strong international agreement in Copenhagen. He expressed that strong support from European business is essential to success, and Copenhagen represen [...]
2009-10-29 15:04:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EWWT KGHG SENV TRGY
09BRUSSELS1517 DG TREN seeks Bilateral Biofuel Discussions in the U.S. EU
[...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings October 15, 2009, Paul Hodson at the Energy and Transport Directorate General outlined his reasons for desiring bilateral discussions with the United States on what he called the technical aspects of biofuel legislation and which topics he thought the United States an [...]
2009-11-12 06:16:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ENRG EUN SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS1541 EU MEMBER STATES REMAIN DIVIDED DESPITE EU COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although the European Council took several steps forward in defining its efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, it failed to resolve several open issues, notably around financing. Even among the agreed conclusions, it is apparent there remains disagreement among Mem [...]
2009-11-18 14:44:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EWWT KGHG SENV TRGY
09BRUSSELS1551CORRECTED COPY - EU COUNCIL FAILS TO AGREE ON
[...] (SBU) This is an initial spot report of the climate outcomes of the EU Council. USEU will provide further detail next week after conversations with EU officials. 2. (SBU) Summary. Despite efforts from the Swedish Presidency and the European Commission, EU Heads of State and Government fai [...]
2009-11-20 11:35:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN KGHG SENV TRGY
09BRUSSELS1722European Commission Publishes Consultation Paper on the
[...] Summary. On December 14, 2009 the Commission published a consultation paper requesting comments for the definition and criteria for Highly Biodiverse Grasslands in EU legislation concerning sustainability criteria for biofuels. Biofuel feedstock that comes from these grasslands will not count t [...]
2009-12-23 16:28:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ENRG EUN SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS1725BELGIUM: SECURITY EXERCISE TESTS POLICE RESPONSE
[...] (U) Information in paragraph 4 about the Belgian Design Basis Threat for the BR-2 nuclear research reactor is classified SECRET by Belgian authorities, and is transmitted here to respect that level of classification. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Belgian local and federal police and offic [...]
2009-12-24 10:38:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETENRG KNNP TRGY TPHY EUN BE
09BRUSSELS190THE EU'S CLIMATE AND ENERGY PACKAGE; LOOKING BACK,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The European Union, led by the French Presidency, completed its Climate and Energy Legislative Package in December 2008. However, what transpired between January 23, 2008, when the European Commission proposed the four pieces of legislation that made up the Climate Package, an [...]
2009-02-10 15:12:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS193EU ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER EAGER TO ENHANCE
[...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires met with EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas on February 9. Dimas said that he looks forward to working with President Obama's climate team toward an international agreement. He realizes that "the transition will take a bit more time" and does not underestim [...]
2009-02-11 11:03:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS198EU'S PROPOSED COPENHAGEN STRATEGY TARGETS OECD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The EU Commission's Communication proposing the EU's approach for the UN climate change negotiations recommends strong emissions reduction ommitments and funding from developed countries, but suggests only "actions" (rather than commitments) from developing countries, including t [...]
2009-02-11 15:21:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS239EU DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ENVIRONMENT LOOKS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: New EU Director General for the Environment Falkenberg told USEU 2/19 that: -- his recent meetings with Administration officials and on the Hill highlighted the need and potential for US-EU collaboration on climate change; -- Environment Commissioner Dimas' open letter to Was [...]
2009-02-20 12:33:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS259EU EAGER TO WORK WITH U.S. ON CAP AND TRADE SYSTEMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: EU Commission officials, industry reps, climate traders, and NGOs, are eager for a U.S. cap and trade system and anxious to share their experiences on the 2008 revision process of the EU,s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Seeking U.S. leadership on climate change, all aspire to a [...]
2009-02-23 16:21:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS381BELGIUM REQUEST URGENT INFORMATION ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Werner Bauwens, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation called Poloff in to deliver two messages regarding Iran and proliferation: the name change of an Iranian shipping company and a Belgian company's request to expo [...]
2009-03-17 16:46:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IR BE
09BRUSSELS390EU COUNCIL LEAVES MAJOR ISSUES IN COPENHAGEN
[...] (SBU) During their March 19-20 European Council meeting, EU Heads of State are unlikely to make any definitive statements related to the EU position at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen; instead, they will leave virtually all issues unresolved and open for further discussion in subsequen [...]
2009-03-18 16:48:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS449EU COMMISSION PLEASED BY MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM
[...] (SBU) Representatives from the cabinets of EU Commission President Barroso and Environment Commissioner Dimas and from DG Environment expressed their pleasure at the initiative shown by President Obama to continue the Major Economies Process in the form of the Major Economies Forum on Energy a [...]
2009-03-27 15:32:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS559CONTINUED WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR INFLUENCING EU
[...] (SBU) EU Commission officials explained to officials from EPA, State/OES, USTR, and USEU that the recently passed Directive on the use of renewable energy (the Renewables Directive) left open several issues related to biofuels methodology and criteria, which the Commission is required to close [...]
2009-04-14 15:18:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS592SENATOR BINGAMAN DISCUSSES CAP AND TRADE SYSTEMS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Senator Bingaman met separately on April 5-6 with officials from the EU Commission, EU Council, European Parliament, and private industry to discuss the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and cap and trade systems in general. The underlying theme presented by the Europeans th [...]
2009-04-24 11:09:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS708EU OFFICIALS VIEW OFFSETS AS POSSIBLE OBSTACLE TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: EU Commission officials, EU Parliament officials, NGOs, and industry are looking to the United States for development of a comprehensive cap and trade program that can benefit from the EU's experience with its own Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The use of carbon offsets in th [...]
2009-05-19 14:52:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS918COMMISSIONER DIMAS OUT OF CLIMATE CHANGE PICTURE;
[...] (C) Summary. As the EU intensifies efforts to secure a climate agreement in Copenhagen, the Swedes have asserted their leadership role while Environment Commissioner Dimas has taken himself out of the picture. Both Swedish and Commission officials agree that European criticism of U.S. emissi [...]
2009-07-06 09:24:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS936OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON EU'S APPROACH TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. The European Commission currently is internally debating how to address the effects of indirect land use change (ILUC) on the greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels. To assist in the process, the Commission has released a list of eight possible approaches and has opened up a p [...]
2009-07-07 15:35:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS964EU CLIMATE CHANGE RELATIONSHIP STRONG WITH INDIA,
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings held with the Mission of China to the EU and the Embassy of India, Chinese and Indian counterparts confirmed what USEU EconOff learned in conversations with the European Commission (see reftel): that the EU has a robust with China is almose that beforlnp`opan [...]
2009-07-13 14:52:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BUCHAREST613 ROMANIA REACTION TO IAEA REQUEST
[...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered REF comments September 3 to Nineta Barbalescu, Director of the MFA Directorate for OCSE, Asymmetric Threats and Nonproliferation. Barbalescu said Romania agreed that Iran, and to some extent Syria, would attempt to use procedural issues to prolong debates and in effect [...]
2009-09-04 09:37:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY PREL IR SY RO
09BUCHAREST786 ROMANIAN SUPPORT FOR ANGARSK RESERVE
[...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered REF comments 23 November to Nineta Barbulescu, Director of the MFA Directorate for OCSE, Asymmetric Threats and Nonproliferation. Barbulescu expressed Romanian support for the Angarsk Reserve, but expressed concern that the Non-Aligned Movement countries continue to o [...]
2009-11-24 13:16:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RO
09BUDAPEST338HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEXT STEP TOWARD
[...] (C) Summary: Hungary's Parliament recently approved the next step towards the eventual expansion of nuclear energy in Hungary. A feasibility study and tender offer will soon be underway for the probable addition of two new 1000MW reactors at the Paks nuclear plant at a total cost of about fi [...]
2009-05-05 15:42:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET PGOV TRGY BEXP BTIO KGHG US HU
09BUDAPEST725PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR PAKS NUCLEAR EXPANSION
[...] (C) Summary: Work on the possible expansion of Hungary's Paks Nuclear Plant proceeds apace as experts work to define Hungary's power generation needs in the coming decades and potential suppliers begin their marketing efforts. The tender is expected to occur sometime in early 2011. Political [...]
2009-10-02 15:33:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET PGOV TRGY BEXP BTIO KGHG US HU
09BUENOSAIRES1241(SBU) Argentina Sees Fuel Bank Proposal as Interesting but
[...] (SBU) Argentine Foreign Ministry Director for International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN),Gustavo Ainchil, told Political Officer November 20 in response to reftel points that Argentina was not prepared to support the Angarsk Nuclear Fuel Bank proposal at the IAEA. Ainchil said [...]
2009-11-24 15:56:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP TRGY PREL AORC IAEA AR
09BUENOSAIRES1244ARGENTINA'S POSITION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ESTOffs met on November 12 with the GOA's Climate Change Negotiator, Ambassador Silvia Merega, to ascertain Argentina's position and flexibility ahead of COP-15 in Copenhagen. From our conversation with Merega, it appears that the GoA's position is firmly in line with classic G [...]
2009-11-13 18:33:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG EIND TRGY PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES1246ARGENTINA: RAUL ESTRADA OYUELA, OLD LION OF CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: ESTOff met on November 9 with Raul Estrada Oyuela, a retired Argentine diplomat who specialized in climate negotiations and was Chairman of the Kyoto Protocol negotiations in 1997. Estrada Oyuela feels that the GoA now has no clear position on climate change and does not have [...]
2009-11-13 18:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG EIND TRGY PREL EAGR AR
09BUENOSAIRES173ARGENTINA: SMALL AMOUNT OF CESIUM 137 IS STOLEN
[...] (SBU) In the early hours of February 19, two armed individuals robbed a lead container holding the equivalent of 2.5 curies of cesium 137 from the warehouse of Baker Atlas, a U.S. company involved in oil exploration in Neuquen, in the South of Argentina. The assailants entered the scene shortl [...]
2009-02-19 20:23:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA TRGY ASEC AR
09BUENOSAIRES183ARGENTINA: UPDATES ON THEFT OF CESIUM 137
[...] (SBU) GOA officials report that the Argentine Federal Police (PFA) have now taken the lead in the investigation of yesterday's theft of nuclear material in Neuquen, Argentina. The GOA's Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEA),Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ARN),Neuquen provincial police, and the Gendar [...]
2009-02-20 20:09:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA TRGY ASEC AR
09BUENOSAIRES184ARGENTINE FEDERAL POLICE RECOVERS CESIUM 137
[...] (SBU) In the evening of February 20, Argentine Federal Police recovered the stolen container of cesium 137 unopened and made an arrest in connection with the case (reftels). A very senior police official reported to RSO that the tracking of an extortion call made earlier in the day had allowed [...]
2009-02-21 13:07:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG IAEA KNNP KCSA TRGY ASEC AR
09BUENOSAIRES964ARGENTINA ENTHUSIASTIC AND RESPONSIVE ON
[...] (C) Summary: A delegation led by White House Special Assistant and WMD Coordinator Gary Samore visited Argentina for consultations on August 10, generating significant goodwill and enthusiasm among Argentine interlocutors to continue bilateral consultations and cooperation on key nuclear arms [...]
2009-08-24 20:37:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER ENRG ETTC TRGY SENV AR
09CAIRO1096EGYPT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - DISCUSSIONS OF FUEL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 07:06:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA EG
09CAIRO200INVITATION TO NNSA HUMAN RESOURCES SEMINAR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 13:42:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC OTRA EG
09CAIRO2348EGYPT'S NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PLANS SUBJECT TO DELAYS
[...] (C/NF) Main Points: -- Egypt's first commercial scale reactor is officially slated to come on line in 2020, with three more to be in operation by 2025. The GOE is expected to announce in January 2010 that El Daba on the Mediterranean Coast will be the site of the first plant. -- Nuclear Power Plant [...]
2009-12-22 13:29:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC EG IAEA KNNP PREL TRGY UN
09CAIRO2361EGYPT'S NUCLEAR REGULATORY LAW TO BE ENACTED BUT
[...] (C/NF) Main points: -- Egypt's draft law on regulation of civil nuclear power and safety is expected to pass into law shortly after the New Year. -- Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA) Chairman Mohamed El Kolaly told us December 15 that under the new law his agency will be succeeded by an indep [...]
2009-12-23 14:15:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC EG IAEA KNNP PREL TRGY
09CAIRO2404EGYPT-U.S. JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Main Points: -- During upcoming JSCNEC meetings in Cairo GOE wants a tight focus, both in agenda and in delegation composition, on technical issues related to Egypt's expanding civil nuclear power development. -- GOE flagged several civil nuclear issues as already the subject of GOE consultatio [...]
2009-12-30 15:36:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALAORC EG EU IAEA KNNP PREL RS TRGY UN
09CANBERRA1058NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS: AUSTRALIA VOTES FOR ANGARSK
[...] (SBU) We conveyed November 14 to Australia's DFAT Arms Control Director Jane Hardy, Director the USG request for support of the Angarsk Reserve resolution before the IAEA (Ref A). Australia voted in favor of the resolution at the November 26 IAEA Board of Governors meeting. BLEICH [...]
2009-11-30 06:45:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AS
09CANBERRA202AUSTRALIA DEMURS ON DEMARCHING NAMIBIA OVER
[...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche to John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on February 27. Bill Bryson, Executive Officer for Arms Control, joined on the call. 2. (C) Sullivan reacted with some puzzle [...]
2009-02-27 06:56:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG ETTC EMIN IR AS
09CANBERRA828AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON
[...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...]
2009-09-10 04:38:00Embassy CanberraSECRETKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS
09CANBERRA829AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON
[...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...]
2009-09-10 04:38:00Embassy CanberraSECRETKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS
09CANBERRA830AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON
[...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...]
2009-09-10 04:38:00Embassy CanberraSECRETKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS
09CANBERRA831AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS ON
[...] (S) On September 8, Jane Hardy, Director of Arms Control Section, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told poloff that the GOA agreed that the IAEA's report on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs did not give either country a clean bill [...]
2009-09-10 04:38:00Embassy CanberraSECRETKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL AS
09CARACAS26VENEZUELAN SCIENTISTS SAY NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary: In late 2008, Chavez once again made statements regarding his plans to develop a nuclear power program in Venezuela and went so far as to sign an agreement with Russia's Rosatom on nuclear energy cooperation. Several local nuclear physicists are skeptical arguing that nothing came [...]
2009-01-08 20:24:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO PGOV PREL ETRD ECON PARM
09CARACAS728VENEZUELA INCAPABLE OF SUBSTANTIVE NUCLEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A plain-spoken nuclear physicist told Econoff that those spreading rumors that Venezuela is helping third countries (i.e. Iran) develop atomic bombs "are full of (expletive)." He said Venezuela is currently unable to provide such assistance particularly as the Chavez administration "do [...]
2009-06-11 17:24:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV ENRG TRGY EMIN PTER
09CHENGDU249CHINA ENLISTS U.S. AEROSPACE SUBCONTRACTOR IN BID TO BEAT
[...] (C) Summary: China is seeking the assistance of foreign aerospace companies to increase the international competitiveness of its new C919 passenger jet, due to come to market in 2016, that will compete with Boeing and Airbus. The Chinese lead firm for the project, Commercial Aircraft Corporat [...]
2009-11-06 07:58:00Consulate ChengduCONFIDENTIALETRD EAIR EINV ETTC PREL PGOV TRGY CH
09CHENGDU62SOUTHWEST CHINA: DONGFANG ELECTRIC RECOVERS FROM EARTHQUAKE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dongfang Electric Corporation, a company based in Sichuan province that produces and sells billions of dollars in power generation equipment worldwide, told us its production of electric power generating turbines is increasing. Despite the economic impact of the May 2008 earthqu [...]
2009-04-13 02:57:00Consulate ChengduCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ENGR TRGY ETTC PGOV CH
09CHISINAU74MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE CONCERNING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 12:43:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY
09COPENHAGEN532DENMARK: MESSAGES DELIVERED FOR IAEA MEETING
[...] (SBU) Messages concerning current U.S. positions on the Angarsk nuclear fuel bank resolution (reftels A and B),P5 1 efforts on Iran's nuclear program (reftel C),and desired follow-up on IAEA's report on Syrian clandestine nuclear activities (reftel D) were directly conveyed by PolOff to He [...]
2009-11-24 13:12:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG KNNP PARM PREL IAEA IR TRGY SY
09DARESSALAAM15TANZANIA: NO PLANS FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-14 06:54:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY TZ
09DARESSALAAM66Tanzania Volcano Assessment: No current threat
[...] A three-person technical assistance team from the USAID/OFDA and USGS Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP),responding to an urgent request from President Kikwete (reftel),completed its assessment visit on the Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano on January 28. Team representative Gari Mayberry, pre [...]
2009-02-02 03:08:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON ETRD ENRG EAGR SENV TPHY TRGY TZ
09DHAKA1BANGLADESH INTEREST IN CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY: IS IT
[...] Bangladesh has long expressed an interest in developing a civil nuclear energy program to address its power generation needs. This interest has increased in recent years as the country's steady industrialization has put further strains on its limited energy resources. The Government of Bangl [...]
2009-01-01 01:39:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO BG
09DOHA428QATARI ENERGY MINISTER SETS STAGE FOR GAS
[...] (C) Al-Attiyah told Ambassador, as he has previously, that the GECF is not intended or structured "as the press talks," and the organization will never concern itself with contracts or supply matters. He projected that natural gas will not see a real spot market develop for years, and noted t [...]
2009-07-01 12:04:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV PREL TRGY QA RU IR
09DOHA446QATAR LAUNCHES TASK FORCE ON FOOD SECURITY
[...] (C) In engaging the GOQ in response to Ref A on agricultural development and food security, Embassy learned of a new Task Force on Food Security, established following a 2008 Amiri decree which created the Qatar National Food Security Program. The Task Force includes 14 ministries and organiz [...]
2009-07-09 13:25:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EINV TRGY QA
09DOHA473QATAR CHIPS AWAY AT RUSSIAN DOMINANCE IN THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-27 16:24:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PREL EINV TRGY RU IR QA BE
09DOHA495QATAR CHIPS AWAY AT RUSSIAN DOMINANCE IN THE
[...] (C) According to diplomatic sources in Doha, Qatar has recently moved ahead with investment and infrastructure plans in Poland with the goal of augmenting its list of current LNG clients. The first stage of this engagement was the purchase of two Polish shipyards that are able to produce the n [...]
2009-08-04 13:42:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PREL EINV TRGY RU IR QA BE
09DOHA552QATARI FOOD COMPANY ADAPTS INVESTMENT STRATEGY TO
[...] (U) A local Qatari newspaper carried an article August 31 praising the investment strategy of Qatar's Hassad Food Company. Hassad's decision to purchase shares in local agricultural companies instead of expropriating the agricultural land of poorer countries exclusively for Qatar's own purpos [...]
2009-09-03 09:41:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EINV TRGY QA AS SU
09DOHA639QATAR MOVES FORWARD ON GAS TO LIQUID INNOVATION
[...] (SBU) Simon Buerk, communications manager for Shell Service Company in Qatar, told P/E Chief Rice October 20 that the revenue from the Pearl project, once it is fully operational, will generate a profit in the early stages that Shell will split with Qatar Petroleum (QP). 2. (SBU) According [...]
2009-10-26 05:23:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY TNGD ENRG KMPI QA
09DOHA692SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ENERGY SECRETARY PONEMAN'S
[...] (SBU) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have confirmed a meeting for you with Minister of Energy/Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah and have requested meetings with Managing Director of the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) Dr. Hussein Abdullah and Shaykh Abdul Rah [...]
2009-11-25 11:55:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG EINV TRGY QA
09DOHA724Qatar Sharpening Focus on Food Security and Related
[...] (SBU) The text below summarizes a new GOQ policy paper on Qatar's food security policies and strategies. The paper was given to Ambassador LeBaron by an officer of Qatar's National Food Security Program, with the understanding that it would be circulated within the U.S. Executive Branch. 2 [...]
2009-12-16 12:16:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON TRGY QA
09DOHA728QATAR,S PRIME MINISTER ON IRAN: "THEY LIE TO US;
[...] (C) Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman and Ambassador met December 10 with Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani. Also present on the American side was State Department Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, David Goldwyn. DepSec Poneman thanked the Prime Minister for the mee [...]
2009-12-20 12:14:00Embassy DohaSECRETENRG PREL TRGY EPET QA
09EFTOLONDON2618UK RESPONSE: FMCT POSITIONS FOR P-3 DISCUSSION IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 17:08:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL TRGY MNUC UK
09FREETOWN96IRAN'S ACQUISITION OF URANIUM DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 17:12:00Embassy FreetownSECRETPGOV KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC AF IR AL
09GENEVA349 Mitigating Indoor Air Pollution - Geneva Connections
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 13. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On April 15 the US Mission Geneva held a luncheon to encourage parties in Geneva to work on mitigating indoor air pollution and coordinate their efforts, and to brainstorm with delegates from affected countries about solutions. T [...]
2009-05-06 14:55:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD TRGY EAID
09GUANGZHOU157Fujian: Alternative Energy Development Attractive Amid
[...] (U) Summary: Fujian's alternative energy development is picking up steam in spite of a worsening global economic downturn. While coal will continue to be the primary source of energy in the near future, but major investments are being made in nuclear power (more than USD 20 billion at two pla [...]
2009-03-06 10:02:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY ETTC IAEA CH
09GUANGZHOU304LNG Plans Delayed - Supply Problems Threaten Progress on
[...] (U) Summary: High liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices and difficulty securing long-term LNG supplies have stalled the much-anticipated Zhuhai Jin Wan LNG terminal project. Without a secure, long-term supply contract, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) refuses to give final a [...]
2009-05-14 07:32:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EMIN SENV PGOV TRGY CH
09GUANGZHOU372Climate Change: Xiamen in the Forefront of Mitigation and
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: In the battle against climate change, Xiamen in Fujian province is increasingly a focal point for efforts by government, NGOs and businesses in south China. The city government has created a new, unique institution to assess the impact of climate change; NGOs have fo [...]
2009-06-16 09:26:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY SENV ECON CH
09GUANGZHOU641Fujian Province Triples Its Oil Refining Capabilities
[...] (SBU) Summary: The opening of the Fujian Integrated Refining & Ethylene Joint Venture Project (FREP) Commercial Operation will increase Fujian's annual refining capacity from 4 million to 12 million tons. The project is a joint venture between China's SINOPEC (50%),Exxon-Mobil (25%) and Saudi [...]
2009-11-20 05:16:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EPET SENV PGOV TRGY CH
09GUANGZHOU80Guangdong Moving to Expand Nuclear Power
[...] (U) Summary: Guangdong province, the home of the Daya Bay and Ling Ao power stations, is getting set to rely even more on nuclear power as an energy source in the years ahead. The Yanjiang Nuclear Power Station (YNPS) 189 km south of Guangzhou, on which workers broke ground on December 16, is [...]
2009-02-09 06:43:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY ETTC IAEA CH
09GUANGZHOU87Slowing Economy Eases Guangdong's Electricity Crunch
[...] (U) Summary. One unintended consequence of the global economic downturn: it's easing Guangdong's power shortage. With slowing demand for electricity, power grid construction is catching up, spreading electrification to more remote rural areas. Increased energy-efficiency among power producer [...]
2009-02-13 03:32:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EMIN SENV PGOV TRGY CH
09HANOI1100Government of Vietnam Responds to November and December
[...] (SBU) This is an Action Request. See Paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) During a working lunch with the DCM on October 15, MFA/Americas Department Director General Ba Hung said that PM Dung was "positively considering" the President's invitation to attend the April summit meeting in Washington. However [...]
2009-10-16 10:07:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG PREL PTER TRGY IAEA PINR KNNP VM
09HANOI166VIETNAM OPENS FIRST REFINERY, ENDS RELIANCE ON IMPORTS
[...] (U) Summary: Vietnam celebrated the long-awaited opening of its first oil refinery on February 22. The new facility, located in central Quang Ngai Province, in one of Vietnam's poorest regions, ends the country's reliance on imported fuel and will allow Vietnam to curtail fuel imports by 30 pe [...]
2009-02-25 10:16:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON SENV ENRG TRGY VM
09HANOI211PLAN TO DEREGULATE VIETNAM'S POWER SECTOR LAGS DESPITE
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) raised retail electricity rates by an average of around 9 percent from March 1 to reflect higher costs of power generation and encourage private investment in Vietnam's underfunded power sector. Vietnam expects electricity demand to rise sharply ove [...]
2009-03-10 08:22:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ENRG TRGY VM
09HELSINKI12FINLAND: IAEA ANNOUNCEMENT DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-09 09:16:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09HELSINKI450FINLAND PROPOSES EIGHTY PERCENT EMISSIONS
[...] SUMMARY On November 20, the Government of Finland (GOF) presented its Long-term Climate and Energy Policy Report to the diplomatic community. The report - adopted unanimously by Parliament in October 2009 - examines four possible paths Finland could take to achieve an 80 percent reduction in [...]
2009-12-04 09:24:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELTN ENRG TRGY KGHG FI
09HELSINKI464MORE DELAYS FOR FINLAND'S NEW NUCLEAR REACTOR
[...] SUMMARY: As the Government of Finland (GOF) deals with repeated delays in the construction of the fifth nuclear power plant, it also debates the future of nuclear power in Finland. The completion of Finland's fifth nuclear reactor has been delayed to Summer or Autumn 2012. Ministry of Employ [...]
2009-12-08 15:20:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY ENRG FI
09ISLAMABAD1319PAKISTAN SUPPORTS CONCEPT OF NUCLEAR FUEL BANK,
[...] (C) Summary: PolOff delivered reftel demarche soliciting support for international fuel bank proposals to Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on June 15. Akhtar stated that Pakistan can support the idea of a fuel bank operated by the IAEA, but has r [...]
2009-06-15 14:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC IAEA ENRG TRGY PK
09JAKARTA33INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2008
[...] On November 24, Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Freddy Numberi inaugurated a new marine conservation area (MCA) in Kaimana, West Papua Province. Members of the local community, who contributed their indigenous land rights to the new 600,000-hectare MCA, are working collaboratively wi [...]
2009-01-09 04:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
09JAKARTA399EMBASSY JAKARTA PROPOSAL FOR SCIENCE FELLOWS
[...] (U) Embassy Jakarta is interested in the Embassy Science Fellow Program (ESFP) and requests Department assistance in identifying up to two interested candidates focused on marine and fisheries issues, with specific interest in the Coral Triangle Initiative, and climate change. These fellows wo [...]
2009-03-06 09:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
09KABUL136ANNOUNCING RATIFICATION OF THE U.S.-IAEA
[...] (U) PolMilOffs met with Dr. Davood Moradian, senior policy advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, on January 18, 2009 to convey, inter alia, the news that the President recently signed the instrument of ratification for the U.S.-IAEA Additional Protocol (reftel). 2. (U) Moradian welcom [...]
2009-01-20 02:57:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KTIA AORC IAEA ENRG PREL TRGY
09KAMPALA1025 NNSA ASSISTING UGANDA IN BUILDING RADIOLOGICAL
[...] (U) Summary: An August 24-26 visit from U.S. officials from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is the latest step in a joint U.S.-Ugandan response to the theft of radiological material from a storage area at Mulago Hospital in Kampala in 2007. The objective of this effort is t [...]
2009-09-10 07:12:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EMIN EPET PARM TRGY UG
09KINGSTON770JAMAICA: OPERATION OF THE CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY
[...] Jamaica is a signatory to the WTO Agreement and has generally demonstrated a commitment to undertaking its obligations. While the Golding administration, reeling under the effects of the global economic crisis, has championed the need for the country to replace particularly agricultural import [...]
2009-09-30 14:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IADB IBRD IMF TRGY
09KOLKATA308KOLKATA'S VARIABLE ENERGY CYCLOTRON CENTER SEEKS ACCELERATED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Variable Energy Cyclotron Center (VECC) in Kolkata, a premier institute of the Government of India's Department of Atomic Energy, commissioned India's first superconducting cyclotron in May 2009. In a September 16 meeting with PolOFF, VECC's Director, Dr. Rakesh K. Bh [...]
2009-11-20 11:06:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTPHY TRGY TSPL CVIS ECON IN
09KUALALUMPUR13DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S.-IAEA ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-09 03:48:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09KUALALUMPUR142POINTS CONVEYED ON IAEA REPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 03:37:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY MY
09KUALALUMPUR420ENERGY AND GREEN TECHNOLOGY IN MALAYSIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: LOO Took Gee, Deputy Secretary-General for Energy at the newly established Ministry of Energy, Green Technology, and Water (MEGTW),does not foresee any major shifts in Malaysia's energy sector even as electricity demand is expected to double by 2030. Malaysia will continue to [...]
2009-05-29 08:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV TRGY PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR496DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (C) Charge met with MFA Acting Secretary General Zainol Abidin on June 9 (ref B) and raised the latest IAEA report on Iran's lack of cooperation on its nuclear program in defiance of the international community. The Charge urged Malaysia to push for Iran's compliance with its international obl [...]
2009-06-19 01:00:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY MY
09KUALALUMPUR5Malaysia Aims to Complete Nuclear Energy Policy by 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Malaysia (GOM) plans to finalize a nuclear energy policy and enact legislation in 2009. The government also intends to establish a nuclear energy regulatory agency and increase public and political support for civilian nuclear energy as a renewable energy sourc [...]
2009-01-06 07:17:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO
09KUALALUMPUR954MALAYSIA WILL SUPPORT ANGARSK RESERVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 09:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY MY
09KUWAIT37DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. RATIFICATION OF THE IAEA
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on Jan. 13 to Khaled Al-Maqamis, Director of the Department of Follow-up and Coordination at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Maqamis noted Kuwait had the Additional Protocol in force but had no other substantive response. ****************************** [...]
2009-01-14 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDIAEA ENRG PREL AORC TRGY KNNP KTIA KU
09KYIV2044NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - ELICITING SUPPORT FOR THE
[...] (SBU) We delivered ref A points November 16 to the MFA's Directorate for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation, and followed up with ref B points on November 23 to Viktor Shkuro in the MFA's Department of Economic Cooperation. Shkuro explained that several MFA departments, as well [...]
2009-11-24 11:22:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP AORC IAEA ENRG TRGY UP RS
09LIMA1794PERU UNFAMILIAR WITH ANGARSK NUCLEAR FUEL BANK PROPOSAL BUT
[...] (SBU) Econoffs met on November 20 with Minister Counselor Vitaliano Gallardo and First Secretary Juan Pablo GUERRERO Espinoza of the International Security and Disarmament Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to call for IAEA board member support for the Angarsk fuel bank proposal. Both o [...]
2009-11-20 23:59:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY PE
09LISBON30PORTUGAL INFORMED OF U.S. RATIFICATION OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-15 15:44:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KTIA AORC IAEA ENRG PREL TRGY PO
09LISBON90PORTUGAL BACKS IRENA, IBERIA LNG AND RENEWABLES
[...] (C/NF) Portugal views the recent meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) as a success and hopes the US and other large nations will join the new body. In the wake of last month's European natural gas supply disruptions the GOP continues to promote the Iberian peninsula a [...]
2009-02-10 15:18:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG KGHG TRGY PO
09LJUBLJANA301SLOVENIA: U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM A
[...] (SBU) On September 25, Pol/Econ Chief met Andrej Kranjc, Head of the Climate Protection Department in the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning to present reftel talking points. Kranjc acknowledged that the U.S. program represented a significant change from that of the previous U.S. [...]
2009-09-25 15:00:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG TRGY
09LONDON1230SOUTH AFRICA: IAEA CANDIDATE MINTY OFFERS VIEWS ON
[...] (C) Discussing what South Africa had learned from its rotation on the United States Security Council (UNSC),South Africa Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRC) Special Representative on Disarmament and NEPAD Ambassador Abdul Minty -- also Africa's candidate for the IAEA [...]
2009-05-22 15:48:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR UNSC PARM TRGY SF ZU UK
09LONDON1371UK SUPPORTIVE OF INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK
[...] (C/NF) In response to reftel demarche, Jon Knight (strictly protect) at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) told Emboffs on June 9 the UK Government supports discussing the nuclear fuel bank concept at the June 15-18, 2009 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors m [...]
2009-06-10 16:18:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA UK
09LONDON1514UK RAMPING UP ON NUCLEAR POWER, BUT CHALLENGES
[...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG is making steady progress in launching its ambitious plan to build eleven new nuclear power plants between 2018-2025. The UK will need to address several challenges, including workforce issues, nuclear waste, planning procedures, reactor design, and site assessment proced [...]
2009-06-30 11:42:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG TRGY SENV KNNP UK
09LONDON422UK SEEKS INPUT ON RESULTS FOR MULTILATERAL FUEL
[...] (U) This is an action request for the State Department. Please see para 3. 2. (C/NF) Summary. Two officials from the Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) shared on February 12 with Emboffs the HMG's status in planning a Multilateral Fuel Assurances Conference on March 17-18 in London, echoin [...]
2009-02-18 12:56:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG ETTC IAEA KNNP TRGY UK
09LONDON492HMG SHARES U.S. STRATEGY AND CONCERNS REGARDING
[...] (S) Summary. The UK shares U.S. concerns and has a similar strategy regarding the IAEA reports on Iran and Syria's nuclear programs (ref): HMG is urging IAEA Board Member countries to advocate strong national statements "at the upcoming Board of Governors meeting (that) will reflect the co [...]
2009-02-25 18:00:00Embassy LondonSECRETKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY IR SYR UK
09LONDON540NUCLEAR FUELS: HMG SEEKS INPUT ON THEMES,
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C/NF) Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) officials highlighted the overall goal of building multilateral trust and cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy in a February 26 planning meeting for the UK March 17-18 Nuclear Fuels Conferen [...]
2009-03-02 10:31:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG TRGY KNNP UK
09LONDON584UK RECEPTIVE TO DEMARCHE CONCERNING IRANIAN
[...] (S) Our (USG) demarche contains "a persuasive message" to share with Namibia and HMG "should be willing" to remind the Namibian government and Rio Tinto about UNSCR 1737 prohibitions on the sale or transfer of uranium to Iran, Simon Mustard, the Head of Regional Issues in the Foreign and Commo [...]
2009-03-05 17:18:00Embassy LondonSECRETEMIN ENRG ETTC IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY UK WA
09LONDON707PM BROWN PRESSES FOR SAFE NUCLEAR POWER, COMPLIANT
[...] (C/NF) Summary. PM Brown affirmed in his March 17 International Nuclear Fuels Conference keynote speech the UK's commitment to a reduction in its nuclear arsenal, eventual global nuclear disarmament, and the use of nuclear power to meet its energy security needs. PM Brown said Iran could be [...]
2009-03-23 10:11:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA IR UK
09MADRID1136SPAIN INTENDS TO CO-SPONSOR IAEA RESOLUTION ON
[...] (SBU) POLOFF on November 25 delivered REF demarche to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament within the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs and Terrorism, who stated that Spain intends to co-sponsor Russia's resolution on the establishment of a nuclear fuel reserve a [...]
2009-11-27 07:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY SP
09MADRID26SPAIN: MFA INFORMED OF RATIFICATION OF U.S.-IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-12 09:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09MADRID29SPAIN: MFA EXPLAINS ITS STANCE ON DRAFT PARAGRAPH
[...] (C) POLOFF met on January 8 with Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism. Torres raised the issue of Spain's ongoing reservations about revisions to the Nuclear Supplier Group's (NSG's) Guidelines for Transfers of Enri [...]
2009-01-12 11:30:00Embassy MadridSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM SP TRGY ENRG ETTC FR
09MADRID571ZAPATERO FACES CONTROVERSIAL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 07:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO SP
09MADRID583IRENA - SPAIN SUPPORTS UAE BID FOR HQ, SEEKING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 07:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO SP
09MADRID594SPAIN KEEN ON JOINING G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 16:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KNNP PARM TRGY SP
09MADRID957GOS SEEKS COMPARABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post delivered reftel demarche on climate change to Deputy General Director for Mitigation and Technologies Eduardo Gonzalez and Senior Advisor for Mitigation and Technologies Sara Aagesen in the Ministry of the Environment, Rural, and Marine Affairs on September 22. They are pl [...]
2009-09-25 12:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN SP
09MADRID984SPAIN'S NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT SHERPA TRAVELS TO
[...] (C) President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has named Deputy Foreign Minister Angel Lossada (Ref A) as Spain's Sherpa to the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) that President Obama will host in the Washington DC area during April 12-13, 2010 (Refs B-D). On October 8 Lossada will attend separate mee [...]
2009-10-08 06:00:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PTER KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY SP
09MANILA1283USG-PHILIPPINES RENEWABLE ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS
[...] Summary: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) both assist the Philippines in renewable, clean, and efficient energy projects. USG agencies are also facilitating regional conferences on climate change and clean energy. USAID and t [...]
2009-06-16 22:38:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TRGY TSPL ECIN ECON APECO ENRG EAID PGOV RP
09MANILA154Philippine Nuclear Plans
[...] Summary: The Philippines is considering rehabilitating a never-used nuclear plant built in the 1980s, and recently entered into an agreement with the Korean Electric Power Corporation to study the feasibility of operating that plant. End summary. 2. Westinghouse completed a nuclear power [...]
2009-01-25 23:31:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO RP
09MANILA214Geek Swaps Benefit U.S. and Philippines
[...] Summary: U.S. agencies and private institutions have active science partnerships in the Philippines that build goodwill and capacity in both nations and add to global knowledge. The synergy that results from USG active engagement in science in the Philippines is beneficial to the work of USG [...]
2009-02-02 08:54:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TSPL SENV ENRG TRGY TSPA EAGR RP
09MANILA436PHILIPPINES STUDYING IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (SBU) In a February 26 discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director Leah Ruiz of the Office of United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO),Post stressed reftel points and urged the Philippines to issue strong statements calling on Iran to implement its interna [...]
2009-02-27 08:23:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC PREL PGOV TRGY IR SYR RP
09MANILA647Philippines: A Valuable Partner on Climate Change and the
[...] Summary: The Philippine government has demonstrated its commitment to climate change mitigation and adaptation through legislation, appointment of a presidential task force, ambitious emission reduction targets, active participation on the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, and robus [...]
2009-03-24 09:27:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID TPHY TRGY TSPL RP
09MANILA66PHILIPPINES WELCOMES RATIFICATION OF THE U.S.-IAEA
[...] (SBU) In a discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director Leah Ruiz of the Office of United Nations & Other International Organizations (UNIO) on January 9, Post conveyed reftel points and inquired into the status of the Philippine government's plans on bringing its Additional P [...]
2009-01-13 00:23:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA ENRG PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM MNUC
09MANILA695Suggested Visit to the Philippines
[...] (SBU) The Philippines is a valuable ally in international fora on environment and climate change (reftel) and we should take advantage of your position to further build upon this partnership. In an effort to spur progress on the issue, Philippine President Arroyo recently named a special advis [...]
2009-03-31 00:28:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID TPHY TRGY TSPL RP
09MANILA965EMBASSY MANILA'S ENVIRONMENTAL OUTREACH
[...] SUMMARY: Mission Manila engaged in vigorous outreach efforts on an array of environmental issues during April 2009. Ambassador led the way with two provincial trips in April with an environmental focus and events in Manila on Earth Day, April 22. In addition, Embassy invited American scientis [...]
2009-05-06 08:22:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV ENRG TRGY TSPA EAGR RP
09MEXICO1822MEXICO ON THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] Poloff conveyed points (reftel) June 17 to Julian Juarez Cadenas, Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE),stressing the importance the U.S. attaches to the G-8 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Dest [...]
2009-06-24 20:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP PARM PREL TRGY MX
09MEXICO567MEXICO SHARES U.S. CONCERNS OVER IAEA REPORTS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 01:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY MX
09MONTEVIDEO625GOU LEANING TOWARD SUPPORT FOR THE ANGARSK RESERVE
[...] (SBU) The GOU has not finalized its position on the Russian proposal to establish a nuclear fuel bank at Angarsk, but is leaning toward supporting the Angarsk reserve. In response to reftel points, the MFA Acting Director of International Affairs Gustavo Somma told emboff on November 20 that [...]
2009-11-20 16:06:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS UY
09MONTEVIDEO9URUGUAYAN NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS NOT DEFINITIVE
[...] Uruguay is increasingly interested in diversifying its energy sector, potentially including the use of nuclear power. Currently, the implementation of such a program is prohibited by law, but President Tabare Vazquez authorized feasibility research of a civil nuclear program and its implication [...]
2009-01-12 19:36:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO UY
09MOSCOW1506INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK - RUSSIA STILL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 13:53:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA RS
09MOSCOW2015DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL FOR ANGARSK
[...] (C) On August 5, Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Robert Einhorn delivered reftel demarche to MFA DVBR Deputy Director Oleg Rozhkov and Ambassador at Large and IAEA Governor Grigoriy Berdennikov, who expressed appreciation and stated that our demarche showed that the U.S. [...]
2009-08-07 07:41:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALAORC ENRG KNNP RS TRGY IAEA
09MOSCOW2305DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on September 4 to MFA DVBR Attache Roman Ustinov, who said that Russia considered the latest IAEA report to be "better than the previous two." Noting that Iran had accepted safeguard measures in both Natanz and at the conversion facility in Isfahan, Ustinov [...]
2009-09-04 15:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL RS
09MOSCOW2821RUSSIANS APPRECIATIVE OF USG SUPPORT FOR ANGARSK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 14:56:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS
09MOSCOW2875RUSSIA: APPRECIATIVE OF U.S. SUPPORT SEEKING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 12:58:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP AORC IAEA ENRG TRGY RS
09MOSCOW471RUSSIA RESPONSE ON EXTENSION OF RER AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 13, representatives of the MFA, Rosatom, and Russia's Federal Biomedical Agency (FMBA) told Embassy EST and DOE representatives that Russia is willing to sign an extension of the Agreement on Cooperation in Research on Radiation Effects (RER). However, most of the am [...]
2009-02-26 13:03:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP KSCA KTIA OTRA PARM TRGY EAID RS
09MOSCOW851RUSSIA'S ATOMSTROYEXPORT CANNOT FULFILL EXISTING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Russian policymakers are relying on Russia's competitive advantage in civilian nuclear power to help it diversify its natural resources-based economy. Atomstroyexport, Russia's international nuclear power plant constructor is diligently pursuing construction contracts for 11 n [...]
2009-04-03 04:02:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP BTIO ETRD ETTC ENRG TRGY PREL ECON RS
09MUMBAI320SPECIAL ENVOY STERN HEARS THAT INDIAN INDUSTRY IS READY TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern met with several leading private Indian businessmen to ascertain their views on mitigating climate change. He found that India's private sector is actively engaged in clean technology investment, particularly for renewable energy. [...]
2009-08-05 07:38:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY ETRD IN
09MUMBAI341INDIA'S SECRETARY FOR ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENDS NUCLEAR FUEL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 09:51:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP EINV EFIN ECON PREL IN
09MUMBAI450KAKODKAR RETIRES, BARC'S BANERJEE NEW HEAD OF INDIA'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 30, Anil Kakodkar, the guardian of India's nuclear energy program and one of the chief negotiators of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, retired after over 45 years with India's civil and military nuclear energy programs. His successor, Srikumar B [...]
2009-12-03 05:33:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIN ENRG TRGY BEXP EINV ECON PREL
09NEWDELHI1211FS MENON AND U/S BURNS DISCUSS NEW STRATEGIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Menon and visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns discussed a new architecture for the Strategic Dialogue and a variety of bilateral and regional issues during several meetings June 10. Remarking on the substantial overlap in thinking on how t [...]
2009-06-11 17:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI1212UNDERSECRETARY BURNS AND FOREIGN MINISTER KRISHNA
[...] (SBU) Summary. In his first meeting with Minister for External Affairs S.M. Krishna, visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns outlined opportunities to expand the bilateral relationship as it enters the next phase. Foreign Secretary Menon and Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Mee [...]
2009-06-11 17:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI1221NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEKS OF JUNE 01 TO
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 08-12, 2009, including the following: -- Not-So-Expert Group Recommends Dilution of Environmental Clearance Process -- India to Establish Environmental Protection Autho [...]
2009-06-12 12:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPL TBIO MNUC ECON KGHG TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI1300INDIA JUSTIFIES DISSENT ON NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon explained to the Charge d'Affaires June 22 India's rationale for failing to support International Nuclear Fuel Bank proposals at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors meeting in Vienna June 15-16 (ref A). According to media re [...]
2009-06-23 13:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI152CIVIL NUCLEAR TRADE MISSION REVEALS IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. A trade mission co-led by the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) and Nuclear Energy Institute explored opportunities for civil nuclear cooperation in meetings with senior political and technical officials in New De [...]
2009-01-23 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI1637 SPECIAL ENVOY STERN ENGAGES INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND NGO
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern held a series of meetings July 20-21 in New Delhi with Government of India officials and NGO representatives to discuss the upcoming Copenhagen Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC as well as potential areas for U.S. - India bila [...]
2009-08-04 11:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI173FRANCE NEEDS CIVIL NUCLEAR LIABILITY CONVENTION,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The French public multinational civil nuclear firm Areva shares many of the same requirements for doing business in India as U.S. private sector firms, including a civil nuclear liability regime consistent with the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage and [...]
2009-01-28 14:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY PREL PARM TSPL KNNP EINV BEXP KIPR
09NEWDELHI190REPUBLIC DAY GUEST OF HONOR: KAZAKHSTAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev's visit to India as chief guest at the 2009 Republic Day celebration resulted in the signature of five substantive agreements, including an MoU on civilian nuclear cooperation. Nazarbayev did not create the media splash other Republic Day [...]
2009-01-30 10:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ENRG TRGY PHUM PINR KDEM KZ IN
09NEWDELHI2000AMBASSADOR PRESSES NSA NARAYANAN ON CIV-NUKE
[...] (C) Summary. During a lengthy September 22 meeting with Indian National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, the Ambassador pushed for rapid GOI action to implement several key provisions of the 123 Civil-Nuclear Agreement in advance of Prime Minister Singh's November 24 state visit to the U.S. Na [...]
2009-09-26 07:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP ETTC TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI2043FOREIGN SECRETARY RAO ON PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao told the Ambassador on September 30 that recent GOI-Pakistan talks in New York were detailed and "useful," observing that the Pakistan side "seemed to realize that terrorism is as much a threat to them as it is to us." Noting that Pakistani a [...]
2009-10-05 08:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP ETTC TRGY IN AF PA
09NEWDELHI2121U/S BURNS AND FS RAO REVIEW PROGRESS ON U.S.-INDIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns discussed progress on the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue and Prime Minister Singh's official state visit to Washington November 22-26. Over the course of an initial one-on-one meeting, a bilateral [...]
2009-10-16 18:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENGRG TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI2280New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- Buzz Misleads on WTO Government Procurement Agreement -- RBI Audits Could Lead to Further Opening of the Banking Sector -- Corporate Profits Up, Sales Not [...]
2009-11-13 09:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI2350New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 16-20, 2009, including the following: -- India Ready for FATF Evaluation -- Disinvestment Gets a Push -- Commerce Minister Plans to Double India's Share in Global Trade Within the Next Five Yea [...]
2009-11-20 11:26:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP TRGY TINT BG NP
09NEWDELHI2441 INDIAN DELEGATION HEADS TO COPENHAGEN WITH SOFT WORDS AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Armed with the Kyoto Protocol and the Bali Action Plan, India's delegation to COP-15 is planning a highly legalistic defense of the G-77 and the entitlement of developing countries to financial flows from the developed world. U.S. negotiators should expect more nit- [...]
2009-12-04 11:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ETRD TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI2550 ENVIRONMENT MINISTER DEFENDS COPENHAGEN ACCORD; LOCAL NGOS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh claimed victory for India's Copenhagen negotiating team in a parliamentary session December 22. Ramesh used his response to opposition attacks to sensitize the nation to the idea India needs to realize its responsibilities as a [...]
2009-12-22 13:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ETRD TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI267AMBASSADOR PRESSES MENON TO IMPLEMENT CIVIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Highlighting U.S. industry concerns about the slow pace of civil nuclear cooperation and stressing the opportunities it holds for U.S. commerce and job creation, Ambassador Mulford pressed Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon February 11 for swifter action on implementation. Menon reit [...]
2009-02-12 12:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI270CLIMATE POSITIONS HARDEN AT 2009 DELHI SUSTAINABLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, held February 5 - 7, 2009, focused solely on climate change and the road to the December 2009 UNFCCC climate negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark. DSDS 2009 attracted fewer current heads of state than in 2008 but more big names including [...]
2009-02-12 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI370INDIA-IAEA: SHARED CONCERN ON IRAN-SYRIA REPORT,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ministry of External Affairs Director for Disarmament and International Security Affairs Gaddam Dharmendra shared February 28 India's perspective on Iran-Syria and India's Additional Protocal, two items on the agenda of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Govern [...]
2009-02-27 14:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY IN PINS ENRG
09NEWDELHI453OES ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY HARNISH ENGAGES GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Oceans, Environment and Sciences Bureau (OES) OES Acting Assistant Secretary Reno Harnish lead a multi-stakeholder delegation to New Delhi to engage GOI ministries on the lessons learned from the 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) in order to suppor [...]
2009-03-11 06:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG PREL TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG BEXP IN
09NEWDELHI533NEW DELHI WEEKLY EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Environment, Science, and Technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 16 - 20, 2009, including the following: -- Haryana State Forest Department Goes After High Profile Development and Mining Interests -- Forest Fires In National Parks Cau [...]
2009-03-20 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO KGHG TRGY NASA TSPA TNGD IN
09NEWDELHI661NEW DELHI WEEKLY EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (SBU) Below is a compilation of Environment, Science, and Technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 30 to April 03, 2009, including the following: -- India to Conduct Next Tiger Census in October 2009 -- Maoist Attack in Orissa's Similipal Wildlife Sanctuary Surprises [...]
2009-04-03 10:33:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TSPA TRGY TNGD ECON SOCI KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI775NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEKS OF APRIL 6 TO
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the weeks of April 06-17, 2009, including the following: -- New Protocols for Tiger Relocations in National Parks -- Poll Indicates Political Parties Unconcerned About the Environment -- [...]
2009-04-17 14:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TSPL TBIO KSCA TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI777CHARGE BURLEIGH ENGAGES INDIAN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CLIMATE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging meeting on April 14, 2009, Charge Burleigh discussed climate change, renewable energy, nuclear non-proliferation, and next steps for the Indo-U.S. Civil Nuclear Agreement with Indian Special Envoy fo [...]
2009-04-20 06:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TRGY PREL ECON KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI782PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAN, AFGHANISTAN WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 17 meeting with Codel Berman, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh endorsed the Obama Administration's outreach to Iran, saying that a comprehensive dialogue will be more effective in changing Tehran's behavior than international sanctions. He urged the U.S. to stay the cou [...]
2009-04-21 06:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PARM TRGY KNNP EAGR ENRG EINV ETRD
09NEWDELHI802 GOING GREEN AND SAVING MILLIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy New Delhi has achieved significant success in energy efficiency and environmental sustainability through a focused "going green" effort. Embassy New Delhi has been a pioneer in rainwater harvesting, solar technology, and energy conservation. Post has realized more than half [...]
2009-04-22 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TRGY ECON KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI805INDIA'S VIEWS ON NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Indian officials and media have welcomed the new U.S. administration,s positions on non-proliferation issues, reciprocating by signaling a willingness to join with us in several areas to reduce the threat of weapons of mass destruction. The Prime Minister,s Special Envoy Shyam Sa [...]
2009-04-22 14:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI924INDIA-IAEA: NEXT DIRECTOR GENERAL, SAFEGUARDS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. India will wait until the last moment to decide which candidate to support as the new IAEA Director General, according to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra. Dharmendra believed that Sout [...]
2009-05-07 12:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP AORC ETTC IAEA ENRG TRGY
09NEWDELHI925INDIA AND NONPROLIFERATION: REACTION TO CALL FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Indian media commentators have expressed concern with Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller's May 5 opening statement at the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Revi [...]
2009-05-07 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI942INDIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY, BABY STEPS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Science and Technology's Department of Science and Technology (DST),the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII),and the Tamil Nadu Technology Development Promotion Council, sponsored a conclave in Delhi April 14 and 15 to identify industry opportunities in India [...]
2009-05-08 13:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TNGD TPHY EIND EAGR TRGY TBIO IN
09NICOSIA649CYPRUS: CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF EU
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 13:28:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN CY
09OTTAWA707CANADA: SHARING U.S. VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA
[...] (C) Summary: Canada is in full agreement with U.S. views concerning Iranian and Syrian nuclear-related activities. Ottawa is prepared to consider additional steps, and seeks enhanced dialogue and coordination with the U.S., as well as additional insights into U.S. thinking for the G20 and UNS [...]
2009-09-11 19:26:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPARM KNNP IAEA MNUC TRGY PREL SY IR CA
09OUAGADOUGOU477IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 11:34:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY UV
09PARIS1000GOF assures on nuclear tech transfer to AREVA from
[...] (U) On July 2, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided assurances concerning the transfer of nuclear technology from Washington Group International to AREVA including possible AREVA projects in the United Kingdom. In turn, the Ministry asks for similar assurances from the U.S. Governmen [...]
2009-07-24 14:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ETTC KNNP KSCA PARM FR
09PARIS1006GOF HEU Assurances for Nuclear Exercise
[...] (U) On July 3 the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided the assurances requested in a letter from the U.S. Department of Energy to the French Embassy's Counselor for Nuclear Affairs concerning the transfer of highly enriched uranium (HEU) to the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) for [...]
2009-07-24 15:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ETTC KNNP KSCA PARM FR
09PARIS1218FRANCE-IAEA: TOTAL SUPPORT ON IRAN, MORE NUANCED ON SYRIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GOF contacts at the MFA and the Elysee all expressed strong agreement with U.S. views of the IAEA report on Iran (reftel),but gave a slightly more nuanced reaction to the Syria report. The French view on the Syria report tracks with ours and our interlocutors expressed serious c [...]
2009-09-04 16:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL FR
09PARIS1447POLAND DELEGATION PARLAYS MDEP MEETING TO
[...] The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Multinational Design Evaluation Program (MDEP) held a conference in Paris, France on September 10 and 11. MDEP core members had decided to expand their reach and organize a formal exchange with national regulators from MDEP non-member countries, industry repres [...]
2009-10-28 15:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG OTRA TRGY TECH OECD FR SP IO
09PARIS235 OECD REPORTING: REPORT OF THE NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY
[...] (U) This is an information cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Workshop on the Security of Supply of Medical Isotopes convened in Paris on January 29-30, 2009 and was well attended by representatives of government, industry, the health industry, intergo [...]
2009-02-13 14:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP TRGY KSCA OECD UNVIE
09PARIS291FRANCE: CONCERN OVER USG FUNDING FOR ITER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: France strongly supports the ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) "clean" nuclear fusion based project that if successfully developed would produce much electricity with little radioactive waste. In addition to providing the ITER site, France has allocated [...]
2009-02-27 17:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG ITER FR
09PARIS294SCENESETTER FOR FRENCH MINISTER OF STATE BORLOO'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU): Minister of State Jean-Louis Borloo arrives in Washington March 4 to engage the USG on climate change and energy policy. As the head of France's "super ministry" combining environment, transportation and energy under the rubric of sustainable development, Borloo is the third ranking off [...]
2009-02-27 17:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENGR TRGY KGHG PREL FR
09PARIS35BIGOT IS THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF FRENCH ATOMIC ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 7, 2009, Bernard Bigot was appointed Chairman of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA),succeeding Alain Bugat. Since 2003 Bigot has been the High Commissioner for Atomic Energy at the CEA, where he was responsible for the quality of scientific research. As chai [...]
2009-01-12 07:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG SENV FR
09PARIS39FRENCH ENVIRONMENT OFFICIALS SEEK EARLY MEETING WITH OBAMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Several French environment officials have underscored France's desire be a trailblazer on global environment and expressed the GOF's wish to meet the Obama Administration climate officials as soon as possible to discuss climate negotiations in preparation for the December 2009 Co [...]
2009-01-12 15:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TRGY ENRG EU FR
09PARIS5FRENCH WELCOME IAEA ADDDITIONAL PROTOCOL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 16:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09PARIS906GNEP - France Hosts Successful Third Reliable
[...] (U) The third meeting of the Reliable Nuclear Fuel Services Working Group (RNFSWG) of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) was held in Cherbourg, France on March 20. Twenty participants from ten countries and two international organizations attended this meeting, which was dedicated to [...]
2009-07-02 16:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG KNNP IAEA FR
09PORTAUPRINCE22HAITI: DEMARCHE ON RATIFICATION OF U.S.-IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-08 19:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PARM IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA
09PORTLOUIS64CHINESE PRESIDENT SPREADS LARGESSE AND BRUISES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although diplomatic relations between China and Mauritius date back to 1972, the first visit to Mauritius of a Chinese President took place this week from February 16- 17. President Hu Jintao visited Mauritius as part of a four- leg African tour that also included Senegal, Mali, [...]
2009-02-20 08:51:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY CH MP
09PORTOFSPAIN430SETTLEMENT OFFER ON GTL DISPUTE IN TRINIDAD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The commercial dispute continues between U.S.-based fuel processing company World GTL (WGTL) and Trinidad and Tobago's national oil company Petrotrin (ref). In recent weeks, the CDA has urged the GOTT to be flexible and consider a commercial settlement during separate conversat [...]
2009-11-03 18:20:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EINV ECON KIDE TRGY BTIO PGOV TD
09PORTOFSPAIN468WGTL SETTLEMENT DEADLINE MAY PASS WITHOUT GOTT ACTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: World GTL's (WGTL) dispute with Trinidad and Tobago's national oil company Petrotrin (reftels) is reaching a watershed moment as its offer for settlement expires December 3. The Minister of Trade told Charge that the GOTT considers the dispute a commercial matter, and Pe [...]
2009-11-25 18:26:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV KIDE ECON EPET PGOV TRGY BTIO TD
09PORTOFSPAIN480PETROTRIN REJECTS DEMAND TO SETTLE WGTL DISPUTE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Lawyers for Trinidad and Tobago's state-owned oil company Petrotrin sent a letter dated December 2 to attorneys representing US-based World GTL (WGTL) rejecting that firm's claims that Petrotrin expropriated its property and fraudulently and negligently deprived WGTL of its inve [...]
2009-12-04 20:55:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV KIDE ECON EPET PGOV TRGY BTIO TD
09PRAGUE102URANIUM RENAISSANCE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-20 16:00:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO RU EZ
09PRAGUE572CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON CLIMATE
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on September 25 to Environment Ministry Department of Climate Change Director Pavel Zamyslicky. Zamyslicky said he is pleased that the U.S. is taking strides to combat climate change outside of the Waxman-Markey bill, which he fears will not sufficiently pro [...]
2009-09-25 15:04:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EZ
09PRAGUE705RECOMMENDATION TO PURSUE NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his October 21 letter to Czech PM Fischer, Energy Secretary Chu wrote that he "would welcome discussion on a bilateral technology agreement that would promote cooperation in nuclear energy research and development in areas such as next generation design." The Government of [...]
2009-12-04 10:21:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG BTIO PREL TNGD BEXP EZ
09PRETORIA103SAG APPROVES RETURN OF U.S.-ORIGIN SPENT FUEL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 06:23:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF
09PRETORIA173NRC DISCUSSES 2007 PELINDABA SECURITY INCIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: South African officials attribute the November 2007 Pelindaba break-in to criminal - rather than terrorist - intent. The police have not arrested the culprits. Officials stress that facilities containing nuclear materials were not threatened or impacted by the attack. Official [...]
2009-01-29 13:23:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF
09PRETORIA1823NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS -- LAUNCHING A LISTENING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 15:12:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY SF
09PRETORIA238SAG READY TO SIGN AGREEMENT ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) South Africa is ready to sign the Agreement on Cooperation in Research and Development of Nuclear Energy. The SAG would like to sign this agreement at the Ministerial level and implement it as a "living" and broad agreement. The SAG will follow the USG lead on whether it is signed by th [...]
2009-02-06 15:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF
09PRETORIA2395AMBASSADOR JENKINS DISCUSSES MOLYDENUM-99 WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins met with Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (NECSA) Chief Executive Officer Rob Adam on November 10. They discussed the Nuclear Security Summit, the bilateral agreement on cooperation in nuclear energy R&D, and cooperation on production of medi [...]
2009-11-24 06:24:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL MNUC KNNP EMIN ETRD TRGY TBIO SF
09QUITO136ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S. RATIFICATION OF
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on January 20 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 13. Puma noted that the GOE supports the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) as well as the [...]
2009-02-21 00:39:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09QUITO482ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 13:27:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY EC
09QUITO488ECUADOR RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR FUEL BANK DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche seeking support for the creation of an international nuclear fuel bank, Econoff met with Under Secretary for Nuclear Control, Investigation, and Applications, Geovanna Lucio, on June 11. Lucio noted that she supported the establishment of a nuclear fuel ba [...]
2009-06-19 14:59:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
09RABAT127MOROCCANS PREPARING FOR NNSA SEMINAR ON HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Boujemaa Zenzouni, Chief of Cooperation of Morocco's Centre National de l'Energie, des Sciences et des Techniques Nucleaires (CNESTEN),confirmed to EconOff that CNESTEN is well advanced in its planning to co-host, with DOE/NNSA, the planned March 30- April 2 seminar on "Human Resources [...]
2009-02-10 16:50:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA AORC MO
09RABAT175GOM RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON RELIABLE ACCESS TO
[...] (SBU) EconOff conveyed reftel points on February 26 to Abdellaziz Hannaji, the IAEA Technical Liaison of the Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and the Environment (MEMEE). Hannaji appreciated hearing the USG perspective, but noted that MEMEE would provide its opinion on the feasibility of nucl [...]
2009-02-27 15:44:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY AORC KNNP IAEA MO
09RABAT520MOROCCO CONSIDERING LEVEL OF INTEREST IN POSSIBLE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Poloff met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Head of Section of Security and Disarmament Affairs Bouchaib Eloumni on June 17 to discuss reftel and Morocco's level of interest in membership of the G-8 Global [...]
2009-06-17 17:59:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM PREL TRGY KNNP MO
09RABAT847OPIC-SUPPORTED RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT
[...] (U) Summary: Morocco's energy sector is expected to require nearly USD 12 billion of investment in the next six years, including USD 7.6 billion for electricity production. The Kingdom's energy strategy calls for renewable energy to make up one- third of the new production capacity. Morocca [...]
2009-10-15 15:33:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ENRG SENV TRGY MO
09RANGOON48RANGOON URANIUM SELLER: FINAL DISPOSITION
[...] (S/NF) On November 26, 2008 and December 4, 2008 DAO Rangoon tested the suspected material described in RefTels A and B. DAO Rangoon used an "identiFinder" Field Spectrometer that detected no evidence of radioactive material at the time of testing. The sample results were forwarded to WashDC [...]
2009-01-23 06:54:00Embassy RangoonSECRET//NOFORNKNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY BM PTER
09RIGA481EU WILL PRESS DEVELOPING NATIONS ON CLIMATE CHANGE; HOW AND
[...] (U) Latvia believes that the EU will press developing nations to make international commitments at climate change negotiations but shared no details as to how that will be done. Pol/Econ Off delivered reftel demarche to Valdis Bisters, Director of the MOE's Climate and Renewable Energy Depar [...]
2009-09-25 14:57:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN LG
09RIYADH1181DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA
[...] (U) CDA Ambassador Richard Erdman delivered points in reftel as a nonpaper to Ambassador Khalid al-Jindan, Deputy Foreign Minister for Bilateral Affairs, on September 8. Jindan had no immediate substantive response. MUENCH [...]
2009-09-12 12:13:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM MNUC TRGY PREL
09RIYADH1203SAUDI ARABIA PLANNING TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR ENERGY?
[...] (SBU) On September 9, Dr. Prince Turki bin Saud bin Mohammed Al-Saud, Vice President for Research Institutes at the King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology (KACST),gave Econ Counselor an overview of Saudi plans to develop a nuclear industry. Turki noted that Saudi Arabia faces a signif [...]
2009-09-14 14:41:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PARM TRGY FR RS SA
09ROME1141Climate Change - Italy Supportive on MEF and Emerging
[...] (SBU) Summary: Italian officials involved in international climate negotiations feel the September Major Economies Forum (MEF) meeting went well, and recommend close U.S.-EU coordination before the October 18-19 MEF meeting. They confirmed that Italian Environment Minister Prestigiacomo had p [...]
2009-10-08 11:51:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG TRGY KSCA UN IT
09ROME1176GNEP: ITALY TO HAVE "CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH" TO USG
[...] (SBU) On October 20 ECONOFF delivered reftel points, on the changes the USG is proposing for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP),to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Counselor Roberto Liotto. Liotto is Director for Space, Technology, Defense, Nuclear Issues, and Non-proliferation in [...]
2009-10-22 11:28:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA IT
09ROME653ITALY PROPOSES LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION WITH
[...] Summary. At a May 26 low-carbon technology conference organized by the Embassy and Italian co-sponsors, Environment Director General Corrado Clini called for Italy-U.S. collaboration in developing and deploying clean energy technology in China and other countries. He highlighted three sector [...]
2009-06-09 13:31:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG KGHG TRGY KSCA KPAO CH IT
09ROME661U.S./ITALY/CHINA: OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLIMATE AND
[...] (SBU) Italian Environment Director General Corrado Clini, a pillar of Italy's climate negotiations for over 15 years, in recent months has strongly called, both in private and publicly, for Italy-U.S. collaboration in developing and deploying clean energy technology in China and other countrie [...]
2009-06-11 06:03:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG TRGY KSCA CH IT
09ROME736ITALY LEANING TOWARD UAE FOR IRENA HEADQUARTERS, STILL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Italian Foreign Ministry officials said Italy is leaning toward the choice of the United Arab Emirates as the headquarters for the new International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA),but the Italian position could still change if there are "important advances" in the case for Bo [...]
2009-06-25 06:31:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG TRGY SENV KSCA IEA IT
09ROME812Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern's Meeting with
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 9 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern on the margins of the G8 Summit, United Nations Secretary General (UNSYG) Ban Ki Moon thanked the U.S., and President Obama in particular, for leadership on the issue of climate change. Ban asked that th [...]
2009-07-16 08:06:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG TRGY KSCA UN IT
09SANSALVADOR57EL SALVADOR ON U.S.-IAEA ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 14:41:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09SANTIAGO1118CHILE'S RENEWABLE ENERGY WEEK INCLUDES U.S. EXPERTS IN SOLAR
[...] SUMMARY: Chile, which is looking to boost its use of renewable energy as a means to improve energy security and combat the effects of climate change, hosted a week of renewable energy events October 5-9 focused on two areas where Chile appears to have comparative natural advantages: solar an [...]
2009-11-20 16:09:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EINT TRGY DOE CI
09SANTIAGO1156Ambassador's Trip to Iquique: Positive Engagement on Drug
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador visited Chile's 1st region October 28-29 to meet local leaders and strengthen ties to an important economic area of the country. Iquique, a city in far northern Chile built on the once-booming nitrate industry, is now home to one of Chile's two free trade zones. I [...]
2009-12-01 15:24:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR TRGY DEA CI BL
09SANTIAGO1200SUBJECT: CHILE: Presidential Candidates' Energy Platforms -
[...] SUMMARY: The energy platforms of Chile's three leading presidential candidates aim to improve Chile's energy security while supporting economic growth and, to a lesser extent, include environmental protection and social welfare components. There are significant shared elements: diversificat [...]
2009-12-10 19:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO189 CHILE'S ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS FEBRUARY 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable provides highlights of activity in the Chilean energy sector during February 2009. Chile's Energy Minister met with Secretary of Energy Chu in Washington to discuss collaboration on renewable energy and energy efficiency. Supported by recent profits and regulatory imp [...]
2009-03-02 19:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO199 AMBASSADOR VISITS VALDIVIA, SPEAKS AT CONSERVATION FINANCE
[...] Summary: The Ambassador recently visited Valdivia -- a forestry and scientific research hub in southern Chile -- to deliver remarks at the closing session of a Harvard-affiliated conference, "Conservation Capital in the Americas," at the Universidad Austral. In his first visit to the recently- [...]
2009-03-04 18:47:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV ENRG PGOV TRGY CI
09SANTIAGO202 CHILE: READY FOR AN ENERGY PARTNERSHIP, PLANS RENEWABLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent conversations with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Tokman has outlined Chile's desire to be a strong partner under the proposed Energy Partnership of the Americas and its interest in increasing U.S.-Chile collaboration on energy efficiency and renewable energy. Tokman [...]
2009-03-04 19:57:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO214 EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM IN CHILE
[...] (U) Embassy Santiago would like to submit the following two proposals for Embassy Science Fellows (ref a). The requests are separate and independent of each other. 2. (U) The point of contact for the proposals is ESTH officer Mary Brett Rogers-Springs; rogers-springsmb@state.gov; telephone: [...]
2009-03-06 18:31:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO243 CHILE PROPOSES JOINT CHILE-U.S. FUND FOR SOLAR ENERGY;
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a recent conversation with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Marcelo Tokman proposed a joint "U.S.-Chile Fund for the Development of Solar Energy," financed by US$15 million from each country, to be announced at the Summit [...]
2009-03-13 10:27:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO349 CHILE'S ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS MARCH 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable provides highlights of activity in the Chilean energy sector during March 2009. Energy Minister Tokman discussed potential collaboration on renewable energy with Vice President Biden's delegation. Expert teams from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Asia [...]
2009-04-15 19:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO358 CHILE HOSTS APEC ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chile recently hosted two energy-related visits by international organizations engaged in comprehensive reviews of the country's energy sector. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) energy efficiency peer review took place March 16-20 and the results will be presen [...]
2009-04-16 16:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO486GLOBAL THREAT REDUCTION INITIATIVE EFFORTS TO REMOVE
[...] SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA),Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI),met with the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission (CCHEN) from April 21-23 to begin planning for the removal of the British- and French-origin highly enriched ur [...]
2009-05-22 15:57:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP TRGY CI
09SANTIAGO496 CHILE'S ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS -- APRIL 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable provides highlights of activity in the Chilean Energy sector during April 2009. Ambassador Simons gave a keynote address in California at a GOC-hosted solar energy seminar, at which Chile's Minister of Energy announced bid solicitations for two solar power plants. Chi [...]
2009-05-27 21:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO535 CHILE'S ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS -- MAY 2009
[...] SUMMARY: This cable provides highlights of activity in the Chilean energy sector during May 2009. The Ambassador participated as a panel speaker at the 8th annual ElecGas conference in Santiago. At the event, experts noted new generation projects may create transmission bottlenecks for Chil [...]
2009-06-08 19:55:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO563 CHILEAN ENERGY MINISTER TOKMAN ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador personally relayed ref points to Chilean Minister of Energy Marcelo Tokman June 11. Econoff and Econ Specialist delivered the demarche to Carlos Pina, head of international affairs at the Chilean National Energy Commission (CNE). Tokman told the Ambassador that [...]
2009-06-16 21:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG KGHG KNNP SENV TRGY CI
09SANTIAGO641 CHILE'S ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS - JUNE 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable provides highlights of activity in the Chilean energy sector during June 2009. Chile and the U.S. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on alternative clean power development, a new renewable energy center (REC),and solar power plants, all in Chi [...]
2009-07-10 15:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO74 AMBASSADOR AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTER DISCUSS U.S.-CHILE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 21 meeting, Environment Minister Ana Lya Uriarte and Ambassador Simons discussed the timing of the formation of the Ministry of Environment, priorities for Chile's National Action Plan on Climate Change and the Minister's specific interest in collaboration on techni [...]
2009-01-22 19:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV ENRG PGOV TRGY CI
09SANTIAGO783 GOC Seeks Solution after Supreme Court Invalidated
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Chilean officials have told the Ambassador that the Chilean Supreme Court's invalidation of an environmental permit for AES Gener's power plant is a serious problem that could undermine Chile's image as a stable investment environment, and that the Bachelet administration [...]
2009-08-17 15:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO93 CHILE: ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS FOR JANUARY 2009
[...] SUMMARY: This cable provides a summary of developments in the Chilean energy sector during January 2009. Thanks to a recent vote in the Chamber of Deputies, Chile moved closer to creating a new Ministry of Energy, which may pass into law by the end of March. Seeking to increase the flow of re [...]
2009-01-30 20:33:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTODOMINGO101DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IAEA ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL DELIVERED
[...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on the U.S.-IAEA Additional Protocol to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. (U) Please visit us at http://ww [...]
2009-01-27 17:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC IAEA ENRG NPT KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09SANTODOMINGO68DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IAEA ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL DELIVERED
[...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on the U.S.-IAEA Additional Protocol to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. (U) Please visit us at http://ww [...]
2009-01-20 17:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC IAEA ENRG NPT KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09SAPPORO30TOMARI: JAPAN'S NORTHERNMOST NUCLEAR COMMUNITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Sapporo Conoffs recently visited the town of Tomari, home to Hokkaido's only nuclear power facility. As a new nuclear reactor there that will be capable of burning mixed plutonium-uranium oxide (MOX) fuel prepares to come online, the community continues to benefit from subsidies an [...]
2009-07-29 10:26:00Consulate SapporoUNCLASSIFIEDJA ENRG ECON PGOV TRGY
09SEOUL1254SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - JUNE-JULY 2009
[...] In conjunction with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's summit with President Obama in Washington DC in mid-June, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Korean Minister of Knowledge Economy (MKE) Lee Yoon-ho signed a Statement of Intent on June 16 to begin cooperation on research and development in [...]
2009-08-10 03:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ELTN ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL1469SEOUL ESTH UPDATE -AUGUST 2009
[...] On August 4, Korea proposed three options to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, saying it will determine the final implementation plan by the end of this year. The Presidential Committee on Green Growth (PCGG) unveiled three scenarios that seek to reduce emissions from 21 to 30 percent [...]
2009-09-15 01:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ELTN ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL1595SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 2009
[...] Korea's top businesses want the government to select the least restrictive option for its greenhouse gas emissions reduction when it decides a mid-term (2020) target later this year, according to a survey released on September 9 by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry. About two-thirds [...]
2009-10-08 00:56:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EIND ENRG TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL1773SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - OCTOBER 2009
[...] (SBU) Korea is the ninth largest emitter of carbon dioxide gas in the world, the government said on October 19, quoting a report using 2007 data by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The country ranked as the tenth largest CO2 emitter in an earlier report using 2005 emissions data. Korea [...]
2009-11-06 03:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EIND ENRG TBIO OEXC TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL318SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - February 2009
[...] The ROKG has issued a public notice on the upcoming introduction of legislation of a "Basic Law on Low Carbon, Green Growth." The draft bill will be an amalgamation of three programs: A) The Basic Law on Climate Change: Draft legislation that had already been pending at the National Assemb [...]
2009-03-02 05:14:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON ENRG TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KHIV KS
09SEOUL587SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - MARCH 2009
[...] After several rounds of public hearings, the Lee Myung-bak administration submitted draft legislation entitled "The Basic Law on Low Carbon and Green Growth" to the National Assembly on February 28. The proposed legislation calls for the introduction of a market-based cap-and-trade system on [...]
2009-04-10 06:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON ENRG TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KS
09SEOUL810SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - APRIL 2009
[...] On April 27, the Korean government unveiled an interim plan for its four major river restoration projects, aimed at flood control, securing sufficient water supplies, upgrading river water quality, and reviving ecosystems, as well as boosting local economies through job creation to carry out t [...]
2009-05-21 05:51:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR ECON ENRG TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KS
09SEOUL951SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - MAY 2009
[...] The third biennial summit of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, held in Seoul from May 18-21, reviewed progress that cities have made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and assessed future challenges. At the summit, mayors and officials from the world's 40 biggest cities plus 17 affil [...]
2009-06-16 06:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS
09SHANGHAI148WORLD EXPO 2010: ENVIRONMENTAL FOCUS ON "BETTER CITY, BETTER
[...] SUMMARY: Shanghai officials and event organizers are already touting the "green" focus of Expo 2010, set to open May 1, 2010 and run for six months. With the theme "Better City, Better Life," the Expo will showcase new approaches to urban development, human habitats, lifestyles, and working c [...]
2009-04-02 08:33:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD ENRG TRGY SCUL BEXP CH
09SHANGHAI169SHANGHAI PROMOTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To meet Shanghai's energy demands and ambitious Central Government-mandated energy consumption reduction targets, Shanghai officials are working hard to adjust the city's energy mix by reducing its reliance on coal through the use of environmentally-friendly resources and improv [...]
2009-04-14 08:32:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON TRGY SENV EFIN CH
09SHANGHAI186SANMEN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - OFFICIALS MARK THE START OF
[...] On April 19, the National Development and Reform Commission - National Energy Administration (NEA),China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC),State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC),and the Sanmen Nuclear Power Company hosted a construction commencement ceremony for the Sanmen Nuc [...]
2009-04-24 07:09:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECIN EINV TRGY BEXP CH
09SHANGHAI241CODEL PELOSI DISCUSSES ENERGY CONSERVATION AND EMISSIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a May 25 roundtable discussion on energy conservation and emissions reduction with Shanghai entrepreneurs, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representatives Markey, Sensenbrenner, Blumenauer, and Speier underscored the importance of U.S.-China cooperation on energy issues, especially [...]
2009-05-29 06:30:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV KIPR KGHG TRGY OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH
09SHANGHAI309SHANGHAI AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the Shanghai 2010 World Expo approaching, Shanghai has been discussing environmental protection in several different fora. Shanghai's experience with environmental protection has been quite different from other cities in China due to its rapid growth and expansion. Because [...]
2009-07-10 08:48:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETRD ENRG TRGY EFIN BEXP CH
09SINGAPORE1023GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT: SINGAPORE TO
[...] (SBU) Singapore will send a two-person delegation to attend the November 4-5 Sous-Sherpa/Experts meeting in Washington D.C. MFA International Organizations Deputy Director Chin Siew Fei will lead the Singapore delegation. The GOS has not yet decided who will be the second member of the deleg [...]
2009-10-21 09:13:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG PTER TRGY AORC IAEA SN
09SINGAPORE1060NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT: SINGAPORE DESIGNATES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 08:55:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG PREL PTER TRGY IAEA SN
09SINGAPORE558SINGAPORE RESPONSE REGARDING INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 09:42:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA SN
09SOFIA559BULGARIA RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel talking points to Detelina Peicheva, Chief Expert of the International Cooperation Department at the Environment Ministry on October 1. Peicheva expressed appreciation for what she described as the United States' new position on climate change, which is now closer to [...]
2009-10-02 09:28:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG TRGY BU
09STATE101294CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH TUNISIA:
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Tunisia (GOT) has expressed interest in consultations with USG nuclear experts as part of a study it is conducting on the feasibility of achieving nuclear power on its territory by 2023. Since past GOT [...]
2009-09-29 17:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TS
09STATE110915NUCLEAR SMUGGLING OUTREACH INITIATIVE: SIGNING OF
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Helsinki. See para 4. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs have reached agreement on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under which the Finns will contribute 250,000 euros to the Second L [...]
2009-10-27 20:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PARM OTRA KNNP TRGY FI KTIA
09STATE113758LETTERS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S SCIENCE ADVISOR TO
[...] (U) This is an action request for Posts Canberra, Paris, Berlin, and Pretoria. See paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The United States imports all of its Mo-99 (a key medical isotope) from foreign suppliers, but there is currently a worldwide shortage due to various nuclear [...]
2009-11-04 14:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY TBIO AS FR GM SF
09STATE115585USG ACCEPTS EGYPTIAN PROPOSAL FOR CIVIL NUCLEAR
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, Egypt invited USG civil nuclear experts to Cairo for discussions on cooperation related to civil nuclear infrastructure. Department has decided to respond positively to this proposal in order to rebuild trus [...]
2009-11-09 19:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP TRGY EG
09STATE117692ROK - SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL MANAGEMENT CONSULTATIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Embassy is requested to contact appropriate interlocutors in MOFAT and MEST and convey the U.S. desire to hold the November 23-24 reprocessing consultations in the context of the U.S. proposal for an international framework on nuclear [...]
2009-11-13 23:12:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY KS
09STATE117710NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - ELICITING SUPPORT FOR THE
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 26-27, 2009 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, the Board will be asked to formally approve the first proposal for an international nuclear fuel bank. Specificall [...]
2009-11-14 00:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TU AJ CH GM SZ BR RO AR
09STATE118784CIVIL NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) In February 2008, an Ambassadorial-level U.S. delegation including Jackie Wolcott, the former Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, visited Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to discuss potential areas of cooperation aimed at the devel [...]
2009-11-17 22:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP ENRG TRGY KU BA SA MU
09STATE11902RESPONSE TO IAEA COMPREHENSIVE SAFEGUARDS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 4-6. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (U) On May 16, 2008, the United States Government and the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on civil nuclear cooperation. A few weeks later, a similar nuclea [...]
2009-02-09 23:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PREL TRGY SA QA
09STATE11918JANUARY 27 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the first G8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting of the Italian 2009 G8 Presidency, Chair Gianluca Alberini outlined a program of work that included the two main G8 Global Partnership (GP) objectives agreed to at the 2008 G8 Summit: (a) completing current G8 Globa [...]
2009-02-10 00:28:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR IT
09STATE120282NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - SEEKING CO-SPONSORS FOR
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 26-27, 2009 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, the Board will be asked to formally approve the first proposal for an international nuclear fuel bank. Specificall [...]
2009-11-21 00:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TU AJ CH GM SZ BR RO AR
09STATE120803INTERNATIONAL ENERGY PLANNING AND NUCLEAR
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 6. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) is interested in sponsoring an international energy planning and nuclear nonproliferation workshop in Muscat, Oman, in the April [...]
2009-11-24 01:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP ENRG TRGY MU
09STATE129201(U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON THE RETIREMENT OF
[...] (SBU) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REFTEL ON THE TRANSITION OF PERSONNEL IN INDIA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM. THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON S.K. BANERJEE'S DEMEANOR, ENGAGEMENT WITH US OFFICIALS, AND HIS ABILITY TO LEAD INDIA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM WAS PARTICULARLY HELPFUL. WE WOULD WELCOME A [...]
2009-12-17 23:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR BEXP ECON EINV ENRG PREL TRGY IN
09STATE16285IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 6-9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General (DG) ElBaradei released his latest reports on the status of the IAEA's investigations into Iran and Syria's nuclear programs on 19 February 2 [...]
2009-02-22 20:18:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY
09STATE17214RANF: U.S. DEMARCHE TO FORWARD-LEANING RECIPIENT
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 9; Kuwait please see paras 9 and 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Since 2003, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Secretariat has been developing a mechanism for reliable access to nuclear fuel (RANF). This mechanism is intended to suppleme [...]
2009-02-24 23:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG JO KNNP KU MO QA SA TH TRGY TS VM IAEA
09STATE18236PREVENTING IRAN'S ACQUISITION OF NAMIBIAN URANIUM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 22:38:00Secretary of StateSECRETEMIN ENRG ETTC IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY AF
09STATE22002APPROACHING SIERRA LEONE ON PREVENTING IRAN'S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 9-11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Iran,s limited indigenous supply of uranium makes it nearly impossible for Iran to continue its current pace of enrichment activity. As a consequence, Iran will likely be forced to reach out to foreign supplie [...]
2009-03-09 20:00:00Secretary of StateSECRETAF KNNP IR MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC
09STATE22566RANF: GUIDANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO UK
[...] (U) For London: This is an action request. See para 7 below. 2. (U) This document provides guidance (paras 5-6) for the U.S. delegation, to be led by UNVIE Ambassador Schulte, to the UK Conference on "Multilateral Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle," which will be held March 17-18 in Lond [...]
2009-03-10 21:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG KNNP TRGY UK IAEA
09STATE246DEPOSIT OF NOTIFICATION AND INSTRUMENT OF
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 3 below. 2. Background: The Department is forwarding via Federal Express (tracking number 8638 1698 3980) the U.S. Instrument for Ratification to the Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the United States of America and the International Ato [...]
2009-01-02 19:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ENRG KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PGOV PREL TRGY IAEA NPT
09STATE26295SUBJECT: BELGIUM REQUESTS URGENT INFORMATION ON
[...] (S) This is an action request (see paragraphs 2 and 3) in response to a question from Werner Bauwens, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, on GOB request (reftel) for USG views regarding a pending Belgian export license application for Iran. 2. (S) Although Bauwens did not [...]
2009-03-19 13:22:00Secretary of StateSECRETENRG ETTC KNNP KSCA MNUC PARM TRGY BE IR
09STATE322ANNOUNCING RATIFICATION OF THE U.S.-IAEA
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 15-17. ------- Summary ------- 2. Summary: On December 30, 2008, the President signed the instrument of ratification for the Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the United States of America and the International Atomic Energy [...]
2009-01-03 03:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA
09STATE36838IAEA BEIJING MINISTERIAL ON NUCLEAR ENERGY -
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 3. 2. (U) On April 20-21, 2009, the Government of China, through the China Atomic Energy Authority, will host an international ministerial conference on "Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century." Following the Ministerial Conference held in Pari [...]
2009-04-14 22:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC CH ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA
09STATE36849RESPONSE FROM THE SECRETARY TO THE LEAGUE OF
[...] Please deliver the following letter from the Secretary to the appropriate representatives of the Green League of U.S. Embassies. There will be no signed original. 2. Begin text: Dear Green League of U.S. Embassies Representatives: Climate change is one of the greatest twenty-first [...]
2009-04-14 22:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDABLD SENV TRGY KGHG ADCO KPAO
09STATE42850(S/REL TO USA, AUS, CAN, GBR, NZL) REQUEST FOR
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN CLOSELY MONITORING ANY TURKISH PROGRESS TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM, AND APPRECIATE POST'S CONTINUED REPORTING (FOR EXAMPLE IN REFTELS A AND B) ON TURKEY'S INTEREST IN NUCLEAR POWER. 2. (S/NF) ANALYSTS CONSIDER TURKEY TO B [...]
2009-04-28 18:51:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY TSPL TU
09STATE45012U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFER TO
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 6. 2. SUMMARY: The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) would like to extend a formal offer to the Government of Turkmenistan (GOTX) to participate in both bilateral and regional efforts to enhance regulatory oversight of radio [...]
2009-05-04 15:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC TX PARM KNNP TRGY
09STATE57671U.S. UAE NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 7-8. UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2.SUMMARY: Consistent with Article IV of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT),one of the ways that the United States supports peaceful nuclear development is through bilateral arrangements with [...]
2009-06-04 18:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA TC
09STATE60334IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 6-10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General (DG) ElBaradei released his latest reports on the status of the IAEA's investigations into Iran and Syria's nuclear programs on 5 June 2009. [...]
2009-06-11 17:54:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY
09STATE62400JUNE 4 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ISN Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthias Mitman led the USDEL to the G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting in Rome on June 4--the final meeting prior to the G-8 Summit July 8-10. The GPWG focused on achieving consensus on the final GP Annual Report and the GP [...]
2009-06-16 21:58:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CB TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR IT
09STATE65086FUNDING FOR TRAVEL BY ALGERIAN NUCLEAR EXPERTS
[...] The Department of State's Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction has invited three nuclear experts from Algeria to attend the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting being held July 12-16, 2009, in Tucson, AZ. Remki Merzak, Director of Cooperation of the Algerian Atomic Ener [...]
2009-06-23 19:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAL KNNP TRGY
09STATE76708NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - CAPITALIZING ON THE JUNE
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 13. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) A step forward on fuel assurances was taken at the June 2009 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors (BOG),at which the Board considered two concrete nuclear fuel ba [...]
2009-07-22 21:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS
09STATE85122NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - LAUNCHING A LISTENING
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Since 2004, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Secretariat has promoted the concept of multilateral nuclear fuel assurances. This concept is intended to strengthen the international nuclear [...]
2009-08-14 20:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY BR AR SF EG IN MY RS
09STATE91199NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - OVERCOMING INDIA'S SENSE OF
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see paras 3 and 14. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) A step forward on fuel assurances was taken at the June 15-18, 2009 meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors (BOG),at which the Board considered two concrete nuc [...]
2009-09-01 19:19:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IN RS
09STATE91633U.S. VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 6-8. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) DIRECTOR GENERAL (DG) ELBARADEI RELEASED HIS LATEST REPORTS ON THE STATUS OF THE IAEA'S INVESTIGATIONS INTO IRAN AND SYRIA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMS ON AUGUST 28, 20 [...]
2009-09-02 20:03:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL
09STATE92656IAEA: GUIDANCE FOR USDEL TO IAEA BOARD OF
[...] Department appreciates Missions analysis and recommendations for the September 2009 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) BOG meeting (Ref A). Instructions for USDEL are provided in paragraphs 2-10 below and follow the IAEA provisional agenda in GOV/2009/58. Cleared U.S. position papers, [...]
2009-09-05 02:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIAEA KNNP TRGY AORC ENRG PTER KN XP
09STATE92659IAEA: GUIDANCE FOR USDEL TO IAEA BOARD OF
[...] Department appreciates Missions analysis and recommendations for the September 2009 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) BOG meeting (Ref A). Instructions for USDEL are provided in paragraphs 2-10 below and follow the IAEA provisional agenda in GOV/2009/58. Cleared U.S. position papers, [...]
2009-09-05 02:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIAEA KNNP TRGY AORC ENRG PTER KN XP
09STATE93930IAEA: GUIDANCE FOR USDEL TO BOARD OF GOVERNORS
[...] PER SEPTEL, INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE USDEL FOR AGENDA ITEM 6(D) ON IRAN ARE INCLUDED IN PARAS 2-3. DEL IS INSTRUCTED TO USE THE STATEMENT IN PARA 4. 2. U.S. POSITION PAPER BEGIN ISSUE PAPER ISSUE: THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS THE DIRECTOR GENERAL?S LATEST REPORT ON THE STATUS OF TH [...]
2009-09-10 00:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIAEA KNNP TRGY AORC PTER IR
09STATE94942IAEA: GUIDANCE FOR USDEL TO 2009 IAEA GENERAL
[...] Summary. The Department appreciates the Mission's analysis and recommendations for the September General Conference (GC) meeting (refs A and B). Instructions for USDEL for the GC are provided in paragraphs 2-27 below and follow the provisional agenda in document GOV/2009/19. U.S. position [...]
2009-09-11 23:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIAEA KNNP TRGY AORC ENRG PTER KN XP
09STATE97542ACTION REQUEST: CLIMATE CHANGE DISCUSSION WITH EU
[...] (U) This is an action request for all Posts in EU Member State capitals. Please see paragraph 2. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) In preparation for the European Economic and Financial Affairs and Environment Council meetings October 20 and 21, respectively, and the European C [...]
2009-09-20 04:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN
09STATE9874INFORMATION RELATED TO THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) This is an informational cable. Unclassified - entire text. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The United States Department of Energy (DOE)/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is sponsoring a three-week seminar on international nuclear safeguards from May 2, 2009 to May 23, 2009, in the U [...]
2009-02-03 22:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAG AORC EG ENRG ID KNNP MO MY OTRA TH TRGY TS VM
09STOCKHOLM513 Discussion with Sweden on Next Steps to Launch the "Next
[...] (U) Summary: Swedish officials are enthusiastic about launching the "Next Big Thing," a U.S.-EU Alternative Energy Partnership modeled on the U.S.-Sweden partnership. State Secretary for Energy Ola Altera said he will contact Sweden's Perm Rep in Brussels as soon as he had reviewed this with [...]
2009-08-14 13:19:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09TAIPEI1383GREENING TAIWAN, PART II: ELECTRIC VEHICLE
[...] (U) Reftel introduced Taiwan's plans to develop a "green technologies" industrial base through a USD 1.5 billion public investment plan, which the authorities hope will attract a further USD 6.25 billion in domestic and foreign investment over the next five years, create 110,000 new jobs, and [...]
2009-11-20 10:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALSENV ECON ENRG EINV TRGY TSPL TW XE
09TAIPEI1453TAIWAN'S GHG REDUCTION STRATEGY FACES CARBON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan is one of the world's largest per capita emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG). Officials, academics, and civil society have found common cause in the idea of creating a "low-carbon society" in Taiwan, motivated by political, economic, and disaster mitigation goals. The cen [...]
2009-12-09 22:36:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALSENV ECON ENRG EINV TRGY PREL TSPL TW XE
09TAIPEI937TAIWAN EXPRESSES INTEREST IN GLOBAL FORUM TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Taiwan's high-tech electronics industries annually produce millions of CO2-equivalent tons of greenhouse gases (GHG). Despite successful voluntary GHG emission reduction programs, more action will be required under the likely implementation of a GHG emissions cap now under revie [...]
2009-08-05 06:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALTW XE ENRG OIIP TRGY TSPL SENV
09TBILISI1931GEORGIA IDENTIFIES SHERPA FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-23 15:16:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ENRG PREL PTER TRGY IAEA GG
09TBILISI92GEORGIA: ANNOUNCEMENT ON RATIFICATION OF U.S.-IAEA
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Division of Americas desk officer Nana Shonia on January 13. She promised to relay the information to the appropriate MFA officials. TEFFT [...]
2009-01-20 13:45:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09THEHAGUE329INVITATION TO ATTEND U.S. EMBASSY THE HAGUE-HOSTED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy The Hague is conducting a tabletop exercise (TTX) on July 14th, 2009 with the primary goal of training Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) in the procedures and expectations following a simulated U.S. nuclear accident on Dutch soil. Post invites addressee posts [...]
2009-06-02 16:27:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MNUC PARM TRGY KRAD NL
09THEHAGUE44NETHERLANDS: NUCLEAR ENERGY EXPANSION NOT IMMINENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Netherlands will not lead a European "nuclear renaissance." If Europe's commitment to nuclear power takes off, the Dutch will eventually follow. There is a growing consensus that the Netherlands cannot achieve its ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets w [...]
2009-01-20 09:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO NL
09TOKYO1004GOJ REQUESTS COPY OF U.S.-UAE BILATERAL NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma, during a April 28 meeting with Econoff on other issues (septel),expressed interest in the status of the U.S.-UAE bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement. He explained [...]
2009-04-30 07:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ENRG PREL TRGY MNUC PUNE JA
09TOKYO1009JAPAN, RUSSIA LIKELY TO CONCLUDE NUCLEAR AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Japan and Russia likely will conclude a bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement in May during the planned visit of Prime Minister Putin to Tokyo. Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials and a Russian Embassy contact indicate an agreement is in the final stage [...]
2009-04-30 08:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM ENRG PREL TRGY MNUC PUNE RU JA
09TOKYO1107JAPAN-RUSSIA SIGN NUCLEAR COOPERATION PACT
[...] (C) Summary. Nuclear cooperation and trade and investment, rather than the Northern Territories issue, dominated Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's May 11-13 Tokyo visit. The countries signed an historic accord on nuclear cooperation and agreed to expand economic and other cooperative efforts in [...]
2009-05-15 08:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA RS
09TOKYO1158GOJ REPORTS UAE PREFERENCES FOR NUCLEAR PLANT
[...] (C//NF) Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Nuclear Energy Policy Planning Division Deputy Director Junichi Yokota commented on the UAE's selection of three international consortia to bid on its upcoming nuclear plant tender during a May 18 meeting with Emboffs (to be reported sept [...]
2009-05-21 06:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG TRGY NRR PUNE KNNP PGOV ECON ETRD AE JA
09TOKYO1193GOJ STRATEGY FOR IAEA ELECTION; REQUEST FOR
[...] (U) Please note action request contained in para 5. 2. (SBU) The GOJ is aware of and greatly appreciates U.S. advocacy on behalf of its candidate for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and [...]
2009-05-27 03:46:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM ENRG TRGY PUNE IAEA JA
09TOKYO1266JAPAN'S PLANS FOR NSG PLENARY MEETING PRESENTATIONS
[...] (SBU) Japan has no plans to give Iran-related presentations during the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary Meeting in Budapest, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Disarmament, Nonproliferation and Science Department, Assistant Director for Export Control Shinichi Sato. Econoff [...]
2009-06-05 07:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL ETTC ENRG TRGY JA
09TOKYO1285JAPAN-RUSSIA ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT: PROGRESS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese officials expect economic engagement with Russia to proceed slowly despite Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's widely-reported pitch for broader investment in the Russian Far East. The bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement will advance cooperation in the nuc [...]
2009-06-09 01:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD ENRG PREL PUNE TRGY JA RS
09TOKYO1306JAPAN'S SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET GIVES MORE TO S&T
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOJ's FY09 supplemental budget includes an additional JPY 1.35 trillion ($13.5 billion) for science and technology. The majority of these funds will go to the Ministries of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT),Economy, Trade and Industry (METI),and He [...]
2009-06-10 22:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TBIO TRGY TNGD TSPA EAGR ECON PGOV JA
09TOKYO1327DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL FUEL BANK
[...] (SBU) Japan supports open discussions of fuel bank proposals at the upcoming International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors meeting. Energy Attach and Econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref June 8 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-Proliferation, Science and N [...]
2009-06-12 06:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP TRGY PREL PUNE IAEA JA
09TOKYO1335IAEA: JAPAN PROMISES STRONG STATEMENTS ON SYRIA
[...] (C) Econoffs delivered points contained if ref regarding statements on Syria and Iran at the upcoming IAEA BOG meeting to MOFA Non-proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division Director Tomiko Ichikawa June 12. Ichikawa said Japan agrees fully with the U.S. call for strong statements an [...]
2009-06-12 08:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY JA
09TOKYO1387DELAY TO COMPLETION DATE FOR JAPAN'S MOX
[...] (U) The scheduled completion date for Japan's program of converting Light Water Reactors (LWRs) so that they are able to use Mixed Plutonium Uranium Oxide (MOX) fuel has slipped from 2010 to 2015. Japan's Federation of Electric Power Companies (FEPC) issued a press release announcing the revi [...]
2009-06-19 06:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP TRGY PREL PUNE IAEA JA
09TOKYO1464IAEA ELECTIONS- JAPAN'S CAMPAIGN AND REQUESTS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The GOJ would appreciate continued U.S. outreach to IAEA board members in support of Yukiya Amano's candidacy for IAEA Director General. MOFA Non-proliferation Director Ichikawa told emboffs June 29 the GOJ would like the USG to emphasize to other member states the need to resolv [...]
2009-06-29 10:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM ENRG TRGY PUNE IAEA JA
09TOKYO1477JAPAN-RUSSIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION AGREEMENT AIMED
[...] (C) Summary: Japan's goal in concluding its recently signed nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia is to acquire fuel services, both to supply domestic needs and to permit Japanese companies to sell reactors with fuel contracts. The GOJ is pleased with the Russian concessions to submit so [...]
2009-06-30 21:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PUNE ENRG TRGY KNNP RU JA
09TOKYO154JAPANESE SENIOR OFFICIALS SEEK TO SCHEDULE
[...] (U) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Disarmament, Non-proliferation, and Science Director General Toshio Sano told EMIN he will travel to Washington in February to attend the second meeting of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND). Japan co-chairs ICNND [...]
2009-01-23 09:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC NRR NPT TRGY JA
09TOKYO1579GOJ REQUEST TO COORDINATE NUCLEAR ISSUES RELATED
[...] (U) Please see action request contained in para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Senior working level MOFA officials are interested in deepening cooperation with the U.S. to further non-proliferation efforts with third countries. Particular instances listed where MOFA would like to work more closely [...]
2009-07-12 21:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PUNE ENRG TRGY KNNP MY AE KS JP
09TOKYO2402SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHANGING THE GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) Nuclear Energy Attach and econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Nuclear Cooperation Division Principle Deputy Director Zentaro Naganuma, Deputy Director Shouichi Nagayoshi, and Staffer Junko Horibe October 16. Referencing t [...]
2009-10-19 03:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PARM PUNE TRGY JA
09TOKYO45DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL;
[...] This message contains an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Nonproliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Deputy Director Naoto Ito and Special Assistant for Nuclear Issues Toshio K [...]
2009-01-08 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09TOKYO46JAPANESE ADVOCACY FOR IAEA CANDIDATE, UPCOMING
[...] (U) This message contains an action request, please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Post appreciates reftel readout from Vienna on the IAEA DG election. In a discussion which touched on this issue, Econoff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Nonproliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Div [...]
2009-01-08 08:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL IAEA KNNP SF PARM MNUC ENRG TRGY
09TOKYO462DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered demarche contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division officers responsible for Iran and Syria February 24. Similarly, poloff delivered the points to contacts in MOFA's First and Second Middle East D [...]
2009-03-02 06:31:00Embassy TokyoSECRETKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY JA
09TOKYO572EXTENT OF JAPANESE PEACEFUL USE AGREEMENTS MAY
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese export control regulations and policies regarding nuclear reactor components could significantly affect the ability of U.S. industry to export nuclear power plants to certain countries, according to recent discussions with officials from Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trad [...]
2009-03-16 03:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM ENRG TRGY NRR PUNE IN JA
09TOKYO644 THE CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY COMPENSATION FOR
[...] (U) Summary: Department of Energy Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Edward McGinnis recently met with Japanese Ministries to discuss the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) and cooperative civil nuclear energy activities. Representatives of the Contractor,s Inter [...]
2009-03-23 08:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE IN JA KR
09TOKYO645 THE CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY COMPENSATION FOR
[...] (U) Summary: Department of Energy Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Edward McGinnis recently met with Japanese Ministries to discuss the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) and cooperative civil nuclear energy activities. Representatives of the Contractor,s Inter [...]
2009-03-23 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE IN JA KR
09TOKYO667STATUS OF JAPANESE NEGOTIATIONS ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: Econoff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Division Principal Deputy Director Zantaro Naganuma March 23 to discuss Japan's negotiations with Russia and the UAE to sign Peaceful Use Agreements for Nuclear Energy. Naganuma said t [...]
2009-03-25 03:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE RS AE JA
09TOKYO981FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS FOR 11 BENCHMARKS FOR GLOBAL NUCLEAR
[...] (U) Summary: Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone outlined 11 benchmarks for promoting global nuclear disarmament in an April 27 speech in Tokyo, while calling on nuclear powers to ensure transparency and reduce their nuclear weapon stockpiles. Notable benchmarks included: transparency [...]
2009-04-28 22:14:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC ENRG TRGY PUNE IAEA JA
09TRIPOLI32LIBYAN ATOMIC ENERGY ESTABLISHMENT CONFIRMS DESIRE TO SELL URANIUM YELLOWCAKE
[...] (C) Following up on our demarche to the MFA's International Organizations Department on December 18 (ref A),P/E Chief met with Dr. Ali Gashut, Secretary of Libya's Atomic Energy Establishment, on January 15 to discuss Libya's efforts to sell its stockpile of uranium yellowcake. (Note: The GOL took [...]
2009-01-15 14:53:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC PREL PGOV IR
09TRIPOLI427STATUS OF AGREEMENT ON SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-28 15:34:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG TRGY LY RS
09TRIPOLI482RUSSIAN NSC DELEGATION TO VISIT LIBYA JUNE 22-24
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 12:59:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS TRGY KNNP MCAP ETTC RU LY
09TRIPOLI543POWER PLAY ON LIBYA'S HEU TRANSFER COMMITMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 08:55:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNKNNP ENRG TRGY LY RS
09TRIPOLI674LIBYA INDICATES READINESS TO SIGN NUCLEAR SPENT FUEL
[...] (SBU) MFA Secretary of the Americas Department, Ahmed Fituri, told Charge August 17 that Libya was ready to sign the government-to-government agreement on spent nuclear fuel (highly enriched uranium-low enriched uranium). However, Fituri said the MFA was unsure which agreement to sign and req [...]
2009-08-18 13:18:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KNNP ENRG TRGY RS LY
09TRIPOLI696LIBYA MOVING FORWARD ON NUCLEAR SPENT FUEL AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Libya is moving toward completion of its commitment to return its highly-enriched uranium to Russia under the rubric of the tri-lateral agreement (TSCC) and, at this point, appears likely to meet the September 30 deadline for fuel transfer. The MFA informed the Charge August 27 t [...]
2009-08-27 15:55:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP ENRG TRGY IAEA PINR TSPL TPHY TNGD
09TRIPOLI794CLOSING IN ON SIGNING THE U.S.-LIBYA HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM
[...] (S/NF) Summary: According to a visiting Department of Energy official, negotiations over the text of the agreement to transfer spent nuclear fuel to Russia are almost complete. The main sticking points concern questions of liability and are expected to be resolved in a few days. Our main inte [...]
2009-10-05 15:07:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL KNNP ENRG TRGY IAEA PINR TSPL TPHY TNGD
09TRIPOLI870LIBYA & U.S. SIGN HIGHLY-ENRICHED URANIUM TRANSFER AGREEMENT REF: TRIPOLI 794
[...] (S/NF) On October 28, Libya and the U.S. signed the bilateral agreement for the transfer from Libya to Russia of Libyan Highly-enriched Uranium (HEU). The Ambassador signed for the U.S., and Dr. Ali Gashut of Libya's Atomic Energy Establishment signed on behalf of Libya. No press was in attendance, [...]
2009-10-28 15:29:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL KNNP ENRG TRGY IAEA PINR TSPL TPHY TNGD
09TUNIS726REACHING OUT TO THE GOT ON CIVIL NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-02 09:12:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TS
09ULAANBAATAR349DOMESTIC AND DIPLOMATIC CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Acutely aware of its vulnerability to a changing climate, Mongolia is pursuing initiatives both domestically and regionally to foster clean energy and conservation. Diplomatically, the GOM has assembled delegates from China, Japan, Russia, North Korea, and South Korea at three c [...]
2009-12-01 03:43:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SENV ENRG TRGY MG
09UNVIEVIENNA10IAEA/DG: AMANO DOES NOT THE WEOG
[...] (C) Japanese Governor and IAEA DG candidate Yukiya Amano gave a proficient but uninspiring performance in his campaign pitch to a friendly Western Europe and Others Group (WEOG) audience on January 8. Amano provided short and informed responses on an array of policy and management issues, but [...]
2009-01-13 11:52:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PARM MNUC TRGY IAEA JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA104IAEA/DG: ELBARADEI MOVING FORWARD ON FUEL BANKS
[...] (C) Ambassador Schulte assured Director General ElBaradei of steadfast U.S. support for the IAEA on March 13. The DG looked to U.S. leadership on budget issues. In a detailed discussion of fuel bank proposals, ElBaradei expressed increased optimism that the stage had been set for a good Boar [...]
2009-03-16 11:46:00UNVIESECRETAORC PREL ENRG TRGY KNNP MNUC IAEA IR SY
09UNVIEVIENNA112NPT PREPCOM CHAIR CONSULTS IN VIENNA
[...] (SBU) Rounding out consultations in New York and Geneva, NPT Prepcom Chairman Zimbabwe UN Permrep Bonafice Chidyausiku reviewed preparations for the 2009 Prepcom with approximately two dozen states parties in Vienna March 16. The first priority for the Prepcom would be to adopt the 2010 Revcom [...]
2009-03-18 11:41:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA119CHINA PARTNERS WITH IAEA TO BUILD HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY IN THE NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR
[...] (U) China has embarked on a major IAEA Technical Cooperation (TC) project focusing on Human Resource Capacity Building and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to rehabilitate of eight national training centers. Each center will have a specialty such as radiation safety, need [...]
2009-03-23 07:42:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL TRGY ETTC CH KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA12IAEA: COMPLETION OF THIRD GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP
[...] This cable is for information only. 2. Summary: The GNEP Infrastructure Development Working Group (IDWG) held its third meeting on December 8, 2008, in Vienna, Austria in conjunction with a workshop on Radioactive Waste Management and a Resources and Gaps Workshop on December 9. The U.S. [...]
2009-01-14 07:25:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA120IAEA BUDGET: BOARD VICE CHAIR PROBES ON U.S. AMBITIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Romanian Ambassador, vice chairman of the IAEA Board and in charge of budget negotiations, pointedly asked Ambassador Schulte on March 20 whether the U.S. position on the IAEA budget would reflect U.S. campaign promises. Ambassador replied that Washington was looking closely [...]
2009-03-23 15:57:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID
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