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03SANTODOMINGO6582	HOW BEST TO SUPPORT U.S. INTERESTS IN THE [...] (SBU) The difficult economic situation in the Dominican Republic, coinciding with the early stages of a presidential campaign, presents a complex of challenges to United States interests in the country. I consider it essential to continue to support the administration of President Hipolito M [...]	2003-11-15 20:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ETRD DR

03SANTODOMINGO7458	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2004 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The following updates the National Trade Estimate Report for the Dominican Republic as requested by Reftel for 2004. TRADE SUMMARY For January through September of 2003, the United States had a trade deficit with the Dominican Republic of $112 million, a deterioration of $263 million from [...]	2003-12-19 11:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD EINV
03STATE217991	ASSISTANT SECRETARY KELLY'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S KELLY MET JULY 21 WITH COORDINATING MINISTER JUSUF KALLA, WHO SAID HE LOOKED FORWARD TO VYING FOR GOLKAR'S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN THE 2004 ELECTIONS. KALLA SPOKE OF THE GOI'S NEED TO COMBAT POVERTY AND IMPROVE PRIMARY EDUCATION TO REDUCE THE APPEAL OF RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM [...]	2003-07-29 12:09:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI ID
03TEGUCIGALPA1309	HONDURAN COMMISSION ASSIGNS RESPONSIBILITY FOR LA [...] (SBU) Summary: A Special Commission of the Honduran National Council for Internal Security (CONASIN) has issued a report assigning responsibility to GOH security forces and prison "trusties" for the majority of the 68 deaths that occurred in an April 5 incident at the El Porvenir prison, locat [...]	2003-06-06 18:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC ELAB PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1534	CARDINAL'S CORRUPTION COMMENTS SPARK PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a private meeting with the Ambassador on June 20, the Cardinal expressed heightened concern over the pervasiveness of drug-related corruption at the highest levels of government as well as continuing death threats he had received. Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga us [...]	2003-07-01 13:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1622	ANOTHER HONDURAN CONGRESSMAN BUSTED ON DRUG CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yet another Honduran political figure was implicated in drug trafficking when he was arrested on July 6 fleeing the scene of an airplane crash in the eastern department of Olancho. National Party Deputy, Armando Avila Panchame, was arrested by the police for drug trafficking and [...]	2003-07-08 22:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SMIG CVIS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1742	HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON LA CEIBA PRISON MASSACRE [...] Summary. (SBU) On July 9, Human Rights Commissioner for Honduras, Ramon Custodio, presented the results of the Commission's investigation into the April 5 massacre of 68 prisoners at the El Porvenir Prison, located outside of the Caribbean port city of La Ceiba. The report supported allegat [...]	2003-07-23 22:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2052	HONDURAN ATTORNEY GENERAL PLEDGES ENHANCED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador told Honduran Attorney General (AG) Roy Medina August 26 that he was satisfied that the AG had taken action to improve the Public Ministry's operations since their last meeting in late June. However, he pressed AG Medina on the importance of the Ministry bringing to tr [...]	2003-08-29 17:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2062	SUMMARY OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM ASSESSMENT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 28, 2003, the IMF staff submitted to its Board of Directors the results of the Financial System Stability Assessment (FSAP) performed by a joint World Bank-IMF team between October 2002 and February 2003. This cable contains a summary of their findings. In the report, t [...]	2003-08-29 21:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EINV PTER SNAR PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2551	Biotechnology Regulations: Honduras [...] Post contacted Carlos Almendares, the GOH official most directly responsible for biotechnology issues, and received the information below. Mr. Almendares is the Chief of the Seed Certification Department in the Honduran National Service for Animal and Plant Health (abbreviated SENASA, equiva [...]	2003-10-30 20:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO PGOV HO TSLP
03TEGUCIGALPA2558	HONDURAN FOREIGN MINISTERS (CURRENT AND FORMER) [...] Honduran Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista, under cover letter to the Ambassador, sent the Embassy on October 20 two letters to Secretary Powell - one from himself in response to a September 18 letter from the Secretary (ref A) and one from former Foreign Minister Guillermo Perez-Cadalso [...]	2003-10-31 17:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2932	HONDURAS NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2004 [...] The text of the 2004 National Trade Estimate report for Honduras follows. ------------- TRADE SUMMARY ------------- 2. (Note that the following paragraph is to be updated by Washington with USDOC statistics.) In 2002, the U.S. trade deficit with Honduras was $699 million, an increase [...]	2003-12-18 15:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN HO
03TEGUCIGALPA494	Honduras Hopes For IMF Letter of Intent by March 31 [...] (SBU) Summary. Honduras is putting the finishing touches on a package of laws that will put the GOH's fiscal house in order and satisfy the International Monetary Fund (IMF) team negotiating the terms of Honduras' three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program. The package w [...]	2003-02-24 15:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD ELAB HO
03TEGUCIGALPA532	ANTI-CORRUPTION IN HONDURAS--IS RICARDO MADURO [...] (C) SUMMARY: As President Ricardo Maduro enters the second year of his single four-year term in office, the looming question in his professed effort to transform Honduras, economy, judicial system and political environment is whether or not he is prepared to seek concrete results in his battl [...]	2003-02-26 19:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PGOV SNAR ECON PHUM KCRM OVIP HO
03TEGUCIGALPA560	2003 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: HONDURAS [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified Post submission of the 2003 Special 301 Review for Honduras follows. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: Honduras is largely in compliance with the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS),but there have been no additional moves in the past year [...]	2003-02-28 22:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD HO KIPR
03TEGUCIGALPA663	2003 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: REVISED HONDURAS SUBMISSION [...] (U) Revised Sensitive But Unclassified Post submission of the 2003 Special 301 Review for Honduras follows. Addressees are requested to replace reftel with this submission. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: Honduras is largely in compliance with the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Propert [...]	2003-03-14 17:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD HO KIPR
03TEGUCIGALPA726	HIGH EXPECTATIONS, DISAPPOINTING RESULTS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: After one year in office, Honduran President Ricardo Maduro faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. Maduro began his administration amid high expectations. While he remains upbeat about his administration's ability to [...]	2003-03-21 22:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD PHUM KJUS CASC ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA752	U.S.-CAFTA: Honduran Textile Goals in the U.S.- [...] (SBU) Summary: Honduras can be expected to fight hard in the U.S.-CAFTA textile negotiations for rules of origin that allow use of fabrics produced in NAFTA, Central American, CBI and Andean countries, including allowing the manufacture of woven products, short supply provisions and flexible r [...]	2003-03-25 23:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX HO
03THEHAGUE1392	ICTY: SENIOR OTP OFFICIALS DOWNBEAT ON "NEW ERA" [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor. Reason: 1.5(D) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. According to Chief of Investigations Patrick Lopez-Terres of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),cooperation with Belgrade authorities has not signific [...]	2003-06-02 15:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1417	ICTY: IS MILOSEVIC HOLDING UP? [...] (C) Summary: The last two months have dealt blows to Slobodan Milosevic from Belgrade and within the trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). In the ICTY, a series of witnesses have hammered Milosevic with crime-based details of the joint crimina [...]	2003-06-05 10:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1451	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 12 [...] Details about the 2003 cash flow difficulties emerged during the first round of 2004 budget consultations and the OPCW informed member states that they will have to begin cutting program delivery. 2. Two rounds of 2004 budget consultations were held in June with senior OPCW management int [...]	2003-06-06 14:49:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ABUD CWC
03THEHAGUE1546	ICTY: CROSS-BORDER PIFWC APPREHENSIONS GET A GREEN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) confirmed on June 5 that the Tribunal has jurisdiction over indictee Dragan Nikolic, who has claimed since his arrest in April 2000 to have been detained unlawfully by SFOR (refs A and B). [...]	2003-06-16 15:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1615	PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON AIMS NDT BV, EXPORT [...] PER REF 02279, THE BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY REQUESTED POST THE HAGUE TO CONDUCT A PRE- LICENSE CHECK ON AIMS NDT B.V. SUBJECT COMPANY HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE DUTCH DISTRIBUTOR OF FLIR SYSTEMS' E2 THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS, WHICH CONTAIN UNCOOLED MICROBOLOMETER CONTROLLED FOR NUCLEAR NON [...]	2003-06-23 16:28:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP KOMC ETTC NL
03THEHAGUE1674	ICTY: LILIC'S TESTIMONY AGAINST MILOSEVIC A MIXED [...] (C) Summary. To outside observers, Former Yugoslav President Zoran Lilic's testimony against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) last week looked like a mixed bag. Lilic gave a detailed accounting of Milosevic's role in decision-maki [...]	2003-06-27 11:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1680	EU GOALS AND DUTCH RESPONSE TO U.S. UNGA GOALS - [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-27 14:52:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PHUM NL UNGA UN
03THEHAGUE1731	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 16 [...] (U) No other delegations showed enthusiasm for committing, as of Friday, June 20, to a serious, sustained effort at a systemic fix for Article IV/V financing. 2. (U) There were no immediate results from this round of industry intersessional consultations, but it is possible that the Sep [...]	2003-07-07 14:59:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE1806	ICC: A CAUTIOUS BEGINNING WITH MIXED SIGNALS FROM [...] (C) Summary: Public documents of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and conversations with diplomats from friendly states parties to the Rome Statute and other members of The Hague international law community have given Embassy legal officers an early glimpse into the formative activities [...]	2003-07-15 12:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC KJUS ICTY KICC
03THEHAGUE1823	SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY NEAR AM CON GEN AMSTERDAM ON [...] (SBU) At approximately 1555 hrs on 07/15/2003 The Royal Marechaussee (KMAR) Anti Terror Unit, deployed inside the fence line at the consulate, noted a suspicious individual on the Museumplein (public park area)just beyond the second fence line who appeared to be paying particular attention to [...]	2003-07-17 12:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER NL
03THEHAGUE1855	A/S JONES' HAGUE VISIT: TRAFFICKING, TERRORISM, [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-22 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB KCRM KHIV KWMN PHUM PTER SMIG SNAR
03THEHAGUE1865	A/S JONES VISIT TO THE HAGUE: MIDDLE EAST AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-23 12:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD IZ NL PREL NATO
03THEHAGUE2002	ICTY: SENIOR PROSECUTORS PUSH FOR PLEA AGREEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) successfully negotiated four plea agreements during the three months that ended with the plea of Darko Mrdja on July 24. According to ICTY Chief of Prosecutions Michael Johnson, the plea agreement [...]	2003-08-08 11:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE2072	RESTRAINED DUTCH REACTION TO LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] Summary: Dutch government and party spokesmen are clearly unhappy with the appointment of inexperienced Mirna Godett as the new Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles, as well as with the criticism and inflammatory statements directed against the Netherlands by her brother, political stron [...]	2003-08-18 15:04:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NA NL
03THEHAGUE2352	Bank/Fund Meetings: Dutch Positions [...] Enhancing Crisis Prevention --------------------------- -- Adoption by the IMF on a trial basis of a "balance sheet approach" in the context of regular Article IV consultations. -- Issuing Article IV reports without the country being examined signing off. -- Making more explicit in the " [...]	2003-09-18 13:59:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID NL IMF IBRD
03THEHAGUE2353	Bank/Fund Meetings: Dutch Positions [...] Enhancing Crisis Prevention --------------------------- -- Adoption by the IMF on a trial basis of a "balance sheet approach" in the context of regular Article IV consultations. -- Issuing Article IV reports without the country being examined signing off. -- Making more explicit in the " [...]	2003-09-18 14:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID NL IMF IBRD
03THEHAGUE2563	ICTY: PREVIEW OF CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S AND [...] (C) Summary. Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and President Theodor Meron of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will present the Security Council with a difficult dilemma during their reports to the Council on October 9. Del Ponte will report that she intends to seek [...]	2003-10-07 05:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2578	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SAMPLING AND [...] Washington experts and the U.S. Permanent Delegation held bilateral consultations with the OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) on September 30, 2003 in The Hague on technical considerations associated with sampling and analysis (S&A) during CWC inspections at U.S. declared industry facilities. Dir [...]	2003-10-08 11:22:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL EIND ETTC CWC
03THEHAGUE2611	ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL CHAMBER BALANCES KEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) had its hands full this week as it reconvened to hear the Prosecution's case against Slobodan Milosevic. Compressed into the new three-day per week schedule, the proceedings balanced the [...]	2003-10-10 15:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2750	DUTCH 2004 BUDGET: TOUGH DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE [...] THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT HAS APPROVED A TOUGH DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE AIMED AT LIMITING THE 2004 BUDGET DEFICIT TO 2.3 PERCENT OF GDP, WELL UNDER THE THREE PERCENT STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT (SGP) CEILING. ON OCTOBER 1, THE PARLIAMENT APPROVED A CY 2004 BUDGET THAT COMBINES SHARP SPENDING REDUC [...]	2003-10-31 16:21:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV MCAP NL
03THEHAGUE2769	ICTY: KEY WITNESSES TESTIFY TO MILOSEVIC'S CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard testimony from political insiders the week of October 20 as the Prosecution continued to present its case against Slobodan Milosevic. Two key witnesses offered their versions of the [...]	2003-11-04 11:42:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2835	ICTY: AN INSIDE LOOK INTO MILOSEVIC'S HEALTH AND SUPPORT NETWORK [...] (S/NF) Summary: The head of the detention unit of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) provided Embassy legal officers and USG physician with details of Slobodan Milosevic's health status, daily regimen, legal and financial network, frame of mind, and contacts o [...]	2003-11-12 16:26:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE2854	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): CTFS AND GREG [...] On November 10, U.S. Delegation to the OPCW representatives Pete Ito and Betsy Sanders met with Greg Linden, Chief of Information Systems Branch (C/ISB) of the OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) to discuss TS plans for data automation (two reports, FAXed back to AC/CB) and the upcoming Security [...]	2003-11-14 10:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE2867	ICTY: LORD OWEN'S TESTIMONY A MIXED BAG FOR PROSECUTION'S CASE AGAINST MILOSEVIC [...] (C) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard testimony from Lord David Owen the first week of November. As an international negotiator, Lord Owen insisted that the Trial Chamber call him as a neutral witness rather than being cal [...]	2003-11-14 16:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2874	Biotech Regulations In The Netherlands [...] Summary: In The Netherlands, the laws and regulations affecting the approval, production, importation and labeling of products of agricultural biotechnology are for the most part based on directives and legislation of the European Union. At the moment, the Ministry for Public Health is p [...]	2003-11-17 07:10:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON NL SENV TBIO EUN
03THEHAGUE2949	DEMARCHE TO DUTCH ON CZECH FIGHTER ACQUISITION [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered reftel points to Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Arms Transfer Policy Chief Paul van den IJssel on November 25. The Dutch are also focused on the issue, and Van den IJssel said they were contemplating phone calls at a "high political level" to the Czechs (perhaps by D [...]	2003-11-25 12:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MARR PREL EZ NL NATO
03THEHAGUE3039	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): MEETINGS WITH [...] (U) This is CWC-134-03. 2. (U) Del reps met on 24 November 2003 with OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) Administration Division head Herb Shultz and SIPDIS Information Support Branch head Greg Linden to relay U.S. concern regarding the pace of the TS effort to achieve a working digital in [...]	2003-12-10 12:37:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE3043	ICTY: THREE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OFFERED FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard from three key witnesses in November offering unique perspectives on the role Milosevic played. During the week of November 10, historian Robert Donia resumed his testimony concer [...]	2003-12-11 05:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE3150	THE NETHERLANDS: 2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON [...] (U) Point of Contact is Pol-Mil Officer Nathaniel Dean, (31) (70) 310-9346, email DeanNP@state.gov. Average exchange rate is one Euro equals 1.22 USD. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (U) The Netherlands made significant contributions to allied goals in 200 [...]	2003-12-19 15:40:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV NL NATO
03USUNNEWYORK299	UNSC/IRAQ: SECRETARY POWELL MAKES THE CASE; THE [...] (U) SECRETARY POWELL MADE AN HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTE-PRESENTATION FEBRUARY 5 TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL (SC) IN WHICH HE OUTLINED, IN DETAIL: IRAQI EFFORTS TO DEFEAT UNMOVIC AND IAEA INSPECTIONS; IRAQ'S FAILURE TO ACCOUNT FOR WMD AND OTHER MATERIALS IT WAS KNOWN TO HAVE POSSESSED; AND IRAQ'S [...]	2003-02-06 01:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER UNSC IZ
03USUNNEWYORK707	UN/IRAQ: UNDECIDED SIX INITIATIVE DEAD [...] (C) CAMEROONIAN PERMREP BELINGA-EBOUTOU REPORTED THAT THE U-6 INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP AN ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT FOR THE SECURITY COUNCIL HAD HIT A DEAD END, BASED ON THE OUTCOME OF A MEETING BETWEEN U-6 PERMREPS EARLY AFTERNOON ON MARCH 14. CAMEROON, ANGOLA, GUINEA AND PAKISTAN HAD ALL DECLINED TO [...]	2003-03-14 22:43:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ ETTC
03USUNNEWYORK718	UN/IRAQ: ELEMENTS OF UK/U.S./SPAIN STATEMENT ON IRAQ [...] (U) IN COMMENTS TO THE PRESS BEFORE INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS, MARCH 17, UK PERMREP GREENSTOCK, ACCOMPANIED BY SPANISH PERMREP ARIAS AND AMBASSADOR NEGROPONTE, ISSUED A JOINT STATEMENT ON IRAQ. FOLLOWING GREENSTOCK'S COMMENTS, AMBASSADORS NEGROPONTE AND ARIAS PROVIDED STATEMENTS TO THE PRESS. [...]	2003-03-17 16:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM UNSC IZ
03VATICAN1046	HOLOCAUST MUSEUM DELEGATION WORKS IN SECRET [...] SUMMARY: A DELEGATION FROM THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM MET WITH VATICAN ARCHIVE/LIBRARY DIRECTOR CARDINAL JORJE MARIA MEJIA MARCH 3 AND GAINED ACCESS TO THE VATICAN SECRET ARCHIVE TO SURVEY CERTAIN PRE-WAR RECORDS. THE DELEGATION PROPOSED TO MEJIA COLLABORATION WITH THE ARCHIVE'S SMALL STAFF TO CATA [...]	2003-03-13 13:54:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KNAR VT VTPREL
03VATICAN135	POPE'S MESSAGE TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS FOCUSES ON WAR, [...] IN HIS ANNUAL SPEECH TO THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS JANUARY 13, POPE JOHN PAUL II OFFERED HIS PERSPECTIVE ON THE STATE OF THE WORLD. CITING THE CURRENT "FEAR THAT OFTEN DWELLS IN THE HEARTS OF OUR CONTEMPORARIES," HE IDENTIFIED THE CAUSES OF THIS FEAR AS: "INSIDIOUS TERRORISM, UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS [...]	2003-01-14 07:15:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM VT VTPREL
03VATICAN1505	WAR IN IRAQ: POPE SEEKS QUICK END TO CONFLICT, [...] SINCE THE OUTBREAK OF WAR IN IRAQ, POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS MADE PERSISTENT APPEALS FOR PEACE IN IRAQ AND EXPRESSED CONTINUED CONCERN FOR CIVILIANS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES CAUGHT UP IN THE FIGHTING. HOWEVER, CONTRARY TO MANY MEDIA REPORTS, NEITHER THE POPE NOR SENIOR VATICAN OFFICIALS I [...]	2003-04-09 05:31:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ VT VTPREL
03VATICAN1508	COMBATING AIDS IN MOZAMBIQUE - REQUEST FOR [...] (U) ROME'S SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY, A VATICAN-ENDORSED LAY CATHOLIC NGO WITH GLOBAL REACH, WHICH SUCCESSFULLY MEDIATED AN END TO MOZAMBIQUE'S CIVIL WAR IN 1991, HAS LAUNCHED AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAM TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS IN MOZAMBIQUE. SANT'EGIDIO, WHICH HAS RETAINED ITS COMMITMENT TO MOZAMBIQUE'S DEMO [...]	2003-04-09 05:32:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI TBIO MZ VT VTPREL
03VATICAN1694	REINVIGORATED POPE WELCOMES END OF WAR, CONDEMNS [...] (U) A VIGOROUS POPE JOHN PAUL II PRESIDED OVER THE VATICAN'S EASTER WEEK SERVICES, USING HIS HOMILIES AND EASTER MESSAGE TO FOCUS GLOBAL ATTENTION ON THE HOLY SEE'S TOP INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS: RECONSTRUCTION IN IRAQ, PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, CONDEMNATION OF TERRORISM AND RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE, [...]	2003-04-22 13:44:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM IS WE IZ VT VTPREL
03VATICAN215	HOLY SEE AND THE PRC, TIME FOR RECONCILIATION? [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE HOLY SEE IS "HAPPY TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS" (REF) THAT PRC OFFICIALS ARE WAITING FOR A 'GESTURE' FROM THE VATICAN IN ORDER TO RESUME DIALOG ABOUT NORMALIZING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 00215 01 OF 02 171350Z RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS. [...]	2003-01-17 13:22:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PREL VT
03VATICAN283	PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS - WORKING WITH VATICAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES [...] (U) THE HOLY SEE, CATHOLIC DIOCESES WORLDWIDE, AFFILIATED NGO'S AND CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS ORDERS ARE SIGNIFICANT, IF OFTEN OVERLOOKED, PLAYERS IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN RELIEF EFFORTS. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS IN EFFECT THE WORLD'S LARGEST INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: SO [...]	2003-01-24 10:03:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF PGOV EAGR EAID ECON SMIG TBIO VT
03VATICAN402	HOLY SEE FOREIGN MINISTER TAURAN PLEDGES TO CLARIFY HOLY SEE'S POSITION ON BIOTECH FOODS IN ZAMBIA AND SOUTHERN AFRICA [...] HOLY SEE FOREIGN MINISTER ARCHBISHOP JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN CALLED IN AMBASSADOR JANUARY 21 TO SHARE THE RESULTS OF THE VATICAN NUNCIO IN ZAMBIA'S ASSESSMENT OF THE FAMINE AND THE DEBATE IN ZAMBIA OVER BIOTECH RELIEF FOOD. TAURAN HAD PREVIOUSLY PROMISED THE AMBASSADOR "GOOD NEWS" ON THE SUBJECT. [...]	2003-02-03 08:22:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL VT ZA
03VATICAN4689	HOLY SEE: UNDERSECRETARY BOLTON REVIEWS U.S. [...] (c) Under Secretary Bolton told Vatican Deputy Foreign Minister Parolin that the U.S. was making steady progress in Iraq, even though the security situation was not what we would like it to be. Bolton briefed Parolin on the President's meeting with Russian President Putin and the state of pla [...]	2003-10-15 05:57:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ KN PARM PREL VT
03VATICAN4859	HOLY SEE GEARING UP FOR NOVEMBER BIOTECH CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Archbishop Renato Martino told visiting EB Biotech negotiator Peter Chase October 10 that the Holy See is in the final stages of planning for its November 10-11 conference on biotech foods. Although the Council for Justice and Pea [...]	2003-10-23 10:12:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR PREL VT
03VATICAN504	AFRICA BIOTECH EXPERTS TELL HOLY SEE OFFICIALS: "LET US FEED OUR PEOPLE" [...] SUMMARY: EMBASSY VATICAN HOSTED A ONE-DAY SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD JANUARY 27 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 00504 01 OF 02 071112Z AIMED AT OFFERING AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES ON BIOTECH DEVELOPMENTS TO KEY HOLY SEE OFFICIALS, NGO [...]	2003-02-07 10:29:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD TBIO VT
03VATICAN5521	AMBASSADOR MEETS NEW IRAQI CHALDEAN PATRIARCH [...] (C) IN TWO MEETINGS WITH THE AMBASSADOR, THE NEWLY ELECTED PATRIARCH OF THE CHALDEANS AND FORMER BAGHDAD AUXILIARY ARCHBISHOP EMMANUEL-KARIM DELLY, LED OFF HIS REMARKS BY CONVEYING HIS GRATITUDE FOR U.S. ACTIONS IN IRAQ TO REMOVE SADDAM HUSSEIN FROM POWER AND HIS HOPE FOR RAPID IMPROVEMENT IN [...]	2003-12-10 13:14:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREL VT SOCI PGOV IS
03VATICAN59	POPE LAUNCHES END OF YEAR PEACE OFFENSIVE [...] (U) THE POPE AND SENIOR VATICAN OFFICIALS HAVE LAUNCHED AN END OF YEAR "PEACE OFFENSIVE" WITH A SERIES OF STATEMENTS AND MESSAGES AIMED AT COUNTERING THE PERCEPTION THAT WAR IN IRAQ IS INEVITABLE. THESE MESSAGES HAVE ALSO URGED THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO PURSUE ALL POSSIBLE STEPS TO AVOID [...]	2003-01-08 13:19:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IS IZ VT VTPREL
03VATICAN700	JOINT LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM PRESIDENT OF [...] PLEASE DELIVER THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM ARCHBISHOP MICHAEL L. FITZGERALD, PRESIDENT OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE AND PROF. DR. HAMID A. AL-RIFAIE, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC FORUM FOR DIALOGUE. THE SIGNED ORIGINAL WILL FOLLOW VIA POUCH. [...]	2003-02-21 05:57:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL VT
03YEREVAN3070	NEW REGISTRATION PROCEDURE TRIMS NUMBER OF [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly - not for internet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Half the previous number of political parties will operate in Armenia following the implementation of new legislation requiring a one- time re-registration with t [...]	2003-12-24 08:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AM
03ZAGREB1187	AMBASSADOR PRESSES DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; 301 DECISON HAVING SALUTORY EFFECT [...] (SBU) ON MAY 21, THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SIMONIC TO DISCUSS CROATIA'S DESIGNATION ON THE SPECIAL 301 WATCH LIST FOR FAILING TO PROTECT U.S. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. SIMONIC IS IN CHARGE OF HEALTH AND MINORITY ISSUES. SIMONIC ACKNOWLEDGED THE OBLIGATION CROATIA HAD TO RAT [...]	2003-05-27 15:43:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL KIPR HR
03ZAGREB1390	AMBASSADOR WRITES PRIME MINISTER ON [...] After hearing from industry contacts that the Ministry of Health had deleted language from the draft pharmaceutical law that would have provided EU- comparable protection for confidential test data, and after failing to see Croatian progress on moving the 1998 MOU on intellectual property to [...]	2003-06-17 14:27:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD PREL HR
03ZAGREB1391	BROADBAND FIXED WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-17 14:27:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINT ECPS HR
03ZAGREB1392	AMBASSADOR WRITES PRIME MINISTER ON [...] After hearing from industry contacts that the Ministry of Health had deleted language from the draft pharmaceutical law that would have provided EU- comparable protection for confidential test data, and after failing to see Croatian progress on moving the 1998 MOU on intellectual property to [...]	2003-06-17 14:27:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD PREL HR
03ZAGREB1399	CROATIA REACTION: 2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) We were called in to the Foreign Ministry on June 13 to discuss the recently released 2003 Trafficking in Persons report. Dubravka Simonovic, Head of the Human Rights section in the Department for UN and Human Rights, asked for an explanation of why Croatia was placed as a tier 2 country [...]	2003-06-18 13:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL HR
03ZAGREB14	MEDIA REACTION - ANNOUNCEMENT OF S/WCI AMB. [...] THE JANUARY 2 ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE CROATIAN PRESS OF THE UPCOMING VISIT OF S/WCI AMBASSADOR PIERRE PROSPER SPARKED A USEFUL RENEWAL OF THE PUBLIC DEBATE ON CROATIA'S STANDING WITH ICTY. PRESS COMMENTARIES WERE MIXED. AT ONE END OF THE SPECTRUM WAS CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR PUTTING INTE [...]	2003-01-03 14:49:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR HR
03ZAGREB1451	BIOTECH LEGISLATION ON THE MOVE IN CROATIA [...] (SBU) Over the last several months in Croatia, several pieces of legislation have been introduced which seek to regulate the import and cultivation of biotech crops and foods. The embassy and FAS Vienna have engaged the government on a number of fronts to stop to stop legislation that, in [...]	2003-06-24 12:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR TBIO HR
03ZAGREB1474	GOC APPROVES HOUSING MEASURES AIMED AT [...] (C) In what is being viewed as an abrupt change of policy, the Croatian Government on June 12 finally approved measures aimed at providing subsidized housing to refugees who enjoyed "tenancy rights" under the old Yugoslav system. In another development, Prime Minister Racan, for the first time [...]	2003-06-27 07:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV ECON HR BK
03ZAGREB1545	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) ON JULY 2 AMBASSADOR FRANK TOLD PRESIDENT MESIC AND FM PICULA THAT THE U.S. WOULD WORK WITH THE GOC TO PROMOTE DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, REFORMS OF THE ECONOMY, AND CROATIAN MEMBERSHIP IN NATO AND THE EU. HE CAUTIONED THAT THE GOC MUST COOPERATE WITH THE ICTY AND WORK TO RESOLVE RETURNS [...]	2003-07-07 07:43:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR NATO
03ZAGREB159	SCENESETTER FOR DAS BOGUE AND BRADTKE VISIT TO [...] (C) YOUR VISIT TO ZAGREB WILL TAKE PLACE JUST DAYS AFTER CROATIA'S FIRST ANP REVIEW AT NATO AND IN THE MIDST OF THE GOC'S PROCESS OF RE-DEFINING ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH NATO'S OTHER CONTINUING ASPIRANTS. BUT NATO IS NOT MUCH IN THE NEWS IN ZAGREB THESE DAYS; FOCUS IS ON RELATIONS WITH ICTY, C [...]	2003-01-22 18:28:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHUM HR IT NATO
03ZAGREB2173	CROATIA SUPPORTS PSI [...] On September 18, at a meeting with representatives of embassies of all eleven PSI states, Croatia's Foreign Ministry made an informal declaration of support for PSI principles, but asked questions about the legal framework for PSI and about plans for PSI infrastructure (ref a). After receipt [...]	2003-10-07 15:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS HR NATO
03ZAGREB2224	STATUS OF CROATIAN BIOTECH REGULATIONS [...] The following information responds to questions reftel, approximately in the order questions were asked. Entry Into Force ---------------- 2. Over the past five months in Croatia, several pieces of legislation regulating the importation, cultivation and marketing of biotech crops and f [...]	2003-10-16 06:12:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL HR
03ZAGREB2268	USDOC VISIT STEPS UP HEAT ON CROATIA OVER [...] (SBU) USDOC Market Access and Compliance Office Director, Susanne Lotarski, delivered a strong message to the Croatian government to forward the long-stalled bilateral MOU on intellectual property rights. During an October 14-15 visit to Zagreb, she urged authorities to ratify the MOU or fac [...]	2003-10-21 13:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR HR
03ZAGREB2365	ONCE AGAIN, NO DOUBLE VOTE FOR MINORITIES IN [...] THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT VOTED LAST MONTH TO DENY A DOUBLE VOTE TO ETHNIC MINORITY VOTERS IN THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS SET FOR NOVEMBER 23. THE "DOUBLE VOTE" WOULD HAVE PERMITTED OFFICIALLY-DESIGNATED MINORITIES TO VOTE TWICE ON ELECTION DAY, ONCE FOR GENERAL PARTY LISTS, AND ONCE FOR AN ETHNI [...]	2003-11-05 14:43:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2458	ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN CIRCUS IN ZAGREB [...] (C) On the last day of the campaign for the November 23 parliamentary elections, there is no escaping campaign hoopla in Zagreb. All of Croatia's political parties -- even those with no hope of crossing the five percent vote threshold needed to win seats -- are pulling out all the stops. Th [...]	2003-11-21 11:46:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2505	SCENESETTER FOR PROPOSED DECEMBER 6 SECDEF VISIT [...] (C) Your visit to Croatia just two weeks after parliamentary elections will give the USG a unique opportunity to influence the next government's policy. Although HDZ President Ivo Sanader has not finished putting together the coalition which will give him the support needed to pass a vote of [...]	2003-11-26 15:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV HR NATO
03ZAGREB2654	CROATIAN TRADE SPAT WITH HUNGARY [...] (U) Recent headlines announcing the death of the Hungarian-Croatian Free Trade Agreement are premature, but not by much. Hungary's decision to raise tariffs on selected Croatian products may be a last gasp of exasperation before Hungary apparently loses its ability to single out countries fo [...]	2003-12-19 12:07:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD HR
03ZAGREB2661	SANADER REACHES OUT TO CARLA DEL PONTE [...] (C) CROATIA'S INCOMING PRIME MINISTER, IVO SANADER, CALLED UP CHIEF PROSECUTOR CARLA DEL PONTE ON DECEMBER 19 TO UNDERSCORE HIS DESIRE TO MAINTAIN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL. TOM OSORIO (STRICTLY PROTECT),THE HEAD OF THE ICTY OFFICE IN ZAGREB, TOLD US AFTER THE TELEPHONE [...]	2003-12-22 10:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2687	CROATIA REACTS TO U.S. CASE OF BSE, BANS IMPORTS [...] (U) ON DECEMBER 24, CROATIA BANNED THE IMPORT OF U.S. BEEF IN RESPONSE TO NEWS REPORTS OF THE FIRST CASE OF BSE IN THE U.S. ON DECEMBER 29, EMBASSY PRESENTED REFTEL NOTIFICATION OF THE BSE CASE IN U.S. TO ASSISTANT MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE MIROSLAV BOZIC ON DECEMBER 29. WHILE CROATIA DOES [...]	2003-12-29 15:24:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON HR
03ZAGREB305	DOES THE OTP HAVE A STRATEGY FOR CROATIA? [...] (C) THOMAS OSORIO, HEAD OF ICTY'S ZAGREB OFFICE, TOLD US THAT OTP SPOKESPERSON FLORENCE HARTMANN'S FEBRUARY 5 STATEMENT CRITICIZING THE GOC FOR FAILING TO APPREHEND ICTY INDICTEE ANTE GOTOVINA AND FOR FAILING TO MEET ICTY INFORMATION REQUESTS REPRESENTS THE OPENING SALVO OF A NEW OTP BID TO PR [...]	2003-02-11 17:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PGOV PREL HR ICTY RV
03ZAGREB407	GOC MOVING FORWARD WITH DEMINING PREVLAKA [...] WHILE THE GOC WILL COVER THE FULL COST OF DEMINING THE PREVLAKA PENINSULA, IT IS SEEKING INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE IN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00407 01 OF 02 241640Z DEMINING AREAS ON BOTH SIDES OF ITS BORDER WITH MONTENEGRO. CROATIAN AUTHORITIES WANT TO BE [...]	2003-02-24 16:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON HR PBTS PGOV PREF PREL
03ZAGREB517	INTERNATIONAL DONORS REACH AGREEMENT WITH GOC [...] SUMMARY: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DONORS AND THE GOC HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON A STANDARDIZED COURT AND CASE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PLATFORM THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN COURTS COUNTRY-WIDE. THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL IMPROVE MUCH- NEEDED JUDICIAL EFFICIENCY AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE GOC COSTS ASSOCIATED [...]	2003-03-10 15:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PHUM KCOR KJUS HR IBRD EVN
03ZAGREB519	SANADER'S HDZ: RATINGS UP, BUT STILL NOT READY FOR [...] (C) CROATIA'S OPPOSITION HDZ HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO REHABILITATE ITSELF IN THE EYES OF VOTERS EVER SINCE IT WAS EJECTED FROM POWER IN JANUARY 2000. PARTY LEADERS CLAIM -- LOUDLY AND OFTEN -- THAT THE HDZ IS COMPLETING ITS "DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATION" FROM THE CORRUPT, NATIONALIST PARTY FOUN [...]	2003-03-10 17:16:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM HR
03ZAGREB617	PATTEN IN CROATIA: DOUBTS OVER ICTY PRESSUE; WAY AHEAD ON CROATIA'S APPLICATION [...] (C) LOCAL EUROPEAN COMMISSION HOM WUNENBURGER TOLD AMBASSADOR THAT COMMISSIONER PATTEN, DURING A MARCH 13 VISIT TO ZAGREB, EMPHASIZED THE GOC'S NEED TO MAKE REAL PROGRESS ON ICTY COOPERATION, REFUGEE RETURNS, JUDICIAL REFORM AND MEDIA LEGISLATION. MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT MESIC, PM RACAN AND KE [...]	2003-03-18 15:46:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC ECIN PREF HR SR EUN
03ZAGREB669	TFIZ01: CROATIA'S PM DISCUSSES GOC IRAQ POLICY [...] (C) PRIME MINISTER RACAN "INVITED THE AMBASSADOR FOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00669 01 OF 03 251246Z COFFEE" MARCH 24 TO CLARIFY THE GOC'S REASONS FOR ADOPTING A POSITION NOT ALIGNED WITH OURS ON IRAQ. (THIS GOC POSITION HAS BEEN PLAYED OUT UNHELPFULLY [...]	2003-03-25 12:46:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC PGOV MARR HR IZ
03ZAGREB680	CROATIA WAR CRIMES: GOSPIC CASE ENDS IN CONVICTION [...] (C) ON MARCH 24, THE RIJEKA COUNTY COURT FOUND FORMER CROATIAN ARMY GENERAL MIRKO NORAC AND TWO CO-CONSPIRATORS GUILTY OF INDIVIDUAL AND COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE MURDER OF OVER 50 ETHNIC SERBS AND CROAT CIVILIANS IN THE TOWN OF GOSPIC IN 1991. THE LANDMARK VERDICT, WHICH THE SUPREME COUR [...]	2003-03-26 07:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC KJUS PREL HR HRICTY UNSC
03ZAGREB799	DRUZHBADRIA AND CPOT PIPELINES -- CROATIA MOVING [...] (SBU) THE DRUZHBADRIA PIPELINE PROJECT IS ONE POSSIBLE ROUTE TO BRING RUSSIAN OIL TO WESTERN MARKETS, SOMETHING WHICH WOULD ENHANCE GLOBAL ENERGY SECURITY BY INCREASING DIVERSIFICATION OF OIL SUPPLIES. THE CROATIAN PRESS HAS SOUGHT TO PORTRAY CROATIA AS A NEW PLAYER IN WORLD OIL POLITICS. H [...]	2003-04-11 08:15:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET SENV HR
03ZAGREB927	CROATIA/ICTY: DPM GRANIC SHOOTS GOC IN FOOT AS [...] SUMMARY: DEPUTY PM GRANIC'S RASH CRITICISM THIS WEEK OF THE ZAGREB DIPLOMATIC CORPS -- INCLUDING THE U.S. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00927 01 OF 02 280635Z AMBASSADOR -- EMBARRASSED THE GOC AND OVERSHADOWED AN OTHERWISE SOLID ATTEMPT TO SENSITIZE THE CROATI [...]	2003-04-28 06:25:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KAWC PREL PGOV PHUM HR UNSC ICTY
03ZAGREB954	CROATIA AT THE SIGNING OF THE ADRIATIC CHARTER [...] (C) CROATIA TOOK SOME TIME TO WARM TO THE IDEA OF THE ADRIATIC CHARTER. BECAUSE OF ITS FEAR OF BEING TRAPPED IN A NEW BALKAN ALLIANCE AND ALSO BECAUSE OF AN ARROGANT ASSUMPTION THAT ITS MORE ADVANCED LEVEL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MADE IT A BETTER NATO CANDIDATE, CROATIA RESISTED TYING ITS FO [...]	2003-04-30 10:11:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR NATO
04ABUDHABI1022	PRIMER ON UAEG AGENCY/SPONSORSHIP REGULATIONS [...] Summary: The UAE maintains non-tariff barriers to investment in the form of restrictive agency, sponsorship, and distributorship requirements. In order to do business in the UAE outside one of the free zones, a foreign business in most cases must have a UAE national sponsor, agent or distrib [...]	2004-04-06 12:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO USTR TC
04ABUDHABI1809	UAE TO REBUT ICFTU CAMEL JOCKEY REPORT AT ILO GENEVA [...] SUMMARY: During this week's ILO 92nd Session in Geneva, the UAE Minister of Labor and Social Affairs will rebut allegations that the UAE is not doing enough to curb the employment of underage foreign boys as camel jockeys. The UAEG will use the forum to highlight the UAE's progress over the ye [...]	2004-06-02 06:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS GTIP TC
04ABUDHABI2007	CIVAIR: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ABILITY OF [...] The UAEG has officially responded to reftel demarche requesting information on whether "Emirates-CAE Flight Training" is an appropriate entity to enter into an international agreement with the FAA. 2. Emirates CAE is considered as an approved training organization, which is authorized to co [...]	2004-06-19 12:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR TC
04ABUDHABI2202	THE SLOW RISE IN TRAVEL OF UAE NATIONALS TO THE [...] FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 9/11, THE NUMBER OF UAE NATIONALS TRAVELING TO THE UNITED STATES IS STARTING TO RISE. HOWEVER, THIS IS FROM A SHARPLY DIMINISHED BASE - THE ROAD BACK TO PRE-9/11 LEVELS FOR UAE NATIONALS WILL TAKE TIME. THE NUMBER OF UAE NATIONALS TRAVELING TO THE UNITED STATES HAS FA [...]	2004-07-04 12:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KPAO SCUL BMGT ECON TC
04ABUDHABI2371	LETTER FROM THE IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT TO SECRETARY [...] (SBU) ON JULY 13, POST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING CORRESPONDENCE SIGNED BY THE IRAQI FINANCE MINISTER AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REGARDING TREATMENT OF IRAQ'S EXTERNAL DEBT. 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: 12TH JULY 2004 H.E. MR. JOHN SNOW SECRETARY OF TREASURY SIPDIS UNITED STATES DEAR SIR, W [...]	2004-07-14 13:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON OPDC PREL IZ TC

04ABUDHABI2372	LETTER FROM THE IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT TO SECRETARY [...] (SBU) ON JULY 13, POST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING CORRESPONDENCE SIGNED BY THE IRAQI FINANCE MINISTER AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REGARDING TREATMENT OF IRAQ'S EXTERNAL DEBT. 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: 12TH JULY 2004 H.E. MR. COLIN POWELL SECRETARY OF STATE SIPDIS UNITED STATES DEAR SIR, W [...]	2004-07-14 13:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON OPDC PREL IZ TC
04ABUDHABI246	REQUEST FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATIONS IN THE UAE [...] In response to Washington's requests for information on biotechnology regulations (refs A and B),please note that ATO Dubai replied in October 2003 (ref C) that the UAE does not/not have "any laws, regulations or testing regimes specifically addressing the approval, production, importation [...]	2004-01-24 10:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TC
04ABUDHABI2591	UAE ANTI TERRORISM LAW ADDRESSES TERRORIST [...] (U) On July 28, the UAE issued "Federal Law Number 1 on Combating Terrorist Crimes, which criminalizes terrorist acts, sets up a national anti-terrorism committee, and criminalizes terrorist financing. Post is analyzing the law and will provide a fuller readout septel. This cable provides a [...]	2004-08-04 12:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PTER ECON TC
04ABUDHABI2972	UAE BORDER SECURITY TAKES ANOTHER STEP AHEAD [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-31 12:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP ETRD ECON TC
04ABUDHABI3209	TIP CASES SHOW UAE STILL CHALLENGED [...] (U) This is an action request for G/TIP and NEA/ARPI country desk, please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A number of recent trafficking cases in the UAE point to the continuing challenges in the TIP arena here. There is a growing difference in views between Dubai police and public prosec [...]	2004-09-16 06:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TC IN NP RP
04ABUDHABI4261	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON UAE INTERIOR MINISTER SHEIKH [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador and the U.S. Embassy law enforcement team (RSO, LEGAT, DHS/ICE) called on new Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed al Nahyan on November 24. Ambassador emphasized that cooperation through USG law enforcement training and exchange programs would remain a high prior [...]	2004-11-28 09:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM ASEC TC
04ABUDHABI4564	2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES [...] The body of this cable is the submission of the 2005 National Trade Estimate for the United Arab Emirates. A word file with tracked changes will be emailed to USTR and NEA. 2. Begin text: TRADE SUMMARY The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Shar [...]	2004-12-15 09:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD TC
04ABUDHABI4566	2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] The body of this cable is the submission of the narcotics section of the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for the United Arab Emirates. 2. Begin text: I. Summary Although not a narcotics-producing nation, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is believed to be [...]	2004-12-15 09:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR TC
04ABUDHABI4605	2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] The body of the cable is the submission of the money laundering and financial crimes section of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for the United Arab Emirates. 2. Begin Text United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE),which remains a largely cash- ba [...]	2004-12-15 12:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER KTFN SNAR EFIN TC
04ABUDHABI4660	G/TIP DISCUSSIONS IN UAE ON CAMEL JOCKEYS: UAEG [...] (C) Summary: G/TIP NEA/SA Reports Officer Feleke Assefa visited the UAE December 10-13 to follow up allegations raised in the October 19 Home Box Office (HBO) program about the UAE,s continuing use of underage foreign boys as camel jockeys, despite a 2002 ban on the practice. Assefa met with [...]	2004-12-20 12:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TC
04ABUDHABI4755	MEDIA REACTION: PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, LONDON [...] SUMMARY: THE FOCUS OF EDITORIALS IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH DAILIES COVERED A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES. "AL-ITTIHAD" CRITICIZED ISRAEL'S EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS AND CALLED ON THE WORLD COMMUNITY AND COUNTRIES SPONSORING THE PEACE PROCESS TO FORCE ISRAEL TO ABIDE BY UN RESOLUTIO [...]	2004-12-27 11:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI684	UAE: 2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 15:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
04ABUDHABI814	TRIP READOUT - G/TIP VISIT TO UAE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From February 11 to 15, G/TIP Senior Coordinator for Reports Mark Taylor and NEA/RA Desk Officer Nahide Bayrasli visited the UAE to update information for the 2004 Trafficking in Persons Report. The meetings were very informative, and the team stated on several occasions that [...]	2004-03-22 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL TC
04ABUJA1013	INEC SEEKS PARTY DE-REGISTRATION POWERS -- OR NOT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nigerian press reported that INEC Permanent Secretary Abubakar Jauro on June 2 had asked the National Assembly to grant the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the power to "de-register and sanction...erring political parties." Claiming that INEC had been una [...]	2004-06-09 06:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KCOR EAID NI
04ABUJA1119	ICPC PRESSES MINISTERIAL CORRUPTION CASE, BUT HOW [...] (C) Summary: The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) provided details on its highest-profile case to date, the national identity card project case that includes former Ministers among its defendants. The trial will take place on July 19-21, but it is u [...]	2004-06-23 09:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR EFIN NI
04ABUJA1132	THE STATE OF PLAY: POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE [...] (U) Summary: The international media is reporting a surge of polio cases in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa. In response, and with the support of the Nigerian Federal government, non-governmental organizations are pushing to implement the oft-delayed efforts to immunize children throughou [...]	2004-06-24 08:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SOCI NI
04ABUJA1159	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON MEETING [...] (U) Summary: Human Rights Watch (HRW) representatives briefed the Ambassador about a meeting with President Obasanjo and various ministers. They said Obasanjo did not engage HRW on the GON's inadequate response to violence in Nigeria, and refused to budge on the issue of Charles Taylor's ex [...]	2004-06-30 12:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC NI
04ABUJA1185	NIGERIA: STATUS OF POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE [...] It is still anticipated that Kano will begin catch-up immunization programs this summer and rejoin the nationwide schedule when it resumes. It is less clear now, however, what the schedule will be or when it will begin. The Governor has now convened another panel to examine the latest test [...]	2004-07-07 04:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID SOCI NI
04ABUJA1190	BUHARI TRIBUNAL CONTINUES, THE END IN SIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 2003 Presidential tribunal continues sitting and the quality of government witnesses continues to provide amusement to the judges and the gallery. The testimony and the evidence presented is of questionable utility to the government's case but each one says that there were [...]	2004-07-07 09:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM NI
04ABUJA1258	POLIO: A NIGERIAN SOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kano State Governor termed the new polio vaccines safe at a July 15 meeting held in Kano. A prelude to a public announcement that vaccinations can reconvene, we hope the announcement can come by this weekend but await the official signs. Several northern politicians discus [...]	2004-07-16 14:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SOCI NI
04ABUJA1288	A SOUTHEAST ROADTRIP - UNDER DEVELOPED AND UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff recently embarked on an eight day roadtrip through the southeast (and a little of the south-south) region of Nigeria. During the trip, PolOff visited about 20 self-help projects and encountered varying degrees of success on the projects. The most striking part of the tri [...]	2004-07-23 12:44:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC NI
04ABUJA1365	SECURITY COOPERATION: OBASANJO EMPHASIZES HUMAN [...] (U) President Obasanjo emphasized the importance of military respect for human rights during an August 6 address to the graduating class of the National War College. He termed support for democratic institutions, and respect for human rights, to be a fundamental aspect of professionalizing th [...]	2004-08-06 11:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR MASS NI HUMANRIGHTS
04ABUJA1373	HEAD OF TRAFFICKING AGENCY DISCUSSES NIGERIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In a courtesy call on the Ambasador, Nigeria's anti-trafficking agency discussed its work during its first year of existence, gave the status of two prosecutions underway in Kano, described the horrors of the overland trafficking in persons (TIP) route north through the Sahara [...]	2004-08-09 13:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB NI HUMANRIGHTS
04ABUJA1405	Nigerian Banking Reform - CBN Encourages [...] Summary. On July 6 the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),Charles Soludo, proposed several reforms to the banking sector, the most important of which is raising the capital requirement of banks from naira 2 billion (USD 15 million) to naira 25 billion (USD 189 million) effective D [...]	2004-08-17 13:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN NI
04ABUJA1440	ANTI-TRAFFICKING AGENCY ARRESTS AND DISPLAYS TWO [...] Summary. At a press conference on August 10, Nigeria's anti-trafficking agency announced the arrests of two "juju men" (practitioners of fetish magic). The two juju men were used to facilitate prostitution and trafficking by scaring victims to silence. The following week, the agency announ [...]	2004-08-20 11:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG ELAB PHUM KWMN PGOV NI HUMANRIGHTS
04ABUJA1515	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the rebel movements' inexperience in conducing serious negotiations, the unwillingness of the "Teflon" government delegation to accept any responsibility for the situation on the ground in Darfur, and the broad latitude the mediator has permitted the parties to digress [...]	2004-09-03 09:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF EAID MARR NI CD SU DARFUR
04ABUJA1573	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: WRAPPING UP ROUND ONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The first round of African Union (AU)- mediated discussions on Darfur in Abuja ended September 10 with the parties remaining far apart on fundamental issues and approach to the negotiations. The AU mediators plan to officially adjourn the talks after meeting with President Obas [...]	2004-09-13 11:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EAID MARR NI SU DARFUR
04ABUJA1831	IN BAUCHI STATE, TWO MORE WOMEN SENTENCED TO [...] Summary. Bauchi State Shari's courts sentenced two unmarried women to death by stoning for adultery on the evidence of their pregnancies, while releasing their partners for lack of evidence. Both women have appealed and are receiving legal assistance. Since the adoption in 2000 of Shari'a [...]	2004-10-29 10:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL NI
04ABUJA1836	TV COOP PROGRAM STIRS UP SUPPORT FOR AGR0- [...] Summary: USG-sponsored TV Coop program on agricultural biotechnology has elicited positive reactions from Nigeria's scientific community and key policy makers, and has further strengthened a progressive policy drive to use U.S. approaches and technologies to revive Nigeria's ailing agriculture [...]	2004-11-01 05:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KPAO SCUL OIIP NI EAID
04ABUJA2068	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: STATUS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Reftel described fragility of African Union-led peace talks on Darfur due to intense fighting in Darfur. AU and international observers met with the SLM on December 14 and with the JEM and GOS on December 15. The CFC representative to the talks reported that Sudanese Government [...]	2004-12-15 11:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR EAID PREF PGOV SU NI DARFUR
04ABUJA2080	NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT, NIGERIA [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-16 10:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD NI
04ABUJA2106	ENGAGING NIGERIA: SUPPORT FOR REFORMS [...] (S) The grip of the interlocked coteries that have ruled Nigeria since the civil war (ref A) continues to be the driving force in Nigerian politics. In order for Nigeria to move ahead, this grip must be loosened. Until Nigerians gain a real stake in their own society, they cannot begin to ca [...]	2004-12-21 10:36:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAID KCOR NI
04ABUJA2135	GON AVIATION MINISTER PROTESTS EMBASSY PRESS [...] Following is the proposed letter to Nigeria's Minister of Aviation mentioned in ref A. 2. Begin text. Mr. Minister: Thank you for your letter of December 21, 2004 in response to the media briefing on Virgin Nigeria by the U.S. Embassy's Economic Counselor on December 16 (FMA/20/2004 [...]	2004-12-23 15:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PREL NI
04ABUJA363	NIGERIA: STATUS OF POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE [...] This cable highlights the current situation related to polio eradication in Nigeria. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. Nigeria is the largest remaining polio reservoir globally. As recently as mid-2003, transmission was confined to the northern portion of the country in just 8 sta [...]	2004-03-02 03:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI NI AID
04ABUJA523	BUHARI'S SUIT CONTINUES, HE IS UPBEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hearings continue at the Court of Appeals in ANPP candidate Buhari's legal challenge to Obasanjo's election as president, and Buhari is happy with how the election tribunal is going. He and most observers at the trial believe the evidence being presented is helping his case, and [...]	2004-03-25 15:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NI
04ABUJA539	JUDGMENT OF YOLA -- PDP GOVERNOR'S ELECTION [...] (U) An election tribunal on March 24 nullified the election of PDP Governor Bonie Haruna, VP Atiku's protege, in Atiku's home Adamawa state. The judgment delivered in Yola amidst tight security and police intimidation was a unanimous decision of the five-judge panel that the April 19, 2003 el [...]	2004-03-26 13:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
04ABUJA553	KANO STATE GOVERNOR ON POLIO, ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge Roberts took advantage of Kano Governor Ibrahim Shekarau's applying for a U.S. visa to meet with him on March 30 about the polio vaccination campaign in Kano. The Charge said to Shekarau that the polio vaccination campaign is a major concern outside Nigeria, as well as [...]	2004-03-31 04:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI NI AID
04ABUJA764	MINISTERIAL CORRPUTION TRIAL: NOISE, NOT ACTION [...] (C) Summary: Intrigues and suspicion -- but little action -- surround the snail-paced trial of former Nigerian ministers and other senior officials accused of receiving payoffs from a French company to facilitate winning of a multi-million dollar National Identity Card contract. The trial tha [...]	2004-04-29 13:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
04ACCRA1382	THREE MURDERED JUDGES HONORED; OPPOSITION STAYS [...] (SBU) On June 28, the Ghanaian Government honored the memory of three judges murdered in 1982, in the turbulent early years of former President Rawlings' PNDC military government. President Kufuor unveiled busts of the three executed jurists before a solemn audience of Ghana's social and poli [...]	2004-06-30 08:50:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR GH
04ACCRA1528	DUE DILIGENCE ON COCA COLA-GHANA FOR THE SECRETARY [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Post has conducted due diligence on the Coca Cola operations in Ghana in order to reaffirm the company's exemplary conduct. Econoffs discussed reftel questions with government officials, Union representatives, AmCham leadership, and also, in a non-specific [...]	2004-07-22 16:16:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD GH
04ACCRA1550	GHANA FLIGHT DEPARTS FOR U.S. DESPITE FAA BAN [...] Per reftel, DCM Jerry Lanier met today with the Director General of Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA),Captain (Ret.) Joseph Boachie to hand deliver the letter and the accompanying talking points. Boachie accepted that the FAA would be sending a reassessment team and asked that we keep hi [...]	2004-07-27 07:13:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR GH
04ACCRA1631	GHANA NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION [...] Summary. After 22 months of hearings, the National Reconciliation Commission wrapped up its formal hearings on July 13, with a few high-profile cases ensuring that the NRC's closing would not pass quietly. In spite of some rumblings from the opposition party, most agreed that the NRC had done [...]	2004-08-09 15:23:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GH
04ACCRA17	GHANA: STATUS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATIONS [...] Per reftel request, Post provides the following information on the legal and regulatory environment covering agricultural biotechnology in Ghana. The Government of Ghana is still developing its biotech policies, so Post will provide regular updates, as appropriate. 2. Ghana currently has [...]	2004-01-06 07:17:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD GH SENV TBIO TSPL BIOTECHNOLOGY
04ACCRA2213	GHANA: FINAL PARLIAMENT ACTION IN 2004 [...] This cable highlights significant legislation that passed Parliament during its October 5 - November 4 session and follows up on bills of particular US interest, as highlighted Reftel. 2. In its final session of 2004, Parliament ratified the OPIC-Ghana Investment Incentives Agreement, passe [...]	2004-11-09 12:28:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EAIR ENRG GH OPIC
04ACCRA2455	GHANA: POST SUPPORTS TREASURY'S CONTINUED FUNDING [...] In 2003 the U.S. Treasury Department, with co-funding from USAID, initiated the Ghana Tax Assistance Project, designed to improve management and revenue collection for Ghana's IRS and VAT Service. USAID will end its financial support of the program in February 2005 due to budget constraints an [...]	2004-12-13 15:25:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID GH
04ACCRA2504	2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR GHANA [...] This message responds to reftel request for an update of the National Trade Estimate (NTE) report. The following is Post's input to the 2005 NTE report for Ghana (Note: report also sent via email to USTR and State). TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. trade surplus with Ghana was USD 128 million in [...]	2004-12-17 13:26:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN ECON GH
04ACCRA2527	ALCOA'S BID FOR VALCO [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOffs met with Randy Phillips and Jeff Heeter of Alcoa December 14. Phillips and Heeter were in Ghana to follow up on Alcoa's proposal to purchase a larger stake in the Volta Aluminum Company(VALCO) and develop Ghana's bauxite reserves. The proposal also includes the const [...]	2004-12-22 08:30:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EMIN ENRG GH EXIM OPIC
04ACCRA256	ELECTIONS V: TO BE OR NOT TO BE - SMALL PARTIES [...] (SBU) Ghana has two large political parties, two small parties, and 6 tiny mom-and-pop operations that exist mainly on paper. Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC) hopes to cull moribund also-rans from the ranks of registered parties for the December national elections. Some of these parties d [...]	2004-02-09 16:19:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GH
04ACCRA301	RAWLINGS AT NRC: BIG BUILD-UP, BIGGER LET-DOWN [...] (SBU) Summary. Former President Jerry Rawlings appeared before the National Reconciliation Commission on February 12. Intense media speculation preceded his appearance, which had been the occasion of considerable jockeying between the Commission and Rawlings' legal team. He answered a sho [...]	2004-02-13 10:12:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM GH
04ACCRA362	PRESIDENT KUFUOR ON INTERNAL SECURITY SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. President Kufuor told the Ambassador February 23 that he has placed Ghanaian security forces on a quiet "state of alert" while he attends the AU summit in Tripoli. Concern over the recent activities of former President Rawlings, public allegations against Kufuor's National Secu [...]	2004-02-24 16:31:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR GH
04ACCRA370	2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSON REPORT - GHANA [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-25 10:33:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
04ACCRA63	SCENESETTER FOR HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY ALLEN: GHANA [...] Your visit to Ghana provides an opportunity to encourage further momentum to Ghana's efforts to build capacity to address basic health concerns on infant, child and maternal mortality and morbidity, and help prevent HIV/AIDS transmission and mitigate its impact on Ghana's population. Ghana's [...]	2004-01-12 18:21:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA PGOV AMGT ECON GH
04ADANA115	PKK TERROR VIOLENCE CAUSES HIGH ANXIETY [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of non-governmental organizations in southeastern Turkey recently told DPO that the region's human rights situation has been steadily improving over the past five years. Human rights workers' anxiety is increasing, however, with every new clash between PKK/Kong [...]	2004-09-03 09:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL TU ADANA PKK
04ADANA119	PRIVATE KURDISH LANGUAGE SCHOOLS FIGHT RED TAPE [...] (U) Summary: Five private Kurdish language instruction schools (Van, Batman, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir and Adana) are open for business and have registered hundreds of new students for the fall, after completing lengthy application procedures and meeting strict building code requirements to which [...]	2004-09-15 11:38:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA12	COMMERICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN SE TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-21 15:18:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV TU ADANA
04ADANA141	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,OCTOBER 15, 2004 PART II [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 14:31:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA149	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM STILL MIXED IN SE TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-29 11:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA171	TURKISH TRUCKER STRIKE AGAINST SOMO IN STALEMATE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-23 15:08:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ELAB ELTN IZ TU ADANA
04AMMAN10019	MEDIA REACTION ON FRANCE'S CLOSURE OF MANAR [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 11:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN1214	FALCON-50 AIR CREW ON JET'S IRAQI OWNERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings, crew members of a Jordan-based Falcon-50 executive jet described their version of the history and current condition of thE aircraft and its substantial links to the government of Iraq (Reftel). They turned over to the Embassy documents relating to activiti [...]	2004-02-18 10:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETTC IZ JO
04AMMAN2198	IRAQI ASSETS IN JORDAN - INVITATION TO THE CPA [...] (U) This is an action message. See last Para. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) late on March 11 passed to Embassy a list of Iraqi counterparties earlier requested by Iraqi and CPA officials to review Iraqi assets frozen in Jordan. The local Rafidain Bank manager has sta [...]	2004-03-23 18:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN2469	MEDIA REACTION ON THE ARAB SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-31 09:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN2790	JORDAN'S DPM ON IPR ISSUES, PRE-INSPECTION [...] (C) Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade, when confronted with the first known U.S. exporter casualty of Jordan's pre-inspection program, promised to look into the case and said that the government is trying to work out a formula for freezing inspections of U.S. [...]	2004-04-14 05:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR JO
04AMMAN2982	MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL'S ASSASSINATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-19 11:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN304	CURRICULUM REFORM RANKLES IN JORDAN [...] (C) A recent Ministry of Education (MoEd) announcement of plans to incorporate human rights concepts in school curriculum unleashed a media frenzy in opposition to the perceived imposition of western standards. While the status of the changes remains unclear, GOJ statements and the timing of b [...]	2004-01-14 06:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL IS JO
04AMMAN4887	UNRWA COMGEN HANSEN TESTS WATERS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a June 14 phone call to refcoord, UNRWA chef de cabinet Aquarone indicated that ComGen Peter Hansen may not intend to step down after his current term expires in February 2005. We believe that a fourth term for Hansen serves neither U.S. nor UNRWA interests and r [...]	2004-06-16 10:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA
04AMMAN5131	JORDAN'S EDUCATION MINISTRY EMBROILED IN CHEATING [...] (C) The Education Ministry is under fire after the GOJ announced on June 21 the suspension of Jordan's annual high school exams (tawjihi) to investigate allegations that students obtained copies of at least one of the exams in advance. The head of the GID's Anti-Corruption Unit says that at [...]	2004-06-23 15:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC JO
04AMMAN5403	MOBILE TELEPHONY COMPETITION EXPANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has granted a new mobile telephony license, on a preliminary basis, to a consortium of local Jordanian businessmen and Kuwaiti investors. The new entrant should further enhance the competitiveness of Jordan,s telecommunicati [...]	2004-06-30 15:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EAID PGOV KPRV JO
04AMMAN5476	OF TRIBAL SHEIKHS, ISLAMIC ZANIES AND CRUSADER [...] (U) The Ambassador visited the governorates of Kerak and Ma'an in a June 23-24 trip that highlighted the regional variety in Jordan's history, economy and topography. The Ambassador met with local officials and inaugurated USAID-funded clinics in and around the hilly city of Kerak, an histor [...]	2004-07-06 07:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL JO
04AMMAN610	JORDANIAN STATE SECURITY COURT PLOWS AHEAD WITH [...] (U) The Jordanian State Security Court this month proceeded with a number of ongoing trials involving anti-U.S. terrorist plots. The prosecution in the Foley assassination case concluded its presentation on January 20 with a call for the death penalty against the accused killers. Government [...]	2004-01-25 15:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC JO
04AMMAN6121	COMMERCE A/S LASH SECURES EXEMPTION FROM DAMAN [...] This is an action cable. See para 3. 2. Assistant Secretary of Commerce William Lash June 29 called on Dr. Ahmad Hindawi, head of the Jordan Institute of Standards and Metrology (JISM),the lead Jordanian agency for the DAMAN product conformity pre-shipment inspection program. In respon [...]	2004-07-20 17:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL JO
04AMMAN6130	COMMERCE A/S LASH SECURES EXEMPTION FROM DAMAN [...] This is an action cable. See para 3. 2. Assistant Secretary of Commerce William Lash June 29 called on Dr. Ahmad Hindawi, head of the Jordan Institute of Standards and Metrology (JISM),the lead Jordanian agency for the DAMAN product conformity pre- shipment inspection program. In respo [...]	2004-07-21 04:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL JO
04AMMAN6171	JAF VICE CHIEF OF STAFF CRITICIZES SYRIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: JAF Vice Chief of Staff General Saud Nsairat alleged that Syrian border officials are not putting forth a sincere effort to stop illegal border crossers and weapons from entering Jordan. Nsairat said Jordan needed a large x-ray machine to inspect vehicles entering Jordan through [...]	2004-07-21 14:12:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN6736	PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN LEADERS CRITIQUE THE KING [...] (C) Summary. Prominent Palestinian critics of the regime -- malcontents who nonetheless voice views held more widely -- recently shared with us their analysis of King Abdullah,s standing. They attacked his political reforms as lacking in substance, and therefore uninspiring to the public an [...]	2004-08-10 15:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PGOV JO
04AMMAN6771	ANTI-NORMALIZERS, ISLAMISTS DEFY GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) The Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) announced a "boycott" of MP Raed Qaqish after he appeared on an Al Hurra television program debating an Israeli official. The GOJ publicly rebuked the JEA and the related Professional Associations Council (PAC),reminding them that the PAC Anti-Norm [...]	2004-08-12 14:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IS JO
04AMMAN7659	JORDAN'S NEW BORDER TASK FORCE AIMS AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ cabinet approved a new inter-ministerial border management task force that will focus on facilitating trade and travel. The cabinet decision appointed National Customs as the lead agency in a task force comprising nine ministries and agencies. It is too soon to say whe [...]	2004-09-15 13:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP ETRD JO
04AMMAN7960	STATE SECURITY COURT RESUMES AFTER SUMMER HIATUS [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-23 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC JO
04AMMAN8145	TRACKING CHANGES IN TEXTILES AND APPAREL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The textiles and apparel sector continues to increase its share of Jordan's GDP, due largely to the contribution of Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) and their duty-free, quota-free exports to the United States, which stood at USD 584 million in 2003. In 2002-2003, manufactu [...]	2004-09-30 15:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX ECON ETRD ELAB JO
04AMMAN850	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-04 14:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN8580	ANOTHER PRISON RIOT PRECEDES ABUSE TRIAL [...] (U) Another riot at the Al-Juweideh correctional facility October 6 preceded the opening of the trial of eleven officers charged in connection with the September 1 death of an inmate (reftel). Violence erupted a third time at the prison October 12. End Summary. ---------------------------- [...]	2004-10-17 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KMPI JO
04AMMAN8595	MEDIA REACTION ON ANTI-SEMITISM LAW [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 13:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04ANKARA1058	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-24 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1061	TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY FLOATS IDEA FOR VOLUNTARY [...] (C) MFA Director General for Energy Haki Akil told us the Foreign Ministry is launching a new initiative to reduce the transport of petroleum and refined products through the Turkish Straits. MFA is testing the interest of oil companies in an agreement on voluntary principles that would comm [...]	2004-02-24 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EWWT PREL SENV TU
04ANKARA1228	Economic Partnership Commission: Update on [...] (SBU) MFA U/S Ziyal and U/S Larson agreed to discuss implementation of the Economic Partnership Commission Action Plan (ref c) by telephone at 10:30 EST on March 5. Embassy recommends that U/S Larson encourage Turkey to adhere to the economic reform program; press for resolution of U.S. busi [...]	2004-03-02 09:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG BEXP KIPR TU IZ
04ANKARA1233	TURKEY: 2004 ANTI TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Embassy point of contact is David McFarland, who replaces Phil Kaplan following submission of this report. Kaplan (rank: FSO-03) spent approximately 100 hours in prepara [...]	2004-03-02 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
04ANKARA1437	BANK REGULATORS GRAPPLE WITH FAILED BANK OWNERS [...] (Sbu) Summary: The recently-appointed management of the now-separate bank regulatory agencies are struggling to deal with a range of issues relating to the failed banks. Having moved decisively to seize Uzan group companies, the new Deposit Guarantee Fund Chairman told Econcouns he will try to [...]	2004-03-10 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA1595	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: PROGRESS IN TURKEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: G/TIP officer and Emboff met with government and non-government organizations in Ankara and Trabzon February 23-24 to explore Turkey's progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP). An MFA official anti-TIP noted progress in training programs, provision of humanitarian visa [...]	2004-03-17 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA1813	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-26 06:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1880	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-30 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1917	Background for USTR Zoellick's Meeting with [...] (SBU) Turkish trade officials tell us that, in the April 5 meeting with USTR Robert Zoellick, State Minister Kursad Tuzmen plans to focus on multilateral trade issues. The Foreign Trade Undersecretariat told us it believes that USTR's January 2004 letter to counterparts has revitalized the WT [...]	2004-04-01 10:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX KIPR TU
04ANKARA2074	TURKISH POST-ELECTION POLITICS: ASSESSING RULING [...] (C) Summary: With electoral victory in his pocket, PM Erdogan faces the immediate challenge of getting a Cyprus settlement but remains outwardly confident that his strategies of becoming Turkey's "single man" and capturing the center and center-right are working. A preliminary analysis of ele [...]	2004-04-09 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA2138	Trafficking in Persons: IOM Reports Recent [...] (U) SUMMARY: In April 9 discussions with Emboff, IOM Chief of Mission Regina Boucault cited 1) ongoing anti-TIP training for Turkish law enforcement officials, and 2) implementation of a victim referral agreement between the Ministry of Interior and Turkey's leading TIP NGO as continuing evide [...]	2004-04-13 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2152	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MFA REPORTS ONGOING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 13 meeting with MFA Deputy Director General for Consular Affairs Haldun Otman, visiting USDOJ Civil Rights Division Chief Al Moskowitz discussed USG efforts to combat trafficking in the United States, noting success in USG methods for 1) identifying victims, 2) disti [...]	2004-04-14 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2186	CASE AGAINST ATTACKERS OF CHRISTIAN CONVERT DELAYED [...] (C) Summary: A court in northwestern Turkey postponed for 15 months the trial of three suspects accused of severely beating a Christian convert from Islam for performing missionary work, causing him to suffer a coma. The delay was approved ostensibly in order to evaluate the extent of the vic [...]	2004-04-15 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2195	SCENESETTER FOR ECONOMY MINISTER BABACAN'S [...] (Sbu) Summary: Economy Minister Ali Babacan comes to Washington after the IMF's Seventh Review and several months of better-than-expected macroeconomic performance. Senior USG interlocutors could usefully use the meetings to praise GOT accomplishments while warning against complacency, reiter [...]	2004-04-16 11:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV BEXP PREL TU
04ANKARA2294	TURKISH STATE SECURITY COURT RE-CONVICTS LEYLA ZANA, CO-DEFENDANTS; VERDICT WILL BE APPEALED [...] (U) Summary: An Ankara State Security Court (SSC) April 21 re-convicted Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former MPs charged with being members of the terrorist PKK, ending a contentious 13-month retrial that has been widely criticized by human rights advocates and EU parliamentarians as unfai [...]	2004-04-22 05:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2324	TURKISH MARKET SWINGS OVER CYPRUS REFERENDUM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish financial markets were flat today in the final day of trading before Saturday's referendum in Cyprus. The relative calm came after a week in which the IMKB-100 bounced up and down as sentiment shifted on prospects for a favorable outcome to the vote. A strong rally lat [...]	2004-04-22 16:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA2419	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-29 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2425	PARLIAMENT TO REVIEW CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: The Turkish Parliament is set to review a 10-article package of constitutional amendments designed to bring Turkey closer to the Copenhagen Criteria for EU membership. The amendments would: abolish the State Security Courts (SSCs); open the military budget to court audit; remove [...]	2004-04-30 05:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA2453	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-30 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

04ANKARA2474	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-03 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2623	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-10 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2779	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-17 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3046	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-02 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3048	TIP: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, MAY 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about GOT anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in national and international news media. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish unless otherwise noted) is provided through unofficial [...]	2004-06-02 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3077	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-03 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3108	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-04 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-17 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3499	GLOBAL FORCE POSTURE REVIEW: STATIONING OF F-16S [...] (S) An inter-agency delegation led by State PM A/S Bloomfield consulted with MFA and TGS officials June 17 on the USG's latest thinking on the Global Defense Posture (GDP) review. A/S Bloomfield said the purpose of the visit was to continue the consultations that began last December, to provi [...]	2004-06-21 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA3621	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-27 12:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3633	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3673	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JUNE 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about Turkey- specific anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press clips. Text of any articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation, unless otherwise noted. 2 [...]	2004-06-29 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4072	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-21 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4147	TIP IN TURKEY: UPDATED MFA COUNTRY REPORT ON [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following TIP Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report is available on-line at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: http://www.mfa.gov [...]	2004-07-28 09:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4148	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in daily newspapers and circulated nationwide. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish) is provided through unofficial [...]	2004-07-28 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4440	TUAF QUESTIONNAIRE ON SPACE COOPERATION [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive business information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 3. (SBU) On July 27, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) conveyed to DAO Ankara a questionnaire from Turkish Air Force (TUAF) Command regarding space cooperatio [...]	2004-08-06 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR PINR TSPA FR IS KS TU UK
04ANKARA4448	TIP IN TURKEY: POLICE GUIDEBOOK ON TIP [...] (U) In an August 5 meeting at the Turkish Security Directorate, Foreigners Department Assistant Director Murat Oz provided para 2 text of the Turkish Security Directorate's anti-TIP guidebook. Oz told Emboff that the guidebook was published by the Security Directorate and dis [...]	2004-08-09 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4451	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-09 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4489	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-10 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4502	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH-AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In November 2003, an Australian Coast Guard patrol intercepted an Indonesian smuggling vessel carrying 14 Turkish citizens. By July 2004, Australian Federal Police (AFP) agents had traced the human smuggling network organizers to Turkey, where smugglers and witnesses were engage [...]	2004-08-11 08:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4504	TIP IN TURKEY: AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION REPORT II [...] (C) The following confidential investigation report compiled by Australian Federal Police (AFP) agent Shawn Selles includes names and contact information for suspected human smugglers described in reftel. TURKISH-BASED PEOPLE SMUGGLING NETWORK OPERATING TO AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES Sc [...]	2004-08-11 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4580	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 1- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 15, 2004 by the Internat [...]	2004-08-16 08:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4700	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-19 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA482	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S TURKEY VISIT CEMENTS TIES, SKIPS KEY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani President Musharraf's January 19-22 visit to Turkey was heavy on ceremony and warm rhetoric, but apparently skipped over key issues of cross-border terrorism and non-proliferation. The visit appeared designed to cement ties, which had become testy in 2002, and to avoid contro [...]	2004-01-26 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IN PARM PK PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA4946	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-01 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5262	NEW TURKISH DEFENSE INDUSTRY POLICY BEGINS TO TAKE [...] (C) Summary: During a Sept 15 tour d'horizon with the Ambassador, Undersecretary for Defense Industry Bayar had a better informed and more balanced view of the state of Turkish defense industry and a clearer vision of where he wants to take it than during their first meeting last May. On procu [...]	2004-09-16 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL MARR TU
04ANKARA5278	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-17 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5375	DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS [...] THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT INTENDED FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 9 AND 10, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPE ERIC STEWART TRAVELED TO ANKARA TO MEET WITH GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY OFFICIALS ON KEY BILATERAL ISSUES. [...]	2004-09-21 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD TU
04ANKARA549	TURKEY GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF [...] (C) Summary: PolMilOff met with MFA's new DDG for NATO and WEU Affairs Fatih Ceylan January 23 to get a readout of the GOT's latest thinking on ESDP. Ceylan, a longtime NATO policy wonk, was generally satisfied with progress on Berlin Plus, insofar as it was implemented in "Operation Concordia [...]	2004-01-28 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA5535	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-27 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5695	Turkey: European Commission Pushing on Data [...] (SBU) On September 29, Arslan Umut Ergezer, Economic and Trade Officer with the EC Representation in Turkey, discussed with Econoff the EC's newly-issued report on practices in the Turkish pharmaceuticals industry, particularly lack of data exclusivity protection. The Trade Barrier Report uns [...]	2004-10-04 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA5698	SECRETARY ABRAHAM,S SEPTEMBER 21 BILATERAL MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and Turkey Energy Minister Hilmi Guler covered a range of energy issues in a meeting in Istanbul on September 21. Areas identified for continued and deepened cooperation were Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline completion in mid 2005; promotion [...]	2004-10-04 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU
04ANKARA5708	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 15-30, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 27, 200 [...]	2004-10-05 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5719	TURKEY AS THE HUB IN THE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) The centerpiece of Turkey's growing role as hub in the East-West Corridor, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, is broadly on track and nearing completion. Government of Turkey (GOT) Officials and BTC company officials assert that BTC is on track at 80 percent complete for m [...]	2004-10-05 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT TU GA
04ANKARA5741	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-06 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5750	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, September 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 28, 2004 by the Anato [...]	2004-10-07 10:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5751	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 1-7, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IN KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TIP TU
04ANKARA5758	SPECIAL TURKISH MEDIA REACTION: EU COMMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5807	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-13 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5820	POSSIBLE TURKISH FLEXIBILITY ON UNFICYP MOVEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) In ref A, on September 13 Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman claimed no knowledge of any restrictions in UNFICYP movement imposed by Turks or Turkish Cypriots. On October 13, we supplied Bilman with points about the restricti [...]	2004-10-13 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA5936	59TH UNGA: TURKEY LOOKING FOR WEOG CONSENSUS ON [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-19 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP TU
04ANKARA5980	Turkey's New Bio-safety Law [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AFTER YEARS OF DELAYS, TURKEY IS POISED TO PASS A FAR-REACHING BIO-SAFETY LAW, WHICH COULD RESTRICT ALL IMPORTS AND PRODUCTION OF BIO- ENGINEERED PRODUCTS, INCLUDING AGRICULTURAL AND POSSIBLY PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS. THE FRAMEWORK LAW IS QUITE GENERAL AND, GIVEN PAST EXPERIE [...]	2004-10-21 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU
04ANKARA6010	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-22 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6030	CODEL HASTINGS MEETS IN TURKEY IN FIRST OFFICIAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-25 09:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP PHUM PINR PINS PROP PTER AMGT TU IZ
04ANKARA6048	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-25 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6072	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MFA REPORTS ONGOING EFFORTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to G/TIP inquires about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following October 2004 TIP Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report will be published on-line at the MFA website at http://www.mf [...]	2004-10-26 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6092	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-27 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6195	KARADENIZ STOPS DELIVERY OF ELECTRICITY FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the Turkish company Karadeniz (KARTET),it informed the Iraq Ministry of Electricity that as of October 26 it was no longer able to deliver electricity from Turkey to Northern Iraq because of non-delivery of contractual heavy fuel oil (HFO) from Iraq. According to [...]	2004-11-02 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD IZ TU
04ANKARA6254	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-04 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6366	TIP IN TURKEY: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6371	Health Ministry Views on Data Exclusivity; [...] (SBU) Health Ministry officials hinted that they could support immediate implementation of data exclusivity protection for confidential pharmaceutical test data if research-based industry were to make concessions in other areas. They said they had established a good dialog with industry on he [...]	2004-11-10 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04ANKARA6393	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, NOVEMBER 1-10, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published November 10, 2004 by the Jerusalem [...]	2004-11-10 16:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6396	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 16:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6513	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-23 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6686	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, NOVEMBER 10-30, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published November 30, 2004 by the Interna [...]	2004-12-02 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6692	TIP IN TURKEY: SHELTERED VICTIM LEADS POLICE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Characterizing the events that led to the arrest of at least one human trafficking network member in Corum, Turkey as a "real success story for the shelter," Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) Executive Director Demet Gural told Emboff that an Azeri victim resident at t [...]	2004-12-02 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6805	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-07 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6843	TIP IN TURKEY: VICTIMS' STORIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: International Organization on Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission Marielle Lindstrom provided para 4 report on a Russian citizen victim admitted to the Istanbul TIP shelter November 13. The victim's story largely repeats other accounts we have heard about typical trafficking schemes [...]	2004-12-09 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6865	TIP: GOT PUSHING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROTOCOLS [...] (U) During a visit to Ankara led by US Embassy Chisinau in November (septel),a Moldovan anti-TIP government delegation heard high-handed criticism from Turkish interlocutors about Moldova's failure to respond to a GOT-proposed anti-TIP protocol (para 3). The draft protocol, according to MFA D [...]	2004-12-10 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6941	LIFE IN TURKEY'S MOST SOUTHEASTERN PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary: An early November visit to Hakkari province yielded a mixed picture of Turkey,s heavily-Kurdish, most Southeastern province, wedged between Iran and Iraq. The once-oppressive security environment has been replaced by streets full of pedestrians, a hotel full of Istanbul visito [...]	2004-12-14 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
04ANKARA7003	DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 08:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN ECON KIPR TU
04ANKARA7103	TIP IN TURKEY: IOM REPORTS ON GOT PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: IOM has passed us a summary of its anti-TIP actions and plans for cooperating further with GOT authorities. End Summary. 2. (C) International Office for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission Marielle Lindstrom passed Emboff the following summary of TIP current events: BEGIN NOTES [...]	2004-12-21 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA958	ALTINBAS TORTURE CASE PLAGUED BY DELAYS [...] (C) Summary: The 13-year-old trial of 10 police officers charged with torturing and killing university student Birtan Altinbas continues to be plagued by delays, as the defense tries to postpone a verdict until the statute of limitations expires. The defendants have consistently failed to appe [...]	2004-02-19 10:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
04ANKARA971	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-19 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA977	Special 301 - Raise Turkey to Priority Watch [...] (U) This cable contains action requests in para 10. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Although there are signs that the GOT is preparing to improve enforcement through a ban on street sales, copyright and trademark piracy has remained persistently high in Turkey. Turkey has also failed to p [...]	2004-02-20 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR TU
04BAGHDAD246	USEB 149: KIRKUK'S ARAB VILLAGES ADJUST TO [...] SUMMARY. The Arab villages west and south of Kirkuk are mostly poor and underdeveloped. Thanks to extensive work by the Coalition Provisional Authority, USAID and U.S. military forces in the area, the USG has developed excellent working relationships with local tribal and political leaders. [...]	2004-07-24 18:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF IZ
04BEIJING3796	WEN JIABAO'S NPC DEBUT: "PEOPLE FIRST," RURAL [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao reiterated the "people- centered" approach of the new Chinese leadership in his report to China's legislature, the National People's Congress, on March 5. With former President Jiang Zemin and the current leadership looking on, Wen highlighted the new government's vict [...]	2004-03-05 11:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD PREL CH TW HK
04BOGOTA1092	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] This is in response to reftel request. ---------------------------- Human Rights Strategy Report ---------------------------- 2. Although Colombia is a democracy, a major internal armed conflict financed by drug trafficking and other criminal activities has created an environment in whic [...]	2004-02-03 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP EAID CO
04BOGOTA11339	THE UN'S FUTURE IN COLOMBIA \ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with UN special advisor on \ Colombia James LeMoyne at the latter's request on October 28 \ and 30. LeMoyne said that the EU would release a new policy \ paper on Colombia in January 2005 which would lead to an more \ engaged approach. On demobilization, LeMoyne repor [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CO
04BOGOTA11586	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, OCTOBER, [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during October, 2004. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) In October, DOJ's Justice Sector Reform Program coordinated 25 training and technical assistance programs for 820 police officers, 145 prosecutors and 110 [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
04BOGOTA12689	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, NOVEMBER [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during November 2004. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) The Justice Sector Reform Program (JSRP) coordinated several training courses during November. They included the following: "Investigator as a Witness" (i [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
04BOGOTA3096	INL A/S Charles Visit to Colombia [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The March 12-15 visit to Colombia by INL A/S Robert Charles combined field visits to NAS-supported counter- narcotics and law enforcement programs and briefings and meetings hosted by key GOC leaders. In his conv [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PTER PREL XM
04BOGOTA3479	DC-3 Accident March 28, No Injuries [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Colombian National Police (PNC) DC-3 aircraft (tail number PNC 0214) crashed upon landing in Caruru, Vaupes Department, on March 28. No injuries or fatalities resulted, but an initial inspection has concluded that it is not economically feasible to repair the aircraft. PNC a [...]	2004-04-02 21:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR CO
04BOGOTA3492	PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY PROGRAM MISSION STATUS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-05 11:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER
04BOGOTA3618	ANTI-NARCOTICS UNIT MEMBERS OBJECT TO POLYGRAPHS [...] (SBU) On April 4, Bogota's El Espectador newspaper published an article about complaints by members of the Fiscalia's Anti-Narcotics and Maritime Interdiction Unit (UNAIM) about polygraph exams recently administered by the FBI. The exams were mandated by Prosecutor General ("Fiscal General") [...]	2004-04-07 00:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR KJUS CO
04BOGOTA3619	PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE OFFICIALS POLYGRAPHED; [...] (S) Embassy has raised U.S. concerns about corruption in the Prosecutor General's Office ("Fiscalia") with the Prosecutor General ("Fiscal General") many times in recent weeks, including several at the ambassadorial level. As a result, Prosecutor General Luis Camilo Osorio directed a number o [...]	2004-04-07 00:28:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR
04BOGOTA3628	GOC AIRS CONCERNS OVER CALIFORNIA LAWSUIT AGAINST [...] (U)SUMMARY: The MFA has notified the Embassy of its concern over a pending lawsuit in Federal District Court in California concerning the controversial bombing of the Colombian village of Santo Domingo in 1998 (see reftels),which it fears may have negative repercussions on bilateral relation [...]	2004-04-07 16:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KJUS EPET CO PROL
04BOGOTA4214	COLOMBIA'S DEBATE OVER MASS DETENTIONS [...] (C) Some human rights NGOs oppose the GOC's policy of large-scale detentions. The GOC, however, insists that such detentions are consistent with legal norms and points out that between 60 and 70 percent of persons arrested in such operations remain in custody based on judicially-sanctioned or [...]	2004-04-26 16:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ELAB PROP MOPS CO
04BOGOTA4319	THREE ALLEGED IRA MEMBERS ACQUITTED ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Three Irish citizens -- Niall Connolly, Martin McCauley, and James Monaghan -- were acquitted on charges of training Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas in the use of explosives and urban terrorist tactics. The three men were, however, found guilty of entering the cou [...]	2004-04-28 22:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KJUS CO
04BOGOTA4332	PROSECUTOR GENERAL CONTINUES REFORMS AMID CRITICISM [...] (S) Although he cannot evade responsibility for presiding for thirty-three months over an institution polluted by corruption, Prosecutor General ("Fiscal") Luis Camilo Osorio has followed through on his promise to remove officials who fail polygraph exams or are otherwise suspected of corrupti [...]	2004-04-29 15:25:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR CO
04BOGOTA4534	ANDEAN FTA ANALYSIS: CUSTOMS ISSUES IN COLOMBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite previous reforms to Colombia's customs administration, more modernization is needed to fully support trade under an FTA. The customs bureaucracy itself hampers trade, lacking specialized staff and equipment, and suffering from high management turnover. Pilferage in customs [...]	2004-05-04 20:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD CO FTA
04BOGOTA4632	PRESIDENTIAL REELECTION PASSES FIRST TEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Prospects for passage of legislation to permit immediate presidential reelection are mixed. As Constitutional reform, the proposal faces a challenging vote hurdle. Approval requires eight votes: committee and plenary, both chambers, this session and next. End Summary. 2. [...]	2004-05-06 19:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
04BOGOTA4839	ANDEAN FTA ANALYSIS: TELECOMS AND NON-FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Telecoms and other non-financial services account for 59 percent of Colombia's GDP. Despite two waves of liberalization, regulatory barriers still protect state-owned service providers from private and foreign firms. Barriers to foreign providers of professional services are fa [...]	2004-05-11 22:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD CO FTA
04BOGOTA5234	LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR USG SUPPORT TO DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) This is an Action Request: Embassy Bogota requests that the Department urgently work with both DOJ and USAID to resolve legal ambiguities that inhibit our ability to support aspects of desertion and demobilization programs in Colombia. In particular, we need a ruling on whether, and when [...]	2004-05-22 20:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL PTER CO
04BOGOTA5326	Update on Eradication in Colombian National Parks [...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to dispel misinformation about the aerial eradication program and illicit coca cultivation in national parks, the Colombian National Police (CNP) recently hosted two over-flights of affected parks. Participants, including key legislators, opinion leaders, and the me [...]	2004-05-26 20:18:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SENV PREL CO
04BOGOTA8899	DRUG TIES RELATED TO GUAITARILLA POLICE DEATHS [...] (C) On August 30, the Inspector General's Office (Procuraduria) announced that it had closed the disciplinary investigation into the March 19 Army-Police clash in Guaitarilla, Narino Department. According to the televised announcement, the Procuraduria will press charges for alleged neglig [...]	2004-09-01 23:23:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM MOPS CO
04BOGOTA9093	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION MEETING ROUND-UP, [...] The following is an update of some Plan Colombia-related activities reported during the Embassy Plan Colombia Implementation Meetings of August, 2004. --- RSO --- 2. Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Program Managers Ed Lee and Jim Schnaible visited post from August 16-21. The purpose o [...]	2004-09-08 19:13:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO KPRM
04BOGOTA9241	COLOMBIAN BANKING REGULATIONS STABILIZE SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. Colombia's banking regulators aided struggling banks through the banking crisis of the late nineties and have continued this work by strengthening banks against risk. Colombia has implemented internal regulation to ensure against another banking crisis while also implementing Ba [...]	2004-09-13 23:22:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CO
04BRASILIA1000	BRAZIL'S INDIANS - PART III: LAND DISPUTES AND [...] (U) This is Part III of a three-part series about Indians in Brazil. This cable discusses current land disputes. Part I (ref B) provided an overview and Part II (ref C) discussed concerns of indigenous leaders. 2. (U) Summary. The government of Brazil is facing unhappiness among indigeno [...]	2004-04-27 19:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON BR TIP
04BRASILIA1160	SECOND MEETING OF TREASURY-FINMIN "GROUP FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury U/S for International Affairs John Taylor, Ministry of Finance Treasury Secretary Joaquim Levy, and Economic Policy Secretary Marcos Lisboa presided on April 19 in Rio de Janeiro over the second meeting of the Treasury/Ministry of Finance Group for Growth (GfG),an o [...]	2004-05-13 14:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB PREL EINV BR
04BRASILIA1307	GRAB BAG OF GOB INDUSTRIAL POLICY MEASURES [...] (U) Summary: As promised, Minister of Development, Industry and Trade (MDIC) Luis Furlan unveiled a huge composite of measures under the umbrella of Industrial, Technology and Foreign Trade Policy (PITCE in the Portuguese acronym) on March 31. A grab bag of recycled programs, financing and [...]	2004-05-27 17:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV BR
04BRASILIA1560	LULA FINALLY GETS A BREAK - CONGRESS SUPPORTS HIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazilian President Lula da Silva broke his losing streak on June 23 when the Chamber of Deputies voted to ratify his Presidential Decree raising the minimum wage from R$240 to R$260 (about US$ 87) per month. This vote follows a series of defeats Lula has suffered in Congress, [...]	2004-06-23 20:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI BR
04BRASILIA1668	PIRACY CPI CLOSES WITH SERIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS [...] SUMMARY: The Chamber of Deputies' Parliamentary Investigative Commission (CPI) on Piracy and Tax Evasion released a draft version of its final report on June 8, making recommendations of unprecedented scope for Brazil, including draft legislation, revisions to the penal procedures code and th [...]	2004-07-06 19:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR
04BRASILIA2004	ONE LESS ROGUE IN THE GALLERY: POLITICIAN CHARGED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Carlos Xavier on August 10 became the first legislator ever expelled from the District Assembly (equivalent to a state senate) of the Federal District of Brasilia. No mean feat, given the Assembly's notoriety as a haven for scoundrels. Xavier, who emerged from humble origins, [...]	2004-08-10 15:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PHUM BR
04BRASILIA2052	LULA'S POPULARITY TICKS UPWARD ON ECONOMIC OPTIMISM [...] SUMMARY. A CNT/Sensus poll released August 10 in Brazil shows that President Lula da Silva's approval ratings have ticked upwards to 58%, after slipping steadily since he took office. Similarly, the GoB's approvals, which tend to run lower than Lula's personal numbers, also showed signs of [...]	2004-08-16 12:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI BR
04BRASILIA2253	GSP/IPR: BRAZIL'S EMERGING INITIATIVES [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE TREAT ACCORDINGLY 2. (U) The announcement on June 30, 2004 to extend review of the possible withdrawal of trade benefits from Brazil under the Generalized System of Preferences, and the closing of the Congressional Investigative Commission (CPI) on Piracy [...]	2004-09-03 22:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
04BRASILIA2506	RESULTS OF BRAZILIAN OCTOBER 3 ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-04 19:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI BR
04BRASILIA2684	HERZOG CASE REOPENS WOUNDS FROM BRAZIL'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In 1975, during Brazil's military dictatorship, leftist journalist Vladimir Herzog died under suspicious circumstances in a government facility in Sao Paulo. The regime classified his death as a suicide, but most believed he had been murdered, and Herzog became a case study fo [...]	2004-10-27 13:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PINR BR
04BRASILIA271	STATUS UPDATE ON BRAZIL'S BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATIONS [...] Post provides the following in response to ref B request. SUMMARY ------- 2. Biotechnology in Brazil is regulated by the 1995 Biosafety Law 8.974 that established a government commission (CTNBio) to approve genetically modified organisms (GMOs). While the 1995 GMO Biosafety Law remain [...]	2004-02-06 11:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV SENV BR IPR
04BRASILIA2834	AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF MINES AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. ON NOVEMBER 8, AMBASSADOR PAID A COURTESY CALL UPON MINISTER OF MINES AND ENERGY DILMA ROUSSEFF. THE MINISTER EXPLAINED TO THE AMBASSADOR THE THINKING BEHIND THE GOB'S NEW ENERGY MODEL, WHICH MINISTRY OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZE AS A "HYBRID" AIMED AT PROMOTING COM [...]	2004-11-17 14:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BEXP PGOV ETRD BR

04BRASILIA3151	BRAZIL'S BANESTADO INVESTIGATION ENDS IN A FIASCO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A year and a half after its promising start, the Brazilian Congress's "Banestado" inquiry --an investigation into a vast money-laundering scheme involving hundreds of Brazilian politicians, criminals, and businesspersons-- has come to an inglorious end. The investigative commi [...]	2004-12-22 17:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PREL BR
04BRASILIA582	MERCOSUL AND INDIA/SACU TALKING TURKEY ON TARIFF [...] An article in the March 5-7 `Valor Economico' quoted Itamaraty Negotiator Regis Arslanian's claims of progress in negotiation of the Mercosul-India preferential tariff agreement (PTA). Arslanian also spoke of the quick conclusion of a PTA with the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). Emba [...]	2004-03-11 17:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV BR
04BRASILIA644	BRAZIL'S ONGOING DEBATE ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS [...] (U) Summary: The American Chamber of Commerce and "Valor Economico" newspaper sponsored a seminar in Brasilia March 10 to stimulate the national debate on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs),the method by which the GoB seeks private sector investment to help fund essential public services and [...]	2004-03-17 19:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EFIN PGOV ECON EINV BR
04BRASILIA701	Latest GoB Testimony on FTAA to Brazilian Congress [...] SUMMARY. On March 23, EconFSN attended a presentation to Brazil's Congress by Ambassador Macedo Soares, the MFA's Undersecretary for South American Affairs and top FTAA negotiator, on the current status of FTAA negotiations. Macedo Soares was speaking at the opening of the Parliamentary Com [...]	2004-03-24 10:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV PREL PGOV BR
04BRASILIA786	BRAZIL'S FINANCE MINISTER: STEADY AS SHE GOES [...] (C) Summary: After weeks of intensifying criticism of the Lula administration's stringent fiscal line from within and without the government (Ref A),Finance Minister Palocci received unexpectedly cordial treatment during a marathon seven hours of testimony to the Senate Economic Affairs Committe [...]	2004-04-01 14:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV BR
04BRASILIA913	BRAZIL AND U.S. HOLD FRANK, CONSTRUCTIVE TALKS ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: U.S.-Brazil policy discussions in the Joint Standing Committee for Nuclear Energy Cooperation were positive, non-confrontational, and useful to both sides. While Brazil did not express new policy positions on high-profile issues such as the Additional Protocol (AP) or the Resen [...]	2004-04-15 17:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG KNNP PREL KSCA BR NPT
04BRASILIA935	GOB'S FINANCIAL-MARKET HONEYMOON FINALLY COOLING? [...] Top front-page story in most national media Friday April 16 was JP Morgan's scaling-back of its recommendation for Brazil bonds from overweight to market-weight, and the sharp market reaction. News accounts generally headlined the JPM report's unease over the direction of GoB fiscal policy, a [...]	2004-04-19 11:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV SOCI BR
04BRASILIA936	LULA'S NEXT FISCAL LITMUS TEST: 2004'S MINIMUM-WAGE [...] The annual adjustment of Brazil's official minimum wage takes effect May 1, meaning the GoB usually announces the new number by mid-April. A 'strawman' figure is always included, and funds programmed accordingly, in the GoB's initial budget presentation to Congress the preceding August, but t [...]	2004-04-19 11:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ELAB ECON PGOV PREL EINV SOCI BR
04BRATISLAVA1011	WIDE SUPPORT FOR EU ACCESSION TALKS WITH TURKEY [...] (U) Summary. The vast majority of Slovak political parties have expressed support for beginning EU-accession talks with Turkey. However, they caution that beginning talks is not a guarantee of support for joining the EU; Turkey must fully meet all the political and economic requirements for [...]	2004-11-05 16:16:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EU UP LO
04BRATISLAVA188	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DIPLOMATIC POST OFFICE [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES MR. ALEX KIRKPATRICK, MR. TIM KEITZ, MR. ED FRITTS, AND MR. MIKE FRANCIS AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF MARCH 2 TO MARCH 4, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS MARCIA DOUGHERTY, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OFFICER. PHONE NUMBE [...]	2004-02-25 14:26:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ADPM LO
04BRATISLAVA26	SLOVAKIA: HOLOCAUST EDUCATION MANDATORY BUT NEEDS [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL QUESTIONS CONCERNING HOLOCAUST EDUCATION IN SLOVAKIA, POST OFFERS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION DRAWN FROM THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE 1998 REPORT ON "THE TREATMENT OF JEWISH THEMES IN SLOVAK SCHOOLS" AND FROM DISCUSSION IN EARLY JANUARY 2004 WITH MRS. MARIA SLUGENOVA A [...]	2004-01-09 17:09:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI LO CONGRINT OSCE
04BRATISLAVA360	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP APRIL 8, 2004 [...] THE POLICE CLOSED ITS INVESTIGATION BY DISMISSING AS NONEXISTENT THE "LITTLE GROUP" (SKUPINKA) THAT PM MIKULAS DZURINDA CLAIMED WAS HARMING STATE INTERESTS LAST FALL. THE INVESTIGATION'S CONCLUSION INVITED FURTHER CRITICISM FROM HUNGARIAN COALITION PARTY CHAIR BELA BUGAR, SMER DEPUTY ROBE [...]	2004-04-08 15:13:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA855	GOS ROMA STRATEGY: STEPS FORWARD IN EDUCATION [...] Summary. In Slovakia, Roma comprise an estimated twenty- five percent of the population under 16 years old. Children with Romany ethnicity, particularly in Eastern Slovakia, are more likely to be placed into "special schools" for the mentally disabled and less likely to attain secondary educa [...]	2004-09-17 13:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB SOCI LO
04BRATISLAVA923	GAERC ISSUES: CODE OF CONDUCT STRONG ENOUGH; [...] (C) In response to points raised from ref A, MFA European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak on October 6 told polec chief that the EU was strengthening the code of conduct regarding arms sales to make it more effective than in the past. He said member states were confident that it would suffice to [...]	2004-10-08 07:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM CH LY TU EU LO
04BRUSSELS1162	U.S.-EU DISCUSS RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At U.S.-EU COEST consultations on March 16, EUR DAS Steven Pifer and EU interlocutors agreed that Russian progress on democracy and human rights and cooperation with the U.S. and EU in the former Soviet space were central to building a better strategic relationship with Russia. E [...]	2004-03-19 09:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP BO MD EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1338	EU LEADERS PLEDGE ACTION ON TERRORISM, NAME NEW CT [...] (U) In the wake of the Madrid bombings, EU leaders on March 25 issued a Declaration on Combating Terrorism (available at http://ue.eu.int/). They pledged to improve cooperation, to speed up implementation of agreed EU measures, and announced new initiatives to counter the terrorist threat. A [...]	2004-03-26 18:25:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINR EFIN KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1655	JOINT U.S.-EC MONITORING TRIP IMPROVES DONOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In order to improve donor coordination and to bring international attention to the humanitarian needs in Burundi, the U.S. and the European Commission (EC) undertook a joint monitoring mission from March 29-April 2 to assess post-conflict needs and to monitor the work of impleme [...]	2004-04-16 13:59:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID PHUM PGOV BU TZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1736	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: IMPACT OF ACCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Until now, politicians from the ten accession states have only been observers of the European Parliament (EP). We expect a culture clash when these observers become full-fledged members. They are generally younger and look at the EP as a vehicle for political advancement. They a [...]	2004-04-22 09:15:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1806	EU RELEASES ANTI-SEMITISM REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 31, the European Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) released its long-awaited report on anti-Semitism in the EU. Its data indicate a growing level of anti-Semitic violence in Europe. Right-wing "skin-head" attacks continue unabated, while a growing number [...]	2004-04-26 12:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1907	INAUGURAL SESSION OF THE U.S.-EU POLICY DIALOGUE [...] Summary. The inaugural meeting of the new Policy Dialogue on Border and Transport Security April 26 addressed biometrics, the US-VISIT and Visa Waiver Programs, the joint initiative on lost and stolen passports, "flights of concern" and air marshals. Newly appointed Counter-terrorism coordin [...]	2004-05-03 12:36:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CA EAIR ECON PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2180	EU-UKRAINE: CONDITIONING ENHANCED TIES ON [...] (C) Summary. After a delay due to internal EU friction, the EU hopes to complete negotiation on an "Action Plan" for Ukraine in time for the July EU-Ukraine summit. The plan will list political and economic reforms that Ukraine will undertake, in return for reciprocal EU steps to bring Ukra [...]	2004-05-19 13:46:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UP EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2181	EU FM TALKS RAISE DOUBTS ABOUT JUNE TARGET [...] (SBU) EU Foreign Ministers in the May 17-18 session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) - the first since the collapse of the December 2003 Summit - made little progress on the draft EU Constitutional Treaty. Irish FM/IGC chair Cowen nevertheless remained confident the Treaty will be a [...]	2004-05-19 14:39:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2262	USEU SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT JUNE [...] Sensitive but unclassified -- entire text. 2. Summary: You are coming to Brussels during a time of transition in the EU as it absorbs its new members and moves towards a new Parliament, new Commissioners and a new Constitutional Treaty. At the same time, the EU under the Irish Presidency i [...]	2004-05-27 10:28:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2794	EU LEADERS NOMINATE PORTUGUESE PM DURAO [...] EU leaders on June 29 nominated Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso as the next Commission President effective November 1. The leaders also renewed the mandate of Javier Solana as Council SG/CFSP High Rep with a commitment to appoint him as the first EU Foreign Minister once [...]	2004-06-30 11:05:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2838	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT'S CALL ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 30 call on Ambassador Schnabel, outgoing European Parliament (EP) President Pat Cox defended his decision to ask the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to annul the U.S.-EU agreement on PNR data sharing, and denied that his press statement on that decision, released in Ire [...]	2004-07-01 13:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3126	THE BARROSO COMMISSION: MORE OLD FACES [...] The next EU Commission to take office on November 1, 2004, will have 25 members, including its President. A majority of them are already in place: they are from the ten new Member States, having joined on May 1 and looking for a full five- year mandate, or from the former EU-15 and also exp [...]	2004-07-23 10:48:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3140	DARFUR: EU STRESSES STRONG GOS ACTION AGAINST JINGAWEIT [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Hirep Solana's point man on Sudan, Christian Manahl, stressed the importance of improving the security situation in Darfur to allow humanitarian assistance. He ridiculed some of the GOS actions to date, and urged the arrest of Jingaweit leaders and suspension [...]	2004-07-23 14:36:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID SU ET EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3226	ENCOURAGING SIGNALS FROM COMMISSION AND DUTCH [...] (C) In meetings on July 26-27 in Brussels with Dutch Presidency, Commission and Council officials, EUR DAS Laura Kennedy heard guardedly optimistic assessments from all that the EU, at its summit this December, would reach a positive decision on opening EU accession negotiations with Turkey ne [...]	2004-07-30 07:47:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3234	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SELECTS NEW VICE- [...] (U) Summary: The European Parliament (EP) elected 14 Vice-Presidents and 5 Quaestors (in charge of EP financial and administrative matters) on July 20 and 21 in Strasbourg. These elections -- which follow Josep Borrell's victory in the EP presidential election (septel) -- complete the elected [...]	2004-07-30 10:56:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3358	EXPERT PANEL MEETING ON DEVELOPING A [...] SUMMARY: THE G-8 ACTION PLAN FOR AFRICA FAMINE INITIATIVE INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR IMPROVED WORLDWIDE EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT AND RESPONSE SYSTEMS. THE MULTI-DONOR STANDARDIZED MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT OF RELIEF AND TRANSITIONS (SMART) INITIATIVE IS THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF G-8 MEMBER SUPPORT. AN EXPE [...]	2004-08-06 15:17:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM PREL SMIG EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3729	EU OFFICIALS ON IAEA IRAN REPORT: NOT READY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed reftel with Council nonproliferation and nuclear policy advisors September 2 and 3. While acknowledging serious unresolved issues, they assessed DG El Baradei's new report as "overall more positive than the last one," and said that EU BOG members were unlikely t [...]	2004-09-03 12:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR IAEA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3897	EU FMS SEND LOTS OF SIGNALS, BUT MAKE FEW [...] (SBU) The September 13 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting of EU Foreign Ministers refined EU positions spelled out over previous months and recently discussed at the Sept. 3 Gymnich (ref B). On Sudan, the EU noted some progress, but insisted the GoS has not complie [...]	2004-09-14 13:29:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID IZ BM SU SR IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3989	TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA: EU AND U.S. [...] (U) Summary. The September 8 transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR) addressed priorities in the Great Lakes (strengthening MONUC, protecting refugees, supporting internal and regional dialogues),Sudan (calibrating pressure on the government, strengthening the AU role, meeting humanita [...]	2004-09-20 09:38:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV EAID PHUM XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4119	European Parliament (EP) Plenary September [...] SUMMARY: The September 13-16 EP plenary included debate on Iraq and Darfur. External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten criticized U.S. policy on terrorism and Iraq. MEPs qualified the Darfur situation as "tantamount to genocide." Also, the EP passed a resolution criticizing human rights [...]	2004-09-27 13:02:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF IZ SU CD BO CY TU EUN AID ICTY USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4161	SEPTEMBER 3 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. and the Dutch EU presidency on September 3 conducted semi-annual CODUN consultations in Brussels on UN disarmament issues. Subjects covered included U.S./EU priorities, UNFC, UNDC, CD, FMCT, landmines, CWB, BWC, CCW, CTBT, Libya, Luxembourg,s upcoming EU presidency, a [...]	2004-09-29 10:16:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL UNGA CDG EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4274	US/EU POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (C) Summary: US and EU policy planners met September 20 to discuss the transatlantic relationship, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iraq, Iran, and the Broader Middle East and North Africa and the EU's Barcelona Process. Discussions were frank about the challenges in the main message fro [...]	2004-10-05 10:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR CH IS PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4332	DHS U/S HUTCHINSON'S OCT 1 MEETING WITH EXTERNAL [...] (SBU) DHS Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson met External Relations Director General Eneko Landaburu October 1 in Brussels. Hutchinson told Landaburu that the EU and U.S. need to stand shoulder to shoulder even when we do not agree to show we are working tog [...]	2004-10-07 15:37:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR EWWT PHSA PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4346	EU: PARTING THOUGHTS FROM RELEX COMMISSIONER CHRIS [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador held a reflective October 6 farewell meeting with RELEX Commissioner Patten, whose term expires at the end of the month. Patten called the Commission's decision earlier that day to recommend in favor of starting accession negotiations with Turkey "the most important de [...]	2004-10-08 13:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4677	DRUGS TROIKA DISCUSSES EU DRUGS STRATEGY, [...] (U) Summary. The annual U.S.-EU Drugs Troika was held October 25 in Brussels. INL DAS Jonathan Farrar had wide-ranging discussions on trends in cocaine, heroin and synthetics production and trafficking. The USAID Office Director of South America Affairs gave a detailed presentation on U.S. [...]	2004-10-29 13:46:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF BL CO EU KCRM SNAR XM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4881	EU/DPRK: SE DETRANI DISCUSSES 6PT, KEDO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During consultations November 9 with Special Envoy Joseph DeTrani and EAP/K Director Jim Foster, EU officials underscored the EU's firm support for the Six-Party Process and willingness to play a constructive role when the time comes. They urged the US to consult early if the EU i [...]	2004-11-16 12:38:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PREL KNNP PHUM EAID PINR IR KN EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4936	MEPP: EU IS FOCUSED ON PA ELECTIONS TO GET [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with a wide range of EU officials, NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble discussed next steps in the Middle East Peace Process on November 16. The EU is focused on the need to support Palestinian presidential elections as a first step to getting the roadmap back on track. The EU [...]	2004-11-19 13:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EAID IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4949	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary. Incoming European Commission Vice Present (and Former Environment Commissioner) Margot Wallstrom told Ambassador Schnabel November 15 that the main focus of her new vice presidential position in charge of the EU's intra-Europe and global communications strategy will be improving [...]	2004-11-19 16:28:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4959	THE BARROSO COMMISSION: WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? [...] (C) The new Barroso European Commission, having finally emerged from a rough confirmation process, takes office November 1. Barroso intends to project a more hands-on, activist approach focused on economic reform under the "Lisbon Agenda," but we expect a great deal of policy continuity. Gre [...]	2004-11-22 10:41:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ETRD EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5308	EUROPEAN UNION DEFENSE POLICY: WHERE IS THE EU [...] (C) Summary. The November 22 announcement by the Foreign and Defense Ministers of the EU member states of pledges to establish 13 Battlegroups is the latest step toward the creation of an EU military capacity. EU heads of state are committed to giving the EU an effective capacity in global se [...]	2004-12-16 15:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS666	US-EU COEST CONSULTATIONS PART 1: CENTRAL ASIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 9 in Brussels, EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe -- accompanied by EUR/ACE Deputy Dan Rosenblum and EUR/ERA Director Kathy Allegrone -- discussed US-EU cooperation in Central Asia and the South Caucasus with the EU's COEST Troika. This cable covers the Central Asia portion of the [...]	2004-02-13 15:39:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KZ KG TI TX UZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BUCHAREST3446	The Lion in Winter: Romania's Foreign Exchange [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Bank of Romania (BNR),the country's central bank, has recently shifted from its long- standing policy of closely managing the Romanian Leu (ROL) foreign exchange (forex) rate to an infrequently managed free float. The BNR now limits its interventions on the forex [...]	2004-12-15 16:30:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO
04BUCHAREST3560	ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 15:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RO
04BUENOSAIRES2540	AMIA BOMBING DEFENDENTS ACQUITTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A three judge panel last night, citing the prosecution's failure to prove their guilt, acquitted all 22 Argentine defendants charged in the 1994 AMIA Jewish Community Center terrorist bombing. The panel faulted the original Judge Juan Jose Galeano and prosecutors and blamed the [...]	2004-09-03 21:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA
04BUENOSAIRES2712	AMIA TRIAL UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recused trial judge Juan Jose Galeano tendered his resignation September 13 to the President in the face of the ongoing investigation into the alleged irregularities committed in his investigation of the 1994 terrorist bombing of the Jewish Community Center (AMIA). President Ki [...]	2004-09-23 20:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA
04CARACAS1011	GOV DAMAGE CONTROL OVERWHELMED BY BARRAGE OF [...] (C) The GOV attempted to supersede negative international media and NGO reports about alleged human rights violations by speaking directly to the international community in Caracas March 14 and 16. Among the efforts, President Hugo Chavez called together Ambassadors to Venezuela March 5 and t [...]	2004-03-25 12:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1114	CELLIST TELLS OF TORTURE AND FLUBBED INVESTIGATION [...] (C) National Guard troops detained Carlos Izcaray, first cellist with the National Symphony Orchestra, March 1 while he was observing demonstrations in Caracas. Guardsmen beat him, subjected him to electrical shocks, forced him to inhale tear gas in an enclosed space, and burned tear gas powde [...]	2004-03-31 20:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS VE
04CARACAS1116	WHEN CHAVISTAS ATTACK: OPPOSITION ACCUSATIONS/GOV [...] (C) The Coordinadora Democratica (CD) documented 210 assaults on opposition supporters by civilians or plainclothes security forces between February 27 and March 5. National Assembly Deputy Pedro Diaz Blum (Proyecto Venezuela) told poloff March 17 that National Guard troops allowed armed Chav [...]	2004-03-31 23:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS1267	COURT BATTLE CLOUDS CNE SIGNATURE TALKS [...] (C) Two chambers of the Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) issued conflicting decisions on April 12 regarding the recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez. The Electoral Chamber issued its definitive decision nullifying the National Electoral Council's (CNE) disqualification of 876,000 sig [...]	2004-04-14 21:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1446	GOV DENIES OIL WILL GO TO CHINA [...] (C) The GOV said once again on April 26 that Venezuela would continue to be a reliable oil supplier to the United States. The statement was made in response to a story in Miami's "El Nuevo Herald" picked up by all leading Caracas dailies the morning of April 26, which alleges that Chavez has [...]	2004-04-29 10:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EPET VE
04CARACAS1540	THE ABCS OF THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT'S POLITICAL [...] (U) The Venezuelan government (GOV) has crafted a targeted and generously funded political propaganda strategy to convince Venezuelans and the international community that Chavez's Bolivarian Revolution is the true democratic road to prosperity and to divide, discredit, and demoralize opposi [...]	2004-05-11 14:28:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL PINR VE
04CARACAS1542	VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION TESTS APPEALS MECHANISM [...] (U) The Coordinadora Democratica conducted on May 8 a nationwide simulation of the May 27-31 appeals process ("reparos") for the presidential referendum signatures. Press reports estimate that about 950,000 people attended the one-day event, which was carried out peacefully. Signers were invi [...]	2004-05-11 17:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS1552	VENEZUELA'S POWER SECTOR: HEADING FOR ANOTHER [...] (C) After dodging the drought bullet in 2003, Venezuela's power sector is once again (still?) in a fragile state. This time, however, other weaknesses in the electric power system caused by lack of investment, government inattention, and political meddling are taking center stage. The problem [...]	2004-05-12 15:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG VE
04CARACAS1957	JOURNALIST PATRICIA POLEO QUESTIONED BY MILITARY [...] (U) A MILITARY JUDGE REFUSED THE PROSECUTOR'S REQUEST JUNE 8 TO JAIL JOURNALIST PATRICIA POLEO. A MILITARY PROSECUTOR CHARGED POLEO MARCH 22 WITH FOMENTING REBELLION AND DEFAMATION OF THE ARMED FORCES BASED ON A VIDEO POLEO MADE PUBLIC SHOWING CUBANS IN A NATIONAL GUARD BARRACKS. MILITARY PRO [...]	2004-06-10 20:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS2027	NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS HELD IN PRISON KILLINGS [...] (U) The Bolivar state appeals court June 7 ordered four National Guardsmen be detained pending trial for murder. The four are suspected of executing seven prisoners and wounding 200 in the Vista Hermosa prison November 10, 2003. A lower court had set the four free March 9, 2004. The case is be [...]	2004-06-18 20:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS2033	THE NEXT ROUND OF ARRESTS? [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-18 20:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS2060	REVOLUTION FIRST AT GOV DEPOSIT GUARANTEE FUND [...] (U) FOGADE (Banking Protection Guarantee Fund, FDIC-equivalent) President Jesus Caldera Infante proposed raising the assessment (paid by banks) on all bank account deposits from 0.5% to 2.0%. Industry experts say that this will force up interest rates, though Caldera disagrees. With the extr [...]	2004-06-22 20:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
04CARACAS2108	VENEZUELA'S AUTOMATED VOTING SYSTEM: UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Venezuela's new automated voting system will make its premiere in the August 15 recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez. The consortium behind the untested system, led by the U.S. company Smartmatic, has yet to finalize its contracts with the National Electoral Council (CNE). The [...]	2004-06-28 21:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2197	MAVERICK DEPUTY MAKES CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEPUTY ROGER RONDON (PODEMOS) ATTACKED THE RULING FIFTH REPUBLIC MOVEMENT (MVR) AND HAD HIS HANDS SLAPPED AS A CONSEQUENCE AFTER A WEEK-LONG MID-JUNE CAMPAIGN TO BRING A VOTE OF CENSURE AGAINST MINISTER OF ENERGY AND MINES RAFAEL RAMIREZ_. RONDON FAILED TO BRING THE VOTE [...]	2004-07-09 14:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG VE
04CARACAS2203	"SI" RECALL CAMPAIGN MOBILIZES [...] (C) VENEZUELA'S COORDINADORA DEMOCRATICA IS GEARING UP ITS CAMPAIGN FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL RECALL REFERENDUM, ORGANIZING ITS GET-OUT-THE-VOTE PROGRAMS THROUGH POLITICAL PARTIES AND CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS. KEY OPPOSITION FIGURES HAVE EMBARKED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THROUGHOUT VENEZUELA, THOUGH STAYI [...]	2004-07-09 16:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS2251	VENEZUELA'S ELECTORAL COUNCIL WOBBLING TOWARD THE [...] (C) The National Electoral Council (CNE) continued preparations for the August 15 recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez. Citing logistical difficulties, the CNE decided July 13 not to expand the number of voting centers, primarily in poor neighborhoods, as contemplated previously. [...]	2004-07-15 18:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS2309	LACK OF FUNDING WORRIES VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION [...] (C) Coordinadora Democratica (CD) leaders worry they have insufficient funding and time before the recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez scheduled for August 15 to counter Chavez's campaign. CD advisor Jorge Casado told A/DCM July 18 that Chavez appears to be succeeding in projecti [...]	2004-07-21 11:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2387	COMANDO MAISANTA: A MID-CAMPAIGN UPDATE [...] (U) Since its formation, President Hugo Chavez's anti-recall referendum campaign committee, Comando Maisanta, has balanced its activities between concentrated lobbying and widespread propaganda dissemination. Comando Maisanta has pushed for redistributing voting centers and purifying the el [...]	2004-07-27 20:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS2441	VENEZUELAN TRIAL PROCEDURES AND POLITICAL JUSTICE [...] (U) Court cases against various opponents of President Hugo Chavez are at different stages in the judicial process. The case of Baruta Mayor Henrique Capriles, though he has been in custody for more than two months, is in its initial stages, while the case of National Guard Gen. Carlos Alfonzo [...]	2004-08-02 15:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS VE
04CARACAS2466	VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM UPDATE-AUGUST 3, 2004 [...] (C) Supporters of President Hugo Chavez and the National Electoral Council (CNE) conducted separate voting simulations August 1, while the opposition Coordinadora Democratica rallied supporters to sign its Governance Accord and verify electoral registry entries. Each side of the referendum qu [...]	2004-08-03 18:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2547	VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 9 [...] (U) National Electoral Council (CNE) director Jorge Rodriguez and Valter Pecly Moreira, head of the Organization of American States (OAS) observation mission in Venezuela, told reporters the audit of 150 electronic voting machines on August 8 was a success. Also on August 8, Chavez supporters [...]	2004-08-09 20:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2563	VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 10 [...] (C) National Electoral Council (CNE) President Francisco Carrasquero August 9 warned the opposition and the media not to violate rules prohibiting the announcement of referendum results before the votes are officially counted August 15. Chavez supporters attacked opposition campaign workers in [...]	2004-08-10 21:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE OAS
04CARACAS2596	RICE LETTER ON SUMATE GETS ATTENTION [...] On July 31, one of Caracas' most important opposition dailies, "El Nacional" carried an article entitled "Condoleezza Rice Criticizes the Political Persecution of Sumate Directors." That same week the Venezuela press has included coverage of a letter from members of the House Committee on I [...]	2004-08-12 20:45:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM OPRC KIRC VE
04CARACAS2597	VENEZUELA REFERENDUM UPDATE, AUGUST 12 [...] (C) National Electoral Council (CNE) director Jorge Rodriguez made clear that the referendum campaign officially closes at midnight August 12, as was initially decided by the CNE, despite Chavez's Comando Maisanta's request to extend the deadline so its campaign closing event could be held Aug [...]	2004-08-12 20:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE OAS
04CARACAS2599	VENEZUELA: GOV CONTINUES TO ACCUSE CANTV [...] (C) The GOV continues to accuse CANTV, the telecommunications company handling the automated voting August 15, of attempting to manipulate the referendum results. Vice President Jose Vincente Rangel warned CANTV and its "North American associates" that the GOV would act if the company and its [...]	2004-08-12 20:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM VE
04CARACAS2689	REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 19-20 [...] (C) On August 17 political police service DISIP and local police authorities arrested the three men suspected of shooting on demonstrators in Altamira on August 16. On August 18 and 19, the government heavily criticized the opposition's latest claims of fraud and calls for public protests an [...]	2004-08-20 20:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2692	CORRECTED COPY: REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 19-20 [...] (C) On August 17 political police service DISIP and local police authorities arrested the three men suspected of shooting on demonstrators in Altamira on August 16. On August 18 and 19, the government heavily criticized the opposition's latest claims of fraud and calls for public protests an [...]	2004-08-23 13:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2695	LABOR LEADERS WRESTLE TO MOVE PAST REFERENDUM [...] (C) Organized labor is willing to test the GOV's call for dialogue in post-referendum Venezuela, but doubts President Hugo Chavez's sincerity. Venezuelan Workers Confederation (CTV) Secretary General Manuel Cova believes his organization needs to re-focus on issues affecting the daily lives of [...]	2004-08-23 20:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS2739	VENEZUELA: EXTRA HEAVY CRUDE-BEST CHANCE FOR [...] (C) The prospects for additional Venezuelan oil production in the short term come from the four projects that produce synthetic crude from Venezuela's abundant resources of extra heavy crude. We calculate that Venezuela's syncrude production could increase to as much as 634,000 b/d by the en [...]	2004-08-30 14:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET VE
04CARACAS2740	EXXONMOBIL: STAYING THE COURSE IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) With the August 12 signing of the Preliminary Development Agreement (PDA) for a giant petrochemical project, ExxonMobil finally looks to have overcome the disappointment of being shut out of the Mariscal Sucre natural gas project in 2002. Econoff met July 22 with ExxonMobil de Venezuela P [...]	2004-08-30 14:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG VE
04CARACAS2814	GOV TAKES FULL CREDIT FOR GDP GROWTH, BUT STILL [...] (SBU) First half GDP statistics show a 23.1% increase over last year, which also represents the first improvement over 2002 figures. Second quarter growth was 13.6%, led by non-petroleum growth of 15.0%. Considering these factors, the GOV has revised its 2004 growth estimate from 6 to 12%. M [...]	2004-09-08 16:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
04CARACAS2817	VENEZUELA'S COORDINADORA DEMOCRATICA AT A [...] (C) Venezuela's Coordinadora Democratica is hobbling after its defeat in the presidential recall referendum August 15. Some Chavez opponents blame the Coordinadora's leadership for either losing the referendum via an inept campaign or for not preventing the alleged fraud. The dozens of opposit [...]	2004-09-08 20:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS2885	VENEZUELAN REGIONAL ELECTIONS: WHAT SHOULD BE AND [...] (C) Venezuela's gubernatorial, mayoral, and regional deputy elections, scheduled for October 31, are cloaked in uncertainty with little more than six weeks before the date. Procedurally, there are questions regarding who the members of the regional and municipal electoral boards will be, if th [...]	2004-09-16 11:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS3219	VENEZUELAN PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATES 400 FOR [...] (U) Venezuelan prosecutor Danilo Anderson took testimony from three media executives at the beginning of October as part of his investigation into the events of April 12-13, 2002. Anderson announced on September 17 that he was reopening the investigation of persons who had supported the inte [...]	2004-10-19 21:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS VE
04CARACAS3270	CONVICTIONS IN USON AND TACHIRA CASES [...] (U) On October 13 a court in Tachira State convicted eight persons on charges of rebellion in relation to the events of April 2002. The court found on of the original nine defendants not guilty, and five of them are free one probation. On October 11 a military court convicted retired Army Gen [...]	2004-10-22 20:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS VE
04CARACAS3271	VENEZUELAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL AGENDA [...] (C) Venezuela's Ambassador to the U.S. Bernardo Alvarez_ told us October 18 he is amenable to meeting with National Endowment for Democracy (NED) President Carl Gershman to discuss GoV perspectives regarding NED support to NGOs such as Sumate. In a breakfast meeting with Ambassador and PolC [...]	2004-10-22 20:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS3292	VENEZUELA'S REGIONAL ELECTIONS: COMING TO AN END [...] (C) National Electoral Council (CNE) President Francisco Carrasquero declared October 19 that only 2.1% of Venezuelan voters registered did not have addresses. Opposition leaders, who had alleged that more than a million persons did not meet the legal requirement of having an address, challen [...]	2004-10-25 20:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS337	PRIVATE SECTOR OIL PRODUCTION [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------ SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) A document prepared following a December luncheon in which private sector company representatives shared average monthly production numbers for both oil and gas production from their fields has g [...]	2004-01-29 22:31:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON VE
04CARACAS3395	VENEZUELAN SUPREME COURT INTERVENES IN SUMATE CASE [...] (C) The Penal Chamber of the Venezuelan Supreme Court November 2 suspended the case against four members of the NGO SUMATE facing charges of conspiracy to overthrow the government. The Penal Chamber agreed to investigate whether the crime the prosecutor alleges that the Sumate representative [...]	2004-11-02 20:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS VE
04CARACAS3583	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESSES FORWARD ON MEDIA LAW [...] (C) Veneuela's National Assembly approved 17 more articles in sessions on November 9, 11, 15, and 18. A top priority of President Hugo Chavez, the GoV seeks to complete the legislation by December 15. Beginning November 8, opposition parties withdrew from negotiations begun on September 23 with [...]	2004-11-19 20:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV VE
04CARACAS3618	SUMATE CASE TO GO FORWARD, BUT SLOWLY [...] (C) A ruling by the Penal Chamber of Venezuela's Supreme Court November 16 is likely to result in a long delay in the case against the NGO Sumate. The Chamber's ruling requires the lower court to admit several pieces of evidence into the case prior to a preliminary hearing, including testimo [...]	2004-11-23 18:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS VE
04CARACAS3745	UPDATE ON ANDERSON INVESTIGATION [...] (U) Police investigating the assassination of Venezuelan prosecutor Danilo Anderson have killed two suspects, while a judge has ordered three former police officers (two brothers and their cousin),detained on charges of murder. Lawyers and family members allege that the three were tortured [...]	2004-12-06 15:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER KJUS VE
04CARACAS3940	VENEZUELA 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] (U) Summary: The Following is Embassy Caracas' submission for the 2005 National Trade Estimate Report. This document was also submitted as a MS Word document to G. Blue and B. Harmon at USTR by e-mail on December 23, 2004. End Summary ------------- TRADE SUMMARY ------------- 2. (U) The [...]	2004-12-27 18:47:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD VE
04CARACAS527	CNE DIRECTOR MEJIAS INVOLVED IN NATIONAL GUARD [...] (C) An alleged attack on a National Assembly (AN) Deputy Edgar (Democratic Action) Zambrano and National Electoral Council (CNE) Director Sobella Mejias (pro-opposition) by National Guard (GN) troops as the two dined on February 7 created a political firestorm. At issue is whether GN Gen. Mar [...]	2004-02-12 15:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS627	EMBASSY CARACAS COMMENTS ON 2004 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) The GOV continues to show signs of slippage in its commitment to the protection of intellectual property rights. In 2003 the government persisted in its policy of approving domestic copies of internationally patented pharmaceutical products for sale in Venezuela. Venezuela's anti-trust [...]	2004-02-25 12:32:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON VE
04CARACAS699	REPORT ON STAFFDEL FEBRUARY 18-20 [...] (C) House Western Hemisphere Subcommittee staff members met with opposition and government leaders, members of the National Assembly, and the UNHCR representative in Caracas February 18-20. Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel emphasized the importance of maintaining a good Venezuelan-U.S. bil [...]	2004-03-01 20:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF VE
04CARACAS945	VENEZUELA ON THE VERGE OF A PURGE [...] (C) The GOV appears to be engaged in a broad effort to ensure loyalty and punish opposition using the list of persons who signed the recall petition against President Hugo Chavez. Since the beginning of March, reports have emerged of GOV offices and state enterprises using signature data from [...]	2004-03-19 21:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PHUM VE
04CARACAS949	REGIONAL ELECTIONS WILL TEST OPPOSITION UNITY [...] (C) THE REGISTRATION OF CANDIDATES FOR VENEZUELA'S AUGUST 1 GUBERNATORIAL AND MAYORAL ELECTIONS BEGAN MARCH 16. OPPOSITION GROUPS FACE THE CHALLENGE OF MAINTAINING UNITY IN THEIR EFFORTS TO REVOKE THE MANDATE OF PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ WHILE COMPETING FOR THE REGIONAL ELECTIONS. OPPOSITION LEAD [...]	2004-03-19 21:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04COLOMBO1062	NORWEGIAN PEREGRINATIONS FOR PEACE [...] (C) Norwegian visit to Delhi was largely a briefing for the Indians, who expressed support for Norway and its role in the peace process. Both GSL and LTTE have asked Norway to continue to try to find a formula to allow them to resume talks. Norwegians may wait until after July 10 Provincial [...]	2004-06-23 07:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO1171	GSL ECONOMIC PLAN HEAVY ON PROMISES, SHORT ON [...] (C) Summary: Following the Central Bank's first quarter review of the Sri Lankan economy, which indicated strong GDP growth and posited a generally sound economic situation, the UPFA Government released its "Economic Policy Framework." The plan clearly notes the GSL,s focus on the agricultura [...]	2004-07-14 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR EAID CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1278	MEDIA PLAY: Coverage of PDAS Camp's roundtable discussion [...] (U) SUMMARY. Following a roundtable discussion with PDAS Don Camp on July 30 with senior newspaper editors, press coverage in Sri Lanka was largely positive and upbeat. Newspapers, both English and vernacular, covered the event factually and placed their coverage of the event very prominently [...]	2004-08-02 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE

04COLOMBO1337	Maldivian reform in peril after August 12-13 [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the evening of August 12, Maldivians began massing outside police headquarters on the capital island of Male', demanding the release of several political prisoners. The crowd continued to grow until the police moved in with tear gas on the afternoon of August 13 to end the d [...]	2004-08-16 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CASC MV
04COLOMBO1414	COLOMBO EAC REPORTS LESSONS LEARNED FROM WHITE [...] (SBU) Colombo EAC convened on 08/17/04 to discuss lessons learned from an anthrax letter hoax that led to the closure of the Mission 08/10-13. EAC members in attendance included the Charge', RSO, ARSO, DATT, POL, ECON, PD, ADMIN, AID, and RMO New Delhi. The EAC, chaired by the Charge', conduct [...]	2004-08-25 01:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED ASEC CE PTER
04COLOMBO1456	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMB. COFER [...] (C) Your visit comes at an important juncture in the 30-month-old ceasefire between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). A recent surge in assassinations by the LTTE, coupled with the lack of progress toward resumed negotiations, have raised conc [...]	2004-09-01 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC CE MV ECONOMICS LTTE
04COLOMBO1482	SRI LANKA: HILL TAMIL PARTY GIVES GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Sealing a long-anticipated move, on September 5 Arumugan Thondaman, head of the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC),announced that his party's eight MPs will support the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) government of President Chandrika Kumaratunga. The CWC switch means that Kumaratun [...]	2004-09-07 11:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CE
04COLOMBO1558	NORWEGIAN ENVOY SOLHEIM FINDS GSL AND LTTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Solheim is frustrated with the stalemate in the peace process, but the cease-fire has saved thousands of lives. He thinks bold steps are needed to resume the talks. He thinks talks will resume if the wording of the agenda regarding an interim authority is resolved. The Tigers ar [...]	2004-09-20 10:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO1616	REQUEST FOR FUNDING OF COUNTERDRUG (CD) DETECTION [...] (SBU) The U.S. Embassy Sri Lanka request approval of $121,000 CD funds to be used in the acquisition of counterdrug detection and monitoring equipment for front-line Maldives Customs officers inspecting maritime conveyances. CD funds for equipment acquisition will enhance detection and monito [...]	2004-09-28 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MV SNAR
04COLOMBO165	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 012 (01/28/04) [...] (SBU) FYI. Per Colombo 150, a LTTE delegation has left Sri Lanka enroute to Oslo. The delegation, led by Tiger political chief S.P. Thamilchelvam, intends to discuss the "urgent humanitarian needs" of the north/east region with officials in Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, and t [...]	2004-01-28 10:49:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO1704	MALDIVES: SPECIAL MAJLIS RECONVENES [...] (SBU) The Special Majlis, originally formed for the purpose of considering constitutional reforms, met October 12 for the first time since July when some Members walked out in a dispute over the election of a Speaker. According to Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, Chief Government Spokesman, of 109 Special [...]	2004-10-14 01:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MV
04COLOMBO1717	THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN SRI LANKA - [...] (U) The agenda for the bilateral Trade and Investment Framework (TIFA) meeting includes an opportunity for the USG to discuss the current investment climate with the GSL. This message describes Post's experiences over the past year. 2. (U) Sri Lanka continues to offer both promise and pe [...]	2004-10-15 07:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1722	WHO'S WATCHING WHAT: A SNAPSHOT OF SRI LANKAN TELEVISION VIEWING HABITS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Sri Lankan Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera recently stated that he wished to see changes to the state-run media, particularly improving the quality of the very popular teledramas (soap operas) watched by millions of Sri Lankans. Recent surveys also indicate that most Sr [...]	2004-10-18 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP PREL CE
04COLOMBO1726	SRI LANKA: EXAGGERATED PRESS REPORTS OF LTTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Weekend press reports in both the government-owned and independent media trumpeting a breakthrough in stalled negotiations between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) appear to have been overblown. According to sources in both the [...]	2004-10-18 12:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1727	US-SRI LANKA TIFA DISCUSSIONS AN OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (C) Summary: The GSL delegation for TIFA, headed by Commerce Minister Fernandopulle, is looking forward to discussions with USTR during the next round of talks on October 26. The delegation will seek to convince the USG of the GSL's continued commitment to economic reforms (while true for mos [...]	2004-10-19 05:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO174	USG promotion of Human Rights in Sri Lanka [...] Mission's response to Reftel request for information on the promotion of human rights in Sri Lanka follows: 2. PEACE PROCESS: The ongoing peace process in Sri Lanka has more of a direct and dramatic impact on improving the human rights situation in Sri Lanka than any other factor. The U [...]	2004-01-29 11:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KIRF CE
04COLOMBO1796	AKASHI "SOMEWHAT ENCOURAGED," BUT NOT CLEAR WHY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese envoy Akashi is "somewhat encouraged" from his visit to Sri Lanka. He found President Kumaratunga eager to move forward on talks, while the LTTE's Thamilchelvan complained that a "no war, no peace" situation was not satisfactory. Opposition Leader Wickremesinghe said [...]	2004-11-02 09:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE NO JA LTTE
04COLOMBO1971	SRI LANKA'S FIRST HIGH PROFILE IPR RAID [...] Summary: Sri Lankan Police recently raided a CD manufacturing plant operated by a Board of Investment approved company. The plant produced music, movie and software discs, violating the intellectual property rights (IPR) of several US producers. The investigation and prosecution will be a [...]	2004-12-09 10:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1978	2005 National Trade Estimate report for Sri [...] The U.S. trade deficit with Sri Lanka was $1.7 billion in 2003, an increase of $14 million from 2002. U.S. goods exports in 2003 were $155 million, down 10 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Sri Lanka were $1.8 billion, down 0.2 percent. Sri Lanka is currently th [...]	2004-12-10 09:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO440	Sri Lanka: Can rebel Tamil Tiger commander in [...] (C) A week after he split from the main LTTE organization in the north, rebel commander Karuna appears to be gradually consolidating his position in the east. With many loyal troops in strong defensive redoubts, his military position seems relatively strong. There are also signs that he is p [...]	2004-03-11 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR MOPS CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO456	Norwegian Special Envoy Solheim reviews latest [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 13 meeting with the four local co-chairs (Japan, Norway, U.S. and the EU) and again to a wider donor group on March 15, Norwegian Special Envoy Erik Solheim discussed his latest visit to Sri Lanka. Ambassador Lunstead participated in the meetings. Most of Solheim's [...]	2004-03-15 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO669	Sri Lanka update: Parliament set to reopen [...] (C) In this update message, Mission reviews the following political developments in Sri Lanka: -- Parliament is set to reopen on April 22, with the selection of a Speaker one of the first tasks; -- Tensions continue between the President's party and its extremist coalition partner; -- [...]	2004-04-17 08:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE
04COLOMBO742	Maldives: Draft International Religious [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Per Ref B, Mission submits below the draft Maldives International Religious Freedom report for 2004. A Word document with tracked changes in the final 2003 version of the Maldives report has been sent to [...]	2004-05-07 05:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF KSEP MV
04DJIBOUTI111	THE IMPACTS OF AFRICAN RIFT VALLEY GEOTHERMAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The involvement of the African Rift Geothermal Development Facility (ARGeo) has the potential to bring an end to the stalemate in the negotiations between the Government of Djibouti (GODJ) and the private American company Geothermal Development Associates (GDA). The proposed GDA p [...]	2004-01-26 13:56:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG SENV TRGY EINV DJ
04DJIBOUTI1156	DJBOUTIANS' REGIONAL TRAVEL [...] (U) Summary. September marks the beginning of the school year in Djibouti and with it, the return of thousands of Djiboutians who have spent the last few months in cooler neighboring climes. While historically part of the pattern of life, expanded travel indicates growing middle class wealth. [...]	2004-08-31 07:58:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL DJ PTER
04DJIBOUTI1238	DJIBOUTIAN-AMERICAN FISHING COMPANY LOOKING TO [...] (U) Summary: The fishing sector in Djibouti has a new advocate in the form of Djibouti Maritime Management and Investment Company (DMMI),a joint venture owned in majority by Iranian-American investor Mehrdad Radseresht and Djiboutian businessman Youssouf Moussa Dawaleh. DMMI seeks to maximize [...]	2004-09-23 12:29:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EINV SENV DJ
04DJIBOUTI1372	BORREL AFFAIR: ATTORNEY GENERAL SUMMONED TO [...] (U) Summary: French magistrate Bernard Borrel, found dead 80 Km north of Djibouti in 1995, has surfaced once again in the national media. The Court of Versailles in Paris summoned (for September 30th, 2004) Procureur de la Republique (Attorney General of Djibouti),Djama Souleiman, to present [...]	2004-10-27 05:00:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV DJ
04DJIBOUTI1435	DORALE TRANSMITTER GOES LIVE; NEGLIGIBLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A medium wave transmitter at the Radio Television Djibouti (RTD) station in Dorale was activated on November 4, marking completion of phase one of the RTD- International Board of Broadcasters (IBB) joint renovation of the station. Concerns that the transmitter may interfere with c [...]	2004-11-09 07:38:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS ASEC KPAO KU DJ BBG
04DJIBOUTI1588	CONSULAR NARRATIVE FY04 - DJIBOUTI [...] (U) A) Please identify the following: Consular Section Chief name, ETD, direct office telephone number and e-mail: Andrea K. Lewis, ETD: October 2006 Telephone: (253) 35-39-95 ext: 2203, e-mail: LewisAK@state.gov - Deputy Consular Section Chief name, ETD, direct office telephone number and [...]	2004-12-14 01:07:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD ASIG AFSI DJ
04DJIBOUTI1598	DJIBOUTI - 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] SUMMARY: DJIBOUTI OFFERS A STABLE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT IN A HISTORICALLY UNSETTLED REGION. DJIBOUTI HAS MAINTAINED CLOSE COMMERCIAL LINKS WITH FRANCE, WHICH WAS FORMERLY THE COLONIAL POWER AND MAINTAINS A LARGE MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE COUNTRY. HOWEVER, DJIBOUTI IS NOW SEEKING TO EXPAND ITS [...]	2004-12-16 11:41:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN DJ
04DJIBOUTI335	DJIBOUTI SPECTACLE AT PELTIER HOSPITAL [...] (U) Djibouti's Minister of Health, Mohamed Ali Kamil, along with French Ambassador Phillipe Selz, inaugurated on March 7 a new wing at Djibouti's public hospital, Peltier. The French financed surgical wing also has UN HIV/AIDS blood testing equipment and an imaging scanner donated by Djibouti' [...]	2004-03-09 14:02:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PM EAID PINR KHIV AFIN DJ
04DJIBOUTI565	DISASTER DECLARATION FOR FLOODS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In light of unusually heavy rains and resulting flooding early this week and the inability of the host government to respond adequately to the needs of the population, Ambassador declares the situation in Djibouti City a disaster. Ambassador requests that immediate disaster reli [...]	2004-04-16 16:55:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV SENV DJ
04DJIBOUTI579	OBC Survey Re Driver's License Requirements [...] Post submits the following responses to OBC's survey. A. No. International Driving Permit is not required. B. A U.S. driver's license is accepted for personnel with a diplomatic passport. C. Not applicable D. U.S. license is acceptable as long as the individual has valid diplomat [...]	2004-04-19 05:16:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AFSI
04DJIBOUTI585	DJIBOUTI ACCUSES FRENCH OF TRYING TO DESTABILIZE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In reaction to an April 16 French program broadcast on TF1 and Radio France International regarding new developments in the Borrel case, the Djiboutian government issued a statement 17 April accusing France of attempting to destabilize the government of Djibouti. The statement [...]	2004-04-19 13:36:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PROP PINS DJ
04DJIBOUTI595	JUSTICE REROUTED, AMCIT SENTENCED [...] (U) U.S. Citizen Alan Funk (PPT# 156160695) has received a six month suspended prison sentence and a 1.6 million DF (U.S.$9,040) fine from the Djiboutian court of appeals for his role in a March 2000 traffic accident in which a Djiboutian man was killed. Funk was absolved of any wrongdoing in [...]	2004-04-21 12:28:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	CMGT KJUS CASC CJAN PHUM PREL ECON EINV KISL DJ
04DJIBOUTI61	DJIBOUTI: TRIP WIRES [...] (C) Post held an executive meeting of the Emergency Action Committee on 01/10/2004 to discuss recent threat activity in the region and what measures to take in response to a particular threat. The executive EAC was composed of the Charge' d'Affaires, RSO, COS, USLO and Consular Officer. 2. [...]	2004-01-15 04:53:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AEMR CASC
04DJIBOUTI649	USG QUICK RESPONSE IN FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS OF [...] (U) On the early morning of 13 April, following high tides, strong winds and torrential rains in almost all districts of Djibouti, the river El Oued suddenly burst its banks and flooded several areas in Djibouti City affecting over 80 percent of its inhabitants. Water rose over seven feet in [...]	2004-05-03 13:54:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL DJ EINV
04DJIBOUTI668	MAY DAY EVENTS POTENTIAL SIGN OF IMPROVEMENT IN [...] (C) May Day celebrations in Djibouti City may be a sign that the Government is changing its position on labor relations between the Government and the legitimate national labor union. Both the Union Djiboutienne de Travailluers (UDT) and the government created Union General Travailluers de Dj [...]	2004-05-06 14:52:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELAB PGOV DJ
04DJIBOUTI721	REPORT OF CRASH IN DJIBOUTI OF U.S. UNMANNED [...] (S) Commanding General of French Forces in Djibouti, Gerard Pons, told me during my regular weekly meeting with him on May 19 that he had been informed three days earlier, through a private Djiboutian citizen, of the crash in Djibouti "last week" of a U.S. small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). [...]	2004-05-19 14:13:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS FR DJ
04DJIBOUTI785	IBB SIGNAL INTERFERES WITH FRENCH RADIO OPERATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Commander of French Forces in Djibouti told the Ambassador that signals from the International Board of Broadcasters (IBB) Radio Sawa tower at PK12 were interfering with French radio operations in Djibouti. Tests by IBB imply that the problem rests in structural de [...]	2004-06-08 09:58:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KPAO FR DJ BBG
04DUBLIN1632	IRISH RESPONSES ON PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (U) On October 28, Post delivered reftels' talking points to Gerald Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) European correspondent. ---- Iraq ---- 2. (C) Keown noted that Member States' foreign ministers were preparing for November 2 discussions in Brussels on measures to support [...]	2004-10-29 14:23:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
04DUBLIN1717	SECRETARY SNOW,S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER AHERN [...] (C) Summary: On November 15, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow met with Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern. PM Ahern: -- Urged U.S. reengagement in the Middle East Peace Process, which Europe viewed as the world,s most pressing issue; -- Expressed concern about the ability of t [...]	2004-11-24 16:22:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV EU
04DUBLIN1719	SECRETARY SNOW,S DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ARCHITECTS [...] (C) Summary: The November 14-15 visit of U.S. Treasury Secretary John W. Snow was an opportunity for discussion on SIPDIS the "secrets" of Ireland,s success with policy-makers and businessmen who were the architects of Ireland,s Celtic Tiger economy. These key figures noted that while the [...]	2004-11-24 16:43:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV EU
04DUBLIN837	URGENT REQUEST FOR USG WITNESSES FOR JUNE 16 TRIAL [...] This is an urgent action request. See para 5. 2. Embassy received diplomatic note from Irish Department of Foreign Affairs on June 1, relaying a request from the Irish police (Garda Siochana) for USG witnesses to testify at the June 16 re-trial of Irish citizen Mary Kelly, charged with [...]	2004-06-02 12:34:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL KJUS EI
04DUBLIN867	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO IRELAND [...] (C) Summary: Irish President Mary McAleese and Prime Minister Bertie Ahern are looking forward to welcoming the President to Dromoland Castle in the west of Ireland for the U.S.-EU Summit June 26. Ahern can be justly proud of his management of the EU Presidency to date, including his lead [...]	2004-06-08 16:45:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM ETRD EAIR MASS MARR CASC CVIS EUN
04DUBLIN883	BURMA PRESENTS UNITY CHALLENGE TO EU 25 [...] (C) Irish government concerns about the continuing detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and the lack of participation by pro-democracy groups at the constitutional convention will not result in public statements soon. Ireland continues to work indirectly through its Asian partners. Upcoming Asia-E [...]	2004-06-09 14:03:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM ASEAN
04FRANKFURT2778	Hesse Leader Koch Will not Actively Seek [...] (SBU) At the Hesse CDU (Christian Democratic) convention March 20, Hesse Minister-President Roland Koch announced that he would not actively seek nomination as the party's candidate for chancellor in the 2006 national elections. Koch acknowledged Angela Merkel's "undisputed" leadership of the [...]	2004-04-05 07:04:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PINR PREL GM
04FRANKFURT5551	Baden-Wuerttemberg FDP Head / Minister Doering [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 18, Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) Economics Minister and Deputy Minister President Walter Doering (FDP - Free Democrats) resigned from his positions as economic minister, FDP state chairman and deputy chairman of the national FDP, keeping only his elected mandate in the B-W S [...]	2004-06-28 09:29:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PINR TBIO GM
04FRANKFURT6697	TIP: Rheinland-Pfalz Pioneers Innovative Concept to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) has developed a victim-oriented approach to combating human trafficking that offers police protection, NGO (non- governmental organization) counseling, and immigration advice for trafficked women. The initiative supports women willing to [...]	2004-08-05 08:41:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN SOCI SMIG GM
04GABORONE2026	HIGH COURTCASE DEVELOPMENTS: FIRST PEOPLE OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: First People of the Kalahari's (FPK) High Court case against the Government of Botswana made slow progress during the month of November. Developments outside the court room, including the FPK leader Roy Sesana's trip to the U.S. and U.K., the increasing involvement of Survival [...]	2004-12-10 11:03:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BC SAN CKGR
04GUATEMALA1081	BERGER'S FIRST 100 DAYS: HONEYMOON ENDING? [...] (SBU) Summary: President Oscar Berger,s government is off to a strong start and retains strong public approval. Berger and his team have effectively conveyed new energy and direction, launching significant initiatives to reduce and modernize the military and to open borders to freer intra-reg [...]	2004-05-04 14:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL MOPS GT
04GUATEMALA1477	TFUS01: REAGAN CONDOLENCES [...] Summary: The Embassy received condolence letters addressed to the Ambassador from President Oscar Berger Perdomo and former President (1986-90) and sitting Congressional Deputy Vinicio Cerezo regarding the passing of former President Reagan. The President, the Vice President, the Foreign Mi [...]	2004-06-15 20:02:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	GT PGOV PREL US
04GUATEMALA1604	ATTACK AGAINST KAREN FISCHER REPORTED [...] (U) On June 23, major daily "Prensa Libre" reported that Karen Fischer, former Special Prosecutor against Corruption and private plaintiff in the 1993 murder of "El Grafico" publisher Jorge Carpio Nicolle, was the target of an attempted assault June 19. EconCouns contacted Fischer, who report [...]	2004-06-29 20:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA1643	UPCOMING TESTIMONY IN CARPIO CASE [...] (SBU) On July 1, EconCouns discussed with former anti-corruption prosecutor Karen Fischer her upcoming testimony in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) hearing on the 1993 murder of Jorge Carpio Nicolle. Carpio Nicolle was killed while traveling to a campaign rally (gearing up f [...]	2004-07-02 17:02:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA2248	GUATEMALA: ATTEMPT TO DISLODGE SQUATTERS LEAVES [...] (SBU) Summary: At least ten persons, including four police, were killed in an August 31 police attempt to remove several hundred squatters from a farm in southwestern Guatemala. The squatters had occupied the farm to protest GOG inaction following the apparent disappearance last year of the [...]	2004-09-02 17:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS ASEC SNAR KCRM GT
04GUATEMALA233	FOREIGN MINISTER BRIZ'S RESPONSE TO SECRETARY'S [...] On January 30, the Embassy received a letter from Foreign Minister Jorge Briz (dated January 23) responding to the Secretary's letter congratulating Briz on being named Foreign SIPDIS Minister. The original letter is being pouched to WHA/CEN. Following is an Embassy translation of Foreign M [...]	2004-01-30 18:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL GT
04GUATEMALA258	SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 4-6 NODEL VISIT OF [...] Summary: Your visit, only three weeks after Oscar Berger assumed the presidency, will draw fresh attention to the emotional issue of international adoptions in Guatemala. Your Guatemalan interlocutors will also be anxious to discuss unrelated issues such as the rapidly evolving trade relatio [...]	2004-02-03 21:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CVIS CASC PREL OVIP PGOV GT
04GUATEMALA2716	EMBASSY GUATEMALA SUPPORTS APPLICATIONS FOR [...] Eleven members of the Otoniel De La Roca Mendoza Family have applied for humanitarian parole in the United States. Otoniel De La Roca Mendoza is a witness to the 1992 detention and torture of Efrain Bamaca Velasquez by Guatemalan military authorities. In 1997 Mr. De la Roca Mendez sought and [...]	2004-10-27 00:28:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GT
04GUATEMALA2805	GUATEMALAN SQUATTERS REINVADE SITE OF PREVIOUS [...] Summary: Guatemalan squatters reinvaded Nueva Linda farm, the site where eleven people were killed during a violent eviction in August. The squatters, who this time were unarmed, maintain their previous demand for government action to investigate the 2003 disappearance of their colleague and [...]	2004-11-04 23:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON GT KCRM PGOV PHUM PINS ASEC
04GUATEMALA2904	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #5-2004 [...] (U) This message summarizes significant recent developments relating to human rights, including: -- Conviction in murder of Menchu Foundation accountant (para 2) -- Courts Give PDH Access to EMP Documents (3) -- Journalists Demand Justice for &Black Thursday8 Riots (4) -- Threats Aga [...]	2004-11-17 15:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID GT MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR
04GUATEMALA3198	GUATEMALA NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-15 16:26:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD GT
04GUATEMALA3244	GUATEMALA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The following is Embassy Guatemala's submission for the 2004 Annual Terrorism Report: Begin text: There were no significant acts of international terrorism in Guatemala in 2004. The Government of Guatemala has supported the war on terrorism in international fora such as the UN and OAS a [...]	2004-12-21 23:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO GT
04GUATEMALA504	SCENE SETTER FOR MARCH 5 PCC ON GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary and introduction: After only six weeks in office, the Berger government has generated high expectations among Guatemalans that it will spur economic growth, reduce violent crime and investigate and prosecute official corruption and organized crime. Berger has also told us privatel [...]	2004-03-01 21:04:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV SNAR CVIS MASS KCOR OVIP PBTS GT
04GUATEMALA508	GUATEMALA ANTI-TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Government of Guatemala took office on January 14, 2004, is giving TIP priority attention, and is building on initial progress by the outgoing government. The Ambassador and Embassy TIP Working Group met with the GOG Inter-Institutional Group to Combat TIP on February [...]	2004-03-01 22:43:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA531	THE BERGER GOVERNMENT'S FIRST FIFTY DAYS [...] (C) Summary: In his first fifty days in office, President Oscar Berger increased his influence in Congress, removed the controversial Attorney General and the corrupt head of the Tax Authority, relaunched the fiscal pact, dealt effectively with his government's first protest demonstrations and [...]	2004-03-03 20:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SNAR ECON ETRD EAID MOPS GT
04GUATEMALA798	GUATEMALA: SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Berger Government has recently taken significant steps to combat trafficking in persons. During President Fox's recent visit to Guatemala, Guatemalan authorities signed an MOU on anti-TIP cooperation with Mexico. The GOG will deposit its articles of ratification of the U [...]	2004-03-31 22:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA860	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #3-2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: The following is an update of significant recent developments in human rights. Topics include: -- Cutbacks in Special Prosecutor's Office for Human Rights (para 2 and 3) -- Rosalina Tuyuc to Head Presidential Reparations Committee (para 4) -- CALDH Kidnapping (para 6) [...]	2004-04-07 22:11:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV GT
04GUAYAQUIL1120	NO SURPRISES IN GUAYAS AND GUAYAQUIL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: A pre-electoral assessment of Ecuador's largest city of Guayaquil and the surrounding province of Guayas suggests that the incumbent Social Christian Party (PSC) mayor and provincial prefect are likely to be re- elected in local elections on October 17. Any result short of a PS [...]	2004-10-07 17:29:00	Consulate Guayaquil	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EC
04HALIFAX115	ATLANTIC CANADA: ENERGY TOPICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nova Scotia and Newfoundland have been working to streamline their regulatory regimes for offshore energy exploration, but industry calls for combining the two federal-provincial offshore boards will not be acted upon any time soon. The Premiers of Nova Scotia and Newfoundlan [...]	2004-04-21 13:47:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV CA
04HALIFAX264	ATLANTIC CANADA AND BSE [...] Atlantic Canadian beef farmers are feeling the pinch of low beef prices brought about by the closing of the US borders to the shipment of live animals and all but a few choice cuts of beef. The subsequent glut of the Canadian market and the insufficient slaughter capacity in Canada has caused [...]	2004-11-19 22:00:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD CA
04HANOI1442	U.S. HUMANITARIAN DEMINING EFFORTS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: The U.S.-funded VVAF survey project is underway, though it has also lost its project manager and will not be complete by September 30. U.S.-funded demining- related NGOs are operating successfully in Quang Binh and Quang Tri provinces and have generated goodwill towards the U.S. [...]	2004-05-21 02:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PGOV EAID VM
04HANOI158	VIETNAM CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The eleventh Vietnam Consultative Group of Donors (CG) meeting took place in Hanoi December 1-3, 2003. Donors at the meeting, co-chaired by the Government of Vietnam (GVN) and the World Bank, expressed continued support to the GVN's action program for 2002-2007 and emphasized th [...]	2004-01-16 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM HIV AIDS ETMIN SOE
04HANOI1584	ESTABLISHMENT OF DRUG INTERDICTION TASK FORCE UNITS [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (U) SUMMARY. A key element of a UN-led, U.S.-funded anti-drug project setting up drug interdiction task force units in six Vietnamese provinces bordering China, Cambodia, and Laos is underway. The three-year project focuses on generating [...]	2004-06-02 10:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PREL EAID VM CNARC
04HANOI1649	BA SAO PRISON: A PREVIEW [...] (U) Summary. The Ha Nam (more commonly called Ba Sao) prison that A/S Craner may visit on June 18 appears a model facility, with clean if Spartan cells and extensive grounds. It holds a relatively high number of recidivists; a plurality of prisoners were convicted on narcotics charges. Acti [...]	2004-06-09 08:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PINS VM HIV AIDS
04HANOI1724	RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN VIETNAM'S TIP EFFORTS [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam continues to take more direct steps to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),in part with assistance from the international community. New and ongoing strategies include: the creation of anti-trafficking police units in local provinces; a large-scale media and education c [...]	2004-06-17 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI174	STAFFDEL MCCORMICK'S TRIP TO HANOI: EXPANDING [...] SUMMARY: During Staffdel McCormick's official meetings January 6-8 with the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),National Assembly (NA),Government Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA),and Office of the Government (OOG),the delegation agreed on the value of an expanded U.S.-Viet [...]	2004-01-26 09:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PHUM ETRD EAID VM RELFREE HUMANR HIV AIDS
04HANOI178	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #1 [...] (U) There are currently 48 human cases including 18 deaths under investigation in Vietnam's avian influenza outbreak. The work of the WHO/CDC team was delayed due to the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays, but preliminary exploration of the extent of the outbreak has begun, and support for their [...]	2004-01-26 11:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI199	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #2 [...] (U) According to WHO, there are currently 53 possible cases of avian influenza in humans in Vietnam; of these, eight have been confirmed (of which 7 have died),nine are possible cases, and 36 are under investigation. A total of 18 cases under investigation have resulted in death as of Janua [...]	2004-01-27 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI222	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #3 [...] (U) There are currently 58 cases of suspected avian influenza in humans in Vietnam under investigation. Of these 10 have been confirmed as H5N1 in the laboratory. Of the 58 cases under investigation, 20 deaths have occurred. The WHO met with senior GVN officials on January 27th and made the f [...]	2004-01-28 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI252	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #4 [...] (U) There are currently 58 cases of suspected avian influenza in humans in Vietnam under investigation. Of these, eight have been confirmed as H5N1 in the laboratory, of which six have died. 21 possible cases have tested positive for Influenza A on a rapid test, but have not yet been confir [...]	2004-01-30 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI2757	MFA CONCERNED ABOUT VNHRA, LOOKING FORWARD TO [...] (U) Summary: During an hour-long discussion October 6, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang told the Ambassador that the GVN, while concerned about the possible passage of the Human Rights Act in the Senate, was still looking forward to a visit to the United States by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai [...]	2004-10-07 07:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF CASC CVIS KPOW OTRA OVIP VM KICC HUMANR RELFREE WTO HIV AIDS
04HANOI2960	HIV/AIDS: AMBASSADOR VISITS U.S. GOVERNMENT- [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 29 trip to Haiphong, the Ambassador visited three HIV/AIDS projects supported by the President's Emergency Plan (EP) and met with city officials. Haiphong is Vietnam's fourth most-populous city and suffers from the country's second highest HIV incidence rat [...]	2004-11-02 10:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI VM HIV AIDS
04HANOI3083	GVN MISSES DEADLINE FOR RELIGION DECREES [...] (SBU) Vietnam's new Ordinance on Religion came into effect on November 15, but the GVN has yet to issue the necessary decrees detailing how the ordinance is to be implemented (Ref A). Sources within the Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) indicated to us that the implementing decrees are pe [...]	2004-11-15 23:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI309	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #7 [...] (U) WE ARE AWARE OF DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE NUMBERS OF CASES OF AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) IN HUMANS IN OUR CABLES, REPORTED BY WHO, AND THE NUMBER REPORTED BY THE GVN'S MOH. THE STATISTICS REPORTED IN OUR CABLES REFLECT WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE MOST RECENT RELIABLE NUMBERS BASED ON THE DISCUSSIONS [...]	2004-02-04 10:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI3215	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCR ASIA/PACIFIC DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met on November 24 with Janet Lim, the new Asia/Pacific Bureau Chief for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Describing an earlier meeting with VFM Le Van Bang as "very good," Lim said that VFM Bang had told her that the GVN wants to work [...]	2004-11-29 10:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI3332	VIETNAM: SUGGESTED REVISIONS FOR 2005 NTE [...] This cable transmits post's suggested revisions to the text of the 2005 National Trade Estimate Report for Vietnam. As instructed reftel, text was sent via email attachment separately to USTR. 2. Begin text of draft NTE report: VIETNAM TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. trade deficit with Viet [...]	2004-12-17 09:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIS VM BTA IPROP SOE FINREF
04HANOI334	H5N1 AVIAN FLU RESPONSE [...] Following are post's responses to questions posed in Reftel. I. Yes, there is active animal surveillance in Vietnam. A. Ministry of Agriculture Contact: Dr. Bui Quang Anh Director General Department of Animal Health (MARD/DAH) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) N [...]	2004-02-08 23:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ECON EAID KHIV AMED VM AFLU
04HANOI3356	2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM
04HANOI347	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU (AI) UPDATE #10 [...] (U) THE WHO INVESTIGATIVE TEAM INDICATES THAT TYPE SPECIFIC LABORATORY TESTS HAVE CONFIRMED THE TWO NEW CASES OF H5 INFLUENZA IN HUMANS, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HUMAN CASES IN VIETNAM TO 18 (13 OF WHOM HAVE DIED). THESE TWO NEW CASES WERE HOSPITALIZED IN HCMC, AND INCLUDE A 6 YEAR-OLD B [...]	2004-02-09 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI351	STAFFDEL FLICKNER'S TRIP TO VIETNAM [...] SUMMARY: During Staffdel Flickner's visit to Vietnam January 10-15, the delegation met with the Office of the Government (OOG),during which its Vice Minister expressed his appreciation for U.S. assistance, requested continued support, and asked for continued dialogue on human rights and rel [...]	2004-02-10 04:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP EAID ETRD PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE HIV AIDS
04HANOI383	MORE ALLEGATIONS OF HARRASSMENT OF PROTESTANTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sources in the Protestant community in northern Vietnam continue to provide the Embassy with cases of alleged abuse by local authorities. The claims range from petty harassment of believers to two accusations of rape in the Northern Highlands province of Lai Chau. While the [...]	2004-02-12 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI582	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU (AI) UPDATE #14 [...] U) The WHO investigative team continues to report 23 confirmed human cases of H5N1, of which 15 have died. While the confirmed case count is unchanged, suspect cases are daily identified, many of which are ruled out. One new case occurred in a district of a province that had not reported case [...]	2004-02-27 07:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI638	A PRISON FOR THE WORST OFFENDERS [...] (U) Summary. At what was described as only one of two prisons nationwide for serious male criminal offenders, conditions were basic, clean, and orderly. Prisoners must work without pay on prison farms, which produce most of the prison food. Almost 40 pct of the prisoners were convicted on [...]	2004-03-03 05:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINS PGOV SNAR SOCI VM CNARC CTERR HUMANR
04HANOI677	Vietnam Requests Avian Influenza (AI) Assistance [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 14. 2. Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has requested avian influenza training assistance from HHS/CDC and USDA/APHIS to address laboratory and surveillance issues. The GVN will be working with the World Bank, WHO, FAO, and [...]	2004-03-05 10:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT EAGR CASC TBIO VM AFLU
04HANOI682	REPORT ON DOE/STATE VISIT TO VAEC AND DALAT [...] SUMMARY: A DOE/State delegation participated in meetings in Hanoi and Dalat, Vietnam on February 10 and 12 to discuss with Vietnamese officials and reactor operators a U.S. proposal to ship fresh fuel assemblies containing HEU to Russia and to convert the Dalat Research Reactor to LEU fuel. [...]	2004-03-08 04:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG TRGY VM
04HANOI923	JOINT RESEARCH ON HEALTH/ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF [...] (U) This is an action cable. Embassy recommends that the USG Agent Orange/Dioxin Interagency Working Group meet to review and discuss the contents of this cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: More than two years after the March 2002 signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to address joint r [...]	2004-04-02 01:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL TBIO VM
04HANOI956	DEPUTY AG MINISTERS GET OFF ON APPEAL [...] (U) Summary. The suspension of jail sentences of two former deputy Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) by the Hanoi Court of Appeals on April 5 will undermine public credibility in the GVN's determination to stem official corruption, even though the Court upheld the death [...]	2004-04-06 03:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI VM DPOL
04HANOI998	LETTERS FROM FATHER NGUYEN VAN LY [...] (U) During the January visit of Senator Brownback, Father Nguyen Van Ly provided his staff with copies of letters -- written while in prison, in Vietnamese -- that he had written to Parliamentary audiences in Europe and the U.S. and to the Catholic hierarchy in Vietnam. (Reftel provides tr [...]	2004-04-09 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
04HARARE1083	A CONVERSATION WITH WELLINGTON CHIBEBE [...] (SBU) Summary: After attending the International Labor Organization (ILO) conference in Geneva, Wellington Chibebe, Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union's (ZCTU),talks about the ILO Conference, land nationalization, and wage negotiations. End summary. ILO CONFERENCE - [...]	2004-07-01 05:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI ZCTU
04HARARE1110	GA-GA FOR GONO [...] (SBU) Summary: During their visit to Harare, the Staff Delegation lunched with Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono. The conversation touched upon the local economy and the international community, land nationalization, food security and recent food deals, electoral reform, and [...]	2004-07-06 12:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI
04HARARE1157	STAFFDEL VISIT ILLUMINATES ELECTION REFORMS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Staffdel comprised of Majority Professional Staffperson Joan Condon and Democratic Party Professional Staffperson Pearl-Alice Marsh of the House International Relations Committee and USAID Congressional Liaison Susan Williams met with a host of interlocutors during a June 29-Ju [...]	2004-07-15 05:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI VIP
04HARARE1180	MEDIA REACTION: HIV/AIDS GLOBAL FUND; HARARE [...] Under headline "Zim losing out on HIV/Aids global fund," the July 18 edition of the independent weekly "The Standard" carried the following editorial on page 8: 2. ". . .Although the war on HIV/AIDS is being fought on many fronts. . .there is no doubt that this diseas [...]	2004-07-19 13:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
04HARARE1206	LITTLE NEW IN MUGABE'S OPENING OF PARLIAMENT [...] (U) In his remarks opening the fifth and final session of the country's fifth parliament, President Mugabe projected familiar GOZ refrains: good harvests assured adequate food supplies into the next season; the nation's economy was recovering; ongoing land acquisitions would meet the populati [...]	2004-07-21 15:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ZI

04HARARE124	TREASON TRIAL CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai's treason trial resumed in the High Court on January 19. The defense concluded its direct examination of Tsvangirai on January 22 and the case now moves to Tsvangirai's cross- examination by the prosecution. The trial will likely conclude [...]	2004-01-22 13:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI MDC
04HARARE1280	CONGRESSIONAL STAFFDEL VISITS [...] On July 2nd, Congressional Professional Staffers Joan Condon and Pearl Alice Marsh, House International Relations Committee, and USAID Congressional Liaison Officer, Susan Williams, were joined by Acting USAID Director, Michael Foster, and Econ Opportunities Team Leader, Sarah Bishop, on [...]	2004-07-27 13:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI VIP
04HARARE1293	More fluff than focus from central bank [...] (U) Summary: In a speech more like a sermon than monetary review, Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono delivered his quarterly remarks yesterday. Unfortunately for most Zimbabweans suffering from the country's rapid economic decline, Gono failed to address underlying economic problems, suc [...]	2004-07-28 11:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR EINV PGOV ZI
04HARARE1313	ZIMBABWE AND THE SADC ELECTION AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A proliferation of meetings relating to election standards in the run-up to next month's scheduled SADC summit in part reflects Zimbabwean and regional efforts to lower domestic and international tensions associated with Zimbabwe's political crisis. Central to the effort are draf [...]	2004-07-30 10:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
04HARARE1360	UN VISITOR TESTS WATERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting at the Embassy August 6, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Tuliameni Kalomoh solicited the Ambassador's assessment of the Zimbabwean political and humanitarian situations. He advised that his five-day visit to Zimbabwe was "private" but [...]	2004-08-12 15:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
04HARARE1688	ZIMBABWE'S APPLICATION OF GUIDANCE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-08 10:21:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED EAID PREL US ZI HIV AIDS
04HARARE170	Rising Food Insecurity in Zimbabwe [...] The number of vulnerable households in Zimbabwe continues to rise as food staples become more expensive. Seed prices have risen beyond affordable levels for most ordinary farmers and the outlook for this year's agricultural season is not yet clear. Continuing economic deterioration, disruptio [...]	2004-01-29 08:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL US ZI
04HARARE171	RULING PARTY PROTESTS TRAVEL ADVISORY, RAISES [...] (C) Deputy Director of ZANU-PF's Bureau of External Relations Itai Mach called poloff on January 27 to protest the text of the travel advisory issued by the Department on January 22 (ref A). He charged that it was a politically motivated effort to disrupt Zimbabwe's "recovering" economy with [...]	2004-01-29 09:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC PGOV ZI
04HARARE1756	GOZ TO OPEN MEDIA SPACE? [...] (C) On October 18, CEO Sam Nkomo of The Daily News (TDN),the independent daily that was closed by the GOZ in September 2003 and has been unsuccessful in its efforts to reopen (ref B),met with the Charge to discuss the status of TDN's consolidated court appeal. Although Nkomo did not identif [...]	2004-10-21 13:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO ZI
04HARARE1790	SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS ELECTORAL REFORMS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a courtesy call by the Ambassador on October 26, Speaker of the Parliament and ZANU-PF Secretary for Administration Emmerson Mnangagwa outlined modest electoral reforms under consideration by the Parliament. He confirmed that the GOZ intended to implement reforms in time [...]	2004-10-29 09:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM ZI
04HARARE188	MDC UPDATE ON PROGRESS IN TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary-General Welshman Ncube on January 30 told the Ambassador that he expected to engage his ruling party interlocutor, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa, soon on key issues relating to prospective talks. A new electoral law would address many issues, while the fate of [...]	2004-02-03 04:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SA ZI MDC
04HARARE1913	GOZ SEEKING THAW WITH USG? [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mugabe's congratulatory message to President Bush on his re-election (ref A) is the latest among several indications that the GOZ is prepared to seek some degree of rapprochement with the USG. Exchanges with senior Reserve Bank officials, a businessman well-connected wi [...]	2004-11-23 14:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO ZI
04HARARE2015	JUSTICE MINISTER ON ELECTIONS, BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Patrick Chinamasa on December 10 updated the Ambassador on issues associated with the scheduled March parliamentary elections. During the sometimes testy exchange, the Minister did not address the election environment's most [...]	2004-12-14 10:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
04HARARE2090	RULING PARTY SETS DATE FOR PRIMARIES AMIDST MORE [...] (U) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF announced that it will conduct its primaries for the March national parliamentary elections on January 15. Intra-party violence has already begun to rise. Fights between supporters of two sitting ZANU-PF MPs and the supporters of their party rivals in two hotly-contested [...]	2004-12-30 09:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE298	GOZ SETS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS FOR MARCH AS [...] SUMMARY: The GOZ's February 19 announcement that parliamentary elections would be conducted in March 2004 follows a series of setbacks to prospects that their conduct would be free and fair. During the past week, the GOZ withdrew its request for UN involvement in elections; extended the perm [...]	2004-02-19 14:00:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE334	TSVANGIRAI TREASON TRIAL NEARS COMPLETION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 24, the State concluded its case in the treason trial of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. The Defense was expected to complete its concluding arguments on February 26, but we would not expect a decision from the judge for some time. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On Febru [...]	2004-02-25 13:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI MDC
04HARARE356	ZIMBABWE - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2003 - [...] Overview of Zimbabwe's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons: --------------------------------------- A. There continued to be infrequent anecdotal reports that Zimbabwe was a country of origin and transit for internationally trafficked persons, particularly women and children. [...]	2004-02-27 08:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PINR ZI TIP
04HARARE47	OPPOSITION LEADER UPBEAT ON 2004 [...] (C) SUMMARY: With qualified optimism, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai offered an assessment of Zimbabwe's political landscape to Ambassador Sullivan during lunch on January 7 at the Residence. Tsvangirai identified mobilization of membership, coordination with civil society, and improving th [...]	2004-01-08 14:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ZI MDC
04HARARE501	CHINESE ASSISTANCE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (U) On March 22, Poloff met with Shaohua Duan, Third Secretary (Economic and Commercial) of the Embassy of the SIPDIS People's Republic of China to discuss Chinese humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe. Duan, who arrived in July 2002, told Poloff that Chinese assistance was limited by China's [...]	2004-03-23 14:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF CH EAID PHUM PREF PREL ZI
04HARARE54	MDC PLANNING TO SUPPORT NON-MDC MASS ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: An MDC official described plans for a prayer vigil on January 11 as the first in what the MDC hopes will be a series of similar (mass) actions in the coming weeks or months. The events would be held under the auspices of the church rather than the MDC. The official recounted MDC [...]	2004-01-09 10:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC
04HARARE634	POLICE, MILITARY SEIZE OPPOSITION MP'S FARM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The seizure of MDC MP Roy Bennett's Chimanimani farm by police and military on April 9 represents the climax of a long-standing GOZ effort to deprive the prominent opposition figure of his economic and political base. The forces evicted farm management from the property and g [...]	2004-04-13 15:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ZI MDC
04HARARE638	HIV/AIDS, ECONOMY EXACTING TOLL ON CHILDREN [...] (SBU) Almost one-tenth of Zimbabwe,s population consists of AIDS orphans-having lost one or both parents to the disease. Most try to carry on living as they had before, although some do take to the streets of the major cities to hustle for a living and/or turn to commercial sex work to make e [...]	2004-04-14 13:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KHIV ZI HIV AIDS
04HARARE682	MISCHIEF IN MANICALAND: VIOLENCE ON FARMS, MUTARE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Credible sources report that ruling party supporters who have seized farms in Manicaland are beating farm workers suspected of loyalty to the opposition. International Organization for Migration (IOM) is preparing to care for farm workers who are being displaced by the seizures a [...]	2004-04-21 15:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC PREF EAGR EAID ZI MDC ZANU PF
04HARARE752	WHITHER THE MDC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fledgling opposition MDC is suffering from some basic but critical problems: infighting within the higher ranks, insufficient communication and consultation with the broader membership, despondency, and increasing criticism from within the party. These factors coupled with ZA [...]	2004-05-05 11:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID ASEC ZI MDC
04HELSINKI1360	ASSISTANT SECRETARY RADEMAKER'S CONVERSATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: On October 7 Assistant Secretary for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker and AC Special Advisor Paul Janiczek, en route back to Washington from a visit to Moscow (reftel),stopped in Helsinki for consultations with the Finnish government. In separate meetings with the Ministry of For [...]	2004-10-19 13:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MCAP PINS KHDP FI UNGA RU
04HELSINKI1407	FINLAND AND THE NOVEMBER 2 GAERC MEETING [...] (C) We delivered the demarche points from Ref A-C messages to Leena Alto, deputy European Correspondent in the Finnish MFA, and to Jonna Partanen, Counselor in the Secretariat for EU Affairs in the office of PM Vanhanen. Alto and Partanen briefed us on the positions FM Tuomioja will be taking [...]	2004-11-01 15:39:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF IZ IR RS SU FI EUN
04HOCHIMINHCITY1302	VIETNAM: WAITING FOR A BIOTECH POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam may be close to adopting a policy that would allow it to use biotechnology to increase agricultural output and to improve the health of its citizens. Vietnam's position at a biotech crossroads was highlighted during the recent visit of plant biotechnology expert Dr. C.S [...]	2004-10-18 10:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV VM
04HOCHIMINHCITY1464	RELIGIOUS ISSUES IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCE OF DAK LAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak are keeping a tight lid on religious activities, particularly in the Protestant community. According to GVN- recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam, only 4,300 of 125,000 believers worship in "official" churches; [...]	2004-11-23 12:13:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF PHUM VM KREF HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY1494	DRL DAS DUGAN IN HCMC: HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGION, WOMEN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Religious leaders and human rights dissidents told DRL DAS Dugan that despite strict GVN controls, they have seen improvement in human rights and religious freedom. They welcomed continued pressure on Vietnam but cautioned against sanctions. Recognized religious groups planned [...]	2004-12-01 04:19:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL KIRF PREF PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE
04HOCHIMINHCITY1528	VIETNAM'S SOUTHERN ECONOMIC TRIANGLE SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General and ConGen team traveled to Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces to examine the two provinces' economic performance that is double the national average. Local officials credit their economic success to 1990's policy decisions creating the southern economic zones. I [...]	2004-12-13 10:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON PREL PGOV VM PHUM KIRF SOE RELFREE HUMANR
04HOCHIMINHCITY75	HIV INFECTION RATES CLIMBING IN HCMC -- NEARING [...] Summary: On a visit to Ho Chi Minh City, Staffdel McCormick from the House Committee on International Relations met with local government officials and NGO partners involved in the city's fight against HIV/AIDS. Current estimates indicate that the infection rate in Vietnam is approaching one [...]	2004-01-27 09:29:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP EAID KHIV SOCI VM HIV AIDS
04HOCHIMINHCITY917	DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST TRAN KHUE SENTENCED TO TWENTY MONTHS [...] (SBU) The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court convicted detained democracy activist Tran Khue of violating administrative detention and abusing democracy and freedom to undermine national interests on July 9th. Khue was sentenced to 19 months, with credit for 18 months and nine days time served. [...]	2004-07-12 04:04:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL SCUL VM HUMANR
04ISTANBUL1074	ARMENIAN "GENOCIDE" AND THE OTTOMAN ARCHIVES [...] (sbu) Summary: The lack of agreement and dialogue on the so-called Armenian "genocide" question remains a major obstacle to Turkish-Armenian rapprochement. A long-term resolution of this problematic issue can only be built on an open dialogue and healthy academic debate. Free and complete ac [...]	2004-07-12 09:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM TU
04ISTANBUL1807	TURKISH TEXTILE FIRMS SEE A GRIM FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Turkish textile exporters tell us they are deeply pessimistic about prospects for the sector, warning that the end of the global quota system next month will lead to mass layoffs in Turkey unless "an exit" is found. In a recent meeting organized by the Istanbul Textile [...]	2004-12-06 11:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON TU
04ISTANBUL1819	ISTANBUL PROTESTANTS CONTINUE TO FACE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: While acknowledging that the environment for religious minorities in Turkey has significantly improved over the past several years, leaders of several Istanbul Protestant churches claim that they continue to face legal hurdles and cultural prejudice in their activities. Because [...]	2004-12-08 02:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL381	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH APPOINTS NON-TURKS TO CHURCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an attempt to ensure the viability of his institution in the face of the declining Orthodox community in Turkey, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, first among equals in the Orthodox world, appointed six non-Turkish citizen metropolitans to the church's Holy Synod. The twel [...]	2004-03-11 12:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
04ISTANBUL402	ISTANBUL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS FAMILIAR [...] (U) Summary: The long-planned but oft-delayed International Investment Advisory Council (IAC) meeting grouping CEO's from leading multinationals finally took place in Istanbul on March 15. Organized by the Turkish government with cooperation from the World Bank and International Monetary Fu [...]	2004-03-17 13:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN TU
04ISTANBUL403	"HONOR KILLING" SHOCKS ISTANBUL, HIGHLIGHTS [...] (u) Summary: The tragic murder of 22-year old Guldunya Toren on February 26 by two of her brothers at a Bakirkoy district hospital shocked Istanbul, captured several days of media coverage, and highlighted the fact that the tradition of "honor killings" remains deep-set, even in Turkey's most [...]	2004-03-17 13:21:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TU
04KATHMANDU1226	NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF REPLIES TO SUPREME COURT [...] (U) According to media reporting on June 29, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Pyar Jung Thapa responded in writing to the Nepali Supreme Court's "show cause" order (Ref A). His response reportedly indicated that past failures by the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) to respond to habeas corpus writs on indiv [...]	2004-06-30 07:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MOPS NP
04KATHMANDU141	NEPAL: ARMY ACTIONS TAKEN TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED [...] (SBU) Summary: Since its inception in July 2002, the Human Rights cell of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has accepted 17 cases of alleged human rights violations for further investigation. Of the 17 cases, 8 involved allegations of extra-judicial killing; 3 involved allegations of use of exces [...]	2004-01-22 10:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER NP
04KATHMANDU1418	NEPAL: DEUBA PLANS ELECTIONS ABOVE ALL ELSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During their first meeting on July 23, Prime Minister Deuba reiterated to the Ambassador Nepal's gratitude to the U.S., and especially to President Bush, for supporting Nepal's development and counter-insurgency efforts. Deuba emphasized the need for a coalition of democratic forc [...]	2004-07-26 01:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS PREF NP GON
04KATHMANDU1550	NEPAL: UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE ON BHUTANESE/TIBETAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Representative Abraham Abraham expressed the hope to the Ambassador on August 4 that the verification of Bhutanese refugees would resume. Meanwhile, for the first time, some Bhutanese refugees had begun to ask for immediate third-country resettlement. On Tibetans, UNHCR wa [...]	2004-08-06 09:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL BT IN NP UNHCR
04KATHMANDU1745	NEPALI CONGRESS LEADER KOIRALA EXERTS POWER AFTER [...] (U) On August 28, after Royal Nepal Army (RNA) personnel barred former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala from entering the domestic terminal of the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA),a Nepali Congress-affiliated organization called a general closure ( [...]	2004-08-31 12:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV NP GON
04KATHMANDU379	NEPAL: FOURTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Following is Post's submission for the fourth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political Officer Crystal Kaplan (tel: 977-1-441-1179, fax: 977-1-441-0723, e-mail: kaplanct2@state.gov). 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a country o [...]	2004-03-01 09:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NP
04KATHMANDU398	OVERVIEW OF NEPAL POLICE HUMAN RIGHTS CELL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nepal Police Human Rights Cell was established in January 2003 and is staffed with only three investigators. However, organizational restructuring is underway to expand the number of investigators to 19. The cell is authorized to mete out minor punishments, such as verbal [...]	2004-03-04 00:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM NP
04KATHMANDU654	THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT IN NEPAL FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] Summary. Existing legislation governing human trafficking in Nepal provides severe punishments for traffickers and their associates and shifts the burden of proof, in many cases, to the accused rather than the victim. Draft legislation that would address victim rights and protections expired [...]	2004-04-09 02:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN PREF ELAB NP
04KINSHASA1174	DIN/ODI ACCESS WAIVER REQUEST - KINSHASA [...] Post or bureau name; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Post or bureau point of contact, e-mail address, and telephone number; Floyd L. Wilson, WilsonFL@state.gov, (243) 81-884-0255 3. Location serviced by DIN; American Cultural Center, JAO Compound, 498 Ave. Colonel Lukusa - [...]	2004-06-28 08:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP ACOA AMGT ANET ASEC KPAO KRIM OIIP
04KINSHASA1261	KABILA-ROYCE MEETING: SECURITY AND STABILITY FIRST, THE REST WILL FOLLOW [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-08 12:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	CG ECON OREP PGOV PREL
04KINSHASA1299	DEPARTING BELGIAN AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH [...] (C) During TDY Charge Gerald Scott's July 9 courtesy call on outgoing Belgian Ambassador Renier Nyskens, Nyskens stressed the need to maintain cohesion within the International Committee to Assist the Transition (CIAT) as many senior members will be rotating this summer and some elements with [...]	2004-07-14 15:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	PGOV PINR CG BE VT
04KINSHASA1525	FY'05-AFRP: "Grassroots Democracy" April 11-29, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 10:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA1553	PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY VP BEMBA [...] (C) Summary. On Aug 12, Ambassador Meece paid a courtesy call on DRC Vice President for Economic and Financial Affairs, Jean-Pierre Bemba. Bemba made clear his pride in the economic achievements of the past year and his extreme prejudice toward Rwandan President Kagame as the primary culprit b [...]	2004-08-17 13:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG HIPC OPIC
04KINSHASA1607	FARDC'S FIRST INTEGRATED ARMY BATTALION DEPLOYED [...] (U) Summary. The first battalion of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) was deployed to Ituri the week of August 16. MONUC views this initial deployment of 750 soldiers as a test of FARDC's commitment to support its soldiers. These soldiers will serve in peace-keeping [...]	2004-08-25 15:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR
04KINSHASA1671	EMBASSY KINSHASA RESPONSE TO "DEVELOPING A [...] Summary. Embassy Kinshasa appreciates the opportunity to respond to reftel requesting comments and suggestions on developing a commercial platform at non-FCS posts. The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently emerging from a decade of economic distress, and commercial activity is slowly rest [...]	2004-09-07 05:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AODE BEXP ECON EINV
04KINSHASA2084	KAMANDA WA KAMANDA ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL [...] (C) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister for Scientific Research Gerard Kamanda wa Kamanda at his office November 8. Kamanda had earlier contacted the Ambassador by telephone requesting such a meeting as soon as could be arranged. (Note: Kamanda holds his current portfolio under [...]	2004-11-12 14:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
04KINSHASA2115	CONGO/B - IS CONGO'S FUTURE ON THE RIGHT TRACK? IS [...] (C) Summary: Below follows an analysis of current political and economic atmospherics in the Republic of Congo, including points recently noted by the country,s President, Denis Sassou Nguesso, regarding his efforts to truly put Congo on a &democratic path8 and change once and for all Congo, [...]	2004-11-18 14:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ASEC CF
04KINSHASA2165	MORE ON THE MURKY MATTER OF WHO FIRED THE SHOTS [...] (C) PolCouns spoke November 25 with Monuc Goma Head of Office, and with a Monuc political officer in Kinshasa, to get an update on Monuc's investigation of the rocket attack into Rwanda, allegedly by the FDLR. Both Monuc sources said that their initial investigation indicated that rather than [...]	2004-11-26 15:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO CG
04KUWAIT1248	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 12-14: IRAQ, KUWAIT [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators have been rattled by events in Fallujah and the rise of Moqtada al-Sadr. Islamist MPs and others decry what they term a "brutal" US response and have issued press statements calling for Muslims to resist the "US occupation of Iraq" and the presence of US troops i [...]	2004-04-15 06:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT127	(S) AIK FUEL: GOK WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IT'S SIGNING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Charge delivered copy of reftel dipnote to the FM January 10, asking that the GOK continue supplying fuel to US and coalition forces pending bilateral discussions to resolve who will pay for what. He also asked for urgent approval for the deployment of twelve additional C-130s [...]	2004-01-11 15:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU
04KUWAIT1477	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT, MAY 8-10: ABU GHRAIB; IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators continued strident criticism and outrage at revelations of the abuse at Abu Ghraib. A prominent conservative commentator notes with satisfaction that the abuse scandal has resulted in the "postponement until further notice" of the issuance of the State Department [...]	2004-05-10 14:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1505	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 11-12: ABU GHRAIB ABUSE; IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY: Condemnation of the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib continues to dominate local opinion pages. A small but consistent number of editorials also continue to appear, praising the transparency with which U.S. authorities are dealing with the issue, as in one column titled [...]	2004-05-12 14:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1699	(C) CATHOLIC CHURCH OPERATES FREELY, BUT [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-30 12:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KISL PGOV SOCI PREL KU
04KUWAIT1811	(C) HARDLINE ISLAMISTS LASH OUT AT US -- FEELING [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Islamist MP issued a lengthy diatribe accusing the US Embassy of interfering in Kuwait's internal affairs; he was clearly reacting to the report detailing our activities in support of human rights, posted on the DoS website. GOK officials including the Foreign Minister quick [...]	2004-06-08 13:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL SOCI KWMN KU
04KUWAIT1836	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JUNE 8-9: IRAQ; HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: Liberal commentators rose to defend the USG against criticism of the State Department Supporting Human Rights and Democracy report, characterized by Islamists as "interference in Kuwaiti internal affairs." One conservative MP also denounced US Embassy public diplomacy programs and [...]	2004-06-10 08:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT2245	(SBU) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: FAILED JULY 13 [...] (C) Summary: After more than a year of conspicuous inaction by the GOK and parliament on municipal reform, the National Assembly failed to reach a quorum in the July 13 extraordinary session called to debate an Amiri decree postponing Municipal Council elections for another year. This provoke [...]	2004-07-19 10:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KU
04KUWAIT2248	(C) COUNTRY TEAM POSITION REGARDING RELEASE [...] (C) Background. The Government of Kuwait (GOK) has requested release to purchase the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasure System (ATIRCMS) for its AH-64D Apaches. The first Apaches for Kuwait will be delivered in Sep 06. The ATIRCMS uses the AN/ALQ-212 Infrared (IR) Jammer and the Commo [...]	2004-07-19 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL
04KUWAIT276	(U) DRUGGED OUT: NON-CITIZENS LACK ACCESS TO BEST [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-26 04:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL PINR KU
04KUWAIT3063	IAMB RECEIVES KPMG UPDATE ON DFI AUDIT, EXPRESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) on Iraq met in Kuwait on 7-8 September to receive a briefing from KPMG on the status of the second stage of the external audit work on the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI). In its press release after the meeting, the IAMB n [...]	2004-09-11 11:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ UN KW
04KUWAIT3371	IRAQI HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER PROMISES INCREASED [...] SUMMARY. The recently appointed Iraqi Minister of Human Rights, Bakhtyar Amin, attended the 46th meeting of the Tripartite Technical Sub-committee held in Kuwait on 7 September under International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) auspices. This marks the first time that a member of the IIG [...]	2004-09-27 04:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KAWC KPOW IO IZ KU
04KUWAIT3681	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] (S/NF) Mr. Armitage, welcome back to Kuwait. MFA is working on a November 7 meeting with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah and arranging accommodations for your party at Bayan Palace, which is also where any bilateral meeting will take place. Despite the extremely poor [...]	2004-10-27 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PTER PGOV KJUS KISL KU IZ
04KUWAIT3769	AMBASSADOR AND INFORMATION MINISTER DISCUSS IPR, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. In a lively November 3 courtesy call on Minister of Information Muhammad Abulhassan, the Ambassador discussed intellectual property rights (IPR),the prospect for Kuwaiti women's enfranchisement, and the State Department's Human Rights Report. Abulhassan conceded [...]	2004-11-03 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PHUM PREL KIPR KU
04KUWAIT4366	KUWAIT 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] Please find the 2005 National Trade Estimate Report for Kuwait below. As requested reftel, the text has also been sent by email. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF REPORT TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. trade deficit with Kuwait for the first ten months of 2004 was $1.25 billion. U.S. exports to Kuwait were r [...]	2004-12-15 13:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KU
04KUWAIT443	DOD CONTRACTORS AND TRANSITION FROM COALITION [...] Summary and Action Request: U.S. contractors in Kuwait provide critical logistical and administrative services to CPA. How those functions will be assured after the transition from CPA to Embassy Baghdad needs to be determined - time being of the essence. Action Request: Request State Depa [...]	2004-02-08 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ETRD KU IZ
04KUWAIT598	(SBU) FEMALE LAWYERS BREAK TABOO AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-23 07:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN CASC KU
04KUWAIT89	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, DECEMBER 23-JANUARY 7: [...] SUMMARY: In an article titled "Do Not Accept Colonialism," one writer claims that Iraq's oil resources will be controlled by "companies with strong ties to the American administration," specifically Halliburton who he writes is "accused of rigging the price of fuel sold to the US army." New [...]	2004-01-08 08:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04LAGOS1247	INITIATION OF EMBASSY EST&H REPORTING: [...] Introduction. This report is the first of what will become regular reports by the officer responsible for environment, science, technology, and health (EST&H) at Embassy Abuja. Pending the assignment in Abuja of such an officer, the Mission's economic officers, assisted by USAID colleagues, [...]	2004-06-18 08:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI ECON PGOV NI
04LAGOS1611	MORE SCRATCH CARD FEVER: THE PLANNED JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: As the GON's January 1, 2005 import ban on recharge cards draws near, the Nigerian Communications Commission is beginning to license companies to produce the cards locally. Wary of the reliability of most local card producers, major Nigerian telecom companies are exploring alter [...]	2004-08-05 13:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV NI
04LAGOS1632	NIGERIA: MORE OPTIONS FOR NIGERIAN TELECOMS [...] (U) Summary: Two Nigerian telecoms companies (MTS First Wireless and Oduatel) will begin services this month. MTS expects to attract many customers due to its unique area code numbering system and its innovative 24- hour, zero dial-up internet service. Oduatel expects to carve a unique niche b [...]	2004-08-10 15:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON NI
04LAGOS2064	A LAGOS STATE PERSPECTIVE ON HIV/AIDS [...] Summary. To gather input to develop the Five Year Strategy for Nigeria for the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, USG team members met officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Health and the Lagos State Action Committee on AIDS (LSACA) on September 20. The HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in the state (4 [...]	2004-10-08 05:46:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI KHIV PGOV NI
04LAGOS2096	NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #3: OCTOBER 13 [...] (U) Summary: The nationwide strike in Nigeria continues to be well-observed throughout most of Nigeria. Of major cities, Abuja apparently has been least affected by the strike. Despite on-going negotiations and intervening court cases, the strike will likely continue tomorrow on what should b [...]	2004-10-13 16:19:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV EPET KDEM ECON NI
04LAGOS2134	WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE DELTA - A LAGOS [...] (C) Summary: Supplementing the views expressed reftel, this message provides Lagos' perspective of the Delta crisis. This latest gush of violence is a moment of acceleration in a negative spiral that began years ago. The eruption is a byproduct of not only the 2003 elections but also of econ [...]	2004-10-20 16:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET PINR NI
04LAGOS2492	MISSION COMMENTS ON OPIC INSURANCE FOR WAGP [...] (C) This cable responds to OPIC requests for Mission comments on OPIC insurance for the West Africa Gas Pipeline project. Mission is not aware of any GON opposition to the WAGP project, and believes the project advances GON and USG goals. There could be some negative publicity generated by [...]	2004-12-13 16:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV EAID PGOV NI
04LAGOS2588	CONSUL GENERAL VISITS PORT HARCOURT AND YENAGOA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Consul General visited Rivers and Bayelsa States December 8-10. He met the Deputy Governors of both states (the Governors were out of Nigeria),Rivers State Assembly leadership, environmental and human rights activists, opposition leaders and researchers at Port Harcourt's l [...]	2004-12-30 11:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI
04LAGOS2595	NEAR CRASH OF CHANCHANGI AIRLINER RESURFACES [...] (U) Forward landing gear failed to deploy on a Chanchangi Airlines (Nigeria) flight from Port Harcourt to Lagos yesterday. According to report, the pilot of the Boeing 272 detected problems as as it prepared for landing at Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA). Federal Airports Autho [...]	2004-12-30 16:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER NI
04LAGOS296	EKITI UPDATE: HIS AND HER EXCELLENCIES [...] (U) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose and his wife Feyisetan of tiny, impoverished Ekiti State have had their Public Relations Director working overtime recently to "spin" them a high-profile, positive public image. The couple has been appearing almost weekly in news [...]	2004-02-06 15:44:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
04LAGOS524	NITEL: NEW MANAGEMENT, LITTLE CHANGE [...] (U) Summary: One year into its three-year management of Nigeria's national carrier, Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL),the Netherlands' Pentascope International has generated surprisingly little change. Executives remain optimistic, but given Pentascope's slow progress in implementi [...]	2004-03-10 16:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV NI
04LAGOS629	NIGERIA: HANDLING OF COUNTERFEIT U.S. CURRENCY [...] (U) Summary: An informal survey of Lagos commercial banks and currency exchangers suggests that procedures for handling counterfeit U.S. currency vary widely. Official guidelines do not exist, and counterfeit notes are rarely reported to Central Bank or law enforcement officials. End summary. [...]	2004-03-23 15:18:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON NI
04LAGOS637	NIGERIA: SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - MARCH 2004 [...] (U) Continuing its losing ways, the Alliance for Democracy Party (AD) lost another challenge to the April 2003 elections that gave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) five of the six southwestern gubernatorial offices AD had held since 1999. 2. (U) Immediately after the elections, the AD had [...]	2004-03-24 14:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI
04LILONGWE1010	PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA THANKS USG FOR 44 YEARS OF [...] SUMMARY: USAID celebrated 44 years of partnership with the people of Malawi in a day-long event on October 20 at the USAID Mission in Lilongwe. Nearly 600 invited guests toured booths representing 33 different projects under USAID's four strategic objectives: health, democracy and governance [...]	2004-10-26 14:41:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV ECON OPRC
04LILONGWE1086	RULING PARTY REBELS RATCHET UP RHETORIC, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) have become more outspoken in their criticism of President Bingu wa Mutharika, widening the split in the party. The UDF executive committee has punished ministers close to Mutharika, taking away party positions and perks. Despite this [...]	2004-11-26 08:40:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR MI
04LILONGWE148	PRESIDENT GETS PERSONAL ABOUT AIDS AT LAUNCH OF [...] (SBU) At the February 10 launch of the National AIDS Policy, President Muluzi made the surprise announcement that one of his brothers had died three years ago as a result of AIDS. In the address attended by UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot, Muluzi also declared he knows his HIV status [...]	2004-02-23 14:07:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	KHIV TBIO EAID SOCI MI HIV AIDS
04LILONGWE179	MALAWI: DONORS SPLIT OVER BANK AND FUND PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Minster of Finance Jumbe made a pitch on March 1 for donors to support Malawi's IMF and World Bank programs. Stating that statistical discrepancies in its submission to the Fund have been largely resolved, Jumbe claimed that Malawi has made progress on its macroeconomic stabilization p [...]	2004-03-02 21:09:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV MI
04LILONGWE187	"FARMER" MULUZI CULTIVATES HIS POST-PRESIDENTIAL IMAGE [...] (C) I met with President Muluzi at his request on February 18 at his private residence in Blantyre. We discussed his three-point agenda: a) USG assistance in training Malawi Defense Force (MDF) officers as helicopter pilots; b) USG support of an HIV/AIDS Center he wishes to lead after he le [...]	2004-03-04 13:52:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MI
04LILONGWE404	FREER, BUT POORER: MALAWI AFTER TEN YEARS OF [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: This month's presidential and parliamentary elections will mark ten years since Malawi's first democratic elections and the transition away from Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda's thirty-year dictatorship. Much has changed, for better and for worse, since the advent o [...]	2004-05-14 11:44:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON PINR MI
04LILONGWE859	MALAWI ARMY SET TO GAIN GROUND IN HIV/AIDS FIGHT [...] (SBU/NF//FOUO) In a resource poor environment, the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) highlights prevention as its main campaign against HIV/AIDS, but has recently scaled up its voluntary counseling and testing services as well as care and treatment programs. USG assistance has helped position the MD [...]	2004-09-03 09:45:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP KHIV PINR MASS TBIO MI HIV AIDS
04LILONGWE933	GLOBAL FUND: BUYING ON CREDIT IN MALAWI [...] Per reftel A request, post provides the following update on Global Fund activities in Malawi. SUMMARY ------- 2. As the end of year two of Global Fund in Malawi approaches, the GOM will likely exceed anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment and voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) goals, but wil [...]	2004-09-24 09:26:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV EAID SOCI TBIO ECON PGOV MI HIV AIDS
04LJUBLJANA1069	JANSA SENT THE LIST OF CABINET CANDIDATES [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Wednesday afternoon, November 24, after the signing of a coalition agreement by all four presidents of the coalition parties, Prime Minister Janez Jansa sent a list of 16 proposed ministerial candidates to the National Assembly for approval. The National Assembly has seven da [...]	2004-11-26 10:21:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON SI
04LJUBLJANA1071	JANSA SELECTS HIS CABINET [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Wednesday afternoon, November 24, after the signing of a coalition agreement by all four presidents of the coalition parties, Prime Minister Janez Jansa sent a list of 16 proposed ministerial candidates to the National Assembly for approval. The National Assembly has seven da [...]	2004-11-29 02:50:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR ECON SI
04LJUBLJANA1092	SLOVENE BIOMETRIC PASSPORT UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Slovenia will begin issuing a first-phase biometric passport containing photo recognition data before October 26, 2005. A second-phase biometric passport incorporating both photo recognition and fingerprints will be introduced at a later date, in compliance with new EU requirement [...]	2004-12-07 08:02:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT PREL KPAO SI
04LJUBLJANA433	SLOVENIA: COM CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a 04 May meeting, new Minister of Agriculture, Milan Pogacnik, told COM that Slovenia is "prepared" to adopt EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) guidelines, though not without some adjustment pains. Pogacnik also expressed a strong desire to work with the Mission in matters o [...]	2004-05-10 13:46:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PINR SI
04LJUBLJANA438	SLOVENIA: SAVA RIVER BASIN INITIATIVE [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for information on the status of Slovenia's commitment to the establishment of a Permanent Sava River Basin Commission, the implementation of its mandate, and official representation. On 05 May, MFA State Undersecretary and Stability Pact National Co [...]	2004-05-11 13:02:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID ECIN EWWT PREL SI

04MADRID1206	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS WILLIAM J. WINTERS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS William J. Winters, Civil Engineer, to travel to Barcelona April 19-22 to present and discuss laboratory test results at the Ocean Drilling Program LEG 204 post-cruise meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. [...]	2004-04-14 09:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SP
04MADRID1836	IMPLEMENTATION OF EU TRACEABILITY AND LABELING [...] In response to reftel request for information on implementation and enforcement of the new EU Traceability and Labeling (T&L) for food and feed regulations, we talked to the Spanish Food Safety Agency, the Spanish Food and Beverage Federation and the Spanish Feed Compounders Association regard [...]	2004-05-20 09:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EU TBIO SP
04MADRID2250	ECONOMISTS OFFER MIXED OUTLOOK ON GOS ECONOMIC [...] Summary: In a breakfast with the Ambassador, leading Spanish economists offered mixed views on the ability of Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance Pedro Solbes to hold the line on sound economic policies in a heavily political cabinet. The economists cited as major policy challe [...]	2004-06-16 08:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SP
04MADRID2318	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT/NHTSA MICHAEL W. [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael W. Monk, Director Vehicle Research and Test Center, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to travel to Madrid, July 10-16 to present a lecture at a Vehicle Safety Seminar at the University of Madrid. 2. Embassy und [...]	2004-06-18 16:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
04MADRID2416	SPANISH RESPONSE: MAINTAINING THE EU ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) Summary: Spain continues to say that they believe the human rights situation in China is improving and that the EU arms embargo no longer makes sense. (Note: In our various approaches to senior levels of the previous government, we received a similar response.) Spain believes that it is i [...]	2004-06-25 15:44:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH TW SP EUN
04MADRID2496	Country Clearance granted for USGS: Smith- [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-02 07:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
04MADRID2502	Country Clearance granted for USGS: Smith- [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-02 08:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON SENV SP
04MADRID2735	PRE-LICENSE CHECK, CARLOS GARCIA PANDO [...] COMMERCIAL ATTACHE NICHOLAS KUCHOVA AND FSN TRADE SPECIALIST CARLOS PEREZMINGUEZ CARRIED OUT THE PRE-LICENSE CHECK OF ISCAL AT POETA ANTGEL GONZALEZ, 10 33204 GIJON (ASTURIAS),SPAIN ON JULY 15, 2004. 2. THE CS TEAM MET WITH CARLOS GARCIA PANDO, OWNER OF THE COMPANY, MR. JES [...]	2004-07-19 13:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC SP
04MADRID3105	EU SANCTION FORCES SPAIN'S SHIPBUILDER INTO [...] SUMMARY. The Spanish press reported late July that the European Commission has ruled that Spain,s Izar Naval Constructions, a quasi-public company, violated the terms of EU aid for the shipbuilding industry and must return EUR 1.1 billion (USD 1.35 billion). This payment return threatens the [...]	2004-08-13 14:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ELAB EWWT SP
04MADRID4020	KYOTO NOW MATTERS TO SPAIN [...] (SBU) During an October 13 courtesy call by newly arrived ESTHOFF, Environment Ministry General Coordinator for Climate Change Teresa Rivera stressed that the Kyoto Protocol enjoyed the strong support of the entire cabinet of the "new" Spanish Government, and that Spain was determined to do its [...]	2004-10-15 15:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON PGOV SP
04MADRID4113	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD P. COMPTON, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard P. Compton, Director, Office of Research and Technology, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain from November 9-14, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to represent the United [...]	2004-10-22 14:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN OTRA SP
04MADRID4241	FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN SPAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: High oil prices and the ever more apparent economic costs of compliance with the Kyoto Protocol should guarantee that the possibility of constructing new nuclear power plants in Spain remains the subject of public debate. However, given that the Zapatero Government will not/ [...]	2004-11-03 13:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY SP
04MADRID4774	SPAIN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Per Ref A instructions, the following is the 2004 terrorism report submission for Spain. 2. Spain is a strong ally in the war on terrorism, authorizing the use of military bases to support Operation Enduring Freedom and sending troops to Afghanistan to provide added security during that cou [...]	2004-12-20 16:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC SP
04MADRID4793	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 14:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM SP EFIN
04MADRID4803	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 14:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM SP EFIN
04MADRID513	BIOTECH OUTREACH PROPOSAL: HIGHLIGHTING SPAIN'S BT [...] In response to reftel, Embassy's Biotechnology Working Group would like to propose creating a video to record and widely disseminate Spain's positive experience with planting and commercializing Bt corn. While local estimates for executing our project proposal are likely too high to be comple [...]	2004-02-13 12:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TBIO TSPL ETRD SENV EAGR KPAL SP
04MADRID720	SPAIN - ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-02 16:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP
04MADRID763	OPPORTUNITIES IN SPAIN'S GROWING ENERGY MARKET [...] SUMMARY: Since joining the EU in 1986, Spain has experienced dramatic industrialization and economic development. Along with development, energy consumption has skyrocketed and shows no sign of abating. These developments bring challenges for a country that is now emitting greenhouse gasse [...]	2004-03-05 16:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG BTIO EPET SP
04MADRID995	TERRORISM FINANCE: MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FOR [...] (C) Summary. Spain has been a strong ally in the fight against terrorism finance. That said, the GOS has not always been as pro-active as we believe they could and should be in this fight. While Spain passed bold new laws after September 11 providing the government with administrative author [...]	2004-03-24 11:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER SP
04MANAMA1067	LETTER FROM KING HAMAD TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-06 09:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC AMGT BA
04MANAMA1206	WATER, POWER AND SECURITY: BAHRAIN'S MINISTER OF [...] SUMMARY: Minister of Electricity and Water Shaikh Abdullah bin Salman Khalid al Khalifa, featured lately in local news reports because of a series of rolling brownouts, welcomed the opportunity to explain on July 27 to newly arrived Chargie how his ministry is meeting its mandate to produce, t [...]	2004-08-01 14:40:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON BA
04MANAMA1422	MINISTER OF OIL DISCUSSES PETROLEUM SECTOR WITH [...] (C) Minister of Oil Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa told the Ambassador September 6 that U.S. companies have participated successfully in the development of Bahrain's petroleum and petrochemicals sector, and he looks forward to continued cooperation with the U.S. He stated that his primary concern is [...]	2004-09-15 09:18:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET BA PROG
04MANAMA1452	MESSAGES FROM THE CROWN PRINCE TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (U) On September 15, 2004, post received letters of congratulations from Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa to President Bush and Vice President Cheney on the signing of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement. Original documents are being sent by pouch to the desk. 2. (U) Begin text [...]	2004-09-21 11:55:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT BA
04MANAMA1476	BAHRAIN: COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST [...] (C) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (C) Ambassador delivered Ref A combatant status review tribunal request for assistance September 22 to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. Abdul Ghaffar said that he would initiate action to try to locate the [...]	2004-09-26 13:56:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA
04MANAMA1528	BAHRAIN: COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief October 4 delivered Refs A and B information regarding Guantanamo detainee Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Mohammed Al Khalifa's request for witness testimony to MFA Under Secretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Khalifa. He listened carefully to the points and reconfirmed that the United Sta [...]	2004-10-05 10:38:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA
04MANAMA1611	BAHRAINI WITNESSES PREPARED TO DELIVER WRITTEN [...] (C) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Per Ref B, Pol/Econ chief discussed with MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow-Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa October 18 possible options for Bahraini witnesses to deliver testimony on behalf o [...]	2004-10-23 14:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC PTER PHUM PINR BA
04MANAMA1664	BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (S) Pol/Econ chief October 31 passed reftel information concerning upcoming Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings for detainees Adil Kamil Al Wadi and Salah Al Balushi to MFA First Secretary Shaikh Turki Al Khalifa. (Note: Shaikh Turki is responsible for the detainees issue in the ab [...]	2004-11-02 15:16:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL KAWC BA PETER
04MANAMA1725	BAHRAIN: FAA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-17 12:16:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR BH
04MANAMA1808	DRAFT LAW TO REGULATE PUBLIC GATHERINGS DRAWS [...] (SBU) A draft law on the regulation of public gatherings is drawing intense criticism from civil society and members of parliament alike. The proposed legislation establishes new regulations and bureaucratic hurdles for those seeking to organize public gatherings. Opponents of the measure sa [...]	2004-12-05 12:56:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM BA
04MANAMA1834	TERROR SUSPECT CASE REFERRED TO CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) The High Criminal Court judge hearing the case of four Bahrain terrorist suspects adjourned their criminal trial for two weeks on December 6 to allow defense lawyers to test the constitutionality of the case with the Constitutional Court. The lawyers argued in court that the article under w [...]	2004-12-08 14:21:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL BA
04MANAMA1840	US TREASURY DELEGATION DISCUSSES SYRIAN 311 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-09 14:55:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN BA
04MANAMA200	GOB'S RESPONSE TO PENSION FUND SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although the GOB responded swiftly to Parliament,s recommendations to rectify pension fund irregularities (see reftel),Parliamentary members still insist the GOB has not done enough and continue to call for legal action against the ministers involved. In addition, labor federat [...]	2004-02-11 13:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB BA
04MANAMA237	GOB BARS INTERNATIONAL VISITORS FROM ATTENDING A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOB stirred a new debate here this week, which some local observers say leads to questions on how much the government is committed to real political liberalization. The GOB impeded a conference organized by the political opposition on the constitution. The GOB claimed that [...]	2004-02-18 15:26:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV BA
04MANAMA339	ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT: [...] (SBU) Post submits this report having received GOB,s final report on anti-TIP activities for March 2003-2004. The following is Post,s response to reftel questions. 2. (U) Embassy Manama's input for the March 2004 Trafficking in Persons report follows. Responses are keyed to reftel questio [...]	2004-03-11 11:17:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BA
04MANAMA386	LESSONS LEARNED - MANAMA CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE [...] Post benefited from the Crisis Management Exercise (CME) by applying the skills and experience of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) and participants (LES and non-EAC members) with the Emergency Action Plan and Emergency Planning Handbook to manage the scenario. Ruth Abramson and Lawrence Pe [...]	2004-03-22 05:36:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AFSI ASEC BA CASC KESS OTRA
04MANAMA39	BAHRAIN MOI'S PLANNING, PREPARATION, AND C2 AVERT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: RSO has obtained details from senior GOB Interior Ministry (MOI) officials on how the Ministry planned, prepared for, and executed a major police deployment in Bahrain to prevent a repeat of last year's New Year's eve riots. The MOI's preparations were impressive and demonst [...]	2004-01-11 08:24:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
04MANAMA644	ISLAND INSIGHTS: MINI FTA BACKGROUNDER [...] (U) This cable contains company-proprietary information. Please protect accordingly. Not for intrnet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU/NF) We offer in this cable insights into four major remaining FTA issues: insurance, government procurement, car tariffs and textiles. Ind [...]	2004-05-05 11:16:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BA
04MANAMA734	CONFERENCE REINFORCES BAHRAIN INTEREST IN [...] NIST's Stephen Carpenter briefed ECON on May 10 regarding response to his participation at the Second Middle East Measurement and Instrumentation Conference and Exhibition. Carpenter reported that Bahrain is interested in setting up for the Gulf a regional metrology system to complement the ex [...]	2004-05-19 12:06:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BA WTO
04MANAMA809	REQUEST FOR PRESS GUIDANCE ON ALLEGED ABUSE OF FEMALE IRAQI POWS [...] Embassy Manama requests guidance to respond to press accounts about abuse of female POWs in prisons in Iraq. Several stories ran on the front pages of Bahrain's Arabic and English language dailies on 5/29 (see para three for headlines),quoting sources in Baghdad about the rape of female pris [...]	2004-05-30 14:22:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO BA
04MANAMA989	PROSECUTION OF SEVEN BAHRAINIS ARRESTED ON [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-23 14:23:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PTER ASEC PREL KJUS BA
04MAPUTO1001	MOZAMBICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO VISIT UNITED [...] (SBU) The visits to the United States of ruling party FRELIMO presidential candidate Armando Guebuza and opposition party RENAMO Presidential candidate Afonso Dhlakama offer an opportunity to learn about the positions of the two main candidates in what should be tightly contested December elec [...]	2004-07-27 13:11:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV ETRD MZ RENAMO FRELIMO
04MAPUTO1366	MOZAMBIQUE: UPDATED CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] Please handle accordingly. Not for internet distribution. Summary -------- 2. (SBU) Mozambique is party to the ILO convention against the worst forms of child labor. The Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) has a regulatory framework in place to monitor and prosecute infractions [...]	2004-10-13 16:25:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID PHUM SOCI ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1421	AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROGRAM: FINAL [...] SUMMARY: This cable represents the final report for FY02 and the interim report for FY03 Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program (SSH) in Mozambique. Section one contains the final financial status of all projects from FY02, and section two contains information on the financial status of all pr [...]	2004-10-27 11:09:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MZ SSH
04MAPUTO505	MARCH MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) Mineral Resources Survey: The GRM signed an agreement with a South African firm, Fugro Airborne Surveys, to undertake aerial surveys in the northern and central provinces of Zambezia, Tete, Niassa, and Cabo Delgado, as reported by Noticias, the daily newspaper. The objective of the surveys [...]	2004-04-12 11:05:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO636	BCM TRIAL: WAITING FOR A VERDICT ON MAY 25 [...] (SBU) Summary: The verdict in the BCM bank fraud trial will be handed down on May 25. The case involves nineteen defendants accused of defrauding fourteen million USD from the Commercial Bank of Mozambique (BCM) between March and August 1996. Most commentators do not expect any senior bank off [...]	2004-05-11 13:26:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV MZ
04MAPUTO655	Ambassador Randall Tobias' Visit to Mozambique [...] Summary: US Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Randall Tobias visited Mozambique April 28-30 to discuss the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief with government officials, key implementing partners, and post's HIV-AIDS working group, and to see first-hand the challenges and opportunities [...]	2004-05-13 06:26:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV KSPR EAID PREL MZ HIV AIDS PEPFAR
04MAPUTO83	CORRUPTION IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Any discussion of Mozambique's political and economic development needs to take into account corruption. The steady decade-long progress since the end of the civil war could be slowed or even reversed if corruption is not checked. Senior Mozambicans in fact cite corruption as th [...]	2004-01-20 10:39:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM EAID MZ
04MONTREAL1484	US-VISIT STAKEHOLDERS/MEDIA BRIEFING IN MONTREAL [...] Summary. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) US-VISIT Deputy Director Robert Mocny provided two US-VISIT briefings on November 5 to stakeholders (shippers, customs brokers, Canadian immigration officers) and media, respectively. All attendees were provided a handout: "Fact Sheet: U.S. Land [...]	2004-11-18 18:04:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS ELTN ECON PBTS CA
04MONTREAL691	BOTCHED SECURITY EXERCISE AT PIERRE ELLIOTT [...] (C) Summary. Media reports of a botched security exercise at PET International Airport prompted post's Principal Officer (PO) to contact Aeroport de Montreal Corporation (ADM) President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) James Cherry and the Department of Homeland Security Pre-Inspection Facil [...]	2004-05-11 21:15:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ASEC CASC CA
04MUMBAI2344	BEST BAKERY STAR WITNESS CHANGES TESTIMONY...AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 4, 2004, star eyewitness Zaheera Shaikh of the emblematic/symbolic Best Bakery case from the March-May 2002 violence in Gujarat, refused to testify in the Mumbai special court. A day earlier she had appeared with her brother, another key witness, at a press confere [...]	2004-11-05 10:34:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL IN
04NASSAU1542	SCANDAL IN THE FAMILY? PRIME MINISTER DENIES [...] (C) Iranian businessman Mohammed Harajchi presented documentation of some of his financial contributions to the ruling Progressive Liberal Party during a press event held at his multi-million dollar Paradise Island home on 11 August 2004. Harajchi denied that his contributions were designed [...]	2004-08-13 21:05:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EFIN BF
04NEWDELHI7026	INDO-US CYBERSECURITY FORUM PREPARATORY [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14-18, 2004, Department Senior Coordinator for International Critical Infrastructure Protection Policy Michele Markoff and DOD Director of International Information Assurance Programs Tim Bloechl participated in preparatory meetings with the GOI for the November 9-10 [...]	2004-11-04 04:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCIP TINT PREL ECPS KCRM IN US
04NEWDELHI7033	KING OF BHUTAN CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT BUSH ON [...] Just hours after a few of the major networks projected President Bush to win reelection, the Bhutanese Ambassador to New Delhi passed to the Embassy the following message from from King Wangchuck of Bhutan to the President. 2. Begin text. Dear Ambassador Mulford, I have the pleasure in [...]	2004-11-04 10:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BT IN
04NEWDELHI7053	LOOKING AHEAD TO ASEAN: INDIA ENGAGES EAST ASIA [...] (C) Summary: The GOI has engaged actively with East Asian capitals prior to the November 30 ASEAN Plus One Summit in Laos. India's two-track approach to these states--multilaterally through organizations like ASEAN, and bilaterally--exemplifies New Delhi's strategy of expanding economic and [...]	2004-11-05 05:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH VM BM LA KS JA IN ASEAN
04NEWDELHI7251	INDIA PLEASED ON INDO-PAK TIES, BUT "DOESN'T [...] (C) Summary: India remains upbeat on relations with Pakistan as the pair look toward Round Two of the Composite Dialogue (CD) beginning in late November and extending through early 2005, but is seeking to dampen expectations for breakthroughs on tough bilateral issues such as Kashmir. The de [...]	2004-11-16 13:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG IN PK INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7427	GOI DOCUMENT: DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA-PAKISTAN [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Indo-Pak composite dialogue (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K. Singh shared SIPDIS with us four papers outlining progress in the Indo-Pak relationship since 2003, pending bilateral propos [...]	2004-11-22 13:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KNNP MOPS IN PK GOI INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7571	BJP ASSAILS CONGRESS OVER PAKISTAN F-16 SALES [...] (U) In its recent national meeting in Ranchi, Jharkhand, the BJP National Executive for the first time attacked the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's foreign policy, assailing in particular the Congress' mismanagement of the Pakistan F-16's issue. In its November 29 "Resolution on Some [...]	2004-11-30 11:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MASS IN PK INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7675	FOR INDIA UN PANEL REPORT IS ONLY A START [...] (C) Summary: The report of the High-Level Panel on UN Reform represents the beginning of a long-term process in which India has significant stakes, MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) BS Prakash told PolCouns on December 3. Downplaying FM Natwar Singh's apparent rejection of a permanent Secur [...]	2004-12-03 13:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IN UN GOI
04NEWDELHI7755	PROPOSED BUS SERVICE STALLED BY DOCUMENT DISPUTE; RAIL LINK MOVING SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary: The December 7-8 talks in New Delhi on beginning a bus service between the two parts of Kashmir made no progress after the governments failed to break the impasse over documentation and modalities for crossing the LOC. Each side offered what they termed compromise solutions, but [...]	2004-12-08 13:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECPS IN PK INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI8192	MEA STATEMENTS AND BRIEFINGS: MALAYSIA, SLOVAKIA, [...] Summary: This is another of our periodic messages summarizing public statements by MEA Spokesman Navtej Sarna and other MEA officials. Here we report Malaysian Prime Minister Badawi's and Slovak President Gasparovic's visits to India, Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's trip to South Korea and [...]	2004-12-28 11:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP TSPA MY LO KS PK BG BM CE NP IN GOI
04OTTAWA2951	CANADA: MARIJUANA LEGISLATION INTRODUCED ANEW [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-03 13:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR PREL KCRM CA
04OTTAWA3001	IIR 6 815 0004 05/CANADIAN ARMY RESERVE UNITS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-08 21:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM
04OTTAWA3159	THE CASE FOR RESTORING TRADE WITH CANADA [...] (U) This cable is sensitive, but unclassified. This cable was prepared jointly by Ottawa's Economic and Foreign Agricultural Service staff. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) This message describes the economic costs which are estimated to stem from continued trade restrictions put in place to c [...]	2004-11-23 15:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR CA
04OTTAWA3275	IIR 6 815 0016 05/AIR FORCE STRATEGIC VECTORS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-06 21:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM
04OTTAWA3285	IIR 6 815 0017 05/CANADIAN AIR FORCE F/A-18 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-07 18:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	DOD
04OTTAWA3305	MEETING OF U.S./CANADA AIR QUALITY COMMITTEE [...] Summary: The U.S./Canada Air Quality Committee met December 2 in Ottawa to review air quality issues affecting the two countries. The meeting included discussions of acid rain, ozone, scientific cooperation and research, consultations and notifications, particulate matter, marine vessel emis [...]	2004-12-09 15:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG EWWT CA
04OTTAWA3410	CANADA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Unclassified entire text. 2. The Government of Canada remained steadfast in its condemnation of international and domestic terrorism and has been a helpful and strong supporter of the United States in the fight against international terror. Overall antiterrorism cooperation with Canada r [...]	2004-12-20 16:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC CA
04PANAMA2533	PANAMA'S SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE CESAR [...] (C) Controversy continues to swirl around the issue of whether Panama's Supreme Court Chief Justice Cesar PEREIRA Burgos must step down after turning 75 on September 23, 2004. Comptroller General Alvin Weeden and numerous Pereira opponents have insisted that Pereira should step down from the [...]	2004-10-13 22:40:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KJUS PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA2691	SCENESETTER: DEFENSE SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S NOVEMBER [...] (C) On behalf of Embassy Panama I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming November 13-14, 2004 visit to Panama. Your presence here as the government of Martin Torrijos enters its third month signals the great interest of the United States in strengthening our excellent rela [...]	2004-11-02 13:13:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV SNAR PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA2694	PANAMA: NEW GENERATION OF ARNULFISTA VISIONARIES [...] (C) The strong push to reform the Arnulfista Party (PA) after its May 2004 electoral defeat (see reftel) raises questions about why it occurred, who can repair the damage, what are the PA's long-term prospects, and what it all means for the USG. Most observers blame Mireya Moscoso and her cl [...]	2004-11-02 16:50:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA3009	PANAMA - 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. trade surplus with Panama was $1.5 billion in 2003, an increase of $443 million from $1.1 billion in 2002. U.S. goods exports in 2003 were $1.8 billion, an increase of 31 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Panama were $301 million, rou [...]	2004-12-17 17:06:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA3025	PANAMA: ECONOMIC TRENDS AND LOOMING CHALLENGES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Introduction: Hoping to capitalize early on its campaign promises (anti-corruption, transparency, fiscal responsibility and economic growth),current popularity (70 percent),and control of the legislatu [...]	2004-12-21 16:53:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA540	LA PRENSA FOUNDER ROBERTO EISENMANN SLAMS PANAMA'S [...] (C) Roberto Eisenmann, Jr., founder of Panama's anti-dictatorship daily newspaper La Prensa, since 1990 turned political maverick and op-ed gadfly, recently shared with POL Counselor some caustic commentary on what he called the "outrageous" attitude of Panama's political class and its corrup [...]	2004-03-04 19:40:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA548	PANAMA'S INPUT FOR FOURTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) While Embassy Panama believes that trafficking in persons (TIP) is a problem in Panama, it is still relatively small and manageable. Embassy has worked closely with the Government of Panama (GOP) to discover more about the extent of the problem in Panama and to encourage the GOP to wor [...]	2004-03-05 16:08:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA730	ARTICLE 98 SUPPORTER IN CLOSE RACE WITH U.S. [...] (U) This cable is SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. Please protect accordingly. ----------------- A Fighting Chance ----------------- 2. (SBU) On March 14, PolOffs accompanied Arnulfista Party legislative challenger Jose "Pepe" Gomez on a tour of Veraguas province's 9-3 electoral circuit [...]	2004-03-30 14:17:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA924	PANAMA: THE CAMPAIGN OF ARNULFISTA PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Arnulfista Presidential Candidate Jose Miguel Aleman, a distant third in most public opinion polls, seeks to emerge from President Moscoso's shadow to place first in Panama's May 2 elections. Neutralizing Aleman's greatest logistical asset, the three-party coalition that backs him and its [...]	2004-04-22 12:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA954	PSI: ANSWERS TO KEY QUESTIONS ON CARGO HANDLING [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-26 15:19:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP EWWT EAIR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PARAMARIBO104	US HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR SURINAME [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-05 19:39:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO KSEP
04PARIS7928	TENSION IN TAHITI AS POLITICAL STRUGGLE PLAYS OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Political turmoil, confusion, and charges of corruption reign in Papeete and Paris as both Oscar Temaru and Gaston Flosse claim to be the legitimate president of French Polynesia in the aftermath of an October 9 vote of censure and subsequent October 22 vote for president in the [...]	2004-10-29 11:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT FR FP XV
04PARIS8063	ARAFAT IN CONTINUED, POSSIBLY IRREVERSIBLE COMA [...] (C) Summary: As of 1030 local (0430 EST) November 5, MFA officials described Arafat as in a continued coma, with uncertainty whether his condition is irreversible or what permanent damage he might suffer if he regains consciousness. There is still no diagnosis on the cause of his condition. I [...]	2004-11-05 11:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS FR
04PARIS8983	FRANCE: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post encloses the 2004 annual terrorism report for France. Per reftel, Word versions will be e-mailed to John Kincannon and Kiersten McCutchan at S/CT. Post POC is Political Officer Peter Kujawinski, x.2575. France ) 2004 OVERVIEW In 2004, France made progress in a number of areas [...]	2004-12-16 08:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC FR
04PRAGUE1874	CZECH SUBMISSION FOR 2004-2005 INCSR, PART II [...] Both geographic and economic factors render the Czech Republic vulnerable to money laundering. Tax fraud, narcotics trafficking, smuggling, auto theft, embezzlement, racketeering and trafficking in persons are the major sources of funds that are laundered in the Czech Republic. Domestic and f [...]	2004-12-23 14:46:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EZ
04PRAGUE1878	CZECH SUBMISSION FOR 2004-2005 INCSR PART 1, DRUGS [...] SUMMARY. Illegal narcotics are imported to, manufactured in, and consumed in the Czech Republic. Marijuana, both imported, and to a much lesser extent grown locally, is used more than any other drug. Consumption of marijuana continues to grow, particularly among the young. The popularity of Ec [...]	2004-12-23 15:26:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EZ
04PRETORIA2956	SOUTH AFRICA: U.S. OFFICIAL VISIT PAVES THE WAY [...] (C) Alex Burkart, Deputy Director in the Office of Nuclear Energy at the Department of State, and Ron Cherry, Director, Office of International Safeguards at the Department of Energy (DOE),visited South Africa May 17 to 21 to discuss advancing bilateral relations in the field of nuclear energy [...]	2004-07-01 08:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP TRGY SF
04PRETORIA3202	SOUTH AFRICAN TECHNOLOGY HELPS IRAN MINE COPPER [...] (SBU) Summary: Mintek, the South African state-owned minerals processing research institution, has entered into an agreement with the National Iranian Copper Industries Company (NICICO) to construct a USD 3-4 million heap bio- leaching pilot plant in Sarcheshmeh, Iran. Construction should beg [...]	2004-07-15 09:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV EIND IR SF
04PRETORIA4464	SECURITY CONCERNS AT JOHANNESBURG INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. A spate of recent criminal activity at the Johannesburg International Airport (JIA) reveals a need for improved security. Several robberies, shootings and unauthorized access to restricted areas have resulted in a police investigation. While security precautions at the airpor [...]	2004-10-05 13:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELAB ECON ASEC SF
04PRETORIA4545	PERSPECTIVES ON NEPAD, ISLAM AND THE USA IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: S/P consultations in South Africa October 6-10, 2004 confirmed strong public and private sector support for NEPAD, due largely to Presidents Mbeki and Obasanjo's strong leadership. Expecting legal status as an African Union (AU) entity, the NEPAD Secretariat was optimistic, [...]	2004-10-12 14:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI SF
04PRETORIA4610	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH OCTOBER 15 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this we [...]	2004-10-15 15:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
04PRETORIA4947	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH NOVEMBER 12 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]	2004-11-12 08:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
04PRETORIA5119	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH NOVEMBER 26 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]	2004-11-24 14:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
04PRETORIA5334	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH DECEMBER 10 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]	2004-12-10 07:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
04PRETORIA5433	2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR SOUTH [...] This cable responds to reftel request for updating and revising last year's NTE chapter on South Africa. Post is also sending the text by e-mail to EB/MTA/MST and to USTR contacts. Post understands Washington will update the figures contained in the first paragraph in the trade summary. [...]	2004-12-20 04:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN SF
04PRETORIA5509	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH DECEMBER 24 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]	2004-12-23 12:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
04QUEBEC12	FDA INTERNET PHARMACY MEETINGS IN QUEBEC CITY [...] Summary: FDA representatives met with Quebec officials January 12 to discuss the internet pharmacy trade and other issues related to an upcoming meeting between FDA Commissioner McClellan and Premier Charest in Davos. In his meeting with Commissioner McClellan, Premier Charest is likely [...]	2004-01-20 18:07:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD CA FDA
04QUEBEC128	QUEBEC CITY RADIO STATION CLOSURE SPARKS POLITICAL AND [...] Summary: A local radio station ordered to close by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as stirred up an expected storm of controversy in the Quebec capital, and has also captured extensive national and international press attention since the decision was fi [...]	2004-08-13 19:06:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SCUL PHUM ETTC ECPS
04QUEBEC169	QUEBEC BY-ELECTIONS : LIBERALS DEFEATED IN THREE OUT OF [...] This cable was jointly prepared by the Quebec City and Montreal Consulates. 2. Summary: In the first test of its support among voters since its election victory in April 2003, the Quebec Liberal government held four provincial by-elections on September 20; three in the Montreal area and [...]	2004-09-22 00:01:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA
04QUEBEC33	THE QUEBEC SPONSORSHIP SCANDAL AND ITS AFFECT ON NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The scandal involving misuse of public funds for shoring up federalism in Quebec has caused a strong drop in support for federal Liberals in Quebec and a concurrent surge in support for the Bloc Quebecois. Quebecers are angry at what they perceive as "Quebec-bashing." Jean Ch [...]	2004-02-20 15:33:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CA
04QUEBEC35	QUEBEC NATURAL RESOURCE MINISTER ON SOFTWOOD,ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Natural Resources Minister Sam Hamad told CG Keogh February 17 that a combination of allocation quotas at a level of 35% and dropping the 48/52 split of the accumulating duties as proposed by the U.S. would form the basis of a softwood lumber deal. A substantial portion of th [...]	2004-02-24 18:27:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV EMIN CA
04QUEBEC57	MAGDALEN ISLANDS SEAL HUNT CONTROVERSY CONTINUES [...] Summary: CG visited the ice floes off the coast of the Magdalen Islands March 10 to observe the harp seal population on its annual migration from Greenland. As many as 350,000 young seals may be culled in the hunt this year, although this year's higher quota may well not be reached. Opponents [...]	2004-03-25 19:01:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON PREL CA
04QUITO2251	PARTY POSTURING PROMPTS BUCARAM RETURN RUMORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lucio Gutierrez's recent comments favoring the return of exiled former President Abdala Bucaram have ignited a political firestorm in Ecuador, with leading opposition parties promising that impeachment proceedings would shortly follow. Bucaram, whom Congress removed in [...]	2004-08-13 16:41:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC

04QUITO2252	ECUADOR'S TIP CZAR GOES TO THE PRESS [...] Summary. Ecuador's TIP Coordinator, the Minister of Government Baca, cooperated with the country's largest newspaper for a front-page article recognizing the TIP problem and laying out a plan to combat it, including penal code reforms. The reforms are a significant step forward and comply w [...]	2004-08-13 16:43:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO2449	PREPARING FOR ECUADORIAN ELECTIONS OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecuador's upcoming local elections are an indirect test of the Gutierrez Administration's strength (it is widely expected to fail that test) and, more importantly, an opportunity for Ecuadorian voters to renew their faith in the democratic process. President Gutierrez' Patriot [...]	2004-09-08 17:27:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC
04QUITO2594	ECUADOR ELECTIONS: QUITO/PICHINCHA RACES [...] (SBU) Summary: With 19% of the national vote, the electoral battle for Pichincha province, which includes the capital of Quito (itself 15% of the national vote),is a key test of the Democratic Left's (ID) strength. The Quito mayor race overshadows the Pichincha provincial prefect race in n [...]	2004-09-24 18:28:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO2612	ELECTION NO THREAT TO FOL IN MANTA [...] (SBU) Summary: A pre-electoral visit to the city of Manta and Manabi provincial capital Portoviejo confirmed that the incumbent mayor of Manta, who has been largely supportive of the USG presence at the Forward Operating Location (FOL),is likely to be re-elected in local elections on October [...]	2004-09-28 22:16:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO2680	ECUADORIAN ELECTIONS UPDATE #2 [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides an update of developments related to the upcoming October 17 provincial and local elections. Most procedural issues are moving toward resolution, the OAS has confirmed an electoral observation mission which Embassy volunteers will participate in, and the S [...]	2004-10-05 15:55:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC
04QUITO2702	MAYOR'S RACE A TOSS-UP IN ECUADOR'S THIRD CITY [...] Summary. The Cuenca mayoral race is too close to call between two strong candidates, Fernando Cordero (New City-Pachakutik alliance),the incumbent, and Marcelo Cabrera (Democratic Left),recently the provincial prefect of Azuay. Meanwhile, Xavier Munoz, of Popular Democracy is the clear fro [...]	2004-10-06 21:01:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO2861	ECUADOR'S TIP LEGISLATION AND CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary. Ecuador took additional steps forward in combating Trafficking in Persons (TIP) over the past week. Congress debated the draft of anti-TIP legislation that criminalizes TIP, sexual tourism, child pornography, and child prostitution. On October 22, the MFA and United Nations co-s [...]	2004-10-27 13:48:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO3289	ECUADOR 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] Below is Embassy Quito's submission for the 2005 National Trade Estimate Report. A copy of the report has been provided to USTR Bennett Harman via email. The report was a collaborative effort between State, the Commercial Service and the Foreign Agricultural Service. TRADE SUMMARY ---- [...]	2004-12-23 19:53:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EC
04RANGOON110	BURMA CAN'T FIGHT PHONY PHARMAS FROM INDIA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Sick Burmese are suffering under a flood of fake, unregistered, or sub-standard pharmaceuticals primarily imported from India and China. Though honest importers and the government are making some efforts to deal with the situation, little can be done without a better regulatory [...]	2004-01-23 04:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI ECON BM
04RANGOON1519	EMBASSY RANGOON CONDUCTS HIV/AIDS TRAINING FOR ALL [...] Summary. Embassy Rangoon has completed HIV/AIDS awareness training for all current mission staff in accordance with the Department of State's HIV/AIDS workplace policy and a Plan of Action established at the July 2003 HIV/AIDS Chiefs of Mission Conference in Bangkok, at which COMs committed [...]	2004-11-30 09:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI KHIV APER BM
04RANGOON1629	INDONESIA QUAKE HITS BURMA [...] Rangoon awoke on Sunday the 26th to a 5.3 earthquake, the largest since 1958 in the capital, testimony to the vast power of the quake off Indonesia. Though there were no reports of casualties or major damage in Rangoon, there were scattered reports throughout the area of slightly damaged buil [...]	2004-12-27 09:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC PREL PINR PGOV AMGT BM
04RANGOON167	STILL NO AVIAN FLU IN BURMA; GOVERNMENT PREPARES [...] (SBU) Summary: Burma does not have any reported cases of avian flu. Though the government is taking precautionary measures (ref B),if an outbreak were to occur the regime would be ill-prepared to face it. However, even if the worst happens, due to current USG Burma policy it's unlikely that [...]	2004-02-06 02:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON EAID AMED KHIV BM
04RANGOON239	BURMA: ANOTHER TENTATIVE STEP ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Summary: As is its custom, the GOB released with no warning news of three important steps toward the implementation of its anti-money laundering law. It announced the setting of threshold amounts for banking and real estate transactions, and the naming of members to its nascent Financial [...]	2004-02-23 10:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN SNAR ECON PGOV BM
04RANGOON310	BURMA: FOURTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following report responds to the checklist provided in reftel requesting information on trafficking in persons activities in Burma from March 2003 to March 2004. The report will also be forwarded by e-mail to EAP/BCLTV in MS Word format. END SUMMARY. BEGIN REPORT Ove [...]	2004-03-08 10:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BM
04RANGOON369	BURMA WELCOMES PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY AIDS PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Burma is interested in new program possibilities under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (ref A) and has requested further consultations with the Embassy and USAID Bangkok to examine details of what the emergency plan actually means for Burma. Probably for reasons o [...]	2004-03-19 08:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SOCI KHIV PHUM PGOV BM NGO
04RANGOON438	BURMA: INDONESIAN AMBASSADOR PREVIEWS ALATAS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian Ambassador to Burma, Wyoso Prodjowarsito, revealed on March 31 that Presidential Advisor Ali Alatas may revisit Burma o/a April 17, although that date could slip due to the concurrent Burmese New Year. Prodjowarsito portrayed Indonesia as a close friend of Burma and su [...]	2004-04-06 06:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM ID
04RANGOON675	BURMA AND CHINA: TRUE FRIENDSHIP OR MARRIAGE OF [...] (C) Summary: Burma's ruling SPDC views China as its key bilateral partner and seeks to use the relationship as evidence of its legitimacy and to offset pressure by the international community, particularly the United States, for concrete movement toward national reconciliation and democracy. [...]	2004-05-27 00:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV MARR BM CM
04RANGOON680	BURMA: COUNTERNARCOTICS CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD [...] (SBU) This message responds to ref A request for a report card on the Government of Burma's cooperation on counternarcotics efforts in preparation for the annual certification process. In the text below Embassy Rangoon has assessed progress on existing benchmarks, in the prescribed report car [...]	2004-05-27 08:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR BM
04RANGOON802	KHIN NYUNT MEETS UNOCAL [...] (C) Summary: Bangkok-based representatives of Unocal were in Burma to introduce a new regional chief. While paying a courtesy call on PM General Khin Nyunt, the Unocal reps heard upbeat talk of Burma's energy sector and of Burma-Thai relations. The PM also made vague promises of a release of [...]	2004-06-24 10:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV BM
04RANGOON899	GOB BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON NATIONAL CONVENTION [...] (C) Summary: On July 14 Burma's Deputy Foreign Minister led a briefing of the Rangoon dipcorps on the recently adjourned National Convention (NC). He did not rule out future participation by the NLD in the constitution drafting process, but gave no indication that efforts are underway to acc [...]	2004-07-15 11:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM
04RANGOON945	THE WHO JOINS GOB TO FIGHT HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, [...] Summary: Dr. Jack Chow, Assistant Director-General for the World Health Organization for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (HTM),called on the COM on July 21 to discuss his visit to Burma during which he met with the GOB Minister of Health and other health officials, announced 92 million in [...]	2004-07-26 10:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI PGOV EAID PHUM PREL BM NGO
04ROME1158	NO IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR [...] Summary The Italian Feed Association Assalzoo convened feed manufacturers and Ministry of Health officials in Bologna on March 18 to discuss Italian implementation of Traceability and Labeling (T&L) and Food and Feed regulations (F&F). The meeting came one month prior to the deadline for enf [...]	2004-03-23 15:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON GM
04ROME1428	Joint WFP and FAO Letter regarding deepening cooperation [...] Summary. The US Mission Rome has recently been made aware of a joint letter issued by WFP and FAO on November 27, 2003, that describes how their respective organizations might enhance cooperation and requests all WFP and FAO offices in the field and at headquarters to become engaged in enhance [...]	2004-04-13 08:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF UN
04ROME1496	BETWEEN PLAGUE AND FAMINE: ASSISTANCE AND [...] On the margins of FAO's March 1-5 Regional Africa Conference in Johannesburg, FODAG DCM Michael Cleverley and Agricultural Minister Counselor Geoffrey Wiggin discussed and visited World Food Program (WFP),Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),NGO, and USAID operations in South Africa, Swa [...]	2004-04-15 15:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR ETRD FAO
04ROME1911	ITALY'S BERLUSCONI UNDER POLITICAL PRESSURE; [...] (C) The Berlusconi Government is under increasing political pressure in the build-up to June 12-13 European Parliament and local elections. A combination of global and domestic events -- Iraqi prisoner abuse and Italy's purported knowledge thereof, heavy fighting in Italy's sector of Iraq, [...]	2004-05-17 15:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME2091	MFA OFFICIALS TELL EUR DAS BRADTKE AND STEPHENS [...] (C) Summary. On May 18, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretaries Bradtke and Stephens had productive exchanges with MFA officials on the present situation and way ahead in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans, and discussed prospects for a robust Istanbul summit agenda. Bradtke stressed the importance [...]	2004-05-27 14:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ IT AF EUN NATO
04ROME2123	WHAT THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT MEANS FOR BERLUSCONI [...] (S) The President's visit to Rome takes place one week before Italians vote for their 78 representatives to the European parliament and some local officials on June 12-13. The results of the vote will be interpreted as an early test of how Berlusconi is likely to fare in national elections t [...]	2004-06-01 17:28:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	IT IZ PREL ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
04ROME2243	SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] In an abbreviated Board session (one and a half days),the Executive Board approved country programs for Sierra Leone and Madagascar, a budget increase for WFP's development efforts in Uganda, and protracted relief and recovery operations for Myanmar (Returnees and vulnerable groups in norther [...]	2004-06-10 15:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
04ROME2245	ITALIAN ELECTIONS: PRODI AND BERLUSCONI IN THE [...] (U) Italy's June 12-13 European Parliament and local elections are the latest contest, albeit indirect, between Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his once and likely future challenger, European Commission President Romano Prodi. Italy's next national elections will almost certainly not o [...]	2004-06-10 17:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
04ROME2371	Further World Food Program Discussions with [...] (SBU) WFP received a letter dated June 14 from Mohamed Fakheri El-Kreikshi, Director-General of the Economic Department, regarding the agreement of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya with WFP's request for a waiver for all taxes and fees applicable to WFP cargo in transit. Libya's letter seeks confirm [...]	2004-06-18 13:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID ELTN XA CD SU WFP
04ROME2657	BIOTECHNOLOGY: WFP INTERNAL GUIDANCE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN AN INTERNAL "CORPORATE MESSAGE" RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED TO ITS STAFF WORLDWIDE, SENIOR MANAGEMENT OF THE UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) STRESSED THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS NEUTRAL IN THE DEBATE ON GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) FOODS. EMPLOYEES ARE INSTRUCTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT (1) WFP [...]	2004-07-08 07:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD SENV AORC WFP
04ROME2926	FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION: INDIA'S PERMREP FLOATS POSSIBLE INDIAN CANDIDATES [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 10 below. 2. (C) Summary: Indian Permrep Himachal Som requested a meeting with Ambassador Hall on July 26 to discuss options for a possible Indian candidacy to succeed Senegal's Jacques Diouf as Director General (DG) of FAO. Som said the GOI support [...]	2004-07-28 14:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAGR PREL KUNR IN FAO
04ROME2935	UNHCR/WFP JOINT DONOR BRIEFING [...] Summary. UNHCR and WFP held a joint donor briefing in Rome on July 22, 2004. UN staff discussed troubling funding problems that limit WFP's ability to deliver food aid to refugees in Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Chad, Eritrea, Georgia, Kenya, Nepal, and elsewhere; provided an update [...]	2004-07-29 07:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF AO AF CD CG SU WFP UNHCR
04ROME3060	JUDICIARY HAMPERS B767 ENGINE FIRE INVESTIGATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-09 10:55:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PGOV IT ICAO AVIATION
04ROME403	ARGENTINE BONDS - ITALIAN BANKERS TAKE A TOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: All we want is for Argentina to agree to fair and equitable negotiations with foreign bondholders, Nicola Stock (please protect),president of the Global Committee of Argentina Bondholders (GCAB),told econoffs February 3. However, the GCAB seriously doubts Argentin [...]	2004-02-04 18:01:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON IT
04ROME4412	ITALY: IMPLEMENTATION OF OVERDUE LABOR MARKET [...] Summary: The Italian Ministry of Labor has approved regulations to implement much-needed labor market reforms designed to increase flexibility and reduce illegal employmen. Through a system of public and private contract options, part-time and contract worker will now be eligible to receiv [...]	2004-11-18 11:45:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL IT
04ROME4599	ITALY'S UNDERGROUND ECONOMY [...] The underground economy has been a consistent part of post-war Italy, and is a result of the country's systemic inefficiencies, in particular its bureaucracy, high taxation, and rigid labor market. Recent estimates place the size of the underground economy at about 15-17 percent of Italian G [...]	2004-12-03 16:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP
04ROME549	OPERATION BALKAN VICE III - ITALY ON BOARD WITH [...] (S) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI TOLD POLOFF ON FEBRUARY 12 THAT ITALY WAS "ON BOARD" WITH USG VIEW THAT IMPOSING TRAVEL ENTRY/TRAVEL BANS AND FREEZING ASSETS OF PIFWC'S AND THEIR MATERIAL SUPPORTERS ARE IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR ACHIEVING OUR SHARED OBJECTIVE TO STABILIZE THE REGIO [...]	2004-02-13 14:38:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC ZL IT ICTY EUN
04ROME703	ITALY TO PROPOSE A NATO POLITICAL STRATEGY AT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his speech to the NAC scheduled for March 3, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini plans to present a comprehensive set of priorities for NATO, according to MFA contacts. Many of the points addressed in Frattini's speech, and the Italian concept paper it is based on, are li [...]	2004-02-25 14:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME740	NEW FORM OF BSE DISCOVERED IN ITALY [...] Summary. Researchers from several Italian institutions published, in the National Academy of Science, findings that they have identified a second type of mad cow brain- wasting disease, BASE. The U.S. press has given this story much more attention than the Italian press. Italian media report [...]	2004-02-27 06:57:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EU IT
04ROME801	NINTH SESSION OF FAO COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES [...] SUMMARY: THE FAO COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISH TRADE HELD ITS NINTH SESSION IN BREMEN, GERMANY, FEBRUARY 10-14, 2004. GREG SCHNEIDER (U.S.) WAS ELECTED TO CHAIR THE MEETING; RICHARD SISSON OF AUSTRALIA SERVED AS RAPPORTEUR. THE FAO SECRETARIAT PRESENTED A REPORT ON THE RECEN [...]	2004-03-02 13:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETRD EAGR AORC FAO
04ROME815	FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] The WFP Board first regular session for 2004 took place against the backdrop of an unprecedented level of emergency needs. In 2003, WFP received U.S. dollars (USD) 2.6 billion in donor contributions in support of its operations worldwide (plus an additional USD 1.2 billion from the Oil- for-Fo [...]	2004-03-03 10:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR KHIV WFP UNHCR
04ROME876	WFP BOARD APPROVES SUDAN (ERITREAN REFUGEES) [...] (SBU) The WFP Executive Board, at its first regular session (February 23-26),approved a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation for Sudan (Eritrean refugees). The project 10122.1, entitled Food Assistance for Eritrean Refugees, is for two years (April 2004 - March 2006) with a total cost to [...]	2004-03-05 10:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UNHCR
04SANAA1771	SA'DA FIGHTING: UPDATE AND IMPLICATIONS [...] (S) After an estimated 400-500 deaths, a large number of injured on both sides and roughly 400 al-Houthy supporters detained, the fighting in the Sa'da region in the north of Yemen remains inconclusive. A cease-fire was recently announced by the Government but non-official accounts indicate t [...]	2004-07-26 17:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS
04SANAA2458	ROYG SUPPORTS USG CANDIDACY TO UNIVERSAL POSTAL [...] MFA responded positively to retel demarche by diplomatic note on September 15. Test of MFA note follows in paragraph 2. 2. Begin Text: The Ministry has the pleasure to inform that based on the distinguished friendship and cooperative relations between the two countries, it has decided [...]	2004-09-17 09:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS PREL YM
04SANAA2498	YEMEN: OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER CLOSED, EDITOR [...] (U) Summary: On September 6, a Sanaa court closed opposition newspaper as-Shura for six-months and sentenced its editor Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani to one year in prison for violating the 1990 Press Law. This latest incident, in what some are calling a bad year for freedom of the press in Yemen, [...]	2004-09-22 13:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2742	YEMEN'S TENDERING SYSTEM - A TEST OF PATIENCE [...] Summary: Yemen's non-transparent government procurement process tops the list of frustrations for Western companies interested in investing in Yemen. The poorest and least developed country in the Middle East, government projects offer one of the better ways for foreign companies to invest in [...]	2004-10-26 04:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KCOR YM COM
04SANAA2833	CUSTOMS MAKING PROGRESS [...] Summary: Yemen's existing customs and tariff schedule is calculated under the Brussels Definition of Value, which is not compliant with WTO standards. As part of the ROYG's economic reform package, reductions to customs and tariffs are being considered, but further revisions will be required f [...]	2004-11-08 12:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD YM COM
04SANAA3170	SANAA EAC MEETING 12/28/2004 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Charge convened a core EAC meeting on December 28, 2004, to share information regarding the recent attempt to attack Embassy personnel and to assess recent threat information. Embassy employees were reminded to remain vigilant in light of recent threat reporting an [...]	2004-12-28 17:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC PREL PTER YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANJOSE3369	COSTA RICA INCSR REPORT 2004 - 2005 PART I, DRUGS [...] (U) The text of Costa Rica's 2004-2005 INCSR Part I is below. Costa Rica I. Summary Costa Rica serves as a transshipment point for narcotics from South America to the United States and Europe. The bilateral Maritime Counterdrug Cooperation Agreement, which entered into force in late [...]	2004-12-17 19:42:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CS
04SANTODOMINGO1299	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #23 - POLITICS AFFECTS THE [...] (SBU) This is cable number 23 in our presidential election series. Politics affects the Supreme Court President Mejia's PRD appears to be positioning itself to pack the Supreme Court with PRD party members, less than three months before the presidential election, If Mejia loses the May 16 electio [...]	2004-02-26 20:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO1683	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Trafficking in women has been a serious problem in the Dominican Republic for the past 15 to 20 years, due mainly to the feminization of migration starting in the 1980s. The exodus of women primarily to Europe and other Caribbean islands for economic reasons has made them extremely vulnerabl [...]	2004-03-12 21:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
04SANTODOMINGO2223	DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #5; BANINTER/BANCREDITO [...] (SBU) This is cable # 5 in a periodic series on the banking sector in the Dominican Republic. Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. SIPDIS BANINTER and Bancredito Back in the News and in the Campaigns Presidential candidates are trading barbs over responsibility for the massive B [...]	2004-04-08 17:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2366	DOMINICAN ELECTION #37: SECURITY AN ISSUE, OAS ON [...] (C) This is no. 37 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: (U) Election Security at Stake, OAS Observers Active, Leonel Still Leads (SBU) At 30 days before the election, the violent deaths of two persons in the campaign prompted the big three presidential candidates to sign [...]	2004-04-19 11:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO2607	ROCK ASH SHIPMENTS FROM PUERTO RICO TO DOMINICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A controversy over rock ash shipments from a Puerto Rico power plant owned by U.S.-based energy company AES has become a topic of local comment. The Dominican Environment Secretariat confirms that the local firm that imported the product for construction in the north obtained [...]	2004-04-29 16:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP SENV DR ETRD EWWT EIND
04SANTODOMINGO2744	IMF TEAM REPORTS STRONG EFFORT BUT MISSED TARGETS [...] (SBU) Summary: International Monetary Fund review team members commented May 5 that despite strong effort, the GODR has failed to meet the Fund Standby Agreement performance criteria on monetary, fiscal and debt levels. IMF representatives pointed to higher-than-expected first quarter infla [...]	2004-05-07 11:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON EFIN ENRG
04SANTODOMINGO2821	DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES # 06: "RAMONCITO" GOES TO [...] (U) This is cable # 6 in a periodic series on the banking sector in the Dominican Republic. Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. SIPDIS "RAMONCITO" SENT TO TRIAL IN THE BANINTER CASE --------------------------------------------- --------------- What's new: a summary of the bank [...]	2004-05-10 16:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2925	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #48: SCENESETTER FOR MAY 16 [...] (SBU) Following is number 48 in our Dominican elections series: Scenesetter for May 16 Presidential Vote Celebrations and Movement Santo Domingo was the scene on successive days this week of tumultuous street rallies for the three major presidential candidates. The atmosphere was that [...]	2004-05-14 16:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3548	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD, 2004 [...] Following is the narcotics certification report card 2004 for the Dominican Republic, requested Ref A (the 2003 report card is in Ref B). 2. The United States Government (USG) worked with the Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR) to continue progress on establishing a regular and pred [...]	2004-06-17 21:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO3749	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #4: PRESIDENT-ELECT'S VISIT [...] (SBU) This no. 4 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. DOMINICAN PRESIDENT-ELECT'S VISIT TO VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT CHAVEZ (U) Dominican President-elect Leonel Fernandez stopped over in Caracas to call on President Hugo Chavez June 20- [...]	2004-06-25 17:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EPET DR VE
04SANTODOMINGO4087	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #7: CONGRESS CONTINUES, [...] (SBU) This no. 7 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic: CONGRESS CONTINUES, DESPITE DISARRAY When President-elect Leonel Fernandez (PLD) takes office August 16, the present National Congress will be only halfway through its four-year [...]	2004-07-13 18:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO4986	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: RAMOS GARCIA ALIEN SMUGGLING [...] (U) On 1 September 2004, the Supreme Court in regular session began hearing testimony in the alien smuggling trial of Congressional representative Guillermo Radhames Ramos Garcia. Because Ramos Garcia is a legislator, the Supreme Court is the court of first instance. Ramos, a former consul t [...]	2004-09-03 18:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS SMIG DR
04SANTODOMINGO5024	DOMINICAN POLITICS: SUGAR, IPR, TAXES AND TRADE -- [...] (U) Following is the first in our series on the politics of the new Dominican administration of Leonel Fernandez. (U) Dominican Politics #1: Sugar, IPR, Taxes and Trade ) Trouble for Free Traders (U) Powerful opponents of free trade are mounting a campaign to discredit the agreement with t [...]	2004-09-07 17:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ETRD EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5302	FORMER DOMINICAN PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC THAT SENATE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Former Dominican President Hipolito Mejia told Ambassador Hertell September 22 that he expects that the effort will succeed to remove from the fiscal reform bill now in the Senate the proposed 25 percent tax on beverages that use high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). It [...]	2004-09-22 22:52:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL BEXP PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5858	NEW DOMINICAN CODE AMENDS EXTRADITION PROCESS [...] Summary. The Dominican Republic implemented a new criminal procedural code on September 27, 2004 which moves the Dominican criminal justice system from an inquisitorial system towards an accusatory system. The new code amends the procedure for handling extradition cases. The USG has reques [...]	2004-10-25 20:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KJUS PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO594	DOMINICAN ILLEGALS: USDOJ AND USCG ACTION REQUEST [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: This interagency message presents the unified views of cognizant agencies at Embassy Santo Domingo on the current surge of illegal migrant travel from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. Present efforts by Dominican and American officials are inadequate to cou [...]	2004-01-30 10:48:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SMIG KJUS EWWT DR
04SANTODOMINGO6198	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] The following interim trafficking in persons (TIP) assessment (paras 2-7) addresses the questions in paragraph 6L of reftel. 2. The Government of the Dominican Republic has made progress in addressing TIP, particularly in the development of a comprehensive anti-TIP strategy and in increased [...]	2004-11-16 14:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6752	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY. There were no terrorist attacks or known terrorism related activities in the Dominican Republic during calendar year 2004. The GODR continues to work closely with the USG and others in the fight on global terrorism. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The Dominican Republic was not cove [...]	2004-12-20 18:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC
04STATE137635	SELECTION OF POSTS FOR INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE [...] REFTEL ANNOUNCED A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SOFTWARE, EQUIPMENT, TRAINING AND CONTRACT STAFFING TO HELP UP TO 30 POSTS INCREASE BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING AND CABLES ON THEIR CLASSIFIEDHOMEPAGES. THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF THE DOD HORIZONTAL FUSION INITIATIVE, IN COORDINATION WITH STATE'S PROGRAM TO PUBLISH C [...]	2004-06-23 17:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP AMGT ECON PREL CMGT
04TAIPEI3043	TAIWAN FIGHTS AN UPHILL BATTLE TO CONTAIN HIV/AIDS [...] Summary. In response to reftel, AIT has assessed the scope and government response to the AIDS epidemic in Taiwan. The Government is committed at the highest levels to controlling its spread and based on the numbers, HIV/AIDS rates are still manageable. In close cooperation with NGOs, Taiwa [...]	2004-10-01 07:26:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI OTRA SENV TW ESTH
04TAIPEI3162	CHEN 10/10 SPEECH OFFERS CONCILIATORY MESSAGE [...] (C) Summary: President Chen Shui-bian used his October 10 National Day speech to send conciliatory messages to Beijing and opposition supporters in Taiwan. Chen reiterated a number of cross-Strait related themes from his May 20 inaugural address and proposed restarting dialogue with Beijing " [...]	2004-10-10 07:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3198	TAIWAN SEIZES COUNTERFEIT PHARMACEUTICALS [...] SUMMARY: LOCAL PRESS REPORTED ON OCTOBER 2 THAT THE TAICHUNG PROSECUTORS' OFFICE RAIDED NINE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TAIWAN, SEIZING OVER 2.5 MILLION COUNTERFEIT DRUG PILLS, INCLUDING VIAGRA, REDUCTIL, AND STILNOX, AND ARRESTING FOUR SUSPECTS, INCLUDING ONE LICENSED PHAR [...]	2004-10-14 05:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD TW
04TAIPEI3234	LY CAMPAIGN ATMOSPHERICS: DPP UPBEAT [...] (C) Summary: Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials are cautiously optimistic the Pan-Green camp will secure a narrow majority in the December 11 Legislative Yuan (LY) election. The DPP's campaign strategy is focused on sowing discord within the opposition alliance and enforcing discipl [...]	2004-10-18 08:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
04TAIPEI3332	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-27 00:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3562	LY ELECTION PREVIEW: A TIGHT RACE IN TAIPEI COUNTY [...] (C) Summary: Taipei County, with its 28 seats (one more than last election),will be the site of fierce fighting in the election battle for a majority in the Legislative Yuan this December. The Pan-Blue parties have shown remarkable restraint in coordinating their nominations, resulting in a [...]	2004-11-10 09:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3563	PRESIDENT OUTLINES FUTURE CROSS-STRAIT POLICY [...] (C) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Chiou I-jen provided the Acting Director on November 10 an advanced copy of a 10-point policy statement President Chen Shui-bian planned to unveil later in the day. The policy reiterates themes from Chen's May 20 and October 10 sp [...]	2004-11-10 09:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH TW
04TAIPEI3608	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-15 23:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3677	LY ELECTION PREVIEW: MIAOLI COUNTY [...] (C) Summary: Miaoli County (four seats),with its large Hakka population, has been a long-time Pan-Blue stronghold. Hoping to keep it that way, the Pan-Blue has nominated its three incumbents, and will run a campaign in which ethnic politics (likely masquerading as "local roots") will feature [...]	2004-11-18 07:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3730	MEDIA REACTION: BUSH-HU MEETING AT APEC, RICE [...] Bush-Hu Meeting at APEC A) "The United States Casts a Curse on the Futures of Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait" The centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" editorialized (11/22): ". It seems inevitable for Washington to describe [its `consistent'] position regarding the cross-Strait situ [...]	2004-11-22 23:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3770	LY ELECTION PREVIEW: TAICHUNG COUNTY [...] (C) Summary: Spurred by Chen Shui-bian's 30,000-margin victory in Taichung County during the 2004 presidential election, the DPP expects to elect five of its six LY nominees there this December, up from the four seats it won in 2001. The KMT nominated its four incumbents and one newcomer, wi [...]	2004-11-29 00:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
04TAIPEI3809	"CHINA TIMES" ARTICLES ON WASHINGTON'S [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-02 00:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3826	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-02 07:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3848	LY ELECTION PREVIEW: A TALE OF TWO HSINCHUS [...] (C) Summary: With a total of six open seats, Hsinchu city (three seats) and Hsinchu county (three seats) are two northern districts where the battle between Pan-Green and Pan-Blue forces for control of the Legislative Yuan (LY) could be determined. The Pan-Blue, which currently holds a two-to [...]	2004-12-06 07:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI3865	JASON HU GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ON PAN-BLUE PROSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: Taichung City Mayor Jason Hu told the AIT Deputy Director December 1 that the Pan-Blue may well retain a working majority in the next LY session. Regardless he would urge KMT Chairman Lien Chan and those around him to resign, though they may resist. Whether or not the PFP perfor [...]	2004-12-08 01:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
04TAIPEI3905	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-08 10:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3930	CROSS-STRAIT INVESTMENT KEEPS GROWING [...] Taiwan investment in the PRC approved by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs during the first six months of 2004 was 68 percent higher than the same period last year. PRC data also shows a substantial increase in contracted investment but a modest drop in realized investment. High-tech firm [...]	2004-12-10 07:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON ETRD TW CH
04TAIPEI3941	NEW LY LINE-UP MAY MODERATE TAIWAN POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The Pan-Blue's surprise victory in the December 11 Legislative Yuan (LY) election should help reduce extremism in Taiwan's political discourse. President Chen Shui-bian will be under pressure to moderate his offensive on sensitive issues like cross-Strait relations and constituti [...]	2004-12-11 15:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
04TAIPEI4021	TAIWAN'S IMPENDING HEALTH CARE CRISES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Taiwan Health care system is facing a number of crises. The National Health Insurance system is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. The Department of Health faces low morale, an inflexible and conservative bureaucracy, a shortage of strong leadership, and an exodus of th [...]	2004-12-21 02:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV TW ESTH
04TAIPEI4036	JUSTICES DEFANG LY'S "TRUTH INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: The Council of Grand Justices ruled on December 15 that key portions of the statute establishing a commission to investigate the March 19 shooting of President Chen Shui-bian were unconstitutional. Although the "Truth Investigation Commission", established by the Pan-Blue majorit [...]	2004-12-21 08:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TAIPEI4066	TRAINING CUSTOMS TO TAKE OVER EXPORT MONITORING [...] Summary: The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) announced in early 2004 their desire to abolish the Export Management System (EMS) and transfer those responsibilities to the Department of Customs in an effort to shift funds to more urgent intellectual property protection priorities. T [...]	2004-12-27 02:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR TW IPR
04TAIPEI4082	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S NATIONAL DEFENSE WHITE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-28 02:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TEGUCIGALPA1160	GOH BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON SAN PEDRO SULA [...] (U) Honduran Vice President (and Acting President) Vicente Williams and Minister of Government and Justice Jorge Ramon Hernandez Alcerro on May 18 briefed the diplomatic corps, including DCM and PolOff, on the May 17 fire in a cell block for gang members that killed 103 inmates in a prison on t [...]	2004-05-19 23:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS CASC ASEC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1280	HONDURAS - KEY QUESTIONS ON CARGO HANDLING [...] (C) Per reftel, answers to the key questions on cargo handling are provided below. Where appropriate, Post has provided clarification and context. 2. (U) Answers are listed in Q and A format: I. Shipping/Cargo Manifests Q. Are cargo manifests (or similar documentation) required in c [...]	2004-06-03 22:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP EWWT EAIR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1372	NATIONAL ARMS REGISTRY BEGINS 18 MONTHS AFTER [...] (U) On June 14, the Honduran Ministry of Public Security officially inaugurated a national firearms registry in the cities of Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, and La Ceiba. The opening of the registry comes some 18 months after the Honduran National Congress approved legislation to regulate the s [...]	2004-06-16 22:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR SOCI PHUM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1411	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY'S JUNE 28 - 30 VISIT [...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CoDel Shelby to Honduras June 29-30. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, two-and-a-half years through his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. However, there have [...]	2004-06-22 22:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV PHUM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1577	Honduras Poised to Become Leader in Port Security [...] SUMMARY: Following a June visit to the ports of Honduras, a United States Coast Guard delegation confirmed that Honduras was taking the appropriate measures to ready its ports for certification on July 1, and to successfully comply with International Maritime Organization (IMO) requirements an [...]	2004-07-16 18:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EINV ETRD PBTS SNAR PTER BEXP ECON PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2223	HONDURAS: FAST-FOOD BOOM CONTINUES AS FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: Honduras, fast-food sector continues to flourish and, with new entrant &Quiznos Sub,8 remains dominated by U.S. franchises. Quiznos sees strong growth potential in Honduras, based on the strong market acceptance of U.S. brands and continuing economic growth. Quiznos did n [...]	2004-10-05 19:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2289	HONDURAS: TAX MAN IS MOVED BACK INTO MINFIN [...] (C) Summary: The Honduran National Congress has decreed that the Executive Revenue Directorate (DEI) will no longer be a semi-autonomous tax agency and will instead be folded into the Ministry of Finance (MOF). The DEI is overstaffed and highly politicized, as alleged in the justification to [...]	2004-10-13 18:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2427	HONDURAS TELECOMMS UPDATE OCTOBER 2004 [...] (C) Summary: On October 12, EconChief met with Jose Renan Caballero, Chief Telecommunications Advisor on the President,s Modernization Commission, to discuss recent developments in the telecommunications sector. Caballero was candid regarding Alcatel, Communitel, Megatel, the new telecommuni [...]	2004-10-29 17:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECPS EINV PGOV ELAB KJUS KMCA HO UNDP
04TEGUCIGALPA2551	TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO ATTEND PSI [...] (SBU) On October 29, Post delivered reftel non-paper to both MFA DG for Foreign Policy AMB Mario Fortin and MOD Federico Breve regarding the upcoming November 16-18 multilateral maritime exercise in the Caribbean designed to test U.S. and PSI partners' ability to detect, track and intercept th [...]	2004-11-10 21:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL HO

04TEGUCIGALPA2765	HONDURAS ECONOMIC REFORM: DEPOSIT INSURANCE AGENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In September 2004, at IMF insistence, the GOH passed four banking reform laws aimed at strengthening the nation's financial system. While the GOH missed the IMF's target date by nearly three months, the laws passed in late September do meet the terms of the IMF agreement and, mor [...]	2004-12-10 21:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV HO IMF
04TEGUCIGALPA2787	HONDURAS NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2005 [...] The text of the 2005 National Trade Estimate report for Honduras follows. TRADE SUMMARY (Note that the following paragraph is to be updated by Washington with USDOC statistics.) In 2003, the U.S. trade deficit with Honduras was $486.4 million, a decrease of $203.8 million from deficit o [...]	2004-12-14 18:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2816	HONDURAS: 2004-2005 INCSR PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING [...] Post provides its submission for the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part II, Money Laundering And Financial Crimes. Introduction and General Questions Two years after passing a new law against money laundering, the government of Honduras has made conside [...]	2004-12-21 12:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KTFN KJUS ECON PGOV PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2870	Honduras: Biosafety Update [...] Summary: The GOH has introduced no new restrictive laws or regulations that pertain to Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) or biotechnology since the First Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in February 2004. Honduras remains generally open to the import of LMOs and bi [...]	2004-12-29 20:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN HO
04TEGUCIGALPA31	NOMINATION FOR LES ECONOMIC TRADE AGREEMENT [...] Embassy Tegucigalpa would like to nominate Economic Section LES Carlos Diaz for the Trade Agreement Monitoring and Implementation Course for LES/FSNs (PE-222) to be held at FSI in May 2004. 2. Listed below is the information requested in reftels: Name and grade of LES nominee: Carlos D. [...]	2004-01-07 21:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ETRD ECON AFSI
04TEGUCIGALPA543	High Gas Prices: First Test of Honduran IMF Program [...] (SBU) Summary. A third price hike, in as many months, has brought gasoline and diesel prices in Honduras up to new highs of USD 2.94 and USD 2.02 per gallon, respectively. Gas prices are now 19 percent higher than at the end of 2003 (diesel is up 17.6 percent) and are now clearly the highest [...]	2004-03-08 15:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EFIN ECON PGOV PINR ELAB HO
04TEGUCIGALPA734	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BALLENGER'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CODEL Cass Ballenger (R-NC, Chairman, House International Relations, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee) to Honduras April 12-13. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, a little over half way through his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces [...]	2004-03-29 22:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SNAR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA78	MEDIA REACTIONS ON THE SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS, JANUARY 12, 2004 [...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 1/12 entitled "The Monterrey Summit". "The Summit of the Americas in Monterrey will be a crucial test for the relationship between Latin America and the U.S. due to the controversy that has arisen lately over sensitive issues of f [...]	2004-01-13 21:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KSUM PREL HO
04TELAVIV1276	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-02 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1351	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Performance of PM Sharon's Government 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the investigation of Elchanan Tenenbaum and the fallout from Maariv's revelations about PM Sharon's alleged connection with Tenenbaum's [...]	2004-03-04 12:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1384	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-05 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1496	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] The requesters hope to obtain Cypriot citizenship and a EU passport. Yediot reported that Israel has asked the U.S. to allow El Al to fly over Iraq to reach its Far East destinations, which would save the company's planes two to three hours of travel. Ha'aretz (English Ed.) published a L [...]	2004-03-10 11:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1538	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Sharon is slated to meet today in Jerusalem with the three U.S. diplomatic envoys (Stephen Hadley and Elliott Abrams from the White Hou [...]	2004-03-11 12:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1568	COMBATING RADIOLOGICAL TERRORISM; USG-GOI DISCUSS [...] (C) U.S. and Israeli delegations discussed efforts to combat radiological terrorism during February 24-25 talks held in Israel. The parties reviewed existing institutional structures and technologies as well as strategy and approaches for research, development, testing and evaluation. Also [...]	2004-03-12 10:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER TSPL PARM IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1623	COMMERCE U/S JUSTER RAISES TRADE ISSUES AND LOOKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a visit to Israel March 2-4, Under Secretary of Commerce Kenneth I. Juster, head of the Bureau of Industry and Security met with high-ranking Israeli officials, as well as with both Israeli a leaders from the private and public sectors in Israel's hi-tech and def industries. [...]	2004-03-16 12:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP KIPR KWBG IS LABOR COMMERCE ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1683	COMMERCE U/S JUSTER RAISES TRADE ISSUES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a visit to Israel March 2-4, Under Secretary of Commerce Kenneth I. Juster, head of the SIPDIS Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),met with high- ranking Israeli officials, as well as with both Israeli and American leaders from the private and public sectors in Israel's [...]	2004-03-18 13:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP KIPR KWBG IS LABOR AND COMMERCE ECONOMY FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1689	TRANSPORT MINISTER LIEBERMAN SLAMS SHARON IN [...] (C) Summary. Transportation Minister and National Union leader Avigdor Lieberman on March 17: -- Called PM Sharon and his unilateral disengagement plan "a failure," which was not supported by the majority of Israelis and which appeared to give in to terror; -- Said the National Union would b [...]	2004-03-19 07:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1729	TRADE MINISTER OLMERT PROMISES COOPERATION, ACTION [...] (C) Summary. Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor (MOIT) Ehud Olmert told the Ambassador March 18 that he takes U.S. complaints about trade barriers seriously and would seek to correct problems. He said MOIT will be the point of contact on complaints related to gov [...]	2004-03-22 13:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD BEXP IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1830	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Dov Weisglass, senior aide to PM Sharon, asked National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, in talks he held with her over the past two days, fo [...]	2004-03-25 12:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1920	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted PM Sharon as saying Monday that if some coalition partners leave the government when he presents his disengagement plan to the cabinet after returnin [...]	2004-03-30 11:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1946	FIRST OUTPOST REMOVED UNDER NEW LEGAL PROCESS [...] (C) IDF forces succeeded early Wednesday March 31 in their second attempt within 24 hours to remove the outpost of Hazon David near Kiryat Arba in the West Bank. The IDF had failed the previous evening to remove the outpost, reportedly little more than a number of tents and a makeshift synagog [...]	2004-03-31 11:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS KPAL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2035	BOI Reduces Interest by 0.2% in March [...] (U) On March 29, the Bank of Israel announced a 0.2 percent reduction in interest rates. This brings the Bank of Israel interest rate to 4.1 percent and represents the thirteenth consecutive interest rate decline since the end of March, 2003. In the press release accompanying its latest rate [...]	2004-04-02 11:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
04TELAVIV2079	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Both Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) and Maariv led with, and all media reported on the "Shi'ite Intifada" (Ha'aretz) in Iraq. All media also reported on the confrontation with U.S. troops in and a [...]	2004-04-07 12:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2140	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iraq 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Iraq and the American entanglement continued dominating the Israeli press. All media reported about the two East Jerusalem Israeli-Arabs who were kidnapped in Iraq. The two were apparently w [...]	2004-04-09 12:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2227	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-16 12:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2282	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Release of Mordechai Vanunu 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media led with the release after 18 years in jail for aggravated espionage of whistleblower, or "atomic spy," Mordechai Vanunu, which took place this morni [...]	2004-04-21 12:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2324	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-22 13:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2470	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-30 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6049	AIDS STILL AT LOW LEVELS, BUT HEPATITIS C VIRUS [...] Summary: The incidence of HIV/AIDS remains low in Israel, with about half of new cases from sexual transmission. Most cases of infection from intravenous drug use are among immigrants from the former Soviet Union. At the same time, the incidence of Hepatitis C is high among drug users, and [...]	2004-12-01 14:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV TBIO SNAR SOCI ECON EAID IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI SOCIETY
04TELAVIV6388	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-16 12:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6443	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 12:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6502	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that last night the IDF entered the Khan Yunis refugee camp, from which it had pulled out three days ago, in order to neutralize mortars and Qassam r [...]	2004-12-22 11:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04THEHAGUE1105	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Facilitator Johan Verboom/Netherlands held a 22 April consultation on his draft decision on the Late Receipt of Article IV and V Income and the Working Capital Fund. Regarding the preambular paragraphs, Russia and Korea expressed concern that the language regarding possessor states' resp [...]	2004-05-03 13:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1144	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The DDG held a May 3 meeting with the Delegation on the status of the VIS Enhancement. Attendees were the VIS project management board: DDG, Chief/Admin Herb Schultz, Chief/Information Support Branch Greg Linden, Chief/Verification Horst Reeps, and Acting Chief/Inspectorate Carlos Trent [...]	2004-05-10 12:33:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1163	ICTY: SAM MINISTER OF JUSTICE SEES PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian Minister of Justice, Zoran Stojkovic, visited the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Judge Theodor Meron, following his appearance at the provisional release hearing for indictees Frenki Simatovic and Jovica Stanisic. Earl [...]	2004-05-11 16:02:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1224	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - IRANIAN [...] (C) On May 17, Gholamhossein Dehghani and S. Ali Mohammad Mousavi of the Iranian delegation to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons met with the U.S. delegation to provide Tehran's answers to the U.S. questions passed to the Iranian delegates on the margins of the March 2 [...]	2004-05-19 12:54:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM AORC IR OPCW CWC CBM
04THEHAGUE1256	DOE Second Line of Defense Megaport Initiative - [...] A U.S. DOE team managed by David D. Martin, Deputy Director of the DOE/NNSA/Office of the Second Line of Defense (SLD),completed successful installation, testing, training and handover of radiation detection equipment to screen incoming and outgoing cargo containers at the Port of Rotterdam. [...]	2004-05-24 15:25:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG OTRA ETTC MNUC PARM PREL NL
04THEHAGUE1394	FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Jules F. Gerzon as an alternate candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. Mr. Gerzon is earmarked for the EU/RP "U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges II," which will be held from February 28 - March 16, 2005. 2. START FIXED-FORMA [...]	2004-06-04 11:51:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE1558	HCOPIL - SECOND MEETING OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSION [...] SUMMARY: The second meeting of the Special Commission of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCOPIL) on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance took place June 7-June 18, 2004. Building on the work of the first meeting of the Special C [...]	2004-06-23 09:07:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KOCI HCOPIL CASC CJAN
04THEHAGUE1565	ICTY: COURT REJECTS ONE THIRD OF ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) crossed two key mileposts last week. On June 16, the Trial Chamber issued its decision on the amici curiae,s (friends of the court) motion seeking the dismissal of num [...]	2004-06-23 13:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1697	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): STATUS OF THE [...] (U) We discussed the status of the Verification Information System (VIS) Enhancement Project with a number of officials in the Technical Secretariat (TS) on the margins of the June 29-July 2 Executive Council session. The project remains on schedule, although some TS officials expressed conc [...]	2004-07-07 13:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE176	ICTY: MILOSEVIC PROSECUTION HEADING TOWARDS [...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resumed on January 13 after a three-week winter break, which had begun just after the high note of General Wesley Clark's testimony. Prosecution witnesses included a Serb [...]	2004-01-26 14:05:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1803	DUTCH INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE CONTROLS ON [...] As Justice Minister Donner and Foreign Minister Bot told visiting G/TIP Director Miller (reftel B) in early June, the Dutch consider their legalization of brothels an effort to fight trafficking in persons in the prostitution industry. According to a July 2 letter by Donner to the Second Chamb [...]	2004-07-16 16:03:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE1885	ICC: GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS? [...] (SBU) Summary: The next few months will see the International Criminal Court (ICC) begin formal investigations into serious charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Africa. The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) recently opened its first investigation in the Democratic Republic of t [...]	2004-07-27 10:38:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KAWC
04THEHAGUE1910	ICTY: REGISTRY SEEKS AGREEMENTS ON SENTENCING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 28 meeting with Ambassador Sobel, Hans Holthuis, the Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),sought USG assistance with respect to the enforcement of sentences and the relocation of witnesses. Holthuis specifically requested [...]	2004-07-29 15:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
04THEHAGUE1924	AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE HOLD EAC MEETING JULY 30, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-30 17:38:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER
04THEHAGUE2040	DUTCH CELEBRATE CAPTURE OF EU COMPETITION PORTFOLIO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Dutch are clearly satisfied and claiming victory over the appointment of Neelie Kroes-Smit (Kroes) as the new European Commissioner for Competition. Prime Minister Balkenende's strategy of holding out for a "heavy" portfolio appears to have paid off. Both the Netherlands [...]	2004-08-16 05:39:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV PINR NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2095	DUTCH PUT UN PROTECTION FORCE ON PSC AGENDA [...] (S) On August 23, POLCOUNS discussed reftel points with Dutch MFA officials Bahia Tahzib (Deputy European Correspondent) and Adri van Loopik (Head of the Gulf States Division in the Department of North Africa and Middle East Affairs). (Note: POLOFFS had previously discussed the issue with Ta [...]	2004-08-23 16:07:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR IZ GB NL UN EUN
04THEHAGUE2168	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY [...] (U) The Technical Secretariat has distributed an information paper (transmitted to AC/CB) providing responses to questions raised by delegations during the July budget consultations. Budget co-facilitators Gordon Eckersley (Australia) and Ian Mundell (Canada) have announced that they intend [...]	2004-08-31 13:06:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2196	ICTY: MILOSEVIC REVISITS HISTORY IN OPENING OF [...] (C) Summary. After a series of health-related delays, Slobodan Milosevic opened his defense on August 31, 2004, at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) with a predictable, political, often dull, and highly skewed survey of Balkans history. Milosevic repeatedly [...]	2004-09-02 11:37:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
04THEHAGUE2201	ICTY: COUNSEL IMPOSED ON MILOSEVIC [...] (SBU) Summary: As anticipated, Trial Chamber Three of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) decided on September 2 to assign counsel to assist in the defense of Slobodan Milosevic. The court decided that the counsel should be the amici curiae (friends of the Cou [...]	2004-09-02 15:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2409	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) At the request of DG Pfirter, Glen Johnson, Office Director of VC/VO, assessed the Technical Secretariat accomplishments on the Verification Information System (VIS) Enhancement project over the past year and recommended how best to move the project forward. Johnson determined that sign [...]	2004-09-21 15:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2415	TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY AND DUTCH POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: The recent defection of one member of parliament from the Liberal (VVD) party over the issue of Turkish accession to the EU is forcing the Dutch government to consider potential domestic repercussions of the Turkish EU debate. So far, PM Balkenende has set the tone of the discussion by [...]	2004-09-22 15:47:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU NL
04THEHAGUE2494	ICTY - MILOSEVIC TRIAL ADJOURNS IN DISARRAY [...] (C) Summary. The defense phase of Slobodan Milosevic,s trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) stumbled into a new set of obstacles during the week of September 13. The trial chamber abruptly transformed the defense from one led exclusively by Milosevi [...]	2004-09-30 12:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2678	ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL PICKS UP WHERE IT LEFT OFF [...] (SBU) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resumed on October 12 after a one-month hiatus, the bulk of its time devoted to a status conference in which assigned defense counsel Steven Kay updated the court on his o [...]	2004-10-15 14:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2691	NETHERLANDS/EU PRESIDENCY: THE HALF-WAY POINT [...] (C) Summary. With three months down and three to go, the Dutch no doubt view the first half of their presidency as a qualified success. They have made measurable progress on most of their priorities and effectively navigated two unexpected developments (the crisis in Darfur and PM Balkenend [...]	2004-10-18 14:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2698	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP OF THE [...] (U) The U.S. achieved its one essential goal at the October 12-15 Executive Council session -- unanimous approval of the proposed technical change to allow for Libyan conversion of the Rabta facility. The issue dominated EC-38, with a record 26 delegations asking to make opening statements a [...]	2004-10-19 12:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL LY AL CWC
04THEHAGUE271	ICTY: NEW STRESSES IN THE MILOSEVIC TRIAL [...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) careens towards an interesting, difficult and potentially explosive final few weeks of the prosecution's case. In terms of testimony, the biggest grenade could come in the [...]	2004-02-03 16:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2736	ICTY: "WHO'S RUNNING THIS COURT?" [...] (C) Summary: A rare appeals chamber hearing in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) case against Slobodan Milosevic heard sharp and well-presented arguments this week on the imposition of counsel on the accused. Defense counsel Steven Kay pleaded with the appea [...]	2004-10-22 15:41:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2741	DUTCH MID-TERM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] SUMMARY: This is the interim accounting of Dutch efforts to combat human trafficking following the catalyst of G/TIP Ambassador Miller's June 7 presentation of suggested USG benchmarks to Dutch officials. In response to Ambassador Miller's challenge to Foreign Minister Bot and Justice Ministe [...]	2004-10-25 15:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN NL
04THEHAGUE2792	ICTY - MILOSEVIC REGAINS SOME CONTROL OVER DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was recessed again because of a lack of witnesses during the week of October 24, but that did not stop the case from making news. In particular, Steven Kay, imposed defense [...]	2004-11-01 13:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2793	ICTY - TRIBUNAL OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings on September 28 at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),President Meron, Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte, and Registrar Holthuis struck consistent themes with Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper and EUR DAS f [...]	2004-11-01 17:55:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE281	DUTCH FM BOT'S VISIT TO THE U.S. [...] (C) I just spoke with Ben Bot and found him well-prepared for his February 9 visit to Washington. He plans to ask how he personally can contribute to improved transatlantic relations. As he has said in press interviews, other European leaders are counting on him to help mend fences between the Euro [...]	2004-02-04 12:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EU IZ NL PGOV PREL SNAR TU XA XF XH NATO
04THEHAGUE2869	ICTY - APPEALS CHAMBER RETURNS LEAD IN DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 1, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) upheld the Milosevic trial chamber,s decision to impose counsel on the accused but reversed the trial chamber,s decision to give assigned counsel a lead role in the case. [...]	2004-11-05 15:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2932	ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL CHAMBER FOCUSES ON APPOINTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial chamber in the case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) continued to deal with defense counsel issues during the week of November 8. Its three days of hearings -- a full schedule for this case -- were [...]	2004-11-12 17:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE3025	RECENT CT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] An update of recent CT developments in the Netherlands follows: -- PKK Training Center Dismantled -- Van Gogh Assassination - Continuing Fall-out -- AIVD Assessment Report -- Act on Terrorist Crimes Finally Effective -- Pending CT Legislation/Proposals -- Port and Maritime Security - ISPS Op [...]	2004-11-19 15:15:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PINS NL KPRP
04THEHAGUE3255	ICTY - MILOSEVIC WITNESSES ADVANCE POLITICAL CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Having regained control of his defense case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Slobodan Milosevic questioned a string of Russian witnesses and a former Yugoslav official over the past two weeks, focusing much of their testimony on corrob [...]	2004-12-14 16:39:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE498	ICTY: MILOSEVIC PROSECUTION LIMPS TO CLOSE ITS CASE [...] (C) Summary. The Milosevic Prosecution team of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) closed its case in the anti-climactic form of a motion to Trial Chamber III on February 25. The recent melodrama of the Milosevic prosecution -- the rancorous internal debates [...]	2004-02-26 17:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE521	ANNUAL REPORT ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - THE NETHERLANDS [...] Part one summarizes progress achieved during the year (Reftel B) and Part two is the fourth annual report on anti- trafficking in persons (TIP) for the Netherlands. The report follows the format outlined in reftel. Preparation time is about 200 hours (FSN - 110; FS-02 - 80; FS-02 - 10 hours) [...]	2004-03-02 06:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
04THEHAGUE586	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): FOURTH SECURITY [...] The fourth Security Audit Team (SAT-IV) found that the OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) had done little to further secure its IT infrastructure since the 2001 security audit. The team noted that significant personnel resources have been directed toward documenting processes and procedures, but f [...]	2004-03-10 11:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE771	TERRORIST FINANCE: AL-HARAMAIN ACTIVITIES IN THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Al Haramain does operate in the Netherlands under the name "Stichting Al Haramain Humanitarian Aid," located at Jan Hanzenstraat 114, 1053SV Amsterdam, telephone number 020-618-2645. Embassy/ROAL have no substantive information indicating that the Dutch Al-Haramain chapter sup [...]	2004-03-24 12:31:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PTER SA NL
04THEHAGUE791	REACH: Latest Dutch Views [...] (U) Summary: The Dutch are pushing for EU REACH proposals so that registration and evaluation requirements are targeted to substances posing the most significant potential risks. They are concerned with the potential impact of existing proposals on SME's and are interested in further informa [...]	2004-03-26 15:45:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SENV NL EUN
04THEHAGUE799	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): VIS ENHANCEMENT [...] (U) Del reps met with OPCW Chief of Administration Herb Schulz, Chief of the Information Support Branch (ISB) Greg Linden, and Chief of the Office of Confidentiality and Security (OCS) Rob Simpson to discuss issues related to Technical Secretariat (TS) work on the Verification Information Sy [...]	2004-03-29 13:33:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE813	ICTY: OTP PAPER SAYS BELGRADE FAILING TO COOPERATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a paper circulated among key diplomatic representatives in The Hague and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) late on March 26, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) asserts that Belgrade's cooperation with [...]	2004-03-30 10:52:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE985	ICTY: SENIOR FORMER USG OFFICIALS ON MILOSEVIC [...] (C) Summary: Slobodan Milosevic -- in one of his first filings before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) -- submitted to the trial chamber on April 13 a confidential document describing the witnesses he may call during his upcoming defense case. While the list [...]	2004-04-20 15:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04VATICAN3581	Sant'Egidio Inter-Religious Conference Calls for [...] (U) The Sant'Egidio Community brought together over 7,000 religious and political leaders September 5-7 in Milan to promote inter-religious dialogue and understanding as a means to combat terrorism and build peace. The shadow of the Beslan massacre hung over the annual gathering, reinforcing [...]	2004-09-17 13:31:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI KIRF VT
04VATICAN3810	MOVING THE VATICAN ON BIOTECHNOLOGY: EMBASSY [...] (U) To build support within the Holy See and overcome opposition within the Catholic Church, Embassy brought together scientists, ethicists, and developing nation farmers to address a one-day conference on the moral imperative of using biotechnology to feed the world's hungry. Scientists from [...]	2004-10-01 15:20:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TBIO EAGR EAID SOCI VT
04VATICAN4882	"OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD:" POPE URGES GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-27 13:53:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ECON EAID VT VTPREL
04VILNIUS1237	THE VIEW FROM ALYTUS: THE BLOOM IS OFF THE LABOR [...] SUMMARY. Less than a week before Lithuania's parliamentary election, few in Alytus doubt that the Labor Party will taste electoral success. However, a growing number question the Labor Party's populist promises and will support Lithuania's more tested traditional parties. End Summary. Aly [...]	2004-10-08 10:37:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LH
04VILNIUS1243	People in the Provincial Town will Vote for Change [...] Voters in the small town of Rietavas, in western Lithuania, see themselves as microcosm for the nation (if a bit more agricultural) and believe their vote in the upcoming election will mirror the country's vote as a whole. In Rietavas, it appears that the Labor Party will win big. End summar [...]	2004-10-08 12:54:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LH
04VILNIUS1353	LITHUANIA CONCERNED OVER RUSSIAN AIR INCURSIONS [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's opposition to hosting a Baltic regional air safety conference under NATO-Russia Council (NRC) auspices (ref A) is rooted in its assessment that Russian policy aims to disrupt NATO relations with its newest members and raise pressure on the air policing mission. Though [...]	2004-10-29 14:14:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINS PREL LH
04VILNIUS1442	FORMER AMBASSADOR'S CSIS PAPER CAUSES A [...] (SBU) Top TV journalist Edmundas Jakilaitis resigned over an incident in which he reported that a "secret" U.S. document warned of the dangers of Russian influence over Lithuanian politicians such as Russian-born Labor Party Leader Viktor Uspaskich. The document turned out to be written by f [...]	2004-11-26 09:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV PREL LH RS
04VILNIUS1447	AIDS IN LITHUANIA [...] As it prepares to celebrate World AIDS Day, Lithuania's incidence of HIV/AIDS is the lowest in Central and Eastern Europe. The GOL is working to keep it that way, despite pressures of rapid social change. Lithuania has a National HIV/AIDS prevention strategy, but poorly monitors its implemen [...]	2004-11-29 06:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KHIV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1526	IMF'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO PROLONG THE [...] An IMF delegation, concluding an Article IV Consultation mission to Lithuania December 10, praised Lithuania's impressive structural improvements and the country's complete transition to a market economy. The IMF delivered an overall positive assessment of the country's economic prospects fo [...]	2004-12-17 13:37:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON LH
04VILNIUS1578	2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] In 2004, Lithuania strengthened its counter-narcotics efforts, rolling out a National Drug Addiction Prevention and Drug Control Strategy for 2004-2008. The use and sale of narcotics, however, continues to increase in Lithuania. Lithuania remains a transit route for heroin from Asia to West [...]	2004-12-30 13:55:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN KSEP LH
04WELLINGTON1055	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MCKAY, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the delegation from NASA's Ames Research Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 2 to March 1, 2005. Delegation members are: Christopher McKay, Rohit Bhartia, Robert Carlson, Pamela Conra [...]	2004-12-17 01:52:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TSPA NZ
04WELLINGTON1075	2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT: NEW ZEALAND [...] Following is post's input for the 2005 National Trade Estimate Report on New Zealand. We assume that Washington agencies will provide updated trade and investment data. 2. We also note that the section on "Biotechnology Food Approval" should be consistent with the NTE on Australia. 3. [...]	2004-12-29 03:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN NZ
04WELLINGTON905	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Following reftel instructions, post on October 6 contacted New Zealand Police, who have confirmed the order of an F9811 Series (MX-10130) Gen 3 18mm image intensifier. The image intensifier will be installed in a Simrad KN203 FAB MGC -- a night-vision scope to be attached to a sniper ri [...]	2004-10-29 03:52:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC NZ
04WELLINGTON964	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Post provided reftel points to Emma Kerslake, Environment Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) MFAT noted that they would respond following consultations with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF.) AgAttache spoke separately with MAF Biosecurity [...]	2004-11-18 23:05:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV AORC EAGR ETRD PREL NZ
04YEREVAN1813	ARMENIA'S TEST FOR NATO AND PFP: WILL THEY BE [...] (C) GOAM senior policy makers are looking to the upcoming Cooperation Best Effort 2004 (CBE04) Partnership for Peace (PfP) mid-September exercise in Azerbaijan as a test case for whether NATO, PfP members and the U.S. genuinely want to work with Armenia. Until the five Armenian military office [...]	2004-08-16 11:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PM PGOV AM AJ
04YEREVAN1815	COURT HALTS RATIFICATION OF ROME STATUTE -- [...] (C) Armenia still hopes to ratify the Article 98 Agreement when the National Assembly returns from recess in September. We pressed FM Oskanian to keep to this timetable, but he said that the Constitutional Court is now reviewing the agreement and may decide that it would be unlawful to ratif [...]	2004-08-17 01:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL AM
04YEREVAN1838	ARMENIA CHILD LABOR REPORT: EXPLOITIVE CHILD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenia's constitution prohibits child labor, and the use of children in the workforce is very rare. The high demand for jobs, especially for unskilled workers, and the cultural premium on fa [...]	2004-08-18 13:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI ECON ELAB AM
04YEREVAN2062	ARMENIA: BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AND PROLIFERATION [...] (S/NF) Armenia does not have an active biological warfare program nor does it have an interest, desire or capability to start one (reftel). The Armenian government has denied ever having a biological warfare program and currently Armenian biological institutes and private companies are struggl [...]	2004-09-17 13:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PINR ECON PTER TBIO PARM AM KPRP
04YEREVAN2537	OPPOSITION EDITOR'S CAR TORCHED, BLAMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) November 22 at 20:40 (local time) the car of Nikol Pashinyan, Editor-in-Chief of the opposition newspaper Haykakan Zhamanak, burst into flame in front of his office. Pashinyan is convinced th [...]	2004-11-24 14:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO AM
04YEREVAN2540	EX-VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING ARRESTED FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- Â [...]	2004-11-26 03:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM AM KTIP
04YEREVAN366	CRACKS IN THE COALITION: DASHNAKS ATTACK THE [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Protect Accordingly. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) Armenia's governing coalition, an alliance of the Republican Party, Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF, or Dashnaks),and Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law),that holds the majority of seats in th [...]	2004-02-13 08:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON AM
04YEREVAN399	CORRUPTION LEVIES HEAVY TOLL ON ARMENIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Widespread corruption in the Armenian university system has severely tarnished the reputation of once prestigious institutions and degraded the quality of education provided to Armenian studen [...]	2004-02-18 13:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM AM
04YEREVAN550	ANOTHER LOOK AT HIV/AIDS IN ARMENIA [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Summary: Armenia's proximity to countries hit hard by the HIV/AIDS epidemic (Russia, Georgia and Ukraine) raises concerns about its vulnerability and the actions the GOAM is taking to address t [...]	2004-03-05 13:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV SOCI EAID ECON AM
04YEREVAN784	"To enter the 21st century or not?" - PAS [...] SUMMARY: On March 21, the PAS Yerevan organized a highly successful forum in honor of International Women's Month, featuring prominent women working in the fields of international affairs, politics, business, media and law. The event drew capacity crowds and was covered by three television s [...]	2004-04-01 11:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KWMN PREL OEXC SCUL AM
04YEREVAN842	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST LEAVES HOSPITAL; ALLEGES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Prominent human rights activist Mikhail Danielyan discharged himself from the hospital April 4, and remains at home recovering from the March 30 beating by unknown assailants. Danielyan offer [...]	2004-04-08 12:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM

04ZAGREB1025	DEL PONTE SAYS CROATIA FULLY COOPERATING WITH ICTY [...] (C) ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte briefed the diplomatic community on June 4 on her day and a half visit to Zagreb. Del Ponte said that although Croatia's cooperation with the tribunal was the best of any country, she had warned the GoC leadership that she could change her assessment a [...]	2004-06-04 17:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC KJUS PREL HR
04ZAGREB1033	URGENT NEED FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING EQUIPMENT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-07 16:55:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC KJUS EAID PREL PGOV HR
04ZAGREB1037	POLITICS AND PORK OVERTAKE SCIENCE IN CROATIA'S [...] (C) After initial tests in February first raised the prospect of unlabeled GMOs in the Croatian food market (reftel A),the GoC has thoroughly politicized the GMO debate and shown an eagerness to cash in on populist anti-GMO sentiment to drum up support. A move in GMO policy away from scienc [...]	2004-06-08 08:25:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL PGOV HR
04ZAGREB1339	UNLICENSED GMO CORN RETURNS BIOTECH TO HEADLINES [...] (U) On July 9, Minister of Agriculture Petar Cobankovic announced that a hybrid corn seed imported by US-based Pioneer Seeds tested positive for GMO content. Cobankovic estimates that 2,000 hectares of farmland have been planted with the GMO-contaminated seed. Destruction of contaminated cropl [...]	2004-07-22 13:51:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL PGOV HR
04ZAGREB1483	COURT REJECTS NOTORIOUS LORA PRISON ACQUITTAL, [...] Overturning a 2002 acquittal, the Croatian Supreme Court has called for a retrial of eight Croatian military police accused of the torture and murder of ethnic Serb civilians and soldiers at Lora Prison. The international community praised the ruling as Croatian recognition of the original t [...]	2004-08-20 14:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC PREL KJUS HR
04ZAGREB1717	CROATIA,S INTEL SERVICE SHAKE UP EXPECTED TO [...] (S) With the confirmation of Veselko Grubisic as new Director of the Croatian Intelligence Agency (OA),the GoC is asserting positive control over the intel services. Along with new chief of Counterintelligence Agency (POA) Josko Podbevsek, (named earlier this year),Grubisic should be more w [...]	2004-09-28 21:55:00	Embassy Zagreb	SECRET	PINR PREL KAWC HR
04ZAGREB1836	IMPLEMENTATION OF IP MOU STALLS: EC NOT THE [...] (SBU) The GOC has not yet taken action on legislative changes need to implement and bring into force the Intellectual Property MOU, finally ratified in March, despite Ministerial-level reassurances in September. European Commission officials have raised open-ended questions about the MOU in m [...]	2004-10-21 10:15:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD EU HR
04ZAGREB2059	AMBASSADOR AND CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador asked Croatian President Stjepan Mesic to tone down the anti-U.S. rhetoric that has been a major element of his reelection strategy thus far. Mesic and the Ambassador also discussed the impact of Croatia's NATO accession on presidential authority over the armed fo [...]	2004-12-01 16:32:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR KTIA HR
04ZAGREB2171	HIV/AIDS IN CROATIA: LOW PREVALENCE AND LOW [...] Croatia's few registered cases of HIV/AIDS and low knowledge about the disease and how it spreads translate into an HIV/AIDS strategy focused on prevention and education. Stigmatization continues be an obstacle, as alarmist press accounts beat out a small cadre of dedicated health professiona [...]	2004-12-22 07:19:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV PHUM PGOV HR
04ZAGREB2196	2004 GMO AND BIOSAFETY DEVELOPMENTS IN CROATIA [...] Reftel requested an update on biosafety issues in preparation for the next meeting of the parties to the Cartagena Protocol. As an EU candidate country, Croatia will almost certainly follow the EC lead on any biosafety or GMO issue. Following is an overview of recent developments on these issu [...]	2004-12-29 09:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EAGR EAID TBIO HR
04ZAGREB578	BAD TEST RESULTS FORCE GMO ISSUE [...] (U) THE RECENT SCANDAL AROUND THE ALLEGED PRESENCE OF NON-APPROVED GMOS IN 14 FOOD SAMPLES HAS SPED THE ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS ON LABELING AND APPROVAL OF GMOS AND STIRRED PUBLIC DEBATE, EVEN THOUGH SUBSEQUENT TESTS FOUND THAT ONLY ONE OF THE SAMPLES HAD MORE THAN ONE PERCENT GMO CONTENT. TH [...]	2004-04-05 05:48:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL HR
04ZAGREB71	CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC: OK ON IRAQ TROOP [...] (S) In the Ambassador's January 13 call on President Mesic to seek movement on key bilateral issues, Mesic offered to go slow for the time being on any contract to refit a Libyan naval vessel while restating his desire to develop commercial relations with Libya. Mesic committed not to get in t [...]	2004-01-14 11:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	SECRET	PREL MARR KAWC ETTC IZ SY HR NATO
05ABUDHABI1091	UAE: 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Embassy TIP points of contact are PolOff Susan Raddant and PolChief Joel Maybury, office: 971-2-414-2444, fax: 971-2-414-2639; email: raddantsk@state.gov, mayburyjf@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent approximately 40 hours preparing for and writing the repor [...]	2005-03-08 12:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TC
05ABUDHABI1167	UAE ANNOUNCES CAMEL JOCKEY LAW IN EFFECT BY MARCH [...] (C) Summary: After weeks of lobbying by the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and de facto Foreign Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) issued a statement March 13 announcing that a law will be on the books by April 16, 2005 banning jockeys under age 16 from participating in camel [...]	2005-03-14 10:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ELAB PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI1604	UAE CAMEL JOCKEY SOLUTION: ROBOTS [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and de facto Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed told Ambassador April 10 that the UAE was working to resolve the camel jockey/trafficking in persons (TIP) problem. Sheikh Hamdan, who is also Chairman of the Camel Racing Federation, said the UAE has alr [...]	2005-04-11 11:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM ELAB ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI1951	UAEG PREPARATIONS FOR ROUND TWO OF FTA TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and EconChief discussed FTA round two with lead UAE negotiator, MinEcon Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi and MinFin FTA coordinator Khalid Al-Bustani on May 1. Sheikha Lubna confirmed the UAEG's commitment to a successful second round, although she predicted that the complexity o [...]	2005-05-03 13:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EFIN TC FTA
05ABUDHABI2143	RESPONDING TO CROWN PRINCE'S LETTER ON CAMEL [...] (C) Summary: The UAE has taken several positive actions since March 31 to address Trafficking in Persons related to child camel jockeys. These achievements generally track with those noted in Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed's (MbZ) April 28 letter to the Secretary, Deputy Sec [...]	2005-05-11 12:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB TC
05ABUDHABI2195	UAE ACCESS STUDENTS: "I THOUGHT THAT AMERICANS [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-17 03:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL XF TC
05ABUDHABI2495	UAE LEADERS COMMITTED TO TIP PLAN FOLLOW THROUGH [...] (C) Summary. The UAE leadership has reacted calmly to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Tier 3 designation and action plan. UAE leaders designated Presidential Affairs Minister Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed to oversee the plan's implementation and have asked two specific questions about the action [...]	2005-06-06 04:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB TC
05ABUDHABI303	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS - [...] The UAE is an attractive place for U.S. businesses, but the legal framework here favors local over foreign investors. Post assesses that the overall level of openness for services in the UAE is medium. In some cases, we have assessed different sectors at different levels of openness. 2. [...]	2005-01-18 12:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO TC
05ABUDHABI4225	UAEG PREPARES FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (U) Summary: Recently, the UAEG established a task force to devise a contingency plan to block avian influenza from entering the country. As such, the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry has imposed a ban on the import of live birds and their products from countries where cases of the diseas [...]	2005-10-05 13:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI WHO FAO OIE
05ABUDHABI4715	UAE LEADERS DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY AHEAD OF [...] (U) Summary: The 9th Dubai Air Show got under way November 20 with the UAE leadership underscoring the UAEG's role in defusing regional tension by promoting dialogue and condemning terrorism, and at the same time stressing the importance of modernizing the military to safeguard the UAE's natio [...]	2005-11-21 06:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MCAP IZ AE
05ABUDHABI4737	TIP: INTERIM ASSESMENT FOR NEA SPECIAL [...] (U) Summary: Since being placed on the Tier 2 Special Watch List, the UAEG has made steady progress in addressing the problem of trafficking, especially with regard to women in the sex trade and children in the camel racing industry. The answers in paragraphs 2-5 below are keyed to the four qu [...]	2005-11-21 13:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG AE
05ABUDHABI4902	UAEG'S PREPARATIONS FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (U) In response to the questions posed Reftel A regarding the UAEG's efforts to protect against avian influenza (AI) and its capability to respond to a pandemic, the following information is provided. ------------ Preparedness ------------ 2. (U) The UAEG has formed a National Avian Inf [...]	2005-11-30 14:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL TC
05ABUDHABI5111	UAE CONTRIBUTION TO 2005-2006 INCSR, NARCOTICS [...] Although not a narcotics-producing country, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is believed to be a transshipment point for traffickers moving illegal drugs from the major drug producing countries, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran. Frequent reports of seizures of illegal drugs in the UAE [...]	2005-12-20 09:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR
05ABUDHABI5115	UAE CONTRIBUTION TO 2005-2006 INCSR, FINANCIAL [...] The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an important financial center for the Gulf region. The UAE is still a largely cash- based society. However, the financial sector is modern and progressive. Dubai, in particular, is a major international banking center. There is also a growing offshore sector. T [...]	2005-12-20 11:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR
05ABUDHABI711	EMIRATI PREPARATIONS FOR FTA TALKS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: In meetings over the past several days, we have gained more of a sense of how the UAEG is preparing for its upcoming FTA talks with the U.S. In addition to the formal addition of MinEcon Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi as a co-chair of the negotiating committee (reftel),it appears that [...]	2005-02-15 12:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON TC
05ABUDHABI720	HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR FRAN TOWNSEND MEETS WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend and UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi met February 7 and discussed the possible formation of a USG-UAEG terrorist financing task force. They agreed t [...]	2005-02-15 12:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN ETTC PTER TC KTFN
05ABUDHABI833	G/TIP VISIT TO UAE INFORMATIVE BUT DISAPPOINTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. G/TIP Senior Coordinator for Reports Mark Taylor visited the UAE February 5-8 to update information for the 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report. High ranking UAEG officials assured him of their ongoing commitment to combating all forms of human trafficking. (Note: On February 1 [...]	2005-02-22 12:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC
05ABUJA1024	REGIME STABILITY QUESTIONED BY RECENT INCIDENTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Joseph Wayas, the chairman of the political committee at the National Conference on Political Reform (Confab),avoided an apparent assassination attempt on June 3 and has been absent from the Confab since the incident. President Obasanjo apparently collapsed twice on June 7, s [...]	2005-06-08 15:14:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
05ABUJA1132	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP, JUNE 2005 [...] This cable is a roundup of various incidents that impacted human rights in Nigeria, organized by section of the annual Human Rights Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables, or are updates of previously reported items. --------------------------------------------- -- [...]	2005-06-24 13:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KIRF ELAB NI HUMANRIGHTS
05ABUJA1152	POLICE KILL 6 TRADERS, ATTEMPTED COVER-UP [...] The killing of six Igbo youths by police in an Abuja satellite town sparked anger among local residents, but the attempt by police to cover up the crime attracted nationwide attention. In the early morning hours of June 7, police shot and killed six auto parts traders, then attempted to disp [...]	2005-06-29 11:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCOR KIRF KCRM NI
05ABUJA1153	HIGH COURT STRIKES DOWN "PUBLIC ORDER ACT" [...] Summary: An Abuja High Court struck down the 1990 Public Order Act that had required a police permit to be issued for all public rallies and processions. Security forces have regularly used the Act to suppress opposition rallies, refusing to issue police permits for "security reasons." Alt [...]	2005-06-29 11:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ASEC KCRM NI
05ABUJA1178	DARFUR PEACE TALKS UPDATE: OBASANJO MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: President Olusegun Obasanjo met with the leaders of the Darfur rebel movements on June 30 and urged them to be flexible over the remaining points of contention on the Declaration of Principles. He also encouraged them to continue the negotiations, and above all, be patient. A [...]	2005-07-01 12:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KAWC KCRS SU NI DARFUR
05ABUJA14	OGBEH KEPT AS PDP CHAIRMAN, NGIGE AND UBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obasanjo's effort (Ref A) to fire the ruling PDP's National Chairman, Audu Ogbeh, failed at least temporarily January 4 with the PDP National Executive Committee (NEC) keeping Ogbeh, an ally of VP Atiku, but suspending Governor Chris Ngige and his self-styled godfather C [...]	2005-01-06 11:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
05ABUJA1610	THE STATE OF HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA AS OF JUNE 2005 [...] Summary: This cable evaluates broadly HIV/AIDS' impact on Nigerians and their institutions. Roughly 4 million (UNAIDS, 2003) of the nation's 130 million people (PRB, 2002) are infected with HIV/AIDS, reflecting a national HIV/AIDS infection rate of 5 percent (NPS, 2003). Nigeria had at lea [...]	2005-08-30 08:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV SOCI TBIO ECON PREL PGOV NI HIV AIDS
05ABUJA1821	NIGERIA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INFLUENCE ANALYSIS [...] Introduction: Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation and the central gravity for the continent's emerging democracies. Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo is the current Chair of the Africa Union, and with approximately 130 million people and still growing, Nigeria provides the largest s [...]	2005-09-26 13:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO NI
05ABUJA1987	LONGTIME NIGERIA OBSERVER ON KANO'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Embassy officers met Sept. 1 with Professor Paul Lubeck, who recently visited Kano State. Lubeck formerly lived in Kano and has visited Nigeria for more than 40 years. Lubeck's observations about Kano were: - anti-Americanism there is at its highest point in more than 40 years; - [...]	2005-10-17 16:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ECON EAID KIRF NI
05ABUJA60	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: U.S. MARKET-ACCESS [...] The following responds to ref's request for information about U.S. service suppliers' market access in Nigeria. This cable ranks Nigerian sectors' level of priority for U.S. service providers (a value from 1 to 5, with "1" being a top priority for U.S. service suppliers). This rating is bas [...]	2005-01-14 17:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO NI
05ABUJA698	DRAFT ELECTORAL ACT REVISION--NET NEGATIVE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two years after Nigeria's greatly flawed 2003 and 2004 elections, a draft bill revising the Electoral Act is moving to committee in the National Assembly on its second reading. The net of what is in the draft is a slight step backwards in terms of the many serious concerns rai [...]	2005-05-06 13:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID KCOR NI
05ABUJA797	LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF THE NIGERIAN MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Legislative oversight of the Nigerian military is still in its infancy. Meeting recently with a group from the U.S. National War College and Embassy staff, members of Nigeria's House Committee on Defense did not seem to understand what role they should play but were very inter [...]	2005-05-19 14:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MARR KPKO NI
05ACCRA110	GHANA: REQUEST FOR FUNDS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] This cable, in response to Ref A, requests funds for FY 05 public diplomacy outreach projects related to agricultural biotechnology. Post requests funding for upcoming workshops to be undertaken in conjunction with USAID,s Program for Biosafety Systems, the goal of which is to promote the judi [...]	2005-01-14 10:51:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EAGR ECON BIOTECHNOLOGY
05ACCRA1391	GHANA AND AGOA: RECENT SUCCESSES WITH A DIVERSE [...] (SBU) In 2004, Ghana increased its exports to the U.S. under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) by over 85%, to over $74 million dollars -- accounting for over 50% of Ghana's total exports to the U.S. In 2005, USAID's West Africa Regional Program's Accra-based West Africa Trade Hub [...]	2005-07-14 17:34:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV KMCA GH
05ACCRA1644	GOG APPROVES ANTI-TRAFFICKING BILL [...] Summary: With the July 28 passage of an anti-human trafficking law, the GOG is striving to overcome its downgrade to Tier 2 in our annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report and regain its reputation as a regional leader on human rights. This legislation marks the culmination of a protracted [...]	2005-08-16 10:35:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL GH
05ACCRA1679	THE U.S. - GHANA RELATIONSHIP: THE AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-Ghana relationship is strong and broad-based. In this message, I offer my parting thoughts on how the relationship has changed during my nearly three-year tenure as Ambassador, and identify some of the main challenges ahead. I leave very optimistic about Ghana. The Go [...]	2005-08-22 07:34:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON GH
05ACCRA2402	AVIAN FLU: GHANA'S PLAN OF ACTION [...] (SBU) The GoG's response to the threat of an Avian Flu outbreak has so far been measured and pro-active. The Ministries of Health and Agriculture are working closely with USAID/Ghana and the World Health Organization (WHO) to create a comprehensive preparedness plan, which includes an assessm [...]	2005-11-23 18:30:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC CMGT KHIV TBIO XA GH SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL XX SEC
05ACCRA658	GHANA'S PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE NEXT FOUR [...] (C) Post,s view of Ghana,s prospects over the next four years follows, and is in part based on the President's hour-long tour d'horizon with the Ambassador on March 9 and post-election conversations between Emboffs and key Ghanaian players. The political challenges ahead include increases in [...]	2005-04-04 09:11:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN GH KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL EINV
05ACCRA773	INFLUX OF 224 NEW SUDANESE REFUGEES INTO GHANA [...] (SBU) Summary: In what may be the beginning of a larger wave, 224 Sudanese refugees have arrived in Ghana over the past two weeks. Except for four women residing at a UNHCR transient center, all are currently housed at the former Usher Forte prison, which is nearly at full capacity. The g [...]	2005-04-22 11:03:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH KWMN PREF PREL SU
05ACCRA892	AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANAIAN PRESIDENT KUFUOR [...] (U) This message has an action request (see para 18). 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador Yates had a lengthy, private conversation with Ghanaian President Kufuor on Thursday evening, May 5. They discussed the current situation in Togo, his NPP party,s loss of the first bi-election of his second [...]	2005-05-10 17:50:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GH PHUM ECON EAID TO EPET EINV
05ADANA170	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 11:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA213	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 14:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA222	CONTINUING DEVELOPMENTS IN SEMDINLI BOMBING CASE: TWO [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the November 9 Semdinli bombing (reftels A and B) and the PM's subsequent visit to the region (reftel C),the parliamentary Human Rights Committee toured the region to investigate the case. Hakkari's governor was re-assigned to another province, a move he attempted to depi [...]	2005-11-30 12:26:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA225	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 2, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 15:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA228	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 6, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-07 07:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA243	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 20, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-21 10:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA26	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 3, 2005 [...] MILLIYET / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / EKSPRES: Microsoft Sales Representative Emre Teker visited the Adana Industrialists and Businessmen Association (ADSIAD),and promised to provide technical and educational support for the association's Business Development Center (ISGEM). ISGEM's pr [...]	2005-02-11 07:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA45	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3-4, 2005 [...] RADIKAL: According to Radikal, the BTC (Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan Pipeline) project agreement stipulated that crude oil should begin to flow into tanks in Ceyhan (in Adana province) on May 10, 2005. Turkey is currently experiencing a delay in the construction of its section of the pipelin [...]	2005-03-08 14:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADDISABABA3443	ETHIOPIA: LEADING OPPOSITION COALITION BECOMES UNIFIED PARTY [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-29 04:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ET ELEC
05ADDISABABA3844	ENGAGING THE AU - THOUGHTS AHEAD OF THE AF COM [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) is displaying tremendous political will to address the continent's problems, which differentiates it from the OAU, its defunct predecessor organization. The AU is also serving as the coordinating body for positive change in Africa by playing a more proac [...]	2005-11-14 13:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL XA AF UNION
05ADDISABABA4179	AU TELLS EUCOM J5 AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE MOVING [...] (SBU) Summary: The AU Commission hopes a series of thematic workshops will create enough regional buy-in to enable a harmonized approach to the African Standby Force (ASF),AU Planning Element Chief of Staff BG Hassan told EUCOM J5 Maj Gen Scott Gration and Polad Amb. Yates on December 16. T [...]	2005-12-22 08:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR KPKO AU XA
05ADDISABABA4234	DARFUR: AU TELLS SACEUR NATO ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Commission views its collaboration with NATO on Darfur as "excellent" and welcomes discussion on how to expand NATO assistance in areas such as training, Commissioner for Peace and Security Amb. Said Djinnit told SACEUR Gen. Jones December 16. Amb. Djinnit [...]	2005-12-29 14:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR SU AU
05ALGIERS1358	JULY 3 DISCUSSION OF MOROCCAN-ALGERIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) In an extended exchange July 3 with Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir, Ambassador reviewed reftel talking points, expressing strong U.S. disappointment over recent setbacks in Moroccan-Algerian relations, noting that provocative actions from both sides had contributed to the current seri [...]	2005-07-05 11:58:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PGOV AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1810	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION: DO ALGERIANS SUPPORT [...] (C) President Bouteflika is poised to win a strong majority in the September 29 referendum on his proposed Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation. Through a carefully crafted political and media strategy, he has framed the proposal in a way that makes it hard to oppose; orchestrated a [...]	2005-08-27 09:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER AG
05ALGIERS1876	AMBASSADOR RAISES ALGERIAN DEPORTEE ISSUE WITH [...] (C) During an August 31 meeting with FM Bedjaoui on other issues, Ambassador (accompanied by PolEcon Chief) pressed the GOA to communicate quickly its willingness to accept the return of twelve Algerian deportees and issue them travel documents. Ambassador said that we had raised these cases [...]	2005-09-06 10:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KHLS CASC CFED ASEC AG
05ALMATY1012	AMBASSADOR HOSTS NATO PARLIAMENTARIANS [...] SBU) Summary: On March 9, the Ambassador hosted two meetings for visiting NATO parliamentarians from the Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security. The NATO Secretary General's Special Representative (SGSR) for Central Asia, Ambassador Robert Simmons, participated in the first meeting. (Det [...]	2005-03-16 07:51:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1027	USAID MEDIA TOUR IN ALMATY SUCCESSFULLY PROMOTES [...] Summary: On March 10, the Ambassador hosted a day-long Media Tour in Almaty, in an effort to increase Kazakhstani public awareness of U.S. assistance projects. USAID's Country Representative in Kazakhstan, Almaz Sharman, also helped to "MC" the event. This was the fourth media tour in a se [...]	2005-03-17 06:06:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1130	KAZAKHSTAN'S MEDIA COVERAGE OF KYRGYZSTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From the start of the revolt in southern Kyrgyzstan, international media speculated on how events there might affect their rich neighbor in the north. Many international media relied on the Interfax wire service in their reporting, although Interfax sometimes posted uncorrobor [...]	2005-03-28 04:03:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1435	ENVIRONMENTALISTS CHARGE OIL MAJORS WITH POLLUTING [...] (U) Summary: A coalition of Kazakhstani and U.S. environmental activists charge the Karachagank Petroleum Operating (KPO) with polluting the village of Berezovka, and demand its relocation. KPO rejects these accusations and points to extensive monitoring data. Local authorities support KPO and [...]	2005-04-12 12:10:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1855	KAZAKHSTANAN: ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted by readers as conveying positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Kazakhstan Supports Tight Control [...]	2005-05-16 01:47:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY2048	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE - MAY 2005 [...] U.S. Grant Finances Feasibility Study for Reconstruction of Gas Storage Units in Southern Kazakhstan 2. Nura River Fish Poisoned With Mercury 3. Danish Company Ready for De-mercurization Project in Temirtau 4. Kazakhstan Ranks Third Globally in Nuclear Fuel Production 5. Central Asian Co [...]	2005-06-01 12:34:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY2799	Delivery of JCIC-DIP-05-013, "Delivery of Revised [...] (SBU) On July 29, per Ref A, DTRO-A (Almaty) delivered JCIC-DIP-05-013 to Captain Ruslan Maermanov, Duty Officer, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Captain Maermanov had no comment and no reaction. 2. (U) POC for th [...]	2005-07-29 11:40:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KZ KACT PREL DTRO
05ALMATY2842	KAZAKHSTAN AVIAN FLU INCIDENT: NO HUMAN CASE, USG [...] Summary/Background: Despite serious fears to the contrary, the Kazakhstani Ministry of Health stated on August 2 that the poultry farm worker from the Golubovka farm (Pavlodar oblast) has not/not tested positive by any locally available laboratory means for the strain of avian influenza (AI) [...]	2005-08-04 06:35:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO ECON RS ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2904	KAZAKHSTAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: After additional testing using reagents developed with U.S. assistance, the suspected human avian influenza (AI) patient in Pavlodar oblast (reftel) has not yet indicated the presence of the AI virus. The hospitalization of fifteen people in East Kazakhstan oblast has been confi [...]	2005-08-11 09:33:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO ECON RS ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2957	KAZAKHSTAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] Summary: Post has obtained confirmation that on August 12, Kazakhstani health authorities released diagnoses of H5N1 AI in birds from parts of North Kazakhstan and Akmolinskaya oblasts. The diagnoses were based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests developed with the assistance of U.S. exp [...]	2005-08-17 01:55:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO ECON RS ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3374	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDDUP, [...] (U) This is the first in a series of weekly election roundups, in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. The Gloves Are Off ------------------ 2. (U) "I am determined to run for the presidency," was th [...]	2005-09-19 14:25:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3415	KAZAKHSTAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE SEPTEMBER 23 [...] Summary: This cable responds to the directive in paragraph 5 of Reftel. No/no further reports of human or animal cases of AI have been made since Ref B. CDC's Central Asia Region representatives are continuing their informal, but fruitful cooperation with Kazakhstani authorities. End Summar [...]	2005-09-23 10:48:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO ECON RS ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3447	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDDUP, [...] (U) This is the second in a series of weekly election roundups, in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. --------------------------------- Would-be Candidates for President ------------------------------- [...]	2005-09-26 15:18:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3455	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDDUP, [...] (U) This is the third in a series of weekly election roundups, in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. Pre-Registration of Candidates ------------------------------ 2. (U) As of October 4, the Central [...]	2005-10-05 04:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3563	Delivery of JCIC-DIP-05-016, "U.S. question [...] (SBU) On September 28, per Ref D, Defense Threat Reduction Office Almaty (DTRO-A) delivered JCIC-DIP-05-016 to Lieutenant Colonel Akhmetalin, Acting Deputy Chief, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Lieutenant Colonel Ak [...]	2005-10-05 05:21:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KZ KACT PREL JCIC START POLITICAL DTRO
05ALMATY4010	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP, [...] (U) This is the seventh in a series of weekly election roundups in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. President Nazarbayev's Campaign ------------------------------- 2. (U) President Nazarbayev cont [...]	2005-11-08 21:01:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4029	KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. OFFICIALS PRESS FOR FREE AND [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Almaty-USOSCE cable. 2. (C) Summary: USOSCE Ambassador Finley and Ambassador Ordway met with opposition, civil society and youth group representatives and government officials October 25-28 to discuss progress on democratic reforms, the upcoming presidential el [...]	2005-11-09 21:12:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4057	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted by readers as conveying positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Aral Sea to be Filled With Water [...]	2005-11-14 02:25:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ
05ALMATY4143	KAZAKHSTAN: HIGH INTEREST IN CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (C) POEC chief passed Ref A information on civil nuclear cooperation with India by the Nuclear Suppliers Group to Olzhas Togyzbayev, head of the MFA's Security Institutes Division, on November 4 in Astana. Togyzbayev commented that Kazakhstan is developing good, intensive relations with India [...]	2005-11-22 05:25:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KZ IN ECONOMIC
05ALMATY4159	KAZAKHSTAN: RESPONSE TO AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to Reftel. The Embassy assesses that the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) appreciates the severity of the threat of avian and pandemic influenza and is taking rational, concrete steps to address that threat. The GOK is realistic and basically transparent in i [...]	2005-11-23 04:32:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL PGOV KZ
05ALMATY4160	2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE FOR KAZAKHSTAN [...] Per Reftel request, Embassy Almaty submits 2006 National Trade Estimate (NTE) below and separately via email to USTR. TRADE SUMMARY (UPDATED DATA TO BE PROVIDED BY USTR) Kazakhstan submitted its application for WTO membership on January 29, 1996 and the fact-finding phase of the accessi [...]	2005-11-23 04:32:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KZ ECONOMIC USTR
05ALMATY4188	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted by readers as conveying positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Aral Sea to be Filled With Water [...]	2005-11-28 05:00:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ
05ALMATY4347	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press, and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted by readers as conveying positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Kazakhstan and China to Increase Cooper [...]	2005-12-09 02:06:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY545	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMOCRATIC CHOICE OF KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary: A February 9 ruling by an Almaty appeals court resulted in the liquidation of Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DCK) and raised serious questions about due process. Although the case can still be appealed to two higher levels of the courts, party leaders and lawyers are pessimist [...]	2005-02-10 08:43:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05AMMAN1099	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-09 11:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
05AMMAN1201	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-14 10:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
05AMMAN1436	BIO OF NEW PLANNING MINISTER TAYSEER AL-SMADI [...] (SBU) Minister of Planning Bassem Awadallah resigned on February 20; he told us he left in order to pursue a private-sector opportunity in Dubai (reftel). The Ministry,s Secretary-General Dr. Tayseer al-Smadi was sworn in on February 21 as the new Minister. Awadallah has retained responsibil [...]	2005-02-22 11:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EAID PGOV KMPI JO
05AMMAN1710	FY-05 STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES INSTITUTE FOR [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES DR. MOHAMMED OKOUR, SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SIPDIS FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE NOMINEES' BIODATA: PERSONAL INFORMATION: A. NAME: MOHAMMAD-JOM'A YASEEN "OKOUR" FIRST NAME: MOHAMMAD-JOM'A MIDDL [...]	2005-03-01 14:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
05AMMAN1725	ENGAGING JORDAN ON REDIRECTION OF IRAQI WMD [...] (SBU) Anne Harrington, Deputy Director of the Office of Proliferation Threat Reduction (NP/PTR),Richard Jarvis, PTR's Iraq Program Manager, and Amman's ESTH Hub Director visited several Amman-based NGOs to discuss their possible collaboration with State's program to redirect Iraqi WMD scienti [...]	2005-03-02 08:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL JO IZ TI
05AMMAN1783	SUSPECT IN FOLEY ASSASSINATION GETS NEW LAWYER; [...] (U) The State Security Court appointed a new lawyer for Muammar al-Jaghbir, who is being retried for his role in the assassination of USAID officer Laurence Foley. Separately, Jaghbir and Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi were formally charged on March 2 for bombing the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad in 2 [...]	2005-03-03 15:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PHUM IZ JO
05AMMAN2044	FORMER PM'S LICENSE APPLICATION IS A TEST FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The announcement by former Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb that he has applied for a new banking license has stirred up considerable interest in the Jordanian business community, but also provoked controversy and a war of words between Abul Ragheb and another former prime minister, [...]	2005-03-10 18:03:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PGOV JO
05AMMAN2051	JORDAN: ALI HATTAR SLANDER CASE PROCEEDS [...] (U) Defense witnesses testified on March 7 in the case of Engineers' Association member Ali Hattar, who is accused of slandering the government during a speech he delivered at the Professional Associations complex on December 14 (refs A and B). The lecture, entitled "Why We Boycott America," [...]	2005-03-13 06:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM JO
05AMMAN2094	JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT MOVES ON CASES [...] Two groups of local extremists charged with targeting U.S., Israeli, and GOJ interests last year appeared before the State Security Court in separate trials on March 7. The court also began the re-trial of Mustafa Siyyam, arrested in Iraq last year, on charges that he plotted to kill a Jorda [...]	2005-03-13 16:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PGOV PHUM JO
05AMMAN2889	TERRORISM CASES ADVANCE IN JORDAN'S SECURITY COURT [...] (U) Five separate terrorism cases moved forward in Jordan's State Security Court in recent weeks. The prosecution in the case of nine Zarqawi affiliates accused of plotting against the U.S. Embassy and GOJ targets last year called several witnesses. Muammar Jaghbir, accused of involvement [...]	2005-04-07 15:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV PHUM JO
05AMMAN2969	LIBERALS, TRADITIONALISTS BOTH EXPRESS THEIR [...] (C) Both liberal activists and their traditionalist opponents here voice reservations about the new Jordanian cabinet. Liberals have hailed the strong rhetorical emphasis on reform, but doubt the new government will be able to match its words with action. At the same time, traditionalist Eas [...]	2005-04-12 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI JO
05AMMAN3252	TRADITIONALISTS CONTINUE THEIR OPPOSITION TO NEW [...] (C) Despite overtures by the King and PM Badran, traditionalists in parliament have not withdrawn their opposition to the new cabinet. The GOJ is considering the addition to two new ministers from the south to address complaints of geographic inequity, but Finance Minister Bassem Awadallah [...]	2005-04-25 14:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL JO

05AMMAN3396	PARTICIPANTS IN PEACE PROCESS BIOSOLIDS WORKSHOP [...] Summary: Twenty-five representatives from Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority plus five USG officials met in Sydney March 7-10 in a Peace Process workshop on using biosolids in agriculture. The workshop was sponsored by the State Department and presented by USDA and EPA. Participant [...]	2005-04-28 14:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR PREL XF IS JO

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