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08BELGRADE372	SOUTHERN SERBIA COPES WITH NEW POLITICAL REALITIES [...] (SBU) In addition to the ongoing challenge of its integration with the rest of Serbia, the ethnically-mixed Presevo Valley is struggling with the impact of Kosovo independence on links across the new border. Politically, ethnic Albanian leaders are still divided between two camps: pro-integrat [...]	2008-04-14 14:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR

08BELGRADE374	SERBIA: GOS WILL IMPLEMENT THE UN TRAVEL BAN [...] (SBU) Serbia's Ministry for Foreign Affairs confirmed on April 14 that the Government of Serbia will fully implement the travel bans on designated Iranian proliferators, as authorized by UNSCRs 1737, 1747, and 1803. End Summary. Serbia will Implement Travel Ban ---------------------- [...]	2008-04-15 08:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR KNNP MNUC SR
08BELGRADE396	SERBIA: SOCIALISTS EAGER TO DEAL [...] (SBU) Serbia's Socialist Party appears to have enough support to win seats in the May 2008 parliamentary elections, and may even increase their parliamentary presence for the first time since the ouster from power of former party chairman and convicted war criminal Slobodan Milosevic. Party of [...]	2008-04-18 15:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE414	FOREIGN MINISTER: SERBIA MUST CHOOSE EU, BUT ONLY WITH [...] (SBU) Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told political science students and foreign diplomats that Serbia was at a crossroads and must choose to join the EU to bring stability and economic prosperity to the country. Playing the Kosovo card, Jeremic insisted Serbia would join the EU intact. [...]	2008-04-22 15:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE426	SERBIA GETS SAA, DEMOCRATS WIN BACK INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) A late-breaking decision by the EU to sign the SAA with Serbia boosts President Boris Tadic's Democratic Party coalition in advance of May 11 elections. Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic plans to travel to Luxembourg to sign today (April 29). Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic benefits po [...]	2008-04-29 13:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE429	SERBIA: ALBANIANS ON NATIONAL BALLOT [...] Ethnic Albanian parties from southern Serbia gathered enough signatures to put them on Serbia's May 11 parliamentary ballot. Albanian participation had been at risk after the Serbian authorities increased the number of signatures necessary for minority party registration from 3,000 to 10,000. [...]	2008-04-30 12:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE450	SERBIA: DEMOCRATS AND RADICALS STILL NECK AND NECK [...] (SBU) Serbia's radical and democratic parties are still running neck-and-neck toward the May 11 parliamentary elections. Despite tabloid press reports showing the democratic coalition with a small lead over the Radicals, more accurate polling data shows the Radicals maintaining its slight le [...]	2008-05-07 08:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KV SR
08BELGRADE452	SERBIA: IF THE RADICALS WIN [...] (SBU) A victory of the war crimes indictee Vojislav Seselj-led Serbian Radical Party (SRS) in the May 11 parliamentary elections would bring to power a leadership with no international experience and little common ground on the U.S. or EU priorities for democratic and economic development in [...]	2008-05-07 13:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TAGS
08BELGRADE474	SERBIAN ELECTIONS: DEMOCRATS TAKE PLURALITIES IN MOST [...] (SBU) In Serbia's May 11 local elections President Boris Tadic's Democratic Party-led "For a European Serbia" coalition won a plurality of seats in Belgrade and in 13 of Serbia's 21 other cities. Similar to parliamentary elections, the Democratic Party's (DS) and its partners' performance ove [...]	2008-05-14 04:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SR
08BELGRADE485	SOUTHERN SERBIA: ALBANIANS RETURN TO PARLIAMENT, MODERATES [...] (U) Albanians in Southern Serbia's Presevo Valley voted in record numbers on May 11 to return one representative to Serbia's national parliament. In local elections, moderate Serb and Albanian parties made gains against their more radical opponents in Bujanovac and Presevo. With no outright m [...]	2008-05-15 15:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE496	SERBIA'S SANDZAK: DESPITE PRO-DEMOCRATIC ELECTION RESULTS, [...] (SBU) Democratic forces in the Bosniak majority city of Novi Pazar won more votes than the party of strong arm Mayor Sulejman Ugljanin in May 11th's local election. Despite his second place finish, Ugljanin may still be able to maintain power with the help of a local Serb coalition and his pa [...]	2008-05-19 15:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL MW KV SR
08BELGRADE50	SERBIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS [...] (SBU) Upcoming Serbian presidential elections pit the incumbent President Boris Tadic against Radical Party Tomislav Nikolic in a race that Tadic will likely win in the second round of voting. The Radicals are running an effective campaign, however, presenting a kinder, gentler message that m [...]	2008-01-11 15:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE500	SERBIA: SPECULATION ON NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Although there has been little progress in the formation of Serbia's new coalition government, speculation is growing about who would be the Prime Minister of a democratic, European-leaning government. The leading candidates are individuals who would not pose a political threat to Presi [...]	2008-05-20 16:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SR PREL PGOV
08BELGRADE61	SERBIA ADOPTS KOSOVO ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) The Serbian Government on January 14 adopted a plan of official responses to a declaration of Kosovo independence. The government will not release the document to the public and no specifics of the plan are yet clear. Serbian officials, including the Foreign Minister, told us the plan [...]	2008-01-16 06:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE62	SERBIA ADOPTS KOSOVO ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) The Serbian Government on January 14 adopted a plan of official responses to a declaration of Kosovo independence. The government will not release the document to the public and no specifics of the plan are yet clear. Serbian officials, including the Foreign Minister, told us the plan [...]	2008-01-16 06:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE745	SERBIA: KEY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS FORMED, BELGRADE STILL [...] (SBU) After more than two months of negotiations, many key municipalities in Serbia have now formed their new local governments. Many local coalition agreements were dependent on the formation of the national coalition government, which took place July 7. Only in Central Serbia and Vojvodina [...]	2008-07-24 19:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV SR
08BELGRADE755	SERBIA: OSCE HDIM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Per Ref A instructions, Poloff on July 25 delivered the demarche on the upcoming OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) to Marina Ivanovic of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate for Human Rights. 2. Poloff provided Ivanovic with a modified copy of the points concerning S [...]	2008-07-25 19:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM SR
08BELGRADE76	SERBIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: TOO CLOSE TO CALL [...] (SBU) Democratic Party candidate for reelection, President Boris Tadic, faces stiff competition from Radical contender Tomislav Nikolic in Serbia's January 20 presidential elections, and Tadic is losing ground. Nikolic's slick campaign reinvented the candidate as a kind, trustworthy grandfath [...]	2008-01-18 16:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE77	SERBIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: TOO CLOSE TO CALL [...] (SBU) Democratic Party candidate for reelection, President Boris Tadic, faces stiff competition from Radical contender Tomislav Nikolic in Serbia's January 20 presidential elections, and Tadic is losing ground. Nikolic's slick campaign reinvented the candidate as a kind, trustworthy grandfath [...]	2008-01-18 18:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE78	SERBIAN VOTERS HEAD TO POLLS IN FORCE [...] (SBU) In a country where the number of conspiracy theories exceeds the population, the assumption is that Saint John (whom Orthodox Serbs celebrate today) and the Democratic Party conspired to ensure the fine weather that brought voters to the polls in record numbers for Serbia's first round of [...]	2008-01-21 10:44:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE95	SERBIA: ONE WEEK FROM DECISION DAY, DEAD HEAT FOR ELECTION [...] (SBU) Incumbent President Boris Tadic and presidential hopeful Radical Party Tomislav Nikolic continue neck-to-neck in the run-up to the run-off for Serbia's presidency. In the days since the January 20 first round of voting, the candidates have begun to differentiate their visions for Serbia [...]	2008-01-25 10:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE98	SERBIA'S CAMPAIGN FINANCE: WINNER TAKES (ALMOST) ALL [...] (SBU) The winner of Serbia's Presidential elections will receive more than $6 million in state funds to offset the cost of what is becoming an increasingly expensive campaign. Serbia's 2004 law on political party financing makes available public funds to offset campaign expenses of candidates [...]	2008-01-25 15:49:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELMOPAN149	BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 20:18:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH
08BELMOPAN222	BELIZE DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NPT PREP COMMITTEE MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 17:48:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA BH
08BELMOPAN223	BELIZE DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 17:48:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES EUN PHUM BH
08BELMOPAN254	BELIZE RESPONSE TO GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] On May 19, Poloff met with Ayesha Borland of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss reftel concerning Global Maritime Partnerships (GMP). 2. Ms. Borland stated that Belize, as a sea-bordering nation, would have an interest in and could certainly benefit from an organization that promo [...]	2008-05-20 17:41:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PHSA
08BELMOPAN325	BELIZE: OUTSTANDING EXTRADITION REQUESTS [...] Charge and Poloff called July 10 on Attorney General Sedi Elrington to discuss outstanding extradition requests for Mark and Gary Seawell and Rhett Fuller. We sought assurances that the recent change over of the Solicitor General would not add additional delay to the cases. 2. Elrington [...]	2008-07-10 21:18:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CJAN ASEC BH
08BELMOPAN343	GOB STILL "IMAGINING THE POSSIBILITIES" IN THE BUDGET [...] (U) On July 14 2008, Prime Minister Dean Barrow presented the national budget for FY 2008/2009 budget. It is a relatively balanced budget of US$412.4 million, up by 12.2% over last year's revised figure of US$367.7 million. Much of the increase results from capital III expenditures aimed at p [...]	2008-07-24 20:59:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV
08BELMOPAN376	BELIZE DEMARCHES DELIVERED: IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 22:05:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN BH
08BELMOPAN378	BELIZE DEMARCHES DELIVERED: REJECTING RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 20:48:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU BH
08BELMOPAN400	BELIZE RESPONSE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ayesha Borland, Desk Officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff expressed the U.S. commitment to protect human rights and urged the GOB to take a stand against all no-action motions. Ms. Borland responded that Belize has in the past supported a [...]	2008-09-12 21:01:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN BH
08BELMOPAN423	BELIZE RESPONSE: HIJACKING OF BELIZE-FLAGGED CARGO [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche September 27 to Mr. Oliver del Cid, Deputy Coordinator of the National Security Council Secretariat, Ministry of National Security. Mr. del Cid stated that IMMARBE, the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize, was concerned about the welfare of t [...]	2008-09-27 21:17:00	Embassy Belmopan	SECRET	EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG UP BH
08BELMOPAN438	BELIZE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON M/V FAINA [...] (SBU) Post received an e-mail message from Oliver del Cid, Deputy Coordinator of the National Security Council of Belize on Monday October 13, 2008. The email includes correspondence from the Belizean ship registry office and from TOMEX, the ship's agent. The text of the forwarded messages is [...]	2008-10-14 20:50:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA BH
08BELMOPAN46	BELIZE: AUDITOR GENERAL ISSUES SCATHING REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The most recent report of Belize's Auditor General paints a bleak picture of "widespread" waste, fraud and abuse in the public sector. Like many of the reports of scandals and corruption in the current government, this one made a brief sensation in the press and then faded fr [...]	2008-01-24 19:31:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI BH
08BELMOPAN505	BELIZE: MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES ON LAND TITLES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge and POLOFF met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources Gaspar Vega on December 3, 2008. Vega said he was working hard to eliminate the backlog of over 5,000 land transfer and title cases inherited from the previous government. He estimated it will t [...]	2008-12-04 22:36:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET BH
08BELMOPAN51	BELIZE OAS SANTA ROSA PROJECT UPDATE [...] On January 23, Poloff spoke with Sergio Benitez, the Deputy Director of the OAS closely working on the Santa Rosa relocation project in Belize. He stated that last week he received a special request from the GOB to expedite the completion of three of the remaining nine houses to February 4. [...]	2008-01-25 16:35:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS OAS GT BH
08BERLIN1006	MERKEL TRIP COMMUNICATES STAUNCH OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Chancellor Merkel delivered a sobering message on MAP and an EU membership perspective for Ukraine during her July 21 visit to Kiev. According to Chancellery Russia and Eastern Europe Division chief Norman Walter. Merkel made clear that Germany supported Ukraine's eventual membership in [...]	2008-07-24 10:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1066	GERMANY RELUCTANT TO MAINTAIN TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) PolOffs delivered reftel points to Mark Bogdahn, deputy head of the Western Balkans Division at the German MFA, and desk officer for Serbia, Silja Weibel, on August 1. PolOffs noted that a premature lifting of the travel ban on the Karadzic family could negatively impact OHR's removal of P [...]	2008-08-05 16:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC ICTY PREL ETTC SR GM
08BERLIN1081	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GERMAN FOREIGN OFFICE ON NEW [...] (C) On 7 August 2008, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Alexander Fierley, desk officer responsible for Southeast Asia at the German Foreign Office. POLOFF explained the Tom Lantos Block Burmese Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts (JADE) Act of 2008, and provided Fierley with a list of the 10 c [...]	2008-08-08 07:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD BM
08BERLIN1101	GERMANY'S VIEW OF GEORGIA: FRUSTRATION RISING BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting DCM accompanied by POLOFF delivered REF (A) points to Foreign Office acting Political Director Emily Haber on August 12. Haber expressed the MFA's frustration with Russian actions in Georgia but stressed Germany's decision to wait for a readout from French Foreign Ministe [...]	2008-08-12 12:08:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08BERLIN113	GERMANY IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Acting Head of the European Correspondent Office Thomas Schieb on January 25. Schieb noted that the Western Balkans, Iran, Israeli-Palestinian Peace, Lebanon, Pakistan, Sudan/Dafur/Chad, and Kenya were currently on the GAERC agenda. -------------- [...]	2008-01-25 17:34:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV KVIR IR IZ IS SU
08BERLIN1155	GERMANY TO DOUBLE GEORGIAN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) The German Foreign Office announced August 19 that Germany would increase its humanitarian assistance to Georgia from 1 million to 2 million euros. POLOFF spoke on August 20 with Georgia Desk Officer Gosse at the MFA for more detail on the additional one million euros. Gosse confirmed tha [...]	2008-08-21 05:30:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM
08BERLIN1156	GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN'S IAEA BID [...] (C) PolOff delivered ref points to Martin Langer, head of the IAEA unit in the German MFA's Nuclear Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Office on August 19. Langer expressed agreement that "nearly any other option would be an improvement over Syria or Iran as a member of the IAEA's Board of Go [...]	2008-08-21 05:31:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR SY AF
08BERLIN1173	GERMANY: HUMANITARIAN AID LIMITED BY RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF met August 21 with Deputy Head of the Task Force for Humanitarian Aid and Mine Action Oliver Owcza and Desk Officer Miriam Lenz to discuss the findings of the delegation to Georgia August 20 and 21 (Ref A). Owcza and Lenz charged that the Russians had interfered with the d [...]	2008-08-22 13:10:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM
08BERLIN1175	GERMANY CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier August 20 welcomed the release of Belarusian political prisoners Andrey Kim and Syarhey Parsyukevich and noted that Belarus had taken an important step towards improving relations with the EU. PolOffs met with MFA desk officer for Belarus, [...]	2008-08-22 15:36:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PREL PHUM RU GG PGOV BO
08BERLIN1176	GERMANY CAREFULLY WATCHING RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met with MFA Division Head for Russia and Ukraine Ernst Reichel to discuss the Russian troop withdrawal from Georgia on August 22. Reichel emphasized that Russia's actions over the next day are vital for mitigating damage to its relations and reputation. Although confusi [...]	2008-08-22 16:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU
08BERLIN1187	GERMANY REACTS STRONGLY TO RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials reacted strongly to Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia August 26. See para 7 for the full text of a German government statement on the matter. During a visit to Estonia today, Chancellor Merkel said the recognition was "absolutely unacceptable" [...]	2008-08-26 16:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU
08BERLIN120	AMBASSADOR CULTIVATES TIES WITH YOUNG FDP LEADERS [...] (C) Ambassador Timken and senior embassy officers hosted a dinner for eight young up-and-coming Free Democrat (FDP) federal parliamentarians January 23 in order to foster a working relationship and discuss policy issues of mutual interest. Born from a recent meeting between the Ambassador and [...]	2008-01-29 09:20:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1219	GERMAN THOUGHTS ON SERBIA'S ICJ PUSH AND THE EULEX [...] (C) PolOff delivered points in ref (A) to Mark Bogdahn, deputy head of the Western Balkans Division at the German MFA, and desk officer for Kosovo, Dr. Michael Geisler, on September 2 to determine the level of German engagement to counter a Serb effort to seek an UNGA referral on Kosovo indepe [...]	2008-09-04 10:43:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC ICTY PREL ETTC SR GM KV
08BERLIN1227	GERMANY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POSITIONS ON UNGA THIRD [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Deputy Head of the Human Rights Department Martin Huth September 4 and spoke with Chancellery Advisor on Global Issues, the United Nations and Human Rights Edgar Gansen on September 5 on reftel points. Both expressed strong support for the U.S. positions on no-action mo [...]	2008-09-05 14:27:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN GM
08BERLIN1254	GERMANY WORKING WITHIN EU FOR DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) On 12 September 2008, POLOFFs delivered reftel demarche to Christiane Botschen, Deputy Director for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean at the German Foreign Office. Botschen informed POLOFFs that Germany and the EU shared the same concerns as the United States about Nicaragua's re [...]	2008-09-12 09:56:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL GC NU RU
08BERLIN1261	GERMANY/GEORGIA: STATUS OF EU OBSERVER MISSION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German government is using numerous bilateral and multilateral tools to assist Georgia in its recovery from the recent war with Russia. Germany strongly supports the EU observer mission in Georgia and seems determined to meet the October 1 deployment deadline. Chancellor Merk [...]	2008-09-12 15:54:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU
08BERLIN1273	GERMANY: NO PLANS FOR FORMAL REJECTION OF RUSSIAN [...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel points to Head of the Russia and Ukraine Division Ernst Reichel September 14. 2. (C) While agreeing that the Russian claim was unfounded, Reichel said the GOG viewed it as unnecessary to issue a formal statement. At this time, Germany also has no intention of pu [...]	2008-09-16 14:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM GG RS GM XG XH
08BERLIN1285	GERMANY PASSES ON OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON [...] (C) Summary: German MFA officials responsible for energy policy and Iran are reluctant to engage Poland and Croatia on their efforts to develop Iranian natural gas resources. They expressed a preference for United Nations action, as well as very keen interest in learning more about the respo [...]	2008-09-18 15:00:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETTC PREL HR PL IR GM
08BERLIN1286	GERMANY: MOVING FORWARD WITH EU OBSERVER MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany plans to have 18 of the 40 observers it has pledged for the EU observer mission on the ground in Georgia early next week, with the additional 22 on standby should the EU need them. Contacts at MFA and the German Government Center for International Peace Operations (Zentru [...]	2008-09-18 15:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EUN
08BERLIN1295	GERMANY: COLLAPSE OF ORANGE COALITION PULLS MAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts at MFA and the Chancellery indicated that the collapse of the Orange Coalition in Ukraine makes MAP improbable in the near or medium term. POLOFF met with MFA Division Head for Russia and Ukraine Ernst Reichel September 19, who hoped that Germany and the U.S. would come [...]	2008-09-19 13:24:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1314	GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN'S IAEA BID [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to Hans Koeppel, desk officer in the MFA's Nuclear Arms Control (REF 240) Division on September 18. Koeppel, who was backstopping his colleague Martin Langer while Langer was on a trip to Washington with the German Political Director, Volker Stanzel, reiterate [...]	2008-09-23 15:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR SY AF
08BERLIN1318	GERMANY LOOKING FOR SMALL STEP FORWARD IN BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA and Chancellery contacts appeared in agreement regarding Belarus and expected the EU to ease restrictions following the Belarussian parliamentary elections on September 28. The GOG hopes that the elections will reflect "an improvement over last time," which in conjunction wi [...]	2008-09-24 11:57:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PREL PHUM RU GG PGOV BO
08BERLIN1337	HNN FOR ACTIVATION OF MARINE COMPONENT FOR US [...] (C) On September 25 DATTOFF delivered reftel points in letter form to MOD contacts Lieutenant Colonel Juergen Joachim von Sandrart (North America Bilaterals Desk Officer - German Joint Staff J31) and Lieutenant Colonel Jared Sembritzki (Africa Bilaterals Desk Officer - German Joint Staff J31). [...]	2008-09-26 14:29:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM MARR NATO PREL AF
08BERLIN137	EMERGING 5-PARTY LANDSCAPE COULD YIELD FRAGILE [...] (C) Key state elections in Germany indicate an emerging 5-party political landscape, bringing with it increasing complexity in the formation of fragile coalitions. A possible result could be continuation of a national Grand Coalition after 2009. Both the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Soc [...]	2008-02-04 17:11:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1377	GERMANY: OCTOBER 2 CONSULTATIONS WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the October 2 German-Russian consultations in St. Petersburg, Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier engaged in "friendly" and "non-confrontational" discussions, according to Chancellery and MFA contacts. While stressing that the consultations were limited in s [...]	2008-10-09 14:30:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1407	GERMANY: UNCERTAIN ABOUT AID PACKAGE AND MIXED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Office Director for South Caucasus and Central Asia Maria Gosse on October 14, who stressed that Germany plans on delivering an aid package for Georgia and the region, but is unlikely to provide direct budget support. Gosse also shared [...]	2008-10-17 13:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM
08BERLIN1444	GERMANY UNLIKELY TO CHANGE STANCE ON DE-ALERTING [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 12:08:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	GM MNUC NATO PARM UNGA
08BERLIN1474	GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO U.S. MEASURES ON EDBI / EIHB [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In response to ref A, German Ministry of Finance officials stated there are no clear facts to connect Europaisich-Iranische Handelsbank AG (EIHB) to the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) and that, further, Germany [...]	2008-10-30 17:23:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MUNC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM
08BERLIN1484	GERMAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND NOVEMBER [...] (C) In addition to transatlantic relations, EU foreign ministers are expected to use their November 3 informal "Gymnich" lunch in Marseille to discuss options for EU support of the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including the possibility of deploying an EU battlegroup Germany [...]	2008-10-31 15:53:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RS IS AF PK SY LE SO IR
08BERLIN1517	DAS GARBER IN BERLIN: GERMANY SIGNALS ITS INTEREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: During EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Judith Garber's meetings with MFA and Chancellery officials on October 22, contacts shared concern as to whether the Russian actions in Georgia were a "one-off occurrence" or reflected a new pattern in Russian foreign policy. MFA and Chance [...]	2008-11-06 14:28:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1526	GERMANY EXPECTS RESUMPTION OF EU PCA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points to MFA Head of the Russia and Ukraine Division Ernst Reichel. Reichel expected the resumption of PCA negotiations to be approved at a ministers' lunch today during the GAERC, and did not share the concern that Russian President Medvedev's security proposal [...]	2008-11-10 15:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV GG RS
08BERLIN1530	GERMANY LOBBYING AGAINST IRAN NO-ACTION MOTION [...] (C) Deputy Head of the Human Rights Division of the MFA Martin Huth told Poloff November 10 that the MFA had tasked its embassies in Madagascar and India November 7 to demarche their respective host governments to vote against the no-action motion on Iran (per reftel). Huth told Poloff in a f [...]	2008-11-12 13:07:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GM
08BERLIN1554	GERMANY: EXPECTATIONS LOW FOR NOVEMBER 19 GENEVA [...] (C)SUMMARY. Contacts at the MFA and the Chancellery remain hopeful that the Geneva Talks will succeed in bringing all parties--especially Abkhazia and South Ossetia--to the table on November 19. Poloffs met with Chancellery Desk Officer for South Caucasus and Central Asia Agapi Nehring, who [...]	2008-11-18 09:47:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM NATO EUN
08BERLIN1561	"YES WE CEM": GREENS ELECT GERMANY'S FIRST ETHNIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Greens elected pragmatic Cem Oezdemir party co-chair -- Germany's first ethnic Turkish national party leader -- during its November 14-16 party convention and sought to jump-start its sagging polls with a "Green New Deal" combining financial market reforms with investment in [...]	2008-11-19 11:43:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV PREL AF GM
08BERLIN1567	GERMANY SUPPORTS EU'S DOUBLE-EDGED APPROACH TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany appears satisfied with how the EU-Russia Summit unfolded in Nice on November 14, according to contacts in the Chancellery and MFA. Germany was eager to restart Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) negotiations, but supports launching an Eastern Partnership with c [...]	2008-11-21 09:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM NATO EUN
08BERLIN1597	GERMANY STICKING TO UNSCR 1816 BUT OPEN TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel to MFA Deputy Division Head of ESDP Jens Beikuefner, ESDP Desk Officer Stefan Roessel, and UN Policy Desk Officer Dirk Stockhausen on November 28. Although contacts strongly opposed a technical resolution delaying UNSCR 1816 for two weeks, they supported extending [...]	2008-11-28 15:37:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08BERLIN1601	STEINMEIER PLANNING FIRST TRIP TO IRAQ -- SIGNALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: German Minister of Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier is planning to visit Iraq in January 2009 soon after President-Elect Obama's inauguration -- his first visit as FM. According to the MFA, the visit comes on the heels of positive news from Iraq regarding the security and [...]	2008-12-01 13:54:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IQ EUN ECON
08BERLIN1609	MFA GIVES REASSURANCES ON STOCKPILING OF US [...] (C) Summary: PolOff discussed German thoughts and activities on cluster munitions with MFA officials prior to FM Steinmeier's December 3 trip to Oslo to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). Seeking to allay US concerns, contacts noted that Germany already briefed NATO allies about [...]	2008-12-02 16:47:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO GM
08BERLIN1636	GERMAN SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO REMAINS STRONG DESPITE [...] (U) PolOff met with German MFA Deputy Office Director for the Balkans Mark Bogdahn December 5 to discuss the fallout from the recent arrest of three German Bundesnachtrichtendienst (BND) officers accused of the November 14 bombing of the EU building in Pristina, as well as to review developmen [...]	2008-12-09 12:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO EUN SR GM KS
08BERLIN1663	GERMANS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT RELATIONS WITH POLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA and Chancellery contacts viewed Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski's visit to Berlin on December 5-6 and the bilateral government consultations in Warsaw on December 8 as the culmination of a year's worth of hard work by both countries to improve relations. However, Germany is [...]	2008-12-12 14:08:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET SENV PL GM
08BERLIN1684	GERMANY PLEASED WITH EULEX LAUNCH; CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with German MFA Office Director for the Western Balkans Jutta Schmitz December 12 to discuss her thoughts on progress in Serbia and Kosovo, including the successful launch of the EULEX mission, and concerns about the latest developments in Macedonia and Bosnia and Herze [...]	2008-12-18 12:55:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO EUN SR GM KS BK MK SI
08BERLIN1689	ROUND 55 - HOST NATION NOTIFICATION REGARDING [...] (S) Post delivered the host national notification regarding the return of 192 vacant housing units in the U.S. Army Europe's Mark Twain Village Housing area in Heidelberg, Germany. Poloff delivered the letter to MFA North America Desk Officer Wert Boerner at 1430 local time on December 18, an [...]	2008-12-19 13:05:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MARR NATO PREL GM
08BERLIN1692	GERMANY: MIXED VIEWS OF THE NEW EASTERN PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. German contacts support the EU's new Eastern Partnership (EP) in part because it offers increased cooperation with eastern neighbors while falling short of moving toward membership and in part because it responds to Russian aggression in Georgia by bringing the eastern neighbors [...]	2008-12-19 13:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU SW GM RS
08BERLIN194	ERDOGAN INFLAMES INTEGRATION AND TURKISH EU [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's overtures to the Turkish community and statements against assimilation during his February 7-10 visit to Germany caused a political tempest. His call for Turks living in Germany to reaffirm strong ties to Turkey and educate their child [...]	2008-02-15 15:43:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM KISL
08BERLIN209	MOMENTUM FOR UNSC REFORM SUBDUED IN GERMANY [...] (C) Although momentum seemed to pick up last year for German leadership on the issue of UNSC reform, the German Foreign Ministry does not predict significant forward momentum on this issue in the coming year, primarily for reasons to do with the UN meeting calendar and planning logistics. Ne [...]	2008-02-20 16:30:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC GM
08BERLIN211	IRAN - GERMAN FINANCE MINISTRY SUPPORTS LISTING BANK MELLI, BUT REMAINS SKEPTICAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 17:53:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETRD EU GM IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08BERLIN265	BECK'S RISKY GAMBIT DIVIDES SPD, STRENGTHENS MERKEL [...] (C) Summary: SPD Chairman Kurt Beck's declared opening to cooperation with the Left Party in Hesse and the West threatens to divide the SPD, potentially playing into the hands of Chancellor Merkel's CDU. By forcing through a decision to allow the SPD's Andrea Ypsilanti to be elected as Hesse [...]	2008-03-03 17:28:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN273	GERMANY BACKS MALDIVES DRAFT RESOLUTION, [...] (SBU) On February 28, ECONOFF delivered reftel points to Karsten Sach, Deputy Director General for International Cooperation at the Environment Ministry. Sach is also Germany's lead climate negotiator. Sach passed our request to both Christian Lindemann and Marcus Schroeder, who handle inter [...]	2008-03-04 17:08:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC
08BERLIN286	GERMANY SUPPRTS DISCUSSIONS ON KOSOVO OUTSIDE [...] (C) PolOff delivered points in Reftel to Dr.Steffen Koch, desk officer for Defense and Securty Policy at the German Federal Foreign Office. Koch said Germany shared our disappointment that the February 25 meeting with EU and NATO countries to discuss Kosovo could not proceed as hoped. He exp [...]	2008-03-05 16:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO GM KV
08BERLIN292	IRAN: TALKING POINTS SHARED WITH GERMANY ON UNSCR [...] (U) Post delivered copies of reftel nonpaper to relevant offices at the MFA and the Ministry of Economics on March 4. 2. (C) MFA Arms Control Directorate Desk Officer Christoph Wolfrum told Poloff that he expected additional EU designations, which had been held up by EU Member States p [...]	2008-03-07 12:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL GM IR
08BERLIN295	GERMAN FOREIGN OFFICE AND BUNDESTAG MEMBER ON CUBA [...] (C) Summary: German Foreign Office Latin America Commissioner Gerhard Schroembgens underscored German support for the EU's dual-track approach to Cuba and told us that Germany has called on EU Development Commissioner Michel to meet with opposition and civil society figures while in Havana. [...]	2008-03-07 16:51:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EUN CU GM
08BERLIN313	(C) STEINMEIER COULD ECLIPSE BECK AS SPD [...] (C) Summary. A physically and politically weakened SPD Chairman Kurt Beck returned to work March 10 after a two-week illness and botched political machinations amidst rampant speculation about his political future. SPD sources tell us that although Beck will likely remain SPD party chairman, h [...]	2008-03-12 12:36:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN322	IRAN: BUNDESTAG PASSES RESOLUTION CALLING FOR FREE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 6, the German Bundestag passed a unanimous resolution on the upcoming Iranian parliamentary elections, calling for a free and fair campaign and free and democratic elections. Speakers from Germany's four main political parties underscored the deteriorating Iranian huma [...]	2008-03-13 16:23:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM IR GM
08BERLIN323	IRAN: MFA ON MAJLES ELECTION STATEMENT, [...] (C) PolOff (Iran-watcher) shared reftel talking points and the draft USG statement on the March 14 Iranian parliamentary election with MFA Iran Desk Officer Deike Potzel on March 12. Potzel recommended that the statement should frame the Iranian election in terms of international standards, [...]	2008-03-13 16:23:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IR GM
08BERLIN325	CURRENT GERMAN ENGAGEMENT IN IRAQ: SMALL, STEADY, [...] (SBU) Summary: German engagement in Iraq remains small, but there are a few improvements of note. The opening of a new office in Erbil, revived and additional training programs, and participation in multi-lateral forums demonstrate that Germany is quietly investigating ways to increase its en [...]	2008-03-13 16:46:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IQ EUN
08BERLIN326	NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO GET MORE OUT OF GERMANY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: German press and politicians have been responding with reluctant optimism to news of generally declining violence in Iraq over the past nine months. With this shift come fresh opportunities to engage Germany and increase German involvement with the Iraqi government, business, a [...]	2008-03-13 16:49:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IQ EUN
08BERLIN335	EMERGING LEFT PARTY SHAKES UP GERMAN POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: The Left Party's electoral successes in western states and gains in the national polls over the past year have transformed this once fringe party of former communists into a weighty political force. The merger of smaller post-communist parties to form the Left Party last year ha [...]	2008-03-14 16:41:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN356	WSJ OP-ED: GERMANS PUSHING FOR MORE DISARMAMENT [...] (U) Summary: Germany is a challenge for the U.S. on the issue of arms control and disarmament, often critical of our efforts and poorly informed about our activities. The January 15 Wall Street Journal op-ed by Kissinger, Schultz, Perry, and Nunn -- which supported inter alia the goal of elim [...]	2008-03-20 09:37:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO PGOV NRRC GM MARR KCFE
08BERLIN365	GERMANY'S REACTION TO UNREST IN TIBET [...] (C) On March 18, PolOff with Thomas Gerberich, the lead China desk officer at the German MFA, to discuss the latest developments in Tibet and the German response to the situation. Although German officials have said they oppose boycotting the Olympics to protest the Chinese government's heav [...]	2008-03-20 16:57:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CH GM
08BERLIN379	GERMAN VIEWS ON APRIL 28-29 GYMNICH [...] (U) PolOff discussed German reaction to REFTEL points with MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger on April 26 points regarding the April 28-29 GYMNICH meeting. Western Balkans --------------- 2. (C) Fluegger noted that Germany and the U.S. are on the same page "on all points" regar [...]	2008-03-26 17:46:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN381	CORRECTED DATES: GERMAN VIEWS ON MARCH 28-29 [...] (U) PolOff discussed German reaction to REFTEL points with MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger on April 26 points regarding the March 28-29 GYMNICH meeting. Western Balkans --------------- 2. (C) Fluegger noted that Germany and the U.S. are on the same page "on all points" regar [...]	2008-03-27 08:26:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN382	CORRECTED DATES: GERMAN VIEWS ON MARCH 28-29 [...] (U) PolOff discussed German reaction to REFTEL points with MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger on March 26 points regarding the March 28-29 GYMNICH meeting. Western Balkans --------------- 2. (C) Fluegger noted that Germany and the U.S. are on the same page "on all points" regar [...]	2008-03-27 08:34:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN399	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: URGING FASTER PROCESSING OF [...] (C) Poloff met March 12 with the head of the German Finance Ministry's Nazi-era restitution section, Dr. Hermann-Josef Rodenbach, to deliver reftel points. Dr. Rodenbach welcomed USG efforts to encourage the Finance Ministry to move faster on processing restitution claims stemming from the Na [...]	2008-03-31 12:58:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNAR PHUM GM

08BERLIN400	PSI: GERMANY APPRECIATES RECEIPT OF TALKING [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Arms Control desk officer Thomas Mutzelburg March 28. Mutzelburg expressed appreciation for the points but asked why a summary of the German-led discussion on the classified PSI website was not included. He noted that this discussion was well-received [...]	2008-03-31 13:05:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AORC EAIR ICAO OTRA KTIA
08BERLIN408	GERMANY ALSO QUESTIONS CANADIAN PROPOSAL, SHARES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany shares U.S. concerns that the Canadian proposal on interoperability for the Oslo Process text on cluster munitions will not provide a long-term solution to the problem. Germany has put forth its own proposal for how to address the interoperability issue, which it plans to [...]	2008-04-01 13:00:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PARM PREL NATO GM
08BERLIN421	GERMANY INCREASES CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASSIST IRAQI [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to Iraq Unit head Dr. Ruediger Lotz and desk officer Thomas Lenferding on March 31. Dr. Lotz expressed appreciation for the information and noted that in the coming days, a number of announcements regarding assistance for Iraqi refugees would be made. Lotz a [...]	2008-04-03 12:49:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL IQ GM
08BERLIN435	GERMAN RESPONSE TO IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL BAN AND [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PolOff (Iran Watcher) and Global Affairs Officer delivered reftel points to the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Iran Desk and the MFA Export Control Division respectively. The Export Control Division emphasized [...]	2008-04-08 11:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP IR UNSC GM
08BERLIN500	CHANCELLERY WEIGHS IN FAVORABLY ON SPEED OF [...] (C) On April 17, Embassy Poloffs met with the Chancellery Budgetary Policy Chief Ludger Schlief to discuss facilitating property restitution to Nazi-era victims (see reftels). Schlief acknowledged that the Finance Ministry was not making adequate progress on the processing of restitution claims [...]	2008-04-22 07:23:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNAR PHUM KIRF GM
08BERLIN52	EMBASSY BERLIN'S ENGAGEMENT WITH DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Embassy Berlin has carried out a variety of Freedom Agenda-related activities over the last year, focusing on Cuba and the Middle East. 2. (C) CUBA: On December 12, 2007, Ambassador Timken gave a laudatory speech on the occasion of awarding the 2007 "Dr. Rainer Hildebrandt Medal" t [...]	2008-01-11 17:23:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GM IR SY CU
08BERLIN541	GERMANY ON APRIL 28-29 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol-mil/external chief met with MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb April 25 to discuss reftel points on key issues to be discussed at the April 28-29 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). The Western Balkans, the Middle East, Burma, Zimbabwe and [...]	2008-04-25 17:02:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL GM IR RS KV BK BM IZ ZI PK ZL
08BERLIN569	U.S. DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel to Christoph Wolfrum, desk officer in MFA's Arms Control Division, on April 30. Wolfrum expressed appreciation for the nonpaper, adding that at first glance, there was "nothing surprising" in the U.S. position. He noted that Germany's delegation had already travele [...]	2008-05-02 12:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG MNUC PARM PREL IAEA
08BERLIN570	GERMAN RESPONSE: NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel to Christoph Wolfrum, desk officer in MFA's Arms Control Division, on April 30. Wolfrum expressed appreciation for the nonpaper, adding that at first glance, there was "nothing surprising" in the U.S. position. He noted that Germany's delegation had already travele [...]	2008-05-02 12:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG MNUC PARM PREL IAEA
08BERLIN605	GERMANY DISCUSSES POSITION(S) ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Summary: POL MC pressed German Deputy Arms Control Commissioner Ruediger Luedeking on the interoperability implications of the Dublin meeting on cluster munitions, urging the "like-minded" group to remove paragraphs 1 (b) and (c) of the draft text and stressed the importance of a strong an [...]	2008-05-09 12:04:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO GM
08BERLIN615	GERMANY WILL PARTICIPATE IN INT'L COMPACT WITH [...] (U) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Iraq Desk Director Dr. Ruediger Lotz May 7. Lotz noted that Germany would again participate in the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial in Stockholm. Due to scheduling reasons, FM Steinmeier will likely not attend, but State Secretary Sil [...]	2008-05-09 15:04:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN626	IRAN: GERMAN RESPONSE ON 60-DAY REPORT TO UN [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel to MFA Office Director for Middle East Affairs Sabine Sparwasser on May 8. Sparwasser expressed thanks for the U.S. report to the UNSC on implementation of UNSCR 1803. She said that German implementation of UNSCR 1803 will take place on two tracks: Germany-wide [...]	2008-05-13 14:13:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY GM IR
08BERLIN629	MERKEL'S LATIN AMERICA TRIP HIGHLIGHTS DIVIDE...OR [...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Merkel's four-country tour of Latin America got unexpected media attention after Hugo Chavez compared the Chancellor's CDU to the Nazi party. Reflecting their differences in other areas, the CDU and Social Democratic Party (SPD) are promoting different approaches to Lat [...]	2008-05-13 18:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CU XM GM
08BERLIN664	GERMANY ON BANK MELLI: RESPONSE TO BANK MELLI [...] (S) Post delivered reftel points to relevant governmental contacts who did not offer substantive responses. EconOff delivered reftel points May 15 to the Ministry of Finance Deputy Director for Financial Crimes, Terrorist Finance, and Money Laundering Kristina Wogatzki. Wogatzki expressed [...]	2008-05-20 11:29:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	KNNP ECON EFIN ETTC MNUC GM IR
08BERLIN685	GERMAN MFA DELEGATION VISITS TEHRAN, LEAVES TOUGH [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: A senior-level MFA delegation visited Iran April 22-23. While the German delegation members pressed their Iranian hosts on both the nuclear issue and the Iranian regime's threats against Israel, they did not deliver criticism of Iran's role in Iraq and Afghanistan, nor did [...]	2008-05-22 10:32:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GM IR IZ AF LE SY IS
08BERLIN714	GERMANY AGREES WITH POINTS IN U.S. NONPAPER ON [...] (C) PolOff delivered Reftel points to Hellmut Hoffmann, Director of the MFA's Office for Nuclear Arms Control, on May 30. Hoffmann expressed appreciation for the points and noted Germany's ongoing concern for Iran's lack of "full cooperation" with the IAEA and the UN. After quickly reading [...]	2008-05-30 14:52:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA GM IR
08BERLIN715	GERMANY WILL BE REPRESENTED (BARELY) AT FRIENDS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 15:10:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL GM IQ
08BERLIN745	SCHWAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY IS SPD'S LATEST HAIL [...] (C) Summary: Faced with continued losses in the polls, the Social Democrats (SPD) have been trying on new tactics like various badly fitting dresses for a prom, each one redder than the last. The latest has been the baffling decision to run Professor Gesine Schwan against the popular incumbent [...]	2008-06-05 16:04:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN801	KOSOVO 120 DAYS LATER -- GERMANY REMAINS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since Kosovo's coordinated declaration of independence on February 17 and through the transfer of power from the UN to the government of Kosovo following the entry-into-force of its constitution on June 15, Germany has continued to coordinate closely with the United States and oth [...]	2008-06-18 06:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GM KV
08BERLIN810	GERMAN MFA READOUT OF SOLANA VISIT TO TEHRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Upon receiving ref A points, the German MFA's Iran Desk provided a preliminary readout of the June 13-15 visit by EU High Representative Solana to Iran to deliver the P5 1 incentive package. The Iran Desk described Iranian FM Mottaki as "tough and tight" in his meeting with Sol [...]	2008-06-19 13:47:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR GM
08BERLIN875	NORTH KOREA DEMARCHE: GERMAN RESPONSE [...] (C) PolOff delivered the paper to Ellen Goelz, desk officer for Nuclear Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at the German MFA on June 30. Goelz noted her appreciation for the comprehensive information and promised to share it with other Korea Watchers within the GoG. While noting that the con [...]	2008-07-03 09:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KN KNNP GM
08BERLIN876	NASA-CNSA CIVIL SPACE COOPERATION: GERMAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Ellen Goelz, desk officer for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at the German MFA on June 30. Goelz welcomed the talks and noted that Germany will continue to press China as necessary on space issues. She also promised to share the information with re [...]	2008-07-03 09:48:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH KSCA PARM PREL TPHY TSPA TSPL GM
08BERLIN877	SUMMARY OF MAY PSI MEETING HANDED OVER TO GERMANS [...] (U) On June 30, PolOff delivered Reftel points to Ellen Goelz, desk officer for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, who offered to share the summary with interested parties within the German government and noted that such information is "extremely welcome and helpful." She also noted that, as [...]	2008-07-03 09:51:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL GM
08BERLIN890	PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE EVENT: GERMAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs desk officer for UN Human Rights and International Protection of Human Rights Sarah Bernardy told Poloff July 7 that, in response to reftel points, the MFA could not support a prisoners of conscience public affairs event at the UN without first having more de [...]	2008-07-08 09:46:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL KDEM
08BERLIN908	GERMANY "DISAPPOINTED" WITH NEW U.S. POSITION ON [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to the newly-arrived head of the MFA's Conventional Arms Control Division, Mr. Gregor Koebel on July 10. Koebel had received a "leaked copy of the DoD points through an NGO contact" on July 9 and was therefore already familiar with many of the points about th [...]	2008-07-10 14:54:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO GM
08BERLIN909	GERMANY NEEDS MORE INFO ON PURPOSE AND DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to Karin Marschall, desk officer for the Defense and Security Policy Division at the German MFA on July 10. Marschall expressed appreciation for the points, but noted that Germany does not yet have an official response due to outstanding questions concerning [...]	2008-07-10 15:12:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	IO NATO PREL AF GM
08BERLIN951	GERMAN MOD REQUESTS MORE INFORMATION REGARDING A [...] (C) Following the meeting with German MFA officials on July 10 reported in reftel B, PolOff delivered reftel A points to COL Bernd Schtt, Armed Forces Staff at the German MOD, on July 14, 2008. Schtt appeared surprised about the timing of the current proposal for an ANA force size increase, s [...]	2008-07-18 12:26:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM NATO PREL IO AF
08BERLIN991	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ON [...] (C) On 22 July 2008, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Verana Frick, desk officer responsible for Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia at the German Foreign Office. Frick said that the German Government will continue to support dialogue and a peaceful solution between the Government of Col [...]	2008-07-22 15:22:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	COL VE HR EUR PTER AF SNAR PGOV PREL
08BERN107	SWISS RESPONSE TO USG VIEWS ON RECENT IAEA REPORT [...] (U) Contains action request; please see para 4. 2. (S) Poloff delivered the nonpapers in reftels A and B on February 28 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Section. Jean-Daniel Praz, Friedrich's deputy, also participated in the meeting. Friedrich said that h [...]	2008-02-28 16:16:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PARM KNNP IAEA MNUC IR SZ
08BERN108	SOMALIA AND PIRACY: SEEKING SWISS VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Poloff met February 28 with Rolf Ott, MFA Director for East African Affairs, to discuss the query in reftel. Ott appreciated the question, but said he would need to coordinate with other MFA offices and Swiss government agencies before he could respond. He undertook to try to provide su [...]	2008-02-28 16:37:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PBTS UNSC SO SZ
08BERN127	ACUTRONIC: GOS RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REGARDING [...] (S) On March 5, Othmar Wyss, Director of the Export Controls and Sanctions Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO),provided poloff the SIPDIS GOS response, in the form of a non-paper, to our query regarding Swiss firm Acutronic (reftels). According to the non-p [...]	2008-03-07 18:42:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PARM MTCRE ETTC IR CH SZ
08BERN131	SWISS GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO USG INFORMATION THAT [...] (S) On March 5, Othmar Wyss, Director of the Export Controls and Sanctions Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO),provided poloff the SIPDIS GOS response, in the form of a non-paper, to USG information (reftels A and B) indicating that Swiss firm Schaublin Mach [...]	2008-03-11 17:41:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC IR SZ
08BERN15	UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S OCTOBER 15 [...] (C) Summary: USUNVIE Ambassador Schulte met October 15 with senior Swiss officials for consultations following Switzerland's appointment to the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) in September. The key Swiss interlocutors were Walter Steinmann, Director of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (Switz [...]	2008-01-09 15:03:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PARM IAEA KNNP IR IN SZ
08BERN154	(S) PROVIDING THE GOS INFORMATION ON SWISS FIRM [...] (S) Poloff delivered the non-paper in reftel on March 14 to Erwin Bollinger, Deputy Director for Export Control Policy, Swiss Federal State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Bollinger had no immediate substantive response, but thanked poloff for the information and undertook to follow-u [...]	2008-04-01 12:36:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC IR SZ
08BERN192	AFGHANISTAN: SWISS "CONSOLIDATING" RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Charge met April 16 with Ambassador Pierre Combernous, Chief of the MFA's Division for Asian and Pacific Affairs, to discuss Swiss plans for the upcoming International Support Conference on Afghanistan, to be hosted by France in Paris on June 12. Per reftel, Charge emphasized th [...]	2008-04-23 11:32:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV PREL AF SZ
08BERN238	OSLO PROCESS: PM/WRA CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Schraner emphasized that, as Friend of the Chair at the Dublin conference, she will seek to take a "realistic, balanced approach that can reach consensus." She said that it is her strong conviction that the convention will not be successful if the major military powers involved [...]	2008-05-20 14:24:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN SZ
08BERN246	PLEDGING AT THE PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff emphasized the message in reftel A in a May 9 meeting with MFA Senior Coordinator for South Asia Yves-Pierre Fux, highlighting the pressing need for election support; Fux's deputy, Agnes Christeler participated in the meeting. Fux explained that Switzerland made a five-y [...]	2008-05-23 16:27:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL AF SZ
08BERN247	UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE [...] (U) Contains Action Request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Poloff emphasized the message in reftel in a May 21 meeting with MFA Deputy UN Affairs Coordinator Frank Gruetter and MFA Deputy Legal Advisor for Development of International Law Joerg Lindenmann. Gruetter, who recently returned from [...]	2008-05-23 17:17:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UNGA PREL SZ
08BERN267	IAEA/IRAN: SWISS REACTION TO LATEST IAEA REPORT [...] (C) On May 30, poloff delivered the message in reftel to Jean-Daniel Praz, acting Head of the MFA Office of Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs. (Note: Post also passed a copy of the reftel non-paper to MFA State Secretary Michael Ambuehl and to the diplomatic advisor to President Couchepin. [...]	2008-06-02 08:22:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR SZ
08BERN273	CUBA: WHA DAS MADISON'S APRIL 10 CONSULTATIONS [...] (S) Summary: DAS Madison expressed appreciation for Switzerland's engagement as Protecting Power on behalf of the U.S. Interest Section in Havana (USINT). Ambassador Yvonne Baumann, Head of the MFA's Americas Division, said that this role was "an honor and a priority" for the Swiss government [...]	2008-06-05 13:55:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM CU SZ
08BERN321	ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 SANCTIONS AND [...] (C) Poloff delivered message in reftel on July 2 to Daniel Frank, MFA Deputy Coordinator for Counter-terrorism. Frank said that the GOS had not yet formulated its official response to UNSCR 1822, but that the MFA noted and appreciated the positive elements. He remarked that UNSCR 1822 was a [...]	2008-07-03 17:09:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN UNSC SZ
08BERN323	SWISS NOT SURPRISED, BUT REGRET USG POSITION ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message June 18 to Ralf Heckner, Head of the MFA's Human Rights Policy Section. In an expansive and collegial manner, Heckner responded that the USG's decision no longer to participate in UNHRC sessions or activities did not come as a surprise, as it was apparent l [...]	2008-07-07 18:22:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SZ
08BERN352	INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT: SWISS HAVE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message July 14 to Jean-Daniel Praz, Acting Director of the MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament Section, and MFA POC for IAEA issues. In a follow-up meeting on July 21, Praz said that the Swiss government had not yet reached a decision with regard to the position it [...]	2008-07-22 17:03:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC PREL IN SZ
08BERN467	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: SWISS RESPONSE TO USG'S [...] (C) Summary: Switzerland agrees with the USG's view on no-action motions, and is likely to support country-specific resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK. Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) contacts expressed some surprise at the USG's approach on Belarus, and said they would seek i [...]	2008-09-16 11:22:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN SZ
08BERN476	VISIT OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS [...] (S) On September 12, poloff delivered the reftel non-paper (regarding the April 2008 visit of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials to a Swiss underground construction firm) to Erwin Bollinger, Director of the Export Controls Policy Division of the Federal State Secretariat for E [...]	2008-09-19 16:52:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PARM KNNP MNUC EFIN GM IR SZ
08BERN479	IAEA: PREPARING FOR GC VOTE ON MESA GROUP SEAT ON [...] (U) DCM delivered the message in reftel on September 22 to Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud, Head of the MFA Political Secretariat for International Security Affairs. Pitteloud was joined in the meeting by Jean-Daniel Praz, Acting Head of the MFA Section for Arms Control and Disarmament; poloff a [...]	2008-09-22 14:04:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PARM MNUC SZ
08BERN508	UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE: U.S. RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the message and text in reftel on October 2 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich thanked poloff for the information. He had no immediate reaction to the text, but und [...]	2008-10-03 12:06:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL UNGA KNNP SZ LS
08BERN513	VISIT OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS [...] (S) On October 1, Juergen Boehler, Head of the Export Control Licensing Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) provided poloff the results of the Swiss government's investigation in response to the USG's information (reftels) that officials of Iran's Islamic Revolu [...]	2008-10-06 16:12:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PARM KNNP MNUC EFIN GM IR SZ
08BERN514	(S) MALAYSIAN-BASED SUPPLIER TO IRAN SEEKS CRYSTAL [...] (U) Poloff delivered the nonpaper in reftel on September 25 to Rolf Stadler, Acting Head of the Export Controls and Sanctions Policy Division at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Pierre-Andre Farine, Acting Head of the SECO Export Control Licensing Division, joined Stadler in [...]	2008-10-06 16:53:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC MY IR SZ
08BERN525	AFGHANISTAN: SWITZERLAND FOCUSED ON CIVIL SECTOR; [...] (C) Poloff delivered the message and request in reftel A on September 19 to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Acting Senior Coordinator for South Asia Agnes Christelet. While undertaking to review the request, Christelet informally expressed doubt that the GOS would find the necessary do [...]	2008-10-10 13:54:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV MASS AF SZ
08BERN526	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 14:40:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER MNUC KGIC SZ
08BERN528	IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on October 2 to Roland Vock, Head of the Export Controls Sanctions Policy Division of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Vock commented that UNSCR 1835 reaffirmed the requirements of the previous sanctions UNSCRs on Iran, but did no [...]	2008-10-10 15:09:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC KNNP UN IR SZ
08BERN557	(S) EFFORTS BY NORTH KOREA TO PROCURE CONTROLLED [...] (S) Juergen Boehler, Head of the Export Control Licensing Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO),contacted poloff on October 21 regarding the attempt by a North Korean firm to obtain a machine tool from Swiss firm Schaublin Machines (reftels). Boehler expressed a [...]	2008-10-30 11:23:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PARM ETTC MNUC SZ
08BERN558	IRAN'S NOVEMBER 30 NUCLEAR CONFERENCE: GOS HAS [...] (U) Poloff conveyed the reftel message on October 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA),and to Erwin Bollinger, Head of the Export Controls and Sanctions Policy Division at the Swiss State Secretariat [...]	2008-10-30 13:01:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ENRG MNUC IR SZ
08BERN563	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (U) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on October 29 to Alessandro Capelli, Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, and to Rene Bruelhart, Director Financial Intelligence Unit, National Administration of the Principality of Liechtenstein. 2. (SB [...]	2008-11-03 15:16:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP MNUC PREL EFIN IR SZ
08BERN564	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL- [...] (U) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on October 29 to Alessandro Capelli, Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, and to Rene Bruelhart, Director Financial Intelligence Unit, National Administration of the Principality of Liechtenstein. 2. (SB [...]	2008-11-03 15:17:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC SZ
08BERN573	AFGHANISTAN: SEEKING SWISS SUPPORT FOR THE AFGHAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered the reftel A message on November 6 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Coordinator for South Asia at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). Fux was not aware of the UNDP "basket fund" and appreciated the information. He noted that Switzerland has made a multi-year [...]	2008-11-07 14:00:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL AF SZ
08BERN594	IRAN/CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS: SWISS OFFICIALS ENGAGED [...] (U) Contains action request; please see para 5. 2. (S) Poloff delivered the reftel A non-paper on November 18 to Juergen Boehler, Head of the Export Controls Licensing Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Boehler informed poloff that SECO had placed Swiss fi [...]	2008-11-21 15:16:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC IR SZ
08BERN599	LIECHTENSTEIN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the message in reftel to Doris Frick, DCM of the Liechtenstein Embassy in Bern on November 24. Frick noted that Liechtenstein consistently has voted in line with EU consensus on such UN resolutions. She could make no commitments regarding how Liechtenstein will vote at [...]	2008-11-24 16:23:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS
08BERN600	IAEA REPORTS ON IRANIAN AND SYRIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMS [...] (U) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on November 24 to Jean-Daniel Praz, Deputy Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section and POC for IAEA issues at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). ---- IRAN ---- 2. (C) Praz said that the GOS was not surprised by the latest [...]	2008-11-24 18:18:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PARM IAEA KNNP MNUC IR SY
08BERN601	FOLLOW-UP WITH NSG PARTICIPATING GOVERNMENTS ON [...] (C) Poloff reiterated message in reftel A on November 24 to Jean-Daniel Praz, Deputy Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). Praz responded that the GOS has not been invited to attend the November 30 conference in Iran. He added th [...]	2008-11-24 18:31:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC IR
08BERN605	LIECHTENSTEIN VOTING PLANS REGARDING UNGA [...] (SBU) Further to reftel B, Doris Frick, DCM of the Liechtenstein Embassy in Bern, informed poloff on November 26 that the GOL will abstain on the resolutions reaffirming three UN bodies (i.e., The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (62/80); Division f [...]	2008-11-26 12:48:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS
08BERN610	SWISS RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING HELSINKI OSCE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the message in reftel to Lukas Rosenkranz, Head of the OSCE Office within the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs (EDA),on December 1. The reftel talking points largely were familiar to Rosenkranz, who noted that he had heard the same issues raised by the USG through his [...]	2008-12-02 13:11:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU SZ
08BERN618	CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed message in reftel A on December 1 with Daniel Klingele, Head of the Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). Klingele reported that FM Calmy-Rey would travel to Oslo to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) f [...]	2008-12-03 16:06:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM NATO MOPS PREL SZ
08BERN636	SWISS REACTION TO PREVENTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) Poloff delivered the reftel A nonpaper to Jean-Daniel Praz, Deputy Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA),on December 8. Referring to Israel and Syria as "the aggressor and the aggressed," Praz noted that the Swiss had called on [...]	2008-12-12 10:22:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA TRGY SY IR SZ
08BERN639	DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION OF [...] (U) On December 11, poloff delivered the message in reftel to Frank Gruetter, Deputy Head of UN Coordination at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA),and to Doris Frick, DCM at the Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein in Bern. Neither Gruetter nor Frick had any immed [...]	2008-12-15 15:23:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA SZ LS
08BERN655	SWISS REACTION TO CALL FOR FREEZING [...] (SBU) Poloff shared reftel talking points with Nora Kronig, Regional Coordinator for Central and South America at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA),and Mathias Domenig, South American Desk Officer for EDA, on December 22. In response to the USG call to freeze non-humanita [...]	2008-12-23 16:30:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL NU SZ
08BERN656	INFORMING SWITZERLAND OF THE FIFTH GLOBAL [...] Poloff coordinated with local Dutch embassy DCM Karin Moessenlechner to deliver the reftel announcement to appropriate Swiss government colleagues regarding the Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),which will be hosted by the Netherlands in June 2 [...]	2008-12-24 07:17:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	KGIC PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER SZ
08BERN74	HCOC: ENCOURAGING SUBSCRIBING STATES TO SUBMIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 21:02:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MTCRE MNUC PREL TSPA SZ
08BERN75	REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EXPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 21:15:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR SZ
08BISHKEK1135	KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW ON RELIGION, [...] (C) Summary: After years of debate and numerous revisions, the Kyrgyz Parliament passed a controversial law on religion on November 6. The law has been forwarded to the president for signature. Minority Christian leaders continued to raise concerns about the restrictions and lamented that t [...]	2008-11-06 11:47:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM KG
08BISHKEK1201	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION KURULTAI FAVORS NEGOTIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan's political opposition staged a kurultai, or traditional public meeting, on November 29 in Bishkek. While all of the speakers criticized the government and President Bakiyev, there was a clear division between more moderate elements who called for negotiation with th [...]	2008-12-01 13:59:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK143	CHRISTIAN LEADERS FEAR PROPOSED GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Minority Christian groups are concerned that changes proposed in a draft Law on Religious Freedom would restrict their ability to operate in Kyrgyzstan. Among the changes, the draft law would require each church to have 200 members to be eligible to register; current registration [...]	2008-02-07 12:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM KG
08BISHKEK198	KYRGYZ OFFICIALS DEFEND PROPOSED CHANGES TO [...] (C) Summary: At a February 20 roundtable discussion on religious issues, Kyrgyz government officials said that a proposed Law on Religious Freedom was necessary to prevent religious conflict and combat the spread of extremism. Representatives from the Muftiate, the Russian Orthodox Church, an [...]	2008-02-28 11:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM KG
08BISHKEK199	IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) Summary: Iranian FM Mottaki paid an official visit to Kyrgyzstan February 21-22, and met with President Bakiyev, PM Chudinov, Speaker of Parliament Madumarov, FM Karabayev, and Finance Minister Kalimbetova. Discussions included the expansion of economic and commercial ties, Iran's nuclear [...]	2008-02-28 12:10:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK295	KYRGYZSTAN'S "PUBLIC PARLIAMENT": DISTRACTION OR [...] (C) Summary: In defiant response to the December parliamentary elections, Kyrgyz opposition and civil society groups have established a "public parliament," with the stated purpose of discussing alternative views on issues of "social concern." With two public meetings to date, the public par [...]	2008-03-27 10:42:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK317	BRIDE KIDNAPPING: A GROWING PROBLEM IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador gathered influential NGO leaders, government officials, and members of parliament to discuss the best course of action to put an end to the practice of bride kidnapping. Local media and NGOs report that bride kidnapping, though illegal, is on the rise in Kyrgyzsta [...]	2008-04-02 11:35:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KG
08BISHKEK359	CONFLICT OVER WATER HIGHLIGHTS KYRGYZ-TAJIK BORDER [...] (C) Summary: On March 27, approximately 150 Tajiks reportedly crossed the border into Batken oblast to try to open a dam and restore the flow of water to their fields. While local officials resolved the immediate dispute, the incident highlights continuing tensions over access to water and bor [...]	2008-04-11 09:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK373	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION KURULTAI CALLS FOR UNITY, CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The April 12 kurultai, or "people's gathering," delivered few surprises, as presentations focused on the government's "poor" performance since the March 2005 "revolution." Issues of concern included rising unemployment, the "illegal" October 2007 constitutional referendum and D [...]	2008-04-15 10:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KG
08BISHKEK394	KYRGYZ RECEIVE INFORMATION ON GIIP MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 09:52:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC PARM PREL KG
08BISHKEK395	1540 COMMITTEE POINTS PASSED TO KYRGYZ MFA [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 09:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP KG
08BISHKEK409	KYRGYZ RECEIVE NPT PREP COMMITTEE PAPERS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 10:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA KG
08BISHKEK427	KYRGYZ RECEIVE ADDITIONAL NPT PREP COMMITTEE PAPERS [...] (U) Poloff sent reftel non-paper to the MFA Department of International Organizations and Security Affairs' Melis Mamadaliev on May 2. Mamadaliev agreed to forward information to GOKG representatives currently attending the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom II) for the 2010 [...]	2008-05-02 11:28:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA KG
08BISHKEK444	ENCROACHING TAJIKS, HIDDEN KYRGYZ ON THE BORDER [...] (C) Summary: During a three-day Embassy visit to Kyrgyzstan's southwestern Batken Oblast, Embassy interlocutors envisioned continued border conflicts with their Tajik neighbors. Kyrgyz officials and observers cited demarcation delays, Tajik encroachment onto Kyrgyz land or into disputed terr [...]	2008-05-08 12:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK504	KYRGYZ RETURN ASYLUM SEEKER TO UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR confirmed that Kyrgyz authorities extradited Erkin Halikov, an Uzbek citizen, back to Uzbekistan on May 14 at the request of the Uzbek government. Halikov, who was in prison in Kyrgyzstan, had sought asylum seeker status, but Kyrgyz officials refused to register him, saying [...]	2008-05-19 10:50:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KG
08BISHKEK525	UNSCR 1803 60-DAY REPORT DELIVERED TO KYRGYZ MFA [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 08:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC KG
08BISHKEK576	KYRGYZSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IOM ELECTION [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Western Countries Director Kanat Tursunkulov on June 2. Tursunkulov noted that Ministry had our previous demarches in support of Ambassador Swing's candidacy, and he said that the Ministry would consider our latest points. 2. (SBU) On June [...]	2008-06-05 10:29:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREF PREL SMIG KG
08BISHKEK63	MFA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR KYRGYZSTAN'S MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note from the Kyrgyz MFA January 14 seeking an agreement of reciprocal support, whereby Kyrgyzstan would support Pierre-Richard Prosper for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination "on the understanding that the Government of the United Stat [...]	2008-01-17 11:14:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA KG
08BISHKEK669	KYRGYZ AUTHORITIES RAID NORWEGIAN HELSINKI [...] (SBU) On June 9, Kyrgyz Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) officers conducted a raid on the Bishkek office of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC). The MVD questioned head of the office, Ivar Dale, about the organization's activities in Kyrgyzstan and threatened to deport him. (Note: The NH [...]	2008-06-27 05:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK670	SCO ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN: CONFERENCE SHORT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A June 11-12 conference in Kyrgyzstan examined the possible role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Afghanistan's security and development. Afghan speakers described a bleak situation in the country and called for more foreign aid to focus on fighting terrorism [...]	2008-06-27 07:15:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF KG
08BISHKEK71	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION HOLDS JOINT MEETING; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Several Kyrgyz opposition parties and civil society groups held a joint meeting January 14 under the "For Justice" banner. Ex-Foreign Minister Jekshenkulov moderated the discussion, and various speakers sharply criticized the government for the conduct of the December parliamenta [...]	2008-01-18 12:18:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK755	(S) KYRGYZ INFORMED OF FLIGHT OF PROLIFERATION [...] (S) On July 24, PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Western Countries Officer Amanat Ishimov. Ishimov said he would convey the information to the relevant government bodies. LITZENBERGER NNNN End Cable Text [...]	2008-07-24 07:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	MNUC PARM PREL KG
08BISHKEK793	KYRGYZSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NEW GLOBAL [...] (U) Poloff passed reftel demarche to the MFA Department for Western Countries Attache Amanat Ishimov on July 30. Ishimov said he would pass the information to appropriate staff in the Department for International Organizations. Post will report any substantive response separately. LITZENBERGER [...]	2008-08-04 06:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP KG
08BISHKEK931	KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] (C) Poloff conveyed reftel points to Askhat Ryskulov, Counselor in the MFA's Western Countries Department on September 12. Ryskulov listened carefully, and agreed to consult with his colleagues and convey his government's views to us next week. GFOELLER [...]	2008-09-12 11:02:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UN UNGA KV KG
08BISHKEK932	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE POINTS DELIVERED TO KYRGYZSTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 11:07:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM UN KG
08BISHKEK970	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION PREPARES FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Leading Kyrgyz opposition parties are actively contesting the October 5 local council elections, especially in Bishkek, but several party leaders told us that they do not expect to win more than a few seats. Opposition parties complained of administrative pressure and other obs [...]	2008-09-25 08:18:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK973	IAEA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the IAEA Board of Governors on September 25 to Askhat Ryskulov, Counselor in the MFA's Western Countries Department. Ryskulov said he would convey our points to his superiors at the Ministry and inform us of any substantive response. GFOELLER [...]	2008-09-25 13:03:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PARM MNUC KG
08BISHKEK974	UNGA COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the UNGA First Committee Compliance Resolution on September 25 to Askhat Ryskulov, Counselor in the MFA's Western Countries Department. Ryskulov had no immediate reply, but agreed to inform us of any substantive response from the Foreign Ministry. GF [...]	2008-09-25 13:08:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM CDG PREL UNGA KG
08BOGOTA3134	MEDIO MAGDALENA REGION REMAINS VIOLENT, BUT MAYOR [...] (SBU) Barrancabermeja's strategic position, natural resources, and tradition of civic activism have placed it at the center of Colombia's armed conflict. Barranca Mayor Carlos Contreras eschews traditional political clientism and corruption, and said his greatest challenge is breaking the ci [...]	2008-08-26 14:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3855	TRIP TO CURVARADO HIGHLIGHTS COMMUNITY DIVISIONS, [...] (C) The GOC effort to restore land--which has been illegally occupied by palm oil firms--to the displaced communities of Jiguamiando and Curvarado continues to move slowly due to community divisions and legal hurdles. Despite a military presence in the region, security is also a serious conc [...]	2008-10-22 20:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO

08BOGOTA618	TRIP TO CURVARADO HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY CONCERNS; [...] (C) Local members of the Afro-Colombian communities of Jiguamiando and Curvarado complained about GOC delays in returning their land, lack of security and GOC financial support, and perceived military bias in favor of African palm companies. Local leader Enrique Petro told us the palm firms c [...]	2008-02-20 15:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS MARR PGOV PHUM PTER CO
08BOGOTA645	FARC AND NARCOTRAFFICKERS CONTINUE TO PLAGUE URABA [...] (C) Members of the San Jose de Apartado Peace Community (PC) told us February 5 that paramilitary groups, in collusion with the military and police, continue to threaten and kill community members. The military denied the allegations, stating their focus is combating the increased FARC and na [...]	2008-02-22 20:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS MARR PGOV PHUM PTER CO
08BRASILIA1003	BRAZIL,S HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY: FOLLOWING THE [...] (SBU) Bolstered by economic success, the GOB demands equal footing with all nations, especially when it comes to foreign policy, and its human rights policy is no exception. Brazil's Constitution mandates that the second prevailing principle of its international relations is human rights. Even [...]	2008-07-24 16:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BR
08BRASILIA1225	BRAZIL: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 [...] (C) Summary. Brazil will continue to prefer addressing human rights issues in the UN Human Rights Council, continues to oppose country-specific resolutions, will support the EU's Religious Tolerance resolution in lieu of a Defamation of Religion resolution, and did not give a response on no [...]	2008-09-12 20:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN
08BRASILIA1252	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: BRAZILIAN PRIORITIES [...] Poloff discussed this year's UNGA with Ministry of External Relations (MRE) UN Division Director Gilda Neves. Brazil will be represented by President Lula and Foreign Mininster Amorim. Both will have extensive schedules of bilateral meetings. Lula is spending more time than planned in New Y [...]	2008-09-19 20:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA BR
08BRASILIA1253	BRAZIL VIEWS ON BOLIVIA CRISIS, EXPULSION OF US [...] (C) PolCounselor delievered ref A demarche September 19 to Ambassador Marcel Biato, foreign policy advisor at the Brazilian presidency (Planalto). Biato asked if the decision to expel the Bolivian and Venezuelan ambassadors to the U.S. was "considered" or "reciprocal." PolCouns responded the [...]	2008-09-19 22:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR BO
08BRASILIA1301	BRAZIL'S LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN SUMMIT: [...] (C) Summary. Brazilian officials are describing the first-ever Latin America/Caribbean Summit, to be held in Salvador, Bahia December 16-17, as an opportunity for the region to discuss its own agenda. With no more than an indicative focus on integration and development as the stated theme of [...]	2008-10-01 13:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM BR
08BRASILIA1312	WHA TARGETED REQUESTS FOR AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered the demarche on September 24 to Minister Marcos Pinta Gama in the Foreign Ministry's General Secretariat of Foreign Relations, and Poloff delivered it on September 29 to First Secretary Marisa Kenicke, the Afghanistan desk officer. Pinta Gama noted that Brazil had a [...]	2008-10-03 11:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF BR
08BRASILIA1314	SUPREME COURT WIRETAP SCANDAL CHANGES FACE OF [...] (C) Summary: Long-running suspicions that phone calls of high-level Brazilian officials from all three branches of government are being intercepted became the latest front-page scandal when Veja magazine reported that the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) had tapped conversations between a [...]	2008-10-03 14:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PTER PINS BR
08BRASILIA1315	BRAZIL: WIRETAP SCANDAL HIGHLIGHTS POWER STRUGGLE [...] Summary: Revelations that the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) may have been wiretapping Supreme Court (STF) President Gilmar Mendes' calls (reftel) have reinvigorated Congressional inquiries into abusive wiretapping practices and will likely lead to legislation providing oversight over wi [...]	2008-10-03 15:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL PTER BR
08BRASILIA1435	BRAZIL: NEW DELHI IBAS SUMMIT ENSURES CONTINUITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazilian diplomats say Brazil was satisfied with the October 15 India)Brazil-South Africa (IBAS) Summit in New Delhi because it strengthened IBAS and should ensure its continuity after the upcoming changes in member state governments. The IBAS Fund is capitalized at only tw [...]	2008-11-03 11:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD IN SF BR
08BRASILIA1460	U.S. CANDIDACY FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 19:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN AORC PGOV PREL XK XL XS BR
08BRASILIA1486	BRAZIL WILL OPEN AN EMBASSY IN PYONGYANG [...] (C) Summary. Brazil will open an embassy in Pyongyang next year, and has already selected an experienced diplomat as ambassador, an Itamaraty official told poloff on November 4. Downplaying the opening's significance, the diplomat said the timing was "spontaneous" but fulfills a long-standi [...]	2008-11-14 18:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PARM PHUM BR KN ZO
08BRASILIA1493	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: JUDGE BLASTS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a conference on international organized crime held by the Brazil-based International Forum of Justice in Campo Grande, Matto Grosso do Sul from October 15-17, federal judge Odilon de Oliveira delivered a speech that was blistering in its criticism of the Brazilian governm [...]	2008-11-17 12:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS PTER EFIN PREL PGOV AR PA CO BR
08BRASILIA1538	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS AT [...] (C) On Tuesday, November 25, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Secretario Ricardo Rizzo from the United Nations Division of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations. Rizzo sincerely thanked poloff for the detailed information breaking down the number of anti-Israeli resolutions compared [...]	2008-11-28 16:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY BR
08BRASILIA1539	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] (C) On Tuesday, November 25, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Secretary Ricardo Rizzo from the United Nations Division of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Rizzo noted that he did not expect Brazil's vote to change, but that he would consult with the Division of Disarmamen [...]	2008-11-28 16:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA BR
08BRASILIA1559	BRAZILIANS, KOREANS SAY RELATIONS GOOD, GETTING [...] (C) Summary. The four-day visit to Brazil by Korean President Lee Myung-bak reaffirmed an already positive relationship characterized by a rapidly growing but unbalanced trade relationship, plans for modest exchanges in agricultural and mining technology, and very different views on UN refor [...]	2008-12-04 16:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV ETRD BR KS KN
08BRASILIA1588	BRAZIL: DRUG TRAFFICKING UP, DRUG FLIGHTS DOWN, TIP ISSUES LIMITED: A REPORT FROM THE FAR NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. Drug flights into Brazil's far north have diminished by 75 percent since the introduction of Brazil's Air Bridge Denial (shootdown) program, but Brazilian authorities say pressure from Plan Colombia has actually increased the amount of cocaine entering Brazil. The region rem [...]	2008-12-12 15:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SOCI KCRM ELAB FARC KTIP BR VE PE CO XR
08BRASILIA1590	THE BRAZIL-RUSSIA PARTNERSHIP: COFFEE AND SYMPATHY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The late November visit to Brazil by Russian President Medvedev provided an opportunity for both countries to express their interest in enhanced economic ties, science and defense cooperation, energy and development of the BRIC grouping as a more regular international forum. Br [...]	2008-12-12 15:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS ETRD EAGR ENGR BR RS
08BRASILIA1622	BRAZIL AND INDONESIA: A RELATIONSHIP FOR THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 18-19 visit to Brazil by Indonesian President Susilo Yudhoyono, Indonesia and Brazil agreed to cooperate in agriculture, including biofuels; mining; and poverty eradication. They formalized a strategic partnership for ongoing dialogue and cooperation. Brazili [...]	2008-12-18 13:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EINV ENRG EAGR BR ID
08BRASILIA1636	BAHIA SUMMITS, PART 1: BRAZIL HOSTS FOUR REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a two-day period, December 16-17, Brazil hosted a series of four summit meetings at the seaside resort of Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, involving the heads of state or high-level government officials of 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries: The Common Market of the South [...]	2008-12-20 17:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KSUM ECON OAS XL XM BR
08BRASILIA1685	BRAZIL: LAYING BLAME AT THE FEET OF ISRAEL, U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The Brazilian government heavily criticized Israel's actions against HAMAS in Gaza, after originally suggesting it might take a more nuanced approached with its initial statements. President Lula, backed by most Brazilian media outlets, harshly criticized both Israel and the Uni [...]	2008-12-31 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IR BR
08BRASILIA286	BRAZIL: NEW SCANDAL COULD MEAN ANOTHER LOST YEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: The latest scandal to engulf the Lula government was unleashed January 13 when influential daily Estado de Sao Paulo took advantage of one of the government's most highly touted clean-government initiatives, its transparency web portal, to report on the exponential increase in u [...]	2008-03-02 13:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
08BRASILIA304	BRAZIL: IRAN, ARAB WORLD, ON AMORIM'S MIND IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim's recent visit to five Middle Eastern countries continues a renewed focus on the Middle East that began with Amorim's participation at the Annapolis meetings in November of last year. Since Annapolis, Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) Middle Eas [...]	2008-03-05 10:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PREL BR VE IS IR BL JO SA EG MO SY
08BRASILIA33	BRAZIL GRAPPLES WITH RACISM AND RACIAL QUOTAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloffs recently met with University of Brasilia (UnB) President Timothy Mulholland, an expert on Brazil,s university quota systems to discuss self-imposed quotas and the proposed Racial Equality Statue. Racism in Brazil is a difficult topic to address largely as a result of a [...]	2008-01-07 12:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL BR
08BRASILIA343	2008 U.S.-BRAZIL POLITICAL-MILITARY CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) Mission delivered the reftel agenda to Foreign Ministry Special Advisor Marcos Pinta Gama who indicated that Brazil would be prepared to host AA/S Mull for this year's political military consultations April 15. Pinta Gama said that he needed to consult other members of the Brazilian del [...]	2008-03-12 13:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR MARR PREL PTER
08BRASILIA35	BRAZIL: LESS GUNS, MORE BUTTER: LULA TAKES ON [...] (C) Summary: After much hesitation, President Lula was finally forced to wade into the public security debate in light of consistent polling that places crime as the number one concern of most Brazilians. The result, a public security plan called the National Program on Public Security with C [...]	2008-01-07 13:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV BR
08BRASILIA390	Brazil's Congress Prepares to Rein in President's Decree [...] (SBU) Summary. Angered by an alleged overuse of decree-making authority that has caused legislative gridlock, Congress will try to limit the president's ability to dominate the legislative agenda and implement policy through issuance of "provisional measures" (MPs). President Lula's unprecede [...]	2008-03-20 18:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM BR
08BRASILIA41	BRAZIL: LITTLE HOPE OFFERED ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: In commemoration of International Anti-Corruption Day, the regional office of the United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime together with the University of Brasilia sponsored a roundtable with senior Brazilian government officials from the judicial and legislative branches, medi [...]	2008-01-07 17:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM KCOR KDEM BR
08BRASILIA420	BRAZIL: IRANIAN DIPLOMACY MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR [...] (C) Summary: An Iranian delegation headed by Vice-Foreign Minister Alireza Sheikh Attar held a series of high-level meetings with Brazilian officials from the Ministries of External Relations (MRE, aka Itamaraty),Mines and Energy, and Development, Industry and Commerce at the same time Secre [...]	2008-03-27 10:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR BR
08BRASILIA428	BRAZIL: NON-PAPER DELIVERED ON FINANCIAL [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper on March 27 to Bernardo Mota, Chief Staff at the Ministry of Finance's Financial Activities Oversight Council (COAF, the GOB's financial intelligence unit). Mota stated that, as always, COAF would do its best to ensure Brazil was complying with UNSC resol [...]	2008-03-28 21:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KNNP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM IR
08BRASILIA440	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE [...] (U) Summary: After a drawn-out process that began in 2004, President Lula on March 25, 2008 issued the decree that will reform the Government of Brazil's intelligence apparatus, including its counterterrorism (CT) structure. The reform is intended to provide a more robust intelligence capabili [...]	2008-04-02 19:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN AR PA BR
08BRASILIA472	BRAZIL: NON-PAPER DELIVERED REGARDING BANKS MELLI, [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper on April 4 to Bernardo Mota, Chief Staff at the Ministry of Finance's Financial Activities Oversight Council (COAF, the GOB's financial intelligence unit). Mota stated that COAF would do its best to ensure Brazil was complying with UNSC resolutions and th [...]	2008-04-04 20:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KNNP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM IR
08BRASILIA5	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary. Michele Varensise, Italian Ambassador to Brazil, told WHA A/S Thomas Shannon on December 13 that Brazil is the centerpiece of Italy's South American strategy. Italy sees Brazil playing an increasingly larger role in maintaining stability, economic growth, and integration. He p [...]	2008-01-03 11:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD IT BR XM XR VE UNSC
08BRASILIA504	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE [...] (C) Summary: In November of last year the Government of Brazil announced that it was backtracking on its effort to introduce counterterrorism (CT) legislation after a years-long effort by a working group within the Presidency's Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI) to coordinate the drafting o [...]	2008-04-11 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN ASEC AR BR
08BRASILIA534	BRAZIL: CHINA AND BRAZIL STRENGTHEN RELATIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Sino-Brazilian relations are officially excellent, characterized by a booming economic relationship and a political relationship that has become increasingly closer, especially since 2004. Both governments are taking a long-term view and are trying to focus on crafting a pati [...]	2008-04-22 17:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV BR CH XR
08BRASILIA540	BRAZIL "MONITORS" ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's surprising decision to participate in monitoring Zimbabwe's elections was not what it initially appeared. Although Brazil was among those countries invited to serve as an observer, it was the participation of a federal deputy as an observer on behalf of an NGO that fo [...]	2008-04-23 12:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PHUM PREL AF
08BRASILIA554	DEMARCHE: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 17:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
08BRASILIA56	BRAZIL: LESS GUNS, MORE BUTTER: LULA TAKES ON [...] (C) Summary: As part of the Lula government's plan to take on the crime issue, the government proposed a multi-pronged plan to address both the social causes of crime and the weakness of the law enforcement community to fight it. Lula's proposal, the National Program on Public Security with Ci [...]	2008-01-09 17:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV BR
08BRASILIA57	BRAZIL: (KIND OF) MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR [...] (C) Summary: For the world's fourth largest democracy, the promotion of democracy abroad remains an important, if secondary goal of Brazil's foreign policy, but its focus and execution has been only loosely defined under the Lula government, limiting potential efforts to forge bilateral initi [...]	2008-01-09 17:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL EAID BR
08BRASILIA6	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT SARNEY [...] (C) Summary: Former President and sitting Senator Jose Sarney (PMDB, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, governing coalition; of Amapa) told WHA A/S Thomas Shannon on December 14 that President Lula is doing a good job and has maintained the social calm necessary for growth and development. [...]	2008-01-03 11:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KDEM BR VE GY BL EC CO XM XR FARC
08BRASILIA602	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 6 to the Ministry of Exterior Relations OAS Division Secretary Luciano Rego, who noted that they were aware of the U.S. candidacy and would take a careful look at the non-paper and C.V. Rego noted that the GoB already made commitments to the Paraguay [...]	2008-05-06 17:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OAS XM BR
08BRASILIA760	BRAZIL: MEETING WITH SENATE PEDOPHILIA [...] Summary. Ambassador, Resident Legal Adviser, DHS/ICE Attache, and Poloff met on May 13 with the Chairman of the Brazilian Senate's Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry (CPI) into Pedophilia and two law enforcement officials to discuss U.S. laws to protect children, prosecute sex offenders, and [...]	2008-06-05 14:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINT SOCI TINT KCRM KJUS PHUM BR
08BRASILIA848	ENHANCING POL-MIL ENGAGEMENT WITH BRAZIL [...] (C) Per instructions in ref a, post has remained in discussions with the Brazilian MRE and MOD on how best to proceed with building a fuller, more cooperative political military relationship. When Poloffs asked MRE pol-mil advisor Marcos Pinta Gama for his views on prospects for enhancing ou [...]	2008-06-20 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR MARR MOPS PREL
08BRASILIA902	BRAZIL: QUESTIONABLE ON GIVING PRESENTATION DURING [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on July 2 regarding Brazil's participation in the Missile Technology Control Regime plenary Information Exchange to Santiago Mourao, Head of the Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies for Brazil's Foreign Ministry. In responding to Poloff' [...]	2008-07-03 11:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCR PREL BR
08BRASILIA987	BRAZIL: MOVING FORWARD WITH BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE ON [...] (C) On July 8, 2008, Defense Attache, Air Force Attache, and Poloff had an initial high-level meeting with Brazilian Air Force generals, Tenente Brigadeiro Paulo Roberto Rohrig de Britto (the number two general in the Brazilian Air Force),Brigaderio Egito, and Colonel Roque to discuss Brazil' [...]	2008-07-21 11:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL SNAR BR
08BRASILIA993	BRAZIL: IS THE MILITARY THE SOLUTION TO THE CRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Public concern in Brazil over steadily rising crime and a murder rate more than four times that in the United States has re-fueled a two-decade old debate over the question of deploying the military to undertake urban crime fighting missions. Enthusiasm for this idea increased [...]	2008-07-21 20:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS PGOV ASEC BR
08BRATISLAVA109	GOS ROLLS OUT ROMA STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Slovakia has new EU-provided funding and increased staff in the office of Deputy Prime Minister Dusan Caplovic (Smer) to dramatically upgrade programs that address the needs of the Roma community. Roma activists and other observers are very skeptical, however [...]	2008-03-11 10:38:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA11	SLOVAKIA WILL VOTE FOR PROSPER [...] Peter Kormuth, Deputy Director of the Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed to Poloff on January 9 that Slovakia will vote for Pierre-Richard Prosper, the U.S. candidate for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Janua [...]	2008-01-09 16:29:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA LO
08BRATISLAVA119	NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK, BAHRAIN [...] Poloff delivered Reftel message on March 18 to Karol Mistrik, Director of MFA's Department for Disarmament, OSCE and Counter-Terrorism; Milan Ciganik, Deputy Director of MFA's Department for Disarmament, OSCE and Counter-Terrorism; and Valer Franko, who is responsible for Terrorism and Financi [...]	2008-03-18 08:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KMNP MNUC IR BA LO
08BRATISLAVA125	SLOVAKIA HAS NO REASON NOT TO BE TOUGH ON BURMA [...] (U) Poloff delivered Reftel message to Drahomir Stos, Head of the Asia Unit at Slovakia's MFA, on March 18. Stos agreed with the U.S. message in its entirety and said Slovakia will absolutely lend its support, both publicly and privately, to UN Special Advisor Gambari. 2. (C) Stos explained [...]	2008-03-20 09:15:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM LO
08BRATISLAVA127	COALITION ALTERS PRESS LAW DRAFT, BUT NOT ENOUGH [...] (SBU) In advance of next week's parliamentary session, the governing coalition quietly introduced in the Culture and Media Committee on March 18 an amended version of its draft press law. The new version, introduced by Smer MP Jan Podmanicky, addresses one of the two major deficiencies identif [...]	2008-03-20 16:56:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM LO
08BRATISLAVA129	COALITION ALTERS PRESS LAW DRAFT, BUT NOT ENOUGH [...] (SBU) In advance of next week's parliamentary session, the governing coalition quietly introduced in the Culture and Media Committee on March 18 an amended version of its draft press law. The new version, introduced by Smer MP Jan Podmanicky, addresses one of the two major deficiencies identif [...]	2008-03-20 16:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM LO
08BRATISLAVA163	SLOVAKIA PREPARED TO RESETTLE EIGHT CUBAN MIGRANTS [...] (C) The Director of Slovakia's Ministry of Interior (MOI) Office of Migration, Bernard Priecel, confirmed to Poloff on April 7 that Slovakia will take steps within the next month to resettle eight Cuban refugees currently living at Guantanamo. The GOS accepts USG offers to provide for transpo [...]	2008-04-10 15:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SMIG PHUM CU LO
08BRATISLAVA164	FICO GETS HIS PRESS LAW AND LISBON TREATY TOO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Slovak Parliament passed the ruling coalition's media law bill April 9; the bill will now be submitted to President Gasparovic for signing. The controversial "right to reply" remains largely unchanged despite indications over the past week from the coalition and the opposi [...]	2008-04-10 17:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM LO
08BRATISLAVA189	SLOVAKIA IMPLEMENTS UNSCRS ON IRAN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Milan Ciganik, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department for Disarmament, Counter-Terrorism and OSCE, and Sona Baiova from the Department of the UN and International Organizations. Baiova explained that Slovakia implements UNSCRs such as 1737, 1747 an 1803 [...]	2008-04-28 06:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TAGS
08BRATISLAVA206	SLOVAKIA WILL WEIGH POST-REFERENDUM STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Drahomir Stos at MFA's Territorial Department for Asia and Oceania on May 2. Stos said Slovakia didn't plan to release a statement before the Burmese Constitutional referendum, but actively supported the April 29 GAERC conclusions on Burma. Citing Slovakia' [...]	2008-05-05 14:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM LO
08BRATISLAVA208	SLOVAKIA'S UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points to Denisa Frelichova at MFA's UN and International Organizations Department on May 2. Frelichova was familiar with U.S. concerns related to the UNHRC, which U.S. PermRep Khalizad shared with MFA State Secretary Diana Strofova during meetings in New York the we [...]	2008-05-06 08:40:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC LO
08BRATISLAVA240	GAERC MEETING: SLOVAKIA HOPES TO BECOME "LEADER ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A points to MFA European Correspondent Albin Otruba on May 22. In preparing for the upcoming GAERC, FM Kubis is, according to Otruba, putting the greatest effort into a speech on his recent trip to Afghanistan (Ref B). Otruba speculated that the Foreign Minister wants [...]	2008-05-23 10:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZL IR IZ IS SY LE SO AF
08BRATISLAVA269	SLOVAKIA CONCERNED ABOUT CYCLONE NARGIS RELIEF [...] (U) Poloff conveyed reftel points to Branislav Lysak, the MFA official charged with East Asian countries in the Asia and Oceania Division. Lysak shares U.S. concerns regarding the restrictions on international relief efforts and forced relocations of storm victions to cyclone-affected areas. [...]	2008-06-06 14:52:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM BM LO
08BRATISLAVA281	JUNE GAERC: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS LIFTING SANCTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Albin Otruba on June 12. Otruba predicted the GAERC will drop Restrictive Measures against Cuba, but also will send a strong pro-democracy message. Slovakia supports this stance, with the proviso that there be an annual [...]	2008-06-12 15:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV CU LO
08BRATISLAVA301	GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel points via email to Roman Rosina, MFA Department of Arms Control, Counter-Terrorism and OSCE; and Global Initiative contact person for Slovakia, on June 29. Rosina replied and thanked Poloff and said he would take note of India and Jordan's contact person information wh [...]	2008-06-30 11:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PTER
08BRATISLAVA314	SLOVAKIA WILL ONLY ONLY SUPPORT PRISONERS OF [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Veronika Lombardini, Director of MFA's Department for Human Rights and the Council of Europe. Lombardini said the EU will discuss support for a prisoners of conscience public affairs event again at a meeting on July 8, but that Slovakia will not support [...]	2008-07-08 09:23:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL KDEM LO
08BRATISLAVA324	SDKU CHAIRMAN DZURINDA: HOLDING ON TO THE REINS [...] (C) Summary. During a farewell call by the DCM on July 9, SDKU Chairman Mikulas Dzurinda outlined SDKU's strategy for promoting the party in the face of a resilient and popular government. Dzurinda acknowledged that simply criticizing PM Fico and the government was not working, and that SDK [...]	2008-07-11 10:03:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA336	GAERC: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITIONS ON UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Albin Otruba on July 18. Otruba will include U.S. non-papers in the briefing materials acting FM Diana Strofova receives ahead of the July 22-23 GAERC meeting(FM Kubis will be on vacation at the time of the GAERC). 2. (SBU) [...]	2008-07-18 16:04:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV IR SO SU CD ZI UP LO
08BRATISLAVA34	GAERC RESPONSE [...] (U) Poloff discussed reftel points with MFA EU Correspondent Alexander Micovcin on January 25. Slovakia's delegation will be led by MFA State Secretary Olga Algayerova, as Minister Jan Kubis will be hosting a visit by the UN Secretary General. 2. (SBU) Micovcin predicted that an EU Peacekee [...]	2008-01-25 15:07:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV KVIR IR IS SU LO
08BRATISLAVA36	SLOVAKIA WOULD SUPPORT TOUGHER SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with MFA EU Correspondent Alexander Micovcin on January 25. Micovcin took detailed notes and promised to share and discuss the points with his colleagues. Micovcin confirmed Slovakia's willingness in principle to support additional, targeted sanctions against [...]	2008-01-25 15:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM BM LO
08BRATISLAVA392	40TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1968 INVASION SLIPS BY QUIETLY [...] (SBU) The fortieth anniversary of the Warsaw Pact's August 21, 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia was observed in small, lightly attended ceremonies around Slovakia. Czech President Vaclav Klaus attended a short wreath-laying ceremony near Comenius University in Bratislava with Slovak President G [...]	2008-08-22 10:23:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CZ LO
08BRATISLAVA407	HARABIN RECALL DEBATE MARKS NEW LOW IN SLOVAK [...] (C) Summary. During a futile attempt by the opposition to recall Justice Minister Stefan Harabin, members of the ruling coalition engaged in some of the basest ad hominem attacks, including blatant anti-Semitic rhetoric, that we can recall. The crux of the opposition's charge, led by former Ju [...]	2008-09-10 15:54:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA42	FICO TO EU: WE'LL RATIFY LISBON TREATY [...] (C) Prime Minister Fico met with EU ambassadors on January 30 to calm their fears about Lisbon Treaty ratification hours after the PM postponed the ratification vote in parliament due to opposition demands that Fico withdraw his controversial new press law draft as a precondition for its suppo [...]	2008-01-31 16:37:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM LO
08BRATISLAVA422	SLOVAKIA: DEMARCHE ON PNG AMBASSADORS IN BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 11:39:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC LO
08BRATISLAVA456	SLOVAKIA: TIP TRAINING UNDERWAY [...] Summary: As part of its 2008-2010 National Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons, the Government of Slovakia, in cooperation with the NGO community, developed an extensive training program for NGO workers, law enforcement officials, religious workers, and community social workers. The [...]	2008-10-06 16:22:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC
08BRATISLAVA464	SLOVAKIA EXPECTS TO RATIFY NATO ENLARGEMENT IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel text with Martin Pangrac, Political Affairs Officer in the MFA Security Policy Department. Pangrac assured Poloff that Slovakia is aware of ratification and deposit procedures and predicted Slovakia will deposit its instruments before the end of the year. 2. (S [...]	2008-10-10 14:07:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MARR NATO PREL KTIA
08BRATISLAVA467	SLOVAK GAERC POSITIONS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Albin Otruba, European Correspondent at the Slovak MFA, on October 9. Slovak views on Zimbabwe, Belarus and Georgia are all nearly aligned with U.S. views. Slovakia will support lifting visa restrictions and the Arms Embargo against Uzbekistan. Otruba ex [...]	2008-10-10 14:20:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZI GG RS LO
08BRATISLAVA507	SLOVAK-HUNGARIAN TENSIONS RISK DAMAGING [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Only two months after Prime Ministers Fico and Gyurscany dined together in Brussels, Slovak-Hungarian relations have reached a new low in the post-Meciar period. Actions by Slovak riot police against unruly Hungarian fans at a November 1 soccer match and subseque [...]	2008-11-04 16:04:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LO HU
08BRATISLAVA522	SLOVAKIA: RESPONSE TO SUPPLEMENTARY GAERC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 14:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PGOV PREL GG RS LO
08BRATISLAVA523	SLOVAKIA: DEMARCHE ON DEA EXPULSION FROM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 14:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL LO
08BRATISLAVA524	HEDVIGA MALINOVA CASE UPDATE: DEEP QUESTIONS REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: We recently visited the law offices of Roman Kvasnica (please protect),a respected Slovak lawyer who is currently representing Hedviga Malinova, an ethnic-Hungarian Slovak who claims to have been attacked in what she initially believed to be an ethnically-motivated hate crime in [...]	2008-11-13 14:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	SECRET	PREL PHUM KCRM LO
08BRATISLAVA528	SERIES OF SLOVAK-HUNGARIAN FLARE-UPS FORCE PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the soccer match in Dunajska Streda on November 1 when Hungarian hooligans were expelled from the arena with surprising (some say excessive) force by Slovak police (reftel),several subsequent events involving ethnically fueled extremism have forced the rhetoric-slinging of [...]	2008-11-14 14:05:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HU LO
08BRATISLAVA552	SLOVAKIA ON ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 12:23:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA LO
08BRATISLAVA570	SLOVAK RESPONSE TO GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered reftel points to Albin Otruba, European Correspondent at the MFA. Otruba said the Slovak delegation is most interested in the topics related to the western Balkans, and particularly Serbia and Kosovo. With respect to the Middle East and the WTO, Otruba predicted th [...]	2008-12-04 15:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU LO
08BRATISLAVA585	SLOVAKIA ON UN HARMONIZATION OF CONDITIONS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 12:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA LO
08BRIDGETOWN104	THE NATURE ISLE DEVELOPING GREEN ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Dominica is poised to develop its geothermal and other renewable energy sectors. If successful, geothermal energy could supply all of Dominica's energy needs, as well as export considerable energy to the neighboring French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe [...]	2008-02-20 14:27:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN123	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED KOSOVO, ARTICLE 98, CUBA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 21 meeting with the Ambassador, St. Lucian PM King reemphasized his support for Kosovo independence and Article 98, although the GOSL has yet to act on either issue. In discussing the deliverables from the June 2007 Conference on the Caribbean, King's advisor expla [...]	2008-02-27 18:35:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KTIA ETRD PBTS XL
08BRIDGETOWN124	PETROCARIBE #35: ST. KITTS AND PETROCARIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: St. Kitts and Nevis has begun preparations for hosting the Fifth Petrocaribe Summit. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan energy initiative appears to be gaining momentum in the country, following the first successful delivery of Petrocaribe fuel in December 2007 and evolving plans for the [...]	2008-02-28 18:25:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV PINR XL VE
08BRIDGETOWN125	SNAPSHOT: ISLAM IN NEVIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following-up on contacts made at the Embassy's inaugural Iftar, PolOff met with the leader of the Nevis Muslim Association, as well as with leaders from the local university's Muslim Association. While both groups are small, they are well-integrated into the tiny island comm [...]	2008-02-28 18:25:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL SOCI PREL PHUM XL SC
08BRIDGETOWN136	IAEA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the IAEA report and briefing were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0157, Barbados #0158, Dominica #0159, St. Christopher and Nevis #0160, St. Lucia #0161, St. Vincent and the Grenadines #0162) on M [...]	2008-03-04 14:06:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA
08BRIDGETOWN137	MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the Maldive's resolution on climate change and human rights were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0170, Barbados #0171, Dominica #0172, St. Christopher and Nevis #0173, St. Lucia #0174, St. Vincent [...]	2008-03-04 14:14:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC
08BRIDGETOWN139	Successful Commercial Outreach Trip to St Kitts [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 19:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV PREL SC XL AMCHAMS
08BRIDGETOWN140	Labor Unions in St Kitts - Going Through Transformation [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 19:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV ECON SC XL
08BRIDGETOWN141	COMMERCIAL OUTREACH TRIP TO ST KITTS, PART TWO [...] (U) Summary: Poloffs conducted a week-long commercial outreach trip to St Kitts during diplmatic week February 18 to 22. Poloffs met with lcal business leaders, government finance and invesment officers, and hosted two receptions for thelocal American business community, while promotig increa [...]	2008-03-04 21:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV PREL SC XL AMCHAMS
08BRIDGETOWN220	ST. VINCENT: PM'S (FIRST) RAPE CASE HIJACKED BY [...] (C) Summary: The judge reviewing the Director of Public Prosecutions' (DPP's) February decision to "discontinue" the rape case against Prime Minister Gonsalves has ruled that the DPP acted properly and within the parameters of the law. The lawyers for the accuser have appealed the case, and ha [...]	2008-04-01 12:40:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL ASEC XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN229	ST. VINCENT RULE OF LAW SLUMPING, ECONOMY GRINDING [...] (C) Summary: On the heels of the much-publicized rape case against the Prime Minister which was discontinued by the prosecution (Ref A),rule of law in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a public black eye. With the murder rate among the highest in the world, meanwhile, crime is pe [...]	2008-04-03 19:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SNAR PREL PHUM ASEC XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN23	LABOR STRIFE HEATING UP IN EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] Summary: In recent months, there have been a number of high-profile industrial actions in the Eastern Caribbean. Behind the increase in industrial actions, lies a worsening economic situation for the average worker, who is facing shrinking real income due to high inflation, and decrease in re [...]	2008-01-11 17:10:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ELAB XL
08BRIDGETOWN25	BARBADOS BUSINESS CLIMATE ON EVE OF ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Barbados' elections slated for January 15, pundits have been speculating the post-election business climate. Many have settled on a wait-and-see approach as they claim that the economic climate will only take shape after the election results are known. Others predict that [...]	2008-01-11 21:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN319	FURTHER POLITICAL SHAKE-UP IN ST. LUCIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three members of parliament in St. Lucia are threatening to leave the ruling United Workers Party if their demands, which include the dismissal of a competent, but disliked, appointed member of cabinet and the reinstatement of a politically unpopular figure, are not met. If they [...]	2008-05-16 21:59:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EINV ETRD KTIA ST XL
08BRIDGETOWN346	ST. LUCIA: GOVERNMENT TEETERS ON THE BRINK OF [...] (C) St. Lucia's leadership crisis came to a head in late May as two ministers threatened to leave the governing party and serve as independents and others weighed their options. With the government facing the loss of its majority in parliament, Economic Planning Minister Ausbert d'Auvergne re [...]	2008-05-29 18:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR CN SL XL
08BRIDGETOWN36	TEMPERS, CARS SET ABLAZE BY ST. KITTS ELECTORAL [...] (U) Summary: Following the passing of electoral reform law in December 2007 in St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis, tempers have flared as the opposition has raised objections to the ruling Labour party's implementation of re-registration rules. In what has devolved into a vicious battle in [...]	2008-01-16 21:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EAID SC XL
08BRIDGETOWN40	SEA TURTLE SANCTUARIES STAVING OFF EXTINCTION [...] Summary: Operators of sea turtle sanctuaries in Barbados, Dominica and St. Vincent are expressing optimism about the long term viability of sea turtles in the region, but noted that obstacles remain in ensuring long term survival. There is growing awareness throughout the Eastern Caribbean tha [...]	2008-01-22 16:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EFIS PGOV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN58	ST. VINCENT POLICE OFFICER ALLEGES RAPE BY PRIME [...] (U) This cable is an action request; please see Para 5. 2. (C) Summary: On January 30, 2008 a prominent lawyer and key Embassy contact called PolOff to request help with a legal case in which a St. Vincent police officer alleges that SVG Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves raped her. The contact [...]	2008-01-31 20:20:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL XL VC

08BRIDGETOWN585	DOMINICA: THE POLITICS OF ENERGY [...] (SBU) Dominica media outlets recently reported threats of unspecified punitive action by the government against the U.S.-owned monopoly electricity provider DOMLEC Corporation over rising energy costs. At the same time, the government has announced its intention to build a new power plant wi [...]	2008-09-25 18:59:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ENRG EINV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN587	HESS OIL, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY GAINING GROUND IN ST. [...] (SBU) In mid-September, the St. Lucian press was abuzz with the rumor that Hess Oil CEO John Hess had visited the island and met with the PM to discuss its long-planned seven billion U.S. dollar oil refinery. Local Hess Oil managers, however, told poloff that the alleged meeting never took [...]	2008-09-26 20:00:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG OECS EINV ECON XL
08BRIDGETOWN62	"ALBA" GAINS MOMENTUM IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the participation of three Eastern Caribbean heads of government at the sixth Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) summit in Caracas in late January 2008, the organization's influence in the region is making headlines and appears to be picking up steam. Domin [...]	2008-02-01 17:59:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR XL VE
08BRIDGETOWN63	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN TALKS CRIME, "ALBA," CULTURE [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion over breakfast, Ambassador Ourisman and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves covered the crime situation in St. Vincent, the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA),the state of the region's primary air carrier (LIAT),t [...]	2008-02-01 18:00:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON EINV XL NU VE
08BRIDGETOWN690	ST. VINCENT OPPOSITION IN A DISMAL STATE [...] (C) St. Vincent's New Democratic Party (NDP) is dispirited and mired in self pity, and appears incapable -- despite potential openings -- to mount any serious opposition to Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. The party's lackluster leadership has had difficulty targeting their criticisms and maki [...]	2008-11-21 17:51:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR XL
08BRIDGETOWN704	ST LUCIA CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST FREDERICK HEADS [...] (SBU) The long-running saga of the Minister Richard Frederick's corruption case appears headed towards a final resolution. Frederick lost his action for dismissal of charges against him relating to evasion of taxes for the importation of a vehicle, and the case is finally headed to trial. I [...]	2008-12-02 20:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OECS POL PGOV PINR PHUM PINS XL
08BRIDGETOWN706	ST LUCIA CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST FREDERICK HEADS [...] (SBU) The long-running saga of the Minister Richard Frederick's corruption case appears headed towards a final resolution. Frederick lost his action for dismissal of charges against him relating to evasion of taxes for the importation of a vehicle, and the case is finally headed to trial. I [...]	2008-12-03 17:30:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	OECS POL PGOV PINR PHUM PINS XL
08BRIDGETOWN725	HIGH COURT DECISION GIVES ST. KITTS A NEW CHANCE [...] (U) In an effort to develop its tourism industry with large-scale projects that can create jobs, generate visitors, and lure high-end investors, the government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN) has taken to expropriating land from smaller, individual investors under its eminent domain laws and s [...]	2008-12-12 18:41:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KIDE EINV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN728	DOMINICA'S ECONOMY SHOWING SIGNS OF LIFE DESPITE [...] (SBU) Despite recent turmoil in world markets, Dominica is showing some signs of improved economic vitality, with new infrastructure projects coming on line and economic growth projected to reach a respectable three percent. Economic contacts remain cautiously optimistic that Dominica will be [...]	2008-12-15 16:57:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ENRG EINV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN78	ST. VINCENT: RAPE CHARGES AGAINST PM GONSALVES [...] (U) This cable is an action request; please see Para 8. 2. (C) On February 4, 2008 the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines "discontinued" the criminal rape case filed against St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. The case was earl [...]	2008-02-06 20:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN88	WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED [...] Per reftel instructions, invitation letters under Ambassador Oursiman's signature were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Dominica #0120 and St. Vincent and the Grenadines #0121) on February 12, 2008. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this d [...]	2008-02-13 19:46:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY DO VC XL
08BRIDGETOWN89	DOMINICANS CONCERNED ABOUT ALBA [...] (U) SUMMARY: While the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (GOCD) defends its decision to join Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA),many sectors in Dominican society are concerned about the long-term consequences of this agreement. The decision to halt progres [...]	2008-02-13 20:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VE DO XL
08BRUSSELS1008	EU POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Work continues in Brussels to push forward UNSCR 1803 implementation, but doubts remain about whether it will be possible to act at France's first GAERC session (July 22-23). EU Political Director Cooper requested additional information from Treasury about shifting flows of [...]	2008-07-02 15:45:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ETTC KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV PHUM IR EUN
08BRUSSELS1015	BURMA: EU AGREES THAT FURTHER ASSISTANCE DEPENDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 26, USEU Poloff delivered reftel points to Seamus Gillespie at the European Commission (EC). He agrees with our points and stressed the need for close cooperation. He raised two issues that the EC sees as problematic: Restrictions on the World Food Program (WFP) a [...]	2008-07-03 16:53:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID BM EUN
08BRUSSELS1046	BELGIANS MAY RELUCTANTLY GIVE FUNDS FOR NTM-I, BUT [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with Belgian MFA NATO desk officer Frederic Meurice, who expressed surprise at NATO's continuing insistence on training Iraqi security forces in Iraq. He noted the Belgian reservations about supporting the Iraq war and pointed out that Belgium has always sp [...]	2008-07-11 12:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO IZ BE
08BRUSSELS1055	FRIENDS OF BELARUS: ELECTIONS AND KOZULIN [...] (C) Summary. On July 3, EUR A/S Daniel Fried participated in an informal gathering of the informal Friends of Belarus contact group to encourage continued Transatlantic policy cooperation. The meeting was convened by the Lithuanian Political Director on the margins of the U.S.-EU Political [...]	2008-07-14 08:24:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PHUM KDEM EUN BO
08BRUSSELS1095	ARF: EU SUPPORTS INCLUSION OF POINTS INTO [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 16:18:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ARF ASEAN KNNP PARM EUN EAID
08BRUSSELS1129	BELGIANS ALREADY ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE DUAL-USE [...] (C) Poloff presented reftel points to Filip de Clercq in the MFA's Non-Proliferation and Export Controls Office. De Clercq said although he did not have any information about the company mentioned reftel, Belgium already considers firms or possible "front companies" based in Malaysia as high [...]	2008-07-24 12:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC IR MY BE
08BRUSSELS1137	A/S FRIED URGES RAPID EU-UN TRANSITION IN KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried emphasized to a group of EU Political and Security Committee Ambassadors and, separately, to EU Director General Robert Cooper that the EU must do more to quickly resolve UNMIK-EULEX transition arrangements for Kosovo and should not waste the opportun [...]	2008-07-25 09:07:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN UNMIK KV
08BRUSSELS1147	BELGIUM IN FAVOR OF TURKEY'S ACCESSION TO THE EU [...] (SBU) Poloff gave reftel points to MFA Turkey Desk Officer Marie Noelle Dubois July 25. Dubois said the Belgian position remains in favor of Turkey's accession to the EU, dependent upon how Turkey progresses with reforms, and how it handles the current court case mentioned in reftel. The Be [...]	2008-07-28 14:45:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV TU EUN BE
08BRUSSELS1148	BELGIUM FAVORS SOLANA AS SINGLE CONTACT POINT WITH [...] (SBU) MFA Middle East Office Director Francoise Gustin told POLOFF that GOB agrees with the points presented in reftel. The Belgians believe Solana should be the only one to have direct contact with the SARG. Belgium is in favor of keeping open the dialog with Syria, but thinks the EU must [...]	2008-07-28 15:05:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SY EUN BE
08BRUSSELS1233	EU RESPONDS ON NEW SANCTIONS, FUTURE OF BURMA [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points on August 6 to the head of unit for South-East Asia at European Commission DG RELEX, and to the new South-East Asia desk officer at the Council Secretariat. They welcomed the JADE Act legislation and appreciated receiving our list of newly des [...]	2008-08-11 09:43:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV ETRD EAID BM EUN
08BRUSSELS1287	BELGIUM, IN THE UNSC CHAIR THIS MONTH, WANTS UNSYG [...] (C) MFA Security Council Coordinator Rudi Brieven, accompanied by Attache for Middle East and North Africa Laura Poletto, received Poloff to discuss the referenced demarche on August 19. Brieven said that the GoB follows events in North Africa, especially Morocco and Algeria, very closely, be [...]	2008-08-20 08:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI BE
08BRUSSELS1324	EULEX: UN PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES UNRESOLVED; EU [...] (C) Summary: The EU's negotiations with the UN over privileges and immunities (Ps and Is) for EULEX personnel remain stalled. The EU has, however, secured the Government of Kosovo's agreement to extend Ps and Is to the mission. EULEX planners, while admitting that deployment under only Gov [...]	2008-08-27 12:49:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN KV UNMIK
08BRUSSELS1337	TFGG01 - DEMARCHE REQUEST ON BELGIAN MFA (CURRENT [...] (C) SEE URGENT DEVELOPMENT IN PARA 4 (BELOW). The MFA of Belgium, which this month chairs the UNSC, is in the process of refining its instructions to Amb. Jan Grauls in New York for today's emergency UNSC meeting that is being convened at the request of the Government of Georgia. Before Polof [...]	2008-08-28 13:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL GG BE
08BRUSSELS1354	DE GUCHT SEPT 3 TRIP TO MOSCOW; EXCHANGE WITH [...] (C) De Gucht September 3 Call in Moscow on Lavrov - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - -: During a September 2 call on MFA Deputy Cabinet Chiefs Fons Borginon (multilateral affairs) and Thomas Lambert (European bilateral affairs, who attended the September 1 EU Summit),they expl [...]	2008-09-02 17:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV GG RS YI AF PK BE
08BRUSSELS1366	BELGIAN MFA FINDS IDEA OF BIG EXPANSION OF AFGHAN [...] Summary: Without committing the GOB, Renier Nijskens of the Belgian MFA received reftel demarche, regarding expanding the Afghan National Army (ANA),favorably. He warned that such an increase in manpower must be implemented intelligently so that money spent is not wasted. He said that curr [...]	2008-09-04 06:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF BE
08BRUSSELS1390	FM DE GUCHT ENCOUNTERS RESOLUTE FM LAVROV IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov told Belgian FM De Gucht September 3 that OSCE monitors would not be acceptable in South Ossetia, unless South Ossetian de facto president Kokoity approves them, nor would Russian troops be withdrawn from South Ossetia and Abkhazia because those troops are there [...]	2008-09-05 18:18:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BE GG RU
08BRUSSELS1402	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREVENTING IRAN'S ACQUISITION [...] (SBU) On September 9 Poloff delivered reftel points regarding prevention of Iran's acquisition of uranium to Werner Bauens, Director of the Non-Proliferation and Export Controls Office of the Minstry of Foreign Affairs. Bauens noted that Belgium is not a producer of uranium, but admitted that [...]	2008-09-09 15:25:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IR BE
08BRUSSELS1407	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MALAYSIAN FIRM ACTING AS FRONT [...] (S) On September 9 Poloff delivered ref A points regarding the pending sale of A9910 data acquisition systems manufactured by the Belgian firm Thales Alenia Space to the Malaysian firm Evertop, known to be operating as a front for an Iranian end-user. Poloff met with Walter Bauwens, Director [...]	2008-09-10 13:32:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC BE IR MY
08BRUSSELS1412	UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: Speaking both as the Human Rights person at the Belgian MFA and as a participant in the EU Working Group on Human Rights meeting of September 4-5, Francine Chainye told Poloff Judith Heimann: --There were no surprises in our demarche talking points (reftel) except for Belarus (see [...]	2008-09-11 15:26:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN EU BE
08BRUSSELS1419	FORTHCOMING EU FONMIN MEETING (GAERC) SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) On September 12, MFA Director for EU External Affairs Filip David told Poloff Heimann the following: 2. (C) Zimbabwe David said that the COREPER (i.e., EU Permreps)-drafted conclusions of the forthcoming GAERC included extending the EU sanctions beyond what they are now -- though Davi [...]	2008-09-12 14:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PHUM PREL ZI SO TU YI RS BE PGOV ZL
08BRUSSELS1420	GOB NOT EAGER TO SEE ISAF ROLE EXPANDED TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 14:35:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MOPS MARR AF BE
08BRUSSELS1457	FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT'S SENIOR CABINET OFFICER [...] (C) Summary: During a September 19 call on Belgian MFA Deputy Head of Cabinet for Bilateral Affairs Thomas Lambert, Poloffs received the Belgian take on reftel demarche, PM Leterme's current trade and investment trip to Sochi, Russia, and the EU's evolving energy policy. The GoB was well aware [...]	2008-09-19 16:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RU BL VE BE
08BRUSSELS1458	EU URGES RESTRAINED RESPONSE TO CHAVEZ, SUPPORTS [...] (C) Summary: EU Council Secretariat and French Presidency interlocutors were supportive, though not always optimistic, about efforts to resolve the Bolivian crisis through dialogue. On September 19, the French Presidency issued a statement that, among other things, encouraged La Paz to "maint [...]	2008-09-22 07:25:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN BL VE
08BRUSSELS1464	BELGIUM: "NO BUSINESS AS USUAL" DOESN'T EXCLUDE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Pol De Witte, the Director for Security Policy and NATO Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. De Witte said that Belgium takes a more "moderate line" than the U.S. on NATO-Russia meetings and sees value in dialogue. Poloff argued that Russia's re [...]	2008-09-22 15:44:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL GG RS BE
08BRUSSELS1474	TWO ANTI-KABILA EXTRA-PARLIAMENTARY POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since mid-June, an Embassy Poloff with a previous posting in Kinshasa has been sought out separately by the heads of two different Congolese political groups (Union Socialiste Congolaise and the Movement des Patriots Congolais). These groups did not participate in the electoral [...]	2008-09-23 15:12:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG BE
08BRUSSELS1496	BELGIAN MOD ON PLANS FOR THE MILITARY IN 2009 [...] (C) Summary: Belgian troops are operating in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Chad and the Congo. The Ministry of Defense is developing a strategy for 2009 that foresees increases in the Belgian participation in Afghanistan and in the EU Battle Group, but a pullback in Lebanon. Although Defense [...]	2008-09-25 11:57:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BE AF LE CG CD KV
08BRUSSELS1501	INGUSH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SEEK ATTENTION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 24, Poloff met with two Ingush human rights activists, Ibragim Muharbekovich Lianov and Alik Osdoev. They described human rights violations in Ingushetia since 1992. They said that Russia intends to abolish the Republic of Ingushetia and merge it with Chechnya in O [...]	2008-09-26 14:37:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM RU BE GG
08BRUSSELS1540	FRENCH MOVING THE EU-CUBA DIALOGUE FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: France is working to start an EU political dialogue with the Government of Cuba before the Czech Republic takes over the EU Presidency in January 2009. EU Council and Member State interlocutors in the course of separate conversations in late September assured us that human rig [...]	2008-10-02 12:34:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN EAID CU
08BRUSSELS1558	FLEMISH POLITICAL PARTIES: CD&V GOVERNMENT SAVED [...] (C) Summary: Flemish Christian Democrat (CD&V) International Affairs Secretary Peter Gijsels provided Poloff a broad read out of his party's domestic challenges steering the national coalition government and its view of the trans-Atlantic relationship. Just two weeks ago, the government of CD [...]	2008-10-08 10:54:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS AF BE
08BRUSSELS1565	EUROPEAN COMMISSION PLANNING SOMALIA MARITIME [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission's Critical Maritime Routes initiative is intended to help improve security along key shipping corridors by providing aid to countries to enhance vessel tracking and information sharing. Initially conceived only for the Malacca Straits, the Commission is [...]	2008-10-09 05:46:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS EWWT XA XF XC AID
08BRUSSELS1566	EUROPEAN COMMISSION PLANNING SOMALIA MARITIME [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission's Critical Maritime Routes initiative is intended to help improve security along key shipping corridors by providing aid to countries to enhance vessel tracking and information sharing. Initially conceived only for the Malacca Straits, the Commission is [...]	2008-10-09 05:46:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS EWWT XA XF XC AID
08BRUSSELS1573	U.S.-EU ENLARGEMENT TROIKA: CROATIA [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with us to discuss Croatia as part of the working level "Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Access to the EU" dialogue or troika, October 8, our EU counterparts reported they were "very pleased" with accession negotiations. The Commission reported that statistics relat [...]	2008-10-09 18:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN HR
08BRUSSELS1589	EU-CUBA DIALOGUE SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 16 [...] (C) Summary: EU interlocutors tell us that an EU-Cuba political dialogue is scheduled to take place at foreign minister level this Thursday, October 16, in Paris. The EU assures us that human rights and democracy issues will be part of the dialogue. The Cuban Government has made last-minute [...]	2008-10-14 16:37:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN CU
08BRUSSELS1590	EU NOT EXPECTING LISBON TREATY BREAKTHROUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Interlocutors told us in separate conversations over the past two weeks that Irish Prime Minister Cowen will not present a plan for Lisbon Treaty ratification at this week,s European Council meeting, but instead will briefly present Dublin,s understanding of why the first [...]	2008-10-14 18:12:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ECIN EI
08BRUSSELS1591	BELGIUM: OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 08:40:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL KMCA KCRS GG BE
08BRUSSELS1624	BELGIUM: "CREDIBLE AFGHAN ELECTIONS ARE MORE [...] (C) Summary: The GOB is concerned that the USG is not doing enough to curb participation in Afghan elections and government by corrupt individuals. It would like to see agreement on ways to improve the credibility of the election process and quality of candidates among the NATO Allies before [...]	2008-10-21 11:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR AF BE
08BRUSSELS1626	FLEMISH GOVERNMENT SEEKS A FEDERAL BELGIUM: [...] (S) The Chief of Staff to Head of the Flemish government Koen Geens provided a quick sketch of Flemish goals in the intra-regional negotiations on government reform to Poloffs October 16. The long term Flemish goal is a federal state, with a "lean and mean," central government equipped with on [...]	2008-10-21 12:29:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1638	EU WELCOMES US 1540 IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points and non-paper on the planned U.S. in-kind contribution for the 1540 Committee to EU Council Secretariat and European Commission counterparts on October 21 and 22. EU officials welcomed the news and said they look forward to ensuring EU and U.S. approaches a [...]	2008-10-23 05:13:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EUE EUN KPAO PREL PTER UNSC
08BRUSSELS1649	BELGIUM LIKELY TO VOTE YES ON DE-ALERTING, ABSTAIN [...] (C) Summary: Belgium intends to vote yes on the UN First Committee resolution on de-alerting after abstaining in 2007. It will not co-sponsor the resolution, but it does want to increase pressure on nuclear weapons states to disarm. It would like to see more attention paid to targeting of nuc [...]	2008-10-24 16:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC UNGA PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1660	BELGIUM:ENGAGING EU ON BOSNIA [...] (C) MFA Director for Southeast Europe Luc Liebaut provided to Poloff October 27, an informative and lengthy readout of European thinking on Bosnia. Liebaut said the EU and Belgium were largely in agreement over the main points in reftel demarche, with a slightly nuanced view of the 5-Plus-2 a [...]	2008-10-28 11:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BK EU BE
08BRUSSELS1661	EU-CUBA DIALOGUE FOCUSED ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (C) Summary: EU officials spoke positively about the renewal of the EU-Cuba dialogue at foreign minister level on October 16 and the re-launching of development cooperation on October 24. On October 16, FMs Kouchner, Schwartzenberg, and Commissioner Michel discussed the human rights situatio [...]	2008-10-28 15:46:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU ENRG ETRD EINV KDEM EUN XL EAID
08BRUSSELS1680	BELGIAN GOVERNMENT INCHES TOWARD ACTION ON CRISIS [...] Summary: (C) The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo) is currently the number one real-time foreign policy concern for the Belgian Government and one of the top stories in the Belgian press (French and Flemish). The GoB issued statements October 30 calling for an immediate [...]	2008-10-30 17:58:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PGOV PREL BE RW CG EU
08BRUSSELS1682	BURMA: EU ADDITIONAL VIEWS ON BURMA'S GLOBAL FUND [...] (C) Per REF A instructions, Poloff reviewed U.S. position on the Global Fund in Burma with Andreas List, Burma Desk Officer at DG External Relations. Drawing upon REFTEL points, Poloff stressed the importance of obtaining a commitment from the Burmee Government up front in the Global Fund ap [...]	2008-10-31 11:11:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KHIV PREL PHUM SOCI ETRD BM EUN
08BRUSSELS1715	IRAN: EU SEEKS TO BOLSTER PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent conversations with European Commission, Council, and Member State representatives indicate that while the will exists to expand their current Iran-related public diplomacy programming, a number of factors are slowing the EU's ability to implement such programs. The absenc [...]	2008-11-10 06:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV SCUL IR KDEM KPAO OEXC OIIP
08BRUSSELS1732	BELGIUM NON-COMMITTAL ON CRITERIA-BASED CONTROL OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 16:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA BE
08BRUSSELS1733	BELGIUM: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 16:59:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SNAR BL BE
08BRUSSELS1745	EU PREPARING FOR PIRACY MISSION, NO PLAN FOR [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU expects to launch its first naval operation by mid-December, when it will begin counter-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa. The operation, dubbed Atalanta, will be commanded from an Operational Headquarters at Northwood, UK, with a Force Headquarters afloat. The [...]	2008-11-17 14:05:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET	EAID EUN EWWT PHSA PREF PREL XA XO XW ZP
08BRUSSELS1749	BELGIUM AND THE CONGO PART TROIS: MFA CONTACTS [...] (C) Summary: PolEconCouns and Poloff joined MFA Congo Contacts for a wide ranging discussion on Belgium's latest efforts to end the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our contacts said Foreign Minister De Gucht would fly to New York November 25 and 26 to attempt to bolster the MO [...]	2008-11-18 18:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG BE
08BRUSSELS1766	BELGIUM: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (C) Poloff received feedback November 21 on reftel demarche from Belgian MFA UN Security Council interlocutor covering Middle East issues, Cristophe De Bassompierre. De Bassompierre cautioned the U.S. not to expect any significant change in Belgian or E.U. voting patterns on Israel-Palestine [...]	2008-11-21 17:21:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY BE
08BRUSSELS1772	BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT ENDURES TOUGH [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht (Open VLD) is living through one of the rockiest periods of his political life, but he is generally expected to survive and see it through to the June 2009 parliamentary elections. He is accused of passing inside information to his wife, who benefi [...]	2008-11-21 17:49:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BE CG
08BRUSSELS1773	EU CONCERNED ABOUT SITUATION IN NICARAGUA BUT MAY [...] (C) PolOff delivered REF A demarche to the French EU Presidency on November 21, encouraging the EU to press for a recount of the disputed November 9 Nicaraguan municipal elections. French Latin America counselor Valerie Liang-Champrenault voiced the French EU Presidency's concern about the s [...]	2008-11-21 18:06:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	XK UAID ETRD EUN
08BRUSSELS1795	A TALE OF TWO PARTIES: THE FIGHT FOR THE FLEMISH [...] Summary: Though the June 2009 elections are months away, they lurk in backs of the minds of most Flemish politicians. The center-right Flemish Liberal Party (Open VLD) is worried about recent controversies besetting its ministers, while the upstart center-right party Lijst Dedecker (LDD) antic [...]	2008-11-26 17:01:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS180	VISIT OF S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON TO BRUSSELS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson visited Brussels January 8 and 9 to discuss war crimes issues with EU and Belgian officials. Discussions focused on current operations of war crimes tribunals, judicial development programs in Rwanda, and the general fut [...]	2008-02-05 09:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EUM
08BRUSSELS1806	BELGIUM: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 14:06:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1820	BELGIUM PUSHES FOR AN EU BRIDGING FORCE FOR THE [...] (C) MFA Congo Desk told Poloff December 2 that FM De Gucht would attempt to gauge Allied interest in an EU bridging force for the Congo at today's NATO Ministerial. Belgium is looking to see if other partners are ready. Belgium wants to be part of a force but cannot take the lead. Should a f [...]	2008-12-02 16:18:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG BE
08BRUSSELS1821	BELGIUM WILLING TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON AMENDED NSG [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 16:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY BE
08BRUSSELS1822	BELGIUM:LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 16:36:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR BE
08BRUSSELS1828	BELGIUM SIGNS CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) On December 2, Poloff delivered reftel information on the United States position on the Convention on Cluster Munitions to Werner Bauwens, Director of the MFA Office of Non-Proliferation and Export Controls. Bauwens said that Belgium will sign the CCM on December 3 in Oslo. According to [...]	2008-12-04 14:12:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY BE
08BRUSSELS1868	BELGIUM:DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 15:52:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA BE
08BRUSSELS1882	BELGIUM UNDERSTANDS PROBLEM OF TECHNICAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 16:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA SY TRGY BE
08BRUSSELS1887	BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER REMAINS OPTIMISTIC ON EU [...] (C) Summary: The Belgian MFA was optimistic the morning of December 12 that the EU would deploy an ESDP mission in Congo eventually, despite continued opposition from key member states. The MOD was less optimistic after French President Sarkozy's statement late afternoon that Europe cannot be [...]	2008-12-15 09:34:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM CG BE
08BRUSSELS1899	EU PONDERS MILITARY OPTIONS FOR DR CONGO [...] (C//NF) Summary: During the week of December 8, the EU Council Secretariat prepared a list of options for an EU response to UN SG Ban Ki-Moon's request for an EU "bridging force" in the DRC. Foreign ministers discussed these options on December 11 at a dinner on the margins of the European C [...]	2008-12-16 06:11:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CG XA MOPS EUN
08BRUSSELS1900	EU PONDERS MILITARY OPTIONS FOR DR CONGO [...] (C//NF) Summary: During the week of December 8, the EU Council Secretariat prepared a list of options for an EU response to UN SG Ban Ki-Moon's request for an EU "bridging force" in the DRC. Foreign ministers discussed these options on December 11 at a dinner on the margins of the European C [...]	2008-12-16 06:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL CG XA MOPS EUN
08BRUSSELS1929	REQUEST FOR SECURITY SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] On December 17, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper seeking security support for 2009 Afghan elections to Vincent Mertens de Vilmars, Head of the Diplomatic Department at the Ministry of Defense and to Alain Hanssen, Deputy Director of the South Asia Department of the Ministry of F [...]	2008-12-18 16:38:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF BE
08BRUSSELS1930	BELGIUM NOTIFIED OF FRIED-ANTONOV MEETING ON CFE [...] (C) On December 15, Poloff delivered reftel notification of the planned Fried-Antonov meeting in Geneva on December 17 to Francois De Kerchove, deputy director of the Department of Security Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. De Kerchove said that the news of the Fried-Antonov meeting [...]	2008-12-18 17:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PREF PARM NATO RS BE
08BRUSSELS1937	EU LAUNCHES ANTI-PIRACY OPERATION DESPITE [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU has launched its counter-piracy operation ATALANTA and has begun escorts off the coast of Somalia. USEU contacts suggest the force will comprise four to five ships on station throughout the year, plus three maritime patrol aircraft and supply ship support. While ten [...]	2008-12-22 06:20:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER XA XW SO EUN
08BRUSSELS1953	WITH GOVERNMENT'S RESIGNATION, THE SEARCH FOR A [...] (C) Summary: The King accepted the Leterme government's resignation December 22. The government now goes into caretaker status until a new coalition is negotiated or new elections are held. The King has asked former PM Wilfried Martens to act as a go-between and look for options in forming a [...]	2008-12-24 10:17:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF BE
08BRUSSELS224	DEPLOYMENT OF EU FORCE TO CHAD HANGS IN BALANCE [...] (C) Summary: France is fully committed to deploying the EU military force to Chad/CAR (EUFOR) and appears to have the backing of HiRep Solana, the Slovenian Presidency, and others, according to contacts at the EU and various member state PermReps. But Austria and Sweden are increasingly hesit [...]	2008-02-08 18:16:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF ESDP CD EUN
08BRUSSELS240	DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON KOSOVO AND THE OSCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 14:29:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EU OSCE PGOV PREL UNAUS UNMIK YI BE
08BRUSSELS39	EU DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON SUDAN JOINT MILITARY UNITS [...] (SBU) Contacts at the European Commission and Council Secretariat were receptive in principle to requests to help SIPDIS Sudan establish military Joint Integrated Units (JIU),but said no internal EU discussions have yet taken place on the issue. Poloff delivered reftel points Jan. 10 to An [...]	2008-01-10 15:04:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU EUN
08BRUSSELS462	U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON UNITED NATIONS ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO PDAS James Warlick met with representatives of the European Union to discuss possible areas of U.S.-EU cooperation in the United Nations system. PDAS Warlick emphasized that the U.S. is committed to participation in multilateral fora and is determined to finds ways to make [...]	2008-03-28 14:02:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM EUN
08BRUSSELS579	US-BELARUS TALKS IN BRUSSELS ON BILATERAL TENSIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 15:31:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC ODIP ETTC EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS610	EU RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ARAB MAGHREB UNION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU considers the Maghreb an area of high priority due to its proximity, its historic ties to Member States, and the role of Maghreb immigrants in the EU. While the EU shares U.S. concerns on CT issues, its primary focus is promoting trade, development and human rights. In Janu [...]	2008-04-23 05:17:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID AG LY MO MR TS EUN XI
08BRUSSELS661	BRIEFING BELGIUM ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] (S/NF) Post continues to follow up with the Belgians regarding the Belgium-specific information on the flow of foreign terrorists into Iraq presented to the GOB on April 9, per ref instructions. (Post relayed reporting information to the Department April 10). DCM and PolCouns demarched MFA [...]	2008-04-30 11:40:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER BE
08BRUSSELS682	DEMARCHE ON BURMA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 16:06:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PHUM PREL BM BE
08BRUSSELS709	DEMARCHE TO BELGIUM:FRENCH UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 15:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM BE
08BRUSSELS819	BELGIUM DIPLOMATS IN DISARRAY OVER CONGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Diplomatic relations between Belgium and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are at a low point as Congolese officials reacted negatively to recent public comments Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht made regarding poor governance, lack of transparency, corruption and [...]	2008-05-30 15:24:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM DRC CH BE
08BRUSSELS832	BELGIUM SEEKING A SOLUTION TO THE UNMEE DILEMMA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points June 2 to Wilm Geurts and Rudi Brieven of the Belgian MFA UN Directorate, Security Council, and also shared the points with the MFA Eritrea and Ethiopia Desk Officer Isabelle Maduda-Lukebamoko. Although they have no specific instructions yet, they said B [...]	2008-06-02 15:56:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER BE
08BRUSSELS847	BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 09:12:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREF PREL SMIG BE
08BRUSSELS871	BELGIANS DISAPPOINTED AT USG DECISION TO NO LONGER [...] (SBU) PolOff met June 9 with Francine Chainaye, MFA Director for Human Rights Affairs, to discuss points in reftel. Chainaye said the Belgians know the problem and understand our discouragement with the Council, but she said "this is bad news" and asked how we expect the Council to improve [...]	2008-06-09 15:15:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM BE
08BRUSSELS897	BELGIUM SUPPORTS AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points June 12 to Hendrik Van de Velde, MFA Middle East Peace Process office. Van de Velde said Belgium is very supportive of the efforts for the Berlin Conference goals and they intend to pledge 100,000 to 200,000 Euros at the conference. He said Belgium also s [...]	2008-06-13 07:41:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS BE
08BRUSSELS913	EU DISCUSSES U.S. PARTICIPATION AND WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: EU civilian operations planning officials are optimistic that EU-UNMIK cooperation will soon be back on track and EULEX deployment will begin in larger numbers. Although questions about legal jurisdiction will pose challenges, EU officials expressed confidence that the EU and U [...]	2008-06-17 05:31:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL KJUS EUN UNMIK KV
08BRUSSELS955	SYRIA AND IRAN: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE AND [...] (C) During a June 13 visit to Brussels, U.S. Mission to the IAEA Ambassador Gregory Schulte met with EU Council Secretariat Director General Robert Cooper to discuss nuclear non-proliferation efforts vis a vis Iran and Syria. Schulte obtained Cooper's assurance that the EU would take formal a [...]	2008-06-24 11:28:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON EFIN KTFN MNUC KNNP PARM IR SY EUN
08BRUSSELS975	EU ON GITMO DETAINEES [...] (C/NF) On June 26, 2008, Deputy Minister Counselor for Political Affairs and PolOff met with Riina Kionka, Personal Representative for Human Rights for HR Javier Solana. She confirmed she had raised the issue of Guantanamo Bay detainee re-settlement with HR Solana earlier this year. Noting that [...]	2008-06-26 16:36:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PDRG PHUM PREL SMIT PTER EUN
08BUCHAREST100	ROMANIA ON BOARD WITH LEBANON DEMARCHE; ON SYRIA [...] (C) POLOFF delivered ref b demarche (and note verbale) on February 6 to MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Mihail Dobre. Dobre said Romania was "on board" with the U.S. points in support of Lebanon. He added that although it was too early to give a figure for Romania's financial support [...]	2008-02-07 14:40:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY RO
08BUCHAREST1009	(C) MFA SECRETARY OF STATE BUGA -- SOMETHING IN 24 [...] (C) Romania,s MFA Secretary of State Iulian Buga (accompanied by Director General Legal Affairs Cosmin Dinescu) asked for an urgent meeting today with Charg to discuss the critical time constraints for permitting Romania to maintain its troops in Iraq. Buga noted that National Security Adviso [...]	2008-12-23 15:49:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ RO UK AS EN ES
08BUCHAREST178	QROMANIAQS EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 14:34:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF SMIG ELAB EAID KCRM KWMN KFRD
08BUCHAREST181	ISAF CONTRIBUTION REQUEST DELIVERED [...] (C) On February 28, PolOffs and DATT met with Daniel Ionita, Director of the NATO Department at the MFA to deliver reftel request for additional ISAF contributions. Ionita reassured EmbOffs that Romania remained committed to the mission in Afghanistan. He expected that both the quantity and [...]	2008-03-07 16:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF RO

08BUCHAREST183	ROMANIA'S EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW: ------------------- A. Romania is a country of origin and transit for trafficking in persons (TIP). While the majority of TIP cases pertain to international trafficking between Romania and Western Europe, there are cases of domestic trafficking as well. Victims ) primar [...]	2008-03-10 13:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08BUCHAREST315	ETHNIC HUNGARIAN PARTIES FACE NEW ELECTION CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic Hungarian political contacts predicted that the UDMR and the rival Magyar Civic Party (PCM) would not be able to reach an accommodation before the registration deadline for candidates in the upcoming June 1 local elections. They predicted that both sides saw the electionas a bel [...]	2008-04-22 06:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST357	CABINET MEMBER TRIES HIS LUCK IN LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Education Cristian Adomnitei announced April 21 he would take leave from the ministry to commit himself fully to the campaign for the mayor of Iasi, one of the more important Romanian cities. In a discussion with PolOffs on April 22, Adomnitei unveiled the backdoor man [...]	2008-05-07 14:56:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST371	RFG ON TIMELINE FOR IRAQ COALITION POST-CHAPTER [...] (C) This is a request for guidance; see para 4. 2. (C) Summary: As Romania moves closer to the Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) meeting at the end of June that will make the recommendations to Parliament for the level of Romania's forces deployed abroad in 2009, the MFA and MOD [...]	2008-05-15 13:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ RO
08BUCHAREST374	ROMANIA: PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY REQUESTS MILITARY [...] (S) In a May 15 discussion with Poloff, MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Mihail Dobre relayed that the Palestinian Authority (PA) representative in Bucharest sent a formal request to the MOD requesting a military cooperation arrangement with Romania for the development and training of the Pa [...]	2008-05-15 15:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST418	THE UNINOMINAL EXPERIMENT: THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Romanians prepare to go to the polls June 1 to elect mayors, local and county councilors-and, for the first time-the heads of the county councils. A recent visit to witness the electoral campaign in Maramures and Satu Mare counties underscored that local leaders are still adapting [...]	2008-05-29 15:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL RO SOCI
08BUCHAREST435	ROMANIA: U.S.-EU SUMMIT DECLARATION'S FOCUS ON [...] (C) POLOFF delivered Reftel points on May 30 to MFA Director General for European Affairs Stefan Tinca and Director for U.S. and Canada Eugen Mihut. Tinca said that the next MFA coordination meeting would be held June 3, and he did not see any problems with supporting the U.S. on its Latin Am [...]	2008-06-02 14:25:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PHUM CU RO
08BUCHAREST471	ROMANIA ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND THE U.S. [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points on June 10 to MFA Director for Human Rights Razvan Rotundu. Rotundu was well aware from reporting by Romania's representatives in Geneva of the U.S. decision to cease its observer status, and said that he was sympathetic with the U.S. points. He pointed out [...]	2008-06-12 13:07:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL RO
08BUCHAREST475	ROMANIA ON BERLIN CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on June 13 to MFA Director General for Political Affairs Stefan Tinca. Tinca reported that Foreign Minister Comanescu would be attending the Berlin Conference. However, he added that Romania would be more focused on identifying possible project areas among [...]	2008-06-13 13:49:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN RO
08BUCHAREST561	ROMANIA AND MOLDOVA: WARY NEIGHBORS, HESITANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOR interlocutors, including President Basescu, have made clear that prospects for concluding a border regime treaty between Romania and Moldova prior to parliamentary elections and the selection of a new Moldovan president are very low, even if there have been some limited posit [...]	2008-07-11 14:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MD PBTS PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST583	ROMANIA AGREES: NEED CONCRETE ACTIONS FROM SARG [...] (C) Summary: MFA Middle East Director Dobre said that Romania's policy towards Syria is based on the expectation for concrete actions and accomplishments before political concessions can be offered. End Summary. 2. (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on July 24, to MFA Director for Middl [...]	2008-07-24 15:49:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE RO
08BUCHAREST653	CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, NEGATIVE VOTE FREEZES [...] (SBU) Summary: In an emergency session called by President Basescu, the Chamber of Deputies on August 13 voted against referring to the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) the corruption charges against former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and former Transportation Minister Miron Mitre [...]	2008-08-15 08:29:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST707	DEMARCHE RESPONSE - ROMANIA CONCERNED WITH RUSSIAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper on Georgia to Daniel Ionita, Director of NATO/Security Affairs at Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 4, 2008. 2. (C) Ionita emphasized the need for a unified EU approach to dealing with Russia in the region. He said th [...]	2008-09-05 11:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
08BUCHAREST727	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: GAERC TALKING POINTS AND [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper on September 10 to Daniel Ionita, Director for Security Policy, and Cosmin Onisii, Director of the U.S. and Canada Division, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania. 2. (C) Commenting on the September 5-6 Foreign Ministers' Mee [...]	2008-09-12 13:42:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV
08BUCHAREST832	PRESIDENT BASESCU VISITS DAMASCUS TO PROMOTE [...] (SBU) POLOFF met with MFA Middle East Director Mihai Dobre on October 23 to obtain a readout from President Basescu's two-day trip to Syria (10/20-21). Dobre noted that Basescu was invited by President Bashar al-Assad to begin the process of renewing Romanian-Syrian commercial ties that had [...]	2008-10-28 13:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY XF RO
08BUCHAREST851	JEWISH CEMETERY DESECRATION: A PROFESSIONAL JOB? [...] (SBU) On October 22, vandals destroyed 131 graves in Bucharest's main Jewish cemetery. The desecration was a brazen and systematic attack targeting the most valuable and elaborate tombstones in the graveyard, with damages estimated at one million dollars. The Romanian Prime Minister and Minist [...]	2008-10-31 15:35:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST931	ELECTION-TIME ANGER, ANGST IN HUNGARIAN-MAJORITY [...] (C) During a recent visit to ethnic Hungarian areas in Transylvania, UDMR leaders said they would join a new government no matter which party won the elections. However, they admitted the PD-L was not their first choice as a coalition partner due to conflicts over the issue of Hungarian autono [...]	2008-11-26 15:18:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST951	ROMANIA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on 5 December to MFA Director General for Political Affairs Stefan Tinca. The talking points, including a request for Romania to recognize an independent Kosovo, elicited the following reaction: "What has changed? The grueling exercise of compromising on [...]	2008-12-05 14:52:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV RO
08BUCHAREST97	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES LUSTRATION LAW [...] (C) Summary. The process of lustrating communist-era collaborators received an unexpected blow January 31 when the Constitutional Court ruled that the law establishing the National Council for the Study of Securitate Archives (CNSAS) is unconstitutional. The CNSAS had been a controversial body [...]	2008-02-05 15:29:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RO
08BUDAPEST1004	HUNGARIAN INTEREST TO SUPPORT NORWAY-IAEA SAFETY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 08:56:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP IR HU
08BUDAPEST1008	HUNGARY DESIRES CONTACT POINT DESIGNATION IN [...] (SBU) During a meeting on October 9, MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department Head Vilmos Hamikus asked PolOff to forward Hungary's desire to serve as the Contact Lead Nation in Montenegro. Commenting that "Hungary has no nasty roots in the region," he stated that Hungary has a special p [...]	2008-10-20 10:22:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO HU MW
08BUDAPEST1009	HUNGARY WILL NOT PARTICPATE IN THE NOVEMBER 13-14 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 10:23:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KGIC PINR PTER HU
08BUDAPEST1010	HUNGARIAN, CZECH AND POLISH TENTH ANNIVERSARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 11:52:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO HU PL EZ
08BUDAPEST1015	HUNGARY TO ATTEND OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS' [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 07:34:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRS EAID GG HU
08BUDAPEST1025	HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON BOSNIA [...] (C) Summary. Sharing U.S. concerns on the current political situation in Bosnia Hercegovina (BiH),the Hungarian MFA's Russia and Balkans Department Deputy Director Istvan Ijgyarto believes the situation has moved two years backwards. Stating that several EU countries are inclined to move Se [...]	2008-10-30 08:22:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EU BK HU
08BUDAPEST1033	HUNGARY WILL CONSIDER HOSTING A FUTURE EXERCISE [...] In a follow-up discussion to ref A demarche delivered October 27, MFA Section for Arms Control and Non-proliferation Head Mark Horvath told PolOff October 30 that the MFA will take under consideration hosting a future Exercise Planning Group (EPG) event. Horvath noted that the MFA is facing a [...]	2008-10-31 09:55:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MCAP PINR PINS HU
08BUDAPEST1035	HUNGARY NOT INVITED TO IRAN'S UPCOMING NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 15:52:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC MNUC TRGY IR HU
08BUDAPEST1049	HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DIALOGUE ON PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 14:03:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER HU
08BUDAPEST1050	HUNGARIAN SUPPORT FOR NORWAY-IAEA SAFETY TRAINING [...] (S) In a follow-up to Hungary's initial response reported in ref C, Dr Kristof Horvath, Head of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Agency's (HAEA) Department of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials, told PolOff on November 3 that Hungary, in principle, is prepared to support the Norwegian sponsored trai [...]	2008-11-04 14:05:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP TRGY IR HU
08BUDAPEST1078	HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 10-11 FOREIGN [...] (U) MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Head Andras Dekany provided the following comments to PolOff on November 7 for the GAERC meeting scheduled for November 10-11. 2. (C) Russia: The main question is: has Russia miscalculated its strategy on Georgia? There are sig [...]	2008-11-10 12:46:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RU GG AF HU
08BUDAPEST1080	HUNGARY OFFERS TO HOST FUTURE EXERCISE PLANNING [...] In a follow-up to reftels, MFA Arms Control and Non-proliferation Section Chief Mark Horvath told PolOff on November 7 that his leadership has "agreed in principle" to organize a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Exercise Planning Group (EPG) event, preferably in November 2009. H [...]	2008-11-10 15:45:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KGIC PREL MCAP HU
08BUDAPEST1082	NRC CHAIRMAN MEETING WITH HUNGARIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Dale Klein met with representatives of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA),addressed the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and visited Hungary's new radioactive waste facility from September 22-25, 2008. Chairman Klein emphasized [...]	2008-11-12 05:59:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS HU
08BUDAPEST1119	HUNGARY CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR U.S. UNGA FIRST [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 07:52:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA HU
08BUDAPEST1122	HUNGARY ABSTAINING AGAIN ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 14:01:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA HU
08BUDAPEST1135	HUNGARIAN DEFENSE MINISTER'S MEETING WITH [...] (C/NF) Summary. Hungarian Minister of Defense Imre Szekeres outlined key financial aspects of the Hungarian National Military Strategy in meeting with Ambassador on November 21. Highlighting the current Government's commitment to increase the Defense budget over the next five years, Szekeres [...]	2008-11-26 14:09:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MCAP PGOV PREL AF HU
08BUDAPEST1149	INL A/S JOHNSON DISCUSSES AFGHAN AND HUNGARIAN [...] (C) Summary: INL A/S David Johnson stopped in Budapest October 27, on the tail end of a trip to Afghanistan and the Balkans. He spoke at INL,s Budapest International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA),met with Hungarian MFA officials to discuss Afghanistan counter-narcotics (CN) issues, and atte [...]	2008-12-01 13:44:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST1157	HUNGARIAN FOCUS AT THE HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director of the International Organizations and Human Rights Department, Zoltan Pecze, discussed reftel with PolOff on December 2. Pecze stated that Foreign Minister Goncz will directly address the Medvedev Security Treaty proposal during her speech at the December 4-5 Ministe [...]	2008-12-03 13:49:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE RU HU
08BUDAPEST1174	HUNGARIAN MFA APPRISED OF SYRIA'S TECHNICAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 14:31:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY HU
08BUDAPEST1175	HUNGARY SUPPORTS DRAFT NSG TEXT FOR TRANSFERS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 14:31:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY HU
08BUDAPEST1176	HUNGARY WILL ATTEND PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 14:33:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN HU
08BUDAPEST1207	HUNGARIAN HCOC REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) MFA Security and Non-proliferation Section Chief Mark Horvath requested a meeting with PolOff December 16 to discuss the current status of U.S.-Russian discussions related to the Joint Data Exchange Center. Commenting that the current [...]	2008-12-18 13:25:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL RS HU
08BUDAPEST1208	HUNGARY'S VIEW ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 13:27:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO HU
08BUDAPEST1210	HUNGARY WOULD CONSIDER ATTENDING POTENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 13:32:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN HU
08BUDAPEST1211	HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 13:33:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT AORC APER UNGA HU
08BUDAPEST1212	HUNGARY - NO PLANS FOR FURTHER FINANCIAL SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 13:33:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC HU
08BUDAPEST165	HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO CONCERNS ON OSLO PROCESS TO [...] (C) Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head, Gabor Horvath, discussed reftel with PolOff on February 15. Horvath stated that the Hungarians, based on presentations they received at NATO, have already "mandated" their Ambassador in New Zealand, representing Hungary at the Febru [...]	2008-02-15 16:33:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MOPS PARM PREL NATO HU
08BUDAPEST183	HUNGARY ON MACEDONIA'S NATO ASPIRATIONS AND NAME [...] (C) Marianne Berecz, SE Europe, Western Balkans and CIS Department Head and Gabor Horvath, Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head, discussed reftel with PolOff on January 15. Ambassador Berecz underlined Hungary's support for the Nimetz process, commenting that Greece's approa [...]	2008-02-21 06:35:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL GR MK HU MARR
08BUDAPEST21	HUNGARIAN SUPPORT FOR ASPIRATIONS OF THE SYRIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-08 14:20:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMPI PREL HU
08BUDAPEST211	HUNGARIAN BLUE LANTERN - LICENSE 05-050085871 [...] Although surprised when contacted about reftel, Magnum Vadasz es Hajos Company Director Akos Szucs willingly discussed the company's operations with PolOff and EmbOff on February 25. Opening the discussion, he commented that the company has been importing Remington and Hornady brand, U.S.-ma [...]	2008-02-28 10:50:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC HU
08BUDAPEST258	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON EU'S MARCH 10-11 FOREIGN [...] MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed reftel agenda items with PolOff on March 7. Dekany provided the following comments by agenda item: Western Balkans: - Kosovo: Good news that the government in Pristina has shown "sufficient maturity" in [...]	2008-03-10 13:07:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST269	HUNGARY UNAWARE OF MARCH 14 BEIRUT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 07:49:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER PARM HU
08BUDAPEST28	HUNGARIAN REQUEST: HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) MFA Security and Non-Proliferation Deputy Head of Department, Gabor Horvath, requested a meeting with PolOff on 7 January to discuss a UNGA First Committee issue related to the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). Hor [...]	2008-01-10 10:39:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT PARM PREL UNGA RU HU
08BUDAPEST412	HUNGARY LOOKS TO EU TO PRESS RUSSIA ON CREEPING [...] (C) MFA Deputy Russian and Balkans Department Head Istvan Ijgyarto discussed reftel with PolOff on April 21. Ijgyarto commented that the recent Russian "mechanism" initiative was a "two-track" message. First, for the U.S., NATO, and the EU, Kosovo's declaration of independence has consequence [...]	2008-04-23 09:27:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS HU
08BUDAPEST429	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON APRIL 28-29 FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-28 09:31:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST468	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON BURMA'S UPCOMING REFERENDUM [...] (C) PolOff discussed reftel with the MFA Asia/Pacific Department Head Gyula Petho on May 6. Petho acknowledged and expressed agreement with reftel's concerns about referendum's legitimacy, drawing reference to both the EU and UNSC statements on the issue. He believes the referendum will proc [...]	2008-05-07 06:44:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST480	HUNGARY AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS -- FOCUS ON [...] (C) MFA Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head, Gabor Horvath, discussed ref A with PolOff on May 7. Acknowledging the potential impact on interoperability and joint military actions, Horvath reiterated the Hungarian position outlined previously (ref B) - "Hungary can only suppo [...]	2008-05-09 15:25:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO HU
08BUDAPEST504	HUNGARY WILL ATTEND THE BURMA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 09:57:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST513	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE MAY 26-27 FOREIGN [...] (U) See guidance request at paragraph three. 2. (C) MFA EU External Relations Section Chief, Andras Dekany, discussed reftel agenda with PolOff on the upcoming GAERC meeting May 26-27, and provided the following comments: - Belarus and Iran: they will not be discussion topics. - Ira [...]	2008-05-23 14:56:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST514	HUNGARY IN LISTENING MODE AT BURMA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 14:56:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST517	HUNGARY CURRENTLY SUPPORTING MCKINLEY FOR IOM [...] PolOff delivered reftel information to the MFA International Organizations and Human Rights Department Head, Attila Zimanyi on May 23. He confirmed that Hungary currently supports the present Director General (DG),Brunson McKinley, for a third term. Zimanyi commented that Hungary has been g [...]	2008-05-28 13:49:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF SMIG AORC HU
08BUDAPEST528	HUNGARY SUPPORTS U.S. LATIN AMERICA AND MISSILE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 14:41:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST602	HUNGARY WILL ATTEND THE JUNE 24 BERLIN CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 07:30:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST603	HUNGARY WILL ATTEND JUNE 23 VIENNA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 07:31:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST604	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON U.S. DECISION CONCERNING THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 07:32:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST648	HUNGARY COMMENTS ON SHAPING POST-CYCLONE [...] The MFA Asia and Pacific Ocean Department Head, Gyula Petho, discussed reftel with PolOff on June 27. Petho noted that the eight-member joint Hungarian Reformed Church Charity Organization-Debrecen University Doctors Rescue Group arrived back in Budapest on June 26 after ten days providing p [...]	2008-06-27 15:02:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID HU BU EUN
08BUDAPEST663	COCKTAILS FOR THE ROMA - MOLOTOV STYLE [...] Summary: Recent Molotov cocktail attacks on Roma houses in the village of Patka highlight a growing trend of open confrontation between Roma and non-Roma Hungarian citizens in various locales. Village officials and the local "Civil Guard" group face racism claims in their effort to maintain la [...]	2008-07-02 05:04:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI HU
08BUDAPEST666	HUNGARIAN PARTICIPATION AT THE KOSOVO DONORS' [...] (SBU) MFA Kosovo Affairs Officer Zoltan Nagy discussed ref A demarche with PolOff on July 2. He noted that Hungary gives considerable importance to the conference, highlighting the GOH's decision last month to commit 1.2 million Euros in support of Kosovo. Nagy said that Ambassador Marianne [...]	2008-07-03 08:14:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST694	HUNGARIAN PARTICIPATION IN PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (SBU) Recently appointed MFA Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights Istvan Lakatos received text of reftel request on July 2 and discussed the issue with PolOff on July 10. Lakatos stated that Hungary would participate in the prisoners of conscience public affairs event on July 24 but could not [...]	2008-07-11 12:14:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN HU
08BUDAPEST696	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head Gabor Horvath discussed reftel with PolOff on July 10. Horvath noted that, while Hungary intends to sign the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions, the final text provides flexibility to continue operations and training with thos [...]	2008-07-11 14:40:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MOPS NATO HU
08BUDAPEST697	HUNGARY WILL CONTINUE LIMITED SUPPORT TO NATO [...] (C) MFA NATO and Security Policy Division Head Peter Sztaray discussed reftel with PolOff on July 11. Sztaray stated that the MFA "wants to maintain a footprint in Iraq" and is in discussion with the MOD to allow three trainers in the NTM-I to remain in place. He noted that, currently, more [...]	2008-07-11 14:40:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO HU
08BUDAPEST723	HUNGARY'S CUBA POLICY [...] (SBU) MFA Americas Department Head Szilveszter Bus discussed reftel with PolOff on July 22. Bus commented that the recently updated EU Common Position opens a new chapter in EU/Cuba relations. While Hungary supported the lifting of sanctions - stating that the embargo was/is not successful - [...]	2008-07-23 07:33:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CU HU EUN
08BUDAPEST750	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REALISM IN DEALING WITH THE [...] (C) Ref demarche was delivered on July 25, 2008, to Ambassador Laszlo Szabo of the Hungarian MFA Department for Africa and the Middle East. Szabo noted that Hungary was "not a pioneer" in reaching out to regimes like the Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG) and that Hungary's foreign policy [...]	2008-07-28 12:21:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY HU
08BUDAPEST763	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NATO MEMBERS AND ASPIRING [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 15:21:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL PHUM PTER HU
08BUDAPEST764	HUNGARIAN SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN MISSION AFTER [...] (C) Following the second death of a Hungarian soldier in Afghanistan in just over a month, reaction from the media, opposition parties and high-ranking politicians has been largely measured, with criticism aimed at the soldiers' funding and training rather than questioning Hungarian participat [...]	2008-07-30 15:26:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST771	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERS ON [...] (C) Ref talking points were delivered on July 31 to GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Marta Varkonyi, Head of the EU Enlargement Unit, and Zsuzsa Nora Vincze, Turkey desk officer. Hungary welcomed the July 30 decision by the Turkish Constitutional Court regarding the ruling Justice and [...]	2008-08-01 15:19:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV TU EUN HU
08BUDAPEST772	GENERAL GUIDANCE ON IRAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (S) Ref talking points were delivered on August 1 to Dr. Bernadett Kollar, Department of International Organizations at the GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kollar had no immediate response other than she understood entirely the need to deny a venue for Iran's continued overt and covert weapo [...]	2008-08-01 15:21:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PARM PREL HU
08BUDAPEST784	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING THE EU TO MAINTAIN [...] (S) Ref talking points were delivered on August 4 to GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Zsolt Pataki, Head of the EU Foreign and Security Policy Department, and Dr. Attila Pinter, Coordinator for the Western Balkans and outbound Deputy Chief of Mission to Macedonia. Pataki stated that [...]	2008-08-05 13:17:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	KAWC PREL ETTC ICTY BK EU HU
08BUDAPEST799	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW BURMA SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 08:46:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD BM HU
08BUDAPEST807	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. PROPOSAL FOR STRONG NAC [...] (C) Ref talking points were delivered on August 11 to Vilmos Hamikus, Acting State Secretary for Political Affairs at the GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hamikus agreed with the main principals of the talking points, namely the need for a cease fire and cessation of hostilities, however he also no [...]	2008-08-11 11:56:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM RU GG HU
08BUDAPEST813	TFGG01: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO HUNGARY REGARDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 04:45:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG HU
08BUDAPEST814	ANTI-ROMA INCIDENTS CONTINUE THROUGH THE SUMMER [...] (C) Summary. New Molotov cocktail attacks against Roma families and an anti-Roma cartoon in a satirical publication are two of the latest examples of an escalating trend of anti-Roma activities which, although carried out by only a small fraction of the population, have not triggered strong p [...]	2008-08-13 09:03:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST821	TFGG01: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSI... [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ref points were delivered on 14 August to GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs State Secretaries Dr. Jeno Faller and Vilmos Hamikus. Charge also delivered ref points to Ambassador Karoly Banai, Chief Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to t [...]	2008-08-14 16:47:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS HU
08BUDAPEST844	HUNGARY'S QUIET DIPLOMACY ON SOUTH OSSETIA AND [...] (C) Summary. The Hungarian Government will continue to work through their NATO and EU fora rather than directly confront the "difficult partner" Russia on the Georgia conflict. Prime Minister Gyurcsany will attend the EU's September 1 special meeting on Georgia, looking to draw a red-line ba [...]	2008-08-26 16:15:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
08BUDAPEST849	HUNGARY WILL NOT RECOGNIZE SOUTH OSSETIA AND [...] (C) In discussion of ref A with PolOff on August 27, MFA Russia and Balkans Deputy Department Head Istvan Ijgyarto called attention to Foreign Minister Goncz's comments today that Hungary will not recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. He also provided the official MFA res [...]	2008-08-27 16:09:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU HU
08BUDAPEST852	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. WILL NOT SIGN THE NATO [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 10:33:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL EUN HU
08BUDAPEST853	63RD UNFC: HUNGARY LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 10:35:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL UNGA CDG HU
08BUDAPEST854	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUNGARY SUPPORTIVE OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 10:36:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IR HU
08BUDAPEST879	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON UPCOMING SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...] (SBU) MFA EU External Relations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed reftels with PolOff on September 4 and provided the following comments on GYMNICH agenda items: 2. (SBU) Georgia: - Hungary supports an ESDP mission to Georgia and expects a decision at the September 15 GAERC. The mis [...]	2008-09-05 11:43:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HU EUN GG
08BUDAPEST881	HUNGARY TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) Reftel talking points were discussed on September 2 with Rita Silek of the GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Department, which is responsible for all ICJ issues. Silek agreed with many of the points made in reftel, namely the uncertainty and instability that the continued discussion of [...]	2008-09-05 13:53:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UN KV HU
08BUDAPEST882	HUNGARY SUPPORTS AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY EXPANSION [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, MFA Afghan Desk Officer Ferenc Hegyesi told PolOff on September 4 that Hungary supports increasing the size of the Afghan National Army (ANA). Highlighting the current and planned Hungarian military activity in Afghanistan - their PRT in Baghlan province, the upco [...]	2008-09-05 13:54:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF PREL HU
08BUDAPEST888	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] (C) MFA UN International Organization Department Desk Officer Krisztina Kovacs discussed Reftel with PolOff on September 4. Kovacs expressed Hungary's general support for the U.S. agenda and said that Hungary expects to be more actively engaged during the 2008 session. This increased involve [...]	2008-09-08 09:56:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN HU
08BUDAPEST902	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON SEPTEMBER 15-16 GAERC [...] (SBU) MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed reftels with PolOff on September 12, and provided the following comments concerning the agenda items: 2. (SBU) Zimbabwe - We are awaiting a clearer picture of the apparent agreement reached this w [...]	2008-09-15 13:02:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV HU GG RS
08BUDAPEST903	HUNGARY CAUTIOUS ON AMENDING ISAF OPLAN CN ANNEX [...] (C) Discussing reftel with PolOff on September 11, MFA's Security and Non-proliferation Department Afghan desk officer Margit Szucs stated that Hungary believes there is sufficient flexibility in the current OPLAN to allow for more efficient and effective operations without amendment. Undersco [...]	2008-09-15 14:22:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR HU AF
08BUDAPEST916	HUNGARY'S VIEW ON REBUTTING RUSSIA'S CLAIMS [...] (SBU) MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department Head Vilmos Hamikus discussed reftel with PolOff on September 17. Hamikus commented that Hungary would most likely work within the EU framework rather than making an individual statement on Russia's genocide claim. He noted that the September [...]	2008-09-19 10:33:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM HU RS GG
08BUDAPEST924	HUNGARY REQUESTING ASSISTANCE TO SUSTAIN AFGHAN [...] (C) MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department Head Vilmos Hamikus discussed reftel with PolOff on September 17. Responding to the request to prioritize troops and trainers rather than for financial support, Hamikus said the Hungarian PRT in Pol-e-Komri was ready to provide training, and he [...]	2008-09-22 12:26:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR HU AF
08BUDAPEST934	HUNGARY - WANTED OR NOT IN IRAQ? [...] (C) MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department Head Vilmos Hamikus discussed reftel with Pol/Off September 22. Hamikus commented that although the Hungarians plan to keep their current NTM-I, three-person team in Iraq through the end of 2009 based on requests at the Bucharest summit, they [...]	2008-09-23 16:16:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO HU
08BUDAPEST935	HUNGARIAN ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 16:23:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRS EAID GG RS HU
08BUDAPEST936	HUNGARY ON NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE NRC [...] (C) MFA NATO Section Chief Peter Sztaray discussed reftel with PolOff on September 23. Sztaray agreeing that the NRC meetings should not be held, initially commented that the Prepcom meetings would provide an avenue for discussion on areas of mutual NATO/Russia concern. Acknowledging the re [...]	2008-09-23 16:38:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO RS HU
08BUDAPEST993	HUNGARY MOVING TO SUPPORT U.S. FIRST COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 12:38:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL UNGA HU
08BUDAPEST995	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 12:39:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC KNNP HU IR

08BUENOSAIRES1166	ARGENTINE PRESIDENT HELPS BROKER CHAVEZ MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Kirchner (CFK) and her Ambassador to Washington, Hector Timerman, appear to have played a role in setting up Hugo Chavez's August 13 meeting in Caracas with Jewish leaders, as confirmed by Timerman's participation in the meeting. CFK's involvement a [...]	2008-08-19 14:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF VE AR BZ
08BUENOSAIRES1242	ARGENTINA: HIGH-PROFILE GOVERNOR ASPIRES TO LESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met with the governor of Argentina's prosperous and populous Santa Fe province Hermes Binner August 28 to discuss potential avenues of cooperation which included tax reform, health, education and commerce. The two hours of discussion were also an opportunity t [...]	2008-09-05 17:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1244	ARGENTINA WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT [...] (C) Poloff conveyed reftel points to Ambassador Raul Ricardes, General Director for Multilateral Affairs in Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and separately to Maria Fernanda Canas, the MFA's Sub-Director for North American Affairs, on September 4. Ricardes was accompanied by Min [...]	2008-09-05 19:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1249	ARGENTINA WELCOMES DIALOGUE ON PRIORITIES FOR UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff raised ref A points with Minister Silvia Fernandez, Director for the Argentine MFA's Office of Human Rights on September 5. No-action motions ----------------- Poloff thanked the GOA for voting against all no-action motions and voting for country-specific resolutions against [...]	2008-09-05 21:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1281	ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OFAC DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff on September 12 delivered notice of the impending OFAC Narcotics Kingpin Act designations of three senior Venezuelan officials to Ricardo Roselli, the Director General for International Narcotics Affairs at the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Points were also p [...]	2008-09-12 21:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN SNAR KCRM PREL VE AR
08BUENOSAIRES1347	ARGENTINA SUPPORTS COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES BUT ASKS FOR [...] (SBU) Poloff raised reftel points with Soledad Capone in the Argentine MFA's Office of International Organizations. Capone indicated that Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti is currently scheduled to participate in the September 26 Community of Democracies (CD) meeting. She explained that [...]	2008-09-26 20:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1393	ARGENTINA: SAN LUIS GOVERNOR SAYS GOA LACKS MASTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met with San Luis Governor and 2007 presidential candidate Rodriguez Saa on October 1. A dissident Peronist and critic of the Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) administration, Rodriguez Saa expressed his frustration at the current political situation, alleg [...]	2008-10-09 18:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1403	ARGENTINA WILL SUPPORT U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 19:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM CDG PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1420	ARGENTINA: AMIA PROSECUTOR DESCRIBES IMPENDING [...] (C) Summary: Alberto Nisman, Argentina's Special Prosecutor to investigate the 1994 terrorist attack against the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA),called on the Ambassador October 14, 2008 to provide advance notice of what he said would be the first civil action to be advanced again [...]	2008-10-15 22:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PGOV PREL EFIN IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1434	ARGENTINA: LA RIOJA GOVERNOR WELCOMES U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: La Rioja Governor and Peronist party member Luis Beder Herrera described his rural province's economy and expressed hope for U.S. investment in the mining area. The Governor asked about U.S. relations with Argentina, and the Ambassador highlighted strong cooperation in a wide [...]	2008-10-20 12:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1465	ARGENTINA: LEGISLATORS SUPPORT CLOSER [...] (SBU) Summary: Five members of the Argentine Lower House in three meetings with the Ambassador shared their impressions of recent political developments in Argentina and expressed support for greater collaboration with the U.S. Congress. Opposition members of the Argentine Lower House "U.S. F [...]	2008-10-24 20:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1478	GOVERNMENT OF ARGENTINA THINKING OUT LOUD ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Five Argentine Cabinet Ministers joined a host of other public and private figures October 9 to launch a two-day workshop on Argentine narcotics policies, offering the first serious public dialogue on decriminalization of consumption since President Fernandez de Kirchner mooted t [...]	2008-10-27 21:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV EFIN KJUS PHUM SOCI AR
08BUENOSAIRES1480	ARGENTINA SUPPORTS U.S. BID FOR EXECUTIVE [...] (U) Poloff raised Ref A points with Counselor Fabiana Laguzzo, Director of Women's Issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 27. Laguzzo indicated that she did not foresee any difficulties in supporting the U.S. bid for the Executive Committee of the Inter-American Commission of W [...]	2008-10-28 14:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC OAS KWMN PGOV PREL XK XL XM XS AR
08BUENOSAIRES1551	ARGENTINA WEIGHS IN WITH URUGUAY AND BRAZIL ON [...] (C) Poloff raised ref A points with Counselor Silvia Cao, of the Argentine MFA's Office of Human Rights on November 10. Cao indicated that she would pass to her superiors our request to weigh in with GRULAC members on the no-action motions as well as the underlying resolutions condemning the [...]	2008-11-13 12:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AR BZ UY CO
08BUENOSAIRES1569	ARGENTINA: SAN JUAN GOVERNOR SAYS STATE CAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne and DCM Kelly met with San Juan Governor and Peronist Party member (PJ) Jose Luis Gioja on October 28, shortly before the Governor's travel to the U.S. to observe the presidential elections. Gioja said he maintains a positive dialogue with President Cristina F [...]	2008-11-17 22:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL PGOV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1592	ARGENTINA: 2008 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Per Reftel instructions, below is post,s interim assessment of Argentina,s progress in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Our response is keyed to points found in reftel. A) IMPLEMENTING THE RECENTLY ENACTED FEDERAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW, INCLUDING ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS OR [...]	2008-11-23 17:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AR
08BUENOSAIRES1619	ARGENTINA: ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH AN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 13:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA AR
08BUENOSAIRES1632	ARGENTINA: MEXICAN PRESIDENT CALDERON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexican President Felipe Calderon paid a state visit to Argentina November 23-25, renewing a diplomatic relationship that had been relatively limited since the 2005 Summit of the Americas at Mar de Plata, despite growing commercial ties over that period. GOA officials emphasize [...]	2008-12-01 18:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SNAR ETRD EFIN AR MX
08BUENOSAIRES1651	ARGENTINA: JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS TELL [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA) told the Ambassador November 28 that they are satisfied with prosecutor Alberto Nisman's work in going after the Iranian authors and perpetrators of the 1994 AMIA bombing that killed 85 persons, but they believe he now ne [...]	2008-12-03 18:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL ASEC SNAR SCUL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1681	ARGENTINE PRESIDENT REPRISES HER CRITIQUE OF U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) indulged in an increasingly familiar critique of the international system during a two-day visit to Russia December 9-10, taking jabs implicitly at the U.S. and blaming "unilateralism" for economic and security hardships in the wor [...]	2008-12-11 17:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD PHUM ECON EAGR RU AR
08BUENOSAIRES1698	ARGENTINA UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT US POSITION ON [...] (SBU) Poloff presented reftel points to the MFA's Manuel Fernandez Salorio, the responsible officer in the Directorate for International Organization affairs, on December 12. Fernandez concurred with the USG concern about retention of personnel for peacekeeping operations and special political [...]	2008-12-15 20:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC AMGT APER UNGA AR
08BUENOSAIRES172	ARGENTINA: PUTTING SECURITY COOPERATION BACK ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met February 12 with Minister of Justice and Security Anibal Fernandez for the first time since Miami court proceedings relating to the Antonini Wilson suitcase scandal put a chill on relations in mid-December. Ambassador reiterated that the focus of the case is on vio [...]	2008-02-13 18:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KWNM SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES173	ARGENTINA: PUTTING SECURITY COOPERATION BACK ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met February 12 with Minister of Justice and Security Anibal Fernandez for the first time since Miami court proceedings relating to the Antonini Wilson suitcase scandal put a chill on relations in mid-December. Ambassador reiterated that the focus of the case is on vio [...]	2008-02-14 10:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KWNM SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES24	ARGENTINA "FAVORABLY INCLINED" TO VOTE FOR US CERD [...] (U) Per reftel, post sent the Argentine MFA a diplomatic note requesting for GOA support for Pierre-Richard Prosper's candidacy for the UN Committee to Eliminate Racial Discrimination (CERD). Poloff followed up with Martin Romero, MFA Secretary in the International Organizations Directorate [...]	2008-01-04 18:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA AR
08BUENOSAIRES249	ARGENTINA: NGO PARTICIPATION IN UNHRC REVIEW MIXED [...] (SBU) Per Ref A instructions, poloff contacted two leading human rights organizations (HROs) in Argentina, Poder Ciudadano, (Citizen Power) and the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS),to see if they participated in the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review for Argentina. [...]	2008-02-28 09:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES259	ARGENTINA HOSTS MINISTERIAL IN PREPARATION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: South American and Arab nations held a ministerial in Buenos Aires February 20-21 to prepare for their upcoming bi-regional summit in the final quarter of 2008 in Doha, Qatar. A senior MFA official assured the DCM in advance that the ministerial would be attended by moderate [...]	2008-02-29 16:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ENRG MARR PARM PBTS PNAT SCUL SENV
08BUENOSAIRES266	ARGENTINA: USG PRIORITIES FOR MARCH 10-14 MEETING [...] On February 29, Poloff, per Reftel, discussed USG priorities for the March 10-14 CND meetings in Vienna with the Argentine MFA's Director for International Drug Affairs, Minister Ricardo Roselli. Roselli stated that technical offices were studying the proposed U.S. resolutions on Screening an [...]	2008-03-03 15:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AORC UN AR
08BUENOSAIRES268	ARGENTINA ON IRAN'S IAEA NONCOMPLIANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 18:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IAEA IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES359	ARGENTINA: WORKING WITH TIP ACTIVIST SUSANA TRIMARCO [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Wayne and other Embassy officials recently met with trafficking in persons (TIP) activist Susana Trimarco. During the meeting, Trimarco was informed that the U.S. Department of Defense's Southern Command had approved a $2500 grant to assist her anti-TIP Foundation' [...]	2008-03-20 10:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES389	ARGENTINA: NGO "QUIENES SOMOS?" FIGHTS AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne recently met with representatives from the NGO "Quienes Somos?" ("Who are We?"),an organization that promotes legislation against child trafficking for illegal adoptions and lobbies the Argentine government (GOA) to assist in their efforts to uncover their t [...]	2008-03-28 18:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES426	ARGENTINA - U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM LOBBIES GOA OFFICIALS FOR SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. Visiting Ambassador William Swing met with Argentine Minister of Interior Florencio Anibal Randazzo and then followed up with the MFA's Director General for Multilateral Affairs Raul Ricardes on March 31 to discuss his candidacy for Director General of the International Organi [...]	2008-04-04 19:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL PREF SMIG KJUS AR
08BUENOSAIRES494	ARGENTINA: AMIA ELECTIONS -- ORTHODOX BLOC WINS PLURALITY [...] (U) The Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA),held internal elections April 13. The Orthodox bloc, led by Rabbi Samuel Levin, won a plurality of votes in internal elections with 37.7% votes. AMIA, Argentina's most important and representative Jewish organization, suffered a 1994 terror [...]	2008-04-16 23:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR
08BUENOSAIRES664	ARGENTINA ON THE OSLO PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: The Argentine Foreign Ministry theoretically supports a total ban on cluster munitions but, in fact, expects and is counting on a decision of partial prohibition. Nor does the MFA anticipate a finalized draft to come out of the Dublin meeting, anticipating it will take until the [...]	2008-05-16 23:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN AR
08BUENOSAIRES666	ARGENTINA ON THE OSLO PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: The Argentine Foreign Ministry theoretically supports a total ban on cluster munitions but, in fact, expects and is counting on a decision of partial prohibition. Nor does the MFA anticipate a finalized draft to come out of the Dublin meeting, anticipating it will take until the [...]	2008-05-19 12:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN AR
08BUENOSAIRES706	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 19:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER PREL UNGA AR
08BUENOSAIRES717	ARGENTINA: AMIA PROSECUTOR EXPLAINS HIS REQUEST [...] (C) Summary: AMIA Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman called the Ambassador on May 23 to apologize for not giving the Embassy advance notice of his (ref A) request for the arrest of former President Menem and other GOA officials for their alleged roles in the cover up of the "local connection" [...]	2008-05-27 10:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR
08BUENOSAIRES739	ARGENTINA'S SPECIAL AMIA PROSECUTOR DEFENDS HIS [...] (C) Summary: AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman explained to Embassy Officers on May 27 his reasons for requesting the arrests of former President Carlos Menem and other officials (ref B) for their alleged roles in obstructing justice in the investigation of the 1994 terrorist bombing of t [...]	2008-05-29 15:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR
08BUENOSAIRES775	ARGENTINA DISAPPOINTED WITH TIP REPORT, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Per refs A and B, the Ambassador met June 3 with Argentine Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez to share an embargoed copy of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Minister Fernandez thanked the Ambassador for sharing the report, and immediately launched into a discuss [...]	2008-06-04 20:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELAB KCRM PHUM SMIG KWMN PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES786	ARGENTINA: FORCED AND CHILD LABOR IN GARMENT INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on interviews with GOA officials, International Labor Organization representatives, and union and NGO leaders, as well as a review of media articles, some companies in Argentina's apparel industry appear to use forced and child labor in their production chain. It is diffi [...]	2008-06-06 20:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELAB PHUM PGOV ECIN ECON SOCI AR
08BUENOSAIRES810	ARGENTINA'S REACTION TO USG DISENGAGEMENT AT THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Poloff delivered ref A points on June 10 to MFA Director for Human Rights Minister Silvia Fernandez. She expressed "shock" and "disappointment" at the USG's decision to disengage from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),especially [...]	2008-06-12 20:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM UNHRC UNGA AR
08BUENOSAIRES911	ARGENTINA: VISITING G/TIP AMBASSADOR PRESENTS [...] (C) Summary. "The United States wants to be Argentina's partner in fighting trafficking in persons (TIP),not a judge", visiting Ambassador-at-Large and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Mark P. Lagon told Argentine Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez durin [...]	2008-07-01 23:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES920	ARGENTINA: VISITING G/TIP AMBASSADOR PRESENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 19, Ambassador Wayne and visiting Ambassador-at-Large and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Mark P. Lagon called on Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana to discuss Argentina's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Drawing from the T [...]	2008-07-02 17:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES968	ARGENTINA: SPECIAL ENVOY RICKMAN RAISES SAIEGH [...] (C) Summary. On July 2, visiting Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Dr. Gregg Rickman met with Eduardo Saiegh, an Argentine Jew who gave up his bank under duress, after being kidnapped and tortured for a week by the military dictatorship in 1980. Saiegh reviewed the p [...]	2008-07-15 20:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES990	ARGENTINA: SPECIAL ENVOY PAYS HOMAGE TO AMIA [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 3, Dr. Gregg Rickman, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, visited the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters to pay homage to the victims of the 1994 terrorist attack. He then met with the Executive Boards of both the AMIA and the Del [...]	2008-07-18 21:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF PTER KJUS FBI AR IR VE
08BUJUMBURA249	TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION: SLOW PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During comprehensive consultations with Representatives from the Ministry of Justice, the Steering Committee of the Transitional Justice Mechanism, civil society, the international community and NGO organizations April 16-18, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Clint Williamson [...]	2008-05-15 09:17:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA268	TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION: SLOW PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During comprehensive consultations with Representatives from the Ministry of Justice, the Steering Committee of the Transitional Justice Mechanism, civil society, the international community and NGO organizations April 16-18, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Clint Williamson [...]	2008-05-20 15:46:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA357	UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION (UPU) CONGRESS: MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) In a July 15 meeting with PolOff, the Chief of Cabinet for the Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications, Dieudonne Karasavye confirmed that Minister Philippe Njoni will head the Burundian delegation to to the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in Geneva and stated that he would di [...]	2008-07-16 15:20:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO BY
08BUJUMBURA573	BURUNDI TO RESPECT DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN [...] (SBU) In a meeting November 7 with PolOff concerning the designation of the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) and its affiliates under E.O. 13382 with Director General of International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations Ambassador Adolphe Nahayo. Ambassador Nahayo, said [...]	2008-11-11 11:54:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PINR PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA574	GOB WILL CONTINUE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE SUPPORT [...] (SBU) In a meeting November 7 with PolOff, Director General of International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations Adolphe Nahayo confirmed that Burundi will continue to vote against any no-action motions and in favor of resolutions concerning Iran, Burma and the DPRK expected [...]	2008-11-11 11:57:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR BY
08BUJUMBURA587	GOB ELIMINATES POLITICAL MEETING RESTRICTIONS [...] (SBU) In a November 18 reversal, Minister of the Interior Venant Kamana canceled an October 6 Ministerial Ordinance that severely restricted the right of political parties to meet freely (ref A). The new ordinance requires political parties to simply inform local authorities three days in ad [...]	2008-11-24 15:33:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV BY
08BUJUMBURA645	BURUNDI CONFIRMS NO DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH IRAN [...] (S) In a December 15 meeting with PolOff, the Director for International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations, Ambassador Adolphe Nahayo, said that Burundi: - continues to support UNSCRs 1737, 1747, and 1803 concerning Iran's nuclear or delivery system development efforts; [...]	2008-12-16 08:28:00	Embassy Bujumbura	SECRET	AF ISN NEA PARM PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA646	BURUNDI WILL CONSIDER DELAYING SUPPORT FOR UNESCO [...] (C) In a December 15 meeting with PolOff, the Director for International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations, Ambassador Adolphe Nahayo, agreed that strong managerial skills and competent leadership are essential for the Direcor-General of UNESCO. He said Burundi would consi [...]	2008-12-16 13:02:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO BY
08BUJUMBURA647	BURUNDI TO SUPPORT HARMONIZED CONDITIONS OF SERVICE [...] (SBU) In a December 15 meeting with PolOff, the Director for International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations, Ambassador Adolphe Nahayo, said that he would encourage Burundi's U.N. Ambassador to support the U.S. proposal considering harmonized conditions of service and stre [...]	2008-12-16 13:02:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA BY
08BUJUMBURA678	BURUNDI SUPPORTS A UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATION IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-30 09:16:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO SO ET BY
08CAIRO1047	SISYPHUS ON THE HILL: THE OPPOSITION PARTIES OF [...] (C) Summary: Officially, there are 23 opposition parties registered in Egypt. Most of these are either one-man operations with no meaningful support, or government-controlled showpieces unrecognizable as "opposition" (one opposition candidate endorsed President Hosni Mubarak in the 2005 presid [...]	2008-05-22 12:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM EG
08CAIRO1192	EGYPT CRIMINALIZES TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN AND FGM [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 7, Egypt's upper house of parliament approved amendments to Egypt's Child Protection Law that criminalize and stipulate severe punishments for trafficking of children and for female genital mutilation (FGM). The new legislation represents Egypt's first legal framework to [...]	2008-06-10 13:37:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM KWMN EG
08CAIRO1198	S/P GORDON MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN MFA TEAM [...] (S) S/P Director Dr. David Gordon engaged with MFA Chief of Cabinet Wafa Bassim in a wide ranging regional policy discussion June 6. Bassim reiterated the Egyptian view that resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is paramount. The Egyptians are supporting the Lebanese government, asse [...]	2008-06-11 13:39:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV LE IS SY IZ IR EG
08CAIRO1213	EGYPT ACCEPTS REQUEST TO REPLACE INFANTRY WITH [...] (SBU) MFA Counselor for UN Affairs Yasser Naggar told us on June 12 that, later that same day, the MFA would instruct its delegation in New York to accept the UN DPKO's request to replace one of four companies in Egypt's second infantry battalion for the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) with an [...]	2008-06-12 12:42:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC EG SU
08CAIRO1517	GLOBAL PATRIOT: VICTIM'S RELATIVES INQUIRE INTO [...] (C) On July 14, two relatives of the widow of Mohammed Affifi, the victim in the Global Patriot incident, called us unexpectedly to request a meeting, saying that they had traveled from Port Suez to Cairo to see us. Before the meeting, we advised MOD U.S. Affairs Deputy Chief Colonel Abdullah [...]	2008-07-17 08:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS EG
08CAIRO1931	EGYPT HAS NO POSITION ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to the Office of Eastern and Southern European Affairs at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 1. We stressed USG concerns over Serbia's request for a UNGA resolution seeking an International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on Koso [...]	2008-09-01 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNGA KV EG
08CAIRO2053	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ASYLUM SEEKERS IN EGYPT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. We delivered the demarche on asylum seekers in Egypt to Tarek el-Maaty, Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Refugees (reftel A). El Maaty stated that the GOE regrets the deaths of those on the border, bu [...]	2008-09-18 15:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL IS ER EG
08CAIRO2583	EMBASSY TRYING TQLT EGYPTIAN REFOULEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Cairo is engaging with the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Egyptian State Security (SSIS),and UNHCR to halt the Government of Egypt's (GOE) forced repatriation of Eritrean migrants. On December 23, the Ambassador asked the MFA to give UNHCR access to the Eritr [...]	2008-12-30 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL ER EG
08CAIRO408	EMBASSY CAIRO SUBMISSION FOR 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel. Embassy POC is poloff Aaron Berman, phone 20-2-2797-2550, fax 20-2-2797-2181, bermanad@state.gov. Pol LES spent approximately 75 hours on TIP-related activities and in preparation of the TIP report. Poloff spent approximately 160 hours; ECPO Minister [...]	2008-02-28 14:32:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB EG
08CAIRO410	EMBASSY CAIRO SUBMISSION FOR 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel. Embassy POC is poloff Aaron Berman, phone 20-2-2797-2550, fax 20-2-2797-2181, bermanad@state.gov. Pol LES spent approximately 75 hours on TIP-related activities and in preparation of the TIP report. Poloff spent approximately 160 hours; ECPO Minister [...]	2008-02-28 15:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB EG
08CAIRO480	COURTROOM ENCOUNTER WITH AYMAN NOUR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a chance encounter on the sidelines of a March 10 court hearing, poloff had a brief conversation with jailed former opposition leader Ayman Nour. Nour, looking pale but generally healthy, said he was "extremely grateful" for all of the USG's efforts on his behalf: "I cannot [...]	2008-03-10 14:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO567	PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER ON U.S. VISIT, AYMAN NOUR, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker of the Egyptian People's Assembly, Ahmed Fathi Surour, highlighted his satisfaction with his early March visit to Washington. He complained about Congressional focus on imprisoned former Al Ghad party leader Ayman Nour, and deta [...]	2008-03-23 12:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO698	ARAB LEAGUE OFFICIAL ON SYG MOUSSA'S VIENNA TRIP, [...] (C) Summary: Arab League Disarmament Department Director Wael Al-Assad told us April 3 that Arab League SYG Amr Moussa plans to visit Vienna April 16 and 17 to discuss the Arab Group's draft IAEA General Conference "Israeli Nuclear Threat" (INT) resolution, and would be interested in meeting [...]	2008-04-07 15:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA MNUC PARM KNNP PREL IS IR EG
08CAIRO759	AMBASSADOR BLOOMFIELD, A/MINISTER BASSIM DISCUSS [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., U.S. Special Envoy for Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) Threat Reduction met April 2 with MFA Assistant Minister for Cabinet Affairs Ambassador Wafaa Bassim, Cabinet Director for Disarmament Omar Amr Youssef and Disarmament Director [...]	2008-04-14 14:27:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	MARR PREL PARM EG
08CAIRO941	OUTREACH TO EGYPTIAN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Embassy Cairo continues to actively support and promote the President's Freedom Agenda. We are in close contact with the wide range of Egypt's political oppositionists, democracy and human rights activists, and journalists from independent and opposition newspapers, as well as bloggers wh [...]	2008-05-07 08:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
08CANBERRA1005	AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON REVISED CIV-MIL CELL FOR [...] (C) Australia is broadly supportive of the revised Civil-Military Planning and Coordination Cell concept but will not be ready to deploy staff by the November 1 target. In other comments on the revised concept paper, the GOA acknowledged the requirement for flexibility in the role and responsi [...]	2008-10-02 09:34:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF AS
08CANBERRA102	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM - [...] (U) Australia's plan to participate in the March GI Model Guidelines Document Workshop in Washington was confirmed to Poloffs by Mohan Mathews, Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Section, International Security Division, DFAT, during a Februar [...]	2008-02-07 01:55:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL AS
08CANBERRA1053	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] Poloff passed reftel data on ISN/WMDT and DTRA plans to launch a second generation GI Information Portal (GIIP),along with a request to update contact information, to Mohan Mathews, Australia's principal Global Initiative Point of Contact, on October 15. Mr. Mathews, who is the Executive Of [...]	2008-10-20 00:01:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PARM PREL MCAP PINR AS
08CANBERRA1074	FORMER HOWARD ADVISOR ON RUDD'S STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A former adviser to John Howard says the Rudd Government likely made a purely political decision rather than a carefully thought out economic one when it decided on the size of the A$10.4 billion stimulus plan (reftel). New Liberal Party MP Jamie Briggs, who won the seat of [...]	2008-10-24 07:06:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON AS
08CANBERRA1075	NEW NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION/DISARMAMENT GROUP [...] (C) Commissioners at the inaugural meeting of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND) in Sydney October 19-21 agreed on an ambitious work program involving seven meetings in different capitals over the course of the next 18 months, and production of 20 [...]	2008-10-24 07:10:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM AORC PREL KNNP AS
08CANBERRA1081	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] This is an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. Poloff presented the fact sheet (inadvertently marked as a "White Paper" in reftel) on the November 13 Workshop on Excercise Design and Planning and the November 14 Exercise Planning Group Meeting to Mohan Mathews, Counter-Terrorism [...]	2008-10-27 07:28:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PTER PREL AORC MCAP PINR AS
08CANBERRA1106	NSG: AUSTRALIA SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. OBJECTIVES AT [...] (SBU) During an October 31 meeting with Chris King, Acting Director for Arms Control, and Tim Bryson, Executive Officer for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with responsibility for the Nuclear Suppliers Group, poloff delivered reftel points, stressing the importance of rea [...]	2008-10-31 07:29:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM IAEA TRGY ENRG ETTC AS
08CANBERRA1131	INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL LEVEL [...] Greg Wilcock of the office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs confirmed receipt of Australia's invitation to the National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09). Wilcock told PolOff November 10 that the Minister's office will contact post with information regarding attendees to NLE 09 as soon as there [...]	2008-11-10 06:16:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL OPDC
08CANBERRA1138	DEMARCHE - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE RETURN AND REINTEGRATION OF AFGHAN REFUGEES, NOVEMBER 19 [...] (U) Jon Merrill, Director of the Afghanistan section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) told PolOff November 12 that Australia stands shoulder to shoulder with USG on the International Conference on the Return and Reintegration of Afghan Refugees. He said that Australia is [...]	2008-11-12 05:57:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF
08CANBERRA1163	AUSTRALIAN AID AGENCY CONDUCTING SURVEY IN IRAQ RE [...] (SBU) Lloyd Brodrick, Iraq Director, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),advised poloff November 17 that a representative from AusAID, the Australian government's overseas aid agency, is currently in the middle of a two-week fact-finding mission to Iraq to study possible Australia [...]	2008-11-17 08:56:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR PREL AS
08CANBERRA1180	AUSTRALIA RESPONDS UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (C/NF) Justin Whyatt, Director, Middle East Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) informed Poloff that the GOA would likely not vote differently than in the past on reftel resolutions. He advised that voting recommendations would be shared with the US UN Mission once appro [...]	2008-11-24 07:29:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNGA AS
08CANBERRA1202	AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON DECEMBER ASEAN MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Australia expects only modest outcomes from the ASEAN meetings in Thailand during mid December, to include adoption of the ASEAN Charter and the development of the Human Rights Body, but believes these achievements could be threatened by Thailand's current political tensions. In the ASEAN [...]	2008-12-01 09:26:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN EFIN AS
08CANBERRA1222	GOVERNMENT PROPOSES REVISED LABOR LAWS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Labor unions are generally happy with the Rudd Government's major industrial relations bill, introduced on November 25. This bill proposes a new labor relations scheme for Australia, providing stronger collective bargaining rights, easier worksite access for union officials, th [...]	2008-12-04 20:53:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB AS
08CANBERRA1231	GOA REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON WAY FORWARD WITH IRAQ [...] (S) The Australian government, while pessimistic about achieving a legally binding SOFA with Iraq, is actively exploring options for the continued employment of imbedded Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel serving in MNF-I, particularly those whose missions keep them within the confines [...]	2008-12-05 07:56:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN
08CANBERRA1246	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE: CHINA MILITARY POWER, U.S. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australian views and efforts on Chinese military modernization largely mirror those of the U.S. according to John Quinn, Assistant Secretary, Strategic Issues and Intelligence Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Quinn reiterated to Poloffs on December 9 the need [...]	2008-12-09 21:02:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL AS
08CANBERRA125	TIMOR LESTE: DFAT OFFICIAL DISCUSSES MILITARY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Director of the ASEAN Regional Issues and East Timor section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Linda Worthaisong told PolOff on February 13 that along with his planned trip to East Timor on February 15, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been in constant contact [...]	2008-02-13 22:38:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ASEC MARR AS TT
08CANBERRA1290	AUSTRALIA CLARIFIES CLUSTER MUNITIONS ISSUES FOR [...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),confirmed Australia's interpretation of Article 21 of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in a follow-up meeting held December 17. McGuire advised that Austral [...]	2008-12-18 02:51:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS PREL AS
08CANBERRA1292	AUSTRALIA AWAITING SOFA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Poloff delivered information from reftel to the director of the Iraq section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Lloyd Broderick, on December 18. Broderick said Australia is awaiting developments. One issue that is repeatedly raised by the Australian negotiating team in Baghda [...]	2008-12-18 06:28:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	AS EN ES IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK RO NATO
08CANBERRA1298	NO ANTI-PIRACY CONTACT GROUP DECISION UNTIL 2009 [...] (SBU) On December 19, Lee Kerr, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),United Nations and Commonwealth Section, told poloff that the GOA will not make a decision on either participation in a Contact Group or on any request for resources to combat Somali piracy until early 2009. DFAT [...]	2008-12-19 05:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS
08CANBERRA1326	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO BURMESE AND DONOR CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 06:26:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAID PHUM BM AS
08CANBERRA1335	AUSTRALIA SIGNS MOU ON EMBEDDED FORCES IN IRAQ [...] (C)SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Defense and the Australian government signed an MOU in Baghdad on December 30 that covers activities of Australian military personnel embedded with American troops in Iraq during the period Jan 1, 2009 until July 31, 2009. Full text of the MOU is at para 4 bel [...]	2008-12-31 05:52:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL MARR IZ AS
08CANBERRA199	WELLINGTON CLUSTER MUNITIONS MEETING OUTCOMES [...] (C/NOFORN) The meeting in Wellington of the Oslo Process on cluster munitions was fraught with drama, Dr. Ada Cheung, Executive Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch of DFAT's International Security Division reported to Poloff on February 27th. Nevertheless, progress was mad [...]	2008-02-27 21:03:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS PREL AS
08CANBERRA222	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO UNSC RESOLUTION 1803 ON IRAN [...] (U) Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith issued a statement March 4 within hours of the UN Security Council's near-unanimous vote on Resolution 1803, welcoming its adoption, urging Iran to suspend its enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, and pledging that Australia would prompt [...]	2008-03-04 06:18:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM KNNP AS
08CANBERRA230	AUSTRALIA MULLS ADDITIONAL INPUTS TO AFGHANISTAN IN ADVANCE OF NATO BUCHAREST SUMMIT [...] (C) Beyond Australia's contribution of an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) to be embedded with the Afghan National Army's (ANA) Kandak battalion in Afghanistan's southern province of Oruzgan, which Defense Minister Fitzgibbon previewed for the Ambassador and later announced in Par [...]	2008-03-06 05:59:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AS
08CANBERRA265	AUSTRALIA NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK, [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 06:38:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP AS
08CANBERRA266	AUSTRALIA RECEIVES MOROCCAN TRANSSHIPMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 06:39:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PREL KSTC MO AS
08CANBERRA276	ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP: AUSTRALIA [...] (U) Poloff met with Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Andrew Goledzinowski March 20 to deliver the non-paper and points in Ref A. Goledzinowski, who will shortly transfer to New York to take up his new posting as Deputy Permrep, was joined by Evan Gallagher, Secretary-Genera [...]	2008-03-20 05:45:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM AS
08CANBERRA278	AUSTRALIA GROUP: REQUEST FOR SUMMARY OF U.S. [...] (U) This message contains an action request for ISN/CB -- please see para 3 below. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered the U.S. proposal to redefine the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) on the AG's animal pathogen common control list (reftel) to Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proli [...]	2008-03-20 05:47:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ETTC AS
08CANBERRA298	INTERIM AUSTRALIAN COMMENTS ON THE ASIA PACIFIC [...] (U) This message contains an action request - please see para 6 below. 2. (SBU) On March 26, poloff spoke with Evan Gallagher of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (DFAT) International Organizations Branch, who has been designated the action officer of the Asia Pacific Democracy [...]	2008-03-27 05:16:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM AS
08CANBERRA301	AUSTRALIA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS [...] (C) Australia recently completed updating laws and regulations designed to facilitate its implementation of financial and other provisions of Iran-related Security Council resolutions, including UNSCR 1803. Australian banks are fully compliant with the measures, which entered into force on M [...]	2008-03-27 05:54:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ETTC PARM KNNP MNUC AS
08CANBERRA332	AUSTRALIA FOLLOW-UP ON PIF MINISTERIAL [...] (U) Stephen Henningham, head of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Fiji Task Force confirmed the responses given by DFAT Pacific Regional Section (reftel Canberra 299) immediately following the 26 March FFAM in an April 2 meeting with Poloff. Australia fully supports the PIF [...]	2008-04-03 06:25:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL XV AS

08CANBERRA337	AUSTRALIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) Poloff presented Ref A points and a request for the status of Australia's implementation of travel-related provisions of UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803 to Peter Scott, Director for Sanctions and Transnational Crime, International Legal Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on April [...]	2008-04-04 06:13:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP IR AS
08CANBERRA370	CONSERVATIVE PARTIES PONDER A MERGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The November election loss has created unprecedented momentum for a merger between the Liberal and National parties (who are in coalition at the federal level). The departure of former Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader John Howard, who opposed a merger, and the situation [...]	2008-04-10 05:58:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AS
08CANBERRA374	AUSTRALIA TO DOUBLE ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) confirmed plans to double assistance to Pakistan through 2010. GOA aid is expected to increase from approximately US $23M to US $46M. This growth continues a [...]	2008-04-11 04:50:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK AS
08CANBERRA423	AUSTRALIA TO PARTICIPATE IN ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) Poloff met April 28 with Evan Gallagher and Nicole Forrester of the International Organizations Branch, and Berenice Owens-Jones of the United States Political and Strategic Section, of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to present USG responses to the questions posed by [...]	2008-04-28 07:48:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM AS
08CANBERRA443	AUSTRALIA ASSAILS BURMA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. (U) In a May 1 media statement, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith charged that Burma,s "deeply flawed" constitution was only intended to entrench the military,s grip on power. He criticized the constitution as having b [...]	2008-05-01 07:54:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM AS BM
08CANBERRA502	AUSTRALIA CONSIDERS REQUEST TO BUILD ON ARAB [...] (SBU) Charge and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Deborah Stokes, First Assistant Secretary, and Andrea Faulkner, Assistant Secretary, South and West Asia, Middle East and Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Stokes advised that the GOA would look closely at the refte [...]	2008-05-16 08:21:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL AS
08CANBERRA507	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (U) This is an action request - please see para 4, below. 2. (U) As instructed Ref A, poloff reapproached Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Global Initiative (GI) point of contact, Mohan Mathews, Executive Officer, Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Section, on May 16 to urge [...]	2008-05-19 07:42:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER PREL AS
08CANBERRA565	IAEA/IRAN: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO LATEST IAEA [...] Poloff delivered demarche non-paper, received late on Friday, May 30, to Damien Hickey, Desk Officer in the Arms Control Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, urging that Australia make a strong statement at the June 2-6 IAEA Board meeting supporting the IAEA's investigation, highl [...]	2008-06-02 08:26:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM IAEA KNNP AS
08CANBERRA570	AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL WILL ATTEND APDP LAUNCH [...] (C) Poloff spoke on June 3 to Evan Gallagher, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) action officer on the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP),regarding reftel request for participants for a meeting and election-observation mission in Ulaanbaatar. Gallagher said that DFAT would [...]	2008-06-03 07:05:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM AS
08CANBERRA573	FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE PROPOSED AGENDA [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 05:22:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL AS
08CANBERRA579	AUSTRALIAN FUNDING FOR UN ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action request - please see para 4 below. 2. (U) Poloff conveyed reftel request for the GOA to submit its letter of commitment for its planned contribution to the UN Trust Fund for Electoral Assistant to Evan Gallagher, International Organizations Branch, Department of Foreig [...]	2008-06-05 08:17:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AS
08CANBERRA586	GOA IS SATISFIED WITH PACE OF SOFA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (S) Summary. The Government of Australia (GOA) is satisfied with the pace of U.S. negotiations on a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the Government of Iraq (GOI) and has no timeline beyond that laid out by the United States, according to Director of the Iraq Task Force, Greg Wilcock. W [...]	2008-06-06 07:47:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR IZ AS
08CANBERRA591	AUSTRALIA DISAPPOINTED US WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN [...] (SBU) The Government of Australia (GOA) expressed its disappointment that the USG will no longer participate in Human Rights Council (HRC) sessions or activities. Poloff met with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) Director of Human Rights Section Colin Milner who said Australia shares the [...]	2008-06-11 03:48:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AS
08CANBERRA609	DEPUTY PM JULIA GILLARD STAR IN RUDD GOVERNMENT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Two stars have emerged in the government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd: Rudd himself and Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard (who will be Washington for the June 23-25 American Australian Leadership Dialogue). Gillard became Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) aft [...]	2008-06-13 02:13:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR AS
08CANBERRA630	AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL ROUNDUP 2008-6 [...] (C/NF) The National Party's federal director, Brad Henderson (protect),told us today that the June 28 by-election for the federal parliamentary seat of Gippsland, in Victoria, is "high stakes stuff" for the Liberal-National Coalition. A bad result for the Coalition would further destabilize [...]	2008-06-20 08:01:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV AS
08CANBERRA647	CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS EXPANDED [...] (C/NF) Poloff confirmed Australia's support for current and incremental Japanese engagement in Afghanistan in the reftel demarche with Paul Robilliard, Assistant Secretary, Afghanistan and Iraq Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT). Robilliard stated that the GOA welcomes and supports [...]	2008-06-27 07:37:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS AS
08CANBERRA674	REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) Polcouns and poloff delivered reftel demarche to Craig Chittick, Assistant Secretary, United States Branch, of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Chittick said the decision of the Australian Government - taken by the Cabinet after advice from all relevant government agenci [...]	2008-07-03 05:47:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	KDRG PHUM PINR PTER AS
08CANBERRA684	DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 IRISL CARGO INSPECTION [...] (C) During Acting Assistant Secretary's June 30 nonproliferation consultations in Canberra (ref B),she raised the importance of robust implementation of the inspection provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 1803 (ref A),including cargos of aircraft and vessels of Iran Air Cargo and Isl [...]	2008-07-07 07:33:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL ETRD AS
08CANBERRA708	GOA SUPPORTS PROPOSED ARF CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-14 04:33:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM EAID KNNP AS
08CANBERRA740	DFAT OFFICIALS COMMENT ON BAINIMARAMA'S ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: DFAT Fiji Section officials told Polcouns and Poloff on July 22 that in their view Commodore Frank Bainimarama's postponement of elections until at least 2010 will further alienate him from most Fijians and exacerbate chances of political clashes on the island. PNG and Fiji Se [...]	2008-07-23 01:30:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	AS FJ PREL
08CANBERRA871	AUSTRALIA CONTEMPLATES KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION FOR [...] (C/NF) POLOffs delivered reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on September 5. Australia is reviewing the implications of Serbia's request for an International Court of Justice (ICJ) review of Kosovo's independence, according to Glenn White, Director, Southern Eur [...]	2008-09-05 05:06:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNGA AS
08CANBERRA90	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: AUSTRALIA COMMENTS ON OSLO [...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch at DFAT, told Poloff on January 30 he was not sanguine that much progress would be achieved at the upcoming Oslo meeting in New Zealand. Discussions to date have not produced any changes in language on Australia's 3 [...]	2008-02-04 04:09:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM MOPS PREL AS
08CANBERRA906	AUSTRALIA REACTION TO IRAQ COALITION DEMARCHE [...] (S/REL AUS) Australia welcomes the GOI's decision to limit the coalition presence in Iraq after 2008 as evidence of improving conditions and Iraqi willingness to take on greater responsibility, and believes the decision will help free up resources that can be devoted to Afghanistan. Two key is [...]	2008-09-12 07:54:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	MOPS MARR IZ AS
08CANBERRA921	AUSTRALIA ON REBUTTING RUSSIAN MISSTATEMENTS ON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Annabel Anderson, Assistant Secretary for Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on September 16. 2. (SBU) In a preliminary response, Anderson said the U.S. position on Russia's claims about Georgia tracked pe [...]	2008-09-16 07:40:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL RS GG AS
08CANBERRA948	63RD UNFC: AUSTRALIAN CO-SPONSORSHIP OF RESOLUTION [...] Chris King, Acting Director for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),contacted poloff September 19 to advise that the text of the U.S. draft resolution, "Compliance with Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament Agreements" appeared acceptable to Australia and th [...]	2008-09-19 08:55:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL UNGA AS
08CANBERRA979	AUSTRALIA TO SUPPORT SIDIBE FOR UNAIDS EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) Nicole Forrester, Executive Officer for the United Nations and Commonwealth Section, advised poloff on September 26 that Australia would support Malian candidate Michel Sidibe as its top priority candidate for the UNAIDS Executive Director position, followed by Debrework Zewdie of Ethiopi [...]	2008-09-26 03:01:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA EAID KHIV ML AS
08CAPETOWN227	CG DISCUSSES FOREIGN AFFAIRS WITH SAG MP SKOSANA [...] (SBU) On November 12, 2008 the CG, PolOff and PolAsst met with Moleeane Skosana, a member of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP),and one of three House Chairpersons of the National Assembly as well as a member of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Skosana has had a long [...]	2008-11-14 14:03:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
08CAPETOWN230	FREEDOM FRONT MP BEMOANS LACK OF ELECTION RESOURCES [...] (C) Summary: Freedom Front Plus (FF ) Member of Parliament Pieter Groenewald on November 19 told PolOffs that while he thought the party would make strides in next year's national election, possibly doubling its five-member parliamentary delegation, he was pessimistic about the party's ability [...]	2008-11-24 13:09:00	Consulate Cape Town	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
08CAPETOWN232	U.S. ELECTION RESULTS COULD BRING NEW ERA TO USG-SAG [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 5, 2008 the Consul general hosted an election party at her residence. After the confirmation of Barrack Obama as President Elect, Professor Ben Turok, an ANC MP who was imprisoned with Mandela strolled into the CGR with a pronouncement that ANC Parliamentary members [...]	2008-11-25 07:26:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM SF
08CAPETOWN234	HUGE TURNOUT IN SA VOTER REGISTRATION-OBAMA'S VICTORY A [...] (U) The South Africa Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) organized a voters registration drive during the weekend of November 8 and 9, 2008, in an effort to energize the younger citizens to participate in the 2009 election. From all accounts the campaign was a success. According to the IEC [...]	2008-11-25 07:27:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM SF
08CAPETOWN245	CAPE TOWN MAYOR DISCUSSES LOCAL, NATIONAL AND [...] (SBU) On December 12, Cape Town CG, Poloff and Polasst met with City of Cape Town Mayor and Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille. Mayor Zille was enthusiastic about the strong gains the DA made in the recent by-elections, particularly in the Western Cape. She said that although the resu [...]	2008-12-18 09:45:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
08CAPETOWN247	ANC NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL REIGNS IN ITS WESTERN CAPE [...] (U) On December 17 and 18, the ANC National Executive Council (NEC) met to discuss its roadmap for the upcoming months, in particular with regards to the ANC provincial leadership in the Western Cape. The Western Cape Provincial leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) is again under [...]	2008-12-19 14:18:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
08CAPETOWN258	OUSTED EASTERN CAPE MAYOR DISCUSSES POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 23, Cape Town CG, Poloff, Econoff, PAO, and FCS met with Ntombentle Cordelia Peter, the former Mayor of Buffalo City (East London) in the Eastern Cape when she came to the Consulate to pick her visa for her forthcoming IV program. Peter discussed a range of issues, [...]	2008-12-31 09:38:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
08CAPETOWN47	ID LEADER DE LILLE BELIEVES ZUMA GOING TO JAIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent opposition leader Patricia de Lille believes ANC President Jacob Zuma will likely be convicted on fraud and corruption charges. De Lille doubts Zuma's trial, scheduled to begin in August, will be complete before the national parliamentary elections in March/April 2009 [...]	2008-03-07 09:27:00	Consulate Cape Town	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
08CARACAS1000	OPPOSITION STILL DIVIDED ON MOST STATE AND LOCAL [...] (C) Summary. Mainstream opposition parties announced consensus candidates for only seven of 22 gubernatorial races in November in a July 15 press conference. While predicting they would announce many more consensus gubernatorial and mayoral candidates before registration begins August 5, opp [...]	2008-07-18 23:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1080	BRV DEPORTS FARC GUERRILLA [...] (C) FARC chief of borders and finance, Gabriel Culma Ortiz A.K.A. "Guillermo" was turned over to Colombian authorities at the Tachira - Santander border on the evening of July 31. According to Colombia, Ortiz was a member of the unit responsible for the loss of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other [...]	2008-08-01 20:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER VE CO
08CARACAS1103	STATE OF BRV-ISRAEL RELATIONS C-NE8-00834 [...] (SBU) This cable is a response to State 064659 (C-NE8-00834) requesting details on Israeli relations with Venezuela. 2. (C) Summary. Relations between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) and Israel are severely strained. Bilateral relations, cool for the last several months, show [...]	2008-08-07 22:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IS VE
08CARACAS1114	INELIGIBLE LIST AND ENABLING LAW FALLOUT INCREASING [...] (C) Summary. The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Comptroller's ineligible list and President Chavez's July 31 issuance of 26 far-reaching decree-laws are generating growing international and domestic opposition. In an August 8 briefing, Chacao Mayor Leopoldo Lopez urged local diplomats [...]	2008-08-08 22:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
08CARACAS1142	CHAVEZ REJECTS ANTI-SEMITISM CHARGE IN MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. A delegation of Jewish leaders, led by World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald Lauder, visited Venezuela August 12 - 13 and met with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. According to the President of the Confederation of Israelite Associations of Venezuela (CAIV),Chavez reje [...]	2008-08-14 22:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF VE
08CARACAS1155	PRO-GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION PARTIES ACHIEVE [...] (C) Summary. The opposition reached agreement on consensus gubernatorial candidates in 19 of 22 races by August 12, the last day for the registration of gubernatorial and mayoral candidates. Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) enjoys the consensus support of smaller pro-gover [...]	2008-08-18 14:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS119	CNE REJECTS OPPOSITION REQUEST TO HOLD AMNESTY [...] (C) Summary. National Electoral Council (CNE) President Tibisay Lucena rejected an opposition request to convoke a referendum on an alternative amnesty bill proposed by civil society groups. Lucena said the authority to issue amnesty decrees had been delegated to President Chavez under the E [...]	2008-01-30 20:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1206	PPT AND CHAVEZ: A TENUOUS ALLIANCE [...] (C) Summary. National Assembly Second Vice President and Patria Para Todos Secretary General Jose Albornoz told PolCouns August 19 that he expects President Chavez to initiate "an opening" with the USG after the U.S. presidential election and Venezuela's November state and local elections. A [...]	2008-08-27 18:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1231	CHAVEZ OUTFLANKS CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary. The Organic Law of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (LOFAB) was among the 26 decrees enacted into law by President Hugo Chavez on July 31 the last day of his special powers to rule by presidential fiat under the Enabling Law. In addition to resurrecting defeated constitution [...]	2008-09-03 17:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1272	OPPOSITION UNITES BEHIND CARACAS MAYORAL [...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties named Alianza Bravo Pueblo (ABP) leader Antonio Ledezma September 9 their consensus candidate for the Caracas mayorship. Ledezma also picked up the personal endorsement of Chacao Mayor Leopoldo Lopez, who had led early polls in the same race, but whom the Comp [...]	2008-09-12 13:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
08CARACAS1299	REACTION TO AMBASSADOR'S EXPULSION [...] (C) Summary. Local reaction to the September 11 expulsion of Ambassador Duddy has largely been split along pro-Chavez and opposition lines. For the opposition and independent opinion-makers, the expulsion reinforces their view that an increasingly erratic Chavez is undermining the nation's i [...]	2008-09-17 20:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1316	REACTION TO AMBASSADOR'S EXPULSION [...] (C) Summary. Local reaction to the September 11 expulsion of Ambassador Duddy has largely been split along pro-Chavez and opposition lines. For the opposition and independent opinion-makers, the expulsion reinforces their view that an increasingly erratic Chavez is undermining the nation's i [...]	2008-09-19 19:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1332	CHARGE DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONS, EXPULSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Charge met September 19 with MFA Director for Multilateral and North American Affairs Yaneth Arocha to discuss bilateral relations. This was the Charge's first meeting with MFA officials, and it followed President Chavez's expulsion of the Ambassador on September 11. Arocha [...]	2008-09-23 12:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1334	FEW NEW FACES AMONG OPPOSITION CANDIDATES [...] (C) Summary: The opposition, beset by parochial interests, appears to be relying on well-established politicians in November's gubernatorial and mayoral elections rather than cultivating "new faces" with broad public appeal. Moreover, the older and previously discredited parties, Copei and D [...]	2008-09-23 12:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1340	BRV DOING DAMAGE CONTROL WITH USG [...] (C) Summary. Prior to departing September 21 for Cuba, Portugal, France, Russia, and China, President Chavez continued to temper his anti-U.S. rhetoric (Ref A). The BRV reportedly moved a signing ceremony involving Chevron up to September 19, presumably to underscore continuity in the U.S.-V [...]	2008-09-23 21:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1380	OPPOSITION ELECTS CONSENSUS CANDIDATES IN TACHIRA [...] (C) Summary: The Christian Democratic Party of Venezuela (Copei) won a decisive victory in the September 28 opposition primary in the western state of Tachira to determine the consensus candidates for the November 23 state and local elections. The opposition now claims that it has 20 consens [...]	2008-09-30 20:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1383	IMMIGRATION, DISIP OFFICIALS STEP-UP HARASSMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) is stepping up its harassment of outspoken as well as perceived critics of the regime. In September, four persons reported being pressured by immigration and intelligence police (DISIP) officials at the Caracas airport to surrender thei [...]	2008-09-30 22:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS1404	ZULIA STUDENT LEADER MURDERED IN HAIL OF BULLETS [...] (C) Unknown gunmen shot and killed Julian Soto, a 31-year old undergraduate and president of the Federation of University Centers (FCU) for the autonomous University of Zulia (LUZ) on October 1 as he drove to lunch. The University Centers are influential student bodies in Venezuela's five au [...]	2008-10-03 13:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
08CARACAS1434	STUDENTS WILL PLAY ONLY A MINOR ROLE IN UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: Widely perceived as the most trustworthy group in the country, student leaders are now trying to preserve their voice and role in Venezuelan politics. Many leaders eschew a direct political role, especially in the upcoming November 23 elections. However, some former leaders wh [...]	2008-10-09 20:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC VE
08CARACAS1435	CHAVEZ THREATENS TO DENY OPPOSITION STATES [...] (C) Summary. At an October 6 political rally, President Chavez threatened to deny future development funds to state and municipalities run by opposition politicians after the November 23 state and local elections. Chavez said he did not want to give the opposition resources to "steal and con [...]	2008-10-09 21:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1476	OPPOSITION CONFIDENT IN ZULIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The four major opposition parties are confident of maintaining control of the Zulia governorship, regaining control of Maracaibo, Venezuela's second largest city, as well as 17 of the 19 municipalities up for election. Outgoing governor Manuel Rosales is widely believed to be s [...]	2008-10-21 22:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE
08CARACAS1559	GBRV IMPEDES VISIT OF LECH WALESA [...] (C) Summary. The GBRV discouraged the visit of Nobel Peace Prize winner and former president of Poland Lech Walesa to Venezuela on November 2, citing security concerns. Walesa, a prominent pro-democracy figure, has at times been critical of President Chavez. The government reportedly notifie [...]	2008-11-10 14:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PL EZ VE
08CARACAS1572	STUDENTS PREPARING FOR ELECTION DAY [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan university student activists appear interested in using their widely-respected legitimacy to safeguard the transparency of the state and local elections on November 23. Their efforts, however, have been undermined by lack of coordination and socioeconomic tensions be [...]	2008-11-12 21:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1582	STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS -- 10 DAYS AWAY [...] (C) Summary: With just over a week until the November 23 state and local elections, President Chavez is vigorously supporting his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) candidates. He is simultaneously calling for arrests of opposition figures and pledging to make campaign stops in ele [...]	2008-11-14 20:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1619	STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS -- 48 HOURS AWAY [...] (C) Summary: To the end, Chavez has campaigned hard on behalf of his PSUV candidates in swing states before the November 23 state and local elections. The campaigns officially closed November 20 in the midst of torrential rains that have caused a dozen deaths and are forecasted to last thr [...]	2008-11-21 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1664	CHAVEZ MOVING FORWARD TO REMOVE TERM LIMITS [...] (C) Summary: Chavez announced December 1 that his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) would begin preparing a constitutional amendment to allow indefinite presidential reelection. Chavez said he hopes his supporters would send the proposed amendment to the National Electoral Counci [...]	2008-12-05 14:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1668	STATE AND LOCAL VOTING MOSTLY FREE AND FAIR ON [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Caracas deployed informal, unaccredited observation teams throughout Caracas and to six states during the November 23 balloting for state and local elections. They and other electoral observers confirmed scattered irregularities, such as late openings and closings of t [...]	2008-12-05 18:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1670	CHAVEZ STEERING AN EVEN MORE AUTHORITARIAN COURSE [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez usually calibrates his efforts to concentrate power based on public opinion. But after losing the constitutional referendum in December 2007 and ceding more ground to the opposition in the November 23 state and local elections, the Venezuelan president appears to [...]	2008-12-05 19:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1721	CHAVEZ PERSONALIZING AMENDMENT PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: Chavez initiated the drive to collect signatures December 11 in support of a constitutional amendment to allow for indefinite reelection, and continues to reiterate that the referendum must be held by February. He has framed the amendment as a minor legal tweak and personalized [...]	2008-12-16 13:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE KDEM
08CARACAS1738	SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST NEW TRIBES MISSION [...] (SBU) The Supreme Court of Venezuela ruled November 4 that the rights of the New Tribes Mission (NTM) had not been violated when it was required in 2005 to remove its personnel from all indigenous areas in the country. Over the past three years the NTM had argued before the court that they had [...]	2008-12-18 15:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL VE
08CARACAS1753	CHAVEZ'S FEBRUARY REFERENDUM DATE A LEGAL STRETCH [...] (C) Summary: Chavez continues to move forward on his amendment proposal, apparently with the hope of holding a referendum before the end of February. The National Assembly (AN) concluded its first debate December 18 in favor of the amendment and has another debate scheduled for the second [...]	2008-12-19 22:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS21	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SWEARS-IN NEW LEADERSHIP, FLORES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Assembly (NA) swore-in its new leadership team January 6. Cilia Flores, the current NA president, will serve out another term. Roberto Hernandez of the pro-government Communist Party (PCV) replaces Desiree Santos Amaral as First Vice President, while Jose Albornoz, [...]	2008-01-08 17:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE
08CARACAS26	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS SEEK TO REVIVE "BOSTON [...] (C) Summary: Five members of the National Assembly (NA) are seeking to establish an Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group with U.S. congresspersons, akin to the congressional relations they had cultivated via the informal "Boston Group." Foreign Policy Commission Chairman Saul Ortega and three [...]	2008-01-09 21:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS283	RAUL REYES DEATH: CONFLICT DOES NOT APPEAR [...] (S/NF) Summary: Notwithstanding President Chavez' order that ten battalions be dispatched to the Colombian border in the wake of the March 1 killing of FARC's second-in command Raul Reyes, DAO reports only a minor increase in activity at two relevant BRV bases in two states west of Caracas and [...]	2008-03-03 19:23:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PGOV PTER MCAP CO VE
08CARACAS319	BRV DEPLOYMENT CONTINUES TO CREEP FORWARD [...] (S) SUMMARY: The deployment of Venezuelan troops to the areas near the border of Colombia continues with some movement being reported in local press at Fuerte Paramaracay in Valencia and Fuerte Mara in the border state of Zulia. This included, for the first time, reports of helicopter movement [...]	2008-03-06 22:12:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL CO VE
08CARACAS335	ARGENTINE PRESIDENT'S MARCH 5-6 VISIT TO VENEZUELA [...] (C) Polcouns and Poloff met with Argentine First Secretary Luis Alberto Hidalgo March 7 to discuss Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's March 5-6 visit to Venezuela, her first to Venezuela since assuming the presidency. Hidalgo said the visit was intended to be low profile, bu [...]	2008-03-10 21:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AR VE
08CARACAS359	CHAVISTA NA DEPUTY ON PSUV FORMATION AND COCA-COLA [...] (C) National Assembly Deputy Francisco Torrealba told Poloff March 13 that much work still needs to be done in President Chavez's new United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Torrealba said the party still needed to: -- determine how to select candidates; -- revise party statutes; and, -- [...]	2008-03-13 20:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR ELAB VE
08CARACAS365	ANZOATEGUI STATE: CHAVISTAS ON THE DEFENSIVE; [...] (C) Summary. Pro-government forces appear to be on the defensive in the oil-rich eastern state of Anzoategui, until recently a Chavista stronghold. Governor Tarek William Saab, a staunch loyalist of President Chavez, is widely perceived as a poor administrator, and the "No" vote carried Anzoat [...]	2008-03-14 17:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO VE
08CARACAS38	THE RESHUFFLE: SUPPLEMENTAL BIOS ON KEY POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. During his January 6 "Alo, Presidente" television broadcast Chavez formally announced changes to five political cabinet-level positions: the Vice Presidency, the Office of the Presidency, the Ministry of Interior and Justice, Ministry of Communications, and Ministry of Sports and [...]	2008-01-10 21:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR VE
08CARACAS432	MINISTRY OF TOURISM OUT OF THE LOOP ON TIP ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. During a March 26 meeting with Ministry of Tourism officials to discuss trafficking in persons (TIP),the Director of the International Relations Office told Poloff that the government has not given the ministry a mandate to combat trafficking. However, she expressed interest in [...]	2008-03-28 15:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN UK VE
08CARACAS514	UPDATE ON MONICA FERNANDEZ; OUTLINES LEOPOLDO [...] (C) Summary. Former judge and director of the judicial NGO Foro Penal Monica Fernandez has resumed her work schedule following an attempt on her life in January. She told Poloff April 7 that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) has not shown interest in investigating the attack against h [...]	2008-04-11 19:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS515	SIMONOVIS, VIVAS, FORERO TRIAL WINDING DOWN [...] (C) Summary. The trial against three former Caracas police commissioners and eight other police officers for deaths relating to the April 2002 attempted coup is in its final stages. Pilar Simonovis, the wife and lawyer of ex-commissioner Ivan Simonovis, told Poloff April 8 that closing argume [...]	2008-04-11 19:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV VE
08CARACAS579	NGO PROVEA ON "CRIMINALIZATION" OF PROTESTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent local human rights NGO Provea convoked the diplomatic corps on April 23 to provide a trimestral update on the human rights issues it considers most worrisome. Provea outlined the BRV's efforts to "criminalize" protests by opening criminal cases against demonstrators. I [...]	2008-04-28 15:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB VE
08CARACAS582	HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREETS OF CARACAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan daily, "El Universal", reported on April 16 that the murder rate had risen 14% in the first trimester of 2008, despite the launch of "Safe Caracas 2008" by the Ministry of Justice in January. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV),which had been reporting plungi [...]	2008-04-29 12:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KCRM VE
08CARACAS640	MANUEL ROSALES RUNNING FOR MARACAIBO MAYOR [...] (C) Summary. Zulia Governor Manuel Rosales is planning to run for the Maracaibo mayorship, according to Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT) party leaders. Rosales is telling his party that he needs to run in order to boost the UNT's prospects for his young protQgQ to replace him as governor and for the op [...]	2008-05-12 12:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS650	EDUCATION MINISTER CHAVEZ REPLACED BY NAVARRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez replaced his brother Adan Chavez with Hector Navarro as Minister of Education on April 30. Adan's next mission will be to take charge of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela's (PSUV) reelection campaign in the Chavez family's home state of Barinas. Adan's rem [...]	2008-05-12 21:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS659	STUDENTS BROADEN THEIR AGENDA, CRACKS IN UNITY [...] (C) Summary. Student leaders tell us that the university student movement is currently focusing on developing a new generation of leaders, strengthening the Student Parliament, and developing a common platform on political issues rather than street demonstrations. They stress they stand ready [...]	2008-05-14 18:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS679	RCTV INTERNATIONAL EXECS OPTIMISTIC BUT NETWORK [...] (C) Summary. Executives at Radio Caracas Television International (RCTVI),previously RCTV, claim the company has positioned itself as a viable cable network. However, they also noted difficulties in attracting corporate sponsors, partly due to fear of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) [...]	2008-05-16 20:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS690	BOLIVARIZING THE FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary: The politicization of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuelan (BRV) Foreign Ministry is nearly complete. Only fifteen of ninety-seven ambassadorships at Venezuelan Embassies are currently filled by career professionals, according to a local media study. Foreign Minister Maduro an [...]	2008-05-20 18:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS706	ANTISEMITISM IN VENEZUELA: BRIEF RESPITE, [...] (C) Summary. Leaders of the Confederation of Israelite Associations of Venezuela (CAIV) told Poloffs May 20 that government pressure on the Jewish community has declined so far in 2008. They believe that after the December 2007 raid on the Caracas Hebrew Center by the Venezuelan special pol [...]	2008-05-22 20:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VE
08CARACAS73	JUDGE DENIES AMNESTY MOTION IN SIMONOVIS CASE, 11 [...] (C) Summary. The judge in the case against former police commissioners Simonovis, Vivas, and Forero and eight other police officers denied January 16 a motion to dismiss charges under President Chavez's December 31 amnesty decree. The ex-commissioners are accused of ordering Caracas police o [...]	2008-01-18 23:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
08CARACAS767	CHAVEZ INTELLIGENCE DECREE ENGENDERS STRONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 28, President Hugo Chavez, using powers to independently promulgate statutes, decreed the Law of Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence into effect. The new law would replace the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DIM) and the Directorate for the Services of Intelligence [...]	2008-06-03 22:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR VE
08CARACAS771	MFA OFFICIALS 'PLEASED' WITH 2008 TIP DESIGNATION [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff met with MFA Director for North America and Multilateral Affairs Yaneth Arocha and U.S. Desk Officer Marie Borregales to deliver a courtesy copy of Venezuela's country narrative in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report and to inform them of their change in status [...]	2008-06-04 15:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SMIG VE
08CARACAS776	SLOWLY SINKING: ARMADA SOCIALISTA I-2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan Navy (Armada) released broad details regarding "Armada Socialista I-2008", a series of military exercises and civic action programs involving the Navy, Territorial Guard (GT),Army and Air Force (FAV) during the month of June. The highlight will be the first firi [...]	2008-06-04 19:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP VE
08CARACAS840	PSUV GOVERNOR STRIPPED OF TITLE AND DECLARED [...] (SBU) The Supreme Court (TSJ) opened an investigation into corruption charges against Yaracuy Governor Carlos Gutierrez in late May and subsequently stripped him of his charge. The TSJ also declared the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) governor ineligible to run for re-election in th [...]	2008-06-13 13:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
08CARACAS865	VENEZUELA: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] SUMMARY. This cable responds to reftel request for information on forced labor and child labor in the production of goods in Venezuela. Venezuela, a high volume, oil producing nation, is largely dependent on imports, and as a result does not have a tradition of child labor in the production [...]	2008-06-18 18:48:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI VE
08CARACAS949	STUDENTS UNITE AROUND INELIGIBLE CANDIDATES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent weeks the student movement has taken up the cause of the ineligible candidates ("inhabilitados") in an effort to garner increased national and international attention to the issue. The move has also helped re-energize the disjointed student movement whose leaders have [...]	2008-07-09 14:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS986	CHAVEZ AND URIBE'S UNEASY SUMMIT, A CARACAS READOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Hugo Chavez met Colombian President Alvaro Uribe July 11 in the western Venezuelan city of Punto Fijo and announced that both countries were "ready to relaunch bilateral relations." However, in less than 48 hours Chavez took umbrage over comments by Colombian Defense [...]	2008-07-17 15:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO VE
08CASABLANCA146	MOROCCO CELEBRATES WORLD REFUGEE DAY: AN OVERVIEW [...] Summary: Although Morocco struggles with large populations of migrants and refugees, organizations such as UNHCR and the Friendship and Solidarity Organization (FSO) are moving towards further solidarity between Moroccan nationals and those who have adopted Morocco as their home. To this end, [...]	2008-07-15 11:34:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG PREF PREL SOCI ELAB MO
08CASABLANCA200	THE JEWS OF CASABLANCA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morocco is the only Arab country that promotes and protects its indigenous Jewish minority while fostering ties with the state of Israel and with Israeli citizens of Moroccan descent. Notwithstanding the unwavering support of King Mohammed VI, the Jewish community of Morocco con [...]	2008-10-23 17:15:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF MO PHUM PGOV PREL
08CASABLANCA210	MOROCCAN EFFORTS TO COUNTER ISLAMIC EXTREMISM: THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A controversial fatwa, or religious opinion, by a Gulf-sponsored Imam was the trigger, or perhaps excuse, for the Government of Morocco (GOM) to crack down on independent, fundamentalist Islamic institutions. In late September a well-known Moroccan salafist, Sheikh Mohammed Al Ma [...]	2008-11-05 15:55:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL KOCI KWMN PREL MO
08CASABLANCA213	POLITICAL THEATER ENERGIZES THE BASE OF MOROCCO'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Casablanca regional congress of the Islamist Party for Justice and Development (PJD) illustrated why the PJD is the best organized and most popular political party in Morocco and the largest opposition in Parliament. On November 1st, the party employed both populist and Islami [...]	2008-11-10 08:54:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PTER MO
08CASABLANCA222	THE MARRIAGE OF MINORS, POLYGAMY AND DIVORCE: THE [...] SUMMARY: (U) Women,s groups and the media roundly criticized the government,s failure to implement some aspects of the Mudawana or family code nearly four years after the ground-breaking reforms were passed. The criticism was prompted by a recent report by the Democratic League for the Rights [...]	2008-11-21 17:11:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KWMN KTIP KISL MO
08CASABLANCA271	EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION [...] (U) This cable responds to a request for information on MINURSO's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) involving UN peacekeeping mission personnel in the Western Sahara and Moroccan peacekeepers in Cote d'Ivoire. This message was cleared with [...]	2008-01-15 16:59:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KPRO MO
08CASABLANCA28	NUMBER OF IRAQI REFUGEES IN MOROCCO GROWING [...] (SBU) During a January 29 meeting, UNHCR Chief of Mission Johannes Van Der Klaauw told poloff that nearly fifteen percent of UNHCR's recognized refugees in Morocco are Iraqi. Van Der Klaauw said the Iraqis began to arrive in significant numbers in early 2007. So far, he said, he has register [...]	2008-02-05 12:40:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PINR PREL PHUM PREF
08CASABLANCA285	CASABLANCANS REACT TO GAZA TROUBLES [...] (SBU) Summary: While many Casablancans have been thinking of little but Morocco's plight in soccer's Africa Cup Playoffs, others have been preoccupied with raising their voices about recent events in Gaza. Over the past week, three organizations organized progressively larger protests in oppo [...]	2008-01-31 09:00:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI MO

08CASABLANCA33	DEMARCHE DELIVERED:UN.GIFT AND VIENNA FORUM TO HUMAN [...] (C) On February 11, poloff discussed the UN.GIFT and Vienna Forum to Human Trafficking (reftel) with MFA Director of Consular and Social Affairs Ambassador Jaouad El Himid and encouraged Moroccan participation in the Forum. 2. (C) El Himdi informed poloff that a Moroccan delegation would be [...]	2008-02-14 13:59:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KWMN MO
08CASABLANCA71	CLANDESTINE MIGRANTS FACE GROWING ASSAULTS [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, assaults have plagued the sub-Saharan community in Rabat. In one case, according to reports, a Nigerian clandestine migrant resisted arrest during a periodic roundup and was severely beaten before being taken into custody. As a result of the beating, the migrant [...]	2008-04-10 15:10:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PREF SMIG MO
08CHENGDU39	ISLAM ON THE TIBETAN PLATEAU - TWO LOCAL PERSPECTIVES [...] (C) Summary: According to a Tibetan active in Lhasa's Muslim community who studied Islam in Nepal and Pakistan, the inflow of Muslim businessmen and laborers from other parts of China into traditionally Tibetan areas has sometimes caused tension and "incidents" with local Buddhists, but for ec [...]	2008-03-05 06:24:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
08CHENGDU42	LHASA CONVERSATIONS - WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE THINKING? [...] (C) Summary: A series of unscripted Consulate encounters in Lhasa, including with a Han teacher from Hebei, a Hui Muslim vendor of pirated DVDs from Gansu, a longtime resident Han barber from Sichuan, a lama recently arrived from Qinghai, university students from Chamdo (eastern Tibet),and B [...]	2008-03-06 09:41:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CH
08CHENGDU43	TIBET: TOURISM, THE TRAIN, AND MIGRANT LABOR [...] (C) Summary: Local officials in charge of tourism, railroad, and labor issues in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) claim to be "unsure" how many people from inland China may be resettling in traditional Tibetan areas. In 2007, over four million tourists (mostly from inland China) visited t [...]	2008-03-07 09:33:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CH
08CHENNAI69	FORMER IT MINISTER MARAN SAYS INDIA'S RULING COALITION IN TROUBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DMK Member of Parliament Dayanidhi Maran spoke candidly about India's current political scene. He said the upcoming budget will provide clues as to whether the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) expects early elections. Maran was pessimistic about the UPA's electoral pr [...]	2008-02-23 07:38:00	Consulate Chennai	CONFIDENTIAL	IN PGOV PREL
08CHIANGMAI10	STAFFDEL YEO FOCUSES ON REFUGEES, IDPS AND BURMESE POLITICAL [...] (C) In meetings with Staffdel Yeo, some politically active Burmese exile groups requested stronger U.S. sanctions against Burma, claimed to play a significant role in organizing recent protests inside Burma, and asked for U.S. support for a constitution they drafted as an alternative to the Bu [...]	2008-01-14 09:00:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI TH BM
08CHIANGMAI24	RECENTLY ARRIVED BURMESE MONKS TELL THEIR STORY [...] (C) The demonstrations in Burma in August and September 2007 were spontaneous and organized mainly from inside the country, according to several participants who recently migrated to Thailand. Many monks were detained and sent to labor camps, they told StaffDel Yeo and visiting Rangoon PolOff [...]	2008-02-08 09:41:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM BM TH
08CHIANGMAI43	ETHNIC GROUPS TO OPPOSE REFERRENDUM, CONDUCT EXIT POLL [...] (C) Ethnic exile groups based in Thailand are encouraging their contacts inside Burma to reject the draft Constitution in the upcoming referendum. Though they have next to no funding available, they are organizing ethnic youth, ceasefire, and other political groups in Burma's seven ethnic sta [...]	2008-03-14 10:39:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM BM TH
08CHISINAU958	VORONIN-SMIRNOV: THE MEETING THAT DIDN'T [...] (C) Summary: Although a Voronin-Smirnov meeting was scheduled for September 25, on September 24 SmirnovQs press office announced that the meeting would be postponed because the sides could not agree upon a venue. The Transnistrian side attempted to blame the GOM for Chisinau's inflexibility [...]	2008-09-25 14:53:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PINR RU MD
08COLOMBO100	MALDIVES: IN RUNUP TO ELECTION, INFIGHTING SLOWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Special Majlis has resumed work on the final two chapters of the constitution, but President Gayoom's DRP party and the opposition alliance NUA continue to battle over the specifics of two chapters, including the nature of the executive and transitional arrangements to a new g [...]	2008-01-28 11:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM MV
08COLOMBO1071	Internally Displaced Persons in Mannar Living in Detention [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Sri Lanka's push to regain military control over Mannar district met with success in early 2008. The government may soon approve return of displaced persons to their homes within the district. However, over 800 persons, most originating from Jaffna and Kilin [...]	2008-11-26 11:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PREL CE
08COLOMBO1093	SRI LANKA LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN ARF DISASTER [...] (U) MFA Director General for Asia Pamela Deen confirmed to Poloff that Sri Lanka would participate in the ASEAN Regional Forum Voluntary Demonstration of Response on Disaster Relief in May 2009. Deen also reported that Minister of Human Rights and Disaster Management Mahinda Samarasinghe would [...]	2008-12-02 12:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ARF EAID MARR MOPS PREL CE RP
08COLOMBO1099	SRI LANKA: SECURITY DETERIORATES IN EASTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past three weeks the security situation in the East has deteriorated as LTTE cadres and TMVP members loyal to Karuna have conducted a series of killings. In response, the government imposed a curfew on Batticaloa and the Chief Minister and Mayor of Batticaloa went on a o [...]	2008-12-03 05:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO142	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION AND MINORITY PARTIES SEARCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's main opposition and minority parties have resigned themselves to working another year under the SLFP-led government. The opposition and minority parties remain frustrated with the SLFP-led government, but recognize they have few options for replacing the current admi [...]	2008-02-07 08:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO152	SRI LANKA: PARLIAMENTARIANS TO ATTEND THE UN.GIFT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 10:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG CE
08COLOMBO166	SRI LANKA: GERMAN AID MINISTER CALLS FOR EU TO [...] (C) Summary: German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul told the German press this week that she would urge the EU to withdraw Sri Lanka's eligibility for tariff-free exports to the EU under the GSP program if Sri Lanka continues to pursue a military res [...]	2008-02-15 10:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ETRD CE
08COLOMBO199	SRI LANKA: LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS IN EAST FACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GSL's plan of holding local government elections in nine constituencies in Batticaloa faces many challenges. Interlocutors from a variety of political parties and civil society organizations believe that holding a credible, free and fair election will be difficult, given the [...]	2008-02-26 05:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL MOPS CE
08COLOMBO213	CHILD SOLDIERS IN SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 28, Ambassador delivered to Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama reftel demarche on the possible restriction of U.S. Foreign Military Financing to the Government of Sri Lanka, due to the recruitment and use of child soldiers by government-backed [...]	2008-02-28 12:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PTER MASS CE
08COLOMBO215	SRI LANKA: THE EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Mission's submission for the eighth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Amy Trimble, telephone +94-11-249-8822, fax +94-11-249-8820. Paragraph 27: Sri Lanka Overview ----- [...]	2008-02-29 07:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE
08COLOMBO244	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT-BACKED EX-TIGERS SWEEP LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 10 local elections in Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka went off without any serious violations or incidents of violence. The TMVP, a government-backed anti-LTTE Tamil paramilitary, swept the elections, winning 8 of 9 local bodies (and in a coalition with the r [...]	2008-03-11 14:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO245	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT-BACKED EX-TIGERS SWEEP LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 10 local elections in Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka went off without any serious violations or incidents of violence. The TMVP, a government-backed anti-LTTE Tamil paramilitary, swept the elections, winning 8 of 9 local bodies (and in a coalition with the r [...]	2008-03-11 15:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO246	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT-BACKED EX-TIGERS SWEEP LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 10 local elections in Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka went off without any serious violations or incidents of violence. The TMVP, a government-backed anti-LTTE Tamil paramilitary, swept the elections, winning 8 of 9 local bodies (and in a coalition with the r [...]	2008-03-11 15:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO247	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT-BACKED EX-TIGERS SWEEP LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 10 local elections in Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka went off without any serious violations or incidents of violence. The TMVP, a government-backed anti-LTTE Tamil paramilitary, swept the elections, winning 8 of 9 local bodies (and in a coalition with the r [...]	2008-03-11 15:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO248	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT-BACKED EX-TIGERS SWEEP LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 10 local elections in Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka went off without any serious violations or incidents of violence. The TMVP, a government-backed anti-LTTE Tamil paramilitary, swept the elections, winning 8 of 9 local bodies (and in a coalition with the r [...]	2008-03-11 15:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO250	MALDIVES: CONSTITUTION NEAR COMPLETION; COUNTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 20, visiting Staffdel from the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Poloff called on Maldivian government officials to discuss the political reform process and upcoming multi-party elections. Staffdel consisted of Professional Staff Member Manpreet Anand, Senior PSM H [...]	2008-03-12 03:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
08COLOMBO288	SRI LANKA: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS RISK [...] (C) SUMMARY: During EmbOffs' visit to Batticaloa before the March 10 district-wide local council elections, political parties reiterated their concerns that the elections would not be free or fair. Paramilitaries contesting as political parties claimed to have disarmed, but local residents fe [...]	2008-03-19 13:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO328	MALDIVES: THE EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Mission's submission for the eighth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Maldives follows. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Mission point of contact is Poloff Amy Trimble, telephone +94-11-249-8822, fax +94-11-249-8820. Paragraph 27: Maldives Overview ------- [...]	2008-04-01 00:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD MV
08COLOMBO344	SRI LANKA: REPORT BLAMES GOVERNMENT FOR "TRINCO 5" [...] (C) Summary: On April 1, the prominent Sri Lankan human rights group University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna) released a lengthy report on two cases that have received significant international attention: the murders of five Tamil youths in Trincomalee in January 2006, and the killing of [...]	2008-04-03 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO424	G/TIP FY06 PROGRAMS: MONITORING REPORT (SRI LANKA) [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-30 06:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CE
08COLOMBO448	SRI LANKA: MAY 10 EASTERN POLLS SEEN AS REFERENDUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 10 Eastern Provincial Council elections are the first provincial-level polls in the East in twenty years. A relatively free, fair, and peaceful election would help bring back normalcy in the East, lay the groundwork for democratic administrative structures, and reinforce [...]	2008-05-08 13:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO463	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT WINS EASTERN POLLS BY NARROW [...] (C) Summary: The ruling UPFA won the Eastern Provincial Council elections on May 10, amidst criticism by the opposition parties and observer groups of large scale election malpractices. The UPFA-TMVP won 18 seats plus 2 bonus seats, the UNP-SLMC won 15, and the JVP and TDNA won one each. Re [...]	2008-05-12 13:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO55	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR WELCOMES USG [...] (C) Summary. On January 8, Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa outlined for Ambassador and the visiting 1210 team the GSL's ambitious development agenda for the East and welcomed USG assistance on a wide range of policy initiatives. Rajapaksa highlighted the government's progress i [...]	2008-01-11 08:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO552	SRI LANKA'S EASTERN PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CONVENES; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's new Eastern Provincial Council was sworn in June 4 despite an opposition boycott. Since the announcement of Chief Minister Pillaiyan's appointment, tensions have remained high between the Muslim and Tamil communities in the East with targeted political assassination [...]	2008-06-05 12:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID PTER PHUM MOPS ECON EINV
08COLOMBO568	SRI LANKA: TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO MFA [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 09:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KPAO KWMN CEA
08COLOMBO600	SRI LANKA: SEVERAL TRACK 2 AND 1.5 INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prominent Sri Lankans and interested members of the international community are pursuing a number of Track 1.5 and 2 initiatives to resolve Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict. The One Text Initiative (OTI) appears to have progressed the most. Other initiatives are either embryonic o [...]	2008-06-20 07:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO65	SRI LANKA TO SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR CERD ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA CE
08COLOMBO654	KARUNA RETURNS TO SRI LANKA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Former TMVP head Karuna Amman was deported from the UK and returned to Sri Lanka on July 3rd after spending the last three months in a UK detention center after the Crown Prosecution Service announced it had insufficient evidence to charge him with gross human rights violations. C [...]	2008-07-08 09:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO668	SRI LANKA: CHALLENGE ISSUED AND WITHDRAWN TO [...] (U) Summary: Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the main opposition United National Party (UNP) has faced the third challenge to his leadership since 2000. In June, a group of senior UNP MPs threatened to boycott the upcoming Provincial Council (PC) election campaigns (Ref A) if Wickremesinghe di [...]	2008-07-11 09:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO682	SRI LANKA: ARF DISASTER RELIEF PREPAREDNESS [...] (SBU) On July 16 PolOff delivered non-paper on improving ARF disaster relief preparedness (ref A) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for East Asia and Pacific Dissanayake and urged Sri Lanka to support language in the Chairman's Statement at the ARF ministerial on July 24. Dissana [...]	2008-07-16 09:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PHUM CE
08COLOMBO695	SRI LANKA: TENSION IN THE TMVP: KARUNA AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 12 in Colombo, Karuna and Pillaiyan held their first face to face meeting since Karuna's return to the country July 3. The TMVP spokesman characterized the meeting positively, yet two days later Karuna appeared in Batticaloa unannounced causing deep concern for Pillaiyan a [...]	2008-07-21 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO86	SRI LANKA: US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION STIRRING [...] (C) Summary. Recent comments by US Presidential candidates Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama have been a catalyst for open discussion over what the US presidential election will mean for Sri Lanka. Tamil press and politicians have generally favored the perceived nuanced positi [...]	2008-01-23 07:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER OREP CE
08COLOMBO933	MALDIVES: GAYOOM IS TOP VOTE-GETTER, BUT FACES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Final results of the first round of Maldives' first-ever multiparty presidential election (ref a) showed that incumbent President Gayoom took just over 40% of the vote, with five challengers splitting the rest. There were technical flaws in the election, including problems with [...]	2008-10-10 11:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08CONAKRY104	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPEN FOR BUSINESS, BUT NOT MUCH [...] (C) Aboubacar Sompare, President of the National Assembly, officially opened the spring legislative session on April 7. Despite speaking for 30 minutes, Sompare did not say much substantively, instead focusing on broad-based themes without going into much depth. He made no reference to upco [...]	2008-04-16 14:35:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PHUM KDEM GV
08CONAKRY105	FIRST LADY SAYS ALL IS WELL [...] (S) SUMMARY. During a private meeting with Poloff on April 15, the First Lady emphasized that all is well in Guinea. She said that relations between the president and the prime minister are "fine," that the president is making his own decisions without undue influence from his entourage, an [...]	2008-04-16 14:42:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV PREL CVIS ASEC GV
08CONAKRY11	WITH OR WITHOUT THE PRESIDENT - GUINEA'S POLITICAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. With two weeks remaining before Guinea faces the March 31 deadline for resuming a nationwide labor strike, various political actors are working quietly behind the scenes to define the next stage of the country's ongoing political and economic struggle. A parallel dialogue process [...]	2008-03-19 14:24:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV ELAB PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY115	MINORITY PARLIAMENTARY PARTY CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although leaders of the UPR opposition political parties see elections as an important political element, they remain pessimistic as to whether elections can be organized transparently and in a timely fashion. They were circumspect with regards to Guinea,s current political e [...]	2008-02-12 14:59:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY120	HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF INQUIRY READY TO LAUNCH [...] (SBU) Guinea's Human Rights Commission is planning to officially launch its investigation on May 5 of the human rights abuses allegedly committed by security forces during the civil unrest in early 2007. The president of the Commission, Mounir Houssein Mohamed told Poloff on April 18 that he [...]	2008-04-18 13:40:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY121	CURRENT PERSPECTIVE FROM THE RULING PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent discussion with a leading member of the ruling Party for Unity and Progress (PUP) provides some insights as to the current thinking of the party's leadership. Contact is firmly behind the president and sees the PUP as a powerful and significant political player. At the [...]	2008-04-18 14:31:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY147	SIERRA LEONE DIPLOMAT OFFERS NEW PERSPECTIVE ON ALLEGED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per Reftel, four women were stopped near Forecariah in June 2007 for allegedly attempting to traffic ten children from Guinea to Sierra Leone. DCM discussed the incident during a meeting with ALhaji ALie Badara Kamara of the Sierra Leonean Embassy in Guinea on April 15, 2008. Mr [...]	2008-04-30 10:30:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY151	UNION LEADER HAS NO HOPE FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTION [...] (S) SUMMARY. During a meeting with Poloff on April 29, union leader Rabiatou presented a gloomy outlook on Guinea's current political situation. She said that it is impossible to find a solution as long as President Conte remains in power, and literally scoffed at the idea that transparent [...]	2008-05-02 11:40:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	ELAB PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY152	SYLLAH IN, SYLLAH OUT - WHO RUNS THE PATRONAT? [...] (U) SUMMARY. A few weeks ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs appointed Mamadou Syllah as the head of the government's official delegation to the International Labor Conference in Geneva. On April 26, the MFA retracted the designation following heavy criticism from the media, the population [...]	2008-05-02 11:40:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY153	AMBASSADOR VISITS FOREST REGION - LACKLUSTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Carter visited N,Zerekore during the week of April 20-25 to familiarize himself with Guinea,s forest region and evaluate local progress towards legislative elections later this year. Both local government authorities and the Prefectoral Independent Electoral Commissio [...]	2008-05-02 11:40:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB PHUM KDEM GV
08CONAKRY16	YOUTH SAY STRIKES ARE A BAD IDEA [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to a Conakry youth leader, Guinea,s young people do not support the unions, plan to resume a nationwide labor strike on January 10, which could prematurely escalate political tension. Many of Conakry,s youth reportedly do not think that the prime minister has effectiv [...]	2008-01-08 05:57:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB KDEM GV
08CONAKRY162	PRESIDENCY STIRS UP CONTROVERSY AGAIN - APPOINTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate was off strengthening bilateral ties with Gabon and Equatorial Guinea last week, the presidency took advantage of the PM,s absence to stir up controversy once again. On March 1, Conte issued two presidential decrees, one naming a new prefec [...]	2008-03-04 15:16:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY164	UNIONS BLOCK PM ON FUEL - UNION LEADER SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Guinea,s labor unions are attempting to block GoG efforts to reduce or eliminate the country,s economically unsustainable fuel subsidy program as they call for consultations. Despite having a doctorate in economics, union leader Ibrahima Fofana demonstrated an appalling lack of [...]	2008-03-05 08:53:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY169	HUMAN REMAINS UNEARTHED AT CENTRAL PRISON, EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Guinean prisoner advocacy NGO has reportedly unearthed human skeletal remains under a former trash heap at Conakry's central prison. Although most of the skulls and large bones were reportedly stolen in the middle of the night, Poloff saw several bone fragments sticking up out [...]	2008-05-07 11:44:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY170	GUINEA'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION BLOCKED AGAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After finally receiving long-awaited government funding to launch an investigation into the human rights abuses allegedly committed by security forces in early 2007, Guinea's Human Rights Association is blocked again. The Central Bank has frozen the Commission's bank account, a [...]	2008-05-07 11:45:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY18	LOCAL STAFF WORRIED ABOUT ONGOING POLITICAL [...] (C) Poloff and Econoff held an informal discussion with a group of senior LES staff from USAID, Management, RSO, Peace Corps, and PAO on March 13 to exchange thoughts on Guinea's current political situation a the upcoming March 31 deadline for negotiations set by the country's la unions (refte [...]	2008-03-21 11:59:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY190	GUINEA PRESENTS ELECTIONS BUDGET, CALLS FOR DONOR SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GoG held a formal meeting with the international donor community on March 6 in order to distribute its proposed elections budget. While some of the line items still raise questions, the overall budget appears to be relatively realistic and a significant improvement over th [...]	2008-03-07 13:29:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM GV
08CONAKRY196	CHILD TRAFFICKING IN GUINEA'S FOREST REGION [...] (U) SUMMARY. Local NGOs tell Embassy officials that the Forest Region is a transit hub for the trafficking of children from Guinea to neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone, highlighting the need for cross-border coordination and information sharing. Specific cases provide examples of how these c [...]	2008-05-15 11:11:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY197	CHILD TRAFFICKING IN EASTERN MARITIME GUINEA [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Prefect in Forecariah continues her efforts to combat child trafficking on the border with Sierra Leone, although her methods have drawn some criticism. Despite the increase in trafficking cases, not all officials in the region agree that child trafficking is a problem and some [...]	2008-05-15 13:54:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY202	(S) NOT THE CONTE I KNOW [...] (S) During a March 12 meeting with Poloff, opposition leader Sidya Toure of the Union Force Republican (UFR) party shared his observations regarding his Monday courtesy call on President Lansana Conte. Toure said that it was the first time he had seen Conte in over eight years and that Conte [...]	2008-03-12 15:27:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY203	FULANI VILLAGERS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECONOMY [...] SUMMARY. A recent road trip into villages throughout Middle Guinea reveals that villagers just thirty minutes off the main road are unaware that the Guinean Government is organizing legislative elections in six months. Villagers were generally preoccupied with basic cost of living issues an [...]	2008-05-19 14:34:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY210	UNDAUNTED BY INTERNAL DISCORD, UPR OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The president of the UPR opposition party assured Poloff that he remains the party's legitimate leader, irregardless of recent party declarations to the contrary. He attributes the internal dissension to a handful of members who want to ally with the UFDG and Cellou Diallo. Hav [...]	2008-03-14 12:25:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY211	FORMER PM HOLDS MEETING ON ELECTIONS - DEMANDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 13, former Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate held a three and a half hour meeting with political parties to discuss progress towards Guinea's legislative elections later this year. The discussion focused on four central issues: the need for donor community support to cov [...]	2008-03-14 12:40:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY213	PLOTTING KOUYATE'S DEMISE [...] (S) SUMMARY. An LES staff member provides useful insights into an alleged plot orchestrated by former members of government against Guinea's former PM, Lansana Kouyate. Inside information suggests that the PM's demise was well planned and well orchestrated. END SUMMARY. 2. (S) A senior LES [...]	2008-05-21 14:29:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY220	RECENT CHILD TRAFFICKING INCIDENTS ON GUINEA'S NORTHERN [...] SUMMARY: (U) Local media reported two alleged child trafficking incidents on Guinea's borders with Mali and Senegal. The first incident involved 22 children being transported to Mali, and the second, 11 children being transported to Senegal. In both cases, Koranic teachers, also known as marabo [...]	2008-05-23 13:24:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC ML GV
08CONAKRY23	CHANTAL COLLE DEPORTED, CONTE RUMORED TO BE IN A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following her March 18 arrest, close presidential confidant Mme Chantal Colle left the country late on March 19 under a deportation order signed by the Minister of Interior and Security. Meanwhile, rumors of President Conte,s deteriorating medical condition have been rampant [...]	2008-03-21 13:35:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY237	COMMENTS FROM FORMER PRIME MINISTER DIALLO, HEAD [...] SUMMARY. Former Prime Minister Cellou Diallo, who is also the current president of the UFDG opposition political party, says he will support the new PM as long as he commits to continued progress towards improved governance, legislative elections, and economic reforms. He was highly critical [...]	2008-05-28 14:25:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY247	EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 12 [...] (SBU) The streets of Conakry are quiet this morning, and there have been no reports of gunfire. Stores, markets, and fuel stations remain closed. There are a few people on the streets waiting for taxis, but the roads are virtually empty due to lack of transportation. Poloff saw children and [...]	2008-05-30 09:19:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV PMIL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY27	GUINEA CALM, BUT ANXIOUS AS STRIKE DEADLINE LOOMS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy LES conversations with contacts throughout Guinea suggest that there is a general air of calm in most urban centers, layered over anxiety and worry as citizens wait to see whether the unions will resume a nationwide strike January 10 as planned (reftel A). The capital h [...]	2008-01-10 05:56:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY274	TEACHERS WARN OF POSSIBLE LABOR STRIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's teachers' unions continue to threaten a possible labor strike, which could begin as early as June 10. Such a strike has the potential to spark civil unrest, as it did in a similar situation in 2006, especially among the country's students. It is not yet clear whether [...]	2008-06-06 13:31:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY29	UNIONS POSTPONE STRIKES, CALL FOR DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) At midnight on January 10, Guinea,s labor unions were able to reach a negotiated agreement to postpone a nationwide labor strike. A key provision of the agreement is the immediate establishment of a Committee of Collaboration and Dialogue, which is supposed to review the January 27 Acc [...]	2008-01-10 15:15:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY290	(S) DRUGS, BOOZE AND WOMEN - TOTAL DISORDER AT [...] (S) SUMMARY. A new civilian contact claiming to have been living in Camp Alpha for the past eight years shares some interesting perspectives on the mutiny and life among the mutineers. He paints a depressing picture of young, undisciplined soldiers that bully the local population while smok [...]	2008-06-13 06:43:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV ASEC KDEM PREL GV
08CONAKRY294	REACTIONS FROM GUINEA'S INTERIOR REGARDING RECENT POLITICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. During an Embassy road trip the week of June 2, contacts shared mixed reactions to recent political developments in Guinea. Most everyone, including government officials and civil society, agreed that former Prime Minister Kouyate had to go. However, civil society representatives [...]	2008-06-13 13:14:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY3	CENI GEARS UP FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION [...] (U) SUMMARY. During the Ambassador's first formal meeting with Guinea's National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI),CENI President Ben Sekou Syllah said the commission is gearing up for a USG funded strategic planning session on January 9. Heading into the session, Syllah highlighted t [...]	2008-01-02 11:15:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM GV
08CONAKRY301	MILITARY LOOTS POLICE OFFICES, BUT RELATIVE CALM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After attacking the CMIS (Mobile Company for Security Intervention) headquarters and arresting up to 45 police officials earlier today, elements of the military spent the afternoon moving through the downtown area, vandalizing and looting police offices. Preliminary reporting [...]	2008-06-17 14:39:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV ASEC PMIL PREL ELAB GV
08CONAKRY302	MILITARY LOOTS POLICE OFFICES, BUT RELATIVE CALM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After attacking the CMIS (Mobile Company for Security Intervention) headquarters and arresting up to 45 police officials earlier today, elements of the military spent the afternoon moving through the downtown area, vandalizing and looting police offices. Preliminary reporting [...]	2008-06-17 14:39:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV ASEC PMIL PREL ELAB GV
08CONAKRY313	KOUNDARA UNPREPARED FOR UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. During a recent trip to Koundara, authorities, civil society and CEPI (prefectoral electoral commission) shared concerns about upcoming legislative elections, stating that preparations are moving slowly with little coordination between the various actors. Some expressed concern tha [...]	2008-06-24 14:06:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY315	CHILD TRAFFICKING IN WESTERN MARITIME GUINEA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Authorities express their concern about child trafficking, but also stress the importance of focusing on the prevalence of child exploitation in the region regardless of where the children came from or how they got there. This cable is the third in a series of reports on child traf [...]	2008-06-25 09:30:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY320	CHILD TRAFFICKING IN MIDDLE GUINEA [...] (U) SUMMARY. A recent trip to Middle Guinea reveals that Guinea's border with Senegal may be a transit point for significant trafficking activity. Although there have only been a few "official" trafficking cases, the lack of information and resources on the part of the local authorities, as we [...]	2008-06-25 12:10:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY323	CHILD TRAFFICKING IN UPPER GUINEA [...] (U) SUMMARY. While NGOs have statistics illustrating an extremely high prevalence of child trafficking on Guinea's northern border with Mali, local authorities maintain that they have not seen any child trafficking cases. Government contacts confirm previous reports that marabouts frequently cr [...]	2008-06-26 05:20:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY325	TEACHERS' UNIONS SUSPEND STRIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As of Sunday, June 22, Guinea's teachers' unions (SLECG and FSPE) agreed to suspend a nationwide labor strike that began on June 19 (reftels). National exams, which were originally scheduled for the week of June 9 and then postponed to the week of June 23, are now scheduled fo [...]	2008-06-26 07:56:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ASEC PHUM GV
08CONAKRY329	K-9 DRUG OFFICER SPEAKS UP ABOUT NARCOTICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A K-9 officer within Guinea's anti-drug unit shares his insights regarding narcotics-related corruption and the recent, violent stand-off between the police and the military. Contact said that there are least 13 confirmed deaths resulting from the violence, and likely more unc [...]	2008-06-30 14:22:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NARC ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY35	FRUSTRATED AND MARGINALIZED, GUINEA,S YOUTH ARE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an Embassy hosted breakfast, 17 Conakry-based youth leaders shared their views on the current political situation and the possibility of a nationwide labor strike at the end of the month. Participants felt marginalized by both the government and non-government actors, [...]	2008-03-25 13:30:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY4	RESTRUCTURING DECREE ALTERED FROM WITHIN THE [...] (C) Both Finance Minister Ousmane Dore and a contact at the Prime Minister,s office confirmed that the presidential restructuring decree signed in early December by President Conte (reftel A) had been altered from within the presidency. Widespread rumors have pointed to the Secretary General [...]	2008-01-02 11:24:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GV
08CONAKRY41	RULING PARTY - WATCH OUT, WE,RE BACK! [...] (C) A lengthy conversation with the head of the ruling Party for Unity and Progress (PUP) suggests that party leaders are interpreting last weeks events (reftels) as tacit popular support for President Conte. Highly critical of the unions and the prime minister, the PUP is firmly behind the [...]	2008-01-16 14:02:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY45	VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS HELD PREFECT HOSTAGE FOR 3 HOURS [...] (U) Poloff spoke over the telephone with the prefect of Forecariah, Mme Marie Guilavogui, on March 26 in order to confirm a March 21 internet report (Aminata.com) regarding a short-lived military mutiny in her prefecture. The prefect said that a group of armed volunteer soldiers held her hos [...]	2008-03-26 14:23:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PMIL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY5	UNION LEADERS DEMAND CONSULTATIONS WITH PM OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a December 28 open letter to the PM, union leaders called for public-private consultations in order to discuss the government,s plans to reduce fuel subsidies. While not against the idea in principle, the unions want to be part of the consultative process and work with the g [...]	2008-01-02 14:31:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB PREL GV
08CONAKRY50	UNIONS UNDECIDED ABOUT POSSIBLE LABOR STRIKE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The unions are undecided about whether or not they will push for a strike on March 31, and unions leaders appear divided. Negotiations continue, but union leaders say that much will depend on the recommendation issued by the Committee de Suivi and the president,s subsequent rea [...]	2008-03-27 14:39:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY53	MONDAY LABOR STRIKE LOOKING UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) As Guineans head into the weekend and approach the March 31 deadline set by unions after a short-lived escalation of political tensions in early January, information from various sources suggests that a strike on Monday is unlikely. Political and economic frustrations remain high, but [...]	2008-03-28 11:55:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY54	MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON DEPORTEES, ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a March 28 meeting with the Charge, the Minister of Interior and Security said that the Guinean Government wants to establish a bilateral agreement with the U.S. in order to regulate extradition cases, such as those pending for 40 Guineans awaiting deportation in the U. [...]	2008-03-31 05:34:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY565	YOUTH EXCHANGE BLOWS OVER POLITICAL AGENDA [...] (C) Some of Conakry,s youth leaders came to blows the evening of September 18 over differences of political opinion. Over the past few weeks, a group of twelve youth leaders have been trying to organize a massive youth movement to force President Conte,s resignation and a complete dissolutio [...]	2008-09-26 13:31:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV ASEC GV
08CONAKRY57	RELIGIOUS LEADER SHARES POLITICAL INSIGHTS, OFFERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Archbishop of Guinea,s Anglican Church shared a number of useful insights on Guinea,s political situation and the various actors with the Ambassador. A highly respected leader and one of the key players during the civil unrest in early 2007, Gomez said that if he is asked [...]	2008-01-18 17:11:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY571	YOUTH CREATE NEW OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A recently established political party for youth, the NFD, claims to have already issued more than 1000 membership cards in just a little over a month. The party is led by a respected civil society youth leader turned politician who played a prominent role in the 2007 tripartit [...]	2008-09-30 16:09:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL GV
08CONAKRY600	ETHNIC POLITICS IN GUINEA - GENERAL BACKGROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is the first in a series of reports exploring the role of ethnicity in Guinean politics. Guinea has been widely seen as a violence-averse, tolerant country in which various ethnic groups have been able to live together peacefully, avoiding the inter-ethnic conflicts [...]	2008-10-14 14:29:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY602	ETHNIC POLITICS IN GUINEA - UNION MANDINGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable is the second in a series of reports exploring the role of ethnicity in Guinean politics (reftel). The Union Mandinge is the youth arm of a broader ethnically based organization with ties to Upper Guinea and the Malinke population. A/DCM met with Union Mandinge lead [...]	2008-10-15 13:27:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY607	ETHNIC POLITICS IN GUINEA - HAAL PULAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is the third in a series of reports exploring the role of ethnicity in Guinean politics (reftels). The leader of Haal Pular, a Peuhl youth organization, claims to have more than 20,000 members both within the country and from the Guinean Diaspora. Often criticized [...]	2008-10-16 16:12:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY608	PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO OPEN ON MONDAY, TEACHERS PLAN TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea,s 2008/2009 public school year is set to begin on Monday, October 13. The last session ended with a nationwide teacher strike in June during the national exam period (reftel),which was called off a week later when the GoG and the teachers negotiated an agreement. Howe [...]	2008-10-16 16:17:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ASEC GV

08CONAKRY61	COMMITTEE DE SUIVI TO REPORT TO CONTE THIS WEEK [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to one union leader, the Committee de Suivi will present a summary of its findings to President Conte this week. In addition, the Committee's delegation will present a new restructuring decree and ask that the president sign it. If the president rejects the Committee [...]	2008-04-01 11:10:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY614	OPPOSITION LEADER SAYS END OF REGIME IS IMMINENT [...] (S) SUMMARY. Opposition leader Sidya Toure told Poloff that the end of Conte,s regime is imminent, whether through his death or a military takeover. In either case, he said he was certain that some sort of military transition is in Guinea,s future. Sidya said he and other opposition party [...]	2008-10-20 12:57:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV PMIL PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY620	YOUTH LEADER TALKS ABOUT POTENTIAL COUP AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. An underground youth movement appears to have joined forces with a group of young military officers intent on organizing a coup d,etat. Initially focused on a democratic movement forcing democratic change, the youths may now be facing a slippery slope of choices that could ulti [...]	2008-10-20 16:57:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV PMIL PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY623	A DARK PERIOD FOR GUINEA SAYS PROMINENT RELIGIOUS [...] (C)SUMMARY. One of Guinea,s prominent Christian leaders privately told Poloff that Guinea,s most difficult challenges are yet to come. He believes that the current system is fundamentally broken, but that people are so focused on overthrowing the regime that they have neglected to develop a [...]	2008-10-21 14:20:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KDEM PREL GV
08CONAKRY631	ETHNIC POLITICS IN GUINEA - YOUTH OF THE FOREST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is the fourth in a series of reports exploring the role of ethnicity in Guinean politics (reftels). The youths of Guinea,s Forest Region appear to be primarily focused on minor inter-tribal tensions within their own region. Forest youth leaders downplayed broader [...]	2008-10-24 14:00:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY642	ALL EYES ON NOVEMBER 1 - INDICATIONS OF POSSIBLE [...] (S) SUMMARY. People have been talking about a possible coup d,etat in Guinea for a number of weeks now. Recent information from various sources suggests that a plot may move forward within the next few days, before the November 1 national military holiday. At the same time, these same indi [...]	2008-10-28 16:55:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY651	GOG DISPATCHES DELEGATION TO KAMSAR IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GoG sent a delegation to Kamsar and Boke on October 28 and October 30 in an effort circumvent mass demonstrations planned to begin November 1. The local population is threatening to destroy the railroad if their demands for running water and electricity are not met by Octob [...]	2008-10-30 16:03:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON PGOV ASEC GV
08CONAKRY652	ETHNIC POLITICS IN GUINEA - YOUTH OF COASTAL GUINEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is the fifth in a series of reports exploring the role of ethnicity in Guinean politics (reftels). Despite repeatedly affirming their neutrality and broad-based ethnic support, the youths of "Bas-Cote" were clearly pro-Conte and pro-Soussou. During a meeting with [...]	2008-10-30 16:27:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY661	AN INSIDE LOOK AT GUINEA'S MINING SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. A detailed discussion with a former USAID employee working at the Guinean Ministry of Mines reveals some interesting insights into the inner workings of Guinea's mining sector. Comments on dealings with CBG, Rio Tinto, Rusal, and Hyperdnamics illustrate exactly how the GoG has [...]	2008-10-31 15:27:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN PGOV PREL GV
08CONAKRY662	PIVI AND HIS DRUNKEN GANG - BANDITS FOR HIRE [...] (S) SUMMARY. According to a civilian living at Camp Alpha Yaya, Pivi is perpetually drunk, intimidating, and still popular among many of the rank and file soldiers. Contact said that Pivi is closely connected to Ousmane Conte, the president's son, and routinely receives cash from him, which [...]	2008-10-31 15:54:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV SNAR ASEC GV
08CONAKRY67	DIALOGUE COMMITTEE SET TO HOLD FIRST MEETING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Most of the member institutions of Guinea,s Committee de Suivi have named their representatives and Guinean Government officials report that the committee will hold its first meeting on January 29. The committee will be led by the President of the National Assembly and organized [...]	2008-01-24 12:04:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY675	PROTEST ACTIVITY CONTINUES, BUT CITY IS NOTICEABLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Random protests continue in Conakry this morning, although the city appears calmer than it has since the civil disturbances started four days ago. Embassy has received reports of at least three dead, possibly four, and more than 40 injured. GoG security forces continue to re [...]	2008-11-05 13:17:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PHUM GV
08CONAKRY68	UFR OPPOSITION LEADER CALLING FOR NATIONAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. The leader o Guinea,s opposition UFR party, Sidya Toure, tol Poloff that the Committee de Suivi (reftel) is seless. According to Toure, the country needs a national roundtable for dialogue in order to develo a clear strategy towards achieving an effectivepolitical transition. [...]	2008-01-24 14:18:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV KDEM ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY69	PARLIAMENTARY MINORITY LEADER ECHOES CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The leader of the opposition minority at the National Assembly told Poloff that failure to monitor the effective implementation of the January 27 Accords is at the heart of Guinea,s current political situation. Echoing another opposition party leader (septel),contact said tha [...]	2008-01-24 14:18:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY690	TEACHERS APPROACH STRIKE DEADLINE [...] (SBU) Elhadj Sy Savane, the deputy secretary general of Guinea's teachers' union (FSPE-SLECG),told POL LES that the union will be meeting throughout the day on November 10 in order to decide whether or not to resume a nationwide labor strike that was suspended in June (reftel A). Savane ini [...]	2008-11-10 16:23:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ASEC GV
08CONAKRY709	THE PATH TO HIPC COMPLETION AND DEBT RELIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY. As the GoG approaches the HIPC completion point, World Bank officials have expressed concern about the GoG's long-term commitment to reform, as well as Guinea's continued political instability. The Bank's visiting regional director solicited the Embassy's perspective on the curr [...]	2008-11-19 13:43:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON AORC PGOV GV
08CONAKRY710	CELLOU DIALLO ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) In a press conference on November 17, former Prime Minister Cellou Diallo formally announced that he intends to run for president in 2010. Previously a member of the ruling Party for Unity and Progress (PUP),Diallo assumed leadership of the Union Force Democratic Guinean (UFDG) oppositio [...]	2008-11-19 13:43:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM GV
08CONAKRY713	GOG SAYS IT IS ON TRACK TO HOLD ELECTIONS IN MARCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The new secretary general of the Ministry of Territorial Administration says that the voter registration process will be completed by the end of December, and that the government is on track to hold its legislative elections in March. Despite contact's optimism, the process o [...]	2008-11-20 16:11:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY726	MINISTER PROVIDES INSIGHTS ON POLITICAL STABILITY, [...] (S) SUMMARY. A candid discussion with the Minister of Reconciliation suggests that the Guinean Government is afraid of its military and attempting to appease soldiers at all costs in order to avoid a military takeover. The Minister privately acknowledged that the government does not intend t [...]	2008-12-01 15:06:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY73	INTERIM PRESIDENT OF THE GUINEAN BAR SHARES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The acting president of Guinea,s Bar Association says the former president was dismissed because he acted outside his authority. Elections for a new Bar president are reportedly scheduled for March 11. With respect to the legal system in general, contact,s insights help illu [...]	2008-01-28 14:34:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY739	YOUTH TRY TO REGROUP TO ORGANIZE CIVIL MOVEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY. After failing to organize a mass youth movement in September and then turning to military elements to plot a coup d'etat, a local youth leader says he is now back to bringing youths together to force President Conte out of office. Contact expressed concerns that the military may [...]	2008-12-09 13:09:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC GV
08CONAKRY742	CONAKRY GOVERNOR FOCUSED ON SECURITY AND SANITATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The new governor of Conakry used a recent courtesy call by Poloff as an opportunity to bring in news crews and expound on his policy objectives over national television while creating a perception of a "close" connection to the U.S. Embassy. A somewhat controversial appointme [...]	2008-12-09 16:34:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY748	NIGERIAN EMBASSY FRUSTRATED WITH GUINEAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent discussion with a senior Nigerian Embassy official suggests that the Government of Nigeria is increasingly frustrated with the Guinean Government and unsympathetic to the country's political and economic struggles. Contact highlighted concerns over increased crime rate [...]	2008-12-10 16:24:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SNAR GV
08CONAKRY773	GOSSIP FROM CAMP ALPHA YAYA - RUMORS ABOUT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A civilian contact at Camp Alpha Yaya says people are speculating widely as to the state of President Conte's health, and in some cases, asserting that he may already be dead. Contact claims that the military has been holding succession meetings at Camp Alpha Yaya. There have [...]	2008-12-18 16:50:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY78	GUINEAN PRESIDENT CANCELS LIBYAN HOTEL CONTRACTS [...] (U) Late on Friday, April 4, Radio Television Guinean (RTG) reported that President Lansana Conte had signed a decree cancelling Guinea's recent hotel deals with Libya. Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate is responsible for negotiating the deals, which essentially turned over three major Conakry h [...]	2008-04-08 11:39:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC LY GV
08CONAKRY783	RPG OPPOSITION LEADER RETURNS TO GUINEA [...] (SBU) Alpha Conde, president of the Rally for the Guinean People (RPG) opposition political party, returned to Guinea on December 21 after an 18 month absence. According to a high level contact within the party, the RPG is not planning any immediate political activities, but said the party w [...]	2008-12-22 16:25:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY797	LACK OF CIVILIAN LEADERSHIP AS TRANSITION [...] (S) SUMMARY. Certain segments of the youth population appear to be the only civilian sector currently engaging the military putschists, but coup leaders may be becoming increasingly disinclined to facilitate an immediate transition to civilian rule. The international community is demanding [...]	2008-12-24 15:28:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM PMIL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY798	CALM RESTORED, NEW GOVERNMENT MOVES FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Captain Moussa Dadis Camara has assumed control of the government, proclaiming himself president of the Republic of Guinea. The Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) appears to be successfully consolidating and reinforcing its authority, although internal disagreements [...]	2008-12-29 14:07:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM PHUM GV
08CONAKRY810	RESCUING THE GUINEAN STATE - A CNDD MEMBER'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A member of the Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) outlined the new government's political agenda, emphasizing that the CNDD had no interest in governing the country in the long-term. Characterizing the CNDD as a patriotic movement to restore the Guinean State, Cont [...]	2008-12-30 17:13:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY812	OPPOSITION LEADER SIDYA TOURE ON NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY. Opposition political leader Sidya Toure says he is willing to work with the CNDD (Council for Democracy and Development) as long as elections are held before the end of 2009. At the same time, he is watching the CNDD closely as he is concerned about the group's political inexpe [...]	2008-12-30 17:26:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GV
08CONAKRY814	MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CNDD - COMMENTS FROM [...] SUMMARY. Alpha Conde, leader of the Rally for the Guinean People (RPG) political party said he is willing to work with the CNDD as long as it moves to hold legislative and presidential elections by the end of 2009. Comparing Lansana Conte to Mugabe, Conde explained why a coup d'etat was the [...]	2008-12-31 15:48:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY815	RELIGIOUS LEADER SEES COUP AND CNDD AS A POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. A respected Christian leader called Guinea's recent coup d'etat and subsequent installation of the Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) a political "catastrophe." He expressed disappointment over the lack of civilian leadership and the general complacency with which the [...]	2008-12-31 16:26:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC GV
08CONAKRY83	UN BRINGS IN FORMER HAITIAN PM AS DIALOGUE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Gerard Latortue, a former prime minister of Haiti, has been in Conakry for three weeks on an official United Nations Mission to encourage dialogue. Despite a professed close friendship with the Guinean PM, Latortue believes that Kouyate has failed to do his job, and is quickly [...]	2008-04-09 14:18:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PREL PGOV ASEC UN GV
08CONAKRY84	ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON CONTE'S HEALTH - WHO IS [...] (S) During a meeting with Poloff on April 9, Nicolas Kazadi, the Economic Counselor for the UN Mission in Guinea, mentioned that he saw President Conte on April 3 with a visiting UN representative (septel). "I was absolutely shocked," Kazadi said, "and I have to ask myself who is really runn [...]	2008-04-09 14:20:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY85	PLANNED PROTEST LACKS ORGANIZED SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Guineans throughout the capital continue to discuss the possibility of a large, public march on April 10 to protest rising prices (reftel). However, while people generally support the underlying principles for the protest, there is little organizational support. The President of the O [...]	2008-04-09 14:31:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KDEM PREL GV
08CONAKRY89	UFR OPPOSITION LEADER MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under the leadership of Sidya Toure, the Union Force Republican (UFR) party continues to prepare for elections, despite the lack of an actual election date. At the same time, Toure seems convinced that the only true solution to Guinea,s political problems is the removal of Pres [...]	2008-02-01 13:21:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY91	UNION LEADER SAYS IT IS TIME FOR A COUP [...] (S) SUMMARY. Visibly disheartened and in poor health, union leader Rabiatou told Poloff that the only way out of Guinea,s political impasse is a coup d,etat. She relentlessly criticized the prime minister, apparently seeing him as yet another corrupt official betraying the public trust. Ra [...]	2008-02-05 06:25:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV ELAB PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY97	GUINEA/SIERRA LEONE BORDER VISIT ILLUSTRATES DAILY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recent Embassy trips to Guinea's border with Sierra Leone, both in the south and in the north, demonstrate just how porous Guinea,s borders are. On Guinea's southern border, using little more than handwritten ledgers to track people, Guinean border officials could not provide [...]	2008-02-05 14:30:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08COPENHAGEN348	DANES SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. IWC WHALING PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Danish government is supportive of the IWC Chair's recommendations and plan of action, and recommends incorporating a mix of geographic and 'ideological' balance in the small working group to develop a possible package of initiatives. The Danes also support procedural impro [...]	2008-06-16 11:36:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD DA
08COPENHAGEN393	DANISH VIEWS ON JULY GAERC MINISTERIAL [...] (C). In a July 18 discussion of reftel, Danish MFA European Correspondent Asif Amin informed PolOff that Denmark supports the US positions on the GAERC agenda items. Due to the FM's vacation schedule, Denmark's Ambassador in Brussels will lead the Danish delegation. Because of the FM's abse [...]	2008-07-21 06:07:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL IR SO SU CD ZI UP DA
08COPENHAGEN483	DANISH VIEWS ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on USG human rights priorities for the 2008 UN General Assembly Third Committee to Emil Paulsen of the Danish MFA Human Rights Department. Paulsen confirmed EU opposition to no-action motions. He also confirmed EU plans to table resolutions on Burma and the [...]	2008-09-11 14:29:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA DA
08COPENHAGEN553	OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 09:35:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL GG DA
08COPENHAGEN593	DENMARK TO SUPPORT AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 15:24:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL AF DA
08COPENHAGEN603	DANES CONSIDERING CONVOYS AS POTENTIAL DETERRENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Denmark, home to one of the world's largest maritime shipping industries, is growing increasingly alarmed by incidents of high-seas piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the Horn of Africa. The Danish government and shipping associations have discussed with us the possibility of [...]	2008-11-18 11:35:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM MOPS PGOV PREL PTER DA
08COPENHAGEN627	DENMARK TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 11:20:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA DA
08COPENHAGEN664	DENMARK ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 15:35:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA DA
08COTONOU1	BENIN'S NAVY PRESENTS NO DETERRENT TO ILLEGITIMATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-02 08:59:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP SNAR BN
08COTONOU124	BENIN'S VIEWS ON SOMALIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 02:57:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PBTS PREL BN
08COTONOU149	BENIN: DEMARCHE ON USG VIEWS FOLLOWING IAEA [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 06:30:00	Embassy Cotonou	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM BN
08COTONOU215	BENIN: UNSCR 1803 RELATED DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 06:12:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM NSG MNUC EFIN KNNP IR BN
08COTONOU219	BENIN: PEACEFUL LOCAL ELECTIONS AGAINST BACKGROUND OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 20, 2008, Benin held its second set of municipal and local elections since 1990. Early results point to a defeat for President Yayi's new Force Cowrie for an Emerging Benin (FCBE) party in Cotonou and Porto-Novo. FCBE did better in the north where preliminary results ind [...]	2008-04-21 10:28:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
08COTONOU242	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 09:17:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM BN PREL
08COTONOU288	FOOD DEFICIT REPORTED IN BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 04:58:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BN EAGR EAID PGOV PREL
08COTONOU290	BENIN WRAP-UP MAY 2 - MAY 16, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 06:43:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BN KMCA PGOV PHUM
08COTONOU336	PRESIDENT YAYI CONOVKES CHARGE TO ASK AGAIN FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 16:27:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID BN
08COTONOU341	YAYI DISCUSSES DISPUTED MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 15:57:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BN
08COTONOU344	GMP WELL RECEIVED IN BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 17:23:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN EWWT MARR MASS PGOV PREL
08COTONOU4	GOB ASSENTS TO PROPOSED MARITIME INFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-02 11:38:00	Embassy Cotonou	SECRET	PGOV SNAR MARR BN
08COTONOU451	BENIN: CHILD LABOR PERSISTS IN STONE QUARRIES [...] SUMMARY: Child labor continues to be used in stone crushing quarries in central Benin. On June 24, 2008 a mission team visited the quarries to gage the magnitude of the use of child labor in them. The team observed that children continue, in significant numbers, to engage with their parents in [...]	2008-07-29 17:03:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM EIND SOCI BN
08COTONOU67	(C) HCOC "INREACH" TO BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 04:02:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	KSCA PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA BN
08COTONOU69	IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 05:00:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC BN EUN PREF PREL SMIG
08DAKAR1067	FARBA SENGHOR-PRESIDENT WADE,S FALL GUY [...] 1. (C) SUMMARY: On August 28, Farba Senghor, Minister of Air Transportation and, more importantly, public relations officer for the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) was forced to resign his ministerial post because of his alleged role in recent attacks on the newsrooms of "L'As" and "24 [...]	2008-09-15 17:11:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN SG
08DAKAR1197	BISSAU-GUINEAN ELECTION AT RISK DUE TO STRIKE [...] (U) On October 13, 2008, the labor union representing employees of the National Electoral Commission of Guinea-Bissau (CNE) announced that, effective October 14, 2008, election workers would strike until October 23, 2008. If by the end of that time, the government of Guinea-Bissau (GGB) fails [...]	2008-10-17 13:38:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PU
08DAKAR1286	RELIGION IN SENEGAL-IBADU RAHMAN, THE SALAFISTS [...] (C) This is the first in a series of cables analyzing religion in Senegal. While the country is 95 percent Sunni Muslim, major differences exist between the various brotherhoods that dominate the Sunni-Sufi landscape which includes smaller, more conservative Sunni groups and Shia Muslims. Ad [...]	2008-11-06 17:13:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL KIRF SG
08DAKAR1357	PAIGC SET TO PREVAIL IN PEACEFUL AND ORDERLY GUINEA BISSAU [...] On November 14, 2008, POLCOUNS and two PolOffs traveled to Guinea Bissau to observe the nation's first legislative election since 2004. As observed by EmbOffs, the November 16 poll was calm and relatively well-organized and executed. An estimated 72 percent of registered voters turned out fo [...]	2008-11-25 13:16:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL XY PU
08DAKAR1378	RELIGION IN SENEGAL-AL FALAH, THE WAHABBI [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the second in a series of cables analyzing religion in Senegal. This cable concerns the Al Falah group who, along with Cemaat Ibadu-Rahman (reftel),is considered to be one of the country,s more conservative organizations. They are identified by many as being Wahabbi wit [...]	2008-12-01 10:43:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PINS SOCI SG
08DAKAR1401	SENEGAL: FORMER PRIME MINISTER MACKY SALL [...] (C) Summary: On December 3 Political Counselor and PolOff met with the recently ousted president of the National Assembly, Macky Sall. The previous day Sall announced the creation of a new political party: the Alliance for the Republic Yakaar - APR Yakaar (Yakaar means hope in Wolof). Sall sa [...]	2008-12-08 10:47:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI ECON PINR KDEM SG
08DAKAR1435	RELIGION IN SENEGAL: THE CATHOLICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of cables analyzing religion in Senegal. This cable concerns Catholics in Senegal. With a long established history, the Catholics are Senegal,s largest religious minority and continue to wield far greater influence in the country,s political, econom [...]	2008-12-17 11:52:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL KIRF SCUL VT SG
08DAKAR151	CASAMANCE OF SENEGAL: A STALLED PEACE PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: A permanent peace in the Casamance remains elusive since the fragmentation of the MFDC (Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance) following the death of its founder Father Diamacoune Senghor and the resulting in-fighting amongst the group's military wing, Atika. President Abd [...]	2008-02-07 11:31:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PTER KDEM SG
08DAKAR163	GUINEA BISSAU:AL-QAIDA TERRORISTS NABBED [...] (C) The Government of Guinea-Bissau cooperated with French authorities to apprehend and extradite five Mauritanians, at least two of whom admitted to being al-Qaida members wanted in the December 24, 2007 murder of French tourists in Mauritania. At least one of the men had previously lived in [...]	2008-02-08 12:30:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC SNAR PGOV PREL TER MR FR PU
08DAKAR165	Senegal: Women in Politics [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of conversations with some of Senegal's leading female political activists a picture has emerged of a gender that is becoming an increasingly important part of this country's complicated and yet sometimes monochromatic political environment. Today's political partie [...]	2008-02-08 12:57:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI PINR SG
08DAKAR188	SENEGAL: HESITANT REFUGEES RETURN TO MAURITANIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 29, a group of 101 Mauritanian refugees returned home voluntarily under the auspices of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). These refugees have been living in Senegal since being deported in 1989 by the Government of Mauritania. While some refu [...]	2008-02-19 15:35:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL PINS KDEM PHUM ECON SG
08DAKAR262	SENEGAL: ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) As was the case in previous years Senegal continues to devote, time, resources and attention to combat trafficking in persons. 2. (U) responses are keyed to questions in reftel Begin TIP report PARA 27: OVERVIEWS OF A COUNTRY'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS A. Senega [...]	2008-03-04 14:31:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SG
08DAKAR497	WADE LAUNCHES GOANA AS RESPONSE TO FOOD SHORTAGES [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to increasing reports of current and future food shortages in Senegal (Reftels),on April 18, President Abdoulaye Wade launched a confusing and fiscally questionable initiative he claimed will address current food insecurity and greatly increase future agricultural p [...]	2008-04-29 17:12:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID EAGR PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR53	SENEGAL-PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MAKES PEACE WITH [...] (SBU)Summary: With the mediation of the brand new Caliph-General of the Mouride Brotherhood, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and National Assembly speaker Macky Sall have apparently patched up their differences. What remains unclear is if this detente is a case of forgive and forget or ju [...]	2008-01-14 11:35:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR534	SENEGAL'S UNIONS PREPARING MULTIPLE STRIKES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fed up with President Abdoulaye Wade's confrontational attitude and refusal to communicate, Senegal's major unions are getting ready to strike. The country's main unions are preparing to hold a general strike, while teacher's unions have just announced that they will strike for [...]	2008-05-08 17:17:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB SOCI PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR641	GUINEA BISSAU:TENSIONS RISING - ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) President Vieira signed a law granting an extended mandate to the National Popular Assembly (ANP) and the Government under pressure from the military. Such military involvement in politics is growing and raising alarms among neighboring countries. Elections scheduled for November are far [...]	2008-06-03 17:24:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PU
08DAMASCUS142	REACTIONS TO MAKHLUF DESIGNATION [...] (S) Summary: The February 22 designation of Rami Makhluf pursuant to E.O. 13460 generated considerable discussion, but Syrian media coverage has been minimal. Makhluf's defiant announcement on BBC Arabic radio that the designation was tantamount to a medal of honor was as close to an official [...]	2008-02-26 16:33:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR PGOV SY LE
08DAMASCUS146	CORRECTED COPY: REACTIONS TO MAKHLUF [...] (S) Summary: The February 21 designation of Rami Makhluf pursuant to E.O. 13460 generated considerable discussion, but Syrian media coverage has been minimal. Makhluf's defiant announcement on BBC Arabic radio that the designation was tantamount to a medal of honor was as close to an official react [...]	2008-02-28 13:07:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR PGOV SY LE
08DAMASCUS177	REVERBERATIONS CONTINUE FROM MAKHLUF DESIGNATION [...] (C) The continuing fallout from the designation of Rami Makhluf, President Asad's first cousin, has exposed nascent fissures in the Syrian business community. A senior Alawite told us he had already sold his own shares in Gulfsands and intends to completely divest from Cham Holding in order to [...]	2008-03-13 17:36:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN KCOR PGOV SY
08DAMASCUS225	IRAQI PALESTINIAN REFUGEES DEPART FOR CHILE - MANY [...] (U) Summary: On April 2, UNHCR Syria representatives informed PolOff that 38 Iraqi Palestinian refugees will be departing Syria for Chile on April 5 for final resettlement. According to UNHCR representatives and Chilean Embassy contacts, all 116 Iraqi Palestinians chosen for resettlement from [...]	2008-04-03 15:18:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL SY IZ
08DAMASCUS227	SYRIAN KURDS VOICE THEIR THOUGHTS ON STATE [...] (C) Summary: During the week starting March 27, Poloff met with a range of Kurdish contacts to discuss conditions in Qamishli after the deadly regime crackdown on Nohruz celebrations and their reactions to the State Department,s statement condemning the crackdown. All three contacts agreed on [...]	2008-04-06 14:15:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY IS
08DAMASCUS271	SYRIAN MILITARY COURT GIVES KAMAL LABWANI ANOTHER [...] (C) Summary: The Syrian Military Court sentenced imprisoned political dissident Kamal Labwani to an additional three years in prison on top of a 12-year sentence related to 2005 meetings he had with U.S. government officals and the Syrian opposition in the U.S. and Europe. Diplomats from the [...]	2008-04-23 13:36:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SY
08DAMASCUS330	SYRIA VIEWS LEBANON'S "INTERNAL CRISIS," STRESSES [...] (C) Summary: After public weekend consultations with Qatar, Bahrain, and Yemen (and private discussions with Turkey,) Syrian officials continue to frame the Lebanese crisis as a "domestic affair" that must be solved by internal dialog. Syria's low-level representation at the May 11 emergenc [...]	2008-05-12 12:27:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE
08DAMASCUS345	SYRIAN REGIME CONTROL OF INTERNET MORE VARIED, [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 12:13:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SY
08DAMASCUS445	SARG EFFORTS TO RESTRICT MEDIA COVERAGE OF UPCOMING IAEA [...] SBU SUMMARY: Journalists seeking to cover the visit by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspection team to Syria June 22-24 have been given pause by media reports and rumors that the Syrian government has banned reporters from entering the country and may restrict the movements of [...]	2008-06-22 05:31:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO SY XF PGOV PREL
08DAMASCUS453	SARG BEMOANS INADEQUATE IRAQI REFUGEE ASSISTANCE, [...] (C) Summary: During a 90-minute discussion, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues James Foley briefed Syrian Deputy FM Faisal Mikdad on his mission to assess Iraqi refugee assistance needs and programs. Foley acknowledged that Syria had borne a large economic and social burden in host [...]	2008-06-25 16:11:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL SY IZ
08DAMASCUS48	SARG PRESSES AHEAD WITH PALESTINIAN CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Notwithstanding Palestinian Authority (PA) opposition to the January 23-25 meeting of Palestinian groups in Damascus, preparations are in place for an event in Damascus that will likely (1) underscore the right of return of Palestinian refugees; (2) call for reconciliation betwee [...]	2008-01-22 16:02:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IS
08DAMASCUS61	SYRIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL DETAINEES MAKE FIRST COURT [...] (SBU) Summary. All ten National Council detainees appeared in Criminal Court on January 28 in the first of what will likely be many court appearances over the next several months. National Council President Fidaa Hourani was formally accused of three politically motivated charges, while the [...]	2008-01-28 15:44:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY IS
08DAMASCUS650	"LENIENT" SENTENCE FOR KURDISH PROTESTERS AS SARG [...] (C) Summary: Fifty Kurds who had been arrested in 2005 for participating in a demonstration following the mysterious death of Kurdish leader Sheikh Mashook Khaznawi received six-month sentences, the minimum sentence allowed by Syrian law, on September 14. But a recent spate of arrests of an [...]	2008-09-16 13:12:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SY
08DAMASCUS666	SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER "GETS TOUGH" WITH SARG [...] (C) Summary: The September 17 visit to Damascus of Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos, portrayed by the Spanish Embassy as an opportunity for Spain to "get tough" with the SARG, lasted less then a day. Moratinos held short meetings with President Asad and Foreign Minister Muallem and [...]	2008-09-22 14:56:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PROG PREF PREL SY
08DAMASCUS705	SARG TANK DEPLOYMENTS ALONG THE LEBANESE/SYRIAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Despite two separate visits to the northern Syrian/Lebanese border in recent days, Post has been unable to verify diplomatic and media reports suggesting the SARG had positioned tanks along its side of the border. DATT personnel have documented the deployment of Syrian troops [...]	2008-10-09 03:57:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PROG PREL SY
08DAMASCUS706	REPORTS OF SARG ARMOR DEPLOYMENT UNSUBSTANTIATED [...] (S/NF) Summary: Despite two separate visits to the northern Syrian/Lebanese border in recent days, Post has been unable to verify diplomatic and media reports suggesting the SARG has positioned tanks along its side of the border. DATT personnel have documented the deployment of Syrian troops [...]	2008-10-09 03:57:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	MOPS PGOV LE SY
08DAMASCUS72	CHILEANS TO RESETTLE IRAQI PALESTINIAN REFUGEES [...] (C) On January 22, PolOff met with Deputy Head of the Chilean Mission to Syria, Arturo Giadala, who confirmed reports that his country would be resettling over 100 Iraqi Palestinian refugees currently residing in the Al-Tanf refugee camp. (Note: There three camps near the Iraqi border where Ir [...]	2008-01-31 15:41:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL SY IZ
08DAMASCUS757	PYRRHIC VICTORY: DAMASCUS DECLARATION MEMBERS [...] (SBU) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraphs 9-10. 2. (C) Summary: Syrian human rights activists and the international community representatives crowded the October 29 sentencing hearing for 12 members of the Damascus Declaration National Council (DDNC). The First Criminal Cou [...]	2008-10-29 15:12:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL SY KDEM
08DAMASCUS779	DAMASCUS REFUGEE SITREP 7 [...] (SBU) CIRCUIT RIDE WRAP-UP: IOM reports that for the circuit ride 9 August - 25 September, DHS/USCIS approved 480 cases (1359 individuals) and denied 43 cases (152 individuals). No decision was made in 89 cases (312 individuals). DHS team leader Frank Minnick said that this approval rate o [...]	2008-11-04 15:11:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SY IZ
08DAMASCUS788	NEW SYRIAN BORDER LAW TARGETS KURDS, KURDS REACT [...] (SBU) Summary: The SARG issued a legislative decree in September that restricted property ownership, acquisition, and other land-use rights along Syria's borders. While the SARG claims the law applies to all Syrian borders, there is mounting evidence of selective enforcement targeting Kurdish [...]	2008-11-06 14:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SY
08DAMASCUS843	SYRIAN DISSIDENTS INDICATE GAP EXISTS BETWEEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Syrian dissidents Aref Dalila, Muhanad al-Hasani, and Fawaz Tello (all strictly protect) met with Poloff on November 19 for a wide-ranging discussion on the current state of civil society activism in Syria (ref A). During the meeting, the three men spoke briefly about a recent Kur [...]	2008-11-26 08:29:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO SY
08DARESSALAAM261	ZANZIBAR POLITICAL STANDOFF: CUF LEADERS OFFER A [...] (SBU) The Civic United Front Chairman, Dr. Ibrahim Lipumba, told Western diplomats in a private meeting that his party has lost trust in President Kikwete who went back on his word by his April 2 public endorsement to hold a referendum in Zanzibar on the agreement negotiated by the Chama Cha M [...]	2008-04-21 11:15:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM TZ
08DARESSALAAM320	TANZANIA: DEMARCHE ON US-EU PRISONERS OF [...] Foreign Service Of2R V^Q@f Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA) told PolOff that the Government of Tanzania (GOT) appreciated receiving details on T9wUYQQuprisoners of conscience proposed during the 60th anniversary year of the Universal Dec [...]	2008-05-23 17:48:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PREL PHUM TZ

08DARESSALAAM390	TANZANIA P5+1 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-25 13:50:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM IR PGOV TZ
08DARESSALAAM588	UNGA/THIRD COMMITTEE: TANZANIA'S REPONSE TO 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloffs met with MFA Director of Multilateral Cooperation Ambassador Begum Taj to deliver reftel points on September 9. Taj said the GOT would support the resolution on Burma, but faced more difficulty on DPRK and especially Iran. On Zimbabwe, she cautioned that the UN should re [...]	2008-09-12 04:56:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA TZ
08DARESSALAAM635	HOTLY CONTESTED BY-ELECTION IN MAINLAND TANZANIA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Remote northern Tarime district (bordering Kenya's Nyanza Province and Lake Victoria) will elect a new Member of Parliament October 12. The by-election has attracted national interest, with the contending parties devoting substantial resources to the race. Even two weeks in adva [...]	2008-10-01 03:51:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM TZ
08DARESSALAAM809	ANTI-CORRUPTION SHOCK AND AWE: EX-MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary. Two former cabinet ministers, one of whom is a sitting MP, were brought to court November 25 to face charges in the second of a series of grand corruption cases. The arrest of the two ministers was an encouraging surprise for the public and the donor community, both of which had b [...]	2008-12-01 02:19:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EFIN ECON TZ
08DARESSALAAM837	POLITICS AND RELIGION IN TANZANIA: REVIVED DEBATE [...] (U) Summary. This is the first of two cables on political issues of a religious nature in Tanzania. This cable covers the question of establishing Islamic (kadhi) courts on mainland Tanzania, while septel will address the debate over Tanzanian membership in the Organization of the Islamic Co [...]	2008-12-11 12:15:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL KIRF KISL TZ
08DARESSALAAM849	(S) TANZANIA DENIES DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH IRAN [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Foreign Service Officer Noel Kaganda on December 15. Kaganda said that there was no military or scientific cooperation currently underway or planned with Iran. However, when FM Membe visited Tehran in November (see ref B),media reported the two co [...]	2008-12-18 12:24:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	SECRET	PARM PREL UNSC TZ IR
08DARESSALAAM850	TANZANIA CAUTIOUS ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 12:26:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TZ KV
08DARESSALAAM851	UNGA IRAN VOTE: TANZANIA RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 12:30:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TZ UNGA
08DARESSALAAM852	TANZANIA A STAKEHOLDER IN UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 12:32:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT TZ SO
08DHAKA110	BAMBOO FLOWERING PROMPTS FOOD CRISIS IN CHITTAGONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An infestation of rats is prompting a food crisis in communities along the Indian border in the Chittagong Hill Tracts in southeastern Bangladesh. The cause of the crisis is the flowering of a species of bamboo that is resulting in an explosion in the rat population. Post is w [...]	2008-01-23 11:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AID BG PGOV PHUM PREL
08DHAKA1127	THE PROFOUND CHALLENGES OF SECURING BANGLADESH'S [...] (C) International terrorists seeking a safe haven find Bangladesh's porous land, sea and air borders inviting. Just how far Bangladesh must go to secure those borders has come into clear focus after several recent USG and United Kingdom assessments. The reviews indicate nothing short of a fund [...]	2008-10-28 11:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PTER PGOV PINR PBTS MCAP MARR EAIR ASEC BM
08DHAKA1157	MARITIME TENSIONS BETWEEN BANGLADESH AND BURMA [...] (C) Diplomatic talks between Bangladesh and Burma ended inconclusively November 8, with no negotiated settlement over the current maritime border dispute. Tensions between the two states continued to escalate, with both nations placing border forces on alert. Bangladesh-based South Korean di [...]	2008-11-09 14:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	BG BM ECON PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TRGY
08DHAKA1172	BANGLADESH POSITION ON THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN [...] (C) On November 9, PolOff met with the Senior Assistant Secretary for the UN and Human Rights Wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to encourage the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) support on human rights resolutions pending before the Third Committee of the 63rd session of the UN General [...]	2008-11-12 11:30:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	BG BM IR JA KN PGOV PHUM PREL
08DHAKA1173	TOP GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATORS REITERATE NO CHANGE IN [...] (C) Two leading Caretaker Government officials negotiating the terms of Parliamentary elections told the Ambassador on November 12 they would neither delay the vote scheduled for December 18 nor allow convicted politicians to run. The reiteration of Government position by Communications Adviser [...]	2008-11-13 00:44:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM BG
08DHAKA1175	A MONTH FROM ELECTIONS, BANGLADESH'S POLITICAL [...] (S) Although Parliamentary elections are fast approaching, many Bangladeshis remain deeply uncertain about prospects for a return to democracy. The most likely scenario remains elections on or about the set date of December 18, but the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has yet to say whether i [...]	2008-11-16 01:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM BG
08DHAKA1194	BANGLADESH NATIONALIST PARTY ASKS FOR DELAY IN [...] (C) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) demand on November 18 for a delay in December 18 Parliamentary elections intensified the nation's already super-heated political brinkmanship. The party demanded that within 48 hours the government lift the State of Emergency, reign in Election Comm [...]	2008-11-18 10:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PREL PHUM BG
08DHAKA1218	GOVERNMENT SETS NEW ELECTION DATE AND PARTIES [...] (C) The Caretaker Government acceded to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) demand to delay Parliamentary elections and moved the date from December 18 to December 29. Initial BNP reaction was positive, even though the Government did not fully meet three other party preconditions for partic [...]	2008-11-24 11:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PREL PHUM BG
08DHAKA1219	BANGLADESH SYMPATHETIC BUT NON-COMMITTAL ON [...] (U) On Sunday November 23, PolOff met with Sakib Sadakat, Assistant Secretary UN and Human Rights Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to convey reftel points. We conveyed our support for a two state solution in the Middle East and our view that these resolutions are repetitive and unbalan [...]	2008-11-24 11:42:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	BG IS PGOV PHUM PREL
08DHAKA1220	BANGLADESH NON COMMITTAL ON UN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 12:05:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	BG PGOV PHUM PREL
08DHAKA1242	US-PHILLIPINES ARF DISASTER RELIEF EXERCISE: [...] (U) On Sunday November 23, PolOff met with Masudur Rahman, Director of the Americas Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to encourage the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) participation in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Disaster Relief Exercise scheduled for May 4-8. Rahman expressed intere [...]	2008-12-02 11:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID MARR ARF KCRS BG
08DHAKA1298	REFORM-MINDED GRANDEE OF FARIDPUR FACES TOUGH RACE [...] (C) The race for the Parliament seat representing the Faridpur district capital is a showdown between three high-profile candidates in which party allegiance is being sorely tested. It pits a close in-law of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the Awami League candidate versus the Jamaat-e- [...]	2008-12-14 08:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BG
08DHAKA1302	DEMARCHE TO BANGLADESH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (U) On December 15, PolOff met with the Senior Assistant Secretary from the Americas, Pacific and Counterterrorism wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to encourage the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) recognition of Kosovo. PolOff urged the GOB to recognize Kosovo as soon as possible, noti [...]	2008-12-15 10:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	BG PGOV PHUM PREL KV
08DHAKA1303	DEMARCHE TO BANGLADESH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (U) On December 15, PolOff met with the Senior Assistant Secretary from the Americas, Pacific and Counterterrorism wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to encourage support for the U.S. proposal regarding harmonized conditions of service and streamlined contractual agreements at the United [...]	2008-12-15 10:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER BG PGOV PREL UNGA
08DHAKA1325	KHALEDA ZIA DRAWS BIG CROWDS ON THE CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Amid heavy security, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairwoman Khaleda Zia drew large but less-than-rapturous crowds during a one-day swing through Bogra District on 12/17. Many thousands of people attended each of three major rallies in the district, a stronghold of BNP support. The [...]	2008-12-21 11:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BG
08DHAKA1326	BANGLADESH PARLIAMENT CAMPAIGN: IN KHALEDA ZIA [...] (C) Bogra District in northern Bangladesh is Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's most formidable stronghold, but her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) faces rumblings of discontent. Although BNP candidates won all seven Bogra constituencies in the 2001 Parliamentary elections, Zia refused to reno [...]	2008-12-21 11:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BG
08DHAKA1327	ALL IN THE FAMILY: PARTY NOMINATES SPOUSES OF [...] (C) The spouse of a notorious Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician convicted for arson and looting told PolOff on 12/16 she was running for Parliament to hold the seat for her jailed husband. The wife of former Deputy Minister for Land Ruhul Kuddus Talukdar Dulu said once her husband l [...]	2008-12-21 12:02:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BG
08DHAKA1344	CHITTAGONG GODFATHER FACES TOUGH RE-ELECTION [...] (C) One of the earliest and biggest targets of the Caretaker Government's drive to clean up government is back on the campaign travel in a tough fight to hold onto his Parliament seat in Chittagong District. Salauddin Quader (SQ) Chowdhury, the parliamentary affairs adviser to former Prime Min [...]	2008-12-24 09:38:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BG
08DHAKA1357	BANGLADESH ELECTION SITREP FOR DECEMBER 29 [...] (SBU) Tens of millions of Bangladeshis streamed to the polls on 12/29 for Parliamentary elections; the day was largely free of the violence that plagued previous votes. Embassy and other election observers reported only relatively minor glitches at polling centers before they closed at 1600 lo [...]	2008-12-29 11:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM EAID BG
08DHAKA1358	EARLY RETURNS SHOW AN AWAMI LEAGUE SWEEP IN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) Early unofficial returns from Bangladesh's Parliamentary elections on 12/29 indicate a landslide victory for the Awami League led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Awami League spokesman told PolOff that Hasina would offer to work closely with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (B [...]	2008-12-30 02:16:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM EAID BG
08DHAKA1361	BANGLADESH ELECTION: A WATERSHED? [...] (C) The Awami League's landslide victory in Parliamentary elections on 12/29 represented a stunning rejection of its rival, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),which faced widespread accusations of corruption and misrule during its 2001-2006 government. Should Awami League President Sheikh [...]	2008-12-30 09:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM EAID BG
08DHAKA240	HIGH-LEVEL UNHCR OFFICIAL VISITS TO VIEW PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Dhaka office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is continuing to seek a long-term solution for Rohingya refugees living in camps in southeastern Bangladesh. Janet Lim, UNHCR's Asia and Pacific Director, visited Dhaka to discuss long-term options for resolving the [...]	2008-02-24 09:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF BG
08DHAKA250	TWO U.S. ANTI-TRAFFICKING ADVOCATES VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two representatives from the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW),a U.S.-based anti-trafficking organization, visited Bangladesh February 7-10 to discuss the case of Sigma Huda, the former UN Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons who is currently serving a prison sentence [...]	2008-02-26 04:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KGOV KDEM BG
08DHAKA258	PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE DISCUSSES CURRENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Elena Khan, a barrister and current head of the Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR),discussed the current state of affairs in Bangladesh and her own personal legal concerns. She expressed concern for the health of BSEHR's incarcerated former secretary [...]	2008-02-28 04:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KGOV KDEM BG
08DHAKA292	CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS REMAIN A TENSE AND TROUBLED [...] (C) SUMMARY. The political situation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) remains tense, and in spite of positive statements by the government, the peace accord continues to languish. POLOFF and AIDOFFs recently visited the CHT under the auspices of the UN Development Program to assess the hu [...]	2008-03-05 07:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM BG
08DHAKA327	INSPECTOR GENERAL OF PRISONS DISCUSSES THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a recent meeting, the Inspector General of Prisons discussed with POLOFF the health conditions of the two jailed former prime ministers. He also said he was trying to arrange for Sigma Huda, a prominent human rights activist, to be transferred back to the hospital for further [...]	2008-03-13 10:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KGOV KDEM BG
08DHAKA357	ISLAMIC EXTREMIST GROUP CALLING FOR JIHAD SURFACES [...] (C) Summary: A district police superintendent in southern Bangladesh says he has barred activities of a legal Islamic extremist group that advocates the primacy of jihad, which it describes as armed struggle that is required of all true Muslims. Although the police chief said the group's presen [...]	2008-03-23 09:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BG
08DHAKA374	CONTINUED TWISTS AND TURNS IN SEDITION CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following another postponement of his trial on sedition charges, Bangladeshi journalist Salahuddin Shoaib Choudhury was briefly detained by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on March 18, allegedly on suspicion of drug possession. He was released without charge later that night. Ch [...]	2008-03-25 09:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BG
08DHAKA375	2007 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (U) Per reftel, Poloff visited the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) laboratory in Dhaka on March 23 to verify the use of INL-funded equipment. 2. (U) The USG has contributed several pieces of equipment to the DNC lab. In 2000, INL provided an analytical balance, a top-loading balance a [...]	2008-03-25 09:47:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN BG
08DHAKA382	AWAMI LEAGUE INSIDER OFFERS HIS SOLUTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Political Secretary to jailed Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, believes there is still time for the military-backed Caretaker Government and major political parties to reach consensus on a way forward for the country. He said he felt Hasina was ready [...]	2008-03-31 09:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM BG
08DHAKA409	SIGNS OF CHANGE IN ROHINGYA CAMPS, BUT LONG-TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY. The plight of Burmese Rohingyas living in southeastern Bangladesh is dire, but the government of Bangladesh is taking some steps to improve conditions. In a recent visit to the region, POLOFF visited the official and unofficial Rohingya camps and met with local UN representatives [...]	2008-04-07 10:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF BG
08DHAKA515	CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER OFFERS NUCLEAR [...] (C) The Chinese Foreign Minister offered Bangladesh nuclear power cooperation and a new exhibition center during a brief visit in April that strengthened already friendly bilateral relations. The largesse was a sign of appreciation for Bangladesh's unstinting support for China on its hot-butto [...]	2008-05-07 12:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BG CH
08DHAKA629	RAPID ACTION BATTALION GOES AFTER DRUG-DEALERS, [...] (C) The new Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) commander in Rajshahi said his top priorities were fighting drug dealers and violent leftists. He said deaths still occurred in firefights with the leftists but added that all killings were investigated by independent magistrates. Although he said he ha [...]	2008-06-11 00:30:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PINR PINS MASS MARR BG
08DHAKA656	IMPRISONED FORMER PM KHALEDA ZIA REMAINS DEFIANT [...] (C) Nearly a week after Awami League President Sheikh Hasina was paroled from prison to seek medical attention abroad, a deal to free imprisoned Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia appears elusive. Complicating matters are Khaleda Zia's insistence that her two jailed son [...]	2008-06-18 01:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDE KCOR BG
08DHAKA680	MASS ARRESTS IN BANGLADESH, 32,000 NETTED [...] (C) Between May 28 and June 15 the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) arrested nearly 32,000 individuals in a nationwide crackdown, reportedly to improve the law and order situation in the country. Civil society groups and political parties have criticized the drive. Media reports suggest the G [...]	2008-06-23 10:16:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL BG
08DHAKA721	BANGLADESH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ACTIVE BUT NOT [...] (S) The Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) remains involved in domestic politics, bullying some politicians and plotting behind the scenes with others to advance its agenda. In recent days, senior politicians have told Post how leaders of the intelligence group have privately ou [...]	2008-07-03 04:35:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM BG
08DHAKA813	SREEPUR, BANGLADESH: READY TO VOTE [...] (U) Preparations for the upcoming municipal elections in the Sreepur sub district of Bangladesh are on track. NGOs and local election officials report few hitches in the run up to the August 4 poll for mayor and councilors. Political parties are also confident that the process will proceed s [...]	2008-07-31 09:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL BG
08DHAKA84	AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESSES BANGLADESH TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a high-profile visit to Bangladesh, the head of Amnesty International (AI) urged the Caretaker Government (CTG) to take a number of steps to improve its human rights record. AI Secretary General Irene Khan met the country's top civilian and military leaders as well as a num [...]	2008-01-17 10:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM BG
08DHAKA846	UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR SIGMA HUDA RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (C) Sigma Huda, a well known Bangladeshi human rights activist and former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Trafficking, was released on bail for two months on August 6. Huda, who has been convicted in one case and stands accused of corruption, bribery and extortion in several others, was grant [...]	2008-08-10 01:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL BG
08DHAKA874	OBSERVERS PRAISE LOCAL ELECTIONS, SUGGEST [...] (SBU) Foreign and domestic observers of the August 4 local government elections gave a qualified thumbs up. They applauded the peaceful environment of the vote, which the domestic observers proclaimed as a step forward toward restoring Bangladesh's electoral system. Still, observers acknowledg [...]	2008-08-13 10:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PINT BG
08DHAKA879	UPON RELEASE FROM JAIL, BNP LEADER KHALEDA ZIA [...] (C) The Chief Adviser's comment on 8/13 that the Caretaker Government was working to free former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia as early as possible added fuel to speculation she would be released from jail soon. Though the timing and conditions of her release remain uncertain, not so the pressures [...]	2008-08-18 03:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PINR BG
08DHAKA882	SEDITION TRIAL OF JOURNALIST RESUMES, PROMISING TO [...] (C) The trial of Bangladeshi journalist Salah Uddin Shohaib Choudhury resumed on August 6 after a motion to dismiss the charges of sedition, treason and blasphemy was rejected. A witness for the State testified before the court and was cross examined by the defense. In a private meeting with [...]	2008-08-18 07:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BG
08DHAKA903	US-THAILAND ARF WORKSHOP: BANGLADESH INTERESTED [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-25 10:21:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID MARR ARF KCRS BG
08DHAKA912	SIGMA HUDA SEEKS BAIL EXTENSION AND PERMISSION TO [...] (C) Sigma Huda, the former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Trafficking in Bangladesh, is seeking an extension of her bail, which is set to expire in October. The courts granted Huda - who was convicted in one corruption case and stands accused of corruption, bribery and extortion in several o [...]	2008-08-27 09:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL BG
08DHAKA930	INDIAN OFFICIAL SAYS SECURITY ISSUES UPPERMOST IN [...] (C) A senior Indian Ministry of External Affairs official expressed a broad array of security concerns over neighboring Bangladesh in a meeting with the visiting U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh on August 25. The official, Joint Secretary T. S. Tirumurthi, said the USG had not been tough enough in [...]	2008-09-04 03:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KDEM BG IN
08DHAKA939	PARANOIA TOWARD BANGLADESH THRIVES IN INDIA'S WEST [...] (C) Paranoia toward Bangladesh and its majority Moslem population runs high among some of the elite in the neighboring Indian state of West Bengal, which is predominantly Hindu. While Bangladesh and West Bengal share a common language and a rich Bengali culture, some West Bengal Hindus allege [...]	2008-09-07 03:43:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KDEM BG IN
08DHAKA982	BANGLADESH POLITICAL RERUN: THE SHEIKH [...] (C) The Caretaker Government's "minus-two policy" has become an "only-two policy." Not long ago the Government envisioned removing former prime ministers Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia from politics as the key to fixing Bangladesh's dysfunctional democracy. In releasing them from jail, where th [...]	2008-09-16 11:38:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM BG
08DHAKA988	CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND HARD PLACE: BANGLADESHI [...] (C) Following the deportation of nearly 1200 Bangladeshis alleged to have participated in violent strikes in Kuwait, the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) reacted by sending the Foreign Affairs Adviser on an official visit; he encouraged the Government of Kuwait (GOK) to compensate the workers. [...]	2008-09-21 00:31:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KTIP PGOV PREL SOCI BG
08DILI12	BAR RAIDS POINT TO CHINESE ORGANIZED CRIME [...] (U) Summary: In the first week of January, Timor-Leste's National Police, with the support of U.N. police advisors, have raided seven Dili bars. All evidence points to Chinese prostitution rings having made inroads into the country. Small amounts of ecstasy and drug paraphernalia were also s [...]	2008-01-18 09:20:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SMIG SNAR PREL KPKO ID CH TT
08DILI139	TIMOR-LESTE COALITION STABLE DESPITE STRESSES [...] (SBU) Summary. A May 1 joint declaration between Timor-Leste's opposition FRETILIN party and the leader of a member party of the governing Parliamentary Majority Alliance (AMP) does not portend a collapse of the government. The immediate cause of this maneuver was patronage: one of the coalit [...]	2008-05-12 08:59:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC TT
08DILI151	STABILITY RETURNS TO TIMOR-LESTE'S EASTERN DISTRICTS [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador and Poloff traveled to the eastern districts of Viqueque and Baucau from May 27 - 28 to meet with local officials and members of civil society. These districts were the focal points of political violence during and after national elections in 2007. Despite lingering t [...]	2008-06-01 03:22:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC TT
08DILI17	TIMOR-LESTE'S NATIONAL PARLIAMENT: A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Timor-Leste's National Parliament is still grappling with language issues, low capacity, staffing shortages, and poor communication with voters. It continues to rely heavily on Portuguese-speaking foreign staff financed by the UNDP. Despite this, the four-party government coalition has [...]	2008-01-25 10:43:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TT
08DILI188	TIMOR-LESTE CONSIDERS SUPPORT FOR JULY 24, 2008 PRISONER OF [...] (SBU) Poloff met July 18 with Vicky Tchong, Secretary General of Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),to seek support for a prisoners of conscience event to be held at the United Nations (UN) in New York during the final week of the UN Economic and Social Council. Ms. Tchong said [...]	2008-07-18 09:11:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	TT
08DILI201	TIMOR-LESTE: PROPOSED AMNESTY STIRS CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Begin Summary. Following his commutation in May of the sentences of 94 criminals including former Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato, Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta proposed on June 30 a law that would extend amnesty to figures implicated by the UN's Commission of Inquiry (COI) in ac [...]	2008-08-12 06:38:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS TT
08DILI208	TIMOR-LESTE: BORDER CHALLENGES REMAIN IN OECUSSI [...] From August 11 - 13, Poloff traveled to the enclave district of Oecussi, located within the boundaries of Indonesia's West Timor province, to attend a cultural festival and to assess border conditions in Timor-Leste's westernmost district. Travel to Oecussi is hampered by requirements for Indo [...]	2008-08-20 12:30:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC UN ID TT
08DILI288	TIMOR-LESTE: IDP REINTEGRATION ON TRACK DESPITE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Since April 2008, the Government of Timor-Leste's Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS) has closed 33 of 54 internally displaced persons (IDP) camps erected after over 100,000 people fled their homes during the 2006 political-military crisis. The GOTL and NGOs estimate that over 50,000 I [...]	2008-11-07 12:21:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI TT
08DILI294	TIMOR-LESTE: COURT OF APPEALS FINDS BUDGET ALLOCATION [...] (U) Summary. Timor-Leste's Court of Appeals ruled on October 27 that the Government's allocation of monies from the Petroleum Fund into a newly-created Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF) violates the Constitution's provisions against secret budgets. The Court also found that any transfers from [...]	2008-11-19 08:57:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ECON TT
08DILI298	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 10:32:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA TT
08DILI313	SOCIAL AND SECURITY CONDITIONS IN BAUCAU IMPROVED FROM 2007 [...] (SBU) Poloff visited the district of Baucau from December 3-4 to deliver sports equipment to residents in the Suco of Fatulia, sub-district of Venilale, and to meet with Catholic Church and National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) officials in the district. In contrast to previous visits, economi [...]	2008-12-16 08:41:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TT
08DILI316	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 04:58:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	TT
08DILI320	CORRECTED COPY: SOCIAL AND SECURITY CONDITIONS IN BAUCAU [...] (SBU) Poloff visited the district of Baucau from December 3-4 to deliver sports equipment to residents in the Suco of Fatulia, sub-district of Venilale, and to meet with Catholic Church and National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) officials in the district. In contrast to previous visits, economi [...]	2008-12-24 01:14:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON TT
08DILI56	CHINESE INROADS INTO TIMOR-LESTE: HIGH VISIBILITY, LOW COST, [...] (C) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Wu Daiwe's January 29 - 31 visit to Timor-Leste highlights China's relatively high-profile engagement here. Although Chinese diplomats in Dili maintain that Timor-Leste is strategically unimportant to Beijing, the PRC is nevertheless cultivating goodwill and [...]	2008-02-20 05:48:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EMIN EINV SMIG CH TT
08DILI6	THE RAMOS-HORTA ROAD SHOW -- BRINGING THE STATE TO THE [...] (U) On January 7 - 9, PolOff accompanied President Jose Ramos-Horta on a government goodwill mission to two remote eastern towns to build support for his Anti-Poverty Task Force and outline the government's top priorities for 2008: resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs),reaching [...]	2008-01-14 07:14:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR MASS ID TT
08DILI92	TIMORESE PARTIES EXPECT DURATION OF AMP COALITION THROUGH [...] (C) A survey of leaders of Timor-Leste's political parties has found broad agreement that the current Alliance for a Parliamentary Majority (AMP) Cabinet is likely to serve its full term of office, barring unforeseen circumstances. However, the February 11 attacks on President and Prime Minis [...]	2008-03-21 08:31:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC TT
08DJIBOUTI145	DJIBOUTI LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: NO SURPRISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: As expected, Djibouti's February 8 elections uneventfully returned the ruling coalition, the "Union for a Presidential Majority" (UMP),to all sixty-five seats in Djibouti's unicameral legislature. Despite a boycott call from a rival coalition, the "Union for Democratic Alternati [...]	2008-02-11 14:45:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ECON DJ
08DJIBOUTI356	BORREL CASE: DJIBOUTI ACCUSES FRENCH NATIONALS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten days after a French court convicted two senior Djiboutian officials on charges of witness subornation (reftel) in connection with investigations into the 1995 death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel in Djibouti, a Djiboutian court issued international arrest warrants for f [...]	2008-04-13 16:30:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS KPAO KCRM DJ FR
08DJIBOUTI377	DJIBOUTI FM DISCUSSES SOMALIA, ERITREA-ETHIOPIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 16 meeting, AF/E Director James Knight and GODJ Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Ali Youssouf reaffirmed the importance of a strong U.S.-Djibouti partnership, and discussed Djibouti's part in several regional issues, including the current situation in Somalia, a re [...]	2008-04-17 09:48:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF ECON DJ SO ER ET
08DJIBOUTI388	SOMALIA: UN SRSG EXPECTS DJIBOUTI TALKS TO FOCUS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. UN SRSG for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah seeks to implement "a new approach" to Somali peace talks, by inviting both Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) to send a limited number (7 each) of "technical" represe [...]	2008-04-22 18:52:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KPKO SO DJ ER
08DJIBOUTI514	DJIBOUTI FORMIN: "LONG ROAD" FOR TFG-ARS AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 10 courtesy call with CDA, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahamoud Ali Youssouf said he was pleased that Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) had reached an agreement at the close of talks in Djibouti on June [...]	2008-06-11 17:25:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS KPAO DJ ER SO
08DJIBOUTI602	DJIBOUTI ON SOMALI PIRACY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF UNCSR 1816 [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Djibouti Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssouf Aden Moussa on July 17. 2. (SBU) Moussa reemphasized Djibouti's vital national interest in combating piracy off the Somali coast, especially to protect the security and [...]	2008-07-17 10:23:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL PGOV SO DJ
08DJIBOUTI603	DJIBOUTI: IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper to Djibouti Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssouf Aden Moussa on July 17. 2. (SBU) Moussa had no immediate response, but said that he would transmit the information to the relevant technical minist [...]	2008-07-17 10:29:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM PGOV IR DJ
08DJIBOUTI638	DJIBOUTI-ERITREA: SEPARATE UN AND ACP [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to Djibouti's appeal to the international community, the United Nations Secretariat and the Brussels-based African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group) have dispatched separate fact-finding missions to examine ways to reduce tensions with Eritrea, follow [...]	2008-08-03 17:53:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF MOPS KPKO ER DJ ET
08DJIBOUTI690	IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points to GODJ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director of Bilateral Relations Youssouf Aden Moussa on August 27. 2. (SBU) Moussa said that he would transmit the designations to the relevant authorities, including the Central Bank of Djibouti. 3. (C) COMME [...]	2008-08-28 06:29:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR DJ
08DJIBOUTI731	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE AND UNGA THIRD [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points on the UNGA Third Committee (ref A) and Arab League Ministerial (ref B) to GODJ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for International Organizations Mohamed Idriss Farah on September 7. 2. (C) On Arab League issues, Farah said that Djibouti remained [...]	2008-09-07 13:19:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN DJ
08DJIBOUTI732	DP WORLD ON EFFICIENCY AND PROFITABILITY AT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with EmbOffs, two top managers at the Dubai Ports World-managed Port of Djibouti were concerned that meager investment in port infrastructure, lack of freedom to raise tariff rates, and a large backup of Ethiopia-bound goods were endangering profitability. How [...]	2008-09-07 13:36:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EWWT EINV DJ
08DJIBOUTI753	VISIT TO DJIBOUTI'S PRISON SHOWS IMPROVING CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a September 10 visit to Djibouti's prison, EmbOffs noted substantial improvements in conditions. While there were some persistent shortcomings--such as unsatisfactory sanitary conditions in the prison kitchen--EmbOffs noted that minors, women, and pre-trial detainees were [...]	2008-09-15 13:56:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CASC SOCI DJ
08DJIBOUTI767	DJIBOUTI: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INTERVIEWS ERITREAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of Human Rights Watch (HRW) granted permission to interview Eritrean defectors/deserters now under GODJ control reported that there are currently 46 defectors/deserters in Djiboutian custody, along with an unknown number of prisoners of war. HRW representatives sa [...]	2008-09-21 14:48:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF PHUM DJ ER
08DJIBOUTI814	DJIBOUTI ON IRAN UNSCRS: FRIENDS SHOULD BE FRANK [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points on all UN Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs) adopted on Iran to GODJ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for International Organizations Mohamed Idriss Farah on October 15. 2. (C) Farah affirmed Djibouti's strong interest in preventing Iran from [...]	2008-10-16 15:00:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR DJ
08DJIBOUTI815	DJIBOUTI ON AFRICOM: WELCOME [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points on AFRICOM stand up to GODJ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for International Organizations Mohamed Idriss Farah on October 15. 2. (C) Farah communicated Djibouti's strong positive attitude towards AFRICOM, which he characterized as "very impo [...]	2008-10-16 15:08:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KPAO DJ
08DJIBOUTI864	ICRC ON ERITREAN POWS AND ITS WORK IN DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY: With regional support from Nairobi, Djibouti's very small International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) office continues to play an active role in monitoring prison conditions, transmitting messages between refugees and their families, and helping to train Djiboutian security f [...]	2008-11-04 15:26:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF DJ ER
08DJIBOUTI885	DJIBOUTI ON FY09 MCA SCORES: THE BALL'S IN OUR COURT [...] (U) SUMMARY. In delivering advance copies of Djibouti's FY2009 Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Scorecard to GODJ officials (per reftel),Post welcomed Djibouti's Presidential-level commitment to improving indicator performance. In light of Djibouti's slight backsliding in FY2009 scores, Pos [...]	2008-11-11 15:03:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI SENV KCOR KMCA KWMN DJ
08DJIBOUTI891	SOMALIA: UN SRSG BRIEFS ON CONTACTS WITH DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to UN SRSG for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, Djibouti's President Guelleh agreed to see Ethiopian PM Meles in the coming weeks, in order to discuss a joint approach to Saudi Arabia for financial support to reduce economic pressure on Ethiopia to withdraw troops from So [...]	2008-11-14 11:05:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SO ET DJ
08DOHA132	CHAD: DOHA EMBASSY OFFICER MEETING WITH CHADIAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: PolOff met at the Embassy February 11 with Jebren Issa, the Chadian rebel group "Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD)'s" self-described international spokesman. Issa, a naturalized British citizen, asked for USG assistance in his group's cause against the cur [...]	2008-02-13 08:13:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CH SU QA
08DOHA152	QATAR: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (S/NF) Summary: Post assesses that U.S. investments in Qatar's energy industry, coupled with the onset of regular liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to the U.S. 2008-12, constitute the main critical infrastructure and key resources, which if destroyed, disrupted or exploited might have an im [...]	2008-02-21 09:57:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV ECON ETTC EAID EFIN EAGR ASEC
08DOHA156	PEACEFUL PROTEST AGAINST UK DENIAL OF VISA FOR [...] (C) Summary: A peaceful demonstration of about 300 people took place February 20 in front of the British Embassy in Doha. The demonstrators protested the denial of a visa for Qatari-based Islamic scholar Sheikh Yusef Al-Qaradawi to travel to the UK. The protesters lambasted the "hypocrisy" [...]	2008-02-21 13:44:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF QA UK
08DOHA185	POLICY POINTS DELIVERED TO CHADIAN UFDD REBEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 13:03:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV CH QA
08DOHA190	EASY MONEY AND A WELFARE-STATE MENTALITY CREATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Qatar's impressive economic growth over the past few years has been accompanied by increasing economic and social challenges, particularly soaring levels of consumer debt. Meanwhile, the government is trying to wean its citizenry off a welfare state mentality but its own policie [...]	2008-03-05 13:07:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB QA
08DOHA210	QATAR: VERDICT STILL OUT ON PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche via diplomatic note March 6, requesting that the GOQ express support for Kosovo's independence at the March 13-14 ministerial summit of the Organization of the Islamic Congress (OIC) in Dakar, Senegal. Poloff followed-up March 10 with MFA International Organi [...]	2008-03-13 05:22:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK KISL UNSC QA
08DOHA211	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ANNOUNCING OIC SPECIAL ENVOY [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 05:24:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISM QA
08DOHA212	QATAR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1803 [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche and copies of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1803 and P5 1 Foreign Ministers, statements March 6 to MFA, providing Qatar with information concerning obligations imposed on member states by UNSCR 1803, especially as it relates to the expansion of [...]	2008-03-13 05:24:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC IR QA
08DOHA332	QATAR'S REACTION TO ETHIOPIAN ANNOUNCED BREAK IN [...] (C) Summary: Indications are that critical Al Jazeera coverage of Ethiopia in recent weeks may have been the final straw in Ethiopia's decision, announced April 21, to break diplomatic ties with Qatar. The MFA official responsible for African Affairs told us the decision came as a complete s [...]	2008-04-24 13:59:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL QA ET

08DOHA398	ANOTHER RAY OF LIGHT - DOHA INTERFAITH CENTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue (DICID) officially opened May 14 at the conclusion of the sixth Doha Conference for Interfaith Dialogue. Former President of Qatar University, Professor Ebrahim Saleh Al-Naimi, was appointed the DICID Chairman, and will ove [...]	2008-05-21 16:11:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL QA

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