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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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07JAKARTA3047COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES -- INDONESIA LIKELY TO
[...] (U) Mission delivered demarche points ref a to Director for Public Diplomacy Umar Hadi and to Director for North American Affairs Harry Purwanto at the Department of Foreign Relations on October 31 and November 1, respectively. Mission is in regular touch with Hadi on this issue and will conti [...]
2007-11-01 10:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PHUM UNGA ID
07JAKARTA3049FREEPORT IN PAPUA: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND
[...] (SBU) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified-please handle accordingly. Not for distribution outside of USG channels. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Freeport McMoRan is making efforts to address the economic impact of its operations in Papua, Indonesia. During the DCM's recent visit, the company s [...]
2007-11-01 10:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM EAID ID
07JAKARTA3062HUMAN RIGHTS -- PRESSING GOI ON DETAINED PAPUAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In November 2 conversations with Indonesian government contacts, Pol/C forcefully underscored U.S. concern over the continued detention of Iwanggin--a well-known Papuan human rights activist--and the persecution of Al-Qiyadah, a small Islamic sect. The head of the National Human [...]
2007-11-02 10:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KISL ID
07JAKARTA3065POLITICAL ISLAM -- GAUGING HARD-LINE INFLUENCE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's two largest mass Muslim organizations--Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)--are reportedly having success in mitigating the influence of hard-line radicals in their ranks. Muhammadiyah is probably the more susceptible of the two organizations to radical infiltratio [...]
2007-11-02 11:08:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA3070POLITICAL ISLAM -- MAINSTREAM MUSLIMS CONDEMN
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: An influential chapter of the group Nahdlatul Ulema (NU) has issued a statement condemning the idea that Muslims must work to create an Islamic "Caliphate." A contact told Pol/C that NU as a whole was moving toward [...]
2007-11-05 09:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM SOCI ID
07JAKARTA3101HUMAN RIGHTS -- PRESSING GOI RE DETAINED ACTIVIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission continues to monitor two key human rights cases. Based on Mission information, a Papuan human rights activist detained without formal charge since mid-October remains under detention. In the meantime, a Muslim sect remains under pressure, with the police placing more of [...]
2007-11-07 11:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KISL ID
07JAKARTA3117MUNIR MURDER -- POLICE CONTINUE INVESTIGATION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Intelligence Agency (BIN) for the first time has publicly acknowledged that it is being investigated by police for the 2004 murder of well-known human rights activist Munir Thalib. Meanwhile, trials for two suspects continue with witnesses revealing likely intelli [...]
2007-11-08 11:08:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS ID
07JAKARTA3146TIP -- COOPERATION WITH THE FRENCH AGAINST
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigation Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) Indonesia collaborated recently with the French Embassy on a regional seminar entitled "Fi [...]
2007-11-13 10:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN ID FR XC
07JAKARTA3174RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- CONTINUED PRESSURE ON ISLAMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of a small Islamic sect--Al-Qiyadah--labeled deviant by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has announced that he has "repented" and returned to mainstream Islam. Police and the MUI continue to investigate Al-Qiyadah and other minority sects, and are actively pressuri [...]
2007-11-15 10:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM PREL ID
07JAKARTA32DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary. International Security Affairs Director Desra Percaya told us on January 5 that the GOI would neither vote against nor would likely co-sponsor our draft resolution on Burma. The Foreign Minister must decide whether they will abstain, vote in favor or choose to seek a Presidential [...]
2007-01-05 07:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA3223INDONESIA REACTS TO REPORT ON JOURNALIST KILLINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An Australian coroner's report released November 16 accuses the Indonesian Military (TNI) of deliberately "executing" five foreign journalists in East Timor in 1975. An Australian Embassy contact in Jakarta told Pol/C that he has reviewed the conclusions of the report with the [...]
2007-11-21 09:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALAU ID PGOV PHUM PREL TT
07JAKARTA3238TRAFFICKING -- MULTILATERAL STRATEGY MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission--at its initiative--recently hosted a trafficking-focused meeting of multilateral donors and NGOs. The meeting--chaired by Dep Pol/C--addressed several recommendations made in the 2007 GAO evaluation of USG international human trafficking projects. Meeting participants [...]
2007-11-23 10:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SMIG PHUM EAID ID
07JAKARTA3248U.N. EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT INDONESIA'S JAILS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture briefed diplomats--including Dep Pol/C--November 23 on his recent visit to Indonesia. He said he found evidence of torture of some detainees by police at a [...]
2007-11-26 09:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PHUM ID UN
07JAKARTA3256INDONESIAN LABOR LEADERS TAKES CAMPAIGN TO IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 09:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ELAB ID IR
07JAKARTA3257INDONESIAN LABOR LEADER TAKES CAMPAIGN TO IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. "Captain Jack Sparrow" of the Indonesian labor movement, Hanafi Rustandi, head of the Seafarers Union, carried out a daring foray into Iran October 7-11, in an attempt to secure medical treatment and freedom for an imprisoned Iranian labor leader, Mansour Osanloo. Nearly detained [...]
2007-11-27 09:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS ELAB ID IR
07JAKARTA3264ASEAN SECRETARIAT'S POST-SUMMIT READOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an ASEAN Summit debrief, Secretariat officials stated that the member countries were frustrated that the press focused too much on ASEAN's handling of Burma, taking attention away from the historic importance of the Charter signing. Dhannan Sunoto, Director of the Secretaria [...]
2007-11-28 06:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
07JAKARTA3267INDONESIAN PEACEKEEPING -- LEBANON, DARFUR AND THE
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Indonesia is sending a fresh battalion of peacekeeping troops to the United Nations Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The 850-member battalion from the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) replaces the initial [...]
2007-11-28 09:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR KPKO PGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA3339EAST TIMOR -- FINDINGS OF FINAL COMMISSION REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesia Timor-Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) is likely to cite gross human rights violations involving both pro-Indonesian and pro-independence forces in its final report to be issued in February 2008, an Indonesian Commissioner told us. The Commission is [...]
2007-12-07 04:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV TT ID AU
07JAKARTA3348HUMAN RIGHTS -- PROTECTING CIVIL LIBERTIES IN
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's new democracy continues to tackle thorny issues. A coalition of civil society groups has been lobbying hard to ensure that the new draft criminal code adequately protects civil lib [...]
2007-12-07 10:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS PHUM PREL EAID ID
07JAKARTA33592007 CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR INDONESIA
[...] SUMMARY. The GOI has a strong legal framework to prevent the Worst Form of Child Labor. Implementation of these safeguards is lacking but improving. Passage of a robust anti-trafficking law in 2007 represented a step forward. Issues that need to be addressed include: child exploitation in [...]
2007-12-10 10:38:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA3408HUMAN TRAFFICKING -- INDONESIA ESCALATES LAW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian law enforcement agencies are escalating the war against human trafficking, armed with the robust new anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) law and invigorated political will. Arrest and prosecution is at a record pace and corrupt officials who facilitate trafficking are [...]
2007-12-17 05:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SMIG PHUM EAID ID
07JAKARTA3409HUMAN RIGHTS DAY -- INDONESIANS HIGHLIGHT PROGRESS
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: International Human Rights Day was celebrated across Indonesia with civil society rallies, symposiums and much commentary about the country's human rights record. In line with the immense progress made since the fall [...]
2007-12-17 07:02:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA343ETHNIC CHINESE GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC OVER IMPROVED
[...] (C) Summary: A prominent Chinese-Indonesian human rights lawyer and leaders of NGOs focused on fighting racial, ethnic, and religious discrimination expressed guarded optimism about the status of ethnic Chinese in Indonesia. In a January 25 discussion, they said a new citizenship law unequivo [...]
2007-02-08 06:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3442RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- ISLAMIC SECT COMES UNDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the Ahmadiyah community--an Islamic sect--have had their local activities halted by militants during a violent confrontation in West Java, December 18. Several Ahmadiyahs were injured in the melee. Mobile Brigade (a.k.a., "Brimob") units were sent in and--to the GOI' [...]
2007-12-19 10:13:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KISL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA3461HUMAN RIGHTS -- COURT CONTINUES REVIEW OF KEY CASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY -- Indonesia's Supreme Court reconvenes in January to review the case file of the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Thalib. A ruling on whether to overturn the 2006 acquittal of a key suspect is due in early 2008. In ongoing proceedings, prosecutors have called in a fo [...]
2007-12-26 05:36:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS ID
07JAKARTA3464RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- GOI TRIES TO CONTAIN ATTACKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Kalla--who has close links to Muslim groups--has strongly condemned last week's attack on the Ahmadiyah religious sect. Kalla's statements placed pressure on Islamic militants seeking to use religious edicts issued by the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) to justify [...]
2007-12-26 07:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KISL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA369The Two Faces of Irwandi, Governor and GAM Leader
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Thursday, February 7, Irwandi Yusuf was sworn in as the Governor of Aceh by the Minister of Home Affairs, becoming the first directly elected Governor in Aceh's history and marking an important milestone in the Aceh peace process. Several hours later GAM staged a second, highl [...]
2007-02-09 08:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA403EMBASSY JAKARTA'S NOMINATIONS FOR SECRETARY OF STATE'S
[...] (U) Embassy Jakarta is pleased to nominate two outstanding candidates for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage. Our two candidates are: --Suciwati Munir, widow of prominent human rights worker Munir Thalib and a courageous human rights activist who has turned her [...]
2007-02-14 09:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO
07JAKARTA415SUICIDE OF PAPUAN PRISONER IN ABEPURA CASE
[...] (U) On February 2, 24-year old Yasya Echo Merano Berotabui ("Echo") died in Abepura Hospital after taking an overdose of malaria pills in a Papuan prison. He had been sentenced last July to four years for failing to obey police orders during the March 16 riots in Abepura, Papua (reftel). [...]
2007-02-15 08:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ID
07JAKARTA427AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON VP KALLA
[...] (C) During a Feb. 15 farewell call, the Ambassador congratulated Vice-President Kalla on the successful election process in Aceh; expressed support for government efforts to control violence in Sulawesi; urged the GOI to open Papua to foreign visitors; raised plans to increase USG technical a [...]
2007-02-16 05:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET PINS ABLD ID
07JAKARTA429WIRAJUDA RAISES BURMA, MIDEAST IN AMBASSADOR'S
[...] (C) Summary. During the Ambassador's farewell call on February 13, Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda said he was pressing ASEAN to form a three-country "troika" (Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore) to re-engage Burma. The Ambassador questioned the efficacy of ASEAN's dialogue with [...]
2007-02-16 06:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN XF BM ID
07JAKARTA452AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a farewell call on Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono on February 16, the Ambassador reviewed progress in bilateral relations and military-to- military cooperation and stressed continued progress on military reform was important to a good relationship. Describing Pap [...]
2007-02-20 09:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA474AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO
[...] (C) During a Feb. 16 farewell call on President Yudhoyono (SBY),Amb. Pascoe raised conditions in Papua and explained U.S. plans to help build capacity there. SBY said the national cabinet and the two provincial governors have agreed on a development strategy. SBY endorsed the provision of [...]
2007-02-22 07:46:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL PGOV ABLD PHUM ID
07JAKARTA497 Baby steps towards a Truth Commission for Aceh
[...] SUMMARY: Authorities from Jakarta held a conference February 15 in Banda Aceh to discuss issues surrounding the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for Aceh mandated by the August 2005 Helsinki MOU and Indonesian law. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Human Rig [...]
2007-02-23 06:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC ID
07JAKARTA510CRIMINAL PROCEDURE REFORM PROCESS TAKES A NEW DIRECTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY On February 21, Minister of Law and Human Rights Hamid Awaludin met with the DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) to discuss a more fundamental approach to revising the criminal procedure code. Awaludin expressed his belief that the current drafting efforts have been too cons [...]
2007-02-26 05:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR PHUM ID
07JAKARTA515USG PUSHES INDONESIA TO HELP STOP STATE SPONSORED
[...] (C) Summary: During his February 19-20 visit to Jakarta, Special Representative for Social Issues, Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees, conveyed the USG's concern over the Burmese government's use of rape as an instrument of violence in three separate meetings with Indonesian Department of Foreign A [...]
2007-02-26 06:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ASEAN BM ID
07JAKARTA517AMBASSADOR REES MEETS BURMA CAUCUS CHAIR
[...] (C) In a February 20 meeting with Djoko Susilo, the Chairman of Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) Caucus on Burma, Special Representative for Social Issues Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees commended the DPR's activism on Burma (Ref A),and discussed additional measures the DPR might take [...]
2007-02-26 07:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA568Bangka Elections: Age, Guile, (and Money Politics) Propel
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bangka Belitung Province very narrowly elected Eko Maulana governor on February 22. The election was plagued by flawed voter lists and other problems, but logistically ran smoothly and peacefully. Eko, an old school politician, aggressively used race and religion to attack his [...]
2007-02-28 08:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA576AMB. REES RAISES RAPE IN BURMA WITH ASEAN SYG ONG
[...] (C) Summary: On Feb. 19, Special Representative for Social Issues, Amb. Grover Joseph Rees, conveyed the USG concern over Burma's use of rape as an instrument of policy to ASEAN Secretary-General (SYG) Ong Keng Yong. Amb. Rees pushed for ASEAN support of a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) resolu [...]
2007-03-01 01:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ASEAN BM ID
07JAKARTA590 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Indonesia remained a major sending country for international trafficking in persons (TIP) and faced a very significant internal trafficking problem. Indonesia was also a receiving country for trafficked prostitutes, though their numbers were very small relative to Indonesian victims. [...]
2007-03-01 10:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA640INDONESIA: MALUKU/AMBON REBUILDING EFFORTS CONTINUE TO MAKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a two-day trip to Ambon, capitol of Maluku province and an area once characterized by sectarian conflict, Feb. 22-23, Consulate General Surabaya Public Affairs Officer (PAO) met with a variety of local contacts to discuss the current situation in the area and ideas for future [...]
2007-03-06 09:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EAID PINS PREF ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA660DEFENDERS OF THE FAITHFUL: DEWAN DAKWAH ISLAMIYAH
[...] (C) Summary. On February 22, we met with the Executive Board of Dewan Dakwah Islamiyah Indonesia (DDII),a historically important hard-line Islamist group whose charitable wing, KOMPAK, has been linked to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). DDII, which has a reputation for being anti-West, anti-Semitic a [...]
2007-03-08 00:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL PREL SOCI ID
07JAKARTA672 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Indonesia remained a major sending country for international trafficking in persons (TIP) and faced a very significant internal trafficking problem. Indonesia was also a receiving country for trafficked prostitutes, though their numbers were very small relative t Indonesian victims. Th [...]
2007-03-08 10:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA698 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Indonesia remained a major sending country for international trafficking in persons (TIP) and faced a very significant internal trafficking problem. Indonesia was also a receiving country for trafficked prostitutes, though their numbers were very small relative to Indonesian victims. [...]
2007-03-12 02:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA699 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 02:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA700 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 02:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA701 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 02:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA726DAS JOHN'S MEETING WITH DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Director General for Defense Strategy BG Dadi Susanto told EAP DAS Eric John March 7 that defense spending was still below the Indonesian military's (TNI) needs but was the government's second-highest priority after education; that the TNI was satisfied with the pace of military-t [...]
2007-03-14 00:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA727DAS JOHN ENGAGES PARLIAMENTARIANS AND GOI ON BURMA
[...] (C) During a March 6-10 visit to Jakarta, EAP DAS Eric John discussed Burma with members of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Caucus on Burma and, in a separate meeting, with GOI Secretary General for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Imron Cotan. DAS John emphasized that Indonesia' [...]
2007-03-14 00:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA740CDA COURTESY CALL ON NEW SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO
[...] (C) Summary. On March 13, the CDA made a courtesy call on the new Saudi ambassador to Indonesia, Abdulrahman Mohammed Amen A. Alkhayyat. The Ambassador told us that the Saudi Embassy engages with the GOI primarily on labor and religious pilgrimage issues. When asked for his opinion of Indo [...]
2007-03-14 23:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KISL ID
07JAKARTA754JUSTICE CONTINUES TO ELUDE VICTIMS OF 1998-1999
[...] (C) Summary: On March 7, the Indonesian parliament's (DPR) consultative council rejected the legal affairs committee's (Commission III) recommendation to set up an ad-hoc human rights court on the 1998-1999 killings of 29 civilian protestors by the Indonesian military (TNI) at Trisakti Univer [...]
2007-03-15 08:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM ID
07JAKARTA778INDONESIA PASSES ANTI-TRAFFICKING BILL
[...] (U) On March 20, the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) passed a comprehensive anti-trafficking bill during a morning plenary session. The bill enjoyed the full support of all ten political factions in the DPR and was ratified without a vote. Muhaimin Iskandar, the Deputy Chairman of [...]
2007-03-20 08:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL ID
07JAKARTA805DEMARCHES TO INDONESIA ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) We raised the situation in Zimbabwe in a March 21 meeting with Heru Santoso and Dicky Yunus of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs' Human Rights Directorate, per reftels. We urged the GOI to publicly condemn the Zimbabwe regime's violence against the opposition and to support urg [...]
2007-03-21 08:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNHRC PHUM PGOV ZI ID
07JAKARTA806DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA: HRC OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
[...] (U) On March 21, met with Heru Santoso and Dicky Yunus of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs' Human Rights Directorate to urge that the Human Rights Council not take up the question of the Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories outside the context of the Mandate R [...]
2007-03-21 08:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDUNHRC PREL PHUM ISCON ID
07JAKARTA852PAPUA GOVERNOR OUTLINES DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WELCOMES
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a March 16 meeting with Charge and USAID and Embassy officials, Governor Barnabas Suebu explained that his development strategy for Papua focuses on four areas: good governance, village-based development, infrastructure improvements, and law and order. Suebu said that his [...]
2007-03-23 08:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAID ID
07JAKARTA87AMBASSADOR URGES FORMIN WIRAJUDA TO SUPPORT UNSC
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Wirajuda remained non-committal on support for our draft UNSC resolution on Burma. He continued to question whether the Burmese regime poses a significant threat to international peace and security. The GOI, he said, [...]
2007-01-10 09:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC ASEAN SY BM ID
07JAKARTA882WEST JAVA'S GREEN UNIVERSITIES: ISLAM ON CAMPUS
[...] (C) Summary. On February 28-March 1, poloffs traveled to Bandung, West Java, the wellspring of Indonesia's hard-line "tarbiyah" student movement, which is modeled after the Muslim Brotherhood and originated there in the 1970s. The development of the tarbiyah movement arguably brought about a [...]
2007-03-27 07:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL PREL SOCI ID
07JAKARTA897JAKARTA HIGH COURT UPHOLDS VERDICTS IN TIMIKA CASE
[...] (SBU) On March 7, the Jakarta High Court announced that it had upheld the Central Jakarta District Court's guilty verdicts (reftel) of Anthonius Wamang and his co-conspirators Agustinus Anggaibak (AKA Johnny Kasomol),Yulianus Deikme, Ishak Onawatme, Esau Onawatme, and Yairus Kiwak in connectio [...]
2007-03-28 09:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
07JAKARTA908COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP HEARINGS
[...] (C) Summary: Following up on two days of hearings in Bali in February, the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia-Timor Leste (CTF) began a weeklong series of hearings March 26-30. Featuring both prominent (Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Belo and former Indonesian President Habibie) [...]
2007-03-29 12:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS KAWC TT ID
07JAKARTA932SECURITY ISSUES AT FREEPORT MINE IN PAPUA,
[...] (C) Summary. Executives of the U.S.-owned Freeport mine near Timika, Papua, report that despite a difficult start, police Mobile Brigade personnel have successfully taken over the Indonesian Armed Forces' old role in supporting the company's security operations. Freeport provides some financ [...]
2007-04-01 22:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALASEC PHUM PGOV EMIN CASC ID
07JAKARTA97FURTHER EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF UNSC RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-11 09:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA98FURTHER EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF UNSC RESOLUTION ON
[...] (C) Post continued to press the GOI to support the draft UNSC resolution on Burma. On January 10 and again on January 11, the Ambassador pressed Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Dino Djalal again on Burma, emphasizing the need for Indonesia to take a leadership role in the UNSC on this imp [...]
2007-01-11 09:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA993RELIGIOUS LEADERS MEET IN BOGOR TO BRIDGE
[...] (C) Summary. Sunni and Shi'a religious and political figures from the Muslim world met in Bogor on April 3-4 to bridge the Sunni-Shi'a sectarian divide, especially in Iraq. Despite high expectations, only eight Muslim countries sent representatives; aside from the Pakistani Minister of Relig [...]
2007-04-09 09:02:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KISL PGOV IZ ID
07JEDDAH492HEJAZIS UPSET BY FATWA ABUSE IN ONGOING ISLAMIC
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Dr. Izzat Atiyya of al-Azhar University's Hadith Department issued a polemical fatwa last May arguing that women and men could work together provided that they become family members through breastfeeding. This is one of several fatwas that the Islamic establishment has issu [...]
2007-11-27 12:03:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI KISL KWMN SA
07JEDDAH498VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THE HEJAZ:
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY AND COMMENT: While the number of reported domestic abuse cases varies depending on the source, Hejazi (inhabitants of the Western Province) experts focused on addressing violence against women agree that the number of cases in the Western Province is rising. The President of [...]
2007-11-30 18:14:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN SA
07JERUSALEM1034LAUNCH OF "PALESTINIAN ECONOMY" SITE ON STATE
[...] CONSULATE GENERAL JERUSALEM IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF "PALESTINIAN ECONOMY," A NEW COMMUNITY WEB SITE FACILITATED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TEAM. THE WEB SITE IS A COLLECTION OF IN-DEPTH INFORMATION ON THE PALESTINIAN ECONOMY, DESIGNED TO HELP FACILITATE INFORMATION [...]
2007-06-01 14:05:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PHUM SENV KWBG
07JERUSALEM1090CODEL LEAHY MEETS WITH EREKAT AND TRAVELS TO ABUD
[...] (C) PLO Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat told CODEL Leahy May 30 that there is no hope for the moderate Palestinian leadership unless the GOI agrees to negotiate permanent status issues with PA President Abbas. Erekat called on the USG to encourage the GOI to move towards a permanent status agre [...]
2007-06-07 07:09:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1253GAZA: FOOD AND FUEL AVAILABLE FOR NOW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Basic food commodities and fuel remain available in Gaza, but prices are increasing and food stocks are declining rapidly, according to Gaza residents, UN agencies and NGOs. UNRWA and WFP have resumed operations, but UNRWA says it has only 10 days of flour in its warehouses. [...]
2007-06-18 14:30:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1266SOME AID ARRIVES IN GAZA, MOST CROSSINGS CLOSED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fuel imports continued to flow into Gaza June 19, and several truck loads of humanitarian assistance entered through Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza. Gaza-based contacts report continued panic buying June 19, but, with the exception of wheat-flour, sugar, and dairy products, [...]
2007-06-19 14:48:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1274FOOD SUPPLIES ENTER GAZA; LIMITED PASSENGER
[...] (SBU) Summary: WFP delivered wheat-flour and oil to Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing June 20, with the concurrence of nearby Hamas forces. Limited movement of foreigners and injured Palestinians occurred at Erez. Israeli incursions into Gaza took place June 20, resulting in the death of [...]
2007-06-20 14:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1296GAZA HOSPITALS STRUGGLE TO SERVE PUBLIC; JORDAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Critical health care assistance is being supplied to Gaza hospitals, including a truck load of dialysis equipment funded by USAID. ICRC and other international organizations have resumed their work in Gaza. Twenty-one truck loads of food aid were shipped into Gaza June 21. [...]
2007-06-22 11:01:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1304HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE CONTINUES TO TRICKLE INTO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Imports into Gaza remain mostly limited to humanitarian shipments. After Kerem Shalom crossing closed early June 25 due to mortar fire, WFP shipments of sugar, flour, and oil were diverted and passed through Sufa crossing. Gaza hospitals are all operational despite run-down f [...]
2007-06-25 14:05:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1305PALESTINIAN PRIVATE SECTOR MOVES TO OPERATE GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian private sector leaders in the West Bank and Gaza are promoting a variety of proposals to "privatize" the Karni/al-Mintar and Kerem Shalom crossings. Private sector representatives in Gaza reached an agreement June 20 on a plan that would authorize a newly-established [...]
2007-06-25 15:10:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1317PRICES STABILIZE AS FOOD REMAINS AVAILABLE IN GAZA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Food prices for most items in Gaza have returned to just above normal following the panic-buying and price increases that occurred immediately following the Hamas takeover of Gaza. Gaza is not experiencing shortages of basic commodities. Hamas threatened to confiscate goods f [...]
2007-06-26 14:05:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1349LIMITED HUMANITARIAN SHIPMENTS CONTINUE TO MOVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Karni/al-Mintar, Kerem Shalom, and Sufa crossings were open to select humanitarian and commercial shipments June 28, as operations at the crossings remains ad hoc given the fluid security situation. ICRC transferred 17 sick and injured patients out of Gaza June 28. End summar [...]
2007-06-28 14:58:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1455GAZA ECONOMIC LOSSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to data compiled by the Palestinian private sector, the closure of the Karni/al-Mintar crossing following the Hamas take-over of Gaza is causing catastrophic damage to Gaza's economy. Since the June 12 closure of the crossing, 80 percent of Gaza factories have closed [...]
2007-07-13 13:56:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAID EFIN EIND PGOV PHUM KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1482LIMITED MOVEMENT AT GAZA CROSSINGS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sufa crossing and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station were open on July 17, the Karni/al-Mintar, Kerem Shalom, and Rafah crossings were closed. WFP plans to deliver eight truck loads of wheat flour per day to Gaza July 17-22 through Sufa, while ICRC transferred 25 patients from Ga [...]
2007-07-18 11:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1489MIXED REACTION TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRISONERS RELEASE
[...] (C) Begin Summary. The July 17 posting of the names of 256 Palestinian prisoners who are scheduled for early release on July 20 generated mostly positive press coverage, including front page photos of families celebrating the anticipated release. The Q Ministry of Prisoners Affairs welcomed [...]
2007-07-19 09:30:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM
07JERUSALEM1496USAID MEETS WITH PA MINISTERS OF HEALTH AND
[...] (SBU) USAID Mission Director met with Minister of Health Fathi Abu Moghli and Minister of Planning Samir Abdallah July 16 to discuss USAID programs in West Bank/Gaza. Abu Moghli stated that he intends to (1) develop a strategic plan for the health sector and (2) work with USAID on its ongoing [...]
2007-07-19 10:54:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1502QADURA FARES ON INTERNATIONAL MEETING AND FATAH
[...] (C) Summary. In a July 18 meeting with PolChief, grassroots Fatah leader Qadura Fares welcomed President Bush's call for an international meeting and said serious momentum is needed to bring Palestinians and Israelis back to the negotiating table. He said Fatah reform has stalled since Hama [...]
2007-07-19 13:11:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER KDEM PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM1535MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE REQUESTS MORE US ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: PA Minister of Agriculture Mahmoud al-Habbash told USAID Mission Director on July 23 that his ministry's efforts are focused on (1) land reclamation; (2) constructing roads for small farmers; and (3) developing water projects. Abu Hassan requested additional funds for Ministr [...]
2007-07-24 13:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR ECON KWBG KPAL PHUM PGOV
07JERUSALEM1554PRISONERS' AFFAIRS MINISTER ON PRISONERS RELEASE,
[...] (C) Summary. On July 24, newly appointed Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Ashraf al-Ajrami told PolChief that he welcomed the July 20 release of 256 prisoners, but criticized the "unilateral" nature of the release and urged Palestinian-Israeli negotiations on criteria for the release of more p [...]
2007-07-26 11:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM1562NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE POLL FROM GAZA AND
[...] Summary. According to a July 8 - 15 National Democratic Institute (NDI) poll, Palestinians disapprove of the Hamas takeover in Gaza, support early PLC and Presidential elections, want to see Fatah-Hamas reconciliation, and believe that Fatah is reforming itself. Marwan Barghouthi is the polit [...]
2007-07-27 11:41:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1571CEC READY FOR ELECTIONS BUT NOT EXPECTING THEM
[...] (C) Summary. In a July 23 meeting, Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhail told PolOffs that the CEC is prepared to administer presidential and PLC elections, but the situation in Gaza creates major obstacles. Kuhail predicted that Fatah -- but not Hamas -- [...]
2007-07-27 16:54:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KDEM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1590OLD GUARD TAKES CONTROL OF FATAH "REFORM"
[...] (C) Summary. On July 25, Fatah Central Committee member Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala'a) convened Fatah's Office for Mobilization to begin the process of forming a new Fatah High Council to replace the West Bank and Gaza Field Committees. The formation of the High Council was approved by the Fatah R [...]
2007-07-31 13:07:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1646SETTLERS OUT OF HEBRON WHOLESALE MARKET...FOR NOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 7, some 3000 Israeli security personnel removed settlers from three crowded structures in Hebron's wholesale market area. Four settlers were arrested. Hundreds of settler youth protested the action and tried to stop the Israeli security forces, but did not resort to [...]
2007-08-08 14:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1648SETTLERS EXPANDING AROUND HEBRON
[...] (C) Summary. On August 6, Poloffs visited the southern Hebron Hills. They observed how Susiya settlement and Avigail outpost are expanding and how the area's settlements and outposts stretch across the hilltops south of Hebron. PolOffs saw the IDF manning special security zones (SSZs) that e [...]
2007-08-09 14:21:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1656PA AND FATAH CONTINUE TO REJECT ANY DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On August 7, former Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told the press that Hamas is willing to resume Hamas-Fatah dialogue, and his political advisor Ahmad Yusef claimed that Hamas and Fatah are having "secret talks." However, PM Salam Fayyad and Fatah spokesman Ahmad Abd al-Rahman r [...]
2007-08-10 03:59:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1687GAZA PRIVATE SECTOR STRUGGLES; HUMANITARIAN NEEDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: While food and other basic essentials continue to flow into Gaza, the Gaza private sector is being significantly impacted by the continued closure of the Karni/al-Mintar commercial crossing. Contacts report that 85 percent of industrial establishments have shut-down operation [...]
2007-08-14 15:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAID KWBG KPAL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM1691ABU MAZEN LIKELY TO DECREE CHANGES TO LEGISLATIVE
[...] (C) Summary. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is expected to issue a decree amending the 2005 elections law. According to a draft obtained by Post, the decree will change the electoral system from mixed to 100 percent proportional representative for legislative and presidential election [...]
2007-08-15 14:43:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1717HOME DEMOLITIONS IN AND AROUND JERUSALEM CONTINUE
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) Coordinator Meir Margalit told PolOff he believes Palestinian homes near Israeli neighborhoods and roads are more likely to be demolished than homes in other areas. He said he thinks that certain West Bank areas are being targ [...]
2007-08-16 14:11:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM PHUM
07JERUSALEM1755NEW OUTPOST NEAR BEIT EL CROSSING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Settler youth have gathered at encampments in high-profile locations, including Givat Ha'or near Ramallah and Homesh in the Northern West Bank. The encampments involve little construction, but may serve test the depth of Israeli, Palestinian and international opposition to sett [...]
2007-08-23 13:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1756ALLON SHEVUT: PROPERTY VALUES HIGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On 16 August Poloff visited the Allon Shevut settlement in the Gush Etzion bloc and met AmCit Regional Councilwoman Ruth Lieberman. According to Lieberman, Gush Etzion residents are more confident than ever that their community will be inside Israel in any permanent status agre [...]
2007-08-23 14:15:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS ASEC
07JERUSALEM1764GAZA ELECTRICITY FLOWS; HAMAS INTIMIDATION GROWS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Gaza power plant received EU-funded fuel shipments on August 22 and returned to its normal 65 MW of electricity output. According to Gaza contacts, most homes now have 18-22 hours of electricity each day. The electricity shortage from August 19-21 resulted in spoiled food [...]
2007-08-24 14:38:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ENRG KPAL KWBG PHUM
07JERUSALEM1801ABU MAZEN ASKS EXILED FATAH MEMBERS TO RETURN TO
[...] (C) Senior Fatah officials told ConGen political specialist that PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) has recently encouraged senior exiled Fatah members to come to Ramallah in an effort to surround himself with strong Fatah personalities. Among this group are Fatah Central Council (FCC) [...]
2007-08-27 12:38:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1818GAZA HEALTH CARE BECOMES PAWN IN HAMAS-FATAH POWER
[...] (SBU) Summary: In reaction to Hamas' replacement of Fatah-affiliated hospital administrators in Gaza (reftel),the Fatah-affiliated labor unions of the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Gaza have been conducting work-stoppages as of August 23. An estimated 95 percent of MOH hospital employees hav [...]
2007-08-29 04:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1829BEIT JALA RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT ROUTE OF
[...] (C) Summary. On August 21, Poloffs saw workers along Route 60 continuing construction of the security barrier around Beit Jala, south of Jerusalem, which Beit Jala mayor Raji Zeidan said will separate his town from nearly fifty percent of its total land, once completed. Mayor Zeidan and mun [...]
2007-08-29 16:27:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1837YASSER ABD RABBO BRIEFS CODEL ACKERMAN ON
[...] (C) Summary. On August 29, PLO Executive Committee Secretary-General Yasser Abd Rabbo told CODEL Ackerman that SIPDIS the August 28 meeting between PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and GoI PM Ehud Olmert was "not bad," but that he had hoped for better results. Abd Rabbo said Abu Maz [...]
2007-08-30 14:00:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM1850HUSSAYN AL-SHAYKH WITH CODEL ACKERMAN ON FATAH
[...] (C) Summary. On August 29, Fatah leader and PA Civil Affairs director Hussayn al-Shaykh told CODEL Ackerman that PM Fayyad has taken bold steps in addressing internal Palestinian security issues, dissolving Hamas charities, and calling for a three-year economic development plan. He added th [...]
2007-08-31 13:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1852CEC CHAIRMAN ON ELECTIONS DECREE, HAMAS, AND PA
[...] (C) Summary. On August 23, Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chairman Hanna Nasir and Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhayl told USAID and PolOff that legislative and presidential elections must include both the West Bank and Gaza. Nasir said that if Palestinian Authority (PA) President Ma [...]
2007-08-31 15:02:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM1853BIR ZAYT MAYOR RESHAPES MUNICIPALITY
[...] (C) Summary. On August 23, Bir Zayt Mayor Yusif Nasser told USAID and Poloff that his goal is to reshape the Municipality by institutionalizing office structures, ensuring more efficient output from employees, and increasing public awareness on local issues. Nasser plans to hold regular tow [...]
2007-08-31 15:04:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM1862ICRC REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (C) Summary. On August 30, International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) Field Coordinator Jean-Christophe Sandoz reported to RefCoord that the August 29 meeting between the Government of Israel (GoI),Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and Magen David Adom (MDA) laid a positive foundation fo [...]
2007-09-05 15:00:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREF ICRC IS KWBG PHUM
07JERUSALEM1893SEPARATION BARRIER PREVENTS EFRAT FROM EXPANDING
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff visited Efrat settlement, met with Mayor Eli Mizrachi, and viewed the route of the separation barrier north of Bethlehem that cuts off Eitam Hill from Efrat. The Mayor said his main challenge is finding space for outward expansion and he wants to see Eitam included in th [...]
2007-09-09 12:36:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1907MAYOR OF ARIEL: FORGET LAND FOR PEACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mayor of the Ariel settlement Ron Nachman told PolOff during a lengthy August 29 meeting that the USG pursuit of land for peace is "a big mistake" and proposed splitting the West Bank between Israel and Jordan. For thirty years, Nachman has been the Mayor of Ariel, which is home [...]
2007-09-11 07:04:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1917AKKRAM HANIYEH REVIEWS PALESTINIAN POLITICS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 6 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, al-Ayyam Editor Akkram Haniyeh said we have the "best administration in the history of the PA" and now is time to seize the moment. The GoI, he said, must show flexibility on basic "quality of life" issues; i.e., access and movement a [...]
2007-09-11 15:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1918SHILO, OFRA ARE NUCLEI FOR ILLEGAL OUTPOSTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited Shilo and Ofrah, two major settlements north of Ramallah on August 31. Surrounding outposts included Amona, where the GoI destroyed nine permanent structures in February 2006 and where there are now over fifty caravans. There are clusters of caravans on most hill [...]
2007-09-11 15:52:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM193640,000 ULTRA ORTHODOX SETTLERS NOW IN MODIIN ILLIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Founded only thirteen years ago, the ultra-orthodox settlement bloc of Modiin Illit now has 40,000 inhabitants, according to Mayor Yakov Gutterman. The residents of this settlement east of the green line and west of the separation barrier are motivated primarily by economic and [...]
2007-09-12 14:12:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1952SETTLERS LEVERAGE CHRISTIAN SUPPORT FOR THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited the northern West Bank settlement of Karnei Shomron on 15 August to meet with Sondra Oster Baras, the Jewish director of the Israel office of Christian Friends of Israeli Communities (CFOIC). Baras is a well-known settler activist and Amcit who, in her words, work [...]
2007-09-19 08:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1965HEBRON: 450 SETTLERS IN THE CENTER OF A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hebron settler spokesman David Wilder led Poloff on a September 7 three hour tour of downtown Hebron. Hebron's 450 settlers (plus 250 yeshiva or religious school students) are known for their disruptive presence in the center of a large Palestinian city. Wilder told PolOff that [...]
2007-09-20 07:51:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL ASEC IS
07JERUSALEM1989CEC DOWNSIZES BUT REMAINS READY FOR ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. On September 18, Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chairman Hanna Nasir announced that the CEC is reducing its sixteen West Bank and Gaza offices to six and 83 employees to 76. CEC Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhail told PolOff that nonetheless, "the CEC is always ready to [...]
2007-09-21 11:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2004UN OCHA: ISRAELI INFRASTRUCTURE NOW COVERS 38
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) released a 147 page report on August 30 on the humanitarian impact of settlements and their infrastructure in the West Bank. The report finds that 38 percent of the West Bank is "taken up by Israeli infrastructure, [...]
2007-09-25 06:18:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2044SETTLERS TEMPORARILY ERECT 5 NEW OUTPOSTS IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Settler activists ascended five West Bank hilltops to establish new outposts on September 30. IDF forces and Israeli police maintained a low key presence at each site and began removing settlers and temporary dwellings on October 1. At Hashmonaim, west of Ramallah, four activi [...]
2007-10-01 14:48:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2060MAALE ADUMIM MAYOR: NEXT PHASE OF E-1 CONSTRUCTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Maale Adumim Mayor Benny Kashriel told Poloffs September 25 that the E-1 police station is "finished, except for the road" and the next step is to construct 1200 housing units. Kashriel said he is frustrated with American resistance to the expansion of Maale Adumim into E-1 an [...]
2007-10-02 13:06:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2096PALESTINIANS WELCOME PRISONER RELEASE, HOPE FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Israel released 87 Palestinian prisoners October 1-2, including members of most Palestinian factions other than HAMAS. Palestinians welcomed the release and urged that the GoI release larger numbers and coordinate with the Palestinian Authority on which prisoners will be releas [...]
2007-10-05 15:38:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM PHUM
07JERUSALEM2100SETTLERS AND ACTIVISTS ENGAGE IN TIT FOR TAT AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 25 Poloff visited the Susiya settlement in the Southern Hebron Hills. Susiya is small, but known for its extremism (and proximity to the Hebron settlers). Susiya settlers have claimed five nearby hilltops since 2001 and have difficult, even violent relations with [...]
2007-10-09 11:47:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2104HEBRON SETTLERS BRACE FOR ANOTHER EVICTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Settlers in Hebron are bracing for another eviction after Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz ordered on October 1 that eviction orders proceed against two settler families squatting in Hebron's triangle market. According to Peace Now, which filed the original complaint agai [...]
2007-10-10 11:04:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2113GAZA CHRISTIAN MURDERED
[...] (SBU) Summary. The body of Rami Ayyad, an employee of the Baptist-affiliated Holy Bible Association, was found in Gaza City on October 8, with indications that he was murdered. According to Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa, initial indications point to a hate crime, noting that Ayyad had rec [...]
2007-10-10 17:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KWBG IS PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM2124WEST BANK LAND CONFISCATION TAKES ONE STEP CLOSER
[...] (C) Summary: Ha'aretz reported October 9 that the GoI confiscated more than 1,100 dunums of Palestinian land to build a road for Palestinians to travel between Abu Dis and Jericho without traversing the E-1 area. PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat is [...]
2007-10-11 16:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2131PALESTINIANS CONDEMN LAND CONFISCATIONS SOUTH OF
[...] (C) Summary. Prominent Palestinians harshly condemned the recent Israeli confiscation of Palestinian land for a road near the Ma'ale Adumim settlement bloc, which they believe will contribute to the eventual development of the E-1 area. Mayor of the neighboring town of al-'Azariya Issam Far [...]
2007-10-12 15:47:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2154CONCERNS ABOUT EXPECTED INCREASE IN EAST JERUSALEM
[...] (C) Summary. Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) Coordinator Meir Margalit told PolOff October 5 that according to Jerusalem Municipality sources the Municipality intends to use its remaining home demolition budget in the coming months. He said his organization received a num [...]
2007-10-18 12:25:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2156PA CONCERNED ABOUT ENHANCED GOI RESTRICTIONS ON
[...] (C) Summary. PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Ashraf al-Ajrami complained to ConGen political specialist that recent Israeli Prison Service (IPS) decisions are undermining the PA's standing among prisoners and the Palestinian public. He pointed to an IPS prohibition on the entry of 16 tons [...]
2007-10-19 10:35:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2183PM FAYYAD REQUESTS USG INTERVENTION ON DEMOLITION
[...] (C) Summary. PA PM Salam Fayyad requested USG intervention to prevent demolition of an East Jerusalem apartment building in a phone conversation with the Consul General on October 19. The developer and his attorney claim that they had obtained the necessary permits from the Municipality, bu [...]
2007-10-22 16:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2187HEAD OF SETTLER COUNCIL ON CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
[...] (C) Summary: Settler leader and Chairman of the Yesha Council Danny Dayan told Poloff on October 16 that Israeli Defense Minister Barak is "blackmailing" settlers by ceasing to issue permits for West Bank construction until there is an agreement on outposts. Dayan also told Poloff that he i [...]
2007-10-23 14:55:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2197E-1 UPDATE FROM MID-OCTOBER
[...] (C) Summary. PolOffs observed October 19 that construction work continues in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim, with two new antennae atop the police station building. Curbs have been installed along nearly the entire road, and water and sewage systems have been installed und [...]
2007-10-24 15:12:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2198UN AGENCIES SEE CONTINUED TIGHTENING IN GAZA AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. UN agencies reported to donors in Jerusalem on October 18 that the humanitarian and access and movement situation in the West Bank and Gaza continues to deteriorate. UNSCO said that GOI officials had confirmed reports that Gaza's Sufa crossing would soon close indefinitely, fu [...]
2007-10-24 15:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF ECON EAID PREL IS KWBG PHUM
07JERUSALEM2199MUGHRABI GATE RAMP PLAN PROGRESSING, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem municipal official Irene Rubin told PolOff October 19 that the Regional Planning Committee approved blueprints for a new Mughrabi Gate ramp and there is now a period of public review during which interested parties can present objections to the plan. Jerusalem attorney [...]
2007-10-24 15:32:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2200GAZA: BANK CASH SHORTAGE THREATENS UNRWA AND PA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Banks operating in the Gaza Strip face a liquidity crisis and will have difficulty paying UNRWA and/or Palestinian Authority (PA) salaries, according to bank representatives. Bank officials say that Israeli authorities continue to severely restrict the frequency, volume and c [...]
2007-10-24 15:52:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PHUM PREF KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2205PA CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO KETZIOT PRISON RIOT
[...] (C) Summary. On October 22, one thousand Palestinian prisoners rioted at Ketziot Prison in response to a search by Israeli Prison Service (IPS) officials for cellular phones. PIJ member Muhammad al-Ashqar was killed, and nine Palestinian prisoners and 15 IPS officials were wounded. On Octo [...]
2007-10-25 13:51:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2208DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR THE WEST BANK AND
[...] (SBU) Post continues to exert diplomatic and programmatic efforts to support peace between Israelis and Palestinians and the creation of an independent Palestinian state. There have been significant developments in the West Bank and Gaza since the Department approved post,s strategy in Augus [...]
2007-10-25 15:11:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS KDEM KMPI ECON KPAO
07JERUSALEM2226DISTRICT COURT APPROVES BEIT HANINA HOME DEMOLITION
[...] (C) Summary. The District Court upheld the order to demolish a Beit Hanina apartment building on October 24. Advisor to Mayor Lupolianski Elad Halevy told PolOff the Municipality has 30 days to implement the court decision. According to the Municipality's October 25 press release, a building [...]
2007-10-26 15:47:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2239FUEL SHIPMENTS TO GAZA CUT; SUFA CROSSING CLOSED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza-based Director of the Palestinian General Petroleum Corporation Mujahad Salama confirmed cuts in fuel deliveries to Gaza on October 29. The Gaza Power Plant received all 300,000 liters of fuel oil it had requested for the day, but there were no gasoline imports, accordin [...]
2007-10-29 15:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM2245PA MINISTER OF PRISONERS' AFFAIRS VISITS KETZIOT
[...] (C) PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs (MoPA) Ashraf al-Ajrami met with fourteen prisoners from various political factions at the Israeli prison at Ketziot. On October 28, he told ConGen political specialist that Israeli Prison Service (IPS) allowed the visit, but only if supervised by IPS o [...]
2007-10-30 14:59:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2265CEMENT BARRIERS BLOCK ACCESS TO JAMMA'IN VILLAGE
[...] (C) According to Ahmad Hussein, a resident of Jamma'in village in the central West Bank between Salfit and Nablus, Israeli bulldozers placed large cement blocks in front of the entrance to the village (population 8,000) on October 29, preventing vehicle or pedestrian access from Route 505. H [...]
2007-11-01 13:39:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2319SURVEY OF WEST BANK ROAD OBSTACLES: SOME
[...] (C) Summary: ConGen officers visited 21 of 23 West Bank obstacles to movement that the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MoD) identified as recently dismantled (reftel) on November 2. While the removal of some will facilitate local movement, the overall impact of this step will not significantly [...]
2007-11-06 16:14:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG ECON PHUM IS PREL
07JERUSALEM2328RACHEL'S TOMB UNDER ISRAELI CONTROL, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. On October 19, PolOffs visited Rachel's Tomb, outside of Bethlehem. The tomb is surrounded by the separation barrier, and access is allowed only from Jerusalem. Rachel's Tomb has been the site of more than fourteen reported security incidents in 2007. A representative of the [...]
2007-11-07 12:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2330NABLUS OPERATIONS NOVEMBER 7: IDF ACTIVITIES
[...] (C//REL UK, CAN) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) sources reported that NSF-led forces are manning six fixed positions in Nablus and conducting vehicle and foot patrols around the city. Mukhabarat and PSO issued summons to 30 individuals and arrested 2 HAMAS members. More summons wil [...]
2007-11-07 17:12:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2342QUARTET ENVOYS MEETING: SUPPORT FOR ANNAPOLIS
[...] (C) Summary. Quartet envoys expressed support November 1 for the Annapolis meeting and agreed to meet before it takes place. Envoys discussed rallying Arab support for the meeting. A/S Welch stressed that that meeting will not be an "end in itself," but rather a catalyst for negotiations. [...]
2007-11-09 11:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2374SENIOR PA OFFICIALS COMMENT ON ANNAPOLIS MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. In November 13 meetings with PolChief, senior PA officials, Minister of Local Government Ziad al-Bandak, Chief Justice Issa Abu Sharar, and Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Ashraf al-Ajrami offered support for the Annapolis meeting, but said the USG must push the GoI for changes o [...]
2007-11-15 14:43:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2377PALESTINIAN INTERLOCUTORS SEE DISCONNECT BETWEEN
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian interlocutors told ConGen officers that success at the Annapolis meeting depends on tangible improvements to Palestinian life. Advisor to President Abbas Adnan Husseini said GoI home demolitions and land confiscations undermine the prospects for progress at Annapoli [...]
2007-11-15 15:15:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2380REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR PRESIDENTIAL GUARD
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, post requests clearance for the following members of the Presidential Guard to attend a USG-funded training course. First name, last name Anwar Ma Zen Aldeen POB: Nablus DOB: 17 September 1982 [...]
2007-11-16 11:40:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM2390KIRYAT ARBA MAYOR PROUDLY GUIDES TOUR OF ILLEGAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kiryat Arba Mayor Zvi Katsover showed Poloff an encampment of five caravans near the settlement on November 14. Katsover said the outpost was built over the last three years "in the middle of the night," piece by piece, without required permits, and "despite President Bush." [...]
2007-11-19 12:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2393GAZA: FUEL IMPORTS CUT; FARMERS HOPE TO EXPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza fuel imports have been reduced by roughly one-third since October 27. Gaza-based WHO contacts report that Gazans are receiving an "all time low" level of medical care. Humanitarian and commercial shipments have continued to enter Gaza in reduced quantities. Gaza farmers [...]
2007-11-19 15:15:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2400OUTPOSTS CONTINUE TO GROW AMIDST SETTLER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 16, Congen Poloff and Peace Now Settlements Watch Director Hagit Ofran visited 13 West Bank outposts believed to be on the GoI's list of 26 outposts for possible removal. Each of the outposts has five to sixty caravans (mobile homes) on hilltops in the vicinity of exi [...]
2007-11-20 13:26:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2411HOSPITALS IN NABLUS MORE SECURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: PA Ministry of Health (MOH) officials told Econoff on November 19 that recently-arrived PA security forces in Nablus have (1) removed armed militias from the hospitals; (2) allowed hospital administrators to implement visitor hour programs for first time since 2000 and to clear [...]
2007-11-21 12:51:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM2415CHIEF JUSTICE ON CASE BACKLOG AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM
[...] (C) Summary. In a November 13 meetings with PolChief, Chief Justice of the High Judicial Council (HJC) Issa Abu Sharar said the significant case backlog in the Palestinian justice system derives from too few judges; inadequate training for judges; and movement restrictions that impede judges [...]
2007-11-21 14:08:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2416MINISTER OF PRISONERS' AFFAIRS: PRIORITIZING
[...] (C) Summary. Following PM Olmert's November 19 announcement that the GOI had approved the release of 441 Palestinian prisoners, PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs (MoPA) Ashraf al-Ajrami told the press that the release was based on GOI criteria without consultation with the PA. According to A [...]
2007-11-21 14:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2419SETTLER LEADER SAYS OUTPOST REMOVAL IMPOSSIBLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following PM Olmert's November 19 announcement that he intends to evacuate ""illegal outposts,"" Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan told PolOff that this is ""technically impossible"" and will produce violent reactions from settlers. Dayan said the Yesha previously thought the G [...]
2007-11-21 15:32:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2429JORDAN VALLEY SETTLER: ANNAPOLIS "IRRELEVANT"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan Valley Regional Council chairman Dubi Tal told PolOffs 20 November that economics are the key to peace, and Israelis and Palestinians are only in the Jordan Valley "to make money." He did not press his previous claim (reftel) that GOI control of the Jordan Valley is crucia [...]
2007-11-23 11:06:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2430HOMESH LEADER SHOT DEAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Many settlers are linking the November 19 killing of Ido Zoldan, a 28-year old settler activist, with the upcoming Annapolis meeting. Karnei Shomron settlers told PolOff November 21 that Annapolis is a dangerous mistake, because Palestinians will not act responsibly and "we are h [...]
2007-11-23 11:14:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2431OFRA: A "FLAGSHIP" PESSIMISTIC AND ANGRY ABOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Residents of the West Bank settlement of Ofra told Poloffs November 16 that convening Annapolis is a mistake and they will stay in Ofra regardless of USG policy or political developments. Six long-time residents of this settlement movement "flagship" said the USG ignores lessons [...]
2007-11-23 11:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2447PEDUEL: "ISRAEL'S FRONT PORCH"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Peduel spokesman Yehoshua Ben David told PolOff during a November 23 visit to Peduel that the settlement is continuing to expand and settlers are concerned about Annapolis-related political developments. He noted an increase in security incidents along the road to the settleme [...]
2007-11-29 08:06:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2457LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PALESTINIAN SECURITY
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, Post requests clearance to send the following members of the National Security Forces (NSF) to USG-funded training in Jordan. This is the first of 3 cables containing batches of approximately 250 tra [...]
2007-11-29 17:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM2458GUSH ETZION LEADERSHIP: ANNAPOLIS "INSANE"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Gush Etzion Regional Council chairman Shaul Goldstein told PolOff November 28 that USG efforts toward a two-state solution are "insane" and will result only in increased terrorism. He blamed PM Olmert and DefMin Barak for the language in President Bush's speech on settlement gro [...]
2007-11-30 10:32:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2463HEBRON HILLS SETTLERS: STOPPING GROWTH "IMPOSSIBLE"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Hebron Hills Regional Council chairman Zviki Bar Hai at Otniel settlement November 27. Bar Hai told PolOff the USG cannot understand the importance of a Jewish presence in the West Bank and that it is "impossible" to stop settlement growth. Bar Hai dismissed US [...]
2007-11-30 14:56:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2464PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT AMBULANCES OPERATE IN
[...] (C) Summary. Dr. Amin Abu Ghazali of the Red Crescent Maternity Hospital in East Jerusalem told ConGenOffs that the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) operated five additional ambulances in East Jerusalem and Israel after the Israeli Ministry of Health (MOH) approved the ambulances and [...]
2007-11-30 15:13:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2468HAMAS STRENGTHENS GRIP ON GAZA JUDICIAL SYSTEM
[...] (C) Summary. Since the June takeover of Gaza, Hamas has strengthened its control of the Gaza judicial system by taking over courthouses and appointing its own High Judicial Council, Chief Justice, and Attorney General. On November 26, Hamas took control of Gaza City's Judicial Compound, whi [...]
2007-12-04 10:31:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2472SETTLEMENT SUBURBIA: BUILDING GOES ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In suburban settlements between the green line and the separation barrier, construction continues, property values are high, and settlers dismiss recent political developments. Poloff visited four such settlements - Barkan, Elkana, Oranit, and Hashmonaim - the week of 26 Novemb [...]
2007-12-04 13:25:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2473BEIT EL RECEIVES NEW TRAILER WITH IDF PERMISSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Beit El Settlement Mayor Moshe Rosenbaum told PolOff November 29 that he had received a new trailer with IDF permission. He said Givat Haor, the hillside outpost occupied by Beit El youth and removed in November, was only a ritual bath but he wants it to be reestablished as an e [...]
2007-12-04 13:27:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2476JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES THREE HOMES
[...] (SBU) According to Jerusalem Municipality advisor Elad HaLevy and members of the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolition (ICAHD),the Municipality demolished a multi-story house under construction in Bayt Hanina (belonging to the Hajluni family) and a house foundation in Abu Tor for lack of [...]
2007-12-04 13:47:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG PBTS IS PHUM
07JERUSALEM2500NEW HOME DEMOLITION IN EAST JERUSALEM
[...] (SBU) The GOI Interior Ministry demolished Amcit Mahir Siaj's home in Bayt Hanina, East Jerusalem on December 5. PolOff visited the site while the demolition was in progress and was told by Siaj that Israeli police had forced him, his wife and four children from the house at 0730. He said the [...]
2007-12-05 13:24:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS IS PHUM
07JERUSALEM2501LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: NSF 700-MAN BATTALION
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, post requests clearance to send the following members of the National Security Forces (NSF) to USG-funded training in Jordan: First name, Last name Mohammad Fathi Hussein Rahal POB: Kufur Dan [...]
2007-12-05 15:38:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWBG IS ASEC
07JERUSALEM2514GAZA: REDUCED FUEL IMPORTS RESULT IN GAS STATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli restrictions on fuel shipments to Gaza, imposed on October 27, remain in effect, according to the head of the Palestinian Petroleum Corporation (PPC) in Gaza. In reaction, Gaza gas station owners began a work stoppage on December 1, despite the continued importation of [...]
2007-12-07 12:37:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON ENRG KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM2517ABOUD VILLAGE: SEPARATION BARRIER, UNEMPLOYMENT,
[...] (C) Summary. Father Firas Aridah told ConGenOffs December 4 that the separation barrier near Aboud village is not yet complete, but when finished, the 130 foot-wide fence and ditch barrier will cut off the village from 36 percent of its agricultural land. Aridah said he has been the primary [...]
2007-12-07 13:24:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2524NEW HAR HOMA/JEBEL ABU GHNEIM TENDER RENDERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the GOI's December 2 publication of a new tender for 307 housing units at Har Homa/Jebel Abu Ghneim, Palestinians publicly and privately condemned the action and urged the USG to act quickly to reverse it. On December 5, PolOff visited the site to confirm its location [...]
2007-12-07 15:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2527SECRETARY ALBRIGHT MEETS WITH PALESTINIANS
[...] (C) Summary. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) told former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright December 6 that the Annapolis conference was a "big success" and that permanent status negotiations, which are scheduled to start December 12, and the December 16 Paris Donors' Conference wi [...]
2007-12-10 14:58:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2528LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: NSF 700 MAN BATTALION (3 OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, post requests clearance to send the following members of the National Security Forces (NSF) to USG-funded training in Jordan: First name, last name Mahmoud Jalal Mahmoud Khaleel POB: Nablus D [...]
2007-12-11 09:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM253CONSUL GENERAL PRAISES CANCER CARE AT EAST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE CONSUL GENERAL VISITED AUGUSTA VICTORIA HOSPITAL (AVH) IN EAST JERUSALEM JANUARY 31 TO COMMEMORATE THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MIDDLE EAST CANCER CONSORTIUM (MECC). AVH IS THE ONLY PALESTINIAN HEALTH CARE FACILITY THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH A RADIOTHERAPY MACHINE, AND MECC IS [...]
2007-02-07 16:31:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EAID EFIN PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2539FATAH LEADERS ADVOCATE CABINET SHUFFLE
[...] (C) Summary. In December 7 and 10 meetings with Polchief Fatah leaders Azzam al-Ahmed and Nabil Amre advocated replacing some members of PM Fayyad's cabinet with Fatah members. They said the current cabinet is weak and isolated, and the PA must draw on Fatah's popular strength. PolChief exp [...]
2007-12-12 12:57:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2540QADURA FARES SAYS MARWAN BARGHOUTI SUPPORTS PM
[...] Summary. Qadura Fares, a close ally of jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, told PolChief December 10 that PM Salam Fayyad should concentrate on governing and ignore those voices from Fatah who want to see a change in government. He said Barghouti supports PM Fayyad and his government, but [...]
2007-12-12 13:05:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2541PLO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER SALEH RAFAT ON
[...] (C) Summary. PLO Executive Committee (EC) member Saleh Rafat told PolChief December 10 that the GoI issuance of a tender for housing units at Har Homa/Jebel Abu Ghneim is an obstacle to permanent status negotiations and that some PLO-EC members had advised PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Maz [...]
2007-12-12 13:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2542MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES OLD CITY HOME
[...] (SBU) The Jerusalem Municipality demolished a Palestinian home in Jerusalem's Old City for lack of permits on December 11. About 100 police cordoned off the site and removed the family's belongings while contractors demolished the fully-built, 12x25 meter house off al-Wad Street in the Musl [...]
2007-12-12 14:36:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS IS PHUM
07JERUSALEM2554PASF DECEMBER 11 UPDATE TO LTG DAYTON ON NABLUS
[...] (S) Summary. Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF) commanders told USSC LTG Dayton December 11 that the security campaign in Nablus is a success, but sustained law and order in Nablus requires the IDF to relax its control over the city. They said PA courts refuse to detain individual [...]
2007-12-13 12:30:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2555AL-NUEMAN VILLAGE: CAUGHT BETWEEN JERUSALEM AND
[...] (C) Summary. Mayor of al-Nueman and village residents told Poloffs November 30 that they "feel trapped" in their own homes, noting that al-Nueman is within the 1967 Jerusalem municipal boundaries, but two-thirds of residents have West Bank IDs. Residents said they are surrounded by the sep [...]
2007-12-13 12:56:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2566E-1 UPDATE FROM MID-DECEMBER
[...] (C) Summary. PolOffs observed December 12 that construction work continues in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim, and external structures at the police station building are nearly completed. The road leading to the police station is entirely paved, although sidewalks, medians [...]
2007-12-14 12:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2584MUGHRABI GATE ISSUE RISKS RAISING TEMPERS
[...] (C) Summary. The Director of the Waqf and Jerusalem's Grand Mufti responding to Israeli press reports criticized the unilateral nature of the GoI decision to renew Mughrabi Gate excavations and said such action undermines Muslim and Palestinian confidence that Israel will cooperate with the P [...]
2007-12-18 10:21:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2589GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCH SAID TO BE OFFICIALLY
[...] (C) Summary. Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III received official Israeli recognition on December 16. Theophilos told PolOff December 18 that the Patriarchate will honor previous agreements with the GoI and treat the issue of properties sold to Israelis as a legal matter. He said forme [...]
2007-12-18 14:23:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2602TRANSITION UNDERWAY IN YESHA COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary: The settlers' Yesha Council is in transition following the late November election of candidates from outside the traditional settlement pioneer leaders. Settler pioneers Benzi Lieberman and Pinchas Wallerstein are finishing their terms in office, having been accused of "losing t [...]
2007-12-21 14:59:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2609DECEMBER SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff undertook a series of trips in December to assess West Bank settlement construction. At Tekoa, Beitar Illit, Modiin Illit, Elkana, and Har Adar, PolOff saw active construction on medium and large scale projects. PolOff saw no construction at Kedumim, Adam, and Shaare Tik [...]
2007-12-27 12:22:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM358USG-FUNDED PHARMACEUTICALS BLOCKED FROM ENTERING
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, the GOI has been more aggressive in efforts to stop the flow of Palestinian-produced pharmaceuticals to East Jerusalem pharmacies and hospitals, according to ConGen contacts. Israeli Ministry of Health inspectors have stepped up warnings and inspections of pha [...]
2007-02-21 14:49:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEAID PHUM ETRD ECON PGOV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM459WFP/FAO REPORTS ON PALESTINIAN FOOD SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The latest WFP/FAO food security report states that one-third of Palestinian households are highly dependent on food assistance, as financial hardship greatly reduced Palestinian access to food in 2006. Forty-six percent of Palestinians fell below the USD 2.20 per capita per [...]
2007-03-08 13:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EAID ECON EAGR KWBG
07JERUSALEM496EAST JERUSALEM PALESTINIANS PURSUE LIMITED HOUSING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Advocates of improved housing for Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem report that privately-financed development proposals have elicited some positive response from the Jerusalem Municipality. Israeli restrictions on movement and the near completion of the separation barr [...]
2007-03-14 14:54:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PHUM KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM509NEW LAGOON TO IMPROVE NORTH GAZA SEWAGE SYSTEM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Construction of the donor-financed Northern Gaza Wastewater Treatment Plant (NGWTP) began in February. The plant's new storage lagoon began receiving wastewater from the nearby Beit Lahiya sewage lake in early March in order to provide relief to the area's overflowing sewage [...]
2007-03-16 12:28:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PHUM EAID KBIO KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM574WAVE OF SEWAGE SUDDENLY ENGULFS GAZA VILLAGE
[...] (SBU) An earth embankment around a recently-built sewage pond near Beit Lahiya collapsed at 9:30 a.m. on March 27, spilling a large volume of sewage and sand onto the nearby Bedouin village of Um Nasser. The sewage pond was built by the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) in October 2006 in or [...]
2007-03-28 10:28:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PHUM EAID KBIO KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM590UPDATE ON GAZA'S POWER SUPPLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The reconstruction and development of the Gaza electricity supply continues, with 202 MW available for an estimated demand of 225 MW. The Gaza Power Plant's (GPP) reconstruction is scheduled to be complete by October, which will enable supply to exceed demand. The proposed [...]
2007-03-30 07:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PHUM KWBG IS EG
07JERUSALEM868WORLD BANK ESSP STILL STRUGGLING TO DELIVER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE WORLD BANK'S EMERGENCY SERVICES SUPPORT PROGRAM (ESSP) TEAM MET WITH DONOR COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 26 TO DISCUSS THE PROGRAM'S CURRENT STATUS, INCLUDING ITS IMPACT AND IMPLEMENTATION. WORLD BANK OFFICIALS SAID THAT PRESIDENT ABBAS HAS DESIGNATED PLO ECONOMIC AFFAIRS [...]
2007-05-11 12:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID KWBG ECON PHUM
07JERUSALEM890PA WORK STOPPAGES CONTINUE
[...] (SBU) THE UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (UPE) HAS CALLED FOR A WORK STOPPAGE TO TAKE PLACE MAY 16 AND 18, IN PROTEST OF THE LACK OF FULL SALARY PAYMENTS, ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS REPORTS. THE MA'AN NEWS AGENCY REPORTED MAY 11 THAT THE PALESTINIAN TEACHERS' UNION HAD CALLED FOR PA TEACHERS TO STR [...]
2007-05-15 13:49:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM EFIN PGOV KWBG
07JERUSALEM900GAZA ECONOMY AT A STANDSTILL AS VIOLENCE RAGES
[...] (SBU) HEAVY FIGHTING IN GAZA CITY HAS LED TO AN "UNDECLARED CURFEW" ON GAZA STREETS, ACCORDING TO MOHAMMED AL-KHOZENDAR, OWNER OF SEVERAL GAS STATIONS IN GAZA. WHILE KHOZENDAR HAS KEPT SOME OF HIS GAS STATIONS OPEN, HE SAID THERE ARE NO CUSTOMERS. USAID GAZA-BASED STAFF REPORTED THAT THE ST [...]
2007-05-16 14:25:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ENRG EFIN PHUM KWBG
07JERUSALEM928MAJOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES OPEN
[...] (SBU) The American Director of the American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) reported to Econoff that ANERA's Gaza office was damaged May 17 by an IAF missile strike on a Gaza City "Executive Force" headquarters (ref B),which took place an estimated 50 meters away. He said that none of ANERA's [...]
2007-05-18 14:24:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM ENRG ETRD EAID KWBG
07KABUL1020SIGNS OF DEMOCRACY GROWING IN PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) There are increasing signs that Afghan Parliamentarians are growing into their roles and warming up to more democratic processes. Such signs include more actively exercising their oversight responsibilities, devising political (vs. personality-based) platforms, and trying to impose a [...]
2007-03-28 05:38:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AF
07KABUL1023PRT/LASHKAR GAH - GOVERNOR: SECURITY LIMITS TRIBAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In meetings March 18 and 24, Governor Wafa reiterated that the security situation was the over-riding concern in Helmand Province. He was initially dismissive of the need for significant outreach to tribal leaders on governance and development, essentially saying that "having e [...]
2007-03-28 10:11:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1032HOW NOT TO LOSE THE NORTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Having been caught off guard by the Taliban's opportunistic efforts in the South, post stepped back to look at the situation in the North to assess how best to avoid destabilizing violence and power vacuums in the region. The current stability in northern Afghanistan can be credit [...]
2007-03-28 11:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM PINR SNAR AF
07KABUL1036PRT MEHTARLAM: SIX MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Laghman province is positioned to take advantage of new attention to governing capacity and increases in developmental funding after heightened anti-government activity in 2006. The security situation worsened somewhat in the second half of 2006 due to limited Coalition prese [...]
2007-03-29 09:57:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1074GOA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
[...] (C/REL GOA) At a meeting on detainee transfer issues on April 1, deputy polmilcouns and polmiloff informed Malik Quraishi (Director of Policy and Oversight),Mohammad Zia Salehi (Situation Room Director),and Abdullah Popal (Director of Internal Policy) in Afghanistan's Office of the National [...]
2007-04-03 11:04:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF
07KABUL115KARZAI DECIDES ON SENIOR POLICE REASSIGNMENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 11 President Karzai signed an order to replace 11 police chiefs who had been found unqualified by the Police Probation Board as well as other senior police chiefs who have not performed up to professional standards in their current assignments. The signature followe [...]
2007-01-12 10:14:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR PHUM PTER AF
07KABUL117LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: REPLACEMENT GENERAL ABDUL RAHMAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of ANP Brigadier General Abdul Rahman Sarjang. BG Sarjang has been proposed by the Ministry of Interior to fill the position of Chief of Police of Gardez Provin [...]
2007-01-13 09:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL118LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION: ABDUL GHAFAR
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 7. 2. (U) In reftel b, Department instructed that ANP Brigadier General Abdul Ghafar was not cleared for U.S. funded assistance due to ref a's reference to the likelihood of Ghafar a violator of human rights as well as ref' b's reference to his "conne [...]
2007-01-13 09:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1186WORLD WATCHING DEBATES ON THE AFGHAN MEDIA LAW
[...] (U) The Media Law is slated to go for parliamentary debate on April 11 amid rumors over which of five drafts - ranging from reasonably moderate to very restrictive of media content and oversight - will actually be presented and voted on. When it happens, the final debate and vote will attrac [...]
2007-04-10 13:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1190IRAN AND FORMER-SOVIET STATES VIE FOR INFLUENCE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Several sources within the GOA and media community have pointed out increasing efforts by Iran, Russia and former-Soviet Central Asian states to gain influence in the Afghan media. Minister of Information Abdul Karim Khoram has described Afghan culture as "under assault" from Ira [...]
2007-04-10 13:33:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM AF IR
07KABUL1191GOA RELATIONSHIP WITH AFGHAN MEDIA REACHES
[...] (U) Ongoing war in Afghanistan is taking its toll on media freedom. After initially witnessing dramatic improvements since the fall of the Taliban, Afghanistan's media has experienced a slow yet disturbing turn for the worse over the past year, including increased detention of journalists an [...]
2007-04-10 13:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KCUL AF IR
07KABUL120LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP MAJORS PART ONE OF FOUR
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 60 Afghan National Police officers with the rank of Major. This is the first cable in a series of four. Per ref, post requests Department to begin vetting these in [...]
2007-01-13 09:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL121LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP MAJORS PART THREE OF FOUR
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 60 Afghan National Police officers with the rank of Major. This is the third cable in a series of four. Per ref, post requests Department to begin vetting these in [...]
2007-01-13 09:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1213LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING OF PSD FOR
[...] (U) This is a time-sensitive action request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Background: In order to comply with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, this cable forwards (in para 5) the names and biodata of eight candidates for INL-funded training as members of a personal security detail (PS [...]
2007-04-11 12:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR PGOV PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1214LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANA PERSONNEL SELECTED TO
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, post is forwarding the names of four Afghan National Army (ANA) officers selected by Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) to participate in military education courses at the Near East Sout [...]
2007-04-11 13:20:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER PINR SNAR AF
07KABUL122LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP MAJORS PART FOUR OF FOUR
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 55 Afghan National Police officers with the rank of Major. This is the fourth cable in a series of four. Per ref, post requests Department to begin vetting these i [...]
2007-01-13 09:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1229Afghan Media Honor Partial Ban on Taliban Reporting
[...] (U) In response to the April 8, 2007, execution of an Afghan journalist by the Taliban, many Afghan media outlets are fully or partially boycotting Taliban-related news for one week. While most government media already limit their reporting on the Taliban, this development is especially notew [...]
2007-04-12 14:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL123LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP MAJORS PART TWO OF FOUR
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 60 Afghan National Police officers with the rank of Major. This is the second cable in a series of four. Per ref, post requests Department to begin vetting these i [...]
2007-01-13 09:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1232LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
[...] (U) This is a time sensitive action request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Background: In order to comply with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, this cable forwards (in para 5) the names and biodata of 21 candidates for INL-funded training as members of a personal security detail (PSD) for [...]
2007-04-13 09:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1245LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL FOR HERAT CHIEF
[...] (U) This is a time-sensitive action request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) In order to comply with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name of one additional candidate chosen as a replacement for the Herat Chief Prosecutor Maria Bashir's personal security detail (PSD) [...]
2007-04-14 13:18:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1246AMNESTY BILL ENTERS TWILIGHT ZONE
[...] (C) There is continuing uncertainty about the current status of the Afghanistan's new Amnesty Bill, which would give general amnesty to all political sides involved in conflict prior to the establishment of the interim administration (Reftel). Parliamentarians and their staffers note that t [...]
2007-04-14 13:18:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL1301LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Afghanistan National Civil Order
[...] This is an action request, see para 6. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two senior officers in the Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP). ANCOP is a newly formed force within the Afghan National Police (ANP) and post is [...]
2007-04-16 13:28:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1305PRT KUNDUZ: TALIBAN LAUNCHES SUCCESSFUL ATTACK IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Taliban have claimed responsibility for what may be the first successful suicide bombing in Afghanistan's northeastern provinces on April 16. A suicide bomber blew himself up among some 60 provincial police officers who were doing morning exercises in downtown Kunduz City at abou [...]
2007-04-16 14:45:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL1332OUTCRY OVER AG SABIT'S REACTION TO NEGATIVE MEDIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Angered by an April 17 news broadcast which he maintains took his comments out of context, Attorney General Sabit ordered the immediate summons of two Tolo TV news staff for questioning that evening. When Tolo TV legal advisor Mohammad Abdullah, general manager Siddiq Ahmadzada [...]
2007-04-18 15:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL1350TIP PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. --------------------------------------------- -------- GAPS IN AFGHANISTAN'S CAPAPCITY TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING --------------------------------------------- -------- 2. (U) In both 2006 and 2007, the State Department's Global Office on Trafficking [...]
2007-04-21 11:18:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1397UPDATE ON FALLOUT BETWEEN TOLO TV AND AG
[...] (U) In the week since the fallout between Tolo TV and Attorney General Sabit, multiple protests have been organized in support of both Tolo TV officials and the Attorney General. Reactions in the local press appear to be more balanced than those in the international media, and while the issu [...]
2007-04-25 04:39:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1411LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: REGIONAL COMMAND SOUTH POLICE
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 13 Afghan National Police officers who have been assigned to district commands in four southern provinces. Post has made a good faith effort to ensure that the ind [...]
2007-04-25 13:44:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1430LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA TRAINING COURSE
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of one police officer from Kabul International Airport CID unit to take DEA course INEMS #85. The course is designed for law enforcement officials at [...]
2007-04-26 13:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1478PRT JALALABAD: FALLOUT FROM MILITARY OPERATION IN NANGARHAR;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the night of April 28, coalition and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) conducted an operation against a suicide bomb cell in the vicinity of Bati Kot, about 20 miles southeast of Jalalabad. In the course of the operation, four insurgents as well as a woman and teenage gir [...]
2007-05-02 10:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL150KUDOS FOR JERRY BRENNIG, SANDRA INGRAM AND AMY SCHMISSEUR
[...] Post is grateful for the hard work and support from our colleagues in SCA/RA, SCA/A and DRL and their efforts on helping us with Leahy vetting for the Afghan National Security Forces. 2. We extend kudos and recognition to Jerry Brennig, Sandra Ingram, and Amy Schmisseur in DRL for helping po [...]
2007-01-17 06:18:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL151LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Pul-E-Charki Offciers
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) will complete the training of the prison guard detachment for the Afghan National Detention Facility at Pol-E-Charki by February 22, 2007. The detachment will consist of 91 officers and 258 guard [...]
2007-01-17 06:19:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1559EMBASSY SUPPORT FOR WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY
[...] (U) While freedom of the press is currently a highly sensitive issue in Afghanistan, World Press Freedom Day provided the opportunity for Embassy Kabul to go on the record supporting media freedoms in Afghanistan. The Ambassador released a press statement on the issue, and the DCM attended a [...]
2007-05-08 13:19:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL1574MESHRANO JIRGA "DRAFT RESOLUTION" ON RECONCILIATION
[...] (SBU) Meetings with a member of the Meshrano Jirga (Upper House of Parliament) and a senior Parliamentary staffer provided some clarity on the intent of the reconciliation resolution passed on May 8. According to these contacts, the intent of the resolution passed by the Meshrano Jirga was to [...]
2007-05-09 19:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PHUM PREL AF
07KABUL1578ISAF DETAINEES: CANADIANS CONCLUDE NEW AGREEMENT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: It is NATO policy that ISAF partner nations should transfer detainees to GoA custody within 96 hours, or release them. While NATO's policy originally did not identify a particular Afghan agency to receive the ISAF detainees, an ISAF HQ order (FRAGO) issued March 30 designated [...]
2007-05-10 14:20:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKWAC MARR NATO PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1594ILLEGAL AFGHANS DEPORTED FROM IRAN FACE DIFFICULT
[...] (SBU) Since April 21, Iranian authorities have deported approximately 52,000 Afghans living and working illegally in Iran. UNHCR estimates that there are as many as one million illegal Afghans in Iran in addition to the approximately 920,000 Afghan refugees registered there. IOM conducted an [...]
2007-05-13 12:35:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PGOV AF IR
07KABUL1598LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANA OFFICERS SELECTED FOR IMET
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of three Afghan National Army (ANA) officers who have been selected to participate in a Marshal Center sponsored seminar on counterterrorism. The semi [...]
2007-05-14 02:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1605AFGHAN PARLIAMENT FLEXES ITS MUSCULES: FM SPANTA
[...] (C) The Wolesi Jirga held a no-confidence vote against Foreign Minister Spanta and Refugee Minister Akbar on May 10, the day after the ministers' "unsatisfactory" appearance before Parliament to answer questions about the more than 50,000 Afghans deported by Iran in recent weeks (Ref A). Akba [...]
2007-05-14 11:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IR AF
07KABUL1685MINISTER OF HAJJ AND ENDOWMENT FRIENDLY TO
[...] On May 19, Ambassador paid a courtesy visit to Minister of Hajj and Endowment (sometimes referred to as Minister of Hajj and Islamic Affairs) Nehmatullah Shahrani. Minister Shahrani, who dictates and distributes themes for Friday sermons to those mosques and religious leaders officially regis [...]
2007-05-20 05:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL1694LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOI LOGISTICS CHIEF
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of one Afghan National Police officer designated to become the new chief of logistics at the Ministry of Interior. Post has reviewed the information a [...]
2007-05-20 13:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1744UPDATE ON AFGHAN REFUGEES, DEPORTEES, AND SQUATTERS
[...] Recent developments relating to three distinct segments of the wave of Afghan "returnees" - refugees from Pakistan, deported irregular migrants from Iran, and Kuchi squatters near Pol-i-Charki - have renewed focus on refugee/displaced persons issues. Over 200,000 refugees have returned from P [...]
2007-05-24 14:04:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL1747MP MALALAI JOYA VOTED OUT OF PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) On May 21, the Lower House plenary session voted almost unanimously to expel Farah Province MP Malalai Joya from Parliament permanently for making (during a CNN profile that was rebroadcast by Tolo TV and then shown on the floor of parliament) what were perceived as deeply offensive comm [...]
2007-05-24 14:54:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL1748MORE MODERATE THAN EXPECTED MEDIA LAW PASSES LOWER
[...] (SBU) On May 22 the Lower House of Parliament passed the Media Law. The text is less restrictive than the law currently in force, based on a presidential decree. It allows foreigners to invest in all forms of media. Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) will not be under direct Ministerial co [...]
2007-05-24 14:55:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL1756DETAINEES: GOA NOTIFIED OF ARB III
[...] (C/REL to Afghanistan) On May 27, deputy polmilcouns provided reftel A notification to Mohammad Zia Salehi, Situation Room Director, Office of the National Security Council (ONSC). Deputy polmilcouns reiterated Administrative Review Board (ARB) procedures, per reftel, and requested that the G [...]
2007-05-27 08:03:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PREL PTER AF
07KABUL1770LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANA IMET Candidates for
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of eight Afghan National Army (ANA) officers designated to attend aviation training at Fort Bliss, TX under the IMET program. Post has [...]
2007-05-29 04:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1779DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: NON-PAPER ON SECURITY
[...] (S) On May 25, the Ambassador delivered the ref C non-paper on security detention to President Karzai in a one-on-one meeting. Karzai undertook to review the matter. On May 26, Afghan Deputy National Security Advisor Engineer Ibrahim told A/DCM that President Karzai had held an internal meeti [...]
2007-05-29 09:30:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKAWC MARR NATO PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL178BOUCHER SEES COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY WORKING IN
[...] (U) During his January 10 visit to Panjshir Valley, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher heard an extensive analysis of the province from its Governor, Haji Bahlul. The Governor portrayed Panjshir as free of terrorist activity, official corruption and popp [...]
2007-01-20 05:38:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1814LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: REGIONAL COMMAND SOUTH DISTRICT
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 23 Afghan National Police (ANP) officers who have been assigned to district commands in four southern provinces. Post has made a good faith effort [...]
2007-06-01 11:09:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1815LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: REGIONAL COMMAND EAST DISTRICT
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 16 Afghan National Police (ANP) officers who have been assigned to district commands for eastern provinces. Post has made a good faith effort to en [...]
2007-06-01 13:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1817LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANA IMET Candidates for Training at
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of ten Afghan National Army (ANA) officers and interpreters designated to attend training at the U.S. Army Recruiting School at Fort Jack [...]
2007-06-02 07:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1859LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOI IMET Candidates for NIU Training
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan Ministry of Interior (MOI) officers to be trained for the Narcotics Investigative Unit, Counter-Narcotics Police of Afghanis [...]
2007-06-04 13:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1867NY TIMES BESTSELLER PROMPTS THREATS FOR KABUL BEAUTY SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 07:00:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PHUM PK PREF PREL PTER
07KABUL1877LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: REGIONAL COMMAND EAST DISTRICT
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 8 Afghan National Police (ANP) officers who have been assigned to district commands for eastern provinces. Post has made a good faith effort to ens [...]
2007-06-06 13:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1893LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Pilot Training and Marshall Center
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of an Afghan National Army (ANA) cadet and a Ministry of Interior (MOI) general officer. The cadet will receive English language and pil [...]
2007-06-07 12:29:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1903MINISTER OF WOMEN'S AFFAIRS OUTLINES CURRENT PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) During a June 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Women's Affairs Hussn Ghazanfar highlighted her main priorities as fostering women's and girl's education, bolstering Afghanistan's fledgling women's handicrafts industry, and establishing mental health centers for women. She anno [...]
2007-06-10 04:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL192LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP GENERAL OFFICER
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of a brigadier general in the Afghan National Police who has been selected for appointment as chief of police in a high-priority district. Post has re [...]
2007-01-21 08:04:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1970GUNMEN SHOOT SCHOOLGIRLS IN LOGAR
[...] (SBU) Two schoolgirls were killed and five wounded on June 12 when two assailants fired at students leaving a school in Logar Province south of Kabul. Police report they have made three arrests, including one of the shooters. Afghan authorities believe that the gunmen were Taliban members; ho [...]
2007-06-19 02:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EAID PREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL1972LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Candidates for CTES seminar in
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two MOD officers nominated to attend the Counter Terrorism Executive Session seminar in Washington, DC from August 7-22, 2007. Post h [...]
2007-06-19 11:05:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL200LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: AFGHAN NARCOTICS INTERDICTION
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 7 individuals selected for DEA's Special Investigative Unit (SIU). Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and has found [...]
2007-01-22 06:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2007LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PPS Candidates for IED Awareness
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifteen Presidential Protection Service (PPS) officers nominated to attend the improvised explosive devices (IED) recognition and awar [...]
2007-06-23 06:28:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2028LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP Officers for Drug Interdiction
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 60 Afghan National Police (ANP) sergeants to be trained in drug interdiction at the Narcotics Interdiction Unit facility in Kabul in e [...]
2007-06-25 10:55:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2032DETAINEES: GOA NOTIFIED OF THIRD GROUP OF
[...] (C/REL to Afghanistan) On June 25, polmiloff provided reftel A notification to Malik Quraishi, Director, Policy and Oversight, Office of the National Security Council (ONSC),who will relay it to Mohammad Zia Salehi, Situation Room Director. Salehi, our primary ONSC contact on detainee issues, [...]
2007-06-26 05:03:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PREL PTER AF
07KABUL206LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING OF POLICE AND
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata 32 Afghan National Police officers and 13 prosecutors from Balkh province. These individuals are selected for a January 27 regional police-prosecutor training program. [...]
2007-01-22 08:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2068PRT BAMYAN: AMBASSADOR ASSESSES DEVELOPMENT AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his introductory visit to Bamyan Province, Ambassador Wood and Governor Habiba Sarabi discussed development priorities and security risks in what has generally been Afghanistan's most secure province. The Ambassador also met the Provincial Council, a women's shura, and [...]
2007-06-27 11:54:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR PHUM PTER EAID AF
07KABUL207LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING OF POLICE AND
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata 28 Afghan National Police officers and 20 prosecutors from Herat province. These individuals are selected for a January 27 regional police-prosecutor training program. [...]
2007-01-22 08:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL208LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING OF POLICE AND
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata 32 Afghan National Police officers and 20 prosecutors from Nangarhar province. These individuals are selected for a January 27 regional police-prosecutor training prog [...]
2007-01-22 08:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2081LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER ONE
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier One of ANP Rank Reform. When t [...]
2007-06-29 03:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2082LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO,
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of ANP Rank Reform. This i [...]
2007-06-29 03:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2083LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO,
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of ANP Rank Reform. This i [...]
2007-06-29 03:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2084LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO,
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 41 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier 2 of ANP Rank Reform. This is [...]
2007-06-29 03:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2085LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP DOB REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO,
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 25 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of ANP Rank Reform. This i [...]
2007-06-29 03:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2107LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO,
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 19 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of [...]
2007-07-03 02:25:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2108LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO,
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of [...]
2007-07-03 02:25:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2109LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO,
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 16 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of [...]
2007-07-03 02:25:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2130PRT LASHKAR GAH: AIR STRIKE IMPACTS PROGRESS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Taliban hijacked what should have been a successful week in Helmand Province and forced President Karzai's hand in making a statement critical of ISAF. The week of June 18 started promisingly in Helmand's Nahri Sarraj district with a school construction groundbreaking ceremo [...]
2007-07-05 08:08:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2139LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III (TIER
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III (Tier Two) o [...]
2007-07-07 04:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2149PRT CHAGHCHARAN: SEMI-ANNUAL GHOR REVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghor enjoys a stable security situation overall; most current issues stem from local land and tribal disputes. Pasaband and Taywara Districts remain vulnerable to Taliban elements based in Helmand, evidenced by several incursions this spring. A shortage of ANA and ANP contrib [...]
2007-07-09 06:05:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL215LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: AFGHAN NARCOTICS PERSONNEL SELECTED
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 42 individuals selected for DEA'S Special Investigative Unit. Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and and has found n [...]
2007-01-22 11:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2166LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO,
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 49 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of [...]
2007-07-11 02:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2167LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO,
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of [...]
2007-07-11 02:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2168LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PHASE III TIER TWO,
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 39 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for Ministry of Interior Headquarters positions as part of the Phase III Tier Two of [...]
2007-07-11 02:24:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2191PRT BAMYAN: POTENTIAL SECURITY THREATS IN BAMYAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 21 meeting, Chief of the National Directorate for Security's Bamyan office MG Wasiq described the overall security situation in Bamyan as positive but also spoke of recent intelligence indicating a Taliban plot to attack targets in Bamyan. Wasiq said that while Bamyan [...]
2007-07-11 15:26:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMCAP PGOV MOPS PREL PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2244PRT GHAZNI: SECURITY, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghazni province is split between the "have's" (Hazara districts in the north/west) and the "have-not's" (Pashtun districts in the south/east). In April 2007 a serious insurgent threat in the Pashtun districts brought reconstruction to a standstill in both areas, heightening anx [...]
2007-07-12 13:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2246FOLLOW-UP ON ATTACKS AND THREATS TO AFGHAN FEMALE
[...] (C) Following the murders of two prominent female journalists (Zakia Zaki and Shakiba Sanga Amaj),Embassy officers met with both women's families to get further details on what happened. One case appears to have resulted from a family dispute. The family of the other victim report they hav [...]
2007-07-12 13:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2253LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Marshall Center Senior Executive
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of four Afghan national security officials to attend the Senior Executive Seminar at the Marshall Center, August 22-29. Post has no dero [...]
2007-07-14 06:40:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2280LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MI-17 Crew Training at Fort Bliss
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of eight Afghan national security officials to receive training on the MI-17 rotor-wing aircraft at Ft. Bliss, TX from August 25 to Decem [...]
2007-07-16 14:38:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2338LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Marshall Center Workshop and Seminar
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of five Afghan national security officials who will participate in career development training at the Marshall Center. Mohammad Ismael Y [...]
2007-07-20 11:06:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL236PRT LASHKAR GAH: HELMAND GOVERNOR UNVEILS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Helmand Governor Wafa has commenced his outreach to tribal leaders through a series of meetings with district shuras. In each meeting, Wafa has presented his "protocols," which are conditions the shura must accept before the Governor will give his approval and support. The c [...]
2007-01-24 07:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2367LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Second MI-17 Crew Training at Fort
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of ten Afghan National Police officers to receive training on the MI-17 rotor-wing aircraft at Ft. Bliss, TX from August 27 to December 1 [...]
2007-07-24 04:31:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2370IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
[...] (C/REL to Afghanistan) On July 18 polmiloff notified Mohammad Zia Salehi, Situation Room Director in the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) that the three Afghan detainees listed in reftel A will be scheduled for Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO [...]
2007-07-24 11:20:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF
07KABUL2380LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Candidates for Advanced Security
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two Afghan National Army (ANA) officers to participate in the Program for Advanced Security Studies at the George C. Marshall Center i [...]
2007-07-26 04:04:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2381LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOI IMET Candidates for NIU Training
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 20 Afghan Ministry of Interior (MOI) officers to be trained for the Narcotics Investigative Unit, Counter-Narcotics Police of Afghanis [...]
2007-07-26 04:05:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2382LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Language and Military Training for
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two Afghan National Army (ANA) officers. Major Sakhi Mohammad Bariz will receive language training at Lackland AFB and Ranger trainin [...]
2007-07-26 04:06:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2383LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Marshall Center Afghanistan-Pakistan
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of four Afghan national security officials who will participate in an Afghanistan-Pakistan confidence-building workshop at the Marshall C [...]
2007-07-26 04:06:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2470AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY, COUNTERNARCOTICS
[...] (C) During Ambassador's July 8 meetings in Kabul with members of Parliament from Nangarhar Province and his July 9 visit to Jalalabad, the MPs, Governor Sherzai, and provincial leaders highlighted security concerns, Pashtun community sentiments towards the IROA, and drugs. They expressed sup [...]
2007-07-31 14:52:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PTER PHUM PGOV AF
07KABUL2496LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOI IMET Candidates for NIU Training
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 11 Afghan Ministry of Interior (MOI) officers to be trained for the Narcotics Investigative Unit, Counter-Narcotics Police of Afghanis [...]
2007-08-02 10:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2507PRT NURISTAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Security remains a concern in Nuristan, especially in the districts bordering Pakistan. Political activity continues to center on Governor Tamim who travelled to remote districts to firm up support and allegiance to the provincial and national governments. Construction on the more than 4 [...]
2007-08-03 07:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ECON SNAR MARR SOCI PHUM AF
07KABUL2510PRT BAMYAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Unlike some neighboring provinces, Bamyan Province has enjoyed a calm security and political situation during the last six months. There is increased concern over threats from outside, due drug and weapons trade believed to be transiting the province. Bamyan remains one of Afgha [...]
2007-08-03 07:48:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER PREL EAID ECON SOCI AF
07KABUL2571IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
[...] (C/REL to Afghanistan) On August 4 polmiloff notified Malik Quraishi, Director of Policy and Oversight in the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) that the four Afghan detainees listed in reftel A will be scheduled for Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings at Guantanamo Bay ( [...]
2007-08-06 07:01:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF
07KABUL261UNAMA OPENS PROVINCIAL OFFICE IN KHOST
[...] (U) UNSRSG for Afghanistan Tom Koenigs opened the UNAMA Khost Office, one of nine new UNAMA provincial offices, on January 21. In his remarks, Koenigs highlighted the provincial center's importance to the region, noting its university (being developed),economic activity, and strategic locat [...]
2007-01-25 12:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID AF
07KABUL2610LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Candidates for Presidential
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 64 candidates for the Presidential Protection Service (PPS) to receiving training at Camp Watan, a DS/ATA facility in Kabul, Afghanist [...]
2007-08-07 10:07:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2611LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Candidates for Advanced Security
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two Afghan National Security Council (NSC) officials to participate in the Program for Advanced Security Studies at the George C. Ma [...]
2007-08-07 10:22:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2618LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Training for Inspectors General
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two Afghan national security officials who will receive training as Inspectors General at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany, [...]
2007-08-08 06:07:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2644LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Participants at the GICNT
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two Afghan government officials to participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Information Portal Works [...]
2007-08-09 10:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL281PRT LASHKAR GAH: SUICIDE BOMBING AT ALTERNATIVE
[...] (U) At approximately 11:50 a.m. on January 26, a suicide body-borne improvised explosive device detonated outside of USAID's Alternative Livelihoods Program (ALP/S) compound in the center of Lashkar Gah. According to Global Security, who handle security for ALP/S, the bomber approached the en [...]
2007-01-27 12:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2896LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Candidates for Near East-South Asia
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of four Afghan Ministry of Defense officials scheduled to attend two Near East-South Asia (NESA) Center Seminars in Washington, DC. Th [...]
2007-08-30 12:17:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2919INSURGENCY AND ETHNIC TENSIONS FLARE UP IN WARDAK
[...] (C) Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) have not been able to reverse a spike in insurgent attacks on provincial government and foreign contractors in Wardak province, 20 miles from Kabul, since late May. The MOD reports that as many as 750 armed "enemy" combatants are operating in the pro [...]
2007-09-04 05:23:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MARR AF
07KABUL293LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: AFGHAN NARCOTICS PERSONNEL SELECTED
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 67 individuals selected for DEA'S Special Investigative Unit. Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and and has found n [...]
2007-01-28 11:24:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2975LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM ANCOP POSITIONS,
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 50 Afghan National Police field grade officers selected for positions in the Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP). These names [...]
2007-09-06 07:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2976LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF ANCOP POSITIONS
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP). [...]
2007-09-06 07:51:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2977LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF ANCOP POSITIONS
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP). [...]
2007-09-06 07:51:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2990LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PLANNING AND
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Planning and Coordination Directorate: the [...]
2007-09-07 04:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2991LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM PLANNING AND
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Planning and Coordination Directorate: the [...]
2007-09-07 04:31:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3000LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM COUNTER-NARCOTICS
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Counter-Narcotics Unit. When there are ind [...]
2007-09-10 02:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3001LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM COMMUNICATIONS
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of forty (40) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Communications Department. When there are [...]
2007-09-10 02:34:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3002LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM COUNTER-NARCOTICS
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-one (21) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Counter-Narcotics Unit. When there ar [...]
2007-09-10 02:34:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3003LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM COUNTER-NARCOTICS
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Counter-Narcotics Unit. When there are ind [...]
2007-09-10 02:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3016LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF CENTRAL COMMAND
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Central Command Center. When there are ind [...]
2007-09-11 02:29:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3017LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF CENTRAL COMMAND
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Central Command Center. When there are ind [...]
2007-09-11 02:29:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3018LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF CENTRAL COMMAND
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-four (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Central Command Center. When there a [...]
2007-09-11 02:29:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3019LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF CENTRAL COMMAND
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-four (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Central Command Center. When there a [...]
2007-09-11 02:29:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3020LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF CENTRAL COMMAND
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-four (24) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Central Command Center. When there a [...]
2007-09-11 02:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3021LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF CENTRAL COMMAND
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Central Command Center. When there are ind [...]
2007-09-11 02:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3022LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF REGIONAL COMMAND
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Kabul Command Center. When there are indiv [...]
2007-09-11 02:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3023LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF REGIONAL COMMAND
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-five (25) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Kabul Command Center. When there are [...]
2007-09-11 02:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3066UNHCR FEARS NEW WAVE OF AFGHAN DEPORTATIONS FROM
[...] (C) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office here fears Iran is about to announce a "No Go" policy for Sistan Va Baluchestan province that would force resident Afghans to either relocate to remote refugee camps or repatriate, triggering a humanitarian crisis on both side [...]
2007-09-12 15:38:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM AF IR
07KABUL3067UNHCR FEARS NEW WAVE OF AFGHAN DEPORTATIONS FROM
[...] (C) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office here fears Iran is about to announce a "No Go" policy for Sistan Va Baluchestan province that would force resident Afghans to either relocate to remote refugee camps or repatriate, triggering a humanitarian crisis on both side [...]
2007-09-12 15:44:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM AF IR
07KABUL3068UNHCR FEARS NEW WAVE OF AFGHAN DEPORTATIONS FROM
[...] (C) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office here fears Iran is about to announce a "No Go" policy for Sistan Va Baluchestan province that would force resident Afghans to either relocate to remote refugee camps or repatriate, triggering a humanitarian crisis on both side [...]
2007-09-13 02:32:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM AF IR
07KABUL3069UNHCR FEARS NEW WAVE OF AFGHAN DEPORTATIONS FROM
[...] (C) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office here fears Iran is about to announce a "No Go" policy for Sistan Va Baluchestan province that would force resident Afghans to either relocate to remote refugee camps or repatriate, triggering a humanitarian crisis on both side [...]
2007-09-13 02:33:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM AF IR
07KABUL3070UNHCR FEARS NEW WAVE OF AFGHAN DEPORTATIONS FROM
[...] (C) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office here fears Iran is about to announce a "No Go" policy for Sistan Va Baluchestan province that would force resident Afghans to either relocate to remote refugee camps or repatriate, triggering a humanitarian crisis on both side [...]
2007-09-13 02:33:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM AF IR
07KABUL3076LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS IN
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-three (23) Afghan National Police officers from Herat province. These individuals are selected for a regional Justice Sector Support Program (JSSP),which be [...]
2007-09-13 12:48:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3077LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING OF PROSECUTORS IN HERAT
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty (20) prosecutors from Herat province. These individuals are selected for a regional Justice Sector Support Program (JSSP),which begins on October 15. When [...]
2007-09-13 12:48:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3078LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS IN
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty (20) Afghan National police officers from Balkh province. These individuals are selected for a regional Justice Sector Support Program (JSSP),which begins o [...]
2007-09-13 12:48:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3079LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING OF PROSECUTORS IN BALKH
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twelve (12) prosecutors from Balkh province. These individuals are selected for a regional Justice Sector Support Program (JSSP),which begins on October 15. When [...]
2007-09-13 12:48:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3080LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS IN
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-one (21) Afghan National police officers from Balkh province. These individuals are selected for a regional Justice Sector Support Program (JSSP),which begi [...]
2007-09-13 12:48:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3081LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING OF PROSECUTORS IN
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifteen (15) prosecutors from Balkh province. These individuals are selected for a regional Justice Sector Support Program (JSSP),which begins on October 15. When [...]
2007-09-13 12:48:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3136LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF REGIONAL
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Regional Command-West. When there are indi [...]
2007-09-19 02:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3137LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF REGIONAL
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Regional Command-West. When there are indi [...]
2007-09-19 02:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3138LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF REGIONAL
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of forty-one (41) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Regional Command-West. When there are [...]
2007-09-19 02:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3191IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
[...] (C/REL to IRoA) On September 18 PolMilOff notified Zia Salehi, Situation Room Director in the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC),that the seven Afghan detainees listed in ref A will be scheduled for Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) in approxim [...]
2007-09-20 14:17:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF
07KABUL3208AFGHANISTAN SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Post had delivered request for Afghan support for the U.S. candidate to the Committee Against Torture on August 12 and followed up on September 19. 2. (C) G. Seddiq Rasuli, Deputy Director of the United Nations and International Conferences Department of the MFA told Poloff on Septembe [...]
2007-09-22 12:31:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL3209AFGHAN SUPPORT ON U.S. UNGA PRIORITIES
[...] (1. (U) Per Reftel, on September 20, Post delivered the U.S. priorities for the 62nd UN General Assembly debate to the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (U) Deputy Director of the UN and International Conferences department G. Seddiq Rasuli told Poloff that he understood how important [...]
2007-09-22 12:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA AF
07KABUL3210KABUL'S PLANS TO USE 2007 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Embassy Kabul confirms that the 2007 International Religious Freedom (IRF) Report has been posted on Post,s website in English. Copies of the report are being circulated to key contacts in the Afghan government, to other international actors, and to religious contacts. 2. [...]
2007-09-22 12:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO AF
07KABUL3237LOWER HOUSE QUESTIONS MANDATE AND LEADERSHIP OF
[...] (C) Summary: The Lower House of Parliament's September 1 discussion of the Structure of Government Law included heated debates over the mandate and leadership of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC). Following scathing criticism of the AIHRC, the Lower House voted to [...]
2007-09-25 08:01:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL3267Security in Nuristan -- The Enemy Within?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nuristan Province has seen an increase in security incidents since the establishment of a Coalition presence last fall. The situation became particularly acute this summer, with 21 separate attacks on Coalition or Afghan targets. While the frequency has declined since July, t [...]
2007-09-27 11:34:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER EAID ECON PHUM AF
07KABUL3278LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF REGIONAL COMMAND
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Eastern Regional Command Center. When ther [...]
2007-09-29 12:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3279LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF REGIONAL COMMAND
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Eastern Regional Command Center. When ther [...]
2007-09-29 12:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3280LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF REGIONAL COMMAND
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty-seven (57) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Southern Regional Command Center. Wh [...]
2007-09-29 12:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3281LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF REGIONAL COMMAND
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-four (24) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Eastern Regional Command Center. Whe [...]
2007-09-29 12:17:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3282LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF REGIONAL COMMAND
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of one hundred (100) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Northern Regional Command Center. W [...]
2007-09-29 12:20:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3283LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF REGIONAL COMMAND
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-seven (27) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Northern Regional Command Center. W [...]
2007-09-29 12:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3284LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF REGIONAL COMMAND
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of one hundred (100) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Northern Regional Command Center. W [...]
2007-09-29 12:22:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3285LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF AFGHAN BORDER
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Afghan Border Police. When there are indiv [...]
2007-09-29 12:24:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3286LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF AFGHAN BORDER
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Afghan Border Police. When there are indiv [...]
2007-09-29 12:25:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3287LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF AFGHAN BORDER
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Afghan Border Police. When there are indiv [...]
2007-09-29 12:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3288LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF AFGHAN BORDER
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty-one (51) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Afghan Border Police. When there are i [...]
2007-09-29 12:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3289LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF AFGHAN BORDER
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Afghan Border Police. When there are indiv [...]
2007-09-29 12:28:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3290LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF MINISTRY OF
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Ministry of Interior. When there are indiv [...]
2007-09-29 12:31:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3291LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF MINISTRY OF
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Ministry of Interior. When there are indiv [...]
2007-09-29 12:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3292LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF MINISTRY OF
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Ministry of Interior. When there are indiv [...]
2007-09-29 12:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3293LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF MINISTRY OF
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Ministry of Interior. When there are indiv [...]
2007-09-29 12:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3294LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF MINISTRY OF
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Ministry of Interior. When there are indiv [...]
2007-09-29 12:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3295LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF MINISTRY OF
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Ministry of Interior. When there are indiv [...]
2007-09-29 12:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3296LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF MINISTRY OF
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Ministry of Interior. When there are indiv [...]
2007-09-29 12:38:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3297LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF MINISTRY OF
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Ministry of Interior. When there are indiv [...]
2007-09-29 12:38:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3298LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF MINISTRY OF
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty-six (56) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Ministry of Interior. When there are i [...]
2007-09-29 12:39:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3299LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF MINISTRY OF
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Ministry of Interior. When there are indiv [...]
2007-09-29 12:40:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3300LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF MINISTRY OF
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of one hundred (100) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Ministry of Interior. When there ar [...]
2007-09-29 13:57:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3301LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF MINISTRY OF
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of eighty-four (84) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Ministry of Interior. When there are [...]
2007-09-29 13:58:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3302LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF MINISTRY OF
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of one hundred (100) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Ministry of Interior. When there ar [...]
2007-09-29 13:59:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL336BAGHLAN GETS NEW GOVERNOR
[...] (U) Dr Mohammed Alam Ishaqzai, who until recently served as Nangarhar Deputy Governor and Director of Finance, has been selected as the new Governor for Baghlan Province. Governor Gul Agha Sherzai of Nangarhar confirmed Ishaqzai's appointment to PRT officials at a meeting at Jalalabad Airfie [...]
2007-02-04 03:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL3396LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Two Afghan Development Experts in
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two Afghan development experts to take an advanced executive course at the Asia Pacific Center for Strategic Studies in Hawaii from [...]
2007-10-04 10:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3397LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Two Afghan ONSC Officials to Attend
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two Afghan Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) officials to participate in the Program for Terrorism and Strategic Studie [...]
2007-10-04 10:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3399LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Two Afghan Development Experts in
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two Afghan development experts to take an advanced executive course at the Asia Pacific Center for Strategic Studies in Hawaii from [...]
2007-10-04 10:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3400LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Two Afghan ONSC Officials to Attend
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two Afghan Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) officials to participate in the Program for Terrorism and Strategic Studie [...]
2007-10-04 10:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3405LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP: Narcotics Interdiction Unit
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of thirty Afghan National Police Third Sergeants selected for positions in the elite Narcotics Interdiction Unit (NIU). When there are [...]
2007-10-06 03:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3458OCTOBER 7 EXECUTIONS; ALLIES DISMAYED, POPULACE
[...] (SBU) The Afghan government executed 15 convicted criminals on the grounds of the Ministry of Justice-run Pol-I-Charki prison outside Kabul October 7. All had received their death sentences for a variety of serious non-political crimes, including murder; all were multiple offenders. None of [...]
2007-10-10 08:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL3477LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: CHIEF OF POLICE URUZGAN PROVINCE
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the biodata for Juma Gul, recently appointed Chief of Police for Uruzgan province. The United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) has vetted Juma Gu [...]
2007-10-11 12:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3479LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: JAMAL MIR JAMAL
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the biodata of Jamal Mir Jamal, candidate to be Criminal Investigation Director for District 15 of Kabul. 3. IMPORTANT NOTE: The international community re [...]
2007-10-11 13:59:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3480IRANIAN FORCED REPATRIATIONS ANGER PARLIAMENT
[...] (U) During the October 8 session of Parliament's Lower House, incensed MPs once again accused the Iranian government of systematically mistreating Afghan refugees and unregistered migrants (REF A). Media reports that 16 Afghan minors had recently been condemned to death by an Iranian court tr [...]
2007-10-11 14:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM AF PREF
07KABUL3495MORE INFORMATION NEEDED FOR NOTIFICATION OF
[...] (C) At a meeting on detainee transfer issues on October 7, PolMilOffs informed Mohammad Zia Salehi (Situation Room Director) in Afghanistan's Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) that the two Afghan detainees listed in reftel will be scheduled for Administrative Review Board (ARB) pr [...]
2007-10-14 10:43:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF
07KABUL3520EVENTS IN PARLIAMENT SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 11
[...] (U) Parliament continued to debate and, in some cases, amend the 100-plus remaining Presidential decrees enacted before its establishment. Speaker Qanooni's ongoing dispute with President Karzai over constitutional authority found expression in parliament's attempt to override Karzai vetoes o [...]
2007-10-17 14:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL3595LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Eleven Afghan Nationals Selected
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of eleven Afghan Nationals selected for language training and eventual placement into the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF [...]
2007-10-23 11:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3596LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: National Security Council Advisor
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name of one Afghan National selected for the position of National Security Council Advisor. Post possesses no derogatory information on this individual. [...]
2007-10-23 11:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3598LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Afghan National Military School
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of four Afghan Nationals selected for military school training in Preventative Medicine and Intelligence. Post possesses no derogatory [...]
2007-10-23 11:02:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3599LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Candidate for Non-Commissioned
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name of one Afghan National selected for Non-Commissioned Officer Training. Post possesses no derogatory information on this individual. Post requests [...]
2007-10-23 11:02:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3602WORKING TO ACCOMODATE RELIGIOUS MINORITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Hindu and Sikh leaders recently contacted Human Rights Officer to register a complaint that local Afghan residents had restricted ritual cremation rites. The Afghan Ministry of Hajj and Islamic affairs assured us that it will work with this small religious minority to balance [...]
2007-10-23 12:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKPOL KIRF PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL3632EMBASSY KABUL'S NOMINATIONS FOR 2008 SECRETARY'S
[...] (SBU) Per Reftel, Kabul is pleased to submit its list of nominees for the Secretary's 2008 Award for International Women of courage, keyed to the priorities in the reference. Per instructions, Embassy Kabul is submitting three (3) nominees. All nominees have been informed of the Ambassador's [...]
2007-10-25 10:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AF
07KABUL368PRT LASHKAR GAH: MUSA QALA ELDERS DEFY THE TALIBAN
[...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: The death of a local Taliban commander,s brother in an air strike in Helmand province was the catalyst for a series of events that shattered the relative quiet of Musa Qala district, culminating in the Taliban,s seizure of the district center on February 1. In retaliation [...]
2007-02-05 13:35:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV MOPS MCAPARR MARR PHUM AF
07KABUL3683AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FEMALE MPS TO SIGNAL
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with seven female members of parliament on October 18. The MPs, mostly Pashtuns from southern provinces, were generally not aligned politically. They said that they lacked computers, offices, and security support. But, their provincial connections are better than tho [...]
2007-10-28 12:25:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL369DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA REPRESENTATIVES
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Afghan interagency national security, military, and legal experts have not arrived at a final position on how the GOA will deal with "security detainees" -- i.e., those individuals that the GOA is unlikely or unable to prosecute in the Afghan national security or criminal just [...]
2007-02-05 15:18:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKAWC MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL370PRT BAMYAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Bamyan continues to enjoy relative peace and security. Development assistance from the U.S. Government is on the rise, almost entirely due to the twelve fold increase in CERP assistance for 2007. On the political front, Governor Sarabi has taken steps to counter criticism from her poli [...]
2007-02-06 06:49:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID ECON PHUM AF
07KABUL3728LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Candidate for the Senior Policy
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name of one Afghan National selected to attend the Senior Policy Exchange in Washington, DC on November 26-28. Post possesses no derogatory information [...]
2007-11-01 08:25:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3729LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Kabul Military Training Center
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of four Afghan Nationals selected for training at the Kabul Military Training Center. Post possesses no derogatory information on thes [...]
2007-11-01 10:05:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3741LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PARTICIPANT IN THE ADVANCED
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name of one Afghan National selected for Advance Security Studies at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany. Post possesses no derogatory information [...]
2007-11-03 10:22:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3774UNITED FRONT SETS ITS SIGHTS ON PRESIDENCY AND
[...] (C) Summary: Looking ahead to the 2009 presidential and 2010 parliamentary elections, the newly-formed United Front is working to market itself as a mainstream pan-Afghan opposition party offering positive alternatives to what it characterizes as Karzai's failed leadership and policies. The U [...]
2007-11-08 01:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AF
07KABUL3805LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Students for Training at the
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of four Afghan Nationals selected for training at the Defense Language Institute. Post possesses no derogatory information on these in [...]
2007-11-11 10:53:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3856NEW AFGHAN MINISTER OF REFUGEES AND REPATRIATION
[...] (SBU) On November 17, the Afghan Parliament confirmed Sheer Mohammmad Etebari as the new Minister of Refugees and Repatriation, replacing the ineffectual Akbar Akbar. UNHCR and the Kabul Refugee Section both see Etebari as a less than perfect but acceptable alternative to Akbar and have worked [...]
2007-11-17 12:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL3859LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL Training of Prosecutors in
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 18 prosecutors selected to participate in the regional Justice Support Sector Program offered by the Bureau of International Narcoti [...]
2007-11-18 11:22:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3876 Overall Success and Room for Improvement in Refugee
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Kunduz, Baghlan, and Takhar provinces from November 11-14, the Refugee Section found most FY06 projects well-done and FY07 projects underway. The programs are vital to refugee reintegration and fill a critical need. In some cases, they represent the only visi [...]
2007-11-21 01:08:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL3896LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Afghan National Military School
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of six Afghan Nationals selected for military school training as indicated. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individu [...]
2007-11-24 10:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3898LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Students for Training at the
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of ten Afghan Nationals selected for training at the Defense Language Institute. Post possesses no derogatory information on these ind [...]
2007-11-24 10:44:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3946LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Three Afghan Officials to Attend
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of three Afghan officials, with positions noted, to participate in the Program for Terrorism and Security Studies at the George C. Mars [...]
2007-11-28 10:53:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3960IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 20:53:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF
07KABUL3965LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING OF PROSECUTORS IN BALKH
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 32 prosecutors from Kunduz, Baghlan, and Takhar provinces. These individuals have been selected for a regional Justice Sector Support Program (JSSP). When there a [...]
2007-12-01 19:52:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3966LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL TRAINING OF PROSECUTORS IN BALKH
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 38 police officers from Kunduz, Baghlan, and Takhar provinces. These individuals have been selected for a regional Justice Sector Support Program (JSSP). When ther [...]
2007-12-01 19:52:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3978(CORRECTED COPY) LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Near-East South Asia
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of four Afghan Nationals selected for training at the Near-East South Asia Seminar. Post possesses no derogatory information on these [...]
2007-12-03 06:54:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3986LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Near-East South Asia Center
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two Afghan Nationals selected for training at the Near-East South Asia Seminar. Post possesses no derogatory information on these i [...]
2007-12-04 04:39:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL4006 2007 AFGHAN REFUGEE RETURNS AND LIKELY 2008 REPATRIATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Iran's deportations of undocumented Afghans in the spring of 2007 and Pakistan's push to repatriate its Afghan population by the end of 2009 have resulted in increased returns that put a squeeze on the fragile support system in place in Afghanistan. So far this year, UNHCR has [...]
2007-12-07 04:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL4018LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Presidential Protective Service
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of ten (10) Afghan Nationals selected to participate in the Presidential Protective Service Intel Familiarization Course offered by the [...]
2007-12-09 08:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL4020AFGHANISTAN SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE
[...] (U) On December 07, Post delivered reftel points and materials to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan regarding the candidacy of Pierre Richard-Prosper to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Committee. On December 08, G. Seddiq Rasuli, D [...]
2007-12-09 13:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA AF
07KABUL4021DEMARCHE ON THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS AT UNGA
[...] (C) Per Reftel, Post approached the MFA regarding the resolutions to be submitted to the upcoming UNGA Plenary passed by the Third Committee. G. Seddiq Rasuli, Deputy G. Seddiq Rasuli, Deputy Director of the United Nations and International Conferences Department of the MFA, told poloff that [...]
2007-12-09 13:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UNGA AF
07KABUL4064LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PARTICIPANTS IN THE MARSHALL CENTER
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of three Afghan nationals selected for studies in terrorism and security at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany. Post possesses no derogatory [...]
2007-12-11 14:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL4079LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM AFGHAN BORDER
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of thirty-eight Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Afghan Border Police. When there are ind [...]
2007-12-12 14:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL4080LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM AFGHAN NATIONAL
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 17 Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Afghan National Civil Order Police. When there are [...]
2007-12-12 14:47:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL4081LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF THE
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 15 Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Counter-Narcotics Unit. When there are individuals [...]
2007-12-12 14:49:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL4082LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF THE REGIONAL
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 8 Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Regional Command Central. When there are individual [...]
2007-12-12 14:52:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL4083LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF THE
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of 1 Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officer selected for a position in the Communications Department. Post has made a good faith effor [...]
2007-12-12 14:54:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL4084LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF THE MINISTRY OF
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 84 Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Ministry of Interior Headquarters. When there are [...]
2007-12-12 14:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL4085LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF THE REGIONAL
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 18 Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Regional Command East. When there are individuals [...]
2007-12-12 14:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL4086LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF THE PLANNING AND
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 3 Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Planning and Coordination Directorate. When there a [...]
2007-12-12 14:57:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL4087LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF THE REGIONAL
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 20 Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Regional Command Capital. When there are individua [...]
2007-12-12 15:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL4088LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF THE REGIONAL
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 21 Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Regional Command North. When there are individuals [...]
2007-12-12 15:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL4089LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF THE REGIONAL
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 11 Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Regional Command West. When there are individuals [...]
2007-12-12 15:02:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL4092LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Applicants for the Narcotic
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of forty-five (45) Afghan Nationals selected for training in the Narcotic Interdiction Unit class. Post possesses no derogatory inform [...]
2007-12-13 05:45:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL4094LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: STUDENTS TO ATTEND THE
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of two Afghan nationals selected to attend the Sergeant-Major Academy in the United States. Post possesses no derogatory information on these indi [...]
2007-12-13 10:38:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL4107AFGHAN GOVERNMENT'S SHORT TERM STABILIZATION PLANS
[...] (C) During a December 15 meeting, Presidential Adviser "Engineer" Ibrahim outlined for the DCM the GIRoA's efforts to stabilize the district of Musa Qala in Helmand province, now that Afghan and ISAF troops have driven the Taliban from the area. Ibrahim said President Karzai had dispatched In [...]
2007-12-16 06:32:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL4133KARZAI BAITS HIS EMERGING POLITICAL OPPOSITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Karzai recently fired several public salvos at his emerging political opposition, the Northern Alliance-backed United Front. He complained that his government's efforts to bring alleged human rights abusers to justice are being stymied by regionally powerful former war [...]
2007-12-17 13:59:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL4139 CHARG'S MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER OF REFUGEES AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. Charg Dell met with the new Minister of Refugees and Repatriation (MORR),Sheer Mohammad Etebari, and heard the Minister's ambitious plans to resettle returning Afghan refugees and bring stability to Afghanistan. The Charg stressed the USG commitment to Afghan refugees and urge [...]
2007-12-18 07:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL4140 STILL A HARSH WORLD FOR WOMEN IN WESTERN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) Summary. Despite Herat's status as the most modern Afghan city, western Afghanistan remains deeply conservative and women are still forced into arranged marriages, suffer beatings and abuse at the hands of family members, and resort to self-immolation as a means of escaping their plight an [...]
2007-12-18 07:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL4141 STILL A HARSH WORLD FOR WOMEN IN WESTERN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) Summary. Despite Herat's status as the most modern Afghan city, western Afghanistan remains deeply conservative and women are still forced into arranged marriages, suffer beatings and abuse at the hands of family members, and resort to self-immolation as a means of escaping their plight an [...]
2007-12-18 07:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL4143PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: MUSA QALA STABILIZATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Task Force Helmand (TFH) is fully engaged in stabilization operations in Musa Qala and their Military Stabilization Team (MST) has identified health, education and road projects for immediate reconstruction. PRT officers and GoA officials visited Musa Qala on Dec 16, and were [...]
2007-12-18 09:20:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL4152WOMEN GATHER PUBLICLY TO PRAY FOR PEACE
[...] (U) On December 12, mostly unidentified organizers coordinated separate public gatherings of Afghan women in six cities across the provinces of Balkh, Ghazni, Helmand, Herat, Kabul and Kandahar to pray for "an end to war and destruction." According to media and eyewitness reports, the women g [...]
2007-12-18 12:38:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MOPS AF
07KABUL4157PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: MUSA QALEH POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The political reconstruction of Musa Qaleh is proving to be an extremely complicated process. However, the sustained presence of Minister Popal, of the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG),has kept officials focused on governance creation for Musa Qaleh. Popal' [...]
2007-12-20 09:04:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL4170Kunduz, Afghanistan: A Regional Hub for Security and
[...] (SBU) Summary: In 2007, Kunduz province has made demonstrable progress along all lines of operations (security, development and governance) and served as a regional catalyst for Northeast Afghanistan. There is both visible reconstruction activity and private sector development, symbolized by t [...]
2007-12-22 05:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL4171Takhar, Afghanistan: Secure and Stable, but Development
[...] (SBU) Summary: Takhar province has remained relatively secure and stable throughout 2007. While there have been rocket and IED attacks directed against Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF),the disruption of an insurgent cell in September 2007 has resulted in a significant decrease in insurg [...]
2007-12-22 06:20:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL4183ANTI-TRAFFICKING: POLITICAL WILL, BUT LACK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Afghan government has mustered the political will to combat trafficking in persons, but a lack of police enforcement and prosecutorial capacity slows progress towards meeting accepted international standards. The counter-insurgency campaign continues to draw police away fro [...]
2007-12-23 12:17:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PGOV AF
07KABUL4228LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: STUDENTS TO ATTEND THE AIR WAR
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of two Afghan nationals selected to attend the Air War College in the United States. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals [...]
2007-12-31 05:19:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL424NOMINATIONS FOR WOMEN OF COURAGE
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy Kabul submits the following two candidates for the Women of Courage Award. Per email instructions from G/IWI, both women speak English. 2. (SBU) Mary Akrami is Director of a non-governmental organization called the Afghan Women Skills Development Center. Un [...]
2007-02-08 04:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AF
07KABUL465LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ABDUL JAMIL JUNBESH
[...] This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. The name of Brigadier General Abdul Jamil, formerly chief of Kabul Police Headquarters, was submitted for international vetting in reftel as part of the police rank reform process request. Department's vetting uncovered potential derogatory human r [...]
2007-02-10 13:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL497LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: BAMYAN CHIEF OF POLICE
[...] The name of Brigadier General Ghulam Ali Wahdat, formerly Chief of Police of Bamyan province, was initially submitted for international vetting as part of the police rank reform process. At that time, the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) did not clear him for assignment [...]
2007-02-13 13:34:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL510REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING DETERMINATION ON ANA
[...] (SBU) This is an action request - see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Post seeks Department's assistance in concluding Leahy (DoD) vetting for the Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel selected to participate in DoD-funded training to create a guard unit for the Afghan National Detention Facility (AND [...]
2007-02-14 12:43:00Embassy KabulSECRETPHUM PINR PTER AF
07KABUL515CABLE/PRT JALALABAD: 6 MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (U) Summary: Nangarhar province is an important urban and agricultural center along Afghanistan's eastern border. During the past six months, the security climate has witnessed increased enemy activity, including IED attacks and ambushes of PRT convoys. The paving of roads and a dramatic r [...]
2007-02-14 19:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL663UPDATE ON THREATS AGAINST MP SHAKILA HASHEMI
[...] (SBU) On February 13, PolOff met with Parliamentarian Shakila Hashemi and discussed the details of her daughter's murder, which occurred on January 3 in the front yard of Hashemi's home. Hashemi thought the bullet was intended for her due to her activities in support of women's rights and t [...]
2007-03-01 03:15:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PRM PHUM AF
07KABUL664LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP CANDIDATES FOR INL JUSTICE
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of two Afghan National Police (ANP) officers. These individuals are selected to participate in an INL funded Regional Justice Sector training program to take place Marc [...]
2007-03-01 03:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL68DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA REPRESENTATIVES
[...] (S) Summary: Deputy National Security Adviser Engineer Ibrahim Speenzada convened GOA representatives from the Ministries of Defense, Interior, Justice, and the National Directorate of Security on January 2 to discuss the legal basis for detention and prosecution of any detainees transferred [...]
2007-01-07 11:40:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL793AFGHANISTAN'S 2007 TIP QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Provide, where possible, numbers or estimates for each group; how they were trafficked, to where, and for what purpose. Does the trafficking occur within the country's b [...]
2007-03-07 14:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
07KABUL834LOWER HOUSE APPROVES PRESIDENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 10, the Lower House of Parliament passed the amended amnesty bill that included the President's proposed changes by a vote of 128-3. Speaker Qanooni interrupted the budget discussions in the plenary to announce that he had received the President's amendments to the bill [...]
2007-03-12 10:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL905LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANA PERSONNEL SELECTED TO
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, post is forwarding the names of four Afghan National Army (ANA) officers selected by Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) to participate in military education courses at the Near East Sout [...]
2007-03-19 03:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER PINR SNAR AF
07KABUL934LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANA PERSONNEL SELECTED FOR IMET
[...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 10 Afghan National Army (ANA) officers selected by Embassy Kabul's Defense Attache Office (DAO) to participate in international military education training at Alexa [...]
2007-03-21 09:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL944PRT GHAZNI: SIX MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Security and governance in Ghazni have improved over the last six months due to an increase in troops and a change in governor. Reconstruction and development appear to be moving forward, but there is still no prioritized provincial development plan. Ghazni's citizens are expe [...]
2007-03-22 12:34:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON AF EAID
07KAMPALA1011NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (June 4-16, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-06-15 07:49:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1050UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFF DELEGATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives [...]
2007-06-26 12:29:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG
07KAMPALA1079NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (June 17-30, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-07-02 03:13:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1089UGANDA: BESIGYE'S DETAINED BROTHER GRANTED BAIL
[...] Summary. The High Court finally granted bail and release of Joseph Kifefe, Dr. Besigye's brother and an alleged member of the Peoples' Redemption Army (PRA),due to grave illness. The court was satisfied with the medical reports, which provided grounds for bail to be granted. Kifefe had spe [...]
2007-07-03 13:09:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG
07KAMPALA1122UGANDA: PEOPLES' REDEMPTION ARMY SUSPECTS GRANTED AMNESTY
[...] Nine treason suspects allegedly members of the Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) were granted Amnesty on July 5. The suspects are part of the first group of 23 suspects arrested in Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in March 2003. Meanwhile, the High Court failed to produce [...]
2007-07-12 05:13:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG
07KAMPALA1160NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 1-14, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-07-13 08:23:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1171SLM-Abdelshafi's Faith in UN/AU Roadmap Undermined
[...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Abdelshafi faction were disappointed in the failure of the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue meeting to take place. After being informed by UN/AU officials that the CHD meeting was off, faction members concluded that the UN/AU may h [...]
2007-07-17 03:26:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL UG SU
07KAMPALA1172UGANDA: ROUNDUP ON STAFFDEL SMITH AND KUIKEN VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee Professional staff members Shannon Smith and Michael Kuiken visited Uganda from July 4-7, 2007 to gain further understanding on both bilateral and military relations. The team examined the ongoing peace proce [...]
2007-07-17 05:26:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI MOPS UG
07KAMPALA1199UGANDA: CORRUPTION TRIAL POSTPONED
[...] (C) Summary: The Government requested a postponement of the high profile trial of former Ministry of Health officials involving the redirection of funds for immunization to political mobilization campains. The trial, which began on July 16, was delayed because the Government said it was not [...]
2007-07-24 08:10:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCRM UG
07KAMPALA1209UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY (August 18-23)
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives [...]
2007-07-26 04:19:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG
07KAMPALA1224NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 15-28, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-07-27 05:15:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1236NORTHERN UGANDA: CURRENT TRENDS IN PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary: The Juba Peace Talks are on recess while the Government of Uganda and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) undertake consultations with various stakeholders. The break has provided many observers and the Government of Uganda an opportunity to take stock of the process and potential scen [...]
2007-07-31 11:43:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA1242UGANDA: PEOPLES' REDEMPTION ARMY SUSPECTS GRANTED BAIL
[...] The High Court in Arua finally granted bail to seven suspected Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) rebels currently facing murder charges. The suspects were returned to jail after failing to raise adequate bail funds. The suspects are part of the group charged with treason alongside Forum for Demo [...]
2007-08-02 09:22:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG
07KAMPALA1270UGANDA PROTESTS TO DRC OVER OIL FACILITY ATTACK
[...] (SBU) The Uganda Government protested to the Government of the Democ 2. (SBU) On August 3, the GOU protested to the Government of DRC of a m 3. (SBU) This incident comes at a time when Ugandan exploration efforts 4. (SBU) Uganda is increasingly optimistic about exploratory offshore d [...]
2007-08-07 10:28:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PTER UG
07KAMPALA1272UGANDA PROTESTS TO DRC OVER OIL FACILITY ATTACK
[...] (SBU) The Uganda Government protested to the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) accusing DRC troops of attacking Heritage Oil installations on Lake Albert on August 3rd. Security sources affirm that a British geologist was killed. In a separate incident on July 28, four Ugan [...]
2007-08-07 10:49:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PTER UG
07KAMPALA1291NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 29 - AUG 10, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-08-13 05:04:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1310UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FEINGOLD (AUGUST 26-30,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive partner for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. Uganda is vigorously supporting a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives on HIV/AIDS (PEPFAR) and malaria (PM [...]
2007-08-15 10:23:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID UG
07KAMPALA1346UGANDA: COURTS SET TOUGH BAIL TERMS FOR PRA SUSPECTS
[...] (SBU) The High Court in Mbarara granted bail and released two suspected Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) rebels charged with murder on August 16. The court imposed a new condition, requiring each suspect to have three individuals deposit land titles as a guarantee for bail. The suspects are part [...]
2007-08-24 06:24:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG
07KAMPALA1351NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (AUG 11 - AUG 24, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-08-24 09:39:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1426SENATOR FEINGOLD RAISES REGIONAL AND DOMESTIC
[...] Summary: Senator Russell Feingold discussed Somalia, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),Congo, the war on terror, and the President's plans for the 2011 election with President Yoweri Museveni on August 28. Museveni described potential military action against the LRA in Congo as "easy" and di [...]
2007-09-11 08:24:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA1435NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (AUGUST 25 - SEPTEMBER 7, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-09-12 12:16:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1485NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 8 - SEPTEMBER 21, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-09-25 13:37:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1486TRIPARTITE PLUS MEETING READ-OUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Tripartite Plus meeting in Kampala from September 15-17 followed several significant bilateral meetings between member states. Progess on action against the negative forces remained slow, but the Democratic Republic of Congo and MONUC presented the outlines of their plan [...]
2007-09-25 13:44:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG
07KAMPALA1490UGANDA/DRC: MORE ON LAKE ALBERT CONFRONTATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kampala follow-up on the incidents on Lake Albert confirm basic elements of the confrontation (retel). The details of the second incident remain in question and under investigation by a joint FARDC-MONUC-UPDF team. MONUC said that the UPDF fired unprovoked on a civi [...]
2007-09-26 14:04:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA1491UGANDA: HOMOSEXUALITY REMAINS ILLEGAL AND CONTROVERSIAL
[...] (SBU) Public resentment against homosexuality has sparked demonstrations and significant public debate over the past few months. The GOU continues to take a strong position against the practice of homosexuality in Uganda, which is illegal. A local NGO, Sexual Minorities in Uganda Group (SMUG [...]
2007-09-27 09:01:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC UG
07KAMPALA1594NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 5, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-10-16 12:50:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1683UGANDA SUPPORTS AFRICA CONSENSUS ON RAPE RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 10:52:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UG
07KAMPALA1689NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (OCTOBER 6 - 19, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social s [...]
2007-10-31 07:29:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1708UGANDA: GAVI SCANDAL TRIAL RESUMES
[...] (C) Summary: The trial of former Health Ministry officials and a State House mobilizer for the diversion of Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI) funds resumed on October 29. The Chief Magistrate overruled two defense team motions, causing the lawyers to walk out of court. [...]
2007-11-02 08:37:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM UG
07KAMPALA1709UGANDA: POST DOES NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Post does not assess the Democracy and Governance environment in Uganda to be conducive for a quick success for the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG) pilot. Government officials, including President Museveni, have publicly complained about outside interference on gover [...]
2007-11-02 08:44:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID EUN OECD UG FR
07KAMPALA1725ALL EYES ON CHOGM; GOU UNDECIDED ON COMMUNITY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 12:47:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA UG
07KAMPALA1741UGANDA: SOLICITOR GENERAL SQUARES OFF WITH IGG
[...] (C) Summary: A continuing showdown between the Inspector General of Government (IGG) Faith Mwonhda, and the Solicitor General, Lucian Tibaruha, could have important Constitutional implications for the IGG's institutional credibility and its capacity to fight corruption. The High Court found [...]
2007-11-09 05:36:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UG
07KAMPALA1743NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA REPORTEDLY SPLINTERING
[...] (C) Summary: In a phone call to a northern Ugandan politician, Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony confirmed a rupture within the LRA, and claimed that Vincent Otti was under arrest for plotting against him. GOU officials are convinced that Otti is dead. On November 7, GOU intel [...]
2007-11-09 12:35:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA1756UGANDAN MILITARY CLASHES WITH CONGOLESE REBELS
[...] (SBU) A Congolese rebel associated with General Laurent Nkunda was killed during a gunfight with the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) in the southwestern district of Kisoro on November 11. In response, the GOU increased border security in the troubled area, and vowed to push forward with [...]
2007-11-15 03:59:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PREL CG UG
07KAMPALA1785 HUMAN RIGHTS NGO CRIES FOUL; ACCUSES INGOS OF MISTREATING
[...] (U) Summary: Human Rights Focus (HRF),a widely respected local human rights organization, reported the dissatisfaction of some Ugandans working for international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) in northern Uganda. In the report released in September 2007, workers reportedly complaine [...]
2007-11-20 13:14:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL UG
07KAMPALA1847UGANDA: RULING PARTY GEARS UP FOR FIGHT OVER
[...] (U) Summary: Residents in the eastern county of Bugweri, Iganga District are preparing for a second parliamentary election following a High Court ruling that nullified the February 2006 results. The court, responding to a Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) petition, noted a number of irregula [...]
2007-12-06 12:35:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM UG
07KAMPALA1853 NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (November 3-30, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-12-07 08:30:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG
07KAMPALA1894LRA PEACE PROCESS UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Turmoil within the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),including the execution of LRA deputy leader Vincent Otti and recent defections, have injected uncertainty into the future of the peace process. The LRA negotiating team's consultations were set to wrap up in Uganda on December 8, but fu [...]
2007-12-17 13:29:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MOPS PGOV SU UG
07KAMPALA1895UGANDAN PRESIDENT MUSEVENI FLEXIBLE ON "PLAN B"
[...] (C) Summary: President Yoweri Museveni does not believe that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony wants peace, but is willing to allow the peace process to continue until March. On December 14, Museveni complained to U.N. Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas Joachim Chissano that [...]
2007-12-17 13:39:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG
07KAMPALA240NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (January 27-February 9, 2007)
[...] Summary: Post presents the thirteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good gove [...]
2007-02-12 04:33:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA312UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD (FEB 27-28)
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money, and logistics. Uganda cooperates fully in the War on Terror, and is highly receptive to U.S. training and presence. On the humanitarian and develo [...]
2007-02-23 03:10:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA341NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (February 10-26, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: Post presents the fourteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...]
2007-02-28 10:49:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA345UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR AND NSC DEPUTY ADVISOR DAVID
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of US initiatives including Presidential initiatives o [...]
2007-03-01 03:50:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG
07KAMPALA367UGANDA: GOVERNMENT RE-ARRESTS PRA SUSPECTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government re-arrested the remaining Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) suspects, after they were released on bail on March 1, during a confrontation that turned violent on the premises of the High Court. Over the past year, the Executive and President Museveni have defied two [...]
2007-03-02 06:36:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM PINS UG
07KAMPALA377 UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2007
[...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking In Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FO-02) spent 30 hours and political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 3 [...]
2007-03-05 10:58:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UG
07KAMPALA399UGANDA: ROUNDUP ON MCCORMICK-POWELL VISIT
[...] Summary: David McCormick, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs and Dina Powell, Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs led a delegation through Uganda from March 2-5. The delegation came to observe the impact of foreign assistance and public di [...]
2007-03-07 11:05:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV EFIN EAID PGOV PHUM PREF UG
07KAMPALA449NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (February 27-March 9, 2007)
[...] Summary: Post presents the fifteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governanc [...]
2007-03-14 05:47:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA463UGANDA: GOVERNMENT CLOSURE OF NATIONTV
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government's closure of NationTV and concurrent demands on its sister organization, Monitor Publications, highlight the Ugandan Government's questionable commitment to an independent media. In exchange for allowing the station to broadcast, President Museveni has reportedly [...]
2007-03-15 10:43:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO UG
07KAMPALA526NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (March 10-23, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: Post presents the sixteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good g [...]
2007-03-27 08:05:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA561UGANDA: SAVE THE CHILDREN UGANDA ALLEGES ATTACK ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Save the Children Uganda, an auxiliary non-governmental organization (NGO) to Save the Children USA, released a report on an alleged Ugandan military attack in Karamoja that killed 66 children and 20 adults. At Save the Children USA's request, Save the Children Uganda shared t [...]
2007-03-30 07:29:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KWMN MOPS SOCI UG
07KAMPALA577GOVERNMENT DEMANDS ACTION AGAINST UGANDAN REBELS IN CONGO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following recent infiltrations of Allied Democratic Front (ADF) rebels into western Uganda from bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),the Ugandan Government formally protested to the DRC and the U.N. Mission in Congo (MONUC). The Ugandan military killed over 46 ADF r [...]
2007-04-03 01:42:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL PGOV PTER UG ASEC PHUM
07KAMPALA589NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (March 23-April 6, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: Post presents the seventeenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...]
2007-04-06 03:59:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA727NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (April 7-30, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: Post presents the eighteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...]
2007-04-30 09:26:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA744UGANDA: IF A TREE FALLS IN MABIRA FOREST, WHO WILL
[...] (C) Summary: The April 12 and 17 violence associated with the campaign to stop the sale of land in the Mabira Forest to foreign investors continues to reverberate throughout Uganda's political arena. Five people died after frustrations were taken out on Asians during violent confrontations. [...]
2007-05-02 07:12:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SENV UG
07KAMPALA780UGANDA TO VOTE FOR SLOVENIA'S UNHRC MEMBERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 06:50:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC UG
07KAMPALA842NORTHERN POLITICIANS SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Africa Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary James Swan discussed the prospects for peace, the commitment of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and Government of Uganda to a negotiated settlement, justice and accountability mechanisms, and potential pressure on the LRA would be usefu [...]
2007-05-16 05:01:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA865NRM WINS CONTROVERSIAL EASTERN REGION BY-ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Summary. The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party won two district seats in eastern Uganda but lost another in the first by-elections held under a multiparty system. Despite President Museveni's active campaigning, there was a low voter turnout of less than 50 percent of reg [...]
2007-05-21 09:15:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM UG
07KAMPALA871NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 1-18, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-05-22 07:35:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA909UGANDA: CORRUPTION SCANDAL'S POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: The arrests of former health officials implicated in an immunization fund scandal has set in motion a chain of events with an uncertain outcome and potentially damaging implications for the Museveni family and other key political actors. Military and police arrested two former [...]
2007-05-29 10:04:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV KCRM UG
07KAMPALA917SUDAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT-ABDELSHAFI RETURNS TO
[...] (SBU) Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction leader Ahmed Abdelshafi Toba returned to Uganda on May 26. On May 27, P/E Chief met with Abdelshafi on May 27, who proudly showed off photographs of the Sudanese helicopter and pilot that his faction downed, and of meetings with U.S. and United N [...]
2007-05-30 00:54:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA964NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 19-June 2, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting MissionQs objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to socia [...]
2007-06-05 12:02:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA968NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 19-June 2, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-06-06 03:52:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KARACHI869CONTINUING ORDEAL OF MUNIR MALIK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Supreme Court Bar Association President Munir Malik has been released from detention and hopes to travel from hospital to the UK for treatment of renal failure. Malik alleges that he is suffering due to abuse he received while in jail; the government claims this is a pr [...]
2007-12-18 17:59:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PK
07KATHMANDU1001BHUTANESE REFUGEES WORRY ABOUT ONGOING
[...] (C) Recent press reports in Nepal and India have concluded that 70,000 - 80,000 Nepali-ethnic Bhutanese, called Lhotsampa, were not permitted to participate in the mock elections held in Bhutan in April. The reports also suggested that these people might be subject to eviction from Bhutan. G [...]
2007-05-18 11:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL PGOV BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU1003NEPAL: SILENCE HANDICAPS OHCHR
[...] (C) On May 17, the Ambassador told Lena Sundh, the Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR),that OHCHR's silence regarding the Young Communist League (YCL) was destroying OHCHR's credibility. Sundh assured the Ambassador that OHCHR was preparing [...]
2007-05-18 12:51:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1009NEPAL: MAOIST COMBATANT VERIFICATION TO BEGIN SOON
[...] (C) On May 21, the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor Dr. Suresh Chalise confirmed to Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Hugins that the Maoists had agreed to allow verification of Maoist combatants to begin. Chalise expected verification might commence within a week. Prime Minister [...]
2007-05-21 12:32:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU1032SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO NEPAL
[...] Barry, I'm delighted that you are able to make it out to Nepal at this crucial point in the country's history. You will find a country that is teetering on the brink of becoming either a showcase for democratic transformation or a failed or totalitarian state threatening stability in the reg [...]
2007-05-24 11:46:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1033NEPAL: CHINESE AMBASSADOR AGREES MAOISTS HAVE NOT
[...] (C) The Maoists have not given up violence and intimidation, agreed Chinese Ambassador Zheng Xianglin in a May 23 meeting with the Ambassador. The two Ambassadors also discussed splinter ethnic groups in the Terai, their potential impact on elections, and the Maoist reaction to these groups. [...]
2007-05-24 12:43:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PREF PHUM KDEM CH NP
07KATHMANDU1045NEPAL: MADHESI CONCERNS ARE PRIORITY IN CENTRAL
[...] (C) Political leaders and government officials in the capitals of three Central and Eastern Terai districts -- Janakpur, Siraha, and Biratnagar -- expressed concern to Emboff during a May 16-18 visit that political turmoil in the troubled Southern borderland with India would increase dramatica [...]
2007-05-25 12:33:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM IN NP
07KATHMANDU1069AMBASSADOR URGES HOME MINISTER TO HOLD MAOISTS
[...] (C) In a May 30 meeting with Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula, the Ambassador sharply criticized the Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) for attacking his vehicle in Jhapa on May 25 and for threatening and intimidating Nepalese with impunity across the country. The Maoist leade [...]
2007-05-30 12:11:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PTER PHUM ASEC PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU1089FOREIGN MINISTER HOPES FOR MORE PROGRESS ON MAOIST
[...] (C) On May 31, Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights Barry Lowenkron highlighted to Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan U.S. concern regarding continued Maoist abuses; he also stressed the need to set a timetable for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election and to include marginalized ethnic [...]
2007-06-01 12:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM PTER PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU1093NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESOLUTE THAT ELECTION BE
[...] (C) On June 1, Prime Minister G.P. Koirala explained to Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and the Ambassador that the Eight-Party Alliance had agreed the day before to hold the Constituent Assembly election in November. All of the parties had si [...]
2007-06-02 05:06:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1099OHCHR FAILING TO REPORT ON MAOIST HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) On May 31 Lena Sundh, head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal, defended her recent newspaper interview in which she slammed the failure by the Government of Nepal (GON) to implement its human rights commitments while saying nothing about Maoist abuses [...]
2007-06-04 11:43:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1112INDIAN AMBASSADOR ACKNOWLEDGES MAOISTS ARE OUT OF
[...] (C/NF) Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee agreed with the Ambassador June 4 that the Maoists had intensified their campaign of threats and intimidation. Mukherjee admitted he was being recalled by the Government of India (GOI) for consultations amid fears that the Maoists were out of control. [...]
2007-06-05 12:48:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN NP
07KATHMANDU1116NEPAL: MEETING LEAHY AMENDMENT CONDITIONS ON
[...] (C) There is a strong case for certifying that the requirements of the Leahy Amendment for U.S. Foreign Military Financing (FMF) have been met for Nepal given the significant progress the Government of Nepal (GON) has made in restoring human rights. Resumption of FMF is also in U.S. national [...]
2007-06-05 13:11:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1117KATAWAL CONFIRMS NEPAL ARMY'S COMMITMENT TO
[...] (C) Chief of Army Staff General Rookmangud Katawal(COAS) told visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and Ambassador Moriarty June 1 that the Nepal Army (NA) was uncomfortable with the prospect of working under a "leftist" regime. Katawal explained th [...]
2007-06-06 10:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU1118NEPAL: MINORITY LEADERS DEMAND MEANINGFUL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) On May 31, three leaders from politically underrepresented groups and a human rights leader expressed to visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and Ambassador Moriarty their concerns about equal representation in the Government and a meaningful C [...]
2007-06-06 11:26:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1137NEPAL: NHRC STILL AWAITING COMMISSIONERS
[...] (C) On June 1, Acting Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC),Padma Mathema, told visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron that the absence of Commissioners was the NHRC's most critical concern. Mathema said that she had stressed to [...]
2007-06-08 10:55:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1188KILLINGS OF MAOISTS IN TERAI PROMPT DELAY IN
[...] (C) United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) chief Ian Martin told the Ambassador June 14 that the launch of the second phase of UNMIN's registration of Maoist "combatants" -- combatant verification -- had been unexpectedly delayed. He indicated the senior Maoist leadership had decided to hold [...]
2007-06-15 11:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR EAID PHUM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1236MAOISTS INTIMIDATE PRIVATE MEDIA IN NEPAL
[...] (C) The decision this week by a private Nepal media house to suspend publication of its two daily newspapers in the face of Maoist pressure has fanned concern among private news executives about threats to their editorial independence. Kamana Prakashan Samuha (Pvt.) Ltd., which has resisted [...]
2007-06-22 11:20:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU1297NEPAL: MUSLIMS WANT AN ELECTION QUOTA TOO
[...] (C) On June 27, Izhar Mikrani, who is the President of the Intellectual Muslim Association of Nepal, requested that the United States use its influence to persuade the Government of Nepal (GON) to revise the Constituent Assembly (CA) Members Election Act (reftel) to grant Muslims a specific per [...]
2007-07-03 10:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1340KOIRALA THANKS U.S. AND CRITICIZES YCL
[...] (C) In comments to the Ambassador after serving as the guest of honor at the dedication of the New Embassy Chancery on July 11, Prime Minister (PM) Girija Prasad Koirala expressed deep concern about the intentions and goals of the Maoists. The PM was also worried about continued unrest in the [...]
2007-07-13 04:20:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1341DEUBA FRUSTRATED BY MAOISTS IN NEPAL
[...] (C) Meeting the Ambassador July 12, Sher Bahadur Deuba, President of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) party, expressed frustration with the Maoists and the Young Communist League (YCL),stressing that they consistently ignored agreements made with the government. Deuba confirmed that uni [...]
2007-07-13 04:21:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1344UPDATE FROM NEPAL'S CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER
[...] (C) Chief Election Commissioner Bhojraj Pokhrel told the Ambassador in a July 12 meeting that negotiations that same day on a Code of Conduct had focused on election expenses. Pokhrel had already designed an enforcement strategy to counter code violations. Getting the Maoists to participate i [...]
2007-07-13 07:00:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1373NEPAL: TIP REPORT DEMARCHE
[...] (U) In a series of meetings with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry for Women and Social Welfare (MWSW),and the Ministry of Labor and Transport, Emboff delivered talking points and the final text of Nepal's country narrative from the 2007 Trafficking in Person (TIP) [...]
2007-07-18 10:07:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM SOCI KPAO EAID IP NP
07KATHMANDU1458DEMARCHE ON PROMOTION OF STANDING COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-31 11:52:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM ICRC NP
07KATHMANDU1530NEPAL'S PM READY TO DEAL WITH TERAI
[...] (C) At an August 10 meeting Prime Minister Koirala informed the Ambassador that he would be speaking later that day with leaders of the Madheshi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) and expected to reach an agreement on their demands. The PM stated that Indian government leaders were also ready to tak [...]
2007-08-10 11:39:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1531NEPAL DEPORTS TIBETAN REFUGEE TO CHINA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 16 Tibetan refugee Tsering Wangchen was deported from Nepal to China in an apparent violation of the so-called &gentlemen,s agreement8 between the Government of Nepal (GON) and UNHCR whereby new Tibetan refugee arrivals are permitted to transit Nepal to India and are not [...]
2007-08-10 11:56:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL NP CH
07KATHMANDU1552NEPAL'S CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER APPRECIATES
[...] (C) On August 10, with just over 100 days to go before the Constituent Assembly (CA) election, Chief Election Commissioner Bhojraj Pokharel reviewed for the Ambassador the Commission's current work on voter education, the code of conduct, as well as its efforts to encourage political parties [...]
2007-08-15 06:24:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1572NEPAL: MAOIST LETTER TO AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR NEW
[...] (C) On August 20, the Ambassador received a letter from Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) leader Krishna Mahara in his capacity as a Central Committee member. Mahara also serves as Nepal's Minister of Information and Communications, but wrote only in his party capacity. The two-page [...]
2007-08-20 11:18:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM KDEM KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU1580FINANCE MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT ESCALATING
[...] (C) On August 20, Nepali Finance Minister Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat told the Ambassador, USAID Director Beth Paige and visiting senior Senate Appropriations Committee staffer Tim Rieser that the Government of Nepal (GON) anticipated a shortfall of approximately USD 30 million in funds for the Const [...]
2007-08-22 08:46:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KDEM IN NP
07KATHMANDU1631BHUTANESE REFUGEE DONOR GROUP REVIEWS RESETTLEMENT
[...] Summary: UNHCR Nepal Representative Abraham Abraham convened a Donor Group meeting on August 24 to review developments in establishing security in the Bhutanese refugee camps and preparing for large-scale resettlement processing. According to Abraham, police would be deployed 24/7 to all seve [...]
2007-08-29 10:51:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL NP
07KATHMANDU1666BOMBINGS IN KATHMANDU
[...] (C) At approximately 4:30 p.m. September 2, three bombs exploded simultaneously in downtown Kathmandu, killing two and injuring twenty nine. Two little know Terai based groups -Terai Utthan Sangh (Terai Upliftment Union) and Terai Army -have claimed responsibility, but investigations continue [...]
2007-09-04 12:21:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1687NEPALI CONGRESS CENTRAL COMMITTEE ENDORSES FEDERAL
[...] (U) On September 5, the Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress endorsed a proposal for a federal democratic republic. A long time in the making, this step demonstrates that those in favor of a ceremonial monarchy have lost the upper hand within the party. Measures in the proposal d [...]
2007-09-06 10:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1691UPDATE ON ELECTION ENVIRONMENT IN NEPAL
[...] (C) At the inaugural meeting of Post's Democracy Working Group August 31 representatives from NDI and IFES presented sobering assessments of the status of preparations for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election on November 22. Behind the scenes discussions to ensure that leaders of the Eight- [...]
2007-09-07 05:07:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1714UPDATE ON ELECTION CHALLENGES IN NEPAL
[...] (C) On September 7, the Democracy Working Group meeting focused on IFES, concerns about technical and logistical challenges to the Constituent Assembly (CA) election. IFES has made progress in enhancing Nepal's ability to print the ballots in Nepal for the CA election, however, outstanding is [...]
2007-09-11 11:22:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1744NEPAL: CA ELECTION UPDATE: 65 DAYS TO GO
[...] (C) During the week of September 10, the Carter Center's observers, USAID partners IFES and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and other Embassy contacts reported increased political party activity in the districts and more momentum at the center to hold the November 22 Constituent Assembl [...]
2007-09-17 12:43:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER EAID KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1783NEPAL CA ELECTION UPDATE: 58 DAYS TO GO
[...] (C) Declaring Nepal a republic before the Constituent Assembly election and switching from the previously agreed upon mixed electoral system to a purely proportional electoral system for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election featured prominently in Maoist pronouncements during the week of Sep [...]
2007-09-24 11:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM EAID NP
07KATHMANDU1842NEPAL TO SUPPORT GAER'S CANDIDACY FOR UN COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-04 10:00:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC
07KATHMANDU1861DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-09 11:20:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI NP
07KATHMANDU1945AS SAUERBREY'S MEETINGS WITH PRIME MINISTER AND
[...] (C) In a meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration Sauerbrey November 3, Prime Minister Koirala expressed concern about four aspects of the resettlement program for Bhutanese refugees: the citizenship status of the refugees, speed of the resettlement program (he [...]
2007-11-06 07:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM CH BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU2005NEPAL'S SOUTHEAST SHOWING IMPROVED SECURITY FOR NOW
[...] (C) Government, police, and party officials in Jhapa (on November 14) and Ilam (on November 15) reported to Emboff that the security situation in their district was manageable. However, all the officials agreed that if the politicians in Kathmandu cannot resolve their current impasse and set a [...]
2007-11-21 09:54:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU2012NEW COMMERCE MINISTER MAY STRAIN MADHESI UNITY
[...] (U) Prime Minister G.P. Koirala swore in Shyam Sundar Gupta of the Madhesi-based Nepal Sadbhavana Party-Anandi Devi (NSP-A) as Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies on November 20. The post had been vacant since Rajendra Mahato resigned on September 30 after the Election Commission den [...]
2007-11-26 08:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ECON NP
07KATHMANDU2022NEPAL FAVORS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN COMMITTEE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 08:46:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL UNGA NP
07KATHMANDU2038NEPAL: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION 2007
[...] As requested by Reftel, Post is providing current information on child labor, especially its worst forms, as well as on efforts by the Government of Nepal (GON) to address the problem. Emboff collected information from the Ministry of Labor and Transport (MOLT),the Ministry for Women, Childr [...]
2007-12-02 23:53:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID NP
07KATHMANDU2055NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 09:51:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS NP
07KATHMANDU2060NEPAL STILL NONCOMMITTAL ON UNGA COUNTRY-SPECIFIC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 02:14:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL UNGA NP
07KATHMANDU2062NEPAL: TAKING ACTION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
[...] Mission Kathmandu hosted a film festival, several speakers and a reception to mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence and International Human Rights Day. Post used these events to help raise awareness and engage an audience on issues related to violence against women. A synopsis [...]
2007-12-11 10:06:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM KDEM EAID NP
07KATHMANDU2065NEPAL: MADHESI CABINET MINISTER RESIGNS TO PROTEST
[...] (C) Several senior Madhesis, including Minister of Science and Technology Thakur and three other Members of Parliament, resigned their positions in the Cabinet, Parliament and respective political parties on December 10 to protest the government's failure to address Madhesi concerns. They in [...]
2007-12-11 10:33:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU2085SOME PROGRESS BUT DEAL FOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) On Saturday December 15 the Six-Party Alliance registered a constitutional amendment with the Interim Parliament to eliminate the requirement to hold the Constituent Assembly (CA) election by the end of the Nepali month of Mangsir (which ended December 15),but it would keep the requirem [...]
2007-12-17 09:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR NP
07KATHMANDU2110NEPAL: NO ELECTION IN TERAI ABSENT PROGRESS
[...] (U) Local political leaders and officials in Danusha District, in the central Terai, opined to Emboffs December 4-5 that without first addressing Madhesi issues of inclusiveness and federalism, holding the Constituent Assembly election would not be possible in the Terai. Despite reinstating [...]
2007-12-21 12:07:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU2123NEPAL CRIMINALIZES ABDUCTION
[...] At the end of November, the Interim Parliament passed a law making abduction or hostage taking a criminal offense. Those convicted will now face from 4-15 years in prison and a fine ranging from Rupees 25,000 - 200,000 rupees (around USD 400 - 3,200),with longer sentences for crimes involving [...]
2007-12-27 11:33:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKSEC PHUM PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU2135NEPAL: ALLEGATION OF MASS CREMATION SITE STILL
[...] On December 19, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) members, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) staff, and local human rights representatives went to Shivapuri National Park. At least one, and possibly more, of the 49 Maoists allegedly killed by the Ne [...]
2007-12-31 09:43:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU2138NEPAL: UNMIN COMPLETES VERIFICATION OF MAOIST
[...] (C) On December 27, the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) chief Ian Martin announced that UNMIN had verified 19,602 members of the Maoist People's Liberation Army and disqualified more than 12,600. In a conversation with the Defense Attache December 28, the Nepal Army's Director of Public Relations [...]
2007-12-31 11:07:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PTER PHUM UN NP
07KATHMANDU303MAOISTS SHAKEN BY UNREST IN TERAI
[...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Hannes Siebert told the Ambassador February 2 that the Maoist leadership had been shaken by the unrest in the Terai. Government officials, meanwhile, were struggling to make sense of the situation and respond appropriately. The peace facilitator agreed w [...]
2007-02-06 08:46:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PHUM UN NP
07KATHMANDU317NEPAL'S PRIME MINISTER AGREES TO RESETTLE
[...] (C) In a February 7 meeting with Ambassador Moriarty, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala agreed to allow third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. On the ongoing violence in the Terai, the Ambassador encouraged the Prime Minister to both initiate a dialogue with all ethnic minoritie [...]
2007-02-07 12:13:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV PHUM CH BT NP
07KATHMANDU326NEPAL: PM'S SPEECH MIGHT CALM TERAI UNREST
[...] (C) At nearly midnight on February 7, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala went on national television to announce a series of steps to meet Madhesi demands and to call for calm in the Terai (his second address to the nation in one week). The speech followed several days of negotiations among [...]
2007-02-08 12:32:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU327NEPAL: OHCHR WORRIED ABOUT TERAI UNREST
[...] (C) In a February 6 briefing, Country Representative for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Lena Sundh told Chiefs of Mission that OHCHR worried about the growing violence in the Terai. OHCHR officers were worried about the actions of the Nepal Police and the Armed [...]
2007-02-08 12:53:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU437NEPAL: COAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE MAOISTS
[...] (C/NF) General Rukmangud Katawal, Chief of Army Staff of the Nepal Army (NA),told the Ambassador February 26 that the Maoists were not serious about arms management or joining a democratic system. The NA was the last shield against a Maoist takeover, and the U.S. should not abandon it. The [...]
2007-02-27 12:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV MASS PREL PTER PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU445FOREIGN MINISTER WORRIES BUT HOME MINISTER
[...] (C) In separate meetings with the Ambassador on February 26, Foreign Minister K.P. Oli worried that the Maoists intended to make a grab for power while Home Minister Sitaula hoped that Maoists would enter the political mainstream and renounce violence. Oli believed the Prime Minister would st [...]
2007-02-28 10:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU550UNDER SECRETARY FORE CALLS FOR ROUNDTABLE TO
[...] (C) On March 10, Under Secretary of State Fore urged Prime Minister Koirala to hold a national roundtable to begin to address the political concerns of Madhesis as well as ethnic minorities and other historically disadvantaged groups. The Prime Minister responded that he had asked Subash Nemwa [...]
2007-03-15 09:59:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ENRG PREF PHUM BH IN NP
07KATHMANDU551UNDER SECRETARY FORE CALLS FOR ROUNDTABLE TO
[...] (U) THIS IS A CORRECTED COPY OF KATHMANDU 550. CORRECTION IN FINAL PARAGRAPH (COMMENT). Summary ------- 2. (C) On March 10, Under Secretary of State Fore urged Prime Minister Koirala to hold a national roundtable to begin to address the political concerns of Madhesis as well as ethnic [...]
2007-03-15 10:13:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ENRG PREF PHUM BH IN NP
07KATHMANDU580DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY IN
[...] (C) EmbOff expressed serious U.S. concern March 20 over the recent barbaric events in Zimbabwe to Dinesh Bhattarai, Joint Secretary for UN Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging Nepal to issue a statement of public condemnation. Considering Nepal's own traumatic human rights expe [...]
2007-03-20 11:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ZI NP
07KATHMANDU613NEPAL: MPRF LEADER FEARS MAOIST ACTION AGAINST
[...] (C) At a meeting hosted by the Ambassador March 20, political party and Madhesi leaders hotly debated the government's response to ongoing tensions in the Terai, acknowledging the urgent need for dialogue. They feared that violence in the Terai could turn communal and threatened to destroy th [...]
2007-03-22 11:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU638PARTIES AND MAOISTS JOCKEYING FOR MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Nepal's three major legitimate political parties and the Maoists have spent much of the past few days publicly squabbling over the division of ministries in a long-awaited interim government. The Interim Government's first decision will be to choose the date for Constituent Assembly elect [...]
2007-03-26 12:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU675NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DEMANDS LAW AND ORDER
[...] (C) On March 29, Sushil Pyakurel, a Nepali human rights activist, told the Ambassador that if the Government of Nepal (GON) did not begin to effectively enforce law and order, the country was in danger of falling into chaos. In the name of bringing the Maoists into the mainstream, the GON and [...]
2007-04-02 10:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU678INDIAN AMBASSADOR SUPPORTS JUNE ELECTIONS AND LAW
[...] (C) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador April 2 that he supported Prime Minister Koirala's decision to hold Constituent Assembly elections by June 20. He suggested, however, that the GON might have to stagger the elections. The Ambassador replied that the U.S. would do everything [...]
2007-04-03 11:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU698AMBASSADOR TO OHCHR, DIP CORPS: TOUGH MESSAGE TO
[...] (C) On April 3, the Ambassador urged Lena Sundh, the Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR),to send a stronger message to the Maoists. The Ambassador stressed that it was important for the Maoists to know that, if the Constituent Assembly elec [...]
2007-04-04 12:14:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU751TIBETAN REFUGEES: NANGPA-LA SURVIVOR TELLS HIS
[...] (C) According to Lhopsang Penjore, a Tibetan refugee who was present at the time, recently provided more details regarding the September 2006 murder of a Tibetan nun by PRC border guards. Penjore told RefCoord on April 10 that the 76-person group was ten days from Lhasa when Chinese armed pol [...]
2007-04-12 09:10:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM PGOV CH NP
07KATHMANDU761PRIME MINISTER SAYS ELECTION DELAY LIKELY,
[...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala told the Ambassador April 13 that an election delay was likely. The Ambassador acknowledged that free and fair elections now would be difficult, noting that security in the country remained poor and marginalized ethnic groups continued to feel excluded from the poli [...]
2007-04-13 11:55:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM PREF MASS ETRD IN BT NP
07KATHMANDU773NEPAL: MAOISTS, MPRF, AND GON ALL BLAMED FOR GAUR
[...] (U) In an April 12 briefing for the diplomatic corps, Lena Sundh, Country Representative for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal, held the Maoists, the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF),and the Government of Nepal (GON) all culpable in the March 21 massacr [...]
2007-04-17 10:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU824MAOIST ABUSES/MADHESI UNREST CONTINUE IN
[...] (C) Political party leaders, business community representatives, human rights monitors and minority rights activists in southeastern Nepal told the Ambassador during an April 17-19 visit that they were increasingly dissatisfied with the general lack of security. Threats, extortion and intimid [...]
2007-04-23 12:53:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREF KDEM ECON NP
07KATHMANDU826NEPAL: TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE MODEL IS UNDER DEBATE
[...] (C) Retief Olivier, a USAID-contracted peace facilitator, told the Ambassador April 20 about a 10-person official delegation headed by Deputy Speaker Chitra Lekha Yadav that he was taking to the United Nations in New York as well as Peru April 22 - May 1 to look at transitional justice issues. [...]
2007-04-23 13:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID PTER CVIS UN SF NP
07KATHMANDU844NEPAL: G/TIP INCLE AND ESF FUNDING PROPOSAL
[...] Embassy Kathmandu is pleased to propose the following five projects, in rank order, for consideration for INCLE and ESF funding (reftel). Post emailed the full text of the proposals to G/TIP. Begin Projects -------------- Project 1 --------- Name of the Applicant: The Asia Foundatio [...]
2007-04-25 12:36:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG NP
07KATHMANDU856BRITISH AND INDIAN AMBASSADORS AGREE: NEED TO NAG
[...] (C) Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, British Ambassador Dr. Andrew Hall, and the Ambassador April 26 agreed that the Government of Nepal (GON) should set a date for a Constituent Assembly election and enforce law and order. The Maoists needed to be made aware that serious abuses in t [...]
2007-04-27 11:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KDEM PHUM UN IN NP
07KATHMANDU859CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF SAYS MAOISTS CAN'T BE TRUSTED
[...] (C) Chief of Army Staff General Katawal (COAS) told the Ambassador April 27 that the Maoists could not be trusted and stressed that the Nepal Army (NA) had to be kept intact. For law and order to be restored, a new Home Minister would have to be appointed. Katawal expressed his gratitude for [...]
2007-04-28 07:18:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU926REQUEST FOR DRL FUNDING TO ATTEND JULY 18-20
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 05:23:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM OTRA NP
07KATHMANDU937NEPAL WILL OPPOSE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) I am confident that Nepal will oppose Belarus' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (reftel). The Acting Deputy Chief of Mission discussed the issue May 10 with Prime Minister Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor, Dr. Suresh Chalise. Dr. Chalise assured both the A/DCM and, later, in a [...]
2007-05-10 12:11:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC BO NP
07KATHMANDU956NEPAL TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR UN HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-15 09:03:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC SI BK NP
07KATHMANDU974NEPAL'S HOME MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEMS, BUT
[...] (C) Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula suggested to the Ambassador May 15 that the security situation had improved. Nepal Police had taken action against the Maoist Young Communist League (YCL) in three districts, but police were ill-equipped to effectively implement law and order. The Amba [...]
2007-05-16 12:32:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL PTER PHUM MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU975INDIAN AMBASSADOR AGREES ON NEED FOR LAW AND ORDER
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador May 15, Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee was hopeful that problems with the Madhesi rights groups would be resolved soon, but pessimistic about the law and order situation in Nepal generally. Mukherjee noted that Peace and Reconstruction Minister Ram Chandr [...]
2007-05-16 12:34:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM NP
07KHARTOUM1005REGIME HARDLINER TO CDA: THERE IS A GOLDEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 24 meeting with CDA Fernandez, regime hardliner Magzoub al Khalifa declared that a "golden opportunity" exists for progress on Darfur. Expressing his eagerness to work with the U.S., Khalifa stated that the next six months will be crucial for building a platform condu [...]
2007-06-24 14:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM1018 DARFUR - HUNGER SEASON BRINGS CHRONIC BUT STABLE NUTRITION
[...] (U) Available indicators on malnutrition, including new admissions to feeding centers, food security levels, and sentinel site data, indicate a generally stable nutrition situation in Darfur as compared to the same time last year. Exceptions include areas in South Darfur currently receiving new [...]
2007-06-26 14:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1028 SUDAN - THE BLUES OF BLUE NILE STATE
[...] (U) Blue Nile State, which lies in the fertile woodland savannah belt of eastern Sudan, has a strong potential for agricultural production. However, several challenges exist for this special administrative area as defined in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. War destroyed most basic infrastr [...]
2007-06-28 10:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1037IRC PRESIDENT SEES TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN GOS
[...] (SBU) CDA met with International Rescue Committee President George Rupp and his visiting delegation (and IRC Country Representative Nicky Smith) to get a sense of their week-long stay in Sudan and interaction with the GOS. The delegation was generally quite pleased with their meetings with GO [...]
2007-07-01 09:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM106SAVING THE NORTH/SOUTH PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),the keystone of U.S. policy toward Sudan, is at risk. The death of John Garang, the south,s charismatic leader, and the marginalization of Vice President Ali Osman Taha, the co-architect of the peace agreement, have taken vision and energ [...]
2007-01-24 15:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO PHUM PREF SOCI US SU
07KHARTOUM1080 DARFUR - NEW IDPS OVERWHELM AL SALAM CAMP
[...] Begin summary: Since early May, an influx of newly displaced persons arriving in Al Salam camp near Nyala, South Darfur, has created a localized humanitarian emergency. New arrivals are often in poor health, and relief agencies are providing much-needed humanitarian aid. USAID field staff r [...]
2007-07-11 08:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1085 S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH SOUTH DARFURIANS
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) During a July 9 visit to Nyala, Presidential Special Envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, and US Embassy Charg Alberto Fernandez conducted a series of meetings with IDP camp representatives, the Magdoum of the Fur and civil society activists, as well as an impromptu meeting with the d [...]
2007-07-12 14:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1086 SUDAN - FLOOD RESPONSE IN NORTHERN SUDAN
[...] Summary: In July, unseasonably heavy rains and subsequent flooding have affected more than 28,000 households in Khartoum, Northern Kordofan, White Nile, Kassala, and Blue Nile states in northern Sudan, according to Sudanese government officials and humanitarian organizations. Government agen [...]
2007-07-12 15:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1094S/E NATSIOS VISIT TO NORTH DARFUR (CORRECTED COPY OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 9-10 visit to El Fasher, North Darfur, Special Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios, accompanied by CDA Alberto Fernandez and others, met with representatives from the AU and UN, IDP camps, civil society groups and the local branch of the Umma Party. He learned of the challen [...]
2007-07-13 15:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU AU
07KHARTOUM1105SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS JULY 11 MEETING WITH SPLM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Special Envoy met with GOSS senior officials Luka Biong Deng, Paul Mayom, and Cirino Hiteng to discuss the status of CPA implementation, U.S. support for an equitable solution to the Abyei impasse, road development in the South, and the SPLM's efforts on Darfur. Despite the u [...]
2007-07-16 06:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PHUM EPET EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1109NCP OFFICIAL IMPLICATES U.S. IN ALLEGED COUP
[...] (SBU) Influential regime hard-liner Nafie Ali Nafie has implicated the USG in a coup plot that the Sudanese Government claims to have disrupted on July 14. Speaking on Al Jazeera, the Presidential Assistant and former director of the security services accused the U.S. of supporting an attempt [...]
2007-07-16 11:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM UN AU SU US
07KHARTOUM1119 SUDAN - S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH NGOS
[...] Summary: On July 12, Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, accompanied by Charge d'Affaires Alberto Fernandez and others, met with the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Steering Committee in Khartoum to discuss issues facing the humanitarian community in Sudan. The NGOs noted that the Joint Communiq [...]
2007-07-18 13:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1124SUDAN - DISASTER DECLARATION FOR FLOODING IN SUDAN
[...] Summary: This cable declares a disaster due to flooding in Sudan and requests U.S. Government (USG) emergency assistance for those in need. Unseasonably heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding since late June have affected hundreds of thousands people in Khartoum, Northern Kordofan, White Nile [...]
2007-07-19 16:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1132ARAB TRIBAL RESETTLEMENT IN DARFUR ISSUE MORE
[...] (SBU) The much-anticipated report by the UN High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) on the influx of Arabs from Chad into Darfur will determine their legal status rather than assess whether the Sudanese Government has launched a program to resettle Chadian Arabs in the region, according to UNHCR D [...]
2007-07-22 15:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PHUM EAID SU CD UN
07KHARTOUM1134SLM TRIAL BEGINS FOR DEADLY MARCH CONFRONTATION IN
[...] (C) The trial of five members of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) involved in the Spring confrontation with Sudanese security services in Khartoum began July 2. SLM Legal Advisor Abdulaziz Sam told Poloff on July 19 that the five are accused of killing three policemen and wounding six afte [...]
2007-07-22 15:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM1137CENSUS DELAY LIKELY - POLITICS AND MONEY CAUSE
[...] (C) Summary: The Census Technical Working Group is planning for the delay of the nation,s first nationwide census (and Comprehensive Peace Agreement milestone) by at least one month. The cause: continued delay in the release of long-promised funding by Khartoum to census programmers in both [...]
2007-07-23 08:18:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL PHUM KDEM EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1167 DARFUR - USAID AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS
[...] Summary: Current USAID emergency agriculture interventions in Darfur have successfully improved the livelihoods and food security of small farming and agro-pastoralist households in many rural areas. However, ongoing conflict and insecurity make sustained agriculture and livestock interventi [...]
2007-07-26 11:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1172DARFUR - ENGAGING CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE PEACE PROCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Between July 12 and 19, USAID staff met with key civil society representatives in South and West Darfur to follow up on issues raised during the U.S. Special Envoy's visit to Nyala, gauge the views of civil society representatives in El Geneina, and assess possible areas of USG [...]
2007-07-29 07:37:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1210SUDAN FLOODING UPDATE
[...] Summary. The Government of National Unity (GNU),Government of South Sudan (GOSS),and humanitarian community continue to respond to flooding that has affected hundreds of thousands of people throughout Sudan in July. The GNU Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) estimates that flooding has dama [...]
2007-08-05 12:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1213DARFUR - EL GENEINA'S NORTHERN CORRIDOR AT RISK
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent USAID visit to El Geneina, West Darfur, U.N. staff alerted USAID to serious security problems and human rights abuses in the northern corridor of West Darfur. Arab nomadic groups and armed militia are terrorizing the residents of Abu Sorug, Sirba, Silea, and Bir [...]
2007-08-05 14:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1236SUDAN - USAID AIRLIFTS PLASTIC SHEETING FOR FLOOD-AFFECTED
[...] On August 8, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Fernandez and Undersecretary for the Government of National Unity's (GNU) Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs Charles Manyang welcomed the arrival of a USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) airlift carrying plastic sheeting for flood-af [...]
2007-08-09 06:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1271SUDAN - USAID FLOOD AND RETURNEE ASSESSMENT IN UNITY STATE
[...] Summary. From August 7 to 9, a USAID staff member traveled to Unity State to assess the flood emergency. Three counties in Unity State are seriously flooded, and between 6,000 and 13,000 families displaced statewide. Aid agencies and local officials are concerned because flooding began in J [...]
2007-08-14 12:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1296SUDAN - USAID FLOOD ASSESSMENT IN KASSALA STATE
[...] Summary. From August 6 to 9, USAID/SUDAN staff traveled to Kassala State to assess the effects of recent flooding, following unseasonably heavy rainfall in early July. Flooding has affected an estimated 40,000 people, destroyed more than 2,600 homes, and resulted in 10 deaths and extensive d [...]
2007-08-19 14:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1297 DARFUR - MALNUTITION UPDATE
[...] Summary: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that recent Darfur nutrition survey results indicate the first significant increase in malnutrition in the region since 2004. According to USAID partner the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF),six localized nutrition [...]
2007-08-19 14:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1308GITMO DETAINEE RELATIVES, ACTIVISTS PROTEST
[...] (U) SUMMARY: About 25 demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum on August 19 to protest the continued detention of nine Sudanese citizens held in Guantanamo Bay. The demonstration included six relatives of the detainees who carried photographs of their family members. Appr [...]
2007-08-21 07:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPAO PINS PTER SU
07KHARTOUM1321UPDATE ON DETENTION OF UMMA PARTY LEADER MUBARAK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 19, PolOff met with family members of detained Umma Reform and Renewal Party leader Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi. According to the family, Al-Fadil remains in solitary confinement in Khartoum's Kobeir Prison. Al-Mahdi was arrested along with some 20 others on July 14 (see r [...]
2007-08-22 13:56:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1338RAISED VOICES AND HOSTILITY REVEALED AT AEC PLENARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The 23rd session of the Assessment and Evaluation's (AEC) plenary session led to many tense moments on peripheral issues such as: the approval of prior minutes; the AEC chairman's independence; and the status of the working groups' reports on 'the implementation of [...]
2007-08-23 13:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM EFIN PINS SU
07KHARTOUM1342CANADA, EU TAKE DIFFERENT TACKS ON EXPULSION ORDER
[...] (SBU) Canada and the European Commission (EC) are taking two different tacks on Sudan's threatened expulsion of their chiefs of mission. Both delegations had sent identical letters to National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Director General Salah Ghosh in early August to request inf [...]
2007-08-27 10:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM SU EUN CA
07KHARTOUM1366SUDAN - STATUS OF IDP RETURNS TO SOUTHERN SUDAN
[...] Summary. In a recent meeting with USAID, the U.N. Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) reported that 1.24 million former internally displaced persons (IDPs) have returned to the Three Areas and Southern Sudan since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in January 2005. Based on IDP surv [...]
2007-08-30 13:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1372CODEL JACKSON-LEE'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 28 courtesy call, Codel Jackson-Lee briefed Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol on their visit to Darfur. The delegation also urged the expeditious implementation of UNSCR 1769, full implementation of the CPA, unfettered access for humanitarian NGOs, expedited [...]
2007-08-30 15:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1385SUDAN - FLOOD RESPONSE IN SOUTHERN SUDAN
[...] Summary. Since June, flooding has affected more than 91,000 people in Lakes, Warrab, Unity, Upper Nile, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, and Jonglei states in Southern Sudan, according to the U.N. It is unclear whether the floods are worse than in previous years; however, non-governmental organizati [...]
2007-09-04 08:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1390 DARFUR - HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE
[...] Summary: On September 1, the high-level committee that oversees the implementation of the Joint Communique on the facilitation of humanitarian activities in Darfur met in Khartoum. In the capacity of donor observer, U.S. Charge d'Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez, accompanied by a USAID represen [...]
2007-09-04 13:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1401SUDAN MOVES CLOSER TO RELEASE OF SULEIMAN JAMOUS
[...] (SBU) Both the Arabic and the English press on September 5 reported widely President Omar Al bahshir's remarks following his meeting with visiting UNSYG Ban Ki Moon on September 3, reiterating the Sudanese Government's intention to allow the release of former Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) hu [...]
2007-09-05 15:22:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPAO UN SU
07KHARTOUM143SO. SUDAN: UPDATE ON UNMIS PKO KILLING AND LRA
[...] (C) Summary: A January 26 ambush of a UN peacekeeping convoy southeast of Juba left one Indian peacekeeper dead and one injured. The Ugandan rebel group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is suspected of responsibility for the attack. The incident follows a breakdown in peace talks between the LRA [...]
2007-01-30 15:18:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM SU UG CG KE
07KHARTOUM1446SUDAN - USAID FLOOD ASSESSMENT RENK COUNTY, UPPER NILE
[...] Summary. From August 28 to 30, USAID/OFDA staff visited Renk County in northern Upper Nile State, Southern Sudan, to assess the effects of recent flooding. Flooding caused severe damage to homes and livestock and affected an estimated 10,000 households, or approximately 50,000 people. Non-g [...]
2007-09-13 15:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1453 HAROUN SPEAKS OUT ON THE ICC AND DARFUR
[...] (SBU) In a interview which appeared in the September 15 edition of independent Sudanese daily Al-Rai Al-Aam's special political supplement, war crimes suspect and State Minister for Humanitarian Affairs Ahmad Haroun lashed out at the International Criminal Court, calling his indictment a cynica [...]
2007-09-16 14:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREC KPKO AU PHUM UN SU
07KHARTOUM1462MINISTER KOSTI: HUMANITARIAN ACCESS IMPROVING
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) In a September 15 courtesy call with CDA Fernandez, Minister for Humanitarian Affairs Kosti Manibe reported that humanitarian access inside Sudan was improving, and that no travel permits for NGO workers were required outside of Darfur. The case of the CARE country director was s [...]
2007-09-17 13:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM US SU
07KHARTOUM1469 DEVELOPING PEACE DIVIDENDS IN DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 16, the Darfur Donors Coordination Group convened for the first time in several months to discuss criteria for resuming the DJAM and possible activities taking place in Darfur outside the DJAM framework. In addition to core donor representatives, non-traditional dono [...]
2007-09-18 11:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREC PHUM EAID UN SU
07KHARTOUM148 SEEKING NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN - SUDAN
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Khartoum has identified what we believe are the five most influential women in Sudan. Our list is geographically diverse and includes women from civil society and government. Names, titles, and contact information for each of the women follow: NAME: Mariam Al Sadig Al S [...]
2007-01-31 15:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL SU
07KHARTOUM15GOS BOMBS VILLAGES AFTER AU OUTREACH TO REBEL
[...] (C) Summary: As an outgrowth of the December 15 Cease Fire Commission and with the support of UNMIS, the AU Force Commander traveled to Um Rai in North Darfur to meet with non-signatory rebel commanders on December 28. He reportedly obtained an agreement by the rebels to join the second chamb [...]
2007-01-04 12:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM1523 DARFUR - HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE
[...] Summary: On September 24, the high-level committee that oversees the implementation of the Joint Communique on the facilitation of humanitarian activities in Darfur met in Khartoum. In the capacity of donor observer, U.S. Charge d'Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez, accompanied by a USAID represen [...]
2007-09-30 12:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1532 HAC: MORE DEVELOPMENT, LESS FOOD AID
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a lengthy September 26 meeting with CDA Fernandez, deputy head of the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) Hassabo Abdelrahman praised the U.S. role in humanitarian relief operations in Sudan, but maintained that the focus should shift to early recovery and development. There was [...]
2007-10-01 13:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO PHUM AU EAID UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1565 DARFUR - BRAZEN CARJACKINGS BRING NGOS TO TIPPING POINT
[...] (U) Recent attacks on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working throughout Darfur, including USAID partners CARE and World Vision, have impacted the delivery of humanitarian services. Brazen daytime carjackings in Nyala town, the capital of South Darfur, have prompted the UN to impose a 14 [...]
2007-10-08 11:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM159 Darfur: AMIS CivPol Killed in Feb. 1 Hijacking in Kutum
[...] (U) On February 1, unidentified assailants shot and killed an African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) civilian police (CivPol) officer during a hijacking of an AMIS vehicle in Kassab internally displaced persons camp in Kutum, North Darfur, on the morning of February 1. 2. (U) AMIS condemned [...]
2007-02-05 03:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO PREF PHUM AU SU
07KHARTOUM16UNMIS POLICE AND MILITARY CONTINGENTS STRUGGLE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff and CDA Hume met with UNMIS Darfur Military Staff Chief and UNMIS Civ/Pol Director on January 1 and 3 to gain a very early assessment of the UN-AU lash-up. The picture for Civ/Pol is encouraging, for the military far less so. Civ/Pol Director reported a smooth integration [...]
2007-01-04 12:40:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM1600 SUDAN - DISASTER REDECLARATION
[...] The humanitarian situation in Sudan continues to warrant U.S. Government (USG) assistance to meet the emergency requirements of conflict-affected civilian populations throughout the country. USG humanitarian assistance in Sudan saves lives, mitigates the economic impact of conflict on livelih [...]
2007-10-11 06:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1602 SUDAN - UNHCR FUNDING SITUATION AND PLANS FOR DARFUR
[...] On October 2, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) Deputy Representative for Sudan Craig Sanders briefed international donors, including USAID, on UNHCR's funding situation for the remainder of 2007. In addition, UNHCR discussed progress in expanding Darfur operations a [...]
2007-10-11 07:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1626NO CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR OIL SHOULD SOUTH SECEDE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of interviews conducted between September 24 to October 6, petroleum industry insiders and officials from the Ministry of Energy and Mining told EconOffs and visiting Washington analysts that there is no contingency planning for the oil sector in the event the south [...]
2007-10-17 12:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN EPET PHUM PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1659 SUDAN - UN/DONOR PRINCIPALS MEETING RESUMES
[...] On October 21, the UN reinstated the UN high-level donor coordination meeting in Khartoum. The UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General in Sudan (D/SRSG) and the UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator (RC/HC) in Sudan, Ameerah Haq, chaired the meeting. At this f [...]
2007-10-25 11:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1664OIL COMPANY VICE PRESIDENT CONFIRMS REBEL ATTACK
[...] (SBU) On October 25, the Vice President of the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC),Dr. Yousif Mohamed Ahmed, confirmed that a rebel force took two GNPOC contractors and two Sudanese drivers hostage on October 24. Ahmed was not able to confirm that the rebels were tied to the Jus [...]
2007-10-25 15:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1669 DARFUR - HAC PROPOSES TO DIVIDE IDP CAMPS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 07:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1670JEM CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFRA ATTACK AND CONTINUES TO
[...] (SBU) On October 28, Abdulaziz Nur Ushar, who claimed to be the Deputy Secretary for Political Affairs of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM,) told EconOff that his movement is responsible for the October 24 attack on the Defra oil facility where JEM fighters allegedly captured five hosta [...]
2007-10-29 10:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM1680 UNREST AND TURMOIL IN CAMPS CREATE SUSPICIONS OF GOS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 11:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1689 SUDAN - RIFT VALLEY FEVER
[...] On October 28, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported that Rift Valley fever (RVF) has been confirmed in three states in northern Sudan. RVF is a viral zoonosis that primarily affects animals but also can infect humans. WHO reported that out of 70 known human cases 40 deaths had occu [...]
2007-10-31 09:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM17UN LIGHT PACKAGE IN DARFUR NEEDS AN ENERGIZER
[...] (C) Summary: A January 3 visit to El Fasher revealed numerous problems with the initial deployment of the UN light package. As reported septel, the small initial UN military contingent has yet to be integrated with the AMIS peace-keeping force. The UN police contingent is trying to define a [...]
2007-01-04 12:41:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM172DARFUR: UNDP ISSUES STATEMENT ON NYALA ASSAULTS
[...] (C) Summary: Reftels detail the January 19 incident wherein 20 UN, NGO, and African Mission in Sudan (AMIS) personnel were arrested following the violent breakup of a social event, which resulted in serious injuries to several of the humanitarian personnel. On January 30, UN Deputy Special R [...]
2007-02-05 15:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV EAID PREF SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1767 VERDICT REACHED IN TRIAL OF MURDERED SUDANESE JOURNALIST
[...] (SBU) On November 10 a Khartoum criminal court convicted ten individuals in the 2006 murder of prominent Sudanese journalist Mohamed Taha Mohamed Ahmed, including a U.S. Embassy local guard. While most press reports indicated that the convicted men were all from the troubled Darfur region, an E [...]
2007-11-13 12:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM SCUL ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM1771 DARFUR - USAID NUTRITION UPDATE
[...] Recent nutrition surveys in pockets of Darfur reveal that the nutrition status of children under five has deteriorated since May 2007 to levels approaching those recorded in 2004 -- the beginning of the Darfur humanitarian response when the nutritional situation was at its worst. From Septemb [...]
2007-11-15 07:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1795DARFUR - THE HAC AND WALI DISCUSS KALMA ISSUES AND THE
[...] (U) On November 10, the Charge d'Affaires Fernandez, the USAID Mission Director, and the USAID Darfur Team Leader met with the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commissioner and the Governor (Wali) of South Darfur to discuss the current state of affairs with Kalma internally d [...]
2007-11-18 17:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM18DARFUR: DSRSG DEFENSIVE ON LIGHT PACKAGE, CRITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 5 meeting between Charge d'Affairs Hume and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG) for the United Nations (UN) in SIPDIS Sudan Manuel Aranda d'Silva, the two discussed the CDA's recent visit to UN Light Package elements in El Fasher (ref [...]
2007-01-05 11:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEAID PREF PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL SU UN
07KHARTOUM1813SHINING AN AMERICAN LIGHT ON ABYEI
[...] (C) Summary: With the ongoing political crisis between the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in its second month, the conflict over the oil-rich Abyei region takes center stage once again as the key irreconcilable difference between the two parties, th [...]
2007-11-20 10:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1821SOUTHERN SUDAN - LAINYA COUNTY UPDATE
[...] From November 4 to 6, program officers from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) traveled to Lainya County in Central Equatoria State, Southern Sudan, to review the status of the planned transition of USAID/OFDA-funded programs to the Government of Southern Sudan (GOS [...]
2007-11-21 11:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1832SOUTHERN SUDAN - HEALTH SECTOR TRANSITION UPDATE
[...] Over the past three fiscal years, USAID has been able to steadily and responsibly decrease its non-food humanitarian budget from USD 88.3 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 to USD 69.5 million in FY 2006 and USD 61.9 million in FY 2007 in anticipation of the eventual transition from relief to dev [...]
2007-11-21 16:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1853 DARFUR - ADMINISTRATOR FORE SITE VISIT TO EL FASHER
[...] (U) On November 22, the USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta H. Fore, Charge d'Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez, Assistant Administrator for USAID's Africa Bureau (AA/AFR) Kate Almquist, and the Mission Director for USAID/Sudan traveled to El Fasher, North Darfur, to re [...]
2007-11-27 06:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1856 SUDAN - NGOS BRIEF AA/AFR ON CURRENT CHALLENGES
[...] On November 21, representatives from the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Steering Committee and other USAID implementing partners briefed the Assistant Administrator for USAID's Africa Bureau (AA/AFR) Kate Almquist on the current operating environment in Sudan. The NGOs reported that their [...]
2007-11-27 09:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1857TRANSFER OF DETAINEES TO SUDAN
[...] (C) CDA Fernandez delivered points in reftel a to MFA Protocol Director Ali Yusuf on November 26. Ambassador Yusuf subsequently confirmed that the GOS will permit refueling of the plane after landing in Sudan and transferring detainees to Sudanese exclusive custody and control. He added that [...]
2007-11-27 10:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PTER SU
07KHARTOUM1858SUDAN - SECRETARY TO CONVENE A MINISTERIAL ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: The American invitation to the National Congress Party (NCP) to participate in a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Ministerial on December 5 in Ethiopia with Secretary Rice and regional countries has caused SIPDIS consternation for NCP officials who are unsure exactly how to [...]
2007-11-27 12:16:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU IGAD SU
07KHARTOUM1888OCHA: NO EASY SOLUTION TO COMPLEX KALMA CAMP ISSUE
[...] (C) Summary: OCHA field officers see no real solution to the massive problems confronting the very large Darfur IDP camp of Kalma, a particular target of Sudanese Government ire. They recommend engagement with the GOS on the issue while cautioning that the Khartoum regime will certainly manipu [...]
2007-11-30 12:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1903USG HOLMES: GOVERNMENT WILL EXTEND HUMANITARIAN MORATORIUM
[...] (SBU) On November 29, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Sir John Holmes briefed the donor community on his conversations with Sudanese government officials and previewed his upcoming trip to Darfur. He thanked the international community for its support, saying that the UN's h [...]
2007-12-03 10:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN PHUM KPKO SU
07KHARTOUM1911ALMOST FIVE MONTHS LATER, OPPOSITION LEADER RELEASED FROM
[...] (SBU) After more than four months in Khartoum's Khober Prison, accused of plotting a coup against the government but never formally charged, Umma Party Reform and Renewal leader Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi has been released. On December 2, family members told poloff that his release seemed immine [...]
2007-12-04 13:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM1927SOUTHERN SUDAN - ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S SITE VISIT TO JUBA
[...] On November 23, the USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta H. Fore, Charge d'Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez, Assistant Administrator for USAID's Africa Bureau (AA/AFR) Kate Almquist, and the USAID/Sudan Mission Director traveled to Juba, Southern Sudan, to review progre [...]
2007-12-05 15:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1938SPLM AND NCP SPIN PEACE TALKS PROGRESS, MANUEVER
[...] (C) Summary: If all outstanding CPA issues including Abyei are not resolved by January 9, the SPLM may rejoin the Government of National Unity, but will not partner with the NCP in the 2009 elections, according to SPLM Deputy SG for the Northern Sector Yasir Arman. Meanwhile NCP sources ind [...]
2007-12-07 11:30:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM1968JANJAWID WARLORD: WE WANT AMERICA AS OUR PATRON
[...] Summary: Alleged Janjawid turncoat Juma Dagalo claims that his well-armed movement is sincerely opposed to Khartoum, despite sketchy evidence to the contrary, and has forged new ties with mostly African Darfur rebel groups. He seeks American moral and political support for a confrontation with [...]
2007-12-12 09:00:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1970AMIS SEES KALMA DISARMAMENT AS "GREATEST CHALLENGE"
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 10:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM1986AMIS SEES KALMA DISARMAMENT AS "GREATEST CHALLENGE"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 11 meeting with the Charg d'Affaires and USAID Mission Director, Nyala AMIS Deputy Sector Commander and Deputy Chief Police Supervisor called the disarmament of Kalma IDP camp the "greatest challenge" facing the Mission. The Deputy Sector Commander mentioned the p [...]
2007-12-13 05:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM1987DEPUTY WALI AND POLICE COMMANDER WELCOME CDA IN SOUTH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 05:11:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM1988 DARFUR - WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE UPDATE
[...] From November 11 to 24, a water, sanitation, and hygiene specialist from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) traveled to North and South Darfur to evaluate the effectiveness of ongoing USAID-funded programs and make recommendations for future interventions. The USAI [...]
2007-12-13 06:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1989MILITANT DARFUR IDP LEADERS: NO CHINESE, ARABS
[...] (C) Summary: Leaders of Kalma IDP camp disavow having any weapons while at the same time admitting that they successfully drove out thousands of fellow IDPs in an October uprising. The Kalma sheikhs claimed AMIS was a failure and UNAMID would also fail if it consisted only of African, Arab an [...]
2007-12-13 06:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEAID KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1994CORRECTED COPY - DEPUTY WALI AND POLICE COMMANDER WELCOME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 10 meeting with the Charg d'Affaires (CDA) and USAID Mission Director, South Darfur Deputy Wali (Governor) Farah and South Darfur Police Commander Mohamed encouraged the CDA and Mission Director to see the "reality" in South Darfur as the first step in solving Darf [...]
2007-12-13 09:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM2005NORTHERN SUDAN - USAID-FUNDED NATIONAL NGO CPA ADVOCATES
[...] (SBU) The recall of Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) officials from the Government of National Unity (GNU) and the political crisis that followed has derailed implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and CPA-related activities throughout Sudan. Since mid-October, hara [...]
2007-12-14 11:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM2008FUR MAQDUM REASSURES ABOUT UNAMID AND HINTS AT TRIBAL
[...] (SBU) In a December 12 meeting, the Maqdum (traditional "viceroy") of the Fur in Nyala, Ahmed Rajal, discussed with FieldOff the latest sentiment among the South Darfur Fur community with regard to deployment of the United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The Maqdum inquired about the Decem [...]
2007-12-16 07:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU PHUM
07KHARTOUM201FPOTUS CARTER PROVIDES READOUT ON MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Former President Jimmy Carter provided a read-out to Charge Hume following his February 10 meeting with President Bashir. Regarding the North-South situation, Carter reported that Bashir was in favor of further involvement by the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD),perhaps [...]
2007-02-11 16:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID PREF AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM2010GHAZI SULEIMAN: US SUDAN POLICY "SATISFIES MORAL
[...] (C) Summary: Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) National Assembly leader and human rights advocate Ghazi Suleiman sees the SPLM as almost certainly running with and not against the National Congress Party in 2009 elections, criticized US Sudan policy as "too clumsy," described power in [...]
2007-12-16 09:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AU SU
07KHARTOUM2017NORTH DARFUR INSECURITY ON THE RISE
[...] (QBU) The week of December 10 saw a sharp rise in carjackings, banditry and insecurity in North Darfur, culminating on December 14 with a violent car-jacking attack on the African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS),whose El Fasher Force Headquarters are located in close proximity to USG residen [...]
2007-12-17 06:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2019WISE WORDS FROM FREED OPPOSITION LEADER MUBARAK
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging meeting with CDA Fernandez on December 17, Umma Renewal and Reform leader Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi urged the US to encourage widening the CPA to include parties other than the NCP and SPLM. Al-Fadil described President Bashir as essentially a 'fall guy' for the [...]
2007-12-17 14:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM2027BLASPHEMY AT THE KHARTOUM INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR
[...] (SBU) In a twist on the recent "teddy bear scandal" that saw a British schoolteacher sentenced to prison, pardoned by the President and ultimately expelled from Sudan, two Egyptian booksellers were convicted of insulting Islam by distributing a book allegedly critical of the prophet Mohammad's [...]
2007-12-18 12:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SU EG
07KHARTOUM203DARFUR: A REVIEW OF RECENT SECURITY TRENDS
[...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese government has scaled back the execution of sustained military operations in Darfur since the beginning of Ramadan in the fall of 2006. From Ramadan to present, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) appears focused on troop rotation, garrison activities, and logistical st [...]
2007-02-11 16:40:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PHUM PREF AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM210 Student Confrontation Results in Death
[...] On February 8, a confrontation between groups of students aligned with the National Congress Party (NCP) and with the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) turned deadly, with one student killed and several more injured. The incident, which took place on the campus of Al-Nilein Universi [...]
2007-02-13 07:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI PGOV PHUM ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM215REV. GRAHAM'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASHIR
[...] (C) Rev Franklin Graham, founder and CEO of Samaritan,s Purse (SP),met with President Bashir on February 12, after visiting South Darfur and Southern Sudan. The Sudanese government excluded former Senator Bill Frist, who is traveling as a guest of SP, from the meeting. Graham characterized [...]
2007-02-13 15:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SU US
07KHARTOUM218 Presidency Appoints Chair of Commission on Rights of
[...] (U) On February 8, President al-Bashir issued a presidential decree, with the approval of First Vice President Salva Kiir, appointing Joshua Dao as Chair of the Commission on the Rights of Non-Muslims in the National Capital. The membership of the Commission will be announced later by the Pres [...]
2007-02-14 03:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM SCUL KIRF SU
07KHARTOUM224CDA AND MFA UNDER SECRETARY MUTRIFF DISCUSS
[...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with Mutriff al Siddiq, Under Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CDA Hume SIPDIS explained the U.S. position with respect to Darfur rebels who had not yet signed the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The United States, along with other members of the inte [...]
2007-02-14 12:33:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM239CDA MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI SALAH
[...] (C) On February 18, CDA Hume met with Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salah ed-Dine to discuss the situation in Darfur, the threats to humanitarian operations, and peace-keeping. Hume said the USG was deeply concerned about trends in Darfur and about President Bashir's recent statements criticizing [...]
2007-02-18 12:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM250DARFUR - VISIT OF THE USAID/DCHA ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
[...] (U) From January 20 to 25, USAID Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) Assistant Administrator Michael E. Hess visited Sudan. Hess and six USAID/Sudan staff members traveled to North and South Darfur to gain a better understanding of the current humanitarian, political [...]
2007-02-19 15:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM251 SUDAN - BLUE NILE STATE - HEALTH CARE FOR RETURNING
[...] The USAID Senior Humanitarian Advisor (SHA),accompanied by the Blue Nile State Minister of Health and the Dean of the Academy for Health Sciences, visited the Chali Way Station to consider options to improve working and living conditions for health care providers. The group also visited the r [...]
2007-02-19 15:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM272SUDAN: END OF TOUR REPORT
[...] (C) Note: the following represents the end of tour report of departing Political/Economic Counselor Eric Whitaker, who served at Embassy Khartoum from August 2005 ) February 2007. The opinions expressed are his own reflections on his experiences over the course of his tour, as well as from hi [...]
2007-02-22 12:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM30GOVERNOR RICHARDSON MEETS SUDANESE FM AKOL AND
[...] (C) Summary: On January 8 New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson had separate meetings with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol and President Omar al Bashir. Richardson asked for progress on four points: implementation of the UN's three phase plan for peace-keeping in Darfur; a renewed cease-fir [...]
2007-01-08 16:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM328SUDAN - LAUNCH OF SUDAN HUMANITARIAN POLICY 2007
[...] On February 1, the USAID Senior Humanitarian Advisor (SHA) and two USAID/Sudan officials attended the launch of the Sudan Humanitarian Policy 2007 by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs in Khartoum. The policy document disseminated to attendees included general goals of improving coordinatio [...]
2007-03-02 11:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM329SUDAN - IOM AND DONORS MONITOR RETURNS
[...] From January 22 to 27, the USAID Senior Humanitarian Advisor (SHA) and representatives of five European countries participated in a donor mission at the invitation of the International Organization of Migration (IOM). The group assessed registration and departure preparations in Khartoum-area [...]
2007-03-02 11:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU EAGR
07KHARTOUM34POLICE RAID KHARTOUM EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL
[...] (U) Police raided All Saints Cathedral in Khartoum early on the morning of January 1, injuring six worshippers, one of them seriously. Some 500 people had gathered in the cathedral -- seat of the Episcopal Church of Sudan Diocese of Khartoum -- late on New Year's Eve for an annual prayer servi [...]
2007-01-09 10:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM361INGOS TO SE NATSIOS: DARFUR SITUATION DETERIORATING
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 3 meeting in Khartoum, members of the INGO steering committee briefed Special Envoy Natsios on humanitarian operations in Darfur. The INGOs, including CARE, Oxfam, Mercy Corps, Goal and MedAir, reported that the situation on the ground had deteriorated since his last v [...]
2007-03-08 10:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM363RESPONSE TO REQUEST: UK-PROPOSED INDIVIDUALS FOR
[...] (C) Per reftel, post provides supplemental information background information: General Ali al-Sharif al-Tahir Ahmed, SAF Western Military Commander Major General Abdullah Khalif Bashir, Former SAF Western Military Commander Lt. General Mohammed Abdel Qadir, SAF Airforce Commander Mah [...]
2007-03-08 11:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UN SU
07KHARTOUM437 STATEMENT OF THE ACTING SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
[...] (SBU) Following is the text of remarks given by Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan Mr. Taye Brooke-Zerihoun to the Sudan Consortium on March 20, 2007. Further consortium reporting will follow septel. (Begin Text) Mr. Chairman, Honourable Ministers and Delegate [...]
2007-03-20 13:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU EAID PINS MARR PHUM
07KHARTOUM44GOVERNOR RICHARDSON MEETS PRESIDENT BASHIR AND
[...] (C) Summary: On January 10 Governor Bill Richardson met again with Sudan's President Omar El Bashir and concluded his visit to Sudan. At the end of the Richardson/Bashir meeting, representatives of the Save Darfur Coalition (which sponsored Richardson's trip) spoke briefly with Bashir. The tw [...]
2007-01-11 12:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM48Gov. Richardson Visits Darfur, Presses for Cease-Fire,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On a day-long visit to Darfur January 9, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson met with Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory rebels, representatives of the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM/MM) faction of Minni Minawi, and the African Union (AU) Force Commander. Richardson [...]
2007-01-11 16:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF AU SU
07KHARTOUM480SUDANESE GOVERNMENT: SET A FIXED TIMELINE FOR
[...] Summary: CDA Hume met with presidential advisor Maghzoub al-Khalifa on March 26 to discuss Sudanese government plans on Darfur in light of the current visit of special envoys Eliasson and Salim. Al-Khalifa called for renewed international cooperation on DPA implementation, including assistance [...]
2007-03-27 12:10:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU UN AU
07KHARTOUM505 DARFUR - DESPITE OBSTACLES USAID PARTNERS CONTINUE TO
[...] (U) Despite significant bureaucratic impediments and security concerns, a recent USAID monitoring and assessment mission to Darfur confirmed that USAID partners are providing critical, quality, life-saving services to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the region. [...]
2007-03-29 06:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM506 DARFUR - INCREASINGLY PRECARIOUS HUMANITARIAN ENVIRONMENT
[...] (U) U.N. and non-governmental organization (NGO) representatives again appealed to donors for support in addressing the deteriorating humanitarian environment in Darfur and growing obstacles in providing assistance. Painting a particularly bleak picture, U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) Man [...]
2007-03-29 06:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM507 SUDAN - IOM OVERVIEW OF IDP RETURNS
[...] (U) The International Organization for Migration (IOM),the primary operational agency in the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to Southern Sudan, recently provided a breakdown of projected IDP returns and an overview of current operations. Although establishing the logistical infr [...]
2007-03-29 06:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM510DARFUR: BREAKTHROUGH ON HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS
[...] (SBU) Six weeks of sustained negotiation between the international community and the Sudanese government culminated in a Joint Communique to alleviate the bureaucratic restrictions on humanitarian operations in Darfur, said the UNSYG's Deputy Special Representative for Humanitarian Affairs, Ma [...]
2007-03-29 15:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID PHUM UN SU
07KHARTOUM529 DARFUR - HAC RANKS LOCAL NGOS, USAID PARTNERS "DISMISSED"
[...] (SBU) On March 20, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) Office in Nyala, South Darfur, publicly posted the results of an evaluation report ranking local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at the Nyala HAC office. According to U.N. Civil Affairs, a total o [...]
2007-04-04 09:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM53 Southern Sudan: WFP Driver Killed in Ambush
[...] On January 11, the World Food Program (WFP) issued a press release stating that an ambush along the Juba - Torit road on January 10 resulted in the death of a Sudanese WFP driver, who was riding in a pickup truck. The incident also resulted in a local GTZ employee and two accompanying SPLA so [...]
2007-01-12 13:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID ASEC MOPS PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM530DARFUR: MORNEI, WEST DARFUR - THE EYE OF THE STORM?
[...] (U) On March 5 and 6, USAID staff traveled to Mornei, West Darfur, to monitor USAID-funded humanitarian programs and to assess current conditions. This represented the first visit by USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance staff to Mornei in more than sixteen months due to restricted [...]
2007-04-04 09:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM531DARFUR - AMIS ENGAGEMENT IN ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES RAISES
[...] (U) On March 3, USAID staff attended a tense meeting in Nyala, South Darfur, between the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Sector 2 leadership, AMIS Civilian Police (AMIS/CIVPOL),and the humanitarian community. Although the aim of the meeting was to improve communication and understandin [...]
2007-04-04 10:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM536SUDAN - U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS DONOR COMMUNITY ON RECENT TRIP
[...] (U) On March 26, U.N. Under Secretary General (U/SYG) for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes briefed the donor community on his trip to Sudan, which included visits to Juba and Darfur and meetings with various government officials. Holmes voiced concern over the [...]
2007-04-05 09:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM537 DARFUR - BEIDA, WEST DARFUR - LIVING ON THE EDGE
[...] (U) On March 14, the first USAID team to visit Beida, West Darfur, in more than 16 months traveled to the border town with representatives of the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) to monitor humanitarian programs and assess current conditions. Travel to the area had not bee [...]
2007-04-05 09:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM549CDA HUME URGES CHANGE IN SUDANESE POSITION ON
[...] (C) Summary: Previewing the forthcoming visit of Deputy Secretary Negroponte with Presidential Advisor Ismael, CDA SIPDIS Hume said that Secretary Rice was sending Negroponte to Sudan because of her concern about the overall outlook for U.S.-Sudanese relations. Secretary Rice was concerned [...]
2007-04-07 12:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM55 Southern Sudan: Four Die in Jan. 2 Ambush Southeast of
[...] (U) Summary: On January 2, at 12:30 p.m., assailants ambushed a truck carrying approximately 35 passengers about 100 kilometers southeast of Juba, killing at least four and wounding six individuals. A survivor, a local PA&E employee, stated that the assailants were LRA rebels; she provided Co [...]
2007-01-14 08:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID ASEC MOPS PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM56 Southern Sudan: More Ambushes Near Juba
[...] Summary: A series of armed attacks east and southeast of Juba on January 7 and 10 claimed three lives, injured 13, and left two missing. There is still no concrete evidence as to the identity of the assailants, but suspicion centers on the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). End summary. ----- [...]
2007-01-14 08:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID ASEC MOPS PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM563SUDAN - USAID RED SEA STATE ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) From March 7 to 11, a joint USAID assessment team comprised of representatives from USAID's offices of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI),U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA),and Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) visited Red Sea State to monitor USAID-funded activities and assess curre [...]
2007-04-11 14:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PINS PHUM EAGR SU
07KHARTOUM564SOUTHERN SUDAN - USAID WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE
[...] (U) To facilitate the development of a USAID water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) strategy for FY 2007, USAID/Sudan and USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) staff recently assessed USAID-funded WASH interventions in Southern Sudan. The assessment team reported that U [...]
2007-04-11 14:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM572DARFUR - UNDP RULE OF LAW OVERVIEW
[...] (U) The USAID-supported UN Development Program's (UNDP) Darfur Rule of Law Program, launched in September 2004, targets the region's absence of rule of law practices and institutions. The program has made a significant contribution to raising awareness of human rights and rule of law procedur [...]
2007-04-12 12:45:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI AU SU
07KHARTOUM583DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential Adviser Salaheddin appealed for a qualitative change in the bilateral relationship. He presented an upbeat assessment of the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),saying that momentum is building, with progress being made even on the contentious i [...]
2007-04-16 06:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP EAID KPKO MOPS PGOV PHUM
07KHARTOUM592Sudan - Juba Teaching Hospital
[...] (U) Juba Teaching Hospital (JTH) faces numerous challenges as it adapts to rapidly increasing demand and the new management of the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS). The imminent withdrawal of longtime supporter International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will be a serious test for the ho [...]
2007-04-16 14:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM614SUDAN: POST ASSESSMENT OF TREATMENT OF RETURNED
[...] (S) Embassy Khartoum does not believe there to be a credible basis to suspect the mistreatment of previously transferred Sudanese GTMO detainees by the Sudanese authorities and believes that the GOS has demonstrated sufficient resolve and effectiveness to justify consideration of additional tr [...]
2007-04-19 14:28:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL PHUM PTER KAWK SU
07KHARTOUM621SUDAN - LOCAL AND NATIONAL NGO HARASSMENT
[...] (C) While acts of violence and intimidation of international humanitarian organizations and staff are well documented, particularly in Darfur, the harassment of national and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has received comparatively limited attention. Activities funded by USAID an [...]
2007-04-19 15:10:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM643POSSIBLE EXECUTION OF SLA/M SOLDIERS BY AMIS TROOPS
[...] (S) Post draws Department attention to the information report referenced above, supported by photographic evidence, which suggests that three Sudan Liberation Army Minawi (SLA/M) soldiers may have been executed by Senegalese troops in retaliation for the deaths of five of their own. The incid [...]
2007-04-24 15:53:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM67 Darfur: Update on UN Assistance to AMIS
[...] (SBU) UN Director of Political Affairs Abiodun Bashua confirmed to Pol/Econ Counselor January 16 that an additional ten UN military staff officers had arrived in El Fasher, Darfur, to join the 17 military staff officers and 15 UN police advisors already there. He added that five additional UN [...]
2007-01-16 16:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF PHUM UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM678SUDAN - USAID ABYEI AND SOUTHERN KORDOFAN ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) From February 25 to 28, a joint USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) assessment team traveled to Abyei and Southern Kordofan State to monitor USAID-funded water interventions, identify potential conflict-mitigation ac [...]
2007-05-01 07:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM679 SUDAN - HEALTH SECTOR RELIEF TO DEVELOPMENT TRANSITION
[...] (U) Nearly two decades of civil war in Southern Sudan has resulted in a region with some of the worst health indicators in sub-Saharan Africa. As USAID prepares to transition its assistance in the region from relief assistance to development programming, USAID's health sector non-governmental [...]
2007-05-01 10:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM695FONMIN AKOL LETTER TO THE SECRETARY ON DETAINEES
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The Government of Sudan (GOS) delivered May 2 the following letter to the Embassy regarding the status of its citizens currently held as enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on. Post requests Department's guidance in responding to this letter. Post under [...]
2007-05-03 03:43:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALSU PREL PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC
07KHARTOUM697RESPONSE: SUDAN - SUPPORTING THE TDRA
[...] (SBU) Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi is traveling in Darfur to inaugurate the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA). His earliest expected return date to Khartoum is May 6. Per Ref. A, Post will contact Minawi upon his return [...]
2007-05-03 12:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM EAID SU AU
07KHARTOUM70Darfur: Inauguration of Second Chamber of CFC, Clearing
[...] (SBU) Summary: The AMIS Cease Fire Commission met January 8 and 10 to clear out a backlog of cease fire violations, receive briefings on the Force Commander's outreach to non-signatory rebel factions (septel),and inaugurate the Second Chamber for non-signatories. The First Chamber meeting on [...]
2007-01-17 15:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF AU SU
07KHARTOUM711SUDAN - NUBIAN VIEWS ON NILE DAM PROJECTS
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Poloffs met with two representatives of the Nubian Popular Committee, Dr. Sabbar and Mr. Faisal Barry, on May 1. Discussions confirmed that the Nubian community in Northern Sudan continues to oppose Government of Sudan intentions to construct two additional dams al [...]
2007-05-08 12:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PHUM KPAO SCUL KDEM PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM72MFA COMPLAINS RE SEARCH OF EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD,
[...] (C) Summary: On January 17, the MFA summoned DCM Powers to raise several issues of concern. Director of Americas Al-Sanosi relayed concerns over a U.S. break-in of the Sudanese embassy in Baghdad, the status of Sudanese detainees in Guantanamo (covered septel),Special Envoy Natsios' meeting [...]
2007-01-17 16:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CVIS ABLD AMGT ASEC US SU
07KHARTOUM73MFA RAISES GUANTANAMO ISSUES
[...] (C) On January 17, MFA Director of Americas Badawi al-Sanosi raised the matter of Sudanese detainees at Guantanamo with the DCM and Pol/Econ Counselor during a meeting to which they were summoned (other aspects covered septel). Al-Sanosi specifically requested an update on the status of Sani [...]
2007-01-17 16:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM KAWC US SU
07KHARTOUM737ACTING GOSS MINISTER OF FINANCE OULINES PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Acting Minister of Finance (MOF) for the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Gabrielle Changson Chang outlined his immediate objectives for establishing a fully-functioning GOSS financial structure. The gap between GOSS capacity in this area and the imperative nature of est [...]
2007-05-12 08:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM749SUDAN/UGANDA/CONGO: PLANS FOR LRA MOVEMENTS NOT
[...] (C) Summary: Proposed corridors for the movement of the Ugandan rebel group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to a single assembly point on the Sudan/Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border have not yet been accepted by LRA leadership, according to sources in ongoing peace talks between the LRA a [...]
2007-05-13 12:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO SU UG CG
07KHARTOUM764DARFUR - JOINT COMMUNIQUE - WHERE ARE WE NOW?
[...] (U) On April 21, USAID/OFDA Director Ky Luu met with the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Humanitarian/Resident Coordinator (HC/RC) Manuel Aranda da Silva in Khartoum to discuss the March 28 Joint Communique on the facilitation of humanitarian affairs (REFTEL). The [...]
2007-05-15 15:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM765DARFUR - NGOS REQUEST USAID/OFDA ASSISTANCE TO EXPAND UN
[...] (U) In an April 22 meeting with the Khartoum-based NGO Steering Committee, NGOs stated that as long as OCHA does not have a presence in areas outside of the Darfur state capitals it will not be able to sufficiently serve as a buffer between the Sudanese government and the NGOs. Currently, OCHA [...]
2007-05-15 15:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM766SOUTHERN SUDAN - RELIEF TO RECOVERY PROGRESS IN CENTRAL
[...] (U) Since March 2005, the USAID/OFDA-funded ZOA primary health care project in Lainya County has provided life-saving services to more than 95,000 people at its three primary health care centers and 11 primary health care units. The total population of the county is more than 200,000 people. [...]
2007-05-15 15:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM767DARFUR - UNHCR NEEDS TO FULFILL IDP CLUSTER OBLIGATION
[...] (U) In an April 21 meeting in Khartoum, the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Humanitarian/Resident Coordinator (HC/RC) Manuel Aranda da Silva informed the USAID/OFDA Director Ky Luu that he had urged UNHCR starting in 2004 to increase engagement in the care and prot [...]
2007-05-15 15:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM775DARFUR - HUMANITARIAN ACCESS DOWN BY 40 PERCENT IN SOUTH
[...] (U) In all three Darfur states, an estimated 900,000 people out of a total affected population of 3.8 million people currently can not be accessed by aid agencies. The inaccessible populations live in rural areas outside of towns or IDP settlements with helicopter landing sites. USAID/OFDA is [...]
2007-05-17 07:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM798DARFUR - UN AGENCIES PLAY VITAL ROLE IN HUMANITARIAN
[...] (U) UN agencies are crucial to the provision and coordination of humanitarian assistance in Darfur. The UN agencies provide important leadership, through coordinating a wide variety of assistance activities, acting as a liaison between the humanitarian community and the Sudanese government, an [...]
2007-05-23 07:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM800SOUTHERN SUDAN - FOOD SECURITY ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) During the civil war, USAID's humanitarian programs in Southern Sudan supported essential services in the vast rural areas where most internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees originated. USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and USAID's Office of Food for [...]
2007-05-23 11:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM801SOUTHERN SUDAN - DISPLACED SOUTHERN SUDANESE RETURNING HOME
[...] (U) As of early May, IOM reported to the USAID team that it had assisted 26,000 displaced Sudanese to return home. IOM expects to assist between 50,000 and 55,000 additional people to return home by the end of 2007, a total of less than the original goal of 83,000 people. The shortfall is due [...]
2007-05-23 12:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM802 SUDAN - KASSALA STATE
[...] (U) NGOs operating in Kassala State expressed the need to increase the population's self-reliance, as the situation in the state can no longer be considered a humanitarian crisis. NGOs also identified peacebuilding activities as a priority to address the disillusionment and marginalization of [...]
2007-05-23 14:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM839SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY FORCES
[...] (C) Summary: "Most" Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) forces east of the Nile in southern Sudan have now crossed to the west and gathered in the vicinity of Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),according to the head of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). Peace tal [...]
2007-05-29 15:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO SU UG CG
07KHARTOUM878 DARFUR - TAWILA HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE ON THE VERGE OF
[...] (U) Maintaining a humanitarian presence in Tawila is crucial to preventing a deterioration of the humanitarian situation and the potential movement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to nearby El Fasher. In May 2007, a sustained and worsening trend of carjackings and attacks on relief agen [...]
2007-06-04 13:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM897 SUDAN - DEMARCHE ON UNHCR CLUSTER ROLE IN DARFUR DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) In response to the points of the demarche, the Officer in Charge of UNHCR noted that the cluster approach has not yet been formally launched in Sudan, and that UNHCR and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) are still collaborating on camp coordination and prot [...]
2007-06-07 06:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM898SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: "DECLARATION ON ARRANGEMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: In one of the stranger twists of the protracted Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) peace process, the chief mediator has issued a detailed "declaration" of arrangements for the Ugandan rebel group to cross the Nile in southern Sudan and assemble at the Sudan/Congo border--despite the fa [...]
2007-06-07 11:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO SU UG CG
07KHARTOUM906DARFUR - A CARJACKING A DAY KEEPS NGOS AWAY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-10 05:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC UN SU
07KHARTOUM91DARFUR: ASSAULTS AGAINST HUMANITARIAN AID WORKERS
[...] (C) Summary: On January 19, Government of National Unity National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) officers arrested 20 staff members of the UN, non-governmental organizations (NGO),and African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) during a social event at the American Refugee Committee (ARC [...]
2007-01-22 14:26:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID PREF PREL SOCI SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM912ARAB POP STAR EVENT UNDERSCORES SUDANESE, ARAB
[...] (U) Newly arrived CDA was invited at the last moment by the Libyan Ambassador to a late night concert/reception for Arab pop music stars who are performing in Sudan in solidarity with the suffering people of Darfur. The event included a concert by local Sudanese musicians (some from Darfur it [...]
2007-06-10 12:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM922DARFUR - GEREIDA CALM BUT UNPREDICTABLE
[...] (U) On May 22, a USAID assessment team traveled to the SLA/Minawi-held town of Gereida, South Darfur, in the first USG visit since a violent attack on humanitarian agencies led to their withdrawal in December 2006. In the absence of other relief organizations since the attack, the Internationa [...]
2007-06-11 11:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC UN SU
07KHARTOUM926 SUDAN - NUBA MOUNTAINS USAID MONITORING TRIP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-11 15:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM927 SUDAN - NUBA MOUNTAINS USAID MONITORING TRIP
[...] (U) Talodi locality in the eastern hills of the Nuba Mountains, Southern Kordofan State, has received a large number of returnees in comparison with other areas. From September 2006 to March 2007, approximately 2,594 returnees arrived in Talodi, according to Save the Children/US (SC/US). Acce [...]
2007-06-12 03:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM934HYBRID FORCE AS SPUN INTERNALLY TO THE SUDANESE -
[...] (U) On June 13, semi-official Khartoum daily "Akhbar al-Yawm" clarified the meaning of the Sudanese Government's acceptance of the AU/UN Hybrid Force to its pro-regime, Arabic speaking readership. It did so in a half-page "dialogue" in a question and answer format based on telephone conversat [...]
2007-06-13 11:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO KPAO OIIP SU AU
07KHARTOUM938 DARFUR - STILL WATERS RUN DEEP IN MUKJAR
[...] (U) Mukjar and the surrounding area in southern West Darfur is populated predominantly by the Fur ethnic group. The current population is approximately 15,000 people, including internally displaced persons (IDPs),300 refugees from Chad, and an estimated 400 of the original 5,000 residents. Mo [...]
2007-06-14 06:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM94TIME TO TEST PRESIDENT BASHIR ON DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. policy in Sudan is blocked on three fronts. This message, the first in a three-part analysis, examines the worsened situation in Darfur and identifies a narrow window of opportunity to implement Plan A by re-activating the Darfur peace process and by pushing for UN peacekee [...]
2007-01-22 15:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO PHUM PREF SOCI US SU
07KHARTOUM956BASHIR TO UNSC: "THE BALL IS ENTIRELY IN YOUR
[...] (C) Summary: In a relatively cordial (compared to last year) meeting with UNSC PermReps, Sudanese President Al-Bashir underscored the GOS's full agreement on the Hybrid Force. He called for international pressure on recalcitrant Darfur rebel groups to become part of a viable peace process, a [...]
2007-06-17 16:22:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM97DEMONSTRATION AGAINST GUANTANAMO DETENTIONS
[...] On January 23, the Government of Sudan sanctioned a peaceful demonstration to protest the continuing detention of Sudanese nationals at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GTMO). Approximately 100 protesters took part in the march, which included a riot police escort. A smaller grou [...]
2007-01-23 13:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PINR PHUM KAWC KPAO SOCI ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM98DARFUR: UPDATE ON NYALA ASSAULT
[...] (U) A January 22 press release from the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and an UNMIS News Bulletin the same day attributed the January 20 physical assault on UN staff in Nyala to local police (reftel). According to the same statements, the raid on the compound of an international non- [...]
2007-01-23 13:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID PREF PREL SOCI SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM983KAJBAR VIDEO SYMBOLIZES SUFFERING OF DARFUR AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 14, police killed four demonstrators protesting the construction of a dam near Kajbar (reftel) . Several days later, a ten minute video of the dead and wounded from Kajbar appeared on the Internet. On June 20, in the Sudanese independent daily "Al-Ayaam," Murtadi Al-Gh [...]
2007-06-21 14:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPINS PHUM PAO SCUL KDEM PGOV PREL SU
07KIGALI1000RWANDA DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER DRC SUPPORT TO FDLR
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Great Lakes Special Envoy Ambassador Richard Sezibera October 31 to discuss the security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Sezibera expressed great concern at the ascendency of Rwandaphone extremists within the Kabila governmen [...]
2007-11-01 12:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1020RWANDA ON NEW DRC PLANS: REALISTIC BUT WILLING
[...] (C) Special Advisor for Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley and Ambassador met separately with Great Lakes Advisor Ambassador Richard Sezibera and Foreign Minister Charles Murigande on November 5. Sezibera and Murigande both expressed disappointment with past attempts to fashion multilate [...]
2007-11-06 17:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1022RWANDA ON NEW DRC PLANS: REALISTIC BUT WILLING
[...] (C) Special Advisor for Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley and Ambassador met separately with Great Lakes Advisor Ambassador Richard Sezibera and Foreign Minister Charles Murigande on November 5. Sezibera and Murigande both expressed disappointment with past attempts to fashion multilate [...]
2007-11-06 17:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1024SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY CALLS ON NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley and Ambassador called on National Security Advisor Emmanuel Ndahiro on October 6 to discuss enhanced US engagement on addressing negative forces in eastern DRC and ending the stand-off with Nkunda. Ndahiro pledged Rwandan [...]
2007-11-07 13:39:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1033UN/DPA ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. UN/DPA Assistant Secretary General Haile Menkerios met with local representatives of the P3and2 to brief them on his new mandate, recent discussions in Kinshasa, Goma, and meetings with Rwandan officials. Rwanda and the DRC needed to reach common understandings on security issu [...]
2007-11-09 10:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO RW CG
07KIGALI1040UN/DPA ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. UN/DPA Assistant Secretary General Haile Menkerios met with local representatives of the P3and2 to brief them on his new mandate, recent discussions in Kinshasa, Goma, and meetings with Rwandan officials. Rwanda and the DRC needed to reach common understandings on security issu [...]
2007-11-14 14:16:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO RW CG
07KIGALI1069RWANDA PRISON BEAT: PRISON POPULATION DOWN, ICTR
[...] (C) Rwanda's prison population fell to 64,000 inmates, as the government continued its releases of persons convicted by gacaca courts, relieving the severe overcrowding that previously characterized the prison system. A well-constructed Kigali transit facility, built to receive International [...]
2007-11-19 11:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI1075RWANDAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS CHIEF ON EASTERN CONGO
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with National Security Service External Affairs Chief Joseph Nzabamwita, at his request, on November 19 in Kigali to discuss events in the eastern Congo and potential avenues of action against the FDLR. Nzabamwita saw an unstable balance of forces in North Kivu am [...]
2007-11-20 15:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR RW
07KIGALI1083RWANDA SUPPORTS PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-23 11:57:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI1092MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (C) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: -- Former senior military officer Patrick Karegeya left Rwanda suddenly. -- Dissension continued within the Liberal Party. -- The Government of Rwanda (GOR) presented its growth and poverty reduction strategies to the donor communit [...]
2007-11-29 16:21:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR ECON RW
07KIGALI1095RWANDA - REPORT ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] (U) Post submits the following information for the 2007 Report on the Worst Forms of Child Labor. The Government of Rwanda (GOR) continues to make progress in its efforts to implement its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Programs and policies described i [...]
2007-11-30 09:48:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM SOCI EIND ETRD RW
07KIGALI110GACACA PROBLEMS, GACACA REFORMS
[...] (SBU) The GOR seeks to streamline its gacaca system, lowering penalties for those convicted of genocide crimes, narrowing the jurisdiction of regular courts over genocide suspects, and reducing the numbers of judges per gacaca court. A new prisoner release is also soon to occur. By these r [...]
2007-02-05 06:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI1113"BETTER THAN PRISON" - RWANDA'S POST-GENOCIDE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Evariste Bizimana, Executive Secretary for the Rwandan Travaux d'Interet General (TIG) National Committee, discussed the state of the community service program with emboffs on December 4. Approximately 45,000 people - referred to as "TIGists" - have been registered by the TIG [...]
2007-12-10 14:58:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI1120DRC REFUGEES TO RWANDA - UNHCR PREPARING FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Kigali Representative Annette Nyekan and External Relations Officer Christina Alfirev met with Poloff recently to discuss current movements of refugees to Rwanda from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Refugee flows to Rwanda have slowed recently, despite the [...]
2007-12-14 11:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM RW
07KIGALI142GOR INVESTIGATING ATTACK ON JOURNALIST
[...] (SBU) Summary. Rwandan police are investigating a 9 Feb attack on Jean Bosco Gasasira, chief editor of independent Kinyarwanda-language newspaper "Umuvugizi." Gasisira was attacked by three men with tire irons outside a bar in Kigali, he sustained serious injuries to his leg, arm and head. B [...]
2007-02-12 16:11:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI167GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA RELEASES PRISONERS
[...] (U) In fulfillment of a January cabinet decision, on February 19 the Rwandan government began the release of over 9,000 prisoners, approximately 8,000 suspected genocidaires (those who participated in the 1994 genocide) and about 1,000 ordinary criminals already convicted and serving their sen [...]
2007-02-21 06:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI168GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA RELEASES PRISONERS
[...] (U) In fulfillment of a January cabinet decision, on February 19 the Rwandan government began the release of over 9,000 prisoners, approximately 8,000 suspected genocidaires (those who participated in the 1994 genocide) and about 1,000 ordinary criminals already convicted and serving their sen [...]
2007-02-21 06:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI178AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TWO LEAHY ISSUES WITH FOREIGN
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. Due to time constraints in the case of BG Muganga, post requests a response from Department no later than opening of business (Washington time) 23 Feb. 2. (C) On 22 Feb Ambassador Arietti met with Foreign Minister Murigande to receive G [...]
2007-02-22 17:34:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC MOPS AU SU RW
07KIGALI183HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to receive IMET training in the U.S. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date ---- [...]
2007-02-23 14:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI195RWANDA: CONGOLESE JOURNALIST ARRESTED
[...] (SBU) Deputy Prosecutor General Alphonse Hitiyaremye confirmed to polchief on February 27 the recent arrest of Congolese citizen Idesbald Byabuze. Byabuze, reportedly a professor at the Bakuvu Catholic University, as well as the publisher of a Bakuvu newspaper, the Mashariki News, is in cus [...]
2007-02-28 06:43:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI209OFFICE OF AUDITOR GENERAL ON USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS
[...] (U) The Auditor General sees recurring failings in use of public funds by some government offices, to be rectified by training, appointment of appropriate oversight officials, the production of consolidated financial statements by the Ministry of Finance, and a new Accountancy law. Assistance [...]
2007-03-01 15:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI210JOURNALIST FREED BY GACACA AUTHORITIES
[...] (U) Summary. On July 23 Jean Leonard Rugambag , ajournalist for the Kinyarwand fortnight newspaper 'Umura,' was charged with murdering a bank official in his home district during the genocide, was freed after 11 months in detention. Rugambage had been formally charged with murder one month [...]
2007-03-01 15:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI212RWANDA TIP DRAFT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 16:08:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF ELAB ASEC KFRD SMIG KWMN PHUM KCRM RW
07KIGALI219PLEASE DISREGARD KIGALI 210
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 05:57:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KPAO RW
07KIGALI289CONGOLESE JOURNALIST RELEASED, EXPELLED
[...] (SBU) On March 21, Rwandan authorities released from custody Congolese journalist Idesbald Byabuze, in detention for approximately a month, and under investigation for a 2005 article criticizing the alleged Tutsi domination of the Hutu majority in Rwanda (reftel). At the central "1930" prison [...]
2007-03-21 15:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI296WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR VISITS RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador at large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson visited Rwanda March 10-14, meeting with senior GOR officials, diplomatic missions, ICTR officers, and members of the human rights community. He also visited the Mpanga prison being readied for the potential reception [...]
2007-03-22 15:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI303HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) officer LtCol Ruvovico Mugisha. LtCol Mugisha is the Commanding Officer of the RDF's 51st Battalion, 301st Brigade, 4th Division [...]
2007-03-26 13:58:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM MASS MARR RW
07KIGALI36HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, plese see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) officers scheduled to receive in-country African Contingency Operations Training Assistance (ACOTA) training and repo [...]
2007-01-17 12:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI373DEMARCHE ON REMOVAL OF 14TH BATTALION COMMANDER
[...] (C) Per reftel dated March 22, the Embassy sent Note 040 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 23, quoted in part as follows: "The United States requests that the Government of Rwanda advise it of the name of the replacement commander of the 14th battalion." In this note the Embassy re [...]
2007-04-18 13:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PHUM RW
07KIGALI379RWANDAN DEFENSE FORCES TO CHANGE COMMANDER OF THE
[...] (SBU) On 20 April, the Rwandan Ministry of Defense notified post that the new Battalion Commander for the 14th Battalion will be Major James Safari. The change was made in order to comply with USG's notification (ref B) that no U.S. support could be provided to the 14th if LtCol Goodman Ruzib [...]
2007-04-20 12:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM MARR MASS RW
07KIGALI388JOURNALIST PLEADS GUILTY TO DIVISIONISM, RECEIVES
[...] (SBU) On Friday, April 20, Agnes Nkusi-Uwimana, director of the Kinyarwanda-language newspaper "Umurabyo," received a one year jail term in a Kigali court, having on April 3 pleaded guilty to various charges including divisionism, defamation, and passing a bad check. Nkusi had been arrested [...]
2007-04-24 15:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI399RWANDA TIP PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP MANAGED ESF AND
[...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. Summary. Rwanda is a country attempting to focus on child prositution and other forms of trafficking in persons. Due in part to post's regular pressure on the GOR to address the problem, on 23 April the Rwandan National Police (RNP) su [...]
2007-04-27 11:04:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG RW
07KIGALI446RWANDA ON BELARUS CANDIDACY FOR UNHRC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 09:05:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI454REPORTS OF EXTRA-JUDICAL KILLINGS BY THE RWANDAN
[...] (C) Summary. Dutch colleagues, the local representative of Human Rights Watch, and the Executive Secretary of LIPRODHOR (Rwanda's most well-known human rights organization) report 8 to 10 incidents of extrajudicial killings by Rwandan police since the new year, mostly in April. The major [...]
2007-05-14 14:42:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI456RWANDA TO VOTE FOR SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-15 10:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI476HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human right vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to receive IMET training in the U.S. Post has discovered no derogatory information on the nominees. [...]
2007-05-17 11:51:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI483HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to receive IMET training in the U.S. Page Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date - [...]
2007-05-18 14:52:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI49NEWSPAPER DIRECTOR ARRESTED, ARRAIGNED ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. On Friday, January 19, Agnes Nkusi-Uwimana, director of the Kinyarwanda-language newspaper, "Umurabyo" was arraigned on charges of divisionism and sectarianism stemming from recent articles in the paper that appeared to minimize the genocide or advance the notion of a double gen [...]
2007-01-22 15:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI495RWANDA ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-23 15:21:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI496GENOCIDE ADJUDICATIONS RISING RAPIDLY; MORE
[...] (SBU) Gacaca courts trying genocide suspects have greatly increased their rate of adjudication, following adoption of the new genocide statute on March 1. As of mid-May, gacaca courts have processed nearly 400,000 cases, approximately half the existing caseload. Judicial authorities are rep [...]
2007-05-23 15:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI519HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to receive IMET training in the U.S. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date ------ [...]
2007-05-29 12:47:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI523EMBASSY ACTION ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS; GOR
[...] (SBU) Ambassador on May 17 presented the Rwandan National Police Commissioner with a list of ten police shootings of "escaping" prisoners (garnered from local human rights group LIPROHDOR -- see reftel),asking for an explanation of the shootings. A majority of the cases involved the arrest o [...]
2007-05-30 14:10:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI524HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to receive IMET training in the U.S. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date ------ [...]
2007-05-30 16:36:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI530PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CONVICTED BY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Francois Byuma, a local human rights activist, received a nineteen year sentence from a Kigali gacaca court on May 27 for his participation in attacks on a Tutsi citizen during the 1994 genocide. Byuma, head of the human rights organization Turengere Abana (Protect Our Child [...]
2007-06-04 08:21:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI547LOCAL UNHCR OFFICE ON RECRUITMENT FROM RWANDAN
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Protection Officer at the UNHCR office in Kigali reports 10 recent incidents of recruitment of child and adult combatants from refugee camps in Rwanda by agents by General Laurent Nkunda. The GOR denies any involvement, and says it is making efforts to prevent transit t [...]
2007-06-08 09:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI562GOVERNMENT CLOSES INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
[...] (SBU) On June 6, Information Minister Laurent Nkusi canceled the registration to publish he had issued 20 days earlier to the Weekly Post, a new English-language publication. This cancellation occurred just days after the first issue of the Weekly post had appeared. The minister gave no re [...]
2007-06-15 11:03:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI563RWANDA COMMITS TO FURTHER JUSTICE SECTOR REFORMS
[...] (U) Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama chaired a June 8 presentation of results from a two day Justice Sector retreat that included 12 justice sector institutions, among them the Ministry of Justice, the Prison Service, the Prosecution Service, the National Gacaca Service, the Military Cou [...]
2007-06-15 11:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI573HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DIILS-SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following person scheduled to receive DIILS-sponsored training in the U.S. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date --------- ---------- ---- [...]
2007-06-18 15:25:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI574HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following personnel nominated for the IMET Combat Engineer Course: Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date --------- ---------- ---- [...]
2007-06-18 15:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI589THE FDLR -- READY TO FOLD IF PUSHED HARD ENOUGH?
[...] (C) Summary. In a two-hour briefing before senior GOR military and civilian officials and representatives of the local diplomatic corps, MDRP researchers (hired by the Multi-lateral Demobilization and Reintegration Program) presented detailed information and analysis based upon months of fi [...]
2007-06-25 07:25:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI599RWANDA PRISON CONDITIONS: WORSENING STEADILY AS
[...] (C) Polchief and visiting PRM officer called upon International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Chief Pierre Wettach on June 26 to discuss prison conditions in Rwanda. Wettach described a worsening situation in the nation's 16 prisons, due exclusively to the ever-increasing number of geno [...]
2007-06-27 15:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI611GOR ON GACACA, LEGAL CASES INVOLVING FRANCE, EAST
[...] (U) Summary. The GOR briefed the diplomatic community on June 28, announcing several initiatives to alleviate crowded prison conditions, hailing Rwanda's entry into the East African Community (EAC),noting efforts to secure return of a genocide suspect from France, and denying reports of rec [...]
2007-07-02 11:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI634ANALYSIS OF RISK OF TORTURE OF BWINDI DEFENDANTS
[...] (C) Summary. Post submits this analysis of the risk of torture of the three Bwindi defendants if returned to Rwanda for trial, for use in Department deliberations. Post finds that it is not/not "more likely than not" that these three individuals would be subject to torture if so returned. [...]
2007-07-09 19:17:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI645 ICTR SEES "NO VALUE" IN COMMUNICATIONS FROM PAUL
[...] (U) Embassy transmits for Department the following statement issued by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda regarding communications with Paul Rusesabagina. 2. (U) Begin text: Statement Office of the Prosecutor 29 June 2007 Mr. Paul Rusesabagina did write to the ICTR Pro [...]
2007-07-11 06:44:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI651HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend Military HIV/AIDS training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date ----- [...]
2007-07-12 11:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI681HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) commander scheduled to receive staff training (CPX) as part of ACOTA Peace Support Training. Last Name First Name Ra [...]
2007-07-31 06:32:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI743BUSINESSMEN, GENERALS, AND GOVERNMENT MINISTERS:
[...] (SBU) Summary. The recent case of prominent local businessman Assinapol Rwigara, sought by police after a construction-site accident, is an object lesson in Rwandan law enforcement in action, and the rumor-mill that attends the arrest of any public personality. Officials extended the opera [...]
2007-08-20 05:47:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI746RWANDA: LEVELING THE POLITICAL PLAYING FIELD?
[...] (SBU) Summary. With the advent of a new law on political parties on June 1, the two largest independent parties have begun organizational efforts at the grassroots level, and report renewed interest among average Rwandans in party politics. With just over a year to the 2008 parliamentary e [...]
2007-08-20 15:17:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI747TWO ARRESTED GENERALS RELEASED ON BAIL
[...] (SBU) Following two same-day sessions of a military court in Kigali, the presiding judge released Generals Frank Rusegara and Sam Kanyemera Kaka on bail on August 17. The court scheduled their next court session set for September 6. Both men stand accused of interfering with police officer [...]
2007-08-20 16:10:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI755KIVUS STRATEGY DEMARCHE: RWANDA IN AGREEMENT
[...] (C) On August 21, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on the USG Kivus strategy to Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande. Ambassador asked that the GOR: 1) reiterate its previously declared opposition to any form of recruitment within Rwanda by General Nkunda and work to prevent s [...]
2007-08-22 16:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI758RWANDA SNAPSHOT - CIVIL SOCIETY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of political parties, NGOs, and religious organizations in Rwanda described a challenging environment in a series of recent meetings in which resources are scarce and political will to reform on the part of the government of Rwanda (GOR) is insufficient to overcome conti [...]
2007-08-23 14:23:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI759RWANDA - PRISONS, JUSTICE SECTOR REFORMS
[...] (C) Embassy and visiting DRL officers met with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Office Pierre Wattach (protect) on July 10 to discuss prison conditions in Rwanda. Wattach gave a generally positive report, despite identifying some lingering problem areas. The serious ov [...]
2007-08-23 14:31:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI762ALLEGATIONS AGAINST RWANDAN DEPUTY DARFUR
[...] (C) A Brussels-based opposition group, FDU-Inkingi, recently accused Rwandan Major General Emmanuel Karenzi Karake - the newly appointed Deputy Commander of the UN-AU Hybrid Force in Darfur - of participation in various massacres and murders of political opponents in the years just before and [...]
2007-08-24 12:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI77RWANDA DOES NOT SUPPORT SUDAN FOR AU CHAIRMANSHIP
[...] (C) Minister of State at the Foreign Ministry Rosemary Museminali told Ambassador January 24 that Rwanda agrees that it would be "bad for the AU and Africa" if Sudan were selected for the AU chairmanship. Instead, Rwanda would work for a postponement of Sudan's candidacy for another year. Mus [...]
2007-01-26 10:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI792AMBASSADOR SEZIBERA ON FOREIGN MINISTER TRIP TO
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Great Lakes Envoy Ambassador Richard Sezibera on September 6 to discuss the recent meeting in Kinshasa between the Rwandan and Congolese Foreign Ministers (which Sezibera attended). Sezibera described the interactions as "about what we expected," and said th [...]
2007-09-06 15:52:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI793RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON MEETING IN KINSHASA
[...] (SBU) On September 7 Rwandan Foreign Minister Charles Murigande briefed the local diplomatic corps on his recent visit to Kinshasa to discuss events in the Kivus with his Congolese counterpart. Murigande expressed satisfaction with the several joint mechanisms announced in the communique is [...]
2007-09-07 11:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI822GOR TOUGHENS STANCE AGAINST "IRRESPONSIBLE"
[...] (C) Summary. A panel of Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials, including four Ministers, on September 9 used a weekly call-in program broadcast by state-owned TV Rwanda and Radio Rwanda to launch verbal attacks against certain members of Rwanda's independent media, who they accused of cooperat [...]
2007-09-17 08:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM RW
07KIGALI83HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR SENIOR LEADER
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following GOR officials nominated to attend the Senior Leadership Seminar (SLS) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 25 Feb - 9 MAR 2007: -- Mr. Ben Balthazar Rutsi [...]
2007-01-29 09:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PHUM RW
07KIGALI849TWO GENERALS ACQUITTED OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) On September 21, a military court acquitted Generals Frank Rusegara and Sam Kanyemera Kaka of obstruction of justice charges. Rusegara, the head of a military training school, and Kaka, a retired officer now serving as a member of parliament for the ruling RPF, had been granted bail o [...]
2007-09-25 08:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI865RWANDA'S LIBERAL PARTY IN TURMOIL
[...] (C) Summary. Liberal Party (PL) leadership has been embroiled in a continuing leadership dispute, the losing faction in hotly contested national congress elections alleging corruption and general misuse of party funds by the winning side. First suspended by party leadership, five senior p [...]
2007-10-01 12:07:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI882RWANDA: CREDIBLE VOICES IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-02 13:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI883SPEAKER PROGRAM ON POLITICAL MARKETING RESONATES
[...] Summary. University of Vermont Professor Edward McMahon completed on Saturday, September 29 a highly successful IIP speaker program on the role of political parties in a democratic society. McMahon's program included individual calls on each of the nine political parties represented in Rwanda [...]
2007-10-02 13:50:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PHUM RW
07KIGALI915GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES ON BWINDI DEFENDANTS
[...] (SBU) Embassy has reviewed the September 17 letter from Department of Homeland Security ICE A/S Julie Myers to A/S Frazer, detailing the immigration judge's decision in regard to one of the three Bwindi defendants. In her letter, A/S Myers requested the Department of State to offer a "prefer [...]
2007-10-10 14:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KJUS RW
07KIGALI9172200 RWANDANS RETURN FROM UGANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post has confirmed recent press reports of the repatriation of approximately 2200 Rwandans who had settled in the Kibati region of Uganda, near the Tanzanian border. Most press accounts depicted forced movement on little notice although the pro-government New Times offered ac [...]
2007-10-11 07:50:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREF PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI94RWANDA: FIVE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-31 14:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM RW
07KIGALI954ICTR PROSECUTOR ASKS FOR HELP IN POTENTIAL CASES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow met with Charge and pol/econ chief on October 17 to discuss potential cases against Rwandan officials and the importance of witness protection. [...]
2007-10-18 13:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI962PRESIDENT KAGAME HAS PRIVATE MEETING WITH PRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 14:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM RW
07KIGALI966RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNPLAYS CONGOLESE FDLR
[...] (C) Summary. On October 23 Foreign Minister Charles Murigande expressed considerable reservations about the Congolese "Ex-Far/Interahamwe Action Plan," regarding it as less detailed and less concrete than earlier plans, and in conflict with current planning by the Tripartite-Plus Chiefs of [...]
2007-10-23 14:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MOPS RW
07KIGALI969RWANDA GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. PRIORITY UNGA
[...] (U) On October 23 PolOff met with Ben Rutsinga, Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche on UN General Assembly Third Committee resolutions. Rutsinga was receptive to U.S. request to take a stand against no-action motions and gene [...]
2007-10-23 16:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA UN KTIA RW
07KIGALI970GACACA GENOCIDE ADJUDICATIONS ON TRACK FOR
[...] (C) Summary. According to officials in Rwanda's National Service of Gacaca Courts, 90 percent of all gacaca cases have been processed and adjudications will be completed by the end of 2007. Processing remaining category one cases (those involving genocide leaders/organizers or those who comm [...]
2007-10-24 07:56:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI979RWANDA SUPPORTS RAPE RESOLUTION, MAY ABSTAIN ON
[...] (C) In absence of the Foreign Minister and Minister of State, A/DCM called upon International Organizations Director Ben Rutsinga on October 26 to discuss the U.S.-sponsored rape resolution and the Cuba embargo resolution. On the rape resolution, Rutsinga reiterated Rwanda's strong support f [...]
2007-10-26 10:03:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA RW
07KIGALI989MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (SBU) Two Liberal Party parliamentarians lost their seats in the Chamber of Deputies after being expelled from their party. The government set up a Commission to investigate the shooting-down of the Habyarimana presidential jet in 1994. Two independent publishers temporarily suspended their [...]
2007-10-30 14:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL RW
07KINGSTON1001JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate: [...]
2007-06-27 17:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON108REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 4
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]
2007-01-22 15:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1131JAMAICA: TRAFFICKING CASE PROMPTS INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is pursuing a particularly egregious case of labor exploitation under the recently passed Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act, 2007 (reftel). GOJ officials have approached the International Organization of Migration (IOM),th [...]
2007-07-20 16:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM XL
07KINGSTON1274USAID SITUATION REPORT 1 HURRICANE DEAN
[...] As of August 20, the USAID assessment team reports that Hurricane Dean has destroyed the sugarcane crop in Saint Catherine Parish and resulted in pockets of damage throughout the island. Initial assessments indicate that Clarendon, Saint Thomas, and Saint Catherine parishes have sustained si [...]
2007-08-21 12:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
07KINGSTON1286USAID SITUATION REPORT 2 HURRICANE DEAN
[...] Based on field assessments in five communities carried out on August 21, Hurricane Dean has killed at least three people, damaged thousands of houses, and left at least 3,500 people in need of food, water, and relief supplies in Jamaica. The USAID team believes that the number of affected wi [...]
2007-08-23 18:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
07KINGSTON1290USAID SITUATION REPORT 2 HURRICANE DEAN
[...] Based on field assessments in five communities carried out on August 21, Hurricane Dean has killed at least three people, damaged thousands of houses, and left at least 3,500 people in need of food, water, and relief supplies in Jamaica. The USAID team believes that the number of affected wi [...]
2007-08-23 20:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
07KINGSTON1292USAID SITUATION REPORT 3 HURRICANE DEAN
[...] Results from the two-day rapid assessment found that 6 out of 13 parishes received damage from Hurricane Dean's high winds and storm surge, confirmed hurricane- related damage to at least 3,127 houses, and identified provision of water as an immediate need. On August 22, USAID's Office of U. [...]
2007-08-24 13:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
07KINGSTON1298USAID SITUATION REPORT 4 HURRICANE DEAN
[...] As of August 24, aid agencies continue to focus on emergency response activities, such as distribution of food, water, and relief supplies, to hurricane-affected communities. The Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) continues to facil [...]
2007-08-28 12:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PHUM
07KINGSTON1302JAMAICA: SEVEN (7) REQUESTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]
2007-08-29 15:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1306JAMAICA: THIRTEEN (13) REQUESTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following thirteen (13) candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The proposed gr [...]
2007-08-29 17:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1309REQUEST FOR TWO (2) HUMAN RIGHTS VETTINGS FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Names of proposed candidates: N [...]
2007-08-30 13:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON131REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 11
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-01-26 13:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1311JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR THREE (3) HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Names of proposed candidates: Na [...]
2007-08-30 18:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1314JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR FIVE (5) HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates for OAS/CICAD - NAS funded Internet Investigation Technologies and Techniques Training in Montegto Bay, September 11-13, 2007, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informat [...]
2007-08-30 19:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1321JAMAICA: THREE (3) REQUESTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following OAS/CICAD - NAS candidates funded for Internet Investigation Technologies and Techniques Training in Montego Bay, September 11-13, 2007, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informatio [...]
2007-08-31 14:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1335JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidte of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Information regarding the candidate: [...]
2007-09-04 18:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1381JAMAICA: ONE (1) REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for trainnig in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Name: EVERALD, Mort [...]
2007-09-10 20:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1416REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has not derogatory information. Name of proposed candidate: Nam [...]
2007-09-17 18:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1418REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following five (5) candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in San Salvador, El Salvador, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Names of [...]
2007-09-17 20:20:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1425JAMAICA: MEDEVAC REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-18 19:43:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU PHUM PREF PREL SMIG JM XL
07KINGSTON143REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: [...]
2007-01-29 19:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1462JAMAICA: CRIME AND CORRUPTION CHALLENGES FACING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-25 16:14:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI SNAR PHUM ASEC KCOR KCRM KJUS
07KINGSTON148REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 11
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-01-30 16:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1491REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]
2007-10-02 12:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1496JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Port Security Corps, who are presently in management positions and have been nominated for training in Kingston, Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory infor [...]
2007-10-02 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1515JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON DRAFT RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE AS
[...] On October 2, PolOff conveyed reftel talking points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Office Director for Multilateral Affairs Pamela Ingelton. 2. Ms. Ingelton said she would consult with the Permanent Secretary, and other government agencies on the draft resolution. SIPDIS Ms. [...]
2007-10-09 20:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON1570JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE DELAYED
[...] On October 23, PolOff had an appointment to meet with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Office Director of Multilateral Affairs Pamela Ingelton to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Unfortunately, Ms. Ingleton was diverted by urgent business and thus was unable to meet as schedule [...]
2007-10-23 20:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN JM XL
07KINGSTON1586JAMAICA: OPERATION KINGFISH'S THIRD ANNIVERSARY;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 19:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AFIN ASEC PARM SOCI PHUM TRSY JM XL
07KINGSTON1602JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON CUBA EMBARGO DELIVERED
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Office's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton had no comment in response to the demarche. Poloff left talking points as a non-paper, and Ms Ingleton p [...]
2007-10-29 17:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU JM XL
07KINGSTON1603JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE DELIVERED
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton had no comments, but promised to pass the information on to the appropriate people in the Ministry. Post will [...]
2007-10-29 17:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN JM XL
07KINGSTON1680JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] Per reftel (C),Charge' delivered demarche, and provided copies of country-specific background, to the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, on November 16. 2. At midday on November 19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Tr [...]
2007-11-19 19:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA JM XL
07KINGSTON169REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF NOMINEES TO
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act for the ILEA TIP course in Salvador. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Proposed candidates for screenin [...]
2007-02-02 15:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON1770JAMAICA: WAITING FOR A POLITICAL DECISION ON
[...] (SBU) on December 7, prompted by reports of the strident commentary from the Jamaican Ministry of National Security Special Advisor on Policy Anne-Marie Barnes (REFTEL),and by a continued lack of forward movement by the Government of Jamaica towards opening bilateral talks with the Internatio [...]
2007-12-10 20:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR JM
07KINGSTON1810JAMAICA WILL NOT ACCEPT DEPORTEE REINTEGRATION
[...] Summary: (SBU) On December 20, the Jamaican Prime Minister rejected the U.S. offer of assistance for returning deportees through the pilot Deportee Reintegration Program. This decision was based on adherence to a reported collective decision by CARICOM Heads of Government to discuss the prog [...]
2007-12-21 21:56:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM JM
07KINGSTON199ILEA SAN SALVADOR - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-08 20:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM
07KINGSTON250REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 05
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-02-20 17:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV JM
07KINGSTON251REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 23
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-02-20 18:46:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV JM
07KINGSTON253REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 23
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-02-20 20:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV JM
07KINGSTON254REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 29
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-02-20 20:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV JM
07KINGSTON303REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 12
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-03-02 14:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON35REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 16
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-01-08 20:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON382REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 26
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-03-19 15:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON439REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-03-29 14:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON486REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 15
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-04-04 13:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON49REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 28
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-01-11 19:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON560REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Organized Crime Fugitive Team and Special Branch who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2 [...]
2007-04-18 15:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM NAS USMS JM
07KINGSTON584JAMAICA: US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL/SUMMIT JUNE 19-21;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-23 16:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSUM PREL ENRG MARR PHUM OAS JM XL
07KINGSTON590REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed candi [...]
2007-04-24 13:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON591REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed candi [...]
2007-04-24 13:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON613REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-04-27 19:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON69JAMAICA: APIS; POSSIBLE ELECTION VIOLENCE; CRIME &
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-16 19:11:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR PGOV SOCI SNAR PTER ASEC PHUM CASC
07KINGSTON70REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS 28
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-01-17 15:30:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON700REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The name of the proposed candid [...]
2007-05-10 17:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON708JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS CANDIDACY
[...] (U) Poloff sent talking points to XXXXXXXXXXXX, International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. All relevant officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade - including XXXXXXXXXXXX - have been involved in two days of training and have been unavailable fo [...]
2007-05-11 18:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM RPEL UNHRC
07KINGSTON741JAMAICA: JAMAICAN RESPONSE ON BELARUS CANDIDACY
[...] (SBU) Poloff met with Angella Brown, International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) to ascertain whether the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) was planning to vote for Belarus to join the Human Rights Council. Without explicitly stating that they would vote for [...]
2007-05-15 19:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM RPEL UNHRC JM
07KINGSTON820JAMAICA: GOJ OFFICIALS RAISE QUESTIONS/CONCERNS
[...] (C) Deputy Director of WHA/CAR Karen Williams, DCM, and poloff visited Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Permanent Secretary Ambassador Douglas Saunders on May 22. Williams raised the issue of the Government of Venezuela's attempts to enlist OAS support in calling for the e [...]
2007-05-25 14:51:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI OAS XM XL JM
07KINGSTON92REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the proposed can [...]
2007-01-18 20:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON927JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 7TH ANNUAL TIPS
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the 7th Annual TIP country report on Jamaica to the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) National Anti-Trafficking Task Force at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on June 11. The task force is headed by Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Justice Ca [...]
2007-06-13 16:55:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM XL
07KINGSTON949REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]
2007-06-18 13:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON962JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate: [...]
2007-06-20 18:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON975JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]
2007-06-22 19:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON985REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET IS
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The following supervisory law [...]
2007-06-25 18:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON994JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of the proposed candidate: [...]
2007-06-26 17:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON998JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of the proposed candida [...]
2007-06-27 13:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINGSTON999JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of the proposed candidate: [...]
2007-06-27 13:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
07KINSHASA1024VERDICT DELIVERED IN JOURNALIST ASSASSINATION TRIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fourteen months after the death of independent journalist Bapuwa Mwamba, a military court returned a guilty verdict against the accused murderers. This is the second conviction in the death of a journalist in the past five months. End Summary. 2. (U) On August 24 a military tr [...]
2007-08-28 13:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
07KINSHASA1031NEWS REPORTS OF BRAVO MIXED BRIGADE DEPREDATIONS
[...] (U) Reuters reported August 22 that MONUC peacekeepers had found the half-buried bodies of at least six people at two abandoned North Kivu military camps, recently vacated by soldiers of the FARDC Bravo "Mixed" Brigade. Bravo, one of several units that include unintegrated FARDC troops and s [...]
2007-08-30 12:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MARR KJUS CG
07KINSHASA1056LOW-LEVEL FIGHTING ONGOING IN NORTH KIVU AS
[...] (C) Summary: Low-level fighting and occasional skirmishes between troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government forces continue in several areas of North Kivu. Integrated brigades of the Congolese military (FARDC) have been deployed into new positions in Rutshuru and Masis [...]
2007-09-05 12:45:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC PHUM PREF CG
07KINSHASA1098NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/14/07 11:00 GMT): NO NEW
[...] (U) There have been no new reports of fighting in North Kivu over the past 24 hours (ref A),however insecurity continued in the province with the murder of a local administrator and the discovery of mass graves at a recently vacated mixed-brigade camp. 2. (U) MONUC's Radio Okapi reported [...]
2007-09-14 12:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREF MOPS PHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1111Patriot Day Activities
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kinshasa carried out several activities on Patriot Day in remembrance of the 9/11 events. Charge d'Affaires and Public Affairs Officer delivered remarks at Kinshasa educational institutions. Press reported on CDA's statement. Statements will be posted on Embassy's open [...]
2007-09-18 06:02:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
07KINSHASA1120NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/18/07 15:00 GMT): SITUATION
[...] (U) The security situation in North Kivu remains unchanged as of September 18. Government troops and forces loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda continue to consolidate their positions throughout the province. There have been no reports of significant fighting since combat ceased near Sake [...]
2007-09-18 17:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1128DRC: DISASTER DECLARATION FOR EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for emergency assistance. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following laboratory confirmation of Ebola virus in Mweka rural health zone in Kasai Occidental Province, the Congolese Minister of Health has requested international assistance to contain [...]
2007-09-20 05:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1139KABILA MAKES THREE-DAY SURPRISE VISIT TO GOMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila made a three-day unannounced visit to North Kivu province September 19-22 before beginning an extended trip to Belgium and the U.S. In his second trip to the province since his December 2006 inauguration, Kabila called once again for all military units [...]
2007-09-24 15:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA1141DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - NORTH KIVU HUMANITARIAN
[...] Despite sporadic clashes between various armed groups in North Kivu Province, and a generally tenuous security environment, humanitarian agencies have begun to survey previously inaccessible areas. Relief officials report varying patterns of displacement, with pockets of small-scale returns, [...]
2007-09-25 13:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1171DEMARCHE ON U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON "CONDEMNING
[...] (U) The Charge delivered demarche as requested ref A to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs/Acting Minister Alain Lubamba on October 1. (Note: Foreign Minister Antipas Mbusa has not yet returned from his trip to New York with President Joseph Kabila to attend the General Assembly. End note.) [...]
2007-10-02 14:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM SOCI KWMN CG
07KINSHASA1188DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - SKIRMISHES AND SQUABBLES
[...] During the last week of September, small skirmishes involving the Congolese military and various armed groups in North Kivu Province resumed, leading several thousand newly-displaced persons to flee to Goma-area settlement sites. Site visits by USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistan [...]
2007-10-09 11:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1201HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO RENEWED CLASHES IN NORTH KIVU
[...] Fighting has escalated in areas of North Kivu since dissident General Nkunda announced a renewed military offensive against Congolese armed forces on October 8. As of October 10, clashes are ongoing in three locations in Masisi and Rutshuru territories. Relief agencies report some new populat [...]
2007-10-16 11:15:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MOPS PHUM PREL CG
07KINSHASA1208HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO RENEWED CLASHES IN NORTH KIVU
[...] Fighting has escalated in areas of North Kivu since dissident General Nkunda announced a renewed military offensive against Congolese armed forces on October 8. As of October 10, clashes are ongoing in three locations in Masisi and Rutshuru territories. Relief agencies report some new populat [...]
2007-10-18 06:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MOPS PHUM PREL CG
07KINSHASA1215CHARGE'S OCTOBER 18 MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister displayed little knowledge of the objectives and aspirations of President Kabila's upcoming official visit to the U.S. He even wondered aloud if he would remain in the government after the long-expected cabinet reshuffle, which many observers believe will come [...]
2007-10-19 20:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ETRD KPAO MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO KWMN PHUM
07KINSHASA1233DRC DHRF II ANNUAL STATUS REPORT FY07
[...] Embassy Kinshasa is pleased to report that all Democracy and Human Rights projects funds prior to FY06 have been liquidated and activities closed. 2. All project funds for FY06 have been liquidated and activities closed. DHRF No Amt Obligated Unliquidated balance ------- [...]
2007-10-30 14:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1236 PROGRAM UPDATE: GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN THE DRC
[...] Gender-Based Violence continues to be a threat to stability and affects the most vulnerable populations - women and children-in Eastern Congo. Recent reports indicate the problem is worsening, particularly in the province of North Kivu, but the problem is also severe in South Kivu, Maniema, a [...]
2007-10-31 12:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SOCI KWMN KJUS CG
07KINSHASA1244NORTH KIVU HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
[...] Since mid-October, a lull in major combat across most of North Kivu Province has afforded relief organizations temporary access to conflict-affected areas to assess humanitarian conditions and deliver critical food and emergency relief supplies for displaced and vulnerable populations. Howeve [...]
2007-11-02 06:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1248RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MILITARY JUSTICE ASSISTANCE TO
[...] Summary. The Defense Institute for International Legal Studies (DIILS) has prioritized a set of recommendations for U.S. assistance to the Congolese military justice sector. It recommends immediate implementation of training for military magistrates, to give priority focus to the investigati [...]
2007-11-02 11:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS KDEM KWMN PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1249ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER, WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS, BLASTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Alain Lubamba convened a snap meeting of P-3 + 2 ambassadors and MONUC on October 25. Lubamba, a member of the micro-party "UDEMO" (Union of Democratic Mobutistes) delivered a rambling statement condemning Tutsi politician Azarias Ruberwa, criticized r [...]
2007-11-02 13:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS KWMN CG RW
07KINSHASA1251SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S MEETINGS WITH FARDC
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 2 courtesy call on the 8th Military Region Commander, Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley briefed Brigadier General Mayala Kiama on his findings from a four-day visit in North Kivu. Both the Commander and his deputy vehemently denied collaborating w [...]
2007-11-05 16:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1265SPECIAL CONFLICT ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S BRIEFINGS ON HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant Secretary Frazer's Special Conflict Advisor, Tim Shortley, togeter with officers from AF/RSA (Julie Chalfin) andDoD/OSD (Lt. Col. Mark Ellington USA),met with UN human rights specialists November 1 in North Kiv to understand the impact and pervasiveness of human righ [...]
2007-11-09 09:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1267 RWANDA, DRC ISSUE JOINT COMMUNIQUE IN NAIROBI ADOPTING
[...] (U) On November 10, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Government of Rwanda agreed to a Joint Communique in French and English that confirms a common approach to end the threat posed to peace and stability in both countries and the Great Lakes Region. (Note: Full [...]
2007-11-13 09:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1270MONUC'S INDIAN BATTALION BRIEFS SHORTLEY ON
[...] (C) Summary: During his October 30-November 3 tour of North Kivu, an Indian Battalion from MONUC provided security for the AF Senior Adviser Shortley. Upon arrival in Goma on 30 October, Shortley was briefed by the commander of North Kivu Brigade who transmitted what was mostly MONUC,s party [...]
2007-11-13 14:08:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1278 Special Advisor Shortley's November 13 conversation with
[...] (SBU) Tim Shortley, in Kampala, spoke at length with Raymond Tshibanda, DRC President Joseph Kabila's chief of staff on November SIPDIS 13. Shortley urged Tshibanda to press Congolese officials to move quickly on implementation of the recent DRC-Rwanda communique (reftel) on negative forc [...]
2007-11-14 15:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1289November 13 attack on IDP camp near Goma
[...] (SBU) Summary. Thousands of panicked IDPs fled three camps near Goma November 13 after FARDC artillery deployed nearby apparently opened fire. While the FARDC claimed pro-Nkunda CNDP forces had attacked the camps, and Nkunda blamed the FDLR, neither MONUC nor humanitarian organizations were a [...]
2007-11-20 05:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA129CONGOLESE MILITARY JUSTICE FIGHTING AN UPHILL
[...] (SBU) Summary. The numerous obstacles to effective application of military justice in the Congo are in stark evidence in the province of Katanga. Military courts are fighting an uphill battle against crumbling infrastructure, poor facilities, and the lack of legal training for practitioners [...]
2007-02-01 14:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS PHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1301 NOVEMBER 21 GOMA UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Unfounded claims were received from both government and Nkunda about CNDP occupying Rutshuru. Some may make their way into the international press. As noted in separate conversations with embassy, such claims would appear to be false. While in Rutshuru with a WFP/OFDA/UK team (includi [...]
2007-11-26 07:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO MOPS PHUM PREF KWMN CG
07KINSHASA1313UNHRO REPORTS MASS GRAVES, MASS RAPE, AND ILLEGAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Human Rights Office (UNHRO) recently made public its Monthly Human Rights Assessment of the DRC for September 2007. The report described 70 different cases of abuse committed by armed groups including Nkunda forces, Mayi Mayi militia, and FARDC soldiers. This [...]
2007-11-27 08:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PGOV PHUM PINS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1328DRC CABINET RESHUFFLE: DOING THE SAME WITH LESS?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GDRC's long-awaited cabinet reshuffle was announced November 25 (reftel). The new cabinet gives President Kabila provincial/ethnic balance without weakening his ruling AMP alliance. The biggest change is a reduction in the number of ministers from 60 to 45, as a number of p [...]
2007-12-03 11:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL CG
07KINSHASA1347 Goma Report for December 6, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC/Goma reports that FARDC pressed northward five miles from Sake by early morning December 6 and was now shelling Kibati. Nkunda's forces have been cleared out of the Sake-Masisi road, but traffic is not yet moving. One of the FARDC brigades involved in taking Mashaki is [...]
2007-12-07 09:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1350 Goma Situation Report for December 7, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: The FARDC military offensive has stalled at Kibati -- a high point along the track north from Sake -- where Nkunda has continued to bring in reinforcements and evidently taken a stand. Speaking to the humanitarian community in North Kivu, MONUC Force Commander General Babacar [...]
2007-12-10 11:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1356 Goma Situation Report for December 10, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: The FARDC military campaign in North Kivu remains stalled, with Nkunda's line holding at Kibati and Nkunda having made a foray within two kilometers of Mushaki. MONUC's North Kivu Brigade Commander helicoptered with a team into Kirolirwe IDP camp December 9 to sensitize the ID [...]
2007-12-11 10:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA136BAS-CONGO CALM, CALL FOR GENERAL STRIKE IN
[...] Summary. There were no reports of further violence in the DRC province of Bas-Congo following clashes January 31-February 1 between militant ethnic separatists and Congolese security forces. The death toll is close to 100, predominately civilians. Casualties were significantly higher in the [...]
2007-02-05 11:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MOPS KPKO ASEC PHUM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1360 Goma Situation Report for December 11, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC's military campaign west and north of Sake collapsed December 10 and the military plan, which MONUC North Kivu Brigade Commander General Narayan describes as a very good plan, now "goes back to square one." Nkunda's zone of control returns to what it was in August 2007, [...]
2007-12-12 15:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1362 Goma Situation Report for December 12, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the course of December 11, FARDC abandoned its remaining positions west of Sake, leaving MONUC to defend the town. Nkunda's commanders communicated to MONUC Brigade Commander General Narayan that they would not enter Sake, but not before the nearby fighting had caused a mo [...]
2007-12-13 16:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1364 Goma Situation Report for December 13, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC General Narayan told embassy's Goma officer December 13 that FARDC losses in men and materiel from the December 3-12 campaign were light. Attacked by an Nkunda force of perhaps 200 at Mushaki, three FARDC brigades panicked and fled. The issues are leadership, training, [...]
2007-12-14 12:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1369 Goma Situation Report for December 14, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fallout from the army's reversal continues apace. FARDC held its position on the Rutshuru axis December 13 but the region's deputy commander was reportedly shot in the shoulder by his own men. General Narayan estimates 5,000 deserters, of whom some are in Goma where they coul [...]
2007-12-17 08:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1372DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on December 7 to Alice Kimpembe Bamba, Minister Plenipotentiary in the International Organizations Office of the Congolese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (U) Kimpembe said that the DRC would consider our request to join the United States votes on the fo [...]
2007-12-17 12:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV UNGA
07KINSHASA1377 HIGHLIGHTS OF JOINT MONITORING GROUP
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) established by the Congo-Rwanda Nairobi communique got off to a rocky start at its first meeting December 15, but succeeded in reaffirming support for the process and establishing follow-up mechanisms. A UN emphasis on North Kivu and repeated o [...]
2007-12-18 10:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG RW
07KINSHASA1384 Goma Situation Report for December 18, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC is considering a new offensive against Nkunda forces despite recent reverses, and continue to fly in new supplies and equipment to Goma. MONUC does not believe it will be capable of doing so for months, and is counseling caution. Scattered combat continues. Supported by [...]
2007-12-19 08:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1391 Goma Situation Report for December 19, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: The military situation in North Kivu remained calm for a second day December 19; reports of fighting in Masisi and Sake appear to be incorrect. MONUC Generals Singh and Narayan advised FARDC General Kayembe that FARDC could not mount a second offensive for six months. FARDC m [...]
2007-12-20 08:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1392MILITARY JUSTICE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: DIILS
[...] Summary: Following up on its assessment of the Congolese military justice sector (reftels),the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) has completed preparations for a DRC-wide training program focusing on military magistrates and judicial police. In what hopefully evolves [...]
2007-12-20 13:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM MASS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1405Goma situation report for December 22, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: The North Kivu military situation remained stable during the previous week. However, FARDC continues to move reinforcements into and around the province. Pro-Nkunda and Pareco militia forces clashed again in a remote area of Masisi territory. Inhabitants of Rutshuru town prote [...]
2007-12-26 08:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS MARR PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1406Congo-Rwanda Joint Verification Commission
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Congo-Rwanda Joint Verification Commission (JVC) authorized Joint Verification Teams (JVT) to investigate allegations of violations of sovereignty and territorial integrity at the December 20-21 meeting in Rubavu, Rwanda. It also clarified several procedural issues involvi [...]
2007-12-26 13:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF PHUM CG RW
07KINSHASA1409 PRESIDENT KABILA'S DECEMBER 20 MEETING
[...] (SBU) President Joseph Kabila received the P-3 plus 2 ambassadors/charges at his residence on December 20. The meeting was called with 15 minutes' notice, officially in response to a request made several weeks earlier to discuss military operations in North Kivu. Topics covered included the [...]
2007-12-27 06:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1423 Goma situation report for December 22, 2007
[...] (SBU) Embassy acting Goma rep spent most of first day in meetings on the upcoming Kivus Conference. Information below is preliminary and subject to change. Initial Notes ------------- -- The location of the conference is the Free University of the Great Lakes (Universite Libre des Pays [...]
2007-12-28 09:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1424 Visit of UN High Commissioner for Refugees
[...] UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres arrived in Kinshasa December 13 to assess the humanitarian situation in North Kivu, where 800,000 people have been displaced by ongoing armed conflicts. He traveled to North Kivu December 15-17, visiting IDP camps near Goma and Gasasa in Kiwa [...]
2007-12-28 11:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UN CG
07KINSHASA1425DRC: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is moving slowly as it grapples with solutions to fundamental governance, security and development challenges following the historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the [...]
2007-12-31 09:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM
07KINSHASA1426 Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF)
[...] The second meeting of the JMG-TF was held December 29 at MONUC headquarters in Goma. Ref (A) is a report on the first meeting, held December 22 at the same venue. Participants ------------ 2. The following is a list of attendees: Government of Rwanda: -- Team Leader: Maj. Franco R [...]
2007-12-31 10:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1427 Goma situation report for December 28-29, 2007
[...] (U) The subject line in ref (A),the most recent report in this series, is incorrect. Subject line should read: "Goma situation report for December 27 (not December 22),2007." This is the last report for 2007; reports will resume January 2, 2008. Conference Update ----------------- 2 [...]
2007-12-31 10:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA154DDR IN KATANGA: DESPITE DESIRE TO DISARM,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Demobilization, disarmament and reintegration programs (DDR) remain in disarray in the Katanga province, as they are throughout the DRC. Mai Mai fighters already certified for inclusion in the government's DDR program continue to wait, and those not yet certified are ignored. [...]
2007-02-08 15:39:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPKO MARR CG
07KINSHASA161BAS-CONGO UPDATE: COURT GRANTS APPEAL FOR
[...] (U) The Court of Appeals in the Bas-Congo capital of Matadi granted a request February 8 by Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC party for a re-vote for governor by provincial deputies. The court agreed on technical grounds with the MLC's contention that DRC electoral law in this case requires the winning [...]
2007-02-09 11:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO PHUM MOPS ASEC CASC CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA201SOME NORTH KIVU IDP'S RETURNING, OTHERS LEAVING AS
[...] (U) Summary: More than 46,000 Congolese displaced by the November-December fighting in North Kivu province have returned to their homes, according to OCHA officials. However, an estimated 24,000 new IDPs have fled out of fears of new fighting arising from operation launched against FDLR and Ma [...]
2007-02-20 15:44:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREF PHUM CG
07KINSHASA240BAS-CONGO UPDATE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ESTABLISHES
[...] Summary. The DRC National Assembly agreed February 23 to establish a special committee to investigate the January 31-February 1 violence in Bas-Congo province. Interior Minister Denis Kalume and Defense Minister Tharcisse Habarugira addressed the Assembly regarding the incidents and respond [...]
2007-02-27 08:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC CG
07KINSHASA256DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 2007 TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Yes. Does the trafficking occur within the country's borders? Yes. Does it occur in territory outside of the government's control? -- Child sold [...]
2007-03-01 15:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CG
07KINSHASA262Murder Trial of Journalist Finds Momentum
[...] (SBU) Summary: The trial for the November 2005 murder of journalist Franck Ngyke Kangundu is seemingly back on track after many months of procedural delay. The presiding military court has rearrested an early suspect and asked that the investigation be expanded to include some PPRD political fi [...]
2007-03-02 11:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA263Murder Trial of Journalist Finds Momentum
[...] (SBU) Summary: The trial for the November 2005 murder of journalist Franck Ngyke Kangundu is seemingly back on track after many months of procedural delay. The presiding military court has rearrested an early suspect and asked that the investigation be expanded to include some PPRD political fi [...]
2007-03-02 11:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA279PROSECUTION RESTS IN NLANDU TRIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Military prosecutors rested their case against Bemba ally Marie-Therese Nlandu and nine co-defendants February 7. They presented three main pieces of evidence: grenades allegedly in the possession of her co-defendants, videos of Nlandu alledgedly calling for the burning of t [...]
2007-03-08 06:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA280MONUC AND NGO COLLABORATION WITH MILITARY LEADS TO
[...] (U) Summary. MONUC-Bunia human rights officers and local NGO Justice Plus played major roles in the successful prosecution of two prominent Ituri District human rights cases. A military court handed down judgments in both cases February 19, convicting 14 Congolese military (FARDC) soldiers [...]
2007-03-08 14:54:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KJUS CG
07KINSHASA291EXAMINING BAS-CONGO'S FEBRUARY VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Summary: A poorly-planned search by police sparked the January 31-February 1 violence between security forces and members of the ethnic separatist group Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) which left dozens dead in the DRC's Bas-Congo province. Provincial political and security officials claim BDK leader [...]
2007-03-13 10:51:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PHUM MOPS CG
07KINSHASA297UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ASSESSES CHILD SOLDIER
[...] (U) UN Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy visited the DRC March 4-9 to assess the situation of child soldiers in the country. She met with Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga and Minister of Defense Chikez Diemo, as well as officials of the Congolese demobi [...]
2007-03-13 13:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KGOV MOPS CG
07KINSHASA314DR CONGO'S POST-TRANSITION MEDIA SCENE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an open letter to President Joseph Kabila, media watchdog Journaliste En Danger (JED) frames the debate on the DRC's post-election media scene. JED argues that freedom of expression continues to be violated, and it recommends specific legislation to protect the media, notably [...]
2007-03-15 16:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PHUM KDEM CG
07KINSHASA319CHILD SOLDIER RECRUITMENT A DIMINISHING PROBLEM IN
[...] (C) Summary: A senior UN official proclaimed the DRC's child soldier problem is "essentially over," but charged that dissident general Laurent Nkunda is recruiting child soldiers from refugee camps in Rwanda. Humanitarian officials report more than 100 child soldiers have been separated from N [...]
2007-03-16 10:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO RW CG
07KINSHASA350BUNDU DIA KONGO: A DANGEROUS INSURRECTIONIST
[...] (C) Summary: The Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) claims to defend the cultural and economic interests of the indigenous people of DRC's Bas-Congo province. The group is in reality a separatist sect with a long history of often violent confrontation with state security forces. End summary. ------------ [...]
2007-03-22 13:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC CG
07KINSHASA36MONUC EFFORTS AGAINST SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND
[...] (U) This message provides an update on efforts by the UN Mission to the Congo (MONUC) to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by peacekeepers in the DRC (ref A). Post reported in July 2006 that incidents of SEA by MONUC military and civilian staff were [...]
2007-01-12 10:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PHUM CG
07KINSHASA414MONUC INVESTIGATION ASSIGNS BLAME TO BOTH SIDES
[...] (C) Summary: A MONUC investigation into Bas-Congo's January 31-February 1 fighting between security forces and the separatist sect Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) assigns responsibility to both sides for the violence and estimates 105 died. MONUC found that BDK has demonstrated a strong propensity for v [...]
2007-04-10 12:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA422MONUC PUSHES GDRC TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC characterized its human rights findings for the second half of 2006 as a matter of "grave concern." It documented a substantial increase in the number of politically motivated incidents during the electoral period, a decrease in the proportion of human rights violations [...]
2007-04-11 16:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA451VERDICT RETURNED IN ASSASSINATION OF JOURNALIST
[...] (U) Summary: Eighteen months after the assassination of journalist Franck Ngyke Kungundu and his wife Helene Paka, a military court delivered a guilty verdict against three of the accused assassins, all members of the DRC armed forces. Some media watchdog groups think the investigation and tri [...]
2007-04-19 13:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA502NLANDU AND NINE OTHERS ACQUITTED ON INSURRECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese politician Marie-Therese Nlandu and nine co-defendants were acquitted April 30 of all charges related to the November 2006 burning of the Supreme Court building. A military court found that the prosecution had not presented evidence sufficient to prove their guilt. T [...]
2007-05-04 10:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA517KINSHASA WILL SUPPORT SLOVENIA, UNSURE ON BELARUS
[...] (SBU) Per reftels, Post demarched Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director for International Organizations at the DRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the candidacy of Belarus for the UN Human Rights Council. Matondo was receptive to the U.S. argument in favor of Slovenia and promised to pass a reco [...]
2007-05-10 15:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHRC CG
07KINSHASA524PROGRESS MADE ON ITURI MILITIA DEMOBILIZATION
[...] (C) Summary: Some 500 militia members from Peter Karim's Front for National Integration (FNI) in Ituri District have surrendered to military authorities in the past month, bringing the total number disarmed since the beginning of the year to more than 800. Demobilizing fighters, however, conti [...]
2007-05-11 12:12:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PHUM CG
07KINSHASA527AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MARIE THERESE NLANDU
[...] (SBU) Summary. Bemba attorney and unsuccessful presidential candidate Marie Therese Nlandu gave an exclusive interviewto Poloff in which she outlined her side of the vents that led to her arrest on charges of insurretion and weapons possession. She also explained why she thought she was acq [...]
2007-05-11 12:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA546PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION BLAMES BOTH SIDES FOR
[...] (C) Summary: A parliamentary commission of inquiry into the January 31-February 1 violence in Bas-Congo submitted its report to the National Assembly May 18. Its findings lay relatively equal blame both on the separatist group Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) and on Congolese security forces. BDK and its [...]
2007-05-21 16:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA577UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF VISITS DRC, PROPOSES MAPPING
[...] (U) Summary. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Louise Arbour visited the DRC May 13-18 to encourage the newly elected government to improve the human rights situation in the country. She met with President Joseph Kabila and other high-ranking officials and visited [...]
2007-05-25 14:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA582MASSACRE IN EASTERN CONGO LINKED TO RASTAS
[...] (U) Summary. At least 29 Congolese villagers were killed the night of May 26-27 near Kanyola southwest of Bukavu in a massacre called "the worst in South Kivu since May 2005." An additional 27 were reported injured, and at least 18 have been reported kidnapped. Although some press reports c [...]
2007-05-30 10:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA593SIX CONGOLESE KIDNAPPED IN CONTINUING VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) At least six additional Congolese civilians were reported kidnapped from a village in Kabere district, about 19 miles northwest of Bukavu, on May 31. In related violence in the Kanyola area southwest of Bukavu on May 26 (reftel),after another civilian died of his wounds, nineteen civil [...]
2007-06-01 11:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA627UPDATE: FARDC RECOVERS SOME CIVILIANS TAKEN
[...] (SBU) General Sylvain Tshikwej, 10th Military Region Commander, confirmed to PolOff June 6 that patrols of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) located nine kidnapped Congolese civilians (eight of them alive and one dead) in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park outside of Bukavu on June 1. Three of [...]
2007-06-07 09:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA628MINEMBWE TALKS STALLED AS PATIENCE WITH DISSIDENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions with armed Banyamulenge dissidents in South Kivu's Minembwe region remain stalled, and the group's leaders refuse to meet with provincial or MONUC officials. The dissidents are now allegedly recruiting, rearming, and committing violence against rival ethnic groups and [...]
2007-06-07 09:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA666JOURNALIST OF UNITED NATIONS-SPONSORED RADIO STATION KILLED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Serge Maheshe, a journalist working for UN-funded Radio Okapi, was killed June 13 by two unidentified armed men in Bukavu, South Kivu province. It is not yet sure that the assassination is linked to Maheshe's work as a journalist. He had been outspoken about exactions inflicted [...]
2007-06-14 15:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA688BRAZZAVILLE/CONGO: NTUMI - DEER HUNTER OR THE
[...] (C) Following his June 8 "walk in the woods" in Kinkala with CNR President Frederic Bintsamou (Pasteur Ntumi),in the presence of BBC journalist James James, (reported reftel A),DCM was contacted by CNR National Secretary Joseph Mbizi to discuss his party's anticipated participation in the J [...]
2007-06-20 13:07:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPREL PINR PHUM PGOV CF
07KINSHASA704ITURI UPDATE: KARIM SURRENDERS MORE MILITIA
[...] (C) Front for National Integration (FNI) militia leader Peter Karim has turned over an additional 177 militia fighters to Congolese military (FARDC) authorities in Ituri District. A first group of 141 surrendered June 15 in Doi, approximately 50 miles northeast of Bunia. The other 36 turned th [...]
2007-06-25 06:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PHUM CG
07KINSHASA712UN INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF BEATINGS AND
[...] (SBU) MONUC announced May 26 that the UN would conduct a full investigation into allegations of beatings and killings of detainees by MONUC peacekeepers in Ituri in 2005. A previous MONUC investigation had found the peacekeepers used excessive force, but the results were not sent to the UN in [...]
2007-06-25 15:07:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA739SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DDR AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC and the UN co-hosted a conference in Kinshasa June 12-14 on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programs in Africa. Delegates agreed on the need to link transitional justice to ongoing programs, to focus on the needs of women and children, and to proceed [...]
2007-07-03 08:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA74Media Authority Suspends Two Newspapers, Editor of One
[...] (U) Summary: The High Media Authority (HAM) suspended two newspapers for slander, and the editor of one of the papers, which tends toward the tabloid persuasion, was subsequently jailed. His is the first such arrest and sentence of a journalist since President Kabila's inauguration and provoked [...]
2007-01-23 14:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPAO CG
07KINSHASA744200 CHILD SOLDIERS REMAIN IN MIXED BRIGADES
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN child protection officials and the NGO Caritas have demobilized 251 child soldiers from the Congolese military's (FARDC) six "mixed" brigades in North Kivu but estimate that another 200 remain in their ranks. End summary. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) UN c [...]
2007-07-03 14:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM MOPS PGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA763THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MONUC EFFORTS TO COMBAT
[...] (U) There have been no reported incidents of sexual exploitation or abuse by MONUC peacekeepers in the DRC within the last six months. MONUC has provided extensive training on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) issues to its civilian and military staff and ha [...]
2007-07-06 10:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO PHUM CG
07KINSHASA816NLANDU'S COURT BATTLE MAY NOT YET BE OVER
[...] (U) Congolese lawyer and opposition figure Marie-Therese Nlandu, who was acquitted April 30 on charges of insurrection and weapons possession (reftel),could find herself back in court at the urging of prosecutor Homere Nkulu Katenda. The Kinshasa military appeals court filed an appeal June 2 [...]
2007-07-14 11:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA840ANVIL TRIAL VERDICT QUESTIONED
[...] (SBU) The June 28 military court verdict finding Anvil Mining employees and several Congolese soldiers not guilty in the FARDC's killing of dozens of villagers in Kilwa (Katanga province) in October 2004 has drawn criticism from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour. Arbour said [...]
2007-07-18 13:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN PHUM PGOV CG
07KINSHASA842CATHOLIC BISHOPS WARN DRC LEADERS
[...] (U) Summary: Congo's Catholic bishops have raised concerns about ongoing threats to the DRC's security, natural resources, and national sovereignty as well as its general state of economic and political development. A statement released July 9 calls for immediate action by the Congolese people [...]
2007-07-19 15:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PHUM SCUL CG
07KINSHASA85FARDC 1ST BRIGADE AGAIN FACES MILITARY JUSTICE FOR
[...] (U) Summary: Soldiers from the Congolese army's First Integrated Brigade have earned another military court date, this time on charges of looting and rape in Bunia, Ituri District January 11 and 12 after mutinying. 34 of more than 200 defendants appeared before a military judge in Bunia Janu [...]
2007-01-25 12:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KJUS CG
07KINSHASA868UPDATE: QUESTIONABLE EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURES MAR
[...] (U) Summary. The trial of two soldiers accused of killing Radio Okapi journalist Serge Maheshe has lost credibility, say MONUC and NGO representatives in South Kivu province. Locals complain that the military tribunal hearing the case rushed to judgment with the arrest and hearings of 14 s [...]
2007-07-23 15:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA884ANGOLAN EXPULSION: TOTAL OF CONGOLESE ARRIVALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Initial news reports of Congolese expelled from Maludi, in Lunda Norte, Angola, were exaggerated, but the numbers continue to grow. Assessment teams confirmed in mid July that 13,000 displaced Congolese arrived in West Kasai and some 3,000 others in Katanga since July 3. They sa [...]
2007-07-26 11:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV PREL CG OA
07KINSHASA887MONUC LAUNCHES MINEMBWE PEACE EFFORT IN WAKE OF
[...] (C) Summary. MONUC officials have launched a new initiative in South Kivu's High Plateau region following a week of renewed fighting between the Congolese military (FARDC) and armed ethnic Banyamulenge dissident forces. Their efforts have not produced a ceasefire, though the level of fighting [...]
2007-07-26 14:45:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PREF PGOV CG
07KINSHASA896FOR SOUTH KIVU CITIZENS, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
[...] Summary. MONUC, human rights organizations, humanitarian groups, and civil society leaders in and around Bukavu, South Kivu province agree that the three most serious human rights issues facing the area are violent crime by the Congolese army, impunity for soldiers, and FDLR attacks on civilia [...]
2007-07-30 15:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM CG
07KINSHASA897KIMBANGUISM: CONGOLESE HISTORY, IDENTITY AND
[...] (U) Summary: The Kimbanguist Church is a large home-grown Congolese religion. Like most of the population, Kimbanguists consider themselves Christians, although they are not always seen as such by others. Church officials claim nearly one-sixth of the population follows Kimbanguism; it has a s [...]
2007-07-30 15:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCG PGOV PHUM PNAT
07KINSHASA919UN AGREES TO MAKE RESULTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS MAPPING
[...] (SBU) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Louise Arbour has approved public release of a proposed DRC human rights mapping exercise report, MONUC Human Rights Officers told PolOff July 31 following a donors meeting with SRSG William Swing. Although Arbour and MONUC representatives [...]
2007-08-03 10:13:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA932 AT LEAST 89 DEAD AND 100 INJURED IN DRC
[...] (U) Summary: A train wreck August 1 caused at least 89 fatalities and 100 casualties in the DRC's central Kasai Occidental province. A delegation of ministers, journalists, and aid workers traveled the following day to the crash site where the local population called for improved railway condi [...]
2007-08-06 16:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDELTN KCSY PGOV PHUM CASC CG
07KINSHASA943NATIONAL TELEVISION JOURNALISTS ARRESTED FOR UNION ACTIVISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Three journalists of the public broadcaster Radio Nationale Television Congolaise (RTNC) were arrested because of their trade union activities on 26 and 27 July 2007. A local human rights organization condemned the arrests and warned of a pattern of questionable detainments acros [...]
2007-08-07 16:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA947MONUC GOMA HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SEES INCREASING
[...] (SBU) Summary. MONUC-Goma Human Rights Chief Jairo Sanchez evaluated the major human rights issues in North Kivu as the so-called "mixed" brigades of the Congolese military, judicial impunity, and sexual violence. End summary. 2. (SBU) Violations by elements of the Congolese army's mixe [...]
2007-08-08 12:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA948UN RAPPORTEUR CALLS KIVU SEXUAL VIOLENCE WORST
[...] (U) Yakin Erturk, the Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council on Violence against Women, characterized the situation in the Kivus as "the worst crisis I have encountered so far" during a press conference in Kinshasa July 27. Erturk visited the DRC from July 16-27 for meetings in Ki [...]
2007-08-08 12:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN KPKO PGOV CG
07KINSHASA949CONGOLESE MILITARY RELEASES FOUR UGANDAN SOLDIERS
[...] (C) Summary: Talks between Congolese and Ugandan military representatives led to the release August 6 of four Ugandan People's Defense Force (UPDF) soldiers who had been held by the Congolese military (FARDC) in Ituri District since July 29. The meeting also led to an agreement to establish c [...]
2007-08-08 14:03:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PREL EPET UG CG
07KINSHASA953A TALE OF TWO PRISONS
[...] Summary. Prisons in the DRC are barely functional. The directors of the Bukavu and Kinshasa prisons say their biggest challenges include crumbling buildings, overcrowding, lack of food and medical care, and no salaries. End summary. --------------------------------------------- ---- Bukav [...]
2007-08-09 08:02:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM CG
07KINSHASA954AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES SUPPORTS SCHOOL
[...] (U) The Ambassador signed a USD 20,000 grant from the Ambassador's Fund for Refugees at a special reception August 7 for Action and Interventions for Development and Social Supervision (AIDES),an NGO which will rehabilitate a secondary school in Buburu, Equateur Province. The UN High Commissi [...]
2007-08-09 08:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF CG
07KINSHASA976JOURNALIST KILLED IN EASTERN DRC
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 9, 2007, a national press agency journalist was killed by unidentified gunmen in Goma, eastern Congo. The motive behind the assassination is not known. In the case of a journalist murdered in 2006, prosecutors have asked for capital punishment for three of four defendan [...]
2007-08-15 14:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG UNESCO
07KINSHASA983DRC: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FEINGOLD (AUGUST 24-26,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo is slowly feeling its way in the search for solutions to fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. Achievements to date, the promise of peace and democratization, and the importa [...]
2007-08-17 12:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM MARR ASEC
07KINSHASA992KABILA VISITS KASAI OCCIDENTAL PROVINCE IN WAKE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Kabila traveled to Kasai Occidental province August 8-10 with a delegation of ministers and provincial authorities, his first visit to the region since his election in October of last year. He visited Kakenge, the site of the August 1 train accident, and the provincia [...]
2007-08-21 13:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN PGOV PHUM CG
07KOLKATA104WHAT DOES NANDIGRAM MEAN FOR THE CPM?
[...] (SBU) Summary: The March 14 Nandigram violence resulted in at least 14 deaths, badly damaged Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's administration and revealed the ruthless face of West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM). It also shifted the dynamics between the CPM and [...]
2007-03-29 11:52:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR SOCI PREL IN
07KOLKATA109SUSPECTED NEPALI MAOISTS ATTACK VILLAGE IN INDIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Violence from Nepal's Terai region is spilling over to the neighboring Indian state of Bihar. On March 31, about 200 suspected Nepali Maoists attacked a small village block in the Sitamarhi district of North Bihar, killing one security guard and injuring a dozen civilians. Thi [...]
2007-04-04 06:57:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM IN NP
07KOLKATA114ASSAM: ULFA BLAST DURING PM VISIT. PROSPECT OF PEACE TALKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 8, a bomb carried by boys working for the secessionist United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) accidentally detonated earlier than planned and killed one person in Guwahati, Assam. The explosion took place during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's April 8-9 to the state. [...]
2007-04-09 12:29:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PHUM CASC IN
07KOLKATA126KOLKATA PUBLIC AFFAIRS REACHES OUT TO EASTERN INDIA'S MUSLIM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Students and faculty at Muslim schools (madrassas) in West Bengal are enthusiastic to interact with U.S. government officials generally and have been appreciative in particular with the outreach by the Kolkata American Center through participation in MicroAccess English-languag [...]
2007-04-18 06:30:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO KIRF KISL PHUM SOCI SA IN
07KOLKATA144INDIA'S MAOIST MENACE GROWS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recent large scale attacks by Maoist insurgents in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and other states reflect growing Maoist strength and organization in India. Mostly operating under the banner of the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist),India's Maoists now maintain a [...]
2007-05-03 12:43:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER SOCI PHUM ECON IN NP
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