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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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08KHARTOUM1345 UMMA HOPES FOR AN ALLIANCE WITH THE SPLM
[...] (SBU) According to Dr. Balgees Badri, a Sudanese scholar and a powerful National Umma Party female figure, the elections will play out in one of two ways: (1) the National Congress Party (NCP) of President Bashir delays elections until 2010, at which point the SPLM is only interested in the re [...]
2008-09-04 05:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1346AEC PLENARY SESSION OF SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The 35th plenary session of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) was held at AEC headquarters in Khartoum on September 2, 2008. Most of the session was devoted to lengthy reports on the current situation in South Kordofan, and preparations for national elections in 200 [...]
2008-09-04 05:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1352TURF WARS - RIVAL GOS FORCES CREATE A CHAOTIC AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rivalry and competition between government security agencies, paramilitary units, and proxy forces have led to a chaotic, violent, and militarized environment in Darfur, according to multiple and varied sources in North and South Darfur. These contacts (from UNAMID, DPA signato [...]
2008-09-04 09:45:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1360DARFUR ARAB REBEL LEADER STILL VOWS HE'S RETURNING
[...] (C) On September 3, Arab-rebel leader Anwar Khatir told poloff that "within days" he would return to Darfur to resume his activities. (Note: Khatir has been described by leading Darfur experts such as Julie Flint as "Darfur's emerging Arab leader." After the GoS jailed and tortured him and [...]
2008-09-05 09:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1363 UK CONSULTANTS ON DDR: MISTRUST AND INAEDQUATE CAPACITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past two weeks, a team of UK-funded consultants assessed UN, GNU, and GoSS capacity to carry out a mammoth disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) program planned to commence in January 2009. They found that while the GoS has sufficient capacity to start [...]
2008-09-07 06:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU
08KHARTOUM1366HEAVY FIGHTING REPORTED IN NORTH DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 6 and 7, multiple UNAMID, rebel, and civil society leaders separately contacted poloffs and reported intense fighting between rebel and GoS forces near Birmaza, North Darfur. (Note: According to UN maps, Birmaza is located approximately 50 kilometers north of Kutum [...]
2008-09-07 10:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM137UNMIS ON SAF AND SPLA REDEPLOYMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Joint Operations Center (JOC) officer Major Ashe Brunton told poloff January 29 that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have largely complied with the troop redeployments outlined in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) (apart from the oil fields) but [...]
2008-01-30 11:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1371MINNAWI: GOS OPERATIONS IN NORTH DARFUR ARE A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 7, SLM Chairman and Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi told poloff that he considers GoS military operations in North Darfur to be a declaration of war. Minnawi specifically cited combined SAF, Arab militia, and janjaweed deployment surrounding SLM/MM cont [...]
2008-09-08 14:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM138DPKO GUEHENNO's VISIT TO KHARTOUM AND ADDIS ABABA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOS successfully avoided senior-level meetings with DPKO U/S Guehenno during his visit to Sudan and continues to drag its feet on finalizing a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and other UNAMID-related issues. The AU Summit in Addis Ababa provides a good opportunity to press [...]
2008-01-30 11:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1383PARADOXICAL DARFUR COMPENSATION CHAIRMAN WILL RETURN TO THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 4 meeting with poloffs, TDRA Compensation Committee Chairman Abulgasim Ahmed Abulgasim said that the many Darfur initiatives and proposals (including his own plan recently rejected by the NCP,) are unable to fundamentally change Darfur (reftel). In a remarkable tur [...]
2008-09-11 07:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL PINR EFIN MOPS KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1386United Nations Africa Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Deployment
[...] (SBU) Summary: Self-sufficiency is a key component for Troop-Contributing Country (TCC) deployment success as 3,900 UNAMID-shepherded containers continue to be held up in Port Sudan and El Obeid by both internal factors and by the regime. An emphasis on local procurement could decrease expense [...]
2008-09-11 14:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1388FORMER DARFUR CEASEFIRE REPS AFRAID FOR LIVES AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Claiming that the International Criminal Court is using information they collected in their previous duties, ex-representatives of the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) fear GoS reprisal, including detention, unexplained disappearances, and targeted assassinations. Contacts alleged th [...]
2008-09-12 11:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO UNSC AU SU
08KHARTOUM1389CHADIAN REBELS CLOSE TO SELECTING SINGLE LEADER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9, UFDD/F spokesman Mouktar ben Yahya told poloff that the leaders of five Chadian rebel movements are currently meeting in Sudan and will choose a single leader of an allied force this week. Yahya vowed that without progress in the peace process, the rebels would s [...]
2008-09-12 11:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD
08KHARTOUM139EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN UN
[...] (SBU) The UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) mandates that all civilian employees, military personnel, and UN Volunteers undergo training to recognize, report and prevent sexual exploitation and abuse. According to the UNMIS Chief of Conduct and Discipline Aster Zaoude, all personnel must undergo prev [...]
2008-01-30 12:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1391JANJAWEED DOMINATE NORTH DARFUR PUNITIVE CAMPAIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Janjaweed and Arab militias have dominated the Birmaza and Deisa attacks in North Darfur, according to multiple contacts. One advisor to infamous janjaweed leader Musa Hilal told locally employed staff that SAF directed Arab militias to intentionally target Zaghawa strongholds i [...]
2008-09-12 11:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1406SLM/MM ON EAST JEBEL MARRA FIGHTING AND ZAMZAM INCURSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 15, three senior leaders of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) in North Darfur told poloff that SLM/MM "routed" GoS forces in East Jebel Marra on September 14 following combat on September 13 in the same region. SLM/MM leaders also gave a detail [...]
2008-09-16 06:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1417SUDANESE INTEL CHIEF WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC
[...] (C) Summary: The GOS will be hard-pressed to control the actions of Islamic radicals in Sudan if the ICC issues an arrest warrant against President Bashir, NISS Chief Salah Ghosh told CDA Fernandez September 17. Ghosh clarified that he did not tell French Presidential Advisor Bruno Joubert th [...]
2008-09-18 13:52:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1427THE NUBA MOUNTAINS: WHERE INSECURITY AND INTEGRATION ARE A
[...] (SBU) Poloffs traveled to Kadugli, Southern Kordofan, the heart of the Nuba Mountains, on 13-16 September. Southern Kordofan state, which shares its own CPA protocol with Blue Nile State, faces a number of unique challenges, one being the integration of formerly-controlled SPLA areas into the [...]
2008-09-21 14:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1428 POST-2011 SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE COULD LEAVE KHARTOUM IDP'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Little attention is being paid to the mechanics of an initially non-violent break-up if, as widely expected, Southern Sudan votes for independence in the 2011 referendum. Several IDP experts have raised the possibility that Northern anger towards Southerners could be directed at [...]
2008-09-21 14:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV EAID KIRF KPKO SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1434OVERVIEW OF DARFUR REBEL POSITIONS, RELATIVE STRENGTH, AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In two recent visits to El-Fasher and Nyala, UN security provided an overview of Darfur rebel group's positions, relative strength, and potential for coordination. Sources stated that areas of control are fluid and prone to change, especially following GoS operations in North D [...]
2008-09-22 14:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1435LACK OF PEACE DIVIDENDS IN SOUTHERN KORDOFAN LEAVES THE
[...] (SBU) During a meeting with poloff in Kadugli on 14 September, Deputy Governor of Southern Kordofan Daniel Kodi (SPLM) expressed frustration with what he perceived as a lack of peace dividends from the CPA and the neglect of Nuban interests by the GoSS and the GNU. Kodi explained the challeng [...]
2008-09-22 14:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1438WHERE ARE DARFUR'S HIJACKED CARS AND TRUCKS?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Darfur's hijacking is a complex phenomenon, according to UNAMID, INGOs, and local contacts based in El-Fasher and Nyala. Most sources placed the majority of the blame on many different rebel movements, with one contact describing a transportation chain through SLM/MM and SLA/Un [...]
2008-09-23 05:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1440UN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEMINING PROGRAMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Mine Action Office (UNMAO) and its contractors expect a 90 per cent success rate in clearing mines and unexploded ordinance (UXOs) in Sudan prior to a mid-2011 program handover to national authorities. Even with the current optimism, UNMAO doesn't realisticall [...]
2008-09-23 11:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KHDP KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1445UPDATE ON TAHA-MINNAWI AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 23, Muhammad Tijani, a senior SLM/MM leader and Minnawi confidant, told poloff that "so far" he is satisfied with the GoS's response to the September 19 agreement between Vice President Taha and SLM Chairman Minni Minnawi in El-Fasher (ref A). Muhammad Tijani stat [...]
2008-09-24 05:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1449TDRA OFFICIALS FEAR ZAGHAWA DOMINANCE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 23, the leaders of both the Compensation and Land Commissions in the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) told poloff that they fear the Zaghawa tribe's dominance in Darfur and the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM). Head of the Land Commi [...]
2008-09-25 06:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1450IFTAR WITH THE "JANJAWEED"
[...] (C) Summary: In a surprise meeting, notorious janjaweed leader Musa Hilal told CDA that he was duped by Khartoum in his actions during the worst years of 2003-2005 in Darfur, he regrets his past, and has apologized in several tribal venues to Darfur's African tribes. He blamed Darfur's "excesse [...]
2008-09-25 06:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1455THE THREAT TO PEACE IN A FORGOTTEN LAND:
[...] (C) A recent visit to the Nuba Mountains revealed growing unease in the area as a result of the proliferation of armed groups. Consisting of the SAF, the Popular Defense Force (PDF),the Central Reserve Police (better known as the janjaweed),SPLA splinter groups led by break-away SPLA fighte [...]
2008-09-28 10:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1468UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 28 meeting with poloff, UNAMID officials reiterated the belief that 60% deployment is possible by the end of 2008. Road and rail transport of COE remains ongoing, but the lack of an air bridge and adequate air assets remain a significant obstacles to accelerated de [...]
2008-10-03 09:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM14839/29 HELICOPTER CRASH - NO EVIDENCE OF SMALL WEAPONS FIRE
[...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with UNAMID Public Information Director Kamal Saiki on October 5 regarding the September 29 crash of a UNAMID-contracted helicopter, which resulted in the deaths of three Russians and 1 Sudanese. Saiki said that UNAMID has received no indication that the Mi-8 helicopter, con [...]
2008-10-05 13:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1487DARFUR ROUNDUP: SPLM MINISTER RECOUNTS AMBUSH IN SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: SPLM South Darfur Agriculture Minister Omer Abdel Rahman Adam survived a harrowing ambush attempt, but refused to speculate on the perpetrators. The incident has ignited outrage in Darfur and as well as Juba, where Salva Kiir has ordered the formation of an investigative committe [...]
2008-10-06 12:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1488UN ANNOUNCES TWO DEMINING CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Mine Action Office (UNMAO) announced plans to roll out two multi-year training programs to build the capacity of local demining organizations that will assume overall program responsibility from UNMAO mid-2011. The Planning and Monitoring Project will emphasiz [...]
2008-10-06 13:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM150MINAWI CANCELS CHAD TRIP DUE TO REBEL SURGE ON
[...] (SBU) Senior Assistant to the President and Chairman of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi canceled his January 31 trip to N'djamena after Chadian authorities informed him that President Deby and his senior security officials were leaving N'djamena to confront advancing Chadian o [...]
2008-01-31 14:36:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SU CD
08KHARTOUM1504CIVIL SOCIETY INITIATIVES MAY MISS THE BOAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two Darfurian civil society groups are separately working to combine existing civil society proposals with the hope of developing a unified, comprehensive view of Darfurians on how to resolve the crisis in their region, although neither anticipates its work will be complete befo [...]
2008-10-09 15:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1506SOUTH DARFUR MINISTER RECOUNTS AMBUSH ATTEMPT; EXPRESSES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, Omer Abdel Rahman Adam recounted details of the September 30 attack on his vehicle that resulted in the death of his bodyguard. Although reluctant to directly accuse any particular individual or agency, Adam asserted that the attack was a targeted assassination at [...]
2008-10-10 11:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1521SUDAN PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE SET TO START OCTOBER 16,
[...] (C) The Sudan People's Initiative is scheduled to begin October 16 in Khartoum with speeches by President Bashir and other officials including First Vice President Salva Kiir, who has decided to attend, but will deliver a "tough message" on Darfur. Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader and Da [...]
2008-10-14 11:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1522ABEL ALIER DECLINES ELECTIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMANSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Abel Alier informed GOSS Vice President Riek Machar Teny and GNU Vice President Ali Osman Taha on October 13 of his intention to decline the chairmanship of Sudan's yet-to-be formed National Elections Commission (NEC). Alier, currently in Juba, paid a call on Machar to deliver t [...]
2008-10-14 12:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM EAID PINS SU
08KHARTOUM1524UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings from October 11-15, UNAMID officials expressed concern over slow progress on airport upgrades, UNAMID's lack of air assets, and the weak security posture of many of UNAMID's bases. Chief of Staff Almstrom and J5 Colonel Stafford both stated that their focus of late [...]
2008-10-15 13:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1528MINNAWI ON HIS RETURN TO KHARTOUM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 15, Minnawi met poloff in El-Fasher stating that he will travel to Khartoum for the start of the Sudan People's Initiative, but that he will spend less than 24 hours in the capital and only "inject my own views on the process and the DPA and then return to the field." [...]
2008-10-16 06:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1538REPORTS OF ARREST OF WAR CRIMES SUSPECT GREATLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite ongoing high profile pronouncements regarding the alleged arrest of notorious janjaweed militia leader Ali Kushayb, little actual proof has emerged that Kushayb is in GOS custody. Meeting with polchief, (SPLM) State Minister of Justice Wek Kuol said he had heard Kushayb [...]
2008-10-19 07:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1545A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A NEW SLM FIGHTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 16, a new fighter for the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) described his daily life in the field to poloff. The contact described dire conditions for SLM/MM troops, where fighters are expected to buy their own uniforms (often from UNAMID troops,) m [...]
2008-10-20 05:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM155WHERE THE CENSUS MEETS DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN is deeply concerned about the GNU's ability to conduct a census in Darfur. Rebel groups and IDPs are resisting the census due to a deep distrust of the government in Khartoum and a lack of understanding about the census. Moreover, the Presidency has yet to officially rec [...]
2008-02-01 10:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1550KIDNAPPING OF CHINESE OIL WORKERS IN SOUTH KORDOFAN
[...] (SBU) A political officer at the Chinese Embassy in Khartoum confirmed to poloff on October 20 that nine (9) Greater Nile Petroleum Workers were kidnapped on October 18 at approximately noon by "an unknown armed group" in South Kordofan State. The Chinese official could not confirm the involve [...]
2008-10-20 10:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1557TWO YEARS LATER, ESPA STILL FAILS TO PRODUCE CHANGE ON THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13-16, poloff traveled to Kassala and Port Sudan to discuss implementation of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) with local government officials, UN representatives and members of the Beja Congress in a visit tightly controlled by local authorities. While a handf [...]
2008-10-21 11:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1558CHADIAN REBEL REVEALS GOS SUPPORT, RELATIVE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On October 20, Abaker Tolli, a UFDD Khartoum-based representative told poloffs that Sudanese Intelligence summoned the leadership of all major Chadian rebel movements to Khartoum, threatening that the rebels must choose a single leader or the GoS will stop their material support [...]
2008-10-21 13:04:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1568EASTERN OPPOSITION PARTIES UNPREPARED FOR ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13-16, poloff traveled to Kassala and Port Sudan to discuss implementation of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (Ref A) and the outlook for elections in the East. Representatives of the Eastern Front, which has weakened steadily since the signing of the ESPA, told polo [...]
2008-10-22 12:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1574PROUD CHADIAN REBEL CHIEF BOASTS OF INFLUENCE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 23, the leader of UFCD Adouma Hassaballah Djadalrab, told poloffs that the leadership of five Chadian rebel movements are currently in Khartoum working towards unification and the selection of a single leader. Hassaballah denied Khartoum's involvement in this meeting [...]
2008-10-23 14:34:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1577UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite minor setbacks, UNAMID deployment appears to be on track; end of year deployment goals should be met. As of October 22, UNAMID had received more than 50 percent of expected Darfur staffing with a combined total of 13,700 UNAMID military, police and civilian staff. Depl [...]
2008-10-24 11:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM158CHAD-SUDAN BORDER INCIDENTS; HUMANITARIAN AID DISRUPTED
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Chadian military bombing along the West Darfur border, Sudan has escalated its military response in the area and the Sudanese Minister of Defense visited El Geneina with senior SAF officers January 28. Humanitarian operations outside El Geneina have been interrupt [...]
2008-02-03 04:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1580MINNAWI KICKS OUT DETRACTOR FROM SLM/MM AND JUSTIFIES HIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 24, SLM/MM chairman Minni Minnawi presided over a party meeting announcing that the membership of its Secretary General Mustafa Tirab has been suspended. Effective immediately, Ali Hussein Dausa will replace Tirab, who has long been accused of working for the NCP. Pri [...]
2008-10-26 07:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1588CHD HOPES TO REDUCE HIJACKINGS IN DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD) is on track to restart negotiations to improve humanitarian security by focusing on measures against vehicle hijackings. Dennis McNamara told donors in Khartoum October 23 that CHD representatives intend to travel to Darf [...]
2008-10-28 09:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1589DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: QATAR AND SUDAN PEOPLE'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27 and 28, CDA Fernandez and polchief met with leaders from the Joint Mediation Support Team, National Congress Party, and other political parties to discuss the Sudan People's Initiative and potential negotiations in Qatar on Darfur. Contacts expressed conflicting m [...]
2008-10-28 14:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1591SUDAN'S "FREEDOM BELLS" MUFFLED BY GOS ON ALL FRONTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese authorities are limiting the reach of Khartoum's newest Arabic-language daily, the independent but SPLM-leaning Ajras al-Hurriya ("Freedom Bells"),through a daily regimen of heavy censorship, excessive taxation and limited distribution. The paper's Nyala correspondent, [...]
2008-10-29 08:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1594GOS BLOCKS U.S. TRIP TO DARFUR AND FLIRTS WITH A
[...] (SBU) On September 29, the Sudanese MFA finally informed CDA Fernandez that the GoS would not allow an embassy trip to Nyala and a joint UNAMID-USG trip to East Jebel Marra, Darfur scheduled for September 30. This denial came after a week of submitting three dipnotes, high-level discussions b [...]
2008-10-30 05:44:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1607DARFUR PEACE PROCESS UPDATE - BASSOLE AND GOQ APPEAR MORE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chief Mediator Djibril Bassole urged Qatar to focus first on the necessary preparations for negotiations and not on unrealistic dates for negotiations, according to senior representatives from the AU/UN's Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST). JMST contacts emphasized that the fo [...]
2008-11-02 14:37:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1612NO PROGRESS IN DPA IMPLEMENTATION IN LAST TWO WEEKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contacts from the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi told poloffs November 2 that there has been no progress in implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in the last two weeks, and limited overall progress since the September 19 deal between Minnawi and Vice Pre [...]
2008-11-03 15:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1613JEM SENIOR LEADERSHIP ON DARFUR PEACE PROCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Members of JEM senior leadership told poloff in meetings in London on October 28-29 that JEM remains open to negotiations. However, they noted JEM is withholding judgment on the Qatar Initiative until it obtains more information about its nature and scope. While predictably skept [...]
2008-11-04 10:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1614DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE, OCTOBER 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: With Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) making significant advances in North Darfur, UN security officers based in El Fasher report that humanitarian security has increased slightly in the last month despite last week's killing of a South African UNAMID soldier. There is currently no i [...]
2008-11-04 13:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1616CHADIAN REBELS: SELECTING A LEADER, MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 2, UFDD-F leader Abdoulwahid Aboud Makaye told poloffs that Chadian rebel leadership meeting in Khartoum will soon choose a leader by consensus, random selection, or a complicated multi-staged election. According to Aboud, the Chadian opposition does not fear the Gov [...]
2008-11-04 16:05:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1617CHADIAN REBELS: SELECTING A LEADER, MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 2, UFDD-F leader Abdoulwahid Aboud Makaye told poloffs that Chadian rebel leadership meeting in Khartoum will soon choose a leader by consensus, random selection, or a complicated multi-staged election. According to Aboud, the Chadian opposition does not fear the Gov [...]
2008-11-04 16:05:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1622UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 5-6, Commander Victor Luis Hernandez, FPU Advisor/Coordinator for UNAMID, Hugo Wyers, FPU coordinator, Sector North, and Ian Divers, UNAMID Logistics Officer told Poloff that UNAMID is optimistic it will make its desired goal of 60 percent boots-on-the-ground by Decem [...]
2008-11-06 15:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1625FURTHER INFORMATION ON MURDER OF CHINESE OIL
[...] (C) Summary: According to the head of Sudan's Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID),the murder of five Chinese oil workers in western Kordofan was apparently triggered when the kidnappers spotted a GOS helicopter tracking their movements and panicked. Meanwhile, Interior Minister Ibrahim [...]
2008-11-07 09:22:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC AU SU CH
08KHARTOUM1646URF SEEKS GREATER INPUT IN PEACE PROCESS; EXPLORES
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 29 meeting, United Resistance Front (URF) political commissar Tadjadine Niam told poloff that the Darfur peace process will never gain traction if the international community keeps ignoring the rebel movements. Niam decried the lack of consultation with rebels [...]
2008-11-10 17:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1649SLM/MM AND NCP CLOSER TO AGREEMENT ON DPA FUNDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11 and 12, senior SLM/Minnawi (SLM/MM) and NCP officials separately told CDA Fernandez and poloffs that both parties are closer to agreement on outstanding DPA financial issues, though each party provided a different portrayal of the specific deal. Atta Al-Manan, a [...]
2008-11-12 14:20:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1653CHINESE EMBASSY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Chinese Embassy official who oversaw negotiations for the release of the kidnapped oil workers in South Kordofan told poloff that he had daily contact with the kidnappers and was prepared to pay a ransom, until negotiations were abruptly curtailed by the deaths of five of the [...]
2008-11-13 09:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1654PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S VISIT TO KHARTOUM AND JUBA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Egyptian emboff told poloffs on November 12. that during President Hosni Mubarak's November 10 visit to Khartoum, he offered to invite Khalil Ibrahim to Cairo in an attempt to persuade the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) to commit to peace talks in Qatar This offer ha [...]
2008-11-13 11:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM166TFCD01: DARFUR REBELS' FATE COULD BE TIED TO DEBY'S
[...] (C) The Chadian Embassy in Khartoum and Senior Assistant to the President/Chairman of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi asserted in February 3 conversations with Poloff that a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Antonov bombed areas around Adre, Chad at approximately 1500 hours Sudan lo [...]
2008-02-03 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SU CD
08KHARTOUM1661TDRA COMMISSIONERS AWKWARDLY PLEASED BY SPI AND BASHIR'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Land and Compensation Commissioners of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) separately told poloff on November 13 that they were both pleasantly surprised by the results of the Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) and President Bashir's speech at the initiative's clo [...]
2008-11-14 11:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1669THE CEASEFIRE THAT NEVER WAS - AERIAL BOMBING REPORTED IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Multiple contacts from different rebel movements claimed that the Government of Sudan (GoS) bombed areas of North Darfur from November 12-14. UN sources told poloffs that the reports appear credible, though UNAMID has not yet independently verified these claims. If true, thes [...]
2008-11-16 12:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1670UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff spoke with Commander Victor Luis Hernandez, FPU Advisor/Coordinator for UNAMID, and Col. Nody Stafford, Chief of Military Plans for UNAMID, November 12-13 to discuss UNAMID deployment issues. UNAMID and contingent-owned equipment continues to flow into Darfur, but additio [...]
2008-11-16 12:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1672DARFUR'S REBELS REJECT THE SPI AND BASHIR'S PROMISES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the November 12 closing session of the Sudan People's Initiative (SPI),Darfur non-signatory rebels uniformly rejected President Omar Al-Bashir's announcement of a unilateral ceasefire and his proposed development package for Darfur. SLA/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) and SLA/Un [...]
2008-11-16 13:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1675UPDATE ON POLITICAL PRISONERS FROM JEM ATTACK
[...] (SBU) Summary: While 42 detainees who participated in the May 10 attack of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) on Omdurman wait to see if their death sentences will be commuted, authorities are trying 87 more individuals in five special anti-terrorism courts. Lawyers and UNMIS Human Rights [...]
2008-11-17 10:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1677SPLM MEDIC LAYS OUT NORTHERN STATE CONCERNS IN A
[...] (C) Summary. Northern State SPLM member and medic, Dr. Ahmed Ali, visited Embassy officials (Emboffs) in Khartoum on 6 November and described harassment he faced by NISS (National Intelligence and Security Service) officials after meeting with Emboffs during their October 20-22 visit to the N [...]
2008-11-17 14:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1685AT LONG LAST, SUDAN HAS A NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION
[...] (SBU) On 17 November, the Sudanese National Assembly approved the nine members of the National Electoral Commission (NEC). The NEC Chairman is prominent Sudanese political figure and southerner Abel Alier (reftels). Alier, an internationally respected judge and human-rights lawyer, who served [...]
2008-11-18 15:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1691UPSURGE IN FIGHTING IN NORTH DARFUR
[...] (C) Rebel, UNAMID and NGO contacts confirmed fighting in and around Helif, North Darfur between November 18 and 20. SLA/AW commander Suleiman Marajane told emboffs that on November 20 his forces attacked a SAF position in Helif at 7:00 am. (Note: Helif was previously under the control of SLA/ [...]
2008-11-21 11:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1693WAU: ALL QUIET IN THE HINTERLANDS, BUT IN NEED OF MORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The capital of Western Bahr al-Ghazal state in South Sudan, Wau is both secure and eager for international assistance. Operating in an ad hoc manner, local police have managed to control tribal conflict and keep down petty crime, but local government incompetence has hindered wo [...]
2008-11-21 11:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1694UNAMID DEPLOYMENT AND PEACE PROCESS UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: UNAMID will meet sixty-percent deployment by the end of 2008, but will not have increased its operational capacity even with the additional troops, until they can be deployed to the field. Eighty-percent deployment by March 31 is not possible, and UNAMID has backed away from prese [...]
2008-11-23 12:38:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1707SLM/MM ATTACKS LIKELY PROVOKED GOS BOMBING IN SOUTH DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 23-24, members of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) ruefully acknowledged that their movement attacked a GoS force on November 19. These sources claimed that the GoS then bombed SLM/MM positions on November 22, destroying stolen SLM/MM assets. U [...]
2008-11-25 11:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1709DEATH SENTENCE APPEALS REFUSED IN FLAWED TRIAL FOR MURDER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nine defendants convicted of murdering a Sudanese journalist in 2006 retain one final appeal before they face execution, according to UNMIS Human Rights and the defendants' lawyer, Kamal Omer. The murder of Mohamed Taha Mohamed Ahmed resulted in a politically-driven investigati [...]
2008-11-25 13:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1717ARTICLES 17 AND 19 OF THE ROME STATUTE: SUDAN'S LEGAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Articles 17 and 19 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) provide room for Sudan to head off impending ICC trials of Sudanese nationals by conducting its own investigations and prosecutions, but legal experts doubt that Sudan possesses adequate laws and an [...]
2008-11-26 14:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM172THE NORTH FEIGNS CENSUS READINESS; CLAIMS DAFURIANS WILL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Under the authority of new Director Yassin El-Hag Abdeen, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) claims that the North is completely prepared for the April census. The director, an NCP member with no professional background in the field, rejects any suggestion that there are censu [...]
2008-02-05 06:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1726UNAMID DEPLOYMENT IN GREATER DETAIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID climbed to 50.3 percent of its authorized total force strength last week and expects to reach its goal of 60 percent by end of the year, as reported in Ref A. Most troop-contributing countries (TCCs) anticipated to arrive in the coming months have not provided load lists [...]
2008-12-01 15:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1745SOUTH DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between rebel and government forces in South Darfur had been largely absent for several months until the November 19 SLA/MM and SLA/U attack on a central police convoy and subsequent government bombings, sources told poloffs during a trip to Nyala November 24-26. Meanwh [...]
2008-12-03 11:11:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1751"DIVIDING DARFUR'S ARABS FROM GOS WILL DRIVE THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 3, Darfur Arab rebel leader Anwar Khater told CDA Fernandez that Darfur's Arabs have been marginalized, exploited by the Government of Sudan (GoS),and misrepresented by the international press. Khater emphatically stated that with support, Darfur's Arabs are ready [...]
2008-12-04 09:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1764DECEMBER 7 DARFUR UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last push before the long Eid Al-Adha holiday (December 8-12),Darfur rebels, signatories to the DPA, and regional players all shared their views regarding the peace process, the potential for a ceasefire or monitoring mechanism for violence in Darfur, and the lack of DPA [...]
2008-12-07 10:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1765CITIBANK AND GOSS: OPTIMISM ON ALL SIDES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a three-day visit to South Sudan, officials from Citibank Kenya conducted a series of productive meetings with senior Government of South Sudan (GoSS) officials in an effort to develop a relationship between the Bank of South Sudan (BoSS) and Citibank. As Citibank officials [...]
2008-12-07 13:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1766CAPITALIZING ON CONCILIATORY NCP POSTURE, SPLM CONTINUES TO
[...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) for the Northern Sector Yasir Arman told poloffs that the SPLM leadership had a "productive" political bureau meeting in Juba on December 4. Arman made it clear that the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) will reject nati [...]
2008-12-07 14:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM178TFCD01: FRANCE LIMITS ENGAGEMENT WITH KHARTOUM
[...] (C) France has not engaged with the Sudanese Government at any level since the Chadian opposition attempted to overthrow President Deby's regime in recent days, French First Secretary Arnaud Suquet told Poloff on February 4. French SIPDIS Ambassador Christine Robichon has received no instru [...]
2008-02-05 11:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SU CD LY FR
08KHARTOUM179TFCD01: SUDANESE DYNAMICS AS CHAD SITUATION UNFOLDS
[...] (C) Reiterating its support for the government of Chadian President Idris Deby, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) led by Khalil Ibrahim has vowed to "repel any attack" by Khartoum-backed Chadian rebel movements, JEM representatives told Field Poloff on February 4. While refusing to discl [...]
2008-02-05 11:18:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD LY
08KHARTOUM1793JEM SPOKESMAN SAYS RUMORS OF ATTACK ARE GOS "SMOKESCREEN"
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11-12, UNAMID sources told poloff they had received unconfirmed reports from the GOS that a large column of JEM vehicles had been observed crossing Chad border into Sudan. However, they were unclear whether this alleged mobilization signified preparation for new attac [...]
2008-12-16 13:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1810UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In discussions on December 14-15, UNAMID officials told poloff that the mission is still on target to meet its goal of 60 percent deployment by the end of December 2008. They also remain hopeful that 80 percent deployment is possible by March 2009, though it appears that this tar [...]
2008-12-17 15:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1818WILL UNAMID REACH SIXTY-PERCENT BY DECEMBER 31?
[...] (SBU) An Reuters article picked up by international media on December 17 reported that UNAMID will fail to meet its target deployment goal of sixty-percent by the end of 2008. UNAMID refuted this and told Embassy Khartoum on December 18 that UNAMID fully anticipates meeting or surpassing the 6 [...]
2008-12-18 15:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1820WILL UNAMID REACH SIXTY-PERCENT BY DECEMBER 31?
[...] (SBU) An Reuters article picked up by international media on December 17 reported that UNAMID will fail to meet its target deployment goal of sixty-percent by the end of 2008. UNAMID refuted this and told Embassy Khartoum on December 18 that UNAMID fully anticipates meeting or surpassing the 6 [...]
2008-12-19 11:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1825CHADIAN REBELS - LEADERSHIP, GOS INFLUENCE, AND
[...] (C) The following is a response to SECSTATE 129300. CHADIAN OPPOSITION: SUSTAINABLE COALITION OR FLAWED? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (C) "IS THE FINAL LEADERSHIP BODY OF THE UNITED CHADIAN REBEL FRONT (THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENTS, PARLIAMENT, MINISTERS) [...]
2008-12-21 14:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1829DARFUR REBEL UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Darfur's rebels remain fundamentally divided according to what their leaders told poloff during a December 14-18 visit to Ndjamena, Chad. The rebel leaders claim that JEM, while rich in vehicles and equipment, lacks fighters and the popular support of the people of Darfur. A [...]
2008-12-22 14:45:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC CD SU
08KHARTOUM1838MINNAWI REFUSES TO ACCOMPANY BASHIR TO EL FASHER
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 22 meeting with poloffs, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minnawi stated that he has refused to accompany President Bashir to Darfur on December 23 because the Presidency has not acceded to his demands for a defined role in the visit and the chance to speak at [...]
2008-12-23 18:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM184UNAMID SOFA: AGREED BUT NOT YET SIGNED
[...] (SBU) The UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the Government of Sudan have finalized language for a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),Joint Special Representative (JSR) Rodolphe Adada's Special Assistant, Rana Taha, told Poloff on February 6. Adada and Foreign Minister Deng Alor were schedu [...]
2008-02-06 12:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1840SENATE STAFFDEL VISIT TO JUBA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with a Senate staff delegation from December 17-19, senior SPLM officials urged deeper USG strategic coordination with their own party, as well as proactive engagement with the NCP, to produce a favorable outcome should there be an arrest warrant issued by the ICC ag [...]
2008-12-28 06:38:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU EAID
08KHARTOUM1848MINNAWI'S POSITION ON THE DPA EVOLVES
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 28 meeting with poloffs, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Arko Minnawi stated that he has chosen not to travel to Washington in January because he anticipates significant political and/or military developments in Sudan and Darfur in the coming weeks. He acknow [...]
2008-12-29 15:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM189TFCD01: CHADIAN DIPLOMAT: HAVING TIPPED ITS HAND,
[...] (C) A cabal of the National Congress Party's (NCP) most powerful officials is committed to the overthrow of the Chadian Government, and Sudan continues to reinforce the Chadian opposition in an attempt to unseat Deby's regime, the external security chief at the Chadian Embassy in Khartoum, Moh [...]
2008-02-07 05:52:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SU CD
08KHARTOUM190TFCD01: UFDD/F OFFERS TO SWAP KHARTOUM ALLIANCE
[...] (C) The United Force for Democracy and Development-Fondamental (UFDD/F) wants to end the tyranny of Chadian President Idriss Deby's regime, and in the absence of support from secular countries, its only option is an alliance with Sudan, UFDD/F Commissioner for Political Affairs and Human Right [...]
2008-02-07 06:04:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN SU CD LY
08KHARTOUM192UN JOINT MEDIATION SUPPORT TEAM STILL GROPING TO FIND A WAY
[...] (SBU) UN JMST member Hideo Ikebe opined that neither Darfur's rebel groups nor the GoS are willing to seriously engage in a peace process, and organizational and leadership deficiencies within the UN's structures in Sudan continue to hamper its effectiveness. Without a long-term, clearly-articu [...]
2008-02-07 10:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
08KHARTOUM202COMMUNIST PARTY SUSPENDS TALKS WITH NCP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) announced January 14 the suspension of its coalition-building talks with the National Congress Party (NCP) following the murder of a student at Al-Gazeera University. The SCP claims that radical Islamist students associated with the ruling NCP w [...]
2008-02-10 13:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM217UNMIS CIVPOL POLICE COMMISSIONER VITTRUP ON POLICING IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNMIS Police Commissioner Vittrup told poloff January 31 that the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Civilian Police Unit wants to address the current lack of southern Sudanese police capacity by improving the quality and quantity of police training. He said civilian police can play a v [...]
2008-02-12 12:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM225UNAMID STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT: SIGNED AND SEALED, BUT
[...] (SBU) UNAMID and GoS officials finally signed a Status of Forces Agreement on February 9 in Khartoum. The SOFA is comprehensive in scope and contains all of the core provisions sought by the UN, including full freedom of movement, unimpeded use of communications, expedited procedures (visas, p [...]
2008-02-14 06:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
08KHARTOUM226SPLM AND NCP STUCK ON DRAFT ELECTORAL BILL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The NCP continues to suggest that the SPLM is not keen on holding national elections due to the SPLM's potential loss of power in the GoSS. The SPLM says it supports a 50 (direct)/50 (proportional) electoral system in order to allow leaders from smaller communities a chance to gov [...]
2008-02-14 07:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM231CENSUS: HOME-STRETCH LOOKING BETTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bashir issued a February 11 presidential decree reiterating that Sudan's inaugural nation-wide census will be conducted April 15-30. The following day's meeting of the Census Technical Working Group (TWG) left donors, the CBS, and the Southern Sudan Commission for the [...]
2008-02-14 15:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM249MGCD01: UFDD/F'S ABOUD REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Please see action request para. 6. 2. (C) The United Force for Democracy and Development-Fondamentale (UFDD/F) is seeking a peaceful, democratic transition in N'djamena, a man claiming to be UFDD/F President Abdelwahid Aboud told Poloff during a February 20 phone call. Five minutes int [...]
2008-02-21 07:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SU CD
08KHARTOUM25ELECTORAL LAW MAY NOT BE ENACTED UNTIL APRIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The draft electoral law for 2009 national and state elections is still being debated in the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC). Although the current session of the National Assembly has been extended through 16 January, the Assembly will be tied up with other busi [...]
2008-01-08 06:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM253CRITERIA DEFINING PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF U.S.
[...] (SBU) On February 19 poloff met with MFA Director of Protocol Ambassador Ali Youssif to review Sudanese practice regarding Sudan's criteria applied to recognizing the privileges and immunities of "members of the family" of a diplomatic agent, particularly with respect to children. 2. (SBU) [...]
2008-02-21 12:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUS AMGT APER KREC PGOV SU
08KHARTOUM26SPLA AND SAF TROOP WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE IN JEOPARDY
[...] (SBU) Chief Operations Officer Colonel Ajay Sah at the UN Mission In Sudan (UNMIS) told poloff January 3 that as of January 2, no Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) units have redeployed and none of the 3,600 SAF troops show signs imminent movement either. He said that some of the 50,000 Sudan People [...]
2008-01-08 06:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM267DARFUR ARAB WARLORD BARGAINS WITH KHARTOUM
[...] (SBU) Arab militia leader Mohammed Hamdan (aka Hamati) has been negotiating with the Sudanese Government on his return to an alliance with Khartoum in recent weeks, according to two UN sources and an independent NGO with strong ties to Darfur's rebel movements. Hamdan defected from the Governm [...]
2008-02-24 09:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UN SU CD
08KHARTOUM273MGCD01: ERDIMI REQUESTS U.S. MEDIATION WITH DEBY
[...] (C) In a February 23 meeting with Poloff in Khartoum, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi reported that he had spoken to Timan Erdimi, president of the Rally of Forces for Change (RFC) and a fellow Zaghawa, on February 22. Erdimi stated th [...]
2008-02-25 11:25:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU CD
08KHARTOUM291 SPLM HARD AT WORK ON THE REFERENDUM LAW
[...] (U) Manoah Aligo Donga, National Assembly member and Chairman of the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) Caucus in the North, told poloff on 25 February that he will step down from his Caucus Chairman position in April 2008. Having held the post for three years, Donga will remain in the N [...]
2008-02-28 07:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM295"PANICKY" MUSA HILAL MAKING NEW OVERTURES TO THE
[...] (C) In recent weeks, janjaweed leader and newly-appointed special advisor Musa Hilal has made both direct and indirect overtures to the Embassy in Khartoum. In mid-February, PolFSN was summoned to Hilal's Khartoum residence by one of Hilal's relatives for an impromptu meeting with the notorious [...]
2008-02-29 13:43:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU AU UN
08KHARTOUM298Abyei Conflict Contained for Now, But Problem Unresolved
[...] (SBU) Summary: SPLM-appointed Abyei administrator Edward Lino says that conflict in Abyei has been "contained," in what he calls a defeat for NCP hardliners. The NCP and SPLM, however, appear to have been unable to conclude an agreement on joint administration. According to Foreign Minister [...]
2008-03-02 05:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU
08KHARTOUM308VIOLENCE FLARES AGAIN ALONG 1956 BORDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Violence has erupted again along the Kiir River in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, where supposedly non-Misseriya Northern Popular Defense Forces have reportedly launched simultaneous attacks against three separate SPLA positions. Although calm returned after five hours of fightin [...]
2008-03-03 07:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS MOPS KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM311MINAWI: ERDIMI REJECTS KHARTOUM'S PUSH FOR RENEWED OFFENSIVE
[...] (C) POLOFF DELIVERED REQUESTED DEMARCHE TO SENIOR ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND SUDAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT (SLM) CHAIRMAN MINNI MINAWI ON MARCH 1 (REF. A). MINAWI REPORTED THAT HE LAST SPOKE TO RALLY OF FORCES FOR CHANGE (RFC) PRESIDENT TIMAN ERDIMI ON FEBRUARY 29. ERDIMI TOLD HIM THAT NATI [...]
2008-03-03 12:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV USDELFESTTWO SU CD
08KHARTOUM314SUDANESE FONMIN ON SPECIAL ENVOY NON-PAPER AND CONGRESSMAN
[...] (SBU) FOREIGN MINISTER DENG ALOR TOLD CONGEN JUBA STAFF ON MARCH 1 THAT PRESIDENT BASHIR'S MEETING WITH SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON WENT "EXTREMELY WELL," AND THAT ALOR EXPECTED POSITIVE FORWARD MOVEMENT. ALOR CLAIMED THAT BASHIR HAD NOTED IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING THAT "ONLY A MAD MAN DEFIES THE [...]
2008-03-03 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM MARR SU
08KHARTOUM315PROGRESS ON SPLA DEFENSE WHITE PAPER
[...] (SBU) Responding to a request from SE Williamson during his visit to Juba, SPLA Defense White Paper Committee Chairman Kuol Diem Kuol told ConGen PolOff March 1 that he expected the paper to be completed by March 7 and issued via Presidential Order shortly thereafter. According to Kuol, GOSS P [...]
2008-03-03 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS KDEM EAID MARR SU
08KHARTOUM325DUP PARTY SPLINTERS DUE TO POOR LEADERSHIP AND NCP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent defectors to the NCP describe the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) as lacking effective, democratic leadership and a vision for the future. They see the NCP as an attractive alternative and contend that the NCP has changed for the better since Al-Turabi's departure. They [...]
2008-03-04 15:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM33SUDAN ARMY ATTACKS UNAMID CONVOY
[...] (SBU) On January 8, UNAMID claimed that Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) attacked a UNAMID 29-truck convoy on January 7 at approximately 2200 near Tine, West Darfur located 125 kilometers north of Geneina. UNAMID spokesmen Nourreddine Mezni told poloff on January 9 that Joint Special Representative [...]
2008-01-09 12:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM333UNMAMID CIVIL AFFAIRS ATTEMPTING TO LAY GRASSROOTS
[...] (SBU) UNAMID Head of Civil Affairs provided an overview of incipient efforts to strengthen civil society in North Darfur and its influence in an eventual peace process. UNAMID will hold a broad civil society workshop on land issues in mid-March, the first in a series that will focus on various [...]
2008-03-06 13:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
08KHARTOUM339DARFUR REBELS WON'T RUSH TO PEACE AT EXPENSE OF POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) The factions of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) must re-unite across tribal lines before any negotiations can begin with the Sudanese Government, a commander allied with SLA/Abdulshafie told Poloff in El Fasher. Discussions among the field commanders allied with SLA/Abdulshafie, SLA/Unit [...]
2008-03-09 08:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF SU
08KHARTOUM345A SNAPSHOT OF SOUTH SUDAN'S CORRUPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Southern Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission will roll out its inaugural anti-corruption strategy with USG assistance in late March, 18 months after the Commission's establishment. Anecdotal evidence suggests that GOSS corruption will continue to seriously embarrass the SPLM as [...]
2008-03-10 07:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM351FRANCE, EUFOR ISSUE CONFLICTING STATEMENTS ON FALLEN
[...] (SBU) The European Union repatriated the body ofQoldier from the EU peacekeeping force in Chad, EUFOR, on March 7, as French President Sarkozy and EUFOR commander Patrick Nash issued conflicting statements on the events leading to the soldier's death. While Nash apologized to Sudan for his pea [...]
2008-03-10 14:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC AU SU CD EU
08KHARTOUM357LIBYA OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS TO RESOLVE DARFUR, CHAD
[...] (SBU) The Libyan Government remains open to U.S. ideas for advancing the Darfur peace process and resolving the Sudan-Chad conflict, Libyan Consul General in El Fasher Naji Yousef told Poloff on March 10, 2008. While Tripoli continues to try to broker a peace settlement between the Darfur rebe [...]
2008-03-11 07:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UN AU SU LY CD
08KHARTOUM372KING OF EL FASHER ON THE PEACE AND RECONCILIATION COUNCIL,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Malik (King) of El Fasher said the Peace and Reconciliation Commission in North Darfur has had some success in fostering reconciliation among Arab and African tribes, but lacks major funding from the GoS to carry out its work. The King also spoke about the census and called fo [...]
2008-03-13 12:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KEDEM PREF SU
08KHARTOUM382THE CENSUS SHOULD NOT GO FORWARD IN DARFUR, OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Both the Umma Party and SPLM believe that now is not the time to conduct a census in Darfur. Their concerns echo those of civil society in North Darfur - that peace, stability and the return of IDPs to their homes must take place before an accurate and thorough census can go for [...]
2008-03-15 11:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KEDEM PREF SU
08KHARTOUM384CENSUS IN DARFUR IN TROUBLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Central Bureau of Statistics office in North Darfur cited many obstacles to carrying out the census. Aside from security, transportation, communication, and logistical concerns, the CBS hasn't received confirmation from the local community, especially the native administrati [...]
2008-03-16 05:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KEDEM PREF SU
08KHARTOUM385NEW CHADIAN REBEL OFFENSIVE BREWING IN WEST DARFUR
[...] (C) A new attempt to overthrow Chadian President Idriss Deby's government is brewing in West Darfur, UN officials, humanitarian workers, and Chadian rebel commanders told Poloffs in El Geneina between March 11 and 13. Though predictions on the start date for the next attempt to topple Deby's [...]
2008-03-16 10:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD FR
08KHARTOUM388VIEWS ON MARCH 1 BORDER SKIRMISHES FROM SOUTH OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Discussions with senior UN and UNMIS officials in Juba and Aweil, in addition to follow-on discussions with various elements of the SPLA, place March 1 skirmishes not in the disputed region of Abyei but south of the Kiir River near Rumaker, Northern Bahr el Ghazal state. UNMIS off [...]
2008-03-16 15:07:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MARR MPOS SU
08KHARTOUM389IDPS REJECT PARTICIPATION IN THE CENSUS AND ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The native administration of sheikhs and umdas in Darfur say that IDPs will not participate in the census nor the elections. They believe that the time is not right to conduct a census or the elections due to the massive displacement of the people of Darfur. Additionally, they [...]
2008-03-16 15:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KEDEM PREF SU
08KHARTOUM391GOSS LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE REQUESTING INDIVIDUAL
[...] The text of the enclosed document was recently passed to poloff in Juba, though the letter is not dated. Original will be passed to Jason Small when he visits Juba next week. 2. Begin text: Government of Southern Sudan, (GOSS) Office of the President H.E. Dr. Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Se [...]
2008-03-16 15:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SU
08KHARTOUM3951956 BORDER DEMARCATION: STILL ANOTHER FLASHPOINT
[...] (C) SUBJECT: Senior SPLM officials involved in the NCP/SPLM Joint Executive Talks are concerned that forthcoming demarcation of the North/South 1956 border will fuel popularly-led violence that could push the SAF and SPLA in direct conflict across the disputed boundary region. Both parties ha [...]
2008-03-17 05:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM KDEM MARR MOPS SU
08KHARTOUM396YASIR ARMAN ON USG-SUDAN RELATIONS, ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SPLM Deputy Secretary General Yasir Arman has called on the USG to admit that it needs Khartoum as much as it loathes it, and to recognize that in the absence of "meaningful leverage" against the National Congress Party, it must refocus its efforts on "internal mechanisms for chang [...]
2008-03-17 05:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINS KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM397CHAD: RFC'S ERDIMI PLANS LAND GRAB WHILE OTHER
[...] (C) As other Chadian rebel factions conspire to topple President Idriss Deby, RFC leader Timan Erdimi plans to "occupy" as much territory as possible and then negotiate with a transitional government to achieve his political objectives, he told Poloff in Khartoum on March 15. Explaining that r [...]
2008-03-17 06:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN AU SU CD FR
08KHARTOUM399SLA/MM STUDENTS TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE CENSUS
[...] (SBU) SLA/Minni Minnawi (SLA/MM) student supporters reject the census and are organizing campaigns against it at universities in Darfur as well as in SLA/MM political offices. Regarding university politics, the students described NCP harassment including freezing of student body elections at E [...]
2008-03-17 12:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM407AGREEMENT MAY BE NEAR ON ELECTIONS LAW
[...] (SBU) The SPLM in Juba currently is considering an NCP/SPLM compromise on the National Elections Law, according to SPLM S-ecretary General and GNU Minister of Cabinet Affairs Pagan Amum. The compromise draft, worked out between Vice President Ali Osman Taha, National Congress Party Assessment a [...]
2008-03-18 07:27:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID SU
08KHARTOUM408UNAMID ON POLITICAL AND SECURITY DYNAMICS IN WEST
[...] (C) Instability is still prevalent in the corridor north of El Geneina, where fighting over the last month displaced thousands and has left the civilians who remain in the area vulnerable to looting and violence at the hands of Arab militias, the Sudanese military, and the Central Reserve Poli [...]
2008-03-18 09:56:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD
08KHARTOUM411FISCAL MONITORING CHAIRMAN REPORTS PROGRESS WITH GNU AND
[...] (U) In contrast to his October 24, 2007 briefing for the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) (reftel),Fiscal and Financial Allocation and Monitoring Commission (FFAMC) Chairman Mohammed Osman Ibrahim told Poloff on March 13 that he is now optimistic on cooperation with the Ministry of [...]
2008-03-19 04:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM418UFDD/F CALLS ON WEST TO SPONSOR DIALOGUE WITH DEBY
[...] (C) The Union des Forces de la Democratie et du Development/Fondamentale (UFDD/F) wants Western governments to sponsor a dialogue between the opposition and the regime of Chadian President Idriss Deby, the movement's commissar for political affairs, Mukhtar Yaya, told Poloff in Khartoum on Mar [...]
2008-03-19 15:05:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS AU SU CD
08KHARTOUM419GOSS POLICE CONCEDE PROBLEMS, RESOLVE TO IMPROVE POLICING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) held a Southern Sudan Police Service (SSPS) Leadership Council Conference in Juba on March 11 to 14 to discuss police, security and justice issues. UN agencies, State Police Commissioners from ten States of Southern Sudan, and Directors of [...]
2008-03-21 08:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM PREL KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM425BASHIR TELLS ADVISOR THAT THE DAKAR AGREEMENT IS
[...] (C) Senior Presidential Advisor Minni Minawi told poloff March 22 that President Bashir had rejected Minawi's proposal to travel to Ndjamena in order to encourage negotiations between President Deby and Chadian rebel Timane Erdimi. Minawi had hoped that his own direct appeals to President Deby [...]
2008-03-23 11:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM430GOSS REGIONAL COOPERATION MINISTER ON IRAN AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Southern Sudan Minister for Regional Cooperation discussed the SPLM,s concern over a recently revealed &defense pact8 between Tehran and Khartoum, continued SAF manipulation of the Misseriya Arabs, and outward attempts by the SAF to push a military solution to th [...]
2008-03-23 15:56:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINS EAID MARR IR MOPS SU
08KHARTOUM432GOSS MINISTER PRESSES FOR U.S. COMMITMENT ON ABYEI DISPUTE
[...] (SBU) GOSS Presidential Affairs Minister Luka Biong Deng recently told ConGen Juba PolOff that President Kiir was struck by the frank nature of Kiir's meeting with with Special Envoy Richard S. Williamson. Deng noted that Kiir was "relieved by the clarity of the message." Deng himself was l [...]
2008-03-24 04:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM448ALLEGED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST LAM AKOL DEBUNKED
[...] (SBU) An accidental encounter between cattle-rustlers and a motorcade convoy belonging to former Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol has sparked a press battle of conspiracy theories and alleged assassination plots. Media spin to date has cleaved along "true SPLM" and "former SPLM" lines, wit [...]
2008-03-26 14:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM453REARRANGING DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC: JMST
[...] (C) Poloffs met March 25 with the UN Joint Mediation Support Team's (JMST) newly-appointed Chief of Staff Yasir Sabra to discuss the stalled Darfur peace process and JMST plans to restructure its operations and pursue modest "confidence building measures" with the parties in advance of a more [...]
2008-03-27 08:43:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD
08KHARTOUM469JUST ANOTHER DAY FOR JEM IN JEBEL MOUN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In two separate conversations on March 28 and 29, representatives of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) claimed it was business as usual for them in their struggle against the Government of Sudan (GoS) and in their "dedicated quest" toward negotiations. Political leadershi [...]
2008-03-31 14:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO AU UNSC SU CD
08KHARTOUM471CHINESE ENGINEERS WAIT FOR THEIR MATERIALS; LACK OF WATER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt will accept deployment of its infantry battalion in the hopes that its second battalion might be accepted at a later date. UN contractors are refusing to transport Chinese prefabricated housing units to the Nyala super-camp because UN payment offered for transport is too l [...]
2008-03-31 14:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM501CHADIAN REBELS: WEST CAN FACILITATE DIALOGUE OR
[...] (C) One faction 'c2MwCQ$Q outbreak of a renewed offensive to topple him. According to UFDD/F President Abdelwahid Aboud, the three movements in the AN have settled on a joint structure, with Mahamat Nouri as the political chief. He said the recent attack on Ade was the opening salvo of a new c [...]
2008-04-03 15:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CD SU
08KHARTOUM509DUP NEGOTIATES ALLIANCE WITH NCP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloffs spoke April 3 with Tag El-Sir Mohammed Salih, Deputy Secretary General of the Democratic Unionist Party'S (DUP) Mirghani faction. Salih confirmed that elderly DUP leader Mohammed Osman Al-Mirghani will soon return to Khartoum from Cairo despite alleged threats against h [...]
2008-04-06 05:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM537FORMER DARFUR GOVERNOR ON PEACE PROCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Former defense minister and former governor of North Darfur Ibrahim Suleiman Hassan told poloff that now is the time to push for peace in Darfur. Hassan believes peace is achievable if the U.S. pushes Sudan to reach deals with the Darfur rebels and Chad. He also said the U.S. s [...]
2008-04-07 14:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU CD
08KHARTOUM542SPLA DEFENSE WHITE PAPER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The long-awaited SPLA Defense White Paper provides a concise overview of SPLA's mission and objectives, while highlighting capacity issues and a framework to tackle them. The challenge will be in its implementation - the document codifies the military's weaknesses that require s [...]
2008-04-08 14:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM547AEC PLENARY: DISAGREEMENT OVER ABYEI AND CENSUS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) met in plenary session April 8. Highlights included disagreement by the two sides over an Administrator for the Abyei area, and over inclusion of questions on ethnicity and religion in the upcoming census. CDA Fernandez briefed on h [...]
2008-04-09 15:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM555ABDUCTEE RETURNS
[...] (SBU) Meeting with Poloff on April 8, UNICEF Child Protection Officer Viktor Nylund described the recent activities of the Committee on the Eradication of Abduction of Women and Children (CEAWC) as "limited" and "disorganized." Formed in 1999 within the Government of Sudan's (GoS) Ministry of J [...]
2008-04-10 11:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM556SPLM ROLLS OUT BROAD DARFUR PLAN AND REQUESTS DONOR FUNDS
[...] (SBU) The SPLM has developed a multi-track plan to effect resolution of the Darfur crisis. Though lacking in operational detail, the plan includes having SPLM representatives visit rebel groups and civil society in all three Darfur states, working with the NCP to develop a GNU approach to the [...]
2008-04-10 11:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM564MINAWI ON DIVIDED CHADIAN SUPPORT FOR REBELS,
[...] (C) In a wide-ranging conversation on April 12, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi discussed the emergence of two competing streams of Chadian support for Darfur's rebel movements--one led by Dausa Deby and focused on recruiting SLM fighters to augment the URF--and another led by I [...]
2008-04-13 12:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU CD
08KHARTOUM567URF ANNOUNCES FINAL CONSOLIDATION
[...] (SBU) Four months after the close of SPLM-hosted Darfur movement consolidation talks in Juba, the United Resistance Front (URF) has announced its final consolidation. The coalition represents five factions that includes Massaleit and Arab representatives but is dominated by Zaghawa JEM/Collect [...]
2008-04-14 05:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PREL PGOV SOCI EAID SU AU
08KHARTOUM569NCP ACCUSES SOUTH OF VIOLENCE AGAINST NORTHERNERS
[...] (U) On April 8, several newspapers in Northern Sudan published stories highlighting supposed escalating violence against Muslim Northerners living in the South. GNU Vice President Taha's public remarks about the same issue several days earlier were also widely featured in both the local Northe [...]
2008-04-14 07:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI KCRM KPKO SU
08KHARTOUM570UNAMID POLICE DEPLOYMENT
[...] (SBU) UNAMID Acting Chief of Police Administration Ralf Gehling told poloff April 8 that the second 140-officer UNAMID Formed Police Unit (FPU),from Nepal, is poised to deploy in late April. The Nepalese FPU, the third non-African UNAMID unit after the Chinese engineers and the Bangladeshi F [...]
2008-04-14 07:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM576CHAD: UFDD, FSR'S DIFFERING VIEWS ON NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (U) This message includes an action request. Please see para. 7. --------------------------------------------- ---------- UFDD: Negotiations with Political Opposition, Observers --------------------------------------------- ---------- 2. (C) In separate conversations, representatives fro [...]
2008-04-14 14:43:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU CD SU LY
08KHARTOUM584SPLM DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL OPENS DARFUR OFFICES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SPLM Deputy Secretary General Yassir Arman announced the establishment of a SPLM political office for North Darfur on April 12. Local government leaders, including the Wali of North Darfur, opposition parties' representatives, NCP members, and rebel groups such as JEM/Peace Wing [...]
2008-04-15 12:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM585NO PROGRESS ON JMST CHIEF MEDIATOR; POSSIBLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In two meetings with poloffs on April 14, the AU's Chief Mediator of the JMST, Sam Ibok, stated that there are no promising candidates for the position for UNAMID's Chief Mediator now that Mohamed Sahnoun has declined the job. Ibok also stated that he would be leaving his posi [...]
2008-04-15 12:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM59FORGING A STRATEGY TO ELIMINATE FGM IN SUDAN
[...] (SBU) The National Council for Children's Welfare (NCCW) in Sudan held a conference in late December 2007 to announce its strategy for eliminating female genital mutilation (FGM),or female circumcision. UNICEF and PLAN Sudan also attended, as did Dr. Samia Ahmed Mohamed, Minister of Social Wel [...]
2008-01-16 09:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM591UNFPA FIELD OFFICER OPTIMISTIC ON CENSUS
[...] (SBU) UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Head of Office in Darfur Dr. Ezizgeldi Hellenov told poloff on April 15 that UNFPA will do its best to conduct the census in Darfur. He said that the one-week delay in conducting the census has left his field offices with two problems: first, making sure questi [...]
2008-04-16 07:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM6 INCOMING FOREIGN MINISTER DENG ALOR WANTS TO IMPROVE
[...] (SBU) Summary. CDA Powers met with newly sworn-in Foreign Minister Deng Alor on January 2 who said that he wanted to improve Sudanese-U.S. relations. Deng offered GoS assurances to work together in the investigation of the killing of the U.S. diplomat and his Sudanese driver. Also with the aim [...]
2008-01-02 16:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM603SPLM REPS IN NORTH DARFUR: WE DON'T BELIEVE THE CENSUS WILL
[...] (SBU) Speaking at the newly-opened North Darfur SPLM office, nearly a dozen SPLM reps told poloff on April 15 that Darfurians don't support the census because it will not benefit the people of Darfur. The SPLM reps said that the SPLM will not support a census that enables the NCP to manipulate [...]
2008-04-18 09:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM604WHEN THE THIRST FOR POWER TRUMPS CPA COMMITMENTS
[...] (SBU) The GoSS' reluctance to carry out the census in the South (and its latest statement that it reserves the right to dispute the census results) indicates that it is fearful that the actual size of the population in the South and NCP manipulation of the census process will result in less tha [...]
2008-04-18 10:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM607STUDENTS COMPLAIN OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON POLITICAL
[...] This is an action cable, please see para 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In two separate meetings with university leaders the week of April 13, SPLM-affiliated students and members of the Darfur Students Union complained of discriminatory support for students based on party affiliation and geography. [...]
2008-04-20 13:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM610UNAMID OFFICER ARRESTED IN NYALA FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the April 13 arrest without warrant of a UNAMID staff officer for alleged sexual misconduct, and subsequent reports that the South Darfur Wali banned UNAMID soldiers from downtown Nyala, UNAMID tempered its reaction to this apparent SOFA violation to emphasize that [...]
2008-04-20 14:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM611STUDENTS COMPLAIN OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON POLITICAL
[...] This is an action cable, please see para 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In two separate meetings with university leaders the week of April 13, SPLM-affiliated students and members of the Darfur Students Union complained of discriminatory support for students based on party affiliation and geography. [...]
2008-04-20 15:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM615UNAMID'S JMST REACHES OUT TO THE U.S. LOOKING FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY On April 20, UNAMID's Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST) Chief of Staff Yassir Sabra told poloffs that there is a "window of opportunity" for engaging the rebels and the Government of Sudan (GoS) on security issues with a meeting planned for late May possibly in Geneva. Sabra al [...]
2008-04-21 13:07:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU
08KHARTOUM62UNAMID CIVILIAN RECRUITMENT PROCEEDS SLOWLY
[...] (SBU) Deputy Director of the UNAMID Recruitment Office Haris Pajtic told poloff January 9 that civilian recruitment for the 5,500 civilian UNAMID positions is underway but admitted that serious obstacles remain. He said that his 12-person office expects to have recruited 50 percent of the posi [...]
2008-01-17 05:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM626UN STAFFER'S PROPOSAL ON DARFUR NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) On April 22, Gerry McHugh, UN Envoy Jan Eliasson's chief strategist, told poloffs that the Darfur peace process needs strong U.S. leadership, not more large, multi-lateral meetings. McHugh offered a number of uncharacteristic UN ideas including: 1) Any deal will be brokered behind the [...]
2008-04-23 12:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM627UNAMID LIQUIDATION TEAM ARRIVES IN DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMID has assigned a team of liquidation specialists to identify AMIS assets for disposal either to the UN or to the AU. The team said it can transfer European-donated AMIS assets by June but was not able to specify a similar date for USG assets since they were inventoried and [...]
2008-04-23 14:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM63PRESIDENCY TO NAME ADMINISTRATORS FOR ABYEI
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Presidency may name an interim administration for Abyei soon despite the fact that borders have yet to be defined, according to NCP negotiator Dirdeiry Mohamed Ahmed. Dirdeiry boasted that the SPLM-NCP relationship has "never been better" following the SPLM's rejoining of th [...]
2008-01-17 06:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM64CLASHES CONTINUE IN WEST DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy clashes in West Darfur continued January 13 - 15, with confirmed GOS aerial attacks on JEM rebel positions. There were also additional reports of Chadian aerial incursions into Sudan. End summary. 2. (SBU) During discussions with poloff January 15, UNAMID contacts confi [...]
2008-01-17 06:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO KSEC SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM640CHAD: UFDD, UFDD/F REITERATE IMPORTANCE OF PEACE
[...] (C) In an April 24 conversation with Poloff, representatives of Mahamet Nouri's Union des Forces du Developpement et de la Democratie (UFDD) and Abdelwahid Aboud Makaye's UFDD/Fondamentale welcomed the increased international engagement on the Chadian conflict evident during the April 10 Conta [...]
2008-04-25 10:20:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU CD
08KHARTOUM641ERITREAN OFFICIALS: NCP/SPLM COALITION AND UNITY
[...] (C) Eritrean policy toward Sudan centers on two priorities, senior Eritrean officials told the Charge d'Affaires in a recent meeting: facilitating a partnership between the NCP and the SPLM that maintains the country's unity and defusing the Sudan-Chad conflict. Asmara continues to view a "co [...]
2008-04-25 10:36:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU ER CD LY
08KHARTOUM663EGYPT PLANS TO NOMINATE REPLACEMENT FOR UNAMID CHIEF OF
[...] (SBU) Egyptian Pol/Mil Officer Tamer Azzam told poloff on April 29 that Egypt plans to nominate an Egyptian BG to replace BG Patrick Davidson-Houston as UNAMID Chief of Staff. He said that Egypt hopes to have their nominee in place as early as May 18, pending approval by the UN. 2. (SBU) S [...]
2008-05-01 14:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC SOCI AU SU
08KHARTOUM666CHAD: ERDIMI BLAMES STALLED TALKS ON CHAD, LIBYA
[...] (C) RFC leader Timan Erdimi says that the talks in Tripoli between his movement and Chadian representatives have stalled because of Deby's lack of sincerity to participate in real political dialogue and Libya's pro-Deby bias. Though some RFC representatives remain in Libya to signify Erdimi's [...]
2008-05-01 14:49:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU SU CD LY
08KHARTOUM680SOUTH DARFUR FIGHTING TAKES NEW TURN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A traditional rivalry between two clans in South Darfur erupted in Sheiria, South Darfur, on April 30, with the introduction of mortars into fighting between the sides in an IDP camp. UNAMID leadership acknowledges this is the first time it has heard of use of this type of weapo [...]
2008-05-05 07:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU SU
08KHARTOUM684POSTURING FOR ELECTIONS, UMMA WORKS TOWARD PEACE
[...] (C) Predicting that the National Congress Party and/or the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) may use the ongoing crisis in Darfur as a pretext to postpone the 2009 elections, the Umma Party is seeking to forge a peace settlement for the troubled region and to defuse Chad-Sudan tensions, [...]
2008-05-05 08:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU CD
08KHARTOUM692URFF ARAB REBEL REPRESENTATIVES SEEK SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 4 in Khartoum, three representatives of the Arab-dominated United Revolutionary Forces Front (URFF) told poloffs that their individual rebel group and the larger umbrella group of which they are a part, the United Resistance Front (URF),are both weak and need support. The [...]
2008-05-06 10:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM7 INCOMING FOREIGN MINISTER DENG ALOR WANTS TO IMPROVE
[...] (SBU) Summary. CDA Powers met with newly sworn-in Foreign Minister Deng Alor on January 2 who said that he wanted to improve Sudanese-U.S. relations. Deng offered GoS assurances to work together in the investigation of the killing of the U.S. diplomat and his Sudanese driver. Also with the aim [...]
2008-01-02 16:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM710SUDAN WARNS OF JEM RAID ON KHARTOUM, ASKS FOR U.S.
[...] (C) In a call to CDA Fernandez late on May 8 and during a hastily convened diplomatic corps briefing on May 9, Sudan warned of an advance of JEM rebel forces deep into Sudanese territory, including a possible attack on a suburb of Khartoum within days. The Government also made a public statem [...]
2008-05-09 11:52:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC SU CD
08KHARTOUM713CHAD: AWAITING CONTACT FROM DEBY, NOURI sEEKS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 15:18:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV SU CD LY SA
08KHARTOUM716JEM REBELS ATTACK OMDURMAN, ALMOST REACH KHARTOUM
[...] (SBU) JEM rebels attacked the sprawling Khartoum suburb of Omdurman May 10 and advanced within sight of one of the bridges leading to Khartoum. Although Sudanese Government forces prevented the rebels from crossing the Nile into the capital, JEM claims that it will launch another attack on the [...]
2008-05-11 15:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO AU UN SU CD
08KHARTOUM719UNAMID POLICE LACK CRITICAL RESOUCES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMID civilian police (CIVPOL) leadership have identified deficiencies in their programs such as the need for a greater police presence in IDP camps, additional female officers from Police Contributing Countries (PCC),and additional senior police officers with more experience. [...]
2008-05-12 08:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM724SUDAN'S NSC DISCUSSES JEM ATTACK AS ARRESTS
[...] (S/NF) In the aftermath of the JEM attack on Omdurman (reftels) Sudan's National Security Council pledged to "react" to Chadian aggression, neutralize the "fifth column" that supported the rebels, and exploit the opportunity to enhance Sudan's international image, Senior Assistant to the Presi [...]
2008-05-12 12:51:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM SU CD
08KHARTOUM726CHAD: NATIONAL ALLIANCE POSITION UNCHANGED BY
[...] (C) The main Chadian rebel factions have not changed their strategy as a result of the Justice and Equality Movement's (JEM) May 10 brazen assault on Omdurman, National Alliance (AN) Secretary General Abakar Tolli told Poloff in a May 12 meeting. The AN--composed of the Union des Forces du De [...]
2008-05-13 12:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CD SU
08KHARTOUM740PAGAN AMUN THREATENS TO LEAVE GNU CABINET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GNU Cabinet Affairs Minister and SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amun cited irreconcilable differences with SPLM Chairman and First Vice President of Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit as his justification for why he intends to leave the Government of National Unity (GNU) and join his wife [...]
2008-05-15 10:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM741SPLM PROPOSES FM ALOR VISIT PARIS TO DISCUSS JEM/CHAD, SPLA
[...] (SBU) GNU Foreign Minister Deng Alor told poloffs in Juba May 14 that President Bashir may send him to Paris possibly as soon as next week to discuss Chad and its support for JEM with the French. Alor asked poloffs to "pass this information to your people in Khartoum and Washington." FM Alor [...]
2008-05-15 10:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM764MINAWI SAYS KHALIL IBRAHIM STRONGER AFTER OMDURMAN
[...] (C) Summary: JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim is stronger as a result of the attack on Omdurman, despite the short-term loss of fighters and vehicles, according to SLM leader and Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi. Minawi believes an attack on Chad is imminent, despite comments from other [...]
2008-05-19 05:43:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM773SPLM NATIONAL CONVENTION: THE ROLLER COASTER CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) The SPLM National Convention recessed abruptly on May 17 to allow for a six-hour extraordinary session of the Interim National Council. The future of Dr. Riek Machar - and the embattled GOSS Vice President's legacy of untrustworthiness and brutality within the South - brought decisions o [...]
2008-05-19 15:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM78DARFUR RIZEIGAT LEADER FEARS BEING PULLED INTO THE
[...] (C) Over lunch with emboffs January 16, NGO activist and leading Rizeigat figure Waleed Madibbo expressed his frustration with the Wali of South Darfur over his refusal to allow a planned reconciliation conference to go forward. The conference, which Madibbo had previewed with CDA Fernandez la [...]
2008-01-21 11:25:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF SU AU UN
08KHARTOUM783ARAB REBEL LEADER PROMISES MORE ATTACKS ON GOS
[...] (C) SUMMARY On May 19 and 20, Anwar Ahmed Khater, the leader of the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) (and "Darfur's emerging Arab leader" according to one Darfur expert),told poloff that Chadian officials and JEM leaders attempted to recruit his Arab rebel movement prior to JEM's May 10 a [...]
2008-05-21 11:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM788HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOLLOWING REBEL ACTION IN KHARTOUM
[...] (U) Summary: Following last week's armed engagements in Omdurman between JEM and the GOS forces, Sudanese authorities have begun a widespread campaign of random arrests, detainee torture and newspaper censorship. While many have been released, 150 individuals remain under arrest, and one newsp [...]
2008-05-21 13:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM830NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESSES SUDANESE PRESIDENCY TO TABLE
[...] (SBU) On 28 May, the National Assembly adopted a resolution requesting that the Presidency table the long-delayed electoral bill. The resolution could lead to one of two alternatives - either the Presidency will feel compelled to resolve the outstanding issues on the law itself or it will subm [...]
2008-06-03 08:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM847 DARFUR STUDENTS BEATEN AND DORMITORIES DESTROYED FOLLOWING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to eyewitnesses and participants, Sudanese security services violently broke up a Darfuri student protest at Khartoum University on June 5. Security forces beat the protestors with iron bars, threw several Molotov cocktails into the crowd, and fired handguns into the [...]
2008-06-08 05:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL PREF SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM858 LACK OF POLITICAL AGREEMENT CONTINUES TO THREATEN
[...] (SBU) On 2 June, Deputy Secretary General of the SPLM for the Northern Sector Yasir Arman told poloff that the 2009 elections and the 2011 referendum on independence for south Sudan are the "end game" of the CPA. "The elections are about the democratic transformation of Sudan," he said. He ma [...]
2008-06-09 13:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM866MASS ARRESTS, TORTURE THREATEN DARFURIS IN KHARTOUM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following the May 10 JEM attacks on Omdurman, there are reliable reports that the GoS has detained and tortured thousands of Darfuris living in Khartoum. Sudanese civil society is scrambling to document the names of the detainees, and Sudanese opposition has formed the "May 10 [...]
2008-06-10 14:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM871AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH SPQL ENVOY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a June 1 meeting Special Envoys Williamson and Eliasson compared notes on current circumstances complicating the path to peace in Darfur. Eliasson highlighted regional aspects of the Darfur crisis, namely the need for the P5 to facilitate normalization of Chad-Sudan relation [...]
2008-06-11 10:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD
08KHARTOUM881PROMINENT CRITIC GOES UNDERGROUND AS GOS CROWS ABOUT HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: GoS authorities held a press conference on June 10 to spotlight JEM human rights violations, and announce that all JEM "collaborators" will soon be charged and brought to trial. One young critic who came to prominence through his internet postings, Ibrahim Bagal, has gone undergr [...]
2008-06-13 13:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM89SAF AND SPLA DECLARE EACH OTHER'S REDEPLOYMENTS INCOMPLETE
[...] (SBU) Two weeks after the January 9 deadline for troop redeployment, and despite high-profile media announcements by both armies that they had redeployed their troops, now both the SAF and the SPLA have begun accusing each other of not fully withdrawing. One of the National Congress Party's mos [...]
2008-01-22 12:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM892CHADIAN REBELS DISCUSS LATEST OFFENSIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 15 at 13:00, representatives of the National Alliance (NA) told poloffs that contrary to other reports, Chadian rebels control Goz Beida and are on the verge of entering Abeche. NA representatives requested U.S. mediation in the conflict, stating that they are ready to [...]
2008-06-15 13:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM893ABDUL WAHID'S KHARTOUM REP DISCUSSES MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY In a discrete June 12 meeting with poloff, the head of SLA-Abdul Wahid's Khartoum's office boasted of Abdul Wahid's military strength, extensive and multi-layered organization throughout Sudan, and overall popularity in Darfur. He also strongly criticized UNAMID, Special Envoys [...]
2008-06-15 14:36:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM902SLM/MM FRUSTRATED AND WEAKENED TO THE BREAKING POINT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 17, Mohammed Suliman, a senior leader of SLM/Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) and Secretary General of the TDRA, railed against the NCP, stating that the ruling party should openly admit its neglect of the DPA, rather than deceptively undermine the peace agreement. Suliman's fiery [...]
2008-06-18 10:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PINS SU
08KHARTOUM91839 DARFURIS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH MAY 10 ATTACKS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese authorities formally charged 39 detainees in connection with the May 10 JEM attacks on the capital, although many more Darfuris remain in custody or are unaccounted-for. Khartoum-based Darfuri civil society groups have received significant moral support from political pa [...]
2008-06-20 12:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU CD
08KHARTOUM920SLM LAWYER DESCRIBES SUDAN'S "UNDECLARED STATE OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 19, Abdel Aziz Sam (the legal expert for the Sudan Liberation Movement/Minni Minnawi- SLM/MM) told CDA Fernandez that the harassment, detention, and unauthorized search and seizure of Darfuris in Khartoum and Omdurman continues and that Sudan is currently under an "undecla [...]
2008-06-22 07:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM931CHIEF MEDIATOR DESPERATELY NEEDED AS UN/AU MEDIATION TEAM
[...] This is an action cable, see para 13. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 22, the political director of the UN/AU's Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST),Muin Shrim, told poloffs that they are "back to square one" in the search for a joint mediator, and that by August only a couple of its current staff [...]
2008-06-23 14:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM932WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MINNI? (AND OTHER SIGNS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rumors have circulated that the leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement, Minni Minnawi, traveled to Chad, withdrew from the Darfur Peace Agreement, and instructed his field commanders to prepare for war. On June 23, Minnawi publicly dispelled his rumored travel to Chad (saying [...]
2008-06-24 06:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM938ABYEI ROADMAP IMPLENTATION: DUTCH LEGAL ADVISOR BRIEFS AEC
[...] (SBU) On June 23, Dutch arbitration advisor J.G. Lammers briefed international partners of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) on the Terms of Reference (TOR) on arbitration of the Abyei boundaries dispute, agreed to by the NCP and the SPLM. Prof. Lammers said that the two sides ha [...]
2008-06-25 07:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM943GOSS MINISTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL AFFAIRS DENG ON ABYEI AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: GOSS Minister for Presidential Affairs discussed Abyei and elections the afternoon of June 24. While recognizing the risks of arbitration as called for in the new Abyei roadmap signed on June 8, the SPLM sees it as the only way to bring pressure on the NCP to agree on a final Aby [...]
2008-06-25 12:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM955UN RESIDENT COORDINATIOR ON ABYEI ROADMAP,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Resident Coordinator in Abyei reports gradual progress there, with an ethnic-Dinka police force being formed, unexploded ordinance collected, and remains of the dead being retrieved. He reported that no land mines have been found, contrary to earlier reports. He argued [...]
2008-06-27 11:38:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EAID KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM965DARFUR: PAE WILL STOP WORK JULY 14, BUT A 45-60 DAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting PAE President John Moore, resident Project Director Bruce Smart, and Support Manager Claire Sanford told CDA Fernandez June 29 that PAE will stop work on all projects July 14 ("the date for no more shovels in the ground") but that UNAMID and PAE have discussed a 45- to 6 [...]
2008-07-01 05:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM969DARFURI MILLIONAIRE PHILANTHROPIST DISCUSSES MODEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 27, Darfuri millionaire entrepreneur Sadiq Adam Abdullah (aka Sadiq Widaa') told poloff in London that his successful investment in his hometown of Kalimendo, North Darfur can serve as a model for development in all of Darfur. Widaa' encouraged the CDA and USAID Mission [...]
2008-07-01 11:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM971DEFENSE WHITE PAPER ENERGIZES SPLA BUDGET PROCESS,
[...] (SBU) This is an action cable, please see paras 10-11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly,s (SSLA) long-expected, but very public, endorsement of the SPLA,s Defense White Paper (DWP) has had immediate impact on SPLA/SAF relations and the SPLA,s 2009 budge [...]
2008-07-02 06:02:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM973JEM'S SENIOR LEADERS DISCUSS POLITICAL PROCESS (PART I of
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 27-28, three senior Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leaders in London separately met poloff and discussed Darfur's political process. Leaders appeared confident of JEM's position following their May 10 attack on Omdurman, though frustrated by the stalled political p [...]
2008-07-02 08:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM974JEM'S SENIOR LEADERS DISCUSS REBEL UNIFICATION AND EXTERNAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 27-28, three senior Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leaders in London separately met poloff and discussed JEM's ideas on rebel unification; its relations with the SPLM, SLM/Minni Minnawi, Chad, and Libya; and JEM's expectations for the content of any peace deal. Thes [...]
2008-07-02 09:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM983SLA/UNITY AND SLA/AW APPEAR INTERNALLY DIVIDED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 26, the SLA/Unity's erratic spokesman, Mahjoub Hussein, told poloff in London that his rebel movement is planning a massive attack ("the flood") on Khartoum. In a separate meeting with Hussein's colleague, SLA/Unity's Humanitarian coordinator Suliman Jamous said he was [...]
2008-07-04 12:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM986UNAMID ON PAE DEPARTURE
[...] (SBU) New Deputy Director of the UNAMID Liaison office in Khartoum Aziz "Peter" Iskandar discussed UNAMID deployment issues with poloffs on July 1. Iskandar, a career UN administrator, arrived in Khartoum in early June to work in UNAMID's Khartoum-based liaison office. The small office on the [...]
2008-07-04 13:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM987UN-IDDR CONSIDERS ASSISTANCE TO CONTROVERSIAL SPLA
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN-Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Chief Adrian Verheul said that the UN is considering offering assistance to the SPLA's civilian disarmament efforts as an incentive for them to use less force in their program. He said that the UN plans to issue a [...]
2008-07-04 13:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM99SUDANESE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS ON ELECTIONS SHOWS HOPE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Co-chairs of the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC) Abel Alier and Abdulla Idris confirmed that the National Assembly will hold a special session before April to review and ratify the electoral law. Alier and Idris explained that the draft law calls for free and unim [...]
2008-01-24 09:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KIGALI134HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AVIATION LEADERSHIP
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to receive training in the AFSAT Aviation Leadership Program on March 8, 2008. Last Name First Name Rank DOB -------- [...]
2008-02-26 15:37:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI135HUMAN 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 individual(s) scheduled to receive ACOTA training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- --- AGABA Charle [...]
2008-02-26 15:37:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI148HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CUSTOMS AND BORDER
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to receive USG-sponsored training on customs and border protection practices. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- [...]
2008-03-04 10:38:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI167FORMER RDF SPOKESMAN AND SPY CHIEF PATRICK
[...] (C) Leah Karegeya, wife of Colonel Patrick Karegeya, former RDF spokesman and Director of External Intelligence at the Rwandan National Security Service, met with PolOff on March 6 to provide information on the whereabouts and activities of her husband and of her own current situation in Rwand [...]
2008-03-10 15:56:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI201HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TRIPARTITE PLUS
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to attend a Tripartite-Plus Intelligence Refresher Course (ranks are N/A): Last Name First Name DOB --------- --- [...]
2008-03-19 13:18:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI260HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR LESSONS LEARNED
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to attend a Lessons Learned - Peacekeeping Operations workshop in Accra, Ghana. Last Name First Name Rank DOB ------- [...]
2008-04-10 12:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI261HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AFRICAN CENTER FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to attend an African Center for Strategic Studies workshop. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- -- [...]
2008-04-10 12:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI262MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: - High Council of the Press Releases Strategic Plan - Annual Government of Rwanda (GOR) Retreat - ICTR and GOR Sign Prisoner Accord - Auditor General's Report Published - 10th General Congress of Muslim Councils Meets --- [...]
2008-04-10 13:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI270HUMAN 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 individual(s) scheduled to receive ACOTA training to command the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) 19th Battalion in a peace keeping mission in Darfur. Ple [...]
2008-04-14 09:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI293HUMAN 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 individual(s) scheduled to receive IMET training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- --- KAGENERA Kamari S [...]
2008-04-24 11:06:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI301RWANDA: NO PLANS FOR ALTERNATE NOMINEE FOR 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-29 15:14:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI319RWANDA SUPPORTS US POSITION AT NPT PREPCOM
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee meeting to Ben Rutsinga, Director for International Organizations in the Rwandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on May 2. Rutsinga expressed his government's continuing support for the NPT [...]
2008-05-05 09:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI338HUMAN 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 individual(s) scheduled to receive IMET training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- --- NKUBIRI Jean [...]
2008-05-12 15:50:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI351HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GOLDEN SPEAR CONFERENCE
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to attend the Golden Spear conference: Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- --- SEBAGANJI [...]
2008-05-19 12:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI423HUMAN 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 individual(s) scheduled to receive IMET training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- --- MWIZA Mutagoma C [...]
2008-06-19 15:34:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI455RWANDA: MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (C) Kitty Llewelyn (protect),editor of the Sunday magazine for Rwanda's only daily newspaper, the English-language New Times, spoke with poloff June 7 about her experience as an expatriate working for the paper. Llewellyn described a culture in which members of the news room struggled against [...]
2008-07-03 14:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RW
08KIGALI559HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual scheduled to attend ACSS Workshop at Marshal Center in Germany Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- [...]
2008-08-13 15:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI560RWANDA - DEMARCHE ON EASTERN CONGO
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Foreign Affairs Rosemary Museminali dismissed concerns about the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (ref A). In particular, she rejected any notion that the Government of Rwanda (GOR) continued to support Laurent Nkunda and the CNDP and allowed them [...]
2008-08-14 15:56:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
08KIGALI603MINISTER OF INFORMATION ON "BIASED" VOA AND BBC
[...] (C) Summary. Charge met with Minister of Information Louise Mushikiwabo August 28 to discuss her recent comments regarding possible suspension of the BBC and VOA broadcast transmissions for "non-factual" reporting. The BBC is now officially "boycotted" by the GOR, while the local Kinyarwan [...]
2008-09-04 15:11:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI606HUMAN 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 individual scheduled to attend the IMET course, "Ordnance Basic Officer Leadership." Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- - [...]
2008-09-05 10:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI763RWANDA: UNHCR SEES INCREASED POPULATION MOVEMENT
[...] (SBU) Officials from the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) in Kigali told poloffs October 29 that since the morning of October 28 some 1200 individuals had crossed from North Kivu into Rwanda near Gisenyi, and that more were amassing on the border. The individuals had declined [...]
2008-10-29 16:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF RW
08KIGALI93HUMAN 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 individual(s) scheduled to receive IMET training at Maxwell Airforce Base. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- --- S [...]
2008-02-06 12:17:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KINGSTON1014JAMAICAN OFFICIALS ADDRESS PREVENTION, PROTECTION, AND
[...] On November 22 poloff spoke at a panel discussion on trafficking in persons (TIP) hosted by local NGO Woman, Inc. The discussion, one of several themed talks over a two-day trade fair/fundraiser for the NGO, featured Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lisa Palmer Hamilton, Director of the N [...]
2008-12-01 15:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI PGOV KTIP JM XL
08KINGSTON1053JAMAICAN PARLIAMENT RETAINS DEATH PENALTY, NO
[...] (C) Summary: In the lead up to a November 24 parliamentary vote in which legislators decided to retain the death penalty in Jamaica, there was strong public debate on the issue. Most Jamaicans, frustrated by the high crime level, support maintaining the death penalty. The discussion also r [...]
2008-12-12 16:33:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PINR SNAR ASEC KCOR CPAS PBTS JM XL
08KINGSTON185JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY DELIVERED
[...] On February 27, PolOff conveyed reftel talking points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Vilma McNish. 2. Post will report any response from the Government of Jamaica. JOHNSON [...]
2008-02-29 12:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO JM
08KINGSTON280JAMAICA: MARCH POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (SBU) The current Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) led government continues to press forward, albeit at a snail's pace. When the JLP released their manifesto, during the campaign for the national elections last summer, it was full of promises for innovations and reform proposals (Ref A). Now, with no re [...]
2008-04-03 13:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ECON EAIR JM XL
08KINGSTON339JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
[...] On April 18, PolOff conveyed reftel talking points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Vilma McNish. 2. Post will report any response from the Government of Jamaica. JOHNSON [...]
2008-04-22 16:31:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL JM XL
08KINGSTON364JAMAICA: APRIL POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (SBU) It's budget time in Jamaica, and presentations on the budget from both parties in Parliament dominated the media this month. The only story bigger than the first new JLP budget in over 18 years is the ongoing saga of dual nationals serving in Parliament. The first test case was complet [...]
2008-04-29 15:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON EFIN JM XL
08KINGSTON516JAMAICA: WIDE-RANGING MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 19:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EAGR EAID ECON SNAR MARR MOPS PHUM
08KINGSTON764JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE REJECTING RUSSIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 13:46:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS MARR GG RU JM XL
08KINGSTON765JAMAICA: KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA; REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 13:46:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNGA KV JM XL
08KINGSTON766JAMAICA: HIGH NOON APPROACHES FOR THE
[...] (C) Following an interlude in which first the Beijing Olympics and then the devastation of Hurricane Gustav have monopolized the nation's attention, Jamaica now faces a high-stakes political struggle for the leadership of the opposition People's National Party (PNP). On September 20, some 4,00 [...]
2008-09-02 14:39:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SOCI SNAR ASEC ECON EFIN KCRM KCOR IBRD
08KINGSTON807JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-12 18:45:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN JM XL
08KINGSTON808JAMAICA DOES NOT EXPECT TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY OF
[...] Jamaica does not plan to participate in the Community of Democracies (CD) meeting scheduled for September 26 on the margins of the UN General Assembly, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Deputy Director for International Organizations, Diedre Mills. Speak [...]
2008-09-15 19:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL UNGA KDEM JM
08KINGSTON837JAMAICA: CHARISMATIC FORMER PRIME MINISTER PORTIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-22 20:15:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SOCI SNAR ASEC ECON EFIN KCRM
08KINGSTON884OPPOSITION PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY REGROUPING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The opposition People's National Party (PNP) is reorganizing and healing rifts in the aftermath of a hotly contested leadership election. Former Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller (PSM),the incumbent party president, retained her seat in the September 20 contest, beating her ch [...]
2008-10-09 16:33:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SOCI SNAR ASEC ECON EFIN KCRM
08KINGSTON957JAMAICA: RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 14:49:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PARM SOCI MASS EFIN ECON EAID
08KINSHASA1004 INTERNATIONAL FACILITATION MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the International Facilitation (IF) and MONUC Force Commander Gaye met on November 11 in Goma to discuss various issues. EU Special Representative Roeland van de Geer provided a brief overview of the Nairobi Summit, emphasizing that the IF will support Oba [...]
2008-11-13 10:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1007 GOMA NOTES - NOVEMBER 14
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in Goma and Surrounding Area ------------------------------------- [...]
2008-11-14 10:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA102 North Kivu Military Meetings Fail as CNDP Walks Out
[...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC Vice Admiral Dieudonne Etumba, with MONUC as co-chair, convened a meeting of CNDP and Mai Mai groups January 28 to establish a preliminary Technical Commission to follow up the Kivu accords, but the lone CNDP representative objected to Etumba's proposed structure as differ [...]
2008-01-30 12:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS CG
08KINSHASA1037DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche November 21 to Alice Kimpembe, Head of the International Organizations Directorate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Kimpembe stated that the GDRC favors a peaceful two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. However, she cautioned that it might be [...]
2008-11-24 09:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA CG
08KINSHASA1049 BEHIND THE LINES: A VISIT TO NKUNDA LAND
[...] (SBU) Summary: CNDP Chairman Laurent Nkunda held his first public rally in the recently captured town of Rutshuru on November 22. Goma Poloff made the 80-kilometer drive from Goma with a MONUC escort, observing few signs of combat and generally relaxed residents along the crowded corridor. [...]
2008-11-25 16:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1052 EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 26
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) After three days of relative calm [...]
2008-11-26 11:51:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1057EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 28
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC Goma reported that CNDP too [...]
2008-11-28 11:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1060 EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 1
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC security sources in Goma re [...]
2008-12-01 11:15:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1070 EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 4
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC told Goma poloff on Decembe [...]
2008-12-04 09:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1073DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-04 14:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP PREL UN CG
08KINSHASA1089EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 10
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Nairobi Talks ------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC and the international community con [...]
2008-12-10 11:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1096KIWANJA MASSACRES: UNHRO PREVIEWS REPORT
[...] (C) United Nations Human Rights Office (UNHRO) Director Todd Howland recently shared with post initial findings from UNHRO's investigation into the mass killings committed November 4-6 in Kiwanja (reftels). Eye witness testimony, as well as reports from MONUC troops in the area, indicate CNDP [...]
2008-12-11 20:55:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA110 CNDP Returns to Military Committee in Goma
[...] (SBU) Summary: After a rocky couple of days, with revolts first by CNDP and then by Mai Mai, Vice-Admiral Etumba's effort to bring armed groups in North Kivu together concluded with symbolic success January 31, even if confusion continued to reign. MONUC announced setting up a cell for verify [...]
2008-02-01 11:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1109 EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 16
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operation ------------------ 2. (SBU) According to MONUC sources, FARDC [...]
2008-12-16 11:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1111DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BUILDING SUPPORT FOR A UN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-16 17:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO CG SO
08KINSHASA1112DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING TERMINATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-16 17:35:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPARM PREL CG IR XA
08KINSHASA1122 DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HARMONIZATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-17 12:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA CG
08KINSHASA1123 DRC OPPOSITION: SPLINTERED AND BICKERING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloffs met separately with the leadership of the DRC's main political opposition to identify party priorities and gauge the level of coordination between opposition elements. Opposition leaders identified security and justice sector reform as pressing needs, as well as improvin [...]
2008-12-17 14:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CG
08KINSHASA1125 DRC: TAKING ACTION AGAINST GENDER-
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the UN 16 Days of Activism Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence, embassy personnel participated in several events. USAID Social Protection Officer spoke at the Protestant University of Congo and CALI (Congolese-American Language Institute) English clubs about Sexual an [...]
2008-12-17 14:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KPAO SOCI CG
08KINSHASA1133 EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 18
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. North Kivu Security Situation ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) According [...]
2008-12-18 16:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1136 EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 19
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. North Kivu Security Situation ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC and o [...]
2008-12-19 08:47:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1137DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DRC: 2008 TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION
[...] PolCouns and PolOff delivered reftel demarche to the new Vice-Minister of Justice, Musonda Kalusambi on November 21 and conveyed the same demarche to the new Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, Marie-Ange Lukiana on December 17. 2. The recommendations given in the non-paper were well [...]
2008-12-19 10:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN KTIP CG
08KINSHASA1146 EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 22
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) Given increased activity by both [...]
2008-12-22 12:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1147 BACK ON TRACK: 43RD MEETING OF
[...] (SBU) The Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG TF) met at MONUC Headquarters in Goma on December 19, the first meeting since October 10 in Gisenyi, after which subsequent meetings were suspended due to Rwandan concerns about security in Goma. The three-person Rwandan delegation was led by F [...]
2008-12-22 14:33:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1150 EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 23
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC confirmed that CNDP and PAR [...]
2008-12-23 12:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1154 EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 24
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Note: Due to seasonal holidays, our next report will appear on December 29. End not [...]
2008-12-24 09:44:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1163EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 29
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) The CNDP continued to accuse the [...]
2008-12-29 10:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA120Goma Round-Up February 3, 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kabila's envoy met South Kivu armed groups (minus Banyamulenge dissidents) February 2 in Goma and will meet with them again in Bukavu February 4. Rumors of a split in CNDP appear to be false. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The principal disturbance in the Kivus February 3 was an ea [...]
2008-02-04 16:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI CG
08KINSHASA14 Goma Report January 7, 2008 -
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Kivus Conference, which opened January 6 in Goma, will probably not get down to substance for a few days and is likely to continue later than the projected finish date of January 14. The relative satisfaction of Tutsis with their prominent role in the Conference is in con [...]
2008-01-08 13:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1428 DRC RESPONSE TO MSF REPORT ON ANGOLAN ABUSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 5, Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) published a report describing atrocities being committed by Angolan forces against Congolese citizens in Angola. PolOff discussed the report with MSF reps on December 6 to discuss the report. On December 12, a Caritas representativ [...]
2008-01-01 08:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL PREF AO CG
08KINSHASA144Evangelical bishop's meeting with Nkunda February 6
[...] (SBU) Summary: Evangelical Bishop J. M. Runiga, an informal intermediary with Nkunda, reported that Nkunda may, for the time being, be willing to stay the course but will not accept several elements of the "Amani" decree of February 2, particularly what he sees as inadequate representation of [...]
2008-02-11 09:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS CG
08KINSHASA151 EU Special Envoy meets Nkunda
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting at Kirolirwe with EU Special Envoy Roeland van de Geer February 9, Laurent Nkunda affirmed his commitment to the Kivus conference Acte d'Engagement. He said that the future of Tutsis in Congo could only be assured through the Goma peace process rather than through [...]
2008-02-11 14:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MOPS KDEM PREL CG
08KINSHASA154 Joint Monitoring Group Task Force, Goma, February 8
[...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting of the Nairobi process's Joint Monitoring Group Task Force February 8 in Goma was a bit testier than usual. The Rwandan side leveled charges of co-location of FDLR and FARDC forces, regretted that the Congolese government was not living up to its timetable of actions to [...]
2008-02-12 06:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PREF CG RW
08KINSHASA16Goma Report January 8, 2008 - third day of Kivus Conference
[...] (SBU) Summary: A prominent Protestant clergyman who is in contact with Nkunda told poloff Nkunda holds to the commitments he made with Special Envoy Tim Shortley but is worried about potential negative effects of the Kivus Conference. The clergyman confirms that Nkunda is willing to send his [...]
2008-01-09 15:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA174Demarche delivered in Kinshasa - Situation in Chad
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 19 to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the DRC. 2. Matondo noted that the DRC currently holds the Presidency of the Economic Community of Central African [...]
2008-02-19 15:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAO BY CF CM CT EK GB PREL TBIO CG
08KINSHASA178Demarche delivered in Kinshasa: Mandate of the Independent
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 19 to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the DRC. 2. Matondo said that the DRC will not/not support the renewal of the mandate of Independent Expert Titinga [...]
2008-02-20 10:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC CG
08KINSHASA181Demarche delivered in Kinshasa: Kosovo Independence
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 19 to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the DRC. 2. Matondo declined to offer an official Congolese position on Kosovo independence. He expressed the DRC a [...]
2008-02-20 13:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU CG
08KINSHASA195Demarche delivered in Kinshasa - U.S. position on Cuba
[...] A/DCM and PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 25 to Nzuzi Mazemi, Director of International Political Organizations at Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Mazemi stated that the DRC shared the position of the United States on the right of the Cuban people to democratic expression and the [...]
2008-02-26 06:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EU CU CG
08KINSHASA211Demarche delivered in Kinshasa - UN Commission on Narcotic
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 29 to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director for International Organizations at the Congolese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Matondo identified Minister Counselor Nduku of its UN mission as Congolese representative to the March 10-14 meeting of the UN [...]
2008-03-03 08:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SNAR AU UN CG
08KINSHASA212Demarche delivered in Kinshasa - U.S. view on IAEA Iran
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarches February 29 to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director for International Organizations at the Congolese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Matondo stated the DRC supported the principles of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. He said the DRC hoped the current di [...]
2008-03-03 08:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM KNNP CG
08KINSHASA249Demarche delivered in Kinshasa: CEEAC summit Kinshasa
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche March 11 to Minister Alice Kimpembe of the Office of International Organizations at the Congolese Foreign Ministry. 2. Kimpembe stated that while she was not directly involved in the preparations for CEEAC (Economic Community of Central African States) summi [...]
2008-03-12 15:43:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CD SU CG
08KINSHASA273KAMERHE COMMITTED TO MOVING FORWARD ON GOMA AND
[...] (C) Summary. National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe displayed command of the issues and strong personal rapport with AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortley in their discussions on the Goma and Nairobi processes March 8 in Kinshasa. Kamerhe is committed to moving forward on both agreements and voic [...]
2008-03-19 15:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS RW CG
08KINSHASA281MBUSA SKEPTICAL ON RENEWAL OF MANDATE FOR UN HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-21 10:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UN CG
08KINSHASA282Demarche delivered: UNSC Resolution 1803 on Iran
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche March 20 to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director of International Organizations at the DRC Foreign Ministry. 2. Matondo stated that the DRC enjoys good relations with Iran, but is also a member of the UN and recognizes its responsibility to comply with Securit [...]
2008-03-21 11:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC PARM KNNP IR CG
08KINSHASA284USAID ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S MEETING WITH DRC
[...] (C) Summary: USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore stressed U.S. support for development assistance to the DRC and for the Goma peace process and the Nairobi communique in her March 17 meeting with President Kabila. She stressed that the Congolese people must see tangible change in their daily [...]
2008-03-21 12:12:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KPKO CG
08KINSHASA290JUDICIAL REFORM, DECENTRALIZATION AND ELECTIONS KEY ITEMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Judicial reform and decentralization legislation are among the key priorities for the regular session of Congolese Parliament which opened March 15. Creation of a successor body to the Independent Electoral Commission will be one of the more difficult agenda items. Also likely [...]
2008-03-24 11:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL CG
08KINSHASA293ABBE MALUMALU REVIEWS KEY AMANI PROGRAM CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Summary. National Coordinator Abbe Malumalu discussed challenges to and key elements of the Amani Program with the Ambassador March 18. Its chief current challenges are armed group participation, planning and program infrastructure. Malumalu envisions a program focused on military ref [...]
2008-03-25 10:49:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID PREL MARR CG
08KINSHASA36 Joint Monitoring Task Force (JMG-TF)
[...] Reftels are reports on prior meetings of the JMG-TF. 2. Following are highlights of the Task Force Meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group held in Goma on January 4, 2008. Goma Report January 11, 2008: Task Force of the Joint Monitoring Group 3. Summary: At the meeting of the Task For [...]
2008-01-14 14:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA375NEW SOUTH KIVU GOVERNOR TARGETS SECURITY, GOVERNANCE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Governor Louis Muderhwa of South Kivu targeted security, governance, and poverty issues in his April 8 meeting with the Ambassador. He requested computer and communications technology to extend provincial authority and accelerate the disarmament and reintegration of foreign fig [...]
2008-04-23 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EMIN KDEM PINR CG
08KINSHASA440FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY: THEORY VS. PRACTICE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Articles 25 and 26 of the 2006 DRC Constitution guarantee freedom of assembly for peaceful meetings and protests. Congolese authorities often take advantage of differences between the Constitution and existing law to prevent or suppress public protests. The Embassy is working w [...]
2008-05-19 06:01:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM CG
08KINSHASA463KISANGANI MEETING: POSITIVE MOVEMENT ON THE PART OF FDLR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff attended the May 26 Kisangani meeting at which the GDRC and elements from FDLR-RUD and the RPR (Rassemblement du Peuple Rwandais) made public a document related to these armed groups' disarmament and repatriation or resettlement. The conference was principally ceremonial [...]
2008-05-27 13:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW
08KINSHASA466DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-28 06:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC CG IR
08KINSHASA521SENIOR ADVISER SHORTLEY'S MEETING WITH SRSG DOSS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: SRSG Alan Doss told AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortley June 2 that international supervision will be necessary at brassage centers for ex-combatants from North and South Kivu. He and Shortley agreed that disarmament and relocation or repatriation of FDLR members will be important [...]
2008-06-12 14:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG UN
08KINSHASA522SENIOR ADVISER SHORTLEY'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortley and Defense Minister Chikez Diemu reviewed progress on the Goma and Nairobi processes and military reform June 2 in Kinshasa. Shortley highlighted the Kisangani FDLR conference as a positive step, which should also be used to pressure Nkunda. Th [...]
2008-06-12 15:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA529MLC LEADERSHIP ON BEMBA AND MORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a long discussion June 3, leaders of Bemba's MLC ("Mouvement pour la Liberation du Congo") party told PolOff they are not planning further public demonstrations in Kinshasa following a canceled May 31 march in the capital. The strongest displays of support for Bemba have oc [...]
2008-06-16 10:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EFIN ECON CG RW
08KINSHASA538DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA - ACTION REQUEST RELATED TO THE
[...] PolOff and EconOff delivered reftel demarche June 17 to Minister Alice Kimpembe of the International Organizations Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Kimpembe stated that the GDRC would consider our request to join the U.S. in ratifying the Convention on Supplementary Compensati [...]
2008-06-17 16:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY ENRG PARM KNNP KSTC
08KINSHASA568DAY OF CELEBRATION: EMBASSY INAUGURATES SCHOOL
[...] Summary: PolOff inaugurated a school May 27 in Buburu, Equateur which was rehabilitated by the FY2007 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees. Local officials and the entire town of Buburu welcomed, with much fanfare, the arrival of the Embassy-UNHCR delegation. They visited UNHCR's Refugee Transit C [...]
2008-07-08 13:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PGOV CG UN CF
08KINSHASA570DR CONGO QUARTERLY REFUGEE REPORT, JUNE 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR reports repatriation of over 10,600 Congolese as of June 2008. There are currently over 338,000 Congolese refugees in neighboring countries and over 176,000 refugees from other countries in the DRC. Repatriation of Congolese from Tanzania has recently halted, repatriati [...]
2008-07-08 15:47:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG TZ UG ZA UN
08KINSHASA579DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MAJOR ISSUES AT UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche July 9 to Ambassador Oscar Matondo of the International Organizations Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. EconOff delivered demarche July 2 to the Minister of Economy's office at the Ministry of Economy and Trade. 2. Matondo stated that the GDRC wou [...]
2008-07-10 07:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ECON ETRD WTRO CG
08KINSHASA598NEW WAVE OF CONGOLESE EXPULSIONS FROM ANGOLA
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to reliable sources, Angolan forces have expelled more than 60,000 Congolese in the first six months of 2008. A CARITAS-Germany representative and a MONUC Joint Military Analysis Center (JMAC) analyst told PolOff July 8-9 that Angola is expelling Congolese nationals [...]
2008-07-21 12:13:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV PREL AO CG
08KINSHASA62 DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TIP TIER 2 ACTION PLAN
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche January 9 to Chikez Diemu, Minister of Defense; Philomene Omatuku, Minister of Women's Issues and Children; and Boniface Bola, Secretary General of the Ministry of Labor. 2. All three Congolese officials cited child labor as the biggest trafficking problem [...]
2008-01-23 06:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN CG
08KINSHASA63 ON THE ROAD TO BETTER DRC AND UGANDA RELATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In mid-December 2007, representatives to the 5th Session of the Joint Permanent Commission (JPC) between the governments of Uganda and the DRC met in Kampala to discuss a wide array of issues in their bilateral relationship. On December 27, PolOff and EconOff met with Minister [...]
2008-01-23 06:39:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINS PREL PREF PBTS CG
08KINSHASA644DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ZIMBABWE TALKS
[...] (SBU) DCM verbally delivered demarche per reftel July 25 to Ignace Gata, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs as Foreign Minister Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi was unavailable. Gata requested a meeting July 29 with DCM to discuss the Zimbabwe in detail. Poloff attended as notetaker. Gata advisor Jean [...]
2008-08-06 15:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SADC ZI BC CG
08KINSHASA678 DEMARCHE TO CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT ON
[...] (U) Per instructions ref (A),Ambassador met August 14 with National Security Advisor Lufunda Kaumba and Deputy Interior Minister Joseph Mpango Okundo. Interior Minister Denis Kalume dropped out at the last minute and sent his deputy (Mpango Okundo) instead. Also present were DCM Brock and G [...]
2008-08-18 10:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS PTER MOPS RW UG CG
08KINSHASA689 GOMA ROUND-UP AUGUST 19
[...] (SBU) EU representative Veronique Aulagnon told Goma PolOff August 19 that EU envoy Roeland van de Geer planned to attend the September 1 meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group in Kinshasa. He planned to travel first to Kigali, to meet Sezibera August 27, and then to Goma on August 28. Van de [...]
2008-08-21 15:33:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE
08KINSHASA693PRESS FREEDOM QUARTERLY: APRIL-JUNE 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese security personnel, often under orders from government officials, as well as illegal armed groups continue to harass, intimidate, and detain journalists. Federal immigration service agents (DGM - "Direction General de Migration" in French) detained an independent Bel [...]
2008-08-25 13:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM CG
08KINSHASA701 GOMA ROUND UP FOR AUGUST 24, 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: A glitch with the CNDP, which would have forestalled the August 26 plenary of the Joint Commission, appears to have been resolved. The International Facilitation team will meet CNDP and Etumba August 25 to try to ensure the parties stick to script. End Summary. 2. (SBU) [...]
2008-08-26 14:47:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA702 Goma Round-Up August 26 -- Plenary of
[...] (SBU) Summary: After five hours of meetings with the facilitation team, CNDP agreed to go forward with the concept of a working group on disengagement. Prior to the August 26 plenary of the Joint Commission, the team met Malu Malu and Etumba, who bought off on the plan and pushed it through [...]
2008-08-27 13:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA705Goma Round-Up August 26 -- Plenary of
[...] (SBU) Summary: After five hours of meetings with the facilitation team, CNDP agreed to go forward with the concept of a working group on disengagement. Prior to the August 26 plenary of the Joint Commission, the team met Malu Malu and Etumba, who bought off on the plan and pushed it through [...]
2008-08-27 16:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA713 Goma Report August 28 -
[...] (SBU) Summary: By the end of the day, MONUC had not ascertained responsibility for the clashes that occurred in the Rutshuru area August 28, nor the extent of casualties or collateral damage. Political damage was clear: CNDP did not attend the North Kivu working group on disengagement. Howe [...]
2008-08-29 09:39:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA719 Goma Report August 31 - Assessing
[...] (SBU) Summary: Exchanges of fire flared up on August 28, 29, and 30 along various points east of the Goma-Rutshuru road where FARDC and CNDP forces have been separated by a buffer zone and relatively quiet for several months. The spark appears to have been a major theft of cattle from the CN [...]
2008-09-02 12:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA721DEMARCHE RESPONSE: RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 17:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CG GG RU
08KINSHASA722DEMARCHE RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 17:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PREL PARM EFIN KNNP CG GM IR
08KINSHASA723DEMARCHE RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 17:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PREL PARM EFIN KNNP CG GM IR
08KINSHASA724DEMARCHE RESPONSE: RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-02 17:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CG GG RU
08KINSHASA734 Goma Report September 5: CNDP Captures Katsiru
[...] (SBU) Summary: CNDP launched a three-pronged attack at dawn September 5 and drove FARDC out of Katsiru. The International Facilitation team has urged FARDC and CNDP to begin urgent military talks to get forces back to positions held two weeks ago. CNDP insists on such talks taking place at [...]
2008-09-08 07:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA739 Goma Report September 8: Continued
[...] (SBU) Summary: Clashes occurred in yet another area September 8, with CNDP occupying Numbi just across the provincial border in South Kivu. North Kivu brigade fired on CNDP north of Nyanzale September 7, to keep CNDP elements from moving on Kikuku. On the other hand, CNDP had withdrawn from [...]
2008-09-09 08:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA741 Goma Report September 9:
[...] (SBU) Summary: A force of at least 200 CNDP on September 9 reached Kayala, 20 km south of the strategic town of Kanyabayonga, and could reach that town by dawn September 10. Meanwhile, CNDP withdrew from Numbi in South Kivu. End Summary. 2. (SBU) At the end of day September 9, poloff me [...]
2008-09-09 18:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA775 Government approves, begins implementation of
[...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC, with support from the international facilitation (U.S., EU),unveiled September 18 to the GDRC a North Kivu disengagement plan which the government has accepted and begun to implement. The plan calls for withdrawal from forward positions occupied August 28-29. Implemen [...]
2008-09-19 14:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA777 Goma Report September 20:
[...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC launched an early morning offensive September 20 into CNDP terrain north of Sake and in the course of the day was repelled by CNDP. The MONUC base at Kimoka was caught in the crossfire. This grave violation of the ceasefire came a half day after the Minister of Defense [...]
2008-09-22 06:33:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA778 Goma Report September 19: Masisi Fighting
[...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC helicopters fired on CNDP four miles south of Masisi, forestalling a possible CNDP move on Masisi or Katale. Minister of Defense warned the facilitation team that it had only two more days to get Nkunda's agreement to the disengagement plan and then use of force ("contrai [...]
2008-09-22 06:33:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA787GDRC TAKING STRIDES TO ADDRESS TIP ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC has recently taken positive steps to address trafficking in persons. It has made some progress in addressing the problems of child soldiering and children working in the mining sector. NGO groups, however, have highlighted a troubling trend throughout the DRC of grow [...]
2008-09-23 06:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KCRM KWMN CG
08KINSHASA800 Goma Report for September 24: More FARDC
[...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC attacked CNDP on a new front September 24, adding to its ceasefire violations over the past week. North Kivu brigade commander feels duped by FARDC. The city of Goma remained quiet throughout the day. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Despite another reaffirmation by the gover [...]
2008-09-25 15:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA835DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GDRC: 63RD UNGA FIRST
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche September 25 to Alice Kimpembe, Director of the International Organizations Office in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kimpembe stated the GDRC would "consider supporting" the USG resolution on non-proliferation compliance. BROCK [...]
2008-10-03 11:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PGOV UNGA CG
08KINSHASA836DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GDRC: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche October 3 to Alice Kimpembe, Director of the International Organizations Office in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kimpembe made no promises but did agree to review USG points. BROCK [...]
2008-10-03 11:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PREL PGOV KNNP CG
08KINSHASA838 Goma Report October 3: Belligerent
[...] (SBU) Summary: North Kivu has had it fourth quiet day militarily October 3, even while Nkunda has called for national liberation, and FARDC claims an imminent CNDP attack, for which North Kivu brigade sees no evidence. The little ceasefire augurs well, but the belligerent language augurs bad [...]
2008-10-03 16:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA840 Goma Report October 4: Nkunda on Okapi;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nkunda gave an interview to MONUC's radio Okapi October 4 which was even more truculent than his BBC interview, and complained when Okapi refused to air it. Acting SRSG Mountain came to Goma and assured Abbe Malu Malu that MONUC would continue with the Amani program, with a fo [...]
2008-10-06 13:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA845 October 3 discussion with Colonel Mamba,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Goma poloff spoke October 3 with the head of the Congolese delegation to the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force, Colonel Augustin Mamba. Mamba claimed the RUD disarmament in Kasiki was overall a success story. He explained that working together with certain figures that [...]
2008-10-06 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA864 Goma Report October 8: Heavy Fighting in
[...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy fighting erupted October 8 in the Rutshuru region. CNDP overran a FARDC brigade head-quarters near Rumangabo, apparently inflicting heavy casualties and capturing significant amounts of military equipment. MONUC told post that CNDP almost certainly initiated the fightin [...]
2008-10-09 16:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA87 Post-Conference in Goma: Struggling with Implementation
[...] (SBU) Summary: The structure and timing for implementing the Acte d'Engagement and recommendations of the Kivus Conference -- particularly establishment of the technical committee on security -- remain unclear, as the conference leaders and FARDC have different approaches. Most of the heavy-h [...]
2008-01-28 16:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MOPS CG
08KINSHASA897Prominent Banyamulenge Criticizes Nkunda
[...] (SBU) Summary: Enoch Ruberangabo Sebineza, a prominent Banyamulenge leader, recently told post that Nkunda's actions were in fact creating anti-Tutsi sentiment throughout the Kivus. Nkunda was thus putting Congolese Tutsis at risk, rather than protecting the community, as he constantly claim [...]
2008-10-17 10:54:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM CG
08KINSHASA898 GOMA NOTES OCTOBER 15: POSSIBLE FARDC WITHDRAWAL FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Goma Poloff met with FARDC General Lukama October 15 to receive his assessment of the situation in North Kivu. Lukama confirmed that going after the FDLR was a second-order priority for the FARDC compared to fighting the CNDP. He noted that his greatest challenge was his units [...]
2008-10-17 11:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA9 UNHRO reports continued deficiencies
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Human Rights Office's (UNHRO) Monthly Human Rights Assessment of the DRC for October 2007, released November 28, 2007, describes numerous violations highlighting the inadequacies of the country's justice system at all levels including the police, the courts, an [...]
2008-01-07 15:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KJUS CG
08KINSHASA900 Next Steps For Joint Verification Team
[...] (SBU) Summary: Goma Poloff spoke with members of the Goma-based Joint Verification Team (JVT) to determine next steps following the GDRC's formal request to investigate Rwandan support of the CNDP (reftel). The JVT team leader said that the process, from submission of the request until a fin [...]
2008-10-20 13:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA901 GOMA NOTES OCTOBER 17: NORTH KIVU PROVINCIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Goma poloff spoke with the North Kivu Provincial Assembly President, Leon Bariyanga, and two colleagues to discuss recent governmental defections to the CNDP, alleged harassment of Tutsis, and general security in North Kivu. They complained that the CNDP problem was inhibiting [...]
2008-10-20 14:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA919 INTERVIEWS WITH ESCAPED CNDP SOLDIERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 20 Goma Poloff had the opportunity to speak with three escaped CNDP soldiers. The soldiers, 13, 15, and 23 years old, had been brought to Goma by MONUC. The interview took place on the MONUC DDRRR compound where a handful of CNDP and FDLR escapees trickle in on a d [...]
2008-10-22 16:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS KPKO KTIP CG
08KINSHASA921 EASTERN CONGO PEACE INITIATIVES FROM THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two regional organizations, the Eglise du Christ au Congo and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR),have outlined initiatives to persuade Rwandan President Kagame and DRC President Kabila to meet. The ICGLR initiative would involve the mediation by ano [...]
2008-10-24 06:13:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG
08KINSHASA925 DEMARCHE ON IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Charge d'Affaires and poloff delivered demarche October 23 to Ambassador Clementine Shakembo, Diplomatic Counselor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. (Note: Meeting was held with Shakembo, Ministry's senior career employee, given unavailabilit [...]
2008-10-24 07:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CG ZI
08KINSHASA928(C) AZARIAS RUBERWA ON GOMA, AMANI,
[...] (C) Summary: Former Vice-President and current Chairman of the Congolese Rally for Democracy party (RCD -- Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie) Azarias Ruberwa told emboffs that, while the Goma Accords contained a solid basis for a lasting political settlement, implementation had been [...]
2008-10-27 09:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS CG
08KINSHASA930 EASTERN CONGO PEACE INITIATIVES FROM THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two regional organizations, the Eglise du Christ au Congo and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR),have outlined initiatives to persuade Rwandan President Kagame and DRC President Kabila to meet. The ICGLR initiative would involve the mediation by ano [...]
2008-10-27 10:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG
08KINSHASA931 GOMA NOTES: CNDP RETAKES RUMANGABO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The CNDP has retaken the FARDC base at Rumangabo, as well as the town of Rumangabo. The CNDP claimed its actions were 'pre-emptive.' The fighting died down by nightfall October 26, but there is concern that the Goma-Rutshuru road will be blocked, something MONUC has consisten [...]
2008-10-27 12:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA940 GOMA SITUATION REPORT - CONTINUING CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of the morning of October 28, MONUC's no movement order was still in effect. Violent demonstrations started late in the morning of October 27 between the town center and the Goma airport, resulting in one civilian death outside of a MONUC transit camp, when a soldier from th [...]
2008-10-28 14:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA946 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 29, 2008,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-29 20:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA949UN TEAM CRITICIZES RWANDA FOR CNDP LINKS, DRC FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Two members of the UN Group of Experts for the DRC (UNSC 1807) detailed on October 27 to Poloffs what they claimed was very strong evidence of Rwandan support for the CNDP, as well as extensive FARDC-FDLR military and commercial collaboration. The UN team is focusing on several [...]
2008-10-30 09:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EMIN MOPS PHUM CG
08KINSHASA951SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 30, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa's EAC met at 9:00am to discuss the situation in Goma (septel). RSO noted that there were reports the evening of October 29 of fleeing FARDC and [...]
2008-10-30 11:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA953 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 30, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Poloff spoke with MONUC contact in Goma at 1:45 p.m. who said that the situation in town appeared to be much improved. People were moving about in the streets and [...]
2008-10-30 17:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA959 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 3, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) On the evening of November 1, Charge consulted with EAC members, as well as RSO Kigali and the Department's Operations Center, regarding the status of USG personn [...]
2008-11-03 11:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA964 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 4, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) The EAC met today at 11:00 AM and decided to maintain the current mandate that USG employees return to Gisenyi during nighttime hours (septel). Efforts will be m [...]
2008-11-04 11:33:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA965 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 4, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC continues to reinforce Goma, to include armored personnel carriers at key locations, although troop levels appear to be less than optimal. MONUC military c [...]
2008-11-05 07:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA967 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 5, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID officer TDY in Goma/Gisenyi attended a MONUC military briefing the afternoon of November 4, at which it was confirmed that the GDRC curfew for Goma (applyin [...]
2008-11-05 11:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA975 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES MUZITO GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) Summary: The National Assembly approved the government of Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito on November 2. The government easily obtained the necessary absolute majority vote following intense debate during an emergency plenary session of parliament. Muzito stressed reinforcing state author [...]
2008-11-06 06:02:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CG
08KINSHASA995 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 10, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...]
2008-11-10 16:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA999 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 12, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...]
2008-11-12 16:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KOLKATA134THE EFFECT OF NEPAL'S MAOIST VICTORY ON INDIA'S LEFT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Eastern Indian security officials are concerned about the implications of the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPNM)'s victory in the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) elections for regional stability. Indian leaders have sought to put the best face on the CPNM's success, [...]
2008-04-28 04:10:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PREF PGOV PINR IN NP
08KOLKATA21CPM SAYS THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO CAPITALISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of recent statements, senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leaders appeared to endorse, or grudgingly accept, capitalism as a means for economic development and industrialization. Although they qualified their views as "the only way forward" given the "ne [...]
2008-01-18 07:38:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EIND EAGR IN
08KOLKATA252ORISSA: REPORTS FROM THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two weeks after communal violence targeting Christians erupted in the Kandhamal district in the State of Orissa, increasing numbers of victims are being housed in government camps. Three new camps opened this week, bringing the total to ten camps housing over 12,000 people. This [...]
2008-09-04 12:59:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV IN
08KOLKATA285KANDHAMAL CONTINUES TO SMOLDER; CHANGING TREND IN VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Stringent measures employed by government forces in Kandhamal District in Orissa to quell the recent communal violence have created a backlash, with attacks now focused on the police. In Meghalaya on September 29, former Deputy Prime Minister and BJP leader L.K. Advani for the [...]
2008-10-01 09:37:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM IN
08KOLKATA286BOMBINGS STRIKE TRIPURA; KOLKATA INCREASES SECURITY AHEAD OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The October 1 blasts in Tripura's capital, Agartala, have caused an increase in security measures along the Indo-Bangladesh border, but police officials remain unsure as to who is responsible for the attacks. The central government has sent investigators to Agartala in an effort [...]
2008-10-06 10:58:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL BG IN
08KOLKATA288KOLKATA CELEBRATES DURGA PUJA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite increased security measures stemming from a fear of terrorist attacks due to the recent wave of bombings throughout India, Kolkata celebrated the Durga Puja without incident. We observed no significant decrease in turnout compared to last year's festival and Kolkata's se [...]
2008-10-10 08:15:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER IN
08KOLKATA295JHARKHAND'S PARLIAMENTARY SEATS ARE UP FOR GRABS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14-16, CG and New Delhi PolCouns visited the mineral-rich state of Jharkhand, India's newest state. With six governments in the last eight years, newly installed Chief Minister (CM) Shibu Soren of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leads a fragile United Progressive Allianc [...]
2008-10-24 05:45:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI IN
08KOLKATA311ULFA AND NDFB SUSPECTED IN ASSAM TERRORIST ATTACKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Northeastern state of Assam's police special investigation team has unofficially implicated the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in the October 30 terrorist attacks that killed 86 people. Police suspect external assista [...]
2008-11-14 07:59:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV IN
08KOLKATA328CONFIRMED AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN ASSAM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 27 the Government of India (GOI) Ministry of Agriculture confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza (H5N1) found in birds, primarily poultry, in the state of Assam. No human cases have been reported. The state government has imposed restrictions on poultry movement and [...]
2008-12-04 10:44:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR SENV CASC PGOV IN
08KOLKATA329ORISSA POST VIOLENCE - SECURITY, RECONCILIATION AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Orissa state government is currently engaged in ensuring security, coordinating relief efforts and facilitating reconciliation in Kandhamal district. The government reports 40 deaths and 134 injuries statewide in the violence that began on August 23 with the murder of Hindu [...]
2008-12-04 11:46:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDKIRF PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI IN
08KOLKATA330ORISSA POST VIOLENCE - SECURITY, RECONCILIATION AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Orissa state government is currently engaged in ensuring security, coordinating relief efforts and facilitating reconciliation in Kandhamal district. The government reports 40 deaths and 134 injuries statewide in the violence that began on August 23 with the murder of Hindu [...]
2008-12-04 13:55:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDKIRF PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI IN
08KOLKATA332KOLKATA RESPONDS TO MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Like their fellow Indians throughout the country, Kolkatans were captivated and shocked by the Mumbai terrorist attacks. However, the initial reactions have failed to transform themselves into a general sense of urgency in the government or the general public for action. The pr [...]
2008-12-05 15:46:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER IN
08KOLKATA354STATE GOVERNMENTS CONTAIN AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAKS IN WEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: The West Bengal state government (GOWB) has completed culling operations in the confirmed Avian Influenza (AI) epicenter in Malda district. The GOWB claims to have contained the latest outbreak, citing its limited size and better level of preparedness. One senior GOWB official [...]
2008-12-24 08:33:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR ECON ETRD SENV CASC PGOV IN BG
08KOLKATA55TEN YEARS GO BY, BURMESE STILL ON TRIAL IN INDIA
[...] (SBU) It has been ten years since 34 Burmese nationals from Arakan state were arrested and jailed by the Indian Government. The Solidarity Committee for Burma's Freedom Fighters (SCBFF),joined by activists, Burmese monks, and a crowd of 50-70 people, staged a public rally in Kolkata on Februa [...]
2008-02-15 11:40:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PREF IN
08KOLKATA95IN MIZORAM AND BURMA BAMBOO FLOWERING MAY BRING FAMINE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Northeast Indian state of Mizoram, wedged between Burma and Bangladesh, is at the height of an acute food and grain shortage due to the destruction of crops by an exploding rat population. Approximately every [...]
2008-03-18 11:19:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EAID PREF PGOV EAGR IN BG BM
08KUALALUMPUR1010AMBASSADOR RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFICKING OF
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Ambassador raised allegations of trafficking of Burmese refugees during his November 11 call on Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, noting U.S. Senate concerns and urging Malaysia to take action on this issue. Polcouns highlighted the refugee trafficking alle [...]
2008-11-13 09:40:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM KTIP MY
08KUALALUMPUR1011DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MALAYSIA RESPONSE TO UN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-14 06:26:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MY
08KUALALUMPUR1033DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOLLOW-UP ON IRAN'S UPCOMING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-24 10:14:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC KNNP TRGY IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR1034DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA REPORTS ON IRANIAN AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-24 10:14:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC KNNP TRGY IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR1037DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 09:50:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PARM PREL UNGA MY
08KUALALUMPUR1038DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 09:50:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA IS PA LE SY MY
08KUALALUMPUR1045IRAN-MALAYSIA TIES REFLECTED IN LATEST BILAT TALKS
[...] (C) Malaysia and Iran held their Seventh Joint Commission meeting in Putrajaya, November 10-11. Trade and investment issues dominated the talks, which were conducted at the foreign minister level. Results from the Commission meeting appeared modest, according to press reports. Malaysian For [...]
2008-11-28 07:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETTC ECON IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR105INDIAN "ROSE RALLY" DOUSED BY POLICE
[...] (SBU) Summary: An ethnic Indian demonstration on February 16 by the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF),in the form of a march to present roses to Malaysia's Prime Minister, met with a stiff police response, including use of water cannon, tear gas and arrests. With probably less than a tho [...]
2008-02-19 10:16:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PINR ASEC KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR1060MAID'S ABUSER FOUND GUILTY, SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS
[...] (U) In Malaysia's highest profile domestic worker abuse case, a Kuala Lumpur sessions court judge on November 27 found Yim Pek Ha guilty of three charges of "causing grievous hurt" to Indonesian maid Nirmala Bonet, a 2008 U.S. TIP Report Hero. Nirmala suffered horrendous physical abuse, incl [...]
2008-12-04 08:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN KCRM KTIP ID MY
08KUALALUMPUR1073MALAYSIA SEEKS USG EXPERTISE ON COMBATING TIP
[...] (SBU) Government of Malaysia (GOM) ministries and agencies with responsibility for combating trafficking in persons (TIP) in recent months have increasingly requested U.S. expertise to guide policy and build GOM's anti-TIP capacity in the framework of Malaysia's comprehensive anti-trafficking [...]
2008-12-09 08:27:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR1079DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SYRIA TECHNICAL COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 09:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC KNNP IAEA SY MY
08KUALALUMPUR1091DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-17 08:57:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI UNESCO MY
08KUALALUMPUR1092DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-17 09:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AMGT AORC APER UNGA MY
08KUALALUMPUR1114PRESSURE MOUNTS AGAINST INTERNAL SECURITY ACT (ISA)
[...] (S) Summary: The Malaysian government's use of the Internal Security Act (ISA),which allows for detention without trial and is central to the GOM's intelligence-driven CT effort, has come under increasing political pressure over the past three months. The GOM's employment of the ISA in Sep [...]
2008-12-23 07:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPTER PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM
08KUALALUMPUR1116ABDULLAH'S REFORMS PASS PARLIAMENT, BUT WILL THEY
[...] (SBU) Malaysia's Parliament has hurriedly passed two judicial reform bills personally championed by outgoing Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi as his parting legacy. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) bill replaces the existing Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) with a more autonomous Com [...]
2008-12-24 07:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR1126DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ASSA CORP DESIGNATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-31 08:35:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PREL PGOV IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR140MALAYSIA'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN UNDER WAY
[...] (C) Malaysia's 12th general election campaign kicked off on February 24 after more than 1,500 candidates filed nomination papers for the 222 parliament and 505 state seats. Cooperation among Malaysia's opposition parties ensured some 94 percent of all the seats will see head-to-head contests [...]
2008-02-28 09:43:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY
08KUALALUMPUR154CLEAN FINGERS, DIRTY ELECTIONS?
[...] (C) With only three days remaining before the March 8 general election, Malaysia's Election Commission (EC) abruptly announced its decision not to apply indelible ink to the fingers of voters, citing police reports of alleged sabotage plans and previously unidentified constitutional barriers. [...]
2008-03-06 09:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR158FINAL PUSH BEFORE MALAYSIA'S ELECTION DAY
[...] (C) Malaysia's national election campaign will conclude at midnight on March 7. Polling booths will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 8. Local election officials will quickly announce results in their respective districts, and almost all races should be known by midnight March 8. Th [...]
2008-03-07 11:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR183POST-ELECTION VIEWS FROM EAST MALAYSIA
[...] (C) East Malaysians, whose support in the March 8 election provided Prime Minister Abdullah with the necessary majority to form the new government, are closely watching what opposition parties do with their newly won states, especially Penang, according to our contacts in Sabah and Sarawak on [...]
2008-03-14 11:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY
08KUALALUMPUR186DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORTING COUNTRY-SPECIFIC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-17 03:05:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL MY
08KUALALUMPUR286MALAYSIA HAS NOT STOPPED IRAN AT ARMS SHOW
[...] (C) Summary: The Malaysian Foreign Ministry on April 18 blocked the Defense Ministry's efforts to exclude Iran from the Defense Services Asia (DSA) military sales exhibition. The Embassy submitted a diplomatic note, and carried out a joint demarche with the UK and France at the Foreign Minis [...]
2008-04-18 12:48:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR291PENAN TRIBAL LEADER'S DEATH RAISES SUSPICIONS
[...] (C) Penan tribal members in the East Malaysian state of Sarawak found tribal headsman and anti-logging activist Kelesau Naan dead on December 17, 2007, after he went missing for two months. Police initially refused to open an investigation until Malaysia's Human Rights Commission (SUHAKAM) i [...]
2008-04-21 06:19:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV EIND EAGR SENV SOCI KCRM MY
08KUALALUMPUR294PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES FIRST STEPS IN JUDICIAL
[...] (C) Some eight months after the Malaysian Bar Council took to the streets to demand judicial reform, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi used an April 17 Bar Council dinner to announce the proposed establishment of a Judicial Appointment Commission and review of judicial salaries. He also announc [...]
2008-04-21 09:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KCOR SOCI MY
08KUALALUMPUR300MALAYSIA YET TO RESPOND ON APDP
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Adi Mohammed of the MFA Multilateral Political Affairs directorate on 17 April. Mohammed promised to review the issue but as of 22 April we have been unable to elicit any further response from MFA. 2. (C) Malaysia is typically very wary of any U.S [...]
2008-04-22 08:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR307GOVERNMENT DENIES LICENSE RENEWAL FOR TAMIL
[...] (C) Summary. The Home Ministry has denied renewal of the publication permit for the Tamil language newspaper "Makkal Osai" (Voice of the People). The Ministry provided no explanation, but the paper was a vocal critic of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) and its President Samy Vellu. The pa [...]
2008-04-23 08:29:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR313EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] On February 04 the Advisor, along with POLOFF, met Mark Napier of the Australian High Commission, Noboru Sekiguchi of the Japanese Embassy, and Yean Yoke Heng, Deputy Director General of the Southeast Asian Center for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT),to discuss a proposed tri-lateral bio-terrorism [...]
2008-04-23 09:10:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
08KUALALUMPUR317DEMARCHE: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-24 09:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNGA MY
08KUALALUMPUR334NEW OPPOSITION-CONTROLLED STATES PUSHING THE RIGHT
[...] (SBU) Following the March 2008 election, four new opposition-controlled state governments assumed power in Selangor, Perak, Penang and Kedah, while in Kelantan the opposition Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) significantly increased a previously thin majority. In their first weeks of power, the [...]
2008-04-30 03:58:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MY
08KUALALUMPUR338NEW PARLIAMENT OPENS - GET READY TO RUMBLE
[...] (C) Malaysia's new Parliament opened April 29 with a significantly increased opposition presence following the March 8 election. The Ambassador attended the official opening, which featured the King reading the speech prepared by Prime Minister Abdullah's government focused on domestic rice [...]
2008-04-30 13:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR342DEMARCHE TO MALAYSIA: BURMA'S FLAWED
[...] (C) Poloff met May 5 with the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Southeast Asia and South Pacific Division chief Rahimi Harun to convey reftel points, emphasizing in particular the importance of ASEAN,s role. Rahimi responded that the GOM had been pushing the regime &for years8 to expedite the pro [...]
2008-05-05 09:33:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BM MY
08KUALALUMPUR35EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] November 04-07 the Advisor was in Jakarta to attend the Additional Protocol Commodities Identification Training (AP CIT) and met with officials from the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN) and the National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN) to discuss the AP-CIT and gauge their interest in f [...]
2008-01-14 09:10:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
08KUALALUMPUR355UNPRECEDENTED SEDITION CHARGES AGAINST BLOGGER
[...] (C) Summary. For the first time, Malaysian authorities have resorted to a colonial-era law to bring sedition charges against a blogger and the author of a comment on an internet web site. Blogger and veteran anti-government activist Raja Petra Kamaruddin touched a sensitive nerve in implying [...]
2008-05-08 08:32:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KPAO MY
08KUALALUMPUR375IRAN SANCTIONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 08:59:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR386MALAYSIA: DEMARCHE ON OSLO PROCESS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 08:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PARM PREL NATO UN MY
08KUALALUMPUR399IMMIGRATION DETAINEES RIOT AFTER RELA BEATS
[...] (C) Some 60 to 70 detained suspected illegal immigrants rioted at Lenggeng Immigration Detention Center (IDC) on April 21, setting fire to the temporary administration building according to press and firsthand accounts. Malaysia's Head of Immigration Enforcement claimed the riot started after [...]
2008-05-16 06:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR481TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Post delivered the Malaysia narrative from the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on June 4 to various government representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Women's Ministry, Immigration Department, Police, and Attorney General's Chambers. The Charge conveyed the [...]
2008-06-10 05:32:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN MY
08KUALALUMPUR482OPPOSITION CALLS FOR PROTESTS OVER FUEL PRICES
[...] (SBU) Malaysia's sudden and drastic increase in fuel prices has given the Opposition a rallying point and new means to direct populist pressure against the incumbent National Front (BN) government. Opposition groups announced plans to stage a nation-wide series of protests, with the first la [...]
2008-06-10 08:37:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC ECON MY
08KUALALUMPUR495TWO BURMESE ALLEGE TRAFFICKING EXPERIENCE AT
[...] (C) Summary: Two Burmese refugees met with us and alleged that low-level Malaysian Immigration officials sold and delivered them into the custody of armed Thai nationals at the Thai-Malaysian border. UNHCR has received similar firsthand reports from other refugees. On June 6, we shared inf [...]
2008-06-12 07:23:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PGOV SMIG KCRM MY
08KUALALUMPUR535NO-CONFIDENCE PLOY FIZZLES IN PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah won a tactical victory on June 23 as his National Front (BN) parliamentarians voted as a block to approve a motion on the recent controversial fuel price hikes, beating back public speculation that the vote would become a no-confidence motion on Abdullah's leadership [...]
2008-06-24 11:40:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR571DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION AT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-03 09:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHU AORC UN NGO MY
08KUALALUMPUR617DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NAM UPCOMING FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-15 09:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP IAEA UR IR MY ENRG
08KUALALUMPUR618DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 CARGO INSPECTION; DRAFT
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on July 15 to Shazryll Zahiran, Principal Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Disarmament, and Nonproliferation Division, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Shazryll did not provide a substantive response, but informed us the Ministry would review the provided i [...]
2008-07-15 09:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPARM PINR PREL ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD KNNP EUN
08KUALALUMPUR648HOME MINISTER ASSEMBLES DIPLOMATS, DEFENDS
[...] (C) Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar briefed foreign diplomats, including the Ambassador, on the sodomy case against Anwar Ibrahim on July 23, one day after de facto Opposition leader conducted his own diplomatic briefing. Syed Hamid dismissed claims of conspiracy, defended the police handling [...]
2008-07-23 12:23:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR688ANWAR TO BE CHARGED
[...] (C) Summary. Anwar Ibrahim has been summoned to appear in court on the morning of August 7 and will be charged with sodomy. In the meantime, the Election Commission announced an August 26 date for the by-election for the parliamentary seat Anwar is contesting. The sodomy charge in itself will [...]
2008-08-06 10:45:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MY
08KUALALUMPUR69CONTROVERSIAL SQURES OF CHRISTIAN BOOKS
[...] (C) Ministry of Internal Security officials confiscated some Christian children's books from stores in early January. Officials took the action because the books contained pictures of Moses and Noah, and they judged portraits of these figures, who are also prophets in Islam, would offend Musl [...]
2008-01-31 08:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KISL MY
08KUALALUMPUR701ANWAR CHARGED BUT REMAINS FREE
[...] (C) Summary. As expected, on August 7 Anwar Ibrahim was formally charged with consensual sodomy, but his supporters were jubilant when the judge ruled the de facto opposition leader would remain free on a "personal bond." The Government's prosecution team made no attempt to oppose bail, and [...]
2008-08-07 10:17:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MY
08KUALALUMPUR719RELIGIOUS, RACIAL POLITICS MARK RUN-UP TO CRITICAL
[...] (C) Summary. The ruling National Front (BN) coalition is gearing up to oppose Anwar Ibrahim's return to parliament via an August 26 by-election. BN tactics include intense rhetoric with religious and racial connotations. A Malaysian Bar Council forum on conversion to Islam was shut down by [...]
2008-08-13 10:11:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR KISM KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR738PAS REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR OPPOSITION ALLIANCE
[...] (SBU) In its annual convention, the Malaysian Islamic Party confirmed continuing support for the opposition alliance despite the recent PAS &dialogue8 with the ruling coalition,s United Malay National Organization (UMNO). PAS leaders predictably condemned U.S. actions in Iraq and Afghanistan [...]
2008-08-19 06:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL MY
08KUALALUMPUR743GOM PLAYING HARDBALL IN RUN-UP TO KEY BY-ELECTION
[...] (C) The Government is increasingly playing hardball in the run-up to de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim,s attempt to return to Parliament via an August 26 by-election in Permatang Pauh district of Penang. On the campaign trail, UMNO (United Malay National Organization) continues to sp [...]
2008-08-21 09:59:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MY
08KUALALUMPUR753INDICATORS ALL POINT TO ANWAR VICTORY IN AUG. 26
[...] Poloffs in Penang report that local observers continue to expect a decisive victory for Anwar in the Permatang Pauh by-election August 26. Government-influenced media, however, continue to portray the campaign as close, and negative press stories on Anwar are prevalent. Opposition rallies ar [...]
2008-08-25 09:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR759ANWAR WINS RESOUNDING BY-ELECTION VICTORY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Anwar Ibrahim appears to have won the Permatang Pauh by-election by a wide margin, with early reports on the evening of August 26 giving him a two-to-one advantage over his Barisan Nasional opponent. On election eve, Anwar had sought to dampen expectations of a landslide victor [...]
2008-08-27 00:27:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR765ANWAR SWORN IN AT PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Anwar Ibrahim, still savoring his landslide by-election victory, was sworn into Parliament on August 28 after being officially confirmed as leader of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) opposition alliance. His first intervention was to question the merits of the DNA identification bill whi [...]
2008-08-28 09:43:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR779UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN
[...] (C) In a September 4 meeting with MFA official Nur Ayuni Zainal Abidin, Poloff outlined U.S. priorities for the UNGA Third Committee,including the human rights situations in Iran, Burma, and DPRK, and possible initiatives on Zimbabwe. Poloff also urged that the GOM refrain from supporting no-a [...]
2008-09-05 06:27:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN MY
08KUALALUMPUR782SABAH DEPORTATIONS A POLITICAL BAND-AID
[...] (C) Residents of Malaysia's Sabah state, in northeast Borneo, are dismissive of the Government's latest "crackdown" against illegal immigrants. The federal government launched the campaign as a measure to meet demands by Sabah politicians who are being wooed to shift their support to the opp [...]
2008-09-05 10:12:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR ELAB SOCI MY
08KUALALUMPUR798GOM SEEKS TO SHIFT ANWAR CASE TO HIGH COURT, NEXT
[...] (U) Summary: The prosecution in the Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trial used the September 10 court session to seek a shift in venue to the High Court, a widely anticipated move. Anwar's lawyers asked for time to prepare their arguments, and the Sessions Court judge set the next court date for Septemb [...]
2008-09-10 09:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR799STAFFDEL LUSE DISCUSSES TRAFFICKING OF BURMESE
[...] (C) Keith Luse, Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited Malaysia August 25-31 to investigate reports of the trafficking of Burmese refugees to Thailand and the alleged involvement of Malaysian Immigration officials in such trafficking, as previously reported by [...]
2008-09-10 09:56:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL KTIP BM TH MY
08KUALALUMPUR810UPROAR OVER INTERNAL SECURITY ACT AS UMNO DEBATES
[...] (C) Malaysian authorities' September 12 arrest of three persons under the Internal Security Act (ISA) created an uproar across the political spectrum, resulting in the release of one detainee the following day and the September 15 offer of resignation of de facto legal reform minister Zaid Ib [...]
2008-09-15 11:40:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR821PM ABDULLAH TAKES OVER DEFENSE PORTFOLIO AHEAD OF
[...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi took over the Defense Minister portfolio from his deputy Najib Tun Razak with immediate effect on September 17, one day ahead of a rumored showdown within Abdullah's ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party. In return, Najib assumed the Finan [...]
2008-09-17 12:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR83EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] On January 02 the Advisor met with James Paver, Political Officer from the British High Commission, to discuss coordination of export control and counter-terrorism (CT) training activities for the upcoming year and to see if he had an update on the status of the Malaysian draft export control [...]
2008-02-11 03:48:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
08KUALALUMPUR832NO RESPONSE YET FROM MALAYSIA ON WFP ESCORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-19 11:43:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MCAP PREL MY
08KUALALUMPUR834MP TERESA KOK RELEASED AFTER ONE WEEK OF ISA
[...] (C) Malaysian police unexpectedly released Democratic Action Party (DAP) MP Teresa Kok on September 19, one week after she was detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA). Upon release, Kok immediately held a press conference in which she explained the accusations over which she was detain [...]
2008-09-19 12:29:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR839DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-22 09:43:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM UNGA MY
08KUALALUMPUR840MALAYSIA DEMURS ON WFP ESCORT REQUEST FOR SOMALIA
[...] (C) Malaysia's Ministry of Defense (MOD) has still not responded to the possibility of Royal Malaysian Navy ships providing escort assistance to World Food Program shipments to Somalia (outlined in Ref A),September 27-October 31, in response to the DAO's approach last week (Ref B) and again o [...]
2008-09-22 09:59:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MCAP PREL MY
08KUALALUMPUR846UPDATES ON ANWAR SODOMY CASE, RAJA PETRA DETENTION
[...] (SBU) The sodomy case against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim continued on September 24 with the prosecution requesting that the trial be transferred from the trial-level Sessions Court to the appellate-level High Court. After listening to arguments, the judge adjourned the hearing for two we [...]
2008-09-24 09:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR880EMBASSY DELIVERS TIP ACTION PLAN TO MALAYSIAN
[...] (SBU) Post delivered the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan for Malaysia to senior government officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Human Resources in late September, with further meetings pending. On September 24, the DCM and Political Co [...]
2008-10-06 10:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG SOCI
08KUALALUMPUR905MALAYSIA UNLIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN ASIA PACIFIC
[...] (U) Poloff conveyed demarche points (ref A) on October 14 to Mr. Selvaraj Ramasamy, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Regional Economic Cooperation, Social & Cultural Affairs Division. Selvaraj informed us that he recently spoke with our South Korean counterpa [...]
2008-10-15 09:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MY
08KUALALUMPUR915UMNO COALESCING AROUND NAJIB; ANWAR SHIFTS GEARS
[...] (SBU) The Malaysian Parliament reconvened on October 13 after a six week recess, with initial discussion focused on the 2009 budget rather than opposition moves to bring down the government. Despite speaking for four and a half hours on the opening day, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim did not [...]
2008-10-16 10:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR935THE SUMMER 2008 OLYMPICS THROUGH MALAYSIAN EYES
[...] (U) This is Embassy Kuala Lumpur's response to action request in reftel. 2. (SBU) Summary: Interviews with media professionals and comments from other contacts in Kuala Lumpur confirmed that the opulent pageantry and success of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing enjoyed a short-lived posit [...]
2008-10-23 01:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL PGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR940FINNISH COMPANY POLAR ELECTRO ASSISTS FORCED LABOR
[...] (SBU) Finnish company Polar Electro recently provided compensation and repatriation assistance to 40 forced labor victims from its Malaysian joint-venture company, following interventions by an international NGO and Post. The Polar Electro case appears illustrative of the challenges facing so [...]
2008-10-24 08:16:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ELAB KTIP FI VM ID MY
08KUALALUMPUR944MCA, GERAKAN PARTY CONVENTIONS CRITICIZE UMNO
[...] (C) The recent conventions of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and the Malaysian People's Movement (Gerakan),two Chinese-based component parties of the ruling National Front (BN),featured open criticism of the United Malays National Organization's (UMNO) domineering role in the coalit [...]
2008-10-24 10:03:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR955MALAYSIA'S NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING SECRETARIAT
[...] (SBU) Polcouns and Poloff met with Malaysian officials leading the newly established anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) Secretariat, located in the Home Ministry, on October 23. Polcouns reviewed U.S. recommendations for anti-TIP measures in Malaysia, outlined the 2008 U.S. TIP report proces [...]
2008-10-31 02:48:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KTIP MY
08KUALALUMPUR961DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-03 08:03:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL EFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM MY
08KUALALUMPUR976MALAYSIA RECOGNIZES KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (SBU) The Malaysian government acted on long-standing sympathy toward Kosovo (reftels) by recognizing Kosovo's independence on October 31. The Serbian government reacted immediately, declaring Malaysia Ambassador to Serbia, Saw Ching Hong, persona non grata. Foreign Minister Rais Yatim told [...]
2008-11-04 09:58:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KV YI MY
08KUALALUMPUR990RAJA PETRA RELEASED FROM ISA DETENTION; ANWAR
[...] (SBU) A Malaysian judge on November 7 ordered the release of prominent blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin from detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in a surprise ruling that could provide for limited judicial oversight of the government's use of ISA. The ruling is subject to appeal and [...]
2008-11-07 11:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
08KUWAIT1008IRANIAN DISSIDENT CLAIMS TO HAVE INFORMATION ON
[...] (S) Iranian cleric and rights activist Shaykh Ahmed Eidan Neisi (protect),in one of his periodic visits to Kuwait, told Poloff that he had information on the whereabouts of missing Israeli pilot Ron Arad that he was willing to share in exchange for money. He claimed that Arad is still alive [...]
2008-09-25 13:16:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPINR PHUM PTER IR KU
08KUWAIT1093DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE US
[...] October 29, Poloff delivered reftel points requesting GOK support for the revised resolution "Compliance with Non-Proliferation, Arms Limitation and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments" to Dr. Hamad Bu Rahma, Deputy Director of MFA's International Relations Department. 2. Bu Rahma repl [...]
2008-10-30 14:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPARM UNGA CDG PREL KU
08KUWAIT1110KUWAIT'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: OFF TO A ROCKY START
[...] (C) As widely predicted by Kuwaiti political observers, the October inaugural session of Kuwait's re-convened National Assembly was filled with verbal pyrotechnics and minor human drama as MPs squabbled over election counting errors, the presence of bare-headed female ministers, and threats [...]
2008-11-05 14:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR KWMN KU
08KUWAIT1114NORTH KOREAN LABORERS VIE FOR EMPLOYMENT
[...] (C) In response to rumors that North Korean laborers -- a group with a small silhouette on the Kuwaiti landscape -- were particularly vulnerable to human trafficking, Embassy queried local Korean and MFA sources about the status of those workers. The sources claim that the approximately 4000 [...]
2008-11-06 10:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KTIP KU KN ZO
08KUWAIT1160TRIPARTITE COMMISSION: KUWAITI DISAPPOINTMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 13. Summary -------- 2. (SBU) The Kuwaiti delegation made clear during a November 19 Tripartite Commission (TC) meeting that it was disappointed over the lack of results in the search for Kuwaitis missing from the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Ku [...]
2008-11-24 12:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM PREL IZ SA KU
08KUWAIT1237KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ FINDS IMPROVED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-28 03:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KU IZ
08KUWAIT128TERROR FINANCE: DESIGNEES CONTINUE TO RANT WITH SOME SUPPORT FROM PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The reaction by the Kuwaiti media and GOK to the January 16 UN Security Council designation of three Kuwaitis -- Hamed Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalahmah and Mubarak Al-Bathali-- as terrorist facilitators and inciters has remained relatively subdued with the exception of defiant statements from [...]
2008-01-31 14:46:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08KUWAIT151IRANIAN DISSIDENT DISCUSSES CONDITION OF AHWAZI
[...] (C) Summary: On January 29, A/Polcouns and Poloff met with Ahmad Eidan Neisi (PROTECT/PROTECT),an Iranian Shi'a cleric and political dissident from the Ahwaz region of southwestern Iran. Neisi sought a meeting with Poloffs to discuss the dire social and economic conditions of Ahwazi ethnic Ar [...]
2008-02-07 13:49:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPINR PHUM PTER ECON IR KU
08KUWAIT155EXTREMIST REHABILITATION PROGRAMS (C-CT8-00002) -
[...] (S) The Government of Kuwait (GOK) does not currently have a rehabilitation program for jihadists or extremists. This analysis is based on post's conversations with the Ministry of Interior Kuwait State Security (KSS),the National Security Bureau (NSB),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Legal [...]
2008-02-07 16:09:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPINR KISL PGOV PINS PTER SOCI KU
08KUWAIT177KUWAITI MINDEF RECEPTIVE TO ADDITIONAL BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 12, CDA met with Kuwaiti Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al Sabah to continue discussions on opening an additional border crossing near Camp Bucca and resuming salvage operations in the Khawr Abdullah waterway. This meeting followed General Petraeus' Febru [...]
2008-02-14 15:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ECON MOPS KTIA KU IZ
08KUWAIT196KUWAIT TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE "THE GCC
[...] (C) Kuwait will recognize Kosovo independence; but according to the Prime Minister and MFA officials, recognition will be announced through a GCC collective statement. The timing of this statement is unknown, but likely to be within a week. End summary. Responses to Post's Urgings ------ [...]
2008-02-19 14:19:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU KU
08KUWAIT203LEBANON: KUWAIT DONATES USD 5 MILLION TO SPECIAL
[...] (C) During a February 18 meeting with visiting former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Kuwait Prime Minister SIPDIS Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah told CDA that Kuwait finalized the allocation of USD 5 million for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He said that Kuwait set aside thi [...]
2008-02-20 15:53:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV UN PREL PHUM KDEM KU
08KUWAIT284KUWAIT'S 2008 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Responses are keyed to paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. --------- OVERVIEW: --------- 2. (SBU) Please find below responses to questions in paragraph 27 of reftel: A. Kuwait is a destination coun [...]
2008-03-12 12:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN MSIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KU
08KUWAIT320KUWAIT'S AMIR DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT; NEW ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: On March 19, Kuwait's Amir opted to dissolve the National Assembly. His decision opens a new chapter in the dysfunctional relationship between the current government and Parliament dating back to June 2006. The Amir is widely expected to set a date for new elections within 60 day [...]
2008-03-19 15:09:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KMPI KU
08KUWAIT370SECRETARY CHERTOFF DISCUSSES CT WITH KUWAITI
[...] (C) During a March 24-25 visit to Kuwait, DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff met with Kuwait's Amir, Crown Prince, PM, FM, MinDef and National Security Bureau President (NSB) to discuss counterterrorism and information sharing, Iran and Iraq, Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection and the USG's [...]
2008-04-06 06:05:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KCIP KDRG KTFN KU IZ IR
08KUWAIT411POLITICAL OVERVIEW OF KUWAIT IN RUN-UP TO ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: With candidate registration commencing on April 14, Kuwait's electoral field is beginning to take shape. The GOK is hoping that the new five-district electoral system will deliver more nationally focused candidates as well as a more cooperative Parliament. Islamist candidates sta [...]
2008-04-15 07:32:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI ECON KU
08KUWAIT614KUWAITI WOMEN IN ELECTIONS: NO WINS...YET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although no women were elected in Kuwait's recent parliamentary contests, women made a strong showing and improved their performance compared to the 2006 elections. Participation among women voters increased from the previous election and many observers believe Kuwait is on t [...]
2008-05-28 13:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KWMN SOCI KU
08KUWAIT633INAUGURAL SESSION OF KUWAITI PARLIAMENT PROCEEDS
[...] (C) In the June 1 inaugural session of the Kuwaiti Parliament, Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah warned in unusually harsh terms against "chaos and discord," and made clear that he would not hesitate to dissolve the Parliament again if it failed to move past the political stalemate that marked the p [...]
2008-06-02 14:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KWMN KU
08KUWAIT799GOK RESPONSE TO 2008 TIP REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the weeks since the release of the 2008 TIP report, Kuwait's Tier 3 ranking has received widespread media coverage and appears to have galvanized members of the newly appointed government and some MPs to rally behind the cause of combating TIP. Initial media coverage was nega [...]
2008-07-16 09:09:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SOCI KWMN TIP
08KUWAIT835GOK WARMLY RECEIVES NODEL READ; PLEDGES CONTINUED
[...] (C) Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah on July 20 warmly received a bipartisan Congressional delegation led by Senator Jack Reed that included Senators Chuck Hagel and Barack Obama. Senator Obama thanked the Amir for Kuwaiti support for USG efforts in Iraq and the Amir responded with his appreciatio [...]
2008-07-24 07:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV OREP KDEM KU
08KUWAIT836(CORRECT COPY) GOK WARMLY RECEIVES NODEL REED; PLEDGES
[...] (C) Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah on July 20 warmly received a bipartisan Congressional delegation led by Senator Jack Reed that included Senators Chuck Hagel and Barack Obama. Senator Obama thanked the Amir for Kuwaiti support for USG efforts in Iraq and the Amir responded with his appreciatio [...]
2008-07-24 08:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV OREP KDEM KU
08KUWAIT90EDUCATION MINISTER SURVIVES VOTE OF NO
[...] (C) On January 22, Kuwaiti Education Minister Al-Sabeeh survived a vote of no-confidence. On January 8, an Islamist MP ineffectively grilled her on a variety of charges deemed weak by the GOK and Kuwaiti press, and a motion was filed for the vote. With this victory, she became the first mini [...]
2008-01-23 15:27:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL SCUL SOCI KU
08KYIV1510UKRAINE: VISIT OF PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW SPURS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodoxy, arrived in Ukraine on July 24 for a five day visit to celebrate the 1,020th anniversary of the christianization of the Kyivan Rus. Although he has no jurisdiction over other Orthodox patria [...]
2008-08-04 14:40:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UP
08KYIV1553UKRAINE: ICRC TO CLOSE ITS DELEGATION IN KYIV
[...] (C) Summary: The Head of the Kyiv Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross/Red Crescent (ICRC) informed Post on August 7 that it will close its Kyiv delegation later this year. The reasons given were its strategy to consolidate regional operations, position itself [...]
2008-08-12 07:33:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UP
08KYIV1630UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO POISONING REMAINS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko,s 2004 poisoning has resurfaced as a major issue being examined both at at the Prosecutor General,s Office (PGO) and in the press, with many seeing the Presidential apparatus working the issue as a potential vote getter in the upcoming presidential campaign. [...]
2008-08-18 13:55:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV756UKRAINE: NO SPLIT IN PARTY OF REGIONS EXPECTED -
[...] (C) Summary. Although tensions exist between the Akhmetov and Yanukovych wings of the Party of Regions, the party shows no immediate signs of splitting. Moreover, by taking a stand against a NATO MAP for Ukraine at the Bucharest Summit and playing on rumors of possible Rada elections in late [...]
2008-04-15 07:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV869UKRAINE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - DEMARCHE ON
[...] (SBU) We confirmed on May 7, per ref A inquiry, that Ukraine is seeking re-election to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) with Iryna Kachenko, UN Desk Officer for elections in the MFA's International Organizations Division. We also conveyed the USG position expressing deep concern about the [...]
2008-05-07 12:53:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC
08KYIV876UKRAINE MOSTLY AGREES ON CANDIDATES FOR WIPO
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points regarding upcoming elections for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General to Elena Shcherbakova, head of the International Relations Division at the State Department of Intellectual Property (SDIP),on May 6. Shcherbakova said [...]
2008-05-08 15:04:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL UP
08KYIV975UKRAINE: KYIV MAYORAL ELECTION REMAIQHIGHLY
[...] (C) Summary. With the May 25 elections for the Kyiv mayor's office and city council drawing nearer, heated accusations of cheating and sabotage among the major players are increasing as all prepare for the vote, the outcome of which is still unpredictable. Also troubling, a majority of mem [...]
2008-05-23 14:55:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08LAGOS121NIGERIA: EXPERT TESTIMONY IN VOTE STEALING SETS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Forensic evidence is providing new insights into vote rigging during the April 2007 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State. The state tribunal is the only election court thus far to allow forensic evidence, setting a precedent for the country. Visual aids especially are educati [...]
2008-04-03 14:53:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV NI
08LAGOS13NIGER DELTA MILITANTS REJECT CEASEFIRE
[...] (C) Summary: The fragile peace agreement between the Federal Government and Niger Delta militants began unraveling in December 2007 and it now appears violence will escalate in early 2008. Criminals (Ateke Tom),militants (the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta and Tom Polo),an [...]
2008-01-11 14:08:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS152 Appeal Court Voids Election of Bayelsa Governor
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 15, a federal appeals court overturned the election of Bayelsa Governor Timipre Sylva. Pursuant to the court's order, on April 16 the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Werinipe Seibarugu, was sworn in as acting governor pending a new election to be held within 90 days. [...]
2008-04-24 14:00:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS168NIGERIA SPOT REPORT: BAYELSA PDP BOMBED 2 DAYS
[...] (SBU) The secretariat building of the Bayelsa State People's Democratic Party (PDP) was bombed with dynamite on May 8, two days before the state PDP chapter was to announce former governor Timipre Sylva as its candidate and begin campaigning for the gubernatorial by-election. A reliable conta [...]
2008-05-09 16:02:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS196NIGERIA: SOUTHEAST GOVERNORS CLAIM IMPROVED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Anambra State Governor Peter Obi told Poloffs April 12 that paved roads and the absence of teacher strikes were among his most important accomplishments; both were achieved despite wrangling with the State legislature and the persisten attempts by former Presidential Advisor Andy [...]
2008-06-06 11:25:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV NI
08LAGOS197NIGERIA: ICITAP ASSESSES LAGOS, EDO TRAINING NEEDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of a State Department anti-trafficking grant to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide investigative training t Nigerian law enforcement agencies, two International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) representatives visited Benin City, Edo St [...]
2008-06-06 12:25:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCRM NI
08LAGOS198NIGERIA: SOUTHEAST GOVERNORS CLAIM IMPROVED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Anambra State Governor Peter Obi told Poloffs April 12 that paved roads and the absence of teacher strikes were among his most important accomplishments; both were achieved despite wrangling with the State legislature and the persistent attempts by former Presidential Advisor And [...]
2008-06-06 12:34:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV NI
08LAGOS202NIGERIA: SOUTHEAST NAPTIP ZONAL OFFICE GROWING IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 15 meeting, the Director of the Southeast National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) office told PolOffs child and infant trafficking to augment family size, obtain domestic help and for ritual purposes, is growing. Revised adoption polici [...]
2008-06-10 07:13:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG SOCI NI
08LAGOS249NIGERIA: DELTA STATE NDDC & NATIONAL OIL SPILL
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Delta State Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) representative told Poloff on May 6 that state NDDC offices are now empowered to create a due process mechanism similar to that adopted by the national office in Port Harcourt. Delta State's three large road construction p [...]
2008-07-10 14:52:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SENV EPET ECON NI
08LAGOS265NIGERIA: DYNCORP AIRPORT PROJECT IN TERMINATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: John Borden, project manager, told PolOff June 22 that Dyncorp employees left the Akwa Ibom (AI) airport site June 22, giving notice to the AI State government of project termination effective June 23. Dyncorp has been working under a contract to construct an international airp [...]
2008-07-18 08:30:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EINV PREL NI
08LAGOS29NIGER DELTANS PREDICT MORE OF THE SAME IN 2008
[...] (C) Summary: Niger Delta ethnic leaders, government officials and civil society members told visiting African Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Todd Moss and the Ambassador that they remain hopeful that a permanent peace can be negotiated, but feel manipulated by the greed and hypocris [...]
2008-02-04 11:44:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SENV NI
08LAGOS299NIGERIA: SOUTHWEST, SOUTHEAST GUBERNATORIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 15, a federal appeals court in Cross River State canceled the election of Governor Liyel Imoke, and ordered a new election within 90 days. On July 11, an appeals court in Enugu upheld the election of Governor Sullivan Chime. Also on July 11, a court of appeals validat [...]
2008-07-31 12:12:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV NI
08LAGOS310NIGERIA: MASSOB MEMBERS REFUSED BAIL;
[...] (C) Summary: The federal government July 31 opposed an application for bail for 84 members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB, a group which advocates independence for Southeastern Nigeria),who are standing trial at the Federal High Court in Enugu on [...]
2008-08-05 09:36:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV NI
08LAGOS313NIGERIA: SUCCESS OF NONVIOLENCE TRAINING DEPENDENT
[...] (C) Summary. Nonviolence training for Niger Delta militant youth conducted by a team from the University of Rhode Island, Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies under Dr.Bernard LaFayette, Jr., is becoming increasing popular with militants according to the National Chairman of the Foundation [...]
2008-08-06 14:15:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET PHUM NI
08LAGOS314NIGERIA: FIVE ATTACKS; NO AMERICANS INVOLVED
[...] (C) Summary: Five separate attacks on foreign interests in the Niger Delta, including one attack on the Nembe pipeline, occurred in Rivers State between July 24 and July 30. No Americans were involved in the incidents. On July 24, the local press reported that the Movement for the Empancipa [...]
2008-08-06 14:15:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET NI
08LAGOS322NIGERIA: GGESS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Subcommittee on Sustainable Development (SSD) of the Gulf of Guinea Energy Security Strategy (GGESS) met on July 14 in Akwa Ibom (AI) State. Participants for the State Government, international oil companies, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and banks agreed to provi [...]
2008-08-11 15:03:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID ECON EPET NI
08LAGOS323NIGERIA: FORMER MILITANT ASSESSES SITUATION IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Sheriff Mulade (strictly protect throughout),President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC),told Poloffs on July 23 that key players both inside the state governments in the Delta and among the various militant groups operating in the Niger Delta have no interest in ending the vi [...]
2008-08-12 06:04:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET NI
08LAGOS328NIGERIA: BAYELSA STATE SEEKING PEACE WITH MILITANTS
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Poloffs on August 1, Dimieri Von Kemedi, Head of the Due Process and eGovernance Bureau for Bayelsa State reported efforts by Bayelsa State to negotiate a permanent peace with militant groups operating in the State. Kemedi indicated that key militant groups had a [...]
2008-08-18 11:55:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET NI
08LAGOS33NIGER DELTA SPOT REPORT: MILITANTS KILL MILITARY
[...] (SBU) In the early morning of February 3, militants attacked a military houseboat stationed near a Shell facility in Nembe Creek, Bayelsa, killing Nigerian navy personnel, according to local papers. Jomo Gbomo, reportedly a spokesman for the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta ( [...]
2008-02-07 09:16:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC NI
08LAGOS344NIGERIA: POWER STRUGGLE SURFACES AT NDDC
[...] (C) Summary. The Chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC),Ambassador Sam Edem, was suspended from office for allegedly paying around $4 million to a witch doctor to cause harm to his rivals, notably the Managing Director of the NDDC, Timi Alaibe. According to a [...]
2008-08-29 15:24:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET NI
08LAGOS356NIGERIA: GOVERNOR IMOKE (PDP) WINS CROSS RIVER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 23, Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) won the re-election ordered by a Federal Appeals Court on July 15. While the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) claimed the election was free and fair, opposition parties an [...]
2008-09-08 11:35:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS357NIGERIA: AMCIT CAUGHT IN ESCLATING POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: On August 25 an American academic doing research in Cross River State was beaten and then detained for six hours by Nigerian police. The incident occurred against a background of increasing political violence in Cross River State. A traditional ruler in Calabar, Edidem Bassey Ekp [...]
2008-09-08 11:35:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL CM NI
08LAGOS358NIGERIA: FORMER BAKASSI RESIDENTS ADEQUATELY CARED
[...] 1. (SBU) Summary: While the Red Cross and others estimate that 9,500 families or between 40,000 and 70,000 people have left the Bakassi Peninsula for Nigeria since the completion of the August 14 handover to Cameroon, only a small fraction of that number of people were observed in a recent tour [...]
2008-09-08 11:36:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF CM NI
08LAGOS364NIGERIA: BAYELSA STATE MOVES ON GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dimieri Von Kemedi, Head of the Due Process and eGovernance Bureau for Bayelsa State told Poloffs in conversations on June 11, July 12 and August 1 that during Governor Timipre Sylva's (People's Democratic Party) first year in office his Bureau has taken concrete steps to ensure [...]
2008-09-16 07:33:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL NI
08LAGOS377ANPP LEADER: "NIGERIA IN A STATE OF INSTITUTIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the first civilian governor of Edo State and now a leader in the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP),told Poloff and Polspec on September 10 that he believed Nigeria is "slowly sliding into anarchy" as a result of "institutional collapse" which he blamed on [...]
2008-09-24 07:37:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG ECON ELTN NI
08LAGOS382NIGERIA: ECONOMIC IMPACT OF DELTA UNREST WORSE
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 20 meeting, Levi Ajuonuma (strictly protect),Group General Manager for Public Affairs for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said unrest in the Niger Delta is hurting oil revenues far more than senior NNPC officials are publicly admitting. Because [...]
2008-09-26 12:13:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS CH NI
08LAGOS393NIGERIA: DHRF GRANT IMPROVES PRISONERS' PLIGHT IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: A March 12, 2008 workshop funded by a 2007 Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) grant, and coordinated by the New Initiative for Social Development (NISD),brought together representatives of the prisons service, police, judges and other stakeholders to discuss issues related t [...]
2008-10-03 13:02:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM NI
08LAGOS394NIGERIA: NAPTIP SEES RISE IN INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 17 meeting, an official from the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP) told PolOff the current increase in international trafficking parallels an increase in sophistication of the traffickers; insufficient [...]
2008-10-03 15:13:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NI
08LAGOS398NIGERIA SURPRISES WITH MODEL PROGRAM FOR SEA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-08 07:16:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON NOAA EFIS SENV NI
08LAGOS399NIGERIA: SURREAL SUMMIT ON INFRASTRUCTURE IN AKWA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an "Infrastucture Summit" held September 18 and 19 the government of Akwa Ibom State laid out its development strategy and attempted to interest the private sector in public private partnerships for infrastructure development in the state. Representatives of Akwa Ibom's civi [...]
2008-10-08 09:56:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON NI
08LAGOS409PIRACY SLOWLY KILLING NIGERIAN COASTAL FISHING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-16 13:45:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON NOAA EPA FWS NI
08LAGOS427Nigeria: Abia Commissioner of Finance Describes Progress on
[...] (U) Summary: In an October 9 visit to the ConGen Lagos, Abia Commissioner of Finance, Max Adindu said that the state had increased revenue by 27 percent, in part because of an innovative program that utilizes the market unions as tax collectors. Abia has equipped 120 high school laboratories a [...]
2008-10-28 14:13:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN EINV PGOV NI
08LAGOS430NIGERIA: REPORTS OF "BABY FARM" DEMONSTRATE GAP IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: An October 8 BBC News article claimed the discovery of a "baby farm" in Enugu, which was allegedly holding pregnant women hostage, then selling their babies to traffickers after birth. While an official from the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and [...]
2008-10-31 12:03:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KTIP NI
08LAGOS431NIGERIA: ACTION CONGRESS PARTY SWEEPS LAGOS LOCAL ELECTION
[...] (U) Summary: PolOff and PolSpec observed the Lagos State Local Government's (LASG) local election on October 11. In the 20 local councils and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs),the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) refused to contest, and expectat [...]
2008-11-03 06:03:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
08LAGOS434NIGERIA: PIRATES ATTACK OIL SUPPLY VESSELS AND
[...] (C) Summary: On October 25 and 26 in five separate incidents pirates attacked three oil supply vessels and six fishing trawlers, taking seventy Nigerian crewmen and seven Frenchmen hostage; by October 27 all hostages had been released. Bourbon Offshore, owner of two of the oil supply vessels [...]
2008-11-04 08:54:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPHSA PREL PTER EFIS EPET KCRM KCOR NI
08LAGOS439NIGERIA: EDO COMMISSIONER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs of Edo State, Austine Momodu, told PolOffs October 24 that the priorities of Governor Oserheimen Osunbor (PDP) included building roads, rehabilitating hospitals and building police b [...]
2008-11-07 08:20:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON ELTN SENV NI
08LAGOS440NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA CHRISTIAN YOUTH MOVEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-10 05:57:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ECON KCRM KCOR NI
08LAGOS441NIGERIA: IMO STATE PROMOTES MICRO-ENTERPRISES
[...] (U) Summary: In an October 17 visit to the Consulate, Imo State Executive Assistant to the Governor on Youth and Empowerment, Ambrose Obioha, claimed the state is focused on building the capacity of its youth and making strides to tap the potential of its natural resources. Entrepreneurship [...]
2008-11-10 05:57:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SENV SOCI NI
08LAGOS446NIGERIA: STATE SECRETARY EXPLAINS RIVERS STATE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 12:02:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER ECON KCOR NI
08LAGOS449NIGERIA: FORMER MILITANT ON NEW NIGER DELTA
[...] (C) Summary: Former militant and current President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council, Sheriff Mulade, and others met with Ijaw members of the Niger Delta Technical Advisory Committee to emphasize that unless the new Niger Delta Ministry were transparent and ministry officials held accountable it w [...]
2008-11-14 12:11:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ECON KCRM KCOR NI
08LAGOS461NIGERIA: LAGOS LABOR UNIONS ACTIVE; POTENTIAL FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 8-13 visit to Lagos by Tu Dang of the Office of International Labor Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility, local labor union officials said that the use of casual labor in the oil industry is their top concern. Labor leaders are also worried about the sa [...]
2008-11-19 14:16:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV SENV NI
08LAGOS463NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES SEAFARERS'
[...] (U) Summary: The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has launched an initiative to increase the number of Nigerians engaged in maritime trades by training 5000 Nigerians overseas and expanding domestic training facilities. In the long term, Nigeria wants to become a net [...]
2008-11-21 07:19:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALECON ETDR PGOV EWWT KCRM NI
08LAGOS464NIGERIA: NGO BRINGS URGENTLY NEEDED MEDICAL CARE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-21 07:19:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV TBIO PHUM SOCI NI
08LAGOS473DIRECTOR OF NIGERIAN FINANCIAL INTEL UNIT ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Director A.B. Okauru (strictly protect) met with Poloffs on November 19 to discuss his sudden resignation from the NFIU on November 18 and the current state of affairs within the organization. He told Poloffs he resigned upon learning o [...]
2008-11-21 13:48:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV CASC KCOR KCRIM NI
08LAGOS479NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT'S SENIOR SPECIAL ASSISTANT
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President Oronto Douglas (strictly protect throughout) told Pol-Econ Chief November 22 that Delta State Governor Uduaghan, with the support of the Vice President, has brought peace to the troubled Warri South and Burutu local Government Areas ( [...]
2008-11-28 05:48:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
08LAGOS484NIGERIA: LAWYERS, PRODUCERS HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 13-14 seminar on intellectual property rights for professionals in the film industry, participants complained that the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) turns a blind eye to massive, blatant piracy conducted in plain view of the agency. The NCC touted a new no [...]
2008-12-01 14:43:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
08LAGOS493NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OF IJAW YOUTH COUNCIL SAYS
[...] (C) Summary: Dr. Chris Ekiyor, President of the Ijaw Youth Council, (protect throughout) condemned the tactics of the military Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, alleging that the JTF is so closely linked to illegal bunkering activities that it seeks to prolong the conflict rather than [...]
2008-12-12 11:42:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM KCRM KCOR NI
08LAGOS500NIGERIA: PIPELINE EXPERT SAYS 73 PERCENT OF NIGER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The President of oil services company Nestoil, Ernest Azudialu, told PolOffs on November 17 that most oil spills in the Niger Delta occur because 73 percent of pipelines are corroded and need to be replaced; pipelines, which have a technical life of 15 years, have often been in [...]
2008-12-17 06:50:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EPET SENV NI
08LAGOS501NIGERIA: MILITANT CAMPS CONTROLLED BY DISTANT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-18 12:42:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NI
08LAGOS507NIGERIA: WITHOUT GON ENFORCEMENT, IMPOVERISHED
[...] (C) Summary: Environmental lawyer Simon Amadoubogha told PolOffs on November 18 that Nigerian states lack the capacity to enforce existing environmental legislation and all cases involving international oil companies are tried in Federal Courts, making it difficult for affected communities to b [...]
2008-12-22 12:24:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALSENV PREL PGOV EPET NI
08LAGOS508NIGERIA: CRIME A WAY OF LIFE IN THE NIGER DELTA
[...] (C) Summary: Simon Amadoubogha, an environmental activist and lawyer based in Port Harcourt and Yenegoa, told PolOffs on November 18 in Lagos that crime has become a way of life in the Niger Delta as more and more people engage in illegal bunkering or low-risk hostage taking. A boat to transpo [...]
2008-12-22 12:24:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET PTER NI
08LAGOS513NIGERIA: MUSLIM RIGHTS ACTIVIST SEEKS DIALOGUE,
[...] (C) Summary. On December 18, Pol-Econ Chief and PolOff met with Assistant Professor Is-haq Akintola, Director of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC); MURIC has resolved numerous misunderstandings between Christians and Muslims that without intervention might have spiraled out of control. MURIC, whic [...]
2008-12-29 06:08:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER NI
08LAGOS514NIGERIA: EDO'S NEW GOVERNOR SEEKS RADICAL CHANGE
[...] (C) Summary: Adams Oshiomhole of the Action Congress (AC),who assumed the governorship of Edo State on November 12 following an Appeals Court ruling which voided the gubernatorial election results of 2007, told PolOffs in his offices in Benin City on December 17 that he intends to make radica [...]
2008-12-29 06:09:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAGR ELAB ENRG NI
08LAGOS61NIGERIA: CG'S ROAD TRIP: A TOUR D'HORIZON OF CROSS
[...] (U) Summary: Consul General Donna Blair heard Cross River State PDP Governor Imoke's vision for the ethnically-diverse state and his criticisms of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the federal government as ineffective in assisting further development. A customs official told [...]
2008-02-14 13:40:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEAGR ETRD PGOV PHUM CASC SOCI NI
08LAGOS64DELTA STATE, DESOPADEC: MAJOR & MINOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Delta State's Integrated Development Project and the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) made a joint presentation to the Mission's FCS officer. DESOPADEC plans to order modular refineries and gas gathering plants to jump start the local economy [...]
2008-02-15 15:27:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SENV NI
08LAGOS69NIGER DELTA SPOT REPORT: IJAW YOUTH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Chris Ekiyor, President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC),the pre-eminent Ijaw youth organization in Nigeria, notified Poloff on February 18 that he was beaten by military Joint Task Force (JTF) soldiers at a checkpoint in Bayelsa on February 16. Ekiyor and 60 IYC members were headed to Op [...]
2008-02-22 13:57:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC NI
08LAGOS76U.S. COMPANY INVOLVEMENT IN HOUSING HAMPERED BY LACK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: While the National Housing Policy (NHP) of 2002 intended to promote private investment in the housing sector, a number of laws (including the Land Use Act and Primary Mortgage Institution Act) need amending to achieve this. An American owned housing development company plans to b [...]
2008-02-26 14:48:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID EIND EINV ETRD PGOV NI
08LAGOS93NIGER DELTA: CORRUPTION PERMEATES ALL
[...] (C) Summary: Sheriff Mulade, President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC) and assistant consultant to the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) told us in February that DESOPADEC pays off House of Assembly members to ensure they will pass future DESOPADEC budgets, [...]
2008-03-10 13:26:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SENV NI
08LAGOS94NIGER DELTA GOSSIP ON THE MOVERS & SHAKERS
[...] (C) Summary: Dr. Godknows Igali says Henry Okah is being held in a secure facility in the north; Tom Polo is taking the position that, although Okah is a rival, he should not be harmed. Vice President Goodluck Jonathan and Delta Governor Uduaghan are finding it difficult to disarm youths in Ba [...]
2008-03-10 13:26:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC NI
08LAHORE219AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW PUNJAB GOVERNOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Punjab Governor Salman Taseer on June 13. Taseer stated the lawyers' movement Long March had flopped, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was bent on confrontation with President Musharraf, the majority of Pakistan People's Party [...]
2008-06-23 11:53:00Consulate LahoreCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PK
08LAHORE309BLASTS MAR INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EVENT IN LAHORE
[...] (C) Summary: Three small blasts at an international cultural festival in Lahore November 24 injured two persons; no Americans were injured. The Punjab police arrested one suspect, a 16-year-old Afghan worker. Although no group has taken credit, most commentators speculated that the explosion [...]
2008-11-24 14:45:00Consulate LahoreCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PK
08LAPAZ1021BOLIVIA: TWO DAYS TO MAY 4, OUR PREDICTIONS
[...] (C) With just two days remaining before Santa Cruz' May 4 autonomy statute referendum separating wild speculation from more well-grounded prognostication is increasingly difficult. Nonetheless, this cable attempts to forecast what may happen. We expect the referendum to pass with a wide ma [...]
2008-05-02 21:30:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1022BOLIVIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche May 2 to MFA's Director for Bilateral Affairs Jean Paul Guevara. Guevara accepted the demarche but did not provide response. Standard Bolivian government speaking points on nuclear proliferation issues, particularly Iran's nuclear program, were provided in [...]
2008-05-02 22:24:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA BL
08LAPAZ1023WORKING RELATIONS: DEATH BY A THOUSAND PAPER CUTS
[...] (C) Summary. Despite a constant barrage of anti-U.S. vitriol and baseless accusations of U.S. conspiracies against the Morales government, there are also many examples of continuing good relations among working-level and even senior-level contacts. However, there is clearly a campaign underw [...]
2008-05-02 22:45:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS MARR EAID ECON OPDC OPRC ADPM
08LAPAZ1082BOLIVIA: RECALL SURPRISE -- A HIGH RISK GAMBIT
[...] (C) In a surprise move on May 8, Bolivia's opposition-controlled Senate passed a law proposed originally by President Evo Morales that provides for a recall referendum on the President and Bolivia's nine prefects (governors). Evo signed off on the law a few hours later. The Senate has opted [...]
2008-05-09 19:44:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1129RECALL REFERENDUM BACKFIRING ON OPPOSITION
[...] (C) With nearly a week's worth of hindsight the opposition is starting to recognize that their move to approve President Evo Morales' recall referendum legislation was likely an ill-conceived strategy. The chances of unseating Evo, while not impossible, are remote. Meanwhile, the other arg [...]
2008-05-14 21:56:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ1149HARDER EUROPEAN LINE ON EVO
[...] Summary. After almost two months of a Bolivian government campaign to curry international opinion and sponsor delegations from the OAS and neighboring countries, three prominent European leaders have complained publicly about the Bolivian governments "nationalizations" of private hydrocarbon [...]
2008-05-16 20:05:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON BL
08LAPAZ1168EVO: ALIENATING FRIENDS, SEEKING NEW ONES
[...] (C) Side by side with his friend Cuban Ambassador Rafael Dausa, President Evo Morales leveled a new barrage of old accusations against the USG on May 19. Meanwhile, the Italians and Peruvians both expressed their displeasure with recent Morales statements and actions. The Italian Ambassado [...]
2008-05-20 22:10:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID BL
08LAPAZ1214BOLIVIA: BENI AND PANDO VOTE JUNE 1
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The northern states of Beni and Pando will hold their autonomy referenda on Sunday, June 1st. There has been scattered violence resulting in injuries but no deaths between pro-government and pro-opposition/autonomy forces in the week leading up to the vote. Both groups have block [...]
2008-05-30 20:40:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC KDEM BL VE CU
08LAPAZ1234BENI/PANDO AUTONOMY VOTES: OPPOSITION VICTORIES
[...] (C) Summary: Both the opposition and government are in spin overdrive following the June 1 autonomy referenda in the departments (states) of Pando and Beni. With exit polls and early official results predicting pro-autonomy votes in excess of 80 percent, the government relied on arguments tha [...]
2008-06-03 17:12:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON BL
08LAPAZ1289MIXED SIGNALS FOR JUNE 9 EMBASSY PROTEST
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts are providing widely divergent estimates (from 150 to several thousand) regarding participation estimates for a June 9 march which will culminate at the Embassy. Contacts tell PolOff radical Alteno leaders are trying to artificially graft an anti-U.S. theme onto [...]
2008-06-06 23:07:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC BO
08LAPAZ1352IRAN AND EVO: PUBLIC LOVEFEST; PRIVATE FRUSTRATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Despite recent public gestures, such as a Bolivian envoy meeting with the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Bolivian Congress' Lower House endorsement of the 2007 Iran-Bolivia bilateral agreement, there is little evidence that Iran is on track to spend $1.1 billion in [...]
2008-06-13 22:19:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA UN IR QA
08LAPAZ1420BOLIVIA: AFTER OWN MISTAKES; PODEMOS BLAMING US
[...] (C) Summary: We are seeing increased signs of frustration with the United States from senior PODEMOS Party opposition contacts as the August 10 recall referendum for President Evo Morales and department prefects (state governors) approaches. Former President Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, the head of [...]
2008-06-24 22:24:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER CO BO
08LAPAZ1441CHUQUISACA ELECTION: EVO TO LOSE AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary. Residents of Chuquisaca Department (state) will vote for a new prefect (governor) June 29. Polling data suggests a convincing win by Savina Cuellar, an ex-member of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party who is running with opposition support. The opposition is focusin [...]
2008-06-27 19:36:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM BL
08LAPAZ1484U.S. SECURITY CONCERNS: MFA BLAMES THE VICTIM
[...] (C) PolOff, USAID's Alternative Development Officer, and USAID Legal Advisor delivered diplomatic note 205/08 (see para 7) to the Foreign Ministry's Americas Section Chief Estela Mendoza and U.S. Desk Officer Yuri Arce on July 1. The diplomatic note raises concerns over the breaking and enteri [...]
2008-07-03 19:13:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1522RECALL PRIMER 1 OF 3: OPPOSITION UNITY PAINS
[...] (C) Summary. Just two days after opposition members of the Bolivian Congress attempted to change the rules of the recall referendum, prefects from Santa Cruz, Tarija, Beni, and Pando announced July 4-6 that they would submit to the referendum without modification. Cochabamba Prefect Manfred [...]
2008-07-08 21:13:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BL
08LAPAZ1529RECALL PRIMER 3 OF 3: ARE THEY IN IT TO WIN IT?
[...] (C) Summary: As both opposition and government campaigns for the August 10 recall referendum move ahead full throttle and pick up rhetorical steam, back channel signs point to doubts on both sides about the recall process. The opposition architects of the May 8 recall referendum have always [...]
2008-07-09 22:02:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC KDEM BL
08LAPAZ1536PONCHOS ROJOS' MIXED MESSAGE: BLOOD AND PEACE?
[...] (C) Summary: The Ancoraimes chapter of the pro-government Ponchos Rojos militia group handed over 10 obsolete weapons to the government July 9. The public event was spun by the government to emphasize the alliance between the government and the Ponchos Rojos and the ability of the government t [...]
2008-07-11 19:54:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EAID BL
08LAPAZ165563RD UNGA: BOLIVIA'S DELEGATION SPECULATION
[...] (U) Embassy contacts at the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Relations tell us there will be no official delegation list for the UNGA General Debate September 23-October 1 until after the August 10 recall referendum on the mandates of President Evo Morales and department prefects (state governors) [...]
2008-07-31 23:18:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OTRA OVIP KESP UNGA BL
08LAPAZ1720MUCH ADO ABOUT CHAVEZ IN RECALL CAMPAIGNS
[...] (C) Summary. The opposition tried to make Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez its main issue, along with inflation and unity, in its August 10 recall referendum campaign. Although the opposition failed to unseat Morales, (ref a),it still considers Evo's close association with Chavez a "fatal" we [...]
2008-08-12 12:54:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER VE BL
08LAPAZ174VENEZUELAN CHECKS: THEORY AND PRACTICE
[...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian government announced $48 million in Venezuelan aid for 2008, a drop from the $54 million claimed for 2007. The funds will go to the "Bolivia Changes, (President) Evo (Morales) Delivers" campaign to provide checks to municipal governments. Although the Association of [...]
2008-01-24 21:54:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON BL
08LAPAZ1774GOVERNMENT INSIDER OUTLINES POST-RECALL STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary: Vice-Minister of Water Gustavo Adolfo Morales told PolOff August 13 that under no circumstances would Bolivian President Evo Morales resort to a "hard line" strategy to ensure passage of a draft constitution. He further outlined a post-August 10 recall referendum strategy, allege [...]
2008-08-18 21:24:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM BL
08LAPAZ1802BOLIVIA: NATIONAL OPPOSITION PARTY IN DISARRAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. After opposition party PODEMOS failed to collect and submit the required 58,000 signatures to maintain legal status, the Bolivian National Electoral Court stripped PODEMOS of its legal political party status. Evo's August 10 recall referendum victory was an especially hard defeat [...]
2008-08-21 20:39:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM BL
08LAPAZ1840EVO'S UNGA DELEGATION DESPERATELY SEEKING OBAMA
[...] (C) An MFA insider and senior staffer of the Bolivian MFA's Policy Planning Section provided PolOff with information about the Bolivia's UNGA delegation August 29 that contradicts some publicly released information and discounts the possibility of a substantive bilateral meeting on the margins [...]
2008-08-29 20:34:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OTRA OVIP KESP UNGA BL
08LAPAZ1850MFA REFUSES TO ACCEPT IRAN DEMARCHE
[...] (C) PolOff attempted to provide reftel demarches August 25, but was cut off by Director of Bilateral Affairs Jean Paul Guevara, who refused to accept the demarche or non-paper. Instead, Guevara insisted the reftel information be relayed by formal diplomatic note. Embassy La Paz Diplomatic No [...]
2008-08-29 21:19:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MNUC EFIN IR GM BL
08LAPAZ1973EVO CONNECTS THE DOTS: PANDO, PNG, AND PROTEST
[...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of his September 10 announcement declaring Ambassador Goldberg persona non grata, Bolivian President Evo Morales is linking the USG to violence in the opposition departments (states) and specifically to the death of thirty-some people in opposition-controlled Pand [...]
2008-09-15 17:44:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PBTS ODIP OFDP VE BL
08LAPAZ1981BOLIVIA: WHAT EVO TELLS HIS PEOPLE
[...] (C) Summary. A member of congress with President Evo Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party provided PolOff with rundown of Morales' latest meeting with MAS congressional representatives. Morales allegedly told the congressmen that "new friends" like Venezuela and Iran could make up [...]
2008-09-15 23:13:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EAID ODIP OFDP BL
08LAPAZ1993WILL EVO/MEDIA LUNA GIVE PEACE A CHANCE?
[...] (C) Summary: There was a glimmer of hope for a negotiated solution to Bolivia's increasing violent political standoff early September 16, when the government apparently canceled plans to force through legislation calling for a January 25 referendum on a controversial draft constitution and a r [...]
2008-09-16 22:15:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALASEC BL KDEM PGOV PREL
08LAPAZ2054BOLIVIA: MORALES DECREES INTERIM PANDO PREFECT
[...] (U) Amid fanfare and high-ranking government and military guests, Bolivian President Evo Morales appointed Deputy Navy Commander Landelino Rafael Bandeira Arze as the new interim Pando Department Prefect (state governor) September 20. Bandeira replaces Leopoldo Fernandez, who was taken into cu [...]
2008-09-22 21:37:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2055LIBYA PRESSES EVO TO JOIN SOUTH ATLANTIC ALLIANCE
[...] (S) Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs contact provided PolOff an English-language copy of a Libyan-draft treaty for a South Atlantic Treaty Organization targeted at South American and African nations. The draft agreement appears to combine elements of a free-trade agreement with NATO-like [...]
2008-09-22 21:38:00Embassy La PazSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINR ECIN EMIN EAGR EIND MARR
08LAPAZ2056DIALOGUE: EVO PUSHING, OPPOSITION WEAKENING
[...] (C) Summary: The central government pushed hard the night of September 21 for the opposition to sign an agreement on the "framework" of the dialogue, but the opposition is thus far holding out. Government-aligned social groups have besieged the city of Santa Cruz and announced that they will [...]
2008-09-22 21:42:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM ASEC CASC BL
08LAPAZ2111BOLIVIA: REACTIONS TO ATPDEA ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Initial Bolivian reaction to the decision to suspend ATPDEA privileges has been muted but somber. A number of our contacts are faced with severe financial repercussions from the decision, but most people we have talked to understand that this was brought about by the Bolivian gov [...]
2008-09-26 21:31:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2166MORALES' NOT SO EXCELLENT UNGA ADVENTURE; DEA
[...] (C) Summary: An MFA insider and one of Bolivia's UNGA organizers provided PolOff October 4 with an inside look at the Bolivian UNGA delegation's schedule. President Evo Morales had heated discussions with EU officials, telling one the EU "could leave" Bolivia if it wanted, Choquehuanca had a [...]
2008-10-07 11:24:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID BL
08LAPAZ2176WHAT IS MAS THINKING? WHATEVER MORALES DECIDES
[...] (C) Summary: Four ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) congressmen shared their views with PolOff following an October 1 closed-door session with President Evo Morales. Morales allegedly outlined to MAS congressmen his strategy to pass a MAS-drafted constitution with subsequent national elec [...]
2008-10-07 21:52:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2178PANDO MASSACRE DISPUTED; HINTS OF PREFECT'S RELEASE
[...] (C) Summary: Congresswoman Ana Lucia Reis (Movement Toward Socialism, Pando) told PolOff October 5 that President Evo Morales told government-aligned lawmakers he may have to free Pando Prefect (governor) Leopoldo Fernandez. Reis also disputed the government's characterization of the September [...]
2008-10-08 13:16:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR VE BL
08LAPAZ2202OPPOSITION CONGRESSMAN'S DIALOGUE REALITY CHECK
[...] (C) Summary: Despite public comments to the contrary, opposition Congressman Peter Maldonado told PolOff October 10 that a latest round of congressional talks regarding the draft constitution had "no chance of success." Although Maldonado backpedaled a bit, confirming that sectors of all pol [...]
2008-10-10 22:39:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL BL
08LAPAZ2245OPPOSITION GEARS UP LAST RESORT "NO" CAMPAIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition strategist Javier Flores told PolOff October 15 that ongoing congressional negotiations to change the draft constitution are a "show." He asserted that both sides had agreed to engage in another round of negotiations for tactical reasons, but that both were turning the [...]
2008-10-16 21:39:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2307BOLIVIA: DEMARCHE DEAD LETTER OFFICE
[...] (C) Summary: Responding to a negative shift in the Foreign Ministry's working-level relationship with the Embassy, we are reevaluating how to deal with the MFA. Well before the expulsion of Ambassador Goldberg and expulsions of USAID and DEA from the Chapare, the MFA had been increasingly un [...]
2008-10-28 12:42:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR ODIP OPDC KDEM IAEA BO
08LAPAZ2370FRACTURED BOLIVIAN OPPOSITION UNITING AGAINST EVO?
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions with Bolivian opposition contacts suggest several parties are making serious efforts to form a united front against President Evo Morales before the December 2009 elections. The head of the Unidad Nacional (UN) party, Samuel Doria Medina, has proposed to create a "Un [...]
2008-11-05 15:49:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALBL KDEM PGOV PREL PINR
08LAPAZ2374BOLIVIA: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE PANDO
[...] (C) Summary: A series of interviews with Post contacts, including with Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) and National Unity (UN) party Deputies, has shed light on the Bolivian government's contradictory statements on when it will lift the state of siege in Pando, and also on the continued detent [...]
2008-11-05 17:43:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM SNAR BL
08LAPAZ2464BOLIVIA: MAS CONTINUES PURGE OF JUDICIARY
[...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party are moving aggressively once again to bring to heel dissident members of the country's judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and to install new justices more amenable to the MAS vision. Recent [...]
2008-11-19 18:12:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
08LAPAZ2483BOLIVIA: PANDO SIEGE LIFTED, SIEGE LIGHT BEGINS
[...] (C) Summary: Although the government lifted the state of siege in Pando Department (state) November 23 without incident and released 16 of 38 Pando prisoners November 24, the military maintains a strong presence in the department with the permanent addition of nearly 2,000 security personnel. [...]
2008-11-26 17:00:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM PREF KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2543UNASUR ENDORSES EVO'S VERSION OF PANDO "MASSACRE"
[...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales and Unasur representative Rodolfo Mattarollo held a joint-conference to present Unasur's Pando Commission Report December 3. The report endorses the government's version of a "massacre" of government-aligned peasant farmers in the Pando Department t [...]
2008-12-05 23:37:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM KDEM VE BL
08LAPAZ2566EVO TAKES ON THE CHURCH
[...] (C) Summary: Recent sermons from Bolivian Cardinal Julio Terrazas raising concerns about increases in narcotrafficking have unleashed a torrent of government criticism of Terrazas, the Catholic Church in general, and the Church's tax-exempt status. Terrazas maintains his views are endorsed by [...]
2008-12-10 22:48:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM SNAR VT BL
08LAPAZ2571CARDENAS/OTHERS POSITION THEMSELVES TO BE
[...] (C) Summary: Former Vice-President Victor Hugo Cardenas announced he will run in the December 6, 2009 presidential election. Cardenas is rallying the opposition against the government's proposed constitution, which he called "exclusionary, incomplete, illegal, and self-contradictory." The dr [...]
2008-12-12 17:02:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PINR BL
08LAPAZ2626BOLIVIA'S JUDICIAL SHOWDOWN: MAS WINS AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Bolivia's ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party scored a double victory over the opposition in a Congressional showdown over new judicial appointments on December 20. It revitalized the National Electoral Court (NEC),which it needs to execute and sanction the results of [...]
2008-12-22 21:41:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM BL PINR
08LAPAZ432MOD: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Walker San Miguel told the Ambassador February 26 that the Bolivian government has a new sense of urgency to conclude an anti-narcotics agreement with the USG. San Miguel and the Ambassador agreed to a high-level March 3 meeting to discuss a potential agreement t [...]
2008-02-27 21:03:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BL
08LAPAZ433BILAT "RELAUNCH": HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM
[...] (C) Summary. During a February 26 lunch meeting at the Ambassador's residence, Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez told the Ambassador not to overreact to accusations against the USG. The Ambassador explained that continued baseless USG criticisms can only have a negative impact on bilateral [...]
2008-02-27 23:16:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON IR BL
08LAPAZ485AN IMPARTIAL ELECTORAL COURT IN BOLIVIAN REFERENDA?
[...] (SBU) As Bolivia's opposing political forces face off at the ballot box in 2008, the National Electoral Court (CNE) )- which oversees the electoral process -- faces some of its toughest challenges since Bolivia's return to democracy in the early 1980s. President Evo Morales' Movement Toward [...]
2008-03-04 21:43:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ615WILL BOLIVIA'S CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL RISE AGAIN?
[...] (C) President Evo Morales' Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party appears to have a renewed interest in Bolivia's highest constitutional court )- after two years of harassing the court's members with pay cuts, impeachment charges, and threats from pro-MAS groups. Bowing to pressure, nine of [...]
2008-03-18 23:29:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ706505 AGREEMENT/PEACEKEEPING: SIGNS OF SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) PolOff and MILGP Commander delivered reftel diplomatic note March 28 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Jean Paul Guevara. An exchange of diplomatic notes constituting an agreement consistent with Section 505 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is required [...]
2008-03-31 22:38:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KTIA KPKO MARR MOPS BO
08LAPAZ707BOLIVIA COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCRS, BUT DEFENDS IRAN; UN TO STAY IN NY
[...] (C) Poloff relayed reftel speaking points and non-papers. Director of Bilateral Relations Jean Paul Guevara told poloff Bolivia would abide by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1803 restrictions on transfer of dual use items. Although Guevara said he could not go into technical details [...]
2008-03-31 22:40:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP PARM NSG IR BL ECON MNUC
08LAPAZ720VMOD VARGAS: "WE WILL NOT FIRE ON BOLIVIANS"
[...] (C) During a March 27 meeting with PolOff and MILGP Commander, Vice Minister of Defense (recently Armed Forces Commander) Wilfredo Vargas registered disappointment with "the government" for not concluding a peaceful negotiated end to the opposition-GOB standoff. He said the military does not [...]
2008-04-03 12:17:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ735NEW PUSH FOR DIALOGUE: SHOW BEFORE THE SHOWDOWN?
[...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca called for renewed examination of third-party facilitated negotiations with the opposition March 31, in conjunction with an April 1 La Paz visit by OAS envoy Dante Caputo. Caputo met with Santa Cruz opposition leaders April 2. Choquehuanca said [...]
2008-04-03 20:47:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS OFDP OVIP BL AR CO BR
08LAPAZ747RADA REHASHES AMBASSADOR CONSPIRACY THEORY
[...] (U) Government Minister Alfredo Rada again accused Ambassador Goldberg of trying to divide Bolivia April 6. Rada said Goldberg was using the same tactics used to divide Kosovo from Yugoslavia to "dismember" Santa Cruz Department (state) from Bolivia. "He knows perfectly well these processes, [...]
2008-04-07 17:10:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BL
08LAPAZ751BOLIVIA: PRE-MAY 4 DIALOGUE HOPES ON THE ROPES
[...] (C) Summary: Despite much-publicized government urgency to head off Santa Cruz Department's (state) May 4 autonomy referendum through dialogue with the opposition, Bolivian government contacts are privately accepting they cannot head off the referendum and are looking at a post-May 4 strategy. [...]
2008-04-07 17:26:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS OFDP OVIP BL AR CO BR
08LAPAZ810BOLIVIAN MILITARY: LATEST THINKING
[...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales continues to demand an apology from SouthCom Commander Admiral James Stavridis for allegedly implying Morales has links to terrorism, according to Armed Forces Commander Luis Trigo Antelo. Trigo told our MILGP Commander that without a formal written apology t [...]
2008-04-09 22:42:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM PINR KPKO MARR MOPS BO
08LAPAZ854DIALOGUE: MUCH ADO ABOUT INTERNATIONAL VOICES
[...] (C) Summary. OAS Political Secretary Dante Caputo seemed resigned to the fact that the opposition is holding firm to a May 4 date for an autonomy referendum in Santa Cruz Department (state) and will not sacrifice it as a means to expedite a new round of negotiations with the government. Caput [...]
2008-04-15 22:53:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS OFDP OVIP BL AR CO BR
08LAPAZ872BOLIVIA'S TINY MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] (C) Bolivia has a small Muslim community. Estimates range from between 300 to 1000, out of a total population of 9 million. Most in the established Muslims community were born in Bolivia and converted, or are the descendants of Palestinian or Lebanese immigrants that have long-lived in Bol [...]
2008-04-16 21:48:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ927EMERGING MIDDLE CLASS GROUP STANDING UP TO EVO
[...] (C) Poloffs met with six representatives of the recently formed group "Alianza Plaza Abaroa" (Abaroa Plaza Alliance) on April 14. The Alliance is a newly formed political movement compromised mostly of middle-class La Paz residents. They claim their primary objective is to stand for the pro [...]
2008-04-22 16:41:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BL
08LAPAZ935MFA ASSURES UNSCR COMPLIANCE DESPITE WARM IRANIAN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA's Director of Bilateral Affairs Jean Paul Guevara April 22, emphasizing Bolivia's Security Council Resolution obligations for travel restrictions, financial institution monitoring, and trade restrictions regarding Iran. Poloff also left Spanish-langua [...]
2008-04-23 19:56:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP PARM NSG IR MNUC BL
08LAPAZ983AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FM FERNANDEZ
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez explained the government's push for statements supporting Bolivian unity from the OAS and other international institutions were intended to ensure that May 4 is carried out without violence. Whe [...]
2008-04-29 18:52:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LIBREVILLE139SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues is Poloff Leslie Doumbia, Tel: 241-76-20-03, Mobile: 241-07-91-02-21, Fax: 241-74-55-07. To prepare this report, Political Officer Leslie Doumbia spent approximately 2 hours and two Locally Engaged Staff (LES) in Sao Tome and Principe spe [...]
2008-03-18 13:01:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
08LIBREVILLE146GABON: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2008
[...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues is Poloff Leslie Doumbia, Tel: 241-76-20-03, Mobile: 241-07-91-02-21, Fax: 241-74-55-07. To prepare this report, Poloff Leslie Doumbia spent 25 hours, Political Assistant Cedric Pehoua spent 15, DCM Nathan Holt spent five 5 hours, and Amb [...]
2008-03-25 11:42:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
08LIBREVILLE580GABON SEEKS ALIGNMENT WITH AU ON POSSIBLE UNPKO TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-15 15:20:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO SO GB
08LILONGWE24MALAWI: ANALYSTS CRITICIZE MUTHARIKA, BUT EXPECT HIM TO WIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Five of Malawi's most influential political scientists told poloff that President Mutharika, while ably managing the economy, has not upheld the rule of law; some fear that he may become more autocratic if his party can win a majority in the upcoming elections. Regionalism rema [...]
2008-01-14 05:39:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV
08LILONGWE573MALAWI: MULUZI EXPLAINS WHY HE MUST COME BACK
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 4 discussion with the Charge d'Affaires, former president Bakili Muluzi admitted he selected Mutharika as a successor over many senior UDF officials, nearly splitting his own party. Muluzi defended the selection based on Mutharika's economic reform experience, but [...]
2008-09-26 09:47:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MI
08LIMA1012PERU'S REGIONAL RELATIONS POST EU SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: Following the successful EU-LAC summit in May, poloffs spoke to contacts inside and out of government about Peru and the region. Peru's relationship with Brazil got a boost in post-summit bilateral meetings focused on promoting Brazilian investment here. Lima has also publicly [...]
2008-06-11 21:06:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD PINR PE
08LIMA1046PROTESTS IN SOUTH HIT TWO REGIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Thousands of protesters in the southern Moquegua region have blocked two major transportation arteries and temporarily took police hostages in a dispute with the neighboring region of Tacna over the distribution of mining canon moneys. The Council of Ministers (PCM) on July 16 su [...]
2008-06-17 23:17:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV REL PINR PE CASC
08LIMA1114GOP EXPLORES CUBA ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The GOP's approach to Cuba is reflected in President Garcia's rhetoric: critical of restrictions on freedom while acknowledging incipient reforms. In a sign that the GOP's approach could lead to a diplomatic thaw, Peruvian Health Minister Hernan Garrido Lecca recently traveled to [...]
2008-06-30 18:01:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1131GOP FED UP, WITHDRAWS AMBASSADOR TO BOLIVIA
[...] (C) Summary: The GOP on June 30th indefinitely recalled its Ambassador to Bolivia in response to an appeal by President Evo Morales for the Peruvian people to rise up in protest against an imaginary US base in Peru and to support a planned July 9 national strike. President Alan Garcia on July [...]
2008-07-02 23:14:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV REL PINR PE
08LIMA1153NATIONAL STRIKE ON JULY 8TH - 9TH
[...] (C) Summary: On July 8th to 9th, a variety of leftist unions, parties, and social movements across Peru will join a general strike against the government called by Peru's largest and most radical union, the General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP). A relatively new organization called [...]
2008-07-07 22:55:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1191NATIONAL STRIKE MOSTLY PEACEFUL, STRONGEST IN
[...] (C) Summary: On July 8th and 9th, thousands of Peruvians across the country joined a national strike to protest against the government's failure "to fulfill its promises" and the rising cost of living. The strike generally proceeded peacefully, with a manageable protest in Lima, and roadblock [...]
2008-07-14 13:41:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1213LEFTIST GROUPS STIR ANTI-U.S. SENTIMENT IN AYACUCHO
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with local government and civic leaders during a June 23-24 visit to Peru's southern region of Ayacucho. Those leaders described the region's population generally as spirited and rebellious types who were suspicious of outside influence. As such, the region remains fert [...]
2008-07-16 19:39:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR PHUM SNAR PTER PE
08LIMA1335C-AL8-01467 ANDEAN-EU TRADE DEAL STALLED
[...] (C/NF) Senior Peruvian Trade Ministry officials are pessimistic that the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) will reach agreement on its communication to the European Union (EU),due August 14-15, on the proposed mechanisms for continuing EU-CAN trade agreement discussions. The EU is only will [...]
2008-08-12 21:00:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD PREL PINR ECIN PE
08LIMA1380INDIGENOUS STRIKES IN THE AMAZON
[...] (C) Summary: Indigenous Peruvians in various parts of the Amazon on August 9 launched an indefinite strike aimed at protecting indigenous lands against the alleged threat of an influx of outside investors. The protestors' principal demand is that the government revoke presidential decrees (pa [...]
2008-08-19 22:41:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EINV PHUM PE
08LIMA1507CUSCO REGON: POVERTY GROWING AMIDST PLENTY
[...] (C) Summary: Recently released poverty statistics from the Cusco region help put Peru's positive national-level macro-economic news into political perspective. According to the National Statistics and Information Institute (INEI),poverty in Cusco actually increased by 4% from 2004-2007 at th [...]
2008-09-12 21:12:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1508PERU RESPONSE: U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-12 21:52:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA PE
08LIMA1533PERU RESPONSE: INVITATION FOR HOST COUNTRY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 21:38:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PREL UNGA PE
08LIMA1552IMPOVERISHED APURIMAC REGION: ON BRINK OF MINING
[...] (C) Summary: Apurimac ranks as Peru's second most impoverished region and is best known to the outside world for its periodic political turbulence. Two mega-mining projects could transform this predominantly agricultural region with massive, multi-billion dollar investments. The prospect of [...]
2008-09-22 15:03:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR EMIN PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1603A WEEK OF PROTESTS
[...] (C) Summary: The Moquegua Region "Defense Front" launched October 1 the first of several protests planned by social movements across southern Peru during the coming week. In neighboring Tacna Region, where leaders are locked in a dispute with Moquegua over mining royalties, the Regional Presi [...]
2008-10-02 21:57:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1638OCTOBER 7TH PROTESTS ATTRACT FEW
[...] (U) National strikes on October 7th organized by the Communist union CGTP failed to attract wide-spread support (Reftel) and were almost completely overshadowed by the oil-for-contracts scandal that hit the GOP this week (Septel). According to press reports, small, largely peaceful marches oc [...]
2008-10-09 22:28:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1653PERU'S NEW PRIME MINISTER: REFORMED RADICAL,
[...] (C) Summary: President Garcia has named Yehude Simon, the respected Regional President of Lambayeque, as Peru's next Prime Minister. A political pragmatist with a radical past, Simon's appointment has helped stem the hemorrhaging from a corruption scandal (ref) and shore up Garcia's vulnerabl [...]
2008-10-14 22:53:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1707PUNO UPDATE: WATER ISSUES ADD TO INSTABILITY
[...] (C) Summary: The southern highland region of Puno, one of Peru's most isolated and impoverished areas, is notorious for wide-open smuggling along its extensive border with Bolivia, sporadic outbreaks of political violence and affinity for extremist leaders and ideologies (refs). Its proximity [...]
2008-10-23 22:56:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI SENV SNAR APECO BO PE
08LIMA1731MORE SOCIAL CONFLICT IN THE PROVINCES
[...] (C) Summary: Over the past two weeks, several social conflicts in different parts of Peru have erupted, testing local security forces, regional governments and new Prime Minister Yehude Simon. In separate incidents in Cusco, Moquegua, Tacna, Cajamarca, and San Martin protestors demanding (or [...]
2008-10-31 20:44:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE
08LIMA1733PUCALLPA MAYOR ARRESTED ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES
[...] (C) Summary: Peruvian ... =======================CABLE ENDS============================ id: 176319 date: 10/31/2008 22:10 refid: 08LIMA1733 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: P 312210Z OCT 08 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9522 INFO WESTERN HEMI [...]
2008-10-31 22:10:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR PE
08LIMA1748REPORT OF RADICAL PROTESTS IN NOVEMBER
[...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to the November APEC Summit, diverse political groups have announced plans for rallies and protests. Among these, the Lima newspaper Expreso recently published an article warning that a small ultra-nationalist fringe group linked to jailed radical leader Antauro Hum [...]
2008-11-04 21:49:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINR PE
08LIMA1765GOP DECLARES EMERGENCY TO QUELL VIOLENT PROTESTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP on November 4th declared a state of emergency in the southern city of Tacna and directed the military to maintain order after violent protestors attacked and burned several government buildings. The protests erupted on October 30th after Congress passed a bill that woul [...]
2008-11-07 15:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PE ASEC
08LIMA177TAKING THE MARITIME DISPUTE TO THE HAGUE: PERU'S
[...] (C) Summary: The GOP continues to emphasize that its decision to take Peru's maritime border dispute with Chile to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague should be seen not as an unfriendly act but rather as an effort to resolve an impediment to broader integration. A prominent [...]
2008-01-31 15:32:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CI PE
08LIMA1914DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-15 21:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA PE
08LIMA196"SHINING PATH": WHAT DOES IT MEAN TODAY?
[...] (C) Summary: The terrorist organization "Shining Path" (Sendero Luminoso or SL) is currently comprised of two distinct groups, according to analysts. One consists largely of long-time SL members and "true believers" in the Maoist ideology who are reportedly working within civic organizations a [...]
2008-02-01 17:42:00Embassy LimaSECRETPGOV PINR PTER SNAR PE
08LIMA304PERU AND CHILE: CONFRONTING OBSTACLES TO IMPROVED
[...] (C) Summary: President Alan Garcia took office in 2006 planning to expand and deepen Peruvian relations with Chile while quietly downplaying a series of potentially thorny obstacles. The GOP continues to desire improved bilateral relations, but the obstacles to progress have been anything but [...]
2008-02-21 23:27:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON ETRD MARR PINR CI PE
08LIMA389RADICALS HIJACK CUSCO PROTESTS; CITY LOSES APEC
[...] (C... id: 144228 date: 3/4/2008 17:59 refid: 08LIMA389 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0950 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0389/01 0641759 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 041759Z MAR 08 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8088 INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION P [...]
2008-03-04 17:59:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA470UNIONS LOOK AT THE PERUVIAN LABOR SCENE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Many political analysts and labor officials agree on the fundamental labor issues facing the government of Peru as implementation of the U.S. and Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) draws closer. The most pressing is reducing the size of the informal economy and providing mo [...]
2008-03-14 21:19:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALETRD ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON PE
08LIMA480EUROPEAN NGOS, LOCAL RADICALS, AND VENEZUELA PLAN PROTESTS AGAINST EU-LATIN AMERICA SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-17 22:40:00Embassy LimaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA489GOP INVESTIGATES VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: In response to its growing concern about Venezuelan government meddling in Peru, the Garcia administration has arrested suspected "Bolivarian" terrorists and launched a public information campaign to highlight the threat. A congressional sub-committee found that Caracas has a th [...]
2008-03-18 22:15:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR VE PE
08LIMA590AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING VISITS PERU IN SUPPORT OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador William Swing was in Peru April 2-3 seeking support for his candidacy for the position of Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Ambassador Swing had a cordial and productive meeting with Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Gonzalo Gutie [...]
2008-04-04 19:44:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIO PE PHUM PREF PREL
08LIMA591PERU: VISITATION OF EXTRADITEE WILMER YARLEQUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As directed in ref A, Post has visited Peruvian extraditee Wilmer YARLEQUE Ordinola on multiple occasions and confirmed that he is being treated in accordance with Peru's international human rights obligations. Moreover, the GOP has sought actively to fulfill its commitments co [...]
2008-04-04 20:30:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PHUM PREL PE
08LIMA663THE ALBA HOUSE THREAT
[...] (C) Summary: The primary purpose of the so-called "ALBA houses" established within Peru during the last year is to spread Bolivarian propaganda via programs like the Venezuelan "Miracle Mission" that provides eye surgeries to poor Peruvians. The most sober reports suggest there are between ni [...]
2008-04-16 18:12:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV REL PE PINR
08LIMA72PERU TAKES CHILE BORDER DISPUTE TO THE HAGUE
[...] (C) Summar id: 137434 date: 1/15/2008 22:55 refid: 08LIMA72 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0003 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0072/01 0152255 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 152255Z JAN 08 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7654 INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNC [...]
2008-01-15 22:55:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CI PE
08LIMA739PERU'S "SUCCESS": A VIEW FROM THE LEFT
[...] (C) Summary: Whatever the manifest positive impact of Peru's economic success, many Peruvians have failed to benefit from it, according to our labor, social sector and "anti-systemic" contacts. This situation has led to a rising sense of frustration and discontent with the government, exacer [...]
2008-04-29 18:27:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINR PE
08LIMA745GOVERNMENT PREPARING FOR PROTESTS DURING EU-LATIN
[...] (C) Summary: New reporting suggests that radical groups may be planning unspecified violence during upcoming protests against the European Union-Latin America and Caribbean Lima Summit (May 13th-17th). According to Congressman Gustavo Espinoza, political strategist for jailed nationalist lead [...]
2008-04-30 18:15:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR PE
08LIMA805PERU: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT PRIOR TO MAY 2008
[...] (C) Poloff on May 7 contacted MFA Chief of International Security and Disarmament Liliam Ballon regarding reftel demarche. Ballon explained that the MFA had forwarded to Peru's MOD our invitation to attend the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) outreach workshop May 29 in Washington. Ba [...]
2008-05-07 21:40:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL
08LIMA824PERU: WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 12:59:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR AORC ETRD PREL PE
08LIMA825PERU: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 12:59:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PE
08LIMA845"SUMMIT OF THE PEOPLES" COUNTER-SUMMIT LAUNCHED
[...] (C) Summary: Peruvian leftist groups and European NGOs on May 13th launched a four-day-long Summit of the Peoples as a counterpoint to the European Union-Latin America and Caribbean Summit (May 13th-17th). The main event will be a rally on May 16th attended by Bolivian President Evo Morales a [...]
2008-05-13 21:56:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV REL PINR PE
08LIMA913 Extraditions in Peru
[...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs and Peruvian lawyers representing the USG on extradition cases met May 20 with Minister of Justice Rosario Del Pilar Fernandez to discuss points in reftel and other issues. The Minister acknowledged USG concerns over Peruvian courts' recent denial of several USG extraditi [...]
2008-05-23 16:19:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR PE
08LIMA948MRTA: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TODAY?
[...] (C) Summary: The Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA) terrorist group rose to prominence in the 1980s and then collapsed in the 1990s. Now the GOP believes former MRTA members released from prison are once again rebuilding the group's cadres of dedicated followers. The government's p [...]
2008-05-30 20:16:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC PTER PE
08LISBON1343PORTUGAL RELUCTANT TO NAME NATIONS IN U.S.-EU
[...] (SBU) Portugal would like to keep the U.S.-EU Summit declaration language on Latin America general, according to MFA Director for American Affairs Helena Coutinho. Regarding Cuba in particular, Coutinho said the EU preferred private engagement on human rights issues and was concerned that "si [...]
2008-06-09 16:14:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PO
08LISBON205PORTUGAL PUSHES FOR BALANCED HRC RESOLUTION ON GAZA
[...] (C) Pol-Econ Counselor and Poloff jointly delivered reftel demarche points to MFA officials in both the Middle East and the UN/Human Rights Offices urging a common position against the proposed Human Rights Council (HRC) special resolution on Gaza as presented in reftel. UN Affairs Officer Gon [...]
2008-01-24 14:09:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EUN PO
08LOME274TOGO: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS DEMARCHE
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Kodjo Menan, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on May 23. Menan listened carefully and stated that he is not familiar with any initiatives, but he would speak with the GoT officials who deal with these issues. DUNN [...]
2008-06-11 10:21:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON MARR MCAP PREL TO
08LOME373TOGO: UFC HOLDS 2ND PARTY CONGRESS, CHOOSES
[...] (C) Summary. The Union of the Forces of Change (UFC),the largest opposition party in Togo, held its 2nd party Congress on July 18-19 in Lome, Togo. The party released a number of resolutions concerning the political way forward and chose its candidate for the 2010 presidential elections. Aside [...]
2008-07-23 17:40:00Embassy LomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TO UV
08LONDON1001A COLLECTIVE YAWN GREETS HMG’S FIRST NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Criticism and indifference from British political leaders, foreign policy analysts, and media greeted the publication of HMG's first National Security Strategy (NSS),an initial reaction echoed in many of the Whitehall ministries to which the NSS was directed. UK opposition leaders [...]
2008-04-08 12:05:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON UK
08LONDON1014(C) HMG CONSIDERING OPTIONS IN AFTERMATH OF
[...] (C) Foreign Office Zimbabwe Section Chief Ben Llewellyn-Jones confirmed to Poloff on April 7 that Prime Minister Brown had urged South African president Thabo Mbeki to use his influence in an effort to bring a positive end to Zimbabwe's political crisis when the two men meet on April 6. Llewe [...]
2008-04-09 14:41:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEC PGOV PREL SA UK EU UNSC ZI
08LONDON1017HMG LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING ON GAINS OF NATO
[...] (C/NF) According to FCO Deputy Director for Security Policy Chris Holtby, HMG shares U.S. views that the results of the NATO Bucharest Summit were better than expected going in, and looked forward to working closely with us to move forward soon on the outcomes which fell short of expectation [...]
2008-04-09 15:46:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NATO EU UK
08LONDON103(S) IRAN: UK READOUT ON EL BARADEI'S LONDON
[...] (S) Summary. IAEA Head Mohammed El Baradei raised no new points during his January 7 meetings in London with Foreign Secretary Miliband and other senior UK officials, ahead of El SIPDIS Baradei's visit later this week to Tehran. Per ref, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) told London Ir [...]
2008-01-10 17:41:00Embassy LondonSECRETPREL KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK
08LONDON1087UNITED KINGDOM BEGINS RELOCATION OF SOME IRAQI
[...] (C) Summary. The first three participants in HMG's program to relocate selected Iraqi employees who worked for the British Government in Iraq arrived in the UK on April 8. According to John Burran, head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Office on Assistance to Iraqi Locally Employ [...]
2008-04-16 13:22:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM EU IZ UK
08LONDON1135(C) AN UPDATE ON HMG EXPECTATIONS AND PREDICTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. The head of the Foreign Office's Zimbabwe section indicated on 21 April that time is running out for Robert Mugabe. Ineffective African mediation efforts may still yield positive results if all interested parties, including the African Union and the United Nations, coordinate with [...]
2008-04-22 12:31:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL UN UK EU SA CH ZI
08LONDON1160REPORTS THAT BRITAIN IS IMPORTING PAKISTANI IMAMS
[...] (C) Summary. The British press has reported that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced that Britain would launch a SIPDIS new initiative to bring "moderate Pakistani Imams" to preach in Britain. Poloff spoke April 24 with the Head of the Home Office's Prevent Unit Paul Morrison who said the initiat [...]
2008-04-24 13:58:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KISL PK UK
08LONDON1163IRAN: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANTS PROPOSALS RECOMMENDED
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Per Department guidance for the Iran Democracy Small Grants program (refs a and b),Embassy London supports and forwards for Department review, and approval and funding, six project proposals submitted to Iran Watcher (Poloff) by Iranian contacts in the UK. Per Department guidan [...]
2008-04-24 14:56:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM KPAO PHUM IR UK
08LONDON1172UK EXPECTS THE BALKANS TO DOMINATE APRIL GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. The UK expects the Balkans to be the key discussion item at the April 27-28 GAERC; the UK is still pushing to have a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SSA) with Bosnia signed at this GAERC, but expects it will slip to the May GAERC. According to Martin Shearman, EU Corres [...]
2008-04-25 14:05:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN ZL PK ZI IR IS CH BM UK
08LONDON1204IRAN: UK PUSHES BACK ESTIMATED DATE OF EU'S
[...] (C) Summary. The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) told Embassy there is "an eighty percent chance" the EU will vote to designate Bank Melli and 34 other persons and entities at the "next available" EU-level ministerial meeting. FCO was optimistic a text on designations will be f [...]
2008-04-29 15:40:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER EU IR UK
08LONDON1224CODEL SMITH DISCUSSES IRAQ AND COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On the heels of their trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Codel Smith traveled to London April 29 for meetings with senior officials at the Ministry of Defense (MOD),MI-6, and Department for International Development (DfID). The MOD and MI-6 talks focused on counterterrorism and coun [...]
2008-05-01 11:56:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL AF PK IZ UK
08LONDON1265EMBASSY LONDON PLANS FOR DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH
[...] Action request for Department. Embassy London plans to mark the May 21 "Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People" by placing an op-ed in a local newspaper. We request that WHA provide the text for this placement. 2. In addition, Embassy London is working with the NGO "English PEN" to mark [...]
2008-05-06 16:31:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM PHUM EUN CU UK
08LONDON1292IRAN: DESPITE UK COURT RULING, HMG WILL KEEP ITS
[...] (C) Summary. The UK Court of Appeals ruled May 7 unambiguously in favor of the Iran oppositionist group Mujahadeen e Khalq (MEK, aka MKO aka NCRI) on its long-standing petition to be de-listed as a terrorist group under UK domestic law (ref). The UK Government, which had fought the MEK's pe [...]
2008-05-08 17:37:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PTER IR IZ UK
08LONDON132HORMUZ STRAITS INCIDENT: ALLEGEDLY AN IRGC
[...] (S/NF) Summary. A long-time Embassy contact, reportedly relaying information from a close friend who is an active duty member of the Iranian military, told Poloff the Deputy Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (Naval Forces) independently planned and led the January 6 feint by [...]
2008-01-15 17:43:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNKPRP PGOV PHUM PREL IS IR LE SY UK KR
08LONDON1338(C) UK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON GERMAN OBSTINACY
[...] (C) In response to refs a and b, Andrew Ford, Head of the International Security and Arms Control Security Group at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),reiterated HMG's position that the USG's unwillingness to participate in the Oslo process has been an impediment to a successful agre [...]
2008-05-13 16:28:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MOPS PGOV NATO GM UK
08LONDON1396IRAN: EU BANK MELLI DESIGNATION PUSHED TO MID/LATE
[...] (S) Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) working level contacts on May 19 told Embassy London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that, although the EU has agreed politically to designate Bank Melli, the EU has pushed the expected designation date, previously set for May 19 (ref),back to mid- or late [...]
2008-05-19 16:21:00Embassy LondonSECRETEFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER EU IR UK
08LONDON1411UK LARGELY WITH US ON UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE
[...] (C) ON May 19, PolOff delivered Ref A on reforming the UN system of Internal Justice. HMG is in full agreement that the implementation of the new Internal Justice system is a top priority and agreed that any contentious issues should be left to further review after implementation, according [...]
2008-05-20 16:39:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC APER UNGA UK
08LONDON1424UK SHARES U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR BURMA CONFERENCE BUT
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel on the Burma donors conference to Nigel Boud, Burma Director in the British Foreign Office, on May 21. Boud said HMG's objectives for the conference "tally exactly" with those of the USG. HMG's overall goal is to gain immediate access for humanitarian assistance [...]
2008-05-21 16:39:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID BM UK
08LONDON1433IRAN: UK GRANTS ASYLUM TO VICTIM OF TEHRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Reversing an earlier decision, and in the wake of considerable coverage in the UK press, the Home Office on May 20 granted asylum to a gay Iranian teenager who had claimed persecution by Iranian authorities. The HMG decision was not a finding of systematic persecution of homosex [...]
2008-05-22 12:38:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL EU IR NL UK
08LONDON1452IRAN: FOREIGN SECRETARY SAYS UK TO LEAD FINANCIAL
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Milliband is "very aware" of the centrality of financial measures, both multilateral and bilateral, to the creation of effective pressure on Tehran, and has told the FCO that HMG will be "at the forefront" of international financial efforts against Iran and will push its EU pa [...]
2008-05-23 13:58:00Embassy LondonSECRETECON ETTC KNNP PARM PGOV PHUM PREL IR PK UK
08LONDON1468IRAN: UK EXPECTS EU WILL SOON DE-LIST THE MEK
[...] (C) HMG will formally notify its EU partners at a May 30 experts' meeting of the UK's impending removal (reftel) of the Mujaheddin-E-Khalq (MEK) from the UK's domestic terrorist list (reftel),FCO contacts told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) May 23. Such notification will trigger an EU process [...]
2008-05-27 15:47:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PTER IR IZ UK
08LONDON1477LIBERTAD ACT: UK INPUT
[...] (C) The following pertains to the UK's involvement in and relations with Cuba, keyed to questions posed in reftel: 2. (C) Has the UK worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? -- The UK's policy toward Cuba is consistent with the EU Common Policy, which was [...]
2008-05-28 15:32:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU UK
08LONDON1478UK ON CARIBBEAN SECURITY EFFORTS
[...] (C) In response to reftel request, Embassy assesses that HMG has shown long-standing support for Caribbean regional integration to tackle transnational crime, terrorism and natural disasters, believing that Caribbean countries are more likely to build effective capacity together than separatel [...]
2008-05-28 15:35:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER UK XL MASS
08LONDON1509IRAN'S EX-AMBASSADOR TAJIK: UK MAY EXTRADITE AS
[...] (C) The UK says it intends to extradite ex-Iranian ambassador Nosratullah Tajik to the United States no later than June 11, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) contacts told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) on May 29. the Tajik case has been a significant bilateral irritant between the UK and [...]
2008-06-02 10:49:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALCJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK
08LONDON1552EDELMAN AND MOD HOLD PAKISTAN ROUNDTABLE
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, UK counterpart Ministry of Defense Policy Director Desmond Bowen, and their staffs held a wide-ranging roundtable discussion on Pakistan May 30. (Participants in para 6.) Bowen described Pakistan as "vital strategic ground," a [...]
2008-06-04 15:47:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR PINS PK UK
08LONDON1566UK WELCOMES SEXUAL VIOLENCE DEBATE, BUT LEVEL OF
[...] (U) On June 4, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Michael Cotterall of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),who is the Head of the Peacekeeping Unit of the International Organizations Bureau. Cotterall said HMG is looking forward to working with the USG on the issue of Sexual Violence [...]
2008-06-05 13:13:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM AORC KWMN UN UNSC UK
08LONDON1567UK UNDECIDED ON IOM VOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-05 14:28:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF SMIG AORC UK
08LONDON1574PAKISTAN: UK VIEWS ON DEALS WITH TRIBAL GROUPS IN
[...] (C) Summary. The UK is giving the Government of Pakistan (GOP) "space to try making peace" in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) through deals with tribal groups because the new government needs to be seen in Pakistan as "in charge of security," but London is "under no illusion th [...]
2008-06-06 12:29:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MCAP PINR PINS PK UK
08LONDON1577HOME SECRETARY SELLS THE COUNTER-TERRORISM BILL;
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 14:10:00Embassy LondonSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PK UK
08LONDON1580IRAN: UK INTENDS TO GO FORWARD ON TAJIK
[...] (C) Summary: Taking a strong pro-extradition line, the UK still expects to extradite former Iranian Ambassador Tajik as soon as remaining medical-legal aspects of his case are resolved. Foreign and Commonwealth contacts underline, however, that HMG takes Iranian threats related to the Tajik c [...]
2008-06-06 16:18:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALCJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK
08LONDON1593IRAN: UK MAY DE-LIST MEK BY EARLY JULY BUT WILL
[...] (C) Summary. The UK's domestic de-listing of the Mujaheddin e Khalq (MEK) may occur as soon as early July or even late June, Foreign and Commonwealth contacts told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) June 6, moving up their earlier estimates (ref) by two to three weeks as to when Parliament is like [...]
2008-06-09 15:59:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ETTC PTER IR UK
08LONDON1595IRAN: UK EXPECTS A FOURTH UNSCR WILL BE NECESSARY
[...] (C) Summary: FCO working level contacts in informal conversations argue the likelihood that Iran will not respond in a useful fashion to Javer Solana's scheduled offer June 14 on behalf of the P5 1 will make a fourth UNSC resolution on Iran necessary. FCO contacts argue that whether a fourth [...]
2008-06-10 11:48:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MNUC KNNP UN IR UK
08LONDON160(C) UK ON ESDP DEPLOYMENT TO CHAD AND C.A.R.
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-17 15:51:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN MARR CD UK
08LONDON1606DESPITE GRIM MILESTONE, HMG VOWS TO STAY THE
[...] (C) Summary. UK media gave extensive coverage to the killing of three paratroopers by a suicide bomber as they were conducting a routine foot patrol in Helmand province on June 8. The incident pushed the total number of soldiers killed over the seven years of British military presence in Af [...]
2008-06-11 17:22:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR AF UK
08LONDON1619TORY SHADOW HOME SECRETARY DAVID DAVIS RESIGNS
[...] (U) Conservative Party "Shadow" Home Secretary David Davis, and one time rival to David Cameron for the Conservative Party leadership, has unexpectedly resigned in protest of the House of Commons vote June 11 authorizing the detention without charge of British citizen and foreign terror suspe [...]
2008-06-12 16:40:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PTER UK
08LONDON1620USUN AMB KHALILZAD REVIEWS IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Amb Khalilzad told UK national security advisor McDonald that he was realistic about the difficulties of completing a SOFA and strategic framework agreement with Iraq by July, but saw some progress on the ground. In Afghanistan, he believed the SGSR needed to fill key slots and [...]
2008-06-12 16:40:00Embassy LondonSECRETPREL PGOV AF IZ IR
08LONDON1623UK ON CUBA, IRAN AND OTHER ISSUES AT THE JUNE GAERC
[...] (SBU) Foreign Office officials provided to Poloffs on June 12 the responses below to ref points on key GAERC agenda items, as well as a general readout of UK expectations for the June GAERC meeting. Cuba ---- 2. (C) The UK supports lifting the EU's Restrictive Measures on Cuba at the Jun [...]
2008-06-13 13:06:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ETRD EAID ZL ZK IR IZ IS CU
08LONDON1632UK "DISAPPOINTED" WITH USG DECISION ON POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: The British Government is "disappointed with the USG decision to 'disengage'" with the UNHRC. Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 12 to Foreign Office Head of Human Rights, Democracy and Governance Group Susan Hyland and Human Rights UN officer Paul Edwards. The British Gover [...]
2008-06-16 15:32:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM UN UK
08LONDON1643UK AND UGANDA: NEXT STEPS ON THE LRA
[...] (S) The UK Government has adopted a "harder edge" policy to "isolate and marginalize" the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the face of LRA leader Kony's continued refusal to sign the Final Peace Agreement (FPA),according to FCO Northern Uganda Desk Officer Sheena Lavery. With the Juba Peace P [...]
2008-06-17 15:37:00Embassy LondonSECRETPREL MOPS KPKO UNSC SU UG UK
08LONDON1645IRAN: FCO READOUT ON SOLANA IN TEHRAN AND PM
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Although Iran did not provide an immediate response to the P5 1 refreshed offer, Iran NSC Secretary Jalili unexpectedly agreed to "study the offer carefully," and also agreed it is now up to Iran, rather than the P5 1, to respond (ref a). A reference by Prime Minister Gordon [...]
2008-06-17 16:41:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPREL ECON EFIN KTFN MNUC PINS IR UK
08LONDON1648SOMALIA: POLITICAL SOLUTIONS REQUIRED FOR SHIPPING
[...] (C) Summary. Discussing French efforts to establish secure maritime supply chains for humanitarian aid for Somalia at a June 12 think-tank event in London, French MFA and Defense Ministry representatives were met with strong demands from shipping industry leaders for the international communi [...]
2008-06-18 13:22:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS EWWT PHSA UNSC KPKO SO XW UK
08LONDON1649AFRICOM: FCO AND DFID INTERESTED BUT IN
[...] (C/NF) Summary. FCO and DFID officials report they are in a "wait-and-see" mode on AFRICOM and have allowed the MOD to take the UK Government lead in engaging the USG on AFRICOM. Saying they have been "kept well informed" as USG thinking on AFRICOM develops, MOD officials have said they get th [...]
2008-06-18 15:47:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MASS KPKO MOPS PINS XA UK
08LONDON1688IRAN WANTS QUIET DISCUSSIONS WITH U.S. ON AFGHAN REFUGEES, XXXXXXXXXXXX CLAIMS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-24 15:57:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINF PREL IR UK XF ZP ZR
08LONDON1746MALAYSIA'S HINDRAF LEADER SEEKS POLITICAL ASYLUM
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Waytha Moorthy, director of the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF),told us on June 25 that he is NOT seeking asylum in the U.S., but is seeking asylum in the UK. He said that his application process is currently stalled, however, and he speculated that HMG may not grant him [...]
2008-07-01 13:17:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM MY UK
08LONDON1777FOREIGN SECRETARY MILIBAND SUBMITS RENDITION
[...] (S/NF) Foreign Office Director for Defence and Strategic Threats Simon Manley informed Poloff July 2 that the Foreign Office would submit Foreign Secretary Miliband's written statement on rendition to Parliament July 2, for entry into Parliamentary records July 3. Manley said the statement (see [...]
2008-07-03 11:28:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER UK
08LONDON1850HMG SUPPORTS REFERRING THE HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Bridget Brody of the FCO's International Organizations Department who is the department's ECOSOC coordinator. On July 14, Brody notified PolOff that HMG will instruct its ECOSOC delegation to support the USG in asking ECOSOC to send the application of [...]
2008-07-14 14:46:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AORC NGO UK
08LONDON1873UK AND UGANDA/LRA: CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE PEACE
[...] (C/NF) FCO Minister for Africa Lord Malloch-Brown "continues to support the peace process for the time being" between the Government of Uganda (GoU) and the Lord's Resistance Army, according to East Africa Desk Officers Gill Atkinson and Sheena Lavery. Atkinson provided poloff on July 15 HMG's pre [...]
2008-07-16 16:00:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPREL KDEM PHUM UG UK
08LONDON1876UK WELCOMES U.S. MESSAGE ON VIGILANCE OF IRISL CARGOES; BACKS TOUGHER EU ACTION REF: A. STATE 69339
[...] (S) The UK Government welcomed the U.S. message urging increased vigilance of ships and cargoes belonging to Iran Air Cargo and the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and is advising relevant companies in the UK-based shipping industry of the need for due diligence when engaged with ei [...]
2008-07-16 16:37:00Embassy LondonSECRETPARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN UK
08LONDON1886UK'S LIBERAL DEMOCRATS: LOOKING FOR INFLUENCE NOT
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Britain's third party, the Liberal Democrats, launched July 17 their "Make It Happen" campaign to communicate the party's core values and vision for the UK. In what is clearly Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg's latest attempt to build an ideologically consistent platform for a party often [...]
2008-07-18 14:23:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR UK
08LONDON189EL BARADEI ON HIS TEHRAN VISIT: SEES IRANIANS AS
[...] (C/NF) Summary. IAEA Head Mohammed El Baradei told UK Foreign Secretary Miliband January 17 that during El Baradei's visit to Tehran last week Iranian officials appeared "very relaxed" and seemed to be feeling no pressure on the nuclear file. Miliband's conversation with El Baradei reported [...]
2008-01-18 18:22:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK
08LONDON1901SYRIAN IAEA BOARD CANDIDACY: U.K. AGREES WITH
[...] (S) HMG concurs with the U.S. assessment of Syria's candidacy to the IAEA Board of Directors and will do what it can to support Kazakhstan's candidacy, FCO Counter Proliferation Officer George Sherriff told poloff on July 21. Sherriff said that his counterparts in Vienna "agree on (the USG) course [...]
2008-07-21 15:47:00Embassy LondonSECRETIAEA PREL KZ SY UK AROC KNNP
08LONDON1919SUDAN/CPA: AEC CHAIR ON ABYEI, MID-TERM REPORT,
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) Chair Sir Derek Plumbly is cautiously optimistic about the Abyei Roadmap and reiterated the need for the international community's support for pushing the NCP and SPLM ahead with arbitration. He said Sudanese President Bashir was pleased [...]
2008-07-23 12:42:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR SU UK
08LONDON1922UK WELCOMES DEMARCHE ON PREVENTING IRAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 15:26:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALKNNP IR MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC UK
08LONDON1939A POLITICAL BODY BLOW TO GORDON BROWN AS LABOUR
[...] (C) Summary. The Scottish National Party's 365 vote victory in yesterday's Glasgow East by-election over Labour is another body blow to Gordon Brown's political fortunes and, in the immediate aftermath, has fueled speculation that Brown could face a leadership challenge this fall, when MPs return t [...]
2008-07-25 11:45:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR UK
08LONDON1972SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT'S NUCLEAR ENERGY SUPPLY
[...] (C) Summary. On July 22, Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Special Assistant Marc Humphrey traveled to London to meet with Simon Manley (Director for Defense and Strategic Threats at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, FCO). The purpose of this meeting w [...]
2008-07-30 12:41:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY KNNP PREL ETTC IAEA FR UK
08LONDON2005IRAN: TAJIK EXTRADITION - FURTHER DELAYS AND
[...] (C) HMG will take no final decision or action on the extradition of former Iranian Ambassador Tajik before 1 September because the Home Secretary, who reportedly wants to personally review all decisions on the case, will be on holiday until then, FCO Iran Bilateral Team Leader Margaret Tongue on J [...]
2008-08-01 14:28:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK
08LONDON2060IRAN: UK SAYS LEGAL BASIS FOR EU LISTING OF MEK IS
[...] (C) Summary: The EU's continued anti-terror listing of the Mujaheddin e Khalq (MEK) depends on the existence of an active French investigation of the group, according to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The FCO is uncertain whether the investigation, and the listing, will contin [...]
2008-08-07 14:19:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER EU IR FR UK
08LONDON2100UK STEPS, SO FAR, TO WIN SUPPORT FOR THE NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP (NSG) DRAFT EXCEPTION TEXT FOR INDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-12 17:06:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC AORC UK
08LONDON2101IRANIAN PUGWASH PARTICIPANTS CLAIM TEHRAN
[...] (S) Summary: Iranian government advisers at the most recent "Pugwash" Conference on Iran reportedly argued during the August 2-3 seminar that: -- Iran wants direct flights to the United States addressed before any talks on a U.S. interest section in Tehran; -- sanctions do not affect Iran's le [...]
2008-08-12 18:01:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPARM PINS PREL AG IR IS IZ LE UK
08LONDON2169IRAN: EXPAT SOURCE'S INFORMATION AND VIEWS ON
[...] (S) Summary: Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, reportedly is widely viewed within the regime as a capable and forceful leader and manager who may someday succeed to at least a share of national leadership; his father may also see him in that light. A close ally of Tehran Mayor Q [...]
2008-08-21 15:10:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PTER PHUM IR UK
08LONDON2178UK SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN'S IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 14:21:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALIAEA PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR SY AF UK
08LONDON2179HMG'S ENDORSEMENT OF THE DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS UNDER E.O. 13382 REF: STATE 88759
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-22 14:24:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR UK
08LONDON2185UK RESPONSE TO MTCR SMALL GROUP PROPOSAL: AGREEMENT "IN PRINCIPLE" BUT SOME QUESTIONS REF: STATE 85940
[...] (U) This is an action request for State ISN/MTR. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary. Although the UK supports "in principle" the U.S. proposal for Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) outreach to non-MTCR countries, HMG has posed several questions regarding the implementation and potentia [...]
2008-08-22 16:28:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK
08LONDON2186IRAN: CHINESE EMBASSY ASKS WHETHER GEORGIA CRISIS AFFECTS P5+1'S IRAN POSTURE REF: BEIJING 3034
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese Embassy counterparts asked informally whether the Georgia crisis means in U.S. eyes a suspension or slowdown in multilateral efforts on Iran nuclear. London Iran Watcher (Poloff) said this is not the case; international equities on Iran are too urgent and well-defined, and Iran [...]
2008-08-22 16:31:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPARM PINS PREL PTER CH IR UK
08LONDON2204WALES: WHO WILL REPLACE FIRST MINISTER MORGAN WHEN
[...] (C) Speculation is rife in the Welsh media and among Welsh political insiders as to whom the Labor Party would "parachute in" to rescue the party in Wales and replace Welsh Assembly First Minister Rhodri Morgan, who has announced he will resign as First Minister in 2009, but retain his seat in [...]
2008-08-28 12:41:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV UK
08LONDON2218UK PERSPECTIVE ON NATO MEDITERRANEAN DIALOGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 12:55:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL PGOV MARR UK
08LONDON2283IRAN: UK'S INFORMAL COMMENTS ON EU DYNAMICS AND IRAN SANCTIONS PROSPECTS REF: A. SECSTATE 95257 B. SEPT 2 LONDON EMAIL (GAYLE) TO NEA/IR
[...] (C) Summary: Recent Embassy conversations on Iran with regular Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) contacts suggest the UK's approach on Iran nuclear policy will continue to be tough-minded and practical, favoring direct engagement if feasible, but not optimistic on prospects either for broad EU [...]
2008-09-09 16:06:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP IR UK
08LONDON2441NTMI: UK WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BUT WILL BE SHORT ON SPECIFICS AT SEPTEMBER 26 MANPOWER COORDINATION CONFERENCE REF: A) LONDON 1967 B) STATE 99701
[...] (C) The UK supports in principle U.S. views that NATO Allies and Partners should provide additional resources to the Nato Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) and HMG will make a significant contribution. However, according to MOD Deputy Director for Joint Commitments Daniel Hughes, internal decision m [...]
2008-09-25 09:43:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPEL MARR MOPS NATO IZ UK
08LONDON2474IRAN: TAJIK EXTRADITION - UK DITHERING, MAY HAVE COLD FEET REF: A. E-MAILS EMBASSY (GAYLE) TO NEA/IR 9/3/08 AND PREVIOUS B. LONDON 2005
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not formally retreated from its earlier stated intention to extradite ex-Iranian Ambassador Tajik, and says the Tajik file is now on the desk of the Home Secretary for final decision. FCO is noticeably vague, however, on when a decision might [...]
2008-09-29 14:03:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK
08LONDON2556GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS STEALS THE THUNDER FROM
[...] Summary and comment. (C) The Conservative Party's fall conference, which closed the UK political party conference season on October 1, ended with a whimper rather than the expected bang. Turmoil in the world's financial markets overshadowed Tory leader David Cameron's attempts to portray his party [...]
2008-10-07 12:10:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UK
08LONDON2600IRAN: UK CURRENT POSTURE -- FCO FORMAL AND INFORMAL VIEWS
[...] (S) Please see Department information request at paragraph4. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Foreign and Commonwealth Office working contacts told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) October 14 that: -- Foreign Secretary Miliband pressed his Chinese counterpart to have China re-engage in the P5 1, with little resul [...]
2008-10-14 19:04:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNCJAN PINS PREL PTER GE FR IT IR UK
08LONDON2691IRAN: SAFAVI CLAIMS KHAMENEI WILL HOLD HARD LINE,
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Senior Iranian cleric and IRGC figure Salman Safavi told a private dinner, attended by Embassy London Iran watcher (Poloff),that Supreme Leader Khamenei will ease or harden the tone of Iran's nuclear policies based on who wins the U.S. presidential election. Safavi gave no s [...]
2008-10-24 18:14:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNKPRP PGOV PHUM PREL IS IA IR LE UK
08LONDON2702UK WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN IRAN'S NUCLEAR CONFERENCE, WILL DISCOURAGE OTHERS FROM ATTENDING REF: STATE 112229
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-27 15:56:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALAORC IR MNUC TRGY UK
08LONDON272IRAN: UK SAYS EU DESIRE FOR THIRD UNSCR MEANS NO
[...] (C) Summary: The UK expects no new EU steps on autonomous measures against Iran before a March 10-11 GAERC ministerial, due to the desire of most EU governments to have the legal and political cover of an approved third UN Security Council Resolution in place before any further EU action, ac [...]
2008-01-29 18:44:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK
08LONDON2735UK WILL LOBBY IN EU FOR ROBUST EU APPROACH TOWARDS BOSNIA; NEW UK AMBASSADOR TO BOSNIA TO ARRIVE SOON REF: A) STATE 113894 B) DONEGAN/FOOKS EMAIL 10/17
[...] (C) The UK concurs with the U.S. view (ref a) that political progress in Bosnia has either stopped or is moving in the wrong direction, and will use the time remaining before the November 10 GAERC to lobby its EU partners for a strong statement on Bosnia. According to FCO Bosnia Team Leader Daisy O [...]
2008-10-28 17:53:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK EU UK
08LONDON2778IRANIAN IMPORTERS/EXPORTERS: HAVING MORE PROBLEMS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Iranian importers and exporters are encountering ever-greater problems, in all regions including China, in obtaining trade financing due to USG-led international financial measures, according to statements by an Iran banking contact to Embassy London Iran Watcher (poloff). End su [...]
2008-11-03 15:59:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNCJAN ECON EFIN PINS PREL PTER KFIN IR UK
08LONDON2789IRAN: FURTHER READOUT ON GHALIBAF VISIT TO JAPAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Tehran Mayor and possible 2009 Iranian Presidential candidate Mohammad-Baqer Ghalibaf while on a mid-October visit to Tokyo made comments suggesting he may support a marginally less confrontational approach to the nuclear issue, according to informal readout provided London Iran W [...]
2008-11-04 13:15:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNKNNP PGOV PREL UK JA IR
08LONDON2802HMG SEES OPPORTUNITY IN BURMA'S GLOBAL FUND APPLICATION REF: STATE 115494 Classified By: Economic Counselor Kathleen Doherty for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
[...] (C) In response to reftel points, FCO Burma Coordinator/Deputy Head of South East Asia and Pacific Group Nicholas Alexander, told Poloff that HMG agreed with the substance of our position on Burma's application to re-engage the Global Fund but advised caution on the tactics we might use to apply i [...]
2008-11-04 17:30:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PHUM BM UK
08LONDON2853PAKISTAN: UK ON FATA INTEGRATION, AF-PAK
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 15:21:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MASS EAID PK AF UK
08LONDON2899COTE D'IVOIRE: UK ON ELECTIONS, DDR, AND
[...] (C) Summary. The UK "does not buy into" the French view that Cote d'Ivoire's elections were delayed for technical reasons, and HMG thinks elections could have taken place on time, albeit with some technical problems, had there been the political will, FCO West Africa Team Leader Jonathan Drew told [...]
2008-11-19 15:48:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV IV FR UK
08LONDON2976DRC:UK SUPPORTS EITI INCLUSION IN MONUC MANDATE, EXTENDED ARMS EMBARGO, FDLR SANCTIONS IMPOSITION SOONEST
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The UK supports inclusion of an Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) paragraph in the MONUC renewal mandate, continuation of the arms embargo in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for 12 months, and imposition of the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR) [...]
2008-12-01 11:24:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EMIN UNSC KPKO PARM CG RW UK
08LONDON3041LONDON P3 CONSULTATIONS ON UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Summary: During a P3 working discussion hosted in London November 10 by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),both the British and French participants stressed that their countries remain committed to UNSCR 1540 Committee goals, but agreed that the Committee needs to be more focused and mo [...]
2008-12-04 16:53:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PGOV PREL PARM UK
08LONDON3042(U) QUEEN OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH A THIN LABOUR
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The Queen laid out Gordon Brown's legislative plans for the coming year in the annual Queen's Speech at the December 3 State Opening of Parliament, but most of the political and media attention was not on PM Brown's legislative agenda (much of which had been released already) but on [...]
2008-12-04 16:57:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ECON PREL PINR UK
08LONDON305IRAN: NAMES PROPOSED BY UK AND FRANCE FOR EU ASSET
[...] (C/NF) Providing further details of UK efforts to obtain autonomous EU sanctions against Iran (see ref),the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on January 30 gave London Iran Watcher (Poloff) a list of 18 entities and 14 individuals that the FCO says the UK and France have jointly proposed to EU [...]
2008-01-31 17:07:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPRP PGOV ETTC IR UK
08LONDON3107SOMALIA/PIRACY: UK ON UNSC PIRACY RESOLUTION, CONTACT GROUP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 15:20:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW UK
08LONDON3110IRAN: FCO QUIETLY URGES PRESSURE ON GERMANS FOR EU
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Germany has deep political reservations over bank designations proposed against Iran under the EU's Common Policy, and is making legal and intelligence arguments within E4 against UK and French proposals to designate several Iranian banks, according to a UK Foreign and Commonweal [...]
2008-12-12 18:03:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ENRG IR KTFN MNUC PTER UK
08LONDON3132HMG SHARES USG CONCERNS ON UNESCO DG
[...] (C) William Gatward of the FCO's International Organizations Department (Specialized Agencies Team) told Poloff that HMG was not in favor of Egypt's nomination of Culture Minister Farouk Hosni for Director General (DG) of UNESCO, but had made no official decision. Gatward said that Hosni is "not [...]
2008-12-15 17:08:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNESCO UK
08LONDON3134UN PEACEKEEPING HARMONIZATION OF CONDITIONS OF SERVICE: UK COOL TO USG PROPOSAL REF: STATE 129988
[...] (C) William Gatward, Head of the Specialized Agencies Team, and Jacqui Hutchison, UN Management and Finance Officer (both within the FCO's International Organizations Department) told Poloff that while HMG supports the USG in principle it has several concerns with the proposals in reftel demarche. [...]
2008-12-15 17:50:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AMGT AORC APER UNGA UK
08LONDON3215IRAN: READOUT FROM UK LEGISLATORS AND FROM XXXXXXXXXXXX REP ON MEK RECONCILIATION
[...] (C/REL UK) Summary: The Tehran regime is giving high priority and visibility to its efforts to reconcile those former members of the terrorist entity Mujahaddin e-Khalq (MEK aka MKO aka NCRI, inter alia) who have returned to Iran, according both to UK Parliamentary legislators who in October and N [...]
2008-12-24 11:44:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPRP PGOV PHUM PREL IS IA IR LE UK
08LONDON331IRAN: UPDATE ON UK'S APPEAL OF MEK DE-LISTING
[...] (C) Summary. The FCO told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) the UK's Court of Appeals will decide in mid-February whether to hear HMG's appeal of a 2007 order to de-list the Mujaheddin-e-Khalk (MEK) and, if it hears the case, will also decide the merits of the appeal. Even if HMG loses this stag [...]
2008-02-01 16:42:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IR UK
08LONDON365IRAN: SECOND HAND SOURCE CLAIMS EPD'S ARE PACKED,
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Well-known Iranian expatriate broadcaster and long-time Embassy contact Ali Reza Nourizadeh passed to London Iran Watcher (Poloff) an allegation, parts of which Nourizadeh said he has independently confirmed, that an IRGC office in central Tehran is packing and shipping to Ir [...]
2008-02-05 14:56:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER IZ IR UK
08LONDON630IRAN NUCLEAR: UK COMMONS REPORT WILL CALL FOR DROPPING SUSPENSION; FCO DISCOUNTS REPORT'S IMPACT REF: A. LONDON 4204 B. EMBASSY DAILY OF JANUARY 31 C. 2008 D. GAYLE-NEA/IR FEBRUARY 29 E-MAIL
[...] (C) The UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee on March 2 will urge a major change in HMG and collective western policy on Iran's nuclear program, most notably the dropping of the suspension requirement before there can be direct talks on nuclear issues with Tehran. According to an excerpt f [...]
2008-02-29 16:29:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK
08LONDON639UK LABOUR SPRING CONFERENCE: GOOD INTENTIONS BUT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The Labour Party Spring Conference, held February 27 - March 2 in Birmingham, was characterized by low energy, poor attendance, and a lack of charismatic leadership, despite serving as a kick-off to the party's campaign for the May 1 local elections in England and Wales. In his Marc [...]
2008-03-03 17:06:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR UK
08LONDON646HMG RAISES GUANTANAMO TRANSFEREES' ALLEGATIONS OF
[...] (C/NF) Summary. FCO Legal Advisor Daniel Bethlehem raised February 22 with Legal Advisor John Bellinger, III HMG's concern over the USG response to HMG's earlier notification to the USG of allegations of mistreatment made by recent Guantanamo transferees. Bethlehem underscored that HMG woul [...]
2008-03-04 13:04:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PHUM UK
08LONDON650HMG HAS RAISED CONCERNS WITH EU COMMISSIONER
[...] (C/NF) HMG agrees the upcoming visit of EU Commissioner Louis Michel to Cuba is "not the smartest timing," and has raised directly with Michel the importance of underscoring the EU's dual-track policy, including meeting with civil society, during the visit, according to Foreign Office EU Corr [...]
2008-03-04 15:57:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EUN CU UK
08LONDON660NIO SAYS PAISLEY'S RESIGNATION WON'T DESTABILIZE
[...] (C/NF) Political Advisors in the British Government's Northern Ireland Office told the Embassy March 5 that the NIO, "broadly speaking, doesn't think Paisley,s resignation will be destabilizing." Poloff spoke with the Northern Ireland Office,s Katy Petaffe and John Todd. Todd confirmed that [...]
2008-03-05 18:13:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EI UK
08LONDON694UK MEASURES ON IRAN: HMG STILL LAYING GROUNDWORK
[...] (C) On immediate EU sanctions steps in follow-up to passage of UNSCR 1803, FCO working level contacts on March 7 advised London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that "nothing substantive will happen on the EU track" at the GAERC session Monday March 10: "there will be no Iran conclusions." According to [...]
2008-03-10 13:02:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER EU IR UK
08LONDON763DEMARCHE TO UK ON IRAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, and following up on earlier discussions between Embassy and Department visitors with Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on how best to coordinate public statements on Iran's Majles elections, London Iran Watcher (Poloff) delivered reftel points and draft USG s [...]
2008-03-13 17:52:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IR UK
08LONDON821IRAN: FCO CAUTIOUS ON PROSPECTS AND END GAME FOR
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Foreign and Commonwealth (FCO) contacts are hopeful but uncertain on how and when a UK appellate court will rule on the legality of the current HMG freeze of Mujaheddin-E-Khalq's (MEK) UK assets; in case of an unfavorable ruling, HMG will likely pursue the case in the UK's h [...]
2008-03-19 17:37:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC IR PREL PTER UK
08LONDON823HMG AGREES WITH BURMA DEMARCHE ON REFERENDUM --
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel to Nick Alexander, head of Burma policy in the Foreign Office on March 19. Alexander said the UK is in complete agreement with points contained in reftel, underscoring HMG agreement that the Burmese "roadmap" as currently constituted is faulty. He shared UK talkin [...]
2008-03-19 18:01:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BM EU UN UK
08LONDON878BROWN MEETS MCCAIN: DISCUSS IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown met Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham in London March 20. Brown used the meeting to present his big ideas about reforming the international financial institutions (IFIS) and increasing assistance to Africa as a means to preven [...]
2008-03-27 09:06:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PHUM EFIN EAID UNSC IZ AF IS
08LONDON890TONY BLAIR AND JOHN MCCAIN TALK ABOUT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Tony Blair used his meeting with Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham to underscore the "centrality" of Israel/Palestine in bringing stability to the Middle East. Blair said progress could be made by "building from the bottom up," including by developing [...]
2008-03-27 17:28:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINR PTER IS RU UK
08LONDON929DAVID CAMERON TELLS JOHN MCCAIN TORIES WON’T BREAK
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Conservative party leader David Cameron told Senator John McCain the Tories won't break ranks with HMG on policies affecting British troops in battle. Cameron and Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague told McCain and Senators Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham that Prime Minister [...]
2008-04-01 09:58:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR IZ AF IS IR PK UK
08LONDON930WILLIAM HAGUE SAYS “NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE” HAS
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague told the DCM the Tories are "more likely to win than lose" the next general election. High approval ratings in the polls allow the Conservative Leader David Cameron a "latitude to maneuver" that he does not possess when the polls are running ag [...]
2008-04-01 10:06:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR AF UK
08LONDON949EU/GERMANY/BLAIR MISSION/U.S. INFORMAL MEETING ON
[...] (C) Summary. The international community's efforts to support the Palestinian Authority through security sector reform, justice sector capacity building, and targeted project assistance need to be better integrated to achieve demonstrable results, representatives of the EU, Germany, the U.S. [...]
2008-04-02 13:14:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL MEPP KPAL UK
08LONDON966HMG ON HOW TO MOVE THE EU ON BURMA, SUDAN SANCTIONS
[...] 4 (b,d) Â [...]
2008-04-03 14:19:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC EFIN ETTC EU BM UK
08LONDON989REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
[...] (S) London Iran Watcher (Poloff) delivered reftel demarche April 3 to Foreign and Commercial Office Iran Coordination Group Sanctions Implementation Officer Neil Kernohan. Poloff explained absolute need of U.S. financial institutions for identifier information for 1803 implementation to be e [...]
2008-04-07 14:43:00Embassy LondonSECRETEFIN KNNP PARM PREL MNUC PTER KTFN IR UK
08LUANDA176ANGOLA: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although no detailed, concrete information and statistics on trafficking in Angola exists, government officials openly acknowledge that trafficking does occur. The extent of the problem is believed to be limited, and there is no evidence of organized trafficking activity. Despi [...]
2008-03-03 14:06:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ASEC SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD
08LUANDA222EXPAT SECURITY THREATENED IN CABINDA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GRA remains tight-lipped about recent attacks against expatriates in Cabinda province, and the lack of a transparent investigation into the attacks makes it difficult to know if separatist politics or simple banditry are motivating the criminals. The increased danger posed t [...]
2008-03-14 15:07:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC EINT EPET AO
08LUANDA319REQUEST FOR STOCKPILE SECURITY TRAINING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 18 meeting, the Angolan National Police requested that the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) conduct stockpile security and management training in Luanda in late May 2008. Despite the probable time pressures caused by short notice, post stands ready to assist D [...]
2008-04-22 17:06:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MASS PTER MARR PARM KHDP AO
08LUANDA563EU OBSERVATION MISSION AT RISK
[...] (C) The local EU delegation has expressed growing concerns about prospects for a successful EU observation mission for the September 5 legislative elections. According to local EU sources, both the EU and GRA are holding fast to their respective positions on a Memorandum of Understanding - the [...]
2008-07-23 17:45:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA592SADC TROIKA MEETING POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
[...] (SBU) The SADC Troika meeting scheduled for Friday, August 4th has been postponed indefinitely, according to a July 31 public statement issued by President dos Santos' Office of Administrative Support. This statement confirms information given to the Ambassador by the South African Ambassador [...]
2008-07-31 14:28:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM AO
08LUANDA694"THE ANGOLAN" ELECTORAL NEWS BULLETIN, VOL IV
[...] (C) In This Issue: - Logistics, Logistics, Logistics... - MPLA Predicts Big Victory - UNITA's Forecast for Bie - PADEPA Rally Drowned Out by MPLA - FpD, EU Observation Head Grounded by President dos Santos - Rejected Poll Workers Angry, Confused - Spot Report from Uige: [...]
2008-09-04 20:29:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AO
08LUANDA81NEW DETAILS IN CABINDA SHOOTING POINT TO POLITICAL
[...] SUMMARY: (C) On January 18, Roberto Ferreira, Chevron's Superintendent of Security in Cabinda (protect),relayed to RSO and PolOff additional information on the December 26 shooting death of a Brazilian national in Cabinda Province (reftel). His report (unconfirmed) paints a picture of the de [...]
2008-01-28 16:26:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KSAC AO
08LUSAKA1028PATRIOTIC FRONT OFFICIAL ALLEGES ELECTORAL
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The opposition Patriotic Front (PF) has serious concerns about the Electoral Commission of Zambia's (ECZ) handling of the October 30 presidential by-election, according to Secretary General Edward Mumbi. Mumbi claims the ballot printing operation was open to fraud, no [...]
2008-10-22 12:14:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ZA
08LUSAKA1030EMBASSY LUSAKA ELECTION OBSERVATION PLAN
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. A recent poll indicates the October 30 presidential race could produce extremely tight results between Acting President Rupiah Banda and Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata. Had the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) fulfilled its legal requirement to conduct cont [...]
2008-10-23 08:27:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ZA
08LUSAKA1033ZAMBIAN PRESIDENTIAL RACE TIGHTENS
[...] (SBU) Summary. New polling data suggest that opposition leader Michael Sata has nudged ahead in the Zambian presidential race. The poll, however, is based on a relatively small sample size that may not adequately capture the opinions of Zambia's rural population. The poll reinforces other ane [...]
2008-10-23 13:49:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ZA
08LUSAKA1065ZAMBIAN ELECTION: LITTLE GROUNDS FOR PROTEST, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: The Patriotic Front (PF) is planning to file a petition calling for a partial recount based on PF estimates of how it should have performed in certain areas and complains vaguely of other malfeasance for which it has little to no proof. While the October 30 presidential by-elect [...]
2008-11-04 09:14:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ZA
08LUSAKA1076BANDA AND MMD WEAKENED, BUT STILL IN CHARGE
[...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Zambian President Rupiah Banda won the October 30 presidential by-election by a small margin -- just 35,000 of 1.8 million votes cast, or less than two percent. His vote totals in several provinces showed sharp declines from those received by his ruling Movement for [...]
2008-11-05 10:45:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ZA
08LUSAKA1178ZAMBIAN PRESSURE ON MAURITANIAN JUNTA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-18 11:11:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ZA
08LUSAKA412ZIMBABWE: ZAMBIA PREPARES FOR SPECIAL SADC SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Zambian Foreign Ministry and cabinet office officials have confirmed that President Mwanawasa called a summit of Southern African Development Community (SADC) heads of state to discuss Zimbabwe for Saturday, April 12 in Lusaka. The Ambassador and emboffs underscored USG messa [...]
2008-04-10 12:21:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SADC ZA ZI
08LUSAKA441GRZ (STILL) DELIBERATING ON CRITICAL
[...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging conversation with DCM and Poloff on anti-corruption topics, Cabinet Secretary Kanganja noted little progress on anti-money laundering, but said that Cabinet is currently considering a National Anti-Corruption Policy, as well as guidelines governing the use of sei [...]
2008-04-17 12:16:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALKCOR PGOV PREL KMCA ZA
08LUSAKA456ZAMBIA: DEMARCHE ON US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-23 14:55:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ZA
08LUSAKA499COMESA LEADERS COMMENT ON POSTPONED SUMMIT, COMESA
[...] (C) Summary. The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has postponed its ministerial and heads of state meetings, which were scheduled to take place between May 1 to 15 in Victoria Falls, due to the electoral crisis in Zimbabwe. Although the Secretariat has considered the po [...]
2008-05-07 15:05:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ECIN COMESA ZA ZI
08LUSAKA502ZAMBIA: INITIAL OUTREACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) During a lunch with Poloff on May 8, Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) Project Officer Robby Shabwanga (protect) said that his organization has been receiving information on post-election human rights abuses in Zimbabwe through their sister branch in Zimbabwe. Shabwanga bemoaned the situati [...]
2008-05-08 15:02:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPHUM ZA ZI
08LUSAKA525ZAMBIAN MEDIA COVERS RICE-MWANAWASA CONVERSATION
[...] (U) On May 11, the state-owned Sunday Times of Zambia provided front-page coverage of Secretary Rice's phone conversations with President Mwanawasa and other African leaders to encourage broader regional efforts to resolve the Zimbabwe electoral crisis. The front-page article, entitled "Rice [...]
2008-05-13 14:43:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SADC ZA ZI
08LUSAKA530ZAMBIA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 14:25:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNMIK PREL PGOV YI KV ZA
08LUSAKA536ZAMBIA ON OSLO PROCESS AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS
[...] (SBU) On May 15, Poloff discussed the reftel demarche with Silumelume Mubukwanu of the Zambia Mine Action Center (ZAMAC),a unit of the Foreign Ministry. Mubukwanu appreciated the information and was familiar with the issue. According to Mubukwanu, African states agreed to oppose the cluster [...]
2008-05-15 14:54:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PARM PREL
08LUSAKA617NO NEW SADC SUMMIT; MWANAWASA FRUSTRATED BY SADC
[...] (C) Summary. According to Zambia MFA Permanent Secretary Ambassador Tens Kapoma, President Mwanawasa is frustrated by the failure of the consultative meeting on Zimbabwe that he called on the margins of TICAD IV (reftels) and has no plans to convoke another extraordinary SADC summit prior to t [...]
2008-06-10 06:04:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPREL SADC ZI ZA
08LUSAKA827WITH MWANAWASA'S DEATH, ZAMBIA'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE
[...] (C) Summary: The Zambian Government's (GRZ's) announcement of President Mwanawasa's death (reftel) sets in motion seven days of national mourning, but also marks the beginning of Zambia's presidential race. According to the Zambian Constitution, elections must be held within 90 days, meaning [...]
2008-08-19 15:26:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPOL PREL ZA
08LUXEMBOURG236LUXEMBOURG ON BOARD WITH USG POSITION ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff communicated reftel points to MFA Kosovo Desk Officer Jacques Thill on 5 September. Thill was very receptive to the USG position, saying that Luxembourg shares the USG position "100%." Thill added, however, that he suspects broad sensitivities regarding the Internationa [...]
2008-09-05 13:26:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UN UNGA KV LU
08LUXEMBOURG241LUXEMBOURG ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA UN Desk Officer Olivier Baldauff briefed Poloff on 12 September in response to reftel demarche. As expected, and in line with Luxembourg's voting record from previous Third Committee sessions, Luxembourg can be counted on to vote in accordance with U.S. positions on the ma [...]
2008-09-12 16:01:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN LU
08LUXEMBOURG280LUXEMBOURG SHARES CONCERN OVER BOSNIA, OPPOSED TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY MFA Western Balkans desk officer Jacques Thill responded to reftel demarche on 4 November. Thill indicated that Luxembourg shares the USG concern over the deteriorating situation in Bosnia. Luxembourg agrees that any transition in Bosnia should be predicated on adhering to the [...]
2008-11-05 15:16:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALPGOV BK EU LU
08MADRID1006REQUEST FOR ESCORT ASSISTANCE FOR WORLD FOOD
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Assistant Deputy Political Director Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso, who noted Spain sent a plane to the region last week to protect Spanish fishing vessels. She acknowledged our request for coordination with other efforts in the region. Polcoun [...]
2008-09-22 10:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP WFP XW SP
08MADRID1014SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE, NON-PAPER ON MESA GROUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid engaged the GOS through a variety of channels to solicit Madrid's support of USG actions described in REFTEL. The GOS has stated that it shares USG concerns about the prospect of Syria or Iran obtaining a seat on the IAEA Board of Directors, but has indicated that M [...]
2008-09-23 13:33:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALIAEA PARM MNUC IR SY SP
08MADRID1016SPANISH MFA RECEIVES NON-PAPER RE CHINESE
[...] (S) On September 22 PolOff delivered the talking points and non-paper from REFTEL to Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA's Deputy DG for Non-Proliferation & Disarmament, and Carlos Torres Vidal, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. As the non-paper is classified, neither GOS offici [...]
2008-09-23 13:34:00Embassy MadridSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR CH SP UK
08MADRID1048SPANISH INTEREST IN FEATURED ROLE AT GI EXERCISE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post delivered draft agenda for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism's meeting of its Exercise Planning Group in Washington, DC during November 13-14, 2008. GOS officials indicated Spain's intention to attend and responded positively to a USG suggestion that the Spa [...]
2008-10-03 09:54:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL KGIC SP
08MADRID1051SPAIN TO CO-SPONSOR UNFCR ON NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Luis Gomez Nogueira, the Chief of Disarmament in the MFA's DG for Strategic Issues and Terrorism, has indicated to Post that Spain, while wanting to make known several observations and suggestions about the draft text, would co-sponsor the reftel resolution. END SUMMARY. 2. [...]
2008-10-03 16:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL UNGA SP CDG
08MADRID1055BASQUE TERRORIST GROUP ETA STEPS UP OPERATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Basque terrorist group ETA (Basque Fatherland and Liberty) has conducted a series of bombing attacks in Spain in recent weeks as a "show of force" to counter Spanish judicial efforts to outlaw political parties affiliated with ETA. The Zapatero government and all opposition pa [...]
2008-10-06 10:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS SP
08MADRID1081SPANISH VIEWS ON OCTOBER GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso on October 10. Donoso said that Georgia will dominate the GAERC agenda, with some discussion on Belarus, Zimbabwe, Uzbekistan and Moldova. //GEORGIA// 2. (C) Donoso said that Spa [...]
2008-10-10 16:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SP USEU
08MADRID1088SPAIN'S BASQUE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT EXPANDING ITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Autonomous Community (regional) government of the Basque Country is opening two new offices in the United States, increasing its official presence to three offices. Ana Agirre, the Basque region's Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, will lead a delegation that will offi [...]
2008-10-14 12:10:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON PGOV PREL SP
08MADRID1090DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ANTARCTIC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-14 16:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KSCA KTIA SENV AY TPHY
08MADRID1116SPAIN/GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON
[...] (SBU) POLOFF met Carlos Torres, MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, on October 22 to deliver REFTEL A demarche. Torres said that he will serve as point of contact (POC) for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency for matters related to the Global Initiative Information Po [...]
2008-10-22 16:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC SP
08MADRID1140SPAIN'S VIEW ON BOSNIA
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso on October 29. Benitez said that Bosnia may come up at the November GAERC, but given that this month's meeting is a "JUMBO GAERC," it is more likely to be discussed in December. 2. [...]
2008-10-31 16:56:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV EU SP BK
08MADRID1142SPAIN'S VIEWS ON NOVEMBER GYMNICH AND JUMBO GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso on October 29. Regarding the agenda, Benitez said that given the Jumbo GAERC includes defense and development issues in addition to external relations, and that the Congo will likely be [...]
2008-11-03 08:03:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP EUN ETRD RS IS AF PK SY LE
08MADRID1182SPAIN: MFA OFFICIAL SPEAKS ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFA),has shared information with Embassy Madrid officials on a range of subjects related to non-proliferation, including Spanish participat [...]
2008-11-06 17:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMCAP KNNP PINR PINS SP KGIC PTER PREL
08MADRID1200SPAIN: HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-14 09:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SP
08MADRID1214CALLS FOR REFORM OF SPAIN'S COUNTER-TERRORISM LAWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Spain's counter-terrorism (CT) laws were designed with the domestic terrorist group ETA - Basque Fatherland and Liberty - in mind, but a number of recent rulings and actions by the Spanish judiciary and law enforcement forces in recent weeks have brought into focus Spain's need to [...]
2008-11-18 12:51:00Embassy MadridSECRETPGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP
08MADRID1225SPAIN MAY PLANT IDEA OF NICARAGUAN RECOUNT AT EU
[...] (C) Poloff discussed November 9 Nicaraguan municipal elections and delivered points (ref A) November 20 to Spanish MFA Sub-Direct General for Mexican, Caribbean, and Central American Affairs Jorge Romeu Gonzalez-Barros. Romeu agreed there had been "serious irregularities" but cautioned that [...]
2008-11-21 21:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP NI
08MADRID1231SPAIN: ASSESSING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RECENT ETA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French police and Spanish Guardia Civil (GC) paramilitary forces conducted a joint raid in Cauterets, France early on the morning of November 17 in which they arrested ETA members Mikel Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina (aka "Txeroki" in Basque or "Cherokee" in English) and Leire Lopez Zu [...]
2008-11-24 17:34:00Embassy MadridSECRETPINR PINS PREL PTER SP FR
08MADRID1262SPAIN: MFA ADDRESSES HOST OF NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. POLCOUNS and POLOFF on November 28 met Spanish MFA officials for a wide-ranging discussion on non-proliferation issues. Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA's Sub-DG for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, and Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament discusse [...]
2008-12-02 12:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER SP SY IAEA IR VE
08MADRID1269FURTHER THOUGHTS ON SPAIN'S COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable continues the discussion from REFTEL, which examined recent Supreme Court acquittals of lower court convictions of radical Islamic jihadists. Most recently, the Supreme Court on October 7 overturned 14 of 20 convictions for a 2004 case known an Operation Nova; on Novem [...]
2008-12-02 17:39:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP
08MADRID1282SPAIN'S VIEWS ON DECEMBER GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso on December 4. Benitez said that the GAERC agenda will include the EU Enlargement, MEPP, the Congo, Pakistan, declarations on ESDP, and Solana's presentation of the European Security St [...]
2008-12-05 09:33:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN SP ZL IS PK CG TU
08MADRID1296SPAIN: CONTINUED RESERVATIONS RE CRITERIA-BASED
[...] (C) POLOFF met on December 9 with Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism, to discuss the revised Paragraphs 6 and 7 for the Nuclear Supplier Group's (NSG's) Guidelines for Transfers of Enrichment & Reprocessing E [...]
2008-12-10 11:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM SP TRGY ENRG ETTC
08MADRID13SPAIN WILL SUPPORT PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-09 09:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA SP
08MADRID1304SPAIN: REACTION TO PLAN RE CONTINGENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF on December 10 delivered REFTEL A non-paper to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament at the MFA's Sub-DG for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. The Spaniard opined that he considered the USG proposal -- to make the implementation of the I [...]
2008-12-12 12:10:00Embassy MadridSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM PREL SY IAEA TRGY SP
08MADRID1358DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SPAIN HONORING EXISTING AID
[...] (C) Poloff discussed Nicaraguan municipal elections and conveyed points (ref A) to Spanish MFA Sub-Director General for Mexican, Caribbean, and Central American Affairs Jorge Romeu Gonzalez-Barros on December 23. Though Spain had been considering reducing its support to the Nicaraguan police, [...]
2008-12-24 10:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
08MADRID138SPANISH ELECTIONS: BASQUE NATIONALIST PARTY POISED
[...] (U) This cable is one of a series of reports analyzing key issues in select Spanish autonomous regions and the potential role the regions might play in the March 9 general elections (REFTEL A) and beyond. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The national vote in the Basque Country is expected to fracture bet [...]
2008-02-11 09:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SP
08MADRID141SPANISH ELECTIONS: PP MUST BUILD ON SUCCESS IN
[...] (U) This message is the second in a series of reports analyzing key issues in select Spanish autonomous regions and the potential role the regions might play in the March 9 general elections and beyond. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Partido Popular (PP) has held working control in the autonomous c [...]
2008-02-11 14:05:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
08MADRID174SPAIN WILL OPPOSE KOSOVO RECOGNITION AT GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Political Director Rafael Dezcallar and Director General for North America and Europe Pepe Pons told DCM separately that Spain would oppose any EU consensus statement on Kosovo recognition in Brussels February 18. Separately, Spanish Deputy DG for ESDP Carlos Fernandez-Arias to [...]
2008-02-15 17:39:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EUN SP KV IS
08MADRID178SPAIN'S MARCH ELECTIONS: PP HOPING TO BREAK PSOE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. This cable is one of a series of reports analyzing key issues in select Spanish autonomous regions and the role the regions might play in the March 9 general elections (REFTEL) and beyond. Giving Andalucia its due, Partido Popular (PP) leader and Presidential candidate Mariano [...]
2008-02-15 18:13:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV SP
08MADRID201RWANDA/SPAIN: INTL ARREST ORDERS IN WORKS, NOT YET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post agrees with ref A assessment regarding the February 7 indictments issued by Spanish National Court Judge Fernando Andreu of 40 Rwandan military officials on charges of genocide. The overall implication of the indictment is that Tutsi leadership, including President Kagame, [...]
2008-02-22 14:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KLIG KJUS OFDP SP RW
08MADRID224SPAIN INTERESTED IN SOMALIA PIRACY UNSCR
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa Antonio Sanchez-Benedito on February 27. Sanchez-Benedito thanked Poloff and expressed Spain's serious interest in a possible UNSCR on Somali piracy for two reasons. First, as a nation particu [...]
2008-02-28 15:38:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKCRM PBTS PREL EFIS UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO SP
08MADRID280SPANISH REACTION TO ANTI-ISLAM VIDEO (C-DI8-00223)
[...] (S) Question A: Spanish security and intelligence services are currently on high alert in advance of the March 9 national elections. The March 11, 2004 train bombings in Madrid occurred just days before the last national elections, and Spanish officials are concerned about the possibility of [...]
2008-03-07 17:37:00Embassy MadridSECRETPINR KISL SP
08MADRID281SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 10 GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered GAERC demarche points to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director for ESDP Carlos Fernandez-Arias on March 6. Fernandez-Arias said that the GAERC would be somewhat light this month. Javier Solana will brief on the Middle East and the EU will go forward with new I [...]
2008-03-07 17:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN ZL ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08MADRID34SPAIN: POTENTIAL ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF EXPANDED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During Libyan leader Qadhafi's first official visit to Spain, December 15-18, MOUs were concluded on defense, economic cooperation and investment. Negotiations are still underway on a double taxation treaty. Qadhafi's visit began with a private two-day visit to Andalucia, foll [...]
2008-01-14 15:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD LY SP
08MADRID342SPAIN SUPPORTS NEW SRSG FOR AFGHANISTAN KAI EIDE
[...] Poloff communicated full U.S. support for Norwegian Political Director Kai Eide in his new appointment as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Afghanistan (reftel). Spanish MFA's Chief of Continental Asia Policy, Pedro Arostegui Llama, reiterated March 14 Spain's stated [...]
2008-03-18 18:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SP AF
08MADRID409RWANDA/SPAIN: FURTHER INFORMATION ON INDICTMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post offers the following answers in response to ref A questions from Department regarding the Spanish indictment of 40 Rwandan military officers. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JUDGE ANDREU AND THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE? Judge Andreu is completely indep [...]
2008-04-11 15:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS KLIG OFDP RW SP
08MADRID467SPAIN/CUBA: TOUGH ROAD ALONG TWO TRACKS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cuba Transition Coordinator (CTC) Caleb McCarry met Spanish divergence from U.S. Cuba policy with considerable diplomacy; pressed Spain not to allow its growing policy of engagement with the GOC to leave behind the importance of supporting Cuban civil society and political pris [...]
2008-04-24 13:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CU SP EUN
08MADRID474SPANISH VIEWS ON APRIL GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Spanish MFA expects the Balkans to dominate the April 28-29 GAERC but it also has strong opinions on Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Somalia, and the Middle East. END SUMMARY. //SERBIA// 2. (C) Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for ESDP Carlos Fernandez-Arias told Poloff April [...]
2008-04-28 14:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEUN PGOV PREL SP
08MADRID519SPANISH FEELING GOOD ABOUT UNHRC CANDIDACY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Spanish MFA Human Rights Office believes France and Spain are poised to win the two WEOG seats on the UN Human Rights Council. Deputy DG Fernandez-Arias asked for U.S. support and also asked that the U.S. remember a "debt" to Spain from a previous election. END SUMMARY. [...]
2008-05-09 16:40:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC SP
08MADRID579SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MAY GAERC
[...] (C) Spanish MFA Deputy DG for ESDP Carlos Fernandez-Arias told Poloff May 22 that the May "Jumbo-GAERC" would address the Balkans, Iraq, Lebanon, MEPP, Afghanistan, Somalia, Georgia and Zimbabwe and also review the status of all ESDP missions currently deployed, but will not discuss Iran, Cuba [...]
2008-05-23 13:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN SP
08MADRID670SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF JUNE GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered GAERC demarche points to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Carlos Fernandez-Arias on June 12. Fernandez-Arias said that the GAERC would address the Western Balkans, Iran, Lebanon, MEPP, Cuba, Somalia, Sudan, and Zimbabwe, but not Iraq, Chad, Belarus, Georgia or [...]
2008-06-13 11:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN SP
08MADRID674SPAIN DISAPPOINTED REGARDING USG UNHRC DECISION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-13 16:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SP
08MADRID708SPAIN: PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 07:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SP
08MADRID72UNHRC ANTI-ISRAEL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 10:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SP
08MADRID725SPAIN'S VIEWS ON SHAPING POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) On July 2, 2008, Poloff discussed reftel with Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Pacific, Southeast Asia and Philippines, Jose Luis Garcia Galan. Poloff stressed the importance of continued international insistence on access, transparency and accountability of humanitarian assis [...]
2008-07-03 10:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SP EAID PHUM BM
08MADRID755SOLICITING PLEDGES TO FUND THE NUCLEAR THREAT
[...] (SBU) On July 1, Poloff conveyed reftel demarche to Ignacio Sanchez, MFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation, and asked the Spanish government to consider pledging funds to support the NTI's proposal for the creation of a nuclear fuel bank. Sanchez replied on July 4 that while Spain [...]
2008-07-09 07:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IAEA ENRG SP
08MADRID756SPANISH AND RWANDANS DISCUSS RWANDAN INDICTMENTS
[...] (C) During a July 8 courtesy call with Subdirector General for Sub-Saharan Africa Antonio Sanchez-Benedito, Sanchez-Benedito told poloff that he and Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Angel Lossada attended the 11th African Union Summit in Sharm EI Sheikh, Egypt last week. Sanchez- [...]
2008-07-10 06:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL RW SP
08MADRID761SPAIN WILL NOT SUPPORT PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
[...] (SBU) On July 8 Poloff thanked the Spanish MFA Director of Human Rights, Fernando Fernandez-Arias Minuesa, for GOS support on the June 17 declaration regarding prisoners of conscience. Per reftel, poloff informed Fernandez-Arias of the U.S. intent to organize a public affairs event in New Yor [...]
2008-07-11 09:53:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEUN KDEM PHUM PREL SP
08MADRID762SPAIN WILL NOT SUPPORT PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
[...] (SBU) On July 8 Poloff thanked the Spanish MFA Director of Human Rights, Fernando Fernandez-Arias Minuesa, for GOS support on the June 17 declaration regarding prisoners of conscience. Per reftel, poloff informed Fernandez-Arias of the U.S. intent to organize a public affairs event in New Yor [...]
2008-07-11 09:53:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEUN KDEM PHUM PREL SP
08MADRID78SPAIN WILL SEND TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT TO CHAD AFTER
[...] (C) Poloff delivered ref. A demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa Antonio Sanchez-Benedito on January 22. Sanchez-Benedito confirmed that Spain's contribution to the Chad ESDP mission would be limited to the deployment of two C-295 transport aircraft from the [...]
2008-01-28 12:14:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EUN SP CD
08MADRID780SPAIN PLANS TO DESTROY ITS CLUSTER MUNITIONS
[...] (SBU) Poloffs on July 9 delivered REFTEL demarche to senior officials in the Ministry of Defense (Brigadier General Munoz Castresana in the office of the Secretary General for Defense Policy) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Deputy Director General for Arms Control Ignacio Sanchez),and shared [...]
2008-07-18 06:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO SP
08MADRID792SPAIN'S VIEWS ON JULY GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered GAERC demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Carlos Fernandez-Arias on July 18. Fernandez-Arias said that the July GAERC will be relatively light and primarily address Somalia, Sudan/Darfur, Zimbabwe, Serbia and the Middle East Peace Process. END SUMM [...]
2008-07-18 14:31:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN SP
08MADRID799WORLD MUSLIM LEAGUE INTER-FAITH CONFERENCE HELD IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The World Muslim League, under the patronage of Saudi King Abdullah, held its Inter-faith Conference in Madrid July 16-18. King Juan Carlos hosted the inaugural ceremonies at the Pardo Palace. Although the guest list could not be described as all-inclusive, there was a range [...]
2008-07-21 16:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKISL PHUM PREL UNFPA CIA SA SP
08MADRID829SPAIN ALSO SEEKS TO KEEP PRESSURE ON THE FARC
[...] (C) Poloffs conveyed reftel points July 22 to MFA Deputy Director General for Andean Affairs Ramon Santos Arms, who agreed on the necessity of keep pressure on the FARC. Additionally, he said that Spain would use the upcoming July 24-25 visit of Venezuelan President Chavez to encourage Venezu [...]
2008-07-28 06:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EUN SP VE
08MADRID839CHAVEZ VISIT TO SPAIN JULY 24-25
[...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with King Juan Carlos and President Zapatero on July 25. MFA Deputy Director General for the Andean Countries Ramon Santos told Poloff that the bilateral meetings fully "normalized" relations following the contretemps between King Juan Carlos and Chav [...]
2008-07-29 09:08:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD VE SP
08MADRID849SPAIN SUPPORTS TURKEY'S EU SUCCESSION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-30 15:47:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EUN SP
08MADRID855INTERIM REPORT: SPAIN'S ATTENDEES FOR 63RD UN
[...] (SBU) Poloff submitted reftel request to Spain's UN Subdirector General Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares on July 7. As of July 31, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not yet have definite plans or itineraries for UNGA participants. The following information, however, has been confirmed. [...]
2008-08-01 07:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
08MADRID864SPANISH GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO AFRICA, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Spanish government's push for stronger ties with sub-Saharan Africa in recent years, although driven largely by an underlying focus on security, appears to have opened a new front in Spanish foreign policy likely to endure at least for the near to medium term, judging from rece [...]
2008-08-05 12:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP
08MADRID865SPAIN: REGIONAL TENSIONS SIMMER THROUGH THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The central government's relationship with Spain's regions--particularly the so-called "historic nationalities" of the Basque country (el Pais Vasco),Catalonia, and to a lesser extent Galicia--continues to be a topic of significant public discussion. Two key events have largel [...]
2008-08-05 14:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SP
08MADRID881SPAIN RESPONDS TO NEW U.S. SANCTIONS ON BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 15:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV BM SP
08MADRID882SPAIN WILL FOLLOW EU ON KARADZIC FAMILY TRAVEL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 15:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KAWC ICTY SP BK
08MADRID916RUSSIA - GEORGIA CONFLICT: DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel A points to Deputy FM Angel Lossada's chief of staff as well as Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Carlos Fernandez-Arias on August 20, stressing support for Georgia's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. As in our continuing demarches, Embassy [...]
2008-08-21 15:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL RU GG SP
08MADRID929SPAIN REPSONDS TO POSSIBLE RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF
[...] (C) On August 25, Polcouns spoke with Juan Sell, Chief of Staff to Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Angel Lossada. Sell said Spain's position was very clear - Spain supported the territorial integrity of Georgia. Likewise, Spain supported the efforts of France as EU President an [...]
2008-08-25 15:25:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL RU GG SP
08MADRID933DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SPAIN REGARDING NATO
[...] (C) Polcouns and Pol-Mil officer met August 26 with Spanish MOD Deputy Director General for Defense Policy Brigadier General Jose Munoz Castresana, advising him that USNATO planned to raise the piracy issue in the August 27 NAC, asking the NAC to task the NMA,s with reviewing possible NATO res [...]
2008-08-26 16:39:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEUN NATO PREL
08MADRID935SPAIN LAMENTS RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION OF SOUTH
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel a to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Ricardo Lopez Aranda on August 27. Lopez echoed the official statement released August 26 by Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, expressing Spain's regret at Russia's decision to recognize the independ [...]
2008-08-28 06:25:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RU GG SP
08MADRID94SPANISH FM MORATINOS BRIEFS CODEL MARTINEZ ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Spanish FM Moratinos briefed Codel Martinez on bilateral developments during an hour-long meeting January 11. With regard to enhanced military support in Afghanistan, Moratinos said that it would be difficult to make any commitments in advance of the Spanish March 9 elections, [...]
2008-01-30 17:45:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKPWR MEPP PREL SP CU
08MADRID946SPAIN'S STATEMENT ON MAURITANIA COUP
[...] (U) The Spanish MFA issued a communique condemning the coup in Mauritania and calling for the immediate liberation of the President and Prime Minister, along with re-establishing democratic practices, on August 6. 2. (C) August 26, Poloff contacted MFA Deputy Director General for North Af [...]
2008-09-02 06:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AG EG IS LY MO QA SA MR SP
08MADRID956SPAIN'S VIEWS ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA
[...] (C) On September 3, poloff discussed reftel points with Spanish Subdirector General for Central and Southern Europe Ramon Abaroa Carranza, stressing the potentially adverse consequences of the Serbian UNGA resolution requesting an ICJ advisory opinion on Kosovo's independence. Abaroa agreed t [...]
2008-09-04 06:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA UN SP KV
08MADRID957SPANISH MFA NON-PROLIFERATION OFFICIALS COMMENT ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff held an introductory meeting with Gonzalo de Salazar, the former DCM in Warsaw who is two weeks into his job as the MFA's new Deputy DG for Non-Proliferation & Disarmament. His aide, Carlos Torres Vidal, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, sat in on the [...]
2008-09-04 07:10:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALAORC ETTC PARM PREL SP
08MADRID959SPANISH MFA OFFICIALS REACT TO DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S
[...] (C) PolOff held an introductory meeting with Gonzalo de Salazar, the former DCM in Warsaw who is two weeks into his job as the MFA's new Deputy DG for Non-Proliferation & Disarmament. His aide, Carlos Torres Vidal, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, sat in on the meeting [...]
2008-09-04 16:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALFCS FAS MGT EXEC MIL SP
08MADRID960SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE RE: U.S. RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 16:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM CDG UNGA SP
08MADRID971SPANISH VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER GYMNICH
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Ricardo Lopez Aranda on September 2. Lopez stated that due to the nature of the GYMNICH -- i.e., an informal discussion amongst foreign ministers aimed at promoting creative solutions in the development of EU policy -- no age [...]
2008-09-05 17:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP USEU
08MADRID979DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRANIAN EFFORTS TO BUY SPANISH-MADE MILLING MACHINE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 12:14:00Embassy MadridSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP IR
08MADRID982SPAIN'S VIEWS ON EVE OF SEPTEMBER GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered GAERC demarche (reftel a) to Spanish MFA Assistant Deputy Political Director Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso on September 12. Benitez-Donoso said that the September GAERC will address Zimbabwe, Somalia, Serbia, Belarus and Georgia. Turkey is not on the current agenda. [...]
2008-09-15 05:56:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SP EUN
08MADRID983SPAIN'S VIEWS ON EVE OF SEPTEMBER GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered GAERC demarche (reftel a) to Spanish MFA Assistant Deputy Political Director Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso on September 12. Benitez-Donoso said that the September GAERC will address Zimbabwe, Somalia, Serbia, Belarus and Georgia. Turkey is not on the current agenda. [...]
2008-09-15 05:56:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SP EUN
08MADRID996DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SPAIN UNLIKELY TO GO AFTER
[...] (C) Poloff conveyed concerns per reftel and asked that Spain consider speaking out against Nicaraguan President Ortega's September 2 decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Spanish MFA Sub-Director General for Mexico, Central America and The Caribbean Jorge Romeu told [...]
2008-09-17 13:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL NU SP
08MADRID998UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on September 15 to Enrique Yturriaga Saldanha, Subdirector General of the MFA's International Organizations group. Yturriaga indicated that, although the GOS does not have a formal position on the UNAIDS Executive Director candidacy at this time, it is f [...]
2008-09-18 07:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV UNGA EAID
08MANAGUA1151NICARAGUA: ANOTHER SETBACK FOR PRESS FREEDOM,
[...] (C) For the second time in five months, outspoken political commentator Jaime Arellano was removed from the television airwaves after the owners of the independent television station Channel 2 succumbed to government pressure to cancel his morning talk show, "El Dos en la Nacion" (Two in the [...]
2008-09-10 20:41:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR KDEM NU
08MANAGUA1316NICARAGUA: NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE
[...] (U) Embassy Managua is pleased to nominate Sofia Montenegro for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage, per ref A. 2. (U) Full Name of Nominee: Sofia Isabel Montenegro Alarcon 3. (U) Job Title and Institution: Executive Director, Center for Media Research (Centro de [...]
2008-10-28 12:53:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWMN KDEM PHUM NU
08MANAGUA1327UNDER PRESSURE, ORTEGA CHANGES TONE AND TACTICS IN
[...] (C) Under sharp and growing international pressure over its campaign against civil society, the Ortega government appears to have made a decision to change its tone and tactics in the run-up to the November 9 municipal elections. The European Union, the U.S., the Carter Center, Friends of the [...]
2008-10-30 22:21:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM NU
08MANAGUA1405THE NICARAGUAN NATIONAL POLICE AND ELECTORAL FRAUD
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In the period before, during, and after the November 9 municipal elections in Nicaragua, the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) conspicuously failed to carry out its duties to uphold the Electoral Law and generally failed to carry out its duties to maintain public order in a non- [...]
2008-11-20 14:15:00Embassy ManaguaSECRET//NOFORNSNAR ASEC PGOV PREL NU
08MANAGUA1505NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ADJOURNS AFTER ELECTION FRAUD
[...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the fraudulent November 9 municipal elections, the National Assembly concluded its legislative year on December 15 at an impasse as both the governing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and the united opposition parties were unable to gather a quorum to p [...]
2008-12-18 14:17:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
08MANAGUA289NNP UNDER POLITICAL PRESSURE: "I WAS FIRED BY
[...] (C) Summary: Former Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) Juvenile Affairs Chief Hamyn Gurdian privately confirmed widespread speculation that his recent forced retirement, as well as the retirements of four other senior NNP officials (reftel),was indeed a political move and a "message" from Nica [...]
2008-03-10 22:01:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALNU PGOV PREL SNAR
08MANAGUA570NICARAGUA: MFA NON-COMMITTAL ON PRISONERS OF
[...] (C) On May 6, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Mario Barquero, Director for the Non-Aligned Movement, and Renee Morales, Director for North American Affairs. While neither was familiar with the draft declaration itself, Barquero immediately recognized [...]
2008-05-07 22:47:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EUN NU
08MANAGUA955NICARAGUA: CATHOLIC CHURCH LEADER HIGHLIGHTS LACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Influential Catholic Church leader Monsignor Bernard Hombach, the German-born Bishop of Granada, privately reaffirmed his concerns about Nicaragua,s fragile democracy, absence of justice, politicization of government institutions, and erosion of moral values. While acknowledging [...]
2008-07-25 15:36:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM NU
08MANAMA118TRIAL OF DECEMBER RIOTERS
[...] (U) Summary: The trial of fifteen men arrested in connection with the December riots resumed without incident. Defense lawyers ended their boycott and were present when the court formally charged the defendants. All pled "not guilty," and the judge set the next hearing for March 17. Several a [...]
2008-02-27 14:26:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC PHUM BA
08MANAMA125BAHRAIN: PREPARATION FOR ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 07:08:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY KV AL BA
08MANAMA126BAHRAIN: POLLING POTENTIAL KOSOVO DONORS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 07:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL KV BA
08MANAMA140MORE SHI'A STREET POLITICS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-09 09:25:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC BA
08MANAMA144POST INPUT FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) Bahrain continues to struggle with trafficking in persons, but has taken some positive steps during the past year. The King signed into law new anti-trafficking legislation that carries stiff penalties. Prosecutors and police officers have received training on identification and prot [...]
2008-03-10 05:15:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BA
08MANAMA147U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH BAHRAIN ON NUCLEAR ENERGY COOPERATION AND NUCLEAR TERRORISM INITIATIVES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-11 07:31:00Embassy ManamaSECRETENRG KNNP PREL PARM ECON IAEA BA
08MANAMA150REQUESTING INFORMATION AHEAD OF THE OIC SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-11 13:59:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC OIC BA
08MANAMA165IOM PRAISES GOB ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS; LAUNCHES
[...] (C) Summary: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched a nine-month program in Bahrain working with the government to strengthen its capacity for dealing with trafficking in persons and to raise awareness of this issue. In a roundtable discussion between stakeholders and governmen [...]
2008-03-13 13:59:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KWMN PGOV ECON BA
08MANAMA168BAHRAINI LEADERS DESCRIBE UPS AND DOWNS OF REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: Senior government officials told visiting NEA DAS Kent Patton that the GOB remains committed to continuing reforms aimed at broadening participation, while frankly discussing past setbacks, like the departure and partial return of NDI. Oppositionists and NGOs (chiefly Shi'a) expressed [...]
2008-03-16 12:16:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM BA
08MANAMA2AL-WIFAQ LEADER HOPES POTUS VISIT WILL HELP CEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-02 06:26:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM BA
08MANAMA20COURT CONVICTS TERRORIST CELL DEFENDANTS, BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-16 14:55:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KISL ASEC BA
08MANAMA22POTUS VISIT: BIG WELCOME, SMALL PROTESTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-17 04:54:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP BA
08MANAMA287ICI MINISTERIAL: BAHRAINI FM WILL ATTEND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-04 12:48:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IZ BA
08MANAMA300BAHRAIN SEEKING HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SEAT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-08 13:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC BA
08MANAMA310LEBANON: BUILDING ON ARAB LEAGUE EFFORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-18 13:10:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR LE SY IR BA
08MANAMA313ACRIMONY IN PARLIAMENT FEEDS SECTARIAN ILL-WILL (C-NE8-00961)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-19 15:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL BA
08MANAMA320ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAM HAVING AN IMPACT
[...] (C) Summary. A USG-funded program of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has raised awareness of human trafficking and has stimulated GOB interest in other efforts to compliment the anti-trafficking law passed in January. An Arabic-language media component set in motion a series of e [...]
2008-05-21 14:00:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKWMN KCRM PGOV BA
08MANAMA336SOME POTENTIAL NEW LEADERS IN BAHRAIN'S CHIEF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-29 15:13:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KISL BA
08MANAMA404MODERATES ON TOP IN WIFAQ SHURA ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 13:10:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL BA
08MANAMA424RECOGNITION OF LOCAL TIP HERO RAISES AWARENESS
[...] (SBU) The Department's 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report recognized Bahraini activist Marrieta Dias as a "Hero" for her years of volunteer work and advocacy on behalf of migrant workers in Bahrain. The recognition of Dias, coupled with Bahrain's removal from Tier Three, attracted exten [...]
2008-06-25 12:15:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM SMIG BA
08MANAMA430GOB MOVES AGAINST SECTARIAN INCITEMENT
[...] (U) Summary: In response to last week's spike in Sunni-Shi'a tensions (reftel),the GOB created a committee to monitor and combat sectarian rhetoric in the press, internet and pulpits. The committee's first act was to block access to three contentious websites, one pro-Shi'a, the other two pro-Sunn [...]
2008-06-26 14:45:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM KISL BA
08MANAMA442GOB SUSPENDS CHARGES AGAINST SIX ARRESTED FOR SECTARIAN WEB POSTINGS REF: A. MANAMA 420 B. MANAMA 430 Classified By: DCM Christopher Henzel for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
[...] (C) Summary: Bahrain's interior ministry ordered two Sunni websites and one Shi'a site to shut down June 26, accusing them of inciting sectarianism and failing to register, in violation of the 2002 Press and Publications Law (ref B). When the Shi'a site ignored the order, Bahrain's lead intelligenc [...]
2008-07-03 13:21:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KISL BA
08MANAMA446BAHRAIN WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS OF THE GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-07 13:07:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN BA
08MANAMA447BAHRAIN: SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-07 13:12:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA ENRG BA
08MANAMA449BAHRAIN NOMINATES AMBASSADOR TO BAGHDAD
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Saeed Al-Faihani, an advisor to Bahrain's Foreign Minister, confirmed to Charge an al Jazeera report that Bahrain had nominated an ambassador to Iraq. Faihani said the GOB requested Iraq's agrement July 7 for Salah Ali Al-Maliki. Faihani said al-Maliki works in the ministry [...]
2008-07-08 14:04:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR IZ BA
08MANAMA463GOB ENFORCES SUMMER BAN ON OUTDOOR LABOR
[...] (U) Forty Ministry of Labor (MOL) inspectors fanned out across Bahrain July 1 to begin enforcing the annual ban on outdoor work during the hottest hours of the day. Employers can be fined up to USD 795 for each laborer found working outside between 1 and 4 p.m. During their first week, the i [...]
2008-07-13 12:24:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB PGOV BA
08MANAMA471VERDICTS FOR DECEMBER RIOTERS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 11:18:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PHUM ASEC BA
08MANAMA486USG EXPERTS TRAIN NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING UNIT
[...] (C) Summary: NCIS and ICE provided anti-TIP training for 13 Bahraini police officers. The trainees described challenges they face, some cultural, some procedural, and some simply reflecting a lack of expertise. End summary. 2. (C) In June, Richard Silver, a British advisor to Bahrain's Ministry o [...]
2008-07-22 13:44:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM ASEC BA
08MANAMA49ASHURA IN BAHRAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-27 14:19:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KIRF PHUM ASEC IR BA
08MANAMA492BAHRAIN SEEKS IOM'S ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT TIP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 06:20:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KWMN ASEC PHUM BA
08MANAMA51BAHRAIN: LOCAL NGO TO VISIT DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 07:26:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM BA
08MANAMA537LABOR STANDARDS IMPROVING, BUT QUALIFIED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 14:16:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM BA
08MANAMA558SUNNI EXTREMIST ON TRIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-21 13:41:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC PHUM BA
08MANAMA560SHI'A CELEBRATE BIRTH OF THE TWELFTH IMAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bahrain's Shi'a population staged their largest-ever celebration of the birth of the twelfth Imam. The festivities were orderly. End summary. 2. (U) Bahrain's Shi'a, known for their large annual Ashura mourning processions, have begun to emphasize happier holidays over the l [...]
2008-08-25 06:39:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL PHUM BA
08MANAMA593RIVALS FOR BAHRAIN'S SHI'A STREET: WIFAQ AND HAQ
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: Bahrain's leading Shi'a parties Wifaq and Haq compete for the support of the Shi'a community, which constitutes 60-70 percent of Bahrain's citizen population. Wifaq engages and cooperates with the government and is at pains to stay on the right side of the law. Some Ha [...]
2008-09-04 14:34:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR IZ BA
08MANAMA613ANDHRA PRADESH LABORERS IN BAHRAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Most of the trafficked laborers in Bahrain come from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, according to an anti-trafficking activist. She said the efforts of Bahrain's new labor authority and source country embassies to blacklist abusive recruitment firms is working. End summary. [...]
2008-09-11 13:20:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP ELAB KMIG IN BA
08MANAMA66NO GOVERNMENT APPEAL AGAINST JUDGES' DECISION IN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-04 09:31:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER EFIN ASEC BA
08MANAMA681BAHRAINI ACTIVISTS TO BRIEF CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Three Bahraini opposition and human rights activists are scheduled to brief the Congressional Human Rights Caucus in Washington on October 15. One, Abduljalil Alsingace, is the spokesman for the Haq movement, which the GOB accuses of inspiring street violence. End Summary. 2 [...]
2008-10-06 12:12:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM BA
08MANAMA727FM ON IRAQ STATUS OF FORCES AND HIS VISIT TO
[...] (S) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifah was receptive to reftel demarche, and told CDA and poloff October 22 that Bahrain would "lean on" its contacts in PM Maliki's government, and also Speaker of Parliament Mashadani, in support of the Strategic Framework/Status of Forces Ag [...]
2008-10-22 14:09:00Embassy ManamaSECRETMARR PREL IZ BA
08MANAMA734FOREIGN MINISTER ON LARIJANI VISIT
[...] (S) Summary: Bahrain's Foreign Minister saw Larijani's visit as part of Iran's double game of pressure and engagement with Gulf states. Larijani said Iran was concerned about allegedly new American military activity. End summary. 2. (S) CDA, accompanied by poloff, called on Foreign Min [...]
2008-10-26 13:26:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MOPS IR BA
08MANAMA737BAHRAIN: OUTLOOK FOR THE THIRD PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) Summary: The new session of parliament will focus on housing, unemployment, and discrimination - the last a topic likely to spur the same sectarian tensions that led to deadlock in the last session. End Summary. Background ---------- 2. (SBU) King Hamad opened parliament on October [...]
2008-10-27 13:44:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM BA
08MANAMA742REACTIONS TO CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS BRIEFING
[...] (C) Summary: Sunni community leaders are angry over a Capitol Hill briefing presented by a leader of the Shi'a Haq movement. Haq's prestige on the Shi'a street has shot up. The mainstream Shi'a Wifaq party will try to regain lost ground by criticizing the government more energetically over sectaria [...]
2008-10-29 06:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM BA
08MANAMA770TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: This message serves as post's input to the Trafficking In Persons (TIP) interim assessment. Paragraphs are keyed to ref B para 6A questions. End Summary. 2. (C) Question (a): The GOB established a new anti-human trafficking unit (HTU) under the economic crimes unit at the C [...]
2008-11-16 12:35:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV SMIG BA
08MANAMA774PUBLIC HOUSING: ANOTHER FAILED ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS
[...] (U) Summary: The Crown Prince announced to the press on October 30 that he had dissolved the Housing and Construction Committee (HCC),once billed as an initiative that would ensure the fair distribution of public housing. Many Shi'a seized on the news to reiterate their complaints about all [...]
2008-11-18 14:16:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM BA
08MANAMA89BAHRAIN'S CROWN PRINCE CONSOLIDATING HIS AUTHORITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-13 11:10:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM BA
08MANILA1123PHILIPPINES ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT 60-DAY REPORT
[...] Per reftel request, poloff on May 9 met with the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to stress the importance of timely submission of a 60-day report on steps the Philippines has taken to implement UNSCR 1803. Poloff informed Director for Security and Legal Matters Leah Ruiz of th [...]
2008-05-09 09:06:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PREL IR MNUC RP UNSC
08MANILA1260BURMA RELIEF: PHILIPPINES FOCUSED ON A SUCCESSFUL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per reftels, Ambassador, polcouns, and poloffs have underscored demarche points with Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials, from Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo to working-level contacts. DFA is busy preparing for the May 25 UN-ASEAN co-sponsored conferenc [...]
2008-05-23 08:13:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL RP BM
08MANILA1491PHILIPPINE RESPONSE TO ARF DISASTER RELIEF
[...] (U) The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on June 17 welcomed the U.S. non-paper (reftel) that encourages an ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Statement on Regional Disaster Preparedness. DFA Undersecretary for Policy Principal Assistant Leah Carada Rodriguez said that interest in her [...]
2008-06-20 05:42:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ARF EAID ASEAN RP
08MANILA1721PHILIPPINES CAUTIOUS ON NAM MEETING AND IRAN/IAEA
[...] (SBU) Post on July 14 conveyed to the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs' Legal, Political and Security Affairs Director for United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO) Leah Ruiz our concerns with Iran's anticipated maneuvering at the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) [...]
2008-07-21 09:10:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM RP TRGY MNUC PREL IR UR
08MANILA1844MILF CONTINUES TO SUPPORT PEACE PROCESS,
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 30 meeting with the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Moro Islamic Liberation Front's (MILF) Camp Simuay, Vice Chairman Ghazali Jafaar discussed the MILF's outlook on the upcoming elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM),the peace process, and the post-p [...]
2008-08-04 06:21:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PINR PREL PHUM KISL RP
08MANILA208PHILIPPINE RESPONSE ON KOSOVO STATUS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 09:27:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL EU PGOV UN UNMIK YI
08MANILA2230PHILIPPINE VIEWS ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Poloffs on September 26 delivered reftel points regarding U.S. priorities for the 2008 UN Third Committee to Director Josephine Reynante of the Office of UN and International Organizations (UNIO) at the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Director Reynante thanked us for pr [...]
2008-09-26 09:05:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL RP UN
08MANILA238PRESIDENT ARROYO REVISES MILF PEACE PROPOSAL AS
[...] (C) Summary: In hopes of resuming peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the Philippine government has prepared a revised draft territorial agreement that omits references to the issue of governance -- references to which the MILF had strenuously objected. The proposal will be [...]
2008-01-29 09:01:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KISL RP
08MANILA2586PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS U.S. POSITION ON
[...] (C) In a meeting with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for Political, Legal, and Security Matters Leah Ruiz of the Office of United Nations & Other International Organizations (UNIO) on November 18, Poloff stressed that the Burmese junta's recent arrests of human rights activists ma [...]
2008-11-21 07:35:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL RP BM
08MANILA329PHILIPPINES: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO U.S. INITIATIVES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloffs met February 1 with Hans Siriban, Special Assistant to the Undersecretary for Policy at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),to outline reftel points regarding U.S. initiatives for the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). Siriban was receptive to all U.S. initiatives, and [...]
2008-02-06 22:20:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER RP ARF IO
08MANILA404 BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS ROIL ARROYO ADMINISTRATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several days of melodramatic Senate testimony have brought renewed opposition calls for President Arroyo to step down over allegations her husband and senior government officials sought to profit illegally from a telecommunications deal with a Chinese firm. Since the allegation [...]
2008-02-14 09:17:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR PINR RP
08MANILA439PHILIPPINES OFFERS VIEWS ON ASEAN DEFENSE
[...] (C) Per reftel, poloff on February 8 met with Hans Siriban, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Special Assistant to Undersecretary for Policy Enrique Manalo, to seek the Philippine government's views on ASEAN defense cooperation and the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus). Siri [...]
2008-02-20 09:17:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALARF RP PREL ASEAN MARR
08MANILA505PHILIPPINES WELCOMES U.S. VIEWS ON IAEA ACTIVITY
[...] (S) Post delivered reftel demarches to Acting Executive Director Leah Ruiz of the Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO) on February 27 and February 28 regarding International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) assessments of Iran's activ [...]
2008-02-28 09:18:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPREL UNGA PARM KNNP IR RP MNUC IAEA AORC
08MANILA716DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS RAPPORTEUR:
[...] (SBU) Human Rights Division Director Josephine Reynante of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Office for United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) told poloff March 17 that the DFA is currently reviewing its practice of supporting exceptional country-specific resolutions. As [...]
2008-03-19 09:40:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL RP DPRK
08MANILA751DEMARCHE ON UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR THE DPRK
[...] (SBU) Following on poloff's March 17 discussions with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) contacts (reftel B),Polcouns on March 26 reemphasized to DFA UN and International Organizations (UNIO) Executive Director Grace Princesa the importance the U.S. places on extending the mandate of the Sp [...]
2008-03-26 09:31:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL RP DPRK
08MANILA878PHILIPPINES SUPPORTS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON
[...] (C) The Philippine government has agreed to deny visas to the individuals designated in UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) 1737, 1747, and 1803. Director Leah Ruiz of the Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) told polo [...]
2008-04-11 07:05:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IR RP MNUC
08MANILA978U.N. PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION:
[...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) understands and appreciates that the EU-U.S. sponsored UN Declaration on Prisoners of Conscience (reftel) is a country-neutral affirmation of fundamental human rights. It cannot provide [...]
2008-04-25 01:24:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL RP EUN
08MAPUTO1030FIRES DESTROY CORRUPTION CASE EVIDENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following on the heels of the detention of the former Minister of Interior on corruption charges (reftel),police arrested the chairman of Mozambique,s parastatal airports management company, Airports of Mozambique (ADM) on October 22. The charges include misuse of company funds [...]
2008-11-04 08:43:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALKCOR PGOV PREL MZ
08MAPUTO1051MOZAMBIQUE EYES MEGA-PROJECTS IN ENERGY AND MINING
[...] (U) This cable is part of a series in an innovative collaboration in energy/resource reporting and commercial advocacy between Embassies Maputo and Pretoria. Embassy Pretoria Minerals/Energy Officer and Maputo Political/Economic officer visited energy/minerals projects in northern Tete Prov [...]
2008-11-10 15:34:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD SENV MZ SF
08MAPUTO1074REVIEWING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT OF GRM PKO CAPACITY
[...] (SBU) On November 7, the Charge led an informal discussion in his residence with Ambassadors from Great Britain, Canada, Italy, France and Portugal, along with the defense attachE from Brazil and poloff from the South African mission to review the various military support programs each countr [...]
2008-11-13 09:31:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO MARR MASS MZ
08MAPUTO1083FRELIMO WILL CONSOLIDATE VIRTUAL ONE PARTY RULE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 19 municipal elections in 43 cities and towns across Mozambique are shaping up to be a referendum confirming one party rule. The already dominant ruling FRELIMO party is making every effort to consolidate its power outside the capital in an effort to better control [...]
2008-11-14 12:22:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ
08MAPUTO1235RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR OPEN TO COOPERATING ON HEALTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a follow-up to reftel meeting, the Charge met with Russian Ambassador to Mozambique and Swaziland Igor V. Popov on November 25 at the Russian Embassy. The meeting dealt with generalities of our respective bilateral relationships with Mozambique, but also provided an opportu [...]
2008-12-09 17:10:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAID RU MZ
08MAPUTO166RESCHEDULING PROPVINCIAL ELECTIONS: BIPARTISAN
[...] SUMMARY: Mozambique's first provincial elections have been postponed; a new date has not yet been set but elections may be held in conjunction with national Presidential and Assembly elections in November 2009. In a show of pragmatic cooperation, ruling party FRELIMO and the major opposition [...]
2008-02-25 14:21:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MZ
08MAPUTO222RENAMO LEADER DHLAKAMA'S POLITICAL ANALYSIS
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 7 meeting with the Charge, Afonso Dhlakama, leader of opposition party Renamo, said that Government bureaucracy and corruption were scaring off foreign investment. He expressed concern about the strength of election institutions while noting that he was traveling exte [...]
2008-03-12 12:54:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MZ
08MAPUTO261ARREST OF HUMAN TRAFFICKER RENEWS CALLS TO PASS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 20, Mozambique Television (TVM) ran an extensive story on two teenaged Mozambican girls trafficked to South Africa and forced into prostitution. The case is particularly significant because it represents the first time that authorities have apprehended a suspected traffic [...]
2008-03-26 07:41:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG ELAB KFRD MZ
08MAPUTO373MOZAMBIQUE-UNHCR CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) Poloff met on 4/21 with head of the UNHCR mission in Mozambique, Victoria Akyeampong to discuss UNHCR initiatives concerning Zimbabwe since the March 29 elections. Akyeampong noted that a UNHCR team from Geneva had recently visited Mozambique to work with the GRM on a contingency plan for [...]
2008-04-28 15:47:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG PREF MZ ZM
08MAPUTO381UNHCR-MOZAMBIQUE FOCUSES ON LOCAL INTEGRATION,
[...] (U) Poloff met recently with head of the UNHCR mission in Mozambique, Victoria Akyeampong to discuss the first-of-its-kind UNHCR pilot transition program for operations at the Maratane refugee camp in Nampula Province. Akyeampong described the 2006-2008 UNHCR country plan which focuses on prov [...]
2008-04-30 08:59:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF SMIG MZ
08MAPUTO406NO GRM REACTION TO ZIM ELECTION RESULTS;
[...] (U) The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's delayed release of results from the March 29 presidential elections was met with minimal official reaction locally. The GRM has yet to make an official statement, aside from a brief public comment in mid-April by a Vice Minister for Foreign Relations, u [...]
2008-05-08 14:03:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MZ ZI
08MAPUTO466MANAMO PARTY CHIEF MAXIMO DIAS TO RETIRE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Charge, small opposition party MANAMO leader Maximo Dias announced his retirement and the closure of his party. He spoke about FRELIMO's theft of the 1999 elections, a $12 million offer of assistance made to RENAMO for the 2004 elections, and President Gueb [...]
2008-05-19 15:20:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MZ
08MAPUTO467MANAMO PARTY CHIEF MAXIMO DIAS TO RETIRE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Charge, small opposition party MANAMO leader Maximo Dias announced his retirement and the closure of his party. He spoke about FRELIMO's theft of the 1999 elections, a $12 million offer of assistance made to RENAMO for the 2004 elections, and President Gueb [...]
2008-05-20 06:03:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MZ
08MAPUTO473"VIRTUAL" TECHNOLOGIES MEET POLITICAL AND POPULAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The stage is set for modern communications technologies to play a key role in future protests in Mozambique. Cell phone ownership is increasingly common and internet access is growing rapidly. Demonstrators honed their skills and began to see the power of managing civil prote [...]
2008-05-21 06:29:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECPS MZ
08MAPUTO487MOZAMBICAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 22, as the xenophobic violence in South Africa entered its second week, the Mozambican government (GRM) declared a state of emergency to deal with a massive influx of thousands of Mozambican citizens fleeing the violence. GRM border immigration authorities stated that from [...]
2008-05-23 16:49:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPHUM SMIG PREF MZ ZM
08MAPUTO502MOZAMBIQUE FIGHTING CORRUPTION WITH SMOKE AND
[...] (C) More than three years after a new administration was elected on an anticorruption platform, the Government of Mozambique (GRM) has shown little success in the fight against corruption. International NGOs, most donors, and some small but dedicated elements of civil society express constant [...]
2008-06-02 05:18:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALKCOR KCRM PGOV PHUM MZ
08MAPUTO538GRACA MACHEL: AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Former First Lady of Mozambique Graca Machel told the Charge May 27 that the recent xenophobic violence in South Africa has severely damaged relations between Mozambique and South Africa. Referring to the recent history of violence in Kenya, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, Machel n [...]
2008-06-06 09:36:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MZ
08MAPUTO546SPILLOVER EFFECTS OF ZIMBABWE CRISIS
[...] (U) The crisis in Zimbabwe continues to have political, economic, and humanitarian spillover effects on Mozambique. While the Mozambican government (GRM) denies that Zimbabwean refugees enter Mozambique, NGOs paint a different picture. Border controls at the Machipanda crossing at the Zimbabwe [...]
2008-06-10 15:02:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG PREF MZ ZM
08MAPUTO616NUMBER OF ZIMBABWEAN POLITICAL REFUGEES ON THE RISE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs recently met with the UNHCR representative in Maputo to discuss the Zimbabwe political situation's affect on Mozambique and subsequently visited the Mozambique/Zimbabwe border towns of Machipanda, Manica, and Chimoio on June 26-27 to gauge the situation on the ground prior [...]
2008-07-02 12:21:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SMIG PREF PGOV MZ ZM
08MAPUTO636U.S. ELECTIONS: MOZ ASKS "WHAT'S IN IT FOR US?"
[...] SUMMARY: The Charge spoke on July 1 to an audience of 60 including members of civil society, the diplomatic community, several minority party leaders and press about the U.S. elections in a panel-debate hosted by the Center for Mozambican and International Studies (CEMO). Audience members f [...]
2008-07-09 15:45:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO MZ
08MAPUTO637U.S. ELECTIONS: MOZ ASKS "WHAT'S IN IT FOR US?"
[...] SUMMARY: The Charge spoke on July 1 to an audience of 60 including members of civil society, the diplomatic community, several minority party leaders and press about the U.S. elections in a panel-debate hosted by the Center for Mozambican and International Studies (CEMO). Audience members f [...]
2008-07-10 06:22:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO MZ
08MAPUTO648DUTCH HOLD MEETING ON ZIMBABWE CONTINGENCIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with friendly diplomatic missions on July 11 at the Dutch Embassy to discuss contingency planning for any future potential citizen evacuations from Zimbabwe into Mozambique at the Mutare border crossing in Manica province. The Dutch Charge openly expressed his missi [...]
2008-07-15 08:21:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PHUM ZI MZ
08MAPUTO748CORRUPTION CONCERNS LEAD SWEDEN AND SWITZERLAND TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent press reports highlight the decision of Sweden, a member of 19 donor countries (G19) who engage in direct budget support, to reduce its untargeted direct budget support to the Government of Mozambique (GRM) due to shortcomings in the areas of transparency and good gove [...]
2008-08-05 15:21:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MZ
08MAPUTO802IN SADC TROIKA, MOZAMBIQUE UNLIKELY TO PRESSURE
[...] (SBU) On August 16 and 17, the 28th Summit of the SADC Heads of State and Government in South Africa elected Mozambican President Armando Guebuza as Deputy Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defense, and Security Cooperation. Guebeza is part of a "troika" that includes former chair [...]
2008-08-22 09:05:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ ZI
08MAPUTO901RENAMO SENDS ITS POPULAR MAYOR PACKING TOO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RENAMO leadership chose not to nominate the incumbent mayor of Beira, Daviz Simango, as that party's candidate in November municipal elections. Simango, a competent technocrat who has ably administered the city over the past five years and who enjoys widespread popular support, [...]
2008-09-17 17:51:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ
08MAPUTO927FORMER MINISTER OF INTERIOR ARRESTED ON CORRUPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 22, police arrested former Minister of Interior Almerino Manhenje and eight other citizens on charges of corruption. Politics seems to have played a role in this particular case, and the timing coincides with growing concerns by donors that the Mozambican governmen [...]
2008-09-30 09:52:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALKCOR KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV MZ
08MAPUTO972RESPONSE TO USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable responds to Ref B's request to provide an overview of the current physical infrastructure conditions of land transport (road and rail),maritime transport, and electricity in Mozambique to include capacity, state of repair, and state of technology; an overview of the [...]
2008-10-10 11:49:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR ECON EINV MZ
08MASERU104LESOTHO: DEMARCHES ON HCOC, UN RESOLUTIONS AND DECLARATIONS
[...] SUMMARY: On April 21, Poloff met with Europe and Americas Director P. P. Makosholo at Lesotho's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver demarches on Lesotho's ascension to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Missile Proliferation (HCOC, Ref A),the U.S.-EU sponsored UN Prisoners on Conscience de [...]
2008-04-21 13:53:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC KNNP PARM PHUM KSCA ETTC TPSA IR
08MASERU11LESOTHO: GOL INTERESTED IN KOSOVO QUESTION, WIREC
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) On January 17, Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas and Europe Desk Director Pitso Makosholo regarding the possibility of Lesotho's early recognition of Kosovo's independence and Secretary Rice's invitation for a delega [...]
2008-01-17 11:49:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN UNMIK KDEM ENRG SENV TRGY YI LT
08MASERU127LESOTHO: SOMALI PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 10:28:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO LT
08MASERU172LESOTHO: GOL LINKS ATTACKS TO DEFUNCT INSURGENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 10, the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) held a "security briefing" for GOL officials, the diplomatic corps, and local press to display items recovered over the last year associated with various anti-government attacks (reftels A and B),including automatic weapons an [...]
2008-06-10 15:52:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC LT
08MASERU174LESOTHO: DEMARCHES ON TIP, MARITIME ISSUES, AND FAO
[...] SUMMARY: On June 12, Poloffs met with Mr. Yengane from the Europe and Americas Desk in the Lesotho Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss the 2008 TIP report, the Global Maritime Partnership, and the U.S. FAO candidate. Regarding the TIP report, Mr. Yengane appeared more interested in Lesoth [...]
2008-06-12 16:29:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EWWT EAID EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON EFIS PHUM
08MASERU178LESOTHO TO ATTEND UN ZIMBABWE ROUNDTABLE, SEND 31 ELECTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge spoke on June 18 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Tebollo Metsing, who, after conferring with Minister of Foreign Affairs Tsekoa, said that "Lesotho would most certainly participate" in the UN roundtable on Zimbabwe (ref A). Lesotho's election monitor [...]
2008-06-19 09:30:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM UN ZI LT
08MASERU180LESOTHO: AGOA FORUM, IRAN PACKAGE, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND FOOD
[...] SUMMARY: On June 20, Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Mr. P. P. Makosholo, Europe and Americas Desk Director at Lesotho's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, learning that: a) while the GOL has received AGOA forum invitations (ref a),their delegation has not been finalized; b) Lesotho's MFA app [...]
2008-06-20 11:08:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM EAID ETRD TBIO ECON EAGR IR LT
08MASERU45LESOTHO GOVERNMENT CLAIMS ASSASSINATION PLOT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Lesotho Government's senior spokesperson stated publicly in January that the GOL had uncovered a plot by opposition political parties to assassinate government ministers and business figures, an issue he revisited with the Ambassador during a January 30 courtesy call. In the [...]
2008-02-21 17:16:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM LT
08MBABANE358SWAZIS REACT TO U.S. ELECTION RESULTS
[...] SUMMARY: On November 5, approximately 140 people attended the Embassy's "Election Breakfast." High-ranking government officials, academicians, political organizations, and religious, labor and civil society members attended the event. The event took place about a month and a half after Swazi [...]
2008-11-19 14:38:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM KPAO WZ
08MEXICO1063THE GOM'S FEDERAL POLICE REFORM PLANS AND
[...] (U) On February 27, Emboffs met with Hector Sanchez from the Public Security Secretariat's (SSP) Office of International Relations to learn more about the GOM's police reforms and SSP's restructuring plans. This cable outlines the seven goals/guidelines that constitute SSP's "bible" for where the [...]
2008-04-09 19:17:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
08MEXICO1220MEXICO ON THE US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-23 23:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN PHUM PREL MX
08MEXICO1248MEXICAN AUTHORITIES SEARCH FOR DIRTY WAR VICTIMS
[...] Summary: Mexico waged a sporadic campaign against leftist groups in the late 60s thru the early 80s that reportedly produced the disappearance of hundreds. Relatives of those who disappeared have long insisted on justice and demanded the remains of their family members be returned to them. A [...]
2008-04-25 18:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDCA KCRM MX PGOV PHUM PREL
08MEXICO1302MEXICO WRESTLING WITH CUBAN MIGRATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. In FY 2007, 11,625 Cubans reached the U.S. southwest border via Mexico. While some entered Mexico legally, the majority entered illegally by way of the Yucatan Channel -- a much less patrolled route than the Straits of Florida to the north. Until recently, Mexico had enforce [...]
2008-04-29 22:01:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM PINR PREF KCRM MX CU
08MEXICO1421MEXICO UPDATE ON THE US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
[...] (SBU) Poloff stressed again with Armando Vivanco Castellanos, the Foreign Ministry's Deputy Director General for Human Rights and Democracy, on May 12, the importance the U.S. attached to support for the US-EU sponsored Prisoners of Conscience Declaration at the upcoming UNGA meeting. He assur [...]
2008-05-12 15:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN PHUM PREL MX
08MEXICO1422MEXICO DEMARCHED ON SYRIA'S CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 16:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP DPRK SY IAEA PARM PREL MX
08MEXICO1452UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE CONFIRMS ITS REPRESENTATIVE
[...] After weeks of rumors circulating about his imminent departure, Amerigo Incalcaterra, the Representative of the Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights officially announced plans to leave Mexico. Liliana Valina, Deputy Representative at the UN High Commission told poloff May 9 that [...]
2008-05-13 22:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM UN MX
08MEXICO1582MEXICO ON U.S. CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR SWING FOR IOM
[...] (SBU) Poloff encouraged Mexico per Ref (A) to support the candidacy of Ambassador Swing for IOM General Secretary in speaking May 22 to the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE),Julian Juarez Cadenas. Juarez noted that the U.S. Perm [...]
2008-05-22 21:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG MX
08MEXICO1613MIGRATION, VIOLENCE AND OAXACA,S ECONOMY
[...] Summary: Concerns about domestic violence, migration and Oaxaca's failing economy collide in Oaxaca where poloff met with state government officials, indigenous human rights organizations and local artisans to discuss current problems during a recent visit. State government officials were co [...]
2008-05-27 22:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDCA EAID ECON MX PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
08MEXICO1777INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE DIALOGUE TAMES
[...] Summary. The Mexican press has been consumed over much of the last two weeks with criticism of potential "conditions" attached to legislation being considered by the U.S. Congress in the debate over the Merida Initiative. Senior Mexican government officials and Congressional leaders alike have [...]
2008-06-10 18:36:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PHUM MASS MX
08MEXICO1839MEXICO-CUBA TALKS PRODUCE LITTLE MOVEMENT ON
[...] Mexican and Cuban officials met in April to discuss building cooperation on migration issues including combating criminal trafficking rings, resolving an impasse over repatriations, and facilitating the emission of migration documentation. The Foreign Ministry's (SRE) Deputy Director for the [...]
2008-06-16 22:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SMIG KCRM CU MX
08MEXICO1873MEXICAN SENATOR SANTIAGO CREEL REMOVED AS PAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PAN's surprise removal of the party's Senate Leader June 9 stemmed from dissatisfaction with his ability to win passage of an administration-backed energy reform bill. A party insider and a think tank expert told Poloff that Santiago Creel's poor relationship with the media [...]
2008-06-20 12:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ENRG PINR MX
08MEXICO1916MEXICO'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: THE GOOD, THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mexico's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) with its $72 million budget was created in the wake of demands and pressure on Mexico's government to investigate crimes of the "dirty war" and with a mandate to investigate, report and recommend measures to address human rights [...]
2008-06-25 14:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMX PGOV PHUM PREL
08MEXICO1928MEXICO ON THE UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN
[...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed points and the updated P5 1 package for Iran (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE),on June 20. Juarez commented that he hoped Iran would accept the package and a diplomatic [...]
2008-06-25 20:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM IR MX
08MEXICO1930MEXICO ON IRAN PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL
[...] (S/NF) Poloff conveyed points June 25 on Iran's participation in international defense expositions (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE). Juarez said the notion of prohibiting Iran from particip [...]
2008-06-25 21:00:00Embassy MexicoSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MX
08MEXICO1932MEXICO ON SUPPORT FOR IAEA INSPECTION IN SYRIA
[...] (S/NF) Poloff conveyed points June 25 on support for IAEA inspections in Syria (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE). Juarez said that Mexico, as one of the members of the IAEA Board of Governors [...]
2008-06-25 21:01:00Embassy MexicoSECRET//NOFORNKNNP PREL PARM SY MX
08MEXICO2190MEXICO OUTREACH WITH ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND
[...] (SBU) Poloff met with Eduardo Matias Lopez Ferrer, President of the Cuban-Mexican Civic Association in Mexico, and his wife on June 27, to express support for his organization in response reftel request to meet with dissidents from un-free nations who are living in exile in Mexico. 2. (SBU [...]
2008-07-16 21:40:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL CU MX
08MEXICO2201TABASCO DIGGING OUT FROM LAST YEAR'S FLOOD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff traveled to Villahermosa, Tabasco to assess recovery efforts from the floods of last October and the consequent political ramifications. State government officials, including the Governor Andres Granier (PRI) gave themselves high marks for coordination of national and int [...]
2008-07-17 20:31:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID PHUM MX
08MEXICO2218ISRAELI RELATIONS WITH MEXICO (C-NE8-00834)
[...] (C/NF) Poloff met separately with Enrique Palos, Deputy Director General for Africa and the Middle East at the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE),and Lior Keinan, Political Counselor and Press and Cultural Attache at the Israeli Embassy in Mexico City, on July 3 and 8, respectively, to di [...]
2008-07-18 17:24:00Embassy MexicoSECRET//NOFORNPINR PARM PREL IS MX
08MEXICO2669MEXICAN LEADERS SIGN SECURITY ACCORD RESPONDING TO
[...] Civil society organizations have organized a massive demonstration on August 30 calling upon the government to respond with greater urgency to rising levels of violent crime. In response to the public clamor over the serious security challenges Mexico faces, senior Mexican government official [...]
2008-09-02 17:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
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