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08MEXICO2755	DEMARCHE ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (C) On September 9, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Minister Counselor for the General Directorate of Human Rights Reyna Torres Mendivil at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE),underscoring (per reftel points) the USG's commitment to multilateral efforts to protect and promote human rights [...]	2008-09-09 22:13:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN

08MEXICO2793	PRI REVVING UP FOR 2009 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: PRI has sought over the past two years to recover from Roberto Madrazo's disheartening third place finish in the hard fought 2006 presidential race and is now gunning for big gains in the 2009 legislative and regional elections. PRI is looking to restructure the party from the [...]	2008-09-13 12:14:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB MX PGOV PINR PREL
08MEXICO2808	CALLS FOR ACTION, BUT NO LEADS IN MORELIA GRENADE [...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of the September 15 grenade attacks which claimed at least seven lives and injured scores, the Calderon government deployed an additional 1200 federal troops, plus more than 300 elements of the federal police to Morelia. The center of Michoacan's state capital i [...]	2008-09-17 19:57:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
08MEXICO2891	DEMARCHE ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF [...] (U) On September 25, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Minister Counselor for the General Directorate of Human Rights Reyna Torres Medivil at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (SRE). Although Torres had no substantive response regarding the Mexican Government's position, she agreed to [...]	2008-09-26 21:32:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
08MEXICO2928	MEXICO'S PRI TALKS TOUGH ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] Summary. The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) of late has ramped up criticism of President Felipe Calderon's handling of Mexico's security problems, probably in large part to rally support and to distinguish itself from Calderon's National Action Party (PAN) in the runup to the 2009 leg [...]	2008-10-01 12:39:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
08MEXICO2951	AFI PROTESTS: ANGST IN THE RANKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Last week's protests by elements of Mexico's Federal Investigative Agency (AFI) -- which sparked the subsequent takeover of AFI headquarters by SSP's Federal Police in the early morning of September 26 -- stem from widespread anxiety among rank and file investigative police o [...]	2008-10-03 19:25:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
08MEXICO3099	CALDERON LOOKING TO CRACK DOWN ON DRUG DEALERS [...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties are responding cautiously to President Calderon's proposed legislation intended to strengthen Mexico's laws against small-time drug dealers. The most publicized provision of the new law is a measure to send individuals possessing small quantities of drugs to tre [...]	2008-10-20 12:41:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
08MEXICO3137	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Eduardo Jordan, marketing agent for Bushmaster, and Oswaldo Luna Valderrabano of La Policia Federal Preventiva (PFP),and spoke by phone with Lieutenant Colonel Raul Manzano Velez in the Office of Commercialization of Armaments and Municions at the Secretariat of National [...]	2008-10-23 13:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC SNAR MX
08MEXICO3146	OAXACA: MORE OF THE SAME, LITTLE CHANGE [...] (U) Summary: On 7-9 October, Poloff visited Oaxaca state and met with a representative from civil society, the President of the State Human Rights Commission, and various government officials, including Governor Ulises Ruiz. Two years after the unrest in 2006, the rift between human rights or [...]	2008-10-23 20:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM MX PGOV PHUM PREL
08MEXICO3171	MEXICO'S PRD REMAINS ITS OWN WORST ENEMY [...] (CONFIDENTIAL) SUMMARY: Having exacted concessions from lawmakers struggling to finalize energy reform legislation, Mexico's Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) should be celebrating its political gains this week. Instead, party banner carrier Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is threatening to f [...]	2008-10-24 23:07:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MX
08MEXICO3178	MEXICO REBUILDING TIES TO VENEZUELA, SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary. President Felipe Calderon has attempted since taking office to repair ties with Venezuela, and the Foreign Ministry has said that Mexico is slowly making improvements. Nevertheless, several points of friction, such as the lack of a Venezuelan ambassador in Mexico City, suspicions about [...]	2008-10-27 18:11:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MX
08MEXICO3183	MEXICO'S SECURITY REFORM MOVING AHEAD IN FITS AND [...] (C) Summary. Mexican President Calderon has submitted to congress a series of proposals to improve government performance on security matters, the most significant of which probably are police reorganization, reform of the Attorney General's Office, and the renovation of a National System for [...]	2008-10-28 17:18:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
08MEXICO3285	MOURINO DEATH A BLOW, BUT UNLIKELY TO UNDERMINE [...] (C) Summary. The tragic death of Juan Camilo Mourino, along with several colleagues at Mexico's Secretariat of Government (SEGOB),represents a personal blow for President Calderon, and the loss of talented professionals, but should neither undermine the president politically nor prove to be [...]	2008-11-05 23:32:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
08MEXICO3342	CALDERON NAMES FERNANDO FRANCISCO GOMEZ MONT NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: In an early morning press conference November 10, President Calderon named Fernando Francisco Gomez Mont to replace Juan Camilo Mouri$o, who perished in last weekQ,s jet crash in Mexico City. Gomez Mont is hailed by many in his party as a solid pick, who will help knit PAN t [...]	2008-11-10 23:21:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
08MEXICO3498	CALDERON CONTINUES ANTI-CORRUPTION SWEEP [...] (C) Summary. The Calderon administration's anti-corruption initiative Operation Cleanup most recently produced the arrest of the head of Interpol in Mexico and a former Deputy Attorney General/anti-drug czar. While the revelations of narco-infiltration into the upper echelons of law enforcem [...]	2008-11-25 22:24:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
08MEXICO3503	MEXICO ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRANIAN AND SYRIAN [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed points November 26 on the IAEA's reports on Iranian and Syrian nuclear programs (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE). Juarez said that the Government of Mexico (GOM) conti [...]	2008-11-26 18:13:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY MX
08MEXICO3530	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Mexico has uncovered a misstatement on the license request by Transportadora de Proteccion y Seguridad (TPS) in conducting a pre-license end-use check (reftel). Although TPS did not identify the correct end-user of abrasion resistant steel plates from U.S. supplier Kam [...]	2008-12-02 14:26:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC SNAR MX
08MEXICO3574	AN IFE PERSPECTIVE ON MEXICAN ELECTORAL REFORMS [...] (C) Summary. The 2009 legislative and gubernatorial elections will test the efficacy of electoral reforms passed last year, some of the most significant of which include changes to campaign financing and access to media. How the reforms play out next year probably will determine whether the l [...]	2008-12-04 22:20:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
08MEXICO358	MEXICO TO ATTEND PDG MEETING IN PARIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 23:00:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM POL WHA MX
08MEXICO359	MEXICO TO ATTEND UN.GIFT AND THE VIENNA FORUM TO [...] Graciela Gomez Garcia, Director for the International Crime Prevention Unit at Mexico's Foreign Ministry (SRE),told PolOff February 8 that Mexico's newly appointed Special Prosecutor for Violent Crimes Against Women, Maria Guadalupe Morfin Otero, would lead Mexico's delegation to the upcoming [...]	2008-02-08 23:40:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PREF SMIG MX
08MEXICO3594	ROUGH ROAD AHEAD FOR MEXICO'S PRD DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jesus Ortega, newly confirmed president of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD),this week heralded the beginning of a new period of greater stability for his party. However, his assumption to the presidency has done nothing to quiet the bitter factional tensions among Mexico [...]	2008-12-08 13:33:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
08MEXICO3670	LEFT-OF-CENTER CONVERGENCIA PARTY STRUGGLING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: With legislative elections next summer that could determine its fate as a political party, Mexico's small left-of-center Convergencia is casting around for strategies that will help maintain its viability. On December 10, the party cemented a new alliance with the small, far-l [...]	2008-12-15 13:41:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
08MEXICO3689	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] (SBU) Poloff met with President Mauricio Natale and his assistant, Jose Eduardo Llanos, of Blindajes Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (whose commercial name is Global Armor) November 25 about the end-use check on license 050126003 (reftel). Natale confirmed the order for steel armor plates from Astrall [...]	2008-12-15 23:37:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC SNAR MX
08MEXICO3690	MEXICO'S 75 POINT SECURITY PACT: 100 DAYS LATER [...] (C) Summary. President Calderon's government has made genuine progress against the obligations outlined in last summer's 75 point security pact, purging law enforcement institutions of many corrupt officials, getting Mexico's legislature to boost security spending in the 2009 budget and estab [...]	2008-12-16 13:44:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
08MEXICO3742	MEXICO ON HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FORMATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 23:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER MX
08MEXICO3743	MEXICO: TAKING STOCK OF LEGISLATIVE SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Congress' work this session fell short of its 75 point security pact promises, but the legislation that did pass represents important steps forward in judicial and security reform and restructuring. The path to approving the legislation was not without some debate and concessio [...]	2008-12-18 23:06:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
08MEXICO3777	MEXICO ON HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 18:27:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER MX
08MEXICO3778	MEXICO ON FORMER PRESIDENT ERNESTO ZEDILLO'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 23:58:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY MX
08MEXICO3793	MEXICO ON INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed points on increasing financial pressure on Iran (reftel) December 24 to Fernando Gonzalez in the Office of the UN Security Council at the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE). Gonzalez commented that the Government of Mexico (GOM) supports full implementation of the Se [...]	2008-12-24 22:18:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM MX
08MEXICO3800	MEXICO'S PRD MODERATES CLOSE RANKS AT EXPENSE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new moderate leadership of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD),on the heels of its victory in the internal elections (reftel),closed ranks in recent weeks at the expense of small parties and former party standard bearer Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). At its las [...]	2008-12-30 13:41:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MX
08MEXICO463	SAN DIEGO/TIJUANA: INCREASED BORDER VIOLENCE AND [...] (SBU) On February 5, CBP and Poloff met with SRE to discuss the issue of increased violence along the border. CBP specifically noted that border violence problems have increased/worsened in the Tijuana/San Diego area in the past 6 months. CBP informed SRE of the extent of collaboration there h [...]	2008-02-19 21:57:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM ECON MASS MX
08MEXICO623	CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS-DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Mariana Salazar Albornoz, Area Director of International Policy on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Dr. Rodolfo Godinez Rosales, Director for the Environment under the General Direction of Global Themes, both of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SR [...]	2008-03-03 23:10:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	MV MX PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC KGHG
08MEXICO630	ZACATECAS NOTES: STATE OF DISCONTENT [...] (SBU) A two day trip to Zacatecas state in early February by Embassy Poloff and Monterrey consulate's Polecon chief provided indications that the nearly ten year grip held by the Democratic Revolutionary Party on the state may be loosening. Contacts in politics, government, media and academe [...]	2008-03-04 18:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCRM KDEM MX PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SMIG
08MEXICO713	NARCO-KILLINGS UPDATE [...] (SBU) According to figures from the National Center for Information, Analysis and Planning in order to Fight Crime (CENAPI),there were over 2,400 organized crime-related homicides in 2007, compared to an estimated 2,120 in 2006. The majority of these killings continue to occur in states tradi [...]	2008-03-11 19:40:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PINR MASS MX
08MEXICO721	EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) The mission's point of contact on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is Poloff Janelle Guest. She may be reached by telephone at (52) (55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52) (55) 5080-2247 or GuestJR@state.gov). Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organization [...]	2008-03-11 22:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN MX PHUM PREF SMIG
08MEXICO8	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-03 17:55:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA
08MEXICO875	MEXICO TO SUPPORT EXTENSION OF THE DPRK SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 20:16:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	MX PGOV PHUM PREL
08MEXICO886	THE FARC IN mexico â€¨â€¨Classified By: POL Officer Frank Penirian. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 19:50:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KCRM PINR SNAR MX
08MEXICO959	MEXICO DEMARCHED ON UNSCR 1803 ON IRAN, INCLUDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 20:54:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC NSG PARM UNSC IR MX
08MINSK11	REGIME ANNOUNCES STEPS TO LIQUIDATE OPPOSITION COMMUNISTS [...] (U) On January 2, the Belarusian Justice Ministry announced plans to initiate liquidation proceedings against the opposition Belarusian Party of Communists (BPC). The announcement came one month before the party's six-month suspension is set to expire (ref A). Authorities allege that the par [...]	2008-01-04 15:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM BO
08MINSK112	JCIC-DIP-08-001 DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 15:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT START JCIC BO
08MINSK145	IRINA KOZULINA RESTS IN PEACE, LUKASHENKO WORRIES [...] (C) Overflow crowds packed the February 26 and 27 funeral services for Irina Kozulina held in downtown Minsk. Opposition figures and Minsk residents both paid their respects to her and took the opportunity to express their support to her political prisoner husband Aleksandr, who had been furl [...]	2008-02-27 16:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK164	RELIGIOUS LEADERS DEMAND AMENDMENT OF RELIGION LAW [...] (C) A group of local religious leaders led by the New Life Church launched a campaign to pressure the GOB to change Belarus' restrictive 2003 Religion Law. Leaders from various religious groups met with Ambassador to discuss their campaign plans. The following week, the group conducted a pr [...]	2008-03-07 16:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR PREL KIRF BO
08MINSK17	OPPOSITION, ENTREPRENEURS STAND TOGETHER FOR [...] (C) On January 10, between 1,500-2,000 demonstrators gathered on Minsk's October Square to protest new regulations driving small entrepreneurs out of business. At one point the protestors blocked off traffic at a main intersection. Authorities began their crackdown before the demonstration, [...]	2008-01-11 15:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK195	GOB SLOW TO INVESTIGATE ANTI-SEMITIC THREAT [...] (C) Poloff met March 14 with Yakov Basin, a Jewish community leader, to discuss an anti-Semitic threat letter sent by the Vitebsk cell of the neo-Nazi Russian National Unity (RNE) group to the editor of a regional independent daily in January. Basin stated that the editor had filed the case with th [...]	2008-03-18 12:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK219	REGIME VIOLENTLY DISRUPTS OPPOSITION RALLY [...] (C) Riot police violently broke up a peaceful March 25 rally/march held in Minsk to mark the ninetieth anniversary of the short-lived Belarusian People's Republic. Charge, A/DCM, and a few EU colleagues observed the start of the march, which gathered over 1000 participants in spite of suffoc [...]	2008-03-26 16:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR BO
08MINSK42	ENTREPRENEURS' PROTEST DISPERSED BY SPETSNAZ [...] (C) On January 21, sole proprietors and their supporters staged their second large protest in downtown Minsk this month and agreed to protest again February 18. The crowd of approximately 1,500 then marched toward parliament before Interior Ministry troops in full riot gear dispersed them. P [...]	2008-01-22 17:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON BO
08MINSK44	REGIME FREES SECOND POLITICAL PRISONER [...] (C) Political prisoner and Malady Front Chair Dmitriy Dashkevich was freed late January 23. Dashkevich, who was originally incarcerated in 2006 for participation in an unregistered organization, is the second of Belarus' internationally recognized political prisoners to be freed in less than [...]	2008-01-24 15:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO BO
08MINSK67	GOB OFFICIALS OUTLINE ANTI-TERROR LAWS [...] (U) On January 16 and 17, poloff attended the Legal Workshop for Member States of the CIS on the Criminal Aspects of Countering Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Terrorism. The workshop was sponsored by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Organization for Security and Cooperation [...]	2008-01-31 14:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PTER MNUC PGOV BO
08MINSK73	MORE DELAYS WITH UNIFIED OPPOSITION SLATE OF [...] (C) The United Democratic Forces' (UDF) drafting of a unified slate of candidates for 2008 parliamentary elections remains a work in progress. A host of factors, including internal Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) elections and the recent 15-day detention of United Civic Party Chair Anatoliy L [...]	2008-02-01 14:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
08MINSK87	NUCLEAR EXPORT DENIALS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 15:37:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA BO IR
08MINSK88	UN.GIFT AND VIENNA FORUM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 15:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BO
08MINSK89	HCOC "INREACH" DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 15:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA BO
08MINSK99	ACTIVIST'S MOTHER DISCUSSES SON'S DETENTION, TRIAL [...] (C) Ambassador met February 7 with Tatyana Kim, mother of detained youth activist Andrey Kim. Kim described the difficulties her son's attorney has been facing in court, and the support he has received from prominent members of the opposition. End summary. Youth Facing Six-Year Imprisonme [...]	2008-02-12 15:23:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08MONROVIA1041	BAD TRAFFICKING PRESS CAUSES GOVERNMENT ACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent negative press in the international and local media about trafficking cases and the badly regulated adoption system has spurned government action. The Minister of Labor held a special anti-human trafficking taskforce meeting on November 29 to develop a new draft strategy, [...]	2008-12-17 11:42:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS LI
08MONROVIA1064	LIBERIA: TRC SUBMITS FIRST VOLUME OF FINAL REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) submitted a confidential copy of Volume I of its final report, including its key findings and recommendations, to the GOL December 19, meeting the recommended December 21 deadline to avoid potential legal complications. TRC C [...]	2008-12-29 17:58:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID LI
08MONROVIA248	LIBERIA: TRC BRINGS SOME RECONCILIATION TO COUNTIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) recently concluded one-week public hearings in five of Liberia's fifteen counties, and will head out again to the remaining counties after a two-week break. The hearings were positively received and the traditional leaders of eac [...]	2008-04-01 16:10:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV EAID ECON PREL LI
08MONROVIA377	LIBERIA: ONGOING POWER STRUGGLE WITHIN CDC PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A month-long power struggle inside Liberia's most popular opposition party, the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC),was not resolved at National Elections Commission (NEC) hearing, and the case has been sent to the Supreme Court. If there is no solution before the CDC's 2009 [...]	2008-05-19 18:09:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID LI
08MONROVIA446	LIBERIA: CRIME RATE STEADY BUT PUBLIC'S UNEASINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberian public has grown uneasy about a rumored increase in violent crime since the beginning of 2008. While crime continues at a high rate, UN crime statistics do not indicate a sharp increase. The public perception continues, however, because of frequent media coverage [...]	2008-06-06 07:54:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM EAID LI
08MONROVIA466	LIBERIA: RECENT CLASHES HIGHLIGHT NEED FOR LAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The rising pattern of violence over land is emerging as a serious threat to the stability of Liberia. Land disputes have been occurring since the end of the civil war, but it appears that attacks between factions are becoming more organized and more deadly. The open use of autom [...]	2008-06-17 19:03:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ECON EAID LI
08MONROVIA50	LIBERIA: GIRL'S DEATH REVEALS STRAINS WITHIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Around 150 students peacefully demonstrated outside of Embassy Monrovia January 11, calling for the USG to pressure the Government of Liberia (GOL) to reinvestigate the suicide of 13-year-old Merideh "Angel" Togba. The girl was found hanging in her guardians' bathroom November 30 [...]	2008-01-16 15:18:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KJUS LI
08MONROVIA578	TRC ENTERS THEMATIC HEARINGS PHASE, REQUESTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) recently completed individual public hearings in all fifteen counties and has now entered its "thematic public hearings" phase. The various themes include: women, children and youth, economic crimes, religious and traditiona [...]	2008-07-28 07:39:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM ECON LI
08MONROVIA674	LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON RESPONSE TO MAURITANIAN COUP [...] PolOff met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Economic Integration Conmany Wesseh August 29 to deliver reftel demarche. Wesseh said that the GOL had draft language in clearance to publicly condemn the coup in Mauritania but decided not to do so after [...]	2008-09-02 19:31:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID LI
08MONROVIA676	LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON EGYPT'S MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON [...] PolOff met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Economic Integration Conmany Wesseh August 29 to deliver reftel demarche. Wesseh said that the Sirleaf Administration takes pandemic influenza very seriously but that the issue often falls below other pressin [...]	2008-09-02 19:35:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL LI
08MONROVIA677	LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND [...] PolOff met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Economic Integration Conmany Wesseh August 29 to deliver reftel demarche. Wesseh said that to his knowledge there had been no internal GOL discussions as of yet on formulating a position with respect to Russia [...]	2008-09-03 08:59:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID RS GG LI
08MONROVIA694	LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] PolOff met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Economic Integration Conmany Wesseh September 10 to deliver reftel demarche. Wesseh, who was confirmed by the Liberian Senate September 9 to be Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said he would ha [...]	2008-09-10 17:47:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL LI
08MONROVIA91	LIBERIA: EFFORTS TO COMBAT WEST AFRICAN DRUG [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Liberia (GOL) does not currently have the will or resources to fight drug-trafficking. Liberia is not presently a major transshipment point for cocaine bound for Europe, but is likely to become so as infrastructure improves and UNMIL draws down. A small number [...]	2008-01-31 17:41:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM EAID SOCI LI
08MONTERREY182	DRUG WAR BRINGS COMPLAINTS OF ARBITRARY DETENTION; MEXICAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The number of complaints of human rights abuses in Nuevo Leon increased substantially in 2007 according to the state human rights agency and a local NGO, and the majority of these complaints stem from alleged arbitrary detention. The alleged abuses appear to be perpetrated by [...]	2008-04-10 21:44:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PGOV MX
08MONTERREY232	KIDNAPPINGS RISE IN NUEVO LEON; FEDERAL FORCES DECREASING [...] (C) Summary. Kidnapping for ransom has come to Nuevo Leon. Public authorities downplay the problem since few cases are reported to the police, but Post law enforcement officials are aware of at least four cases, with indications of many more. Although top state government officials have urg [...]	2008-05-15 22:28:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR ASEC CASC ECON KCRM MX
08MONTERREY414	KIDNAPPINGS AND ORGANIZED CRIME CHALLENGE CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary. Over the past few weeks, Conoffs have reached out to various players within Nuevo Leon civil society to gauge the effect that the increase in kidnappings since the beginning of the year has had on local institutions. In our conversations with military and police officials, ma [...]	2008-09-02 19:45:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PINS SNAR ASEC PGOV PHUM MX
08MONTERREY438	ELECTED OFFICIALS REACT TO PUBLIC PRESSURE FOR IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 30 a large demonstration took place in Monterrey (as did in Mexico City and dozens of other cities) designed to pressure state and local authorities to improve public security. The citizens marched to demand better performance from the police and to encourage peop [...]	2008-09-22 20:11:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SOCI PGOV ECON MX KCRM
08MONTERREY473	SENSE OF GLOOM PERVADES NUEVO LEON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE [...] (U) This cable is the first in a two-part series. This first part deals with public perceptions of the worsening security situation while the second will look at the lagging economy. 2. (SBU) Summary. The October 11 gunshot/grenade attack against the U.S. Consulate only deepen [...]	2008-10-20 22:36:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV ECON SNAR MX
08MONTERREY559	PAN AND PRI TEST MEXICO'S NEW ELECTION REFORM LAWS IN NUEVO [...] (U) Summary. Nuevo Leon is the largest of the six Mexican states holding gubernatorial elections in 2009 and will be the first major test of the federal electoral reform passed in November 2007. The race will also be an important measure of the relative strength of the national PAN an [...]	2008-12-18 16:05:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KCRM KCOR MX
08MONTEVIDEO313	SAO PAOLO FORUM: ANTI-AMERICAN ASSEMBLY AT IT AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: 844 participants from 35 countries gathered on May 22-25 for the Fourteenth Meeting of the Forum of Sao Paulo (FSP) in Montevideo. The Government of Uruguay (GOU) tried to distance itself. Paraguayan president elect Fernando Lugo was in town but did not attend. The final declar [...]	2008-05-28 19:02:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UY
08MONTEVIDEO345	URUGUAY TAKES TIP REPORT IN STRIDE; WANTS TO DO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloffs provided a copy of the 2008 report and discussed trafficking in persons in separate meetings with the MFA Office of Human Rights, the Deputy Minister of Culture and Education and the Director of Immigration. GOU officials were ready for positive dialog about the report, [...]	2008-06-09 11:12:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELAB KCRM PHUM SMIG KWMN PGOV UY
08MONTEVIDEO349	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: URUGUAY AGREES THAT HRC NEEDS [...] (SBU) On June 10, Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director of Human Rights, Alejandra de Bellis. She said the GOU was disappointed in the USG decision not to participate in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),and that it preferred to pursue reform and improve human rights from w [...]	2008-06-11 17:41:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UY
08MONTEVIDEO393	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: MAJOR ISSUES AT UNIVERSAL [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, (MFA) Maria del Carmen Menoni Ocampo, and Uruguayan Communication Services Regulatory Unit's (URSEC) Dr. Carol Dolinkas, on July 3. 2. (U) The MFA's Department of Multilateral Affairs accepted the diplomatic note and m [...]	2008-07-11 14:08:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO UY
08MONTEVIDEO438	URUGUAY'S ATTENDANCE PLANS FOR 63RD UN GENERAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 15 and 24, poloff contacted the MFA's Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs, Elsa Borges, and Third Secretary in the Department of International Organizations, Maria Fernanda Garcia regarding reftel. The MFA was unable to officially confirm the attendance or travel pla [...]	2008-08-01 19:11:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
08MONTEVIDEO449	URUGUAY,S ANTI-DRUG CHIEF RECOUNTS SUCCESSES, [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Ambassador Baxter met August 6 with Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidency and President of the Counter-narcotics commission Jorge Luis Vazquez to discuss options for a [...]	2008-08-08 10:28:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PINR PREL UY
08MONTEVIDEO486	ILEA LATIN AMERICA - STUDENT SELECTION: SENIOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 17:44:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM
08MONTEVIDEO569	EMBASSY MONTEVIDEO BRIEFS URUGUAY'S [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. - - - - Summary - - - - 2. (SBU) Following up the September 25th signing of a bilateral Letter of Agreement, Embassy Montevideo's interagency counter-narcotics team met October 7 with Uruguay's Counter- [...]	2008-10-10 10:49:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PINR PREL UY
08MONTEVIDEO82	URUGUAY PLANTS VENEZUELAN FLAG IN ANTARCTICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Colorado Party joined forces with Frente Amplio (FA) deputies to approve a Venezuela-sponsored joint expedition to Antarctica that departed Montevideo this week. According to GOU officials, Venezuela aims to become a full consultative party to the Antarctic Tre [...]	2008-02-19 19:05:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA KTIA EAID AY VZ UY
08MONTREAL48	QUEBEC LIBERALS: THE PQ AND KOSOVO AND FEDERAL [...] (C) Canada is weighing the effect recognizing Kosovo independence will have on Party Quebecois's (PQ) dormant separatist agenda, Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) Regional Coordinator Patrick Gilles informed Econ-Poloff February 20 in Montreal. He added that the government's concern was based on pre [...]	2008-02-22 19:52:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KVIR YI EU CA
08MOSCOW1052	RUSSIANS EXPLAIN VIEWS ON UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary. Together with UK and French colleagues, we delivered reftel demarche April 16 to Aleksandr Deyneko, Senior Counselor in the MFA Department of Disarmament and Security Issues, responsible for UNSCR 1540 issues. Deyneko stressed that, as a co-sponsor of UNSCR 1540, Russia was very [...]	2008-04-16 13:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC UK FR RS
08MOSCOW1320	RUSSIA'S ELITIST VICTORY DAY CELEBRATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia on May 9 celebrated the sixty-third anniversary of the end of World War II with a parade on Red Square that featured approximately 8,000 soldiers and 100 military vehicles. For the first time since 1990, the parade showcased military hardware such as empty ballistic miss [...]	2008-05-13 03:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PGOV PINS PREL PROP
08MOSCOW1330	MAYOR NON GRATA: MOSCOW REACTS [...] (U) Amid ample press reports on "Mayor Non Grata," the MFA issued a statement on May 12, expressing puzzlement over Ukraine's decision to bar Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov from entering Ukraine, following his speech during the May 12 celebrations of the 225th anniversary of the Russian Black Sea [...]	2008-05-13 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
08MOSCOW1865	SIXTEENTH SESSION OF U.S-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 10:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF IZ RS
08MOSCOW1875	SIXTEENTH SESSION OF U.S-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP ON [...] (C) Summary. The Sixteenth Session of the U.S. - Russia Working Group on Counterterrorism (CTWG) met in Moscow on June 19-20. U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak, co-Chairs of the CTWG, led the interagency delegations (delegatio [...]	2008-07-03 08:00:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF IZ RS
08MOSCOW1951	THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF RUSSIA'S REGIONS: VIEW [...] (C) Summary: Regional governments in Belgorod and Kursk work closely with their Ukrainian and Belarusian counterparts, and are minimally affected by any disputes their national governments may have. Local officials meet to discuss ways to promote cross-border trade, cultural exchanges, and w [...]	2008-07-08 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EIND ETRD MD PBTS PGOV RS SNAR UP BO
08MOSCOW2146	MIXED SIGNALS AS RUSSIA PREPARES FOR OSCE HUMAN [...] (C) Summary. Leading up to this year's OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reacted positively to US concerns and, despite a July 23 MFA statement reiterating criticisms of ODIHR, was positively disposed to the upcoming visit of ODIHR Dire [...]	2008-07-25 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE PHUM RS
08MOSCOW2170	NASHI SUMMER CAMP 2008: SEX, THUGS, AND THE ROC ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The Kremlin-sponsored Nashi youth group may not enjoy the same prominence under Medvedev, but its fourth annual summer conference at Lake Seliger in Tver Oblast reinforced continued and significant Kremlin and Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) sponsorship. Billed as an "Innovation F [...]	2008-07-28 11:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS
08MOSCOW2239	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN ROLE IN ENERGY [...] (C) On August 1 PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA First Asia Department Second Secretary Dmitriy Kulkin, a Russian delegation member at Six-Party meetings. Kulkin emphasized that Russia continues to support the "action for action" principle outlined by the Six-Party Talks Economy and E [...]	2008-08-01 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	EAID ENRG KNNP PARM PREL RS KN JA CH KS
08MOSCOW2312	RUSSIA REMEMBERS SOLZHENITSYN [...] (SBU) Summary: In bidding farewell to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russia took a moment to honor a great writer and dissident, and remember an historical period often glossed over in this era of gangbuster economic growth and public trumpeting of Russia's resurgent geopolitical power and pride. Pr [...]	2008-08-08 12:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW2370	TFGG01: MINIMAL BACKLASH FOR GEORGIAN DIASPORA [...] (C) Summary: Despite current hostilities, we see no evidence of a repeat of the fall 2006 anti-Georgian campaign in Russia. On August 12, Georgian Charge in Moscow told us that the Georgian community in Russia was suffering no backlash from the outbreak of hostilities. We also have not hea [...]	2008-08-13 03:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM PREF PINR RS GG
08MOSCOW2412	YOUTH-DOMINATED RUSSIAN BLOGOSPHERE CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the onset of violence in South Ossetia, Russian bloggers have utilized internet sites to blaspheme the U.S. and Georgia, organize opposition events, and call for extreme measures. Dominated by Russia's youth, these online fora remain decidedly pro-Russia with little sym [...]	2008-08-14 15:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS
08MOSCOW2425	PRESS BIAS SHIFTS IN FAVOR OF MEDVEDEV, BUT PUTIN [...] Summary: xxxxx reported the results xxxxx in a recent meeting with PolOff. While Medvedev dominated Russian programming on four of five surveyed stations, his appearances were disproportionately ceremonial in contrast to Putin's hands on control of the Russian government. The virtual absence of air [...]	2008-08-15 10:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS
08MOSCOW2488	TFGG01: NO SYSTEMATIC HARASSMENT OF ETHNIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Georgian diplomats and a representative of the Georgian community in Moscow confirmed to us August 20 that they have not yet observed any significant or systematic increase in anti-Georgian harassment by Russian authorities or from the Russian public at large. While noting that th [...]	2008-08-20 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL RS GG
08MOSCOW2507	TFGG01: RUSSIA REACTS STRONGLY TO NAC STATEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Russia strongly condemned the North Atlantic Council's August 19 statement on the conflict in Georgia, and said NATO Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin would be returning to Moscow for consultations on the future of NATO-Russian relations. In addition, the creation of a NATO-Georgia Comm [...]	2008-08-22 03:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL MARR RS GE
08MOSCOW2702	ODIHR HEAD LENARCIC SEEKS "NEW CHAPTER" IN [...] (C) Summary: On September 9, Janez Lenarcic, Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR),stated that he hoped for a "new chapter" in relations with Russia and that "there can be no double standards" in how ODIHR treats OSCE member countries. In coordina [...]	2008-09-10 03:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE KDEM RS

08MOSCOW2731	INGUSH OPPOSITION STILL HOPES ZYAZIKOV'S DAYS ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: Colleagues of slain Ingush opposition leader Magomed Yevloyev, in Moscow to tell their version of Yevloyev's August 31 death (reftel),told us September 10 that Ingushetiya president Murat Zyazikov has lost all local support and the opposition movement will continue its efforts [...]	2008-09-11 12:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW2951	COMPARATIVE CALM IN CHECHNYA AS KADYROV [...] (C) Summary: A September 22-24 visit to Chechnya, the first by an Embassy political officer in almost two years, showed that life -- in Groznyy, at least -- has achieved a surface normalcy and that people were more interested in solving their own "day-to-day" problems than worrying about pol [...]	2008-10-06 08:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PREF EAID RS
08MOSCOW2989	VIOLENCE IN INGUSHETIYA ESCALATES [...] (C) Summary: Ingushetiya continues to be the most dangerous place in the North Caucasus, especially for government officials, their families and representatives of law enforcement bodies. The possibility of a full-fledged blood feud is strong, especially after a local court ruled October 6 [...]	2008-10-08 14:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR EAID PREF RS
08MOSCOW3088	USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE STILL NEEDED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent trip to the North Caucasus, poloff spent three days in Chechnya and two in Ingushetiya monitoring humanitarian assistance programs funded by the Department's Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM). Beneficiaries of the programs, internally-displace [...]	2008-10-20 13:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF EAID KDEM PINR RS
08MOSCOW3123	BOSNIA: FOR RUSSIA, SOLUTION LIES WITH THE EU [...] (C) Summary: Dismissing Bosnian PM Dodik's nationalist rhetoric as election-related, the MFA continues to underline to Republic of Srbska (RS) authorities that it will suffer if it violates either the Dayton Accords or the constitution, and that Kosovo was not a precedent for the RS to follow [...]	2008-10-23 11:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK RS
08MOSCOW3177	JAPANESE VIEW OF RUSSO-JAPANESE RELATIONS FROM [...] (C) Summary. According to the Japanese Consulate General in Vladivostok, Russia and Japan currently enjoy a "calm and good" relationship marked by expanding economic ties. The Russian desire to develop its Siberian and Far East regions, as well as infrastructural needs for Vladivostok's ho [...]	2008-10-29 13:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD RS JA
08MOSCOW3179	GOR STILL FEELING ITS WAY ON TAXING FOREIGN GRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Finance has sent a letter to Premier Vladimir Putin identifying the criteria and procedures for including foreign non-commercial organizations on a list of grantors whose grants are exempt from income taxation for Russian recipients. The proposal was hardly a [...]	2008-10-29 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KDEM PHUM PINR USAID RS
08MOSCOW3210	WATCHING NORTH KOREA FROM VLADIVOSTOK [...] (C) Summary. North Korea experts in Vladivostok see small signs of economic reforms in North Korea but believe Pyongyang needs more confidence in its regime survival before being willing to take further steps to alleviate the poverty situation in the country. The experts hold varying views [...]	2008-10-31 13:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KS KN
08MOSCOW3754	MOSTLY QUIET IN THE WESTERN NORTH CAUCASUS [...] (SBU) Summary: The North Caucasus republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia have largely been spared the violence and instability of their eastern neighbors North Ossetia, Ingushetiya, Chechnya and Dagestan. In view of the sustained improvement in the security situation there, [...]	2008-12-29 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI PTER RS
08MOSCOW3755	GOR SUPPORTS UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALIA BUT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and is not meant for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Per reftel request, Poloff discussed the draft Security Council resolution on establishing a peacekeeping mission in Somalia with MFA Department of International Organizations First Secr [...]	2008-12-29 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO SO ET RS
08MOSCOW497	VOLGOGRAD: BUSINESS GROUPS CONTEST CITY DUMA [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with politicians and interested observers during a February 19 - 20 visit to Volgograd suggested little interest in the March 2 presidential elections, except among those charged with ensuring a high turnout. According to the Chairman of the Regional Election Commi [...]	2008-02-22 15:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW884	RUSSIA ASKS FOR A "STRAIGHT ANSWER" ON AFGHAN [...] (C) MFA Afghanistan Desk Chief Yuri Khokhlov called in Poloff on March 31 to tell us Russia sought a "straight answer" from the U.S. on whether there was interest in the Russian offer to provide military aid to Afghanistan (refs). He said that while the GOR has dealt bilaterally with Afghanist [...]	2008-03-31 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF RS
08MUMBAI525	STATE ELECTIONS IN CHHATTISGARH AND MADHYA PRADESH: PARTIES [...] (U) Summary: In November and December 2008, state elections will be held in six out of 29 Indian states. This round of polling is widely perceived as a "semi-final" before the national elections, which are due before May 2009. In Consulate Mumbai's consular district, Chhattisgarh and Madhya [...]	2008-11-07 03:47:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IN
08MUMBAI531	STATE ELECTIONS IN CHHATTISGARH AND MADHYA PRADESH: PARTIES [...] (U) Summary: In November and December 2008, state elections will be held in six out of 29 Indian states. This round of polling is widely perceived as a "semi-final" before the national elections, which are due before May 2009. In Consulate Mumbai's consular district, Chhattisgarh and Madhya [...]	2008-11-12 09:39:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN SOCI
08MUNICH349	GERMANY/BAVARIAN POLITICS: NEW BAVARIAN POLITICS [...] (C) Horst Seehofer (Christian Social Union - CSU) became Bavaria's new Minister President October 27, leaving his position as Federal Agriculture Minister to lead the first Bavarian coalition in 46 years. CSU leadership figures promised a more independent CSU, which could present challenges [...]	2008-10-29 06:27:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV INRB GM
08MUNICH351	GERMANY/BAVARIAN POLITICS: NEW BAVARIAN POLITICS [...] (C) Horst Seehofer (Christian Social Union - CSU) became Bavaria's new Minister President October 27, leaving his position as Federal Agriculture Minister to lead the first Bavarian coalition in 46 years. CSU leadership figures promised a more independent CSU, which could present challenges [...]	2008-10-30 06:23:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV INRB GM
08MUNICH409	EU/GALILEO/GPS: POLITICAL CAVEATS FOR AMERICAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: American subcontractors could be well-placed to partner with primary EU contractors as the EU presses on with its aggressive schedule to attain an operational 30-satellite Galileo constellation by 2013. Successful bidders will have to keep in mind that Galileo projects have tech [...]	2008-12-19 10:44:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA GM
08MUSCAT119	OMAN'S NEW CENTRAL PRISON AND DETENTION CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs recently visited the Royal Oman Police's (ROP) new central prison and detention complex in the state of Samayl, located in Oman's interior. While most of the complex is still under construction, emboffs received a tour of the completed detention center for illegal worke [...]	2008-02-10 11:27:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU
08MUSCAT138	PROSTITUTION IN OMAN [...] (C) Summary: Contacts suggest that prostitution, particularly among women working in massage parlors and dance clubs, is a growing problem in Oman. The Royal Oman Police (ROP) has arrested and deported women for engaging in prostitution, but the government has not prosecuted to date any alleg [...]	2008-02-17 04:38:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU
08MUSCAT153	EXPATRIATE LABOR RETAINS SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The number of expatriate workers in Oman grew in 2007, particularly among low and semi-skilled workers. Oman continues to rely on India for the bulk of its private sector workforce, but increasingly is looking to other countries as sources for labor. Contacts suggest that Oman [...]	2008-02-20 11:44:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON MU
08MUSCAT156	IRANIAN PUSH TO RAISE PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL [...] (S) As evidenced by a series of recent visits, media interviews and a first-time commercial exposition, Iran appears to be making a concerted effort to raise its profile, and currently very limited business presence, in Oman. While Omani interest in Iranian gas could expand cooperation betw [...]	2008-02-20 13:27:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL ECON IR MU
08MUSCAT184	EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Oman has taken a number of actions to address trafficking in persons (TIP) since the release of last year's report. The government completed drafting a comprehensive anti-TIP law, which will establish a national committee to combat TIP. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) published [...]	2008-03-03 09:43:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB MU
08MUSCAT208	UNIONS PLANNING FOR NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Oman's unions are expected to form a General Federation and participate in direct elections for national leadership in April 2008. The elected federation will replace a national worker representative body appointed by the government in 2005 before employee unions were legalized [...]	2008-03-12 07:40:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU
08MUSCAT254	LABOR SHORTAGES, RISING WAGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Demand for labor in Oman's booming construction and service sectors exceeds supply, and companies increasingly are raising wages to recruit and retain employees. Workers are taking advantage of the market by frequently switching employers to increase their salaries and other co [...]	2008-04-02 13:17:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB ETRD KMPI MU
08MUSCAT285	OMAN PROPOSES NEW IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES TO [...] (C) According to diplomats at the Philippine Embassy in Muscat, the government of Oman has agreed to strengthen immigration procedures along its border with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to stop the possible trafficking of housemaids into Oman (refs A & B). Under the new procedures, Royal Oma [...]	2008-04-16 05:31:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU
08MUSCAT292	A WINDOW INTO CRIME IN OMAN - 2007 STATISTICS FROM [...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Hussain Ali Zaher al-Helali recently provided the Ambassador a copy of the Office of Public Prosecution's raw data crime report from 2007. The statistics offer rare insight into the nature of crime in Oman, including categories and numbers of violent crimes as w [...]	2008-04-20 08:14:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHUM ASEC KCRM MU
08MUSCAT300	INCREASING WAGES IN EMBASSY MUSCAT'S SERVICE [...] (SBU) Summary: With the Department's support, Embassy Muscat is committed to ensuring that all expatriates under contract to perform cleaning and landscaping services at the Embassy receive at least the prevailing minimum wage for Omani citizens (ref A). The lack of a wage floor in Oman (ther [...]	2008-04-22 12:12:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG MU
08MUSCAT304	FEMALE CANDIDATES ANALYZE 2007 ELECTORAL LOSSES [...] (C) Summary: Six months after Oman's most recent Majlis al-Shura elections, contacts continue to offer various reasons why women failed to win a seat in Oman's directly-elected advisory body. While many chalk up women's electoral losses to inexperience and poor campaigning, others point to a [...]	2008-04-23 08:47:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KMPI KWMN MU
08MUSCAT348	ONE YEAR LATER: THE STRIKE AT PORT OF SALALAH- [...] (C) Summary: One year after a May 2007 strike at the Port of Salalah, Oman's largest transshipment facility, contacts suggest that there remains a high degree of distrust between the port's management and its workers. Management has adopted polices to protect itself from future labor unrest, [...]	2008-05-11 09:45:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU
08MUSCAT409	MINISTER OF MANPOWER RECEIVES INITIAL TIP DEMARCHE [...] (C) On June 4, the Ambassador demarched Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali al Juma on the 2008 Trafficking In Persons (TIP) report for Oman, providing him with both the country narrative and 60-day action plan (refs A, B). The Ambassador passed similar information to the office of the Secretar [...]	2008-06-04 11:46:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KMPI KWMN ELAB SMIG MU
08MUSCAT428	MIGRANT WORKERS PROTEST NON-PAYMENT OF WAGES [...] (C) Summary: A recent protest by Indian construction workers over non-payment of wages ended in clashes with the employing company's security guards. The Indian Embassy in Muscat and the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) helped resolve the dispute, with the company agreeing to a timetable to repay b [...]	2008-06-10 13:42:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU
08MUSCAT43	GOVERNMENT HOLDS ANTI-TRAFFICKING WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) Summary: Government officials and representatives of civil society met in December 2007 under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to review and amend Oman's draft anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) law. The Council of Ministers is expected to approve the law and name the [...]	2008-01-16 10:52:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU
08MUSCAT430	AMBASSADOR CONDUCTS BROAD OUTREACH IN SALALAH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the southern Omani city of Salalah and the surrounding governorate of Dhofar May 26-28. His trip included a meeting with the Deputy Governor of Dhofar, a tour of the operations of an expanding U.S.-based company, a discussion with university students ab [...]	2008-06-11 11:03:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD ENRG SENV KPAO MU
08MUSCAT438	RESULTS OF SAFE HOUSE SURVEY PROVIDE SPECIFIC [...] (C) Summary: Using a survey designed by Post, the Philippine Embassy in Muscat recently interviewed 30 women seeking shelter in its safe house who had run away from their Omani sponsors in response to alleged mistreatment. According to the survey results, which Post compiled and analyzed, man [...]	2008-06-15 03:24:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT443	FUELED BY MEDIA, POPULAR RESENTMENT GROWS OVER TIP [...] (SBU) Local media have stepped up coverage of the Omani government's strong reaction to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, with an increasing number of government officials and offices publicly adding their statements to those made initially by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). [...]	2008-06-15 12:28:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KPAO OIIP SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT464	OMANI PUBLIC ANGER CONTINUES OVER TIP [...] (C) Summary: Widespread press coverage of Oman's anger over its Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report continued June 16 and 17, with articles increasingly linking the TIP Report to critiques of broader U.S. policy in the region. The media paid particular attention to [...]	2008-06-17 12:35:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT474	ROYAL OMAN POLICE, MAJLIS AL-SHURA SUSPEND AREAS [...] (C) Summary: The dispute over Oman's Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is beginning to affect Post's relations with some government and non-governmental entities in Oman. The Royal Oman Police's (ROP) Criminal Investigation Division informed Post that due to Oman' [...]	2008-06-23 10:55:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT476	OMANI OFFICIALS CLAIM USG READY TO REVISE TIP [...] (C) Sources indicate that there has been discussion within the Omani government that the USG ultimately will revise the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, resulting in Oman's removal from Tier 3. The Director General (DG) of Royal Oman Police (ROP) Customs told poloff June 23 that he e [...]	2008-06-23 12:19:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KPAO OIIP SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT480	NEGATIVE TIP COVERAGE SHOWS SIGNS OF A COORDINATED [...] (C) Summary: Coverage in both the Arabic and English-language local press of Oman's Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report has gone through several distinct stages, with an increasing number of official and civil society actors criticizing the report and the USG. Conta [...]	2008-06-24 09:43:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KPAO OIIP SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT499	GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL DENIES PRESS CLAIM OF [...] (C) Summary: According to local press, a primary court near Muscat recently convicted several third-country nationals on charges of prostitution in a trafficking in persons (TIP)-related case. An official in the Attorney General's office denied that the case involved TIP, claiming that it was [...]	2008-07-02 13:04:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU
08MUSCAT500	MINISTER OF MANPOWER ISSUES NEW OCCUPATIONAL [...] (U) In a step that a Ministry of Manpower (MOM) official told poloff was "directly related to stopping trafficking in persons (TIP)," Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali al Juma issued new occupational health and safety regulations on July 1 that cover all private sector companies operating in Om [...]	2008-07-02 13:04:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU
08MUSCAT540	SHI'A ISLAM IN OMAN [...] (C) Despite its small size, Oman's population of well-integrated Shi'a Muslims plays an influential role in Oman's economy and politics. Most Shi'a strongly identify themselves as Omanis, but remain distinct in religious matters. The government provides broad autonomy to Omani Shi'a in condu [...]	2008-07-22 08:15:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL OPRC KIRF MU
08MUSCAT625	MINISTER OUTLINES OMAN'S PLANS TO COMBAT [...] (C) Summary: Oman's Minister of Manpower reaffirmed Oman's determination to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in a meeting with the Ambassador on September 2. During a conversation discussing a variety of topics, Minister Juma Ali Juma outlined immediate steps underway by the Omani governm [...]	2008-09-02 13:19:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT634	EMBASSY CONTACT ASSERTS OMAN DETERMINED TO IMPROVE [...] (C) Sultan Qaboos has made it clear that he intends to strengthen Oman's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) over the next year in order to improve Oman's tier ranking on the USG TIP report, according to Ahmad al-Mukhaini, Assistant Secretary General for the Majlis al-Shura Secretar [...]	2008-09-03 14:02:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT759	ILO POSITIVE ABOUT PROGRESS ON LABOR UNIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: According to International Labor Organization (ILO) representatives conducting training in Oman, the new Minister of Manpower is solidly behind efforts against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and is in support of labor unions. As part of the ILO labor inspector training, Omanis are [...]	2008-11-04 08:53:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELAB KTIP MU
08MUSCAT795	OMAN ESTABLISHES HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (U) As predicted by post contacts (refs A, B),Sultan Qaboos issued a royal decree on November 16 establishing an autonomous human rights commission. The commission will be located in Muscat and affiliated with the Majlis al-Dowla, the appointed upper house of Oman's bicameral advisory body. [...]	2008-11-19 12:49:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MU
08MUSCAT811	OMAN ADOPTS ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW [...] (U) On November 24, Sultan Qaboos issued Royal Decree 126/2008 promulgating the "Combating Human Trafficking Law," which will take effect on December 2, the day of publication in Oman's Official Gazette. The decree also cancels any existing laws that contradict the new legislation. The full [...]	2008-11-24 13:51:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KTIP MU
08MUSCAT830	DETAILS ON OMAN'S NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW [...] (C) Oman's new anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) law defines trafficking broadly, institutes significant penalties for offenders, provides for care and protection for victims, and establishes a National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking led by a government minister. Shaikh Abdullah al-Bak [...]	2008-12-03 14:13:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KTIP MU
08MUSCAT856	GOVERNMENT EXPANDS LAND GRANTS TO WOMEN [...] (U) In some countries you get the right to vote or to purchase alcohol when you become an adult, in Oman, the government also gives you land. Until recently, Omani law provided that all Omani men 23 years of age or older (21 years or older if married) were eligible to receive 600 square mete [...]	2008-12-17 13:23:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWMN MU
08MUSCAT860	INDIAN EMBASSY ADDRESSES LABOR ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The new Indian DCM gave post an overview of the situation for Indian workers in Oman, noting the particular difficulties faced by housemaids. She also discussed her embassy's process for dealing with laborers' problems and noted that given time, the Omani government system gener [...]	2008-12-21 10:13:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KTIP MU
08NAIROBI1019	KENYA'S MUSLIM GROUPS COMPETE FOR INFLUENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Now that the dust is starting to settle from December's presidential election, Muslim advocacy groups in Kenya are trying to maximize their influence with the new coalition government and with Kenya's traditionally fractured Muslim community. The upstart National Muslim Leaders' [...]	2008-04-16 13:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KE
08NAIROBI1030	RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) On April 16, PolOff met with Ambassador Daniel Mukiri Kinyanjui, Head of Division for International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to follow up on reftel demarche. 2. (C) Kinyanjui said that the Government of Kenya has no precedent for the formal recogn [...]	2008-04-18 05:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1031	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN NONPROLIFERATION ISSUES [...] (U) On April 16, PolOff delivered ref B - D points to Ambassador Daniel Mukiri Kinyanjui, Head of Division for International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) Kinyanjui promised to forward the names contained in UNSCRs 1737, 1747, and 1803 to the relev [...]	2008-04-18 05:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP UNSC IR KE
08NAIROBI1078	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] On April 22, PolOff delivered demarche to Ambassador Daniel Mukiri Kinyanjui, Head of Division for International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Kinyanjui was unable to give GOK's official position. However, he noted that the Declaration's content was [...]	2008-04-23 12:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KE
08NAIROBI1129	Somalia - Revised Travel Request [...] (U) This is a revised and updated version of reftels. Per DOD requirements, proposed travelers are concurrently seeking Special Area and Theater clearances. See paras 2 and 21 for action request. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi requests Department approval for Bradley G. Anderson, Colonel, Defense A [...]	2008-04-29 14:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO
08NAIROBI1183	Somalia Prime Minister Briefs Ambassador and Special Envoy [...] (C) Somalia Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein briefed the Ambassador and Special Envoy on preparations for direct talks with the opposition in Djibouti, current security and governance concerns and challenges, and ongoing efforts at reconciliation. End Summary. ------------------------ A Gri [...]	2008-05-07 13:26:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO
08NAIROBI1217	Somalia - TFG Support for Piracy Resolution [...] (C) As requested in Ref A, Post has engaged Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) at an appropriately high level regarding its support for the U.S. sponsored Security Council resolution on piracy. On May 4, the Ambassador and Special Envoy raised the issue of support for the UNSC res [...]	2008-05-09 10:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL SO
08NAIROBI1271	Somalia - TFG Loses Key Advisors [...] (C) Somalia President Abdullahi Yusuf has lost one of his key advisors with the May 10 resignation of Mohamed Abdirizak, Permanent Secretary of the Office of the President. Post has also lost one of its primary interlocutors within the TFG. Abdirizak's resignation comes at a time when other T [...]	2008-05-16 10:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI1328	MOUNT ELGON: LOCAL NGO AND KENYAN NATIONAL [...] (C) Poloff met with the Executive Director of the Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU),a Kenyan human rights organization, who led an investigative team on a week-long fact-finding trip to the Mount Elgon region. The findings of the team corroborate earlier allegations made by local and int [...]	2008-05-27 06:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS ASEC PGOV PHUM KE
08NAIROBI1363	Somalia -- Ayrow's Demise [...] (S/NF) The death of Aden Hashi Ayrow (Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayer) on May 1 will have several positive impacts: short-term disruption of terrorist operations of the Shabaab, set back efforts at reconciliation between the Shabaab and Islamic Court militias, and potentially improve prospects for Soma [...]	2008-06-03 14:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL ASEC MOPS SO
08NAIROBI1384	KENYA BRACES FOR PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS ON [...] (C) Kenya will hold parliamentary by-elections on June 11 to fill five of six vacant parliamentary seats. The largest parliamentary blocs, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and the Party of National Unity (PNU),hope to gain seats, but each of the races is tight. The results are unlikely [...]	2008-06-05 15:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1612	Somalia - TFG Will Co-Sponsor UNSCR Listing of al-Shabaab [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 14:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO
08NAIROBI1642	Somalia - Revised Travel Request [...] (U) This is a revised and updated version of reftels. Per DOD requirements, proposed travelers are concurrently seeking Special Area and Theater clearances. See paras 2 and 21 for action request. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi requests Department approval for Bradley G. Anderson, Colonel, Defense A [...]	2008-07-03 13:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO
08NAIROBI1692	MINISTER OF FINANCE RESIGNS IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (C) Minister of Finance Amos Kimunya resigned on July 8, capping a week of intense speculation about his political future stemming from his role in the cut-rate sale of the Grand Regency Hotel in Nairobi. The hotel, built with proceeds from the 1990s Goldenberg corruption scandal, had become [...]	2008-07-09 16:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EFIN KCOR KE LY
08NAIROBI1776	SOMALIA - TFG COMMITTEES TO IMPLEMENT DJIBOUTI [...] (C) On July 18, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) nominated its representatives for the committees outlined in the June 9 Djibouti Agreement (Ref A) reached between the TFG and the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS). Article 9 of the Agreement called for a High Lev [...]	2008-07-22 14:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SO
08NAIROBI1780	GOVERNMENT OF KENYA HAS NO PLANS TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) On July 11, Antony Andanje, the new head of the International Organizations and Conferences Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told PolOff that the Government of Kenya has no immediate plans to recognize Kosovo. SLUTZ [...]	2008-07-23 12:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV KE
08NAIROBI1781	CO-SPONSORSHIP OF UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST OF [...] (C) On July 11, Antony Andanje, the new head of the International Organizations and Conferences Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told PolOff that the Government of Kenya is not interested in co-sponsoring a UNSCR 1267 listing request of al-Shabaab. Andanje said that such a course [...]	2008-07-23 12:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO KE
08NAIROBI1838	POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE COMMISSION BEGINS HEARING [...] (SBU) The Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (the Waki Commission) has begun hearing testimony from security officials, and civil society organizations. The heads of the main Kenyan security agencies have testified. Each attempted to portray, with varying degrees of success, h [...]	2008-07-30 10:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1958	SOMALIA - PARLIAMENT MOVES TO UNSEAT PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 12, Somalia's Transitional Federal Parliament submitted a petition to the Speaker to table a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein. Although this motion has been in the works for weeks, it gained momentum as a result of high level pressure [...]	2008-08-14 10:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI2057	Somaliland: Revised Travel Request for US Mission Officers - [...] (S) This is a revised country clearance request for travel to Hargeisa, Somaliland (Ref A and B). Per Ref C, the Department approved the travel for August 7. Post requests clearance for US Mission officers to travel to Hargeisa, Somaliland on September 9. The travel and security plan remain a [...]	2008-09-03 12:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO
08NAIROBI2136	ACTION REQUEST: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] (U) On September 9, Deputy Polcouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Anthony Andanje, Head of the Division for International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Until recently, Andanje served at teh Kenyan Mission to the UN as Kenya's representative to t [...]	2008-09-10 05:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA UN KE
08NAIROBI2140	PRIME MINISTER, DEFENSE MINISTER BRIEF CODEL PAYNE [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings on August 7-8, CODEL Payne discussed a wide range of issues with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Defense Minister Mohammed Yusuf Haji, Trade Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Minister of Higher Education Sally Kosgei, former President Daniel arap Moi, Nobel laureate Wanga [...]	2008-09-10 16:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM ASEC ETRD PREF KE
08NAIROBI2174	TERRORISM CONVICTION OVERTURNED, SUSPECT RELEASED [...] (U) According to multiple news reports, Omar Said Omar, the only suspect convicted of a crime in connection with the 2002 attacks on an Israeli owned hotel and airliner near Mombasa, Kenya, was released from prison today after his conviction was overturned by the High Court of Kenya. In 2005 [...]	2008-09-17 04:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KE PINS PTER
08NAIROBI2231	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND RESPONSE TO A/S FRAZER'S PIRACY [...] Post forwarded A/S Frazer's reftel letter urging more be done on piracy to Mohamed Muse Hersi, President of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region. Hersi's response follows in paragraph 3. 2. Separately, poloff shared A/S Frazer's letter with Ali Abdi Aware, Puntland's foreign relatio [...]	2008-09-22 13:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EWWT FR PGOV PINS PREL SO
08NAIROBI2232	Somalia - Internationals and Somalis Meet on Humanitarian, [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 14:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM EWWT SO
08NAIROBI2253	MT. ELGON: STATUS OF INVESTIGATIONS ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (C) In late July, the international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a second, more detailed report alleging security forces' involvement in serious human rights violations during the joint military-police operation against the Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF) in Mt. Elgon in March-April 200 [...]	2008-09-24 15:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS MASS KPKO KCRM KE
08NAIROBI2290	WHITHER M/V FAINA'S TANKS? [...] (S-NF) A shipment of 33 Ukrainian T-72 tanks and other ammunition and equipment aboard the M/V Faina, currently under the control of pirates off the coast of Somalia, has raised questions and controversy in Kenya about their final destination. It is a poorly kept secret that the tanks are boun [...]	2008-10-02 15:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS PTER PHSA KE UP SO SU
08NAIROBI2366	COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE PRESENTS [...] On September 15, the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV) -- which was formed as part of the Kofi Annan-mediated settlement of Kenya's post-election crisis (reftel) -- presented its report to President Mwai Kibaki. Kibaki then ordered the report to be released immediately. [...]	2008-10-15 13:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2368	Somalia - Puntland Success in Anti-Piracy Operation [...] On October 14, security forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland Region completed a successful operation against pirates operating off Somalia's coast. On October 9, pirates seized the Panamanian-flagged vessel "The Wail" while it was en route from Oman to the Bossaso port in Puntland. [...]	2008-10-15 15:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EWWT PTER PREL SO
08NAIROBI2369	SOMALIA - JOINT SECURITY COMMITTEE TRAINING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The joint TFG-ARS Joint Security Committee (JSC) is participating in a conflict management workshop in South Africa from October 11-17. The training session was organized by the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) to prepare the JSC members for the next round of meetings of t [...]	2008-10-15 15:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI2401	POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE COMMISSION RELEASES REPORT [...] (U) The Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV) submitted its report to President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga on October 15 (Ref A). The report proposes the establishment of a special tribunal to try high-level organizers of post-election violence. It also p [...]	2008-10-21 15:26:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2551	POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE COMMISSION REPORT: [...] (U) Two weeks after release of the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV) report (refs A and B),Kenya's political leaders continue to publicly grapple with fallout. Of particular contention is whether to implement the report's recommendations for a special tribunal to try [...]	2008-11-04 14:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2563	NEW ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST KENYAN SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 15:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KE
08NAIROBI2564	SOMALIA - CARE CONTINUES TO NEGOTIATE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Negotiations continue between al-Shabaab spokesman Mukhtar Robow and humanitarian relief organization CARE over whether CARE can continue to feed one million people in southern and central Somalia. In October, Robow told CARE to leave Somalia or face attack (reftel). CARE sa [...]	2008-11-10 17:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PINS PREL SO
08NAIROBI2580	SOMALIA - A/S Frazer Meeting with ARS Leaders [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 29, Assistant Secretary Frazer discussed the importance of a political solution as the foundation for increasing security and addressing Somalia's humanitarian crisis with leaders of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia. ARS Chairman Sheikh Sharif indicated [...]	2008-11-13 05:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SO
08NAIROBI2602	SOMALIA - ARS LEADERS READY FOR RADICAL CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Leaders of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) seek to consolidate support from their recent mission in Somalia and are committed to the Djibouti Process and a unity government, even as internal strife threatens to implode the Transitional Federal Government (TFG [...]	2008-11-17 13:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS SO
08NAIROBI2610	A TALE OF TWO EL WAKS [...] (SBU) El Wak, Kenya lies just across the border from El Wak, Somalia. Both towns are dominated by the Garre clan, which is now engulfed in a violent struggle for dominance over the Murulle clan. The conflict has spread into Somalia and has exacerbated relations between the Garre and Marehan, [...]	2008-11-18 13:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM KE SO
08NAIROBI2613	MARTHA KARUA ELECTED AS NARC-KENYA PARTY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 14, a convention of 2,000 delegates of the National Rainbow Coalition - Kenya (NARC-Kenya) elected current Minister of Justice, National Cohesion, and Constitutional Affairs Martha Karua as its Chairperson. Karua has made no secret of her desire to contest the 2012 K [...]	2008-11-19 08:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2618	SOMALIA - Diaspora Business Thrives in Dubai [...] (U) SUMMARY. This cable is the first of two on Somalia's Dubai-based Diaspora. Though Somalia remains mired in conflict, the country's private sector boasts successful operations in a variety of sectors including livestock, telecommunications, shipping, transportation, import and exports of [...]	2008-11-20 07:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID KWMN SO AE
08NAIROBI2619	SOMALIA - Political Perspectives from Dubai [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is the second of two on Somalia's Dubai-based Diaspora (Reftel). The Somali community in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) drives Somalia's economy, and is intimately involved in its political landscape. Commercial ties within the Dubai business community are cross-cl [...]	2008-11-20 09:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID KWMN SO AE
08NAIROBI2643	SOMALIA - PRESIDENT YUSUF: I AM A DEMOCRAT, NOT A [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 20, Special Envoy Yates met with an intractable President Yusuf, who made it clear that he was unable to work with Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein and was more interested in assigning blame than moving forward on a peace process. Yusuf termed the Prime Minister's [...]	2008-11-21 16:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI SO
08NAIROBI2660	EL WAK RESIDENTS ACCUSE KENYAN SECURITY FORCES OF [...] (C) Summary. 34 residents of El Wak, North Eastern Province, interviewed by Embassy Officers have alleged that Kenyan security forces, primarily police, engaged in human rights abuses as part of an operation in late October to confiscate illegal arms. The pattern of operations -- and allega [...]	2008-11-25 12:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC KE
08NAIROBI2721	PROMOTING PEACE IN KENYA'S UPPER EASTERN PROVINCE [...] Kenya's remote upper Eastern Province is caught in a cycle of violence driven by competition over scarce resources and characterized by inter-tribal revenge killings and livestock raiding. Local politicians have a history of quietly supporting these activities, which has made grassroots effor [...]	2008-12-05 05:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM ASEC PHUM SENV KE ET
08NAIROBI277	KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - INTERNATIONAL HUMAN [...] Summary: The post-election violence that has killed over 700 people and displaced an estimated 250,000 more has drawn the attention of international human rights groups and institutions. Human Rights Watch currently has a research team in country to collect information and analyze events and [...]	2008-01-25 09:15:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KE
08NAIROBI2864	INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS MARRED BY POLICE [...] Celebrations of Kenya's 45th Jamhuri (Independence) Day in Nairobi on December 12 turned slightly chaotic when police cracked down on protesters who disrupted President Mwai Kibaki's speech. Civil society aimed to use the event to highlight widespread discontent about skyrocketing food price [...]	2008-12-23 08:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC KE
08NAIROBI473	Somalia -- Travel Request [...] (U) This is an action message. See paras 2 and 10. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi requests Department approval for Bradley G. Anderson, Colonel, Defense Attache, U.S. Defense Attache Office Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Lisa R. Schade, Lieutenant Colonel, Marine Corps Attache, U.S. Defense Attache Offi [...]	2008-02-12 15:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO
08NAIROBI499	Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia [...] (C) The Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) is increasingly distancing itself from extremist leaders of some Shabaab factions and is receiving considerable attention from the international community as an organized opposition block to the TFG. Against this backdrop, Prime Minister H [...]	2008-02-19 14:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC SO
08NAIROBI516	Somalia -- Former PM Gedi Concerned about Debt, Reputation [...] (C) SE Yates met with former Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi February 12 to review current developments in Somalia and the status of Gedi's asylum request. Gedi spent considerable time spinning self-serving refutations of allegations that while Prime Minister he engaged in corrupt practices an [...]	2008-02-20 14:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SO ET
08NAIROBI544	Somalia - Revised Travel Request [...] (U) This is a revised version of reftel with additional personnel, new dates, more detailed travel information, and a revised and expanded security plan. Per DOD requirements, proposed travelers are concurrently seeking Special Area and Theater clearances. See paras 2 and 24 for action reques [...]	2008-02-25 13:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO
08NAIROBI621	Somalia - Inquiries on Air Strike Reports [...] (S) Post has received several inquiries from media outlets and other diplomatic missions regarding reports of air strikes in Dhoble, Somalia on night of March 2 or early morning March 3. Most press reports cite local residents allegations that "missiles" were launched by a U.S. plane. Press r [...]	2008-03-03 13:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL SO

08NAIROBI706	MOUNT ELGON CLASHES: KENYA'S ARMY STEPS IN [...] (C) Summary: On March 10, Kenya's military deployed to Mount Elgon, which has been the center of a violent land dispute since 2006. Previous efforts by the police to quell the violence have been unsuccessful. The settlement of the post-election political dispute between President Kibaki and [...]	2008-03-12 13:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KE
08NAIROBI723	KENYA HUMAN RIGHTS: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF UN [...] (C) Poloff met with representatives of the UN Office for the High Commissioner Human Rights (OHCHR) investigative team, which recently ended a three-week fact-finding mission to investigate post-election violence in Kenya (ref a). The representatives outlined the team's preliminary conclusions [...]	2008-03-14 07:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KE
08NAIROBI804	MT. ELGON MILITARY OPERATION CONTINUES, CHANGES [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan military forces continue to support police attempts in the Mt. Elgon region to eliminate the Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF),an informal militia drawn from the Soy subclan of the Kalenjin tribe that may number in the thousands. As of March 18, Kenyan security forces had [...]	2008-03-20 16:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS ASEC PGOV PHUM KE TZ SU
08NAIROBI815	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS A [...] (C) On March 20, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the designation of al-Shabaab as a terrorist organization to Stella Sokoto, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Officer, Americas Desk. Sokoto said she would direct our request that the Government of Kenya consider taking similar actions [...]	2008-03-25 13:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL KCRM KE SO
08NAIROBI902	Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia [...] (C) Ambassador and Special Envoy met in Nairobi the week of March 31-April 4 with senior members of the Asmara-based Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS),including Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Executive Committee Chairman, and Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan, Central Committee Chairman. [...]	2008-04-04 16:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI906	MT. ELGON: MILITANT LEADERS ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary: In the early morning hours of March 30, police arrested the 80-year-old traditional spiritual leader for the Soy subclan, Jason Psongoywo, in Eldoret. Psongoywo is reportedly one of the top leaders of the Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF),the Mt. Elgon-based militant group agains [...]	2008-04-07 08:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	MOPS PHUM ASEC KE
08NAIROBI971	Somalia -- Country Clearance for Contractors [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 6. 2. (C) In order to implement more effectively USG assistance programs designed to support capacity building of the Transition Federal Institutions (TFIs),Post requests that a new policy be established that will permit USAID contractors to travel to [...]	2008-04-10 14:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA ASEC PREL SO
08NASSAU193	THE BAHAMAS -- EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (U) As requested in reftel, please find Post's responses to questions for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. --------------------------------- Para 27 -- OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES --------------------------------- 2. (SBU) A: Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or desti [...]	2008-03-04 14:20:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BF
08NASSAU404	BAHAMAS DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM DELIVERED [...] (U) PolOff conveyed reftel demarche points on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee Meeting to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Permanent Secretary, and Head of Legal Division, Donna Knowles-Lowe, and Under Secretary, International Relations Division, Marilyn Zon [...]	2008-05-23 17:13:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA BF
08NASSAU406	BAHAMAS ASKED TO SUBSCRIBE TO HCOC [...] (U) PolOff conveyed reftel demarche points encouraging The Bahamas to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Permanent Secretary, and Head of Legal Division, Donna Knowles-Lowe, and Under Secretary, Internat [...]	2008-05-23 17:16:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA BF
08NASSAU407	BAHAMAS NON-COMMITTAL ON US-EU DECLARATION [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche points urging co-sponsorship of the draft US-EU declaration on prisoners of conscience to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Marilyn Zonicle April 23. Zonicle gave no indication of the ministry's position on the draft declaration. Post will rep [...]	2008-05-23 17:19:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL BF
08NASSAU470	BAHAMAS SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM DG IN [...] (SBU) Ambassador Siegel delivered reftel demarche points requesting GCOB support for Ambassador Bill Swing, U.S. candidate for Director-General of IOM, to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Brent Symonette during a conversation on May 30. The Minister indicated that hi [...]	2008-06-23 20:37:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREF PREL SMIG BF
08NASSAU471	BAHAMAS APPROVES PSI SHIP-BOARDING AGREEMENT [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post via diplomatic note dated June 13 that the GCOB had approved the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) reciprocal ship-boarding agreement preliminarily concluded by the U.S. and Bahamian delegations on April 30-May 1, 2008 in Nassau (reftel [...]	2008-06-23 20:49:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA KNNA EWWT MARR PARM PGOV PHSA PREL BF
08NASSAU591	LABOR UNREST ROCKS BAHAMAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Labor unrest broke the summer lull on three Bahamian islands in the past week and brought the capital,s central avenue to an unexpected standstill mid-morning August 11. A union-sanctioned strike at Morton Salt on Great Inagua August 8 caused management to cease operations inde [...]	2008-08-14 22:41:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB BF
08NASSAU715	UNGA NON-PROLIFERATION RESOLUTION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche points soliciting Bahamian support for a planned U.S. draft resolution on compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitations and disarmament agreements to be introduced at the UNGA First Committee during the 63rd UNGA session to Ministry of Foreign Affa [...]	2008-10-10 19:09:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM CDG PREL UNGA BF
08NASSAU780	NO TIMETABLE YET FOR BAHAMAS PSI ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (U) On October 21, PolOff asked Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Natasha Turnquest about GCOB internal procedures for the entry into force of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) reciprocal shipboarding agreement, which was signed in Nassau in August, and inquired about [...]	2008-11-07 21:31:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KNNP KTIA MARR PARM PGOV PHSA PREL BF
08NASSAU785	U.S. CANDIDACY FOR CIM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche points November 4 on the U.S. candidacy for the Executive Committee of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary, International Relations Division, Marilyn Zonicle. Ms. Zonicle had previously informed Post [...]	2008-11-10 20:33:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC OAS KWMN PGOV PREL BF
08NASSAU786	UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche points November 10 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary, International Relations Division, Marilyn Zonicle. PolOff expressed gratitude for the GCOB's past support for human rights resolutions and principled opposition to no-action motions and [...]	2008-11-10 20:40:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BF
08NASSAU896	BAHAMAS: UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche points regarding the UNESCO Director-General election to Marilyn Zonicle, Under Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs December 15. Ms. Zonicle took down the details but made no reply. Later, speaking on another matter, she told PolOff that, having [...]	2008-12-18 20:07:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO BF
08NDJAMENA117	HAVING DEFENDED DEBY, JEM/CL MOVES TO SOLIDIFY NEW UMBRELLA [...] (SBU) Summary. JEM/Collective Leadership fought on behalf of President Deby's government during the February rebel offensive in order to prevent Sudan from using Deby's collapse to "finish off" the Darfur conflict, JEM/CL Chairman Bahar Idriss Abu Gharda told Poloffs on March 25. Abu Gharda cl [...]	2008-03-27 12:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF UN AU CD SU
08NDJAMENA122	JAMOUS: DEBY STRONG, ABDELWAHID AL NUR WEAK, AND DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: Due to recent defections within two of the major Chadian opposition movements, President Idriss Deby's Government "faces no major danger" in the next year, SLA/Unity leader Suleiman Jamous told Poloffs on March 25. He nonetheless warned that Deby's overthrow at the instigation o [...]	2008-03-28 12:44:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF UN AU CD SU
08NDJAMENA123	DARFUR: TENSIONS MOUNT BETWEEN JEM AND URF REBELS [...] (C) Two Darfur rebel movements--JEM and the URF--are on the verge of "war" and conflict has erupted between their forces in Chad in recent weeks, according to the chief URF commander. While JEM's military strength is declining as a result of a recent Sudanese offensive and widespread defectio [...]	2008-03-28 14:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF EAID CD SU
08NDJAMENA126	CHADIAN INSIDER CONFIRMS RIFT WITH JEM, UNITY [...] (C) A rift has emerged between the Chadian Government and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),a businessman with close ties to President Deby and a prominent SLA/Unity commander, told Poloff. Verifying previous reports that SLA/Unity's leadership has ceased its infighting and coalesced a [...]	2008-03-31 17:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	SECRET	PREL PGOV UN AU CD
08NDJAMENA127	DAUSA DEBY IMPLIES MORE DIRECT CHADIAN ROLE IN [...] (C) The international community is ill-suited to mediate the Darfur conflict without the assistance of the Chadian Government, Dausa Deby, the influential half brother of President Idriss Deby and long-time interlocutor with Darfur's rebel movements, told Poloff. Recalling Chad's success in b [...]	2008-04-01 09:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU CD SU
08NDJAMENA134	JEM DEVELOPS FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR TALKS AS UN/AU [...] (SBU) Viewing the UN/AU mediation for Darfur as "paralyzed," JEM is crafting a "framework agreement" that outlines its conditions for adherence to a cessation of hostilities and participation in negotiations with the Sudanese Government. If Sudan then rejects negotiations, JEM will return to a [...]	2008-04-03 09:25:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN AU CD SU
08NDJAMENA136	UMMA PARTY ATTEMPTS TO RECONCILE CHAD, SUDAN [...] (SBU) Ahead of Sadiq al Mahdi's upcoming visit to Chad, Sudan's opposition Umma Party is attempting to broker an agreement between Sudan and Chad for both governments to cease their support for rebel groups. A member of Al Mahdi's advance party confirmed rumors that Umma is in "serious talks" [...]	2008-04-03 17:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN AU CD SU
08NDJAMENA162	Petroleum in Chad: Business as Usual [...] (SBU) Summary: With the Government's full attention focused on security, representatives of the Esso (ExxonMobil)led Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline consortium, report "business as usual" in the petroleum sector with minimal friction with governmental authorities. Both Chinese and Taiwanese oil sec [...]	2008-04-16 17:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CD
08NDJAMENA274	CHAD'S LATEST "MADHI MOVEMENT" IN CENTRAL PART OF [...] (U) The Chad Government is reporting that its security forces crushed a violent religious extremist movement led by a self-proclaimed "Madhi" (spiritual leader) centered in the town of Kouni in south-central Chad, after peaceful efforts to dissuade the "Madhi" to moderate his rhetoric and thre [...]	2008-07-03 16:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER SOCI ASEC CD
08NDJAMENA39	CLAMPDOWN ON CHAD'S INDEPENDENT VOICES AS SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Chad is ratchetting up hostility against Sudan and displaying less tolerance for criticism. Human rights activists have noted a deterioration in the overall human rights situation: targets of the clampdown include radio and print journalists, a human rights ac [...]	2008-01-18 14:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CD SU
08NDJAMENA459	CHAD: MFA REACTION TO AFRICOM UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 17:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL CD
08NDJAMENA460	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 17:10:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN UNGA CD
08NDJAMENA517	CHADIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES COMPLAIN GOC NOT [...] (SBU) The main association of Chadian opposition parties, the CPDC, complained to the Ambassador that the GoC is not implementing the August 13 Accord (the electoral reform agreement signed in August 2007) in good faith, and that therefore credible elections could not be held in 2009. They m [...]	2008-11-07 11:29:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF EU FR AU UN CD
08NDJAMENA519	WORLD BANK ENDS CHAD VISIT ON HIGH NOTE, POINTING TOWARD [...] (SBU) The World Bank delegation finished its visit to Chad on a high note, if not the highest possible note, this week. In a presentation to the diplomatic corps November 7 by the GOC Ministers of Finance and Economy and the Bank delegation head, the visit was portrayed as "positive" and "co [...]	2008-11-10 13:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EPET IBRD UN IMF PGOV FR CD
08NDJAMENA53	DARFUR REBEL BAKHIT PREVIEWS NEW REBEL UNIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese rebel Adam Bakhit informed N'Djamena Emboffs January 18 that he and his associates were forming a "united front" encompassing five rebel factions, with participants from SLM/Unity; SLM (Khamis Abdullah); JEM (Bahr Idriss); NMRD (Abdel-Karim) and URFF. Bakhit criticized [...]	2008-01-25 12:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU CD
08NDJAMENA54	DARFUR REBEL BAKHIT PREVIEWS NEW REBEL UNIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese rebel Adam Bakhit informed N'Djamena Emboffs January 18 that he and his associates were forming a "united front" encompassing five rebel factions, with participants from SLM/Unity; SLM (Khamis Abdullah); JEM (Bahr Idriss); NMRD (Abdel-Karim) and URFF. Bakhit criticized [...]	2008-01-25 12:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU CD
08NDJAMENA55	CHAD GOVERNMENT NOT ORDERING SUMMARY EXECUTIONS [...] (C/NF) Summary: ICRC Chief told Ambassador January 23 that rumors of summary executions of rebels taken prisoner in recent fighting in Eastern Chad by government forces were exaggerated. ICRC Chief said that there was some evidence of abuse of POWs, including executions on the battlefield "in [...]	2008-01-25 13:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL SU CD
08NDJAMENA582	JEM "FOREIGN SECRETARY" COMMENTS ON ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 14, the Justice and Equality Movement's "Foreign Secretary" Bushara Suliman Nour, based in Ndjamena, labeled recent JEM military movements in Darfur as "routine" and "strictly within our areas," but later asserted that JEM could easily attack and control all three st [...]	2008-12-16 12:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM MARR KPKO PINR PGOV AU UN SU
08NDJAMENA65	SITREP 1: CHAD REMAINS JITTERY AS REBELS ADVANCE [...] (SBU) As of 15:10, January 31, the U.S. Embassy is staffed with the following personnel: AMB, A/DCM, OMS, POL/ECON, CONS, IPC, PAO, FMS, FMO, GSO, RSO (2) and DAO, as well as selected locally engaged staff. All other personnel and eligible family members (EFMs) are at standfast at their respe [...]	2008-01-31 15:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU CD PINS ASEC
08NDJAMENA66	SITREP 2: EVENING IN CHAD IS QUIET BUT ANXIETY [...] (SBU) As of 2200 local, January 31, the Mission moved to consolidate all official Americans due to continued concern of imminent rebel attacks on N'djamena. Embassy officials and eligible family members are consolidated in three locations: at the Embassy compound; the American school compound [...]	2008-01-31 20:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU CD PINS ASEC
08NDJAMENA81	JEM REBELS: DEBY'S SAVIOUR AND BUDDING NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of the Sudanese rebel group JEM told N'Djamena Emboffs on March 7 that JEM was well on the way to becoming an inclusive Sudanese national movement. They acknowledged that JEM forces had come to the aid of President Deby during the February 2-3 rebel attacks on N'D [...]	2008-03-07 16:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF SU CD
08NEWDELHI1019	BIOGRAPHY: BHUTAN'S FIRST DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED [...] (SBU) On April 5, Druk Phuensum Tsogpa (DPT) President Jigmi Thinley was unanimously endorsed by his party to serve as Bhutan's first Prime Minister of its new democratically elected government. On March 24, the DPT crushed the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) during National Assemb [...]	2008-04-08 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BT INR
08NEWDELHI1124	GOI LIKELY TO SUPPORT PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 12:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL IN CU
08NEWDELHI1134	INDIAN IRAN RETORT MIGHT LAY GROUNDWORK FOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee echoed April 23 the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesman's strong and unhelpful reaction to the U.S. statement on India's relationship with Iran. While the Communists expressed their approval for the MEA statement, Left leaders als [...]	2008-04-24 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN IR
08NEWDELHI1141	INDIAN DEFENSE ATTACHE WILL ATTEND PSI WORKSHOP IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 12:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC PK IN
08NEWDELHI1237	INDIA AND DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 12:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU IN
08NEWDELHI1264	GOI INTENDS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UNESCO YOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 12:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OEXC SOCI UNESCO IN
08NEWDELHI1311	EX-PRESIDENT OFFERS GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR INDIA'S [...] (C) Summary: Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's explicit endorsement of the civil nuclear initiative has added further pressure to the opposition BJP party to reverse its stance against the nuclear deal. However, BJP leader Jaswant Singh countered the building momentum by claiming that for [...]	2008-05-13 13:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1333	DALAI LAMA REQUESTS BUSH TO VISIT LHASA DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 10 meeting, the Dalai Lama requested Poloff to convey a request to President Bush to visit Lhasa during the President's August 2008 Beijing visit. He characterized the April 27-29 China-Tibet talks as "productive," noting that China's representatives adopted a "softer" [...]	2008-05-14 12:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KIRF CH IN
08NEWDELHI1336	SPIKE IN TERRORISM HAS INDIAN OFFICIALS WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: A sharp and heavily publicized resurgence of infiltration and terrorism has Indian officials deeply worried about the situation in Pakistan and wondering whether domestic problems there could result in more violence, Foreign Secretary Menon told the Ambassador May 14. The Border S [...]	2008-05-14 13:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PBTS MOPS KISL PGOV ASEC CASC IN
08NEWDELHI1345	INDIAN POLITICAL PARTIES CYNICALLY WOO WOMEN VOTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 6, amid chaos in the Rajya Sabha, the UPA government introduced the Women's Reservation Bill, which would reserve 33 percent of all seats for women in Parliament and the state assemblies. In an effort to appeal to women voters before a slew of state elections and nationa [...]	2008-05-15 12:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN KDEM PHUM PREL KIRF IN
08NEWDELHI1364	TERROR TOP ON INDIAN MINDS AS THE FIFTH ROUND OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue, scheduled to take place in Islamabad May 20-21, will cover the gamut of bilateral issues, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Foreign Secretary Menon will meet his counterpart Salman Bashir May 20, while Exter [...]	2008-05-19 13:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PBTS PK IN
08NEWDELHI1372	AFTER BOMBS, RAJASTHAN THREATENS ACTION AGAINST [...] (SBU) On May 16, the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)-led Rajasthan government asked its district magistrates to identify illegal Bangladeshi immigrants living in the state over the next 30 days. In the aftermath of the bombings which rocked Jaipur on May 13 to which the Indian government has link [...]	2008-05-20 12:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI1375	CHINA'S ATTACKS ON DALAI LAMA ALARM TIBETAN MPS [...] Send a fact-finding delegation to access the real situation inside Tibet. Urge upon the UN to do the same. 2. Impress upon China to stop killings & uphold the Fundamental Human Rights inside Tibet. 3. Facilitate International medical communities / organizations to render medical assistance t [...]	2008-05-21 03:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	CH IN KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08NEWDELHI1388	URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 11:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PGOV PREL UNGA
08NEWDELHI1398	INDIA TO SUBMIT 1803 REPORT AFTER TAKING ACTION [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security Director Amandeep Singh Gill told poloffs May 21 that the Indian government would first complete implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) regarding Iran and then submit its UNSCR 1803 report. Gi [...]	2008-05-22 11:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR IN
08NEWDELHI1440	INDO-PAK DIALOGUE: INDIA LOOKING TO MAINTAIN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue took place in Islamabad May 20-21, marking the first high-level contact between the two governments since Pakistan's newly elected government came to power in March. Foreign Secretary Menon met his counterpart Salman Bashir May [...]	2008-05-28 12:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PBTS PK IR CH IN
08NEWDELHI1441	GOI TO SEND MINISTER, NOT MONEY, TO PARIS [...] (C/REL ACGU) SUMMARY: MEA Deputy Secretary (Afghanistan) Piyush Srivastava disclosed to Poloffs May 28 that the GOI will likely send a Minister level GOI representative to the June 12 International Conference on Afghanistan in Paris, corroborating what the Australian PolOff told Post at a May [...]	2008-05-28 12:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID EFIN IN AF
08NEWDELHI1509	IAEA/IRAN: U.S. RESPONSE DELIVERED [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points and nonpaper to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on May 30 on the margins of Mukherjee's meeting with Senators Feingold and Casey. Mukherjee welcomed the U.S. views but did not have a substantive response on the Indian intentions at the June [...]	2008-06-03 12:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR IN
08NEWDELHI156	UTTAR PRADESH: NEW TERRORIST HUB [...] (C) Summary: In the last eight weeks, terrorists struck twice in Uttar Pradesh (UP) killing twenty-one people: seven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers and fourteen civilians (reftels). Analysts as well as Embassy contacts fear that jihadi terrorists who have traditionally focused [...]	2008-01-16 10:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV CASC PREL KISL KCRM IN
08NEWDELHI1578	GOI TO SEND MINISTER SHARMA TO AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-09 11:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID EFIN IN AF
08NEWDELHI1606	UAE AMBASSADOR TO INDIA (DESIGNEE-TO-BE FOR IRAQ?) [...] (S) In response to reftel, Post has obtained the following information on United Arab Emirates Ambassador to India (and, according to reftel, likely to be named Ambassador to Iraq). Post has had only limited contact with Ambassador Al Shehhi in the past, and will seek further information as app [...]	2008-06-11 11:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ AE IN
08NEWDELHI1610	INDIA PLAYS COY ON IOM DG - COURTED BY CANADIANS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche (Ref A) to MEA Director (United Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on May 30, urging the GOI to support Ambassador Bill Swing as the new Director General (DG) for the International Organization for Migration (IOM). On June 11, Patnaik articulated to Po [...]	2008-06-11 12:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	IN PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI
08NEWDELHI1611	INDIA WILL ENDORSE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (C) This is an action request for SCA and ISN. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Ministry of External Affairs Disarmament and International Security Director Amandeep Singh Gill told poloff in a June 11 telcon that India's Cabinet Committee on Security decided June 10 to join the Global Initiative [...]	2008-06-11 12:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1620	INDIA STILL NONCOMMITTAL ON APDP EOM - WANTS [...] (SBU) Poloff followed up on demarche (Ref A) with MEA Joint Secretary Sanjiv Arora (United Nations Political) and his Deputy, Sanjay Rana, regarding Foreign Secretary Menon's April 24 conversation with Under Secretary Dobriansky indicating that India will participate in the Asia-Pacific Democr [...]	2008-06-12 10:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	IN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
08NEWDELHI1628	INDIA DISAPPOINTED WITH USG WITHDRAWAL FROM HRC [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche (Ref A) to MEA Director (United Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on June 11, explaining why the USG will no longer participate in the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) session and couching this as an opportunity for US-India cooperation on UN reform. Pa [...]	2008-06-12 11:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI1636	INDIA DELIVERS OFFICIAL GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Director G. Dharmendra gave poloffs June 13 the official letter notification from the Indian government endorsing the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI). Dharmendra said that the Indian Ambass [...]	2008-06-13 10:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KGIT IN
08NEWDELHI1644	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: HIGH TURNOUT EXPECTED IN [...] (C) Summary: During a May visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Poloff learned that state assembly elections will be held in October, although the precise dates have not yet been announced. There was agreement among Poloff's interlocutors that the elections would see a record turnout barring a sustain [...]	2008-06-16 11:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI1664	FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON NONCOMMITTAL ON P5+1 [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon was noncommittal in response to the Ambassador's spirited demarche on June 17 requesting that the government of India encourage Iran to accept the updated P5 1 incentive package (reftel). The Ambassador emphasized the broad scope of the incentives and t [...]	2008-06-17 13:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR IN
08NEWDELHI1674	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: DELICATELY POISED AHEAD OF [...] (C) Summary: The political, economic and security environment in Jammu and Kashmir appears to have improved significantly during the last year. During a May visit to the state, Poloff/PolFSN found that violence and the public's fear of it has declined, the economy is booming and tourism is a [...]	2008-06-18 08:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI1691	NUCLEAR DEAL END-GAME: CONGRESS PARTY TO DECIDE [...] (C) The Congress Party, at the request of Prime Minister Singh, abruptly postponed the June 18 United Progressive Alliance-Left committee meeting to prepare to move forward with the next crucial step toward completion of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative without the support o [...]	2008-06-19 10:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1763	QURESHI'S INDIA TOUR: INDIA EXPECTING GOODWILL TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi will visit New Delhi, Jaipur, Ajmer, Chandigarh and Amritsar and will meet PM Singh, L.K. Advani, Jaswant Singh, PM Vajpayee, and a few state governors during his June 27-29 visit to India. T [...]	2008-06-26 11:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ETRD PBTS PINR PK IN
08NEWDELHI1779	GAY RIGHTS IN GANDHI-LAND [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29, several hundred gay activists plan to march in three Indian cities (New Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore) in what is anticipated to be the largest display of gay pride in a country where homosexuality is considered illegal or "against the order of nature." Incidentally, [...]	2008-06-27 12:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI1795	TIBETAN YOUTH SEE POTHOLES IN THE MIDDLE PATH - [...] (C) Summary. A May visit to six Tibetan settlements across north and northeastern India underscores concerns that frustrated and dissatisfied Tibetan youth and concurrent Indian separatist movements could pose serious problems for the future viability of Tibetan settlements. A widening generational [...]	2008-06-30 10:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SOCI CH IN
08NEWDELHI1799	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: BOARD WITHDRAWS LAND CLAIM, [...] (C) Summary: On June 30, for the seventh consecutive day, Kashmiri Muslims in Sringar and Hindus in Jammu protested in response to the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) state government decision to transfer 100 acres of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB),a government-run organization that [...]	2008-06-30 15:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI1821	QURESHI VISITS INDIA, LEAVES POSITIVE IMPRESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani, senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh, former Prime Minister Vajpayee, and a few state governors during his June 27-29 visit to India. Pakistan Polit [...]	2008-07-01 13:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN PK
08NEWDELHI1906	INDIANS BEGIN TO FOCUS ON NEXT STEPS IN NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Speculation about the timing and likely result of a confidence vote following the Left Front's withdrawal of support from the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government dominated local media on July 9. Comments by Foreign Minister Mukherjee caused confusion [...]	2008-07-09 14:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1928	GLOBAL INITIATIVE WELCOME DEMARCHE DELIVERED, [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche and associated documents welcoming India as a new partner in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) to Ministry of External Affairs Disarmament and International Security division director Gaddam Dharmendra on July 9. (Dharmendra had postp [...]	2008-07-11 07:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN RS
08NEWDELHI193	NRI CONFERENCE CONNECTS INDIA TO ITS DIASPORA [...] (U) Summary: Critics called the sixth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, an annual gathering of overseas Indians, nothing more than a talk shop. However, the event draws a large crowd and more press coverage every year and participants appeared content engaging informally with old friends and making n [...]	2008-01-18 12:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI EINV ECON IN
08NEWDELHI1952	PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED, INDIA TO CONTINUE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs Disarmament and International Security division director Gaddam Dharmendra on July 15 and encouraged India to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Dharmendra said he understood that the Indian Defense Attac [...]	2008-07-15 08:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08NEWDELHI1985	JULY 22 CONFIDENCE VOTE RESULT FAR FROM ASSURED [...] (C) SUMMARY. As of July 18, the last business day before the special session of parliament begins on July 21 and culminates in the confidence vote on July 22, the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's victory is far from assured, with the future of the U.S.-India C [...]	2008-07-18 13:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1997	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - INDIA FAMILIAR WITH [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on July 21 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) directors for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra and Amandeep Singh Gill. Dharmendra and Singh Gill expressed interest in knowing why the U.S. was raising this issue at [...]	2008-07-21 11:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP IR MUNC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IN
08NEWDELHI1998	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - INDIA LOOKS FORWARD TO [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered the information contained in ref A on July 21 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) directors for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra and Amandeep Singh Gill. Dharmendra replied that India looks forward to fully participating in Globa [...]	2008-07-21 11:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL ID
08NEWDELHI2011	FS MENON'S COMMENTS POINT TO RISING TENSION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 21, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon voiced allegations of Pakistan involvement in the July 17 bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul, on the heels of the fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue (CD) with Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir earlier [...]	2008-07-22 14:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM PK IN
08NEWDELHI2019	INDIA DISPATCHES ENVOYS TO 54 CAPITALS, EMBASSY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Embassy hosted 41 local representatives of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) member countries to an information-sharing lunch on the next steps in the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative on July 23. Comments focused on the difficulties imposed by the compressed tim [...]	2008-07-23 13:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2047	COOL HEADS PREVAIL IN RESPONSE TO KABUL ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian Ministry for External Affairs (MEA) Director for Pakistan Affairs Balasubramanian told Poloffs on July 23 that Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon,s aggressive press statements, alleging Pakistan's complicity in the July 7 Indian Embassy bombing, indicate a do [...]	2008-07-25 11:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM PK IN
08NEWDELHI2109	OPTIMISM REPLACE BY TENSION IN KASHMIR, BUT [...] Summary: (SBU)"Tension" is the new byword in Kashmir, replacing the optimism that seemed to be cautiously growing prior to the June outbreak of rioting related to the transfer of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board. An ongoing "bandh" (work stoppage) has been in place in Hindu-dominated [...]	2008-08-01 12:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KDEM PK IN
08NEWDELHI2110	RAJASTHAN BELLWETHER: RAJE REMAINS A STRONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the western state of Rajasthan facing elections in November 2008, Poloffs held meetings July 7-11 with high-level state officials, journalists, industrialists and state assembly members. Despite the May 13 Jaipur terrorist incident (Ref B) and the violent Gujjar-led agit [...]	2008-08-01 13:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI2111	KARZAI TO VISIT INDIA, TO BE GREETED WITH OPEN ARMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Within weeks of the July 7 suicide attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit New Delhi August 3-5. According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),Karzai will meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, President Pratibha Patil, Vice P [...]	2008-08-01 13:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM AF PK IN
08NEWDELHI2137	INDIA WELCOMES BHUTANESE PM ON FIRST TRIP ABROAD [...] (U) Summary. Bhutan's first democratically elected Prime Minister (PM) Jigmi Y. Thinley visited India July 14 - 17. The four-day visit to Delhi marked Thinley's first trip abroad after assuming power in April. Thinley met with Indian PM Manmohan Singh and other officials to continue the dialo [...]	2008-08-05 12:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BT INR ENRG
08NEWDELHI2146	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: VIOLENCE AND PROTESTS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Jammu and Kashmir remained on edge as violence sparked by the Amarnath land transfer controversy (reftels) continued into its second month. Over 50 people were injured on August 5 and rail and road traffic remained disrupted. The Prime Minister called an all-parties meeting on [...]	2008-08-06 11:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2163	COUNTER-TERROR, NEW AID MONEY, REAFFIRMATION OF [...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul and terrorist bombings in Bangalore and Ahmedabad, President Karzai's August 3-5 visit to New Delhi focused on discussing counter-terrorism with Indian officials. Karzai and his Indian interlocutors emphasized the sh [...]	2008-08-07 13:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL EAID AF IN
08NEWDELHI2168	INDIA CANCELS OVERFLIGHT PERMISSION FOR FLIGHT OF [...] (S) The Charge d'Affaires delivered ref A demarche on August 6 to Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma and Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for the Americas Gaitri Kumar. Sharma noted the urgency of the issue and the Indian government's obligation to comply wi [...]	2008-08-08 09:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2238	VULNERABLE TIBETANS BULLIED BY NEIGHBORS - PART 2 [...] (C) Summary. In discussions with Refcord and Poloff earlier this summer, Tibetan settlement leaders in Northeastern India discussed day-to-day intimidation by average Indians as well as by Indian separatist movements. In most settlements, bullying neighbors have taken advantage of Tibetans, t [...]	2008-08-18 08:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CH IN
08NEWDELHI2246	MUSHARRAF RESIGNS: INDIAN REACTION PURPOSEFULLLY [...] (C) Summary. Official Indian reaction to news of President Musharraf's resignation has been a calculated message of non-interference and a desire to work with the GOP to continue to improve bilateral ties. Below the surface is a fear that Musharraf's departure could lead to a breakdown of ci [...]	2008-08-19 11:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PINR PTER KNNP PK IN
08NEWDELHI2289	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: THE GOI CRACKS DOWN [...] (C) Summary: Indian security forces cracked down forcefully in the Kashmir valley to prevent a protest march in Srinagar on August 25. They arrested prominent separatist leaders and imposed a complete curfew in the entire valley. The police and paramilitary aggressively enforced the curfew [...]	2008-08-25 13:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2370	INDIA CLINGING TO UNSCR 1244 REGARDING KOSOVO [...] (SBU) PolOffs delivered reftel demarche on the "Kosovo/International Court of Justice (ICJ) Resolution at UNGA" to Ministry of External Affairs Director (Central Europe) M. Sevala Naik on September 03. Naik responded by referring to India's "long-standing policy" on recognizing states based o [...]	2008-09-04 06:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UN UNGA KV IN
08NEWDELHI2373	INDIA NOT TAKING SIDES ON RUSSIA - GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 09:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG RU IN
08NEWDELHI2378	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: CALM AND VIOLENCE-FREE WEEK [...] (C) Summary: The Kashmir valley and the Jammu region have been calm this week, with few reports of violence or police-protester clashes. Security forces lifted curfew around the state. Everyday life returned to normal with government offices, markets, businesses and schools reopening. The [...]	2008-09-04 13:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2400	BIHAR FLOODS: MILLIONS DISPLACED, INDIAN RESCUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly two weeks after the Kosi River in Bihar jumped its banks and caused the worst flooding in 50 years, millions have been displaced and half a million remain stranded in rural villages. More than 90 are reported dead, according to unofficial estimates, a toll that is sure [...]	2008-09-05 13:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR IN
08NEWDELHI2446	YANG DEFENDS CHINA'S NSG POSITION ON FIRST TRIP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jeichi,s first official trip to India September 7-9, ostensibly to inaugurate the new Chinese consulate in Kolkata and lay the groundwork for better momentum in India-China relations, was overshadowed by controversy over China's perceived lack of sup [...]	2008-09-11 11:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PBTS CH IN

08NEWDELHI2479	AUSTRALIA HIGH COMMISSION LABELS FM'S VISIT A [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Indian media coverage of Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's visit to New Delhi focused overwhelmingly on Australia's decision not to provide uranium to India, the Australian High Commission focused on atmospherics and labeled the visit a success. The Government of Australia f [...]	2008-09-16 11:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2498	ORISSA VIOLENCE: CALM RESTORED BUT TENSION REMAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Orissa state government, aided by the central government which provided additional security forces, has stopped the unrest in riot torn areas following the violence that shook the state when a prominent Hindu leader was assassinated on August 23. The peak of the violence w [...]	2008-09-17 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KIRF SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI2553	NEW CHAPTER IN INDO-NEPAL RELATIONS? REACTION TO [...] (C) Summary: On his first official visit to India, Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal declared that a new chapter in Indo-Nepal relations had begun. Press coverage of the visit was positive, filled with talk of change and hope for renewed, strengthened relations and cooperation. Inte [...]	2008-09-22 12:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2557	INDIA QUIETLY SUPPORTS AFGHANISTAN FOR IAEA BOARD [...] (S) SUMMARY. Poloff delivered ref A demarche on September 22 to Ministry of External Affairs director for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) G. Dharmendra (protect). Dharmendra said that Kazakhstan's outsider status in the IAEA's Middle East and South Asia (MESA) Group was [...]	2008-09-22 14:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	IAEA PARM MNUC
08NEWDELHI2567	GOI CURRENTLY HAS NO PLANS TO OFFER AID TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 02:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG RS IN
08NEWDELHI2589	INDIA-EU SUMMIT PREVIEW (CANCEL THIS TELEGRAM) [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 12:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP ETRD ENRG EAIR PHUM SENV TRGY
08NEWDELHI2591	INDIA-EU SUMMIT PREVIEW NEW DELHI 00002591 001.2 OF 003 [...] (C) Summary. On September 29 and 30 Prime Minister Singh will travel to Marseilles for the ninth India-EU summit. While neither GOI nor EU interlocutors have expectations of big deliverables out of the summit, the two sides will deliver two declarations: one highlighting progress made in the India- [...]	2008-09-26 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP ETRD ENRG EAIR PHUM SENV TRGY
08NEWDELHI2627	INDIAN DELEGATION TO UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE WILL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) G. Dharmendra advised poloff on September 29 that the U.S. delegation to the UN General Assembly First Committee (UNFC) should raise the issue of support [...]	2008-10-01 11:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM CDG PREL UNGA
08NEWDELHI2628	INDIA REITERATES INTEREST IN TAKING ACTIVE ROLE IN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on September 29 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Disramament and International Security (DISA) G. Dharmendra. Dharmendra made no immediate reply about whether India plans to participate in the Global Initiative (GI) Exercise Planning Gr [...]	2008-10-01 11:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC
08NEWDELHI264	BOMB BLASTS SHAKE BHUTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 12:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR PTER IN BT
08NEWDELHI267	DEMARCHE ON NMIS FORCE COMMANDER - MIXED SIGNALS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Undersecretary (United Nations Political) Vishwesh Negi on January 25. Negi had hinted to PolOff on January 23 that Lidder would be extended, saying that the official response would come from the Mission in NYC, but that the answer was "good." Ho [...]	2008-01-25 12:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2670	TIBETANS' SITUATION SUFFERABLE, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary. During a series of visits to Tibetan settlements in six Indian states in May, June, and September, EmbOffs and visiting Refcoord learned that, overall, Tibetans fare better than other refugee populations in India, especially in the areas of primary and secondary education. Unfort [...]	2008-10-07 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CH IN
08NEWDELHI2696	INDIA: NO SUBSTANTIAL RESPONSE ON KOSOVO IJC [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNGA KV IN
08NEWDELHI2722	MIXED SENTIMENT AMONG INDIANS OVER ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Government has been in wait-and-see mode regarding the path of India's bilateral relationship with Pakistan since President Zardari's election on September 6. Indian media has paid much attention to positive comments made by Zardari, as well as to the possibility of tr [...]	2008-10-16 11:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KNNP PK IN
08NEWDELHI2725	ABBAS VISIT TO INDIA REAFFIRMS INDIAN SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. President Mahmoud Abbas' October 6-9 visit to India was highlighted by: -- an explicit Indian reaffirmation of support to the Palestinian cause for a sovereign, independent, viable and united state; -- $20 million in aid, including $10 million for budgetary support and $10 mil [...]	2008-10-16 13:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2739	INDIAN, PAKISTANI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORS [...] (C) Summary. In their first meeting together as counQrparts, Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan and Pakistani National Security Advisor Mahmud Ali Durrani: -- explored ways to revive the Indo-Pak joint anti-terror mechanism; -- discussed allegations of continuing ceasefire viol [...]	2008-10-17 12:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK IN
08NEWDELHI2742	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: ELECTION COMMISSION STILL [...] (C) Summary: Several weeks of peace and quiet in Kashmir have reignited discussion of whether or not state assembly elections should be held as scheduled before January 8 or whether they ought to be postponed to some time after spring next year. No decision has been made as of the afternoon [...]	2008-10-20 01:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2744	PM SINGH TO FOCUS ON SECURITY COOPERATION, [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will focus on enhancing Indo-Japan security cooperation and economic cooperation during his October 21-23 visit to Japan. He will have an audience with the Emperor, and meet with Prime Minister Aso and Energy Minister Nikai. PM Singh will be accomp [...]	2008-10-20 09:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PROV PREL JA IN
08NEWDELHI2746	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: After weeks of consideration and consultations, the Election Commission finally decided to hold state assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir in seven phases over a five week period starting November 17. Results will be announced on December 28. Most of the political partie [...]	2008-10-21 01:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2764	FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV VISIT TO INDIA REAFFIRMS [...] (C) Summary. During his October 20 visit to New Delhi, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: -- brought a message that Russia's relations with India remain a priority for Moscow; -- announced Russia will assist India in building four additional nuclear reactors at the Kudankulam power project; [...]	2008-10-21 13:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PREL RU IN
08NEWDELHI277	INDIA TRIES TO OUTFLANK COMMUNISTS WITH GLOBAL [...] (C) Summary: The wintertime flurry of diplomatic engagement between India and China, the UK, Australia, Canada and France has provided the opportunity for the Indian government to demonstrate to its Communist coalition partners the full international dimension of civil nuclear cooperation and [...]	2008-01-28 13:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2771	INDIA WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AFGHAN ELECTIONS, DETAILS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on "Elections in Afghanistan" to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Deputy Secretary (Pakistan Afghanistan, and Iran),Piyush Shrivastava on October 14. Shrivastava assured PolOff that India would contribute to the Afghan elections, but was vague about w [...]	2008-10-22 12:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PGOV PREL AF IN
08NEWDELHI2772	PARLIAMENT COULD ADJOURN EARLY [...] (SBU) There are increasing signs that the Parliamentary session which began on October 17 and was scheduled to run through November 21, will be adjourned early, perhaps as soon as October 24, and reconvened at a later date. Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla told Acting DCM on October 22 that the [...]	2008-10-22 13:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI2783	MAYAWATI: PORTRAIT OF A LADY [...] (C) Summary: Poloff traveled to three cities in Uttar Pradesh (UP) during the week of October 13-17 to gauge the political state of play. A wide range of business, political, academic and media contacts generally agreed that Chief Minister Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have done [...]	2008-10-23 12:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2803	SRI LANKA EVENTS CREATE "TSUNAMI" IN INDIAN [...] (C) Summary. The recent uptick in violence and the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka has created a political firestorm in India, with a potential faceoff between the ruling Congress Party and its coalition DMK partners in Tamil Nadu. However, a political crisis appears to have been avoided, as th [...]	2008-10-27 11:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS CE IN
08NEWDELHI2828	INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT TEHRAN TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: India,s External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will visit Tehran on November 1 to attend the annual Joint Commission meeting with his Iranian counterpart Davood Jafari. Mukherjee,s visit to Iran will focus on economic issues related to trade and is unlikely to result in any s [...]	2008-10-31 12:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID EPET IR PK IN
08NEWDELHI2831	INDIA-PAKISTAN JOINT ANTI-TERROR MECHANISM: SLOW [...] (C) Indian External Affairs Ministry Additional Secretary Vivek Katju and his Pakistani counterpart, Aizaz Ahmad Choudry, held a Special Session of the Joint Anti-Terror Mechanism (JATM) on October 24 in New Delhi. This meeting, which was scheduled when Indian Prime Minister Singh and Pakista [...]	2008-10-31 13:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK IN
08NEWDELHI2884	DHARAMSALA DISQUIET: AS EIGHTH ROUND FAILS, [...] (C) Summary: During meetings over the past two weeks, Tempa Tsering, Representative of the Dalai Lama, updated PolOff on recent developments that have catapulted Tibet into the international headlines. Tsering stressed that the Dalai Lama's renewal of his demanding travel schedule proves his [...]	2008-11-07 12:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF IN CH
08NEWDELHI2889	INDIANS EXCITED, GOI CAUTIOUS ABOUT OBAMA VICTORY [...] (U) Summary: The Indian public and the media heralded Barack Obama's presidential victory with joy, amazement and admiration. Indians from all social strata had followed the election with more interest than any previous U.S. presidential election. Many of the national dailies devoted several [...]	2008-11-07 13:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KMDR KPAO ECON PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC
08NEWDELHI289	GORDON BROWN IN INDIA: "PARTNERSHIP OF EQUALS" [...] (C) Summary. Gordon Brown's first trip to India as Prime Minister brought nearly unanimous positive public reaction, despite "deliverables" being mostly reiterations of previous policy declarations and confirmations of the potential for a more prosperous future. The UK High Commission emphasi [...]	2008-01-29 10:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UNSC IN
08NEWDELHI2946	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: GOI PULLS OFF A SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite bad weather, aggressive calls from separatists to stay home, and tight security, Jammu and Kashmir voters went to the polls in larger than expected numbers on November 17 in the first phase of elections for the state legislature. The voter turnout was estimated at 55 [...]	2008-11-18 13:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2964	25 YRS LATER: MUBARAK VISITS INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a four day visit to India marked more by pomp and ceremony than solid results, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak signed a number of technical agreements and promised to establish a Foreign Minister-level strategic dialogue. He also formally received the Jawaharlal Nehru Awa [...]	2008-11-21 03:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON UNSC MARR EG IN
08NEWDELHI2973	IRAN NO-ACTION MOTION: BHUTAN TO ABSTAIN, INDIA [...] (SBU) After a full-court press by numerous mission officials, Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigme Thinley told the Ambassador on November 20 that the RGOB would again abstain on the Iran no-action motion despite pressure from fellow Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) states, especially Iran. Post views th [...]	2008-11-21 11:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BT IN
08NEWDELHI2986	INDIA,S POSITION ON IRAN REMAINS UNCHANGED [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and PolOff delivered on November 24 reftel demarches on Iran to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran (PAI) Division, T.C.A. Raghavan, and Deputy Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs, Vipul. The two m [...]	2008-11-24 12:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08NEWDELHI2987	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: SECOND ROUND OF ELECTIONS TOPS [...] (C) Summary: For the second time in less than a week, Jammu and Kashmir voters went to the polls in larger than expected numbers on November 23 in the second phase of elections for the state legislature. The voter turnout was estimated at 65 percent for the six seats contested. Each contes [...]	2008-11-24 13:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI3003	INDIA RELUCTANT ON TALIBAN TALKS, CONSULTING [...] (C) Summary: In a 24 November meeting with PolCouns, Indian Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) T.C.A. Raghavan expressed his government's concern over ISAF members' willingness to engage the Taliban. Raghavan welcomed a USAID proposal for a Trilatera [...]	2008-11-26 13:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ENRG KDEM AF IR PK XD IN
08NEWDELHI3015	NAGPUR'S SEX TRADE AND CHILD LABOR: CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Gayatri Patel and poloffs met NGO workers, government officials, and trafficking victims in Nagpur, and found there is no consensus on the prevalence of trafficking in persons. Law enforcement remains weak sinc [...]	2008-11-28 11:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB IN KCOR KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM SOCI
08NEWDELHI3018	MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: INDIAN PUBLIC'S ANGER AND [...] (C) Summary: Indians across the country reacted with anger and outrage at the Mumbai terrorist attacks. They were jolted by the brazenness of the attacks and the level of sophistication involved. They are furious at the country's political leadership for its failure to protect them. They [...]	2008-11-28 13:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI3030	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: PEACEFUL POLLING CONTINUES [...] (U) Summary: Voters in Jammu and Kashmir went to the polls in record numbers on November 30, and for the third time in a row, defied separatists' calls for an election boycott. The high turnout for phase three of the state assembly elections was all the more impressive as it came amidst the te [...]	2008-12-01 12:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI3031	MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: POLITICAL FALLOUT CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: A day after the Home Minister was sacked, the impact of the Mumbai tragedy continued to play out domestically and in the Indo-Pakistan relationship. There is likely to be a shakeup in the Maharashtra state government today. At an all-party meeting, the Prime Minister unveiled a number [...]	2008-12-01 13:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3044	MUMBAI ATTACKS UPDATE: DIPLOMATS IN DELHI DELIVER [...] (C) Summary: Diplomatic missions in Delhi have agreed to offer a more sympathetic message to the Indians rather than pound on the government for its massive intelligence failure. Evidence that Pakistani-based extremist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) was the culprit is still not out in the open, alt [...]	2008-12-02 15:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3058	INDIA: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Criminal prosecutions against individuals for trafficking offenses remain a challenge in India, due to several inherent problems. Law and order is a state responsibility per the Indian constitution, which makes it difficult for the central government to intervene to enforce laws effecti [...]	2008-12-04 09:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	IN KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KTIP
08NEWDELHI3066	RAJASTHAN STATE ELECTIONS: IT'S ANYONE'S GAME [...] (SBU) Summary: As Rajasthan votes to elect a new assembly on December 4, it is unclear as to which of the two state's main parties - the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or the Congress Party - would get the nod of the voters to form the next state government. Both these parties have had t [...]	2008-12-04 15:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL SOCI PINR IN
08NEWDELHI3114	PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV INDIA VISIT CONFIRMS CIV-NUKE [...] (C) Summary. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev capped off a 24 hour visit to India by delivering as promised on agreements for civil nuclear, space and defense cooperation. Medvedev expressed Russia's solidarity with India in the war on terror in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, reiterating a [...]	2008-12-10 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNUC KNNP ECON TSPA RS IN
08NEWDELHI3146	INDIA UNSURE OF PARTICIPATION IN IAEA TECHNICAL [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarch to Ministry of External Affairs Deputy Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Mr. Vipul December 11. Vipul was aware that the IAEA Board of Governors approved Syria's nuclear power plant technical feasibility study project proposal and that IA [...]	2008-12-12 14:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA SY TRYG IN
08NEWDELHI3158	INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS DEPUTY SECRETARY: [...] (C) Summary. In a December 12 meeting between Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee, the Deputy Secretary provided Mukherjee with a readout of his meetings with Pakistani officials and urged India to consider the Pakistani proposal to send a high-level delegation [...]	2008-12-15 14:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
08NEWDELHI3184	AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN ASSAM AND WEST BENGAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of India has confirmed outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza in the states of Assam and West Bengal. State and Central Government response has been quick and effective with culling operations underway in all locations. There are currently no confirmed cases of H5N1 i [...]	2008-12-18 12:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV TSPL
08NEWDELHI3185	JAMMU AND KASHMIR ELECTIONS: SIXTH DOWN, ONE TO GO [...] (C) Summary: The sixth round of state assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir went like the first five - record turnout, no violence, and no allegations of coercion. Voter turnout in this round was estimated at 65 percent, with dramatic increases from the 2002 election in constituencies tha [...]	2008-12-18 13:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI3248	INDIA CENSURES ISRAELI STRIKES IN GAZA [...] (U) The Government of India has over the last two days condemned the air strikes Israel carried out in the Gaza Strip and urged an ""immediate end to use of force against Palestinian civilians in Gaza that has resulted in large number of casualties"". The GOI statement, released by the External Af [...]	2008-12-29 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PREL IS IN
08NEWDELHI338	SARKOZY'S VISIT TO INDIA LONG ON DRAMA, SHORT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy made a two-day stop in India amid a whirlwind of media speculation regarding whether his famous girlfriend, supermodel Carla Bruni, would accompany him. Sarkozy's visit stimulated both governments to officially confirm that they have finalized their civil nuc [...]	2008-02-01 12:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS KNNP KOMC KUNR FR IN
08NEWDELHI353	GAMBARI TELLS INDIA TO USE ITS INFLUENCE ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary. UN Special Envoy for Burma Ibrahim Gambari's late January visit to India delivered the message that India should use its influence to do more to help the democratization and reconciliation process in Burma. Gambari told British and Canadian missions privately that India reiterate [...]	2008-02-04 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BM IN
08NEWDELHI355	U.S.-INDIA EXPORT CONTROL EXPERTS TALKS: FEBRUARY [...] (U) Underlining the importance of continuing the productive U.S.-India export control dialogue, poloff delivered reftel points February 4 proposing February 13 for the next round of talks in Washington, with alternate dates proposed in March. MEA Director (Disarmament and International Securi [...]	2008-02-04 14:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI430	MENON QUIETLY TAKING GAMBARI MESSAGE TO BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Under Secretary for Burma Pratibha Parkar told Poloff that UN Special Envoy for Burma Ibrahim Gambari asked the Government of India (GOI) for support during his recent visit to India. Gambari asked the GOI to use its influence to encourage the Burmese to allow him t [...]	2008-02-08 12:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM IN
08NEWDELHI431	DELHI DIARY, JAN 31 - FEB 8 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 31- February 8, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- India to host Summit of India-Africa Forum in April -- Leaders Continue to Beat a Path to India's Door -- Three UP MPs Disqualified, Tel [...]	2008-02-08 13:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER TBIO KDEM SOCI IN CH BT DA
08NEWDELHI442	NEPALI MAOIST RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF "PEOPLE'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reacting to news reports that the Maoists in Nepal had decided to re-establish its parallel "People's Governments" under the direction of the United Revolutionary People's Council, Ministry of External Affairs Under Secretary for Nepal Manish Gupta told Poloff that India views [...]	2008-02-11 12:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NP CH IN
08NEWDELHI474	KARAT AND KAKODKAR SPAR IN PRESS WHILE INDIA [...] (C) Summary: After several weeks of near-silence, Communist leader Prakash Karat denounced the civil nuclear initiative February 11, and demanded that the UPA government wait to finalize the IAEA safeguards agreement until the next U.S. administration comes to power. Department of Atomic Ener [...]	2008-02-13 11:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI475	ALIGARH'S MUSLIMS WELCOME US EMBASSY OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: On February 11 Political Officers engaged in a full day of Muslim outreach in the Uttar Pradesh city of Aligarh. The Deputy Political Counselor delivered a well-attended address to students on US - India relations at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) followed by a lunch with comm [...]	2008-02-13 12:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KISL IN
08NEWDELHI478	TERROR (AND TERRORISM) ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 4 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani cancelled a dozen campaign events scheduled for the coming month after National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan warned him about terror threats to his personal safety. The BJP did, however, hold its kick-off rally, [...]	2008-02-13 12:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV CASC PREL KISL KCRM IN
08NEWDELHI501	NEW DELHI EXPECTS INDIA-AUSTRALIA RELATIONS TO [...] (C) Summary: India-Australia relations under Prime Minister Rudd should continue to move forward on the positive path set by the Howard administration, according to the Ministry of External Affairs, the Australian High Commission and contacts in Delhi. However, while greater engagement in b [...]	2008-02-15 12:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SENV AS IN
08NEWDELHI502	INDIA REMAINS UNCOMMITTED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Reporting on a joint UK-Germany demarche delivered February 14 to the Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (West),Nalin Surie, British High Commission Poloff Simon Atkinson told Post that India remains uncommitted on the question of recognizing Kosovo's expected declaration of independe [...]	2008-02-15 13:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU IN
08NEWDELHI538	IRANIAN SPOKESPERSON SOUNDS OFF IN NEW DELHI ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Syed Mohammad Ali Hosseini visited New Delhi February 11-13, reportedly to encourage Indian interaction with Iranian media. Hosseini, however, did not miss the opportunity to publicly urge the Indians to expedite the proposed Iran-Pakistan- [...]	2008-02-20 11:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ENRG EPET IR PK IS CH IN
08NEWDELHI541	INDIAN PEACOCK DOES MATING DANCE FOR VISITING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months after Prime Minister Singh's visit to Moscow, Prime Minister Zubkov of the Russian Federation visited New Delhi February 12, accompanied by Russian Trade Minister Elvira Nabiullina and approximately 125 senior executives representing Russian industry and business. [...]	2008-02-21 05:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS EAGR EPET ENRG TRGY ECPS
08NEWDELHI542	INDIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AFTER PAKISTAN GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 08:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	IN KDEM KISL MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI558	SENATORS' NUCLEAR DEADLINE BRINGS (MOSTLY) [...] (SBU) Summary: The setting of a June deadline by Senators Kerry, Biden and Hagel during their February 20 visit to Delhi has sparked a tepid reaction from the Congress Party and, strangely, the Communists, while media supporters have used the opportunity to remind the Indian government of its [...]	2008-02-22 08:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI574	DELHI DIARY, FEB 18-22 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 18-22, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Darul Uloom in Deoband says Terrorism is Anti-Islamic -- BJP Targets Women's Vote -- US Presence Overwhelms DEFEXPO -- India and Pakistan Expan [...]	2008-02-22 13:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KISL MASS BEXP PK IN
08NEWDELHI59	WEAKENED UPA AND LEFT MULL MIDDLE WAY TO COMPLETE [...] (C) Summary: While the Indian government prolongs the safeguards talks to a fourth round, the Congress Party and Left appear to have reacted to the Gujarat election loss by reaffirming that the UPA government will last its full term, which complicates the completion of the nuclear initiative in [...]	2008-01-08 12:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI606	INDIAN PARLIAMENT BEGINS WITH NUCLEAR BANG [...] (SBU) Summary: Building on the unexpected extension of Ambassador Ronen Sen's tenure in the U.S., President Patil's expression of hope for the completion of the nuclear deal during her first address to Parliament February 25 has injected life back into the civil nuclear cooperation initiative. [...]	2008-02-26 11:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI623	INFLUENTIAL DEOBAND MADRASSA GATHERING DECLARES [...] (SBU) Summary: At a February 25 conference at the influential and conservative Darul Uloom madrassa in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, approximately 10,000 - 15,000 Islamic clerics declared terrorism un-Islamic. In equal measure, the declaration by clerics of the madrassa regarded as the ideologica [...]	2008-02-27 13:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KISL SCUL ASEC CASC PREL KTFN KCRM KIRF
08NEWDELHI686	ERITREAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (United Nations Political and Peacekeeping SIPDIS Operations) Sanjiv Arora on March 3, seeking the GOI's view on the Eritrean obstruction of the UN Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia, and what the GOI thinks would be an appropriate ne [...]	2008-03-05 11:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN ER ET
08NEWDELHI690	SAFEGUARDS TALKS DONE, INDIA WILL SOON MAKE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Menon and Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran confirmed to Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher March 4 that India and the SIPDIS International Atomic Energy Agency had finally completed their negotiations on a safeguards agreement. Menon discounte [...]	2008-03-05 11:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI701	HARYANA BELLWETHER: A PROSPEROUS STATE WITH STRONG [...] (C) Summary: January 20-22, Emboffs traveled to Haryana to gauge the political, economic, and social climate of the state. Journalists and politicians alike described the pace of development as constant and fast in Haryana regardless of which political party leads the state, leading to overall [...]	2008-03-06 12:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV KDEM SENV IN
08NEWDELHI724	DELHI DIARY, FEB 29 - MARCH 7 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 29 - March 7, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Congress's Muslim Problem -- Stalking Tiger, Encroaching Dragon -- Homecoming after 35 Years in a Pakistani Prison Cell Congress's Mus [...]	2008-03-07 12:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS PINR MCAP CH BT IN
08NEWDELHI760	INDIA CONTINUES TO PURSUE NICKUNJ GRAPHITE CASE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 10:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR IN
08NEWDELHI822	INDIA WILL LIKELY SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS RAPPORTEUR [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on March 17, seeking India's support for the extension of the mandate for the UN's Special Rapporteur for the human rights situation in North Korea. Patnaik noted that the GOI has supporte [...]	2008-03-19 12:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KN IN
08NEWDELHI825	BELLWETHER: UTTAR PRADESH - ON THE SLOW ROAD TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 12 Polcouns hosted a dinner attended by over 165 in the Uttar Pradesh (UP) capital, Lucknow, to honor longtime embassy contact and friend Dr. Ammar Rizvi. In addition to the dinner, Polcouns and Poloffs held meetings with high-level state officials, local journalists, [...]	2008-03-19 13:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI KISL IN
08NEWDELHI849	BHUTAN: THE LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON PLANS FOR [...] (U) Summary: On a January 31 ) February 3 trip to Bhutan, SCA/INS desk officer and Poloff met with Bhutanese government officials and political figures to discuss the current political and social climate in the country ahead of its National Assembly (lower house) elections on March 24. Despite [...]	2008-03-24 06:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT
08NEWDELHI855	INDIA WILL LIKELY SUPPORT MANDATE EXTENSION, BUT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-24 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM BM IN ID
08NEWDELHI878	SHIELD S01-08: GOI REQUIRES FURTHER INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN and SCA. Please see para 3. 2. (S) PolOffs delivered reftel points March 19 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Division Directors Amandeep Singh Gill and Jayant Khobragade. Gill responded that the Gover [...]	2008-03-26 11:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IR IN
08NEWDELHI879	INDIA: SUA PROTOCOL AMENDMENTS FORESHADOW INDIAN [...] (C) PolOffs delivered reftel points and sample diplomatic note regarding the Proliferation Security Initiative to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Division Directors Amandeep Singh Gill and Jayant Khobragade March 19. PolOff recalled that the U. [...]	2008-03-26 11:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XE XD XO XT
08NEWDELHI880	EXPORT CONTROL NONPAPERS DELIVERED [...] (C) PolOffs delivered reftel points to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Division Directors Amandeep Singh Gill and Jayant Khobragade March 19. PolOff reiterated that harmonization with and adherence to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR [...]	2008-03-26 11:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP ETTC IN
08NEWDELHI882	TIBET CLAMP DOWN AND PROTESTS PUT INDIA IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tibet remains a front-burner challenge in New Delhi more than 10 days after protests at the Chinese Embassy and a protest march out of Dharamsala led to the arrest of over 200 Tibetans. After another protest at the Chinese Embassy led to more arrests on March 21, the Indian press rep [...]	2008-03-26 12:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM CH IN
08NEWDELHI888	INDIA WELCOMES GILANI'S INAUGURATION, ANTICIPATES [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh warmly congratulated the new Pakistani Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, on the occasion of his taking office March 25 and expressed GOI optimism that Indo-Pakistani ties will improve. Kashmiri politicians expressed similar optimism for Gilani's tenure, [...]	2008-03-27 11:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER PBTS PK IN
08NEWDELHI892	ISRAEL POLISHING ITS IMAGE--AND ITS HARDWARE--IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent strategic dialogue between Israel and India, while not producing any new agreements, was viewed as a positive step at greater cooperation and coordination between the two countries. Israel is taking steps to create a shinier image of itself as a friend of the Indian people [...]	2008-03-28 09:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS IS IN
08NEWDELHI895	WITH ELECTIONS ON THE HORIZON, RAJASTHAN WRESTLES [...] (C) Summary: On a March 11-14 trip to Rajasthan, Poloffs met journalists, politicians, and academicians to gauge the political and social pulse of the state before elections there in November 2008. Currently under the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),Chief Minister Vasundhara R [...]	2008-03-28 10:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI904	DEOBANDI MODERATES TRUMP HARDLINERS, BUT DEEP [...] (C) Summary: At a March 6 meeting of Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind (JUH),the political wing of the influential conservative Darul Uloom Deoband madrassa, the anti-US General Secretary Mahmood Madani summarily dismissed the more moderate President Arshad Madani, and tried to install his own candidate. [...]	2008-03-28 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KISL IN
08NEWDELHI932	DELHI DIARY, MARCH 17-28 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 17-28, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Terrorists Strike Again in Jammu and Kashmir After a 5 Month Lull -- Congress Strikes Out -- Yet Another Joint Indo-Russian Defense Project Hits t [...]	2008-03-31 13:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF SCUL SOCI TBIO MASS
08NEWDELHI961	INDIA BELIEVES THAT IT SATISFIES TERMS OF UNSCR [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Director Amandeep Singh Gill thanked poloff April 1 for the "interesting" reftel non-paper and related that he believed India's "existing notifications" fulfill the requirements of UN Security Council Resolutio [...]	2008-04-02 08:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI971	WELCOME TO THE WORLD'S NEWEST DEMOCRACY: BHUTAN [...] (SBU) Demonstrating a strong commitment to a transition to democracy, Bhutan went to the polls on March 24 to provide a lop-sided victory for the Druk Pheuensum Tshogpa (DPT),one of the two parties in contention. DPT president Jigme Y. Thinley is expected to be sworn in as Prime Minister sho [...]	2008-04-02 13:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT
08NEWDELHI984	CHINA SPURS INDIA TO REVITALIZE TIES TO AFRICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India will host the India-Africa Summit April 8 to April 9 in New Delhi, having extended invitations to leaders of fourteen AU nations and representatives of eight Africa-centric multilateral fora. The GOI seeks to partner with African nations in key areas including technology, [...]	2008-04-03 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EAID ECIN ETRD KECF IN
08NEWDELHI989	50-50 CHANCE AT BEST FOR NUCLEAR DEAL AFTER MAY 9, [...] (C) Summary: In light of the continuing political debate in Delhi, Indian observers have counseled that the central government will wait at least until Parliament approves the budget on May 9, after which the Congress Party may decide to move forward with the nuclear deal by submitting the saf [...]	2008-04-04 09:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI992	CONGRESS TURNS UP HEAT ON MAYAWATI, SOFTENS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 30-31 Congress Party Uttar Pradesh (UP) state unit conference, party leaders including Sonia and Rahul Gandhi fiercely criticized the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government of Chief Minister Mayawati. The gloves came off as Congress Party leaders accused the BSP and [...]	2008-04-04 10:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI KISL IN
08NEWDELHI993	CONGRESS INSIDER GIVES BLEAK VIEW OF NUCLEAR [...] (C) Manish Tewari, Secretary in the All India Congress Committee (AICC),told poloff April 3 that there was no chance the UPA government would risk the downfall of the government in order to complete the nuclear initiative. If the Congress Party called the Left's bluff, he thought that "90 pe [...]	2008-04-04 10:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NICOSIA103	CYPRUS SUPPORTS LEBANON, BUT WON'T ISSUE PUBLIC [...] Per reftel, PolOff on February 11 demarched MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysis Dionysiou to request urgent Cypriot support for Lebanon and to urge the RoC to condemn publicly Iran and Syria's interference there. In response, Dionysiou promised to forward to appropriate MFA officials our sp [...]	2008-02-13 09:07:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV CY
08NICOSIA104	CYPRUS FOLLOWING EU ON CONDEMNING ARREST AND [...] Per reftel, PolOff on February 11 demarched MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysis Dionysiou to seek RoC condemnation of the arrest and arraignment of Syrian democracy activists, including Riad Seif. Dionysiou replied that the GoC intended to follow EU consensus on the matter, not opposing the [...]	2008-02-13 09:08:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL XF XG KMPI NSC SY EUN CY
08NICOSIA131	CYPRUS SUPPORTS GEORGIAN TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 14:19:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL GG RU YI CY
08NICOSIA210	CYPRUS AGREES BELARUS MUST FREE KAZULIN, VOTES TO [...] Per reftel, PolOff demarched Alkis Ieromanachou, First Secretary, Department of Bilateral Relations with Member SIPDIS States of the EU and Neighboring Countries, Cypriot MFA, on March 26. Ieromanachou declared solidarity with the U.S. position that Belarus must free Kazulin and other poli [...]	2008-03-28 13:58:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL CY
08NICOSIA212	CYPRUS TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 11:36:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL CY
08NICOSIA213	CYPRUS LIKELY TO ATTEND GI EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 11:36:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER CY
08NICOSIA232	CYPRUS IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE ITEM PROVISION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-14 12:33:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM MNUC CY
08NICOSIA303	CYPRUS PLEDGES 30,000 EURO FOR HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 16:05:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL CY

08NICOSIA325	CYPRUS SUPPORTS, BUT NOT INVITED TO, BURMA DONORS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 13:17:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM CY
08NICOSIA40	CYPRUS WILL SUBMIT HCOC ANNUAL DECLARATIONS BY [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 14:35:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA CY
08NICOSIA41	CYPRUS INFORMED OF THE RESULTS OF THE 2007 ATHENS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 14:35:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA PARM ETTC TSPA CY
08NICOSIA425	CYPRUS SUPPORTS EUROPEAN CANDIDATE FOR IOM [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-05 13:54:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF SMIG AORC CY
08NICOSIA436	CYPRUS SHARES U.S. CONCERN FOR CYCLONE VICTIMS, [...] Per reftel, PolOff on June 3 demarched MFA Asia Desk Officer Nikos Panayi concerning the international assistance community's continued, inadequate access to Cyclone Nargis victims, as well as the Burmese regime's demand that victims return to their still-devastated communities. Panayi stated [...]	2008-06-10 03:50:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM CY
08NICOSIA440	CYPRIOT FM KYPRIANOU WEIGHING PROPOSAL TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 11:29:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM
08NICOSIA450	CYPRIOT REACTIONS MIXED TO RELEASE OF TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reactions to the June 4 release of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons report were mixed in Cyprus, with GOC officials voicing frustration over the Tier 2 Watch List ranking while media and NGOs praised the report for highlighting the severity of the island's TIP problem. Interior [...]	2008-06-13 13:52:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV CY SMIG KPAO
08NICOSIA453	CYPRUS TO ATTEND BERLIN CONFERENCE, BUT UNLIKELY [...] Per reftel, PolOff on June 11 demarched Cypriot MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysus Dionysiou regarding GOC attendance and financial support for the June 24 Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Police and the Rule of Law in Berlin. Dionysiou replied that Cyprus would attend the event [...]	2008-06-17 13:08:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM CY
08NICOSIA516	UN MISSION IN CYPRUS EFFECTIVELY COMBATS TIP AND [...] (U) Per Ref A instructions, the below updates Ref B January 2008 report. 2. (U) Ms. Kyoko Shiotani, Chief Civil Affairs Officer for the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP),confirmed on July 3 that Ms. Maria Wilkins, UNFICYP Civil Affairs Officer, serves as UNFICYP's appointed "gen [...]	2008-07-09 13:51:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO KCRM KWMN PREL PHUM CY
08NICOSIA524	CYPRUS WELCOMES INDIA AND JORDAN TO GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 09:28:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PTER CY
08NICOSIA554	CYPRUS FOLLOWS EU, SUPPORTS PRISONERS OF [...] Per reftel, PolOff demarched Attach Stelios Georgiades, Cypriot MFA Human Rights Desk Officer, on July 2 regarding support for the Prisoners of Conscience public affairs event in New York. Georgiades responded that the week of July 7-12 he would attend the EU Working Party on Human Rights (COH [...]	2008-07-21 11:51:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL CY
08NICOSIA614	CYPRUS DOES NOT SUPPORT DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Per reftel, PolOff demarched Cypriot MFA Middle East Desk Officer, Attach Dionysis Dionysiou, regarding the designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 on July 25. Dionysiou said that the GOC is currently discussing the designation of additional Iranian [...]	2008-07-25 14:01:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN PARM CY
08NICOSIA644	CYPRUS SUPPORTS KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE FARC [...] Per reftel, PolOff demarched Second Secretary Cyril Nicolaou, the Americas Desk Officer for the Cypriot MFA, on August 5 regarding Cyprus's support for keeping the pressure on the FARC. Nicolaou replied that Cyprus does not support the human rights abuses and terrorist acts of the FARC, and [...]	2008-08-05 14:10:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL VE HR EUN PTER AF SNAR PGOV CY
08NICOSIA645	CYPRUS SUPPORTS NEW BURMA SANCTIONS [...] Per reftel, PolOff demarched First Secretary Nikos Panayi, Cypriot MFA Burma Desk Officer, on August 5 regarding the new Burma sanctions. In a moment of unguarded candor, Panayi acknowledged that Burma is not "of high interest" to Cyprus because the GOC does not have high stakes in the region. [...]	2008-08-05 14:11:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD BM CY
08NICOSIA68	CYPRUS SUPPORTS BANNING IMPORTS OF BURMESE GEMS [...] Per reftel, PolOff demarched Republic of Cyprus MFA Asia Desk Officer Nikos Panayi on January 25. Panayi responded that the European Union had a "high interest" in the situation in Burma, as demonstrated by the November 2007 appointment of Italian MP Piero Fassino as EU Special Envoy to Burm [...]	2008-01-28 15:18:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD PHUM BU CY
08NICOSIA691	CYPRUS: CHURCH AND STATE CONTINUE TO CLASH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Few would expect a chummy relationship between Cyprus's pro-solution, card-carrying Communist President Demetris Christofias and its hard-line nationalist, conservative archbishop, Chrysostomos II. Leader of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus since late 2006, the bombastic Archbisho [...]	2008-08-25 13:49:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CY TU
08NICOSIA710	UNGA: CYPRUS SUPPORTS FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Per reftel, PolOff on September 2 demarched MFA Multilateral Affairs officer Panayiotis Papadopoulos regarding the USG's proposed UN General Assembly First Committee (UNFC) resolution on Compliance with Non-Proliferation, Arms Limitation and Disarmament Agreements. Papadopoulos stated [...]	2008-09-04 13:42:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL UNGA CY
08NICOSIA715	GYMNICH: CYPRUS AGREES WITH U.S. POSITIONS ON [...] (SBU) Per reftel, PolOff demarched MFA European Division diplomat Nikos Panayiotou regarding issues likely to be raised at the September 5-6 Gymnich informal meeting of EU foreign ministers. Panayiotou stated the GOC supported the Middle East peace process and legitimate Palestinian Authorit [...]	2008-09-05 15:32:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CY
08NICOSIA717	CYPRUS TRIES TO MAINTAIN "BALANCED APPROACH" TO [...] (SBU) Per Ref A, PolOff on September 4 demarched MFA European Division diplomant Nikos Panayiotou regarding the upcoming Gymnich informal meeting of EU foreign ministers, where Georgia would figure high on the agenda. Panayiotou stated that the GOC was trying to maintain a "balanced approach" [...]	2008-09-05 15:53:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY GE
08NICOSIA764	CYPRUS WILL NOT REBUT RUSSIA'S GENOCIDE CLAIMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 14:25:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CY GG RS XG XH
08NICOSIA811	CYPRUS TO ANNOUNCE TENDERS FOR OFFSHORE [...] (C) The Cypriot Department of Energy is planning to announce the next round of bidding for offshore oil and gas exploration in Cypriot-claimed waters this November. During the first round of bidding in August, 2007, only three of the eleven blocs on offer received bids. Subsequently, only Nob [...]	2008-10-10 11:13:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EPET CY
08NICOSIA813	CYPRUS TO ANNOUNCE TENDERS FOR OFFSHORE [...] (C) The Cypriot Department of Energy is planning to announce the next round of bidding for offshore oil and gas exploration in Cypriot-claimed waters this November. During the first round of bidding in August, 2007, only three of the eleven blocs on offer received bids. Subsequently, only Nob [...]	2008-10-10 12:15:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EPET CY
08NICOSIA841	CYPRUS NOMINEE FOR THE SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] Per ref tel. action request, Embassy Nicosia nominates anti-TIP activist Ms. Mine Yucel for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. For further information regarding this nominee, please contact Embassy's Bicommunal Program Coordinator Juliette Dickstein, dicksteinja@state.go [...]	2008-10-27 15:08:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO CY
08NICOSIA859	CYPRIOT STANCE AT UPCOMING GAERC/GYMNICH [...] (C) On October 30, Poloffs delivered Reftel demarche on upcoming Gymnich and GAERC meetings to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Turning first to the Gymnich meeting and its focus on transatlantic relations, Panayiotou stressed that Cyprus and the broader EU understood the nec [...]	2008-10-31 14:21:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD
08NICOSIA86	CYPRUS WILL SEND REPRESENTATIVE TO GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 08:46:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER PREL CY
08NICOSIA879	CYPRIOT VIEWS ON NEW EU APPROACH IN BOSNIA [...] (C) On November 3, Poloff delivered Reftel demarche concerning USG views on the deteriorating situation in Bosnia to MFA Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations attache Doros Venizis. Venezis stated that Cyprus and the broader EU share the same concerns as the USG a [...]	2008-11-06 13:12:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK CY
08NICOSIA880	CYPRUS: "RULING" TURKISH CYPRIOT PARTY GROWING [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 15:31:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TR CY
08NICOSIA897	CYPRUS WILL CONSIDER USG CONCERNS OVER EXPULSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 13:19:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL CY
08NICOSIA90	PRIVATE-SECTOR OUTREACH AND THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] Per reftel, PolOff on January 30 demarched First Secretary Panayiotis Papadopolous, Department of Multilateral SIPDIS Affairs, Cypriot MFA, to encourage the Cypriot government to conduct private sector outreach in support of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI). Papadopol [...]	2008-02-07 13:55:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA CY
08NICOSIA937	PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE: CYPRUS RECEPTIVE TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 14:44:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IMF CY PK
08NICOSIA952	CYPRUS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR DECEMBER 8-9 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 15:19:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD CY
08NICOSIA966	CYPRUS PREFERS NEW TIMING OF PAKISTAN DONORS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 09:56:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IMF CY PK
08NICOSIA99	CYPRUS WILL ATTEND VIENNA FORUM TO FIGHT HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 11:28:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG CY
08NICOSIA992	CYPRUS: BARROSO TO TALAT - "CONCENTRATE ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot Leader Mehmet Ali Talat's December 9-11 visit to Brussels was not particularly productive, according to two Turkish Cypriot (T/C) contacts who accompanied him. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso largely had turned a deaf ear to T/C entreaties for e [...]	2008-12-29 06:21:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU CY TU
08NICOSIA997	CYPRUS: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 10:35:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP EFIN PARM IR CY
08OSAKAKOBE110	KANSAI ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: CONCERNS OF FLAGGING [...] (SBU) Summary. The impact of rising commodity prices on consumer sentiment is the biggest threat facing the Kansai economy, according to a top official at the Osaka branch of the Bank of Japan. Meeting with EMIN May 23, BOJ Osaka Branch Deputy Director Kunio Matsuda said his greatest anxiety [...]	2008-05-30 04:29:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08OSLO330	IF NOTHING'S FISHY, NORWEGIANS MIGHT JOIN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from the Norwegian Ministry of Trade gave a cautious though positive reception to the idea of membership in the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP). A further response will be forthcoming from the GON after a July 1 interagency meeting. Rather than an unqualified [...]	2008-06-16 14:58:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08OSLO332	NORWAY THANKED FOR CO-SPONSORSHIP OF PRISONERS OF [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with Lars Valvatne, MFA Senior Advisor in the Section for Human Rights and Democracy, who said that he had contacted his UN colleagues and confirmed that Norway would not be issuing a press statement on reftel declaration. Poloff thanked Valvatne for Norway's co-sponsorship [...]	2008-06-17 14:51:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL NO
08OSLO337	NORWAY'S LIBERIA POVERTY REDUCTION PLANS AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable details the composition of the Norwegian delegation to the June 26-27 Liberia Poverty Reduction Forum in Berlin, as well as Norway's expected and prospective aid to Liberia. Norway does not plan to make any announcements of new aid pledges at the Forum. End Summary. [...]	2008-06-18 14:53:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN LI NO
08OSLO343	(C) NORWAY "UNCOMFORTABLE" WITH CO-SPONSORING [...] (S) SUMMARY: According to MFA officials, Norway will not co-sponsor UN 1267 designation of Al-Shabaab due to a fear that it will be perceived as an attempt by the Norwegian executive branch of government to influence the judiciary. Despite this decision, there seemed to be some enthusiasm with [...]	2008-06-20 08:32:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG NO
08OSLO368	(C) NORWAY PLEDGING PLANS FOR KOSOVO DONORS' [...] (C) Poloff met with West Balkans MFA section head Nils Kamsvaag, who confirmed that Norway would pledge approximately $26 million dollars for this year in aid to Kosovo at the July 11 donor's conference. The MFA has requested approximately $80 million over the next three years, but this has no [...]	2008-07-02 05:39:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV NO
08OSLO377	NORWAY CONTINUES ITS SUBSTANTIAL AID TO THE HORN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, Norway shares our concern about the crisis in the horn of Africa, and is currently the third largest donor in Somalia. Norway does not have the naval materiel or manpower to escort WFP ships around the horn, and claims not to have good access to information [...]	2008-07-03 13:58:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	EAID PREF DJ ER ET KE SO NO
08OSLO385	NORWEGIANS CONSIDER IRAN SANCTIONS "HIGH PRIORITY" [...] (C) Poloff met with Martin Sorby, Deputy Director General of the Legal Affairs Division of the MFA, and Jo Hovik, his deputy, to deliver reftel demarche. Sorby pronounced the information "highly useful," and said that it will be transmitted to the relevant authorities in the Norwegian governm [...]	2008-07-10 06:31:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN
08OSLO390	NORWAY SUPPORTIVE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) On July 11, 2008, Poloff spoke with Torfinn Stenseth, Assistant Director General of the Section for Global Security Issues and CIS Countries of the MFA, to deliver reftel demarche. Stenseth said that piracy off the coast of Somalia is a serious issue with which the GON is very concerned [...]	2008-07-14 12:32:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	XA KCRM KJUS EWWT PHSA PREL NO
08OSLO402	NORWAY WON'T SUPPORT PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE EVENT [...] (C) Poloff was called by Anne Merchant, Senior Advisor in the MFA Section for Human Rights and Democracy, and told that Norway would not co-sponsor the NYC prisoners of conscience event. Merchant had consulted extensively with State Secretary Elizabeth Walaas and the issue had been debated in [...]	2008-07-18 14:24:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PERL KDEM
08OSLO405	NORWEGIANS INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Jo Hovik, Advisor in the MFA section for International Humanitarian and Criminal Law. Mr. Hovik assured Poloff that Norway would scrupulously comply with UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803, and thanked us for our E.O. 13382 notification. WHITNEY [...]	2008-07-21 09:53:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM IR NO
08OSLO418	NORWAY APPEARS TO SHARE USG CAUTION ON SYRIA'S [...] (C) Political Counselor and poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jan Dybfest, acting director of the mid-east section of the MFA. The Norwegian response to reftel demarche was fundamentally consistent with USG policy toward Syria. 2. (C) Significantly, Dybfest said that the GON had conside [...]	2008-07-25 14:40:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE EUN RS TU NO SW
08OSLO441	NORWAY "POSITIVE" ABOUT USG NOMINEE FOR CO-CHAIR [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-07 13:06:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KSCA NO SENV
08OSLO457	NORWEGIAN VIEWS ON THE NSG DRAFT EXCEPTION TEXT [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche to MFA Political Director Vegard Ellefsen on August 13. While recognizing India's need for non-carbon-based energy, Ellefsen said Norway's concerns are about the impact on the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT). He stated that Norway is still in the [...]	2008-08-14 09:12:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC AORC IN NO
08OSLO461	NORWAY IN FAVOR OF USG IPCC WG II NOMINEE AND ASKS [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Poloff spoke with Oyvind Christophersen and Marit Viktoria Pettersen, lead members of the Norwegian delegation to the next IPCC Plenary. GON affirmed that the US had contributed a lot to the IPCC and that its continued involvement would be a good idea. GON said it [...]	2008-08-15 13:46:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA SENV AORC NO
08OSLO477	NORWEGIANS FREEZE ASSETS OF ADDITIONAL UNSCR 1737 [...] (SBU) Poloff informed the legal department of the MFA of the E.O. 13382 designations contai ned in reftel. Assets of these entities have already been frozen by the GON. Jo Hoevik, Senior Advisor in the legal department, explained how Norwegian asset freeze provisions function. UNSCR 1737 is [...]	2008-08-25 12:48:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN
08OSLO483	NORWAY CAUTIOUS ON UNSC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE IRAN [...] (S) Poloff met with Erling Skjoensberg, senior advisor in the MFA department for disarmament and nonproliferation, who, along with Kaare Aas (current Ambassador to Afghanistan, but former security policy department head) will make decisions regarding reftel's subject matter for the GON. 2. [...]	2008-08-28 15:23:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	KNNP MNUC IR PARM IAEA TRGY UNSC PREL
08OSLO485	NORWEGIANS SEE SERBS WITH NO GOOD SOLUTIONS ON ICJ [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Nils Kamsvaag, MFA Deputy Director General for Western Balkan Affairs. Kamsvaag said no decision had been made yet regarding where Norway would stand on the advisory opinion, but demonstrated great interest in our statement that there is ample UNGA precede [...]	2008-08-29 14:20:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV NO
08OSLO490	NORWAY FLEXIBLE ON INDIA NPT EXCEPTION, BUT SAYS [...] (C) Subsequent to earlier demarches at senior levels, poloff contacted Anne Kari Lunde, Senior Advisor, MFA disarmament section, who will represent Norway at the NSG meeting in Vienna on September 4-6. Post wished to more precisely gauge the Norwegian government's position vis a vis the propo [...]	2008-09-02 14:41:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PARM KNNP
08OSLO503	NORWAY'S VIEWS ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE HR STRATEGY [...] (C) Poloff met with Anne Merchant, Senior Advisor in the MFA Section for Human Rights and Democracy, to discuss reftel points. Norway shares all of our human rights concerns, but urges caution with respect to some of our initiatives. Merchant with attend two weeks of the Third Committee meeti [...]	2008-09-12 07:22:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN
08OSLO504	NORWAY SUPPORTS AMENDMENT OF THE ISAF OPLAN TO [...] (U) Norwegian MFA Security Policy and Afghan experts agree that ISAF should have a greater role in counter narcotics. As part of a broader discussion on Afghan issues the Norwegians expressed support for greater ISAF involvement in counter narcotics before poloff made demarche points. Norway [...]	2008-09-12 13:15:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL NO
08OSLO506	NORWAY AND US ON THE SAME PAGE FOR AHLC [...] (C) Poloff met with Signe Gilen, Senior Advisor in the MFA Near East section, to deliver reftel points. Gilen will attend the AHLC meeting in NYC along with FM Stoere. Gilen responded very positively to the USG objectives in reftel, as they also reflect GON priorities, especially improving the [...]	2008-09-12 15:17:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EU KPAL PGOV PREL IS WBG NO
08OSLO519	NORWAY CONCERNED ABOUT EVENTS IN BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Oyvind Johansen and Kjersti Rodsmoen of the Latin America section of the MFA to deliver reftel points. While generally supportive of our talking points, they inquired what kinds of evidence (if any) had been used by the governments of Bolivia and Venezuela to support thei [...]	2008-09-22 11:55:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC NO
08OSLO532	NORWAY UNLIKELY TO REPROGRAM FUNDS FOR KOSOVO DEBT [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Toril Langlete, Senior Advisor in the West Balkan section of the MFA to deliver reftel points. Langlete said it was highly unlikely that Norway would be able to reprogram funds for the Kosovo Debt Management Support Program (KDMSP). Norway has pledged 48.38 million Euro [...]	2008-09-29 12:56:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EINV PREL EU KV NO
08OSLO534	NORWAY WANTS CONSENSUS ON UN NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Knut Langeland, Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, who reviewed the draft resolution. Langeland had no specific comments on the text, but expressed Norway's preference for a consensus resolution adopted without a vote, after extensive consultation wit [...]	2008-10-01 11:56:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM CDG PREL UNGA
08OSLO545	NORWAY SUPPORTS TRIAY AS PRESIDENT OF JOINT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and biographic information to Knut Langeland, Ambassador for Disarmament affairs. Langeland forwarded the information to Ole Reistad, one of the directors of the Norwegian Radiation Protection Agency (NRPA). Reistad said that Norway wholeheartedl [...]	2008-10-07 16:35:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP IAEA AORC NO
08OSLO549	(S) NORWAY REBUFFS USG ON IRISL FREIGHT FORWARDER [...] (S) In responding to reftel points, XXXXXXXXXXXX, after discussing NorwayÂ´s overall compliance with all UN Iran sanctions, stated that there is "no legal foundation" under Norwegian law to give any kind of mandatory order to companies not on the UN Security Council lists associated with resoluti [...]	2008-10-09 13:43:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL NO
08OSLO556	NORWEGIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE PLANS FOR CENTRAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff had a wide-ranging, two-hour meeting with the heads of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC),a prominent human rights organization with initiatives in many Eastern European and Central Asian countries. Of greatest interest is NHC's quasi-covert attempt to penetrate Turkm [...]	2008-10-14 14:57:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PROP PGOV SOCI NO
08OSLO568	NORWEGIANS SUPPORT DEALERT RESOLUTION, AND UNHAPPY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norway will support the nuclear dealerting UN resolution assuming the text is similar to last year's, which they also supported. Our MFA interlocutor was upset that false rumors had surfaced that Norway would co-sponsor the resolution. He was also unhappy with several statements [...]	2008-10-23 06:31:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC UNGA NO
08OSLO621	NORWEGIANS DOUBTFUL ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR DOHA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GON, while sharing our stated aims for the Doha Monterrey follow up conference, is disappointed in the US, the EU and the G77, and believes little can or will be accomplished. If little is accomplished in Doha, Norway thinks another follow up before 2015 is both inevitable and [...]	2008-11-20 14:37:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID UNGA NO
08OSLO622	NORWAY TORN ABOUT ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While acknowledging that anti-Israel bias is a symptom of the polarization that is "polluting everything" in the UN, Norway nonetheless feels torn about many anti-Israel resolutions, and will likely vote the same way this session as it has in the past. While lamenting the atmosph [...]	2008-11-20 14:39:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY NO
08OSLO628	NORWAY APPRECIATIVE OF US NONPRO COMPLIANCE [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with Knut Langeland, MFA Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, to thank Norway for its cosponsorship of the compliance resolution per reftel. Langeland was very appreciative that the USG secured the support of Indonesia and South Africa, by accommodating them through "minor" [...]	2008-11-25 07:49:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MUNC PARM PREL UNGA NO
08OSLO642	NORWEGIAN MFA VIEW ON ILLEGAL WEAPON SHIPMENT TO [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Nonproliferation Deputy Director Bjorn Midthun and Export Control specialist Ole-Morten Parelius on December 1 to discuss the recent fine of a Norwegian freight forwarder for sending sensitive missile technology to Iran. Echoing Foreign Minister Stoere, Midthun emphasi [...]	2008-12-01 12:30:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM
08OSLO647	NORWAY KEENLY INTERESTED IN THE LACEY ACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Norwegian government has showed keen interest in the Lacey Act's impact on tropical timber issues. Embassy Oslo arranged a thorough presentation to the Deputy Minister of Environment, NGOs, and other government officials, which generated spirited discussion. An EU represen [...]	2008-12-04 11:56:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO NO
08OSLO656	NORWAY'S LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) The paragraphs in this cable are keyed to questions in reftel (A),paragraph 5. Poloff met with Kjersti Rodsmoen, MFA Latin America section director to discuss Cuba policy. Norway continues to pursue a strategy of limited engagement toward Cuba in order to advance human rights and, indirec [...]	2008-12-08 13:57:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU NO
08OSLO659	NORWAY HAS NO PLANS TO HELP WITH SYRIA'S PROPOSED [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Erling Skjonsberg, Senior Advisor in the MFA nonproliferation section, to discuss reftel. Skjonsberg noted our caution that technical knowledge acquired by Syria for the proposed nuclear plant could be diverted, and said that Norway has no present plans to cooperate on su [...]	2008-12-09 14:50:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY
08OSLO666	NORWEGIANS HESITANT TO COMMIT ON PAKISTAN DONORS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of the Pakistan/Afghanistan section of the Norwegian MFA, a former ambassador to Pakistan, was unwilling to commit at this stage to high-level Norwegian participation or any promise of money for the Pakistan donors' conference we are proposing for January. Post believes [...]	2008-12-12 14:42:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN NO
08OSLO668	NORWEGIANS RESPOND BLANDLY TO UN HARMONIZATION OF [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke wth Lars Petter Henie, the deputy director of the UN MFA section regarding reftel. Henie said he wuld prefer to respond in a written medium, and thi was his diplomatic and nuanced response: "Wetake great interest in the issue and efforts to imrove recruitment to UN operat [...]	2008-12-15 14:54:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA NO
08OSLO672	NORWAY FLOATS IDEA OF NORDIC ALTERNATIVE UNESCO DG [...] (C) Deputy Director of the UN section of the Norwegian MFA, Lars Petter Henie, has raised concerns abut the UNESCO candidates independently before with poloff. Norway is very unhappy with the prospect of "an anti-Semite keen on burning Israeli books" (Henie's words) as DG of UNESCO. In respon [...]	2008-12-17 08:23:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO NO
08OSLO679	NORWEGIANS WILLING TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING [...] (C) Meeting with Senior Advisor Anniken Enersen of the legal staff at the MFA on other counterterrorism matters, poloff raised the issue of Norway potentially accepting Guantanamo detainees. Enersen said that the matter was being "talked about" within the section and in the press, and said th [...]	2008-12-19 11:51:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER NO
08OSLO688	NORWEGIANS RELUCTANT TO CUT AID FOR NICARAGUA [...] (C) Poloff met with Kjersti Rodsmoen, head of the Latin America section of the MFA, who expressed official concern over developments in Nicaragua but little interest in actually reducing Norway's budget support. At the same time, Rodsmoen said that Norway would limit its 2009 budget support t [...]	2008-12-23 13:22:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL NU NO
08OTTAWA105	CANADA COORDINATING WITH DOS ON UN DRIP [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 19:22:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OAS PREL PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1059	THE ROLE OF THE PROVINCIAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS [...] (U) Summary: Canadian provincial human rights commissions and tribunals administer provincial human rights law, with varying provisions, procedures, and jurisdictions. While the public has traditionally viewed these commissions and tribunals as defenders of human rights, they are coming under [...]	2008-08-08 20:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV CA
08OTTAWA106	CANADA ENCOURAGING COUNTRIES TO BAN BURMESE IMPORTS [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for the Southeast Asia and Pacific Division Evelyne Coulombe told PolOff that Canada is taking every opportunity to encourage other governments to impose import bans on Burma. Coulombe said that the DFAIT Sout [...]	2008-01-22 21:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PHUM BM CA
08OTTAWA1093	CANADA WILL SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN OVER SYRIA FOR [...] (C) Colleen Swords, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Affairs (and Canada's G-8 Political Director),told DCM August 15 that she was sure Canada would support Afghanistan over Syria if the race for the IAEA Board [...]	2008-08-15 19:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM IAEA KNNP MNUN IR SY AF CA
08OTTAWA1123	CANADA'S PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS GLOBALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada remains a strong partner in promoting and defending human rights globally. Thanks to its "principle-based" approach, the Conservative Party believes that "Canada's voice is being heard" once again. Canada has awarded honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama and Aung San [...]	2008-08-22 13:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CH IS BM CA
08OTTAWA1172	CANADA WILL DISCUSS BRAZIL'S PARTICIPATION IN PDG [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Policy Planning officer Helen Fytche told poloff September 4 that Canada would be pleased to discuss Brazil's participation in the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG) at the October 17 Steering Group meeting. Canada felt [...]	2008-09-05 21:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KDEM BR CA
08OTTAWA123	CANADA WILL NOT ATTEND UN WORLD CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada took a firm stance against the UN World Conference Against Racism on January 23 when it announced it would not attend the 2009 Durban Review Conference (Durban II). Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier stated that the 2001 UN World Conference Against Racism "degenera [...]	2008-01-24 20:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CA
08OTTAWA1275	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel, Consulates General Vancouver and Montreal investigated Astro Global Trading (AGT) and DSP Electronics, respectively, regarding the disposition of two cylinder assembly components for the Pilatus aircraft exported under application 050096269. The owner of AGT -- Sal [...]	2008-09-29 16:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ETTC KOMC
08OTTAWA1300	CONSERVATIVES STILL AHEAD FOLLOWING DEBATES [...] (C) Summary. The Conservatives emerged from the federal election campaign's two national debates having preserved their comfortable lead in the polls. Despite facing a constant barrage of criticism from the four main opposition parties, PM Harper seems to have come through relatively unscath [...]	2008-10-03 21:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA136	PRIMETIME IMAGES OF US-CANADA BORDER PAINT U.S. IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has long gone to great pains to highlight the distinction between Americans and Canadians in its programming, generally at our expense. However, the level of anti-American melodrama has been given a huge boost in the current television [...]	2008-01-25 23:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO CA
08OTTAWA1453	CANADA DECIDES AGAINST DEMARCHES ON IRAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) In an unexpected and unwelcome shift from ref a position, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for Non-Proliferation Ryan Hewer informed poloff on November 17 that DFAIT had now decided Canada was already overextended in its demarches on the [...]	2008-11-18 15:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC AORC ENRG TRGY IR CA
08OTTAWA1493	CANADA SUPPORTS BROADENING ANA TRUST FUND MANDATE, [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) In the absence of the Ambassador, DCM spoke to David Mulroney, Deputy Minister and Afghanistan Coordinator in the Privy Council Office, regarding the U.S.-led initiative to broaden the mandate of NATO,s ANA Trust Fund (ref a). Mulron [...]	2008-11-26 18:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF CA
08OTTAWA1501	CANADA SEEKING TO KEEP EXCHANGE OFFICERS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Canada is seeking ways to keep its 13 military exchange officers in Iraq embedded in American and British military units after December 31, 2008, when the UN mandate for Iraq expires. In a December 1 meeting, Canadian interlocu [...]	2008-12-01 21:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO IR CA
08OTTAWA1503	CANADA STILL MULLING ARF DISASTER RELIEF EXERCISE [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Asia Pacific security policy advisor Jean-Francois Lacasse, Canada is still consulting internally on how it can best match its interest in participating in the May 2009 Asean Regional Forum disaster relief exercis [...]	2008-12-01 21:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS EAID ARF CA
08OTTAWA1546	MISSION CANADA PROMOTES AWARENESS OF GENDER-BASED [...] (U) Summary: Mission Canada marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with a November 25 digital video conference (DVC) that included an exchange of best practices among leading American, Canadian, and Portuguese governmental, NGO, and law enforcement experts. [...]	2008-12-11 21:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM CA
08OTTAWA1560	CANADA STRIVING TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada has an active inter-agency working group to combat trafficking in persons, as well as a variety of NGO efforts. More comprehensive research and statistics, a national action plan, greater co-ordination among national and provincial government agencies and NGOs, and great [...]	2008-12-16 22:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN CA
08OTTAWA1567	CANADA'S UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Human Rights Victoria Berry and Policy Officer for Human Rights Daniel Ulmer, the Canadian government will soon submit a 20 page report for the Human Rights Council's February 3rd Universal Periodic Re [...]	2008-12-18 19:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNHRC CA
08OTTAWA1590	DELIVERY OF NICARAGUA MUNICIPAL ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff on December 24 delivered reftel demarche to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Latin America Division Deputy Director Patric Picard. There was no substantive response. Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/s [...]	2008-12-24 18:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID NU CA
08OTTAWA221	GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION NEGOTIATING A WAY AHEAD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNING CONSERVATIVES AND THE OPPOSITION PARTIES APPEAR CLOSER THAN EVER ON A WAY FORWARD FOR THE AFGHAN MISSION OF THE CANADIAN FORCES, WITH A NEW LIBERAL AMENDMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT'S MOTION. THERE REMAIN SOME IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES OVER WHETHER THE TARGET DATE FOR THE E [...]	2008-02-12 23:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR AF CA
08OTTAWA233	CANADA SEES "SOME ENCOURAGING SIGNS" IN UN HRC [...] (C) Summary: According to Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) officials, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) remains a "work in progress," but Canada has seen encouraging signs that it is maturing and shifting its focus from institutional questions to specific [...]	2008-02-14 19:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KUNR PREL CA
08OTTAWA250	CANADA SEEKS MORE INFORMATION ON IMPENDING [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Continental Defence Victor Rakmil on February 19 told Poloff that DFAIT had instructed the Canadian Embassy in Washington to contact the Departments of State and Defense for additional information about USG [...]	2008-02-19 22:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PNAT PARM KITA TSPA TPHY CA
08OTTAWA331	CANADA'S VIEWS ON COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Canada generally supports the aims of the resolution on Screening and Briefing intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) that the U.S. will present at the March 10-14 Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) meeting. However, as tr [...]	2008-03-04 20:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC SNAR UN CA
08OTTAWA346	CANADA'S TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW OF CANADA'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Canada is principally a transit and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). NGOs estimate that approximately 2,000 people are subject to trafficking into Canada each year. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has [...]	2008-03-07 19:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD CA
08OTTAWA389	MP PRAISES U.S. VIRTUAL PRESENCE POST [...] (SBU) Member of Parliament for the Yukon Larry Bagnell, in a meeting in Ottawa with poloffs on March 13, praised the U.S. Virtual Presence Post in the Yukon, and said that he and his constituents had found it "extremely useful." He commented that public awareness of the website in the Yukon w [...]	2008-03-18 13:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO CA

08OTTAWA467	HAITI: THE CENTERPIECE OF CANADA'S LATIN AMERICA [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 13. 2. (C) Summary: Following the roll-out in 2007 of a higher priority to Latin America in its foreign policy, Haiti has emerged as the key component of Canada's Latin America strategy. During a mid-February 2008 visit, Foreign Minister Bernier [...]	2008-04-07 17:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EAID ECON CA HA
08OTTAWA470	CANADA-U.S. BILATERAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP FOLLOW UP [...] (U) Action request: This is an action request, see para four items 3, 9, and 10, and para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: One of the commitments at the January 2008 U.S.-Canada Bilateral Consultative Group meeting on counter-terrorism (BCG) was to develop a mechanism for tracking the action items that [...]	2008-04-07 21:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL CA
08OTTAWA491	CANADA'S RENEWED FOCUS ON LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: PM Harper has made Latin America one of a very few focal points for Canada's foreign policy, alongside Afghanistan, improving relations with the U.S., and developing stronger ties with the rising economic powers of Asia. Of the three pillars of the Latin America strategy -- secu [...]	2008-04-10 14:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KDEM XM CA
08OTTAWA590	CANADIAN REACTION TO SYRIA'S CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR [...] (C) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner on April 25 expressed appreciation to PolMinCouns for reftel points, as well as for an April 24 briefing (septel). (Poloff separately provided reftel points to [...]	2008-04-25 15:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN SY CA
08OTTAWA593	CANADIAN EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRATIZATION ABROAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has taken a middle course between the large expansion of democratization capacity that a Parliamentary committee recommended in July 2007 and the ad hoc approach it had been following before then. Canada is justifiabl [...]	2008-04-25 18:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM PREL CA
08OTTAWA6	NDP PLANS TO RUN "LARGEST CAMPAIGN" EVER [...] (SBU) Summary: New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jack Layton has announced that the NDP "will run the largest campaign that our party has ever run in its history" in the next federal elections, which many observers believe will take place in 2008. Although it holds the fewest seats of the fo [...]	2008-01-04 14:04:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA632	PREPARING FOR AN ELECTION THAT JUST WON'T COME [...] (C) Summary. While the chances for a spring or summer election remain almost zero, the Conservatives seem fully prepared to start their next campaign at a moment's notice. The Liberals admit to more dire funding problems, and have launched a new fundraising drive. A fall 2008 election rema [...]	2008-05-07 20:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA636	SCENESETTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TRILATERALS, MAY 15-16 [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada remains a key partner of the United States in the protection and promotion of human rights worldwide, in addition to being the home of one of the world's most successful democratic systems and strongest rule of law. Prime Minister Stephen Harper leads one of the most st [...]	2008-05-08 13:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CA
08OTTAWA640	MISSION CANADA OUTREACH TO DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Canada personnel regularly engage democracy activists, notably from Burma, Somalia, Sudan, and Belarus,. Our outreach has helped to empower groups whose links to their home country can make a difference on the margins in the development of democracy and stability. On [...]	2008-05-08 21:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PREL CA
08OTTAWA645	CANADIAN IMMIGRANTS ON THE RISE, BUT SO ARE "LOST" [...] (U) Summary: In addition to accepting an increasing number of immigrants (especially high-skilled workers),Canada is also a growing destination for asylum seekers and refugees. Canada has successfully managed its immigration policies to maintain a reputation as a successful model of diversity [...]	2008-05-09 18:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PTER PGOV CA
08OTTAWA684	PARLIAMENTARIANS HIGHLIGHT BORDER CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary: In advance of the annual Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary meeting May 17-18, Canadian MPs and Senators expressed concern to Ambassador over the "thickening of the border" and hope that Congress may again push back the June 2009 date for implementation of WHTI on the land border. [...]	2008-05-20 21:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS KCRM CA
08OTTAWA724	FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE DRAFT AGENDA PASSED TO [...] (U) Poloff passed a copy of the draft agenda for the Friends of Iraq Conference to Iraq Desk Officer David Leach of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade on May 30. Leach thanked us for keeping Canada in the loop, but reconfirmed that Canada would not send a representative [...]	2008-05-30 18:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS KDEM EAID ECON CA IZ
08OTTAWA725	SNAPSHOTS OF DIFFERING POLITICAL PRIORITIES IN MAY [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Bernier's sudden resignation on May 26 intensified the political pot-shooting in Parliament as it wraps up its spring session. It provided a gleeful Opposition with a welcome counter-message to Prime Minister Harper's May 27-29 four capital visit to Europe, or [...]	2008-05-30 19:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SENV AF CA
08OTTAWA774	ASYLUM CLAIMS FROM THE AMERICAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexican citizens are now the largest single nationality claiming asylum in Canada, increasingly citing narco-violence instead of sexual discrimination. Haiti, Colombia, and the United States follow as source countries; the four countries account for 50% of asylum claims in Cana [...]	2008-06-09 17:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL CO MX HA CA
08OTTAWA808	CANADA CONFRONTS RADICALIZATION ABROAD AND AT HOME [...] (C) Summary and comment: Canada has long struggled with how to avoid or reduce radicalization in one of the most diverse societies in the world, while also supporting global efforts to counter extremism. Its still evolving strategy involves multiple agencies working on various levels of forei [...]	2008-06-16 13:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL SOCI CA
08OUAGADOUGOU1027	BURKINA FASO AGREES TO VOTE AGAINST NO-ACTION MOTION ON IRAN [...] (C) On November 17, DCM and POLOFF discussed Burkina Faso's potential vote on a no-action motion for the resolution on Iran (Ref B.) with Vincent Zakane, Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). Also in attendance was newly appointed MOFA Director General of Multilateral Affai [...]	2008-11-17 16:48:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR UV
08OUAGADOUGOU1028	BURKINA FASO POSITION ON UNGA RESOLUTION ON THE DEFAMATION [...] (C) On November 17, DCM, accompanied by POLOFF, discussed the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) vote on the defamation-of-religion resolution with Vincent Zakane, Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),and Der Kogda, the Director General of Multilateral Affairs. Zakane understood [...]	2008-11-17 16:48:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UV
08OUAGADOUGOU1066	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 07:36:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY UV
08OUAGADOUGOU1116	BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR ON ANNAPOLIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 16:44:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KEBG UNSC UV
08OUAGADOUGOU348	BURKINA FASO: UNIONS PLAN MAY 1 MARCH; MORE STRIKES MAY [...] (U) Key Points: -- On May 1, national union leaders in Ouagadougou and across the country will hold a march, followed by meetings and rallies, to commemorate International Labor Day and reinforce their protests against the rising cost of living and perceived Government (GOBF) inaction. -- [...]	2008-04-30 14:35:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB ECON PHUM EFIN UV
08OUAGADOUGOU373	A VIEW FROM BURKINA: FIRST AFRICA-INDIA SUMMIT REFLECTS [...] (U) Key Points: -- India hosted the first India-Africa Forum Summit April 8-9 in New Delhi, with 12 African heads of state or government in attendance, including Burkina Faso's Prime Minister. The African leaders represented the African Union (AU) and regional integration bodies or initiati [...]	2008-05-05 07:31:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECIN ETRD EFIN UV XA IN CH
08OUAGADOUGOU388	BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 16:44:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ENRG KNNP MNUC NPT IAEA UV
08OUAGADOUGOU404	UN SECGEN DISCUSSES REGIONAL, GLOBAL ISSUES WITH UNSC [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 22-24, U.N. Secretary General (UNSG) Ban Ki Moon visited Burkina Faso as part of a regional tour including Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, and Liberia. With President Compaore, the Secretary General discussed: -- Cote d'Ivoire peace process (praising Compaore's leadership),-- R [...]	2008-05-12 15:27:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM EAID ECON UNSC SENV ZI IV UV
08OUAGADOUGOU514	Burkina Faso: Demarche on Security Council Meeting on [...] (C) On June 12, DCM, accompanied by PolOff, presented reftel demarche to MOFA Cabinet Director Vincent Zakane. While DCM noted that President Compaore had informed Secretary Rice of Burkina Faso's intention to support a Security Council meeting on Zimbabwe, Zakane only acknowledged that Compao [...]	2008-06-12 19:58:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR UNSC ZI UV LY SF
08OUAGADOUGOU534	BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN RECONFIGURATION IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 15:45:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC UNMIK KO UV
08OUAGADOUGOU541	BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONVEYING UPDATED P5+1 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 12:59:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR UV
08OUAGADOUGOU603	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGENT REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON UNSC [...] (C) On July 3, PolOff presented reftel demarche to MOFA Director for International Organizations Dieudonne Sougouri. Referring to meetings held at the recent African Union (AU) Summit in Egypt, Sougouri said that the GOBF, along with other African nations condemned the actions of President Mug [...]	2008-07-07 08:11:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI UV
08OUAGADOUGOU623	BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED SEEKING SUPPORT FOR UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 12:57:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNSC ZI XA UV
08OUAGADOUGOU624	BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE ARAB GROUP DRAFT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 16:49:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC SY UV
08OUAGADOUGOU679	MALIAN TUAREGS WILL REMAIN IN BURKINA FASO UNTIL GOBF [...] (U) Summary: As of late July, around 1,990 Malian Tuareg seeking refugee asylum were living at various locations around Burkina Faso, the majority of them in a refugee camp in Djibo, in Northern Burkina Faso. These asylum seekers are currently living off donations from local and international [...]	2008-07-23 16:16:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM ML UV
08OUAGADOUGOU728	BURKINA FASO: NO UNGA ATTENDANCE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-04 08:43:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA UV
08OUAGADOUGOU735	BURKINA FASO WILL NOT DENOUNCE MAURITANIA COUP PUBLICLY [...] (C) On August 8, Charge d'Affaires, accompanied by PolOff, presented reftel demarche to Vincent Zakane, Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Zakane said there is not yet an official Government of Burkina Faso (GOBF) position on Mauritania; however, he expressed the GOBF's displea [...]	2008-08-08 14:40:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR UV
08OUAGADOUGOU747	TFGG01: BURKINA FASO REVIEWING DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 18:56:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PBTS GE UV
08OUAGADOUGOU756	BURKINA FASO: SUPPORTS UNSC STATEMENT ON MAURITANIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 07:53:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MR UV
08OUAGADOUGOU774	BURKINA FASO WILL SUPPORT FIFTH ROND OF WESTERN SAHARA TALKS [...] (C) On August 20, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Diuedonne Sougouri, Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Sougouri said the GOBF recognizes the need for a peaceful resolution to the issues surrounding the Western Sahara and agreed with the U.S. [...]	2008-08-25 15:10:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC PBTS MO WI UV
08OUAGADOUGOU791	TFGG01: BURKINA FASO SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON [...] 1. (C) On August 26, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Saidou Zongo, Acting Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Zongo noted that he was aware of the recent remarks made by President Bush concerning Russia's actions and agreed fully with the U.S. [...]	2008-08-27 17:32:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RS GG UV
08OUAGADOUGOU792	BURKINA FASO SUPPORTS U.S. ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 17:32:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG UV
08OUAGADOUGOU795	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BURKINA FASO WILL NOT PUBLICLY CONDEMN [...] (C) On August 28, Acting DCM, accompanied by PolOff, presented reftel demarche to Vincent Zakane, Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Although Zakane agreed in principle with the U.S. position, he called Russian control over the break-away regions a "fait accompli," and added th [...]	2008-08-29 14:32:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GG UV
08OUAGADOUGOU799	BURKINA FASO WILL NOT/NOT SUPPORT SERBIAN UNGA RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 08:24:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV UV
08OUAGADOUGOU820	BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNAIDS EXECUTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 16:50:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KHIV UNGA UV
08OUAGADOUGOU839	DEMARCHE ON ABKHAZ AND SOUTH OSSETIAN PARTICIPATION IN UN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 11:30:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG UV
08OUAGADOUGOU841	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 16:52:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IAEA MNUC UV
08OUAGADOUGOU853	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON IRAN [...] (U) This cable is NIACT due to the impending UN Security Council vote on September 27. 2. (SBU) On September 27, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Regis Bakyono, Acting Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bakyono expressed Burkina Faso's willingnes [...]	2008-09-27 13:33:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP MNUC UNSC IR UV
08OUAGADOUGOU886	BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 15:31:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR UV
08OUAGADOUGOU887	BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON SERBIAN UNGA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 15:31:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV UV
08OUAGADOUGOU894	BURKINA FASO: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE REACTION TO U.S. AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 16:42:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MAR UV
08OUAGADOUGOU925	BURKINA FASO: WEST AFRICAN ELECTORAL COMMISSIONS DISCUSS [...] (U) Summary: Burkina Faso's National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) hosted a three-day workshop for a network of West African States (RESEAO) to discuss the use of technology, specifically the use of mobile biometric technology, in the voter registration processes. The workshop, which [...]	2008-10-14 17:13:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM UV
08PANAMA215	VISIT OF USS KEARSARGE: EMBASSY PANAMA SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Embassy Panama has identified two EMBOFFs to support the visit of the USS KEARSARGE to Panama from September 16 to 30. POLCOUNS Brian Naranjo will join the USS KEARSARGE in Cartagena, Colombia on/about September 15. Since the USS KEARSARGE will be in Cartagena on liberty from September [...]	2008-03-12 16:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AFIN MARR MASS MOPS PM
08PANAMA324	PANAMA POST: THE PANAMA WATCHERS' SPECIAL EDITION, [...] (S/NF) The April 18 to 25 visit by two seasoned USG Panama watchers provided a welcome opportunity to do a "deep dive" on Panama's domestic political scene. Meeting with political leaders and advisors from across the political spectrum, these analysts not only had an opportunity to ascertai [...]	2008-04-23 20:53:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA340	PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON RAISING ZIMBABWE AT THE UN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-29 19:58:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNCSD XA ZI AU PM
08PANAMA354	PANAMA: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 16:29:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN PHUM PM
08PANAMA486	PANAMA: ARCHBISHOP TOUCHES UPON POLITICAL ISSUES [...] (C) "The excessive cost of political campaigns is a slap in the face to the poor," Archbishop Jose Dimas Cedeno, stated during his sermon at the 38th Eucharist mass on June 1st, 2008. Cedeno underscored key political issues deterring Panama's progress, and urged the Panamanian government and [...]	2008-06-12 18:38:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA616	PANAMA: RAUL RODRIGUEZ TO BE NEW ASSEMBLY [...] (C) President Martin Torrijos has chosen Raul Rodriguez to be the new President of the National Assembly, replacing Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG) who is under federal indictment in connection with the 1992 murder of a U.S. serviceman. Sources from both the ruling Democratic Revolutionary Party [...]	2008-07-28 16:51:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PM
08PANAMA652	PANAMA: A VIEW FROM THE LEFT -- NO PLACE FOR [...] (C) Recent meetings with prominent left wing leaders Juan Jovane and Olmedo Beluche focused on the threat to social stability posed by rising prices and the surprising small impact of the crisis on the political campaign. Jovane concluded that the increase in the price of staple goods was caus [...]	2008-08-05 21:58:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA672	PANAMA: INVITATION DELIVERED FOR TRADE AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 14:07:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA697	PANAMA POST: EDITION 13, VOLUME II [...] (C) Panama's opposition panorama is beginning to clarify as two opposition coalitions are emerging. Presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli announced recently that his Democratic Change (CD) had reached an alliance agreement with Patriotic Union (UP),an alliance that UP is expected to rati [...]	2008-08-21 19:52:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA698	PANAMA: HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP [...] (U) Post plans to provide a regular human rights update to supplement the yearly Human Rights Report in order to track emerging changes in the human rights situation in Panama. Below follows a summary of Post's most recent contact with a number of groups advocating for the rights of individu [...]	2008-08-21 20:03:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM
08PANAMA704	PANAMANIAN SECURITY COOPERATION: IRREPLACEABLE? [...] (S/NF) Panama is one of the USG's most important law enforcement and security partners in the Western Hemisphere. Its importance is based on a combination of its strategic location astride one of the world's most important lines of communication, an enormous Panamanian flagged shipping fleet, [...]	2008-08-26 17:50:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA725	PANAMA'S NEW SECURITY LAWS PASSED AMIDST OPPOSITION [...] (C) The GOP approved five controversial security laws by decree on August 18 and 20. The decrees will: 1) create an independent civilian intelligence service (SENIS); 2) create a coast guard (SENAN); 3) create a frontier force to protect the borders (SENAFRONT); 4) reform the Panamanian Natio [...]	2008-09-05 12:44:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA743	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] (C) POLOFF delivered Reftel demarche on UN General Assembly Third Committee 2008 Human Rights Priorities to MFA Human Rights Officer Janio Tunon on September 10. Tunon generally refused to answer directly whether Panama would support certain resolutions without specific text in hand. However [...]	2008-09-11 20:52:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PM
08PANAMA789	PANAMA: SECURITY LAWS CONTINUE TO GENERATE INTENSE [...] (C) Over a month after President Martin Torrijos issued five decrees that reformed the Panamanian security services (see reftel),the security sector reform debate continues to occupy newspaper headlines and op-eds. The stage is now set for the laws, and the U.S.-Panamanian security relations [...]	2008-10-06 13:05:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA813	PANAMA: PROSECUTORS UNDER PRESSURE, ASK FOR HELP [...] (C) Panamanian Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez told the Ambassador October 10 that she wanted to create an infrastructure to facilitate prosecutorial collaboration among Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia and the U.S. to send a strong message to international criminal organizations that they we [...]	2008-10-17 16:22:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM SNAR PM
08PANAMA819	PANAMA: RUSSIAN WARSHIP TO CROSS CANAL [...] (C) 1st VP and FM Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador October 9 that the Russian nuclear-powered russian crusier Petr Velikiy (Peter the Great) will cross the Canal in December, and make a two-day port call at the Vasco Nunez de Balboa navel base (former Rodman Naval Station) on Decembe [...]	2008-10-24 23:11:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA848	PANAMA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 16:27:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA872	PANAMA: DEALING WITH THE DARIEN [...] (S//NF) The Darien, Panama's forgotten frontier, is under pressure from drug traffickers and remnants of the FARC. The FARC do not present a serious military threat to Panama or Colombia, but they do threaten to degenerate into banditry, as the organization implodes. While the U.S. is helpin [...]	2008-11-17 22:59:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA877	PAAMAMA: IRAN, BURMA AND DPRK HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) The Ambassador phoned Acting Foreign Minister Ricardo Duran November 18 to reinforce the demarche from reftel A, which had already been delievered to working level MFA contacts as reported in reftel B. PolOff subsequently contacted Director General for International Organizations Delia V [...]	2008-11-19 16:37:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PM PREL
08PANAMA889	PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 22:43:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA917	PANAMA: GOP REQUESTS COLOMBIAN HELOS TO HELP [...] (S//NF) First VP and FM Samuel Lewis expressed his concern over recent events in the Darien and requested U.S. assistance addressing the FARC threat in this border region that abuts Colombia, during a one-on-one meeting at his private office on December 12. The December 11 firefight between [...]	2008-12-16 12:44:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR MASS PTER PBTS CO PM
08PANAMA930	PANAMA: ASVAT LAYS OUT SECURITY PLAN; MARTINELLI TOUTS HIM AS FUTURE MINISTER [...] (C) Ebrahim Asvat, President of La Estrella newspaper, former director of the Panamanian National Police, and possible candidate for Minister of Government and Justice told PolOff that Panama needed to reorient its security resources away from trying to interdict drugs on the seas and border [...]	2008-12-19 20:53:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS PM SNAR
08PANAMA933	PANAMA: GOP "PROFOUNDLY SATISFIED" WITH RESULTS OF [...] (C) Vladimir Franco, Director General of Legal and Treaty Affairs at the Panamanian MFA, declared himself "profoundly satisfied" with the results of two days of bilateral meetings on the Salas-Becker Agreement (SBA) December 17. The agreement, a corner stone of U.S. counter-drug operations i [...]	2008-12-22 15:39:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA944	PANAMA POST: THE WATER COOLER REPORTS [...] (SBU/NF) Welcome to the second edition of the revamped Panama Post, a new collaborative effort between Embassy Panama's Political Section (POL) and the Open Source Center (OSC),that we are going to call "The Report from the Water Cooler." OSC provides POL a steady stream of current news, the [...]	2008-12-24 17:55:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM
08PARAMARIBO104	SURINAME STILL "UNDECIDED" ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) On March 13 PolOff delivered message as per reftel to Rosita Hubard, Head of the International Relations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the government of Suriname (GOS). Hubard said the GOS still cannot take a clear standpoint on recognizing Kosovo because "some facts [...]	2008-03-14 13:38:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC PGOV KV NS
08PARAMARIBO117	"BEST KEPT SECRET?" CULTURAL PROGRAMMING WITH [...] (U) Summary: With PD resources already nearly exhausted, Post has sought to maintain cultural and outreach programming through the use of "window of opportunity" speakers. Taking advantage of the presence of U.S. university professor of ethnomusicology Jonathan C. Kramer, on March 5 Post o [...]	2008-03-20 17:39:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OEXC NS
08PARAMARIBO118	OLD CAMPAIGN PROMISES HAUNT GOVERNMENT COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary. A 2004 agreement between the Government of Suriname (GOS) and a Chinese company to set up a palm oil plantation in the eastern District of Marowijne still has not been implemented due to the GOS's inability to overcome local villagers' opposition to key aspects of the plan. The [...]	2008-03-20 18:11:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV NS
08PARAMARIBO121	STATE SENATOR PROMOTES U.S. DEMOCRACY FOR FREE [...] (U) Summary: With PD resources already exhausted, Post has sought to maintain cultural and outreach programming through the use of "window of opportunity" speakers (ref A, septel). Taking advantage of the presence of South Dakota State Senator Tom Katus, in Suriname under the auspices of t [...]	2008-03-26 13:51:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OPRC NS
08PARAMARIBO128	CORRUPTION IN SURINAME: A HOW-TO-MANUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable details methods of small-scale, endemic corruption in Suriname. While large scale corruption is common and makes the news, small scale corruption is pervasive (ref A). Current rejection by Government of Suriname (GOS) officials of corruption allegations in the U.S. Inte [...]	2008-03-28 10:54:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV NS
08PARAMARIBO136	"ONE DRUM:" FUNKY, INEXPENSIVE PICK-ME-UP FOR [...] (U) Summary: With PD resources already nearly exhausted, Post has sought to maintain cultural and outreach programming through the use of "window of opportunity" speakers and events (refs A-C). On March 8, Post was pleased to take advantage of an invitation to be a part of "Wan Dron," or " [...]	2008-04-04 18:02:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OPRC NS
08PARAMARIBO164	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (U) Per reftel, Poloff delivered demarche to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname. Hubard had no immediate reaction. 2. (U) Post will report any substantive reaction from GOS. SCHREIBER HUGHES [...]	2008-04-23 13:33:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL NS
08PARAMARIBO169	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (U) Per reftel, Poloff delivered demarche to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname. Hubard had no immediate reaction. 2. (U) Post will report any substantive reaction from GOS. SCHREIBER HUGHES [...]	2008-04-24 13:41:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL NS
08PARAMARIBO186	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered demarche to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname. 2. (U) Post will report any substantive reaction from the Government of Suriname. SCHREIBER HUGHES [...]	2008-05-06 13:42:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OAS NS
08PARAMARIBO188	NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) DEMARCHES [...] (U) Per reftels, PolOff delivered demarches to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS). Hubard had no immediate reaction, but said she did not believe any representative from the GOS was attending t [...]	2008-05-06 17:02:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA NS
08PARAMARIBO321	BABY STEPS: SURINAME'S UN VOTES BEGIN TO REFLECT [...] (U) As requested reftel, on August 11 PolOff delivered a copy of the "UN Voting Record Report" and demarche message to Government of Suriname (GOS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Acting Head of the International Organizations Division Chantal Elsenhout. 2. (SBU) While Elsenhout stres [...]	2008-08-13 17:20:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UNSC UNGA PREL NS
08PARAMARIBO37	AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO CONCURS WITH IMAGERY PROJECT [...] (C) The Republic of Suriname and AmEmbassy Paramaribo welcome Global Hawk and/or U2 over flight of Suriname for the purpose of imagery mapping and would welcome an expanded mission to map additional areas in the interior of the country. This would be of greatest use to the Ministry of Defense [...]	2008-02-01 15:09:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PGOV NS
08PARAMARIBO377	NO SURINAMESE POSITIONS ON GEORGIA, KOSOVO [...] (U) On September 9, per reftels A-E, Post delivered messages to Jerrel Moriah, head of the European Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS). Moriah said the GOS has no position on the relevant issues in Georgia or Kosovo at this time, but promised to [...]	2008-09-12 13:55:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL GG KV NS
08PARAMARIBO382	SURINAME: UNGA ISSUES TO BE EXAMINED CASE-BY-CASE [...] (SBU) On September 12, per reftels A, Post delivered message and discussed with Chantal Elsenhout, acting head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS). Elsenhout said the GOS has not yet made any decisions, but that U [...]	2008-09-12 16:44:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN NS
08PARAMARIBO394	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE [...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche to Juliette Redman, acting head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS),on September 18, 2008. 2, (U) Redman did not have any initial reaction. She said she would st [...]	2008-09-18 18:41:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA NS
08PARAMARIBO434	SURINAME: POLICE TIP UNIT RESCUES TWO TEENAGE MINORS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a routine nightclub check, officers from the Surinamese Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Unit discovered two minor teenage Guyanese girls being used for sexual exploitation. The club manager was arrested and her daughter, also under suspicion of involvement, is being sought b [...]	2008-10-14 18:41:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KTIP SNAR NS
08PARAMARIBO5	"December 8" murder Trial Resumes and Recesses Again [...] (U) SUMMARY: Court proceedings resumed in the trial of former military strongman Desi Bouterse and 24 co-defendants on Monday, December 17. The Court Martial rejected arguments raised by Bouterse's attorney Erwin Kanhai during the November 30 opening session of the Court where Kanhai argue [...]	2008-01-03 18:26:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV MARR PREL NS
08PARAMARIBO56	RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS: SURINAME POSITION [...] (C) DCM met on February 8 with Ms. Rosita Hubard, the Acting Head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss Kosovo independence. The MFA does not currently support independence for Kosovo. 2. (C) Prior to the meeting Ms. Hubard had co [...]	2008-02-13 21:17:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU NS
08PARAMARIBO63	ENCOURAGING RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) As previously noted in reftel B, DCM met on February 8 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Head of the International Organizations Rosita Hubard, who indicated that the GOS does not support independence for Kosovo, citing "terrritorial integrity and unity of the state." Despited entr [...]	2008-02-15 20:27:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU NS UN
08PARAMARIBO80	DYSFUNCTION AND LIP-SERVICE: THE INDIGENOUS AND [...] (U) SUMMARY. The indigenous community in Suriname is small, socially and politically disadvantaged, and suffers from schismatic leadership. The Government of Suriname (GOS) paid heed to indigenous desires by approving the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the People (UN-DRIP),bu [...]	2008-02-27 18:28:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	OAS PREL PGOV NS
08PARIS1316	FRANCE NONCOMMITTAL ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on Prisoners of Conscience Public Affairs event to the French MFA on July 2 but did not receive a substantive response. After multiple follow-ups, DAS-equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet told PolOff on July 10 that the GOF is still consulting EU par [...]	2008-07-10 17:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN PHUM KDEM
08PARIS1331	BETANCOURT "INSIDER" HINTS AT FUTURE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Board Member of the Committee in Support of Ingrid Betancourt told Poloff on July 11 that former hostage/presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt will focus her energy on securing the release of all remaining FARC and ELN hostages in Colombia and he strongly hinted Betancourt wo [...]	2008-07-11 19:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM FR EUN PGOV PTER PREF CO SP
08PARIS138	FRANCE CONSIDERING WTO IMPLICATIONS BEFORE BANNING [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on January 24 to MFA desk officer Jeremy Petite. Petite responded that France is currently considering WTO implications of a ban and will make a decision in line with EU partners. When questioned about France's willingness to sanction the three Burmese [...]	2008-01-25 15:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM BM FR
08PARIS1386	FRANCE SUPPORTS OAS LANGUAGE TO KEEP PRESSURE ON [...] (C) On July 18, Poloff delivered the reftel demarche to French MFA Colombia and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi. While the GOF was in agreement with the USG regarding efforts to free the remaining hostages, end the guerilla movement of the FARC, and close the drug trade, GOF views do n [...]	2008-07-21 17:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN PTER COLOMBO PLAN VE HR AF SNAR
08PARIS1426	FRENCH MFA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON DEALING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 23 Poloffs delivered reftel points to French MFA Syria desk officer Jean-Christophe Auge and European Affairs officer Anne Predour. Auge said a Sarkozy visit to Damascus was highly likely but subject to a last-minute cancellation depending on events in Lebanon and whether [...]	2008-07-25 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR SY LE PHUM
08PARIS1447	SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT'S NUCLEAR ENERGY SUPPLY [...] (U) Summary. On July 20-21, Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Special Assistant Marc Humphrey traveled to Paris for consultations on civil nuclear supply criteria in light of the anticipated expansion in nuclear energy. Meetings were held with officia [...]	2008-07-29 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL ETTC IAEA FR
08PARIS1505	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: FRANCE WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-04 11:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINR PINS JO
08PARIS1529	FRANCE: MEASURED APPROVAL FOR NEW U.S. BURMA [...] (C) France welcomes new U.S. sanctions on Burma and is open to strengthening existing EU sanctions as long as they do not interfere with provision of humanitarian aid, Burma Desk Officer Jeremie Petit said August 6 in response to reftel points. He added that EU experts are reviewing Europe's [...]	2008-08-07 08:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD FR BM
08PARIS16	FRENCH FM KOUCHNER'S JANUARY 1-2 VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. As the first high-level Western official to visit Pakistan since Benazir Bhutto's death, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner carried a strong message to President Musharraf that free and fair elections must go forward as soon as possible. While in Pakistan January 1- 2, Ko [...]	2008-01-04 18:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER PARM SHUM IN PK FR

08PARIS1648	FRENCH VIEW PAKISTAN THROUGH PRISM OF AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA desk officer Nicolas Bergeret told Poloff on August 28 that while the GOF is not necessarily sad to see President Musharraf depart, they hope the new Pakistani president to be elected on September 6 commits to strengthening democratic institutions and respect for the ru [...]	2008-08-29 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PHUM PTER PGOV FR PK
08PARIS1672	FRENCH EXPECTATIONS FOR GYMNICH [...] (C) Summary: On September 4, MFA CFSP Deputy Mathieu Carmona shared his expectations for the September 5-6 Gymnich meeting of EU Foreign Ministers, responding to reftel demarches A and B. Carmona advised that Friday's discussion will focus on Transatlantic Relations, with an emphasis on mai [...]	2008-09-05 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU FR
08PARIS1707	IRAQ COALITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 17:02:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR PREL MOPS IZ
08PARIS1709	DEMARCHE ON SNIPER RIFLES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR PARM PREL MASS ETTC FGM AU IR
08PARIS1716	MFA THINKING ON IRAN AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Franck Gellet, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq, Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula, acknowledged progress over the past year in Iraq and said that as a result, France had moved away from its previous idea of convening an international conference to promote Iraqi national reconciliation. [...]	2008-09-12 17:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR IZ IR
08PARIS1745	MORE FROM EU SPECIAL REP FOR GEORGIA AND FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: EU Special Representative for the Georgia Crisis Pierre Morel took a few minutes from intensive preparations for the EU/Central Asia forum to discuss his thinking about preparations for the mid-October Geneva meeting on Georgia. As noted in reftel, he plans to visit New York a [...]	2008-09-17 17:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MARR FR GG RS EU UN
08PARIS1791	FRANCE JOINS U.S. IN OPPOSING NICARAGUAN [...] (C) The GOF shares USG opposition to Nicaragua's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia according to French MFA desk officer Philippe Garcia de la Rosa who spoke to poloff on September 22. Garcia said the GOF agrees with all points in reftel and further rejects efforts to liken the indepe [...]	2008-09-25 09:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL EUN GG NU RU FR
08PARIS1793	FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S. ON PNG DECISION BY BOLIVIA [...] (C) The French Government agrees with the U.S. position from reftel demarche on the decision by Bolivia and Venezuela to declare our ambassadors persona non grata (PNG),according to MFA desk officers Aurelien Lepine-Kouas and Lionel Paradisi who spoke to poloff on September 22. The MFA noted [...]	2008-09-25 15:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC FR
08PARIS1845	FRENCH PLAN FOR RATIFICATION OF NATO ENLARGEMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The MFA wants the French Parliament to approve NATO membership for Croatia and Albania before the April 2009 NATO summit in Strasbourg-Kehl, according to DAS-equivalent for the Balkans, Thierry Guichoux, who discusse [...]	2008-10-06 16:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PARM MARR PREL KTIA FR AL CR
08PARIS1886	CUBA ALSO BLOCKS FRENCH BILATERAL HURRICANE [...] (C) The United States is not the only country or group of countries whose aide has been refused by Havana after a series of deadly hurricanes ravaged the Caribbean nation (ref a),said French MFA desk officer Anne Suard. Suard told poloff on October 14 the Cuban government is still retaliati [...]	2008-10-15 14:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL CU FR
08PARIS2087	HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION ON IRAN: FRENCH RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 13:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM FR
08PARIS2135	FRANCE TO CALL FOR NICARAGUA VOTE RECOUNT [...] (C) France shares U.S. concerns about the November 9 municipal elections in Nicaragua and will issue a new statement within days calling for a recount, Nicaragua Desk Officer Philippe Garcia de la Rosa told Poloff November 20 in response to reftel points. The new MFA statement, which is in t [...]	2008-11-21 09:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FR NU
08PARIS214	FRANCE SUPPORTS PRIVATE SECTOR OUTREACH AND THE [...] (SBU) Embassy poloff delivered reftel demarche together with Russian Federation terrorism expert Artem Studennikov on February 6 to Thomas Guibert, French MFA Strategic Affairs desk officer for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Guibert expressed France's support in principle [...]	2008-02-06 15:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA FR
08PARIS2141	FRENCH TO ABSTAIN ON ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 12:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY FR
08PARIS2142	FRENCH CAUTIOUS ON IAEA SYRIA REPORT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 20 to Arnaud Mentre, action officer for Iran in the MFA's ISN-equivalent. Mentre was phlegmatic about the IAEA report on Iran, noting that Iran's enrichment seems to be on "autopilot" for the moment. As for Syria, Mentre offered as an initial impr [...]	2008-11-21 12:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY FR
08PARIS2178	BURMA: FRANCE CONCERNED ABOUT BANK MEASURES IN EU [...] (C) France wants to adjust EU sanctions on Burma to address banking sector concerns but will not accept any weakening of measures against the Junta, MFA DAS- equivalent for Southeast Asia Frederic Laplanche told us December 1 in response to reftel points. With respect to restructuring specif [...]	2008-12-02 12:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EREL ETTC EFIN FR EU MY
08PARIS2256	P-3 PLUS GERMANY DISCUSS COUNTER-PIRACY AND THE [...] (SBU) Summary: At a 12/2 meeting hosted by the French MFA on combatting piracy off the Horn of Africa, the P-3 plus Germany agreed in principle to the creation of an international Contact Group (CG) and deliberated on the timing of its roll-out with respect to a planned UNSC Ministerial Mee [...]	2008-12-12 10:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR EWWT KPKO UNSC FR PHSA
08PARIS2272	FRENCH REAFFIRM SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 15:03:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PGOV PREL FR
08PARIS2322	FRENCH SUPPORT SOMALIA PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 15:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER UNSC SO FR
08PARIS258	FRANCE LOBBYING OSCE CAPITALS ON KOSOVO ISSUE [...] (C) Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent for OSCE affairs, thanked the U.S. on February 13 for its engagement with capitals on efforts to prevent Serbia from invoking the Berlin Mechanism at the OSCE over the Kosovo issue. Grand explained that Paris began similar demarches in OSCE capitals last [...]	2008-02-13 16:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE FR
08PARIS304	S/I SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: S/I Satterfield discussed Iraq at the French Presidency and the MFA February 14 and 15. The French provided their formal response to the paper Satterfield had presented at the end of December. In addition to briefing the French on our view of the situation in Iraq, Satterfield [...]	2008-02-21 13:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID EFIN SHUM FR IZ
08PARIS34	S/I SATTERFIELD'S DECEMBER 28 MEETINGS PRECEDE [...] (C) Summary: S/I and NEA PDAS David Satterfield on December 28 urged French Presidency diplomatic adviser Levitte and MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Felix-Paganon in separate meetings to strengthen the Siniora government in Lebanon pending election of a president and to consider using the Arab Leag [...]	2008-01-08 18:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY
08PARIS538	BURMA REFERENDUM: FRANCE SEEKS P-3 UNITY BEFORE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-20 15:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM FR BR
08PARIS671	SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...]	2008-04-11 10:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE
08PARIS676	SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...]	2008-04-11 14:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE
08PARIS677	SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...]	2008-04-11 15:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE
08PARIS678	SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...]	2008-04-11 15:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE
08PARIS681	SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...]	2008-04-11 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE
08PARIS683	SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...]	2008-04-11 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE
08PARIS687	SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...]	2008-04-11 15:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE
08PARIS688	SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...]	2008-04-11 15:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE
08PARIS720	FM KOUCHNER'S TRIP TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. The main goals of FM Kouchner's April 11-12 visit to Afghanistan were to advance preparations for the upcoming Afghanistan support conference, scheduled for June 12 in Paris, and to intensify contacts with Afghanistan's regional neighbors. The trip was also designed to showcase [...]	2008-04-15 15:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON FR AF
08PARIS811	FRENCH GAERC RESPONSE [...] (S/NF) Summary. On April 21, MFA Political Director Gerard Araud presented French views on the top-priority concerns of Iran and the Balkans, while on April 25, MFA Office Director for CFSP Patrick Maisonnave provided the general French reaction to the April GAERC demarche. Araud said that [...]	2008-04-25 17:06:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL EUN PGOV ZL PK ZI IR IZ IS CH BM GG
08PARIS83	S/I SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: Visiting S/I David Satterfield on December 28 provided an overview to French Presidency diplomatic adviser Levitte and French MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Felix-Paganon of U.S. efforts to promote Iraqi national reconciliation. He also provided a paper outlining U.S. ideas on how Fra [...]	2008-01-15 17:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR IZ IR
08PARIS900	BURMA: FRANCE SUPPORTS SECURITY COUNCIL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 15:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PHUM BM FR
08PARIS974	GI: FRANCE SUPPORTS KAZAKHSTAN EXERCISE; REMAINS [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris' Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) POC was asked by the Russian Embassy to join in a demarche to the French MFA on the upcoming GI exercise activity in Kazakhstan in early June. Embassy poloff accepted the meeting per guidance in reftel A. French GI actio [...]	2008-05-21 15:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIV PARM PREL
08PARIS993	FRENCH GAERC RESPONSE HIGHLIGHTS ISRAEL-PALESTINE, [...] (C) Summary. On May 20 and 22, PolOff transmitted the U.S. demarche and supplemental points for the May GAERC to MFA Deputy Office Director for CFSP Mathieu Carmona. Separately, MFA DAS-equivalents Ludovic Pouille and Franck Gellet provided detailed information regarding French views on Israeli-Pal [...]	2008-05-23 16:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV IR IZ IS LE GG AF CU SO SR
08PHNOMPENH1022	CAMBODIA: ECONOMIC DOWNTURN HIGHLIGHTS REMAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Given the bleak global economic outlook, labor union leaders, garment manufacturers and other stakeholders are concerned that Cambodia,s critical garment sector may face factory closures and possibly more layoffs in coming months. Labor union leaders complain about difficultie [...]	2008-12-24 09:28:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH1030	RESIDENTS IN ONGOING PHNOM PENH LAND DISPUTE RECEIVE FINAL [...] (SBU) On December 25, the Phnom Penh Municipal Government issued a "final" eviction notice to residents of the Dey Krahorm area of Phnom Penh. The notice, signed by Chamkarmon District Governor Lo Yuy, instructs the approximately 130 remaining Dey Krahorm families to vacate the area by Tuesday [...]	2008-12-29 10:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CB
08PHNOMPENH315	QUIET, SMOOTH CAMBODIAN DEPORTATION OF EIGHT [...] (SBU) Eight Montagnard Vietnamese citizens departed a UNHCR site in Phnom Penh by minivan headed for the Cambodia-Vietnam border on April 9, 2008 as part of a forced repatriation. All eight persons came to the UNHCR Cambodia after May 1, the cutoff date for Montagnard arrivals to be consider [...]	2008-04-09 04:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF CB VM
08PHNOMPENH316	(C) TWO NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES HEADED TO THE U.S., [...] (C) Summary: Two North Korean refugees in Cambodia have been approved for U.S. resettlement and are scheduled to depart for the U.S. on April 16. Police Commissioner Hok Lundy granted exit permission for the two individuals on April 9, after receiving the request only a few days before. Of th [...]	2008-04-09 05:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KS KN CB
08PHNOMPENH347	TWO MONTAGNARDS DEPORTED FROM CAMBODIA, TWO RAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 25 deportation, two Montagnard Vietnamese citizens who arrived at the UNHCR in Cambodia after May 1, 2007 quietly boarded a Cambodian Government-arranged minivan at a Phnom Penh UNHCR site and headed for the Vietnam border. However, sometime during the previou [...]	2008-04-28 02:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF CB VM
08PHNOMPENH360	CAMBODIA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE: LAND ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Prominent human rights organization leaders ranked land disputes, impunity, limits on freedom of assembly and the lack of rule of law among their top concerns, and predict the trends will continue through 2008. Land grabbers are using some new, fraudulent methods to claim land [...]	2008-05-02 05:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM KWMN CB
08PHNOMPENH637	CAMBODIA: REPATRIATION OF 32 MONTAGNARDS MOSTLY [...] (SBU) Summary: An involuntarily repatriation proceeding of 32 Montagnard persons took place in a mostly quiet manner and without disruption during the early morning of August 1. In contrast to the repatriation that took place on July 18 (reftel),there was no protest during the August 1 proc [...]	2008-08-04 01:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM VN CB
08PHNOMPENH702	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON DPM SAR KHENG: [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador's farewell call, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng expressed his appreciation efforts to expand and strengthen cooperation, and Sar Kheng's desire to maintain cooperation with the U.S. Mission. Sar Kheng stated that he still has se [...]	2008-08-25 01:57:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN KJUS CB
08PHNOMPENH881	ROYALIST PARTIES STRUGGLE TO FIND THEIR FUTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fallout from the 2008 elections continues as the royalist parties face the retirement of their stars, defection from their ranks, and questions about their future. Prince Norodom Ranariddh's retirement from politics has shaken his followers and led to defections from his namesa [...]	2008-10-30 10:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CB
08PHNOMPENH968	WHATEVER HAPPENED TO UMM AL-QURA? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cambodia is home to approximately 320,000 Cham Muslims, the majority of whom belong to the Sunni Shafi,i school of Islam. From 1975-1979, the Khmer Rouge ruthlessly targeted the Cham, annihilating all but a few of the Islamic leaders, teachers, and scholars. In an effort to re [...]	2008-12-08 10:45:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER CB
08PHNOMPENH991	FORCED EVICTION ATTEMPT IN KAMPOT PROVINCE LEADS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 17, Kampot provincial forestry officials, police officers, and soldiers from the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) Brigade 31 (B31) attempted to evict approximately 300 families without lawful notice from Anlong Khmeng Leng village in Kampot Province. Forestry offi [...]	2008-12-13 02:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CB
08PODGORICA120	PRISON CONDITIONS IN MONTENEGRO [...] SUMMARY: PolOff and PolAsst visited the Spuz Prison in Podgorica on March 24 and the Bijelo Polje Prison in northeastern Montenegro on March 31 to examine conditions in Montenegro's only two prisons. PolOff and PolAsst found that conditions are substandard in terms of overcrowding and somewh [...]	2008-04-07 11:20:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PHUM SOCI MW
08PODGORICA127	STRIKINGLY POSITIVE ELECTION DAY ATMOSHPERE IN SERB-MAJORITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Herceg Novi municipality has a significant Serb majority, an opposition mayor, and voted overwhelmingly against independence in the 2006 referendum. However, less than two years later, the atmosphere there on election day was positive and forward looking. The elections indicated [...]	2008-04-11 14:29:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MW
08PODGORICA128	CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY IN MONTENEGRO [...] SUMMARY: On April 8, International Roma Day, the Embassy organized a roundtable discussion on issues that face the Roma population in Montenegro, which was held in a refugee camp in Podgorica. Ambassador, local and refugee Roma, and representatives of the government and international organiza [...]	2008-04-11 16:10:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KWMN MW
08PODGORICA166	DISPLEASED BY TIP RANKING, GOM BITES BACK [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 06:29:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MW
08PODGORICA215	TFGG-1: MANDIC HEATS UP ON GEORGIA, DOMINATES MONTENEGRIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro's ethnic Serb parties continue to be overshadowed by the inflammatory public statements of Andrija Mandic, president of the Serbian People's Party (SNS) and the coalition Serbian List (SL) who is using the Russia-Georgia conflict to draw parallels with Kosovo and attac [...]	2008-08-21 08:44:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MW
08PORTAUPRINCE1017	YVON NEPTUNE LAMENTS LAVALAS DISUNITY, LASHES OUT [...] (C) A disillusioned Fanmi Lavalas (FL) militant and former Prime Minister, Yvon Neptune, sees former President Aristide as an anti-democratic force for the party and the country. He does not support Aristide's return to Haiti. Neptune assesses that the FL organization has been weakened by co [...]	2008-07-16 17:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1019	HAITI IN POLITICAL GRIDLOCK: DAY 96 [...] (C) Summary: As Haiti enters its fourth month without a Prime Minister, the confirmation of the President,s third Prime Minister-designate remains very uncertain. The Chamber of Deputies report on PM-designate Michele Pierre-Louis' constitutional qualifications is complete, and the Chamber i [...]	2008-07-17 12:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1027	PM-DESIGNATE PIERRE-LOUIS CONFIRMED BY LOWER [...] (U) The Chamber of Deputies on July 17 voted to confirm Michele Pierre-Louis as Prime Minister. In a brief afternoon session, the commission tasked with studying Pierre-Louis' qualifications presented its report, which concluded she was constitutionally eligible for the Prime Minister positio [...]	2008-07-18 16:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1054	HAITI IN POLITICAL GRIDLOCK: DAY 103 [...] (C) Summary: The political standoff in the process of confirming a new Haitian Prime Minister continued this week. President Preval and PM-designate Michele Pierre-Louis face intense pressure to negotiate with political parties and with members of Parliament on the formation of a cabinet and [...]	2008-07-24 19:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE106	SENATORS EXTEND TERMS INTO NEW SESSION OF [...] (C) Summary: The new session of the National Assembly began January 14. Since Senate elections have yet to be held, a decision had to be made whether the ten lame-duck two-year senators would depart on January 14 or remain in their office a full two years, until May 2008. The Senate, Presi [...]	2008-01-22 14:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1069	AIRPORT DIRECTOR GENERAL CENTER OF SECURITY DISPUTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Port-au-Prince public prosecutor called in the Director General of the Toussaint L'Ouverture Airport in early July for questioning over the hiring of a private security company at the airport that allegedly used unregistered weapons. Although no charges were lodged, the epi [...]	2008-07-28 16:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON HA KCOR PGOV PREL SNAR
08PORTAUPRINCE1086	HAITIAN SENATE POSTPONES VOTE ON PM-DESIGNATE [...] (C) Summary: The Haitian Senate on July 30 cancelled a planned vote on the eligibility of Michele Pierre-Louis for the post of Prime Minister. Three of the 18 senators initially present left the session prior to the official opening, breaking quorum and requiring the Senate President to cal [...]	2008-07-31 17:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1093	MICHELE PIERRE-LOUIS HAITI'S NEW PRIME MINISTER. [...] (SBU) Summary: The Haitian Senate on July 31 voted 12 to 0, with 5 abstentions, to ratify Michele Pierre-Louis as Prime Minister. Successfully confirmed by both chambers of Parliament, Pierre-Louis is now Prime Minister of Haiti. Pierre-Louis and President Preval will now move forward with t [...]	2008-08-01 17:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1106	EX-SOLDIERS OCCUPY FORMER ARMY GARRISONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: A group led by former soldiers of the Haitian Armed Forces (FAHD) occupied former military buildings in Cap Haitien (Department of the North) and the border town of Ouanaminthe (Department of the Northeast) for three days beginning July 29. The disgruntled former members of [...]	2008-08-01 18:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV
08PORTAUPRINCE1127	NEW PM GIVES FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE, BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: In her first press conference as Prime Minister, Michele Pierre-Louis broadly outlined her goals for the next government, which include addressing problems of national production, health, education and security, and moving quickly to attend to the high cost of living, delayed Se [...]	2008-08-07 17:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ASEC HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1136	HAITI MONTHLY: JULY, 2008 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (SBU) ELECTORAL LAW VOTED AND PUBLISHED. President Preval July 18 official [...]	2008-08-08 15:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV
08PORTAUPRINCE115	CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES RE-ELECTS JEAN-JACQUES TO [...] (U) Summary: For the third year in a row, the Chamber of Deputies elected Eric Jean-Jacques to the presidency of Parliament's lower house. The four deputies elected to other leadership positions in the Chamber are new to the executive bureau. Jean-Jacques' challenger for the presidency, Pat [...]	2008-01-23 19:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1246	NEW HAITI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED BY [...] Summary: (SBU) The Senate early September 5 voted in favor of the policy declaration of Prime Minister Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis. Following the positive vote in the Chamber of Deputies August 29, the Pierre-Louis government now officially takes office. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In a mara [...]	2008-09-05 18:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE126	HAITI,S NEW SENATE LEADERSHIP: A TALE OF TWO CAMPS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an open session on January 17, the Senate unanimously elected Senator Kely Bastien (Lespwa, North) as the new President of the Senate. The Senate leadership elections polarized that body, wit [...]	2008-01-25 14:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE1275	MGHH01: HAITI'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: A coordinating committee of government ministers established by the new Prime Minister September 7 is directing the overall Government of Haiti response to the devastation caused by recent hurricanes. However, the Ministry of Interior's Office of Civil Protection (Direction de [...]	2008-09-09 20:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1298	AIRPORT SECURITY AGENTS MEET WITH TSA [...] (SBU) The TSA Representative for the Caribbean chaired a meeting on August 28 with Haitian national airport and aviation officials to discuss security implications of the recent assumption of certain airport security functions by the Haitian National Police. TSA's representative reviewed Hai [...]	2008-09-12 14:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
08PORTAUPRINCE1323	HAITI RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 19:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN HA
08PORTAUPRINCE136	IMMIGRATION OFFICERS RECEIVE TRAINING, BUT IMPACT [...] Summary: As part of its project, ''Capacity Building in Migration Management'' (CBMM) sponsored by the government of Canada, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) held a series of training workshops for Haitian immigration officers. The workshops provided valuable information an [...]	2008-01-28 18:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1377	HAITI: FAVORABLE POLITICAL WINDS FOR NEW [...] (SBU) The government of Michele Pierre-Louis entered its first 100 days facing the monumental challenge of a national disaster, but enjoys a political honeymoon with a parliament disposed to give her the support she needs to help victims and rebuild the country, and with a public unaccustomed t [...]	2008-09-30 17:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1382	POLICE OFFICER FREED AFTER CHIEF PROSECUTOR [...] (C) Summary: A senior Haitian National Police officer was recently freed after nine months in prison, after being jailed by former Chief Prosecutor Claudy Gassant on spurious charges. His story is an example of the frequently reported abuse of authority by the now-ousted Chief Prosecutor, a [...]	2008-10-01 16:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1389	HAITI: RUMORS ABOUND REGARDING ARISTIDE'S POSSIBLE [...] (C) Rumors of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's possible move from South Africa to Venezuela are swirling through Port-au-Prince following Aristide's meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in South Africa on September 3 and the announcement September 20 that South Afric [...]	2008-10-03 12:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA SF VE
08PORTAUPRINCE1392	HAITI: RUMORS ABOUND REGARDING ARISTIDE'S POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Rumors of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's possible move from South Africa to Venezuela are swirling through Port-au-Prince following Aristide's meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in South Africa on September 3 and the announcement September 20 that Sou [...]	2008-10-03 12:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA SF VE
08PORTAUPRINCE1402	HAITI SUPPORTS NEWEST UNSC RESOLUTION ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-03 17:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1423	HAITI MONTHLY: SEPTEMBER, 2008 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (U) PARLIAMENT PASSES AMENDED BUDGET. Both chambers of parliament voted the [...]	2008-10-07 15:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV HA PHUM
08PORTAUPRINCE1458	NEW CHIEF PROSECUTOR PLEDGES TO COMBAT CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: The new Chief Prosecutor of Port au Prince, Joseph Manes Louis, says he wants to address the widespread corruption in Haiti's judicial system and improve relations between his office the Haitian National Police (HNP). He will have to follow-through with the these reforms if he [...]	2008-10-15 17:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR
08PORTAUPRINCE1463	HAITI: DIVISIONS IN LAVALAS DEEPEN AS PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Divisions within former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas (FL) party were exposed in dramatic fashion on October 9 as competing factions of the party held organizational meetings to rally their supporters and prepare their strategy for next year's senatorial [...]	2008-10-16 18:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE147	PREVAL PROVINCIAL SWING A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Preval recently made the first public tour outside the capital since assuming office. He spent two days in Haiti's Central Plateau, stopping to inaugurate a new hospital with U.S. p [...]	2008-01-30 19:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CU ECON HA KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI
08PORTAUPRINCE1517	HAITI: TENTATIVE DATE FOR SENATE ELECTIONS, APRIL [...] (SBU) After over a year of stagnation in election preparations, Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) announced that the first round of Senate elections would be held April 19. That date is not final until confirmed by Presidential decree. The latest GOH amended budget commits additio [...]	2008-10-29 19:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1550	HAITI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 18:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IR PREL PARM EFIN HA
08PORTAUPRINCE156	PRESIDENT PREVAL PROMISES SWIFT ACTION ON SENATE [...] Summary: (C) President Preval pledged to the entire international community in Haiti that his government is committed to holding Senate elections as quickly as possible. He promised a draft electoral law within days, and an election budget and calendar in less than two weeks, and asked for t [...]	2008-01-31 19:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE161	HAITI MONTHLY: JANUARY 2008 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. 3. (U) STUDENT PROTESTS In mid- to late January, students barricaded themselves in the Haitian [...]	2008-02-01 15:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HA PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KTEX
08PORTAUPRINCE1624	HAITI NONCOMMITTAL ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] Poloff raised ref A points regarding resolutions on Israel debated in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) each fall with Jacques Renand Cherduville, Political Director of the Haitian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on November 21. (Note: Haiti voted for the three U.S.-opposed resolutions referenced in [...]	2008-11-24 17:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1651	POSTCARD FROM JACMEL: FRUSTRATION IN PROVINCES [...] (U) Summary: The southern coastal city of Jacmel is struggling with insufficient funding from the central government, inadequate law enforcement, and Port-au-Prince corruption frightening off potential investors in Jacmel. Jacmel, however, has a unique advantage in the form of a wealthy mayor [...]	2008-12-01 16:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1652	HAITI MONTHLY: NOVEMBER, 2008 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS -------------------- 2. (C) SENATE TO CONVOKE PRIME MINISTER DECEMBER 2. Amid growing criticism of the government's handling of disaster rec [...]	2008-12-01 18:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1673	CLOUDY PROSPECTS FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: There is still no political consensus or final executive decision to hold long-delayed partial Senate elections next April. Two powerful political parties have criticized the Provisional Electoral Council's (CEP's) halting preparations for these elections. Most political parties [...]	2008-12-04 15:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1677	LAVALAS: ARISTIDE "READY TO RETURN," BUT WANTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 20:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA SF
08PORTAUPRINCE1680	HAITIAN PRIME MINISTER'S HONEYMOON WITH PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis confronted growing criticism of her performance in office with a vigorous defense of her government's disaster relief efforts in a closed session with Parliamentary leaders December 2. Her performance has temporarily checked parliamentarian [...]	2008-12-08 13:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1685	HAITI: POSTCARDS FROM MIRAGOANE AND PETIT-GOAVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The towns of Miragoane and Petit Goave are case studies of how limited local resources and central government neglect constrain the viability of local government in Haiti. Municipalities are able to supply basic municipal services only sporadically. The national power company [...]	2008-12-08 18:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1686	HAITI: POSTCARDS FROM MIRAGOANE AND PETIT-GOAVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The towns of Miragoane and Petit Goave are case studies of how limited local resources and central government neglect constrain the viability of local government in Haiti. Municipalities are able to supply basic municipal services only sporadically. The national power company [...]	2008-12-08 18:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1710	SENIOR POLICE OFFICER JAILED IN DRUG-RELATED [...] (C) Summary: A 35 year old Haitian woman with suspected connections to drug-trafficking networks was kidnapped from her home in Port-au-Prince and murdered on November 30 just outside of the capital. A regional Haitian National Police (HNP) Commissioner and several lower-ranking HNP officers [...]	2008-12-12 19:08:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA SNAR
08PORTAUPRINCE1736	HAITI ON UN HARMONIZATION OF CONDITIONS OF SERVICE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 16:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA AMGT AORC APER PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1742	HAITI ON THE UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 17:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1743	HAITI LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR WORLD [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 17:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TBIO AORC OTRA KSCA HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1748	POSTCARD FROM CAP HAITIAN: ISSUES, REQUESTS & [...] (SBU) Summary: Cap Haitien officials downplayed security issues but highlighted economic hardship and municipal budget constraints as key impediments to progress in Haiti's second largest city. The delegate for the North Department discussed the effects of the recent hurricanes on the region and la [...]	2008-12-22 14:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1749	HAITI: LAVALAS PROTESTORS CALL FOR ARISTIDE'S [...] (C) Summary: Approximately 4,000 Haitians marched peacefully in the streets of Port-au-Prince December 16 to call for the return of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The Executive Committee of Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas (FL) party organized the demonstration, which featured speeches by [...]	2008-12-22 16:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1757	HAITI ELECTIONS: DONOR FRUSTRATION GROWS, [...] (C) Summary: Frustration grows in the international donor community as President Rene Preval has yet to issue a Presidential Decree (''Arrete'') to hold elections for one-third of the senate, planned for April. Canada and the European Commission have made clear they will not disburse funds w [...]	2008-12-24 15:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA CA
08PORTAUPRINCE196	GOH MAY BE READY TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILTY FOR [...] (C) Summary: After years of complaining of the burden of criminal deportees the USG returns to Haiti, the GoH now may be ready to assume direct responsibility for re-integrating them. Yves Stanley Joseph, Chief of Staff for the Ministry of Interior (MOI),says he will soon recommend to the GoH [...]	2008-02-11 15:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA

08PORTAUPRINCE198	PETIT GOAVE POSTCARD: HARBINGER OF POLITICAL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The coastal city of Petit Goave (West Department),historically the vanguard of major uprisings in Haiti, is now largely calm - both politically and with respect to crime. Former sworn politica [...]	2008-02-11 16:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID ASEC SOCI HA
08PORTAUPRINCE233	FEBRUARY 11 REPATRIATION OF 90 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] On February 11, the US Coast Guard (USCG) transferred 90 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On February 4, the USCG intercepted a fast boat carrying 17 Haitian, 1 Chinese and 3 Jamaican migrants 11.5 nautical miles east of Jupiter Inlet, Florida. Three Baha [...]	2008-02-15 18:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE235	FEBRUARY 11 REPATRIATION OF 90 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] On February 11, the US Coast Guard (USCG) transferred 90 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On February 4, the USCG intercepted a fast boat carrying 17 Haitian, 1 Chinese and 3 Jamaican migrants 11.5 nautical miles east of Jupiter Inlet, Florida. Three Baha [...]	2008-02-15 18:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE293	LAVALAS PARTISANS PLAN ANTI-GOVERNMENT [...] (C) A Fanmi Lavalas Senate candidate reports Lavalas is planning anti-government protests on February 29, the four-year anniversary of Aristide's departure from Haiti. Organizers say they will assure the GOH the marches will be peaceful. The chosen protest theme of government inaction against [...]	2008-02-22 13:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE320	PRIME MINISTER JACQUES EDOUARD ALEXIS RECEIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies has convoked the Prime Minister to answer questions February 28 on his government's policies to combat the rising cost of living and allegations of corruption. The session could end in several ways, to include: a vote of no confidence that brings down th [...]	2008-02-26 19:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE321	FANMI LAVALAS: FOUR REGIONAL CONGRESSES HELD, SIX [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 20:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE335	REACTIONS TO INTERPELLATION OF PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU)Summary: The interpellation of Prime Minister (PM) Jacques Edouard Alexis by the House of Deputies on February 28 has strongly divided public opinion. Elite opinion is warning of the politically destabilizing effect a vote of no confidence. The informal sector and peasant groups, the h [...]	2008-02-28 19:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE344	PRIME MINISTER SURVIVES VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The Chamber of Deputies voted on February 28 to keep Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis in office. Of the 84 Deputies present, 63 voted "confidence," 8 "no-confidence" and 13 abstained. Fifteen Deputie [...]	2008-02-29 19:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE37	HAITI MONTHLY: FEBRUARY, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 13:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN HA PGOV PHUM PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE374	HAITI MONTHLY: FEBRUARY, 2008 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (SBU) LAVALAS PARTISANS MARCH ON 4TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARISTIDE DEPARTURE A crowd of seve [...]	2008-03-07 13:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	HA PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN
08PORTAUPRINCE399	GOH CHILDREN'S SHELTER WELL RUN, POLITICS ASIDE [...] Summary. A large GOH children,s shelter near Port-au-Prince, once run by Jean Bertrand Aristide before he became President, is now managed by Brother Armand Franklin, a reputed Aristide ally, and is doing well with the help of international assistance. The shelter, the largest GOH instituti [...]	2008-03-11 18:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE404	POSTCARD FROM ST. MARC [...] Summary: The Haitian National Police (HNP) says the security situation in St. Marc, located in the Artibonite Department, is stable. However, the HNP admits that violent crime arising from land disputes as well as violence against women are widespread and threaten security and stability in th [...]	2008-03-12 17:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE430	G/TIP PROGRAM: FIRST MONITORING REPORT [...] Summary: The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) awarded the Pan-American Development Foundation (PADF) a USD 250,850 grant to support an anti-trafficking program in Haiti from September 30, 2007 through October 1, 2008. Due to extensive staff turnover at PADF's Haiti [...]	2008-03-18 12:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	BR KCRM KWMN PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE453	CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES ISSUES REPORT ON MISHANDLING [...] (SBU) Summary: The new treasurer of the Chamber of Deputies, Cholzer Chancy, made public a report on irregularities in the bookkeeping of the lower house of Parliament. The report highlights several instances of overspending as well as overdue payments to employees and vendors. The Chamber [...]	2008-03-20 17:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE457	FIGHTING CORRUPTION AND DELAYS AT HAITI'S PORTS -- [...] (U) Haitian officials deny recent media reports that port and customs officials are turning a blind eye to food spoilage at the Cap Haitien port in the northern region. They say the reports overlook efforts to counter corruption and contraband trafficking (especially drugs),modernize port and [...]	2008-03-20 17:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN HA
08PORTAUPRINCE510	CUBA COURTS MARC BAZIN [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Marc Bazin volunteered to Embassy his account of a one-week early-March visit to Cuba that he and a handful of his political party colleagues undertook as guests of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. Bazin believes that the departure of Fidel Castr [...]	2008-03-28 17:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON HA CU
08PORTAUPRINCE520	SENATOR BOULOS RETRACTS RESIGNATION; DUAL [...] (SBU) Senate Vice Presdent Rudolph Boulos withdrew his resignation fro the Senate in a March 19 letter to the Presiden of that body, one day after he walked out of theSenate session that labeled him and another Senato a dual national and hence not a legal member ofthat body. Claiming to still [...]	2008-04-01 18:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE523	POSTCARD FROM OUANAMINTHE [...] (U) Summary: The border town of Ouanaminthe thrives on legal and illegal trade with the Dominican Republic (DR) -- even as it continues to lack basic government services such as water, electricity, and telephones. Residents and local public officials openly criticize and sabotage GOH activit [...]	2008-04-02 11:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ETRD DR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE528	SHOOTING IN HAITI'S CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified--please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies suffered more damage to its reputation April 1 when Deputy Joseph Mercier Isidor (RDNP-Jeremie, Grand'Anse) shot a parliamentary staff member during an argument with a fell [...]	2008-04-03 15:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE531	HAITI MONTHLY: MARCH, 2008 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (SBU) PARLIAMENT BEGINS DEBATE ON ARREST AND DETENTION REFORM: The justice com [...]	2008-04-03 19:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HA PREL PGOV KJUS ECON
08PORTAUPRINCE532	COST OF LIVING INCREASES IGNITE PROTESTS IN LES [...] (SBU) Summary: Mounting frustration toward the government for its failure to sufficiently address the rapid cost of living increases throughout Haiti ignited violent protests in Les Cayes April 3. Peaceful protests in Gonavives were also reported. Apparently organized protestors blocked ro [...]	2008-04-03 21:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE537	HAITI ELECTIONS: MORE ASSURANCES BUT FEW CONCRETE [...] (C) Summary: President Preval at the end of March again reassured the international community of the GOH's commitment to hold Senate elections. The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) announced to donors an increase of USD 2 million in the projected cost of elections, but has still not prese [...]	2008-04-04 18:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE542	HAITI-ATF ETRACE MOU FOLLOW-UP: US-CARICOM [...] Poloff discussed proposed eTRACE MOU per reftel with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) officer on March 11. ATF officer (and POC for ATF's assessment team that visited Haiti October 2007) informed Poloff that ATF does not/not recommend and is unable to support Haiti's participati [...]	2008-04-04 19:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETTC PARM PREL TD XL
08PORTAUPRINCE544	COST OF LIVING PROTESTS CONTINUE A SECOND DAY WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MINUSTAH and Haitian government sources report April 4 that protests in Les Cayes are continuing for a second day at reduced but still potent levels. They warn that there is a strong possibility these demonstrations will last throughout the weekend. There have been no further [...]	2008-04-04 20:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA ECON CASC ASEC
08PORTAUPRINCE551	COST OF LIVING PROTESTS CONTINUE IN LES CAYES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Sporadic protests over the rising cost of living have resumed in Les Cayes and Port au Prince, after the situation in Les Cayes had calmed over the weekend. MINUSTAH sources report a crowd of at least 1,000 protesters re-convened in Les Cayes the morning of April 7. Port au Pri [...]	2008-04-08 12:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA ECON PHUM
08PORTAUPRINCE556	COST OF LIVING PROTESTS IN HAITI: UPDATE AS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Demonstrations continued in Port-au-Prince for a second day with greater violence. Since about 0900 hrs, there have been several reports of demonstrations in different neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince calling for the resignation of President Preval and the Prime Minister. The [...]	2008-04-08 21:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM HA ECON
08PORTAUPRINCE583	TEN DAYS IN APRIL: HAITI'S FOOD RIOTS [...] (C) Summary: April 3-12, 2008 saw the most serious civil unrest Haiti has experienced since 2005. The violence had organization behind it, both criminal and political, although absolute numbers of demonstrators were small compared to the country's population. Embassy believes that pro-Aristi [...]	2008-04-22 19:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON HA PHUM ASEC
08PORTAUPRINCE589	HAITIAN POLITICAL PARTIES: FORM AN INCLUSIVE NEW [...] (C) Summary: Political parties complain they were largely ignored by President Preval during the demonstrations of April 3 to 12. Despite many of these parties being represented in the Alexis government, nearly all parties supported the vote that dismissed it, arguing that the mass demonstra [...]	2008-04-24 17:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE607	PREVAL NOMINATES CANDIDATE FOR PRIME MINISTER, [...] (SBU) Summary: Following weeks of consultations with political parties and the private sector, President Preval nominated Ericq Pierre on April 27 to replace Jacques-Edouard Alexis as Prime Minister. Preval notified the presidents of both houses of parliament April 27 of his choice and will f [...]	2008-04-28 19:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE625	HAITI MONTHLY: APRIL 2008 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (C) FANMI LAVALAS CLAIMS POLITICAL MARGINALIZATION: Fanmi Lavalas (FL) Senator Rudy Heriveaux (West) on April 23 voiced the party's frustration at their continuous [...]	2008-04-30 14:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PREL PGOV ECON
08PORTAUPRINCE642	REACTIONS TO ERICQ PIERRE'S NOMINATION AS PRIME [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Ericq Pierre has begun reaching out to parliament to enhance his chances of confirmation. Public and private reactions to Ericq Pierre's nomination as Prime Minister have been mixed. His approval by the Parliament is likely but not certain. The focus of politi [...]	2008-05-02 19:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE644	HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE RESPONSE TO RECENT CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of civil unrest that led to looting and vandalism, the Haitian National Police (HNP) is looking at lessons learned and planning for future such events. The HNP response to the crisis in April revealed progress made in developing a professional police force but a [...]	2008-05-03 15:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI HA
08PORTAUPRINCE684	HAITI AND US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 18:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE701	CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES REJECTS ERICQ PIERRE'S [...] (C) The Chamber of Deputies on May 12 rejected President Preval's nominee for Prime Minister, Ericq Pierre. The Senate had endorsed him May 7. Since both houses of parliament must vote to approve, Pierre's confirmation has definitively failed, and the President now must start the selection a [...]	2008-05-13 18:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE73	GOVERNMENTS ON HISPANIOLA DESIRE COOPERATION ON [...] (U) This cable is sensitive, but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. A regional consultative meeting on travel document fraud, sponsored by the International Organization for Migration (IOM),brought together representatives of five Caribbean countries to discuss [...]	2008-01-15 16:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA CVIS SMIG
08PORTAUPRINCE763	PREVAL NAMES BOB MANUEL PRIME MINISTER DESIGNATE [...] (SBU) President Preval on May 25 named his close political adviser Robert Manuel as Prime Minister-designate. Manuel is part of Preval's inner circle, and a consummate behind-the-scenes political operative. He was Secretary of State for Public Security during part of Preval's first term, an [...]	2008-05-27 17:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE764	PREVAL NAMES BOB MANUEL PRIME MINISTER DESIGNATE - [...] (U) This message contains bio data in para 8 omitted in ref a. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) President Preval on May 25 named his close political adviser Robert Manuel as Prime Minister-designate. Manuel is part of Preval's inner circle, and a consummate behind-the-scenes political operati [...]	2008-05-27 18:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE783	ELECTORAL LAW PASSES PARLIAMENT; SENATE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The possible date for elections for one-third of the Senate continues to slip farther into the future. Expanding CEP election budget projections now exceed pledged donor financing by USD 4 million. The CEP has rejected donor pleas to trim the election budget and continues to in [...]	2008-05-30 20:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE793	MANUEL CONFIRMATION AS PM HINGES ON LESPWA-PREVAL [...] (C) Summary: President Preval on May 29 convoked a special session of Parliament, primarily to consider Robert Manuel's candidacy for the office of Prime Minister. Manuel himself has been reaching out to parliamentarians, political party leadership and civil society leaders. He is hopeful, [...]	2008-06-02 14:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE805	HAITI MONTHLY: MAY, 2008 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (C) CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PRESIDENT LAMENTS ERICQ PIERRE REJECTION. In a May 14 meeting with Poloff, Chamber of Deputies President Eric Jean-Jacques expressed disma [...]	2008-06-03 18:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE865	CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES REJECTS SECOND PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) A large majority in the Chamber of Deputies on June 12 voted down President Preval's second candidate for Prime Minister, Robert Manuel. Deputies cited constitutional grounds of eligibility based on his recent six-year absence from Haiti. This was at best a pretext: the ad hoc 53-memb [...]	2008-06-13 17:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE886	GOH RESPONSE TO SAVE THE CHILDREN REPORT OF SEXUAL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified ) please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel points June 13 with Ministry of Women's Affairs Director General Myriam Merlet. She commented that the Save the Children report, while informative, did not go far enough in analyz [...]	2008-06-18 13:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS KPKO KWMN UNSC PHUM KCRM
08PORTAUPRINCE934	NEW PARLIAMENTARY GROUPING CHALLENGES PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: An ad hoc grouping of deputies from diverse political parties calling itself the ''Cooperative of Progressive Parliamentarians'' (CPP) is emerging as the majority bloc in the Chamber of Deputies and a foil to President Preval. Born of opposition to stale, corrupt leadership in [...]	2008-06-27 11:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE936	HAITI ANNOUNCES GAS PRICE HIKES [...] (U) The Haitian government announced June 25 price increases in petroleum products (gasoline, diesel and kerosene) of 10 to 18 percent, effective June 26. Unleaded gasoline (91 octane) and super-unleaded gasoline (95 octane) will rise to the equivalent of USD 6.00 per gallon (up 10 percent) a [...]	2008-06-27 14:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG HA
08PORTAUPRINCE954	THIRD PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMATION PROCESS JUST [...] (C) Summary: Haiti,s legislature is just getting down to the confirmation process for President Preval,s third nominee for Prime Minister, Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis. In the first vote, which determines whether she fulfills constitutional eligibility requirements, the Senate appears ready [...]	2008-07-01 18:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTLOUIS127	MAURITIUS TO CONSIDER PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE [...] Post delivered reftel A demarche to First Secretary of Multilateral Affairs, Rabindranath Sawmy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Cooperation, on April 22. Sawmy admitted having no prior knowledge of the subject of Prisoners of Conscience, but quickly gained understanding d [...]	2008-04-23 10:32:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL
08PORTLOUIS203	MAURITIUS WANTS CONTINUED BILAT DIALOGUE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) On June 11, 2008, Post delivered ref demarche to Ms. Shafeenaaz Nurmahomed, Second Secretary of Multilateral Affairs for the Mauritian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nurmohammed understood the stance of USG, but asked for clarification between the new stance and the "limited observer" stance [...]	2008-06-12 09:09:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG MP
08PORTLOUIS230	MAURITIAN POSITION ON P5+1 PACKAGE TO IRAN WILL MOST LIKELY [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 13:41:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM MP
08PORTLOUIS260	MAURITIUS CONSIDERS USG POINTS BUT REMAIN NEUTRAL [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche on July 15 to First Secretary of Multilateral Affairs, Mr. Joyker Nayeck. Post followed up by delivering reftel demarche directly to Second Secretary, Ms. Faranaz Furzun, the official handling the upcoming NAM meeting in Iran. 2. (SBU) Furzun took note of t [...]	2008-07-18 09:40:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM MP
08PORTLOUIS310	MAURITIUS UNLIKELY TO CHANGE VOTES ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref demarche to Mr. Rabindranath Sawmy, First Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Cooperation on September 10. POLOFF noted Mauritius' low voting coincidence with USG in the UN, and presented human rights as the area of voting that has th [...]	2008-09-12 09:36:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN MP
08PORTLOUIS326	MAURITIUS 'LIKE MINDED' ON IAEA BOARD SEAT [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel objectives to Ministry of Foreign Affairs First Secretary, Ms. Martine Young Kim Fat on September 19, and had a follow up meeting with Young Kim Fat on September 24. Young Kim Fat informed POLOFF that she personally agreed with USG points about blocking Syria and Ira [...]	2008-09-24 11:01:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA PARM MNUC MP
08PORTLOUIS329	PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES UN VOTING AND DIEGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 18 meeting between Ambassador Cesar Cabrera and Prime Minister Ramgoolam (with POLOFF as note taker),Ramgoolam noted that to better reflect the true relationship between the U.S. and Mauritius he would like to increase UN voting coincidence between the two countries [...]	2008-09-25 13:43:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR PGOV PTER UK MP
08PORTLOUIS331	PRIME MINISTER DETAILS MOTIVES FOR CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 12, the Prime Minister publicly announced both a long-expected cabinet reshuffle and the re-appointment of the current president to another five-year mandate. The recent cabinet reshuffle is the first reshuffle executed solely by prime ministerial initiative. In a m [...]	2008-09-26 09:36:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MP
08PORTLOUIS366	DOMESTIC ISSUES MAY EXPLAIN DELAY IN MONTREAL RATIFICATION [...] On October 15, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Patrice Cure, Head of the Political Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cure said that the reasons for ratifying the Montreal Convention seemed logical and convincing. He speculated that either the process of adopting the con [...]	2008-10-20 14:20:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ICAO MP
08PORTLOUIS381	PARADISE LOST: HOW CORRUPTION BANKRUPTED SEYCHELLES [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) An overall lack of transparency and corruption throughout the ranks are behind the Seychelles' recent international appeal for help after a chronic lack of foreign exchange, loan defaults, drastic inflation, and an excessive debt burden of 175 percent of GDP effectively left the [...]	2008-11-07 07:21:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV SE
08PORTLOUIS437	SOMALIA UNPKO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On 10 December, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Patrice Cure, Head of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and First Secretary Martine Young Kim Fat. Ambassador Cure paid close attention to the points on a possible security vacuum in Somalia, noting Mauritius' grow [...]	2008-12-12 07:36:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPKO SO MP
08PORTLOUIS443	MAURITIUS LIKELY TO BACK USG POSITION ON SOMALIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 11:43:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPKO SO MP
08PORTOFSPAIN106	COP PARTY PLANS TO STAY VIABLE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Congress of the People (COP) Winston Dookeran February 27 in a discussion that focused on the opposition leader's efforts to keep his party relevant despite it failing to secure seats in last November's parliamentary vote. Dookeran, who has been under s [...]	2008-03-03 16:13:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI TD
08PORTOFSPAIN256	TRINIDAD INL CANINE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW [...] (U) On June 6, the Chaguaramas K-9 Academy hosted its sixth graduation ceremony. Thirteen dogs and their handlers, representing the Customs and Excise and Prisons Division, demonstrated skills learned during the previous four months. The audience of law enforcement officials, family and me [...]	2008-06-11 17:54:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM TD
08PORTOFSPAIN499	GOTT SEEKS US APPROVAL WITH LEGISLATION ON CHILD [...] (U) With the October 15 proclamation of Trinidad and Tobago's new International Child Abduction Act, 2008, the GOTT believes that they are now fully compliant with The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and will seek international approval of their ascension [...]	2008-11-10 11:08:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CACS TD
08PORTOFSPAIN504	LACK OF RESOURCES MAKES TOBAGO A DRUG-SMUGGLER'S PARADISE [...] (C) Summary: Trinidad's sister isle of Tobago continues to be a "soft" area for the transshipment of illegal drugs to Western Europe and the U.S. The anti-drug fight on Tobago is hampered by a lack of local of resources, with most GOTT anti-crime/anti-drug personnel and assets devoted to muc [...]	2008-11-14 10:49:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KCRM PGOV SNAR TD
08PRAGUE501	CZECH CROWN'S RECORD STRENGTH WORRIES CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The Czech Crown hit new all-time highs of CZK 22.87/Euro on July 21 and of CZK 14.45/USD on July 22. Having gained more than 17 percent against the Euro and more than 25 percent against the USD since last year, the Crown has become the fastest appreciating currency in [...]	2008-07-30 17:01:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE726	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 13:10:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KOMC ETTC EZ
08PRAIA118	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to MFA Legal Advisor Ms. Neusa Marques on April 22. While she noted the importance of the declaration, she was not able to commit GOCV to co-sponsorship. Post will forward any further GOCV reply upon receipt. PIERCE [...]	2008-04-25 12:15:00	Embassy Praia	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL
08PRAIA132	UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (U) On May 06, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Neusa Marques, Legal Advisor to the Director General of External Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Marques accepted the demarche, and stated that the GOCV appreciates the importance of maritime security issues. However, they are un [...]	2008-05-07 14:47:00	Embassy Praia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO CV
08PRAIA203	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 15:48:00	Embassy Praia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KNNP PARM PREL IR CV
08PRETORIA1000	MBEKI AND ADVISORS REVEAL BIAS AGAINST MDC (AND [...] (C) British diplomat Marianne Young (protect) told PolOff on 09 May that President Mbeki's chief strategist, Joel Netshitenzhe, has bought Mugabe's argument that the MDC is a western puppet "hook, line, and sinker." Young had just returned from a meeting with an unnamed source in the presiden [...]	2008-05-09 15:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KHUM KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA1006	MDC ANNOUNCES THEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN RUN-OFF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 10 May, MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai announced that the MDC would participate in a run-off and that it must be held no later than 24 May. However, MDC participation is on the condition that SADC peacekeepers be allowed in to monitor the run-off, international election observe [...]	2008-05-12 15:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA1046	ZUMA CAMP MAY BE LOOKING TO OUST MBEKI [...] (C) On 14 May, PolOff met with Zuma advisor Mo Shaik who told her that Zuma is likely to assume the national Presidency before March or April next year, when parliamentary elections would normally be held. When asked if the Zuma camp had enough votes in Parliament (three-quarters) needed to c [...]	2008-05-16 14:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
08PRETORIA1047	ZUMA'S TRIAL DATE DELAYED (MAYBE INDEFINITELY) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 15 April, lawyers for both ANC President Jacob Zuma and French arms dealer Thint informed the South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and KwaZulu-Natal Judge President Vuka Tshabalala that they will not be ready to start defending themselves on 4 August, a date orig [...]	2008-05-16 14:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
08PRETORIA1061	POLICE UNABLE TO CONTROL XENOPHOBIC AND ETHNIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Though South Africans have perpetrated sporadic, but infrequent xenophobic attacks throughout the country in recent years, the frequency and intensity of the attacks in the past several weeks against not only foreigners, but also those of different South African ethnicities, ha [...]	2008-05-19 18:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC PREF PHUM SF ZI
08PRETORIA1074	MDC BENNETT CATALOGUES PARTY CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. MDC Treasurer Roy Bennett (strictly protect) on 19 May shared his frustrations about MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai's decision not to return to Harare, saying he does not believe the threats are credible. He also said the political violence in Zimbabwe is escalating and that the c [...]	2008-05-21 12:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA1155	PAN-AFRICAN PARLIAMENT LOOKS FOR MEANS TO EXPAND [...] (C) PolOff met with Murumba Werunga, Secretary General of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP),on 29 May to discuss their plans to send an expanded election observation team back to Zimbabwe to monitor the 27 June run-off election. Werunga said that an advance team will go out 05 June to work on [...]	2008-05-30 16:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ZI
08PRETORIA1204	MDC LOSING HOPE IN SADC [...] (C) On 04 June, MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai's foreign policy and security advisor Stuart Doran told PolOff that the MDC is losing hope that SADC as a collective, or even a majority of SADC countries, will take any public stance against the current regime in Zimbabwe, the ongoing violence, or [...]	2008-06-05 13:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA1310	SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTION MONITORS FEWER THAN EXPECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa has increased its election monitoring team by only ten members, bringing the total to 70 observers. An advance team of 20 observers left on 9 June, while the remaining 50 are meant to depart on 20 June. However, SAG's DFA is considering a proposal by the Institute f [...]	2008-06-13 16:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF
08PRETORIA1328	SAG/UN PUSHING IDEA OF ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT OF [...] (C) On 17 June Sydney Masamvu debriefed PolOff on his 16 June talk with UN Assistant Secretary for Political Affairs Haile Menkerios. Masamvu said Menkerios requested to speak with him before departing for Zimbabwe, and that overall he was very encouraged by Menkerios' outlook, namely his ack [...]	2008-06-18 16:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA1358	ANC PLANS TO MEDIATE ZIMBABWE CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff met on 23 June with Mo Shaik, one of ANC President Jacob Zuma's advisors, to discuss the ANC's plans to mediate the Zimbabwe crisis, which essentially rehashes Mbeki's current proposals for a government of national unity. Shaik said in no uncertain terms that the ANC will [...]	2008-06-23 15:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA139	EXILED ZIMBABWEANS NCUBE AND MASIYIWA INTRIGUED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The emergence of a "united front" or "third way" opposition force led by former ZANU-PF minister Simba Makoni, if it became reality, would be a positive development for Zimbabwean politics, according to exiled businessmen Trevor Ncube and Strive Masiyiwa. Publisher Ncube enthusi [...]	2008-01-22 15:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA1397	UNHCR / SAG CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR ANTICIPATED [...] UNHCR Regional Representative Mr. Sanda Kimbimbi briefed PolOffs on the UNHCR's Contingency Plan for potential mass refugee flows from Zimbabwe after the June 27 runoff election. The Plan provides for refugee camp sites in South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, and Zambia to shelter up to 285,0 [...]	2008-06-26 17:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SF
08PRETORIA1422	ANC YOUTH LEADER'S CALL TO ARMS SPARKS PROTESTS IN [...] (U) Press reports indicate that recent remarks by ANC Youth League (African National Congress) President Julius Malema are being interpreted by some as a "direct threat to the proper administration of justice and to judicial independence." Malema stated June 16 during a Youth Day rally, "We ar [...]	2008-06-30 15:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
08PRETORIA152	MDC FORMATIONS AGREE ON ELECTORAL PACT, [...] (C) The two formations of the Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),led by Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, agreed to form an electoral SIPDIS pact during January 19-20 meetings in Johannesburg. IDASA Executive Director Paul Graham and Deputy Ivor Jenkins brief [...]	2008-01-24 05:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA1547	INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 1 PolCouns and PolOff met with Norman Du Plessis, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC),to discuss next year's parliamentary election and electoral reform. Du Plessis said the election working date is set for May 6, 2009, though it m [...]	2008-07-15 14:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
08PRETORIA1548	ANC DEPUTY PRESIDENT APPOINTED TO CABINET [...] (U) President Thabo Mbeki on 12 July appointed ANC Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to cabinet, making him responsible for "the coordination of government business." This existing portfolio historically resides in the office of the deputy president, which means that Motlanthe, at least on pa [...]	2008-07-15 14:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
08PRETORIA1549	SOUTH AFRICA DEBATES IMMIGRATION & BORDER POLICY [...] In the aftermath of recent xenophobic violence, public debates (reftel) highlighted unresolved problems and wide divisions on immigration policy and border management. Stoked by alarmist media reports, South African society often misperceived foreign migrants as a burden or threat rather than [...]	2008-07-16 07:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SF
08PRETORIA1570	MUGABE BIOGRAPHER SAYS MBEKI MEDIATION WILL FAIL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mugabe biographer Heidi Holland doubts that the Zimbabwean leader is serious about the South African-led talks. Mugabe will continue to "run rings" around South African President Mbeki, as he has done for years. She fears a vengeful Mugabe is intent on destroying the Zimbabwean [...]	2008-07-17 15:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PINR SF ZI
08PRETORIA1572	MUGABE BIOGRAPHER SAYS MBEKI MEDIATION WILL FAIL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mugabe biographer Heidi Holland doubts that the Zimbabwean leader is serious about the South African-led talks. Mugabe will continue to "run rings" around South African President Mbeki, as he has done for years. She fears a vengeful Mugabe is intent on destroying the Zimbabwean [...]	2008-07-18 07:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA1619	UNHCR MOVES SAG FORWARD ON ASSISTING ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Press statements by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) called attention to Zimbabweans fleeing to South Africa in growing numbers, some in whole family units and some with injuries from violence. UNHCR renewed appeals to the SAG to suspend deportations, give access [...]	2008-07-24 15:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SF
08PRETORIA1625	SOUTH AFRICA "WELL AWARE" OF IRAN URANIUM RISKS [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director: Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Michiel Combrink said the South African Government (SAG) is "well aware" of its obligations regarding Iranian attempts to procure new stocks of uranium. Speaking [...]	2008-07-25 11:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET	PARM EMIN ENRG KNNP IR SF
08PRETORIA1631	NAM COUNTRIES FAR APART ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) Work on drafting on the NAM ministerial statement on the Iranian nuclear program has virtually come to a halt because of the "wide distance" between the Iranian draft and the revisions proposed by "core NAM countries," including South Africa, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA [...]	2008-07-25 12:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM TRGY IR SF
08PRETORIA1632	MASIYIWA FLOATS MDC-ZANU-PF POWER-SHARING AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. South African businessman and unofficial MDC advisor Strive Masiyiwa told Harare PolEconChief and Pretoria PolOffs July 24 that he believed a power sharing agreement would be signed between ZANU-PF and the MDC within two weeks. Masiyiwa has drafted a proposed agreement under wh [...]	2008-07-25 12:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA1635	ZUMA ADVISOR SAYS TALKS WITH NPA UNDERWAY TO DROP [...] (C) Key advisors to African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma have entered into secret talks with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) about the corruption charges pending against Zuma, according to businessman and former diplomat Moe Shaik. Shaik, who is part of the Zuma team, [...]	2008-07-25 14:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA1659	ZIMBABWE MEDIATION REACHES IMPASSE [...] (C) On 28 July, talks to reach a power-sharing agreement between President Robert Mugabe and MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai reached a stalemate after both sides presented drastically different proposals. According to numerous Embassy contacts, Mugabe's negotiators were under instruction to off [...]	2008-07-29 13:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA169	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MO SHAIK [...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff met Mo Shaik, advisor to ANC President Jacob Zuma, on 24 January to discuss Zuma's win last month and where the Zuma camp is headed over the next year. Not surprisingly, Shaik viewed Zuma's victory as a "triumph for democracy," but complained that President Mbeki was a so [...]	2008-01-25 15:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SF
08PRETORIA1740	SWEDEN SHARES USG CONCERNS ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Swedish diplomat Jon Ecklund (protect) on 6 August shared his government's concerns that fundamental issues will not/not be addressed in a unity government agreement brokered by President Mbeki between MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe. He specifically mentioned that [...]	2008-08-07 13:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA1782	IRI DOUBTFUL THAT MDC WILL MEET ITS OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 8 August, PolOff met with IRI Zimbabwe Country Director Djordje Todorovic to gather his impressions of the MDC since moving to South Africa in March. He admitted that he had difficulty getting started, but that MDC members are much more responsive to him now, though he is oft [...]	2008-08-13 09:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA1795	UN ENVOY MENKERIOS NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) French diplomat Irchad Razaaly (protect) told PolOff he met on 8 August with UN Special Envoy Haile Menkerios, who did not seem optimistic about the effectiveness or longevity of a power-sharing agreement between MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai and President Mugabe. Menkerios complained that [...]	2008-08-13 16:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA1831	SAG DEFENDS ZIMBABWE POLICY IN CODEL BERMAN MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 3, 2008, DepForMin Aziz Pahad thanked CODEL Berman for visiting South Africa and expressed appreciation for congressional funding to combat HIV/AIDS and support for legislation removing anti-apartheid activists from the U.S. terrorist list. During a lively and at times [...]	2008-08-18 13:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP SF ZI
08PRETORIA189	CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS FOR REMOVING SITTING [...] (C) SUMMARY and INTRODUCTION. Since Jacob Zuma won the ANC Presidency in late December 2007, speculation among ANC members, political analysts, and the media has been rife about how long South African President Thabo Mbeki will remain in office. Mbeki's second and final five-year term ends i [...]	2008-01-29 15:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA191	CONSTITUTION QUIET ON PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fact that ANC President Jacob Zuma's upcoming corruption trial (Ref A) is likely to span over two presidential terms is giving rise to questions of presidential immunity. Views are mixed, as neither the Constitution nor domestic law explicitly address the question. Retired [...]	2008-01-29 15:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
08PRETORIA2012	ZUMA ADVISOR THREATENS TO EXPOSE POLITICAL [...] (C) On 28 August, Zuma advisor Mo Shaik told PolOff that Zuma's legal team intends to subpoena "everyone" if Zuma loses his bid to have his case reexamined. Shaik specifically named President Mbeki, suspended National Police Chief Jackie Selebi, former and Acting Head of National Director of [...]	2008-09-10 13:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SF

08PRETORIA2024	ZUMA'S REHABILITATED IMAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Over the past several months, ANC President Jacob Zuma's public image has softened, with former foes, international leaders, and big businesses changing their tune with regards to Zuma from one of gloom and doom to one of acceptance, and in some cases, even adoration. Since being [...]	2008-09-11 16:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
08PRETORIA2096	ANC MAY TAP KGALEMA MOTLANTHE FOR ACTING PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) There are strong indications the African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe may replace President Thabo Mbeki on an acting basis until elections are held within seven months. (Note: Mbeki in a nationally televised speech on September 21 agreed to abide by the AN [...]	2008-09-22 17:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV SF
08PRETORIA2144	SAG SERVICES FALLING SHORT IN SOUTH AFRICA'S [...] Challenges the SAG faces in extending social services to the rural poor were evident on a recent visit to the tiny township of Tigane, in the mostly rural Northwest Province, to observe a community forum between local social workers and government officials. Discussion centered on provision o [...]	2008-09-29 12:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV SF
08PRETORIA2174	SOUTH AFRICA: XENOPHOBIA VICTIMS FACE EVICTION [...] (U) At Camp Akasia sheltering foreigners displaced by xenophobic attacks in May, the Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG) dispatched a private security crew to confiscate army tents from residents, leaving hundreds of men, women, and children without shelter. The action was deplored by UNHCR [...]	2008-10-02 14:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM SF
08PRETORIA2217	LAPTOPS IN LIMPOPO: INTERNET COMES TO A SOUTH [...] MIT Media Labs' "One Laptop Per Child" initiative has arrived in South Africa, bringing portable computers and internet access to an initial few hundred school children in deprived communities of Soweto, Durban, and Limpopo. U.S. college students from Indiana University raised $60,000 to buy [...]	2008-10-09 10:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID SF
08PRETORIA2219	EXPANDING PUBLIC SERVICES TO SOUTH AFRICA'S RURAL [...] In a continuing series of USG-funded dialogues between rural communities and local government representatives (reftel),SAG officials briefed poor rural women of Limpopo Province on their rights to SAG assistance and on the mechanisms for accessing public services. Officials listed an array [...]	2008-10-09 13:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SF
08PRETORIA2249	IOM SURVEY: HUMAN TRAFFICKING INSIDE SOUTH AFRICA [...] A survey of internal trafficking in persons (TIP) due for release on October 29 reveals that TIP is a nationwide problem in South Africa, with domestic as well as cross-border victims. Funded by USAID under the auspices of the International Organization for Migration (IOM),the survey indica [...]	2008-10-15 08:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PREL PGOV PHUM SF
08PRETORIA2379	UNHCR REVIEWS ASSISTANCE TO XENOPHOBIA IDP'S [...] On October 23, UNHCR Regional Representative Sanda Kimbimbi reviewed UNHCR's support to the SAG in protection of foreign victims of xenophobic attacks. After alerting officials and police to signs of coming violence, UNHCR negotiated for registration of internally displaced persons (IDPs),l [...]	2008-10-30 10:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PREF PHUM SF
08PRETORIA250	SAG NEGOTIATOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BURUNDI PEACE TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. PolCouns and PolOff on 4 February met with SAG Special Envoy to the Great Lakes, Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo, to discuss recent developments concerning the possible resumption of peace talks between the CNDD-FDD government and the Palipehutu-FNL after a six month stalemate. Tho [...]	2008-02-07 11:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BY SF
08PRETORIA2544	EMAIL FROM PROFESSOR MEANT TO CONVEY ANC MESSAGE [...] (C) University of South Africa professor Rok Ajulu -- husband of Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu -- sent Poloff an email on November 19 discussing his take on the recent formation of the Congress of the People (COPE) and its prospects for success. Ajulu's message is significant for two reaso [...]	2008-11-19 13:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2576	ANC USING MULTIPLE MEANS TO STALL OPPOSITION [...] (C) The African National Congress (ANC) is undertaking several steps to stall the opposition ahead of the election next year. Although the ANC's efforts to maintain its two-thirds majority in Parliament appear organized and extensive, there are few signs of a coherent strategy for countering [...]	2008-11-25 15:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2605	COURT HEARS STATE'S APPEAL OF ZUMA DECISION, WILL [...] (U) The Supreme Court of Appeal on November 28 reserved judgment until January 12 in the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) appeal against a high court ruling that halted the prosecution of African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma. The atmosphere outside the court was reporte [...]	2008-11-28 16:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2621	SOUTH AFRICA SUPPORTS MAURITANIA'S ELECTED [...] (C) Summary: On December 1, 2008 Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) North Africa division Chief Director Ambassador Ebrahim Saley, Director Ambassador Delarey Van Tonder and Deputy Director Lara Swart told Poloff that South Africa recognizes and supports democratically elected President Sidi [...]	2008-12-02 13:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR AU
08PRETORIA2624	COPE LEADER MOSIUOA LEKOTA MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Congress of the People (COPE) leader Mosiuoa Lekota discussed his party's campaign platform, the broader politics surrounding the election next year, and his party's prospects for success at a lunch with Ambassador Bost, the DCM, Polcouns, and Poloff on December 2. Lekota said his party i [...]	2008-12-02 15:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2641	WHY CALLS FOR AN ARMS INQUIRY MAY GO UNHEARD [...] (C) Nobel laureates Desmond Tutu and FW de Klerk on December 2 delivered a letter to President Kgalema Motlanthe asking the South African leader to institute an independent and public judicial commission of inquiry into the controversial 1998 arms deal. Their decision to present a letter fol [...]	2008-12-04 17:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2649	AN INTIMATE VIEW INTO THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY UNIT [...] (S//NF) Policy analysts in the Presidency's Policy Unit discussed the challenges of job security, pleasing new policymakers, and crafting effective policies in a meeting with Poloff on December 4. Deputy Director General of Policy Coordination and Advisory Services for the Presidency Vusi Gu [...]	2008-12-05 14:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2650	STRONG INDICATION OF MBEKI INVOLVEMENT IN COPE [...] (S//NF) Former President Thabo Mbeki reportedly had a hand in drafting a six-page policy document for the newly formed Congress of the People (COPE) and has influence in how COPE is drafting a foreign policy vision, according to prominent University of South Africa professor Dirk Kotze. Kotze [...]	2008-12-05 15:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2677	ZIMBABWEAN EXODUS STRAINS SAG BORDER RESOURCES [...] On December 5-6, U.S. and U.K poloffs together with senior CDC and DFID officers traveled to Musina, near the Zimbabwe border. The trip aimed to take stock of growing migrant flows, observe the SAG's capacity to process and protect vulnerable migrants, and assess SAG efforts to contain a rec [...]	2008-12-10 10:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SF
08PRETORIA2691	FOLLOW-UP ON AFRICAN UNION SOMALIA FORCE [...] (SBU) On December 9, poloff met with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Chief Director of East Africa division Graham Maitland to discuss the USG's willingness to provide logistical, training and equipment support to military units that are committed by South Africa to deploy to the African U [...]	2008-12-10 17:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL SO AU ZU SF
08PRETORIA2709	LEKOTA'S ASSISTANT TALKS PARTY LEADERSHIP AND [...] (C) Mosiuoa Lekota's personal assistant, Dr. Tseliso Phomane, talked with Poloff about the Congress of the People's (COPE) leadership situation and logistics ahead of the party's manifesto conference on December 13. Phomane was confident that Lekota would emerge as the party's leader followi [...]	2008-12-12 15:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2714	DEMARCHE DELIVERY: ILLICIT DIAMOND ACTIVITY IN [...] (C) Summary: Poloff and econoff delivered demarche (reftel) to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials and diamond industry leaders on illicit diamond activity in Zimbabwe. Although this activity threatens the local diamond industry, it appears the South African Government (SAG) has tak [...]	2008-12-15 15:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EFIN ASEC EMIN ZI SF
08PRETORIA2715	THE END OF THE ANC INTELLECTUAL? [...] (C) The ascendancy of African National Congress (ANC) leaders such as Julius Malema, routinely described as "uneducated" and "unpolished" by South Africans across the socio-economic spectrum is raising questions about the future of the ruling party as a place of ideas. The ANC still holds po [...]	2008-12-15 16:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2716	SOUTH AFRICA FEELING THE HEAT ON ZIMBABWE CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: South African leaders have recently stepped up their level of activity and pronouncements on the Zimbabwe political and humanitarian crises. Former President Thabo Mbeki's facilitation team, without Mbeki, remain engaged with the political parties, pressing for the quick establish [...]	2008-12-15 16:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM
08PRETORIA2736	COPE, ANC SQUARE OFF ON RECONCILIATION DAY IN [...] (C) The Congress of the People (COPE) and the African National Congress (ANC) held events on December 16 in Bloemfontein that indicate where South Africa is headed ahead of the election next year and beyond. COPE's December 13-16 inaugural conference ended on December 16 with the election of [...]	2008-12-18 16:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2764	BIOS FOR COPE'S NEWLY ELECTED LEADERSHIP [...] (U) The newly elected leaders of the Congress of the People (COPE) bring a wide range of experiences to their positions within South Africa's newest opposition party. With the exception of Deputy President Lynda Odendaal, a political novice who was seemingly chosen out of "nowhere," most of t [...]	2008-12-30 10:30:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA2773	PRESIDENT'S POLICY UNIT DEALS WITH FUTURE, PAST [...] (S//NF) Policy analysts in the Presidency's Policy Unit are working on a host of projects that offer insight into the clash of ideas the South African Government is currently dealing with. The President's Policy Unit, which is the most prestigious and important decision-making body for the g [...]	2008-12-31 08:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA342	NEW ANC LEADERSHIP NOT NECESSARILY MORE LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite media portrayals of a newly-elected "left-leaning" ANC, the new National Executive Committee (NEC) is no more left-leaning than the previous one under Mbeki's ANC presidency, according to Neva Makgetla, an economic advisor in the presidency, and Michael Sachs, one of Fina [...]	2008-02-20 09:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SF
08PRETORIA348	MDC TREASURER BENNETT SAYS PARTY WILL "SHOCK THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Treasurer Roy Bennett claimed that support for the MDC is growing and that the party will "shock the world" in the March 29 presidential and parliamentary elections. Bennett says he has raised "significant" funds for the party in recent weeks [...]	2008-02-21 09:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA375	ANGLICAN CHURCH AND IDASA TO SEND 'UNOFFICIAL' [...] (C) SUMMARY. Both the Anglican Church and South African think-tank Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) will send unofficial observers to monitor the March 29 Zimbabwean elections. The Church will send an initial team of 10 trained observers to assess the election environment, fol [...]	2008-02-25 13:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA38	MDC'S BENNETT HOPEFUL ON ANC CHANGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The MDC is hopeful that the election of Jacob Zuma as ANC President will lead to changes in South Africa's policy toward Zimbabwe, according to MDC Treasurer Roy Bennett. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai recently met with South African Community Party (SACP) leader Blade Nzimande, a [...]	2008-01-08 14:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA418	ZIMBABWEAN EXILES NCUBE AND MASIYIWA UPBEAT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent exiled Zimbabwean businessmen Trevor Ncube and Strive Masiyiwa agreed that the upcoming March 29 elections offered opportunities for political change in Zimbabwe, but differed on the electoral prospects for independent presidential candidate Simba Makoni. Ncube, a stro [...]	2008-02-28 16:21:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA419	ZIMBABWEAN EXILES NCUBE AND MASIYIWA UPBEAT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent exiled Zimbabwean businessmen Trevor Ncube and Strive Masiyiwa agreed that the upcoming March 29 elections offered opportunities for political change in Zimbabwe, but differed on the electoral prospects for independent presidential candidate Simba Makoni. Ncube, a stro [...]	2008-02-28 17:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA420	SOUTH AFRICA DISCUSSING UNSCR ON FDLR [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs Acting Director, United Nations (Political) Directorate Simon Cardy told PolOff February 28 that South Africa is discussing internally the idea of a UNSCR on the FDLR (ref A). The French Embassy delivered a demarche on the same issue February 27, and provided [...]	2008-02-29 09:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC CG RW SF
08PRETORIA421	DEMARCHE ON SOMALI PIRACY DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 09:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC SO SF
08PRETORIA428	SOUTH AFRICA OUTLINES NEW BURUNDI PEACE PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a February 22-23 South African Government (SAG)-sponsored seminar, Facilitator Charles Nqakula and Special Envoy Kingsley Mamabolo outlined SAG plans to reinvigorate its Burundi mediation through creation of a "Political Directorate" that would include the Government of Buru [...]	2008-02-29 17:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM BY SF
08PRETORIA448	VAN ECK SAYS FNL-SAG TIES IMPROVED, PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Relations between the South African Facilitation and the Burundi rebel movement the Palipehutu-FNL are improved, albeit fragile, according to South African-based Burundi analyst and informal FNL advisor Jan van Eck. Although the FNL is the only rebel group outside the peace proc [...]	2008-03-05 09:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SF BY
08PRETORIA475	MAMABOLO SAYS FNL AND GOB ON BOARD WITH PEACE PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Burundi (GOB) and the Palipehutu-FNL (FNL) fully endorse the South African "Programme of Action" to conclude the FNL peace process in 2008, according to DFA Great Lakes Envoy Kingsley Mamabolo. Mamabolo, who just returned from meetings in Dar es Salaam and Buju [...]	2008-03-07 13:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BY SF
08PRETORIA482	ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS: SOUTH AFRICA TO SEND 50 [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa will deploy approximately 50 election observers to Zimbabwe as part of the SADC delegation. Angola, as chair of the SADC Troika, will lead the SADC delegation, which the South African Government hopes will include at least 100 regional observers. Ambassador Kingsle [...]	2008-03-07 14:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA516	SARKOZY AND MBEKI DISCUSS IRAN, MIDDLE EAST, G-8 [...] (C) During their February 28 meeting in Cape Town, French President Sarkozy and South African President Mbeki discussed the Iranian nuclear issue, the Middle East peace process, the situation in Darfur, and the "democratization" of international institutions, specifically the expansion of the [...]	2008-03-12 14:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF FR
08PRETORIA527	ADVISOR SHAIK SAYS ZUMA NOT SUPPORTED BY PARTY; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recently-elected ANC President Jacob Zuma is not receiving support from the party, according to informal Zuma advisor Moe Shaik. Mbeki "cleared out" the ANC headquarters, leaving the "exhausted" Zuma with little support staff. The top six ANC leaders are not working "in harmony [...]	2008-03-13 14:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA548	SOUTH AFRICA SUPPORTS FINAL PEACE EFFORT IN COMOROS [...] (C) South Africa is involved in "one final effort" to resolve the Anjouan issue peacefully, according to Department of Foreign Affairs Chief Director Graham Maitland. Maitland confirmed to PolOff March 14 that South Africa had received a letter from Anjouan's Colonel Bacar promising to hold e [...]	2008-03-14 15:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU SF CN FR
08PRETORIA576	ANC DEPUTY PRESIDENT TO BE 'DEPLOYED' TO GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The ANC's National Executive Committee (NEC) decided on 17 March to "deploy" ANC Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to government in order to smooth the transition from current national President Thabo Mbeki to the next administration, which presumably will be led by new ANC President Ja [...]	2008-03-19 12:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SF
08PRETORIA604	(S/NF) MASIYIWA PREDICTS MDC VICTORY IN ZIMBABWE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai will win the March 29 election, predicted respected Zimbabwean businessman Strive Masiyiwa (strictly protect). The only question is the extent of ZANU-PF rigging and whether this might force a second round presidential poll. Masiyiwa downplayed th [...]	2008-03-20 14:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA606	SOUTH AFRICA OBSERVER HEAD SAYS SADC IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) The goal of the SADC election observation delegation is to "assist the Zimbabweans" to ensure the holding of "credible elections," according to the head of the South African component of the SADC delegation, Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo. In press briefings on March 13 and 19, Mamabolo s [...]	2008-03-20 15:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA610	KZN ANC COMING TO TERMS WITH ZUMA'S TRIAL BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the top three political parties in KwaZulu-Natal province, ANC President Jacob Zuma's stronghold, shared conflicting opinions with PolOff and Durban PolAsst on Zuma's performance thus far as ANC President and his future. Like other opposition parties, the Inkatha Freed [...]	2008-03-25 10:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
08PRETORIA633	FEW ZIMBABWEANS RETURNING HOME TO VOTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Only a small number of Zimbabweans living in South Africa will return to Zimbabwe to vote in the March 29 election, according to Mathula Lusinga, a Zimbabwean exile community activist and head of a DFID-funded project on diaspora voting. The reasons vary: many Zimbabweans live [...]	2008-03-27 15:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA639	HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS TAKE WAIT AND SEE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 27 March, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) held its last Interagency Contingency Planning meeting on Zimbabwe before the 29 March election. Everyone in the room agreed that a spontaneous mass exodus of Zimbabweans into neighboring countries is the least likel [...]	2008-03-28 10:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL ZI SF EAID
08PRETORIA642	MASIYIWA ALLY LOBBYING ZUMA TO BE TOUGH ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma reportedly said that the ANC is "fed up" with President Mugabe, according to Embassy contact and Zimbabwean businessman Strive Masiyiwa. Masiyiwa told Ambassador McGee (speaking by conference call),PolCounselor and PolOff that one of M [...]	2008-03-28 13:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ZI SF
08PRETORIA643	CALL FOR PROSECUTION OF ZIMBABWE POLICE FOR CRIMES [...] (SBU) The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) has publicly called on the South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to investigate and prosecute Zimbabwean security officials for crimes against humanity. According to Nicole Fritz, Executive Director of SALC, South Africa's Implem [...]	2008-03-28 13:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC SF ZI
08PRETORIA644	XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS ON RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Over the past month, South Africa has experienced a spate of violent attacks against foreigners, especially Zimbabweans living in informal settlements just outside the capitol city of Pretoria. Xenophobia is not new to South Africa, but has been growing over the past couple of ye [...]	2008-03-28 15:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
08PRETORIA727	ZUMA ADVISOR APPEARS AT A LOSS REGARDING ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 7 April Mo Shaik, one of ANC President Jacob Zuma's advisors, met with PolOff to discuss current thinking within the Zuma camp regarding the Zimbabwe crisis. Contrary to media hype surrounding Jacob Zuma's meeting with MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai on 7 April, Shaik portrayed th [...]	2008-04-08 12:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF ZI
08PRETORIA729	ZUMA ADVISOR TRIES TO LOWER EXPECTATIONS ON [...] (C) On 08 April, ANC President Zuma advisor Mo Shaik told PolOff that the international community should not expect ANC President Jacob Zuma to resolve the Zimbabwe crisis. When PolOff mentioned that the extensive media coverage surrounding MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai's 07 April meeting with [...]	2008-04-08 15:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SF
08PRETORIA739	POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL PARDON IN WORKS FOR ZUMA [...] (C) During reftel discussion on 08 April, Mo Shaik received a phone call from SAG Ambassador to the U.S. Welile Nhlapo while sitting with PolOff. He told Ambassador Nhlapo, whom he called "Comrade Willie," that he understood Nhlapo would be the point man for the "issue." Later on in their co [...]	2008-04-09 12:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KCRM KJUS SF
08PRETORIA740	SAG OFFICIAL FAVORS TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT IN [...] (C) DFA's Great Lakes Special Envoy Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo, who headed South Africa's SADC election observation team in Zimbabwe, expressed frustration to PolCouns and PolOff on 08 April about the current Zimbabwe crisis. He started the conversation with the admission that "it looks bad [...]	2008-04-09 12:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA744	AUSTRALIAN ASSESSMENT OF ZIMBABWE DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Acting Australian High Commissioner Jane Lambert (protect) on 08 April called PolOff to share the points she planned to make to her Foreign Minister, who was expected to call later that afternoon for a Zimbabwe update. Lambert said she would emphasize that her contact within the MDC told [...]	2008-04-09 16:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA768	MAKONI ALLEGEDLY BEING APPROACHED BY BOTH MDC AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent Johannesburg-based Zimbabwean businessman and publisher Trevor Ncube on 10 April told PolOff that presidential candidate Simba Makoni is being approached by both the MDC and some members of both ZANU-PF and the security services to join their camps, but did not reveal in [...]	2008-04-11 13:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF ZI
08PRETORIA775	BURUNDI PEACE PROCESS STALLED [...] (C) DFA Special Envoy to the Great Lakes, Kingsley Mamabolo, expressed frustration to PolCouns and PolOff on 8 April about Burundi's stalled peace process. Only a month ago, Mamabolo was upbeat about negotiations, believing the FNL was serious about the peace process (reftel). Mamabolo now a [...]	2008-04-14 12:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BY SF
08PRETORIA782	NO NEW FUNDING FOR SOUTH AFRICA/CONGO BINATIONAL [...] (U) Amid concerns that South Africa has not lived up to its promises to fund projects agreed to during past binational commissions, President Mbeki on 2-3 April hosted Congolese President Kabila in Pretoria for the 5th South Africa-DRC Bi-National Commission. Press reports note that the two c [...]	2008-04-14 14:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID SF CG
08PRETORIA787	ZIMBABWE NEXT STEPS: INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS MAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On 10 April, PolOff attended a conference entitled, "Building International Consensus on Zimbabwe," during which diplomats, academics, and Zimbabwean civil society members shared similar interpretations of the 29 March election, but differed on a way forward. While everyone agr [...]	2008-04-15 13:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF ZI
08PRETORIA799	FNL FEELS SHUT OUT [...] (C) On 10 April, FNL-insider Jan Van Eck expressed concern to PolOff about stalled negotiations between the FNL rebels, the SAG, and the GoB, describing the entire Burundi facilitiation process as "hostile." Van Eck, who said he talks to the FNL by phone almost everyday, said that the good wi [...]	2008-04-15 16:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BY SF
08PRETORIA812	MDC UNDECIDED ABOUT RUNOFF [...] (C) SUMMARY. MDC advisor Kathi Walters (strictly protect) told PolOff on 15 April that MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai is still in Johannesburg, having received death threats. She does not believe Tsvangirai is afraid to go back, but could not say if or when he was going to return. Today, Tsvan [...]	2008-04-16 15:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KHUM KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA821	EUROPE COURTS ZUMA [...] (C) According to press reports, ANC President Jacob Zuma will travel to London, Paris, and Berlin during the last week of April. A French diplomat told PolOff on 11 April that Zuma was originally invited to France by the French equivalent of South Africa's Business Council, but will now also [...]	2008-04-18 05:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SF UK DE
08PRETORIA921	MDC LEADERSHIP GROWING DISCONNECTED FROM HOME [...] (C) SUMMARY. MDC Advisor Kathi Walther (protect) on 30 April revealed to PolOff that the Johannesburg-based MDC leadership does not have a concrete plan for moving ahead, is growing alienated from MDC members in Harare, and is suffering from serious cash flow problems. The MDC leadership beli [...]	2008-05-02 10:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA951	SAG SENDS TEAM TO INVESTIGATE VIOLENCE IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) PolOff received identical readouts from Swedish and Irish diplomats who visited DFA Director: Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Tanzania Edward Xolisa Makaya separately on 06 May regarding the SAG's current position on Zimbabwe. Both diplomats said that they were told that the SA [...]	2008-05-06 16:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRETORIA966	MDC LEADER ALLEGEDLY RETURNING TO HARARE [...] (C) SUMMARY. After traveling for most of the past month, MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai will finally return to Harare on 10 May to address the nation, lay out signposts, and start a "victory/campaign" tour, according to Institute for Democracy in South Africa analyst Sydney Masamvu and a British [...]	2008-05-07 14:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KDEM KHUM ZI
08PRETORIA983	PEER REVIEW MAKING LITTLE PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ross Herbert met with PolOffs to discuss his new book, "The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM): Lessons from the Pioneers," which examines APRM's pitfalls and yet to be unleashed potential, nearly six years after its formal adoption. The APRM's intent of fostering good gover [...]	2008-05-09 08:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM AU SF
08PRETORIA997	MDC LEADERSHIP DELAYS RETURN TO HARARE AMIDST [...] (C) SUMMARY. MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai's return to Harare will now be delayed until at least Sunday 11 May due to increased security concerns for not only Tsvangirai, but also MDC Spokesperson Tendai Biti. At least one SAG official, however, doubts that Tsvangirai will return anytime soon [...]	2008-05-09 15:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF ZI
08PRISTINA11	KOSOVO: BROAD-BASED, MULTI-ETHNIC GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 9 the newly constituted Kosovo Assembly, reflecting the coalition agreement between the PDK and LDK parties, overwhelmingly elected PDK leader Hashim Thaci as Prime Minister and approved his cabinet by 88 votes out of a total 120. Thaci got an extra boost as Bexhet Pa [...]	2008-01-10 17:27:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
08PRISTINA129	KOSOVO: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION PART TWO OF TWO [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 16:16:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV PHUM SMIG
08PRISTINA200	KOSOVO: SOUTHERN MODERATES FIND VOICE AS BELGRADE [...] (C) Summary. Political differences in Belgrade between Serbian President Boris Tadic's Democratic Serbia (DS) and Prime Minster Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) are beginning to have an effect upon Kosovo Serbs in the enclaves south of the Ibar River. Many are beginning to voice [...]	2008-04-22 16:59:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA249	KOSOVO: THACI GOVERNMENT TAKING KEY STEPS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since taking office in January 2008, Prime Minister Thaci's government has taken some key steps in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) in Kosovo. In hopes of achieving better results in the future, the Kosovo government recently adopted a law enforcement-centered app [...]	2008-05-19 11:33:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA312	KOSOVO: CODEL ENGEL WELCOMES NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) led a a delegation to Kosovo June 13-16 to mark the entry into force of Kosovo's new constitution on June 15. Accompanying him on the trip was Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH),who visited Kosovo for the first time, and a prominent group of Kosovar-American bus [...]	2008-06-20 14:06:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV PINR EAID KV
08PRISTINA359	KOSOVO: INTER-ETHNIC INCIDENTS SPRING UP; ALL [...] (C) Summary. The formation of a pro-European government coalition in Belgrade has already sparked hope among some in the Kosovo Serb community that things may change for the better. Moderates among the Kosovo Serbs plan to lobby Serbian President Tadic to formulate a policy towards Kosovo w [...]	2008-07-09 11:21:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA393	KOSOVO: DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND UN [...] (C) Summary: Due to many factors over the past several months, the pace of Serb returns to Kosovo has slowed. There have also been growing problems between Kosovo Minister of Returns Boban Stankovic, an ethnic Serb, and the UN agencies chiefly responsible for returns in Kosovo -- the UN Dev [...]	2008-07-25 10:11:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UNMIK PREF KV
08PRISTINA400	KOSOVO: SERBIAN GOVERNMENT APPROACH IN KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: From the Kosovo vantage point, and despite the good signals sent by Belgrade on ICTY and other matters, the new Serbian government policy towards Kosovo appears unchanged from that of the previous Kostunica administration. Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic has endorse [...]	2008-07-30 16:47:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA435	KOSOVO SERBS: ISSUES OF CHURCH LAND, POLICE, [...] (C) Summary. As the August vacation season draws to an end, several Kosovo Serb-related issues continue to simmer. In Decani, we now see a possible roadmap to a settlement of the land dispute between the monastery and the municipality. Our joint efforts with UNMIK to convince municipal offici [...]	2008-08-19 16:17:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA471	KOSOVO: BORDER DEMARCATION WITH MACEDONIA ON TRACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Civilian Office (ICO) briefed Poloff September 8 on the Kosovo-Macedonia border demarcation process, saying that three of four sectors along the border are complete, and they expect all primary marking stones to be in place by September 19. Laying secondary sto [...]	2008-09-09 16:38:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL KV MK
08PRISTINA472	KOSOVO: CHALLENGES OF PROPERTY AGENCY TRANSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following its transition from UNMIK to Kosovo Government/ICO stewardship, the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) faces a challenge to its continued effectiveness. Unless the Serbian government agrees to cooperate with the refashioned KPA, the KPA will run out of property disputes to a [...]	2008-09-09 16:48:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA542	KOSOVO: SERB MODERATES DISMAYED BY MENTION OF [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of Serbia's successful effort to have its case against Kosovo's independence referred to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and as EULEX deployment draws closer, Kosovo Serbs remain concerned about the direction of events. Serbian President Boris Tadic's comme [...]	2008-10-21 14:46:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA58	KOSOVO: UNMIK POLICE MOVES ADDITIONAL OFFICERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting on information that ethnic Serb Kosovo Police Service (KPS) officers are being pressured to accept the Government of Serbia's direction and possibly desert the KPS in the event of a Kosovo declaration of independence (DI),UNMIK Police moved an additional 42 international [...]	2008-02-05 17:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
08PRISTINA583	KOSOVO: KOSOVO CHURCH MODERATES REMAIN IN KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recently-held Sabor (Holy Assembly, or general bishops' meeting) of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) ended with a positive result for the moderate monks of the Visoki Decani monastery in western Kosovo. (Note: Embassy Belgrade will report more generally on the Sabor, held [...]	2008-11-24 14:58:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KV UNMIK
08PRISTINA61	KOSOVO: SERBS MOSTLY WANT TO STAY, BUT UNHCR HAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: From our contacts with Kosovo Serb leaders -- and barring the outbreak of violence -- it appears that most of Kosovo's Serbs will stay here after independence is declared. There are several factors influencing this: the lack of better options for Kosovo Serbs outside Kosovo, th [...]	2008-02-07 13:58:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
08QUITO1027	PRESIDENTS CORREA AND GARCIA RENEW BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: A decade of peace between Ecuador and Peru has not met all expectations, but the two governments appear committed to raising the stakes in terms of attention and investment. Presidents Rafael Correa and Alan Garcia and their cabinets met on October 25 in Machala, Ecuador, to mark [...]	2008-10-31 12:47:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECIN ETRD SMIG EC PE
08QUITO1045	ECUADOR RESPONSE: 1ST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) PolOff delivered text of the revised Compliance Resolution to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on October 28 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 4. Puma reiterated that the GOE maintains its position of supporting non-proliferation c [...]	2008-11-10 20:14:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNGA CDG EC
08QUITO1046	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR'S ON [...] (C) PolOff delivered text of UNSCR 1835 and Ref A and B points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on October 28 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 4. Puma reiterated that the GOE maintains its position of supporting the UN Security Coun [...]	2008-11-10 20:14:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN MNUC PARM KNNP IR EC
08QUITO1066	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) PolOff delivered non-papers on Iran, Burma and the DPRK (Ref A) to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on November 12 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 14. Puma stated that Ecuador's policy had not changed (Ref B),that Ecuador strong [...]	2008-11-17 21:53:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA EC
08QUITO1086	DEMARCHE RESPONSE - OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper and oral points to Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 21. Puma stated that as far as she was aware, Ecuador's policy regarding its voting on UNGA resolutions with regards to Israel had not changed. Ecuador voted in favor of al [...]	2008-11-21 22:42:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY EC
08QUITO1100	ECUADOR IMPLEMENTS TRAVEL DOC REQUIREMENTS FOR [...] (C) Summary. Mission Ecuador has coordinated a joint strategy with our Chinese counterparts for delivering demarches to the GOE on its visa policies, specifically the lack of control over "tourists", and working with Ecuadorian authorities to improve their controls (Ref A). Both the U.S. an [...]	2008-11-28 21:31:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV ASEC CMGT KCRM KFRD KTIP EC
08QUITO1109	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - 1ST COMMITTEE [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper and oral points to Multilateral Affairs Directorate on November 25, but was unable reach the Directorate's Chief of Staff Marisol Nieto until December 1 (Director General has been traveling). Nieto said that Ecuador strongly supports non-proliferation, arm [...]	2008-12-02 14:28:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC UNGA EC
08QUITO1127	TRAVEL DOCUMENT REQUIREMENT FOR CHINESE: A [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the GOE signed an MOU with China on November 20 to implement a new travel document policy for Chinese tourists traveling to Ecuador, to be effective on December 1, the policy had not been implemented as of December 5. Until it receives clear instructions from the GOE [...]	2008-12-05 22:28:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PREL PGOV ASEC CMGT KCRM KFRD KTIP EC
08QUITO1156	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - UNESCO DIRECTOR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on December 16 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on December 18 when she returned from travel. Puma stated that the MFA had not yet decided who it would support, and would only [...]	2008-12-19 17:14:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO EC
08QUITO1157	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - UN CONDITIONS OF [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on December 16 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on December 18 when she returned from travel. Puma promised to pass the information to Ecuador's UN delegation. Noting that Ec [...]	2008-12-19 17:16:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA EC
08QUITO190	ECUADOR DEMARCH RESPONSE: SOMALIA AND PIRACY [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 27. Puma noted that she was aware of the issues regarding piracy and Somalia, but that Ecuador had not yet developed a position on possible courses of action. 2. (SBU) PolOff stress [...]	2008-02-27 21:00:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO EC SO
08QUITO301	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN, IAEA AND UNSCR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered points and non-papers for reftels B and C on March 4 and for reftel D on March 10 to the MFA's Directorate General of Multilateral Affairs. Due to extensive travel and other commitments, including an active role in addressing the Ecuador-Colombia crisis at the OAS, MFA [...]	2008-03-28 20:07:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM ECON IAEA NSG EC IR
08QUITO371	ECUADORIAN VIEW ON PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche on the United States - European Union declaration on Prisoners of Conscience (reftel) and presented draft declaration language to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Human Rights Augusto Saa April 24. Saa said that the Ministry was previously unaw [...]	2008-04-24 21:55:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV EC
08QUITO394	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: TRAVEL BAN REQUIREMENTS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Ref A points on April 30 to Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, who had been previously unavailable due to her travel and participation in the EU-Andean Community negotiations. 2. (C) Puma reiterated the position she communicated in response [...]	2008-04-30 22:59:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP IR UNSC EC
08QUITO396	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SYRIA'S CLANDESTINE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on April 30 to Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, who had been previously unavailable due to travel and her participation in the EU-Andean Community negotiations. 2. (C) Puma said that she was unaware of the Israeli Air Force m [...]	2008-04-30 23:11:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP DPRK SY IAEA PARM PREL EC
08QUITO397	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: NPT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points and U.S. proposed papers to the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Directorate on April 23, 2008. We received a response on April 30 from Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, who had been previously unavailable due to travel and her partici [...]	2008-05-05 12:38:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP MNUC PREL NPT IAEA EC ENRG
08QUITO433	CORREA ADMINISTRATION COUNTEROFFENSIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: In the lead-up to the May 15 release of the Interpol report on the seized FARC computers, the Correa government is trying to strengthen its position through accusations against Colombia and the United States, a European trip aimed at garnering support for Ecuador's stance, and an angry [...]	2008-05-15 12:38:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EC CO SP FR BE NU
08QUITO434	WHERE IN THE WORLD IS LENIN MORENO? [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Lenin Moreno has failed to carve out a significant policy role during the first 18 months of the Correa administration, and recent ill-health has further limited Moreno's role within the GOE. He remains popular with the public, but does not appear to have aspirat [...]	2008-05-15 16:56:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET	PGOV EC

08QUITO567	ECUADOR: ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT QUITS WITH NO WARNING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise move, Constituent Assembly President Alberto Acosta (Proud and Sovereign Fatherland Movement or PAIS) resigned from that position June 23. Citing his frustration with a process that he feels has become too rushed, Acosta vowed to remain focused on helping the Asse [...]	2008-06-24 20:39:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
08QUITO578	ECUADOR DOES NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) PolOff met on June 27 with Marisol Nieto, MFA Acting Director General of Multilateral Affairs, during which poloff asked about the GOE's decision regarding Kosovo's independence. 2. (C) Nieto said that the GOE's official position is to not recognize Kosovo's independence. No formal [...]	2008-06-30 14:25:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL UNAUS UNMIK EC
08QUITO581	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: 60 DAY REPORT ON UNSCR [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on June 27 to Marisol Nieto, MFA Acting Director General of Multilateral Affairs. 2. (C) Nieto reiterated that the GOE's position on Iran is based on "principles" and that the IAEA should have been given additional time to work with Iran before introdu [...]	2008-06-30 21:39:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC EC
08QUITO582	ASSEMBLY PICKS UP PACE AS DIVISIONS WITHIN PAIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The new President of the assembly, Fernando Cordero, appears determined to meet the July 26 deadline mandated by the Constituent Assembly statute. From June 24-26 the assembly approved a record 37 articles. Opposition members remain disgruntled because they consider Cordero,s s [...]	2008-06-30 22:18:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
08QUITO616	GOE SEIZES ISAIAS GROUP PROPERTY [...] (SBU) Summary: GOE financial regulatory authorities seized two major television stations and other properties owned by the Isaias Group on July 8. While some business leaders and members of the political opposition are accusing the government of attempting to suppress freedom of speech, the [...]	2008-07-08 19:03:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
08QUITO773	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNGA ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on August 6, and followed up with Puma on August 18. Puma confirmed that President Correa would not attend, and that Foreign Minister Maria Isabel Salvador would represent Ecuador at the UNGA. [...]	2008-08-22 12:51:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA EC
08QUITO774	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: CUBA AND EU'S HUMAN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered points from reftels to MFA Director General of Human Rights Augusto Saa on July 30 and with Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on August 6. 2. (C) Saa was brief in his response, saying that Ecuador maintains a policy of non-interventionism in the [...]	2008-08-22 12:51:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL EUN EC CU
08QUITO775	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered points (Refs A and B) to Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on August 8. Puma said that the GOE had not changed its policy (Refs C and D) that it will not publicly declare a position either for or against Kosovo's independence. However, she added that [...]	2008-08-22 12:51:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KPKO UNMIK KV SR EC
08QUITO776	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on July 14 to the MFA's Directorate General of Multilateral Affairs and followed up with Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on August 8. Puma said that the GOE was pleased that the India IAEA Safeguards Agreement had been approved, that [...]	2008-08-22 12:51:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC EC
08QUITO777	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN AND THE NAM [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Ref A points on July 14 to the MFA's Directorate General of Multilateral Affairs and followed up with Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on August 8. 2. (C) Puma said that the GOE supported the passage of the Statement on Iran's Nuclear Issue adop [...]	2008-08-22 12:51:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL UR EC
08QUITO778	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: PSI [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) workshop summary (Ref A) and copy of letter (Ref B) to MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on August 6. Puma had been unaware of the workshop. She expressed gratitude to the USG for organizing it, and asked [...]	2008-08-22 12:54:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP EC
08QUITO877	FOLLOW-UP ON ECUADOR'S ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] (SBU) PolOff met with MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 5 to confirm which GOE officials would attend UNGA (Ref A). Puma said that President Rafael Correa would not be traveling to the U.S., that he was staying in Ecuador due to events leading up to Ecuador' [...]	2008-09-11 20:09:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA EC
08QUITO878	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 5. Puma reiterated the GOE's non-interventionist mantra, saying that the GOE's position on human rights issues was that they should be handled exclusively by the UN Human Rights Council, [...]	2008-09-11 20:17:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA EC
08QUITO879	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - KOSOVO ICG RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 5, emphasizing that Kosovo independence is a political issue, not a legal question, and therefore should be decided by political institutions, not by the courts. 2. (C) Puma quickly a [...]	2008-09-11 20:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNGA UN KV EC
08QUITO880	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (C) PolOff delivered points from reftels to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 5. Puma reiterated her regular mantra that the GOE was particularly sensitive to issues of sovereignty. She noted that the GOE would not make a public commitment for or against Ru [...]	2008-09-11 20:25:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KPKO GG RU EC
08QUITO892	ECUADOR RESPONSE: SECRETARY'S WOMEN LEADERS' [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered the Secretary's invitation (Ref B) to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 5. Puma said that Foreign Minister Maria Isabel Salvador is planning to travel to UNGA on September 21 and to return to Quito on September 24, due to events leading [...]	2008-09-19 20:07:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWMN UNGA EC
08QUITO90	ECUADOR: CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY FOCUS UNCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: As the Constituent Assembly reaches the two-month mark, members are meeting with various interest groups and holding private committee meetings, but have yet to debate publicly any constitutional language. The Assembly has approved six laws or other documents, including the controver [...]	2008-01-30 20:27:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN SNAR KCOR EC
08QUITO921	CAMPAIGN FOR YES VOTE ON CONSTITUTION COMPELLING [...] (C) Summary: Those planning to vote "yes" in the Sunday referendum, led by President Correa and his Proud and Sovereign Fatherland (PAIS) movement, encompass many social organizations, leftist political parties, and other Ecuadorians that believe the new constitution will promote justice, equ [...]	2008-09-25 18:38:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
08RABAT1023	MOROCCO SUPPORTS GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 13:13:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MO
08RABAT1036	MOROCCO SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) On October 28 Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane concerning the proposed U.S. draft resolution on "Compliance With Non-proliferation, Arms Limitation and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments". Farhane said the GOM would likely suppor [...]	2008-10-28 15:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM UNGA CDG PREL MO
08RABAT1050	MOROCCO PROVIDED SUMMARY OF SEPTEMBER 2008 PARIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 14:26:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL MO
08RABAT1059	MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. REQUESTS ON UPCOMING UN [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche on November 7 to Chief of Service of the Principal Bodies of the United Nations Redoune Houssaini regarding Morocco's actions on the upcoming UN Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Redoune was p [...]	2008-11-07 15:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MO
08RABAT1091	MOROCCO: MFA CONCERNED ABOUT U.S. TRANSITION [...] (C//NF) An Egyptian Embassy colleague told Poloff on November 21 that the Egyptian Ambassador in Rabat was convoked on November 13 by Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) then-Secretary General Omar Hillale. Hillale asked Cairo to issue a declaration publicly supporting the Government of Moroc [...]	2008-11-21 19:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS EG WI MO
08RABAT1094	MOROCCO WILL CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR UN RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 11:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC UNGA MO
08RABAT1095	MOROCCO WILL STAND WITH ARAB LEAGUE AND OIC ON [...] (C) Poloff met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane on November 21 and attempted to persuade him to influence Morocco's UN delegation in NY to vote against, abstain, or absent themselves when the anticipated biased resolutions against Isra [...]	2008-11-24 11:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PA IS LE SY UNGA MO
08RABAT112	WHAT SPAWNED THE FOREIGN FIGHTERS OF TETOUAN? [...] (C) Summary: Tetouan, notorious for having spawned the jihadists who carried out the Madrid train bombings, and at least two dozen foreign fighters, also carries the promise of a new, more prosperous Morocco. Poloffs learned during a recent visit that it took a variety of environmental, polit [...]	2008-02-06 11:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL KIRF MO
08RABAT1124	MOROCCO RECEIVES GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 17:05:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER PREL KGIC
08RABAT1125	MOROCCO FINALIZING SEISMIC AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Embassy conveyed our need to sign the bilateral seismic agreement with Morocco by the end of the year via diplomatic note on December 5. In addition, PolCouns met with MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita who informed PolCouns that the GOM is seized with the matter and is working dilgentl [...]	2008-12-05 17:46:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL TPHY KTBT KSCI KTIA MO
08RABAT1145	MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. PROPOSAL ON UN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 14:07:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA MO
08RABAT1168	MOROCCO HEARS MULTIPLE REQUESTS TO STAY ABSENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 17:25:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MO
08RABAT1169	AL ADL WA IHSAN: MOROCCO'S ISLAMIST DISSIDENTS [...] (C) Summary: The banned Islamist religio-political organization Al Adl wal-Ihsan (Adl) (more commonly known as the Justice and Charity or Justice and Good Works Organization) may be moving toward political participation, perhaps as a legal political party. Adl spokesman Fatallah Arsalane highlighte [...]	2008-12-18 17:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PINR KISL IT MO
08RABAT1191	MOROCCO UNDERSTANDS U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT UNESCO [...] (C) Poloff relayed U.S. concerns regarding the potential candidacy of Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni for the position of UNESCO Director-General to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Section of Candidatures and Contributions for the United Nations and International Organizations Ms. R [...]	2008-12-24 07:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO MO
08RABAT1199	VICE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FIRED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 19:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SP MO
08RABAT1201	AGADIR PROTEST DEATHS: TRAGIC BUT NOT DELIBERATE [...] (C//NF) Based on information obtained during EmbOff's visit, it appears that a tragic accident, and not a premeditated act, led to the deaths of two Sahrawi (Western Saharan) students during a December 1 protest in the Moroccan city of Agadir. Separate statements from a Sahrawi participant i [...]	2008-12-30 12:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL PBTS WI AG MO
08RABAT1204	MOROCCO: GAZA ANGER GROWS; SCHOOLS SHUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Moroccan public and official response to the recent Israeli air strikes in Gaza continues to be universally critical of Israel and, increasingly, the United States. Almost every article, statement, and interlocutor has used the word "disproportionate" to describe the action. [...]	2008-12-31 16:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM MOPS ASEC KPAL KWBG MO
08RABAT140	HUMAN RIGHTS DILAOGUE, WESTERN SAHARA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the second annual session of the U.S.-Morocco bilateral human rights dialogue, our senior GOM interlocutor used the occasion to criticize the existence of separate human rights reports for Morocco and Western Sahara. The Moroccans also complained that the USG distorted the go [...]	2008-02-14 12:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MO
08RABAT148	MOROCCO SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POSITION AGAINST OSLO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 19:18:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	MOPS PARM PREL MO
08RABAT153	MOROCCO ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT HCOC ANNUAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 17:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
08RABAT190	MOROCCO SUPPORTIVE OF USG PRIORITIES FOR UPCOMING [...] On February 29th, POLOFF provided Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Principal UN Offices Redouane Houssaini with small briefing, accompanied by a diplomatic note, on US priorities at the upcoming UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs being held March 10-14. 2. Mr. Houssaini thanked [...]	2008-02-29 18:50:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SNAR AU UN
08RABAT195	MOROCCANS SIMMERING OVER GAZA SITUATION [...] (SBU) The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued on March 1 a strong and relatively unusual condemnation of the Israeli government for the IDF's military operations in Gaza. The official Maghreb Arab Press (MAP) agency reported that the MFA "strongly denounced the 'horrible acts committe [...]	2008-03-03 11:37:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEC MO IS PA
08RABAT241	MOROCCO VOICES SUPPORT FOR ADOPTION OF UNSC [...] On March 14, POLOFF conveyed to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of the Security and Disarmament Section Mr. Driss Rushdy reftel points concerning obligations imposed on U.N. member states by the recent adoption of UNSCR 1803, which imposes further sanctions on Iran for its fai [...]	2008-03-14 12:35:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP MNUC IR MO
08RABAT314	MOROCCO OPTIMISTIC ON PROSPECT OF SIGNING ON TO [...] (SBU) On April 3, 2008, Poloff extended ref invitation to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane for the Government of Morocco (GOM) to attend the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) May 28-29 event in Washington D.C. Farhane said that he would [...]	2008-04-10 15:41:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP MO
08RABAT324	MOROCCO TO SEND EMBASSY OFFICER TO GI PLANNING [...] (SBU) On April 14, 2008, the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane informed Embassy Poloff that the Government of Morocco intends to send an officer from its Embassy in Paris to the Exercise Planning Group meeting for the Global Initiative for C [...]	2008-04-14 15:28:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC FR MO
08RABAT344	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 14:55:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL MO
08RABAT370	TRANSFER OF MOROCCAN GTMO DETAINEE SAID [...] (C/NF) This is a coordinated mission message, with concurrence from all concerned agencies. In response to queries reftel; (a) The GOM is prepared to receive the proposed transfer. (b) The GOM has provided verbal assurances from a variety of sources including MFA Director of Bilateral Affai [...]	2008-04-24 16:56:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PINR PTER KDRG MO
08RABAT389	MOROCCO CONSIDERS US PRIORITIES AT NPT PREPATORY [...] (SBU) On April 30, 2008, Poloff presented U.S. priorities for the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) prepatory conference (PrepCom) on April 28 and May 9, 2008 in Geneva (ref A) to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane, in the form of non-pape [...]	2008-04-30 15:59:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA KNNP MO
08RABAT390	MOROCCO SIGNALS DESIRE FOR CLOSER SECURITY TIES TO [...] (C) Summary: Senior Moroccan military and diplomatic officials indicate that they would give serious consideration to the Status of Forces Agreement, but needed to review the U.S. draft. Morocco,s Inspector General of the Armed Forces (CHOD) General Bennani recently pledged to sign the Acqui [...]	2008-04-30 17:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS MCAP MO
08RABAT392	MFA POL/MIL CHIEF: AFRICA OPPOSES AFRICOM PRESENCE [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Military Affairs Chief Karim Halim recently criticized U.S. military plans for an AFRICOM presence in Africa, underscoring that the vast majority of African countries considered any U.S. military presence in Africa to be a provocation. [...]	2008-05-01 07:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS MO
08RABAT418	MOROCCO CONSIDERS PARTICIPATION IN UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 18:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO MO
08RABAT419	MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. POSITION ON RETENTION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 18:40:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PARM TBIO MO
08RABAT420	MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. REQUEST FOR SHAPING OSLO [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 18:46:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN MO
08RABAT443	SENIOR GOM OFFICIAL: AMERICA SHOULD CHANGE ITS [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with National War College students and faculty, Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General of Bilateral Relations Youssef Amrani identified the poor perception of the United States in the region as the U.S. government's greatest foreign policy challen [...]	2008-05-16 17:56:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KWBG IS IZ MO
08RABAT461	U/S BURNS' LETTER TO ARAB MAGHREB UNION [...] On May 19, Poloff delivered reftel letter, covered by a transmittal letter signed by Ambassador Riley, to Zoheir Merchaoui, AMU Counselor for Political and Information Affairs. Merchaoui received the text with enthusiasm. Taking note of the proposal to convene all AMU member state Foreign Min [...]	2008-05-20 15:40:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PTER ECON SOCI SMIG XI MO MR LY
08RABAT475	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GIIP ADVISORY COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 15:39:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER KGIC PREL MO
08RABAT532	NUDGING THE ARAB MAGHREB UNION OUT OF A RUT [...] (C) Summary: The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU),which links Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya in an effort to promote regional cooperation and economic integration, has to date been a largely stagnant organization with relatively little to show for its 19 years of existence. AMU Sec [...]	2008-06-09 14:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ECIN MO XA
08RABAT538	MOROCCO: NO ASAD VISIT, MORE SUPPORT NEEDED FOR [...] (C) In a June 10 meeting with poloffs, Amb. Mohammed Azeroual, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General for Multilateral Affairs said there was currently no indication that Syrian President Bashar Asad would be visiting Morocco. He noted that as of June 10, Asad was in Tripoli, along with [...]	2008-06-10 17:39:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE
08RABAT568	MOROCCO CONSIDERS PRESSING IRAN ON P5+1 PACKAGE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 17:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP UNSC IR MO
08RABAT569	MOROCCO PRISON CHANGES: A BLAST FROM THE PAST [...] (C) The new Delegate-General for Prison Administration, Mohammed Benhachem, indicated to PolCouns a willingness to work with the USG, but asked to defer any USG assessment until at least July, so he would be better prepared. Benhachem is a former head of the national police force and Ministry [...]	2008-06-19 10:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PINS PTER KISL MO
08RABAT570	MOROCCO RIOTS: WHAT HAPPENED IN SIDI IFNI? [...] (C) The heavy-handed police breakup of a blockade at the Sidi Ifni port on June 7, and consequent riot, yielded numerous casualties. In contrast to media reports, there were neither fatalities nor rapes, but a consensus of credible independent inquiries confirms there were numerous cases of p [...]	2008-06-20 07:54:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PINS ECON EFIS EAGR MO
08RABAT577	PARLIAMENTARY REFORM VIEWED WITH SKEPTICISM [...] (C) Summary: A parliamentary staffer from the Berber-dominated Mouvement Populaire (MP) political party recently told us that real constitutional reform was necessary to advance democracy, but unlikely in the near term. For now, the Parliament could exercise better the authority it already ho [...]	2008-06-23 07:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
08RABAT579	MOROCCO: FOLLOW UP ON THE 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) The Country Report on Human Rights Practices has become an increasingly useful tool for promoting improvement in Morocco. Since the release of the Morocco and Western Sahara human rights reports on March 11, the Government of Morocco (GOM),human rights organizations and other diplomats [...]	2008-06-23 14:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM MO
08RABAT66	WESTERN SAHARA: ACTIVIST DESCRIBES HOPE AND [...] (C) Pro-independence Sahrawi human rights activist Brahim Dahane (strictly protect) told us there is a sense among Sahrawis, even in separatist circles, that something potentially positive is coming out of the Manhasset process. He hotly disputed Government of Morocco (GOM) attempts to like [...]	2008-01-23 16:55:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT661	MOROCCAN MFA CONSIDERS U.S. POSITION ON NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 16:39:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	IAEA PARM PERL TRGY MNUC KNNP IR MO
08RABAT662	MOROCCO LIKELY TO SUPPORT INDIA'S SAFEGUARD [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC IN MO
08RABAT683	MOROCCO: STRENGTHENED RIGHTS DIALOGUE AND A TOUCH [...] (C) Senior Moroccan Interior and Foreign Affairs officials praised, with some reservations, the Department's 2007 Human Rights Report and the Government of Morocco (GOM)/Embassy dialogue that informs it. They agreed to a schedule and framework to govern the next cycle of discussion and asked [...]	2008-07-22 19:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT684	CORRECTED COPY: STRENGTHENED RIGHTS DIALOGUE AND A [...] (C) Senior Moroccan Interior and Foreign Affairs officials praised, with some reservations, the Department's 2007 Human Rights Report and the Government of Morocco (GOM)/Embassy dialogue that informs it. They agreed to a schedule and framework to govern the next cycle of discussion and asked [...]	2008-07-22 19:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT688	NEW PJD LEADER MOVES QUICKLY TO REASSURE [...] (C) Summary: New PJD leader Abdelilah Benkirane moved quickly to reassure the nation, in a July 23 press conference, that he will not radicalize the Justice and Development Party (PJD) party. He said his agenda was economic not religious. Outside observers note his election as leader of th [...]	2008-07-24 15:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MO
08RABAT70	CORRECTED COPY:WESTERN SAHARA: ACTIVIST DESCRIBES [...] (C) Pro-independence Sahrawi human rights activist Brahim Dahane (strictly protect) told us there is a sense among Sahrawis, even in separatist circles, that something potentially positive is coming out of the Manhasset process. He hotly disputed Government of Morocco (GOM) attempts to like [...]	2008-01-23 17:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT718	NAM MINISTERIAL: SNOOZING DINOSAUR MUTTERS IN ITS [...] (C/NF) Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita (strictly protect) said that Iran "did not get most of what it wanted" on the issue of its nuclear and missile programs during the recent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial in Tehran. He expressed happiness with the more Morocco-friendly [...]	2008-08-04 11:05:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KNNP WI ZI AG ZP ZR MO
08RABAT719	NAM MINISTERIAL: SNOOZING DINOSAUR MUTTERS IN ITS [...] (C/NF) Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita (strictly protect) said that Iran "did not get most of what it wanted" on the issue of its nuclear and missile programs during the recent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial in Tehran. He expressed happiness with the more Morocco-friendly [...]	2008-08-04 11:05:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KNNP WI ZI AG ZP ZR MO
08RABAT739	WESTERN SAHARA: UNHCR MANEUVERING AROUND A [...] (C) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Western Sahara Operations Director Sergio Calle-Noreno (protect) said that he had received an agreement in principle from the Government of Morocco (GOM),the Polisario, and Algeria in May to attend a conference in Geneva in J [...]	2008-08-08 13:55:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PBTS UNHCR PREL KHDP WI AG MO
08RABAT741	CORRECTED: WESTERN SAHARA: UNHCR MANEUVERING [...] (C) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Western Sahara Operations Director Sergio Calle-Noreno (protect) said that he had received an agreement in principle from the Government of Morocco (GOM),the Polisario, and Algeria in May to attend a conference in Geneva in J [...]	2008-08-10 16:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PBTS UNHCR PREL KHDP WI AG MO
08RABAT750	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING MOROCCO TO ACCEPT AN [...] PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita on July 22. Bourita responded positively but noncommittally, saying that the Government of Morocco (GOM) supported the idea in principle but still had concerns about the Office of the High Comm [...]	2008-08-12 07:31:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UN MO
08RABAT786	MOROCCO SUPPORTIVE OF QUICK RESOLUTION TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 16:29:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RU GG MO
08RABAT798	MOROCCO CONSIDERS DEMARCHE REQUEST TO NOT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-26 18:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO
08RABAT819	MOROCCO: MOJ READY TO SET DATE FOR MLAT [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Secretary General Mohammed Lididi said that discussions leading toward a renegotiation of the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) currently in force between the Government of Morocco (GOM) and the USG are a "high priority" for his ministry. Although [...]	2008-09-02 15:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN PREL KJUS KCRM MO
08RABAT830	MOROCCO OFFERS MIXED SUPPORT FOR UNGA THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 15:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN MO
08RABAT845	MOROCCO WILL STAND WITH THE ARAB LEAGUE AND OIG [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA MO
08RABAT846	MOROCCO UNDECIDED ON RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO
08RABAT897	MOROCCO PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 18:08:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM UNGA MO
08RABAT907	MOROCCO UNDECIDED ON IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS VOTE [...] (C) Poloff attempted to persuade Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of the United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane to support Afghanistan as the candidate of choice to fill the vacancy in the IAEA Board of Governors. Farhane stated that Morocco has not yet taken an official position o [...]	2008-09-22 17:59:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	IAEA PARM MNUC MO
08RABAT915	MOROCCO AND WESTERN SAHARA INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS [...] Poloff delivered copies of the 2008 International Religious Freedom Reports (IRFRs) for Morocco and the Western Sahara to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane with other copies to convey to Moroccan Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs Ahm [...]	2008-09-24 17:39:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO MO
08RABAT918	USG CONCERNS ABOUT UNSC MEETING PASSED TO GOM [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 16:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL IS UNSC MO
08RABAT925	MOROCCO SUPPORTS U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] Poloff discussed the U.S. UNGA First Committee resolution on compliance with nonproliferation, arms limitations and disarmament agreements with MFA Head of UN Division Azzedine Farhane on September 26. Farhane said that Morocco will certainly support the resolution. 2. When asked if Morocc [...]	2008-09-26 18:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM CDG PREL UNGA MO
08RABAT926	MOROCCO LIKELY TO ATTEND GI EXERCISE PLANNING [...] Poloff delivered reftel message to MFA Head of UN Division Azzedine Farhane on September 26. Farhane said that Morocco will likely participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Exercise Planning Group second meeting in Washington, D.C. on November 13-14. He will forward the [...]	2008-09-26 18:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MO
08RABAT962	MOROCCO CONSIDERS KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) Poloff discussed Serbia's resolution to refer a question on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence to the International Court of Justice with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Service of the Principle Bodies of the United Nations Redoune Houssaini on October 8. [...]	2008-10-09 11:55:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV MO
08RABAT985	REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED VEHICLES TO YEMEN [...] (S) PolOff discussed reftel points with MFA Chief of International Security Karim Halim on October 14. Halim had questions related to the terms of the transfer and said that such a decision had to be made in coordination with the Moroccan military. Halim stated that Morocco does not have a [...]	2008-10-14 14:47:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR YE EG MO
08RANGOON100	BURMA: THE NLD REACHES OUT, THAN SHWE DIGS IN [...] (C) Summary. On February 6, the NLD Central Executive Committee (the Uncles) issued a statement inviting cease-fire ethnic groups to visit NLD headquarters in Rangoon for discussions. Some in the party leadership remain concerned about holding talks with these groups without Aung San Suu Kyi [...]	2008-02-08 09:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON114	CENSORING THE BURMESE PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Printing and Press Scrutiny Board, comprised of 20 low-level officers, reads and censors every written publication in Burma. The board deletes all taboo material from printed media in the country, including anything critical of the government. Because of low wages for these [...]	2008-02-13 09:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON115	WILDLIFE PROTECTION IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary. Through its small grants program, Embassy Rangoon funds a Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association (BANCA) mobile education project in the buffer zone surrounding Shwesetaw Wildlife Sanctuary in Magwe Division. The wildlife sanctuary is home to many endangered species th [...]	2008-02-13 10:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON121	MONKS OF CENTRAL BURMA PREDICT MORE PROTESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Monks from monasteries in Yenanchaung and Kyaukpadaung believe that there will be further demonstrations sooner rather than later. This area in Central Burma historically has given rise to popular movements, and citizens of the two towns actively joined the September protests. [...]	2008-02-14 10:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON139	BURMA: MANY KAREN SEE ONLY A ROADMAP TO RUIN [...] (C) Summary. Ethnic Karen and former National Convention delegate Simon Tha told us that he and nearly all of his fellow National Convention delegates regarded the regime's proposed constitutional referendum as a sham. He expected Than Shwe would continue to ignore concerns about the process [...]	2008-02-21 09:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON17	BURMA: GUILT BY ASSOCIATION [...] (C) Summary. The regime may charge detained activist Htin Kyaw with sedition in addition to the other, less serious charges pending against him. His lawyers and family have not been able to see him since he ended his hunger strike on December 30. Authorities arrested NLD member and labor a [...]	2008-01-11 08:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON180	PROMOTING LEARNING AND LIVELIHOODS IN CHIN STATE [...] (C) Summary. In a country where many are impoverished and oppressed, the Chins are among the most destitute. Tedim, a town of 13,000 people located in the remote northern Chin hills, depends on sparse agricultural production and remittances from abroad for its meager income. Two Embassy-fun [...]	2008-03-07 07:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON183	NLD MANDALAY PROMOTES OPPOSITION, LACKS RESOURCES [...] (C) Summary. The NLD in Mandalay faces a number of challenges that reflect those encountered throughout the rest of Burma. These include lack of public awareness, lack of offices and resources to carry out activities, and a short time span in which to promote votes against the constitution i [...]	2008-03-07 10:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON195	THAN SHWE,S REFERENDUM: HEADS I WIN, TAILS YOU LOSE [...] (C) Detained monk U Gambira told family members he hopes the Burmese people will reject the regime's draft constitution and asked them to spread the word. The NLD's Central Executive Committee continued to support a "no" vote, but had not yet developed a strategy or released a statement on i [...]	2008-03-13 10:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON203	NASCENT HEALTHCARE IN IRRAWADDY DIVISION [...] (C) Summary. The Hinthada region of Irrawaddy Division is one of Burma's backwaters. Few roads exist for transportation, families have an average of seven children, and dengue, malaria, and diarrhea are the most common killers. While a single midwife provides healthcare in a few villages, m [...]	2008-03-18 07:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM AMED TBIO EAID
08RANGOON215	DISORGANIZATION AND DISUNITY PRECEDE BURMA'S [...] (C) Summary: As the regime's planned constitutional referendum draws nearer, the opposition remains disorganized and scattered. Infighting among pro-democracy groups continues, with tension between the NLD's senior leaders, ethnic pro-democracy leaders, and the NLD's younger members coming [...]	2008-03-20 10:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON258	KAREN STATE: PEACE A PRIORITY IN THE REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary. Karens are deeply divided over whether or not to support the constitution in the upcoming May referendum. While most of the general population wants peace and opposes anything produced by the government, they live in fear of the consequences of voting no. Karen leaders also wan [...]	2008-04-08 11:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
08RANGOON265	THAI DREAMS: THE ECONOMIC PULL ON THE KAREN [...] (SBU) Summary. The increasingly poor economic conditions in Karen State drive many young people, particularly women, into Thailand every year. While jobs and money available there have the potential to lead to a better life, women are often lured into situations where they work under abusive [...]	2008-04-11 11:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM BM

08RANGOON283	PRESERVING THE CHATTHIN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY [...] (C) Summary. The Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary, established to preserve some of the last remaining habitat of the Eld's or golden deer, has come under threat in recent years due to lack of sufficient fuel wood and building materials in the surrounding villages. The New Generation Library Associ [...]	2008-04-24 09:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM SENV ECON

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