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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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10CARACAS632010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) In response to reftel, please find following the submission of the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Venezuela. 2. (U) Openness to Foreign Investment Economic and political uncertainties, a recent history of actual and threatened nationalizations, and increasing state inter [...]
2010-01-21 22:06:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB USTR OPIC KTDB VE
10CARACAS69Venezuela’s Economy in 2010: A Difficult and Uncertain Year
[...] (C) Summary: 2010 is shaping up to be another bad year for Venezuela economically. After oil prices fell in the second half of 2008, Venezuela's bubble burst and the economy contracted 2.9 percent in 2009. Analysts' predictions for growth in 2010 range from anemic growth of 1.4 percent to a contrac [...]
2010-01-22 15:14:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN VE
10CARACAS7DISCONTENT GROWS IN ONE OF VENEZUELA'S INDUSTRIAL HEARTLANDS
[...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan government's (GBRV) perceived mismanagement of recently nationalized basic industries in the country's Guayana region has engendered resentment among the local population and led to work stoppages and demonstrations by the industries' workers. The crisis within [...]
2010-01-06 19:14:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI ECON EIND VE
10CARACAS73GBRV LAUNCHES "BABY JESUS" MISSION AS INFANT MORTALITY RISES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 29, in an effort to halt rising infant and maternal mortality, President Chavez launched the "Baby Jesus" Mission during his weekly "Hello President" radio and television broadcast. The program includes a proposed initial investment of over USD 124 million to bu [...]
2010-01-25 16:42:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ECIN KCOR VE
10CASABLANCA132009 MOROCCO UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR FOR TVPRA AND TDA
[...] (U) This message provides requested updates for the Department of Labor's annual report on forced labor and exploitive child labor as mandated under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) and the Trade and Development Act (TDA) and requested in reftel. 2. (SBU) The [...]
2010-02-01 16:17:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN MO
10CASABLANCA18MOROCCO: LABOR MONITORING AND TRADE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morocco has engaged in significant labor reform, primarily through a 2004 modernization of its labor code, an effort that received added impetus as a result of the negotiation of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. While the current law adheres to core international labor [...]
2010-02-05 11:10:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV MO
10CASABLANCA20MOROCCO: 2010 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) This cable responds to action request (Ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2009 to February 2010. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Morocco (GOM) has taken a number of steps in 2009 that indicat [...]
2010-02-16 09:01:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KFRD
10CASABLANCA25MOROCCO: 2010 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) This cable responds to action request (Ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2009 to February 2010. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Morocco (GOM) has taken a number of steps in 2009 that indicat [...]
2010-02-22 17:35:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KFRD
10CHENGDU18SW CHINA: CHENGDU MAYOR GE MEETS CONSULATES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chengdu will build on its strengths in high tech areas such as IT, software services, and the aircraft industry, Mayor Ge Honglin said January 22. Chengdu will lead in cutting carbon emissions: it closed all coalmines in the larger Chengdu municipal region, and is now replacing [...]
2010-01-26 09:12:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ELTN EAIR PGOV PINR SENV BEXP CH
10CHENGDU22SW CHINA CHRISTIANS: RELIGION AND CHARITABLE WORK IN
[...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Pastor Richard Cai, the founder of Huamei, a faith-based organization in Sichuan, recently provided an overview of Protestant church groups and faith-based work in Si [...]
2010-01-28 12:24:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI CH
10CHENGDU35SW CHINA: MINORITIES DISCUSS PRC MINORITY POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: Retired Tibetan Communist leader Yangling Dorje and three ethnic minority professors at Chengdu's Southwest Nationalities University -- a Miao, a Korean, and a Tibetan -- recently discussed their frustrations with PRC minority policy in two separate meetings with Congen Chengdu. [...]
2010-02-05 03:58:00Consulate ChengduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI CH
10CHENGDU6WIFE OF SICHUAN DISSIDENT HUANG QI DISCUSSES HIS CASE
[...] (C) Summary: Zeng Li, wife of imprisoned Sichuan dissident Huang Qi, told Consul General January 4th that she has not been allowed to see her husband since he was sentenced on November 23, 2009 to three years imprisonment for possession of state secrets. Zeng fears for Huang's health -- she is [...]
2010-01-06 09:43:00Consulate ChengduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH
10CHENNAI30 ENERGETIC-BUT-CIVILIZED DEBATE OVER BIOTECH EGGPLANT DRAWS
[...] (U) Summary: As part of Minister of Environment Jairam Ramesh's cross-country tour to discuss the introduction of a biotech eggplant in India (reftel),Ramesh held an informal event on February 6 at a university in Bangalore. Both sides (for and against) appeared evenly represented at the venu [...]
2010-02-09 10:46:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON SENV PGOV EINV IN
10CHIANGMAI16KAREN STATE UPDATE
[...] (C) According to the Karen National Union (KNU),which continues its armed struggle against Burma's military regime, it has agreed on the terms of a defensive military alliance with two other armed groups - the Kachin Independence Army (KIA-a ceasefire group) and Chin National Army. Talks aim [...]
2010-02-19 08:03:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF MOPS MARR BM TH
10CHISINAU21MOLDOVA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] Embassy Chisinau submits the 2010 Investment Climate Statement in response to reftel: A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. Moldova continues to take steps toward developing a stronger economy, reforming a cumbersome regulatory framework, combating [...]
2010-01-15 10:29:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD
10CHISINAU39 MOLDOVA'S 2010 STATE BUDGET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new four-party Alliance for European Integration (AIE)-led Parliament approved the 2010 state budget for the Government of Moldova (GOM) on December 23, 2009. The GOM projects an increase in revenues, an increase in expenditures, and a deficit about 11 percent less than i [...]
2010-01-25 11:20:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
10CHISINAU62 MOLDOVA'S INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND
[...] In order to obtain information for this cable, Econoff contacted the International Labor Organization Office -International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) in Moldova, the Ministry of Labor, Social Protection and Family, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the General Prose [...]
2010-02-03 12:39:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI MD
10CHISINAU83MOLDOVA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 13:37:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN MD PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10CIUDADJUAREZ64S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL - CIUDAD JUAREZ
[...] US Consulate General Ciudad Juarez proposes a partnership with Chihuahua's leading private sector foundation, FECHAC (Fundacion del Empresariado Chihuahuense, A.C.) to expand an after-school program targeting at-risk girls and boys of working mothers in Ciudad Juarez. The USD 99,749 program w [...]
2010-02-19 19:41:00Consulate Ciudad JuarezUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO PHUM KWMN MX
10COLOMBO110Northern Province Health Infrastructure Assessment
[...] SUMMARY. During the week of January 18-22, the embassy's Civil-Military Support Element (CMSE),together with Sri Lankan Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition (MOH) officials and Medical Teams International (a primarily U.S. Government-funded non-governmental organization),planned and conducte [...]
2010-02-12 07:26:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CE PTER PHUM EAID PREF
10COLOMBO126 S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR SRI LANKA AND THE MALDIVES
[...] (U) Summary. Post carefully reviewed 59 proposals for S/GWI funding, and after discussing country priorities, the committee selected the strongest five proposals: four are for Sri Lanka, and one is for the Maldives. The proposed projects cover key issues such as gender based violence, econom [...]
2010-02-22 03:19:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY CE MV
10COLOMBO31POST RECOMMENDS NOT ACCEPTING SRI LANKA GSP
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post does not support accepting the AFL-CIO petition to remove Sri Lanka as an eligible country under the GSP program because Sri Lankan labor standards are among the best in the region, the apparel industry has a program to improve working conditions, and the political im [...]
2010-01-15 11:46:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCE ECON ELAB ETRD
10COLOMBO32SRI LANKA WAR-CRIMES ACCOUNTABILITY: THE TAMIL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: There have been a few tentative steps on accountability for crimes allegedly committed by Sri Lankan troops and civilian officials during the war with the LTTE. President Rajapaksa named a committee to make recommendations to him on the U.S. incidents report by April, and candidate Fon [...]
2010-01-15 12:23:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO36SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 8
[...] (C)(Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Election-related violence has caused three additional deaths since the last elections update cable from Post (Ref. A). On January 16, a group of unidentified persons opened fire on a van carrying supporters of President Rajapaksa, killing one person and injurin [...]
2010-01-19 13:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO53LEFTIST JVP EXPLAINS SUPPORT FOR FONSEKA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 15 meeting with Ambassador, neo-Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party chief Somawansa Amarasinghe and JVP MP Sunil Hanunnetti discussed the JVP's vision of a united, multiethnic, multi-lingual Sri Lanka; their support for Sarath Fonseka's presidential bid; the [...]
2010-01-25 10:22:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO64H1N1 IN THE MALDIVES - VACCINE NEEDED
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) EconOff met with Dr. Aminath Jameel, Minister of Health (www.health.gov.mv),on January 14. The Minister noted that while only one death and 35 cases of H1N1 have been confirmed in the Maldives, many of her countrymen remain de [...]
2010-01-28 11:59:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV TBIO KFLU SOCI CASC CE
10COLOMBO67INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010 - THE MALDIVES
[...] Per reftel, below is the investment climate statement for the Maldives for 2010. (NOTE: Certain Website addresses were split to allow for sending via cable. The report sent in Word format has the correct links.) INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - THE MALDIVES JANUARY 2010 INTRODUCTION [...]
2010-01-29 05:47:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB OPIC ECON USTR EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV MV
10COLOMBO72INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010 - SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 08:41:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
10COLOMBO8CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST SAYS FONSEKA WANTS TRUTH AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador, chief opposition campaign strategist and one-time Rajapaksa confidante Mangala Samaraweera said he was "pleasantly surprised" that General Fonseka believed accountability was important for Sri Lanka, that he agreed with Samaraweera that the country ne [...]
2010-01-06 11:54:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO88IWOC: PROPOSED REVISIONS TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2010
[...] (U) This is an action request for Department. See Paragraph 2. 2. (C) Post is delighted with the selection of Sri Lankan nominee Jensila Kubais as a recipient of the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Post recommends that the Department revise the citation narrative liste [...]
2010-02-03 10:32:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO CE
10COLOMBO98THE MALDIVES: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND EXPLOITATIVE
[...] Reftel only requests responses to tasking 1/TVPRA, on the use of forced or exploitive child labor in the production of goods. However, the Maldives was reinstated to the General System of Preference program in December 2009, so post also will provide information applicable to tasking 2. 2. [...]
2010-02-08 05:55:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI CE
10CONAKRY102PM DORE APPOINTS A NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Nearly one month after his appointment as Prime Minister, Jean Marie Dore announced a new 34 person government on February 15 at 2000 hours. The government is comprised of ten political party representatives, ten representatives from civil society, ten from the CNDD, and four fro [...]
2010-02-16 15:47:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC GV
10CONAKRY104GUINEA: 2010 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Despite considerable rhetoric by the junta government concerning anti-TIP efforts, little progress has been made toward combating TIP in Guinea during the reporting period. The country remains a point of origin, transit, and destination for trafficked men, women, and children. After the [...]
2010-02-17 06:38:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10COPENHAGEN104 MAJOR CABINET RESHUFFLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen announced his new Cabinet February 23. The most extensive reshuffle in recent Danish history, it sets his stamp decisively on the Government, nearly 11 months after he took office without an election when his predecessor became NATO Secreta [...]
2010-02-23 12:26:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL DA
10COPENHAGEN2WOMEN'S ISSUES - USG ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Denmark is a leader in promoting gender equality at home and abroad. It consistently ranks in the top ten in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report (seventh in 2009; the United States ranked 31st). While some Danish women have identified "glass [...]
2010-01-05 08:43:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PHUM DA
10COPENHAGEN46PM WARNS OF FISCAL TIGHTENING
[...] SUMMARY: Danish PM Rasmussen announced that the government is revising budget plans in 2011-2013 to address growing public budget deficits. The plan, which will extend to 2020, will be released in February and form the basis of the Government's efforts for fiscal consolidation. Though detail [...]
2010-01-28 09:07:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV DA
10COPENHAGEN88TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: POST'S INPUT TO 10TH
[...] (U) Post is providing the following answers keyed to question headings in REFTEL. 2. (SBU) DENMARK'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. The following is a list of sources and their websites that offer information regarding human trafficking in Denmark: -The United Nations Human Rights Council - www. [...]
2010-02-16 07:39:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ELAB KMCA DA
10COTONOU73S/GWI Project Proposal for Benin.
[...] SUMMARY OF PROPOSED PROGRAM: This S/GWI project proposal for Benin consists of equipping and renovating Benin's existing DNA laboratory in order to give it the capacity to perform DNA comparison analysis in criminal cases and to thereby furnish the courts with the valuable forensic evidence th [...]
2010-02-09 17:11:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO BN
10COTONOU80BENIN SUBMISSION FOR 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The Government of Benin (GOB) continued to make steady progress towards combating child trafficking. The GOB provided to Post prosecution statistics for 2009 demonstrating good will to crack down on child trafficking. 2. (SBU) The National Child Protection Coordination and Monitori [...]
2010-02-12 10:57:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN BN
10DAKAR226Senegal Registers First Lab Confirms cases of H1N1
[...] Senegal has seen its first official cases of H1N1 after some 14 were reported in the papers and then confirmed by Minister of Health Modou Diagne Fada. Seven of the cases were reported in the Dakar suburb of Pikine, six were reported in Diourbel and one in Touba. Both Diourbel and Touba were r [...]
2010-02-12 10:33:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR ECON SG
10DAMASCUS10ERDOGAN VISIT TO DAMASCUS WAS FLAWLESS, SAYS
[...] (C) Summary: Both the substance and the atmospherics of the December 22-23 visit that brought Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan and a large cabinet-level delegation to Damascus were outstanding, according to diplomatic contacts. The visit saw the first meeting of the High-Level Strategic Cooperat [...]
2010-01-04 10:29:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL SY TU
10DAMASCUS32IRAQI PALESTINIAN REFUGEES LIVE PRECARIOUSLY IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Palestinians have been among the most vulnerable of Iraqi refugees in Syria. Over 2,600 of these essentially stateless people have been stranded in three desolate camps at or near the Syrian-Iraqi border. UNHCR is closing one of the camps, al-Tanf, this month and a second [...]
2010-01-12 08:58:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALKDEM SOCI PREL PREF PHUM KPAL SY
10DAMASCUS512010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR SYRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 14:00:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC SY
10DAMASCUS72SYRIAN YOUNG MEN COMPLAIN ABOUT MANDATORY MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Young Syrian men often complain about their country's mandatory 21-month military service, which has been reduced by the SARG twice in the last four years given popular discontent with the law. The most commonly heard complaint about mandatory conscription is the uneven way in wh [...]
2010-01-24 09:37:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALSCUL PGOV PREL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS93GOVERNOR IYAD GHAZAL OUTLINES HIS "DREAM OF HOMS"
[...] (C) Summary: Homs Governor Iyad Ghazal waxed poetic on his vision of economic/social/political revival that he romantically called the "Dream of Homs" during a January 26 meeting with the Charg in Homs. Two key elements stood at the "dream's" center: (1) the development of an industrial park [...]
2010-02-01 07:42:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECIN ECON EIND EINT EINV EPET ETRD
10DARESSALAAM106EAST AFRICAN LEGISLATURE COULD BE VEHICLE FOR U.S.
[...] SUMMARY: On January 20, Ambassador Lenhardt paid a courtesy call on Speaker Abdirahin Abdi (Kenya) of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). Abdi said the EALA had a legislative mandate through the treaty that bonded the member states. Bills passed by the EALA had the force of law among [...]
2010-02-03 14:35:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR PREL ECON XW ZF TZ
10DARESSALAAM129TANZANIA: CHILD AND FORCED LABOR REPORT
[...] This cable responds to questions in reftel. TASK 1: Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) - Forced labor and/or Exploitative Child Labor in the Production of Goods Agricultural Products Q Sisal, Cashew, Tea, Coffee --------------------------------------------- - 1A-E. [...]
2010-02-09 15:12:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI TZ
10DARESSALAAM136TANZANIA: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) This cable is in response to guidance in reftel. TIP SITUATION IN TANZANIA ------------------------- 2. (SBU) Reliable sources of qualitative information for TIP trends include the Government of Tanzania (GOT) Ministry of Home Affairs, which is the lead agency on TIP issues; Ministry o [...]
2010-02-11 11:31:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10DARESSALAAM139TANZANIA: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL
[...] SUMMARY: Mission requests funding in the amount of USD 65,500 to support two projects. Both projects seek to empower women economically while building their self confidence and understanding of their rights. First, Post seeks USD 47,000 to support Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation [...]
2010-02-12 10:07:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID TZ
10DARESSALAAM26OVERCROWDING CRITICAL CHALLENGE FOR TANZANIAN PRISONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Severe overcrowding produces poor living conditions in Dar es Salaam's prisons. Our observations indicate food supplies are sufficient, while sanitary and sleeping facilities are clearly inadequate. Remand prisoners at the Segerea Prison, who may wait up to five years for a tr [...]
2010-01-14 12:52:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PGOV PHUM TZ
10DARESSALAAM38ZANZIBAR'S MAIN ISLAND: POWER CRISIS UNABATED
[...] This is an action message. Please see para. 15. 2. SUMMARY: On January 15, representatives from the donor community met at UNDP headquarters to hear the UN and the Norwegian Embassy's assessments of Zanzibar's needs following the December 10 malfunction of the power cable terminus connecti [...]
2010-01-20 14:05:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD MCC PGOV EPET EIND TZ
10DARESSALAAM61SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DURBIN VISIT TO TANZANIA
[...] Your visit to Tanzania comes at a time when our bilateral relationship with Tanzania is at an historic highpoint, in part because of our expansive assistance efforts in multiple sectors. Tanzania's unbroken record of political stability, sound macroeconomic management and enormous development n [...]
2010-01-28 04:04:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDOREP TZ
10DARESSALAAM88EAST AFRICAN LEGISLATURE COULD BE VEHICLE FOR U.S. REGIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: On January 20, Ambassador Lenhardt paid a courtesy call on Speaker Abdirahin Abdi (Kenya) of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). Abdi said the EALA had a legislative mandate through the treaty that bonded the member states. Bills passed by the EALA had the force of law among [...]
2010-02-02 07:54:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR PREL ECON XW ZF TZ
10DHAKA121AMERICA WEEK 2009 - TELLING AMERICA'S STORY ON THE ROAD IN
[...] (SBU) Mission Dhaka made a splash in northwest Bangladesh with America Week Rajshahi, highlighting the U.S.-Bangladesh partnership and making key contacts outside the capital in this densely populated Muslim-majority country. The three-day Mission-wide outreach program included a cricket match [...]
2010-02-10 10:44:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID SCUL KPAO SOCI BG
10DHAKA149BANGLADESH RESPONSE TO 2008 DOL REQUEST FOR TRADE AND
[...] (U) This cable responds to Ref D request for additional information regarding exploitative child labor in Bangladesh under the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (TDA). As there is no new information on the use of forced labor and/or exploitative child labor in the production of goods, Ref A a [...]
2010-02-23 09:53:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID BG
10DHAKA26 BANGLADESH MISSION FOOD SECURITY DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Bangladesh and the U.S. diplomatic-development team at Embassy Dhaka (Mission Dhaka) are well-positioned to maximize the opportunities presented by the USG's Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative. Mission Dhaka will capitalize on the political will of Bangladesh's leaders and our wh [...]
2010-01-10 09:14:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EAID PREL PGOV SOCI KPAO KWMN BG
10DHAKA41BANGLADESH CELEBRATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF
[...] (C) After sweeping into power in a landslide victory in December 2008, Bangladesh's Awami League Government overcame a number of challenges during its first year in office, most critically the February 2009 Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny. Public opinion polls show the Government retains much of its [...]
2010-01-13 06:57:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINR KDEM PTER BG
10DJIBOUTI129DJIBOUTI POLITICAL UPDATE: REGIONAL GOVERNOR SHUFFLE; MORE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a rare shakeup, the national Council of Ministers named three new regional governors on January 26. Two of the three new appointees are from the same sub-clan as Aden Robleh Awaleh, the only ruling coalition partner to have publicly rejected a constitutional amendment allowin [...]
2010-02-03 12:46:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM DJ
10DJIBOUTI181CHINA IN DJIBOUTI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China cemented diplomatic ties with Djibouti one year after independence in 1977, and for thirty years has provided bilateral gift aid and loans, mostly in the form of popular standalone infrastructure and building projects. In 2009, China's involvement in Djibouti continued to [...]
2010-02-11 15:44:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON DJ CH
10DJIBOUTI193DJIBOUTI: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This message contains Embassy Djibouti's 2010 trafficking in persons (TIP) submission. Responses are keyed to ref A numbering and lettering. Since the late 2007 passage of Djibouti's comprehensive anti-TIP law, awareness and acknowledgement of TIP as an important challenge con [...]
2010-02-17 10:07:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KTIP SMIG PREF PHUM KWMN ASEC KFRD ELAB KMCA DJ
10DOHA22QATAR INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 07:10:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC QA
10DUBAI11UAE HOSTS PAKISTAN INVESMENT FORUM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Foreign Ministers of the UAE and Pakistan co-hosted on January 26 a Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) conference to promote public-private partnership (PPP) in Pakistan. The conference sought to encourage regional and international interest in investment opportunities in P [...]
2010-02-04 13:24:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE PK
10DUBLIN65IRELAND - TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 10:47:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EI ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
10DUSHANBE171IMPACT OF ROGHUN CAMPAIGN ON U.S. ASSISTANCE GOALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Tajik government stresses electricity shortfalls as a serious threat to living standards and economic growth, and rightly so, but refuses to confront key causes of the shortfall, or to pursue to the most effective solutions. Instead, it insists that building mega-hydro-proje [...]
2010-02-11 10:27:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON SOCI PHUM TI
10DUSHANBE172TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP HOLBROOKE
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. interests in Tajikistan are a stable state on Afghanistan's northern border, support for our military efforts in Afghanistan, and for Tajikistan to be a stabilizing influence and contributor to economic development in the region. Tajikistan gives unrestricted over flight righ [...]
2010-02-12 10:10:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON EINV TI
10DUSHANBE173CORRECTED COPY - TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. interests in Tajikistan are a stable state on Afghanistan's northern border, support for our military efforts in Afghanistan, and for Tajikistan to be a stabilizing influence and contributor to economic development in the region. Tajikistan gives unrestricted over flight rights, [...]
2010-02-16 13:41:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON EINV TI
10DUSHANBE52DAM IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DON'T: ROGHUN PRESSURE MOUNTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 6, the Tajik government inaugurated nationwide sales of shares in the Roghun hydroelectric dam project, using extortion and intimidation to pressure individuals and organizations to buy stock. As part of an unprecedented multi-media campaign, all four state televisio [...]
2010-01-13 09:02:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PHUM ENRG EINV TI
10DUSHANBE55TAKING A STAND AGAINST THE ROGHUN EXTORTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative Luc Moers (protect) said the government's campaign to extort money from the population for the construction of the Roghun hydroelectric dam appeared to violate the terms of the IMF's current assistance to Tajikistan. He s [...]
2010-01-13 13:06:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALEFIN PHUM ENRG EAID IMF TI
10DUSHANBE67TAKING A STAND AGAINST THE ROGHUN EXTORTION (*** CORRECTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative Luc Moers (protect) said the government's campaign to extort money from the population for the construction of the Roghun hydroelectric dam appeared to violate the terms of the IMF's current assistance to Tajikistan. He s [...]
2010-01-14 11:18:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALEFIN PHUM ENRG EAID IMF TI
10FREETOWN50SIERRA LEONE: CHINESE ENGAGEMENT
[...] This message responds to reftel request for information on Chinese engagement in Sierra Leone and potential areas for cooperation. Post opted for a front channel cable as well as an email in light of the significant interest in the level of Chinese engagement in Sierra Leone. 2. China wa [...]
2010-02-05 09:27:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ECON SL CN
10FREETOWN64SIERRA LEONE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) This report covering 2009 relies on the research done for 2008 in ref B, updating where necessary. The trafficking situation remains much as reported there. Sierra Leone ranks near or at the bottom of every global measure of poverty. Trafficking in persons thrives in such an environm [...]
2010-02-12 15:05:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10FREETOWN8SIERRA LEONE STABILITY IV: CONCLUSIONS
[...] (C) As reftels have shown Sierra Leone is faced with challenges and threats to short- and long-term stability. Perhaps the greatest hallmark of Sierra Leonean governance at the moment is that it is driven and supported by individuals, rather than institutions or ideologies. Reminiscent of the [...]
2010-01-06 18:35:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL PINS PINR SL
10GENEVA136Fourteenth Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law
[...] The World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (WIPO SCP) continued to discuss preliminary studies requested by the SCP in June 2008 and March 2009, and commenced a discussion on Brazil's proposal concerning exceptions and limitations to patent rights. [...]
2010-02-18 17:01:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR WIPO
10GENEVA138WHO: Report on the 126th Session of the World Health
[...] Summary. The 126th Session of the Executive Board (EB) of the World Health Organization (WHO) met from January 18-23, 2010, in Geneva. This cable reports on the significant outcomes from the Board, including key resolutions forwarded for adoption at the 63rd World Health Assembly (WHA)in May [...]
2010-02-19 10:59:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO WHO
10GENEVA14UNHCR Highlights Displaced Persons in Urban Settings
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, convened "The High Commissioner's Dialogue on Persons of Concerns (POCs) in Urban Setting" on December 9 and 10, 2009. A variety of actors (including mayors, police, parliamentarians, host government representatives, donors, [...]
2010-01-08 13:31:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM
10GENEVA48LINKING MIGRATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS: PREPARING FOR EXPANDED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The nexus of human rights and migration is set to be the focus of discussion in a number of separate fora, both governmental and non-governmental, during 2010. The U.S. often finds itself on the defensive in many of these bodies, especially the Human Rights Council. U.S. poli [...]
2010-01-21 14:22:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL SMIG
10GEORGETOWN1Pol/Econ Round-up December 25- January 11
[...] (U) This "round-up" reporting cable covers the period from December 25, 2009 to January 11, 2010. Search for next PPP Presidential Candidate Begins 2. (C) The People's Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Donald Ramotar publicly stated on December 30 that the PPP has st [...]
2010-01-11 20:42:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON XL CH GY
10GEORGETOWN15Jagdeo Visits Iran
[...] (C) Summary. President Bharrat Jagdeo returned from his visit to the Middle East, including Iran January 20-21, announcing that the GoG had signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with Iran. Besides announcing these two MoUs, President Jagdeo said Iran would send a team of specialists to [...]
2010-02-04 19:52:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ENRG IR XL GY
10GEORGETOWN58GUYANA - CHILD LABOR REPORT 2010
[...] (U) No evidence exists to suggest forced or exploitive child labor occurs in the production of goods in Guyana. While child labor does exist in certain forms in Guyana, it occurs primarily in the informal sector, mainly domestic housework and small-scale fishing, farming and vending. Sou [...]
2010-02-01 16:33:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM GY
10GEORGETOWN78TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ASSESSMENT - GUYANA
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Georgetown's submission of information requested in reftel for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 2. (SBU) GUYANA'S TIP SITUATION: A. Sources of information available include: the Guyanese media; the Ministry of Home Affairs; the Ministry [...]
2010-02-10 16:23:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA GY
10GEORGETOWN86Guyana: S/GWI Project Proposal
[...] (U) Per reftel, local NGO Help & Shelter's program proposal is provided below: 2. Project Title: Support in Combating Gender-Based Violence (GBV) with proposed project duration of 18 months. Amount requested is USD99,970 (see paragraph 7). 3. Help & Shelter Background: [...]
2010-02-19 19:59:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN KPAO PHUM AID CDC GY
10GEORGETOWN90SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 3-4 VISIT BY S/EGCI DAVID GOLDWYN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY OF PROPOSED TRIP AGENDA: Embassy Georgetown welcomes you to Guyana March 3-4. On March 3 you are scheduled to meet with President Bharrat Jagdeo, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Finance Minister Ashni Singh, Bank of Guyana Central Governo [...]
2010-02-24 14:38:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EAID ECON ETRD PGOV GY
10GUANGZHOU24Xiamen-Based Taiwan Watchers Say Cross-Strait Relations
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Beijing's policies toward Taiwan likely will remain unchanged in the near term, according to Xiamen-based officials, academics and business leaders. One Taiwan business leader said that the cross-Strait relationship could weather a 2012 win by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party [...]
2010-01-15 08:41:00Consulate GuangzhouCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ETRD EINV PREL CH TW
10GUANGZHOU50Something Stinks in Guangzhou - Government Forced to Adopt
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: After sustained public pressure forced officials in December to shelve a garbage incineration project, Guangzhou is now turning to the Internet for solutions to the city's growing waste disposal problem. Guangzhou's municipal government issued a notice January 14 ur [...]
2010-02-01 00:52:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV ECPS EIND CH HK
10GUANGZHOU84South China IPR: Enforcement Still the Problem, High-Level
[...] (SBU) Summary: Rights holders came to the Consul General's IPR Roundtable on January 28 and 29, with a clear message: Problems remain serious and continued high-level U.S. engagement is critical to improving the situation. Representatives of 39 south China-based rights holders and law firms p [...]
2010-02-12 07:29:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON PGOV CH HK
10GUATEMALA152FY-2010 SSI Speaker Request -- Guatemala -- Women's
[...] In partnership with Embassy Belmopan, Post requests an SSI speaker under the topic of "Women's Empowerment" to address the issue of girls' education. The idea for this SSI came from a recent feature on America.gov on the same topic; the program will also tie in with Women's History Month (Marc [...]
2010-01-22 15:01:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDSTAG KPAO OIIP
10GUATEMALA232Guatemala Child Labor Report for TVPRA and TDA
[...] (U) Below is a response to Ref A, Tasking 1 (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA)) and Tasking 2 (Trade and Development Act (TDA)). Guatemalan children continue to be the victims of forced and exploitive labor practices in the production of goods and the provision of serv [...]
2010-02-04 21:09:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI GT
10GUAYAQUIL13GUAYAQUIL PROTESTS AGAINST CORREA REGIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 11, several hundred thousand lin... id: 248733 date: 2/12/2010 20:01 refid: 10GUAYAQUIL13 origin: Consulate Guayaquil classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHGL #0013/01 0432001 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 122001Z FEB 10 FM AMCONSUL GUAYAQ [...]
2010-02-12 20:01:00Consulate GuayaquilCONFIDENTIALPGOV EC
10HAMILTON3STATUS OF H1N1 IN BERMUDA: 25 CASES
[...] (U) A front-page article in the January 7th edition of the daily Royal Gazette quoted Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Cann, "There have been two deaths recorded in Bermudians with influenza, including one laboratory confirmed case of 2009 H1N1 influenza." However, it is unclear whether th [...]
2010-01-07 15:05:00Consulate HamiltonUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT KFLU TF BD
10HANOI124Codel Faleomavaega Touts Engagement during January 4-5 Visit
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 03:51:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PHUM PGOV PREL VM
10HANOI164Prominent Dissident Writer Tran Khai Thanh Thuy Convicted of
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prominent political dissident and writer Tran Khai Thanh Thuy was sentenced to 42 months in jail on February 5 for assault. Thuy's husband received a two-year suspended sentence. Thuy argued she was being persecuted for her outspoken views and for attempting to attend dissiden [...]
2010-02-09 09:43:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL VM
10HANOI18SETTING THE SCENE FOR CODEL BOND VISIT TO VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their most productive since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third- largest trading partner, and one of its largest fore [...]
2010-01-06 10:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ECON SENV VM
10HANOI1882010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - VIETNAM - PART 1 of 3
[...] (U) Post provides the following responses to the questions in paragraphs 25-33 of ref A, taking into account the additional guidance and reporting requirements required by the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA of 2008). Post's responses cover the re [...]
2010-02-12 08:39:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10HANOI1902010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - VIETNAM - PART 2 of 3
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 08:48:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM
10HANOI196Vietnam's Nomination for S/GWI Project Proposal 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Vietnam is pleased to submit two distinct project proposals for consideration by S/GWI as part of the 2010 Small Grants Initiative (ref A). Domestic violence is a serious problem in Vietnam - one that is of growing concern to the Vietnamese government and public. The 2 [...]
2010-02-12 09:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KWMN VM
10HANOI218SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY OES ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES TO
[...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit will be an important signal to the Vietnamese of continued U.S. engagement on health and environmental issues. Your meetings with the Government of Vietnam (GVN),the United Nations (UN),and the European Union will allo [...]
2010-02-24 10:38:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO SOCI PREL ECON KGHG KHIV VM
10HANOI220TWO FIRST HUMAN CASES OF INFLUENZA A/H5N1 IN VIETNAM IN
[...] (U) Summary: Vietnam reported its first two Influenza A/H5N1 infections of 2010, one of them apparently fatal. Consistent with seasonal trends, Vietnam also has experienced several outbreaks in flocks of chickens and ducks throughout the country. End Summary. First Human Infection of I [...]
2010-02-26 11:03:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
10HANOI3Ambassador cautions Vice Foreign Minister that deteriorating
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador used his January 13 working lunch with VFM Pham Binh Minh to discuss managing the overall relationship this year in the context of deteriorating human rights situation, the 15th anniversary of re-normalization of bilateral relations, and the lead-up to the Party Cong [...]
2010-01-15 09:32:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV AMGT APER ABLD
10HANOI33Father Ly Health and Possibility of Medical Parole Update
[...] (C) Father Nguyen Van Ly's health is not improving, according to his sister, who last visited the prominent political dissident in Nam Ha prison February 7. She informed us that although he recovered well from his fist stroke in July 2009 (Ref A & B),his second stroke in November 2009 has le [...]
2010-02-25 09:46:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV VM
10HANOI4Setting the Scene for CODEL Bond Visit to Vietnam
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their most productive since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third-largest trading partner, and one of its largest foreign invest [...]
2010-01-05 10:11:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ECON SENV VM
10HARARE107Zimbabwe: Measuring Progress
[...] (C) The coalition government is now one year old. As the U.S. examines further engagement with Zimbabwe, post would like to suggest the Hague Principles agreed to in late 2007 as benchmarks for examining progress, and we offer our evaluation of progress from that time until the present. The [...]
2010-02-19 08:42:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON ZI
10HARARE110STRIKE IN ZIMBABWE HITS EDUCATION HARDEST
[...] (SBU) Some government employees, including teachers, began a labor action on February 5 in demand of higher wages, improved working conditions, and price cuts at government-controlled essential utilities. The greatest impact of the strike has been felt in the education sector, as teacher ab [...]
2010-02-11 06:38:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV SOCI PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
10HARARE156Zimbabwe: Goods Produced With Forced or Exploitive Child
[...] This cable provides information relevant to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2005, as described reftel, by providing details on goods produced in Zimbabwe with forced labor and exploitive child labor and government efforts to investigate and eliminate forced and [...]
2010-02-23 10:23:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PREL PREF PHUM KTIP ZI
10HARARE158Zimbabwe: Tenth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's response to questions posed to Post in ref B. --------------------------------- Zimbabwe's TIP Situation --------------------------------- -- 25 A. (SBU) There are no reliable statistics on the trafficking problem in Zimbabwe. Most informa [...]
2010-02-23 20:01:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PGOV PREL PREF ELAB SMIG ASEC KMCA KWMN
10HARARE202010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ZIMBABWE
[...] Zimbabwe's gross domestic product (GDP) declined by roughly 50 percent over the past decade, possibly the largest peacetime contraction ever recorded. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that GDP shrank by 14 percent in 2008 alone. In July 2008 inflation reached the officially est [...]
2010-01-15 07:25:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC ZI
10HARARE91Welcome (back) to Zimbabwe - CODEL MEEKS/WATT Scenesetter
[...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Zimbabwe welcomes CODEL Meeks/Watt and their delegation. Your return visit comes at an important period in Zimbabwe's history, at the one-year anniversary of the entry into government of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) factions in February 2009 and the formation w [...]
2010-02-09 14:33:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV ZI
10HAVANA109USINT HAVANA'S ANSWER TO TIP REPORT QUESTIONS THIS
[...] (SBU)Per Reftel, USINT Havana submits the following information for inclusion in the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, Cuba section. ------------------- REPORTING QUESTIONS ------------------- 25. (U) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of [...]
2010-02-25 20:27:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10HAVANA11CLIMATE CHANGE PROVIDES GOC WITH MUCH NEEDED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Cuba (GOC) used the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to distract attention from problems within Cuba and ferociously vent against the United States and, in particular, President Obama. While some elements within the GOC are legitimately concerned about the e [...]
2010-01-07 18:48:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALSENV PGOV ECON PREL CU
10HAVANA110CUBAN OPPOSITION SHOCKED AND ENERGIZED BY DEATH OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The February 23 death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo has both shocked and energized the Cuban opposition, but has not provoked large scale political unrest in Cuba or resonated deeply within Cuban society at large. State security forces have been active, resorting to [...]
2010-02-26 19:37:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV EAID CU
10HAVANA42CUBAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI POST EARTHQUAKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cuban assistance to Haiti after the earthquake consists primarily of mobilizing doctors and nurses already in country, supplemented by teams of Cuban doctors who specialize in emergency medical assistance. Cuba is also transporting Haitian doctors who studied in Cuba and Hait [...]
2010-01-20 12:02:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID PREL CU HA
10HELSINKI19INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 - FINLAND
[...] The following is Embassy Helsinki's response to reftel regarding features of the investment climate in Finland. A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Finnish Government is open to direct foreign investment. There are no general regulatory limitations relating to acquisitions. Legisl [...]
2010-01-15 15:33:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD USTR OPIC ELAB KTDB PGOV FI
10HELSINKI71AFGHANISTAN: FEW DETAILS ON FINLAND'S INCREASES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The details and exact duties of Finland's additional military and civilian personnel promised for Afghanistan (details reported in reftel B) are not yet available. MFA Afghanistan Envoy Kalkku responded to Charge's delivery of reftel A points by reiterating the GOF plan to fill i [...]
2010-02-22 15:38:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALAF FI MARR MASS MOPS PREL
10HOCHIMINHCITY47HCMC ECONOMIC POLICE STRIKE AGAIN, MAKING GRAB FOR FAKE
[...] (C) Summary: Economic police in HCMC conducted another head-line grabbing IPR bust on January 25, this time breaking up a large counterfeit pharmaceutical ring. The ring ran under the guise of a legally-registered local pharmaceutical firm that purchased domestically-produced pills then re-pac [...]
2010-02-10 10:41:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALECON KIPR EAID ETRD VM
10HOCHIMINHCITY52NGUYEN TIEN TRUNG'S PARENTS ASK USG TO REQUEST AMNESTY
[...] Summary: (C) During their February 8 meeting with visiting EAP DAS Marciel, the parents of jailed democracy activist Nguyen Tien Trung asked the USG to press the GVN to grant their son amnesty. Trung's parents said they are allowed monthly visits, can give Trung a small stipend, and that Trung [...]
2010-02-12 09:11:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL VM
10HONGKONG279SUBMISSION FOR 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT:
[...] (U) Per reftel A, the following are post's contributions to the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Subheadings and answers correspond to questions posed in paragraphs 25-30 of reftel A. Para 25: T [...]
2010-02-17 07:57:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10HONGKONG290REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE: HK VIEWS APEC AS "DEFINING
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: A senior Hong Kong official welcomed Secretary Clinton's January 12 speech on U.S. views toward Asia Pacific Regional Architecture and applauded clear administration statements on the importance of U.S. commitments in Asia. Despite its status as a Special Administrat [...]
2010-02-19 03:53:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALECIN PREL APECO ECON HK
10HONGKONG304SUBMISSION FOR 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT:
[...] (U) Per reftel A, the following are post's contributions to the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China. Subheadings and answers correspond to questions posed in paragraphs 25-30 of reftel A. [...]
2010-02-22 09:52:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10HONGKONG802010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR HONG KONG
[...] The Hong Kong Government welcomes foreign investment, neither offering special incentives nor imposing disincentives for foreign investors. Hong Kong's well-established rule of law is applied consistently and without discrimination. There is no distinction in law or practice between investment [...]
2010-01-14 09:42:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR HK CH
10ISLAMABAD143H1N1 IN PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan has 148 officially confirmed cases of H1N1, but the country's extremely limited disease surveillance capacity leads top Pakistani public health officials to believe that infection is dramatically under-reported. Pakistan's National Institute of Health (PNIH) and the U. [...]
2010-01-21 07:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI TBIO ECON PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD176 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 23-25, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 12:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD189BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, JANUARY 20, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 12:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD206TARIN'S CONTINUING BUDGET WOES
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting to clarify the status of U.S. assistance to Pakistan, Minister of Finance Shaukat Tarin told the Ambassador January 20 that he needs a total of $2.174 billion from the U.S. ($1.3 billion in Coalition Support Funds and a total of $874 million in civilian assistance) in [...]
2010-01-27 07:51:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD252PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 02, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 10:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD265 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 03, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 10:34:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD282 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 04, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 10:18:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD310 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 08, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-08 11:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD339 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 12, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 10:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD34 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 08, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-08 10:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD345WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION OF DR. AAFIA SIDDIQUI,S
[...] (U) Summary: The guilty verdict against Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NY sparked protests and public condemnation across Pakistan on February 4 and 5. The reaction to the Siddiqui verdict was front-page news in all the major newspapers. A number of press art [...]
2010-02-12 13:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK
10ISLAMABAD387 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 18, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 10:33:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD39ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH MONTHLY - DEC
[...] (U) Summary: Environment, Science, Technology and Health Monthly Update for December 2009, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan. Topics covered: -- Low HPV Prevalence among Karachi Women -- AIDS Therapy Centers in Pakistan -- Pakistan to Formally Enter Antar [...]
2010-01-11 04:18:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD428SENATOR KERRY MEETS WITH PAKISTANI PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 16 meeting with President Zardari, Senator Kerry said that India was ""very open"" to constructive talks with Pakistan, and urged Pakistan to reach an agreement with India on counter terrorism. Zardari said with U.S. support, talks could move forward. He said he doubted [...]
2010-02-23 11:44:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREL ECON ETRD IN PK
10ISLAMABAD444TARIN OUT, SHAHAB-UD-DIN -- AND NASIM BEG? -- IN
[...] (C) Summary: On February 23, Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani accepted the resignation of Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, and his successor remains unknown. According to conversations on February 24 with Treasury Attache and Embassy EconOff, it is not entirely certain which of the two leading candidate [...]
2010-02-25 02:15:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID EFIN PK
10ISLAMABAD54 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 12, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 12:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISTANBUL11ARMENIAN PATRIARCHATE: AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary. Armenian Patriarch Mutafyan Mesrob II has been suffering from dementia since late 2007, and in 2008 Archbishop Aram Atesyan took over the administrative responsibilities of the patriarchy as acting patriarch. On December 3, the Patriarchate petitioned the Ministry of Interior f [...]
2010-01-08 12:23:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV PHUM PREL PINR TU AR
10ISTANBUL34LEADING TURKISH BUSINESS COUNCIL ELECTS NEW CHAIRWOMAN
[...] (SBU) (Summary). To no one's surprise, on January 19 leading Turkish NGO TUSIAD (Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association) elected Umit Boyner as its new Chair, replacing outgoing Chairwoman Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag. A new board of directors was also elected. The election took pl [...]
2010-01-26 12:19:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL37LEADING TURKISH BUSINESS COUNCIL ELECTS NEW
[...] (SBU) (Summary) To no one's surprise, on January 19 leading Turkish NGO TUSIAD (Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association) elected Umit Boyner as its new Chair, replacing outgoing Chairwoman Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag. A new board of directors was also elected. The election took p [...]
2010-01-27 05:33:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL7KURDISH INTELLECTUALS ON DTP CLOSURE, YOUTH
[...] (C) Summary. In meetings following closure of the Democratic Society Party (DTP),Istanbul-based Kurdish intellectuals railed against the Turkish Constitutional Court's decision to close the DTP. They predicted most DTP members would migrate to the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and the party [...]
2010-01-07 08:54:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
10JAKARTA121PAPUA -- DCM HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY AND COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM highlighted security and cooperation in education, the environment and health during a January 20-22 visit to Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, and Timika and Tembagapura, towns near U.S. company Freeport-McMoRan's Grasberg copper and gold mine. The DCM underscor [...]
2010-01-27 09:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PNAT EAID CACS ID
10JAKARTA129SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COMMANDER USPACOM ADM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Admiral Willard, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Your visit comes shortly before President Obama,s late March visit to Indonesia and will help address key security issues while helping to set the stage for a successful Presidential visit. The U.S.-Indonesian militar [...]
2010-01-29 06:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER ID
10JAKARTA135AMBASSADOR HUME MEETS WITH DEPLU ON POTUS
[...] (U) This message contains an Action Request. Please see paragraph 14. 2. (SBU) On January 29, Ambassador Hume and Deputy Chief of Mission Ted Osius met with Director General for Europe and the Americas Retno Marsudi at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) to review U.S. and GOI priori [...]
2010-01-29 15:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ID
10JAKARTA163INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR DOL
[...] (U) Post does not have information on additional goods for the Indonesian TVPRA list. Post does ask that lacking substantiated reports that DOL delete gold from Indonesia's TVPRA list of goods. Removing Gold ------------- 2. (U) Mission has not received any reliable reports to corrobor [...]
2010-02-05 10:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI ID
10JAKARTA258INDONESIA - ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-27 19:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
10JAKARTA27NOAA Administrator's Indonesia Visit Drives Climate,
[...] (SBU) Summary: NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco's first visit to Indonesia advanced Administration priorities on climate change, science and technology, food security, and ocean policy. She emphasized President Obama's commitment to a deeper partnership with Indonesia, and previewed Scienc [...]
2010-01-11 07:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EFIS TSPL PREL ID
10JAKARTA6SCENSETTER FOR CODEL BOND'S VISIT TO JAKARTA
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senator Bond, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Ten years of political and economic reform have made Indonesia democratic, stable, and increasingly confident about its leadership role [...]
2010-01-05 08:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON MASS OREP ID
10JAKARTA64THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HEALTH MINISTER ENDANG ON
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message contains an ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 10. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 14 meeting, Ambassador Hume told Health Minister Endang that the USG wanted to send a negotiating team [...]
2010-01-15 10:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG ID
10JAKARTA74INDONESIA-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive, but Unclassified - Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The following is the draft text of the 2009-2010 Indonesia International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) Part 1, Drugs and Chemical Control for Indonesia. Please treat as Sensitive, but Uncla [...]
2010-01-19 10:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KMCA MCC ASEC ID
10JAKARTA86INDONESIA - CAIRO IS HERE
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The President's vision of a "New Beginning" with the Muslim world is alive and well in Indonesia. This new era of global engagement has allowed us to make significant advances to our Comprehensive Partnership with Indonesi [...]
2010-01-21 04:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI KISL EAID KPAO ID XF
10JEDDAH4JEDDAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: A GATEWAY THROUGH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Smith's December 28 visit to the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) revealed an active organization on the front line of social change in Saudi Arabia. Ambassador met with Deputy Chair Dr. Lama Sulaiman, the first woman to be elected to this position (r [...]
2010-01-04 09:26:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ECON PREL EMIN EFIN EIND EINV SA
10JERUSALEM136JERUSALEM CONSTRUCTION PERMIT STATISTICS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Statistics released by the Municipality of Jerusalem reveal an eight-to-one disparity in application rates for new construction permits between the city's overwhelmingly Israeli West and its majority-Arab East. This disparity, which is consistent with previous years, persists [...]
2010-01-22 09:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM187GAZA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REMAINS SERIOUS, WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: One year after the end of the war in Gaza, the coastal territory remains in a challenging humanitarian situation, with modest improvements in access for humanitarian and commercial goods. The average number of monthly shipments into Gaza increased by nine percent in 2009 com [...]
2010-01-29 21:26:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID EAGR PREF GZ IS
10JERUSALEM224SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VIST TO
[...] (SBU) Mr. Secretary: Your meetings will give you a chance to see USG assistance efforts first hand; hear from Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on progress in implementing his state-building plan; and learn from private sector and key economic policy makers what is needed to create the conditions f [...]
2010-02-05 22:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM279NABLUS DEVELOPER ON AREA C CONSTRAINTS,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian private sector contacts and developers in Nablus report that a closed Israeli military road north of the city is preventing progress on 15 construction projects that would ease urban congestion and further develop Nablus's economy. Despite the constraints, the cons [...]
2010-02-12 16:58:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV OPIC KWBG KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM29JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/07): Israel plans for more new
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-07 12:29:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM330DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW MEETS PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
[...] (C) Summary: During his February 21 meeting with Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew, Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Planning Ali Jarbawi described the PA's development project planning process and his ministry's donor coordination role. Jarbawi stressed the importance of easing restrictio [...]
2010-02-23 16:23:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KWBG KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM332DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETINGS WITH UNRWA
[...] (SBU) During his February 19 visit to the Jalazone refugee camp in the West Bank, Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew toured the camp's UNRWA health clinic and discussed UNRWA's operations with UNRWA Commissioner General Filippo Grandi, Deputy Commissioner General Margot Ellis, Deputy Director for G [...]
2010-02-23 17:49:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV KPAL KWBG IS LE
10KABUL115KARZAI VISIT TO HELMAND
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 2 visit to Helmand Province, President Karzai engaged warmly with Helmandis, demonstrating leadership as a wartime President. In the provincial capital Lashkar Gah, regional government officials gave the Afghan President, accompanied by ISAF Commander General M [...]
2010-01-13 13:18:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
10KABUL122AFGHANISTAN: THE DYSFUNCTIONAL WORLD OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Panjshir, with its unrivaled security, has never been the object of &clear and hold8 operations by U.S. forces. Instead, the U.S. moved straight to "build," with the establishment of the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in 2005. Today, 65 million dollars worth o [...]
2010-01-14 14:17:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID AF
10KABUL131SEVEN MORE MINISTERS APPROVED -- TEN REJECTED
[...] (S) Summary: The Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga - WJ) has voted to accept 7 of 17 Cabinet nominees presented in President Karzai's second tranche of candidates. The Parliament has not yet decided if it will recess until mid-February, or continue until the new Cabinet is complete. Presidential Pal [...]
2010-01-16 15:15:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL21PARLIAMENT REJECTS MOST OF KARZAI'S CABINET
[...] (S) Summary: On January 2, the Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga) voted to accept seven of President Karzai's 24 Cabinet nominees and to reject 17 others. Two nominees were not voted on as their ministries are newly proposed by the President and not yet approved by Parliament. Karzai will lik [...]
2010-01-03 16:47:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL323NEW GOVERNMENT POSITIONS FOR MOJADIDI SENIOR AND JUNIOR
[...] (C) Summary: On Friday, January 15, Ambassador Eikenberry met with Dr. Najibullah Mojadidi, the Special Advisor to the President of Afghanistan on Health and Education. Dr. Mojadidi said he would possibly be nominated to serve as Ambassador to the United States. He also suggested possibility o [...]
2010-01-26 08:01:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALESTH SOCI EAID AF
10KABUL3362010 ELECTIONS: ESTABLISHING "CONDITIONALITY" FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Independent Election Commission's (IEC) postponement of Afghanistan's 2010 Parliamentary elections until September 18 (Reftel) provides the GIRoA more time to implement electoral reforms. While all donors may not yet agree on which reforms to promote, or on how best to press [...]
2010-01-26 16:36:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
10KABUL376 Embassy Kabul Clarifications to Sweden's Interim Reply on
[...] (SBU) This is an Action Request. Embassy Kabul recommends that Department instruct Embassy Stockholm to deliver the following points in response to Stockholm 796 and reftels: -- The U.S. Government is pleased that your Government welcomes the expansion of USG civilian presence in the Swedis [...]
2010-01-31 13:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL EAID AF SW
10KABUL442Trans-boundary Water Issues: Slow but Sure Progress
[...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) in concert with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is leading an effort to address trans-boundary water rights. While Afghanistan remains reluctant to engage fully with its neighbors on this issue, USG-supported training is imp [...]
2010-02-04 12:34:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALENRG SENV EINV EAID PREL AF
10KABUL443Trans-boundary Water Issues: Slow but Sure Progress
[...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) in concert with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is leading an effort to address trans-boundary water rights. While Afghanistan remains reluctant to engage fully with its neighbors on this issue, USG-supported training is imp [...]
2010-02-04 12:42:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALENRG SENV EINV EAID PREL AF
10KABUL454AFGHAN BORDER AND TRIBAL AFFAIRS: MINISTER IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Acting Minister for Border and Tribal Affairs, Arsala Jamal, says he is attempting to transform a demoralized and weak ministry into one that will play an important and creative role both in developing the poorer border regions and in encouraging reconciliation and reintegra [...]
2010-02-06 10:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PCON PBTS PGOV PINR PK AF
10KABUL494MINISTER OF EDUCATION COMMITS TO CONTINUING STRONG USG
[...] (U) Summary: During Ambassador Eikenberry's February 1 courtesy call on recently confirmed Minister of Education, Farooq Wardak, the Minister provided a detailed presentation on Afghanistan's education crisis. The presentation was filled with well-documented statistics on the lack of education [...]
2010-02-09 08:25:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYESTH SOCI AF
10KABUL564Afghan Banking Sector Booms but Concerns Remain about
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Treasury Attache Office met with officials from six of the seventeen banks operating in Afghanistan in January to gather views on the health of the sector. These meetings were held with a broad range of formal financial institutions, including large (Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank, [...]
2010-02-15 05:52:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON AF
10KABUL570CORRECTED COPY: IDLG DIRECTOR POPAL MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In the course of a February 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Independent Director of Local Governance (IDLG) Jelani Popal previewed his upcoming visit to Helmand to help finalize preparations for the rollout there of the District Delivery Program (DDP). He indicated he can work [...]
2010-02-15 10:03:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL584ABDULLAH REFLECTS ON HIS COALITION, NATIONAL ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Former presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah recently shared with the Ambassador his perspectives on the need for independent electoral bodies, the security situation, and the mixed messages the Afghan people are receiving on reconciliation and reintegration. While Abdu [...]
2010-02-16 10:34:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL606KARZAI AMENABLE TO ECC CHANGE, FOCUSED ON CAPACITY
[...] (C) Summary: President Karzai expressed confidence in the ongoing Marja operation in a meeting with General McChrystal and me on February 16. Speaking privately with me afterward, Karzai was receptive to the suggestion that the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) include two international m [...]
2010-02-18 10:37:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV AF PREL
10KABUL621KARZAI AMENABLE TO ECC CHANGE, FOCUSED ON CAPACITY
[...] (C) Summary: President Karzai expressed confidence in the ongoing Marja operation in a meeting with General McChrystal and me on February 16. Speaking privately with me afterward, Karzai was receptive to the suggestion that the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) include two international m [...]
2010-02-18 13:26:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV AF PREL
10KABUL633DONORS SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION'S
[...] (U) Summary: On February 7, 2010, the USAID Mission Director along with the USG Education Team attended a donor conference in support of the Ministry of Higher Education's (MoHE) new National Higher Education Strategic Plan (NHESP). Five years in the making, involving close collaboration betwe [...]
2010-02-20 10:19:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDESTH SOCI EAID AF
10KABUL656SEEKING PROGRESS IN U.S.-TURKISH COOPERATION IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Ambassador to Kabul Basat Ozturk told Ambassador February 6 that Turkey wants closer cooperation with the U.S. in development projects, including what it hopes will be a marquee project to refurbish Kabul's largest public hospital. Ambassador Eikenberry agreed that we sh [...]
2010-02-22 13:54:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPRE EAI TU AF
10KABUL705Assistance for Afghanistan's Provincial Airports
[...] (U) Summary: Antiquated and overcrowded, Afghanistan's provincial airports are struggling to handle existing passenger traffic and unable to handle increasing demand for international and domestic flights. Embassy Kabul is upgrading three provincial runways in cooperation with the Asian Develo [...]
2010-02-28 06:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EAID PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL85KARZAI AND CODEL MCCAIN ON PROGRESS, ELECTIONS,
[...] (S) Summary: In a positive and free-ranging discussion, President Karzai and visiting CODEL McCain agreed that more should be done to tell Afghans and Americans about the progress in Afghanistan since 2002 and the positive role of the international community. On the timing of parliamentary election [...]
2010-01-10 09:12:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL96NEW AFGHAN CABINET NOMINEES
[...] (C) Summary: The Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga, WJ) received President Karzai's list of 16 cabinet nominations on January 9; there were no repeated names from the last list with a slate primarily comprised of political unknowns. This new list appears to be Karzai's attempt to balance prag [...]
2010-01-11 13:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
10KAMPALA13UGANDA: USG SUPPORTED ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVIST THREATENED
[...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda (ACCU),Jasper Tumuhimbise, went into hiding in late December after publishing a "Fame and Shame" booklet on government corruption. Funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) anti-corruption threshold program, ACCU's [...]
2010-01-07 11:36:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM UG
10KAMPALA182UGANDA: UPDATE ON IMPACT OF LRA ON CIVILIAN POPULATIONS
[...] (U) Summary: This report provides recent statistics on the impact of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) activities on civilian populations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),Central African Republic (CAR),and Sudan keyed to reftel questions. These statistics are compiled from multiple [...]
2010-01-21 11:39:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS CG UG SU CT
10KAMPALA364UGANDA: DOL TDA/TVPRA CHLD LABOR REPORTING
[...] The U.S. Mission consulted with the Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development (MGLSD),the Ugandan Police Force (UPF),the Ugandan Human Rights Commission (UHRC),the International Labor Organization (ILO) and several local NGOs to compile this report in response to taskings in reftel. [...]
2010-02-16 07:50:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI UG
10KAMPALA426UGANDA: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 13:25:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PREF ELAB SMIG UG
10KAMPALA5UGANDA'S ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT CORRUPTION BUFFET
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda's failure to prosecute corrupt government officials is rapidly eroding donor confidence and local support for President Museveni. New evidence of worsening government corruption appears almost daily in local media, and in broader assessments like the Millennium Challeng [...]
2010-01-05 09:11:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCOR KDEM UG
10KAMPALA77CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN UGANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary: China's economic ties to Uganda continue to accelerate on all fronts making it one of the country's top foreign investors. Already heavily involved in infrastructure projects, China is now attempting to become an even larger player in Uganda's newly discovered oil deposits. Th [...]
2010-02-17 11:00:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EINT UG CH
10KARACHI46 S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL - KARACHI SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) ConGen Karachi submits seven project proposals for the S/GWI small grants initiative for women's political, economic and social advancement. The programs detailed below address themes of Education, Climate Change, Gender-based Violence, Economic Opportunity and Political Empowerment in t [...]
2010-02-20 05:10:00Consulate KarachiUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY PK
10KATHMANDU142EMBASSY KATHMANDU'S S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] Reconciliation: Voices and Experiences of Conflict-Affected Women (Himalayan Human Rights Monitors - HimRights) ---------- Background ---------- The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord in November 2006 brought a formal end to the decade-long armed conflict between Maoist rebels and [...]
2010-02-18 11:28:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM NP
10KATHMANDU16NEPAL: MAOISTS START DISCHARGING MINORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a positive step in Nepal's long-stalled peace process, the Maoist party officially discharged 209 "disqualified" combatants from one of the seven main Maoist cantonment sites. Following their discharge by the People's Liberation Army Deputy Commander, UNDP and UNICEF teams [...]
2010-01-07 11:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU38NEPAL: SCENESETTER FOR PDAS MOON VISIT
[...] (SBU) PDAS Moon, Embassy Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. You are arriving at a particularly critical juncture in the peace process, with "indefinite" Maoist protests still threatened for January 24, despite some welcome progress on unblocking the political process. Pressure building a [...]
2010-01-14 13:01:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MARR NP
10KATHMANDU58NEPAL'S FORESTS MINISTER CONFIRMS BAN ON RHESUS
[...] (U) Minister of Forests and Soil Conservation Deepak Bohara has confirmed he ruled current Nepali law prohibits the export of rhesus monkeys, both wild and captive-born. The decision, made public in late August 2009, prevents the National Biomedical Research Center (NBRC) from fulfilling its [...]
2010-01-22 10:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD SENV TBIO PGOV NP
10KATHMANDU69NEPAL: G.P. KOIRALA TOUTS HIGH LEVEL MECHANISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: G.P. Koirala, Nepali Congress party President, acknowledged his health was not good, but committed to wrapping up the peace process and the drafting of the constitution. He asserted the High Level Political Mechanism is "the only way" to accomplish these goals. According to Koi [...]
2010-01-25 11:17:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU72SAARC: REGIONAL POLITICS LIMIT POTENTIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) lacks clout among its member states, preventing it from reaching its full potential. SAARC has facilitated some regional economic and social cooperation, but has little influence over regional geopolitical issues. Th [...]
2010-01-26 11:29:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECIN SAARC IN PK NP
10KHARTOUM158DARFUR ELECTIONS UPDATE, PART I: IN NORTH DARFUR'S GOVERNOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: North Darfur Wali (Governor) Osman Mohamed Yousif Kibir is seeking to extend his rule as the National Congress Party (NCP) candidate in the upcoming April elections. Though generally unpopular even among his own Berti tribe, Kibir has extensive party resources at his disposal and [...]
2010-01-31 08:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR SU
10KHARTOUM234WEST DARFUR HEALTH SITUATION UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Following the March 2009 non-governmental organizations (NGO) expulsions, the West Darfur State Ministry of Health (SMoH) and several national and international NGOs took over affected clinic facilities and continue to provide care. The SMoH has worked considerably to preserve co [...]
2010-02-11 09:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU
10KHARTOUM242WEST DARFUR HEALTH SITUATION UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Following the March 2009 non-governmental organizations (NGO) expulsions, the West Darfur State Ministry of Health (SMoH) and several national and international NGOs took over affected clinic facilities and continue to provide care. The SMoH has worked considerably to preserve co [...]
2010-02-11 09:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU
10KHARTOUM326Darfur - One Year After the Humanitarian Organization
[...] (SBU) Summary:C,B Nearly one year after the Government of National Unity (GNU)-mandated expulsion of 13 international humanitarian organizations and three local aid agencies, the structure of humanitarian assistance provision in Darfur has been significantly altered.C,B Following the expulsio [...]
2010-02-24 16:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU
10KIGALI122RWANDA EAGER TO TAKE GREATER OWNERSHIP OF FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 4-5 annual meeting with development partners to review progress and efforts to make aid more effective, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) proposed to limit the number of sectors in which each donor country works in order to reduce transaction costs and risks of d [...]
2010-02-25 08:55:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR EINV SOCI ECON KMCA RW
10KIGALI18NATIONAL DIALOGUE: ORDINARY CITIZENS PUSH THEIR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Rwanda's December 10-11 National Dialogue, broadcast via television, radio and streaming internet video to a national and international Rwandan audience, President Kagame criticized sharply several ministers and other officials over mismanaged or ineffective programs in [...]
2010-01-08 13:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER KCRM PGOV CASC RW
10KIGALI33CIVIL SOCIETY ADVOCATES AGAINST CRIMINALIZING SEX
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A coalition of civil society representatives met January 5 to discuss an article in the draft penal code criminalizing sex workers. The lower house adopted the penal code in December and will send it to the Senate after translating it into French and English. The article carries [...]
2010-01-13 13:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
10KINGSTON118Jamaica: 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 20:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINT EINV ENRG PGOV KTDB KCOR OPIC USTR XL JM
10KINGSTON242S/GWI Project Proposal from Kingston - The Secretary's
[...] Kingston is pleased to submit a project proposal entitled "Women Under Threat: A Strategy for Support" from Woman Inc, a non-governmental organization that operates a shelter and help line for women who are victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault. This is for funding under The Secretar [...]
2010-02-19 12:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY JM
10KINGSTON244JAMAICA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) Per Reftel, the following is Embassy Kingston's submission of information requested for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report: 2. (SBU) Jamaica's TIP Situation -------------------------------------- A. Sources of information include: Jamaican media; the Governm [...]
2010-02-19 14:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB XL JM
10KINGSTON282Jamaican Real Estate: Lower Rates May Lift Market
[...] (U) The successful completion of the Jamaican Debt Exchange (JDX) program, combined with the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approving a 27-month Stand-By Arrangement with Jamaica on February 4 for nearly US$1.27 billion to support the country's balance of payments and [...]
2010-02-26 17:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EINV PREL PINR SOCI TRSY OPIC
10KINSHASA1KABILA'S NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS EMPHASIZES PROGRESS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his annual televised New Year's address to the nation, President Kabila reiterated campaign themes that formed the basis of his 2006 campaign and his 2009 State of the Nation speech (reftel),and may also have hinted that a long expected cabinet reshuffle will be forthcomin [...]
2010-01-06 11:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON MOPS CG
10KINSHASA176SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DURBIN VISIT TO THE DEMOCRATIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) stands at a crossroads in 2010, having registered progress in stabilizing the security situation in the volatile eastern part of the country in 2009, and awaiting local and national elections in 2011. On the security and democratization [...]
2010-02-10 19:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS MASS MONUC EAID ECON
10KINSHASA254Prime Minister Assures Donors of Progress and Commitment
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito, accompanied by a team of key ministers, assured bilateral and multilateral donors on February 23 of the government of the DRC (GDRC)'s political commitment to and progress towards meeting the triggers required to reach Heavily Indebted Poor Countr [...]
2010-02-24 15:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV PREL
10KINSHASA39Cabinet reshuffle announced February 20: Prime Minister is
[...] (C) Summary: Ending a long period of speculation about a cabinet reshuffle, President Kabila announced his new government late Friday, February 19 (ref C). The big winner was Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito who kept his position and received support when Kabila appointed trusted confidants to [...]
2010-02-26 07:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINR PREF PHUM CG
10KINSHASA92DRC: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Per reftel, the following is the text of the Investment Climate Statement for the DRC for 2010. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. (U) The DRC's rich endowment of natural resources, large population size (approximately 68 million) and generally [...]
2010-01-26 15:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ELAB ETRD ECON KTDB OPIC USTR CG
10KOLKATA4FORMER WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER JYOTI BASU CRITICALLY ILL
[...] (U) Former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, the longest serving Chief Minister in India's political history (1977-2000) and a founding member of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M),was hospitalized on January 1 and is in critical condition. National and local political leader [...]
2010-01-07 12:58:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IN
10KOLONIA8AMBASSADOR PRAHAR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS, MEETS WITH FSM
[...] (U) Summary. Peter Alan Prahar became the eighth U.S. Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) after presenting his credentials to FSM President Emanuel Mori. Ambassador Prahar then met separately with President Mori, Secretary for Foreign Affairs Lorin Robert, and Acting Chief [...]
2010-02-10 05:24:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID FM
10KUWAIT106KUWAIT SCENE SETTER FOR SCIENCE ENVOY DR. ZERHOUNI
[...] (SBU) Ambassador and Mission Kuwait warmly welcome the February 17-18 visit of Science Envoy Elias Zerhouni. Meetings have been requested with the following officials: H.E. Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer, the Minister of Health; Dr. Naji Al-Mutairi, the Director General for the Kuwait Institute for Scient [...]
2010-02-04 13:04:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KU SENV
10KUWAIT125WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MCCASKILL (FEBRUARY 12-13, 2010)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL McCaskill to travel to post from Feb 12-13, 2010. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Senior Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985- [...]
2010-02-11 09:42:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
10KUWAIT133WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL SCHIFF (FEBRUARY 16-17, 2010)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Schiff to travel to post Feb 16-17, 2010. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Senior Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 998 [...]
2010-02-15 12:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
10KUWAIT35KUWAIT TO PROVIDE RELIEF SUPPLIES TO HAITI
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) Key points: -- The Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) will wire USD 800,000 to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies as early as January 19. -- KRCS has already purchased aproximately 100 tons [...]
2010-01-19 12:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREF PREL YM KU
10KUWAIT39COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL RAVEN JANUARY 21-22
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Professional Staff Member Erik Raven and delegation to travel to post on Thursday, January 21, 2010 to review issues of U.S. National interest, including examining current operations of the Fifth Fleet and the intelligence, surve [...]
2010-01-20 11:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
10KUWAIT6WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MCCAIN (JANUARY 5-6, 2010)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL McCain to travel to post Jan 5-6, 2010. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Senior Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985- [...]
2010-01-05 10:19:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
10KUWAIT90RED CRESCENT TO SEND 1,500 TENTS TO HAITI - TOTAL
[...] (U) Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) President Barges Al-Barges told emboffs January 30 that Kuwait had pledged a total of USD 3.5 million, KRCS had already sent USD one million to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC),spent an additional USD 330,000 to purchase [...]
2010-02-01 12:32:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREF PREL YM KU
10KYIV235FOR TYMOSHENKO, "BETTER TO BE A VICTIM THAN A
[...] (C) Nearly a week has passed since the February 7 presidential runoff, and PM Yuliya Tymoshenko has been uncharacteristically absent from the airwaves, refusing to appear in public or release a public statement under her own hand. Officials from her campaign, however, have made numerous accus [...]
2010-02-12 17:01:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV301PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR STRESSES NEED FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Respected economist and Party of Regions' Member of Parliament Iryna Akimova stressed the need for fiscal discipline, financial sector reform, and improvements to the investment climate during her February 23 meeting with the Ambassador. She also recognized the need to focus on [...]
2010-02-26 15:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG PGOV UP
10KYIV71UKRAINE'S NATIONAL BANK WILL HELP WITH GAS PAYMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. Despite the lack of political unity, the National Bank of Ukraine was obliged to help the government make its gas payments to Russia in a timely manner, National Bank Governor Stelmakh told the Ambassador on January 14. During the meeting, Stelmakh also noted that the exchange r [...]
2010-01-15 16:39:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ENRG EREL PGOV UP
10KYIV89UKRAINE'S ACTING FINANCE MINISTER SURVIVES 2009,
[...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's government still hopes for revisions to the IMF program that would allow it to access $2 billion currently held in reserves at the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU),according to Acting Finance Minister Umanskyi. Without access to IMF money, the first quarter of 2010 woul [...]
2010-01-19 12:29:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ENRG EREL PGOV UP
10LAGOS13SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Nigeria warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Jane Holl Lute. The following political and economic backdrop provides context for your visit. -------------------------------------- RELATIONSHIP STRESSED BY RECENT EVENTS ---------------- [...]
2010-01-11 09:51:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS NI
10LAGOS39NIGERIA: OVERCOMING ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS IN EDO
[...] (C) Serious health risks and collapsed infrastructure are the legacy Governor Adams Oshiomhole (Action Congress - AC) inherited when he came to power in November 2008. The Oshiomhole administration has developed comprehensive plans to address the inter-related problems, brought in competent [...]
2010-02-01 13:43:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV SENV SOCI NI
10LAGOS44NIGERIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION PUSHES SECURITY
[...] (C) Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Director General Temisanren Omatseye used a tour of NIMASA's training and operations center in Kirikiri, Lagos on December 22 to highlight current capacity, shortfalls, budget proposals, and strategic plans to the Ambassador and [...]
2010-02-03 08:53:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV EWWT KCRM MCAP NI
10LAGOS61DEVELOPMENT DIFFICULTIES IN THE NIGER DELTA
[...] (C) The Niger Delta faces significant development challenges as illustrated by nine projects in Delta and Bayelsa States visited by PolOff January 20 and 21. Difficult topography, ethnic rivalry, endemic corruption, under-development of human capacity, and a comprehensive lack of maintenance [...]
2010-02-16 12:23:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KCOR SENV NI
10LAGOS71ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON MEETS OIL COMPANIES IN LAGOS
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary (A/S) Carson met with members of the International Oil Companies (IOCs) on February 7. The A/S stressed the fact that Nigeria is the most important country in Africa for the United States. The IOC members noted that the A/S spoke mainly of issues in Northern Nigeria a [...]
2010-02-22 14:05:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV PREL NI
10LAGOS73LAGOS GOVERNOR WANTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS
[...] (C) In a meeting with Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson on February 6, Lagos Governor Babatunde Fashola (Action Congress - AC) asked the U.S. to continue to insist publicly on scrupulous respect for Nigeria's Constitution. Fashola also described his administration's p [...]
2010-02-22 15:40:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCOR SOCI NI
10LAGOS75ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON MEETS OIL COMPANIES IN LAGOS
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary (A/S) Carson met with members of the International Oil Companies (IOCs) on February 7. The A/S stressed the fact that Nigeria is the most important country in Africa for the United States. The IOC members noted that the A/S spoke mainly of issues in Northern Nigeria and did [...]
2010-02-23 08:20:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PGOV PREL NI
10LAGOS8SOUND MANAGEMENT BOLSTERS EDO STATE BALANCE SHEET
[...] (C) Fiscal management, the introduction of new technologies, and the implementation of coherent polices by Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole (Action Congress) have bolstered the State's balance sheet, according to commissioners and observers. The State has significantly increased revenues [...]
2010-01-06 14:41:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECON ELAB NI
10LAPAZ202BOLIVIA - response to TDA report on worst forms of child
[...] Per reftel B, post submits the following information for the U.S. Department of Labor's Congressional Reporting Requirements related to forced and child labor. 2. Post has no new information relevant to tasking 1: The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2005, Sec [...]
2010-02-02 12:23:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PREL BL PGOV EAID
10LAPAZ282S/GWI Project Proposal - Bolivia
[...] Disseminate the values of gender equality and respect and refocus the culture of machismo among male officers in the Bolivian police force 2. Complete a diagnosis and provide a baseline on the topic of violence and discrimination against policewomen from a male perspective 3 [...]
2010-02-11 18:13:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO PHUM BL KWMN
10LAPAZ29BOLIVIA: NEW LAWS INSTITUTIONALIZE MORALES' CHANGE PROJECT
[...] (C) Summary: The GOB is preparing several pieces of legislation to implement the country's new constitution. Judiciary-related laws will "re-found" the country's electoral, supreme, and constitutional courts, and will also define how the now co-equal indigenous and "ordinary" justice systems w [...]
2010-02-02 18:33:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
10LAPAZ368Special 301 La Paz Input
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Bolivia remain on the Special 301 Watch List in 2010. Bolivia's new constitution, passed by referendum on January 25, 2009, includes references to protection of intellectual property rights (IPR),but only for indigenous groups by name. Bolivia protects co [...]
2010-02-26 13:13:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR BL
10LAPAZ7SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO BOLIVIA
[...] (SBU) Embassy La Paz warmly welcomes the Presidential Delegation headed by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to the January 22 inauguration of Bolivian President Evo Morales for a second term. The U.S. delegation will visit Bolivia as efforts to normalize relations with the Morales government rema [...]
2010-01-14 21:36:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR EAID OVIP BL
10LAPAZ72BOLIVIA - 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy La Paz submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement. 2. The Bolivian investment climate is undergoing a transformation. In February 2009, the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS)-led government obtained passage of a new constitution which aggressively [...]
2010-01-13 19:51:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC BL
10LAPAZ90Bolivia CN Update December 09
[...] SUMMARY: * Interdiction: Seizures of cocaine HCl and coca leaf declined significantly in 2009 compared to the previous year. Seizures of solid and liquid precursor chemicals, and cocaine recycling and HCl labs rose dramatically. (paras 2-6). * Era [...]
2010-01-20 13:47:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR BL KJUS PHUM
10LIBREVILLE53GABON: EXPLOITATIVE CHILD LABOR REPORT FOR THE TRADE AND
[...] Per reftel, post provides this response to questions regarding exploitative child labor in the production of products. Post's response to annual child labor reporting requirements follows in septel. Forced, child, and exploitive labor in the production of exports goods is not a significant p [...]
2010-02-05 06:19:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP KCRM PHUM SOCI AID GB
10LILONGWE118MALAWI: VISIT BY INDIAN VP BRINGS PLEDGES OF ASSISTANCE,
[...] During a January visit to Malawi, Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari announced credits and grants to Malawi worth USD 55 million. Malawi's Ministry of Industry and Trade hosted an investment forum during this visit, providing Malawian businesses an opportunity to make contacts w [...]
2010-02-11 11:53:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN EINV EWWT IN MI
10LILONGWE154MALAWI: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL
[...] Post nominates the following project in response to the solicitation in reftel. The basis of this project narrative and budget was developed by the Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Malawi. PROJECT SUMMARY: FIGHTING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN MALAWI 2. Gender based violenc [...]
2010-02-19 11:52:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC MI
10LILONGWE21 MALAWI: GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE
[...] Summary: One of the poorest countries in the world and highly vulnerable to food shortages, Malawi is an appropriate target for the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative. The Mission plan is based on three pillars (assistance, direct diplomacy, and public diplomacy),and will engage all U [...]
2010-01-08 14:32:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV MI
10LILONGWE33 MALAWI: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The government encourages both domestic and foreign investment in most sectors of the economy without restrictions on ownership, size of investment, source of funds, and destination of final product. There is no government screening of foreign investment in Malawi. Apart from the privatization [...]
2010-01-14 13:30:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV MI
10LILONGWE86MALAWI: INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR
[...] (Reftel 1A) The current TVPRA list shows two goods, Tobacco and Tea, as goods produced in Malawi using forced labor and /or exploitive child labor. In 2009 Post has not found evidence to support the inclusion of additional goods on the TVPRA list. 2. (Reftel 1F) The GoM [...]
2010-02-01 10:10:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI MI
10LIMA172Peru - Investment Climate Statement 2010
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy Lima submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. The Peruvian government seeks to attract investment -- both foreign and domestic -- in nearly all sectors of the economy. The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agr [...]
2010-01-26 21:44:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC PE
10LIMA215PRESIDENT ENDS DISCORD OVER SECURITY FORCES' COMPENSATION
[...] (C) Summary: Compensation for GOP security forces has always been sensitive issue, given their key role in maintaining public security in a country where potential conflicts abound and state presence is lacking. After several weeks of bitter political wrangling within his administration and [...]
2010-02-26 15:30:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EFIN SOCI MCAP PE
10LIMA29Scene Setter for Deputy Secretary Steinberg
[...] (C) Summary: Peru remains a critical "swing state" in a region divided along political fault lines. Peru's remarkable success in turning the page on 30 years of dictatorships, populism, near failed state status, and authoritarianism has given way to a decade of record economic growth, de [...]
2010-01-07 18:40:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR PTER PE
10LISBON12PORTUGAL ENVIRONMENT OVERVIEW: MANY POSITIVE STEPS
[...] Portugal's environmental programs, managed by the Government of Portugal Environment Agency, have produced impressive results in recent years. Ambitious renewable energy programs should enable Portugal to meet targets for greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Air and water qual [...]
2010-01-08 15:00:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR KGCC ECON PREL PO
10LISBON22PORTUGAL'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following is Portugal's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement: A. Openness to Foreign Investment Portugal offers a favorable investment climate for foreign capital, both in the near and long term. Its economy has become increasingly diversified and service-based since [...]
2010-01-14 14:40:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR PO
10LISBON71PORTUGAL: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 15:12:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10LONDON213S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL: SOMALIA - SUPPORTING
[...] With its large Somali Diaspora community and historical connections, the UK is home to many Somali-run non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that deliver development programs with/through/as local organizations in Somalia. Harnessing the capacity of the UK's active and capable Somali communit [...]
2010-01-29 10:59:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN PHUM KPAO EAID SO UK
10LONDON261ENGAGEMENT ON UK WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] (U) Summary: The government is active in promoting women's rights and there is a robust set of non-governmental organizations working on women's issues. Post consults with women's groups on a regular basis on a range of issues including violence against women, Muslim women's issues, and se [...]
2010-02-04 14:36:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN XG PHUM UK
10LONDON313UK ELECTION: HUNG PARLIAMENT LOOKING MORE LIKELY
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Narrowing polling data suggests the increased likelihood of a hung parliament in the UK's next general election, expected May 6. Despite small but sustained leads in the polls, the Conservative Party has not managed to seal the deal with the British electorate and faces the p [...]
2010-02-10 17:14:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV UK
10LONDON360SADC: AF DAS PAGE'S FEB 8 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR UK
[...] (C) Summary. Senior UK Foreign Office (FCO),Department for International Development (DFID),and Number 10 (No10) Africa officials told AF DAS Page during February 8 meetings that de-listing some entities in Zimbabwe was necessary because of timing and in order to maintain EU consensus. They [...]
2010-02-17 12:00:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EAID KDEM ZU SF UK
10LONDON65KENYA: KINNOCK'S JANUARY VISIT TO NAIROBI AND
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 17:18:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM KE UK
10LONDON92United Kingdom: Investment Climate Statement 2010
[...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the United Kingdom. The information is updated as of January 1, 2010. UNITED KINGDOM: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT --------------------------------------------- ---- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment [...]
2010-01-15 17:27:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV OPIC KTDB USTR UK
10LUSAKA25PROPOSAL FOR FY2010 EEB BIOTECH OUTREACH RESOURCES
[...] (SBU) In response to Ref A solicitation for FY2010 biotechnology outreach proposals, Embassy Lusaka requests support for two activities totaling USD 19,000. The first proposed activity will leverage the interest within the Lusaka-based Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Se [...]
2010-01-14 15:41:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID TBIO KPAO ZA
10LUSAKA75ZAMBIA: CHILD LABOR COMMON WITH SOME FORCED LABOR
[...] (U) This cable responds to ref A request for information on the use of forced labor and/or exploitive child labor in the production of goods per the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). It describes exploitive and hazardous child labor for Zambia per the Trade and Deve [...]
2010-02-08 12:08:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID PGOV ZA
10MADRID133SPANISH REACTION TO ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING U.S.-EU
[...] (C) Summary. In the last 48 hours the Ambassador has spoken with Spanish National Security Advisor Leon, FM Moratinos, and President Zapatero regarding the announcement that President Obama will not attend a U.S.-EU Summit in Spain. Spanish disappointment -- both among senior government officials a [...]
2010-02-03 14:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
10MADRID155AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S FEBRUARY 4, 2010 MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-08 11:27:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ELAB KIPR SP
10MADRID183TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR SPAIN
[...] (SBU) Pursuant to Ref A, the following is input from Embassy Madrid and CG Barcelona for the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Post will need to supply an update cable to incorporate additional legal and judicial statistics. Embassy POC is POLOFF Hugh Clifton, Tel. (34) 91-587 [...]
2010-02-16 16:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA
10MADRID187A/S VALENZUELA DISCUSSES LATIN AMERICA WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an excellent and extremely cordial meeting that lasted over two hours on February 1, WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela and NSA-equivalent Bernardino Leon, Secretary General of the Office of the Presidency, discussed prospects for U.S.-Spanish cooperation in Latin America [...]
2010-02-18 16:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU SP
10MADRID206SPAIN HOSTS HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH CUBA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Spanish officials hosted their Cuban interlocutors for a bilateral human rights dialogue February 18 in Madrid. This was the fourth round of the dialogue created in April 2007 when Foreign Minister Moratinos visited Havana. Moratinos, who did not participate in the latest di [...]
2010-02-25 13:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CU SP
10MADRID216USAID ADMINISTRATOR AND EUROPEAN COUNTERPARTS
[...] (U) USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah, EU Development Ministers, and EU officials discussed the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Development Dialogue, Haiti, and related issues during the EU Development Ministers Informal Meeting on February 17-18 at La Granja, Spain. In plenary sessions and in bilater [...]
2010-02-26 12:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID KGHG SENV SP TBIO
10MANAGUA200TAHA01: NICARAGUA'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI
[...] (SBU) The Nicaraguan Army, civil society, and private industry have made important contributions to the relief efforts in Haiti. The Army has sent three deployments of soldiers to Haiti since January 14 to deliver foodstuffs and medical supplies, provide a variety of health and medical treatmen [...]
2010-02-05 21:07:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECIN PREL PGOV HA NU
10MANAGUA202(U) NICARAGUA: LABOR MONITORING AND ENGAGEMENT WITH FREE
[...] (U) As per Ref. A request, the following is U.S. Embassy Managua's submission regarding Labor Monitoring and Free Trade Agreements. A. Labor Issues Scene Setter: The Right of Association 2. (U) The law provides for the right of all public and private sector workers, with [...]
2010-02-05 22:21:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ETRD PGOV NU
10MANAGUA228Nicarargua: Trafficking in Persons Report 2010
[...] (U) Following is Embassy Managua's 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The information is keyed to reftel paragraphs 25-30. --------------------------------------------- --------- 2. (SBU) Nicaragua's TIP Situation (reftel para 25) --------------------------------------------- ---- [...]
2010-02-17 20:54:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA NU
10MANAGUA240Nicaragua S/GWI Project Proposal
[...] Embassy Managua submits the proposal below for S/GWI's consideration for funding through its small grants initiative (reftel). The proposal is from the Nicaraguan Women's Autonomous Movement (Movimiento Autonomo de Mujeres, MAM) and focuses on the promotion and defense of women's civil rights, but [...]
2010-02-22 22:46:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN KPAO PHUM EAID NU
10MANAGUA69AIRLINE BUSINESS STEADY IN NICARAGUA DESPITE TENSE RELATIONSHIP WITH GON
[...] (C) Despite ongoing clashes with the GON's airport authority, commercial air carriers that serve U.S./Nicaragua routes reported steady sales and healthy load factors during the DCM's quarterly civil aviation roundtable on January 28. According to the airlines, long shifts worked by airport ramp and [...]
2010-02-08 17:29:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAIR EINV ETRD PGOV NU
10MANAGUA93CODEL Dodd: Scenesetter for Nicaragua
[...] (C) Senator Dodd, Senator Corker, your visit to Nicaragua comes as we face exceptional challenges in the political environment here with a government that is suspicious and critical of the United States Government (USG),even as the Nicaraguan public remains fundamentally pro-U.S. and increasin [...]
2010-02-16 21:48:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV NU
10MANAMA49BAHRAIN EAGER TO SUPPORT U.S./OIC POLIO
[...] (U) Summary: A State/USAID/CDC delegation met with GOB officials to discuss the joint U.S./OIC polio eradication effort. The Minister of Health pedged Bahrain's full support in working with theU.S., GCC, and OIC member states and told the deegation that polio would be on the agenda of next we [...]
2010-01-28 12:41:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI TBIO BA
10MANAMA56INPUT FOR FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR REPORTS
[...] (U) Summary: There were no reports of forced labor in the production of goods in Bahrain in 2009, nor were there reports of exploitative child labor, trafficking of children, or commercial sexual exploitation of children. End Summary. FORCED/CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS = = = = = [...]
2010-02-01 12:40:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI BA
10MANILA125AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT ARROYO
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid her farewell call on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at Malacanang Palace January 21. The President praised the excellent state of U.S.-Philippine bilateral relations, and lauded U.S. leadership in organizing an "excellent" aid effort for Haiti. She said a [...]
2010-01-21 08:55:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RP
10MANILA132TFHA01: PHILIPPINES SENDS DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS, PERSONNEL
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Philippines offered monetary assistance and disaster relief expertise to earthquake-stricken Haiti this week, with President Arroyo and the Philippine National Red Cross each approving USD 50,000 for humanitarian assistance. A team of 21 government doctors, nurses and engin [...]
2010-01-22 07:23:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SOCI PREL PGOV KPAO HA RP
10MANILA1492010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - PHILIPPINES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 07:59:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV RP USTR
10MANILA164Philippine Elections: Favorite Son Hits Softball
[...] (SBU) Summary: Philippine presidential candidate Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino's January 21 luncheon speech to an invited audience focused on his economic advocacies and the faults of the current Arroyo Administration. The speech was well-received; no surprise given the anti-Arroyo Adminis [...]
2010-01-27 06:49:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV RP
10MANILA293TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT -
[...] (U) This cable includes the Mission's input for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The information and statistics cover the period from mid-February 2009' to mid-February 2010, unless otherwise noted. The Mission's TIP point of contact is Political Officer Doreen Bailey, BaileyDP@ [...]
2010-02-17 07:42:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF
10MANILA349S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS - PHILIPPINES
[...] Embassy Manila submits two proposals for consideration for the 2010 Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues Small Grants Initiative. The first is a $50,000 project to fund the expansion of a women's support center in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The second is a $100,00 [...]
2010-02-19 08:41:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KPAO KWNM RP
10MANILA404CORRECTED COPY: INFORMATION ON CHILD AND FORCED
[...] (U) Summary: This cable provides input requested for the Secretary of Labor's annual report to Congress on the implementation of commitments to eliminate exploitative and forced child labor (Ref A). It updates information provided by Post in Reftels B and C on the use of child labor in the p [...]
2010-02-26 08:46:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PHUM EIND KTIP SOCI SIPDIS USAID RP
10MANILA60AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL BREAKFAST WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) In a one-on-one January 11 breakfast with the Ambassador, presidential candidate Gilberto Teodoro betrayed a clear lack of enthusiasm for campaigning, noting time demands, difficult discussions with local officials, and a dearth of substance. Teodoro spoke highly of his running mate, Edu [...]
2010-01-13 03:52:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM RP
10MANILA93PHILIPPINES 2009 POLITICAL WRAP-UP AND LOOK-AHEAD
[...] (C) While several tumultuous events -- a political massacre in Mindanao, massive flooding in Luzon -- created an end-of-year sense of crisis in the Philippines, overall political and security stability improved perceptibly over the course of 2009. The year witnessed no significant military or [...]
2010-01-19 05:46:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PHUM PTER MOPS EAID ASEC KJUS
10MAPUTO104MOZAMBIQUE 2010 INVESTOR CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Mozambique encourages foreign direct investment. CPI, the government's Investment Promotion Center, seeks to bring investors to Mozambique and should be an investor's primary contact with the government. CPI is particularly interested in increasing investment in the central and northern regi [...]
2010-02-04 12:32:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB ECON MZ
10MAPUTO109MOZAMBIQUE -- CHILD LABOR INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Approximately 75 per cent of Mozambicans work as subsistence farmers. Child labor is culturally tolerated and accepted as a source of employment especially in agriculture. Child labor in the urban context is largely related to domestic servitude. The Ministry of Labor (MITR [...]
2010-02-06 20:50:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI MZ
10MAPUTO139PRESIDENT GUEBUZA DISCUSSES ECONOMY WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the February 10 accreditation Ceremony (reftel),the Ambassador met February 12 with President Armando Guebuza for an initial 20-minute courtesy call. Guebuza described U.S.-Mozambican bilateral relations as "excellent" and provided perspectives on the challenges of p [...]
2010-02-16 16:25:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KMCA ECON EAID MZ
10MAPUTO176MAJOR PARTIES REVEAL PLANS AND CONCERNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10, Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (EISA) country director Miguel de Brito told Emboffs that the October 2009 elections were the most irregular and frustrating yet in Mozambique. Challenges included unbalanced application of the law, "irregular" actions by t [...]
2010-02-24 06:49:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MZ
10MAPUTO46GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE: MOZAMBIQUE
[...] SUMMARY: With untapped economic potential and high levels of poverty and malnutrition, Mozambique merits consideration for inclusion in the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI). However, based on current discussions about overall USG assistance levels in relation to heightened d [...]
2010-01-12 16:10:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ECON ETRD PREL PGOV KDEM MZ
10MAPUTO51BIOTECHNOLOGY IN MOZAMBIQUE
[...] SUMMARY: A signatory of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Mozambique is eager to leverage biotechnology to improve its agricultural productivity; however there has been little or no investment in biotech research thus far. The government of Mozambique (GRM) is calling for a second green r [...]
2010-01-14 16:30:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD KPAO PREL SENV SF TBIO MZ
10MASERU29EMBASSY MASERU HONORS NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH, DECEMBER
[...] Summary: Embassy Maseru held a roundtable discussion on the subject of Lesotho adoption procedures on December 2, 2009, in honor of National Adoption Month. Among the participants were members of Lesotho's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, directors of a local child care facility, and a s [...]
2010-01-28 11:03:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KOCI LT
10MASERU31LESOTHO: CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR REPORT
[...] Lesotho does not consider itself to have a problem with forced labor or exploitive child labor. The Ministry of Labour and Employment states that there is no child labor within the formal sectors. Forced labor or exploitive child labor is known to occur in the informal sector and does not occu [...]
2010-02-01 13:02:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI LT
10MASERU48CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN LESOTHO AND POTENTIAL AREAS FOR
[...] (U) According to Gao Deyi, China's Ambassador to Lesotho, there are approximately 5,000 Chinese in Lesotho (other figures estimate 10,000),though the number has declined over the past twenty years due to harsh living conditions and high rates of crime targeted against Chinese. A study by Yoo [...]
2010-02-12 11:13:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CN LT
10MASERU57LESOTHO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on human trafficking? What plans are in place (if any) to undertake further documentation of human trafficking? How reliable are these sources? Sources of information on trafficking are becoming m [...]
2010-02-22 11:20:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10MBABANE48 SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMBASSADOR DEMETRIOS MARANTIS TO
[...] (SBU) Swaziland is a politically stable country with significant democracy and governance shortfalls, and a divided civic community challenging the government's lack of response to these deficits. It has a deeply traditional society with large economic disparities between the developed urban [...]
2010-02-04 09:36:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD OVIP WZ
10MBABANE52 SWAZILAND'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TO SUSPEND INTER-COUNTRY
[...] (SBU) On February 3, Ambassador Irving and ConOff Murphy met with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Themba Masuku, and Principal Secretary (PS) Khangeziwe Mabuza to discuss the Swaziland international adoption program and, specifically, the prolonged processing of three U.S. cases. DPM Masuku expre [...]
2010-02-04 14:50:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC KOCI PREL PGOV SOCI WZ
10MEXICO216ECONOMIA ON NEXT CCA, MEAT INSPECTION, CSF AND END
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 22:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD MX TBIO EFIS
10MEXICO230Mexico Economic Weekly - January 22
[...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]
2010-01-25 15:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
10MEXICO46MEXICO BROADENS AND MODERNIZES POVERTY INDICATORS
[...] (U) Summary. Mexico has revised how it officially measures poverty, in collaboration with the UN Development Program (UNDP). The new set of indicators reduces Mexico's overall poverty rate from 47.4% to 44.2%, a change explained by the new measurements' focus on factors other than income. [...]
2010-01-08 22:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV SOCI UNDP AID MX
10MEXICO518CALDERON VISITS JUAREZ, ANNOUNCES NEW STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The January 31 murder of fifteen people in Ciudad Juarez, most of whom were students with no known criminal ties, captured the nation's attention and prompted increased government engagement in the city from the federal and state governments to restore security in the city. Mos [...]
2010-02-13 01:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MX PINR
10MEXICO634The Awesome Potential of Remittances
[...] (U) Summary: Remittances to Mexico fell approximately 16% from 2008 to 2009. This was due primarily to the economic and financial crisis the U.S. experienced in 2009 that compromised Mexican migrants' ability to get work. Remittances from the U.S. to Mexico totaled US$21.28 billion in 2009 [...]
2010-02-22 16:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID ECON MX
10MEXICO69Chiapas: Mexico's Vulnerable Underbelly
[...] (SBU) Summary. Both critics and supporters of Chiapan developmental policies agree that the Mexican government (GOM) and the USG should dedicate more attention and resources to the southern border. The poorest state in Mexico, Chiapas is plagued with economic problems that are further com [...]
2010-01-22 20:11:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSMIG PHUM EINV ECON GT MX
10MILAN16INTERIOR MINISTER MARONI'S PLANS FOR INTEGRATION
[...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, a member of the Northern League (LN) party, recently announced a new draft law that would offer immigrants a residence permit, known as a "permesso di soggiorno," in return for a promise to integrate into Italian society. The Maroni plan--which [...]
2010-02-10 09:01:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALIT KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PINR SMIG
10MILAN2DIVERGENT PATHS OF INTEGRATION IN NORTHERN ITALY
[...] (C) Summary: The integration of the growing immigrant population in Northern Italy is a challenge for communities throughout the region. Constructively, the city of Turin is taking advantage of a national government program to welcome so-called "second-generation immigrants" into the civil [...]
2010-01-05 14:49:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR SMIG KISL IT
10MINSK13BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 10, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Elections --------- - Lukashenka Approves Election Law Amendments (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - GOB Continues to Prosecute Democratic Activists (para. 3) - Enforcement of Controversial I [...]
2010-01-15 15:15:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG BO
10MONROVIA122THIS, TOO, IS LIBERIA: JANUARY 28, 2010
[...] (U) This round-up cable, named after a popular daily feature in a local newspaper, covers the following topics: -- APM Terminals Tapped to Manage Monrovia Port -- BHP Billiton and Arcelor Mittal Form Cross-Border Partnership -- Liberia Hires Private Firm to Recover Taylor-Era Assets [...]
2010-01-28 15:21:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EMIN LI
10MONROVIA182THIS, TOO, IS LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 11, 2010
[...] (U) This round-up cable, named after a popular daily feature in a local newspaper, covers the following topics: -- INDIAN MINISTER INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT -- PROPOSED MONEY LAUNDERING LAW EXCLUDES LIBERIA ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION -- LNP PRIORITIZES ASSISTANCE REQUESTS -- LOCAL CHIEF [...]
2010-02-11 16:16:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EMIN LI
10MONROVIA250THIS, TOO, IS LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 25, 2010
[...] (U) This round-up cable, named after a popular daily feature in a local newspaper, covers the following topics: --DEATH OF ADOPTED LIBERIAN ELICITS STRONG REACTION --TSA CONDUCTS FINAL PRE-ASSESSMENT MISSION --TONY BLAIR ADVISES PRESIDENT'S OFFICE --NEW HEAD OF FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT [...]
2010-02-25 17:11:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EMIN LI
10MONROVIA264INL MONROVIA MONTHLY REPORTS FOR DECEMBER AND JANUARY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This report covers December 14 to January 31. Report for February will be sent septel. The Emergency Response Unit (ERU) continued the transition from police headquarters to the new ERU Command Center. ERU training continued with the added development of more "train the trainer" [...]
2010-02-27 22:13:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC SNAR KPKO LI
10MONROVIA36PROMOTING FOOD SECURITY (GHFSI) IN LIBERIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In Liberia, food insecurity presents daily hardships for the majority of citizens, and has been an historic cause of destabilizing political unrest. Post recognizes that a reinvigorated agricultural sector is the key to broad-based employment, economic growth, and a healthy popul [...]
2010-01-11 16:52:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EAID LI
10MONROVIA47LIBERIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] There is growing investor interest in Liberia, particularly in agriculture, construction, the extractive industries and tourism. UN sanctions were lifted on timber exports in 2006 and on diamond exports in early 2007. Liberia is now Kimberly Process compliant. The removal of sanctions opened t [...]
2010-01-13 11:56:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ECON PGOV OPIC USTR KTDB LI
10MONTERREY8AMBASSADOR VISITS SAN LUIS POTOSI
[...] (U) Summary. On January 7, the Ambassador and the GoM's Secretariat of Public Security (SSP) Director of Operations Facundo Rosas Rosas and AmEmbassy Mexico's NAS Director, traveled to San Luis Potosi to tour the SSP's Training Academy. The facility has trained incoming SSP cadets since 2009 [...]
2010-01-12 21:07:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ECON EFIN MX
10MONTERREY9THE RISE OF THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION IN NUEVO LEON
[...] (U) Summary. During the past three decades, Mexico has seen an increase in the migration of indigenous people to the more urban areas of the country for economic reasons and Nuevo Leon has seen a sharp increase in the number of migrants to the state. Along with the rise in populations with d [...]
2010-01-12 23:01:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ECON SOCI MX
10MONTEVIDEO112Uruguay 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 12:44:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UY
10MONTEVIDEO132Scenesetter for the Secretary's March 1 Trip to Uruguay
[...] ( SBU) Embassy Montevideo warmly welcomes your March 1 visit to attend the inauguration of Jose "Pepe" Mujica, a former Tupamaro guerrilla with a remarkable life trajectory. Mujica's ascension to power at the age of 74 can be seen as a success story of national reconciliation and the matur [...]
2010-02-22 15:36:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD UY
10MONTEVIDEO26URUGUAY - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] The Government of Uruguay recognizes the important role foreign investment plays in economic development and works to maintain a favorable investment climate. Aside from a few sectors in which foreign investment is not permitted, there is neither de jure nor de facto discrimination toward inv [...]
2010-01-15 17:13:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UY
10MONTEVIDEO90Uruguay: President Vazquez Going Out on Top
[...] (U) Under the leadership of Tabare Vazquez, Uruguay enjoyed five years of relative prosperity and growth, and the governing Frente Amplio (FA) coalition was able to surpass - in two elections running - Uruguay's traditional National (Blanco) and Colorado parties. On Vazquez's coattails, the [...]
2010-02-11 18:11:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ETRD ECON UY
10MOSCOW144U/S BURNS' MOSCOW MEETINGS
[...] (C) In meetings with DFM Ryabkov, Presidential Advisor Prikhodko and Putin advisor Ushakov January 13-14, U/S Burns reiterated the U.S. desire to conclude the START follow-on treaty quickly and pursue an aggressive arms control program in 2010 including the NPT revcon and the Nuclear Security [...]
2010-01-22 08:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
10MOSCOW147UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SHUVALOV ON ECONOMIC ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: First DPM Shuvalov briefed visiting U/S Burns on Russia's post-crisis economic policy priorities, proposed increased engagement with the U.S. to formulate a work plan for Russia's WTO accession, and reviewed outstanding issues related to the Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakh [...]
2010-01-22 11:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL RS
10MOSCOW199MEDVEDEV: ELITE SUPPORTERS WANT ACTION ON
[...] Summary: Behind the scenes of the January 22 State Council session, Medvedev supporters and observers are looking for signs that the President is willing to implement the political ideals he publicly advocates. Some United Russia insiders sympathetic to Medvedev reportedly pledged the Presiden [...]
2010-01-28 08:21:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
10MOSCOW226SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 4 U.S.-RUSSIA BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. and Russia have powerful reasons to work together to combat illicit trafficking of narcotics. As you heard in September from your counterpart on the working group, Viktor Ivanov, Director of Russian Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN),his priority is engaging you o [...]
2010-01-29 15:33:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM RS AF
10MOSCOW261U.S.-RUSSIA ENVIRONMENT WORKING GROUP: ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 27, officials of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (MNRE) gave their initial reaction to the U.S.-proposed agenda for the Environment Working Group of the Bilateral Presidential Commission. They suggested that OES DAS Daniel Reifsnyder head a USG d [...]
2010-02-04 13:43:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL ECON TSPL SOCI EFIS KGLB RS
10MOSCOW272PUTIN STILL HOLDING THE REINS FOR 2012 ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: While supporters of Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev are pushing him to establish himself as a stronger tandem member (ref A),many political experts increasingly believe that no matter who becomes president in 2012, the road to the presidency still runs through Prime Minister Vladim [...]
2010-02-05 15:09:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS
10MOSCOW320SCENESETTER FOR INNOVATION DIALOGUE DELEGATION'S
[...] (U) Your visit to Russia can help advance several of the goals Presidents Obama and Medvedev set out in their Bilateral Presidential Commission (BPC) to foster greater connectivity in key areas, including education, culture, business, and government, between the U.S. and Russia. The public-pr [...]
2010-02-12 16:15:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL SOCI RS
10MOSCOW321ONISHCHENKO'S REPLY TO USDA U/S MILLER ON U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: On February 11 post received a copy of Onishchenko's response to USDA U/S Miller's letter laying out possible solutions to Russia's ban on U.S. poultry. Onishchenko responds to each of the conditions laid out in Miller's letter, agreeing to some, and deferring others to technical [...]
2010-02-12 16:48:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS
10MOSCOW375RYAZAN REGIONAL ELECTIONS: YABLOKO QUITS, LASHES
[...] (C) Summary: During the March 14 Ryazan Regional Parliamentary Elections, six parties will compete for 36 Oblast Duma seats. February 5 was the registration deadline for submitting signatures. Opposition parties and pundits agree that the elections will be neither free nor fair. Yabloko dr [...]
2010-02-19 11:24:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ECON RS
10MOSCOW64RUSSIAN LEGAL BARRIERS AND IO FUNDING GAPS LIMIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Negotiating complex asylum procedures, accessing state-funded education, and obtaining psychosocial support are foremost among the challenges for refugees and internally displaced (IDP) children in Russia. International organizations face funding shortages in their attempts to [...]
2010-01-14 09:08:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREF UNHCR RS
10MUMBAI12ANTI-MAOIST OPERATIONS IN CHHATTISGARH BEGIN: ACTIVISTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian state is finally getting serious about tackling the Maoist insurgency in India's "Red Belt." As it does so, NGOs and human rights activists working in southern Chhattisgarh, one of the areas worst affected by Maoist violence, are expressing concern that a concentra [...]
2010-01-11 10:57:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM ECON EAID EMIN ENRG SOCI PTER IN
10MUMBAI17NGOS SEE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS SOLUTION TO CONFLICT IN
[...] (U) Summary: The tribal area of the southern part of the state of Chhattisgarh, known as the Bastar region, is one of the most heavily affected by the Maoist insurgency. Decades of official neglect of social development in this region, as well as its remoteness, has made it easy for Maoist g [...]
2010-01-13 07:51:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM IN EAID EMIN PTER SOCI
10MUMBAI18NGOS SEE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS SOLUTION TO CONFLICT IN
[...] (U) Summary: The tribal area of the southern part of the state of Chhattisgarh, known as the Bastar region, is one of the most heavily affected by the Maoist insurgency. Decades of official neglect of social development in this region, as well as its remoteness, has made it easy for Maoist g [...]
2010-01-13 08:09:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM IN EAID EMIN PTER SOCI
10MUNICH29GERMANY/BAVARIA: HORST SEEHOFER, MOSTLY FOCUSED ON
[...] (C) Horst Seehofer, an unpredictable politician struggling to regain his party's hegemony in Bavaria, revealed only shallow foreign policy expertise when he met Ambassador Murphy on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on February 6. Seehofer, Minister President and leader of the [...]
2010-02-16 08:58:00Consulate MunichCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV INRB GM
10MUSCAT100OMAN - CODEL LOWEY SCENESETTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes CODEL Lowey. The visit will be important in deepening our nation's relationship with the Sultanate of Oman. As Sultan Qaboos heads into the fortieth year of his reign, Oman is continuing the development that, since 1970, has taken it from isolati [...]
2010-02-10 14:39:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL MU
10MUSCAT124OMAN NOMINATIONS: FY-09 MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE
[...] Following are Embassy Muscat principal and alternate nominees for the 2010 MEPI Student Leaders Program. Responses are keyed to para 10 of REFTEL. 2. First Principal: A. Last name as on passport: Al Busaidi B. First name as on passport: Khalfan [...]
2010-02-24 13:24:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMPI KPAO MU
10MUSCAT44OMAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 09:26:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV MU
10MUSCAT53OMAN AND THE U.S. KICK OFF CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A U.S. delegation composed of experts in the field of civil nuclear technology met on January 24 with Oman's Nuclear Steering Committee regarding areas for potential cooperation. The composition of the Committee, with members from relevant ministries, is indicative of Oman's seriou [...]
2010-01-26 14:08:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG TSPL MU
10MUSCAT73(C) OMAN NAMES MEMBERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION; EMBASSY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Oman named the members of its Human Rights Commission on January 24, at last providing substance to the November 2008 Royal Decree establishing the commission. Although there has been some criticism of the members selected, the list contains many known Embassy contacts who should [...]
2010-02-03 06:05:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM MU
10MUSCAT89OMAN AND THE U.S. KICK OFF CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A U.S. delegation composed of experts in the field of civil nuclear technology met on January 24 with Oman's Nuclear Steering Committee regarding areas for potential cooperation. The composition of the Committee, with members from relevant ministries, is indicative of Oman's seriou [...]
2010-02-10 12:54:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG TSPL MU
10MUSCAT97SECRETARY'S OFFICE OF GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISUES GRANT PROPOSAL:
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post proposes the use the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues grant to create an Oman Women's Rights Self-Help Clinic. The Clinic would assist Omani women in using their substantial, yet little-known rights, particularly in the area of personal status law involving marriage [...]
2010-02-19 08:52:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KWMN MU
10NAIROBI149Constitutional Review Update and Next Steps
[...] (C) Summary: On January 29 the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) reached agreement on what are considered the most contentious issues (the executive structure, devolution of authority, and transition arrangements) in a revised draft of the constitution. The PSC sent its recommendatio [...]
2010-02-08 14:34:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KE
10NAIROBI155SOMALIA - MASS TFG ARMY MOVEMENT SIGNALS IMPENDING OFFENSIVE
[...] (C) Summary. On February 5 the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) deployed some 2,000 army troops from its training camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu into the city. With support from troops from the AU Mission to Somalia (AMISOM),four Somali battalions have taken up new positions that cont [...]
2010-02-09 11:05:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV SO PTER EAID MARR MOPS
10NAIROBI165SOMALIA - CHINESE ENGAGEMENT
[...] (U) The following cable provides responses to action request in reftel on Chinese engagement in Somalia. Chinese Engagement in Trade and Investment --------------------------------------------- ----------------- 2. (SBU) The Sino-Somali relationship has remained strong since th [...]
2010-02-12 07:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EAID XA SO
10NAIROBI19Somalia - "Faroole" Reluctantly Releases Journalist
[...] (C) Summary: Puntland President "Faroole," as a result of pressure by the Embassy and by Puntland and clan leaders, on January 5 released VOA reporter Mohammed Isaq. (Note: Isaq was detained on December 21. End note.) Our contacts tell us that "Faroole" reluctantly released Isaq after b [...]
2010-01-07 10:00:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO KDEM PHUM
10NAIROBI224SOMALIA DEYR ASSESSMENT RESULTS INDICATE SUSTAINED
[...] On January 29, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) presented findings from the 2009/2010 post-October to December short rains seasonal assessment. According to FSNAU, an estimated 3.2 million people will require humanitarian ass [...]
2010-02-03 14:14:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
10NAIROBI262U/S Otero Urges for More Educational Opportunties and
[...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary Maria Otero visited the Dadaab refugee camp as part of her January 25-28 visit to Kenya. The need to improve educational opportunities for refugee children and to respond to the security threats of refugee women - particularly as they search for firewood - we [...]
2010-02-09 06:47:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KE SO
10NAIROBI326NUTRITION AND HEALTH CONDITIONS IN SOMALIA REQUIRE URGENT
[...] (U) Humanitarian agencies continue to express concern over the health and nutrition conditions in Somalia, noting that a humanitarian response focused primarily on food assistance is not enough to mitigate a humanitarian crisis in Somalia. A recent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (F [...]
2010-02-10 08:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
10NAIROBI374SOMALIA - S/GWI Project Proposals
[...] Post appreciates the opportunity to submit five proposals from women's organizations in Somalia's South-Central, Somaliland, and Puntland regions to the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues. In response to a call for proposals, post received over 85 submissions from non-governmental or [...]
2010-02-22 09:14:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SO KWMN KPAO PHUM
10NAIROBI57Somalia - The TFG After One Year
[...] (C) President Sheikh Sharif's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has survived its first year in office. A tumultuous 2009 saw the TFG initially benefit from the mid-January withdrawal of Ethiopian forces and from Sheikh Sharif's legitimacy with Somalis, only to be almost forced out o [...]
2010-01-12 13:26:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO SOCI EAID MARR PTER
10NASSAU116THE BAHAMAS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Nassau's Investment Climate Report for 2010. --------------------------------------------- - Openness to Foreign Investment --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) The Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas generally [...]
2010-02-03 21:35:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC BF EIND ECON EINT
10NASSAU148THE BAHAMAS TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) Post's point of contact for this report is PolOff Wendy Rejan, Phone 242-322-1181 ext 4510, Fax 242-356-0222. PolOff spent 24 hours drafting this cable. Post's response to inquiries is provided using the original number and letter of the questions in reftel. 2. (U) Question 25. TH [...]
2010-02-11 22:18:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV KCRM PREL KTIP PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
10NASSAU166Bahamas S/GWI Project Proposal
[...] Post proposes the following two projects from The Crisis Centre and No Excuse Bahamas for consideration for Secretary Clinton's Global Women's Issues Small Grant Initiative. Both projects address the theme of gender-based violence. The grants will be managed by the Political Section. [...]
2010-02-17 22:01:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN KPAO BF
10NASSAU47BY-ELECTIONS IN THE BAHAMAS -- FREE T-SHIRTS KEY TO SUCCESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The resignation earlier this month of a opposition MP will result in a by-election on February 16. Traditionally, a Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) stronghold, the by-election may be a bellwether for the 2012 general elections. Funding is going to be a key issue in the race as ma [...]
2010-02-04 20:18:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BF
10NDJAMENA102CHAD-SUDAN: DEBY BRIEFS GRATION ON KHARTOUM TRIP,
[...] (C) Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno received S/USSES General Scott Gration and Embassy officials February 16 for a friendly and wide-ranging discussion of Chad-Sudan relations, including Deby's visit the previous week to Khartoum. Deby expressed concern that Sudan might not in the end be [...]
2010-02-16 18:54:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY CD
10NDJAMENA105CHAD: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 2010 REPORT
[...] (U) This is Post's submission for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons report. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. --------------------------- THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION --------------------------- 2. (SBU) Paragraph 25: A. Government entities, international organizations, and i [...]
2010-02-18 15:28:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KMCA CD
10NDJAMENA32CHAD: AID PROVISIONS TO GOVERNMENTS WITH
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to requests for information in reftel related to Chad's degree of budget transparency and USG legal strictures prohibiting assistance to central governments whose budgets are not or have not been transparent. Paras 4 to 10 below are keyed to questions in para 3 of [...]
2010-01-18 17:59:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PREF SU CD
10NDJAMENA50CHAD HUMANITARIAN UPDATE: M&E Travel and NGO News
[...] (U) The following is an update of N'Djamena RefCoord's recent Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) travel and meetings with NGO partners working in the Chad humanitarian response. ----------------------- M&E TRAVEL: IRIBA AREA REFUGEE CAMPS ----------------------- 2. (SBU) RefCoord spent the [...]
2010-01-27 11:37:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF ASEC PREL PHUM SU CD
10NDJAMENA65CHAD ELECTION PROCESS PUSHES ON: OPERATING BUDGET
[...] (SBU) The Chadian electoral process, aimed at national legislative and municipal elections in Nov-Dec 2010, continues to roll forward, with the key steps of establishing a Permanent Board of Elections (BPE) and an electoral budget of USD 49 million taken by the government on Jan 27. Most of [...]
2010-01-30 16:12:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY UN EU CD
10NDJAMENA85CHAD: CHINESE ENGAGEMENT AND POTENTIAL AREAS FOR
[...] (U) Following paras provide answers to reftel request for information on Chinese engagement in Chad in advance of the U.S-China sub-regional dialogue to be held in Washington March 4. 2. (SBU) China's major investment in Chad is in oil exploration and refining. In 2008 the China Nation [...]
2010-02-09 11:24:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CN CD
10NDJAMENA99MINURCAT TRANSITION -- IMPACT OF PKO DRAWDOWN ON
[...] (SBU) The GOC's objection to the renewal of MINURCAT's mandate in Chad has caused deep concern within the international community as to the impact the departure of the PKO's military and UNPOL actors will have on the provision of humanitarian services to the 420,000 refugees and IDPs in eastern [...]
2010-02-16 11:40:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF ASEC PREL PHUM SU CD
10NEWDELHI104MEDIA REACTION: DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES VISIT,
[...] "U.S. ACCEPTANCE," editorial in January 21 Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates who visited India recently said two important things. First, India may not be as patient as the last time if it were to be attacked again by Pakistani militants. Second, he warned India of [...]
2010-01-22 11:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI151SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary McHale: Mission India warmly welcomes you. Following Prime Minister Singh's historic official state visit to Washington and Minister of Human Resource Development Sibal's US tour, your visit coincides with a rapid expansion in the U.S.-India partnership, encompassing e [...]
2010-01-27 13:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN
10NEWDELHI225WHAT IS INDIA DOING IN AFGHANISTAN?
[...] (C) Summary: India is proud of its ongoing "development partnership" with post-Taliban Afghanistan that began in late 2001. The GOI claims the sum of its performed and pledged assistance to date totals USD 1.3 billion, of which approximately one-third has been disbursed. India's civilian ai [...]
2010-02-03 10:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID PARM IN AF
10NEWDELHI227MEDIA REACTION: STATE OF THE UNION,
[...] "OBAMA IN SEARCH OF AN ENEMY," op-ed in February 2 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "From President Barack Obama's State of the Union address it appears as if he has found a new enemy in the form of the fast growing economies, India and China. The Obama Administration is trying to te [...]
2010-02-03 10:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI275 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT SAYS NOT YET TO GM EGGPLANT "IN
[...] (U) Summary: On February 9, Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh announced his final decision regarding the commercial approval of genetically modified (GM) eggplant, or Bt brinjal, in India. With a long and emotional charged justification, the Minister declared that a moratorium [...]
2010-02-11 01:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON TBIO EAID ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN
10NEWDELHI318Mission India's nominations for S/GWI Small Grants
[...] Mission India is pleased to submit 11 proposals for consideration by S/GWI as part of the 2010 Small Grants Initiative. Mission India received dozens of creative proposals, formed a selection committee comprised of key sections to evaluate proposals and select those that meet mission goals and [...]
2010-02-19 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KWMN IN
10NEWDELHI378New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Period
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the period of February 15 to February 26, 2010, including the following: -- PMEAC Report Paints a Bright Macroeconomic Outlook -- GOI Releases Task Force Report on MGNREGA -- 3G Auction: For Real or Deja vu All Over [...]
2010-02-26 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAGR ELTN ELAB EIND EINV ECIN SOCI IN
10NEWDELHI59MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-BANGLADESH RELATIONS,
[...] "BANGLADESH COMES CLOSER," editorial in January 13 right-of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's India visit this week was remarkable for the manner in which contentious issues were set aside and points of agreement worked on. Sheikh Hasina has had a close relationshi [...]
2010-01-14 10:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI74MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAK RELATIONS, INDIA-
[...] "RESUMPTION OF INDO-PAK TALKS ESSENTIAL," editorial in January 13 right-of-center Urdu daily ETEMAAD: "India-Pakistan talks have been taken hostage by the Mumbai terror attacks and people-to-people contact is virtually dead. India-Pakistan tensions are in the interest of neither nation. When I [...]
2010-01-15 11:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NIAMEY21CLASSIFIED POUCH - SUSPICIOUS POWDER INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) On the morning of January 6, Post had an incident relating to a classified pouch bag and a suspicious powder inside it. The Information Management Specialist (IMS) informed the Marine at Post 1 that an incident occurred in the IPC. The IMS stated that after verifying the classified po [...]
2010-01-11 07:14:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYADPM AMED AMGT ASEC KMSG TBIO
10NIAMEY72 Niger: President Tandja's New Year Address of Dip Corps:
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 13, President Tandja accepted the greetings of the Dean of the diplomatic corps and addressed the assembled group in his customary manner. Although most of his remarks offered a lengthy defense for his anti-democratic political maneuverings of the past year, he argue [...]
2010-01-29 07:35:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SNAR KCRM EAGR SOCI NG
10NICOSIA55CYPRUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 14:21:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
10NICOSIA56CYPRUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 07:35:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
10NOUAKCHOTT12MAURITANIA: MONTHLY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP
[...] (U) Summary: The month of December witnessed the second kidnapping of Westerners in Mauritania by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) since the late November abduction of three Spanish NGO workers. The arrest of three Smasside businessmen accused of involvement in the Mauritanian Central [...]
2010-01-10 15:55:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM PTER MR
10NOUAKCHOTT57MAURITANIAN IMAMS ISSUE FATWA AGAINST FEMALE
[...] (U) On January 12, thirty-four of Mauritania's highest religious figures issued a fatwa prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). After an in-depth study of FGM practices in Mauritanian society, a discussion of their medical impact and a religious debate; religious authorities decided tha [...]
2010-01-25 10:05:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SCUL MR
10NOUAKCHOTT59 MAURITANIA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Historically, Mauritania has been relatively open to foreign direct investment, due in large part to its wealth of attractive natural resources in the fishing, mining and hydrocarbon industries. Despite attractive resources for foreign investors, political instability, corruption, the la [...]
2010-01-25 17:39:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MR
10NOUAKCHOTT60MAURITANIA BEGINS TO REFORM TROUBLED GLOBAL FUND
[...] (U) Summary. After Mauritania's September 2009 suspension from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the Global Fund presented a list of requirements to be met by Mauritania before its suspension could be lifted, including a reformed Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM),t [...]
2010-01-26 07:26:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV SOCI TBIO MR
10NOUAKCHOTT61 MAURITANIA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Historically, Mauritania has been relatively open to foreign direct investment, due in large part to its wealth of attractive natural resources in the fishing, mining and hydrocarbon industries. Despite attractive resources for foreign investors, political instability, corruption, the la [...]
2010-01-26 08:25:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MR
10NOUAKCHOTT99MAURITANIA: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] (U) Per reftel's instructions, please find below two project proposals. Post prefers the proposal "Mauritania Women Speak" by Nedwa because the second proposal, presented by the National Democratic Institute and the Reseau pour la Promotion de la Citoyennete (RPC),has high consultant, indi [...]
2010-02-15 13:48:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID MR
10OSLO100NORWAY 2010 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Oslo's points of contact for TIP issues are Scott Sommers, Political Officer ( 47) 21 30 88 69, fax ( 47) 22 55 43 13 and Tord Bergesen, Political Specialist, LES ( 47) 21 30 85 02. Poloff spent approximately 35 hours researching and preparing this report. End Summary. [...]
2010-02-22 13:06:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KMCA NI
10OSLO38NORWAY CONFIRMS DOUBLING OF AID TO $35 MILLION
[...] As foreshadowed in reftel, the Government of Norway announced on Sunday, January 24 that it will be doubling its aid to Haiti from 100 million kroner ($17.5 million) to 200 million kroner ($35 million). The press release from the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (translated by post; [...]
2010-01-25 15:42:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA NO
10OSLO39NORWAY CONFIRMS DOUBLING OF AID TO $35 MILLION
[...] As foreshadowed in reftel, the Government of Norway announced on Sunday, January 24 that it will be doubling its aid to Haiti from 100 million kroner ($17.5 million) to 200 million kroner ($35 million). The press release from the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (translated by post; [...]
2010-01-25 15:42:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA NO
10OSLO86Ambassador Discusses Pharmaceuticals, Afghanistan and Other
[...] (U) In his introductory call with Norwegian Minister of Health and Care Services Anne-Greth Strom-Erichson on February 10, the Ambassador 2010 discussed intellectual property problems facing research-based pharmaceuticals companies, Afghanistan, the H1N1 pandemic, and other issues. 2. [...]
2010-02-11 15:46:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KIPR ETRD AF PREL NO
10OTTAWA208CANADA 2010 TIP REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 23:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CA ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10OTTAWA55TFHA01: CANADA CONSIDERING MEDEVACS
[...] (U) Canada is in the process of establishing procedures to treat medevac patients from Haiti. A British Columbia-based NGO -- the Rick Hansen Foundation (which specializes in spinal cord injuries) -- has identified eight Haitian patients with spiral cord injuries recommended by contacts on t [...]
2010-02-05 20:27:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID MOPS HA CA
10OUAGADOUGOU25BURKINA FASO: MARCEL KAFANDO, ONLY OFFICIAL SUSPECT IN THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Marcel Kafando, the only official suspect in the 1998 assassination of well known Burkinabe journalist Robert Zongo, died in Ouagadougou on December 23rd, possibly bringing to a close this 11 year old unresolved case. This case has indirectly pointed the finger to high level i [...]
2010-01-20 16:16:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINS UV
10PANAMA50Panama Request for FY 2010 Biotechnology Outreach Support
[...] (SBU) Summary. Agricultural producers, the Ministry of Agricultural Development of Panama, and the Agricultural Research Institute of Panama are interested in developing programs to research and produce genetically modified crops, such as: rice, maize, sorghum, and sugar cane. The goals would [...]
2010-01-14 22:13:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR FAS PM
10PANAMA54Panama: 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 16:23:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON USTR OPIC KTDB PM
10PARAMARIBO122S/GWI Project Proposal Response from Paramaribo
[...] (U) Post is pleased to submit three proposals for the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues Small Grants Initiative. In rank order, the proposals are from the following organizations: (1) Women's Business Group; (2) Women's Parliament Forum, and (3) Stichting Agrarische Vrouwen. Post no [...]
2010-02-23 18:03:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN KPAO PHUM NS
10PARAMARIBO14informal gold rush in Southeastern Suriname
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Post's three Entry Level Officers recently organized Embassy Paramaribo's first annual "Entry Level Officer Interior Outreach Legacy Project," visiting east central Suriname, a remote, difficult-to-reach area populated primarily by Njuka Maroons (descendants of escaped slaves),[...]
2010-01-11 22:15:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDECON EMIN KPAO SENV TSPL NS
10PARAMARIBO16Informal gold rush in Southeastern Suriname
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Post's three Entry Level Officers recently organized Embassy Paramaribo's first annual "Entry Level Officer Interior Outreach Legacy Project," visiting east central Suriname, a remote, difficult-to-reach area populated primarily by Njuka Maroons (descendants of escaped slaves),[...]
2010-01-11 22:34:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDECON EMIN KPAO SENV TSPL NS
10PARAMARIBO34Suriname: Investment Climate Statement 2010
[...] Post submits the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Suriname. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. The Government of Suriname (GOS) welcomes Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country and has identified it as key factor in achieving susta [...]
2010-01-19 18:32:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV NS
10PARAMARIBO5Scenesetter for Special Envoy David Goldwyn and EGCI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY OF PROPOSED TRIP AGENDA: Everyone at Embassy Paramaribo joins me in welcoming Special Envoy David Goldwyn and the Energy Governance and Capacity Initiative delegation to Suriname. Although we cannot yet provide a confirmed schedule, we expect our Ministerial-level and worki [...]
2010-02-23 18:12:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EAID ECON ETRD PGOV NS
10PARAMARIBO76SURINAME MAY 2010 ELECTIONS: Parties and Coalitions - The
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Suriname's political parties are entering the home stretch of negotiations, as parties and formal coalitions must register with the Central Polling Authority prior to the March 16-21 deadline in order to participate in the May 25 national elections. The public is bombarded by a [...]
2010-02-04 20:53:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NS
10PARIS111REPORT OF THE 119TH NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY STEERING
[...] SUMMARY: The OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Steering Committee met October 29-30, 2009 at OECD headquarters in Paris. Chairman Richard Stratford (U.S.) was reelected as Chair of the Steering Committee. The meeting took place against a backdrop of developments which indicate heightened inter [...]
2010-02-02 14:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ENRG KNNP TRGY ISCA IEA OECD
10PARIS140OECD COUNCIL AND ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT PARTNERS DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Council of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) met in an enlarged session with Enhanced Engagement and Accession Country countries to discuss the development dimension of OECD work on climate change, trade, taxation, and food security. The discus [...]
2010-02-05 15:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN ETRD OECD XA XE XF XL XM
10PARIS141FRANCE SUPPORTS MEASURES AGAINST DISTRACTED DRIVING
[...] Summary: In a February 3 meeting with the Ambassador, French Junior Minister for Transportation Dominique Bussereau praised recent USG efforts on distracted driving. Bussereau described ongoing GOF efforts to reduce road deaths from 7,000 a few years ago to 3,000 by 2012 through enforcing sp [...]
2010-02-05 16:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETTC SOCI UNDP EU FR
10PARIS142CHINA/AFRICA: FRENCH THINK-TANK DIRECTOR WANTS TO
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: French think-tank director Francois Gere (PROTECT) wants to deliver a "tougher message" to Chinese interlocutors during his regular consultations in Beijing on foreign policy issues. Gere said that Chinese behavior in Africa typifies an increasingly aggressive Chinese pursu [...]
2010-02-05 16:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINR CN XA FR
10PARIS196FRANCE: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the reporting period, France continued to show a strong commitment to combating trafficking in persons by maintaining and improving upon active political, legal, and social mechanisms to eliminate human trafficking. As demonstrated by the work of its inter-ministerial [...]
2010-02-19 15:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10PARIS198FRANCE: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 16:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10PARIS214France's Sleek New Export and Investment Machine
[...] (SBU) France is already world's fifth largest exporter, but recently restructured its export promotion and investment machine to stay competitive and increase assistance to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The new "French Export Team" streamlined the roles of the major export promotion ent [...]
2010-02-23 12:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD EIND EINV FR
10PARIS237FRANCE SPECIAL 301 2010 ANNUAL REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post has reviewed PhRMA's Special 301 submission on France and recommends against inclusion of France on the 2010 Special 301 Watch List. France has, in fact, improved the pharmaceutical R & D environment and post sees no evidence of lack of IPR protection or market access. Fr [...]
2010-02-26 12:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN KIPR FR
10PARIS26Russia's Accession to the OECD - Chronology and Standards
[...] (U) Summary: This cable is part two of a two-part series. Part I (Reftel) outlined the broader challenges that Russia faces during the accession process to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. This cable provides details on the chronology and the status of the accession e [...]
2010-01-11 08:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN PREL OECD XG XH
10PARIS65FRENCH RELIEF EFFOTS IN HAITI - SNAPSHOT: JANUARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Responding immediately to the earthquake on January 12, France quickly mobilized physical and financial resources to assist Haitian disaster victims. President Sarkozy convened an inter-ministerial meeting of his Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Economy, and Defense at t [...]
2010-01-21 17:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREF EAID PHUM UN FR HA
10PARISFR185PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY ZERHOUNI BRINGS MESSAGE OF SCIENCE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 10, Presidential Science Envoy Dr. Elias Zerhouni inaugurated his first official trip with a stop at UNESCO, where he met with key ambassadors, secretariat staff and the director general to promote President Obama's agenda of enhanced scientific and technological coop [...]
2010-02-17 13:58:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KPAO UNESCO SCUL
10PHNOMPENH103DAS MARCIEL REVIEWS U.S. POLICY WITH GOVERNMENT,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a wide range of meetings with Cambodian officials, opposition party members, NGOs and civil society, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Scot Marciel spotlighted stepped-up engagement by the United States in Cambodia while highlighting specific issue [...]
2010-02-12 10:19:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS MARR TH CB
10PHNOMPENH113CAMBODIA'S BURGEONING YOUTH POPULATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent uptick in drug use, particularly ice - the crystallized form of methamphetamine preferred by Cambodia's new urban elite - has resulted in increased scrutiny of the social triggers and available treatment for Cambodia's young population. Reported increases in teens hold [...]
2010-02-17 07:29:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREF PREL ASEC EAID CB
10PHNOMPENH1382010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia, covering the period April 2009 - March 2010. Responses follow the questions outlined in Ref B. The entire report is Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU). 2. (SBU) CAMBODIA'S TIP SITUATION ----------- [...]
2010-02-24 08:36:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KTIP KWMN KFRD
10PHNOMPENH27SEARCHING FOR ENERGY IN CAMBODIA'S WASTE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Although large-scale solutions to Cambodia's energy issues have dominated national and regional attention, NGOs and investors are starting to realize the energy potential in the country's farms, trash bins, and landfills. Studies estimate a potential generation of 18,852 GWh per [...]
2010-01-15 01:58:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR ENRG EAID EIND CB
10PHNOMPENH292010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - CAMBODIA
[...] Cambodia, a developing country, began the transformation from a command economy to the free market in the late 1980s. It is now integrating into the regional and world trading framework. In 1999, Cambodia joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in September 2004, became [...]
2010-01-19 00:41:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR CB
10PHNOMPENH3CAMBODIA'S VULNERABLE MUSLIM MINORITY: EMBASSY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Cambodia is home to approximately 400,000 Muslims, known as the Cham, who are viewed as generally well integrated into society by the Cambodian government and by the Cham themselves. Cambodia's Cham live in extreme poverty and have low education levels, high illiteracy rates, and [...]
2010-01-05 05:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KPAO PREL CB
10PHNOMPENH31CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA DISCUSSES DEBT, TRADE AND
[...] (C) Summary: Following a day in Siem Reap and after attending festivities to mark the 31st anniversary of the January 7 Khmer Rouge "victory" commemoration, Congressman Eni Faleomavaega met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and later with Deputy Prime Ministers Hor Namhong and Keat Chhon [...]
2010-01-19 09:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD PHUM SCUL KJUS KDEM EAID CH CB
10PHNOMPENH82CAMBODIAN RESPONSE TO DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE
[...] SUMMARY. ESTHOff delivered Reftel demarche to the directors of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport's (MPWT) Department of Transport and the Ministry of Interior's (MOI) Public Order Department. Text messaging and cell phone use while driving are common in Cambodia but are not viewed [...]
2010-02-04 09:25:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI UNDP UNGA CB
10PODGORICA20MONTENEGRO UPHOLDING CHILD LABOR COMMITMENTS
[...] Summary. Exploitive child labor is not a significant problem in Montenegro. Despite having a solid framework of social and labor legislation, the Government of Montenegro (GoM) could do more to protect at-risk Roma children from labor exploitation but often lacks the resources to do so. Gene [...]
2010-02-05 17:41:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MW
10PORTAUPRINCE1SCENESETTER FOR LT. GENERAL KEEN, JANUARY 12 VISIT TO HAITI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at an important point in Haiti's democratic development. President Rene Preval and his Prime Minister, Jean-Max Bellerive, are working hard to meet the basic needs of the population and conduct the next round of elections, including for a new president in Novemb [...]
2010-01-11 17:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL HA
10PORTAUPRINCE104HAITI EARTHQUAKE USAID/DART HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #3
[...] Summary. USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) staff report that the final U.S. Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams departed Haiti on January 27, as coordination efforts continue to advance response capacity for earthquake-affected populations in Haiti. A small contingent of [...]
2010-01-29 13:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE112USAID/DART ASSESSMENT OF HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS IN
[...] (U) Summary. On January 28, staff from USAID/Haiti visited the Seventh Day Adventist Diquini Hospital in Carrefour, noting that although doctors continue to treat earthquake-related injuries, the number of surgeries per day has gradually decreased from 30 to 15. A recently donated surgical cac [...]
2010-02-02 14:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE114USAID/DART - HAITI NUTRITION UPDATE
[...] Summary. USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) staff caution that disrupted access to food and poor sanitation conditions in earthquake-affected areas of Haiti have the potential to lead to an increase in acute malnutrition, particularly among infants and young children. USAID [...]
2010-02-02 14:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE120TFHA01: EMBASSY PORT AU PRINCE EARTHQUAKE SITREP as of 1800,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Parliamentary elections originally scheduled for the end of the month are officially postponed until further notice. The Prime Minister attended a Senate hearing to defend the government's response to the earthquake. Protests against the government remain peaceful and sma [...]
2010-02-04 00:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA PGOV AID
10PORTAUPRINCE124HAITI EARTHQUAKE USAID/DART HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #4
[...] Summary. The current international humanitarian response to the earthquake in Haiti is characterized by a marked improvement in coordination and assistance delivery over the last week, with agencies expanding and expediting distributions of food and non-food items (NFIs),and U.N. cluster par [...]
2010-02-04 20:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE136Haiti USAID/DART ASSESSMENT IN LEOGANE, PETIT GOAVE, AND
[...] Summary. On February 3 and 4, an assessment team from USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) and USAID/Haiti visited the earthquake-affected cities of Leogane, Petit Goave, and Grand Goave in West Department. According to the team, the provision of food and shelter assistance [...]
2010-02-07 00:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE156USAID/DART HAITI EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #5: ONE
[...] Summary. One month after the earthquake, the humanitarian community continues to make significant progress in responding to the emergency needs of the affected population, providing food assistance to nearly 2.5 million people, increasing the distribution of emergency shelter materials to ens [...]
2010-02-11 22:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE162USAID/DART HAITI EARTHQUAKE WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE
[...] Summary. Humanitarian agencies in Haiti have significantly scaled up sanitation response activities in recent weeks; however, sanitation needs, particularly within Port-au-Prince settlement sites, remain urgent and challenging. On February 11, the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) released the W [...]
2010-02-15 20:39:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE168Still Fighting Back: Cite Soleil Three Weeks Post-Earthquake
[...] (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil, once Haiti's most emblematic hot spot, was hit hard but not devastated by the January 12 earthquake. Life there has changed, people are adjusting, and this latest catastrophe seems to have been largely absorbed and shaken off with an incredible resiliency. The pre [...]
2010-02-16 23:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA PGOV AID
10PORTAUPRINCE172USAID/DART AND USAID/HAITI ASSESSMENTS IN GONAIVES, JEREMIE,
[...] Summary. On February 15, USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) and USAID/Haiti staff conducted assessments of humanitarian conditions for displaced persons and host families in Gonaives, Artibonite Department; Jeremie, Grand-Anse Department; and Les Cayes, South Department; as [...]
2010-02-18 19:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE176PORT-AU-PRINCE: FEBRUARY 12 CODEL PELOSI VISIT TO HAITI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 12 Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, along with the 11 Senators and members of Congress, arrived in Port-au-Prince to observe U.S. relief efforts and to discuss the status of those efforts with US and GOH officials. President Preval told th [...]
2010-02-22 20:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR HA PGOV AID EAID
10PORTAUPRINCE184USAID/DART ASSESSMENTS IN JACMEL
[...] Summary. On February 15 and 18, USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) staff conducted rapid health and protection assessments in Jacmel, as well as met with Logistics Cluster personnel operating in the area. USAID/DART staff observed the ongoing provision of health services th [...]
2010-02-22 22:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE44HAITI EARTHQUAKE SITREP 2 as of 1900
[...] (SBU) As of the drafting of this sitrep, we continue to experience severe aftershocks. An initial housing update survey conducted by the Management section indicates that most Embassy residences do not have running water or electricity. The status of one-fourth of the Embassy housing pool i [...]
2010-01-14 00:16:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA AID EAID
10PORTAUPRINCE50TFHA01: EMBASSY PORT AU PRINCE EARTHQUAKE SITREP as of 1800
[...] (SBU) On January 14 at 3:00 PM the Ambassador attended first UN donor coordination meeting at MINUSTAH's log base with President Preval, Prime Minister Bellerive, the new Special Representative of the Secretary General Edmond Mulet, Kim Bolduc of UNDP, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, and t [...]
2010-01-16 02:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA PGOV AID
10PORTAUPRINCE74TFHA01: EMBASSY PORT AU PRINCE EARTHQUAKE SITREP as of 1800,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Money transfer companies begin to deliver remittances. Ten thousand refugees camped on the Champs de Mars, with help from France and the U.S. Road congestion is reduced on the road corridor between the DR and Port-au-Prince, but travel time is still lengthy. The busines [...]
2010-01-22 03:32:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA PGOV AID
10PORTAUPRINCE86HAITI POST-EARTHQUAKE USAID/DART HEALTH OVERVIEW
[...] (U) Summary. As the number of patients requiring specialized medical assistance declines USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) staff report that the current emphasis on earthquake-related trauma surgery and injuries has begun to shift to basic primary care, surveillance, and [...]
2010-01-26 02:56:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE96HAITI EARTHQUAKE USAID/DART HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #3
[...] Summary. USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) staff report that the final U.S. Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams departed Haiti on January 27, as coordination efforts continue to advance response capacity for earthquake-affected populations in Haiti. A small contingent of [...]
2010-01-28 04:02:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTAUPRINCE98USAID/DART ASSESSMENT OF EARTHQUAKE-AFFECTED TOWNS IN
[...] (U) Summary. On January 25 and 26, assessment teams from USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) visited earthquake-affected cities and towns along Haiti's southern peninsula. The team confirmed that Leogane sustained heavy earthquake damage, with the majority of buildings rend [...]
2010-01-28 04:41:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10PORTLOUIS35CORRECTED MAURITIUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel request, Post submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Mauritius. Please note that the exchange rate used throughout the report is (i) 2007: USD 1 = MRs 32, (ii) 2008: USD 1 = MRs 29, and (iii) 2009: USD 1 = MRs 32.50. (Mauritius Rupees = MRs). --------------- [...]
2010-02-04 12:30:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB KIDE PGOV OPIC USTR
10PORTMORESBY25S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL - PAPUA NEW GUINEA
[...] Embassy Port Moresby is pleased to submit a proposal received from Trends Beauty International - A Cosmetology, Health and Wellbeing Training Program as Papua New Guinea's first preference for funding from the Small Grants Initiative. 2. SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM Trends Beauty I [...]
2010-02-23 03:52:00Embassy Port MoresbyUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY PP
10PORTMORESBY26S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL - PAPUA NEW GUINEA
[...] Embassy Port Moresby is pleased to submit a proposal received from Trends Beauty International - A Cosmetology, Health and Wellbeing Training Program as Papua New Guinea's first preference for funding from the Small Grants Initiative. 2. SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM Trends Beauty Interna [...]
2010-02-23 03:53:00Embassy Port MoresbyUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY PP
10PORTMORESBY28S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS - PAPUA NEW GUINEA
[...] Embassy Port Moresby is pleased to submit a proposal received from the Papua New Guinea Women in Agriculture Development Foundation (PNGWiADF) - to establish an Infrastructure Training Facility and also Capacity Building Training for women is Papua New Guinea's fourth preference from post. [...]
2010-02-23 04:10:00Embassy Port MoresbyUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY PP
10PORTOFSPAIN136TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: CY2009 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post has provided the following report on INL-funded items acquired and donated by the USG to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT). ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- A. EUM Program Coordinator 2. (SBU) EUM Program Coordinator is Ebony Custis, [...]
2010-02-01 17:54:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM AFIN TD
10PORTOFSPAIN180CHILD LABOR REPORT FOR TRININDAD AND TOBAGO
[...] (SBU) This cable contains responses per ref A to 1/TVPRA and 2/TDA in order to provide updated information concerning child labor in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (TT) as required under the Trade and Development Act (TDA). We believe that the incidence of children exploited for labor is [...]
2010-02-17 21:45:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TD
10PORTOFSPAIN192S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
[...] SUMMARY Per reftel, U.S. Embassy Port of Spain has identified Credo Foundation's Sophia House for the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues' Small Grants Initiative. END SUMMARY 2. PROBLEM STATEMENT The Credo Foundation operates Sophia House Center for the Empowerment of You [...]
2010-02-19 17:15:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN KPAO PREL AID CDC COM TRSY TD
10PORTOFSPAIN194TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, post submits the following information regarding trafficking in persons in Trinidad and Tobago. 2. (SBU) Point of Contact: Ebony Custis; (868) 822-5922 v; (868) 822-5984 f. Thirty seven hours of work total by POLoff and POL Assistant. 3. (SBU) THE CO [...]
2010-02-22 16:44:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KTIP KMAC KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TD
10PRAGUE16ZEMAN OUT OF RETIREMENT, OFFERING LEFT WING
[...] (C) Summary: Former Social Democrat (CSSD) Prime Minister Milos Zeman (65) announced in early January that he will reenter politics and run for parliament under the Party of Citizens' Rights (SPO). Zeman has chosen the Ustecky Region in North Bohemia, where current CSSD Chairman Jiri Paroub [...]
2010-01-11 15:44:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
10PRAGUE25CZECH 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 06:14:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV EZ
10PRAGUE5SCENESETTER FOR A/S GORDON: STRATEGIC DIALOGUE IN
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary Gordon: Your visit to the Czech Republic for the Strategic Dialogue comes at an ideal time to build on Vice President Biden's October 23 visit, the November 6 High Level Defense Group (HLDG),and Under Secretary Tauscher's November 16 visit. While some within the Cze [...]
2010-01-06 14:24:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ENRG RS AF EZ
10PRETORIA149SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER JANUARY 19-JANUARY 22
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]
2010-01-25 06:50:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
10PRETORIA199SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER JANUARY 25-JANUARY 29
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]
2010-01-29 16:18:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC SF
10PRETORIA224WORLD CUP ANTI-TIP INITIATIVES BY SOUTH AFRICAN
[...] At a January 25-27 "train the trainers" workshop on trafficking in persons (TIP),organized by World Hope South Africa (WHSA) under a grant from State/GTIP (ref A),participants from a dozen civil society groups prepared to step up their anti-TIP outreach in advance of the mid-2010 World Cup [...]
2010-02-02 14:46:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PREF PHUM KTIP SF
10PRETORIA225AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SOUTH AFRICA'S PERFORMANCE
[...] (C) Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Collins Chabane hosted Ambassador Gips on January 26 at the Union Buildings. Chabane, who sets goals and tracks progress for the entire government, has overcome initial resistance from some government officials and is b [...]
2010-02-02 16:24:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SF CVIS EAID KJUS
10PRETORIA290PRETORIA INPUTS TO THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 12:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SF KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD
10PRETORIA354S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS: CHALLENGING CULTURE AND
[...] (U) Post is honored to nominate Justice and Women's (JAW) Impepe (Blow the Whistle) Campaign and Malibongwe's Empowerment and Training Centre for the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues small grants initiative. In a country where one in three women can expect to be raped in her lifetim [...]
2010-02-22 06:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID SA
10PRETORIA395SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 22-FEBRUARY 26
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]
2010-02-26 13:15:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KDEM SF
10PRETORIA75 PRETORIA'S PROPOSAL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY FUNDS
[...] Summary: Embassy Pretoria's proposal for the FY 2010 Biotechnology Outreach Strategy Fund requests funding to bring two experts in the subject matter to South Africa to meet with regulators, academia, consumers, and legislators on currently relevant topics such as regulation of stacked genes, l [...]
2010-01-13 13:26:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD KPAO PREL SENV SF TBIO
10PRISTINA40KOSOVO: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] KOSOVO: 2010 Investment Climate Statement A. Openness to Foreign Investment --------------------------------- The Government of Kosovo (GOK) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) actively promote foreign investment in Kosovo. In January 2001, UNMIK adopted Regulation 2001/3 on For [...]
2010-01-26 13:33:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR KV
10PRISTINA43POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS ON EFFORTS TO RELOCATE ROMA, ASHKALI
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Thanks to a partnership between the USG, the European Commission, and the Government of Kosovo (GOK),two lead-contaminated Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in North Mitrovica -- Cesmin Lug and Osterode -- could be closed this year. The camps have been home to over 140 et [...]
2010-01-27 15:24:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL PREF PINR PHUM ECON KV
10PRISTINA77TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 15:14:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ELAB KCRM KDEM KFRD KJUS KMCA KTIP KV KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
10QUITO11NO REAL THREAT TO CORREA ON THE HORIZON
[...] (C) Summary: Workers, students, teachers, and indigenous groups have announced protests against the government during January 2010, as is often the case for this time of year. At the same time, President Rafael Correa has alleged a military-led attempt to destabilize the government, the Minist [...]
2010-01-15 18:08:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB MARR EC
10QUITO154Ecuador Economic News February 1 - February 8, 2010
[...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the Internet. ----------- [...]
2010-02-08 22:48:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EFIN SENV EC
10QUITO176Child Labor and Forced Labor in Ecuador for DOL Reporting
[...] The following is Embassy Quito's response to the request for child labor and forced labor information for DOL congressional reporting requirements (Ref A). ---------------------------- TASKING 1/TVPRA ---------------------------- 2. Q. Action request for tasking 1/TVPRA: Posts liste [...]
2010-02-11 22:00:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI EC
10QUITO43Ecuador: H1N1 Update
[...] As of January 22, there were 2,251 cases of H1N1 reported in Ecuador, with 96 confirmed fatalities. The first H1N1 infection in Ecuador was recorded in May of 2009, and roughly 70% of the reported cases have affected people between the ages of one and 29. The disease is concentrated primarily [...]
2010-01-27 18:08:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED KFLU ECON EAID ETRD
10QUITO65Ecuador Calls UNASUR Presidential Meeting on Haiti
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Correa visited Haiti in his capacity as UNASUR interim president on January 29. Correa has since called for an emergency meeting of UNASUR presidents on Haiti on February 9 in Quito, which may include Haitian President Preval. Meanwhile, UNASUR vice defense ministers [...]
2010-02-05 00:13:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MARR EFIN SNAR EC HA CO XR
10QUITO75GOE REVIEWS INITIAL COMPULSORY LICENSE PETITIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Ecuador's Intellectual Property Institute (IEPI) has received two compulsory license petitions under procedures issued on January 15. The procedures provide the detailed follow-up to Presidential Decree 118, issued in October 2009 (refs A and B),which established access to m [...]
2010-02-10 21:50:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD KIPR EINV EC
10QUITO9DISORGANIZED LABOR: LOTS OF TALK, LITTLE COLLECTIVE ACTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Union leaders are calling for strikes beginning on January 15, ostensibly to protest the "insufficient" rise in the minimum wage, which will go from 218 dollars to 240 dollars in 2010. However, worker protests are unlikely to amount to much, since organized labor in Ecuador is [...]
2010-01-14 17:57:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB PHUM EC
10RABAT108SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CARDIN
[...] (U) Summary: Senator Cardin, we look forward to your arrival in Morocco, a long-standing U.S. ally and model in many respects for other Arab, Muslim and African countries. The U.S. mission's goals in Morocco are promoting economic growth, enhancing democracy and governance through political [...]
2010-02-09 15:43:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PTER ECON MO
10RABAT151CODEL CARDIN MEETS WITH GOM OFFICIALS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On February 15, 2010, a five-member Congressional delegation led by Senator Cardin met with Moroccan MFA Secretary General Youssef Amrani and MOI Director of Internal Affairs Mohammed Tricha. The parties discussed regional stability, human rights, counterterrorism, and other dom [...]
2010-02-22 15:15:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KTIP MO
10RABAT47USG DOE/NNSA BILATERAL NUCLEAR EMERGENCY
[...] SUMMARY: U.S Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),Office of International Emergency Management and Cooperation (IEMC) personnel conducted bilateral nuclear emergency management discussions and training with Government of Morocco (GOM) officials January 1 [...]
2010-01-22 17:11:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY TPHY SENV TNGD KNNP MO SP
10RABAT6IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO VISION IN MOROCCO
[...] Summary: Pursuant to President Obama's Cairo Speech and the Secretary of State's remarks in Marrakesh at the Forum for the Future, the U.S. Mission in Morocco continues to collaborate with Moroccan counterparts from civil society, government, media and academia to support a wealth of programs [...]
2010-01-05 07:45:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM ECON SOCI KISL KTIA MO
10RABAT62ANTICORRUPTION AUTHORITY PRESSES EFFORTS
[...] (U) Summary: In its first year, Morocco's Central Authority for Corruption Prevention (ICPC),established by the Government as the coordinating body for the fight against corruption, has initiated work on several draft anti-corruption laws. While Morocco's Transparency International corrupt [...]
2010-02-01 16:45:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS ECON KCOR PGOV KMPI MO
10RABAT8GUINEA: THE WAY FORWARD
[...] (S) Summary: Following a series of discussions in Rabat on January 5, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson signaled explicit USG support to Guinean Defense Minister Sekouba Konate in his bid to lead the country's transition to civilian rule. A/S Carson, along with Fr [...]
2010-01-08 11:17:00Embassy RabatSECRETPINS PGOV PREL PINR GV MO
10RANGOON100BURMA: SECOND AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK DETECTED
[...] (SBU) Burmese health officials reported to the World Organization for Animal Health February 23 that they have detected another outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Rangoon, the second in 2010. The previous outbreak began on February 1 in Myangone Township (reftel); prior [...]
2010-02-23 09:33:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
10RANGOON108BURMA: RECOVERY FROM CYCLONE NARGIS
[...] (U) This cable was prepared by USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) in coordination with the U.S. Embassy Rangoon. 2. (SBU) Most of the people in Irrawaddy and Rangoon divisions in Burma who were affected by Cyclone Nargis are making limited progress in rebuil [...]
2010-02-26 04:14:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PREL PGOV PINR BM
10RANGOON50BURMA: NGO EMPLOYEE IMPLICATED IN TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (C) A Burmese national Save the Children (STC) employee has reportedly trafficked at least five young people to the Wa Region for conscription into the United Wa State Army (UWSA). The employee was not working on a U.S. Government-funded STC project. The alleged perpetrator apparently acted [...]
2010-01-26 10:22:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID PGOV PREL ELAB SMIG KTIP BM
10RANGOON79BURMA: AVIAN INFLUENZA DETECTED IN POULTRY
[...] (SBU) Burmese health officials confirmed February 5 they have identified an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a poultry farm in Rangoon's Myangone Township. The initial outbreak, detected February 1, was reported to health officials on February 2, and appeared to have a [...]
2010-02-09 10:26:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
10RANGOON81BURMA: AVIAN INFLUENZA DETECTED IN POULTRY
[...] (SBU) Burmese health officials confirmed February 5 they have identified an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) at a poultry farm in Rangoon's Myangone Township. The initial outbreak, detected February 1, was reported to health officials on February 2, and appeared to have a [...]
2010-02-10 10:44:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
10RANGOON83BURMA: STRIKES HALT WORK AT SEVERAL RANGOON
[...] (C) Workers at three or four Rangoon factories, all wholly or partially foreign owned, went on strike February 8-9. The number of participants is estimated to be as high as 3,000. By all available accounts, worker demands focus on increased pay and benefits. Some reports indicate the GOB r [...]
2010-02-11 08:31:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
10RANGOON89BURMA: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) Burma remained a source country for women, men, and children trafficked for forced labor and sexual exploitation. To a lesser extent Burma is a transit country for trafficking victims going between neighboring countries. Forced labor and child-soldier recruitment continued to occur with [...]
2010-02-16 11:28:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN KCRM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SMIG KTIP
10RANGOON92BURMA: U TIN OO, BACK IN THE SADDLE, WELCOMES
[...] (C) During a February 16 meeting with recently released National League for Democracy (NLD) Vice-Chair U Tin Oo, the Charge described the U.S. Burma policy review, in which the NLD's views were regularly solicited. U Tin Oo welcomed U.S. engagement efforts, expecting it will be a long-term p [...]
2010-02-17 10:17:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
10REYKJAVIK31 ICELAND: 2010 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In 2009 Iceland took significant steps to combat trafficking in persons. The Government of Iceland, for the first time, prosecuted alleged trafficking violators on TIP specific charges. In addition, the government passed and began to implement the country's first anti-TIP natio [...]
2010-02-23 16:31:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA
10REYKJAVIK6 ICELAND: EUR ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] (U) Gender equality and women's issues are top priorities in Iceland and the country has achieved strong results in these spheres. Iceland ranked third in the United Nations' Human Development Index in 2009, and placed first in the 2009 Global Gender Gap Index, published by the World Economic [...]
2010-01-08 15:57:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KWMN XG KTIP IC
10RIGA15 LATVIA: USG ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] Embassy Riga conducts a range of activities to draw increased attention to women's issues. While programs that focus exclusively on these topics are rare, Post incorporates key messages on women's issues in other activities, from visitor's programs to policy discussions with the Ministry of I [...]
2010-01-11 15:30:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM XG LG
10RIGA2COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LATVIA'S 2010 BUDGET
[...] Summary: Latvia's 2010 budget contains large across-the-board spending cuts and tax increases. Since 2008, a massive economic slowdown has caused central government revenues to contract 26.6% -- government spending has fallen 17%. As in 2009, payroll reduction rather than significant structu [...]
2010-01-04 14:19:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ECIN PGOV PREL SW LG
10RIODEJANEIRO12Rio Radar - January 7, 2010
[...] (U) Rio Radar is a regular compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This report's subjects: NUCLEAR REACTORS REMAIN OPERATIONAL AFTER DEADLY MUDSLIDES 2. (U) Brazi [...]
2010-01-07 17:34:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ASEC HUD OPIC EAIR SOCI BR
10RIODEJANEIRO28RIO RADAR - FEBRUARY 1, 2010
[...] (U) Rio Radar is a regular compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: LULA, PETROBRAS, AND GENERAL ELECTRIC OPEN FIRST ETHANOL POWER PLANT 2. [...]
2010-02-01 15:26:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET PGOV ELAB WHO
10RIYADH103SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE
[...] (SBU) Mission Saudi Arabia enthusiastically welcomes your visit, planned for February 15-20, to Riyadh and Jeddah. You will arrive just after several prominent official visits, including Deputy Treasury Secretary Wolin and Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Hormats, and just before [...]
2010-01-24 11:56:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL KIPR EINV TSPL SENV SOCI SA
10RIYADH107SAUDI ARABIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Chapter Headings: -- Openness to Foreign Investment -- Conversion and Transfer Policies -- Expropriation and Compensation -- Dispute Settlement -- Performance Requirements and Incentives -- Right to Private Ownership and Establishment -- Protection of Property Rights -- Transparency of R [...]
2010-01-25 13:14:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON OPIC KTDB USTR SA
10RIYADH149SAUDI COMMERCE MINISTRY WELCOMES ANTIBOYCOTT
[...] (SBU) Representatives from DOC's Office of Anti-Boycott Compliance visited Riyadh January 31 to discuss Saudi progress on reported Arab League Boycott requests. Saudi Arabia's compliance record has improved dramatically from 350 prohibited requests in 1994 to five prohibited requests in 2009 [...]
2010-02-01 14:31:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KBCT PREL SA IS
10RIYADH178SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S FEB 15-16
[...] (C) Madam Secretary, Mission Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to the Kingdom, a country which, by virtue of its energy resources, financial power, counterterrorism efforts, and leadership of the Muslim world, plays a critical role in many global and regional issues of importance to us. [...]
2010-02-11 12:23:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNOVIP PREL PGOV PTER SA YM IR ECON
10RIYADH204SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 21-23 VISIT OF ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Saudi officials are very excited about your visit, which they expect will build on the successful December visit of Deputy Secretary Poneman to write a new chapter in our bilateral dialogue on energy and Science & Technology Cooperation. You will arrive at a tim [...]
2010-02-18 13:21:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG KGHG EINV ECON PREL SA
10RIYADH224CODEL LOWEY AND SAUDI VICE MINISTER OF EDUCATION
[...] (U) During a February 14 visit to the National Dialogue Center (KACND) CODEL Lowey was briefed on its primary goal of combating extremism by promoting dialogue and exchanges of differing points of view among Saudis. On the role of women the Center's Director explained the SAG privatization st [...]
2010-02-24 14:25:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KISL KOCI KPAO PGOV PPD PREL SA
10RIYADH69HUMAN RIGHTS NGO SENDS OPEN LETTER TO SAUDI KING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 28, 2009 the unlicensed Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) appealed to King Abdullah in an open letter to order the release from prison of 73-year old, well-known Human Rights activist, Suliman Al-Reshoudi. The letter claimed that Al-Reshoudi, a former j [...]
2010-01-12 14:43:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KISL PGOV KDEM OPDC SA
10RIYADH79AFCENT COMMANDER DISCUSSES AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In January 5 meetings with Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces (RSADF) Commander LTG Abdulaziz Mohamed Al-Hussein and Royal Saudi Naval Force (RSNF) Commander VADM Fahd bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Saud, U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) Commander Lt Gen Mike Hostage broached CENTCOM [...]
2010-01-13 16:04:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMASS MOPS PREL SA
10RIYADH97SAUDI INVESTMENT AUTHORITY OUTLINES AMBITIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) has achieved remarkable results over the last five years in making Saudi Arabia a more attractive destination for foreign investment, more than doubling total investment to $38 billion in 2008. SAGIA is trying to focus the co [...]
2010-01-21 11:54:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON ETRD ENRG TBIO PREL SA
10ROME2092009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR ITALY PART 1
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 12:17:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
10ROME82INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 - ITALY
[...] SUMMARY: Following is Post's submission for 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Italy. End Summary. OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ------------------- 2. The Government of Italy (GOI) maintains a welcoming posture to foreign investment and has made modest progress in addressing the structural e [...]
2010-01-21 14:06:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
10ROME87STAFFDEL KESSLER DISCUSSES IRAN WITH MFA, ENI, PD
[...] (C) Staff Director of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HCFA) Dr. Richard Kessler and HCFA staff members probed senior MFA and energy and gas parastatal Eni officials on Italy's intentions concerning Iran sanctions and prospects for effective multilateral action to curb Iran's nuclear pro [...]
2010-01-22 15:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNNP PARM IR PGOV
10ROME89ITALY-YEMEN: SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS OUTLINE APPROACH
[...] (C) FM Frattini's Chief of Staff Alain Economides and Acting Director General of the MFA Middle East Bureau Luigi Marras told us the international community needed to take an inclusive and regional approach to stabilizing Yemen in the aftermath of the attempted bombing of NWA Flight 253. Marr [...]
2010-01-22 16:34:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL IT YE
10RPODUBAI9IRAN BANKING ON ROPES AS BAD LOANS HIT RECORD HIGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A January 3 Central Bank of Iran (CBI) report indicates non-performing loans (NPLs) jumped from USD 40 billion to 48 billion from mid-September to mid-November. NPLs now account for nearly 26 percent of all outstanding domestic loans. CBI ascribed the increase in bad loans to the [...]
2010-01-07 10:46:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR ECON PREL
10SANAA1782010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - REPUBLIC OF YEMEN
[...] (U) Below is YemenQs submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement. 2. (U) Begin text of 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the Republic of Yemen. --------------------------------------------- -------- 2010 Investment Climate Statement - Republic of Yemen ---------------------- [...]
2010-01-27 11:44:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EIND EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD PTER PGOV YM
10SANAA295YEMEN: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-15 13:47:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10SANAA381S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL - YEMEN
[...] Embassy Sana'a submits two projects for the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues' Small Grants Initiative (S/GWI) to fund projects that promote women's political, economic, and social advancement. The proposals detailed below address the themes of education, specifically, health educa [...]
2010-02-23 14:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY YM
10SANAA385USDA SUPPORT SOUGHT FOR ADEN HOSPITAL FUNDING
[...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph two. 2. (U) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests that USDA confirm its readiness to allocate USD 3.6 million in existing USDA food aid to Yemen to fund a complete renovation of the Aden Hospital (locally referred to as al-Gomhory Hospital). 3. (C) Th [...]
2010-02-24 07:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR SOCI PREL PGOV SA YM
10SANJOSE130COSTA RICA 2009 END-USE MONITORING (EUM) REPORT
[...] Per Ref A, Embassy San Jose provides the following information regarding EUM of resources acquired with U.S. Department of State International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) funds. 2. EUM Program Coordinator: NAO Robert B. Andrew, IVG 220-2253, andrewrb@state.gov. The NAO i [...]
2010-02-02 19:34:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AMGT PGOV PINR PREL AFIN CS
10SANJOSE19COSTA RICA'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN HITS ITS FINAL LEG
[...] (SBU) Summary: With national elections a week away, Laura Chinchilla of the ruling National Liberation Party (PLN) is holding on to first place in the race to be Costa Rica's next president. Most observers believe she will win more than the required forty percent needed to win the election in t [...]
2010-02-02 15:01:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CS
10SANJOSE3COSTA RICA FLEXING ITS DEMOCRATIC MUSCLES
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a time when the electoral systems of some others in the region are wrapped in controversy, Costa Rica appears to be maintaining its status as a model of institutional democracy in Central America as the country moves towards national elections on February 7. The near-total dem [...]
2010-01-11 14:53:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV CS PLN KDEM
10SANJOSE902010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: COSTA RICA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 23:24:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KTDB KIPR OPIC KIDE USTR ECON CS PGOV
10SANSALVADOR110DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] On January 27, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Walter Lara, the Director of Regulations at the Ministry of Health. Dr. Lara confirmed El Salvador does not have legislation to prohibit texting while driving. He added that El Salvador lacks a reliable system to track the statistics of [...]
2010-02-02 15:40:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI UNDP UNGA ECON ES
10SANSALVADOR144EL SALVADOR: INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR
[...] (U) Summary: Pursuant to Ref A, this cable provides information on child labor and forced labor in the production of goods in El Salvador as well as prevalence and sectoral distribution of exploitative child labor, laws and regulations, institutions and mechanisms for enforcement, government [...]
2010-02-08 14:25:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI ELAB ETRD ES
10SANSALVADOR212EL SALVADOR: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: Pursuant to ref A, this cable provides information on trafficking in persons (TIP) in El Salvador in accordance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000. The text directly tracks reftel paragraphs 25-29 and relevant subsections. Note internal paragraph number [...]
2010-02-19 22:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB MCA
10SANSALVADOR252EL SALVADOR: 2010 SPECIAL 301 INPUT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. El Salvador continues to comply with CAFTA-DR and TRIPS IPR obligations and improve IPR protection. The GOES implemented data protection regulations for agricultural chemicals in 2009, its last outstanding CAFTA-DR IPR obligation. Stronger enforcement efforts started in 2008 hav [...]
2010-02-26 22:17:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR ES
10SANSALVADOR37With ARENA Fractured, Funes is FMLN's Only Rival
[...] (C) Summary: Eight months into the Funes presidency, the GOES can best be characterized as schizophrenic. The part of the government that Funes controls is moderate, pragmatic, responsibly left-of-center and friendly to the USG. The part he has ceded to hard-line elements of the (left-wing) F [...]
2010-01-26 19:14:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ES
10SANTIAGO166CHILE: Labor Monitoring and Engagement with FTA Countries
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chile has a developed and steadily growing economy and a stable government which generally protects most worker rights adequately. Areas of concern include low levels of female and youth participation in the workforce, lack of regulation in the informal economy, an inflexible [...]
2010-02-05 19:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD PGOV CI
10SANTIAGO186CHILE 2009 UPDATED INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR
[...] Below is Post's response to Ref A request for updated information on the worst forms of child labor and forced labor in Chile. ----------------------- TASKING 1/TVPRA ----------------------- 2. Pol specialist spoke with officials from the Ministry of Labor, the ILO, union [...]
2010-02-08 17:55:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP AID CI
10SANTIAGO2Media Report January 2-4
[...] Article in the Science and Technology section making reference to a recent book review in the New York Times of "The Department of Mad Scientists: How DARPA is Remaking our World from the Internet to Artificial Limbs" by Michael Belfiore's. "In 2008 DARPA's Director visited Chile se [...]
2010-01-04 14:38:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO200Santiago Feb. 10 Media Report
[...] Sebasti????n Pi????era announced his new cabinet: 6 women, most are Catholic University alumni, and eleven have graduate studies in the United States, primarily from Harvard and the University of Chicago (All dailies, 2/10). 2. Pi????era's cabinet members: undergraduate and g [...]
2010-02-10 20:30:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO254Chile: TIP Report
[...] (U) The following information is Post's submission per ref A. Some requests for statistics are still pending. Post will continue to gather information on TIP and submit relevant updates prior to April 15. 2. SUMMARY: The GOC maintained its efforts to combat TIP. Individual agencies, inclu [...]
2010-02-25 12:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF CI
10SANTODOMINGO124DR: 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] While the Dominican government welcomes foreign investment, significant systemic problems can make investing in the country a risky undertaking. Foreign investors cite a lack of clear, standardized rules by which to compete and a lack of enforcement of existing rules. Complaints have included [...]
2010-01-20 12:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR DR
10SANTODOMINGO132Santo Domingo Sit Rep 8 - Haiti Earthquake Response
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo Sitrep 8, further to reftel A: 2. Border Issues Update: a) The border is open between 07:00 and 19:00, with GODR officials permitting USG and humanitarian groups' conveys to go through without inspection, although this approach may change with time. While nighttim [...]
2010-01-21 01:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CMGT ASEC AMGT DR HA
10SANTODOMINGO148SDO Sit Rep 10 - Haiti Earthquake response
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo Sitrep 10, further to reftels A and B: 2. Border issues update: a) Many entities are working on the DR-Haiti border at Jimani, including the United Nations (including the International Organization for Migration, IOM),the Red Cross, and several GoDR agencies, i [...]
2010-01-23 00:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CMGT AMGT MARR DR HA
10SANTODOMINGO19DR-Haiti Border - Chaotic, But Functional
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of midday 1/17 a variety of American citizens working in the public hospital in the border town of Jimani report a disorganized yet functional situation in which hundreds of displaced Haitians seek, and generally receive, urgent medical assistance. Witnesses report that the [...]
2010-01-17 18:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AMGT ASEC EAID DR HA
10SANTODOMINGO206President Fernandez and Opposition Leader Vargas on the New
[...] The Dominican Republic formally promulgated a new Constitution, composed of 277 Articles and 19 Transitional Articles, on 1/26/10. President Leonel Fernandez, after praising his mentor, former President Juan Bosch, Bosch's Constitution of 1963 and the 1965 "April Revolution" that sought its [...]
2010-02-01 21:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS PHUM KCOR DR
10SANTODOMINGO208President Fernandez and Opposition Leader Vargas on the New
[...] The Dominican Republic formally promulgated a new Constitution, composed of 277 Articles and 19 Transitional Articles, on 1/26/10. President Leonel Fernandez, after praising his mentor, former President Juan Bosch, Bosch's Constitution of 1963 and the 1965 "April Revolution" that sought its [...]
2010-02-03 01:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS PHUM KCOR DR
10SANTODOMINGO286DAS Reynoso's Meetings on Justice, Transparency and Human
[...] (SBU) WHA DAS Julissa Reynoso held separate meetings during her 5-9 February 2010 visit to the Dominican Republic related to justice, the rule of law and transparency, with Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Subero Isa, Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena, and leading NGOs dedicated to prom [...]
2010-02-22 20:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR PHUM DR
10SANTODOMINGO288DR: DAS Reynoso Discusses Haiti with Foreign Minister,
[...] (SBU) WHA DAS Julissa Reynoso, during her 5-9 February 2010 visit, travelled to the Jimani border crossing and met with a wide range of leading Dominican Government (GoDR) officials, business leaders and intellectuals where the principal topic was what role the Dominican Republic should play [...]
2010-02-22 23:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG HA DR
10SANTODOMINGO3DR BUDGET RAISES MORE QUESTIONS THAN IT ANSWERS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The 2010 budget of the Government of the Dominican Republic (GoDR) fails to make any significant progress in making the budget process more transparent and, equally troubling, misses several marks set by the IMF as part of its Standby Agreement. The budget allocates 11.4 percent [...]
2010-01-06 14:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV DR
10SANTODOMINGO33AFTER THE EARTH MOVED: A NEW HISPANIOLA
[...] (SBU) The horrific earthquake in Haiti could be the cathartic event that leads to an historic change in relations between that country and the Dominican Republic. In its rubble, we see a providential opening, a chance to leave behind three centuries of enmity and distrust, to foster a new s [...]
2010-01-28 21:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD EAID EINV DR HA
10SANTODOMINGO51GODR Health Assistance Following Haiti Earthquake
[...] Summary: On 04 Feb 2010, the Dominican Public Health Ministry (SESPAS) provided the Embassy statistics indicating that 50,647 people have received some kind of medical attention (29,467 vaccinated, plus 21,180 others) in the "framework" of the GoDR's "Contingency Plan to Help Haiti." SESPAS h [...]
2010-02-05 20:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AMED SMIG AEMR AORC HA DR
10SANTODOMINGO96Santo Domingo - Haiti Earthquake Sit Rep 6
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo Earthquake Sitrep 6, further to reftels: 2. (SBU) As indicated in reftel A, there have been no signs of tension between Dominicans or displaced Haitians who are seeking medical assistance near the border. On 16 JAN, it was reported by Dominican authori [...]
2010-01-18 14:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AMGT ASEC EAID DR HA
10SAOPAULO112BRAZILIAN LGBT COMMUNITY FACES CHALLENGES TO RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Protection of the rights of Gay Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) citizens in Brazil presents a mixed picture. Brazil's LBGT population has become far more visible in recent years and some local governments such as Sao Paulo have established special legal, law enfo [...]
2010-02-11 14:59:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PGOV KPAO CVIS CASC BR ELAB
10SARAJEVO114SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN-LIEBERMAN
[...] (SBU) You are visiting Sarajevo when frustration over the failure of government at all levels is higher than at any time since the failure of the April Package of constitutional reforms in 2006. Governmental gridlock has been further fueled by conflicting visions among Bosnia's ethnic groups [...]
2010-02-03 11:11:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OVIP BK
10SARAJEVO141SCENESETTER FOR CODEL VOINOVICH
[...] (SBU) You are visiting Sarajevo when frustration over the failure of government at all levels is higher than at any time since the failure of the April Package of constitutional reforms in 2006. Governmental gridlock has been further fueled by conflicting visions among Bosnia's ethnic groups [...]
2010-02-10 16:23:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OVIP ECON BK
10SARAJEVO175BOSNIA ? WOMEN'S SMALL GRANT PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] Embassy Sarajevo submits the following four proposals in priority order for S/GWI's small grant initiative to promote women's political, economic, and social advancement. Post received 64 proposals, which were reviewed by representatives of the economic, public affairs (OPA),and USAID offic [...]
2010-02-23 13:32:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN EAID KPAO PHUM SOCI TRSY BK
10SARAJEVO198BOSNIA - SUBMISSION FOR THE 2010 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2010 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Patrick Hanish, tel: 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax: 387-33-659-722, e-mail: HanishPN@state.gov. Time spent preparing the repo [...]
2010-02-26 15:41:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10SARAJEVO73BOSNIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SUBMISSION
[...] In the past several years, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has made considerable efforts to open its economy to more foreign investment. However, the global economic crisis, coupled with increasing internal political struggles, has led to a significant slowdown in necessary reforms since 2008. [...]
2010-01-25 13:42:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OPIC KTDB USTR BK
10SEOUL135SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 29, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 06:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL141SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 1, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 07:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL15SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 6, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 06:09:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL18SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 7, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-07 07:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL182SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 8, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-08 06:56:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL202DASD SCHIFFER: KOREAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 00:29:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR ETRD KS KN
10SEOUL238SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 16, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 08:14:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL248A/S CAMPBELL DISCUSSES DPRK FUTURE WITH EXPERTS
[...] (C) A group of five ROK opinion leaders and experts on North Korea issues told A/S Kurt Campbell on February 3 it was difficult to predict whether Kim Jong-il's youngest son Kim Jong-un would be able to succeed his father without sparking instability in the North. Of the five experts, one thought t [...]
2010-02-18 04:57:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV SOCI KN KS CH
10SEOUL255NGOS CALL FOR GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH NORTH KOREA
[...] (U) The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) at Kyungnam University co-sponsored a human rights-focused North Korea donors conference February 4-5 in Seoul. Ambassador Stephens delivered opening remarks, highlighting the USG's commitment to d [...]
2010-02-18 09:33:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL EAID SOCI PINR ECON KN KS
10SEOUL297SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 24, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 08:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL311SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 25, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 08:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL312SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - FEBRUARY 2010
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Korea Swings to Trade Deficit in January -- Unprecedented Demand for Unemployment Insurance -- ROKG Raises Job Creation Target to 250,000 -- Governme [...]
2010-02-25 00:08:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
10SEOUL318NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - FEBRUARY 2010
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Grain Output Declines in 2009 -- Market Restrictions Eased -- Finance Chief Sacked Over Currency Debacle -- Scholar: Currency Reform Goal Was to Exp [...]
2010-02-25 08:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
10SEOUL5SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 4, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-04 05:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL51SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 13, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-13 07:52:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL52SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - DECEMBER 2009
[...] President Lee witnessed the signing of a contract December 27 that will award USD 20 billion to a South Korean consortium led by the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) to supply four 1400 megawatt light water nuclear reactors and design and build four nuclear power plants in the United A [...]
2010-01-14 00:53:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EAGR ECON EIND PREL SENV TBIO TPHY KGHG KHIV
10SEOUL59SPECIAL ENVOY KING'S 1/11 MEETING WITH NSA KIM
[...] (C) National Security Adviser Kim Sung-hwan told Special Envoy King and the Ambassador on January 11 that the ROK remains committed to improving human rights in North Korea. Kim doubted that Pyongyang would heed calls to improve its human rights record, but it was important to remind the regim [...]
2010-01-14 08:51:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PINR SOCI ECON KN KS CH
10SEOUL65SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 15, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 06:08:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL83SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 21, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 08:44:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL92SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - DECEMBER 2009
[...] In January 2008, Korea revised the goal of raising the share of new and renewable energy in its total energy equation from 2.6 percent in 2008 to 6 percent in 2020, and 11 percent in 2030. Korea's New and Renewable 2030 Vision stipulates wind energy to be developed and deployed as the third la [...]
2010-01-25 08:11:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EIND ENRG PGOV PREL TBIO TRGY TSPA KS
10SEOUL95NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JANUARY 2010
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- New Year's Editorial Focuses on the Economy -- DPRK Bans Foreign Currency Use -- DPRK Continues Closing Wholesale Markets -- Number of DPRK Cell Phon [...]
2010-01-26 07:01:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
10SHANGHAI18CLIMATE CHANGE/CHINA: SHANGHAI THINK-TANK DISCUSSES THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Copenhagen climate change conference exemplified a competition in the "game of global governance," with Europe´s influence waning, and new dynamic between the developing countries (led by China),Europe and other developed countries, and the United States emerging; according to [...]
2010-01-21 08:52:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALSENV PREL ENRG KGHG CH
10SHANGHAI19OFFICIALS SAY YANGTZE RIVER DELTA PLAYS "VITAL ROLE" IN
[...] (SBU) Participants in a conference organized by the Communist Party's Organization Department and the National Development and Reform Commission on economic and social development in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region observed that the administrative division of the region among Shanghai and [...]
2010-01-22 03:01:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV CH
10SHANGHAI22SHANGHAI OFFICIALS SEEKING TO RESOLVE PROPERTY BUBBLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai housing officials say that the city is in the middle of a property market bubble. But rather than directly intervene to cool off the market, they instead are pushing to increase subsidized rentals for the poor and low-cost housing for low- and middle-income families. [...]
2010-01-22 04:46:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH
10SHANGHAI27BOOMING JIANGSU PROVINCE WELCOMES CONSULATE OBSERVERS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jiangsu Governor Luo Zhijun pledged to "transform" the province's economy towards a greater emphasis on home-grown innovation and domestic consumption in the Jiangsu Provincial Government's 2010 Work Report delivered January 26. The provincial government will continue to address [...]
2010-01-27 06:50:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EIND ETRD CH
10SHANGHAI28SHANGHAI FOCUSES ON EXPO AFTER YEAR OF "UNPRECEDENTED"
[...] (SBU) Summary: Managing the upcoming World Expo -- with particular attention to security -- formed the centerpiece of Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng's work report to the January 26 opening of the annual session of the Municipal People's Congress. Han did his best to stress Shanghai's 2009 achiev [...]
2010-01-27 10:27:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI CH
10SHANGHAI9DELAYED REVELATIONS OF MELAMINE-TAINTED DAIRY PRODUCTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: December 31 media reports of the closure of Shanghai Panda Dairy for producing melamine-tainted milk products have led to the revelation that Chinese authorities have known of the company's transgressions for nearly a year. Chinese authorities quoted in the media have attributed [...]
2010-01-08 08:53:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAGR SENV TBIO PGOV CH
10SHENYANG22NGOS TALK NORTHEAST CHINA CHILDCARE AND HEALTH,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to local expats with many years of experience in Shenyang, foreign NGOs continue to be required to partner with local governments, but official suspicion of foreign NGOs and social workers has declined. Any lingering suspicion is now individual rather than institutional. [...]
2010-02-19 08:51:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALCM KN KS PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI
10SINGAPORE1 A BUBBLE IN SINGAPORE PROPERTY MARKET?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Singapore suffering through its most serious recession in decades, the local property market saw a strong surge in 2009 that has fueled concerns a new asset bubble could be forming. The resurgent demand is due to a number of factors, including pent-up demand remaining fr [...]
2010-01-04 08:46:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV SN
10SINGAPORE110REDI CENTER'S FUTURE UNCERTAIN AS USG FUNDING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dr. Daniel Miller and Dr. Adrienne Goodrich-Doctor of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) met with CDA and Ministry of Health (MOH) officials on December 3 and 4, 2009 to discuss the future of the Regional Emerging Diseases Intervention (REDI) Center and recent c [...]
2010-01-27 09:17:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALAORC KFLU TBIO PREL PGOV SN
10SINGAPORE113 ECONOMISTS QUESTION FUTURE OF SINGAPORE'S GROWTH MODEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: As Singapore recovers from another recession brought on by events outside its borders, local economists have begun to question Singapore's economic growth model. In past decades Singapore utilized an extraordinary openness to foreign investment and labor to quickly grow its ec [...]
2010-01-28 05:44:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV SN
10SINGAPORE167 SINGAPORE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS PRODUCTIVITY BOOST TO DRIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's Economic Strategies Committee released recommendations to drive future growth, focusing on raising productivity by improving worker skills, encouraging innovation, and limiting the economy's reliance on foreign labor. The recommendations mark a policy shift from a [...]
2010-02-11 08:51:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV ELAB SN
10SINGAPORE202 SINGAPORE'S 2010 BUDGET TO BOOST LONG TERM GROWTH
[...] (U) Summary: Singapore's Finance Minister presented parliament a budget for FY 2010 focused on raising productivity, improving business competitiveness and making the country's economic growth more inclusive. The budget moves away from last year's expansionary budget that was designed to prot [...]
2010-02-23 23:47:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SN
10SINGAPORE67 SINGAPORE - 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter of the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided via email a Microsoft Word version of the document to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. (SBU) Begin text of Statement: 2010 Investment C [...]
2010-01-19 00:42:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR SN
10SKOPJE692010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR MACEDONIA
[...] Summary: During the reporting period the GOM continued to show a strong commitment to combating trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and participated in international activities directed at identifying and eliminating human trafficking. High-ranking GoM officials took an active interest in combating T [...]
2010-02-16 12:11:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB MCA AJ
10SOFIA133BULGARIA REQUESTS GITMO VISIT
[...] (U) Following is the text of a letter received February 24 by Ambassador Warlick from Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov. 2. (S) Begin text: Your Excellency, With regard to the request of the Government of the United States of America for assist [...]
2010-02-24 15:53:00Embassy SofiaSECRETPGOV PREL BU
10SOFIA38BULGARIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 07:32:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
10SOFIA39BULGARIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Bulgaria - 2010 Investment Climate Statement. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Bulgaria has put in place a liberal foreign investment regime, including low, flat corporate and income taxes and competitive incentives to attract high levels of foreign investment. Promising sectors for fo [...]
2010-01-19 07:32:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
10STATE10130POLIO LETTERS TO GCC HEALTH MINISTERS
[...] This is an urgent action request. As follow-up to to last week's visit to GCC capitals by a State/USAID/CDC team in furtherance of the U.S./OIC polio eradication initiative, Posts are requested to send the following letter from Ambassadors to host country health ministers as quickly as possi [...]
2010-02-01 21:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDSENV GCC
10STATE10500ANNOUNCEMENT OF RECIPIENTS OF THE 2010
[...] This is an action request. See paras 5 and 7. 2. Summary: I am pleased to announce that Secretary Clinton has approved ten outstanding women to receive the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC) for 2010. These women will be recognized at a high profile cere [...]
2010-02-02 18:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM
10STATE10766TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) Netherlands Antilles Prime Minster De Jongh-Elhage will visit Haiti February 3 to pursue repatriation of remains of a GONA official. Minister of Telecommunications and Transportation Adriaens will accompany him. (TF1/WHA e-mail) SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) ---------------------- [...]
2010-02-02 23:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE11764TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION
[...] (SBU) A 14-member CODEL led by Senator Durbin (D-IL) and Representative Clyburn (D-SC) is scheduled to make a stopover in Port-au-Prince February 5, weather permitting (a go/no-go decision should be made by about 1800 EST). The CODEL will be accompanied by Assistant Secretary for Legislative [...]
2010-02-05 00:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE13002REQUEST FOR EMBASSY WARSAW PARTICIPATION IN A
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Warsaw. See paragraph 7. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The United States imports all of its Mo-99 (a key medical isotope) from foreign suppliers, but there is currently a worldwide shortage due to various nuclear research-reactor shutdowns. [...]
2010-02-12 23:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY TBIO PL
10STATE13655TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (U) French President Sarkozy will visit Haiti February 17 and is expected to make "very significant" announcements, including the cancellation of $75 million in bilateral debt. (metropolehaiti.com) 2. (U) Canadian PM Harper continued his February 15-16 visit, according to press. Canada's $1 [...]
2010-02-16 20:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE15558UN SECURITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 24 THEMATIC DEBATE
[...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the statement in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council thematic debate on Drug Trafficking in West Africa on February 24. End action request. 2. Begin Statement: Thank you, Mr. President. The United States would like to thank France for [...]
2010-02-20 00:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA XY UNCND UNIDCP SNAR
10STATE15561COOPERATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 7 and 8. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During the January 2010 Department of State-led delegation to the Gulf region, the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) provided information on the potential for cooperation with [...]
2010-02-20 01:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP ENRG TRGY MU BA KU SA
10STATE15562USUN TALKING POINTS FOR UNMIT CONSULTATIONS
[...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the points in paragraph 2 during a briefing before the Security Council on the UN Mission in Timor-Leste. 2. Begin talking points: - I would like to welcome SRSG Ameerah Haq to the UNMIT team. She joins a capable mission and we look forward t [...]
2010-02-20 01:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KPKO TT
10STATE15607TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (U) At a news conference with President Preval in Port-au- Prince, French President Sarkozy said France has decided to forgive Haiti's debt of 56 million euros. France will provide 270 million euros over two years to support Haiti'seconomy. (Reuters) EVACUATIONS/AMERICAN CITIZEN ISSUES -- [...]
2010-02-20 07:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE16776MARK YOUR CALENDAR: 2010 SPECIAL HEALTH OBSERVANCE
[...] There are over one hundred special observance days, months, and years that are celebrated world-wide to bring attention to worthy causes including well known days such as World AIDS Day (Dec. 1) and the lesser known, such as World Rural Women's Day (Oct. 15). The Department has compiled a li [...]
2010-02-23 23:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDSENV AID TBIO SOCI
10STATE2094PREPARING THE TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) This is an action message for all posts. See paras 14-35. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended, requires the Department [...]
2010-01-09 04:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
10STATE4204TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION
[...] (SBU) Two airlifts are scheduled for January 14. Requests for evacuations are low and therefore no further airlifts are anticipated on January 14. One unidentified person was pulled from rubble alive. Looting was reported, but incidents remain small and contained. One U.S. citizen was acco [...]
2010-01-15 05:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE4210TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION
[...] (SBU) The number of U.S. search and rescue personnel on the ground has increased to 310. The teams are from Fairfax County, Los Angeles, and Miami. (TF1/Embassy Port-au-Prince e-mail) EVACUATIONS/AMERICAN CITIZEN AND LES WHEREABOUTS --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. [...]
2010-01-15 07:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE4829TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (U) UNSYG Ban is en route to Port-au-Prince, and will meet with President Preval. (AP) 2. (U) Congressman Kendrik Meeks (D-FL) arrived overnight in Haiti. (TF1/Interagency Conference Call) 3. (SBU) Paul Farmer, one of the founders of Partners in Health, and Leslie Voltaire, Dep [...]
2010-01-17 20:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE4843TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) UNSYG Ban arrived in Port-au-Prince, and visited the destroyed UN Headquarters. (TF1/IO rep) 2. (SBU) Congressman Kendrick Meek (D-FL) flew to the Dominican Republic and drove overland to Haiti; he overflew the capital with Ambassador Merten. (TF1/H rep) 3. (SBU) Senato [...]
2010-01-18 00:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE5001TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (U) No updates at this time. SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) ---------------------- 2. (SBU) To date, international SAR teams have rescued more than 72 individuals. U.S. SAR teams have rescued 40 of the 72. (TF1/USAID e-mail) COMMODITY FLOW -------------- 3. (SBU) O [...]
2010-01-19 15:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE5829TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) Pan American Health Organization Director Dr. Roses will travel to Haiti January 21. (TF1/Interagency Conference Call) SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) ---------------------- 2. (SBU) Seventeen SAR teams continue operations in the field. Los Angeles County rescue workers made one rescue [...]
2010-01-21 12:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE6140RECRUITING LOCALLY EMPLOYED (LE) STAFF TO SERVE
[...] Recurring TDY Opportunities for worldwide LE staff members in the US Mission in Afghanistan: The U.S. Mission in Afghanistan and the Department of State request the assistance of highly qualified Locally Employed (LE) Staff to support the vital work of Afghanistan reconstruction by voluntee [...]
2010-01-21 19:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER AFSN
10STATE6986TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) Senator Kerry (D-MA),Representative McGovern (D- MA),USAID Administrator Shah, and FEMA Administrator Fugate will visit Haiti January 23. (TF1/CA e-mail, TF1/DHS and OFDA e-mails) 2. (SBU) Representative Rooney (R-FL) will travel to Port- au-Prince January 24, and Representative Wat [...]
2010-01-23 14:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE7039TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) Representative McGovern (D-MA) and the Lynn University delegation departed Haiti at 2252 EST January 23 for Ft Lauderdale, FL. (TF1/ Embassy Port-au-Prince e-mail) 2. (SBU) Embassy reported that the visit of Representative McGovern and the Lynn University delegation went well. Th [...]
2010-01-24 12:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE7254TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) Panamanian President Martinelli is scheduled to arrive in Port-au-Prince January 25 at 2100 EST. (TF1/Embassy Panama City e-mail) SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) ---------------------- 2. (U) No updates at this time. COMMODITY FLOW -------------- 3. (SBU) Water continues to b [...]
2010-01-25 17:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE9105RESPONSE TO SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ROLNIK ON HER
[...] Summary: The Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, Ms. Raquel Rolnik, has sent the first draft of her visit to the United States from October 22 to November 8, 2009. W [...]
2010-01-29 00:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM OHCHR
10STATE9107GUIDANCE AND TALKING POINTS ON DEVELOPMENTS IN HAITI
[...] Summary: Most international media have now moved on from Haiti to other issues, with remaining coverage focused on the January 27 rescue of a teenage girl and continuing concerns over aid access. Posts should continue to monitor local reporting and engage opinion leaders personally when cover [...]
2010-01-29 01:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA
10STATE9273(S/NF) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON LEADERSHIP
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN SUCCESSION IN PROMINENT LEBANESE POLITICAL PARTIES THAT MIGHT EXPERIENCE LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND HOW THESE CHANGES COULD ALTER THE LEBANESE POLITICAL SCENE. WE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN AMAL; THE FREE PATRIOTIC MOVEMENT ( [...]
2010-01-29 14:59:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PREL LE
10STOCKHOLM11SWEDEN: EUR ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] Summary: Embassy Stockholm integrates women's issues in our International Visitor Leadership Programs in support of women's health, career advancement and leadership opportunities. Post also engages the Swedes on global women's issues such as gender-based violence and women's empowerment in A [...]
2010-01-13 14:12:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KISL KTIP SW
10STOCKHOLM21SWEDISH RESPONSE TO TFHA01 DEMARCHE: SWEDISH AID
[...] On January 20, Emboff shared reftel points regarding Sweden's humanitarian assistance to Haiti with Swedish Ministry For Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Officer Sara Ramierez. Ramierez told Emboff that Sweden has provided a total of $27.1 million in post-earthquake humanitarian assistance to Ha [...]
2010-01-20 14:12:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA SW
10TAIPEI178 Taiwan IPR: 2010 301 Watch List Submission
[...] (SBU) The Taiwan authorities continued to strengthen intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement over the past 12 months. The specialized IP Court, which began accepting cases in July 2008, adjudicated 1007 cases in 2009. The Legislative Yuan (LY) passed ISP-related amendments to the Copyri [...]
2010-02-22 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR TW
10TAIPEI68 Taiwan Biotech: 2010 Outreach Proposals
[...] (U) This is an action request for EEB/TPP/ABT. See paragraphs 6, 7, and 12. Background ---------- 2. (SBU) Taiwan is the U.S.'s sixth-largest agricultural export market. In 2009, the United States exported more than USD 3.2 billion of agricultural, fish and forest products to Taiwan, h [...]
2010-01-15 07:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD KPAO OEXC OIIP SENV TBIO TW
10TAIPEI8CALIBRATING THE U.S. RESPONSE ON BEEF AND HOW IT
[...] (C) Summary: The U.S. response to the Legislative Yuan vote January 5 to prohibit the import of some U.S. beef products (septel) could complicate President Ma Ying-jeou's cross-Strait policy and his already shaky domestic political standing. A carefully calibrated U.S. response can ensure Taiw [...]
2010-01-05 09:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD PREL TW
10TALLINN13ESTONIA'S 18-MONTH STRATEGY FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the next 18 months, Estonia intends to contribute to success in Afghanistan by maintaining its defense forces in the south, increasing its civilian development resources in both Kabul and Helmand, and participating in diplomatic solutions together with the United States. I [...]
2010-01-26 15:28:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN AF EN
10TALLINN302010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ESTONIA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 14:59:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN BEXP ETRD EINV ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR PGOV EN
10TASHKENT314UZBEKISTAN: UNDP ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The United Nations Development Programme, one of the largest and most trusted donors in Uzbekistan, has a number of environmental and energy projects, including: building ecosystem stability on degraded land in Karakalpakstan and the Kyzylkum desert; capacity building for a clean [...]
2010-02-24 12:42:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SENV EAID UZ
10TASHKENT47Uzbekistan: Freedom of Expression under Strain \
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post continues to follow three cases \ involving constraints on freedom of expression. The defamation \ case against photographer Umida Ahmedova continues, with the latest \ information that she has refused an offer for amnesty in exchange \ for a guilty plea. Authorities hav [...]
2010-01-28 13:35:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ
10TASHKENT50INL UZBEKISTAN: NEW COMPUTER NETWORK SUPPORTS FORENSIC
[...] SUMMARY: A secure wireless computer network was installed at the Main Forensic Bureau of the Uzbek Ministry of Health with assistance from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and the Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assista [...]
2010-01-12 11:07:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM UZ
10TASHKENT59Uzbekistan: Response to DOL Request for Information on Child
[...] (U) Per Ref A request, post provides the following update on child labor and forced labor in Uzbekistan. TASKING 1/TVPRA ------------------------- 2. (U) Per instructions that post should only report on the use of child labor and forced labor during the production of [...]
2010-02-02 11:35:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ
10TASHKENT9Uzbekistan: Strengthening Laws On Child Labor
[...] (U) Summary: At the end of December, President Karimov strengthened Uzbekistan's legal framework against child labor by signing into law amendments that increase penalties on public officials for using child labor, impose penalties on private individuals using child labor, and do away wi [...]
2010-01-14 05:56:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UN KTIP UZ
10TASHKENT90UZBEKISTAN: GOU PROMOTES "UZBEK" VALUES AMONG YOUTH
[...] (U) Summary: Several articles on the development of Uzbek "spiritual values" have been published in Uzbekistan's state media over the past few months. One such article, entitled "Spirituality: We are Responsible for Our Children," was published recently by government-owned Narodnoye Slovo follo [...]
2010-01-20 09:47:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SCUL KPAO UZ
10TASHKENT91UZBEKISTAN: PRESIDENT KARIMOV APPOINTS SENATORS WITH AN EYE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the last weeks of January, the 100 Senators of Uzbekistan's parliament, the Oliy Majlis, were chosen-sixteen appointed by President Karimov, and the remaining 84 selected by the regional councils from their own ranks. The Senate is intended to be Uzbekistan's "chamb [...]
2010-02-23 11:20:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM UZ
10TASHKENT92FORENSIC SCIENCE IN UZBEKISTAN: THE SUBTLE APPROACH TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Forensic Laboratory Improvement Project sponsored by the State Department Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),with assistance from the Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training and Assistance Program (ICITAP),cont [...]
2010-01-20 09:51:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID SNAR ASEC KCRM UZ
10TASHKENT97Uzbekistan: Submission for 10th Annual Trafficking in
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 09:11:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ELAB PGOV KTIP KMCA UZ
10TBILISI198GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR 2010
[...] Per reftel, below is Embassy TbilisiQs Investment Climate Statement for submission for 2009. Introduction Since 2004,, the Georgian Government has undertaken an ambitious program to modernize and liberalize its economy. Institutional reforms include restructuring and downsizing governmen [...]
2010-02-17 07:25:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
10TBILISI201GEORGIA: 2009 WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT
[...] Summary: Child labor is uncommon in Georgia because of societal norms, legal prohibitions against it and high unemployment has resulted in a large pool of adult workers willing to work for low wages. There have been no reported cases of forced child labor or exploitive child labor. While ch [...]
2010-02-17 11:04:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID
10TEGUCIGALPA117REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED
[...] On June 28, 2009, Honduran President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya was removed from power in a coup d'etat. The United States did not recognize the de facto regime that subsequently took over and remained in power until the January 27 inauguration of democratically elected President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo [...]
2010-02-04 18:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM GOVPOI SIPDIS USAID
10TEGUCIGALPA137SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEMIEUX
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tegucigalpa warmly welcomes the February 15-16 visit of Codel Lemieux. Your visit comes at a historic moment. President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo assumed office on January 27, 2010 as the chief executive elected with the greatest number of votes in Honduran history. The United Sta [...]
2010-02-11 23:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC ECON EAID MARR
10TEGUCIGALPA1502010 HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] The following is the Trafficking in Persons Country Assessment for Honduras for April 2009 to mid-February 2010. Point of Contact on trafficking is Political Officer Nathan Macklin (MacklinNL@state.gov, phone: 504-236-9320 x4141, fax: 504-238-4446, IVG: 8-539-4141). As requested in reftel [...]
2010-02-18 22:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10TEGUCIGALPA151SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tegucigalpa warmly welcomes the February 15-16 visit of Codel Dodd. Your visit comes at a historic moment. President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo assumed office on January 27, 2010 as the chief executive elected with the greatest number of votes in Honduran history. The United States [...]
2010-02-18 23:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC ECON EAID MARR
10TEGUCIGALPA157HONDURAS PROPOSALS FOR S/GWI SMALL GRANTS
[...] Summary: Post is pleased to submit for the consideration of the Department two proposals for funding by the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) small grants initiative. We believe these projects, if funded, will promote women's political, economic, and social advancement in H [...]
2010-02-19 22:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY HO
10TEGUCIGALPA57REACTION TO LATEST VISA REVOCATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Honduran media have reported widely and mostly accurately on the decision January 18 to revoke the U.S. visas of de facto cabinet members and supporters following de facto President Micheletti,s failure to step aside prior to the January 27 inauguration. Commentary from the medi [...]
2010-01-21 22:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CVIS HO
10TEGUCIGALPA66SCENESETTER FOR USG DELEGATION TO PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU) We warmly welcome you and the delegation to Tegucigalpa January 26-27 to attend the January 27 inaugural ceremonies of the newly-elected Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo. The inauguration is an historical event, bringing back democratic and constitutional rule after a seven-month hiatus. The comi [...]
2010-01-26 01:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC ECON EAID MARR KCRM
10TEGUCIGALPA73LABOR MONITORING AND ENGAGEMENT IN HONDURAS
[...] (U) Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya was removed from power in a coup d'etat on June 28, 2009. The United States does not recognize the de facto regime that subsequently took over. As a result, it has not been possible for the Embassy to engage in high-level advocacy on labor issu [...]
2010-01-26 18:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON ETRD PGOV HO
10TEGUCIGALPA92PRESIDENT LOBO URGES NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND
[...] (U) Summary: The speech delivered by President Porfirio Lobo at his January 27 inauguration focused on national reconciliation and Honduras' reintegration into the community of nations. He pledged to implement the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord and to quickly establish the truth commission calle [...]
2010-01-29 00:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI HO
10TEGUCIGALPA97HONDURAS' VISION OF THE COUNTRY 2038
[...] (C) Summary: Before his election, President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo circulated a long-term plan called Vision of the Country 2038 and National Plan 2022. It was submitted to and passed by the outgoing Congress and signed into law by President Lobo during his inauguration. The document includ [...]
2010-01-29 23:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PGOV SOCI HO
10TEGUCIGALPA99HONDURAN PRESIDENT LOBO'S CABINET TAKES SHAPE
[...] (SBU) Summary/Introduction: President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo began to officially announce the members of his cabinet and inner circle on January 26, the day before his inauguration, and made further announcements over the next two days. He has still not named ministers for defense, agricultur [...]
2010-01-30 00:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
10TELAVIV118ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Anniversary of President ObamaQs Swearing-In: 3. Aftermath of the Earthquake in Haiti ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that yesterday U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Senator George Mitchell c [...]
2010-01-21 10:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV194JEDG MIDTERM REVEIW - ISRAEL ON TARGET FOR FY2010 LOAN
[...] (SBU) At the December 15 mid-term review of the U.S.-Israel Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) held in Jerusalem, the GoI clearly demonstrated that it is meeting, and may well surpass, the calendar year 2009 conditionality required to release the FY2010 tranche of loan guarantees. The G [...]
2010-01-27 11:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV ELAB IS
10TELAVIV279SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-05 15:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS ECON EFIN KWBG PREL PGOV
10TELAVIV330PROSPECTS FOR ENHANCED HIGH-TECH DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The expansion of bilateral high-tech cooperation has emerged as a key priority for the Government of Israel in recent bilateral discussions and meetings of the Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG). Post believes that securing additional funding for the existing binational fo [...]
2010-02-12 14:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IS PREL TBIO EINV
10TELAVIV343ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday leading media reported that Vice President Joe Biden is expected to visit Israel next week. Israel Hayom and other media reported that yesterday at Jerusalem [...]
2010-02-16 11:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV434D/Sec Lew Discusses Assistance Cooperation with MFA and
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew met February 21 with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, and separately with MFA Director General Yossi Gal and MASHAV (Israel's foreign aid agency) head Haim Divon to discuss bilateral cooperation in development assistance and Israel's OECD access [...]
2010-02-24 07:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EINV PREL OECD UNESCO IS PA
10TIRANA53INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT: PART ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 14:36:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC
10TIRANA54INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT: PART TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 15:43:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC
10TIRANA88 TIRANA RESPONSE FOR CHILD LABOR REPORT
[...] (U) The following is in response to reftel request. Answers are keyed to reftel. Tasking 1/TVPRA Albania has no record of child labor or forced labor in the production of goods as defined in reftel. Tasking 2/TDA PREVALENCE AND SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION OF EXPLOITIVE CHILD LABOR In wha [...]
2010-02-16 05:50:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI AL
10TOKYO112 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/20/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO125 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/21/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO131THE DIET OPENS; SCANDAL OVERSHADOWS LEGISLATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: The 174th ordinary session of the Japanese Diet started on January 18. Unless there is a motion to extend the 150-day session, it will end on June 16, followed by the Upper House election on July 11. To increase public support with the aim of capturing an Upper House majority, [...]
2010-01-21 23:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR JA
10TOKYO136 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/21/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO149 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/22/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 07:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO156 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 00:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO19 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/06/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO2 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/04/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-04 02:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO201 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 22:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO202 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/02/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO217 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/03/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO223 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/04/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 01:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO27HATOYAMA ADMINISTRATION FACES IMMINENT RESIGNATION
[...] (C) The four-month old Hatoyama Administration will face its first Cabinet departure with what appears to be the imminent resignation of Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii. Fujii, 77, was admitted to the hospital on December 28 for exhaustion and high blood pressure following the compilation of t [...]
2010-01-06 07:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV JA
10TOKYO284SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S FEBRUARY 14-17
[...] (SBU) Begin Text of Scenesetter: Dear Senator Webb: Welcome to Japan, a nation in transition. The Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) landslide victory in last year's August 30 Lower House election has dramatically altered Japan's political landscape, marking the end of the former ruling L [...]
2010-02-12 06:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON MARR JA
10TOKYO286 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/12/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 07:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO305 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/16/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 23:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO336 CODEL WEBB HEARS JAPANESE VIEWS ON ALLIANCE AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senator Webb listened to Japanese views on the importance of the U.S.-Japan Alliance and the Futenma relocation issue during meetings with GOJ officials February 15 in Tokyo. Foreign Minister Okada, Defense Minister Kitazawa, Cabinet and Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) officials [...]
2010-02-22 01:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CASC KOCI MARR JA CH BM
10TOKYO338AMBASSADOR MARANTIS SEEKS GREATER TRADE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis called on senior Government of Japan (GOJ) political and career-level counterparts to work closely and quickly with the USG to prevent protracted trade irritants related to beef, autos, and Japan Post privatization from becom [...]
2010-02-22 06:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR EINV APEC PREL JA
10TOKYO35 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/07/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-07 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO374 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/25/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 01:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO65 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/12/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 03:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO74 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/13/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-13 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TRIPOLI164EMBASSY TRIPOLI NOMINATIONS: MEPI STUDENT LEADERS PROGRAM
[...] (U) Embassy Tripoli's Public Affairs Section submits seven nominations for the summer 2010 MEPI Student Leaders Program. The candidates are, in rank order by Embassy preference: 1) Mr. Ahmed A A Albibas, 2) Ms. Aram A M Ellafi, 3) Mr. Ataher A Naas, 4) Ms. Mawada M B Elkilani, 5) Mr. Abdalla S [...]
2010-02-23 11:57:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDXF LY PREL KPAO
10TRIPOLI39LIBYA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Indicators: Transparency International: Libya is ranked 130 on the Corruption Perceptions Index. Heritage Foundation: Economic Freedom Ranking: 171 World Bank Doing Business: Libya is not ranked Millennium Challenge Corporation: Libya is not ranked OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT 2. In [...]
2010-01-14 17:32:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD KTDB LY EPET OPIC PREL USTR ECIN
10TRIPOLI57LIBYAN HEAD OF FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE WELCOMES U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, the head of the Libyan equivalent to a Ministry of Infrastructure reiterated Libya's past complaints that it had not been properly compensated for giving up Weapons of Mass Destruction and indicated that the "current environment" in the U [...]
2010-01-20 15:17:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR EPET EFIN PGOV ETRD LY
10TRIPOLI74STAFFDEL GROVE EXPLORES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 14:08:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV PHUM LY
10TUNIS123TUNISIA: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Neither the Tunis offices of the IOM, UNHCR, or UNICEF, nor any local or international NGOs working in Tunisia, identified any specific instances of trafficking during the reporitng period. End summary. 2. (SBU) This cable responds to questions posed by the Department in re [...]
2010-02-18 15:33:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN KMCA PHUM PREF SMIG
10TUNIS134TUNISIA: U.S. TRADE DELEGATION'S SUCCESSFUL VISIT
[...] (SBU) A U.S. business delegation of eight companies visited Tunisia February 14-16 before the Department of Commerce-led Executive Trade Mission to Algeria and Libya. Prominent U.S. firms, including Raytheon, Boeing, and Motorola, were among those in the group. The delegates met with minister [...]
2010-02-19 16:35:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRN EINV TS
10TUNIS15TUNISIAN PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
[...] (C) Fouad M'Bazaa, President of the Tunisian Chamber of Deputies, told the Ambassador January 8 that the Chamber will establish a new Tunisia-U.S. Caucus, probably in February. They discussed the evolution of the Parliament from a one party to a multi-party body over M'Bazaa's 12 year tenure an [...]
2010-01-11 17:29:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TS
10TUNIS152TUNISIA-CHINA RELATIONS MODEST, BUT TRADE TIES
[...] (C) Chinese engagement in Tunisia is broad but not deep. Chinese assistance to Tunisia includes infrastructure projects and some training grants. The commercial relationship is growing but is not yet large. The last high level meeting we know of took place in November, 2009 when Zhai Jun, C [...]
2010-02-25 15:54:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ETRD MASS TS CN
10TUNIS18FY 2010 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDS: TUNISIA PROPOSAL
[...] (SBU) Tunisia is at a crossroads on biotechnology policy. Tunisian policymakers are aware of the potential for biotechnology to address chronic problems such as crop disease, weeds, and irregularity of rainfall. A draft law currently under consideration would establish a legal framework for th [...]
2010-01-13 14:51:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ETRD TBIO KPAO TS
10TUNIS36BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR NEW TUNISIAN CABINET MEMBERS
[...] (U) This cable contains biographic highlights for the Ministers named in President Ben Ali's January 14 Cabinet shuffle. Out of 27 total cabinet ministers, there are six new names and six have been rotated from one cabinet position to another. Eight ministers were dismissed from the Cabinet. [...]
2010-01-15 17:37:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR TS
10TUNIS37TUNISIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 17:44:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR TS
10TUNIS51REVISED TUNISIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 13:14:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR TS
10TUNIS84CODEL LYNCH ENGAGES TUNISIAN MFA ON INTERNET
[...] (C) A congressional delegation led by Representative Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and including Representatives Joe Donnelly (D-IN),Betty Sutton (D-OH),Bob Inglis (R-SC),and Todd Platts (D-PA) visited Tunisia January 31 - February 2. In a February 1 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretar [...]
2010-02-02 16:38:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECON OREP PGOV PHUM PREL PTER MASS KTFN TS
10ULAANBAATAR152010 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 09:24:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV KTTB MG OPIC USTR
10ULAANBAATAR162010 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 09:39:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV KTTB MG OPIC USTR
10ULAANBAATAR172010 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 09:54:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV KTTB MG OPIC USTR
10ULAANBAATAR282010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement, Part 2 of 3
[...] As requested ref, post provides the 2010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement. This cable, Part 2, contains sections A.5 through A.9. See septels for sections A.1-A.4 and A.10-A.16. A.5 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND INCENTIVES Mongolia imposes few performance requirements on, and offers few [...]
2010-01-27 08:10:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR MG
10ULAANBAATAR292010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement, Part 3 of 3
[...] As requested ref, post provides the 2010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement. This cable, Part 3, contains sections A.10 through A.16. See septels for sections A.1-A.9 A.10 Competition from State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Mongolia passed and implemented a competition law applying to forei [...]
2010-01-27 08:17:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR MG
10ULAANBAATAR61Competition for MPRP Chairmanship Intensifies; Coalition at
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Various members of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) Steering Council are pushing to set a date for a party conference where a new leader would be chosen to succeed the ailing S. Bayar. Bayar's prolonged illness and ongoing treatment in Seattle has put party work [...]
2010-02-26 08:24:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MG
10UNROME23HAITI: FEEDING HAITIANS: SEEDS FOR SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Since the first days after the earthquake in Haiti, there has been concern - and considerable confusion - regarding the need for internationally sourced seed to meet the needs of the upcoming planting season. Haiti's Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Development [...]
2010-02-19 17:52:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFAO IFAD WFP UN EAID EAGR HA BTIO
10UNROME25WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD 2010 FIRST REGULAR
[...] The 2010 First Regular Session of the WFP Executive Board was held in Rome from February 8-11. Highlights from the session included: the election of a new Executive Board Bureau, an update on Haiti, guest speakers OCHA Under Secretary General Sir John Holmes and economist Jeffrey Sachs, and a [...]
2010-02-23 15:15:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIEDWFP AORC EAID PREF EAGR EFIN UN
10UNROME5REFORMING THE FAO: THE ROLE FOR THE ROME CHAPTER OF THE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside U.S. Government channels. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) On January 14, the Mission co-hosted with UK counterparts a well-attended meeting of the Rome Chapter of the Geneva Group, and discussed ways to st [...]
2010-01-19 18:15:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFAO UN EAID EAGR PREL
10UNVIEVIENNA26IAEA's Budget Working Group Fulfills a Promise - But Little
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Budget Working Group (BWG) January 13-15 allowed a refreshingly non-polemical discussion on IAEA programs, but fell short of Geneva Group hopes to identify programs for emphasis or de-emphasis in the IAEA's 2011 budget. In contrast to Geneva Group readiness, the G-77 did no [...]
2010-02-01 14:45:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP PREL IAEA UN
10UNVIEVIENNA49 IAEA/BOG: March Board Preview and Analysis
[...] (SBU) Although the March IAEA Board of Governors meeting is traditionally focused on nuclear safety and technology, Iran's nuclear brinksmanship and potential Syrian safeguards failures will likely dominate the debate. This is particularly true as the Board meeting, expected to run March 1-4, [...]
2010-02-12 07:52:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PARM KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
10UNVIEVIENNA55Seizing the Opportunity: UNODC Pakistan Country Program
[...] Summary: The UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hopes that its soon to be released (late spring 2010) Pakistan Country Program will offer a comprehensive strategy to address drugs, crime, terrorism and governance issues in Pakistan. After a rocky few years, where the Government of Pakistan [...]
2010-02-17 12:05:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AF UN JP PK PTER KCRM KNNP
10UNVIEVIENNA60IAEA/PACT: WILL 2010 BE THE BREAKOUT YEAR FOR CANCER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: To mark World Cancer Day on February 4, the IAEA's Programme of Action for Cancer Therapies (PACT),held a presentation highlighting its achievements and future plans. As a guest speaker, Ambassador Davies reiterated U.S. support for PACT, noting a recent decision to fund a heal [...]
2010-02-19 11:17:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SOCI EAID KNNP AORC IAEA
10UNVIEVIENNA62Seizing the Opportunity: UNODC Pakistan Country Program
[...] Summary: The UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hopes that its soon to be released (late spring 2010) Pakistan Country Program will offer a comprehensive strategy to address drugs, crime, terrorism and governance issues in Pakistan. After a rocky few years, where the Government of Pakistan [...]
2010-02-19 13:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AF UN JP PK PTER KCRM KNNP
10USTRGENEVA127th Working Party meeting on Yemen's Accession to the WTO
[...] The WTO Working Party on Yemen's accession met for its 7th session on January 26, 2010, chaired by Mr. Hartmut Roeben. Yemen's Minister of Industry and Trade, Dr. Yahya Y. Al-Mutwakel provided an opening statement on Yemen's efforts to accede to the WTO. He urged negotiating partners to show [...]
2010-02-05 16:39:00USMISSION USTR GENEVAUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON WTRO YM
10USUNNEWYORK55UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE -- HEAVY CRITICISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the Security Council's January 27 Open Debate on the Middle East, Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco noted the "worrying impasse" that persists in the region with the lack of progress on restarting negotiations and called for the Quartet to play a role. He voiced [...]
2010-01-29 23:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS SY LE
10USUNNEWYORK60UNICEF Executive Board 2010 First Regular Session
[...] (U) Summary: The UNICEF January 12-14 first regular session dealt with a light menu of routine items (budgeting and final approval of a few country programs),but took place against the backdrop of the Haiti earthquake disaster and Executive Director Ann Veneman's announcement that she would no [...]
2010-02-03 15:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNICEF EAID ECON TZ
10USUNNEWYORK9THE 2010 SECURITY COUNCIL: SOME INITIAL THOUGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The votes and actions of incoming Security Council members Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria will be more challenging than their predecessors and will require close management on some issues. On the key priority of non-proliferation, Brazil's efforts to d [...]
2010-01-08 17:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC
10VALLETTA69MALTA SUPPORTIVE ON IRAN SANCTIONS, DATA SHARING,
[...] (C) Summary: On February 1 Ambassador Kmiec met with Maltese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tonio Borg to discuss a wide range of curently pending issues and U.S. Government requests. Results of the meeting include (1) a Maltese commitment to train Afghan civil servants; (2) Malt [...]
2010-02-02 16:30:00Embassy VallettaCONFIDENTIALAF ECON ECPS EUN IR KCRM KHLS KPAO KTIA MT
10VALLETTA97MALTA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Responses are keyed to numbered/lettered reporting questions paragraphs of reftel: 25. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on human trafficking? What plans are in place (if any) to undertake further documentation of human [...]
2010-02-22 15:25:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAP
10VANCOUVER108Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #16
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon February 26, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The inte [...]
2010-02-26 22:39:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER114Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #17
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon February 27, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The [...]
2010-02-27 22:18:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER86Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #9
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 19, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The int [...]
2010-02-19 22:42:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VANCOUVER96Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics: Situation Report #12
[...] (SBU) The following report provides security-related information for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games as of noon on February 22, 2010. Please visit the following link for additional classified reporting: https://nol.nctc.sgov.gov/ng/cgi-bin/nctcHome .cgi?event=Vancouver_2 010. The int [...]
2010-02-22 22:07:00Consulate VancouverUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KOLY CASC CA PTER AMGT PINR OVIP
10VATICAN11VATICAN ON HAITI: CHURCH LOSSES AND RESPONSES
[...] (S) Summary: While devastating, the Church suffered fewer losses in the Haiti earthquake than initially reported in the media. The death of the Archbishop and many seminarians were especially painful but the Vatican is already reviewing how to regroup: Bishop Pierre Dumas, President of Carit [...]
2010-01-20 16:44:00Embassy VaticanSECRETEAID PREL SOCI PHUM KIRF VT HA
10VIENNA107Update on Austrian Aid to Haiti
[...] Austria's total (public and private) assistance to Haiti has risen to about EUR 10 million, making Austria one of the more generous countries in the EU on a per capita basis(after Norway, Sweden and Denmark). 2. Government Aid: This week Foreign Minister Spindelegger announced that the Go [...]
2010-01-28 14:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA AU
10VIENNA176AUSTRIA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the tenth annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 25. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- A. The available information on trafficking in persons comes from a wide range of [...]
2010-02-17 12:14:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA
10VIENNA58Austria's Electronic Identity Card (eID) System
[...] SUMMARY: Per reftel, Post researched Austria's electronic identity card (eID) system, the so-called "Citizen Card" (CC) introduced starting in 2002 as part of a broader e-government plan to give citizens secure online access to public services. For most applications, the CC is a chip-based sma [...]
2010-01-15 09:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON AU
10VIENNA872010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA
[...] Following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Introduction - - - - - - Major structural conditions and the decisive parameters for foreign investors r [...]
2010-01-26 07:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
10VILNIUS115LITHUANIA'S HEALTH MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER DEPUTY'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Lithuania's Minister of Health resigned effective February 22 in the aftermath of a corruption scandal in which a vice minister pled guilty to soliciting a bribe. Raimondas Sukys, the first deputy speaker of the parliament and a former Minister of Interior, was nominated to be [...]
2010-02-23 12:57:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR LH
10VILNIUS64AMBASSADOR MEETS NGO REPS ON WOMEN'S ISSUES IN
[...] Summary: Representatives of NGOs working on women's issues in Lithuania stressed to the Ambassador on January 27 in Kaunas their view that, "women's rights are human rights." These groups are mainly funded on a project to project basis, and promote women's equality, social support, and networki [...]
2010-02-01 08:45:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN XH LH BE
10WELLINGTON3CORRECTED COPY -- SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S NEW
[...] (SBU) Secretary Clinton, Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland extend a warm welcome to you for your January 15-17 visit to New Zealand. We have worked closely on preparations with your "Kiwi" hosts and share their excitement about your trip. Your visit to New Zealand, a small Pac [...]
2010-01-06 21:06:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD OVIP AMGT SENV MARR NZ
10WINDHOEK114Namibia: Information on Child Labor and Forced Labor in 2009
[...] No single agency is responsible for the enforcement of laws relating to hazardous child labor. However, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare's Labor Inspectorate coordinated enforcement of the laws. The inspectorate's work was supported by the Namibian Police's Woman and Child Protection U [...]
2010-02-05 08:33:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI WA
10WINDHOEK132Namibia: Chinese Engagement and Potential Areas for
[...] (SBU)Summary. Namibia and China enjoy excellent relations based on historical ties and current bilateral trade and development assistance. Those ties have only strengthened since 2007, when Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Namibia and the two governments signed an agreement for a concessio [...]
2010-02-11 15:59:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CH WA
10WINDHOEK1562010 Annual Trafficking Report on Namibia
[...] (SBU) Per Ref A, Post submits input for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report for Namibia. ----------------------------------- Namibia's TIP Situation ------------------------------------ 2. (SBU) Response to 25 A: The Government of Namibia (GRN) is in the early stages of d [...]
2010-02-19 09:52:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF MCA ELAB KTIP KCRM SMIG KWMN KFRD WA
10WINDHOEK166SWAPO CRUSHES OPPOSITION AGAIN IN OKAHANDJA BY-ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Three months after Namibia's contested National Assembly and presidential elections, residents of the Okahandja constituency returned to the polls on February 24 to vote for a regional councilor. In another year, this by-election for a small constituency would have passed witho [...]
2010-02-25 13:05:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV WA
10WINDHOEK42Namibia: 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] (U) The Government of the Republic of Namibia (GRN) is committed to stimulating economic growth and employment through attracting foreign investment. The Foreign Investment Act of 1990 is the primary legislation that governs foreign direct investment in Namibia. The Ministry of Trade and In [...]
2010-01-15 07:03:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC WA
10YAOUNDE150CAMEROON: INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR
[...] Summary: Child Labor in Cameroon is found primarily in the production of agricultural goods, including palm oil, rubber, coffee, banana, cocoa and tea in four regions of Cameroon. Statistics on child labor (as with most other issues) are limited or non-existent. The most reliable sources of in [...]
2010-02-26 10:25:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI CM
10YAOUNDE83Cameroonian President Biya Gives Ambassador
[...] (C) Summary: On February 4, Ambassador met with President Paul Biya for a two-hour tour d´horizon of domestic and international issues. Biya was concerned about the threat of Islamic extremism. He praised growing Central African regional cooperation and improved relations with Nigeria. He was po [...]
2010-02-05 11:38:00Embassy YaoundeSECRETPGOV PREL ECON KCOR EFIN CM PTER SENV PHUM BEXP PINR
10YAOUNDE91China's Growing Presence in Cameroon
[...] (SBU) Summary: China has a long bilateral friendship with Cameroon, reflected in the 2007 visit to Cameroon by President Hu Jintao. The Chinese government has provided grants or concessional loans to fund a number infrastructure projects (hospitals, schools, roads, and stadiums). China prov [...]
2010-02-16 11:07:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CM ECON EFIS EINV CH ETRD ENRG EPET EAGR
10YAOUNDE95China's Growing Presence in Cameroon
[...] (SBU) Summary: China has a long bilateral friendship with Cameroon, reflected in the 2007 visit to Cameroon by President Hu Jintao. The Chinese government has provided grants or concessional loans to fund a number infrastructure projects (hospitals, schools, roads, and stadiums). China prov [...]
2010-02-18 08:43:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CM ECON EFIS EINV CH ETRD ENRG EPET EAGR
10YEREVAN105ARMENIA 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 14:05:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAM ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
10YEREVAN38ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010
[...] Following is Embassy Yerevan's submission per ref A request for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Armenia. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. While the Armenian government (GOAM) officially welcomes foreign investment and the country has received respectable rankings on some gl [...]
2010-01-26 06:53:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AM
10YEREVAN512010 BUDGET HEAVILY RELIES ON INTERNATIONAL AID
[...] (SBU) On December 10, 2009 Armenia's National Assembly approved the 2010 state budget. Yielding to the impact of the global financial crisis on revenue collections, the GOAM adopted a budget that is one percent lower than that of 2009, with significant cuts to priority areas like social servi [...]
2010-02-02 10:21:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD AM
10YEREVAN642009 INFORMATION ON ARMENIA'S CHILD LABOR PRACTICES
[...] (U) This message represents Embassy Yerevan's response to DOL's information request on child labor practices and forced child labor in Armenia in 2009 (ref A). The cable includes information on both tasks: Task 1 (1/TVPRA) - information request on the use of forced labor and/or exploitive chil [...]
2010-02-05 13:14:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AM
10ZAGREB34CROATIA 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Summary: For more than a decade after the end of the war in 1995, Croatia enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. Investment activity slowed substantially in 2009, due partly to the global fi [...]
2010-01-15 11:30:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
10ZAGREB54CROATIAN MFA ON TRILATERAL TALKS ON BOSNIA AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to Croatian MFA readout of the January 14 trilateral meeting between Croatia, Turkey and Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH),the GoC sought to improve political protection for the Bosnian Croats in the Federation. The GoC believes that relaxing tensions between the Croat and Bo [...]
2010-01-26 14:24:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR BK TU
78KABUL3619FIRST CONVERSATION WITH NEW AFGHAN PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
1978-05-06 16:01:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PINT PTER US
85BEIRUT1646 JA'JA'S "CHRISTIAN DECISION MOVEMENT":
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. POLOFF MET MARCH 15 WITH LONGTIME CONTACT NAOUM FARAH, DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF THE LEBANESE FORCES AND NOW AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN JA'JA'S "CHRISTIAN DECISION MOVEMENT." FARAH, WHO UNTIL EARLY MARCH WAS ALSO THE OFFICIAL LF SPOKESMAN, REQUESTED [...]
1985-03-15 17:52:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL LE US
85DAMASCUS1314 THE SYRIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: THE ONLY POPULAR MOVEMENT EVER TO HAVE MOUNTED A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO ASAD'S REGIME--THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD--HAS NOT RECOVERED FROM ITS INTERNAL DIVISIONS AND THE DEVASTATING BLOW SUFFERED AT HAMA. THE JANUARY 25 "PARDON" ANNOUNCED FOR CERTAIN MUSLIM [...]
1985-02-26 15:25:00Embassy DamascusSECRETKPRP PINS PGOV PREL PTER SY
85MOGADISHU1175ECONOMIC POLICY PROFILE: SOMALIA
[...] No summary [...]
1985-01-31 05:31:00Embassy MogadishuUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID SO
85RIYADH4906THE ROLE OF SAUDI PRINCES IN UNIFORM
[...] (S - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. SUMMARY. THE PRESENCE OF A NUMBER OF SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE MILITARY--WE CAN IDENTIFY MORE THAN 25 AND THERE ARE CLEARLY OTHERS--HAS LONG BEEN A SUBJECT OF INTEREST. ALSO THE FOCUS OF CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION HAS BEEN THE ROYAL FAMILY'S WELL CALCULATED EF [...]
1985-05-27 08:59:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNKPRP MCAP MASS SA
87ALEXANDRIA292 ISLAMIC TRILOGY, PART III: COMMERCIAL AND
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) - - 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT: THIS TELEGRAM TRANSMITS THE THIRD AND FINAL INSTALLMENT IN OUR SERIES ON THE ISLAMIC RIGHT IN ALEXANDRIA. WHILE THE SPIRITUAL FORCE OF RIGHTIST ISLAM IS GROWING, ITS POLITICAL POTENTIAL IS STILL RELATIVELY UNFORMED AND DIFFICULT [...]
1987-02-25 16:04:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALKPRP PINS PGOV PHUM ECON PINR SOCI EG
87BANDARSERIBEGAWAN1188THE SULTAN'S FIRST YEAR ON HIS OWN - A SOLID PERFORMANCE
[...] No summary [...]
1987-11-27 05:10:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BX
87PRETORIA17012MBEKI'S RELEASE -- WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. I BELIEVE THAT THE RELEASE OF GOVAN MBEKI SHOULD BE SEEN AS A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT TO LOOSEN UPTHE POLITICAL GRIDLOCK IN THE COUNTRY ON THE KEY ISSUE OF BLACK/WHITE DIALOGUE. I SUSPECT, HOWEVER, THAT THE GESTURE AND [...]
1987-11-06 10:40:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALSF PGOV
88HARARE1365 THE NEW GOZ: BIO INFORMATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT MUGABE ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY 2, 1988 THE COMPOSITION OF HIS NEW CABINET (REF A). THIS NEW GOVERNMENT CONSISTS OF THREE SENIOR MINISTERS, 21 CABINET MINISTERS, 3 CABINET-RANK MINISTERS OF STATE, 15 DEPUTY MINISTERS, 5 MINISTERS OF STATE WHO WORK AS "PARTY APPOINTEES", AND [...]
1988-03-14 09:20:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPINS PINR KPRP PGOV
88MANAGUA2342NICARAGUA: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF NICARAGUA (GON) MAINTAINS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ALL COUNTRIES ON THE SECRETARY'S TERRORISM LIST (REFTEL A) AND WITH THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO). IN ADDITION TO ITS DIPLOMATIC MISSION, CUBA PROVIDES ADVISORS TO MANY GON MINISTRIES AND OTHER G [...]
1988-04-06 04:10:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPTER NU
89AMMAN877 QADDHAFI MESSAGE TO KING HUSSEIN
[...] SAWT AL-SHA'B (SEMI-OFFICIAL ARABIC LANGUAGE DAILY) ON JANUARY 20 PRINTED WITHOUT COMMENT THE TEXT OF A MESSAGE RECEIVED BY KING HUSSEIN BY LIBYAN LEADER MU'AMMAR QADHAFI (REF A). THE ITEM APPEARED ON PAGE 16 OF THE PAPER, AND WAS NOT REPORTED IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRESS. THE GOJ HAS MADE [...]
1989-01-23 14:50:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL LY US JO
89BEIJING15407 SITREP NO. 29: ARTICLE JUSTIFIES MARTIAL
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE JUNE 3 EDITION OF THE PEOPLE'S DAILY CARRIED A FRONT PAGE ARTICLE INDICTING "A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE" WHO ALLEGEDLY INCITED THE PRESENT TURMOIL IN BEIJING AND JUSTIFIED MARTIAL LAW. THE ARTICLE WAS ISSUED BY THE BEIJING MUNICIPAL PARTY COMMIT [...]
1989-06-03 15:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI CH
89KUWAIT5979 THE PRESS LORDS OF KUWAIT
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: IN LESS THAN 30 YEARS, KUWAIT HAS DEVELOPED A POWERFUL CLASS OF NEWSPAPER MAGNATES WHICH, NOT SURPRISINGLY REFLECTS THE POLITICAL-ECONOMIC GROUPINGS IN MODERN KUWAITI SOCIETY. END SUMMARY. 3. REFTELS WELL POINT OUT THE ROUGH DIVISION OF THE K [...]
1989-11-02 11:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALOPRC KPRP KU
89STATE319082 RELEASE OF FACT SHEET ON THE TERRORIST GROUP,
[...] THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE RELEASING AT THE NOON PRESS BRIEFING, ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, A FACT SHEET ON SENDERO LUMINOSO. THIS IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF FACT SHEETS ON TERRORIST GROUPS AND TERRORISM-SUPPORTING COUNTRIES RELEASED BY THE OFFICE OF THE COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM (S/CT). T [...]
1989-10-04 22:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPTER
90ACCRA7474 GHANA:1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] MOST OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT TERRORISM ARE NOT PERTINENT TO THE GHANAIAN SITUATION. HOWEVER, GHANA HAS HAD CLOSE RELATIONS WITH LIBYA; GOOD RELATIONS WITH IRAN, CUBA, AND NORTH KOREA; AND RECOGNIZES THE "GOVERNMENT OF PALESTINE." GHANA IS NOT KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN A SPRINGBOARD FOR AN ATTACK BY [...]
1990-11-23 16:37:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER GH
90JERUSALEM3430FATAH AND HAMAS CLAIM RECONCILIATION
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: FOLLOWING TWO MONTHS OF CLASHES AND ACCUSATORY LEAFLETS, HAMAS AND FATAH HAVE ISSUED A COMMUNIQUE ANNOUNCING THEIR RECONCILIATION. THE LEAFLET, WHICH CLAIMS TO SPEAK ALSO FOR THE UNLU, CALLS FOR CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE TO SOLVE DIFFERENCES, RESPECT F [...]
1990-09-25 12:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KISL PINS IS
90MOGADISHU10380MOGADISHU MONTHLY BIOGRAPHIC WRAP-UP
[...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. MRS. ASHA HASSAN ABADA. MEMBER, OFFICE OF ASIA AND SOCIALIST COUNTRIES, SOMALIA MFA. OGADENI CLAN. HUSBAND IS COMMANDER OF THE SOMALIA MILITIA. SISTER IS MARRIED TO AN AMERICAN AND LIVES IN EULESS, TEXAS. 3. ABDALLA T. YUSUF-KHALID ("MR KHALID"). BORN [...]
1990-11-29 13:54:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL SO ET YE EG SU SA
90MOGADISHU10701DISCUSSION WITH GENERAL MOHAMED ALI SAMANTAR
[...] No summary [...]
1990-12-10 15:02:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV SO
90MOGADISHU11295DECEMBER 27, 1990 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SIAD BARRE
[...] No summary [...]
1990-12-27 15:09:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SO
90STATE182269 REPORT THAT ABU NIDAL IS IN IRAQ
[...] (S) FOLLOWING FOR POSTS' INFORMATION IS AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT THAT ABU NIDAL IS PRESENTLY IN BAGHDAD AND OTHER INFORMATION ON THE ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION (ANO) PROVIDED BY A FRENCH COUNTER-TERRORISM EXPERT. THE INFORMATION THAT ABU NIDAL IS CURRENTLY IN BAGHDAD IS AT SHARP VARIANCE WITH INFOR [...]
1990-06-06 14:26:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER IR LI UK SU IZ
91CAIRO12383 THE GREAT SHAYKHS: THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. POLITICAL ISLAM IN EGYPT IS GENERALLY DIVIDED INTO ESTABLISHMENT ISLAM REPRESENTED BY THE RELATIVELY MODERATE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB),AND THE RADICAL FRINGE REPRESENTED BY OMAR ABDURRAHMAN AND COMPANY. THESE GROUPS COMPETE FOR RECRUITS, STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF THE [...]
1991-07-11 15:16:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPINR KISL PINS KPRP EG
91KHARTOUM2937 BASHIR'S SECOND ANNIVERSARY SPEECH: HOT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: THE HIGHLIGHT OF CELEBRATIONS (VASTLY SCALED DOWN) FOR THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL SALVATION REVOLUTION WAS RCC CHAIRMAN BASHIR'S SPEECH JUNE 29 AT FRIENDSHIP HALL. IN ATTENDANCE WERE LIBYAN LEADER QHADDAFI AND CHADIAN PRESIDENT IDRIS DEBY (THE ONLY HEADS OF STATE P [...]
1991-07-02 08:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL LY SU
91ZAGREB1661ZAGREB UPDATE, NOVEMBER 26, 1991
[...] No summary [...]
1991-11-26 14:32:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PHUM PINS PREL HR
92DOHA3240 ISLAMIC DA'AWA ORGANIZATION
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT WAS DERIVED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES IN QATAR WHERE THE ISLAMIC DA'AWA ORGANIZATION HAS A PRESENCE. THE INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED AND IS PROVIDED SOLELY AS BACKGROUND FOR COMPARISON WITH INFORMATION SOURC [...]
1992-12-01 07:47:00Embassy DohaSECRETSOCI QA SU PREL PINR
92KUWAIT4025 KUWAIT'S SUNNI MERCHANTS: UNHAPPY
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. THE TRADITIONAL POLITICAL PREEMINENCE OF KUWAIT'S LARGE ARISTOCRATIC SUNNI MERCHANT FAMILIES IS THREATENED BY THE PACE AND DIRECTION OF POLITICAL CHANGE IN THE EMIRATE. ALREADY EMBATTLED BY A DECADE OF FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL S [...]
1992-07-19 13:01:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPRP EFIN PINR PREL KU
92RANGOON2619 BURMA'S APRIL 23 "PALACE COUP"
[...] SECRET ENTIRE TEXT. 2. ON MAY 6-7, TWO SOURCES WITH UNUSUALLY GOOD ACCESS TO BURMA'S MILITARY LEADERSHIP PROVIDED CHARGE WITH A TOUR D'HORIZON ON RECENT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS HERE. BOTH CONFIRMED OUR INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF BURMA'S APRIL 23 "PALACE COUP" WHEREIN FORMER HEAD OF STATE AND [...]
1992-05-07 09:20:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PINR BM
92ZAGREB146LETTER OF CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN
[...] THERE FOLLOWS LETTER OF JANUARY 21 OF CROATIAN PRESIDENT FRANJO TUDJMAN TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS CONCERNING HIS WRITINGS AND PERSONAL VIEWS ON THE UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS SITUATION OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN CROATIA. BEGIN TEXT. JANUARY 21, 1992 DEAR MEMBER OF CONGRESS: ON BEHALF OF [...]
1992-01-30 12:06:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV
92ZAGREB2392 CGYOOL -- APPROACHING THE BREAKING POINT:
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THIS CABLE RESPONDS TO REF A'S REQUEST FOR OUR CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ZAGREB 02392 01 OF 09 131606Z CANDID APPRAISAL OF THE REFUGEE SITUATION IN CROATIA. REF B CONVEYED THE GOC'S LATES [...]
1992-11-13 16:09:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM HR BK
94BANJUL3540 THE GAMBIA: JAMMEH DIGS IN DEEPER
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. CHAIRMAN JAMMEH REMAINS UNMOVED BY SENEGALESE AND WESTERN DONOR CONCERNS FOR RETURN TO DEMOCRACY AND ATTENTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE GAMBIA. HIS INTRANSIGENCE HAS BEEN BUOYED BY HIS PERCEPTION THAT WORLD BANK ASSISTANCE WILL BE [...]
1994-10-07 12:01:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR EAID ECON GA
94BEIRUT5863 (S)ELECTING A LEBANESE PRESIDENT IN 1995: A
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: VIRTUALLY EVERY PROMINENT MARONITE POLITICAN IN LEBANON (AND IN PARIS) HOPES TO SUCCEED PRESIDENT HRAWI, WHOSE TERM IS SET TO EXPIRE IN NOVEMBER 1995. FURIOUS JOCKEYING HAS BEGUN, AND A DIZZYING ARRAY OF POSSIBLE SCENARIOS EXISTS, BEGINNING WITH AN E [...]
1994-11-09 09:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL PHUM KISL KPRP LE
94DAMASCUS660 THE INSCRUTABLE ASAD REGIME
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: RUSSIAN EMBASSY OFFICIALS, ALTHOUGH ENJOYING TIES OF LONG STANDING TO THE SYRIAN MILITARY/SECURITY ELITE, ARE, LIKE US, FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO SORT FACT FROM FICTION REGARDING THE AFTERMATH OF BASIL AL-ASAD'S DEATH. RUSSIAN DCM MIKHAIL BOGDANOV [...]
1994-02-07 11:38:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SY
94HAVANA2542 RUMORS OF CASTRO'S ILL HEALTH -- UPDATE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE STATUS OF THE RUMORS REGARDING CASTRO'S HEALTH: THE RUMOR HAS SPREAD TO MUCH OF THE HAVANA POPULATION AND COMES IN TWO VARIATIONS: THAT CASTRO HAS AN ISCHEMIA OF THE BRAIN AND THE OTHER, THAT THIS WAS BROUGHT ON BY AN ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE. ONE VERSION [...]
1994-04-20 21:01:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CU
94HAVANA3027 CASTRO'S HEALTH RUMORS -- FURTHER RUMINATIONS
[...] CONFIDENTLAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FIDEL CASTRO'S RECENT TRIPS TO BARBADOS AND SOUTH AFRICA, AS WELL AS HIS APPEARANCES DURING THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND THE DIALOGUE WITH THE EXILE COMMUNITY, BOTH OF WHICH WERE TELEVISED, GIVE THE LIE TO RUMORS THAT HE IS SUFFERING FROM SOME GRAVE ILLNESS. [...]
1994-05-12 19:29:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CU
94MANILA13414 DISCUSSION ON THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN THE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: DURING JULY 12 LUNCHEON MEETING WITH POLOFF, RETIRED DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR JOEL DE LOS SANTOS DESCRIBED THE FUTURE PROSPECTS OF PEACE WITH THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY AS LESS THAN ENCOURAGING. HE FELT THAT A MAIN PROBLEM WAS THE LACK OF UNDERS [...]
1994-07-19 07:42:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KISL RP
94ZAGREB903 TFSROL: SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN B-H:
[...] (U) SUMMARY: THIS IS ONE IN A SERIES OF REPORTS (REFTELS) OF INTERVIEWS WITH WAR CRIMES VICTIMS CONDUCTED IN LATE 1993 IN MAOCA, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 03 ZAGREB 00930 01 OF 05 071400Z BY A DAR [...]
1994-03-07 13:52:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MOPS HR BK
95BUCHAREST6434ROMANIAN PRESIDENT ION ILIESCU - A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
[...] CONFIDENTIAL-ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO CABLES FOCUSING ON ROMANIAN PRESIDENT ION ILIESCU, AND COVERS HIS POLITICAL HISTORY THROUGH THE 1992 ELECTIONS. SEPTEL WILL DEAL WITH HIS CURRENT POWERS AND ROLE IN THE ROMANIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM. ILIESCU, WHO WAS BORN INTO A COMMUNIST [...]
1995-06-23 11:53:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS RO
95RIYADH5285 SAUDI ARABIA: A "FATIGUED" KING FAHD STILL OUT
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF - 1.5 B,D. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) ACCORDING TO PRINCE BANDAR BIN SULTAN, KING FAHD IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A COMPLETE RECOVERY FROM THE MILD STROKE HE SUFFERED NOVEMBER 30. HOSPITAL SOURCES REPORT THE KING IS ANTICIPATED TO CHECK OUT FROM THE H [...]
1995-12-04 15:03:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GCC SA
95SOFIA528 IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE: BULGARIA'S
[...] No summary [...]
1995-01-23 16:29:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON BU
95ZAGREB1681 OFDA DART/ZAGREB SITREP NO. 76
[...] UNHCR SUSPENDED CONVOY OPERATION ON APR 24 - 25 AS A SECURITY PRECAUTION. WORKING GROUP IN ANCONA DISCUSSES CONDITIONS FOR RESUMPTION OF AIRLIFT. UNHCR BUDGET CUTS ADVERSELY AFFECTS OFDA GRANTEE. FOR APRIL 24 - 25: CONVOY INCIDENTS; UNHCR SUCCESSFUL CONVOY DELIVERIES; UNHCR SARAJEVO AIRLIF [...]
1995-04-26 18:10:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM HR AORC BK
95ZAGREB1824CROATIA UPDATE NO. 36: U.S., UN, EXPLORING CROAT TREATMENT OF SERBS IN WESTERN SLAVONIA
[...] (C) VARIOUS UN ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY CIVPOL, ARE STRENGTHENING THEIR EFFORTS TO MONITOR AND INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS FOR SERBS IN "SECTOR WEST." MANY UN OFFICIALS SAY THEY STILL SUSPECT THERE WERE AT LEAST SOME HUMAN RIGHTS TRANSGRESSIONS BY CROATIAN FORCES DURING AND AFTER THE MAY 1 OFFEN [...]
1995-05-11 19:25:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB2326 CROATIA'S CARDINAL UNABLE TO ESCAPE HISTORY
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 02326 01 OF 03 161531Z ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. IN AN APRIL 12 MEETING, CROATIA'S CARDINAL KUHARIC APPEALED TO THE AMBASSADOR FOR HELP FOR P [...]
1995-06-16 16:09:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR HR
95ZAGREB350GOC DRAFT "POLITICAL SOLUTION FOR A PEACEFUL AND DEMOCRATIC REINTEGRATION" OF THE UNPAS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. DURING A JANUARY 24 CONVERSATION WITH THE AMBASSADOR (REF A),FOREIGN MINISTER GRANIC HANDED OVER A GOC DRAFT PROPOSAL (IN ENGLISH) OF "THE JURIDICAL AND POLITICAL SOLUTION FOR A PEACEFUL AND DEMOCRATIC REINTEGRATION OF THE TEMPORARILY OCCUPIED PARTS OF THE [...]
1995-01-25 18:16:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB3839DEPUTY PM TELLS A/S SHATTUCK GOC PLANS TO REPATRIATE ABDIC MUSLIMS, WILL CUT OFF ASSISTANCE TO BOSNIAN REFUGEES
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. DEPUTY PM KOSTOVIC TOLD VISITING DRL A/S SHATTUCK THAT THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO REPATRIATE THE 20,000 ABDIC REBEL MUSLIMS IN THE KUPLJENSKO CAMP NEAR VOJNIC AFTER 10-15 DAYS IF NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED IN THE INTERIM [...]
1995-10-02 20:02:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB5178HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOR CROATIA
[...] No summary [...]
1995-12-18 13:34:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDNOTAG HR PHUM
96HAVANA5288 FIDEL CASTRO TURNS 70
[...] CLASSIFIED BY MICHAEL G. KOZAK, PRINCIPAL OFFICER REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: FIDEL CASTR0 CELEBRATED HIS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY AUGUST 13 AMID CHILDREN AND T0P REGIME OFFICIALS IN A PARK FACILITY OUTSIDE HAVANA. DESPITE CASTROS DENIALS OF A CULT OF PERSONALITY, THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLE [...]
1996-08-16 13:00:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CU
96PRETORIA6905 STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE SADC REGION: SOUTH
[...] ALTHOUGH PREVIOUS CABLES HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED SOME OF THESE ISSUES, FOLLOWING ARE GENERAL RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS POSED REF A. SEPTELS ON SPECIFIC ISSUES (LAND, HOUSING, TRADITIONAL/CUSTOMARY LAW) AS WELL AS SEPTEL ADDRESSING POST'S ACTIONS TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY WILL FOLLOW. 2. SU [...]
1996-07-22 13:55:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM SADC SF
96RIYADH2406 CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH THE DIPLOMAT
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA THEODORE KATTOUF, REASON 1.5.D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: GIVEN KING FAHD'S UNCERTAIN HEALTH, CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH APPEARS TO HAVE MOVED INTO THE ROLE OF REPRESENTING SAUDI ARABIA'S FACE TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD. WHILE DRAMATIC CHANGES ARE NOT THE HALLMARK OF SAUDI GOVERNANCE, [...]
1996-06-19 16:01:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SA
96RIYADH2696 THE SAUDI KING: FIT TO REIGN, NOT TO RULE
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES THEODORE KATTOUF: 1.5 B, D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE KING'S RECENT MEDICAL AND POLITICAL COMEBACK, EVIDENCED IN HIS SUSTAINED CHAIRING OF THE WEEKLY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS SESSIONS AND HIS SUBSTANTIVE ENGAGEMENTS WITH HIGH-LEVEL VISITORS, IS PROOF OF FAHD' [...]
1996-07-11 13:54:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA
97AMMAN5383THE ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT: SOMETIMES A PLATFORM IS MORE
[...] CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR ROBERTA NEWELL FOR REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (U) SUMMARY: A COMMON REFRAIN AMONG OBSERVERS OF JORDAN'S ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT (IAF) IS CONDEMNATION OF THE INFURIATINGLY VAGUE NATURE OF THE PARTY'S POLITICAL PLATFORM. AN OPPONENT OF THE PEACE PROCESS AND A VOCAL [...]
1997-06-05 13:40:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PINR PTER JO
97HAVANA4970 CASTRO: STILL NOT DEAD AND LOVING IT
[...] (C) IN AN EFFORT TO DEFINITIVELY LAY TO REST RECENT RUMORS ABOUT THE DEATH OF FIDEL CASTRO, USINT OFFERS SOME ITEMS THAT MAY HELP DISPEL THE ALLEGATIONS. CONG. CAMPBELL: FIDEL CASTRO APPEARED FIT ------------------------------------------ 2. (C) FIDEL CASTRO WAS PRESENT FOR SOME TW [...]
1997-08-29 21:17:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU
97JAKARTA4948 INSIDE AN INDONESIAN PRISON WITH
[...] CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS EDMUND MCWILLIAMS, REASON, 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: A WESTERN DIPLOMAT WAS ABLE TO ENTER CIPINANG PRISON, CLAIMING TO BE A RELATIVE OF A PRISONER, AND MET BRIEFLY WITH A NUMBER OF PROMINENT DISSIDENTS AND OTHER PRISONERS. THE DIPLOMAT NOTED THAT THE PRISO [...]
1997-08-20 10:19:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ID
97MEXICO11061PAN UNVEILS LEGISLATIVE, REFORM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY MINISTER COUNSELOR FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS VAL MARTINEZ. REASON 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 7, 1997, NATIONAL ACTION PARTY (PAN) PRESIDENT FELIPE CALDERON UNVEILED THE PAN'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE COMING YEAR, AS WELL AS ITS PROPOSAL FOR REFORM OF THE STATE. [...]
1997-11-17 17:32:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR KDEM MX
97NIAMEY5135 ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM, IRAN, AND NIGER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MOST NIGERIENS BELIEVE ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM CONSTITUTES A LONG-TERM THREAT TO THE SECULAR STATE ESTABLISHED UNDER NIGER'S CONSTITUTION. IRAN IS WORKING QUIETLY AND WITH SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TO PROMOTE SHI'ISM IN NIGER. SHIA RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA ARE ALSO A FO [...]
1997-11-05 12:31:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SOCI NG IR KISL
97PHNOMPENH1339 COMMANDER, SPECIAL OPERATION COMMAND
[...] SUMMARY. ON MAY 3, 1997, VISITING MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES HOLLAND, COMMANDER, SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND PACIFIC, HAD SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CO-MINISTERS OF NATIONAL DEFENSE AND THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF, LTG MEAS SOPHEA, REAFFIRMING THE MILITARY-TO-MILITARY RELATIONSHIP [...]
1997-05-20 04:07:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS CB
97SOFIA3097 BULGARIA: BUILDING C0NSENSUS AND F0RMING A
[...] No summary [...]
1997-05-08 14:44:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL BU
97TAIPEI4246TAIWAN'S NEW CABINET -- BIO INFORMATION
[...] CLASSIFIED BY LAUREN MORIARTY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AIT/T. REASON: 1.5 (D). 2. (U) BEGIN INTRODUCTION: AS REPORTED REFTEL, THE 15TH KMT CENTRAL STANDING COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 28 APPROVED THE APPOINTMENTS OF A SLIGHTLY RESHUFFLED CABINET UNDER INCOMING PREMIER VINCENT SIEW. SIEW AND HIS CAB [...]
1997-09-09 09:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR TW
97TUNIS5237 TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION OF
[...] SUMMARY. THIS CABLE CONTAINS BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NINE INDIVIDUALS TUNISIAN PRESIDENT ZINE EL ABIDINE BEN ALI APPOINTED TO GOVERNMENT POSITIONS ON OCTOBER 9, 1997 (REFTEL). THEY ARE FOREIGN MINISTER SAID BEN MUSTAPHA, INTERIOR MINISTER ALI CHAOUCH, AGRICULTURE MINISTER SADOK RABEH, EDU [...]
1997-10-14 15:16:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PGOV TS
97WELLINGTON1656 BIO REPORT: NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER JENNY SHIPLEY
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: JOSIAH H. BEEMAN, AMBASSADOR. REASONS: 1.5(B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: NZ'S NEW (AND FIRST WOMAN) PRIME MINISTER JENNY SHIPLEY IS AN ASTUTE POLITICIAN WHO BELIEVES IN LESS GOVERNMENT, INDIVIDUAL EMPOWERMENT, AND A "SOFT HEART AND A HARD HEAD." SHE TAKES A MEASURED AND [...]
1997-12-22 01:36:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR NZ
98CARACAS3241BIOGRAPHIC REPORT: LUIS MIQUILENA: POLITICAL GODFATHER TO
[...] (C) LUIS MIQUILENA IS LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HUGO CHAVEZ'S POLITICAL GODFATHER AND CONFIDENT. HE WAS THE KEY INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN CHAVEZ AND LEFTIST POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE RUN-UP TO THE FAILED FEBRUARY 1992 COUP ATTEMPT. HE ALSO ORGANIZED CHAVEZ'S 1994 VISIT TO CUBA FOLLOWING HIS R [...]
1998-10-27 18:23:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL VE
98RIYADH3482 SAUDI ARABIA: USAMA BIN LADIN (C-NA8-00989)
[...] (S) THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON EX-SAUDI TERRORIST USAMA BIN LADIN, WHICH INCLUDES INPUT FROM CONSULATES DHAHRAN AND JEDDAH, IS KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN REF A. A. (S) ISLAMIC LEADERS ADMIRED BY BIN LADIN: BIN LADIN WAS RAISED IN A CONSERVATIVE WAHHABI MUSLIM FAMILY. AS A YOUNG MAN [...]
1998-10-13 08:37:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKPRP PTER PGOV PINR SA
98TUNIS933 PEACE CORPS: VIEWS OF AMBASSADORS: TUNIS RESPONSE
[...] PEACE CORPS? WE LOVED THEM--AND TUNISIA LOVED THEM--FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THE 2,382 AMERICANS AND THEIR THOUSANDS OF TUNISIAN COUNTERPARTS MADE DURING THE 34 YEARS OF THEIR COMMON ENDEAVOR TO IMPROVE THE HUMAN CONDITION. TUNISIA HAS ATTAINED A LEVEL OF DEVE [...]
1998-02-27 16:10:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID PREL TS
99CARACAS25BIOGRAPHIC REPORT: JOSE VICENTE RANGEL: HUGO CHAVEZ'S NEW
[...] No summary [...]
1999-01-06 21:39:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL VE
99CARACAS404CHAVEZ TAKES OFFICE, ASKS FOR FORGIVENESS, CONVOKES A
[...] (C) HUGO CHAVEZ WAS SWORN IN AS VENEZUELA'S PRESIDENT ON FEBRUARY 2, BEGINNING A THREE-DAY SERIES OF EVENTS CELEBRATING THE END OF WHAT HE CALLED "AN OLD, CORRUPT ORDER" AND THE START OF "VENEZUELA'S RESURRECTION." TAKING HIS OATH OF OFFICE ON A "MORIBUND CONSTITUTION" WHICH HE PROMISED TO R [...]
1999-02-09 15:34:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE
99CARACAS745CHAVEZ AFTER FIVE WEEKS
[...] (C) PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ'S FIRST FIVE WEEKS IN OFFICE HAVE BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY DRAMATIC AND CONFRONTATIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF HIS AGENDA OF POLITICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE, ADMINISTRATIVE FUMBLING AS HE ATTEMPTS TO INSTALL HIS GOVERNING TEAM, AND CONTINUITY OF ECONOMIC POLICY FROM THE CALDE [...]
1999-03-10 20:18:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD VE
99DAMASCUS2528 SYRIAN SUCCESSION: AFTER ASAD THE STRUGGLE
[...] (C) HAFIZ AL-ASAD'S EFFORT TO PREPARE SON BASHAR TO ASSUME EVENTUALLY THE PRESIDENCY IS INCREASINGLY THE PRISM THROUGH WHICH POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ARE VIEWED AND INTERPRETED. THE PROSPECTS FOR A SMOOTH SUCCESSION ARE A DIRECT FUNCTION OF HOW MUCH TIME ASAD HAS -- AND HOW MUCH APTITUDE BASHAR [...]
1999-05-24 11:33:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PHUM PTER SY
99RIYADH4064 A SAUDI RAMADAN FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
[...] SUMMARY. RAMADAN IN SAUDI ARABIA THIS YEAR HAS TAKEN ON A CHARACTER QUITE DIFFERENT FROM RAMADANS PAST. SAUDI RAMADAN IS TRADITIONALLY CHARACTERIZED BY DAYTIME INACTIVITY AND NIGHTTIME ENERGY, WITH SAUDIS PASSING SOMNAMBULANT DAYS AT WORK FOLLOWING NIGHT-LONG FLINGS OF EATING, SHOPPING AND [...]
1999-12-30 11:55:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI SA
99TUNIS2120 BEN ALI SUCCESSION
[...] (S) IMMEDIATE SUCCESSI0N ISSUES ARE LESS 0F A C0NCERN IN TUNISIA THAN S0ME 0THER C0UNTRIES IN THE REGI0N. GIVEN HIS R0BUST HEALTH, THE 62-YEAR-0LD BEN ALI IS EXPECTED ALC (##)F0URTH TERM OF OFFICE UNTIL WELL INT0 HIS THIRD. IN THE CASE 0F THE DEATH 0R INCAPACITATI0N 0F BEN ALI, THE C0NSTITU [...]
1999-05-20 11:55:00Embassy TunisSECRETPGOV PREL TS
99TUNIS5510 PUBLISHED BIOGRAPHIES OF TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] FOLLOWING ARE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHIES OF NEW MEMBERS OF THE TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT AND OFFICIALS WHO WERE ALREADY IN THE GOVERNMENT BUT MOVED TO A NEW POSITION. ANALYSIS OF THE GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLING IS REPORTED REFTEL. 2. NEW MEMBERS OF THE CABINET: --BECHIR TEKKARI, MINISTER OF JUSTICE. B [...]
1999-12-16 14:39:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PGOV PREL TS
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