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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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07PRAGUE296CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS UNHRC ACTION ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Summary. According to Czech MFA Human Rights Department official Jan Kaminek, the Czech government strongly condemns the Mugabe government's violent, anti-democratic actions. Accordingly, the Czech government has supported the EU's statements on the issue and will support an UNHRC proclama [...]
2007-03-20 15:27:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ZI EZ
07PRAGUE310CZECHS OPPOSE UNHRC RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE
[...] (SBU) The Czech government will oppose the proposed UNHRC resolution to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur in the Palestinian territories. MFA Human Rights Department Head of EU and UN Issues Jan Kaminek informed Poloff on March 23 that the Czech government will oppose the resolution [...]
2007-03-23 12:26:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNHRC EZ
07PRAGUE367CZECH RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES DOUBTFUL
[...] (C) DCM met with Deputy Foreign Minister Pojar on April 6 to request resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in the Czech Republic. Pojar thought it was "doubtful" the Czechs would accept the detainees, but agreed to consider the request. (The Czechs declined a similar request when it was posed by [...]
2007-04-06 11:48:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC AU BE BU CA DA EN
07PRAGUE498CZECHS WILL NOT VOTE FOR BELARUS FOR UNHRC SEAT,
[...] (C) Czech MFA Director Human Rights Department Veronika Stromsikova informed Poloff on May 5 that the Czech Republic will vote for Slovenia for a seat on the UNHRC, but will not/not vote for Belarus. Because no other candidate has announced its candidacy, the Czechs plan to cast only one vote. [...]
2007-05-09 07:04:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL EZ UNHCR
07PRAGUE507CZECHS ON UNHRC ELECTION
[...] (C) The Czechs have told us they will vote for Slovenia, and will not vote for Belarus, in the upcoming UNHRC election (ref b). They have said they would support Bosnia, if it formally declares itself a candidate. But they also fear that the Bosnian candidacy could weaken support for Slovenia [...]
2007-05-10 15:41:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC EZ
07PRAGUE508CZECHS WILL LIKELY SUPPORT FULL PARTICIPANT STATUS
[...] (U) The European Affairs Desk Officer for the MFA Transformation Cooperation Unit (TRANS) Olga Hejflerova told Poloff May 10 that the Czech government will likely support the proposal to invite Iraq to attend the Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial in Bamako as a full participant (reftel [...]
2007-05-11 07:16:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM UNGA KDEM EZ
07PRAGUE509CZECHS TORN ON ISSUE OF COUNTRY-SPECIFIC SPECIAL
[...] (C) MFA Human Rights Department official Jan Kaminek informed Poloff on May 9 that the Czech government has not yet decided how it will vote on the issue of UNHRC country-specific mandates for Cuba and Belarus. Kaminek said the decision will be made by Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg next [...]
2007-05-11 07:40:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL EUN EZ
07PRAGUE57CZECHS PLAN TO CHANGE STYLE, BUT NOT SUBSTANCE, OF
[...] (C) Summary. The Czech government plans to take no special action in response to the inevitable announcement of Castro's death. The Czechs will simply continue supporting the peaceful democratic opposition in Cuba, and searching for ways to persuade the EU to do more. However, the Czechs fear [...]
2007-01-22 15:57:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL CU EZ
07PRAGUE593CZECHS SAY NO EU HEAD OF MISSION TO OSCE WILL
[...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Director of the Southeast and East European Department Martina Tauberova confirmed on May 23 that the Czech Government will not/not participate in the proposed OSCE Heads of Mission (HoM) visit to Minsk. Tauberova has learned that the EU HoM met in Vienna and agreed that no EU [...]
2007-05-24 06:28:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM OSCE BO EZ
07PRAGUE609CZECHS AGREE THAT UPCOMING SYRIAN ELECTION WILL
[...] (SBU) Czech MFA Syria desk officer Jaromir Marek told Poloff on May 25 that the Czech Republic agrees that the upcoming presidential election in Syria will not be free and fair. He chuckled at the very idea of using the word "election" in connection with the event, observing that it is really [...]
2007-05-25 15:04:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM PHUM SY EUN EZ
07PRAGUE701CZECH DEP FM TO VISIT TEHRAN JUNE 18-19; AGENDA TO
[...] (C) Poloff met with Czech MFA Iran Desk Officer Eva Jelinkova on June 14 to deliver ref A points on American detainees in Iran and to discuss the planned trip of Deputy Foreign Minister Helena Bambasova to Tehran. Jelinkova said Bambasova will travel to Iran at the invitation of the Iranian go [...]
2007-06-14 15:43:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EZ
07PRAGUE707CZECHS ON UNHRC REFORM FIFTH SESSION PACKAGE
[...] (C) The Czechs are strongly in favor of maintaining the UNHRC country mandates for all countries, including Cuba and Belarus, but have not yet determined how they will vote. In discussions on June 14 with Czech MFA Human Rights Director Veronika Stromsikova and June 15 with MFA Political Direc [...]
2007-06-15 11:52:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM EZ
07PRAGUE716CZECHS ADVANCE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION
[...] (U) The Czech cabinet on June 11 gave approval for a wide ranging new anti-discrimination law. The legislation now awaits Parliamentary approval, but this not expected until after Parliament returns from its Summer recess August 7. The legislation, if passed, would become effective January [...]
2007-06-15 14:51:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV EZ
07PRAGUE788TEHRAN SPRING? CZECHS SEE POSSIBLE THAW IN
[...] (C) Summary. In a June 18-19 visit to Tehran, Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Helena Bambasova had surprisingly friendly meetings with key Iranian government officials to explore the possibility of improving relations between the estranged countries. While the focus of the trip was squarely on n [...]
2007-06-29 15:22:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EZ
07PRAGUE860CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS USG PRIORITIES AT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-20 14:28:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA EZ
07PRAGUE874CZECH REPUBLIC SHARES USG CONCERNS IN AZERBAIJAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-25 14:52:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM EUN AJ EZ
07PRETORIA1054(C) MDC HAS "CONSTRUCTIVE" MEETING WITH SOUTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Zimbabwean opposition MDC leaders met March 23 with senior South African Government (SAG) officials in Pretoria. SAG officials sought the views of the MDC on the situation in Zimbabwe and asked them to describe the MDC "roadmap" for solving the crisis. Earlier that day, DepForM [...]
2007-03-24 14:15:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SF ZI
07PRETORIA1096ZIMBABWE: CHURCH LEADERS CAUTIOUS ON VATICAN ROLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Vatican shares U.S. concerns about the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe, but will be cautious about speaking out publicly, according to Papal Nuncio Green. Public comments by the Pope are the final card to play, and the Vatican will want to save that step for the right mom [...]
2007-03-28 15:00:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ZI VT SF
07PRETORIA1110ZIMBABWE: QUIET DIPLOMACY GETS (A LITTLE) LOUDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa's Parliament held an extraordinary debate on Zimbabwe March 28, with opposition parties strongly criticizing the Government's Zimbabwe policy. DepForMin van der Merwe defended the SAG policy, but stated that the GOZ's recent crackdown was a "major cause for concer [...]
2007-03-29 17:43:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KPAO ZI SF
07PRETORIA1135SAG'S EFFORTS TO CURB GENDER VIOLENCE SLOWLY MOVES
[...] (SBU) Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka officially launched the SAG's "365 Days National Action Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children" on International Women's Day (8 March) despite the conspicuous absence of an action plan. Mlambo-Ngcuka claimed that South Africa is the first [...]
2007-03-30 13:59:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM KHIV SF
07PRETORIA1380VISIT OF A/S SILVERBERG
[...] (C) We warmly welcome your visit to South Africa to consult with the South African Government (SAG) on the President's strategy to end the suffering in Darfur. Sudan is one of Pretoria's top foreign policy priorities. SAG principals will appreciate the opportunity to discuss Darfur, souther [...]
2007-04-20 12:56:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM OTRA SU SF
07PRETORIA1447PROSPECTS FOR MBEKI FACILITATION IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. As recently-appointed SADC "facilitator" for Zimbabwe, President Mbeki is off to the races but may not make it to the finish line. Mbeki has taken on Mugabe in the past and failed, and we should not underestimate Mugabe's ability to outfox him again. Nevertheles [...]
2007-04-24 14:50:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA1495(C) ZIMBABWE: SENIOR SAG OFFICIALS OUTLINE VIEWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of meeting with IDASA analyst Sydney Masamvu on April 24-25, senior South African officials questioned Masamvu in detail about the situation in Zimbabwe. DepForMin Pahad made clear he held MDC leader Tsvangirai in low regard, but had a much higher opinion of MDC Secr [...]
2007-04-30 14:12:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA150ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTS TO REVOKE PUBLISHER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Zimbabwe is attempting to revoke the citizenship of well-known publisher Trevor Ncube. In blatant violation of international and Zimbabwean law, the GOZ claims that Ncube is no longer a Zimbabwean citizen because his father was born in Zambia. Ncube is challengi [...]
2007-01-12 14:24:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ZI SF
07PRETORIA1554MDC WRITTEN SUBMISSION TO MBEKI DETAILS OBSTACLES
[...] (C) The Zimbabwe opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) presented its concerns about upcoming elections in a formal, 10-page written submission to South African President Mbeki, dated 11 April 2007. Mbeki is serving as the "facilitator" in Zimbabwe on behalf of the Southern Afr [...]
2007-05-03 14:29:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA1557MDC LEADERSHIP MEETS IN SOUTH AFRICA, DECIDES TO
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Meeting secretly in Johannesburg April 28-29, the leadership of the Zimbabwean opposition MDC party, led by Morgan Tsvangirai, decided to launch the party's presidential campaign o/a June 1, while making clear they will not participate in the elections without fundamental refo [...]
2007-05-03 15:08:00Embassy PretoriaSECRETPREL PHUM SF ZI
07PRETORIA2443(C) U.K. BUSINESSMAN BRANSON FUNDING "ELDER"
[...] (C/NF) U.K. businessman Richard Branson is bankrolling an African "Elders" initiative to convince Zimbabwean President Mugabe to step down. The "Elders" plan to meet secretly in Johannesburg July 17-18 with Branson to discuss their initiative. Former Presidents Nelson Mandela (South Africa),[...]
2007-07-11 15:27:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA2619JMPD ACADEMY OPENING: A PARTNERSHIP PRODUCT
[...] (U) Summary: In his speech for the official opening of the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department's (JMPD) academy, the Chief of Police described it as a "product of our partnership" - a reference to the four-year partnership between the Johannesburg Municipality and the United States. The [...]
2007-07-26 14:35:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ELAB PREL PHUM SF
07PRETORIA2727VAN ECK SAYS FNL PEACE PROCESS "CRASHING"
[...] (C) The Burundi FNL peace process is "crashing," according to Institute for Security Studies analyst Jan van Eck. Van Eck told PolOff August 1 that trust between the National Force for Liberation (FNL) and the Government of Burundi (GOB) is at an all time low, following the departure of the F [...]
2007-08-03 09:41:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM BY SF
07PRETORIA2800ZIMBABWEANS CROWD INTO JOHANNESBURG CHURCH
[...] (U) Central Methodist Church in downtown Johannesburg has become a haven for Zimbabweans fleeing the economic and political crisis in Zimbabwe. PolOff visited the church August 1 and met with Bishop Paul Verynn, pastor of the church. Verynn said that more than 1,000 people are staying in the [...]
2007-08-08 15:50:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PHUM SF ZI
07PRETORIA2818MBEKI TO PUT POSITIVE SPIN ON ZIMBABWE MEDIATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite limited progress on the core political issues, President Mbeki will likely paint an upbeat picture for SADC Heads of State on his Zimbabwe political facilitation at the upcoming summit in Lusaka. Mbeki believes the positive spin will help keep the GOZ negotiators at the [...]
2007-08-13 05:15:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA2872PAN-AFRICAN PARLIAMENT FACT-FINDING MISSION TO
[...] (C) The planned Pan-African Parliament (PAP) fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe is bogged down in political and administrative bickering, according to PAP Member of Parliament (MP) Suzanne Vos (protect). Vos, who also serves as an MP in the South African Parliament for the Inkatha Freedom Party [...]
2007-08-16 06:32:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM AORC KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA2886SOUTH AFRICA'S EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa's relationship with Cuba remains close, based largely on Cuba's support for the ruling African National Congress during the anti-apartheid struggle. Despite South Africa's rhetorical support for principles of democracy and human rights, the SAG is highly unlikely to [...]
2007-08-16 13:15:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM CU SF
07PRETORIA3069MDC ACTIVIST TELLS OF DETENTION AT LUSAKA SADC
[...] (C) Zambian security officials arrested and questioned Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Political Liaison Officer Nqobizitha Mlilo at the recent August 16-17 SADC Summit. Mlilo described to PolOff on August 30 his detention. Mlilo, a recent University of Cape Town graduate, works for Roy [...]
2007-08-31 12:55:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ZI SF
07PRETORIA3189SAG WAITING FOR FORMAL EXTRADITION REQUEST FROM
[...] (C) The South African Government (SAG) is still waiting for a formal extradition request from the Government of Lesotho (GOL) for six Basotho men who fled to South Africa seeking political asylum (reftel),according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Chief Director for Southern Africa (DA [...]
2007-09-10 08:54:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3213SAG OFFICIAL SAYS PUBLIC CRITICISM OF MUGABE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The South African Government is "making progress" in the facilitation talks between ZANU-PF and MDC, but recognizes that the process will not be easy, according to DFA Chief Director (DAS-level) Tselane Mokuena. Mokuena acknowledged that political and economic reforms in Zimbabwe [...]
2007-09-12 09:24:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA3425SAG APPLAUDS ZIMBABWE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS;
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The South African Cabinet praised the ZANU-PF-MDC agreement on Constitutional Amendment 18 (ref A),calling it a "breakthrough" and "a major step forward." DepForMin Pahad suggested that the accord paves the way for a "political solution that all Zimbabweans will hail." The agree [...]
2007-09-28 09:14:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM SF ZI
07PRETORIA3603PIKOLI PAYS PRICE FOR NOT BEING TEAM PLAYER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The government announced on 03 October that suspended Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli would be investigated by longtime ANC member Frene Ginwala for putting national security at risk by giving criminals immunity in exchange for testimony against others and for failing [...]
2007-10-12 13:23:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM KJUS SF
07PRETORIA4105ANC SUCCESSION: ZUMA HAS EDGE, BUT IT'S NOT OVER
[...] (C) With only two weeks to go before the ANC elects its next President the field has narrowed to a tight race between ANC President Thabo Mbeki and Deputy President Jacob Zuma, with Tokyo Sexwale and Cyril Ramaphosa trailing far behind. Some still hold out hope that the animosity generated bet [...]
2007-12-03 14:18:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM KDEM SF
07PRETORIA4109TSVANGIRAI FRUSTRATED BY LACK OF PROGRESS IN SADC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is increasingly frustrated by the slow pace of the SADC-sponsored Zimbabwe talks, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai told visiting U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe. The SIPDIS MDC has made significant concessions, but received nothing in retur [...]
2007-12-04 10:09:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM SF ZI
07PRETORIA4154ADDITIONAL TARGETTED ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-07 14:25:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD PHUM ZI SF
07PRETORIA537BOLIVIAN VP TO VISIT SOUTH AFRICA; ANC DELEGATION
[...] (C) Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia plans to visit South Africa soon, likely in March, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director Annelize Schroeder. During a February 8 discussion with PolOff, Schroeder said she hopes that the Garcia visit will "energize" the South [...]
2007-02-13 15:10:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BO SF
07PRISTINA118COM REACHES OUT TO KOSOVO SERBS IN TOWN HALL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a town hall meeting in Gracanica, Kosovo Serbs shared their practical concerns about implementation of the Ahtisaari package, economic development, security, and returns with the COM and EU representative Torbjorn Sohlstrom. COM described the many provisions in the doc [...]
2007-02-13 17:31:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA126KOSOVO: SERBIAN JUDGE ALLOWS EXPLORATORY DIG AT
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Belgrade/U.S. Office Pristina cable. 2. (C) In a meeting on February 13 at the Belgrade District Court, Judge Milan Dilparic agreed to permit an exploratory dig at the site just over the administrative boundary line (ABL),where it is suspected that up to several [...]
2007-02-21 16:37:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PGOV
07PRISTINA150KOSOVO: SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post's submission for the Seventh Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Kosovo is administered by the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1244, which was adopted in 1999 following the NA [...]
2007-02-28 13:55:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF PGOV KJUS
07PRISTINA162KOSOVO SERB JOURNALISTS LOOK TO UNOSEK AND USG TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a roundtable discussion on March 1 with COM and EU representative Torbjorn Sohlstrom, Kosovo Serb journalists shared their concerns about the lack of protections for Serb media in the status package, and offered their proposal for additional guarantees. COM assured them [...]
2007-03-02 16:42:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PINR PREL EAID KDEM SOCI UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA180KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY INVESTIGATES FORMER SPEAKER DACI,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly's ad-hoc Investigative Committee presented its report on financial wrongdoing to the full Assembly, which dutifully adopted it on February 22. The report was essentially a watered-down version of the Auditor General's earlier findings, and was even less firm in [...]
2007-03-08 08:11:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA181KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY INVESTIGATES FORMER SPEAKER DACI,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-08 08:12:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA186KOSOVO: ON THE HUSTINGS FOR THE PACKAGE: ALL
[...] (C) Summary: USOP outreach efforts to encourage understanding of the Ahtisaari package have uncovered some interesting trends, particularly with regard to Kosovar Albanian perceptions of the document. By far, decentralization as it affects southern Kosovo has proven to be the most contentio [...]
2007-03-12 11:37:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI
07PRISTINA187KOSOVO'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] (SBU) Post has identified the five most influential women in the Kosovo, per Ref A, as well as three Kosovo women who are influential among their respective minority communities. Political officer Heidi Barrachina is POC for women's issues at post: (381) 38-549-516 x3104; barrachinahh@state. [...]
2007-03-12 11:50:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK PHUM SOCI KWMN
07PRISTINA20KOSOVO: 2006 A SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR SERBIAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In 2006, the Reconstruction Implementation Commission (RIC) completed extensive renovations on seven Serbian Orthodox religious sites damaged or destroyed during the March 2004 riots. Work on an eighth site will continue into early 2007 due to the complexity of the works. Th [...]
2007-01-10 16:45:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL KCRM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA208KOSOVO: COM EMPHASIZES REDLINES IN FRANK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a conversation with E.O.-listed northern Kosovo Serb hardliner Milan Ivanovic on March 15, COM emphasized that Serbs are free to express their opinions about Ahtisaari's proposals and the UN-led status process underway, but that if their rhetoric spills into violent or pr [...]
2007-03-16 17:50:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA237KOSOVO: THE NORTH'S ALBANIAN MINORITY WORRIED
[...] (C) Summary: Albanian residents of two communities north of Kosovo's Ibar River were highly supportive of the Ahtisaari proposal and grateful for USG assistance. Residents told us they generally feel secure in their villages and in their travels to the southern part of Kosovo. They have not [...]
2007-03-28 16:09:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PHUM EAID YI
07PRISTINA323KOSOVO SERBS REACT POSITIVELY TO USG-FUNDED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 19, COM inaugurated three USAID projects in Serb-majority northern Kosovo. These included renovations to both the Technical Sciences faculty and the technical high school in northern Mitrovica, along with the construction of a new water reservoir and water distributio [...]
2007-04-24 16:29:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA379KOSOVO ALBANIANS COMMEMORATE KOSOVO'S NEW MISSING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo government officially recognized April 27 as Missing Persons Day. By changing the date from the internationally-observed August 30 to the anniversary of one of the largest massacres of Kosovo Albanians in 1999, the government scored some unnecessary PR points again [...]
2007-05-15 12:38:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA386KOSOVO CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION UNDER ATTACK BY SERB
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The work of Kosovo's highly successful Reconstruction Implementation Commission for Serbian Orthodox Religious Sites in Kosovo (RIC) is grinding to a halt due to attacks from the hardline Serbian government representative on the commission, in coordination with the intractable Ser [...]
2007-05-17 15:28:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA464KOSOVO'S SOUTHERN SERBS INCREASINGLY RESISTANT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a series of meetings in the southern enclaves in mid-to-late May, Kosovo Serbs continued to exhibit a strong degree of denial about the imminence of a status decision, expressing firm belief in Russia's ability to halt or at least delay independence. Serbs in the future [...]
2007-06-13 11:50:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA50KOSOVO: AFTER A HEATED PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In the run-up to the January 21 Serbian parliamentary elections, Serbia-based political parties have been actively campaigning in Kosovo, and some even include Kosovo Serbs as candidates on their electoral lists. In the past weeks, there have been peaceful rallies in Serb-majorit [...]
2007-01-19 17:32:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA504KOSOVO: ALBANIAN TEEN ATTACK ON ELDERLY KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 12, an eighteen-year old Albanian punched his elderly Kosovo Serb neighbor in the face, breaking her nose. Police arrested the perpetrator the same day, but released him less than 72 hours later since the municipal public prosecutor did not seek detention on remand. Th [...]
2007-06-29 14:49:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM PHUM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA521KOSOVO: SERB CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION BACK ON TRACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. After months of delay, the Reconstruction Implementation Commission for Serbian Orthodox Religious Sites in Kosovo (RIC) met June 21 and approved five new tenders. RIC Project Manager Francisco Montanes is very pleased with Vera Pavlovic Luncharsky, the new Serbian Government re [...]
2007-07-06 12:11:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALSCUL KCRM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA54SERBIAN ELECTIONS IN KOSOVO: NO INCIDENTS, RADICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Kosovo Serbs voted peacefully at polling stations throughout Kosovo in the Serbian parliamentary elections on January 21. There were no significant incidents. Preliminary results indicate that Kosovo Serb support for the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) has fallen markedly since th [...]
2007-01-22 14:15:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA545KOSOVO: OFFICIAL SUPPORT FOR RETURNS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A broad spectrum of participants, including the municipal mayor, numerous internationals, and a large group of Serb IDP association leaders, took part in a discussion of the returns process at a conference held July 2 in Ferizaj/Urosevac municipality. Highlighting the recent [...]
2007-07-13 09:53:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREF PGOV PINR EAID PHUM SOCI UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA592KOSOVO: NORTHERN POLITICIANS DISCUSS STATUS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Two Serb politicians from Leposavic and Zubin Potok evinced a desire to cooperate with the international community on security and stability, but also continued reluctance to cooperate with the PISG. Both stressed that relations with KFOR are currently good and emphasized their [...]
2007-07-31 15:12:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR PREL EAID PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA593KOSOVO: SIGNS OF HARDLINE SERB CONSOLIDATION IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent disturbing moves by Serb hardliners linked with the Belgrade's Coordinating Center for Kosovo (CCK) and the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) provide evidence that Belgrade is working to sow fear and mistrust between Kosovo Serbs and their Albanian and international interlocu [...]
2007-07-31 15:47:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA594KOSOVO: AT DONOR URGING, UNMIK COMMITS TO CLOSING
[...] (C) Summary: UNMIK committed to closing the Cesmin Lug Roma camp, which CDC has consistently maintained is unsafe for human habitation. In a July 23 meeting with UN, USOP and donor representatives, PDSRSG Schook gave the instruction that alternative sites be found for the current Cesmin Lug [...]
2007-07-31 15:54:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV EAID KCRS YI KV UNMIK SENV PHUM
07PRISTINA616KOSOVO: KLINA PROPERTY DECISIONS FINALLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent actions by the mayor and CEO of Kline/Klina municipality to challenge two high-profile Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) decisions in favor of Kosovo Serbs sent disturbing signals about the property restitution process (especially for Kosovo Serbs) and the general rule of law [...]
2007-08-09 13:28:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA617KOSOVO: DEPORTATION OF FAILED ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to UNMIK's Office of Communities, Returns and Minorities (OCRM),more than 47,500 people have been deported to Kosovo since 2000, with Germany alone accounting for 8,454. Concern is growing among internationals, the PISG, and the Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptian (RAE) c [...]
2007-08-09 13:32:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID PREF PHUM SOCI UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA686KOSOVO: USOP WORKS TO REASSURE STRPCE SERBS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Nestled in the Shar mountains, Strpce municipality - the southernmost Serb-majority area in Kosovo - holds great potential for economic development, but is also faced with several critical issues: delayed privatization of a potentially lucrative ski area that has stalled economi [...]
2007-09-14 10:50:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA694KOSOVO: USOP INTERVENTION STOPS SERB PROPERTY
[...] SUMMARY (C) Despite USOP's recent intervention in a pair of property disputes involving Kosovo Serbs in Klina (reftel),the municipal government has since attempted to repossess the property known as the "Youth Center." After initial attempts to use expropriation (similar to eminent domain i [...]
2007-09-19 13:09:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA749KOSOVO: COM INAUGURATES US KFOR/USAID PROJECT IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the inauguration of a joint USKFOR/USAID community development project in the Serb enclave of Partes (Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality),COM and other visitors witnessed genuine appreciation from local Serbs for USKFOR/USG efforts on their behalf. This project, the first officia [...]
2007-10-19 13:54:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR EAID PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA75KOSOVO: EXHUMATION OF POSSIBLE LARGE MASS GRAVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMIK's Department of Justice has what it believes to be reliable information regarding a mass grave that could contain up to several hundred bodies. The site is just over the administrative boundary line with Serbia. UNMIK has asked USG assistance to pressure the Serbian judge [...]
2007-01-29 10:10:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL ICTY UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA821KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance in vetting USOP's candidates selected for the Marshall Center Program in Advanced Security Studies (PASS 08-01). The program takes place from January 7 to April 5, 2008 at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany, but will also include a trip to the U [...]
2007-12-14 13:02:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA826KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance in vetting Mr. Bajram Sherifi, the USOP candidate selected for the Marshall Center Program on Terrorism and Security Studies (PTSS 08-02). The program takes place from January 14 to February 23, 2008 at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany, but w [...]
2007-12-19 16:09:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA91KOSOVO: COM INAUGURATE AID PROJECT, URGES KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the inauguration of a U.S.-funded town hall and road rehabilitation project in northern Kosovo on February 1, COM urged Kosovo Serbs to listen carefully to Ahtisaari's proposal, saying that it will contain significant rights and guarantees for Kosovo's Serbs. In a priva [...]
2007-02-02 12:25:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07QUITO1068ECUADOR'S VIEWS ON UPCOMING HRC VOTE
[...] (C) Acting PolChief delivered demarche May 11 to Lourdes Puma Puma, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs. Puma said that the GOE understood USG concerns regarding Belarus' inclusion in the Human Rights Council and agreed that it would compromise the council's future credibility. Pum [...]
2007-05-11 17:32:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UN BO EC
07QUITO1164GOE AMBIVALENT ON IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONS
[...] (C) PolOff conveyed RefTel points on May 15 to MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs, Lourdes Puma. After listening to our views, Puma asserted that "it is not Ecuador's way to insert itself into the affairs of other sovereign nations and tell them with whom they should be friends." [...]
2007-05-18 20:51:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN BO EC
07QUITO1361ECUADOR SKEPTICAL OF US TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on June 13 to Lourdes Puma Puma, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs. Puma expressed GOE's skepticism regarding the various proposals contained in the initiative, noting that in the past, such practices were designed to link political preferenc [...]
2007-06-14 14:27:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN EC
07QUITO1637CORREA SIGNS DECREE TO PREVENT AIRING OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 9, President Correa signed an executive decree prohibiting reproduction of clandestinely recorded video and audio without the authorization of those involved. The media association responded saying the decree was unconstitutional. While Vice President Lenin Moreno claims [...]
2007-07-20 17:24:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EC
07QUITO1721ECUADOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: NOT CLEAR
[...] (C) With only two months to go before Ecuador's Constituent Assembly elections, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal is facing significant challenges. A July 15 mock election revealed that the size and complexity of the ballots are likely to be a technical nightmare. The TSE has proposed some meas [...]
2007-08-02 18:19:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON PGOV PHUM
07QUITO1791ECUADOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: NOT CLEAR
[...] (C) With only two months to go before Ecuador's Constituent Assembly elections, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal is facing significant challenges. A July 15 mock election revealed that the size and complexity of the ballots are likely to be a technical nightmare. The TSE has proposed some meas [...]
2007-08-08 21:32:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EC
07QUITO1884RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN ECUADOR
[...] (U) Summary: As part of the American EmbassyQs outreach program, five embassy summer interns traveled on July 30, 2007 to a shelter for trafficking victims run by La Fundacisn Nuestros Jsvenes in Mitad del Mundo, and on August 1 Q 2, 2007 to Casa Condor Community Center in Riobamba, to promote [...]
2007-08-17 11:38:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EC
07QUITO1906ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: CONVENTION AGAINST
[...] (SBU) On August 9, PolOff met with Lourdes Puma Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, and delivered reftel demarche, including dip note, talking points, and CV for Ms. Felice Gaer. Puma said that the GOE is aware of Gaer's run for reelection and approved of her previous particip [...]
2007-08-22 18:01:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA EC
07QUITO1992ECUADOR: PROPOSALS ILLUMINATE KEY ISSUES FOR
[...] (C) Ecuadorian political parties and civil society groups have put forward a variety of proposals for the new constitution, which will be drafted by the Constituent Assembly to be elected on September 30. Some of the major issues Assembly members are likely to address include the extent of s [...]
2007-08-30 21:02:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ELAB ENRG KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL EC
07QUITO2057ECUADOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: ALL ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: The campaign for the September 30 Constituent Assembly elections is playing out primarily as a referendum on President Correa's policies, as polls indicate that most voters are ignorant of the candidates and their platforms. Although the President's popularity has inched down t [...]
2007-09-11 14:03:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPLS EC
07QUITO2117ECUADOR: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CORREA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting one on one with the Ambassador on September 12, Ecuadorian President Correa sounded confident of a strong showing in the September 30 Constituent Assembly elections and was open to the Ambassador's advice on his New York trip later this month. He took on board the Ambas [...]
2007-09-14 20:04:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EC
07QUITO2217ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE
[...] (SBU) PolOff met with Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, on September 25, and shared U.S. objectives on the Community of Democracies. Puma said that Ecuador would definitely not attend the meeting on the margins of the UNGA chaired by Mali on October 1. She doubted [...]
2007-09-28 15:27:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV EC
07QUITO2219ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: U.N. COMMITTEE AGAINST
[...] (SBU) PolOff met with Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, on September 25, and shared reftel points emphasizing USG candidate Felice Gaer's performance as an incumbent of the Committee. As expected, Puma expressed interest in the USG's support of Ecuador's candidate, [...]
2007-09-28 16:20:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC EC
07QUITO2531ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered relevant points on U.S. UNGA Third Committee country specific resolutions to MFA's Multilateral Affairs Directorate on November 16, 2007. We received a response on November 20 from Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs. 2. (C) Puma first stated [...]
2007-11-21 18:54:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UN EC
07QUITO2535ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: COMMITTEE ON THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 19:24:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA EC
07QUITO2536ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: 4TH COMMUNITY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 19:28:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM UNGA EC
07QUITO261INFLUENTIAL ECUADORIAN WOMEN
[...] (U) In response to reftel, we provide the following list of the top five most influential Ecuadorian women in selected categories: Business Isabel Noboa Ponton President, Consorcio NOBIS Edif. Executive Center Piso 8 Av. Constitucion Guayaquil, Ecuador epazmino@nobis.com.ec 593-3-26 [...]
2007-01-31 22:01:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EC KWMN PHUM
07QUITO2643ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered relevant points on U.S. UNGA Third Committee country specific resolutions to Augusto Saa, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, on December 14, 2007. 2. (C) Saa first reiterated a previous MFA statement (reftel) that Ecuador is a strong proponent of the pro [...]
2007-12-14 19:26:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UNGA EC
07QUITO482 ECUADOR 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, Ecuador has achieved significant and sustained progress in the areas of prevention, protection, and prosecution of TIP. GOE commitment to combat TIP is evidenced by former President Palacio's signing of the National Anti-TIP Plan on August 30, 2006. The GOE [...]
2007-03-01 22:15:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
07QUITO559GOE CRITICAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2006
[...] (U) Summary: The Correa Government publicly criticized our recently-released human rights report detailing problems in Ecuador, challenging our competency to judge human rights. That said, GOE objections were more muted than last year, under the Palacio Government. Ecuadorian press reaction [...]
2007-03-08 21:53:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO APER PHUM PREL EC
07QUITO575GOE REACTION TO HRC OBJECTIVES
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on March 9 to Lourdes Puma Puma, MFA Director General for multilateral affairs. Puma confirmed that Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinoza will attend the opening sessions of the Human Rights Council, as well as the disarmament commission. [...]
2007-03-12 21:29:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL AORC SNAR UN CO EC
07QUITO632GOE SHARES CONCERN OVER ZIMBABWE VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on March 16 to Lourdes Puma Puma, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs. Puma expressed GOE's concern over the March 13 violence in Zimbabwe, noting that Ecuador has always spoken out against such violence. Puma described the attacks of peaceful [...]
2007-03-16 20:12:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN BO EC
07QUITO985GOE WOULD NOT LIKELY SUPPORT IRAQ COALITION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-30 22:07:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UN BO EC MARR MOPS PTER IZ
07QUITO998MORE TIP CONVICTIONS, GOE COMMITMENT FIRM
[...] (U) Summary: Ecuador continues to arrest, prosecute, convict and sentence TIP offenders. Superstar El Oro province prosecutor Lucy Blacio added another two convictions to her credit in April. Pichincha province gained two this month, the first convictions outside El Oro under Ecuador's mod [...]
2007-05-02 20:38:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL EC
07RABAT1050SENIOR JCO LEADER SOUNDS OFF ON ELECTIONS AND GOM
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 20 meeting, a senior leader of "Al-Adl wal Ihsane" - the Justice and Charity Organization (JCO),Morocco's large quasi-legal Islamist political organization, told poloQ that the group was adhering to its rejection of participation in the political system but was not [...]
2007-06-25 12:49:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PTER PGOV PHUM MO
07RABAT1095MOROCCAN EFFORTS TO FIGHT ABUSES AGAINST WOMEN AND
[...] Summary: Two recent events highlighted ongoing Moroccan government and civil society efforts to curb violence and abuse against women and children. On June 21, 2007 Princess Lalla Meryam, the King's sister and Chair of the National Observatory for Children's Rights (ONDE),secretary of State [...]
2007-07-02 16:14:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL MO
07RABAT1112CCDH HEAD SAYS MOROCCO SEEKS ELECTION OBSERVERS AND HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Ahmed Herzenni, newly appointed President of the Royal Consultative Council on Human Rights (CCDH),told Ambassador Riley July 2nd that Morocco would welcome senior international observers in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He did not, however, want a flood of NGOs participating. [...]
2007-07-06 10:45:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKDEM MO PHUM PREL
07RABAT1122CORRECTED COPY: CCDH HEAD SAYS MOROCCO SEEKS
[...] (SBU) Ahmed Herzenni, newly appointed President of the Royal Consultative Council on Human Rights (CCDH),told Ambassador Riley July 2nd that Morocco would welcome senior international observers in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He did not, however, want a flood of NGOs participating. [...]
2007-07-09 16:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKDEM MO PHUM PREL
07RABAT116REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: EL MOUMNI, Abdel Ali DOB: 1952 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: V 13625 Rank: Procureur du Roi Unit: Cour de Justice -- Meknes Purpose: to att [...]
2007-01-24 09:40:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT117REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan nationals: Name: ANEJJAR, Ahmed DOB: 1947 POB: Marrakech, Morocco CIN#: P 3407 Rank: O-7, Commander Unit: 2nd BIP - Benguerir Name: BADR, Azeddine DOB: [...]
2007-01-24 09:45:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT1180Moroccan journalists detained for publishing confidential
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- Â [...]
2007-07-19 17:33:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PHUM KMPI MO PGOV
07RABAT1223PM CLAIMS AND RECEIVES CREDIT FOR SUCCESSFUL TERM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the customary end-of-term address, Prime Minister Driss Jettou gave parliament an upbeat assessment of his accomplishments since 2002. He focused on political, economic, and social reform, as well as stability and treatment of Berbers. Jettou also touched on ways in which [...]
2007-07-27 16:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PHUM ECON MO
07RABAT1255KING'S THRONE DAY SPEECH FOCUSES ON WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI's July 30 Throne Day speech focused on his commitment to gradual reform as well as the two most pressing national issues: the Western Sahara and upcoming parliamentary elections. He reaffirmed Morocco's intention to negotiate on the basis of autonomy, but "noth [...]
2007-08-03 15:05:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PBTS MO KDEM IZ LE SO SU XI
07RABAT1265MAGAZINES SEIZED AND EDITORS CONVOKED FOR DISRESPECTING THE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Moroccan authorities seized, on orders of PM Jettou, the most recent editions of TelQuel and Nichane, weekly current affairs magazines on August 4 for violating laws that forbid criticism of the mona [...]
2007-08-07 14:39:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL KDEM EAID PHUM KMPI MO
07RABAT129REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: FALSY, Mohammed DOB: 21 December 1956 POB: Kalaat Sraghna, Morocco CIN#: Y 3901 Rank: O-6 Unit: 3rd Bureau -- Rabat Purpose: to attend t [...]
2007-01-25 17:25:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT130REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: CHICHAOUI, Youssef DOB: 31 December 1962 POB: Sefrou, Morocco CIN#: C 160726 Rank: O-3 Unit: 6 GAR - Tantan Purpose: to attend the Field [...]
2007-01-25 17:26:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT131REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: MAAMAR, Kamal DOB: 21 July 1967 POB: Rabat, Morocco CIN#: A 267392 Rank: O-4 Unit: 2 BSI -- Laayoune Purpose: to attend the Combined Log [...]
2007-01-25 17:28:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT132REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: BOUATLAOUI, Mustapha DOB: 1 January 1963 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: L 128338 Rank: O-5 Unit: 2nd BIP -- Benguerir Purpose: to attend the [...]
2007-01-25 17:28:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT1331INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVATION BEGINS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The organization of Morocco,s first-ever international election observation kicked off with a week-long pre-election assessment mission organized by the National Democratic Institute (NDI). In meetings with embassy and an August 15 press conference, the delegation recognized po [...]
2007-08-22 17:09:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MO
07RABAT1340STAFFDEL CAMMACK: CAN MOROCCO BE FRANCHISED?
[...] (SBU) During an August 8-10 visit, Democratic Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Perry Cammack heard that reformers in Morocco, unlike in many other Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, already have a safe space within which to operate, and are working to expand existing [...]
2007-08-23 16:39:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MO OVIP
07RABAT141COURT RULING SETS BACK KING'S EFFORT TO
[...] (C) Summary: In a decision that could lead to enhanced separation of powers in Morocco, the Constitutional Court has struck down a provision of the bill revising the electoral code that would have required small parties to either merge with larger parties or sit out the 2007 parliamentary ele [...]
2007-01-26 13:09:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM KWMN MO
07RABAT143ANTI-U.S. SENTIMENTS THWART OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 19, A PROVINCIAL UNIVERSITY ADVISED THE EMBASSY THAT IT WAS "POSTPONING" AN INVITATION TO THE AMBASSADOR TO SPEAK TO STUDENTS AND FACULTY ON JANUARY 23. THE UNIVERSITY'S DECISION WAS APPARENTLY IN REACTION TO PRESSURE COORDINATED BY A COALITION OF DOMESTIC NGOS. PULLI [...]
2007-01-26 13:50:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KISL SCUL MO
07RABAT1460PRESIDENTS HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT 2007 UNGA
[...] (C) Summary. Morocco has placed increasing priority on democracy and human rights, including a commitment by its executive monarch, King Mohammed VI to build a "culture of human rights" from the Ambassador down, Embassy Rabat works to promote Human Rights in Morocco through transformational d [...]
2007-09-13 09:07:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MO
07RABAT1466DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FELICE GAER'S CANDIDACY FOR
[...] (SBU) Poloff discussed the points conveyed reftels during a September 13 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Humanitarian and Social Affairs Abdelmounaim El Farouk, urging the Government of Morocco (GOM) to support Felice Gaer's candidacy to the Committee Against Torture (CAT [...]
2007-09-14 09:36:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC MO
07RABAT1523SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION - COMMENTARY ON CHOICE OF PRIME
[...] (U) The Moroccan print press has commented extensively on King Mohamed VI's September 19 decision to appoint Istiqlal Party Secretary General Abbas El Fassi as the new prime minister. Most of SIPDIS the press, including the partisan, pro-Palace, and more conservative independent press, off [...]
2007-09-25 09:38:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PHUM KMPI MO
07RABAT159SEEKING NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. In response to reftel, Mission Morocco submits the names of the following five women. Latifa Jbabdi Jbabdi is a well-known Moroccan human rights advocate. She is a founding member of the Moroccan Association fo [...]
2007-01-30 08:54:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PHUM PREL
07RABAT164SEEKING AFRICA GROUP CANDIDATES FOR THE UN HUMAN
[...] (C) Poloff met with Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on January 30 to discuss reftel. Bourita expressed pleasure that Morocco's human rights record is recognized positively and that the USG considers it impor [...]
2007-01-30 16:14:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNHRC
07RABAT1641REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national(s): Name: RADOUANE, Mohssine DOB: Sept 3, 1966 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: D 362246 Rank: Lt-Col (O-5) Unit: Centre d'Instruction d'Artillerie - Me [...]
2007-10-25 14:05:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT1687TIMING IS EVERYTHING: MOROCCANS IRKED BY FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary: The timing of two recent judicial actions in Western Europe has irked Morocco. The past ten days have seen a French indictment of senior Moroccan officials in connection with the 1965 disappearance of a political dissident in Paris, and the launch of a Spanish inquest into allege [...]
2007-11-02 10:22:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MO FR SP
07RABAT1698ARABIC TRANSLATION FOR 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 12:37:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM APER KPAO
07RABAT1731DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADVANCING THE DEMOCRACY AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: On November 8, Charge delivered reftel demarche to the GOM MFA General Director of Bilateral Relations Youssef Amrani. Amrani said the GOM, and he personally, remained very supportive of the Community of Democracies (CD). However, he was concerned about any panel discussions [...]
2007-11-09 18:35:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1752GOM WILL VOTE FOR UNGA RAPE RESOLUTION, BUT...
[...] (C) On November 16, MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita told Polcouns that the GOM supports and would co-sponsor and vote for the UN resolution condemning rape as an instrument to achieve political/military objectives if it appeared that it would be adopted by consensus. If no consensus could b [...]
2007-11-16 19:22:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA
07RABAT1771DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS NO ACTION MOTION
[...] (C) On November 21, poloff urged Moroccan support on the UNGA Third Committee Resolution on the Human Rights situation in Belarus, which faced a "no-action" vote in New York on the morning of the same day. 2. (C) Farhane stated that the GOM would either vote against the no-action motion o [...]
2007-11-21 13:31:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1772DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELECTION TO THE ELIMINATION OF
[...] (C) On November 21, poloff discussed the re-election of Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper to the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (reftel) with MFA UN Affairs Director Azzedine Farhane. 2. (C) Farhane responded that he could not provide an immediate answer but the [...]
2007-11-21 13:31:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1773CORRECTED COPY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS NO
[...] (C) On November 21, in a meeting with MFA UN Affairs Director Azzedine Farhane, poloff urged Moroccan support on the UNGA Third Committee Resolution on the Human Rights situation in Belarus, which faced a "no-action" vote in New York on the morning of the same day. 2. (C) Farhane stated t [...]
2007-11-21 13:50:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1807MOROCCO/SAHARA: COMPLAINTS ABOUT POLISARIO, BUT
[...] (C) MFA Director-General Hilale convoked Ambassador Riley and other P-5 Chiefs of Mission December 4 to discuss Sahara. Hilale said the GOM is concerned that the POLISARIO's General Congress will be held this year in Tifarity, on Moroccan-claimed territory but on the POLISARIO-controlled sid [...]
2007-12-04 18:39:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHUM PREL PGOV AG MO WI
07RABAT1814WESTERN SAHARA: TOUGH APPROACH TO NEXT ROUND,
[...] (C) Summary: Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Bourita projected that the impending third round of negotiations for the Western Sahara with the POLISARIO would be a real challenge. The GOM believes it should focus on substance, but not at all on independence. While appreciating USG support, he ho [...]
2007-12-05 18:07:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PBTS MO WI
07RABAT1826DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON
[...] (C) On December 10, poloff discussed the UNGA Plenary Votes on Country-Specific Resolutions (reftels) with MFA Humanitarian Affairs Director Abdelmounaim El Farouq. 2. (C) El Farouq responded that he did not expect the GOM to change its position on any of the resolutions it had voted for [...]
2007-12-10 13:41:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UNGA
07RABAT1850G-8 COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP REVIEWS THREAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rabat,s G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) met on December 12 to review the threat environment and to take stock of G-8 member, EU and Moroccan efforts to counter the threat. G-8 Ambassadors and DCMs agreed that the threat of terrorism in Morocco is real but see no imminen [...]
2007-12-17 13:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PINS MO
07RABAT1857MOROCCO BERBERS: A PLEA FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Berber (Amazight) activists want greater recognition and clout, a majority of Morocco's population Berbers are among its poorest citizens although there has been an expansion of Berber cultural rights, including in schools and media. Growing frustration among Berber youth may lead to viol [...]
2007-12-18 15:13:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM MO PREL
07RABAT1861WESTERN SAHARA CBM UPDATE.
[...] (U) UNHCR Sahara program Chief Mazen Abu Shenab briefed the Rabat diplomatic community December 12 on the HCR Confidence Building Measures for Western Sahara and the refugees. Mazen said in CPY 07 HCR had received S2.4 million in pledges for a $3.4 million program, but UNHCR covered the short [...]
2007-12-19 12:54:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALAG MO WI PHUM
07RABAT1862MOROCCO: ATTENDANCE AT OSCE MEDITERRANEAN SEMINAR
[...] (SBU) PolCouns raised reftel request for Moroccan participation in the OSCE Tel Aviv Seminar with Directors General for Bilateral Affairs Yussef Amrani and for International Organizations Mohammed Azeroual (P-level) on December 13 and 14, stressing its importance to the partnership. Amrani c [...]
2007-12-19 12:59:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SOCI OSCE EG MO XF
07RABAT1863ISLAMISTS SETBACK IN "GAY WEDDING" CULTURE SKIRMISH
[...] (C) The case of an alleged gay wedding in a rural town led to a national debate over morality and forced government leaders to publicly call for tolerance. Convictions against six defendants implicated in the case were overturned on appeal despite strong pressure from Islamic newspapers, Imam [...]
2007-12-19 13:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM KISL SCUL MO
07RABAT1864MOROCCO: KING CRITICIZED AT ELECTION ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) The final reports of the international and domestic election observation efforts praised the Government of Morocco's (GOM) execution of the September 7 elections. Speakers at the roll-out, hosted by the royally sanctioned human rights council, were blunt in their criticism of parties and [...]
2007-12-19 15:39:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT1868MOROCCO: TAKING STEPS AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
[...] Summary: Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi launched the Fifth National Campaign to Eliminate Violence against Women on November 30 in Rabat, marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. For the first time, the Government of Morocco (GOM) released official statistic [...]
2007-12-20 11:26:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN MO PHUM PREL
07RABAT1869MOROCCO: WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVANCING, BUT NOT ENOUGH
[...] Summary: Women's rights have advanced in Morocco since the passage of the revised Moudawana (family code) in 2004, but challenges remain. The Government of Morocco (GOM) is providing medical and legal assistance for domestic violence victims. The Nationality Code has been changed to allow [...]
2007-12-20 12:32:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT1871WESTERN SAHARA: A NEW BREED OF SAHARACRAT?
[...] (C) The Security Wali (territorial police commissioner),Bouchaib Rmili along with the Wali (governor) of Laayoune, Boujdor and Sakia al-Hamra, who arrived in Laayoune over a year ago, and the new director of the Laayoune Prison, who arrived eight months ago, appear to represent a type of more [...]
2007-12-20 15:50:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO UNSC MO PHUM
07RABAT1873WESTERN SAHARA: THINKING ABOUT AUTONOMY AND
[...] (C) In the course of several visits to Western Sahara and conversations with contacts in Rabat, we have sensed the beginnings of a sometimes reluctant willingness by some pro-separatists, including human rights activists, to entertain the idea of autonomy rather than independence. Most Sahraw [...]
2007-12-20 16:40:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM UNSC MO
07RABAT194REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: MASROUR, Najib DOB: 1 January 1957 POB: Fes, Morocco CIN#: B 158561 Rank: Colonel (O-6) Unit: Auxiliary Forces Hqs Purpose: to attend th [...]
2007-02-02 16:48:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT195REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan nationals: Name: MELLOUK, Zakaria DOB: 1 July 1973 POB: Rabat, Morocco CIN#: SH 71192 Rank: Chief of Communications Radio Center Unit: Ministry of Interior [...]
2007-02-02 16:48:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT196REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF
[...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: ENNAMOUSS, Mohammed DOB: 5 February 1968 POB: Kenitra, Morocco CIN#: G 218869 Rank: Major (O-4) Unit: CIB - Meknes Purpose: to attend th [...]
2007-02-02 16:49:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT220THE NATIONALITY CODE IS AMENDED
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) In an action hailed by concerned Moroccans as a step towards democracy and equality, parliament passed an amendment to the Nationality Code allowing women married to non-Moroccan men to pass Moroccan citizensh [...]
2007-02-05 18:55:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM CVIS KFEM MO
07RABAT224WESTERN SAHARA: LANDMINES CLAIM LIVES, SPARK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Several recent landmine incidents, with at least three deaths, highlight the continuing danger of landmines in the Western Sahara. Two prominent Sahrawi figures, one a local leader and CORCAS member, the other a member of the upper house of parliament, were killed when the veh [...]
2007-02-06 18:41:00Embassy RabatSECRETPBTS PHUM PREL EAID MOPS KHDP MO
07RABAT256HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH GOM LAUNCHED
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) hastily convened in early February a series of meetings with Embassy officers to convey concerns about the U.S. Human Rights Report. The GOM used the sessions with senior officials from the Foreign Affairs, Interior and Justice ministries to: pr [...]
2007-02-08 15:53:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PBTS PGOV MO
07RABAT286MOROCCO PRESIDENT OF AFCNDH
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On February 7, Morocco was elected to the presidency of the Francophone Association of National Human Rights Institutions (AFCNDH). Niger was elected to the vice-presidency; France was elected to the position o [...]
2007-02-12 09:39:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT315DRL-FUNDED NGO EMPOWERED TO PROMOTE PRISON REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: USG assistance has succeeded in empowering a Moroccan non-governmental organization (NGO) to promote prison reform. The Moroccan Observatory of Prisons (OMP) has a mission to improve prisoners lives and prison conditions. In the past year, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and [...]
2007-02-15 16:30:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL MO
07RABAT355CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY -- A PROBLEM?
[...] (C) Summary: Morocco's Christian population is primarily expatriates; however, in the last few months, newspaper reports indicate that there is a growing number of local converts to Christianity. While the converts seem to lead "double" lives -- Muslim in public, Christian in private, they [...]
2007-02-23 10:11:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT395A "CULTURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS" IN MOROCCO
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) wants to become known for its observance of human rights and has mounted what appears to be little more than a public relations campaign. On February 26, Prime Minister Jettou and Driss Benzekri, the president of the Consultative Council on Huma [...]
2007-03-01 10:30:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT396MOROCCO: LEADER OF ISLAMIST JCO DECRIES
[...] (C) Summary: A senior leader of Morocco's Islamist Justice and Charity Organization (JCO) denounced the Moroccan state as a corrupt and despotic regime and claimed government "persecution" of the group and its members was much worse today than in the era of Hassan II, in our first conversation [...]
2007-03-01 10:50:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PHUM MO
07RABAT49UN-REFOULEING THE REFUGEES
[...] (C) Summary: The refoulement of UNHCR-documented refugees (reftels) appears to have been largely and well resolved. The Embassy intervened with the MFA urging the GOM treat humanely refugee and asylum seekers and work constructively with UNHCR. MFA Secretary General Hilale told Ambassador [...]
2007-01-10 17:18:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREF PHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT493RABAT POL COUNSELORS INFORMALLY DISCUSS WESTERN
[...] (C) Spain hosted Polcounselors from U.S., U.K., France and EU-President Germany for an informal discussion of Western Sahara developments March 14. In general, participants noted the intensity of Moroccan diplomatic efforts, including multiple consultations with U.S., France, and Spain. The [...]
2007-03-19 08:48:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHUM PGOV MO FR GE SP
07RABAT494RABAT POL COUNSELORS INFORMAL DISCUSS WESTERN
[...] (C) Spain hosted Polcounselors from U.S., U.K., France and EU-President Germany for an informal discussion of Western Sahara developments March 14. In general, participants noted the intensity of Moroccan diplomatic efforts, including multiple consultations with U.S., France, and Spain. The energy [...]
2007-03-19 08:49:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHUM PGOV MO FR GE SP
07RABAT517PARDONS FOR TERRORISTS?
[...] (C) Summary: In Morocco, the granting of royal pardons substitutes for a parole system. The issue of royal pardons for Islamic extremists is beginning to receive public attention in Morocco. The recent Casablanca suicide bomber was among those imprisoned after the 2003 bombing then releas [...]
2007-03-22 17:11:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV PINR MO
07RABAT572SAHARANS ON AUTONOMY: PRO AND CON, BUT NO ONE'S
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a week-long visit to the Western Sahara, Rabat Polcouns found many supporters of autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty. Many residents, however, including what a veteran observer described as a majority of the original inhabitants, were opposed - unsurprising g [...]
2007-03-30 10:38:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO MO
07RABAT573WESTERN SAHARA: MORE RESPONSIVE BUT STILL TOUGH
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: Rabat Polcouns traveled for a week to the Western Sahara, March 4-9, principally in Laayoune, with one day in Smara - the traditional seat of Sahrawi culture and religion. He met Moroccan government representatives, pro-government business, tribal and youth lead [...]
2007-03-30 10:46:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO MO
07RABAT594WESTERN SAHARA: UNHCR CBMS PLAYING AN IMPORTANT
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Rabat strongly urges the Department to look favorably upon requests for continued financial support of UNHCR's "confidence building measures" (CBMs) program in Western Sahara. The CBMs have injected a hopeful and positive element into a conflict which has often seemed in [...]
2007-04-04 11:01:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL KPKO MO
07RABAT601WESTERN SAHARA: THOUGHTS ON THE USG APPROACH
[...] (C) Summary: As we prepare for UN discussion of the renewal of the MINURSO mandate, Embassy Rabat would like to offer several thoughts for consideration on the USG's approach to the very delicate Western Sahara process. The Moroccans have been conducting extensive and far-reaching consultati [...]
2007-04-05 18:03:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF KPKO MO
07RABAT683THEIR RABAT CHARGE SAYS SOUTH AFRICA MIGHT BE
[...] (C) Summary: South African Charge to Morocco Charl Moller told Polcouns April 16 that South Africa will not abandon the principle of self determination for the Western Sahara without wavering, it would accept a political settlement agreed to by the POLISARIO. Moller said that South Africa is [...]
2007-04-18 21:56:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHUM PREL WI MO SF UNSC
07RABAT701MOROCCO TERRORISM: STATE OF "HIGH ALERT,"
[...] (C) Summary: Morocco is on a "state of high alert" in the wake of recent terror attacks in Casablanca, said GOM spokesman and Communications Minister Nabil Benabdellah in a press conference on April 18. Responding to recent NGO criticism, the Minister asserted that the GOM would take human ri [...]
2007-04-20 18:54:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PHUM MO
07RABAT704ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS GOA MIGHT BE READY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian Ambassador Belkheir told Ambassador Riley April 17 that although Algeria was not prepared to listen to the Moroccans about their autonomy proposal, Algiers might accept a delegation from Rabat "after the end of the Security council debate," if it was not to talk about th [...]
2007-04-23 07:24:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL AG WI
07RABAT744WESTERN SAHARA: CONTINUING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco's (GOM) efforts to sell its autonomy plan within the Sahara may be complicated by continuing repression and reported violations of human rights, although some recent improvement may help their case. Local human rights observers continue to report GOM [...]
2007-04-26 12:47:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV PBTS MO
07RABAT858SAHRAWI AND BERBER (AMAZIGH) STUDENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Sahrawi students have been demonstrating at several Moroccan universities, beginning May 3, calling for independence for the Western Sahara. Multiple sources confirm that the demonstrations, inspired by the UNSCR call for negotiations on Sahara, led to violent clashes with Mor [...]
2007-05-14 17:00:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV PBTS MO
07RABAT864MOROCCO ON BELARUS UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) In a May 14 meeting with Abdelmounaim El Farouq, Chief of the Social and Humanitarian Issues Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, poloff urged Morocco to use its vote at the upcoming elections for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to elect countries with strong human rights record [...]
2007-05-15 17:03:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MO
07RABAT880BERBER (AMAZIGH) POLITICAL ACTIVISTS SPEAK OUT
[...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Berber (Amazigh) activists are increasingly outspoken about their desire for political and constitutional change (reftels A and B). Eight Amazigh political activists gathered on May 11 to discuss their disagreement with the present political situation. Drawing on ear [...]
2007-05-17 11:25:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV PBTS MO
07RABAT905DEATH OF HUMAN RIGHTS LEADER LEAVES VACUUM
[...] (C) Summary: Supporters of reform in Morocco will miss Driss Benzekri, the leading proponent of the nascent Moroccan "culture of human rights." His death on May 20 leaves the Moroccan effort to strengthen human rights without a standard bearer. Benzekri's leadership of the Equity and Recon [...]
2007-05-23 13:04:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT933HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH GOM CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials and the Embassy reached agreement on a new formula for regular human rights consultations that will include a mechanism for raising specific cases with the Government of Morocco (GOM). In a wide-ranging discussion, the MFA comp [...]
2007-05-30 12:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PBTS PGOV MO
07RABAT940UPDATE ON CONDITIONS IN WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: While recent weeks have seen many demonstrations of Sahrawis in Moroccan universities, unrest inside the territory remains limited. At least nine Sahrawi students have recently received jail terms for their role in demonstrations. In Sahara, Layoune reportedly remains [...]
2007-05-31 18:27:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
07RABAT95MINURSO FREE OF TIP/SEA PROBLEMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy continues to believe Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) are not a problem with the MINURSO mission in the Western Sahara. MINURSO Force Commander Maj. General Kurt Mosgaard told Polcouns that there had been two incidents that were of con [...]
2007-01-19 17:44:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV MO KPKO
07RABAT981MFA DG BRIEFS DAS GRAY ON MOROCCAN PLANS FOR
[...] (C) NEA DAS Gordon Gray and Ambassador Riley met with MFA Director General Bilateral (P-equiv.) Youssef Amrani June 11, on the margins of the AFRICOM briefing (septel) to discuss the Western Sahara. Amrani asserted that Morocco was faithfully implementing the UN Security Council Resolution on [...]
2007-06-11 17:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
07RABAT994DAS CARPENTER DISCUSSES OUTLOOK FOR ELECTIONS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During his June 4-6 visit, NEA DAS Scott Carpenter discussed the outlook for Morocco's September legislative elections a range of GOM and non-governmental contacts. There was broad consensus that the elections will be generally transparent and free of systematic fraud. Most civi [...]
2007-06-13 10:46:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MO
07RABAT996DAS CARPENTER DISCUSSES FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Minister of Communications Benabdellah told visiting DAS Carpenter during a June 6 meeting that the latest and presumably final draft of the revised press code reduced from 24 to four the number of categories of offenses that could land journalists in jail. He emphasized [...]
2007-06-13 11:19:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL MO
07RANGOON1009BURMA: ACTIVISTS BEGIN TO TENTATIVELY REGROUP
[...] (C) Summary. A veteran political activist told Poloff that a handful of pro-democracy activists have tried to reorganize in Burma since the crackdown but are still unwilling to stage protests or other public demonstrations due to fear of immediate regime reprisals. GOB raids against monaste [...]
2007-10-10 10:07:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1014BURMA: REGIME ATTEMPTS TO SHIFT FOCUS BACK TO
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Rangoon received a faxed letter from Acting PM Thein Sein addressed to Vice President Cheney, objecting to the UN PRST on Burma and declaring the regime intends to proceed with its seven step "roadmap to democracy." The regime's mass-member organization (USDA) continues [...]
2007-10-11 09:54:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1018ARRESTS CONTINUE IN BURMA
[...] (C) Reports of ongoing arrests, torture, and deaths in custody continue to circulate although they are growing more difficult to confirm as more activists go into hiding and become increasingly nervous about meeting Embassy employees. The authorities have reportedly begun arresting relatives o [...]
2007-10-12 09:44:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1019BURMA: REGIME GUTS PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Prominent 88 Generation Students leader Htay Kywe was arrested October 13 along with four other pro-democracy activists. American Center students continue to be detained and arrested, and the leader of the Tuesday Prayer Campaign has been confined to her township for one year. [...]
2007-10-15 10:05:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1025BURMA'S MONKS: PRAYING FOR THE REGIME TO FALL
[...] (C) Summary: One of Burma's most senior monks told us the recent demonstrations of monks in Rangoon had grown from spontaneous outrage to the Pakkoku incident and in response to calls for a boycott broadcast on the Burmese language stations. Though he could not speak for all forty-seven of [...]
2007-10-16 10:54:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1026BURMA: TRACK II PROCESS TRASHED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Advocates of engagement who looked to the unofficial European-led Track II process to reach key members of the GOB and offer concessions to promote further dialogue, were morose at the end of their October 2007 visit to Burma, which occurred shortly after the regime's latest brut [...]
2007-10-16 11:40:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1031BURMESE REGIME TALKS RESTRAINT BUT CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy contacts confirmed authorities sentenced four NLD members to prison terms for their alleged roles in last month's protests, including an 85-year-old man. NLD sources reported three members of the NLD's youth wing were arrested in Mandalay on October 14. NLD Spokesman U [...]
2007-10-17 10:00:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1037BURMA: REGIME FOCUS ON "ROADMAP" IGNORES ABUSES
[...] (C) Summary. On October 18, the regime announced a new constitutional drafting commission amidst reports of ongoing arrests and convictions of pro-democracy activists. Embassy sources reported several family members of prominent monk U Gambira were arrested on October 16 and 17. NLD official [...]
2007-10-19 09:59:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1042ILO SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN LABOR MECHANISM
[...] (C) Summary. While the GOB has made some progress this year in addressing forced labor claims, it still drags its feet when investigating cases involving the military, ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall emphasized. Since signing the GOB-ILO Forced Labor Mechanism Agreement in February, the GO [...]
2007-10-22 10:56:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1043BURMA: CRITICISM OF "ROADMAP"
[...] (C) Summary. A etnic Karen former National Convention delegate told us the September crackdown makes it highly unlikely the public will ever support the results of the regime's so-called "roadmap to democracy." He said several of his fellow delegates have privately voiced concern over the re [...]
2007-10-23 07:41:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1052MANDALAY CRACKDOWN MILDER THAN RANGOON
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff visited Mandalay to observe any changes in the city since the September uprising and to try to obtain details of the demonstrations and subsequent military crackdown there. According to contacts we met in Mandalay, the demonstrations here were not as political as they wer [...]
2007-10-24 08:03:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1056FEMINIST WRITERS' GROUP EXPRESSES OPTIMISM FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Writers for a local feminist magazine expressed optimism for the future of democracy in Burma. They noted that the demonstrations in September differed from the 1988 demonstrations because this time the international community was watching. They also felt that a new generation ha [...]
2007-10-24 10:24:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1057MEMBER LACKS CONFIDENCE IN CONSTITUTION COMMISSION
[...] (C) Summary. Tun Aung Chain, a member of the Commission for Drafting the State Constitution, told us he harbors little hope that the process will lead to meaningful democracy in Burma. He explained that while the commission consists of 54 members representing various ethnic groups and profes [...]
2007-10-25 05:09:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1060AUNG SAN SUU KYI MEETS WITH REGIME LIAISON
[...] (C) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi met with newly appointed liaison Aung Kyi at the Government Guest House the afternoon of October 25. Burmese State Television announced Acting PM Thein Sein would be appointed Prime Minister and that Quarter Master General LT GEN Tin Aung Myint Oo would replace T [...]
2007-10-25 10:50:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1064BURMA: SOME PRISONERS RELEASED; KEY LEADERS STILL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25 the regime released 87 people it had arrested during last month's demonstrations, including 50 NLD members. However, the regime continues to arrest and detain prominent NLD and 88 Generation Students leaders, and to deny them proper medical attention. The gover [...]
2007-10-29 10:23:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1070BURMA: REPORTS OF RENEWED FIGHTING IN KAREN STATE
[...] (C) Summary. A politically-active ethnic Karen relayed reports of renewed fighting in Karen State between KNU forces and the Burma Army-backed DKBA. The fighting reportedly began on October 28 when KNU forces attacked a Burma Army outpost in Kawkareik in southern Karen State. Our contact ci [...]
2007-10-30 10:48:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1074BURMA: MONKS ON THE MARCH AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Following a pro-regime rally in Pakokku that residents were forced to participate in, 200 monks marched through the city chanting and carrying the flag of the Buddhist clergy in a peaceful protest. A monk who participated told DVB the monks plan to continue the protests. He ur [...]
2007-10-31 10:46:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1082BURMA: MANDALAY MONKS REPORTEDLY PREPARING TO
[...] (C) Summary: According to an 88 Generation Students leader, monks in Mandalay are preparing to renew their peaceful protests. Although we have heard no reports of any new demonstrations today, the Australian Ambassador told the Charge 80 monks were dispersed by police yesterday when they at [...]
2007-11-01 10:37:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1083BURMA PREPARES FOR THE NOVEMBER ILO GOVERNING BODY
[...] (C) Summary: The ILO representative in Burma provided an update of labor issues in Burma. This included the progress he has been able to make working with the Minister for Relations (and now Minister of Labor),Aung Kyi. He warned Aung Kyi that the long prison sentences to labor activists [...]
2007-11-02 05:39:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1084BURMA: REGIME TO PNG UN COUNTRY CHIEF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the eve of Gambari's visit to Burma, the GOB announced that UN Resident Coordinator Charles Petrie was no longer welcome. Despite the UN's desire to maintain control of Gambari's schedule, Petrie was informed today the regime had its own schedule for Gambari and he should r [...]
2007-11-02 11:10:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1088BURMA: REGIME HOLD GAMBARI IN NAY PYI TAW
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Gambari arrived in Rangoon November 3 and proceeded straight to Nay Pyi Taw where he was granted meetings with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Relations (liaison with Aung San Suu Kyi). A UN official told us Gambari described his meeting with [...]
2007-11-05 10:50:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1094BURMA: ASSK FINE; USG URGED TO KEEP PRESSURE ON
[...] (C) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi's personal doctor treated her last week for a minor infection in her hand. Her doctor told us she had a good first meeting with Minister of Relations Aung Kyi and that the two would meet on a weekly basis. According to the doctor, last week's meeting was cancel [...]
2007-11-07 11:12:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1099TALES FROM INSEIN PRISON
[...] (C) Summary. NLD Spokesman U Myint Thein, recently released from Insein prison, detailed for us his experiences during his 34-day detention. While he did not experience physical torture, he said that others did. The police often awoke him in the middle of the night to subject him to three-h [...]
2007-11-09 10:22:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1100AUNG SAN SUU KYI MEETS NLD LEADERS AND AUNG KYI
[...] (C) Summary: In a two hour meeting with her party's Central Executive Committee (CEC),Aung San Suu Kyi described Minister of Relations Aung Kyi as a good man with whom she could work. She also told them that she believed the regime had a "genuine will for national reconciliation" and dialog [...]
2007-11-09 11:18:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1103BURMA: THE KNU,S RELUCTANT FIST
[...] (S) Summary. KNU leaders said they believe tripartite dialogue offers the only path to real change, but they still have no faith in the regime to engage in genuine discussions. The KNU chairman said he would continue to work with other ethnic groups to apply political pressure on the governm [...]
2007-11-13 07:56:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1105BURMESE REGIME DESTROYS EDUCATION TO KEEP CONTROL
[...] (C) Summary. Myat Ko Ko, a member of the Embassy-funded Cosmopolitan Library Club, explained how the regime consolidates its power by destroying Burma's education system. While the children of the generals can afford to attend foreign universities, over 300,000 university students in Burma m [...]
2007-11-14 11:05:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1111PINHEIRO RETURNS TO BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: Pinheiro told the dip corps that cooperation he had received from the GOB had been positive. He had been given access to everyone he asked to see and taken to all the places he requested to visit. He noted, however, that his trip was not a "fact finding" mission because he had n [...]
2007-11-15 11:39:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1112TORTURED DETAINEE SURVIVES BURMESE PRISON
[...] (C) Summary. The chairman of an NLD township branch discussed the torture he underwent at interrogation centers and at Insein prison. USDA thugs arrested him on September 26 and sent him to interrogation centers for several days of torture and questioning, before transferring him to Insein Pr [...]
2007-11-16 02:58:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1118BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY IN BURMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Since 2005 Embassy Rangoon has funded 23 Burmese groups and NGOs to conduct grassroots civil society and capacity building projects throughout the country. To date, we have provided a total of USD 232,536 to these groups to support capacity building, vocational and educational [...]
2007-11-19 09:55:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1119BURMA: FOUR STEPS BACKWARD, TWO STEPS FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: In his first public address since the September protests and regime crackdown, Senior General Than Shwe asserted the government would move forward with its "roadmap to democracy," and gave no indication he would alter the process to make it more inclusive. Than Shwe has sent hi [...]
2007-11-19 10:27:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1129BURMA: WHAT DIALOGUE? JUST ARRESTS
[...] (C) Summary. According to an NLD spokesman, the regime has not responded to Aung San Suu Kyi's request for her to have additional, regular meetings with NLD officials. On November 20, authorities detained six more pro-democracy activists, four of whom remain in custody. One of the released [...]
2007-11-21 10:06:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1136BURMA: ASSK WANTS ETHNIC LEADERS IN THE DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: Ethnic pro-democracy activists U Ohn Tin and Khun Tu have been released, while the president of the Zomi National Congress and an MP-elect remain detained. During his detention, the authorities questioned U Ohn Tin regarding a statement ethnic leaders had made in support of Aung [...]
2007-11-23 11:26:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1139WORKING TO FEED BURMA,S HUNGRY
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to international NGOs, malnutrition rates are increasing in Northern Rakhine State (NRS). In the past year, humanitarian organizations have seen a 380 percent increase in severely malnourished patients seeking treatment due to drought, flood, and inflation. Action C [...]
2007-11-26 07:13:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PGOV ECON BM
07RANGOON1140BURMESE GENERALS PRIZE ORDER OVER LAW
[...] (C) Summary. Kyaw Zaw Naing, head of the Global Green Group, which received a small grant in 2007 from Embassy Rangoon, described his efforts to promote legal knowledge with free law clinics throughout the country. Basic legal knowledge, he explained, will empower citizens to protect themsel [...]
2007-11-26 07:15:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1143BURMA: UNICEF AND ILO ON CHILD SOLDIERS
[...] (C) Summary. UNICEF and ILO representatives in Burma told Poloff they believed the use of child soldiers to be an ongoing problem, but had no way to accurately measure its scope. Current estimates were based almost entirely on anecdotal evidence, so could be misleading, they said. UNICEF de [...]
2007-11-26 10:02:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1145PROMOTING DEMOCRACY IN BURMA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Rangoon-based Western missions met on November 21 to discuss the U.S., UK, Australian, and German small grants programs. Grants programs among the embassies focus either on infrastructure development or capacity building. The French Cultural Counselor said that he hoped to lo [...]
2007-11-27 02:46:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1146BURMA: MORE ARRESTS RAISE TENSIONS, HIGHLIGHT LIES
[...] (C) Summary. KIO officials confirmed that on November 22, the Burma Army arrested eight of the group's members, six of whom were released the next day. The KIO is negotiating for the release of the remaining two, believed to be senior regional leaders of the cease-fire group. While there we [...]
2007-11-27 11:06:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1148BURMA: THE DIALOGUE IS DEAD
[...] (C) Summary: PM Thein Sein told an Embassy contact that Than Shwe had dispatched him to ASEAN with two objectives: to cancel Gambari's briefing during the Summit, and to undermine support for U.S. sanctions on Burma. Thein Sein said Than Shwe had ordered him to walk out of the Summit if ASEA [...]
2007-11-28 09:00:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1153HARDSHIP AND HEARTACHE IN BURMA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The end of November brought nothing but more hardship to the Burmese people and their beleaguered pro-democracy movement. Authorities obstructed a peaceful procession, closed an important monastery, and prevented a political prisoner from visiting his dying mother. They did [...]
2007-11-30 10:58:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1155BURMA: WFP STRUGGLES TO REACH THE STARVING
[...] (SBU) Summary. Burma's ruling military regime places significant restrictions on the movements of World Food Program (WFP) officials, as well as its cooperating partners and donor organizations. Attendees at a November 29 meeting on WFP issues complained that, with only a few exceptions, it [...]
2007-11-30 11:42:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1164BURMA: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO THAN SHWE
[...] (SBU) Summary. At a December 3 news conference for the diplomatic corps and members of the press, Minister of Information Brig Gen Kyaw Hsan, Director General of Police Khin Yi, and Minister of Labor (and Aung San Suu Kyi liaison) Aung Kyi showcased the inaugural session of the constitutiona [...]
2007-12-06 02:36:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1168BURMA: INCREASED ACTIVITY IN KAREN STATE
[...] (C) Summary. Karen National Union contacts told us the Burma Army has been increasing its presence and activities in Karen State. A recent announcement that the KNU will close a portion of a major road between Karen and Mon States was not approved by KNU headquarters and likely came from loc [...]
2007-12-07 09:17:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1170BURMA: WHO,S WHO IN THE REGIME
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite persistent rumors of divisions within the Burmese military, we have not seen any evidence of exploitable schisms in the Than Shwe regime. While personality conflicts likely exist and some may be more moderate than others, so far no one has stepped up to challenge Than [...]
2007-12-07 11:55:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1175BURMA: ACTIVISTS DOWN BUT NOT OUT
[...] (C) Summary. Contrary to warnings by the authorities, human rights activist Myint Aye and his supporters held a ceremony commemorating the 59th anniversary of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Rangoon on December 10. Poloffs observed a heavy plain-clothes police presence ou [...]
2007-12-10 10:42:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1177BURMA: NO NEWS IS BAD NEWS
[...] (C) Summary. Activist and DVB stringer Aye Myin Soe is in hiding and informed us there is no one left in Burma to research and file stories for the Norwegian-based broadcaster. Authorities have held his three colleagues - Ko Myat San, Win Maw, and Aung Gyi - in Insein Prison since their arr [...]
2007-12-12 10:06:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1178BURMESE AIDS ACTIVIST PHYU PHYU THIN TIRED OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-14 06:40:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI BM
07RANGOON1181BURMESE REGIME NOT TALKING
[...] (C) Summary. Aung San Suu Kyi's personal physician, Dr. Tin Myo Win (Douglas),said that no meetings between Aung San Suu Kyi and Minister of Relations Aung Kyi have taken place since November 19. Rather than create a real dialogue, the government has preoccupied itself with the visa ban and [...]
2007-12-17 09:23:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1185JUSTICE WAITS ANOTHER DAY IN BURMA
[...] (C) Summary. Pro-democracy activist Htin Kyaw's trial was postponed until December 26 and will now be held in Insein Prison rather than a courthouse in Rangoon. His health continued to decline due to his hunger strike and family and supporters were worried for his well being. Labor activis [...]
2007-12-18 09:31:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1191BURMA: HELPING PHYU PHYU THIN
[...] (C) Summary: HIV/AIDS activist and NLD youth member Phyu Phyu Thin does not want to come out of hiding, contrary to Ref A. She believes she would be quickly arrested and unable to assist her patients. Phyu Phyu Thin's patients are in desperate need of quick funding in order to continue their [...]
2007-12-19 10:09:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM KHIV EAID SOCI
07RANGOON1200BURMA: THAI MFA DIRECTOR ON THE DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: Thai MFA Director Kallayana described the behind-the-scenes maneuvering at the November ASEAN Summit that led to the cancellation of Gambari's briefing at the event. At the Summit, Thai PM Surayud had urged Burmese PM Thein Sein to upgrade the dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi by s [...]
2007-12-21 11:35:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1207BURMA'S PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT STILL ALIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Burma's famous comedian and political activist, Zarganar, is organizing monks, students, factory workers, and others to participate in follow-up demonstrations to the September marches. He recently received a letter from Aung San Suu Kyi thanking him for his role in organizing t [...]
2007-12-27 10:19:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON136BURMA SAYS, "NO MORE CHILD SOLDIERS...TRUST US"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burmese regime brought out its big guns on February 6 to persuade Rangoon-based diplomats that Burmese armed forces no longer recruit child soldiers. SPDC Secretary-1 Lt. Gen. Thein Sein and Foreign Minister Nyan Win SIPDIS both told diplomats that the regime has taken all [...]
2007-02-08 11:34:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KOCI BM
07RANGOON156BURMA'S ETHNIC MON STRADDLE THE FENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A New Mon State Party (NMSP) leader recently told us relations with the regime are not good, but the NMSP prefers to play along than to break its 20-year cease-fire and return to fighting. The NMSP recently traveled to three Mon districts to explain to the public why it downgrade [...]
2007-02-15 03:38:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREL SNAR BM
07RANGOON183BURMA EDGES CLOSER TO ILO AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The ILO and the GOB have reached an ad referendum agreement on the establishment of a mechanism to address forced labor complaints. The ILO Governing Board and the Burmese Cabinet must approve the text before the agreement is signed, probably in Geneva. The ILO Liaison Officer [...]
2007-02-23 09:43:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM PGOV BM
07RANGOON198LIFE IN SHAN STATE'S FORMER PRINCIPALITY OF HSIPAW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent visit to Hsipaw revealed that recent Chinese migrants have changed the demographics and the economy of this former Shan principality. Family members of two Hsipaw political prisoners described their sentences and prison life. The regime maintains a watchful eye on pote [...]
2007-02-26 10:57:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON199BURMA: PRECARIOUS PEACE IN KAREN STATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Confusion continues to surround the reported cease-fire agreement between the SPDC and a breakaway faction of the KNU. Unlike earlier cease-fire agreements between the regime and other armed ethnic groups, the latest deal does not require the Karen faction to surrender their arms [...]
2007-02-26 11:00:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREF PREL BM
07RANGOON248BURMA REGIME DETAINS MORE DEMONSTRATORS
[...] (C) On the evening of March 6, Burmese authorities detained another seven participants in the February 22 protest in downtown Rangoon (ref B). Special Branch police picked up the seven from their homes around 22:00 and indicated that they would release them after further questioning. 2. ( [...]
2007-03-07 12:08:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON259INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY IN BURMA
[...] (SBU) In honor of International Women's Day, the Charge d'Affaires held a well-attended afternoon discussion on March 8 with women leaders from the National League for Democracy, the 88 Generation Students, ethnic representatives, and leaders of grass-roots NGOs. The Charge opened the discus [...]
2007-03-12 09:58:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO
07RANGOON305BURMESE REGIME CONTINUES TO HARASS ACTIVISTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The regime continues to detain and harass pro-democracy activists. Authorities arrested activist Htin Kyaw for the fourth time in four weeks. They unsuccessfully tried to prevent Min Ko Naing from visiting the family of a political prisoner. They detained two activists in Bago [...]
2007-03-23 04:39:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON33CHIN STATE: WHERE THERE IS WILL, THERE IS A WAY
[...] (C) Summary: Charge visited the northern half of Chin State December 6-10 on a UNICEF-organized trip with other diplomats. This is another very pro-American area of Burma due to the past influence of American missionaries. Almost everyone we met spoke of the desire of Chin people to work in [...]
2007-01-10 08:22:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CVIS PREF PHUM BM
07RANGOON335BURMA LABOR ADVOCATE FORMS HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A renowned Burmese labor lawyer and former political prisoner recently established a human rights monitoring group, Leading Stars, to help human rights victims file legal charges against their oppressors. Leading Stars plans to help defend political prisoners and promote politica [...]
2007-04-04 09:03:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ELAB BM
07RANGOON345BURMA BEGINS TO ADDRESS FORCED LABOR AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: For the first time since early 2005, the GOB responded to two ILO case referrals and took action against officials accused of violating the prohibition against forced labor, and returned a child to his family. Two village officials were sentenced in the first investigation conduct [...]
2007-04-09 10:43:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM BM
07RANGOON357BURMESE VILLAGERS SUCCESSFULLY RESIST FORCED LABOR
[...] (C) Summary. Two recent incidents in Burma demonstrated the effectiveness of raising awareness about individual rights in Trafficking in Persons (TIP) cases. According to Save the Children (STC),villagers in Karen State and Shan State who had received STC training took action to save forcibl [...]
2007-04-11 06:43:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPHUM ELAB PGOV SMIG KCRM BM
07RANGOON387BURMA: EIGHT MORE DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTED IN RANGOON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Eight persons staged a short demonstration on April 22 to protest continued electricity blackouts, unemployment, inflation, and high taxes. Burmese media coverage claimed that ordinary Burmese citizens, tired of demonstrations, seized eight demonstrators and handed them over to t [...]
2007-04-25 00:54:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON407BURMA: WHO WOULD BE PRIME MINISTER?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Soe Win's extended stay in Singapore for medical treatment fueled many rumors about his successor. While several names have been suggested for the largely ceremonial post, it is not clear that anybody really wants the job. With several key regime leaders reportedly [...]
2007-05-02 09:07:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON419CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM FOR 3D FUND ROLLOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: As manager of the new Three Diseases Fund (3DF),on May 1, UNOPS signed the first contracts for projects in Burma to address malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS. UNOPS will obligate only funds already received from donors, approximately fifty percent of projects approved by the 3DF Board. [...]
2007-05-04 04:38:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALSOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV BM
07RANGOON42BURMA: TRANSLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
[...] For translating the 2006 Human Rights Report into the Burmese language, Embassy Rangoon plans to use "Option Two" (ref A). Post understands LS will translate the report after its release and R will provide funds for the translation (ref B). VILLAROSA [...]
2007-01-12 06:09:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM APER KPAO BM
07RANGOON447BURMA: KARENNI PEACE TALKS GOING NOWHERE FAST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The regime has quietly engaged leaders of the insurgent Karenni National People's Party in peace discussions in recent months. The key sticking point remains the status of Burmese Army bases in Kayah State. The Karenni may eventually cede this point, but appear to be in no hurry [...]
2007-05-11 16:38:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREF BM
07RANGOON478BURMA: DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES GEAR UP TO RALLY PUBLIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The 88 Generation Students and other democracy activists continue their campaigns to mobilize the public, with the goal of preparing an effective public response when the regime unveils its dictated constitution. Meanwhile, the regime is using its proxy mass-member organizations i [...]
2007-05-21 11:53:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON526ICRC READY TO INCREASE PRESSURE ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: Frustrated by lack of progress in resolving the GOB's restrictions on International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) humanitarian activities in Burma, ICRC has given the Minister of Home Affairs and other GOB officials an ultimatum: if regime leaders will not agree to meet ICRC P [...]
2007-06-01 11:35:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON60BURMA'S LEADER KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior General Than Shwe returned to Burma on January 12 from his hospital stay in Singapore. He appeared briefly in the Burmese media on January 15 and 16, chairing the quarterly SPDC meeting in Nay Pyi Taw and welcoming PM Soe Win back from the ASEAN Summit in Cebu. Although ru [...]
2007-01-17 09:25:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON61BURMA UNSCR: REGIME GLOATS, OPPOSITION REGROUPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction in Burma to China and Russia's veto of the UN Security Council Burma resolution has split as expected. The regime gloated and claimed the result demonstrated international repudiation of U.S. and British meddling in Burma's internal affairs. Pro-democracy groups in Burm [...]
2007-01-18 05:14:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON634 INSUFFICENT FUNDING FOR BURMA'S MALARIA EPIDEMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a gradual decline in morbidity and mortality from malaria over the last 10 years, malaria continues to be one of Burma's greatest health problems. As the GOB has done little to provide the drugs and commodities needed to limit the spread of the disease, most of the burd [...]
2007-07-09 10:40:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI BM PGOV PREL
07RANGOON68BURMA'S ILO INITIATIVE STALLS AFTER UNSC VOTE
[...] (C) Summary: After recently making hurried, but significant, progress on a mechanism to address forced labor with ILO, the GOB fell silent in the wake of the unsuccessful January 12 UN Security Council vote on the Burma resolution. ILO Liaison Officer Richard Horsey attributes the GOB's earlie [...]
2007-01-18 09:45:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM PGOV BM
07RANGOON683NEW ILO REP CAUTIOUSLY OPTAMISTIC ABOUT LABOR
[...] (C) Summary: New ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall was cautiously optimistic about the GOB's willingness to address its commitments under the 2007 ILO-GOB mechanism to address forced labor. The GOB has begun to set up local committees to address forced labor cases referred by the ILO and r [...]
2007-07-26 01:15:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALBM ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM
07RANGOON72ICRC CUTS STAFF BUT STANDS FIRM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Burma has steadily reduced its staff in the wake of regime requirements that forced ICRC to curtail most of its activities. However, ICRC's prosthetics program continues to operate at full strength. ICRC is committed to maint [...]
2007-01-19 08:48:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
07RANGOON721ILO FOLLOWING BURMA LABOR ACTIVISTS' TRIAL
[...] (C) Summary. Upon hearing of the secret trial of six labor activists, four of whom were arrested on May 1 outside of the American Center, new ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall relayed concerns that the GOB is unfairly targeting these individuals, not because they attempted to form a labor u [...]
2007-08-09 11:24:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON722POSITIVE STEPS IN ILO-BURMA COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary. Despite the GOB's lack of transparency on the trial of six labor activists (Ref A),ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall is pleased in general with the GOB's cooperation on labor practices. The GOB, implementing the 2007 ILO-GOB mechanism to address forced labor, recently approve [...]
2007-08-10 01:33:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON8THAIS PRESSURE KARENS TO TALK TO THE BURMESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Karen National Liberation Army sources claim the Thai military is pressuring it to engage in cease-fire talks with the Burmese regime. The Karen say they will insist that the Burmese army pull back from areas where they have driven out Karen villagers and stop its human rights v [...]
2007-01-03 09:25:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS BM
07RANGOON81BURMA REGIME TRIES TO STOP TUESDAY WORSHIPPERS
[...] (C) Summary: On January 16, GOB backed thugs in civilian clothes verbally and physically attacked pro-democracy activist Naw Ohn Hla and her group who go to Shwe Dagon Pagoda every Tuesday to pray for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all of Burma's political prisoners. When she tried to fi [...]
2007-01-23 10:50:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON840ILO DISMISSES FOUR FORCED LABOR CASES
[...] (C) Summary. For the first time since the ILO has been in Burma, the ILO and Burmese Government conducted joint investigations into four forced labor cases. ILO Liaison officer Steve Marshall, accompanied by Ministry of Labor officials, traveled to Southern Rakhine State August 27-30 to foll [...]
2007-09-07 09:57:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON89REGIME STRONGARMS BURMESE SUGARCANE FARMERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Authorities from Aunglan Township, Magway Division, ordered local sugarcane farmers to sell their crops to government sugar mills at less than one-third the market price. When farmers opted to sell their cane to local cottage industries that produce brown sugar using traditional [...]
2007-01-24 10:46:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM
07RANGOON897GOB DEFENDS PUNISHMENT OF SIX LABOR ACTIVISTS
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall, the Minister of Labor defended the September 7 conviction of six labor activists for their affiliation with a May 1 labor workshop at the American Center. He denounced claims that the six were being punished for filing forc [...]
2007-09-18 09:28:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON900MONKS MARCH AGAIN IN BURMA
[...] (C) Summary. On September 18, large groups of monks staged peaceful processions in Rangoon and at least three other cities in Mandalay Division and Rakhine State. We received no reports of violence and are seeking to confirm information authorities in Rangoon arrested ten monks affiliated w [...]
2007-09-18 12:20:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON904ILO DISCUSSES GOB ACTION ON FORCED LABOR
[...] (C) Summary. Since the February signing of the GOB-ILO Forced Labor Mechanism Agreement, the Burmese Government has investigated 10 cases of forced labor involving the military, resolving five of them. According to the ILO, the GOB resolved the cases involving children first, but has yet to [...]
2007-09-19 08:07:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON906BURMA WATCHES AS MONKS CONTINUE PROCESSIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Since September 16, we have confirmed at least ten processions by monks in five separate states and divisions in Burma. On September 19, monks led processions in Rangoon and Mandalay. Embassy sources reported that the day before, police in Sittwe used tear gas to disperse a mar [...]
2007-09-19 09:53:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON910BURMA: PROTESTS GATHER MOMENTUM
[...] (C) Summary. On September 24, Embassy officers observed several demonstrations in Rangoon, the largest of which numbered well into the thousands and consisted of both monks and civilians. In a significant change, the demonstrations have taken on an overt political tone in the past few days w [...]
2007-09-25 10:44:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON911BURMA: PROTESTS GROW INCREASINGLY POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. On September 25, several thousand monks and civilians again marched unimpeded through Rangoon for over four hours. Embassy observers reported these protests have now taken on a clearly political tone. Several other smaller protests reportedly occurred in other parts of the co [...]
2007-09-25 11:38:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON913REGIME CRACKS DOWN BUT PROTESTS CONTINUE
[...] (C) Summary. On September 26, the regime began to crack down on protestors in Rangoon. The government announced a dusk to dawn curfew would begin at 1745 tonight. At least 500 monks and 2,000 civilians defiantly continued their demonstrations on September 26, despite a significant and visi [...]
2007-09-27 01:19:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON924GOB TRIES TO DEFEND ITS ACTIONS AGAINST PROTESTORS
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint on September 27 relayed to the diplomatic corps the GOB's version of "real" political situation. He argued that the 88 Generation Students, the NLD, and the U.S. Government were behind the marches, forcing monks to protest and that the gov [...]
2007-09-27 11:11:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON926CRACKDOWN RESULTS IN CASUALTIES
[...] (C) Summary. The regime resorted to violence against peaceful protests for a second day of the regime's crackdown. Embassy officers observed security forces shooting into crowds, using tear gas to disperse crowds, and beating defiant protesters. We have received reports of numerous injuries [...]
2007-09-27 11:59:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON941BURMA PROTESTS SUBSIDE BUT BECOME MORE VIOLENT
[...] (C) Summary. Clashes between security forces and small groups of demonstrators continued in downtown Rangoon on September 28. Today's demonstrations were significantly smaller and less organized than in the past. For the first time since August 17, we did not observe any monks participatin [...]
2007-09-28 11:13:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON948BURMA: A REVOLUTION PAUSES - ANGER SEETHES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The appearance of normalcy returned to Rangoon today. Many barricades have been removed from downtown intersections, monasteries, and the Shwe Dagon Pagoda. Military and police are stationed throughout the city, although in fewer numbers. UN Special Envoy Gambari was whis [...]
2007-10-01 11:29:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON954GAMBARI DEPARTS BURMA, ACTIVIST SEEKS ASYLUM
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Gambari reportedly met with Senior General Than Shwe and Aung San Suu Kyi before departing Burma today on a Silk Air flight. He provided no outbriefing to the diplomatic corps. A prominent pro-democracy activist and key organizer of last week's demonstrations [...]
2007-10-02 10:41:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON971BURMA: UN SILENT ON GAMBARI VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: UN Resident Coordinator Charles Petrie declined to give us a readout on Gambari's meetings until after Gambari briefs UNSYG Ban Ki Moon and the UN Security Council, although we learned he provided a quiet readout to the French and UK Ambassadors yesterday evening. Nightly raids [...]
2007-10-03 11:23:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON972BURMA: REGIME ACTIONS HARDEN JAPANESE, FRENCH,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Journalists and diplomats in Rangoon are scrambling to get read-outs on Gambari's September 30-October 2 visit to Burma, but the senior UN official in Burma will not offer many insights (septel). The Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister could not meet with many senior officials duri [...]
2007-10-03 11:40:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM JA FR GM BM
07RANGOON977RAIDS AND ARRESTS CONTINUE IN BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: The Charge d'Affaires has been summoned to Nay Pyi Taw to meet with the Deputy Foreign Minister for a one-on-one meeting about the situation; we learned that the Chinese and Russian Ambassadors had been invited for similar meetings today. Nightly arrests and raids on monasteries [...]
2007-10-04 11:29:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON982BURMA: U.S. URGED TO SUPPORT OFFER TO AUNG SAN SUU
[...] (C) Summary: A contact close to Burma's military leadership urged the U.S. to support Than Shwe's offer to begin a dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi and urged the U.S. or UN to seek a meeting with her soon. He recommended Aung San Suu Kyi consult with prominent members of Burmese society other [...]
2007-10-05 12:23:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON984BURMA: CALM APPEARANCE MASKS ONGOING ABUSES
[...] (C) Summary. Raids and arrests continued in Burma despite the appearance of normalcy in the streets. Authorities publicly claimed to have detained 2,093 persons since September 25. Separately the Deputy Foreign Minister told Charge 2,787 people had been released and only 1,034 remain. The N [...]
2007-10-05 12:23:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON985BURMA: UN FINALLY TALKS TO US ABOUT GAMBARI'S VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: UN Resident Coordinator told us today Gambari's schedule had undergone intense negotiation during his three day stay in Burma. The regime eventually relented to grant Gambari meetings with Aung San Suu Kyi and Senior General Than Shwe. While in Lashio, Gambari dropped by a ral [...]
2007-10-05 12:40:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON99THREE DISEASES FUND LOOKING FOR PARTNERS
[...] (U) Summary: In December, the UNOPS interim manager for the Three Diseases Fund to fight malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS in Burma (3D Fund) called for Expressions of Interest from organizations to provide services for projects, effectively starting the new Fund's operations. UNOPS expects to have th [...]
2007-01-29 10:50:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI EAID PHUM KHIV BM
07RANGOON996BURMA: REGIME APPOINTS LIAISON TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI
[...] (C) Summary: In a sign the regime is serious about engaging in dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi, the GOB appointed Deputy Minister of Labor Aung Kyi as liaison between Aung San Suu Kyi and Senior General Than Shwe. Aung Kyi has been a key interlocutor during past negotiations with the ILO and [...]
2007-10-09 10:53:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
07REYKJAVIK117ICELAND'S REFUGEE POLICY UNDER SCRUTINY, GOVT MAKES NEW
[...] (U) Summary: A series of newspaper articles about Iraqi refugees, written by a well-known Icelandic journalist, in Iceland's newspaper-of-record, has seized public attention and ignited new discussion on Iceland's conservative refugee admissions policy. Iceland has not admitted any Iraqi refug [...]
2007-04-18 17:15:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PHUM PREL UNHCR IZ IC
07REYKJAVIK203Icelandic MFA announces inquiry into alleged
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs announced on June 27 that her ministry will conduct an inquiry into allegations of CIA detainee flights transiting Iceland. The announcement comes in response to the June 27 Council of Europe discussion of Special Rapporteur Dick Marty's la [...]
2007-07-13 16:44:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL PHUM NATO KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK22INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN ICELAND
[...] The following is Embassy Reykjavik's response to reftel requesting a list of five of the most influential women in Iceland. Embassy Reykjavik's point of contact for women's issues is Political Officer Brad Evans (evansbr@state.gov). 2. Embassy has chosen the following five women, weighing [...]
2007-01-29 16:49:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL EN
07REYKJAVIK229CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE ELECTION
[...] Post presented reftel diplomatic note, CV, and talking points to Icelandic MFA Counsellor for Human Rights Ingibjorg Davidsdottir August 3. Davidsdottir responded that the GOI would review the information in the diplomatic note and CV. 2. Post will reiterate the importance that the U.S. a [...]
2007-08-03 17:40:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA IC
07REYKJAVIK242ICELAND: LIKELY SUPPORT FOR GAER IN COMMITTEE AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-22 12:08:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA IC
07REYKJAVIK256ICELAND'S ATTENDENCE AT THE WOMEN LEADERS' WORKING GROUP IN
[...] Iceland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir will attend the Women Leaders' Working Group in New York. 2. Dietary Restrictions: none 3. Translation Needs: none 4. GOI Embassy Point of Contact: Deputy Chief of Mission Olafur Sigurdsson. He can be reached via e-m [...]
2007-09-04 14:56:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA KWMN PHUM PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK276ICELAND: LIKELY SUPPORT FOR GAER IN COMMITTEE AGAINST
[...] (SBU) On September 20, Post reiterated to the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs the importance the USG places on Felice Gaer's election to the UN Committee Against Torture (Ref C). MFA Minister-Counsellor for International Organization Affairs Nikulas Hannigan repeated the position repor [...]
2007-09-21 17:12:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA IC
07REYKJAVIK279Iceland: Priorities for Community of Democracies Delivered;
[...] (U) Pol Chief discussed reftel points with the Icelandic MFA's Minister-Counsellor for International Organization Affairs Nikulas Hannigan on September 19. Hannigan was appreciative of the briefing but noted that Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs will have departed the U.S. prior to the [...]
2007-09-21 17:27:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM PHUM UNGA PGOV IC
07REYKJAVIK292ICELAND: VERY SUPPORTIVE OF RESOLUTION AGAINST USE OF RAPE
[...] (SBU) Pol Chief passed reftel draft resolution to Ingibjorg Davidsdottir, Counsellor for Human Rights at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 26 September, and followed up to present reftel talking points on 1 October. Davidsdottir reported that the draft resolution looked like some [...]
2007-10-02 14:45:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA IC
07REYKJAVIK306ICELAND: AGREE ON CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION, DISAGREE ON
[...] (SBU) Pol Chief passed reftel points as well as President Bush's Oct. 24 remarks and the White House fact sheet on Cuba policy to the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 25 October. MFA Minister-Counsellor for International Organization Affairs Nikulas Hannigan was appreciative of the a [...]
2007-10-25 16:58:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA ETRD PHUM PREL CU IC
07REYKJAVIK313Icelandic MFA "confirms" CIA detainee flights through
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs told the press on October 27 that an internal ministry review had confirmed that aircraft linked to CIA rendition operations had transited Iceland on a number of occasions since 2001, including as recently as July 2007. The Minister noted t [...]
2007-10-30 17:38:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM NATO KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK339ICELAND CONFIRMS "NO" VOTE ON DURBAN FUNDING RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Pol Chief contacted Ingibjorg Davidsdottir, Counsellor for Human Rights at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 17 December to convey reftel points. Davidsdottir replied that Iceland's "no" vote on Draft Resolution L.65/Rev 1 regarding funding for the Durban Review Conference was [...]
2007-12-17 16:58:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA IC
07REYKJAVIK354ICELAND: LIKELY VOTE FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE ON
[...] (U) Upon receipt of ref A, Post delivered reftel points and CV for Mr. Pierre-Richard Prosper, U.S. candidate for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Post followed up with a diplomatic note to reiterate our request for support. 2. (SBU) On Dec. 21, Pol Chief spok [...]
2007-12-28 16:22:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA IC
07REYKJAVIK49 SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail EvansBR@state.gov. From February 20 until April 1, point of contact is Economic Officer Fiona Evans, tel. +354-562- 9100x22 [...]
2007-03-01 17:59:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
07REYKJAVIK82ICELAND NON-COMMITTAL ON RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) On March 26 Ambassador discussed resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in a meeting with Foreign Minister Valgerdur Sverrisdottir and MFA advisor Jorundur Valtysson. Sverrisdottir said she would welcome the eventual closing of the detention facility but her government would need to study clo [...]
2007-03-26 17:30:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC IC
07REYKJAVIK90 UPDATED SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Updated report reflects changes in the prostitution law, and two possible trafficking cases in the last month (ref C). Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail Evans [...]
2007-03-30 13:51:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
07REYKJAVIK92ICELAND UNABLE TO TAKE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 10:03:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC IC
07RIGA143LATVIA SEES NO PROBLEMS WITH BOSNIA AND SLOVENIA
[...] (C) Latvian political director Klava told Pol/econ chief February 23 that he foresaw no difficulties in Latvian supporting Bosnia and Slovenia for the Eastern European seats on the Human Rights Committee. Latvia certainly would not support Belarus, he said, and he agreed that Bosnia raised fe [...]
2007-02-27 07:31:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC LG
07RIGA208LATVIA GENERALLY SYMPATHETIC TO US VIEWS ON
[...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftels A and B points March 19 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of International Organizations Division at the MFA. Rozeniece responded that the GOL is aware of the situation in Zimbabwe and that the Latvian delegation in Geneva will discuss the issue today. Rozeniece stated [...]
2007-03-20 09:03:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALUNHCR PHUM PREL ZI EUN LG
07RIGA215LATVIA CONSIDERS RESOLUTION ON EXTENSION OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-22 14:52:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNHRC PHUM LG
07RIGA326LATVIA WILL VOTE AGAINST BELARUS
[...] (C) I am comfortable that Latvia will not vote for Belarus for election to the Human Rights Council. The government has already made that decision. If Bosnia announces its candidacy, there should not be any difficulty in getting Latvia to vote for them along with Slovenia. 2. (C) A/DCM an [...]
2007-05-10 13:47:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL AORC UNHRC BO LG
07RIGA328LATVIA WILL VOTE AGAINST BELARUS
[...] (C) I am comfortable that Latvia will not vote for Belarus for election to the Human Rights Council. The government has already made that decision. If Bosnia announces its candidacy, there should not be any difficulty in getting Latvia to vote for them along with Slovenia. 2. (C) A/DCM an [...]
2007-05-10 13:47:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL AORC UNHRC BO LG
07RIGA500LATVIA NO RESPONSE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 5TH
[...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points July 6 to Aiga Liepina, Director of International Organizations and Human Rights at the MFA. Liepina was unfamiliar with the exact details of the UN Human Rights Council 5th Session and reserved comment on the specific events that occurred in June. Howe [...]
2007-07-06 12:52:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPHUM EUN UNHRC LG
07RIGA507LATVIA BACKPEDALING ON JEWISH PROPERTY RESTITUTION
[...] (C/NF) Summary. We recently met with members of the Latvian Jewish Community as well as the Government of Latvia to gauge progress on Jewish property restitution legislation. Local Jewish community leaders stated that they have reached a dead end and are now turning to the international commu [...]
2007-07-10 13:04:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI LG
07RIGA561Are politicians trying to control the public media in
[...] Summary: Recent developments in the news service of Latvian National Television (LTV),in particular the downgrading of the director of a weekly analytical and investigative news program "De Facto" to a lower-responsibility position, raise concern about seeming desire of some politicians to cen [...]
2007-07-27 15:20:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM LG
07RIGA578LATVIA: POINTS ON US CANDIDATE FOR STANDING COMMISSION OF
[...] PolEconOff delivered reftel points July 31 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Division, and urged the GOL to look favorably on Steve Carr's candidacy for the Standing Commission of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Rozeniece responded that the [...]
2007-07-31 14:37:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM ICRC LG
07RIGA59LATVIA: NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-22 11:20:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL PHUM LG
07RIGA590LATVIA ALSO CONCERNED WITH DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-03 14:36:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM EUN AJ LG
07RIGA617The Latvian Court System: A Primer
[...] (U) Summary: Latvia's civil law judicial system is a three tier structure consisting of district or city courts, regional courts, and headed by a Supreme Court. All civil and criminal matters go through these courts. The Constitutional Court is a fully independent body whose mandate is to int [...]
2007-08-14 13:52:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS PHUM LG
07RIGA619LATVIA: POINTS ON US CANDIDATE FOR UN COMMITTEE AGAINST
[...] PolEconOff delivered reftel diplomatic note and talking points August 14 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Division, and urged the GOL to look favorably on Felice Gaer's candidacy for the United Nations Committee Against Torture. Rozeniece responded that the GOL [...]
2007-08-15 14:16:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA LG
07RIGA684LATVIA: PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT 2007 UNGA
[...] Reftel requests information on Post's and the GOL's efforts to promote human rights and democracy. Latvia is shifting from being a recipient of foreign aid to being a donor and is implementing a significant increase in development assistance during 2007--focused on Georgia and Moldova, with ad [...]
2007-09-12 12:38:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL LG
07RIGA685THE LEMBERGS CASE: TAKING DOWN A MINI-GARCH
[...] (C) Summary: The story of Aivars Lembergs is one of post-independence Latvia's most compelling yet morally troubling tales. To much of his electorate in Ventspils, Lembergs is the brilliant protector of the city's autonomy and the great provider of prosperity. To successive Lavian government [...]
2007-09-12 14:46:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KJUS KCOR PHUM LG
07RIGA731PREVENTING FURTHER LATVIAN BACKSLIDING ON RULE OF
[...] (C/NF) Summary: One year ago, we said that the outcome of Latvia's parliamentary elections in October 2006 would be key to determining whether Latvia would continue to move forward to strengthen the rule of law or regress to old and non-transparent ways of doing business. Developments since [...]
2007-09-28 11:40:00Embassy RigaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KCOR PINR PHUM LG
07RIGA738LATVIA SUPPORTIVE OF US POINTS ON BURMA
[...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points on Burma October 2 to Signe Jansone, the A/S level official that covers Asia at the MFA. Jansone agreed broadly with the points raised. Specifically, she stated that the GOL supports stronger sanctions against the Burmese regime and further efforts to en [...]
2007-10-02 14:36:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UN BM LG
07RIGA772LATVIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURMA
[...] (SBU) PolEconOff delivered reftel points October 12 to Signe Jansone, the A/S level official that covers Asia at the MFA. Jansone responded on October 16 that the GOL does not plan to provide foreign assistance to Burma for 2008. She stated that The GOL and NGO sector in Latvia are concentrati [...]
2007-10-17 14:18:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM BM LG
07RIGA775Roma education in Latvia
[...] Summary: The available statistical data and reports of educators reveal that Latvia's comparatively small Roma community educational achievements at all levels lags far behind the average national level. Individual initiatives, mainly special segregated classes for Roma, aimed at tackling under [...]
2007-10-18 07:31:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV LG
07RIGA787Latvia's Woman of Courage Nominee 2008
[...] Post's nominee for the International Woman of Courage Award is Anita Ratkevica, social worker and founder of the NGO women's support club "Harmonija." Ms. Ratkevica is pleased to be nominated for the award. Biographical data requested in reftel is below. A. Full Name: Anita Ratkevica [...]
2007-10-22 13:37:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KWMN LG
07RIGA801LATVIA SUPPORTS TIGHTER SANCTIONS ON BURMA
[...] (C) PolEconOff delivered both sets of reftel points October 26 to Signe Jansone, the A/S level official that covers Asia at the MFA. Jansone responded that the GOL supports the U.S. initiative to tighten sanctions further against Burma. She added that Latvia has "no connection at all with Bu [...]
2007-10-26 12:43:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CVIS ETRD BM LG
07RIGA812Old Believers in Latvia
[...] Summary: Latvia is well-known for its large Russian community, mainly the large number of non-citizens and claims that they are discriminated against, especially on language. However, it would be a big mistake to perceive Russians in Latvia as a homogenous religious community. While the majorit [...]
2007-10-30 05:13:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KIRF LG
07RIGA815LATVIA TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON CUBA ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Pol/Econ Off delivered reftel demarches on October 29 to Dace Rutka, Head of the MFA's Americas Section, and Liga Brige, MFA Cuba Desk Officer. Rutka voided defining Latvia's positions on the specifics of both cables, and would only state that the GOL would follow EU consensus in [...]
2007-10-30 15:24:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALUNGA PHUM ETRD PREL CU LG
07RIGA833LATVIA WILL NOT ATTEND CD MINISTERIAL IN BAMAKO,
[...] (C) Pol-Econ Off delivered reftel demarche on November 7, to Sarmite Danne, First Secretary in the MFA's International Organizations Division. Danne stated that Latvia will not be sending a delegation to the November 14-17 Community of Democracies Ministerial in Bamako, Mali, due to lack of MF [...]
2007-11-07 15:40:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA LG
07RIGA84LATVIA STILL UNDECIDED ON HRC, LUKEWARM AT BEST
[...] (C) Pol/econ chief has held several conversations with Latvian MFA pol dir Ilgvars Klava regarding ref A request to explore Latvian willingness to pursue a seat on the Human Rights Council. Klava, who has been very critical of the council (ref C),has agreed that we should avoid having Belaru [...]
2007-01-30 14:44:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNHRC LG
07RIGA849LATVIA SUPPORTS FURTHER SANCTIONS ON BURMA
[...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points November 13 to Signe Jansone, the A/S level official that covers Asia at the MFA. Jansone responded that the GOL continues to deplore the lack of human rights in Burma: "the people have no basic human rights or education." She noted that the EU has been [...]
2007-11-14 10:28:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EFIN ETRD BM LG
07RIGA86AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPEAKER EMSIS
[...] (C) Summary: Saeima speaker Indulis Emsis was optimistic that legislation authorizing the government to sign the border treaty with Russia would pass on February 1, but was skeptical that nationalist party Fatherland and Freedom could remain in the coalition after its opposition to this legisl [...]
2007-01-31 14:59:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS PHUM RS LG
07RIGA898Decision on Putin documentary raises censorship concerns
[...] Summary. The decision by Latvian National Television (LTV) to cancel the planned December 1 broadcast of a documentary "Putin's System," which is critical of the Russian President, has produced significant drama and raised questions of censorship. LTV first claimed that the broadcast was cance [...]
2007-12-07 15:11:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM LG
07RIGA935LATVIAN PARLIAMENT INSTALLS NEW CENTER-RIGHT MAJORITY
[...] SUMMARY. The Saeima (Latvian parliament) voted 54-43 on December 20 to approve a new center-right government led by former Interior Minister (and former PM) Ivars Godmanis of Latvia's First Party/Latvia's Way (LPP/LC). The new government is composed of the same four center-right parties as th [...]
2007-12-21 14:14:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM LG
07RIGA939Latvia to decide in January on Committee for Elimination of
[...] We reported ref B that Latvia would make a decision on whom to support for the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination closer to the Jan. 17 date of the election. We followed up with the MFA, who confirmed that Latvia will make its decision the week of January 7, following the ho [...]
2007-12-28 09:17:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UN LG
07RIYADH1018NO DECISION YET: HRC ELECTIONS REFTEL DEMARCHES
[...] (C) Reftel demarches were delivered by Ambassador Fraker to Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on May 12 and on the working level by PolOff to First Secretary Abdulrahman al-Rassi on May 13. Additionally, a non-paper was delivered via dip note on May 7. Prince Saud told the Ambassador th [...]
2007-05-15 14:30:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UNHRC SA
07RIYADH1133RELIGIOUS POLICE DETAINED FOR ALLEGED MURDER OF
[...] (U) The Saudi press reported on May 27 that the religious police allegedly beat to death on May 23 a 28-year old Saudi, Sulaiman or Salman Al-Huraisi, who was detained for the possession/sale of alcohol. After various conflicting and incomplete media reports, the Riyadh Governorate subseque [...]
2007-05-29 14:54:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL SOCI CASC KJUS SA
07RIYADH1375KING ABDULLAH'S 2007 EUROPEAN TOUR - PART 1
[...] (U) King Abdullah kicked off a week-long series of state visits to both European and Arab nations on June 18. The King has already visited Spain, France, and Poland, and will next visit the Kingdom of Jordan before concluding his tour at Sharm al-Sheikh in Egypt, where he will meet with Egypti [...]
2007-06-26 12:55:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PREL PGOV SA
07RIYADH1412GROWING PAINS: IMPROVEMENTS IN SAUDI MEDIA
[...] (C) In the past five years, there have been significant and positive changes in the Saudi media thanks to King Abudullah, gains by moderates in the SAG, and subsequent ministry restructuring. There are more moderate commentary in the press, more reporting done on previously taboo subjects, [...]
2007-07-02 13:24:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM ECPS SOCI SCUL SA
07RIYADH1481NO LASHES FOR QATEEF RAPE VICTIM; CASE DROPPED
[...] (S) Post reported in reftel the case of Qateef resident Aqilah bint Eisa al-Dhamin, who, along with her ex-boyfriend, was raped by seven men in January 2006. Following the investigation and trial, the perpetrators were sentenced to between eight months and five years in prison and between 80- [...]
2007-07-11 15:48:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPHUM PGOV KWMN SOCI KIRF SA
07RIYADH1641DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAUDI MFA: U.S. CANDIDATE
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Saudi MFA on August 5. Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Rassi, First Secretary in the International Organizations Department, SIPDIS noted Ms. Gaer's impressive qualifications and said he would submit the talking points and Ms. Gaer's curriculum [...]
2007-08-06 12:16:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH1649DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAUDI MFA: U.S. CANDIDATE
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Saudi MFA on August 5. Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Rassi, First Secretary in the International Organizations Department, SIPDIS noted Ms. Gaer's impressive qualifications and said he would submit the talking points and Ms. Gaer's curriculum vita [...]
2007-08-07 10:44:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH1767U.S. COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Members and staff of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with representatives of Saudi Arabia,s Human Rights Commission (HRC) and the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) during their May 27-June 5, 2007 visit to the Kingdom. HRC President Tur [...]
2007-08-25 10:49:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR KIRF KISL SA
07RIYADH1776AT LAST -- EGYPTIAN COPTIC CHRISTIAN DEPARTS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: After repeated attempts to leave Saudi Arabia, Egyptian Coptic Christian Dr. Mamdouh Full Fahmy flew home to Cairo on August 15. Fahmy claims that Egyptian Muslim co-workers harassed him from 2004-2006 and tried unsuccessfully to convert him to Islam. After his co-workers accused [...]
2007-08-25 14:40:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PHUM KIRF EG SA
07RIYADH1787MAY 27 - JUNE 5, 2007 VISIT BY U.S. COMMISSION ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Members and staff of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visited the Kingdom from May 27 to June 5, 2007, traveling to Jeddah (Ref A),Dhahran, and Riyadh. Describing itself as independent -- but part of the USG, the Commission met with SAG ministries [...]
2007-08-26 13:52:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PTER SA
07RIYADH1822SAUDI EDITION AL-HAYAT CROSSES THE LINE, GETS
[...] (C) Summary: According to KSA's most influential newspaper editor, Turki Al-Sudairi, Al-Hayat has been shut down for three days for implying a connection between respected religious scholars and a Saudi university, and Al-Qaeda Iraq in a Monday, August 27 article. While an unusual shut-down [...]
2007-08-29 15:36:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM SA
07RIYADH1891FOLLOW-UP ON SAUDI "REFORMERS"
[...] (S//NF) The international media recently published several articles about a ten-page petition addressed to King Abdullah demanding that the SAG release a group of nine "reformers" arrested on February 2-3, 2007 in Jeddah. The articles focused on the legitimate fundraising efforts of certain [...]
2007-09-10 14:35:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PTER KTFN KDEM PHUM SA
07RIYADH1906SAG SUPPORT FOR MINNAWI APPEARS LIMITED TO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Saudi Arabian Government has increased its African peace-making profile by calling for a peaceful resolution to the conflicts in western Sudan; however, SAG officials, some foreign diplomats in Riyadh, and members of the Kingdom,s Sudanese diaspora express considerable doubt a [...]
2007-09-15 05:38:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL SU SA
07RIYADH1981PROMINENT SAUDI SCHOLAR PUBLICLY CRITICIZES BIN
[...] (U) On the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, Saudi Arabian Sheikh Salman bin Fahd al-Awdah posted a letter on his popular internet website, www.islamtoday.com, strongly criticizing Al-Qa'ida for its militant ideology and targeting of innocent civilians. In [...]
2007-09-25 13:58:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PTER KTFN KDEM KPAO PHUM SA
07RIYADH199NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN: SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (SBU) In response to reftels post submits the names of five influential women in Saudi Arabia: (1) Name: Dr. Fwaziya Abu-Khalid Title: Professor, Sociology Department Institution: King Saud University Field: Politics Contact [...]
2007-01-30 14:33:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KWMN SA
07RIYADH2024SAUDI WOMEN PETITION KING ABDULLAH FOR RIGHT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi press reported that on Saudi National Day, September 23, Saudi women activists submitted a petition to King Abdullah urging him to lift the ban on women driving in the Kingdom. The Committee of Demanders of Women's Right to Drive, a component of the newly formed Socie [...]
2007-10-01 13:49:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KWMN KPAO SA
07RIYADH2050SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS DISCUSS PROGRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During her June 4 - 7, 2007 to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles met with representatives of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) and National Society for Human Rights (NSHR),who conveyed tha [...]
2007-10-03 14:55:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL SA
07RIYADH2051DRL DELEGATION DISCUSSES EXPANDING TIES WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles visited Riyadh, Saudi Arabia June 4-7, 2007, to discuss with SAG officials opportunities for legal and legislative exchanges, as well as possible programs for technical support [...]
2007-10-03 15:06:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM ECPS SOCI SCUL SA
07RIYADH2059DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAUDI MFA: U.S. CANDIDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-07 14:31:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH2100SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED
[...] Ambassador Ford M. Fraker and the entire U.S. Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcome the First Lady of the United States Mrs. Laura Bush to Riyadh and Jeddah. The First Lady's visit comes at an opportune moment to underscore the importance and strength of the U.S.- Saudi bilateral relationsh [...]
2007-10-16 13:00:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN OVIP PHUM PREL SA
07RIYADH2105SAUDI ARABIA: NOMINATION OF PRINCESS LOULWA AL
[...] (U) Post is pleased to nominate Princess Loulwa Al Faisal for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage. Princess Loulwa is the daughter of the late King Faisal Bin Abdulaziz and Queen Effat Al Thunayaan, as well as the sister of Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal. She is [...]
2007-10-18 12:30:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO LE
07RIYADH2138DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche on October 23, 2007 to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). There is no response from the SAG to date regardign a meeting request. Post will follow-up with a meeting with an appropriate official from the MFA and provide results via separate cable. F [...]
2007-10-24 11:50:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN
07RIYADH2209DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) via diplomatic note on November 5. Post will inform the Department of any substantive response. FRAKER [...]
2007-11-05 12:02:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA ETRD PHUM UNAUS CU SA
07RIYADH2243DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SAUDI MFA: UN GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-12 14:06:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH228HUMAN DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP VISITS KING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S. delegation to the U.S. - Saudi Arabia Strategic Dialogue's Human Development Working Group (HDWG),led by Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS),Near East Affairs (NEA),Scott Carpenter, met with representatives of the King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue on December 4 [...]
2007-02-04 13:25:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM SA
07RIYADH2304DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 12:14:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH2320SAUDI ARABIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE US ON PAKISTANI
[...] (S) On November 20, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the US Adel al-Jubeir invited the Charge d'Affaires and Executive Office Staff Assistant (note taker) to his residence for lunch. During the meal, Ambassador al-Jubeir said that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf arrived in Saudi Arabia, today, Nove [...]
2007-11-20 16:17:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER SA
07RIYADH2323SAUDI ARABIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE US COMMENTS ON THE
[...] (S) On November 20, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the US Adel al-Jubeir invited the Charge d'Affaires and Staff Assistant (note taker) to a lunch at his Riyadh residence. During the lunch, the Ambassador told the Charge that Saudi Arabian King Abdullah was following the case of a young Shi' [...]
2007-11-20 16:48:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL SA
07RIYADH2447DEMARCHE DELIVERED UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 10:14:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH2453AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF LABOR GHAZI
[...] Summary. During the Ambassador's call on Minister of Labor Ghazi al-Gosaibi on December 10, al-Gosaibi discussed the challenge of curbing Saudi unemployment in the midst of demographic expansion. Al-Gosaibi explained that he is trying to make employing Saudis more attractive by making hirin [...]
2007-12-10 15:27:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM TIP SA
07RIYADH2505DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Saudi MFA, November 18. Post received the following response from the MFA on December 16. Begin Translated Text: With reference to the Embassy's note number 07-1648 dated November 18, 2007 regarding the request of the United States [...]
2007-12-16 11:52:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN PHUM SA
07RIYADH2517QATEEF GIRL RECEIVES FULL ROYAL PARDON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Through media reports and Mission contacts, we are able to confirm the Qateef rape victim (reftels) referred to as "Qateef Girl" in media reports, today was granted a full royal pardon by King Abdullah. Her lawyer, Abdulrahman al-Lahem has also had his law license returned to h [...]
2007-12-17 11:51:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SA SOCI
07RIYADH2528SAUDI'S JUDICIAL REFORM WILL LIKELY HAVE IMPACT ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA),King Abdullah, custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, issued a Royal decree on October 3, which will introduce safeguards and mechanisms to strengthen the independence of the judiciary in the Kingdom. The new regulations will establish two S [...]
2007-12-18 12:21:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV SA
07RIYADH2531ISMAILI SHI'A ACTIVISTS THREATEN TO "UNLEASH HELL"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with five Ismaili Shi'a activists recently to discuss the latest efforts to free Hadi al-Mutif, an Ismaili Shi'a who has been in prison for the past 15 years for uttering a profanity against the Prophet. (reftel A) Shi'a and human rights activists maintain that al-Mutif' [...]
2007-12-20 12:39:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV PHUM SA
07RIYADH2532SAUDI REACTIONS TO THE QATEEF GIRL PARDON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) released an official statement on December 17 that King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz had pardoned the "Qateef Girl" and her male companion. (SPA text attached) Justice Minister Abdullah Al-Alsheikh read the statement aloud during his December 17 late night [...]
2007-12-22 08:17:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI SA
07RIYADH373U.S.-SAUDI ARABIA STRATEGIC DIALOGUE HUMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S. delegation to the U.S. - Saudi Arabia Strategic Dialogue's Human Development Working Group (HDWG),led by Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS),Near East Affairs (NEA),Scott Carpenter, met with representatives of the Majlis Al Shoura on December 4, 2006. Secretary General [...]
2007-02-24 14:49:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KIRF KDEM SA
07RIYADH497ARREST OF SAUDI "REFORMERS"
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: On February 2-3, the SAG internal security service (Mabahith) arrested ten men in Jeddah on the suspicion that they were collecting donations illegally and distributing them to unspecified "suspicious" persons (reftel). The Mabahith initially charged these individuals with [...]
2007-03-12 07:36:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PTER KTFN KDEM PHUM SA
07RIYADH550FROM QASSIM - ONE VIEW ON EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Governor of Qassim Province Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and his advisor, Dr. Yousef Al Romaih, a professor at the University of Qassim, told Ambassador during their March 6 meeting that the merger of Imam College and Qassim University was a positive step that [...]
2007-03-19 15:36:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PINR PREL PHUM
07RIYADH551SAUDI MFA OFFICIAL ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, IRAQ
[...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for Arab Affairs Talal Al Maliki told PolOff on March 13 that he is not convinced that the recent public statements of the Israelis that they are ready to "treat seriously" the 2002 Saudi proposed Arab Peace Initiative carry any weight. He claimed that the Israelis typ [...]
2007-03-19 15:44:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM IZ SA
07RIYADH556VIGNETTES FROM AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO CONSERVATIVE
[...] (SBU) Ambassador traveled to Qassim Province, often referred to as the heart of conservatism in Saudi Arabia, on March 6 and 7. In addition to his meeting with the Governor of Qassim Province Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz (septel),Ambassador attended a dinner meeting with the Qassim [...]
2007-03-20 09:00:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM PTER SA
07RIYADH562DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HRC
[...] (U) On March 19, PolOff delivered reftel non-paper to Talal Berri in the MFA International Organizations Department. (NOTE: On March 7, the reftel non-paper was originally sent to the MFA by diplomatic note. MFA had not responded to the original diplomatic note. END NOTE). Berri stated [...]
2007-03-20 15:09:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNHRC SA
07RIYADH580FORCED DIVORCE: A NEW PHENOMENON IN SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi press reported on March 11 that the Ministry of Justice has formed a committee to investigate the growing number of "forced" divorces in the Kingdom. Saudi poet and activist Nimah Nawwab is one of several women who have raised the visibility of this issue in the press t [...]
2007-03-24 10:19:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL KWMN KPAO SA
07RIYADH581DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES MEETINGS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) On December 5, 2006, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica J. Barks-Ruggles had separate meetings with the Human Rights Commission (HRC) and the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR). These meetings followed up on meetings on Septem [...]
2007-03-24 13:33:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KWMN KDEM SA
07RIYADH628SAUDI TEXTBOOKS DISPLAY REDUCED INTOLERANCE;
[...] (C) Post conducted a review of six 2006-2007 textbooks used in Saudi schools for the second, fourth, and eighth grades. The six textbooks do not advocate any particular philosophy toward non-Muslims, and on the whole, appear to be more tolerant than previously reviewed textbooks. Two of the [...]
2007-03-27 16:38:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PHUM SA
07RIYADH635AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH SAG JUSTICE
[...] (C) Ambassador made a farewell call on Justice Minister Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Shaikh on March 25. The Minister reflected on changes during the past three years and announced that in the next two months, the SAG will establish a separate court for terrorism and national sec [...]
2007-03-28 16:30:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM SA
07RIYADH63619TH ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: OPENING SESSION
[...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah used his speech to the opening session of the Arab League Summit in Riyadh on March 28 to criticize publicly U.S. policy in Iraq by referring to the "illegal foreign occupation" of that country, albeit without naming the U.S. or the Coalition Forces. The King issu [...]
2007-03-29 10:54:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV PINR PHUM KISL KWMN SA
07RIYADH63819TH ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: CLOSING SESSION
[...] (C) The closing session of the 19th Arab League Summit in Riyadh on March 29 issued the "Riyadh Declaration," which calls for the implementation of the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, demands the removal of weapons of mass destruction from the region, and supports the development of nuclear progra [...]
2007-03-30 11:10:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV PINR PHUM KISL KWMN SA
07RIYADH651AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON RIYADH PROVINCIAL
[...] (C) Ambassador made a farewell call on Riyadh Provincial Governor HRH Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz on March 25. The Prince emphasized personal ties to the U.S, as well as the strong bilateral relationship in the context of the SAG's reform agenda and efforts to resolve the Palestinian conflic [...]
2007-04-01 08:55:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM KISL SA
07RIYADH965JAPANESE PM SEEKS TO ENHANCE POLITICAL AND
[...] (C) Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Shinzo Abe traveled to Riyadh on April 28 to discuss with the SAG economic and political cooperation, the Middle East Peace Initiative, and Japan's permanent membership on the United Nations Security Council. According to a contact at the Japanese Embassy, the [...]
2007-05-08 15:02:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BTIO ECON KNNP UNSC SA
07ROME1029ITALY REAFFIRMS CUBA TWO-TRACK APPROACH TO DAS
[...] (C) Summary. In May 7 meetings with Italian officials, DAS Madison highlighted concerns about rising repression in Cuba and GOC efforts to create divisions in the international community, and hailed the Unity for Freedom statement. She called for the international community to focus on the r [...]
2007-05-16 09:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PGOV EU CU VZ IT
07ROME1110ITALIANS OPPOSED TO OSCE BELARUS TRIP, WILL NOT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 07:06:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM OSCE BO IT
07ROME1112ITALY MONITORING IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Poloffs conveyed Ref A points to MFA Gulf Countries Acting Office Director Lorenzo Klutzer May 10 and MFA South Africa Acting Office Director Paolo Campanini May 23, emphasizing U.S. concerns about implications of the growing Iran-Venezuela alliance for terrorism and proliferation activiti [...]
2007-05-24 10:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER KNNP PARM VE
07ROME1122ITALY ON SYRIA'S SHAM PRESIDENTIAL "REFERENDUM"
[...] (C) PolMinCouns delivered reftel points to Luciano Pezzotti, Director of the MFA Office for Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories. PMC urged an Italian and/or EU statement addressing Syria's pending presidential referendum. He said the Syrian Government should [...]
2007-05-24 14:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PHUM SY EUN IT
07ROME1332ITALIANS SUPPORTIVE OF KEEPING COUNTRY SPECIFIC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-16 11:54:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC PREL IT
07ROME1472ITALY HAS MIXED VIEWS ON HRC SESSION
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini July 5. Carpini said Italy was "not overwhelmingly happy" with the results of the Council's fifth session, but suggested that the compromise was necessary to move the Council forward. Considering the [...]
2007-07-06 10:01:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM EUN UNHRC IT
07ROME1559ITALY WILL MAINTAIN CONSENSUS FOR COMMUNITY OF
[...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with MFA Office Director for OSCE Brunella Borzi Cornacchia July 20 and urged Italy to help maintain the consensus achieved in the June Community of Democracies Convening Group meeting. He also raised the possibility of extending an invitation to Taiwan to [...]
2007-07-20 16:57:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA IT
07ROME1598ITALY SHARES CONCERN ABOUT MEDIA FREEDOM IN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Europe Marco Clemente July 25 and discussed recent troubling developments in regard to media freedom, freedom of assembly and due process in Azerbaijan. Poloff urged Italy to maintain its [...]
2007-07-26 14:57:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM EUN AJ IT
07ROME1703ITALY RECEPTIVE TO GAER REELECTION TO COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-08 10:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA IT
07ROME1710ITALY AWAITS DETAILS ON BURUNDIAN NEEDS FOR AMISOM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-08 15:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO IT
07ROME1722RED CROSS: ITALY NONCOMMITTAL ON STANDING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-09 14:35:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM ICRC IT
07ROME1784ITALY CONSIDERING IGAD PARTNERS' FORUM MEETING IN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Office Director for East Africa Domenico Polloni August 21. Polloni said Italy agreed with the U.S. on the importance of full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan, and said the question of an IGAD Partners' Forum (IPF) [...]
2007-08-21 11:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SU IT
07ROME1787ITALY ACCEPTS 46 AFRICAN MIGRANTS RESCUED AT SEA
[...] (SBU) On August 20 Embassy Rome made an urgent request per Secstate 116313 for assistance with the 46 African migrants, rescued at sea by the U.S. Navy August 19 in international waters 60 nautical miles off the coast of Libya. The GOI decided late August 20 to take custody of the migrants, [...]
2007-08-21 16:26:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT MOPS PHSA PHUM PREF SMIG LY TS IS MT
07ROME1844SYRIA: ITALY SUPPORTS EU ACTION ON SEIF; WILL
[...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A points to the Prime Minister's Diplomatic Advisor on the Middle East, Marco Carnelos, and to the MFA's Acting Office Director for Near East Affairs, Michele Tommasi August 29. Tommasi said the GOI was well aware of the Seif case and supported the EU's plan to appr [...]
2007-08-30 08:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM EUN SY IT
07ROME1940ITALY: RESPONSE ON HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT 2007
[...] This cable responds to reftel request for information on post's activities to promote democracy and human rights and the Italian government's democracy and human rights priorities. 2. In promoting human rights, Mission Italy has focused on integration of immigrants, particularly Muslims, [...]
2007-09-11 16:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA IT
07ROME1946ITALY ON UNSC BURMA MEETING
[...] (C) Poloff met September 12 with MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia Alberto Vecchi to deliver reftel demarche seeking support for travel by UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari to Burma followed by a formal Security Council meeting on Burma. 2. (C) Vecchi agreed that the situation in Burm [...]
2007-09-12 13:05:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNSC BU IT
07ROME1947ITALY ON UNSC BURMA MEETING
[...] (C) Poloff met September 12 with MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia Alberto Vecchi to deliver reftel demarche seeking support for travel by UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari to Burma followed by a formal Security Council meeting on Burma. 2. (C) Vecchi agreed that the situation in Burm [...]
2007-09-12 13:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BU IT
07ROME209IO PDAS WARLICK'S ROME MEETINGS ON UNSC ISSUES
[...] (C/NF) In January 29 consultations in Rome, visiting IO PDAS James Warlick discussed a broad range of upcoming UNSC issues including the Balkans, Middle East, and the Horn of Africa with Italy, a new non-permanent member. On Kosovo, Warlick and the Italians agreed on the way forward, and the [...]
2007-02-01 16:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC PHUM XF ZL XW IT
07ROME2113BURMA: ITALY WELCOMES UNSC MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: S/P Gordon raised the violent crackdown in Burma with Italian PolDir Terzi October 1. Terzi said Italy's position was in perfect alignment with that of the U.S., that Italy supported UNSC action on Burma and that he would instruct Italy's PermRep in New York to be in touch with A [...]
2007-10-03 10:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM IT
07ROME2115ITALY AWAITING COMMON EU POSITION ON RAPE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-03 11:08:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAORC UNAUS PHUM KWMN SOCI IT
07ROME2116ITALY: RESPONSE ON COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-03 11:11:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA IT
07ROME2130BURMA: ITALY CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR FORMAL UNSC
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche October 4 to MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia Alberto Vecchi and Office Director for UN Affairs Leonardo Bencini. Poloff requested Italian support for a formal UN Security Council meeting on Burma with Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari and for a Presiden [...]
2007-10-04 15:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM IT
07ROME2166IDENTIFYING CREDIBLE VOICES: MISSION ITALY RESPONSE
[...] (U) This cable is Mission Italy's response to reftels. 2. (S/NF) Embassy Rome is providing these carefully vetted names -- individuals who are already well known and who have taken public stands in favor of moderation or against extremism. The individuals named below are well-known pro-wes [...]
2007-10-11 14:56:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNKISL KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SCUL SOCI IT
07ROME2204ITALY: ASSISTANCE TO BURMA FOCUSED ON HUMANITARIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-18 11:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM BM IT
07ROME2241UN THIRD COMMITTEE: ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF USG
[...] (C) Poloff met October 22 with MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini to discuss USG priorities in the UN Third Committee as outlined reftel. 2. (C) Carpini said the EU position on "no-action" motions remained unchanged, and Italy supported open debate in the UN as a matter of p [...]
2007-10-24 17:18:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA UN KTIA IT
07ROME2249CUBA: ITALY SUPPORTS EMBARGO RESOLUTION,
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A and B demarches to MFA Office Director for Central America and the Caribbean Michele Pala and Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini on October 26. Poloff urged Italy to vote against, or at least abstain on, the UNGA Cuba embargo resolution, and sought agree [...]
2007-10-26 13:17:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU IT
07ROME2250BURMA: ITALY AGREES EU-ASEAN SUMMIT IS AN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A and B demarches to MFA Coordinator for Multilateral Affairs in Southeast Asia Anacleto Felicani October 26. Poloff shared information on U.S. sanctions against Burma and urged Italy to use the November 22 EU-ASEAN Summit to continue to put pressure on Burma, and to [...]
2007-10-26 15:10:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CVIS ETRD BM IT
07ROME2302ITALY PREPARING FOR COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 17:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA IT
07ROME2305ITALY: MURDER BY ROMANIAN SPARKS EXPULSION ORDER,
[...] (C/NF) The mugging and murder of an Italian woman by a Romanian immigrant last week in Rome has set off a political firestorm and prompted the government to issue an expulsion decree for EU citizens residing in Italy who present a threat to public safety. The victim's funeral was attended by a [...]
2007-11-06 18:08:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM PREL IT RO PHUM
07ROME2321ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF RESOLUTION AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-14 15:03:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAORC KWMN SOCI UNGA PHUM IT
07ROME2343ITALY ON VENEZUELAN CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA South America Office Director Michele Giacomelli November 16. Poloff shared USG concerns about democracy in Venezuela posed by President Chavez's proposed constitutional reforms, and requested that Italy speak out on behalf of democratic rights in V [...]
2007-11-19 12:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM WHA EU VE IT
07ROME2397ITALY: NO DECISION YET ON PROSPER CANDIDACY FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-30 09:10:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA IT
07ROME2451ITALY CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR COUNTRY-SPECIFIC UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 16:30:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV UNGA IT
07ROME2487ITALIAN EMBASSY IN TEHRAN TO INQUIRE ABOUT MISSING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 17:49:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAS CA CASC CH EU EZ PHUM PREL IR IT
07ROME259ITALY SHARES USG VENEZUELA CONCERNS, EU WORKING ON
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 6 to MFA South America Office Director Francesco Talo and Desk Officer Paolo Campanini, urging Italy to raise the issue of Radio Caracas Television (RCTV) privately and publicly with the Venezuelan government. Talo said Italy shared our concerns t [...]
2007-02-08 12:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PGOV EU VE IT
07ROME388ITALY DRIVING EU SOMALIA ENGAGEMENT, WILL HELP
[...] (C) Summary. DCM delivered Ref A demarche to Italian MFA Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa Armando Sanguini February 22, urging immediate GOI support for deployment of an African Union stabilization force for Somalia (AMISOM). Sanguini noted Italy had already made a contribution through [...]
2007-02-27 07:57:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KPKO MOPS EUN SO IT
07ROME411 ITALY: 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) This is the 2007 Trafficking in Persons report for Italy. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. The Embassy point of contact is Labor Counselor Candace Putnam, telephone: 39-06-4674-2327, fax 39-06-4674-2623. 2. (SBU) 27. A. Italy is a country of destination and transit for inter [...]
2007-03-02 06:21:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IT KWMN SMIG
07ROME42ITALY SUPPORTS BURMA UNSC RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-08 16:45:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM UNSC BM IT
07ROME428ITALY HAS NO POSITION YET ON BOSNIA UNHRC CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 09:13:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC IT
07ROME522ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF EFFORTS ON BURMA HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A and B demarches to Cesare Bieller, MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia, on March 12 and March 2, respectively, urging Italy to support ASEAN and U.S. initiatives focusing on reconciliation and respect for human rights in Burma. March 14, Bieller responded that It [...]
2007-03-15 15:37:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM UNSC BM EUN IT
07ROME564ITALY WILL WORK WITHIN EU ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel A and B demarches to Laura Carpini, MFA Human Rights Office Director, March 19, and to Umberto Malnati, MFA Southern Africa Office Director, March 20, emphasizing U.S. concern for the grave situation in Zimbabwe and requesting Italy's support in speaking out against [...]
2007-03-21 17:08:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNHRC ZI EUN IT
07ROME572ITALY FAVORS USING EU TO PRESSURE SYRIA ON HUMAN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Near East office director, Luciano Pezzotti March 22. Pezzotti said Italy shared our concern over the human rights situation in Syria; however, Italy was not planning on issuing any statements concerning the election. He said Italy would support a [...]
2007-03-22 15:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PHUM SY IT
07ROME601ITALY STUDYING DEMARCHE ON UNHRC OCCUPIED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 15:54:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNHRC IT
07ROME634ITALY AND GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: AMBASSADOR WILL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 12:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG IT
07ROME68ITALY STILL SUPPORTS BURMA UNSCR, WORKING FOR TEXT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-11 16:54:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07ROME987ITALY PREOCCUPIED WITH OWN UN HRC CANDIDACY, HOPES
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A points to UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini May 9, urging Italy not to support Belarus' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council, but rather to support Slovenia and a third candidate. Bencini responded May 10 that Italy was absorbed in its own candidacy for the [...]
2007-05-10 13:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNHRC BO IT
07RUSSELS1548BOUCHER DISCUSSES CENTRAL ASIA WITH EU
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 05:17:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ZK
07SANAA1022SAADA: CALLS FOR DIALOGUE ABOUND, BUT FIGHTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh used his May 22 Unity Day speech to announce a unilateral ceasefire for the day and once again call upon rebels in Saada to lay down their weapons in exchange for a dialogue. Meanwhile, Saleh dispatched the Minister of Religious Affairs and other clerics to Saad [...]
2007-05-29 14:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINR PINS PHUM YM
07SANAA1186BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING,
[...] (C) Summary. At the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future planning meeting on June 3 in Sanaa, participants tentatively agreed on December 4 or 5 as the date of the Forum, pending confirmation of Foreign Ministers, schedules. U.S. delegation leader, NEA DAS Scott [...]
2007-06-28 13:13:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM YM
07SANAA1352EAST AFRICA REGIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE IVLP
[...] This cable has been cleared by US Embassies Addis Ababa, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam, and Sana'a. -------------------------- SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. Embassies Sana'a, Addis Ababa, Djibouti, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam and Port Louis request the crea [...]
2007-07-17 10:58:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KSEP OEXC PHUM PREF PTER SCUL YM
07SANAA1360HUMANE TREATMENT OF GTMO RETURNEES VERIFIED BY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-18 14:43:00Embassy SanaaSECRETKAWC PHUM PREL PTER YM
07SANAA1549HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER SUPPORTS FORUM FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-07 13:38:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER YM
07SANAA1586YEMEN: GOVERNMENT INTIMIDATING JOURNALISTS TO CURB
[...] (C) In two separate incidents ROYG forces harassed journalists of an independent Yemeni weekly, "al-Shar'e" (The Street). On July 20 security forces arrested and detained an al-Shar'e reporter, and ten days later security forces entered the paper's offices, damaged property, and brought charg [...]
2007-08-18 14:08:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL YM PTER
07SANAA1693DETAINED PROTEST LEADER TRANSFERRED TO SANAA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Unconfirmed media reports claim that retired Brigadier General Nasir al-Nawba has been transferred from Aden to Sanaa for prosecution by the ROYG on charges of high treason. Al-Nawba, head of the United Retired Military Officers Coordination Council, lead the 1 September Southern [...]
2007-09-10 12:53:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER PGOV PINS PNAT YM
07SANAA1839CONTROVERSIAL UNITY LAW LIKELY TO BE WITHDRAWN
[...] (C) At an informal iftar (breaking of the fast during Ramadan) at PolOff's residence on 23 September and during a telephone conversation with Poloff on 25 September, Deputy Finance Minister Jalal Yacoub said that the controversial draft National Unity Law, which produced a public outcry when [...]
2007-09-29 12:08:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALYM PHUM PGOV
07SANAA1910ROYG FORCES KILL SEVEN IN SOUTH YEMEN IN SEPERATE
[...] (C) Press reports indicate that four people were killed and another 15 were injured on October 13 when police opened fire on a large group of Yemenis preparing a demonstration to mark the 44th anniversary of the 1963 uprising in Southern Yemen against British occupation. The event took place [...]
2007-10-17 09:10:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PHUM PTER YM
07SANAA1954ROYG INNER CIRCLE CONSIDERING STRAWMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-28 13:46:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PTER YM
07SANAA2052ROYG TRIES NEW PRESS CONTROL TECHNIQUE -- BEGGING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 13:12:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM YM
07SANAA2054FORUM FOR THE FUTURE UPDATE: MEETING AT THE MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 12:39:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PGOV PHUM YM
07SANAA2090THIRD FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING
[...] Yemeni Prime Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohy Al-Dhabbi and German Ambassador to Yemen Michael Klor-Berchtold co-chaired the third Forum for the Future planning meeting in Sanaa on October 27. NEA DAS Kent Patton, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, NEA Foreign Affairs Officer Blake Thorkels [...]
2007-11-13 11:40:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KMPI YM
07SANAA212SOMALIA: YEMEN READY TO RECEIVE SHEIKH SHARIF, BUT
[...] (C) Ambassador called on Yemeni FM Abu Bakr al-Qirbi on February 4 in order to deliver reftel demarche points, to which Qirbi replied that the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) continues to urge the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to conduct an inclusive political dialogue. He [...]
2007-02-05 04:57:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PHUM SO YE
07SANAA2126REPORTS OF SALEH MEETING WITH EXILED OPPOSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 11:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM YM
07SANAA213INFLUENTIAL YEMENI WOMEN
[...] In response to reftel request, post proposes that the following five Yemeni women be included in the roster of women leaders being developed by the Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Women's Empowerment. SIPDIS Her Excellency Ms. Khadija Al-Haisami Minister of Human Rights Republic of [...]
2007-02-05 04:59:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KWMN PHUM PREL YM
07SANAA2170YEMEN UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] As requested in reftel, Post contacted appropriate Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) government officials and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)(including the Ministries of Labor, and Education, international organizations such as the ILO and UNICEF, and the World Bank) for updated infor [...]
2007-11-29 15:41:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI YM
07SANAA223ROYG CLARIFIES REFUGEE POLICY: UNHCR WILL NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting Refcoord, Poloff, and Conoff, Deputy Foreign Minister Mohy al-Din Al-Thibbi confirmed a de facto change in the Republic of Yemen Government's (ROYG) refugee policy concerning non-Somalis: UNHCR would no longer be granted access to newly arriving non-So [...]
2007-02-06 13:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM YM
07SANAA2258WOMEN DIVIDED ON TYPE OF PARLIAMENTARY QUOTA SYSTEM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 10:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KWMN PHUM YM
07SANAA229UPDATE ON YEMENI JEWISH FAMILIES
[...] (SBU) Post is maintaining close watch on the condition of the 45 Yemeni Jews who left their homes in the Saada governorate after receiving a threatening letter on January 18. Press reports on February 4 claiming that the families had been returned to their homes were false. The Jewish famil [...]
2007-02-07 13:32:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL YM
07SANAA2300YEMENI SEAS MORE DANGEROUS THAN EVER FOR EAST AFRICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 05:48:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
07SANAA243SAADA: PARLIAMENT VOTES FOR WAR, BUT OVER WHAT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a closed session on February 10, Parliament voted to authorize President Saleh to use military force against al-Houthi insurrectionists in Saada. Opposition party leaders have kept a low-profile in public, but indicated privately that their parties voted overwhelmingly agains [...]
2007-02-12 10:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINR PINS PHUM YM
07SANAA289HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR QADERI AND
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: Lt. Zaki Abdo Abdullah QADERI, Yemen Navy Lt. Mohammed Ali Saleh GARALLAH, Yemen Special Operatio [...]
2007-02-21 14:24:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS PHUM MOPS
07SANAA300HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR AL ASADI FOR IMET
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: Major Ahmed Ali Saleh AL ASADI, Yemen Air Force, DOB: 01 Feb 1964 2. Additionally the follow [...]
2007-02-26 11:57:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS PHUM MOPS
07SANAA322HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR CSF-CTU MEMBERS
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the following members of the Central Security Force - Counterterrorism Unit (CSF-CTU) and Republican [...]
2007-03-03 13:34:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS PHUM MOPS
07SANAA323HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR MAJOR OSAMAH
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: Major Osamah Mohammed Abdurabu Mohammed, Central Security Force - Counterterrorism Unit, DOB: 15 [...]
2007-03-03 13:35:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS PHUM MOPS
07SANAA341SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: YEMEN
[...] This message is post's response to ref A. 2. Note: Post requests that no/no name or entity cited in this report be publicly mentioned or quoted for any/any reason without prior clearance with post. Post relies heavily on these sources and has invested much time gaining their confidence. E [...]
2007-03-05 13:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
07SANAA390HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SABRAH FOR IMET
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: SABRAH, Faisal Mohammed Nasser, Colonel, Presidential Guard DOB: 01 January 1964, Passport: 01061 [...]
2007-03-14 11:41:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS PHUM MOPS
07SANAA395SAADA JEWS SAFE IN SANAA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloffs met on March 13 in Sanaa with Jewish families displaced by fighting that erupted in Saada in late January (reftels). Poloffs met, under the auspices of the MFA and Interior Ministry, with approximately 30 people from two major families. All members of the Jewish communit [...]
2007-03-14 13:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PINR PREL YM
07SANAA420HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR RAZEHI FOR IMET
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: RAZEHI, Ebrahim Mohammed Qaid, First Lieutenant, Yemen Air Force DOB: 15 August 1980, Passport: [...]
2007-03-21 07:54:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS PHUM MOPS
07SANAA465REQUEST FOR FUNDING TO ATTEND DRL CONFERENCE IN
[...] This is an action request. 2. Embassy Sanaa is pleased to nominate Junior Officer Hala Rharrit, FO-05, to attend the Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Officers Conference to be held in Washington DC from July 18 to 20, 2007 and requests Department funding of travel, lodging and M&IE. 3. [...]
2007-03-31 05:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD KTEX OTRA PHUM PREL
07SANAA785HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NESA SEMINAR - MOHAMED
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: DARES, Mohammed Hassan Nagi DOB: 25 SEP 1949 Passport: 00847 2. Additionally the following [...]
2007-04-30 13:56:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM YM
07SANAA852JEWISH COMMUNITY'S SECURITY PERCEPTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30 - May 1 Damon Stevens, from the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, conducted separate meetings with members of the Jewish communities from Saada and Reyda, who expressed serious concern about the deteriorating security situation in norther [...]
2007-05-08 09:08:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF IS YM
07SANAA884AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON UNHRC ELECTION
[...] (C) Ambassador urged Deputy Forein Minister Mohy al-Din al-Dhabbi on May 13 to opose Belarus' candidacy to the UNHRC in favor of lovenia or Bosnia. Al-Dhabbi promised to conveythe message to the internal Yemeni Government commitee that decides on multilateral votes. 2. (C Information we [...]
2007-05-14 08:52:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM YM
07SANAA905MINISTER PREACHES RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE, SHEIKH
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On May 1, the CDA, accompanied by poloff and Damon Stevens from the Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, met with Minister of Religious Affairs Judge Hamoud al-Hitar to discuss tolerance and dialogue between faith [...]
2007-05-16 14:33:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER YM
07SANAA907SAADA HISTORY: HUSSEIN AL-HOUTHI - PARLIAMENTARIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since 2004, the ROYG has fought three wars in the Saada governorate with the al-Houthis, with each round more intense and prolonged than the last. History is key to understanding why this conflict began and continues to reemerge. The roots of the conflict lie with the late Hussein [...]
2007-05-19 05:16:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER
07SANJOSE1053COSTA RICA: DEMARCHE ON IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) On May 31st, PolCoun and PolOff met with Alejandro Solano, sub-director of the Foreign Policy Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the growing Iranian-Venezuelan relationship (Ref a). Solano was receptive and expressed concerns, particularly in the area of the loose [...]
2007-06-04 16:08:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS MARR PTER IR ECON VE CS
07SANJOSE1490COSTA RICA WILL SUPPORT GAER CANDIDACY (CONVENTION
[...] On August 8, PolOff conveyed reftel information via diplomatic note to Christian Guillermet Fernandez, Director General of the Foreign Policy Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Rita Hernandez Bolanos, Director of Protocol of the MFA. 2. MFA officials indicate that they will [...]
2007-08-10 15:32:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCS PREL UNGA PHUM
07SANJOSE1497COSTA RICA TO SUPPORT CARR MEMBERSHIP IN ICRC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 14:53:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM ICRC CS
07SANJOSE1788U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON "CONDEMNING THE USE OF
[...] On September 26, PolOff met with Viviana Tinoco, Director of the Human Rights and Multilateral Policies Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to deliver a copy of the draft resolution and verbally convey reftel talking points. 2. Ms Tinoco affirmed GOCR's support and said she woul [...]
2007-09-28 14:13:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNAUS PHUM KWMN SOCI CS
07SANJOSE1791U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] On September 26, PolOff met with Montserrat Vargas Solorzano, Chief of the United Nations Specialized Agencies Section and Candidacies Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and delivered reftel information. 2. Ms. Vargas indicated that Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno, already in [...]
2007-09-28 15:59:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07SANJOSE1829RELEASE OF 2007 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] PolOff hand delivered a copy of the 2007 Costa Rica Report on International Religious Freedom (IRF) to Alejandro Solano Ortiz, Deputy Director of Foreign Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and to Viviana Tinoco, Human Rights Director of the Multilateral Policy Section of the MFA, [...]
2007-10-10 22:11:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCS KDEM KIRF KPAO OPRC PGOV PHUM SOCI
07SANJOSE188SEEKING NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN - REPLY TO ACTION
[...] Pursuant to S/WE request reftel, Post has identified six influential women in host country, drawing from both government and civil society (media, industry, and education). GOVERNMENT NAME: Laura Chinchilla TITLE AND INSTITUTION: First Vice President of Costa Rica and Minister of Justice [...]
2007-01-31 22:26:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL CS
07SANJOSE1905ALDIP ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS
[...] (U) On October 24, PolOff discussed reftel third committee issues with Montserrat Vargas Solorzano, Director of the Candidacies and United Nations Specialized Organizations Section of the MFA; Deyanira Ramirez Salas, Director of the International Organizations Section; and Viviana Tinoco, Dire [...]
2007-10-25 16:00:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA UN CS
07SANJOSE1927COSTA RICA TO VOTE AGAINST CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] On October 25, we delivered reftel demarche to Montserrat Vargas Solorzano, Director of the Candidacies and the United Nations Specialized Organizations Sections of the MFA. 2. On October 30, we followed up with Christian Guillermet-Fernandez, Director General of the Foreign Policy Office [...]
2007-10-31 14:28:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU CS
07SANJOSE1995DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA
[...] (U) On November 16, we discussed Ref A concerns with Alejandro Solano Ortiz, Sub-director of the Foreign Policy Directorate of the MFA. 2. (C) Although sympathetic to these concerns, Solano indicated that the GOCR worried about the implications of the constitutional reform now under way in [...]
2007-11-16 21:44:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV VE PHUM WHA
07SANJOSE202COSTA RICA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SEAT
[...] (U) Per reftel, on January 30, Poloff discussed the May UN Human Rights Council (HRC) election with Tatiana Vargas, head of the international candidacies division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff noted the USG's concerns about the performance of the HRC to date and encouraged Co [...]
2007-02-02 16:58:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHRC CS
07SANJOSE254COSTA RICA WILL NOT PURSUE UNHRC SEAT
[...] (U) Further to Reftel, we have continued to follow up with MFA contacts re GOCR interest in a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. While Deputy Director for Foreign Policy Alejandro Solano earlier had shared our concerns about the negative impact of Venezuela taking a seat on the UNHRC, he wa [...]
2007-02-09 17:44:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC CS
07SANJOSE524COSTA RICA?S 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) The following is Embassy San Jose?s submission for the 2006-2007 annual trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Responses are keyed to checklist questions outlined in reftel beginning at paragraph 27. Post?s POC for the report is Political Officer Robert E. Copley. Telephone number: (506) [...]
2007-03-16 22:32:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CS
07SANJOSE572COSTA RICA: ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] On March 19, Poloff sent information detailing the U.S. government's concerns about the recent events in Zimbabwe as well as Secretary Rice's statement calling for the immediate release of the imprisoned Zimbabwean opposition leaders to Alejandro Solano Ortiz, deputy foreign policy director at [...]
2007-03-23 15:53:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CS
07SANJOSE580COSTA RICA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OIC RESOLUTION
[...] On March 21, as instructed in reftel, we raised the OIC resolution issue with Guisella Sanchez, who handles human rights issues in the MFA,s foreign policy division. We stressed USG concern that the review of mandates outside of the HRC working group dedicated for such reviews would undermin [...]
2007-03-23 21:09:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDUNHRC PREL PHUM CS
07SANJOSE69THE COLOMBIAN CONNECTION: FORMER GUERRILLAS TURNED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Costa Rican authorities are increasingly worried about the criminal activities of former Colombian guerrillas operating in Costa Rica and, as a result, have stepped up efforts to extradite/deport them. On December 21, FARC member Hector Orlando Martinez Quinto was delivered to [...]
2007-01-12 22:43:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR PREF PHUM SNAR CS XK
07SANJOSE868MORE CHINESE MIGRANTS RESCUED IN COSTA RICAN WATERS
[...] (SBU) On April 21, the Costa Rica Coast Guard (SNGC) again rescued a large number of Chinese migrants adrift in Costa Rican territorial waters. Three Ecuadorians and two Peruvians were also apprehended, and charged with human trafficking under Costa Rica,s new immigration law. The governmen [...]
2007-05-09 16:59:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KCRM CO CH CS
07SANSALVADOR10REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Captain Career Course, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA scheduled for January 24, [...]
2007-01-03 18:37:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR102REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN AIR
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran Air Force officer for participation in the Pilot Instrument Procedure Course, to be held at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy in San Antonio, Texas; [...]
2007-01-22 19:59:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1020REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in the Patrol Craft Propulsion Course, Naval Small Craft Instruction, and Technical Training School, to be held at Stennis Spa [...]
2007-05-25 15:50:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR103REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to attend the Captain Career Course, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA to start on January 24, 2007. CPT [...]
2007-01-22 20:01:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1037EL SALVADOR: MCC DEPUTY CEO BENT MEETS WITH HUMAN
[...] SUMMARY: In a free-ranging May 18 discussion with Deputy CEO Rodney Bent of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),Dr. Beatrice Carrillo of the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman (PDDH) outlined what in her view represent the most serious threats to continued progress in rule of law i [...]
2007-05-28 14:35:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES PGOV PHUM PREL KMCA
07SANSALVADOR1044EL SALVADOR SIGNS E TRAVEL DOCUMENT MOU
[...] (SBU) In a private signing ceremony late in the afternoon on May 18 Ambassador Glazer (on behalf of ICE),Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Margarita Escobar, and Minister of Public Security and Justice Rene Figueroa signed the E Travel Document Memorandum of Understanding between DHS and the [...]
2007-05-29 18:10:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHLS PGOV PHUM PREL PREF SMIG ES
07SANSALVADOR105REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers and Ministry of Defense civilian employees for participation in the Combat Stress Mobile Education Team (MET),scheduled to take place in San S [...]
2007-01-22 20:15:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1057EL SALVADOR SIGNS E TRAVEL DOCUMENT MOU
[...] (SBU) In a private signing ceremony late in the afternoon on May 18 Ambassador Glazer (on behalf of ICE),Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Margarita Escobar, and Minister of Public Security and Justice Rene Figueroa signed the E Travel Document Memorandum of Understanding between DHS and the [...]
2007-05-30 21:30:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHLS PGOV PHUM PREL PREF SMIG ES
07SANSALVADOR1071EL SALVADOR ON VENEZUELA/IRAN RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) On May 31, poloff raised reftel C points with MFA Multilateral Affairs Chief Mario Rivera. (Note: The GOES has repeatedly raised with Post their misgivings about the growing Iran-Venezuela relationship, as well as potential Iran-Nicaragua ties; see reftels A and B. End note.) Rivera s [...]
2007-05-31 20:48:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR ES
07SANSALVADOR11REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Captain Career Course, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA scheduled for January 24, [...]
2007-01-03 18:37:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1103REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers and soldiers to participate in five separate U.S.-funded training courses, as outlined below. Special Reaction Team Certification Course, In [...]
2007-06-04 22:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1151REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records for a Salvadoran civilian for participation in the Counterterrorism Senior Executive Seminar, to be held at the Marshall Center, Germany; scheduled for August 18 -30, [...]
2007-06-11 23:00:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR12REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) Fort Benning, Georgia scheduled for Jan. 15, 2007 -- Ja [...]
2007-01-03 18:37:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1208REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in the Instructors Course, to be held in Coban, Guatemala; scheduled for July 2-25, 2007. CPT Campos Bonilla, Hugo Alexande [...]
2007-06-21 22:20:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR126REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers and civiliams to participation in the Defense Resource Management Mobile Education Course, San Salvador scheduled for Feb. 12 - 23, 2007. C [...]
2007-01-25 19:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1264EL SALVADOR: NEW HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN REPLACES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Political Commission of the Legislative Assembly voted June 27 to tap Oscar Humberto Luna as the country's new Human Rights Ombudsman (PDDH),replacing two-term incumbent Beatrice Carrillo. Luna's selection marked a rare show of cooperation across the aisles in a Legislativ [...]
2007-07-02 17:38:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PHUM PREL
07SANSALVADOR1341EL SALVADOR: VETTING OF SOLDIERS FOR IRAQ, TRANCHE 3
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on August 1, 2007 for a six month tour of duty. This is the third of three cables and [...]
2007-07-11 22:40:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1342EL SALVADOR: VETTING OF SOLDIERS FOR IRAQ, TRANCHE 2
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on August 1, 2007 for a six month tour of duty. This is the second of three cables an [...]
2007-07-11 22:41:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1343EL SALVADOR: VETTING OF SOLDIERS FOR IRAQ, TRANCHE 1
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on August 1, 2007 for a six month tour of duty. This is the first of three cables and [...]
2007-07-11 22:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1374REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officer for participation in course on Civil Military Relations, to be held at the Western Hemispheric Institute for Security Cooperation at Fort Benning [...]
2007-07-13 21:24:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR139REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 2. 2. POST REQUESTS DEPARTMENT REVIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS RECORDS OF SALVADORAN AIR FORCE PERSONNEL FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE J-85 TECHNICIAN COURSE, TO BE HELD AT THE INTER-AMERICAN AIR FORCES ACADEMY IN SAN ANTONIO, TX, SCHEDULED F [...]
2007-01-26 18:13:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR140REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran sailor for participation in the Officer Indoctrination Course, to be held at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, scheduled for February 22, 2 [...]
2007-01-26 18:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1452EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON COMMUNITY OF
[...] (U) Poloffs met with Mario Rivera, Director of Multilateral Affairs for the Salvadoran Ministry of foreign Affairs (MFA) to raise reftel points. Rivera responded that El Salvador is fully supportive of the US position on the participation in the Community of Democracies. 2. (U) Rivera agr [...]
2007-07-30 16:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA ES TW
07SANSALVADOR1458SALVADORAN RESPONSE TO UIGHUR RESETTLEMENT REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-30 22:55:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PTER ES
07SANSALVADOR146REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in the Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) Course at the Western Hemisphere Institution for Security Cooperation (WHISC) at Fort Be [...]
2007-01-26 19:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR148REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on or about January 31, 2007 for a six month tour of duty in support of coalition for [...]
2007-01-29 15:10:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1485FALLOUT FROM SUCHITOTO ARRESTS CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: GOES handling of the arrest and prosecution of fourteen individuals who participated in violent demonstrations in Suchitoto on July 2 continues to reverberate throughout the Salvadoran political landscape and to attract attention from U.S.-based NGO's. The GOES decision to prosec [...]
2007-08-01 23:44:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ES
07SANSALVADOR1512REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran anti-narcotics officer (PNC/DAN) nominated to participate in the Counter Narcotics Terrorism Course, Western Hemispheric Institute for Security Cooperatio [...]
2007-08-08 21:28:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1525POLICE CORRUPTION IN SAN MIGUEL
[...] (U) Summary: Three current and former members of El Salvador's National Civilian Police (PNC) were arrested on July 29 and charged with carrying out a contract killing. Several local businessmen have also been implicated in what press reports describe as an extortion, racketeering and assassin [...]
2007-08-08 23:07:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PGOV PHUM PREL ES
07SANSALVADOR1530REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers to participation in the Leadership Mobile Education, San Salvador, scheduled for September 12 - 14, 2007. COL VELASQUEZ HERNANDEZ, HUGO [...]
2007-08-09 21:26:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1532REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers to participation in the Panamax Exercise, Panama, scheduled for August 21 - September 8, 2007. LTC ARAUZ NAVAS, JUAN ARMANDO 2ND INFAN [...]
2007-08-09 22:02:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1534DEMARCHE ON ELECTION FOR UN COMMITTEE AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-09 23:02:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA ES
07SANSALVADOR1540REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers to participate in the Patient Administration Course, Army Medical Department Center, San Antonio, TX, scheduled for September 13 - October 25, 2 [...]
2007-08-10 15:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1541REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of the following Salvadoran officer to participate in the International Maritime Officer Course, Yorktown, VA, scheduled for September 5 - December 7, 2007. 1LT L [...]
2007-08-10 16:59:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1548DEMARCHE ON ICRC STANDING COMMISSION CANDIDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-10 20:15:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM ICRC
07SANSALVADOR156REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in Peace-Keeping Operations (PKO) training to be held in Coban, Guatemala; scheduled for February 6 -13, 2007. CPT XXXXXXXX [...]
2007-01-29 23:00:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR1566EL SALVADOR WILL SUPPORT GAER CANDIDACY FOR UN
[...] (U) On August 13, post received the following diplomatic note in response to reftel B. 2. (SBU) Begin Text (unofficial translation): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of El Salvador presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honor [...]
2007-08-14 21:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA ES
07SANSALVADOR1611FORMER FMLN CITY COUNCILMAN SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS
[...] (U) On August 15, Jose Mario Belloso, a former Farabundo Marti Liberation Front (FMLN) city councilman was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the 2006 assassination of two riot control police officers and the attempted murder of five other members of the riot police. 2. (U) During a July [...]
2007-08-17 21:12:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYES KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL
07SANSALVADOR171EL SALVADOR: INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-31 20:31:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL ES
07SANSALVADOR1720AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN
[...] (U) On August 29, Ambassador Glazer visited the Salvadoran Human Rights Ombudsman, Oscar Luna, in his San Salvador office. In this, their first meeting, the Ambassador and Luna exchanged views on the importance of respect for human rights in democratic countries. 2. (U) Luna stated that hi [...]
2007-08-30 17:11:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ES
07SANSALVADOR1783SAN MIGUEL POLICE CORRUPTION PROBE CASTS WIDER NET
[...] (C) Summary: The ongoing investigation into police corruption in San Miguel has so far resulted in the arrest of a total of eight National Civilian Police (PNC) officers, as well as indictments ranging from murder to obstruction of justice to dereliction of duty. While the cases point to ser [...]
2007-09-06 16:37:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM PHUM ES
07SANSALVADOR179EL SALVADOR: EXTENSION OF TPS FOR EL SALVADOR
[...] (C) Temporary Protected Status should be extended again for the nearly 250,000 Salvadoran beneficiaries living and working in the United States. El Salvador's ongoing reconstruction from two devastating earthquakes in 2001 is incomplete, and a series of moderate local earthquakes during lat [...]
2007-02-01 20:02:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALEAID ES HO NU PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
07SANSALVADOR1853EL SALVADOR: INPUT FOR PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Per Reftel request, Embassy San Salvador is pleased to provide information on Post's efforts to advance human rights in El Salvador. We trust the following information will advance Department's efforts related to the Democracy and Human Rights Roundtable at the UN General Assembly. ---- [...]
2007-09-14 16:09:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ES
07SANSALVADOR188EL SALVADOR: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-01 23:07:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ES
07SANSALVADOR1906GOES CONCERNED ROMERO CASE AT IACHR WOULD
[...] (C) Summary: Contacts both within and outside the GOES have expressed concern that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is hearing a case that involves a complaint related to El Salvador,s civil war. Thus, the case falls under the reservation with which El Salvador joined the [...]
2007-09-21 18:10:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ES
07SANSALVADOR1928EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-25 22:38:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA PGOV ES
07SANSALVADOR1999DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DRAFT RESOLUTION "CONDEMNING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-04 22:41:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI ES
07SANSALVADOR206REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in the Irregular Challenges Workshop to be held in San Salvador, scheduled for Feb. 13 - 15, 2007. COLONEL XXXXXXXXXXX [...]
2007-02-06 20:14:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR2069EL SALVADOR MOVES CLOSER TO RESOLVING GULF OF
[...] (U) Summary: On October 4 the leaders of El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras signed an agreement declaring their commitment to working together to develop the Gulf of Fonseca. The leaders labeled the agreement the first step toward resolving territorial disputes that have plagued the gulf [...]
2007-10-12 23:11:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV ES HN NU
07SANSALVADOR21REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the NCO Development Course at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA scheduled for Janua [...]
2007-01-05 13:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR210EL SALVADOR: KEEN TO RUN FOR HRC SEAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-07 20:31:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ES UNHRC
07SANSALVADOR2150EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UNGA THIRD
[...] (U) Summary: On October 22, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to solicit support for U.S. priority resolutions in the UN General Assembly,s Third Committee to Gustavo Argueta, MFA Specialist in Charge of the United Nations. Argueta said El Salvador will review the country specific resolutions [...]
2007-10-24 22:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN
07SANSALVADOR2174EL SALVADOR: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 18:21:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU ES
07SANSALVADOR219REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran soldier for participation in U.S.-funded Military Academy training to be held at Colombia's National Military Academy in Bogota, Colombia, scheduled for [...]
2007-02-08 19:58:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR220REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldier for participation in the Supply/Warehouse Course, to be held at the Inter-American Air Force Academy in San Antonio, Texas, scheduled for March 3 [...]
2007-02-08 21:57:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR2248EL SALVADOR SUPPORTS U.S. AGENDA AT COMMUNITY OF
[...] (U) On November 5 Poloff delivered demarche requested reftel to Ambassador Guillermo Melendez, El Salvador's Director General of Foreign Policy. Ambassador Melendez informed poloff that unforeseen staffing shortages preclude Salvadoran representation at the November 14-17 Bamako conference. [...]
2007-11-07 16:01:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA
07SANSALVADOR2301DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA DELIVERED TO EL
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General for Political Affairs Guillermo Melendez told us November 15 that the GOES shared our concerns about anti-democratic reforms in Venezuela and would continue to raise the issue publicly. End Summary. 2. (C) On November 13, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche [...]
2007-11-20 21:32:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE EU WHA PHUM ES
07SANSALVADOR2378COUNT ON EL SALVADOR TO ATTEND THE UNGA PLENARY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 19:34:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV UNGA ES
07SANSALVADOR2435EL SALVADOR: SECOND DEMARCHE ON PROSPER DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-21 21:36:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ES PHUM UNGA
07SANSALVADOR274EL SALVADOR WILL RUN FOR HRC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 19:03:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ES UNHRC
07SANSALVADOR275REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran naval officer for participation in the Officer Indoctrination Course, to be held at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, scheduled for Februar [...]
2007-02-16 19:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR291REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in the Peace-Keeping Operations (PKO) course, to be held in Coban, Guatemala, scheduled for February 28 - March 23, 2007. MAJ [...]
2007-02-16 21:58:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR327REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in the Civil Military Relations Seminar, San Salvador scheduled for March 20 -22, 2007. COLONEL XXXXXXXXXXXX ILOPANGO AIR [...]
2007-02-22 21:47:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR328REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in the Ground Defense Course, Inter American Air Force Academy, San Antonio, TX scheduled for March 10 - May 9, 2007. 1LT XX [...]
2007-02-23 15:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR360EL SALVADOR: LEADERS FOR CHANGE, THIRD-PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Populist San Miguel Mayor Wil Salgado (reftel),worried that his National Conciliation Party (PCN) will cut a deal with the ruling ARENA party not to run a presidential candidate in 2009, is exploring other options, including an alliance with moderate FMLN and former FMLN mayor [...]
2007-02-27 22:40:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV ES KCOR PHUM PINR
07SANSALVADOR379REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran military and police officers for participation in the for Peace-Keeping Operations (PKO) Logistics Course, to be held in Coban, Guatemala, scheduled for [...]
2007-03-01 15:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR409EL SALVADOR: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS RERPORT
[...] (U) The following is post,s responses to Reftel relative to the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report. The text tracks paragraphs 27 to 30 in Reftel. --------------------------------------------- --------- Paragraph 27: Overview of Activities to Eliminate TIP ---------------------------------- [...]
2007-03-05 15:00:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB ES
07SANSALVADOR489REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in the Engineers Course to be held at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) at Fort Benning, Ge [...]
2007-03-14 22:05:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR552REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in the Non Commisssioned Development Course, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) Fort Benning, Georg [...]
2007-03-22 21:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR562REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran airman to participate in the Aircraft Pneumatics/Hydraulics Systems Technicians Course, to be held at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, San Antonio [...]
2007-03-26 22:00:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR579REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in the Regional Counterterrorism Seminar, to be held in San Salvador, scheduled for April 23-27, 2007. COL ORELLANA CALIDON [...]
2007-03-28 17:21:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR58REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Maritime Law Enforcement program, to be held in La Union, El Salvador, scheduled for Feb. 10-25, 2007. ENSIGN [...]
2007-01-12 17:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR59REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Defense Resource Management Mobile Education Course, to be held in San Salvador, scheduled for Feb. 12 - 23, 2007. [...]
2007-01-12 17:52:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR60REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Maritime Law Enforcement program, La Union scheduled for Feb. 10-25, 2007. AGENT XXXXXXXXXXXX DIVISION ANTINARCOT [...]
2007-01-12 17:54:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR65REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN AIR
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Pilot Procedure Course, to be held at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy (San Antonio, Texas),scheduled for Februa [...]
2007-01-17 15:02:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR655REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in two separate U.S.-funded training courses, as outlined below. International Maritime Course, Yorktown, Virginia; schedule [...]
2007-04-10 20:13:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR669REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in the Intelligence Course to be held at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC),Fort Benning, GA, [...]
2007-04-11 21:41:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR670REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in the Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) Course to be held at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; scheduled for May 4, 200 [...]
2007-04-11 21:48:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR680REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in the Regional Counterterrorism Seminar, to be held in San Salvador; scheduled for April 23 - 27, 2007. COL ARGUMEDO NA [...]
2007-04-12 20:06:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR739REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in the following course to be held in the United States: Naval Staff College Course, Naval Staff College, Newport, RI June [...]
2007-04-19 23:01:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR802REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in the National Defense University Course, Fort Leslie McNair, Washington DC scheduled for June 11 - 12, 2007. CPT Calderon [...]
2007-04-26 21:11:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR82REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Acquisition Course, to be held in Huntsville, AL, scheduled for March 12, 2007 - May 25, 2007. Ms. Urquilla, Alb [...]
2007-01-18 19:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR839REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers and civilians to participate in the following training. Special Counterterrorism Course, Hurlbert Field, FL June 2 - 15, 2007 1LT Solis [...]
2007-05-03 22:32:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR852REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldier for participation in the Command and General Staff College, to be held at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, scheduled for June 22, 2007 - June 15, 2008. [...]
2007-05-04 19:06:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR904EL SALVADOR WILL VOTE FOR SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 20:42:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC ES
07SANSALVADOR938REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in six separate U.S.-funded training courses, as outlined below. Command and General Staff Course, Western Hemisphere Ins [...]
2007-05-15 19:49:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR94REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on January 31, 2007 for a six month tour of duty. CAPTAIN XXXXXXXXXXXX DPOB: N [...]
2007-01-19 21:07:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR941REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officer for participation in the Interagency Counterterrorism Course, to be held at Fort Leslie McNair, Washington, DC; scheduled for June 3-23,2007. [...]
2007-05-15 21:49:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR951REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in three separate U.S.-funded training courses, as outlined below. Special Counterterrorism Course, Hurlburt Field, FL Ju [...]
2007-05-16 15:31:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR978REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in two separate U.S.-funded training courses, as outlined below. Counternarcotics and Counterterrorism Course Western Hem [...]
2007-05-18 21:12:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR980EL SALVADOR ON IRAQ'S STATUS AT THE COMMUNITY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-18 22:46:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA ES
07SANTIAGO1038CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-06-28 18:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO1107CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 12, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Economic and Political Section Chief, Harry Kamian, certifies the above state [...]
2007-07-13 21:09:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR CI
07SANTIAGO1110CHILE: EPOL REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for U.S. funded training, pursuant [...]
2007-07-17 15:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PREL SNAR PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO1130CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 17, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Economic and Political Section Chief Michael Keller certifies the above sta [...]
2007-07-19 13:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR CI
07SANTIAGO1152CHILE: LEGAT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for U.S. funded training, pursuan [...]
2007-07-20 20:35:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PREL SNAR PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO1153CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-07-20 20:37:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO1154CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-07-20 20:38:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO1186CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-07-26 13:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO1196CHILE: LEGAT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for U.S. funded training, pursuan [...]
2007-07-26 19:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PREL SNAR PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO1205CHILE: DEA REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training by USG officials, pursu [...]
2007-07-27 19:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO1210CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 27, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Section Chief Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. [...]
2007-07-30 12:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO1214CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 27 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Juan A. Alsace certifies the above stat [...]
2007-07-30 14:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR CI
07SANTIAGO1221CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., purs [...]
2007-07-30 18:09:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO135BELGIAN UNIVERSITY DETECTS MUSTARD GAS, REVIVING
[...] (C) Chilean newspapers reported over the weekend of January 20-21 that researchers at Ghent University in Belgium detected traces of mustard gas in three tissue samples taken from the body of former Chilean President (1964-1970),Eduardo "Frei Montalva." Frei Montalva died on January 22, 198 [...]
2007-01-24 11:00:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKJUS PGOV PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO169SOUNDING CHILE ON 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) The GOC plans to run a candidate for the Human Rights Council in 2008, but may be open to running in 2007. Per Reftel A, EPOL Counselor met with Acting Director for Multilateral Affairs Patricio Acuna January 31. United Nations Affairs Section Chief Patricio Utreras and Poloff also atte [...]
2007-01-31 20:25:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNHRC CI
07SANTIAGO1828DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA - CHILE
[...] (C) E/Pol Counselor November 13 delivered ref A demarche to Jamie Bascunan, the MFA's desk officer for Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador, stressing that the proposed Venezulan referendum ran contrary to Caracas's obligations under the Inter-American Democratic Charter. As such, it is incumbent [...]
2007-11-14 20:56:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM VE EU CI WHA
07SANTIAGO202AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO FORMER TORTURE CENTER WELL RECEIVED
[...] Summary: An unpublicized visit by Ambassador Kelly to Villa Grimaldi -- a Pinochet-era torture center (now a memorial park) -- received favorable media attention and commentary. The certified guide of the site (a Villa Grimaldi survivor) praised the Ambassador for taking the initiative, and [...]
2007-02-06 13:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KPAO PREL CI
07SANTIAGO209CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for joint training with U.S. force [...]
2007-02-06 20:01:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO223CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-02-08 19:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO224CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuan [...]
2007-02-08 19:21:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO228STILL DEAD: AUGUSTO PINOCHET, TWO MONTHS AFTER
[...] (C) The December 2006 death of Augusto Pinochet - seemingly a watershed moment in Chile's recent history - has faded remarkably quickly from public discourse. Feverish media commentary at the time - fed by juxtaposed images of still loyal supporters weeping while opponents popped champagne bottles [...]
2007-02-09 14:44:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR SOCI CI
07SANTIAGO271CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-02-15 18:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO272CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for U.S.-funded training, pursuan [...]
2007-02-15 19:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO287CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of February 15, 2007 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the ab [...]
2007-02-16 19:22:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR MARR MASS CI
07SANTIAGO288CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of February 5, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the ab [...]
2007-02-16 19:22:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO289CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of January 24, 2007 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the abo [...]
2007-02-16 19:23:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR MARR MASS CI
07SANTIAGO301CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for U.S. sponsored and funded tr [...]
2007-02-20 19:48:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO310CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of February 9, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the abo [...]
2007-02-22 15:00:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO314CHILE: CLAUDIO GROSSMAN RUNNING FOR REELECTION TO
[...] On February 16 Post received Diplomatic Note No.38 from the Chilean Foreign Ministry, stating Chile's intent to press for the reelection of Professor Claudio Grossman to the United Nations' Committee Against Torture (CAT). The note also requests the USG's support for Grossman's candidacy. Po [...]
2007-02-22 20:08:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNHCR
07SANTIAGO333CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of February 22, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the a [...]
2007-02-26 21:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM CI
07SANTIAGO336CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of February 22, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the a [...]
2007-02-27 13:00:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO341CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for U.S.-funded training, pursuant [...]
2007-02-27 21:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO379CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 5, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...]
2007-03-07 14:24:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO380CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 5, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...]
2007-03-07 14:24:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO381CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 5, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...]
2007-03-07 14:24:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO386CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for U.S.-funded training, pursuan [...]
2007-03-07 18:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO40CHILE REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY TO THE
[...] Post recently received Diplomatic Note No. 404 requesting U.S. support for Chile's candidacy to the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the period of 2008-2011. Paragraph two contains Post's informal translation of the Note. 2. Begin Text: REPUBLIC OF CHILE Min [...]
2007-01-09 14:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA CI
07SANTIAGO416CHILE: LEGAT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuan [...]
2007-03-12 22:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL SNAR PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO424CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 9, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...]
2007-03-14 18:00:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO446FUJIMORI EXTRADITION RULING MAY BE IMMINENT,
[...] (C) Summary: At a dinner with FM Alejandro Foxley March on 16, Constitutional Tribunal President Jose Luis Cea told the Ambassador an initial ruling on Peru's extradition of former President Alberto Fujimori could come within the next two weeks. Despite efforts by Foxley to draw Cea out on the r [...]
2007-03-16 20:40:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS PHUM PE CI
07SANTIAGO460CHILE: LEGAT REQUESTS ADDITIONAL CANDIDATE FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-03-21 15:10:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL SNAR PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO473DEMARCHE TO CHILE RE BUILDING INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-22 20:32:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ZI CI
07SANTIAGO480CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 22, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the abov [...]
2007-03-23 20:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO481CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 22, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the abov [...]
2007-03-23 20:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO483CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-03-23 22:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO545CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 30, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...]
2007-04-04 16:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO549CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-04-04 19:39:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO550CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuan [...]
2007-04-04 19:41:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO557CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-04-04 20:39:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO640CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuan [...]
2007-04-18 21:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO641CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-04-18 21:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO652CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 18,2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Economic and Political Section Chief, Harry Kamian, certifies the above st [...]
2007-04-20 17:18:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO653CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 12, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Economic and Political Section Chief, Harry Kamian, certifies the above st [...]
2007-04-20 17:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO695CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-04-27 18:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO703CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 23, 2007 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...]
2007-04-30 21:00:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR CI
07SANTIAGO723CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 3, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above st [...]
2007-05-04 11:52:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR CI
07SANTIAGO768CHILE LIKELY TO SUPPORT BOSNIA (IF IT RUNS) AND
[...] (C) It is highly likely that Chile would support Slovenia and Bosnia for the United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC),if Bosnia runs. Foreign Ministry Deputy Director for Human Rights Jorge Tagle told Poloff May 10 that Chile currently plans to support the two declared candidates, Solvenia [...]
2007-05-10 21:14:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC CI
07SANTIAGO780CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuan [...]
2007-05-11 21:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO79CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-01-16 20:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO796DEMARCHE IN THE GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA
[...] (S) E/Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche on May 15 to Ambassador Juan Pablo Lira March, head of the MFA's Division for South America, stressing following points: 1) Growing diplomatic links between Caracas and Tehran undermined international efforts to find a solution to Iran's nuclear effo [...]
2007-05-15 21:16:00Embassy SantiagoSECRETECON MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER VE
07SANTIAGO80CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant t [...]
2007-01-17 14:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO81CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-01-17 14:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO860CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 25, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above s [...]
2007-05-29 12:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO868CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 18, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the abov [...]
2007-05-29 18:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR CI
07SANTIAGO869CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 18, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...]
2007-05-29 21:01:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI
07SANTIAGO901CHILE: LEGATT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following two Chilean candidates and one Peruvian candidate, who have been nominated [...]
2007-06-04 20:46:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KJUS CI
07SANTIAGO931CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 8, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...]
2007-06-08 21:23:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO932CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 8, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above statemen [...]
2007-06-11 11:37:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KJUS CI
07SANTIAGO962CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2007-06-14 17:48:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO963CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant t [...]
2007-06-14 17:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO975CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuan [...]
2007-06-15 16:38:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
07SANTODOMINGO1000FOUR DOMINICAN TRAFFICKING PROPOSALS SUBMITTED FOR
[...] The four trafficking proposals being submitted by Embassy Santo Domingo for G/TIP's consideration represent four organizations with diverse areas of expertise, who are each seeking to strengthen and expand existing programs and alliances to include stepped-up trafficking components. Taken tog [...]
2007-04-26 19:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG DR
07SANTODOMINGO11INSTRAW - PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION
[...] INSTRAW is an unfunded UN-affiliated research organization that has loose connections with multiple NGOs. The Embassy is familiar with several of the NGOs and none is known to have the mission of promoting pedophilia. Political officer conducted a review of NGOs affiliated with INSTRAW and [...]
2007-01-03 20:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM SOCI UNAUS
07SANTODOMINGO1119EVALUATING THE ENFORCEMENT OF DOMINICAN LABOR LAW
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Many employers in the Dominican agricultural sector regularly violate the Dominican labor code, according to several Dominican non-governmental organizations and other entities. Many of the workers in this sector are involved in the production of commodities that are exported to th [...]
2007-05-10 21:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ELAB ETRD PHUM SMIG KWMN DR HA
07SANTODOMINGO1130HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC UNDECIDED
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche regarding the Human Rights Council (HRC) to Acting Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano, emphasizing (i) our view that for UN Member States should vote for countries with a strong human rights record, such as Slovenia, and not vote for those that do not resp [...]
2007-05-11 20:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC DR
07SANTODOMINGO12DOMINICANS EMBARRASSED, ANGRY ABOUT FAILURE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-03 20:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNDR PHUM OAS KTIA HA
07SANTODOMINGO1258BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: A WEEK OF CONTRASTS IN THE
[...] (SBU) Two distinctly different faces of the Dominican Republic were on display this week. The week saw record sales at the Cap Cana resort development, an enterprise which, based on the draw of world-class beaches, promises to bring considerable investment and job growth to the country. At th [...]
2007-05-29 15:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ELAB PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1275BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: A WEEK OF CONTRASTS IN THE
[...] (SBU) Two distinctly different faces of the Dominican Republic were on display this week. The week saw record sales at the Cap Cana resort development, an enterprise which, based on the draw of world-class beaches, promises to bring considerable investment and job growth to the country. At th [...]
2007-05-30 13:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ELAB PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1287URGENT PRIORITY LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - CHDS
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo requests, exceptionally, URGENT PRIORITY attention to human rights vetting for the Dominican MFA Director of International Organizations Amb. Michele Cohen, to participate in preparation at the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies for a National Security Plan senior lev [...]
2007-05-30 19:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO13DOMINICANS EMBARRASSED, ANGRY ABOUT FAILURE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-03 20:56:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR PHUM OAS KTIA HA
07SANTODOMINGO1306URGENT PRIORITY LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DURAN
[...] This is an urgent priority action request, delayed when internal clearances were misdirected. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject who have been nominated for training. [...]
2007-06-01 14:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1426DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT REACTS DEFENSIVELY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge informed Dominican Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel Trullols and Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Rosario Graciano on June 11 of SIPDIS the decision to place the Dominican government on the Tier 2 Watch List in the Department's Trafficking Report [...]
2007-06-15 14:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETELAB MASS PGOV PHUM PINR PREF SMIG KCRM DR HA
07SANTODOMINGO1472LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-06-20 20:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1502LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - US SWIFT, JUNE 24, 2007,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-06-22 16:46:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1503LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SPANISH AIR MISSION
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-06-22 16:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1504LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-06-22 16:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1600LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-03 19:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1601LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SPANISH AIR MISSION
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-03 19:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1620LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - BOARDING OFFICER, US COAST
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-06 17:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1623ACTIONS OF DOMINICAN CONSUL-GENERAL IN MIAMI
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (C) Embassy Santo Domingo is concerned about the apparent inappropriate behavior of Dominican Consul-General Manuel Almanzar Castillo at a June 27 public screening of the film "Sugar Babies," a production which is critical of the working [...]
2007-07-06 20:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ELAB DR
07SANTODOMINGO1672LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-11 20:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1692REQUEST FOR 212(F) VISA REVOCATION FOR CORRUPT DOMINICAN CONSUL IN HONG KONG
[...] (SBU) This is an advisory opinion requesting the revocation of the B1/B2 nonimmigrant visas issued to Casilda Teonilde CASADO DE CHEUNG; her husband, Pak Shing CHEUNG; her brother, Roger CASADO ALCANTARA; and her children, Yin Mey, Yin Ney, Sheung Leung, and Jean Ney CHEUNG CASADO, under the Presid [...]
2007-07-13 11:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETCVIS OPRC PHUM KCRM KCOR CH DR
07SANTODOMINGO1693LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NCO PROFESSIONAL
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-13 16:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1695LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-13 16:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1697LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NCO PROFESSIONAL
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-13 18:56:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1724LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - OUTBOARD MTR MT & OVHL
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting immediate human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug [...]
2007-07-18 15:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1729PRESIDENT PREVAL VISIT
[...] (SBU) On July 12th President Rene Preval of Haiti completed a 10 hour visit to Santo Domingo. This was his third trip to the country since his election in February 2006. His agenda included attending a program at FUNGLODE, a 40-minute lunch with President Fernandez in the national palace, a [...]
2007-07-18 17:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ELAB DR
07SANTODOMINGO1730LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following unit that has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for Eco [...]
2007-07-18 18:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1731CORRECTED COPY - LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT
[...] This is a corrected copy requesting Leahy Vetting of units in addition to unit commanders. 2. This is an action request. Please see para 3. 3. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following units that have [...]
2007-07-18 18:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1732LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SWOS - INTL, NEWPORT,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-18 18:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1744SENATE RESOLUTION ON HAITIAN ISSUES
[...] (SBU) On July 11, the Dominican Senate unanimously passed a resolution on Haitian issues. The resolution comes on the heels of increased civil society criticism of the working conditions of (mostly Haitian and Haitian-Dominican) sugarcane cutters in the Dominican Republic (Ref A). Responding [...]
2007-07-20 12:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON ELAB HA DR
07SANTODOMINGO1756LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PATROL CRAFT WEAPONS MT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-20 20:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1774LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - MAR SAF PORT CTRL, SEPT.
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-24 20:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1782DOMINICAN REPLY ON RESETTLEMENT OF CHINESE UIGHUR
[...] (C) Political Unit Chief delivered Reftel talking points on the resettlement of Uighur detainees to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Undersecretary for Judicial Affairs Miguel Pichardo Olivier expressed concern regarding the possible security threat posed by the detainees. He also commented [...]
2007-07-25 21:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER PINR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1788LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DEA BASIC DRUG ENFORCEMENT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-26 20:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1810LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - AMERICAN LANGUAGE COURSE,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-07-31 20:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1853LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - TECH TRAINING INSTRUCTOR,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-08-08 12:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1854LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PLT INSTRUMENTS
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-08-08 12:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1855LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - FBI ANTI-KIDNAP SEMINAR,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-08 14:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1858LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - GROUND DEFENSE SKILLS,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-08 15:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1859EMBASSY BANS STAFF FROM NIGHTCLUB AFTER
[...] (U) On July 30, the Charge Roland Bullen directed all resident official U.S. Embassy employees to refrain from patronizing &The Loft,8 a popular Santo Domingo nightclub. The decision was made public in a press release, in which the Charge noted that the decision was taken in response to the ac [...]
2007-08-08 18:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC DR
07SANTODOMINGO1871LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ACFT MAINTENANCE SUPPORT,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-09 17:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1872LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - IAAFA NCO ACADEMY, OCT.
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-09 17:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1876LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SOS INT'L OFFICER SCHOOL
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-10 16:44:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1906LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SQUADRON OFFICER SCHOOL
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-08-15 18:25:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1915DEMARCHE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE ELECTION
[...] Via diplomatic note no. 173 (08/10/07),Post delivered Reftel talking points on the re-election campaign for Felice Gaer, the U.S. candidate for the "UN Committee Against Torture (Committee)." Ambassador Pedro Blandino, the assistant secretary for international organizations, replied that, "i [...]
2007-08-15 18:56:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1918LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - K-9 HANDLERS TRAINING,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-08-15 19:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1935LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - LAND NAVIGATION AND SQUAD
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2 and 4. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Although local records checks remain outstanding, post [...]
2007-08-16 19:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1940LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - MECHANICS OF MONY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-17 17:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1983LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SOS INT'L OFFICER SCHOOL,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-22 13:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2005LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - LAND NAVIGATION AND SQUAD
[...] Post has finalized local records checks and has found no disqualifying information on the individuals submitted for training in reftel. BULLEN [...]
2007-08-27 20:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2007LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PORT SECURITY, OUTBOARD
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-08-27 20:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2024LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - TECH TRAINING INSTRUCTOR,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-08-28 17:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2053DOMINICAN CHURCH VIA MFA REJECTS ALLEGATIONS OF
[...] (SBU) In a letter sent by the Dominican MFA to all ambassadors resident, but personally delivered to Embassy's Charge d'Affaires, a.i. on August 30, as well as ambassadors from Canada, France, and the United Kingdom, Bishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta of the Diocese of San Pedro de Macoris revisits [...]
2007-08-31 12:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SMIG PHUM HA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2073LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-09-05 19:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2132DOMINICAN TIP ACTION PLAN DELIVERED, PROGRESS A
[...] On August 30, poloff and human rights officer delivered reftel points and non-paper to Frank Soto, Assistant Attorney General for Smuggling and Trafficking of Persons. One week later, on September 6, WHA/CAR Director Velia de Pirro raised reftel points related to the need for increased victim [...]
2007-09-12 16:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SMIG PHUM KCRM KWMN HA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2176DOMINICANS PAUSE DISCUSSION OF GTMO MEDEVAC
[...] (C) Per REFTEL, Embassy demarched Under Secretary for Consular and Migratory Affairs Rosario Graciano de los Santos on September 19 regarding the possibility of establishing an emergency medevac standby arrangement. Graciano personally supported further, coordinated discussion of this initiati [...]
2007-09-19 20:36:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR DO
07SANTODOMINGO2188UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] (SBU) On September 20, the Charge d'Affaires delivered Ref A demarche on the re-election campaign for Felice Gaer, the United States candidate for the UN Committee Against Torture. Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso replied that the Dominican Republic would vote for Gaer. 2. (SBU) The follo [...]
2007-09-21 18:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2192LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - BALIC, DEC. 7, 2007, SAN
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-09-21 20:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2222LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NAS 2ND PHASE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-09-28 20:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2223LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NAS 2ND PHASE OF
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-09-28 20:31:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2227DEMARCHE ON RESOLUTION ON CONDEMNING THE USE OF
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "Condemning the Use of Rape as an Instrument of State Policy" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Pedro Blandino, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Affairs, took our SIPDIS views on board but had no immediate reply. We [...]
2007-10-01 18:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI DR
07SANTODOMINGO2245DOMINICAN ORIENTATION VISIT OF WHA/CAR DIRECTOR DE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 6 and 7, WHA/CAR Office Director Velia De Pirro traveled to the Dominican Republic for a series of orientation meetings with both Embassy staff and leading Dominican figures, including the Chief of the National Police, the President of the DEA-equivalent National D [...]
2007-10-03 18:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SMIG PHUM PINR KCRM SNAR HA VE DR
07SANTODOMINGO2248LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - FIRST HARRIS OPERATION
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-10-03 20:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2253LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-10-04 15:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2297CANCEL LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - IAAFA NCO ACADEMY,
[...] Post wishes to cancel reftel request for human rights vetting pursuant to the Leahy Amendment. GOUGHNOUR [...]
2007-10-11 20:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2299CANCEL LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR
[...] Post wishes to cancel reftel request for human rights vetting pursuant to the Leahy Amendment. GOUGHNOUR [...]
2007-10-11 20:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2305LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - STRATEGIC AND DEFENSE
[...] This is an urgent action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject who has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-10-12 14:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2306LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT OPS (SPANIS),OCT.
[...] This is an action request. Please see par. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistane in conducting human rights screening pursuant o the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has nodisqualifying information. Please slug response for Eco [...]
2007-10-12 16:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2307LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT OPS (SPANISH),OCT.
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following additional subject who has been nominated for REFTEL training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please s [...]
2007-10-12 16:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2308LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - FORCE PROTECTION
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-10-12 17:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2332LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SQUADRON OFFICER SCHOOL,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject who has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for E [...]
2007-10-16 15:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2352LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ADVANCED MANAGEMENT COURSE
[...] This is an action request. Please see paras. 2, 4. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-10-17 19:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KJUS DR
07SANTODOMINGO2365SANTO DOMINGO POLITICAL ROUNDUP, OCTOBER 19, 2007
[...] (SBU) During the October 15-16 visit of Country Officer Christopher Ward, WHA/CAR and Post engaged Dominican contacts on Haiti, election rules, human rights, Venezuela, and other issues. Alejandra Liriano, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that the bilateral relationship had been st [...]
2007-10-19 13:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID VE HA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2368LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ADVANCED MANAGEMENT COURSE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for two additional subjects who have been nominated for REFTEL training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug res [...]
2007-10-19 19:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2422LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JCET CLOSE COMBAT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for two additional subjects who have been nominated for the following training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please sl [...]
2007-10-26 12:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2424UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS: DEMARCHE
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points, which solicit support for U.S. priority resolutions in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subse [...]
2007-10-26 15:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN DR
07SANTODOMINGO2428OAS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION: DEMARCHE
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on the "OAS Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Pedro Blandino, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Affairs, took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report a [...]
2007-10-26 19:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2431LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JCET CLOSE COMBAT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for two additional subjects who have been nominated for the following training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please sl [...]
2007-10-29 13:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2442LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - BIOMETRIC
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-10-29 18:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2485LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - FLIGHT SAFETY OFFICER,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject who has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for E [...]
2007-11-01 16:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2491LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - HARRIS RADIO MAINTENANCE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-11-01 20:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2495UN OFFICIALS CITE 'PROFOUND AND ENTRENCHED RACISM'
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations' Special Rapporteur on racism and Independent Expert on minority issues have concluded a week-long visit to the Dominican Republic, noting that, there is "a profound and entrenched problem of racism and discrimination against such groups as Haitians, Dominican [...]
2007-11-02 17:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM ELAB DR
07SANTODOMINGO2544DEMARCHE ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MINISTERIAL
[...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "Advancing the Democracy Agenda at the 4th Community of Democracies Ministerial in Bamako, Mali" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols took our views on board but had no immediate reply. Note: Trullols [...]
2007-11-09 13:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2570SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, NOVEMBER
[...] Leftist Summit Postponed; Chavez May Still Visit 2. New Poll Gives Fernandez 12-Point Lead in Presidential Race 3. JCE on Haitian Community's Allegations Regarding Identity Documents 4. Electricity Sector Reorganization: Administrative or Substantive Change? 5. Government Debts to Power G [...]
2007-11-16 20:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON VE DR
07SANTODOMINGO2576LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DRAF COMMUNICATIONS
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following individual who has been selected to work in USMAAG Embassy Santo Domingo. Post has no disqualifying informatio [...]
2007-11-19 14:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2686DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF AMB
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on December 5 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. 2. This report and additional information can be found o [...]
2007-12-05 19:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2697DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF
[...] As requested Reftel, following is an update on host government efforts in combating the worst forms of child labor (WFCL). Laws and Regulations Proscribing WFCL ------------------------------------- 2. The law prohibits employment of children younger than 14 and places restrictions on empl [...]
2007-12-07 18:52:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID DR
07SANTODOMINGO2703OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS:
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "Opposing UNGA Resolutions with Anti-Israeli Bias" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Ciro Amaury Dargam, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations, took our views on SIPDIS board but had no immediate reply. We will report any [...]
2007-12-10 20:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS DR
07SANTODOMINGO2714LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT COMBAT WARFIGHTING,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-12-11 18:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2715LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NAVAL STAFF COLLEGE, JAN.
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following individual who has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response f [...]
2007-12-11 18:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2719UNGA COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS: DOMINICAN
[...] (U) On December 11, ECOPOLCOUNS and POLOFF delivered Ref A demarche on the "UNGA Plenary Votes on Country-Specific Resolutions" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Ciro Amaury Dargam, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations, replied that it was "nearly certain" that the [...]
2007-12-11 19:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UNGA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2722CESFRONT - TOWARDS MORE EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy MilOff and PolOff visited the border towns of Dajabon and Comendador to investigate the recent deployment of the special unit for border control - (Cuerpo Especializado Fronterizo or CESFRONT). CESFRONT was deployed at the end of September to the four official border cro [...]
2007-12-11 20:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV SMIG MCAP HA DR
07SANTODOMINGO2732LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INTL MARITIME OFFICER
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-12-12 18:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2733LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - STRATEGY AND DEFENSE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-12-12 18:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2759LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - BOARDING OFFICER EIMET,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-12-19 16:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2779LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - US ARMY COMMAND GENERAL
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject who has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for E [...]
2007-12-21 15:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2780SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, DECEMBER
[...] Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Journalist's FOIA Request 2. New Model Community for Sugarcane Workers 3. Government Will Not Prosecute Electricity Theft 4. Music Inspires Social Progress  [...]
2007-12-21 17:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ENRG DR
07SANTODOMINGO2784URGENT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JCET CLOSE COMBAT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-12-21 19:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2789LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - HARRIS RADIO OPERATION
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-12-26 19:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2790AMBASSADOR FANNIN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS, MAKES
[...] (U) Since arriving at Post on December 13, Ambassador Fannin has presented his credentials to President Fernandez and paid courtesy calls on all three branches of the Dominican Government, including the Attorney General, the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, the President of the Central Elections [...]
2007-12-26 19:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD SNAR ECON PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2794LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - CAPTAIN CAREER COURSE,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-12-27 18:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2795LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - BOARDING OFFICER COURSE,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-12-27 18:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2796LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTRUCTOR FOR WH
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have/has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug respo [...]
2007-12-27 18:55:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2797LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - WHINSEC INSTRUCTOR, FORT
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-12-27 18:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2799LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - CAPTAIN CAREER COURSE,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]
2007-12-28 13:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO35VETTING REQUEST FOR DOMINICAN MILITARY JOINT
[...] In connection with U.S. military training planned for the Dominican Military Joint Counter Terrorism Team, Embassy Santo Domingo requests that Department advise of any holdings of adverse information concerning the following 30 individuals. Embassy has no adverse information. Please slug r [...]
2007-01-08 19:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO441DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PART 2, SEVENTH ANNUAL
[...] The following is Part 2 of Embassy's response to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) questions raised in reftel. 2. 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for the Dominican Republic, Part 2 III. INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS The Dominican government made significant progress i [...]
2007-03-02 11:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB DR
07SANTODOMINGO444DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PART 1, SEVENTH ANNUAL
[...] The following is Part 1 of Embassy's response to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) questions raised in reftel. 2. 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for the Dominican Republic, Part 1 I. OVERVIEW: EXTENT OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE [...]
2007-03-02 11:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB DR
07SANTODOMINGO479AT LAST, A BIRTH REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dominican civil registry and elections authority has responded somewhat belatedly to complaints from the U.S. Embassy and others by voting to create a procedure to register the Dominican-born children of foreigners who are not legal Dominican residents. Such children, includ [...]
2007-03-05 20:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC DR PHUM PGOV PREF SMIG HA
07SANTODOMINGO666VETTING REQUEST FOR MONEY LAUNDERING COURSE - NAS
[...] In connection with a Basic Course for Money Laundering planned for the first week of April in La Vega, Embassy Santo Domingo requests that Department advise of any holdings of adverse information concerning the following individuals. Embassy has no adverse information. Please slug reply for E [...]
2007-03-23 19:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO732OPPONENTS MANEUVER TO STRIP DOMINICAN-HAITIAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An investigation by staff at the Junta Central Electoral (JCE),or Central Elections Board, has recommended that the authorities strip the citizenship of Sonia Pierre, a prominent advocate for the rights of persons of Haitian descent. In quick reply, on March 30 JCE President C [...]
2007-03-30 22:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KWMN DR HA
07SANTODOMINGO733SENIOR DOMINICAN OFFICIALS IMPLICATED IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: High-level officials in the Dominican Ministries of Foreign Relations and Migration use their positions to facilitate human trafficking and alien smuggling schemes, according to media reports, DHS investigations and Embassy contacts. Those implicated include the Assistant Secreta [...]
2007-03-30 23:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALCVIS PGOV PHUM SMIG KCOR KCRM CH DR HA HK
07SANTODOMINGO74VETTING REQUEST FOR DOMINICAN MILITARY JOINT
[...] In connection with U.S. military training planned on/around January 28, 2007 for the Dominican Military Joint Counter Terrorism Team, Embassy Santo Domingo requests that Department advise of any holdings of adverse information concerning the following 30 individuals. Embassy has no adverse i [...]
2007-01-12 17:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO768UPDATE ON MANEUVERS AGAINST SONIA PIERRE,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the days following the release of an internal report to the Central Elections Board (JCE) by investigators who recommended stripping a prominent Haitian-Dominican activist of her citizenship, numerous domestic and foreign groups have mobilized in Sonia Pierre's defense. Gove [...]
2007-04-04 19:46:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KWMN DR HA
07SANTODOMINGO971DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: LABOR TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING
[...] (SBU) Per Ref A, this cable contains Embassy's proposals for regional and bilateral trade-related labor projects to be funded with FY2007 trade capacity funds under the CAFTA-DR free trade agreement. These proposals are in line with the priorities identified within the White Paper. The breakdo [...]
2007-04-24 17:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ELAB PHUM DR
07SAOPAULO1002SAO PAULO CONTACTS RAISE CONCERNS REGARDING RISING HATE
[...] (SBU) Brazil's image of a racially and culturally harmonious country contrasts with the reality that deeply-held prejudices and stereotypes are contributing to a rise in hate crimes. Contacts tell us that while a national movement has not yet taken root, skinhead gangs and racist websites are [...]
2007-12-21 15:52:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI SCUL KDEM KCRM BR
07SAOPAULO485WHITHER THE LULA ADMINISTRATION - A PT EX-DEPUTY'S
[...] (SBU) Workers Party (PT) stalwart and former Federal Deputy Luiz Eduardo Greenhalgh sees President Lula as working for the first time in his career without a real power behind the throne, either in the government or in his party. This situation has turned Lula into a political operator who ma [...]
2007-06-05 12:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PHUM ELAB ECON BR
07SAOPAULO496PT SHOWS ITS UNDEMOCRATIC SIDE
[...] (SBU) On May 30, Workers Party (PT) President Ricardo Berzoini signed an amorphous "Party Cooperation Agreement" with Syria's Baath Party. On June 4, while senior politicians and commentators across Brazil's political spectrum were expressing outrage over Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's de [...]
2007-06-08 18:10:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BR
07SAOPAULO734PT PREPARES FOR NATIONAL CONGRESS
[...] (SBU) In recent meetings with Poloff, leaders within the Workers Party (PT) outlined the focus of the upcoming PT National Congress. According to Renato Simoes and others, the Third National Congress of the Workers' Party (PT) will not be a forum for great ideological debates, but rather an op [...]
2007-08-29 19:02:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PHUM ELAB ECON BR
07SAOPAULO873PUBLIC SECURITY IN SAO PAULO: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
[...] (SBU) Although public security remains one of the most serious policy challenges in Brazil, civil society researchers and law enforcement analysts in Sao Paulo believe that the federal and state governments are taking inadequate action to tackle the issue or to coordinate with each other in fi [...]
2007-10-29 16:50:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM PGOV ASEC BR
07SAOPAULO879TWO KILLED IN MST LAND INVASION SKIRMISH
[...] (U) Summary: Two people were shot dead and eight wounded Sunday in a clash between members of landless peoples' organizations and armed guards protecting a farm owned by the Swiss-owned biotech company Syngenta Seeds in Santa Tereza do Oeste, a small town about 340 miles west of Curitiba, the [...]
2007-10-31 13:03:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ELAB PGOV PINR PINS PHUM SOCI ASEC BR
07SAOPAULO895BRAZIL: NOT A MULTIRACIAL, MULTICULTURAL PARADISE
[...] (SBU) Discrimination against Afro-Brazilians tarnishes Brazil's international reputation as a tolerant and welcoming country home to hundreds of indigenous groups and immigrants from every corner of the world. In Brazil the issue is extremely divisive with many claiming that racism does not e [...]
2007-11-06 17:57:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI SCUL KDEM KPAO BR
07SAOPAULO946UN REPORT ACCUSES BRAZIL OF SUPPORTING PRISON TORTURE
[...] (SBU) Consistent with Brazil's Annual Human Rights Report, a UN report released on November 23 points out that torture is systemic in Brazilian prisons. The report also blames the GoB for not taking steps to prevent prison abuses and calls for compensation for prison torture victims. The GoB [...]
2007-11-28 18:11:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI BR
07SAOPAULO958FORCED LABOR IN BRAZIL: URBAN MYTH OR RURAL REALITY?
[...] (SBU) Recent reports in the Brazilian media have focused on the question of forced labor in Brazil and whether or not the GOB is doing enough to combat poor labor conditions in the country. Some observers question whether forced labor exists in Brazil at all but harsh working conditions are c [...]
2007-12-04 17:24:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EAGR EIND PHUM SOCI KTIP BR
07SAOPAULO976SAO PAULO PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL PARTIES AND AFRO-BRAZILIANS
[...] (SBU) According to Sao Paulo-based contacts, Brazil's political parties are slowly beginning to see the value in pursuing initiatives to ameliorate racial inequality in the country especially through programs that directly support the Afro-Brazilian community. Local civil society leaders often [...]
2007-12-14 10:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI SCUL KDEM BR
07SAOPAULO992OVERWORKED SAO PAULO JUDGES WANT GREATER LAW
[...] (SBU) Sao Paulo judges tell us that they are overworked and overburdened and that the growth in the drug trade and lack of prison space make their already difficult work even more challenging. Greg West, Assistant United States Attorney and Organized Crime and Terrorism Section Chief for the [...]
2007-12-19 18:09:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBR PGOV PHUM OEXC OIIP KCRM SNAR
07SARAJEVO1028ALLEGATIONS OF VIOLENCE STOKE BOSNIAK FEARS
[...] (C) Allegations of a violent attack by "masked gunmen" on Esad Buljubasic, a Bosniak resident of Srebrenica municipality, have been widely circulated in the Federation-based press along with inflammatory graphics and commentary rasing links to the events of 1995. According to press reports, [...]
2007-05-11 17:10:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BK
07SARAJEVO1068BOSNIA - THE STATE PROSECUTOR AND STATE COURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 26 International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision that genocide was committed in and around Srebrenica from July 11, 1995 has placed the issue of war crimes prsecutions near the top of the Bosnian political genda. The current political environment has highlghted criti [...]
2007-05-16 14:32:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPHUM KAWC KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1163BOSNIA - 2007 PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR PRM
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (U) In response to PRM's announced renewal of the Ambassador's Fund for Refugees for the seventh year (ref),we have identified a critical gap in returnee assistance and protection for FY 07. Last year PRM provided funding for the e [...]
2007-05-29 13:49:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDBK PHUM PREF PREL
07SARAJEVO1212BOSNIA: GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS ON WAR CRIMINALS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In the past seven days two distinct but significant events connected to bringing war criminals to justice occurred in the Republika Srpska (RS). The first, a major success, happened on May 31, when police from the Republika Srpska (RS) apprehended ICTY-indicted Zdravko Tolimir [...]
2007-06-01 17:06:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNPHUM KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL ICTY BK
07SARAJEVO1375SILAJDZIC AND THE "LEGAL OPTION"
[...] (C) For several months, Bosniak Presidency member Haris Silajdzic has alluded to legal avenues by which to "annul the legacy of genocide in Bosnia" and compel the international community to "implement" the February 26 verdict of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Silajdzic's legal visi [...]
2007-06-20 10:42:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PHUM PREL
07SARAJEVO1429OHR IMPOSED LEGISLATION ROILS RSNA
[...] (C) On June 25, High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling invoked the Bonn Powers to impose legislation placing the Potocari Memorial Foundation and its property under state government control. The legislation had been introduced on June 13 in parliament and had been rejected by the Ser [...]
2007-06-27 17:02:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PHUM PREL
07SARAJEVO1503BOSNIA - HIGHREP USES BONN POWERS TO STRENGTHEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Only the second week into his tenure as High Representative, Miroslav Lajcak will use the Bonn Powers on July 10 to amend state-level legislation in order to strengthen Bosnia,s ability to cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Lajca [...]
2007-07-09 18:10:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ICTY KAWC KCRM KJUS PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1625BOSNIA: DONOR CONSENSUS GROWS FOR BUILDING A STATE
[...] (C) Summary: Radovan Stankovic's escape from Foca Prison in the Republika Srpska dramatically demonstrated the legal and physical shortcomings of housing convicted war criminals and other dangerous convicts in entity prisons. Stankovic's case has galvanized the international community to reex [...]
2007-07-27 09:32:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ICTY KAWC KCRM KJUS PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1806CARDINAL MCCARRICK VISITS BOSNIA
[...] (C) Washington Archbishop Emeritus Cardinal Theodore McCarrick visited Bosnia August 14 to 16. While in Sarajevo Cardinal McCarrick met with Croat member and Chairman of the Tri-Presidency Zeljko Komsic, Islamic Community leader Reisu-l-Ulema Mustafa effendi Ceric and Jewish Community Preside [...]
2007-08-21 05:40:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PHUM PREL
07SARAJEVO1990BOSNIA - YOUTUBE, FORMER BOSNIAN COMMANDER DELIC,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 14, a video clip of Rasim Delic, the highest ranking Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) indicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal (ICTY),addressing mujahedeen surfaced. Delic is accused of not preventing war crimes committed by mujahedeen during the 1992-1995 war. [...]
2007-09-19 10:56:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KAWC KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO2018BOSNIA: EMBASSY TO PROVIDE A MILLION EUROS FOR
[...] (U) After carefully reviewing our priorities and SEED funding plans, we have decided to allocate the USD equivalent of one (approximately 1.394) million euros in 2007 bilateral SEED funding to support the Bosnian government,s planned construction of a state prison. The entire project is expec [...]
2007-09-21 07:42:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO2046BOSNIA - BUGOJNO WAR CRIMES AND DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, the State Prosecutor,s Office confirmed indictments of two individuals in its ongoing investigation of war crimes committed by the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ABiH) in and around Bugojno during the 1992-1995 war. Bugojno was the scene of heavy fighting betwee [...]
2007-09-25 17:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KAWC KJUS KCRM MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2073BOSNIA - INITIAL MEETING OF WAR CRIMES RECOVERY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Strategy for War Crimes Recovery Working Group met for the first time on September 19. The Working Group was established by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in the wake of the February International Court Justice (ICJ) verdict that genocide took place in and around Sreb [...]
2007-09-28 16:43:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS MCRM BK
07SARAJEVO210BOSNIA CONSIDERS UNHRC CANDIDACY
[...] (SBU) On January 29, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Anton Rill, Deputy Foreign Minister, inquiring whether Bosnia would consider running for an Eastern Europe Group seat in the UN Human Rights Commission. Deputy Minister Rill replied that a Bosnian UNHRC candidacy would be an "excellent i [...]
2007-01-29 17:34:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHRC BK
07SARAJEVO2201BOSNIA - WAR CRIMES AND JURISPRUDENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict earlier this year and the deteriorating political situation have stirred renewed interest in the country,s fragmented judicial system and its ability to manage war crimes cases. The State Court,s potential war crimes workload has e [...]
2007-10-16 08:30:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL ICTY KAWC PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MCRM BK
07SARAJEVO2229BOSNIA - WOMAN OF COURAGE NOMINATION FOR FATA
[...] (U) Post nominates Fata Orlovic as an International Woman of Courage for 2008. For more than 8 years, Ms. Orlovic, a Muslim, has been involved in a political and legal battle with the Government of the Republika Srpska (RS) and the Serb Orthodox Church for the return of property illegally tak [...]
2007-10-19 07:35:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO BK
07SARAJEVO224INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
[...] In response to reftel action request, the following is Embassy Sarajevo's list of five extremely influential women in Bosnia and Herzegovina. These women represent a variety of professional and ethnic backgrounds and were chosen for their national influence. Name: Lidija Korac Title: Co-C [...]
2007-01-31 09:39:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL BK
07SARAJEVO2270BOSNIA - STALEMATE OVER CATHOLIC CHURCH PERMIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During recent visits to Sarajevo, prominent Catholic Church (hereinafter "Church") officials have highlighted their concerns over a seven-year wait for permission to build a new church in the Sarajevo neighborhood of Grbavica. Although the Church has made several requests for a b [...]
2007-10-25 08:29:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF BK
07SARAJEVO2409BOSNIA: AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON JEWISH
[...] (U) Ambassador held an introductory meeting with Jewish Community leader Jacob Finci on November 5 to discuss the community's state of affairs. Finci noted that the Bosnian Jewish community, which currently numbers around 1000 members but faces a declining birth rate, is heavily focused on [...]
2007-11-08 17:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI BK
07SARAJEVO2555BOSNIA- CHALLENGES FOR THE STATE COURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past four years, the State Prosecutor,s Office and State Court have made important strides building Bosnia,s capacity to try war crimes cases. Preliminary information on likely future war crimes cases suggests a demanding workload and challenges for both the prosecutor an [...]
2007-11-27 16:56:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO2568BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC SEEKS CONTROL OF FEDERATION TV
[...] (SBU) Summary: Political and media contacts allege that Bosniak nationalist parties are conspiring to seek control over the editorial policies of public television. An upcoming vote in Parliament to replace the Bosniak board member for Bosnia-Herzegovina Radio and Television (BHRT) will provi [...]
2007-11-30 12:22:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KPAO BK
07SARAJEVO2631BOSNIA TO VOTE FOR COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS AT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 16:13:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL UNGA BK
07SARAJEVO2681BOSNIA TO MAINTAIN UNGA VOTE AGAINST FUNDING OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 15:17:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV UNGA BK
07SARAJEVO288SCENESETTER - AMBASSADOR ROONEY'S FEBRUARY 13
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We are pleased to welcome you and your delegation to Sarajevo on February 13. Your visit, which includes a roundtable at the Inter-Religious Council (IRC),a lunch hosted by Cardinal Puljic (the head of the Catholic Church in Bosnia),and a tour of major religious sites in Saraje [...]
2007-02-08 09:07:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM BK
07SARAJEVO348BOSNIA - BIH HELSINKI ERRONEOUSLY ATTACKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The BiH Helsinki Committee released its "Report on the Status of Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina" on February 12. The report raises the traditional range of human rights concerns, but also makes several erroneous accusations about the work of the Citizenship Review Commiss [...]
2007-02-13 14:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PTER BK
07SARAJEVO438BOSNIA WILL PURSUE UNHRC CANDIDACY
[...] Following leadership changes in the BiH Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the DCM delivered REF. A demarche to incoming BiH Deputy Foreign Minister Ana Trisic-Babic on February 21. Embassy had demarched the previous Deputy Foreign Minister Anton Rill on January 29 (REF. B). Trisic-Babic said Bosn [...]
2007-02-23 15:29:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR PREL UNHRC
07SARAJEVO487BOSNIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2007 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Danielle Harms, phone 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax 387-33-659-722, e-mail HarmsDA@state.gov. Time spent in preparing report: CDA [...]
2007-03-02 06:36:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
07SARAJEVO500BIH STATE COURT UPDATES PART TWO: TERRORISM,
[...] INTRODUCTION: This is the second of two cables summarizing cases currently before the BiH State Court. This cable summarizes organized crime, corruption and terrorism cases underway in the BiH State Court. Cases underway in the War Crimes Chamber were reported previously (REF. B). These cab [...]
2007-03-05 14:24:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KCRM KJUS KCOR KAWC PHUM PINR BK
07SARAJEVO510BOSNIA - NEW BATTLE BEGINS OVER CITIZENSHIP LAW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The opening salvo in what could prove to be an ugly political battle over amendments to the Bosnian Law on Citizenship came on February 27, when FM Sven Alkalaj (Party for BiH (SBiH)) sent a diplomatic note to the Serbian MFA informing it that the bilateral agreement on dual cit [...]
2007-03-06 15:01:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER BK
07SARAJEVO528BOSNIA SEEKS GUIDANCE ON PURSUING UNHRC CANDIDACY
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see action request, paragraph 4. 2. (C) On March 7, the DCM and BiH Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj discussed Bosnia's potential bid for one of the two Eastern European Group (EEG) seats on the UN Human Rights Council (REF. B and C). Alkalaj said Sloven [...]
2007-03-08 16:22:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC SI BK
07SARAJEVO596BOSNIA - REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON FINDING OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. U.S. Must Vote on Whether to Acknowledge Geneocide --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (C) At the March 12 Foundation of Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial and Cemetery Executive Board Meeting, ("Foundation") Amor Ma [...]
2007-03-15 19:03:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KAWC BK
07SARAJEVO677BOSNIA - THE CHALLENGE OF WAR CRIMES PROSECUTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prior to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict, Srebrenica victims associations had often appealed for U.S. help in bringing to justice local police or other officials they "knew" to be war criminals. Last week the Srebrenica Municipal Council identified the Republika [...]
2007-03-27 17:39:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL BK
07SARAJEVO836"SCORPIONS" VERDICT FUELS BOSNIAK GRIEVANCES
[...] (U) Sentences handed down by the Special War Crimes Court in Belgrade on April 10 for four members of the "Scorpions" military unit for war crimes against Bosniak citizens of Trnovo, Bosnia (ref A) have exacerbated tensions among Bosnians, already high as a result of the ICJ verdict. The sent [...]
2007-04-17 16:04:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS BK SR
07SECTION02OF03EIJING483U/S HUGHES URGES INCREASED EXCHANGES, MEDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-22 12:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SCUL PHUM KOLY KPAO KIRF CH
07SECTON03OF04DAKAR269SENEGAL: SENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-02 11:18:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PHUM EAID MASS PREL SG ECON
07SEOUL1108DPRK DEFECTOR PERSONIFIES MATERIALISTIC MOTIVES FOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 29, Lim Il, a North Korean defector, spoke at the monthly meeting of the AhRin Forum in Seoul to an audience of academics and foreign diplomats posted to the ROK and the DPRK. Lim described his journey from North Korea to the South, where he received asylum in 1998, via [...]
2007-04-17 01:41:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PREF PHUM KS KN
07SEOUL1230THE ENDURING LEGACY OF ADMIRAL YI
[...] (U) Koreans on April 28 will celebrate the 262nd anniversary of Admiral Yi Sun-shin's birthday. Admiral Yi is remembered for inventing the "turtle ship" -- which was the world's first metal-armored warship -- his brilliance as a strategist and, most of all, for his 16th century victories aga [...]
2007-04-27 09:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDJA KS PGOV PHUM PREL
07SEOUL1263ROKG SUPPORTIVE OF ASIA DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Political External Chief delivered Ref A talking points to MOFAT Director of Human Rights and Social Affairs Kim Moon-hwan on May 1. Consistent with his initial reaction to the Asia Democracy Partnership ADP, Kim was personally supportive of the proposal (Ref B). The ROK, as one of the [...]
2007-05-01 08:23:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KS
07SEOUL1286ROK OPPOSES BELARUS, SUPPORTS SLOVENIA FOR UNHRC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 08:05:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC KS
07SEOUL1313ROK BACKS IRAQ PARTICIPANT STATUS FOR CD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-04 05:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UNGA KS
07SEOUL1386ROKG HOLDS LINE ON UN COUNTRY-SPECIFIC SPECIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-09 09:03:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL EUN KS
07SEOUL1398MARRIAGE BROKERS OUT IN FRONT OF KOREAN LEGISLATION
[...] (SBU) The trend for international marriages continues to rapidly increase in Korea as in other countries in the region. Marriage brokers have quickly adapted to the increased demand and have found ways to cash in on the lucrative business. Despite the plethora of legitimate broker companies [...]
2007-05-10 05:32:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKS KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG
07SEOUL1404ROK VIEWS ON UNHRC ELECTION--AGAINST BELARUS, FOR
[...] (C) Nick: We enjoy good cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on UN Human Rights Council (HRC) issues and have been told that the ROK will oppose the Belarus bid for a seat on the HRC. MOFAT told us on two occasions on May 2 (Ref B) and again on May 10, that Seoul would [...]
2007-05-10 09:09:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC KS
07SEOUL1774ROKG SUPPORTS HRC COUNTRY-SPECIFIC MANDATES,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-11 07:47:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KS
07SEOUL1817MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-14 07:53:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EUN KS IR
07SEOUL1934NGOS KEEP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON THEIR TOES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: South Korean NGOs' influence on politics has grown, but so has criticism of NGOs. Currently, NGOs are diversifying their ideology and evolving in their political roles. Left-wing NGOs tend to move toward active participation in institutionalized politics, even forming political [...]
2007-06-27 05:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KS
07SEOUL1997NK HUMAN RIGHTS PROMINENT IN ROKG ACTION PLAN
[...] (SBU) The ROKG on May 22 unveiled its five-year National Action Plan for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. The 250-page report, which was compiled by the Ministry of Justice, touched on issues surrounding North Korean defectors in South Korea and efforts to improve human rights in [...]
2007-07-05 07:06:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL KS KN
07SEOUL2044DPRK DEFECTOR FILES: THE UNTAPPED SOURCE
[...] (S) The USG possesses an enormous trove of information about the DPRK that has been almost entirely untapped. The files contain over 9,180 Korean-language debriefs, spanning 1997 to the present, of North Korean citizens who escaped from the DPRK and were accepted by the ROKG for resettlement [...]
2007-07-09 07:53:00Embassy SeoulSECRETCH ECON ELAB KDEM KIRF KN KS KWMN PGOV PHUM
07SEOUL2109RARE ACCOUNT OF DPRK "TOTALLY CONTROLLED" PRISON
[...] (SBU) A North Korean defector recounted his experience as a second-generation prisoner in a DPRK political prison camp. He described the public execution of his mother and brother; starvation; torture with hot coals; and an education system bereft of politics, history, or any reality outside [...]
2007-07-13 07:11:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL KS KN
07SEOUL220POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION 1: THE KOREAN
[...] (C) During Session 1 of the January 11 U.S.-ROK-Japan Policy Planning Talks, ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Park In-kook, Japanese Deputy Vice Minister Masaharu Kono, and S/P Director Stephen R. Krasner outlined their respective countries' foreign policy priorities and strategies toward North Ko [...]
2007-01-23 08:30:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KS
07SEOUL222JAPAN, ROK KEEN ON ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PROJECT
[...] (SBU) During the course of trilateral talks among the U.S., ROK and Japan held in Seoul on January 11, both ROKG Vice Foreign Minister Park In-kook and GOJ Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Masaharu Kono expressed preliminary interest in the idea of an Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership [...]
2007-01-23 08:31:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KS
07SEOUL2297MOFAT WILL RELAY AZERBAIJAN HR CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) On July 31, poloff delivered reftel points about recent human rights issues in Azerbaijan to Kim Pil-woo, First Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Human Rights and Social Affairs Division. Poloff requested that MOFAT encourage its mission in Baku to actively coordina [...]
2007-07-31 08:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAJ EUN KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL KS
07SEOUL3326ROK WILL VOTE AGAINST NO-ACTION MOTIONS IN UN 3RD
[...] (C) Jang Hyun-cheol, MOFAT Deputy Director for Human Rights and Social Affairs, said that the ROKG would take a principled stand against all no-action votes on human rights issues in the Third Committee. The ROK mission at the UN has already been alerted to this instruction. Jang stated that [...]
2007-11-16 04:02:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA KS
07SEOUL3368ROKG FAVORABLE ON PROSPER NOMINATION TO UN
[...] (C) Jang Hyun-cheol, MOFAT Deputy Director for Human Rights and Social Affairs, said that the ROKG would favorably consider Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper's re-election campaign for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. As the election would not be held [...]
2007-11-23 06:32:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA KS
07SEOUL3531NORTH KOREA REFUGEES FACE PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA
[...] (SBU) This cable is the first in a two-part series about psychological issues facing North Korean refugees. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As the number of North Korean refugees arriving in the South continues to rise, so too do the accounts of harsh living conditions that North Koreans faced on a day t [...]
2007-12-14 03:34:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL KS KN
07SEOUL3538NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES: DEALING WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL
[...] (SBU) This cable is the second in a two-part series about psychological issues that North Korean defectors are facing. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A small group of doctors, politicians and academics in South Korea are working to bring North Korean defector's psychological challenges, including Post-Tr [...]
2007-12-14 06:34:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL KS KN
07SEOUL489PLANS TO COMMEMORATE THE "PYONGYANG REVIVAL" IN
[...] (SBU) In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a large number of Protestant Americans came to Korea and found a reception. By 1907, Jang Dae Hyun Church in Pyongyang became the center of what became known as the "Pyongyang Revival," earned it the moniker "Jerusalem of the East." To commemo [...]
2007-02-20 04:15:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKN KS PHUM SCUL PREL
07SEOUL587SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (U) Post's submission for the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Ref A. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The ROKG continued to make efforts to fight trafficking in persons during the April 2006 to March 2007 reporting perio [...]
2007-02-28 08:33:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKS KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF
07SEOUL673ROKG COMMENTS ON U.S. GOALS FOR FOURTH HRC SESSION
[...] (C) On March 5, poloff delivered reftel points on U.S. priorities at the Human Right Council fourth session to Kim Pil-woo, Deputy Director of MOFAT Human Rights and Social Affairs Division and requested ROKG views. On March 7, Kim responded with an initial assessment, adding that MOFAT was [...]
2007-03-07 07:51:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC KS
07SEOUL808ROKG MULLING EVENTS IN ZIMBABWE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-20 07:52:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHCR KS ZI
07SEOUL810FOREIGN BRIDES FLOCK TO SOUTH KOREA
[...] (SBU) International marriages between Korean citizens and foreign spouses are occurring at a dramatic rate. In 2005, international marriages numbered 43,121 or 13.6 percent of all marriages in Korea, up from 12,319 marriages in 2000. More than 70 percent of these marriages (31,180 in total) a [...]
2007-03-20 07:55:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SMIG KWMN KS
07SEOUL860ROK LIKELY TO OPPOSE OIC RESOLUTION AT HRC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 05:17:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNHRC KS
07SHANGHAI105CAN 300 MILLION CHINESE BELIEVERS BE WRONG?
[...] (C) Summary: One of the authors of a new government-sponsored survey on spirituality in China downplayed the reported findings that the number of religious believers in China could be as high as 300 million. Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) Vice President Tong Shijun told Poloff in [...]
2007-02-15 04:13:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF CH
07SHANGHAI155SHANGHAI LEGAL EXPERTS ON LUO GAN SPEECH
[...] (C) Summary: Three of Shanghai legal experts said they were not surprised by Politburo Standing Committee member Luo Gan's abrasive rule of law speech published in a Party journal on February 2 (reftel). In the speech, Luo talked about the need to guard against "unfavorable" Western influence [...]
2007-03-16 05:44:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR KJUS CH
07SHANGHAI193LABOR COMPLAINT: A VISIT TO KAISI HARDWARE IN SOUTH CHINA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kaisi Hardware Company Ltd., one of China's largest furniture parts manufacturers and exporters appears to be addressing problems - including underpaying workers and providing poor working conditions - documented in a February report by the New York-based National Labor Committee [...]
2007-04-05 09:52:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON EINV PHUM CH
07SHANGHAI195FUZHOU ACADEMIC SEES DPP PUSHING INDEPENDENCE BUTTON IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A renowned scholar of Taiwan believes that the upcoming presidential election will see Chen Shui-bian and other Democratic Progress Party (DPP) candidates continue to advocate independence and consciously stir up ethnic confrontation on the island during their campaigns. Voters i [...]
2007-04-06 02:23:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI EAGR EINV CH
07SHANGHAI22HANGZHOU HOUSE CHURCH CHRISTIANS
[...] (C) Poloff met with Hangzhou-based human rights activist Zan Aizong and house church member Lin Tongqiang on January 8 to discuss the situation of house churches in Hangzhou. Zan confirmed reports that eight house church Christians were convicted for inciting protests against the government o [...]
2007-01-10 08:29:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PGOV CH
07SHANGHAI24HANGZHOU HOUSE CHURCH CHRISTIANS
[...] (C) Poloff met with Hangzhou-based human rights activist Zan Aizong and house church member Lin Tongqiang on January 8 to discuss the situation of house churches in Hangzhou. Zan confirmed reports that eight house church Christians were convicted for inciting protests against the government o [...]
2007-01-11 03:37:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PGOV CH
07SHANGHAI260WITH "SURVEY OF CHINESE PEASANTS" AUTHORS
[...] (C) Summary. In a conversation with Poloff on April 20, "Survey of Chinese Peasants" (Zhongguo Nongmin Diaocha) authors said conditions in the countryside had improved in recent years as a result of increased central government attention. However, conditions for peasants were still difficult [...]
2007-04-30 08:54:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI268WORLD'S TALLEST PAGODA IN CHANGZHOU
[...] (U) With great pageantry, Tianning Temple opened its newly refurbished pagoda in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, at the auspicious time of 9:08 AM on April 30. The pagoda is reported to be the tallest pagoda in the world and stands at 153.79 meters (505 feet). According to press reports, the te [...]
2007-05-07 03:18:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF PGOV CH
07SHANGHAI269DOD GENERAL COUNSEL'S RULE OF LAW MEETINGS
[...] (C) Summary: During DOD General Counsel William J. Haynes April 20-22 visit to Shanghai, he discussed rule of law issues with Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) Institute of Law Academics, expatriate and Chinese legal experts at a Consul General-hosted dinner, and at the New York Unive [...]
2007-05-07 08:38:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ETRD EINV PHUM PINR CH
07SHANGHAI279INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION CONFERENCE HELD IN JIANGSU
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of an April 14-18 American Bar Association(ABA)-sponsored administrative law conference in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, Supreme People's Court (SPC) Administrative Court Chief Judge Zhao Daguang told FSN Rule of Law Coordinator (ROLC) that the SPC soon would issue a [...]
2007-05-10 08:06:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS PINR CH
07SHANGHAI307SHANGHAI LABOR INSPECTION WORKSHOP
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 17-18 labor inspection workshop in Shanghai, Chinese government officials and academics attributed weaknesses in China's labor inspection system to a lack of resources, lack of training for inspectors and inadequate enforcement authority. They urged that the const [...]
2007-05-24 09:07:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PHUM CH
07SHANGHAI318SHANGHAI'S GAY COMMUNITY
[...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings with Poloff in April 2007, gay individuals in Shanghai said their identity and lifestyle continued to be shaped by family and social pressures to conform, which had different impacts on male and female homosexuals. Maintaining a gay identity tended to be l [...]
2007-05-29 06:21:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI TBIO CH
07SHANGHAI324HIV/AIDS IN SHANGHAI'S GAY COMMUNITY
[...] (U) Summary: While most members of the Shanghai gay community believed that they were not at great risk for becoming infected with HIV/AIDS, researchers and health specialists said HIV/AIDS was spreading faster in Eastern cities such as Shanghai than through drug usage. According to health wo [...]
2007-05-30 09:48:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KHIV SOCI TBIO CH
07SHANGHAI326GAY SHANGHAI: AMBIGUOUS STATUS CREATES VULNERABILITY
[...] (C) Summary: According to contacts in Shanghai's gay community, sexual discrimination in Shanghai was rife, but because few Shanghainese were openly gay and lesbian in a way that countered social expectations to fulfill family duties, such as to marry and reproduce, discrimination was less di [...]
2007-05-31 01:29:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TBIO KCRM CH
07SHANGHAI331SUPER GIRL MAKES SHANGHAI LOOK TWICE
[...] (U) Summary: According to contacts in Shanghai's gay community, the Internet had provided this once isolated community with a private and safe space to organize and communicate among themselves. In addition, the Super Girl and Good Man TV shows, singing talent competitions similar to America [...]
2007-06-01 02:22:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI TBIO CH
07SHANGHAI35SHANGHAI STRIVING FOR TRANSPARENCY THROUGH OPENING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two years into the implementation of Shanghai's Open Government Information Act (OGIA)--one of the few in China--local officials claimed that the act had had broadened residents' access to government information and improved overall government transparency. They said that a fo [...]
2007-01-17 08:31:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KJUS CH
07SHANGHAI357DRL OFFICER CHANG EAST CHINA VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary. During his May 21-24 visit to Shanghai and Hefei, Anhui Province, DRL Program Officer met with DRL grantee organizations International Bridges for Justice (IBJ) and SE Consortium for International Development/Global Suppliers Institute (SECID/GSI),as well as academics and stud [...]
2007-06-08 07:17:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB KJUS CH
07SHANGHAI412SHANGHAI BISHOP JIN ON PAPAL LETTER
[...] (C) During a conversation with Poloff during Consulate's Independence Day reception on July 3, Shanghai Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian said he was pleased by Pope Benedict XVI's June 30 letter to Chinese Catholics, which he said was the Pope's way of "extending his hand" to the Chinese government. [...]
2007-07-05 04:47:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PGOV CH VT
07SHANGHAI414ZHENG ENCHONG UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary. During a conversation with Poloff on June 10, Shanghai Lawyer Zheng Enchong, who was jailed for three years after he advised more than 500 families involved in housing disputes, said that police continued to closely monitor his movements and had made it impossible for him to find [...]
2007-07-05 07:49:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
07SHANGHAI420A BLEAK SPRING FOR LAKE TAI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since mid-May, Lake Tai, the third-largest freshwater lake in China, has experienced a massive outbreak of blue-green algae. In a series of recent meetings with Congenoffs, government officials and academics in Jiangsu Province discussed the enormous challenges confronting Lak [...]
2007-07-06 08:53:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL PHUM CH
07SHANGHAI464SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL TRADE UNION COUNCIL: PROTECTING ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a July 16 meeting, Shanghai Municipal Trade Union Council (SMTUC) Deputy Director Huang Qi called the new Labor Contract Law (LCL) a positive development because of its emphasis on the role of the trade union in labor contracts. Although SMTUC's primary responsibility was to [...]
2007-07-24 03:42:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM CH
07SHANGHAI47WENZHOU: CHINA'S "JERUSALEUM"
[...] (C) Summary: During a December 14-15 visit to the coastal city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province, Congenoffs visited three official churches in the city and discussed religious issues with a few local citizens. Congenoff also discussed Wenzhou's religious situation with a researcher in Shanghai [...]
2007-01-23 08:57:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF CH
07SHANGHAI482ANHUI CIVIL AFFAIRS BUREAU DISCUSSES JULY FLOODS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Anhui Civil Affairs officials in a meeting with Poloff on July 26 described the current flooding as the most severe in 50 years. While the worst was likely over, the disaster had impacted 16 million people, displaced over half a million, destroyed 90,000 homes, and caused almo [...]
2007-08-01 10:25:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL PHUM ECON CH
07SHANGHAI483WUXI EAGER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COLLABORATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 19 meeting, Wuxi Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) officials were eager to discuss the Lake Tai crisis and opportunities for cooperation; however, they were much less eager for Congenoffs to actually see Lake Tai. Wuxi EPB officials vented their frustrations [...]
2007-08-02 04:51:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL PHUM EIND CH
07SHANGHAI484SHANGHAI NGO ENVIRONMENT WORSENING
[...] (S) Summary: Roots and Shoots General Manager Zhong Zhenxi provided a unique glimpse into NGO-Government relations, reporting that the operating environment for NGOs in Shanghai had gone from bad to worse. On a regular basis, local NGOs were forced to report their contacts, especially with f [...]
2007-08-02 08:08:00Consulate ShanghaiSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI518ACADEMICS, LEGAL PROFESSIONALS AND OFFICIALS DEBATE PROPERTY
[...] (C) Summary: During the August 6-8 National Administrative Law Society Annual Conference in Nanjing, Chinese legal experts and officials had lively exchanges on the role of the government in property disputes. Academics argued for less government intervention in property dispute cases and mor [...]
2007-08-17 06:10:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KJUS ECON CH
07SHANGHAI55SHANGHAI ACTIVIST MAO HENGFENG SENTENCED
[...] (C) In a meeting with Poloff on January 25, Shanghai civil activist Wu Xuewei confirmed that his wife and civil activist, Mao Hengfeng, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison on charges of destroying property. The Yangpu People's court convicted Mao of damaging two lamps valued at 6, [...]
2007-01-25 07:32:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
07SHANGHAI589CHEMICAL SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP IN
[...] Summary: Over 100 Jiangsu Province Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) officials, representing both the provincial and local EPBs, attended a Chemical Safety and Emergency Preparedness Workshop in Nanjing on August 21-22. At the workshop, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) train [...]
2007-09-10 07:36:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PREL PHUM CH
07SHANGHAI636UPDATE ON ZHEJIANG DISSIDENT LU GENGSONG
[...] (C) On September 26, Poloff received an update on detained Zhejiang dissident Lu Gengsong's case from Lu's wife, Wang Xue'e, and Hangzhou activist and freelance journalist Wink Ho. Ho is one of the organizers of a letter signed by more than 1,000 Chinese intellectuals and activists calling for [...]
2007-09-27 10:26:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
07SHANGHAI637SHANGHAI GOVERNMENT PROMISES TO PUBLISH ALL DRAFT LAWS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 19 lunch discussion, Shanghai Municipal People's Congress officials confirmed news reports that the Shanghai Government will publish all of its draft laws on the Internet for public comment and hold public hearings on drafts that it considered affected people's dail [...]
2007-09-27 10:38:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHSA PHUM KJUS SOCI ETRD CH
07SHANGHAI643SUZHOU LABOR EXPERT VIEWS ON LABOR CONTRACT LAW, ACFTU, AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a September 20 meeting, Suzhou University Law School Professor and labor expert Shen Tongxian downplayed the importance of the new Labor Contract Law (LCL) and said that the law could actually have an adverse affect on workers as companies find ways to circumvent it. Shen a [...]
2007-10-04 00:36:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PHUM CH
07SHANGHAI644ZHEJIANG DISSIDENT LU GENGSONG OFFICIALLY ARRESTED
[...] (C) On September 30, Poloff received a phonecall from a woman claiming to be a relative of Lu Gengsong. She reported that local authorities had notified the family that day that Lu was officially charged with "inciting subversion." The charge of "illegally obtaining state secrets" was droppe [...]
2007-10-04 01:14:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
07SHANGHAI656(C) A NANJING ACADEMIC'S VIEW ON POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN
[...] (S) Summary: According to Nanjing University Professor Gu Su (strictly protect) political assassinations and violence occur in Chinese politics, even occasionally touching top leaders. Gu said that in January 2007, for instance, Central Disciplinary Inspection Commission Chairman (CDIC) Wu [...]
2007-10-05 10:18:00Consulate ShanghaiSECRETPGOV PINR PHUM SOCI CH
07SHANGHAI77CG VISITS YANGZHOU; DISCUSSES NEW SOCIALIST COUNTRYSIDE AND
[...] (C) Summary. The Consul General visited Yangzhou City in the northern section of Jiangsu Province from January 29-30. During a visit to a model "new socialist countryside" village, local officials showcased the progress being made in the municipality's rural areas and successes in moving labo [...]
2007-02-05 09:46:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KJUS CH
07SHANGHAI770EAST CHINA LEGAL CONTACTS ON NEW LAWYER LAW
[...] (C) Summary: East China legal contacts are cautiously optimistic that the new Lawyer Law passed on October 28 and scheduled to be implemented on June 1, 2008 will increase legal protections for Chinese lawyers. The law expands the rights of lawyers to meet clients in criminal cases without su [...]
2007-12-04 08:20:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PGOV PINR CH
07SHANGHAI773SHANGHAI PETITIONERS UPDATE
[...] (C) Shanghai petitioner leaders Chen Enquan, Fu Yuxia, and Wu Xuewei provided Poloff with an update on the political atmosphere for petitioners in Shanghai during a meeting on December 4. According to Chen, Fu, and Wu, local authorities continue to harass and closely monitor petitioners in Sh [...]
2007-12-05 03:33:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV CH
07SHENYANG153THEY "WON'T LET THE PEOPLE SPEAK": PRESS CONTROL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Conservative propaganda officials in northeast China continue to gag, muffle or otherwise "manage" perceived negative news, according to Liaoning journalists and Party sources, who note that media freedom generally tends to be more restricted here than in other parts of China. Pr [...]
2007-08-06 08:46:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
07SHENYANG220INVESTOR PROTESTS ROCK SHENYANG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A relatively small group of protestors assembled outside Consulate General Shenyang early in the afternoon of 21 November to protest the failure of ant-farming health-product company Yilishen to pay dividends. The protests were not directed at the United States, but rather at the [...]
2007-11-21 10:05:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PINS SOCI CH
07SHENYANG245"ANT POWER" PROTESTS LEAVE LIAONING SIMMERING IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The political fallout from days of protests over a collapsed pyramid scheme involving hundreds of thousands of northeastern Chinese has put authorities in conservative Liaoning Province, and perhaps some in Beijing, in an uncomfortable political corner. Underreported in the Wester [...]
2007-12-18 05:36:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PINS SOCI ECON CH
07SHENYANG95PRC HUMAN RIGHTS--YAO FUXIN UPDATE: HEALTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The health of Yao Fuxin, the imprisoned Liaoning labor leader whose case gained international and high-level USG attention in 2003, has declined considerably since 2005, according to his family. Yao's daughter is surveilled by PRC security services, some authorities refuse to acc [...]
2007-05-22 09:37:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PINS SOCI CH
07SINGAPORE1314AMBASSADOR LAGON ENCOURAGES GOS TO APPROVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Mark Lagon urged Singapore to quickly approve long-delayed anti-TIP Penal Code Amendments during his June 29 visit to Singapore. The GOS explained that the anti-TIP provisions are part of comprehensive reform of the Penal Cod [...]
2007-07-10 00:24:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL PHUM KCRM KOCI KWMN SN
07SINGAPORE1404PM LEE HSIEN LOONG: ME AND MY (DAD'S) SHADOW
[...] (C) Summary: After almost three years as Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong still has not come out of the shadow of his father, modern Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew (LKY). Long seen as arrogant and preordained to take over the reins of government, PM Lee has been successful in softeni [...]
2007-07-30 07:29:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN SN
07SINGAPORE1638SINGAPORE CONFIDENT ASEAN CHARTER WILL ADDRESS
[...] (C) Summary: The ASEAN Charter is close to completion and should be ready for ASEAN leaders to sign at the November Summit in Singapore, MFA told us August 31. After the November Summit, Singapore will use its position as ASEAN Chairman to push for "transitional arrangements" to move ASEAN fr [...]
2007-09-04 08:38:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON PGOV SN
07SINGAPORE1679SOME CYCLISTS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS -
[...] (C) Summary: An internet blogger has revealed a double standard by the GOS on outdoor political events. In August, the opposition Workers' Party was denied a police permit to hold a mass cycling event and the GOS defended the decision in Parliament saying that no political party was allowed to [...]
2007-09-10 09:49:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SN
07SINGAPORE1687SINGAPORE'S MALAY MUSLIMS: SOCIAL PROBLEMS PERSIST
[...] (U) Singapore's Malay Muslims have undergone a "dramatic transformation" in the last twenty-five years, asserted Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a September 2 speech. But he also called on the community to "muster a major effort" to address the needs of dysfunctional families. He emphasized [...]
2007-09-11 06:51:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI PHUM KISL SN
07SINGAPORE1795SINGAPORE ISSUES STRONGER STATEMENT ON BURMA
[...] (SBU) One day after we urged the Singapore MFA to do more on Burma (reftel),the DCM had the opportunity to ask Southeast Asia Director (D-G equivalent) Peter Tan for the GOS' latest thinking on the evolving situation. Tan said that in light of reports that the government crackdown had result [...]
2007-09-27 09:16:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SG ASEAN BM
07SINGAPORE1812SINGAPORE MEDIA COMES DOWN HARD ON BURMESE JUNTA;
[...] Summary: Singapore's government-controlled press has been uncharacteristically critical of the Burmese regime, with a Straits Times editorial calling on it to "manage -- with as much decency and dispatch as it can muster -- its own demise." Meanwhile, the MFA issued another press statement, [...]
2007-09-28 12:24:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ASEAN BM SN
07SINGAPORE1822BURMA: SINGAPORE TOLERATES AN "ILLEGAL"
[...] (C) Summary: A crowd of 150 Burmese nationals gathered outside the Embassy of Burma on September 30 to protest the regime's crackdown in Rangoon, according to local press reports. The Singapore police advised the protesters that it was an illegal public assembly and told them to disperse, but [...]
2007-10-01 09:45:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV BM SN
07SINGAPORE1832URGING SINGAPORE TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: The CDA met with Singapore MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho to urge Singapore to keep up the pressure SIPDIS on the Burmese regime to end the violence and begin a genuine transition to a civilian, democratic, government in Burma. Ho said Singapore and ASEAN could not remain sile [...]
2007-10-02 11:02:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BM SN
07SINGAPORE1842SINGAPORE PM LEE "ENCOURAGED" BY UN ADVISOR
[...] (SBU) In response to our request for information on UN Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari,s October 3 discussions with Singapore officials, MFA confirmed that he had met with Prime Minister Lee and Foreign Minister Yeo. MFA provided us the press statement in paragraph two but no further details a [...]
2007-10-03 10:14:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM BM SN
07SINGAPORE1851BURMA: LEADING ACADEMIC CALLS FOR ASEAN TO SUSPEND
[...] (C) Summary: ASEAN should suspend Burma's membership in the organization, one of Singapore's leading academic and establishment figures argued in an October 4 op-ed piece in the government-linked Straits Times Newspaper. Think tank director and former Ambassador Barry Desker said Burma has be [...]
2007-10-04 09:52:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BM SN
07SINGAPORE1852BURMA: PM'S AIDE PROVIDES GAMBARI READOUT, VIEWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Lee's Principal Private Secretary Lawrence Wong provided Charge a readout October 4 SIPDIS of UN Special Advisor Gambari's Burma mission that tracked closely with what our UK colleagues heard from Gambari October 3: Gambari had delivered the international commu [...]
2007-10-04 11:15:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ASEAN BU SN
07SINGAPORE1870BURMA: SINGAPORE RULING PARTY MP WANTS TOUGHER
[...] (C) ASEAN needs to move beyond statements and take action against the regime in Burma, Singapore ruling party MP Charles Chong told us October 5. Chong, who is a leader of the ASEAN Inter Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC),said ASEAN should consider either suspending Burma from the organiz [...]
2007-10-09 09:36:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BM SN
07SINGAPORE1889SINGAPORE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHIEF CHEE ARRESTED FOR
[...] (SBU) While the Government of Singapore (GOS) usually does not allow unauthorized public demonstrations, they have shown unusual flexibility toward public displays of solidarity with the Burmese people since the regime's violent crackdown (reftel A). That tolerance evidently does not extend [...]
2007-10-11 09:07:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV BM SN
07SINGAPORE1893DEMARCHE: URGING ASEAN LEADERSHIP ON BURMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met with MFA Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan and delivered reftel message urging ASEAN leadership on Burma and suggesting that ASEAN consider appointing a high-level envoy to Burma. Kausikan agreed that ASEAN should continue to press Burma for meaningful change and suppo [...]
2007-10-12 11:09:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SN BU ASEAN
07SINGAPORE1911ASEAN ENVOY CONCEPT -- SINGAPORE PREFERS TO KEEP
[...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan called DCM in to the MFA October 18 to provide a formal response to Ref A request for views on the possibility of ASEAN's designating a high-level envoy to Burma. Kausikan said that, as promised, Singapore had carefully considered the idea. The [...]
2007-10-18 11:02:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SN BU ASEAN
07SINGAPORE1930FOREIGN MEDIA CAVES TO LEE FAMILY INC. DEFAMATION
[...] (C) The Lee family has once again wielded its defamation club to deal with criticism, real or inferred. On October 18, local media reported that the Financial Times (FT) newspaper had apologized and paid damages to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, and Temasek CEO [...]
2007-10-19 08:37:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EFIN SN
07SINGAPORE1941U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA - DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Summary: Singapore is looking carefully at the Burmese individuals and Burma-linked entities recently designated by the U.S. Government, MFA Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan told the DCM during an October 22 meeting. Kausikan was responding to Ref A message providing information on [...]
2007-10-22 10:46:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD ETTC EFIN BM SN
07SINGAPORE1980PRESSING GOS ON BURMA'S PARTICIPATION AT ASEAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: The DCM met with MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho to express serious concern over Singapore's invitation to new Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein to attend the ASEAN Summit in Singapore in November and to urge Singapore not to go back to business as usual with the Burmese regime. [...]
2007-10-30 07:01:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BM SN
07SINGAPORE1983GAMBARI READY TO GO TO BURMA; SEEKS U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador sought a detailed readout of UN Special Advisor Gambari's regional consultations on Burma on October 30 and pressed him to work for specific modalities and outcomes during his early November visit to Burma. Gambari said his consultations had helped "bridge the gap" [...]
2007-10-30 10:12:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SN BU ASEAN
07SINGAPORE2011BURMA: S LETTER DELIVERED; GOS DISAPPOINTED BY UN
[...] (SBU) E/P Chief delivered the Secretary's letter to Foreign Minister Yeo (Ref A) to MFA Southeast Asia Directorate Deputy Director Pong Kok Tian November 5. Pong noted that FM Yeo is currently in Jakarta, that Thursday, November 8, is a local holiday, and that FM Yeo plans to travel to New De [...]
2007-11-05 10:06:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM SN
07SINGAPORE2052ASEAN SUMMITS: KEEP YOUR EXPECTATIONS LOW
[...] (C) Summary: Singapore-based ASEAN watchers predicted a disappointed public reaction to the ASEAN Summit to be held here November 18-21. Government sources and a leaked draft indicate that the new ASEAN Charter will not include significant compliance or disciplinary measures as many had hop [...]
2007-11-16 01:23:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SN BU ASEAN
07SINGAPORE2073SINGAPORE LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA THIRD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 08:33:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA SN
07SINGAPORE2084SCENESETTER FOR PM A-A/S MULL'S VISIT TO SINGAPORE
[...] (C) Embassy Singapore looks forward to your December 3 visit. Your meetings with senior Singapore government officials offer an excellent opportunity to: -- express thanks for GOS support in Iraq and Afghanistan; -- highlight our close security relationship and the importance of interoperab [...]
2007-11-20 09:37:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD ETTC BM SN
07SINGAPORE2085ASEAN LEADERS SIGN CHARTER
[...] (U) Summary: Following is the text, as issued by the Singapore MFA, of the ASEAN Charter signed by ASEAN leaders in Singapore on November 20. The Charter identifies "democracy," "the rule of law," and "human rights" as principles of ASEAN, in addition to familiar ASEAN principles like "sover [...]
2007-11-20 11:16:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM SN ASEAN
07SINGAPORE2086BURMA: DIVIDED ASEAN CANCELS GAMBARI SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: ASEAN leaders canceled a planned briefing of the East Asia Summit (EAS) by UN Special Advisor Gambari after Burma strenuously objected during a contentious working dinner involving the leaders at the ASEAN Summit November 19. An MFA source told us Burma's representatives had earl [...]
2007-11-20 11:48:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SN BU ASEAN
07SINGAPORE2093BURMA: ASEAN'S GAMBARI CANCELLATION SPARKS SMALL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ASEAN's ambivalent handling of the Burma issue during its ongoing cycle of ASEAN-related summits appears to have been met with mixed feelings among Burmese nationals and their sympathizers living in Singapore. The announcement that ASEAN had canceled UN Special Advisor Ibrahim [...]
2007-11-21 12:16:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ASEAN BU SN
07SINGAPORE2112SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' DECEMBER
[...] (C) My team at Embassy Singapore and I greatly look forward to your December 2-3 visit. While the United States and Singapore are not allies, we enjoy a close military and economic relationship based on overlapping strategic views and substantial trade and investment ties. Singapore is a kee [...]
2007-11-27 09:47:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON BM SN
07SINGAPORE2115BURMESE REGIME'S MANEUVERS AT ASEAN SUMMIT REMOVED
[...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime's maneuvers at the ASEAN-related meetings in Singapore, especially the regime's reversing course and preventing UN Special Advisor Gambari from briefing the East Asia Summit, removed Burma's "ASEAN cover," Singapore Prime Minister Lee's Principal Private Secre [...]
2007-11-28 07:07:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SN BM ASEAN
07SINGAPORE2161SINGAPORE PREMIERE OF TRAFFIC: AN MTV EXIT SPECIAL
[...] (U) MTV-Asia hosted the Singapore premiere of "Traffic: An MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) Special," a joint project of the U.S. Agency for International Development, MTV Networks and the MTV Europe Foundation. "Traffic" is a documentary about human trafficking, hosted by UNICEF G [...]
2007-12-06 08:33:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM SOCI ELAB SN
07SINGAPORE2170A-A/S MULL DISCUSSES REGIONAL POL-MIL DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: ASEAN is pushing forward with regional integration and becoming a more rules-based organization, MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho told Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Stephen Mull on December 3. Ho expressed optimism about Vietnam's rapidly growing economy [...]
2007-12-10 07:21:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR PHUM PGOV SN
07SINGAPORE2181SINGAPORE TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 09:31:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV UNGA
07SINGAPORE2182SINGAPORE TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 10:15:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV UNGA
07SINGAPORE2191BURMA: U/S BURNS STRESSES NEED FOR CONTINUED ASEAN
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Nicholas Burns, accompanied by the Ambassador, urged ASEAN to find a way to step up pressure on Burma during a meeting with MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho December 3. Ho said that Burma had SIPDIS rejected an ASEAN role during the November 19-22 summits in S [...]
2007-12-13 04:36:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALBM PGOV PHUM PREL ASEAN SN
07SINGAPORE2194AMBASSADOR'S CHINA-FOCUSED ROUNDTABLE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador joined academics from the East Asian Institute (EAI) in a roundtable discussion of China's relationship with Singapore and ASEAN. EAI researchers noted that a Singapore-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) would be particularly helpful for Singapore's services sector, [...]
2007-12-13 07:34:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD MARR PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON ASEAN CH
07SINGAPORE2208SINGAPORE HAJ DECISION ATTRACTS UNWANTED MEDIA
[...] (U) The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) will no longer apply for waivers from the Saudi Arabian government to allow Singaporean women under 45 years old to travel on the haj unaccompanied by a close male relative, the Straits Times newspaper reported on its front page on December [...]
2007-12-17 13:46:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL SOCI PHUM SCUL SN
07SINGAPORE401SINGAPORE: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) This is the first of three messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report submission. The Embassy point of contact is: Christopher Kavanagh Phone: (65) 6476-9182 Fax: (65) 6476-9389 Email: kavanaghcr@state.gov 2. (U) Per the request in para 26 of Ref [...]
2007-02-28 07:42:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB SN
07SINGAPORE405SINGAPORE: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) This is the second of three messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report submission. 2. (U) Continue text of submission: III. INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -- A. Does the country have a law specifically prohibiting trafficking in pe [...]
2007-02-28 08:05:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB SN
07SINGAPORE81SINGAPORE NONCOMMITTAL ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA
[...] (SBU) On January 11, DCM pressed MFA Deputy Secretary Andrew Tan for Singapore and ASEAN to support the UN Security Council resolution on Burma (Ref A). Tan said he was leaving on January 12 for the ASEAN Summit in Cebu and would convey our message to MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho, who was [...]
2007-01-11 10:28:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV BM UNSC SN
07SKOPJE120MACEDONIA: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ON ICTY RETURN OF
[...] (C) Deputy PM Konevska agreed with the Ambassador during a February 7 meeting that the Macedonian judicial and political system is not yet ready to accept the return of four unindicted ICTY cases involving eAlbanians linked to the two main eAlbanian political parties here. Reminded that time i [...]
2007-02-09 15:13:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ICTY MK
07SKOPJE16MACEDONIA: FIVE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] This is Embassy Skopje's response to reftel regarding the five most influential women in Macedonia. PolOff Mariana Neisuler is Post's officer responsible for tracking women's issues. Tel: 389 2 3116 180 ext. 2111 Fax: 389 2 3133 601 Mobile: 389 70 306 024 Email: NeisulerML@state.gov [...]
2007-01-10 13:33:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL MK
07SKOPJE22MACEDONIA: KONDOVO GANG LEADER CONVICTED, REMAINS
[...] (SBU) Gang leader Agim Krasniqi and two of his associates have been sentenced to prison terms for their involvement in the attempted kidnapping and wounding of a rival ethnic Albanian gang member in October 2003. Krasniqi and one associate were tried, convicted and sentenced in absentia and r [...]
2007-01-12 09:09:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MK
07SKOPJE251MACEDONIA WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON ZIMBABWE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 16:14:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL ZI MK
07SKOPJE282MACEDONIA: OSCE PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR FY 2007
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, we recommend for funding the following three priority rule of law/police training projects proposed by the OSCE Spillover Monitoring Mission Skopje: -- Study Visit for Judges to the ICTY Project Number: 2600360 XB-SKP-HD-ICTY-07 Budget: Euros 26,215 Justific [...]
2007-04-14 10:31:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABUD AFIN EAID ECON KCRM KJUS OSCE PHUM PREL
07SKOPJE290MACEDONIA: CONTROVERSIAL ORTHODOX CHURCH FIGURE TO
[...] (U) Zoran Vraniskovski, the defrocked Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) bishop recognized by the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) as Archbishop Jovan of Ohrid, likely will be released from prison on May 1, after serving nine months of a one-year sentence for an embezzlement conviction (reftel). Vr [...]
2007-04-17 08:49:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KIRF MK
07SKOPJE299MACEDONIA: TIP SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY07
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, we recommend for funding the following two anti-TIP projects for G/TIP-managed FY 2007 ESF and INCLE funds, as described in paragraphs 2 and 3. Post believes both proposals address G/TIP criteria for projects that focus on strengthening rule of law and the criminal [...]
2007-04-19 14:25:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG MK
07SKOPJE351MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 11:04:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC MK
07SKOPJE365MACEDONIA: POLICE LAUNCH ANTI-TIP RAIDS IN WESTERN
[...] (U) Four recent government (GOM) anti-TIP raids in western Macedonia in April and May highlight the GOM's increased anti-TIP efforts at the operational level. Ministry of Interior (MOI) officials acknowledge the initial raid was flawed, but have since provided better victim protection and evi [...]
2007-05-14 11:50:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MK
07SKOPJE39MACEDONIA: MANAGING POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM THE
[...] (C) The ICTY's impending return to Macedonian jurisdiction of four unindicted cases which deal with acts allegedly committed by ethnic Albanians (eAlbanians) during the 2001 conflict will raise political tensions here. The ethnic Albanian opposition party DUI will argue, possibly with some ju [...]
2007-01-17 14:51:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ICTY MK
07SKOPJE434MACEDONIA: REGIONAL OPERATION DISRUPTS ELABORATE
[...] (SBU) The conclusion of the regional anti-trafficking "Operation Danube" led to the arrest of 19 Macedonian citizens on TIP-related charges on May 29. Ministry of Interior (MOI) officials credit good regional cooperation and the use of special investigative measures for the success of the ope [...]
2007-06-04 09:37:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MK
07SKOPJE579MACEDONIA: MIXED PROGRESS ON THE ANTI-TIP FRONT
[...] (SBU) Recent anti-TIP raids, TIP convictions, and the arrest of a fugitive convicted of trafficking indicate the Macedonian government is sustaining its anti-TIP efforts, which intensified in the first quarter of 2007 (reftel). Despite that progress, the police need to redouble and refocus ef [...]
2007-07-18 11:46:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MK
07SKOPJE601MACEDONIA COMMITTED TO STAYING THE COURSE IN IRAQ
[...] (U) NEA DAS Butler, together with OSD and JCS representatives, was in Skopje July 15-16 to thank the GOM for its troop contributions to missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. DATT and POLOFF (notetaker) accompanied the delegation. DAS Butler thanked GOM officials for their strong support for coal [...]
2007-07-23 13:51:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL MK
07SKOPJE633MACEDONIA: STRIPPED OF PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY,
[...] (SBU) In a dramatic midnight session August 1, the Parliamentary Committee on Immunity revoked the parliamentary immunity of former Prime Minister and current opposition SDSM MP Vlado Buckovski. After being stripped of his immunity, Buckovski appeared in front of an investigative judge on Au [...]
2007-08-03 14:00:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MK
07SKOPJE682MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel diplomatic note and CV for Ms. Felice Gaer to MFA Head of Sector Multilateral Relations Goran Stevcevski on August 10. Stevcevski said the GOM will support the re-election of Ms. Gaer to the UN Committee Against Torture. MILOVANOVIC [...]
2007-08-16 12:11:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MK
07SKOPJE699MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS EX-PM'S IMMUNITY
[...] (SBU) On August 20, the Macedonian Parliament voted to revoke the immunity of former Prime Minister and current opposition MP Vlado Buckovski. Buckovski is being investigated by the Macedonian authorities for alleged irregularities in procurement while he was Minister of Defense in 2001 (Ref [...]
2007-08-24 11:27:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KCOR MK
07SKOPJE737MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR STANDING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-11 08:35:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM ICRC MK
07SKOPJE740MACEDONIA: STIFF TIP SENTENCES AND ANOTHER
[...] (SBU) On September 7, a Skopje Court handed down trafficking-in-persons (TIP) sentences of between two and nine years in prison to 18 defendants in the "Operation Danube" trial (ref A) and ordered forfeiture of the defendants' assets involved. Two days later, the police conducted an anti-TI [...]
2007-09-11 14:00:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MK
07SKOPJE748MACEDONIA: INPUT FOR PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) USG efforts in Macedonia to protect and promote human rights focus on strengthening rule of law, decreasing political influence on and corruption in the security forces and judiciary, and capacity building to strengthen democratic institutions and civil society. 2. (U) Embassy officials [...]
2007-09-13 14:05:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MK
07SKOPJE781MACEDONIA: MFA ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-24 09:26:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV MK
07SKOPJE805MACEDONIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-02 14:02:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC UNAUS PHUM KWMN SOCI MK
07SKOPJE845MACEDONIA: NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] (U) After consulting with members of the country team, Post has identified Xhane Kreshova (Dzane Kresova) as this year's Woman of Courage. Ms. Kreshova has been notified of her nomination. BIO DATA 2. (U) Name of the nominee: Xhane Kreshova In passport: Dzane Kresova Job title/associ [...]
2007-10-19 12:16:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM MK
07SKOPJE913MACEDONIA SUPPORTS UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 14:55:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDKITA PHUM PREL UN MK
07SKOPJE917MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-26 11:02:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA MK
07SKOPJE957MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-07 16:34:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV UNGA MK
07SKOPJE970MACEDONIA: RELIGION LAW MEETS INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) The Macedonian parliament adopted a new Law on Religious Communities and Groups in September that significantly strengthens religious freedom provisions, generally meets OSCE/ODIHR and Venice Commission standards, and supports Macedonia's NATO membership bid. Due to take effect in May 2 [...]
2007-12-13 16:01:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KIRF MK
07SKOPJE974MACEDONIA: RENEWED COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING TIP
[...] (SBU) In 2007 the Government of Macedonia (GOM) has shown a concerted effort to make fighting human trafficking (TIP) a high priority. The National Commission on Combating TIP (NC) has adopted Post's seven priority recommendations to combat/prevent TIP in Macedonia, and the Minister of Interio [...]
2007-12-14 15:56:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MK
07SKOPJE977MACEDONIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON DURBAN REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 15:22:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA MK
07SOFIA1013STREET BATTLE IN CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS ROMA PLIGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Riots rocked a section of Bulgaria's capital Sofia August 14-15 when some 200 armed Roma marshaled to combat a rumored imminent attack by a skinhead group. Several people were injured during two days of unrest. Both the President and Prime Minister called for a quick investiga [...]
2007-08-20 13:26:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM PGOV BU
07SOFIA1029BULGARIA: SUBTLE SHIFT IN STANCE ON MACEDONIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria has subtly shifted policy toward Macedonia, tacitly linking Sofia's support for Skopje's Euro-Atlantic integration with Macedonia's conduct of "good neighborly relations." Both government officials and NGO experts recognize that Macedonia's EU and NATO accession is stro [...]
2007-08-23 13:04:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BU
07SOFIA1152BULGARIA SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-24 10:55:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07SOFIA1154URGENT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INTERNATIONAL
[...] This is an action request: As required by the Leahy Amendment, we request that the Department perform a human rights review of the Bulgarian individuals proposed for participation in the Office of Defense Cooperation's International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program to be held f [...]
2007-09-24 13:10:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MASS PM EU BU
07SOFIA1180BULGARIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-02 11:45:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC UN PHUM KWUN SOCI EU BG
07SOFIA1189BULGARIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-03 14:45:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC
07SOFIA1242BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. POSITION ON PRESSURING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-17 13:37:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM BM
07SOFIA1258UN THIRD COMMITTEE: BULGARIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of the Department for UN and Global Issues, Kamen Velichkov on October 22. He said he could not confirm final positions, but anticipated that the GOB would support the Belarus resolution, the elections resolution, [...]
2007-10-24 11:05:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN
07SOFIA1260NOMINATION FOR ANASTASIA GEORGIEVA MOSER AS A
[...] (U) Post nominates Anastasia Georgieva Moser for the 2008 Secretary of State's Annual Award for International Woman of SIPDIS Courage (IWOC) for her personal sacrifices to advance the democratic process in Bulgaria. Moser emigrated to the U.S. in 1962 to be reunited her father, Georgi M. Di [...]
2007-10-24 15:06:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM
07SOFIA1264BULGARIA TO CONSIDER DEMARCHE ON BURMESE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 14:10:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL MASS PM EU BU
07SOFIA1265BULGARIA STRONGLY SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL ACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 14:11:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL MASS PM EU BU
07SOFIA1266BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. POSITION ON CUBA EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 14:12:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL MASS PM EU BU
07SOFIA1267BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 14:13:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL MASS PM EU BU
07SOFIA1292BULGARIA PREPARING PRIORITIES FOR COMMUNITY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 15:53:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA
07SOFIA1323BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT VENEZUELA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-20 13:25:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV VE PHUM WHA EU
07SOFIA1324BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-20 14:30:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA
07SOFIA1329 MOVE TO LEGALIZE PROSTITUTION THWARTED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Bulgarian NGOs and their government allies, with strong Embassy and USG support, succeeded in defeating legislation backed by business interests and the National Tourism Board to legalize prostitution. This marks a victory in our anti-TIP effort. We will keep our guard up as pr [...]
2007-11-26 09:53:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF PGOV BU
07SOFIA232BULGARIAN NURSES: GETTING BACK TO EFFECTIVE
[...] (C) WE APPRECIATE REFTEL UPDATE ON THE QADHAFI FOUNDATION LETTER AND THE STATE OF PLAY IN TRIPOLI. IT COMES AS THE GOB CONCLUDES TWO DAYS OF HIGH-LEVEL IN-HOUSE DISCUSSIONS ON THE NURSES ISSUE, IN ADVANCE OF THE EU WORKING GROUP ON FEBRUARY 22 AND AMBASSADOR BEYRLE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PARVANOV [...]
2007-02-21 12:14:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM LY BU
07SOFIA259BULGARIA: 2007 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: This cable provides Embassy Sofia's input for the seventh annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Bulgaria is primarily a country of origin and transit, and to a lesser degree a country of destination for human trafficking. The past year has seen the appointment of the new [...]
2007-02-28 07:10:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU
07SOFIA26BULGARIA: PATIENCE WEARS THIN ON LIBYA MEDICS CASE
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: AS BULGARIA BEGINS THE NEW YEAR, PUBLIC RANCOR IS STEADILY BUILDING OVER LIBYA'S DECEMBER 19 CONFIRMATION OF DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST FIVE BULGARIAN NURSES. AFTER A HOLIDAY SEASON MARKED BY HIGH-PROFILE EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT [...]
2007-01-08 14:41:00Embassy SofiaSECRETPREL PHUM LY BU
07SOFIA324BULGARIAN NURSES IN LIBYA: GOB UNSURE WHO IS IN
[...] (C) MFA MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR PETKO DOYKOV TOLD US MARCH 7 THAT THE GOB BELIEVES LIBYAN MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS ABDELATI OBIDI HAS BEEN AT LEAST TEMPORARILY SIDELINED IN DISCUSSIONS OVER THE FATE OF THE FIVE BULGARIAN NURSES IMPRISONED SINCE 1999. THIS, COMBINED WITH THE PERCE [...]
2007-03-09 15:03:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EUN LY BU
07SOFIA345BULGARIA: HAJIEV'S EXTRADITION BACK IN THE COURTS
[...] Summary: Annadurdy Hajiev, an accused embezzler and critic of Turkmenistan's human rights record, was re-arrested on February 20 on what seems to be an old Turkmenistan INTERPOL notice. A Bulgarian court denied the same request for extradition in 2003 because it judged the charge to be politi [...]
2007-03-14 13:22:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV TX BU
07SOFIA456BULGARIA: HAJIEV NOT LIKELYTO BE EXTRADITED SOON
[...] (SBU) On April 10, we delivered reftl points to the Head of International Cooperatio Department at the Ministry of Justice, Georgi Rpchev. Rupchev was not familiar with the detailsof Hajiev's extradition case, but said that Turkensitan's spotty humn rights record justified our concerns. Wh [...]
2007-04-11 16:35:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF TX BU
07SOFIA474BULGARIA NON-COMMITTAL ON GITMO DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-13 16:57:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC BU
07SOFIA589UNHRC: BULGARIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR SLOVENIA AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-15 14:23:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC BU
07SOFIA72BULGARIAN NURSES IN LIBYA: GOB REASSURED, AGREES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S., UK, EU, AND BULGARIAN REPRESENTATIVES AGREED IN SOFIA JANUARY 16 THAT CONTINUED PRIVATE TALKS WITH LIBYAN MFA DIRECTOR OBEIDI OFFERED THE BEST HOPE FOR GAINING THE RELEASE OF THE FIVE BULGARIAN NURSES AND ONE PALESTINIAN DOCTOR JAILED IN LIBYA SINCE 1999 FOR ALLEGEDLY SPREAD [...]
2007-01-17 15:14:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EUN LY BU
07SOFIA735BULGARIA EXPRESSES CONCERN TO IRAN ON
[...] (C) On June 14 POL/ECON Officer delivered reftel points on detained/missing American citizens in Iran to Oleg Doychinov, Iran Desk Officer from MFA's Asia Directorate. Doychinov was sympathetic and said he would convey Bulgarian and USG concern for the American citizens to his Iranian counterp [...]
2007-06-15 12:51:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL EUN KDEM IR BU
07SOFIA834BULGARIAN NURSES IN LIBYA: MFA PESSIMISTIC ON EVE
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARA 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY. DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER FAIM CHAUSHEV TOLD US JULY 9 THAT HE NOW EXPECTS A SIGNIFICANT DELAY BETWEEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK OF THE LIBYAN SUPREME COURT'S DECISION TO UPHOLD THE DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST THE BULGARIAN NURSES [...]
2007-07-09 16:06:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPAO LY BU
07SOFIA846BULGARIA REACTS WITH RESTRAINT TO LIBYAN DEATH SENTENCES,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgarian officials reacted with restraint to the Libyan Supreme Court decision to uphold the death sentences of the five Bulgarian nurses and Palestinian doctor accused of deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV. Both the President and the Prime Minister noted that the [...]
2007-07-12 14:13:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM LY BU
07SOFIA861BULGARIAN OFFICIALS CALL FOR PATIENCE ON LIBYAN MEDIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgarian officials reacted with balanced and measured statements to the July 17 Libyan Higher Judicial Council's decision to commute the medics' death sentences to life imprisonment, saying it paved the way for a final conclusion to the medics' eight-year plight. President Geor [...]
2007-07-18 14:44:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM LY BU
07SOFIA867BULGARIAN MFA TRANSMITS REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF MEDICS TO
[...] (SBU) Bulgarian MFA Middle East and Africa Office Director Petko Doykov confirmed July 19, that the MFA had transmitted to the Bulgarian Embassy in Tripoli the official request for transfer of the medics under the bilateral Legal Assistance Agreement. He would not confirm when the request was [...]
2007-07-19 14:09:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM LY BU
07SOFIA883NURSES RETURN, BULGARIA REJOICES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. BULGARIA GAVE AN EMOTIONAL WELCOME-HOME TO THE FIVE MEDICAL WORKERS RELEASED FROM A LIBYAN PRISON EARLY THIS MORNING AND FLOWN BACK TO SOFIA ON A FRENCH JET. AMBASSADOR BEYRLE JOINED PRESIDENT PARVANOV, PRIME MINISTER STANISHEV AND SEVERAL EUROPEAN AMBASSADORS FOR AN IMPROMPTU AIRPORT [...]
2007-07-24 13:05:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM LY BU
07STATE105247HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of July 17, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend Military HIV/AIDS training: Name: Maj. Marc Rugeni [...]
2007-07-30 15:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MAS PHUM PREL RW
07STATE112255HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of August 1, 2007 a Colonel Ngoga was mentioned in a cable identified as 99060031454INS7454col; Origine ATS-INA; 06/03/1999. The cable reported a copy of an e-mail sent to a selected in-government group from a disgruntled journ [...]
2007-08-10 15:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM PREL RW MASS
07STATE11550DEPUTIES BRIEFING ON DETAINEE LEGAL
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 4. 2. (S) The Deputies Committee (DC) tasked the State Department with the following action in its November 29 Summary of Conclusions (SOC): "Embassy Kabul will obtain from the Afghan Ministry of Justice its written articulation of the legal b [...]
2007-01-30 17:06:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPTER PHUM PINS PREL KAWC AF
07STATE118576US-AZERBAIJAN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) As part of the high-level democracy dialogue between the USG and the GOAJ, in an August 3 DVC, DRL Assistant Secretary Lowenkron, EUR Assistant Secretary Fried, and SIPDIS Foreign Minister Mammadyarov discussed media freedom, human rights, civil society, democratic elections, and rule of [...]
2007-08-23 17:11:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAJ KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
07STATE12442P-1 REFERRAL OF ZEYAD TARIQ KADHEM
[...] (SBU) PRM concurs with Post's Priority 1 referrals of the following individuals for processing in the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program: Zeyad Tarik Kadhem DOB: 25 July 1970 POB: Iraq Shaima Safa Al Khalaf DOB: 7 February 1977 POB: Iraq Naba Zeyad Tariq DOB: 15 June 2002 POB: Iraq [...]
2007-01-31 22:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF IZ
07STATE124440(SBU) COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DRL OFFICER
[...] (SBU) Country clearance is requested for Kathryn Lurie, DRL/NESCA Foreign Affairs Officer to visit Azerbaijan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (Dubai) and the United Kingdom during the period September 25-October 2. The purpose of the trip is to meet with the Iran Watchers, NGOs, members of the [...]
2007-09-05 17:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAJ IR OTRA PHUM TU UK
07STATE125576AFRICAN MIGRANTS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN ISRAEL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 7 - 10. 2. (C) Summary. Dept continues to be concerned about African migrants, asylum seekers, and potential refugees moving from Egypt to Israel -- an issue which is not likely to go away soon and which has already resulted in some [...]
2007-09-07 14:07:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM EUN IS SU EG
07STATE126089DEMARCHE REQUEST - OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The OSCE will be conducting its Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) from September 24 through October 5 in Warsaw. The HDIM is an annual review of participating States, implementation of their OSCE commitments to human rights and fundamental freedo [...]
2007-09-07 21:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ECON OSCE
07STATE128912ASKING MONGOLIA TO JOIN ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP
[...] This is an action request. See Para 3 for suggested talking points. 2. Background, for Embassy Info Only: On April 10, Deputies approved plans to develop a partnership among Asian democracies. Subsequent consultations with prospective members led us to broaden the concept to an Asia Pac [...]
2007-09-13 19:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM MG
07STATE129031DEMARCHE: CONDEMN DEPORTATION OF IRANIAN REFUGEES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department asks that post strongly protest the deportation of five UNHCR-recognized refugees from Turkey in August 2007 and seek clarification of the circumstances surrounding this possible case of refoulement. The Department appreciates post,s action to date and seeks a for [...]
2007-09-13 21:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV PREF KDEM IR TU IZ
07STATE129046AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-13 22:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAJ MARR MASS PGOV PHUM
07STATE129674LEAHY VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by any of the Iraqi Security Forces personnel listed reftel and below. Note that if, at any time, the Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incid [...]
2007-09-14 18:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
07STATE129764U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 - 5. BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (U) On October 1, 2007, on the margins of this year,s UN General Assembly (UNGA),Mali, the Chair the Community of Democracies (CD),will host a short meeting of Ministers that will set the stage for its bi [...]
2007-09-14 20:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07STATE130626(C) DEMARCHE REQUEST: GTMO DETAINEE EMERGENCY MEDEVAC
[...] (C) Department requests that Embassies Santo Domingo, San Jose, Panama City, and Mexico City approach the Governments of the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Panama, and Mexico about a standby arrangement that would enable DoD to transport Guantanamo detainees in need of critical care to a medic [...]
2007-09-17 20:58:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR DR CS PM MX
07STATE131452TUNISIA: NEXT STEPS ON GTMO DETAINEE TRANSFERS
[...] (S) The Deputies Committee concluded on August 23 that detainee transfers to Tunisia could continue if either (a) the USG obtains directly from the Minister of Interior the same humane treatment assurances that the USG previously obtained from Presidential Advisor Ben Dhia (including with respe [...]
2007-09-18 20:07:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL PHUM PINS TU
07STATE131552ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP
[...] This is an action request. (Info only for BEIJING.) See Para 3 for suggested talking points. For Jakarta, please also note specific requests in Para 4. 2. Background, for Embassy Info Only: The President called for the formation of the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership in his speech at [...]
2007-09-18 21:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM MG
07STATE131560ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP
[...] This is an action request. (Info only for BEIJING.) See Para 3 for suggested talking points. For Jakarta, please also note specific requests in Para 4. 2. Background, for Embassy Info Only: The President called for the formation of the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership in his speech at [...]
2007-09-18 21:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM MG
07STATE131561ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP
[...] This is an action request. (Info only for BEIJING.) See Para 3 for suggested talking points. For Jakarta, please also note specific requests in Para 4. 2. Background, for Embassy Info Only: The President called for the formation of the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership in his speech at [...]
2007-09-18 21:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM MG
07STATE135205LIBYA: TRANSFER OF GTMO DETAINEE
[...] (U) This is an action cable; please see paragraph six. 2. (S) Summary: The Deputies Committee (DC) concluded on August 23 that DoD should transfer Guantanamo detainee Ben Qumu Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamouda (ISN-557) to Libya on the next Detainee Movement Operation (DMO),which is schedul [...]
2007-09-25 19:37:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL PHUM PINS LY
07STATE136461HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed reftel and below. Note that if, at any time, the Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incident [...]
2007-09-27 15:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
07STATE138214PREARRANGEMENT FOR MEDEVACS OF PROTECTED MIGRANTS
[...] This is an action message, please see paragraph 2. 2. Department appreciates Embassy's effort to obtain GOJ advance concurrence to bring protected migrants from Guantanamo to Jamaica for medical treatment, as necessary. In response to the suggestion of MFAFT Director of Bilateral Relation [...]
2007-10-01 17:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL SMIG CU JM
07STATE138379SOFIA: SECSTATE LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Further to reftel the Department has reviewed its files and as of September 25, 2007 possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following Bulgarian individuals nominated to participate in the Office of Defense Cooperation's International Military Education [...]
2007-10-01 20:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM PREL BU EU PM
07STATE140047LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - EL SALVADOR 1848
[...] (SBU) As of October 4, 2007 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. Oscar Mauricio Alfaro Villalta Sub-Inspector, Chief Homicide Investigations Division DOB: Aug. 08, 1971 POB: Santa Ana Efrain Arturo Avel [...]
2007-10-04 16:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL SNAR ES
07STATE140068UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following the following Ukrainian State Border Guard Service (SBGS) officers who will travel to the United States from October 6 to 13, 200 [...]
2007-10-04 16:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM UP
07STATE140070SUBJECT: UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN
[...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following Ukrainian State Border Guard Service (SBGS) officers who will visit the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center/Department of Hom [...]
2007-10-04 16:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM UP
07STATE144035VIETNAM IN-COUNTRY PRIORITY ONE REFERRAL
[...] The Department appreciates and accepts Mission's P-1 referral of Truong Van Duc and Nguyen Thanh Minh Tri and their dependents for refugee resettlement consideration. 2. Truong Van Duc: Cable states there is an older child not included in the case. If this adult child is unmarried and the [...]
2007-10-15 13:46:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALVM KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI
07STATE144626HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Note that if, at any time, the Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents which co [...]
2007-10-16 15:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
07STATE145586ALGERIA: PUSHING FOR THE RETURN OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (U) This is an action cable; please see paragraph six. 2. (S) Summary: It is extremely unlikely that any third country would agree to accept the transfer of Algerian nationals detained at Guantanamo and to negotiate their return to Algeria, as proposed by the GOA (reftels). The USG, howeve [...]
2007-10-17 21:41:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL PHUM PINS AG
07STATE147332RESPONSE TO SARG "DEAL" RE DHS REFUGEE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 2-4. 2. (C) Department appreciates Post's engagement with the SARG on the important subject of allowing resumption of DHS/USCIS interviews of Iraqi refugees in Syria. The "deal" proposed by the SARG is clearly unacceptable and we find it hard to b [...]
2007-10-22 23:18:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIZ PHUM PREF PREL SY
07STATE147620DEMARCHING EU STATES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) For the first time in seven years, there is no specific mandate on human rights in Cuba in the United Nations human rights machinery. While the Department and NSC have discussed numerous options for running a Cuba resolution a [...]
2007-10-23 16:49:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALCU UNGA PHUM
07STATE148496RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR PRESS GUIDANCE ON THE
[...] (U) 1. The Department has reviewed Post's suggested Press guidance (ref a),and provides the following approved guidance if Post is asked for comment on the verdict in the Farhad Aliyev trial. 2. (SBU) As the trial of former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev wraps up (ref a),[...]
2007-10-24 21:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KPAO AJ
07STATE148559Obtaining Commitments to Dicuss APDP at Bamako
[...] This is an action request. See Para 3. 2. NSC and Department are eager to move forward on the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP),which the President called for the formation of in his September 7 speech at APEC. The U.S. will host an organizing meeting of APDP on the sidelines of [...]
2007-10-25 02:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM
07STATE149413TAJIKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON REGISTRATION OF THE
[...] (SBU) This is an action message. Please see para 2. 2. (SBU) Post is instructed to deliver the demarches in paras three and four to the appropriate presidential or government official to strongly voice U.S. concern about the ongoing failure to register the National Democratic Institute a [...]
2007-10-26 16:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAID KIRF TI
07STATE149865UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following Ukrainian officers who will attend a Strategy Meeting for the GUAM Task Force on Counter Terrorism on October 29 and a Post-Opera [...]
2007-10-29 13:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PGOV PHUM SNAR UP
07STATE149866UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following Security Service of Ukraine personnel who will attend the Program on Terrorism and Security Studies (PTSS 08-2) at the George C. [...]
2007-10-29 14:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PGOV PHUM SNAR UP
07STATE149868UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following individuals from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine to attend training courses at the Center of Excellency for Stability [...]
2007-10-29 14:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM UP
07STATE149870UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following personnel of the Security Service of Ukraine who will participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Regional Drug Un [...]
2007-10-29 14:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PGOV PHUM SNAR UP
07STATE150043VOTING INSTRUCTION ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote against the resolution on the Necessity of Ending the Economic, Commercial and Financial Embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba, to be considered by the UN General Assembly on October 30, drawing on the points in para [...]
2007-10-29 18:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PHUM UN CU
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