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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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07STATE150188TIP: Implementation Guidelines for the Minimum Standards
[...] (U) This is not an action cable, but is intended to guide Post reporting for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The Implementation Guidelines provided in para 6 can be shared with host governments if posts deem this useful. 2. (U) In an effort to improve the transparency and c [...]
2007-10-29 23:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN PGOV PREL SMIG
07STATE150762OBJECTIVES FOR BURMA IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request - Department requests USUN share with the UK and French missions U.S. comments on the papers that each mission shared with USUN regarding short-term and long-term benchmarks for the Burmese regime,s cooperation with UN Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari. OBJECTIVE [...]
2007-10-31 12:20:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07STATE151024DEMARCHE REQUEST: ADVANCING THE DEMOCRACY AGENDA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-18. The CD Ministerial in Bamako, November 14-17, will have five thematic and five regional roundtables. We ask that Posts inquire as to the priorities of host government for the ministerial and each roundtable, and share the U.S. prio [...]
2007-10-31 17:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA
07STATE151150TAIWAN FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY PARTICIPATION AT BAMAKO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 20:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TW
07STATE152021HUMAN 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. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much time [...]
2007-11-02 15:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
07STATE152279SUDAN: MFA AMENDMENTS TO DETAINEE TRANSFER
[...] (C) In its ref B note verbale, the GOS proposes three amendments to the detainee transfer framework that the USG proposed in the Embassy,s ref D note. The USG seeks clarification of the reasons for the amendments and, more importantly, seeks to persuade the GOS to accept the language propose [...]
2007-11-02 23:48:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS PREL PTER SU
07STATE152302INSTRUCTIONS (PART ONE) FOR THE RESOLUTION ON
[...] This is an Action request. USUN is instructed to join in co-sponsoring and vote in favor of the resolution on The Situation in Afghanistan, begun in para 2, to be debated in the UN General Assembly on Monday, November 5. Because of the length of the resolution text, the Department is sending [...]
2007-11-03 02:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MOPS AF UN
07STATE152304INSTRUCTIONS (PART TWO) FOR THE RESOLUTION ON
[...] This is an action request. Below continues the resolution text of the resolution "The Situation in Afghanistan" from PART ONE of this instruction sent by separate cable. USUN is also instructed to use the points in para 3 in making our Explanation of Vote. 2. Continue resolution text: [...]
2007-11-03 02:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MOPPS UN AF
07STATE152423DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] As requested in reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and, of this date, finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following candidates who have been nominated for training by the Ministry of Defense. Post is running local checks on these names as well. [...]
2007-11-05 13:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MASS PGOV PHUM AM
07STATE152465UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE INSTRUCTIONS: ICNRD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 15:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM UNGA
07STATE152716GUIDANCE: NOVEMBER 5 UNDEF ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
[...] (U) This is an action request with guidance for USUN to participate in the November 5 Advisory Board meeting for the UN Democracy Fund. Please see para 4 for action requested. 2. (U) The agenda calls for discussion of: a) briefing on the status of project implementation from the first ro [...]
2007-11-05 19:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL
07STATE152776UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE INSTRUCTIONS: ICNRD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 21:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM UNGA
07STATE152803ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP WORKING BREAKFAST IN
[...] This is an action request. (Info only: Bamako) See Para 3 for suggested talking points. For Jakarta, Tokyo, New Delhi, and Seoul, please also note specific additional information in Para 4. 2. Background, for Embassy Info Only: On April 10, Deputies approved plans to develop a partnership [...]
2007-11-05 22:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM MG
07STATE153261AZERBAIJAN: DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] As requested in refel, the Department has reviewed its files and, of this date, finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following members of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs. The candidates were selected to participate in Embassy FSA Democracy Comm [...]
2007-11-06 20:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM AJ
07STATE154555DEMARCHE: EU HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The EU has recently expressed interest in resuming its human rights dialogue with Iran. This cable provides guidance on supporting that dialogue providing certain conditions are met, and requests that post demarche the EU to issue statements on two Iranian political activists. [...]
2007-11-09 12:21:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM IR PREL EUN PGOV KDEM
07STATE154557(SBU) DEMARCHE: RECENT ARRESTS IN IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department is concerned about the growing number of political prisoners in Iran, and a recent series of arrests specifically targeting human rights defenders. Department requests posts ask that host government,s embassy personnel in Tehran inquire about the arrest of politi [...]
2007-11-09 12:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV IR UK SZ PREL KDEM
07STATE154674DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA
[...] (C) Summary. Department requests action addressees demarche host governments, at the highest appropriate level, to: 1) share our concerns about the anti-democratic changes in the proposed constitutional reform package; 2) highlight growing dissension within Venezuela and the increasingly rep [...]
2007-11-09 16:02:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV VE PHUM WHA EU
07STATE155045REPORT TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL BY SPECIAL ADVISOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On November 13 Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari will report to the UN Security Council on his November 3-8 trip to Burma. USUN is instructed to draw from points in para 4 for its intervention on the Gambari briefing/report and public comments afterwards, highl [...]
2007-11-09 23:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07STATE156877UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE---VOTING INSTRUCTIONS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-15 19:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA
07STATE156878UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE INSTRUCTION - RESOLUTION ON
[...] Mission is instructed to join consensus on the revised Iran-introduced resolution on "Human Rights and Cultural Diversity" and deliver the EOP in para 2 below. Mission is requested to alert Department to any substantive amendments to the text last provided to the Department. 2. Begin EOP [...]
2007-11-15 19:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA
07STATE157672OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL - DEMARCHE REQUEST
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. The OSCE Ministerial will take place in Madrid 29-30 November. Posts are requested to engage host country officials to garner support for U.S. objectives at the Ministerial. Background information and talking points are provided below. Info addressees are we [...]
2007-11-17 01:48:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL PGOV PHUM
07STATE158407U.S. STATEMENT ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN
[...] (U) USUN should draw from the statement in para 2 below during the UNSC Open Debate on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict scheduled for November 20, 2007. 2. (SBU) Begin statement. Mr. President, thank you for convening today,s important discussion. I would also like to thank [...]
2007-11-20 14:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI
07STATE159343DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 21:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM MASS ASEC AM
07STATE159362SUDAN - SECRETARY TO CONVENE A MINISTERIAL ON THE
[...] This is an action request, please see paras. 6-9. Responses are appreciated by Tuesday, November 27 at the latest. 2. (SBU) The United States is deeply concerned that the deadlock between the ruling-National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) over thor [...]
2007-11-21 21:57:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKPKO UN SU PREL PHUM PGOV IGAD IT
07STATE159369OSCE: DRAFT MINISTERIAL DECISION ON STRENGTHENING
[...] (U) USOSCE is authorized to join consensus, with proposed changes as noted in paragraph 2, on the following draft decision, MC.DD/8/07/Rev.3, which is scheduled to be discussed at the Prep Com this week. Post should seek all of the changes in paragraph 2, but should not break consensus on the [...]
2007-11-21 22:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PHUM
07STATE159370OSCE: DRAFT STATEMENT ON EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION
[...] Provide, within the framework of the law, opportunity for the full and equal participation of all individuals within society in political, economic, social and cultural life including through democratic participation in decision-making without discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, sex, [...]
2007-11-21 22:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PHUM
07STATE159376A/S FRIED DELIVERS TOUGH MESSAGE ON MEDIA FREEDOM
[...] (C) European and Eurasian Affairs Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried delivered a strong message on November 21 in Washington to Azerbaijani Ambassador Yashar Aliyev on the state of media freedom in Azerbaijan. Fried reviewed his November 3-5 meetings in Baku, including a lengthy session with P [...]
2007-11-21 22:43:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM OSCE AJ
07STATE160185DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] As requested in reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and, of this date, finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following member of the Government of Armenia, nominated by the Department of Defense for English language training. 2. Name of proposed [...]
2007-11-26 19:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM MASS ASEC AM
07STATE162031AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR
[...] As requested in reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and, of this date, finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following members of the Government of Azerbaijan, nominated to attend the Financial Crimes, Money Laundering, and Terror Financing Seminar [...]
2007-11-30 16:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAJ PGOV PHUM PTER
07STATE162190HUMAN 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 as of 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 [...]
2007-11-30 20:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
07STATE162617ICC - GUIDANCE FOR SCHEDULED DECEMBER 3 USUN
[...] (U) USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points during the scheduled USUN working level meeting with ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo on December 3 and for its participation in formal ICC consultations with UNSC members on Sudan on December 5: -- The concerns of the United [...]
2007-12-03 17:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KPKO KJUS PHUM SU
07STATE162809APPLYING A PUSH ON BURMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: USUN is instructed to meet as soon as possible with Special Advisor on Burma Ibrahim Gambari and with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to obtain a readout on Gambari's latest travel and their assessment of the overall situation in Burma. USUN should convey, drawing [...]
2007-12-03 22:38:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07STATE162894OSCE: CLOSE THE CROATIA MISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 13:43:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM OSCE PREL HR AA
07STATE163961LIBYA: FOLLOW-UP ON DETAINEES AND THE GOL'S REQUEST TO VISIT
[...] (S/NF) Department requests that Post continue to seek additional information regarding returned Libyan detainee Muhammad Abdallah Mansur al-Rimi's (ISN 194) injuries and ongoing treatment in the GOL's custody. DoD confirms that the detainee did not sustain the arm injury at Guantanamo, as the [...]
2007-12-05 23:26:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PHUM PINS LY
07STATE163965BURUNDI - TALKING POINTS FOR DECEMBER 5
[...] This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following points for their December 5 consultations on Burundi. Begin points: -- The United States is concerned about the fragile state of the Burundi peace process and calls on the PALIPEHUTU (P [...]
2007-12-05 23:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM XB XC XE BM
07STATE163971BURMA CAAC - TALKING POINTS FOR 12/06 MEETING
[...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to attend the Burma CAAC meeting on 12/06 at a high level if possible (French PermRep will chair the meeting. The British and the Belgians are sending their DPRs) USUN may draw from the following talking points during disc [...]
2007-12-05 23:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM XB XC XE BY
07STATE163972INSTRUCTIONS- TALKING POINTS FOR U/SYG HOLMES
[...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the December 6 briefing by U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Sir John Holmes. Begin points: -- We would like to thank Under-Secretary Holmes for [...]
2007-12-05 23:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM XA XW SU
07STATE164120(C) EUR DAS KRAMER’S MEETING WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 4, EUR DAS David Kramer met with XXXXXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXXXXX was highly critical of the recent Duma elections, alleging the Kremlin had resorted to all methods to secure an overwhelming victory for United Russia. XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX speculated that Putin would not remain [...]
2007-12-06 15:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL RS
07STATE164180A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN FM BEZHUASHVILI
[...] (S) Summary: A/S Fried urged Georgia not to restrict its democratic space and to re-establish unrestricted freedom of the media. Bezhuashvili responded that Prime Minister Gurgenidze was involved in intensive negotiations with News Corp to re-open the Imedi TV station as soon as possible. On [...]
2007-12-06 17:04:00Secretary of StateSECRETKCFE PGOV PHUM PREL GG
07STATE165059NEXT STEPS ON BURMA: P3 PAPER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 13:17:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07STATE165821BONUCA- INSTRUCTION CABLE ON DECEMBER 11
[...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for their December 11 consultations on BONUCA. Begin text: -- The United States is hopeful about the establishment of a 25-member Preparatory Committee to promote greater nationa [...]
2007-12-11 19:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PREF PHUM PBTS XZ ZF CT
07STATE165918INITIATING ASSURANCE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THREE
[...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: Post is requested to make the points in paragraph 6 to appropriate interlocutor(s) in the Rwandan Government. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Rwandan citizens Leonidas Bimenyimana, Gregoire Nyaminani, and Francois Karake were brought to the United States in 2003 for cr [...]
2007-12-11 21:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PTER
07STATE165954HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] In response to ref A, Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights as of this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed in paragraph 2 below. If at any time, the Embassy becomes aware of any information [...]
2007-12-11 22:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
07STATE166027A/S FRIED MEETING WITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR USHAKOV
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, Russian Ambassador Yuriy Ushakov met with EUR A/S Daniel Fried for a read-out of meetings of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) at the foreign ministers level in Brussels. Fried noted that the NRC "could have been much worse." He [...]
2007-12-12 13:34:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAIR PARM MARR RS
07STATE166577CORRECTED COPY - DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. This cable included corrected action request/objectives. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired F [...]
2007-12-13 15:13:00Secretary of StateSECRETBA CASC IR IZ KJUS KPRP KU LE MU PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07STATE166907SIERRA LEONE- TALKING POINTS FOR DECEMBER 14
[...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the December 14 consultations on Sierra Leone. Begin points: -- The United States thanks Executive Representative Victor Angelo for his thorough briefing and for his except [...]
2007-12-14 00:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM XA XY SL
07STATE166990U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH AZERBAIJANI FM
[...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary Burns met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyrov on November 30 on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid. On Iran, Under Secretary Burns pushed for Azerbaijani support of USG policy to deter Iran,s nuclear power ambitions. On Nagorno-Karabakh, FM M [...]
2007-12-14 14:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL
07STATE167346SOMALIA - INSTRUCTIONS FOR DECEMBER 17 DEBATE
[...] This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 2. 2. USUN is requested to draw from the following points for the December 17 debate on Somalia Begin text: -- We thank UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah for his insightful SIPDIS briefing this a [...]
2007-12-14 23:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT XA XW SO
07STATE168387VOTING INSTRUCTION FOR A/C.2/62/L.8, UNILATERAL
[...] This is an action request. 2. USUN is instructed to call for a vote and vote NO on the following resolution in the UNGA plenary: A/C.2/62/L.8, "Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries". 3. USUN should draw from the followi [...]
2007-12-18 22:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID ECON PHUM UNGA
07STATE168497BURUNDI- USUN INSTRUCTION CABLE ON BINUB
[...] This is an action message. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the BINUB resolution scheduled to be adopted by the Council on December 19. Full text of the resolution follows: Begin text: The Security Council, Recalling its resolutions and statements of its [...]
2007-12-19 13:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM XA ZF BY
07STATE169391SIERRA LEONE - VOTING INSTRUCTIONS ON UNIOSIL
[...] This is an action message. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the UNIOSIL extension resolution scheduled for adoption by the Council on December 21. Full text of the resolution follows: The Security Council, Re-affirming its previous Resolutions and the state [...]
2007-12-21 02:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM XA XY SL
07STATE169601HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR LTC VICKSON KIBONGE
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 21, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual nominated for a candidate from the Africa Center for Strategic Studies Next Generation of African Military Leaders [...]
2007-12-21 18:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MARR MASS PHUM PREL CG
07STATE170488HUMAN RIGHTS 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 the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time, the Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents which could be cred [...]
2007-12-27 20:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
07STATE170492HUMAN RIGHTS 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 the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time, the Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents which could be cred [...]
2007-12-27 20:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
07STATE19737PORTUGAL'S ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, the following is guidance on the Community of Democracies (CD),the role the U.S. can play in shaping both the work of the GOP-led CD Working Group "Regional and Interregional Cooperation for Democratic Governance," and priorities for Portugal's upcoming C [...]
2007-02-16 18:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL PHUM PO
07STATE19832PORTUGAL'S ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, the following is guidance on the Community of Democracies (CD),the role the U.S. can play in shaping both the work of the GOP-led CD Working Group "Regional and Interregional Cooperation for Democratic Governance," and priorities for Portugal's upcoming C [...]
2007-02-16 19:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL PHUM PO
07STATE22976HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR SENIOR
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of February 22, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers below: NAME: Ben Balthazar Rutsinga CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Ministry of Foreign Affairs DATE OF BIRTH: 09 [...]
2007-02-23 23:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV PHUM RW
07STATE24704HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of February 27, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel below: NAME: Frank Tusingwire RANK: Lieutenant CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defens [...]
2007-02-28 16:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PHUM RW
07STATE27000DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING THE CZECH REPUBLIC TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) On February 26, Assistant Secretary Lowenkron and Assistant Secretary Silverberg attended an event on Burma hosted by the Czech Republic Embassy with former President Vaclav Havel, at which they [...]
2007-03-05 14:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL UNGA UNSC BM
07STATE29571HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMEROONIAN MILITARY
[...] The Department of State has reviewed it files and finds that as of March 8, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the Cameroon Military Personnel listed in the COESPU training. Name: Lieutenant Mvogo Abanda, Guy Herve DOB: September 15, 1976 P [...]
2007-03-08 19:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CM MARR PHUM MASS
07STATE29741U.S. PARTICIPATION IN OPENING MEETING OF THE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) This year's Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial is scheduled for November 2007 in Bamako, Mali. At the Santiago CD Ministerial in April 2005, participants established four working groups to [...]
2007-03-08 22:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM MX PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA
07STATE33268PRESSING AFRICANS TO SUPPORT UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Summary: The United States believes the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) should respond to the extremely brutal attacks -- which resulted in at least one death -- by Zimbabwean authorities against opposition members during and after a peaceful prayer meeting on March 11. Posts are instructe [...]
2007-03-15 20:25:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNHCR PHUM PREL ZI
07STATE33284PRESSING HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ACTIVE
[...] (U) Summary: The United States believes the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) must respond to the extremely brutal attacks -- which resulted in at least one death -- by Zimbabwean authorities against opposition members during and after a peaceful prayer meeting on March 11. Posts are instructed [...]
2007-03-15 20:37:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNHCR PHUM PREL ZI
07STATE35404EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES MANDATE AT
[...] At the current session of the Human Rights Council, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) tabled a resolution that would extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied since 1967 until the end of Israeli occupation. [...]
2007-03-21 00:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNHRC PREL PHUM
07STATE36459HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR ACOTA
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (U) This cable refers to the Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel below: NAME: Goodman Ruzibiza RANK: Lieutenant Colonel CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) GENDER: Male 3. (C/NF) Background: Bas [...]
2007-03-22 15:18:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV MARR PHUM RW
07STATE36889DEMARCHE: URGING TO CHINA TO NOT OPPOSE ON EU
[...] Department requests that the Embassy urge China to support, or at least not to oppose, a European Union- sponsored Sudan resolution at the UN Human Rights Council. The Embassy is also requested to voice U.S. opposition to an Algerian-sponsored resolution text that would protect Sudan from cr [...]
2007-03-22 21:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYHUMAN PREL PHUM CH SU DARFR
07STATE38476CHAD: LEAHY VETTING FOR IMET CANDIDATES
[...] Reftel identified the following candidates, all Chadian nationals, who have been nominated for International Military Education and Training (IMET) programs in May and June 2007. Per reftel, Embassy N'djamena has reviewed mission records and found no credible information of gross human rights [...]
2007-03-26 20:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MASS MARR PINR PHUM CD
07STATE39302SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR
[...] As requested in reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals named in paragraph 2, below, as of this date, who have been selected to participate in Obstetrics, Medical Health and Hygiene training at the [...]
2007-03-27 21:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDJA MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM
07STATE40511SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR
[...] As requested reftel, the Department has reviwed its files and finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals named in paragraph 2, below, as of this date, who have been selected to participate in English language and 767 simulation training at Boeing Comp [...]
2007-03-29 15:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDJA MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM
07STATE47084P-1 REFERRAL OF EHAB REFAT AHMED AL KUTTUB
[...] (SBU) PRM concurs with Post's Priority 1 referral of the following individual for processing in the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program: NAME: Ehab Ahmed Al Kuttub DOB: 02 August 1975 POB: Iraq Gender: Male Marital Status: Single 2. (SBU) PRM advises Post's refugee coordinator to forward [...]
2007-04-10 17:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF EG IZ
07STATE47085P-1 REFERRAL OF ZAINAB MOHAMED IBRAHIM
[...] (SBU) PRM concurs with Post's Priority I referrals of the following individuals for processing in the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program: Name: Zainab Mohamed Ibrahim Adham (a.k.a. Zainab Mohammed Adham - Principal Applicant) DOB: Dec. 06, 1967 POB: Baghdad, Iraq Gender: Female Name: Haz [...]
2007-04-10 17:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF EG IZ
07STATE47268SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR
[...] As requested reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals named in paragraph 2, below, as of this date, who have been selected to participate in English language and Sargents Major training at Lackland A [...]
2007-04-10 21:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDJA MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM
07STATE51204P-1 REFERRAL OF ESSAM HAMOUDI AHMED
[...] (SBU) PRM concurs with Post's Priority 1 referral of the following individual for processing in the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program: NAME: Essam Hammoudi Ahmed DOB: 1980 POB: Samawah, Iraq PPT: S1647887 Gender: Male Marital Status: Single 2. (SBU) Please inform PRM/A of applica [...]
2007-04-17 20:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF IZ SY
07STATE52621GUIDANCE ON FARHAD ALIYEV AND ALI INSANOV CASES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-19 22:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAJ KCOR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
07STATE54784P-1 REFERRAL OF DHIA NOOR MOWAFAK
[...] (SBU) PRM concurs with Post's Priority 1 referral of the following individuals for processing in the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP): NAME: Dhia Noor Mowafak (principal applicant) DOB: 2 December 1964 POB: Baghdad GENDER: Male MARITAL STATUS: Married NAME: Tahrir Magada Maro [...]
2007-04-24 20:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF IN IZ
07STATE58915REQUEST FOR AZERBAIJAN-SPECIFIC STATEMENT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 13:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAJ KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL
07STATE60237DEMARCHE: CONVENING GROUP COALITION MEMBER
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4-5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) This year's Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial is scheduled for November 2007 in Bamako, Mali. Based upon a set of participation criteria, countries are invited to the ministerial as full participa [...]
2007-05-03 21:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA
07STATE60492HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR 14TH
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of May 4, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officer below: NAME: James Safari RANK: Major CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 1969 GNEDE [...]
2007-05-04 14:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR MASS PHUM RW
07STATE60672DEMARCHE: HOLDING THE LINE ON UN COUNTRY-SPECIFIC
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The sixth regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in June will chiefly address the final outstanding institution-building and transitional issues left over from the now-defunct UN Commission o [...]
2007-05-04 18:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYHUMAN PHUM PREL EUN
07STATE60867SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR
[...] As requested reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual named in paragraph 2, below, as of this date, who has been selected to participate in senior executive course training at the Asia Pacific Center [...]
2007-05-04 22:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDJA MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM
07STATE60872SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR
[...] As requested reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual named in paragraph 2, below, as of this date, who has been selected to participate in the Patriot Air Defense System Technician Warrant Officer Ba [...]
2007-05-04 22:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDJA MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM
07STATE6191SUDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR S/CRS EYTHAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 2-3. 2. (SBU) Department requests that Post grant country clearance for S/CRS Eythan Sontag, who will be TDY principally in Darfur for approximately two months in support of peace-process implementation and other Embassy activities in the fi [...]
2007-01-17 23:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC KCRS OTRA PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SU
07STATE64903SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR
[...] As requested reftel, the Department has reviwed its files and finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual named in paragraph 2, below, as of this date, who has been selected to participate in U.S.-sponsored training at the National War College at Fort M [...]
2007-05-11 21:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDJA MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM
07STATE68161DEMARCHE REQUEST ON ARRESTED IRANIAN-AMERICAN
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: The Department requests that post ask the GOJ to engage the Iranian government on the case of Iranian-American academic Haleh Esfandiari, Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. Dr. Esfandiari was arreste [...]
2007-05-17 22:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM IR PREL PGOV KDEM
07STATE68180REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE BY AMBASSADOR ON HUMAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) The Department is seriously concerned about ref a report on the conduct of the opening stages of the Farhad Aliyev trial, and, separately, by a series of reports (e.g. ref b) on new prosecutions or convictions of (primarily opposition) journalists fo [...]
2007-05-17 23:08:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAJ KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
07STATE73184US-AZERBAIJAN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) In their March 22 bilateral Democracy and Human Rights Dialogue, DRL Assistant Secretary Lowenkron and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov discussed a variety of issues related to human rights, rule of law, democratic political processes, media freedom, and civil society. The FM c [...]
2007-05-29 14:49:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
07STATE76684HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of May 31, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officers below: NAME: Camarade Murara RANK: Captain CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 25 [...]
2007-06-04 18:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE76884DEMARCHE: PREPARATIONS FOR THE NOVEMBER BAMAKO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) This year's Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial is scheduled for November 2007 in Bamako, Mali. As Chair of the CD for the last two years, Mali has been charged with setting the agenda, leading the Co [...]
2007-06-04 20:26:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA
07STATE77328DEMARCHE: DETAINED/MISSING AMERICANS IN IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department understands that the GOJ has expressed a willingness to raise the case of detained AmCit Kian Tajbakhsh with Iranian officials in Tokyo, but has asked for a formal request from the USG to do so. Based on the Department's request to raise the case of Dr. Hale [...]
2007-06-05 15:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM IR PREL PGOV KDEM
07STATE80300DEMARCHE: MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department asks that addressee posts raise the issue of missing and detained American citizens in Iran with their host governments and request that host government contacts reach out to their Iranian interlocutors regarding the speedy return of these individuals to their fam [...]
2007-06-08 21:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN
07STATE80790HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 8, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officers below: NAME: Chance Ndagano RANK: Major CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 01 Jul [...]
2007-06-11 16:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE80795HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 8, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officer below: NAME: Frank Bakunzi RANK: Captain CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 15 Feb [...]
2007-06-11 16:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE82614HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMEROONIAN MILITARY
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 13, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officer below: NAME: Onguene Ateba RANK: Director of Judicial Police CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Office of Judicial Police [...]
2007-06-13 20:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL CM
07STATE83780HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INFANTRY CAPTAIN
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 12, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below: Name: Mohammad Kamrul Hasan Rank: Captain Unit: School of Infantry and Tactics Unit Location: S [...]
2007-06-15 15:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM MARR MASS PHUM PREL BG
07STATE88264HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 22, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officer below: NAME: Andrew Kayumba RANK: Lieutenant CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 0 [...]
2007-06-25 15:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE91136HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 28, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer below: NAME: Cyprian Gatete RANK: Assistant Commissioner of Police CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Police Force DATE O [...]
2007-06-29 15:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE91539DEMARCHE REQUEST: U.S. DISAPPOINTMENT IN UN HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-29 21:47:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM EUN UNHRC
07STATE91929CORRECTED COPY OF STATE 091539:
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2-6. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (U) Action requested: Posts, except for Ottawa, Prague, Warsaw, Berlin, and London are requested to approach host governments at the highest appropriate level to convey deep USG unhappiness with the resu [...]
2007-07-02 14:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EUN UNHRC
07STATE98670DEMARCHE REQUEST: CONVEYING USG PRIORITIES FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5 - 16. 2. (U) This year's Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial is scheduled for November 2007 in Bamako, Mali. Based upon a set of participation criteria, countries will be invited to the ministerial as full participants, as ob [...]
2007-07-16 21:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA
07STATE99391A COORDINATED APPROACH ON DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) Promoting democratic reform and respect for human rights in Azerbaijan, a geo-strategically important, secular Muslim country, is a high USG priority. In December 2006, DRL A/S Lowenkron met with President Ilham Aliyev to launch a formal senior-lev [...]
2007-07-17 21:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAJ EUN KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL
07STOCKHOLM1008THE CASE OF RELIGIOUS PRISONER SON JONG-NAM:
[...] (c) Polcouns met August 15 with MFA Special Adviser for the Korean Peninsula Ambassador Paul Beijer regarding Son Jong-Nam. Beijer said that Sweden was aware of the case and had, more than a year ago, intervened bilaterally and through the EU on behalf of Son Jong-Nam. Sweden and various oth [...]
2007-08-21 14:02:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KN KS EXIM PGOV SW
07STOCKHOLM1388SWEDEN ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 16:40:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SW VE WHA EU
07STOCKHOLM1453BILDT ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) The Ambassador and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt discussed the way forward on Kosovo on December 11. Bildt said 26 of the EU states (except Cyprus) would likely recognize Kosovo independence in some form as early as February, but there were a number of important issues that remained to be [...]
2007-12-12 16:38:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF YI SW
07STOCKHOLM1490SWEDEN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ACCOUNTABILITY OF JUBA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-27 11:00:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PHUM PREL UG SW
07STOCKHOLM315SWEDEN: REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO
[...] (c) DCM accompanied by Polcouns met 3/23 with MFA Political Director Olof Skoog to urge Sweden to consider resettlement of Guantanamo refugees (refs A and B). Skoog said the GoS would study the request, and noted that Sweden had received and seriously considered (but ultimately declined) a p [...]
2007-03-23 15:32:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG SW
07STOCKHOLM368SWEDEN SAYS NO TO ACCEPTING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (c) MFA Political Director Olof Skoog told Polcouns 4/5 that the GoS had carefully considered but could not agree to the U.S. request to accept Guantanamo detainees (refs A-D). Skoog said the request had been reviewed by all relevant elements of the Swedish government, and there were compellin [...]
2007-04-05 12:50:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KAWC PTER XG SW
07STOCKHOLM8ANTI-IMMIGRATION SWEDEN DEMOCRATS ON THE RISE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The nationalistic Sweden Democrats gained 2.9% of the national vote in September, capitalizing on anti-immigration sentiment. The party and its views on restricting immigration are treated with suspicion by the mainstream parties and media. The Sweden Democrats claim that they [...]
2007-01-04 08:40:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI PHUM SW
07SURABAYA33MALANG: EAST JAVA'S UNIVERSITY CITY AND EPICENTER OF HUMAN
[...] (SBU) During an August 30-31 visit to Malang, Principal Officer spoke with educators and civil society leaders about the duality of this East Javanese city: a city famous for both education and growing poverty that has made Malang's citizens easy targets for traffickers. Malang hosts two state [...]
2007-09-04 07:25:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PGOV ELAB KWMN SMIG KPAO ID
07SURABAYA34SURABAYA: USG TRAINING FOR POLICE, COURTS, AND NGOS RESULTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 3, Surabaya police arrested two suspects for attempting to traffic seven women from Indonesia to Malaysia. The victims were handed over to an International Organization of Migration (IOM)-sponsored NDO KPPD Samitra Abhaya and returned to their villages. The Surabay [...]
2007-09-11 04:45:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PGOV ELAB KWMN SMIG ASEC ID
07SURABAYA3489SURABAYA ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS RESULTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the recent Muslim celebration Ied Adha and Christmas holiday season, Surabaya police conducted two anti trafficking operations resulting in the arrest of seven suspects for attempting to traffic six children and two women into debt prostitution bondage and smuggling from [...]
2007-12-31 05:02:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM KCOR
07SURABAYA39SOUTH SULAWESI: PLAYING POLITICS WITH SHARIAH LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary: The November 5 gubernatorial election in Indonesian Vice President Yusuf Kalla's home province of South Sulawesi is both a battle within the local Golkar party and a referendum on the implementation of Shariah law in the province. An internal local Golkar dispute now pits the cu [...]
2007-09-21 08:40:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA42LOMBOK'S AHMADIYAH SECT: DANGEROUS OR ENDANGERED?
[...] (SBU) Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer and Pol/Econ Assistant traveled to the island of Lombok in the province of West Nusa Tenggara, from September 11 to 13. While there, they met with 127 members of the religious sect Ahmadiyah at their refugee barracks in the provincial capital Mataram. In Febru [...]
2007-09-28 12:36:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA43MANADO--ALL BROTHERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: North Sulawesi has long maintained a reputation for tolerance and calm, despite being surrounded areas best known for ethnic and religious conflicts. During a September 25-27 visit to Manado, Surabaya Principal Officer discussed with local leaders, academicians, and the media Nor [...]
2007-10-01 07:06:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA45EASTERN INDONESIA: ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS IN LOMBOK
[...] (SBU) Consulate General Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer and Pol/Econ Assistant assessed anti-human trafficking efforts during a visit to the island of Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB),September 11-13. Anti-trafficking NGOs described poor coordination of anti-trafficking activities and victims' [...]
2007-10-03 07:01:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PGOV ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07SURABAYA46NORTH SULAWESI: GROWING PROBLEMS IN HIV AND TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The head of a local NGO in Manado described the growing problem of HIV and trafficking in women during Surabaya Principal Officer's recent visit. In a city that prides itself on beginning strongly Christian, prostitution has been forced further underground, making monitoring the [...]
2007-10-05 02:28:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM PGOV ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07SURABAYA49INDONESIA AND BURMA: VIEWS FROM EAST JAVA
[...] Jakarta-based foreign policy watchers are not the only Indonesians closely monitoring events in Burma. Since the crisis erupted, the Surabaya-based daily Jawa Pos has published front-page reports, with color pictures, covering events inside Burma and international reaction and providing commen [...]
2007-10-09 10:03:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07SURABAYA51EAST NUSA TENGGARA--MUSLIM RADIO AND POLITICS IN A CHRISTIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In Christian dominated East Nusa Tenggara (NTT),Muslim residents play an important political role. The Chairman of NTT's Indonesian Islamic Council told visitors from ConGen Surabaya that relations between religious and ethnic communities have stabilized on the island of West T [...]
2007-10-10 10:07:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA53EAST NUSA TENGGARA: CAMPAIGNS, CORRUPTION AND CREATIVITY
[...] (SBU) Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer and Pol/Econ Assistant met with the leadership of Golkar and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) during a recent visit to East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). These political parties currentQold 21 and 12 seats respectively of the 55 total seats in NTT's Pr [...]
2007-10-15 10:10:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA54EAST NUSA TENGGARA: CAMPAIGNS, CORRUPTION AND CREATIVITY
[...] (SBU) Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer and Pol/Econ Assistant met with the leadership of Golkar and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) during a recent visit to East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). These political parties currently hold 21 and 12 seats respectively of the 55 total seats in NTT' [...]
2007-10-15 10:10:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA55EAST NUSA TENGGARA: WEST TIMOR'S PERFECT STORM--REFUGEES,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer and Pol/Econ Assistant met with local officials and NGOs involved in the resettlement of refugees from Timor Leste in the cities of Kupang and Atambua, in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) during a October 2-5 visit. After our meetings in Atambua near the borde [...]
2007-10-16 09:32:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTT PGOV PHUM KCOR ID PREF
07SURABAYA57SOUTH SULAWESI: JUSUF KALLA PICKS HIS GUBERNATORIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 15, Vice President and Golkar National Chairman Jusuf Kalla strongly urged Golkar elites in South Sulawesi to support incumbent Amin Syam and his running mate Mansyur Ramly in the November 5 gubernatorial elections. Public reaction has been negative, suggesting that t [...]
2007-10-18 03:32:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA59NORTH MALUKU: FISTICUFFS AND FALSE STARTS MAR GOVERNOR'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Violence and confusion continues to plague the race for Governor and Vice Governor in the Province of North Maluku. The official start date for the campaign has changed three times amid violent physical assaults and accusations of favoritism on the part of the Provincial Electi [...]
2007-10-22 11:11:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA63JAWA POS: FIRST HAND-COVERAGE OF BURMA CRISIS, INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit by the Surabaya Principal Officer, Public Affairs Officer, and Public Affairs Assistant to the Surabaya headquarters of the Jawa Pos Group October 19, Jawa Pos editors and journalists described their efforts to provide accessible and relevant news coverage to read [...]
2007-10-25 09:37:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO PGOV PHUM ID BM NS IS
07SURABAYA65EAST JAVA'S CHINESE MUSLIMS: IN THE MOSQUE, ON THE STUMP AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Surabaya Principal Officer and Pol/Econ officer attended the fifth anniversary ceremony of the construction of the Cheng Hoo Mosque in downtown Surabaya on 28 October. The event went well beyond simple ceremony and demonstrated the importance of the audience to business, poli [...]
2007-10-31 09:13:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ID PGOV PHUM
07SURABAYA68EAST NUSA TENGGARA: SHOOTING INCIDENT AT NTT-TIMOR LESTE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Dili and Consulate General Surabaya contacted individuals on either side of the Indonesia-Timor Leste border regarding the shooting of Timor-Leste citizen Lucas Neno by Indonesian Armed forces (TNI). Neno was shot at approximately 4:30 a.m. Timor-Leste local time on Oct [...]
2007-11-02 09:59:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ID TT PREF
07SURABAYA71EAST JAVA NAHDLATUL ULEMA CONFERENCE: POLITICS, RELIGION,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The East Java Nahdlatul Ulema (NU) Conference selected Ali Maschan Moesa as the Chairman of the NU Tanfidziyah Council on November 4. Ali Maschan's election did nothing to dampen speculation that he would soon announce his candidacy in the 2008 East Java Governor's race. Ali Ma [...]
2007-11-08 11:16:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL PHUM SOCI ID
07SURABAYA72GOLKAR'S POLITICAL MACHINE APPARENTLY FAILS IN SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate General Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer, Pol/Econ Assistant and two Political Officers from Embassy Jakarta observed the first direct gubernatorial elections in South Sulawesi Province on November 5. The apparent defeat of incumbent Amir Syam by his Vice Governor Syahrul Ya [...]
2007-11-13 09:28:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA74SOUTH SULAWESI: ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN, THE LOSERS SUE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The November 16 official announcement of election results failed to dampen controversy surrounding who won the race for South Sulawesi Governor. Now abandoned by national Golkar Party leadership, defeated incumbent Amin Syam and Vice Governor candidate Mansur Ramly have annou [...]
2007-11-16 10:21:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
07SURABAYA77SOUTH SULAWESI: BULUKUMBA'S SYARIAH LAW A "CRASH PROGRAM IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 6, Pol/Econ Officer and Pol/Econ Assistant traveled to Bulukumba Regency, South Sulawesi to discuss the practical implementation of Syariah law in the regency. Located on the southern most tip of South Sulawesi, Bulukumba has implemented local regulations that mirror [...]
2007-11-23 09:46:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL ID
07SURABAYA80EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE -- VICTIMS LOSE LAWSUIT AND ARE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mudflow victims are planning to take their case against the government and Lapindo company to The Hague after the Jakarta District Court rejected their law suit. The judges ruled that, in spending Rp 1.63 trillion (USD 175 million),the government and Lapindo have "done what they [...]
2007-11-29 07:18:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ENIV ELAB ENRG PHUM PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA89EAST JAVA: VOTERS IGNORE ENDORSEMENTS; POLITICIANS IGNORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Media giant Jawa Pos Group's Pro Otonomi Institute (JPIP) was established in 2002 to evaluate and rank the performance of individual regencies in East Java. While JPIP has successfully focused the attention of some elected officials on the relationship between job performance a [...]
2007-12-14 09:54:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL ID
07SUVA108FIJI UPDATE, FEBRUARY 14, 2007: EPG REPORT WILL
[...] (C) PIF Secretary General Greg Urwin told us the EPG report on Fiji will ask Bainimarama to step down as interim PM. It will call for elections within 18-24 months, if not sooner. Urwin said the hope is that members of the interim government will convince Bainimarama to moderate his heretof [...]
2007-02-13 22:37:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA110FIJI UPDATE, FEBRUARY 15, 2007: RFMF SAYS U.S. HAS
[...] (C) The RFMF told the media today that the U.S. has suspended plans to support a new "peacekeeping academy" near Suva. The Methodist church has reconfirmed its request for President Iloilo to resign. The Interim Attorney General admitted that the RFMF had committed human rights violations bu [...]
2007-02-14 20:38:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EFIN MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA120FIJI UPDATE, FEBRUARY 21, 2007: INTERIM GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Commodore Bainimarama announced February 20 that the interim cabinet has agreed to a plan to restore democracy to Fiji "as early as 2010." Bainimarama says at least three and a half years will be required to have a census, redraw election boundaries, and prepare for a general election [...]
2007-02-20 21:54:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA123FIJI UPDATE 2/22/07: QARASE WARNS AGAINST HAVING
[...] (C) Exiled PM Qarase has warned that returning Bainimarama to the barracks could well leave the Commodore continuing his interference in politics. Acting Chief Justice Gates, a shadow backer of Bainimarama, may hear Qarase's law suit. The RFMF continues intimidation, including against lawyers [...]
2007-02-21 21:21:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC ELAB FJ
07SUVA130FIJI UPDATE 2/26/07: FIJI SUGGESTS PRE-PIF
[...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama is seeking interim-government discussions with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) before a Forum ministerial meeting to discuss the PIF Eminent Persons Group (EPG) report on Fiji. The interim government is highlighting the (continuing) deployment of RFMF troops to PKO e [...]
2007-02-25 20:20:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA15FIJI UPDATE 1/5: PRESIDENT NAMES BAINIMARAMA
[...] (C) Fiji President Iloilo swore in Commodore Bainimarama and interim Prime Minister on Dec. 5. Bainimarama, still clearly in charge, then urged Fiji citizens and the international community to help bring good government and true democratic values. Iloilo's doctor reports the President is sen [...]
2007-01-04 20:42:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC CH TW FJ
07SUVA150FIJI UPDATE 3/7/2007: HUMAN RIGHTS PROSPECTS;
[...] (C) Interim PM Bainimarama announced the military will stop human rights abuses immediately. Unfortunately, reports of abuses continue, including possibly a third death. Bainimarama will headline Fiji's commemoration of Women's Day, with an altered theme to downplay concerns about "impunity" [...]
2007-03-06 20:30:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC IN FJ
07SUVA155PACIFIC FORUM AND FIJI, UNCERTAINTY ABOUNDS
[...] (C) Fiji interim Foreign Minister Nailatikau has been seeking support from Pacific-island colleagues in the lead-up to the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) ministerial meeting in Vanuatu that will consider an Eminent Persons Group (EPG) report on Fiji. With some island leaders becoming "reticent" b [...]
2007-03-08 18:10:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ XV
07SUVA161FIJI UPDATE 3/13/07: MEDIA FREEDOM; UNION
[...] (C) The RFMF and the interim AG have emphasized yet again that media freedom has distinct limits in post-coup Fiji. The interim government is expected to announce shortly its choices for permanent secretaries in the civil service. Police investigators are in Lau to interview PM Qarase about al [...]
2007-03-12 20:18:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA165FIJI UPDATE 3/15/07: MORE ON VP, MSG, "CLEAN UP"
[...] (C) A new Fiji Vice President may now be selected in April. The interim government has admitted publicly a Melanesian Spearhead Group snub: not allowing Commodore Bainimarama to sign the MSG constitution. The RFMF is investigating 22 soldiers for pay-office malfeasance, but is not looking in [...]
2007-03-14 19:40:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA170FIJI UPDATE 3/19/07: FIJI SPIN ON MINISTERIAL;
[...] (C) Fiji's interim government is spinning the Forum Ministerial last week as a success and is leaving a distinct impression it does not intend early elections. Commodore Bainimarama's "clean up" rhetoric continues, though we predict at some point real evidence will be necessary. Bainimarama t [...]
2007-03-19 19:48:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA177FIJI UPDATE 3/22/07: CORRUPTION COMPARISONS; A
[...] (C) A Transparency International poll taken in Fiji before the coup indicates people were not shocked by corruption in the Qarase era. Overall, Fiji stacked up quite favorably compared to global and regional results, which suggests, no surprise, that the need for a "clean up" was not really wh [...]
2007-03-21 20:37:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA18FIJI UPDATE 1/8/07: INTERIM GOVERNMENT MINISTERS;
[...] (C) Eight ministers in Commodore Bainimarama's interim government were sworn in on Jan. 8. Several have connections to Ratu Epeli Ganilau's National Alliance Party (NAP) that failed miserably in last May's elections; but on the whole the group seems reasonably well qualified. Fiji Labor Party [...]
2007-01-07 22:50:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA187FIJI UPDATE 3/27/07:
[...] (C) The Forum-Fiji working group proposed at the Forum Ministerial in Vanuatu may begin efforts shortly. The Forum's intention is for high commissioners at Forum-member embassies in Suva to make up the Forum side, including the high commissioners from New Zealand and Australia. It will be in [...]
2007-03-26 20:27:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC CVIS FJ
07SUVA191FIJI UPDATE 3/30/07: VP SELECTION; QARASE TRAVEL;
[...] (C) Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) is to consider President Iloilo's choice for Vice President on April 11-12. Rumored candidates include a woman and an ethnic-Indian, but the favorite remains interim Foreign Minister Nailatikau. The Acting Chief Justice is considering whether PM Qarase h [...]
2007-03-29 17:41:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA194FIJI UPDATE 4/3/07: BAINIMARAMA ON VISA SANCTION;
[...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama told a dinner gathering of the U.S. cancellation of his visa. He reportedly challenged Ambassador Dinger to retrieve the passport and to "bring his running shoes." Media report that UN SYG Ban responded to a request by Commonwealth SecGen McKinnon for the UN to remov [...]
2007-04-02 20:54:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA199FIJI UPDATE 4/5/07: BAINIMARAMA ON PKO; STATE OF
[...] (U) Commodore Bainimarama reacted to media reports that Commonwealth SecGen McKinnon asked the UN to remove Fiji from PKO activities by saying any attempt to stop soldiers from participating in peacekeeping missions would be "an attempt to hurt the people" of Fiji. He noted that PKO duties ge [...]
2007-04-04 21:13:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA2FIJI UPDATE 1/3/07: CJ ON LEAVE; INTERIM PLANS?
[...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama today announced Fiji's Chief Justice is going on indefinite leave, pending a full inquiry into the judicial system. Bainimarama says he will return executive authority to President Iloilo within the next few weeks, with an inte [...]
2007-01-02 23:01:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA20FIJI UPDATE 1/9/07: MORE INTERIM MINISTERS;
[...] (C) The total of ministers tapped for Fiji's interim administration reached 16 with the swearing in of 6 on Jan. 9, including former PM Chaudhry as Finance Minister. They join Interim PM Bainimarama, 8 interim ministers sworn in yesterday (ref),and Ratu Epeli Ganilau to be sworn in next week [...]
2007-01-08 21:28:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA22FIJI UPDATE 1/10/07: GCC, MAJOR CHURCHES ACCEPT
[...] (C) The Chairman of Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) and leaders of the Methodist and Catholic churches have accepted Bainimarama's interim government while urging a return to democracy soon. Military pastors have asked their flock to do a Lenten-type fast for the next month as all pray f [...]
2007-01-09 21:33:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA222EAP DAS DAVIES VISIT TO FIJI DRAWS SHARP REACTION
[...] (C) During an April 11-12 visit to Suva, EAP DAS Glyn Davies met with a cross-section of Fiji opinion leaders, including interim Foreign Minister Nailatikau and interim Finance Minister Chaudhry. Interim PM Bainimarama refused a meeting. Nailatikau and Chaudhry, both heading shortly to Bruss [...]
2007-04-16 13:28:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ASEC AMGT MARR SCUL FJ
07SUVA224EAP DAS DAVIES IN TONGA URGES RAPID DEMOCRATIC
[...] (C) During EAP DAS Davies' April 13-14 visit to Tonga, Prime Minister Sevele reiterated that he and the King are committed to reform. In conversations across the political spectrum, Davies heard various views about the appropriate pace, though most all agreed last November's riot in Nuku'alof [...]
2007-04-17 13:54:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM CH TN
07SUVA23FIJI UPDATE 1/11/2007: CABINET TO MEET; EMERGENCY
[...] (C) Fiji's interim cabinet is to meet formally next week for the first time. Detailed emergency regulations that curtail constitutional rights have appeared, purportedly signed Dec. 5, but very possibly back-dated. A New Zealand citizen of Fiji origin reportedly was tortured by authorities t [...]
2007-01-10 20:56:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR CASC ASEC FJ
07SUVA241FIJI AND THE EU: A "POSITIVE OUTCOME"; QUESTIONS
[...] (C) The EU-Fiji negotiations in Brussels April 18-19 were seen as reasonably successful by both sides. The EU figures it has achieved a pragmatic set of requirements that Fiji must meet to re-instate rule of law and human rights and to build to new elections within two years. Fiji's interim [...]
2007-04-25 21:30:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID ASEC FJ
07SUVA273EU PRESSES FIJI INTERIM GOVERNMENT TO HONOR
[...] (C) The EU Representative to Fiji, along with the French and UK heads of mission, met with interim Foreign Minister Nailatikau May 11 to express concern about the apparent lack of movement by Fiji's interim government in meeting its commitments to the EU. The EU representatives told Nailati [...]
2007-05-15 21:44:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA274MILITARY SHUTS DOWN ANTI-COUP BLOG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Late Wednesday afternoon one of the most strident blogs criticizing Fiji's post-coup interim government was shut down. This follows days of threats by the military to shut down the blogs. A pro-coup blog site has been involved with attempting to locate the authors of the blog. [...]
2007-05-15 21:56:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC FJ
07SUVA287FIJI UPDATE, MAY 25, 2007: INTERIM GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) During a visit to India, interim Finance Minister Chaudhry repeatedly stressed that elections in Fiji would not take place until 2010. Bainimarama echoed that view May 22, stating it would be idiotic for the interim regime to take Fiji to elections before it had achieved its goals. Th [...]
2007-05-23 22:27:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA29HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST VIEWS ON FIJI SITUATION;
[...] (C) A Fiji NGO leader, Angie Heffernan, says colleagues are documenting many reports of military intimidation, including sexual abuse. The NGOs are striving to ensure nobody believes the people of Fiji have acquiesced in the coup. The NGOs believe undercurrents of discontent are bubbling wit [...]
2007-01-11 20:50:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA313FIJI PNG-ING NZ HIGH COMMISSIONER; MORE HUMAN
[...] (C) Fiji's interim Cabinet has declared the New Zealand High Commissioner persona non grata. New Zealand is attempting to reverse that. The GNZ has continually been outspoken against Commodore Bainimarama's interim government (IG),but the High Commissioner has been relatively low-key public [...]
2007-06-10 20:24:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA325FIJI COMMITS "IN PRINCIPLE" TO ELECTIONS BY MARCH
[...] (C) Fiji interim prime minister Bainimarama announced on June 19 that the interim government is prepared to accept "in principle" that democratic elections "could be held" by March 2009. Bainimarama suggested that the onus is now on the donor community, especially Australia, New Zealand, the [...]
2007-06-19 20:18:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA333FIJI UPDATE: TROUBLE WITH THE LEGAL SYSTEM
[...] (C) It appears that Fiji's interim President, Commodore Bainimarama, Justices Gates and Shameem, and others are making moves to reconstitute the Fiji judiciary. The suspension of Chief Justice Fatiaki in early January, the end of some expat Appeals Court Justices' terms, and several suspiciou [...]
2007-06-26 18:50:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC CASC KJUS FJ
07SUVA338TONGA POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY, RECONSTRUCTION DELAYS
[...] (C) As Tonga's Parliament was adjourning its session just after last November's tragic riot in Nuku'alofa, new King George V tasked government and pro-democracy critics to conclude the national debate on democratic reforms for Tonga's monarchy and provide a solution for the next session of Par [...]
2007-07-01 16:00:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TN
07SUVA349TENSION IN TONGA; LIGHT IN THE TUNNEL?
[...] (C) Tonga may re-energize stalled political-reform discussions. Parliament has created a tripartite commission to consider specifics, including parliamentary numbers and the date for the next election. Reportedly, the King has agreed to act "only on advice" of an elected government, but some [...]
2007-07-09 20:43:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CVIS PINR TN
07SUVA35FIJI UPDATE 1/16/2007 - INTERIM CHIEF JUSTICE
[...] (C) Justice Anthony Gates, an apparent supporter of the coup and advisor to the military, was sworn in as Interim Chief Justice. Ratu Epeli Ganilau was sworn in as Minister for Fijian Affairs, completing the ministerial lineup of the interim government. The Melanesian Spearhead Group has r [...]
2007-01-15 23:35:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM CASC PINR ASEC FJ
07SUVA354FIJI UPDATE: JULY 11, 2007: BAINIMARAMA AND
[...] (C) New interim Police Commissioner and RFMF Deputy Teleni told a group of professionals that the military would never allow the SDL to regain power, even if it won the next election. Teleni said the RFMF would ignore any negative court rulings and only hold elections when it is ready. Cont [...]
2007-07-10 19:47:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA36FIJI UPDATE 1/17/07 - CONTROVERSY OVER ACTING
[...] (C) The decision to appoint Anthony Gates to the position of Acting Chief Justice has created an uproar in Fiji's legal community. Chief Justice Fatiaki, recently placed on forced leave by the military government, called the action "a disgrace." He and lawyers we talked to were especially [...]
2007-01-16 23:31:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA37FIJI UPDATE 1/18/07 - MORE JUDICIAL AND LEGAL
[...] (C) Chief Justice Fatiaki returned to his office today, only to be removed by police. The military defied a ruling by the High Court reinstating Sugarcane Growers Council CEO Jagannath Sami and removed him from his office. Sami collapsed during military questioning and was admitted to a ho [...]
2007-01-17 22:20:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA387FIJI UPDATE AUG. 6, 07: STRIKES; AUSTRALIA-FIJI;
[...] (C) Some Fiji public-sector unions remain on strike. Others have gone back to work, at least for now. The interim government (IG) is adamant thus far that no lucrative settlement will take place. A war of words between Australia and the IG continues. Interim PM Bainimarama is spinning the I [...]
2007-08-05 20:30:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA391FIJI UPDATE 8/7/07: UK ARMY RECRUITS FROM FIJI;
[...] (U) New Zealand media report that Australian Foreign Minister Downer and Commonwealth Secretary General McKinnon tried hard to get Britain to end its recruitment of Fiji citizens for the British army after last December's coup but met no success. McKinnon argued that Britain "is not setting a [...]
2007-08-06 19:22:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA405TONGA BREAKTHROUGH: TRIPARTITE COMMITTEE AGREES ON
[...] (C) A tripartite parliamentary committee tasked to forge a compromise deal between government and pro-democracy supporters on the political future of Tonga delivered a surprisingly strong democratic proposal on Aug. 3. The plan proposes 17 popularly elected People's Representatives, 9 elected [...]
2007-08-12 09:29:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR TN
07SUVA409TUVALU: NEEDY AND SEEKING USG ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Tuvalu's Prime Minister Ielemia remains strongly interested in regaining the Peace Corps, accessing the Millennium Challenge Account, and providing skilled workers for Guam construction projects. He believes Fiji's Commodore Bainimarama should not attend the Pacific Islands Forum in Ton [...]
2007-08-15 13:50:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM PINR EAID ECON KCRM TV
07SUVA416FIJI UPDATE 8/20/07: BAINIMARAMA "JOKING" RE
[...] (C) Fiji interim PM Bainimarama was only joking in announcing an election date, according to the interim Attorney General. Critics don't find that funny. Pacific Island Forum (PIF) and EU dialogues with the interim government (IG) are adding to doubts about IG motives. Some court cases sugg [...]
2007-08-19 19:50:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR MARR FJ
07SUVA424SCOTTY TEAM WINS NAURU ELECTION; REFORMS EXPECTED
[...] (U) Nauru's general election on August 25 returned the "reform" government of President Ludwig Scotty to power. All of Scotty's cabinet team won re-election. All opposition members were defeated, except for former President Rene Harris. Former President Kinza Clodumar, a Scotty opponent see [...]
2007-08-28 17:25:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV NR
07SUVA425FIJI CABINET FRICTIONS; QARASE TRAVEL STYMIED;
[...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama's interim Cabinet is developing fractures. Deposed PM Qarase's plan to travel to Suva this week was derailed. Qarase alleges a military threat to kill him on arrival and a military order to Air Fiji not to board him. Interim government (IG) efforts to tame the Great [...]
2007-08-28 19:01:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR PGOV FJ
07SUVA43FIJI UPDATE 1/19/07 - FATIAKI SUSPENDED; PRESIDENT
[...] (C) President Iloilo suspended Chief Justice Fatiaki and directed that investigations should be conducted into Fatiaki's actions in the aftermath of the 2000 coup. Iloilo decreed today that all decrees and decisions made by the military government when Bainimarama was "Acting President" are [...]
2007-01-18 19:13:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC FJ
07SUVA433FIJI: QARASE RETURNS; BAINIMARAMA SHUNS HIM,
[...] (C) Deposed Prime Minister Qarase returned to Suva last Saturday. He announced willingness to assist the interim government (IG) to bring Fiji back to democracy rapidly. Interim PM Bainimarama dismissed the thought that Qarase and his SDL Ministers could play any role, now or after a future e [...]
2007-09-03 19:24:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA436FIJI: BAINIMARAMA RESUMES STATE OF EMERGENCY;
[...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama brought back Fiji's state of emergency on Sept. 6, after a three month hiatus, in order to respond to political posturing by deposed PM Qarase, who returned to Suva last weekend and immediately began to make public statements critical of the interim government (IG) and [...]
2007-09-05 19:24:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA442SCENE-SETTER FOR COMMANDER PACOM VISIT TO TONGA
[...] (C) A first visit to the Kingdom of Tonga is always fascinating, as is a meeting with eccentric King George V. The U.S. and Tonga have friendly relations, especially mil/mil, as evidenced by the new Tonga Defense Service (TDS) deployment to Iraq. Within Tonga, pro-democracy sentiments have be [...]
2007-09-09 13:16:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM TN
07SUVA45FIJI VISA SANCTIONS: ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS; EFFECTS
[...] (C) We propose including President Iloilo in USG visa sanctions against the interim government, since he has become a front man "approving" any and all decrees placed before him, even though the Fiji Constitution does not grant him such powers. We provide a few additional snippets of evidence [...]
2007-01-21 21:38:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA46FIJI UPDATE 1/22/07: PRESIDENT ISSUES IMMUNITY
[...] (C) President Iloilo has issued a broad immunity decree for the military and others involved in the coup. The Fiji Law Society and others say the decree is unconstitutional. Bainimarama has reacted angrily to Aussie and Kiwi visa restrictions on members of his government and is threatening " [...]
2007-01-21 22:18:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC FJ NZ
07SUVA465FIJI UPDATE 9/24/2007
[...] (U) Fiji interim Prime Minister Bainimarama intends bilats with Venezuela, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Italy during his UNGA stay. The Fiji military has warned against any efforts to depose Bainimarama during his trip. Bainimarama has signaled he will re-shuffle the interim cabinet soon [...]
2007-09-23 20:19:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA479FIJI: PROOF OF IG MEDDLING IN THE JUDICIARY
[...] (C) Clear proof has surfaced of the interim government (IG) attempting to meddle in the Fiji judiciary. The murder case against the Commander of the Fiji Navy, CDR Francis Keane, is nearing trial before Justice Gerrard Winter. Keane is Commodore Bainimarama's brother-in-law and he is accused [...]
2007-10-02 18:25:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA5FIJI UPDATE 1/4/07: BAINIMARAMA RETURNS EXECUTIVE
[...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama told the nation on Jan. 4 that he has returned executive authority to President Iloilo. Iloilo then publicly endorsed all RFMF actions and said he will appoint an interim government shortly, with a broad mandate to improve Fiji [...]
2007-01-03 22:13:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM CASC ASEC FJ
07SUVA501FIJI UPDATE: 10/24/07
[...] (C) Fiji interim Prime Minister Bainimarama's seemingly firm commitment in Tonga last week to hold free elections in March 2009 has brought gasps from his friends in the Fiji Labor Party. FLP leader Chaudhry is considering his options. Bainimarama and deposed PM Qarase are beginning to discus [...]
2007-10-24 19:46:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA502FIJI MILITARY SENDING MURDER SUSPECTS TO UNAMI
[...] (C) We have received information that o/a Oct. 27 the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) will deploy to UNAMI in Iraq ten soldiers who allegedly participated in the beating deaths of two civilians early this year, the only confirmed killings related to the military "clean up" campaign aft [...]
2007-10-25 18:25:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PHUM KPKO FJ UN IZ
07SUVA506FIJI MILITARY STOPPED FROM SENDING SUSPECT
[...] (U) Fiji media reported over the weekend that a number of Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) soldiers, suspects in the murder of Sakiusa Rabaka early this year, were stopped from departing on deployment to UNAMI in Iraq. (See reftel for context.) The Fiji Office of the Director for Publi [...]
2007-10-28 19:35:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PHUM KPKO FJ UNAUS IZ
07SUVA509UN KEY ROLE IN STOPPING FIJI SUSPECTS DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) According to a well-placed embassy source in Fiji Immigration, a UN intervention is what kept the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) headquarters from deploying 7 soldiers and one policeman, all charged with murder (see reftels),to UNAMI last Saturday. Reportedly a letter from the U [...]
2007-10-29 18:31:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PHUM KPKO FJ UN IZ
07SUVA518FIJI: INTERIM GOV'T ALLEGES ASSASSINATION PLOT
[...] (C) Fiji military and police arrested at least 16 suspects during the weekend, allegedly for plotting to assassinate interim PM Bainimarama and other senior figures in the interim government (IG). Those arrested included the High Chief of Naitasiri Province, New Zealand businessman Ballu Khan [...]
2007-11-04 18:57:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA522FIJI ASSASSINATION PLOT: COMPLICATIONS
[...] (C) Fiji authorities charged 10 persons late on Nov. 6 for alleged participation in a plot to assassinate interim PM Bainimarama and others (reftels). The group includes the Naitasiri Province High Chief, retired RFMF Colonels Baledrokadroka and Mua, businessman Naulago Waqa, politician Pecel [...]
2007-11-05 19:05:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA523FIJI: DEPOSED PM QARASE'S POLITICAL VISION
[...] (C) During a lunch on Nov. 6, deposed PM Qarase sketched two scenarios he is prepared to offer interim PM Bainimarama in order to end Fiji's political impasse. Both would involve reconvening Parliament, at least for a few days. Qarase admitted that neither is likely to appeal to Bainimarama, [...]
2007-11-06 15:21:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA526FIJI: COURT CASES; PEOPLE'S CHARTER;
[...] (C) A Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) soldier has been charged in the Verebasaga beating death last January. He was immediately released on bail. Eleven suspects have now been charged in last weekend's "assassination plot" case. Those suspects' request to be released on bail was denie [...]
2007-11-07 17:59:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA53FIJI UPDATE 1/23/17: BAINIMARAMA LOOKING NORTH;
[...] (C) In reaction to aid and visa restrictions imposed by Western governments, particularly Australia and New Zealand, Commodore Bainimarama announced plans to send a delegation of ministers, senior officials and businessmen to China, India, Malaysia, and Indonesia in order to diversify sources [...]
2007-01-22 21:53:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC UN EU CH IN MY ID
07SUVA534FIJI: ASSASSINATION PLOT UPDATE; PEOPLE'S CHARTER;
[...] (C) Accused assassination plotter Ballu Khan is now formally in police custody. He was hospitalized for 11 days after suffering skull fractures during arrest. We hear at least one of those detained for the plot has indicated contingency plans are still in place for action against the interim [...]
2007-11-14 18:33:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA536FIJI UPDATE: BAINIMARAMA PLANS CABINET RESHUFFLE;
[...] (C) Fiji interim Prime Minister Bainimarama plans to re-shuffle his cabinet with the aim to increase efficiency. He will name names on December 1. The Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) spokesman has publicly acknowledged military use of "strong-arm" tactics to maintain law and order in [...]
2007-11-19 18:39:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA543FIJI: BAINIMARAMA "DICTATES"; BUDGET TIGHT; CHINA
[...] (C) Fiji interim PM Bainimarama has reiterated that he, and he alone, will "dictate" Fiji's future. The interim government (IG) budget for 2008 is tight, reflecting an economy that has shrunk by 3.9% in 2007. A budget announcement that the Ministry of Fijian Affairs will be downgraded to a D [...]
2007-11-25 17:56:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA552FIJI: PUBLIC CRITICISM OF IG BY RETIRED COLONEL;
[...] (C) Prominent, retired Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Colonel Draunidalo this week publicly criticized recent interim government (IG) decisions affecting major ethnic-Fijian institutions, suggesting the decisions could "sow the seeds of irreparable damage." Some suggest Draunidalo wa [...]
2007-11-28 17:54:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA554Tonga Update: elections in 2008; reforms postponed to 2010;
[...] (SBU) The final session of Tonga's three-year Legislative Assembly concluded November 1, with elections now slated for April 2008. PM Sevele, as a royal appointee, will not have to face election. Pro-democracy People's Representatives, who had doggedly argued for the 2008 election to take pl [...]
2007-11-29 15:27:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID TN CH
07SUVA59FIJI UPDATE 1/24/07: RFMF DETAINS CRITICS; UNIONS
[...] (C) Prominent lawyer Richard Naidu was brought to the army barracks and "given the usual third degree" last night. He will "lay low" for a while but plans to resume public comment. The interim Attorney General suggested that instead of bringing critics up to QEB, the military should let pol [...]
2007-01-23 22:17:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC FJ CH
07SUVA61TONGA REMAINS FRACTURED FROM 11/16 RIOT
[...] (C) This telegram sketches factors that appear to have contributed to the riot of Nov. 16 in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, an event that devastated the central business district (CBD) and has left deep scars on every Tongan's psyche. Certainly on Nov. 16, Tonga's political process was at center stage, wi [...]
2007-01-24 21:26:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID PHUM TN
07SUVA66TONGA AND THE FUTURE: RECONCILE; REFORM; AND
[...] (C) Two months after last November's riot, the Ambassador's Jan. 16-18 visit to Tonga found most everyone still licking their wounds. But many people realize they must look forward. A state of emergency may continue for several more months. The Tonga Defense Service (TDS) hopes to reduce it [...]
2007-01-25 18:28:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID PHUM ASEC CH TN
07SUVA67FIJI FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSSES ROAD MAPS, CHINA,
[...] (C) On Jan. 26, Fiji interim Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mataitoga described to us the interim government's plan for responding to concerns about post-coup human rights and about a road map back to democratic elections, issues bound to be raised by a Pacific Islands Forum Eminent Persons Grou [...]
2007-01-25 20:13:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC CVIS IQ FJ
07SUVA68FIJI UPDATE 1/26/07: BAINIMARAMA BACKS OFF
[...] (C) Fiji Interim PM Bainimarama backed off of his threats to retaliate against Australia and New Zealand for visa bans those countries have imposed on senior interim government officials. He said the interim government welcomes international trade and investment and will not interfere with l [...]
2007-01-25 21:23:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM PINR ASEC FJ
07SUVA72FIJI UPDATE, JANUARY 29, 2007: EPG MEETINGS START;
[...] (C) The Pacific Island Forum's Eminent Persons Group began its meetings in Fiji today. Interim PM Bainimarama called his meeting with the EPG useful, saying the group understands "there is no turning back." Bainimarama took another strong swipe at NGO activists, accusing them of poisoning [...]
2007-01-28 22:11:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA80EMINENT PERSONS GROUP MEETING WITH FOREIGN MISSIONS IN
[...] (SBU) Representatives from many foreign missions resident in Fiji condemned the military takeover in a meeting with the Pacific Island Forum's Eminent Persons Group 1/31 and called for a rapid return of democracy. A notable exception was China, which hopes for a return of stability and contin [...]
2007-01-30 22:05:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR FJ CH EUN UK FR KS JA MY ID IN
07SUVA84FIJI UPDATE, FEBRUARY 1, 2007: EPG COMPLETES ITS
[...] (C) The EPG wrapped up its visit, but said little of substance in its closing press conference. The EPG will present a report to Forum Foreign Ministers in about two weeks. It called on the Forum to continue to engage with Fiji. In a welcome letter to the EPG Chairman, Bainimarama said th [...]
2007-01-31 22:44:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07SUVA89FIJI UPDATE, FEBRUARY 5, 2007: RFMF LASHES BACK
[...] (C) Fiji's Methodist Church issued a strongly worded statement February 2 condemning the coup. It asked Bainimarama, the interim government, and President Iloilo to resign. The RFMF responded by barging into the church's headquarters (inside one of Suva's most well-known churches) and "int [...]
2007-02-04 22:17:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR ASEC FJ
07TAIPEI1561(G/TIP) SENIOR COORDINATOR MARK TAYLOR'S JULY 5-7
[...] Summary: G/TIP Senior Coordinator Mark Taylor visited Taipei and Kaohsiung July 5-7, meeting with government officials, NGO representatives, and trafficking victims. Taylor acknowledged Taiwan's progress, but urged Taiwan to strengthen efforts to detect and shelter TIP victims, and to stiffen [...]
2007-07-12 10:34:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SMIG TW
07TAIPEI1912AIT VISITS SANHSIA IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITY:
[...] Summary: Most detainees at the Sanhsia detention facility initially came to Taiwan on legal work visas, but became illegal workers after seeking higher wages with unauthorized employers, or by staying to work after their visas had expired. Detainees arrive at Sanhsia after their arrest by p [...]
2007-08-22 01:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOMIG KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
07TAIPEI2632TIP UPDATE: TAIWAN MAINTAINS ANTI-TRAFFICKING
[...] (U) Summary: Taiwan continues to make progress in its fight against human trafficking. The Taiwan authorities and local NGOs co-sponsored three separate TIP conferences over the past month. The Legislative Yuan (LY) amended the Immigration Law to provide additional protections for traffickin [...]
2007-12-20 09:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TW
07TALLINN125ESTONIA PREFERS SLOVENIA OVER BOSNIA IN UNHRC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-28 13:48:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC EN
07TALLINN171 ETHNIC RUSSIAN ESTONIANS - TRENDS IN POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. In contrast to neighboring Latvia, Estonia's Russian-speaking minority exercises political will through mainstream, rather than ethnically-based, political parties. Russian-centric parties are headed by fringe elements and have not generated anywhere near enough popular suppo [...]
2007-03-15 05:50:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EN RS PHUM SOCI
07TALLINN173ESTONIA AGREES WITH U.S. ON BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 12:02:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EUN BM EN
07TALLINN194ESTONIA: EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED
[...] On March 19, we delivered reftel points to Tiina Krevald, MFA Acting Director for the International Organizations and Regional Cooperation Division, requesting Estonia's support for a review of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian Territories. [...]
2007-03-23 12:12:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDUNHRC PREL PHUM
07TALLINN215ESTONIA CONSIDERING GUANTANAMO DETAINEE REQUEST
[...] (C) On March 23, we delivered (Ref A) points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security and Arms Control, on the possibility of Estonia accepting Guantanamo detainees. The issue is currently under review by the MFA's Undersecretary for Legal Affairs, who is "seriously considering" our request. [...]
2007-03-29 14:49:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC EN
07TALLINN234ESTONIA: POST'S ACES VETTING STANDARD OPERATION PROCEDURE
[...] (SBU) In consultation with DRL (ref),Post has drafted a standard operation procedure (SOP) for vetting Estonian military and/or law enforcement taking part in DOD and/or FOAA funded programs per Leahy Guidelines. Per post's SOP, the following checks will be conducted: - Local agency ch [...]
2007-04-05 14:07:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV EN
07TALLINN257CUBA: ESTONIA CRITICAL OF SPAIN'S DIPLOMATIC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-20 14:08:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CU EUN EN
07TALLINN311ESTONIA WILL OPPOSE BELARUS UNHRC CANDIDACY
[...] On May 4 and 10, we delivered points (Ref A and B) to Minna-Liina Lind, MFA UN Desk Officer, to seek Estonian support in opposing Belarus' candidacy for the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Lind reiterated that the Government of Estonia (GOE) opposes Belarus' bid for election to [...]
2007-05-14 06:39:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL AORC UNHRC BO EN
07TALLINN327ESTONIA: IRAN-VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 07:59:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR EN
07TALLINN344ESTONIA HAS NO PLANS TO COMMENT ON SYRIAN ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-25 13:45:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PHUM SY EUN EN
07TALLINN345DEMARCHE URGING AGAINST PARTICIPATION IN OSCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-29 05:50:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM OSCE BO EN
07TALLINN395ESTONIAN REACTION TO 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) On June 13, we delivered reftel points informing the GOE of the release of the 2006 TIP (trafficking in persons) Report and Estonia's Tier 2 status to Mai Hion, MFA Director for Human Rights. Hion was pleased that the Report acknowledged the progress the GOE has made in combating TIP - pr [...]
2007-06-14 08:04:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO EN
07TALLINN397ESTONIA: MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN
[...] (SBU) On June 11, we delivered reftel points concerning the issue of missing and detained American citizens in Iran to Marin Mottus, MFA Director for Middle East, Latin America, and Africa, and Reen Liivat, MFA U.S. Desk Officer. On June 12, Mottus and Liivat expressed to us their regrets ove [...]
2007-06-14 11:38:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EN
07TALLINN443ESTONIA DISTURBED BY UNHCR 5TH SESSION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-09 09:33:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL AORC UNHRC BO EN
07TALLINN444UPDATE ON ESTONIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT TIP EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Estonian law enforcement continues to make significant progress in clamping down on prostitution rings operating in Estonia. With new legal tools for investigation and prosecution implemented in Estonia's criminal code to fight trafficking-in-persons (TIP),the police have bee [...]
2007-07-09 13:58:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EN
07TALLINN456ESTONIA: TIP ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSES ESTONIANS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 29, post organized and hosted a roundtable discussion on trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and TIP-related crimes for ten representatives of Estonian NGOs, labor organizations, student groups, Ministry of Justice (MOJ) officials, and representatives of diplomatic missions. [...]
2007-07-12 12:34:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM EN
07TALLINN488 GOE ENDEAVORS TO MODIFY INTEGRATION PROGRAMS IN
[...] (U) Summary. In a post Bronze Soldier riot Estonia, integration of ethnic Russians is a hot topic. Once regarded as having one of the most successful post-Soviet integration programs, the GOE is now being forced to take a hard look at the deep fissures that still exist within Estonia's popu [...]
2007-07-26 12:58:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS EN
07TALLINN496ESTONIA SUPPORTS UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-30 12:44:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO PHUM EN
07TALLINN498ESTONIAN CONCERNS OVER AZERBAIJAN
[...] (SBU) On July 26, we delivered reftel points to Toomas Lukk, MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, concerning USG concerns over the state of democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan. Lukk responded that the GOE fully shares U.S. concerns and is keen on doing more in Azerbaijan and [...]
2007-07-30 13:39:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM AJ EN
07TALLINN508ESTONIA CONSIDERING CARR CANDIDACY FOR STANDING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-01 07:51:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM ICRC
07TALLINN531ESTONIA CONSIDERING GAER CANDIDACY FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-16 13:15:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA EN
07TALLINN543ESTONIAN INTERNATIONAL AID AND DEMOCRACY PROMOTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Given its success with rapid democratic and economic reform, Estonia enjoys a high level of credibility and influence with developing countries seeking assistance. As part of the Government of Estonia's (GOE) larger plans to promote democracy and market-based development, deve [...]
2007-08-21 11:07:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID EN
07TALLINN565ESTONIA INTERESTED IN UNSCR 1737 TECHNICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-29 13:22:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN JA KDEM PHUM PREL SA SY EN
07TALLINN568CORRECTION: SYRIAN AVCTIVIST DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-30 06:34:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN JA KDEM PHUM PREL SA SY EN
07TALLINN576 AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SCHOOL INTEGRATION WITH
[...] (SBU) On August 16, Ambassador Phillips paid a courtesy call on Minister of Education and Research Tonis Lukas. Minister Lukas emphasized that the GOE's program to introduce Estonian-language classes in Russian-language high schools is a step-by-step "transition," not a "reform." He reported [...]
2007-09-04 11:12:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS EN
07TALLINN594ESTONIAN RABBI DOWNPLAYS REPORTS OF ANTI-
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent meeting with Poloffs, Rabbi E. Shmuel Kot said anti-Semitism is not a serious concern for Estonia's small Jewish Community. Kot also emphasized his efforts to remain outside of local politics and outlined the religious, social and educational opportunities offe [...]
2007-09-10 14:15:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV RU EN
07TALLINN617ESTONIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS BELARUS PRO-DEMOCRACY
[...] (SBU/NF) Summary. On August 28, the Ambassador met with Belarusian pro-democracy activists living in exile in Estonia. Two of the activists represent "Third Way," a pan-European, pro-democracy group which produces pro- democracy materials for use in Belarus. The Ambassador committed to diss [...]
2007-09-18 10:11:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL WW BO EN
07TALLINN619AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ESTONIAN MINISTER OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During a meeting September 12 with the Ambassador, Minister of Population and Ethnic Affairs Urve Palo reiterated the GOE's commitment to encouraging "stateless" residents to acquire citizenship. At the same time, however, Palo noted a lack of motivation among Russian speakers t [...]
2007-09-18 11:54:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM EN
07TALLINN628ESTONIA: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-25 14:01:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL PGOV UNGA EN
07TALLINN641ESTONIA SUPPORTS GAER'S RE-ELECTION TO UN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-03 07:55:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC EN
07TALLINN646ESTONIA: PRESSURE ON BURMESE REGIME DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-03 13:25:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM BM EN
07TALLINN654ESTONIA: NO RESPONSE TO US DRAFT RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 11:45:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM EN
07TALLINN677ESTONIA: WORKING TOWARDS COMMON EU POSITION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-17 10:44:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM BM EN
07TALLINN689ESTONIA TO CONSIDER US POSITIONS ON UNGA THIRD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-23 14:03:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV UNGA PHUM PREL KTIA EN
07TALLINN695ESTONIA TO SUPPORT COMMON EU POSITION ON SANCTIONS AGAINST
[...] (U) On October 24, 2007, poloff met with Thea Karin, Burma Desk officer at the MFA. Karin acknowledged the demarche points and indicated that the EU will be meeting in Brussels next Thursday (November 1) to continue a discussion on possible sanctions. Karin pointed out that as the EU will a [...]
2007-10-26 11:18:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM BM EN
07TALLINN697ESTONIA TO SUPPORT COMMON EU POSITION ON CUBA EMBARGO
[...] (SBU) On October 26, Polecoff spoke with Urmas Eigla, Cuban Desk Officer at the MFA. Eigla stated that the Government of Estonia (GOE) will give careful consideration to the UNGA Resolution, but will ultimately support the common EU position. The GOE feels that strong and inflexible sanct [...]
2007-10-26 14:23:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA ERTD PHUM PGOV CU EN
07TALLINN732ESTONIA ON RUSSIA'S OSCE COMMITMENTS
[...] (C) On November 9, PolEcoff delivered reftel points to Lauri Kuusing, MFA Russia Desk Officer. Kuusing said the GOE is pleased to see that the U.S. position is in line with that of the EU. He also stated that the GOE, along with its EU partners, finds it 'unacceptable' that the Government of [...]
2007-11-09 15:05:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PHUM RS EN
07TALLINN738ESTONIAN SCHOOL REFORM IN ACTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 1, 2007, all 58 public Russian language high schools in Estonia began teaching Estonian Literature in the Estonian language. This program, which affects approximately 8,500 Russian- speaking students, is the first step of a gradual transition to reach the point wher [...]
2007-11-14 12:58:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS EN
07TALLINN758ESTONIA: DEMARCHE ON THE ELECTION TO THE COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) On November 21, Polecoff delivered reftel points and a corresponding Diplomatic Note to Veikko Kala of the Ministry of Foreign Affair's International Organizations and Regional Cooperation Division. Kala responded that the Government of Estonia (GOE) has not yet reached a decision on wh [...]
2007-11-26 12:15:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM PREL EN
07TALLINN779ESTONIA TO SUPPORT UNGA COUNTRY-SPECIFIC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 14:23:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV UNGA PHUM EN
07TALLINN801ESTONIA: AMBASSADOR VISITS WOMEN'S SHELTER
[...] (U) On December 10, Ambassador visited the Tallinn Women's Crisis Center (TWCC) to mark International Human Rights Day and the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence. Ambassador toured the facility and met with Center staff, including the center director, a lawyer who provides legal serv [...]
2007-12-20 14:17:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EN
07TALLINN90ESTONIA: NOMINATION FOR SEC STATE AWARD FOR
[...] (U) Post nominates the following individual for the Secretary of State's annual Award for International SIPDIS Women of Courage (IWOC). Name: Ms. Barbi Pilvre Title: Editor in chief Organization: "Areen", a weekly cultural affairs newspaper Date of Birth: 1963 Contact Information: bar [...]
2007-02-13 11:13:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO EN
07TASHKENT1010HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST TURAYEVA'S APPEAL DELAYED
[...] (C) Summary: Andijon-based human rights activist Gulbahor Turayeva, who was convicted and sentenced to six years' imprisonment on April 24, was scheduled for an appeal hearing on May 22. However, the court delayed the hearing by at least a week. Earlier news reports had claimed that Turayeva [...]
2007-05-24 11:41:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1029UZBEKISTAN REACTS TO EU SANCTIONS DECISION
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan reacted on several fronts to the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) decision on May 14 to prolong sanctions against Uzbekistan. The Foreign Ministry issued a critical statement; state-controlled media published negative stories; [...]
2007-05-29 11:49:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EUN UZ
07TASHKENT1058UZBEKISTAN 2007 FOREIGN LABOR TRENDS (FLT) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-04 09:39:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1061HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH PERSEVERES DESPITE DIFFICULTIES
[...] (C) Summary: During a week-long visit to Uzbekistan, Human Rights Watch (HRW) Europe and Central Asia Division Executive Director Holly Cartner met with Charge and Acting DCM on June  [...]
2007-06-05 03:36:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1079FM HARSHLY CRITICIZES PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ON
[...] (C) Summary: On June 6, Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov registered the Government's deep displeasure with President Bush's criticism of Uzbekistan's human rights practices in his June 5 speech at the Prague Conference on Democracy and Security. Norov said that these comments demonstrate that [...]
2007-06-06 11:50:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1095CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST THREE DEUTSCHE WELLE
[...] (C) Summary: German Poloff Uwe Berndt confirmed a June 5 Ferghana.ru report that the Tashkent City General Prosecutor's Office dropped charges against three Deutsche Welle correspondents: Yuri Chernogayev, Sayyora Rozikulova and Obid Shabanov. The three were charged with working without a lic [...]
2007-06-08 07:15:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV GM UZ
07TASHKENT1146UZBEKISTAN DENIES ACCREDITATION TO HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para. 6. 2. (C) Summary: On June 14, the Ministry of Justice denied accreditation to Human Rights Watch's (HRW) newly arrived junior expatriate staff member. Unless the Government reverses its decision, HRW will be left without any accredited [...]
2007-06-18 12:25:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UZ
07TASHKENT1152CHARGE ASKS GOU TO REVERSE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
[...] (C) Summary: Charge urged Deputy Foreign Minister Anvar Salikhbaev on June 19 to reconsider the GOU's accreditation denial to Human Rights Watch's (HRW) amcit staff member (reftel). Salikhbaev said he would take the message directly to the Foreign Minister, and did. End summary. 2. (C) Ch [...]
2007-06-19 12:07:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UZ
07TASHKENT1167DEUTSHCE WELLE REPORTERS AMNESTIED?
[...] (C) Summary: Post reported on June 8 that the Tashkent General Prosecutor's Office dropped charges of working without a license against three Deutsche Welle correspondents. However, other sources announced that the three journalists were amnestied. A German Embassy representative insisted th [...]
2007-06-21 12:00:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV GM UZ
07TASHKENT1197JEHOVAH'S WITNESS SAMARKAND CONVICTION UPHELD ON
[...] (C) Summary: A Jehovah's Witness in Samarkand was convicted on May 14 of illegally teaching religion and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. His associates claimed he had never committed the act of which he was accused, and that testimony favorable to his case had been erased from trial rec [...]
2007-06-25 11:19:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF UZ
07TASHKENT1216CDA URGES FM NOROV TO REVERSE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-02 04:38:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1257GOU SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON POLICE
[...] (C) Senior Police Advisor to the OSCE Secretary General Kevin Carty told Poloff that the OSCE and Government of Uzbekistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on police training. The MOU was signed during Carty's July 4 meeting with First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD) Kadiro [...]
2007-07-09 09:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT1258ICRC RESTARTS, IMMEDIATELY SUSPENDS PRISON
[...] (C) Summary: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Deputy Director told Charge d'Affaires on July 2 that the ICRC suspended its prison monitoring program again after a three hour visit to one of Tashkent's principal detention facilities on May 21. ICRC's prison monitoring program in [...]
2007-07-09 12:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ICRC UZ
07TASHKENT1271UZBEKS TOUT FOREIGN "EXPERT" COMMENTS ON
[...] (SBU) In early June, the Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a publication claiming to highlight positive international reactions to the adoption of the two new Uzbek Constitutional Laws. The booklet, titled "Comments and Assessments of Foreign Political and Expert Circles of the Constitut [...]
2007-07-11 05:16:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1302UZBEK-RUSSIAN LABOR MIGRATION AGREEMENTS: DETAILS
[...] (C) Russia and Uzbekistan signed three bilateral labor migration agreements during the July 3-4 visit to Tashkent of Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov. Russian Ambassador Farit Mukhametshin told the Charge July 12 that the agreements are meant primarily to legalize the status o [...]
2007-07-16 14:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR RF UZ
07TASHKENT1308MFA RESPONDS TO HANFORD'S OFFER
[...] (C) On July 12, MFA U.S. Division Chief Ismat Fayzullaev informed Poloff that the Government had accepted Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford's offer to exchange a series of confidential letters on improving religious freedom in Uzbekistan. Hanford had suggest [...]
2007-07-17 01:49:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALKCRM KWMN PHUM PREL UZ
07TASHKENT1345HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH EFFECTIVELY CLOSES
[...] (c) Summary: Human Rights Watch's (HRW) office in Tashkent will effectively close on July 22 with the expected departure of Mira Rittman, the last remaining expatriate HRW staff member in Uzbekistan. Rittman received a letter from the Ministry of Justice on June 14 informing her without expla [...]
2007-07-20 12:25:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1354EIGHT WOMEN SENTENCED FOR EXTREMISM; ANDIJON
[...] (C) Summary: On July 9, the Tashkent City Court convicted eight women of membership in the banned religious extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT). Seven of the women received three-year suspended sentences, while an eighth was sentenced to three years in prison. Human Rights Watch, which monito [...]
2007-07-24 01:18:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF UZ
07TASHKENT1356HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER DIES AFTER APPARENT POISONING
[...] (C) Summary: The Swiss Ambassador told Charge d'Affaires on July 5 that a local lawyer, who was one of the Swiss Embassy's main human rights contacts, was poisoned near the Chorsu bazaar after an unknown assailant stabbed him with a syringe. The lawyer died after spending several days at home [...]
2007-07-24 03:31:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR UZ
07TASHKENT1369CZECHS EXPECT "PRAGMATIC" SIX MONTHS AS LOCAL EU
[...] (C) Czech Political Officer Dagmar Novohradska told Poloff that the Czech Embassy will be pragmatic during its six months as the local representative of the European Union (EU). She said that the Czechs understand their role is to represent the EU as a whole, and may need to temper some of it [...]
2007-07-25 10:33:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EU EZ UZ
07TASHKENT1370ANDIJON EYEWITNESS REAPPEARS
[...] (C) Mahbuba Zakirova, an Andijon-eyewitness who was reported to have disappeared in May, reappeared two days ago in Andijon province. According to Elena Urlayeva of the Human Rights Alliance, Zakirova was seen on July 23 by her nephew. She has been staying in the village of Hakan in Andijon [...]
2007-07-25 11:32:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF UZ
07TASHKENT1373ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT REPORTEDLY PLANNED FOR
[...] (C) Two human rights contacts recently provided Post with information about the scheduling of the upcoming Uzbek presidential election. The Chairman of the Uzbek Human Rights Society "Ezgulik" provided Poloff with a copy of a Constitutional Court letter stating that election day will be the " [...]
2007-07-26 10:44:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1416POWER OF THE PURSE: UZBEK GOVERNMENT UNVEILS PLAN
[...] (U) Post received a circular diplomatic note, sent to all diplomatic missions and international organizations in Tashkent, announcing a plan to make Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) funds available to Nongovernmental Organizations (NGO). According to the note, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted th [...]
2007-08-03 08:53:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1433UZBEKS ADOPT JUDICIAL REFORMS, BUT THE JURY'S
[...] (U) The Government of Uzbekistan has adopted long-planned legislation abolishing the death penalty and transferring the power to issue detention warrants from the Prosecutor's Office to the judiciary. The new laws, adopted by both chambers of the Oliy Majlis in June, are generally the same as [...]
2007-08-07 09:56:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1447POPULAR WEEKLY CLOSED BY UZBEK AUTHORITIES
[...] (U) The Uzbek Agency for Press and Information closed the popular Uzbek Islam-oriented weekly Odamlar Orasida (Among the People) on July 30 for alleged violation of media laws. The Uzbek authorities, unsurprisingly, did not outline the specific breaches of the law. 2. (C) Launched in Februa [...]
2007-08-09 11:48:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KPAO UZ
07TASHKENT1448ICRC PLANS TO DEMARCHE KARIMOV
[...] (C) Summary: On August 8, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation for Central Asia Head told poloff that ICRC has received no response from the Government on restarting its prison monitoring program since their last abortive attempt in May and is now considering del [...]
2007-08-09 12:37:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ICRC UZ TI
07TASHKENT1489UZBEKS PROPOSE JOINT HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE
[...] (U) This message contains a guidance request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Uzbekistan's Regional Policy Foundation has proposed a human rights conference to Post as the means to nudge the bilateral relationship back on track. The Foundation's director said the conference had been vetted and [...]
2007-08-15 08:05:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PINR UZ
07TASHKENT1494AFGHAN REFUGEES THREATENED (AGAIN) WITH DEPORTATION
[...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires met with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative on August 10 to discuss renewed threats by the Government to deport Afghan refugees from Uzbekistan. Charge shared with Akcura a copy of a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Af [...]
2007-08-15 10:49:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL AF UZ TI
07TASHKENT1519UZBEKISTAN: NO RESPONSE TO COMMITTEE AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-21 05:40:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA UZ
07TASHKENT1520TIP: PROPOSED PROJECTS TO ENGAGE THE GOVERNMENT
[...] This is an Action Request; see Para 6 2. (C) Post has experienced greater transparency, cooperation, and engagement with the Uzbeks on TIP matters during the last six weeks than in the past two years. We believe that imposing sanctions at this point will only serve to discourage further [...]
2007-08-21 05:57:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALKCRM KWMN PHUM PREL UZ
07TASHKENT1546LAST REGISTERED JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CONGREGATION
[...] (C) Summary: The Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) AmCit General Counsel told poloff on August 17 that authorities may be planning to deregister the congregation in Chirchik, the last remaining legal JW congregation in Uzbekistan. The Chirchik congregation recently received a second warning letter fro [...]
2007-08-28 10:54:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF UZ
07TASHKENT1561TORTURED OVER A SHEEP
[...] (C) Summary: On August 14, Mashrab Jumaev, the son of dissident poet Yusup Jumaev, was fined 62,000 soum (50 dollars) by the Karakol District Criminal Court (Bukhara province) for stealing a neighbor's sheep. Jumaev was then released from pre-trial detention, where he was allegedly tortured [...]
2007-08-30 10:45:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF UZ
07TASHKENT1576PULATOV FOR PRESIDENT?
[...] (C) Summary: A Birlik party member told poloff on August 17 that an initiative group would be formed in September to announce the candidacy of Birlik Chairman Abdurakhmon Pulatov for the expected presidential elections in December. The Birlik party member, who is also head of the Ezgulik huma [...]
2007-09-04 10:41:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1596PROTESTS REPORTED IN FERGHANA VALLEY AND TASHKENT
[...] (C) Summary: Independent websites and Embassy contacts have reported scattered demonstrations in the Ferghana Valley and in Tashkent this past week. The demonstrations reportedly have been caused by rising food prices and scarcities. Officials in the city of Margilan also reportedly have pa [...]
2007-09-07 09:45:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1605PENTECOSTAL PASTOR FLEES TO KIEV; SEEKS ASYLUM
[...] (C) On September 7, poloff received an email from Pentecostal Pastor Bakhtiyor Tuychiev, an Embassy contact from Andijon, explaining that he had left Uzbekistan and is currently seeking political refugee status from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Kiev, Ukra [...]
2007-09-12 10:44:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1606PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FACE OBSTACLES AND
[...] (C) Summary: While President Karimov has not yet made any official announcement on elections, which are widely expected to be planned for December 23, several human rights activists already have announced their candidacies. These self-declared candidates have little chance of being registered [...]
2007-09-12 11:12:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1652NETWORKING HELPS SHELTER ASSIST TIP VICTIMS
[...] (U) Summary: On September 10, Poloff visited the only shelter in Tashkent for victims of human trafficking. The "Reintegration Center" is funded by the International Organization for Migration (IOM),which operates in Uzbekistan through the organization "Istiqbolli Avlod" due to registration [...]
2007-09-18 06:57:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID PGOV PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT1661HIGH PRICES, RATIONING OF STAPLES IN THE FERGHANA
[...] (C) Summary: On September 12-13, poloffs visited the Ferghana Valley provinces of Namangan and Ferghana. Whether meeting with human rights contacts or sellers at the bazaar, the main topic of conversation was invariably peoples' frustration at price hikes for basic staples, especially for fl [...]
2007-09-19 10:16:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1664UNHCR TO REASSESS REFUGEES AS PRESSURE MOUNTS
[...] (C) Summary: DCM met with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative Fikret Akcura on September 17 to discuss the status of Afghan refugees. DCM conveyed that all DHS interviews have been completed but any new candidates put forth by UNHCR and any successful appeals wi [...]
2007-09-19 10:22:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL AF TI UZ
07TASHKENT1675OSCE HDIM DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) P/E section chief delivered reftel demarche September 20 to MFA's Ismat Faizullaev, Chief of Section for U.S. Affairs. Faizullaev thanked us for the information and promised to share with the International Organizations Department. Faizullaev said he expected we would continue to work [...]
2007-09-24 05:18:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM ECON OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT1679FERGHANA VALLEY COTTON HARVEST IN FULL SWING
[...] (C) Summary: The cotton harvest is in full swing in the Ferghana Valley. A deputy hokim (mayor) in the Ferghana town of Oltiaryq told poloffs on September 12 that he expected the cotton harvest in his region to exceed the previous two years. However, despite the deputy hokim's rosy outlook, [...]
2007-09-24 09:21:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON ELAB EAGR SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1680YOUTH REPORTEDLY DISCOURAGED FROM MOSQUE ATTENDANCE
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 5 meeting at Namangan's Mahdum Ishon Mosque, Namangan province Head Imam Tursunov allegedly ordered imams to bar schoolchildren from attending nightly readings of the Qur'an during Ramadan. Word of the reported incident has spread in the community, causing res [...]
2007-09-24 09:29:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KISL UZ
07TASHKENT1681SECURITY SERVICE DISRUPTS POLOFF BUKHARA VISIT
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff visited Bukhara from September 20 - 23, where he previously served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a high school. Local English teachers informed poloff that an NSS (National Security Service) agent was monitoring the hotel and questioned them about their association with an [...]
2007-09-24 10:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PROP PINS PHUM OEXC UZ
07TASHKENT1701CZECH AMBASSADOR ON KARIMOV, ANDIJON AND WAY
[...] (C) AMB paid a courtesy call September 24 on Czech Ambassador Alex Fojtik, who also represents the EU Presidency in Tashkent. Fojtik, who is nearing the end of his tour after nearly three and a half years in Uzbekistan, was extremely cynical about prospects for genuine democratic reform in th [...]
2007-09-27 13:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV EUN OSCE PHUM PREL UZ
07TASHKENT1710BUKHARA TIP SHELTER MAKES INROADS
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff visited a shelter in Bukhara that has assisted 45 female TIP victims since its opening in 2006. Funding from International Organization for Migration (IOM) has supported the shelter's operation as well as enabled the Istiqbolli Avlod NGO to conduct awareness training among [...]
2007-09-28 11:02:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID PGOV PREL KCRM UZ
07TASHKENT1729UZBEKISTAN: U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON "CONDEMNING
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel information to MFA U.S. Affairs Chief Ismat Fayzullaev on October 4. Fayzullaev agreed that the draft resolution dealt with a serious issue and that he would refer the information to their appropriate officials at the MFA and the UN. He promised to inform post i [...]
2007-10-04 09:57:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1730UZBEKISTAN: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO COMMITTEE AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-04 10:31:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA UZ
07TASHKENT1732REGISTERED PARTIES NOMINATING PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan nominated President Karimov as its candidate for the December presidential election at an October 4 plenary session. The four other political parties represented in parliament, all compliant and largely pro-government, have also begun no [...]
2007-10-04 11:10:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM RS UZ
07TASHKENT1739MFA ON CANCELLED DRL/IRF VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: MFA U.S. Affairs Section Chief Ismat Faizullaev met October 4 with poloff to cover several matters. On religious freedom, Faizullaev explained that the decision to cancel the trip next week of DRL/IRF's Barbara Cates was influenced in part by the GOU's frustration with not having [...]
2007-10-05 10:14:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF UZ
07TASHKENT1740UZBEKS THREATEN TO DEPORT AFGHAN REFUGEES
[...] (C) Summary. United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative in Uzbekistan Fikret Akcura informed DCM on the evening of October 4 that the Uzbek mission in Geneva may make a public statement October 5 at the UNHCR Executive Committee meeting that it no longer recognizes UNDP [...]
2007-10-05 10:49:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL AF TI UZ
07TASHKENT1744CONTINUED GOU INTERFERENCE AND HARASSMENT WITH
[...] (C/NF) During the last two weeks of September, travel and contact work by U.S. officials has been hindered or disrupted by the GOU on multiple occasions. On September 21 (ref B),poloff,s visit to a Bukhara school was interrupted by a National Security Service officer and the director of the [...]
2007-10-08 01:47:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNPREL EAID KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR UZ
07TASHKENT1751SELF-DECLARED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HOLD PRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: While the five officially registered political parties nominated candidates, including President Karimov, last week for the presidential election in December (ref A),four human rights activists and self-declared presidential candidates held their own press conference in Tashke [...]
2007-10-10 12:03:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM UZ
07TASHKENT1752CONTACT REPORTEDLY FIRED AFTER MEETING POLOFF
[...] (C) During an Embassy event on October 9, journalist and human rights contact Bakhodir Elibaev (strictly protect) told poloff that he was fired from his job as a translator at a Turkish firm shortly after meeting with poloff on September 13. Elibaev continues to work informally as a stringer [...]
2007-10-10 12:11:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1753ICRC'S GLOOMY OUTLOOK ON GOU COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: ICRC's Head of Regional Delegation for Central Asia, Yves Giovannoni, met Ambassador October 5 and expressed concern at continuing lack of cooperation from the GOU, including on prison access. Giovannoni said ICRC was no longer willing to be used for political advantage by the GOU [...]
2007-10-10 13:04:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1761ESTABLISHED CONTACT TO SEEK ASYLUM IN BISHKEK
[...] (C) At an Embassy event on October 9, dissident academic and human rights contact Tashpulat Yuldashev told poloff that he planned to flee Uzbekistan in the next few days and seek political asylum with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bishkek. He requested that polo [...]
2007-10-12 00:10:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PGOV UZ KG
07TASHKENT1764JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES REPORT POSITIVE MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During a conversation with the Ambassador on September 28, Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) AmCit General Counsel noted having a "constructive" meeting that week with Acting Religious Affairs Committee Chairman Ortiq Yusupov, who reportedly assured him that deregistration for the last re [...]
2007-10-12 08:43:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF UZ TI
07TASHKENT1765KOKAND TV STATION CAREFULLY MAKES PROFIT
[...] (C) Summary. On October 3 poloff and visiting SCA/CEN desk officer visited the headquarters of Kokand TV, an independent television station that reaches an audience of one million in the densely populated Ferghana Valley. The owner noted that the station must compete with subsidized state ch [...]
2007-10-12 10:18:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL EAID ECON OEXC CH UZ
07TASHKENT1796JOURNALIST REPORTEDLY ATTACKED IN TASHKENT
[...] (U) The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the independent Uznews.net website both reported on October 12 that Sid Yanyshev, a Tashkent-based correspondent for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) and the independent Ferghana.ru website, was attacked in Tashkent on October [...]
2007-10-18 04:04:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1806UZBEKS PROMISE POST-ELECTION PROGRESS ON TIP ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary. On October 17 poloffs and visiting G/TIP officer met with GOU officials from MFA, Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD),and the Office of the State Prosecutor to discuss TIP issues. MFA said the GOU was surprised and upset by the recent Tier 3 rating, which it considered "political [...]
2007-10-19 06:27:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN EAID GG KG UZ
07TASHKENT1810UZBEKISTAN-CONTROLLED MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE
[...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, Uzbek media coverage and official statements have extolled democratic principles while the election field has grown to an unprecedented six candidates that include Uzbekistan's first female and "independent" presidential candidates, though we doubt that President [...]
2007-10-19 10:13:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL UZ
07TASHKENT1811UMIDA NIYAZOVA OFFERED HRW JOB IN BISHKEK
[...] (C) During an Embassy function on October 18, former Human Rights Watch (HRW) local staffer and journalist Umida Niyazova told poloff that she supported post's nomination of her for the Secretary of State's 2008 Award for International Women of Courage (septel). Niyazova, who was sentenced to [...]
2007-10-19 11:44:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1817GOU PROVIDES WRITTEN REBUTTAL TO EU ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: During an Embassy event on October 9, MFA U.S. Affairs Chief Ismat Fayzullaev provided, at Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov's request, the Ambassador with a written GOU rebuttal to recent public statements made by EU officials criticizing human rights abuses in Uzbekistan. The re [...]
2007-10-22 08:22:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM EUN KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1822MUTABAR TOJIBOYEVA'S HEALTH WORSENS IN PRISON
[...] (C) On October 18, poloff met with the brother and lawyer of imprisoned human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva. The brother reported visiting his sister in prison on October 3 and confirmed a recent report on an independent website that her health has been deteriorating and prison officials [...]
2007-10-22 09:39:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM ICRC PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1829NEW HUMAN TRAFFICKING OBSERVATIONS FROM KEY NGO
[...] (C) Summary. On October 16, DCM, poloff, and visiting G/TIP officer met with anti-TIP NGO Istiqbolli Avlod to discuss new trends. New data on assistance from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to Uzbek victims through the NGO indicates that the UAE is still the largest destin [...]
2007-10-23 11:13:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN AE RS KZ GG IS TH
07TASHKENT1843NUMBER OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES GROWS...BUT IS
[...] (C) Summary: The field of presidential candidates for the December election continues to widen with reports that an independent initiative group has nominated National Human Rights Center Director Akmal Saidov. According to its leaders, the Birlik opposition party may also still nominate its [...]
2007-10-24 10:51:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM UZ
07TASHKENT1866HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ARRESTED DAY AFTER PROTEST
[...] (C) Summary: On October 23, the Deputy Chairman of the Syrdarya province branch of the Ezgulik human rights group was arrested by police and charged with several violations of the criminal code, including fraud. His arrest occurred one day after a public protest in the provincial capital of [...]
2007-10-26 11:05:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1887GOU RESPONSE TO SAIPOV SLAYING
[...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan (belatedly) condemns the murder of VOA stringer Alisher Saipov, and claims the Kyrgyz government has not yet asked for Uzbek assistance in the investigation. End summary. 2. (C) Ambassador met October 30 with MFA First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov, who delivered [...]
2007-10-30 13:57:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KG UZ
07TASHKENT1888ERK PARTY TALKS WITH HIZB UT-TAHRIR LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: On October 26, poloff met with Erk political opposition party leader Atanazar Arif, who claimed that Erk was to hold a meeting in Istanbul on October 27 with leaders of Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) and other religious extremist factions on coordinating their opposition to President Karimov [...]
2007-10-30 14:41:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR RS TU UZ
07TASHKENT1889ERK LEADER DESCRIBES RELATIONSHIP WITH SLAIN
[...] (C) Summary: On October 26, Erk political opposition party leader Atanazar Arif described to poloff Erk's relationship with journalist Alisher Saipov, who was murdered on October 24 in Osh, Kyrgyzstan (ref C). According to Arif, Saipov was not an official member of Erk, but had long standing [...]
2007-10-30 14:51:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KG UZ
07TASHKENT1895RAISING HUMAN RIGHTS WITH THE GOU
[...] (C) Ambassador met with First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov October 31 and pressed again for ICRC prison access (see ref B for more background on ICRC troubles). Ambassador also raised the case of imprisoned human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva, whose family says her health has seriousl [...]
2007-10-31 11:26:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UZ
07TASHKENT1896UZBEK MEDIA ACCUSES U.S. OF SAIPOV MURDER
[...] (C) On October 29, Uzbek state-run television in Namangan Province broadcast a program describing murdered journalist Alisher Saipov in terms much the same as those used by the MFA in its October 30 diplomatic note (ref A). Saipov was accused of being a tool of foreign (including western) in [...]
2007-10-31 11:33:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1931JIZZAKH AND SYRDARYA EXCHANGE PROGRAM ALUMNI FULL
[...] (C) Summary: During a two-day tour of Jizzakh and Syrdarya provinces on October 31 and November 1, poloff met with several USG international exchange program alumni who described what they learned in the United States and how they have transferred that knowledge to their home communities. The [...]
2007-11-06 10:49:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM ECON KPAO PGOV SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1932KARIMOV REPORTEDLY ACCEPTS NOMINATION FOR
[...] (SBU) Two websites, Press-uz.info and Uzmetronom, on November 6 reported that President Karimov's Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (LDPU) had met that day and formalized its nomination of the president for re-election. The articles implied that Karimov has accepted his party's nomination [...]
2007-11-06 11:26:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1933COTTON HARVEST IN JIZZAKH AND SYRDARYA PROVINCES
[...] (C) Summary: During a two-day tour of Jizzakh and Syrdarya provinces on October 31 and November 1, poloff met with local officials and several USG international exchange program alumni (septel),who described the recent cotton harvest in the two provinces, with local officials being more upbe [...]
2007-11-07 03:10:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALECON ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1935KARIMOV GIVES SPEECH TO LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY
[...] (C) Summary. There were several press reports on November 7 confirming that the Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (LDPU) formally nominated President Karimov as its candidate for President, however there is still no formal indication that he accepted the nomination. Karimov did personall [...]
2007-11-07 10:25:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT1937AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Summary: On November 5, Forum 18 News Service reported that Uzbekistan's Religion Law is currently being discussed in the Religious Affairs Committee (RAC) and speculated that restrictions on religious organizations could be made harsher. During an introductory courtesy call by the Ambas [...]
2007-11-07 10:37:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1938JIZZAKH ANTI-TRAFFICKING NGO DESCRIBES COMPLICATED
[...] (C) Summary: During a trip to Jizzakh province on October 31, poloff met with local officials and a local NGO to discuss trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Local NGO leader Nazifa Kamilova, whose organization has received some government assistance, complained that more needed to be done to stren [...]
2007-11-07 10:49:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM CVIS ECON KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT1949UZBEK HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN FOCUSES ON STRUCTURAL
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met November 1 with Sayora Rashidova, Parliamentary Ombudsman for Human Rights and daughter of former Uzbek Communist Party boss Sharof Rashidov. Although Rashidova operates under certain political limits, she is clearly aware of broader human rights issues in Uzbekist [...]
2007-11-08 09:35:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UZ
07TASHKENT1952GERMAN LEGAL EXPERT OFFERS JUDICIAL REFORM PROJECT
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff met on November 7 with Klaus Schmitz, outgoing legal expert from the German Association for Technical Cooperation (GTZ),which is completing a two year EU-funded rule of law project in Uzbekistan. The project achieved some positive results, especially in providing busines [...]
2007-11-09 07:34:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID UZ
07TASHKENT199WARNING - DO NOT RUN FOR PRESIDENT!
[...] (C) Summary: Self-declared presidential candidate Jahongir Shosalimov sued in Uzbekistan's Supreme Court alleging that President Karimov is violating the constitution by staying in office beyond his mandated term. The Tashkent police responded by detaining his wife for a seven-hour "discussion [...]
2007-02-05 12:14:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1999DEATHS IN CUSTODY - TORTURE REPORTED
[...] Summary: (C) Human rights activist Surat Ikramov told P/E Chief November 20 that two convicted members of Hizb ut-Tahrir had died in an Andijon prison in recent weeks. Both, he said, had been tortured. Ikramov had not seen the bodies himself but said he believed the families, who were his sou [...]
2007-11-20 08:03:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UZ
07TASHKENT2022NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICE CHAIRMAN WELCOMES
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador met November 23 with National Security Service (NSS) Chairman Rustam Inoyatov, who welcomed renewed U.S.-Uzbek cooperation. Inoyatov stressed that we share mutual interests in a stable Afghanistan and in fighting terrorism, extremism and narcotics. He stressed his [...]
2007-11-23 13:44:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT2049FOREIGN LABELS BOYCOTTING UZBEK COTTON
[...] (SBU) Summary: International concern over Uzbekistan's use of child labor to pick cotton is not new. However, the October airing of BBC's "Newsnight" investigative program on the issue re-ignited interest that is quickly gaining international momentum. Fueled by the program and internet site [...]
2007-11-30 08:16:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALICAC ECON ETRD PREL PHUM UK XZ EN LG UZ
07TASHKENT2060ODIHR TEAM COMPLETES RUSHED NEEDS ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Two officials from OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) conducted a hastily organized needs assessment mission from November 28 - 30 in Uzbekistan, immediately after MFA stopped dragging its feet on issuing visas. The ODIHR team met with each of the [...]
2007-12-03 08:50:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT2064GOU INTERNAL SECURITY CAPABILITIES AND PLANNING
[...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan's vast internal security apparatus would play a critical role in any GOU efforts to deter or respond to civil disturbances. Security forces have trained to improve interoperability and to overcome potential breakdowns in command and control since 2005. We are not awar [...]
2007-12-03 11:48:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PBTS MCAP SOCI PHUM ECON UZ
07TASHKENT2066ICRC CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON RESUMING PRISON
[...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires met with ICRC Country Director Raffaello Muller and Head of the Regional Delegation in Central Asia Yves Giovannoni on December 3 to inquire about the status of negotiations with the GOU on resuming prison visits. ICRC remains "cautious" but noted that contact [...]
2007-12-03 13:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT2083THIRD INMATE DIES IN ANDIJON PRISON
[...] (C) Summary: On December 3, BBC News reported that a third inmate at a prison in Andijon had died, which follows reports that two other inmates had died at the same prison earlier in November (reftel). Surat Ikramov, the source of the BBC report, told poloff that the third inmate's family wa [...]
2007-12-05 13:05:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
07TASHKENT2084HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS
[...] (C) Summary: On December 3, the Associated Press reported that Ezgulik human rights activist Karim Bozorboev was sentenced on November 30 for fraud, though it incorrectly reported that he was sentenced to six years imprisonment instead of three. Ezgulik Leader Vasila Inoyatova, the source of [...]
2007-12-05 13:18:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UZ
07TASHKENT2100LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE ON UZBEKISTANI PARTICIPANTS
[...] (SBU) Post wishes to inform Department that it has reviewed its files and has no credible information of gross human rights violations by any of the three listed participants in the NATO-Russia Counternarcotics Training course at the Domodedovo Center in Russia (reftel). A. Name: Mansurjon [...]
2007-12-07 13:06:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR PHUM RS UZ
07TASHKENT2101UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-07 13:25:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UZ
07TASHKENT2109DISSIDENT'S SON ARRESTED AGAIN IN BUKHARA;
[...] (C) On December 4, police in the Karakul district of Bukhara province reportedly arrested Mashrab Jumaev, son of dissident poet and Birlik opposition party member Yusup Jumaev, and charged him with stabbing an individual. Mashrab's brother, Alisher, told poloff on December 10 that the charges [...]
2007-12-11 14:02:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT2112HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON
[...] (C) Summary: On December 12, poloff attended a press conference on the election organized by the Human Rights Alliance. Unlike the Alliance's last press conference on the election in October (reftel),the event was only briefly interrupted by a single provocateur. The lack of a serious dist [...]
2007-12-12 13:05:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT2113INCONSISTENCIES APPEAR IN ALISHER JUMAEV'S STORY
[...] (C) Summary: Upon the conclusion of a press conference on the election (septel),Alisher Jumaev, who recently alleged that a large number of law enforcement officials had raided his family's home in the Karakul district of Bukhara province (reftel),appeared at the Human Rights Alliance and sp [...]
2007-12-12 13:06:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT2131ACTIVISTS ATTEND HUMAN RIGHTS DAY ROUNDTABLE; DO
[...] (C) Summary: In commemoration of Human Rights Day on December 10, the Embassy held a roundtable for prominent Uzbek human rights activists at the Embassy and an evening reception with diplomatic, government, and human rights contacts at the Ambassador's residence (septel). Issues discussed a [...]
2007-12-17 11:47:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT2132GOU OFFICIALS MINGLE WITH ACTIVISTS AT HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: In commemoration of Human Rights Day on December 10, the Ambassador hosted an evening reception with diplomatic, government, and human rights contacts. The event followed an afternoon roundtable with several prominent Uzbek human rights activists at the Embassy (septel). There w [...]
2007-12-17 12:16:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ KG
07TASHKENT2150RED CROSS INSISTS ON DIALOGUE BEFORE RESTARTING
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met on December 14 with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Regional Delegation in Central Asia Yves Giovannoni and Country Director Rafaello Muller. They noted the GOU seems eager for ICRC to restart prison visits immediately, but has made no move [...]
2007-12-21 11:26:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT2153HUMAN RIGHTS PROTEST CONTINUES UNIMPEDED FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On December 20 and 21, the Human Rights Alliance held a small public protest in Tashkent without incident, in marked contrast to previous failed attempts this year to hold similar events. Eight activists participated, holding posters calling for the release of political prisoner [...]
2007-12-21 13:36:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT2163UZBEKS AIM TO DEMONSTRATE TANGIBLE PROGRESS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov on December 21 to review the status of foreign operations legislation in Congress that includes language on Uzbekistan. Nematov appreciated the update and noted that Uzbek Ambassador Kamilov has kept MFA well-informed about pol [...]
2007-12-26 12:58:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UZ
07TASHKENT2164PRESIDENT KARIMOV "REELECTED" WITH 88 PERCENT OF
[...] (C) Summary: Uzbek President Islam Karimov was re-elected December 23 to a third term, by a reported 88.1 percent of the vote. The OSCE's ODIHR limited election observation mission released a statement December 24, saying the election failed to meet most norms for free and fair elections. Thi [...]
2007-12-26 13:48:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT2176PROSECUTOR DEMANDED PAYMENT FROM DEPUTY HOKIM,
[...] (C) Summary: On December 21, poloff met with Gulnora Muradova, the wife of fugitive journalist Shukhrat Muradov and acting Deputy Hokim of Tashkent's Sergeli district. Muradova admitted that her husband was involved in a kickback scheme at the "Na Postu" newspaper, but argued that he was less [...]
2007-12-27 12:06:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM PGOV PINR PREF SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT2179NO SURPRISES IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF UZBEK ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Local press coverage of the December 23 Uzbek presidential election was flatteringly positive and utterly ignored critical statements, such as that of the OSCE election monitoring mission. Russian reporting was mixed, while most Western reporting was more critical. Among fore [...]
2007-12-27 13:35:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT2181PRISON OFFICIAL DENIES ABUSE OCCURS IN UZBEK
[...] (C) Summary: On December 27, poloff met with Norbobo Rakhimov, the Deputy Director of the MVD's Directorate of Prisons (GUIN),who provided poloff with useful information, including the current number of prisons and prisoners in Uzbekistan. Rakhimov reported that the Government has not carri [...]
2007-12-29 06:18:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT2183GOVERNMENT RELEASES 2007 AND 2006 AMNESTY DETAILS
[...] (C) Summary: Independent and state-controlled media reported that President Karimov has approved plans for the implementation of the December 2007 amnesty, according to which approximately 3,500 prisoners who fall within specific categories will be released. On December 27, poloff met with N [...]
2007-12-29 06:19:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT235RED CROSS STILL WAITING FOR PRISON ACCESS
[...] (C) Summary: After over two years of negotiation, the Government of Uzbekistan has still not reached agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross to resume monitoring of prisons and other detention facilities. Red Cross officials state that while some elements of the government [...]
2007-02-12 12:09:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ICRC UZ
07TASHKENT276DOWN AND OUT IN THE FERGHANA VALLEY
[...] (C) Summary: On a recent visit to all three Uzbek provinces of the Ferghana Valley, Poloff visited bazaars, schools, and hospitals, meeting a wide range of market traders and local government officials. Men were conspicuously absent from the bazaars, with most working abroad or fearing arres [...]
2007-02-16 12:28:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSOCI ECON ELAB KCOR KCRM PGOV PHUM EAID UZ
07TASHKENT277DOWN AND OUT IN THE FERGHANA VALLEY
[...] (C) Summary: On a recent visit to all three Uzbek provinces of the Ferghana Valley, Poloff visited bazaars, schools, and hospitals, meeting a wide range of market traders and local government officials. Men were conspicuously absent from the bazaars, with most working abroad or fearing arres [...]
2007-02-17 03:39:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSOCI ECON ELAB KCOR KCRM PGOV PHUM EAID UZ
07TASHKENT296UMIDA NIYAZOVA AND UZBEKISTAN'S WAR ON HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Uzbek government's noose is slowly tightening around Human Rights Watch. Authorities arrested the organization's local translator, Umida Niyazova, on charges of illegal border crossing and smuggling, and have reportedly questioned her about the human rights activities of the [...]
2007-02-21 12:02:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT328SURVIVING AGAINST ALL ODDS
[...] (C) Summary. Despite the GOU's closure of the U.S. NGO Counterpart International in June 2006, the organization's Community and Humanitarian Assistance Program (CHAP) has been able to continue operations, thanks in large part to its local representative's re-registering as a private entreprene [...]
2007-02-27 10:36:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALEAID PHUM SOCI UZ USAID
07TASHKENT352UZBEKISTAN INFORMATION FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL
[...] (SBU) Post,s submission for the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report begins in paragraph 4. This information covers the period from March 2006 to March 2007. The information provided in the report has been gathered from numerous sources, including the GOU, Organization for Secu [...]
2007-03-05 00:41:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ECON EFIN ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF
07TASHKENT353KINDER, GENTLER HUMAN RIGHTS MESSAGE GREETS DAS
[...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan's leading human rights and religious affairs officials greeted SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum on March 1 with a warmer and more conciliatory tone, but in substance their message was unchanged. The State Advisor for Religious Affairs, Bakhrom Abdukhalimov, an academic by backg [...]
2007-03-05 04:42:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PINR US UZ
07TASHKENT355(C) UZBEK FM MISSES OPPORTUNITY IN MEETING WTIH
[...] (C) Summary: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum's March 2 meeting with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov did not live up to expectations. Over three days of meetings with senior Uzbek officials, Feigenbaum had proposed that the Government take concrete steps to improve relations and offered specific sugge [...]
2007-03-05 06:25:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EU AF UZ
07TASHKENT451HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ROLLOUT SHOWS UZBEKS' TRUE
[...] (C) Summary: Authorities reportedly used threats, house arrest, and beatings to prevent several human rights activists from attending the Embassy's reception to launch the 2006 Human Rights Report. Government officials, for the second straight year, failed to attend. DCM raised the issue wit [...]
2007-03-19 12:23:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UZ
07TASHKENT469KUDOS TO USUN NEW YORK
[...] (SBU) On March 19 the DCM followed up with the UN Resident Representative on UNDP funding of what turned out to be a GOU delegation lobbying against a U.S.-sponsored Third Committee human rights resolution. The UN Resident Representative confirmed the information in ref A, regretting the fundi [...]
2007-03-22 11:32:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL UNGA UZ
07TASHKENT477CHANGING UZBEK LAW ENFORCEMENT ATTITUDES TOWARDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The International Organization for Migration kicked off an INL-funded project to assist Uzbek law enforcement authorities to investigate and prosecute trafficking-in-persons cases with a workshop for the heads of regional Ministry of Internal Affairs countertrafficking units. P [...]
2007-03-23 10:08:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI KCRM KWMN UZ
07TASHKENT482UZBEKISTAN'S CAUTIOUS RESPONSE TO ZIMBABWE EVENTS
[...] (C) On March 26, Poloff delivered ref A demarche to Ismat Fayzullayev, Director for U.S. Affairs at the Foreign Ministry's Americas Department. Fayzullayev assured Poloff that he would relay the information to the appropriate officials. He stated that Uzbekistan is a "small country" with few [...]
2007-03-26 12:26:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ZI UZ
07TASHKENT496DEUTSCHE WELLE STRINGER BUSHUYEVA UNDER CRIMINAL
[...] (C) Summary: Prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation against Deutsche Welle stringer Natalya Bushuyeva for alleged tax evasion and working without a license. She has been subject to harassment since 2005 for her reporting on human rights issues. The criminal investigation against Bu [...]
2007-03-28 09:34:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UZ
07TASHKENT709FEW ABUSES AT JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES MEMORIALS
[...] (C) Summary: On April 2, Jehovah's Witnesses throughout Uzbekistan encountered far less harassment than in the past two years in the course of their annual memorial services commemorating Jesus' death. American representatives who attended services at the organization's sole registered local [...]
2007-04-05 08:05:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF UZ
07TASHKENT717UZBEKISTAN'S EVOLVING RESPONSE TO CPC DESIGNATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reflecting its disappointment at being designated a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for religious freedom, last December the government issued a line-by-line rebuttal to the 2006 International Religious Freedom Report. Officials have made limited efforts to engage in dialog [...]
2007-04-05 12:03:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF UZ
07TASHKENT723GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL VISITS TRAFFICKING SHELTER,
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the government's dialogue in support of the International Organization for Migration's Tashkent shelter for trafficking victims, an MFA official visited the shelter and met with a trafficking victim. This follows a visit to the shelter in mid-2006 by state Women's Co [...]
2007-04-06 12:03:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWMN KCRM PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT753GOVERNMENT PROVIDES FREE LONG-TERM HOUSING TO
[...] The Uzbek Government has provided free long-term housing to a trafficking victim, a minor who was repatriated from the United Arab Emirates in January 2005. Upon her return to Uzbekistan, the victim was provided medical and other support services and housed until June 2005 at the International [...]
2007-04-11 11:11:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KWMN SMIG UZ
07TASHKENT782UZBEKISTAN EXPELS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH DIRECTOR;
[...] (C) Summary: On April 13, the Ministry of Justice informed Human Rights Watch's office director that it had denied her request for an extension of her accreditation. As she is the last remaining staffer who has not been either arrested or deported, this decision effectively ends Human Rights W [...]
2007-04-16 12:35:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT792ADDITIONAL DEUTSCHE WELLE REPORTERS FACING
[...] (C) Summary: The Tashkent City Prosecutor's Office has charged a second Deutsche Welle reporter, Yuri Chernogayev, with working without a license. This follows the prosecution of Deutsche Welle stringer Natalya Bushuyeva on the same charge, and for concealing her income. According to a German [...]
2007-04-17 11:04:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV GM UZ
07TASHKENT804UZBEKISTAN'S CASE AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
[...] (C) Summary: Human Rights Watch local staffer Umida Niyazova's trial was to begin on April 19, but at the scheduled start time, the judge abruptly postponed the case for "further study." Niyazova's indictment contains copious detail of alleged illegal border crossing and smuggling, but very l [...]
2007-04-19 12:03:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UZ
07TASHKENT809UZBEKISTAN - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-20 08:46:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG UZ
07TASHKENT817UZBEKISTAN - IOM SUBMISSION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY
[...] In response to the G/TIP solicitation (ref A),Post is pleased to submit a second proposal, this from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). (Note: Our first proposal was from UNODC - ref B. End note). The IOM proposal builds upon existing USAID and INL-funded programs, and rei [...]
2007-04-23 10:31:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM SMIG KWMN PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT830UZBEKS TO "TOLERATE" HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FOR THREE
[...] (C) Summary: Only a week after denying an accreditation to Human Rights Watch's Tashkent office director, the Foreign Minister reversed the decision and offered her a three-month accreditation. At the same time, a Human Rights Watch assistant received a visa after a year-long wait, and the Fo [...]
2007-04-25 09:12:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT835FY07 FUNDING OF OSCE PROJECTS IN UZBEKISTAN
[...] Summary: Post recommends the USG contribute funding to the following projects that fulfill both U.S. and OSCE interests: completion of funding for a research grant on intellectual property rights (IPR) (EUR 176,100),and enhancing women's participation in civil society and politics (EUR 150, [...]
2007-04-25 10:01:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL EAID ECON PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT843ANDIJON COURT CONVICTS RIGHTS ACTIVIST GULBAHOR
[...] (C) Summary: An Andijon court has convicted human rights activist Gulbahor Turayeva of anticonstitutional activity, slander, and distributing subversive materials, and sentenced her to six years in prison. Turayeva had spoken out against alleged forced hysterectomies and gave eyewitness testim [...]
2007-04-25 11:52:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM UZ
07TASHKENT869HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH STAFFER NIYAZOVA SENTENCED TO
[...] (C) Summary: Tashkent's Sergeli District Criminal Court carried out a two-day trial against Human Rights Watch local staffer Umida Niyazova on April 30 and May 1. It ended with a guilty verdict on all charges and a seven year prison sentence for Niyazova. The judge excluded diplomatic observ [...]
2007-05-02 01:25:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT878THE VIEW FROM TASHKENT ON THE FUTURE OF EU
[...] (C) Summary: European Union sanctions against Uzbekistan are due for review in Brussels on May 14. Several Tashkent-based European diplomats have told emboffs that recent provocative actions by the Uzbek government in the area of human rights have made it more certain that the sanctions will [...]
2007-05-04 01:12:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EUN UZ
07TASHKENT947UZBEKS "COMBATIVE" IN EU HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: The British Embassy Political Officer who observed the May 9 EU-Uzbekistan Human Rights Dialogue reported that the Uzbek side approached the talks with a "combative" attitude and treated the forum as a competition in which to score points. He noted that Uzbek officials engaged in [...]
2007-05-14 11:57:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EUN UZ
07TASHKENT948ICRC TO RESTART PRISON MONITORING, CAUTIOUSLY
[...] (C) Summary: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Mission told Poloff that his Mission plans to organize a monitoring visit of one of Tashkent's principal detention facilities on May 21. This will be the first such visit since ICRC suspended its prison monitoring program in [...]
2007-05-14 12:10:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ICRC UZ
07TASHKENT965UNDP: REPORTS OF HARASSMENT OF AFGHAN REFUGEES
[...] (C) Summary: UN Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative told Charge on May 8 that the Government has ceased harassment of Afghan refugees. Several cases of harassment had been reported, particularly in the first part of this year. In March, the Foreign Ministry notified UNDP that [...]
2007-05-16 09:20:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL AF UZ
07TASHKENT991UZBEKS TOUT JUDICIAL REFORMS
[...] (SBU) Poloff and RLA Assistant met with Ministry of Justice officials on May 10 to discuss judicial reforms in Uzbekistan and potential avenues of cooperation with Post's Resident Legal Advisor program. The meeting was prompted by a series of articles in the government-controlled press quotin [...]
2007-05-21 11:18:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS UZ
07TBILISI1037GEORGIA: UN HRC - CANDIDACY OF BELARUS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-04 13:59:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC GG
07TBILISI1079GEORGIA: REQUEST FOR AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON
[...] (C) The Georgian government has confirmed to us that they oppose Belarus' candidacy to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and will vote against Belarus in the upcoming election (Ref B). In my assessment, this is a very firm commitment. The government of Georgia is dedicated to [...]
2007-05-10 14:17:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPHUM RPEL UNHRC GG
07TBILISI1101SPEAKER BURJANADZE ON OPPOSITION, CONFLICTS, AND
[...] (C) Summary: During a May 10 meeting with Ambassador, Speaker Burjanadze said she was frustrated by opposition New Rights party MP David Gamkrelidze's decision to withdraw from an inter-faction parliamentary group established to draft a new law on property rights. Burjanadze said Gamkrelidze [...]
2007-05-11 13:01:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU
07TBILISI1103JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES WIN CASE AGAINST GEORGIA IN THE
[...] On May 3, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg ruled that Georgia violated three articles of the European Human Rights Convention in the case of "Ninety-seven members of the Jehovah's Witnesses of Gldani Congregation against Georgia." The case, which was first launched in 2 [...]
2007-05-11 13:40:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI1121GEORGIA INFORMED OF BOSNIA'S CANDIDACY FOR UNHRC
[...] On May 11, Poloff informed Irakli Machitidze, the Americas' Desk Officer at the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that Bosnia has officially declared its candidacy for one of the two open Eastern European Group Human Rights Council seats (Ref A). Machitidze reiterated the GoG position aga [...]
2007-05-14 14:41:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM GG
07TBILISI1136CEC COMMITS TO FALL VOTERS LIST UPDATE CAMPAIGN
[...] During a meeting with Poloff on May 4, Guram Chalagashvili, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC),said that the CEC will conduct a door-to-door campaign to update the voters list in September or October. He stated that this campaign, in concert with a newly launched quality c [...]
2007-05-15 12:22:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI1145GEORGIA OUTLINES ANTI-TIP PLANS FOCUSING ON
[...] On May 14, representatives from the Georgian government and civil society gathered to formally present the GOG's 2007-2008 Anti-TIP State Action Plan (emailed to EUR/CARC). The plan focuses on the "three Ps" of Protection of TIP victims, Prosecution of traffickers, and Prevention through publi [...]
2007-05-16 10:15:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI1165EMBASSY TBILISI'S 2007 AMBASSADOR'S FUND PROJECT
[...] For the FY07 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees for Georgia, Post proposes the rehabilitation of the water supply system in Tsinubani village in the Pankisi Gorge. Tsinubani village has a population of approximately 300 people, including over 100 refugees, and currently lacks running water. The [...]
2007-05-18 12:43:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREF PHUM GG
07TBILISI1279PARLIAMENTARIANS OUTLINE GEORGIA'S REFORMS,
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Joseph Wood, key ruling party and opposition parliamentarians outlined planned internal reforms and weighed the challenges ahead. While citing strong progress, MPs admitted more work needs to be done in [...]
2007-06-01 04:23:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG GG RU
07TBILISI1298Georgia Bi-Weekly Update June 1
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of May 19-June  [...]
2007-06-01 13:45:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI1299GEORGIAN POLITICAL REFORM UPDATE, PART ONE
[...] (U) This is part one of a two-part series by outgoing officers on Georgia's progress on key internal reforms as Georgia tries to obtain a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) in the next twelve months. 2. (C) Summary. The Saakashvili government, which came to power following the Rose Revoluti [...]
2007-06-01 13:46:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI1446Georgia Bi-Weekly Update June 15
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of June 2-15. Meeting of Georgian and Russian Presidents ------------------------------------------ 2. Georgian President Saakashvili and Russian President Putin had a 50-minute [...]
2007-06-15 11:01:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI1450MOJ TAKES OVER IMPLEMENTATION OF SOUTH OSSETIAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. In late May, Minister of Justice Gia Kavtaradze and influential majoritarian Parliamentarian Giga Bokeria assumed responsibility for implementing the South Ossetian Restitution Law, replacing State Minister for Civil Inte [...]
2007-06-15 12:50:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PREF GG
07TBILISI1476FREEDOM HOUSE HIGHLIGHTS GEORGIAN PROGRESS ON
[...] The 2007 Nations in Transit report released this week by Freedom House highlighted significant progress by Georgia in consolidating democratic reforms. Georgia received a "Democracy Score" of 4.68, an improvement from 4.86 in 2006 (Note: Nations in Transit ratings are based on a 1 to 7 scale, [...]
2007-06-19 12:58:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG
07TBILISI1477OSCE AMBASSADORS GROUP UPBEAT ON ELECTION REFORMS
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 18 meeting, the OSCE Ambassadors Group on Elections offered a glowing report on GOG efforts to implement suggestions delivered to Speaker Burjanadze and MP Giga Bokeria on May 2 (reftel). Council of Europe (COE) Ambassador Igor Gaon said there has been "good progres [...]
2007-06-19 13:03:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL GG
07TBILISI1504UN DOWNBEAT ON INCREASING ASSISTANCE TO ABKHAZIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 11 meeting with USAID representatives, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for Georgia Jean Arnault was downbeat on the prospect of increasing assistance to Abkhazia. He said that the current atmosphere is as bad as it has been since he arrived so [...]
2007-06-21 13:17:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PHUM PREF EAID GG
07TBILISI1528MCC DANILOVICH MEETS MINORITY LEADERS IN ETHNIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 14, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) President John Danilovich, accompanied by Ambassador Tefft and MCC Country Director Colin Buckley, traveled to the ethnic Armenian area of Samtskhe-Javakheti to meet members of the local government and civil society. This isolate [...]
2007-06-26 12:45:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON EAID GG
07TBILISI1574Georgia Bi-Weekly Update June 29
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of June 16-29. Criminal Procedure Code Moving through Parliament --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. The Legal Committee of Georgian Parliament is currently i [...]
2007-07-02 15:24:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI1601CHECHEN REFUGEES RECEIVE TEMPORARY RESIDENCE
[...] Summary: Georgian Minister of Refugees Giorgi Kheviasvhili marked World Refugee Day on June 20 by distributing temporary residence permits to 600 Chechen refugees living in Georgia's Pankisi Gorge. The remainder of the estimated 1,300 refugees living in the Gorge will receive their permits [...]
2007-07-05 13:00:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PREF GG
07TBILISI1621DETAINEE TREATMENT BETTER--TRANSPARENCY STILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Georgia's Ombudsman told DCM and Poloff in a meeting on 5 July that detainee treatment at pre-trial detention centers has improved due to monitoring of these venues. He recounted specific cases where independence of courts, instances of misuse of power by police, government's in [...]
2007-07-09 13:39:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI1622OCTOBER LAUNCH OF JUDICIAL TRAINING PROGRAM TAKES
[...] (SBU) Summary. The USAID Caucasus Mission Director and Poloff attended the opening of a new High School of Justice (HSOJ) facility on 22 June in Tskaltubo (Kutaisi) where the Georgian Chairman of the Supreme Court released to the international community copies of the much anticipated curricul [...]
2007-07-10 05:27:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI1675GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE JULY 13
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of June 30-July 13. Education Minister Disputes Corruption Charges --------------------------------------------- - 2. A corruption controversy surrounding Education Minister Ale [...]
2007-07-13 13:34:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG GG
07TBILISI1781CEC CHAIR GIVES AMBASSADOR ELECTION UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: In a follow-up to the June 18 OSCE Ambassadors Group on Elections (reftel),Ambassador met with Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Guram Chalagashvili on July 18. Chalagashvili said the CEC is close to completing work on the voters' list and inaccuracies are now down to " [...]
2007-07-25 13:06:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL GG
07TBILISI1933GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE AUGUST 3
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of July 14-August 3. Commission on Ossetian Status Starts Work ----------------------------------------- 2. The state commission defining the status of the temporary autonomous [...]
2007-08-03 13:36:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG GG
07TBILISI1946THE REPUBLICANS' OKRUASHVILI PROBLEM
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 19 meeting with Ambassador, opposition Republican Party Chairman, David Usupashvili, confirmed his party is in talks with Irakli Okruashvili on forming a joint bloc to run in the 2008 elections. Usupashvili, who appears to favor the idea, said the Republican Party's [...]
2007-08-06 13:14:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL GG
07TBILISI1976DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: On July 27, EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with influential majority Members of Parliament. Saakashvili insider Giga Bokeria complained that the recent UN report on the situation in Abkhazia was unbalanced. Bryza argued that the UNOMIG Joint Fact Finding Group (JFFG) report made a stron [...]
2007-08-08 13:02:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
07TBILISI1977GEORGIA: CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-08 13:04:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA GG
07TBILISI1979DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH OPPOSITION MP'S
[...] (C) Summary: On July 27, EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with leading opposition Members of Parliament. Their most urgent concern was elections, and they raised the issues of the fairness of the majoritarian system and composition of the Central Election Commission (CEC) (reftel A). Although they als [...]
2007-08-08 13:15:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
07TBILISI1994SOUTH OSSETIAN CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY IN TBILISI
[...] (C) Building on previous accusations that the Georgians were plotting bombings and assassinations (reftel),South Ossetian de facto president Kokoity told a meeting of the "Union of Elders of South Ossetia and North Ossetia" on August 8 in Tskhinvali that Georgia was planning terrorist attacks [...]
2007-08-10 04:49:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM GG
07TBILISI2000DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH SPEAKER BURJANADZE
[...] (C) Summary: On 27 July, DAS Bryza met with Georgian Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze and discussed a wide range of issues. Burjanadze told us that Turkmenistan is interested in closer business and military ties with the West. She believed the ruling National Movement needed to find a [...]
2007-08-10 05:10:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2019DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH PROSECUTOR GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary: On July 27, DAS Bryza and GoG Prosecutor General Adeishvili discussed judicial reform, Abkhazia, property issues and crime. Adeishvili talked about the training of judges and implementation of the magistrate system, both of which are on track. He cited great strides in the last [...]
2007-08-13 08:29:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL GG
07TBILISI2030DEPUTY SPEAKER MACHAVARIANI DISCUSSES ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 24 meeting with Poloff, Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mikheil Machavariani, discussed the upcoming 2008 elections. He said that he will be the campaign chairman for the ruling National Movement (UNM) party and lead its nationwide campaign. He advised that the major [...]
2007-08-13 14:11:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG RU
07TBILISI2061GEORGIA LAUNCHES ANTI-TIP CAMPAIGN IN SVANETI
[...] (U) As part of a national anti-trafficking awareness campaign, the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA) - a USAID implementing partner - conducted consultations and distributed anti-TIP publications in the remote, mountainous border region of Svaneti from 27 July until 2 August. Rumors [...]
2007-08-15 12:46:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2063DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH STATE MINISTER FOR
[...] (C) David Bakradze, Georgia's new State Minister for Conflict Resolution, told EUR DAS Bryza July 27 that the Georgian government was concerned UNOMIG and the Group of Friends had lost "strategic focus" over Abkhazia, as reflected in a recent UN report criticizing Georgia for minor issues, whi [...]
2007-08-16 06:29:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM GG
07TBILISI2074USAID SURVEY REVEALS POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD NATIONAL
[...] Summary: On July 19, the USAID-funded National Integration and Tolerance in Georgia (NITG) program implemented by the UN Association of Georgia (UNAG) (http://www.una.ge/eng/) presented the results of a survey of national minorities in Georgia. The survey revealed that the overwhelming major [...]
2007-08-17 12:23:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM GG
07TBILISI2076GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE AUGUST 17
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of August 4-17. Saakashvili Visits Upper Abkhazia --------------------------------- 2. On August 11, President Saakashvili visited the Upper Kodori Gorge (or Upper Abkhazia) fo [...]
2007-08-17 13:41:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG GG
07TBILISI2084WHO'S RUNNING GEORGIA: IT'S THE EKA'S
[...] (C) Summary: Amid the crowd of young, talented, Western-educated officials in Georgia, one feature often stands out: many of those in key power positions are women. In addition to the prominent role held by the Speaker of Parliament,Nino Burjanadze, one of the founders of the Rose Revolutio [...]
2007-08-21 07:31:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM GG
07TBILISI2090ABKHAZIA: UN BASE ESTABLISHED IN UPPER KODORI
[...] (C) Summary: On August 16, the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault and the Chief of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) General Khattak provided the Friends of the Secretary General (FSG) an update on the situation in Abkhazia, following the Geneva-s [...]
2007-08-21 13:20:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM GG
07TBILISI2092HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN GALI--SAME PROBLEMS
[...] (C) Summary: On 31 July-2 August, an Embassy team traveled to Abkhazia to review the human rights situation there. The team participated in a patrol with the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) in the ethnically Georgian Gali region, visited local NGOs in Gali and Sukhumi, and met with the [...]
2007-08-21 13:24:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL GG
07TBILISI2151PROSECUTOR GENERAL ON MAIA TOPURIA
[...] (C) On August 29, Ambassador used a previously scheduled meeting with Prosecutor General Adeishvili to raise concerns about the Maia Topuria case (reftel) and noted the high level of interest in the case, including by members of Congress. Ambassador said there were allegations from Topuria's [...]
2007-08-29 12:05:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL GG
07TBILISI2267GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 7
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of August 18-September 7. Government Adopts New Agenda ---------------------------- 2. Parliament is expected to adopt the government's new plan action, entitled For a United a [...]
2007-09-07 12:06:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI2269STAFFDEL ANAND'S AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 1 VISIT TO GEORGIA
[...] (SBU) Georgian officials gave a four-member staff delegation from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs an overview of Georgia's ongoing reforms August 30, in areas including rule of law, elections, defense, prisons, and the economy. The officials stressed the importance of NATO integration a [...]
2007-09-07 12:24:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2414GEORGIA TO SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR UN CAT
[...] Per reftel request, Poloff delivered demarche to Merab Manjgaladze, the Head of the UN Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Manjgaladze said that it was in Georgia's interest to elect candidates from democratic countries to the UN Committee Against Torture, and therefore Georgia would [...]
2007-09-26 12:02:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNHRC GG
07TBILISI2415OKRUASHVILI THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 25, former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili made the long-awaited announcement on the establishment of his political party - Movement for United Georgia. In his announcement and a subsequent television interview, Okruashvili for the first time harshly attacked P [...]
2007-09-26 13:50:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2424OKRUASHVILI ALLY ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: On September 11 and 12 four local government officials from Gori District were arrested on corruption charges. The same day, the presidentially-appointed Governor of the Shida Kartli region, Mikheil Kareli (ref A),led a public protest outside the government building, which was s [...]
2007-09-27 11:39:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2437OKRUASHVILI DETAINED FOR CORRUPTION, OPPOSITION
[...] (U) Summary: Former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili was arrested in his office on the evening of September 27 by the criminal police and detained in the Special Operations Department (SOD) detention facility. Charges leveled at Okruashvili by the Prosecutor General's office include: abuse [...]
2007-09-28 10:49:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2439GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of September 8-28. New CEC Chair to be Chosen Soon ------------------------------- 2. On September 23, a special Selection Commission under the President's administration compl [...]
2007-09-28 13:23:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI2450PROBLEMS REMAIN IN PRISON HEALTH CARE
[...] (U) Summary: Health care in Georgian prisons continues to be problematic due to overcrowding, lack of professional medical staff, and unclear delineation between Ministries of Health and Justice over which ministry is responsible for medical care. Despite increased prison capital expenditures [...]
2007-10-01 09:53:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL GG
07TBILISI2452THOUSANDS PROTEST OKRUASHVILI ARREST, SAAKASHVILI
[...] (U) Summary: On September 28, several thousand people took part in a demonstration against President Saakashvili's government and the arrest of former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili on corruption charges (ref A). All opposition parties participated, except the New Rightists. Saakashvili [...]
2007-10-01 12:57:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2463COURT OF APPEALS CONFIRMS OKRUASHVILI DETENTION
[...] (U) Summary: The Tbilisi Court of Appeals rejected an appeal of former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili's two month pre-trial detention on October 1. Okruashvili's lawyer called it an "illegal decision" and said she would file a case in the European Court of Human rights in Strasbourg. For [...]
2007-10-02 12:37:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2483BURJANADZE SPEAKS OUT, OPPOSITION CALLS FOR
[...] (U) Summary: In her first comments regarding the Okruashvili arrest, Parliamentary Speaker Nino Burjanadze called Okruashvili's allegations against President Saakashvili "absurd" and criticized the Government's personnel policy which allowed people such as Okruashvili to enter government. She [...]
2007-10-04 13:10:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2485GEORGIA: U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON "CONDEMNING THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 03:03:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM KWMN SOCI UN GG
07TBILISI2532SAAKASHVILI QUESTIONS INTERIOR MINISTER ON MOD
[...] (U) Summary: During a televised government session with his cabinet, President Saakashvili criticized Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili for allowing the former Head of Procurements at the MOD, Iason Chikhladze, to escape to Russia. Merabishvili said Chikhladze traveled to Turkey with Okruas [...]
2007-10-05 12:38:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2542OKRUASHVILI PLEADS GUILTY AND RECANTS ALLEGATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: A video-taped testimony by Irakli Okruashvili, confessing to charges of extortion and criminal negligence and recanting his accusations against President Saakashvili, was broadcast on Georgian television October 8. Presidential Advisor Giga Bokeria said Okruashvili may have realiz [...]
2007-10-09 11:38:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2558PATRIARCH'S PROPOSAL FOR RESTORATION OF GEORGIA'S
[...] Summary: In a sermon on October 7, Georgian Patriarch Ilia II suggested a constitutional monarchy for Georgia. The proposal was welcomed by many opposition parties in Georgia. His proposal echoes other ideas circulated by the opposition for a "parliamentary republic", without a presidency. [...]
2007-10-10 12:46:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2559OPPOSITION COALITION MEETS AMBASSADOR, WANTS EARLY
[...] (C) Summary: On October 9, three opposition leaders representing the United National Council of opposition parties (ref A) called on Ambassador to discuss their activities during the current political crisis. The trio presented a letter on behalf of the opposition parties appealing for early [...]
2007-10-10 13:10:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2560Georgia's Woman of Courage Nominee 2008
[...] Post's nominee for the International Woman of Courage Award is Marina Tabukushvili, artist, civil society activist, and chairman of the Georgian NGO TASO. Nominee is willing to be considered for the award and agrees if selected to travel to Washington DC. Biographical data requested in reftel [...]
2007-10-11 11:40:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KWMN GG
07TBILISI2574OKRUASHVILI FADES FOR NOW, PATARKATSISHVILI
[...] (U) Summary: Irakli Okruashvili has secluded himself in his Tbilisi apartment following two weeks of ups and downs in his political fortunes. In an October 11 press conference, Okruashvili's Movement for a United Georgia party secretary, MP Koka Guntsadze, announced that the former Defense Min [...]
2007-10-12 13:01:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2579GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE OCTOBER 12
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of September 29-October 12. Opposition Rally Planned for November 2 --------------------------------------- 2. Several leading opposition parties which have rallied around the [...]
2007-10-15 10:46:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI2596SAAKASHVILI: LOWER PARTIES' PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (U) Summary: On October 16, in a televised meeting with parliamentarians from the ruling National Movement (UNM),President Saakashvili publicly addressed details of the upcoming elections for the first time. The President called for initiatives to reduce the party list threshold from 7 perce [...]
2007-10-17 12:09:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2608GOVERNMENT ISSUES STATEMENT SUPPORTING CHARGES
[...] (U) Summary: On October 16 the Government of Georgia released an "information note" setting out the legal basis for charges against former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili and his subsequent bail. The note explains the investigation and evidence for allegations of abuse of power and offici [...]
2007-10-19 11:15:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2610OPPOSITION RESPONDS TO SAAKASHVILI, OTHER RECENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Saakashvili's October 16 proposal (ref A) for lowering the party list threshold for next year's Parliamentary election was pocketed by the opposition and met with additional demands. The United National Council of opposition parties (ref B) on October 17 released a man [...]
2007-10-19 13:43:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2614GEORGIA: REACTION TO 2007 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] (U) Government reaction. On September 20, 2007, Emboff presented a copy of the International Religious Freedom (IRF) report text to Irakli Machitidze, the U.S. desk officer in the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and offered to address any questions or concerns. Machitidze noted with sati [...]
2007-10-22 06:39:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM GG
07TBILISI2644GEORGIA: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS DEMARCHE
[...] Per reftel request, Poloff delivered talking points to Alexander Nalbandov, Director of the Department of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On the issue of "no-action" motions, Nalbandov said that it was Georgia's policy not to support no-action motions and they [...]
2007-10-25 08:41:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA GG
07TBILISI2659USUPASHVILI ADDRESSES NOVEMBER 2 PROTEST,
[...] (C) Summary: On October 24, Chairman of the opposition Republican Party David Usupashvili met with Ambassador regarding the united opposition's planned November 2 protest against the Saakashvili government (ref A). Usupashvili voiced two main concerns about the protests: First, that the gover [...]
2007-10-26 11:41:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2660GEORGIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 11:43:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ETRD UNGA GG CU
07TBILISI2664GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE OCTOBER 26
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of October 13-26. Deputy Governor Resigns, Levels Charges --------------------------------------- 2. Deputy Governor of the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region Beso Sabashvili announced h [...]
2007-10-26 12:16:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI2708G/TIP VISITS GEORGIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In Tbilisi on October 22 and 23, G/TIP Officer Brittany Brown and EUR/PGI Officer Jody Buckneberg visited multiple NGOs and government agencies who comprise Georgia's joint effort to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Accompanied by Emboffs, Brown and Buckneberg discussed the [...]
2007-11-02 07:09:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2719OPPOSITION KICKS OFF DAY OF PROTEST, OKRUASHVILI
[...] (C) Summary: Protesters arrived from outside Tbilisi on November 1 in anticipation of the November 2 opposition rally at the Parliament Building. Media reported that police in various Western Georgian districts were taking measures to block roads or confiscate drivers' licenses to prevent pr [...]
2007-11-02 12:28:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2729GAP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND PROTESTERS WIDENS AS
[...] (C) Summary: Street demonstrations against the Saakashvili government continue in Tbilisi for the fourth day on November 5, following their start on November 2 (reftel). Conservative estimates placed the crowd at up to 70,000 people on Rustaveli avenue at the peak on November 2. Georgian oliga [...]
2007-11-05 12:46:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2752LIVE FROM MUNICH, OKRUASHVILI ENCOURAGES PROTESTERS
[...] (U) Summary: Former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili appeared via live telecast on Imedi TV from Munich on November 5. Okruashvili claimed he "was forced to leave Georgia." He apologized for disappointing Georgians with the recantation of the charges he had leveled against the government [...]
2007-11-06 12:30:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2762RIOT POLICE MOVE PROTESTERS OUT OF STREET WITH
[...] (C) On November 7 at 1:20 local time Georgian riot police used water cannons and tear gas to move the increasing crowd of protesters out of Rustaveli Avenue and away from the front of Parliament. Embassy Tbilisi is monitoring events. Embassy will soon issue a warden message and is convening th [...]
2007-11-07 09:33:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2764PROTEST IN TBILISI SITREP NO. 1
[...] (SBU) This cable provides a rough timeline of ongoing events on November 7 regarding protests against the Saakashvili government in front of Parliament, and the police actions that have been used to break up the protests and push people to the perimeter streets. 2. (C) Chronology of Events [...]
2007-11-07 12:53:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2777PROTEST IN TBILISI SITREP NO. 4
[...] (C) This cable details the latest information regarding the November 7 government crackdown on opposition protests in Tbilisi, including Embassy EAC action. Currently, RSO reports that the Freedom Square and Rustaveli metro stations are closed. Major streets Rustaveli Avenue and Baratashvili [...]
2007-11-08 09:44:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2787DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE 4TH COMMUNITY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 13:47:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KOEM UNGA GG
07TBILISI2790SAAKASHVILI RESIGNS PRESIDENCY, CALLS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 15:49:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2791SAAKASHVILI ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS FOR
[...] (C) Summary. In a live address November 8 President Saakashvili announced his intention to hold a presidential election on January 5, 2008, effectively giving up a year of his term. According to the constitution, Speaker Nino Burjanadze will assume the presidency until the election date. Sa [...]
2007-11-08 15:57:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2797GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE NOVEMBER 9
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of October 27-November 9. Georgia Claims Violation of Airspace ------------------------------------ 2. Zaza Gogava, Head of Georgia's Joint Forces Command, was quoted November [...]
2007-11-09 12:54:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI2799PROTEST IN TBILISI SITREP NO. 5
[...] (U) Most opposition leaders embraced President Saakashvili's call to hold a Presidential election on January 5, 2008 (reftel). The United National Council of Opposition (UNC) remains united so far. According to reports, New Rightist (NR) Party Chairman David Gamkrelidze affirmed his intentio [...]
2007-11-09 14:47:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2800INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT FOR GEORGIA
[...] (U) Summary: This interim assessment (reftel) covers Georgia's continuing strides against trafficking-in-persons (A-TIP) since April, 2007. Georgia aggressively investigates and prosecutes human traffickers. The country's proactive identification of TIP victims is improving, thanks to more A [...]
2007-11-09 15:51:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN GG
07TBILISI2802TBILISI PROTESTS: SITREP NO 6
[...] (U) The United National Council of Opposition (UNC) met with the government, represented by the Speaker of Parliament, Nino Burjanadze, on November 10 and again on November 12. Five opposition parties - Georgia's Way, the Conservatives, the Republicans, the New Rightists, and the Industriali [...]
2007-11-13 12:50:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2842GEORGIA: U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON "CONDEMNING THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 09:50:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM KWMN SOCI UN GG
07TBILISI2893HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS ARISING FROM THE NOVEMBER 7
[...] (C) Summary: Events before, during, and after the violence of the November 7 Opposition protest in Tbilisi have raised a number of human rights issues. NGOs, participants in the demonstrations, and others have alleged abuses, including disproportionate use of force, abridgment of freedom of [...]
2007-11-19 14:19:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2894GEORGIA: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS -
[...] (U) Per reftel request, on November 19 poloff delivered the demarche to Merab Manjgaladze, Head of UN Division, International Organizations Department, Georgian MFA, on the UNGA Third Committee country specific resolutions on human rights situations in Iran, Belarus, the Democratic People's Re [...]
2007-11-20 04:56:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA GG
07TBILISI2935ELECTION PROCEDURES FOR GEORGIA'S JANUARY 5, 2007
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 8, President Saakashvili announced snap Presidential elections and a plebiscite to ask voters for their views on the timing of Parliamentary elections. This cable reviews the requirements for presidential candidates, election and plebiscite procedures, and proposed [...]
2007-11-20 14:49:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2953PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI SOFTENS HIS TONE, BUT DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Dialogue between the government, represented by Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze, and the government's political opposition began after the unrest of November 7. President Saakashvili has been reaching out to various constituencies in public appearances that are seemingly a [...]
2007-11-21 14:18:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI3005GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE NOVEMBER 30
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of November 10-30. Last Russian Troops Leave Batumi -------------------------------- 2. On November 15, the last train cars loaded with military equipment left the Russian mili [...]
2007-11-30 13:35:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI3010TBILISI UPDATE: 12/3/07
[...] (U) On November 30, the Ambassador attended an OSCE Ambassadorial Working Group to discuss the upcoming Georgian Presidential Elections. OSCE members underscored the tense political climate and the low level of confidence the public has in the Central Election Commission (CEC). One of the l [...]
2007-12-03 12:56:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI3032TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE, 12/5/2007
[...] (U) Presidential candidate Mikheil Saakashvili's representatives presented the Central Election Commission (CEC) with 140,000 supporters, signatures December 4, well over the 50,000 required to register a candidate. (The deadline for submission of signatures is December 6 at 1800.) In a Dece [...]
2007-12-05 13:18:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI3037OPPOSITION PARTIES QUICK TO PRE-JUDGE ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The government is concerned that the opposition will not accept any outcome of the January 5 elections that returns former President Mikheil Saakashvili to office, and that the opposition will take to the streets again on January 6. The ruling National Movement's polls suggQt Saa [...]
2007-12-06 13:55:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI3051DCM'S DECEMBER 5 MEETING WITH CENTRAL ELECTION
[...] (U) In a December 5 meeting with DCM, Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Levan Tarkhnishvili refuted rumors that CEC short-term contract hires are going door to door to verify voter information and ask residents for whom they will vote. He stated emphatically that the CEC's door-to-d [...]
2007-12-07 13:16:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI3064TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 12/10/07
[...] (C) On 7 December, members of the OSCE Ambassadorial Working Group were provided a copy of the letter sent by Ambassador Terhi Hakala, Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, to Acting President Nino Burjanadze. In the letter, Hakala outlined the main issues which need to be addressed to ensure [...]
2007-12-10 13:22:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI3092IMEDI BACK ON THE AIR, MICHNIK AND MONITORS IN PLACE
[...] (SBU) Summary. After 34 days off the air due to a governmental shutdown, Imedi, Georgia's most popular television network, resumed full broadcasting on the evening of December 12, 2007. While some technical difficulties remain, Imedi is broadcasting nationally and by satellite to London and [...]
2007-12-13 12:51:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO GG PHUM
07TBILISI3096GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE DECEMBER 14
[...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of December 1-14. Georgian Politicians React to Medvedev -------------------------------------- 2. Georgian political figures reacted immediately -- and unanimously -- to Russi [...]
2007-12-14 11:56:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
07TBILISI3099GEORGIA: ELECTION CAMPAIGNS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11, the Central Election Commission (CEC) released the final list of the seven registered candidates for the January 5 pre-term presidential elections. Several candidates, however, have been actively campaigning for as long as a week, meeting daily with Tbilisi res [...]
2007-12-14 12:22:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KBIO PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3101TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE 12/14/07
[...] (C) On December 13, the OSCE/ODIHR Monitoring Team briefed the diplomatic community on its series of meetings with civil society, political parties, and government representatives. ODIHR reviewed election concerns to date with "misuse of administrative resources" being one heard frequently. [...]
2007-12-14 13:07:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3112TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE 12/17/07
[...] (C) In a meeting December 14, the Ambassador told NSC Chairman Alexander Lomaia that we had done a comprehensive feasibility evaluation and found that we could not sponsor and mount a proper exit poll (factoring in an adequate amount of time for voter education) in the short time before the Ja [...]
2007-12-17 13:17:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3135DOCUMENTARY FILM HIGHLIGHTS LABOR EXPLOITATION,
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy officials opened the USAID sponsored anti-trafficking film "Labor Trafficking Reality" on December 19 to an audience of representatives from Parliament, state ministries, domestic and international NGOS, journalists, and members of the Interagency Council on Combating T [...]
2007-12-19 12:39:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI3137TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE 12/19/2007
[...] (C) In a meeting December 18, United National Council of opposition (UNC) presidential candidate Levan Gachechiladze told Ambassador he was certain the elections would go to a second round, and he expected Saakashvili to gain at most 15 -20% in the first round. Gachechiladze said during UNC d [...]
2007-12-19 12:50:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3145GEORGIAN ELECTIONS: TWO COMPETING WORLDS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the Black Sea town of Batumi in the autonomous region of Adjara December 11-13 to gauge the pre-election mood of the political parties, election-monitoring organizations and general populace in the lead-up to the January 5 snap presidential election. Opposition pa [...]
2007-12-20 12:38:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3147GEORGIA MEDIA AND PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COVERAGE: THE CASE
[...] (SBU) Summary. As the election campaign heats up, Embassy Tbilisi is reviewing the media coverage of the elections. Although the Autonomous Republic of Ajara remains an opposition stronghold according to polls, Ajara media is indirectly controlled by the National Movement, and seems to be la [...]
2007-12-21 10:34:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO GG
07TBILISI3148GEORGIA: PRE-ELECTION TRIP TO AKHALKALAKI,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the Armenian minority region of Akhalkalaki in Javakheti December 18-19 to gauge the pre-election mood of the political parties, NGOs, press and general populace in the lead-up to the January 5 snap Presidential elections. This impoverished region traditionally [...]
2007-12-21 10:50:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3149TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 12/21/07
[...] (C) At the 21 December meeting of the OSCE Ambassadorial Working Group, the Chairman of the Election (CEC) Levan Tarkhnishvili addressed the group. He discussed the following points: - Cameras at the polling stations: The CEC distributed a press release explaining the purpose of video su [...]
2007-12-21 10:53:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3151GEORGIAN ELECTIONS: COMPETITION FOR THE FIRST TIME
[...] (C) Summary: As the Georgian Presidential election campaign gears up for its final two weeks, a number of themes have emerged on the campaign trail. The most glaring is the brutal blood sport aspect of the Georgian campaign, with each political party battling to the death for dominance. The [...]
2007-12-21 12:41:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM GG
07TBILISI3167IMEDI STRUGGLES AND SUSPENDS OPERATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Imedi TV voluntarily ceased operation shortly after 20:00 hrs on December 26, 2007. This was a decision of News Corp management after 16 key Imedi journalists announced their resignations in the aftermath of the release of a number of video and audio tapes in which Badri Patar [...]
2007-12-27 13:41:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO GG
07TBILISI3177OPPOSITION GEARING UP FOR THE DAY AFTER GEORGIAN
[...] (C) Summary: As the election campaign enters its final week and following a series of events that have strengthened former president Saakashvili's bid to win the January 5 presidential elections, it is increasingly clear that most opposition parties are planning not for victory on election d [...]
2007-12-28 12:52:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3179TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 12/28/2007
[...] (U) ODIHR's second report was released on December 28 and notes that the campaign environment has been soured by allegations of use by Saakashvili of budgetary funds, unequal campaign conditions, intimidation, and vote buying. OSCE ODIHR has received information and first hand accounts which [...]
2007-12-28 13:28:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI431GOG CONTINUES ITS ANTI-TIP PUBLIC OUTREACH
[...] (U) On February 27, Poloff participated in a GOG sponsored presentation on anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) at the University of Foreign Languages -- the second event held in Tbilisi this month. The presentation included a showing of the Frontline documentary titled "Sex-Slave" to an audie [...]
2007-03-05 05:32:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL GG RU
07TBILISI489ABKHAZIA: UN BRIEFS WESTERN FRIENDS ON KODORI
[...] (C) Summary: On March 12, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault briefed the Western Friends of the Secretary General (FSG) on the alleged rocket and missile firing on Georgian villages in Upper Kodori on March 11 (reftel). Arnault said that the Georgians had [...]
2007-03-12 14:27:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI826SOUTH OSSETIA: LAW ON RESTITUTION
[...] Summary: On January 1, 2007, a new Georgian restitution law entered into force, authorizing the GoG to provide compensation for the approximately 60,000 Ossetian refugees (90% of whom fled to North Ossetia) and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who lost their homes during the 1990-92 war. [...]
2007-04-16 13:33:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PREF GG
07TBILISI932Ambassador's meeting with High School of Justice and High
[...] Summary: Ambassador met with representatives of the Georgian High School of Justice (HSOJ) and High Council of Justice to discuss the HSOJ's progress on meeting the legislatively imposed deadline for launching a fourteen-month training course for newly appointed judges. With less then the six [...]
2007-04-25 12:12:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TEGUCIGALPA133HONDURAS: CARIBBEAN MASS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY
[...] (C) Honduras is likely to accept migrants from the Caribbean who have been interdicted by the United States, but based on the GOH's current policies it is very likely that any migrants temporarily settled in Honduras would not be detained or prevented from departing Honduras to seek entry into [...]
2007-01-22 23:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1614HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S TRIP TO CUBA OCTOBER 9
[...] (C) Summary: On October 9, Honduran President Zelaya will travel to Cuba to sign a maritime delimitation treaty with the GOC. FM Milton Jimenez told Polcouns on October 2 that the President chose to travel October 9 instead of October 8 because they did not want to be manipulated into partic [...]
2007-10-03 20:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CU NI HN
07TEGUCIGALPA1794TIP: 2007 INTERIM ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR HONDURAS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post submits the following 2007 interim Trafficking in Persons (TIP) assessment report for Honduras (ref. A). On September 26, 2007, Poloffs hosted a meeting with 15 members of the Inter-Institutional Committee, composed of Government of Honduras (GOH) officials, prosecutors, [...]
2007-11-14 21:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1820HONDURAS PASSES A NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY
[...] (U) Summary. On September 10, the GOH publicized a decree in the national Gazette announcing the adoption of a National Security Strategy. The strategy has six main objectives (listed below) which now include counterterrorism work as an objective, and stresses regional and international coope [...]
2007-11-26 21:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPINS MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PHUM PNAT KCRM
07TEGUCIGALPA1836HONDURAS: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF
[...] (C) The GOH does not have any investments in Cuba. There are some companies that export products to Cuba, the biggest of which are Lido Pozuelo, Marmoles de Honduras, and Corporacion Dinant. 2. (C) The GOH does not have any bilateral trade agreements with Cuba. The two governments were wo [...]
2007-11-28 22:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PHUM CUCO HN
07TEGUCIGALPA1876PRESIDENT ZELAYA "DISSES" UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON
[...] (U) UN Special Rapporteur on the right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression Ambeyi Ligabo visited Honduras November 26 - 30, 2007. Ligabo's goal was to investigate recent threats and attacks against journalists, especially those who denounce corruption. Ligabo was invited by the Honduran gov [...]
2007-12-07 16:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA258WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR IN HONDURAS: UPDATE TO
[...] SUMMARY: There has been a lack of political will and resources to address adequately the problem of child labor in Honduras. Honduras has not yet completed its list of the worst forms of child labor required by International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 182. The National Plan for the [...]
2007-02-08 17:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EIND ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI HO
07TEGUCIGALPA432HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2006/2007
[...] (SBU) The following is the 2006/2007 Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report input for Honduras, responding to questions posed in the checklist. Post point of contact is Vice Consul Jason McInerney, phone: 011-504-238-5114 x 4152, IVG phone: 539-4152, fax 011-504-237-1792, and unclassified [...]
2007-03-09 21:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KJUS ASEC PREF ELAB HO
07TEGUCIGALPA471CHALLENGES FOR IMPROVING SECURITY ENVIRONMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: All leading dailies and a number of television and radio stations in Honduras covered the U.S. Human Rights Report on Honduras and the National Human Rights Commission's own Human Rights Report for 2006, both released on March 6. Major media also highlighted the signing, on the [...]
2007-03-16 21:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ELAB KCRM KJUS KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
07TEGUCIGALPA803AMBASSADOR FORD DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) Ambassador Ford delivered demarche (reftel) to Honduran Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez on May 10, 2007. The Foreign Minister responded that Honduras will support the bids of Slovenia and Bosnia for the UN Human Rights Council in New York on May 17. He also said that he would convey his [...]
2007-05-10 22:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC HO
07TELAVIV1208GENERAL MISHLEV SEES NO QUICK SOLUTION TO STALLED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: POL/C and ECON/C met with Major General Yossef Mishlev, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT),at the Ministry of Defense April 19. POL/C conveyed the Ambassador's concerns on access and movement issues, specifically approval of five Palestinian Red Cresc [...]
2007-04-23 13:42:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ECON KPAL KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1363UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION: ISRAEL TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 08:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC IS
07TELAVIV1672JUSTICE MINISTER FRIEDMANN ON REFUGEES, IPR AND
[...] (Summary) (SBU) In a meeting with Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann in Jerusalem on June 4, the Ambassador discussed the Magen David Adom (MDA)/Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance dispute, IPR issues, Darfur refugees, and family reunifications requests for Palestinian refugees fro [...]
2007-06-08 07:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB IS IZ KCRM KIPR KJUS KPAL KWMN PHUM
07TELAVIV1704A/S SILVERBERG DISCUSSES UN AND IO ISSUES WITH DDG
[...] (C) Summary: IO A/S Kristen Silverberg discussed United Nations and other international organization issues with MFA Deputy Director General Roni Leshno-Ya'ar and his staff on June 7 in Jerusalem. The Israelis announced that they have begun quickly campaigning for a UNSC seat in 2019-20. Ya'a [...]
2007-06-12 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF KWBG KPAL UNSC UNGA
07TELAVIV1705ISA CHIEF DISKIN OPPOSED TO BENCHMARKS, PROPOSES
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 11 discussion of the security situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (septel),Israeli Security Agency (ISA) Head Yuval Diskin told Ambassador Jones he personally opposes the benchmarks, viewing them as "a very dangerous plan" that could be easily agreed upon by Israe [...]
2007-06-12 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWPB EG IS
07TELAVIV1732ISA CHIEF DISKIN ON SITUATION IN THE GAZA STRIP
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 11 meeting that entailed discussion of the benchmarks (reftel),Israeli Security Agency (ISA) Head Yuval Diskin shared his assessment of the current situation in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, painting a picture of a desperate, disorganized, and demoralized Fatah in the G [...]
2007-06-13 16:03:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER PHUM MARR MASS KPAL KWBG EG IS
07TELAVIV1844GOI UPDATE ON CROSSINGS AND FUEL SITUATION IN GAZA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: COGAT confirmed to EconOff on June 19 that most of the Gaza border crossings are effectively closed. However, the GOI is facilitating import of humanitarian goods into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom cargo crossing and working on an alternate mechanism at Erez crossing point to ass [...]
2007-06-19 14:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM IS
07TELAVIV1928GOI CONTINUES TO FACILITATE PASSAGE OF
[...] (SBU) COGAT confirmed to EconOff on June 25 that despite the main border crossings with Gaza remaining closed, the GOI continues to facilitate passage of individuals through Erez Crossing Point on a special humanitarian basis. It is also allowing the import of humanitarian goods, food, and fu [...]
2007-06-25 12:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM IS
07TELAVIV1995150 PEOPLE LEFT HOMELESS AFTER NEW ROUND OF HOME
[...] (U) In the year's first major demolition operation in the Negev, the GOI on June 25 demolished 28 structures (mostly homes) in the unrecognized Bedouin villages of A-Tir and Um Al-Hiran -- a pair of villages with a population of about 2200 in the northern Negev desert. According to press acco [...]
2007-06-28 14:21:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM IS
07TELAVIV2176ISRAELIS APPROVE LIST OF 1,000 PALESTINIANS TO
[...] (C) EU Border Assistance Mission Commander Lieutenant General Pietro Pistolese commented to the Ambassador July 16 that negotiations had broken down between Israel and Egypt over the return to Gaza of several thousand Palestinians stranded on the Egyptian side of the Rafah Crossing. According [...]
2007-07-17 12:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPAL EG IS
07TELAVIV2410DEMARCHE TO GOI ON SUDANESE REFUGEES
[...] (C) (Summary) On July 30, Acting Regional Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) informed UNHCR/Israel's Head of Office and Honorary Liaison of the Department's wish to see UNHCR/Geneva take the lead in coordinating a response to the issue of Sudanese and other asylum seekers entering into Israel fro [...]
2007-08-07 11:42:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM IS EG SU
07TELAVIV2413KNESSET SPEAKER READY TO SUPPORT PEACE, EXPAND
[...] (C) On August 6, The Ambassador met with Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik, who is scheduled to see the Secretary in Washington on August 13. The Ambassador told Itzik that the Secretary was pleased with her recent visit to Jerusalem, SIPDIS which focused on preparing for the international meeti [...]
2007-08-08 06:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ETRD KPAL IS
07TELAVIV2415SHOWDOWN BETWEEN SYNAGOGUE AND STATE WITHIN IDF
[...] (C) Preparations for the August 7 evacuation of Jewish settlers from the Hebron market by IDF soldiers and police led to insubordination by a number of soldiers serving in involved units, with some soldiers saying their rabbis told them not to carry out specific missions. The IDF responded by [...]
2007-08-08 15:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPINS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
07TELAVIV2460ISRAELIS ASSIST THE RETURN OF MORE THAN 6,000
[...] (S) Cooperating with Egyptian counterparts across the border and the Palestinian Authority, since July 29 Israeli security forces have returned to the Gaza Strip over 6,000 Palestinians who were trapped in Egypt and the Sinai as a result of the June Hamas takeover in Gaza. The Palestinians ar [...]
2007-08-13 16:42:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PHUM PINS PTER KWBG KPAL EG IS
07TELAVIV2522EMBASSY TEL AVIV CONTACTS GOI TO REQUEST URGENT
[...] (SBU) DCM Luis Moreno conveyed reftel request for assistance to Alon Ushpiz, head of the Foreign Ministry's Bureau of Coordination. (Ushpiz is equivalent of Deputy Director General to Foreign Ministry Director General Aaron Abramovich.) Following internal GOI discussion, Ushpiz informed DCM [...]
2007-08-21 04:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PHSA MOPS EWWT SMIG LY TS IS IT
07TELAVIV2536GOI GIVEN DEMARCHE ON TALKS WITH GOE AND UNHCR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-21 08:44:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM EG IS SU
07TELAVIV2547ISRAEL RETURNS FIRST AFRICANS UNDER OLMERT-MUBARAK
[...] (C) (Summary) On August 19, Israel returned 48 Africans (44 from Sudan, 3 from the Ivory Coast, 1 from Somalia) to Egypt, the first such return under what the Israelis assert to be a June 25 Olmert-Mubarak understanding on the handling of Sudanese and other migrants and asylum seekers attemptin [...]
2007-08-22 11:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM EG SU IS
07TELAVIV2551AMBASSADOR AND EDUCATION MINISTER YULI TAMIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador called on Minister of Education Yuli Tamir (Labor) August 21 to discuss ways the Education Ministry could support the peace process. Tamir agreed with the Ambassador that it was important to develop a "peace curriculum" to promote tolerance and mutual understandin [...]
2007-08-22 13:51:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPAL EAID SCUL IS
07TELAVIV2744AFRICAN MIGRANTS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN ISRAEL
[...] (C) Embassy refugee reporting officer (RRO) delivered demarche requested in Reftel A to Simona Halperin, MFA Acting Director of International Organizations and Human Rights. RRO stressed the humanitarian and political importance of formalizing Egypt and Israel's commitments in a UNHCR-mediated [...]
2007-09-11 14:04:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM EUN IS SU EG
07TELAVIV2771ISRAEL WILL CONSIDER FELICE GAER'S CANDIDACY FOR
[...] (U) Poloff discussed reftel points with MFA Counsellor for Human Rights and International Organizations Simona Halperin on September 17. Halperin noted that the GOI was preparing for the October 8 vote on Committee Against Torture (CAT) membership, but had no substantive comments regarding Fel [...]
2007-09-17 15:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA IL
07TELAVIV2780EMBASSY RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INPUT ON
[...] (U) Israel is a well-established democracy with a large number of influential NGOs and human rights activists. Human rights are guaranteed in a series of "Basic Laws," which function as a constitution. The government's treatment of NGOs is consistent with the 2006 Guiding Principles on NGOs. [...]
2007-09-18 10:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV IL
07TELAVIV2810SECURITY CABINET DECLARES HAMAS-RULED GAZA A
[...] (U) The Israeli security cabinet, meeting shortly before the Secretary's arrival on the morning of September 19, decided to declare Hamas-ruled Gaza a "hostile entity." The full range of measures this designation entails is not yet clear, (and according to the Foreign Minister not yet decide [...]
2007-09-20 15:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV2834ISRAEL SUPPORTS COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES, CANNOT
[...] (SBU) On September 18, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on priorities for the Communities of Democracies (CD) to Ron Adam, Director of the UN Political Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which also handles the CD portfolio. Adam expressed Israel's support for the Community [...]
2007-09-24 16:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07TELAVIV3045REGULATORY HURDLES CONTINUE TO DELAY PLACEMENT OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Regulatory roadblocks continue to delay implementation of the MOU between Magen David Adom (MDA) and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS),specifically the placement of five PRCS ambulances in East Jerusalem. MFA Director of International Organizations and Human Rights Sim [...]
2007-10-22 07:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS
07TELAVIV3083COGAT COMMENTS ON GAZA AND WEST BANK
[...] (C) Summary. DCM and PolCouns called on the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Major General Mishlev, October 23 as part of the Embassy's efforts to improve the atmosphere in advance of the international meeting. Mishlev agreed that COGAT staff would work with the Emba [...]
2007-10-25 08:30:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS ECON KPAL IS
07TELAVIV3285IFRC ENVOY PAR STENBACK FAIRLY POSITIVE ON
[...] (C) Summary. International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) Special Envoy Par Stenback suggested to the Ambassador on November 2 that his progress report on the implementation of the MOU between Magen David Adom and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society would be fairly positive. He expected the [...]
2007-11-16 09:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF PGOV KPAL IS
07TELAVIV3288ICRC FINDS EXCESSIVE FORCE USED IN KETZIOT PRISON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ICRC Deputy Head of Delegation Paul Conneally briefed poloff on the ICRC's preliminary findings following a visit to the Ketziot prison to investigate the circumstances of the October 22 riot among Palestinian prisoners (reftels). According to Conneally, the ICRC team found that [...]
2007-11-16 12:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
07TELAVIV3492DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA COUNTRY-SPECIFIC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 14:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV UNGA IS
07TELAVIV599GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL ANNOUNCES NATIONAL PLAN TO
[...] (U) THE GOI HAS DRAFTED A NATIONAL PLAN TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOR THE PURPOSES OF SLAVERY AND FORCED LABOR, FOCUSING ON PROSECUTION, PREVENTION AND PROTECTION. THE PLAN IS DESIGNED TO HELP MIGRANT WORKERS, WHO OFTEN PAY LARGE FEES TO AGENCIES THAT ARRANGE THEIR JOBS IN ISRAEL AND ARE THU [...]
2007-02-26 10:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB GTIP PHUM IS KCRM KJUS
07TELAVIV601MFA: NO CURRENT PLANS FOR DEMOLITIONS IN GREATER
[...] (C) Following up on PolCouns' delivery of Ref A demarche regarding reports of a GOI decision to demolish 41 homes in the Beit Sahour area, MFA Director for North America Dan Arbell informed PolCouns February 26 that the GOI has no plans for such demolitions "at this time." Arbell said he had [...]
2007-02-26 13:25:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPAL IS
07TELAVIV699ISRAEL 2007 TIP REPORT, PART 1 OF 2
[...] (SBU) The following is post's input for the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report. Embassy point of contact is Alan Holst, telephone (972) (3) 519-7437, fax 519-7484, email holstar@state.gov. The Government of Israel (GOI) has provided extensive written responses to post's questions on traffick [...]
2007-03-06 03:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGTIP ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KJUS KWMN PHUM
07TELAVIV700ISRAEL 2007 TIP REPORT PART 2 OF 2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-06 03:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGTIP ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KJUS KWMN PHUM
07TELAVIV900ADDITIONAL GOI CONCERNS WITH THE UNHRC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 08:25:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC IS
07TELAVIV930AMBASSADOR SPEAKS AT NGO CONFERENCE, AND OTHER TIP
[...] (U) The Ambassador spoke at the "Hear My Voice" conference on human trafficking at Tel Aviv University on March 21. The conference, which saw the participation of GOI and law enforcement officials, diplomatic representatives from eastern European countries, and numerous NGOs, is part of NGO I [...]
2007-03-26 13:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB EG
07THEHAGUE1021LEAHY VETTING FOR JULY DUTCH-U.S. JCET
[...] (SBU) U.S. and Dutch forces are scheduled to begin a Joint Combined Exchange Training program (JCET) in the Netherlands, calendar week 29 of 2007 (July). Duration is anticpated between two weeks and two months. Dutch units involved: 108th and 104th Commando Troepen. Korps Commando Troepen (K [...]
2007-05-31 11:09:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM NL
07THEHAGUE1448NETHERLANDS/AZERBAIJAN: SUPPORT BUT LIMITED
[...] On July 27, Poloff delivered non paper to Thymen A. Kouwenaar, Department Head of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division in the MFA, on Dutch coordination with the USG on promoting democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan. Kouwenaar mentioned that while the Dutch support the USG position [...]
2007-08-03 13:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAJ EUN KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL
07THEHAGUE1462NETHERLANDS/CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE: DUTCH WILL
[...] The Netherlands plan to support the re-nomination of U.S. Candidate Ms. Felice Gaer to the United Nations Committee Against Torture. Poloff delivered dipnote and reftel points to MFA Policy Officer in the Human Rights and Peacebuilding Department Meline Arakelian. Arakelian informed poloff that "th [...]
2007-08-07 06:42:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA
07THEHAGUE1627NETHERLANDS: HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 31, 2007, poloff delivered reftel points to Birgitta Tazelaar, Deputy Head of the MFA's Human Rights Division, and Joris Geeven, policy officer within at the MFA's Human Rights and Peacebuilding Department. The Dutch oppose sending the Human Rights Council (HRC) report t [...]
2007-09-05 09:13:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM NL UN
07THEHAGUE1628NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: DUTCH CAUTIOUS ON PROPOSED IPF
[...] (SBU) On September 4, 2007, poloff raised reftel A points with Mr. Alle Dorhout, Chief of the Horn of Africa and West Africa Division at the MFA's Sub-Saharan Africa Department. Dorhout, on his second day on the job, expressed cautious interest in the proposed Intergovernmental Authority on De [...]
2007-09-05 09:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SU NL
07THEHAGUE1769NETHERLANDS/CUBA: NO NEWS EXPECTED FROM EU-CUBA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-25 07:59:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NL CU
07THEHAGUE1800NETHERLANDS/CD: DUTCH SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY OF
[...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel points to Ruth Emmerink, Senior Policy Officer in the Department of Human Rights and Peacebuilding at the Dutch MFA. Emmerink indicated that Ambassador Piet de Klerk, formerly ambassador for human rights and now deputy permrep at the UN, would represent the Netherl [...]
2007-09-27 15:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07THEHAGUE1809NETHERLANDS/UNGA: CAUTION ABOUT DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) On September 27, POLOFF delivered reftel points to Suzanne de Groot, policy officer at the Human Rights and Peacebuildng Department of the Dutch MFA. De Groot expressed appreciation for the advanced consultation on the resolution, as well for U.S. efforts to address this specific human [...]
2007-09-28 10:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUN KWMN AORC PHUM SOCI NL
07THEHAGUE184DUTCH HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMS IN IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Dutch embassy in Tehran is responsible for administering approximately one million Euros annually in human rights program funding. Details are included below. This is in addition to 13 million Euros of Iran media [...]
2007-02-01 09:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EUN KDEM PREL IR NL
07THEHAGUE1840NETHERLANDS/BURMA: DUTCH KEEPING UP THE PRESSURE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 2, 2007 POLOFF delivered reftel points to Mr. Karel Hartogh, Deputy Director for Asia and Oceania at the Dutch MFA. The Dutch support boosting pressure on Burma, including action at the UN, the EU, and the Human Rights Council. (A list of Dutch activities was sent in [...]
2007-10-03 14:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NL CH BU
07THEHAGUE1918NETHERLANDS: SCENESETTER FOR PARLIAMENT VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The upcoming visit of representatives of the Dutch parliament,s Foreign Affairs Committee to Washington October 22-26, 2007 provides a good opportunity to build the necessary public support for sustaining a significant Dutch military deployment in Uruzgan beyond 2008. Although vis [...]
2007-10-19 13:20:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM NATO AF
07THEHAGUE1930CONTRIBUTIONS FOR IRAQ REFUGEES AND IDPS: DUTCH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Dutch are monitoring the Iraqi refugee situation closely but plan no additional assistance in the short term. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this could change if the UNHCR shows results in the region and Iraq does more to help its own citizens. Current Dutch contr [...]
2007-10-24 10:16:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ PHUM PREF NL
07THEHAGUE1939NETHERLANDS/UNGA: DUTCH SUPPORTIVE ON MOST THIRD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 24, 2007, POLOFF delivered reftel A points to Dutch MFA Director for Human Rights, Ms. Maryem van den Heuvel, and Reneko Elema, Senior Policy Officer. Van den Heuvel welcomed the consultation, noting Dutch agreement on all country resolutions. While inclined to support [...]
2007-10-25 05:04:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALUN KTIA PHUM PREL NL
07THEHAGUE194DUTCH-FUNDED MEDIA PROGRAMS FACE IRANIAN HARASSMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Three participants in a Dutch-sponsored media diversity program were arrested Janaury 27, on their way to a training session in India. They were released the next day. Iranian authorities have reportedly filed charges and accused the Dutch government of acting as a conduit for [...]
2007-02-01 16:45:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM EUN KDEM KPAO PREL IR NL
07THEHAGUE1957NETHERLANDS/CUBA: QUALIFIED SUPPORT AT THE EU AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: POLOFF raised reftel A-C points with Jan Jaap Groenemeijer, Senior Staff Officer in the Western Hemisphere Department, as well as Ms. Maryem van den Heuvel, Director for Human Rights, and Reneko Elema, Senior Policy Officer for Human Rights. On November 1, Charge D'Affaires raised [...]
2007-11-01 14:12:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNUNGA PHUM EU NL CU
07THEHAGUE1978NETHERLANDS/CD: VIEWS ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel points to Ruth Emmerink, Senior Policy Officer in the Department of Human Rights and Peacebuilding at the Dutch MFA. Due to obligations before parliament, Development Minister Koenders is unlikely to lead the Dutch delegation to Bamako. Instead, Ms. Emmerink and D [...]
2007-11-09 10:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA NL
07THEHAGUE1980NETHERLANDS/OSCE: PRESSING RUSSIA TO ABIDE BY
[...] (C) Summary: The GONL shares our concerns regarding the Government of Russia's decision to significantly restrict the ODIHR observation mission for the upcoming Russian parliamentary elections to 70 persons for short-term observation only. MFA Special OSCE Advisor Tony van der Togt said Dutc [...]
2007-11-09 16:58:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM RS NL
07THEHAGUE1984NETHERLANDS/IRAN: CONSULAR CASE PROMPTS DUTCH TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7, Dutch MFA Director General Pieter de Gooijer told the Ambassador that he will firmly assert the EU Iran nuclear policy during his upcoming visit to Iran while he urges consular access in the Al Mansouri case. END SUMMARY. NUCLEAR FILE ------------ 2. (C) As [...]
2007-11-13 07:41:00Embassy The HagueSECRETNL UN IR IAEA EU PHUM KNNP
07THEHAGUE1985NETHERLANDS/IRAN: CONSULAR CASE PROMPTS DUTCH TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7, Dutch MFA Director General Pieter de Gooijer told the Ambassador that he will firmly assert the EU Iran nuclear policy during his upcoming visit to Iran while he urges consular access in the Al Mansouri case. END SUMMARY. NUCLEAR FILE ------------ 2. (C) As [...]
2007-11-13 09:24:00Embassy The HagueSECRETNL UN IR IAEA EU PHUM KNNP
07THEHAGUE1986NETHERLANDS/DPRK: DUTCH WILLING TO CONSIDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 5, 2007, Deputy Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea, Christian Whiton, briefed Dutch MFA officials on U.S. plans to promote human rights in North Korea, particularly through funding for independent radio broadcasting. The Dutch agreed to consider funding fo [...]
2007-11-13 12:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL NL UN KN
07THEHAGUE1994NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: MINISTER TIMMERMANS REGRETS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 9, Ambassador met with Dutch MFA Minister for European Affairs Timmermans to discuss Russia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, French President Sarkozy, Timmermans, upcoming trips to the United States, and plans to commemorate 400 years of American-Dutch relations. Although Timmermans o [...]
2007-11-15 12:07:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EU RU KV YI
07THEHAGUE2002NETHERLANDS/BURMA: KEEPING UP THE PRESSURE (PART 2)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past month, POLOFF has engaged Dutch MFA officials Mr. Karel Hartogh, Deputy Director for Asia and Oceania, and Ms. Maaike van der Werf, Burma Desk, on reftel A - D points, expressing USG appreciation for Dutch leadership in pursuing Burma sanctions at the EU. The Dutc [...]
2007-11-20 16:07:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD NL BM EU UNGA
07THEHAGUE2018NETHERLANDS/OSCE: MADRID MINISTERIAL, MD/CFE PROPOSALS
[...] (C//NOFORN) Summary: The GONL does not "expect much" from the upcoming OSCE Madrid ministerial, given too many issues pitting Russia against Europe and the United States, such as Kosovo, the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, and missile defense. MFA OSCE Special Advisor Tony v [...]
2007-11-28 10:43:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREK PGOV PHUM NL OSCE
07THEHAGUE2060NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: LEGAL ADVISER BELLINGER SWAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 10, 2007, Legal Advisor John Bellinger and Ambassador Roland Arnall met with Dutch MFA Deputy Director General Wim Geerts. Geerts and Bellinger focused on Kosovo, with Geerts indicating that a statement by UNSYG Ban in favor of an international presence there could ad [...]
2007-12-14 07:24:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KV EU UN
07THEHAGUE2062NETHERLANDS/UN: DUTCH SUPPORT PROSPER CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-14 15:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA NL
07THEHAGUE2086NETHERLANDS/IRAN: LEVINSON DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-21 16:03:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PTER PHUM KJUS KDEM CASC NL IR
07THEHAGUE253AMNESTY INTN'L: DUTCH-IRANIAN CITIZEN RISKS
[...] (C) Summary: Faleh al-Mansouri, a Dutch-Iranian citizen arrested during a May 2006 visit to Syria and extradited to Iran, remains in Iranian custody without Dutch consular access. The Dutch chapter of Amnesty International (AI) fears he may be executed in the near future. The GONL continues [...]
2007-02-09 14:49:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM IR NL
07THEHAGUE264DUTCH NATIONAL CRIME SQUAD DISMANTLES MAJOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] An investigation by the National Crime Squad (NR) led to the arrest of key members of a major international network of Turkish people traffickers on February 6. National TIP prosecutor Warner ten Kate said the successful operation was the result of close cooperation among the national and reg [...]
2007-02-12 18:11:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL
07THEHAGUE305NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH DCM TO TEHRAN ON STATE OF
[...] (C) Summary: According to the Dutch DCM to Tehran Roderick Wols, international pressure is hurting Iranian President Ahmadinejad's popularity. The wealthy remain wealthy, the middle class continues to suffer, but now the poor are beginning to feel the pinch as well. Wols painted a picture of [...]
2007-02-16 18:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IR NL
07THEHAGUE366NETHERLANDS/HRC: DUTCH RECEPTIVE TO BOSNIAN AND
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 27 to Pieter van der Vliet, Head of Political and Legal Affairs, MFA UN and IFIs Department. Van der Vliet had not yet heard of the Bosnian run but speculated that, given the current pool of candidates, the Dutch would back the bid. The Netherland [...]
2007-02-27 16:34:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC NL
07THEHAGUE396NETHERLANDS/EU: MARCH PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: Following the PIC, the Dutch expect a continued but significantly smaller EU military presence in Bosnia over the next year. On Kosovo, they await Serbia's and Kosovo's responses to SE Ahtisaari's proposals. The GONL is skeptical on the Palestinian GNU but will wait to see how t [...]
2007-03-05 11:24:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EUN KPAL PGOV PHUM AF BK IR IS SO
07THEHAGUE406NETHERLANDS/HRC: LUKEWARM ON U.S. SUGGESTIONS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to new MFA Human Rights Division Head, Maryem van de Heuvel (who recently returned from an assignment in Brussels) and Human Rights Policy Officer Joris Geeven, March 6. Van de Heuvel said she had not previously heard that the U.S. was pushing for an HRC s [...]
2007-03-06 16:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC NL
07THEHAGUE421DUTCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS DETAINEES, HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: Legal Adviser John Bellinger met March 1 and 2 with senior MFA officials. The Dutch conveyed a laundry list of concerns, including claims of abuse by an extradited terror suspect, negative publicity related to a U.S. failure in 2005 to meet our consular notification obligations, r [...]
2007-03-08 17:25:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN KPAO PHUM NL
07THEHAGUE485NETHERLANDS/HRC: BALANCING SUDAN, BURMA AND
[...] (C) Summary: The GONL's top priority for the HRC's 4th regular session remains Sudan. The Dutch do not believe that HRC action on Zimbabwe is practical. They are willing to consider alternative strategies, however, and their human rights ambassador will travel to Harare at the end of this we [...]
2007-03-19 14:46:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM ASEAN EUN KPKO PREL UNHCR UNSC BM CD
07THEHAGUE586EXTENSIVE NETWORK PROVIDES SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF
[...] (U) Summary. Rescued trafficking in persons (TIP) victims are supported by an extensive network of service organizations which provide legal, social, health, and education services. Public health organizations participate in anti-TIP outreach activities and provide health care for at-risk wo [...]
2007-03-28 13:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
07THEHAGUE747NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: DUTCH INCREASINGLY CONCERNED
[...] (C) Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarche April 20 to Laurent Stokvis, Director of the MFA Americas Department. According to Stokvis, the closure of RCTV has been of "concern to (the GONL) for quite a long time." The Dutch, he said, are pushing the Venezuelans bilaterally and are encour [...]
2007-04-20 15:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SCUL VE NL
07THEHAGUE766ITS: DUTCH RATIFY PROTOCOLS AND SUPPORT USG
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel points, Carl Peersman, Legal Counsel, Legal Affairs Department, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told EconCouns on April 23 that the GONL will support a USG motion to table at the May 14-15 annual meeting of the International Commission for the International Trac [...]
2007-04-24 14:54:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL GM NL
07THEHAGUE777NETHERLANDS/CUBA: KEEPING FOCUS ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch say EU divisions on Cuba policy are as pronounced as they have ever been. The GONL would like to re-establish an EU consensus but wants concrete human rights progress to be a pre-condition for any softening of EU relations with Cuba. The Dutch continue to encourage the [...]
2007-04-26 07:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU VE NL
07THEHAGUE778NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: NEXT STEPS ON RCTV
[...] (C) MFA Director of the Americas Department, Laurent Stokvis, told Charge April 25 that the Dutch expect Venezuelan RCTV to close down. Bilateral and EU approaches have had no impact, he said. He offered, as possible next steps, holding the Venezuelan government to its word and pressing it t [...]
2007-04-26 07:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU VE NL
07THEHAGUE828NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: SUPPORTING THE TDRA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-03 11:07:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM EAID SU NL
07THEHAGUE849NETHERLANDS/HRC: BELARUS CANDIDACY
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 4 to Peter van der Vliet, Head of the Political and Legal Affairs Division, UN and IFIs Department, Dutch MFA. 2. (C) Van der Vliet stated that the Netherlands is fully occupied with its own campaign for re-election to the HRC and is wary of campaign [...]
2007-05-04 15:12:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC NL
07THEHAGUE908NETHERLANDS/CUBA: STRADDLING THE FENCE ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry met May 8 with senior Dutch Foreign Ministry officials, NGOs, media and a member of Parliament active in the Cuban human rights campaign. The MFA hopes to reunite EU member states around a common position that does not legitimize the statu [...]
2007-05-14 14:21:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU NL
07THEHAGUE971NETHERLANDS/CHINA: FM VERHAGEN'S MAY 16 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Dutch Foreign Minister Verhagen visited Beijing May 16 and met with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Wu Bangguo, and others. According to the Dutch MFA, discussions focused on Taiwan, Sudan and human rights [...]
2007-05-23 13:58:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL AORG EAGR ETRD EUN PHUM CH SU TW NL
07TIRANA1059 ALBANIA: 2007 UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] Summary: Post's 2007 report on Albania's worst forms of child labor will focus on changes and developments over the last year and will not repeat reporting in last year's cable (ref B). Albania continues to make progress in addressing the issue of child labor and child trafficking, but as rep [...]
2007-12-17 15:51:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID AL
07TIRANA1068ALBANIA: COMBATTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
[...] (U) Ambassador Withers hosted a roundtable discussion at the University of Tirana Law Center on December 11 to mark the end of sixteen days of activism in honor of the International Day Against Gender-Based Violence. Participants included students, civil society leaders and government officia [...]
2007-12-21 13:06:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI PGOV AL
07TIRANA173SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKIG IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Below are Embassy Tirana's responses to the Qepartment's questions about trafficking in persons in Albania. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Albania is a source country for trafficking in person1 but is deemed by various international observer groups to no longer be a significant country of [...]
2007-03-02 15:58:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KQM ELAB CMAE KQRDQ PPEF PREL KJUS
07TIRANA81INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN ALBANIA
[...] The following is Embassy Tirana's response to reftel requesting a list of the five most influential women in Albania. Embassy Tirana's point of contact for women's issues is Political Officer Charles Morrill (morrillch@state.gov). 2. Embassy has chosen the following five women, weighing fa [...]
2007-01-31 16:13:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL AL
07TOKYO10282007 TIP REPORT: JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy's point of contact on TIP issues is Political Officer Scott Hansen, Office Phone: 81 (3) 3224-5558, Fax: 81 (3) 3224-5322, Email: hansensw@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Embassy Tokyo has spent a total of 207 hours researching trafficking issues, developing and implementing TIP progr [...]
2007-03-09 09:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JA
07TOKYO10342007 TIP REPORT: JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy's point of contact on TIP issues is Political Officer Scott Hansen, Office Phone: 81 (3) 3224-5558, Fax: 81 (3) 3224-5322, Email: hansensw@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Embassy Tokyo has spent a total of 207 hours researching trafficking issues, developing and implementing TIP progr [...]
2007-03-12 02:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JA
07TOKYO110FY2007 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION: UN UNIVERSITY IN
[...] Reftel requested Embassy Tokyo to determine whether United Nations University (UNU),Tokyo, or any of its affiliates grant official status or recognition to organizations that promote, condone or seek the legalization of pedophilia. After a thorough examination, Embassy Tokyo has determined th [...]
2007-01-11 05:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM SOCI JA
07TOKYO1211DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR CROUCH'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is committed to ballistic missile defense and working toward early deployment of the missile defense agreement, DFM Yachi told DNSA Crouch that during February 26-27 meetings. Japan is troubled by the lack of transparency in China's military development and developmental as [...]
2007-03-19 08:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER PHUM ECON ETRD EAID MARR KWBG
07TOKYO1214ZIMBABWE: JAPAN TO CONSULT WITH U.S. MISSION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-19 10:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC PREL ZI JA
07TOKYO1251SENK ADVISOR DISCUSSES NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: In March 4-5 Tokyo meetings, Christian Whiton, Senior Advisor to Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Jay Lefkowitz, discussed plans to promote North Korean human rights. While citing obstacles to regular U.S. medium-wave broadcasts from Japan to North Korea using Japanes [...]
2007-03-20 09:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALBBG PGOV PHUM PREF JA KN
07TOKYO1278JAPAN CONSIDERING RESPONSE TO EVENTS IN ZIMBABWE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 01:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ZI JA
07TOKYO1315JAPAN AGAINST EXTENSION OF UNHRC MISSION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 08:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNHRC PHUM JA
07TOKYO1356REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US-SPONSORED
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has n [...]
2007-03-28 07:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA
07TOKYO1412PM ABE, OTHERS HAVE NOW "GOT THE MESSAGE" ON
[...] (C) Summary. PM Abe, DCCS Shimomura and other high-level Japanese officials will not speak out on the comfort women issue, at least until after the July Upper House election, according to MOFA Asian Regional Policy Division Director Aikawa. They will withhold comment for "tactical" domestic [...]
2007-03-30 09:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KS CH ID PH JA
07TOKYO153JAPAN'S VIEWS ON WAR CRIME ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: During a series of meetings on December 21-22, 2006, Senior Advisor to the Office of War Crime Issues Milbert Shin met with academics, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) think tank scholars, and government officials to discuss progress in the establishment of the K [...]
2007-01-12 07:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC KJUS KLIG PHUM PREL AS ID JA KCRM
07TOKYO1534REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US-SPONSORED
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has n [...]
2007-04-09 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA
07TOKYO1557JAPANESE CONCERNED BY NORTH KOREAN "PROPAGANDA";
[...] (C) Japan is concerned by what it considers an increased volume of North Korean propaganda that asserts Japan has not made apologies for past "criminal" conduct and that Pyongyang has done all it can to address the abductee issue. MOFA Deputy Director for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Junichi Iha [...]
2007-04-10 05:41:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KN JA
07TOKYO1758EMBASSY TOKYO-RECEIVED PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP FUNDING
[...] Following are the summaries of two anti-TIP proposals solicited per reftel. The full proposals have been emailed to G/TIP Programs Coordinator Rebecca Billings via unclassified email. SIPDIS 2. Organization Name: Polaris Project (Shihoko Fujiwara) -Requested amount: USD 193,663 -Non- [...]
2007-04-20 06:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB PREL KCRM SMIG JA
07TOKYO1872REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Japan Self Defense Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no [...]
2007-04-26 07:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA
07TOKYO1911CHILD PORNOGRAPHY: MEETING BETWEEN DIET MEMBER
[...] (SBU) Changing Japan's child pornography laws to criminalize possession would significantly improve international law enforcement authorities' ability to work together on investigations, FBI Executive Assistant Director for Criminal Investigations Michael Mason told Liberal Democratic Party D [...]
2007-04-27 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KOCI JA
07TOKYO1912REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Japan Self Defense Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no [...]
2007-04-27 08:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA
07TOKYO1932REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has n [...]
2007-05-01 03:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA
07TOKYO1950JAPAN OPPOSES BELARUS BID FOR HRC, UNCOMMITTED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 10:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC JA
07TOKYO2052REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Japan Self Defense Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no [...]
2007-05-08 07:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MOPS PINR PINS JA
07TOKYO2054JAPAN WANTS ALL UNHRC SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-08 08:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC EUN JA
07TOKYO2076JAPAN FORMULATING SUGGESTIONS FOR ASIAN DEMOCRACY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-09 09:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM XB JA
07TOKYO2185JAPAN SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT IRAN-VENEZUELA
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officers delivered reftel demarche May 10 to MOFA Second Middle East Division Iran Desk Officer Junichi Sumi and May 14 to MOFA South America and Caribbean Division Principal Deputy Director Akifumi Mizuguchi. Mizuguchi said Japan shares the U.S. concerns that Ven [...]
2007-05-15 07:24:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR JA
07TOKYO2188JAPAN'S UNHRC VOTING STRATEGY FOR SLOVENIA,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-15 08:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALUNHCR PREL PHUM BL BO SI JA
07TOKYO2245DEMARCHE ON ARRESTED IRANIAN-AMERICAN HALEH
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo political officer May 18 delivered reftel background points to officials at MOFA's First North American Division and Second Middle East Division, and requested Japan to engage with Iranian officials to urge the prompt release of Dr. Haleh Esfandiari. In addition, politica [...]
2007-05-18 05:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CASC KDEM IR JA
07TOKYO2315DEPUTY VICE MINISTER PROTESTS TIP RANKING
[...] (C) Deputy Vice Minister Chikao Kawai called the Deputy Chief of Mission May 23 to reiterate Japan's unhappiness with being listed as a Tier Two country in the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. After earlier TIP Reports criticized the lack of specific legislation in Japan, the Diet made [...]
2007-05-23 08:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB JA
07TOKYO2358FM ASO TELEPHONES IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI; RAISES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Aso telephoned Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki May 24 to urge Iran to halt uranium enrichment activities and to take a constructive approach in coming talks with the United States. Aso raised with Mottaki the subject of detained Iranian-American citizens and sai [...]
2007-05-25 08:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CASC KDEM IR JA
07TOKYO2431JAPAN OFFERS SUGGESTIONS FOR ASIAN DEMOCRACY
[...] (SBU) This message contains an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) Japan supports expanding regional cooperation to promote democracy, Asian Regional Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Yasuhiro Kobe told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer during a May 29 discussion about the [...]
2007-05-31 09:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL XB JA
07TOKYO2481VFM YACHI REVIEWS SUMMIT, BILATERAL ISSUES
[...] (C) The Japanese were very happy with April's summit between President Bush and Prime Minster Abe, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told the Ambassador June 1, and PM Abe would welcome a stopover in Tokyo by President Bush en route to the APEC summit in Sydney. Abe would also welcome a p [...]
2007-06-04 08:21:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAGR PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM PINR ETRD
07TOKYO2530JAPAN CONSIDERING PLIGHT OF DPRK BOAT REFUGEES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 08:26:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM JA NK
07TOKYO2534DEMARCHE ON DETAINED/MISSING AMERICANS IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 09:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM IR JA
07TOKYO2557JAPAN WELCOMES U.S. ADVICE ON DPRK BROADCASTS
[...] (C) Summary: Legal and technical constraints prevent the Japanese government from cooperating with foreign organizations to conduct radio broadcasts into North Korea, Japanese government officials reiterated on June 5. Nonetheless, Tokyo will spend USD 1.1 million to undertake shortwave broad [...]
2007-06-07 09:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV BBG PHUM JA KN KS
07TOKYO2651JAPAN ACTIVELY WORKING TO MAINTAIN UNHRC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-12 09:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHCR AADP JA
07TOKYO2744JAPAN WILL SUPPORT DE ALBA PROPOSAL TO UNHRC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-18 09:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHCR AADP JA
07TOKYO2788MOFA PRESENTS TALKING POINTS FOR UPCOMING G/TIP
[...] (C) On June 19, 2007 MOFA Organized Crime Division Director Akihiko Uchikawa presented talking points to Embassy Tokyo Political Officer concerning the upcoming visit of Ambassador Lagon to discuss the 2007 G/TIP report. Though not visibly upset, Uchikawa was clearly frustrated and disappoin [...]
2007-06-20 10:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB JA
07TOKYO2906JAPAN'S FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY TOWARD BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: Using humanitarian aid and technical assistance to keep bilateral lines of communication open is the backbone of Japan's foreign policy strategy on Burma, MOFA contacts told Tokyo Embassy political officer on June 20. Japan shares many of the United States' concerns on Burma, [...]
2007-06-27 08:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO3137JAPANESE ABDUCTION GROUPS UNEASY ON U.S. STANCE
[...] (C) Summary. Representatives of AFVKN and NARKN, two NGOs dedicated to the return of Japanese nationals abducted by the DPRK, expressed growing concern about the U.S. commitment to resolving the abduction issue in a meeting with political officers on June 27. Motivated by a strong desire to aff [...]
2007-07-10 05:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALBBG PGOV PHUM PREF JA KN
07TOKYO3166RADIO BROADCASTING TO THE DPRK
[...] (C) Summary: Kazuhiro Taguchi, Acting Director of the Policy Planning Division in the Prime Minister's office overseeing abduction issues told Embassy Tokyo on July 5 that the Japanese government would begin short-wave radio broadcasts to the DPRK on July 9. Japanese officials believe the [...]
2007-07-11 08:37:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPAO JA KN
07TOKYO3186G/TIP AMBASSADOR LAGON'S JULY 2 MEETING WITH THE
[...] (C) Summary: The 2007 TIP Report assessment of Japan is unfair, said Foreign Policy Deputy Director-General Shimbo to Trafficking in Persons Ambassador Mark Lagon July 2 during a meeting with the Japanese anti-human trafficking inter-ministerial task force. The Report does not take into acc [...]
2007-07-12 06:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN JA
07TOKYO3398REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has n [...]
2007-07-25 08:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA
07TOKYO3567JAPAN FAVORABLE ABOUT CARR FOR RED CROSS STANDING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-03 07:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM ICRC JA
07TOKYO3718DPRK RELIGIOUS PRISONER DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-13 08:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM JA
07TOKYO3785JAPAN WILL NOT FIELD CANDIDATE FOR UNCAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-16 08:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA JA
07TOKYO3817JAPAN'S FIRST RESPONSE TO TIP ROADMAP
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met August 17 with MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara to discuss Japan's reaction to the "Roadmap to Tier 1," presented to the Japanese government July 2 (reftel). Sasahara said that the government needed clarification [...]
2007-08-17 09:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA
07TOKYO3955EXPLAINING U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT TIP SHELTERS IN
[...] Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met August 23 with MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara to discuss the Japanese government's reliance on prefecture-level public shelters to protect victims of human trafficking. Embassy Political Officer delivered Ref A's "C [...]
2007-08-27 05:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA
07TOKYO4057DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RIAD SEIF TRAVEL BAN
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche and a copy of Department's statement on Riad Seif to MOFA First Middle East Division Syria officer Hitoshi Ishizuka, who replied that the Japanese Embassy in Damascus is in the process of checking the details of Seif's case and tha [...]
2007-08-31 07:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM EUN SY JA
07TOKYO4218MOFA ON OPPOSITION CRACKDOWN IN BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: The crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators and the opposition "does not necessarily signal a return to large-scale armed violence or an increased military threat," according to Japanese Foreign Ministry officials. Japan, at this point, has no plans for public statements criticiz [...]
2007-09-10 09:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO4439VICE FOREIGN MINISTER HEADING TO BURMA
[...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka will visit Burma September 29 to October 3 and is willing to convey a message from the USG to Burmese officials, MOFA contacts said on September 21. Japan is "deeply concerned" about the recent crackdown, but is not planning to issue a public statement conde [...]
2007-09-25 08:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4551REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Japan Self Defense Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no [...]
2007-09-28 07:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MOPS PINR PINS JA
07TOKYO4560JAPAN UNDECIDED ABOUT GAER FOR UNCAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 08:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC JA
07TOKYO4561JAPAN TO PLAY A PASSIVE ROLE IN COMMUNITY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 08:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV JA
07TOKYO4563JAPANESE FOREIGN POLICY CHANGE ON BURMA UNLIKELY
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Tokyo is publicly condemning the violent government crackdown on demonstrators in Burma and is urging Burmese leaders to "exercise restraint," but has no plans to change its foreign policy strategy on Burma, [...]
2007-09-28 09:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4634JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE
[...] (C) The Japanese Government is waiting for a readout from Deputy Foreign Minister Yabunaka's September 30-October 2 Burma trip before deciding whether to adopt new measures to increase pressure on the Rangoon authorities, VFM Yachi told the Charge October 2. It is unlikely Yabunaka will be abl [...]
2007-10-02 09:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO4685JAPAN CONSIDERING AID REDUCTION FOLLOWING
[...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka met with Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint, Ministry of Defense Acting Deputy Chief of the Office of Military Security Affairs (OCMSA) Colonel Aye Ko, and Minister of Information Brigadier-General Kyaw Hsan on October 1. According to MOFA First [...]
2007-10-05 04:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4696JAPAN CONSIDERING RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE, WARY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 06:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI JA
07TOKYO4699JAPAN CONSIDERING AID REDUCTION FOLLOWING
[...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka met with Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint, Ministry of Defense Acting Deputy Chief of the Office of Military Security Affairs (OCMSA) Colonel Aye Ko, and Minister of Information Brigadier-General Kyaw Hsan on October 1. According to MOFA First [...]
2007-10-05 08:39:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4703MIXED PRESS REACTIONS TO LATEST SIX-PARTY AGREEMENT
[...] SUMMARY: Official comments on the six-party accord and the accompanying abduction issue have been generally favorable, with Japan being satisfied that its views were reflected in the final document, namely, that delisting would be considerably difficult unless the nuclear and humanitarian is [...]
2007-10-06 02:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL PTER OIIP KPAO KMDR KN KS JA
07TOKYO4726JAPAN PLANS CONTRIBUTION FOR IRAQ REFUGEE SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM IZ JA
07TOKYO4744JAPANESE POLITICIANS, ACADEMICS VOICE CONCERNS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 07:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4768JAPANESE POLITICIANS, ACADEMICS VOICE CONCERNS
[...] (C) Burma experts in the Diet and academia are pressing the Japanese government to take a firmer stance against Burma's government over human rights violations. They are hopeful that intense media scrutiny after the death of a Japanese press photographer will convince Japan to ramp up its pre [...]
2007-10-11 04:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM SN JA
07TOKYO4769JAPANESE DIET MEMBERS TO LOBBY AGAINST DELISTING
[...] A group of "more than 10" lawmakers from the nonpartisan Parliamentarian League for Early Repatriation of Japanese Citizens Kidnapped by North Korea are planning to travel to Washington in early December to lobby against removing the DPRK from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, according [...]
2007-10-11 05:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV KN JA
07TOKYO4800JAPAN,S RESPONSE TO ENCOURAGING BROAD SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Japan seeks a larger role in efforts to bring about democracy and respect for human rights in Burma, but realizes it lacks the leverage and influence necessary to bring about change, MOFA International Cooperation Division Deputy Director General Reiichiro Takahashi told Embassy Tokyo Aid [...]
2007-10-12 11:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO4848JAPAN CANCELS BURMA HUMAN RESOURCES CENTER GRANT
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura announced on October 16 that Japan canceled an estimated 552 million yen grant aid project in Burma to construct a Human Resources Center because of strong concerns about the human rights and democratization situation there. After briefing the Cabinet on [...]
2007-10-17 06:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO4951BURMA: JAPANESE ASSISTANCE FOR POLICE TRAINING
[...] (C) Summary. Japan has no bilateral programs involving Burmese police, but has included Burmese representatives in widely attended multilateral seminars and training on the Japanese "koban" system and combatting drug crime. Japan currently has no legal restrictions on Burmese participation i [...]
2007-10-23 08:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM JA BM
07TOKYO4953ADVOCATING FOR TIP VICTIM IDENTIFICATION
[...] Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met October 18 with MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara to discuss formal procedures for identifying victims of human trafficking. In proposing steps that Japan could take in this regard, Embassy Political Officer delivered R [...]
2007-10-23 22:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA
07TOKYO4969JAPAN STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT APDP, DEPENDS ON PM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 08:08:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MG JA
07TOKYO4970JAPAN'S STRATEGY FOR THE THRID COMMITTEE
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche October 21 and followed up October 22 with MOFA Human Rights Division Pricipal Deputy Director Takako Ito. Ito gave the following outline of Japan's strateg [...]
2007-10-24 08:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN KTIA JA
07TOKYO499COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR GROVER JOSEPH REES
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 07-09, 2007 visit to Japan by Ambassador Rees, Special Representative for Social Issues. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Of [...]
2007-02-02 09:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PGOV PHUM PREL BM ID RP SG TH WHO
07TOKYO4994DEMARCHE RESPONSE: U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 08:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ETRD BM JA
07TOKYO5021DIET LEAGUE TO PROPOSE RESOLUTION ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary. Lawmakers from a nonpartisan group supporting the democratization of Burma plan to submit a resolution to the Diet over the next few weeks to condemn the recent crackdown on peaceful protesters and urge dialogue between the Burmese government and the opposition. The Diet members [...]
2007-10-26 09:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BM JA
07TOKYO5076JAPAN STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT APDP
[...] (C) Japan still cannot commit to attending the U/S Dobriansky-hosted breakfast in Bamako, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Regional Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Yasuhiro Kobe told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer October 31. Per Ref A, MOFA raised the issue last week with the offic [...]
2007-11-01 10:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM JA
07TOKYO5137NORTH KOREA: DIET MEMBERS PRESS FOR ABDUCTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS Arvizu met October 31 with eight members of a Diet group dedicated to the return of Japan's abductees. Representative of hardline views in Japan on the issues of negotiating with North Korea and removing the DPRK from the state sponsors of terrorism list, the Diet members [...]
2007-11-07 07:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KN JA
07TOKYO5192BURMA: SLAIN VIDEOGRAPHER'S BURMESE INTERPRETER
[...] (C) Summary: The Burmese interpreter for slain Japanese videographer Kenji Nagai is now in Japan thanks to the support of Nagai's former employer and close friend, APF News President Toru Yamaji. Since Nagai's death, Yamaji has been conducting a one-man campaign to pressure the Japanese Gove [...]
2007-11-09 07:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF BM JA
07TOKYO5203JAPAN WILL ATTEND APDP BREAKFAST, STILL UNSURE
[...] (SBU) Although Japan will not be able to send a cabinet-level representative to the U.S.-hosted breakfast on the Asian Pacific Democracy Partnership in Bamako, the government intends to "actively participate" in the discussion, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Regional Policy Division Pricipal [...]
2007-11-09 08:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID PREL MG JA
07TOKYO5224JAPAN WILL OPPOSE AMENDMENTS TO RESOLUTION
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Japan is "ready to fight" against any additional amendments to the resolution condemning rape as a tool for political or military objectives, MOFA Human Rights Division Principal Deputy Director Takako Ito told E [...]
2007-11-13 09:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALAORC KWMN SOCI UNGA PHUM JA
07TOKYO5305JAPAN UNSURE ABOUT APPROACH TO VENEZUELA
[...] (U) This cable contains an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Japan's approach to the proposed constitutional changes in Venezuela is a "sensitive" and "delicate" matter, MOFA South America and Caribbean Division Principal Deputy Director Akifumi Mizuguchi told Embassy Tokyo P [...]
2007-11-20 09:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM VE JA
07TOKYO5333JAPAN FAVORABLY CONSIDERING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CERD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-26 06:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA JA
07TOKYO5441REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for U.S.-sponsored training. Post has no der [...]
2007-12-04 08:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MOPS PINR PINS JA
07TOKYO5460BURMA NGO LETTER TO POTUS CALLS FOR UNSC ACTION
[...] (C) Four representatives of the Joint Action Committee of the Burmese Community in Japan (JAC) met with Embassy Political Minister Counselor on December 4 to express their concerns over the situation in Burma. They also passed on a letter addressed to President Bush praising U.S. efforts on b [...]
2007-12-05 07:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV JA BM
07TOKYO5533JAPAN WILL GIVE FULL SUPPORT TO COUNTRY-SPECIFIC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 09:46:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA JA
07TOKYO5534BAMAKO CONSULATATIONS DEMARCHE ON CUBA DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 09:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CU JA
07TOKYO5646TIP: FINAL CLARIFICATION OF JAPAN'S ROADMAP TO
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. Japan has begun taking steps to follow the "Roadmap to Tier 1" (Ref A),MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara told us December 20. Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered Ref B's "Clari [...]
2007-12-21 05:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA
07TOKYO661JAPAN CONCERNED ABOUT PASSAGE OF "COMFORT WOMEN"
[...] (C) The Abe government is moving ahead on several fronts to counter the proposed sense of Congress resolution condemning Japan for its treatment of World War II "comfort women." MOFA Asian Bureau Regional Policy Division Director Aikawa told us February 13, he had been asked to relay that the [...]
2007-02-15 10:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KS CH JA
07TOKYO738JAPAN NOT READY TO CONTRIBUTE TO AMISOM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-21 09:15:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPKO MOPS SO JA
07TOKYO795ADVOCATING FOR HUMAN DIGNITY: AMBASSADOR REES'
[...] (C) Summary: Japan and the United States need to work together to reduce the systematic sexual violence against women in Burma, Ambassador Rees told Japanese officials during his February 8-9 Tokyo meetings. Japan shares U.S. concerns about human rights in Burma, but prefers a softer approa [...]
2007-02-26 03:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC UNSC BM JA
07TOKYO855COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR G/SENK SENIOR ADVISOR WHITON
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the March 03-05, 2007 visit to Japan by Christian Whiton, Senior Advisor to Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Keith Jordan. He can [...]
2007-02-28 10:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PHUM JA
07TORONTO118HOUSE ARREST FOR SECURITY CERTIFICATE DETAINEES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a result of Canada's Supreme Court having struck down Canada's security certificate program on February 23, two men who are currently alleged to be security threats have been or will be released from custody and join other released detainees on house arrest. These men will b [...]
2007-03-16 20:02:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PTER CA
07TORONTO139UPDATE ON TORONTO TERRORISM SUSPECTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since June 2, 2006, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has arrested 18 men with suspected connections to a Toronto-based terrorist group. The terrorist group is most notorious for its plot to behead the Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. Currently, 14 adults and 3 youths [...]
2007-04-02 20:48:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PTER CVIS CA
07TRIPOLI1039LIBYA: FOLLOW-UP ON ACCESS TO RETURNED GTMO DETAINEES REF: A) STATE 165729, B) STATE 127608, C) TRIPOLI 723, D) TRIPOLI 797 CLASSIFIED BY: Chris Stevens, DCM, Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 16:50:00Embassy TripoliSECRETKDRG PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS LY
07TRIPOLI1040GOL FURTHER PROTESTS PLANNED TRANSFER OF LIBYAN DETAINEE AT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 17:07:00Embassy TripoliSECRETKDRG PTER PREL PHUM LY
07TRIPOLI1055LIBYA: SECTION 565 WAIVER OF PROHIBITION AGAINST CONTRACTING
[...] (SBU) The Government of Libya (GOL) does not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel. Local firms are required by national law to comply with the boycott, and would therefore not be able to sign the required U.S. certification without exposing themselves to civil and/or criminal penalties. [...]
2007-12-23 09:34:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKBCT PHUM AL ABLD ECON AMGT ASUP AFIN PREL LY
07TRIPOLI170LIBYA: AISHA GADHAFI IN THE BLACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite claiming to be a charitable NGO that provides disaster assistance in sub-Saharan Africa and support to Libyan women while promoting traditional Islamic values, Dr. Aisha Muammar Al-Gadhafi's Wa'atassemo Charity Society is primarily an outlet for Gadhafi's oldest daughter [...]
2007-02-19 16:47:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON LY
07TRIPOLI421QADHAFI'S CALLS FOR AFRICAN AND MUSLIM UNITY RESONATE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In two recent public appearances -- a March 27 Al Jazeera interview and a March 31 speech to Tuareg tribal leaders in Agadez, Niger -- Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi continued his long drift away from the Arab world and worked to portray himself as a distinctly African leader. Sp [...]
2007-05-02 09:16:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM LY
07TRIPOLI426DRAMATIC STATEMENTS ABOUT HIV INFECTIONS AND MEDICS TRIAL
[...] SUMMARY. Libya's newspapers, all government controlled, continue to run dramatic statements about the source of HIV infections in Libya. The press articles consistently blame the Palestinian doctor and Bulgarian nurses, along with foreign intelligence services including the CIA and Mossad, f [...]
2007-05-03 11:12:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV BU LY
07TRIPOLI474LIBYA: MEDICS DEFAMATION CASE DECISION DUE MAY 27, SUPREME
[...] (C) SUMMARY. All signs indicate the six foreign health workers accused of intentionally infecting over 400 Benghazi children with HIV/AIDS in 1999 will be convicted on May 27 of defaming two Libyan police officers they accused of torture (a separate case from the main criminal case). The Bu [...]
2007-05-18 14:34:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BU LY
07TRIPOLI487LIBYA: INFECTIOUS DISEASES WORKSHOP ATTEMPTS TO INJECT
[...] SUMMARY. On May 4-7 the Libyan National Center for Infectious Diseases Protection and Control (NCIDCP) held the first-ever Infectious and Endemic Diseases Scientific Conference in Tripoli, which included two sessions on HIV/AIDS in Libya. Most conference discussions were not highly technical, b [...]
2007-05-24 15:33:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PGOV PHUM LY
07TRIPOLI641QADHAFI HOSTS SARKOZY FOLLOWING DEPARTURE OF BULGARIAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Just one day after six foreign health workers accused of intentionally spreading HIV left Libya for Bulgaria, French President Nicholas Sarkozy arrived in Tripoli on July 25 for wide-ranging discussions with Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi. Sarkozy and Qadhafi reportedly discus [...]
2007-07-26 15:20:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM EINV ENRG FR LY
07TRIPOLI834NURSES GONE, BUT LIBYA'S HIV/AIDS WOES CONTINUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A lavishly-funded treatment facility constructed exclusively for the 426 infected Benghazi children remains off limits to hundreds of other Libyans in Benghazi currently living with HIV/AIDS, according to a team of American HIV/AIDS experts who visited Libya in mid-September. T [...]
2007-09-24 13:33:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL LY BG
07TRIPOLI943REQUEST FOR EXPLANATION OF RETURNED DETAINEE ARM DISABILITY
[...] (S/NF) Charge met November 1 with MFA Secretary for the Americas Dr. Ahmed Fituri and reiterated Post's request for timely access to returned Guantanamo detainee ISN-194 (Muhammad Abdallah Mansur al-Rimi) to follow up on ref A and B requests for further information on when and how al-Rimi susta [...]
2007-11-07 09:14:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPTER PREL PHUM PINS PINR LY
07TRIPOLI964LIBYAN RESPONSE TO ARB III NOTIFICATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-13 16:42:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPHUM PINR PREL PTER LY
07TRIPOLI989LIBYA ESTABLISHES SPECIAL STATE SECURITY COURT TO TRY REGIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOL quietly established a state security court of appeals on/about August 13, apparently for the short-term purpose of hearing the case of twelve self-described regime dissidents detained since February 16 for planning a peaceful demonstration in Tripoli calling for multiparty el [...]
2007-11-26 10:51:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL LY
07TUNIS1004HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE OPTIMISTIC AMID SOME SIGNS OF
[...] (C) During a July 23 meeting, Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) President Mokhtar Trifi told the Ambassador that the LTDH was open to any solution the GOT could offer to the League's crisis. The LTDH's only conditions would be the continued (political) independence of the League and its abi [...]
2007-07-26 14:30:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS102DAS CARPENTER'S ROUNDTABLE WITH TUNISIAN CIVIL
[...] (C) During his January 10-12 visit to Tunis, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary J. Scott Carpenter met with six leaders of Tunisian civil society. In a wide-ranging two-hour discussion, several common themes emerged: -- critiques that the United States, rhetoric was falling behind it actions in [...]
2007-01-23 15:53:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI TS
07TUNIS1040FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION MAIN ISSUE FOR OPPOSITION
[...] (C) On July 26, the Ambassador met with Mohamed Harmel the outgoing Secretary General of the Renewal Movement (Et-Tajdid) party. Harmel spoke at length about the need for greater freedom of expression in Tunisia, including media access and public debate. Referring to President Bush's June [...]
2007-08-02 07:46:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1044MOHAMED ABBOU TO CONTINUE ACTIVISM FOR FREEDOM IN
[...] (C) On July 31, EmbOffs met with Mohamed Abbou, a political prisoner released on July 24 after serving over two years of a three-and-a-half year sentence. He and his wife Samia expressed their appreciation for USG support of them and their family during Abbou's incarceration. Abbou discuss [...]
2007-08-03 08:28:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PTER KPAO KDEM TS
07TUNIS1058OCTOBER 18TH MOVEMENT: FOCUS ON 2009 ELECTION
[...] (C) On July 26, the Ambassador met with five civil society activists involved in the October 18th movement (an alliance of disparate human rights and political activists that includes moderate Islamists). The October 18 group expressed deep concern about the lack of freedom of expression an [...]
2007-08-03 15:44:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1064TUNISIA: PROMOTING THE PRESIDENT'S FREEDOM AGENDA
[...] (SBU) Advancing the President's Freedom Agenda is Post's number one Mission Strategic Plan goal. As part of our push on freedom in Tunisia, the Ambassador and other Embassy officers meet frequently with democracy and human rights advocates, opposition political party members, and civil societ [...]
2007-08-06 14:03:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1066DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTION OF STANDING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-07 09:06:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM ICRC TS
07TUNIS107SPECIAL ENVOY RICKMAN HEARS FROM GOT THAT TUNISIA
[...] (C) During a December visit to Tunisia by Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman, GOT interlocutors claimed that there was "absolutely no problem" of anti-Semitism in Tunisia, and that Tunisia's small Jewish community lived in "perfect harmony" with Tunisian Muslims. H [...]
2007-01-25 08:20:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KMPI TS
07TUNIS1075OPPOSITION PARTY REACHES OUT TO EMBASSY
[...] (C) Requests for more American assistance and cooperation are not something we normally hear from Tunisian opposition parties, but it was exactly what the Social Democratic Movement (MDS) wanted to talk about during the Ambassador's August 8 meeting. MDS Secretary General Ismail Boulahia ha [...]
2007-08-09 15:05:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1076PRO-GOT HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE FACTION OPEN TO A
[...] (C) On August 1, the Ambassador met with the pro-GOT faction of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH),which sued the Executive Committee of the LTDH to protest the consolidation of LTDH branches. The ensuing legal battle has virtually suspended all LTDH activities since 2005 (Ref B). The [...]
2007-08-09 16:00:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1133TUNISIAN JOURNALIST SAYS DEFAMATION TRIAL
[...] (C) On August 16, Tunisian journalist Omar Mestiri made his second court appearance in his ongoing trial for defamation. During an August 14 meeting, Mestiri opined that irregularities in the proceedings suggest that his trial is politically motivated. Mestiri was charged soon after he wro [...]
2007-08-21 15:31:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1134DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-21 15:34:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA TS
07TUNIS1159SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JACKSON LEE
[...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Representative Sheila Jackson Lee and Representative Steve Chabot to Tunis from August 29 - August 30, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natural resources, [...]
2007-08-22 15:36:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PHUM PTER TS
07TUNIS1225PLAINTIFF DROPS DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST TUNISIAN
[...] (C) After Tunisian journalist Omar Mestiri made his third court appearance in his defamation trial on August 28, the plaintiff suddenly dropped his complaint and the case was dismissed. However, Tunisian prosecutors have the power to appeal the case months or years after the fact, even in su [...]
2007-09-05 15:16:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1248TUNISIAN ACTIVIST CLAIMS OFFICE FIRE IS ARSON
[...] (C) During a September 6 meeting, attorney and political activist Ayachi Hammami told PolOff he believes the fire that ravaged his office on August 31 was deliberately set by representatives of the government. Hammami speculated that the attack was prompted by his drafting a report on the T [...]
2007-09-13 18:44:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1283101 WAYS TO DENY AN NGO'S EXISTANCE
[...] (C) What defines an NGO? Naturally, the answer to this question varies by country. But in Tunisia the essential question is not about affiliation, size, or whether an NGO is domestic or international; rather, the defining question is, "Are they registered?" Registration status determines t [...]
2007-09-20 16:52:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1293TUNISIA - DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY
[...] (C) Even non-French-speaking observers of Tunisian politics use the phrase, "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose" to describe the country in recent years. As we review our democratic reform strategy, despite some minor achievements, our two main objectives remain promoting increased free [...]
2007-09-21 14:30:00Embassy TunisSECRETPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS1294OPPOSITION PARTY TURNS TO HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST
[...] (C) The opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) announced that as of September 20 PDP leaders began a hunger strike to protest what they deem a politically motivated eviction from their Tunis headquarters. During a September 18 meeting with the Ambassador, PDP Secretary General Maya J [...]
2007-09-21 15:39:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS132AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (C) During a December 15 courtesy call on Minister of Justice and Human Rights Bechir Tekkari, Ambassador focused on Tunisia's record on political freedom and human rights, noting that these issues would be a key component of a broader strategic dialogue between the United States and Tunisia. [...]
2007-01-30 07:43:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV KMPI PREL TS
07TUNIS1329AMBASSADOR VISITS OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKERS
[...] (C) As they entered day nine of their hunger strike, opposition PDP Secretary General Maya Jribi and former PDP Secretary General Nejib Chebbi both appeared wan but in good SIPDIS spirits. Jribi and Chebbi started a hunger strike on September 20 to protest their landlord,s effort, almost [...]
2007-09-28 16:19:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS133THE TEN GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON NGOS: TUNISIA'S
[...] (SBU) In response to the recently released "Ten Guiding Principles on NGOs" (ref A),Post offers below an annotated version, with examples of the GOT's track record on each principle. We suggest that USG officials draw from these examples when discussing human rights issues with GOT interlocu [...]
2007-01-30 09:03:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KMPI PREL TS
07TUNIS1340COURT ORDERS OPPOSITION PARTY EVICTED FROM
[...] (SBU) On October 1, a Tunisian court handed down a decision evicting the opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) from its party headquarters. The PDP's landlord began eviction proceedings in April (Ref A),saying the lease agreement had been violated. The eviction proceedings prompte [...]
2007-10-02 16:26:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1353DRL DEPUTY DIRECTOR PROMOTES HUMAN RIGHTS AND
[...] (C) On October 3, visiting DRL/NESCA Deputy Director Kari Johnstone met with opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) hunger strikers Maya Jribi and Nejib Chebbi, the President of the governmental Higher Commission for Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties Moncer Rouissi, and members o [...]
2007-10-05 14:27:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS137INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] In response to reftel, Post provides the names of five influential Tunisian women: Faiza Kefi President Cour des Comptes (General Accounting Office) 25 avenue de la Liberte 1002 Tunis Belvedere Phone: 216-71-831-060 Maya Jribi Secretary General SIPDIS Parti Democrate Progressiste ( [...]
2007-01-30 15:52:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN PREL TS
07TUNIS1371TUNISIAN HUNGER STRIKE GATHERS SUPPORT AND
[...] (C) During PolOff,s October 9 visit, opposition Progressive Democratic Party Secretary General Maya Jribi and former Secretary General Nejib Chebbi indicated that their hunger strike (which began on September 20) will continue at least until November 7, the 20th anniversary of Zine El Abidin [...]
2007-10-10 16:12:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1378 RECENT GOT PRESSURE ON TUNISIAN CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (C) Pressure on civil society activists seems to have increased in the weeks leading up to the 20th anniversary of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's November 7, 1987, assumption of the Presidency. Though generally targeted in one way or another, in recent weeks the President of the Tunisian Journal [...]
2007-10-11 15:56:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1380RESPONSE TO CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 2008 SECRETARY'S
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis is pleased to nominate Samia Abbou for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Secretary Rice remarked on International Women's Day that the day commemorates women, "who are the international defenders of what President Bush has called the non-negotiabl [...]
2007-10-15 12:55:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PREL PHUM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1399OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKE: POSSIBLE SOLUTION IN
[...] (C) The opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) held a press conference on October 19 to mark their hunger strike's first month. Though the conference had been planned for days, the topic du jour was two articles that appeared in the October 19 editions of the private (but GOT influenc [...]
2007-10-19 15:50:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1404OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKE ENDS FOLLOWING COMPROMISE
[...] (C) Opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) Secretary General Maya Jribi and former Secretary General SIPDIS Nejib Chebbi on October 20 ended their month-long hunger strike, which had been undertaken to protest their party,s near simultaneous eviction from nine regional offices and i [...]
2007-10-22 15:00:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1452TRANSLATION OF INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-02 08:13:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1454CIVIL SOCIETY EMBARKS ON ANOTHER HUNGER STRIKE
[...] (C) On November 1, Poloffs spoke with journalist Slim Boukhdhir who announced that he and attorney Mohamed Nouri had begun an open-ended hunger strike to protest GOT travel restrictions. Among their examples: a judge recently upheld a decision that bars Nouri from traveling, Boukhdhir has be [...]
2007-11-02 14:19:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1463EU SEEKS GREATER COOPERATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador, acting head of the European Commission and key members of the two mission teams met in advance of the November 12 EU-Tunisian sub-committee meeting on human rights. The US and EU missions shared the view that Tunisia has made too little progress in recent years [...]
2007-11-06 13:18:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS147020 YEARS OF BEN ALI RULE: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING?
[...] (C) After much preparation and speculation, President Ben Ali celebrated the twentieth anniversary of his November 7, 1987 palace coup with a major public speech that announced several political, judicial, economic and cultural initiatives, including supporting opposition political parties. I [...]
2007-11-09 14:10:00Embassy TunisSECRETPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS1478TRANSLATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-15 07:27:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1486HUNGER STRIKE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED
[...] (C) Mohamed Nouri and Slim Boukhdhir announced during a November 14 press conference that they would temporarily suspend their strike while negotiations with ruling party representatives took place. They also told PolOff that their families have been harassed as a result of their campaign. [...]
2007-11-15 17:17:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1501OPPOSITION PSL PARTY TOES THE (RULING) PARTY LINE
[...] (C) The Ambassador discussed Tunisia's political scene with opposition Social Liberal Party (PSL) Secretary General Mondher Thabet on November 5. Thabet expressed his support for President Ben Ali,s policies, called for increased bilateral economic cooperation and denounced the recent PDP h [...]
2007-11-21 15:08:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1503EU PUTS TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ON THE TABLE
[...] (C) EU Charge de Mission Bernard Philippe told the Ambassador on November 15 that he was encouraged that the November 12 EU-Tunisian Sub-Committee on Human Rights had taken up several serious issues, including torture and the 2009 elections. Philippe noted, however, there were a few missed [...]
2007-11-21 16:03:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1525HUNGER STRIKER ARRESTED
[...] (C) Journalist Slim Boukhdhir, who recently engaged in a hunger strike to protest GOT travel restrictions (Ref A),was arrested on November 26 while traveling to Tunis from Sfax. According to local contacts, Boukhdhir is facing charges of verbally insulting a police officer, not presenting hi [...]
2007-11-27 16:22:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1531JOURNALISTS OF TUNISIA (TRY TO) UNITE
[...] (C) The unrecognized Tunisian Journalists Syndicate (SJT, reftel) claims that its efforts to join the umbrella General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) are being blocked by the GOT. In addition to discouraging the UGTT from working with the SJT, the GOT is purported to have manufactured the [...]
2007-11-29 15:33:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1548TUNISIAN ISLAMISTS CONCERNED BY EXTREMISM, SEEK
[...] (C) During a November 19 meeting with PolOffs, former an-Nahdha leader Ziad Daoulatli said that the GOT has created a climate of fear that discourages Tunisians from political participation. The lack of freedom of expression and association, said Daoulatli, is increasingly driving Tunisians t [...]
2007-12-03 14:24:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS1555GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS: ATTORNEY GAINS RIGHT TO
[...] (C) On December 4, a Tunisian court sentenced ex-hunger striker Slim Boukhdhir to a year in prison. Boukhdhir was initially arrested November 26 on charges of insulting a police officer, using foul language, and not presenting his national ID card to security officials (Ref B). Meanwhile, [...]
2007-12-05 16:16:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1556EU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE GOT COOPERATION
[...] (S/NF) EU Charge de Mission Bernard Philippe told the Ambassador on December 4 that the November 19 Association Council meeting with Tunisia, which was preceded by the November 12 Sub-Committee Meeting on Human Rights, had given a "boost" to EU-Tunisian relations. Philippe said the two meetin [...]
2007-12-05 16:24:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPHUM KDEM PGOV PTER ECON PREL TS
07TUNIS1563TUNISIAN NGO COMBATTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
[...] In recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (reftel),the Ambassador and EmbOffs visited the National Union of Tunisian Woman's (UNFT) Tunis headquarters, women's shelter and counseling center on December 5. UNFT President Aziza Hatira and other UNFT [...]
2007-12-07 11:38:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN PREL KPAO TS
07TUNIS1566JOURNALISTS: TUNISIA'S MOST WANTED?
[...] (C) From its actions, one might think Tunisia's governing regime regards independent journalists as threats to stability. In the past six months alone, journalists have been followed, harassed, assaulted, prosecuted, and jailed; all apparently for the "crime" of writing articles for online [...]
2007-12-07 16:35:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1567TUNISIAN INTELLECTUALS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) To mark International Human Rights Day on December 10, the Ambassador discussed global and local human rights issues with a group of independent Tunisian intellectuals on December 6. Though the discussion began with local concerns about the rights of Guantanamo detainees and the situatio [...]
2007-12-07 16:36:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1568TUNISIA: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-07 16:39:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TS
07TUNIS1575TELLING IT LIKE IT IS: TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS
[...] (C) On December 10, Matt Shelley, Director of the MEPI-funded International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Middle East North Africa (MENA) Media Project, held a roundtable discussion with Tunisian journalists on the local media environment and IREX activities in the region. Several jou [...]
2007-12-13 12:48:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1599IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH
[...] (C) On December 18, the Ambassador met with Mongi Khamassi, Secretary General of the Green Party for Progress (PVP) to discuss the Tunisian political landscape and US foreign policy. The smallest of the "loyal" opposition parties, the PVP emphasized the need for gradual political progress a [...]
2007-12-21 14:41:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS162030 CONVICTED OF INVOLVEMENT IN DEC 2006/JAN 2007
[...] (C) On December 30, the Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced 30 Tunisians to punishments from death to five years in prison for their involvement in the December 2006/January 2007 terrorist incidents. Many of the defendants, known as the "Soliman Group," denied their involvement and allege [...]
2007-12-31 16:09:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR TS
07TUNIS229TUNISIAN NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-14 15:20:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN PREL KPAO TS
07TUNIS246UNION LEADER HIGHLIGHTS SHARED VALUES, DISILLUSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During Ambassador's February 16 courtesy call, General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) Secretary General Abdessalem Jerad stressed the shared values between Tunisia and the United States. Jerad explained that the UGTT membership is representative of all political, economic and s [...]
2007-02-22 07:19:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM KDEM ECON TS
07TUNIS257ICRC DIRECTOR SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT GOT TREATMENT
[...] (S/NF) During a February 22 meeting, ICRC Regional Director Bernard Pfefferle (strictly protect) told Ambassador that the GOT has not granted ICRC access to Ministry of Interior detention facilities in Tunisia, in contravention of the 2005 GOT-ICRC agreement. Pfefferle characterized MOI treat [...]
2007-02-23 15:04:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PREL KAWC PGOV TS
07TUNIS2872007 TIP REPORT INPUT
[...] (U) The information below is provided in response to reftel. Post POC for TIP related issues is Susannah Cooper, (Tel.) 216-71-107-306, (Fax) 216-71-107-090. Number of hours spent by rank: 6 hrs FEMC, 50 hrs FS-02. --------------------------- TUNISIA: THE SOCIAL CONTEXT ------------------- [...]
2007-03-05 08:41:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF TS
07TUNIS330TUNISIAN COURT BANS TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE
[...] (C) On February 17, a Tunis court delivered a long-pending verdict in a case against the Tunisian Human Rights League, barring the organization from holding its national congress. While pro-GOT plaintiffs in the case hope that the ruling will force LTDH leadership to concede and allow pro-GOT [...]
2007-03-12 07:43:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TS
07TUNIS357TUNISIAN JOURNALIST GIVEN PRISON SENTENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition journalist Mohamed Fourati was sentenced on March 9 to one year and two months in prison on charges of membership in an unauthorized organization. Fourati is currently working in Qatar, and had complained that his wife and child were denied passports to join him. Howev [...]
2007-03-16 15:41:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO KMPI TS
07TUNIS404NO POLITICAL PRISONER RELEASE ON INDEPENDENCE DAY
[...] (C) Traditionally, President Ben Ali has announced the release of prisoners around two holidays: March 20, Tunisian Independence Day; and November 7, the holiday commemorating the palace coup that brought Ben Ali to power in 1987. These releases have in past years included members of the Isla [...]
2007-03-30 13:54:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM TS
07TUNIS493OPPOSITION PARTY LEADERS THREATEN HUNGER STRIKE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN APRIL 17 PRESS CONFERENCE, PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) LEADERS ACCUSED THE GOT OF ATTEMPTING TO FORCE THE PARTY OUT OF ITS TUNIS HEADQUARTERS. DAYS EARLIER, PDP RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM THE BUILDING'S LANDLORD TELLING THEM THAT USING THE BUILDING FOR POLITICAL PARTY [...]
2007-04-19 15:08:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO KMPI TS
07TUNIS52DEFENDING THE DEFENDERS INITIATIVES PRESENTED TO
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with MFA Director General Hatem Atallah on December 28, Charge presented new USG initiatives to support human rights defenders (refs A and B). Atallah replied that the MFA would read over the new initiatives carefully. He acknowledged that the USG and Tunisia had different [...]
2007-01-08 17:51:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM PREL TS
07TUNIS522TWO BOLD POLITICAL ARTICLES IN MAINSTREAM PRESS:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A RECENT ONE-WEEK PERIOD, TWO ARTICLES FEATURING BOLD POLITICAL COMMENTARY APPEARED IN MAINSTREAM TUNISIAN FRENCH-LANGUAGE PRESS. THE ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS WITH OPPOSITION POLITICIANS, CONSTITUTED SOME OF THE MOST FRANK, OPEN DISCUSSION OF POLITICALLY SENSITIVE THEMES IN RECENT [...]
2007-04-25 15:23:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM TS
07TUNIS545OPPOSITION PDP PARTY LEADERS: TUNISIANS DESERVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: LEADERS OF THE INDEPENDENT OPPOSITION PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) LAMENTED THE COMPLETE POLITICAL "BLOCKAGE" IN TUNISIA IN A MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR ON APRIL 26. PDP LEADERS, SAID THAT A MOVE TO ATTRACT NEW MEMBERS AND RAISE ITS PROFILE DOMESTICALLY HAS BEEN MET WITH [...]
2007-05-02 14:56:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM TS
07TUNIS590UNHRC: TUNISIAN SUPPORT FOR BELARUS CANNOT BE
[...] (SBU) Deputy Chief of Mission on May 10 delivered Ref A demarche to MFA Americas Director Holla Bachtobji, who served at the Tunisian Mission in Geneva prior to taking up her current position, and at the GOT's UN Mission in New York prior to that. Embassy has also double-tracked the demarche, [...]
2007-05-11 18:00:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC TS
07TUNIS595RHETORIC VS. REALITY IN TUNISIA ON WORLD PRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A SPEECH COMMEMORATING WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY MAY 2, PRESIDENT ZINE EL ABIDINE BEN ALI TRUMPETED TUNISIA'S RECORD ON PRESS FREEDOM, "AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS." ON MAY 1, NGO FREEDOM HOUSE RELEASED ITS OWN ASSESSMENT OF TUNISIA'S PRESS FREEDOM RECORD, AS PART OF T [...]
2007-05-15 07:09:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM KPAO PREL KDEM TS
07TUNIS708US NGO REPORTS GOT HARASSMENT OF SAMIA ABBOU,
[...] (C) GOT measures to limit civil society's activities seem to apply to international and local activists alike. Representatives of the American NGO Human Rights First and the international NGO Frontline Defenders met with Pol/Econ Chief and PolOff on May 23 to discuss their joint trip to Tuni [...]
2007-06-06 12:33:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM KPAO PREL KDEM TS
07TUNIS839BEN ALI GIVES INDEPENDENT NGO CASH GIFT
[...] (C) In early June, the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD),an authorized and independent NGO active in debating and publicizing women's issues, received a TD 50,000 (approximately US $40,000) gift from President Ben Ali. While focused primarily on social issues, ATFD leaders have [...]
2007-06-26 14:01:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI TS
07TUNIS840GOT DISCOURAGES CIVIL SOCIETY ANTI-DEATH PENALTY
[...] (C) On June 14, a group of prominent Tunisian NGOs, led by the Tunisian chapter of Amnesty International, announced they were launching a coalition against the death penalty in Tunisia. This move is an anomaly because the Tunisian chapter of Amnesty International usually refrains from repor [...]
2007-06-26 14:14:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS856TUNISIA: NOTIFICATION OF ARB PROCEEDINGS DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-28 12:19:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PHUM TS
07TUNIS904AN OPPOSITION LEADER'S TAKE ON DEMOCRACY IN TUNISIA
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with Mustapha Ben Jaafar, Secretary General of the Democratic Forum for Labor and SIPDIS Liberty (FDTL),to discuss Tunisia's political situation, the link between opposition parties and human rights, and President Bush's Freedom Agenda on July 3. Although the FDT [...]
2007-07-09 10:07:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS932TUNISIAN BAR ASSOCIATION RETAINS INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) On July 1, Bechir Essid was elected President of the Tunisian Bar Association. Essid's election was a surprise to many, as the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) had opposed him and strongly backed other candidates. Other independents were also elected to the Bar Association's [...]
2007-07-13 12:37:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS938AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE LOYAL OPPOSITION
[...] (C) On July 10 the Ambassador met with three opposition party leaders: Mohamed Bouchiha (Secretary General of the Popular Unity Party or PUP),Mongi Khamassi (Secretary General of the Green Party for Progress or PVP),and Mondher Thabet (Secretary General of the Liberal Social Party or PSL). [...]
2007-07-16 09:48:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS939TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS ARE THE NEWS FOR JUNE
[...] (C) Rather than just reporting the news, a series of incidents involving Tunisian journalists became news during late May and June. In brief: -- On May 18, plainclothes policemen barricaded the entrance to an online newspaper and reportedly assaulted several journalists. -- On June 22, pl [...]
2007-07-16 09:51:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS949TUNISIA: SARKOZY HIGHLIGHTS MEDITERRANEAN UNION,
[...] (C) Summary: French President Sarkozy's July 10-11 working visit to Tunisia, a preview to a State Visit that is planned to take place in early 2008, was focused largely on Sarkozy's proposed Euro-Mediterranean Union. The visit gave the GOT a taste of post-Chirac French foreign policy, which [...]
2007-07-16 16:27:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PGOV TS
07TUNIS985TUNISIAN FM ADMITS MORE FREEDOM NEEDED
[...] (S) Foreign Minister Abdallah used a July 24 meeting with the Ambassador on other topics to express his concern about Post's engagement of independent opposition figures. Ambassador reminded Abdallah of the USG's commitment to the Freedom Agenda and encouraged greater political reform. In a f [...]
2007-07-24 16:00:00Embassy TunisSECRETPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS986MOHAMMED ABBOU RELEASED
[...] (C) Summary: Lawyer and civil society activist Mohamed Abbou was released on July 24 and, for the first time in over two years, returned home to his family. Abbou told Pol/EconCouns he was extremely grateful to the United States for keeping his case alive and for looking after his family. Th [...]
2007-07-25 10:15:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07ULAANBAATAR234MP Reviews Muslim Issues with Charge
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 18 meeting with Charge, MP Sairaan Kader invited the Embassy to participate in a meeting of the Mongolian Muslim Society in Ulaanbaatar next month. Sairaan, a supporter of moderate, secular Islam elected from a largely Kazakh Muslim region in Mongolia's far west [...]
2007-04-19 08:00:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PHUM SCUL KPAO MG SA
07ULAANBAATAR285Mongolia Undecided on UNHRC Vote, But Mulling Belarus
[...] (SBU) E/P Chief met on May 15 with MFA Director for Multilateral Relations Ms. Enkhtsetseg and drew on reftel points to urge that Mongolia cast its vote for Slovenia and Bosnia, and to not vote for Belarus to join the UN Human Rights Council. 2. (SBU) Enkhtsetseg responded that Mongolia ha [...]
2007-05-16 04:41:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHRC MG BO
07ULAANBAATAR286Mongolia Mulling Iraq's Community of Democracies
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-16 06:04:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM EAID PGOV MG IZ
07ULAANBAATAR428MONGOLIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON CD MINISTERIAL AND
[...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a demarche by the DCM to the Mongolian MFA on the upcoming Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial, the MFA expressed no objection to the U.S. positions on Venezuela and Nigeria. However, Mongolia will not support Taiw [...]
2007-07-24 05:36:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA MG
07ULAANBAATAR466MONGOLIA OFFERS DEAL FOR SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDATE FOR
[...] (U) This is an action cable. See action requested in para 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's Foreign Ministry is offering a quid pro quo for its support of the candidacy of Ms. Felice Gaer to the Committee Against Torture in Geneva on October 8. In a letter addressed to Embassy Ulaanbaatar a [...]
2007-08-15 03:14:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM MG
07ULAANBAATAR489Mongolia's Muslim Minority Reaches Out
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite dismal economic conditions, leaders of Mongolia's Muslim/Kazakh minority in the western province of Bayan Ulgii dismiss fears of Islamic radicalism taking root within their ranks, and say they feel no undue pressure from far-off Ulaanbaatar, even though they are under con [...]
2007-08-28 05:56:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL ETRD PGOV ECON PHUM PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR57UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: MONGOLIA DOES NOT INTEND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-01 07:00:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC MG
07ULAANBAATAR655MONGOLIA SET TO BACK U.S. CANDIDATE IN UN CERD VOTE
[...] (SBU) In response to a demarche (reftel) delivered by Post, the Mongolian Foreign Ministry informed us on November 21 that Mongolia "will be in a position to support" the re-election of the U.S. candidate, Mr. Pierre-Richard Prosper, to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial [...]
2007-11-21 08:46:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA PHUM KAWC MG
07ULAANBAATAR665MONGOLIA ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche delivered by Post, the Mongolian Foreign Ministry informed us on November 29 that Mongolia will likely absent itself from votes on two upcoming anti-Israel UNGA resolutions and abstain on a third. G.Batjargal, Counselor of the MFA's Multilateral Cooperation [...]
2007-11-29 08:41:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA KPAL KBCT KMPI PHUM IS MG
07ULAANBAATAR670 HIV/AIDS in Mongolia: Crisis in the Making?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia retains its reputation as a country with a low rate of HIV infection, but testing among at-risk populations remains at a low level, and experts fear that official figures do not tell the whole story. To date 41 HIV/AIDS cases have been officially recorded (involving 35 M [...]
2007-11-30 09:05:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EAID SOCI PGOV PINR PREL MG KHIV
07ULAANBAATAR693IOM'S ENGAGEMENT WITH MONGOLIA INCREASING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charles Harns, Regional Representative for the International Organization for Migration (IOM),called on the DCM and E/P Chief on December 13, described IOM's increasing activity in Mongolia and said the country had informed the IOM of its intention to join the organization in Jun [...]
2007-12-14 09:01:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM ECON MG KN
07ULAANBAATAR695 UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR IN MONGOLIA
[...] Per reftel, Post provides the following information on whether Mongolia, eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preference (GSP) program, is implementing its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, as required under the Trade and Development A [...]
2007-12-17 01:46:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID MG
07USEUBRUSSELS1120MONITORING AND EVALUATION: THE COMPLEX EMERGENCIES
[...] (U) PRM Policy Team Leader and USEU RefAssistant visited the Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) at the University of Louvain in Brussels on March 21 to monitor the continued development and global expansion of the Complex Emergencies Database (CE-DAT) to provide key nu [...]
2007-04-02 15:46:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM BE
07USEUBRUSSELS1500EU INTENDS TO SUPPORT TRANSITIONAL DARFUR REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 4 to Koen Vervaeke, Head of Unit for Africa Policy at the EU Council Secretariat. Vervaeke was pleased to hear of U.S. plans to SIPDIS support the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) and said EU support for the TDRA was "in the pipeline." [...]
2007-05-04 17:13:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM EAID EUN SU
07USEUBRUSSELS1537NO EU UNITY GOING INTO REVIEW OF COMMON POSITION
[...] (C/NF) EU and member state officials told visiting WHA DAS Madison and Cuba Coordinator McCarry May 2-3 that the EU has not yet reached consensus on what parts of its Common Position on Cuba will be renewed in June. Contacts agreed on the need for Cubans to decide their future with encouragem [...]
2007-05-08 17:16:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM EAID EUN BR CU
07USEUBRUSSELS1564EU ASSESSMENT OF UNHRC ELECTION
[...] (C) The European Union will not openly endorse specific candidates for the Human Rights Council, but the German Presidency has circulated a letter to other missions in New York stating that it only supports countries with good records on human rights issues. In conversations May 10, Nicole Re [...]
2007-05-10 15:51:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC EUN
07USEUBRUSSELS2753EU ON RIAD SEIF
[...] (C) PolOff approached European Council Secretariat officials covering Syria and human rights August 27, requesting public statements supporting Riad Seif's request for travel to Germany as well as a demarche to Damascus on Seif's case. The Charge followed-up in an August 31 meeting with Chri [...]
2007-08-31 14:38:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PREL EUN JA SA SY
07USEUBRUSSELS2984DAS KRAMER'S QUAD CONSULTATIONS ON RUSSIA,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-24 13:28:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD EUN MARR OSCE PARM PGOV PHUM PREL
07USEUBRUSSELS3178HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATIONS WITH THE EU
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-17 15:50:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPHUM EUN
07USEUBRUSSELS3488EU TREATY OF LISBON - THE ROAD AHEAD
[...] (SBU) When EU leaders clink champagne glasses over the Treaty of Lisbon on December 13, the mood will be celebratory. Do not be deceived, however: in many ways, the real work and political maneuvering will be just beginning. Over the next year, the member states and institutions will have the [...]
2007-12-12 11:31:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EUN PGOV PHUM ECIN PBTS
07USEUBRUSSELS520EUROPEAN UNION SUPPORT FOR AMISOM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission is apparently softening its preconditions for releasing the 15 million euros it has earmarked to support the African Union in establishing the AMISOM peacekeeping mission. The Council of the European Union is looking favorably at the specific AU request f [...]
2007-02-15 10:25:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO
07USEUBRUSSELS827REFUGEE RETURNS IN EASTERN CONGO: A JOINT US-EU
[...] Summary: A joint USG-European Union assessment team composed of US representatives from PRM and OFDA traveled throughout Katanga and South Kivu provinces in January, finding a basic level of peace and stability, but continued sporadic human rights abuses perpetrated primarily by security force [...]
2007-03-13 09:55:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV PHUM PREL EAID EU BE
07USEUBRUSSELS90EU POLITICAL UNIT UNWILLING TO PRESS ALGERIA ON
[...] (C) Refugee Officer delivered talking points (Ref A) on Jan. 11 to Manfredo Fanti, Deputy Head of Unit for the Mahgreb at the European Commission's Directorate General for External Relations (RELEX),urging the EU to press the Government of Algeria and Polisario to allow UNHCR to conduct a cen [...]
2007-01-11 17:49:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM AG BE
07USNATO111AHTISAARI COMES TO NATO AND OUTLINES WAY FORWARD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 16, UN Special Envoy for Kosovo, (UNSEK) Martti Ahtisaari updated the NAC and non-NATO KFOR troop contributors on the Kosovo status process and his vision for the way forward. Ahtisaari said that prospects for a negotiated settlement by both sides were exhausted. Th [...]
2007-02-23 08:38:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07USNATO138NAC-PSC DISCUSSES EU-NATO COORDINATION IN KOSOVO
[...] (C) Summary: Immediately following the February 26 NAC-PSC on Bosnia, NAC and PSC Ambassadors (with Cypriot and Maltese representatives present) met "informally" to discuss NATO/EU coordination in Kosovo. Both NATO SYG De Hoop Scheffer and EU High Representative/SYG Solana called for close co [...]
2007-03-02 17:35:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07USNATO192APPROACHING NATO ON KOSOVO EU RULE OF LAW MISSION
[...] Per Reftel, USNATO distributed to delegations and the Secretary General on March 22 the points provided on possible SIPDIS U.S. participation in the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo. The points were distributed as a non-paper, in order to provide them to PermReps as soon as possible prior to [...]
2007-03-23 16:55:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07USUNNEWYORK1001DPKO REQUESTS U.S. INTERVENTION WITH THE AU ON
[...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: DPKO U/SYG Guehenno complained that the Government of the Sudan (GOS) still has not made a "strategic decision" to cooperate with UNAMID deployment, as demonstrated by the ongoing delays and continuous stream of "anti-UNAMID pro [...]
2007-11-09 23:17:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1007SPECIAL ADVISER GAMBARI ON VISIT TO BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 10 telephone call and subsequent meetings on November 12, Special Adviser Gambari told Ambassadors Khalilzad and Wolff that he pressed Burmese authorities for a date to start a dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK); that ASSK prefers to meet with her party, devel [...]
2007-11-12 22:33:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK1009UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UN SUPPORT FOR NEW AND
[...] (U) On November 5, the General Assembly considered Agenda item 12, Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies. Qatar introduced draft resolution A/62/L.9, which outlines the outcomes of the Sixth International Conf [...]
2007-11-13 17:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA KDEM PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK1010UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: REPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] SUMMARY: On Nov. 5-6, UNGA's Third Committee addressed the Human Rights Council's Report and particularly its institution-building package. In introducing the Report, HRC president Costea (Romania) argued that the Council had made progress, faces major challenges, and should only be judged on [...]
2007-11-13 17:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1011UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURMA
[...] (U) On October 24 Professor Paulo Pinheiro, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, presented his report to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly. 2. (U) Professor Pinheiro outlined the tragic events that have taken place since the publication of his report, [...]
2007-11-13 18:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNGA BM
07USUNNEWYORK1015HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ADDRESSES UN
[...] (U) On October 24, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly heard reports by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour. She highlighted the pervasiveness of impunity for gross violations of human rights, noting a lack of will and resources to address the issue. Without elab [...]
2007-11-15 12:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM NP UG
07USUNNEWYORK1016UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: THIRD COMMITTEE ADOPTS EIGHT
[...] (U) On November 1, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted 8 resolutions without a vote. 2. (U) The United States joined consensus on the following resolutions: --L.6, Cooperatives for Social Development (ref A). --L.15.Rev.1, Violence Against Women (ref B),with EOP. [...]
2007-11-15 12:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM SNAR KWMN
07USUNNEWYORK1019UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Speaking Oct. 31 in the annual debate on promotion and protection of human rights in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee, Ambassador Khalilzad emphasized the value the United States places on human rights, described the important role these rights play in building societies, cited exa [...]
2007-11-15 14:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM BM CU KN SY CH
07USUNNEWYORK1025AMIS COMMANDER AGWAI: UNAMID NEEDS ACCOMMODATIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) Force Commander General Martin Luther Agwai told USUN MSC and POL staff November 15 that UNAMID needs additional accommodations and equipment to deploy its forces effectively. Agwai reported that the Government of the Sudan (GOS) continues to insis [...]
2007-11-15 21:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1026P-3 FINDS DPKO CONCERNED ABOUT KOSOVO END-GAME
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UN U/SYG for Peacekeeping Guehenno and Europe Division Chief Harland shared with P-3 Deputy PermReps on November 9 their concerns about how Kosovo-related events will play out after the presumed failure of Troika talks. Guehenno and Harland have identified key issues -- whether a [...]
2007-11-15 21:47:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KV
07USUNNEWYORK1028 SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON BURMA
[...] (SBU) In a public meeting of the Security Council November 13, Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari discussed his November 3-8 trip to Burma. He listed positive developments in Burma leading up to his visit, including the withdrawal of visible military presence, the release of some detainees, and [...]
2007-11-15 22:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC BM PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK1035NEPAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ASKS FOR EXPANDED
[...] (SBU) On November 21, Sushil Pyakurel, a Nepalese human rights activist and former Commissioner in the National Human Rights Commission of Nepal, urged a group of European diplomats to press the Nepalese government on human rights and to support an expansion of the United Nations Mission in Ne [...]
2007-11-16 20:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM NP
07USUNNEWYORK1038UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: U.S. ANTI-RAPE RESOLUTION
[...] (U) On November 15, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus the resolution "Eliminating rape and other forms of sexual violence in all their manifestations, including in conflict and related situations." Consensus was reached after weeks of negotiations, in a proc [...]
2007-11-16 21:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM KWMN
07USUNNEWYORK1039BIASED UNGA COMMITTEE DEBATES ISRAELI PRACTICES IN
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary and Comment: The UN General Assembly's Fourth Committee met November 12-14 to receive and debate the annual "Report of the (UN) Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territori [...]
2007-11-16 22:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAL IS
07USUNNEWYORK1047BURMA: SYG SAYS CHINA NOW WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTS
[...] (C) During a November 19 meeting with Amb Khalilzad (other issues covered septel),SYG Ban Ki-Moon professed uncertainty about his Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari's participation in the East Asian and ASEAN Summits. Ban reported that although the Singaporean Foreign Minister had initially aske [...]
2007-11-20 13:43:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK105UNDP'S ROLE IN UZBEKISTAN
[...] Begin Summary. As previously reported (Ref A),UNDP in New York has confirmed that, at the request of the Government of Uzbekistan, the UNDP Resident Coordinator (RC) provided $20,000 USD for the flight of five GOU officials to New York. There was no programmatic content to the trip. Also, [...]
2007-02-07 21:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID PHUM PINR PREL UNGA UZ
07USUNNEWYORK1057SECURITY COUNCIL LOOKING TO BE USEFUL ON SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN A/SYG Menkerios described for Security Council members the bleak realities of Somalia that together dampen his enthusiasm for the recent peaceful change in government -- Mogadishu still lacks basic security; the humanitarian situation is deteriorating further; opposition grou [...]
2007-11-21 20:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SO
07USUNNEWYORK1063UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: MERCENARIES
[...] (U) On November 7, Jose Luis Gomez del Prado, Chairmen of the UN's Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries as a Means of Violating Human Rights and Impeding the Exercise of the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination, presented his report to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly. Much [...]
2007-11-21 21:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1065P-5 DISCUSS SUDAN, BURMA
[...] SUMMARY: The P-5 PermReps met on November 21 to discuss Sudan and Burma. On Sudan, the P-3 PermReps advocated for additional pressure on the Sudanese to accept the UNAMID force composition. Ambassador Khalilzad said the challenge was determining how to press and/or incentivize the Sudanese a [...]
2007-11-23 16:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BU SU
07USUNNEWYORK107SYG BAN DOES LITTLE TO EASE COUNCIL FRUSTRATION ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In his first appearance at a closed Security Council (SC) consultation, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon on February 6 said little SIPDIS to assuage Members' frustration with the slow pace of progress on Darfur. He reported that African Union (AU) Comm [...]
2007-02-08 15:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK1082COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
[...] SUMMARY: On November 20-21, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted four country-specific resolutions addressing the human rights situations in North Korea, Burma, Iran and Belarus, despite attempts to derail the process through no-action motions on the last three resolutions. [...]
2007-11-28 19:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM IR KN BM BO
07USUNNEWYORK1090UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: TORTURE, IDPS,
[...] (U) Summary: On October 29, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly heard reports on torture, on the human rights of internally displaced persons, on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, and on the situation of human rights in [...]
2007-11-29 19:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM PREF PTER SU
07USUNNEWYORK1104UN EXPLAINS STAFFING DECISIONS AT INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Per ref A, Poloff spoke with UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Deputy Division Director for Europe and Latin America Martha Doggett on November 29 about staffing at the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). Poloff emphasized U.S. interest in ensuring the e [...]
2007-11-30 20:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KUNR GT
07USUNNEWYORK1108UNGA: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL
[...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2-3. 2. (C) Per reftel, each year USUN works to reduce support from member states for three UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolutions that extend the mandates of three bodies in the UN that are biased against Israel. On November 26, the UNGA's Fo [...]
2007-11-30 22:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS
07USUNNEWYORK1112UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON THE HUMAN
[...] (U) Summary: On Nov. 16 the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted by a vote of 165-7(U.S.)-3 a resolution containing the so-called institution-building package of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),as amended by Cuba on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. (The amendment added to [...]
2007-12-04 20:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK1117GAMBARI BRIEFS KHALILZAD ON BURMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During Ambassador Khalilzad's meeting with UN Special Advisor on Burma Ibrahim Gambari December 4, Gambari identified two "sticking points" that were slowing the dialogue: the regime's resistance to Aung Sun Suu Kyi's request to address the subject of the draft constitution and [...]
2007-12-05 00:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK1119SE NATSIOS URGES ENHANCED PRC ENGAGEMENT ON CPA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 26 meeting with Chinese PermRep Guangya Wang, U.S. Special Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios urged the Chinese to be more proactive in encouraging Sudan's Government of National Unity to demonstrate flexibility on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreem [...]
2007-12-05 15:14:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1120UN SPECIAL ENVOY OUTLINES NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Special Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios told UN Special Envoy Jan Eliasson November 26 that the UN-AU, rather than the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS),must take the lead in promoting a convergence of the Darfur rebel positions. Natsios warned that hard-line SPLM elem [...]
2007-12-05 15:19:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1128SYG BAN ON AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON, SUDAN, BURMA AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-on-one meeting with AMB Khalilzad on December 5, SYG Ban said he is ready to accommodate the U.S. on Paddy Ashdown's candidacy as SRSG for Afghanistan, but could not accept a dual UN-NATO appointment. Ban agreed to issue a statement urging the Lebanese to move forward wit [...]
2007-12-05 21:18:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK113ISRAEL AND JUSCANZ DISCUSS UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-09 19:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1149UNSC: U/SYG ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN
[...] (U) On December 6 John Holmes, UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefed an open session of the Security Council following his recent mission to Ethiopia, Sudan, and Somalia (as well as Nairobi, Kenya to meet with donors and UN staff working [...]
2007-12-11 14:51:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF UNSC SO SU ET
07USUNNEWYORK1154UN REPORTS PROGRESS WITH GOS ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SYG Deputy Chief of Staff Kim Won Soo and DPKO Darfur Planning Director Mike Gaoutte told AMB Wolcott on December 10 that the UN and the Government of the Sudan (GOS) made progress on resolving outstanding UNAMID deployment issues during a December 8 meeting in Lisbon. According t [...]
2007-12-11 22:10:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1168YUGOSLAV AND RWANDA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS REPORT TO
[...] SUMMARY: The Security Council met December 10 for a briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made a statement, as did all Council members and repr [...]
2007-12-14 16:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC ICTY ICTR PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK1174YUGOSLAV AND RWANDA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS PRESENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) presented their joint paper on residual functions at a December 11 meeting of the Security Council Working Group on Ad Hoc International Tribunals (WG). The main t [...]
2007-12-14 21:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC ICTY ICTR PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK1176UN: UNAMID WILL BE AMIS IN BLUE BERETS IN FIRST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN A/SYG Edmond Mulet told the Security Council on December 13 that UN-GOS meetings in Lisbon and Khartoum had resulted in the release of UNAMID communications equipment impounded at al-Fasher airport, an agreement from the GOS to accept helicopters from any country approved by th [...]
2007-12-14 23:17:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1193UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 62ND GA
[...] (SBU) Gerald Scott is again serving as Senior Area Advisor for Africa at USUN during the regular session of the General Assembly. These are his personal reflections on African participation as the regular session of the 62nd GA draws to a close. (Note that while in the UN context the African [...]
2007-12-20 18:02:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU
07USUNNEWYORK1197UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY TAKES ACTION ON THIRD
[...] (U) Summary: The UN General Assembly took action on Third Committee resolutions in a plenary meeting on November 18, including the adoption of the contentious resolutions on the situation of human rights in the DPRK, Iran, and Belarus. The General Assembly rejected a no-action motion on the [...]
2007-12-20 20:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK1198GAMBARI BRIEFS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Adviser on Burma Ibrahim Gambari briefed the UN General Assembly by invitation on December 18. In keeping with his measured public approach, Gambari opened by recalling recent, positive developments such as the release of many of those detained during the September [...]
2007-12-20 20:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK12HOLOCAUST DENIAL RESOLUTION STRATEGY
[...] (C) Now that the Security Council has adopted resolution 1737 regarding Iran's nuclear program, USUN has taken stock of the possibilities for introducing a resolution condemning Iran's denial of the holocaust (reftels). In discussions with Israel, Germany and the UK of options for General Ass [...]
2007-01-10 19:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA IR IS GM EUN
07USUNNEWYORK1203SYG BAN CONVENES FIRST GROUP OF FRIENDS MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Secretary-General Ban convened the first meeting of the Group of Friends on Burma December 19. Participants included the P-5, Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Norway, Singapore, Portugal, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as UN Under-Secretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pasco [...]
2007-12-21 18:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK1210UN: 62ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION: SOUTH ASIA WRAP
[...] (U) Joe Melrose served as the Senior Area Advisor for the 62nd UN General Assembly for South and Central Asia. The following is his summary of the UNGA as it pertained to South and Central Asia. The South and Central Asian states did not provide the drama of some other regions or even of [...]
2007-12-26 16:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF BG CE IN KG KZ NP PHUM PK PREL TI TX
07USUNNEWYORK1211DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO CONCERNED ABOUT UNAMID WEAKNESS
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: At a December 17 working lunch at UN Headquarters, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and U/SYG for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Jean Marie Guehenno reviewed problems with the deployment of peacekeepers to Darfur (UNAMID). Guehenno said that he continued to be concerned about TCC s [...]
2007-12-26 18:00:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS KV AF
07USUNNEWYORK1214UNGA DEBATES THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE AND THE
[...] (U) Summary: The participants in the annual UNGA debates on the Question of Palestine and on the Situation in the Middle East that took place November 29-30 broke no new ground, restating well-known arguments in support of well-known positions. Several countries did, however, acknowledge the [...]
2007-12-26 19:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS
07USUNNEWYORK1215UNGA ADOPTS 27 FOURTH COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS
[...] (U) The U.N. General Assembly December 17 adopted 27 draft resolutions on the recommendation of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee). Resolutions and Plenary votes are in paragraph three. 2. (U) The only notable aspect of the voting was a spontaneous applaus [...]
2007-12-26 19:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS
07USUNNEWYORK1217EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE 62ND UNGA
[...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador James Gadsden, who served as Senior Area Adviser for Eastern European Affairs to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (C) Summary: Most Eastern European states generally supported US priority objectives for the Fall session of the 62nd UNGA [...]
2007-12-26 20:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNGA AA AM BK BU CY EN GG GR HR
07USUNNEWYORK1218UNGA 62: DEALING WITH WESTERN EUROPE
[...] (U) Robert Smolik served as the Senior Area Adviser for Western Europe during the main session of the 62nd UN General Assembly. The following is his summary of the UNGA as it pertained to the region. 2. (C) Throughout this 62d UN General Assembly our EU partners have not always proven effec [...]
2007-12-27 12:58:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA US XG XH XT ZB
07USUNNEWYORK152 UN DEMOCRACY FUND: ALLEGATIONS OF WASTE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) Office claims to have commenced disbursements of donors' funds to projects overseas, USUN has made repeated requests for transparent accounting and reports on project management. We have not yet received an adequate response. In the meantime, a [...]
2007-02-26 14:20:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK156DARFUR: USG AND UN GET READY TO TEST BASHIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S Silverberg expressed on February 20 to UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Guehenno U.S. support for UN candidates for leadership positions in the Darfur hybrid operation. The A/S also pushed for deployment of advance elements of the Heavy Support Package (HSP) in ord [...]
2007-02-27 23:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK161UNSC MOVING CAUTIOUSLY ON UN PEACEKEEPING IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At February 27 consultations, a majority of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members advocated a go-slow approach toward UN peacekeeping in Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR),mindful of Chadian President Deby's attitude toward deployment, which so far has been eq [...]
2007-03-01 14:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD ET PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK17NEW YORK UPDATE ON BURMA UNSCR
[...] (U) USUN placed the revised text of the draft Burma UNSCR (ref A) "in blue" the afternoon of January 11. The Russian delegation, which currently holds the Council presidency, has scheduled a vote for 3:30 p.m. on January 12. Veto Threats ------------ 2. (C) Amb Wolff met with Chinese [...]
2007-01-12 01:20:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK18DPKO SAYS NO PEACEKEEPING OPERATION IN CHAD/CAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After unusually testy exchanges with some Security Council Members at January 10 consultations over accusations that the United Nations was dragging its feet on deployment of forces to eastern Chad and northeastern Central African Republic (CAR),the UN Department of Peacekeeping [...]
2007-01-12 15:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK2HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: BALLOTING CONSIDERATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-04 21:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREL UNGA KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK227UNSC/DARFUR: MEMBERS DISAPPOINTED WITH BASHIR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At March 19 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) for Peacekeeping Operations Guehenno stressed that the three-phase package of Darfur peacekeeping operations was "indivisible," with its proposals "interlinked and interdependent." [...]
2007-03-21 00:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK236UN DEMOCRACY FUND BEGINS MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following up reftel, USUN has worked with a consultant to the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services and others to reassess management practices of the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF). The UNDEF Executive Director has initiated a number of corrective steps, including a commitment t [...]
2007-03-23 18:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK237UNODC BRIEFING IN NY - UPCOMING EVENTS, BUDGET
[...] (U) Summary: Executive Director Costa of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) briefed interested delegations in New York on March 20 regarding UNODC's Global Initiative against Trafficking in Persons, including a ministerial-level meeting in November 2007 in Vienna. He described the fou [...]
2007-03-23 19:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN KCRM UN
07USUNNEWYORK24CHINA AND RUSSIA VETO UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION
[...] On January 12, the Security Council voted 9 - 3 (China, Russia, South Africa) - 3 (Indonesia, Qatar, Congo) on the UNSCR introduced by the United States and co-sponsored by the United Kingdom on the situation in Burma. The negative votes by permanent members China and Russia resulted in defeat [...]
2007-01-13 00:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK25SECURITY COUNCIL PUSHES AU TO TAKE LEAD IN SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Under Secretary-General Gambari told Security Council members on January 10 that conditions on the ground in Somalia provide a narrow window for consolidating the authority of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and establishing an inclusive political process. He said Et [...]
2007-01-13 01:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SO UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK259UN FORCE IN CHAD: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a private meeting with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),Minister of External Affairs of Chad Ahmad Allam-mi stressed the GOC was still in the "exploratory phase" of its deliberations on possible UN peacekeeping in eastern Chad and was open to discussion on the mili [...]
2007-03-30 23:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK269UNSC: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SUDAN, CHAD AND CAR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On April 4 Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council on his recent mission to Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic (CAR). Despite the wide agenda topic, "Situation in Africa," Holmes' presentation focused on the three coun [...]
2007-04-06 12:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU CD CT UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK28SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES ADVANCE MISSION TO
[...] (U) On January 16 the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) requesting the Secretary-General to deploy an advance mission to Chad and the Central African Republic to lay the political groundwork for an eventual multidimensional UN presence in those [...]
2007-01-16 23:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF PREL KPKO CD SU
07USUNNEWYORK295UNSC/DARFUR: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM AFTER APRIL 9
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At April 12 consultations, United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Members welcomed news of the apparent "success" enjoyed by Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Dmitry Titov at the April 9 UN/African Union (AU)/Sudanese Government of National Uni [...]
2007-04-16 16:30:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK296UNDEF ADVISORY BOARD MEETING FOCUSES ON
[...] (SBU) The UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) held its Fourth Advisory Board meeting on April 10. The UNDEF Secretariat presented an overview of the recent progress of the Fund, claiming that all projects in the pipeline had been processed. and project implementation was underway. Of the 125 projects [...]
2007-04-16 22:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK359UNSC/ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: THE DEVIL IS IN THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Titov told the UN Security Council (UNSC) at May 8 consultations that a renewed appeal from the UNSC was needed to defuse the tense and volatile military situation on the ground in Ethiopia [...]
2007-05-09 16:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYER ET PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK372ISLAMABAD OIC MEETING COULD ENDORSE BOSNIA FOR
[...] (C) Mission has learned from Pakistani Ambassador Akram (currently in Islamabad) that there is a strong possibility that the OIC meeting convening May 15 in Islamabad could endorse Bosnia,s candidacy for the Human Rights Council. Akram indicated that he would be willing to move for the endors [...]
2007-05-14 20:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK410UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN
[...] (U) On May 21 John Holmes, UN Under Secretary General (U/SYG) for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefed an open session of the Security Council following his recent mission to Somalia and Uganda. Holmes expressed concern over the humanitarian situation in Somalia, wh [...]
2007-05-24 14:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PHUM PREF SO UG
07USUNNEWYORK433UNSC/CHAD: NO AGREEMENT YET ON UN PEACEKEEPING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At May 31 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Director Titov updated on the security situation in eastern Chad and on prospects for UN peacekeeping in the region. Titov reported on conversations that the UN t [...]
2007-06-01 19:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK437MISSION CLEARANCE FOR USAID/OFDA PUBLIC HEALTH
[...] USUN WELCOMES MS. CAROLINE ABLA, MS. HEATHER PAPOWITZ, AND MR. IAN MOISE, PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORS IN USAID'S OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA),TO NEW YORK ON JUNE 18-20 TO ATTEND UN-LED MEETINGS ON EMERGENCY NUTRITION, HEALTH, AND WATER/SANITATION. CLEARANCE IS ALSO GRANTED TO [...]
2007-06-01 21:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK439UNHCHR ARBOUR MAY 31 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 31, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour met with Ambassador Khalilzad to discuss her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. She noted many ongoing problems, specifically the overall lack of security, violence against women and children, and judicial [...]
2007-06-01 21:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL XA ZF
07USUNNEWYORK449DPKO BRIEFING ON DRC, JUNE 4
[...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (C) Summary: DPKO USG Guehenno briefed the P3 plus 2 concerning the situation in the DRC. He was particularly concerned by the lack of progress towards a stable solution to the political difficulties of the Kivus (especially the role of Rwanda and the need fo [...]
2007-06-05 22:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALBE CG FR PGOV PHUM PREL RW UK UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK455UNSC/SUDAN: PREVIEW OF JUNE 7 ICC BRIEFING
[...] (SBU) Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division Director Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen previewed for Poloff International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's June 7 briefing on June 6. Le Frapeur said Ocampo's main message would be t [...]
2007-06-07 14:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KJUS
07USUNNEWYORK460MISSION CLEARANCE FOR DEBORAH KINGSLAND JUNE 12
[...] USUN WELCOMES MS. DEBORAH KINGSLAND, DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN THE OFFICE OF MULTILATERAL COORDINATION AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS IN THE BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION, TO NEW YORK ON JUNE 12 TO MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UN OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA). [...]
2007-06-08 22:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF
07USUNNEWYORK470UNHCHR ARBOUR UNSC BRIEFING ON GREAT LAKES REGION
[...] (U) Summary: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Arbour briefed the UN Security Council on her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. Noting she had addressed the Peacebuilding Commission on Burundi the previous day, Arbour focused her remarks on conditions in the Democratic Republic o [...]
2007-06-12 16:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDBY CG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL RW UG XA ZF ZU
07USUNNEWYORK481JUNE 14 SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) On June 14, Undersecretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe briefed the Security Council in consultations on his recent trip to Mogadishu and to London, Addis, Asmara and Cairo. While great difficulties remained, he believed that Somalia now had a "fighting chance" to regain stability. [...]
2007-06-14 21:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYER ET SO UK UNSC PREL PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK496UN INTERRELIGIOUS DISCUSSIONS
[...] (SBU) The UN has seen a number of initiatives recently to grapple with the "clash of civilizations" notion and the aftermath of last year's violence over Dutch cartoons featuring the prophet Mohammed. The initiative with the most wide-spread backing is the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC),whi [...]
2007-06-19 20:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SCUL KISL UNESCO UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK510UN/DPRK SANCTIONS: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ADOPTS
[...] (U) On June 20 the Committee concerning the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK),established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006),convened for a formal meeting to adopt Committee Guidelines (see full text in para 3 below). Italian PermRep and Chairman of the Committee Marcello Sp [...]
2007-06-22 22:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
07USUNNEWYORK511RUSSIA DENIES PROTECTION OF VLASTIMIR DJORDJEVIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Security Council (SC) met June 18 for a briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made a statement, as did representatives from all [...]
2007-06-22 23:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDICTY PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK523MISSION CLEARANCE FOR USAID/DCHA/DG MS. JULIE
[...] USUN WELCOMES MS. JULIE WERBEL, TO NEW YORK ON JUNE 29 TO ATTEND A UN-LED ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) BREIFING ON ITS RECENTLY PUBLISHED SECURITY SECTOR REFORM HANDBOOK. 2. TED MALY, USUN/ECOSOC, IS THE CONTROL OFFICER. MR. MALY'S DESK PHONE IS 212-415-43 [...]
2007-06-27 14:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK541UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN
[...] (U) On June 22, Under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council in an open session on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. His remarks included first-hand observations from recent field missions to Chad, Darfur, the Central African Republic, norther [...]
2007-07-02 17:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF UNSC XA
07USUNNEWYORK596STILL NO CLEAR UN PLAN FOR CHAD/CAR PEACEKEEPING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At July 13 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General Guehenno revealed a revised proposal for deployment of UN civilian police and Chadian gendarmes in eastern Chad/northeastern CAR, based around a [...]
2007-07-20 23:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK623DARFUR RESOLUTION: DPKO COOL TO PROPOSED TIMELINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN presented Department's proposed edits to the Darfur hybrid draft resolution to UN Peacekeeping Undersecretary Guehenno and asked that he consider carefully our proposed phasing-in of UN ownership of the hybrid as a reasonable reflection of the realities of the AMIS-UNAMID tra [...]
2007-07-28 01:10:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK632UNSC UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS HYBRID RESOLUTION
[...] (U) At a July 31 public meeting, the United Nations Security Council adopted the draft resolution authorizing the hybrid UN-African Union (AU) peacekeeping operation for Darfur. The resolution was co-sponsored by Belgium, Congo, France, Italy, Peru, Slovakia and the UK, and was adopted unanim [...]
2007-08-02 00:01:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK656UNSC WELCOMES ARUSHA PROGRESS AND LOOKS FORWARD TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At August 9 United Nations Security Council consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Hedi Annabi heralded the positive atmosphere at August 3-6 Arusha consultations, which represented the first meeting of all key leaders in the Darfur conf [...]
2007-08-09 23:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK695CHAD/CAR: UN URGES COUNCIL TO "TRUST BUT VERIFY"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At August 21 consultations, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi advised the Security Council to "trust but verify" plans for peacekeeping in eastern Chad and northeastern Central African Republic (CAR),given Chadian President [...]
2007-08-21 22:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK696SOMALIA: SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS AMISOM, PREVIEWS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 20, the Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the African Union to maintain its AMISOM mission in Somalia for an additional six months and setting the stage for a possible follow-on UN Peacekeeping Operation. Discussion in consultations prior [...]
2007-08-22 18:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGG PGOV PREL PHUM SO
07USUNNEWYORK71WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND THE UN PEACEBUILDING
[...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Women's Empowerment Shirin Tahir-Kheli called upon UN Assistant Secretary-General Carolyn McAskie, who heads the recently created Peacebuilding Support Office of the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). McAskie commended the Secretary's outre [...]
2007-01-29 21:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KPAO UNGA PHUM PREL BY
07USUNNEWYORK711GAMBARI SEEKS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ON BURMA
[...] (C) UN Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari conducted three trips in July and August to build international support for pressure on the Burmese regime. Gambari sought to create consensus in support of his good offices mandate that he can exploit to obtain results on his next trip to Burma, tentat [...]
2007-08-28 14:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK718PROPOSED RAPE RESOLUTION AT UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 22:21:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI UNGA KFEM
07USUNNEWYORK725GAMBARI TO BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 5 meeting of the Security Council to finalize the program of work for September, Amb Wolff successfully rebuffed a Chinese request to delete the program's "footnote" reference to Burma, and confirmed Council agreement to receive a briefing during the month fr [...]
2007-09-06 00:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK73UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS U.S. RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Summary. On January 26, the day before the sixty-second anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus a U.S.-sponsored resolution that condemned without reservation any denial of the Holocaust. The resolution garnered the support of 103 UN co- [...]
2007-01-29 22:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA IS IR
07USUNNEWYORK744UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN DR
[...] (U) Summary. On September 11, UN Under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council in a closed session on the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Based on his recent field visit to DRC, Holmes outlined continuing humanitarian [...]
2007-09-12 21:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF UNSC CG XA
07USUNNEWYORK757SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS TERMS OF RWANDA AND
[...] The Security Council, September 14, adopted resolutions extending the terms of the Prosecutors for the International Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR) and Yugoslavia (ICTY). Resolution 1774 (ref A),which re-appointed Hassan Jallow as ICTR Prosecutor for a four year term, was adopted unanimously. [...]
2007-09-14 21:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDICTY PHUM PREL UNSC ICTR
07USUNNEWYORK768DARFUR: UN-P3 SHARE UNAMID DEPLOYMENT CONCERNS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. P3 representatives pushed UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under Secretary-General Guehenno for rapid deployment of UNAMID forces to Darfur and strategized about support for African troop contributing countries [...]
2007-09-19 22:31:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK78262ND UNGA ADOPTS THE REPORT OF THE GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 17:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA PHUM CH TW
07USUNNEWYORK797SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR RESTRAINT BY BURMESE
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary: After an extensive, two-hour debate called to consider the events in Burma during closed consultations September 26, the Security Council authorized French PermRep Ripert, in his capacity as Council president, to deliver an oral staQment to the press highlighting the fol [...]
2007-09-27 01:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK799NEW UN ENVOY TO IRAQ OUTLINES FIRST STEPS
[...] (C) Summary: On September 26, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Staffan de Mistura, the UN's newly-appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). The Ambassador underscored strong U.S. support for de M [...]
2007-09-27 21:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IZ
07USUNNEWYORK8UNSC/BURMA: U.S. TABLES BURMA RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: The U.S. formally tabled the draft resolution on Burma (reftel) in the Security Council on January 9, citing the need to empower the Secretary-General and his envoy to encourage the Burmese regime to take the concrete steps needed to address the international community's concerns. [...]
2007-01-10 02:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK802SYG BAN ON BURMA AND ZIMBABWE
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Khalilzad met with Secretary General Ban briefly on September 27. Topics included Burma, Zimbabwe and the prospects for a U.S. candidate for controller of the UN (septel). BURMA ----- 2. (C) Secretary General Ban told Ambassador Khalilzad on September 27 that Special A [...]
2007-09-28 16:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM ZI
07USUNNEWYORK806BURMA: A/SYG WAHLSTROM ON HER PROPOSED VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following reftel request, on September 28 USUN ECOSOC Minister Counselor met with Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Margareta Wahlstrom to discuss her proposed trip to Burma. Wahlstrom's travel plans for mid-October include field trips to drought-affected a [...]
2007-09-28 21:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK814UNSC ADOPTS PRST CONDEMNING DARFUR ATTACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Security Council adopted a presidential statement condemning the September 29 killing of 10 AMIS peacekeepers at a camp near Haskanita, South Darfur (please see paragraph 6 for PRST text). The PRST adoption followed two days of heated Security Council debate on October 1 and 2 [...]
2007-10-03 21:13:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK816UNSC HEARS THAT GUINEA-BISSAU PROGRESS IS FRAGILE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Secretary-General's representative, Shola Omoregie, told the Security Council on October 3 that the evident calm in Guinea-Bissau is deceptive. Political, security, and social tensions are rising beneath the surface and will likely rise further in the run-up to elections. O [...]
2007-10-04 23:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL GB
07USUNNEWYORK830FM LAM AKOL: U.S. SHOULD WORK WITH GNU TO IMPROVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol told AMB Khalilzad in an October 2 tte--tte that the U.S. should work with the Government of National Unity on a set of specific steps to improve U.S.-Sudan bilateral relations. FM Akol argued that Khartoum's ability to implement the Comprehensi [...]
2007-10-08 20:10:00USUN New YorkSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK834UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DROPS TWO COUNTRY-SPECIFIC
[...] (U) Summary: At the Oct. 8 opening session of the UNGA Third Committee, Benin, on behalf of the African group, called unexpectedly for the deletion from the draft agenda of two reports of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR) on the human rights situation in Nepal and Uganda. Portugal [...]
2007-10-09 19:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM AORC UNGA UG NP
07USUNNEWYORK840UNGA 62 GENERAL DEBATE: SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from 191 member states spoke during the General Debate of the 62nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from September 25 through October 3, 2007 and covered many themes in common. On Security Council Reform, many countries called for a more representative Co [...]
2007-10-09 23:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK851UNGA HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON INTERRELIGIOUS AND
[...] (U) Summary: Speakers at a UN General Assembly High-Level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace, Oct. 4-8, stressed the value of dialogue and education in overcoming misunderstanding and the importance of respecting basic freedoms, particularly fr [...]
2007-10-11 13:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF AORC UNGA XF XC XD NU CU
07USUNNEWYORK854SOMALI D/PERMREP'S ASSESSMENT OF TFG POLITICS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Somali D/PermRep Idd Beddel Mohamed predicted that the expected parliamentary confidence vote would produce a new government led by Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Commerce, Abdullahi Ahmed Afrah, or Minister of Interior, Mohamed Mohamud Guled Gamadhere. END S [...]
2007-10-11 21:33:00USUN New YorkSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL SO
07USUNNEWYORK857MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR UNGA SESSION GRANTED
[...] Mission clearance is granted for the following individuals for the UNGA session in New York at the US Mission. Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees Linda Lum - IO/RHS Thomas Johnson - IO/RHS Paul Birdsall - IO/RHS Douglas Rohn - IO/RHS Monika Meta - IO/RHS Elizabeth Wepler - IO/RHS Nicholas Ka [...]
2007-10-11 22:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDADM AMGT EAID RSO PHUM PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK859SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON
[...] (SBU) An additional two hours of negotiations between China and the U.S., followed by China and the P-3, then joined by Indonesia, South Africa and the Russian Federation, produced a consensus presidential statement on the situation in Burma on October 11. While initially again rejecting refer [...]
2007-10-12 00:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK861UNGA 62: USUAL SUSPECTS CRITICAL OF U.S. IN THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the United Nations General Debate, several member states praised the United States on a variety of issues, including peacebuilding, reconstruction, debt relief, and democracy. Several heads of state were outspoken in their harsh criticism of the United States, primar [...]
2007-10-12 22:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK870PRESENTATION OF ANNUAL RWANDA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL
[...] At a meeting in the plenary of the General Assembly on October 15, 2007, Judges Dennis Byron, President of the ICTR, and Fausto Pocar, President of the ICTY, presented annual reports on the Tribunals. In his remarks to the General Assembly, Judge Byron indicated that the Tribunal's chambers c [...]
2007-10-16 16:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL ICTR ICTY
07USUNNEWYORK883DARFUR: LSP HANDOVER CONCLUDED, AMIS SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN carried out reftel instructions on October 17, executing a Light Support Package (LSP) handover document and delivering a note verbale detailing extended U.S. assistance to AMIS during the transition to UNAMID. UN officials were fully cooperative regarding the handover docume [...]
2007-10-18 22:10:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK886SYG BAN PRESSES SUDAN TO ACCEPT HYBRID FORCE IN
[...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on October 18, SYG Ban Ki-Moon said he had urged AU Chair Konare, as well as Nigerian, Egyptian, Senegalese, and Rwandan officials, to press Sudanese President Bashir to accept the hybrid troops on offer. He also said he plans to urge South Afric [...]
2007-10-19 14:27:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK895DARFUR: RWANDANS DRIVING HARD APC BARGAIN WITH UN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With United States Air Force C-17's standing by on October 19 in Kigali to facilitate transport to Darfur, a Rwandan infantry battalion balked at boarding. The Rwandans wanted an assurance that any damage in Darfur to the 18 armored personnel carriers they were bringing with th [...]
2007-10-20 00:25:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF PGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK927SYG BAN: UN NEEDS HELP WITH BASHIR, UNAMID
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: SYG Ban Ki-Moon told AMB Khalilzad in a October 25 meeting that the UN needs assistance in convincing Sudanese President Bashir to cooperate with UNAMID deployment and to convince troop contributing countries to provide additional aviation and transport capabili [...]
2007-10-29 14:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK928OCHA RESPONDS TO USUN DEMARCHE ON IRIN SHAME OF
[...] (SBU) As reported in reftel C, on September 24th Amb. Wallace delivered the demarche as instructed in reftel B objecting to the anti-US distortions in the IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks) report "The Shame of War: Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Conflict." During th [...]
2007-10-29 18:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KUNR PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK93DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES:
[...] (U) Representatives of the Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, and U.S. Missions met February 1st to discuss the way forward on the looming consultations on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ("DRIP"). Though the co-sponsors and the African group have begun meeting to discuss [...]
2007-02-02 15:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK93562ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS CUBA EMBARGO
[...] (U) On October 30, 2007, the General Assembly (GA) adopted the Cuban-sponsored resolution on the U.S. embargo by a vote of 184-4, with one abstention. The U.S. was joined by Israel, Palau, and the Marshall Islands in voting against it. Micronesia abstained. Albania, El Salvador, and Iraq we [...]
2007-10-31 17:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PHUM UN CU
07USUNNEWYORK936UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON
[...] (U) On October 26, the Third Committee of the General Assembly heard reports from the Special Rapporteurs on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions; Freedom of Religion or Belief; the Human Rights of Migrants; and the Situation of Human Rights in the DPRK, Burundi and the DRC. The U.S. [...]
2007-10-31 17:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF UNGA KIRF
07USUNNEWYORK944UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN
[...] (U) Summary: On October 24, Professor John Dugard, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, briefed the Third Committee of the General Assembly on his latest report, UN document A/62/275 of 17 August 2007. Israel called the report one-s [...]
2007-11-01 13:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNGA KPAL IS
07USUNNEWYORK949SYG BAN VENTS DARFUR FRUSTRATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council's Perm 5 that he has become "personally angry" with Sudanese President Bashir for lack of cooperation on UNAMID force generation and for lack of implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Urging the [...]
2007-11-01 21:49:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK952ANTI-RAPE RESOLUTION UPDATE
[...] (C) Negotiations on the text of the U.S.-initiated anti-rape resolution are heading into the end-game. Over 50 countries, including the European Union and others from various regions, have signed on as co-sponsors of a compromise text that asks for action to eliminate rape generally, "includi [...]
2007-11-01 23:36:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALSOCI PHUM KFEM UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK964DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO TRAVELING TO ADDIS FOR MEETING
[...] (C) UN SYG Ban informed Amb Khalilzad Nov 6 that U/SYG for Peacekeeping Guehenno is traveling shortly to Addis Ababa to meet with Sudanese Major General Maghzoub to discuss technical issues related to the implementation of UNAMID. Ban and Guehenno are cautiously optimistic that this meeting c [...]
2007-11-06 22:17:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK969GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Judge Philippe Kirsch, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC),presented the Court's annual report at a meeting in the plenary of the General Assembly on November 1, 2007. He briefly outlined recent developments at the Court and spoke about the importance of con [...]
2007-11-07 19:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK974UPDATE ON GAMBARI'S VISIT TO BURMA
[...] (C) UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe told Ambassador Wolff in a November 7 telephone conversation that Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari was departing Nay Pyi Taw November 8 for Rangoon, where he planned to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),the NLD Executive Committee and the UN Country Team. Gambari will [...]
2007-11-08 11:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK986BURMA, ZIMBABWE DISCUSSED AT SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN
[...] (U) The Security Council unanimously adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) on the role of regional and sub-regional organizations in the maintenance of international peace and security on November 6, 2007. The adoption was preceded by an open debate, in which the Secretary-General, all Coun [...]
2007-11-09 18:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK995UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES DISCUSSES IRAQ,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 7, Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),discussed the subject of Iraq's internally displaced persons and refugees with Ambassador Khalilzad. Later in the day, Guterres met with members of the UN,s Humanitarian Liaison Working Group (HLWG),w [...]
2007-11-09 19:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IZ PHUM KREF
07USUNNEWYORK999DPKO: SUDAN QUIETLY SLOWING COMPONENTS OF UNAMID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Department of Peacekeeping Officials have reported to USUN that the Government of Sudan (GOS) is hindering UNAMID deployment in a variety of ways. Per DPKO, Sudanese officials have delayed agreement on force composition, failed to facilitate land and water rights in many areas [...]
2007-11-09 22:50:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07VATICAN102VATICAN: FORMER FOREIGN MINSITER TO BE ISLAM CZAR
[...] (C) Pope Benedict XVI has appointed former FM Jean Louis Tauran as President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, the lead Vatican department for relations with non-Christian faiths, including Islam. The move restores the autonomy of a Council that Benedict had placed und [...]
2007-06-28 14:37:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KIRF PTER LE VT
07VATICAN103VATICAN APPOINTS IRAQ, CHINA EXPERT TO KEY SLOT
[...] (C) Pope Benedict has named Archbishop Fernando Filoni the Holy See's "Sostituto" or "Substitute", the number three position at the Vatican. Filoni will have regular access to the pope and will communicate closely with many of the Roman Curia offices. Filoni has extensive diplomatic experienc [...]
2007-07-03 12:34:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KIRF IZ CH VT
07VATICAN104IRAQ: CHALDEAN PATRIARCH SUPPORTS CHRISTIAN AREAS
[...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See and the Chaldeans' European representative, told us June 25 that the Patriarch supports the idea of a revitalization plan for tradition Christian areas in northern Iraq. The Chaldeans, who rem [...]
2007-07-03 13:21:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV KIRF PHUM IZ VT
07VATICAN106HOLY SEE FEARS ISRAEL BACKING OFF COMMITMENTS
[...] (C) Holy See officials say that Israel is backing off commitments it made during a May plenary session on the Fundamental Agreement between the two sides. Vatican sources told us the Israelis had promised to set dates immediately for a strict schedule of ongoing negotiations, but have now re [...]
2007-07-09 15:07:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM SOCI IS VT
07VATICAN111VATICAN EXPECTS STRONG REACTION TO POPE'S LETTER TO CHINESE
[...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Rota Graziosi, the Pope's China Letter has undercut the standing of the Government of China in "administering" the Catholic Church in China and as a result, the Holy See expects a strong, but perhaps, moderated reaction sometime [...]
2007-07-12 16:10:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN12AFRICA ON FRONT BURNER AS POPE ADDRESSES DIP CORPS
[...] (SBU) Pope Benedict placed particular emphasis on challenges facing Africa in his second annual address to the diplomatic corps. He called attention to Darfur and Somalia, and criticized an attempt "to trivialize abortion" in Africa. Benedict decried the uselessness of "armed solutions" to [...]
2007-01-10 15:43:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KIRF KISL KPAL KNNP VT
07VATICAN139HOLY SEE: DISCUSSING FATHER RYDZYK
[...] (C) Summary. Department's Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues met key officials from the Holy See and the Redemptorist order to discuss the case of Radio Maryja and the impact of Father Rydzyk's anti-Semitic remarks on Polish restutition efforts. Church officials spoke cautiously but took caref [...]
2007-10-01 08:54:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI PHUM SCUL PL VT
07VATICAN140HOLY SEE: FELICE GAER CANDIDACY FOR UN CAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 11:02:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC VT
07VATICAN144DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO HOLY SEE ON DRAFT RESOLUTION AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 08:44:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI VT
07VATICAN150VATICAN SECRETARY OF STATE TO VISIT CUBA
[...] (U) Summary: Secretary of State Bertone is likely to visit Cuba in January of 2008. Bertone's visit would coincide with the 10th anniversary of John Paul II's historic visit, and is intended to assess social and religious developments since then. The Vatican continues to favor dialogue as a [...]
2007-10-17 07:31:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SOCI KIRF CU VE VT
07VATICAN157VATICAN EXPECTS REACTION TO POPE'S LETTER TO CHINESE
[...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Rota Graziosi, the Holy See still anticipates a reaction to the Pope's June 2007 letter to the Chinese faithful and will watch upcoming bishop ordinations for a sign of the GOC's mind-set. The Holy See does not expect the undergr [...]
2007-11-06 10:46:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI CH VT
07VATICAN161RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL LEADERS GATHER TO ADVANCE WORLD
[...] (U) Religious and political leaders from around the world convened in Naples under the auspices of a Catholic non-governmental organization for three days of dialogue and debate on a broad range of issues under the overall theme of "A World without Violence". Among the participants were heads [...]
2007-11-07 10:16:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF EC IS VT
07VATICAN165CORRECTED COPY: VATICAN-AFFILIATED INSTITUTE HAILS LETTER
[...] (C) Summary: The president of the Vatican-affiliated Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies has hailed "A Common Word", the letter that 138 Muslim scholars have recently addressed to the Pope and other prominent Christian leaders inviting them to a theological dialogue, as an unprecedented an [...]
2007-11-09 08:49:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SOCI KIRF VT
07VATICAN17VATICAN: MARTINO SEES END NEAR FOR CASTRO; AMBASSADOR URGES
[...] (C) Holy See Justice and Peace Council President Cardinal Martino told the Ambassador January 16 that he had heard from contacts the same morning that Fidel Castro had peritonitis and was edging even closer to death. The Ambassador emphasized to Martino and to Holy See FM Mamberti the need for [...]
2007-01-16 17:23:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI CU VT
07VATICAN172HOLY SEE UPSET ABOUT ISRAELI SINGLE-ENTRY VISA POLICY FOR
[...] (U) Summary: The Holy See is upset about new Israeli visa policies that effectively limit the ability of the Church to serve the needs of Catholics in the Holy Land. The new Israeli visa policy comes at a time when Vatican diplomats are already expressing frustration over the lack of progress [...]
2007-11-21 10:02:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KIRF IS VT
07VATICAN175NUNS UNITE TO CREATE ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK
[...] Summary. More than 30 nuns from 26 countries came together in Rome for a week-long Training Seminar organized by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See that culminated in the creation of the first-ever international religious network to combat trafficking in persons. The network - "International Ne [...]
2007-11-23 12:09:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN PGOV SMIG OPRC ELAB KOCI
07VATICAN177VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOLY SEE SHARES USG CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: The Holy See shares USG concerns about the proposed constitutional reforms in Venezuela and supports statements made by the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference and by the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM). As CELAM speaks for all of Latin America bishops' conferences, the Hol [...]
2007-11-28 08:55:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF VE VT
07VATICAN178CORRECTED COPY: VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOLY SEE
[...] (C) Summary: The Holy See shares USG concerns about the proposed constitutional reforms in Venezuela and supports statements made by the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference and by the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM). As CELAM speaks for all of Latin America bishops' conferences, the Hol [...]
2007-11-28 09:19:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF VE VT
07VATICAN180HOLY SEE PLEASED ABOUT SAUDI KING MEETING WITH POPE,
[...] (C) Summary: a Vatican official with first-hand knowledge of the recent meeting between the Pope and King Abdallah characterized the Saudi monarch's visit as an important step in the development of Saudi-Holy See relations. The Holy See continues to press for greater religious freedom in Sau [...]
2007-11-30 09:17:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SA VT
07VATICAN181HOLY SEE REPLIES TO LETTER FROM MUSLIM SCHOLARS
[...] (U) The Holy See has replied to the "A Common Word" letter from 138 Muslim scholars (reftel A) inviting Pope Benedict XVI and other Christian leaders to interreligious dialogue. Released by the Vatican's Press Office November 29, the response is signed by the Holy See's Secretary of State, Car [...]
2007-11-30 16:22:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT
07VATICAN183HOLY SEE FRUSTRATED OVER NEGOTIATIONS WITH ISRAEL
[...] (C) Summary: The Holy See is frustrated over lack of progress in reaching agreements with Israel regarding property and other rights of the Church in Jerusalem and the Holy Land. The Holy See blames the Government of Israel for the negotiations' impasse, and is now allowing Vatican officials [...]
2007-12-03 17:33:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF IS VT
07VATICAN193CHINA - HOLY SEE: NO AGREEMENT ON CATHOLIC BISHOP
[...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for China Rota-Graziosi, the Holy See and the Government of China did not reach an agreement on episcopal ordinations, nor on the normalization of relations, during their November 2007 talks in Beijing. Rota-Graziosi is pessimistic about [...]
2007-12-21 15:41:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI CH VT
07VATICAN20VATICAN: VIETNAM AND CHINA CHURCH ISSUES FRONT AND CENTER
[...] (C) Summary: The Holy See intends to hold meetings on January 19 and 20 with key Catholic officials to formulate a common policy toward China in response to the recent illicit ordinations by the GoC. In related news, unofficial Vatican sources have confirmed that Pope Benedict will receive V [...]
2007-01-18 16:56:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV CM VM VT
07VATICAN3EMBASSY VATICAN HIV/AIDS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ROLE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post's December 20 HIV/AIDS conference focused on combating the spread of AIDS with a special focus on partnerships with faith-based organizations. High level and knowledgeable speakers from the Holy See, Caritas, UNAIDS, Sant'Egidio, and the private sector combined with a dedic [...]
2007-01-04 09:20:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYVT PREL PHUM TBIO SOCI KHIV
07VATICAN30PRC - HOLY SEE RELATIONS IN FLUX; VATICAN CONVENES CHINA
[...] (C) Summary: The Vatican convened a two-day meeting on January 19 and 20 to address its China policy. The meeting, presided over by Cardinal Secretary of State Bertone, sought to formulate a unified policy toward China to address the continuing challenges presented by the GoC including a spa [...]
2007-01-29 16:39:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN33HOLY SEE COMMENTS ON MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, in October of last year post delivered points on the Military Commissions Act to various officials in the Holy See. On January 9 a reply was received from Cardinal Renato Martino, an influential and outspoken figure who heads the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Mar [...]
2007-02-01 12:34:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL KPAO PGOV PREL MOPS PTER KAWK PHUM VT
07VATICAN37HOLY SEE: THREATS TO PRESS FREEDOM IN VENEZUELA
[...] (C) DCM spoke February 6 with Monsignor Marcel Smejkal, the Holy See official responsible for Andean countries, about Venezuela. DCM emphasized reftel points on recent GOV actions to curtail the freedom of the press. DCM reminded Smejkal (who is relatively new to his position) of Embassy's fr [...]
2007-02-07 15:12:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM VT VE
07VATICAN44WOMAN OF COURAGE" - SR. EUGENIA BONETTI - ANTI-TRAFFICKING
[...] Sr. Eugenia Bonetti, 67, is a Consolata Missionary sister and director of the anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) office of the Italian Union of Major Superiors (USMI),the umbrella organization for thousands of nuns throughout Italy. Her remarkable courage and commitment to fighting the injusti [...]
2007-02-14 20:22:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL KPAO VT
07VATICAN46HOLY SEE - VIETNAM: DELEGATION'S VISIT ANOTHER STEP FORWARD
[...] (S) Holy See Deputy FM Parolin told us February 26 that a Vatican delegation's trip to Vietnam next week would offer a good opportunity for progress in relations between the two sides following January's historic visit by PM Dzung to Pope Benedict. Officials told us the recent detention of d [...]
2007-02-28 15:07:00Embassy VaticanSECRETPHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM VT
07VATICAN5DRL A/S LOWENKRON CONSULTS WITH HOLY SEE ON RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: DRL A/S Lowenkron's December 21 meeting with deputy FM Parolin focused largely on religious freedom matters in Vietnam, Lebanon, Turkey, Venezuela, and Cuba. Parolin explained the Holy See's strategy for increasing religious freedom in problem countries and provided details of th [...]
2007-01-05 12:26:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CH CU LE TU VM VT
07VATICAN51VATICAN: PUTIN'S VISIT MAINLY CEREMONIAL
[...] (C) Vatican officials told us March 1 that President Putin's March 13 visit to Pope Benedict XVI (ref a) would be a short "get-acquainted" session, as it would be the first meeting between the two men. No meeting had yet been scheduled for Putin with Cardinal Secretary of State Bertone. Off [...]
2007-03-05 16:02:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM SOCI RS VT
07VATICAN54CARITAS IN CHINA: QUIETLY GROWING
[...] (C) Summary: A March 6-7 Vatican-hosted Caritas Internationalis meeting on China revealed that Caritas is making small but significant strides in providing support to the Chinese poor with the tacit approval of some local Chinese officials. While there will be no immediate move to establish a [...]
2007-03-12 18:48:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN55CARITAS COMMITTED TO DPRK OPERATIONS
[...] (C) The Holy See's aid and development agency, Caritas International, is committed to its programs in North Korea. Caritas South Korea has assumed control of the program from Caritas Hong Kong and is slowly overcoming transition problems. Since 1995, some US$33 million has been spent on Caritas [...]
2007-03-15 14:12:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALSOCI KN KS XB PHUM KIRF VT
07VATICAN58ZIMBABWE: HOLY SEE TO SPEAK OUT?
[...] (U) This telegram contains a recommendation and action request below. --------------- Background -------------- 2. (C) Post noted in early February that the Holy See was considering speaking out on Zimbabwe (reftel). The issue is now on the front burner. A senior cardi [...]
2007-03-20 10:17:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM SOCI ZI ZU SF UK VT
07VATICAN59HOLY SEE APPRECIATES PROGRESS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Holy See MFA Director for Afghanistan Murphy received with interest several fact sheets on reconstruction efforts in the country and encouraged us to keep up our efforts to publicize the positive strides that have been made. With few Catholics and no diplomatic representation in Afghanis [...]
2007-03-20 15:59:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALAF PHUM SOCI PTER VT
07VATICAN61CHINA: POPE'S EASTER LETTER ON HOLD?
[...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Rota-Graziosi, the Vatican will not release its much-anticipated Papal letter to Chinese Catholics at Easter time, as was expected. Rota-Graziosi could not say when it would be released. The letter will purportedly address the [...]
2007-03-21 18:18:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN64ZIMBABWE: HOLY SEE WAITING FOR OK FROM BISHOPS
[...] (C) In response to ref (b) points, Holy See deputy foreign minister equivalent Pietro Parolin told the Charge March 23 that the Holy See was considering speaking out further on Zimbabwe, but felt compelled to wait until it got the "green light" from the Zimbabwe bishops to do so. He noted t [...]
2007-03-23 15:41:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL ZI VT
07VATICAN76POPE BEMOANS SITUATION IN IRAQ; SPEAKS OUT ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Pope Benedict claimed "nothing positive" was coming from an Iraq "torn apart by continual slaughter" in his widely-publicized Easter address April 8. Following intensive lobbying by Post, the pontiff broke the Holy See's silence on Zimbabwe, decrying the "grievous crisis" in that country [...]
2007-04-10 16:05:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KIRF IZ ZI LE SU VT
07VATICAN85PAPAL VISIT TO BRAZIL: A PREVIEW
[...] (SBU) Pope Benedict XVI travels to Brazil May 9-13 to open a plenary session of the council of Latin American and Caribbean bishops conferences (CELAM). The three most recent continental meetings (Colombia 1968, Mexico 1979, and Dominican Republic 1992) provided direction for the Catholic Chur [...]
2007-05-06 13:05:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF ECON SCUL SOCI BR VT XM
07VATICAN86SANT'EGIDIO PESSIMISTIC REGARDING PRC --HOLY SEE RELATIONS
[...] (C) Valeria Martano of the Vatican-linked Sant'Egidio Community believes China-Holy See relations are stuck in neutral in the short to mid-term because the Chinese do not see a clear benefit to formalizing relations with the Holy See. China's economic clout on the international trade front tak [...]
2007-05-09 00:21:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CH VT
07VATICAN89DAS MADISON ENGAGES VATICAN ON CUBA
[...] (C) WHA DAS Kirsten Madison described the worsening human rights situation in Cuba to the new XXXXXXXXXXXX, and appealed to the Vatican on the issue of the Catholic magazine Vitral. XXXXXXXXXXXX repeated general Vatican support for Vitral and promised to look into the matter further. Monsig [...]
2007-05-14 10:42:00Embassy VaticanSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF CU VT
07VATICAN90HOLY SEE GEARS UP FOR ISRAELIS
[...] (C) The Holy See will host a May 21 plenary session addressing issues related to the 1993 Fundamental Agreement with Israel. The Vatican still hopes for a breakthrough in the stalemated negotiations, but negotiator Fr. David Jaeger told us he feared that the Israelis would not bend on proper [...]
2007-05-18 14:42:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KIRF IS VT
07VATICAN93HOLY SEE ENCOURAGED BY TALKS WITH ISRAEL
[...] (C) Vatican officials were encouraged by the May 21 plenary session with Israel on the Fundamental Agreement (FA) between the Holy See and Israel. While there were no major breakthroughs, officials told us that the Israelis engaged on the issues in a way they had not done before. One import [...]
2007-05-24 15:56:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALSOCI KIRF PHUM IS VT
07VATICAN96HOLY SEE EMPHASIZES BALANCE BETWEEN JUSTICE AND
[...] (C) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with officials from the Holy See and from Vatican-affiliated NGO Sant'Egidio May 22 regarding war crimes issues. The Holy See concurred with Williamson's assessment that a one-size-fits-all approach was sub-optimal when addre [...]
2007-06-13 14:11:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC SOCI VT RW BY SU CG
07VATICAN97EMBASSY VATICAN LINKS NGO SANT'EGIDIO WITH AFRICAN BUREAU
[...] (SBU) Post hosted a digital video conference (DVC) May 25, linking the Community of Sant'Egidio, a Vatican-related NGO, with the Africa Bureau. Embassy Paris's Africa watcher and staff from S/WCI also joined the DVC. Sant'Egidio responded to questions raised by AF on issues related to confl [...]
2007-06-20 08:00:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PHUM SOCI UG IV VT
07VATICAN98VATICAN-AFFILIATED NGO ADDRESSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] (U) This cable is being resent due to an error found with EACT MailReader. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) The U.S.-based Acton Institute, an NGO with significant ties to the Vatican, explored issues related to religious freedom during a March conference in Rome (for informat [...]
2007-06-20 15:59:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF VT
07VATICAN99IRAQ: CHRISTIANS FLEEING FORCED CONVERSIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See and the Chaldeans' European representative, told us in a May meeting that Christians were continuing to flee Iraq in large numbers due to an active campaign of forced conversions to Islam and t [...]
2007-06-21 19:21:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV KIRF PHUM IZ SW VT
07VIENNA1036DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: APRIL 23-24 GAERC AND EU
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) points on the GAERC agenda and ref (b) points on EU Cuba policy to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on April 20. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- Central Asia: There will be no decisions on Central Asia [...]
2007-04-20 12:21:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN ETRD PGOV PHUM CU AU
07VIENNA1197UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- AUSTRIA OPPOSES BELARUS
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 8 to Engelbert Theuermann, the head of the Austrian MFA's Human Rights Bureau. 2. (C) Theuermann said that while EU lobbying efforts on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) did not name Belarus, the criteria that the EU Political and Securi [...]
2007-05-09 08:41:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC AU
07VIENNA1270DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points orally to Austrian MFA Americas Director Rudolf Lennkh and Latin America chief Andreas Melan. 2. (S) Lennkh said Austria follows the situatino in Venezuela very closely, and has also noted with concern the growing relationship between Venezuela a [...]
2007-05-15 09:11:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR AU
07VIENNA1282AUSTRIA ON EU CUBA POLICY -- DISCUSSIONS
[...] (C) During a May 14 meeting, EconPolCouns discussed the state of EU discussions of its policy toward Cuba with Austrian MFA Americas Director Rudolf Lennkh and Latin America chief Andreas Melan. With ref (b) in mind, we reviewed ref (a) points, stressing that this is not the time to soften t [...]
2007-05-15 12:47:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EUN CU AU
07VIENNA1327GUANTANAMO DETAINEE RESETTLEMENT: UN RAPPORTEUR
[...] (S) On May 10, DCM met with Manfred Nowak, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Director of the Vienna-based Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights, to discuss various human rights issues, including the possible resettlement of Guantanamo detainees. Noting that Nowak had publicly called fo [...]
2007-05-21 15:01:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPTER PHUM EUN AU
07VIENNA1648DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: MISSING/DETAINED
[...] (C) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 13 with Ralph Scheide, the Head of the MFA's Middle East and Africa Division (A/S-level) to convey USG concerns (reftel) about the recent pattern of harassment of AmCits in Iran. Scheide expressed support for the USG position, adding that he had recen [...]
2007-06-20 15:38:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM IR AU
07VIENNA1708CONCILIATORY CLIMATE AT WALDHEIM FUNERAL
[...] (U) On June 25, former President Kurt Waldheim was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery following a State Funeral and requiem at St.Stephen's Cathedral. There were also ceremonies at the Vienna International Center (UN City) and in front of the Federal Chancellery honoring Waldheim. Waldhei [...]
2007-06-26 09:38:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM AU
07VIENNA1814DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UNHRC FIFTH SESSION
[...] (SBU) On July 5, EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche regarding the HRC fifth session to Engelbert Theuermann, Director of the MFA's Human Rights Division. Theuermann said that the GoA was disappointed with the number of unsatisfactory outcomes. He cited the expiration of the country-specif [...]
2007-07-09 11:49:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EUN UNHRC AU
07VIENNA1927AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: A COORDINATED APPROACH ON
[...] (SBU) On July 19, Acting EconPol Counselor and PolUnit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Georg Heindl from the MFA's Human Rights Department. Heindl agreed that the USG and EU should speak with one voice to the GOAJ on reftel concerns. Heindl pointed to the strong human rights and de [...]
2007-07-20 15:35:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EUN KDEM OSCE PHUM PREL AU AJ
07VIENNA2102DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: SUPPORT FOR GAER'S CANDIDACY
[...] EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on August 7 to Engelbert Theuermann, Director of the MFA's Human Rights Division. Theuermann appreciated the active role of the United States in the United Nations Committee Against Torture and praised the valuable work of Felice Gaer on that committee. [...]
2007-08-09 14:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA AU
07VIENNA2326DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: TRAVEL BAN ON SYRIAN ACTIVIST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 16:08:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM SA SY AU
07VIENNA2404PLASSNIK TO ATTEND WOMEN LEADERS' WORKING GROUP IN
[...] Elisabeth Koegler, Head of MFA's Unit for International Women's Issues, contacted Econ/PolOff on September 10 to confirm that FM Ursula Plassnik would be attending the breakfast meeting of the Women Leader's Working Group in New York on September 28, 2007 hosted by Secretary Rice. Please not [...]
2007-09-13 12:31:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA KWMN PHUM PREL AU
07VIENNA241LIST OF MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN AUSTRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-01 15:54:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KWMN
07VIENNA2447U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-20 07:29:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC AU
07VIENNA2486NOTE VERBAL FROM AUSTRIAN MFA REGARDING IRAQI
[...] (U) Embassy has received a Diplomatic Note (Text in para 3) from the Austrian Foreign Ministry with a request for information regarding the terms and conditions of employment for translators employed by U.S. military forces in Austria. The request arises from the case of an unnamed applicant f [...]
2007-09-25 14:20:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PREL
07VIENNA2536NOMINATION OF PARTICIPANT FOR WORKSHOP ON
[...] Embassy Vienna nominates the following officer to participate in the Workshop on Radicalization and Muslim Engagement scheduled for October 30-31, 2007 in Washington, DC. 2. Michael Spring, Economic-Political Officer, Human Rights, Religious Freedom, and Muslim Outreach. Top Secret secur [...]
2007-10-01 06:10:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KISL KPAO PREL PTER SCUL SOCI XG AU
07VIENNA2563AUSTRIA FAVORS RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE AS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-04 13:55:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI AU
07VIENNA2669MFA HUMAN TRAFFICKING CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-23 10:17:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM AU
07VIENNA2687MUSLIM INTEGRATION IN AUSTRIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 13:21:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER SMIG AU
07VIENNA2693AUSTRIA: DEMARCHING EU STATES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 07:56:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UN CU AU
07VIENNA2722AUSTRIAN MFA ON BURMA AT EU-ASEAN SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 09:44:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV BM AU
07VIENNA2759GTMO DETAINEES: AUSTRIA SEES "RATHER BLEAK"
[...] (C) DCM and Econ/Pol Counselor met 11/5 with Austrian Chancellor Gusenbauer's diplomatic advisor, Bernhard Wrabetz, to review Austrian thinking on accepting GTMO detainees. Wrabetz had accompanied Chancellor Gusenbauer to the EU Summit in Lisbon on October 18-19, on the margins of which both t [...]
2007-11-07 07:19:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PHUM PREL AU
07VIENNA2780AUSTRIA: ODIHR MONITORING OF RUSSIAN ELECTION
[...] (C) Econ/Pol Counselor met Nov. 9 with Austrian OSCE PermRep Margit Waestenfelt to discuss reftel demarche. Waestenfelt seemed at a loss as to how to respond to the Russian "game." She expected the Russians to continue to drag the process out and make it impossible for even the 70 observers i [...]
2007-11-09 18:00:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM RS AU
07VIENNA2841MINORITY RIGHTS AND DIVISIVE POLITICS IN CARINTHIA
[...] (C) EconPolOff met November 17 with Dr. Marjam Sturm, head of the "Central Association for Slovenes", in Klagenfurt to discuss the situation of the Slovene minority in Carinthia province. Sturm averred that Slovenes are reasonably content in Carinthia, except for the rhetoric of certain local [...]
2007-11-21 16:06:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG AU
07VIENNA2960AUSTRAIN EDUCATION MINISTER RECOMMENDS BILINGUAL
[...] Following a December 13 summit of more than 100 education officials and experts to discuss planned reforms of the Austrian school system, Education Minister Claudia Schmied (Social Democrat Party) proposed that the integration of immigrant children could be enhanced by teaching certain subjects [...]
2007-12-17 15:16:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM AU
07VIENNA396AUSTRIA: NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S
[...] Per reftel request, post nominates Eva Kaufmann, a key staffer in the Austrian NGO LEFOE/IBF. ------------------- Contact Information ------------------- 2. Name: Eva Kaufmann Organization: LEFOE/IBF, Floragasse 7a/7, 1040 Vienna Telephone: 43 1 796 92 98 Email: ibf@lefoe.at --- [...]
2007-02-14 16:06:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KWMN KPAO
07VIENNA415AUSTRIA ON PKO IN SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented ref (a) demarche on February 14 to Austrian MFA Middle East and Africa Director Ralph Scheide and Africa head Caroline Gudenus. 2. (C) Gudenus said the Somalia mission (AMISOM) was extremely important, and Austria would back the EU's extension of support to th [...]
2007-02-15 15:53:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMOPS KPKO PHUM PREL EUN SO AU
07VIENNA492AUSTRIAN SUPPORT FOR BOSNIA'S UNHRC CANDIDACY
[...] EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche regarding UNHRC EEG candidates on February 26 to Engelbert Theuermann, Director of the MFA's Human Rights Division. Theuermann agreed it was important to have strong democracies occupy as many seats as possible on the Council. Theuermann added that the Go [...]
2007-02-26 14:49:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC
07VIENNA532AUSTRIA: SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified; please treat accordingly. 2. Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the seventh annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 27. OVERVIEW ------------ A. Austria as a Country of Transit and Destination P [...]
2007-03-01 15:35:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB AU
07VIENNA657DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: ASEAN EFFORTS TO PROMOTE
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on March 16 to Austrian MFA Asia Director Nikolaus Scherk. 2. (C) Scherk said there had been some sentiment among the Asians to avoid an explicit reference to Burma/Myanmar in the chairman's statement concluding the March 14-15 Nuremberg EU-ASE [...]
2007-03-16 12:36:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM EUN AU
07VIENNA688AUSTRIA SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ACTION ON
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered refetl demarche on March 19 to Austrian MFA Human Rights Director Engelbert Theuermann. Theuermann said Austria is only an observer at the UN Human Rights Council, but plays an active role. He said Austria has an embassy in Zimbabwe, and therefore has followed de [...]
2007-03-20 11:00:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNSCR PREL ZI EUN AU
07VIENNA721DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: BUILDING INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented ref (a) demarche on March 21 to Gerhard Weinberger, the Austrian MFA's Acting Africa Director. 2. (C) Consistent with ref (b),Weinberger said Austria shares our views on the political, economic and security problems in Zimbabwe. He said that in a recent tel [...]
2007-03-21 16:09:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ZI AU
07VIENNA722DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED
[...] EconPolCouns presented reftel demarche on March 21 to Franz-Josef Kuglitsch, acting Middle East director in the Austrian MFA, and Wolfgang Lapuh, the MFA's Near East Director. We argued that the review of the mandate of the special rapporteur should take place in the working group that is re [...]
2007-03-22 07:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNHRC PHUM AU
07VIENNA858AUSTRIA ON GUANTANAMO PRISONERS
[...] (C) Charge delivered refs (a) and (b) points on March 28 to Johannes Kyrle, Secretary General in the Austrian Foreign Ministry. Charge stressed that governments -- like Austria's -- that have been urging the U.S. to close guantanamo could help us do just that by accepting a small number of pr [...]
2007-03-30 14:05:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG AU
07VIENNA970RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: AUSTRIA WILL
[...] (C) During an April 11 meeting with Acting Econ/Pol Counselor, MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff said the GoA would consider accepting one or two Guantanamo detainees. Trauttmansdorff cautioned that it would be a difficult and long process, but there was a certain level of politica [...]
2007-04-13 11:43:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPTER PREL KAWC PHUM AU
07VIENTIANE110DIPLOMATIC TOUR OF RESETTLED HMONG; WHERE ARE ALL
[...] (C) Summary: An MFA-led February 8 tour of one Hmong area near Vientiane proved little about the situation of resettled Hmong in Laos -- especially former insurgents. Only one family of five from the group of 52 economic migrants had been returned to the well-to-do area visited. However the [...]
2007-02-12 10:33:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKCRM KWMN LA PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH
07VIENTIANE12REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM MEETS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Summary: During her first visit to Laos, Representative Betty McCollum met with a series of senior Lao National Assembly (NA) officials, including Madame Pany Yathotu, NA Vice President as well as member of the ruling party's Politburo, members of the NA,s Foreign Affairs Committee, and th [...]
2007-01-08 10:31:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALLA OREP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG SOCI TH
07VIENTIANE144UNHCR AND ICRC REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Bangkok-based representatives of both UNHCR and ICRC to review the recent spurt of issues relating to the problems the Government of Laos (GOL) has with its Hmong minority. Both UNHCR and ICRC help hold keys to resolving Hmong issues, from the decades-old [...]
2007-02-22 09:29:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALLA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
07VIENTIANE154GOVERNANCE, WOMEN'S ISSUES, AND IRI'S EFFORTS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ms. Johanna Kao of the International Republican Institute (IRI) and embassy officers met with government officials, women's groups, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Laos from February 4 - 7. NGO representatives informed Ms. Kao of the difficult operating environmen [...]
2007-02-23 10:07:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWMN PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI EAID LA
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