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06DAKAR2956	GUINEA-BISSAU: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-15 11:38:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID PU

06DAKAR2957	GUINEA BISSAU: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-15 11:38:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID PU
06DAKAR2958	GUINEA BISSAU: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-15 11:38:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID PU
06DAKAR2959	GUINEA BISSAU: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-15 11:38:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID PU
06DAKAR2960	GUINEA BISSAU: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-15 11:38:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID PU
06DAKAR2961	GUINEA BISSAU: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] This cable responds to Ref A on the Worst Forms of Child Labor report. The situation in Guinea-Bissau is little changed since post reported on the 2005 Child Labor Report and the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report (Ref B). BACKGROUND ---------- 2. Guinea-Bissau does not have a serious p [...]	2006-12-15 11:44:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID PU
06DAKAR2999	UPDATE FOR SENEGAL: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] On August 11, 2006, post provided comments on the final draft text of the U.S. Department of Labor's 2005 Worst Forms of Child Labor Report for Senegal, which included earlier Post input (Ref B). The situation in Senegal has changed little since August. The following information is keyed to [...]	2006-12-26 07:55:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM SOCI KCRM SG
06DAKAR527	GUINEA-BISSAU: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Guinea-Bissau is a source of children trafficked for forced agricultural work and begging, primarily in Senegal. Muslim Koranic teachers, known as marabouts, travel from Senegal or send intermediaries to convince parents to send children purportedly for a religious education. Children [...]	2006-03-02 07:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF PU
06DAKAR528	SENEGAL: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: After being upgraded last year from Tier 2 Watch List to Tier 2 status, Senegal has continued to devote significant time and attention to the issue of trafficking in persons. The most important achievement of the past year was passage of its first trafficking-in- persons (TIP) l [...]	2006-03-02 07:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SG
06DAMASCUS1017	SYRIA: ADDITIONAL INPUT ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) As promised in reftel A, Post is providing the SARG's March 2 written response to a query about its stance toward the following international instruments as requested in reftel B. While the following information differs in some cases from that provided for last year's report, it is the [...]	2006-03-08 14:15:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
06DAMASCUS2164	THE SARG'S NEW ECONOMIC SCORECARD [...] (SBU) Summary: The recently enacted 10th Five-Year Plan presents a number of quantifiable targets for reaching seven percent annual GDP growth and represents an agenda for reform against which the SARG's progress can be measured. The plan assumes that broad-based reform will allow the SARG t [...]	2006-05-09 12:37:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EIND ELAB EAGR ENRG SY
06DAMASCUS2394	SYRIA: ADDITIONAL INPUT FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) The Syrian Ministry of Interior (MOI) responded on May 7 to Post's February 2, 2006 diplomatic note with statistics about the number of persons arrested in 2005 on charges of trafficking in persons. According to the diplomatic note, in the last nine months of 2005, authorities had arre [...]	2006-05-23 13:47:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
06DAMASCUS516	SYRIA: ESF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT [...] (U) Post is submitting two projects in order of priority for the ESF Anti-Trafficking in Persons Projects. Post currently does not have any anti-trafficking projects and would be able to monitor and evaluate project progress with the assistance as described in reftel. 2. (U) First Projec [...]	2006-02-08 15:46:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG SY
06DARESSALAAM1835	PRESIDENTIAL DISCONNECT ACROSS ZANZIBAR CHANNEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Zanzibari President, Abeid Amani Karume, raised the isles' political temperature on November 2 with his speech honoring the anniversary of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi's (CCM) 2005 electoral victory. In a public address at Zanzibar State House, Karume denied any political crisis on [...]	2006-11-17 09:52:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON PINR PTER KCRM SNAR
06DARESSALAAM1937	TANZANIA'S UPDATE: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: While official 2005/06 figures on child labor have not been yet be released by Tanzania's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS),stakeholders agree child labor remains a problem in Tanzania, compounded by the scourge of HIV/AIDS, a weak educational system, and rural-urban migration [...]	2006-12-15 08:03:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID TZ
06DARESSALAAM369	Tanzania TIP report [...] (U) Post submits the following responses to questions posed in reftel A regarding the sixth annual trafficking in persons report. Point of contact for trafficking issues in Tanzania is Political Officer Maureen B. Latour who may be reached by telephone at 255.22.2668001, extension 4107 and b [...]	2006-02-27 11:57:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB TZ ASED
06DARESSALAAM63	TANZANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] The Government of Tanzania has taken significant steps to encourage foreign investment by creating an attractive package of incentives for investors and easing bureaucratic requirements. As a result, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Tanzania has increased steadily in the last five years. Tan [...]	2006-01-18 03:52:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB TZ OPIC USTR PGOV
06DHAKA1365	MANAGEMENT ACCEPTS UNION; BUYERS PLEDGE INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: After management fired a newly formed union's members, corporate social responsibility compliance agents, trade groups and labor organizers successfully negotiated the reinstatement of fired workers and union officers. Shortly after the settlement, buyers tripled the garment or [...]	2006-03-14 10:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV BG
06DHAKA1527	FACTORIES COLLAPSE AND BURN; EXPERTS HOLD MEETING; [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 09:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV BG
06DHAKA1528	FACTORIES COLLAPSE AND BURN; EXPERTS HOLD MEETING; [...] (SBU) On March 14, in the wake of the Phoenix factory collapse in Dhaka which killed 21 and injured 50, and of the KTS factory fire in Chittagong which killed at least 61 and injured over a 100, and the Radiant Sweater company fire which killed 3 and injured 22, the Center for Policy Dialogue [...]	2006-03-20 10:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV BG
06DHAKA1740	EYEWITNESSES PLACE KTS FACTORY FIRE DEATHS AT OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Media reported that a fire on February 23 at the Chittagong KTS Textile factory killed 61 people and injured over a hundred. Laboff spoke to KTS factory workers who described the fire which destroyed the factory, left hundreds of workers searching for work, others seeking unpaid [...]	2006-03-30 08:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM PGOV BG
06DHAKA1743	BEPZA HIRES LABOR CONCILATORS IN ANTICIPATION OF [...] (SBU) Towards the end of 2005, the Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) hired two labor "conciliators" pursuant to chapter five --Conciliation and Arbitration -- of the EPZ Workers Association and Industrial Relations Act, 2004 (the EPZ Law). According to the law, the concilia [...]	2006-03-30 09:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV BG
06DHAKA3002	GARMENT WORKERS PROTESTS ERUPT IN VIOLENCE [...] (U) Summary: Garment worker protests at a Savar factory May 22 quickly spilled over to other factories and then into the Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ). Police were slow to respond, but had the situation under control by late afternoon. Reports indicate one death, several injuries [...]	2006-05-23 11:23:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON ASEC BG
06DHAKA4412	BANGLADESH RMG SECTOR LABOR UNREST - CAUSES AND [...] Nearly two months after labor unrest exploded into violence outside of Dhaka, the ready-made garment (RMG) industry has largely returned to normal. Agreements negotiated between industry and labor groups must still be implemented, with a decision on the most contentious issue -- raising th [...]	2006-07-18 11:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD ECON PHUM BG
06DHAKA5515	EXPORT ZONE CHAIRMAN OUTLINES PLANS FOR DEALING [...] (U) Summary. Economic officers visiting the Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) on 27 August were surprised to find themselves meeting with BEPZA Executive Chairman, Brigadier General Ashraf Abdullah Yussuf, for over forty minutes instead of the head of BEPZA's statistics off [...]	2006-08-31 06:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIN ELAB ETRD EIND BG
06DHAKA6077	GARMENT WORKERS TAKE TO STREETS [...] (SBU) On September 30, media reported that garment workers from several factories ransacked police stations and damaged 50 vehicles to protest for better pay. Police responded with rubber bullets and teargas, resulting in 50 police officers injured along with several journalists. 2. (SBU) [...]	2006-10-02 04:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV BG
06DHAKA6258	GARMENT WORKERS RAMPAGE [...] (SBU) Local media reported that garment workers blocked roads, ransacked over 100 factories, and looted storefronts in the Dhaka areas of Mipur, Uttara, Gazipur and to a limited extent Savar over a period of four hours on 10 October. Police fired blank shotgun rounds and deployed tear gas in an [...]	2006-10-12 02:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV BG
06DHAKA6299	NATIONAL WAGE BOARD OFFERS INCREASED MINIMUM WAGE [...] (SBU) On 12 October, the National Wage Board, composed of representatives from labor, government and management, announced what they insisted was the Board's final recommendation to increase the minimum wage for garment workers from 930 to 1,662.50 taka (25 USD) per month. If approved by the [...]	2006-10-16 10:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV BG
06DHAKA6346	BEPZA PLANS FOR WORKER ASSOCIATION ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) Deputy Secretary Morshed Alam discussed with laboff BEPZA's plans to prepare for Workers Association (WA) elections. Alam confirmed BEPZA will announce its plans to factory managers, and BEPZA counselors and administrators before the en [...]	2006-10-19 08:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV BG
06DHAKA6636	SEARCH FOR ALLEGED CHILD WORKERS AT HARVEST RICH [...] Summary: After a labor rights group acccused the Harvest Rich Garment factory of using child labor, Harvest Rich denied the allegations and produced some of the alleged child workers, who said they are 18 or older. Visiting buyers were unable to find any evidence of child workers, while NLC was [...]	2006-11-09 08:21:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV CASC BG
06DHAKA683	IMPLEMENTATION OF WRWC EPZ LAW PRESSES ON [...] (SBU) The Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) continues to press ahead in implementing the EPZ Workers Association and Industrial Relations Act, 2004 (the EPZ Law). BEPZA's Savar Export Processing Zone General Manager Kamal Ahkter told laboff that by the beginning of February, [...]	2006-02-09 00:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV BG
06DHAKA776	REQUEST FOR ESF FUNDING [...] Per reftel, post is forwarding the following TIP proposal submitted from the Daywalka Foundation. Post supports the enclosed proposal. 2. Daywalka, in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM),submitted this 2 year proposal for funding in 2005 with Post's input [...]	2006-02-14 00:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC BG PGOV
06DOHA303	QATAR: 2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified--entire report. 2. (U) Embassy Point of Contact is Political Officer, Farah Chery-Medor. Tel. 974-488-4101 ext. 6453. Fax 974 488-4163. One FS-04 officer spent 34 hours in the preparation of this report cable. 3. (U) Following is post's sixth annual Anti- [...]	2006-02-27 12:58:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB QA
06DOHA456	DOHA ROUNDUP [...] Topics: ----------- -Energy & Economy, paragraphs 2-4 -Labor, para. 5 -Civil Society, para. 6 -Drug Abuse, para. 7 --------------------------- Launch of Energy City Qatar --------------------------- 2. Hailed as the Middle East's first energy business hub, Energy City Qatar (ECQ),[...]	2006-03-26 13:12:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EINV ELAB KDEM PHUM PGOV INL SOCI
06DOHA51	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: QATAR [...] This report serves as the 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Qatar. It will be provided to assist U.S. investors wishing to do business in Qatar. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement. A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment: The government of Qatar, under the leadership of the [...]	2006-01-10 15:11:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET QA KTBD OPIC USTR ECON
06DUBAI3374	KHOR FAKKAN PORT - A TRANSHIPPMENT HUB [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 17:02:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD ELAB AE IZ IR
06DUBAI4457	IRAN PURGES PROFESSORS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 15:12:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR ECON ELAB
06DUBAI5512	IRPO: IRAN'S MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE DISASTROUS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 13:11:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR ECON EFIN ELAB
06DUBLIN262	IRELAND - 2006 ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The most significant trafficking development in Ireland in 2005 was an increase in government attention to the problem. The government formed a working group between the Department of Justice and the police and wrote legislation bringing Ireland into conformity with UN and EU [...]	2006-03-13 15:33:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EI
06DUBLIN356	IRELAND STICKS TO "SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP" ON [...] Summary: Biannual negotiations on a new national wage agreement are underway among labor, employers and the Government, the so-called "Social Partnership" process that has underpinned Ireland's past economic success, but which some commentators increasingly view as anachronistic. The agr [...]	2006-04-04 16:19:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EI
06DUSHANBE1740	TAJIK KIDS ARE PICKIN' COTTON! [...] Cotton picking season has descended on Tajikistan, and just as in the days of central planning, several reporting districts are already exceeding set targets. According to news reports, Kulob region in Khatlon Olbast has yielded over 21,000 tons of cotton - 26% of the region's annual target. [...]	2006-09-22 09:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE1749	FASHION ALERT - TAJIKISTAN'S TEXTILES HIT THE WORLD MARKET [...] This cable responds to action request (ref A) for data on the textile and apparel market in Tajikistan. 2. INTRODUCTION: Walking down the streets of Dushanbe, a trained eye easily spots the latest fashion trends among the many pedestrians. Men sport short-sleeve button-down shirts and t [...]	2006-09-22 14:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD TI EAGR EIND ELAB PGOV
06DUSHANBE1844	VROOM! VROOM! CAR SHOPPING IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's automotive imports reached $177.4 million for the first eight months of 2006, a 300% jump from the previous year, according to GosKomStat. Despite high gasoline prices and massive shipping costs, Tajikistan's "nouveau riche" enjoys spending its wealth on high-priced [...]	2006-10-10 05:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ELTN EINV EIND ELAB PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE1845	SOUTHERN TAJIKISTAN: ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE HELPS DUST OFF [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: Kulob recently celebrated the 2,700-year anniversary of its founding. Unfortunately, the nearly three millennia have not been kind to the city. Three hours southeast of Dushanbe, Kulob (known as Kulyab in Russian) is a town of 30,000-50,000 people. All across Tajikistan, [...]	2006-10-10 05:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE1846	SOUTHERN TAJIKISTAN'S RUSTED BELT: INDUSTRY IN [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: Called Kurgan-Tube by the Soviets, Qurghon-Teppa is a depressed city of 80,000 people, sixty minutes south of Dushanbe in the Khatlon region. Remains of the city's crumbling industrial infrastructure line city streets. The mayor threatened to re-nationalize failing industr [...]	2006-10-10 05:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE1908	DON'T DRINK THE BOTTLED WATER, EITHER: THREE TAJIK [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: EmbOffs met October 13 with representatives of three companies in Hissor, located 25 minutes west of Dushanbe. On the railway line from Uzbekistan to Dushanbe, Hissor is a key wholesale trading area, with construction materials, gas, wheat flour, canned food, and water bo [...]	2006-10-18 07:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE2247	THE FUTURE OF TAJIK COTTON - ANYTHING BUT LIGHT AND FLUFFY [...] (U) Summary: Despite the ailing cotton sector's debt-ridden farms and declining harvest, cotton remains Tajikistan's most important export and biggest crop. International donors have joined forces, backing major projects to reinvigorate the sector. The Government of Tajikistan, the National [...]	2006-12-22 14:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EAID ELAB PGOV PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE397	TAJIKISTAN'S 2005-2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] The following is Embassy Dushanbe's 2005-2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. Post's lettering system matches reftel's. OVERVIEW OF TAJIKISTAN'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS A. Tajikistan is an origin country for trafficking. International trafficking for the purposes [...]	2006-02-28 14:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC
06DUSHANBE704	TAJIK JOURNALISTS UNION SUSPENSION NOT A CRACK DOWN ON MEDIA [...] On April 11 the Ministry of Justice announced a Dushanbe district court suspended the Union of Journalists of Tajikistan for three months. The suspension is not seen as a threat to media freedom, but rather a move by the government to oust the Union's current chairman, Hayot Davlatov. 2. [...]	2006-04-14 06:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM TI
06DUSSELDORF47	GERMAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY DISAPPOINTMENT WITH FEDERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: German business leaders are expressing disappointment with the lack of economic reforms under the Merkel government. Some executives go so far as to say that the previous SPD-led government was more active in pushing reforms and paid greater attention to business' concerns. T [...]	2006-12-14 11:22:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB BEXP GM
06FLORENCE12	APPROACHES TO ECONOMIC STAGNATION IN ITALY'S CENTER-NORTH: A [...] Summary. Italian business associations from the Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany regions report a slowdown in traditional manufacturing industry output and a decline in earnings for regional producers. Local observers attribute this stagnation to a decrease in competitiveness of Italian products [...]	2006-01-24 11:57:00	Consulate Florence	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ETRD EFIN IT EUN
06FLORENCE24	TIP 2005 REPORT FOR SAN MARINO [...] (SBU) Following is Congen Florence TIP report for the Republic of San Marino: Overview: San Marino is not a country of origin for international trafficking of persons, nor is it a country of transit or destination of such persons. According to Government officials, there has not been a [...]	2006-03-01 09:04:00	Consulate Florence	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SM EUN HUMAN RIGHTS
06FRANKFURT4232	TIP: Follow-Up on Pre-World Cup Raids in State of Hesse [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In pre-World Cup raids against forced prostitution and trafficking in the German state of Hesse on May 10, German law enforcement officials detained 74 persons. Police and NGOs are now working with prostitutes to identify trafficking victims and build cases against pimps/traffic [...]	2006-06-21 06:51:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC GM
06FRANKFURT4327	Two German States Tackle Demographic Challenges [...] SUMMARY: The states of Hesse and Saarland, like much of Germany, face tectonic shifts as their populations stagnate and age. Whereas Saarland is home to Western Germany's most rapidly shrinking population, Hesse's uneven growth is causing public policy challenges. Their differing approaches t [...]	2006-06-23 14:51:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI ECON ELAB PGOV GM
06FRANKFURT8141	German Women, Economy Stuck at Glass Ceiling [...] In a city of skyscrapers and boardrooms, the absence of top female management in Frankfurt is striking -- nor is Frankfurt unique in Germany. The "glass ceiling" for women in the German workforce is remarkably pervasive and persistent, fueling Germany's demographic problems and lowering potent [...]	2006-12-08 14:46:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI KWMN ECON ELAB PGOV GM
06FREETOWN322	Sierra Leoneans React to Human Rights Report [...] On April 13, the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee hosted its second annual workshop on the status of human rights in Sierra Leone and used the State Department's Country Report on Human Rights Practices as its basis for discussion. Human Rights Committee Chairman Dr. Alusine Fofana used t [...]	2006-04-19 17:11:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PREL SL
06FREETOWN957	FREETOWN GRANTS G/TIP COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Amy Lemar, Program Analyst for Africa in the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),to Freetown December 10 - 14. A contract expediter meets all visitors - see para 9 below. Visitors are urged to read the conten [...]	2006-11-22 14:52:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KCRM KWMN PHUM ELAB SMIG NI BN SG SL
06FUKUOKA14	KYUSHU'S AGING SOCIETY CREATING BOTH HEADACHES AND [...] While analysts frequently warn about the coming demographic and fiscal challenges that Japan's aging population will pose, in much of the Kyushu/Yamaguchi region that future has already arrived. Senior citizens age 65 and over now account for more than one in five Kyushu residents, and this pr [...]	2006-02-28 10:37:00	Consulate Fukuoka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB SOCI PGOV BTIO JA
06GABORONE431	BOTSWANA BALANCES BUDGET ON HIGHER DIAMOND EXPORTS [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Botswana expects to balance its budget in 2006, thanks to growth in revenues from the mining sector and a one-off payment from the old Southern African Customs Union agreement. Although Minister of Finance Gaolathe predicted 6 percent growth for the next two to th [...]	2006-03-28 14:19:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB BC
06GABORONE623	INFIGHTING, LACK OF CAPACITY HOBBLES BOTSWANA LABOR [...] Summary: The majority of trade unions represented at May Day celebrations in Gaborone have dismissed their umbrella body, the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU),as worthless. Unionists accused the government and employers of destabilizing their organizations by instigating factiona [...]	2006-05-08 13:35:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PHUM BC
06GENEVA1699	ECOSOC HIGH LEVEL SEGMENT ADOPTS MINISTERIAL [...] The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held its High Level Segment in Geneva July 3-5 to discuss the linkage between employment and economic development. A 40-paragraph Ministerial Declaration was adopted after protracted negotiations, drawing attention to the needs of the world's unempl [...]	2006-07-11 11:39:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB EAGR ETRD EFIN PHUM KUNR ECOSOC UN
06GENEVA1748	ECOSOC 2006 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION: COORDINATION [...] (U) Summary: The Coordination Segment (CS) of ECOSOC's Substantive Session met July 6-10 and again on July 17 in Geneva. The Coordination Segment theme "Sustained economic growth for social development, including poverty eradication and hunger" had strong thematic links to the High Level Seg [...]	2006-07-18 14:38:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ELAB KUNR TBIO
06GEORGETOWN107	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR GUYANA [...] The Government of Guyana encourages foreign direct investment in almost all sectors. Billed as a "first stop shop" for investors, the Guyana Office for Investment (GO- INVEST) is charged with leading government efforts to attract foreign and domestic investment. GO-INVEST focuses primarily [...]	2006-01-31 19:28:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB GY OPIC USTR
06GEORGETOWN158	LABOR STRUGGLES TO UNIFY AS GOG SEIZES INITIATIVE [...] SUMMARY: A number of simmering labor issues have emerged in the run-up to the elections. The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is in an ongoing struggle for government salary arbitration with unclear ends and limited impact to date. The Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) is contesting a propo [...]	2006-02-15 13:14:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV GY
06GEORGETOWN197	SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ASSESSMENT- [...] (SBU) The following is Embassy Georgetown's submission of information requested in reftel for the 2006 Annual Trafficking in Persons Report: BEGIN REPORT. Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: -- A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destinat [...]	2006-03-01 15:31:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD GY
06GEORGETOWN208	GOG TO INVESTIGATE UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS IN INTERIOR [...] (SBU) Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC),Robeson Benn, informed EconOff on February 28 that mine officers and immigration officials will begin inspecting interior mining locations by the second week of March in an effort to identify and regularize undocumented work [...]	2006-03-03 12:21:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SMIG ELAB CVIS KCRM KCOR GY
06GEORGETOWN405	GUYANA ECONOMIC & COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP APRIL 2006 [...] Mining: Diamond, Bauxite Production Increase 2. Trade: Guyanese Companies to Participate in Orlando Trade Fair 3. Agriculture: Exports of Non-Traditional Crops High Despite 2006 Flood 4. Financial system: Excess Liquidity, Declining Interest Rates 5. Investment: Financing Deal for Teperu [...]	2006-05-04 14:51:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EMIN ELAB EFIN EAID BBSR BEXP GY
06GEORGETOWN419	NOMINEES FOR REGIONAL ANTI-TIP TRAINING: GUYANA [...] As requested in reftel, post, in coordination with the Ministry of Labor, Human Services, and Social Security (MLHASS),nominates the following individuals for the June 19-30 "Trafficking in persons Course for Investigators": 1) Name: Francis Trim Rank: Assistant Superintendent, Guyana Po [...]	2006-05-10 19:23:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SMIG KCRM KWMN ELAB EAID GY
06GEORGETOWN839	CHILD LABOR AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) DIGEST-JULY [...] NGO in project to combat child labor in Region Three 2. Shadick: TIP Networks to be established countrywide 3. Indigenous group calls for intervention by people trafficking unit in Region Seven 4. Shadick taps Amerindian Captains, Councillors for TIP training 5. Shadick Under Fire for Comm [...]	2006-08-23 16:54:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PHUM SOCI KCRM GY
06GUANGZHOU10088	An Overview of the Pearl River Delta: Hong Kong's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Guangdong, Hong Kong Consul General Cunningham met with officials and business leaders to discuss the rapid economic growth of southern Guangdong and its consequences for Hong Kong industry and the region's environment. The Consul General visited Guang [...]	2006-04-04 09:06:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI EINV ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU10089	AmCham Presents Report on the State of Business in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The American Chamber of Commerce in Guangdong recently released survey results that found that three-quarters of the participants -- who were engaged almost equally in providing goods and services -- have profitable operations in China. The production of goods or services for [...]	2006-04-04 09:07:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV ELAB CH TBIO
06GUANGZHOU11065	Short March: Jaunt Through Jieyang -- Poor But [...] (SBU) Summary: One of the oldest and most densely populated municipalities in the province, Jieyang in eastern Guangdong has not been nearly as successful as its neighbors in economic development. Local officials admitted that they might not be up to the challenge of overcoming numerous prob [...]	2006-04-11 03:51:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV ECIN ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU11469	Revolution and Remembrance -- The Last Stand of [...] (U) Summary: War and revolution -- including that of a cultural nature -- have not been kind to the once highly civilized city of Chaozhou in eastern Guangdong. Still, some artisans hid treasures during the Cultural Revolution and preserved the expertise and aesthetic level as best they cou [...]	2006-04-12 07:17:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR SCUL ELAB PINR CH
06GUANGZHOU11568	Short March: Innovation and IPR in Huizhou -- TCL [...] (SBU) Summary: TCL Communications -- part of embattled color television and cell phone giant TCL and one of the largest domestic manufacturers of fixed line phone equipment in China -- is itself struggling to find some greater room in a highly competitive environment for a relatively low tech [...]	2006-04-13 07:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD EINV KPAO ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU13564	Migrant Labor and Rural Disputes in Guangdong: [...] (SBU) Summary: Migrant labor and land issues headed the agenda of the recent visit by two human rights officers to Guangdong province. The trip was an excellent opportunity to probe some of Southern China's most sensitive issues: migrant laborer discrimination and corruption in land compensa [...]	2006-04-28 09:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ELAB EAGR SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU14818	Long March: Restoring Streets, Harbor, and Pride in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Zhangzhou Prefecture, in southwest Fujian, was once a major Chinese port. Today leaders are trying to restore the area to its golden era by developing the Zhangzhou harbor, attracting business, strengthening ties with Taiwan, and renovating cultural and historical sites. Leade [...]	2006-05-17 09:17:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU14846	XIAMEN'S ECONOMIC AND LABOR SITUATION: RISING WAGES [...] (SBU) Summary. Xiamen is Fujian's economic powerhouse, but like many highly developed coastal cities, it suffers from labor shortages in certain sectors. The manufacturing sector remains its principal job provider, but its service industry is quickly gaining ground. Average wages in the cit [...]	2006-05-18 02:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EINV SOCI EAGR CH
06GUANGZHOU25215	EMPLOYEES FORM FIRST UNION AT WAL-MART IN CHINA [...] (U) SUMMARY: WAL-MART EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY OF QUANZHOU, FUJIAN PROVINCE, RECENTLY ESTABLISHED THE FIRST UNION FOR THE STORE'S EMPLOYEES IN CHINA. ON SATURDAY, JULY 29, THE WAL-MART UNION MEMBERS ELECTED A SEVEN-PERSON COMMITTEE AND SELECTED 29-YEAR OLD KE YUNLONG AS CHAIRMAN. ACCORDING TO T [...]	2006-08-02 07:51:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON CH
06GUANGZHOU25667	SOUTH CHINA Q1 ECONOMIC REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: THIS REPORT REVIEWS THE 2006 FIRST QUARTER ECONOMIC AND TRADE PERFORMANCE FOR SOUTH CHINA. ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR GUANGDONG, FUJIAN, AND HAINAN PROVINCES AS WELL AS FOR THE GUANGXI ZHUANG AUTONOMOUS REGION SHOW SIGNIFICANT GROWTH. EACH PROVINCE OR REGION RECORDED DOUBLE- DIGIT [...]	2006-08-08 01:35:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU26903	THE HEAT IS ON: GUANGDONG PROVINCE H1 ECONOMIC [...] (U) SUMMARY. This report offers an overview of the economic performance in the first half of 2006 for Guangdong Province. The province continues to be an economic hot spot despite government control measures, murky bookkeeping, and natural disasters. The strong industrial and export sectors [...]	2006-08-14 08:23:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU29114	South China H1 Economic Report: Fujian, Guangxi, [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the first half of 2006, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Fujian Province, and Hainan Province recorded rapid growth rates despite government control measures and natural disasters. Strong industrial and export sectors fueled rapidly rising gross domestic product (GDP) figures [...]	2006-08-30 09:19:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU31579	South China's White Collar Worker Shortage [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Speakers at an October 16 conference on human resources organized by the American Chamber of Commerce - South China addressed the increasingly serious competition among foreign multinationals in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) for the limited number of skilled professionals [...]	2006-10-20 08:30:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU32171	Guangdong Real Faith Enterprises Group: Exporting [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guangdong Real Faith Enterprises Group, like many of the large, Chinese-owned, general manufacturing conglomerates in the Pearl River Delta, takes advantage of low labor costs, domestic suppliers, proximity to high-volume shipping hubs, and a ready supply of capital from Chinese [...]	2006-11-06 03:31:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD CH
06GUANGZHOU32263	Labor Law Implementation and CSR Cynicism are Key [...] (U) Summary: Despite China's many international labor commitments, migrant workers remain poorly trained, overworked and underpaid, according to experts at a recent conference on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Shenzhen. Many legal experts said that China's labor laws are theoretical [...]	2006-11-13 08:28:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32364	Two Shenzhen Labor Campaigns Stopped: NGOs Closed [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Shenzhen officials continue to be concerned about the activities of labor NGOs and recent government reaction to restrict their political activities seems to bear this out. On November 9, during investiga [...]	2006-12-04 07:47:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32384	Hewitt Associates Survey on Expat Hiring: Number of Expats [...] (U) Summary: Among the recent conclusions of a Hewitt Associates study of Expatriate Hiring and Returnee Wages and Benefits released December 7 were: -- An expected increase in the number of expats from 150,000 to over 200,000 within a few years; as business opportunities for foreign firms gr [...]	2006-12-08 08:07:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU32394	Guangdong Province Q3 Economic Report [...] (U) SUMMARY: Guangdong Province registered double-digit gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the third quarter (Q3) of 2006 despite government control measures and an emphasis on increasing domestic consumption. Fixed asset investment did not grow as rapidly compared to the same period in 2 [...]	2006-12-13 05:20:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU32401	Huawei: The Human Resource Component of a Modern Chinese [...] (U) When you walk around the Huawei "campus," you are staring into China's future in more ways than one. Huawei, one of China's brightest lights in terms of telephone service (fixed, mobile, routers and connectors) and one of the country's most internationally-oriented firms, is also a pionee [...]	2006-12-15 08:03:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD EINV CH
06GUANGZHOU32402	Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Q3 Economic [...] (U) SUMMARY: Guangxi's gross domestic product (GDP) growth reached a record high 13.1% in the third quarter (Q3) of 2006. The Statistics Bureau again characterized Guangxi's economic development as "fast and steady" despite government control measures. The secondary and tertiary sectors expe [...]	2006-12-15 08:05:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU32406	Visit of HHS Secretary to Guangzhou Highlights Infectious [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael O. Leavitt and his delegation met with doctors, hospital and orphanage administrators, students, and businesspersons to discuss infectious diseases and health-care issues during a December 11-12, 2006 visit to Guangzhou. Hi [...]	2006-12-18 02:33:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI ECON ELAB PGOV SCUL SENV CH
06GUANGZHOU32421	Labor Conditions in the Pearl River Delta (Part 1 of 3): [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Many migrant workers in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) - mostly little-educated young people, including some who are underage, from interior and western provinces - continue to face harsh and unsafe working conditions, long hours, overtime wage arrears, child labor, unsuitable liv [...]	2006-12-19 07:08:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32431	Labor Conditions in the Pearl River Delta (Part 2 of 3): [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Provincial and municipal authorities both inside and outside of Guangdong Province have enacted protective measures such as labor rights training, vocational training, higher minimum wages, labor inspections, and the blacklisting of malfeasant companies to deal with labor viola [...]	2006-12-19 07:48:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU32432	Labor Conditions in the Pearl River Delta (Part 3 [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) Summary: Pearl River Delta (PRD) labor conditions remain poor because many migrant workers are ignorant of their basic rights, too destitute to pursue complaints legally, are barred from receiving minimum wages and [...]	2006-12-19 07:56:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
06GUANGZHOU5377	Journey to the West Heads South to the Guangxi [...] (SBU) Summary: In Guangxi, the three port cities of Pingxiang, Dongxing and Fangchenggang boast a relatively healthy trade with neighboring Vietnam, though Dongxing's and Fangchenggang's access to the sea demonstrate a clear economic advantage over land-locked Pingxiang. Budding signs of fore [...]	2006-02-27 08:42:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV ECIN ELAB CH
06GUATEMALA1000	GUATEMALAN LAND REFORM FLOUNDERING [...] (SBU) Summary: Lack of a clear land policy has sparked trouble for the Government of Guatemala. Historical problems over land ownership, disputes between peasants and landowners, land takeover and forced evictions, plus friction among the Ministry of Agriculture, Secretary of Agrarian Affairs a [...]	2006-05-22 13:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ELAB EAGR ECON GT
06GUATEMALA1012	GUATEMALAN NATIONAL DIALOGUE OFF TO SHAKY START [...] The GOG kicked off a new national dialogue on social issues on May 15. Formally called the National Accords for the Implementation of Social Spending and the Reduction of Poverty, the effort aims to bring together elements of Guatemalan government and society to share ideas on addressing pov [...]	2006-05-23 22:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB EAID PGOV EFIN EAGR GT
06GUATEMALA2452	GUATEMALA: 2007 UAE/UN-HOSTED GLOBAL TIP CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-15 17:49:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG GT
06GUATEMALA419	Staggered CAFTA implementation hurts textile and [...] (U) Reftel transmitted a letter from the Guatemalan Minister of Economy to USTR Portman outlining problems Guatemalan textile and apparel manufacturers face because of staggered CAFTA implementation. On February 27, the Ambassador received the head of the Guatemalan textile and apparel commi [...]	2006-02-28 22:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EIND BEXP ECON ELAB GT
06GUATEMALA421	GUATEMALA'S TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION [...] Embassy Guatemala's point of contact for trafficking in persons (TIP) is Labor Attache Troy Fitrell, [502]2326-4635, and fax [502]2334-8474. Troy Fitrell (FS-2) spent 10 hours on the preparation of this report. PolOff Sarah Palaia (FS-4) spent 25 hours on the preparation of this report. PolS [...]	2006-03-01 15:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT

06GUATEMALA440	GUATEMALA'S CAFTA LABOR PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] As requested reftel, below please find six proposals for labor projects in CAFTA-DR countries. The proposals are not assigned to specific branches of the U.S. government as we hope the proposals will be discussed on their merits before any of them are linked to specific agencies or offices (a [...]	2006-03-03 14:43:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID ETRD GT
06GUATEMALA49	GUATEMALA: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-11 22:09:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB ECON GT OPIC EXIM
06GUATEMALA502	CAFTA RELATED INVESTMENT INTEREST IN GUATEMALA [...] Since CAFTA's ratification in March 2005, foreign firms have shown an increased interest in investing in Guatemala. While some companies have finalized their investments, others are still evaluating the country's investment climate. Potential investors cite the government's need to tackle the [...]	2006-03-13 21:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB ECON EIND GT
06GUATEMALA593	GUATEMALAN COURT ADDRESSES DOMESTIC LABOR ISSUES [...] Summary: Guatemala's Constitutional Court suspended two articles of the Guatemalan Labor Code that exempted domestic laborers from standard legal protections. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has had a standing recommendation to Guatemala to reform these articles for more than seve [...]	2006-03-23 22:32:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PGOV GT
06GUATEMALA606	GUATEMALAN SUPREME COURT REQUESTS LABOR JUSTICE [...] The President of the Guatemalan Supreme Court, Beatriz de Leon Reyes de Barreda, sent the Ambassador a formal request for assistance to improve the administration of labor justice in Guatemala. Her request tallies precisely with our Ref (A) Proposal to Strengthen the Labor Justice System, whic [...]	2006-03-27 21:48:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB ECON PGOV GT
06HALIFAX90	NOVA SCOTIA GOVERNMENT AIDS PULP AND PAPER COMPANY ON EVE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Conservative Premier Rodney MacDonald of Nova Scotia is calculating that his government's C$65 million offer of assistance to an ailing paper exporter to the United States will pass the subsidy test. However, this cash infusion could be only the first step in providing additi [...]	2006-05-05 19:21:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR ELAB PGOV CA
06HANOI173	VIETNAM: FY2006 INCLE AND ESF TIP PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-19 23:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB SMIG EAID KCRM KFRD VM
06HANOI2633	Vietnam Addresses Workforce Anxiety in APEC Conference [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dealing with the anxieties and needs of the Vietnamese workforce as the country becomes more integrated into the world economy is high on the minds of the Vietnamese. This explains the huge turnout for a two-day APEC labor conference in Hanoi. Some 175 participants from Vietna [...]	2006-10-13 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ECON ETRD EINV WTRO VM
06HANOI2822	VIETNAM'S FIRST HIV/AIDS LAW: TRANSFORMING NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29, 2006, the National Assembly of Vietnam passed the Law on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control. The legislation, the first on this subject, goes into effect on January 1, 2007. While details are still under discussion, this bold and comprehensive new Law demonstrates Vie [...]	2006-11-08 00:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PINR PROP SOCI TBIO KHIV VM
06HANOI3019	VIETNAM NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES NEW LABOR LAWS [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly passed two important pieces of labor legislation in its fall session, one governing labor disputes and another regulating the country's burgeoning export labor industry. Labor experts note that the new strikes law could help open the door to greater freedom [...]	2006-12-15 10:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV ETRD EIND EINV VM
06HANOI3081	YEAR-END LABOR STRIFE SEEN LESS LIKELY IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: One year after a wave of labor unrest hit lower-paying foreign-owned factories in Vietnam, workers, businesses and government officials say that similar labor strife is less likely now. Labor experts state that tensions are lower because of last year's government-mandated wage i [...]	2006-12-28 09:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV ETRD EIND EINV VM
06HANOI833	Vietnam Tackling Abusive Export Labor Firms [...] (SBU) Summary: Confronted with problems related to a burgeoning export labor industry, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) is taking action to regulate the industry and protect workers from potential abuse. In an effort to mitigate unemployment and develop its pool of skilled workers, the Governm [...]	2006-04-12 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM KCRM PINS VM TIP
06HARARE1078	LABOR LEADERS IMPRESS STAFFDEL WITH CANDID TALK OF [...] (U) A congressional staff delegation visiting Zimbabwe came away from a meeting with two prominent labor leaders impressed with their candid discussion of the fractured state of the opposition movement and sobering description of the daily challenges workers face in Zimbabwe's severely depress [...]	2006-09-06 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB ZI
06HARARE113	ADDENDUM TO ZIMBABWE SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 07:24:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ZI KDEM
06HARARE1130	PREVIEW OF LABOR'S PLANS FOR NATIONWIDE [...] (C) The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) plans to lead processions in 35 cities and towns throughout the country on Wednesday, September 13 to protest against poor wages, high taxes, weak economic conditions, lack of access to HIV/AIDS drugs, and continuing harassment of civil society [...]	2006-09-12 14:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB ZI
06HARARE1143	GOVERNMENT INTIMIDATION AND PREEMPTIVE ARRESTS [...] (C) Government preemptive actions forestalled a series of planned protests by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions' (ZCTU) on Wednesday, September 13. Over 100 ZCTU members were detained and police reportedly severely beat several union leaders. The government press called the ZCTU protests [...]	2006-09-15 11:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB ZI
06HARARE1163	ZCTU MEMBERS RECOUNT TO AMBASSADOR POLICE [...] (C) ZCTU leaders described to the Ambassador their arrest and brutal beatings by Zimbabwe police following their attempted demonstration on September 13 (Ref). They noted that the police van in which they were to be transported to the police station was on empty. At the notorious Matapi sta [...]	2006-09-21 14:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ZI
06HARARE1175	AMERICAN LABOR DELEGATION DENIED ENTRY TO ZIMBABWE [...] (U) An African-American labor delegation was denied entry to Zimbabwe September 22 despite holding valid visas. The visit had been in the planning for months. The only explanation from the GOZ was that the visit was now "unacceptable.Q8 We believe the GOZ feared the visit would draw attenti [...]	2006-09-25 06:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB ZI
06HARARE1242	ZIMBABWE NOT COMPLIANT WITH AGOA ELIGIBILITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 10:15:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	AGOA ASEC ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM ZI
06HARARE128	ZIMBABWE ESF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT [...] Summary. Embassy Harare submits the following International Organization for Migration (IOM) proposal for funding consideration from FY2006 ESF appropriations. The proposal is for assistance to IOM's activities in Zimbabwe as part of the Southern African Counter-Trafficking Assistance Progra [...]	2006-02-07 14:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG ZI KWMN KCRM
06HARARE1475	UPDATE FOR WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT - [...] (U) In 2006, Zimbabwe endured the seventh straight year of economic contraction. According to NGOs and labor groups, the incidence of child labor has continued to increase as a result of declining economic and social conditions, which have made children more susceptible to the exploitative fo [...]	2006-12-18 12:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB ZI
06HARARE1481	ZIMBABWE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe's mis-governance has severely crippled the local economy, making it unlikely to attract or absorb significant foreign direct investment in 2007. Investment prospects are bound to remain dismal due to the country's unstable economic and political environment. G [...]	2006-12-19 13:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
06HARARE1490	UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (C) Summary. Recent developments in the GOZ's efforts to combat trafficking are encouraging, but we remain guarded that they have the political will and resources to follow through on stated plans. Since April, the government has established an inter-ministerial taskforce, a woman was sentenc [...]	2006-12-20 12:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID
06HARARE1491	UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (C) Summary. Recent developments in the GOZ's efforts to combat trafficking are encouraging, but we remain guarded that they have the political will and resources to follow through on stated plans. Since April, the government has established an inter-ministerial taskforce, a woman was sentenc [...]	2006-12-20 14:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID ZI
06HARARE1500	UPDATE ON EFFORTS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Retransmission of Harare 1490 with correct subject line. (C) Summary. Recent developments in the GOZ's efforts to combat trafficking are encouraging, but we remain guarded that they have the political will and resources to follow through on stated plans. Since April, the government has esta [...]	2006-12-28 07:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB USAID ZI
06HARARE252	ZIMBABWE ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe is a country of origin and transit for trafficked persons. This year there were also two cases of girls trafficked to Zimbabwe from South Africa. Most of the information about the scope of trafficking remains anecdotal, however, the government and the police investigate and tra [...]	2006-03-02 09:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB ZI KWMN KFRD
06HARARE279	ZIMBABWE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe,s misgovernance has severely crippled the local economy, making it unlikely to attract or absorb significant foreign direct investment in 2006. Investment prospects in Zimbabwe are bound to remain dismal due to the country,s unstable economic and political env [...]	2006-03-07 14:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
06HARARE310	ZIMBABWE - INPUT FOR 2006 REPORT ON AGOA [...] Zimbabwe continues to fall short of AGOA,s qualifying criteria. Post,s input for the annual AGOA report (reftel) follows: ------- Economy ------- 2. The government has an interventionist approach to the economy and Zimbabwe is generally unwelcoming to foreign investment. Private sec [...]	2006-03-10 12:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM ZI
06HARARE626	ZCTU LABOR CONFERENCE LACKS SPARK [...] (SBU) At the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions' (ZCTU) Sixth General Conference in Harare May 19-20, the approximately 300 delegates in attendance reconfirmed most of the ZCTU leadership but took little concrete action to confront the GOZ over its disastrous policies. ZCTU Secretary General W [...]	2006-05-24 16:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM ZI
06HARARE77	TRIPARTITE NEGOTIATING FORUM YIELDS LITTLE [...] (U) The GOZ-controlled Herald newspaper reported in its headlines on January 20 that the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) had agreed to a Prices and Income Stabilization Protocol. The article noted, however, that the major sticking point of tying wages to the Poverty Datum Line remained unr [...]	2006-01-24 14:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL ECON ZI
06HELSINKI182	FINLAND: 2006 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to the checklist in ref A. Embassy Helsinki's point of contact on TIP is Political Officer David Allen Schlaefer; SchlaeferDA2@state.gov; 358-09-6162-5482 or 358-050-322-7923. The Embassy estimates that 80 hours of time were spent preparing this rep [...]	2006-03-08 07:56:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI SMIG PGOV KCRM ELAB KWMN ASEC KFRD PREF FI
06HELSINKI824	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH LEIF FAGERNAS, DG [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met with Leif Fagernas, Director General of the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) on August 9. They discussed Finland's efforts to remain competitive in the face of a rapidly aging population, the significant strains on its social programs, and increasing global [...]	2006-08-18 10:19:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP TNGD TSPL ELAB FI
06HERMOSILLO100	PRESIDENT FOX IN HERMOSILLO FOR SECOND RECENT VISIT [...] (U) Summary: President Vicente Fox returned to Hermosillo on March 7, his second visit in four days. He engaged briefly with miners demonstrating for his assistance outside the Government Palace. The President told reporters that he had no intention of firing the Secretary of Labor and that [...]	2006-03-08 19:55:00	Consulate Hermosillo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB ECON MX
06HERMOSILLO95	PRESIDENT FOX BRIEFLY VISITS HERMOSILLO [...] (SBU) Summary: President Vicente Fox made a lightning visit to Sonora March 4, ostensibly for ribbon cuttings on two highway infrastructure projects in Hermosillo. Local media described the visit as a low-key campaign stop on behalf of the National Action Party (PAN),which it seemed to be, [...]	2006-03-07 00:42:00	Consulate Hermosillo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB MX
06HOCHIMINHCITY1386	HCMC LABOR OFFICIAL IN HOT WATER OVER TALK TO U.S. BUSINESS [...] (C) Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai (protect),Vice Director for Labor Affairs at HCMC's Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, ConGen HCMC's best government contact on labor issues, told us on December 12 that she faces Party disciplinary action following a speech she gave to the HCMC American [...]	2006-12-12 10:40:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL ECON PGOV VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1484	HCMC ECONOMIC LEADERS EVALUATE PERFORMANCE IN 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: Government and international business leaders gathered for their annual review of Ho Chi Minh City's economic performance. HCMC marked new milestones in economic development in 2006, but familiar obstacles to growth - including infrastructure and human resource development - re [...]	2006-12-22 12:19:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV ELAB EFIN PINR VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY218	UPDATE ON LABOR UNREST IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ho Chi Minh City's business community reports that operations following the recent wildcat strikes in HCMC and Binh Duong and Dong Nai provinces have returned to normal. Wariness remains, however, as some strikes continued even after the January 6 GVN decree announcing a 40 perc [...]	2006-02-27 10:26:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV ETRD VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY31	HCMC STRIKES FORCE AN INCREASE IN VIETNAM'S MINIMUM WAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: A rash of strikes in foreign-owned factories in the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) area since December 28 has led local authorities to urge the GVN to raise the national minimum wage for employees in Foreign-Invested Enterprises (FIE) by as much as 40 percent. The strikes started in [...]	2006-01-10 03:22:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY388	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE MEKONG: KIEN GIANG PROVINCE [...] (U) Summary: Kien Giang Province is reportedly a source of trafficked women and children, particularly for the sex trade in Cambodia. The provincial Women's Union is spearheading anti-trafficking efforts working with the International Office of Migration on an awareness campaign to counsel p [...]	2006-04-17 04:43:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CVIS KWMN ELAB SMIG SOCI TW
06HOCHIMINHCITY437	HCMC POLICE DISCUSS RECENT TIP RING BUST [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 18, PolOffs met with HCMC Ministry of Public Security officials to review details of a late March police sweep against an international Trafficking in Persons ring that operated in HCMC and the Mekong Delta. Police confirmed that 39 young women from southern Vietnam res [...]	2006-04-25 12:56:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY456	MORE ON VIETNAMESE BRIDES TO TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent visit to the Mekong Delta province of Can Tho, a local reporter and expert on women's issues estimated that at least 14,000 women -- mostly poor and uneducated -- have married Taiwanese and some South Korean men since 2000. The perceived economic benefits of ove [...]	2006-04-28 11:24:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY521	TIP IN THE MEKONG: THE EXPERIENCE OF CAN THO PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April visit by ConGen officers to the Mekong Delta province of Can Tho, provincial police and Women's Union officials reviewed their enforcement and education outreach efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP). The officials demonstrated an understanding of the ch [...]	2006-05-19 04:49:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY612	CHINESE ALIEN SMUGGLING THROUGH HCMC [...] (U) On May 9, the HCMC branch of the Anti-Social Evils Police (PC-14) rescued four Chinese children from a traffickers' "safe house" in HCMC. According to press reports, the rescue came from a tip-off from a bus driver in neighboring Tay Ninh province who noticed that the children did not spea [...]	2006-06-08 05:05:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW CH VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY972	HCMC ARCHDIOCESE ENCOUNTERS RESISTANCE AS IT TRIES TO EXPAND [...] (SBU) On August 28, HCMC CDCRep and PolOff met with Father John Dinh Toai, head of the HCMC Catholic Archdiocese "Pastoral Care" HIV/AIDS network to review the status of cooperation with local authorities. Toai told us that the church is able to conduct its HIV/AIDS activities with the tacit, [...]	2006-08-29 05:45:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI ELAB ECON VM
06HONGKONG1251	DRL OFFICER RANA SIU'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: LABOR [...] (C) Summary: During a March 13-16 visit to Hong Kong, DRL Foreign Affairs Officer Rana Siu discussed labor issues with local NGOs and a mainland-based labor lawyer. Han Dongfang, Director of "China Labour Bulletin (CLB)," said that mainland local authorities have warned the families of industr [...]	2006-03-24 09:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HK CH PINR PHUM ELAB
06HONGKONG1252	DRL OFFICER RANA SIU'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: CIVIL [...] (C) During a March 13-16 visit to Hong Kong, DRL Foreign Affairs Officer Rana Siu discussed civil society and political party developments with Hong Kong-based NGOs. According to the National Democratic Institute (NDI),the pro-Government parties have become more skittish about participating i [...]	2006-03-24 09:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HK CH PINR PHUM ELAB
06HONGKONG1415	NYT CHINA LABOR ARTICLE -- UBS ANALYST CLARIFIES [...] (SBU) UBS Managing Director Jonathan Anderson was not interviewed by the New York Times (NYT) despite being quoted in an April 3 article that has sparked widespread discussion about whether or not there is a labor shortage in China. He speculated that the NYT quoted one of his electronically [...]	2006-04-04 10:02:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON HK CH
06HONGKONG1818	ILLEGAL WORKERS PROMPT MAY DAY PROTESTS IN MACAU [...] (C) Summary: On May 1, an estimated 1,500-2,000 Macau residents participated in anti-immigrant labor demonstrations that turned violent, resulting in four arrests and injuries to 25 police officers. The main theme of the march was "drive out illegal workers, cut imported labor." Many of the [...]	2006-05-02 10:08:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB SOCI CH HK MC
06HONGKONG4027	HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S POLICY ADDRESS: "DON'T [...] (C) Summary: In his second annual Policy Address on October 11, Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang reviewed his first year in office, detailed plans for his current term, and outlined his views on the major challenges that the next CE would face during the 2007-12 term. Tsang's addr [...]	2006-10-11 09:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ELAB SOCI CH HK
06ISLAMABAD11365	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PAKISTAN'S TRAFFICKING [...] (U) On June 12, Ambassador met with Interior Minister Sherpao to cover a broad range of issues (other reported septels),including trafficking in persons. Minister Sherpao said he had read the 2006 TIP report and found the section on Pakistan to be encouraging. He also thanked Ambassador for [...]	2006-06-16 02:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PK KWMN
06ISLAMABAD14096	EMBASSY ASSESSMENT OF SUNDAY TIMES JUD TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 21, London,s Sunday Times published a story written by Marie Colvin that detailed a slavery ring run by a member of a USG designated terrorist organization, Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD). The story follows a Pakistani Christian named 'Amir', whose real name is Pervaiz Yaqoob (pl [...]	2006-07-21 14:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PHUM PK KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD
06JAKARTA10757	INVITATION EXTENDED TO USDOL APEC CONFERENCE [...] We have conveyed points in Reftel regarding the upcoming U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) hosted Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference, Strategies for Workforce Development: Keys to Success, to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 18-20, 2006 to the following officials and mem [...]	2006-08-31 06:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB APECO ID
06JAKARTA10895	DUE DILIGENCE FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE AWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. We are not aware of any significant embarrassment likely to arise should Chevron Indonesia receive the 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence. Chevron has been an outstanding corporate citizen and contributed greatly to community development in Indonesia. The largest crude oil p [...]	2006-09-01 06:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV ID
06JAKARTA10924	INDONESIA STEPS UP EFFORTS TO PASS TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's Parliament (DPR) has completed a new draft of its proposed anti-trafficking legislation. President Yudhoyono has designated the Ministry of Women's Empowerment (KNPP) and the Ministry of Law & Human Rights to prepare executive branch comments on the bill. The Gov [...]	2006-09-01 10:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ELAB KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA13324	INDONESIA'S INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy Jakarta provides the following interim assessment of targeted actions by Indonesia on trafficking in persons (TIP) since the June release of the 2006 TIP report, as requested in ref A. Anti-Trafficking Legislation ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) A comprehensive anti-tra [...]	2006-11-28 09:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
06JAKARTA13503	INDONESIA: 2006 CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR TRADE AND [...] This report provides updated information on Indonesia's efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, for the period August 2005 to November 2006. This message updates Jakarta's 2005 report (ref c) and draws in places on Jakarta's March 2006 trafficking in persons report (ref b) and t [...]	2006-12-18 01:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD EAID PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM KJUS
06JAKARTA13554	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UAE/UN-HOSTED GLOBAL [...] (U) We met December 21 with Deputy Minister for Child Protection in the Ministry of Women Empowerment, Ms. Sumarni Dawam Rahardjo, to deliver the demarche contained in reftel. Ms. Rahardjo fully agreed with all the points in reftel, particularly noting the importance of holding the internation [...]	2006-12-21 06:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KWMN SMIG XX KCRM PHUM ID
06JAKARTA13559	INDONESIA TAKES STOCK OF ECONOMIC REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Coordinating Minister for Economics Boediono told a gathering of Embassy and private sector representatives on January 18 that he expects Parliament to pass new investment and tax laws "in the early months of 2007." Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu went further in her description [...]	2006-12-21 09:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV ID
06JAKARTA2849	INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, MARCH 2005 TO MARCH 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 11:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID ELAB KFRD KJUS KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06JAKARTA4465	GROWING WORKER PROTESTS AGAINST CHANGES IN LABOR [...] (SBU) Indonesia experienced its largest labor protest in at least four years, as Indonesian workers took to the streets of Jakarta and other major cities on April 5 to oppose the GOI's plan to amend the basic labor law. The proposed amendments would scale back 2003 concessions to workers and [...]	2006-04-06 10:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EINV PGOV PHUM KJUS ID
06JAKARTA5486	UNIONS USE MAY DAY TO CONTINUE PROTESTS AGAINST [...] (SBU) Indonesian unions used May Day to continue their street protests in Jakarta and other major cities against earlier government plans to amend the 2003 Manpower Act to improve the investment climate. United firmly against any revisions to the law, labor leaders turned out 30,000 or more [...]	2006-05-01 11:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EINV PGOV PHUM KJUS ID
06JAKARTA5580	UNIONS BESIEGE PARLIAMENT (AGAIN),PROTEST TURNS [...] (SBU) Tens of thousands of union-led demonstrators besieged the gates of the Indonesian Parliament (DPR) on March 3 to force Parliament to agree to refuse any amendment to the Manpower Act. The demonstration, with an estimated turnout of 50,000, turned tense in the afternoon as labor leaders [...]	2006-05-03 11:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EINV PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC ID
06JAKARTA5704	GOI, UNIONS ASSIGN BLAME FOR MAY 3 VIOLENCE [...] (S) Jakarta is awash in speculation as to the possibility or extent of political manipulation behind the massive May 3 labor demonstrations that turned violent at the Parliament's gates (ref A). In the course of expressing his concern over the violence, President Yudhoyono publicly called on [...]	2006-05-05 12:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ELAB ID
06JAKARTA7216	INDONESIA RESPONDS CONSTRUCTIVELY TO TIP DEMARCHE, [...] (SBU) We delivered the Indonesia TIP report demarche (ref D) to relevant senior GOI officials. Based on the existing strong partnership with the U.S. Mission, the officials responded constructively with a litany of recent and near-term actions. The outlook for passage this year of the anti- [...]	2006-06-07 11:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ELAB KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA8182	West Nusa Tenggara: Migrant Labor Exodus Creates [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Indonesian province of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB)--comprising Lombok and neighboring Sumbawa-- is one of the leading sources of legal and illegal migrant workers leaving Indonesia, due to weak local economic conditions. The exodus of NTB workers overseas is creating economic [...]	2006-06-30 03:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM ID
06JAKARTA8800	BATAM - A DEVELOPMENT MODEL FOR INDONESIA? [...] (SBU) Summary: The July 25 Indonesia-Singapore "Framework Agreement on Economic Cooperation" aims to create an ambitious Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Batam and adjacent islands, already the site of one of Indonesia's most noteworthy manufacturing success stories. Batam's local economy conti [...]	2006-07-14 06:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EFIN ELAB ID
06JEDDAH199	SAUDI FOOD GIANT PIONEERS ISLAMIC BUSINESS ETHICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Savola Group, Saudi Arabia's leading foods supplier and the country's second largest industrial enterprise, has developed a code of professional ethics and values that blend Western business standards with indigenous Islamic traditions. In a time when the country's work force i [...]	2006-03-08 11:02:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB SA SCUL SOCI
06JEDDAH219	JEDDAH JOURNAL 8: SAUDI SOCIETY MAGAZINE, NEW [...] Recently launched society magazine "Layalina" has been causing quite a stir in Jeddah over the last few weeks. Owned by a Kuwaiti publisher, managed by a French editor, and printed in Riyadh, the magazine's glossy photos of women without abayas and head scarves is groundbreaking for the Kingd [...]	2006-03-15 11:46:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB KISL KWMN PREL SA SCUL SOCI
06JEDDAH224	SAUDI ARABIA: CORPORATE DONOR TAKES PROGRESSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the second in a series of cables profiling community service activities funded within the Kingdom by Saudi corporations. These programs are both indicative of the country's emerging civil society and illustrative of the challenges facing Saudi Arabia, including unemploym [...]	2006-03-18 11:44:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV SA SOCI KMPI
06JEDDAH250	SAUDI NON-PROFIT BRIDGES PUBLIC/PRIVATE SECTOR TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of cables profiling community service activities funded within the Kingdom by Saudi corporations. These programs are both indicative of the country's emerging civil society and illustrative of the challenges facing Saudi Arabia, including unemployme [...]	2006-03-29 14:31:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV SA SOCI KMPI
06JEDDAH274	JEDDAH JOURNAL 10 - FEMALE MORAL POLICE, OIC-OSCE [...] (C) The Saudi Arabian Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Note: The employees of this department are the mutawaa'in, the moral police who patrol the Kingdom's cities and towns enforcing their idea of proper Islamic behavior on the population. End Note.) has announc [...]	2006-04-09 07:17:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KISL KWMN PHUM PREL SA SCUL
06JEDDAH328	RECENT POLICE ROUND-UPS HEIGHTEN ANXIETY AMONG [...] (U) SUMMARY. Anxiety is growing in Jeddah's large Filipino population following the round-up, arrest, and interrogation this month of hundreds of Filipinos in Jeddah in connection with a serious of high-profile crimes, including the discovery of human remains in a dumpster in Jeddah and th [...]	2006-04-30 11:27:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM PHUM SA SOCI
06JEDDAH329	JEDDAH JOURNAL 11: JEDDAH BUSINESSMAN HONORS [...] (U) Saudi Islamist Salman al-Ouda was the guest of honor at the April 24 "Ithnayniyya" (Monday lecture series) of Jeddah construction magnate Abdelmaksoud Khoja. The Ithnayniyya was attended by a number of mutawwa'in (members of the religious police, conspicuous with their long beards, short t [...]	2006-04-30 14:37:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KISL KWMN PREL PTER SA SCUL
06JEDDAH378	JEDDAH JOURNAL 12: BINLADEN GROUP ARRANGES HASTY [...] (C) The Saudi construction giant the Binladen Group recently dispatched three Dutch engineers, two Christians and an atheist, to Cairo for expeditious conversion to Islam. According to a Consulate contact who works for the Group, the engineers were urgently needed to work on the Jabal Omar [...]	2006-05-22 13:16:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KISL KJUS KWMN PGOV PHUM SA SMIG SOCI
06JEDDAH446	A GRAND VISION FOR JCCI WOMEN'S CENTER [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with Mrs. Oberwetter and Consulate General officers, the new director of the JCCI's women's center outlined her plan to expand the center's services and role in the development of Saudi women. Moving training and placement to other facilities, the women's center [...]	2006-07-03 11:06:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB KWMN PINR SA
06JEDDAH496	A GLIMPSE INTO JEDDAH'S FOREIGN WORKER POPULATIONS [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with the labor offices of Saudi Arabia's major labor source Consulates, EconOff discussed the issues facing foreign worker populations and what the representative Consulates General do to help their citizens. The labor officers all say salary payment and [...]	2006-07-25 05:23:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PHUM PINR SA
06JEDDAH531	LABOR MINISTER DISCUSSES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, [...] (C) Summary: On August 7, Labor Minister Dr. Ghazi al-Qusaibi described the SAG's efforts against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) to the Ambassador. Minister al-Qusaibi agreed that this was a serious issue for the SAG, and he outlined the steps that it is taking, adding that Saudi Arabia must m [...]	2006-08-09 11:14:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM SMIG ELAB ECON PGOV SA
06JERUSALEM2577	PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY DISBURSES PARTIAL SALARIES [...] (C) Palestinian dailies reported June 21 that the Palestinian Authority would start paying partial salaries to PA employees in the West Bank through post offices, and that the payment would be NIS 1,350 (USD 304) per employee for those earning NIS 1,500 to 2,500. According to relatives of PA [...]	2006-06-21 16:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ELAB KTFN KWBG
06JERUSALEM3949	ABBAS PROCLAIMS SUPPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2 GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) told striking PA employees gathered outside his Ramallah office August 30 that they have a right to express their opinion by all appropriate means, thus signaling his support for a planned general strike set to start September 2. He urge [...]	2006-08-31 14:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM ELAB
06JERUSALEM4029	WIDE PARTICIPATION AS GENERAL STRIKE ENTERS FIFTH [...] Summary: A general strike by PA employees in protest of non-payment of salaries since March (see ref) entered its fifth day, September 6. Union leaders have estimated 80-90 percent PA employee participation. Although the strike is more comprehensive in the West Bank than in Gaza, it has br [...]	2006-09-06 14:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM EFIN KWGB
06JERUSALEM4747	STRIKING TEACHERS AGREE TO RETURN TO WORK; RISK OF [...] (SBU) REPRESENTATIVES FROM PRESIDENT ABBAS'S OFFICE, THE GENERAL UNION OF TEACHERS AND THE PA MINISTRIES OF FINANCE, LABOR AND HIGHER EDUCATION REACHED AN AGREEMENT NOVEMBER 6 ENDING A TEACHERS' STRIKE LAUNCHED AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN PROTEST OF NON-PAYMENT OF PA EMPLOYEE SALARIES. [...]	2006-11-07 15:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG
06JERUSALEM4773	PA PROMISE OF TEACHER SALARY PAYMENTS UNFULFILLED; [...] (SBU) AS PART OF AN AGREEMENT REACHED NOVEMBER 6 (REFTEL) THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA) ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD BEGIN PAYING PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS NIS 1,000 ON NOVEMBER 9. MINISTER OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JAMAL AL-KHUDARI ORDERED POST OFFICE WORKERS, WHO ARE OBSERVI [...]	2006-11-09 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG
06JERUSALEM4787	TEACHERS RECEIVE PARTIAL PAYMENT; STRIKE ENDS; [...] (SBU) PA PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS RECEIVED A PARTIAL SALARY PAYMENT OF NIS 1,000 ON NOVEMBER 11 IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PA GOVERNMENT AND THE GENERAL UNION OF TEACHERS (REFTEL),ACCORDING TO PRESS ACCOUNTS CONFIRMED BY ECONSPECIALIST. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPENED ON NOVEMBER 11 FOR [...]	2006-11-13 15:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG
06JERUSALEM4844	TEACHERS RECEIVE BALANCE OF NOVEMBER SALARIES; [...] (C) PA PRESIDENCY ECONOMIC ADVISOR MOHAMMED MUSTAFA CONFIRMED TO ECONCHIEF NOVEMBER 22 THAT THE PRESIDENCY WAS PAYING THE BALANCE OF PA TEACHERS NOVEMBER SALARIES THROUGH BANKS OUT OF FUNDS THE PRESIDENCY HAD RECEIVED FROM THE STATE OF KUWAIT. ARAB BANK, BANK OF PALESTINE, AND BANK OF JORDAN [...]	2006-11-24 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG
06JERUSALEM4863	ALLOWANCES PAID TO PA EMPLOYEES IN NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: The PA government paid all PA employees an allowance of NIS 1000 (USD 233),starting November 25 in Gaza and November 28 in the West Bank. The Union of Public Employees called on PA employees to pick up their allowances but to continue the general strike. The Temporary Internat [...]	2006-11-30 15:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG
06JERUSALEM4893	PA HEALTH SECTOR UNION AGREES TO END STRIKE; [...] (C) Summary: The PA government and the PA health sector employees union reached an agreement December 3 to end the health sector strike with payment of salary arrears. Health sector employees are scheduled to return to work December 5 but vowed to restart the strike if salary payments are not [...]	2006-12-04 16:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG QA
06JERUSALEM836	RESPONSE TO SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) No evidence exists of trafficking in persons in the West Bank or Gaza Strip, according to the PA Ministry of Labor and local NGOs. The West Bank and Gaza Strip is neither a territory of origin nor a destination for international trafficking in men, women, or children. Traffickers who [...]	2006-02-28 15:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREL PREF PGOV PHUM ELAB SMIG KWBG KPAL
06JOHANNESBURG202	SOUTH AFRICA: ROLE OF NEDLAC [...] Summary: The National Economic Development and Labor Council (NEDLAC) celebrated its tenth anniversary last year, amid some questions about its utility in creating social consensus on government policy. NEDLAC, established in 1995, is a forum designed to promote social dialogue and brings t [...]	2006-06-08 12:47:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON SF
06JOHANNESBURG205	SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER"THE ASSAY" - [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chrom [...]	2006-06-09 15:52:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENRG ECON ELAB SF ZI
06JOHANNESBURG467	SOUTH AFRICA: STATE OF ALUMINUN INDUSTRY [...] (U) The South African aluminum industry is well developed and a major contributor to the economy. During 2005, primary and semi-fabricated aluminum sales amounted to 920,000 tons valued at about $1.7 billion, of which exports accounted for more than 70% by mass and value. All plants are curre [...]	2006-11-17 13:04:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ETRD ENRG ECON ELAB EIND SF
06JOHANNESBURG468	SWAZILAND: RECLISA CHILD LABOR CONFERENCE URGES FREE AND [...] Representatives of the Swazi Ministries of Education and of Enterprise and Employment, academia, NGOs and media, as well as the International Labor Organization (ILO),attended a conference on Child Labor in Manzini, Swaziland, from November 7-8. The conference, held under the auspices of the [...]	2006-11-17 14:31:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM SOCI ECON SW
06JOHANNESBURG474	SOUTH AFRICA: TRADE UNION VIEWS ON BLACK ECONOMIC [...] Major trade union federations in South Africa actively support the goals of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE),but have specific criticisms relating to its implementation. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) argues that BEE is insufficiently broad-based and fails to emphasize j [...]	2006-11-24 16:12:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON SF
06KABUL912	AFGHANISTAN'S 2005-2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 09:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC
06KAMPALA1514	UGANDA: PROGRESS ON GSP/AGOA ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uganda, Textile Unions, and Textile Manufacturers Association have made significant progress toward resolving the outstanding issues in the AFL-CIO GSP case. The Government,s passage of the new labor laws in May has been followed up with the signing of the impl [...]	2006-08-08 13:34:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG ETRD PGOV PHUM ELAB UG
06KATHMANDU141	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (SBU) This is Post's 2006 Investment Climate Statement, per reftel. Post has also sent the Investment Climate Statement by unclassified email, per reftel. Begin Text. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Although the Government of Nepal (GON) is open to fore [...]	2006-01-13 11:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR NP
06KATHMANDU1564	GOVERNMENT HOLDS DONOR MEETING ON CHILD LABOR, [...] (SBU) In a June 1 meeting, the Government of Nepal's (GON) Minister of Labor and Transport Management (MOLTM) Ramesh Lekhak and MOLTM Secretary Deependra Bickram Thapa requested donor and NGO support for the GON's Master Plan on Child Labor that established a goal of eliminating all child labor [...]	2006-06-16 12:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PGOV EAID ECON KOCI NP
06KATHMANDU317	LABOR LAW REVISION TO ATTRACT FDI [...] (U) On January 31, the government promulgated a revision to the 1991 Labor Law intended to boost foreign direct investment (FDI). The revision opened the door for appointment of up to fifteen percent non-Nepali nationals as managers, executive directors and experts in firms. Existing laws di [...]	2006-01-31 11:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV EINV PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU376	PROPOSALS FOR FY 2006 G/TIP INCL AND ESF FUNDING [...] Embassy Kathmandu is pleased to propose the following eight projects, in rank order, for consideration for FY 2006 International Narcotics, Crime and Law Enforcement (INCLE),and Economic Support Funds (ESF) funding. Post has pouched the full text of the proposals to the Office to Combat Tra [...]	2006-02-08 01:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU629	NEPAL 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (U) The following is Embassy Kathmandu's submission for the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a country of origin for the trafficking of women and children, and to a lesser extent boys and men. The majority of persons are trafficked to India, while othe [...]	2006-03-07 07:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU817	UPDATE ON DEPT OF LABOR-FUNDED PROJECTS IN NEPAL [...] (SBU) During a February 27 - March 7 visit to Nepal, Department of Labor (DOL) International Relations Officer Vivita Rozenbergs found a mixed picture with respect to projects geared towards addressing child labor in Nepal. The regional anti-trafficking and child Timebound program executed by [...]	2006-03-27 11:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KOCI SMIG KWMN NP

06KATHMANDU966	MINISTRY OF LABOR HOLDS FIRST EXHIBITION ON [...] (SBU) On April 5, the Ministry of Labor and Transport Management (MLTM) organized and funded its first ever one-day exhibition on foreign employment at Kathmandu's convention center. MLTM spokesperson Dhruba Sharma, said the purpose for organizing the exhibition was to acquaint overseas job s [...]	2006-04-13 12:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB SMIG NP
06KHARTOUM253	REVISED TIER 2 WATCH LIST INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered the revised Tier 2 Watch List Interim Assessment narrative per reftels on February 1 to Department of the Americas Director Osman Dirdieri and Deputy Director Abd Elghani Elnaim Elkarim (Note: January 31 was a national holiday. End note.) 2. (C) After reviewin [...]	2006-02-01 16:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KWMN KCRM ELAB SMIG SU
06KHARTOUM2547	Sudan MFA Requires Approval of FSN Dismissals [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent another diplomatic note placing restrictions on the activities of diplomatic missions. This diplomatic note states that every diplomatic mission, consulate, and international and regional organization must provide the Foreign Ministry with copies o [...]	2006-10-26 14:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OFDP AMGT APER ELAB SU
06KHARTOUM2847	UNPAID SPLA TROOPS RIOT IN JUBA [...] (U) Approximately 100 armed Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) troops marched from Gumbo to the Garang Memorial in Juba on the morning of December 15, demanding payment for back wages. Some 80 soldiers then surrounded the Legislative Assembly building and fired several shots in the air. On [...]	2006-12-15 11:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS ELAB ASEC SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM322	Civil Servants Salaries Still Stalled [...] SUMMARY: On February 9, officials from CG Juba met with the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Under Secretary at the Ministry of Finance and Economic SIPDIS Planning, Francis Latiyo. Latiyo discussed the challenges of paying civil servants, developing a reliable payroll foremost among [...]	2006-02-10 11:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR EFIN ECON ELAB SU
06KHARTOUM987	Southern Sudan: Civil Service Almost Ready [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The long awaited civil service reform in Southern Sudan will be complete within the next few weeks, according to the newly appointed Under Secretary at the Ministry of Labor, Public Service, and Human Resource Development. Under Secretary Mark Zangabeyo told Acting Consul Gene [...]	2006-04-25 13:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB SU
06KIEV340	Ukraine: Bilateral Coordination Group Talks: [...] (U) In Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24 (see septels for other issues discussed),the U.S. side pointed out that progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) was important not only because it protected Ukrainian citizens, but also because Ukraine was currently on the Tier Tw [...]	2006-01-26 09:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB KWMN UP
06KIEV384	UKRAINE: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] Below is text requested reftel of the 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Ukraine. Begin Text: Investment Climate Statement 2006 -- Ukraine A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOREIGN INVESTMENT When President Yushchenko took office in January 2005, he [...]	2006-01-30 15:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV UP
06KIEV398	Ukraine: Prosecutors Weak Link in Combating TIP [...] Summary. In trafficking in persons (TIP) criminal cases, prosecutors are the weak link in the law enforcement chain due to the negative stereotypes many prosecutors hold of TIP victims, a lack of aggressive prosecution for fear of losing a case, and the difficulty in obtaining evidence in tim [...]	2006-01-31 15:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB KWMN UP
06KIEV406	UKRAINE: INL-Funded TIP Training Seminar [...] Summary: On January 23-25, Embassy Kiev and the Prosecutors' Academy of Ukraine co-sponsored a first ever training seminar on trafficking in persons (TIP) that brought more than 70 members of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office (PGO),both prosecutors and investigators, as well as local [...]	2006-02-01 11:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB KWMN UP
06KIGALI1198	RWANDA UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary. There are few updates to post's August submission of Worst Forms of Child Labor information for mandatory reporting requirements as requested (ref A). GOR continues to take the issue seriously; however, progress is gradual due to the lack of capacity in the Ministries charged with [...]	2006-12-14 16:17:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI USAID RW
06KIGALI192	RWANDA COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING CHILD LABOR BUT [...] Summary: In a meeting February 24, UNICEF indicated that while child labor is a problem in Rwanda, child trafficking and prostitution do not appear to be prevalent. UNICEF-Rwanda Head of Child Protection attributed the incidence of child labor to the large number of vulnerable orphans, parti [...]	2006-02-27 17:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB RW
06KIGALI199	JUSTICE MINISTRY WELCOMES RULE OF LAW DIALOGUE, [...] Summary: In a meeting February 27 with the Ministry of Justice, Ambassador expressed his desire to engage the Rwandan government on a range of important issues, including rule of law, democracy and governance. Secretary General Johnston Busingye welcomed the opportunity for further dialogue [...]	2006-02-28 17:59:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB RW
06KIGALI463	STATUS OF LAND REFORM [...] Land ownership has been a major issue of conflict throughout much of Rwanda's history, and 80 percent of current legal disputes involve land. The GOR adopted a land law in 2005, which made it the final owner of all land in Rwanda and provided for leases of up to ninety-nine years; however, ma [...]	2006-05-15 14:14:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV EAGR RW
06KIGALI464	Rwandan Government Action on Child Protection and [...] Summary: During a May 8 courtesy call on the Minister in Charge of Family and Gender Promotion in the Prime Minister's Office, Ambassador underscored USG interest in gender issues, in particular trafficking in persons, and Embassy's desire to provide assistance to the GOR to combat child pros [...]	2006-05-15 14:15:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB SOCI RW
06KINGSTON1051	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 13 - May 30, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- BOJ Reduces Interest Rates -- Prime Minister of Malaysia Visits -- Jamaican Company to Expand to the Caribbean -- Major Investment Project on the Horizon -- Cement Troubles Continue -- Public Sector Memorandum of Understanding (Finally) -------------- [...]	2006-05-30 14:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1256	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 31 - June 23, 2006 [...] This month's topics: -- Chilean President Visits -- GOJ Concerns with Increasing Food Imports -- Diaspora Conference Held in Kingston -- Bank Executive Highlights Benefits of Migration -- Businesses Hurting From Anti-Drug Efforts -- Huge Demand for Scrap -- Inflation Moderates -- IMF Says [...]	2006-06-26 11:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1282	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: DOL OFFICIALS EDWIN ROBISON AND [...] Post grants country clearance to Supervisory Mathematical Statistician Edwin Robison and Economist Karen Kosanovich for travel to Jamaica July 9, 2006 through July 15, 2006. Post understands the travelers are to conduct a training program on household and establishment surveys, sponsored by th [...]	2006-06-28 20:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ELAB JM
06KINGSTON1441	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: June 24 - July 24, 2006 [...] This month's topics: -- Chavez Visit Postponed -- West Indies Alumina Company Cutting Jobs -- More Competition in Mobile Market -- Finance Minister Heads Team to the UK -- Cement Imports Increase -- Airline Starts Service to Jamaica -- Prices Jump in June -- Opposition Spokesman Predicts [...]	2006-07-25 11:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1645	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: July 25 - August 21, 2006 [...] This month's topics: -- Chavez Visit -- Jamaican Delegation in Venezuela -- National Elections in 2006 Unlikely -- Telecom Company Cuts Staff -- Prices Inching Up -- Bankers Submit Credit Bureau Proposal -- Several Apply for Commercial Bank Licenses -- Jamaica Files Debt Shelf with US Sec [...]	2006-08-22 11:52:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1737	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: August 22 - September 1, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-01 20:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB IDB KIPR JM
06KINGSTON1881	JAMAICA: POLICE SICK-OUT [...] (U) Hundreds of rank and file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) called in sick to press for an improved wage offer from the Government on September 20-21, thus hampering Security operations across the island. Police are demanding a 75 percent increase in salary and additional be [...]	2006-09-22 12:02:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR ASEC EFIN ELAB SOCI IMF
06KINGSTON240	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JANUARY 20, 2006 - [...] This week's topics: -- Formal Inauguration of CARICOM Single Market -- Fiscal Deficit Worsens -- Fiscal Situation Worries International Investors -- GOJ Exploring Fuel Tax Increase -- Bauxite/Alumina Expansion Project On Track -- Crime Rates Down --------------------------- [...]	2006-02-03 20:47:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON330	WHA- TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR ESF [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 20:54:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM
06KINGSTON336	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY 4, 2006 - [...] This week's topics: -- New Governor General -- Economic Prospects Favorable -- First Supplementary Estimates to Be Tabled -- Tourism Back In Earnest -- Jamaica's Hunt for Oil -- Sugar Industry Developments -- Jamaica-Cuba: Light Bulbs and Cement -- International Arrest [...]	2006-02-17 15:17:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON415	THE SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 18:35:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM
06KINGSTON45	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: DECEMBER 23, 2005 - [...] This week's topics: -- Chinese "Aid" Pipeline Deepens -- Venezuelan "Aid" Also Deepens -- Fiscal Deficit Widens -- Remittances Remain Buoyant -- Income Tax Threshold to Increase -- International Arrests -- Jamaica - The World's Murder Capital ------------------------------ Chin [...]	2006-01-09 19:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON475	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY 18, 2006 - [...] This week's topics: -- New Prime Minister Chosen -- Rating Agency Maintains Jamaica's Rating -- Expansion of Oil Refinery Underway -- GOJ Seeking Consultation on Explosive Tax Proposal -- Crime Rates Down -------------------------- New Prime Minister Chosen ----------------- [...]	2006-03-08 20:56:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON553	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MARCH 7 - MARCH 17, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- New Prime Minister on March 30 -- Delta Call Center Contract -- Tax Debate Heats Up -- New Player in Telecom Industry -- Tough Cement Problem -- Crime Rates Down ------------------------------ New Prime Minister on March 30 --------------- [...]	2006-03-20 18:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON647	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MARCH 18 - MARCH 31, [...] This week's topics: -- New Prime Minister Sworn In -- Economic Policy Stability -- Cement Industry Developments -- Labor Relations -- Revised Sugar Production Target for `05/`06 ------------------------------ New Prime Minister Sworn In ------------------------------ 2. [...]	2006-04-03 18:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON745	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: April 1 - April 18, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- "Zeeks" Found Guilty of Murder -- Buoyant Tourism Season -- Sluggish Economic Growth in 2005 -- Inflation Slows During First Quarter -- Estimates of Expenditure Tabled ---------------------------- "Zeeks" Found Guilty of Murder ---------------------- [...]	2006-04-18 18:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON748	LABOR TURMOIL CONTINUES IN JAMAICA [...] (U) Summary: There is no end in sight to the spate of industrial disputes rocking Jamaica (reftel). During the last week the country has had to address unrest at the Jamaica Aluminum Company (JAMALCO) and strike action at three GOJ-operated sugarcane factories. The ongoing dispute at JAMALC [...]	2006-04-18 20:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB JM
06KINGSTON854	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: April 19 - May 2, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- "Zeeks" Sentencing Postponed -- MOU on Slippery Slope -- Electricity Bill to Increase -- Public Debt Jumps ---------------------------- "Zeeks" Sentencing Postponed ---------------------------- 2. The sentencing of PNP linked inner-city Kingston "a [...]	2006-05-03 11:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON90	INVESTMENT CLIMATE SURVEY - JAMAICA 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-12 19:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD EIND ELAB KTDB PGOV JM OPIC USTR
06KINGSTON939	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 3 - May 12, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- Venezuelan Navy Ship Visits Kingston -- Prime Minister of Malaysia Visits -- Budget Debate Closes -- Motorola Deal Moving Forward -- Delta to Offer Atlanta-Kingston Route -- Cement Investigation Extended -- Bananas and Sugar: Help on the Way? -- Se [...]	2006-05-15 11:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINSHASA1103	DRC JUNE MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary - MONUC rehabilitated an airport in Bunia, Orientale province. -BHP Billiton contracted with the DRC's electricity parastatal for the purchase of 1200 MW of electricity. - A strike of ONATRA (DRC's port authority) employees paralyzed the international, maritime port of Matadi. - [...]	2006-07-10 15:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ETRD PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1261	DRC JULY MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. - The DRC banking sector is slowly increasing services, with the first ATM, Master Card and mobile phone banking capabilities becoming available in July. - The Energy Vice Minister ordered an audit of Cohydro, the DRC's petroleum parastatal. - National railway employees are [...]	2006-08-10 09:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ETRD PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1268	UPDATE ON DRC'S LEADING LABOR UNION [...] (SBU) The DRC's leading labor union continues to exert little impact on workplace or political matters. EconOff and PolOff met with Symphorien Dunia, President of the Confederation Syndicale Du Congo (CSC),the DRC's leading labor organization (reftel) August 7. 2. (SBU) Dunia reviewed som [...]	2006-08-11 11:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EMIN PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1373	INCREASING ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN THE KASAIS [...] (U) Summary. Eastern and Western Kasai have been experiencing increasing economic difficulties, seemingly due primarily to labor strife, the diamond parastatal's ongoing problems, and seasonal effects. Both Kasais have experienced shortages of produce, goods and petroleum products, with conseq [...]	2006-08-30 14:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EMIN ELTN PGOV ELAB CG
06KINSHASA1398	DRC AUGUST MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. - The DRC's teachers' unions are calling for a nationwide strike in public schools to demand increased salaries. - Employees of SNCC (the DRC's railway authority) and OCPT (the telecommunications parastatal) are on strike, as are medical professionals in some cities. - The [...]	2006-09-06 16:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ECON ETRD PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1462	TEACHER'S STRIKE PETERS OUT [...] (U) Summary. The DRC's public school teachers' strike has ended after just two weeks, and students are slowly returning to school as of September 18. Teachers were on strike in several parts of the DRC to press for increased salaries and benefits, but realized it is unlikely the current lame d [...]	2006-09-19 11:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV SOCI CG
06KINSHASA1542	DRC SEPTEMBER MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. - The DRC's main teachers' unions and employees of the OCPT (DRC's telecommunications parastatal) ended their strikes; employees of the RVA (DRC's airport operating agency) have scaled back their strike. - Employees of SNCC (the DRC's railway authority) remain on strike. [...]	2006-10-05 15:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ECON PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1704	DRC OCTOBER MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) - During an October visit, an IMF team noted the DRC's growing inflation and Central Bank-financed budgetary overspending. - The Belgian government will cancel the GDRC's remaining debt once it achieves Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) completion point. - The employees of the RVA (D [...]	2006-11-03 12:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ELAB EMIN EAIR ECON PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1862	2006 UPDATED CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] (U) Summary. The GDRC has made little progress in combating the worst forms of child labor in this final year of the transitional government. However, with the installation of a new government, 2007 may see some increased efforts to ameliorate this serious problem, as the elected government can [...]	2006-12-15 13:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIN ETRD EAID PHUM SOCI CG
06KINSHASA1918	DRC NOVEMBER MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) - The GDRC increased fuel prices. - The EU announced it will double its aid to the DRC for 2008-2013. - Transparency International has once again ranked the DRC as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. - The DRC has joined the new Africa Diamond Producers Association. [...]	2006-12-26 08:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ELAB EMIN EPET ECON PGOV CG
06KINSHASA206	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: Proposal for ESF [...] In response to G/TIP's requests for proposals, post would like to put forward the project below for ESF funding. Although Republic of Congo has not been identified in the several most recent TIP reports, there is reason to be concerned that trafficking may exist in the country. For this reaso [...]	2006-02-07 14:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG CF
06KINSHASA208	FY06 ESF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Kinshasa is submitting the following proposed project and requests funding from FY2006 ESF Anti-Trafficking in Persons funds: A. TITLE OF PROJECT Support to the Reintegration of Abductees and other Victims of Sexual Violence and Trafficking. B. NAME OF RECIPI [...]	2006-02-07 17:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ASEC ELAB SMIG CG
06KINSHASA231	DRC JANUARY ECONMIC REVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- - An IF delegation visited Kinshasa for an interim revie of the GDRC's compliance with the IMF economic rogram. - A December 30 presidential decree estalished OFIDA, the Congolese customs agency, as te sole customs collector. - Labor strife, includig threatened an [...]	2006-02-13 09:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EAIR ETRD PGOV CG EMI
06KINSHASA339	DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 2006 TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) American Embassy Kinshasa provides the following information in accordance with reftel instructions. Responses are keyed to reftel,s numbered paragraphs (21-24). Begin responses: (21) Overview of country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. The DRC is not a majo [...]	2006-03-01 15:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CG
06KINSHASA398	DRC'S NEW LEADING LABOR UNION [...] (SBU) Summary. The successor to the Mobutu-era's single trade union has lost its place as the nation's leading labor organization to a better-organized, savvier competitor, the Confederation Syndicale du Congo (CSC). During a meeting with EconOff March 6, the CSC's president, Symphorien Dunia, [...]	2006-03-09 13:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV PINR CG
06KINSHASA404	KASAIAN ECONOMY LACKS ENERGY [...] (U) Summary. The two Kasai provinces offer a clear example of the economic tragedy of the Congo, with fertile, diamond-studded soil juxtaposed with an impoverished population unable to pull themselves out of their economic despair. Western Kasai seems slightly more prosperous than Eastern Kas [...]	2006-03-09 16:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EMIN ELAB EAGR CG
06KINSHASA439	DRC: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: In the almost three years since the Global and Inclusive Accord was implemented with the installation of a transitional government, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has done much to improve the country's investment climate. While there is still much more to do, the pacifica [...]	2006-03-15 09:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV
06KINSHASA566	DRC MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary -------------- -The DRC?s IMF Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility program lapsed March 31, without going to a sixth review. -The GDRC widened its ban on the import of poultry products. -Employees of Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises (LAC) objected to the parastatal?s new partnersh [...]	2006-04-11 17:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAGR EAIR ETRD PGOV CG
06KINSHASA68	DECEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- - USG debt relief for the DRC has been extended through March 2006. - The World Bank approved two grants totaling USD 215 million to support the implementation of the GDRC's economic program, reconstruction and rehabilitation. - A UN-organized audit of six Congo [...]	2006-01-13 11:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EMIN EAIR PGOV CG AID
06KINSHASA797	IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? [...] (U) DRC's physicians launched a general strike in public hospitals May 8, and are now providing only emergency services. The doctors' primary demands are a wage increase and the payment of salary arrears. 2. (U) April 28, Synamed, a physicians' union, advised the Health and Civil Service [...]	2006-05-22 05:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CG
06KINSHASA806	DRC APRIL ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary -------------- - Plane crashes continue to plague the DRC's aviation industry. - Belgium will lead a donor effort to help the DRC restructure its civil service. - A Canadian company launched rehabilitation of one Inga Dam turbine as part of a multi-year project. - Employees o [...]	2006-05-22 16:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ETRD PGOV CG
06KINSHASA879	Doctors' Strike Spreads [...] (U) Doctor's union members and health employees of Kinshasa's public hospitals have decided to continue and intensify their strike, begun on May 8 (reftel). They say that the GDRC has not made sufficient efforts to respond to their demands. 2. (U) On May 29, SYNAMED, the union that repres [...]	2006-06-02 12:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CG
06KINSHASA890	DRC MAY MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary -------------- - IMF team visits DRC to put a Staff Monitored Program (SMP) in place and to assess situation since the end of the PRGF program. - DRC public hospital physicians launch a general strike while some government enterprises face possible strikes. - DRC Minister o [...]	2006-06-05 16:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ETRD PGOV CG
06KUALALUMPUR1635	MALAYSIA REPRESENTATIVE TO ATTEND USDOL APEC [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 09:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ELAB APECO MY
06KUALALUMPUR2140	MALAYSIA: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy Kuala Lumpur provides the following submission as an interim assessment of targeted actions by Malaysia on trafficking in persons since the June release of the 2006 TIP report, as requested ref A. Shelter for Trafficking Victims ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The [...]	2006-11-20 09:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN MY
06KUALALUMPUR372	MALAYSIA SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Malaysia is a destination and, to a lesser extent, a transit country for men and women trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor. Women from the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam are trafficked to [...]	2006-03-03 08:29:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MY
06KUALALUMPUR947	MEET THE FTA NEGOTIATORS: PART 3 [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Many of Malaysia's lead negotiators for the different FTA chapters took part in our Trade and Investment Framework (TIFA) discussions, but others are new faces. Econ counselor and econoffs are calling on all of the new negotiators to take their measure in adva [...]	2006-05-24 07:33:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ELAB ECPS MY
06KUWAIT1013	KUWAIT CRACKS DOWN ON LABOR DOCUMENT FORGERS [...] (SBU) Dr. Salih Al-Shaykh, Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Labor Affairs at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),confirmed in a March 19 meeting with EmbOffs news reports that the GOK has uncovered a scheme to allow companies to hire foreign workers illegally. MOSAL limits [...]	2006-03-22 08:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT1041	KUWAIT'S DOMESTIC LABOR ADMINISTRATION TAKES [...] (U) Summary and Comment. PolOff and PolAssistant visited the Domestic Worker Administration (DWA) on March 18, and PolOff followed up with an unannounced visit to the DWA on March 22 to see how the GOK deals with domestic workers who have complaints. The DWA's role, as reported to Emboffs [...]	2006-03-25 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB RP KU TIP
06KUWAIT107	CAMELS JOCKEYED EXCLUSIVELY BY ROBOTS AT KUWAIT [...] On January 12, Poloff visited the Kuwait Camel Racing club in the Kabid area of Kuwait, located about 30km southwest of the capital city. During the November - April racing season, races take place for two to three hours most Thursdays. Poloff observed during his unscheduled two-hour visit that [...]	2006-01-16 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM KU
06KUWAIT1084	LABOR MINISTRY REQUESTS TIP TRAINING IN CONTEXT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In a March 19 meeting, Amina Jowhar, Director of the International Relations Department at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),told EmbOffs that the GOK is reviewing plans to host a UN-sponsored conference on migran [...]	2006-03-28 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT1095	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT UPDATE: [...] (C) Summary and comment: While much work remains to be done, Post believes that the GOK is making significant efforts to combat human trafficking and to improve the working conditions and status of the large expatriate labor community. In the 2006 TIP report, we recommend that Kuwait be li [...]	2006-03-29 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT1096	KUWAIT REQUESTS U.S. PARTICIPATION IN EXPATRIATE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Amina Jowhar Ghazi (aka Amina Jowhar),Director of the International Relations Department of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),faxed Post a copy of a letter from the Undersecretary's office announcing MOSAL's inten [...]	2006-03-30 08:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT1345	KUWAIT PASSES ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW [...] (U) Kuwait's National Assembly passed, and Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah signed, a law giving the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime the full force of law in Kuwait. Kuwait signed the Convention on December 12, 2000 but this action now gives it th [...]	2006-04-18 12:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB ZP TIP
06KUWAIT1505	FROM CRADLE-TO-GRAVE: AN OVERVIEW OF KUWAIT'S WELFARE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: With its immense oil wealth, the Kuwaiti Government provides Kuwaiti citizens, who do not pay taxes, with cradle-to-grave welfare benefits, including free health care, free education, public or private sector employment, and substantial housing assistance. (Note: Ku [...]	2006-05-01 11:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB ECON SOCI KU
06KUWAIT1664	FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR RESIDENCE PERMIT TRADER [...] The Arabic-language daily Al-Watan reported on May 10 that the Criminal Court sentenced an Iraqi man to five years in prison and subsequent deportation for fraudulently obtaining residence permits. The convicted man was using a Bahraini identification card to sponsor workers. He aroused sus [...]	2006-05-10 09:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KU IZ BA TIP
06KUWAIT1684	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR MORE EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO [...] (U) During a May 8 speech at the opening of a conference entitled, "Kuwait: A Financial and Commercial Center," the Ambassador praised recent Kuwaiti signature of UN labor protocols to protect against trafficking, but emphasized that more still needed to be done in Kuwait to protect basic wor [...]	2006-05-13 06:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM KU TIP
06KUWAIT185	AFGHAN AMBASSADOR TO KUWAIT ON LONDON CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 21 meeting with the Ambassador on GOK assistance and labor issues, Afghan Ambassador to Kuwait Yussuf Samad praised the USG for its ongoing support to Afghanistan; pointed to GOK unwillingness to re-start assistance absent a solution to old GOA arrears; acknowl [...]	2006-01-21 16:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ELAB PGOV PREL PINR AF XD KU
06KUWAIT1934	KUWAIT INITIATES AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TARGETING [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (MAIA) has initiated the National Project for Domestic Workers (in Arabic it is the National Project for Domestic Worker Awareness-Raising) a project to raise awareness of the rights and responsibilities of domestic employees and their employer [...]	2006-05-29 08:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT2024	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER/INTERIOR MINISTER WELCOMES [...] (C) The Ambassador met with First Deputy Prime Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, who holds the Defense and Interior portfolios as well, on May 31 to discuss TIP issues. (The meeting had been scheduled before the change in release dates, so the Ambassador spoke about TIP issues in ge [...]	2006-05-31 17:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT2113	POST INFORMS GOK OF TIP RANKING; OFFICIALS LOOK [...] (SBU) Poloff met with representatives of three Kuwaiti Ministries on June 5 to inform them of Kuwait's rise from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watchlist: Saud Al-Saeedi, who handles human rights issues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Legal Department, Zakaria Al-Ansari, Assistant Director of the Inte [...]	2006-06-06 14:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT223	PAKISTANI AND AFGHAN AMBASSADORS COMMENT ON LABOR [...] Pakistani Ambassador Mohammad Aslam called on the Ambassador on January 22 to discuss the ongoing succession process in Kuwait (septels) and bilateral issues between Pakistan and Kuwait. He also reported that the Pakistani labor community in Kuwait is faring well in general. He said that durin [...]	2006-01-24 08:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KCRM PK AF KU
06KUWAIT2231	CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES OF FOREIGN LABORERS IN [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian expatriate labor community is Kuwait's second largest, surpassed only by the Indians. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Egyptian workers do not suffer as badly as workers from other expatriate communities. Post consulted with Egyptian Embassy officials as well as E [...]	2006-06-12 10:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM ELAB PREL EG KU TIP
06KUWAIT2235	(C) LABOR MINISTRY GIVES APPROVAL FOR UN-SPONSORED [...] (C) Mohammad Al-Nassery, IOM Chief of Mission in Kuwait, informed the labor-sending countries' labor officers in a June 10 meeting that the GOK has provided written approval of an international labor conference to be sponsored by the UN and held in Kuwait at the end of 2006. (Note: Post in [...]	2006-06-12 12:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB XD XF
06KUWAIT2395	INTERIOR MINISTRY OFFICIALS SAY TIP PROGRESS TO [...] (SBU/NF) The Charge met June 19 with Brigadier General Ahmad Nawaf Al-Sabah, Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship, Passports and Bidoon Affairs at the Ministry of Interior, to present the findings of the TIP report and to encourage the GOK to follow through on the promises it has made to [...]	2006-06-19 14:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM ELAB PINR KU TIP
06KUWAIT2569	KUWAITI NGO SAYS IT WILL BREAK THE IMPASSE OVER [...] (C) Summary: Social Work Society Chairman Faisal Al-Masoud called Poloff to say that the GOK had decided it could not implement the standard domestic worker contract it promised as part of an effort to improve the lot of domestic workers because of popular opposition. Al-Masoud claims he h [...]	2006-06-27 14:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT262	FREEDOM AGENDA: EMBASSY INITIATES KUWAIT [...] Post organized and hosted on January 24th a meeting of labor officials from source countries for expatriate labor in Kuwait to engage on how to better work together to improve the status of Kuwait's large expatriate labor force. Representatives from the embassies of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Paki [...]	2006-01-25 14:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB CE BG ID RP PK IN KU
06KUWAIT280	AMBASSADOR URGES CONCRETE GOK ACTION TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-28 13:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB KU
06KUWAIT305	UN PLANS FORUM IN KUWAIT ON EXPAT LABOR [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Moez Doraid, UN resident coordinator and UNDP resident representative, on January 25. Doraid raised the possibility of holding a UN-sponsored forum on expatriate labor in Kuwait to bring countries that traditionally send and receive expatriate labor toge [...]	2006-01-29 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB KCRM UN KU
06KUWAIT3741	KUWAIT TAKES ACTION ON KEY TIP ACTION PLAN ITEMS: [...] (C/NF) Summary. The GOK has made progress on a number of key items on the Kuwait TIP Tier 2 Watchlist Action Plan. The Ministry of Interior announced the implementation of a standardized domestic worker contract beginning October 1. Post will monitor implementation closely. GOK contacts hav [...]	2006-09-18 07:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB PHUM KU TIP
06KUWAIT3993	GOK CONFIRMS THAT STANDARDIZED DOMESTIC LABOR [...] (C/NF) PolCounselor and PolOff visited Abdullah Al-Ruwaih, the Director of Immigration at the Ministry of Interior (MOI),on October 3 to inquire about the Ministry's plans to begin enforcing the standardized, three-party domestic labor contract on October 1. Al-Ruwaih confirmed that as of [...]	2006-10-04 13:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT410	ROBOTS REQUIRED AT KUWAIT CAMEL RACING [...] On February 5, Poloff and LES Pol Assistant attended the opening day of the Sixth Annual Camel Racing Championship, which runs through February 9. Robots have been used in the more minor races leading up to this event (ref A). This was the first of the annual championship races in Kuwait, how [...]	2006-02-06 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM KU TIP
06KUWAIT42	KUWAITI SHELTER FOR DOMESTIC LABORERS ALMOST OPEN [...] (U) Summary: Kuwaiti Union for Domestic Labor Offices (KUDLO) Director General Hashim Maged Sayyid Mohammad told us January 3 that he is waiting for final Interior Ministry approval in order to open a 50-bed shelter for domestic workers. The KUDLO-funded and run shelter will also offer legal [...]	2006-01-05 07:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KCRM KU
06KUWAIT4351	NGOS SAY NEW DOMESTIC LABOR CONTRACT IS A FIRST [...] (C/NF) Summary. After more than a year of delay, the GOK recently implemented a rule that all domestic laborers coming to Kuwait must sign a standard, three-party (recruitment agency, worker, employer/sponsor) contract. The contract provides for, among other things, minimum wages and daily [...]	2006-11-05 05:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB IN SL ET KU TIP
06KUWAIT436	FY 2007 ESF PROPOSAL: "PROJECT RESPECT" TO RAISE [...] Embassy Kuwait requests ESF funding for an anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) campaign targeted primarily at increasing protection for East and South Asian workers, the most vulnerable labor communities in Kuwait. Project RESPECT (Reaching Employers and Sponsors to Prevent and End Crimes of T [...]	2006-02-07 14:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB EAID KU TIP
06KUWAIT4463	KUWAIT TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (C/NF) The GOK has provided Post with updated figures on prosecutions of trafficking-related crimes (Kuwait does not have a specific anti-trafficking law). The statistics address some of the deficiencies noted in last year's figures in that they specify not only the number of convictions, but [...]	2006-11-15 13:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT4649	FILIPINO LABOR ATTACHE SAYS MINIMUM WAGE FOR [...] (C/NF) PolOff met with Filipino Labor Attache Leopoldo De Jesus on December 12 to discuss recent reports that the Philippines intends to increase the monthly minimum wage for Filipino domestic workers from USD 200 to USD 400. De Jesus verified that all domestic workers leaving the Philippine [...]	2006-12-13 12:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KHUM ELAB RP KU TIP
06KUWAIT505	KUWAIT UNION OF DOMESTIC LABOR OFFICES (KUDLO) [...] (C) The Municipal Council closed down the Kuwait Union of Domestic Labor Offices (KUDLO) headquarters on February 7th. (Note: KUDLO, an independent association of offices that hire out domestic laborers, aims to systematize the domestic labor sector in Kuwait. They were on the verge of opening [...]	2006-02-13 11:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM ELAB KU
06KUWAIT537	MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS MINISTER, AN EXPERIENCED [...] (C) The Ambassador met with the new State Minister for Municipal Affairs, Abdullah Al-Muhailbi, on February 14 to congratulate him on his new post and to ask about the Minister's plans. The Minister said that he had worked his way up through the ranks in the Municipality, and had served since [...]	2006-02-14 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB KU
06KUWAIT538	NEW MINISTER OF INTERIOR AND DEFENSE ON [...] (C) The Ambassador met with First Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior (MOI) and Minister of Defense (MOD),Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on February 14 to congratulate him on his appointment as Interior Minister. Shaykh Jaber, already Minister of Defense since 2001, was installe [...]	2006-02-14 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM ELAB MOPS KU
06KUWAIT554	NEW LABOR MINISTER OPEN TO ENDING EXPATRIATE LABOR [...] (U) New Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah said that he is open to looking into alternatives to Kuwait's system of sponsorship of foreign workers. His remarks came in an interview with Al-Watan newspaper, in which he was aked about the ILO's request that Kuwait end the [...]	2006-02-15 13:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KU
06KUWAIT698	KUWAIT: SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) follows. Responses are keyed to paragraphs 21-24 of reftel. 2. (SBU) 21A: Kuwait is a destination country for internationally trafficked men and women. There is no trafficking in areas outside of GOK con [...]	2006-03-01 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF KU
06KUWAIT724	NEW NGO LOBBIES GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT ON EXPAT [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met on March 1st with the Social Work Society (SWS) of Kuwait, a new NGO devoted to advocating for expatriate labor rights. The NGO claims it has found corruption in the GOK's dealings with foreign laborers, but it is optimistic about the new government's declared focus on [...]	2006-03-04 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM ELAB KU
06KUWAIT745	LABOR MINISTER TO REVITALIZE EXPAT LABOR COMMITTEE [...] (U) Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah publicly announced that Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammad has personally asked him to fight residence-permit trading and other violations of expatriate worker rights. The statement was covered in the March 1st edition of the lo [...]	2006-03-05 10:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT759	MINISTRY OF LABOR SAYS EXPATRIATE LABORERS CAN [...] (U) Hamad Al-Ma'dadi, Assistant Undersecretary for Labor at Kuwait's Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),issued instructions in mid-February to allow expatriates whose families live in Kuwait to stay in the country temporarily if the company that sponsors them is shut down for viol [...]	2006-03-06 13:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM KU TIP

06KUWAIT849	IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD DOMESTIC LABOR CONTRACT [...] (U) The GOK has decided to again delay the implementation of its standard domestic labor contract until August. The three-party contract is between the worker, the employer/sponsor, and the Kuwaiti recruitment agency and clearly spells out wages, benefits, breaks and other working conditions [...]	2006-03-13 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT921	IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD DOMESTIC LABOR CONTRACT [...] (U) The GOK has decided to again delay the implementation of its standard domestic labor contract until August. The three-party contract is between the worker, the employer/sponsor, and the Kuwaiti recruitment agency and clearly spells out wages, benefits, breaks and other working conditions [...]	2006-03-18 10:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT972	FREEDOM AGENDA: THE PROPOSED NEW LABOR LAW: [...] (U) Summary: The Government has identified passing a new Labor Law as one of its legislative priorities, though Post contacts doubt its passage in the short term. The Kuwait Bar Association held March 13 a seminar to debate the benefits of a proposed new Labor Law. The participants, represen [...]	2006-03-20 09:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM KU TIP
06KUWAIT976	IOM'S EFFORT TO ESTABLISH MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER [...] (SBU) The UAE Permanent Mission in Geneva sent a letter on February 8 to the Geneva headquarters of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) stating that the GCC countries would not host a migrant resource center. Mohammad Al-Nassery, IOM Chief of Mission in Kuwait, presented a copy [...]	2006-03-20 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KYIV4542	UKRAINE: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA [...] As requested reftel, below Post provides updated information on child labor in Ukraine, for use in the preparation of the 2006 report Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor. Post has chosen to answer each of the questions posed in reftel as "Indicators" under the five topical headings. [...]	2006-12-13 13:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM UP
06LAGOS1182	THREATENED STRIKE STILL ON: IMPACT ON PRODUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's two oil sector unions continue to assert their determination to strike on September 13. The strike was ostensibly called to focus attention on deteriorating security conditions in the Niger Delta. Dr. Ayo Balogun, Secretary to the Minister of Petroleum Resources, sai [...]	2006-09-12 16:51:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ELAB NI
06LAGOS1183	OIL MAJORS SAY STRIKE UNLIKELY TO IMPACT PRODUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Top executives of oil majors predict the strike planned for September 13 will take place. Chevron and Shell believe their in-house unions, although they will honor the strike, will do nothing to disrupt production. Total, which has both production and distribution businesses i [...]	2006-09-12 17:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ELAB AA
06LAGOS1230	OIL SECTOR UNIONS, NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT TALKS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Executive Secretary of Nigeria's Ministry of Labour and Productivity Timiebi Koripamo-Agary met September 21 with oil worker union representatives to prepare for the stakeholders dialogue. Agreement to hold the stakeholders meeting was what ended the unions, September 13-1 [...]	2006-09-27 12:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ELAB NI
06LAGOS1237	STATE OF THE UNIONS [...] (U) This is a summary of labor activities. On July 21 the Federal Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Public Service Negotiating Council, agreeing to suspend and further negotiate the planned retrenchment of 33,000 civil service employees. June showcased [...]	2006-09-29 06:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS1242	OIL SECTOR UNIONS, NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT TALKS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Executive Secretary of Nigeria's Ministry of Labour and Productivity Timiebi Koripamo-Agary met September 21 with oil worker union representatives to prepare for the stakeholders dialogue. Agreement to hold the stakeholders meeting was what ended the unions, September 13-1 [...]	2006-10-03 06:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ELAB NI
06LAGOS1276	U.S. COMPANY FIRES 1,200 NIGERIANS, PREPARES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. oil and gas service contractor Willbros International will lay off 1,200 employees at its largest Niger Delta site. Insecurity in the Niger Delta has caused oil companies to shut down operations in the area. As a consequence, Willbros' work, which is all derivative of the [...]	2006-10-12 12:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS1365	WILLBROS AMCITS REMAIN CAPTIVE IN LABOR DISPUTE; [...] (C) Summary: Six Americans remain among the thirty-five employees of Willbros oil services company held up at the company's Choba I facility in Rivers State over a labor dispute. The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) claims the controverted collective bargaining a [...]	2006-11-21 12:27:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ELAB ASEC PTER NI
06LAGOS1385	COMMUNITY ACTIVIST/CANDIDATE ON BAYELSA SECURITY & [...] (C) Summary. Nalaguo Chris Alagoa, Project Coordinator of the Peace And Security Secretariat (PASS) told Poloff November 13 he hopes to be Paul Orie Wari's running mate in Bayelsa State's 2007 gubernatorial election should Wari obtain the People's Democratic Party (PDP) nomination. Alagoa sai [...]	2006-11-30 08:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ELAB EPET NI PGOV PINR PTER
06LAGOS177	NIGERIA: FY 2006 PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR ESF [...] Mission Nigeria submits the following proposals to help Nigeria increase its capacity, raise community awareness, build anti-trafficking outreach networks and support a local NGO with anti-trafficking capacity-building focused on trafficking in women. These proposals focus on states with sig [...]	2006-02-08 10:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG NI
06LAGOS227	NIGERIAN POLICE THREATEN STRIKE [...] (U) Junior-level police officers, from the constable to superintendent ranks, have threatened strike on February 20. While most observers believe a deal will be struck in time to avert the strike, police officers in contact with the Consulate's security office continue to insist that their t [...]	2006-02-16 10:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS45	AVIATION FUEL SHORTAGES IN LAGOS DISRUPT MANY [...] (U) Summary: For the last week, domestic airline operators in Lagos have had to contend with shortages in aviation fuel (known as Jet A1). Many domestic flights have been delayed, consolidated or cancelled because of the supply problem. Local press reports hundreds of passengers stranded at t [...]	2006-01-14 11:21:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAIR ECON EINV PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS56	LAGOS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RESOLVES AVIATION FUEL [...] (C) Summary. Airline operators and the Federal Aviation Authority (FAAN) confirmed aviation fuel is now available (see reftel) and that tanker drivers are transporting Jet A1 fuel to fill the reservoirs at Lagos Murtala Muhammad International Airport. Trucks that had been impounded by the Pr [...]	2006-01-18 10:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EAIR EINV PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS589	STICKY PICKETS: ORGANIZED LABOR MAY BECOME A [...] Nigerian organized labor is still having problems gathering the consensus necessary to initiate action on a national-scale. Since mid-March, the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) has routinely postponed plans for a national picketing campaign to protest unfair labor practices. Possible reasons [...]	2006-05-03 10:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS595	EXXONMOBIL TERMINAL ATTACKED; TWO YOUTHS KILLED [...] (SBU) ExxonMobil Nigeria's Qua Iboe Terminal (QIT),Akwa Ibom State, was occupied by a group of youths armed with machetes on 2 May, due to a labor dispute. Government security forces (GSF) killed two youths and wounded two others. GSF have arrested ten of the youths. The attackers briefl [...]	2006-05-03 19:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER ELAB NI
06LAGOS653	SOUTHERN NIGERIA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE JAN TO APR [...] This is a roundup of various recent incidents representative of the human rights situation in southern Nigeria. This summary is organized according to the sections of the annual Human Right Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables or are updates of previously reported [...]	2006-05-15 08:38:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB KIRF NI
06LAGOS874	NITEL STRIKE ENDS JUNE 19 [...] (U) On June 19, employees of Nigeria's state-owned telecommunications company, Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL),resumed work after a two-week strike. Landline and cellular telephone service in Abuja and Lagos has returned to its normal, albeit uneven, quality. National Association [...]	2006-06-20 16:07:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ELAB ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
06LAPAZ1114	GOVERNMENT FACES RISING SOCIAL SECTOR TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid accusations that the government has failed to keep its promises, social sector frustration, including among the MAS's highland support base, is rising. Civil sector leaders in Santa Cruz and Tarija have also stepped up their anti-government pressures. The Government has m [...]	2006-04-24 18:21:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ELAB PHUM PGOV BL
06LAPAZ1159	NATIONALIZATION AS GRAND POLITICAL GESTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: By announcing the nationalization of Bolivia's hydrocarbons sector, President Evo Morales has again proven himself a master of the grand political gesture. Timed to coincide with the kick off the campaign for the Constituent Assembly and accompanied by the symbolic taking of g [...]	2006-05-02 17:18:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EINV ENRG ECON PGOV SOCI PREL BL
06LAPAZ1332	ECONOMIC ROOTS OF BOLIVIA'S SOCIAL REVOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic factors, which have fed the growing political disaffection of Bolivia's majority poor, have helped fuel the country's rolling "social revolution." Take persistent poverty. The percentage of Bolivia's population living below the poverty line has remained virtually uncha [...]	2006-05-17 18:25:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB SMIG SOCI PGOV EINV EPET BL
06LAPAZ1418	BOLIVIA IN CHAVEZ' EMBRACE [...] (C) Summary: The MAS party's May 26 Chapare-based campaign kick-off for the Constituent Assembly -- featuring President Evo Morales and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez in the shared leading role -- revealed a Bolivian government fallen openly into Venezuela's embrace. Venezuelan offici [...]	2006-05-30 14:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV SOCI ELAB BL
06LAPAZ1660	GOB UNVEILS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB released its five-year national development plan on June 16. The plan proposes a strong state presence in the economy and natural resource management and substantial public investment in order to create jobs, diminish poverty, improve health and education, and provide [...]	2006-06-20 19:02:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV BL
06LAPAZ169	CHILE'S LAGOS HOPEFUL ABOUT BOLIVIA'S MORALES [...] (C) Summary: During their January 22 meeting in La Paz, President of Chile Ricardo Lagos told WHA A/S Shannon that the U.S. should keep the doors open with Evo Morales to prevent Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez from gaining disproportionate influence. Lagos said he had explained Chile's his [...]	2006-01-23 21:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI ELAB CI BL
06LAPAZ1791	FIRST QUARTER 2006 MACROECONOMIC REPORT [...] Summary: Bolivia's positive GDP growth trend continued during the first quarter of 2006 due to high international prices for the country's main exports: hydrocarbons, minerals, and agricultural products. Exports grew by 23 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2005, c [...]	2006-06-29 20:17:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD BL
06LAPAZ1859	SANTA CRUZ LABOR DISPUTE PROMPTS GOB INTERVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary: July 3 clashes between feuding branches of Santa Cruz' Departmental Labor Confederation prompted the GOB to dismiss the department's police chief and install military guards at key administrative buildings. Minister of Government Alicia Munoz accused the police chief of neglige [...]	2006-07-07 20:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PGOV SOCI BL
06LAPAZ195	MORALES-SHANNON MEETING: PRESIDENT RECOUNTS [...] (C) Summary: Summary: In their January 21 meeting, WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon told President-elect Evo Morales the U.S. agenda in Bolivia reflected our larger agenda in the region: consolidating democracy, promoting economic growth through free markets and integration, and protec [...]	2006-01-26 15:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ENRG SOCI ELAB BL
06LAPAZ2167	POLICE THREATEN HUNGER STRIKE [...] (SBU) The National Association of Police, a union of lower-level officials in the national police force, declared a state of emergency on August 10, threatening a mass hunger strike if the GOB did not agree to increase police salaries. No violence has occurred. During the first week of August, [...]	2006-08-11 20:59:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB PGOV BL
06LAPAZ2719	DEADLY MINING CLASH CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Fighting between cooperative miners and workers of the state-owned mining company COMIBOL broke out in Huanuni on October 5 (reftel) and continued on the 6th, despite temporary truces agreed on October 5 and 6. At this time, it appears that the second truce is holding and that fi [...]	2006-10-06 22:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN ELAB PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2723	MINING: FIGHTING ENDS, TALKS BEGIN [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to deadly clashes between state mining workers and independent cooperative miners in Huanuni, President Morales replaced the mining minister and the head of the state-owned mining company COMIBOL on October 7. A GOB commission held talks with both sides on October [...]	2006-10-10 19:42:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EMIN PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2729	MINERS THREATEN BLOCKADE; POLITICAL STAND-OFF [...] (U) Following last week,s violent conflict in Huanuni and failed talks with the government (reftel),the Cooperative Mining Federation threatened to blockade roads throughout the country or march to La Paz if the government does not agree to provide compensation for the victims, families and fo [...]	2006-10-11 20:26:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EMIN PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ275	STAFFDEL BRENNAN: GREETING THE NEW BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) Summary: During their January 24-27 visit to Bolivia, staffdel Brennan (House International Relations Committee staff Ted Brennan, Kristen Gilley, Paul Oostburg-Sanz, Mark Walker, and Dan Getz) met with Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, newly-minted legislators and ministers, Santa C [...]	2006-02-06 18:36:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ELAB BL
06LAPAZ2798	STAND-OFF BETWEEN MINERS AND GOB CONTINUES [...] (U) Summary: Nearly two weeks after October 5-6 clashes between cooperative miners and state mining employees (reftel),the stand-off between miners and the GOB continues. Cooperatives accepted a GOB proposal to provide compensation to affected families but rejected an offer to convert cooper [...]	2006-10-17 20:10:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ELAB EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
06LAPAZ2860	GOB, MINERS SIGN AGREEMENT ENDING STAND-OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB and miners signed an agreement October 23 ending the political stand-off that emerged after October 5-6 clashes between cooperative miners and state mining employees in Huanuni (reftel). Radio reports indicate that members of the region's four cooperatives accepted the [...]	2006-10-24 10:55:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ELAB EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
06LAPAZ324	LLOYD PILOTS ON STRIKE, NO RESOLUTION IN SIGHT [...] (U) Members of Lloyd Aero Boliviano's pilots' association declared an indefinite strike February 2, demanding that the airline honor its estimated $10 million pension obligations and reinstate 15 recently fired colleagues. The strike grounded all domestic flights and limited international ope [...]	2006-02-09 15:17:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ELAB ECON BL
06LAPAZ336	SIGNS OF EVO'S AUTOCRATIC BENT [...] (C) Summary: The MAS government has moved to control a range of institutions, including nominally independent ones, and many observers believe President Morales plans to use the Constituent Assembly (CA) to consolidate this control. Other worrying signs include the substantial halting of forc [...]	2006-02-09 21:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ELAB BL
06LAPAZ351	GOB INTERVENES TO END LLOYD PILOTS' STRIKE [...] (U) Summary: President Evo Morales intervened February 9 to end a strike by members of Lloyd Aero Boliviano's pilots' association (reftel),issuing a supreme decree authorizing the newly appointed superintendent of transportation to designate a controlling executive to oversee the airline's op [...]	2006-02-10 19:19:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELAB ECON PGOV BL
06LAPAZ6	INITIAL MEETING WITH EVO MORALES: BRASS TACKS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 2 "breaking the ice" meeting with the Ambassador, President-elect Evo Morales claimed he had not publicly maligned President Bush (at least not in the post-election period) and expressed deep resentment about being branded a "narco-terrorist" by U.S. officials. Moral [...]	2006-01-03 16:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG SOCI ELAB BL SIPDIS
06LAPAZ644	MORALES TO FOCUS ON ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: In a March 8 meeting, President Evo Morales told the Ambassador he would raise Bolivia's threatened soy markets, the extension of U.S. trade preferences and the Millennium Challenge Account in his discussion with Secretary Rice in Chile. The Ambassador said the Secretary would l [...]	2006-03-09 21:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ELAB PMAR BL
06LAPAZ70	SANTA CRUZ: ANXIETY ABOUT UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Many Santa Cruz civic representatives, stunned by the MAS's decisive electoral victory, are anxious about Bolivia's uncertain future. Some believe the MAS government will immediately begin dismantling the market-based economic model while postponing (for tactical reasons) its [...]	2006-01-11 21:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ENRG SOCI ELAB BL
06LAPAZ859	CONTINUED GOVERNMENT INSINUATIONS OF U.S. ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Government officials, including President Morales, have continued to suggest a possible USG role in the deadly La Paz bombings March 21 (ref). While Morales has persisted in professing ignorance about any formal expression of U.S. displeasure, March 26 news articles out [...]	2006-03-28 14:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET SOCI ELAB PTER BL
06LAPAZ96	BOLIVIA: SCENESETTER FOR A/S SHANNON [...] (C) Summary: You will arrive in Bolivia at a time of potentially profound transformation, amid an atmosphere of pervasive uncertainty and hope. We have engaged with President-elect Evo Morales (ref),but in a manner indicating something less than a business-as-usual embrace for his governmen [...]	2006-01-17 15:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET ENRG SOCI ELAB SNAR BL
06LAPAZ969	BOLIVIA: THE ATTRACTION OF DREAMS OVER REALITY [...] (C) Summary: If every country relies on myths and dreams, Bolivia's dependence crosses a critical threshold, often blinding political leaders to practical realities and to the pragmatic steps best suited to confront them. Bolivia's perennial demand for sovereign access to the sea from Chile [...]	2006-04-07 14:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV ECON ELAB PREL BL
06LIBREVILLE691	PRESIDENT BONGO TWISTS ARMS, ENDS STRIKE [...] (C) Summary: The imminence of legislative elections has contributed to a rash of strikes, since workers expect the government to act to resolve strikes quickly at election time. Following a three-day strike by oil workers, President Bongo instructed Mobil Oil Gabon to grant a wage increase and [...]	2006-11-29 14:34:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ELAB PGOV GB
06LILONGWE123	ESF PROPOSAL FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT [...] Lilongwe submits the following proposal for funding under ESF. This proposal is first priority, ranked above a separate INCLE-funded proposal that is being submitted septel. Proposal format is keyed to ref A, para 21. A. Establishment and dissemination of information regarding trafficking [...]	2006-02-08 16:19:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC EAID ELAB PREL SMIG MI
06LILONGWE125	INCLE PROPOSAL FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Lilongwe submits the following proposal for funding under INCLE. This proposal is second priority, ranked below a separate ESF-funded proposal that is being submitted septel. Proposal format is keyed to ref A, para 21. A. Establishment of a Regulatory Framework to prohibit trafficking in p [...]	2006-02-08 16:36:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC EAID ELAB PREL SMIG MI
06LILONGWE145	PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYERS CRY OVER SEVERANCE PAY [...] A long-running debate over Malawi's law mandating severance pay is coming to a head after large private employers have begun shutting down their voluntary pension schemes. This is a response to a 2004 court action requiring employers to pay both severance and pension at termination of employ [...]	2006-02-13 17:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ELAB ECON MI
06LILONGWE203	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - MALAWI [...] SUMMARY. The Government of Malawi (GOM) continued to make commendable progress in tackling trafficking in persons (TIP) in 2005. TIP remained a relatively new concept for Malawians. The GOM and the NGO community made significant efforts to raise awareness among civil society, legislators a [...]	2006-03-01 15:40:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID
06LILONGWE351	MALAWI STRUGGLES WITH STREET VENDORS [...] As the GOM moves to impose order on the thickets of street vendors in Blantyre and Lilongwe, the vendors have offered little resistance following Monday's clash in Blantyre. April 18 marked the GOM's delayed deadline for street vendors to leave the streets for government-built market buildings. [...]	2006-04-20 14:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB MI
06LIMA1099	PERU LABOR LEADERS ON LOURDES/HUMALA, FTA, LABOR,S [...] Peruvian labor leaders reject both candidates Lourdes Flores Nano and Ollanta Humala as too extreme, a situation that could create an opportunity for APRA candidate Alan Garcia were he to take up the cause of the proposed General Labor Law (Ref C). A labor rep from Arequipa described her reg [...]	2006-03-21 18:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EINV PGOV PHUM PINS PE
06LIMA117	Peru's Investment Climate Statement 2006 [...] The following is Post's submission of Peru's 2006 Investment Climate Statement, as requested in reftel. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Peruvian government seeks to attract investment -- both foreign and domestic -- in nearly all sectors of the econo [...]	2006-01-11 18:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR PE
06LIMA2156	NOMINATION OF MOTOROLA FOR SECRETARY'S CORPORATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Lima is pleased to nominate Motorola Peru for consideration for the Secretary of State's Eighth Award for Corporate Excellence. Motorola Peru is an outstanding example of the company's commitment to quality, efficiency, innovation, safety and human resource development [...]	2006-05-31 17:27:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD ECON KSEP PE
06LIMA3384	PERU SIGNS TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CHILE [...] (U) Summary. Overcoming decades of distrust, Peru and Chile signed a trade agreement on August 22. The agreement "amplifies" the 1998 Chile-Peru Economic Complementation Agreement (ECA),and provides for national treatment of Peruvian investors in Chile, most favored nation treatment by Chile [...]	2006-08-25 15:28:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG ELAB ECON EAID SENV CI PE
06LIMA3887	GOP MEDIATES END OF SIX-DAY PORT STRIKE [...] (SBU) A late-night deal on September 25, mediated by the Prime Minister and the Ministers of Labor and Trade, ended a strike that had closed Callao, Peru's largest port, for six days. Under the deal, the daily minimum wage for longshoremen was increased from USD 9.26 to USD 12.35, with special [...]	2006-09-29 16:24:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ELAB PGOV PE
06LIMA4025	CONGRESSMAN SMITH VISITS PERU TO DISCUSS FREE TRADE [...] Congressman Adam Smith, Democrat from Washington, spent four days in Lima, Peru,(Oct 1-5) talking with government and private sector representatives about the potential impact of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) on both countries' economies, and the state of current Peruvian labor laws [...]	2006-10-10 22:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON CODEL OVIP ELAB PGOV PE
06LIMA4035	CONGRESSMAN SMITH VISITS PERU TO DISCUSS FREE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman Adam Smith, Democrat from Washington, spent four days in Lima, Peru (Oct 1-5) talking with government and private sector representatives about the potential impact of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) on both countries' economies, and the state of current Pe [...]	2006-10-11 17:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON CODEL OVIP ELAB PGOV PE
06LIMA4547	CONGRESS LABOR COMMITTEE BULLISH ON LABOR LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: UPP congressman Aldo Estrada, president of the congressional committee on labor, told poloffs November 21 that revisions to the proposed General Labor Law should be completed and passed to the plenary by December 22--where it could be approved early in next year's session. He no [...]	2006-12-01 22:01:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PE PGOV
06LIMA4712	PERU: UPDATE TO GSP WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Post submits the following additional information to last year's update of the 2004 Worst Forms of Child Labor Report. Responses are keyed to items in Ref A. A) Formal institutional mechanisms to investigate and address complaints relating to allegations of the worst forms of child labor. [...]	2006-12-18 19:08:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI PGOV PHUM PE
06LIMA826	Peru: 2006 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Much of the work in Peru on TIP has been the result of the initiatives of the GOP's Multisectoral Committee (MSC) for TIP. The MSC consists of 10 ministries, 4 national NGOs, and 3 international organizations. Other government agencies, international organizations, and NGOs can [...]	2006-03-02 18:32:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PE
06LISBON951	PORTUGAL PERMITS FREE ENTRY TO THE LEAST LIKELY [...] (U) Summary: On May 1, Portugal followed through with its March 10 commitment to allow the free movement of students and workers from the eight of the ten new EU members (excluding Cyprus and Malta). The announcement enjoyed significant press coverage, especially in light of the high-profile [...]	2006-05-25 16:09:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PGOV PO
06LONDON3853	UK ANNOUNCES MAJOR REVAMP OF PENSION SYSTEM [...] SUMMARY: The British government announced on May 25 what Secretary of State for Work and Pensions John Hutton SIPDIS described as "the greatest renewal of our pensions system since the post-war reforms implemented by Clement Attlee's government." The changes include an increase in the ret [...]	2006-05-31 11:07:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV
06LONDON6324	UK TRADE UNIONS CONFERENCE WILL OFFER SNEAK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Delegates to the upcoming TUC Conference will greet PM Blair with the question "When are you leaving?", Trades Union Congress (TUC) International Relations Department Head Owen Tudor told Lab Couns and ECON Asst Aug 30. The TUC will also debate recent moves to privatize parts [...]	2006-08-30 17:08:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PREL UK
06LONDON6761	UK TRADE UNIONS ALTERNATELY PURSUE ENLIGHTENED AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The British trades union movement's annual convention was an exposition of both the broad and narrow visions of its members. At times it pursued the lofty goals of workplace equality, better conditions, skills training and opportunity. At others, its members called for the p [...]	2006-09-19 11:10:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV UK
06LONDON6853	"LARGEST HEALTH SERVICE STRIKE IN 20 YEARS" MORE [...] (U) Unionized workers at the UK's National Health Service's supply arm, NHS Logistics, began the first of two 24 hour strikes late on September 21 to protest the sale of the public sector entity to the German logistics giant, DHL. NHS Logistics supplies thousands of non-pharmaceutical suppli [...]	2006-09-22 09:34:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB UK GE
06LONDON7626	PRO UNION MP SEEKS DEPUTY LABOUR PARTY POST [...] (SBU) Summary: Two term Labour MP Jon Cruddas is part of a crowded field seeking the post of Deputy Party Leader (DPL) when the incumbent (and Deputy PM) John Prescott steps down with PM Blair. Cruddas believes Labour has lost its progressive character and its ties to the working class, and [...]	2006-10-26 16:33:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB SCUL UK
06MADRID324	AMBASSADOR AND UNION LEADER DISCUSS VENEZUELA, [...] (U) During a February 6 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Worker's General Union (UGT) Secretary General Candido Mendez expressed concern that the USG decision to deny authorization to transfer U.S. components as part of Spain's deal to sell EADS CASA aircraft to Venezuela could cost Spain impor [...]	2006-02-07 18:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELAB PGOV SP
06MADRID516	SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Madrid,s input for the Sixth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy POC is Political Officer Tim Dougherty, tel. (34) 91 587-2294. Staff hours spent in preparation of this report includes the following: Political Counselor - FE-OC: 3 hours Deputy [...]	2006-03-01 18:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KCRM KFRD PREF SP KWMN SMIG ASEC
06MANAGUA177	VICE MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT PRESSES FIGHT AGAINST [...] (U) On January 24, polcouns and poloff met Vice Minister of Government Deyanira Arguello to discuss the status of various GON efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). As Vice Minister of Government, Arguello has the primary responsibility for overseeing all GON anti-trafficking programs. Sin [...]	2006-01-25 14:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NU
06MANAGUA193	GOVERNMENT DECLARES MEDICAL STRIKE ILLEGAL, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A widespread strike of medical workers, led by a Sandinista (FSLN)-affiliated union, has paralyzed most Nicaraguan public hospitals for the last week. On January 20, the Minister of Labor declared the strike illegal, allowing the Ministry of Health to fire striking union leade [...]	2006-01-27 15:09:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ELAB ECON EFIN NU
06MANAGUA222	NICARAGUAN REGIONAL REPORTING--SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) During a January 26 election reporting trip to the department of Carazo, just south and east of Managua (reftel),emboffs discussed a range of economic, social, and religious issues with local leaders. Businessmen Aquiles Jaenz, Edgard Bermudez, and Ramon Conrado, the President, Secreta [...]	2006-01-30 22:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ELAB ECON EFIN KIRF SMIG NU
06MANAGUA230	EMBASSY MANAGUA SUBMISSION FOR INCLE-FUNDED [...] Embassy Managua submits the following law enforcement anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) project proposal for INCLE funding by G/TIP. While the Ministry of Government's proposal is broadly similar to its previous (2005) proposal, this year's submission is much more tightly focused on addressin [...]	2006-01-31 16:42:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC NU
06MANAGUA250	AS MEDICAL STRIKE WIDENS, MINISTER OF HEALTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The doctor's strike that has paralyzed many public sector hospitals for over two weeks has widened to include the powerful Sandinista union Fetsalud, which represents the vast majority of public sector health care workers. Minister of Health Margarita Gurdian insists that she [...]	2006-02-02 17:01:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ELAB EFIN NU
06MANAGUA270	NICARAGUA: COFFEE IS CAPRICIOUS KING IN JINOTEGA [...] (U) Summary: The economy of the northern Nicaragua department of Jinotega is almost entirely dependent on one crop: coffee. The international price of coffee drives the fortunes of the region, and a poor transportation infrastructure inhibits the development of other industries. The shaky eco [...]	2006-02-03 23:40:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EAGR PGOV SOCI NU
06MANAGUA344	GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR AND UNIONS BATTLE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nicaragua's government, private sector, and unions all realize that the preferential Tariff Preference Levels (TPLs) for textiles accorded to the country in the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) mean money and power, and they are engaged in an ongoing struggle to de [...]	2006-02-13 14:15:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD KTEX NU
06MANAGUA418	NICARAGUA 2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) During the 2005-2006 reporting period, Nicaraguan government has made important progress in all areas of its fight against Trafficking in Persons (TIP),including prevention and detection, victim assistance, and prosecution of traffickers. Nicaraguan police dismantled two major traffick [...]	2006-02-23 14:28:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NU
06MANAGUA435	EMBASSY MANAGUA ENDORSES MODIFIED OPDAT ANTI-TIP [...] In reftel B, Embassy Managua submitted an anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) project proposal to the Department that focuses on strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Government to fight trafficking. Subsequently, post learned that the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Pro [...]	2006-02-27 14:12:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC NU
06MANAGUA609	NICARAGUAN REGIONAL REPORTING--SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an elections reporting trip to the northwestern departments of Esteli and Madriz March 8-10 (reported in reftels),emboffs discussed a variety of economic and social issues with local leaders, including representatives of most major political parties, the Catholic Chur [...]	2006-03-16 19:51:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ELAB ECON EFIN KIRF SMIG NU
06MANAGUA648	TOURISM MAKES RIVAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL [...] (U) The southern Nicaraguan department of Rivas has capitalized on its natural beauty and relatively well developed transportation infrastructure to build an economy increasingly based on tourism. During the civil war of the 1980s, Rivas was not a battleground, but a refuge, and the departmen [...]	2006-03-23 14:37:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI NU
06MANAGUA721	CHONTALES, NICARAGUA: WHERE CATTLE AND LIBERALS [...] (U) Summary: The Department of Chontales is renowned for its cattle and Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) members. Forty percent of all cows in this cattle nation are raised in this small region, wedged between Lake Nicaragua to the West and the Autonomous Southern Atlantic Region (RAAS) to th [...]	2006-03-31 14:27:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI NU
06MANAMA1175	BAHRAINI LABOR UNION LEGISLATION MOVES THROUGH [...] (SBU) Several pieces of labor reform legislation dealing with union activity and the formation of unions and union federations are moving through the Bahraini legislative process. One amendment to the 1976 labor law for the private sector protects union members from dismissal for union activ [...]	2006-06-28 15:02:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ELAB PGOV PREL BA HUMRIT POL REFORM
06MANAMA1192	FLURRY OF SPRING STRIKES NETS WORKER BENEFITS [...] (C) There have been several incidents of labor actions, strikes and near-strikes, involving both Bahraini and expatriate workers over the past several months. These actions have ranged from unauthorized strikes by non-union South Asian and Southeast Asian expatriate workers to, from a Wester [...]	2006-07-03 12:55:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL BA HUMRIT POL REFORM
06MANAMA1979	GOB SPECIFIES BAHRAIN STRIKE BAN SECTORS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa issued an executive order November 20 that bans labor union strikes at facilities deemed to be in vital sectors. Going beyond the text of the 2002 La [...]	2006-11-29 13:43:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB BA BILAT HUMRIT ECTRD
06MANAMA20	NATIONAL JOB PROJECT KICKS OFF REGISTRATION [...] (C) The long-awaited $80 million National Employment and Training Project began registering Bahrain's estimated 20,000 unemployed January 2 at 20 centers around the country. Minister of Labor Dr. Majeed Al-Alawi has stated publicly that the project will end unemployment in the Kingdom. Dr. A [...]	2006-01-04 14:04:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB ECON BA POL HUMRIT
06MANAMA2013	OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT MOTIVES FOR STRIKE BAN [...] (C) GOB officials state that the sector-specific strike ban issued November 20 is consistent with regulations called for in the recently revised Bahraini Workers' Trade Unions Law. It was intended to be applied on a case-by-case basis to prevent strikes that could threaten national security or [...]	2006-12-10 06:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV BA BILAT ECTRD HUMRIT
06MANAMA389	BAHRAIN ANTI-TRAFFICKING RESPONSES 2006 [...] (SBU) Post's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Please note that during the reporting period the Ministry of Social Affairs, which has the lead in establishing a shelter for victims of trafficking and abuse, was renamed the Ministry of Social Development. [...]	2006-03-14 04:35:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF BA HUMRIT
06MANAMA404	MINISTER ADDRESSES LABOR REFORM [...] (C) The Ambassador and Labor Minister Dr. Majeed Al-Alawi March 11 discussed the status of pending labor reform legislation, including reforms that were the subject of close U.S. congressional attention in the late 2005 run-up to FTA ratification. The FTA-related legislation has been submitted [...]	2006-03-15 10:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL PGOV ECON BA
06MANAMA568	BAHRAIN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-08 12:17:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
06MANAMA57	GOB MOVES FORWARD WITH LABOR UNION REFORMS [...] (U) Ministry of Labor Senior Labor Relations Specialist Ahmed Al-Khabaz told Emboff January 3 that the Cabinet has referred to Parliament revisions to the Trade Union Law allowing the formation of more than one union per organization. Labor Minister Dr. Majeed Al-Alawi had referred the issue [...]	2006-01-17 07:29:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL BA HUMRIT
06MANAMA704	FUTURE UNCERTAIN FOR NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT PROJECT [...] (C) Bahrain's much-anticipated 80 million dollar National Employment Project (NEP) completed its formal registration phase at the end of February and has moved into its worker orientation and assessment phases. NEP Head of Marketing Nizar Al Qari told PolOff April 18 that optimism and morale [...]	2006-04-24 13:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL BA REGION HUMRIT REFORM
06MANILA2350	Cybersex a growing problem in the Philippines [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The cybersex industry continues to grow in the Philippines, spurred on by the increasing availability of broadband Internet connectivity, foreign demand, and difficulty in prosecuting operators. [...]	2006-06-06 08:24:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP
06MANILA2539	NOMINATION FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE AWARD: PROCTER [...] Post is pleased to nominate Procter & Gamble (P&G) Philippines for the 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). P&G Philippines has energized its workers with a spirit of social responsibility and philanthropy that makes an excellent representation of American values and character to the l [...]	2006-06-16 09:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV RP
06MANILA4558	LABOR UNION STRIKES AT CAVITE ECONOMIC ZONE FACTORY [...] (SBU) Summary: Union members at Chong Won Fashion, a clothing manufacturer at the government-owned Cavite Economic Zone, launched a strike September 25. The management of the factory refuses to negotiate with union leaders and initiated legal action against the union. The strike has garnered [...]	2006-11-03 04:33:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM RP
06MANILA5007	GRP UNVEILS MAJOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING INITIATIVE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) recently issued new employment requirements designed to better protect overseas Filipino household workers from trafficking. Among other measures, the new requirements increase the monthly minimum wage from $200 to $400 [...]	2006-12-15 05:42:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM KTIA PHUM RP
06MANILA5026	PHILIPPINES: CHILD LABOR UPDATE 2006 [...] Summary and Introduction: This message provides input requested for the Secretary of Labor's annual report to Congress on the implementation of commitments to eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor (ref a). It updates information provided by Post in 2005 (ref b) regarding child labor laws a [...]	2006-12-18 09:29:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID PHUM RP
06MANILA695	OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS AS A POLITICAL FORCE [...] (C) Summary: The over eight million Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) already have an important and growing role as an economic force, sending roughly USD 10 billion worth of remittances home each year. On the political side, however, OFWs were not granted the right to vote in absentia until [...]	2006-02-15 07:06:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON SOCI PINR RP
06MAPUTO126	MOZAMBIQUE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-26 14:53:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB MZ PGOV
06MAPUTO130	MOZAMBIQUE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-26 16:10:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB MZ PGOV

06MAPUTO144	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OFFICIALS AND CONTRACTOR TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-31 07:00:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB OTRA AFIN AO SF KE MZ
06MAPUTO146	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MOZAMIBQUE DESK OFFICER HERB TREGER TO TRAVEL TO MOZAMBIQUE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-01 08:02:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB OTRA AFIN AO SF KE MZ
06MAPUTO1604	MOZAMBIQUE: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] Mozambique is a party to the ILO convention against the worst forms of child labor. The Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) has a regulatory framework in place to monitor and prosecute infractions of the labor code, but it does not have a regulatory body specifically devoted to chi [...]	2006-12-15 10:41:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EIND ETRD PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI MZ
06MAPUTO310	MOZAMBIQUE: FIRST TIP-RELATED CONVICTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Two Mozambican men were sentenced last week to 8 and 9 months in prison, respectively, for kidnapping and attempting to sell a 13-year-old boy in Inhambane province. To Post's knowledge, this is the country's first-ever trafficking-related conviction. It also marks one of the fir [...]	2006-03-10 12:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD MZ
06MAPUTO428	UNHCR IMPATIENT WITH MOZAMBIQUE'S REFUGEE PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 13:27:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PREF PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD MZ
06MAPUTO434	MOZAMBICAN POLICE ON "MAXIMUM ALERT" FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING CRIMES BT #0434 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-13 13:47:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ELAB MZ
06MAPUTO435	MOZAMBICAN POLICE ON "MAXIMUM ALERT" FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING CRIMES [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-13 15:37:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ELAB MZ
06MAPUTO440	2006 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS BUDGET REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-14 07:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL EAID MZ
06MAPUTO441	MOZAMBICAN POLICE ON "MAXIMUM ALERT" FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING CRIMES [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-14 07:41:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ELAB MZ
06MAPUTO443	2006 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS BUDGET REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-14 09:05:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL EAID MZ
06MAPUTO449	POLICE FOIL PLAN TO SMUGGLE 66 BANGLADESHIS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 13:32:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ELAB MZ
06MAPUTO459	MOZAMBIQUE: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE COMMITS TO DRAFTING ANTI-TIP LEGISLATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 13:49:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ELAB MZ
06MAPUTO514	MOZAMBIQUE: COUNTRY'S FIRST TRAFFICKING VICTIMS SHELTER INAUGURATED [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-03 13:34:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG KFRD ELAB MZ
06MAPUTO564	MOZAMBIQUE: USG-FUNDED ANTI-TIP LEGISLATION INITIATIVE GRABS NEWSPAPER HEADLINE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-15 14:36:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG KFRD ELAB MZ
06MEXICO1113	SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) The mission's point of contact on the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report is Poloff Scott C. Higgins. He may be reached by telephone at (52)(55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52)(55) 5080-2247. Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working with [...]	2006-03-02 13:24:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
06MEXICO1245	UPDATE MEXICO - HOURS SPENT ON 2006 [...] (U) Mission-wide, approximately 90 hours were spent in preparation of the 2006 Anti-Trafficking in Persons report. The breakdown is as follows: the political officer for human rights (FS-04) spent 70 hours, one foreign service national (FSN-07) at post spent five hours, the Department of Homela [...]	2006-03-07 20:25:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
06MEXICO1456	THE FOX ADMINISTRATION'S FINAL BI-NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Fox Administration officials see this fifth and final BNC of their term as a chance to highlight bilateral achievements, institutionalize successful mechanisms, and prepare for the heads of state meeting in Cancun. President Fox, who recently announced imminent extraditions o [...]	2006-03-17 18:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELAB CVIS EAID MX
06MEXICO1473	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOL BRIAN BLASHICH [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Labor Official Brian Blashich for travel to Palau, Coahuila, Mexico from March 19-23, 2006. Embassy confirms that no further assistance is required. 2. Mexico does have health concerns. You should take normal tourist precautions [...]	2006-03-17 21:50:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ELAB MX
06MEXICO3572	TEACHERS' STRIKE RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT VOTING IN [...] (C) Summary: As Election Day draws near, public school teachers in the state of Oaxaca remain on strike, with some continuing to threaten to block voting unless a resolution is reached by July 1. What began some five weeks ago apparently as a routine labor action in pursuit of increased wages [...]	2006-06-27 21:41:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB MX PINR PREL PHUM
06MEXICO3574	TEACHERS' STRIKE RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT VOTING IN [...] (C) Summary: As Election Day draws near, public school teachers in the state of Oaxaca remain on strike, with some continuing to threaten to block voting unless a resolution is reached by July 1. What began some five weeks ago apparently as a routine labor action in pursuit of increased wages [...]	2006-06-27 22:52:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB MX PINR PREL PHUM
06MEXICO3961	PRI GOVERNORS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE STRUCTURAL REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: Given the upcoming Mexican government transition and the slim margin with which a new president will take office, this is a good time to review federal-state relations and their implications for Mexico's prospects for structural change. The views expressed in this three-part seri [...]	2006-07-18 18:12:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG PGOV MX
06MEXICO4019	INFLUENCE OF STATES AND GOVERNORS OVER FEDERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: State governments have limited ability to influence national policies. The local legislature of each state enacts legislation that applies only within its territorial boundaries. However, state legislatures do have a constitutional right to introduce legislation in the nationa [...]	2006-07-19 22:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG PGOV MX
06MEXICO4020	REVIEW OF MEXICAN STATE DEPENDENCE ON [...] (SBU) States and municipalities depend for the vast majority of their revenue on federally collected value-added tax and petroleum revenue funds, but the Fiscal Coordination Law prohibits the GOM from conditioning transfers. On average, 90 percent of state revenue and nearly 75 percent of mun [...]	2006-07-19 22:49:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG PGOV MX
06MEXICO4534	MEXICO'S "OTHER HALF"--THE VIEW FROM OAXACA (PART [...] (SBU) On August 1-4, poloff visited the state of Oaxaca in order to learn more about the political and economic dynamics of this region, often characterized as part of Mexico's poor "other half." Academics, journalists, protesters, and indigenous citizens described a state--until recently a PR [...]	2006-08-14 23:01:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO4535	MEXICO'S "OTHER HALF"--THE VIEW FROM OAXACA (PART [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the end of PRI rule, Oaxaca still lacks a viable economic development strategy and there is no effective political leadership or coordinated social movement to address Oaxaca's significant needs. The teachers' strike reflects the old way of challenging the government und [...]	2006-08-14 23:15:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO4619	ASSESSING OAXACA,S POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the past week, the complex political crisis in Oaxaca has worsened, with four people killed in two separate incidents and protestors pledging to intensify their civil disobedience campaign demanding that PRI Governor Ulises Ruiz resign or be removed from office. Tension is m [...]	2006-08-17 23:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO4907	COCA COLA MEXICO: DUE DILLIGENCE FOR 2006 AWARD [...] (U) Answers given below pertain to Coca Cola de Mexico's candidacy for the Secretary of State's 2006 Award for Corporate excellence. They are keyed to the questions in reftel. (A) The Embassy sees little downside or embarrassment caused by the selection of Coca Cola de Mexico for the award [...]	2006-08-30 21:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT BEXP ECON ELAB ETRD KSEP MX SENV
06MEXICO4987	MEXICO'S DRAMATIC POLITICAL WEEKEND [...] (C) Summary: On Friday, September 1, the Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) made good on its promise to prevent President Fox from delivering his final annual report to the Mexican Congress, part of the PRD's commitment to Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO's) plan to humiliate the Presiden [...]	2006-09-05 20:34:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO5528	THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES OF MEXICO'S PRI/LABOR [...] Summary: Although the 60th session of Mexico,s national congress started work on September 1, 2006, the PRI/labor affiliated representatives to this body have been working together since their election on July 2 to establish a common set of legislative priorities. To some extent, these priori [...]	2006-09-27 19:25:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM PINR SMIG
06MEXICO5720	DISSIDENT PEMEX WORKERS SEEK TO OVERTURN YEAR OLD [...] A dissident faction of MexicoQs Petroleum Workers Union is trying to overturn the October 2005 re-election of union Secretary General Carlos Romero Deschamps. The re-election of Romero Deschamps means that he will head the Oil WorkersQ Union from 2007-2012. According to the dissidents, Romer [...]	2006-10-06 21:57:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM MX
06MEXICO574	HE'S GOT MEXICO'S FDI IN HIS HANDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mexico received USD 17.6 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2005 and is forecast to receive USD 18 billion in 2006 due to large investments in the automotive and auto parts, real estate, housing development, pharmaceutical, food processing and electronics sectors. [...]	2006-02-02 12:16:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV MX
06MEXICO6314	BONUS, BONUS, EVERYONE GETS A BONUS [...] Summary: Recently, a joint statement by the head of Mexico,s federal civil service union (FSTSE) and a senior GOM Treasury Secretariat official announced that all federal employees would receive an end of term bonus. The union leader described the bonus as an established employee benefit tra [...]	2006-11-07 13:25:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO6362	NEW MAQUILA DECREE -- INCREASING MEXICAN [...] (U) The revamping of the Maquila program is the latest step in the GOM's plans to encourage investment and increase Mexico's competitiveness in the global economy. The new decree joins the Maquila and PITEX programs, allows for participation of the service sector, lowers certain participation [...]	2006-11-08 14:50:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV MX
06MEXICO6391	NATIONAL TEACHERS' UNION SAYS GOVERNMENT ACTIONS [...] Summary: The National TeachersQ, Union (SNTE) sharply criticized the GOM for negotiating directly with the striking teachers in Oaxaca. In SNTEQ,s view these negotiations, which bypass the national union, will only prolong OaxacaQ,s civil unrest and could potentially spread the problem to ot [...]	2006-11-08 20:08:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV CASC KDEM PINR MX
06MEXICO6413	WHO ARE MEXICO'S MONOPOLISTS? [...] (SBU) Bank of Mexico and likely incoming Mexican government officials in recent weeks have stressed the importance of opening key sectors of the economy to more competition, but have been hesitant to publicly name the "offending" companies. This telegram spells out which sectors are dominated [...]	2006-11-09 16:22:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO6424	ECONOMIC TRANSITION NOTES, NOVEMBER 1-8, 2006 [...] (U) Mexico's markets were unaffected by the November 6 bombings. Market expectations are close to government economic predictions, including that the recent inflation spike is temporary and that the government will have its first budget surplus since 1996. The stock market boasted a record ga [...]	2006-11-09 19:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PREL MX
06MEXICO6516	ECONOMIC TRANSITION NOTES, NOVEMBER 9-15, 2006 [...] (U) Fitch Ratings warned that MexicoQs credit rating could fall in the next three years if President-elect Calderon fails to pass reforms needed to encourage faster economic growth. Calderon continued to publicly call for reforms, and promised to encourage financing for infrastructure; stren [...]	2006-11-16 21:53:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO6570	CALDERON NAMES ECONOMIC CABINET [...] Mexican stocks jumped 1.6 percent on November 21 after President Elect-Calderon announced his Economic Cabinet. Many of the members were expected, having worked on the transition team, and/or for the Fox Administration. The new Secretary for Telecommunications and Transport Luis Tellez, SIP [...]	2006-11-22 14:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV PREL ETRD PINR MX
06MEXICO6571	CALDERON NAMES ECONOMIC CABINET [...] Mexican stocks jumped 1.6 percent on November 21 after President Elect-Calderon announced his Economic Cabinet. Many of the members were expected, having worked on the transition team, and/or for the Fox Administration. The new Secretary for Telecommunications and Transport Luis Tellez, SIP [...]	2006-11-22 14:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV PREL ETRD PINR MX
06MEXICO6652	OAXACA CRISIS WORSENS DAYS BEFORE FELIPE CALDERON [...] (SBU) Begin summary: The political crisis in Oaxaca worsened over the weekend of November 25 when provocateurs turned what started out as a peaceful protest led by the People's Popular Assembly of Oaxaca (APPO) into a violent confrontation with the Federal Preventive Police (PFP). By the morn [...]	2006-11-28 22:42:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB MX
06MEXICO6760	US-MEXICO "HYPERBORDER" CONFERENCE [...] (U) On November 16 and 17, Embassy EconOff and Ciudad Juarez ConOff attended the 2nd Annual Hyperborder Conference in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. They also spoke with the Director General of the Associacion de Maquiladora A.C. Consul General Donna Blair offered remarks at the op [...]	2006-12-05 22:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ECIN ETRD ELTN ETTC ELAB MX
06MEXICO6810	MEXICO Economic Notes, November 30-December 6, [...] (U) President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa followed his short, but successful inauguration with a speech at the National Auditorium detailing key goals of his administration. CalderonQs Secretaries of Finance, Economics and Labor have named their respective undersecretaries. The new Director Gen [...]	2006-12-07 17:33:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO6823	MEXICO'S CALDERON SUBMITS BUDGET TO CONGRESS [...] (SBU) The new Mexican government of President Felipe Calderon, which took office on December 1, submitted its 2007 budget proposal to the Chamber of Deputies on December 5. The $205-billion budget is based on assumptions of 3.6% real GDP growth, inflation of 3.0%, a Mexican oil mix price of $4 [...]	2006-12-07 23:24:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO6933	MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, DECEMBER 7 Q DECEMBER 13 [...] (U) The first budget from the Calderon Administration, for fiscal year 2007 (ref A) was met by loud protests over proposed funding levels for education and infrastructure, as well as an increase in the tax for soft drinks. A detailed cable regarding contentious parts of the budget will follo [...]	2006-12-14 23:14:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO6934	CALDERON,S BUDGET PROPOSAL SPARKS DEBATE OVER [...] (SBU) The level of educational spending in Mexican President Felipe Calderon,s 2007 budget proposal has set off a firestorm of protest. While the budget proposal increases real spending on education by 4.2% when compared to the approved 2006 budget, it decreases real spending by 1.2% when com [...]	2006-12-15 00:45:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO7015	SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER DISCUSSES MEXICAN [...] (SBU) Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens for weeks has highlighted publicly the need for fiscal reform in Mexico. At a recent conference in Mexico City, he said that Mexico needs to implement a broad fiscal reform to confront growing pension liabilities, rising payments on financed investment [...]	2006-12-20 23:15:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO7032	MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, DECEMBER 14 - DECEMBER 20 [...] (U) The revenue portion of the budget was first approved by the Chamber of Deputies and then the Senate though the Senate rejected the specific provision regarding the soft drink tax. However, this will probably not prevent the elimination of the discriminatory 20 percent tax on beverages swe [...]	2006-12-21 19:40:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO7037	NEW MEXICAN ENERGY UNDERSECRETARY DISCUSSES PLANS [...] (SBU) Constitutional reform in the energy sector is at least three years away according to the newly appointed Undersecretary for Energy Planning at the Mexican Secretariat of Energy (SENER),Jordy Herrera. In the meantime, the Calderon Administration will introduce legislation to "strengthe [...]	2006-12-21 22:22:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON ELAB MX
06MEXICO7067	UNDERSECRETARY OF GOVERNMENT DOUBTS NEAR-TERM [...] (C) Summary: Undersecretary of Government Abraham Gonzalez Ulleda discussed the state of dialogue with Oaxaca protesters, asserted that agitators arrested by the GOM had received due process and were subsequently released from federal custody or transferred to state prisons, and acknowledged t [...]	2006-12-26 22:42:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB PHUM MX
06MEXICO7111	MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, DECEMBER 21 - DECEMBER 28, [...] (U) Mexico's 2007 federal budget has been approved by the Mexican Congress and published in the Official Gazette. The US$208-billion budget largely reflects President Felipe Calderon's initial proposal, but Congress edged up funding for education, highways, and pensions in rural areas, while [...]	2006-12-28 22:48:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX
06MINSK10	Belarus' Flailing White Elephants [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months Ambassador and Emboffs have visited several of Belarus' larger businesses, including its fourth largest company, the Minsk Automobile Factory (MAZ),its fifth largest company, the Belarus Automobile Factory (BelAZ),and Belshina, one of the world's largest tire [...]	2006-01-05 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ETRD ELAB PGOV BO
06MINSK1188	BELARUS NOT DOING WHAT IS NEEDED TO PREVENT GSP [...] (C) On October 12, the European Commission (EC) postponed its decision to suspend the General System of Preferences (GSP) for Belarus, giving Belarus more time to implement the International Labor Organization's (ILO) 12 recommendations to improve labor rights (ref A). According to some estim [...]	2006-11-13 09:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK664	Belarus Faces Pension Crisis [...] Summary: On May 18, Econoff met with the head of the Ministry of Labor's pension office, and on May 30 attended a conference where several GOB officials described an upcoming pension crisis. Belarus has 2.6 million pensioners, 27% of the population, and this number will grow in coming years. T [...]	2006-06-21 14:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EFIN SOCI BO
06MINSK691	GOB APPEALS TO EU TO STOP "SPIRAL OF PRESSURE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Lithuanian Ambassador to Belarus gave U.S. Ambassador copies of three letters from Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Martynov to: Javier Solana, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary General of the Council of the European Unio [...]	2006-06-30 13:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL PGOV ECON EINV WTRO USTR BO
06MONTEVIDEO10	URUGUAY PASSES UNION PROTECTION LAW [...] (U) Summary. On December 22, Congress passed a law on the ""promotion and protection"" of unions. The heated six-month debate clearly aligned the ruling FA coalition with union interests on one side and business organizations and the opposition on the other. The law bans discrimination agai [...]	2006-01-05 16:34:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EINV PGOV UY
06MONTEVIDEO1012	VAZQUEZ' HONEYMOON IS OVER [...] (C) Summary: President Vazquez' approval rating dipped below fifty percent for the first time according to an October poll. When he was sworn in eighteen months ago, his approval rating stood at sixty-nine percent. The anti-climax surrounding a possible Free Trade Agreement (reftel),a worsen [...]	2006-10-25 18:47:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI ELAB MARR UY
06MONTEVIDEO175	UNIONS SHOW THEIR MUSCLE THROUGH RASH OF PLANT [...] Summary: Ever since it took office in March 2005, the Frente Amplio administration has engineered a shift in labor relations in favor of workers, starting with the derogation of a decree enabling police to intervene in plant occupations and culminating with the recent passage of the Union Pro [...]	2006-02-22 09:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EINV PGOV UY
06MONTEVIDEO230	THE VAZQUEZ ADMINISTRATION AT THE ONE-YEAR MARK [...] (C) Summary: The Frente Amplio (FA) Government completed its first year in power on March 1 with more achievements than setbacks. In typical fashion, little fanfare marked the day as President Vazquez had sent his state-of-the-union report to Congress a week earlier. It is clear that his adr [...]	2006-03-07 19:06:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD SOCI ELAB PINR UY
06MONTEVIDEO46	URUGUAY'S PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM IN CRISIS [...] (U) Minister of the Economy, Daniel Astori recently stated that Uruguay must decentralize and strengthen its system of higher education or risk a faltering economy. Post analysis concurs with Astori's assessment. Statistics show that the vast majority of university-age students will never ac [...]	2006-01-13 18:09:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI EINV ELAB UY
06MONTEVIDEO963	DICTATORSHIP'S WOUNDS STILL FELT IN URUGUAY [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Uruguay's ongoing debate over the teaching of history and a recent public shouting match between the sons of important actors during Uruguay's dictatorship both illustrate the importance of that period to modern politics and policy in Uruguay. The complex history of [...]	2006-10-11 13:37:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ELAB UY
06MOSCOW6334	GROWTH AND CORRUPTION IN RUSSIA'S REGIONAL [...] SUMMARY: While none would dispute that Moscow leads Russia in economic development, it is increasingly clear that many cities beyond Moscow are experiencing healthy growth. Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners in large provincial cities report expanded opportunities and gradually imp [...]	2006-06-14 10:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELAB SOCI POL RS
06MOSCOW6815	SOCIAL MOBILITY IN RUSSIA: WHICH WAY TO THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With real average incomes up 66 percent over the past five years, Russia's middle class has begun to emerge from the shadows -- after all, someone other than the mega rich has to be buying all those TV sets, cars and cell phones. Understanding that the movement is now well unde [...]	2006-06-27 11:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI EINV ELAB EFIN PGOV RS
06MOSUL15	LOCAL NGO LAUNCHING NEW WOMEN'S CENTER IN MOSUL [...] (SBU) In an effort to address concerns of unemployment, job training, and community counseling for Iraqi women, members of the Assembly of Ninevah NGOs, a local NGO umbrella organization, have created a second women's center for western Mosul. The effort expands on the already existing Iraq W [...]	2006-02-14 15:00:00	REO Mosul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ ECON ELAB SCUL SOCI PINT
06MUNICH347	BAVARIAN TIP UPDATE: ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS; [...] (U) Bavarian police arrested two Romanians and one German May 21 for trafficking in persons (TIP) and pimping in Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg. The arrests were the result of a four-month police investigation launched on the basis of evidence gathered during routine "controls" of brothels in [...]	2006-06-11 17:22:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS PGOV SMIG ELAB GM RO
06MUSCAT1008	OMANI FRUSTRATION WITH THE FTA: WE UNDERSTAND BUT [...] (C) In a June 21 meeting with the Ambassador, the Sultan's Advisor for External Liaison, Dr. Omar Zawawi, conveyed Oman's growing frustration with and disappointment over the slow progress of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement in the U.S. Congress. Zawawi confirmed that other Omani official [...]	2006-06-21 15:35:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT1046	ILO DELIVERS WORKSHOP ON FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION [...] A three-day workshop entitled "Freedom of Association and Social Dialogue" began July 1 for members of Oman's 43 representative committees, educating them on the role of labor unions. Experts from the International Labor Organization (ILO),the Arab Labor Organization (ALO) and from other Gu [...]	2006-07-02 12:42:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT1048	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: ASIAN AMBASSADORS OFFER [...] (SBU) In a June 27 working lunch hosted by the Ambassador, colleagues from labor-source countries outlined problems faced by their nationals, to include salary arrears, lack of legal status, and in some cases physical or sexual assault. Their suggested improvements include additional labor pro [...]	2006-07-02 13:20:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM SMIG PBTS PREL MU
06MUSCAT1084	OMAN FULFILLS FTA LABOR PROMISE TO CONGRESS THREE [...] In a surprise, Sultan Qaboos issued a royal decree July 7 that fulfills, three months early, the important labor reforms to which Commerce Minister Maqbool Sultan committed the Sultanate in his March 26 letter to the House Ways and Means Committee Chairman. Minister Sultan told the Ambassador [...]	2006-07-10 12:01:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT1119	OMAN REACTS POSITIVELY TO SUGGESTED ANTI-TIP [...] In a July 16 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi undertook to review SIPDIS suggested actions to improve upon Oman's TIER 2 Watch List ranking in the Department's 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. These actions include passing specific anti-TIP l [...]	2006-07-17 11:22:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PHUM ELAB KCRM PGOV MU
06MUSCAT1255	MINISTRY OF MANPOWER COMBATING TIP AND ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali bin Juma highlighted for the Ambassador some of the challenges that his ministry faces in combating trafficking in persons (TIP),including a burgeoning sponsor system and registration of false companies. The Minister reiterated his commitment to comba [...]	2006-08-22 11:37:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM PGOV SMIG MU
06MUSCAT1458	OFFICIALS SAY OMAN STILL ON TRACK TO PUBLISH NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials at the Ministry of Manpower claim they are on track to publish regulations implementing recent reforms to Oman's labor law before the target date of October 31. The International Labor Organization (ILO) has seen a draft of the regulations and provided comments. Unio [...]	2006-10-10 11:22:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KMPI PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT1511	IMPENDING REGULATIONS MAY TRIGGER INCREASE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Workers at one of Oman's publicly-owned power plants went on strike before arriving at a settlement on wages and job security. Contacts suggest that the publication of implementing regulations for recent labor law reforms may herald more strikes in the coming year. While conta [...]	2006-10-22 10:55:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EWWT PGOV ETRD ECON MU
06MUSCAT1541	OFFICIALS INSIST LABOR REFORMS COMPLETE [...] (SBU) Officials in the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) informed Poleoff on November 1 that regulations covering union organizing, collective bargaining and the right to strike are complete, and await only Minister of Manpower Juma bin al-Juma's signature. The regulations are contained in two minis [...]	2006-11-01 12:52:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KMPI PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT1565	STATUS OF OMANI LABOR COMMITMENTS UNDER THE FREE [...] Summary: Oman committed to enact specific labor law reforms by October 31, 2006 under Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. To date, Oman has met almost all of its commitments regarding worker protections, collective bargaining and the right to strike. However, it has not published implem [...]	2006-11-06 13:49:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD KMPI PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT1573	OMAN ISSUES ADDITIONAL LABOR REGULATIONS [...] On November 6, 2006, Minister of Manpower Juma bin al-Juma signed Ministerial Decision 311/2006 regulating the formation and activities of unions. On the same day, the Minister issued a legally-enforceable administrative circular prohibiting employers from withholding workers' passports, whic [...]	2006-11-08 13:20:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD KMPI PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT1575	UN TRAFFICKING RAPPORTEUR'S VISIT TO OMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) completed a fact-finding mission in Oman on November 7. The Rapporteur flagged as key concerns: the role of recruiting agencies and sponsors in bringing trafficking victims to Oman; the government's lack [...]	2006-11-08 13:31:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB MU
06MUSCAT161	OMAN 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel request, Embassy is pleased to submit the following Investment Climate Statement for 2006. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement: Economic Overview Oman's economy is based primarily on petroleum and natural gas, which is expected to account for 81% of the government's [...]	2006-02-08 06:33:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ENRG KTDB PGOV MU
06MUSCAT1635	LABOR CAMPS FOR OMAN'S MIGRANT WORKERS [...] (C) Summary: Poleoff visited two privately-operated labor camps for migrant workers in the Muscat area. Workers he met live in crowded rooms with poor sanitation, and reported that they work long hours for low monthly wages. Many are paying off debts to recruiting agencies in their home count [...]	2006-11-27 12:39:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG MU
06MUSCAT1657	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TRAFFICKING WITH MFA UNDER [...] (C) During a November 26 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, the Ambassador asked for an update on steps Oman has taken to address Trafficking in Persons (TIP) concerns, and reiterated Post's request for TIP-related statistics, including investigati [...]	2006-12-04 12:30:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG MU
06MUSCAT1711	UPDATE ON OMAN'S ACTIONS AGAINST WORST FORMS OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-20 12:59:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID
06MUSCAT1722	MORE PROMISED CHANGES TO OMAN'S LABOR LAWS [...] (C) On December 19, Minister of Commerce and Industry Ali Sultan Maqbool and Minister of Manpower Juma ali-Juma told Emboffs and representatives of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) that they intend to issue new ministerial decisions to fulfill Oman's labor reform com [...]	2006-12-23 12:56:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU
06MUSCAT204	SULTAN QABOOS' TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Omani dailies gave extensive coverage on February 12 to a wide-ranging interview Sultan Qaboos granted to the influential Kuwaiti newspaper Al Siyasa ("Politics"). The Sultan shared his vision of Oman, his leadership principles, and his quest to balance the modern with the traditional in [...]	2006-02-13 13:53:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OPRC PTER ETRD PINR ELAB MU
06MUSCAT276	2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: OMAN [...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to relevant sections of ref A paras 21-24. ----------------- PARA 21: OVERVIEW ----------------- A. There were isolated and unsubstantiated reports that persons were trafficked to, from, or within the country. B. The law does not prohibit tr [...]	2006-02-26 12:52:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MU
06MUSCAT48	UPDATES TO THE 2005 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNTRY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-08 12:13:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ELAB MU
06MUSCAT512	PRIVATE SECTOR FORUM BOOSTS UNIONIZATION [...] (SBU) With considerable media attention, a leading Muscat businessman devoted the March 31 session of his influential discussion forum to promoting Oman's labor union movement. Union leaders addressed key CEO's on their growing pains, while one company exec suggested that Omani unions be permi [...]	2006-04-03 13:04:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT588	LABOR FEEDBACK ON ILO VISIT, NEED FOR TECHNICAL [...] In meetings held April 3-4, an International Labor Organization (ILO) delegation met with Ministry of Manpower officials, employers and worker committee representatives to discuss ongoing labor reforms and proposed plans for technical assistance. Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali bin Jumaa t [...]	2006-04-11 14:40:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD KMPI PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT672	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS DISCUSSIONS WITH OMAN [...] (SBU) In recent discussions with the Ambassador, Omani government officials pledged cooperation on trafficking in persons queries, including arranging a visit to a deportation detention facility in May. The Inspector General of the Royal Oman Police noted that 80-100 migrant smugglers are arr [...]	2006-04-26 14:44:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB PREL KPAO MU
06MUSCAT782	EMBASSY MUSCAT NOMINATION FOR LABOR DIPLOMACY AWARD [...] U.S. Embassy Muscat is pleased to nominate Pol/LaborOff Cynthia L. Plath for the 2006 Labor Diplomacy Officer of the Year Award in recognition of her outstanding support of USG labor and human rights policies in Oman. Her dedication, initiative and responsive reporting were invaluable to the [...]	2006-05-16 11:33:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ELAB MU
06MUSCAT793	LABOR UPDATE FOR US-OMAN FTA HEARINGS [...] The Ministry of Manpower confirmed on May 13 that it is researching and preparing ILO-consistent legislation to meet recent labor reform commitments for ratification of the US-Oman Free Trade Agreement. Labor committee members and government officials assert that, in practice, the government [...]	2006-05-17 14:21:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM MU
06MUSCAT851	RARE PUBLIC PROTEST BY TEACHERS, GRADUATES [...] (SBU) In a rare protest on May 28, approximately 200 teachers and graduates from government-operated Colleges of Education (CoE) gathered in front of the Ministry of Education (MoE) and demanded to speak with the minister, Yahya bin Saud al-Salimi, about diminishing promotions for teachers and [...]	2006-05-31 09:27:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PGOV ELAB PINS MU
06MUSCAT852	COMMERCE MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT FTA, DESCRIBES [...] (C) Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool Sultan, long impatient over the slow pace of Free Trade Agreement ratification in Congress, claims he has abandoned hope of any progress and is contemplating suspending the work of Oman's expensive advisers in Washington until prospects improve. Th [...]	2006-05-31 09:54:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ELAB KBCT EPET PINR IR MU
06MUSCAT859	MINISTER OF MANPOWER REPORTS RAPID LABOR REFORM [...] (SBU) In a May 31 meeting, the Minister of Manpower showed the Ambassador completed draft legislation of all labor reform commitments made to Congress by the Minister of Commerce and Industry. The Minister reiterated his commitment to complete the reforms ahead of time and said that it was no [...]	2006-05-31 12:26:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV KCRM KMPI PHUM MU
06MUSCAT903	NOMINATION FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE AWARD: AES [...] Embassy Muscat is pleased to nominate AES Barka for the Secretary's 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence. AES Barka's SIPDIS pivotal role in meeting Oman's increased electricity and water demands through private sector generation, and its strong commitment to corporate governance, community [...]	2006-06-06 10:36:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP ELAB ENRG KSEP SENV AMGT MU
06MUSCAT949	RELIGIOUS VOLUNTEERS DISCUSS TIP ISSUES [...] (SBU) Religious leaders and charitable organization volunteers recently shared their views on trafficking in persons in Oman. Though they argue Oman's TIP problem is small in comparison to its neighbors, all are calling for prompt government action to enforce Oman's labor law, increase oversi [...]	2006-06-12 08:37:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV ELAB MU
06NAIROBI1951	CHINA'S PRESIDENT HU VISITS KENYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese President Hu Jintao's late April visit to Nairobi further strengthens the bilateral economic relationship between the two countries through several economic, technical, and financial assistance agreements. While the balance of the economic relationship is heavily tipped i [...]	2006-05-05 05:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN ELAB EINV ETRD PREL
06NAIROBI2348	COTU Convention Generates Plenty of Public [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Organization of Trade Unions - Kenya (COTU) election convention was unusually calm and well-organized, partially because there was no challenger to Secretary General Francis Atwoli and his Executive Board. Presidential contender and local hero MP Raila Odinga delive [...]	2006-05-30 03:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EINV ECON ETRD PHUM KE
06NAIROBI2418	Uganda Makes Progress on GSP/AGOA Labor Complaint [...] (U) Summary: Regional Labor Attache's second visit to Kampala found encouraging progress on addressing the worker rights issues described in the AFL/CIO petition seeking to revoke Uganda's trade privileges under the General System of Preferences (GSP). Uganda has passed four significant labor [...]	2006-06-02 10:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG
06NAIROBI2419	Uganda Makes Progress on GSP/AGOA Labor Complaint [...] (U) Summary: Regional Labor Attache's second visit to Kampala found encouraging progress on addressing the worker rights issues described in the AFL/CIO petition seeking to revoke Uganda's trade privileges under the General System of Preferences (GSP). Uganda has passed four significant labor [...]	2006-06-02 10:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG
06NAIROBI274	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] Following is the 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Kenya. This information will also be transmitted to EB/IFD/OIA via e-mail and included in Chapter 6 of the 2006 Country Commercial Guide for Kenya, to be delivered through FCS channels. ----------------------------------- A.1. Opennes [...]	2006-01-20 05:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV KE
06NAIROBI3068	Optimistic GOK Budget Focuses on Development, But [...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to address popular frustration at the slow pace of economic development and poverty reduction, Finance Minister Kimunya's presentation of the GOK's budget for FY 2006-07 stressed social spending and tax relief provisions targeted to assist the poor and vulnerable. [...]	2006-07-13 13:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV KE

06NAIROBI3213	East African Regional Labor Reports for Host [...] Summary: Regional Labor Officer (RLO) will send compilations of the State Department, Labor Department, ICFTU, and other reports on worker rights, child labor, and TIP for the 13 East African countries and destination countries in the Middle East and Europe to Labor Reporting Officers in the E [...]	2006-07-25 12:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM KCRM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI4070	KENYA BETTER FOCUSED ON TIP BUT MORE COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: G/TIP Yousey's August visit to Kenya highlighted the challenges facing government efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP). While Kenya's ranking among Tier Two Watchlist countries has increased the attention of the GOK and Kenyan civil society to the problem of human tr [...]	2006-09-19 08:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC ELAB PREL KE
06NAIROBI5304	UNICEF LAUNCHES SHOCKING STUDY ON CHILD SEX TOURISM [...] Summary: On December 19, 2006, UNICEF and the Ministry of Home Affairs launched their long-awaited joint research report on child sex tourism (CST) in four of Kenya's main beach resorts. Surveys and research indicate that up to 30% of all 12-18 year old girls living in these areas are involved [...]	2006-12-20 06:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM KCRM ECON PGOV KE
06NAIROBI567	KENYA 2006 ESF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROPOSAL [...] (U) In response to Ref A, Post endorses the following anti-trafficking in persons project proposal aimed at improving victim care, expanding shelter capacity, supporting public awareness campaigns, assisting with victim rehabilitation and reintegration programs, and increasing government and n [...]	2006-02-08 13:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG
06NAIROBI920	KENYA SUBMISSION FOR THE SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] (U) The following is Embassy Nairobi's submission for the Department's annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP). Information is keyed to the format provided in reftel. 2. (SBU) STATUS AND EXTENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN KENYA I. Overview A. Origin, Transit, and Destination Origin [...]	2006-03-01 10:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KE
06NASSAU358	BAHAMAS: SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) A,B: There have been no substantiated reports of specific instances indicating that The Bahamas is a country of origin, transit or destination for trafficking in persons. However, general reports regarding potential trafficking, especially in the vulnerable Haitian communities, are st [...]	2006-03-02 14:29:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG PREF ELAB ASEC BF KCRM KWMN KFRD
06NASSAU367	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THE BAHAMAS 2006 [...] THE FOLLOWING IS PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL. INVESTMENT CLIMATE A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Bahamian Government generally encourages and offers incentives for foreign investment in all sectors of the economy except those the Government reserves exclusively to Bahamian [...]	2006-03-02 22:41:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV BF ECON
06NDJAMENA1310	CHAD'S COMMERCE MINISTER FOLLOWING WASHINGTON VISIT [...] SUMMARY: While noting the positive spirit of meetings in Washington and understanding of the U.S. position in the WTO trade negotiations, Chad's Minister of Commerce reiterated Chad's insistence on the specific treatment of cotton in the context of global trade discussions. He was also critic [...]	2006-11-07 15:50:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ENRG PGOV ETRD CD
06NDJAMENA337	CHAD: 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART I) [...] Summary. Despite severe resource constraints, the Government of Chad is taking steps to address problems of child trafficking which are commensurate with the scope and magnitude of the problem. Government officials are working on each of the elements of the Trafficking in Persons workplan t [...]	2006-03-01 16:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
06NEWDELHI1806	PRESIDENT KALAM IN BURMA: BALANCING REALPOLITIK WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 11:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEAN BM ECON ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM PHUM PREL
06NEWDELHI3582	INDIA SEEKS TO PROTECT POSTAL SERVICES FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Communist labor unions boast 600,000 members in the public sector postal department and the UPA government cannot remain in power without Communist support. In a demonstration of the fetters that the Communists can maintain over UPA economic policy, the Congress-dominated UPA [...]	2006-05-23 12:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ELAB PGOV EINV PREL EFIN ETRD IN
06NEWDELHI4200	CONGRESS ON THE DEFENSIVE WITHIN ITS COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Congress is feeling increasingly isolated, as regional parties nominally part of the UPA openly join BJP and Left Front (LF) protests against the recent petroleum product price hikes. The Prime Minister on June 7 asked the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG),s Secretary [...]	2006-06-15 11:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EINV EFIN ELAB EPET ENRG IN
06NEWDELHI6583	DELHI STRIKES: 4 DEAD; CONGRESS LEADERSHIP [...] (U) On September 20, four people died in clashes between police and protesters during a "bandh," or general strike the Trader's Association ordered in Delhi. The Trader's Association ordered the strikes in response to action taken by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to fulfill a Supreme Cou [...]	2006-09-21 12:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ELAB IN
06NEWDELHI761	INDO-US GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM REVIEWS PRM/TIP ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: A US delegation led by Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky discussed Bhutanese and Tibetan refugees, trafficking in persons, and forced labor with the Indian delegation headed by Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran at the Global Issues Forum in New Delhi [...]	2006-02-03 03:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF ELAB PHUM IN NP BT
06NEWDELHI7762	AN INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH COMMUNIST LEADER [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting with PolCouns, CPI(M) leader and ideologue Sitaram Yechury expressed a desire to maintain regular relations with the Embassy. With a straight face, Yechury was adamant that good relations benefited both India and the US and had moved beyond the stage of [...]	2006-11-13 11:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PGOV PINR PREL IN BG NP SL
06NEWDELHI8243	THE SACHAR REPORT DOCUMENTS THE DISMAL STATE OF [...] (C) Summary: In 2005, the UPA government established the Sachar Commission with a mandate to prepare a report on the current status of Indian Muslims. The report was completed on November 17, 2006 and was made public early in December. It asserts that Indian Muslims are among the poorest co [...]	2006-12-08 12:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SCUL ELAB ECON KISL IN
06NIAMEY672	NIGER: GROWING INTEREST IN NIGER'S OIL AND [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. (SBU) Over the past six months, there has been growing interest in Niger's mining and oil sectors by foreign investors, notably from China, Canada and France. As indicated below, the GON is pushing hard to attract investment in the gold, uranium and oil sectors, and to impro [...]	2006-06-26 14:36:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BTIO EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ECON ELAB PREL PINR
06NIAMEY748	TIP INTERDICTION HAS HAPPY ENDING BUT UNDERSCORES [...] A recent case of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in the northern Nigerien city of Agadez - for centuries a key caravan town and trade hub uniting sub-Saharan and North Africa - offers many lessons on the nature of the challenge posed by TIP in Niger. The liberation and reinsertion of eight child [...]	2006-07-12 15:27:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KFRD SMIG NG
06NICOSIA293	AREA ADMINISTERED BY TURKISH CYPRIOTS: SIXTH [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified--not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the March 2004-March 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Bridget Alway, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3545, Fax (3 [...]	2006-03-01 14:44:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CY ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06NICOSIA313	REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified--not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the March 2005-March 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Bridget Alway, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3545, Fax (3 [...]	2006-03-02 12:34:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CY ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06OSAKAKOBE588	BID RIGGING IN JAPAN: A FEATURE, NOT A BUG [...] (SBU) Bid rigging (dango in Japanese) is a common form of corruption in Japan, in which firms restrict open competition by coordinating their bids on procurement or public contracts. Although not unique to the Kansai area surrounding Osaka in western Japan, recently one example of bid rigging [...]	2006-10-16 10:40:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ELAB JA
06OSLO2	NORWEGIAN ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS, NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2005: [...] (SBU) Summary of combined November-December monthly highlights: * The past year was an exceptionally good one for the Norwegian economy: mainland real GDP grew by 3.9 percent; offshore petroleum investments reached a record high; the value of exports soared on account of rising crude oil p [...]	2006-01-01 12:00:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB EPET ETRD NO
06OSLO448	SUPPORTING NORWAY'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS [...] Norway continues to expand its anti-trafficking efforts, which include government funding of NGO-run programs, media campaigns and intensive law enforcement training. Despite such preventative measures, trafficking does exist, as indicated by a recently publicized trafficking case in the city [...]	2006-04-06 14:15:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB NO KCRM KWMN KFRD
06OSLO499	POINTS DELIVERED: GUIDELINES FOR TREATMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-21 13:10:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT IMO KTIA AORC ELAB NO
06OSLO681	GAO QUESTIONNAIRE ON UNAUTHORIZED WORKERS [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 08:07:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	AGAO ELAB SMIG NO
06OSLO688	NORWEGIAN TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION - RECENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 14:27:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB NO KCRM KWMN KFRD
06OTTAWA119	CANADA: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-13 21:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB CA KTDB PGOV NAFTA
06OTTAWA539	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: CANADA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 12:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CA
06OTTAWA563	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: CANADA [...] (SBU) The Government of Canada's (GOC) approach to Trafficking in Persons issues emphasizes a criminal justice and law enforcement perspective through the country's immigration framework, rather than seeking to provide basic, humanitarian assistance to trafficking victims. Individual provin [...]	2006-03-02 21:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CA
06PANAMA1174	PANAMA CRIMINALIZES WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (U) President Torrijos signed an executive decree June 12 to identify and criminalize the worst forms of child labor, marking a significant step in the fight against the worst forms of child labor in Panama. Emboffs attended the signing ceremony, held in a school gymnasium in Penonome, Cocle [...]	2006-06-15 21:25:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB PA
06PANAMA1662	WORRIED TORRIJOS DROPS IN ON AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 22:08:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON KCRM SNAR ETRD ELAB CU PM
06PANAMA1932	PANAMA REPORTS NO COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION [...] (SBU) Contrary to a recently published U.S. Department of Labor report, there were no official cases or claims of children trafficked for sexual exploitation in Darien Province, Head of the Panamanian Judicial and Technical Police's sex crimes unit Ana Cecilia Cajar said. Cajar wrote in a Se [...]	2006-09-29 18:39:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB PM
06PANAMA2259	RESPONSE TO GOP ON DOL CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] (U) The Public Ministry, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has requested a copy of the Department of Labor child labor report that generated front-page controversy when it was released in September 2006 (reftel). Panamanian press reports misquoted the report, saying that according to t [...]	2006-11-21 21:21:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB PM
06PANAMA2392	UPDATE FOR WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] (U) Please find below updated information on child labor in Panama, divided by section. Post will report additional statistics septel as they become available. Incidence and Nature of Child Labor ----------------------------------- - The Comptroller General's Office reports that over 47, [...]	2006-12-15 21:59:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PM
06PANAMA340	PANAMA: ADDITIONAL PROJECT FOR FY 2006 [...] (U) Panama is pleased to submit an FY 2006 anti-TIP project proposal additional to that contained in reftel B. The proposal comes from the Panamanian Attorney General's Office (PGR) and asks for $125,000 to purchase computer systems, faxes, and digital cameras for the 11 Prosecuting Attorneys [...]	2006-02-22 15:44:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG
06PANAMA380	PANAMA 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) During 2005 Panama continued its anti-TIP efforts and enforcement of Law 16, the anti-TIP legislation enacted in 2004. Embassy believes trafficking in Panama is overwhelmingly internal to the country and limited in scale. Panama worked closely with the International Labor Organization [...]	2006-03-01 18:03:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
06PANAMA543	PANAMA BANANA WORKERS END STRIKE AT COSTA RICAN [...] (SBU) In response to mediation and a grant from Minister of Labor Reynaldo Rivera, banana workers ended a peaceful strike March 18 that closed the Panama-Costa Rica border for three days. The laborers from Cooperativa de Servicios Multiples de Puerto Armuelles (Coosemupar) blocked trucks and [...]	2006-03-24 20:35:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL
06PARAMARIBO291	STRIKE AT CANADIAN GOLD MINE IN SURINAME [...] On Sunday, May 14, some 300-500 employees of the Rosebel Gold Mines N.V. ("Rosebel"),a subsidiary of Cambior (Montreal-headquartered international gold-mining company),engaged in a work stoppage called by non-accredited union representatives. This forced Rosebel to suspend all activities [...]	2006-05-17 20:04:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ETRD ELAB ECON EINV SENV NS CA
06PARAMARIBO798	UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION IN [...] (U) In response to ref. A Post provides the following updated information on Suriname's commitment to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, previously submitted in Ref. B. A. (U) Since Post reported on the labor situation in Suriname in 2005, the country has ratified ILO Convention 182 [...]	2006-12-21 17:26:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID
06PARIS1031	SEGOLENE ROYAL DISCUSSES STRATEGY FOR 2007, TRIP [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting with Ambassador, Socialist Party (PS) presidential hopeful, current media darling and president of the Poitou-Charentes region Segolene Royal left no doubt as to her determination to win election as president of France in 2007. She matter-of-factly assessed [...]	2006-02-17 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS1113	UDF LEADER FRANCOIS BAYROU REVIEWS HIS CENTRIST [...] (C) Summary: At a meeting with Ambassador Stapleton on February 16, Union for French Democracy (UDF) leader Francois Bayrou reaffirmed "that France needs a centrist alternative" (ref B). He admitted, however, that the French persist in thinking in terms of "right and left," making it unlikely [...]	2006-02-23 12:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS1251	FORMER PRIME MINISTER RAYMOND BARRE SHARES [...] (C) In a February 21 meeting with Ambassador Stapleton, former prime minister Raymond Barre cautioned against any overconfidence that right-wing, nativist and xenophobic sentiment in France might be something of the past. If anything, in Barre's view, popular reaction to urban unrest and other [...]	2006-02-28 17:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS1335	FRANCE CONTRIBUTION FOR 2006 TIP REPORT - PART I [...] Answers below are keyed to section and para numbers in reftel. Embassy Paris TIP point of contact is Kim Baker, bakerke@state.gov. Phone 33 1 43 12 23 93 (or IVG 8-498-2393),fax 33 1 43 12 26 63. Time spent on TIP report: FS-04 poloff: 80 hours. FS-1 Deputy Political Counselor: 4 hours [...]	2006-03-03 11:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR BU RO AL SL CM NI
06PARIS1338	FRANCE CONTRIBUTION FOR 2006 TIP REPORT - PART II [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 11:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR BU RO AL SL CM NI
06PARIS1681	SARKOZY ADVISOR ON FIRST EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, END [...] (C) Summary: Former Industry Minister and close Sarkozy advisor Patrick Devedjian predicted March 15 that student and labor union opposition to the First Employment Contract (CPE) was spreading and might yet become a major test for the government. In any event, he believed that PM de Villepin [...]	2006-03-16 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL FR SOCI PINR EUN
06PARIS1697	Criticism Persists at Home and Abroad over French [...] (SBU) Summary: Criticism of the proposed merger of Gaz de France (GDF) with water and power utility Suez continues both at home and abroad. Domestically, unions and the left protest proposed GDF privatization. Abroad, Brussels, Italy and other EU member states denounce French "economic patr [...]	2006-03-16 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS1715	FRANCE - BUSINESS UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French trade and business news. France to ease restrictions on new EU workers --------------------------------------------- 2. (U) Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced on March 13 that France would "gradually" open up its labor [...]	2006-03-17 14:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PREL FR EUN
06PARIS1720	FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER RICHARD: INSIGHTS ON EU [...] (C) In a meeting March 9, Ambassador Stapleton and former defense minister Alain Richard exchanged views on the roles of NATO and the ESDP, on the steady continuity in France's defense policies under Richard's successor (current Defense Minister Michele Aliot-Marie),and on French domestic pol [...]	2006-03-17 15:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON MARR
06PARIS1823	FRANCE AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT: JOB PROTECTIONISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Press reports claim that France has identified at least 20 firms, including ten blue chips, that merit GOF protection from foreign takeovers. Foreign takeovers have developed a strong political and social dimension, given the government goal of reducing unemployment before 200 [...]	2006-03-22 07:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
06PARIS1966	FORMER PRESIDENT GISCARD D'ESTAING ON A TROUBLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Former President Valery Giscard d'Estaing characterized the current social upheaval in France over the First Employment Contract as the latest episode in France's deep-seated resistance to change ("in no way pre-revolutionary"). He argued [...]	2006-03-27 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ELAB FR EUN PINR
06PARIS1967	FRANCE BRACES FOR ANOTHER DAY OF PROTESTS, AS [...] (SBU) The weeks of protest (ref A) against the Villepin government's First Employment Contract (CPE) could well peak tomorrow, March 28. Leftist student associations, backed by the full organizational weight of France's major trade union federations and the center left Socialist Party (PS),h [...]	2006-03-27 18:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS2006	MARCH 28 PROTESTS SIZABLE -- ORGANIZERS VOW [...] (U) As of 1900 hours Paris time on March 28, preliminary police reports cite a turn-out for today's (ref A) nationwide demonstrations of over a million, double that recorded during previous protests against the Villepin government,s First Employment Contract (CPE). Earlier in the day, Prime [...]	2006-03-28 19:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ECON ELAB EU FR PGOV PINR SOCI
06PARIS2086	SUBURBAN UNREST AND STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS: HOW [...] (C) Summary: Unlike the anarchic violence of November, the current demonstrations by students and organized labor against the First Employment Contract (CPE) have largely proceeded peacefully despite violent acts by bands of underclass suburban youths directed against police and demonstrator [...]	2006-03-30 16:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON FR PINR CASC SOCI
06PARIS2095	CPE LAW DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL -- CHIRAC TO [...] (U) At 2000 local time March 30 France's Constitutional Council announced that it had decided that the Equal Opportunity Law -- including its controversial First Employment Contract (CPE) article -- did not/not violate the constitution (refs A and B). According to initial press reports, the [...]	2006-03-30 19:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ECON ELAB EU FR PGOV PINR SOCI
06PARIS2127	IMPROMPTU "SMS GRAPEVINE" DEMONSTRATIONS BY [...] (U) During the day of March 31, most university and high school students who have mobilized against the Villepin government's First Employment Contract (CPE) (ref A) took in the news of President's Chirac's likely promolugation of the controversial law (ref B). Some however, engaged in a rang [...]	2006-03-31 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS332	FRANCE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]	2006-01-18 17:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR
06PARIS3901	SARKOZY ALLY ON CHIRAC'S ISOLATION AND SARKOZY'S [...] (C) Over lunch on June 1 with Ambassador Stapleton, center-right candidate for mayor of Paris and Sarkozy ally Francoise de Panafieu gave a somber portrait of President Chirac's growing isolation. She conveyed Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) legislators' growing apprehension that the publ [...]	2006-06-09 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS4247	SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER ON HOW PS-LED FRANCE WOULD [...] (C) Socialist Party (PS) First Secretary Francois Hollande and PS National Secretary for International Affairs Pierre Moscovici briefed the Ambassador June 8 on the turbulent race for the presidential nomination within the PS and the hurdles facing the party as it looks to next year's presiden [...]	2006-06-21 08:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS4411	FORMER PRIME MINISTER RAFFARIN: CHIRAC SHOULD REIN [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin confided to Ambassador Stapleton during a June 15 lunch that he was worried by President Chirac's waning authority. Raffarin said he had advised the president on the importance of restoring the respective roles of the presidency, prime minister an [...]	2006-06-26 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS4539	UNEMPLOYMENT DECREASED MAINLY DUE TO GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY. Job creation in the private and public sectors was boosted by an increase in government-subsidized contracts, and special government incentives. At least 700,000 jobs were created with the government's support in Q-1, which can explain the decrease in the unemployment rate to 9.1 per [...]	2006-06-30 15:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR ELAB
06PARIS4546	FRENCH UNEMPLOYMENT: THE NEVERENDING STORY [...] Summary: The drop in the French unemployment rate to 9.1 percent could be due to GOF policies, as the GOF claims. It also might be due to an aging workforce beating an early retreat to retirement. And it might be due to statistical corrections. But the fact remains that the youth unemployment [...]	2006-06-30 15:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR ELAB
06PARIS4580	FRENCH STILL CONSIDERING OSCE BID, BOUCHER TOLD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Concerned officials say they will tell Kazakh Foreign Minister Tokayev that Kazakhstan will have to meet higher standards if it wants to Chair the OSCE in 2009. But, they admit, the personal relationship between the two Presidents may carry the day. During other meetings in Pari [...]	2006-07-03 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IEA OSCE PGOV ENRG ELAB ETTC TRGY ZK IN
06PARIS5974	FRENCH ELECTION 2007: NICOLAS SARKOZY -- THE [...] (C) Eight months before France's 2007 Presidential election, Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy remains the best positioned of the many contenders for France's presidency. He is a markedly different presidential heavyweight, pro-American and committed to free-market principles. Notwithstanding [...]	2006-09-06 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS5975	INTERIOR MINISTER SARKOZY ON EVE OF HIS TRIP TO [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy told Ambassador September 5 he was "proud and honored" to be meeting with President Bush on September 12. President Chirac had pressured him "not to go to the U.S.," Sarkozy said, but this would not stop him from "affirming my loyal friendship" for the [...]	2006-09-06 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS6082	EMPLOYERS UNION BOSS SAYS FRANCE AT AN INFLEXION POINT [...] (U) Summary: In a September 6 off-the-record breakfast MEDEF (French employers union) President Laurence Parisot told a group of business leaders and opinion makers that France was at a turning point. In a session that ranged from the Doha trade round, to relations with labor unions, to France [...]	2006-09-11 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR
06PARIS6554	FRANCE - TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, post has created an interagency team on trade-related issues. The team includes representatives from the Economic Section, Foreign Commercial Services/U.S. Department of Commerce, and Agriculture. It will work closely with officers posted in France's two [...]	2006-10-02 16:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PREL EUN FR
06PARIS6558	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- French PM calls for EU Energy Summit and EU Energy Chief (para 2) -- EU energy supplie [...]	2006-10-02 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ELAB EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS6678	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES NEW ENERGY BILL [...] (SBU) On October 3, the National Assembly approved an energy bill to: 1) open up the French gas and electricity markets to full competition by the EU deadline of July 1 2007, and 2) authorize the further privatization of the national gas utility, GDF. If supported by the Senate as expected, [...]	2006-10-10 09:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS6781	ELECTION 2007 TIMELINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first round of France's next presidential election will take place on Sunday, April 22, 2007. Between now and then, the nomination of their candidates by the two major parties, the composition of the (long) list of participants in the first round of the election, and the [...]	2006-10-13 14:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS686	FRANCE - BUSINESS UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French trade and business news. France's foreign trade deficit widened in 2005 --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) France's trade deficit widened last November, leading many experts to conclude that France is heading for [...]	2006-02-02 12:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PREL EUN FR
06PARIS7084	THE FUSE AND THE POWDER KEG: FRANCE ONE YEAR AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One year after violent unrest lit up France's underclass suburbs for three weeks, the country's poor suburban neighborhoods remain troubled. Religious identity in these largely Muslim areas was not a significant causal factor then, nor has it become one now. Instead, failure [...]	2006-10-27 15:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI ELAB FR PGOV
06PARIS7201	PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S VISIT TO CHINA-STRENGTHENING THE [...] (SBU) French President Jacques Chirac's most recent four-day visit to China on October 25th through the 28th was notable due to the signing of trade deals worth approximately 5 billion euro and for his personal efforts to improve Franco-Chinese political ties. 2. (U) "Never have we been s [...]	2006-11-03 13:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR CH
06PARIS7422	FRENCH ENERGY BILL PRIVATIZES GDF, FREEZES ELECTRICITY AND [...] (SBU) On November 14, the European Commission announced that the French energy conglomerate Suez and the 70 percent GOF-owned Gaz de France (GDF) had satisfied concerns about the proposed merger's impact on competition after the two firms promised to sell off some prime assets in Belgium. GDF [...]	2006-11-17 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS7424	SEGOLENE ROYAL'S VICTORY MOVES HER CLOSER TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Segolene Royal's overwhelming first-round victory in the November 16 Socialist Party (PS) presidential primary makes it official -- she will be the candidate of the center-left in next year's presidential election, likely in a tight race against the center-right's Nicolas Sarkozy. [...]	2006-11-17 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS755	MITTAL STEEL RE-AWAKENS ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French politicians, caught off guard at first, are finding it hard to resist evoking "economic patriotism" in response to Mittal Steel's surprise hostile takeover bid of Arcelor. After Mittal preemptively assured it had no job cuts in mind, the latest salvos have shifted to di [...]	2006-02-06 14:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
06PARIS7680	FRANCE'S CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL POSTPONES GDF [...] (SBU) On November 30, the French Constitutional Council indicated that the GOF energy bill was constitutional with two changes: 1) the Suez-Gaz de France (GDF) merger cannot legally take place before July 1, 2007, when GDF loses its monopoly to supply gas to private homes; 2) the GOF energy bi [...]	2006-12-05 16:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS7795	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S MEETING WITH JACQUES [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Fried met with recognized intellectual and long-time Segolene Royal confidant Jacques Attali on December 6. Attali underlined that Royal, even though she is a leading contender for France's presidency in next spring's elections, has had very little experience making and [...]	2006-12-14 13:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EUN PINR SOCI ECON PREL FR
06PARIS953	EUR PDAS VOLKER'S FEB 3 MEETING WITH SARKOZY [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kurt Volker reviewed on February 3 with Patrick Devedjian, a former industry minister and key advisor to Interior Minister Sarkozy, how a possible Sarkozy administration would likely approach relations with the U.S. Devedjian said a Sarkozy [...]	2006-02-14 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PHNOMPENH1048	PROMISING CAMBODIAN UNION'S DECLINE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU),which was once one of the country's most respected unions, has plummeted in stature following the dismissal of former union president Chhorn Sokha. Embassy persuasion has been required on several occasions t [...]	2006-06-02 09:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1124	CAMBODIAN GARMENT SECTOR WORRIED ABOUT DRAMATIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following several months of increased garment sector strikes, the number of working days lost to strikes reached 87,000 in May--more than four times typical levels. These strikes are largely the result of two irresponsible unions, but also reflect growing union rivalry, worke [...]	2006-06-15 10:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1169	GARMENT SECTOR WORRIES TARNISH GOVERNMENT-PRIVATE [...] SUMMARY. Business leaders and government officials touted recent accomplishments in promoting economic development during the Private Sector Forum, held June 21. Despite predictions of 2.5% economic growth in 2005, Cambodia's GDP actually grew by 13.4%, thanks to a bumper rice crop and stron [...]	2006-06-23 08:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB KTEX EAIR PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1174	CAMBODIA: AMBASSADOR URGES RESTRAINT IN GARMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 22 meeting, the Ambassador praised the role of labor unions, but also urged eleven union leaders to exercise restraint in conducting strikes, noting that a recent spike in garment sector strikes is threatening Cambodia's economic development. While strikes are valid [...]	2006-06-26 11:02:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KTEX ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH1176	CAMBODIA: GARMENT MANUFACTURERS BLAME UNIONS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a June 23 meeting, Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) leaders acknowledged that garment factories sometimes fail to comply with the Labor Law, but blamed unions' rush to strike for much of the labor unrest in Cambodia's garment sector. This increased [...]	2006-06-27 00:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KTEX ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH1178	NGOS APPROVE OF CAMBODIA'S TIER UPGRADE ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Anti-trafficking NGOs applauded the decision to upgrade Cambodia to Tier 2 Watch List, based on the Cambodia's performance last year. However, AFESIP and IJM believe that cooperation so far this year has not matched last year's efforts. Mission officers are stressing in thei [...]	2006-06-27 04:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PREL CB KWMN
06PHNOMPENH1185	CAMBODIA: PROMISING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS FALTER, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Promising negotiations between the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) and the Free Trade Union (FTU) over FTU demands for a minimum wage increase faltered when FTU factory-level union leaders rejected the proposed deal on June 25. During a meeting with Polec [...]	2006-06-27 12:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KTEX ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH1199	CAMBODIA: GENERAL STRIKE COULD PROVE POLITICAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The July 3 general strike threatened by the Free Trade Union (FTU) and the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association (CITA) presents an already vulnerable Hun Sen with the conundrum of choosing between support for workers or the business elite. Hun Sen realizes that only Camb [...]	2006-06-28 13:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON KTEX PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1201	CAMBODIA'S LABOR AND COMMERCE MINISTERS DOING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During separate June 28 meetings with the Ministers of Commerce and Labor, the Ambassador relayed embassy efforts to encourage both unions and garment manufacturers to negotiate a resolution to the general strike threatened for July 3 and urged the government to do everything [...]	2006-06-29 11:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV KTEX KIPR CB
06PHNOMPENH1202	UNION LEADERS CALL OFF GENERAL STRIKE; THANK U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY. Union leader Chea Mony told the Ambassador today that he was calling off the general strike he had threatened to lead starting July 3. While his Free Trade Union (FTU) and the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) have not yet reached a final agreement, they have [...]	2006-06-29 12:03:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1204	CAMBODIA: GENERAL STRIKE CANCELLATION SETS THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The June 29 postponement of a general strike scheduled to start just a few days later paved the way for an announcement by garment manufacturers and eleven union federations that they will begin collective negotiations in August. They have agreed to discuss wages, strikes, ar [...]	2006-06-30 10:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1264	CAMBODIA: FELONY CHARGES TO BE DROPPED AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A labor dispute threatened to erupt into violence on July 6 after striking workers illegally blockaded the main gate at the Genuine garment factory and the garment factory had three union leaders arrested on trumped-up felony charges of human confinement, the first time unionis [...]	2006-07-10 11:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1385	G/TIP VISIT PRESSES CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT FOR MORE [...] (SBU) Summary. G/TIP Senior Coordinator Mark Taylor,s July 25-26 visit to Cambodia provided an opportunity to press the Cambodian government to take additional anti-TIP measures. USG recommendations to RGC officials focused primarily on quicker action by police authorities, greater coopera [...]	2006-08-01 11:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH1404	PROTESTORS DEMAND REOPENING OF CHEA VICHEA MURDER CASE -- A [...] (U) Summary: On August 1 (the first-year anniversary of the convictions),20 armed police officers dispersed protestors who had gathered in front of the Phnom Penh prison holding the two convicted killers of Chea Vichea to demand that their cases be reopened. Protesters also appealed to King [...]	2006-08-07 02:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PREL KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1461	RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN LEADING CAMBODIAN UNION [...] (SBU) Summary. Several significant events related to the Free Trade Union (FTU),Cambodia's most important pro-opposition union, occurred during the month-long hiatus in minimum wage negotiations between unions and garment manufacturers. The FTU formed a new confederation with long-time par [...]	2006-08-17 08:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1693	SLOW PROGRESS IN CAMBODIAN GARMENT SECTOR LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After two rounds of negotiations, unions and garment manufacturers have managed to reduce the gap between their proposed minimum wage increases only slightly. Unions--which entered the negotiations demanding USD 82--are now asking for USD 76, to be phased in over three years. [...]	2006-09-18 10:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH1757	CORRUPT CAMBODIAN UNION UNDER INVESTIGATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Cambodian government has formed a commission to investigate the Khmer Youth Free Trade Union (KYFTU),a labor union notorious for extorting garment factory management and beating rival union leaders. If the commission can find sufficient evidence of illegal activities, the [...]	2006-09-27 08:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCOR PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1827	CAMBODIA: UNIONS THREATEN STRIKE AS GARMENT SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. After more than three hours of discussion on September 30, the third round of negotiations between unions and garment manufacturers ended with essentially no progress towards an agreement. Garment manufacturers agreed to add only 25 cents to their previously proposed minimum w [...]	2006-10-06 09:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH1928	GOVERNMENT PREEMPTS BILATERAL LABOR NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: After more than a month of slow progress, the government preempted the final round of negotiations between garment factories and workers by increasing the minimum wage from USD 45 to USD 50 per month. After the fourth round of negotiations on October 13 left the two sides sti [...]	2006-10-25 01:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH2084	RIVAL UNIONS ORDER GENERAL STRIKE, END TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Pro-government union federation leader Chuon Mom Thol has told members of his federation to stop participating in bilateral negotiations with garment factory owners. The directive comes after several pro-government unions joined with independent and pro-opposition unions in c [...]	2006-11-27 08:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH2208	CAMBODIA: LABOR UNREST TOPS INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Dramatic increases in labor unrest, government interference in union affairs, labor violence, and a nearly universal disregard for the labor law topped the concerns raised at the Second National Industrial Relations Conference on December 18. The Ambassador's keynote address no [...]	2006-12-20 12:36:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH2211	CAMBODIAN UNIONS AND GARMENT FACTORIES AGREE ON [...] (SBU) A coalition of seven garment unions dropped its threat to hold a general strike after they reached a tentative deal with the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC). The agreement reached on December 19 -- which is not being disclosed publicly and is subject to agreement b [...]	2006-12-21 01:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX CB

06PHNOMPENH2240	CAMBODIA: GARMENT BUYERS URGE IMPROVED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Buyers of Cambodian-made garments urged the Better Factories Cambodia factory monitoring project to maintain credibility by continuing International Labor Organization (ILO) involvement and to meet financial challenges by encouraging more buyers to participate. Cambodia's good [...]	2006-12-28 05:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KTEX PHUM
06PHNOMPENH2241	CAMBODIA CHILD LABOR REPORT UPDATE 2006 [...] Please find below post's update of the child labor report for Cambodia. An electronic version of the report, including updated footnotes listing sources, will be emailed to Tina McCarter. Begin Text: Cambodia Incidence and Nature of Child Labor Forty-five percent of children ages 5 [...]	2006-12-28 06:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB CB
06PHNOMPENH501	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's contribution towards the preparation of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia, covering the period March 2005 - March 2006. Responses follow the questions outlined in reftel. The entire report is classified sensitive but unclassified (SBU) [...]	2006-03-15 08:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD CB
06PHNOMPENH526	CAMBODIA: FACTORY MONITORING PROJECT PREPARES FOR [...] SUMMARY. Better Factories Cambodia, the ground-breaking garment factory monitoring project run by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and funded largely by the US government, has plans in place to ensure its sustainability once it becomes a fully independent organization in 2009. The [...]	2006-03-20 10:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH602	CAMBODIA: UNIONIZATION EFFORTS STALL IN CASINO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Unionization efforts at a Thai-owned casino on the Cambodian-Thai border were met with alleged management intimidation and firing of union leaders. Management objected to an arbitral award calling on them to re-instate 11 of the 20 terminated workers, has refused to implement [...]	2006-03-30 09:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ECON PREL CB TH
06PHNOMPENH655	CAMBODIA: GARMENT SECTOR STRIKES RISE SHARPLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. More than twice as many workers (16,000) were involved in strikes in February and March of this year than in the two previous months. The dramatic increase is probably due to a number of factors: resurgence of activism after months of economic and political uncertainty, lea [...]	2006-04-07 03:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH814	CAMBODIA: WORKERS MARCH DESPITE POLICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A Labor Day march with more than 1,000 workers proceeded peacefully despite the brief and detention by police of union leader Chea Mony, police checkpoints at roads leading into the capital, and unconfirmed reports of isolated clashes between police and workers elsewhere in the [...]	2006-05-01 10:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH911	CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT, MANUFACTURERS PLEDGE CHILD [...] (U) During a May 4 International Labor Organization-International Program to End Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) event to publicize the ILO's second report on child labor, Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) president Van Sou Ieng outlined GMAC's policy on child labor. He said that a [...]	2006-05-11 06:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH998	CAMBODIAN LABOR REACTION TO NEW LABOR MINISTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Cambodia's newly appointed Minister of Labor and Vocational Training (MOLVT),Vorng Sotr (CPP),replaces Nhep Bunchin (FUNCINPEC),who was removed from office pending a corruption investigation. The few labor observers who know Vorng Sotr from his previous position as MOLVT Sec [...]	2006-05-25 08:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ECON CB
06PORTAUPRINCE29	HAITIAN PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS CALL FOR GENERAL [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Leaders of the Haitian business community told Charge that they would call a general strike for Monday, January 9 to protest MINUSTAH,s ineffectiveness in countering the recent upswing of violence and kidnappings. Represe [...]	2006-01-06 12:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ELAB EFIN HA
06PORTAUPRINCE324	Haiti: Anti-TIP Proposal for ESF Funds, FY 2006 [...] Please find a proposal submitted by the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) Haiti for anti-trafficking in persons ESF funding for FY 2006. Post fully supports this proposal as the submission best tailored to combat trafficking in persons in Haiti. The proposal tar [...]	2006-02-16 20:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC
06PORTAUPRINCE335	Haiti: Anti-TIP Proposal for INCLE Funds, FY 2006 [...] Please find a proposal submitted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for anti-trafficking in persons INCLE funding for FY 2006. Post fully supports this proposal as the submission best tailored to combat trafficking in persons in Haiti from a law enforce [...]	2006-02-17 20:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC
06PORTAUPRINCE415	Haiti's Submission for Sixth Annual TIP Report [...] The following are Post's responses to reftel questions. 2. Overview of Haiti's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Trafficking in persons in Haiti mainly involved the internal movement of children from the countryside into urban areas for domestic labor in a practice call [...]	2006-03-06 13:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG PREF ELAB ASEC KCRM KWMN KFRD HA
06PORTLOUIS759	MAURITIUS: UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Post has compiled the following information on child labor in Mauritius in response to questions posed in reftel. //CHILD LABOR LAWS AND REGULATIONS// 2. On November 21, 2006, the Government of Mauritius (GOM) amended the Labor Act to raise the minimum employment age from 15 to 16 years i [...]	2006-12-19 12:44:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MP
06PORTOFSPAIN119	TRINIDAD'S (AMENDED) OSHA NEARS [...] The long-delayed Occupational Safety and Health Act came one step closer to implementation with passage of a package of amendments by the lower house of Parliament on January 23. The upper house is slated to debate the bill, as amended, on January 26, keeping it on track for implementation b [...]	2006-01-24 19:47:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV TD
06PORTOFSPAIN74	T&T MINISTRY OF LABOR ON OSHA REVISIONS AND [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Mr. Devnath Roopnarine, Chief Inspector of the Occupational Health and Safety Division in the Ministry of Labor to discuss the implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). Roopnarine explained that the OSHA has had a long history under three differen [...]	2006-01-13 19:54:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV TD
06PRAGUE1296	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL AT MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador,s October 16 introductory call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Petr Necas, Necas expressed his support for strong transatlantic ties as a fundamental foreign policy pillar for the current government, and lamented the Czechs [...]	2006-10-18 06:38:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB EZ
06PRAGUE1414	CZECH REPUBLIC: SKILL GAPS IN LABOR MARKET [...] Summary: The Czech Republic has been the darling of foreign investors in Central Europe, and as a result FDI is the number one engine of GDP growth. Foreign investors have taken advantage of the low-cost, highly skilled workforce and duty-free access to the EU to build mostly assembly plants, [...]	2006-11-15 14:06:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EINV ECIN SOCI SCUL EZ
06PRAGUE1511	GOOD NEWS FOR AMERICAN EXPATS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Czech Parliament on December 12 approved an amendment to the Act on Sickness Insurance, which delays implementation of the Act that would have made it compulsory for all Americans working in the Czech Republic to pay in to the Czech social security system effective Janu [...]	2006-12-14 11:44:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ECON EFIN ELAB EZ
06PRAGUE313	CZECH ECONOMY: A "CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIGER" ROARS [...] Glowing 2005 Czech economic statistics led newspapers to trumpet the Czech Republic as one of Europe's "Economic Tigers". And in the run-up to the June 2-3 general elections, every politician is taking full credit. GOCR figures put 2005 GDP growth at 6 percent, inflation stable at 2 percent, [...]	2006-03-27 15:19:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD EZ PGOV
06PRETORIA109	The Accelerated and Shared Growth [...] (SBU) Summary. The Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative (ASGI),a new government economic strategy to be unveiled in February, aims to push growth to a sustained six percent annually. It is expected to focus on improving coordination and implementation. Key elements will be infrastruc [...]	2006-01-12 06:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA171	SOUTH AFRICA: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (U) In response to Ref A, this cable presents post's 2006 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the 2006 Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2006 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment [...]	2006-01-17 14:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC USTR PGOV SF
06PRETORIA955	SOUTH AFRICA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. Econ M/C met March 2 with Alan Hirsch, Chief Director for Economic Policy Coordination in the Presidency, to discuss bilateral economic relations. The discussion included the status of U.S.-SACU free trade negotiations, the launch of the Accelerated and Shared Gr [...]	2006-03-08 11:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAIR ELAB ECPS ENRG EINV EIND SF
06QUITO1275	LABOR MINISTRY PRIORITIZES TRIPARTITE DIALOGUE AND [...] (U) Summary: Minister of Labor Galo Chiriboga and Vice Minister of Labor Jose Serrano outlined the four main goals of the Ministry of Labor (MOL): combating child labor, tripartite dialogue, modernization of the MOL, and combating employment discrimination. President Palacio recently signed [...]	2006-05-24 18:47:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV EC
06QUITO1399	CONGRESS PASSES SUBCONTRACTING LAW IMPROVING [...] (SBU) Summary: Congress passed a law on May 30 to regulate subcontracting, setting a maximum 50 percent of workers that can be hired through this mechanism. Workers can be subcontracted for any function. Employers must provide subcontracted workers with profit sharing and contributions to [...]	2006-06-07 21:31:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV EC
06QUITO427	ECUADOR LABOR UPDATE [...] Summary: Following are recent labor-related developments of interest: -- MOL On Labor Code Reform (para. 2) -- MOL Raises Minimum Wage (4) -- MOL Publishes Report on Subcontracting (6) -- New Law Requires Hiring of Disabled (7) -- Dole Representatives Meet with Banana Union (8) -- Andina [...]	2006-02-15 20:54:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV EC
06QUITO579	STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED FOR OIL WORKER STRIKE [...] Summary: President Palacio declared a state of emergency on March 7 in the three provinces of Napo, Orellana, and Sucumbios after 4,000 oil workers went on strike and took over installations at five PetroEcuador oil fields. On March 8, the military retook control of the oil wells and the go [...]	2006-03-09 22:21:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EPET ELAB EC
06RABAT1801	MOROCCO MACROECONOMIC UPDATE AND ECONOMIC [...] (U) This message provides an update on Morocco's macroeconomic situation, together with other highlights of recent economic developments, including: A. Altadis's purchase of the remaining 20 percent of the National Tobacco Monopoly. B. The creation of a new fund (Oleo Capital) to support t [...]	2006-09-27 15:34:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB EAIR EINT ECPS KTEX TS
06RABAT2	ASYLUM SEEKERS OVERWHELM UNHCR IN RABAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 30, Poloffs from Rabat and Casablanca met with UNHCR Head of Mission, Johannes van der Klaauw, at UNHCR headquarters in Rabat to discuss the status of refugee seekers in Morocco and UNHCR,s future plans. Van der Klaauw highlighted the challenges with the dramatic [...]	2006-01-03 08:53:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB MO PHUM PREF PREL SMIG SOCI
06RABAT2170	MOROCCO MACROECONOMIC UPDATE AND ECONOMIC [...] (U) This message provides an update on Morocco's macroeconomic situation, together with the following other economic highlights: A. Moroccan Ports In Compliance With International Security Standards B. FTA Wheat Quotas Unfulfilled C. Parliament Debates Anti-Money Laundering Law D. Ryan [...]	2006-11-24 16:55:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAIR ECON EIND ELAB ETRD KTEX MO
06RABAT2335	TIP CONFERENCE IN UAE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 16:20:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG MO
06RABAT261	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] The Government of Morocco (GOM) raised prices on some fuel products on Feb. 9 in a bid to relieve pressure high international oil prices are putting on the state's subsidy mechanism. Premium grade gasoline rose by 1.5 percent to $1.17 per liter and diesel fuel rose by 12 percent to $1.03 per [...]	2006-02-15 14:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ENRG KIPR SENV MO
06RABAT490	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Central bank governor Abdellatif Jouahri said March 14 that Morocco plans to move "in the medium-term" towards a more flexible exchange rate system. Jouahri said the country's increasing openness to trade warrants a transition to an as-yet-unspecified exchange regime, a move the IMF has c [...]	2006-03-20 14:10:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ECPS MO
06RABAT73	MOROCCO 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 07:44:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV MO
06RABAT961	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Overall GDP grew by 5.7 percent annually at the end of the first quarter of 2006, while non-agricultural GDP grew by four percent, a consistent figure over several quarters. A report by the Moroccan Government's High Planning Commission said GDP was helped by strong performance in constructio [...]	2006-05-18 13:08:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EAGR ELAB MO
06RANGOON1376	LITTLE PROGRESS ON FORCED LABOR IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: ILO Burma Liaison Officer Richard Horsey said the GOB is making slow progress on the two outstanding issues raised at the June International Labor Conference (ILC): a moratorium on prosecutions of forced labor complainants, and agreement on a mechanism to handle forced labor compl [...]	2006-09-20 10:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV BM
06RANGOON1382	COURT DISMISSES CASE CITED BY ILO [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-21 06:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PGOV BM
06RANGOON146	ILO REP PUSHING FOR GOB ACTION TO MATCH PROMISES [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Burma has reacted to international concern over their 2005 treatment of the ILO Liaison Officer (ref B),swiftly approving his latest request for in-country travel to look at forced labor issues and taking his personal security seriously for the first time. On th [...]	2006-02-03 04:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
06RANGOON1518	DEADLINE LOOMS FOR GOB ACTION ON FORCED LABOR [...] (C) Summary: ILO Liaison Officer Richard Horsey has been able to maintain regular contact with the Ministry of Labor over the past three months and has begun discussions on a mechanism to address forced labor charges in Burma. Horsey said the GOB's reaction to the draft text has been generally [...]	2006-10-13 09:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON1588	ILO SPECIAL ADVISOR DEPARTS BURMA EMPTY HANDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: ILO Special Advisor Francis Maupain briefed us on his unsuccessful negotiations with GOB officials on October 20-21 to try to establish a credible mechanism for ILO investigations of forced labor complaints. After reaching tentative agreement with the GOB permitting the ILO unfet [...]	2006-10-25 08:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON1727	ILO TAKES A HARD LINE ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: ILO Liaison Officer Richard Horsey said the ILO Director General would deliver a letter on November 24 to SYG Annan and U/SYG Gambari, summarizing Burma's lack of progress on forced labor. The letter will state that Burma is not cooperating to find a mechanism to address forced [...]	2006-11-27 11:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB BM
06RANGOON270	BURMA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 03:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SMIG BM
06RANGOON368	BURMESE FUTURE LOOKING DIRE [...] (C) Summary: Leon de Riedmattan, outgoing head of the Swiss NGO Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Burma, hosted a lunch March 15 for western Ambassadors. De Riedmattan, whose visa has been halted after nine years of efforts to promote national reconciliation, offered a grim assessment of th [...]	2006-03-19 23:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ELAB BM
06RANGOON403	BURMA GIVES ILO THE COLD SHOULDER [...] (C) Summary: Labor Minister U Thaung told ILO Special Advisor Francis Maupain that the GOB will not negotiate how it handles claims of forced labor and made it clear the GOB will not take any significant action to address the international community's forced labor concerns. According to ILO L [...]	2006-03-24 06:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL ECON BM
06RANGOON462	SOMETHING BETTER THAN NOTHING:FIGHTING TIP IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: High level GOB attendance gave the first anti-Trafficking in Persons National Seminar the visible support needed for lower level officials to implement Burma's new Anti-Trafficking Law. International NGOs had unprecedented input on the drafting process, the first time the curr [...]	2006-04-06 09:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KWMN KCRM BM
06RANGOON699	ILO REP PESSIMISTIC BEFORE LABOR CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of the annual International Labor Conference (ILC),ILO Liaison Officer Richard Horsey has seen no signals that the new openness that UN Under Secretary General Gambari thought he saw during his meeting with Senior General Than Shwe would extend to forced labor. Horsey [...]	2006-05-26 09:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON745	GOB RELEASES ONE LABOR RIGHTS PRISONER [...] (C) Summary: The GOB, facing increased scrutiny of its forced labor practices at the annual International Labor Conference (ILC) in Geneva, responded on June 6 by releasing Su Su Nway, who was imprisoned in 2005 in retaliation for bringing a successful forced labor lawsuit against authorities. [...]	2006-06-07 10:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON806	SU SU NWAY: RELEASED TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY [...] (C) Summary: NLD activist Su Su Nway emerged from her surprise June 6 release from Insein Prison committed to continue her efforts to eliminate forced labor and gain freedom for other political prisoners. She faced isolation and threats in prison, but continued to fight for human rights at ev [...]	2006-06-15 10:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL ECON BM
06RANGOON849	ILO READY FOR GOB ACTION ON COMMITMENTS [...] (C) Summary: On June 20, immediately upon his return from the International Labor Conference (ILC),ILO Country Liaison Officer Richard Horsey requested a meeting with Labor Minister U Thaung to follow up on the commitments on forced labor made by the GOB in Geneva. Horsey singled out the USG [...]	2006-06-22 10:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ECON BM
06RANGOON904	BURMA READY TO START TALKING TO ILO [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Minster of Labor told ILO Liaison Officer that the GOB is ready to begin discussions with ILO representatives in Geneva. ILO members at the recent International Labor Conference (ILC) deferred further action against the GOB on the condition that it resume talks to dev [...]	2006-07-03 02:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON924	WORKERS STRIKE FOR HIGHER PAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Burmese law prohibits strikes, many worker successfully staged strikes for wage increases in 2005 and 2006. Lab and management peacefully resolved most strikes, and GOB officials intervened in some cases to press for resolution. As long as the strikes stay apolitical, [...]	2006-07-05 06:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON94	NO REWARD FOR OPPOSING FORCED LABOR IN BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Labor advocate and pro-democracy activist Su Su Nway, jailed since October for her successful efforts to sue GOB officials on forced labor charges, recently spent time in a prison hospital for deteriorating health. Her lawyers have appealed her conviction and expect an initial ru [...]	2006-01-24 10:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB PREL BM
06RANGOON963	ILO PRESSURE LEADS TO LAWYER'S RELEASE [...] (SBU) On July 9, authorities released U Aye Myint from Bago prison. In June, International Labor Organization (ILO) members set Aye Myint's release by the end of July as one test of the GOB's willingness to address forced labor. Aye Myint credits the ILO pressure for his release. End Summary [...]	2006-07-10 10:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV BM
06REYKJAVIK68	SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Lisa Kierans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail Kieransl@state.gov. Hours spent on preparation: - Polofficer (FO-02) 20 hrs - Polassistant 60 hrs - DCM [...]	2006-03-02 12:49:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
06RIGA799	SCENSETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF LABOR ELAINE CHAO [...] Madam Secretary, we are extremely honored that you will visit Riga October 10 - 13. Latvia today is a very different place than it was when you helped establish the Peace Corps program here after Latvia regained it's independence in 1991. Over two years into NATO and European Union membership [...]	2006-10-02 14:09:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PREL OVIP CHAO ELAINE LG
06RIGA836	SECRETARY CHAO'S MEETINGS WITH GOL OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao's visit to Latvia provided an opportunity to discuss economic growth and job creation, relations with Russia and the recent Latvian elections with senior governmental officials. All interlocutors noted the challenge for Latvia of the out migra [...]	2006-10-13 14:10:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELAB ECON MARR CVIS OVIP CHAO ELAINE RU
06RIGA885	LATVIA BANS DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ON THE BASIS OF [...] Summary: Latvian President Vike-Freiberga has signed amendments to Latvia's Labor law adding sexual orientation to the categories of people protected from employment discrimination and the law takes effect October 25. The President had vetoed an earlier version of the law that omitted this gr [...]	2006-10-25 13:54:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ELAB EUN LG
06RIYADH7097	SAUDI REACTION TO SENTENCING OF HOMAIDAN AL-TURKI [...] (S/NF) The August 31, 2006, sentencing by a Colorado court of Homaidan Al-Turki to 28 years to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his Indonesian maid has provoked calls for a boycott of U.S. products and the return of Saudis studying in the U.S. Some Saudi contacts even fear that this [...]	2006-09-10 11:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	AORC ELAB FBI KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA
06ROME1208	FAIR TREATMENT OF SEAFARERS, POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-21 16:51:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KTIA AORC ELAB UK IT IMO
06ROME1435	ITALIAN LABOR: BACK AT THE POLICY-MAKING TABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The election of two former union leaders, Fausto Bertinotti of the Communist Renewal Party as President of the Chamber of Deputies, and Franco Marini of the Daisy Party as President of the Senate, will help bring Italian unions back to the table on social and economic policy f [...]	2006-05-11 15:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB IT
06ROME2191	ITALY WIDENS THE WELCOME MAT FOR IMMIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Prodi government has been surprisingly proactive on immigration issues since it took office in May 2006. The Council of Ministers today will introduce legislation to cut from ten to five years the time needed for immigrants to qualify for citizenship and will offer, for th [...]	2006-08-04 10:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB SMIG IT
06ROME2279	BUDGET 2007 ITALY: TIGHTWIRE ACT BEGINS WITH RELEASE OF [...] Summary: The public release of Italy's four-year financial plan, the DPEF, officially opens Italy's 2007 budget process. Prime Minister Prodi's coalition will formally present its draft 2007 budget by end-September. Parliament must approve the final budget by the end of December. To avoid [...]	2006-08-11 15:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT
06ROME263	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] Summary. Italy continues to court foreign investors by actively seeking to implement the 2003 legal reforms designed to lift the Italian economy out of its malaise. In 2003 Italy successfully reformed its civil code and made important modifications to its Unified Rules on Financial Intermed [...]	2006-01-30 08:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV IT OPIC USTR
06ROME28	ITALY'S BUDGET: SQUEEZED BY ELECTION-YEAR SPENDING [...] On December 22, Parliament approved the 2006 budget which includes euro 27.5 billion in spending cuts and new revenue measures to shrink the deficit/GDP ratio to 3.8 percent (Italy's EU ceiling for 2006). Italy's budget process faced the double pressure of EU deficit ceilings, and front-loaded [...]	2006-01-04 17:05:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP
06ROME384	ITALY,S PARLIAMENT PASSES "SARBANES-OXLEY". [...] SUMMARY. On December 23 Italy's Senate passed the financial market oversight reform bill, two years after the massive Parmalat fraud scandal and just following the resignation of Bank of Italy (BOI) Governor Fazio. The bill leaves in place the five regulatory authorities: antitrust, central [...]	2006-02-09 11:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP
06ROME449	Italy's Parliament Passes "Sarbanes-Oxley". [...] SUMMARY. On December 23 Italy's Senate passed the financial market oversight reform bill, two years after the massive Parmalat fraud scandal and just following the resignation of Bank of Italy (BOI) Governor Fazio. The bill leaves in place the five regulatory authorities: antitrust, central [...]	2006-02-14 15:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP EUN
06ROME471	AMBASSADOR'S PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH: ITALY'S [...] Italy has proven to be the best U.S. ally in continental Europe in this young millennium. Unfortunately, since 2000, Italy's economy has grown at an anemic annual rate of only 0.75 percent. To promote economic dynamism in Italy that will produce the resources for Italy to continue to join th [...]	2006-02-16 10:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP EUN
06ROME584	ITALY'S UNION COALITION PROGRAM: FAULT LINES ON [...] (C) Romano Prodi presented the center-left Union coalition's 281-page governing program on February 13. As opposed to establishing a concrete program for the Union coalition should it win the April 9 national elections, the document has been viewed by critics from both the right and the left [...]	2006-02-24 15:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MARR PARM MOPS ELAB EINV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME599	2006 TIP REPORT: ITALY [...] Below is the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Italy. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. The Embassy point of contact is Labor Counselor Candace Putnam, telephone: 39-06-4674-2327, fax 39-06-4674-2623. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) 21.A. Italy is a country of destination an [...]	2006-02-27 15:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IT HUMAN RIGHTS EUN
06ROME943	ITALY: TAKEOVERS SHAKE-UP BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) The December 2005 resignation of Bank of Italy (BOI) Governor Antonio Fazio, and the appointment of reformist Mario Draghi, has raised expectations that a wave of bank mergers will sweep Italy in 2006. French bank BNP-Paribas made the first move, taking over Banca Nazionale del Lavoro [...]	2006-03-28 09:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP ITALIAN POLITICS
06SANAA110	YEMEN: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Paragraph 2 contains Post's input for the 2005-2006 edition of "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy" as requested in reftel. This submission will also be sent via e-mail on the classified side as a clean copy word document. --------------------------------------------- --------------- [...]	2006-01-23 11:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI YM HUMAN RIGHTS
06SANJOSE1276	IMPACT OF PUBLIC UNION PROTEST SMALL [...] The work stoppage and protest planned for June 7 and 8 took place on June 7 only, and the effects on economic activity in Costa Rica were minimal. The narrow focus of the work stoppage - the nullification of various provisions in public employee collective bargaining agreements - did not app [...]	2006-06-09 17:38:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV CS
06SANJOSE1375	COSTA RICAN NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to nominate Starbucks for the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) in the SIPDIS Multinational Enterprise (MNE) category (refs A and B). The goal of the ACE is to 1) highlight the good works of the winners, and 2) inspire others to follow th [...]	2006-06-16 22:18:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINV ETRD ELAB SENV KSEP CS
06SANJOSE1952	DUE DILIGENCE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S 2006 AWARD FOR [...] Embassy San Jos is pleased to respond to Ref. A questions regarding our nomination of Starbucks for the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) in the Multinational Enterprise (MNE) category (refs b and c),as follows: A) Could there possibly be any downside or embarrassme [...]	2006-08-31 23:05:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON ETRD ELAB SENV KSEP CS
06SANJOSE2312	PORT WORKERS PROTEST CONCESSIONS, TEST GOCR RESOLVE [...] A show-down between the government and unionized dock workers in the country,s Atlantic ports may serve as a harbinger of GOCR resolve and capacity for dealing with promised mobilization against the country,s CAFTA-DR commitments. Since September 23, the government and port workers have been [...]	2006-10-20 19:38:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV CS
06SANJOSE2320	NATIONAL ANTI-CAFTA PROTEST OCTOBER 23-24 [...] (C) SUMMARY: A broad coalition of union and student groups is posed to square off against the GOCR October 23-24, protesting mostly CAFTA but also pay increases below the rate of inflation and the high cost of living. Both sides have much at stake. The anti-CAFTA forces want to shake GOCR r [...]	2006-10-23 21:36:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PGOV ASEC CS
06SANJOSE2431	ANTI-CAFTA PROTEST IN COSTA RICA: TACTICAL VICTORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 23 and 24, a two-day strike and associated demonstrations against CAFTA ratification took place throughout Costa Rica. The peaceful demonstrations fell short of organizers, expectations and disruptions in basic services and transit were largely avoided. Costa Rican [...]	2006-10-31 23:51:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV CS
06SANJOSE2581	CARIBBEAN PORT SLOWDOWN ENDS POSITIVELY FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 27, a month-long standoff between dockworkers in the Caribbean ports of Limon and Moin ended. A full strike over the last four days of the slowdown added to the financial losses the region was already suffering, causing a cruise ship with 3,000 passengers to cancel a p [...]	2006-11-15 10:33:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV CS
06SANJOSE2750	COSTA RICA'S TELECOM MONOPOLY PREPARES FOR CHANGE [...] SUMMARY. With CAFTA-DR ratification slowly moving forward, and telecom competition on the horizon, Costa Rica's telecom monopoly, ICE, (Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad) is making moves to modernize under new ICE President, Pedro Pablo Quiros. The new ICE leadership is clearly engaged i [...]	2006-12-12 21:52:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECIN ELAB PGOV CS
06SANJOSE331	ELECTION RESULTS EMBOLDEN ANTI-CAFTA-DR FORCES [...] (U) Public sector labor unions and other opponents of CAFTA-DR are trying to capitalize on the February 5 election results to stop treaty ratification in Costa Rica. They claim that the better-than-expected showing for presidential candidate Otton Solis, a treaty critic, nullifies the Legisla [...]	2006-02-10 23:24:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB PGOV PREL CS
06SANJOSE481	COSTA RICA 2005 TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 14:45:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CS
06SANJOSE612	COSTA RICA: PROPOSED LABOR PROJECTS UNDER CAFTA-DR [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 22:35:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD ELAB CS
06SANJOSE643	ANTI-CAFTA-DR GROUPS STAGE PROTEST, "BURY" THE [...] On March 20, several groups jointly staged the first organized protest against the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) since the country's February 5 elections. Unlike in previous demonstrations, labor organizations did not play a major organizational role. [...]	2006-03-22 17:43:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ELAB PGOV CS
06SANSALVADOR1013	EL SALVADOR: HERMOSA MANUFACTURING CASE REMAINS [...] This is an action request; see para. 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Hermosa Manufacturing Co., a Salvadoran owned and operated apparel manufacturer, ceased operations in May 2005, leaving more than 250 workers jobless and liabilities of USD 825,000 in outstanding wages, severance payments, and unp [...]	2006-04-20 13:55:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ES ETRD PGOV
06SANSALVADOR2051	EL SALVADOR: PROGRESS WITH LABOR MINISTRY IN KEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the span of less than a month, El Salvador's Ministry of Labor has made moves to establish the official status of the airport maintenance workers union (SITEVMAIES) and the telecommunications workers union (SITCOM). The former case had proven controversial and attracted in [...]	2006-08-18 18:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ES ETRD PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR2142	EL SALVADOR: LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY RATIFIES ILO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: El Salvador's Legislative Assembly on August 24 voted unanimously to ratify International Labor Organization (ILO) Conventions 87 and 98 regarding freedom of association and the right to organize and bargain collectively, as well as Conventions 135 and 151 dealing with protect [...]	2006-08-31 20:59:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ELAB ES ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL
06SANSALVADOR2379	EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 20:42:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ES ETRD PGOV PREL SENV
06SANSALVADOR2960	EL SALVADOR: 2006 WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] SUMMARY: Pursuant to reftel, this cable provides information on the worst forms of child labor in El Salvador. As a country eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP),El Salvador has implemented steps to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, including [...]	2006-12-18 15:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ELAB ES ETRD PHUM SOCI
06SANSALVADOR450	EL SALVADOR: ALL BUT ONE SUSPECT IN SOTO MURDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A sentencing tribunal on February 17 absolved two of three suspects accused in the November 5, 2004 murder of AmCit labor activist Gilberto Soto. One man was convicted in the crime and will likely be sentenced Friday. Prosecutors will appeal the court's findings to the Supreme [...]	2006-02-22 21:00:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ES KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL
06SANSALVADOR5	EVALUATION - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) WORKSHOP [...] ELISSA STEGLICH IS THE MANAGING ATTORNEY AT THE MIDWEST IMMIGRANT AND HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER IN CHICAGO. SHE PROVIDES DIRECT REPRESENTATION TO ASYLUM-SEEKERS AND VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. MS. STEGLICH CONDUCTED A THREE-DAY WORKSHOP ON "HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY: AN EFFECTIVE RESPO [...]	2006-01-03 19:02:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OEXC PHUM SMIG ELAB KCRM KOCI KWMN ES
06SANSALVADOR531	EL SALVADOR 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Post,s submission for the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. The format tracks paragraphs 21 to 24 in reftel. Post POC is INL Country Director J. Brian Duggan, 011-503-2501-2037. For OMB purposes, Duggan (FS-03) spent 10 hours compiling the following information. Sen [...]	2006-03-03 16:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB ES
06SANTIAGO2063	NEW GOC BUDGET ORIENTED TOWARDS SOCIAL SECTOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-02 21:42:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL ELAB CI
06SANTIAGO273	CHILE: TIP PROPOSAL FOR ESF FUNDING IN 2006 [...] In response to ref B, Post proposes the USG fund a series of professional education workshops for public officials and local activists in all regions of Chile with ports or major land-border crossings. The project would help prevent trafficking in persons (TIP) in Chile and would also raise a [...]	2006-02-07 21:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG EAID CI
06SANTIAGO438	CHILE: SUBMISSION FOR SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Chile continues to improve in its efforts to identify, investigate and prosecute trafficking in persons, and to protect trafficking victims. The number of known or suspected cases of cross-border trafficking in Chile is low, although there is a problem with domestic commercial [...]	2006-03-02 22:30:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB GTIP CI
06SANTIAGO439	CHILE: SUBMISSION FOR SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 22:30:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB GTIP CI
06SANTIAGO452	CHILEAN UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS TO LOWEST LEVEL SINCE [...] In the final trimester (November 2005-February 2006) of President Lagos' administration, unemployment in Chile dropped to its lowest level since 1997. Nationwide unemplQment now stands at seven percent. Over the course of the last year, the Chilean economy created almost 100,000 new jobs, wh [...]	2006-03-03 19:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB CI
06SANTODOMINGO1993	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CITIBANK 2006 CORPORATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 15:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON BEXP ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV AMGT
06SANTODOMINGO2810	IMPROVEMENTS ON DOMINICAN SUGAR PLANTATIONS: THE [...] SUMMARY: Observations from visits in March and on August 25 indicate that the Vicini consortium, one of the two largest private producers of sugar in the Dominican Republic, has substantially improved working conditions associated with its Cristobal Colon plantations. These changes come amids [...]	2006-08-29 21:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ELAB PHUM SMIG KOCI DR HA
06SANTODOMINGO3250	CONTROVERSIAL PRIEST, BATEY ACTIVIST RECALLED TO [...] Sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. SUMMARY: Father Christopher Hartley, an outspoken and controversial advocate for worker rights on the Dominican sugar plantations (bateyes),has been unexpectedly recalled to New York. Church spokesmen claim that the recall was a routin [...]	2006-10-13 17:56:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ELAB PHUM DR
06SANTODOMINGO3359	A DOMINICAN STRIKE THREATENS THE OLDEST UNIVERSITY [...] SUMMARY: Employees of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD),the largest university in the Dominican Republic, carried out a 48-hour strike this week in protest of a university-wide change in medical insurance providers. Workers resumed normal activity on Wednesday, but organizers [...]	2006-10-26 20:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB DR PGOV SCUL SOCI

06SANTODOMINGO3439	TRANSPORTATION UNION ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Center for Unified Transit Workers (CNTU) has announced plans for marches and strikes on November 4 and 7 (during and after a three-day weekend) and an extended strike on November 16-17. CNTU leader Ramon Perez Figuereo predicts more than 30,000 of his union's memb [...]	2006-11-05 13:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV DR
06SANTODOMINGO3482	AMBASSADORS HERTELL AND SANDERSON TOUR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 19 U.S. ambassadors to the Dominican Republic and to Haiti visited a "maquiladora" in the Haitian CODEVI Free Trade Zone (FTZ) owned by Dominican corporation Grupo M. The enterprise directly employs around 1,500 Haitian workers in garment assembly. It hopes to expand th [...]	2006-11-13 16:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV PREL ELAB KTEX ECON ETRD EINV HA
06SANTODOMINGO3759	CODEL ENGEL: HAITIAN ISSUES DOMINATE VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The December 9-10 Congressional visit led by Rep. Eliot Engel touched some of the most sensitive points in the Dominican psyche. The group had intended to learn about a range of issues, but their trip, truncated by a late departure from Washington, was defined in the Dominican [...]	2006-12-18 18:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR PHUM PREF PREL EWWT DR XL OREP ELAB
06SANTODOMINGO761	PROPOSAL FOR LABOR JUSTICE ACTIVITIES IN THE [...] The following is Embassy's response to request for project proposals. (Begin Text) Proposal for Labor Justice Activities in the Dominican Republic A. Characteristics of Labor Justice in the Dominican Republic: description and justification for proposed activities A study of cas [...]	2006-03-03 14:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID ETRD SENV DR
06SANTODOMINGO778	CORRECTED: PROPOSAL FOR LABOR JUSTICE ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: This is the corrected 2006 Embassy request for funding of a Dominican Republic Labor Justice capacity building program to support implementation of the Free Trade Agreement between the Dominican Republic and the United States and enforcement of the Dominican Labor Law. This program [...]	2006-03-03 23:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAID ETRD KJUS DR
06SAOPAULO121	LULA'S GOVERNMENT IN THE CROSSHAIRS: A PT PERSPECTIVE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Although they deny it, members of President Lula's Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT) who attended the Sixth World Social Forum - Americas Region (WSF) in Caracas in late January had some difficult moments. The event became Hugo Chavez's show and Brazil was critici [...]	2006-02-07 17:13:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI ELAB BR
06SAOPAULO258	BRAZIL: A COMBINATION OF INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION, LOW [...] Brazil's record trade surplus combined with currency appreciation that benefited imports and a substantial current account surplus were the main economic surprises of 2005. Brazil is recovering from a production slowdown in the third quarter of 2005 on the strength of year-end sales and compa [...]	2006-03-10 10:19:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ETRD EFIN EINV EIND BR
06SAOPAULO276	CARDINAL HUMMES DISCUSSES LULA GOVERNMENT, THE OPPOSITION, [...] (U) During a March 10 courtesy call by Consul General, Claudio Cardinal Hummes spoke at length of the successes and failures of the Lula government; shared his views on the competition between Sao Paulo Mayor Serra and Governor Alckmin for the presidential nomination of the Brazilian Social Dem [...]	2006-03-14 19:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL ETRD ECON ELAB BR
06SAOPAULO277	CARDINAL HUMMES DISCUSSES LULA GOVERNMENT, THE OPPOSITION, [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 20:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL ETRD ECON ELAB BR
06SAOPAULO280	LABOR LEADERS DIFFER OVER LULA GOVERNMENT, BUT MOST WORKERS [...] (SBU) During his March 6-7 visit to Sao Paulo, Labor Attache met with representatives of three major labor organizations and the ruling Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT),as well as some academics specializing in labor issues. With the exception of representatives of the influen [...]	2006-03-15 13:28:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI BR
06SAOPAULO332	LANDLESS MOVEMENT'S EARLY YEAR ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Land invasions led by the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (Landless Rural Workers Movement - MST) and allied groups have begun in the Sao Paulo Consular District (southern and part of southeastern Brasil) in anticipation of the annual Red April protests (ref A). Early Mar [...]	2006-03-24 18:51:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PREL ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI ASEC BR
06SAOPAULO371	PROSPECTS FOR LABOR REFORM AFTER BRAZILIAN ELECTIONS [...] Summary: Labor expert Jose Pastore told Poloff he has advised opposition presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin not to pursue comprehensive labor reform immediately upon taking office, should he win, but to begin with more modest and less controversial legislative proposals that would remove di [...]	2006-04-06 10:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV SOCI ECON BR
06SAOPAULO449	FEDERAL DEPUTY GREEHALGH SHARES VIEWS ON ELECTION CAMPAIGN, [...] (SBU) In a ninety-minute breakfast meeting with Consulate representatives, Federal Deputy Luiz Eduardo Greenhalgh (PT-SP) offered his insights on a number of current political issues. He said President Lula faces a tough fight for re-election and is concerned about his prospects in populous S [...]	2006-04-28 18:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM ELAB EAGR BR
06SAOPAULO505	A BUSY TWO WEEKS FOR LULA'S PARTY: PT READIES FOR CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) The ruling Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT) held its National Encounter in Sao Paulo, April 28-30, in preparation for the election campaign. Delegates authorized President Lula and party leadership to enter into electoral alliances with any willing partners, excluding only [...]	2006-05-10 18:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ELAB EPET BR
06SAOPAULO880	Brazil: Domestic Demand Boosts Industry in First Half of 2006 [...] SUMMARY: Official data for the first half of 2006 suggest it should be a relatively good year for Brazil's economy, although less so than 2004. Slower global growth and the strong domestic currency (the Real) are, according to analysts, beginning to slow the growth of certain Brazilian expor [...]	2006-08-11 12:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ETRD EFIN EIND BR
06SARAJEVO1093	BOSNIA: THREATS AGAINST LABOR UNION PRESIDENT [...] The President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SSSBiH),Mr. Edhem Biber, recently received an anonymous threatening note along with a bullet at his house. The note warned Mr. Biber to stop his calls for a review of previous privatizations in the Fed [...]	2006-05-17 15:20:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON AFL CIO BK
06SECION01OF02HARARE628	LABOR STRIKES LOMING [...] C) General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Unio of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ) General Secretary GertrudeHambira told econoff on May 24 that within two weks the union would likely announce a strike by aricultural workers over wages. Zimbabwe Congressof Trade Unions (ZCTU) Secretary General Wellingon [...]	2006-05-26 10:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGO PHUM ECON ASEC ZI
06SEOUL1050	CAMBODIAN PM HUN SEN'S VISIT TO ROK FOCUSES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 20-24 visit to South Korea of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen focused almost exclusively on the Cambodians' interest in obtaining ROK designation of Cambodia as a country "qualified to export labor to South Korea." Accompanied by eight ministers, Hun Sen also secured [...]	2006-03-30 07:50:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELAB EAID KS
06SEOUL1266	STAFFDEL VISIT TO KAESONG INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX [...] (U) During an April 12 staffdel visit to the South Korean-managed Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) in North Korea, KIC officials said that informal conversations with North Korean workers indicated that the DPRK provided the workers with approximately 70 percent of their wages, for a base inc [...]	2006-04-18 06:20:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ELAB PHUM PREL KS KN
06SEOUL1327	FTA LABOR TEAM MEETS ROKG OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. FTA labor negotiators visited Seoul April 4 through 7 to meet with Korean government, management, and labor representatives; explain the FTA process; and conduct background research on Korean labor law and practices. Below, we report on the delegation's meetings with the [...]	2006-04-21 09:27:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KS PGOV
06SEOUL1328	LABOR GIRDING FOR FTA BATTLE [...] (SBU) The U.S. FTA labor negotiating team visited Seoul April 4 to 7 to meet with Korean government, labor and management officials and conduct background research. Korean organized labor representatives were wary of an FTA and feared that it would precede mass layoffs like those experienced [...]	2006-04-21 09:29:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KS PGOV
06SEOUL2488	FTA LABOR TEAM MEETS KCTU, OTHER LABOR GROUPS [...] (SBU) Formally meeting with U.S. officials in Seoul for the first time, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU),the more radical of the ROK's two major labor federations, welcomed the U.S. FTA labor negotiators to their headquarters on July 13. In a professional and business-like me [...]	2006-07-24 23:20:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KS PGOV
06SEOUL2596	LABOR STRIKE SEASON IN KOREA: WINDS OF CHANGE? [...] (U) As part of an annual ritual, labor unions throughout Korea are pressing their employers for concessions. Strikes and threats of strikes are affecting many key areas of industry ranging from the largest steel manufacturer (POSCO) to the Korean Stock Exchange (KRX). Although these strikes a [...]	2006-08-02 01:19:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV KS
06SEOUL3064	KOREA AT CROSSROADS WITH LABOR LEGISLATION [...] (C) Following a meeting on September 2, the Korean Tripartite Commission (KTC) announced that several of the key players at the meeting agreed to a five-year ban on multiple trade unions in the workplace while continuing to allow the provision of salaries by companies to full-time unionists. [...]	2006-09-07 02:44:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL4034	STATE OF THE UNIONS [...] (SBU) Facing declining union membership and fears that the KORUS FTA may further weaken the plight of the working class in Korea, the two largest trade union umbrella organizations in Korea, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) and Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU),are very [...]	2006-11-22 06:43:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD KS
06SEOUL4194	KOREA PASSES NON-REGULAR WORKER BILLS [...] (SBU) After two years of delays and debate, the ROK passed three labor bills to address wage and benefit discrimination against non-regular workers who comprise more than one-third of the workforce in Korea. Although the bills layout a clear path for non-regular workers to become regular wor [...]	2006-12-07 08:44:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL507	LABOR SNAPSHOT: THE PLAYERS [...] (SBU) Upcoming U.S.-ROK FTA negotiations will include a close USG look at Korea's labor-management relations, a tumultuous sector charged with decades of conflict. This is the first of three cables that will draw a contemporary portrait of industrial relations in the ROK. This cable describ [...]	2006-02-14 08:29:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KS PGOV
06SEOUL548	LABOR SNAPSHOT: THE ISSUES [...] (SBU) This is the second of three cables (Ref A is the first) that describe ROK labor-management relations in anticipation of upcoming U.S.-ROK Free Trade Agreement negotiations. This report focuses on the two main issues that have dominated industrial relations debate over the past year: " [...]	2006-02-17 05:04:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KS PGOV
06SEOUL549	LABOR SNAPSHOT: MEETING THE STANDARDS [...] (SBU) This is the final report in a three-part series on labor-management relations in the ROK. In previous cables we described the major players (Ref A) and current issues (Ref B). We now focus on whether Korean labor laws meet the core labor standards contained in the Trade Promotion Autho [...]	2006-02-17 06:07:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KS PGOV
06SEOUL777	SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Post's submission for the sixth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Ref A. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The ROKG continued to make efforts to fight trafficking in persons during the March 2005 to March 2006 reporting period. G [...]	2006-03-10 09:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KS KCRM KWMN PGOV ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
06SINGAPORE1144	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER FOR MANPOWER [...] Summary. Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen expressed his satisfaction with the deepening bilateral ties between the U.S. and Singapore, and highlighted our excellent military cooperation in a March 22 courtesy call with Ambassador Herbold. Minister Ng also discu [...]	2006-04-10 09:22:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ELAB MARR ECON PHUM KCRM SN
06SINGAPORE139	IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR FOREIGN WORKERS IN [...] (U) Singaporean civil society over the past year has become increasingly vocal in publicly advocating better treatment of foreign workers in Singapore. While the Singapore government has fairly tight labor regulations to protect foreign workers from abuse and exploitation, some workers, part [...]	2006-01-18 07:52:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM ELAB KWMN SN
06SINGAPORE1610	SINGAPORE ADDS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS-RELATED [...] Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs has expanded its "Schedule of Serious Offenses," adding 108 new categories of offenses including several crimes under the Children and Young Persons Act (CYPA),the Women's Charter (WC),and the Immigration Act (IA) that are related to trafficking in person [...]	2006-05-18 08:02:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM ELAB KWMN ETTC EFIN SN
06SINGAPORE1749	SINGAPORE RESPONSE TO GAO QUESTIONNAIRE ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 08:59:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	AGAO ELAB SMIG SN
06SINGAPORE1834	DEMARCHE ON 2006 TIP REPORT DELIVERED [...] Singapore Government officials reiterated their commitment to combating trafficking in persons and expressed satisfaction with Singapore's Tier 1 Ranking in the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report, in a meeting with Economic/Political Counselor on June 1. EPCouns met with Bambang Sugeng bin K [...]	2006-06-06 03:40:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM ELAB KWMN SN
06SINGAPORE197	SINGAPORE - 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Post submits below the draft text of the 2006 Singapore Investment Climate Statement (ICS). As requested reftel, we have also forwarded the document via email to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. Begin text of 2006 Investment Climate Statement: Investment Policy Summary 3. Foreign investments, combi [...]	2006-01-24 06:41:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
06SINGAPORE2828	SINGAPORE TO INCREASE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE ATTORNEYS [...] The Ministry of Law recently announced plans to increase the supply of attorneys eligible to practice law in Singapore. Its decision reflects the recommendations of the Third Committee on Supply of Lawyers, appointed in December 2005, which was tasked with exploring how best to respond to inc [...]	2006-09-07 23:23:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ELAB SN
06SINGAPORE630	SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE 2006 TIP REPORT: [...] This is the first of three messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2006 TIP submission. Due to the length of our submission, we have split it into three cables. Part I covers the overview of Singapore's trafficking problem and prevention efforts. The Embassy point of contact for this report i [...]	2006-03-01 09:20:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN
06SINGAPORE631	SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE 2006 TIP REPORT: [...] This is the second of three messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2005 TIP submission. It covers the investigation and prosecution of traffickers. INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) A. Does the country have a law specifically prohibiting trafficking in [...]	2006-03-01 09:23:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN
06SINGAPORE632	SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE 2006 TIP REPORT: [...] (U) This is the third of three messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2006 TIP submission. Part III covers Protection and Assistance to Victims, and details the sources Post has consulted in preparing this submission. PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS ------------------------------------ [...]	2006-03-01 09:33:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN
06SINGAPORE792	SINGAPORE'S FY2006 BUDGET PRIMES PUMP FOR GENERAL [...] Summary. With an eye on anticipated but still not officially announced general elections, Singapore's FY2006 budget offers a S$2.6 billion (US$1.6 billion) "Progress Package" targeting primarily lower income groups. The budget also includes the usual array of fiscal incentives for specific i [...]	2006-03-14 06:34:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EINV PGOV SOCI KTDB SN
06SINGAPORE931	SINGAPORE TO EXPAND JOINT LAW VENTURES' RANGE OF [...] Singapore recently announced that it will begin drafting new regulations to expand the number of services that law firms with foreign partners, including U.S. ones, will be able to offer. These provisions, which should come into effect in the second half of 2006, will apply to Joint Law Ventur [...]	2006-03-23 06:18:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KIPR ELAB SN
06SINGAPORE938	SINGAPORE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS UPDATE [...] Summary: GOS officials from the Ministries of Home Affairs; Manpower; Community Development, Youth and Sports; and Foreign Affairs met with the E/P Counselor and Embassy officers on March 17 to discuss Singapore's 2005 trafficking situation and enforcement efforts. The GOS provided updated st [...]	2006-03-23 10:01:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN
06SOFIA304	BULGARIA: 2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides Embassy Sofia's input for the sixth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Bulgaria is primarily a country of transit and origin, and to a lesser extent a country of destination for human trafficking. The past year has seen enhanced cooperation betwee [...]	2006-03-01 14:52:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ASEC ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD BU
06SOFIA83	BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-20 08:08:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	BU EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR
06SOFIA89	BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT. [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-23 10:13:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
06SOFIA90	BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT. [...] Bulgaria - 2006 Investment Climate Statement. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Bulgaria has a liberal foreign investment regime and attracting foreign investment, especially American, is one of the new administration's top priorities. The government is focused on developing promising s [...]	2006-01-23 10:13:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
06STOCKHOLM952	SWEDEN: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MODERATE PARTY [...] (c) Ambassador, accompanied by Polcouns, met June 26 with Moderate Party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt, the virtual shadow Prime Minister of the center-right (in the left-skewed Swedish spectrum) opposition. Reinfeldt, who took the lead in forming the opposition's Alliance for Sweden, said the Se [...]	2006-06-28 15:50:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ELAB SW
06TAIPEI642	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: TAIWAN [...] (U) Following is AIT/T's 2005-06 Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) report. The report is presented according to reftel sections, beginning with 21 A. -------- Overview -------- 21 A. (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit or destination for international trafficked men, women or [...]	2006-03-01 07:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06TAIPEI787	TAIWAN NGO RECOMMENDATIONS TO COMBAT TIP [...] Summary: AIT held a roundtable with local NGOs on 1 March to discuss labor and foreign bride trafficking highlighted in the 2006 Taiwan TIP report (reftel). The NGOs stated Taiwan needs to pass a comprehensive TIP law for victims, address broker/domestic caretaker abuses, and institute better [...]	2006-03-10 07:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06TAIPEI905	TAIWAN'S INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS LABOR TRAFFICKING [...] Summary: AIT, G/TIP, and EAP/RSP visitors met with officials at the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) on 13 March to discuss labor trafficking, government initiatives to address TIP, and complaints raised by local NGOs (reftel). The CLA told AIT that it will increase labor broker standards, give [...]	2006-03-20 01:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06TASHKENT521	INTER-AGENCY GROUP DISCUSSES ANTI-TIP MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: Amendments to the Uzbek criminal code for strengthening Trafficking-In-Persons (TIP) legislation are still under consideration, the current composition of the inter-agency TIP working group is still unknown, and there are no plans to register the International Organization for [...]	2006-03-20 09:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SMIG ELAB ECON KWMN PGOV PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT532	INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS HANGING ON BY A THREAD [...] (C)Summary: Deutsche Welle stringer Obid Shabanov told Poloff that the MFA revoked his accreditation after he wrote a report about Uzbek migrant laborers freezing to death on a bus headed to Russia. Only one Deutsche Welle stringer is still accredited. Several international wire agency corre [...]	2006-03-23 02:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG SOCI GM KDEM UZ
06TASHKENT774	RUSSIA CONSIDERS OPENING CONSULATES, REGULARIZING [...] (C) Summary: Russian Embassy Counselor Yury Lebedev told Poloff that Russia is considering opening consulates in Samarkand and Ferghana City. This would be based on a reciprocal agreement under which Uzbekistan would open two consulates in Russia. However, a final decision has not yet been r [...]	2006-04-20 11:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB SMIG ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV RS UZ
06TASHKENT825	UZBEKISTAN AND SOUTH KOREA DEEPEN THEIR LABOR [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan and South Korea are taking steps to strengthen their labor relations. Sources at the Uzbek Ministry of Labor and South Korean Embassy told Poloff that their governments have agreed to facilitate labor contracts for Uzbek guest workers. Uzbekistan will reportedly become [...]	2006-04-26 03:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB SMIG ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV KS UZ
06TEGUCIGALPA1310	HONDURAN CONGRESS ABROGATES KEY IMF CONDITIONALITY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: As feared, on July 18 the Honduran Congress voted to remove the Teachers Wages and Benefits Law (Ley de Estatutos de Docente) from coverage by the 2003 Wage Reform Law (Ley de Reordenamiento del Sistema Retributivo). Rem [...]	2006-07-21 23:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2256	LABOR MINISTRY SEEMS INCAPABLE OF DEALING WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Labor Minister Rixi Moncada Godoy, in an 11/8 meeting with Laboff to discuss CAFTA compliance, essentially sought to slough off responsibility for getting recalcitrant companies to permit labor inspections, arguing that the Embassy should somehow pressure them to admit inspecto [...]	2006-12-01 16:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD EAID ECON PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2393	CUMPLE Y GANA HELPS FUND RENOVATION OF REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 13, 2006 Laboff participated in the inauguration of the newly renovated regional office of the Ministry of Labor (MOL) in Choluteca, which was financed in part by the USG funded Cumple y Gana project. With USD 15 million in total DR-CAFTA related funding, Cumple y G [...]	2006-12-29 21:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA271	NEW HONDURAN TELECOM LAW PUT ON HOLD [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the face of rising opposition, a new draft telecommunications law designed to open the market to competition and meet CAFTA requirements was not introduced to Congress. A last-minute attempt to introduce competition specifically into international calling was also derailed. K [...]	2006-02-13 22:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS ELAB HO KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR
06TEGUCIGALPA326	HONDURAS CONTINUES TO SUPPORT MEXICAN ENERGY PLAN; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vice President Elvin Santos reiterated Honduras, strong support for the proposed Mexican fuel initiative, echoing the GOH,s positive comments to A/S Wayne in January. Meanwhile former minister of Trade and Commerce Irving Guerrero has initiated talks with an American company ov [...]	2006-02-22 13:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET HO PGOV
06TEGUCIGALPA430	Proposal for Strengthening Trade Unions' Effective [...] Summary: As per the referenced cable, Congress appropriated $40 million ($20 million in ESF and $20 million in DA) in FY 2006 for trade capacity building in CAFTA-DR countries to be used in the areas of labor and the environment. This proposal is the first of three USAID/Honduras responses to [...]	2006-03-06 20:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD EAID ECON PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA431	Proposal to Improve the Agribusiness Workplace in [...] Summary: As per the referenced cable, Congress appropriated $40 million ($20 million in ESF and $20 million in DA) in FY 2006 for trade capacity building in CAFTA-DR countries to be used in the areas of labor and the environment. This proposal is the second of three USAID/Honduras responses t [...]	2006-03-06 20:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD SENV EAID ECON PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA432	Proposal for Strengthening Honduran Judicial [...] Summary: As per the referenced cable, Congress appropriated $40 million ($20 million in ESF and $20 million in DA) in FY 2006 for trade capacity building in CAFTA-DR countries to be used in the areas of labor and the environment. This proposal is the third of three USAID/Honduras responses to [...]	2006-03-06 20:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD EAID ECON PGOV KJUS HO
06TEGUCIGALPA459	HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2005/2006 [...] (SBU) The following is the 2005/2006 Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report input for Honduras, responding to questions posed in ref A. Post point of contact is Political Officer Swati M. Patel, phone: (504) 236-9320, ext. 4394, IVG phone: 539-4394, fax: (504) 238-4446, and unclassified and [...]	2006-03-08 23:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KJUS ASEC PREF ELAB HO
06TEGUCIGALPA620	Honduras Agrees on New Minimum Wage - 8.4 to 11 [...] After three months of deliberations between business and labor, the Honduran Special Commission for the Minimum Wage approved a 8.4 to 11 percent increase in the minimum wage for 2006 on March 25. The increase is retroactive to January 1. The official decree signed March 27 is awaiting publi [...]	2006-03-30 13:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA949	Honduras: Telecom Debates in Final Round [...] (U) This is an action request: Please see para. 11. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The CAFTA-compliant telecommunications sector framework law (Ley Marco),recently revised and shortened, is now set to be introduced to Congress. A competing law by parastatal telecommunications company Hondutel has so [...]	2006-05-25 13:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ELAB KPRV PGOV ECON HO
06TELAVIV1181	ISRAELI MARKETS STABLE IN FACE OF ELECTION [...] (C) Israel's three main parties have all responded to the unusual attention being paid to social-economic issues in this election campaign. They have devoted considerable attention in their platforms to the need to narrow the ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor. The Labor Party, [...]	2006-03-24 14:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN ELAB PINR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1391	RECENT GOI PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Director General Aharon Abramovitch told the Ambassador April 3 that the GOI seeks to abolish all forms of trafficking in persons. De facto Anti-Trafficking Coordinator Rahel Gershuni reported that the government's inter-ministerial anti-trafficking [...]	2006-04-06 15:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1422	LIVNI REPORTS USG ANTI-TRAFFICKING AWARD TO GOI [...] (SBU) News of the Department's acknowledgment of Rahel Gershuni as an anti-trafficking "hero" (reftel) has reached the highest level of the GOI. At the weekly Cabinet meeting of April 9, according to the official Cabinet communique, Foreign Minister and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni reported t [...]	2006-04-10 10:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1652	GOI SEEKS NGO INPUT ON NEXT STEPS IN FIGHT AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI inter-ministerial anti-trafficking committee decided at its April 26 meeting to press for rapid passage of the draft anti-trafficking bill, and to address specific concerns raised by three leading NGOs critical of the GOI's anti-trafficking efforts. The committee invi [...]	2006-04-27 14:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM GTIP ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1931	STATUS OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Minister of Justice Haim Ramon told Ambassador Jones May 17 that he will make the draft anti-trafficking bill "the first priority legislation" of the new government, setting it on a track that, under optimum conditions, will achieve final passage within two months. Ramon said that he w [...]	2006-05-17 16:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS KCRM GTIP GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1949	ISRAELI DEFMIN PERETZ SAYS HE WILL TRY TO HELP ON [...] (C) New Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told Ambassador Jones May 17 that, per the Ambassador's request, he will use his influence as a cabinet member to support efforts to have the Knesset proceed with second and third readings on draft legislation concerning labor trafficking. Peretz st [...]	2006-05-18 16:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB IS GTIP GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV4155	ISRAEL PASSES NEW TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAW [...] (SUMMARY) The Knesset approved October 17 a law to strengthen and broaden penalties for human trafficking, an objective that Post has been advocating for and that the Olmert government strongly embraced. MK Zehava Gal-On (Meretz) drafted the law, which was supported by the government and pa [...]	2006-10-20 04:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB GTIP PHUM IS KCRM KJUS
06TELAVIV4675	TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR ISRAEL [...] (Summary) The Government of Israel has taken several important actions to combat human trafficking since the 2006 TIP Report was written. On October 19, it amended Israel's trafficking in persons law to include labor trafficking, the most serious deficiency noted in the TIP report. The gov [...]	2006-11-29 16:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB GTIP PHUM IS KCRM KJUS
06TELAVIV4695	NATIONAL STRIKE SHUTS DOWN ISRAELI GOVERNMENT [...] SUMMARY Early on November 30, the National Labor Tribunal ordered an immediate end to the strike by federal civil servants declared on November 29 by the Israeli trade union congress Histadrut. The strike was called after Histadrut Chairman Ofer Eini failed to reach agreement with Finance M [...]	2006-11-30 15:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV IS
06TELAVIV914	ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV915	ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) This cable forms the first part of a four-part message in response to reftel A. Embassy point of contact is poloff James Miller, phone (972)3-519-7437, fax (972)3-519-7484. Poloff spent approximately 120 hours in preparation of TIP report; deputy polcouns spent six hours, polcouns spe [...]	2006-03-06 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV916	ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 15:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV918	ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 04:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06THEHAGUE1004	Dutch Opposition Leader Draws Flak for Economic [...] Summary: Opposition leader Wouter Bos used a May 1 speech and an appearance before a major social welfare conference April 28 to outline his proposals for reforming the Dutch welfare state. Social democrat Bos's ideas, which generally carry forward the structural reforms (increasing labor ma [...]	2006-05-04 15:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB NL
06THEHAGUE1148	DUTCH MAINTAIN LEGALIZED PROSTITUTION IS TOOL TO [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with visiting G/TIP legal and research consultant Luke Goodrich May 8 and 9, government, police, and NGO representatives indicated that, overall, legalization of prostitution has helped municipal authorities fight crime, including trafficking in persons (TIP),in the [...]	2006-05-22 11:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN NL
06THEHAGUE126	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - THE NETHERLANDS [...] The following transmits the draft 2006 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with Chapter VI in the FY 2006 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has been forwarded by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA to the attention of J. Nathaniel Hatcher and Pa [...]	2006-01-19 14:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB NL OPIC USTR
06THEHAGUE141	UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASING AMONG DUTCH MUSLIMS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Unemployment among the almost 700,000 ethnic Turks and Moroccans in the Netherlands is high and rising. While the overall unemployment level in the country stabilized last year at 6.5 percent, survey data presented this week show that unemployment among the Turkish and Moroccan im [...]	2006-01-20 15:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI PHUM PGOV ELAB KISL NL
06THEHAGUE1448	DUTCH TIP POLICY OFFICIALS TO VISIT UNITED STATES, [...] Summary. Eleven senior officials responsible for the development and enforcement of Dutch policy on combating trafficking in persons (TIP) will visit the United States July 4-7 to learn about U.S. approaches to TIP policy development, law enforcement, and victim assistance. The visit advance [...]	2006-06-28 18:41:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL
06THEHAGUE1714	DUTCH ECONOMY: GOING STRONG IN LEAD UP TO ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY. The Dutch economy is running ahead of eurozone averages for the first time in seven years, and the ruling coalition government is hoping this will translate into votes in the upcoming November elections. A draft 2007 budget to be presented in September will contain new tax breaks d [...]	2006-08-07 05:58:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB NL
06THEHAGUE1726	DUTCH CONCERNS OVER NYSE/EURONEXT MERGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY The proposed NYSE/Euronext merger has raised concern among Dutch politicians, regulators, and investors about how national rules would apply or could be evaded across borders under such an arrangement. The Dutch Finance Ministry, which has the legal authority to approve or bl [...]	2006-08-08 10:57:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ELAB NL
06THEHAGUE1864	NYSE/EURONEXT MERGER: DUTCH SAY SHAREHOLDERS CAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY The Dutch Finance Ministry has publicly confirmed its position that shareholders should decide on the proposed NYSE/Euronext merger, once regulatory concerns have been addressed. The Ministry is awaiting findings from a taskforce of regulators and may seek further high-level [...]	2006-08-25 12:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ELAB NL
06THEHAGUE2164	DUTCH 2007 BUDGET: LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Netherlands' center-right governing coalition has presented a draft 2007 budget that includes a surplus for the first time in five years, new tax breaks, and increased spending on national security. Unveiled just two months before parliamentary elections on November 22, [...]	2006-10-03 13:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE2275	DUTCH COULD BLOCK NYSE/EURONEXT MERGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Concerns about the proposed NYSE/Euronext legal corporate structure could lead the Dutch Finance Ministry to block the announced merger if these issues are not addressed. Finance Minister Zalm will raise these concerns with visiting NYSE CEO Thain next week, and his ministry [...]	2006-10-19 13:18:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ELAB NL
06THEHAGUE334	DUTCH LAUNCH TIP OUTREACH CAMPAIGN [...] (U) Summary. The Dutch government launched a national outreach campaign January 12 to counter trafficking in persons in the prostitution sector. The multimedia campaign is designed to increase awareness of the trafficking problem, and educate the public on how to identify potential victims [...]	2006-02-14 16:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
06THEHAGUE399	TIP EXPERTISE CENTER STRENGTHENS DUTCH ANTI-TIP LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch National Expertise Center on People Trafficking and Smuggling (EMM) opened on May 18, 2005, bringing together officers from regional, national, and military police, as well as the Social Information and Investigation Service, and the Immigration and Naturalization Serv [...]	2006-02-22 19:08:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL
06THEHAGUE416	SCENESETTER FOR SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND EMPLOYMENT [...] (U) Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Aart de Geus is in the United States to examine U.S. approaches to work place issues related to family and child care. His visit is part of broader information-gathering effort to identify effective labor and social welfare policies, in preparati [...]	2006-02-24 14:01:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV SOCI NL
06THEHAGUE449	Can the Netherlands Overcome Dutch Disease? [...] (U) SUMMARY: The recent OECD study 'Going for Growth' emphasized the growing gap in national income between the U.S. and the countries of Europe. The study argues that European countries have done too little to boost productivity or strengthen work incentives, thus maintaining high implicit t [...]	2006-02-28 15:18:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB NL
06THEHAGUE453	EMBASSY THE HAGUE SUBMISSION FOR SIXTH ANNUAL TIP [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel A's request for input for the 2006 TIP report. Part One summarizes key developments during the past year and Part Two responds to the questions in paragraphs 21 - 24 of reftel A. Preparation time is about 170 hours (FSN - 110; FS-04 - 30; FS-02 - 30 hours). [...]	2006-03-01 16:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
06THEHAGUE829	"MELD M" ANTI-TIP OUTREACH CAMPAIGN SUCCESSFUL [...] The "Meld M" national awareness campaign against trafficking and sexual exploitation, which was launched by the Justice Ministry on January 12, 2006 (reftel),is proving to be very successful. According to an April 12 "Meld M" press release, the anonymous crime-reporting hotline received 51 r [...]	2006-04-13 15:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
06THEHAGUE913	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: SUPPLEMENTAL B-9 AND VICTIM [...] (SBU) Summary. In an April 20th letter to Parliament, Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk reported that 430 requests for B-9 temporary residence status were received from TIP victims between 2003 and 2005. Of the 430 applications for B-9 status during this period, 334 were granted, 74 were reje [...]	2006-04-25 19:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
06TIRANA1208	TRADE UNION POWER STRUGGLE INTERRUPTS WORK OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With dwindling membership and waning societal influence, the Albanian trade union organization that helped bring down the communist regime has been further weakened by an internal power struggle. This struggle has pitted Gezim Kalaja, long-time trade union confederation presid [...]	2006-11-27 16:05:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON AL
06TOKYO1004	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 08:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1023	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 02:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1039	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

06TOKYO1048	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/28/06 [...] Date of submission 2. Proponents 3. Reasons 4. Result Â [...]	2006-02-28 06:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1058	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1085	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 06:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1090	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1096	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 01:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1120	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1126	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1149	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1169	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/06/06-2 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1170	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/06/06-2 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1186	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/06/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1199	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 00:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1217	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1224	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 01:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1249	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1257	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 05:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1268	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1272	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1300	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-12 23:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1306	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-13 01:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1321	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-13 07:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1327	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 01:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1342	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1354	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 02:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1363	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 07:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1382	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 01:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1404	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1415	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 00:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1444	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1449	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 00:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1461	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1469	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 00:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1490	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1495	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-23 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1521	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-23 07:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1536	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-24 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1557	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-24 07:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1577	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1587	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1598	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-28 00:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1616	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-28 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1620	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/29/06 [...] Mitani joined the NPA in 1974. His appointment to a vice minister- level post is a triple-jump appointment, according to a high government official. Lurking in the background is Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe's intention to strengthen the intelligence- SIPDIS gathering capability of t [...]	2006-03-29 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1653	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/29/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-29 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1662	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-30 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1689	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-30 07:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1705	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1742	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1744	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-01 11:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1749	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-03 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1769	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-03 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1775	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-04 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1786	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-04 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1801	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 02:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1818	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1831	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-06 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1842	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/06/06 [...] The speech lasted for more than an hour, and he devoted a large part of it to economic issues. He noted, "We must create a small but strong government." He thus added his own view to the ongoing argument calling for a small government in order to indicate that he is not a mere successor to t [...]	2006-04-06 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1859	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 01:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1883	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1903	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/06-1 [...] The flight paths will avoid the skies over the Henoko, Toyohara, and Abu districts in Nago. 2. In determining the construction site based on the government's plan, consideration will be given to: (a) the safety of the residents near the new airfield; (b) natural conservation; and (c) th [...]	2006-04-10 01:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1904	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/06-2 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-10 01:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1925	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/06-3 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-10 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1931	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-11 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1953	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-11 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1962	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 00:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1977	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/12/06-1 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1978	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/12/06-2 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1990	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-13 00:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2011	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-13 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2019	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-14 01:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2041	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-14 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2048	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 00:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2063	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2075	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/06 [...] Top headlines 2. Editorials 3. Prime Minister's daily schedule Middle East focus: 4. Government plans to freeze aid to Palestinian Authority, lining up with US, EU 5. Vice foreign minister lining up talks with Iranian officials on nuclear issue China affairs: 6. Anot [...]	2006-04-18 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2094	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/18/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-18 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2117	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-19 01:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2134	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-19 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2144	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2162	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2176	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-21 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2196	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-22 02:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2207	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2216	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2224	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-25 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2237	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-25 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2241	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2276	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2298	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 08:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2311	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2322	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 04:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2341	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2353	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-01 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2377	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-01 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2400	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2433	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2445	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2467	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2481	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 00:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2500	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2519	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 01:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2540	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

06TOKYO2550	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-11 00:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2564	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/11/06 [...] The relocation plan is to be carried out in a manner of maintaining a balance between the maintaining of the deterrent capability of US forces in Japan and the reduction of burden on Okinawa. 2. The relocation plan is to be carried, based on the government plan, while being mindful of ( [...]	2006-05-11 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2579	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2604	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2630	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/06 [...] The legislation is valid for only ten years. 2. Establish a realignment-related council in the Cabinet Office chaired by the prime minister. 3. Designate realignment-related special defense facilities to provide subsidies with municipalities in the vicinity. 4. Map out promotional p [...]	2006-05-15 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2662	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-15 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2672	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 00:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2689	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2699	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2715	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2724	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/18/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-18 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2740	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/18/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-18 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2751	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-19 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2768	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-19 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2790	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 01:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2803	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2816	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2836	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2854	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-24 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2873	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 00:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2875	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2913	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2920	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/26/06 [...] Of important bills, they intend to pass an administrative reform promotion law and a set of bills to reform the medical system through the Diet during the current session. The outlook is that it will be extremely difficult to enact a bill to revise the organized crime law that would make "consp [...]	2006-05-26 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2934	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2946	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 02:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2964	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2969	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2980	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3004	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3012	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/01/06 [...] Japan and the United States have held intergovernmental consultations, in which the Japanese and US governments reviewed the structure of US forces in Japan as well as the Self-Defense Forces' roles, tasks, and capabilities. On Oct. 29, 2005, the Japan-US Security Consultative Committee (SCC) a [...]	2006-06-01 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3025	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3038	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3052	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-05 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3072	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-05 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3087	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/06/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-06 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3101	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-06 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3119	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3134	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3151	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 01:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3170	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3182	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 01:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3208	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3219	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 02:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3228	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3237	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 01:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3250	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3264	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 02:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3277	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3289	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 02:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3319	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 10:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3324	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3337	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/16/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3368	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 07:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3388	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3407	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 00:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3430	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3440	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3454	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/21/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3479	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3491	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-23 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3523	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3534	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3539	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3552	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3555	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 00:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3580	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/28/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3595	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/29/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3620	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/29/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3632	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 01:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3676	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-03 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3711	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-04 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3717	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 01:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3732	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/05/06 [...] Measures against North Korea (1) Japan calls for a moratorium on North Korea's missile-launching and demands that North Korea return to the six-party talks on its nuclear programs quickly and unconditionally. (2) Japan prohibits the North Korean ship Man Gyong Bong from calling at Japanese p [...]	2006-07-05 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO374	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-25 03:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3743	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/06/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 03:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO375	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-25 03:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO377	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-25 03:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3789	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-07 02:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO380	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-25 04:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3809	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-07 09:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO381	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-25 04:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3814	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-09 22:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3818	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 02:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3835	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 08:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3838	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 22:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3844	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 02:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3867	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 22:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3878	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 02:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3879	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 02:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3909	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 05:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3910	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 05:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3911	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 05:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3921	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 08:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3922	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 08:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3930	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-14 02:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3952	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-14 09:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3955	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/14/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-16 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3967	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3996	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 01:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4011	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

06TOKYO4020	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/20/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 01:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

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