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03HARARE1130	AFTER MUGABE: POST RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A U.S. [...] (c) Summary: While it is still uncertain whether President Robert Mugabe will depart in the next days or months, Post considers it prudent to offer policymakers "day after" recommendations at this stage. Assuming a transition government is committed to political and economic reform, the U.S. [...]	2003-06-04 10:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV ECON EFIN KDEM PHUM PREL SENV SOCI ZI EXIM

03HARARE1133	MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Editorials in the June 4 editions of the two national dailies - the independent "Daily News" and the government- controlled "Herald," continue to focus on the on-going nationwide anti-government protests that are expected to end on Friday, June 6. The demonstrations [...]	2003-06-04 12:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1136	MDC IN RETREAT - MASS ACTION DAY THREE [...] (C) Youth militia members in military garb beat MDC activists, mostly in Harare's high-density suburbs on the night of June 3 - 4. The Minister of Foreign Affairs delivered a prepared statement to the diplomatic community condemning the international community for its double standard toward t [...]	2003-06-04 15:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE1139	MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Under headline "What next after mass action?" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its June 5 editorial to challenging the leadership of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to "come up with an imaginative and focused plan that can sav [...]	2003-06-05 07:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1149	POSSIBLE MARCHES JUNE 6, BUSINESS ALMOST AS USUAL [...] (C) Reports continued on June 5 that security forces beat MDC activists in high-density suburbs around Harare on the previous night; there were numerous unconfirmed reports that riot police even beat patients, and bystanders at the Avenues Clinic in central Harare on June 4. The MDC called for [...]	2003-06-05 13:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE1151	MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Editorials in the June 5 editions of the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" and the pro-government "Business Tribune" concentrated on the continuing mass action in Zimbabwe called by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to pressure the Mugabe [...]	2003-06-05 14:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1158	MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] The week-long mass action, called by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) aimed at forcing Robert Mugabe to address the economic and political crisis afflicting the country, remains the mainstay for editorials being carried in the mainstream media [...]	2003-06-06 09:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1161	JUNE 6 MDC HARARE MARCH CANCELED - MASS ACTION DAY [...] (C) Due to an overwhelming youth militia presence in downtown Harare on June 6, the MDC planned to call off planned marches for Harare. Business and traffic activity seemed close to normal on June 6, albeit slightly reduced from the previous day. In calling for a march, and then not making a [...]	2003-06-06 10:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE1166	MEDIA REACTION MASS ACTION IN ZIM; HARARE [...] Weekend editorials concentrated on the five-day anti-government protests, called by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),that completely shutdown commerce and industry in the country from June 2 through 6, 2003. Editorial excerpts follow: [...]	2003-06-09 09:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1171	TSVANGIRAI FACES NEW TREASON CHARGES, AWAITS BAIL [...] (C) AFTER A WEEK OF MASS ACTION WHICH PRODUCED LESS THAN THE OPPOSITION WOULD HAVE LIKED, MDC LEADER, MORGAN TSVANGIRAI FOUND HIMSELF UNDER ARREST FOR TREASON ONCE AGAIN. SIPDIS HE SPENT THE WEEKEND IN JAIL AND IS CURRENTLY AWAITING A RULING IN A BAIL HEARING. PRESIDENT MUGABE SOUNDED TR [...]	2003-06-09 14:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC
03HARARE1179	MEDIA REPORT MASS ACTION IN RETROSPECT; HARARE [...] Two journalists working for the independent short-wave radio station Voice of the People (VOP) were detained and beaten by ZANU-PF youths and war veterans at the beginning (June 2) of the week-long mass protests organized by the opposition Movement for Democratic Chang [...]	2003-06-10 15:11:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1180	HIGH COURT TO HEAR TSVANGIRAI BAIL APPLICATION; [...] (SBU) Morgan Tsvangirai, MDC President, arrived in Magistrates Court this morning looking tired and dressed in a track suit rather than his usual business attire. A large contingent of his supporters were on hand outside the court to cheer him on but they were outnumbered by Law and Order Po [...]	2003-06-11 06:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE1185	ASSISTING ZIMBABWE AFTER DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS [...] (c) Summary: This message provides recommendations for U.S. assistance to a reformist, democratically-elected government. These recommendations go well beyond the assistance we recommended for a transition government in reftel. End summary. 2. (c) Reftel outlined programs and activities we [...]	2003-06-11 12:39:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV ECON EFIN KDEM PHUM PREL SENV SOCI ZI
03HARARE1207	MDC LOOKS TO THE FUTURE; TSVANGIRAI SPENDS ANOTHER [...] (C) MDC leaders worried that President Mugabe might try to influence the judiciary to keep their president, Morgan Tsvangirai, in jail for a month or more. They welcomed the SIPDIS reported visit of President Bush to the region and hoped that it would step up pressure for dialogue. They j [...]	2003-06-12 13:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC
03HARARE1233	MUGABE STILL PACKS A PUNCH [...] (C) Robert Mugabe went on the offensive last week following the previous week's mass action by the opposition party, the MDC. Mugabe was pugnacious and triumphalist and used every opportunity to demean his political rival, MDC President, Morgan Tsvangirai. At the same time he took to his p [...]	2003-06-16 14:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC ZANU PF
03HARARE1251	CHURCH LEADERS TRY TO FACILITATE DIALOGUE [...] (C) A group of church leaders representing the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ),the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) and the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference have held two meetings with leaders of ZANU-PF and the MDC in an attempt to get the parties to the negotiating table. T [...]	2003-06-19 14:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE1252	MDC MAKES PLANS WHILE WAITING FOR ITS LEADER TO BE [...] (C) Although the MDC is clearly missing its leader who continues to be imprisoned on new treason charges, it remains united and strong according to Special Presidential Advisor Gandi Mudzingwa. Criticisms leveled against the MDC leadership are just that, criticisms, not indications of any sp [...]	2003-06-19 14:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC
03HARARE1256	TSVANGIRAI FREE ON BAIL; TREASON TRIAL CONTINUES [...] (C) After two weeks in prison, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai was today granted bail on fresh treason charges. SIPDIS Bail conditions are high for Zimbabwe but should be doable. Tsvangirai's trial on old treason charges resumed this week SIPDIS as well. Under cross examination Central [...]	2003-06-20 10:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC
03HARARE1311	PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES EXERT INFLUENCE OVER [...] (SBU) Amendments to three bills were considered by Zimbabwe's Parliament June 12. Adverse reports were issued on each amendment by the Parliamentary Legal Committee (PLC). Two bills passed without objection on June 12 after compromises were made prior to the amendments reaching the floor. T [...]	2003-06-26 13:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE1322	DEFENSE FILES FOR DISCHARGE - TSVANGIRAI TREASON [...] (C) The State closed its case and the Defense filed for discharge in the fourteenth week of Morgan Tsvangirai's (first) treason trial. State witness Perence Shiri, Zimbabwe Air Force Commander, told the court that the MDC had requested his assistance in the event of the MDC winning the March [...]	2003-06-27 10:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE1330	RETIRED HIGH COURT JUDGE FERGUS BLACKIE ACQUITTED [...] (C) In a ten-minute Magistrate's court session on June 30, the state prosecutor Mrs. Ziyambi withdrew the state's case against retired Judge Fergus Blackie. Blackie was arrested on September 13, 2002 and accused of handing down a judgment without consulting a fellow judge who also heard the ca [...]	2003-07-01 11:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE1373	MEDIA REPORT EDITOR CHARGED UNDER POSA; HARARE [...] Nqobile Nyathi, Editor of the independent daily "The Daily News," was arrested, charged and released on June 26 under the controversial Public Order and Security Act (POSA) for allegedly publishing adverts insulting Robert Mugabe. The ostensibly illicit adverts [...]	2003-07-08 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1381	HARARE MAYOR ARRESTED, RELEASED AND RE-ARRESTED [...] (C) In his first days back at work following a trip to the U.S. and the UK, Harare Executive Mayor Elias Mudzuri was arrested by police at his office both on July 7 and 8. Minister of Local Government Ignatious Chombo attempted to suspend Mudzuri in April 2003 for alleged incompetence and malf [...]	2003-07-08 13:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE1398	RIOT POLICE BREAK UP SMALL DEMONSTRATION, HARARE [...] (C) On July 8 police stopped about 15 to 20 MDC members who attempted to march from Africa Unity Square in downtown Harare to the US Embassy to deliver a petition. While the Daily News reported the number of demonstrators to be about 3000, reports from witnesses put the number at 15 - 20. [...]	2003-07-09 09:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE1400	MEDIA COVERAGE PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO AFRICA; [...] President George W. Bush's visit to Africa continues to make headlines in the local print and electronic media. While the independent press is casting the visit in positive light, the government-controlled print and electronic media is denouncing the whistle stop tour [...]	2003-07-09 09:11:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1411	58TH UNGA - ZIMBABWE AGREES WITH MOST U.S. [...] SUMMARY: On July 10, DCM delivered Reftel demarche to Tadeous Chifamba, Director of Multilateral Affairs in Zimbabwe,s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who raised no objections to any of the U.S. initiatives. Chifamba enthusiastically agreed with the U.S. position on Women & Political Participatio [...]	2003-07-10 13:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL PHUM ZI
03HARARE1420	JUDGE UPHOLDS SUSPENSION OF HARARE MAYOR ELIAS [...] (C) On July 10, High Court Justice Susan Mavangira upheld Minister of Local Government Ignatius Chombo's controversial suspension of Harare MDC Mayor Elias Mudzuri for alleged misconduct. In effect this ruling bars Mudzuri from going to his office, and from carrying out the functions of mayor. [...]	2003-07-11 10:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE1464	DEFENSE ARGUES FOR DISCHARGE - TSVANGIRAI TREASON [...] (C) Returning from a two-week break, on July 14, defense lawyers began arguments for dismissal by concentrating on a rule that to convict on treason charges there must be at least two credible witnesses - which the state did not satisfy given contradictions in Ben Menashe's testimony and the f [...]	2003-07-18 09:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE1491	MDC NOMINEES HARASSED, PREVENTED FROM FORWARDING [...] (C) On July 21, about 20 cities across Zimbabwe opened nominations for candidates to stand in mayoral and urban council elections to be held on August 30-31, but at least 20 would-be opposition candidates were prevented from registering by ruling party youths. This occurred before the MDC rec [...]	2003-07-24 13:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE151	ZANU-PF, MDC YOUTHS CLASH IN HARARE [...] Youths from the ruling ZANU-PF clashed with counterparts from the opposition MDC late on January 20 in Harare's high-density suburb of Kuwadzana. Although precise details of what occurred remain sketchy, police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena told journalists that one person died from severe burn [...]	2003-01-22 12:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
03HARARE1511	FUTURE STRATEGIES FOR MASS ACTION IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Experience gained from last June's &Final Push8 attempt at mass action has altered the strategic vision for those promoting and organizing non-violent protest in Zimbabwe. An accurate assessment of the situation and temperament of the Zimbabwean population points away from a &Se [...]	2003-07-28 08:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM ZI
03HARARE1548	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) The Ambassador met with MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai on July 29 to discuss the mediation effort by the SIPDIS Manicaland Bishops. Tsvangirai reported that when the Bishops' discussion with President Mugabe turned to the possibility of a unity government, Bishop Mutume said they woul [...]	2003-07-31 15:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE1555	CHEGUTU ZANU-PF CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO SUSPEND MDC [...] (C) On July 31 the ZANU-PF dominated city council of Chegutu voted to suspend the MDC Mayor of Chegutu Francis Dhlakama and withdraw all benefits of his office. Dhlakama facilitated an early July Ministry of Local Government audit which detailed corruption perpetrated by various members of th [...]	2003-08-01 10:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE1564	MEDIA REPORT ANZ SUES INFORMATION MINISTER MOYO; [...] We have a classic case here in which the prey has become the predator. Upset by "highly defamatory and malicious attacks" by Information and Publicity Minister Jonathan Moyo, the independent Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) - publishers of the "Daily News" and [...]	2003-08-05 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KMDR ZI
03HARARE159	INCREASING GOVERNMENT BRUTALIZATION AND TORTURE OF [...] (C) The Government of Zimbabwe has intensified its brutalization of political opponents and is increasing its reliance on torture as a means of intimidation. On January 16 a court-ordered medical exam revealed that an MDC MP and four other MDC members had been tortured while in police custody [...]	2003-01-23 14:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC ZI
03HARARE1599	BISHOP RECOUNTS STATUS OF TALKS INITIATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On behalf of the bishops' troika (reftels),Trevor Manhanga of the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe on August 8 gave Charge a status report on the bishops' initiative to get political talks renewed. Manhanga dismissed criticism of the initiative by certain ZANU-PF elements and [...]	2003-08-12 07:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
03HARARE1649	MEDIA REPORT GOZ BANS NGOS FROM DISTRIBUTING FOOD [...] Under headline "Merchants of hunger" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its August 20 editorial to denouncing the government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) for ordering donor agencies in Zimbabwe to surrender all food aid to village headman. Excerpts: 2. [...]	2003-08-20 11:28:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1711	TALKS ON TALKS: MOMENTUM TOWARD ZIMBABWE POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of meetings between political players here and HIRC Africa Subcommittee staffer Malik Chaka illuminated the tentative state of play of various efforts to get ZANU-PF/MDC talks resumed. ZANU-PF Chairman John Nkomo highlighted improvements in the political atmosphere and [...]	2003-08-28 14:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF
03HARARE1713	WFP/UNDP REPORT A FOOD-FIGHT IN THE OFFING [...] (c) Summary. In a somber August 28 meeting, UNDP resrep Victor Angelo commented on the accelerating downward spiral of the Zimbabwean economy and increasingly difficult UN/NGO relations with the GOZ. The WFP Regional Director described a discouraging exchange with President Mugabe on NGO in [...]	2003-08-29 06:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL EAGR PHUM ZI
03HARARE1717	MIXED REPORTS IN RUN-UP TO ZIMBABWE'S LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zimbabwe will hold two parliamentary by-elections, and mayoral and urban council elections in twenty cities across the country on August 30 - 31. Embassy Harare has been coordinating with other missions in Harare to mount an observation effort to cover most of the constituencies. [...]	2003-08-29 10:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE1731	OPPOSITION SCORES WELL IN ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY. (C) The MDC retained its parliamentary seat, won six out of seven mayoral races, and gained more than half of the urban council seats that were up for grabs in local elections held August 30 - 31. Voting at polling stations, observed by independent observers including emboffs, was g [...]	2003-09-02 17:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI
03HARARE1794	UNDAUNTED BISHOPS SEEK BENCHMARKS TO STIMULATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The bishops troika on September 10 updated Ambassador Sullivan on their efforts to facilitate inter-party talks. They were encouraged by ZANU-PF Chairman John Nkomo's invitation to a meeting earlier that day, although they did not expect ZANU-PF to re-activate the bishops' initi [...]	2003-09-11 14:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
03HARARE1805	Tsvangirai Treason Trial Postponed Until [...] (SBU) Lawyers for Morgan Tsvangirai advised the Embassy on September 12 that by mutual agreement of the parties, resumption of Tsvangirai's treason trial was postponed from September 15 to September 22. Presiding Justice Garwe approached the parties on September 11, noting that he had schedu [...]	2003-09-12 10:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI MDC
03HARARE1852	MEDIA REACTION SUPREME COURT RULING ON ANZ [...] Under headline "Travesty of Justice" the independent weekly "The Standard" dedicated its September 14 editorial to dismissing Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku's ruling on the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),publishers of Zimbabwe's only independent dai [...]	2003-09-15 09:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1861	MINISTER OFFERS INSIGHTS ON ZANU-PF POSTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Mines Edward Chindori-Chininga on September 11 spoke with Ambassador Sullivan on ZANU-PF succession issues and internal party elections. Chindori-Chininga did not break any new ground but confirmed party elections' potential implications for succession and the govern [...]	2003-09-15 13:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE1866	GOVERNMENT RAIDS AND CLOSES ONLY INDEPENDENT DAILY [...] (SBU) Summary: Friday night, September 12, police units raided the offices and printing press of the largest circulation daily newspaper in Zimbabwe, The Daily News (TDN),forcing production to cease. Thursday's Supreme Court ruling declared the paper's operations "illeg [...]	2003-09-16 06:10:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1871	MEDIA REACTION GOZ-CONTROLLED THE HERALD HAILS [...] Under the headline "Action against Daily News proper" the government-controlled daily newspaper "The Herald" dedicated its September 16 editorial to saluting the government of Zimbabwe for shutting down the "Daily News" and its sister weekly "The Daily News on Sunday," [...]	2003-09-16 12:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1874	PRELIMINARY REPORT: ARMED RIOT POLICE BEGIN FORCED [...] (C) According to an eyewitnesses account by head legal counsel of The Daily News, (TDN),Gugulethu Moyo, armed riot police came to the TDN offices and began forcibly removing the assets of the company. In place of taking TDN CEO Sam Nkomo to court this morning (September 16),the police ins [...]	2003-09-16 13:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	KMDR KPAO PHUM PREL ZI
03HARARE1887	GOZ UPS THE ANTE ON CLOSURE OF ONLY INDEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY In the span of six days, from September 11 to 16, the GOZ has gone from declaring The Daily News (TDN) illegal (9/11; ref a),to occupying and shutting down TDN operations (9/12; ref b),to accepting TDN registration under the onerous Access to Information and Privacy Protection Ac [...]	2003-09-17 12:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1892	MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL ON SADC OUTREACH, TALKS, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary-General Welshman Ncube on September 16 reported to Ambassador Sullivan on meetings with selected SADC heads of state. He advised that the bishops troika remained active as an informal intermediary between MDC and ZANU-PF but that the ruling party continued to stall. [...]	2003-09-17 15:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
03HARARE1911	GOZ IGNORES OWN COURT, REOCCUPIES ONLY INDEPENDENT [...] (C) Following a pattern going back several years, the GOZ has thus far ignored a direct court order. The High Court of Zimbabwe ruled, on September 18 (ref B),that the police's crack-down (ref A) of Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),publisher of The Daily News (TDN) and The Daily New [...]	2003-09-19 09:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1933	GOZ KEEPS THE BOOT ON THE DAILY NEWS [...] (C) Over the weekend of Sept 19th, the GOZ solidified its position in its battle (ref) to keep the only independent daily newspaper in Zimbabwe, The Daily News (TDN),closed. The parent company of TDN, Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),filed an application with the Media and Informatio [...]	2003-09-22 12:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1935	COURT DECISIONS CLOUD CIVIL RIGHTS, POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Supreme and High Courts of Zimbabwe this month have made several notable judgments that may shape the future of jurisprudence in the country. Judgments in cases involving The Daily News (TDN) and High Court Justice Paradza set precedents with potentially far-reaching impl [...]	2003-09-23 05:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI ZI
03HARARE1938	Zimbabwe not qualified for AGOA [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-23 09:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL ELAB PHUM ZI
03HARARE1943	GOZ GIVES FURTHER PROOF OF INTENT TO SHUT DOWN THE [...] (C) On Sept 22, 2003, the police picked up four directors, including CEO Sam Nkomo, of Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),the parent company of The Daily News (TDN),which was the only independent daily newspaper in Zimbabwe. At the station, the police took the directors, statements, and [...]	2003-09-24 13:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1973	MUNICIPAL POLITICS TESTING THE MDC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saddled with the responsibility to provide services in often far-flung communities, new MDC mayors' and councils' effectiveness will be constrained by legal battles, a lack of resources, and the threat of interference from the Ministry of Local Government. The MDC's victories in [...]	2003-09-30 06:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR EAID ZI
03HARARE1976	TAKING STOCK OF TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With signals from ZANU-PF and MDC suggesting that they may be preparing to resume negotiations, Embassy offers this inventory of factors likely to play on each party's negotiating posture during the run-up to and in the conduct of talks. To date, neither party appe [...]	2003-09-30 10:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
03HARARE1977	BISHOPS PROPOSE PARTIES' RETREAT [...] (C) Bishop Trevor Manhanga on September 26 offered the Embassy an update on the so-called bishops' initiative. According to Manhanga, the bishops continued to meet personally with representatives from each party at least once a week. They remained especially encouraged by ZANU-PF's posture, [...]	2003-09-30 10:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
03HARARE1997	THE DAILY NEWS STRUGGLES TO RETURN TO THE STREETS [...] (SBU) Since Sept 24 (reftel) the only independent daily newspaper in Zimbabwe, The Daily News (TDN),has not succeeded in getting an edition on the streets. TDN,s parent company, Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),was optimistic several times about returning to press only to see the g [...]	2003-10-01 15:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI KPOL
03HARARE2033	ZCTU OFFICIALS ARRESTED AT GATHERING POINTS - [...] (U) On October 8, Police arrested forty-one members of Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) in Harare, five in Bulawayo, one in Masvingo, one in Chinhoyi, and reportedly one hundred in Mutare. The ZCTU members were gathering to protest high taxes, escalating costs for transport and other [...]	2003-10-08 16:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ASEC ZI
03HARARE2045	ZCTU DETAINEES RELEASED [...] Labor contacts report that most of the detained Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) supporters (ref A) were released without spending the night in jail. In Harare, out of forty-one detainees, twenty signed admissions of guilt and paid a $5,000 (US$.88) fine. The remainder of the Harare [...]	2003-10-09 14:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM ZI
03HARARE2094	MDC OFFICIAL ON POSSIBLE CIO INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MDC's Chairman for Harare Morgan Femai related to poloff on October 20 a first person account of the shootings at MDC's Harvest House headquarters on October 18. The senior MDC official present when the events took place, Femai alleged that the shooter, Ronnie Chihota, was as [...]	2003-10-21 09:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM ZI MDC
03HARARE2100	POLICE BEAT ARRESTEES AFTER NCA DEMONSTRATION IN [...] (SBU) On October 22, police arrested 180-300 demonstrators including National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) Director Dr. Lovemore Madhuku, during a demonstration organized by the NCA at Africa Unity Square in downtown Harare. The demonstration advocated a new constitution. Police confiscated [...]	2003-10-22 14:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ASEC ZI
03HARARE2104	MEDIA UPDATE; HARARE [...] Begin summary: Two independent newspapers "The Daily News" and "The Daily News on Sunday" remain shut as the government of Zimbabwe makes sure that Zimbabweans are bereft of voice and answerability. The government of Zimbabwe recasts some sections of the controversial [...]	2003-10-23 08:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE2105	VIOLENCE IN REDCLIFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Inter-party violence in Redcliff over the weekend reportedly left the homes of eight MDC members and two former ZANU-PF urban councilors damaged and one former ZANU-PF urban councilor (the father of an Embassy FSN) hospitalized. Hundreds of MDC supporters assaulted a senior ZANU [...]	2003-10-23 12:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC ZI
03HARARE2123	MDC LEADERSHIP ON COURT CASES, TALKS, VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai and Secretary General Welshman Ncube on October 23 confirmed to SIPDIS the Ambassador that court consideration of the party's election petition would commence November 3 and that Tsvangirai's treason trial would be postponed until next SIPDIS [...]	2003-10-24 10:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI MDC
03HARARE2124	70 NCA ARRESTEES CHARGED, SOME STILL DETAINED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 22, police arrested over a hundred NCA demonstrators, beat some, and released up to a hundred without charge on October 22. Seventy were charged on October 23. Many of those paid a fine and signed an admission of guilt statement; some refused to pay or sign and were s [...]	2003-10-24 10:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE2132	POLICE STYMIE COURT JUDGMENT FOR DAILY NEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a ruling by the Administrative Court in its favor October 24, The Daily News (TDN) published a truncated October 25 issue before a police raid closed the offices of parent Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) later that day. The Media and Information Commission (M [...]	2003-10-27 14:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE214	HARARE RESIDENTS CLASH WITH RIOT POLICE [...] (U) Riot police on January 29 clashed with several hundred Harare residents gathered in the city center for a meeting with Mayor of Harare Elias Mudzuri, who represents the opposition MDC. The meeting had been planned -- and well-publicized -- more than a week in advance, and was to discuss [...]	2003-01-29 15:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
03HARARE2143	RIOTING AT UZ - DAY TWO [...] (C) For the second straight day, police on October 28 used tear gas to disperse crowds of students at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ). UZ MDC coordinator Gift Nyandoro said that the student leadership requested a meeting with the Vice-Chancellor on October 28 to discuss the non-payment of th [...]	2003-10-28 14:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE2159	LEGAL BATTLE ON AFTER RELEASE OF ANZ DIRECTORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A court magistrate on October 29 ordered the release of four directors of the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),reserving judgment on criminal charges pending against them until November 13. Armed police continue to bar access to ANZ offices, preventing resumed publicat [...]	2003-10-30 13:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE2179	GOZ BLAMES HARARE CITY COUNCIL FOR WATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the past several weeks, the government press has blamed Harare's MDC-dominated City Council for myriad woes and has depicted a Council mired in personnel conflicts and improper procedures. It is possible the GOZ is gearing up to dismiss the entire Council and replace it with [...]	2003-11-03 09:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC
03HARARE2185	ELECTION PETITION HEARINGS UNDERWAY [...] (U) Presided over by High Court Justice Hlatshwayo, hearings on the MDC's petition seeking invalidation of Zimbabwe's 2002 election results commenced November 3. Attorneys for the MDC spent the day reviewing arguments advanced in the party's petition (e-mailed to AF/S),interrupted occasional [...]	2003-11-03 15:24:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
03HARARE2204	MDC LEGAL AFFAIRS SECRETARY ON RECENTLY CONCLUDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MDC Secretary for Legal Affairs David Coltart on November 4 confirmed to the Embassy the party's expectation that the court would delay issuance of judgment on the election petition (hearings on which concluded November 4) before eventually rejecting it. He outlined to Ambassado [...]	2003-11-05 15:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI MDC
03HARARE222	ZIMBABWEAN CLERGY MORE OUTSPOKEN AGAINST POLITICAL [...] (SBU) The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo recently lambasted the Mugabe regime, even calling it fascist, and the Methodist Bishop of Harare recently urged the High Court to be courageous and resist corruption. Precious few church leaders have been as outspoken, and clergy and commentator [...]	2003-01-30 13:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
03HARARE2236	VISIT TO ROTTEN ROW [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF Deputy Director for External Relations Itai Mach on November 5 told poloff that the party's national conference next month would likely focus more on economic and land reform issues than personnel/leadership matters. He suggested that informal and personal communications [...]	2003-11-12 15:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID EAGR ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE2257	ZCTU LEADERS, DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTED IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, police arrested 9 members of the ZCTU governing body, and about forty-five civil society leaders and ZCTU members nationwide in advance of a ZCTU planned demonstration. There were credible reports that WOZA Director Jenni Williams was severely beaten during arrest [...]	2003-11-18 15:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ASEC ZI ZCTU
03HARARE2259	WITH MANY MEMBERS STILL IN JAIL, ZCTU CALLS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the numbers are not finally confirmed, police arrested about 200 people nationwide in connection with planned ZCTU demonstrations on November 18. The ZCTU is calling for a snap work stoppage on November 20-21 to protest the detentions, however with no preparation, we see [...]	2003-11-19 13:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ASEC ZI
03HARARE2279	HARARE LABOR LEADERS RELEASED, MOST WITHOUT CHARGES [...] (SBU) All of the Harare-area labor detainees have now appeared before the court, with only four being charged under the Public Order and Security Act (POSA),and the rest released without charges. Those leaders answering charges are: Lovemore Matombo, President of the Zimbabwe Congress of T [...]	2003-11-24 04:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM ZI
03HARARE2286	MEETING WITH BROKERS OF POLITICAL RECONCILIATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Disparaging remarks about "talk about talks" between the ruling Zanu-PF party and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have replaced hopeful reports of imminent breakthroughs. A meeting on November 19, 2003, between Ambassador Sullivan, Director of USAID Paul Weisenfeld, [...]	2003-11-24 13:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ZI MDC ZANU PF
03HARARE230	FEBRUARY 3 TREASON TRIAL OF MDC PRESIDENT [...] The common law treason trial of three Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leaders -- President Morgan Tsvangirai, Secretary-General Welshman Ncube, and Member of SIPDIS Parliament Renson Gasela -- is scheduled to begin in Zimbabwe's High Court on Monday, February 3. The trial was origina [...]	2003-01-31 10:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE2309	RECUSAL OF JUDGE MUDDIES DAILY NEWS CASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Administrative Court Justice Michael Majuru recused himself from the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) case on November 25 following reports that he was to be investigated for bias in the case. A Media and Information Commission (MIC) application to h [...]	2003-11-26 14:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE232	INFORMATION MINISTER SAYS DAILY NEWS IS "ILLEGAL" [...] In the continuing legal battle between the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ),publishers of the independent daily "The Daily News," and the government of Zimbabwe over the mandatory registration of media houses and accreditation of journalists under the controver [...]	2003-01-31 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE2332	ZANU-PF TAKES PARLIAMENTARY SEAT FROM MDC - TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF took a parliamentary seat from the MDC in a by-election held on November 29 - 30 in Kadoma Central. Neither candidate articulated a campaign message in interviews with poloff who visited the area the day before voting began. The MDC candidate alleged intimidation and vot [...]	2003-12-02 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC ZANU PF
03HARARE2412	MDC MEMBERSHIP DESPONDENT AT PERCEIVED LACK OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Various MDC Officials have commented that there is increasing despondency and frustration within the party rank and file. The MDC is planning mass action for early in the New Year, but much homework remains undone, and with an increasingly resigned public, it is unclear whether [...]	2003-12-15 14:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC
03HARARE2454	GOVERNMENT SHUTTERS DAILY NEWS -- AGAIN [...] SUMMARY: Armed riot police prevented The Daily News (TDN) from publishing following an administrative court ruling December 19 permitting the paper to resume operations. The developments confirm the government's intention to keep TDN closed regardless of any court rulings [...]	2003-12-23 15:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE2455	MDC CONSOLIDATES PLATFORM AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under the firm leadership of Party President Morgan Tsvangirai, the MDC's national conference in Harare December 20-21 yielded a comprehensive policy platform and "blueprint" for national recovery. The party reiterated its commitment to unconditional ta [...]	2003-12-23 15:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI ZI MDC
03HARARE259	TREASON TRIAL OF MDC PRESIDENT ENTERS THIRD DAY [...] (U) The treason trial of three Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leaders -- President Morgan Tsvangirai, Secretary-General Welshman Ncube, and Member of Parliament SIPDIS Renson Gasela -- began as scheduled in Zimbabwe's High Court on February 3 and is now in its third day on February 5. [...]	2003-02-05 15:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE262	GOVERNMENT PAPER REFUSES TO APOLOGIZE FOR [...] On January 25, UN WFP Envoy James Morris took the government-owned "Herald" to task for gross distortions in their report of his remarks after a January 24 meeting with Robert Mugabe. Morris characterized the "Herald's" article as "100 percent lies." 2. On Jan [...]	2003-02-06 10:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE274	MEDIA REACTION POWELL EVIDENCE AGAINST IRAQ; [...] Under headline "Powell fails to prove case against Baghdad" the pro-government daily "Daily Mirror" dedicated its February 7 editorial to dismissing Secretary of State Colin Powell's testimony against Iraq, saying, Powell's presentation was "flawed" and "did not [...]	2003-02-07 11:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ZI KPAO KMDR
03HARARE277	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Africa opposes war on Iraq" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its February 9 editorial to reiterating the anti-war positions taken by the African Union (AU) and former South African President, Nelson Mandela. Excerpts: [...]	2003-02-10 09:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE301	ANOTHER AMCIT PROPERTY FORMALLY SEIZED [...] (SBU) Summary. A fourth American-owned property has now received final notice of acquisition from the Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Resettlement. The other forcibly acquired properties now occupy a limbo as their owners pursue various legal challenges and political solutions. Although [...]	2003-02-12 06:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PHUM PGOV ZI
03HARARE304	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U.N. must not allow U. S. to start war" the government-controlled daily dedicated its February 11 editorial to urging the United Nations to restrain the United States from attacking Iraq. Excerpts follow: 2. "The tug-of-war between the United St [...]	2003-02-12 06:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE313	TSVANGIRAI TRIAL: BEN-MENASHE CROSS-EXAMINATION [...] (C) The treason trial of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) officials Morgan Tsvangirai, Welshman Ncube, and Renson Gasela entered its eighth day on February 12. Since February 6, defense counsel has subjected the state's star witness, Ari Ben-Menashe, to an intensive cross-examination, a p [...]	2003-02-12 14:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
03HARARE322	GOVERNMENT INTENSIFIES ANTI-MDC VIOLENCE AND [...] (C) In the past three weeks police have arrested and detained four MDC MPs, arrested 28 other MDC officials, beaten three, tortured at least one and denied permission, and / or halted at least four planned gatherings. As the opposition attempts to organize for upcoming parliamentary by-electi [...]	2003-02-14 08:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF
03HARARE326	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Bush abusing his office" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its February 18 editorial to declaring that the current standoff between the United States and Iraq is about the control of Iraqi oil. "(President George W.) Bush and [...]	2003-02-18 10:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE360	TSVANGIRAI TRIAL: BEN-MENASHE CROSS-EXAMINATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-21 10:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
03HARARE361	ARREST OF HIGH COURT JUDGE [...] Police arrested High Court Judge Benjamin Paradza on February 16 in his chambers. They allege that Paradza contacted three fellow judges of the High Court in an effort to influence them to release a passport belonging to his business partner and friend Russell Wayne Luschagne, who is facing [...]	2003-02-21 11:04:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE42	GOZ ESCALATES PRESSURE ON MDC MAYORS [...] (C) On January 6 and 7 the government-owned The Herald reported that the GOZ would soon appoint governors for the cities of Harare and Bulawayo. The move comes amid a general GOZ campaign to discredit, obstruct, or supersede MDC mayors and city councils. The GOZ's strategy could be risky, as [...]	2003-01-08 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI

03HARARE444	ZIMBABWE - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2002 - [...] (SBU) Overview of Zimbabwe's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons: --------------------------------------------- -- A. There continued to be infrequent anecdotal reports that Zimbabwe was a country of origin and transit for internationally trafficked persons, particularly women an [...]	2003-03-03 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB ASEC ZI TIP
03HARARE450	ZIMBABWE: SIMBA MAKONI ON PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION [...] (C) Former Finance Minister Simba Makoni said the recently-announced modest fuel hike and announcement of an export support mechanism were supported by every ZANU-PF politburo member except Information Minister Jonathan Moyo, but the measures were unlikely to have much of an effect on Zimbab [...]	2003-03-03 14:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE484	TSVANGIRAI TRIAL: BEN-MENASHE STILL UNDER CROSS [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-07 09:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
03HARARE485	BINGA - INCREASED PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION AMONG [...] Summary: On February 11, Save the Children-UK (SCF) issued its third Binga District Nutrition Survey in which they reported a slight increase in the prevalence of acute malnutrition among children aged 6 -59 months. The increase was not enough for malnutrition among pre-school aged children i [...]	2003-03-07 09:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KHIV ZI
03HARARE494	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] The standoff with Iraq remains fodder for opinion articles being carried in the mainstream newspapers. Excerpts follow: 2. Under headline "Imminent war against Iraq: The ironies and contradictions" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" (03/09) dedicated [...]	2003-03-10 11:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE523	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "Claire blasts Blair's blurry vision" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" dedicated its March 12 editorial to criticizing President George Bush for imposing sanctions on the Mugabe government, saying the executive order is "a calculated pr [...]	2003-03-13 08:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE540	RECENT CHURCH ACTIVISM INCLUDING MEDIATION OFFER [...] (C) In recent weeks church leaders, including some from South Africa, have shown an increased willingness to speak out, and to organize events or meetings that draw attention to the political crisis in Zimbabwe. We would welcome Pretoria's and Capetown's assessment of a serious mediation init [...]	2003-03-14 10:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
03HARARE549	DAILY NEWS REACTS TO COMMONWEALTH EXTENSION OF [...] Under headline "Extension of suspension is a victory for sanity" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its March 18 editorial to hailing Zimbabwe's suspension from the councils of the Commonwealth for a further nine months, saying it is "a victory of [...]	2003-03-18 09:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE557	MDC-ORGANIZED STAYAWAY SHUTS DOWN URBAN CENTERS [...] (C) A majority of businesses in Harare and other Zimbabwean cities complied with the opposition MDC's call for a national stayaway on March 18. It is unclear how many employees stayed at home because they agreed with the stayaway's political objectives and how many were simply unable to find [...]	2003-03-18 14:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
03HARARE568	GOOD BYE ARI, HELLO TARA: TSVANGIRAI TRIAL PART V [...] (C) The treason trial of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) officials Morgan Tsvangirai, Welshman Ncube, and Renson Gasela, which entered its fifth week on March 10, took a step forward with the completion of the questioning of Ari Ben- Menashe, the state's star witness. The pace of the tria [...]	2003-03-19 12:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
03HARARE570	SECOND DAY OF MDC STAYAWAY A MAJOR SUCCESS [...] (C) Approximately 80-90 percent of private urban businesses were closed nationwide on March 19, the second day of the national stayaway organized by the opposition MDC. In Harare, more than 90 percent of retail shops in the central business district were shuttered (significantly more than th [...]	2003-03-19 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
03HARARE591	MILITARY, POLICE AND CIO LAUNCH NATIONWIDE [...] (C) There are credible reports that the GOZ has undertaken a campaign of retribution against MDC activists and supporters across the country since the first day of the MDC-organized stayaway on March 18. Police have arrested over a hundred MDC supporters, and the Zimbabwean Defense Forces (ZD [...]	2003-03-21 10:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC ZI
03HARARE600	MUGABE INCITES BRUTALIZATION OF MDC SUPPORTERS [...] (C) In the wake of the successful March 18 - 19 MDC stayaway the GOZ has embarked on a massive retribution campaign against lower-level MDC officials, and some MDC MPs. Police, suspected CIO officers and soldiers have arrested, beaten, raped and tortured several hundred MDC supporters. The GO [...]	2003-03-24 16:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC ZI MDC
03HARARE636	TWO BY-ELECTIONS CRITICAL TO ZANU-PF PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Upcoming parliamentary by-elections pit the MDC's National Youth Chairman, Nelson Chamisa, against ZANU-PF businessman David Mutasa in Kuwadzana, and MDC businessman Pearson Mungofa against ZANU-PF heavy Joseph Chinotimba. The pre-election period has been marred by violence perpetrated mo [...]	2003-03-28 10:10:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE648	MDC WINS HIGHFIELD AND KUWADZANA [...] (C) The opposition MDC won by-elections in the Harare high-density suburbs of Highfield and Kuwadzana by significant margins, despite an electoral process tilted heavily in favor of ZANU-PF. The March 29-30 voting process itself was peaceful and orderly, if at times slow. The environment in [...]	2003-03-31 16:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE676	MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "U.N. must stop murder of innocent civilians" the government-controlled daily "Chronicle" used its April 4 editorial to label President Bush and Tony Blair as "the real terrorists." Excerpts: 2. ". . .It is sad that the American and British inva [...]	2003-04-04 10:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE68	MEDIA REPORT: EDITOR ARRESTED UNDER AIPPA; HARARE [...] Norma Edwards (66),the editor of the independent provincial weekly "The Mirror" was arrested and charged under the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) on January 3 for "publishing a false story." Edwards was charged for ru [...]	2003-01-10 11:02:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO ZI
03HARARE738	GROWING SADC ENGAGEMENT ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) South African High Commissioner to Zimbabwe, Jeremiah Ndou, confirmed to the Ambassador on April 14 that President Mbeki is planning a joint visit to Zimbabwe with President Muluzi on April 24, as reported reftel. He expressed concern that the Angolans -- who should be taking the lead as [...]	2003-04-14 15:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
03HARARE77	MDC MAYOR OF HARARE SPENDS TWO DAYS IN JAIL [...] (U) Action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) Mayor of Harare Elias Mudzuri was released from detention on January 13 after spending two nights in jail. He was arrested on January 11 along with his deputy mayor and several city councillors during a meeting with constituents in the Harare high [...]	2003-01-13 12:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
03HARARE780	MULUZI/MBEKI VISIT POSTPONEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-23 09:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI SF MI
03HARARE801	BISHOPS SPEARHEAD DISCREET GOZ - MDC MEDIATION [...] (C) Three bishops in Manicaland, and one Archbishop in Bulawayo, are spearheading an effort to arrange talks between the GOZ and the MDC focused on resolving Zimbabwe's political crisis. They envision a depolarized, demilitarized Zimbabwe where the rule of law is upheld, but they are only seek [...]	2003-04-28 10:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ZI
03HARARE833	HARARE MAYOR SUSPENDED [...] (C) The suspension of Harare mayor Elias Mudzuri, on April 29 for alleged mismanagement of the city is an effort by the ruling party ZANU-PF to regain control of the capital city. The Minister of Local Government, Public Works, and National Housing, Ignatius Chombo, by applying Section 54 of th [...]	2003-04-30 14:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
03HARARE925	AFRICAN PRESIDENTIAL VISIT NEXT WEEK - MASS ACTION [...] (C) Plans for a Tsvangirai visit to Malawi have been scrapped in favor of Malawian President Muluzi and South African president Mbeki coming to Harare next week for talks with the MDC. The MDC planned stayaway has also been delayed for another two weeks. Switching the presidential meeting to [...]	2003-05-13 14:39:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE936	IMMIGRATION TROUBLE FOR RESIDENT AMCIT JOURNALIST [...] Andrew Meldrum is an American citizen with Zimbabwean permanent residency status. He is also the Harare correspondent for the Guardian newspaper (UK). He was charged by Zimbabwe Republic Police in May 2002 (Ref A) for "publishing falsehoods" under Zimbabwe's controversial "Access to Informa [...]	2003-05-14 13:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM
03HARARE946	STATE WITNESSES HELP DEFENSE AS TSVANGIRAI TREASON [...] (C) The treason trial of MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai, MDC Secretary General Welshman Ncube, and MDC Shadow Minister of Agriculture Renson Gasela resumed on May 12 for its ninth week after a month-long recess. The Defense intends to move for acquittal by the end of May, and the judge will l [...]	2003-05-16 10:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
03HARARE954	MDC BOMBER CONFESSES [...] (S) MDC activist Sedweak Munyaradzi Mupazviripo Munya (protect) has informed embassy officer that he had made and thrown nine petrol bombs at three different ZANU-PF meetings-in-progress on about April 25. It is likely that MDC security head Solomon Chikowero is the highest MDC official aware [...]	2003-05-19 08:38:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC
03HARARE958	INDEPENDENT PAPER REACTS TO MELDRUM EXPULSION [...] Under headline "Iron fist will fail" the independent daily "The Daily News" dedicated its May 19 editorial to the expulsion of Andrew Meldrum, a United States national and correspondent for the British newspaper "The Guardian." The editorial said Meldrum's eject [...]	2003-05-19 10:07:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE963	MEDIA REPORT GOZ DEPORTS ANDREW MELDRUM; [...] Under headline "Arrests, deportations: Government running scared" the independent weekly "The Standard" dedicated its May 18 editorial to criticizing the Government of Zimbabwe for deporting Andrew Meldrum, a United States national and Harare-based correspondent [...]	2003-05-19 13:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
03HOCHIMINHCITY1000	UNITED BUDDHIST CHURCH OF VIETNAM: GENERAL SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) General Secretary Thich Tue Sy told ConGen today that he has been placed SIPDIS under a two-year administrative detention, effective October 11. He confirmed that Thich Nguyen Ly and Thich Thanh Huyen -- two other UBCV monks riding in the van [...]	2003-10-14 13:34:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY1009	LEGAL PROTESTANTS HOLD UNAUTHORIZED MEETING: WANT [...] (SBU) In violation of their own GVN-approved charter, approximately 400 legal pastors and another 400 "lay volunteers" of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) met in Ho Chi Minh City September 10-11. While the 2001 charter allows for only one conference every four years, the lead [...]	2003-10-16 14:29:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY1010	STILL NO OFFICIAL DETENTION ORDERS FOR TOP UBCV MONKS [...] (SBU) Continuing to work the few remaining telephones that haven't been cut off or rerouted, ConGen received confirmation today that Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang is in good condition at his pagoda, although he is being closely watched. While neither he [...]	2003-10-16 14:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY1021	POLICE DISRUPT CONSULAR VISIT TO CENTRAL HIGHLANDS [...] (U) During a particularly unpleasant trip to the Central Highlands to fulfill normal consular duties -- fraud investigation, document verification, and personal interviews regarding relationships and status -- ConGenOff, two Consular Section and Refugee Resettlement Section FSNs, and two FSN [...]	2003-10-22 01:00:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC CASC PHUM PREL VM HUMANR ETMIN
03HOCHIMINHCITY1059	A/S DEWEY IN VIETNAM CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: LAM DONG [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with Lam Dong provincial authorities, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey expressed strong U.S. concern about the treatment of ethnic minorities and a lack of religious freedom for unregistered Protestant house churches. Lam Dong officials stressed that the pract [...]	2003-10-30 11:46:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
03HOCHIMINHCITY1080	HCMC LAND PROTEST: POLICE TURN MOLEHILL INTO MOUNTAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A protest against land expropriation drew extra attention after police attempted to remove ConGen personnel, who were observing the protest from the sidelines. The protesters -- illegal migrants, squatters, and legal land owners - - whose land had been seized in Ho Chi Minh C [...]	2003-11-04 11:25:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PREL SOCI VM HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY1087	AMBASSADOR HANFORD CALLS ON LOCAL OFFICIALS, LEGAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 18 meeting with Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford, three leaders of the GVN-recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) urged continued, focused USG pressure on the GVN to relax restrictions on unregistered house chur [...]	2003-11-06 11:18:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY1093	MIXED PICTURE ON HOUSE CHURCHES IN AMBASSADOR HANFORD'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with several Protestant house church pastors and "victims" of religious oppression during his visit to HCMC, Ambassador at Large for Religious Freedom John Hanford heard several credible-sounding reports of arrests, beatings, forced renunciations, and church closures [...]	2003-11-08 07:18:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREF PREL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY1100	BALANCING ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN SOC TRANG AND [...] (SBU) Summary: DCM (then Charge) and ConGen Poloff visited Soc Trang and Tra Vinh Provinces during October 1-3, to examine firsthand the situation for the ethnic Khmer in the Mekong Delta, in light of continuing reports of discrimination from sources overseas. Situated in an area that once be [...]	2003-11-10 07:29:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
03HOCHIMINHCITY111	HCMC PASTORS: CHRISTMAS CELEBRATED WITHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a stream of reports from U.S. sources proclaiming a new "crackdown" on Protestant worshippers in the Central Highlands and elsewhere in Vietnam over the Christmas holidays, conversations with well- connected pastors in HCMC over the past weeks revealed surprisingly fe [...]	2003-02-06 09:22:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY1141	CA MAU PROVINCE: AT THE END OF THE LINE, BUT BLESSED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Lying at the southern tip of Vietnam, Ca Mau is one of the country's more isolated provinces. Heavily dependent upon aquaculture, especially shrimp, the province has enjoyed strong recent economic growth. While the province actively touts its natural resources and advantages, [...]	2003-11-21 11:06:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON SOCI PGOV PREL EFIS VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY1142	KIEN GIANG PROVINCE: PRACTICALLY PERFECT, IF NOT FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The southern Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang faces significant challenges in attracting foreign investment and reducing poverty. Despite impressive recent economic growth, mostly due to rice farmers converting to more profitable shrimp farming, the province is still underd [...]	2003-11-21 11:18:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
03HOCHIMINHCITY1143	AMBASSADOR HANFORD INVESTIGATES ABUSES IN THE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford traveled to Gia Lai and Dak Lak provinces from October 20-22 to meet with local officials and gain a firsthand view of conditions for Protestant worship in Vietnam's Central Highlands. Raising the specter of C [...]	2003-11-24 11:12:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREF PREL SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
03HOCHIMINHCITY1215	PROTESTANT POSSIBLY BEATEN, DETAINED FOR DISTRIBUTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At least one Protestant religious worker in Ho Chi Minh City was reportedly beaten and detained on December 9 for involvement in the distribution of religious leaflets designed to look like official Southeast Asia (SEA) Games pamphlets. Other Protestant leaders held a "sit-in" [...]	2003-12-10 12:49:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY1222	SEA GAMES RELIGIOUS PAMPHLET INCIDENT FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ConGenoffs met with Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang on December 11, 2003, to discuss the events of December 9-10 (reftel). Quang was also accompanied by the allegedly beaten religious worker. An agreement between Protestants and police had reportedly resulted in the release of all b [...]	2003-12-11 11:12:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY153	FATHERLAND FRONT HOLDS PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST [...] Summary. On February 19 the Fatherland Front of Vietnam (FFV)- -the umbrella organization for Communist Party mass organizations in Vietnam--coordinated a peaceful and orderly demonstration inside the Friendship Association House across the street from ConGen to show opposition to a war with [...]	2003-02-19 08:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PINR PHUM PREL OPRC MOPS VM IZ
03HOCHIMINHCITY235	A LONG TIME COMING: PROTESTANT SEMINARY OPENS IN HCMC [...] (U) In keeping with longstanding GVN promises to allow the opening of a new Protestant seminary, the leaders of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) recently inaugurated their new Institute of Bible and Theology before a crowd numbering close to 1000 at their main HCMC church. ( [...]	2003-03-11 11:40:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY251	MENNONITES TURN UP THE VOLUME ON COMPLAINTS OF [...] (SBU) In a flurry of conversations with ConGenoffs over the past week, a Mennonite church leader and several of his colleagues have lodged serious complaints of stepped-up religious repression by government officials. The allegations include arrests, beatings, destruction of property, and si [...]	2003-03-18 03:27:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF MOPS SOCI PGOV PREL KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY257	COMMUNIST YOUTH ORGANIZATION HOLDS PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION [...] Summary: The HCMC Youth Union organized a boisterous, but peaceful demonstration by more than 5000 high school and college students at the District One Youth Center on March 17. The rally featured speakers and musical performances to appeal to the kind of young audience which frequents the Y [...]	2003-03-19 06:30:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PINR PHUM PREL OPRC MOPS VM IZ
03HOCHIMINHCITY259	DR. QUE UNDER DETENTION [...] (SBU) Poloff visited the home of democracy activist Dr. Nguyen Dan Que on March 18 to confirm reports of his arrest received earlier that day. Based on the information originally provided by his brother in the U.S., and now confirmed by his wife, it appears that a large number of security of [...]	2003-03-19 06:32:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL VM HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY265	PROPOSED PRESS GUIDANCE ON DR. QUE'S DETENTION [...] (SBU) Post has notified the HCMC External Relations Office (ERO),the local branch of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of its interest in the case of Dr. Nguyen Dan Que, who was detained in HCMC on March 17 (reftel). We have also requested MFA assistance in obtaining additional information o [...]	2003-03-19 15:22:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY337	CHURCH AND STATE MAINTAIN BALANCE IN TAY NINH PROVINCE [...] (U) On a recent one-day trip to meet with provincial and Cao Dai Church leaders in Tay Ninh Province, the Ambassador came away with a mostly positive impression of the current state of health of both the province and the religion which predominates there. Tay Ninh, while still on the fringes [...]	2003-04-08 11:21:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM PREL ETRD EINV VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY342	HARASSED UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE: DON DUONG AND FAMILY [...] (SBU) Summary: Actor Bui Don Duong, his wife, and their two sons departed Ho Chi Minh City today on the first leg of their journey to the U.S. as intending immigrants. Up to the last minute, GVN security forces delayed and humiliated the family at Tan Son Nhut Airport, almost causing them to [...]	2003-04-10 00:55:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SOCI PGOV VM HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY412	SHOTGUN WEDDING: UBCV AND VBS TOGETHER AT LAST? [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Consul General on May 9, Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) Patriarch Thich Huyen Quang spoke hopefully of a new openness on the part of the GVN toward efforts to unite the UBCV with the officially recognized Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS). The Pat [...]	2003-05-09 18:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY450	KON TUM: STILL STRUGGLING..... AND GOING NOWHERE FAST [...] (SBU) Returning to Kon Tum for the first time in a year, the Consul General found little changed in the poorest and least developed of the four Central Highlands provinces. While poverty continues to be the biggest story in Kon Tum, local officials seemed hopeful that construction of new hig [...]	2003-05-20 13:38:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM PREL SOCI ETRD EINV VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE LABOR
03HOCHIMINHCITY468	THE YIN AND YANG OF THE SEA STAR CATHOLIC SEMINARY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Father Tran Thanh Phong, director of the Nha Trang Sea Star Seminary during a visit to Khanh Hoa province, May 15-17. During the discussion, which took place in a large, well- maintained reception hall, Father Phong was careful not to explicitly critic [...]	2003-05-31 08:44:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY475	THICH QUANG DO UNDER "ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (U) The Most Venerable Thich Quang Do remains under "administrative surveillance," based on a decree, which although dated June 1, 2001, in fact has an effective time period of September 3, 1998 until September 3, 2003. Post has seen at least one press release denouncing Thich Quang Do's co [...]	2003-06-02 13:49:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV PHUM VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY491	INVITATIONS TO "DISCUSS" RELIGION IN DAK LAK PROVINCE [...] (SBU) On May 29, ConGen Poloff and Pol/Econ assistant met with a reliable contact regarding the situation of unregistered religious minority groups in Dak Lak province. The contact gave ConGenoff a collection of written materials -- some official-looking original documents and several photoc [...]	2003-06-05 02:35:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV VM KIRF ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY520	PROTESTANTS IN QUIET STAND OFF WITH POLICE OVER NEW HOUSE [...] (SBU) A group of 50-100 Protestant believers has been working around the clock for two days to construct a new (unrecognized) branch church in HCMC, in defiance of local police and government officials. The situation has remained peaceful thus far, but at least one pastor on the scene has en [...]	2003-06-10 13:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY551	POLICE QUESTION BUILDER AS CHURCH CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Mr. Le Van Dung, unofficial contractor for a Protestant house church currently under construction in HCMC's District 2 (reftel),met with police this morning in response to a third invitation to discuss his activities at the site. The first invitation, delivered June 9, summoned him to [...]	2003-06-17 11:51:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY585	THICH QUANG DO -- HOW FREE AT LAST? [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 30 meeting with Consul General, recently "released" United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) deputy Thich Quang Do launched into a two- hour plus discourse on religion, democracy, freedom, and capitalism. Confirming press reports, he said he would soon attempt [...]	2003-06-30 17:44:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL EAID EINV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY65	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: THE VIEW THROUGH THE VISA [...] (SBU) Consular associate recently interviewed a Korean missionary affiliated with the Global Mission Society of the Presbyterian Church in Korea for a nonimmigrant visa (NIV). The applicant, who described himself as a missionary pastor with an "underground" Protestant church, said he conducte [...]	2003-01-16 09:56:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY650	Leader of the Hue Branch of the Outlawed United [...] (SBU) An influential leader of the Hue branch of the outlawed UBCV discussed his views with DPO and A/PAO on the current state of the Buddhist Church, the status of Thich Huyen Quang, and the need for continued U.S. pressure on the GVN to allow greater religious freedom. The meeting was marr [...]	2003-07-18 07:48:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY691	SURPRISING REVELATIONS ON PROTESTANTS IN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: While the official rhetoric seemed to focus on respect for religion and the importance of meeting the "spiritual needs" of the people during the Ambassador's recent visit to Dak Lak and Lam Dong provinces, local Protestant church leaders told a story of continuing limits on or [...]	2003-08-01 00:13:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREF SOCI KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY710	PROTESTANT CHURCH CAN STAY -- FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: The HCMC People's Committee has decided that an illegally constructed Protestant church in the Thu Thiem area of District 2 can remain open as a house of worship, pending approval of the required permits. While city officials made clear that they hold both church leaders and [...]	2003-08-06 12:58:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY766	POLICE RAID "ILLEGAL" HOUSE CHURCH IN HCMC DURING A/S [...] (SBU) Summary: Just prior to the return of Assistant Secretary Eugene Dewey to Ho Chi Minh City from the Central Highlands on Monday, August 18 (septels),ConGen HCMC learned of an altercation at an unrecognized "illegal" Protestant house church in the city's District 11. According to reliabl [...]	2003-08-21 12:56:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SOCI PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY770	A/S DEWEY PRESSES HO CHI MINH CITY LEADERSHIP ON [...] (SBU) Summary. A/S Dewey raised issues of religious freedom during several official meetings in Ho Chi Minh City on August 19. Describing the GVN's record as uneven in the Central Highlands provinces he had visited, he registered disappointment that even in HCMC, there were sporadic reports of [...]	2003-08-23 07:41:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PREF SOCI PGOV VM RELFREE HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY784	MORMONS MAKE BID FOR A QUIET COMEBACK IN HCMC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) has recently taken steps to reestablish a "branch" in HCMC, pending approval of its June request to local government officials that Vietnamese members be allowed to meet regularly on Sundays. While efforts to receive recogn [...]	2003-08-27 12:44:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV VM KIRF HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY833	A/S DEWEY IN VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: KON TUM [...] (U) Summary: In a visit to Kon Tum Province, PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey met with Provincial People's Committee Chairwoman Y Veng and with the province's Committee on Ethnic Minority and Religious Affairs. He also visited a village in Ia Sia commune where 15 UNHCR- repatriated ethnic mino [...]	2003-09-09 06:04:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
03HOCHIMINHCITY836	POTENTIAL P1 REFUGEES TO STAND TRIAL FOR ESPIONAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hoa, Mr. Nguyen Truc Cuong and Mr. Nguyen Vu Viet -- the niece and nephews of jailed Catholic priest Father Nguyen Van Ly -- will go on trial in Ho Chi Minh City People's Court for "espionage" on September 10. Under Article 80 of the Criminal Code, "espionage" [...]	2003-09-09 13:18:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY842	A/S DEWEY VISIT TO VIETNAM'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: [...] (SBU) Summary: PRM Assistant Secretary Dewey visited Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands on August 16-17. His meeting with Provincial People's Committee Chairman Ha was cordial, with a frank exchange of ideas on treatment of ethnic minorities and freedom of worship. Ha said that at le [...]	2003-09-10 08:46:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KIRF VM CB HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY933	UNLICENSED PROTESTANT HOUSE CHURCH REPORTEDLY TORN DOWN [...] (SBU) In what looks to be a replay of recent events surrounding an illegally constructed house church in District 11 of HCMC (reftels),Post has received information regarding the possible destruction of a small Seventh Day Adventist house church at No.42 Binh Loi, Binh Khanh, Can Gio Distric [...]	2003-09-26 10:05:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL RELFREE HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY942	UBCV LEADERS MEET DESPITE GVN INTERFERENCE [...] (SBU) Leaders of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) met September 18-20 in Binh Dinh Province, according to UBCV Deputy Thich Quang Do, despite some overt GVN efforts to prevent the meeting from taking place. This is the first time the UBCV leadership has been able to gathe [...]	2003-10-01 01:24:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY949	THE SEA-MY SIDE OF THE SEA GAMES: HCMC CRACKS DOWN ON [...] (SBU) Effective September 30, 2003, Ho Chi Minh City authorities will round up and classify all street persons living and working in public places around the city as part of a new program run by the HCMC Committee on Population, Family, and Children. Street children picked up under the progra [...]	2003-10-01 04:27:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PHUM PGOV VM LABOR HUMANR
03HOCHIMINHCITY978	POLICE DISRUPT TRAVEL OF UBCV LEADERS TO HCMC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Police apparently stopped United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) leaders Thich Huyen Quang, Thich Quang Do and Thich Tue Sy from leaving Binh Dinh Province to drive to Ho Chi Minh City on October 8 (local time). Although various reports differed on details, there was genera [...]	2003-10-08 13:41:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV PREL VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY993	UBCV LEADERS IN LIMBO: INQUIRIES CONTINUE CONCERNING [...] (SBU) ConGen has confirmed that UBCV leaders Thich Huyen Quang, Thich Quang Do and Thich Tue Sy were detained by police on October 9 in Khanh Hoa Province about 10 km north of the provincial capital Nha Trang. They had left Thich Huyen Quang's pagoda in Binh Dinh Province to travel to HCMC t [...]	2003-10-10 13:29:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV PREL VM RELFREE HUMANR
03ISTANBUL118	TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP REQUESTS GUANTANAMO [...] (U) On January 21, Poloff met with Ahmet Mercan, Istanbul Chairman of Islamically-oriented Turkish human rights group Mazlum-Der (Organization of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed People). Mazlum-Der provided Poloff with a letter dated January 13, 2003, requesting information on a Turk [...]	2003-01-29 05:30:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL
03ISTANBUL1347	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH (FINALLY) MEETS WITH AKP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I met with FonMin Abdullah Gul and IntMin Abdulkadir Aksu on August 8 and 12, respectively. Though both ministers publicly and warmly received Bartholomew, the meetings did not yield any concrete steps forward on property issues or recognition of [...]	2003-09-12 21:04:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
03ISTANBUL1384	THE ISTANBUL BAR AND ITS DETRACTORS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Istanbul Bar is at once a defender of the legal profession and historically a leader in promoting respect for human rights and rule of law in Turkey. With a broad and ambivalent membership and a new nationalist/statist administration, however, the Bar currently ap [...]	2003-09-18 12:08:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL1410	WHOSE ISLAM? AK PARTI AND ISTANBUL ALEVIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Alevis, followers of a heterodox religious-cultural offshoot of Shi'a Islam and Anatolian Sufism, probably number about 10 percent of Turkey's population (7 million, with several million in Istanbul),although some Alevis assert that there are 25 million. Persecuted by the Ottoman [...]	2003-09-24 05:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL149	PROTESTANTS TRY ADAPTIVE APPROACH TO CHURCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Seventeen nascent Protestant churches have adopted a novel legal tactic designed to circumvent regulations that for years have made it nearly impossible to receive zoning approval for a church or prayer group. The success or failure of this strategy depends on the outcome of th [...]	2003-02-04 12:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL1517	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINORITY RELIGIOUS LEADERS [...] (sbu) Summary: During courtesy calls on the Armenian Patriarch, Chief Rabbi, and Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan, Ambassador Edelman promised to maintain close relations with each community and to press the GOT to implement broader protection for religious freedom in Turkey. Each of the communit [...]	2003-10-14 11:39:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1579	TWO MURDERS, THREATS SHAKE ISTANBUL JEWISH [...] (C) Summary: A recent extortion campaign against members of a Jewish retirement home's board of directors has shaken Istanbul's Jewish community. One of the board members, Yasef Yahya, was killed on August 22 at his office. Starting three weeks ago, other members of the board have been contac [...]	2003-10-27 05:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL1617	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH CONTEMPLATES CUBA VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarchate leadership confirms that Patriarch Bartholomew is considering a trip to Cuba on January 21, 2004 to dedicate a new Orthodox Church. Now aware of USG concerns about the trip, the Patriarch may reconsider. Action request in para 5. End Summary. 2. (C) [...]	2003-11-03 05:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM TU CU
03ISTANBUL1627	KURDISH LANGUAGE NUDGES INTO PRIME TIME [...] (SBU) Summary: In a small sign that Turkey's EU reforms are beginning to have some impact, Kurdish singer Ciwan Haco performed on a popular prime time television show on October 25. The show's host, Hulya Avsar, herself half-Kurdish, took pains to strike a balance between Turkish patriotism a [...]	2003-11-04 08:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL1647	POSSIBLE EDUCATION MINISTRY MOVEMENT ON HALKI? [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent encouraging comments by Turkish government officials about prospects for re-opening Halki Theological Seminary have sparked extensive press interest. Education Minister Huseyin Celik, in a recent meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, said that re-opening Halki (p [...]	2003-11-05 08:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL1698	TURKISH ORTHODOXY: ONE PATRIARCH, THREE CHURCHES, [...] (C) Summary: It's hard to be a patriarch with a tiny domain. Recently-enthroned Turkish Orthodox Patriarch Pasa Umit Erenerol is the third Patriarch of a "church" that dates its founding back to 1922 and the heat of a civil war. Today, the patriarch's writ goes no further than his extended fa [...]	2003-11-14 10:53:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU
03ISTANBUL1710	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH CONFIRMS CUBA TRAVEL PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew still plans to travel to Cuba in January, 2004, to attend the opening of an Orthodox church in Havana. Bartholomew did not take USG and international concerns into account in deciding on this trip, focusing instead on competition with the Russian [...]	2003-11-17 10:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU CU
03ISTANBUL202	RELIGIOUS MINORITIES APPREHENSIVE OF LATEST [...] (C) Summary: The General Directorate for Foundations recently enacted regulations that were expected to allow community (i.e. non-Muslim religious) foundations to reclaim seized properties. The new regulations are part of the EU-harmonization reforms aimed at enhancing religious minority righ [...]	2003-02-20 07:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL232	ISTANBUL ANTI-WAR PROTESTS: WHAT KEEPS THEM SMALL? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a country that recent polls show is approximately 94 percent against a war in Iraq, one would expect its largest city to have seen its share of large anti-war demonstrations. Despite a populace that holds views more squarely anti-war than London, Paris or New York, to date pr [...]	2003-02-25 11:32:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL386	PUSHING BACK ON CENSORSHIP: "ARARAT" AND FREEDOM [...] (U) Summary: Istanbul contacts claim the overall climate for free expression continues to improve. While the GOT continues to censor works dealing with the Kurdish issue and other sensitive topics, improvements in legislation have strengthened the underlying legal basis for freedom of express [...]	2003-03-24 11:19:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM TK
03ISTANBUL399	ARMENIAN PATRIARCH MESROB II ON THE CHURCH, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 13 meeting, Istanbul Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II blamed Catholicos Karekin II and Armenian President Robert Kocharian for increasing tensions within the Armenian Church and criticized the Armenian Diaspora for focusing exclusively on "genocide" recognition and for igno [...]	2003-03-26 09:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AM TU
03ISTANBUL452	"RUSSIAN" PROSTITUTION IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) In separate March 26 meetings, Istanbul contacts confirmed that illegal foreign prostitution in Istanbul remains widespread, and that criminal networks, and possibly even corrupted officials, have a lucrative stake in the business. Marmara University sociologist professor Nilufer Narli t [...]	2003-04-03 08:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF UK MD TK
03ISTANBUL698	MINORITY RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN TURKEY: A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent legal changes in property rights for minority foundations have elicited varied responses from different religious communities in Turkey. The history of Turkish and Ottoman minority communities plays into their respective views on pastoral concerns, political connections, p [...]	2003-05-15 04:08:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL760	LEADERSHIP IN THE ORTHODOX WORLD: THE ECUMENICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Though divided among many national churches, all Orthodox leaders except the Russian Orthodox recognize the Ecumenical Patriarch in Istanbul, Bartholomew II, as first among equals. Located in "The Second Rome," the Ecumenical Patriarch traces a line of succession back to St. Andr [...]	2003-05-29 04:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL91	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH ON ESPHIGMENOU MONASTERY [...] (SBU) On January 16, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew passed the Consul General a copy of a recent Ecumenical Patriarchate "Notification on the Sacred Monastery of Esphigmenou." The notification (see below) reiterates the Patriarchate's position on the long-standing dispute with the Esphigmen [...]	2003-01-22 05:37:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF GR TK
03JAKARTA5111	ACEH: YUDHOYONO HOPES FOR "INVISIBLE HAND OF GOD" [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL OFFICER TED LYNG FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. MINISTER YUDHOYONO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR MAY 9 THAT HE HOPED FOR THE "INVISIBLE HAND OF GOD" TO SAVE THE ACEH PEACE PROCESS. YUDHOYONO SAID THE WINDOW IS STILL OPEN FOR DIALOGUE AND HE PRAYS FOR A BREAK [...]	2003-05-09 13:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ID
03KATHMANDU1018	FUTURE OF TIBETAN REFUGEES IN NEPAL REMAINS [...] (U) PolOffs met June 3 with Wangchuk Tsering, Office of Tibet and Official Representative of the Dalai Lama in Nepal to discuss the status of Tibeten refugees in Nepal, after the May 30 deportation described Ref B. Tsering said he appreciated USG efforts to delay the deportation of the 18 ref [...]	2003-06-03 10:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL CH NP
03KATHMANDU1277	NEPAL: GON CANCELS DALAI LAMA CELEBRATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON JULY 4, THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL (GON) PROHIBITED TIBETAN GROUPS FROM HOLDING CELEBRATIONS ON JULY 6 TO HONOR THE DALAI LAMA'S BIRTHDAY. DESPITE THE PROHIBITION, AT LEAST TWO TIBETAN GROUPS PROCEEDED WITH CELEBRATIONS WITHOUT GON INTERFERENCE. ALTHOUGH THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRAT [...]	2003-07-08 10:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM KIRF CH NP
03KATHMANDU1321	NEPAL: PEACE PROCESS PROGNOSIS DIM [...] (S/NF) Summary. Maoist activities in violation of the code of conduct, including extortion, harassment and abductions, have increased since late May, dramatically in the last couple of weeks. In particular, Maoists have stepped up efforts to rebuild their war chest with the possible objectiv [...]	2003-07-14 10:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM NP
03KATHMANDU1337	NEPAL: ANOTHER NINE TIBETANS HANDED-OVER TO UNHCR [...] (SBU) ON JULY 15, THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL'S DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION RELEASED NINE UNDOCUMENTED TIBETANS TO UNHCR. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE OF TIBET, THE NINE TIBETANS WERE ARRESTED ON IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS SOMETIME DURING THE WEEK OF JULY 7 IN THE EASTERN HILL DISTRICT OF OKHALDHUNGA. THE [...]	2003-07-16 08:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM CH NP
03KATHMANDU135	NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, JAN 18-24 [...] Peace talks remain elusive with conflicting reports about backchannel Government-Maoist communications. The Government of Nepal has said it will not send a formal invitation to the Maoists until they stop their violence, while Maoists have warned of severe consequences if talks are not held [...]	2003-01-24 09:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN

03KATHMANDU1432	NEPAL: PLANS FOR BHUTANESE REFUGEE REPATRIATION [...] (C) Summary. DCM met with Madan Kumar Bhattarai, MFA Acting Secretary and Joint Secretary for South Asia, on July 31 to discuss progress toward a durable solution for the Bhutanese refugee problem in Eastern Nepal as instructed reftel. Bhattarai admitted that the Government of Nepal and Roya [...]	2003-07-31 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM NP BT
03KATHMANDU145	NEPAL: ARMY TO COURT-MARTIAL TWO IN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) On January 25 Defense Secretary Madan Prasad Aryal announced in a speech at the Reporters Club that the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) will court-martial soldiers involved in the November 27 killings of five young men and boys in Nuwakot District (Reftel). (Note: The RNA maintains the five were [...]	2003-01-27 11:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MCAP PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU15	NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, DEC 27-JAN 3 [...] The GON said it is receptive to and ready to create an environment for peace talks with the Maoists. Prime Minister Lokendra Chand said the GON will accede to the Maoists' demand for information on imprisoned rebels. Despite the GON's conciliatory gestures, the Maoists have called another tw [...]	2003-01-03 10:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU1509	NEPAL'S NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary. National Human Rights Commission member Indira Rana (please protect) has made serious allegations against some of her fellow members, accusing them of gender discrimination, corruption and bias in favor of the Maoists. In a July 31 meeting, Rana claimed that Sushil Pyakurel, an a [...]	2003-08-08 06:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCOR NP PINR GON
03KATHMANDU1612	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATOR GLUM ON PROSPECTS [...] (C) In an August 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Kamal Thapa, Information Minister and a Government of Nepal's (GON) negotiator with the Maoists, appeared pessimistic about prospects for dialogue after the August 17-19 round of talks (Refs A-B). The Maoists rejected, among other things, a GO [...]	2003-08-25 10:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP GON
03KATHMANDU170	BHUTANESE REFUGEESS: NEPALESE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) On January 28, Foreign Minister Narendra Bikram Shah briefed the Ambassador on his January 23-26 trip to Bhutan. Shah revealed a timeline for the Twelfth and Thirteenth bilateral Ministerial Meetings to restart the work of the Joint Verification Team to repatriate Bhutanese refugees. Bhu [...]	2003-01-29 11:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREF PREL EAID PHUM AORC NP
03KATHMANDU1723	NEPAL: PRELIMINARY READ-OUT ON MEETING BETWEEN [...] (S) According to the British Ambassador's read-out of the September 4 meeting between King Gyanendra and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in London, the King said that he would reach out to the political parties only if efforts to revive negotiations with the Maoists fail. The King also [...]	2003-09-05 08:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM UK NP
03KATHMANDU180	NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, JAN 25-31 [...] The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists announced a ceasefire on January 29 (Ref A). The international community widely welcomed the news of a ceasefire. The Maoist-aligned All Nepal National Independent Students Union- Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) said that it will go ahead with their pl [...]	2003-01-31 10:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU1805	NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ALLEGES HUMAN [...] (C) On September 12 the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) submitted a report to the Prime Minister that implicates the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) in the summary executions of 17 Maoist prisoners and two civilians in Ramechhap District on August 17. Although the Embassy has not seen the re [...]	2003-09-15 09:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER MCAP PINR NP
03KATHMANDU2164	NEPAL: ICRC LAMENTS POST-CEASEFIRE DROP IN ACCESS [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-05 06:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MOPS PGOV PTER NP
03KATHMANDU231	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEB 1-7 [...] The groundwork for peace talks was laid with the Government of Nepal reportedly sending a formal invitation to the Maoists. The Maoists announced their five-member negotiating team for talks with the GON. Human rights organizations want the peace talks to focus on human rights and creating a [...]	2003-02-07 10:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU2345	PROMOTING DURABLE SOLUTIONS FOR THE BHUTANESE [...] (SBU) Post welcomes reftel's proposals regarding a durable solution for the Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. We concur that U.S. objetives for the refugees are first, to ensure that basic protection and assistance needs of the refugees are met and second, to advance efforts by the Government of Ne [...]	2003-12-02 07:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM BH NP
03KATHMANDU2386	NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEE LEADER DEPLORES [...] (C) On December 3, DCM and PolOff met with Bhutanese human rights activist Tek Nath Rizal to discuss conditions inside Bhutan and the repatriation of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. Rizal contends that the Royal Government of Bhutan's system of discrimination continues to oppress the ethnic Nepali [...]	2003-12-05 08:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM BH NP
03KATHMANDU2432	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: FRIENDS OF BHUTAN VISIT TO [...] (C) During a recent visit to Kathmandu, the Swiss and Austrian Ambassadors resident in New Delhi reported on their visit December 1-3 to Thimpu. The five-nation Friends of Bhutan demarched the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB),urging it to increase transparency in the repatriation process, t [...]	2003-12-15 05:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM BH NP
03KATHMANDU2469	NEPAL: A/S ROCCA AND CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF DISCUSS [...] (C) On December 17, Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, met with Nepal's Chief of Army Staff, General Pyar Jung Thapa, to discuss the army's counter-insurgency efforts and human rights. The two also touched upon the possibility of Nepal providing peacekeepers in Iraq [...]	2003-12-19 07:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PHUM PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU2470	A/S ROCCA AND NEPAL'S ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) On December 16, Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia met with Ambassador-at-large and de facto Foreign Minister Bekh Bahadur Thapa and Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya to discuss the Government of SIPDIS Nepal's plans for political reconciliation and electio [...]	2003-12-19 07:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF ETRD BH CH NP
03KATHMANDU2472	NEPAL: A/S ROCCA'S DECEMBER 16 MEETING WITH THE [...] (C) On December 16, Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, accompanied by Ambassador Malinowski, met with Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa to discuss Nepal-U.S. bilateral relations and Nepal's ongoing Maoist insurgency. Thapa expressed the GON's appreciation for USG [...]	2003-12-19 07:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF ECON NP
03KATHMANDU26	NEPAL: FY2003 ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Summary: Post's anti-trafficking-in-persons (TIP) project proposals for FY2003 provide for improved formal and non-formal educational opportunities for girls; a public awareness campaign targeting urban migrants, media outlets, transport providers and rehabilitation centers; and improvement i [...]	2003-01-06 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG ELAB KPAO EAID NP
03KATHMANDU288	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEB 8-14 [...] No date has been set yet for the start of a formal peace dialogue. Several international organizations are offering help in mediating the process. Maoist leader Prachanda has warned that if the peace talks fail, Nepal would suffer a major catastrophe, while the student wing of the Maoists ha [...]	2003-02-16 03:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU311	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEB 15-21 [...] The Kathmandu press has reported that an informal meeting has been set for February 24 between Government of Nepal (GON) representatives and Maoist negotiators. Krishna Bahadur Mahara and Dinnath Sharma, members of the Maoist negotiating team, reportedly are in the capital to meet with polit [...]	2003-02-21 10:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU322	GARLANDS AND PETITIONS: AMBASSADOR VISITS [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Malinowski visited UNHCR-administered camps in eastern Nepal during the weekend of February 15-16 to assess the situation of the Bhutanese refugees and to monitor the provision of food and other assistance from donor countries including the United States. The high-level [...]	2003-02-24 10:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM EAID NP BT
03KATHMANDU329	USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR NEPAL [...] In CY 02 our Mission engaged with the Government of Nepal (GON),the military, and members of civil society on a variety of fronts to advance the USG human rights agenda. Such programs have addressed needs in areas as diverse as voter education; advocacy in a democracy; trafficking in persons [...]	2003-02-25 11:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID NP
03KATHMANDU351	USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR NEPAL [...] In CY 02 our Mission engaged with the Government of Nepal (GON),the military, and members of civil society on a variety of fronts to advance the USG human rights agenda. Such programs have addressed needs in areas as diverse as voter education; advocacy in a democracy; trafficking in persons [...]	2003-02-27 10:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID NP
03KATHMANDU358	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEB 22-28 [...] Narayan Singh Pun, Minister of Physical Planning and Works and government-appointed peace talks coordinator, said the peace process will take time but can be accomplished without the participation of other political parties if necessary. Pun also said he expects to hold talks with the Maoist [...]	2003-02-28 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU365	NEPAL: THIRD ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Following is Post's submission for the third annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political/Economic Officer Sarah Welborne (tel: 977-1-411-179, fax: 977-1-410-723, e-mail: welbornese@state.gov). 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a co [...]	2003-02-28 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NP
03KATHMANDU471	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 8-14 [...] The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists jointly announced the signing of a code of conduct on March 13. Dinanath Sharma, senior-level Maoist and member of the Maoist negotiating team, arrived in the capital and met with the major leftist political parties. Prime Minister Lokendra Bahad [...]	2003-03-14 11:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU50	NEPAL: MAOISTS KIDNAP CHILDREN FOR MILITARY [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Several GON sources confirmed to the Embassy on January 8 that more than 200 students from four districts in Nepal's far-western region have been abducted from their schools by Maoist insurgents over the past two weeks. Some of the children have been return [...]	2003-01-09 07:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU515	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 15-21 [...] Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand told the local press that peace talks would likely start in April, while Dinanath Sharma, senior-level Maoist leader and member of the Maoist negotiating team, said he was ready to begin talks at any time. Narayan Singh Pun, Minister of Physical Planning [...]	2003-03-21 10:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU563	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 22-28 [...] Progress toward peace talks between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents remains stalled during King Gyanendra's two-week visit to India. In the interim, Maoist and GON representatives are accusing one another of failing to create a "conducive atmosphere" for talks, and violat [...]	2003-03-28 09:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU565	NEPAL'S FOREIGN SECRETARY REPORTS BILATERAL [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya told the Ambassador and DCM on March 28 that the Governments of Nepal and Bhutan have reached agreement on a formula for the repatriation or resettlement of an initial tranche of 12,000 Bhutanese refugees living in eastern Nepal. Under the agreement, [...]	2003-03-28 10:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM NP BT
03KATHMANDU57	NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, JAN 4-10 [...] Interpol has issued five more warrants for Maoists, bringing the total to sixteen. The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists still have not agreed on a date for peace talks, but the GON announced a plan aimed at rehabilitating Maoists. The insurgency, meanwhile, has created a demand for [...]	2003-01-10 10:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU623	NEPAL: CEASEFIRE SEES INCREASE IN TORTURE CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: PolOff and USAID Mission's Deputy Director of Special Programs Office met with the program director of the USAID-supported Center for Victims of Torture (CVICT) in Biratnagar, Morang District, on March 27-28 to discuss the center's operation since the January 29 cease fire between [...]	2003-04-04 12:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID SOCI PGOV PTER NP
03KATHMANDU624	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 29-APRIL [...] Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand has said that progress is being achieved peace talks have still not begun between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists since the arrival in Kathmandu a week ago of the Maoist negotiating team. After being underground for seven years, members of [...]	2003-04-04 12:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU647	NEPAL: BHUTANESE REFUGEE CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) On April 8 a delegation of Bhutanese refugees from eastern Nepal met with poloff to raise a number of concerns about ongoing discussions between the Governments of Nepal and Bhutan regarding the refugees' categorization and possible repatriation to Bhutan. Among such concerns are whethe [...]	2003-04-08 11:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV NP BT
03KATHMANDU715	NEPAL: 21 TIBETANS DETAINED ON IMMIGRATION CHARGES [...] (C) Summary: Twenty-one Tibetan refugees, including eleven minors, were detained by Nepal's Department of Immigration (DOI) on April 15. In an apparent toughening of rhetoric, the Home Secretary was "quite adamant" in an April 17 meeting with Office of Tibet Representative Wangchuk Tsering t [...]	2003-04-21 06:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM NP CH
03KATHMANDU753	NEPAL: CHINESE AMBASSADOR PRESSURES GON TO ARREST [...] (C) At an April 25 meeting with Home Secretary Tikka Datta Niraula, Ambassador Malinowski raised the issue of twenty-one Tibetans, including eleven minors, recently arrested on immigration charges (reftel). The Ambassador encouraged the Government of Nepal (GON) to release the detainees into [...]	2003-04-25 09:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF NP CH
03KATHMANDU853	NEPAL: KILLERS OF TWO MAOIST STUDENTS REMAIN [...] (SBU) Although the Maoist-affiliated student union continues to blame the security forces for the killings of two of its members in April, most human rights groups and mainstream politicians from the area believe that the pair were likely murdered by others in the insurgents' student wing. [...]	2003-05-08 10:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER PGOV NP
03KATHMANDU87	NEPAL: ARMY FACES CRITICISM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) The Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has come under fire recently from a variety of sources, both local and international, for human rights abuses committed while fighting Nepal's bloody six-year-old Maoist insurgency. Most disturbing, according to some sources, is the pattern of apparent impun [...]	2003-01-17 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MCAP MOPS NP
03KATHMANDU89	NEPAL: UPDATE ON MAOIST ACTIVITIES, JAN 11-17 [...] Progress toward Government-Maoist peace talks reportedly is at a standstill. The Government of Nepal announced the creation of a 20,000-man task force to combat the insurgency. The GON responded to criticism over food distribution programs and human rights abuses. Human Rights Watch releas [...]	2003-01-17 10:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CASC PGOV NP IN
03KATHMANDU91	THREE MORE TIBETANS JAILED IN NEPAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Nepali Immigration Courts have sentenced three Tibetans to three years' imprisonment for failure to pay fines and visa fees resulting from their illegal presence in Nepal. UNHCR and the Office of Tibet have objected to the sentences, saying that the three Tibetans were on their [...]	2003-01-17 11:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM NP
03KATHMANDU984	CHINESE PRESSURE NEPAL TO DEPORT TIBETANS [...] (C) Summary: On May 29 Office of Tibet Representative in Kathmandu Wangchuk Tsering reported that the Department of Immigration was preparing to hand over to representatives of the Chinese Embassy 18 Tibetans detained for immigration violations. The Government of Nepal (GON) has also asked [...]	2003-05-29 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL NP CH
03KINSHASA61	VERDICT IN LAURENT KABILA ASSASSINATION TRIAL [...] (U) ON DECEMBER 7, JUDGES FOR THE HIGHEST DRC MILITARY COURT HANDED DOWN THEIR VERDICT IN TRIAL OF PERSONS ACCUSED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT LAURENT KABILA. OF THE 130 PERSONS ON TRIAL: -- 30 WERE GIVEN THE DEATH PENALTY (SIX OF WHOM FLED THE COUNTRY IN 2000 A [...]	2003-01-08 16:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CG
03KUWAIT104	(C) HUMANITARIAN PLANNING ON IRAQ [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: This message summarizes the current state of planning in Kuwait for humanitarian aspects of Iraq contingency. Most of this information has been reported previously in greater detail. Coordination is ongoing among the Embassy, US military, GOK, Kuwait Red Cresc [...]	2003-01-14 07:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF MOPS MARR PHUM PREL EAID IZ KU ICRC
03KUWAIT1166	TFIZ01: DART ABUSE PREVENTION UNIT [...] The DART Abuse Prevention Unit has been activated to identify, monitor, prevent, and respond to human rights abuses and protection issues in Iraq. Since arriving in Kuwait, the APU has briefed military units, NGOs, ORHA, and the USAID Reconstruction Team on the importance of reporting on rep [...]	2003-03-30 15:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF MOPS PREL IZ
03KUWAIT1283	(C) SCENESETTER FOR GOK MINSTATE'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOK Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Acting Minister of Finance and Planning, Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah, leaves Kuwait April 6 on a whirlwind tour to Beijing, Moscow, Paris, London, Washington, and New York. To governments that opposed Operation Iraqi [...]	2003-04-07 06:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PINR IZ KU
03KUWAIT1337	(C) TFIZ01: GCC TO MEET 4/15 ON AID TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GCC Foreign Ministers meeting in Kuwait April 7 expressed support for the security of Kuwait, and affirmed the organization's readiness to provide humanitarian aid to Iraq. The Ministers decided that the GCC will discuss the subject of aid to Iraq in Riyadh on April 15, appa [...]	2003-04-09 17:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF EAID IZ
03KUWAIT1927	(C) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: SOURCE COUNTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reftels reported on GOK's efforts to address the issue of trafficking in persons, an issue on which it is increasingly engaged. This message provides an update on GOK initiatives as well as a snapshot of opinions of source country embassies in Kuwait voiced during a May 7 lunc [...]	2003-05-08 11:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI KU
03KUWAIT2008	DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT PROPOSAL FOR GENDER [...] Embassy Kuwait requests an NEA Democracy Small Grant of $25,000 to sponsor a gender-budgeting study to be carried out by the Kuwait Economic Society. ----------- THE PROBLEM ----------- 2. Women, who do not have the right to vote, have little opportunity to influence policy in Kuwait, [...]	2003-05-13 09:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PGOV KDEM KPAO KU
03KUWAIT2293	(C) GOK PUSH TO AMEND PRESS LAW: CAUSE FOR CONCERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK is making a strong push to gain passage of a new press law before the National Assembly session ends June 10. The bill contains a number of provisions that would restrict current press freedoms. Ruling-family politics appear to be a factor in this latest push to amend [...]	2003-05-28 14:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KU
03KUWAIT2788	DART TEAM WEST WAVE I FINAL REPORT: 14 JUNE [...] From 26 April to 13 June, DART Team West traveled thousands of miles in Iraq, conducting assessments, liaising with local Coalition forces and Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) personnel, identifying and funding emergency and community activities, facilitating humanitarian assistance, an [...]	2003-06-23 15:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PHUM IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2949	(U) MEPI 03-04: COUNTRY STRATEGY FOR KUWAIT [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the opportunity to present this MEPI country strategy for Kuwait. As we consider how best to engage on these issues, particularly on sensitive issues such as political reform and education (where the U.S. has already been unjustly accused of inappropriate interference),[...]	2003-07-03 06:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD KPAO KU PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI
03KUWAIT3360	NO BELARUS VISIT FOR KUWAITI SPORTS MINISTER [...] (C) Per Ref. A, the Ambassador briefed FonMin U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah on the background of Belarusian Sports Minister Yuri Sivakov during their July 27 meeting (other topics septel). 2. (C) Al-Jarallah said he could not confirm that Sivakov had extended any invitation to Sheikh Fahd Al-Jaber [...]	2003-07-27 15:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KU BO
03KUWAIT3534	(C) MINISTER SHARAR URGES ACTION ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and National Assembly Affairs Sharar told the Ambassador August 2 that Kuwaitis look to the US to ensure due process for Guantanamo detainees (which include 12 Kuwaitis). They discussed the GOK's prospects for cooperation with the newly-ele [...]	2003-08-04 08:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KU
03KUWAIT3536	(C) POLITICAL ISLAM WORKING GROUP: KUWAIT SNAPSHOT [...] (C) This cable responds to reftel request for "brief thumbnail descriptions" of Kuwait's "most influential or prominent Islamist political parties, NGO's, individuals or university campus activist groups." Formal political parties are not permitted in Kuwait, but de facto parties exist, and [...]	2003-08-04 10:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PHUM PGOV KU
03KUWAIT3556	GOK CLAIMS INTENT TO EXPAND SUFFRAGE, WELCOMES [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, the Ambassador met with the new government's Minister of Justice, Ahmed Baquer Al-Abdullah, who gave him a readout on some of the governments upcoming plans. Among the specific items discussed were the GOK's commitment to womens suffrage, the possible lowering of the [...]	2003-08-04 13:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR PHUM KU
03KUWAIT3605	ISLAMIST COMMENTATORS TAKE AIM AT EMBASSY [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-06 10:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PHUM KU
03KUWAIT3623	(C) SHAYKH SABAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This message is intended to assist preparations for Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah's visit to Washington, where he is due to meet with President Bush on September 10. We recommend that he be invited to meet (separately) with the Secretaries of State [...]	2003-08-07 11:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PTER EFIN EAID KDEM PHUM PINR KU OVIP
03KUWAIT3950	(U) "SCIENTIFIC SALAFIS" PRESS FOR BIDOON RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hardline Islamists are spearheading a push to resolve the status of the Bidoon, stateless persons resident in Kuwait who number in the tens of thousands. This appears to be an attempt by the so-called Scientific Salafis to portray themselves as principled, compassionate defender [...]	2003-08-26 12:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL PINR KU
03KUWAIT408	POW FAMILIES APPEAL TO POTUS [...] The Ambassador met January 28 with a group of family-members of Kuwaiti POWs/missing persons, who handed him a letter in Arabic addressed to POTUS appealing that consideration be given to protecting Kuwaiti detainees in Iraq during a confrontation The Ambassador assured the group that the U. [...]	2003-02-02 04:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PHUM PREL MARR KU
03KUWAIT4613	(C) SPEAKER KHORAFI PREDICTS INCREMENTAL PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Assembly Speaker Jassem al-Khorafi told the Ambassador October 6 the Government should be able to muster a majority in the Assembly, but it will only become clear after parliament reconvenes later this month whether the Assembly (elected in July) will be more or less co [...]	2003-10-08 05:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KISL ETRD PINR KU
03KUWAIT4661	(C) AMBASSADOR TALKS HUMAN RIGHTS WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador used his October 8 introductory call on the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor to make him aware of the annual Human Rights Report (HRR) and Trafficking In Persons Report (TIPR). Minister Feisal al-Hajji personally arranged for a poc in his Ministry for us to f [...]	2003-10-13 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ETTC ELAB PHUM PINR KU
03KUWAIT4746	(C) CLONING: KUWAIT TO SUPPORT, NOT CO-SPONSOR [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director of International Organization Affairs Amb. Aqeel Behbehani told Pol Chief October 18 that Kuwait would vote for the Costa Rican UNGA resolution calling for a total ban on all human cloning, and would urge other Arab states to do likewise. When pressed, he said Kuwait [...]	2003-10-18 12:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TBIO KU KSCI UNGA
03KUWAIT5163	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH FIRST [...] (C) As one of a series of meetings with senior GOK officials prior to his departure for temporary duty in Iraq, Ambassador met with First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah November 10. The Ambassador congratulated Sheikh Nawaf on being officially named [...]	2003-11-12 07:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KU
03KUWAIT5185	KUWAIT SEEKS FUNDING FOR TWO POTENTIAL TIP [...] The GOK is taking positive steps to improve the TIP situation in Kuwait. However, some GOK officials and other local groups lack awareness of TIP issues and the capacity to implement needed legal, institutional, and other changes to increase protections for trafficking victims. The TIP issue [...]	2003-11-12 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KU
03KUWAIT5202	NGO'S IN KUWAIT: NEARLY GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-16 06:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KU
03KUWAIT5341	(C) DEMARCHE ON TURKMENISTAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Acting DCM made reftel demarche November 22 on MFA Deputy Director of International Organizations Department, Amb. Aqeel Behbehani, along with Italian DCM representing the EU Presidency. The Italian's demarche did not include the specific concerns about the new laws on Public Associations [...]	2003-11-22 11:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TX UNGA
03KUWAIT5343	(C) SHAYKH SABAH'S AMBITIOUS AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister and former GCC Secretary General Abdullah Bishara on November 19. Amongst other topics (septel),Bishara described an ambitious agenda Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed hopes to implement in the near-term. End Summary. 2 [...]	2003-11-22 11:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PHUM KWMN KU
03KUWAIT5561	(C) MAID IN KUWAIT: DOMESTIC SERVANTS FACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The estimated half-million or so domestic servants in Kuwait lack a well-developed system to protect their rights, monitor working conditions, and resolve labor disputes. Source country embassies have filled the void and assist runaway domestics on an ad hoc basis, navigating thr [...]	2003-12-09 14:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KWMN SOCI KU
03KUWAIT5735	REVISED DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT PROPOSAL FOR GENDER [...] This is a revised request of Reftel B from Embassy Kuwait for an NEA Democracy Small Grant to sponsor a gender-budgeting study to be carried out by the Kuwait Economic Society (KES). The revised funding request for this grant is $34,350.00 (see para 9). The KES has requested a specific outside [...]	2003-12-17 15:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PGOV KDEM KPAO KMPI KU
03LAGOS1866	NIGERIA: WARRI: A PAUSE IN THE VIOLENCE? [...] (SBU) There has been no serious violence reported in Warri for almost two weeks, other than what has been described as an inter-factional "skirmish" over the weekend of August 30 in the settlement of Ugbomro lying between Warri and Effurun. Military patrols sent to restore peace found the body [...]	2003-09-05 12:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS EPET PGOV ASEC PHUM NI
03LAGOS1940	NIGERIA: MILITARY BUILD-UP KEEPS WARRI QUIET [...] (SBU) The town of Warri has remained mostly calm over the last two weeks as the Nigerian military and mobile police (known as MOPOL) continue to build a presence in the area. Over the weekend of September 6th, oil service contractors in Warri and a Shell spokesperson told Econoff that in reacti [...]	2003-09-16 12:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS EPET PGOV ASEC PHUM NI
03LAGOS2045	THE SEX TRADE TO THE US AND EUROPE: MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF met with Gerrit Van Hemert, Deputy Head of Mission for the Netherlands Consulate General in Lagos on 17 September to discuss patterns of trafficking of women for the sex trade to Europe. Van Hemert, who has studied the subject for three years, laid out a pattern of traffick [...]	2003-10-02 10:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SMIG SOCI SNAR CVIS NI
03LAGOS2058	NLC PLANS TO BOYCOTT ALL AFRICA GAMES AS PART OF A [...] (U) On October 1, gas stations throughout the nation increased their prices from 34 naira per liter to 39.5 naira in Lagos and Abuja and as much as 60 naira per liter in several states in the east. While the majority of gas stations have raised prices (a handful of Nigerian National Petroleum [...]	2003-10-03 15:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM NI PGOV PHUM
03LAGOS2069	Strike Begins Thursday, October 9 [...] Following its emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Ibadan on Saturday, October 4, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) announced a nationwide strike to begin at midnight on Thursday, October 9. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole said the Thursday start date allows labor leaders and [...]	2003-10-06 16:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM NI PGOV PHUM
03LAGOS2081	LASCO: NEW STRIKE, NEW PLANNING: NOT A REPEAT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Chima Ubani, Executive Director of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO),told us that labor and civil society leaders meeting on October 4 and 6 decided to begin a two-week general strike on Thursday, October 9. Demonstrations will be held on Thursday in Lagos, Abuja and Kano, [...]	2003-10-09 05:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EPET PHUM SOCI NI
03LAGOS2193	NIGERIA: WARRI UPDATE 10/24/03 - ITSEKIRI WANT TO [...] (C) Summary. After more than a month of peace, clashes between ethnic groups in the Niger Delta appear on the rise, although less deadly than generally reported in the media. We have received reports of attacks and counter-attacks at multiple locations since Sunday, October 19. Chevron securit [...]	2003-10-24 09:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PINR PINS PHUM ASEC NI
03LAGOS2200	NIGERIA: TALK OF "MASS PROTESTS" ON FUEL [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-24 16:18:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM SOCI NI XY
03LAGOS2330	OBASANJO, OIL MARKETERS WIN OVER LABOR AND CIVIL [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-10 18:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM SOCI NI XY
03LAGOS2363	OBASANJO SHOULD RESIGN CLAIMS CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil society organizations continue to agitate on the national scene in an attempt to realize public policy and institutional reform, but have yet to produce real movement in that direction. Calls for protest against the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) [...]	2003-11-17 15:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NI XY
03LAGOS2387	FOUR WORN AND UNDER-UTILIZED REFINERIES FOR SALE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has set November 14 as the deadline for investors to submit expressions of interest to be core investors (51 percent) in the country's four refineries. Major U.S. oil companies tell us they are not interested. Labor is taking a cautiona [...]	2003-11-20 14:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ELAB PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI NI
03LAGOS2434	EXPAT OIL WORKERS KIDNAPPED IN NIGER DELTA -- MORE [...] (SBU) On Thursday, November 27, seven expatriates were kidnapped in Nigeria's Niger Delta region. One has escaped or has been released. No American citizens appear to be involved. 2. (CO) The seven expatriate employees of the Canadian pipe-coating company Bredero Shaw were kidnapped off [...]	2003-11-28 15:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET PGOV PINR PHUM EINV NI
03LAGOS2464	CIVIL SOCIETY HOLDS RALLY AGAINST CHOGM AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The United Action for Democracy (UAD) held a rally in the Yaba district of Lagos on December 3 to protest President Obasanjo's policies and governance, as well as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) taking place December 5-8 in Abuja. Mobile Police (MOPOL) ar [...]	2003-12-05 18:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI XY NI
03LAGOS2493	ETHNIC CLASHES ON THE BENIN RIVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Friday, December 5, Itsekiri militants attacked Ijaws in boats and in villages on the Benin River, north of Warri. There are reports of houses burned and 19 persons killed. Nigerian military forces reacted quickly, and although some related skirmishes were reported on Satur [...]	2003-12-09 16:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET PGOV PHUM PINR EINV NI
03LAGOS2535	A PEACE FORUM FOR WARRING PEOPLE OF WARRI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Lagos officers observed the initial meeting of the Warri Forum on Peace, Security, and Human Rights organized by USG grantee Academic Associates PeaceWorks (AAPW) November 18-20 in the Delta State capital of Asaba (reftel). Partially funded through USAID and DRL, the me [...]	2003-12-16 10:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS EPET PINR MCAP SOCI NI
03LAGOS2606	NIGERIA: WHEN DOVES FIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POLOFF and Economic Counselor met on December 1 with Femi Falana, former president of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) and well-known international human rights lawyer, to discuss the internal battle for power within the CDHR. CDHR executives have accused Fa [...]	2003-12-19 11:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR NI
03LAGOS563	NIGERIA: SOUTH TENSE AS POLITICAL VIOLENCE RISES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Southern civic and media groups have diverse views of the coming elections, ranging from optimistic anticipation of leadership change to fear of ruthless power tactics. Some analysts predict "bloody" elections in Kwara and the South-South states, but relative calm in Lagos and [...]	2003-03-17 11:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM NI
03LAGOS624	NIGERIA: ESCRAVOS UPDATE - CRISIS WORSENS [...] (SBU) Proprietary information please hold closely. 2. (SBU) Summary. The situation at ChevronTexaco's Escravos compound has deteriorated markedly since the March 20 arrival of government troops to quell the confrontation between Ijaw and Itsikiri villagers over local political pow [...]	2003-03-24 06:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV PHUM NI
03LAGOS630	NIGERIA: ETHNIC POLITICS AND NIGER DELTA CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The violent Ijaw confrontations of the Itsekiri in the oil-rich Escravos area result from their fierce political competition to control the South-west Warri Local Government. The chairmanship of this local government is seen as a lynchpin to the Ijaw's economic survival. If [...]	2003-03-24 16:27:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC EPET ENRG PINS PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
03LAGOS631	NIGERIA: TOTALFINAELF SUSPENDS OPERATIONS AT FOUR [...] (C) Summary. TotalFinaElf (TFE) has become the latest victim of the strife between the Ijaws and Itsekiris in the Niger Delta. TFE has withdrawn its employees from four fields and ceased production there. The Ijaws, in an effort to ensure that their complaints are heard, now threaten to destr [...]	2003-03-24 18:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET CASC PINS ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM NI
03LAGOS637	NIGERIA: A CONVERSATION WITH ONE IJAW [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 18:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PINS ASEC PGOV PARM PHUM NI
03LAGOS736	NIGERIA: WARRI CRISIS - AN ITSEKIRI LEADER'S [...] Summary: On April 5 EconOff met Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor, an Itsekiri leader and a princess of the Warri Kingdom. Chief Ogebebor is one of 6 Itsekiri leaders preparing for an April 7 meeting with President Obasanjo and their Ijaw and Urhobo counterparts. They will try to resolve the continuin [...]	2003-04-07 13:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EPET ECON PINS PGOV PHUM PREF NI
03LAGOS739	NIGERIA: AN IJAW'S VIEW OF THE IJAW-ITSEKIRI [...] Summary: On April 6, EconOff heard the Ijaws' side of the story regarding their longstanding conflict with the Itsekiris, the subject of reftel. The Ijaws argue that they have a legitimate claim to the land in and about Warri. Our Ijaw interlocutor, who acted as if he spoke for the Ijaws co [...]	2003-04-07 16:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EPET ECON PINS PGOV PARM PHUM PREF SMIG NI
03LAGOS813	NIGERIA: SOUTHWEST POLITICS UPENDED AS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The April 19 gubernatorial and presidential election will be a remarkable test of incumbent power-players and ethnic politics in the Southwest. After stunning defeats in the National Assembly elections on April 12, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) is fighting for its political l [...]	2003-04-18 08:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KDEM ASEC CASC ECON NI
03LAGOS886	NIGERIA: SOUTH-SOUTH ELECTION LOSERS PLAY WAITING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In Nigeria's South-south, all six of the incumbent governors of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) had their reelection confirmed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the April 19 election. The degree of election tampering varied starkly across [...]	2003-04-28 12:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ASEC SOCI NI
03MBABANE147	THE JET SAGA: IS AN END IN SIGHT? [...] SUMMARY: A SELECT COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENT HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE PRIME MINISTER AND THREE OTHER CABINET MINISTERS ACTED ILLEGALLY IN CONTRACTING TO PURCHASE A PRIVATE JET FOR KING MSWATI III AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $72 MILLION USD. THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIR AND ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER TOLD TH [...]	2003-03-20 06:20:00	Embassy Mbabane	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM AGOA WZ
03MONTREAL266	TRAFFICKING VIOLATIONS: SEX AND SMUGGLING IN QUEBEC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MONTREAL, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS "THE PARIS OF THE WEST," HAS ALSO DEVELOPED A REPUTATION IN THE SEX-TOURISM INDUSTRY AS "THE BANGKOK OF THE WEST." NOT SURPRISINGLY, MOST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN QUEBEC PROVINCE INVOLVES WOMEN WHO ARE TRAFFICKED INTO THE SEX TRADE. IN FEBRUA [...]	2003-02-27 15:01:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB SMIG PREF PHUM
03MONTREAL999	YOUTH GROUP VISITS CONSULATE ON PLIGHT OF AFRO- [...] Summary. Two leaders of Black Youth in Action (BYIA),a Montreal NGO, paid a visit to the Consul General (CG) on Monday, July 21. The purpose of the visit was to deliver a letter describing the displacement of the Afro-Colombian population in Colombia and to request the names of African- A [...]	2003-07-30 13:47:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI PREF CA CO
03NASSAU2321	CHALLENGES OF ILLEGAL MIGRATION; CAN THE BAHAMAS [...] (C) Nancy Iris, Deputy Director for the Bureau of Population, Refugee and Migration (PRM) visited Nassau from October 13 - October 17, 2003. The Political Officer and Ms. Iris attended meetings with various government officials, members from NGOs, and toured the migrant detention center in [...]	2003-11-24 16:22:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM SMIG BF
03NASSAU577	BAHAMAS - THRID ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] The Bahamas, although rife with alien and drug smuggling, has no indications of being a country of origin, transit, or destination for international trafficking in men, women, or children. Post discussed this issue with governmental sources including the Foreign Ministry, The Department of [...]	2003-03-17 21:52:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BF
03OTTAWA1018	CANADA-CUBA: FOREIGN MINISTER STRONGLY PROTESTS [...] (C) On April 7, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Bill Graham called in Cuba's ambassador to Canada to formally protest the recent arrests and trials of Cuban opposition members. According to Louise Branch, DFAIT's Deputy Director for Central America and Cuba, who was present at the meeting [...]	2003-04-09 13:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU CA UNCHR

03OTTAWA1021	DONOR SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO, ESPECIALLY RETURNS [...] Canada's International Development Agency (CIDA) confirmed April 9 that Canada has committed C$5.4 million to Kosovo for calendar year 2003. (The Canadian dollar is worth about 68 US cents.) They do not, at this point, specifically support the Office of Returns and Communities, but will provi [...]	2003-04-09 16:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID PREF YI CA CIDA AID
03OTTAWA1026	CANADA: RESPONDING TO IRAQ HUMANITARIAN APPEALS, [...] (C) We delivered ref A talking points on April 7 to Norman Macdonnell, Chief of Operations for International Humanitarian Assistance at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). On April 8, poloff met with Mcdonnell, Louise Marchand, CIDA's Director General for International Assist [...]	2003-04-10 12:09:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF IZ CA CIDA AID
03OTTAWA1109	CANADA SUPPORTS COSTA RICAN AMENDMENT TO CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-16 20:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CU CA UNHRC
03OTTAWA1118	CANADA TO PRESS BHUTAN ON NEGOTIATIONS, [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-17 21:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF BT NP CA
03OTTAWA1120	CANADA: NO IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS PLANNED [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-17 21:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM IZ CA CIDA
03OTTAWA1124	JUDGE TO LEAD CANADA'S DELEGATION TO OSCE [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-22 12:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CA OSCE
03OTTAWA1129	CANADA SUPPORTS OAS CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-22 17:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV HA CA OAS
03OTTAWA1238	CANADA CONTINUING TO RESPOND TO IRAQ HUMANITARIAN [...] (U) Poloff conveyed the points contained ref A on humanitarian assistance and reconstruction of Iraq to Louise Marchand, Director General for Humanitarian Assistance at the Canadian International Development Agency, and Norman Macdonnell, CIDA's Chief of Operations for International Humanitari [...]	2003-05-01 21:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF IZ CA AID
03OTTAWA1376	CANADA MAKING ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO [...] (C) Don Sinclair, Director General of DFAIT,s Middle East and North Africa Bureau, gave us a heads-up on May 14 that the government of Canada will announce shortly an additional contribution of C$200 million (approximately U.S.$140 million) for humanitarian relief needs and reconstruction in I [...]	2003-05-14 16:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF IZ CA
03OTTAWA1464	CANADA: STATUS OF INSTRUMENTS FOR CHILD PROTECTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-22 20:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CA
03OTTAWA1466	CANADA NOT READY TO COMMIT TO U.S. CANDIDATES [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-22 20:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KJUS CA OAS
03OTTAWA1480	CANADA - 2003 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT [...] Sensitive but Unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. The following constitutes Ottawa's submission for the 2003 International Religious Freedom Report. Introduction and Overview No changes. Section I: Religious Demography Paragraph that begins "There is no state or dominant [...]	2003-05-23 21:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF CA
03OTTAWA1537	OAS ELECTIONS: CANADA TO SUPPORT TWO U.S CANDIDATES [...] (U) On May 23, Post delivered talking points contained ref A to Bertrand-Xavier Asselin, Desk Officer for Hemispheric and OAS Relations in DFAIT,s Inter-American Division. Asselin indicated that Canada has decided to support the candidacy of Douglass Cassel for re-election to the Justice Studi [...]	2003-05-29 20:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KJUS CA OAS
03OTTAWA1538	CANADA: SUPPORT FOR REFUGEE/IDP RETURNS TO KOSOVO [...] (U) Post delivered points contained ref A to Claudie Senay, Policy Advisor for Humanitarian Affairs in DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division, on May 19. 2. (U) In a follow-up discussion May 29, Senay said that Canada recognizes the importance [...]	2003-05-29 20:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID PREF YI CA UNMIK
03OTTAWA1542	CANADA SHARES U.S. VIEW ON ELECTION PROCESS IN [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-30 13:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM CB CA
03OTTAWA1801	CANADA INTERESTED IN U.S. INITIATIVES FOR UNGA 58 [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-25 19:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREL CA UNGA
03OTTAWA2109	CANADA RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM IRAN OVER [...] (U) Foreign Minister Graham announced on July 23 that Canada is recalling its Ambassador to Iran after Iran proceeded to bury photojournalist Zahra Kazemi rather than return her body to Canada. Kazemi's son in Montreal had called for the body to be returned to Canada, and Graham said that Kaz [...]	2003-07-23 20:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IR CA
03OTTAWA2121	CANADIAN RESPONSE TO UNGA INITIATIVES-PART II [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian response to U.S. priority initiatives for the UNGA 58 (ref A) was largely supportive. The GOC, however, hoped the U.S. would show more flexibility on the issue of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The GOC was also uncertain about its stance on a human right [...]	2003-07-24 19:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CA UNGA AROC UNAUS
03OTTAWA2138	INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT FOR CANADA [...] Sensitive but Unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The following constitutes Ottawa's submission for the 2003 International Religious Freedom Report. Introduction and Overview -- No changes. Section I: Religious Demography Paragraph that begins "There is no state or do [...]	2003-07-28 18:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF CA
03OTTAWA2181	FORCES FOR LIBERIA: CANADA WOULD LIKE TO HELP, [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-31 21:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	CD LI ML MR NG PGOV PHUM PREL XY CA UNSC
03OTTAWA2255	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: CANADA CONTINUES TO PRESS FOR [...] (C) Post shared points contained reftel with Elissa Golberg, DFAIT's Acting Deputy Director for Humanitarian Affairs, on August 7. Golberg said Canada agrees that pressure should continue on both Bhutan and Nepal to agree to a durable solution for the Bhutanese refugees. Canada is going to con [...]	2003-08-08 17:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	BT NP PHUM PREF PREL CA UNHCR
03OTTAWA2332	MASS GRAVES PROJECT IN IRAQ: CANADA PLANS TO ASSIST [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-11 13:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID KCRM IZ CA
03OTTAWA2355	IRAN: CANADA WOULD SUPPORT IAEA NON-COMPLIANCE [...] (C) Canada's Foreign Ministry (DFAIT) informed us on August 15 that should the USG decide to press for a resolution of non-compliance at the September IAEA Board of Governors meeting, Canada will "fully and actively" support us. Foreign Minister Graham has written to IAEA DG El Baradei, urgin [...]	2003-08-18 21:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	KNNP PHUM IR CA IAEA
03OTTAWA2454	HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA: CANADA TAKING LONG-TERM VIEW [...] (C) Post delivered points contained reftel on August 26 to Adrian Norfolk, Acting Director of DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division. Norfolk said that Canada takes a long-term view towards the human rights situation in China. While Canada does n [...]	2003-08-27 20:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CA UNHRC
03OTTAWA310	CANADA CONSIDERING CONTINGENCY RELIEF PLANNING [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-30 18:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF IZ PREL CIDA
03OTTAWA418	REFUGEE SITUATION IN NEPAL: CANADA SHARES CONCERN [...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche February 10 to Elissa Golberg, Policy Advisor for Humanitarian Affairs in DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division. She stated that Canada shares our concern over the lack of progress in solving the refugee situati [...]	2003-02-11 21:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM BT NP CA
03OTTAWA576	CANADA SUPPORTS OSCE PARTNER STATUS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) On March 28, Political Counselor discussed reftel's proposal for OSCE Partner Status for Afghanistan with Lisa Helfand at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). 2. (SBU) Helfand, who is Deputy Director of DFAIT's Division for Defense and Security Relations, s [...]	2003-02-28 21:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL OSCE
03OTTAWA577	CANADA - 2002 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-28 21:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CA
03OTTAWA708	CANADA'S PRIORITIES: 59TH COMMISSION ON HUMAN [...] (C) Embassy delivered the talking points contained reftel to Adrian Norfolk, Deputy Director for Human Rights in DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division, on March 12. Norfolk stated that Canada's overall objective for CHR-59 is restoration of CHR [...]	2003-03-14 17:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CA UNHRC
03OTTAWA825	CANADA OPPOSES CHR SPECIAL SITTING [...] (C) POL/MC spoke on March 21 with Susan Gregson, Director of DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division, concerning efforts to place a special sitting on Iraq on the CHR59 agenda. Gregson assured us Canada does not believe a special sitting on Iraq [...]	2003-03-21 21:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM AORC CA UNHCR
03OTTAWA897	CANADIAN AMBASSADOR TO RAISE OPPOSITION ARRESTS IN [...] (C) Post delivered ref A talking points to Kimberly Cowan, Cuba desk officer in DFAIT's Latin America and Caribbean Bureau, on March 24. In a follow-up discussion March 27, Cowan advised poloff that Canada is responding as follows to the arrests of the opposition members. First, Canada has exp [...]	2003-03-27 17:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU CA UNHCR
03OTTAWA916	UNCHR-59- CANADA WANTS STRONG SUDAN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-28 21:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SU CA UNCHR
03OTTAWA947	CLONING AND STEM CELL BILL PROGRESSING WELL [...] Bill C-13, "An Act Respecting Assisted Human Reproduction," was introduced into the Canadian House of Commons on October 9, 2002. If enacted, it would ban human cloning for both reproductive and research/therapeutic purposes. The legislation, itself a clone of Bill C-56 (Ref A),which died w [...]	2003-04-02 17:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PHUM TSPL SOCI KSCA CA
03OTTAWA964	CANADA TO CO-SPONSOR CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-03 21:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL CU CA UNCHR
03PARTO17	(U) SECRETARY POWELL'S DECEMBER 2, 2003 MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-04 03:26:00	US Delegation, Secretary	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TS
03PHNOMPENH922	CAMBODIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS RELEASE OF [...] (C) DURING A JUNE 4 MEETING ON THE CAMBODIAN ELECTIONS AND COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION (SEPTEL),THE AMBASSADOR ASKED FOREIGN MINISTER HOR NAMHONG TO WEIGH IN WITH THE SPDC TO OBTAIN THE RELEASE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI. OBSERVING THAT THE DETENTION OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI ADVERSELY AFFECTED THE RE [...]	2003-06-04 09:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM CB
03PRISTINA177	AAK ADAMANT ON INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A FEBRUARY 6 MEETING MARKED BY FRANK EXCHANGES, COM TOLD AAK PRESIDENT HARADINAJ THAT HIS PARTY'S DRAFT DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS AN UNWELCOME AND POTENTIALLY DESTABILIZING DIVERSION THAT LEAVES THE REAL BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT SADLY NEGLECTED. COM ASKED HARADINAJ TO CON [...]	2003-02-06 17:18:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NATO YI
03RANGOON1025	BURMA: PEOPLE'S MILITIA TO THE RESCUE? [...] (C) According to local military and civilian contacts, the ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) has ordered the formation of a "People's Militia" ("Pyi-thu-sit" in Burmese) in the administrative division of Rangoon. Military commanders allegedly issued written instructions orderin [...]	2003-08-25 10:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PHUM BM
03RANGOON1134	BURMA: NEW ARRESTS ON CAMPUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has received information that Rangoon police arrested seven university students on July 14 for attempting to reopen the Rangoon University Student Union and are holding them in Insein prison The Junta's repressive actions at the smallest signs of student political activity [...]	2003-09-16 07:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS BM
03RANGOON1183	BURMA: REGIME STEPS UP MILITIA TRAINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The SPDC is moving forward with its country-wide militia training program, particularly in the capital city of Rangoon (reftel). In early September, ward-level Peace and Development Council bosses in Rangoon began the process of ordering individual families to provide one perso [...]	2003-09-23 07:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PHUM BM
03RANGOON1259	RAZALI'S RANGOON MEETINGS DISAPPOINT [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Razali departed Rangoon on October 2nd, calling his trip a "total failure." Though he did not achieve any tangible results, his visit was important in assessing the degree of open mindedness on all sides for the SPDC's recently announced "road map to democracy." [...]	2003-10-02 13:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM BM
03RANGOON1314	LATEST ARRESTS INDICATE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR DISSENT [...] (C) Summary: The SPDC recently arrested a former U.S. Embassy FSN and seven university students for distributing pamphlets deemed critical of the regime's "roadmap for democracy." Additional arrests of NLD supporters indicate a continued low tolerance for dissent, and the regime was likely e [...]	2003-10-20 09:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM
03RANGOON1361	RELIGIOUS/ETHNIC TENSIONS SPREAD TO RANGOON [...] (C) Summary: For the past four nights, October 25-28, and coinciding with the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, Rangoon has experienced low-scale religious violence between Muslims and Buddhists that originally flared up in mid-October in upper Burma. The motives for these attacks, their i [...]	2003-10-29 10:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS SCUL PGOV KISL BM
03RANGOON1364	A RANGOON HIV/AIDS CLINIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: This NGO clinic, in a government-developed slum, provides organized health care despite primitive conditions, thanks to the education and dedication of the doctor and the support of MSF-Holland. It provides a glimpse of the terrible health conditions faced by the vast majority o [...]	2003-10-29 14:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM ECON BM NGO
03RANGOON1410	BURMA: PINHEIRO FRUSTRATED, BUT DETERMINED TO [...] (C) Summary: U.N. human rights envoy Pinheiro has kicked off an ambitious week in Burma during which he hopes to secure: the release of ASSK and all NLD members detained since the May 30 attack; an agreement to conduct an assessment of the attack; the reopening of political party offices; amne [...]	2003-11-04 08:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV BM
03RANGOON1423	EVEN THE DEAD ARE OPPRESSED [...] SUMMARY: The Burmese junta on November 1 ordered the demolition of a large Christian cemetery in a Karen neighborhood of Rangoon. Graves not exhumed by family members of the deceased by December 2 will be bulldozed, as the regime plans to build a condominium on the site. Emboff witnessed [...]	2003-11-06 08:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SCUL BM
03RANGOON1425	BURMA SANCTIONS: GARMENT MAKERS CLING TO LEAKY RAFT [...] (C) Summary: Burma's private garment manufacturers claim 100 closed factories and 50,000 jobless as of the end of October -- with another 25,000 likely out of work by year's end. However, last-minute, limited garment orders from Europe will postpone the death of the Burmese garment industry i [...]	2003-11-07 06:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KTEX ELAB PHUM PGOV BM
03RANGOON1429	ANATOMY OF A BURMESE POLITICAL BLOOD BATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Additional information on the May 30 Depeyin attack continues to emerge from victims and eyewitnesses, providing new context and clarity to the regime's true role in the premeditated assault on ASSK and the NLD. On November 4, NLD members smuggled to us video footage of Aung San [...]	2003-11-07 09:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON1431	AN EVENING WITH PINHEIRO: NO PROGRESS IN BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pinheiro summarized to COM on November 6 that his present visit was a bust and he sees regression in the human rights situation since his last trip to Burma. The SPDC did not concede to him any of the outcomes he'd hoped for during this visit, including releasing the May 30 pris [...]	2003-11-07 12:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON1432	PINHEIRO'S DOWNBEAT DEPARTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pinheiro gave a downbeat assessment to the diplomatic corps of his visit this week to Burma. He repeated most of his themes from his November 6 meeting at the COM's residence (reftel),and he was obviously restraining himself from showing his true level of frustration with the re [...]	2003-11-08 10:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD
03RANGOON1433	"COME BACK TO REALITY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former ICRC Head and assistant to UN Special Envoy Razali, Leon de Reidmatten, briefed COM on his November 7 Bangkok meeting with Thai Foreign Minister Surakiat. De Reidmatten said that from the discussion that took place between SE Razali and FM Surakiat, it is clear the SPDC a [...]	2003-11-10 07:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BM
03RANGOON1444	GOB RELEASES EIGHT MAY 30 POLITICAL PRISONERS [...] (C) Summary: The GOB announced on November 10 the release of eight political detainees, including six known members of the NLD arrested following the May 30 premeditated attack on ASSK and her convoy. The releases are clearly calculated to soften the blow of a damning U.N. report on the human [...]	2003-11-12 10:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BM NLD
03RANGOON1462	RAZALI AND THE NLD VIDEOTAPE [...] (C) Reftel indicated that UN Special Envoy Razali had requested a copy of the NLD videotape of the May 2003 ASSK convoy in northern Burma. His intention to provide the tape to certain international journalists as a way to bring external pressure on the SPDC would fulfill a request by ASSK, as [...]	2003-11-14 09:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM MY ASSK NLD
03RANGOON1463	KACHIN STATE: AN UNEASY "PEACE" [...] (C) Summary: An Embassy trip to Burma's Kachin State secured additional support for our WWII remains recovery operations, but also revealed that the Government's ten-year old cease-fire agreement with the region's former insurgents masks deep suspicion of the SPDC and an active desire for self [...]	2003-11-17 00:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM BM
03RANGOON1477	NATIONAL CONVENTION: READY OR NOT, HERE IT COMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burmese regime is quietly selecting delegates for a National Convention, the first step in implementing a new constitution, and may convene a body stacked with pro-SPDC delegates as early as January. The NLD says it won't participate absent broader negotiations and Burma's [...]	2003-11-17 10:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD
03RANGOON1478	NLD MP-ELECT DETAILS IMPRISONMENT [...] (C) NLD MP-elect U Hla Min, 65, credits UNSR Pinheiro with winning his release from prison November 9 after the regime held him for five months without charge. Hla Min is the last of the Professional Development Program (PDP) students swept up in the post-May 30 anti-NLD crackdown to be rele [...]	2003-11-19 01:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BM NLD
03RANGOON1479	ONWARD BUDDHIST SOLDIERS! [...] (C) Summary: In Burma, the Buddhist monkhood is a force second in size and power only to the ruling military. The Burmese government has coerced and cajoled the country's most senior abbots into political line, thus indirectly controlling the rank and file. However, the monkhood is a large a [...]	2003-11-19 02:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PINS PGOV PHUM BM
03RANGOON1488	NLD DEMONSTRATIONS FAIL TO MATERIALIZE [...] (C) Summary: Burma's 83rd National Day anniversary, commemorating a 1920 student strike that accelerated the independence movement, passed quietly on November 18 with the SPDC and the NLD and other pro-democracy groups holding separate, low-key ceremonies. Broader NLD demonstrations failed t [...]	2003-11-19 10:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD
03RANGOON1489	EXPOSING RISKS OF HIV/AIDS IN BURMA [...] SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health held Burma's second annual HIV/AIDS exposition in Rangoon, attracting 70,000 visitors, raising HIV/AIDS awareness, and administering on-site HIV/AIDS tests to those interested. However, whether the expo successfully reached Burma's high-risk populations is un [...]	2003-11-20 07:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI PGOV EAID PHUM PREL BM NGO
03RANGOON1518	SPDC LIFTS HOUSE ARREST RESTRICTIONS FOR FIVE NLD [...] (C) Summary: On November 23 and 24, the SPDC lifted house arrest restrictions imposed upon five senior NLD leaders. NLD members welcome the news that five of the "Uncles" have been released; however, the party's four core leaders, including ASSK, remain under SPDC-imposed isolation. The Depa [...]	2003-11-24 10:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM NLD
03RANGOON1534	RELEASED NLD OFFICIAL BACK ON THE JOB [...] (C) Summary: Senior NLD leader U Nyunt Wei, newly released from house arrest, says his pro-democracy party will refuse to participate in the regime's reconvened National Convention. He expressed surprise at his own release and pondered whether ASSK and other CEC members might also get a surpr [...]	2003-11-26 09:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM NLD
03RANGOON1562	WAITING FOR GODOT: NLD LEADERS IN A HOLDING [...] (C) Summary: Recently released senior leaders of the NLD indicate they will remain politically active and press ahead with the challenge of reviving the democracy movement and protecting the survival of their political party. However, the "Uncles" admit that they find it difficult to form a p [...]	2003-12-03 10:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM NLD
03RANGOON1564	WORLD AIDS DAY IN BURMA [...] SUMMARY: The GOB, close on the heels of its well-attended HIV/AIDS Exposition (reftel),on World AIDS Day held ceremonies and HIV/AIDS activities in Rangoon and other cities. According to two government-controlled weeklies, the GOB ranks HIV/AIDS as the number three national health concern. [...]	2003-12-04 08:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TBIO EAID PHUM PREL SOCI BM NGO
03RANGOON1566	ALLEGED COUP PLOTTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Embassy sources, a secret SPDC court on November 28 sentenced to death nine persons, including a magazine editor and several individuals actively involved with opposition movements, for allegedly planning to assassinate regime leaders and bomb key government installa [...]	2003-12-05 00:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
03RANGOON1572	BURMA: REGIME RELEASES ADDITIONAL MAY 30 DETAINEES [...] (C) Summary: The SPDC acknowledged on December 5 that it had recently released up to 16 NLD party members who had been detained in connection with the May 30 Depeyin attack. By the regime's own admission, 14 individuals associated with the attack remain in detention. The regime's decision to [...]	2003-12-05 10:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM BM NLD
03RANGOON1574	NLD LEADERSHIP ON NATIONAL CONVENTION PROCESS [...] (U) The following refers to questions raised in reftel A. 2. (C) NLD Central Executive Committee members detailed to the Chief of Mission and Emboffs (reftel B) the minimum steps necessary for the party to resume participation in a National Convention process. (NOTE: In 1995, when the SPDC [...]	2003-12-08 09:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM NLD
03RANGOON1598	A VISIT TO CHINA'S BURMESE PROVINCE: MONGLA AND [...] (C) Summary: Some clear themes emerged from a trip to the Burmese corner of the Golden Triangle. The area's cities are relatively affluent, thanks to border trade. However, this affluence, combined with low education levels, poor healthcare, and very little international attention, has helpe [...]	2003-12-15 04:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI EAID SNAR ECON SCUL PHUM KHIV KWMN PREL PGOV BM CM NGO
03RANGOON1653	NLD LEADERS FORMING LEGAL CASE TO RELEASE ASSK [...] (C) Summary: According to NLD sources, released CEC members are consulting with party lawyers on building a possible legal case to press for the release of ASSK and other NLD officials. Using Burma's opaque court system is unlikely to get the SPDC to budge, but legal action could generate re [...]	2003-12-30 10:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON185	A NEW WAVE OF POLITICAL ARRESTS [...] (C) Reuters reported on February 10 that the regime had arrested 12 opposition activists for plotting to create unrest in Burma. The report did not provide many details on the arrests but it did note that 7 low-level members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) members and the Secretary [...]	2003-02-10 10:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM NLD
03RANGOON195	NLD CEREMONY PROVIDES PLATFORM FOR PEOPLES' [...] (SBU) Summary: The National League for Democracy and other opposition parties represented by the Committee Representing the People's Parliament (CRPP) celebrated Burma's Union Day on February 12 at NLD headquarters. In this first ever CRPP public celebration of a national holiday, the growi [...]	2003-02-13 10:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM NLD
03RANGOON203	REGIME PRESENTS EVIDENCE ON POLITICAL ARRESTS [...] (C) Summary: The SPDC presented its evidence against political activists arrested over the last month in a February 10 press conference. The activists were allegedly conspiring with "insurgent and terrorist" groups in Thailand. While one of those arrested was allegedly planning some explosi [...]	2003-02-14 10:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM
03RANGOON248	USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR BURMA [...] (SBU) The following draft report is provided in response to tasking contained in reftel. The text of the report has also been sent by e-mail to EAP/BCLTV. 2. (SBU) Begin report text: Embassy Rangoon Human Rights Strategy for Burma The United States has staked out a position in Burma [...]	2003-02-26 09:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM BM
03RANGOON258	MUSLIM REPRESSION AND RESENTMENT NEAR BURMA'S [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime's repression of the mostly Muslim population of northern Rakhine State, located along the border with Bangladesh, is breeding resentment and poverty. DCM visited the area in mid-February as part of a trip to the region organized by UNHCR for diplomats. UNHCR [...]	2003-02-27 08:47:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREF KISL BM UNHCR
03RANGOON300	ILO PUSHES FOR PROGRESS ON FORCED LABOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 28, ILO Liaison Officer Ms. Perret-Nguyen provided Emboffs with a status report on her efforts to engage the regime on forced labor before the ILO Governing Board meeting on Burma in late March. Ms. Perret-Nguyen has been focusing on getting the regime to accept a p [...]	2003-03-06 06:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PREL BM
03RANGOON309	BURMA: THIRD ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) The following report responds to the checklist provided in reftel requesting information on trafficking in persons activities in Burma. The report will also be forwarded to EAP/BCLTV in Word format. Begin Report: Overview of Country's Activities - A. Burma is a country of origin [...]	2003-03-07 07:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG BM
03RANGOON31	END GAME IN BURMA'S ETHNIC WARS [...] (C) Summary: Burma has basically won its ethnic wars. While some small-scale operations continue, the situation now is nothing like it was in the late 1980s. Then, 20 separate insurgent groups could put more than 60,000 troops in the field in Burma. Now, the five or six groups that remain ac [...]	2003-01-08 10:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS SNAR PHUM PREL MOPS BM
03RANGOON355	LABOR MINISTER REJECTS ILO ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) COM Martinez met with Labor Minister Tin Winn on March 18 to encourage greater Burmese cooperation with the ILO on forced labor. Specifically, the COM urged the Minister to accept Rangoon ILO Liaison Officer Ms. Perret-Nguyen's recommendations for a plan of action to be presented at th [...]	2003-03-19 06:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM BM
03RANGOON359	NLD COMMENTS ON PRISONER RELEASES, INTIMIDATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 18, NLD Central Executive Committee members told Embassy officials that the SPDC included 3 NLD prisoners in the 45 prisoners released on March 16. However, the NLD also charged that the SPDC continues to condone, if not direct, harassment of the NLD and Aung San Suu [...]	2003-03-19 10:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM NLD ASSK
03RANGOON370	PINHEIRO SEEKING SPDC APPROVAL FOR HR ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, UN Special Rapporteur Pinheiro briefed the U.S., EU, Japanese, and Australian Ambassadors on his current visit to Burma. Pinheiro said the 6-day visit is to update information prior to his March 31 presentation to the UN Human Rights Committee and to request gove [...]	2003-03-21 06:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM
03RANGOON377	PINHEIRO SUSPENDS MISSION TO PROTEST GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Pinheiro suspended his fifth mission to Burma on March 24 to protest a government eavesdropping incident at a supposedly confidential interview he conducted. He will not return until he receives an explanation of the incident and a renewed government commitment to the guidelines f [...]	2003-03-24 11:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BM
03RANGOON429	DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATOR RECEIVES SANCTUARY INSIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A young man involved in a sidewalk pro-democracy demonstration April 4 dashed into the British embassy to avoid arrest and as of April 7, remains inside. His co-demonstrator, a monk from Bago, is in regime hands. End Summary. 2. (C) British embassy sources tell us that on Frid [...]	2003-04-07 08:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM BM
03RANGOON43	UNDP'S PROGRAM IN BURMA - LINKING BASIC HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: UNDP will be seeking a more flexible mandate for its operations in Burma at the January 21 meeting in New York. The USG should support that request, but should also demand that UNDP and other UN agencies play a more active role in regard to human rights monitoring and protection o [...]	2003-01-10 03:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM BM UNDP NGO
03RANGOON439	REGIME EASES UP ON ASSK HARASSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: NLD spokesman U Lwin told Poloff on April 7 that ASSK and party were harassed by SPDC and local authorities representatives for the first few days of their visit to Chin State. However, Military Intelligence (MI) officials, who provided earlier assurances that there would be n [...]	2003-04-08 08:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON484	ASSK GIVES PRESS A DOWNBEAT ASSESSMENT OF HER YEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Aung San Suu Kyi told reporters and diplomats April 23 that her trips to various regions of the country reassured her that ethnic groups are anxious for national reconciliation. She provided details on how the trips had been marred by attempts to intimidate NLD supporters. A [...]	2003-04-23 10:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM ASSK
03RANGOON524	BURMA HRDF GRANT PROPOSALS [...] (U) Embassy Rangoon submits the four proposals described below in response to reftel request for projects promoting democracy and human rights. The projects were chosen because they directly support U.S. goals in Burma in regard to strengthening civil society and democratic principles. They [...]	2003-04-30 09:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM BM
03RANGOON53	WHAT'S BEST FOR BURMA? UNCLEAR. [...] (C) Summary. During a conversation with David Rockefeller at the Chief of Mission's residence on January 12th, Aung San Suu Kyi talked about the need for a speedy transition, the dangerous state of the nation's education system, and her growing public support outside Rangoon. Unfortunately, AS [...]	2003-01-13 08:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON BM ASSK
03RANGOON539	REGIME RELEASES SALAI TUN THAN, 20 OTHER POLITICAL [...] (U) In a May 4 press release, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) announced the release of 21 political prisoners. Dr. Salai Tun Than, a well-respected academic who was arrested for staging a one-man political demonstration in 2001 was among those released. Salai Tun Than is an a [...]	2003-05-05 10:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM BM
03RANGOON623	THIRTEEN YEARS ON, NLD CALLS ON JUNTA TO HONOR [...] (U) Summary: At a ceremony honoring the 13th anniversary of multiparty elections in Burma, the National League for Democracy, which won 392 out of the 485 elected seats, called on the regime to honor the election's results. Citing the junta's pledges from the pre- and post-election period th [...]	2003-05-28 04:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM BM NLD
03RANGOON653	RAZALI VISIT TO RANGOON [...] (C) Summary: Post continues in its conviction that Special Envoy (SE) Razali should not come to Rangoon absent firm assurances that he will be allowed a meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi. However, we understand that the SE is still undecided. If Razali chooses to come without guarantees of any [...]	2003-06-04 10:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MY BM
03RANGOON665	RAZALI: NO ACCESS TO ASSK AS YET, MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Late on June 7, Special Envoy Razali briefed COM Martinez on his meeting earlier in the day with SPDC Secretary One Khin Nyunt. Khin Nyunt told Razali that the crackdown on the NLD was in response to actions by ASSK that constituted an unacceptable threat to the SPDC. He assur [...]	2003-06-07 15:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM ASSK
03RANGOON675	SE RAZALI TO MEET WITH ASSK [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Razali gave COM a private read-out of his meeting this morning, June 9, with Vice Senior General Maung Aye. Maung Aye told Razali that "as a special consideration" to the UN and Razali's efforts, the SPDC had reversed a previous decision to not allow anyone acc [...]	2003-06-09 11:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM ASSK
03RANGOON681	RAZALI SAYS ASSK IN GOOD HEALTH, BUT WHAT ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Razali had a brief meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi this morning (June 10) and reported to diplomats later that she was not injured and was "feisty, as usual." While Razali was quite pleased, with good reason, that he gained access to ASSK, he made no progress on [...]	2003-06-10 11:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM NLD ASSK
03RANGOON696	COM PRESSES HOME MINISTER TO RELEASE DETAINEES AND [...] (C) Summary: On June 11, COM had a frank meeting with Minister of Home Affairs Colonel Tin Hlaing to discuss the recent crackdown on the NLD and to deliver an advance copy of this year's Trafficking In Persons report. On recent NLD detentions, Tin Hlaing denied press reports that the gover [...]	2003-06-12 12:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM
03RANGOON713	ICRC EXPECTS TO SEE ASSK AND OTHER DETAINED NLD [...] (C) Summary: ICRC expects to visit Aung San Suu Kyi and the other detained NLD leaders within the next few days. Meanwhile, the universities have reopened and Rangoon remains quiet. End Summary. ICRC To See ASSK and Other NLD Leaders 2. (C) ICRC officers have advised us that ICRC has been [...]	2003-06-17 05:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM PREL BM ASSK NLD
03RANGOON724	AUNG SAN SUU KYI REPORTEDLY BEING HELD IN [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-19 08:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM ASSK
03RANGOON764	NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS - BURMESE GOVERNMENT CENSORS [...] (U) The Burmese government is now censoring or controlling distribution of some foreign periodicals that are normally sold with official authorization in Burma. This is an effort to remove international reports of the May 30 attack on the National League for Democracy (NLD) convoy in Depeyin a [...]	2003-06-26 09:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO BM
03RANGOON773	CONDITIONS IN INSEIN PRISON [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-27 06:30:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BM
03RANGOON778	EMBASSY OFFICERS VISIT RESIDENCES OF DETAINED [...] (C) Summary: Pol/Econ chief, accompanied by a senior Burmese FSN, went to the residences of eight of the ten CEC members on June 26. We found the security at the houses of the Central Committee members lax in contrast to 2000, when the GOB posted military intelligence agents (MI) and Minist [...]	2003-06-27 09:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM BM NLD
03RANGOON838	ETHNIC LEADERS PLAN APPEAL TO LEADER OF JUNTA [...] (S) Summary: Reverend Saboi Jum, the head of the Kachin Baptist Convention, has revealed plans by ethnic leaders to appeal directly to the head of the SPDC for a return to the path of national reconciliation. Jum asked COM if the release of Aung San Suu Kyi alone would be enough to ease US p [...]	2003-07-10 10:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PREL PHUM BM
03RANGOON897	MOSQUE RAZED, PARAMILITARIES TRAINED [...] (C) Trouble in Sittwe: Local officials on July 22 reportedly tore down a mosque in Sittwe, 70 miles SE of the Bangladeshi border, and arrested seven Muslims, one of whom subsequently died in custody. This information came to us from Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and UN contacts. Apparently the m [...]	2003-07-28 10:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL BM

03RANGOON949	NEW BURMA SANCTIONS EQUAL NEW BURMA REFUGEES? [...] (SBU) Summary: The new U.S. sanctions on Burma will have a negative impact on the economy as a whole, and the garment sector in particular. NGOs believe that the unemployment caused by the sharp decline of the garment industry will lead to an increase of trafficking in persons and attempted e [...]	2003-08-08 10:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREF PHUM PGOV BM NGO
03RANGOON978	BURMESE DEPUTY FM: "U.S-BURMA RELATIONS AT ROCK [...] (C) Summary: Burma's Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) told us on August 12 that the country's ruling generals are deeply upset with new U.S. sanctions and concerned about their impact on the Burmese economy, but feel confident they can mitigate any negative consequences. He said that the 2003 B [...]	2003-08-13 11:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL BM
03ROME109	LIBYAN CHAIR OF CHR-59: ITALY STILL OPPOSED TO A [...] (C) ON JAN. 9, CHARGE AND POL MC CALLED ON CESARE RAGAGLINI, FM FRATINI'S CHEF DE CABINET, RAISED REFTEL WITH HIM BRIEFLY, AND ADVISED HIM WE WOULD RAISE IT IN MORE DETAIL WITH THE MFA'S MIDDLE EAST BUREAU. 2. (C) IN THE ABSENCE OF AMBASSADOR ANTONIO BADINI, THE MFA'S DG FOR MIDDLE EASTERN [...]	2003-01-10 16:46:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PHUM LY IT UNHCR
03ROME1134	INTERIOR MINISTER ADVOCATES FORMAL RELATIONSHIP [...] NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) IN THE PAST MONTH, BOTH INTERIOR MINISTER PISANU UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 01134 01 OF 02 191345Z AND SENATE PRESIDENT PERA PUBLICLY HAVE URGED ACCELERATED NEGOTIATION OF A STATE ACCORD WITH ITALY'S GROWING ISLAMIC [...]	2003-03-19 13:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV IT
03ROME1168	CHR-59: ITALIANS SUPPORT VIRTUALLY ALL U.S. [...] (U) ITALY LARGELY SUPPORTS U.S. OBJECTIVES AND PLANS FOR SPECIFIC COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT CHR-59, MFA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE DIRECTOR CALVETTA TOLD US MARCH 19. RESPONDING TO OUR MARCH 13 DEMARCHE (CALVETTA WAS UNAVAILABLE PRIOR TO THE 19TH),CALVETTA SAID THE MFA WAS PLEASED WITH THE EXPANDED U. [...]	2003-03-20 16:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IT UNHRC AFGHANISTAN HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME1345	GOI THINKS SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: WE DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO BOTH AFGHAN AND HUMAN RIGHTS COUNTERPARTS IN THE MFA, AND BOTH SAID THE GOI DID NOT SEE HOW A UNCHR DOCUMENT COULD BE AVOIDED. VARIOUS EU MEMBER STATES WERE ADAMANT THAT A RESOLUTION (EVEN STRONGER THAN THAT ORIGINALLY PROPOSED BY ITALY) WAS NECESS [...]	2003-03-28 16:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IT AF AFGHANISTAN HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME1503	TFIZ01: UN FLASH APPEAL: ITALY UPDATE ON [...] (SBU) ECONOFF DELIVERED REF A POINTS ON APRIL 8 TO LUIGI MACCOTTA, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR IRAQ AND DEPUTY COORDINATOR OF ITALY'S IRAQ TASK FORCE. MACCOTTA UPDATED EARLIER FIGURES OF ITALY'S PLANNED CONTRIBUTION TO IRAQ HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (REF B). HE SAID THE TASK FORCE HAS RECEIVED PM [...]	2003-04-08 16:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PREF EAID IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1568	ITALY/EU - GOI REACTION TO USG GAERC POINTS [...] (U) WE DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO APPROPRIATE GOI OFFICES. RESPONSES FOLLOW BELOW. ESDP ----- 2. (SBU) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI SAID THAT THE GOI CONCURS WITH THE USG VIEW THAT THE EU NEEDED TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF OPERATION CONCORDIA BEFORE FOCUSING ON A POSSIBLE EU [...]	2003-04-11 16:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM EU IT ETRD ETRD PREL
03ROME1577	TFIZ01: ITALY'S IRAQ TASK FORCE OUTLINES PROPOSED [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS ACTION REQUESTS. SEE PARA 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ECMIN AND ECONOFF MET ON APRIL 11 WITH ANTONIO BADINI, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND COORDINATOR OF ITALY'S IRAQ TASK FORCE. BADINI WAS JOINED BY IRAQ OFFICE DIRECTOR LUIGI MACCOTTA. AT THE [...]	2003-04-14 10:56:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR EAID MOPS PREL PHUM IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME1670	ITALY ON THE SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: WE'RE [...] (C) POLOFF COORDINATED DELIVERY OF REFTEL DEMARCHE WITH THE CANADIAN EMBASSY. MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR WEST AFRICA, SEBASTIANO FULCI, WAS FRANK IN HIS RESPONSE TO OUR (AND THE UNSYG'S) REQUEST FOR MORE SUPPORT: ITALY DOES NOT HAVE THE MEANS. WHAT LIMITED GOI FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR AFRICA [...]	2003-04-18 08:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM EAID SL IT KWCI UNSC
03ROME2176	CHILD PROTECTION COVENANTS: ITALY [...] (C) ITALY HAS RATIFIED ALL THREE COVENANTS; THE COVENANTS ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT AND SALE OF CHILDREN/PROSTITUTION WERE RATIFIED AND IMPLEMENTED IN MARCH 2002 AND ILO 182 TWO YEARS EARLIER IN MAY 2000. WE PERIODICALLY DISCUSS CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ISSUES WITH GOI INTERLOCUTORS, MOST RECENT [...]	2003-05-16 12:42:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB IT HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME218	WFP REPORTS ON GENEVA MEETING ON IRAQ AND [...] (S) U.N. HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR IN IRAQ, RAMIRO LOPES DA SILVA, REPORTS THAT THE FRAGILITY OF THE IRAQI SOCIETY IS EXTREME AND MILITARY ACTION THAT DISRUPTS THE CURRENT SYSTEMS WILL CREATE A DISASTROUS SITUATION. THE U.N. IS PLANNING ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE NORTH WILL BE SHIELDED FROM MI [...]	2003-01-17 15:07:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	AORC EAGR EAID EU KUNR PHUM PREF WFP
03ROME2284	BERLUSCONI,S TRIAL SEPARATED FROM CO-DEFENDANTS; [...] (C) A MAY 16 COURT DECISION TO SEPARATE THE PROSECUTION OF PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI FROM OTHER DEFENDANTS IN A CORRUPTION TRIAL WILL STRING OUT LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE PM AND CERTAINLY EXACERBATE DOMESTIC POLITICAL BATTLES AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUGGLES BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND JUDICIA [...]	2003-05-22 17:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IT
03ROME241	ITALIAN MFA ON CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE AND [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST (PARA 4). 2. (C) POLOFF DELIVERED REF A AND B MESSAGES JANUARY 16 TO MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN NICOLO' GORETTI DE FLAMINI. IN RESPONSE TO REF A, THE ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE, GORETTI REPLIED, "DON'T QUOTE ME, [...]	2003-01-21 12:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU IT CACS HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME243	ITALY ON REFORMING UNHRC, UPCOMING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A JANUARY 13 COURTESY CALL, MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR ASIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARGHERITA BONIVER TOLD SIPDIS CHARGE THAT ITALY SHARED THE U.S. CONCERN FOR REFORM OF THE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00243 211355Z UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (OTHER [...]	2003-01-21 13:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IT UN HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME244	ITALY: DPRK; AFGHAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT; [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA OFFICIALS ASSURED CHARGE THAT THE GOI WOULD PURSUE NO INITIATIVE ON THE DPRK, INCLUDING THE IDEA OF "HUMANITARIAN" OIL SHIPMENTS, WITHOUT OUR CONCURRENCE AND COLLABORATION. CHARGE ALSO SOUGHT REACTION TO REF A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN TRADE TO AFG [...]	2003-01-21 13:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM ECON ETRD KN AF PK IT
03ROME2497	HEIRS TO MONARCHY MAKE ROYAL MESS OF RETURN TO ROME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The highly publicized "official" return to Rome of the heirs to Italy's deposed monarchy was met with indifference by most Romans. The reaction within the Jewish community, though, was anything but indifferent. The family sought, and received, high-profile meetings with Pres [...]	2003-06-05 15:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV IT
03ROME2585	GOI WANTS TO COORDINATE ON BURMA DURING EU [...] (C) IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM MARCO DELLA SETA, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR COVERING BURMA, POL MC AND POLOFF PASSED A SHORT HISTORY OF U.S. POLICY TOWARDS BURMA AND BRIEFLY DISCUSSED U.S. REACTION TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S DETENTION. DELLA SETA OFFERED A PRECIS OF EU AND ITALIAN POLICY TOWARDS BURMA [...]	2003-06-10 13:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IT BM EUN
03ROME3029	BERLUSCONI, THE ITALIAN JUDICIARY AND EUROPEAN [...] (C) Summary: On the cusp of Italy's EU presidency, the Berlusconi government's agenda has been eclipsed publicly by the Prime Minister's renewed rhetorical assaults on the Italian judiciary (septel addresses the furor caused by Berlusconi's offensive outburst in the European Parliament July 2 [...]	2003-07-03 10:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EU IT EUN
03ROME3215	EU/BURMA: ITALIAN REACTION TO U.S. PROPOSALS;ICG [...] (C) POLOFF DISCUSSED REFTELS A AND B WITH MARCO DELLA SETA, THE ITALIAN MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR COVERING BURMA. HE WAS INTERESTED IN UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR BURMA RAZALI'S BRIEFING TO THE INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP (ICG) ON BURMA BUT IS UNABLE TO ATTEND ON SHORT NOTICE. HE INDICATED THE ITALIAN PE [...]	2003-07-14 17:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC BM IT EUN
03ROME3399	LIBERIA/ECOWAS MISSION: ITALY SUPPORTIVE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA CABRAS SAID ITALY BACKS OUR CALL FOR EU SUPPORT OF AN ECOWAS MISSION IN LIBERIA, AND IS CIRCULATING A FUNDING REQUEST WITHIN THE EU. ITALY'S EU CORRESPONDENT IS ALSO ENGAGED. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) A/POLITICAL MINISTER-COUNSELOR AND [...]	2003-07-25 18:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MASS XY IT UNSC
03ROME3426	58TH UNGA--GOI RESPONSE TO U.S. PRIORITIES, PART [...] ON JULY 23 POLOFF DELIVERED REF A POINTS TO ALESSANDRO BUSACCA, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS. BUSACCA CAREFULLY REVIEWED THIS SECOND SET OF U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE 58TH UNGA (RESPONSE TO PART I CONTAINED IN REF B),AND UNDERTOOK TO SHARE THEM BROADLY WITHIN THE GOI. BUSACCA AD [...]	2003-07-28 15:42:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PHUM IT UNGA UN
03ROME3516	CUBAN CHARGE RESPONDS TO ITALIAN DEMARCHE: "NOBODY [...] (SBU) FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IN REF EMAILS, ON JULY 30 EMBASSY ROME PASSED THE DEPARTMENT'S STATEMENT ON IMPRISONED CUBAN DISSIDENT MARTA BEATRICE ROQUE'S HEALTH TO MFA UNDERSECRETARY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS BONIVER'S OFFICE AND TO MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS NICCOLO [...]	2003-08-04 15:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM IT CU HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME3682	WFP READOUT ON THE USE OF BIOMETRICS FOR [...] U.S. MISSION ROME SOUGHT AND RECEIVED INPUT FROM THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) REGARDING THE REGISTRATION OF REFUGEES USING BIOMETRICS. ALTHOUGH THE PAKISTAN CASE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL AS REPORTED, WFP CONSIDERS THAT SUCH A PROCEDURE MAY BE USEFUL IN THE FUTURE AND THEREFORE WOULD [...]	2003-08-14 08:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM EAID TZ PK WFP
03ROME371	USAID/DCHA TEAM DISCUSSES WFP GEARING UP FOR [...] (S) USAID/DAA/DCHA BILL GARVELINK AND D/FFP LAUREN LANDIS VISITED WFP HEADQUARTERS ON JANUARY 23-24 TO REVIEW WFP PROGRESS ON GEARING UP ITS HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE MECHANISM TO ASSIST IRAQ IN THE EVENT OF OUTBREAK OF CONFLICT. DISCUSSIONS INVOLVED THE POSSIBLE PROCUREMENT AND DELIVERY OF 2.5 M [...]	2003-01-30 17:03:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	AORC EAGR EAID ECON KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP
03ROME372	IRAQ HUMANITARIAN CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (C) EMBASSY DELIVERED REFPOINTS TO ATTILIO IANNUCCI, THE MFA'S DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE. IANNUCCI SHARED THAT THE GOI WAS "THINKING ALONG THE SAME LINES" AS THE USG ON PLANNING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN THE EVENT OF A WAR WITH IRAQ. IANNUCCI SAID THAT ITALY IS ALRE [...]	2003-01-30 19:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL IO IT WFP
03ROME3825	HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA: ITALIANS EQUALLY [...] (C) THE ITALIAN MFA SHARED OUR PESSIMISTIC ASSESSMENT OF CHINA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD THIS YEAR, HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE DIRECTOR CALVETTA TOLD US AUGUST 21 (CHINA OFFICE DIRECTOR AND STAFF ARE STILL ON VACATION). SOME OTHER EU MEMBER-STATES WERE STILL WEARING ROSE-TINTED SHADES, AND IT WAS TOO SO [...]	2003-08-22 15:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IT EU UNHRC
03ROME4186	EU WILL NOT TABLE AN IRAN RESOLUTION AT THE UNGA [...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 11, POLOFFS MET WITH MFA GULF COUNTRIES OFFICE DIRECTOR, LUIGI MACCOTTA, TO CONSULT ON THE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE IRAN RESOLUTION (REF C). POLOFF ALSO LEFT POINTS WITH THE MFA'S HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE, WHOSE OFFICIALS WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT. MACCOTTA STATED THAT ALTHOUGH THE E [...]	2003-09-12 16:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IR EU IT UNHRC EUN
03ROME4230	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY - THE WAY AHEAD ON BELARUS [...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 16, MFA NIS DESK OFFICER LORENZO ORTONA CONFIRMED TO POLOFF THAT THE DRAFT US-EU STATEMENT ON BELARUS WE PROVIDED TO THE PRESIDENCY WAS DISCUSSED AT THE SEPTEMBER 12 PSC IN BRUSSELS. ORTONA SAID THAT WHILE ITALY AND THE OTHER MEMBER STATES AGREED WITH THE SUBSTANCE OF THE DRAF [...]	2003-09-17 11:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO IT EUN
03ROME4431	A HUMANITARIAN LOOK AT COTE D'IVOIRE PAINTS A [...] The food security and nutritional situation in the northern and western areas of Cote d'Ivoire has been adversely affected by the events of the past year. The lack of civil administration, breakdown in health services, and fighting in the west has had a serious negative impact on the affecte [...]	2003-09-26 14:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ LI PHUM WFP
03ROME4435	PLIGHT OF THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS IN WESTERN COTE [...] Nicla transit camp is currently home to 5,500-6,300 third country nationals (TCNs),most of whom are Burkinabe. The protection of the TCNs in the camp is a concern. The Vice-Chairman of the National Assembly recently visited Guiglo and talked with the local populations in an effort to ease t [...]	2003-09-26 15:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ LI PHUM WFP
03ROME4439	ITALY: EU PRESIDENCY WILL WORK TO DISSUADE EU REP [...] (C) POL M/C AND POLOFF MET WITH MFA CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES OFFICE DIRECTOR, NICOLO GORETTI AND MFA LATIN AMERICA EU LEAD MINISTER GIULIO CESARE PICCIRILLI AND DELIVERED POINTS (REF) ON KARL BURK'S PLANS TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL SUMMIT ON CUBA. POL M/C STATED THAT IT WAS UNFO [...]	2003-09-26 18:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU IT EUN
03ROME4443	RIGHT TO FOOD: BUREAU MEETING TO PREPARE [...] (U) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 15-19, THE UNITED STATES PARTICIPATED AS THE NORTH AMERICAN MEMBER OF THE BUREAU OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP (IGWG) FOR THE ELABORATION OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONA [...]	2003-09-29 06:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR PHUM EAID FAO
03ROME4460	ARTICLE 98/ITALY: NO CHANGE IN ROME'S POSITION [...] (C) DURING A SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING DEVOTED TO OTHER ISSUES, POL MC RAISED THE ISSUE OF ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS WITH CLAUDIO PAGE 02 ROME 04460 291757Z BISOGNIERO, DEPUTY TO MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ARAGONA. NOTING THE SCHEDULED OCTOBER 1 MEETING BETWEEN UNDERSECRETARY BOLTON AND ARAGO [...]	2003-09-29 17:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EU IT MARR PHUM PREL EUN
03ROME5092	NGO'S AFFILIATED WITH UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTELS, US MISSION REQUESTED AND OBTAINED LISTS OF NGOS AFFILIATED WITH THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO),THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD). MISSION HAS REVIEWED THE LISTS AND STATEMENTS PROVIDED BY F [...]	2003-11-12 06:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID EAGR PHUM FAO WFP IFAD
03ROME5184	ITALY ON THE SIXTH EU-CHINA SUMMIT AND BILATERAL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for EAP and EUR/ERA. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: Expanding trade between the EU and China, the EU's continued arms embargo and North Korea topped discussions at the October 30 EU-China Summit in Beijing. The EU and China signed the Gali [...]	2003-11-17 08:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM SMIG TSPL TSPA ETRD CH IT EUN HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME5201	UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE IRAN RESOLUTION: NO ITALIAN [...] (C) ITALY WILL NOT CO-SPONSOR CANADA'S 3RD COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON IRAN, DEPUTY POLDIR CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO TOLD POL M/C NOVEMBER 14. BISOGNIERO'S RESPONSE CONFIRMED MFA HUMAN RIGHTS COORDINATOR ALESSANDRO FALLAVOLLITA'S LATE OCTOBER ASSESSMENT THAT EU MEMBER-STATES HAD REACHED CONSENSUS TO [...]	2003-11-17 16:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IR IT UNGA
03ROME5569	ITALY WILL MAINTAIN POSITION IN FAVOR OF THE IRAN [...] POST DELIVERED REFTEL C POINTS TO MFA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE DIRECTOR, GIUSEPPE CALVETTA. CALVETTA REASSURED POST THAT ITALY WILL NOT CHANGE ITS POSITION ON THE CANADA-US CO-SPONSORED RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN. CALVETTA ADDED THAT HE HAD ALERTED FM FRATTINI'S STAFF OF U.S. CONCERNS. [...]	2003-12-12 17:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM IR IT UNGA
03ROME5583	CUBAN CHARM OFFENSIVE: USUAL AUDIENCE PRIMED, BUT [...] (C) WE REVIEWED DEVELOPMENTS IN CUBA WITH MFA UNDER SECRETARY MARGHERITA BONIVER DECEMBER 9 IN THE COURSE OF A WIDE-RANGING CONVERSATION, NOTING THAT WE'D SEEN SOME INDICATIONS THAT CASTRO WAS POISED TO LAUNCH A NEW CHARM OFFENSIVE. BONIVER SAID SHE'D SEEN NO INDICATION OF ANY PROPOSED VI [...]	2003-12-15 10:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME568	BURMESE HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE SUBJECT OF CONFERENCE [...] MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR ASIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARGHERITA BONIVER PUBLISHED AN OP-ED IN THE LOCAL JOURNAL L'OPINIONE FEBRUARY 6 STATING THAT THE GOI INTENDS TO HOST A CONFERENCE ON BURMESE HUMAN RIGHTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITS EU PRESIDENCY, WHICH RUNS FROM JULY TO DECEMBER 2003. IT IS UNCL [...]	2003-02-12 13:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BM IT HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME5710	ITALY: EU-CHINA HR DIALOGUE: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials claim the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue was a positive and cooperative exchange but, it did not provide any tangible commitments or actions from the Chinese. The Chinese underscored their willingness to work through international mechanisms to respect human rights bu [...]	2003-12-24 07:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CH IT HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME5747	RIGHT TO FOOD: REPORT OF SECOND SESSION, [...] (SBU) Summary: The second session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) for the Elaboration of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security met in Rome October 27-29. Delegations gave their initia [...]	2003-12-30 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN KUNR FAO
03ROME830	CHR: ITALIANS DON'T FAVOR UZBEK RESOLUTION [...] (U) MFA HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR CALVETTA TOLD US FEB 27 THAT ITALY AGREED A RESOLUTION ON UZBEKISTAN WAS NOT TIMELY AT THIS YEAR'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. CALVETTA AGREED THAT UZBEKISTAN'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR'S RECOMMENDATIONS WAS THE APPROPRIATE TEST OF THE ITS PROFESSED [...]	2003-02-27 14:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UZ IT HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME856	ITALIAN MFA AGREES TO SUPPORT OSCE PARTNER STATUS [...] (C) WE DELIVERED TO MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR OSCE ISSUES FABIO CRISTIANI REFTEL DEMARCHE REQUESTING GOI SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN TO BECOME AN OSCE PARTNER FOR COOPERATION. HE INDICATED THAT ITALY WOULD SUPPORT THE REQUEST, REFERRING TO AN UPCOMING MARCH 6 MEETING IN VIENNA. 2. (C) CRISTIAN [...]	2003-02-28 16:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IT OSCE
03ROME86	OSCE: GOI ON IMPROVING U.S./EU COORDINATION; [...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE. DURING A CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00086 100733Z DISCUSSION ON TURKMENISTAN "MOSCOW MECHANISM" (SEE PARA 5),MFA OSCE OFFICE DIRECTOR FABIO CRISTIANI STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF U.S./EU COORDINATION ON OSCE ISSUES, AND O [...]	2003-01-10 07:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU IT TX OSCE
03ROME923	ITALIAN RIGHTS GROUP PUBLICIZES NEW EVIDENCE OF [...] SUMMARY: A PROMINENT ITALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 28 A NEW REPORT ON VIOLENCE COMMITTED AGAINST POLITICAL OPPONENTS AND PRISONERS BY SADDAM HUSSEIN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00923 061433Z AND HIS REGIME. ITALIAN MEDIA PUBLISHED EXCERPT [...]	2003-03-06 13:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM OPRC PGOV IZ IT HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA1101	USG SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN YEMEN [...] In 2002, Embassy Sanaa managed several successful programs that encourage respect for human rights in Yemen, including equal access to education, human rights training for military officers, and 17 small grants focused on grassroots democracy and the development of civil society. Most notabl [...]	2003-05-14 13:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ELAB YE HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA1236	YEMEN: FOLLOW UP ON PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED MIDDLE [...] Embassy Sanaa warmly endorses the proposed Middle East Regional Justice Forum. While the ROYG has conducted a judicial reform project since 1997 with donor support from several countries, the results have been mixed and more work needs to be done. Yemeni reform-minded judges and justice off [...]	2003-06-03 13:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PHUM PREL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA1250	YEMEN RESPONSE TO THE STATUS OF PROTECTION OF [...] (U) Pol/E Deputy Chief delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Ahmed al-Wan Mulhi, Chief of the Legal and International Conventions Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 3. Dr. Mulhi agreed that instruments to protect children were an important international effort. He noted [...]	2003-06-04 13:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM YM DEMARCHE HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA1349	PROPOSED YEMENI PARTICIPANTS FOR PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Per ref A, following are Embassy Sanaa's revised suggestions of both government and private sector participants for the MidEast Regional Justice Forum: Dr. Adnan Omar al-Jafri Minister of Justice Newly-appointed to the cabinet (May 2003),professor of international law at Aden Univers [...]	2003-06-11 14:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PHUM PREL DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA143	HUMAN RIGHTS VERIFICATION FOR YEMENI FORCES TO BE [...] (S) PolOff at Embassy Sanaa has verified that a review of Embassy records contains no credible information of gross human rights violations by Central Security Organization (CSO) forces or any members with which U.S. forces plan to interact. 2. (S) PolOff at Embassy Sanaa has verified t [...]	2003-01-20 06:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA1559	YEMEN'S MEPI STRATEGY [...] (U)Summary: Embassy Sanaa presents the MEPI Strategy 2003/04 at para 2, prepared by the Embassy Development Team that includes Pol/Econ, PD and USAID. This strategy reflects Embassy Sanaa's long-term goals for MEPI. Embassy Sanaa believes MEPI will become a substantive part of our engagement [...]	2003-06-30 14:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KPAO EAID YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM ECON COM
03SANAA1577	AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: LET'S [...] Summary: The Ambassador called on the newly-appointed Minister of Human Rights Amat al-Alim al-Suswa on June 30. In a cordial meeting, they discussed the state of human rights in Yemen, the 2002 Human Rights Report, developments in the new Ministry and specific human rights issues, including [...]	2003-07-01 13:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA1775	YEMEN: U.S. THEMES FOR UNGA [...] (u) This is an action request - see para 3. 2. (u) Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff delivered ref a and b demarches to Abdulsalem Qassim Al-Awadi, Director of MFA's Americas Office, on July 22. Awadi promised to share the information with relevant ROYG officials, including Foreign Minister Qi [...]	2003-07-22 14:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL PHUM YM UNGA UN DEMARCHE
03SANAA1821	HUMAN RIGHTS VERIFICATION FOR YEMENI FORCES TO BE [...] (S) PolOff at Embassy Sanaa has verified that a review of Embassy records contains no credible information of gross human rights violations by Central Security Organization (CSO) forces or any members with which U.S. forces plan to interact. 2. (S) PolOff at Embassy Sanaa has verified t [...]	2003-07-29 08:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA2134	YEMENI JUSTICE MINISTER PLANS FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary and comment: Charge, accompanied by pol/econoff, called on newly-appointed Minister of Justice Dr. Adnan Omar al-Jafri on August 24 to discuss judicial reform efforts in Yemen. The Minister described his methodology for approaching the reform he admits is sorely needed, highlig [...]	2003-08-25 05:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PHUM PGOV PINR YM
03SANAA2428	DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE NATIONAL WOMEN [...] Embassy Sanaa requests funding for a grant from the NEA Democracy Small Grants Program to the "National Women Committee/ Aden" to conduct the "Early Marriage Phenomenon Study and Awareness Workshop." 2. The National Women Committee is quasi-governmental and receives much of its funding fr [...]	2003-09-28 12:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA2730	MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S REMAKRS AT THE [...] SUMMARY: U.S. President George W. Bush's remarks at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) on November 6th have been mentioned in government, opposition and independent papers. The opposition and independent papers, some of which are anti-American, published excerpts of the speech. Most [...]	2003-11-18 09:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA2754	INVITATION FOR USG PARTICIPATION IN JANUARY 2004 [...] (C) Summary/Comment: In an 11/18 meeting with Charge, FM Qirbi delivered a verbal invitation for &high-level8 USG participation in an international conference to take place in Yemen 10-12 January 2004. Shura Council Member Mohamed al-Tayeb, who will head ROYG preparations, provided background [...]	2003-11-21 07:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PREL EU YM ICC HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA2763	MEDIA REACTION ON AL-MOAYAD'S EXTRADITION FROM [...] SUMMARY: The Extradition of Mohammed Al-Hasan al-Moayad and his aide Mohammed Zayed from Germany to the United States on November 17th to face charges of conspiring to provide material support to the al-Qaeda and Hamas terrorist groups have been mentioned in government, opposition and indepe [...]	2003-11-22 13:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2809	ROYG RESPONSE ON US CANDIDATES FOR CERD AND [...] The following is the translated text of dipnote 10/214/18, dated November 16, 2003, from the ROYG indicating its support of the U.S. candidates for the UN Committees Against Torture and the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). 2. Begin text: Republic of Yemen Mini [...]	2003-12-02 05:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL YM IO HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA2839	FURTHER DETAILS ON YEMEN-EU DEMOCRACY/HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: DCM and Pol/Econ Deputy received updated information on the Sana'a Inter-Governmental Conference on Democracy, Human Rights and the role of the International Criminal Court to be held in January (reftels) from No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) representative Niccolo Figa-Talamanca [...]	2003-12-06 13:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV YM KICC HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA2848	HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ON MINISTRY DEVELOPMENTS, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Pol/Econ Deputy met with Minister of Human Rights Amat al-Alim al-Suswa December 1 to discuss the ROYG's input for the 2003 Human Rights Report, her winning the fight to maintain ministry responsibilities for human rights through effective by-laws and her trip to Wash [...]	2003-12-07 13:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA2890	HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER'S INCIDENT AT FRANKFURT [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 5. 2. (C) Ambassador and Pol/Econ Deputy called on Minister of Human Rights Amat al-Alim al-Suswa December 9 to ascertain what happened at Frankfurt Airport that caused her to turn back and cancel her trip to Washington for the National Democra [...]	2003-12-09 15:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA3008	UPDATE ON ROYG HR MINISTER'S INCIDENT AT FRANKFURT [...] (C) As part of Post's investigation into security procedures at Frankfurt Airport affecting official ROYG travelers, DCM met with United Airlines officials on December 18 to explore the incident. Background: When transferring to United Airlines in Frankfurt, the Minister of Human Rights wa [...]	2003-12-23 11:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM YM
03SANAA3016	MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF PHIL REEKER, STATE [...] SUMMARY: U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesman Phil Reeker visited Yemen during December 8-11. He held an open meeting with the press in Sana'a December 9th attended by journalists and correspondents of local newspapers, international news agencies and Arab TV channels including Al-Arabiya [...]	2003-12-23 12:30:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM
03SANAA329	FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE WOMEN'S [...] (U) Summary: The Women's Integration in Development Association (WIDA) conducted five workshops on "Democracy and Human Rights Integration in Local Councils" in five Governorates, Al-Baida, Taiz, Mahweet, Lahaj and Sanaa in accordance with the terms of their democracy small grant. Project's op [...]	2003-02-19 07:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA331	FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE CIVIC [...] (U) Summary : The Civic Democratic Initiatives Foundation (CDF) conducted the "Democratic Initiatives Enhancement Program: Voter Registration Education Project". It was a media project campaign aimed to inform the people that their old voter registration cards were no longer valid and encourag [...]	2003-02-19 07:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA374	2002 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOR YEMEN MUST BE CREDIBLE [...] (C) Summary: The Human Rights Report is a vital tool in Post's efforts to improve human rights in Yemen, and its credibility is central to that effort. The draft 2002 Human Rights Report for Yemen is in danger of a damaging lack of credibility unless the report reflects the facts more accu [...]	2003-02-26 13:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANTODOMINGO4390	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Hertell met with the Dominican Republic's Director of the National Police, Jaime Marte Martinez, to introduce DCM Lisa Kubiske and to thank the Director for his support in establishing an Anti-Trafficking in Persons Investigation Unit as part of the National Police [...]	2003-08-22 17:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM PINR DR
03SANTODOMINGO4415	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR [...] The GODR is making progress in implementing its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Updated information for 2003 Trade and Development Act (TDA) reporting purposes follows. BEGIN ANSWERS TO REFTEL QUESTIONS. A) Whether the country has adequate laws and r [...]	2003-08-22 21:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI
03SANTODOMINGO4522	ECUADOR EX-PRESIDENT NOBOA NOW IN DOMINICAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GODR MFA has confirmed that former Ecuadorian President Gustavo Noboa arrived in the Dominican Republic on August 23 after being granted approval by the GOE to travel. He and his spouse have been staying at the Presidential retreat, but are arranging to rent their own apartm [...]	2003-08-27 17:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS DR EC
03SANTODOMINGO4554	DOMINICAN RESPONSE--U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE 58TH [...] This is an action request ) see para 3. 2. (C) Poloffs delivered demarche (ref A) and non-paper August 26 to Ambassadors Francia Sencion and Roger Espaillat, Office Director and Sub-Director of the Americas Desk at the Foreign Ministry. Sencion said that relevant Foreign Ministry offices a [...]	2003-08-28 19:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PHUM DR
03SANTODOMINGO4763	GODR LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST COMMERCIAL SEXUAL [...] On August 27 the GODR launched a hard-hitting campaign against commercial sexual exploitation of minors. Billboards in beach areas will bear the message, "In the Dominican Republic, we protect our treasures. Our beaches, mountains, monuments and our most precious treasure: our children." The [...]	2003-09-08 13:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS DR
03SANTODOMINGO4930	STORY OF HAITIAN CADAVERS ALONG BORDER STILL [...] (C) The Dominican Committee on Human Rights announced on September 3 that approximately 14 Haitian bodies had been discovered in Pedernales, a province along the Dominican-Haitian border. Virgilio Almanzar, chairperson of the committee, told Poloffs that he personally saw only 7 skeletons dur [...]	2003-09-15 13:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG DR
03SANTODOMINGO4990	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ESCALATES EFFORTS AGAINST CHILD [...] (U) On September 9 the Dominican Republic became the second country in Latin America to launch a US Department of Labor-funded Time Bound Program as part of an ongoing effort to eradicate the worst forms of child labor. The launch comes on the heels of an aggressive national campaign, recentl [...]	2003-09-16 19:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB DR
03SANTODOMINGO5020	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NGO PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] INSTRAW is an unfunded UN-affiliated research organization that has loose connections with six NGOs. All six NGOs work to promote women's issues. The NGOs are known to the mission and none of them is known as a group whose mission includes the promotion of pedophilia. 2. INSTRAW does no [...]	2003-09-17 17:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM SOCI
03SANTODOMINGO5074	WSIS/FREEDOM OF THE PRESS; DOMINICAN RESPONSE [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points by email and fax to Ambassador for Human Rights Anabella de Castro on September 15. Talking points were also sent on September 16 to Indotel President and Secretary of State for Telecommunications Orlando Jorge Mera. Mr. Mera assured Poloff that he woul [...]	2003-09-19 14:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM DR
03SANTODOMINGO5946	DOMINICAN CONGRESSMAN APPEARS IN COURT ON ALIEN [...] (U) Trial proceedings began on October 22 against accused alien smuggler Congressman Guillermo Radhames "Ramos" Garcia. After months of evading police arrest before Congress reconvened in August, Garcia surprised observers by appearing before the Supreme Court without his attorneys. Garcia annou [...]	2003-10-23 23:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS DR
03SANTODOMINGO5992	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FM ON ECONOMIC, INTERNATIONAL, AND BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Guerrero Prats, at a lunch hosted by the Ambassador October 7, said the GODR was trying through diplomatic channels to restore normal relations with Venezuela after President Chavez downgraded them in September. Trade/economic adviser (and daughter of President Meji [...]	2003-10-24 19:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR EFIN ETRD MARR MX PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SP VE XF KCOR
03SANTODOMINGO6023	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND POLICE ABUSE CENTERS: HUMAN [...] (SBU) Poloff and DRL Karen Gilbride called on human rights partners in Santo Domingo and Bani on October 20-21. In an effort to emphasize Embassy concerns with recent upsurges in domestic violence and continuing human rights abuses by the National Police, Poloff and DRL officer Karen Gilbride m [...]	2003-10-28 11:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN DR
03SANTODOMINGO6166	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ANTI-TIP ACTIVITIES SINCE [...] (U) Since passing a comprehensive law against trafficking in persons (TIP) and alien smuggling in August, the GODR has taken steps to prevent trafficking, protect victims and prosecute offenders. New legislation provided impetus for action by government officials, civil society and internatio [...]	2003-10-31 14:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6327	GODR ON CUBA AT THE UNGA AND THE IBERO-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-05 14:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD CU DR
03SANTODOMINGO6580	CAFTA LABOR TEAM VISITS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (U) Summary. On November 5-7 an inter-agency team discussed labor issues with the Dominican Republic in advance of free trade negotiations. In meetings with the Minister of Labor, leaders in Congress, civil society, employer federations and emboffs, team leader Assistant USTR Clatanoff stress [...]	2003-11-15 20:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM DR
03SANTODOMINGO6670	SANTO DOMINGO DELIVERS UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE POINTS [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points on November 17, to Dominican Deputy Director for International Organizations, Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco. Ambassador Abreu had no immediate comment. Substantive comment will be reported septel. KUBISKE [...]	2003-11-19 20:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM IR DR
03SANTODOMINGO6706	GODR SUPPORT OF US BACKED UNGA POSITIONS [...] Poloff delivered reftel A and B talking points to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the Dominican Foreign Ministry. Reftel B diplomatic note was delivered to the Foreign Ministry on November 12th. 2. Ambassador Abreu told polof [...]	2003-11-20 22:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6707	GODR SUPPORT OF US BACKED UNGA POSITIONS ON IRAN [...] Poloff delivered reftel A and B talking points to Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Desk at the Dominican Foreign Ministry. Reftel B diplomatic note was delivered to the Foreign Ministry on November 12th. 2. Ambassador Abreu told polof [...]	2003-11-20 22:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL DR
03SANTODOMINGO6952	WORKPLAN FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - HOW THE UNITED [...] (SBU) At your request in response to my thoughts reftel, I am providing to you in this message my suggestions for a calendar-based plan for U.S. Government actions to exert a positive influence on the economic and political situation in the Dominican Republic. I was heartened by Washington's [...]	2003-12-02 23:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EFIN PHUM MARR DR
03SANTODOMINGO7194	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN [...] (U) DRL PDAS Ambassador Michael Kozak and DRL Office of Multilateral Affairs Deputy Director Lynn Sicade visited the Dominican Republic November 20-22 to build support for the UN Commission on Human Rights, in which the GODR will participate starting next year. Meetings with local governmenta [...]	2003-12-10 17:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL OVIP DR
03SANTODOMINGO7304	ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA ADDRESSES DOMINICAN [...] Summary. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Roger Noriega addressed a joint meeting of the Dominican Congress on December 10 in the Senate chamber. He urged congressional representatives to act quickly on a 2004 budget and he laid out U.S. views on the pending [...]	2003-12-12 21:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OVIP PREL PHUM MARR DR
03SANTODOMINGO7489	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #10: ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Following is number 10 in our Dominican presidential election series: ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA PLUGS CLEAN ELECTIONS -- DOMINICAN ELECTION BOARD ASSERTS THEY WILL BE 2. (SBU) Summary: Visiting WHA Assistant Secretary Noriega, with the Ambassador and other U.S. officials, called on [...]	2003-12-19 23:25:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PGOV PHUM PREL
03SANTODOMINGO7536	HAITIAN AMBASSADOR TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RESIGNS: [...] (C) On December 18 the Haitian Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Guy Alexandre called on the Ambassador and Acting DCM to confirm his resignation. The sudden news (prompted by the violent December 5 crackdown on student demonstrators in Haiti) was widely covered December 16 while Ambassador [...]	2003-12-23 20:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR DR HA
03STATE217991	ASSISTANT SECRETARY KELLY'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S KELLY MET JULY 21 WITH COORDINATING MINISTER JUSUF KALLA, WHO SAID HE LOOKED FORWARD TO VYING FOR GOLKAR'S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN THE 2004 ELECTIONS. KALLA SPOKE OF THE GOI'S NEED TO COMBAT POVERTY AND IMPROVE PRIMARY EDUCATION TO REDUCE THE APPEAL OF RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM [...]	2003-07-29 12:09:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI ID
03STATE34981	REVISED GUIDANCE REGARDING LEAHY AMENDMENTS AND [...] THIS TASKER HAS BEEN CLEARED BY HR/RMA/CSEP FOR SEP POSTS. THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE - SEE PARAGRAPHS 8-13 FOR DETAILS. SUMMARY. 2. (A) THIS CABLE REPRESENTS A REVISION OF PREVIOUS GUIDANCE (REFS A AND B) CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE AND DEFENSE STATUTORY PROVISIONS RELAT [...]	2003-02-06 18:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR
03STATE75175	CUBA LAUNCHES CRACKDOWN AGAINST OPPOSITION - MORE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF CARRYING OUT ITS MOST SIGNIFICANT CRACKDOWN AGAINST THE OPPOSITION IN YEARS; SO FAR OVER 70 HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. POSTS ARE ASKED TO REQUEST HOST GOVERNMENTS TO JOIN US IN CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF THESE [...]	2003-03-21 22:09:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHCR CU
03TEGUCIGALPA1108	HONDURAN SUPREME COURT RULES IT HAS AUTHORITY TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 7, in a unanimous 15-0 decision, the Honduran Supreme Court declared its authority to interpret the Constitution by ruling on a controversial constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1999. The Court's decision struck down as unconstitutional Article 218(9) which prov [...]	2003-05-12 23:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KCRM SNAR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1109	TROUBLE IN PARADISE: HONDURAN BAY ISLAND OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Honduran Bay Islands of Roatan, Utila, and Guanaja are well known narcotrafficking transit points and home to countless other illicit activities. Due to the large tourism industry on Roatan and Utila, the GOH has chosen to focus its limited counternarcotics resources primari [...]	2003-05-12 23:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1122	ONE IF BY AIR, TWO IF BY SEA: HONDURAN [...] (SBU) The following is a listing of important narcotrafficking activities occurring in Honduras within the past year. It should be noted that there has been a sizable increase in the use of aircraft as a delivery platform for drug shipments. The occurrence of illicit aircraft tracks crossing [...]	2003-05-13 22:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV EAIR KCRM KJUS PHUM ASEC HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1243	HONDURAN CONGRESS APPROVES IRAQ TROOP DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Honduran Congress approved on the evening of May 28 both the resolution authorizing the deployment of Honduran troops to Iraq and the ICC Article 98 Agreement with the U.S. Ambassador Palmer met with the President of Congress, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, on May 2 [...]	2003-05-30 23:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM KTIA HO KICC
03TEGUCIGALPA1253	JOINT TASK FORCE BRAVO - U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since 1982 the U.S. military has maintained a presence at the Honduran Armed Forces (HOAF) airbase at Soto Cano (commonly known by Hondurans as Palmerola). The base is also the site of the Honduran Air Force Academy. Currently, Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B) houses more than 60 [...]	2003-06-02 22:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS SNAR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KCRM HO

03TEGUCIGALPA1258	MUSICAL CHAIRS: WHO'S WHO IN HONDURAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several high-profile Honduran counternarcotics agencies are receiving a leadership makeover. Gustavo Alfredo ((Landaverde)) Hernandez is leaving the Executive Secretary position at the National Council Against Narcotrafficking (CNCN),and has been replaced by the Direction in [...]	2003-06-03 14:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM PINR PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1309	HONDURAN COMMISSION ASSIGNS RESPONSIBILITY FOR LA [...] (SBU) Summary: A Special Commission of the Honduran National Council for Internal Security (CONASIN) has issued a report assigning responsibility to GOH security forces and prison "trusties" for the majority of the 68 deaths that occurred in an April 5 incident at the El Porvenir prison, locat [...]	2003-06-06 18:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC ELAB PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1487	Bilateral Labor Consultations on Margins of CAFTA [...] (SBU) Summary. A joint delegation from the Departments of Labor and State emphasized June 17-19 the need for the GOH to increase its protection of labor rights and for the private sector to augment its respect for labor rights, with U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) soon openi [...]	2003-06-25 13:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM ECON EINV PGOV PREL KJUS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1534	CARDINAL'S CORRUPTION COMMENTS SPARK PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a private meeting with the Ambassador on June 20, the Cardinal expressed heightened concern over the pervasiveness of drug-related corruption at the highest levels of government as well as continuing death threats he had received. Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga us [...]	2003-07-01 13:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1548	LABOR/MANAGEMENT RELATIONS EXCELLENT AT STANDARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Standard Fruit (Dole) and its union maintain good relations, with both sides saying that the two have worked closely together since Hurricane Mitch in 1998. In fact, Dole has announced an expansion of its investment in Honduras. While the union has declined in numbers and stre [...]	2003-07-01 23:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAGR EINV ETRD PHUM PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1580	Minister of Labor Looking to Create Temporary [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Labor German Leitzelar has proposed a three-year program that seeks to create almost 132,000 "temporary" jobs in Honduras. By doing so, Leitzelar is seeking to achieve incremental changes in the labor situation without confronting head-on the politically difficult [...]	2003-07-03 15:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM ECON EINV PGOV PREL KJUS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1642	A LATIN AMERICAN POPE? CARDINAL RODRIGUEZ DEEMED [...] (U) Summary. Pope John Paul II's increasing frailty has prompted discussion over potential successors to the papacy, among which experts have identified Cardinal Oscar Andres Maradiaga Rodriguez of Honduras as both a popular and geographically strategic candidate. Despite the Euro-centric [...]	2003-07-11 16:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM HO VA
03TEGUCIGALPA1644	58TH UNGA: HONDURAN FM SEEKING APPOINTMENT WITH [...] (SBU) On June 27, PolChief discussed the Government of Honduras' (GOH) participation in the 58th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and U.S. UNGA policy priorities with Honduran Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Anibal Quinones (reftels). Quinones indicated that Honduras looked forward to [...]	2003-07-11 19:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC PHUM HO UNGA UN
03TEGUCIGALPA1742	HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON LA CEIBA PRISON MASSACRE [...] Summary. (SBU) On July 9, Human Rights Commissioner for Honduras, Ramon Custodio, presented the results of the Commission's investigation into the April 5 massacre of 68 prisoners at the El Porvenir Prison, located outside of the Caribbean port city of La Ceiba. The report supported allegat [...]	2003-07-23 22:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1761	HONDURAN CONGRESS LOOKS TO REPEAL IMMUNITY FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 9, 2003, leaders of the major political parties in the Honduran National Congress announced their intention to repeal the general immunity granted congressmen and other high ranking public officials under the Honduran Constitution. The initiative comes after the recent a [...]	2003-07-25 14:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA189	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR JOINT TRAINING [...] Embassy requests the Department to perform a background check on the following Honduran Army units: 1st Special Forces Battalion, La Venta, Department of Francisco Morazan, and 2nd Airborne Battalion, Tamara, Department of Francisco Morazan. Vetting is in support of Special Operations Urban [...]	2003-01-22 22:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1904	HONDURAN CONGRESS VOTES TO CRIMINALIZE GANG [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 8, the Honduran National Congress approved a bill banning membership in street gangs and other groups that associate for the purpose of committing crimes. The bill prescribes prison terms for those convicted of being gang members, with sentences ranging from three to 12 [...]	2003-08-12 22:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA1938	TRUTH SCARIER THAN FICTION: AN ANALYSIS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assault rifles, gang-related, nine victims, 15 to 48 years old, early morning, all family members, murdered. It is August 5 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and the facts of the latest mass murder swirl as you thumb through the local newspapers. You know shock should follow, but it d [...]	2003-08-15 21:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR SNAR ECON ASEC HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2025	CHILD LABOR IN HONDURAS: INFORMATION FOR THE TRADE [...] Summary. Over the past several months, Labor Attache and other EmbOffs have spoken with government officials, private sector, labor unions, non-governmental organizations, and child advocates regarding the situation of child labor in Honduras. The Embassy has been active in promoting an agend [...]	2003-08-27 14:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2081	THIRTEEN MURDERED, MANY OTHERS WOUNDED, AS GANG [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 30, in three separate attacks in different neighborhoods of San Pedro Sula, Hoduras' commercial center, gang members randomly opened fire on three "rapidito" small buses killing 13 and wounding over thirty others. All three buses appear to be owned by the same transport [...]	2003-09-03 16:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2222	PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-18 21:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC PREL PTER PHUM SOCI HO
03TEGUCIGALPA223	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR JOINT COMBINED [...] Embassy requests the Department to perform a background check on the following Honduran Army units: 1st Infantry Battalion, El Ocotal, Department of Francisco Morozan 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naco, Department of Cortes 5th Infantry Battalion, Mocoron, Department of Gracias a D [...]	2003-01-24 21:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2266	PRESIDENT MADURO TALKS DRUGS IN COLOMBIA WHILE [...] On September 16 President Maduro met with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe in Cartagena, Colombia to discuss better coordination between the two nations' counterdrug efforts. Honduras is a major transshipment zone for illicit narcotics making their way north from Colombia to U.S. shores, alth [...]	2003-09-24 20:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2289	COWABUNGA: TWO SEPARATE DRUG SEIZURES YIELD 13 [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 24, in two separate actions, Honduran police seized 13 kilos of heroin and approximately 1,026 kilos of cocaine. In both operations, Honduran authorities displayed unprecedented cooperation and coordination, working closely together and with U.S. counterdrug assets [...]	2003-09-25 22:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2293	REQUEST INVITATION FOR HONDURAN MINISTER OF PUBLIC [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. During a recent visit to Honduras, prior to assuming office, DHS Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Cresencio Arcos was very favorably impressed by the counter terrorism and anti-alien smuggling efforts being undertaken by H [...]	2003-09-26 16:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL SNAR PTER PHUM SMIG HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2294	Embassy Tegucigalpa Welcomes DOL Regional Basic [...] Post strongly supports the Department of Labor's proposed regional basic education project targeting child laborers and children at risk of working in Central America and welcomes the proposed visit of DOL officials/consultants (ref A). 2. DOL is currently funding ILO/IPEC programs to comba [...]	2003-09-26 17:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PHUM OTRA AFIN HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2301	HONDURAN MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY CLAIMS MURDER [...] Although still exceptionally high (ref B),according to Minister of Public Security (MOPS) Oscar Alvarez September 23, the murder rate in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula declined approximately 24 percent since the passage of anti-gang legislation in early August (ref A). (Note: As reported in [...]	2003-09-26 22:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM SNAR ASEC HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2333	IN YET ANOTHER DRUG BUST, HONDURAN POLICE SEIZE [...] (U) On September 30 in the Department of Colon on the Caribbean coast, Honduran Frontier Police seized another 201 kilos of cocaine. This time, the drugs were hidden aboard a truck in multiple secret compartments. Police were alerted to the drug's presence by a local source of information who [...]	2003-10-01 22:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2467	SCENESETTER FOR SECREATRY POWELL'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, nearly half way through his constitutionally mandated single four-year term, faces an uphill battle in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His administration, having never been quite able to muster the polit [...]	2003-10-22 00:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD PTER SNAR PHUM ELAB HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2490	HONDURAS STILL FAR AWAY FROM NAMING ABMASSADOR TO [...] (C) President Maduro's National Security Advisor, Ramon Medina Luna, informed PolCouns October 21 that the Government of Honduras (GOH) was still a long way from naming an ambassador to Cuba. Medina Luna assured PolCouns that selecting an ambassador to Cuba was not a pressing issue, nor was i [...]	2003-10-23 23:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM CU HO OAS
03TEGUCIGALPA2544	ARABS VIEWED AS ETHNIC COMMUNITY WITH MOST [...] A recent survey conducted in Tegucigalpa of 200 people over the age of 18 indicated that the majority of those polled view Arabs as having the most economic power in Honduras. Those surveyed were asked two questions: which ethnic community do you view as the most powerful economically; and a [...]	2003-10-30 14:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ELAB SOCI PHUM KIRF HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2545	THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL ARMS STILL UNCOUNTED FOR IN [...] It is estimated that around 10,000 AK-47's, remnants of the region's civil wars in the 1980's, remain on the streets of Honduras. A recent legislative decree offered USD 57 for each gun deemed "illegal", but the 90-day grace period for voluntarily turning in these weapons has now expired. Dur [...]	2003-10-30 14:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER MOPS SNAR KJUS PHUM PINR HO KCUM
03TEGUCIGALPA2844	GOOD TALKERS, BUT MADURO ADMINISTRATION NOT [...] (S) SUMMARY: In office for almost two years, President Ricardo Maduro's administration talks a lot about fighting corruption, particularly when addressing interested U.S. audiences. Upon close examination, however, one sees little demonstrable progress in breaking corruption's pervasive grip [...]	2003-12-04 21:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV KJUS KCRM ECON EFIN PHUM PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2866	DRL PDAS KOZAK MEETS WITH HONDURAN OFFICIALS TO [...] (C) Summary: DRL PDAS Kozak, DRL/MLA Deputy Director Sicade, and EmbOffs met November 19-20 with senior GOH officials, including Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista, to discuss U.S. cooperation with Latin American countries on human rights resolutions at the United Nations Commission on H [...]	2003-12-08 21:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU HO UNGA
03TEGUCIGALPA2882	ANTI-CORRUPTION PROSECUTOR IN SAN PEDRO SULA [...] (U) On December 1, Ruben Adolfo Reyes, a prosecutor in a unit designed to combat corruption in San Pedro Sula was arrested by Honduran authorities for his alleged links to organized crime. Reyes, who works for the "Common Crime" unit of the Public Ministry in San Pedro Sula, was arraigned on [...]	2003-12-10 22:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM PHUM ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2912	CARDINAL RODRIGUEZ CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF SERVICE; [...] On December 8, Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez celebrated 25 years as a bishop (he has 33 years total in the priesthood). For his service, the Government of Honduras awarded him the "Great Extraordinary Cross", considered to be the highest award given by the GOH. At two separate ceremonies, attended [...]	2003-12-16 20:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PHUM PGOV ETRD PINR KIRF HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2938	HONDURAS INDICATES IT WILL SIGN UN ANTICORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Honduras was surprisingly absent among the 94 countries that gathered December 11 in Merida, Mexico to sign the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. According to press reports, apart from Honduras, the only other Latin American and Caribbean countries not to sign were Uruguay, [...]	2003-12-18 21:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KTIA KCRM KJUS EFIN ECON PHUM SOCI HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2939	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Summary The trans-shipment of cocaine through Honduras by air, land, and maritime routes continued, but with significant disruption in 2003. Overall, seizures in Honduras were higher than the past five years combined, with 5,738 kilos of cocaine seized. Corruption within the police, Publi [...]	2003-12-18 21:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID PREL ETTC KCRM KJUS PHUM PTER HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2970	ACCUSATIONS OF WRONGDOING PLAGUE HONDURAN CHIEF OF [...] (U) On December 10, Aida Romero, Special Prosecutor for Human Rights, accused Chief of Police, Coralia Rivera Ramos, Commissioner Mirna Suazo, and the assistant to the Minister of Public Security, Juan Manuel Aguilar, with obstruction of justice and abuse of power. According to the prosecutor, [...]	2003-12-23 21:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM PHUM SOCI PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA4	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Embassy Tegucigalpa hereby submits 2002 International Narcotics Control Status Report (INCSR) for Honduras. Begin text: I. Summary The trans-shipment of cocaine through Honduras using air, land and maritime routes continued without significant disruption in 2002. Overall seizures in [...]	2003-01-02 20:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID PREL ETTC KCRM KJUS PHUM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA425	DEMONSTRATIONS IN TEGUCIGALPA: FOCUS IS ON GOH [...] (SBU) Political demonstrations continue off and on in Tegucigalpa, led by various small organizations, the loose political alliance known as the Popular Block, secondary teachers (COPEMH),and others. Sometimes the protests are staged outside the Embassy, but more commonly they are held downt [...]	2003-02-13 17:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB ETRD PHUM PINR SOCI ASEC CU HO
03TEGUCIGALPA426	DOL A/DUS MAGAN MEETS CA LABOR MINISTERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Associate Deputy Under Secretary for International Labor Affairs Mike Magan visited Honduras January 23-25 to attend the Central American Labor Ministers Meeting and held discussions with labor, management, and government on the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA [...]	2003-02-13 17:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD EFIN EAGR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA527	PRESIDENT MADURO VOWS TO COMBAT RISING MINOR [...] (U) On February 19, before a hastily convened international audience which included the ambassadors of Great Britain, Taiwan, Germany, France, Spain, as well as PolOff, President Ricardo Maduro vowed to combat Honduras' surging homicide rate for minors. Maduro expressed his administration's d [...]	2003-02-26 15:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KCRM ASEC SNAR KJUS PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA532	ANTI-CORRUPTION IN HONDURAS--IS RICARDO MADURO [...] (C) SUMMARY: As President Ricardo Maduro enters the second year of his single four-year term in office, the looming question in his professed effort to transform Honduras, economy, judicial system and political environment is whether or not he is prepared to seek concrete results in his battl [...]	2003-02-26 19:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PGOV SNAR ECON PHUM KCRM OVIP HO
03TEGUCIGALPA548	HOSTAGE SITUATION IN NAHUATERIQUE POCKET ON BORDER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 25 at around 10:00am a Honduran patrol comprised of seven police and four military personnel was surrounded by approximately 400 compesinos in the Nahuaterique pocket on the border with El Salvador. The incident occurred after the patrol had confiscated a number of c [...]	2003-02-27 23:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PHUM PREL PTER ECON PINR ES HO
03TEGUCIGALPA558	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FUTURE OF AMHON EXECUTIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Honduran Minister of Government and Justice, Dr. Jorge Ramon Hernandez Alcerro, hosted a lunch at his home for Ambassador Palmer on February 14. Hernandez requested the meeting to discuss issues of bilateral importance but dominating the discussion was the effort underway to rep [...]	2003-02-28 21:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PREL SOCI PHUM PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA611	HONDURAN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE: A SUCCESSFUL [...] (U) SUMMARY: A year after the implementation of Honduras' new Criminal Procedure Code (CPC),opinions regarding its level of success are positive overall, but critics remain. Supporters cite the commencement of oral trials under the new system in 2002 as evidence of the Code's success. Crit [...]	2003-03-06 22:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PHUM PGOV EAID KCRM SNAR PREL ASEC HO
03TEGUCIGALPA625	THREAT TO CARDINAL RODRIGUEZ [...] At an event hosted by the Papal Nuncio, Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez privately told the Ambassador that he had received a recent death threat that he was taking very seriously. Apparently, the gatekeeper at Cardinal Rodriguez's office had been kidnapped while running an errand recently. The gat [...]	2003-03-07 23:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA697	HONDURAS AND PROSPECTS FOR HARMONIZED ANTI-TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Post concurs with Department recommendation that a regional harmonization of anti-trafficking in persons legislation (ref A) would serve U.S. interests in Honduras and the region. As stated in ref C, Honduras could benefit by an overriding law against TIP that pieced together [...]	2003-03-19 22:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB ASEC PREF KFRD HO
03TEGUCIGALPA726	HIGH EXPECTATIONS, DISAPPOINTING RESULTS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: After one year in office, Honduran President Ricardo Maduro faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. Maduro began his administration amid high expectations. While he remains upbeat about his administration's ability to [...]	2003-03-21 22:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD PHUM KJUS CASC ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA824	TFIZ01: AMBASSADOR URGES HONDURAN FM PEREZ-CADALSO [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador met April 1 with Honduran Minister of Foreign Affairs Guillermo Perez-Cadalso to discuss a wide range of issues, with a focus on Iraq and combating terrorism. Ambassador urged the GOH to make stronger public statements on Iraq, including on Iraqi war crimes, and criti [...]	2003-04-02 21:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AORC KTIA KAWC IZ HO KICC
03TEGUCIGALPA856	POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO SERVE AS FIRST HONDURAN [...] (C) The Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has not yet named a Honduran ambassador to Cuba. Several names have been circulating as potential candidates. As noted in reftel B, first among these is Rene Arturo Bendana, former Ambassador to Spain and to the U.S. under past President Raf [...]	2003-04-08 18:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ETTC PINR CU HO UNHCR
03TEGUCIGALPA861	LA CEIBA PRISON RIOT LEAVES 69 DEAD AND MANY [...] SUMMARY: On April 5 a riot in El Porvenir prison, located just outside the Caribbean port city of La Ceiba, Honduras, left 69 dead and 39 wounded. Many of the dead were gang members from Mara 18, one of Central America's largest gangs. According to press reports, the riot broke out when a sc [...]	2003-04-08 22:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM KJUS CASC ASEC HO
03TEGUCIGALPA862	TFIZ01: HONDURAN FM PEREZ-CADALSO GIVES AMB LETTER [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met April 7 with Honduran Minister of Foreign Affairs Guillermo Perez-Cadalso at the FM's request. Perez-Cadalso gave Ambassador a letter offering to provide Honduran troops for post-war humanitarian needs in Iraq, contingent on congressional approval of such a deploy [...]	2003-04-08 23:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PHUM AORC KTIA KAWC IZ HO
03TEGUCIGALPA885	DEFENSE TRADE CONTROLS IN HONDURAS; PROBLEMS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: La Armeria (The Armory),the only certified firearms distributor in Honduras, continues to exhibit difficulties in complying with State Department guidance regarding the importation of commercial firearms. In December 2002 Post recommended that State deny La Armeria's request t [...]	2003-04-11 13:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KOMC PREL PHUM PARM ETTC ETRD BEXP HO
03THEHAGUE1390	HOLOCAUST ART RESTITUTION: SEMINAR EXPLORES ROLE [...] Summary and Action Request: The Permanent Court of Arbitration hosted a seminar to explore whether international arbitration is a suitable mechanism for resolving claims involving Nazi-looted art. Legal experts agreed that arbitration could play a useful role and some advocated establishmen [...]	2003-06-02 15:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KNAR PHUM AORC NL IBPCA
03THEHAGUE1392	ICTY: SENIOR OTP OFFICIALS DOWNBEAT ON "NEW ERA" [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor. Reason: 1.5(D) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. According to Chief of Investigations Patrick Lopez-Terres of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),cooperation with Belgrade authorities has not signific [...]	2003-06-02 15:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1417	ICTY: IS MILOSEVIC HOLDING UP? [...] (C) Summary: The last two months have dealt blows to Slobodan Milosevic from Belgrade and within the trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). In the ICTY, a series of witnesses have hammered Milosevic with crime-based details of the joint crimina [...]	2003-06-05 10:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1450	DUTCH REACTION TO CUBAN CRACKDOWN [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-06 14:36:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU NL
03THEHAGUE1530	ICTY: DEL PONTE GREETS SLJIVANCANIN ARREST WITH [...] (U) Classified by Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor. Reasons 1.5(d) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte reacted to the arrest today of outstanding "Vukovar Three" fugitive Veselin Sljivancanin with [...]	2003-06-14 08:20:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1546	ICTY: CROSS-BORDER PIFWC APPREHENSIONS GET A GREEN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) confirmed on June 5 that the Tribunal has jurisdiction over indictee Dragan Nikolic, who has claimed since his arrest in April 2000 to have been detained unlawfully by SFOR (refs A and B). [...]	2003-06-16 15:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1627	DUTCH TO DEPORT CUBAN ASYLUM APPLICANT ON JUNE 30 [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (C) Embassy received a letter from United States Senator Bob Graham on June 18 requesting action on behalf of a constituent regarding a Cuban citizen who had applied for asylum and was being held in detention in The Netherlands. Dutch governme [...]	2003-06-24 15:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	CU NL PHUM PREF PREL PGOV
03THEHAGUE1674	ICTY: LILIC'S TESTIMONY AGAINST MILOSEVIC A MIXED [...] (C) Summary. To outside observers, Former Yugoslav President Zoran Lilic's testimony against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) last week looked like a mixed bag. Lilic gave a detailed accounting of Milosevic's role in decision-maki [...]	2003-06-27 11:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1677	UPDATE ON DUTCH DEPORTATION OF CUBAN ASYLUM [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (C) In discussions with the attorney, Mw. mr. W.M. Hompe, who is representing Cuban asylum applicant Jose Manuel Vargas Martin, PolOff was informed that no appeal had been filed after the original denial of asylum. Vargas Martin was represented [...]	2003-06-27 13:20:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	CU NL PHUM PREL PREF PGOV
03THEHAGUE1680	EU GOALS AND DUTCH RESPONSE TO U.S. UNGA GOALS - [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-27 14:52:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PHUM NL UNGA UN
03THEHAGUE1730	ICTY: UK DRAFT UNSCR ON THE COMPLETION STRATEGY [...] (C) International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) President Theodor Meron passed to embassy legal counselor the draft of a Security Council resolution developed by the UK that would require the ICTY Prosecutor to implement key elements of the Tribunal's so-called completion [...]	2003-07-07 14:59:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1738	ICTY: PRESIDENT MERON TO VISIT BELGRADE JULY 24-25 [...] (U) Classified by: Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor, Reason: 1.5(d) and 1.6. 2. (SBU) International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) President Theodor Meron has received and accepted a formal invitation to visit Belgrade from Serbia and Montenegro (SAM) Foreign Ministe [...]	2003-07-08 10:14:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE1779	DUTCH ATTENDANCE AT ICG MEETING ON BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-11 15:18:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM AORC NL
03THEHAGUE1827	ICTY: PRESIDENT MERON URGES USG TO OPPOSE DEL [...] Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Daniel R. Russel for reason 1.5 (d). 2. (C) Summary. President Theodor Meron of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) met with the Ambassador on July 16 to convey his serious concerns about the performance of Chief Pro [...]	2003-07-17 14:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	HR KAWC KJUS NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE1855	A/S JONES' HAGUE VISIT: TRAFFICKING, TERRORISM, [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-22 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB KCRM KHIV KWMN PHUM PTER SMIG SNAR
03THEHAGUE1857	DUTCH: SUMMARY OF EU THOUGHTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Following delivery of HR reftels on July 21, MFA Senior Policy Advisor for Human Rights, Hans Docter (protect source),confirmed that the EU will introduce UNGA resolutions on Burma and the DRC; a decision on Iran has been postponed until early September, but appears likely. Docter also s [...]	2003-07-22 15:19:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IR BM CG ZI KN NL UNGA UNHRC UN
03THEHAGUE1858	ICTY: DEL PONTE PUSHES BACK;SEEKS MEETING WITH SG [...] Classified by Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor, Reason 1.5(d) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. Carla Del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),is seeking an urgent meeting with UN Secretary General Annan, perhaps as early as tomorrow, [...]	2003-07-23 05:21:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY ICTR
03THEHAGUE1899	BHUTAN: DUTCH CONCERNS ABOUT BHUTANESE REFUGEES IN [...] (C) On July 29 PolOff conveyed reftel to MFA South Asia Senior Policy Advisors Arjen Kool and Robert Claessens. Kool and Claessens noted the similarity between reftel and the July 18 EU statement on Bhutan. The GoNL remains concerned about the situation of the Bhutanese refugees, especially [...]	2003-07-29 11:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL BT NP NL UNHCR
03THEHAGUE1920	LIBERIA: DUTCH WILL CONTRIBUTE EURO 500,000 FOR [...] (S) Summary: The GoNL plans to contribute euro 500,000 via ECOWAS to Mali to support Mali's military contribution to an ECOWAS force in Liberia. Such financial support will be dependent upon a "believable arrangement" that Taylor will leave country and will not be absolved of his war crimes [...]	2003-07-30 14:40:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL CD LI ML MR NG XY NL UNSC
03THEHAGUE1942	NETHERLANDS: COUNTRY SNAPSHOT FOR POLITICAL ISLAM [...] (C) To date, only one political group in the Netherlands claims an Islamic political platform (AEL-NL, see A below). There are numerous Islamic based organizations and student groups, most of which are small in number and influence. With the exception of AEL-NL, Islamic organizations are norma [...]	2003-08-01 14:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PHUM NL
03THEHAGUE1991	ICTR: SEEKING INFORMATION ON THE DEPUTY PROSECUTOR [...] (C) Summary: Dutch MFA officials responsible for following the international criminal tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR) said that, given their lack of experience working with him, they were not in a position to provide an assessment of the current ICTR deputy prosec [...]	2003-08-07 13:41:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NL ICTY ICTR
03THEHAGUE2002	ICTY: SENIOR PROSECUTORS PUSH FOR PLEA AGREEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) successfully negotiated four plea agreements during the three months that ended with the plea of Darko Mrdja on July 24. According to ICTY Chief of Prosecutions Michael Johnson, the plea agreement [...]	2003-08-08 11:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE2063	NETHERLANDS SUPPORTS MASS GRAVES PROJECTS IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) The GoNL is supportive of the mass graves projects in Iraq outlined in reftel. PolOff met with Adri van Lookpik, head of the MFA's Gulf States Section, on August 15 to review ref A requests. Per ref B, PolOff noted that if the Da [...]	2003-08-15 15:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PHUM IZ UK NL
03THEHAGUE2107	ICTY: CHIEF PROSECUTOR AND PRESIDENT PUSHING IN [...] (U) Classified by Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor, for reasons 1.5(D) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte and President Meron are pressing for competing changes in the draft ICTY/ICTR Security Council [...]	2003-08-21 11:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2114	PDAS SOUTHWICK DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: DRL PDAS Michael Southwick met with Dutch interlocutors on August 18 to discuss US-led and multilateral efforts in the field of human rights. The Dutch exchanged EU goals for the UNGA 3rd committee as well as thoughts on Cuba, CHR WEOG rotation scheme, and US-EU cooperation on h [...]	2003-08-22 08:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM BM CG TH CH ZI CU NL UNHRC UNGA
03THEHAGUE2161	ICTY: REGISTRAR THANKS USG FOR RULES OF THE ROAD [...] EMBASSY HAS RECEIVED THE LETTER THAT FOLLOWS IN PARAGRAPH TWO REGARDING USG CONTRIBUTION TO THE ICTY RULES OF THE ROAD PROJECT. 2. // BEGIN TEXT OF LETTER// Clifton M. Johnson Office of the Legal Counselor Embassy of the United States of America Lange Voorhout 102 2514 EJ The Hague [...]	2003-08-27 11:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	BK HR NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY KAWS
03THEHAGUE2171	DUTCH SUPPORT EU RESOLUTION ON IRAN DURING THE [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-28 09:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL IR EU NL UNHRC
03THEHAGUE2196	RECENT TIP DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] Summary ----------- Below follows an update of recent developments in the Netherlands re trafficking in persons (TIP). Contents: --New Legislation --Other Parliamentary Activity --Outreach to National TIP Rapporteur's Office --Arrests/Prosecutions --Visitors Raise TIP: A/S Jones; Former [...]	2003-08-29 13:14:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
03THEHAGUE2205	RECENT TIP DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] Summary ----------- Below follows an update of recent developments in the Netherlands re trafficking in persons (TIP). Contents: --New Legislation --Other Parliamentary Activity --Outreach to National TIP Rapporteur's Office --Arrests/Prosecutions --Visitors Raise TIP: A/S Jones; Former [...]	2003-09-02 11:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
03THEHAGUE2311	DEMARCHE REQUEST--WSIS/FREEDOM OF THE PRESS [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-15 13:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM NL UNAUS
03THEHAGUE2313	DUTCH REACTION TO NONPAPER ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA [...] (C) Summary: PolOff delivered nonpaper text on human rights in China (Ref A) to Dutch MFA Deputy Head of East Asia Department Gerrie Willems, and Senior Policy Advisor on Human Rights in Asia Sandra Pellegrom on September 12. The Dutch are pleased the U.S. is initiating early discussions on th [...]	2003-09-15 15:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CH NL
03THEHAGUE2560	OSCE: DUTCH PLANS FOR MAASTRICHT [...] Summary: In a meeting with visiting Dept. OSCE Coordinator Doug Wake, Dutch OSCE CiO Personal Representative Daan Everts stressed that the GoNL is looking ahead to a successful OSCE Ministerial December 1-2. To add to GoNL efforts throughout 2003, the Dutch are pushing hard for the Secretar [...]	2003-10-06 14:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM NL OSCE
03THEHAGUE2563	ICTY: PREVIEW OF CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S AND [...] (C) Summary. Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and President Theodor Meron of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will present the Security Council with a difficult dilemma during their reports to the Council on October 9. Del Ponte will report that she intends to seek [...]	2003-10-07 05:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2567	DUTCH RESPONSE TO CHECHNYA ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: PolOff delivered demarche points on the Chechnya election (ref A) to Dutch MFA OSCE Task Force Senior Policy Officer Robert-Jan Siegert on October 6, 2003. Siegert said the Dutch agree with U.S. points, but the Dutch position varies slightly. He noted FM de Hoop Scheffer, in his c [...]	2003-10-07 09:14:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV RS NL
03THEHAGUE2611	ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL CHAMBER BALANCES KEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) had its hands full this week as it reconvened to hear the Prosecution's case against Slobodan Milosevic. Compressed into the new three-day per week schedule, the proceedings balanced the [...]	2003-10-10 15:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2769	ICTY: KEY WITNESSES TESTIFY TO MILOSEVIC'S CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard testimony from political insiders the week of October 20 as the Prosecution continued to present its case against Slobodan Milosevic. Two key witnesses offered their versions of the [...]	2003-11-04 11:42:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2818	ICTY: AMBASSADOR PROSPER'S MEETINGS WITH ICTY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Pierre-Richard Prosper met with the President and Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in separate meetings on October 30 in The Hague. Ambassador Prosper, meeting with ICTY officials on the margins o [...]	2003-11-07 16:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE2835	ICTY: AN INSIDE LOOK INTO MILOSEVIC'S HEALTH AND SUPPORT NETWORK [...] (S/NF) Summary: The head of the detention unit of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) provided Embassy legal officers and USG physician with details of Slobodan Milosevic's health status, daily regimen, legal and financial network, frame of mind, and contacts o [...]	2003-11-12 16:26:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE2867	ICTY: LORD OWEN'S TESTIMONY A MIXED BAG FOR PROSECUTION'S CASE AGAINST MILOSEVIC [...] (C) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard testimony from Lord David Owen the first week of November. As an international negotiator, Lord Owen insisted that the Trial Chamber call him as a neutral witness rather than being cal [...]	2003-11-14 16:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2898	ICTY: REGISTRY SEEKS ASSISTANCE ON BUDGET [...] Summary: The deputy registrar and chief budget officer of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) requested USG support for the ICTY's proposed budget for the 2004-2005 biennium the face of an ambiguous concluding sentence in the ACABQ's report to the Fifth Committ [...]	2003-11-18 15:21:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE2907	DUTCH LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN CAT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-19 09:59:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM NL
03THEHAGUE2917	DUTCH ON HUMAN RIGHTS: IRAN, CHR, TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Dutch human rights concerns continue to run parallel to those of the United States. Specifically, the GoNL will co-sponsor the Canadian UNGA 3rd committee resolution on the human rights situation in Iran (ref A). The Netherlands, [...]	2003-11-20 08:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TX IR NL UNGA UNHRC
03THEHAGUE2948	DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN CAT [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-25 12:30:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM NL
03THEHAGUE3019	ICTY: SIEGE OF SARAJEVO TRIAL ENDS WITH CONVICTION [...] (SBU) Summary: A trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) convicted Stanislav Galic, commanding general of the Republika Sprpska Army's (VRS) Sarajevo Romanija Corps (SRK) during 1992 to 1994, for his responsibility for attacks on the civilian popu [...]	2003-12-05 15:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE3027	ICTY: WITH STRUGAR BALKING AT RETURN, PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Theodor Meron, told embassy legal officers that he would report to the UN Security Council Belgrade's noncooperation by 0900 EST on Tuesday, December 9, if indictee Pavle Strugar fails to return [...]	2003-12-09 06:00:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE3043	ICTY: THREE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OFFERED FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard from three key witnesses in November offering unique perspectives on the role Milosevic played. During the week of November 10, historian Robert Donia resumed his testimony concer [...]	2003-12-11 05:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE3048	DUTCH: NO DECISION YET ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CERD [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-11 12:21:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL NL UN
03VATICAN1046	HOLOCAUST MUSEUM DELEGATION WORKS IN SECRET [...] SUMMARY: A DELEGATION FROM THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM MET WITH VATICAN ARCHIVE/LIBRARY DIRECTOR CARDINAL JORJE MARIA MEJIA MARCH 3 AND GAINED ACCESS TO THE VATICAN SECRET ARCHIVE TO SURVEY CERTAIN PRE-WAR RECORDS. THE DELEGATION PROPOSED TO MEJIA COLLABORATION WITH THE ARCHIVE'S SMALL STAFF TO CATA [...]	2003-03-13 13:54:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KNAR VT VTPREL
03VATICAN1124	HOLY SEE TO FOCUS ON HUMAN DIGNITY, RELIGIOUS [...] (C) THE HOLY SEE DELEGATION TO THE 59TH UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CONVEYED TO EMBASSY ITS WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF MUTUAL INTEREST, PARTICULARLY ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND MIGRATION. HOLY SEE DELEGATE TO THE UNHRC, BISHOP DIARMUID MARTIN, [...]	2003-03-19 06:44:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VT VTPREL
03VATICAN1329	HOLY SEE RELAYS CONCERNS ABOUT SITUATION IN [...] (SBU) THE HOLY SEE OUTLINED ITS CONCERNS ABOUT MOUNTING UNREST IN THE NORTHEASTERN REGION OF ITURI IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) IN A NOTE PASSED TO EMBASSY MARCH 24. THE VATICAN IS CALLING ON THE PARTIES TO "RESPECT AGREEMENTS ALREADY SIGNED AND RESUME NEGOTIATIONS." THE HOLY S [...]	2003-03-28 10:55:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CF CG PHUM PREL RW UG VT

03VATICAN135	POPE'S MESSAGE TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS FOCUSES ON WAR, [...] IN HIS ANNUAL SPEECH TO THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS JANUARY 13, POPE JOHN PAUL II OFFERED HIS PERSPECTIVE ON THE STATE OF THE WORLD. CITING THE CURRENT "FEAR THAT OFTEN DWELLS IN THE HEARTS OF OUR CONTEMPORARIES," HE IDENTIFIED THE CAUSES OF THIS FEAR AS: "INSIDIOUS TERRORISM, UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS [...]	2003-01-14 07:15:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM VT VTPREL
03VATICAN1401	HOLY SEE HOPES BRIGITTINE CONVENT IN HAVANA WILL [...] (C) MFA CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR MONS. GIORGIO LINGUA TOLD US MARCH 28 THAT THE HOLY SEE STILL HOPED THAT THE MARCH 8 OPENING OF THE BRIGITTINE SISTERS' HOUSE IN HAVANA, DEVELOPED WITH CASTRO'S COOPERATION, WOULD HELP PAVE THE WAY TO GREATER CHURCH ACCESS TO THE CUBAN PEOPLE. THE HOLY SEE [...]	2003-04-02 11:11:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF CU VT VTPREL
03VATICAN1406	HOLY SEE'S PASSIVE APPROACH TO GOC DISSIDENT [...] (C) DCM CONVEYED REF (A) DEMARCHE CONCERNING THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT'S ONGOING DISSIDENT CRACKDOWN MARCH 26 TO DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER PIETRO PAROLIN. PAROLIN INDICATED THE HOLY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 01406 01 OF 02 021354Z SEE WAS FOLLOWING THE CRACKDOWN [...]	2003-04-02 13:53:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU VT VTPREL
03VATICAN1508	COMBATING AIDS IN MOZAMBIQUE - REQUEST FOR [...] (U) ROME'S SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY, A VATICAN-ENDORSED LAY CATHOLIC NGO WITH GLOBAL REACH, WHICH SUCCESSFULLY MEDIATED AN END TO MOZAMBIQUE'S CIVIL WAR IN 1991, HAS LAUNCHED AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAM TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS IN MOZAMBIQUE. SANT'EGIDIO, WHICH HAS RETAINED ITS COMMITMENT TO MOZAMBIQUE'S DEMO [...]	2003-04-09 05:32:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI TBIO MZ VT VTPREL
03VATICAN1694	REINVIGORATED POPE WELCOMES END OF WAR, CONDEMNS [...] (U) A VIGOROUS POPE JOHN PAUL II PRESIDED OVER THE VATICAN'S EASTER WEEK SERVICES, USING HIS HOMILIES AND EASTER MESSAGE TO FOCUS GLOBAL ATTENTION ON THE HOLY SEE'S TOP INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS: RECONSTRUCTION IN IRAQ, PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, CONDEMNATION OF TERRORISM AND RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE, [...]	2003-04-22 13:44:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM IS WE IZ VT VTPREL
03VATICAN1747	POPE CALLS ON WORLD NOT TO FORGET GREAT LAKES [...] (U) DURING HIS WEEKLY WEDNESDAY AUDIENCE IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE APRIL 9, POPE JOHN PAUL II URGED THE WORLD TO NOT FORGET THE VIOLENT AND CONTINUING CONFLICT IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION OF AFRICA, AND CALLED ON LEADERS TO RETURN TO THE PEACE PROCESS. VATICAN OFFICIALS HAD PASSED EMBASSY A PR [...]	2003-04-24 14:14:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	CF CG PHUM PREL RW UG VT
03VATICAN1775	POPE DECRIES EXECUTIONS AND ASKS CASTRO FOR [...] (U) SEE ACTION REQUEST PARA. 5. 2. (U) IN A DEPARTURE FROM THE HOLY SEE'S NORMALLY CAUTIOUS APPROACH TO CUBA, POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS PUBLICLY DECRIED THE EXECUTION OF THREE HIJACKERS AS WELL AS THE HARSH SENTENCES RECENTLY HANDED DOWN AGAINST CUBAN DISSIDENTS. THE POPE'S APRIL 13 APPEA [...]	2003-04-28 15:56:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU VT
03VATICAN1880	IRAQI CLERGY CALL FOR RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC [...] (SBU) LOOKING TO LAY DOWN SOME MARKERS ON IRAQ'S RELIGIOUS FUTURE, THE HOLY SEE FORWARDED TO POST UNDER DIPLOMATIC NOTE A COPY OF A DECLARATION ISSUED BY THE IRAQI PATRIARCHS AND BISHOPS (I.E. OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC, CHALDEAN, AND EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES) ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN IRAQ. THE [...]	2003-05-02 14:38:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ PGOV PHUM SOCI VT
03VATICAN195	(C) PAYA VISITS POPE; FM TAURAN MAY RECIPROCATE [...] (C) VATICAN CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR MONS. GIORGIO LINGUA TOLD US JANUARY 9 THAT THE HOLY SEE CONTINUES TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT "PRESSING THE ENVELOPE" FOR GREATER CHURCH FREEDOMS IN CUBA. HE BELIEVED THAT THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 00195 [...]	2003-01-16 14:31:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VT
03VATICAN2225	VIGOROUS POPE CELEBRATES 83RD BIRTHDAY BY [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-20 10:01:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM VT
03VATICAN283	PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS - WORKING WITH VATICAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES [...] (U) THE HOLY SEE, CATHOLIC DIOCESES WORLDWIDE, AFFILIATED NGO'S AND CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS ORDERS ARE SIGNIFICANT, IF OFTEN OVERLOOKED, PLAYERS IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN RELIEF EFFORTS. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS IN EFFECT THE WORLD'S LARGEST INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: SO [...]	2003-01-24 10:03:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF PGOV EAGR EAID ECON SMIG TBIO VT
03VATICAN2996	VATICAN SPOTLIGHT ON ROMA [...] SUMMARY: THE VATICAN'S FIFTH WORLD CONGRESS OF THE PASTORAL CARE OF GYPSIES WILL TAKE PLACE IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY FROM JUNE 30 TO JULY 6. THE CONGRESS WILL FOCUS ON THE PASTORAL NEEDS OF THE ROMA, BUT WILL ALSO INCLUDE LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS ON EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, INTEGRATION, AND THE ROLE [...]	2003-07-01 15:20:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL VT
03VATICAN3387	ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES JULY 17 VATICAN MEETINGS [...] (C) VATICAN ACTING FM MONSIGNOR PIETRO PAROLIN TOLD A/S BETH JONES JULY 17 THAT THE HOLY SEE WAS FIRMLY BEHIND THE ROAD MAP, AND HAD APPEALED TO ISRAELI FM SHALOM TO REFRAIN FROM RETALIATION. A/S JONES URGED THE HOLY SEE TO HELP STRENGTHEN ABU MAZEN'S POSITION. THE HOLY SEE REITERATED ITS CO [...]	2003-07-25 11:02:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON TU VT XA RS
03VATICAN3436	Caritas on North Korea: Unified, Willing to [...] (u) Catholic Church relief network Caritas works with the people of North Korea to combat poverty and malnutrition. Post recently met with Kathi Zellweger, who oversees Caritas' operations in North Korea and who spends considerable time there, to review developments in that country. Zellweg [...]	2003-07-29 11:52:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EAID EAGR ETRD KN VT
03VATICAN3497	TAKING THE VATICAN TO TASK ON CRITICISM OF U.S. [...] (C) Following a post-Iraq war interview in which the Vatican's senior official for inter-religious dialogue had suggested the Administration's language during the Iraq war could have created a conviction in the Muslim world that the war was a war of religion, the Ambassador challenged the offi [...]	2003-08-01 15:31:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VT
03VATICAN3790	HOLY SEE ON U.S. THEMES FOR 58TH UNGA [...] (C) DCM MET WITH HOLY SEE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER PIETRO PAROLIN AUGUST 20 TO REVIEW U.S. THEMES FOR THE 58TH UNGA (REFTELS). IN A BRIEF EXCHANGE ON THE SITUATION IN IRAQ, PAROLIN EXPRESSED SADNESS AT THE RECENT ATTACK, AND WAS RECEPTIVE TO USG DETERMINATION TO STAY THE COURSE. HE NOTED [...]	2003-08-21 14:03:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREL VT UNGA
03VATICAN3820	VATICAN: BALL IN CHINA'S COURT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (C) MEETING AUGUST 20 WITH HOLY SEE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER PIETRO PAROLIN, DCM RAISED THE CURRENT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SITUATION IN CHINA, BUILDING ON REF A DEMARCHE TO EU COUNTRIES AND REF B DEVELOPMENTS IN THE BILATERAL DIALOGUE. WITHOUT REFERRING DIRECTLY TO CARDINAL MCCARRICK'S RECENT CO [...]	2003-08-22 15:17:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	CH KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT
03VATICAN3971	HIV/AIDS: Catholic NGO Sees Mozambique Anti- [...] (u) The Sant'Egidio Community's ambitious program to combat HIV/AIDS in Mozambique (reftels),has met with considerable success this past year and is now set for expansion in Mozambique and potentially in other affected countries. This track record, and the enthusiastic reaction to the progra [...]	2003-09-02 15:42:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI TBIO MZ VT
03VATICAN4090	VATICAN CALLS ANTI-SEMITISM "A PLAGUE THAT MUST BE [...] (U) THE HOLY SEE HAS REEMPHASIZED THE NEED TO UPROOT DISCRIMINATION AND ANTI-SEMITISM IN A NEW DOCUMENT MARKING THE CELEBRATION OF JEWISH CULTURE IN EUROPE. ISSUED BY GERMAN-BORN CARDINAL WALTER KASPER, THE HEAD OF THE VATICAN OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR RELATIONS WITH JUDAISM, THE PAPER REITE [...]	2003-09-08 14:18:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI VT
03VATICAN4429	CUBA STEPPING UP PRESSURE ON CATHOLIC CHURCH [...] (SBU) "FIDEL CASTRO SEES THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AS AN ENEMY," HAVANA'S CARDINAL JAIME ORTEGA ASSERTED IN DESCRIBING CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS ON THE COMMUNIST ISLAND DURING A RECENT VISIT TO ITALY. INTERVIEWED BY ITALIAN BISHOPS' DAILY "AVVENIRE," THE CARDINAL SUMMARIZED THE CHURCH'S SITUATION [...]	2003-09-26 14:50:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CU VT
03VATICAN4570	VATICAN MIFFED, REALISTIC ABOUT GEORGIAN ABOUT [...] (C) VATICAN AUTHORITIES WERE SURPRISED AND DISAPPOINTED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA'S DECISION NOT TO SIGN AN INTERSTATE AGREEMENT THAT HAD BEEN NEGOTIATED WITH THE HOLY SEE. FOREIGN MINISTER JEAN LOUIS TAURAN HAD UNUSUALLY STRONG WORDS IN THE MEDIA AS HE CONCLUDED HIS FRUITLESS VISIT TO G [...]	2003-10-06 15:09:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	GG KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI VT
03VATICAN5111	CUBA: HOLY SEE TAKES TRADITIONAL VIEW ON UNGA [...] (C) Reviewing the recent UNGA vote on the U.S. embargo on Cuba, the Holy See reaffirmed its opposition to the embargo, while affirming its distaste for the regime's human rights abuses. MFA Caribbean Affairs Office Director Giorgio Lingua repeated the Vatican's view that the embargo is ineffec [...]	2003-11-12 14:37:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETRD PHUM PREL VT UNGA
03VATICAN5164	HAITI: HOLY SEE WORRIED ABOUT VIOLENCE, SEEKS [...] (C) Vatican MFA Caribbean Affairs Office Director Giorgio Lingua said November 7 that the Holy See is "very worried" about the situation in Haiti. He expressed concern about the disruption of an October 16 mass (ref a and b),and noted the potential for violence in the coming weeks (ref d). A [...]	2003-11-14 14:19:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL VT HA
03VATICAN5264	VATICAN-NORTH KOREA CONTACTS ON HOLD PENDING [...] (C) THE HOLY SEE'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA, MONSIGNOR LUIS MONTEMAYOR, TOLD DCM NOVEMBER 18 THAT THE VATICAN'S PERIODIC SENIOR LEVEL CONTACTS WITH PYONGYANG WERE IN SUSPENSION PENDING THE RESULTS OF THE SIX-PARTY TALKS ON NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR ARMS PROGRAM. THE HOLY SEE HOPED [...]	2003-11-20 07:13:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KN KS PHUM PREL VT
03VATICAN531	VATICAN HAPPY WITH TRIPS MORATORIUM, PRESSES FOR [...] DCM SHARED REF A FOLLOW-UP POINTS ON THE TRIPS MORATORIUM WITH VATICAN DFM MONS. PIETRO PAROLIN AND IO DIRECTOR MONS. OSVALDO NEVEZ ON FEBRUARY 2. BOTH EXPRESSED GRATITUDE FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND REAFFIRMED THE HOLY SEE'S APPRECIATION FOR THE U.S. NEED TO DEFEND INTELLECTUAL PROPE [...]	2003-02-10 09:00:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PHUM PREL VT
03VATICAN5427	HOLY SEE -- WORLD AIDS DAY [...] SUMMARY: CARE AND TREATMENT FOR SUFFERERS OF HIV/AIDS AND FIDELITY AND ABSTINENCE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE WERE THE HOLY SEE'S KEY MESSAGES FOR WORLD AIDS DAY 2003. IN A STATEMENT DELIVERED NOVEMBER 30, POPE JOHN PAUL II LAMENTED THE CONTINUED SPREAD OF THE VIRUS, "ESPECIALLY I [...]	2003-12-03 11:41:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM TBIO SOCI VT
03VATICAN5611	HOLY SEE PESSIMISTIC ON WAY FORWARD IN CHINA [...] (C) In a December 3 meeting, Vatican Office Director for China Gianfranco Rota-Graziosi was pessimistic on prospects for progress on human rights and religious freedom in China. He noted continuing persecution of both the underground Catholic Church and the government-controlled Catholic Patri [...]	2003-12-16 13:01:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	CH KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT
03VATICAN5666	CARDINAL'S IRAQ COMMENTS CREATE DUST-UP [...] (C) During the presentation of the Pope's World Day of Peace message December 17 (ref a),Cardinal Renato Martino, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, caused a stir with comments critical of U.S. treatment of Saddam Hussein following his capture. Media gave wide attent [...]	2003-12-19 16:28:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PHUM PREL VT
03VATICAN5669	HOLY SEE PUSHES FOR DIALOGUE, NEW RELIEF EFFORTS [...] (C) Pope John Paul II challenged Sudanese bishops on an officialvisit to Rome to expand their inter-religious dialogue efforts in the search for peace in Sudan. Vatican officials focused their attention in particular on newly- created Cardinal Wako of Khartoum, pressing him to engage in dia [...]	2003-12-22 11:39:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PINR PREL SU VT
03VATICAN5748	VATICAN DISOWNS CARDINAL'S IRAQ COMMENTS [...] (C) Holy See Secretary of State (Prime Minister equivalent) Cardinal Angelo Sodano wrote in a December 20 letter to the Ambassador that comments of Cardinal Renato Martino expressing "compassion" for Saddam Hussein and criticism of U.S. treatment of him after his capture (ref a) did not repre [...]	2003-12-30 15:44:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PHUM PREL VT
03VATICAN683	SADDAM MEETING WITH CARDINAL ETCHEGARAY: VATICAN [...] (C) THE HOLY SEE'S MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR, MONSIGNOR FRANCO COPPOLA, WHO ACCOMPANIED PAPAL SPECIAL ENVOY CARDINAL ROGER ETCHEGARAY TO BAGHDAD, GAVE DCM A FULL READOUT FEBRUARY 19 OF ETCHEGARAY'S VISIT AND FEBRUARY 15 MEETING WITH SADDAM HUSSEIN. ACCORDING TO COPPOLA, THE PAPAL MISSION TO BAGHDAD [...]	2003-02-20 06:09:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PHUM VT VTPREL
03VATICAN929	ROME PUK REP SEEKS VATICAN ACCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROME PUK REPRESENTATIVE BAKER FATTAH MET WITH POLOFF FEBRUARY 25 TO DISCUSS PUK EFFORTS TO GAIN VATICAN ATTENTION FOR THE KURDISH CAUSE. FATTAH TOLD POLOFF THAT THE PUK HAD BEEN TRYING TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE HOLY SEE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 0 [...]	2003-03-06 15:06:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VT VTPREL
03YEREVAN1214	GOAM WELCOMES MOVE TO TIER II ON TIP REPORT [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE TREAT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) POLOFFS DELIVERED COPIES OF THE 2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT TO MFA HUMAN RIGHTS DESK OFFICER AND ACTING INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HEAD (MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR),KARINE SOUDJIAN, JUNE 12 PER INSTRUCTIONS IN [...]	2003-06-13 15:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV AM KTIP
03YEREVAN2826	ARMENIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Armenian MFA United Nations Division Chief Artak Apitonian confirmed on November 25 that the GOAM would support U.S. candidate Felice Gaer for the United Nations Committee Against Torture. A [...]	2003-11-26 09:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AM UNHCR
03YEREVAN2828	ARMENIA ON MIDDLE EAST ACTIONS AT UNGA [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel demarche request, Armenian MFA United Nations Division Chief Artak Apitonian told us November 26 that Armenia would likely abstain from the December 2 vote on the propo [...]	2003-11-26 11:26:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAL PREL IS AM UNSC UNGA
03YEREVAN2853	COE SKEPTICAL NEW OMBUDSMAN LAW MEETS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Under substantial pressure from the Council of Europe, the Armenian National Assembly (NA) voted September 9 to create the position of Human Rights Ombudsman to oversee the human rights situat [...]	2003-11-28 12:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AM
03YEREVAN2903	ARMENIAN STUDENTS DISCUSS GEORGIA, POLITICS, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) PAS invited 11 students from the political science department of Yerevan State University to the Embassy November 26 to discuss their perceptions of the 'velvet revolution' in neighboring Georgi [...]	2003-12-02 13:40:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AM
03YEREVAN2970	1999 PARLIAMENTARY ATTACKERS SENTENCED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Concluding a nearly three-year trial, a Yerevan district court handed down six life sentences and one 14-year prison term December 2 to the defendants convicted of carrying out the October 199 [...]	2003-12-08 13:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AM
03YEREVAN2995	NEW LAW ON DRAFT EVADERS: AMNESTY THROUGH [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Armenian National Assembly (NA) unanimously passed a bill on "Citizens Who Evaded Compulsory Military Service" in its second reading December 1. The measure allows citizens over the age [...]	2003-12-12 11:23:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AM
03YEREVAN3070	NEW REGISTRATION PROCEDURE TRIMS NUMBER OF [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly - not for internet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Half the previous number of political parties will operate in Armenia following the implementation of new legislation requiring a one- time re-registration with t [...]	2003-12-24 08:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AM
03YEREVAN3087	HOMOSEXUALS REPORT MINOR IMPROVEMENTS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Despite new legislation that de-criminalized homosexuality in Armenia, societal discrimination remained an obstacle for homosexuals in 2003. Members of the homosexual community told Emboffs D [...]	2003-12-30 10:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AM
03YEREVAN3091	GOAM REJECTS A1+ BROADCAST TENDER APPLICATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Armenia's Radio and Television National Commission announced December 30 that it would reject the bid of the A1+ media group for the last available television frequency. The announcement marked the seventh time since 20 [...]	2003-12-30 12:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AM
03ZAGREB107	CROATIA: THREE YEARS OF POST-TUDJMAN GOVERNMENT; A MIXED REPORT CARD [...] (C) WITH ONE GREAT EXCEPTION, THE THIRD YEAR OF THE RACAN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00107 01 OF 05 151634Z GOVERNMENT RESEMBLED THE FIRST TWO: CROATIA MADE MODEST PROGRESS ON SOME REFORM ISSUES, STUMBLING FORWARD WHILE SPENDING FAR TOO MUCH ENERGY AND TIM [...]	2003-01-15 15:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB1074	CROATIA COMMEMORATES TRAGIC EVENTS OF WORLD WAR II [...] ON MAY 11, COMMEMORATION CEREMONIES WERE HELD BOTH AT THE JASENOVAC CONCENTRATION CAMP IN CROATIA AND SEPARATELY IN BLEIBURG, AUSTRIA. PRESIDENT STJEPAN MESIC STIRRED UP CONTROVERSY IN JASENOVAC, WHERE TENS OF THOUSANDS -- MOSTLY SERBS, JEWS, AND ROMA -- PERISHED AT THE HANDS OF THE USTASH [...]	2003-05-14 13:21:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV HR
03ZAGREB1164	CROATIA: ELECTIONS FOR LOCAL MINORITY COUNCILS [...] (C) ELECTIONS FOR CROATIA'S NEW LOCAL MINORITY COUNCILS WERE HELD ON MAY 18, BUT THE TURNOUT WAS SO LOW THAT THE ELECTIONS ARE BROADLY JUDGED TO BE A TOTAL FAILURE. THERE IS ENOUGH BLAME ON ALL SIDES TO GO AROUND. THE GOVERNMENT SET AN UNREALISTICALLY SHORT -- BUT LEGAL -- DEADLINE, FAILED T [...]	2003-05-23 10:42:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM HR OSCE PGOV
03ZAGREB1193	THE SAD STATE OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN OSIJEK [...] (U) ON A RECENT VISIT TO OSIJEK WE STOPPED IN AT THE OFFICES OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. DOWN FROM A PRE-WORLD WAR II POPULATION OF OVER 10,000, THERE ARE NOW ONLY 150 JEWS IN THE REGION, AND BY STRICT DEFINITION MOST OF THOSE WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED JEWISH. ELDERLY, POOR IN HEALTH AND RICHE [...]	2003-05-28 13:55:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM HR
03ZAGREB1230	KEEPING THE HDZ AT ARM'S LENGTH [...] (C) THE USG WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD THE HDZ AT ARM'S LENGTH CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01230 01 OF 02 300952Z UNTIL IT HAS DEMONSTRATED -- IN ACTIONS, NOT JUST WORDS -- THAT IT WILL SUPPORT POLICIES WHICH ADVANCE OUR STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING STABILITY IN THE RE [...]	2003-05-30 09:33:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM HR
03ZAGREB1328	POPE ENCOURAGES CROATIA'S EU ASPIRATIONS [...] POPE JOHN PAUL II VISITED CROATIA BETWEEN JUNE 5-9 -- HIS THIRD VISIT TO THIS OVERWHELMINGLY CATHOLIC COUNTRY. IN HIS OPENING ADDRESS ON ARRIVAL AT THE RIJEKA AIRPORT THE POPE NOTED THAT "CROATIA RECENTLY SUBMITTED ITS APPLICATION TO BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART, BOTH POLITICALY AND ECONOMICALL [...]	2003-06-10 13:25:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL HR
03ZAGREB1393	CROATIAN OFFICIALS CONDEMN THE RIOT IN BELGRADE [...] FOLLOWING THE JUNE 15 ATTACK ON THE CROATIAN EMBASSY IN BELGRADE BY A LARGE GROUP OF SPORTS HOOLIGANS (REFTEL) -- WHICH CAME AFTER SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO DEFEATED CROATIA IN THE WATER-POLO FINALS OF THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN KRANJ, SLOVENIA -- CROATIA'S POLITICAL LEADERSHIP PUT OUT STRONG [...]	2003-06-18 07:43:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB1399	CROATIA REACTION: 2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) We were called in to the Foreign Ministry on June 13 to discuss the recently released 2003 Trafficking in Persons report. Dubravka Simonovic, Head of the Human Rights section in the Department for UN and Human Rights, asked for an explanation of why Croatia was placed as a tier 2 country [...]	2003-06-18 13:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL HR
03ZAGREB159	SCENESETTER FOR DAS BOGUE AND BRADTKE VISIT TO [...] (C) YOUR VISIT TO ZAGREB WILL TAKE PLACE JUST DAYS AFTER CROATIA'S FIRST ANP REVIEW AT NATO AND IN THE MIDST OF THE GOC'S PROCESS OF RE-DEFINING ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH NATO'S OTHER CONTINUING ASPIRANTS. BUT NATO IS NOT MUCH IN THE NEWS IN ZAGREB THESE DAYS; FOCUS IS ON RELATIONS WITH ICTY, C [...]	2003-01-22 18:28:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHUM HR IT NATO
03ZAGREB167	REFUGEE RETURNS: RATCHETING UP IC PRESSURE ON [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-23 18:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL HR EUN UN NATO UNHCR
03ZAGREB1758	CROATIA: INPUT FOR CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] Croatia has a good record on preventing the worst forms of child labor. The Government has strengthened its legislative base and has made progress on implementation and enforcement. In preparing our response to reftel, post met with officials at the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare and [...]	2003-08-08 15:38:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM HR
03ZAGREB1887	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ON KEY BILATERAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C): With the political class returning from the Dalmatian coast, the Ambassador had separate tour d'horizon meetings this week with Foreign Minister Picula, Deputy Foreign Minister Simonovic, and Croatian Ambassador to the U.S. Grdesic to re-energize work on some key issues that have lain lar [...]	2003-08-29 15:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KAWC HR NATO
03ZAGREB1901	CROATIA ABOUT TO COMPLETE EU QUESTIONNAIRE, SAYS OUTGOING DEPUTY MINISTER OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION [...] ALTHOUGH ICTY COMPLIANCE COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS, CROATIA IS WELL ON TRACK IN ITS EUROPEAN INTEGRATION EFFORTS. THAT IS WHAT OUTGOING DEPUTY MINISTER OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION, MIRJANA MLADINEO, TOLD US AUGUST 28, ON HER LAST DAY ON THE JOB. SHE STARTS SOON IN BRUSSELS AS AMBASSADOR TO CROATIA'S [...]	2003-09-02 13:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2143	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON THE MUFTI [...] (U) On October 3, the Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on Sevko Omerbasic, Mufti of Zagreb and Croatia. Omerbasic, an educator and known moderate, has been quoted in the press as being critical of U.S. actions in Iraq. When asked if there had been any efforts to promote extremism in C [...]	2003-10-03 16:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV HR
03ZAGREB2170	DEL PONTE BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON CROATIA'S [...] (C) ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte briefed the diplomatic corps in Zagreb following her October 6 meetings with PM Racan and President Mesic. Del Ponte was pleased with the GoC's new-found capacity to fulfill requests for assistance from the OTP. As expected, she was harshly critical [...]	2003-10-07 11:47:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PREL PHUM HR ICTY
03ZAGREB2249	AMBASSADOR REBUFFS EFFORT AT HOLOCAUST DENIAL [...] (SBU) ON OCTOBER 10 THE AMBASSADOR CALLED ON ARCHBISHOP JOSIP BOZANIC TO PROTEST A RECENT ARTICLE IN "GLAS KONCILA," THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CROATIAN COUNCIL OF BISHOPS, TITLED "WHY IS THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN THE SERVICE OF ANTI-CROATIAN SLANDERERS?" MASQUERADING AS COMMENTARY, THE ARTIC [...]	2003-10-17 13:39:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV HR
03ZAGREB2259	CROATIA'S PARLIAMENT DISSOLVES - WHAT NEXT? [...] SUMMARY: THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED ON OCTOBER 17, THE FIRST FORMAL STEP IN A SERIES OF EVENTS WHICH WILL LEAD TO ELECTIONS ON NOVEMBER 23. PRESIDENT MESIC TOOK THE SECOND STEP ON OCTOBER 20, WHEN HE FORMALLY SET THE DATE FOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. CROATIA'S ELECTORAL LAW REMAINS [...]	2003-10-20 14:33:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2270	CROATIA'S PROGRESS ON REFORMS THREATENED BY [...] (C) New polls show that the reform-oriented parties which formed the Racan government are trailing Croatia's right-wing nationalist opposition in the race for November 23 parliamentary elections. Unless the current coalition turns it around -- and pollsters tell us they could still manage th [...]	2003-10-21 15:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HR KWCI
03ZAGREB2296	ELECTION TIME IN DJULOVAC [...] (U) ON OCTOBER 22, WE VISITED DJULOVAC MUNICIPALITY TO OPEN A USAID AND EUCOMM FUNDED SCHOOL REHABILITATION PROJECT, A COMMUNITY CENTER, AND A ROAD PROJECT. SMILING VILLAGERS, SINGING STUDENTS, AND TABLES LADEN WITH LOCAL DELICACIES AND HOMEMADE BRANDIES GREETED US, THE LOCAL POLITICAL ESTABL [...]	2003-10-24 14:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM HR
03ZAGREB2365	ONCE AGAIN, NO DOUBLE VOTE FOR MINORITIES IN [...] THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT VOTED LAST MONTH TO DENY A DOUBLE VOTE TO ETHNIC MINORITY VOTERS IN THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS SET FOR NOVEMBER 23. THE "DOUBLE VOTE" WOULD HAVE PERMITTED OFFICIALLY-DESIGNATED MINORITIES TO VOTE TWICE ON ELECTION DAY, ONCE FOR GENERAL PARTY LISTS, AND ONCE FOR AN ETHNI [...]	2003-11-05 14:43:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2381	ELECTIONS: "OFFICIAL" CAMPAIGN BEGINS - BLEAK [...] (C) On November 6, Croatia's State Electoral Commission published the approved lists of candidates for the November 23 parliamentary election. This act serves as the official starting gun for the formal campaign, which means rules governing equal access to state media now apply. Polls sugge [...]	2003-11-07 12:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2409	ELECTIONS: OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL [...] (C) THE NOVEMBER 23 DATE FOR CROATIA'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION HAS BEEN COMMON KNOWLEDGE FOR MONTHS, BUT THE LAUNCH OF THE "OFFICIAL" CAMPAIGN STILL SEEMS TO HAVE CAUGHT PM RACAN'S SDP FLAT-FOOTED. THE RIGHT-WING HDZ HAS A WELL-FUNDED, WELL-ORGANIZED (IF SOMEWHAT INTIMIDATING) CAMPAIGN MA [...]	2003-11-14 15:41:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2424	RULING COALITION TANGLES WITH CHURCH [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Racan's SDP may have gotten itself into a no-win situation by directly responding to what has been increasingly partisan -- and pro-HDZ -- comments made by Catholic Church officials in the run up to Croatia's national elections on November 23. The Catholic Bishops Confere [...]	2003-11-18 05:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2432	ELECTIONS: NEW POLLS SHOW RACE CLOSER THAN EVER [...] (C) SEPARATE POLLS PUBLISHED IN CROATIA'S TWO LEADING DAILY NEWSPAPERS ON NOVEMBER 17 INDICATE THAT THE RACE FOR CROATIA'S NOVEMBER 23 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION WILL BE A PHOTO FINISH. ONE PAPER GIVES THE EDGE TO A RIGHT-OF-CENTER COALITION LED BY THE NATIONALIST HDZ AND THE OTHER SUGGESTS [...]	2003-11-18 14:15:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2453	CROATIA'S ELECTIONS: ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP [...] (C) Voters head to the polls this Sunday, November 23, in what will probably be the closest general election in Croatia's short history. The only result we're ready to predict is that the overwhelming majority of voters will cast ballots for candidates who back integration into Euro-Atlantic [...]	2003-11-20 12:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HR
03ZAGREB2458	ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN CIRCUS IN ZAGREB [...] (C) On the last day of the campaign for the November 23 parliamentary elections, there is no escaping campaign hoopla in Zagreb. All of Croatia's political parties -- even those with no hope of crossing the five percent vote threshold needed to win seats -- are pulling out all the stops. Th [...]	2003-11-21 11:46:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2463	SDSS LEADERS RALLY THE PEOPLE [...] (SBU) Under Croatia's peculiar election law, Serbs are pulled in two different directions in the run up to voting. They can vote for candidates on the minority lists or for candidates on the national lists but not for both. At a rally November 20, candidates of the moderate Independent Democr [...]	2003-11-21 15:51:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2487	SANADER'S HDZ REACHING OUT EARLY TO IMPROVE [...] (C) MIOMIR ZUZUL, CERTAIN TO BE HDZ'S NOMINEE AS CROATIA'S NEXT FOREIGN MINISTER, TOLD THE AMBASSADOR ON NOVEMBER 24 THAT THE HDZ IS SEEKING TO FORM A COALITION WITH THE CROATIAN PEASANTS' PARTY (HSS) AND THE ETHNIC SERB PARTY TO AVOID HAVING TO BRING THE EXTREME RIGHT-WING CROATIAN PARTY [...]	2003-11-25 13:49:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2490	ETHNIC SERBS VOTE FOR MODERATES [...] (U) With the official vote count still days away, moderate Serbs from the Independent Democratic Serbian Party (SDSS) are almost certain to fill the three designated ethnic Serb seats in the next Parliament. Milan Djukic, the confrontational former representative of ethnic Serbs in Parliament [...]	2003-11-25 13:49:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2496	WHO WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL? HDZ LOOKS FOR COALITION [...] (C) DESPITE HIS OVERWHELMING VICTORY IN THE NOVEMBER 23 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, HDZ PRESIDENT IVO SANADER MAY HAVE TO WORK OVERTIME TO FORM A COALITION. THE HDZ WON 66 OUT OF 152 SEATS IN THE NEXT PARLIAMENT, MAKING 77 THE "MAGIC NUMBER" FOR A GOVERNMENT PROPOSED BY IVO SANADER TO WIN A VOTE [...]	2003-11-25 16:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB252	LIBERAL PARTY ELECTS A NEW PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: YALE POROFESSOR IVO BANAC WAS ELECTED AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE LIBERAL PARTY (LS) A JUNIOR MEMBER OF THE GOC COALITION, DEFEATING ZLATKO KRAMARIC BY A SLIM MARGIN. ALTHOUGH FREQUENTLY A CRITIC OF THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT, BANAC SAID THE LIBERAL PARTY WOULD CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE I [...]	2003-02-03 12:16:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR HR
03ZAGREB2544	LITTLE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL ON TENANCY [...] On December 1-2 the OSCE Croatia Mission's Return and Reintegration Unit briefed their field staff, regional OSCE staff (Belgrade and Sarajevo),and regional UNHCR staff on the status of implementation of the GOC's plan to address the issue of lost Occupancy Tenancy Rights (OTR). OTR has been [...]	2003-12-04 07:48:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREF HR
03ZAGREB2661	SANADER REACHES OUT TO CARLA DEL PONTE [...] (C) CROATIA'S INCOMING PRIME MINISTER, IVO SANADER, CALLED UP CHIEF PROSECUTOR CARLA DEL PONTE ON DECEMBER 19 TO UNDERSCORE HIS DESIRE TO MAINTAIN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL. TOM OSORIO (STRICTLY PROTECT),THE HEAD OF THE ICTY OFFICE IN ZAGREB, TOLD US AFTER THE TELEPHONE [...]	2003-12-22 10:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM HR
03ZAGREB367	QANTIWAR PROTESTS STAGED IN ZAGREB AND OTHER [...] SUMMARY: A FEW THOUSAND NGO ACTIVISTS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS GATHERED ON FEBRUARY 15 IN ZAGREB AND OTHER CROATIAN CITIES TO PROTEST AGAINST A WAR IN IRAQ. THE POLICE ESTIMATED THAT THE CENTRAL RALLY IN DOWNTOWN ZAGREB UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00367 210153Z [...]	2003-02-19 07:10:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV HR IZ
03ZAGREB376	VOJNIC: OFFERING EQUAL MISERY FOR ALL [...] (C) ONLY 50 MILES FROM ZAGREB, THE MUNICIPALITY OF VOJNIC STANDS AS A STARK EXAMPLE OF THE ECONOMIC REALITIES FACED BY CROATS, SERBS, AND MUSLIMS ALIKE IN CROATIA'S WAR AFFECTED REGIONS -- RURAL COMMUNITIES LONG PLAGUED BY ECONOMIC DECLINE AND OUT MIGRATION. THE EFFECTS OF THE 1991-1995 "HOMEL [...]	2003-02-20 06:56:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PREF ECON PGOV HR
03ZAGREB432	CROATIA APPLIES FOR EU MEMBERSHIP [...] SUMMARY: PRIME MINISTER RACAN SUBMITTED CROATIA'S OFFICIAL APPLICATION FOR EU MEMBERSHIP ON FEBRUARY 21 IN ATHENS. CROATIA'S STATUS AS A CANDIDATE COULD BE CONFIRMED WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME, THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION MINISTER SAID. REFUGEE RETURNS, COOPERATION WITH THE WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL (ICTY [...]	2003-02-26 16:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB517	INTERNATIONAL DONORS REACH AGREEMENT WITH GOC [...] SUMMARY: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DONORS AND THE GOC HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON A STANDARDIZED COURT AND CASE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PLATFORM THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN COURTS COUNTRY-WIDE. THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL IMPROVE MUCH- NEEDED JUDICIAL EFFICIENCY AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE GOC COSTS ASSOCIATED [...]	2003-03-10 15:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PHUM KCOR KJUS HR IBRD EVN
03ZAGREB519	SANADER'S HDZ: RATINGS UP, BUT STILL NOT READY FOR [...] (C) CROATIA'S OPPOSITION HDZ HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO REHABILITATE ITSELF IN THE EYES OF VOTERS EVER SINCE IT WAS EJECTED FROM POWER IN JANUARY 2000. PARTY LEADERS CLAIM -- LOUDLY AND OFTEN -- THAT THE HDZ IS COMPLETING ITS "DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATION" FROM THE CORRUPT, NATIONALIST PARTY FOUN [...]	2003-03-10 17:16:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM HR
03ZAGREB602	CROATIAN PARLIAMENT "PUNTS" ON ELECTION LAW [...] (C) POLITICAL PARTIES IN CROATIA'S RULING COALITION COULD NOT AGREE ON A MODEL FOR ELECTION LAW REFORM AND HAVE DECIDED INSTEAD TO MAKE "TECHNICAL CHANGES" TO EXISTING LEGISLATION. THE COALITION NEVER REALLY MOVED BEYOND THE THEORIZING STAGE IN ITS EFFORTS TO CUT THE POLITICAL DEAL WHICH WOULD [...]	2003-03-18 08:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HR
03ZAGREB657	MOST CROATIAN POLITICAL PARTIES DISAPPROVE OF THE MILITARY ACTION [...] MEDIA COVERAGE OF IRAQ IN CROATIA IN THE LAST 24 HOURS HAS BEEN UNIFORMLY HOSTILE TO THE U.S. POSITION. MUCH OF IT HAS FOCUSED ON CRITICISM OF THE IRAQ CAMPAIGN BY MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. MPS REPRESENTING THE RULING COALITION AND JOINED BY SOME OF THE MARGINAL PARTIES IN THE OPPOSITION H [...]	2003-03-21 16:39:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB664	TFIZ01: TOP OFFICIALS COMMENT ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] IN AN INTERVIEW PUBLISHED ON MARCH 22 IN THE MASS MARKET DAILY "JUTARNJI LIST," PRIME MINISTER IVICA RACAN REITERATED HIS GOVERNMENT'S POSITION "REGRETTING" THE LACK OF UNSC UNITY OVER THE DECISION TO USE FORCE TO COMPEL IRAQ TO DISARM. HE SAID THAT ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT'S STATEMENTS FOL [...]	2003-03-24 17:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM HR IZ
03ZAGREB679	TFIZ01: UNCHR/CROATIA: CROATIA WILL OPPOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOC WILL VOTE AGAINST THE PROPOSAL FOR A SPECIAL SITTING ON THE IRAQ CONFLICT, "AS IT IS CURRENTLY FRAMED AND GIVEN THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE COMMISSION." HOWEVER, DEPUTY FM SIMONOVIC TOLD AMBASSADOR IN CONVEYING THIS POSITION THAT THE SITUATION AT THE UNCHR IS "FLUID" AND TH [...]	2003-03-25 17:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL HR IZ UNCHR
03ZAGREB686	TFIZO1: UNCHR/CROATIA WILL OPPOSE SPECIAL IRAQ [...] (C) ON RECEIPT OF REF A, AMBASSADOR SPOKE EARLY MORNING MARCH 27 WITH MIROSLAV KOVACIC, MFA NORTH AMERICA DIRECTOR, WHO WAS IN THE MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM SIMONOVIC THAT WE REPORTED IN REF C. THE AMBASSADOR RECALLED THE (HELPFUL BUT EU-CAVEATED) POSITION THE GOC HAD DECIDED UPON AND THAT HAD B [...]	2003-03-27 09:46:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL HR UNCHR
03ZAGREB754	TFIZ01: CROATIAN CABINET ORDERS HUMANITARIAN [...] (U) ON APRIL 3, THE CROATIAN CABINET PASSED A DECISION (SEE TEXT AT PARA 4) TO SEND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE WITH A VALUE OF JUST UNDER USD 3 MILLION TO IRAQ. THE ASSISTANCE SHOULD INCLUDE BLANKETS, SLEEPING BAGS, BED LINENS, FLOUR, SUGAR, AND WATER PURIFICATION AGENTS. THE CABINET ALSO DIRE [...]	2003-04-04 15:18:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM HR IZ
03ZAGREB798	CROATIA/ICC/ARTICLE 98: NO EU PRESSURE BUT GOC NOT [...] (C) WE HAVE NOT DETECTED ANY BLATANT EU PRESSURE ON THE GOC NOT TO NEGOTIATE AN ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT WITH US. HOWEVER, FOR THE MOMENT, THE EU DOES NOT NEED TO STRONG-ARM THE CROATIANS. THE GOC IS NOWHERE NEAR TAKING A DECISION ON OPENING FORMAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH US ON ARTICLE 98, LET ALONE [...]	2003-04-10 16:22:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PHUM HR EUN
03ZAGREB82	CHR 59 -- CROATIA WAIVERS ON LIBYAN CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) CHARGE DELIVERED CHR DEMARCHE (REF A) ON JANUARY 10 TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00082 131714Z ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER MARIO NOBILO. NOBILIO, WHO WAS ALREADY AWARE OF OUR EFFORTS ON THE ISSUE, STATED THAT THE GOC HAS NOT TAKEN A FINAL DECISION, BUT F [...]	2003-01-13 17:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM HR LY UNHRC LZ
03ZAGREB824	TFIZ01: GOC STATEMENT ON THE FALL OF IRAQI REGIME [...] ON APRIL 11, THE GOVERNMENT OF CROATIA ISSUED A STATEMENT COMMENTING ON THE FALL OF BAGHDAD AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE IRAQI REGIME. THE STATEMENT (FULL TEXT BELOW) HAILS THE END OF THE REGIME AS A CHANCE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE, AS WELL AS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PEACE AND STABIL [...]	2003-04-15 06:41:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM HR IZ
03ZAGREB836	ANOTHER PROBLEM SOLVED? -- CROATIA FLOATS NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOC INITIATED A COMMENT AND DISCUSSION PERIOD FOR A DRAFT NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR ROMA IN MARCH, AND WOULD LIKE TO FINALIZE THE PLAN BY THE FALL. NGOS TELL US THE DRAFT PLAN IS A WELCOME EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE SEVERE OBSTACLES FACED BY THE ROMA IN CROATIA, BUT FALLS SHORT ON TH [...]	2003-04-15 15:47:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM HR
03ZAGREB862	DONJI LAPAC STRUGGLES AHEAD [...] (SBU) REFUGEE RETURNS, RECONSTRUCTION, AND ETHNIC RELATIONS DOMINATED A RECENT VISIT TO DONJI LAPAC, A MUNICIPALITY OF 3,400 NEAR CROATIA'S WESTERN BORDER WITH BOSNIA. SEVERELY AFFECTED BY THE WAR, BOTH IN TERMS OF DISPLACEMENT OF THE POPULATION AND DESTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE, THE MUNICIPA [...]	2003-04-18 08:42:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF HR
03ZAGREB927	CROATIA/ICTY: DPM GRANIC SHOOTS GOC IN FOOT AS [...] SUMMARY: DEPUTY PM GRANIC'S RASH CRITICISM THIS WEEK OF THE ZAGREB DIPLOMATIC CORPS -- INCLUDING THE U.S. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00927 01 OF 02 280635Z AMBASSADOR -- EMBARRASSED THE GOC AND OVERSHADOWED AN OTHERWISE SOLID ATTEMPT TO SENSITIZE THE CROATI [...]	2003-04-28 06:25:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KAWC PREL PGOV PHUM HR UNSC ICTY
03ZAGREB94	2003: CRITICAL YEAR FOR RETURNS TO CROATIA [...] (C) CUTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S PRESENCE AND CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00094 01 OF 02 141716Z FUNDING IN CROATIA WILL MAKE THIS YEAR CRITICAL FOR REFUGEE RETURNS. OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, A BUDGET-STRAPPED UNHCR WILL DRAW DOWN ITS IN-COUNTRY OPE [...]	2003-01-14 16:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL HR UNHCR OSCE
03ZAGREB991	INDICTED FORMER CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF JANKO BOBETKO BURIED [...] SUMMARY: INDICTED GENERAL JANKO BOBETKO WAS BURIED ON MAY 2. WHILE OPPOSITION LEADERS ATTENDED THE FUNERAL, PRESIDENT MESIC DID NOT, AND PM RACAN AND SPEAKER TOMCIC ONLY PAID THEIR TRIBUTE AT A SEPARATE CEREMONY. IN AN INFLAMMATORY SPEECH AT THE FUNERAL, RETIRED GENERAL IVAN BASARAC CRITICI [...]	2003-05-06 11:53:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM HR ICTY
03ZAGREB995	GOC LURCHING FORWARD ON IMPLEMENTING MINORITIES LAW [...] (C) IN DECEMBER 2002, THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT PASSED A CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00995 01 OF 03 061502Z NEW "CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ON NATIONAL MINORITIES." THAT LAW WAS WIDELY HAILED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS A REASONABLE COMPROMISE AND A STEP FORWAR [...]	2003-05-06 14:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HR IT
04ABUDHABI1289	UAE LABOR CONDITIONS UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Following is an update of UAE labor issues in March and early April. Topics include: an update of the proposed labor law; discussions of working conditions for domestic servants; an inter-ministry proposal to create a nation-wide labor court system; employer/employee disputes reporte [...]	2004-04-25 12:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS GTIP TC
04ABUDHABI1436	LABOR CONDITIONS REPORT DELIVERED TO PRESIDENTIAL COURT [...] SUMMARY: The UAE Ministry of Labor has submitted a new 14- point recommendation report on workers' rights to the office of the President and the Dubai Executive Council for review. The report's aim is to address the "growing tide of complaints against employers, primarily over unpaid wages an [...]	2004-05-05 13:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS GTIP TC
04ABUDHABI1588	MEK DETAINEE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points as well as the names of the 12 detained MEK members with ties to the UAE to MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuaimi on May 17. As the 12 individuals did not appear to be UAE citizens, Abdullah Rashid said that UAE interest in them was unclear. The UA [...]	2004-05-17 13:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PREJ IZ TC
04ABUDHABI1589	UAE ACTIVIST ATTEMPTS TO OPEN INDEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Al-Roken (PLEASE PROTECT),a Dubai-based Emirati human rights activist, moderate Islamist, and longtime Embassy contact, informed Poloff on May 9, under conditions of confidentiality, that he and four women will attempt SIPDIS to open a "genuine, independe [...]	2004-05-17 13:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINR TC
04ABUDHABI1809	UAE TO REBUT ICFTU CAMEL JOCKEY REPORT AT ILO GENEVA [...] SUMMARY: During this week's ILO 92nd Session in Geneva, the UAE Minister of Labor and Social Affairs will rebut allegations that the UAE is not doing enough to curb the employment of underage foreign boys as camel jockeys. The UAEG will use the forum to highlight the UAE's progress over the ye [...]	2004-06-02 06:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS GTIP TC

04ABUDHABI1832	UAE: ABU DHABI POLICE COLLEGE HOSTS ANTI-TIP [...] SUMMARY. The Abu Dhabi Police Officers' Training Institute, in coordination with the Police Research Center and the Office of the U/S of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),held a training symposium entitled "Combating Human Trafficking" May 24-25. Thirteen law enforcement specialists from severa [...]	2004-06-02 13:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TC
04ABUDHABI1880	UAE AND REQUEST FOR HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Post discussed reftel points with UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Arabian Affairs Mohamed Ateeq Bandouq Al-Qumzi on June 7. Al-Qumzi told Polchief that he appreciated the information and noted that the UAEG had already taken several measures to respond to the Darfur crisis. [...]	2004-06-07 13:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM TC
04ABUDHABI1904	UAE RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE HAILED [...] THE ANGLICAN BISHOP FOR CYPRUS AND THE GULF COMMENDED THE UAE'S TOLERANCE FOR OTHER RELIGIONS DURING A VISIT TO DUBAI ON JUNE 6. THE MOST REVEREND CLIVE HANDFORD, WHO LED A SPECIAL CEREMONY AT THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH IN DUBAI TO NAME REV. JOHN WEIR AS PERMANENT CHAPLAIN OF DUBAI, SHARJAH, AND [...]	2004-06-08 13:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM TC
04ABUDHABI1985	LABOR UNIONS [...] UAE Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Mattar Humaid Al- Tayer has confirmed that the Cabinet of Ministers will approve a new law this year allowing workers to join labor unions. Al-Tayer, speaking at the 92nd Session of the International Labor Organization in Geneva, said the draft law is [...]	2004-06-16 11:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS GTIP TC
04ABUDHABI2034	UAE - REACTIONS TO TIP REPORT [...] (C) Summary: UAE Government officials have responded relatively positively to the annual Trafficking in Persons report despite the fact that the UAE was dropped from Tier 1 to Tier 2. The prevailing sentiment has been that the demotion - a year after the UAE's unprecedented jump from Tier 3 t [...]	2004-06-21 14:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM PREF TC
04ABUDHABI2131	UAE - MANDATORY SUBMISSION OF JOB OFFERS ALONG [...] (U) STARTING OCTOBER 1, 2004, THE UAE MINISTRY OF LABOR WILL REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO SUBMIT JOB OFFERS STATING THE SALARY AND JOB TITLE OF THEIR PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES AT THE SAME TIME EMPLOYERS SUBMIT VISA APPLICATIONS. THE CURRENT PRACTICE IS FOR EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT DETAILS ON THE VI [...]	2004-06-29 03:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS GTIP TC
04ABUDHABI2154	UAE CABINET APPROVES SETTING UP LABOR UNIONS [...] (U) THE UAE'S CABINET OF MINISTERS ON JUNE 28 APPROVED A MEMO SUBMITTED BY THE MINISTER OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS CALLING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LABOR UNIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS IN THE UAE. THE GOVERNMENT'S NEXT STEP WILL BE TO FORM A MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE TO DRAFT A FEDERAL LAW CREATING UNION [...]	2004-06-29 13:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS GTIP TC
04ABUDHABI2363	U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE 59TH UNGA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 09:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM UNGA UN TC
04ABUDHABI2514	ABU DHABI POLOFF TO PARTICIPATE IN SEPTEMBER [...] Abu Dhabi Human Rights Reporting Officer Susan Raddant looks forward to participating in the first DRL Human Rights Officers Conference September 28-29 in Washington, D.C. Our Political Section has already notified DRL of Poloff's attendance via email, and suggested ideas for additional issue [...]	2004-07-28 10:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TC
04ABUDHABI2524	MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH--ABU DHABI RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is little sign of an active political Islamic movement in the UAE. The UAEG promotes the moderate practice of Islam and the vast majority of religious group in the UAE follow a moderate practice of Islam in line with UAEG policy. The Mission is actively engaging Emirati [...]	2004-07-28 13:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OIIP EAID KDEM OPRC PREL PHUM PTER KISL
04ABUDHABI2583	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONDEMNING HOSTAGE TAKING AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-03 12:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM TC
04ABUDHABI3094	UAE TO BE FEATURED IN HBO CAMEL JOCKEY EXPOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has learned from two regional NGOs that HBO television will soon broadcast a documentary alleging that UAE camel racetracks continue to use foreign children as camel jockeys, despite the UAEG's September 2002 ban forbidding this practice. The program may also highlight miser [...]	2004-09-13 13:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TC PK BG
04ABUDHABI3209	TIP CASES SHOW UAE STILL CHALLENGED [...] (U) This is an action request for G/TIP and NEA/ARPI country desk, please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A number of recent trafficking cases in the UAE point to the continuing challenges in the TIP arena here. There is a growing difference in views between Dubai police and public prosec [...]	2004-09-16 06:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TC IN NP RP
04ABUDHABI3210	LOCAL VIEWS ON PROSPECTS FOR UAE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Michele J. Sison for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This message was jointly drafted by Embassy Abu Dhabi and ConGen Dubai. 3. (C) SUMMARY: The slow but steady regional trend toward democratization has triggered some, albeit limited, discussion in Emirati c [...]	2004-09-16 06:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KDEM KMPI TC SA
04ABUDHABI3613	UAE TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Ambassador delivered reftel recommendations on ways to combat and eliminate trafficking in persons to MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi on October 11. The SIPDIS Ambassador also shared a letter from G/TIP Director Miller to UAE Ambassador Al Dhahri outlining the measures the Em [...]	2004-10-12 11:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM PGOV PREL TC
04ABUDHABI3617	DEMARCHE TO UAE: US NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-13 05:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KAWC PHUM UNGA TC
04ABUDHABI3631	UAE: CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC TEACHINGS [...] THE UAE WILL HOST A SIX-DAY CONFERENCE BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 25 TO HIGHLIGHT ISLAM'S TEACHINGS ABOUT TOLERANCE, JUSTICE, FORGIVENESS, AND PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE. THE GATHERING, CALLED "THE PROPHET'S WAY OF DAWA AND GUIDANCE", AIMS TO CHANGE INTERNATIONAL PERCEPTIONS OF ISLAM AND ADDRESS THE QUES [...]	2004-10-13 10:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PHUM KDEM TC
04ABUDHABI3689	MEDIA ASSISTANCE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST: WORKSHOP [...] SUMMARY: An October 4 - 6 Regional Media Assistance workshop in Abu Dhabi, funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and USAID, succeeded in soliciting an abundance of ideas and insights from Middle Eastern media experts. Participants were frank about the need for a more indepe [...]	2004-10-18 11:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KPAO PHUM XF
04ABUDHABI3742	CHILD CAMEL JOCKEY DEATH UNCOVERS MORE CHALLENGES [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-20 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PK PREL TC
04ABUDHABI3937	TOP ABU DHABI LEADERSHIP DECREES USE OF CHILD CAMEL JOCKEYS WILL STOP [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-02 07:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TC
04ABUDHABI4005	OAS: PANAMA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Watt called Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis on Friday, May 27, to encourage support for the U.S. candidate for Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Paolo G. Carozza. The Foreign Minister informed Ambassador Watt on Tuesday, May 31, that the GOP would support Carozza. 2 [...]	2004-11-08 12:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	UN UNGA PREL PHUM TC
04ABUDHABI4026	ABU DHABI UNABLE TO DELIVER UN HUMAN CLONING BAN [...] As reported in ref. A, due to the official mourning period after the death of late President Sheikh Zayed, and the week-long government holiday for the Eid Al Fitr, the UAEG is closed until November 20. The MFA is not receiving demarches or dip notes. It will not be possible for Post to deli [...]	2004-11-09 12:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	UN UNGA TBIO KSCI PREL PHUM TC
04ABUDHABI4186	NO REPORTED INCIDENTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN UAE [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-22 13:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KIRF PGOV PHUM TC
04ABUDHABI4237	ANTI-TRAFFICKING NGO MEETS WITH UAE LEADERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-27 13:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PK PREL TC
04ABUDHABI4261	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON UAE INTERIOR MINISTER SHEIKH [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador and the U.S. Embassy law enforcement team (RSO, LEGAT, DHS/ICE) called on new Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed al Nahyan on November 24. Ambassador emphasized that cooperation through USG law enforcement training and exchange programs would remain a high prior [...]	2004-11-28 09:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM ASEC TC
04ABUDHABI4332	ABU DHABI POLICE COLLEGE HOSTS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary: The Abu Dhabi Police Officers, Training Institute, in coordination with the Police Research and Studies Center and the Ministry of Interior (MOI),held a training symposium entitled &Police and Human Rights8 November 27-28. Seven speakers from different branches of the MOI, Interpol, [...]	2004-11-30 12:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR PREL SA TC
04ABUDHABI4418	UAE OPENS FIRST CAMEL JOCKEY SHELTER AND REHABILITATION CENTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UAEG, in cooperation with the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust Association (a Pakistani NGO),opened the region,s first shelter and rehabilitation center for rescued child camel jockeys on December 2 near Abu Dhabi. Sixteen boys are already housed in the shelter, which can hold up [...]	2004-12-06 13:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	BG PHUM PK PREL TC
04ABUDHABI4543	UAE WILL NOT CHANGE VOTES ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-14 10:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TC UNGA UN
04ABUDHABI4622	TIP: CHARGE PUSHES MFA ON CHILD CAMEL JOCKEYS [...] (C) On December 18, Charge raised trafficking of underage child jockeys to the UAE with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi. Charge briefly reviewed G/TIP Reports Officer Feleke Assefa,s December 10-13 visit to the UAE, including Assefa,s favorable assessment of the UAEG,s new rehab [...]	2004-12-18 11:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TC
04ABUDHABI4660	G/TIP DISCUSSIONS IN UAE ON CAMEL JOCKEYS: UAEG [...] (C) Summary: G/TIP NEA/SA Reports Officer Feleke Assefa visited the UAE December 10-13 to follow up allegations raised in the October 19 Home Box Office (HBO) program about the UAE,s continuing use of underage foreign boys as camel jockeys, despite a 2002 ban on the practice. Assefa met with [...]	2004-12-20 12:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TC
04ABUDHABI468	POSSIBLE CHR RESOLUTION ON IRAQ [...] (C) The UAEG has been very helpful on Iraq issues, including making strong public statements in support of the IGC, and we would expect the UAEG to support the Governing Council position with regard to extending the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for Iraq (ref A). 2. (C) Polchief delive [...]	2004-02-24 13:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TC
04ABUDHABI496	UAE PLEDGES CONTINUED COOPERATION ON TIP [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (HBZ) on February 24 and discussed the recent visit of G/TIP Coordinator Mark Taylor to the UAE. HBZ said combatting trafficking in women is a priority for th [...]	2004-02-25 13:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TC
04ABUDHABI498	LABOR CONDITIONS IN THE UAE [...] SUMMARY: THE UAE GOVERNMENT HAS COMMITTED ITSELF TO STRICTLY REGULATING AND ENFORCING LABOR LAWS. THIS CAN BE WITNESSED BY ITS ONGOING EFFORTS TO BRING LOCAL LABOR STANDARDS INTO COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL NORMS. THE MINISTRY OF LABOR IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON REVISING THE LABOR LAW, WHICH IS [...]	2004-02-25 14:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS GTIP TC
04ABUDHABI684	UAE: 2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 15:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
04ABUDHABI814	TRIP READOUT - G/TIP VISIT TO UAE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From February 11 to 15, G/TIP Senior Coordinator for Reports Mark Taylor and NEA/RA Desk Officer Nahide Bayrasli visited the UAE to update information for the 2004 Trafficking in Persons Report. The meetings were very informative, and the team stated on several occasions that [...]	2004-03-22 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL TC
04ABUDHABI923	U.S.-UAE Strategic Partnership a success [...] (C) Summary: The UAE hosted the second bilateral Strategic Partnership dialogue on March 21 with NEA A/S Burns and UAE Information and Culture Minister Shaykh Abdullah bin Zayed leading their respective delegations. The two sides reviewed progress on the comprehensive action plan that was agr [...]	2004-03-30 13:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KDEM PHUM IZ AF IR IS SY TC
04ABUDHABI932	OPIC VISIT READOUT [...] SUMMARY: A delegation from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) visited the UAE February 27 to 29 to assess progress on labor rights issues. They met with representatives from the Ministries of Finance and Industry, Labor, Foreign Affairs, and the Central Bank, as well as U.S. ba [...]	2004-03-31 12:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
04ABUDHABI94	A "FRIEND" INDEED, UAE ASSISTANCE TO IRAN POST BAM [...] The UAE responded quickly to the earthquake in the Iranian city of Bam by providing humanitarian assistance including tents, blankets, food and medicines. The Abu Dhabi based, UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) and the Dubai based Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Establish [...]	2004-01-07 11:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID PREL OFDA IR TC
04ABUJA101	OFFER TO KIDNAP CHARLES TAYLOR [...] (S/NF) A recently retired Nigerian special forces Colonel asked poloff January 16 about exiled Liberian warlord Charles Taylor, his whereabouts and the purported reward for his delivery to the Sierra Leone War Crimes Tribunal. 2. (S/NF) Poloff explained that there is no such reward, that a [...]	2004-01-21 07:07:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
04ABUJA1012	NLC PLANS GENERAL STRIKE TO BEGIN JUNE 9 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has announced a 21-day general strike to begin June 9 against the latest increase in the price of gasoline. Less than twelve hours until its deadline, numerous organizations are supporting the strike even as efforts are under way to resolve t [...]	2004-06-08 13:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ELAB NI
04ABUJA1013	INEC SEEKS PARTY DE-REGISTRATION POWERS -- OR NOT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nigerian press reported that INEC Permanent Secretary Abubakar Jauro on June 2 had asked the National Assembly to grant the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the power to "de-register and sanction...erring political parties." Claiming that INEC had been una [...]	2004-06-09 06:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KCOR EAID NI
04ABUJA1032	NATIONAL STRIKE BEGINS SLOWLY, PICKS UP STEAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Labour Congress' (NLC) strike to protest the latest hike in fuel prices began the day slowly June 9 but continues to pick up steam. More businesses closed as the day progressed, including businesses outside Abuja and Lagos. No major public demonstrations have been [...]	2004-06-09 14:24:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EPET NI
04ABUJA1040	FUEL STRIKE ENTERS DAY 2: COMING OR GOING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) strike began its second day much as the first day. Businesses, especially banks and filling stations, remain closed in many parts of the country. The strike remains for the most part non-violent, but a clash outside NLC headquarters today cla [...]	2004-06-10 13:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EPET NI
04ABUJA1041	NEW ETHNO-RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE IN ADAMAWA STATE [...] At least nine and as many as 50 were killed in Numan, Adamawa State, on June 8 in ethno-religious fighting that began over the rebuilding of a mosque near the palace of the Christian Bachama ethnic group's traditional leader. Several mosques and homes were burned, and many residents have fled [...]	2004-06-11 12:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ASEC PREL NI
04ABUJA1049	CHARLES TAYLOR AND THE SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT [...] (C) Charles Taylor's status in Nigeria is unlikely to be affected in the short term by the recent Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) ruling that it has jurisdiction to try him for war crimes in Sierra Leone. As President Obasanjo told us in March (Ref B),he plans to allow Taylor to stay i [...]	2004-06-11 13:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM LI NI
04ABUJA1050	LABOR STRIKE DAY 3: ANTICIPATION OF FRIDAY PRAYERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Labour Congress (NLC) strike opened its third day with a sense of anticipation. NLC teams continue circulating in many parts of the country checking gas stations and telling the public that the strike remains on. GON officials are seen on TV similarly checking gas [...]	2004-06-11 14:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EPET NI
04ABUJA1118	PLATEAU STATE UPDATE: EMERGENCY POWERS APPROVED, [...] On June 1, both houses of the National Assembly approved President Obasanjo's petition to establish emergency powers under Plateau State's State of Emergency (SOE). Included in the petition are sections regarding detention of persons, curfew, processions and meetings, and control of arms and [...]	2004-06-23 07:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV CASC KDEM NI
04ABUJA1147	AN UNPRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH THE PLATEAU STATE SOLE [...] Summary: In a brief meeting with a Mission team, the Plateau State Sole Administrator (a) declined to discuss his plans for Plateau State, (b) facilitated a trip to visit a conflict-torn village in eastern Plateau State, and (c) berated the head of the National Refugee Commission in front of [...]	2004-06-29 08:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ASEC PREL NI
04ABUJA1159	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON MEETING [...] (U) Summary: Human Rights Watch (HRW) representatives briefed the Ambassador about a meeting with President Obasanjo and various ministers. They said Obasanjo did not engage HRW on the GON's inadequate response to violence in Nigeria, and refused to budge on the issue of Charles Taylor's ex [...]	2004-06-30 12:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC NI
04ABUJA1181	DEMONSTRATORS ALLEGE IMPROPRIETY BY EDO STATE [...] Summary: A group advocating for Edo State burn victims delivered a letter to the Embassy accusing the Edo State governor of improper handling of burn victim assistance funds. End Summary. 2. On Tuesday morning, June 29, about 50 demonstrators disembarked from a bus and assembled in a tr [...]	2004-07-06 09:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCOR ASEC NI
04ABUJA1190	BUHARI TRIBUNAL CONTINUES, THE END IN SIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 2003 Presidential tribunal continues sitting and the quality of government witnesses continues to provide amusement to the judges and the gallery. The testimony and the evidence presented is of questionable utility to the government's case but each one says that there were [...]	2004-07-07 09:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM NI
04ABUJA1218	SUDAN: SUPPORTING DEPLOYMENT OF AFRICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: July 12, Ambassador Campbell met with President Obasanjo to deliver demarche (REF A) on support for the African Union deployment to Sudan. Obasanjo said that Sudan had accepted the AU protection force at the summit in Addis Ababa and had agreed to cooperate with the AU. While Ob [...]	2004-07-12 14:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS PARM SU AU NI DARFUR
04ABUJA1233	CHIEF JUSTICE UNDER ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigeria's Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Muhammadu Uwais met with Ambassador last week at his residence. Uwais laid out a story of interference in the judiciary and attempted manipulation and intimidation by the Presidency. He claimed that accusations that he accepted brib [...]	2004-07-14 13:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM NI DOMESTICPOLITICS
04ABUJA1234	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ON MEETINGS WITH POLICE AND MILITARY [...] (U) Summary: Human Rights Watch (HRW) briefed the Ambassador about meetings with top police and army officials, who gave HRW significant meeting time, but stonewalled on all issues of excessive violence by police and military. End summary. 2. (U) On the afternoon of July 12, the Ambassa [...]	2004-07-14 13:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ASEC PREL NI HUMANRIGHTS
04ABUJA1240	DARFUR DEPLOYMENT PLANS; SEPT 15 BAKASSI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Media reports from July 11 and 12 indicate that during a July 10 meeting with Cross Rivers state Governor Donald Duke, Minister of Defense Rabiu Kwankwaso said the Nigerian military had begun a gradual withdrawal from the Bakassi and planned to hand over disputed territory to Cam [...]	2004-07-15 11:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS SU AU CM NI DARFUR
04ABUJA1259	OJUKWU: ANGLING FOR A BIGGER ROLE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a two-hour meeting with PolOff at his Enugu home, Chief Emeke Ojukwu, retired general and former Biafra leader, lamented the state of the nation and blamed Obasanjo for "breaking up the country." He pointed to the deteriorating security situation and complained that both poli [...]	2004-07-16 14:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM NI DOMESTICPOLITICS
04ABUJA1260	NIGERIA REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR DARFUR DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) 19 July, Embassy received a faxed copy of a letter dated 14 July from Chief of Army Staff LTG Martin-Luther Agwai requesting U.S. assistance for Nigeria's deployment of a company-sized unit to Darfur to act as a protection force for international monitors. 2. (C) The 170-man company i [...]	2004-07-19 09:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS PHUM SU NI DARFUR
04ABUJA1277	BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE PLATEAU STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary: Before declaring a State of Emergency (SOE) in Plateau State on May 18, President Obasanjo did not consult widely with state and local leaders as he claimed, but offered Governor Joshua Dariye options for stepping down. Plateau State officials and community leaders are unanimous [...]	2004-07-22 05:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC NI
04ABUJA1278	SUSPENDED PLATEAU GOVERNOR DARIYE: THE PROBLEM, [...] (C) Summary. Opinions differ on whether the behavior of suspended Plateau State Governor Joshua Dariye was the cause of the conflict in the state that led to the State of Emergency (SOE),or whether he merely made a bad situation worse. All observers agree that he certainly didn't help, and [...]	2004-07-22 05:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC NI DOMESTICPOLITICS
04ABUJA1279	YELWA: WITH WOUNDS STILL FRESH, RESIDENTS ARE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 23-25, Poloff traveled to the Middle Belt state of Plateau, visiting Jos and crisis-torn Yelwa-Shendam where over 800 people were killed in a long-drawn communal conflict in May this year. The small town of Yelwa-Shendam was a ghost town with few residents returning. [...]	2004-07-22 05:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC NI
04ABUJA1284	ELECTION NULLIFICATION OVERTURNED, KEEPING [...] (U) Summary. On July 5, an appeals court sitting in Jos overturned the March 24 election tribunal decision that had nullified the election of Adamawa State Governor Boni Haruna. The verdicts of the appeals court and the election tribunal differed so significantly on their findings of the rel [...]	2004-07-23 07:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM NI ELECTIONS
04ABUJA1295	SECURITY COOPERATION WITH NIGERIA [...] (C) Summary: I met with National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed at OOB on July 26 to go over the points in reftel. He was strongly supportive of the strategy, and said he would urge President Obasanjo to make a speech incorporating the essential elements included in reftel. He repeated his [...]	2004-07-27 05:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR MASS NI
04ABUJA1307	UNDERLYING THE PLATEAU CONFLICT: WE'RE INDIGENES, [...] (C) Summary. The communal crises in Nigeria, and particularly those in Plateau State, are much more complicated that mere ethno-religious violence: they can be traced to power struggles between "indigenes" (mostly Christian in Plateau State) and "settlers" (mostly Muslim Hausa/Fulani). Unt [...]	2004-07-28 13:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC NI
04ABUJA1318	GET LALONG, LITTLE DOGIES: PLATEAU SPEAKER [...] (C) Summary. On July 26, the Plateau State police commissioner declared that suspended Plateau State Assembly Speaker Simon B. Lalong was wanted for interrogation. Lalong, on a trip to London for medical treatment, returned to Nigeria on July 28, where he told Poloffs that he expected to be [...]	2004-07-29 12:14:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM NI
04ABUJA1319	KADUNA ROUNDTABLE: GRIM ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AND LACK [...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador recently traveled to Kaduna, the political nerve center of the North, where he met political and religious leaders. All agreed that Nigeria's situation was difficult, with less money in circulation in spite of outsized oil revenues over the last few years and Pre [...]	2004-07-29 12:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON NI
04ABUJA1320	KADUNA GOVERNOR: ON POLIO, COMMUNAL VIOLENCE, AND [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 15, the Ambassador traveled to the northern city of Kaduna where he met Governor Ahmed Makarfi and others (reftel A). Kaduna has been a battleground between Muslims and Christians over the last few years. However, while other Northern trouble spots (notably Plateau and [...]	2004-07-29 12:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON NI
04ABUJA1330	SECURITY COOPERATION WITH NIGERIA: OJO MADUEKWE, [...] Summary: I went over the talking points in Ref. A with President Obasanjo's legal and constitutional advisor on July 28. He said he would urge the President Obasanjo to make a speech incorporating the essential elements included in Reftel End summary. 2. I met with Ojo Maduekwe, the P [...]	2004-07-30 13:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV PHUM NI
04ABUJA1332	MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH - PCC REQUEST FOR STRATEGIES [...] Summary: Nigeria's large Muslim population is highly critical of US foreign policy and harbors many misconceptions and stereotypes about American society. Muslim media re-inforce these negative opinions. Our current Muslim outreach strategy is effective but needs vastly increased public an [...]	2004-08-02 04:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM PREL EAID PHUM PGOV OIIP OEXC
04ABUJA1347	SANCTIONS/DARFUR DEMARCHE DELIVERED; MINDEF ALSO [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to the Minister of Defense, who was optimistic the President would deliver the requested speech on military accountability, but he had not spoken to the President regarding Nigeria's role in the Darfur peacekeeping mission. The Minister, [...]	2004-08-04 05:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV PHUM NI DARFUR
04ABUJA1365	SECURITY COOPERATION: OBASANJO EMPHASIZES HUMAN [...] (U) President Obasanjo emphasized the importance of military respect for human rights during an August 6 address to the graduating class of the National War College. He termed support for democratic institutions, and respect for human rights, to be a fundamental aspect of professionalizing th [...]	2004-08-06 11:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR MASS NI HUMANRIGHTS
04ABUJA1366	TAKE LALONG 'WAY HOME: PLATEAU STATE SPEAKER NO [...] (C) Suspended Plateau State House of Assembly Speaker Simon Lalong called Poloff to say that he had turned himself in to the Police Commissioner in Jos, who had announced that Lalong was "wanted" (reftel). The commissioner apologized and said it was "all a big misunderstanding." Lalong said h [...]	2004-08-06 11:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM NI
04ABUJA1373	HEAD OF TRAFFICKING AGENCY DISCUSSES NIGERIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In a courtesy call on the Ambasador, Nigeria's anti-trafficking agency discussed its work during its first year of existence, gave the status of two prosecutions underway in Kano, described the horrors of the overland trafficking in persons (TIP) route north through the Sahara [...]	2004-08-09 13:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB NI HUMANRIGHTS
04ABUJA1440	ANTI-TRAFFICKING AGENCY ARRESTS AND DISPLAYS TWO [...] Summary. At a press conference on August 10, Nigeria's anti-trafficking agency announced the arrests of two "juju men" (practitioners of fetish magic). The two juju men were used to facilitate prostitution and trafficking by scaring victims to silence. The following week, the agency announ [...]	2004-08-20 11:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG ELAB PHUM KWMN PGOV NI HUMANRIGHTS
04ABUJA1441	KANO KINGMAKER SUES TO OVERTURN FIRING, DRAGGING A [...] Summary. A member of the Kano kingmaking council, dismissed by the Emir of Kano, has challenged the Emir's decision in court. The kingmaking council is a group of senior advisors to a traditional ruler, charged with selecting a new king after a death or retirement. This is the first time a [...]	2004-08-20 11:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PGOV NI
04ABUJA1461	DARFUR TALKS, DAY TWO AND THREE [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite initial wrangling over agenda items and the presence of the international community during negotiating sessions, talks between the Sudanese Government and rebel movements started on August 24. The parties emerged from several closed-door sessions with an agenda to fra [...]	2004-08-25 13:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV NI CH SU DARFUR
04ABUJA1514	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: CONSIDERING SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: After reaching agreement on a humanitarian protocol on September 1, the African Union-led negotiations on Dafur are addressing security issues, with the primary goal of strengthening the mechanisms for the implementation of the N'Djamena Humanitarian Cease-fire Agreement. A dr [...]	2004-09-03 09:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF EAID MARR NI CD SU DARFUR
04ABUJA1515	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the rebel movements' inexperience in conducing serious negotiations, the unwillingness of the "Teflon" government delegation to accept any responsibility for the situation on the ground in Darfur, and the broad latitude the mediator has permitted the parties to digress [...]	2004-09-03 09:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF EAID MARR NI CD SU DARFUR
04ABUJA1573	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: WRAPPING UP ROUND ONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The first round of African Union (AU)- mediated discussions on Darfur in Abuja ended September 10 with the parties remaining far apart on fundamental issues and approach to the negotiations. The AU mediators plan to officially adjourn the talks after meeting with President Obas [...]	2004-09-13 11:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EAID MARR NI SU DARFUR
04ABUJA167	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: NIGERIA [...] The following is Mission Nigeria's submission for the 2003-4 edition of the Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record. Begin text. Nigeria held multiparty general elections in 2003, the second since the end of military rule in 1998, returning President Obasanjo to another four- [...]	2004-02-03 14:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM NI
04ABUJA17	Army Fights Fundamentalist Group in Yobe [...] (SBU) On Christmas Day, Nigerian members of an extremist Islamic sect destroyed the police station in the town of Kanamma in Yunsari Local Government Area (LGA) in Yobe State near the border with Niger, killed a policeman, and carried away arms and ammunition. The sect lost three of its own m [...]	2004-01-06 13:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF PHUM NI POLMIL
04ABUJA1753	GON COMMITTEE SAYS ALMOST 54,000 KILLED IN [...] (SBU) Summary. A committee appointed by the Plateau State Sole Administrator reported on October 7 that nearly 54,000 people have been killed in Plateau State since the September 7, 2001, riots in Jos. Until now, total casualties nationwide during President Obasanjo's regime have been estim [...]	2004-10-14 12:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL KDEM NI
04ABUJA1784	POLICE KILL TWO RAMADAN GIFT-SEEKERS IN [...] On October 15, the second day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, police killed two people and wounded three or four others in Gusau, the capital of mostly Muslim Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria. A crowd had approached the state government's building to demand annual Ramadan gifts from t [...]	2004-10-20 06:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL NI
04ABUJA1786	KADUNA ON EDGE AS COMMON GRAVE IS EXHUMED: [...] (U) On October 18, Kaduna residents tried to exhume 10 to 19 bodies from a common grave in a Kaduna cemetery. Police had allegedly buried the bodies that morning. Residents of the area believed the bodies were of activists who had been arrested during last week's fuel strike (reftel). The [...]	2004-10-20 12:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL ELAB NI
04ABUJA1797	AU TALKS ON DARFUR: DAY 1 [...] (U) The talks started October 21, but the plenary session was postponed because many delegation members were still not in Abuja. The talks will resume formally on Monday, October 25, although Friday, October 22 has been set aside for consultations. General Okonkwo has indicated that a Joint [...]	2004-10-22 11:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EAID MOPS MARR NI SU
04ABUJA1811	ROCKY BEGINNING FOR DARFUR TALKS IN ABUJA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY:. After a brief opening ceremony on October 21 (reftel),tThe second round of Darfur peace talks in Abuja has started slowly, as key Move. After a brief opening ceremony on August 21, the delayed arrival of several members of the SLM and JEM delegations and lack of a well-ar [...]	2004-10-26 11:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM NI SU
04ABUJA183	NIGERIAN "TALIBAN" ATTACKS MOST LIKELY NOT TIED TO [...] (C) Summary: Political, religious and economic leaders in Yobe State told Econoff in late January that what government officials and media initially labeled a radical Islamist organization or "Taliban," instead called itself the Hijra Group and probably had no links to foreign terrorist groups [...]	2004-02-06 04:14:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM KISL NI
04ABUJA1831	IN BAUCHI STATE, TWO MORE WOMEN SENTENCED TO [...] Summary. Bauchi State Shari's courts sentenced two unmarried women to death by stoning for adultery on the evidence of their pregnancies, while releasing their partners for lack of evidence. Both women have appealed and are receiving legal assistance. Since the adoption in 2000 of Shari'a [...]	2004-10-29 10:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL NI
04ABUJA1832	SENIOR NIGERIAN CORRUPTION TRIAL POSTPONED [...] The high-profile corruption case brought against five senior ex-GON officials, including the Labor Minister sacked over the scandal, by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) was postponed to December 9, 2004. After numerous delays and postponements, the trial had been scheduled [...]	2004-10-29 11:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM NI
04ABUJA1839	NIGERIA: REPORT ON TIP DEMARCHE [...] (U) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Justice Akin Olujimi on November 1 at the Minister's office. Also present were Dr. C. J. Amasike, Special Assistant to the Minister, Carol Ndaguba, Executive Secretary of the National Agency for the Prohibition of SIPDIS Traffic [...]	2004-11-01 12:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KCRM SMIG NI KREF
04ABUJA1997	VISIT TO NIGERIAN COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE AND [...] (U) Summary. The USG-funded JCATS simulation center at the Nigerian Command Staff and College is actively training Nigerian brigade and battalion command elements, and has recently included police units in joint internal security simulations. Funding and personnel shortfalls from the GON li [...]	2004-12-03 08:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM KPKO NI POLMIL
04ABUJA2041	PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7750 VISA BAN -- JOSHUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post is entering the name of Joshua Dariye, present Governor of Plateau State, into the visa system as P212F for corruption under Presidential Proclamation 7750. Part of the corruption case against Gov. Dariye has been made publicly by the GON, and the GON statement text was in Re [...]	2004-12-10 10:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR CVIS PHUM NI
04ABUJA2060	AU-LED TALKS ON DARFUR IN ABUJA ROCKED BY [...] (C) Summary. African Union-led peace talks on Darfur hit a new snag on Monday, December 13, when rebel movements announced suspension of their participation until the Government of Sudan meets a series of demands, including a halt to the current GOS military offensive to "open the roads." M [...]	2004-12-14 12:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID MARR SU DARFUR
04ABUJA2068	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: STATUS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Reftel described fragility of African Union-led peace talks on Darfur due to intense fighting in Darfur. AU and international observers met with the SLM on December 14 and with the JEM and GOS on December 15. The CFC representative to the talks reported that Sudanese Government [...]	2004-12-15 11:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR EAID PREF PGOV SU NI DARFUR
04ABUJA2106	ENGAGING NIGERIA: SUPPORT FOR REFORMS [...] (S) The grip of the interlocked coteries that have ruled Nigeria since the civil war (ref A) continues to be the driving force in Nigerian politics. In order for Nigeria to move ahead, this grip must be loosened. Until Nigerians gain a real stake in their own society, they cannot begin to ca [...]	2004-12-21 10:36:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAID KCOR NI
04ABUJA252	CHIEF JUSTICE ON THE JUDICIARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigeria,s Supreme Court Chief Justice Mohammed Uwais continues his efforts to rehabilitate the image of the Judiciary, and especially the Supreme Court, by speaking out on Nigeria,s problems. Following the latest January round of dueling court rulings in the Anambra governorshi [...]	2004-02-13 10:54:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM NI
04ABUJA312	SHARING INFO ON CHARLES TAYLOR'S ACTIVITIES IN [...] (S/NF) February 23, CDA delivered reftel demarche on Charles Taylor's continuing efforts to influence events in Liberia to Minister of Foreign Affairs Olu Adeniji. Adeniji reiterated the GON's commitment to preventing Taylor from influencing events in Liberia, noting that the GON had warned [...]	2004-02-24 08:11:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL IO LI SL NI
04ABUJA337	VIOLENT CLASHES IN PLATEAU STATE [...] (U) Summary. February 26 newspapers reported at least 12 people were killed on February 24, and 49 more have been reported killed over the past two weeks in ethnic/religious clashes in the southern part of Plateau State in northern Nigeria. Some press reports have claimed as many as 117 peo [...]	2004-02-26 13:53:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM NI
04ABUJA445	PRESIDENT OBASANJO ON CHARLES TAYLOR [...] (S) Summary: President Obasanjo told Ambassador at Large Prosper March 12 that Charles Taylor's stay in Nigeria was temporary, and would end when a "democratically elected Liberian Government" asked publicly for Taylor to go to the Special Court in Sierra Leone, or to Liberia, or anywhere els [...]	2004-03-15 03:54:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PHUM LI SL NI
04ABUJA523	BUHARI'S SUIT CONTINUES, HE IS UPBEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hearings continue at the Court of Appeals in ANPP candidate Buhari's legal challenge to Obasanjo's election as president, and Buhari is happy with how the election tribunal is going. He and most observers at the trial believe the evidence being presented is helping his case, and [...]	2004-03-25 15:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NI
04ABUJA581	POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS FROM A TO W -- WITH X, Y [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Nigeria has been rocked by a wave of assassinations since February, although political violence has been common since the return to civilian rule in 1999. We see two distinct patterns to the assassinations, those stemming from local political rivalries, and those seeking to [...]	2004-04-05 11:15:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM NI

04ABUJA586	COUP RUMORS REFLECT TENSION IN NIGERIA [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Rumors of a coup attempt began on April Fool,s Day, but no one was laughing. The GON reported that there had been a "breach of security" but denied any coup attempt. Still, Major Hamza al-Mustapha was taken from his maximum security prison for questioning by military intel [...]	2004-04-06 13:39:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM NI
04ABUJA634	UNCHR COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS - UNLIKELY NIGERIA WILL [...] (C) POLOFF delivered demarche (REF A) requesting support for country-specific resolutions at the UNCHR to MFA Second United Nations Division Minister Counselor Alhassan A. Hussain. While Hussain was unable to confirm how the GON delegation in Geneva intended to vote on other UNCHR resolution [...]	2004-04-14 13:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ZI NI
04ABUJA685	IMPLICATIONS OF CONTINUING MALAISE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Recent coup rumors (Ref A) and political assassinations (Refs B and C) have added fuel to a fire that has been on slow burn among Nigeria's political class and Nigerians as a whole (Ref D) since last August (Ref E),but there seems little likelihood of a real coup in the next f [...]	2004-04-20 13:59:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM NI
04ABUJA709	WORRIES ABOUT SECURITY, NOT ABOUT STABILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several press reports indicate that Nigerian security agencies are becoming increasingly worried about the potential of the opposition groups to create trouble on the streets, specifically a group of opposition politicians called the Coalition of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP),[...]	2004-04-22 11:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM ELAB ASEC NI
04ABUJA712	GON BAN ON RETRANSMISSION OF FOREIGN NEWS PROGRAMS [...] (C) The new British High Commission press officer told Abuja IO on April 20 that the High Commission is very unhappy with the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) decision to stop rebroadcasting of all foreign news and programs by Nigerian media, which has had a direct impact on BBC and VOA. [...]	2004-04-22 13:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM OPRC PGOV PREL NI
04ABUJA763	CNPP PROMISES MAY 3 DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The opposition Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) is moving ahead with its plans to stage a protest march on May 3, supported by civil society, religious, and ethnic organizations, and says the lack of police clearance will not stop the demonstration. The CNPP produ [...]	2004-04-29 13:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
04ABUJA773	MAY 3 RALLY ORGANIZERS DEFY ARREST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The detention of at least one CNPP organizer and attempts to detain others are the latest GON efforts to forestall a public demonstration against President Obasanjo scheduled for 3 May. Rally organizers say they are ready to move ahead, "regardless of the risk." The latest w [...]	2004-04-30 11:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
04ACCRA1171	GHANAIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON FAILED GBAGBO MEETING [...] (C) Ambassador Yate and polchief met with Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo at his request on June 2. Akufo-Addo told Ambassador Yates that a meeting scheduled for June 3 in Abuja, consisting of Presidents Kufuor, Obasanjo and Gbagbo, Prime Minister Diarra, and ECOWAS Executive Secretary Ibn [...]	2004-06-03 09:22:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GH ECOWAS
04ACCRA1220	PRM A/S DEWEY'S DISCUSSIONS WITH OPE [...] Summary: A/S Dewey and the Overseas Processing Entity (OPE) Representative and Staff held fruitful discussions during the recent trip by A/S Dewey to W. Africa. Touching on issues related to 9/11, new caseloads, partner relations, efforts to meet the FY 04 ceiling as well as the many benefi [...]	2004-06-09 16:13:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM GH
04ACCRA1222	PRM A/S DEWEY'S DISCUSSIONS WITH IOM - "HOLDING [...] Summary: A/S Dewey and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission held fruitful discussions during the recent trip by A/S Dewey to W. Africa. Touching on issues related to security, fiscal management and panel physician concerns in the region, Dewey was presented wi [...]	2004-06-10 07:18:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM GH
04ACCRA1382	THREE MURDERED JUDGES HONORED; OPPOSITION STAYS [...] (SBU) On June 28, the Ghanaian Government honored the memory of three judges murdered in 1982, in the turbulent early years of former President Rawlings' PNDC military government. President Kufuor unveiled busts of the three executed jurists before a solemn audience of Ghana's social and poli [...]	2004-06-30 08:50:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR GH
04ACCRA1396	RULING PARTY WINS SEVENTH BY-ELECTION [...] (U) On June 29, the ruling party NPP candidate won a special by-election to fill a vacant seat in Ghana's 200-member Parliament, garnering 85 percent of the vote in a modest turnout. The principal opposition NDC did not field a candidate, and neither did most of Ghana's other parties (one in [...]	2004-07-02 12:48:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM GH
04ACCRA1412	GHANA NOT KEEN ON RECEIVING ABDI MOHAMMED [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-07 08:37:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GH
04ACCRA1417	FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING: SOME SUCCESS, BUT [...] The scope of the problem of child trafficking in Ghana is difficult to ascertain due to a lack of concise data and an accurate census of impacted areas. NGOs close to the issue estimate the number of children working in hazardous conditions, particularly in the Volta River fishing villages, as [...]	2004-07-07 13:41:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KWMN PHUM SMIG
04ACCRA1500	LABOR UNIONS IN GHANA NOT LIKELY TO RAISE CUBAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-19 13:28:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GH ILO
04ACCRA1539	CUBA TERRORISM RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-23 12:41:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GH
04ACCRA1584	MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH -- GHANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the events of 9/11/01 Post has made special efforts to increase contacts with and outreach to Ghana's Muslim community. Post relations with most elements of this community, which is far from monolithic, are very good and, with some groups, they are excellent. We have foc [...]	2004-08-02 07:45:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM OIIP OPRC PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO OEXC GH
04ACCRA1631	GHANA NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION [...] Summary. After 22 months of hearings, the National Reconciliation Commission wrapped up its formal hearings on July 13, with a few high-profile cases ensuring that the NRC's closing would not pass quietly. In spite of some rumblings from the opposition party, most agreed that the NRC had done [...]	2004-08-09 15:23:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GH
04ACCRA1720	GHANA: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] This cable responds to the action in reftel to provide information on child labor for mandatory DOL reporting requirements. The information is presented in question/answer format based on the questions asked in reftel. 2. Post's responses are as follows: a) Does the country have adequate [...]	2004-08-24 08:16:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM EIND ETRD SOCI GH AID
04ACCRA1760	WA LEFT WANTING: AMBASSADOR VISITS A NEGLECTED [...] The city of Wa, the regional capital of the Upper West region of Ghana, received its likely first-ever visit by an American ambassador on August 19. Ambassador Yates met with the regional minister, local religious and NGO leaders, and a small military detachment, all of whom were unanimous in [...]	2004-08-30 14:20:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KISL GH
04ACCRA1837	GHANA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW UPDATE [...] PER REFTEL, POST SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING UPDATE ON GHANA'S AGOA ELIGIBILITY: 2. BEGIN TEXT, TPSC SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGOA IMPLEMENTATION 2004 COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY RECOMMENDATIONS STATE SUBMISSION Country: GHANA Current AGOA Status: Eligible State recommends continued AGOA eligibility fo [...]	2004-09-13 15:51:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL GH AGOA
04ACCRA1921	UNHCR SIGNS REPATRIATON AGREEMENT FOR LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR),the GOG, and the Government of Liberia signed a landmark agreement on September 22 in Accra, providing for the voluntary repatriation of Liberian refugees living in Ghana. Unlike the flawed repatriation attempted during t [...]	2004-09-23 16:47:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM GH LI
04ACCRA1985	GHANA GEARING UP FOR ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: With slightly over two months to go before Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections, the two major political parties have launched their campaigns, published manifestos and announced their vice-presidential candidates. Other minor parties remain disorganized. The pre- [...]	2004-10-06 11:26:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM PREL
04ACCRA2033	GHANA NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION SUBMITS [...] (U) On October 12, the Ghana National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) submitted its final, five-volume report and recommendations to the GoG. The report follows 18 months of public hearings on alleged human rights abuses during the period of 1957-1993, which includes 20 years of rule by former [...]	2004-10-15 08:06:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL GH
04ACCRA2041	GHANA'S ELECTION: NPP CONFIDENT OF VICTORY [...] (C) Summary: Charge met on October 13 with the Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and several senior NPP officials to discuss upcoming elections. The Chairman was confident the NPP would win the election, largely because of the government's economic performance. He was please [...]	2004-10-15 12:50:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM GOG
04ACCRA2146	USG'S ROLE IN URGING GHANA'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Legislation prohibiting human trafficking in Ghana has been waiting in the wings for almost three years. In post's continued efforts to encourage passage of this legislation, we do not feel the delay reflects a lack of political will to fight human trafficking. Rather, it reflects bureau [...]	2004-11-01 09:06:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM GH
04ACCRA2189	GHANA'S TIP LAW: COMMENTS FROM THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL [...] (C) PolChief met on November 3 with Ghana,s Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Papa Owuso-Ankomah, to raise concerns about progress on the draft bill of a trafficking-in-persons (TIP) law. Owuso-Ankomah was familiar with the pending legislation and its status, and said that if the mini [...]	2004-11-05 11:36:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM GH
04ACCRA2241	REFUGEE SITUATION IN GHANA [...] Per reftel, Emboff met with the head of the political department at MFA. GOG officials assured him that Ghana would not object if there were to be a flood of Ivorian refugees entering Ghana. Large numbers could cause logistical problems, but the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) had the lead o [...]	2004-11-16 07:19:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM IV GH
04ACCRA2307	GHANA'S 2004 ELECTION: THE VOLATILE NORTHERN REGION [...] (C) Summary: The Northern Region of Ghana has a long history of conflict revolving primarily around ethnic, chieftaincy, and land disputes. In this pre-election period, intense party rivalries, tensions between claimants to the Dagomba tribal throne, and an apparent abundance of arms furth [...]	2004-11-24 07:01:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM
04ACCRA2350	PRESIDENTIAL BODYGUARD FROM COTE D'IVOIRE ALLEGES [...] (C) Summary: Post is processing a refugee request from a Cote d,Ivoire presidential bodyguard currently in a safe house in Accra. This message relays a rambling statement he made to us on November 12, 2004 detailing an attempted assassination against him by forces under the orders of Ivoria [...]	2004-12-02 07:10:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH IV PGOV PHUM PINR PREF
04ACCRA2367	GHANA ELECTION ANALYSIS: NPP LIKELY TO WIN [...] (C) Summary: The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is likely to win Ghana's December 7 parliamentary and presidential election. The NPP is well-positioned in its traditional strongholds, the heavily populated Ashanti and Eastern regions (with 67 combined constituencies out of a total of 230. [...]	2004-12-02 16:49:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM
04ACCRA2498	OFFICIAL-INFORMAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 12:56:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PHUM TX IR GH USUN
04ACCRA2503	DEATH OF CPP POLITICIAN IN GHANAIAN MILITARY [...] (SBU) On December 9, Convention Peoples Party (CPP) politician Alhaji Issah Mobila, died in Tamale, capital of the Northern Region of Ghana, while in military custody on charges of possession of weapons. The police and military are investigating. The opposition NDC party alleges Mobila was [...]	2004-12-17 13:17:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH PGOV PHUM
04ACCRA256	ELECTIONS V: TO BE OR NOT TO BE - SMALL PARTIES [...] (SBU) Ghana has two large political parties, two small parties, and 6 tiny mom-and-pop operations that exist mainly on paper. Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC) hopes to cull moribund also-rans from the ranks of registered parties for the December national elections. Some of these parties d [...]	2004-02-09 16:19:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GH
04ACCRA301	RAWLINGS AT NRC: BIG BUILD-UP, BIGGER LET-DOWN [...] (SBU) Summary. Former President Jerry Rawlings appeared before the National Reconciliation Commission on February 12. Intense media speculation preceded his appearance, which had been the occasion of considerable jockeying between the Commission and Rawlings' legal team. He answered a sho [...]	2004-02-13 10:12:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM GH
04ACCRA370	2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSON REPORT - GHANA [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-25 10:33:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
04ADANA10	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 13, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Tercuman / ANAP h [...]	2004-01-14 09:53:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA102	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY AUGUST 16, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-19 05:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA103	SE TURKEY GREETS CHARGE WITH A MIXED REVIEW ON REFORMS [...] (U) Charge visited Adana and Gaziantep July 29-30 to hear from members of the business and non-governmental community about developments in the region. Their views varied widely from cautious optimism about democratic reforms to despair at the maintenance of the status quo. Wrongful impris [...]	2004-08-19 06:51:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL TU PTER ADANA
04ADANA104	DIYARBAKIR'S DEHAP MAYOR BURNS BRIDGES WITH CONDOLENCE VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: After a nine-day security operation and killing of two alleged PKK/Kongra-Gel members reportedly involved in a deadly July 28 attack on a Diyarbakir police station, greater Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir (DEHAP) paid a condolence visit to the family of one of the alleged PKK [...]	2004-08-19 09:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM ASEC TU ADANA
04ADANA105	SYRIAC CHRISTIANS, SOME DEHAP MAYORS SKEPTICAL ABOUT REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-20 07:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM PTER ECON IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA106	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY AUGUST 17, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-20 08:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA107	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY AUGUST 18, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-20 08:07:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA108	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY AUGUST 19, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-20 09:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA109	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY AUGUST 20, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-24 11:13:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA110	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY AUGUST 21-23, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 05:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA111	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY AUGUST 24, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 05:38:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA113	SE TURKEY SEES SOME HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Lawyers and human rights activists told DPO in August 11-13 meetings in Diyarbakir, Tunceli, Bingol, Elazig and Malatya that recent reforms have resulted in progress in human rights practices in southeast Turkey, especially in the areas of detention and pre-trial procedures, ac [...]	2004-09-03 07:44:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF PTER TU ADANA
04ADANA119	PRIVATE KURDISH LANGUAGE SCHOOLS FIGHT RED TAPE [...] (U) Summary: Five private Kurdish language instruction schools (Van, Batman, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir and Adana) are open for business and have registered hundreds of new students for the fall, after completing lengthy application procedures and meeting strict building code requirements to which [...]	2004-09-15 11:38:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA126	LOCAL TV STATIONS APPLY TO BROADCAST IN KURDISH [...] (U) Summary: At least four local television stations - three in Diyarbakir and one in Batman - have applied to Turkey's Radio and Television Board (RTUK) for the right to broadcast Kurdish-language programs. RTUK has acknowledged the applications and claims it is reviewing them in consultatio [...]	2004-09-24 14:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA127	JANDARMA EVICTS VILLAGE GUARDS FROM SYRIAC VILLAGE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: A Syriac Orthodox Church representative told poloff that on September 12, security forces evicted the Kurdish village guards that had been living in the village of Sarikoy in Sirnak Province (reftel). Members of the Syriac community who had resided in Sarikoy prior to 1994, an [...]	2004-09-27 13:35:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA128	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ROUND-UP: SE TURKEY [...] (U) Summary: Members of the Protestant, Catholic and Muslim communities in various cities in southeast Turkey report that they are able to worship freely, but that the state continues to restrict some aspects of their religious life. A Diyarbakir pastor's acquittal last May on charges of wors [...]	2004-09-27 15:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA13	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 15, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS RADIKAL/OZGUR GUNDEM [...]	2004-01-21 15:25:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA131	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for September 30, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. ZAMAN/MILLI [...]	2004-10-04 06:51:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA132	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY OCTOBER 01, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 01, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. MILLIYET/SABA [...]	2004-10-04 06:58:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA133	GOVERNMENT PASSES COMPENSATION LAW FOR EVACUATED VILLAGERS; [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's new law on compensation for citizens who have incurred damages due to terrorism and the fight against terrorism since 1987 calls for formation of province-level commissions to determine compensation. Implementing regulations for the law have not been announced, nor ha [...]	2004-10-05 10:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA134	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, OCTOBER 2-4, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 02-04, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. MILLIYET/ULKEDE OZ [...]	2004-10-05 11:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA135	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, OCTOBER 5, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 05, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. SABAH/HURRIYET: In Ga [...]	2004-10-05 12:33:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA136	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, OCTOBER 6, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 06, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. ZAMAN: In Adana, poli [...]	2004-10-06 13:32:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA139	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, OCTOBER 15, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 12:55:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA14	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 16, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Bolge / Atilla Gu [...]	2004-01-21 15:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA140	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, OCTOBER 13, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 14:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA141	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY,OCTOBER 15, 2004 PART II [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 14:31:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA146	MINORITY LABEL GRATES ON SOUTHEAST TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Kurdish and Alevi community contacts grated at both recent EU and Turkish-government linked reports characterizing their respective communities as "minorities" in discussions last week with PO. The Malatya Security Director's recent warning to local media appears aimed at Sunn [...]	2004-11-04 15:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF TU ADANA
04ADANA147	KURDS IN SE TURKEY SEEK NEW POLITICAL LOOK? [...] (SBU) Summary: Various Pro- Kurdish Democratic People's Party (DEHAP) contacts signaled strongly to PO in late October regional visits that many DEHAP political leaders over the next three to six weeks will declare their support for the new Democratic Society (Demokratik Toplum Hareketi) polit [...]	2004-11-04 18:32:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA149	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM STILL MIXED IN SE TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-29 11:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA15	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 17-18, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. 2. CULTURE: Vakit / The Malatya Ak Party Dep [...]	2004-01-21 15:29:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA152	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-02 13:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PREF ECON ETRD TU ADANA
04ADANA164	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 9, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 15:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA165	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 7, 2004 [...] BOLGE: The gross income of the GAP region, which was 10.5 billion dollars in 1998, is expected to reach up to 24 billion dollars in 2010. Mehmet Acikgoz, the Deputy Director of GAP's Regional Development Administration Office, said that per capita income, that stood at $1685 in 1998, wil [...]	2004-12-17 15:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA166	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 8, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 16:26:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA167	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 20, 2004 [...] EVRENSEL / CUMHURIYET / MILLIYET / BOLGE / TURKIYE: The workers of a factory of CUKOBIRLIK (Cooperative Organisation for Agricultural Product Sales in Cukurova),as well as several producer members of the same organization, protested against the management of CUKOBIRLIK for shutting down a [...]	2004-12-22 10:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA168	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16, 2004 [...] EVRENSEL: Negotiations between the Gaziantep Municipality and the 1200 workers of GASKI (Gaziantep Waterworks and Sewage System) are ongoing, and the parties have agreed on 17 of 83 items in a draft agreement. The union is seeking a 50 percent gross increase in pay for 2005. 2. [...]	2004-12-22 12:45:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA169	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 21, 2004 [...] VAKIT / BOLGE / EKSPRES / TURKIYE: AKP Provincial Chairpersons and AKP Chairpersons of Administrative Districts paid a visit to Fevzi Kilic, General Director of CUKOBIRLIK (Cooperative Organization for Agricultural Product Sales in Cukurova),to get information about the activities of CU [...]	2004-12-22 14:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA17	REPORTS ON LOCAL ELECTIONS - 2004 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contacts in Adana tell us incumbent Mayor Durak is certainly running for re-election. His party affiliation remains unclear, but an official close to the mayor asserts that AK Party will announce Durak's candidacy after the February Sacrifice Holiday. Because of mass Kurdish [...]	2004-01-30 08:51:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA175	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 27, 2004 [...] OZGUR GUNDEM: According to the report of the Turkish Agriculturalists Association, despite the fact that East Anatolia has been a center for cattle breeding because of the favorable ecological conditions of the region, implementation of wrong state policies has seriously hampered the dev [...]	2004-12-28 06:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA176	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 22, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 22, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. OZGUR GUNDEM [...]	2004-12-28 07:38:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA2	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 1-2, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Evrensel / A gro [...]	2004-01-08 16:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ EFIN KCRM ADANA
04ADANA20	IMPLEMENTATION TRAILING LEGISLATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-12 13:02:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA21	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Edelman on February 10th made his initial visit to Adana. Ambassador met with incumbent Adana Mayor Aytac Durak to discuss both USG foreign policy and the current conditions in Adana. When the Ambassador asked Durak what he considered Adana's most significant prob [...]	2004-02-20 15:05:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KTEX TU ADANA
04ADANA23	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 17-19, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. CULTURE 2. Vakit / Malatya AK Party Deputy Fuat Ol [...]	2004-02-23 11:01:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA3	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 03-05, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet / D [...]	2004-01-08 16:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA33	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 20, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Bolge / Cukurova [...]	2004-02-24 08:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA34	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 18, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Ozgur Gundem / O [...]	2004-02-25 11:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA37	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, MARCH 19, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-24 03:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA39	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY MARCH 31, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-12 05:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA4	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 06, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Ozgur Gundem, Yen [...]	2004-01-08 16:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA40	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY APRIL 9, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 9, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Hurriyet, M [...]	2004-04-12 05:25:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA43	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY APRIL 10-2, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-13 05:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA44	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY APRIL 17-19, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 05:51:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA45	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY APRIL 20, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 05:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA47	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY APRIL 16, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 16, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. ECONOMIC 2. Turkiye / Gaziantep SANKO Executive [...]	2004-04-28 12:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA48	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY APRIL 21, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-28 12:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA49	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY APRIL 22, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-28 12:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA5	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 07, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Ozgur Gundem [...]	2004-01-09 15:08:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA50	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY APRIL 23-26, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-28 13:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA51	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY APRIL 27, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-28 13:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA57	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY MAY 4, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-07 12:35:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA58	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY MAY 7, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 7, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Bolge, Evrens [...]	2004-05-10 11:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA59	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY MAY 14, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 14, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Ulkede Ozgur [...]	2004-05-17 06:31:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA

04ADANA6	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 08, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Ozgur Gundem [...]	2004-01-09 15:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA60	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY MAY 13, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 07:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA61	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY MAY 8-10, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 07:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA62	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY MAY 11, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 07:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA63	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY MAY 12, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 07:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA64	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY MAY 15-17, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 14:07:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA65	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY MAY 26, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 26, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Ulkede Gunde [...]	2004-06-01 11:03:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA66	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY MAY 21, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-01 11:03:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA67	TENSION BUILDS IN SE TURKEY AS PDD/KONGRA GEL KEEPS UP [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-10 08:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PHUM ASEC IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA68	AHMET GUVENER: PROTESTANT CHURCH LEADER ACQUITTED, BUT LATER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Diyarbakir court acquitted Protestant church leader Ahmet Guvener on May 12 based on the latest constitutional amendments accepted by the Turkish Parliament. Guvener faced charges of operating a church in a building authorized to be constructed solely as a house, not as a pl [...]	2004-06-14 06:13:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU SY IZ ADANA
04ADANA72	TENSION BUILDS IN SE TURKEY AS PKK/KONGRA GEL KEEPS UP [...] (SBU) Southeastern Turkey has seen an increase in violent clashes since the beginning of May. Both local and international community contacts residing in, or operating in, Van and Sirnak provinces told AMCONSUL ADANA that Jandarma in Van, Hakkari, Siirt and Sirnak provinces are in a defensive p [...]	2004-06-15 05:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PHUM ASEC IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA75	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 8, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-16 07:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA76	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 9, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-16 07:29:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA77	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 10, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-16 07:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA78	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 11, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-16 07:31:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA8	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 09, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Ozgur Gundem, Evr [...]	2004-01-14 09:49:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA80	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 14, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-16 07:33:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA81	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 15, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-16 07:33:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA82	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 16, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-17 05:55:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA84	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 17, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-18 12:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA85	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 18, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 18, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet / Du [...]	2004-06-18 12:08:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA86	RELEASED DEP DEPUTIES TOUR SE TURKEY AS PKK TERROR EXPANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Four recently released former DEP deputies, including Leyla Zana, kicked off a five-day tour of southeast Turkey on June 12 with a Diyarbakir rally attended by tens of thousands of enthusiastic supporters. The four deputies called for a six-month extension of PKK/Kongra Gel's r [...]	2004-06-21 11:45:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA88	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 22, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-23 06:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA89	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 19-20, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-23 06:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA9	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 10-12, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Evrensel, Hurr [...]	2004-01-14 09:51:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA93	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JULY 1, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 05:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA94	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JULY 03-05, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 05:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA95	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JULY 06. 204 [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 05:38:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA96	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JULY 07, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 05:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA97	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JULY 20, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-20 11:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA98	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JULY 17-19, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-20 11:35:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA99	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JULY 23, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 23, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet: 400 [...]	2004-08-04 08:35:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04AMMAN10216	PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR FY05 ESF FUNDING - EMPOWERING [...] Per reftel, post resubmits last year's proposal to assist UNIFEM's project, "Empowering Migrant Women Workers in Jordan." UNIFEM has confirmed and post agrees, that the need for the project still exists. A brief overview of the project follows. The complete project proposal, including updates [...]	2004-12-28 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG ASEC
04AMMAN10217	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY EVENT FOCUSES ON GENDER VIOLENCE [...] Post sponsored a Human Rights Day event on December 13. The program featured a panel discussion of four prominent women activists who discussed gender violence in Jordan, including honor crimes. The audience of approximately 45 included activists, NGOs, GOJ officials, local press, and members [...]	2004-12-28 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM KMPI KWMN JO
04AMMAN122	SECURITY THREATS TO HUMANITARIAN AID AGENCIES: [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Per reftel, refcoord reviewed UNRWA security issues with Deputy ComGen AbuZayd on January 4. According to AbuZayd, the majority of security threats to UNRWA stem from IDF-Palestinian fighting in the West Bank and Gaza. UNRWA workers also face harassment and verbal [...]	2004-01-07 08:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PHUM PREF PREL PTER KPAL IS JO UNSC
04AMMAN1232	RAVE REVIEWS FOR DRL-FUNDED HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING [...] As authorized in reftel, post arranged for human rights training, held February 7-10 in Amman for Jordanian government and human rights officials. Funded by DRL,s Economic Support Funds/Human Rights and Democracy Funds, American academics conducted four days of lectures, role plays, and questi [...]	2004-02-18 13:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KDEM EAID JO
04AMMAN1280	JORDANIAN MPS ADDRESS IRAQI OIL BRIBES & PUBLIC [...] (C) The Jordanian Parliament grappled in recent weeks with a variety of political topics. In addition to debating the government's proposed budget and controversial price hikes (reported septel),the Parliament addressed allegations of Iraqi oil "bribes" under Saddam Hussein, approved a cont [...]	2004-02-19 17:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL PHUM IS IZ JO
04AMMAN1336	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POSSIBLE CHR RESOLUTION ON IRAQ [...] (C) On February 19, PolCouns delivered reftel follow-up demarche to the Director of the FM's Private Office, Ali Al-Ayed. Al-Ayed said he was unaware of the issue, but promised to contact Jordan's Permrep in Geneva to obtain a copy of the Algerian Permrep's resolution. Al-Ayed stated that he [...]	2004-02-23 16:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IZ JO
04AMMAN1451	JORDANIAN ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT KEEPS "MODERATE" [...] (U) The Shura Council of the Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, on February 21 reelected current Secretary General Hamzeh Mansour for another two-year tenure. In the IAF's 12-member Executive Committee, the Council replaced only four members w [...]	2004-02-25 16:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KISL KPAL JO
04AMMAN1601	EMBASSY AMMAN'S 2004 TIP REPORT [...] Following is Embassy Amman,s response to the Department,s action request in State 7869. The headings and lettering system are based on this request. --------- CHECKLIST --------- 2. A. Based on the information available to post, Jordan is not a country of origin or transit for trafficked me [...]	2004-03-02 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB JO
04AMMAN1736	PM FAYEZ TELLS U/S GROSSMAN THAT REFORM IN REGION [...] (U) U.S. U/S Marc Grossman Amb. Edward W. Gnehm NSC Staffer Dan Fried NEA DAS Alina Romanowski EUR A/DAS Glyn Davies P Special Assistant Jonathan Carpenter A/DCM Doug Silliman (notetaker) JORDAN ------ Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez Special Assistant Majed Qatarneh Media Advisor [...]	2004-03-08 16:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF PHUM ECON JO
04AMMAN1737	JORDANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY REPS QUESTION U.S. STAYING [...] Jordanian civil society reps told U/S Grossman March 3 that they supported reforms in the Middle East, but saw deep mistrust of U.S. motives among Arabs. Most doubted the ability of the U.S. to carry through on its commitments to democratic reform. Many asked that the U.S. not impose ideas [...]	2004-03-08 16:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM JO
04AMMAN181	MEPI WOMEN AND THE LAW WORKSHOP [...] With reference to the MEPI "Women and Law" conference to be held in Amman on February 16-18, 2004: Post understands that the following Jordanians will be asked to take part in the Conference program: Dr. Rateb Thaher - Panel: The Role of the Legal Framework Dr. Hamdi Murad - Panel: The Rol [...]	2004-01-08 13:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMPI KDEM KJUS PHUM KPAO SCUL JO
04AMMAN1872	JORDAN WELCOMES SIGNING OF IRAQ'S INTERIM [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOJ welcomed the IGC's signing of an interim constitution as a "step forward" that contributed to rebuilding Iraq's national institutions. Press reports were positive with many calling the interim constitution's signing a reassuring and positive step. Embassy contacts were [...]	2004-03-11 13:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL JO
04AMMAN2004	KING ABDULLAH TO CODEL STEVENS ON HIS CONCERN [...] (C) King Abdullah told CODEL Stevens that Iraqi security forces will not be ready for a July 1 handover of authority, and expressed continuing concern over what he sees as Iranian influence among the Shia in southern Iraq. He was pessimistic about prospects for progress on the MEPP before t [...]	2004-03-17 09:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAL IZ IS JO
04AMMAN2071	Monitoring and Evaluating the International Rescue [...] As requested ref, regional refcoord and Embassy Beirut poloff monitored PRM-funded activities at Association Najdeh on March 10. Association Najdeh is the local implementing partner of the International Rescue Committee and the Women's Commission for Refugees for the sexual and gender- based [...]	2004-03-18 09:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL SOCI KPAL KWMN LE JO
04AMMAN2099	Monitoring and Evaluating ICMC's Humanitarian [...] As requested ref a, regional refcoord and Embassy Beirut polFSN monitored ICMC's humanitarian assistance program for vulnerable Iraqis in Lebanon on March 12 (cooperative agreement SPRMCO03CA119). In addition to meetings at the ICMC/Caritas office, we also visited Baabda Hospital and Notre D [...]	2004-03-18 16:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL IZ LE JO
04AMMAN2273	MONITORING AND EVALUATING ICMC'S HUMANITARIAN [...] REGIONAL REFCOORD AND REF ASSISTANT MONITORED ICMC'S HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR VULNERABLE IRAQIS IN JORDAN ON FEBRUARY 25 (COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT SPRMCO03CA127). IN ADDITION TO MEETINGS AT CARITAS (ICMC'S LOCAL IMPLEMENTING PARTNER),WE ALSO CONDUCTED HOME VISITS TO FOUR PROSPECTIVE [...]	2004-03-25 16:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN2277	FOMIN MUASHER DISCUSSES WITH AMB. JONES "BUMPY" [...] (C) Summary. FonMin Muasher has proposed to Iraqi FM Zebari that they form and chair a bilateral committee to resolve irritants in the relationship. End Summary. JORDAN-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS "BUMPY" -------------------------------------- 2. (C) In a meeting with visiting Deputy CPA Ad [...]	2004-03-25 22:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ IS JO
04AMMAN2729	PARTIAL JORDANIAN DOMESTIC REFORM PLAN IN DRAFT, [...] (SBU) The Jordanians are continuing their efforts to give the reform effort a local flavor, in both the regional and their domestic agendas. Jordan is already a regional leader in innovative economic reform and liberalization. The GOJ itself has recently been more forward leaning in its calls [...]	2004-04-08 16:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM ECON KMDR JO
04AMMAN2752	NGOS COPE WITH KIDNAPPING THREATS IN IRAQ, RESPOND [...] A quick survey of NGO representatives in Amman revealed that most relief agencies had pulled their international staff from Iraq in early April in anticipation of violence surrounding the April 9 anniversary of the fall of Baghdad and the Arba'aeen Shi'a pilgrimage. As IRD Iraq Representativ [...]	2004-04-12 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID IZ JO PHUM PREF PREL
04AMMAN277	U.S.-FUNDED ILO CHILD LABOR PROJECT GETS UNDERWAY [...] (U) The Ministry of Labor announced on January 5 the commencement of a one milion USD ILO project to combat child labor in Jordan. To be undertaken with the cooperation of the Ministries of Education and Social Development, it aims to rehabilitate working children under 18 years of age, helping [...]	2004-01-13 06:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM SOCI PGOV JO
04AMMAN2789	DEMARCHE ON BERLIN ANTI-SEMITISM CONFERENCE: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-13 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI JO OSCE
04AMMAN304	CURRICULUM REFORM RANKLES IN JORDAN [...] (C) A recent Ministry of Education (MoEd) announcement of plans to incorporate human rights concepts in school curriculum unleashed a media frenzy in opposition to the perceived imposition of western standards. While the status of the changes remains unclear, GOJ statements and the timing of b [...]	2004-01-14 06:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL IS JO
04AMMAN3149	UNAMI'S VIEW OF HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) In an April 20 donor coordination meeting UNAMI Humanitarian Officer Wojtek Wilk reported that 50,000 to 100,000 IDPs have fled Fallujah to Baghdad. He noted the problems relief agencies face providing aid in Fallujah and unconfirmed reports of a possible new movement of Iranian Kurds f [...]	2004-04-22 15:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID IZ PHUM PREF PREL JO
04AMMAN3227	JORDANIAN RESPONSE TO GME INITIATIVE: U.S. [...] (U) In response to ref, Post solicited feedback from our interlocutors within the GOJ, academia, and the NGO community about the G-8 Greater Middle East Initiative papers. The response was generally favorable, but activists cautioned that implementation will be difficult given low U.S. cred [...]	2004-04-27 16:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV JO
04AMMAN3231	JORDANIAN RESPONSE TO GME INITIATIVE: [...] (U) In response to ref, Post solicited feedback from our interlocutors within the GOJ, academia, and the NGO community about the G-8 Greater Middle East Initiative papers. The response was generally favorable, but activists cautioned that implementation will be difficult given low U.S. cre [...]	2004-04-27 17:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV JO
04AMMAN3301	GOJ'S RESPONSE TO ALLEGATION OF 1000 MISSING OR [...] (C) A member of Parliament this week alleged that there are 1000 Jordanians who are either missing or detained in Iraq. The GOJ publicly refuted the number, but the MFA formally requested USG assistance in collecting a list of all Jordanians in CPA or Coalition military custody. End summary. [...]	2004-04-29 12:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN3380	ISLAMISTS CONDEMN MISTREATMENT OF IRAQI INMATES, [...] (U) The Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the national Muslim Brotherhood, issued a scathing statement May 2 condemning U.S. mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners of war (POWs) and claiming that it proved American "contempt" for Islam and the Arab people. The IAF alleged [...]	2004-05-03 15:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KISL IZ JO
04AMMAN3405	MAY 4 JORDAN-IRAQ REPORT: ABU GHREIB PRISON, [...] (U) This is another of post's periodic wrap up cables on Iraqi items as seen from Amman followers. -------------------- UNAMI and Abu Ghreib -------------------- 2. (C) A United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq's (UNAMI) Political Officer, Alan Fellows, suggested to PolOff on May 4 t [...]	2004-05-04 14:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN3406	IRAQ PRISON ABUSE CHARGES SHAKE JORDANIAN VIEW OF [...] (C) Shocked and consumed by heavy media coverage of the Iraqi prison abuse scandal, Jordanians tell us that the resulting damage to America's image in the region may be "irreversible." The bombardment of images of naked Iraqi men forced into humiliating sexual positions, as American personn [...]	2004-05-04 17:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ASEC PTER KISL IZ JO
04AMMAN3484	JORDANIANS VENT ANGER AT U.S., WHILE OTHERS [...] (C) Strong public opposition to U.S. policies in the region and, more recently, outrage over the Abu Ghreib prisoner abuse story continue to fuel anti-U.S. sentiment in Jordan. Articles attacking the U.S. figure prominently in the press while opposition groups have stepped up their activitie [...]	2004-05-06 16:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PHUM PREL KISL KPAL IZ IS JO
04AMMAN3486	MFA CLAIMS AS MANY AS 35 JORDANIANS IN CUSTODY IN [...] (C) MFA officials told the Embassy this week that they believe there are as many as 35 Jordanians in Coalition custody in Iraq, and that the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad and CPA have identified 23 detainees in Coalition custody as Jordanian. The MFA believes other Jordanians might be mis-id [...]	2004-05-06 17:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM US IZ JO
04AMMAN3503	UNHCR AGAIN PUSHES FOR RESETTLEMENT OF IRANIAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: During a May 4 briefing, UNHCR urged resettlement countries to consider for resettlement the 1,047 Iranian Kurds who fled Iraq's Al Tash refugee camp in April 2003 and have remained camped on the Iraqi-Jordanian border ever since. UNHCR presented specific c [...]	2004-05-10 05:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM IR IZ JO
04AMMAN3504	THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ONE YEAR LATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Center for Human Rights (NCHR) has begun to improve Jordan's domestic human rights situation through education and influencing the GOJ's decision last year to admit several hundred refugees from Iraq. Despite centralized decision-making that has led to some internal p [...]	2004-05-10 06:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREF KPAL JO
04AMMAN3677	IRAQ MISSION IN AMMAN ALLEGES IRAQ-JORDAN BORDER [...] (C) The Iraq Mission in Amman alleges that Iraqi border police at the border between Iraq and Jordan are actively soliciting bribes before allowing Iraqis to pass to the Jordanian side. Iraqi border police in many cases are letting Iraqis pass without verifying the existence or authenticity o [...]	2004-05-12 08:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN3733	GOJ PROGRESSING ON PLAN OF ACTION FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) The Ministry of Political Development recently distributed a draft strategy and plan of action for political reform to selected diplomatic missions, members of Parliament (MPs),journalists and NGOs. The plan is relatively forthright in its assessment of the obstacles to the development [...]	2004-05-13 09:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM JO
04AMMAN381	ISLAMISTS WEIGH IN AGAINST THE U.S., ISRAEL AND [...] (C) The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),have recently joined a charge against reform of the state educational curriculum and spearheaded a new drive in Parliament to sever relations with Israel. The Islamists also denounced the French gover [...]	2004-01-15 17:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KISL IS JO
04AMMAN3829	ARAB PARLIAMENT SPEAKERS DEBATE FUTURE OF IRAQ, [...] (C) Speakers of seven parliaments in the region held a two-day conference May 12-13 in Amman to discuss the situation in Iraq. Participants called for an end to U.S. occupation, highlighted their support for democratic institutions in Iraq, and advocated a wider UN role in rebuilding the cou [...]	2004-05-17 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ SY JO
04AMMAN389	OPPOSITION ATTACKS GOJ MINISTERS, POLICIES AS NEW [...] (S) Recent royal and government statements encouraging greater political openness have led to new and more open public and private debate on important public policy issues, including school curriculum reform, contemplated price increases, and government spending on social programs. The deba [...]	2004-01-15 19:21:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM JO
04AMMAN3907	IRAQ FY 05 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM [...] NAME: MS.AMAL UMRAN AL RUBAIEE TITLE: MANAGER, WOMENS'S CENTER COUNCIL PROJECT: RP: "YOUNG LEADERS," JULY 7-JULY 22, 2005 NOMINATING SECTION: PAO- KARBALA- R. ANDREW DICKSON III RANK 1 2. NAME: MS. NIHAL ABDULZAHRA TITLE: MEMBER OF PROVINCIAL CONCIL PROJECT: MRP: "GRASSROOTS DE [...]	2004-05-19 10:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI OEXC SCUL JO PGOVE
04AMMAN4061	EMBASSY AMMAN PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Embassy Amman is pleased to submit a project proposal for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor's (DRL's) consideration. Per the invitation in reftel B, post seeks funding for this proposal from DRL's FY2004 Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF). This proposal would build on post's [...]	2004-05-20 15:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID KDEM JO
04AMMAN4132	GOJ CONFRONTS POSSIBLE LABOR TRAFFICKING SCAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has learned of several dozen third country nationals (TCNs) brought to Jordan by apparently unscrupulous recruiting agents and sent to Iraq. All have needed some assistance in returning to their home countries and in at least one case, the workers were physically abused in Ir [...]	2004-05-24 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PREF KWMN IZ JO KTIP
04AMMAN4230	POSITIVE JORDANIAN REACTION TO G-8 REFORM PLAN [...] (U) Embassy Amman has continued its consultations with Jordanian government officials and civil society leaders on the G-8 reform plan (refs). Feedback has been constructive, highlighting weaknesses of the civil society movement and Jordanian government strictures that could affect reform i [...]	2004-05-27 12:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV JO
04AMMAN4236	IRAQIS IN JORDAN FEAR JUNE 30 HANDOVER WILL RESULT [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are Iraqis in Jordan who fear that the June 30 transfer of authority to the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) will result in an escalation of violence, and support the presence of coalition forces until a stable government is in place. END SUMMARY. -------------------------- [...]	2004-05-27 13:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN4238	FONMIN MUASHER ON REGIONAL REFORM, ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) FonMin Muasher expressed pleasure May 26 with the results of the Tunis Arab League summit on the subjects of Arab League reform, Iraq, the Middle East peace process, and regional reform. He said the reform resolution is a good basis for a dialogue between the G-8 and Arab states on refo [...]	2004-05-27 13:23:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM JO
04AMMAN4251	UNHCR UPDATE ON JORDAN AND IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: The UNHCR missions for Jordan and Iraq updated the diplomatic community May 24 on recent refugee developments in the two countries. In Jordan, UNHCR acknowledged that return to Iraq is the only option for 314 Iraqi-Palestinians in UNHCR's Ruweished refugee camp, while the 386 Iraqi [...]	2004-05-27 15:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM KPAL IR IZ JO
04AMMAN4470	EUROPEANS PRESSURE UNRWA NOT TO PROVIDE REHOUSING [...] (SBU) UNRWA's May 31 launch of a new USD 15.8 million supplementary appeal for Rafah was dominated by discussion of Israel's obligations under international humanitarian law. According to UNRWA External Relations Director Andrew Whitley, the European Commission and "seven or eight European co [...]	2004-06-02 15:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL PHUM EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO UNRWA
04AMMAN4625	FY'05 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM NOMINATIONS [...] THE FOLLOWING IS MISSION'S REVISED LIST OF FY 2005 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR NOMINEES AS DETERMINED BY THE IV SELECTION COMMITTEE. 2. ALL NOMINEES LISTED BELOW HAVE RECEIVED "COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL" FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE IV PROGRAMS. --NAME: MS. EVA ABU HALAWEH TITLE: DIRECTOR AN [...]	2004-06-07 13:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI OEXC SCUL JO PGOVE
04AMMAN4855	JORDAN TAKES ACTION TO PREVENT TRAFFICKING OF [...] (C) King Abdullah and senior GOJ officials have strongly condemned the possible trafficking of third country nationals (TCNs) into Iraq from Jordan. The Minister of Interior promised the Ambassador that he would take firm action against unscrupulous labor recruiting agents and others complic [...]	2004-06-15 12:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PREF KWMN IZ JO KTIP
04AMMAN5281	UNAMI HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UPDATE IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) reps warned of a looming humanitarian crisis this summer in southern Iraq in a June 24 humanitarian situation update. These warnings tempered the announcement of the United Nations Development Group's (UNDG) approval of 17 infrastruc [...]	2004-06-28 12:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN5399	JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER RESTRICTIONS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: We understand that elements of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) have restricted all military-age men from entering Iraq through the Jordan border crossing at Karama. Our Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Center (HACC) border liaison contacts said that the MEF elemen [...]	2004-06-30 14:59:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN5674	JORDANIAN CABINET SENDS MEDIA REFORM MEASURES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE JORDANIAN CABINET APPROVED JULY 6 THREE MEASURES AIMED AT LIBERALIZING PRINT AND BROADCAST MEDIA IN JORDAN. DRAFT REFORMS INCLUDE THE ELIMINATION OF PRE-PUBLICATION REVIEW OF BOOKS; PROTECTION OF JOURNALISTS FROM DETENTION OR THE CLOSURE OF PUBLICATIONS WITHOUT A COURT ORDE [...]	2004-07-08 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM JO
04AMMAN5892	JORDANIAN ATTENDANCE AT AND U.S. INITIATIVES FOR [...] Manar Dabbas, USA action officer in Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher's private office, told PolCouns July 13 that FonMin Muasher will lead the Jordanian delegation to the UNGA. Muasher plans to arrive in New York on September 19 and stay through September 30. Dabbas said that Muasher would l [...]	2004-07-13 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL ECON PHUM AORC JO UN
04AMMAN5893	JORDANIAN RELEASED FROM GITMO INTERVIEWED BY [...] Jordan Islamist weekly Al-Sabil published July 6 a lengthy interview with, they report, the first Jordanian released from the Guantanamo detention camp in Cuba. The former prisoner described his alleged experiences at detention camps in Afghanistan and Cuba from January 2002 until April 2004 [...]	2004-07-14 02:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN5894	UNAMI TO REDUCE STAFF IN AMMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Interim Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq (A/SRSG) Ross Mountain and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Malloch Brown, the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) plans to reduce its staff profile in Amman sligh [...]	2004-07-14 02:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN5939	KING BACKS DECENTRALIZATION, PUSHES RELUCTANT [...] (SBU) King Abdullah has made a priority of decentralization through expanding the responsibilities and capacity of the 12 regional governorates beyond their traditional security mandate. The appointed administrative governors have not made much progress in exercising the authority granted them [...]	2004-07-15 12:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM JO
04AMMAN610	JORDANIAN STATE SECURITY COURT PLOWS AHEAD WITH [...] (U) The Jordanian State Security Court this month proceeded with a number of ongoing trials involving anti-U.S. terrorist plots. The prosecution in the Foley assassination case concluded its presentation on January 20 with a call for the death penalty against the accused killers. Government [...]	2004-01-25 15:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC JO
04AMMAN6213	KING URGES GOVERNMENT TO PULL UP ITS SOCKS [...] (C) King Abdullah wrote a critical letter to Prime Minister Faisal Fayez on July 20 prodding the government to take action on the priorities that the King laid out at the formation of the government in October 2003. Debate ranges on whether the tone of the letter indicates a reaffirmation of s [...]	2004-07-22 14:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM JO
04AMMAN6508	JORDAN IPR - TWO STEPS FORWARD, A HALF STEP BACK [...] This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's parliament began debate on the temporary copyright law and FTA-compliant amendments to it in mid-July. Although MPs did not conclude deliberations before adjourning, the chief government proponent of the amended copyrigh [...]	2004-08-03 15:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD EAID KTIA PHUM JO
04AMMAN6576	NEW JORDAN DAILY SHAKES UP MEDIA MARKET [...] Summary: A new Jordanian daily newspaper ("Al Ghad" - "tomorrow") hit the stands August 1, billing itself as an independent (financially and editorially) alternative to Jordan's staid and risk-averse media establishment. Its owner, a marketing tycoon with connections to the Royal Family, pro [...]	2004-08-05 14:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV KMPI PHUM KMDR JO
04AMMAN6977	CHILD LABOR INFORMATION UPDATE: JORDAN [...] Post has contacted appropriate ministries, international organizations and NGOs as requested in reftel to update the Department of Labor's 2003 "Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor" report. The majority of the information found in the 2003 report remains unchanged and the worst forms of [...]	2004-08-19 05:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI JO
04AMMAN7344	HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS POSTED TO EMBASSY AMMAN [...] Per reftel A, this message confirms that the relevant English language texts of the human rights reports have been posted to the U.S. Embassy Amman website. The locally prepared Arabic translation of the 2003 Human Rights Report for Jordan will be posted to the website as soon as recent damage [...]	2004-09-02 09:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO JO
04AMMAN7402	JORDAN WITHDRAWS NOMINATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-07 13:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM JO
04AMMAN7959	DEATH OF PRISON INMATE AND RELATED ABUSE [...] (C) A report on abuses in Jordanian prisons, including the alleged beating death of an inmate, has prompted government and press inquiries. End Summary. -------------------- DEATH AT AL-JUWEIDEH -------------------- 2. (U) On September 19, the Jordanian press made public a report by [...]	2004-09-23 15:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMPI JO
04AMMAN8135	ARAB MINISTERS LAUNCH REGIONAL GOOD GOVERNANCE [...] (U) Fifteen Arab ministers meeting in Amman, Jordan, along with representatives from the OECD and UNDP, announced September 26 the launch of a regional reform initiative focused on good governance and administrative modernization. The initiative is an outgrowth of commitments to reform made a [...]	2004-09-30 14:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM KMPI JO
04AMMAN8195	JORDAN: PARLIAMENTARY UPDATE [...] (U) Parliament is due to resume business on December 1. Security services continue to crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood clerics and politicians. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- -------- FALL SESSION OF PARLIAMENT, CABINET RESHUFFLE DELAYED ----------------------- [...]	2004-10-03 12:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KISL JO
04AMMAN8353	REACTIONS TO ISRAELI INCURSIONS IN GAZA, U.S. VETO [...] (U) The Israeli operations in Gaza prompted demonstrations in the Baqa'a refugee camp near Amman October 5 that resulted in clashes with Jordanian security forces. The Jordanian government has continued its call for a halt to incursions in Gaza and for renewed effort on the peace process. The L [...]	2004-10-06 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL JO
04AMMAN842	JORDAN: HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY IN 2003/4 [...] Post is providing the following report on actions taken by the USG in Jordan during 2003 and January 2004. This information is keyed to the requirements of reftel para 6. 2. Begin text: A) Jordan has a history of restrictions on freedom of speech, press, assembly, and association, a weak [...]	2004-02-04 11:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM JO
04AMMAN8460	TENSE ICFTU CONFERENCE FOR IRAQI TRADE UNIONISTS [...] (SBU) The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) held a training seminar on core labor standards for Iraqi sectoral unions in Amman October 3-5. While rival union leaders at least sat down in the same room, a marked improvement over the previous conference, an atmosphere of t [...]	2004-10-12 14:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM KDEM JO IZ

04AMMAN8580	ANOTHER PRISON RIOT PRECEDES ABUSE TRIAL [...] (U) Another riot at the Al-Juweideh correctional facility October 6 preceded the opening of the trial of eleven officers charged in connection with the September 1 death of an inmate (reftel). Violence erupted a third time at the prison October 12. End Summary. ---------------------------- [...]	2004-10-17 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KMPI JO

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