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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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08ATHENS719UNHCR DISAPPROVES OF GREECE'S HANDLING OF REFUGEE
[...] (C) A stunning April 15 UNHCR report called upon EU Member States to refrain from returning asylum seekers to Greece under the Dublin Protocol until further notice. According to the report, asylum seekers in Greece face undue hardships in having their claims adjudicated due to problems with p [...]
2008-05-22 14:47:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL PHUM GR
08BAGHDAD1366REPORTS OF ZAIN'S IMMINENT DEMISE ARE GREATLY
[...] (C//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Several former USG officials and some non-mainstream media reports have claimed that Zain, Iraq's leading mobile telecommunications operator, risks the collapse of its network infrastructure on May 14, 2008, if it fails to conclude negotiations with its private security [...]
2008-05-02 19:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ECPS EINT
08BAGHDAD1454WHY THE NINE JEWS OF BAGHDAD STAY IN BAGHDAD
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Despite the insecurity they face, and the necessity of hiding their identity, the nine Jews living in Baghdad appear set to stay here. Several are simply too old to leave, while others fear the unknown challenges of a new land more than they fear the more familiar, if deadly, pe [...]
2008-05-10 12:29:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM KIRF PREF PGOV IS NL UK IZ
08BAGHDAD148IRAQ -- 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following is Post's submission for Iraq's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. BEGIN TEXT 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - IRAQ Iraq's first post-conflict permanent government passed a National Investment Law in October 2006, which was expected to open up its economy to foreign investmen [...]
2008-01-21 07:32:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC IZ
08BAGHDAD1637SHIA REACTION TO SADR CALL FOR ANTI-SOFA PROTEST
[...] (C) On May 27, Muqtada al-Sadr issued a statement decrying "the security agreement between the forces of darkness, by which I mean the occupation, and the current Iraqi Government." Sadr asked Iraqis to stage demonstrations throughout Iraq, and prodded political blocs to oppose the agreement [...]
2008-05-28 15:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2102NINEWA-SALAH AD DIN BORDER AREA DEPRESSED BUT HAS
[...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message, in cooperation with the Salah ad Din PRT. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Southern Ninewa Province and the Sharqat district in northern Salah ad Din Province suffer from lack of infrastructure investment and unemployment of at l [...]
2008-07-07 11:01:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PGOV EPET EINV EAID MARR PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2162SEVENTH IRFFI DONORS MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: The International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq's Seventh Donor Committee Meeting in Baghdad on July 7, the first major international conference in Baghdad since 2007, was hailed by Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih as an indication of the growing confidence in Iraq's fu [...]
2008-07-11 13:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2320IRAQ APPROVES A NEW DPM AND NINE MINISTERS: A
[...] (C/NF) Summary/Comment. The Council of Representatives (CoR) approved a new Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and nine ministers on July 19 in a strong step towards national reconciliation. This approval came after months of tumultuous negotiations between Prime Minister Maliki and VP Tariq al-Hash [...]
2008-07-26 10:12:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2588A NEW GOI BIG PLAYER IN OIL?
[...] (C) The Ministry of Industry and Minerals is reportedly seeking to expand into both upstream and downstream oil and gas projects, including technical service joint ventures with the oil majors. In addition, MIM wants to increase its role in mineral exploitation and transportation infrastructur [...]
2008-08-14 15:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALENRG EMIN EIND EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD2973COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR GENERAL DAVID
[...] (SBU) Post requests country clearance for General David Petraeus and delegation to travel to London, United Kingdom on 27 September- 1 OCT 2008. The purpose of the visit is to meet with English Leadership to discuss strategic goals and opportunity for cooperation. 2. (SBU) REQUEST TRAVEL [...]
2008-09-15 13:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALAPER OTRA IZ UK
08BAGHDAD3065IRAQI OIL MINISTRY'S PENDING HUMAN RESOURCES CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the retirements in the next few years of its top cadre, who are on one-year waivers of the mandatory 63-year-old retirement age, the Ministry of Oil will lose a generation that has the international exposure and experience to lead the Ministry during a period when it restr [...]
2008-09-24 06:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EAID SOCI PGOV KPAO IZ
08BAGHDAD3722WASIT: SADRIST LEADER SUPPORTS SOFA, MALIKI
[...] (C / / REL TO USA, ACGU) Summary: Over 1,000 people participated in a November 20 pro-SOFA rally in Kut, organized by Sheikh Mohammed Reda al-Numani, an associate of Prime Minister Maliki and a long-time friend of the al-Sadr family. On the preceding day, PRT, 41st Fires Brigade, and Iraqi A [...]
2008-11-25 13:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD3855AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSSES PROTECTION OF IRAQI
[...] (C) On December 1, U.S. Representative to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad discussed with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki next steps to protect Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) assets through a new United Nations Security Council resolution (UNSCR). Khalilzad urged Iraq to quickly submit a dr [...]
2008-12-10 13:25:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
08BAGHDAD4007CONTROVERSY OVER SPEAKER MASHHADANI COMMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Shia and Kurdish parliamentarians are demanding the ouster of Speaker Mashhadani because of his insulting comments last week, delaying a vote on an Allied security agreement. Mashhadani's political future looks grim as he loses his Sunni allies with every controversial outburst [...]
2008-12-22 16:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD4042RRT ERBIL: ANOTHER INDUSTRY ENDANGERED BY KRG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The sole foreign insurance broker in the Kurdistan Region (KR) says that he would like to provide a wider array of insurance products to the Kurdish market, but has faced numerous hurdles due to the party/family-dominated Kurdistan Regional Government's vested interest in margin [...]
2008-12-28 08:15:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN PINR IZ
08BAKU123CORRECTED COPY: AZERBAIJAN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] This cable contains post's Investment Climate Statement for 2008. The Statement includes the following sections: Introduction A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A.3. Expropriation and Compensation A.4. Dispute Settlement A.5. Performance Requir [...]
2008-02-12 06:59:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD OPIC PGOV AJ
08BAKU71AZERBAIJAN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008
[...] This cable contains post's Investment Climate Statement for 2008. The Statement includes the following sections: Introduction A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A.3. Expropriation and Compensation A.4. Dispute Settlement A.5. Performance Requir [...]
2008-01-28 11:39:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD OPIC PGOV AJ
08BAKU726AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT, SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 14 meeting with Special Envoy Gray, President Aliyev sought USG views on how to best proceed on the Southern Corridor project. SE Gray reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to work with Turkey and the EU to enable gas transit. To entice Turkmenistan into shipping gas west, [...]
2008-08-04 10:30:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL AZ TU
08BANGKOK1003BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Yip In Tsoi & Jacks Co., Ltd. was registered as follows: SIPDIS Registration: 0105510002718 Registered Date: June 27, 1967 Status: Company Limited Capital Registration: 100,000,000 baht Executives: Thienchai Lailoet, Morakot Yip In Tsoi, Ap [...]
2008-03-29 00:55:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TH
08BANGKOK1425U.S. Wins Concessions on UNESCAP 64th Commission Session
[...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) held its 64th annual commission session in Bangkok April 22-30. This year's theme was "Energy Security and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific." After several days (and nights) of n [...]
2008-05-09 09:33:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ENRG UN IR CH IN KS JA PK RS AS XB
08BANGKOK1435EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] (U) An Export Control Legal-Regulatory Workshop was conducted in Hanoi, April 8-10. Advisor met with Customs specialists from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and European Commission (EC) to assess potential areas for collaboration or deconfliction. The Thai translation [...]
2008-05-10 13:06:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN
08BANGKOK3298THAI PRIME MINISTER'S CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO
[...] (U) On November 5, the Embassy hosted a gathering for Thai contacts and students to watch television coverage of the U.S. presidential election, engage with the Ambassador and Embassy officers, and learn more about the U.S. democratic system. (Septel will report on the election watch event in [...]
2008-11-05 08:36:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV TH
08BANGKOK599DESIGNATION OF SOUTHERN AIR, INC. TO OPERATE CHARTER CARGO
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. Post received the following note dated 19 February 2008 from the Royal Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to the USG note in reftel. 3. Begin note text: [Complimentary opening] and has the honour to refer to the latter's [...]
2008-02-25 23:55:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA TH
08BANJUL117PRESIDENT JAMMEH OPENS 2008 LEGISLATIVE YEAR
[...] (U) On March 28, President Yahya Jammeh presided over the opening of the National Assembly, which marked the beginning of the 2008 legislative year. This year's event was the most elaborate in recent years and was attended by National Assembly Speakers and parliamentary delegations from four [...]
2008-04-04 08:18:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EPET KDEM SOCI GA
08BANJUL86THE GAMBIA: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) In accordance with Reftel, Embassy Banjul provides its submission to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW: A. The Gambia is a country of origin, transit, and destination for victims of trafficking, mainly women and children. Due to its porous borders, [...]
2008-02-29 09:15:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08BEIJING1210TIBET: MFA ORGANIZES TIGHTLY CONTROLLED TRIP TO
[...] (C) With less than 24-hours notice to participating Embassies, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) Government, organized an overnight trip to Lhasa March 28 to 29. Fifteen Beijing-based diplomats, including PolOff, participated. Diplomats we [...]
2008-03-31 13:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF NP IN JA BR GM CA IT
08BEIJING234UK PM GORDON BROWN IN CHINA: EXPANDING TRADE,
[...] (C) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's January 18-20 visit to China focused largely on economics but also covered Sudan, Burma, Iran, human rights and Hong Kong, British Embassy contacts told us January 21. Brown gave a qualified welcome to China's new sovereign wealth fund (the China Inve [...]
2008-01-23 10:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EINV ETRD SENV EFIN PGOV PHUM UK
08BEIJING38CHINA'S PROPOSED AGENDA AND DATES FOR THE U.S.-CHINA
[...] (U) This is an action message: See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: China proposes that the first U.S.-China Counterterrorism Sub-Dialogue discuss Olympic security and protection, counterterrorism cooperation and training and the inclusion of East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO) on the [...]
2008-01-04 10:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KOLY CH
08BEIJING4031PRC: MFA CONFIRMS UNSPECIFIED CIVILIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) China wishes to continue the development of its civilian nuclear cooperation with Pakistan, according to MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Director Zhang Yiming. In an October 23 briefing for the U.S. and U.K. Embassies on Pakistan President Asif Zardari's Oct [...]
2008-10-23 10:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN PTER CH PK
08BEIJING4457CHINA/G-20/PAKISTAN: CHINA URGES WIDER SCOPE
[...] (SBU) China believes a United Kingdom-drafted paper on follow-up taskings to finance ministers from the November 15 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, in advance of the next G-20 summit, does not adequately address the political dimensions of the financial crisis, Chinese Vice [...]
2008-12-05 14:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID IBRD IMF KPAO PREL PGOV
08BEIJING4458CHINA/G-20/PAKISTAN: CHINA URGES WIDER SCOPE
[...] (SBU) China believes a United Kingdom-drafted paper on follow-up taskings to finance ministers from the November 15 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, in advance of the next G-20 summit, does not adequately address the political dimensions of the financial crisis, Chinese Vice [...]
2008-12-06 03:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID IBRD IMF KPAO PREL PGOV
08BEIJING808HENAN IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS: AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 5
[...] (C) Henan Party Secretary Xu Guangchun stressed his desire to attract more American companies to Henan in the logistics, food processing and electricity generation sectors during a March 5 lunch hosted by the Ambassador. While Henan ranks fifth among China's provinces in terms of total GDP, X [...]
2008-03-05 12:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV CH
08BEIJING90MFA: CHINA INTERSTED IN STABLE AND PEACEFUL
[...] (C) MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Liu Jian briefed PolMinCouns January 8 on Chinese Foreign Minister (FM) Yang Jiechi's January 5 phone call to Pakistan FM Inam-ul Haq. (Note: See also the January 5 report on the telephone conversation by the official PRC news agency Xinhua (re [...]
2008-01-08 09:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TER PARM CH PK
08BEIJING927CHONGQING PARTY SECRETARY BO XILAI ON U.S.
[...] (C) New Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai emphasized the historical ties between Chongqing and the United States, as well as investment opportunities for U.S. firms, during a March 13 meeting with the Ambassador. Coming across as an energetic salesman for his region, Bo claimed that the Cent [...]
2008-03-13 10:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ETRD EINV SOCI PREL CH
08BEIRUT1526LEBANON: GEAGEA STRUGGLING WITH MARCH 14 ALLIES
[...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea told the Ambassador October 24 that he and his March 14 allies were still negotiating their candidate lists for the 2009 parliamentary elections. Geagea said he was having the most difficulty convincing Saad Hariri and Walid Jumblatt that the Christian [...]
2008-10-24 23:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
08BELFAST142SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO BELFAST,
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Your visit to Northern Ireland will provide an opportunity to demonstrate our continued support for the historic achievement of creating a power-sharing government and ending Northern Ireland's decades-long sectarian violence, and an opportunity to restate a strong message con [...]
2008-11-13 13:09:00Consulate BelfastCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON OVIP UK
08BELGRADE1139Serbia: 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 14:05:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SR
08BELGRADE76SERBIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: TOO CLOSE TO CALL
[...] (SBU) Democratic Party candidate for reelection, President Boris Tadic, faces stiff competition from Radical contender Tomislav Nikolic in Serbia's January 20 presidential elections, and Tadic is losing ground. Nikolic's slick campaign reinvented the candidate as a kind, trustworthy grandfath [...]
2008-01-18 16:35:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE77SERBIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: TOO CLOSE TO CALL
[...] (SBU) Democratic Party candidate for reelection, President Boris Tadic, faces stiff competition from Radical contender Tomislav Nikolic in Serbia's January 20 presidential elections, and Tadic is losing ground. Nikolic's slick campaign reinvented the candidate as a kind, trustworthy grandfath [...]
2008-01-18 18:20:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SR
08BELMOPAN343 GOB STILL "IMAGINING THE POSSIBILITIES" IN THE BUDGET
[...] (U) On July 14 2008, Prime Minister Dean Barrow presented the national budget for FY 2008/2009 budget. It is a relatively balanced budget of US$412.4 million, up by 12.2% over last year's revised figure of US$367.7 million. Much of the increase results from capital III expenditures aimed at p [...]
2008-07-24 20:59:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD PGOV
08BELMOPAN49 BELIZE RESPONSE TO UPDATE FOR DUBLIN GROUP MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 22:34:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR BH
08BERLIN1466ATTEMPTED EXPORT OF GERMAN-ORIGIN HELICOPTERS TO
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See comment and action requests in paragraphs 11 and 12. 2. (S) Summary: Embassy Berlin has become aware that a U.S. firm, Presidential Airways, appears to have moved German-origin helicopters to Turkey, with the intent of moving them NLT 30 Oct to [...]
2008-10-30 06:29:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKOMC ECCT AF GM
08BERLIN1467ATTEMPTED EXPORT OF GERMAN-ORIGIN HELICOPTERS TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See comment and action requests in paragraphs 11 and 12. 2. (S) Summary: Embassy Berlin has become aware that a U.S. firm, Presidential Airways, appears to have moved German-origin helicopters to Turkey, with the intent of moving them NLT 30 Oct to Afghanista [...]
2008-10-30 06:29:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKOMC ECCT AF GM
08BERLIN1608GERMANY OFFERES STRONG SUPPORT FOR AMENDING NSG
[...] (SBU) Germany, current Chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),confirmed their full support for the U.S.-proposal to amend NSG guidelines regarding transfer of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) equipment/technology and expect little resistance from members with the possible exception of S [...]
2008-12-02 16:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY SF GM
08BERLIN256GERMANY - 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission point of contact is Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127). 2. (SBU) [...]
2008-03-03 08:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV GM
08BISHKEK104 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR KYRGYZSTAN
[...] This cable contains Post's Investment Climate Statement for 2008. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Kyrgyz Republic has a liberal investment regime with a broad base of commercial laws. Unfortunately, these laws are not implemented consistently. Fo [...]
2008-01-31 02:17:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR KG
08BISHKEK1095CANDID DISCUSSION WITH PRINCE ANDREW ON THE KYRGYZ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 28, the Ambassador participated in a two-hour brunch to brief HRH the Duke of York ahead of his meetings with the Kyrgyz Prime Minister and other high-level officials. She was the only non-subject of the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth invited to participate by the Britis [...]
2008-10-29 12:07:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KG
08BOGOTA3537URIBE CONTINUES TO KEEP ALL OPTIONS OPEN ON
[...] (C) President Uribe continues to keep all options open on a possible third presidential term. He urged Congress to shelve the proposal for a constitutional change to allow a third term after it was presented on September 10, but congressional leaders said Congress is legally required to consi [...]
2008-09-22 19:25:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA377COLOMBIAN MOD CODIFIES HUMAN RIGHTS POLICIES
[...] The Ministry of Defense (MOD) released a comprehensive policy document outlining the Colombian military's Human Rights (HR) and International Humanitarian Law (IHL) doctrine. The policy stresses that prudent use of force earns the armed forces legitimacy with the public, conferring tactical [...]
2008-01-31 11:50:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PHUM PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA4353COLOMBIAN PALM: RURAL SAVIOR OR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Driven by strong international demand for palm oil, improving security in rural areas, government support for viable alternatives to coca, and domestic demand for palm oil-derived biodiesel, Colombia's palm industry has expanded 70 percent since 2003. As a result, it now ranks a [...]
2008-12-09 18:21:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV ENRG ECON PGOV PHUM CO
08BOGOTA609REMITTANCES REACH RECORD HIGH IN 2007
[...] SUMMARY: Colombia's Central Bank expects 2007 to rank as a record year for remittance inflows with the total estimated to reach USD 4.4 billion. The amount represents Colombia's second highest source of legitimate foreign currency inflows after foreign direct investment (USD 7.5 billion),exce [...]
2008-02-19 17:05:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EINV CO
08BRASILIA1159BRAZIL LAUNCHES ITS AMAZON FUND, BUT WHO WILL CONTRIBUTE
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 1, President Lula signed Decree 6527 calling on the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) to create the "Fundo Amazonia" (or Amazon Fund),a new tool to help reduce Brazil's [...]
2008-09-02 11:10:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG EFIN NO BR
08BRASILIA1219SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 112
[...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]
2008-09-12 15:04:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA1264BRAZIL: SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS NEW
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chertoff's July 19-22 visit to Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, Brazil identified new areas of cooperation between the United States and Brazil. They included improved security of passenger travel and travel document fraud d [...]
2008-09-22 20:43:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSOCI ECIN ECON EIND EINV ELTN EMIN ENRG ETRD
08BRASILIA1377BRAZIL-DEFORESTATION: GREAT CONCERN BUT LITTLE ASSISTANCE,
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. At a September 8 meeting, representatives of key European and Asia-Pacific countries outlined their current and planned financial and technical assistance to Brazil to help combat deforestati [...]
2008-10-20 09:37:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID KGHG EFIN NO BR
08BRATISLAVA93SLOVAKIA ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY ---------------------------- A. Slovakia is steadily moving forward in its fight against TIP. In addition to allocating a substantial increase in anti-TIP funding (by multiplying it fourfold, from USD 91,000 to USD 364,000) the Government of Slovakia (GOS) has increased bot [...]
2008-03-03 16:08:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC
08BRIDGETOWN116INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008
[...] (U) Barbados is open for business. The Government of Barbados, through the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC, a.k.a. "Invest Barbados"),strongly encourages foreign direct investment in Barbados, particularly in industries that create jobs and earn foreign currency. 2. [...]
2008-02-25 14:32:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN36TEMPERS, CARS SET ABLAZE BY ST. KITTS ELECTORAL
[...] (U) Summary: Following the passing of electoral reform law in December 2007 in St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis, tempers have flared as the opposition has raised objections to the ruling Labour party's implementation of re-registration rules. In what has devolved into a vicious battle in [...]
2008-01-16 21:19:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EAID SC XL
08BRUSSELS1117JUNE 26 U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON DRUG ISSUES
[...] (C) U.S. and European Union (EU) officials discussed counter-drug trends and developments during a wide-ranging U.S.-EU Troika Meeting on Drug Issues on June 26. The discussions demonstrated considerable convergence on these issues, including strategies to use at Commission on Narcotic Drugs [...]
2008-07-22 15:46:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUM
08BRUSSELS1500EUROJUST'S EVOLVING ROLE IN INVESTIGATING AND
[...] (U) The President of the European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit (EUROJUST),Jose Luis Lopes da Mota, and the Chairperson of EUROJUST's External Relations Committee, Malci Gabrijelcic, explained their organization's increasing role in investigating and prosecuting serious organized crime wi [...]
2008-09-26 13:29:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS1763MCCREEVY ON G-20 AND EU RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Summary. EU Internal Market Commissioner McCreevy told Ambassador Silverberg November 20 that: -the G-20 Leaders Summit accomplished as much could be expected given the U.S. Presidential transition; -it was still unclear how the EU will implement the G-20 action plan; -the Commission [...]
2008-11-20 18:09:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
08BRUSSELS1879DISCUSSIONS AT NOVEMBER 14 U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING
[...] (C) Discussions at the November 14 U.S.-European Union (EU) Troika meeting on Drug Issues confirmed U.S.-EU convergence on most drug issues. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Affairs David Johnson led the inter-agency U.S. Delegation as a sign [...]
2008-12-12 15:30:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS1887BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER REMAINS OPTIMISTIC ON EU
[...] (C) Summary: The Belgian MFA was optimistic the morning of December 12 that the EU would deploy an ESDP mission in Congo eventually, despite continued opposition from key member states. The MOD was less optimistic after French President Sarkozy's statement late afternoon that Europe cannot be [...]
2008-12-15 09:34:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM CG BE
08BRUSSELS1910(C) IRAN: EU TO CONSIDER MORE DESIGNATIONS ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The French Presidency will convene a meeting of capital-based experts in Brussels on December 17 to evaluate names of Iranian individuals and entities for possible designation by the EU under its Common Policy on Restrictive Measures Against Iran (insert ref number). [...]
2008-12-16 15:57:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNPREL ETTC EFIN KNNP ENRG MNUC PINR EUN IR
08BRUSSELS34EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (KOSOVO)
[...] SUMMARY: Kosovo generated the most interest at an all day donor coordination meeting hosted by the European Commission (EC) on December 13 to solicit bilateral input in advance of a new EC strategy for the Balkans. The meeting was attended by representatives from individual European Union ( [...]
2008-01-09 16:35:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL EUN XH ZL
08BRUSSELS43EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (SERBIA)
[...] SUMMARY: At a recent donor coordination meeting in Brussels, European Commission (EC) representatives hoped for a "smooth" Kosovo settlement while affirming that the relationship between Europe and Serbia is now at a "crossroads". Against this backdrop, the main EC development objective in [...]
2008-01-10 16:48:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL EUN XH ZL
08BRUSSELS45EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (BOSNIA)
[...] SUMMARY: Development programs in Bosnia-Herzegovina figured quite prominently in a recent all-day donor coordination meeting organized by the European Commission (EC) in Brussels. The main EC goal in the country is clearly "nation building" and EC sponsored development programs are expected [...]
2008-01-10 16:48:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL EUN XH ZL
08BRUSSELS719BELGIAN MINISTERS VISIT DRC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 14:47:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BE DRC CH
08BRUSSELS98EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (ALBANIA)
[...] SUMMARY: Development programs in Albania were among several discussed during a recent all-day donor coordination meeting organized by the European Commission (EC) in Brussels. EC assistance programs in Albania, estimated at around 55 million euros in 2007, are expected to increase by 15 per [...]
2008-01-18 10:34:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL EUN XH ZL
08BUCHAREST216ROMANIA STEADFAST ON ENERGY SECURITY, BUT WARY OF BEING ISOLATED
[...] (C) With concerns growing that it is being out-maneuvered, the Government of Romania (GOR) has stepped up its energy diplomacy over recent weeks in an effort to parry perceived advances for Russia's "South Stream" natural gas pipeline project. While neighboring countries rushed to conclude agreemen [...]
2008-03-17 05:36:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALENRG EINV ECON PREL PGOV RO
08BUDAPEST429HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON APRIL 28-29 FOREIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-28 09:31:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HU
08BUENOSAIRES1244ARGENTINA WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT
[...] (C) Poloff conveyed reftel points to Ambassador Raul Ricardes, General Director for Multilateral Affairs in Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and separately to Maria Fernanda Canas, the MFA's Sub-Director for North American Affairs, on September 4. Ricardes was accompanied by Min [...]
2008-09-05 19:44:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1333ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT'S TOUGH UNGA SPEECH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner used her September 23 speech to the UNGA to appeal to a number of domestic constituencies, encapsulating a number of Kirchner governance themes and putting them in the context of a multilateralist, anti-neo-liberal framework. The speech, [...]
2008-09-24 22:53:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PHUM PREL PTER IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1456ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT'S TOUGH UNGA SPEECH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner used her September 23 speech to the UNGA to appeal to a number of domestic constituencies, encapsulating a number of Kirchner governance themes and putting them in the context of a multilateralist, anti-neo-liberal framework. The speech, [...]
2008-10-23 18:30:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PHUM PREL PTER IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1642ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 23-24 TRIP TO RODRIGUEZ
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Wayne, visiting the central Argentine province of San Luis for the first time November 23-24, saw evidence of a provincial government that prides itself on its investment in infrastructure, technology, education, and good governance. Governor Rodriguez Saa, a flamboyant Peronis [...]
2008-12-02 19:48:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1681ARGENTINE PRESIDENT REPRISES HER CRITIQUE OF U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) indulged in an increasingly familiar critique of the international system during a two-day visit to Russia December 9-10, taking jabs implicitly at the U.S. and blaming "unilateralism" for economic and security hardships in the wor [...]
2008-12-11 17:45:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD PHUM ECON EAGR RU AR
08BUENOSAIRES1745ARGENTINA: OVERVIEW OF CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Argentina has had a nuclear program for nearly sixty years and currently draws on two power reactors to supply approximately nine percent of its total electricity generation. The country i [...]
2008-12-24 12:00:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO AR
08BUENOSAIRES58Argentina: 2008 Investment Climate Statement
[...] Argentina remains open to foreign investment. Five consecutive years of real GDP growth over 8 percent have attracted considerable U.S. and other international investor interest in exploring opportunities in the Argentine market. The government of Argentina, in turn, has signaled its desire [...]
2008-01-16 11:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV AR
08CANBERRA1037AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN;
[...] (C/REL AUS) Addressing Parliament on October 15, Foreign Minister Smith announced Australia would impose new travel and financial sanctions against Iran, with immediate effect, that go beyond requirements of United Nations Security Council resolutions. The sanctions, similar to those previous [...]
2008-10-15 06:17:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL EFIN AS
08CANBERRA1075NEW NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION/DISARMAMENT GROUP
[...] (C) Commissioners at the inaugural meeting of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND) in Sydney October 19-21 agreed on an ambitious work program involving seven meetings in different capitals over the course of the next 18 months, and production of 20 [...]
2008-10-24 07:10:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPARM AORC PREL KNNP AS
08CANBERRA1207AUSTRALIA SHARES CONCERNS ON PROTECTIONISM
[...] (C) GOA shares US concerns about protectionism in some G20 members. Australia has already made approaches in several G20 capitals, and is ready to cooperate closely with US. DFAT said the UK should be added to the list of countries taking protectionist steps because of how it has raised i [...]
2008-12-02 07:05:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO AS
08CANBERRA1335AUSTRALIA SIGNS MOU ON EMBEDDED FORCES IN IRAQ
[...] (C)SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Defense and the Australian government signed an MOU in Baghdad on December 30 that covers activities of Australian military personnel embedded with American troops in Iraq during the period Jan 1, 2009 until July 31, 2009. Full text of the MOU is at para 4 bel [...]
2008-12-31 05:52:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PREL MARR IZ AS
08CANBERRA150AUSTRALIA RECOGNIZES KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) The GOA Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced at mid-day on February 19 that it formally recognized the Republic of Kosovo as an Independent State. The announcement noted that both the United States and the U.K. had issued their recognitions (earlier in the day a DFAT offic [...]
2008-02-19 03:56:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAS PREL YI UN
08CANBERRA178AUSMIN 2008: SESSION I (IRAQ, IRAN, MIDDLE EAST)
[...] (U) February 23, 2008; Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The 2008 Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) -- the first AUSMIN hosted by the recently-elected Labor government -- opened with Foreign Minister Smith and Defence Minister Fitzgibbon strong [...]
2008-02-25 04:10:00Embassy CanberraSECRETOVIP PGOV
08CANBERRA222AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO UNSC RESOLUTION 1803 ON IRAN
[...] (U) Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith issued a statement March 4 within hours of the UN Security Council's near-unanimous vote on Resolution 1803, welcoming its adoption, urging Iran to suspend its enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, and pledging that Australia would prompt [...]
2008-03-04 06:18:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PARM KNNP AS
08CANBERRA230AUSTRALIA MULLS ADDITIONAL INPUTS TO AFGHANISTAN IN ADVANCE OF NATO BUCHAREST SUMMIT
[...] (C) Beyond Australia's contribution of an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) to be embedded with the Afghan National Army's (ANA) Kandak battalion in Afghanistan's southern province of Oruzgan, which Defense Minister Fitzgibbon previewed for the Ambassador and later announced in Par [...]
2008-03-06 05:59:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AS
08CANBERRA267SCENESETTER: PRIME MINISTER RUDD'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is coming to Washington with a message that Australia will continue its friendship and close cooperation with the United States across a wide spectrum of issues, from non-proliferation and counterterrorism to climate change and trade liberalization. Rudd, a form [...]
2008-03-19 22:24:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNAS OVIP PREL US
08CANBERRA459READOUT OF PRIME MINISTER RUDD'S U.S., EUROPE AND
[...] (C) The GOA assesses Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's first major international trip, conducted during March 27 to April 13 to the United States, Europe and China, to have been extremely successful, marred only by the controversy over his failure to visit Japan, according to a readout from a senior [...]
2008-05-06 08:11:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL OTRA AS
08CAPETOWN245 CAPE TOWN MAYOR DISCUSSES LOCAL, NATIONAL AND
[...] (SBU) On December 12, Cape Town CG, Poloff and Polasst met with City of Cape Town Mayor and Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille. Mayor Zille was enthusiastic about the strong gains the DA made in the recent by-elections, particularly in the Western Cape. She said that although the resu [...]
2008-12-18 09:45:00Consulate Cape TownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SF
08CARACAS168EXXONMOBIL MOVES TO FREEZE PDVSA'S WORLDWIDE ASSETS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan press reported on February 6-7 the attachment of a bank account in New York and an English court's freezing of USD 12 billion in PDVSA assets worldwide. Initial press reports in Venezuela were exaggerated in both tone and content. ExxonMobil (XM) filed a request fo [...]
2008-02-11 20:31:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS69 BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] Per request in reftel, this cable transmits the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Begin text ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Given economic and political uncertainties, a recent history o [...]
2008-01-17 20:38:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC VE
08CARACAS892LAW ENFORCEMENT ATTACHES OUTLINE LACK OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. European and international police attaches told Legal Attache (Legat) that efforts to work with their Venezuelan counterparts to combat corruption and stem the flow of drugs through Venezuela have been largely unsuccessful. The law enforcement attaches and liaison officers cited [...]
2008-06-26 16:52:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR VE
08CASABLANCA39MOROCCO: 2008 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) This cable responds to action request (reftel) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2007 to March 2008. ------------------------------------- Morocco Headed in the Right Direction ------------------------------------- [...]
2008-02-27 12:42:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KFRD KCRM KWMN MO
08CHISINAU39MOLDOVA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Embassy Chisinau submits the 2008 Investment Climate Statement in response to reftel. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Moldova continues to take steps toward developing a stronger economy, reforming a cumbersome regulatory framework, combating corruption a [...]
2008-01-15 12:34:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD
08CHISINAU564NEW MOLDOVAN FINANCE MINISTER WANTS TO CUT SPENDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Moldova's new Finance Minister, Mariana Durlesteanu, a reformer appointed by Prime Minister Greceanii, faces the challenge of rising inflation and an opaque budget process. A non-partisan technocrat, she wants to balance the government's budget and rationalize expenditures accord [...]
2008-05-30 13:03:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PHUM MD
08COLOMBO1022MALDIVES: MAJLIS PROVISIONALLY CONFIRMS NEW 14-MEMBER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 12 President Nasheed secured approval for his new 14 minister cabinet. The cabinet represents each of the six parties and groupings that make up the ruling coalition. The cabinet's approval came amidst a power struggle between Nasheed and former President Gayoom's DRP [...]
2008-11-13 12:35:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL KDEM MV
08COLOMBO423SRI LANKA: POLICE ARREST CHILD TRAFFICKING
[...] On April 28, the National Child Protection Authority disclosed the arrest of four suspects involved in trafficking more than 20 children to Singapore over an extended period of time. NCPA Chairman Jagath Wellawatta said that in January, three Sri Lankan children, ages 11,13, and 14, were foun [...]
2008-04-29 13:13:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CE
08COLOMBO462SRI LANKA: KARUNA RELEASED FROM UK PRISON; MAY BE
[...] (C) Summary. Former LTTE-breakaway faction leader Karuna was released from prison on May 8 after serving half of his prison sentence for entering the United Kingdom on a false diplomatic passport, likely supplied by the Sri Lankan government (ref B). Karuna is currently being held in an im [...]
2008-05-12 12:25:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO491SRI LANKA REMITTANCES UP AGAIN IN 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lankan migrant worker remittances rose 15% to $2.5 billion in 2007. Remittances are the second largest source of foreign exchange earnings to the country, after garment exports. Each year, over 200,000 Sri Lankans -- about one percent of the population -- leave to work abr [...]
2008-05-21 11:50:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EFIN KWMN KCRM PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG CE
08COLOMBO61INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008 - SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-14 10:32:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
08CONAKRY788CIVILIAN PERSPECTIVE ON GUINEAN COUP D'ETAT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The military coup launched by members of the 19th promotion continues to evolve relatively peacefully. Various civilian representatives reportedly went to Camp Alpha Yaya to begin negotiating the details of the anticipated transitional council. Civilian contacts seem to be qui [...]
2008-12-23 14:28:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY789CIVILIAN PERSPECTIVE ON GUINEAN COUP D'ETAT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The military coup launched by members of the 19th promotion continues to evolve relatively peacefully. Various civilian representatives reportedly went to Camp Alpha Yaya to begin negotiating the details of the anticipated transitional council. Civilian contacts seem to be qui [...]
2008-12-23 16:25:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV
08COPENHAGEN288YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) John, I'm looking forward to seeing you in Greenland at the end of the month. As OES prepares your substantive participation in the conference, I wanted to continue our conversation from Crawford and offer a few additional thoughts on Greenland and its importance to U.S. interests. 2 [...]
2008-05-16 05:34:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SENV DA
08COPENHAGEN6682009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: DENMARK
[...] Following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement (ICS09). ICS09 will form part of the 2009 Country Commercial Guide for Denmark. 2. INVESTMENT CLIMATE - Denmark Introduction Denmark is characterized by political, economic and regulatory stability. The macroeconomic environment is [...]
2008-12-16 15:46:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC DA
08DAKAR1357PAIGC SET TO PREVAIL IN PEACEFUL AND ORDERLY GUINEA BISSAU
[...] On November 14, 2008, POLCOUNS and two PolOffs traveled to Guinea Bissau to observe the nation's first legislative election since 2004. As observed by EmbOffs, the November 16 poll was calm and relatively well-organized and executed. An estimated 72 percent of registered voters turned out fo [...]
2008-11-25 13:16:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL XY PU
08DAKAR163GUINEA BISSAU:AL-QAIDA TERRORISTS NABBED
[...] (C) The Government of Guinea-Bissau cooperated with French authorities to apprehend and extradite five Mauritanians, at least two of whom admitted to being al-Qaida members wanted in the December 24, 2007 murder of French tourists in Mauritania. At least one of the men had previously lived in [...]
2008-02-08 12:30:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALASEC SNAR PGOV PREL TER MR FR PU
08DAKAR442 IMF MISSION SHARES POSITIVE BRIEF WITH SKEPTICAL DONORS
[...] (SBU) On April 9, an IMF mission shared with donors its mostly positive assessment of Senegal's economy and the first review of Senegal's Policy Support Instrument (PSI). Mission head Johannes Mueller claimed that Senegal's GDP growth increased from 2.3 percent in 2006 to 4.8 percent in 2007, [...]
2008-04-16 15:20:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID SG
08DAKAR501ISRAELIS DISTRESSED BY SENEGALESE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: On April 29, the Israeli Ambassador to Senegal (please protect) called on Charge to express his country,s concerns about President Abdoulaye Wade,s efforts to inject himself and his country into the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. He said President Wade is misrepresenting the [...]
2008-04-30 10:22:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS SY SG
08DAKAR830IMPLEMENTATION OF CHAD/SUDAN PEACE ACCORD
[...] (C) Summary: The fourth meeting of the Contact group for the implementation of the Dakar Accord between Chad and Sudan is scheduled to take place on June 17. The meeting follows the June 23-27 meeting military experts group, detailed below. The military experts adopted a basic draft operatio [...]
2008-07-16 19:29:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS CD SU SG GB CF ER LY
08DAKAR837CONTACT GROUP ADOPTS MILITARY PLAN FOR SUDAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: On July 17 at the fourth meeting of the Contact Group for the implementation of the Dakar Accord between Chad and Sudan, Foreign Ministers and representatives endorsed a draft military plan for the Peace and Security Force to monitor the border between Chad and Sudan. In additio [...]
2008-07-18 14:07:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS CD SU SG GB CF ER LY
08DAMASCUS231SCHEDULE FOR THE APRIL 13 AND APRIL 14 MEETINGS OF
[...] (U) Post has received the following detailed schedule of the meetings of the Coordination and Cooperation Security Committee of Iraq and Neighboring Countries which is to take place at the Ebla al-Sham Hotel on April 12 and April 13, 2008. 2. (U) Sunday, April 13, 2008 09:00 t [...]
2008-04-08 06:59:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SY
08DAMASCUS792SARG PREVENTING DISTRIBUTION OF WFP RICE;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG officials at the Syrian port of Lattakiya are holding a portion of a World Food Program (WFP) shipment of Indian rice, purchased with PRM funds and intended for distribution to Iraqi refugees in Syria. The Syrian government claims the rice is contaminated with small rocks a [...]
2008-11-10 15:16:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PGOV IZ SY
08DARESSALAAM206TANZANIA: MINISTER MEMBE BRIEFS AMBASSADOR GREEN
[...] (C) The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Bernard Membe, confirmed to Ambassador Green that the Tanzanian forces that assisted with the invasion of Anjouan will stay in Comoros through the elections and likely longer to maintain peace and train Anjouan gendarmes to pr [...]
2008-04-01 19:28:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALKDEM MOPS PREL PHUM ZI TZ
08DARESSALAAM269TANZANIA'S RESPONSE: RESTRUCTURING THE
[...] (SBU) Minister Counselor Nelson Lyimo, the acting Deputy Director of the Africa Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, assured PolCouns during an April 23 meeting that a representative of the Government of Tanzania (GOT) would attend the International Cont [...]
2008-04-25 16:11:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PGOV SO TZ
08DARESSALAAM32 TANZANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-15 12:13:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR TZ
08DARESSALAAM484TANZANIA: MINI-DUBLIN GROUP DISCUSSES CURRENT
[...] (U) The Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) attended the "Mini-Dublin Group," an informal gathering of like-minded countries initiated by the President of Ireland focused on counter narcotics issues. Embassy representatives from the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Germany, Finland, the [...]
2008-08-02 16:32:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR TZ
08DARESSALAAM869Tanzania 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-31 11:19:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PHUM TZ
08DHAKA1127THE PROFOUND CHALLENGES OF SECURING BANGLADESH'S
[...] (C) International terrorists seeking a safe haven find Bangladesh's porous land, sea and air borders inviting. Just how far Bangladesh must go to secure those borders has come into clear focus after several recent USG and United Kingdom assessments. The reviews indicate nothing short of a fund [...]
2008-10-28 11:09:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPTER PGOV PINR PBTS MCAP MARR EAIR ASEC BM
08DHAKA1140DRAFT BANGLADESH PART I FOR 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) The following is the draft text on Bangladesh of the first part (drugs and chemical control) for the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: 2. (U) I. Summary: There was no evidence that Bangladesh was a significant cultivator or producer of narcotics. Government of [...]
2008-11-03 03:04:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM BG
08DHAKA1146INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANIZATION (IIRO)
[...] (C) Recent press accounts suggested that Islami Bank of Bangladesh had recently released money frozen for two years belonging to the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO). Sister organizations of the IIRO have ties to al- Qaida and have been listed as terrorist-affiliated by the Un [...]
2008-11-03 11:06:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PINR PREL PTER KTFN BG UN
08DHAKA1151ADDRESSING THE ROHINGYA REFUGEE SITUATION IN THE
[...] (U) Previous international assistance for Burmese Muslim Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh has focused largely on those who have been formally registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). While this approach has improved the well being of the registered refugees, i [...]
2008-11-04 09:45:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREF PREL BG BM
08DHAKA1293BANGLADESH: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM EMBASSY OF THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO
[...] (U) Below is the text of a diplomatic note of congratulations to President-elect Obama from the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Dhaka. We will forward the original to SCA/PB. 2. (U) Begin text: No 504/PRO/08 The Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Dhaka presents its compliments [...]
2008-12-14 05:50:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT BG
08DHAKA1337ELECTION IN NORTHEASTERN BANGLADESH: REFORMERS,
[...] (C) As Bangladesh's parliamentary election campaigns swing into high gear, the contests in Sylhet Division in northeastern Bangladesh reflect national-level issues, including debates within the political parties and alliances. Heavyweights from the two leading parties, the Awami League (AL) [...]
2008-12-23 10:32:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ECON PREL BG
08DHAKA341BANGLADESH'S RAPID ACTION BATTALION RESPONDS
[...] (C) Summary: Senior members of Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said they highly valued a just-concluded human rights course and were eager for more such training. The United Kingdom-administered training has the potential to quickly improve the paramilitary forces' human rights perfo [...]
2008-03-18 09:53:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALMASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BG
08DHAKA501BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (C) Your visit to Bangladesh comes at a critical juncture in the Caretaker Government's term. The Government has begun a dialogue with the political parties to set the stage for parliamentary elections by the end of 2008, to institutionalize reforms initiated after the Government came to pow [...]
2008-05-05 11:36:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER KCOR BG
08DHAKA502BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) Your visit to Bangladesh comes at a critical juncture in the Caretaker Government's term. The Government has begun a dialogue with the political parties to set the stage for parliamentary elections by the end of 2008, to institutionalize reforms initiated after the Government came to pow [...]
2008-05-05 11:43:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL POGV ECON EAID KCOR BG
08DHAKA539BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR DRL DEPUTY ASSISTANT
[...] (C) Your visit to Bangladesh comes at a critical juncture in the Caretaker Government's term. The Government begins on May 22 a dialogue with the political parties to set the stage for Parliamentary elections in the third week of December, to institutionalize reforms initiated by the Governmen [...]
2008-05-16 08:18:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BG
08DHAKA877SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL YEO BANGLADESH VISIT
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Bangladesh comes at an important juncture in the Caretaker Government's (CTG) term. The CTG is working to set the stage for national elections by the end of 2008. It is negotiating with political parties about the transition to a democratically-elected government, as well [...]
2008-08-14 09:33:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID ECON OTRA PTER BG
08DHAKA928TARIQUE RAHMAN RELEASED ON BAIL
[...] (C) Tarique Rahman, the notoriously corrupt and violent son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, was released from prison on September 3 after the Supreme Court rejected the Government's last minute legal efforts to block his bail. Tarique will remain in the hospital under police protection [...]
2008-09-03 11:00:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS KDEM ASEC BG
08DOHA291QATAR'S PRESS FREEDOM TRIPPED UP BY HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Coverage of CDA's April 8 press conference on the Human Rights Report vividly demonstrated Qatar's continuing media freedom challenges, particularly censorship and self-censorship. English-language newspapers generally highlighted both positive and negative aspects of Qatar's h [...]
2008-04-10 14:01:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPAO QA
08DOHA664THE NEXT 3 YEARS--AN INTERAGENCY FIELD ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) Expected trends in Qatar's internal political situation and foreign policy over the next 36 months include: -- (S) A continuation of a tight grip on power by the Al Thani family, which has controlled pre- and post-independent Qatar for 140 years. -- (S/NF) Within the ruling family, a c [...]
2008-09-16 13:09:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL AMGT KSPR ECON QA
08DOHA791SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR MARK LAGON'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested meetings with Minister of State for Interior Affairs Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al Thani, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Dr. Sultan Bin Hassan al-Dhabit al-Dousari, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Confer [...]
2008-11-06 14:25:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KTIP ELAB QA
08DOHA817SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON'S VISIT
[...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested host-country meetings for you with the Amir, the Prime Minister (also officially the Foreign Minister),and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (and de facto Foreign Minister) Ahmed Al-Mahmoud. It is Al-Mahmoud who by all appe [...]
2008-11-20 10:12:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PHUM QA SU
08DOHA818QATARI EXPERTS SEE SECURITY, BRIGHT FUTURE IN
[...] (C)At a November 3 meeting with Poloff, Dr.Hatem El Karanshawy, Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Studies at Qatar University and former Governor of the Egyptian Central Bank, attributed the recent global financial turmoil to speculation on the part of western bankers and investors, particularly i [...]
2008-11-20 10:37:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ECON QA SU SY UK EG PK YM
08DOHA83READOUT OF SECRETARY BODMAN'S JANUARY 22 MEETINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman visited Qatar January 22 for meetings with Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah Al-Attiyah, the Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and representatives of major U.S. energy companies in Qatar. Discussions focused on the U.S. perception that t [...]
2008-02-04 05:30:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL EINV TRGY QA
08DUBLIN106IRELAND - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the verge of passing new comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation, Ireland made great strides during the reporting period to shore up protections against trafficking in persons (TIP) in the country. In addition to the new Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007, which [...]
2008-03-03 10:21:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EI
08DUBLIN382STEMMING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN TERRORISTS INTO IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador briefed Justice Minister Dermot Ahern on June 19 on the S/CT presentation, "Stemming the Flow of Foreign Terrorists into Iraq: Presentation to the Government of Ireland" (reftel). Ahern indicated clearly that he wants to thwart terrorist activities on Irish soil. [...]
2008-06-24 15:44:00Embassy DublinSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PTER EI
08DUBLIN386STEMMING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN TERRORISTS INTO IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador briefed Justice Minister Dermot Ahern on June 19 on the S/CT presentation, "Stemming the Flow of Foreign Terrorists into Iraq: Presentation to the Government of Ireland" (reftel). Ahern indicated clearly that he wants to thwart terrorist activities on Irish soil. [...]
2008-06-25 15:39:00Embassy DublinSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PTER EI
08DUSHANBE1083TAJIKISTAN: A BAD MOON RISING?
[...] (C) Summary: A prominent politician and a political analyst do not foresee significant political changes in Tajikistan in the next few years. President Rahmon is a clever politician who has learned to resolve conflicts between factions and prevented serious challenges to his rule. However, h [...]
2008-08-20 11:29:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON TI
08DUSHANBE1470TALCO SETTLES MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT IN BRITISH
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 27, Tajik Aluminum Company (Talco),Tajikistan's largest enterprise, settled a three-year lawsuit in British courts against former Talco managers and suppliers, whom it alleged defrauded the company of $500 million. Details of the settlement have not been released, [...]
2008-12-08 08:08:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EMIN PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE8952008 U.S.-CENTRAL ASIA TIFA COUNCIL MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fourth meeting of the U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council, held June 17-18 in Dushanbe was marked by strong participation by the private sector and by Afghan observers. However, representatives from the TIFA members themselves failed to [...]
2008-07-08 08:57:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD USTR ECON PREL AF KG KZ TI TX UZ
08EFTOPHNOMPENH416UN CT BODY ASSESSES STRONG INTEREST BUT WEAKER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Counter Terrorism Committee's Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) visited May 5-9 to assess Cambodia's compliance with UNSCR 1373. The CTC/CTED delegation was composed of representatives of ADB, INTERPOL, IOM, UNODC, as well as the UN Secretariat, and was led [...]
2008-05-20 11:24:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL CB
08FRANKFURT1515 Daimler and Porsche: Differing Challenges in Reducing CO2
[...] SUMMARY: The proposed European Union directive requiring car manufacturers to lower CO2 emissions significantly by 2012 presents major challenges to Daimler and Porsche, both German manufacturers of high-end, high-powered automobiles. Neither firm has expressed confidence that it will reach th [...]
2008-05-19 05:37:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ENRG PGOV SENV GM
08FREETOWN138FREETOWN MEDIA PLACEMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 2008
[...] Summary: Embassy Freetown's outreach in Freetown included articles surrounding the commemoration of Black History Month, including a discussion hosted by Ambassador Perry and film showings at the Kissy and Fourah Bay College Libraries. Ambassador Perry also opened a seminar on resources managem [...]
2008-03-25 14:06:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO SL
08FREETOWN154 AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DIASPORA PARLIAMENTARIANS
[...] SUMMARY: On March 26, Ambassador Perry, the public affairs officer, and poloff met with 13 Members of Parliament (MPs) who have returned from the diaspora, as well as representatives of the National Democratic Institute (NDI). Many in the group spent at least a decade in either the United Stat [...]
2008-03-31 17:04:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM SL
08FREETOWN345SIERRA LEONE: DRUGS AND THUGS - TAKE THEM OFF OUR
[...] (S) Summary: On July 17, the Ambassador responded to a late night (7/16) meeting request by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance regarding the July 13 drug seizure case. The Ambassador also wanted to raise the visitation issue again and have it confirmed for midday July [...]
2008-07-18 15:26:00Embassy FreetownSECRETPREL CASC SNAR MASS SL
08FREETOWN377MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS LAYS OUT NEW PLAN FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA),Zainab Bangura, convened a meeting of Chiefs of Missions and heads of UN agencies on July 22 to provide updates on the Government of Sierra Leone's (GoSL) activities, as well as provide a forum for the diplomatic [...]
2008-07-29 15:55:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SL
08FREETOWN447U.S. AMBASSADOR AND IMATT COMMANDER MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: On July 28, 2008, Ambassador June Carter Perry and Defense Attache Leslie Bryant met with Brigadier General Jonathan Powe to discuss the International Military Advisory Training Team to Sierra Leone (IMATT) mission, progress to date on the professionalization of the Republic of Si [...]
2008-09-10 18:45:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS SL UK
08FREETOWN533UK SUPPORTS SIERRA LEONE ADMISSION INTO ACOTA
[...] (C) The United Kingdom-led International Military Advisory Training Team (IMATT) to Sierra Leone strongly encourages support be provided to the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) via the ACOTA program. IMATT believes that the RSLAF would greatly benefit from peacekeeping training and [...]
2008-11-10 16:55:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS ASEC MCAP PGOV SL
08FREETOWN559SIERRA LEONE WILLING BUT NOT READY TO CONTRIBUTE
[...] (C) In response to reftel A, the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) stated its willingness to contribute battalions to peacekeeping operations, including the Africa Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM),if properly equipped and trained prior to departure. The RSLAF is primed for Africa [...]
2008-12-01 14:51:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALKPKO MASS MCAP PGOV SL
08GABORONE975BOTSWANA: VP MERAFHE UNLOADS REGARDING ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Botswana's Acting President Mompati Merafhe invited representatives from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and France as well as the European Union to a meeting November 6. The Acting President briefed them on Botswana's plans for the November 9 SADC Extraordinary Summi [...]
2008-11-07 11:56:00Embassy GaboroneSECRETPREL MOPS PINR ZI BC
08GENEVA311UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: FUTURE UNCERTAIN, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Human Rights Council kicked off its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) with an April 7-18 session that examined the human rights behavior of an initial tranche of sixteen countries. It is too early to fully assess UPR's value, but the initial session revealed some of the mec [...]
2008-04-25 15:44:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UNHRC
08GENEVA319ICRC DONOR SUPPORT GROUP VISIT TO SRI LANKA
[...] (C) Summary: Geneva-based Refugee Officer (RefOff) Nick Hilgert traveled to Sri Lanka from March 31 to April 5 with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Donor Support Group (DSG) to visit ICRC project sites. The DSG is made up of donors who contribute more than $10 million an [...]
2008-04-29 14:20:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PGOV EAID CE
08GENEVA410SPECIAL ENVOY ON ANTI-SEMITISM RICKMAN MEETS
[...] Summary: On the margins of a conference in Geneva on the Durban Review Conference, Special Envoy on Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman held meetings on May 26 and 27 with leaders of the Jewish community, representatives of the Geneva cantonal government, and officials from other UN missions and the [...]
2008-06-03 16:46:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA566ANNUAL TRIPARTITE CONSULTATIONS ON REFUGEE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: PRM/A,s Director and Deputy Director, along with USCIS, HHS and NGO representatives, attended the June 30 ) July 2 Annual Tripartite Consultations on Refugee Resettlement hosted by UNHCR in Geneva. Some 170 participants representing 29 governments (both those currently resettling [...]
2008-07-22 15:28:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF
08GENEVA916WHO: IMPACT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS ON ACHIEVEMENT
[...] Summary. WHO convened a meeting of G-20 countries on October 31 to discuss the impact of the financial crisis on health and the social sector. Director-General Chan asked for advice, called for stable Official Development Assistance (ODA),committed to working with vulnerable countries, prom [...]
2008-11-03 16:43:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON TBIO WHO
08GENEVA985 November 2008 Trade Policy Review of Jordan
[...] SUMMARY: WTO Members conducted the Trade Policy Review of Jordan on November 10 and 12, 2008. Jordan's Minister of Industry and Trade Al-Hadidi stressed the importance the country attaches for its first TPR and stated its top priority is to improve its business climate in order to unleash it [...]
2008-11-19 12:22:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR JO
08GEORGETOWN685INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT, PART I
[...] (U) Post presents its 2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control Guyana: I. Summary Guyana is a transit point for cocaine destined for North America, Europe, and the Caribbean, but not, it is thought, in quantities sufficient to impact the [...]
2008-12-03 19:10:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR GY
08GRENADA151GRENADA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009
[...] Embassy Grenada response to reftel request for the investment climate statement. 2. Begin text: The Government of Grenada (GOG) seeks to attract foreign direct investment and, with limited exceptions, encourages investors to enter in and operate enterprises in all fields of lawful econom [...]
2008-12-12 13:05:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV GJ
08GRENADA55GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MARCH 30 - APRIL 5, 2008
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. ISPS Training Officers of the Grenada Port Authority (GPA),Sol Gas, and Chevron participated in a two-day se [...]
2008-04-09 21:26:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EWWT KCRM SOCI GJ
08GRENADA91GRENADA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The Investment Climate Statement is contained in paragraph 2 below. 2. (U) Begin text: The Government of Grenada (GOG) seeks to attract foreign direct investment and encourages investors to enter in and operate enterprises in all fields of lawful economic activity. There is no minimum en [...]
2008-07-03 19:11:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC GJ
08GUANGZHOU453Green Building in the Pearl River Delta - a Fad or the
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to woo high-end clients in the highly-competitive South China property market, developers here have started building green. Property developers are spending more to invest in U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green B [...]
2008-07-29 08:31:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON PGOV CH
08HANOI599CLINICAL TRIALS FOR HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA VACCINE BEGIN IN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-22 03:50:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAGR PINR KFLU VM
08HARARE130THE SIMBA MAKONI FACTOR
[...] (C) Simba Makoni's candidacy, first announced on February 5, has shaken up President Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF. The secrecy surrounding his decision to become a candidate produced surprise; it has also made it difficult for analysts to judge the strength of his support. Most of his presumed [...]
2008-02-14 15:28:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE140AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE
[...] (C) In a February 18 meeting with Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, the Ambassador emphasized that U.S. policy toward Zimbabwe remained constant, but that the U.S. would look favorably upon opening a dialogue with Mugabe. A positive sign would be assurances of free and fair elections. Mug [...]
2008-02-20 14:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE186TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (TIP) - ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's response to questions posed to Post in reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- -- 27 A. (SBU) Zimbabwe is a country of origin, transit, and destination for internationally trafficked men, women and children. Women and children are trafficked for labor and [...]
2008-03-10 15:29:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ZI ASEC
08HARARE359STATE-SPONSORED VIOLENCE CONTINUES; VICTIMS
[...] (U) Gangs of war veterans and ZANU-PF youth continue a state-sponsored terror campaign in rural areas burning homes, beating opposition supporters in public, and forcing attendance at ZANU-PF rallies. ZANU-PF thugs, and some security forces, are also victimizing and intimidating urban opposit [...]
2008-04-23 07:47:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE417ZIM NOTES May 9, 2008
[...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - It's Official, MDC Tops ZANU-PF In Presidential Poll - Recount Of Parliament Vote Confirms Initial Results - MDC Reconciliation - Violence Continues - More Violent Farm Invasions - Ambassador Hosts Meeting On Violence - SADC Investigates Viole [...]
2008-05-09 10:35:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN ZI
08HARARE432AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) The most significant crisis facing Zimbabwe today is the ongoing ZANU-PF-directed campaign of violence. Over the last week, the Ambassador has publicly highlighted this violence through a visit to a local hospital on May 9 where approximately 40 victims were being treated, a letter to t [...]
2008-05-15 15:06:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ZI
08HILLAH13NAJAF TRIBAL LEADERS CAUTION AGAINST ANBAR MODEL
[...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting, Najaf tribal representatives cautioned Najaf PRT Team Leader that the USG should not try to replicate Anbar-style Awakening Councils in the south central region. While praising the Najaf provincial government, the triba [...]
2008-01-27 14:03:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALIZ PGOV ECON
08HOCHIMINHCITY156VIETNAM'S CAGED BEARS: HCMC'S SMALL STEPS AT PROTECTION
[...] (U) Summary: Ho Chi Minh City is home to a number of wild-game restaurants now coming under greater scrutiny because they push the line between exotic and illegal. After a concerned Amcit recently reported seven bears caged outside one such restaurant, the Consulate followed up. While we le [...]
2008-02-20 01:36:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV SOCI EAGR VM
08HONGKONG1216HKMA "LOCKS UP" MELLI BANK, PLC (HK)
[...] (S) Summary: Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Executive Director for Banking Supervision Arthur Yuen confirmed that HKMA has "locked up" Melli Bank, PLC (HK)'s accounts. While the bank is still officially operational, all transactions now require HKMA approval. HKMA banking supervision [...]
2008-07-03 08:54:00Consulate Hong KongSECRETEFIN ECON CH HK PARM PTER KNNP UK
08HONGKONG179HONG KONG'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. ----------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. Hong Kong pursues a free market philosophy with minimal government interfe [...]
2008-01-28 06:34:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MO
08HONGKONG183MACAU'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for the Macau Special Administrative Region. ----------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. Macau became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of [...]
2008-01-28 11:00:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MO
08HONGKONG2277HONG KONG RELUCTANT TO EXTEND SFI PILOT
[...] (C) Summary: In negotiations with the Department of Homeland Security's Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) team, Hong Kong officials said they are not interested in extending the SFI pilot program beyond its agreed April 30, 2009 term. Hong Kong officials cited minimal evidence of trade facilita [...]
2008-12-22 00:52:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HK
08HONGKONG564IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel A talking points to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Executive Director for Banking Supervision, Arthur Yuen, on March 27. Yuen confirmed Hong Kong's commitment to supporting the requirements of all United Nations Security Council resolutions on Iran. He not [...]
2008-03-27 23:28:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PARM ETTC KNNP PREL CH
08ISLAMABAD1220PAKISTAN ELECTS A WOMAN AS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Summary: On March 19, the National Assembly voted to elect Pakistan's first female Speaker of the National Assembly. Dr. Fahmida Mirza is a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) parliamentarian from Sindh and a respected women's rights advocate. The PPP's choice for Deputy Speaker, Faisal Kareem [...]
2008-03-19 14:32:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD3240 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 10, 2008
[...] "Bomber Runs Down Anti-Terror Office In Islamabad" "The News" (10/10) "At least eight people were injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the central office of anti-terrorist squad (ATS) located in the premises of Police Headquarters, Islamabad on Thursday." [...]
2008-10-10 10:38:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3350BOUCHER OUTLINES WAY FORWARD FOR "FRIENDS OF A
[...] (C) Summary. At an October 20 meeting in Islamabad hosted by President Zardari, representatives of Pakistan, the U.S., the UK, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and China discussed the organization and possible goals of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan group. They agreed to Foreign Secretary Bashir's s [...]
2008-10-22 13:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3699PAKISTAN FINALLY REQUESTS IMF PROGRAM, POST GETS SUMMARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At a meeting for G7 countries, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Resident Representative to Pakistan, Paul Ross, presented an overview of the Stand-By Agreement (SBA) Board members will consider on November 24. Ross emphasized that the program fits well with Pakistan's ow [...]
2008-11-25 08:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK
08ISLAMABAD3944 FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION,
[...] (C) Fighting decreased slightly in Bajaur during the second week of December because of the Eid holiday. Consulate contacts claimed that security forces were consolidating their gains in Bajaur during the week and had secured the road all the way to Nawagai, the town at the border of Bajaur a [...]
2008-12-25 04:54:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08ISTANBUL466IRAN'S "BRAIN DRAIN": A SNAPSHOT FROM SHARIF
[...] (C) Summary and comment: We spoke recently with several students from Iran's prestigious Sharif University of Technology who are headed to the U.S. for graduate/PhD studies. The students shared their views on Sharif's academic competitiveness and student body; described their reliance on th [...]
2008-08-27 13:45:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM IR TU
08JAKARTA1336AA/S MCNERNEY ADVANCES NONPROLIFERATION AGENDA IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During a June 25-27 visit to Jakarta, AA/S McNerney discussed U.S. nonproliferation priorities with Indonesian counterparts. Discussions covered the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT),including the recent NPT PrepCom meeting, the reduction of U.S. nuclear arsenals and U.S. initiativ [...]
2008-07-11 08:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP TRGY ID IR
08JAKARTA1375GOI UNDERSCORES NEED FOR REFORM--AND PRESENTS PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a July 9 meeting, Indonesia's Director General for Corrections solicited feedback on a blueprint for prison reform from a group of experts, diplomats and other GOI officials. The Director General was candid about failings in the prison system (weak security controls, overcro [...]
2008-07-17 03:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS PREL ID
08JAKARTA2049SAUDI ARABIA -- A PRESENCE TO RECKON WITH IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Arabia enjoys a positive image among Indonesians and is ramping up its already robust educational assistance. In addition to the annual flow of pilgrims to Mecca, Saudi religious groups are active here. While few have direct links to extremism, Saudi religious influence i [...]
2008-11-06 02:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KISL ID SA
08JAKARTA2279A RARE MOMENT TO ADVANCE U.S. INTERESTS IN
[...] This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: 2009 presents a moment of opportunity to advance U.S.-Indonesian relations, with a creative smart power approach. This message describes that opportunity and outlines how we can develop a strong 21st [...]
2008-12-17 09:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM EFIN SENV ID
08JAKARTA427COUNTERTERRORISM -- MULTILATERAL CTAG MEETING IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Japanese Embassy hosted a regular Counterterrorism Assistance Group (CTAG) meeting in Jakarta on February 26. Participants reviewed their assistance to the GOI in the CT area, focusing on the programs of some of the smaller countries, which also provide meaningful assistanc [...]
2008-03-03 04:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ID
08JEDDAH107MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA FEBRUARY 8, 15,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Grand Mufti criticized on February 8 the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) report on women's rights in Islam and Saudi Arabia, arguing that it was "based on fallacies" and "unfair" (Reftel B). Throughout the Kingdom, Imams conducted rain prayers against the drought [...]
2008-03-05 17:20:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KISL SA
08JEDDAH253OIC SYG: IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF ISLAM IN THE US;
[...] (C) In June 4-5 Meetings Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee staff member Wendy Anderson met with the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) board members, Jeddah Municipal Councilors, and other civ [...]
2008-06-10 15:02:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL SOCI SA
08JEDDAH268SAUDI FM ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION, LEBANON,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador's June 23 meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, they discussed: nuclear cooperation (reftels A and C),the Saudi pledge for the Nahr al Barid conference (reftel B),implementing the Annapolis Agreement, and debt forgiveness for Iraq. The Amb [...]
2008-06-24 11:21:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPARM PREL KNNP KPAL SA
08JEDDAH361SAUDI FM AND NSC HEAD DISCUSS INTEL COOPERATION,
[...] (S) SUMMARY. During a Congressional Staff Del meeting with both Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal and Head of the National Security Council Prince Bandar bin Sultan on Aug. 20, both princes presented their broad views on successful USG-Saudi intelligence cooperation; distress over C [...]
2008-08-25 14:37:00Consulate JeddahSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL EU GB IAEA IR IS IZ MNUC PK SA
08JEDDAH465RUSSIA AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD CONFERENCE IN JEDDAH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 06:29:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS SA
08JEDDAH466RUSSIA AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD CONFERENCE IN JEDDAH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-04 06:29:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS SA
08JEDDAH77OIC FINAL COMMUNIQUE FROM GAZA SUMMIT
[...] (U) The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) issued a Final Communique on February 3 after hosting an expanded meeting of its Executive Committee to discuss the situation in Gaza (Refs A and B). The Communique reiterates previous OIC remarks condemning Israel and urging the internatio [...]
2008-02-10 16:12:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KISL KPAL WBG SA
08JEDDAH88ENGAGING THE OIC: A STRATEGY FOR THE NEW SPECIAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Building on Post's unprecedented and steadily increasing interaction with the OIC during the past two years, Post has learned much of OIC Secretary General Ihsanoglu's intentions and how he has shaped and will continue to influence the OIC agenda. During his tenure, Ihsanoglu ha [...]
2008-02-19 18:24:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPREL PHUM KISL KPAL SG SA
08JERUSALEM1519JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/18): All talk and no action on
[...] Independent Al-Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "National Dialogue...Again" (8/18): "We are getting tired of calling for [Palestinian] national unity and we request that it be achieved as quickly as possible to end the division ... Everybody is talking about the national dialogue, its [...]
2008-08-18 09:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08KABUL1449BUILDING AFGHANISTAN'S AIR CORPS
[...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY and COMMENT: Since September 2007, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan,s (CSTC-A) Combined Air Power Transition Force (CAPTF) has made significant progress in developing an appropriately sized, sustainable, and effects-capable Afghan National Army Air Corps (A [...]
2008-06-12 13:06:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SNAR PGOV AF
08KABUL3013KARZAI BUOYANT AFTER INTER-FAITH DIALOGUE SESSION;
[...] (S) Although light in substance, Karzai was pleased with his 11/13 trilateral meeting with King Abdullah and President Zardari, on the margins of the Saudi-sponsored Interfaith Dialogue at UNGA. Karzai welcomed King Abdullah,s concern about the situations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and his [...]
2008-11-18 06:30:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER AF
08KABUL3334AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION TRUST FUND (ARTF)
[...] At the December 17 Quarterly Donors meeting, the Afghan government met with donors to discuss the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF). The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) and the ARTF donors approved a proposal to reform the Recurrent Cost Window of the ART [...]
2008-12-30 07:25:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ENRG ETRD ECON AF FAS
08KABUL770 AFGHANISTAN'S 2008 TIP QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Provide, where possible, numbers or estimates for each group; how they were trafficked, to where, and for what purpose. Does the trafficking occur within the country's [...]
2008-03-26 13:18:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF AF
08KAMPALA1391UGANDA: 2008 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW
[...] Country: Uganda 2. Current AGOA Status: Eligible 3. Country Background Summary: After two decades of broad-based economic growth and political stability, Uganda is now confronting a range of economic and governance challenges as it tries to sustain and deepen economic growth and deve [...]
2008-10-16 13:53:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDAGOA ETRD PGOV KCOR EINV ECON UG
08KAMPALA1567 NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (NOVEMBER 1-30, 2008)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social s [...]
2008-12-05 05:09:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG
08KAMPALA1640UGANDA NAMES NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Internal Affairs Ruhukana Rugunda was named as Uganda's new Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN PermRep) on December 12. Highly accessible to U.S. diplomats, Rugunda had previously served as Uganda's Foreign Minister, is at ease with foreign interlocu [...]
2008-12-23 07:10:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UG
08KAMPALA588UGANDAN PRESIDENT DECRIES EAC'S INFRASTUCTURE NEEDS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Yoweri Museveni opened the "First Strategic Retreat for East African Community (EAC) Ministers" on April 17 by reminding his audience that China, which lacked political freedom, was nevertheless booming economically. He decried the EAC's infrastructure deficiencies, in [...]
2008-04-29 07:35:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL ECIN EAID ENRG ETRD PGOV UG
08KATHMANDU1189CLAD SCENESETTER
[...] (C) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. In April, Nepalis elected a long awaited Constituent Assembly. In May the Assembly completed the country,s two-year-long evolution from a kingdom to a republic by abolishing the monarchy. Since August, the former Maoist insurgents have [...]
2008-11-12 10:39:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALMARR NP PGOV PHUM PREL
08KATHMANDU297CONGRESSIONALLY-MANDATED REPORT ON FISCAL
[...] As requested reftel, post is providing an updated fiscal transparency and accountability report. Nepal's Budget Is Public ------------------------ 2. (U) Nepalese law requires that the Government of Nepal (GON) publish its annual budget. The budget is first presented to the Parliament f [...]
2008-03-14 11:35:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL NP
08KATHMANDU3132008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-18 12:14:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08KATHMANDU448CA ELECTION: WHAT IT MEANS FOR NEPAL
[...] (C) In the wake of Nepal's April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election, the Maoists have become the strongest political force in the country. A large and diverse Assembly, in which the Maoists will have a plurality, will draft a new constitution. As its first act, the CA will abolish Nepal' [...]
2008-04-18 12:35:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU563NEPAL SCENESETTER FOR SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM
[...] (C) You are arriving in Kathmandu during a historic transition. Nepal will likely complete its two-year long evolution from a kingdom to a republic within days of your arrival, but many other central issues remain unresolved. The Maoists won the largest share of the April 10 Constituent Assem [...]
2008-05-21 12:49:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID PREF KDEM NP
08KHARTOUM1128PLANNING FOR A U.S. TRADE DELEGATION TO SOUTHERN SUDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-28 10:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ETRD PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1210SE WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH DARFURI CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 10, Special Envoy Williamson held two separate meetings with Darfuri civil society leaders to discuss the peace process in Darfur, humanitarian concerns and insecurity in the region. The leaders painted a dire picture of the situation on the ground, underscored by rampa [...]
2008-08-11 09:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1792GOSS VIEWS ON ABYEI VIOLENCE, CONCERNS OF SPILLOVER ALONG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 13 meeting with the Juba diplomatic corps, select Abyei Commissioners and GOSS Ministers placed responsibility for the December 12 gun battle in Abyei town (ref. A) on the Government of National Unity's (GNU) rejection of international assistance for the Abyei [...]
2008-12-16 13:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF MOPS EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1836APPOINTMENT OF NHIAL DENG NHIAL AS MINISTER FOR SPLA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Presidential advisors assert that Nhial Deng Nhial's performance during and after Ali Osman Taha's December 16th visit to Juba (reftel) gave an 11th hour boost to his selection by GOSS President Salva Kiir Mayardit to be Minister for SPLA Affairs. They add he was chosen over Jon [...]
2008-12-23 12:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS KDEM SU
08KIGALI166MODEST CABINET RESHUFFLE IN RWANDA
[...] (C) Summary. President Kagame reshuffled his cabinet on March 7, issuing a late-night communique listing a 28- person body of Ministers and Ministers of State, twenty-three of whom served in the previous cabinet. Most major ministries went unchanged, with the Prime Minister and Ministers [...]
2008-03-10 14:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM RW
08KIGALI865RWANDA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) The Government of Rwanda (GOR) reinforced border control measures to identify potential terrorists and to prevent the entry into Rwanda of armed groups operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda's intergovernmental counterterrorism committee and a counterterrorism react [...]
2008-12-22 12:46:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC RW
08KINGSTON1034JAMAICA: AWAITING COURT RULING ON HIGH-PROFILE
[...] (SBU) Summary and analysis: The government continues to retain its slender parliamentary majority of 32-28 as the Jamaican court postponed a decision on the West Portland seat. Currently Daryl Vaz of the ruling Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) holds the position, but in April a Supreme Court justi [...]
2008-12-09 14:29:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPRWL PGOV SOCI CPAS PBTS EFIN ELAB ECIN ECON
08KINGSTON1039 JAMAICA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009
[...] Response to reftel request for the investment climate statement. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) seeks to attract foreign direct investment and markets itself to companies in Europe, North America and the Caribbean region. [...]
2008-12-10 13:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC
08KINGSTON1053JAMAICAN PARLIAMENT RETAINS DEATH PENALTY, NO
[...] (C) Summary: In the lead up to a November 24 parliamentary vote in which legislators decided to retain the death penalty in Jamaica, there was strong public debate on the issue. Most Jamaicans, frustrated by the high crime level, support maintaining the death penalty. The discussion also r [...]
2008-12-12 16:33:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PINR SNAR ASEC KCOR CPAS PBTS JM XL
08KINGSTON147JAMAICA: 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW REPORT
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list until it is able to pass a World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS-consistent patent law. Its trademark and copyright regimes meet international standards, and enforcement efforts over the past year have been com [...]
2008-02-15 12:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR USTR ETRD XL JM
08KINGSTON677JAMAICA: EXTRADITION OF DRUG KINGPIN NEMBHARD --
[...] (C) Summary: On the morning of July 4, Drug Kingpin Norris "Dido" Nembhard and four co-conspirators lost their final appeal and were eligible for extradition. Following maneuvers by defense attorneys to delay the extradition long enough to mount what would likely have been an unsuccessful ap [...]
2008-07-28 19:41:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL SOCI KCRM JM CO XL
08KINGSTON936JAMAICA: OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) signed the Open Skies Agreement with the United States on October 30. -- Ministry of Energy rolls out E-10 at gas stations and considers investment in a castor bean biodiesel project. -- Energy Ministry also announces plans to invest in c [...]
2008-11-03 20:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM
08KINSHASA1016RWANDAN ARMED GROUP POLITICAL LEADERSHIP PUSHES FOR
[...] (SBU) Post received a copy of a letter dated November 13 from the National Congress for Democracy (CND -- "Congres national pour la democratie" in French),which is a political umbrella for several FDLR elements, to Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexis Thambwe Mwamba. CND makes an open call to [...]
2008-11-17 13:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1059 FIRST OFFICIAL DONOR MEETING WITH NEW DRC PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) Summary: A group of heads of development and cooperation agencies from key donor countries met with new Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito on November 22, 2008. The discussion lasted for approximately 90 minutes and touched upon the Prime Minister's new p [...]
2008-12-01 07:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH CG
08KINSHASA5THE DRC'S KIVUS CONFERENCE -- HARBINGER OF PEACE,
[...] (C) Summary: The "Conference on Peace, Stability and Development in North and South Kivu" opens January 6 in Goma amid great fanfare. President Kabila made the decision to convene the Conference, which ruling coalition hardliners had attempted to stall indefinitely in hopes of ending the in [...]
2008-01-04 13:34:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALASEC KDEM MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO
08KINSHASA799 Amani Program Steering Committee meets 23
[...] (U) The Amani Steering Group, tasked with monitoring progress on the implementation of the Goma agreements of January, 2008 (the "Actes d'Engagement") met September 23 in Bukavu, capital of the province of South Kivu. The selection of Bukavu follows a decision by Denis Kalume, Interior Minist [...]
2008-09-25 11:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KOLONIA90MICRONESIA DISSATISFIED WITH EU FISHING AGREEMENT
[...] Summary: The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) reportedly is intentionally delaying issuance of fishing licenses to European Union (EU) flagged vessels in reaction to the EU's late access fee payments and because it wants to renegotiate the 2003 FSM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) [...]
2008-06-11 06:31:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS ECON EAID SENV FM
08KUALALUMPUR1078AMBASSADOR KEITH JOINS EU ENVOYS IN DELIVERING
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Keith joined chiefs of mission from France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom in delivering ref A and B demarches concerning Iran sanctions and financial pressure on Iran to Malaysian Foreign Ministry Deputy Secretary General (Multilateral) Kamal Yan bin Yahya on [...]
2008-12-11 08:04:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC EFIN KNNP GM IR MY
08KUALALUMPUR1111MALAYSIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Following is the draft text of the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Malaysia. Until the report is finalized for submission to Congress, please treat as Sensitive. Begin Text: The police forces in Malaysia continued to conduct all counterterrorist investigations and operations. M [...]
2008-12-22 09:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV MARR KCRM ASEC MY
08KUALALUMPUR147MALAYSIA'S EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Malaysia made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons during this reporting period, marking a positive shift from previous years. Malaysia's drafting, passage, and enactment of a comprehensive anti-trafficking in persons law represents an important advance in Malaysia's co [...]
2008-03-04 00:04:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC MY
08KUALALUMPUR526Tourism Growth in "Malaysia, Truly Asia"
[...] Tourism is a growth industry in Malaysia. The government's "Visit Malaysia 2007" tourism campaign, with its ubiquitous "Malaysia, Truly Asia" theme song, enticed a record number of foreign tourists in 2007. Recent statistics portend continued strong growth in 2008. Tourists from Southeast As [...]
2008-06-20 09:26:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EIND MY
08KUALALUMPUR579BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON POST-SHIPMENT CHECKS ON
[...] Pursuant to reftel requests, econoff conducted two searches for the separate purchases. Because both reftels involved spare parts for C-130 transport aircraft, we combined our response into a single cable. 2. The first case (Reftel A, license 050081517) involved the purchase of 23 thermo [...]
2008-07-08 06:04:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MY
08KUALALUMPUR712BLUE LATERN RESPONSE ON PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] Pursuant to reftel, Econoff and local staff successfully contacted Arrixon Synergy Sdn Bhd and DRB-HICOM Defense Technologies Sdn Bhd, both of which are 100 percent Malaysian-owned companies. This contact was regarding Arrixon and DRB-HICOM Defense Tech wishing to purchase 20 fan drives and 1 [...]
2008-08-11 08:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MY
08KUALALUMPUR83EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] On January 02 the Advisor met with James Paver, Political Officer from the British High Commission, to discuss coordination of export control and counter-terrorism (CT) training activities for the upcoming year and to see if he had an update on the status of the Malaysian draft export control [...]
2008-02-11 03:48:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
08KUWAIT1160TRIPARTITE COMMISSION: KUWAITI DISAPPOINTMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 13. Summary -------- 2. (SBU) The Kuwaiti delegation made clear during a November 19 Tripartite Commission (TC) meeting that it was disappointed over the lack of results in the search for Kuwaitis missing from the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Ku [...]
2008-11-24 12:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM PREL IZ SA KU
08KUWAIT217KUWAIT AIRWAYS: SETTLEMENT OF JUDGMENT AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 21 meeting with the CDA and Embassy Baghdad Transportation Attache McCormick, Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) Chairman explained that the decision to settle the USD one billion judgment against Iraq Airways Company (IAC) is not within the authority of KAC, and inste [...]
2008-02-24 13:30:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAIR ECON KU IZ
08KUWAIT285TRIPARTITE COMMISSION TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE 56TH
[...] Kuwait hosted the 56th session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on February 12, 2008, with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC). Kuwait reiterated its request [...]
2008-03-12 13:13:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM PREL KUWAIT IRAQ KU
08KUWAIT698TRIPARTITE COMMISSION TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE 57TH
[...] Kuwait hosted the 57th session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on May 27, 2008, with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC). Per Kuwaiti request, USG delegatio [...]
2008-06-18 14:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PHUM PREL KUWAIT IRAQ KU
08KYIV101UKRAINE: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, PART
[...] Ref A contained part one of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. Part two of the ICS continues below. Begin Text of Part II: A.7. Protection of Property Rights MORTGAGES During the last few years, Ukraine's policymakers have launched several initiatives to develo [...]
2008-01-17 07:20:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
08KYIV580UKRAINE: TERMS OF RECENT GAS AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) On March 13, Ukrainian news service "Ukrainska Pravda" published what it called the latest authentic version of the March 12 gas agreement between Gazprom and NaftoHaz entitled "Agreement on the Development of Gas Sector Relations." To date, no government officials have denied the authen [...]
2008-03-18 12:54:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON ENRG PREL UP
08LAGOS244NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA MILITANTS LEARN NON-VIOLENT
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. scholar Dr. Bernard LaFayette led training in the principles and practice of nonviolence for 600 Niger Delta militants; the training was sponsored by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) through Nigeria's Foundation for Ethnic Harmony (FEHN). Sheriff Mulade, Nationa [...]
2008-07-10 06:16:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET KDEM NI
08LAGOS245NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA YOUTH LEADER ON CHEVRON
[...] (C) Summary: Sheriff Mulade (strictly protect throughout),President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC),told Acting Consul General July 4 that youths from the Gbaramatu Kingdom blew up the Chevron pipeline while he was in the United States; Tom Polo allowed the youths to take the equipment a [...]
2008-07-10 06:17:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET NI
08LAGOS374NIGERIA: MILITANTS ASK MITTEE FOR HELP FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Ledum Mittee, newly elected Chairman of the Technical Committee on the Niger Delta, told Pol-Econ Chief September 17 that he has been barraged with calls from militants seeking help for villagers wounded in the on-going conflict in Rivers State. He has confirmed that villagers we [...]
2008-09-24 07:36:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET NI
08LILONGWE109MALAWI - INDIFFERENCE AND JEALOUSY COLOR ATTITUDES TOWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's relationship with South Africa is colored largely by indifference, due to South Africa's lack of an aid program and jealousy of South Africa's economic and political position in the region. While Malawi once enjoyed close relations with -- and derived many economic bene [...]
2008-02-25 05:32:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SF MI
08LILONGWE234Malawi Government Calls for Release of Zimbabwe Election
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a statement released on April 19, the GOM called on the Zimbabwe Government to release the election results so that "a Government can be formed that will steer the country to the future." Reiterating the SADC principle of "non-interference," the GOM expressed concern over the [...]
2008-04-21 14:10:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SADC ZI MI
08LILONGWE280MALAWI: COUP RUMORS, ARRESTS CLOUD POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Five prominent members of the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) party and three active duty generals in the Malawi Defense Forces (MDF) have been detained in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow President Mutharika. The arrests occurred on May 13, casting a long sh [...]
2008-05-16 10:58:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KDEM MI
08LILONGWE294MALAWI: FORMER PRESIDENT MULUZI ARRESTED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 25, police arrested former president Bakili Muluzi as he exited the airplane in Lilongwe on return from a trip to the United Kingdom. Muluzi was immediately escorted to a Malawi Defense Force (MDF) plane and flown to Blantyre where he was detained under "house arrest" at [...]
2008-05-27 11:39:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS KDEM ASEC MI
08LILONGWE56MALAWI: UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT - NO LONGER UNITED
[...] (C) Summary: The United Democratic Front (UDF) governed Malawi from its return to democracy in 1994 until President Mutharika's unexpected break with the UDF in 2005. Former President Bakili Muluzi continues to preside over the UDF, but his grip on both the party and its mostly southern elec [...]
2008-01-28 14:05:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM MI
08LIMA151PERU 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) The Peruvian government seeks to attract investment -- both foreign and domestic -- in nearly all sectors of the economy. The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),signed by President Bush and President Garcia on December 14, enables Peru to attract additional investment by clarifyin [...]
2008-01-28 20:29:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD KTDB ELAB PGOV OPIC USTR PE
08LIMA1742OCTOBER TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS
[...] (U) This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- Update on Peru-China Free Trade Agreement Negotiations -- Peru-EFTA FTA Negotiations Concluded -- Export Growth in September - The Lowest Growth in Six Years -- Exports of Fruits and Vegetables Mostly Unaffec [...]
2008-11-03 20:28:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LISBON1291ISAF ALLIES WEIGHING IN WITH PORTUGAL
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Resident Ambassadors from NATO nations with uncaveated and militarily significant contributions to ISAF gave the ambassador a readout June 2 of their views regarding Portugal's contributions to that mission. While none of them have lobbied the GOP regarding the withdrawal of [...]
2008-06-02 17:40:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS MARR PREL PGOV AF PO
08LISBON238IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI'S VISIT TO LISBON
[...] (C) According to an MFA diplomatic advisor, during a one-day visit to Lisbon by Iranian FM Mottaki on January 23, FM Amado urged his counterpart to take steps to restore the international community's trust and to act responsibly as a key player in the Middle East, and he publicly welcomed the [...]
2008-01-28 17:25:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PO IR
08LISBON811SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS TO
[...] (SBU) Mr. Director: Your visit to Portugal will be the first high-level ONDCP visit since 1998 and underscores both our interest and concern about increasing cocaine flows through Portugal into Europe. As you may know, Portugal saw a marked increase in cocaine seizures in 2005 and 2006, fol [...]
2008-04-03 08:57:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL ASEC PO
08LJUBLJANA41U.S.-EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS INFORMAL HIGH LEVEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior U.S. and European Union (EU) officials met in Ljubljana, Slovenia January 9-10 for the U.S.-EU informal Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Senior Level Meeting to discuss cooperation and coordination across a broad range of transatlantic law enforcement and internal security [...]
2008-02-01 05:41:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PTER SNAR PREL EUN KHLS SI
08LJUBLJANA511SLOVENIA: INCSR PART I
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-14 15:39:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SI
08LONDON1087UNITED KINGDOM BEGINS RELOCATION OF SOME IRAQI
[...] (C) Summary. The first three participants in HMG's program to relocate selected Iraqi employees who worked for the British Government in Iraq arrived in the UK on April 8. According to John Burran, head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Office on Assistance to Iraqi Locally Employ [...]
2008-04-16 13:22:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM EU IZ UK
08LONDON1113PROPOSALS FOR AMBASSADOR’S CT FUND
[...] (U) Embassy London welcomes the offer made by S/CT Ambassador Dailey for S/CT to consider granting funds of up to 50,000 USD to support projects to counter violent extremist ideology. Embassy London submits the following two proposals: 2. (C) REVERSE RADICALISM: Working with Her Majesty's Governm [...]
2008-04-18 14:03:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UK
08LONDON1146HMG REQUESTS FORMAL CONSULTATIONS REGARDING
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. Following up on ref a request for informal consultations, PolMiloff received a letter and non-paper April 22 from HMG requesting formal consultations on renewing the 2003 HMG-USG Agreement concerning the use of Wideawake Airfield on Ascension Island. Embassy [...]
2008-04-23 14:30:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL UK
08LONDON1160REPORTS THAT BRITAIN IS IMPORTING PAKISTANI IMAMS
[...] (C) Summary. The British press has reported that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced that Britain would launch a SIPDIS new initiative to bring "moderate Pakistani Imams" to preach in Britain. Poloff spoke April 24 with the Head of the Home Office's Prevent Unit Paul Morrison who said the initiat [...]
2008-04-24 13:58:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KISL PK UK
08LONDON1386SURVEY: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 14:51:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL
08LONDON1406UNITED KINGDOM: REPORT ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN
[...] (U) There is no record of forced or child labor in the production of legal goods in the UK. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) informed Post that it does not collate information on goods produced with child labor and that it is not aware of any private research in this area. Its most [...]
2008-05-20 13:30:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI UK
08LONDON1465UK COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED TO DOS/VCI
[...] Embassy London is pleased to grant country clearance to Rongsong Jih to visit London June 2-5 to attend the Quadripartite Annual Conference in Seismology (QUACS) held June 3-4, 2008, at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE),Blacknest, United Kingdom. 2. ----------------- Visit offic [...]
2008-05-27 14:12:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA UK AA
08LONDON1710CODEL HASTINGS - JUNE 27 - JULY 8, 2008
[...] Embassy London is pleased to grant country clearance to CODEL Hastings to visit London June 27-28, 2008. 2. Visit Officer will be Jim Donegan who can be reached at work 44-20-7894-0114, fax 44-20-7894-0117, home 44-20-7259-6066, mobile phone 44-7801-670-694. If calling from within the UK r [...]
2008-06-26 15:08:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AU FR GM IT JP KZ PK UK
08LONDON1749FCO INFORMS USA THE UAE RATIFIES BIO WEAPON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-01 14:52:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KTIA OPDC CWC OPCW UK
08LONDON1777FOREIGN SECRETARY MILIBAND SUBMITS RENDITION
[...] (S/NF) Foreign Office Director for Defence and Strategic Threats Simon Manley informed Poloff July 2 that the Foreign Office would submit Foreign Secretary Miliband's written statement on rendition to Parliament July 2, for entry into Parliamentary records July 3. Manley said the statement (see [...]
2008-07-03 11:28:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER UK
08LONDON19232008 REPORT ON UK INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post is unaware of any relevant disputes against the Government of the UK. Post is aware of one outstanding claim of United States persons against the Government of the British Virgin Islands (GBVI). Claimant A reports they were never compensated for a time share vacation club [...]
2008-07-23 16:03:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIDE EINV ECON UK
08LONDON2035IMO: FLAG STATE IMPLEMENTATION SUB-COMMITTEE -
[...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) 16th Session of the Flag State Implementation Sub- Committee (FSI 16) met at IMO Headquarters, London, UK. Mrs. Tatjana Krilic of Croatia chaired the meeting. The meeting was attended by eighty members, three associate members, one state n [...]
2008-08-05 11:52:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA UK TU JA
08LONDON2036IMO: SUB-COMMITTEE ON SAFETY OF NAVIGATION,
[...] SUMMARY: The 54th session of the Sub-Committee (S/C) on Safety of Navigation (NAV 54) was held from June 30 to July 4 2008, under the chairmanship of Mr. K. Polderman (Netherlands). The session was attended by 65 member governments, one associate member government, one IMO non-member, and 25 U [...]
2008-08-05 11:52:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA SENV UK KTIA
08LONDON2182UK FOLLOW-UP: BLUE LANTERN CASE NUMBER 05-1014531
[...] Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Office (HMRC) has provided the responses to the questions posed by the Department for G.I.K. International Trade Ltd., a United Kingdom Company, per reftel. The text of the response follows at para. 2 2. Begin text of UK response to questions posed by the [...]
2008-08-22 15:13:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ETTC KOMC SA UK
08LONDON2197UK COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED TO DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR FOR IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN DOUGLAS E. LUTE REF: WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON DC 481
[...] (C) Embassy London is pleased to grant country clearance to Deputy National Security Advisor Douglas E. Lute and delegation to visit London September 18-20 for meetings with UK officials. 2.(U) ----------------- Visit officer ----------------- XXXXXXXXXXXX If calling from within the UK replace 44 [...]
2008-08-27 15:34:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALOTRA UK
08LONDON2211UK WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT GEORGIA; “ON THE SAME
[...] (C) Summary. The United Kingdom agrees that South Ossetian and Abkhazian representatives should not participate in UN Security Council (UNSC) meetings on Georgia, according to Mariot Leslie, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Director General (DG) for Defense and Intelligence. Leslie told th [...]
2008-08-28 17:13:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALECON EAID UNSC PREL PGOV FR GG UK UP
08LONDON2242UK COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED TO NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY DIRECTOR JOHN P. WALTERS AND STAFF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 08:33:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALOTRA UK
08LONDON2574UK COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED TO LUTE AND DELEGATION, OCT 21-23, 2008 REF: WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON DC CABLE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 12:13:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALOREP AMGT ASEC OVIP AFIN UK
08LONDON2627UK COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED TO STAMILIO, LTC
[...] Embassy London is pleased to grant country clearance to Mr. Mark Stamilio, LTCOL John Havranek, and LTC James Dodson to visit London October 19-20 to attend working level meetings on ISAF detention policies and practices. 2. ---------------- Visit Officer ---------------- D [...]
2008-10-17 16:00:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT
08LONDON2651USDP EDELMAN’S OCTOBER 15 MEETINGS IN LONDON
[...] (S/NF) Summary. The UK is pessimistic about Pakistan, especially in light of President Zardari's poor leadership and the bad economy, although they praise efforts by Pakistani President Zardari to cooperate with Afghan President Karzai, UK senior officials at the Ministry of Defense (MOD),Foreign [...]
2008-10-21 17:03:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR UK ECON KNNP MOPS PTER AF FR
08LONDON2770COMMONWEALTH: NEW SYG LOOKING TO STEP UP ENGAGEMENT WITH USG REF: A. COLOMBO 982 B. LONDON 2304 Classified By: Ambassador Robert Tuttle, reasons 1.4 (b/d).
[...] (C) "The Commonwealth is a strategic partner for most of what the USG wants," new Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma told the Ambassador in an October 29 courtesy call. Sharma said the USG "should not confuse the Commonwealth's low-key approach as ineffective," pointing out that he wou [...]
2008-11-03 11:42:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM EAID PINR UK
08LONDON3152SCOTLAND: ECONOMICS IS CHANGING POLITICS, SAYS
[...] (C/NF) Summary. "Economics is changing the politics in Scotland," new Secretary for the Scotland Office Jim Murphy told Polmincouns December 17, and "the economic crisis has embedded for a generation the idea that Scotland will be better served as part of the United Kingdom." Scotland Office Head [...]
2008-12-17 17:14:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ECON PBTS UK
08LONDON3181IMO: LONDON CONVENTION REPORT ON MARINE
[...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization's (IMO) annual meetings for both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the "London Convention") and the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (the "London Protocol") made progre [...]
2008-12-19 16:22:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PHSA SENV KGHG KRAD UK
08LONDON3191UNITED KINGDOM: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Below is post's 2008 submission for the Country Reports on Terrorism. POCs for this report are Daniel McNicholas (McNicholasDF@state.gov) or Jim McDonald (McDonaldJP@state.gov). Consulate Belfast contributed to this report. UNITED KINGDOM -------------- 2. (U) In December a jury [...]
2008-12-22 12:26:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC UK
08LONDON475NON-DOM TAX ISSUE HEATS UP
[...] This cable contains an action request. See paras 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The proposed taxation of non-domiciled foreigners in the UK (including Americans) continues to roil the business world here. Trade and Investment Minister Lord Digby Jones warned against implement [...]
2008-02-14 16:59:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD CASC EINV UK
08LONDON476NON-DOM TAX ISSUE HEATS UP
[...] This cable contains an action request. See paras 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The proposed taxation of non-domiciled foreigners in the UK (including Americans) continues to roil the business world here. Trade and Investment Minister Lord Digby Jones warned against implement [...]
2008-02-14 17:38:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD CASC EINV UK
08LONDON592UK TO DESIGNATE THREE MEMBERS OF LIBYAN ISLAMIC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-26 17:08:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNKTFN EFIN PTER LY UK
08LONDON646HMG RAISES GUANTANAMO TRANSFEREES' ALLEGATIONS OF
[...] (C/NF) Summary. FCO Legal Advisor Daniel Bethlehem raised February 22 with Legal Advisor John Bellinger, III HMG's concern over the USG response to HMG's earlier notification to the USG of allegations of mistreatment made by recent Guantanamo transferees. Bethlehem underscored that HMG woul [...]
2008-03-04 13:04:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PHUM UK
08LONDON803DEPSEC TREASURY DISCUSSES FINANCIAL MARKETS, IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt outlined on March 10 to Yvette Cooper, British Treasury Deputy Secretary-equivalent, USG efforts to stimulate the U.S. SIPDIS economy and address problems in the U.S. housing market. Cooper described efforts to revitalize the securitization [...]
2008-03-18 15:24:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ECON PGOV UK
08LONDON878BROWN MEETS MCCAIN: DISCUSS IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown met Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham in London March 20. Brown used the meeting to present his big ideas about reforming the international financial institutions (IFIS) and increasing assistance to Africa as a means to preven [...]
2008-03-27 09:06:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PHUM EFIN EAID UNSC IZ AF IS
08LONDON981IMO: LONDON CONVENTION REPORT - 29TH
[...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) combined annual meetings for both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the 'London Convention') and the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (the 'London Protocol') took [...]
2008-04-04 13:54:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPHSA SENV AORC ASEC UK
08LUSAKA554GRZ FUNDS TASK FORCE ON CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although President Mwanawasa had previously threatened to disband the Task Force on Corruption absent donor funding (Ref B),on May 15 the Zambian Cabinet agreed to take full financial responsibility for the ad hoc agency that was created in 2002 to prosecute high-level corrupt [...]
2008-05-22 14:55:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCOR PGOV EAID ZA
08MADRID1299SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (U) The information in this message is keyed to questions posed in reftel A, paragraph 5 and updates information reported in reftels B and C. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? Spain played a leadership role in [...]
2008-12-11 12:21:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL SP CU
08MADRID186SPANISH REACTION TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Moratinos' Chief of Staff Javier Sancho told DCM February 20 that it was politically impossible for Spain to support the Kosovar UDI at this time, and that this is the position of both the ruling PSOE government and the opposition Partido Popular (PP). Sancho said the Spanish have t [...]
2008-02-21 09:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL UNMIK UN PGOV YI EU KV SP
08MADRID503FINCEN DIRECTOR, SPANISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS MONEY
[...] (U) This cable has been cleared by FinCEN Director Jim Freis. 2. (C/NF) Summary. During a visit to Madrid April 23-24, Department of Treasury FinCEN Director Jim Freis met with Spanish government officials involved in anti-money laundering and counter terrorism finance (AML-CTF) activitie [...]
2008-05-09 07:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SP ECON EFIN KTFN
08MADRID52FIRST FORUM OF THE UN ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Aguirre represented Secretary Rice at the opening ceremonies of the First Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC) in Madrid January 15-16. UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon, President Zapatero, President Erdogan of Turkey, and AoC High Representative Jorge Sampaio inaugurated th [...]
2008-01-18 17:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ODIP UN SOCI SCUL KISL KIRF KPAL
08MADRID547MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE MAY 12 - MAY
[...] (U) Felipe Gonzalez and Rodrigo Rato, speaking at a conference of Repsol directors, agreed that the current economic slump has not yet hit bottom, but both expected that it would be relatively short-lived. Former PP Economy Minister and IMF Managing Director Rato said businesses should get us [...]
2008-05-19 10:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EFIN EINV KGHG SENV SP
08MADRID843SPAIN: INTERNET SURVEY PROJECT
[...] (SBU) Summary: After consulting with rights-holders, the Embassy has identified seven main websites as most likely to be used for the purpose of uploading and/or downloading copyrighted materials considering accessibility, ease of download, and anonymity. Based on what we have found, it is f [...]
2008-07-29 13:05:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS KIPR SP UK
08MANAGUA1354NICARAGUA: SOLAR WOMEN OF TOTOGALPA WIN SEED AWARD
[...] (U) Summary: A Nicaraguan project to launch a cooperative business producing and marketing products such as solar cookers and photovoltaic panels made from recycled solar panels was one of five winning projects worldwide in the 2008 Supporting Entrepreneurs for Sustainable Development (SEED) c [...]
2008-11-05 17:10:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID ECON KSCA NU
08MANAGUA1427NICARAGUA: FINLAND CUTS BUDGET SUPPORT
[...] (U) On October 22, the Embassy of Finland announced an end to its $2.5 million annual assistance to the national budget of Nicaragua. Finland is now the fourth country to withdraw direct budget assistance, after Germany, Sweden, and Great Britain. The Budget Support Group (BSG),a group of five [...]
2008-11-28 12:56:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL NU
08MANAGUA1489NICARAGUA: EUROPEAN BUDGET DONORS IN HOLDING
[...] (C) Summary: European donors to Nicaragua's national budget (at both the EU and Member State level) are seriously examining their assistance to Nicaragua in large part as a result of the fraud perpetrated by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) during the November 9 municipal elect [...]
2008-12-12 23:07:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN NU PGOV
08MANAGUA266NICARAGUAN FISCAL PROCESS FAIRLY TRANSPARENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per Ref A request, Post reports that Nicaragua's budget is a public document published by the Ministry of Finance on its web site. The budget, which must be reviewed and approved by the National Assembly, does not, however, reflect funds coming from Venezuela. The USG and othe [...]
2008-03-06 16:18:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PREL NU
08MANAGUA885NICARAGUAN DONORS GROW DISENCHANTED WITH ORTEGA
[...] (C) Summary: Over the last six months, bilateral foreign donors in Nicaragua have grown increasingly disillusioned with the Ortega administration. This disappointment has coincided with an unrelated shift in European assistance agencies' priorities away from Central America towards Africa and [...]
2008-07-11 23:34:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV ECON NU PREL
08MANAMA845ADDITIONAL ARRESTS IN ALLEGED NATIONAL DAY BOMB
[...] (C) Summary: The GOB claimed that a pipe bomb plot implicated Shi'a oppositionists in London, and that some plotters trained in Syria. Bahraini Shi'a are skeptical and angry over the charges. The GOB charges beg many questions, and the USG should treat them cautiously until more evidence c [...]
2008-12-31 13:15:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM SY BA
08MANILA1463NEW PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SEEKS RESUMPTION OF MILF
[...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one breakfast with Ambassador on June 18, President Arroyo's new top advisor on the peace process -- retired Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon -- said he is working to end a six-month impasse in negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liber [...]
2008-06-18 10:54:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KISL RP
08MANILA539PHILIPPINES: INPUT FOR THE 2008 TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) This cable includes the Mission's input for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The information and statistics cover the period from April 2007 to March 2008, unless otherwise noted. The Mission's TIP point of contact is Political Officer Barry Fullerton, FullertonTB@state.gov, [...]
2008-03-03 11:22:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG RP
08MANILA976EU HEIGHTENS ENGAGEMENT IN PEACE PROCESS, HUMAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The April 14 visit of ten European Union (EU) ambassadors to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Central Mindanao underscored the EU's interest in the peace process. At the same time, recent EU assistance to improve governance, particularly in resolving cases of extrajudicial [...]
2008-04-24 10:40:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER EU RP
08MAPUTO1008PRESIDENCY MINISTER ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY/ACTION: Minister of the Presidency Antonio Sumbana expressed significant frustration to the Charge on October 23 about the failure of factions in Zimbabwe to achieve a lasting political solution. He said that Mozambican President Armando Guebuza had many important domestic issue [...]
2008-10-23 18:39:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ ZI
08MAPUTO60MOZAMBIQUE'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following is Mozambique's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Mozambique encourages foreign direct investment. CPI, the government's Investment Promotion Center, seeks to bring investor [...]
2008-01-18 06:38:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR MZ
08MAPUTO729HEALTH MINISTER: WE MUST COOPERATE BETTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge met with the Mozambican Minister of Health, Dr. Ivo Garrido, on July 3 to discuss the planned $1 billion USG investment in the Mozambican health care sector over the next five years via the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) and President's Malaria [...]
2008-07-29 09:46:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID KHIV SOCI MZ
08MASERU137LESOTHO: RESPONSE TO ACTIVISTS AND DISSIDENTS OUTREACH
[...] (U) In response to reftel, post knows of no dissidents from un-free nations who are living in exile or seeking asylum in the Kingdom of Lesotho. Post has confirmed this with Lesotho's Commissioner of Refugees at the Ministry of Home Affairs. 2. (SBU) Post notes the case of one Cuban doctor [...]
2008-05-14 18:09:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CU LT
08MASERU167WILL POWER HIP-HOPS ACROSS LESOTHO
[...] SUMMARY: From May 6-12, American Hip Hop Artist Will Power conducted a high impact, dynamic program in the Kingdom of Lesotho on the history of hip-hip music. In his numerous events, ranging from university lectures to rural jam sessions to live mass audience performances, he projected a vit [...]
2008-06-06 10:35:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP SCUL PREL EAID LT
08MASERU29LESOTHO: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Maseru submits the following information for Lesotho's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. The Kingdom of Lesotho is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) and generally treats foreign investors favorably. With most investment originating from East Asia, FDI in Lesotho is p [...]
2008-02-06 11:45:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV USTR OPIC KTDB LT
08MASERU327CONGRATULATIONS MESSAGE FROM LESOTHO PRIME MINISTER MOSISILI
[...] Embassy Maseru received a congratulatory letter from the Kingdom of Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha B. Mosisili for President-elect Barack Obama the afternoon of November 6. 2008. 2. Text of the letter is as follows: Your Excellency, Today, Lesotho joins the entire world in congrat [...]
2008-11-06 16:56:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP PGOV OPRC LT
08MASERU370SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S DECEMBER 19-VISIT TO LESOTHO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 20:47:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PGOV KDEM LT
08MASERU62LESOTHO: 2008 COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE
[...] Lesotho 2008 Country Commercial Guide Chapter 1: Doing Business in Lesotho The economy of Lesotho, a mountainous southern African nation completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa, is based on agriculture, livestock, light manufacturing, water exports, earnings from the Souther [...]
2008-03-03 15:07:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ECON EINV ETRD BTIO LT
08MASERU72LESOTHO: GOL DISCUSSES TRADE COMPLEXITIES FACING LDC'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Government of Lesotho (GOL) officials and local business leaders discussed a range of national economic challenges publicly and in private meetings with Ambassador Nolan, Charge, Deputy USTR Ambassador Allgeier, and AUSTR Liser prior to, and on the margins of, a February 27-29 Le [...]
2008-03-10 11:42:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN ECON BEXP BTIO PREL LT
08MASERU75LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES SOLIDIFY DOHA POSITIONS AT MASERU
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Kingdom of Lesotho's Ministry of Trade and Industry hosted a Least Developed Countries (LDC) Trade Ministers' Conference February 27-29 in Maseru. During the conference, which produced a "Maseru Declaration" on LDC positions, trade representatives from 36 developing nations [...]
2008-03-12 15:17:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN ECON BEXP BTIO LT
08MBABANE193SWAZI ELECTIONS: A PRIMER ON POLITICAL PARTIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 13:49:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PREL WZ
08MBABANE344MBABANE: MESSAGE FROM PRIME MINISTER OF THE KINDOM OF
[...] The following message is being transmitted from the The Right Honorable Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Swaziland, Dr. Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini to Senator Barack Obama, President-elect of the United States. QUOTE On behalf of His Majesty King Mswati III, Her Majesty the Queen Mother, t [...]
2008-11-07 09:00:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OPDC OVIP PREL WZ
08MEXICO152MEXICO'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- PART 2 OF 2
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-22 16:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR EINV MX
08MEXICO2657GOM PROPOSES NEGOTIATING BILATERAL AGREEMENT ON
[...] (U) Summary: During bilateral consultations under the Western Gap Treaty and the Treaty on Maritime Limits, the Government of Mexico (GOM) formally proposed opening negotiations with the United States (USG) on an agreement to regulate the exploitation of transboundary - both maritime and land [...]
2008-08-29 21:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON PGOV MX
08MINSK151EMBASSY MINSK SUBMISSION FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING
[...] (U) This is Embassy Minsk's submission for the eighth annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. 2. (SBU) This report identifies anti-TIP NGOs and international organizations by name. However, for security reasons, post requests that the Department protect their identity and not p [...]
2008-02-29 14:22:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BO
08MONROVIA613LIBERIA POLICE STRUGGLES TO REFORM, NEEDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Liberia National Police (LNP) faces numerous challenges as the Government of Liberia (GOL) increasingly looks to its security agencies to counter internal threats, most recently via an anti-crime campaign. The LNP leadership finds itself called upon to provide an effective po [...]
2008-08-07 18:06:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALKCRM MASS PHUM PREL LI
08MONTREAL59ICAO: SECOND MEETING OF THE SPECIAL LEGAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Special Legal Sub-Committee on New and Emerging Threats met a second time (February 19-21, 2008) to consider the issue of unlawful transport by air of particularly dangerous goods and related items and fugitives, as directed by [...]
2008-03-05 19:54:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX
08MOSCOW1213PROGRESS, PROBLEMS FOR RELIGIONS IN RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: Recent conversations with representatives of Protestant and Roman Catholic denominations show that the rapid growth in membership that accompanied the turbulent '90s has come to an end. Most representatives ascribe the current stagnation to the unprecedented prosperity which, th [...]
2008-04-30 14:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI RS
08MOSCOW1865SIXTEENTH SESSION OF U.S-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 10:22:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF IZ RS
08MOSCOW1875SIXTEENTH SESSION OF U.S-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP ON
[...] (C) Summary. The Sixteenth Session of the U.S. - Russia Working Group on Counterterrorism (CTWG) met in Moscow on June 19-20. U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak, co-Chairs of the CTWG, led the interagency delegations (delegatio [...]
2008-07-03 08:00:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF IZ RS
08MOSCOW2754BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (U) Summary: Diagnost representatives told us they plan to purchase the reftel item to use as a demonstration model for prospective customers, including Zenit. Diagnost was established in 1991 and the five original owners still run the company. Diagnost operates as a broker of monitoring and [...]
2008-09-12 11:50:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC RS
08MOSCOW3584MFA Discusses the Kiril Islands with Codel Rohrabacher
[...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R, CA) met with Russian MFA's Director of Asia-Pacific Regions Mikhail Galuzin on December 6 to discuss the Kiril Islands dispute between Russia and Japan. The Congressman presented to Galuzin his proposed solution to the dispute, whil [...]
2008-12-11 15:11:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP RS JA
08MOSCOW3673CLIMATE CHANGE: RUSSIA'S ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
[...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel request, Post reports that Russia's lead agency on the political aspects of climate change is the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (MNRE). The Federal Service for Hydro-meteorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet),a semi-autonomous agency unde [...]
2008-12-18 14:12:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG RS
08MOSCOW531RUSSIAN PRISONS
[...] (C) Summary: The Russian prison system combines the country's emblematic features - vast distances, harsh climate, and an uncaring bureaucracy - and fuses them into a massive instrument of punishment. Russia imprisons a greater portion of its population than almost any other country in the world (s [...]
2008-02-27 13:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TBIO RS
08MOSCOW854RUSSIA'S DEMOGRAPHIC UPTURN MAY BE SHORT-LIVED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia's demographic results continued to improve in 2007. Overall births increased by 8.5 percent, deaths declined by four percent, and a surge in migration helped to offset much of the natural population decline. The overall population stood at 142 million as of January 1, 2 [...]
2008-03-28 11:52:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SCUL PREL SOCI RS
08MUSCAT205FOREIGN INVESTMENT UP IN OMAN
[...] (U) On March 3, Minister of National Economy Ahmed bin Abdul Nabi Macki released inward foreign investment figures for 2006. Total gross foreign investment in Oman reached 5.99 billion Omani rials (USD 15.58 billion) in 2006, a 1.99 billion rial (USD 5.17 billion) increase from the 4 billion [...]
2008-03-11 12:57:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PREL MU
08MUSCAT344SULTAN QABOOS BEGINS EXTENDED OVERSEAS VISIT
[...] (U) All major Omani dailies on May 7 devoted colorful front page spreads to the start of the three-day official visit to Abu Dhabi by Sultan Qaboos, who departed Muscat the previous day. Accompanied by a delegation of seven ministers and other senior Omani officials, the Sultan was greeted at [...]
2008-05-07 13:11:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MU
08NAIROBI1453TEXT OF HEADS OF MISSIONS STATEMENT ON KENYAN
[...] As reported in reftel, the Ambassador joined with other Nairobi-based Heads of Missions in issuing a statement on the June 11 parliamentary by-elections. To follow is a text of the statement. 2. Begin text: Heads of Missions: Statement on 11 June by-elections We, the undersigned Heads o [...]
2008-06-13 11:11:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1726Text of PM Odinga's CSIS Speech
[...] (U) Below is the text of Prime Minster Odinga's June 17 speech at the Center for Strategic International Studies. The speech was delivered at CSIS' Statesman's Forum during Odinga's June visit to Washington. End summary. 2. (U) Begin Text. PRIME MINISTER RAILA ODINGA: Thank you. Thank y [...]
2008-07-14 14:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KE
08NAIROBI2182Somalia - International Contact Group Meeting
[...] On September 16, the International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG) met in Djibouti. Formerly co-chaired by the United States and Norway, the ICG is now chaired by United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative (SRSG) for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah. This was the first ICG meeting [...]
2008-09-17 10:11:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
08NAIROBI2232Somalia - Internationals and Somalis Meet on Humanitarian,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-22 14:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINS KDEM EWWT SO
08NAIROBI2375JOINT HEADS OF MISSION STATEMENT ON COMMISSION OF
[...] As per reftel, Post has signed the following joint Heads of Missions statement on the Commission of Inquiry on the Post-Election Violence, which was released to local media on October 16. Begin text: We, the undersigned Heads of diplomatic missions based in Nairobi, welcome the publicatio [...]
2008-10-16 12:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2612SOMALIA - SUPERTANKER HIJACKED; BRITS TURN 8
[...] (S) Summary: On November 15, Somali pirates hijacked their largest ship yet, the crude oil supertanker Sirius Star, and have anchored it off Hobyo, Somalia, a known Indian Ocean pirate base. So far this year, Somalia pirates have captured and ransomed 38 ships. Separately, on November 18 [...]
2008-11-18 14:45:00Embassy NairobiSECRETEWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO
08NAIROBI2715 KENYA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: LATE NOV/EARLY DEC '08
[...] (SBU) CENTRAL BANK PREPS FOR ECONOMIC HEADWINDS 2. (SBU) DEMAND FOR KENYAN TEA FALLS SHARPLY 3. (SBU) TEA WORKERS GET PAY HIKE; GOK FORMS LABOR BOARD 4. (SBU) INTERPOL-KWS MAKE PROGRESS ON POACHING 5. (SBU) PM CONTINUES PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT 6. (SBU) CORRUPTION: FORMER FINANCE [...]
2008-12-04 12:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV EAGR ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR
08NAIROBI2779SOMALIA - KENYANS WILL JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP
[...] (C/Rel KE) We shared reftel A points and non-paper with MFA Director of Political Affairs Ambassador Benson Ogutu, Americas Desk Head Ambassador Binsai Chepsongol, and International Organizations and Conferences Head Anthony Andanje. Andanje responded that the Kenyans will join the Contact G [...]
2008-12-15 15:36:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALEWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO
08NAIROBI2869UPDATE ON KENYAN PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED SOMALI
[...] This is an action message. Action recommendations and requests are at paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 12, and 16. 2. Summary: On December 11, the eight Somali nationals charged with piracy again appeared before a magistrate judge in Mombasa. The prosecutors asked the magistrate to postpone the trial to [...]
2008-12-23 12:11:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC PHSA MOPS KCRM KJUS SO YM DA
08NAIROBI763KENYA: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) The following information is keyed to the paragraphs in reftel. -------------------------------------- Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: -------------------------------------- 2. A. (SBU) Kenya is a source, transit, and destination country for t [...]
2008-03-18 14:35:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREF EAID KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC KE
08NASSAU898TCI Prime Minister Fights Ouster Attempt
[...] (U) According to news reports December 16, nine of thirteen elected members of the governing Progressive National Party (PNP) of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) parliament, including the Deputy Premier, have written to the current governor expressing no-confidence in Premier Michael Misick. [...]
2008-12-19 15:13:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV BF TK UK
08NDJAMENA381CHAD CHRONICLE: AUGUST 2008
[...] INVESTIGATION INTO THE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2008 EVENTS: PRESIDENT DEBY SAYS HE WILL "FOLLOW UP" RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REPORT. THE COMMISSION INVESTIGATING THE EVENTS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2008 SUBMITTED ITS REPORT TO PRESIDENT DEBY ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5. IN RECEIVING THE REPORT, PRESIDENT D [...]
2008-09-02 17:42:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PREF ECON EFIN IBRD PHUM UN LY CD
08NEWDELHI1344UPDATE ON MAY 13 JAIPUR BLASTS
[...] News outlets have published e-mails sent by "Indian Mujahideen," claiming responsibility for the May 13 bomb blasts in Jaipur. The messages included video attachments that purported to show bombs strapped to the bicycles that were used in the blasts, and included the details of a bicycle frame [...]
2008-05-15 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV EAID IN
08NEWDELHI189NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 14-18, 2008
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 14-18, 2008. VERIZON RECEIVES LONG DISTANCE LICENSES ------------------ 2. (SBU) U.S. Telecom company Verizon Business announced on January 9, 2008 that India's Ministry of Communications a [...]
2008-01-18 11:58:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI1895CONFIDENCE VOTE FOLLOWS LEFT WITHDRAWAL AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Left Front stated on July 8 its intention to withdraw from the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and to seek a confidence vote, tentatively scheduled for July 21. The Samajwadi Party reiterated its support for the UPA government and the nuclear [...]
2008-07-08 14:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI196DELHI DIARY, JAN 14-18
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for December 14-18, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Bhutan Election Commission Announce Historic Election Date -- Coalition Crisis in Goa -- Darul Uloom Deoband Madrasa authorizes use o [...]
2008-01-18 13:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SCUL KIRF SOCI KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2541INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...]
2008-09-22 06:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF
08NEWDELHI2543INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...]
2008-09-22 06:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF
08NEWDELHI2544INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...]
2008-09-22 06:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF
08NEWDELHI2545INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...]
2008-09-22 06:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF
08NEWDELHI2552INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities in [...]
2008-09-22 11:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF
08NEWDELHI2911BHUTAN READY FOR PRAGMATIC, IF NOT FORMAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley, during his November 5-7 visit to Bhutan to attend the coronation of King Jigme Keshar Namgyal Wangchuck as Bhutan's new king. The former King expressed pessimism about the new government in Nep [...]
2008-11-13 07:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALBH IN KDEM MARR NP ODIP PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF
08NEWDELHI2912BHUTAN READY FOR PRAGMATIC, IF NOT FORMAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley, during his November 5-7 visit to Bhutan to attend the coronation of King Jigme Keshar Namgyal Wangchuck as Bhutan's new king. The former King expressed pessimism about the new government in Nep [...]
2008-11-13 07:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALBH IN KDEM MARR NP ODIP PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF
08NEWDELHI3058INDIA: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) Criminal prosecutions against individuals for trafficking offenses remain a challenge in India, due to several inherent problems. Law and order is a state responsibility per the Indian constitution, which makes it difficult for the central government to intervene to enforce laws effecti [...]
2008-12-04 09:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDIN KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KTIP
08NEWDELHI690SAFEGUARDS TALKS DONE, INDIA WILL SOON MAKE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Menon and Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran confirmed to Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher March 4 that India and the SIPDIS International Atomic Energy Agency had finally completed their negotiations on a safeguards agreement. Menon discounte [...]
2008-03-05 11:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI932DELHI DIARY, MARCH 17-28
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 17-28, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Terrorists Strike Again in Jammu and Kashmir After a 5 Month Lull -- Congress Strikes Out -- Yet Another Joint Indo-Russian Defense Project Hits t [...]
2008-03-31 13:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF SCUL SOCI TBIO MASS
08NICOSIA32CYPRUS: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] EU nationals permanently residing in the Republic of Cyprus, and EU registered legal entities with jurisdiction, central management or primary place of business in the Republic of Cyprus may acquire real estate (of any type or size) without prior approval by the District Administration Office [...]
2008-01-14 10:19:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
08NICOSIA940CYPRUS: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part I (Drugs and Chemical Control) of the 2008-2009 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. 2. BEGIN TEXT INCSR PART I Cyprus I. Summary Cyprus has been divided since the Turkish military inte [...]
2008-12-02 14:18:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CY
08NICOSIA985ECJ ADVOCATE GENERAL'S OPINION FAVORS GREEK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a property-related lawsuit with potentially great precedent value, European Court of Justice Advocate General Julianne Kokott on December 18 opined that a judgment of a court in the Republic of Cyprus must be recognized and enforced in other EU member states, even where it re [...]
2008-12-22 12:28:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CY TU
08OTTAWA1396CANADA WILLING TO SIGN CHEMICAL WEAPONS CHALLENGE
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Louis-Phillipe Sylvestre confirmed to pol/miloff on October 30 that Canada wants to avoid the "complications" that would accompany a formal b [...]
2008-10-31 17:14:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA CWC CA
08OTTAWA1424OTTAWA HOSTS LIKE-MINDED COUNTRIES INFORMAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada hosted an informal meeting of like-minded countries on Zimbabwe in Ottawa on October 30. Delegates agreed that MDC and ZANU-PF are in the midst of a power struggle to which there is no easy solution in sight. Several countries expressed concern at the Like-Minded Group,s [...]
2008-11-07 16:37:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KDEM EAID ZI CA
08OTTAWA1511"UNCHARTERED WATERS" FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The usual ceremonial role of a Governor General may slip into a grey constitutional zone as she faces an imminent decision on a possible new federal election, prorogation of Parliament, or even formation of a new coalition government. While Governors General in Canada have almos [...]
2008-12-03 19:19:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
08OTTAWA274CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: CANADA'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (CI) AND KEY RESOURCES (KR)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-22 20:07:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CA EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETTC KHLS PGOV PREL PTER
08OTTAWA283CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - CANADA - CORRECTED VERSION - FORMAT CORRECTED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-25 15:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EFIN KHLS CA
08OTTAWA305ELECTIONS IN CANADA: A "HOW TO" PRIMER
[...] (U) Summary: In Canada's parliamentary system, governments must retain the "confidence" of the House of Commons to govern. The Governor General may dissolve the House of Commons -- on the advice of the prime minister - if a sitting government fails to win a "confidence" measure. Minority g [...]
2008-02-28 20:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM CA
08OTTAWA346CANADA'S TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) OVERVIEW OF CANADA'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Canada is principally a transit and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). NGOs estimate that approximately 2,000 people are subject to trafficking into Canada each year. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has [...]
2008-03-07 19:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD CA
08OTTAWA377Canada's Treaty-making Process
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada in January 2008 revised its treaty-making process to include review of all international treaties by the House of Commons before entry into force. The government, however, will maintain the legal authority to decide whether to ratify the treaty; no vote in Parliament is n [...]
2008-03-14 15:39:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON KIPR KTIA CA
08OTTAWA626REGIONAL COMMAND - SOUTH MEETING, APRIL 28, OTTAWA
[...] (U) Summary: On April 28 in Ottawa, Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) hosted a DAS-level officials' meeting for countries contributing to NATO-ISAF Regional Command - South (RC-S). NATO and United Nations Peace Keeping Operations (UNPKO) representatives als [...]
2008-05-07 15:59:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA
08OTTAWA808CANADA CONFRONTS RADICALIZATION ABROAD AND AT HOME
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Canada has long struggled with how to avoid or reduce radicalization in one of the most diverse societies in the world, while also supporting global efforts to counter extremism. Its still evolving strategy involves multiple agencies working on various levels of forei [...]
2008-06-16 13:55:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL SOCI CA
08OTTAWA85CANADA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (u) Per reftel instructions, post has updated the Investment Climate Statement for the 2008 Country Commercial Guide. 2. (u) Begin Text of ICS Update Chapter 6: Investment Climate Openness to Foreign Investment General Attitude Strong economic fundamentals, proximity to the U.S. marke [...]
2008-01-15 22:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR
08PANAMA881DRAFT 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] By virtue of its geographic position and well-developed maritime and transportation infrastructure, Panama is a major logistics control and trans-shipment country for illegal drugs to the United States and Europe. Major Colombian and Mexican cartels as well as Colombian FTOs such as the Revol [...]
2008-11-21 21:02:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PM
08PARIS1369OECD: REPORT OF JUNE 2008 MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) met June 16-20, 2008 at OECD headquarters in Paris. The agenda for the plenary session included the following topics: Responses by stakeholders to WGB Consultation Paper Argentina Phase 2 report Australia post-Phase 2 written report Es [...]
2008-07-18 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
08PARIS1391Public-Private Partnerships in Transportation - July 16-18
[...] (U) On July 6-8, Federal Transit Deputy Administrator Sherry E. Little led a delegation of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) officials, Congressional Representatives, and private sector participants to a conference in Lyon that FTA co-sponsored with the GOF on public-private partnerships (PP [...]
2008-07-22 17:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN ETRD EAIR EWWT FR
08PARIS141FRANCE 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]
2008-01-28 14:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR
08PARIS1446FRANCE PROMISES A "MORE VOCAL" EU PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: State DRL and IO officials met with French MFA International Organizations and Human Rights officials on July 17 to discuss upcoming resolutions, declarations and strategy for the 63rd UN General Assembly in New York. French International Organizations A/S-equivalent Sylvie Berman [...]
2008-07-29 15:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NGO PHUM UN
08PARIS1751USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary. On September 12, USDP Edelman and Counselor Eliot Cohen met with Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs Advisor to FM Kouchner; Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy; and Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MOD, to discuss Afghanistan, P [...]
2008-09-19 09:17:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO AF PA GG RU FR
08PARIS1979DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES DISCUSSES UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DRL DAS Barks-Ruggles met with French MFA Human Rights Director Jacques Pellet (Please Protect Throughout) in Paris on October 23 to discuss United Nations General Assembly Third Committee resolutions and other UN issues. The French agree on the need for a strong Iran resolution, [...]
2008-10-28 18:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC FR UN
08PARIS2079FRENCH OFFICIALS: NATO UNITY REQUIRES NO DECISION
[...] (C/NF) Summary. During PDAS Marcie Ries' meetings on Friday, November 7 with French officials Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs Advisor to FM Kouchner; Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy; and Jacques Audibert, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MFA; all of he [...]
2008-11-10 15:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO FR RU
08PARIS735AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2008 INFORMATION EXCHANGE (IE)
[...] (S) The following describes highlights of the Information Exchange (IE) portion of the annual meeting of the Australia Group (AG),which met in Paris, April 12-18, 2008 (Report on AG Plenary provided septel). The IE included 30 presentations by twelve AG member states. The US provided 10 of the 30 [...]
2008-04-17 16:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL CBW ETTC AS FR
08PARIS750AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY MEETING, PARIS, APRIL 14-18, 2008 REF: A. 07 MOSCOW 5535 B. 07 PARIS 2593 Classified By: ESTH/NP COUNSELOR ROBERT W. DRY FOR REASONS 1.4 (B),(D),(E),and (H). -------------------- SUMMARY AND OVERVIEW --------------------
[...] (C) The Australia Group (AG) held its 2008 plenary in Paris from April 14-18. In addition to approving several updates to the AG's Guidelines and control lists, the Group discussed Russia's continued interest in membership. AG members continued to express concern about Russia's implementation of ex [...]
2008-04-18 16:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC AS FR RS CBW
08PARIS866GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP FIRST
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, the Initiative co-chairs held the first Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting on April 15 in Paris to begin coordinating the development and execution of international exercises aimed at combating the threat posed by [...]
2008-05-05 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKGIC MCAP PINR PTER PARM IAEA FR
08PARIS867GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP FIRST
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, the Initiative co-chairs held the first Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting on April 15 in Paris to begin coordinating the development and execution of international exercises aimed at combating the threat posed by [...]
2008-05-05 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKGIC MCAP PINR PTER PARM IAEA FR
08PARIS94DEFMIN MORIN ON HIS TRIP TO THE U.S., AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary. On January 16, the Ambassador met with Defense Minister Herve Morin to discuss Morin's upcoming trip to the United States. Morin offered views on the situation in Afghanistan and strongly advocated the French strategy of strengthening European defense capabilities "along side [...]
2008-01-18 10:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO FR AF
08PARTO122201(U) Secretary Rice's Participation in the December
[...] (U) December 15, 2008; 3:00 PM; New York City 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Khalilzad Ambassador DiCarlo Assistant Secretary Hook Assistant Secretary Frazer United Nations Security General Ban Ki-moon United Nations Security Council Croatian Prime Minister S [...]
2008-12-22 21:30:00US Delegation, SecretaryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PHUM PGOV ZM
08PARTO8(U) Secretary Rice's June 26-27 Participation in
[...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008 at 18:00, and June 28, 2008 at 09:30; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. W [...]
2008-07-12 12:10:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM KNNP KWBG
08PHNOMPENH318INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR CAMBODIA
[...] Cambodia, a developing country, began the transformation from a command economy to the free market in the late 1980s. It is now integrating into the regional and world trading framework. In 1998, Cambodia joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in September 2004, became [...]
2008-04-10 01:07:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OPIC USTR KTDB CB
08PODGORICA273MONTENEGRO: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] Summary: Organized crime groups use Montenegro as a transit country for cannabis from Albania and Kosovo, and smaller amounts of other narcotics from the Middle East (heroine) and Latin America (cocaine),destined for the western Balkans and Western Europe. A small proportion of the smuggled na [...]
2008-11-03 16:46:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM MW
08PORTAUPRINCE73GOVERNMENTS ON HISPANIOLA DESIRE COOPERATION ON
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive, but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. A regional consultative meeting on travel document fraud, sponsored by the International Organization for Migration (IOM),brought together representatives of five Caribbean countries to discuss [...]
2008-01-15 16:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA CVIS SMIG
08PORTOFSPAIN55T&T CIVIL AVIATION DG OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT
[...] SUMMARY: The Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Trinidad and Tobago expressed optimism that a bilateral Open Skies civair agreement between the U.S. and Trinidad & Tobago could be reached as early as the end of 2008. END SUMMARY 2. In a meeting with EconOff, Ramesh Lutchmedi [...]
2008-01-29 11:33:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA TD
08PRAGUE246CUBA: CZECHS PROVIDE INSIGHTS ON SOFTENING
[...] (SBU) Summary: During her April 15 visit to Prague, WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Kirsten Madison engaged a wide range of Czech officials, parliamentarians, NGOs, and think tanks on Cuba. The Czech perspective on how to promote democratic change in Cuba dovetails closely with USG policy on Cu [...]
2008-04-21 12:55:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV PREL CU EZ EUN
08PRAGUE7072008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT,
[...] Summary: Illegal narcotics are imported to, manufactured in, and consumed in the Czech Republic. While the overall number of drug users in the country is relatively stable, the rates of use for marijuana, Ecstasy, and methamphetamines are among the highest in Europe. Marijuana, grown locally a [...]
2008-11-12 09:34:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ELAB PHUM SOCI EZ
08PRAGUE798 CZECH REPUBLIC: HOLOCAUST ERA ASSETS CONFERENCE IN JUNE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Top Czech officials are urging attendance at the highest possible level by the United States and 46 other invited countries at the June 26-30 2009 Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets (HEA). The Czechs see the conference as a follow up to the 1998 Washington Conference and [...]
2008-12-23 13:00:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EZ KNAR SCUL
08PRETORIA1003SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 9, 2008
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 19 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Activity Rebounds - Credit Data Points to a Further Rate Hike - Business Confidence Dips Again - Ford SA Secures Africa Exp [...]
2008-05-10 05:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA1057SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY
[...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, April 2008, Volume 3, Number 4, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- EMBASSY PRETORIA AND PARTNERS CELEBRATE EARTH DAY -- POWER SWITHCHED OFF [...]
2008-05-19 13:21:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ETRD SF
08PRETORIA1462AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ANC PRESIDENT ZUMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a cordial July 2 meeting with the Ambassador, a confident ANC President Jacob Zuma said he shared U.S. concerns about the deteriorating political and economic situation in Zimbabwe, but supported President Mbeki's approach toward the crisis. Like Mbeki, Zuma claimed that [...]
2008-07-07 14:48:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC OVIP SF
08PRETORIA1570MUGABE BIOGRAPHER SAYS MBEKI MEDIATION WILL FAIL;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mugabe biographer Heidi Holland doubts that the Zimbabwean leader is serious about the South African-led talks. Mugabe will continue to "run rings" around South African President Mbeki, as he has done for years. She fears a vengeful Mugabe is intent on destroying the Zimbabwean [...]
2008-07-17 15:23:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM PINR SF ZI
08PRETORIA1572MUGABE BIOGRAPHER SAYS MBEKI MEDIATION WILL FAIL;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mugabe biographer Heidi Holland doubts that the Zimbabwean leader is serious about the South African-led talks. Mugabe will continue to "run rings" around South African President Mbeki, as he has done for years. She fears a vengeful Mugabe is intent on destroying the Zimbabwean [...]
2008-07-18 07:45:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KDEM SF ZI
08PRETORIA1634 Donor Coordination on Health Issues
[...] (SBU) Summary: Health Minister Manto Tshabalala Msimang (Minister) at a recent high-level Annual Donor Consultation Meeting stressed that the national Department of Health (DOH) must coordinate donor efforts in the health arena in order to ensure equitable allocation of resources across provi [...]
2008-07-25 14:45:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI TBIO SENV EAID PGOV KHIV KSCA SF
08PRETORIA2515SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 14,
[...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 46 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Standard & Poor's Dim View of Rand, Rates - JSE Out of Favor, But Not Africa - The Final Frontier: Nando's Opens a Fast-Food Restaurant [...]
2008-11-14 14:46:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08PRETORIA271TELECOMMUNICATION LIBERALIZATION MOVING AT A
[...] (SBU) Summary. ICT Officer met with Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) officials to discuss implementation of the Electronic Communications Act (ECA). Market analysis, licensing, and spectrum management were identified as the main focus for implementation. ICASA ex [...]
2008-02-11 05:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD USTR SF
08PRETORIA2716SOUTH AFRICA FEELING THE HEAT ON ZIMBABWE CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: South African leaders have recently stepped up their level of activity and pronouncements on the Zimbabwe political and humanitarian crises. Former President Thabo Mbeki's facilitation team, without Mbeki, remain engaged with the political parties, pressing for the quick establish [...]
2008-12-15 16:33:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM
08PRETORIA527ADVISOR SHAIK SAYS ZUMA NOT SUPPORTED BY PARTY;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recently-elected ANC President Jacob Zuma is not receiving support from the party, according to informal Zuma advisor Moe Shaik. Mbeki "cleared out" the ANC headquarters, leaving the "exhausted" Zuma with little support staff. The top six ANC leaders are not working "in harmony [...]
2008-03-13 14:59:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SF
08PRETORIA772008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - SOUTH AFRICA
[...] (U) In response to Ref A, this cable presents post's 2008 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the 2008 Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2008 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment The [...]
2008-01-15 08:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR SF
08PRETORIA951SAG SENDS TEAM TO INVESTIGATE VIOLENCE IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) PolOff received identical readouts from Swedish and Irish diplomats who visited DFA Director: Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Tanzania Edward Xolisa Makaya separately on 06 May regarding the SAG's current position on Zimbabwe. Both diplomats said that they were told that the SA [...]
2008-05-06 16:41:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL SF ZI
08PRISTINA388KOSOVO: DONORS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Donors Conference held in Brussels on July 11 garnered 1.2 billion euro to support Kosovo's socio-economic development and gave the Kosovo Government a high-profile opportunity to tell its story, informing donors about progress made since independence and of its futur [...]
2008-07-21 16:32:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KV UNMIK
08RABAT1005CORRECTED COPY: MOROCCO PROVIDES DETAILED
[...] (S//NF) Summary: In response to a U.S. request, the Government of Morocco (GOM) recently provided detailed information, via diplomatic note to Embassy Rabat, on the backgrounds of two Moroccan citizens currently being held in the U.S. detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In the note, the GOM [...]
2008-10-20 07:07:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL KCRM MO
08RABAT1017RABAT'S COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETS IN
[...] (SBU) On October 16, the Japanese DCM convened the only G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting during Japan's presidency. Representatives of Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States participated, as did representatives of the European Union, [...]
2008-10-23 08:48:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EFIN MO
08RABAT1031SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS'S NOVEMBER 13-
[...] (SBU) Representative Lewis, we welcome you and your delegation to Morocco, our oldest and closest ally in the region. You will find a country that is "on the move," through a range of social, economic and political reforms aimed at making government more responsive to citizen concerns and en [...]
2008-10-27 17:16:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP ECON ETRD PREL PTER PGOV MO
08RABAT1109MOROCCANS MORE FORWARD-LEANING ON NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Moroccan government, research, and industry leaders told Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation Jackie Wolcott that the Kingdom is preparing the necessary infrastructure and legal and regulatory framework for nuclear power. According to the Minister of Energy, the decision [...]
2008-11-28 13:52:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY ETRD TNGD KNNP MO
08RABAT1177MOROCCO SUBMITS TRANSLATED COPIES OF SEISMIC
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office of Treaties and Legal Affairs sent to the U.S. Embassy December 19 final draft copies of the English, French, and Arabic translations of the Agreement Between The Government Of The United States Of America And The Government Of The Kingdom Of Morocc [...]
2008-12-19 18:20:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL TPHY KTBT KSCI KTIA MO
08RABAT1180MOROCCO: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) In response to Ref C request, this cable constitutes Embassy Morocco's draft submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism (see paragraphs below). The report is also being uploaded to Diplopedia. The Embassy Morocco point of contact for this report is David O'Connor (O'ConnorDR [...]
2008-12-22 16:30:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR MO
08RABAT183PRESS COVERAGE OF NEA A/S WELCH'S VISIT
[...] NEA A/S Welch's remarks to the press following his meeting with King Mohammed VI generated substantial positive local broadcast and print media coverage. Semi-private "2M" and government-run "SNRT" television both ran lengthy lead stories during their prime-time French- and Arabic-language ne [...]
2008-02-28 07:23:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO OVIP MO
08RABAT194NEA A/S WELCH AND DIRECTOR GENERAL MANSOURI REVIEW
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 25, Director General for Studies and Documentation (DGED) Mohamed Yassine Mansouri (the Moroccan equivalent of the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency) and NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and his party had a cordial and frank two-hour exchange on regional i [...]
2008-03-03 11:32:00Embassy RabatSECRETPREL PINS OVIP MO
08RABAT4SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JOHNSON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Mission warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Morocco. Your visit, the third by a congressional delegation in the New Year, following visits by delegations headed by Senators Martinez and Harkin, will help to underscore the importance the United States accords to our r [...]
2008-01-03 16:21:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP ECON EAID PGOV PREL SENV MO
08RABAT463KINGDOM OF MOROCCO FORMALLY ACCEPTS AND ENDORSES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-20 17:29:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP MO
08RABAT572MOROCCO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 16:14:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SCUL UNESCO MO
08RABAT573MOROCCO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UNESCO DIRECTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 16:22:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SCUL UNESCO MO
08RABAT574CORRECTED COPY: MOROCCO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-20 16:27:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA MO
08RABAT819MOROCCO: MOJ READY TO SET DATE FOR MLAT
[...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Secretary General Mohammed Lididi said that discussions leading toward a renegotiation of the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) currently in force between the Government of Morocco (GOM) and the USG are a "high priority" for his ministry. Although [...]
2008-09-02 15:31:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALCJAN PREL KJUS KCRM MO
08RABAT850LEGAL ADVISOR'S DISCUSSION WITH MOROCCAN
[...] (C) Summary: Legal Advisor John Bellinger met with Moroccan intelligence chief Mohamed Yasinne Mansouri in Rabat on September 7 to discuss issues related to the repatriation of prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GITMO). Bellinger praised Morocco's cooperation on GTMO repatriations. Man [...]
2008-09-10 12:19:00Embassy RabatSECRETPHUM PHSA PREL PTER MO
08RANGOON3083D FUND ANNUAL REVIEW SHOWS POSITIVE RESULTS, IDENTIFIES CHALLENGES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 10:32:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM
08RANGOON309BURMA: MONITORING THE 3D FUND
[...] (C) Summary. The 3 Diseases Fund (3DF),the largest and newest donor in Burma's health sector, has taken steps during the past year to improve the administration of its programs. Aware that monitoring and evaluation (M/E) of its programs are key to securing future funding from donors, the 3D [...]
2008-05-02 10:39:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALSOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM
08RANGOON844BURMA: ANALYZING 3D FUND'S OPERATIONS
[...] (C) The Three Diseases Fund (3DF),the single largest health donor in Burma, has successfully worked for the past 18 months to reduce the morbidity and mortality rates of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB),and malaria, according to 3DF Manager Mikko Lainejoki. The 3DF's mandate prevents it from f [...]
2008-10-29 09:48:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALSOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM
08RANGOON963D FUND PROMOTING HEALTH CARE THROUGHOUT BURMA
[...] (SBU) Summary. After getting off to a slow start, the 3 Diseases Fund (3DF),run by UNOPS, has started moving: 26 implementing partners are fulfilling 38 health contracts worth $21 million in 300 townships throughout the country. 3DF activities target the most vulnerable and under-served po [...]
2008-02-08 06:26:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM
08REYKJAVIK270 ICELAND REACHES AGREEMENT ON ICESAVE, OPENING DOOR FOR IMF
[...] (SBU) The governments of Iceland, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands came to an agreement November 16 on the compensation for deposits held in Icesave accounts, the online savings accounts offered by now-nationalized Landsbanki. The Icelandic government will pay the first EUR 20,000 (25,3 [...]
2008-11-17 16:30:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV IC
08RIODEJANEIRO337BRAZIL OIL & GAS - BID ROUND 10
[...] Summary. On December 18, 2008, Brazil held its 10th Bid Round to license oil and gas exploration rights. Unlike past auctions, Bid Round 10 only offered onshore blocks (offshore opportunities are on hold until the government decides how it wants to handle the "pre-salt" region). Results of [...]
2008-12-18 19:03:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIYADH107CANADIAN FM IN SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Canadian FM Bernier visited Saudi Arabia on January 9-11. Bernier met with various SAG officials, including Saudi King Abdullah. Topics included aid to the Palestinians, Syria/Lebanon, Iran's nuclear ambitions, operations in Afghanistan, UN make-up and commercial interests. T [...]
2008-01-26 14:34:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALAF CA FATAH IR IS MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SA
08RIYADH1078THE VISIT OF THE MNF-I COMMANDER TO THE KINGDOM OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) Commander David Petraeus met with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and the primary cabinet officials responsible for the national security of Saudi Arabia. The meetings were frank yet quite cordial and appeared to establish Petraeus as an off [...]
2008-07-13 08:34:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMARR MASS MCAP PGOV PINS PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1090INTERFAITH DIALOGUE IN MADRID - AGENDA AND MUSLIM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Muslim World League (MWL),under the auspices of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has organized a global interfaith dialogue in Madrid from July 16-18 (Reftels). This is a ground breaking event as the Saudis have organized an event that puts Christianity and Judais [...]
2008-07-15 05:59:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALASEC CIA EU EUN KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1119SAUDI MESSAGE TO EMBASSY RIYADH RE: SETTLEMENTS
[...] (C) Post has received a diplomatic note from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs soliciting support for the Arab Group's draft resolution on Israeli settlements. The dip note contains the following text: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia presents its com [...]
2008-07-19 13:57:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL KWBG PA PGOV PREL PTER UNSC
08RIYADH1211DEMARCHE TO THE SAUDIS ON POTENTIAL DEPORTATION OF
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Early on the morning of August 6, the Charge' d'Affaires contacted Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Adel al-Jubeir and MOI Major General Dr. Sa'd al-Jabry regarding the case of fourteen Indian Christians in Taif who are awaiting deportation (reftel A). The Charge' explained the poten [...]
2008-08-06 14:36:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKIRF PGOV PHUM SA
08RIYADH1268KACST PRESIDENT ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para nine. 2. (S) SUMMARY: POL/ECON counselor met with President of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) Dr. Mohamed Al-Suwaiyel on August 12 following the announcement that the Saudi Council of Ministers approved bringing into f [...]
2008-08-18 13:45:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL KNNP PARM ENRG SA
08RIYADH1270SAUDIS FIND THEIR VOICE ON INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Public opinion on religious tolerance in Saudi Arabia continues to develop in the wake of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz's Madrid Conference on Interfaith Dialogue. Senior SAG officials railed against the USG's lack of public support after the Conference concluded. Conservative S [...]
2008-08-19 04:55:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETASEC CIA EU EUN KDEM KISL KMDR KPAO PGOV
08RIYADH1283MEETING WITH CONTROVERSIAL SHI'A SHEIKH NIMR
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In an August 13 meeting with PolOff, controversial Shi'a sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr sought to distance himself from previously reported pro-Iranian and anti-American statements, instead adopting a less radical tone on topics such as the relationship between Iran and the Saudi Sh [...]
2008-08-23 05:31:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNKIRF KISL PINR PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1321SHI'A POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA'S
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Shi'a of the Eastern Province (EP) - located primarily in the oases of Qatif and al-Ahsa - comprise the vast majority of the Saudi Shi'a, the largest minority in the Kingdom. With strong socio-religious ties to Iran, and residing on lands holding one quarter of the world's [...]
2008-08-27 23:22:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNKIRF KISL PINR PREL PTER PGOV PINS SA
08RIYADH1346SAUDIS REQUEST USG SUPPORT FOR U.N. SESSION ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal will call for UN endorsement of Saudi King Abdullah's Interfaith Dialogue initiative in his address to the upcoming 2008 U.N. General Assembly. A Saudi MFA official revealed that t [...]
2008-09-02 04:35:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALASEC CIA EU EUN KDEM KISL KMDR KPAO PGOV
08RIYADH1504KING ABDULLAH APPOINTS WORLD CLASS BOARD OF TRUSTESS FOR
[...] Summary. On October 3 King Abdullah decreed the appointment of the first Board of Trustees of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The King intends that KAUST be a world-class, co-educational research institute at the graduate level, with English as the language of inst [...]
2008-10-08 08:21:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV ENRG PINR OEXC SCUL SA
08RIYADH1574SAUDI KING TO ATTEND UNGA INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
[...] (C) KING ABDALLAH TO NEW YORK: During an October 18 meeting, FM Saud Al-Faisal confirmed to Ambassador Fraker that King Abdallah would address the UNGA meeting requested by the Saudis to discuss their interfaith dialogue initiative. The King will travel to New York accompanied by a very large [...]
2008-10-22 07:44:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL SA
08RIYADH1579UPDATED SAUDI VIEWS ON JCCIP IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with Assistant Minister of Interior Prince Mohammed bin Nayif bin 'abd al-'Aziz (MBN) to discuss the next steps in implementation of the Joint Commission for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Border Security (JCCIP). MBN reiterated the urgency posed by the [...]
2008-10-22 08:01:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETECON ENRG EPET MARR MCAP MOPS OVP PGOV PREL
08RIYADH1619SAG AGREES TO USG STEPS TO PROTECT OIL FACILITIES
[...] (U) This is an Action Request, see paragraph 11. 2. (S) SUMMARY. The Joint Commssion on Critical Infrastructure Protection and Border Security (JCCIP) initiative in Saudi Arabia made significant progress this week. On October 27, a Department of Energy delegation led by DOE DAS Wm. Bryan, with Am [...]
2008-10-29 10:12:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETECON ENRG EPET MARR MCAP MOPS OVP PGOV PREL
08RIYADH1629THE SAUDI PUBLIC POSITION ON G-20 SUMMIT ISSUES
[...] (C) In response to the specific questions in ref A, Post provides the following answers concerning Saudi attitudes towards the November 15 G-20 financial summit: a. (C) Based on public comments made by host government officials, what are the country's likely objectives in attending the summi [...]
2008-10-29 13:26:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN SA
08RIYADH1648SAG FORMALLY REQUESTS OPM-FSF
[...] (S) On Nov. 1, the Saudi Ministry of Interior presented to AmEmbassy Riyadh a formal Letter of Request (LOR) addressed to U.S. Central Command requesting the USG the establish the Office of Program Management - Facilities Security Force (OPM-FSF) to train and equip Saudi forces to protect Saudi [...]
2008-11-03 07:09:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETECON ENRG EPET MARR MCAP MOPS OVP PGOV PREL
08RIYADH1657SAUDI INTELLECTUALS CALL FOR FAST IN SUPPORT OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of thirteen Saudi intellectuals has called a November 8-9 fast to protest the detentions of eleven individuals they claim are being held for their political beliefs. Word of the protest has spread via the Internet, with like-minded Saudis invited to join. The intellectua [...]
2008-11-04 13:36:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PTER SA
08RIYADH1659SAUDI ARABIA: SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER
[...] (S) On behalf of the US Mission to Saudi Arabia, I welcome you back to the Kingdom. As you are aware, your visit coincides with King Abdullah,s trip to the United States, thus the King and several senior ministers will not be in country. Your schedule includes meetings with Crown Prince Sultan [...]
2008-11-04 13:51:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL SA
08RIYADH1663DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT,S MEETING WITH SAUDI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 08:09:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EINV PREL EPET KIPR SA
08RIYADH1823THE SAG TAPS SAUDI ARAMCO TO FILL KEY POSITIONS
[...] (C) Summary. The Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) has increasingly looked to Saudi Aramco executives to fill important ministerial-level positions and ambassadorships. Three former Aramco executives have been named to Ambassadorships to the UN, China and Japan in the past year alone; with a pos [...]
2008-12-20 15:36:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR
08RIYADH1848GUIDANCE ON SAG'S CHILD CUSTODY AND PRESIDENTIAL
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Saudi Arabian Government formally requested Presidential pardons for three Saudi nationals currently imprisoned in the U.S. via a diplomatic note received by the Embassy on December 17. The note also asked for updates on the status of chil [...]
2008-12-23 13:50:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN OPDC PREL SA
08RIYADH1871SAUDI PUBLIC OUTRAGED OVER GAZA
[...] (U) OFFICIAL CONDEMNATIONS: Saudi King Abdallah, Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal and other officials have strongly condemned the Israeli action and called on the U.S. to intervene to end the bloodshed. The King received Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his farm outside Riyadh on Decem [...]
2008-12-29 15:26:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL EG IS LE PGOV SA
08RIYADH291C-NE7-01842: SAUDI-QATAR RELATIONS WARMING; WILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi-Qatar relations appear to be warming, however, there is little evidence of long-term improvements. The Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) told PolOff during a February 13 meeting that Saudi-Qatar tensions are not played out [...]
2008-02-20 14:17:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR QA SA
08RIYADH293BILLIONAIRE AL-SANE,A ON INVESTMENTS, ECONOMY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 18, 2008, Ambassador Fraker met with Ma'an al-Sane'a in the Saudi billionaire's elaborate al-Khobar offices. During the meeting, the Saad Group Chairman revealed various aspects of his current business plans, most notably his company's lower leverage profile, new two [...]
2008-02-21 13:53:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR SA
08RIYADH326SAUDI ARABIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Chapter Headings: -- Openness to Foreign Investment -- Conversion and Transfer Policies -- Expropriation and Compensation -- Dispute Settlement -- Performance Requirements and Incentives -- Right to Private Ownership and Establishment -- Protection of Property Rights -- Transparency of R [...]
2008-02-26 13:53:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR SA
08RIYADH365SAUDI LEADERSHIP KEENLY INTERESTED IN PEACEFUL
[...] (S) Summary: Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Patricia McNerney led an 8-person delegation to Riyadh, February 26-27, to consult with senior Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) officials about possible U.S. engagement with the Kingdom on civilian nuclear [...]
2008-03-04 16:26:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKCIP KGIC KNNP SA PREL IR PINR PGOV
08RIYADH434UN FOCUSES ON VIOLENCE AGAINST SAUDI WOMEN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 09:10:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KISL SA
08RIYADH610SAUDIS REQUEST SUPPORT IN UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION
[...] Post received the following request for support in the Universal Postal Union elections via diplomatic note on April 7, 2008. 2. Begin text: The Ministry has the honor to inform the Embassy that the Government of Saudi Arabia hopes to be re-elected to the Universal Postal Union Administr [...]
2008-04-13 08:17:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECPS UPU SZ SA
08RIYADH639SAUDI AMBASSADOR ON KING'S THINKING REGARDING
[...] (S) Summary: In an April 17 meeting with the Charge' d'Affaires, Saudi Ambassador to the United States and Royal Advisor Adel al-Jubeir reaffirmed King Abdullah's strong interest in announcing or concluding agreements on visa reciprocity, Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP),and nuclear c [...]
2008-04-18 10:23:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETCVIS ECON ENRG IAEA KNNP PARM PINR PREL SA
08RIYADH72SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S VISIT TO THE
[...] Summary: Saudi print media has focused over the past week on President Bush's visit to the region and more specifically on his meetings with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and his activities in Riyadh during his January 14-16 stay in the Kingdom. Reports on the President's official mee [...]
2008-01-17 17:40:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL OIIP SA
08RIYADH791DAMMAM MUNICIPAL COUNCIL UPDATE: PUBLIC CORRUPTION
[...] SUMMARY: (C) The city of Dammam continues to be embroiled in a confrontation of governance, pitting four elected members of the Municipal Council against Eastern Province Mayor Dhaifallah al-Otaibi and Council Chairperson, Khalid al-Faleh, an appointed member and the second-in-charge of Saudi [...]
2008-05-19 17:16:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKCOR KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL SA
08ROME1053IAEA/CSC: ITALY WILL CONSIDER NUCLEAR LIABILITY CONVENTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Italian Government (GOI) officials have acknowledged the need to "dust off the files" on Italy's ratification of the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC),which has languished for a decade. They raised CSC ratification in a July 7 meeting with indu [...]
2008-08-18 15:09:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY ENRG KNNP KSTC IAEA PARM SENV IT
08ROME126INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 - ITALY
[...] SUMMARY: While the Government of Italy (GOI) continues to court foreign investors, economic reforms or other steps to ensure a more welcoming investment climate have been modest. Recent positive developments include passage of a more efficient bankruptcy law and the incorporation of the EU T [...]
2008-01-29 10:20:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
08ROME1337BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT AND IPR -- FIRST SIGNS OF LIFE
[...] (C) Summary: Fabrizio Mazza, head of the Intellectual Property Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hopes to see the GOI form an interministerial committee to deal with IPR, particularly Internet piracy, and would also like to see discussion of Internet Piracy featured in G-8 meetings durin [...]
2008-11-05 10:24:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD IT KIPR PGOV
08ROME1530MOVING FORWARD ON COORDINATED NATIONAL MEASURES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The December 12 meeting in Rome of the "likeminded group" that focused on the implementation of national measures on Iran usefully brought Australia, Canada, Japan, and the Republic of Korea into the group (previously limited to France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the Unite [...]
2008-12-17 13:06:00Embassy RomeSECRETKNNP ENRG ETTC PARM IR IT
08ROME988U/S ROOD DISCUSSES IRAN, MISSILE DEFENSE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Italian MFA Political Director Terzi thanked U/S Rood on June 23 for the U.S. assistance in including Italy in pre P5+1 consultations on Iran. He said Italy was pushing for stronger EU measures against Iran and wanted to include a robust discussion of Iran by the Quint on the m [...]
2008-08-05 12:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL MNUC MCAP MARR NATO ETTC KNNP IAEA
08SANAA1973SAUDI AMBASSADOR PROVIDES INFORMATION ON YEMENI
[...] (C) On December 6, Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Ali al-Hamdan passed to the Ambassador information on Faris Mana'a. Mana'a, one of Yemen's most successful weapons smugglers, has long been known to have a curiously close relationship with President Saleh, who once brought him into a meeting with [...]
2008-12-08 06:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPINR PARM PTER PGOV YM
08SANAA88PART TWO OF TWO: YEMEN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel A, part two of Yemen's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement follows. This second section covers protection of property rights, transparency of the regulatory system, efficient capital markets and portfolio investment, political violence, corrup [...]
2008-01-15 11:37:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC YM
08SANTODOMINGO1953(C) GODR BLAMES 'EXPLOSIVE' LEGISLATOR FOR SEA
[...] (C) Summary: On December 15, the Ambassadors from the United Kingdom, United States and Japan demarched Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols regarding concerns about the Dominican Republic's expanded sea boundary claims under a 2007 law. Trullols said the Foreign Ministry opposed this [...]
2008-12-22 14:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALSENV ECON EFTA PBTS PREL DR
08SANTODOMINGO1973DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT
[...] The 2009 Investment Climate Update for the Dominican Republic. ---------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- 2. While the Dominican government welcomes foreign investment, significant systemic problems can make investing in the [...]
2008-12-30 14:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB PGOV DR
08SEOUL1141INVITATION TO CONFERENCE IN SEOUL ON UNITED
[...] (C) MOFAT delivered a diplomatic note to Post on June 3 concerning a Letter of Invitation to the International Conference on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, titled, "United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Major Achievements and Implications for Policy Development," to be held in Seoul [...]
2008-06-05 07:31:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKS PGOV PHUM UN
08SEOUL1808PRESS BULLETIN - September 11, 2008
[...] Preparing for a Post-Kim Jong-il North Korea (Dong-a Ilbo, September 11, 2008, Page 27) 2. A Sick State (JoongAng Ilbo, September 11, 2008, Page 30) 3. Talk of Kim Jong-il Being Ill Tests Our Crisis Management (Hankook Ilbo, September 11, 2008, Page 39) 4. Act, Don't Overreact, To Rumors a [...]
2008-09-11 06:44:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
08SEOUL2408NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - NOVEMBER 2008
[...] (U) DPRK Bond Prices Low and Falling: Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported November 7 by quoting Exotix Limited, a United Kingdom-based investment bank, regarding North Korean bond prices -- "The price has fallen since July this year. The market then was in the mid 20 cents, but it is now in the te [...]
2008-12-16 05:56:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
08SEOUL2446ROK EXPERT ON NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Professor Yoon Yeosang, President of NKDB (Database Center for North Korean Human Rights),in a December 9 meeting with Poloff, said DPRK authorities seemed recently to be adhering to two points of the North Korean criminal code they had previously ignored: limiting detention peri [...]
2008-12-22 00:14:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL KS KN
08SEOUL573ROKG RESPONSE TO TEMPORARY DENIAL ORDER ON
[...] (S/NF) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division Director Lee Jang-keun on March 21. Director Lee said he would urge the relevant ROK authorities and business interests to cooperate with this request and [...]
2008-03-21 07:33:00Embassy SeoulSECRET//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM IR KS
08SHANGHAI418AIG FACING FURTHER REGULATORY PRESSURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A top AIG official in China on September 25 described disruptive new reporting requirements from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC). These are having a significant impact on AIG's operations in China, and AIG is working with regulators to institute more workable com [...]
2008-09-25 09:57:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV PREL ECON CH
08SHANGHAI419AIG FACING FURTHER REGULATORY PRESSURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A top AIG official in China on September 25 described disruptive new reporting requirements from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC). These are having a significant impact on AIG's operations in China, and AIG is working with regulators to institute more workable com [...]
2008-09-25 10:09:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV PREL ECON CH
08SHANGHAI552SHANGHAI LEGAL EMPLOYMENT MARKET HIT BY ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
[...] (SBU) Expansion of Shanghai's legal employment market appears to have come to a sudden halt. Partners at Chinese and international law firms report a hiring freeze, but they said their firms have not yet begun layoffs. Law students express frustration trying to find legal employment. Profess [...]
2008-12-17 00:46:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI ECON CH
08SHANGHAI570ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY - A LOCAL UNIVERSITY WITH A GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) During a November 17-18 visit to Hangzhou, the Consul General (CG) met Zhejiang University President Yang Wei and discussed the university's international network, strategies to promote international student exchanges, collaborative research, scientific innovation and visa issues. Zheji [...]
2008-12-23 02:51:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL CVIS KIPR ECON TBIO TRGY SENV CH
08SINGAPORE1059 GIC ISSUES FIRST ANNUAL REPORT IN BID FOR TRANSPARENCY
[...] Summary: In a bid to provide greater transparency and allay global concerns over sovereign wealth funds, Singapore's state-owned Government Investment Corporation (GIC) issued its first annual report offering some details on the operations of one of the world's largest and more secretive inve [...]
2008-09-30 09:03:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON SN
08SINGAPORE1127DEPOSIT INSURANCE DOMINOS FALLING ACROSS SE ASIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Last week, Southeast Asian governments' limited deposit insurance schemes fell like dominos. Even though authorities insist that their financial systems are strong, expansions of deposit insurance in competitor jurisdictions outside Southeast Asia, especially Hong Kong, Austra [...]
2008-10-21 09:18:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SN
08SINGAPORE143IMF REFORM: ECONOMISTS, OFFICIALS AT SINGAPORE CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Asian economists and officials attending a Singapore conference agreed that the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) voting and board structure must change to become more representative of Asia's dynamic economies. Despite low participation by Asian officials and regulators in [...]
2008-02-06 09:13:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EINV SN
08SINGAPORE34SINGAPORE - 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided via email a Microsoft Word version of the document to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. (SBU) Begin text of Statement: Singapore 2008 [...]
2008-01-10 07:27:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR
08SOFIA713STRATEGY FOR EXPANDING BULGARIAN ENGAGEMENT IN
[...] (NATO CONFIDENTIAL REL/UK) Summary. Bulgaria has 470 soldiers in Afghanistan (up from 80 in 2006),most of whom are in Kandahar. The Bulgarians will add their first Operational Mentor and Liaison Team (OMLT),in cooperation with the Tennessee National Guard, to Kandahar in February 2009. [...]
2008-11-07 09:12:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR BU
08STATE102737UNSC MINISTERIAL-LEVEL MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (SBU) This is an action message. Please see paragraphs three and four. USUN should seek to delay by several weeks, if possible, a meeting of the Security Council at the Ministerial level proposed by Saudi Arabia and the Arab Group to discuss the issue of Israeli settlements. If a meeting is [...]
2008-09-25 17:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL IS LE SY
08STATE103528INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXTENSION OF TERM OF OFFICE OF
[...] This is an action cable. USUN is instructed to join consensus on the draft UN Security Council resolution in para 2 below that extends the term of office of ICTY judges. If there are substantial changes to the text of the resolution USUN is requested to seek additional instruction prior to a [...]
2008-09-27 06:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM
08STATE105096FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN MEETING AT THE UN
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. A/S Richard Boucher, SCA AFGHANISTAN Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta AUSTRALIA Foreign Minister Stephen Smith CANADA Ambassador John McNee, Permanent Representative to the UN [...]
2008-10-01 21:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC UNAMA UNGA KDEM EAID MARR MASS MOPS UN
08STATE105173IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) OBJECTIVE: To reaffirm the importance of implementing all UN Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs) adopted on Iran following the adoption of UNSCR 1835. 3. (U) BACKGROUND: On Saturday, 27 September 2008, the UN Securi [...]
2008-10-02 01:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR MNUC PARM
08STATE108896FUTURE U.S. SUPPORT FOR GERMAN-LED BORDER EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The United States remains committed to helping Lebanon control its porous border with Syria, but will not contribute directly to the eastward expansion of Germany's mismanaged Northern Border Pilot Proj [...]
2008-10-10 14:33:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KPAL SY LE GM
08STATE109267USUN INSTRUCTION: UPDATE LIBERIA SANCTIONS LISTS
[...] This is an action request; see para 3. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. The UK Mission to the United Nations in New York has bilaterally expressed its desire to propose updates to the UNSC Liberia Sanctions Committee's lists of individuals subject to the measures imposed by paragraph 4 [...]
2008-10-10 23:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN UNSC LI
08STATE109919Second Meeting of the GNEP Reliable Nuclear Fuel Services
[...] Summary. The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Working Group on Reliable Nuclear Fuel Services held its second meeting September 3 - 4 2008 in Vienna Austria. The Group decided to establish two sub-groups, one on fact-finding and a second on the back end of the fuel cycle. The Fact Fin [...]
2008-10-14 21:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP TRGY AU
08STATE112701IRELAND: TIP ACTION GUIDE TO COMBAT TIP
[...] This is an action request (see para 5). 2. The 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report rates countries as Tier 2 when host governments are not meeting the minimum standards to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA),but are making signif [...]
2008-10-22 21:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN KTIP PHUM PREL SMIG EI
08STATE11440363RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE: U.S. RESOLUTION ON
[...] - These changes are designed to clarify that all agreements, obligations, and commitments undertaken in the non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament arenas are important and to encourage support for capacity building and assistance for such upon request. - We believe tha [...]
2008-10-27 21:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM UNGA CDG PREL
08STATE115017APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE
[...] (U) Classified by Bill Lucas, Director, EUR/ERA. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 18. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold two meetings in early November: an informal gathering (Gymnich) in Marseille on November 3 and a formal Genera [...]
2008-10-28 23:33:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ETRD IR AF EUN IS LE PK RS SO SY
08STATE115454PREVENTING IRAN'S ACQUISITION OF NEW SUPPLIES OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVES FOR ASTANA AND TASHKENT: -- In coordination UK counterparts in country, Embassies Astana and Tashkent should convey to appropriate host government officials continuing U.S. concerns regarding possible Iranian at [...]
2008-10-29 20:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG ETTC IR MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE115948PSI: OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN PARIS,
[...] The seventeenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Paris, France on September 25-26, 2008. Delegations from the 20 OEG countries participated. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be pas [...]
2008-10-30 19:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE115964PSI: OPERATIONAL EXPERT GROUP MEETING IN PARIS,
[...] The seventeenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Paris, France on September 25-26, 2008. Delegations from the 20 OEG countries participated. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be pas [...]
2008-10-30 19:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE116392(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: PALESTINIAN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on Palestinian Issues (paragraph 3-end) and encourages Department personnel at post to assist in compiling Palestinian biographic information (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD results f [...]
2008-10-31 15:25:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR KSPR ECON KPAL PREL PTER XF
08STATE116428NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the UN General Assembly,s First Committee meeting in New York, ISN/MNSA Director Marguerita Ragsdale, joined by Deputy Director Scott Davis, held informal bilaterals on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) issues October 13-15 with Australia, Brazil, Canada, [...]
2008-10-31 15:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAORC AS BR CA CH EG ENRG FR ID JA KNNP MNUC NZ
08STATE116615UN FOCAL POINT DELISTING REQUEST FOR KHALAF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. (SBU) In June 2008, lawyers for Khalaf Al-Dulimi petitioned on behalf of Al-Dulimi (an Iraqi citizen resident in Jordan) and his company Montana Management Inc. [...]
2008-10-31 20:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL PTER UNSC
08STATE116806BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050100840 for the export of C-130 spare parts to Jordan. Embassy is requested to complete t [...]
2008-11-03 14:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC JO
08STATE117570CHINA-PAKISTAN CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 12-13. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S/NF) Following the return of Pakistani President Zardari from China, FM Sheh Mahmood Quereshi was quoted in the media announcing new civil nuclear cooperation with China to build two additional nuclea [...]
2008-11-04 22:39:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL PGOV PTER PK EAID ECON EFIN CH ETTC AORC
08STATE118079US POLICY ON RECONCILIATION IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary and action request: Department is releasing this message to reiterate interagency agreed guidance on reconciliation with the Taliban and insurgent leaders (reftel A) in light of recent press reporting. Posts are requested to draw upon background paragraphs with host government in [...]
2008-11-05 20:42:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AF
08STATE120153MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): 2008
[...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the press statement issued at the conclusion of the November 2008 Canberra MTCR Plenary. Addressee and info addressee posts may share this statement with interested parties as appropriate. Further information on the results of the Plenary will be forthcoming [...]
2008-11-12 18:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMTCRE PREL PARM KSCA TSPA ETTC
08STATE121002RESPONSE TO CANADIAN REQUEST ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE FOR OTTAWA: -- To inform appropriate Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) interlocutors that ISN discussed coordination on Iran non-proliferation objectives with First Secretary [...]
2008-11-14 14:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG ETTC IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE122070BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050088569 for the export of cannons to Trinidad & Tobago. Post is requested to complete this B [...]
2008-11-17 22:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TD
08STATE122098URGENT ACTION NEEDED FROM UZBEKISTAN TO ADDRESS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6 and 7. ------------------ SUMMARY ------------------ 2. (S//NF) Washington is considering options for USG implementation of the October 16 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) call for strengthened preventive measures against Uzb [...]
2008-11-18 00:11:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN KCRM PGOV PINR PREL UZ
08STATE123081OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
[...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- to pursue reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; and, -- to defeat three resolutions reaffirming the [...]
2008-11-20 01:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA IS PA LE SY
08STATE124486U.S. RESPONSE TO REQUEST FROM CYPRUS FOR OSCE
[...] This is an action message; please see para 6 below. 2. (SBU) On October 29, 2008, the Defense Minister of the Republic of Cyprus formally requested from OSCE participating States technical assistance with the destruction of 324 SA-7s MANPADS and their gripstocks (Ref A). At that time the [...]
2008-11-24 20:11:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALCY MARR MAS NATO OSCE PARM PREL
08STATE125172DEMARCHE: SUPPORTING EXPANSION OF THE AFGHAN
[...] (C) This is an action telegram, please see para 3. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: NATO Foreign Ministers will meet in Brussels December 2-3 to discuss the key issues facing the Alliance in 2009. Foremost among those issues will be our mission in Afghanistan. A key priority in that context will be supp [...]
2008-11-26 01:03:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAF MARR MOPS NATO PREL
08STATE125339INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE INDUSTRY AIDING IRAN,S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. (E4 1) have discussed the adoption of additional national measures to increase the pressure on Iran to end its proliferation-sensiti [...]
2008-11-26 15:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR GM
08STATE125441INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs three and four. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. (E4 1) have agreed to pursue additional national measures to increase the pressure on Iran to end its proliferation-sensiti [...]
2008-11-26 17:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM
08STATE125496JOINT DEMARCHE WITH EUROPEAN LIKEMINDED ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5-6. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE: To participate in a joint demarche with France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom to the Government of Switzerland to prompt its implementation of national sanctions measures on Iran. 3. (SBU) BACKGROU [...]
2008-11-26 18:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM IR
08STATE125551SUBSTANTIVE REVISION: INCREASING FINANCIAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs three and four. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. (E4 1) have agreed to pursue additional national measures to increase the pressure on Iran to end its proliferation-sensiti [...]
2008-11-26 19:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM
08STATE125658COORDINATED DEMARCHE ON IRAN WITH EUROPEAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE: To participate in a joint demarche with France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom to the Republic of Korea and Malaysia regarding the implementation of national sanctions measures on Iran. 3. (SBU) BACKGR [...]
2008-11-26 22:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR
08STATE1265REQUEST TO ALLIES FOR NEW DEMARCHE TO CHINA REGARDING CHINA'S JANUARY 2007 ANTI-SATELLITE TEST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-06 19:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PARM MNUC MARR CH
08STATE126579SOMALIA: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNSC RESOLUTION
[...] The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy, to be considered on Tuesday, December 2. 2. Begin text: The Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions concerning the situation in Somalia, especially resolution [...]
2008-12-02 00:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE127071UPCOMING MEETING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE: To inform our outreach partners in Australia, Canada, Japan, and South Korea that they will soon be contacted by the Government of Italy to participate in a meeting in Rome on 12 December 2008 to discuss the impl [...]
2008-12-02 23:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EMIN ENRG ETTC EUN IR JA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE128877RESPONSE TO SAUDI REQUEST FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S//REL SAU) During the week of 13 October and in response to ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney's encouragement to help increase pressure on Iran to change course, Saudi MFA Undersecretar [...]
2008-12-08 17:33:00Secretary of StateSECRETEFIN IR KNNP PARM PINR PREL
08STATE129841DEMARCHE: PROSPECTS FOR REFORM IN 2009 SAUDI
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) With Saudi Arabia scheduled to appoint a new Majlis al-Shoura in April 2009 and to hold municipal elections in June 2009, the Department is formulating an elections strategy per the framework of post,s democracy strategy. [...]
2008-12-10 19:58:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM SA
08STATE129873APPROACHES TO EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) OBJECTIVES: To thank Israel for its interest in coordinated demarches to East Asian countries on increasing financial pressures on Iran, to provide an update on our current coordinated demarches with the UK, France, Germany a [...]
2008-12-10 20:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEFIN IR IS KNNP PREL XE
08STATE129941HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FORMATION OF CONTACT GROUP
[...] (C) The Secretary will participate in a Ministerial at the UN Security Council on December 16 that we expect will adopt a resolution calling for intensified and coordinated international efforts against piracy off the Horn of Africa. We plan to build on this resolution to seek establishment of [...]
2008-12-10 22:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08STATE130200INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. (E4 1) have agreed to pursue additional national measures to increase the pressure on Iran to end its proliferation-sensitive nuclear [...]
2008-12-11 16:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM
08STATE131277ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S DECEMBER 8 MEETING
[...] (S) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried met December 8, 2008 with Turkish Undersecretary Apakan and a delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a two-hour discussion on European issues as part of the Shared Vision strategic dialogue. They covered U.S.-Turkish cooperation and share [...]
2008-12-15 17:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PGOV TU
08STATE132095INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. (E4 1) have agreed to pursue additional national measures to increase the pressure on Iran to end its proliferation-sensitive nuclear [...]
2008-12-17 16:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP MNUC IR GM
08STATE132140ACTION FOR CONTINUING IRAQI COALITION EMBASSIES
[...] (C) Department requests Embassies Bucharest, San Salvador, and Tallinn, along with USNATO, share the text in para. four with host governments and NATO soonest to determine whether the formulation meets those governments'/NATO's requirements for authorities and protections for their forces in Ir [...]
2008-12-17 18:13:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAS EN ES IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK RO NATO
08STATE132759PREPARING THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) This is an action message for all posts. See paras 12-29. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended, requires the Department t [...]
2008-12-19 03:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
08STATE133199INVITATION TO CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY
[...] This is an action request. UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1851, adopted unanimously on December 16, 2008, calls for the establishment of a mechanism for international cooperation to deal with all aspects of combating piracy off Somalia,s coast. Pursuant to resolution 1851, the U.S has [...]
2008-12-20 01:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08STATE133455SOMALIA - DECEMBER 16, 2008 COMMUNIQUE OF THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia met December 16 at the United Nations (UN) in New York to discuss Somalia's ongoing political process, security issues, reconstruction, and the humanitarian situation (reported septel). The meeting concluded with the adoption of a [...]
2008-12-22 16:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KPKO SO
08STATE133493U.S. PROPOSAL FOR PIRACY MOU
[...] (U) This an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3. MOU text is provided SEPCOR. ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Post is requested to demarche host government officials to pursue the following objectives: -- Deliver the proposed Memorandum of Understanding [...]
2008-12-22 17:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT MARR MOPS PHSA PREL SO XA XW
08STATE1335SUBJECT: SUDAN - SUPPORT FOR JOINT INTEGRATED
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) Sudan,s Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),signed on January 9, 2005, calls for the formation of Joint-Integrated Units (JIUs) comprised of forces from the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudan People,s Liberation Army (SPL [...]
2008-01-07 13:38:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU
08STATE133750INVITATION TO PIRACY CONTACT GROUP PRE-MEETING
[...] This is an action request. Per reftel A, Assistant Secretary-level officials from 26 states and organizations are invited to the inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) on January 13-14, 2009 in New York City. There will be a pre-CGSP meeting on the 13th with eight key [...]
2008-12-22 23:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08STATE134229DEMARCHE: U.S. DRAFTED SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Department requests posts urge host governments to support our redrafted United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution (in paragraph 10 below),establishing a UN peacekeeping operation in Mogadishu, Somalia and its environs. Department also requests USUN to d [...]
2008-12-24 01:19:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL UNSC KPKO SO ET
08STATE14230DUBAI CITES FATF IRAN STATEMENT IN WARNING TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (U) On January 7, 2008, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) issued an advisory to all Senior Executive Officers of DFSA-regulated firms regarding dealings w [...]
2008-02-11 21:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR GM UK FR XF ZP AE
08STATE14281SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON: GUIDANCE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 23:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PTER PREL SY LE
08STATE15648APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY
[...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 13. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on February 18- [...]
2008-02-14 23:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL PGOV KV IS IR CD BM
08STATE17674EXTENSION OF ANNUAL STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT
[...] (U) Summary/Action Request: Department requests that post propose to the Netherlands Government (GONL) to extend the current bilateral SOFA through an exchange of diplomatic notes based on the text in paragraph 4 below, which is virtually identical to the text of the note currently in force (r [...]
2008-02-21 20:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT
08STATE19466USG RESPONSE TO ITALIAN PROPOSAL FOR RC-WEST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-26 22:56:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAF IT MARR MOPS NATO PREL
08STATE20234BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment end-use check on license number 05-050036317 for the export of defense hardware to Oman. Posts are requested to [...]
2008-02-28 15:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC UK OM KOMC
08STATE20235BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment end-use check on license number 05-1014531 for the export of defense hardware to Saudi Arabia. Posts are reques [...]
2008-02-28 15:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC SA UK KOMC
08STATE2033VISAS FOR WIREC 2008 DELEGATES
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs six and seven. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Summary: The Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) will be held in Washington DC March 4 - 6. (See reftels D and E for background on WIREC 2008). The participatio [...]
2008-01-08 20:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG
08STATE2034MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): RESULTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 5-9, 2007 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary meeting in Athens, the 34 MTCR Partners reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening missile-related export controls and thereby discouraging missile activities and programs of concern. They discussed [...]
2008-01-08 20:42:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FR GR
08STATE20660NON-DOM TAX ISSUE: WASHINGTON GUIDANCE
[...] Per refel, post requested guidance on proposed talking points to respond to questions from H.M.Treasury (HMT) regarding the proposed taxation of non-domiciled foreigners in the UK, including Americans. As post noted, Amcits are chiefly concerned about possible double taxation and timing. Post [...]
2008-02-28 23:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD CASC EINV UK
08STATE21770UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: On 3 March 2008, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1803 by a vote of 14 to 0, with one abstention. This resolution imposes further sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to comply with its obliga [...]
2008-03-04 01:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR
08STATE22352APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 10-11
[...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on March 10-11. [...]
2008-03-04 22:42:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08STATE22377REQUEST FOR SOLIDARITY WITH KOSOVO AT OIC SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Posts are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo no later than March 7. 2. (C) The objectives of this demarche are to: -- Urge host government to follow the OIC Secretary General's lead in expressing support for Kosovo's independence at [...]
2008-03-05 00:35:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV
08STATE22794OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SERBIA ON
[...] Should Serbia or another OSCE participating raise the International Steering Group (ISG) for Kosovo during the March 6 Permanent Council meeting, Post is authorized to present the response at paragraph 2, either as an individual country statement or as a joint statement with other ISG members [...]
2008-03-05 19:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KV SR
08STATE24257DEMARCHE ON U.S.-EU CLIMATE CHANGE COOPERATION
[...] (U) This is an action request for posts in EU Member States and USEU. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The March 13-14 meeting of the European Council, which will bring together European heads of state and government, will include a major discussion of climate change and energy. The [...]
2008-03-07 22:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG EUN
08STATE24821BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECKS
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on applications 050091071 and 050091983 and a post-shipment check on licenses 050051410 and 05-917152 [...]
2008-03-10 19:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC GR
08STATE26036SECOND TRANCHE OF FAST TRACK COUNTRIES FOR LEAHY
[...] This cable announces the second tranche of countries for fast track treatment for Leahy vetting. Fast track treatment for selected countries with good human rights records was established in 2007 (reftel A) to alleviate workload and time required. Fast track policy is applicable to both Depa [...]
2008-03-12 20:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM PINR PREL SNAR MASS ASEC
08STATE27268GUIDANCE FOR NATO INDUSTRIAL PLANNING COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-14 22:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO MASS BEXP
08STATE2731PREPARING THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] This an action message for all posts. See paras 17-30. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement regarding Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions to the Department's eighth annual TIP report. The Department is required by the Trafficking Vi [...]
2008-01-09 23:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG XX
08STATE29096IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF UNSCR 1803
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (U) On March 3, 2008, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1803, imposing further Chapter VII sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to comply [...]
2008-03-20 14:42:00Secretary of StateSECRETAS AU BA BR CA CH ECON EFIN EG ETRD EUN FR GM GR
08STATE29398PRESENTATION OF FINCEN ADVISORY ON IRAN-RELATED
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) In response to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1803 and the Financial Action Task Force's February 2008 statement on the deficiencies of Iran's anti-money laundering and combating ter [...]
2008-03-20 20:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR PREL PARM
08STATE29855UK-BASED IRANIAN BANKS ATTEMPTING TO ACCESS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Malta's Ministry of Finance conveyed its concerns regarding attempts by two banks located in the United Kingdom, Melli Bank PLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank Melli Tehran, and Persia Internatio [...]
2008-03-21 19:07:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP IR EFIN PARM PGOV ETRD UK MT
08STATE31896PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN LONDON,
[...] The sixteenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in London, UK on February 4-6, 2008. Immediately following the OEG on February 7, the UK Ministry of Defense hosted an outreach day with six invited countries from the Gulf/Levant region. [...]
2008-03-27 21:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE31939PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN LONDON,
[...] The sixteenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in London, UK on February 4-6, 2008. Immediately following the OEG on February 7, the UK Ministry of Defense hosted an outreach day with six invited countries from the Gulf/Levant region. [...]
2008-03-27 21:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE31944PSI: TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 2008 LONDON,
[...] REFTELS A or B (different address groups) reported on the latest Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting hosted by the Government of the United Kingdom on February 4-6, 2008 in London. Although participation in these meetings is limited (currently 20 co [...]
2008-03-27 21:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE31946PSI: TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 2008 LONDON,
[...] REFTELS A or B (different address groups) reported on the latest Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting hosted by the Government of the United Kingdom on February 4-6, 2008 in London. Although participation in these meetings is limited (currently 20 co [...]
2008-03-27 21:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE31953PSI: TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 2008 LONDON,
[...] REFTELS A or B (different address groups) reported on the latest Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting hosted by the Government of the United Kingdom on February 4-6, 2008 in London. Although participation in these meetings is limited (currently 20 co [...]
2008-03-27 22:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE31961PSI: SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 2008 UK-HOSTED PSI
[...] REFTELS A or B (different address groups) reported on the latest Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting hosted by the Government of the United Kingdom on February 4-6, 2008 in London. Following the OEG meeting, the UK Ministry of Defense hosted an outr [...]
2008-03-27 22:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE34695UKRAINE: REPORTING ON THE NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: On February 14-15, the U.S. and Ukraine held the semi-annual U.S.-Ukraine Nonproliferation Working Group (NPWG) meeting in Washington, DC. This marks at least nine years of cooperation between the U.S. and Ukraine on important nonproliferation issues. Both [...]
2008-04-03 18:01:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA UP
08STATE38576LETTER TO INCOMING AU COMMISSION CHAIRMAN JEAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. The USAU Permanent Representative is requested, jointly with other Contact Group Permanent Representatives, to sign the following letter to Incoming AU Commission Chairman Jean Ping. Begin Text ---------- Chairman Ping, As supporters of the UN/AU-led D [...]
2008-04-11 22:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO SU
08STATE41385SOMALIA: FOLLOW-UP ON RESTRUCTURING THE
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Posts are asked to approach host countries and relevant international organizations to pursue the following objectives: -- Inform participants of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia that [...]
2008-04-18 22:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PGOV SO
08STATE42285HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Mission please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Guidance for use by the UNVIE Rep to the April 23, 2008 "Informal Meeting on the HCOC" is provided in paragraph 3. 3. (C) BEGIN GUIDANCE: The U.S. understands that the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic [...]
2008-04-22 15:56:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC AORC
08STATE43492REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE REGARDING BANK SADERAT,S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The United States has concerns about Bank Saderat's growing presence in Greece, both in size and profit margin. The U.S. designated Bank Saderat, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, for providing sup [...]
2008-04-24 16:50:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP MNUC IR GM ECON XG XT ZL ZS GR
08STATE43799DEMARCHE: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT WITH
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph five. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The first anniversary International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial will be held in Stockholm, Sweden on May 29, 2008. The meeting will be hosted by the Government of Sweden and co-chaired [...]
2008-04-24 23:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ
08STATE44359PLEDGING AT THE PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE FOR
[...] (U) Summary: The United States views the upcoming Paris Support Conference for Afghanistan as an opportunity for the international community to reaffirm its long-term commitment for Afghanistan through support for the Afghanistan National Development Strategy and the 2009 and 2010 Afghan electi [...]
2008-04-26 22:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL
08STATE44522BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050099148 and a post shipment verification on license 050056149, both involve the export of C [...]
2008-04-28 14:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC BE NI
08STATE44867RECOGNITION OF EXEMPLARY SUPPORT OF THE BLUE
[...] I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the outstanding performance of political officer Oliver Moss and ICE Attache Jeffrey Outlaw for their extraordinary contributions to the Blue Lantern program in the United Kingdom during the past years. As you know, the Blue Lantern program i [...]
2008-04-28 21:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ETTC KOMC UK
08STATE45414U.S.-RUSSIA STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK DISCUSSIONS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings in Washington, D.C., on March 26-27, 2008, senior-level U.S. and Russian delegations, led by Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John C. Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak, respectively, discussed the draft text for [...]
2008-04-29 20:59:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL MNUC MARR RS
08STATE4740ITALY: INFORMATION REQUEST CONCERNING UN 1267
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 11-14 and 18-19. 2. (C) Summary: On December 21, Stefania Fancello at the Italian MFA's Office of International Cooperation against Terrorism conveyed a request to Embassy Rome officials for more information on the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban [...]
2008-01-15 22:07:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN IT KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
08STATE48120RESOURCE GUIDE FOR USG TERRORIST INFORMATION SHARING
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 14. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: As a result of several different Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs) as well as 9/11 Commission Act requirements designed to enhance U.S. security, Washington agencies have concluded a number of biographic [...]
2008-05-06 22:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT PTER KLHS
08STATE49110ACTION REQUEST: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 5. Three of the five regional groups will have contested elections for the UN Human Rights Council: Eastern Europe, WEOG, and the Asia Group. Mission is requested to assess the likely outcome of a) the six candidacies for four Asia g [...]
2008-05-08 18:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNFR PHUM SP UK
08STATE50430BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 05-050096158 for the export of defense hardware and technical data to Morocco. Post is requ [...]
2008-05-13 13:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MO
08STATE50592FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE JUNE 17-19, 2008, UAE
[...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. SUMMARY. Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I),Government of Iraq (GOI),and U.S. Embassy Baghdad will co-host the Friends of Iraq Conference (previously known as the Iraq Conference) at the Armed Forces Officer Club (AFOC),Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emir [...]
2008-05-13 17:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL
08STATE50705BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON
[...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-6. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of radiation tolerant DC/DC converters to Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue La [...]
2008-05-13 19:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDDA ETTC KOMC RS UK
08STATE50798Secretary Rice's April 23, 2008 meeting with
[...] (U) Classified by AF A/S Jendayi E. Frazer, Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (U) April 23, 2008; 11 a.m.; Washington, DC. 3. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Deputy Secretary John D. Negroponte A/S Sean McCormack, PA PDAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield, AF Special Envoy for Somalia John Yates [...]
2008-05-13 20:31:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV EAID
08STATE51042BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050056771 for the export of C-130 spare parts to Malaysia. Embassy is requested to complete [...]
2008-05-14 13:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MY
08STATE52042KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO UNSYG ON UNMIK TRANSITION
[...] (C) This is an action request for a demarche to UN SYG Ban Ki-moon in response to reftel request for guidance. See paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (C) The objective of this demarche is to underscore to UNSYG that the Quint is unified in its position that UNMIK must reconfigure after June 15, that [...]
2008-05-15 22:40:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PGOV UNMIK KO YI
08STATE52343BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050103443 for the export of L100 spare parts to the UAE. Post is requested to complete this [...]
2008-05-16 17:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC AE
08STATE55468BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050077970 for the export of C-130 aircraft and S-61 helicopter spare parts to Denmark. Emba [...]
2008-05-23 14:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC DA
08STATE555082008 AUTOMATED MUTUAL-ASSISTANCE VESSEL RESCUE (AMVER) AWARDS
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 10. 2. Posts in or responsible for the following countries/entities are requested to assist in the annual presentation of awards to owners of vessels participating in the U.S. Coast Guard's Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMV [...]
2008-05-23 15:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN PREL
08STATE55955AUTHORIZATION TO BEGIN CONSULTATIONS ON A DRAFT
[...] PURPOSE: This is an action request. The Department authorizes USUN to begin consultations with the United Kingdom and France and subsequently the other Security Council member states on the following draft UN Security Council Presidential Statement on recent violence in Abyei: The Secu [...]
2008-05-25 17:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO SU
08STATE56560FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE PROPOSED AGENDA
[...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. BACKGROUND. The Friends of Iraq Conference, hosted by Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I),Government of Iraq (GOI),and U.S. Embassy Baghdad, is set for June 17-19, 2008 at the Armed Forces Officer Club (AFOC),Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Ref [...]
2008-05-27 21:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL
08STATE58327BLUE LANTERN: DISCUSSIONS WITH EMBASSY AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Compliance Specialist Judd Stitziel from the Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) met February 24-27 with country team and Emirati officials to discuss implementation of the Blue Lantern end-use monitoring program and other defense trade issues in t [...]
2008-05-30 22:02:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC KOMC OTRA PARM PREL AE
08STATE5863BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 05-050077526 and 05-050079235 for the export of automatic rifles to Jordan. Post is requested t [...]
2008-01-18 16:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC JO KOMC
08STATE58704REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN
[...] (SBU) PURPOSE: This is an action request. The Department requests Embassy Khartoum to demarche the Government of Sudan (GOS) in order to pressure the GOS to provide freedom of movement for the hybrid United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). P [...]
2008-06-02 13:10:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO SU
08STATE59463READOUT FROM APRIL 29 -IRAQ AND NEIGHBOR RSI SVTC
[...] (S) Summary: S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Dell Dailey hosted an Iraq and Neighbors Regional Strategic Initiative Secure Video Teleconference (SVTC) with U.S. Chiefs of Mission (COMs) from Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, as well as Embassy Baghdad's Political Military Minister-C [...]
2008-06-03 18:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PGOV ASEC IZ XF
08STATE5981BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON TAA
[...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check on a Technical Assistance Agreement (TAA) for the export of technical data associated with GPS to the United [...]
2008-01-18 20:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC UK
08STATE60216DEMARCHE REQUEST: ATTENDANCE AND DONATIONS FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Department requests action addressees to urge host governments to send high-level representatives to the donors' conference to be held in Vienna June 23 and to contribute generously to the joint appe [...]
2008-06-04 20:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA
08STATE60269REPORT OF THE SECOND GNEP STEERING GROUP MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Second Steering Group Meeting of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) was held in Jordan on May 14-15, 2008, hosted by the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and chaired by the United States. The meeting was attended by approximately 105 representatives of 28 countries ( [...]
2008-06-04 22:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
08STATE60282KOSOVO: SUPPORTING UN RECONFIGURATION PLANS
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for USUN. The Department requests that USUN give its support to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's initiative to reconfigure the UN presence in Kosovo. Our support should be made conditional on the understanding that Ban will move forward with all elements of r [...]
2008-06-04 22:46:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL UNMIK KO
08STATE60442PREVENTING ASSET FLIGHT FROM BANK MELLI IN THE EU3
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) The U.S. recently shared information with Pakistan, the EU3 and Israel that Bank Melli may be seeking to establish a branch in Pakistan (REF A). We understand (REF B) [...]
2008-06-05 14:22:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PTER FR UK GM IR
08STATE60525REPORT OF THE SECOND GNEP STEERING GROUP MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Second Steering Group Meeting of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) was held in Jordan on May 14-15, 2008, hosted by the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and chaired by the United States. The meeting was attended by approximately 105 representatives of 28 countries ( [...]
2008-06-05 15:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
08STATE62235BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON
[...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of power modules to Ukraine via Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern chec [...]
2008-06-10 14:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC FI KOMC RS UK UP
08STATE63111G8 NPDG CONSIDERS NONPROLIFERATION STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) At its June 5 meeting, the G8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) agreed on most of the nonproliferation language for the G8 Summit statement, but left some key issues unresolved. These included the G8's view of the way forward on nuclear disarmament, the DPRK (whether to mention ab [...]
2008-06-11 20:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC
08STATE66284SUDAN - ABYEI MEETING IN LONDON AND NEXT STEPS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. Background - Convening of International Partners ------------- 2. (U) Michael O'Neill, Special Envoy to Sudan for the United Kingdom, convened a gathering of capital-based representatives on Friday, June 13 to discuss the current si [...]
2008-06-19 20:22:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPKO PGOV PREL SOCI UNSC AU SU
08STATE67437MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- NEXT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Berlin, Canberra, London, Paris, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: As follow-up to the April 9 small group meeting held on the margins of the April 10, 2008 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Reinforced [...]
2008-06-23 21:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA AU FR GM JA UK
08STATE68446HOST NATION NOTIFICATION FOR AIR MOBILITY COMMAND
[...] (S) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR EMBASSIES LONDON, BERLIN, MADRID, AND LISBON. POSTS ARE REQUESTED TO CONDUCT HOST NATION NOTIFICATION AT THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL REGARDING USAFE FORCE STRUCTURE CHANGES IDENTIFIED IN REF (A). POSTS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT RESULTS OF HOST NATION NOTIFICATION NO [...]
2008-06-25 20:01:00Secretary of StateSECRETMARR PREL GM PO SP UK
08STATE69339IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (U) On March 3, 2008, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1803, which imposed further Chapter VII sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to c [...]
2008-06-27 15:56:00Secretary of StateSECRETAG AS AJ BE CH CY EG FR GM IN IR IT JA LY MY MT
08STATE70382BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 05-050110612 for the export of defense hardware to the United Kingdom. It is requested that [...]
2008-07-01 12:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC UK
08STATE70829PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS EVENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (U) Department requests action addressees to approach respective Foreign Ministries to seek support for a prisoners of conscience public affairs event at the United Nations in New York during the final week of the [...]
2008-07-02 00:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN PHUM PREL KDEM
08STATE71695BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-license check on distribution agreement (DA) 2592-05 for the export of defense services and technical data related to App [...]
2008-07-03 15:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC GM
08STATE71786DEMOCRACY STRATEGY AND GOALS: SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (SBU) The Department approves Embassy Riyadh,s proposed democracy strategy for the next twelve to eighteen months as discussed on April 9 via video conference. This cable summarizes the Department's understanding of the new strategy, which is an update to Embassy Riyadh,s previous democracy [...]
2008-07-03 16:38:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KMPI EAID SA
08STATE71859BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK ON
[...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-6. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a post-shipment check for the export of satellite and space-related components to Japan via the United Kingdom. Post is requeste [...]
2008-07-03 18:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC JA KOMC UK
08STATE73660TRAVEL WARNING - SAUDI ARABIA
[...] This Travel Warning updates information on the security situation in Saudi Arabia and reminds U.S . citizens of recommended security precautions. It supersedes the Travel Warning issued December 19, 2007. 2. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to consider carefully the risks [...]
2008-07-09 19:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC PREL PTER SA
08STATE73794DEMARCHE REQUEST TO GAIN ALLIES' AND UKRAINIAN
[...] (U) This is an action request to alert NATO Allies and Partner Ukraine that NATO agreed on July 1 to expand the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I),to encourage Allies and Ukraine to provide additional resources to support new training tasks in response to the newly expanded mission, and to ur [...]
2008-07-09 22:33:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO IZ
08STATE74750DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ON IRANIAN BANK
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The United States, France and the United Kingdom will jointly, through their respective UN missions, provide information to the UNSC President and Chairman of the Iran Sanctions Committee on Iranian [...]
2008-07-11 19:22:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIO ISN NEA IR TREAS
08STATE74922(U) Secretary Rice's June 26-27 Participation in
[...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008 at 18:00, and June 28, 2008 at 09:30; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. Wil [...]
2008-07-12 14:20:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM KNNP KWBG
08STATE76371UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON EXTENSION OF
[...] This is an action cable. USUN is instructed to join consensus on the draft UN Security Council resolution in para 2 below that extends the term of office of ICTR judges. If there are substantial changes to the text of the resolution USUN is requested to seek additional instruction prior to a [...]
2008-07-16 17:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM XA
08STATE76526CORRECTED COPY: HOST NATION NOTIFICATION FOR AIR
[...] (U) THIS IS A CORRECTED COPY OF STATE 68446 THAT CHANGES THE CLASSIFICATION OF PARAS 2-3 TO ALLOW THE RELEASE OF DETAILS ON U.S. FORCE STRUCTURE CHANGES TO HOST GOVERNMENTS. 2. (S) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR EMBASSIES LONDON, BERLIN, MADRID, AND LISBON. POSTS ARE REQUESTED TO CONDUCT HO [...]
2008-07-16 19:44:00Secretary of StateSECRETMARR PREL GM PO SP UK
08STATE76653Q&A ON NEW DOD CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY
[...] In response to queries from the United Kingdom,s Foreign Commonwealth Office and Australia,s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (refs A & B) with regard to the new cluster munitions policy announced by the United States (ref C),Embassies London and Canberra are requested to utilize the [...]
2008-07-16 23:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MARR PREL UK AS
08STATE77144NUCLEAR FORENSICS EXPERTS PLAN PATH FORWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Atomic energy, law enforcement and policy experts from nearly 30 countries met in Sofia, Bulgaria June 17-19 under the auspices of the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group (ITWG) to share experience on nuclear forensics and illicit trafficking issues. The I [...]
2008-07-17 20:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC BE KNNP PREL PTER ENRG MNUC
08STATE77331Q&A ON NEW DOD CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY
[...] In response to queries from the United Kingdom,s Foreign Commonwealth Office and Australia,s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (refs A & B) with regard to the new cluster munitions policy announced by the United States (ref C),Embassies London and Canberra are requested to utilize the [...]
2008-07-18 12:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MARR PREL UK AS
08STATE80034MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- NEXT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Berlin, Canberra, London, Paris, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: As follow-up to the April 9 small group meeting held on the margins of the April 10, 2008 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Reinforced [...]
2008-07-24 20:17:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK
08STATE80510T LETTER OF THANKS TO FCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL LESLIE
[...] SUMMARY: FCO Director General for Defence and Intelligence Mariot Leslie led a panel on ways to continue strengthening the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) at the Senior-Level Meeting for all PSI endorsing states held May 28, 2008, in Washington, DC, on the occasion of the PSI's Fifth [...]
2008-07-25 18:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL UK
08STATE82699FOLLOWING UP WITH MEXICO ON PSI
[...] SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: In advance of the May 29 U.S.-hosted Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Outreach Workshop in Washington, the U.S. extended invitations to a number of key countries that have not yet endorsed the PSI and also urged their endorsement. Washington appreciates Embassy [...]
2008-07-31 21:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL MX
08STATE85940MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- NEXT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Berlin, Canberra, London, Paris, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: Per Ref C, the U.S. circulated to MTCR small group members in June a suggested proposal on Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) outreach t [...]
2008-08-11 16:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK
08STATE90314DEMARCHE ON VISA SERVICES FOR AFGHAN NATIONALS
[...] (U) This is an action request - Embassy Islamabad see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Background: On July 17, 2008, the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul delivered a diplomatic note to Embassy Kabul. In that note, the government of Pakistan announced that henceforth "it will not issue Pakistani visas [...]
2008-08-21 21:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS PHUM PK PREL AF
08STATE91332AFTER-ACTION REPORT FOR DEMETER'S RESILIENCE, THE
[...] (U) Summary: Following the recommendations of the G8 Bioterrorism Experts (BTEX) Group in 2005, a series of G8 workshops dealing with decontamination, food defense and public health/law enforcement cooperation was organized. "Demeter,s Resilience" was the second G8 food defense event and was [...]
2008-08-25 20:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA EUN FR GM IT JA PTER RS TBIO UK
08STATE91448BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-26 12:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC EZ
08STATE92723ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR AUSTRALIA ON BANK
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) Australian embassy officers recently asked ISN to provide additional information on the proliferation-related activities of Iran's Bank Melli, Bank Mellat and Bank Sade [...]
2008-08-28 20:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETECON EFIN IR AS KNNP PARM PTER PINR PREL
08STATE93161BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050118916 for the export of a FLIR Thermal Imaging System to Ireland. Post is requested to c [...]
2008-08-29 17:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC EI
08STATE93343TRAVEL ALERT ? TROPICAL STORM HANNA
[...] This Travel Alert is being issued to urge American citizens to consider carefully the risks of travel to areas that may be affected by Tropical Storm Hanna in The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos. U.S. citizens located in areas likely to be impacted by Tropical Storm Hanna and who do not have acc [...]
2008-08-30 17:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC XL
08STATE93970LIFELINES FOR IPCC WORKING GROUP ELECTION
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary. Missions should be prepared to assist the U.S. Delegation to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its efforts to secure a positive outcome to elections for working group co-chair positions at the IPCC Plenar [...]
2008-09-02 23:30:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALSENV PREL UNEP WMO KGHG IR ML AR MA MO
08STATE97064CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: MEMORANDUM OF
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 9. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (C-Rel Norway) Department requests Embassy to pursue the following objectives: -- Work with the Government of Norway to negotiate a Host Country Agreement (HCA) on the conduct of Chemical Weap [...]
2008-09-10 20:55:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKTIA PARM PREL CWC NO
08STATE97129USUN INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE IN UNSC MEETING ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-11 02:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC IR
08STATE99701DEMARCHE REQUEST TO NATO ALLIES AND PARTNERS FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request to alert NATO Allies and select NATO Partners -- particularly those that are departing the Iraq Coalition -- that Prime Minister Maliki has asked the Alliance to maintain the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) through at least 2009. We would urge Allies and Partn [...]
2008-09-17 23:11:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ
08STOCKHOLM416SWEDEN: TREASURY DEPUTY'S CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND DISCUSSIONS
[...] (SBU) On May 28, Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt raised the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) with Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation; also in attendance were Per Jansson, State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, and Anders Turesson, Sweden's Ch [...]
2008-06-09 08:37:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ENGR ENRG SENV EAID TBIO TRGY SW
08STOCKHOLM452U.S.-SWEDEN PLAN WAY FORWARD FOR ABKHAZIA CONFLICT
[...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Matthew Bryza, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Carpenter, Conflicts Advisor Casey Christensen, Political Counselor Briana Olsen, Deputy Political Counselor (notetaker) Sweden ------ Carl Bildt, Foreign Minister Frank Belfrage, State Secretary Bjorn [...]
2008-06-23 11:07:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK PBTS PINR KO RS GG XQ
08STOCKHOLM747SWEDEN'S RESPONSE TO NOVEMBER GAERC POINTS
[...] (C) Sweden's EU Correspondent Anna Norell told poloff on November 7 the following regarding the November 10-11 GAERC: --Syria is not on the agenda. --There will not be a discussion on Iraq, just the passing of council conclusions as "A items." --The EU will take a formal decision on the anti [...]
2008-11-07 15:46:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU SW
08STOCKHOLM750BILDT VISITS OFFICIALS AND TROOPS AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Swedish FM Bildt paid his first visit to Afghanistan October 29-31, 2008. On this "fact-finding" mission, he met with all levels of government in Kabul, including Foreign Minister Spanta and Minister of Interior Atmar, and with Balkh Province Governor Atta when he visited Sweden's PRT in [...]
2008-11-07 17:36:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR AF SW
08STOCKHOLM757SWEDEN ON EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT
[...] On November 10, Sweden and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement on EU-Russia relations, signed by FM Bildt and FM Miliband The statement reaffirmed support for Georgia's territorial integrity and urged Russia to fully implement the August 12 and September 8 EU-brokered peace agreements [...]
2008-11-12 17:06:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SW
08SUVA331CHAUDHRY RESIGNS, FIJI WITHDRAWS FROM REGIONAL MEETING IN
[...] (U) Summary: Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry resigned from the interim government (IG) on August 18 following weeks of speculation that his head was on the chopping block for mismanaging the economy and harassing overseas investors. However, Chaudhry's departure may significantly diminish p [...]
2008-08-19 20:08:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL FJ
08SUVA35Tonga's Investment Climate Statement 2008
[...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Tonga, per reftel. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment The Government of Tonga seeks to be welcoming to business and investors. Many Tongans have lived in or visited the United States, and American pro [...]
2008-01-30 15:57:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTBD OPIC USTR TN
08SUVA41Fiji Investment Climate Statement 2008
[...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Fiji, per reftel. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment In light of recent events in Fiji and concerns about the treatment of some established foreign investors by Fiji authorities, potential investors shoul [...]
2008-01-31 15:39:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTBD OPIC USTR FJ
08TAIPEI401PART ONE - 2008 TIP REPORT - TAIWAN
[...] (SBU) This is part one of AIT/T's three-part 2007-8 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The report is presented according to reftel sections, beginning with paragraph 27 A. Part one contains Paragraphs 27 A-B. Paragraphs 27 A through 29 D are contained in part two. Paragraphs 29 E through 3 [...]
2008-03-20 22:28:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TW
08TALLINN264ESTONIA'S EVOLVING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) Summary. While a relative newcomer to the field of foreign assistance, Estonia continues to expand its role as a donor nation. The GOE goal is to spend at least 0.1 percent of Gross National Income (GNI) on development assistance by 2010, still short of the EU target of 0.17 percent for n [...]
2008-07-29 12:10:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EN
08TALLINN372ESTONIA: NOMINATION FOR 2009 SECRETARY'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Tallinn is pleased to nominate Sergeant-Major Jaune Engel for the 2009 Secretary's International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award. As a member of the Estonian Defense Forces ('ESTCOY-4') unit deployed in southern Afghanistan, Jaune Engel has shown remarkable courage by volu [...]
2008-10-27 14:14:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM EN
08TASHKENT102Part 2 of 2, 2008 Investment Climate Statement for
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 15:26:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UZ
08TASHKENT129UZBEK MIGRANTS EYE VISA-FREE TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: On January 13 poloff, who previously served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bukhara, learned that his Uzbek former counterpart teacher was departing immediately -- and possibly forever -- for Turkey. Having been frustrated at recent attempts to find work abroad in Russia, Cyprus, a [...]
2008-01-31 07:43:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CVIS KCRM KWMN ECON SOCI TU UZ
08TASHKENT1322UZBEKISTAN: EMBASSY HOSTS ROUNDTABLE FOR
[...] (C) Summary: While the atmosphere in Uzbekistan's majority Muslim community has improved somewhat over the past year, some smaller Christian evangelical groups - particularly those which are unregistered and have ethnic Uzbek members - continue to endure frequent raids, harassment, and the de [...]
2008-11-18 09:56:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT183UZBEK LEGAL REFORM CONFERENCE TO DRAW "POWER
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan agreed to substantially upgrade the scope of an upcoming March conference on law enforcement and human rights. The two-day conference is being organized by the USAID-funded Open Dialogue Project in conjunction with Eastern Kentucky University, the In [...]
2008-02-12 04:36:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM EAID UZ
08TASHKENT366UNODC REQUESTS EXPERT PARTICIPATION IN UZBEKISTAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Summary: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),which is sponsoring an anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) conference in Tashkent on May 14-15 in conjunction with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eur [...]
2008-03-26 13:23:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM KCOR UZ
08TASHKENT485CARICC READY TO MOVE FORWARD AS PILOT PHASE NEARS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 23 the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for Central Asia hosted a briefing by Barsultan Sarsekov, Director of the Central Asian Regional Information Coordination Center for Combating Ilicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Sub [...]
2008-04-24 12:25:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM ASEC PREL UZ
08TASHKENT49THIRD STRIKE FOR FORMER DEFENSE OFFICIAL ERKIN
[...] (C) Summary: On January 14, the independent Ferghana.ru website posted an open letter from the wife of Erkin Musaev, a former Uzbek Ministry of Defense and UNDP official who was sentenced to a total of 20 years' imprisonment in 2006 and 2007 for espionage and corruption in three separate trials [...]
2008-01-15 11:58:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM MASS PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT720UZBEKISTAN: EU DIPLOMATS NOT KEEN ON THIRD
[...] (C) Summary: On June 16, poloff hosted another session of a periodic roundtable on human rights issues with Human Rights Watch director Igor Vorontsov and counterparts from the British, French, German, and Czech Embassies. During the meeting, the EU diplomats expressed skepticism about attemp [...]
2008-06-24 06:26:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT771UZBEKISTAN: SPECTER OF CORRUPTION STIFLES
[...] (C) Summary: On July 1 poloff met with an affluent, well-connected young acquaintance from Bukhara whose extended family has successfully established a syringe-making factory. The family is also planning to diversify and start another factory to manufacture diapers. The young man wants to st [...]
2008-07-03 08:47:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR ECON BTIO EPET SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT79OPEN DIALOGUE PROJECT TO CO-SPONSOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: On January 16, poloff met with the directors of the Open Dialogue Project (ODP) and National Democratic Institute (NDI),who talked about their recent activities and plans. ODP Director Mjusa Sever described her organization's plans to co-sponsor a March conference on law enforcem [...]
2008-01-22 12:36:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM EUN PGOV PREL UZ
08TBILISI1317GEORGIANS DEMAND ABKHAZ LEAVE ACHAMKHARA HEIGHTS
[...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: In an August 1 meeting with Ambassadors from Western Friends of the Secretary General, Giga Bokeria, Deputy Foreign Minister, along with Vano Merabishvili, Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA),and Shota Utiashvili, Chief, Analysis and Information, MOIA, relayed [...]
2008-08-01 14:27:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS GG
08TBILISI199GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR 2008
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Tbilisi submits its Investment Climate Statement for Georgia for 2008. Introduction The dramatic change of government swept in by the 2003 peaceful "Rose Revolution" marked the start of serious political and economic reform in Georgia. Before 2003, Georgia's economic [...]
2008-02-07 05:52:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR GG
08TBILISI2229GEORGIA: HALO TRUST CONTINUES TO CLEAR THE LAND
[...] (C) Summary. The HALO Trust, a British Demining/Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) clearance NGO conducted an emergency ERW survey of Georgia, and is engaged in Battle Area Clearance (BAC) training, clearance operations, and mine/Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) risk education projects in Abkhazia and [...]
2008-12-02 12:31:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV GG
08TBILISI277GEORGIA RESPONDS TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence on February 17, most Georgian leaders, from President Saakashvili to the Patriarch, stated publicly that Kosovo does not constitute a precedent that can be followed by other breakaway regions, including Abkhazia and South [...]
2008-02-19 10:28:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG RU
08TELAVIV1523ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported on the "handshake that wasn't" between PM Ehud Olmert and Syrian President Bashar Assad at the Bastille Day ceremony in Paris. Makor Rishon-Hatzofe quoted Likud MK Yuv [...]
2008-07-15 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2360ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2427ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S. Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post cited a Post/ Smith Research poll, which found that the Rightist bloc led by Likud will defeat the Left, led by Kadima and Labor, by eight Knesset seats (see be [...]
2008-10-31 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2733ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The headlines of major media (lead story in HaQaretz) quoted President-elect Barack Obama as saying yesterday on NBCQs QMeet the PressQ program that the West must engage in "tough but direc [...]
2008-12-08 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV548EMBASSY TEL AVIV RESPONSE FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-10 13:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08TELAVIV592PRIVATE ISRAELI COMPANY COLLECTS COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (S) On March 7, Econoff received a briefing from senior executives at Hazard Threat Analysis, Ltd. (HTA),a private company specializing in internet-based counter-terrorism (CT) intelligence gathering. Founder and CEO Aviram Halevi explained that all of HTA's research is based on open source [...]
2008-03-13 12:23:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPINR PTER KOGL KTFN IR IS
08THEHAGUE1021CWC: MEETINGS ON THE MARGINS OF THE CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) As always, the Conference of the States Parties offered a platform for a variety of meetings on its margins. The European Union hosted a day of meetings for National Authorities on December 1 that bridged the gap between the official National Authorities' meetings and the CSP; notable a [...]
2008-12-15 15:28:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE330NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: CONCERN OVER RUMORED
[...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. Please see para 8. 2. (S//NF) Summary: The GONL is concerned about rumors expressed in a recent Daily Telegraph article laying out U.S./UK plans to replace the Dutch during their upcoming command rotation of NATO operations in southern Afghanistan. Ac [...]
2008-04-10 15:19:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL NATO AF NL
08THEHAGUE389NETHERLANDS: EXTENSION OF ANNUAL STATUS OF FORCES
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post received a diplomatic note from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated May 8 regarding the one-year extension of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. With the exchange of notes, the SOFA extension shall enter into force on th [...]
2008-05-08 16:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL NL NT XL
08THEHAGUE397GUIDANCE REQUEST: DISCUSSING ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request - please see para 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Post seeks guidance regarding policy on the discussion of remediation issues in the context of the Netherlands United States Operational Group (NUSOG). Post understands from ISN/WMDT that the USG position is t [...]
2008-05-09 16:22:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMARR MNUC PARM TRGY KRAD NL
08THEHAGUE492NETHERLANDS/BURMA: CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR
[...] Summary: On June 3, PolOff shared reftel A points to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As reported in ref B, on May 22, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen strongly spoke against the actions of the Burmese regime and the continued delay of aid in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. [...]
2008-06-09 07:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PHUM NL BM
08THEHAGUE52NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: AMBASSADOR ARNALL
[...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (C) Defense Minister Eimert van Middelkoop summoned Ambassador Arnall January 16 to discuss an article appearing in the Los Angeles Times (reftel) in which Secretary Gates reportedly criticized NATO forces -- Canada, the United Kingdom, [...]
2008-01-16 12:37:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO AF NL
08THEHAGUE625NETHERLANDS/AFRICA: DUTCH VIEWS ON SUDAN,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Wepke Kingma, MFA Director of the Sub-Sahara Africa Department recently discussed the Dutch position on Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Horn of Africa. END SUMMARY. Sudan ----- 2. (C) Regarding the recent ICC indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, the Dutch have expressed public [...]
2008-07-24 08:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID NL SO SU XW ZI
08THEHAGUE790NETHERLANDS: S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson explained U.S. priorities on Serbia, Kosovo, Belarus, and international tribunals during a September 16 meeting at the Dutch MFA. (Recent Georgia discussions, including those with Ambassador Williamson, reported reftel A.) The Dutch will firmly resist [...]
2008-09-23 11:12:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA NL
08THEHAGUE834SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE WILLIAMSON WARNS
[...] (SBU) On September 16, 2008, Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met separately with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) President Fausto Pocar, Prosecutor Serge Brammertz, and Registrar Hans Holthuis. The meetings were successful, with [...]
2008-10-03 19:07:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR PGOV SR
08THEHAGUE866CWC: REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 25-26, 2008 CWC
[...] (U) On September 25-26, 2008 the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) sponsored a two day workshop in Florence for selected Western Europe and Other Countries Group (WEOG) State Parties and Japan in an effort to find common ground on two issues noted during the Second Review Conference(Re [...]
2008-10-15 16:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC IT
08THEHAGUE876CWC: AUSTRALIA GROUP, TECHNICAL EXPERTS
[...] (SBU) The Australia Group (AG) held a technical experts intersessional implementation meeting in The Hague from October 8-9, 2008. Discussion considered 3 proposals to the chemical control list and one proposal for the biological control list. Technical delegations considered a number of rev [...]
2008-10-17 16:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC CWC
08THEHAGUE910NETHERLANDS: DUTCH GOVERNMENT TAKES STEPS TO SHORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of the Netherlands (GONL) instituted a series of preemptive measures in October to protect the vulnerable Dutch financial sector from the external shocks of the global financial crisis. Following the United Kingdom,s lead, the GONL announced a EUR 20 billion (US [...]
2008-10-30 08:01:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV PREL NL
08THEHAGUE998RC-SOUTH BILATERALS, NOVEMBER 13, THE HAGUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The day prior to the Regional-Command South (RC-South) Senior Officials Meeting in The Hague on November 14, 2008, DAS Patrick Moon had bilateral meetings with delegations from Australia, Estonia, Romania, United Kingdom, Denmark, and The Netherlands. Because of logistical issues [...]
2008-12-02 13:58:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR MOPS AF AS CA DA EN NL RO UK
08TIRANA112PM BERISHA ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) Ambassador engaged Prime Minister Berisha on February 12 on Albanian (and Kosovar) plans for an expected declaration of independence, including timing of recognition, possible GOA visits, and plans for celebrations. Berisha promised continued coordination with the U.S., has already urge [...]
2008-02-13 15:17:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KV AL
08TIRANA556ALBANIA'S HAZARDOUS WASTE STRATEGY
[...] Albania is effectively reaching out for donor support to deal with the country's hazardous waste (HW) problem. The Ministry of Environment (MOE) has identified nine "hot zones" contaminated with several kinds of dangerous chemicals left over from the communist era. MOE has been working with [...]
2008-07-25 06:09:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV AL
08TOKYO1271DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS WITH JAPANESE DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 9 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Minister of Defense Shigeru Ishiba emphasized that Japan remains committed to cooperating with the United States on a wide range of issues, including aid to Afghanistan, China's military buildup, and the realignment of U.S. forces [...]
2008-05-10 01:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO1511DIET MEMBERS TO THE AMBASSADOR: CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
[...] (C) Summary: Legislation criminalizing child pornography possession will not pass this Diet session, the ruling coalition's project team told the Ambassador May 28. However, it will be on top of the agenda for the fall Diet session, the Diet members promised. Although debate continues over [...]
2008-06-02 22:57:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KOCI PHUM JA
08TOKYO1748OSLO CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS WILL NOT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan believes the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions (CM) will not interfere with United States Forces in Japan's (USFJ) operations or restrict interoperability with Japan's Self Defense Forces (JSDF),Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Shimbo told the Embassy's [...]
2008-06-25 09:27:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MARR MOPS PGOV JA NATO
08TOKYO2364 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-28 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2462New Controls on Non-Listed Military End-Use Items
[...] In response to Post inquiries about press reports concerning possible expansion in Japan's Export Control laws, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa presented the following nonpaper in English to EconOff on September 8. Begin Text: Bac [...]
2008-09-09 03:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD KOMC JA
08TOKYO2754 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/02/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-02 07:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2798 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-07 08:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2963 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-23 08:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3083 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/05/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO331 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/07/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-07 09:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3484JAPAN'S SEAMEN'S UNION AND SHIPOWNERS URGE ACTION
[...] (SBU) In conjunction with Diet members in the bipartisan Maritime Safety Coalition, the Japan Shipowners' Association (JSA) has lobbied the Japanese government for greater involvement in anti-piracy activities in the Gulf of Aden, a JSA official told Emboffs December 19. The JSA did not forma [...]
2008-12-22 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ETRD PREL JA
08TOKYO656JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/12/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 05:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO835 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-26 22:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO990EMBASSY AND USFJ DISCUSS OPERATIONAL IMPACT OF
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan remains committed to addressing cluster munitions (CM) within the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) but may be forced to sign an agreement restricting CM under the Oslo Process, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials told E [...]
2008-04-10 12:44:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MOPS PARM JA NATO
08TORONTO118Ontario Struggling with Consular Notification SOP for Mass
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from Emergency Management Ontario (EMO),other provincial government agencies, local first responders, and Toronto's Consular Corps attending an April 12 working group meeting discussed a proposed standard operating procedure (SOP) framework for informing Consular repr [...]
2008-04-22 13:19:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC AEMR CA
08TUNIS183TUNIS SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. (SBU) ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? The Government of Tunisia (GOT) is capable of controlling and dispersing any demonstration directed against U.S. facilities. That being [...]
2008-02-29 10:16:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
08ULAANBAATAR5Mongolian Vice Foreign Minister Formally Conveys
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Enkhmandakh confirmed to the Ambassador January 3 that Mongolia would deploy a full 9th rotation of troops to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and that the troops would depart for Iraq sometime the following week. The Ambassador expres [...]
2008-01-03 08:47:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL ETRD EPET SOCI MG
08UNVIEVIENNA154IAEA/IRAN/BOG: CUBA AND IRAN VS. THE REST OF THE
[...] (C) The March 5 Board of Governors deliberations on Iran's nuclear program stepped up pressure on Iran to comply with UNSC and Board requirements, and to address weaponization activities cited by the Director General. The DG delivered a typically balanced opening statement, regretting that Ira [...]
2008-03-07 07:56:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNPP IAEA AORC PARM IR
08UNVIEVIENNA165IAEA: WEOG STONEWALLS ON ISRAEL,S MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) Following up on the effort during the U.S. WEOG Chairmanship last fall (Ref B) to extend membership to Israel, the Australian Chair relayed a formal request from Israel to the group. In a February 19 WEOG meeting, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain and Finland raised reserv [...]
2008-03-14 08:57:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA KNPP IS
08UNVIEVIENNA243READ-OUT OF APRIL 23 HCOC INFORMAL MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. Per reftel guidance, poloff attended the April 23, 2008, Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) informal meeting in Vienna. Around forty representatives of subscribing states attended this meeting, with several countries represented by officials f [...]
2008-04-25 14:16:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALMNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC AORC
08UNVIEVIENNA309IAEA/IRAN: GETTING TO CONSENSUS ON A CHAIRMAN,S
[...] (C) P5 1 Deputies/Counselors meeting May 29 agreed to seek instructions on a Canadian draft Chairman's Statement (para 13) by Friday May 30. Russia did not have any readout from the PolDir phone conference. China said it had instructions to "explore" the possibility of a Chairman's Statement. [...]
2008-05-29 16:46:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA413WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: MAY 29 OUTREACH MEETING WITH ISRAEL
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 29, the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) held an Outreach meeting with Israel, on the margins of the May 26-28 General Working Group meeting. Officials from Israel's Ministries of Defense (MOD),Foreign Affairs (MFA),and Industry, Trade, and Labor (MOITAL) participated in t [...]
2008-07-22 14:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KSTC PARM PREL IS
08UNVIEVIENNA579UNGASS WORKING GROUPS DEMAND REDUCTION ANND CONTROL OF
[...] The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) convened the last two of five Intergovernmental Working Groups (WG) to review progress achieved since the 1998 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Drugs. These two most recent working groups approved recommendations in the areas of (1) Dema [...]
2008-10-31 10:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCOR PGOV AORC UNCND
08UNVIEVIENNA611IAEA/TC: LIKE-MINDED MOVE TOWARD CONSENSUS ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 18, Mission met with like-minded counterparts to discuss the Agency's request to approve a Syrian technical cooperation (TC) project SYR/0/020 Conducting a Technical and Economic Feasibility Study and Site Selection for a Nuclear Power Plant during the November 24-2 [...]
2008-11-19 12:15:00UNVIESECRETKNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC SY
08UNVIEVIENNA614REPATRIATION OF U.S. ORIGIN NUCLEAR MATERIAL FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 4-5, a DRC delegation met in Vienna with IAEA officials and a U.S. delegation from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and U.S. Department of State (DOS). The NNSA Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in coor [...]
2008-11-20 07:32:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PTER TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA650UNODC PROJECT PROVIDES VEHICLE FOR PROMOTING LAW
[...] Piracy has been a growing topic of discussion within the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and among member states involved in that organization. Many major donor countries which received a December 5 briefing on potential UNODC activities in this field believe there is an appropriate and [...]
2008-12-11 13:32:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDUN AU KCRM UNODC RUEHZO UK TZ DJ YM SO KE
08UNVIEVIENNA659UNODC PROJECT PROVIDES VEHICLE FOR PROMOTING LAW
[...] Piracy has been a growing topic of discussion within the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and among member states involved in that organization. Many major donor countries which received a December 5 briefing on potential UNODC activities in this field believe there is an appropriate a [...]
2008-12-18 15:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM UNODC UN AU UK TZ DJ YM SO KE
08UNVIEVIENNA663NUCLEAR SAFETY: U.S. DEL REPORT ON THE THIRD ORGANIZATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Confrontation and procedural machinations marred the October 2008 Organizational Meeting on the Joint Convention. The meeting's main purpose was to elect officers for the May 2009 Third Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties. The U.S. candidate for presidency of the Third Review Meet [...]
2008-12-19 16:04:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP AORC
08UNVIEVIENNA666 UNODC MAJOR DONORS MEETING TACKLES UNGASS REVIEW, PIRACY
[...] (SBU)INL A/S David T. Johnson led the USDEL to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Major Donors meeting, December 5. Discussion with the other 20 donor countries included (1) a proposal for UNODC action to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia, (2) the funding situation of UNODC, and (3) [...]
2008-12-22 13:31:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UN PGOV AORC AF SW SZ GM FR CA IN IT
08USEUBRUSSELS248P3 DISCUSSES 1540 COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 5
[...] (U) Summary. UK hosted a P3 discussion on continuation of the 1540 Committee on February 5 in response to REF A demarche at its EU Mission with U.S. 1540 Coordinator and French MFA reps. Both UK and Fance expressed their appreciation for the U.S in taking the lead to draft essential eleen [...]
2008-02-13 16:30:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KPAO UNSC UK FR
08USNATO122NATO'S BUCHAREST SUMMIT DECLARATION, CABLE 2 OF 2
[...] (U) Due to the length of the communique, this is cable 2 of 2. 2. (C) SUMMARY, repeated from Cable 1 of 2: As reflected in the Bucharest Declaration (see para 3),the April 3-4 NATO Summit in Bucharest advanced U.S. policy objectives on a variety of fronts. NATO Heads of State and Governme [...]
2008-04-08 17:59:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL
08USNATO143ALLIES SUPPORT U.S. REQUEST FOR NATO MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At an April 22, NATO Permanent Representatives coffee, Ambassador Nuland raised the issue of the Oslo process aiming to ban cluster munitions (CMs) and its potential for criminalizing military interoperability among NATO Allies. She stressed that the U.S. shares the humanitaria [...]
2008-04-23 07:06:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS NATO PARM PREL
08USNATO258NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JULY 22, 2008
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Farewell to the Permanent Representative from France: In his farewell address to the NAC, departing French PermRep Richard Duque said the greatest threat facing the Alliance was the danger of being pulled into disunity, particularly on the issue of Russia whe [...]
2008-07-23 17:08:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
08USNATO321UNODC CHIEF COSTA BRIEFS THE NAC ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary-General Antonio Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),briefed NATO Allies, partners, EU representatives and the World Bank on September 3 on UNODC's 2008 Afghanistan Opium Survey report. Costa reported that poppy cultivation d [...]
2008-09-05 17:22:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON MARR NATO PGOV PREL SNAR UN AF
08USNATO337SEPTEMBER 15 2008 VCC AND EXPERTS MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. In the VCC, Experts agreed with the U.S. position that discussion papers should not be tabled in Vienna prior to the AIAM. Papers on Sensitive Points and Concrete Parameters for Specified Areas were dropped, but the Chair will introduce a new paper on the Definition of Defense I [...]
2008-09-18 10:18:00Mission USNATOSECRETPREL NATO KCFE PARM
08USNATO368NATO SENIOR DEFENCE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The NATO Senior Defence Group on Proliferation (DGP) held a Plenary meeting at NATO HQ on 2 Oct 08. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Joe Benkert of the U.S. (Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security Affairs) and Mr. John Laugerud of the Norwegian MOD. Major items disc [...]
2008-10-14 09:22:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
08USNATO37ITALIAN PROPOSAL FOR RC-WEST MEETINGS IN
[...] (SBU) The Italian Mission to NATO passed USNATO a non-paper on January 25 proposing meetings among ISAF RC-West contributing nations, modeled after ". . . the one currently adopted by Australia, Canada, Estonia, Netherlands, Romania, United States, (and) United Kingdom for their political-mil [...]
2008-01-30 13:29:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS MARR AF IT
08USNATO391ACTION REQUEST: POSSIBLE FAILURE OF THE
[...] (C) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: After ongoing failures by Ukraine to meet its obligations, the United States-led NATO Ukraine Trust Fund is one month away from becoming the first Partnership for Peace Trust Fund in NATO's history to fail. The project a [...]
2008-10-22 15:19:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO PARM PGOV UP
08USNATO396ALBANIA PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL NATIONAL PLAN AT NATO
[...] (C) Summary: On October 17, a senior-level Albanian delegation presented Tirana's 2008-2009 Annual National Program to NATO'S Senior Political Committee. The presentation drew praise from Allies. At the same time, several delegations, led by the U.S., raised serious concerns about perceived b [...]
2008-10-24 14:18:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO AL
08USNATO398OCTOBER 16 HLTF: ALLIES COMMITTED TO A UNIFIED AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the October 16 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting and meetings on the margins, Allies discussed potential next steps on CFE (based largely on U.S. ideas presented at the September 11 HLTF, and a Czech paper distributed just prior to this HLTF meeting) and addressed how [...]
2008-10-24 14:42:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE PARM PREL
08USNATO416READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 5,
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Secretary General (SYG) continued last week,s message of guarded optimism about the voter registration process and recent improvement in the Pakistan-Afghanistan political dialogue. He supports an &instructed8 NAC Away Day focused on [...]
2008-11-07 13:31:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF NATO PREL
08USNATO442NOVEMBER 21 HLTF: ALLIES AGREE TO CFE LANGUAGE FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the November 21 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting, Allies agreed on CFE language for the upcoming NATO Ministerial communique and how to deploy agreed language at subsequent key dates in December. The text (agreed via silence procedure on November 24) is closely based [...]
2008-11-26 18:30:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
08USNATO468ALLIES VOICE CONCERNS OVER LEGAL STATUS OF NTM-I
[...] (C) Summary: During the December 17, 2008 North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting, Allies expressed serious concern about the possibility of a lapse in the authorization and legal protections for the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). They also expressed concerns that the draft law approved b [...]
2008-12-17 18:03:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN UK
08USNATO469THE DECEMBER 3, 2008 MEETING OF THE NATO-UKRAINE
[...] (U) Participants: U.S. Ambassador Volker Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried NSC Senior Director Damon Wilson NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer NATO COUNTRIES Albania: FM Lulzim Basha Belgium: FM Karel De Gucht Bulgaria: AMB Lubomir Ivanov Canada: AMB Robert McRae Croatia: [...]
2008-12-17 18:41:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO PARM KCFE MARR GG UP RS
08USNATO470THE DECEMBER 3, 2008 MEETING OF THE NATO-GEORGIA
[...] (U) Participants: U.S. Ambassador Volker Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried EUR PDAS Ries NSC Senior Director Damon Wilson NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer NATO COUNTRIES Albania: FM Lulzim Basha Belgium: FM Karel De Gucht Bulgaria: AMB Lubomir Ivanov Canada: AMB Rober [...]
2008-12-17 19:00:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PARM PINR PREL GG RS
08USNATO471THE DECEMBER 3, 2008 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL
[...] (U) Participants: U.S. Ambassador Kurt Volker EUR A/S Dan Fried EUR PDAS Ries Damon Wilson, NSC NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer NATO COUNTRIES Albania: FM Lulzim Basha Belgium: FM Karel De Gucht Bulgaria: FM Ivailo Kalfin Canada: AMB Robert McRae Croatia: FM Gordan [...]
2008-12-17 19:46:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO PGOV MOPS KV AF
08USNATO55NATO: JANUARY 31TH HLTF MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Allies used the January 31 HLTF to reaffirm and refine their strategy for a unified NATO response to Russia,s decision to suspend implementation of CFE. Allies see themselves united behind a substantive approach (the parallel actions plan) and accompanying diplomatic game [...]
2008-02-12 16:20:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
08USOSCE176FSC JULY 9: U.S. HOMELAND SECURITY PRESENTATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the July 9 Forum for Security Cooperation, Russia (Ulyanov) read a Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) statement that sharply criticized the recent U.S.-Czech Missile Defense (MD) agreement. The U.S. did not respond. In Security dialogue, U.S. Assistant Secretary [...]
2008-07-15 11:29:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL XG
08USOSCE194OSCE/FSC: 23 JULY PLENARY: NAVAL CSBMS--ALLIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The final meeting of the OSCE,s Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) of the winter/spring session included a presentation by Ireland on the Convention on Cluster Munitions (Dublin agreement). Russia Also led a discussion under Security Dialogue on its Naval CSBM proposal. Bri [...]
2008-07-24 16:22:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG
08USOSCE195CFE/JCG - END OF WINTER/SPRING ROUND: RUSSIAN VIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the course of the JCG's January-July session with 20 weekly meetings, Allies led by the U.S. repeatedly criticized Russia's instances of noncompliance, underscored the importance of Russia negotiating seriously on the basis of the parallel actions package, called on Russia [...]
2008-07-24 19:35:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
08USOSCE225CFE/JCG: 23 SEPTEMBER MEETING IS AN ALL-ALLIED
[...] (C) Summary. Interventions by Bulgaria, Spain and Italy calling out Russia for refusing inspections were the highlight the brief JCG held on September 23. Germany, Turkey, the UK, Romania, Portugal, U.S., Czech Republic and France intervened in support. Russia did not comment. The JCG too [...]
2008-09-24 16:23:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
08USOSCE240CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 7 PLENARY MORE OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the October 7 JCG Plenary, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, and the Czech Republic, supported by Romania, France, the United States, Turkey, Portugal, Italy, and Germany, protested Russia,s latest refusals to allow inspections and called on Russia to resume implementation [...]
2008-10-09 06:27:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
08USOSCE245OPEN SKIES: 2009 QUOTA DISTRIBUTION/DECONFLICTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 9-10 USDEL participated in the 2009 active quota distribution meeting and led the deconfliction discussion for observation flights over Belarus/Russian Federation and Ukraine. The U. S. asked for and received 14 active quotas over Belarus/Russian Federation and 1 a [...]
2008-10-14 14:15:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OSCE
08USOSCE247CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 14 -- GEORGIA CALLS OUT RUSSIA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: At October 14 JCG, Georgia accused Russia of violating core principles of the CFE Treaty (non-use of force, host nation consent) and non-compliance with Treaty provisions. In a surprisingly lengthy give and take (which included seven different interventions by Russia),the U [...]
2008-10-15 06:24:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
08USOSCE270OSCE/FSC NOVEMBER 5: PLENARY DISCUSSES UNPOA;
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the November 5 FSC Plenary the Republic of Macedonia criticized Greece for a 28 October military parade in Thessaloniki and said it had evidence that slogans against the Republic of Macedonia were chanted by Greek armed forces. Decision No. 11/08 introducing best prac [...]
2008-11-07 16:23:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
08USOSCE60OSCE 2008 ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 2008 Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting (AIAM) on March 4-5 was not contentious, delegations restricting themselves to broad recommendations that were intended for further concrete development in the Forum for Security Cooperation. Russia did not spend much time bera [...]
2008-03-07 13:09:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG
08USUNNEWYORK1006UNGA PANEL ON FINANCIAL CRISIS CALLS FOR REFORMS;
[...] (U) Summary: Columbia University's Dr. Joseph Stiglitz, chair of the President of the General Assembly's (PGA) new task force on the international financial system, harshly criticized U.S. financial policies and the U.S. Government's response to the financial crisis at an October 30 "Interacti [...]
2008-11-03 23:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID PREL IMF UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK101963RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY FIVE AND SIX
[...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on conventional weapons from October 20 to 22. On October 20, the Chairperson of the Governmental Group of Experts (GGE) on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) opened the debate. Representatives fr [...]
2008-11-05 13:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK102263RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY SEVEN OF
[...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on conventional weapons from October 20 to 22. This cable covers the final day of thematic debate on conventional weapons, October 22. The following states spoke on October 22: Gabon, Chi [...]
2008-11-05 14:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1026UNGA/C-6: UNGA,S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DISCUSSES
[...] (U) Summary: UNGA's Sixth Committee held its debate on agenda item 77, "Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives," on October 24. Many statements noted that concrete preventative measures were i [...]
2008-11-05 21:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA
08USUNNEWYORK103LEBANON TRIBUNAL: CURRENT DONORS TO TRIBUNAL
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Seeking to resolve differences over how the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon will reach decisions so the Committee can be established and make key decisions needed to bring the Tribunal into operation, USUN has met counterparts over the past week f [...]
2008-02-05 23:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK1060UNGA/C-6: UNGA,S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DISCUSSES
[...] SUMMARY: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held its general debate on agenda item 74, "The report of the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) on the work of its resumed 40th and 41st session," on October 20. The Chair of the 41st session summarized the topics discussed by the com [...]
2008-11-12 23:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1091UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE
[...] (U) Summary: The Chairs of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, and 1540 Committee on Nonproliferation briefed the Council in a public meeting on November 12. The Chairs described their respective committee's accomplishments [...]
2008-11-19 14:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREF PREL
08USUNNEWYORK1094UNGA/C-6: THE SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DEBATES THE
[...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held part one of a three-part debate on the Report of the International Law Commission (ILC) (A/63/10) October 27-28. Part one's topics included: Chapters 1-3, "Introductory Chapters;" Chapter 4, "Shared Natural Resources;" Chapter 5, "Effects of armed [...]
2008-11-19 22:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1096MORE TROOPS, POLICE FOR MONUC APPROVED BY UN
[...] (U) The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1843 on November 20, authorizing a temporary increase of MONUC's military strength by up to 2,785 military personnel and the strength of its formed police unit by up to 300 personnel. The vote was 15-0. France, Costa Rica, Belgium, the United Kin [...]
2008-11-20 18:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW
08USUNNEWYORK1100UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES RACISM,
[...] SUMMARY: From November 3-5, the UN General Assembly Third Committee formally discussed the elimination of racism and racial discrimination, the right of peoples to self-determination, and the report of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Speakers from several Islamic nations noted a trend [...]
2008-11-20 23:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL PREF SMIG PNAT PBTS KPAL KWBG
08USUNNEWYORK1115UNGA/C-6: THE SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DEBATES THE
[...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held part two of a three-part debate on the Report of the International Law Commission (ILC) (A/63/10) October 29-30. The discussion in part two included Chapter 6, "Reservations to Treaties;" Chapter 7 "Responsibility of International Organizations;" [...]
2008-11-26 16:59:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1117UNGA/C-6: THE SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DEBATES THE
[...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held part three of a three-part debate on the Report of the International Law Commission (ILC) (A/63/10) October 31- November 5. Part three's discussion consisted of Chapter 9, "Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters;" Chapter 10, "Immunity of [...]
2008-11-26 17:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1132UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROMOTION AND
[...] SUMMARY: From October 21-30, the UN General Assembly Third Committee formally discussed the promotion and protection of human rights, and on October 31, the Committee heard the report of the Human Rights Council. Key themes from the two-week discussion included freedom of expression, freedom [...]
2008-12-04 15:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1137ICC PROSECUTOR MORENO-OCAMPO BRIEFS UNSC
[...] SUMMARY: In his December 3 briefing to the Security Council (SC),International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo provided a detailed chronology of the three investigations conducted pursuant to UNSCR 1593, which referred the situation in Darfur to the ICC. Ocampo's remarks focu [...]
2008-12-04 23:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA
08USUNNEWYORK1152UNGA ADOPTS ALL FOURTH COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS; FOUR
[...] SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted 22 resolutions and four draft decisions included in the reports of the UNGA Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee) on December 6. Resolutions and plenary votes are in paragraph two (most passed with significant margins [...]
2008-12-09 15:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF SENV UNGA IS
08USUNNEWYORK117LEBANON TRIBUNAL: ESTABLISHING MANAGEMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: UN Legal Counsel Michel briefed Amb. Wolff on February 8 on developments relating to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. First, Michel said the UN has not been informed that Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United Arab [...]
2008-02-08 21:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK285LEBANON TRIBUNAL: BROAD SUPPORT IN COUNCIL BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel delivered a largely technical briefing to the Security Council on March 28 about the SYG's efforts to set up the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) per UNSCR 1757. Recalling all the steps that have been taken since the SYG's last report in Septem [...]
2008-03-28 23:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK541ARRIA FORMULA MEETING ON WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY
[...] (U) Summary: As part of a US-led initiative to bring more attention to the problem of sexual violence in armed conflict, the UK hosted a meeting on June 11 to bring together members of the Security Council, NGO representatives and UN officials to discuss the role of peacekeepers in protecting [...]
2008-06-19 16:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI UNSC KWMN
08USUNNEWYORK550GENERAL ASSEMBLY COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] Summary. Informal consultations on the General Assembly's Counter-terrorism Strategy follow-up focused on plans for the September review. Delegations struck a positive tone and comments were generally constructive. The current trend is toward a resolution reaffirming the Strategy. Some de [...]
2008-06-23 19:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UN
08USUNNEWYORK583UN SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC DEBATE AND RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Secretary Rice presided over the Security Council Thematic Debate on "Women and peace and security: Sexual Violence in Situations of Armed Conflict" on June 19. Recurrent themes of the debate included that sexual violence may be considered a tactic of war, that it may impede the restoratio [...]
2008-07-01 19:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI UNSC KWMN
08USUNNEWYORK711ARE THE "FRIENDS OF UNAMID" TRUE FRIENDS?
[...] (C) This is an action request see paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The July 24th meeting of the "Friends of UNAMID" (FoU) was a follow up to the July 2nd meeting of the FoU at which UN Under Secretary General (U/SYG) of the Department of Field Support (DFS),Malcorra asked the FoU for sp [...]
2008-08-07 23:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AF SU
08USUNNEWYORK716UNSC REFORM: PGA KERIM ASKS FOR USG HELP REIGNING
[...] (C) Summary: General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim described to Ambassador Khalilzad August 7 a growing divide on UN Security Council reform between the G4 and the Uniting For Consensus (UFC) blocs, with the Brazilians threatening to join the Indians in tabling a resolution if inter-governme [...]
2008-08-08 20:42:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IN PK BR
08USUNNEWYORK768UN SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM: PGA STILL TRYING TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 22, General Assembly President Kerim gathered together Perm Reps from Japan, the UK, Pakistan, Egypt, Djibouti, and the U.S. for a discussion of compromise language for the report of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Security Council expansion to the General Asse [...]
2008-08-26 14:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK794RE-ENERGIZING THE FRIENDS OF UNAMID
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 14. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Recent meetings of the &Friends of UNAMID8 (FoU),co-chaired by the United States and Canada have focused on: 1) following up on UN Under Secretary General (U/SYG) Susanna Malcorra's July 2 list of requests, especially for air [...]
2008-09-03 21:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL KPKO SU
08USUNNEWYORK828UN/IRAN SANCTIONS: COUNCIL FOCUSES ON FINANCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 23:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK857COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR U.S. MISSION TO THE
[...] Country Clearance is requested for James B. Donovan of the United States Mission New York to travel to The Hague the Netherlands; Brussels, Belgium and to Arusha, Tanzania. The UN Security Council Informal Working Group on International Tribunals, which deals with issues related to the Inter [...]
2008-09-22 22:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ICTY ICTR PREL PGOV BE NL TZ
08USUNNEWYORK872CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS DOMINATE KHMER ROUGE TRIALS
[...] (C) Summary. On September 24, USUN attended a meeting of the steering committee of the UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT). While all participants praised the progress made by the UN special expert David Tolbert and the recently appointed Deputy Director (UNAKRT Administration [...]
2008-09-29 14:57:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL PHUM CB
08USUNNEWYORK873UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES: UK, PALESTINE AND
[...] SUMMARY: On the morning of September 26, the UNGA General Debate continued to address the global financial crisis, climate change, natural disasters, and restarting the Doha round of trade talks. The following heads of state spoke: Montenegro, Haiti, Vanuatu. Heads of Government and high-lev [...]
2008-09-29 16:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON UNGA AORL MW HA NH BY BG NP
08USUNNEWYORK874UN GENERAL DEBATE: PAKISTAN, ZIMBABWE, SUDAN AND
[...] SUMMARY: During the afternoon of September 25, the UN General Assembly General Debate continued with its tenth plenary meeting. In an afternoon featuring Pakistan and Zimbabwe's Heads of State and Sudan's Vice-President, security issues were a primary focus. Participants called for peace in [...]
2008-09-29 16:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON PHUM UNGA PK ZI SU AS JA KS
08USUNNEWYORK97363RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE: U.S. TABLES REVISIONS
[...] Underscores the contribution that compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and with other agreed obligations makes to enhancing confidence and to strengthening international security and stability; 2. Urges all States to implement and to comply fully w [...]
2008-10-27 19:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCDG PARM PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK988UNGA/C-6: UNGA,S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DISCUSSES
[...] The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held its debate on agenda item 76, "Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Armed Conflicts," from October 23-24. The majority of delegations used this debate to list the efforts their own [...]
2008-10-30 14:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
08USUNNEWYORK99663RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY ONE, TWO AND
[...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on nuclear weapons from October 14 to 16. This summary comprises statements from all three days (October 14, 15 and 16) of the debate. On Day 1, representatives from the following states [...]
2008-10-31 21:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
08VATICAN77HOLY SEE ON SAUDI PROPOSAL FOR UNGA INTERFAITH HIGH LEVEL
[...] (S) Summary: The Vatican and the Saudi government apparently have reached agreement on revisions to the Madrid Declaration, the ostensible outcome document for the first round of their inter-religious dialogue. This could pave the way for Vatican concurrence to a high-level discussion at the [...]
2008-10-15 14:59:00Embassy VaticanSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM UNGA KISL KIRF SA VT
08VIENTIANE149INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 01:30:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB LA
08VILNIUS1038NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE, WINS APPROVAL FOR
[...] (U) Summary: Lithuania's new prime minister, Andrius Kubilius, and center-right coalition Cabinet took oaths of office on December 9 and won approval for their program, which focuses largely on minimizing the effect on Lithuania of the world economic crisis. The program also emphasizes deeper [...]
2008-12-10 11:53:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON LH
08VILNIUS3091,200 MARCH TO MARK CHERNOBYL DISASTER
[...] (SBU) About twelve hundred peaceful demonstrators attended the opposition's annual Chernobyl March April 28, which followed a state-approved route from the Academy of Sciences past Minsk's Bangalore Square to a small church dedicated to victims of the Chernobyl tragedy 22 years ago. In spite [...]
2008-04-30 08:00:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS696BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 22, 2008
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Fewer Parliamentary Hopefuls Apply For Registration (para. 2) - Opposition Hopefuls Banned From Registration (para. 3) - Solidarity Demonstration Participants Detained [...]
2008-08-22 15:46:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08WARSAW1395POLISH FM A LOCAL FAVORITE IN NATO RACE
[...] (SBU) Polish media place Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on a short list of international favorites to succeed de Hoop Scheffer as NATO Secretary General. Besides Sikorski's individual merits, analysts here believe the Polish option stands out because other powers have had a recent turn [...]
2008-12-09 11:10:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV PL
08WARSAW250POLAND: AMBASSADOR AND MIN FINANCE DISCUSS FATF,
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request. In an introductory courtesy call on new Minister of Finance Jacek Rostowski on February 14, Rostowski told Ambassador that Poland's Financial Action Task Force (FATF) membership is an important GOP priority. He explained that the Ministry is currently amendi [...]
2008-02-26 09:01:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL PL
08WARSAW512POLAND: U/S DOBRIANSKY MEETING WITH MFA SIKORSKI
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Foreign Affairs Radek Sikorski told Under Secretary for Global Affairs Dobriansky that Poland has selected a head for the Secretariat of the Community of Democracies, although the name is not yet public. Minister Sikorski believes the U.S. should do more to support [...]
2008-04-23 08:39:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV KDEM PL
08WARSAW709POLAND ENERGY SECURITY UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Poland's concern about its energy security heightened with the Russian shut-offs of gas to Ukraine, oil to Belarus, and oil to the Mazeikiu refinery through the Druzba pipeline in the last few years. The previous PiS-led government developed a plan and began to take steps to i [...]
2008-06-23 13:28:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PL PREL
08WARSAW731POLAND ENERGY SECURITY UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Poland's concern about its energy security heightened with the Russian shut-offs of gas to Ukraine, oil to Belarus, and oil to the Mazeikiu refinery through the Druzba pipeline in the last few years. The previous PiS-led government developed a plan and began to take steps to i [...]
2008-06-26 06:49:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PL PREL
08WELLINGTON276PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM 2008: POST FORUM DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the August 21 Post Forum Dialogue, dialogue partner nations outlined ongoing and projected assistance projects with the Pacific island nations and generally lauded the Forum's Communique issued a day earlier. Most countries associated themselves with the Forum's stron [...]
2008-09-01 20:27:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG EAGR EAID NZ
08WELLINGTON323NZ-AUSTRALIA WHALING VENTURE UNVEILED
[...] (U) Summary. On September 10, the governments of New Zealand and Australia announced a joint venture to undertake non-lethal scientific research of whales in the South Oceans to better manage whale numbers in the region. Although both governments avoided characterising the proposed research [...]
2008-09-30 03:58:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIS SENV NZ
08WELLINGTON91TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 2/2007
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 00:28:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ASEC SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD NZ
08YAOUNDE33CAMEROON: CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE HEATS UP
[...] (C) Summary: President Paul Biya's New Year's speech, in which he announced his intention to "reconsider" changing the constitution, particularly presidential term limits (ref A),has sent shock waves throughout Cameroon. The private media, many civil society activists, and some opposition fi [...]
2008-01-11 11:26:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM PGOV PHUM PREL
08YAOUNDE449CAMEROON: 212F HELPS GRC DETAIN CORRUPT OFFICIAL
[...] (U) Paragraph 6 of this message contains an Action Request for INL/C. 2. (U) Cameroonian police detained Zachaeus Mungwe Forjindam on May 7, the same day he was replaced as General Manager of the parastatal Cameroon Shipyard. Forjindam's arrest has been greeted by Cameroonian press rep [...]
2008-05-09 11:10:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALKCOR CVIS PREL ECON CM
08YEREVAN100ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008
[...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Yerevan, Armenia submits the following as its 2008 Investment Climate Statement. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. According to data from the National Statistical Service (NSS),foreign investment in Armenia has steadily increased from USD 70 million in 2001 to [...]
2008-02-08 03:16:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AM
08YEREVAN244ARMENIA'S 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) During the reporting period, the government of Armenia significantly revamped its interagency apparatus that is res [...]
2008-03-20 05:17:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
08ZAGREB49CROATIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART II)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-24 14:06:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
09ABIDJAN175IDENTIFICATION/VOTER REGISTRATION EXTENDED
[...] (SBU) Summary. The identification/voter registration process has been extended until March 30 in some regions and until early April for those persons affected by the reconstitution of civil registries. Identification/voter registration of Ivoirians living in 19 foreign countries began on Marc [...]
2009-03-17 10:00:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KDEM PREL SOCI IV
09ABUDHABI331UAE REQUEST TO ATTEND MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM ON ENERGY AND
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 3. 2. (SBU) In a March 30 letter, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash asked the Ambassador for assistance with a matter "extremely important" to the UAEG: an invitation to the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate in [...]
2009-04-01 13:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON PREL PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI862 SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH SHAYKH
[...] (C) Mr President: Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed is looking forward to renewing your acquaintanceship, established during his 2006 call on you. --------------------------------------------- ---- MbZ - The Man --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (C) Shaykh Mohammed bin Zay [...]
2009-08-31 10:05:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL AE
09ABUDHABI981(S) A LONG HOT SUMMER FOR UAE-SAUDI RELATIONS
[...] (C) This summer witnessed a sharp uptick in tensions between the UAE and Saudi Arabia, beginning with the UAE's May decision to pull out of the GCC Monetary Union (after the Headquarters went to Riyadh when the UAE had lobbied for Dubai). Shortly thereafter the Saudis effectively closed a majo [...]
2009-10-15 14:20:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR PINS GCC PBTS SA AQ AE
09ABUJA1132NIGERIA: SPECULATION ABOUT NIGER DELTA AMNESTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Nigeria's Council of State (an official advisory body including, inter alia, serving Governors, the President, VP, former Heads of State and other senior officials) will meet on June 25 to discuss terms for a possible amnesty offer to Niger Delta "militants," inc [...]
2009-06-24 06:14:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA1540 NIGERIA: POL-ECON GRAB BAG
[...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political and economic developments not reported elsewhere. -------------------------------------------- DANGOTE ELECTED NEW STOCK EXCHANGE PRESIDENT -------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Aliko Dangote gained [...]
2009-08-21 15:17:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EIND ELAB EPET NI IZ
09ABUJA1684NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
[...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments, not mentioned elsewhere in formal reporting. --------------------------------------------- -- ARREST WARRANT FOR YAR'ADUA'S PRIVATE SECRETARY --------------------------------------- [...]
2009-09-11 15:48:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON EPET ETRD ELAB NI
09ABUJA1743NIGERIA: BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR 2010 NPT
[...] (C) In response to Reftel, Poloff discussed Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and disarmament issues with Foreign Ministry (MFA) First United Nations (UN) Division Director Maria Laose. The GON strongly supports the NPT, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT),Fissile Material Cuto [...]
2009-09-18 16:15:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM AORG UNGA IAEA NPT NI
09ABUJA1765Engaging the Nigerian Diaspora
[...] SUMMARY: An estimated 20 million people of Nigerian descent reside outside Nigeria, with about three million in the United Kingdom (and about one million in the United States. Nigerian immigration to the U.S. began in the late 1960s and accelerated in the the mid- to late-1980s due to politica [...]
2009-09-24 13:22:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NI
09ABUJA1767NIGERIA: FOREIGN INVESTIGATIONS MAY BE EXACTING
[...] (C) A U.S. businessman and self-described lobbyist for the Nigerian Government (GON) recently informed Embassy of an alleged "deal" that controversial former Delta State Governor James Ibori would like to make in return for pledges by foreign governments not to prosecute him. While we doubt an [...]
2009-09-24 16:03:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KCRM KCOR NI
09ABUJA2010AFRICAN UNION PEACE AND SECURITY MEETING REVIEWS
[...] (C) The October 29 African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) meeting in Abuja reviewed the report of the AU High Level Panel on Darfur (AUPD),chaired by former South African President Thabo Mbeki. PSC participants called for reaffirmation of the AU's commitment to combat impunity, y [...]
2009-11-03 10:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR NI SU
09ABUJA2149 COMMUNIQUE OF THE FIFTH CAADP PARTNERSHIP PLATFORM
[...] SUMMARY: This cable is the communiqu from the 5th Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Program(CAADP) Partnership Platform (PP) Meeting, which took place on 9-10 November 2009 at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria to review progress and share experience of CAADP implementation [...]
2009-11-30 14:55:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR
09ABUJA23512009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] (U) Nigeria remains a major drug trans-shipment point and a significant center for criminal financial activity. Individuals and criminal organizations have taken advantage of the country's location, porous borders, weak laws, corruption, lack of enforcement, and poor socioeconomic conditions to [...]
2009-12-30 15:32:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR EFIN KTFN EAID ASEC NI
09ABUJA404 NIGERIA: FSN NOMINATION FOR THE 2009 ESTH COURSE
[...] U.S. Mission Nigeria is pleased to nominate FSN Taiwo Isijola for the 2009 Environment, Science, Technology, and Health (ESTH) course (PE 221) to be offered April 27 - May 8, 2009 at the Foreign Service Institute (FSI). Taiwo is a newly-hired member of post's State economic team whose portfoli [...]
2009-03-06 08:06:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA AFSN TSPL ECON AFSI NI
09ABUJA526NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MARCH 1-14, 2009
[...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of March 1-14, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic News --Health --Northern Nigeria --Southern Nigeria --Delta Incidents Economic News -------------- [...]
2009-03-26 15:21:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
09ABUJA714NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APRIL 1-17, 2009
[...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of April 1-17 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Politics --2011 Elections --Human Rights and TIP --Labor --Environment and Health --Corruption and Crime --Oil, Gas, [...]
2009-04-24 13:44:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
09ABUJA88NIGERIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following information is Nigeria's 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Overview -------- 2. With an estimated population of over 140 million, Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest [...]
2009-01-16 06:45:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD EFIN ECON OPIC KTDB USTR NI
09ABUJA950NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAY 1-15, 2009
[...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of May 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economics --Politics --Environment and Health --Oil, Gas, and Power Economics --------- 2. (U) U.S. PARTICIPATES [...]
2009-06-02 06:44:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN NI
09ABUJA98 NIGERIA: NEW CUSTOMS COMPTROLLER GENERAL
[...] (SBU) Former Nigerian Customs Comptroller General Alhaji Hamman Bello Ahmed resigned on January 14, 2009 and handed over his position to Dr. B. E. Nwadialo. H. B. Ahmed is retiring because he has reached the mandatory retirement age of 60. The media has reported that there are tensions within [...]
2009-01-16 12:37:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON EAGR EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ACCRA462009 Investment Climate Statement - Ghana
[...] Attracting foreign direct investment continues to be a priority for the government of Ghana. Former President Kufuor encouraged foreign investment as an integral part of Ghana's economic policy. President Mills is expected to continue this policy. The Ghana Investment Advisory Council (GIAC) [...]
2009-01-20 15:22:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ETRD KPTD OPIC USTR GH
09ACCRA820GHANA RECORDS FIRST H1N1 CASES
[...] SUMMARY: Ghana has recorded six confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza through August 20, 2009. Two individuals were treated in hospital with Tamiflu and have fully recovered, and four persons are currently being treated at home with Tamiflu and have not yet recovered. To date, Ghana has not recor [...]
2009-08-20 15:45:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO EAID GH
09ADDISABABA1498 ETHIOPIA ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS FOOD SECURITY SITUATION
[...] On June 17, 2009 the U.S. Ambassador convened a meeting with key members of the humanitarian community to discuss an action plan to address the worrisome food security situation exacerbated by consecutive seasons of failed rains and an impending food relief pipeline break in mid - July. 2. [...]
2009-06-26 08:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA265AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH AU
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Ambassador Donald Yamamoto, USAID Acting Assistant Administrator Earl Gast, and Sudan Programs Group Director Timothy Shortley, met with AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra January 31, on the margins of the AU [...]
2009-02-02 16:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO SU ZI CG
09ADDISABABA2902USAU: AFRICAN UNION, UNECA HOLD PARTNERS DIALOGUE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From December 1-2, the AU and UNECA hosted a Partners Dialogue in Addis Ababa, bringing together 15 donor nations and other entities to discuss how to create a more strategic and equitable partnership between the AU/ECA and donors. Key themes that emerged included: the need for a [...]
2009-12-10 10:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UN AU
09ADDISABABA322AU SUMMIT -- ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETS UK
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 1 Acting Assistant Secretary Carter met U.K. Minister for Africa, Asia and the United Nations, Lord Mark Malloch Brown, on the margins of the African Union Summit. They discussed Sudan, Somalia, Zimbabwe and the situation in the Congo. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) U.K [...]
2009-02-05 16:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU SO SU ZI CG XA
09AITTAIPEI1423MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ADDRESS ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 3 on the lead-up to the local elections scheduled for December 5; on the National Communications Commission (NCC)'s review of Next Media's applications to establish TV channels; and on the resignation Masaki Saito, [...]
2009-12-03 09:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI144MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, CROSS-STRAIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies February 11 gave extensive coverage to former First Lady Wu Shu-chen, who appeared in court and pleaded guilty to forgery but denied the corruption charges against her Tuesday. News coverage also centered on the island's sagging economy, and on [...]
2009-02-11 06:35:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI174MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, OBAMA'S
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their February 14-17 news coverage on the possibility of signing a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, on the Taiwan government's efforts to fight the island's mounting unemployment ra [...]
2009-02-17 09:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI392MEDIA REACTION: G-20, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, NORTH
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage April 3 on the agreements reached at the G20 summit in London to rescue the global economy; on the legislators' move to cut tax, and on the year-end Taipei County Magistrate election. 2. In terms of editorials and commen [...]
2009-04-03 08:16:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI762MEDIA REACTION: IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 09:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09ALGIERS1009ALGERIA: JULY - SEPTEMBER SECURITY TRENDS SUMMARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable is the first of a series of quarterly summaries of security trends in Algeria related to terrorism, social unrest and criminal activity. This report refers to trends observed during the period July - September 2009. The information draws on reporting from local pres [...]
2009-11-12 14:18:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PINR PINS ASEC AMGT AG
09ALGIERS164ALGERIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria's population of roughly 35 million, its energy wealth, and growing demand for modern infrastructure and consumer products have generated broad interest in this market from companies around the world. But an often difficult business regulatory environment, symbolized by [...]
2009-02-17 07:35:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPOC PGOV USTR AG
09ALGIERS983CTAG MEMBERS DISCUSS REGIONAL CT CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Participants at the Italian-hosted Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting of G-8 Embassies in Algiers on October 25 discussed the current status of regional CT cooperation, ongoing Algerian and bilateral CT efforts, and the activities of the African Union Center for the Study and Res [...]
2009-11-04 10:06:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR PGOV AG ML MR NG
09AMMAN1035SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL PELOSI TO AMMAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman welcomes the May 7-8 visit to Jordan of CODEL Pelosi. Jordan is one of the United States' strongest partners in the Middle East. In line with the CODEL's request, we have received tentative agreement for an audience with King Abdullah. We expect that the topics of discussi [...]
2009-05-05 13:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP JO
09AMMAN1378Jordan's Trade Deficit Has Decreased 35 Percent in 2009
[...] (U) Summary: After hitting a historic high in 2008, Jordan's trade deficit narrowed by 35 percent to $2.048 billion between January and April 2009, compared to $3.15 billion during the same period in 2008. This is largely due to a significant drop in the price of fuel, which led to a 60.6% d [...]
2009-06-18 12:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO
09AMMAN1512DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ITSO EXTRAORDINARY ASSEMBLY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 04:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS AORC ECON EFIN INTELSAT KTIA TSPA JO
09AMMAN164JORDAN: JANUARY 19 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA
[...] SUMMARY: Ceasefire announcements along with rescue and recovery efforts led Jordanian media coverage of developments in and around Gaza over the long weekend. The U.S. - Israel MOU also received front-page attention. King Abdullah's participation at the Sharm El-Sheikh meeting headed local c [...]
2009-01-19 13:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN202008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] (U) Embassy Amman's submission for the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) follows. Information was provided by the Jordan Public Security Directorate's Anti-Narcotics Department (PSD-AND). --------------- Part I: Summary --------------- 2. (SBU) Jordan's [...]
2009-01-05 05:59:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC JO
09AMMAN2607JORDAN SUBMISSION FOR 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] Per ref B, following is the text for Part II, Money Laundering and Financial Crimes, of Embassy Amman's submission for the 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),also e-mailed as requested as a Microsoft Word document. Embassy point of contact is Resident Economic [...]
2009-12-03 11:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PTER SNAR KCRM JO
09AMMAN2671JORDAN: PM RESIGNS, NEW GOVERNMENT TO BE FORMED
[...] (S//NF) Summary: Nader al-Dahabi resigned as Prime Minister today, and Samir Zayd al-Rifa'i, son of Upper House Speaker Zayd al-Rifa'i, is to take his place. The King privately cited corruption within the previous government and the delay in parliamentary elections as reasons for the timing [...]
2009-12-09 15:53:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN2804JORDAN'S NEW CABINET: SUMMARY AND SELECTED BIOS
[...] (C/NF) The 29-member cabinet was sworn in by King Abdullah II on December 14. The new government, largely technocrats, is made up of 16 new ministers and 13 who served in the previous government. Of the new ministers, seven have served in previous cabinets. PM Samir Rifa'i's cabinet inclu [...]
2009-12-30 13:29:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR JO
09AMMAN51JORDAN: JANUARY 7 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA SITUATION
[...] SUMMARY: King Abdullah's diplomatic efforts competed for space against grisly photos from Gaza in today's Jordanian media coverage of the conflict. The King's dark warning of "a conspiracy against the Palestinian people" and his meeting with moderate Islamist cleric Yusef Qardawi topped cover [...]
2009-01-07 13:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN580JORDAN AND BRITAIN WORK AROUND THE LACK OF
[...] (C) The British House of Lords February 18 ruling that Omer Mahmoud Mohammad Othamn, "Abu Qatada," could be deported to Jordan sparked preparations for his possible arrival. As Jordan does not have an extradition treaty with the United Kingdom, Abu Qatada's deportation would be governed by a [...]
2009-03-04 03:38:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PTER JO
09AMMAN638JORDAN NOMINATES TAYSEER AL-NOAIMI FOR UNESCO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-12 07:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNESCO JO
09AMMAN74"DAY OF RAGE" PROTESTS OVER GAZA AIMED AT UPPING
[...] (S) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is coming under increased public pressure to react to events in Gaza and may not be able to hold out much longer, according to Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi in a January 7 conversation with Ambassador. Only days after Prime Minister Nader Dahabi [...]
2009-01-08 16:33:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PHUM KPAL JO
09AMMAN779SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL MCCONNELL TO AMMAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Amman welcomes the April 8-11 visit to Jordan of CODEL McConnell. Jordan remains one of the United States' strongest partners in the Middle East. Per the CODEL's request, we have received tentative agreement for an audience with King Abdullah and are seeking a meeting with new [...]
2009-03-26 13:42:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OREP JO
09AMMAN887SCENESETTER FOR KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO THE U.S.
[...] (S/NF) Summary: King Abdullah is extremely pleased to be the first Arab leader to meet with the President in Washington. He wants to show his skeptical public and the wider Arab street that his moderate approach gains him access to (and, he hopes, influence with) the White House. The visit [...]
2009-04-15 12:08:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPAL IS IR IZ SY JO
09AMSTERDAM83FRAUD SUMMARY - NETHERLANDS
[...] Per the instructions in Ref A, Amsterdam submits the following post summary of fraud-related activity during the period from March 1, 2009 to August 31, 2009 updating Ref B. -------------------------- Country Conditions -------------------------- 2. The Netherlands is a highly develope [...]
2009-10-29 16:46:00Consulate AmsterdamUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NL
09ANKARA1652AMBASSADOR RAISES DEFINITION OF TERRORISM AND TAX
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Jeffrey and Econ Counselor met November 12 with Minister of Finance Mehmet Simsek. Simsek established an interagency working group on the definition of terrorism that will make recommendations on legislative changes by mid-December, allowing him to present legislation [...]
2009-11-17 16:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER EFIN PHUM TU
09ANKARA1685BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We visited Pegasus Defense Company on October 21 to meet with its managing director, Ismail Turgut, and a number of the company,s principal officers. Based on the site visit, the information provided by the company and a name check conducted by Post RSO, we believe Pegasus is a [...]
2009-11-23 15:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC TU
09ANKARA983TURKEY: ANKARA'S UIGHUR PARADOX
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite President Gul's recent trip to China, the GOT leadership has vocally condemned Chinese Government actions against the ethnically Turkic Uighurs in Urumqi. PM Erdogan characterized the violence as a "massacre" and called on Beijing to end its siege. Reflecting Erdogan's p [...]
2009-07-09 17:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL CH TU
09ASHGABAT335 TURKMENISTAN: MICROFINANCE APPEARS INCREASINGLY POSSIBLE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27, Turkmenistan's first-ever conference on microfinance was organized in Ashgabat by the UN Development Program (UNDP). Titled "Microfinance - A Tool to Enhance Private Sector Development in Turkmenis [...]
2009-03-13 15:17:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT80TURKMENISTAN 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Sensitive by unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Following please find post's 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Turkmenistan. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkmenistan is a relatively large but sparsely inhabited country (about five million) with abundant hydroc [...]
2009-01-16 11:00:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR TX
09ASHGABAT938TURKMEN STUDENTS PREVENTED FROM EXITING COUNTRY TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Institute of Education, an office within the Ministry of Education, must now approve the foreign post-high school study of all Turkmen students. This new requirement is in direct opposition to President Berdimuhamedov's stated goals of increasing foreign education possibi [...]
2009-07-28 11:41:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO OEXC SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT975 PANDEMIC H1N1 INFLUENZA RESPONSE - TURKMENISTAN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: To date, there have been no officially documented cases of H1N1 in Turkmenistan. However, it appears that the country would be unprepared, if there was an outbreak. Primary health care is limited in the capital a [...]
2009-07-31 12:34:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU PREL AEMR CASC PINR AMGT SOCI TX
09ASMARA167PATRIOTIC WING FORMALLY CUTS TIES WITH AWEYS
[...] (C) The Patriotic Wing of the ARS has officially cut ties with Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, according to the group's Inspector General, Mahad Yusuf. Yusuf told PolOff that the organization has no desire to be affiliated with Sheikh Aweys, Hezbul Islam, or Al-Shabaab. Instead, he continued, the [...]
2009-06-01 13:22:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO ER
09ASTANA1027 KAZAKHSTAN: AFGHAN AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON KAZAKHSTAN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghan Ambassador Abdul Haider called on the Ambassador on June 15. During an hour-long discussion, a relaxed and well-informed Haider spoke openly in fluent English about three issues. He expressed gratitude for U.S. and Kazakhstani assistance to Afghanistan, registered concer [...]
2009-06-16 10:22:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON AF KG PK RS KZ
09ASTANA1429 KAZAKHSTAN: WHY TO PAY SERIOUS ATTENTION
[...] (S/NF) During USCENTCOM CDR General David Petraeus' August 13 meetings in Astana, senior Kazakhstani officials made more clear than ever that President Nursultan Nazarbayev wants an enhanced relationship with the United States and is offering us a logistics/transit facility for U.S. and Coali [...]
2009-08-25 04:36:00Embassy AstanaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SOCI KNNP KDEM AF
09ASTANA1697 KAZAKHSTAN: ECOCENTER, ENVIRONMENTAL WATCHDOG;
[...] SUMMARY: Karaganda oblast, home to large coal mines, also boasts the large ArcelorMittal steel plant in nearby Temirtau, Kazakhstan's iron and steel center. One of the world's pre-eminent steel plants, selling steel to more than 60 countries, ArcelorMittal is the only steel plant in the worl [...]
2009-09-28 10:42:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV KZ
09ASTANA1770CURRENT U.S.-KAZAKHSTANI NON-PROLIFERATION PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-02 12:12:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM ECON MNUC KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1807 KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY URGES VIGILANCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil society activists are expressing concern about what they see as Kazakhstan's "conservative shift" on political liberalization, pointing specifically to the recent conviction of human rights activist Yevgeniy [...]
2009-10-06 09:10:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2071 U.S.-KAZAKHSTANI MILITARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS SUPPORT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: U.S.-Kazakhstani Bilateral Defense Consultations, held in Washington and Arizona November 16-18, discussed how to sustain and strengthen cooperative U.S.-Kazakhstani military-to-military engagement. Key topics during Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Defense Sembinov's meetings [...]
2009-11-23 00:40:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL MARR KZ
09ASTANA410 KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE EAGER TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his March 4 introductory call on Minister of Education and Science Zhanseit Tuymebayev, the Ambassador raised U.S.-Kazakhstani cooperation in the field of education, including on the Bolashak program and reg [...]
2009-03-05 08:51:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SCUL SOCI TBIO KNNP KPAO KZ
09ASTANA442 KAZAKHSTAN: ITALY REMAINS A MAJOR INVESTOR, ACTIVE IN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff met on February 17 with Ugo Boni, First Secretary and DCM at the Italian Embassy in Astana, to discuss the Kazakhstan-Italy relationship. Boni characterized the overall Kazakhstan-Italy relationship as pos [...]
2009-03-13 08:30:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD IT KZ
09ASTANA494 KAZAKHSTAN: NATO REP FOR CENTRAL ASIA BRIEFS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons told NATO Ambassadors in Astana on March 18 that the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum is administratively on track for June 24-25 in Astana, even though Kazakhstani officials made [...]
2009-03-19 09:43:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR NATO OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA622 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 2-APRIL 8
[...] SUMMARY: This week Kazakhstani media highlighted what the media believes is a possible visit of President Obama to Kazakhstan, spurred by an invitation from President Nazarbayev that Senate Chairman Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev gave the President during his trip to Turkey. The media also focused o [...]
2009-04-12 07:56:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA662 KAZAKHSTAN: FUTURE OF LARGEST BANKS REMAINS UNCLEAR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent developments within the Kazakhstani banking sector -- specifically pertaining to BTA and Alliance banks -- indicate continued instability and increased risk of default on the repayment of foreign obligation [...]
2009-04-17 11:40:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA663 KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 9 - 15
[...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstani political commentators focused on the domestic political scene this week, weighing the relative merits of the ruling Nur Otan party and its adversaries in the opposition. "Delovaya Nedelya," an independent weekly, published a wrap-up of the G-20 summit in which it mocked [...]
2009-04-17 11:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA819 KAZAKHSTAN: UK ENERGY ENVOY TOURS REGION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, the Ambassador met with UK Caspian Energy Envoy Angus Miller (protect throughout) to discuss his six-week tour through the Caucasus and Central Asia. Miller said that an investor from the United Arab [...]
2009-05-08 09:56:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS GG TX KZ
09ASTANA870KAZAKHSTAN: ALGA LEADER DISCUSSES ABLYAZOV, TWO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, the leader of the unregistered opposition party Alga, Vladimir Kozlov, told us that he recently met in London with ousted BTA bank chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov, who is Alga's principal financial backer. According to Kozlov, Ablyazov will soon declare himself "in open opp [...]
2009-05-21 04:36:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA948 KAZAKHSTAN: SECOND ANNUAL EITI CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 3, Minister of Energy Sauat Mynbayev opened the second national conference on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Astana. Mynbayev announced that Kazakhstan will complete the process [...]
2009-06-04 10:19:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EMIN EPET EINV KZ
09ATHENS1103A/S Gordon's June 27 Meeting with Polish FM Sikorski: Russia
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Assistant Secretary Gordon met with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on the margins of the June 27-28 NATO-Russia Council and OSCE Informal Ministerial in Corfu, Greece. Their discussion centered on Georgia, U.S.-Russia nuclear disarmament negotiations, missile defen [...]
2009-06-30 08:19:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PL
09ATHENS1583SENIOR GREEK BANKER COMMENTS ON GREEK ECONOMY, NEW
[...] (SBU) In a recent conversation with DepEconCouns, Nikolaos B. Karamouzis, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Eurobank EFG, Greece's second largest private bank in terms of both deposits and assets, discussed his views on Greece's economic and budget situation, the new PASOK government and it [...]
2009-10-27 15:15:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN PREL GR EFIN
09ATHENS1585ACTION REQUEST: GREECE TO U.S.: "HELP US HELP YOU IN
[...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In a meeting with DepEconCouns and USAID/E&E representatives on October 22, Ambassador Karafotias, the Director-General of Hellenic Aid (HA),made a very pointed request-the latest in a long line of requests-for specific projects [...]
2009-10-27 17:35:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL GR EAID AF
09ATHENS1693PIRACY: GREECE WANTS CGPCS CHAIR, WILL CONSIDER NY
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The MFA formally requests to chair a future Plenary of the Contact Group for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),MFA D1 Directorate Head Franciscos Verros and Counselor Dimitris Papandreou told Po [...]
2009-12-11 11:07:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPHSA KPIR PREL PGOV GR
09ATHENS206 Greece: 2009 TIP Report Submission - Part 4 of 4
[...] (U) This document is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is the last of four cables. The cable text is keyed to REFTEL paragraphs 27 (PREVENTION),28 (TIP HEROES),and 29 (TIP BEST PRACTICES). TIP point of contact information and an estimate of hours spe [...]
2009-02-17 14:47:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG ELAB GR
09ATHENS2202US Treasury Meetings in Greece: Despite Credibility Gap,
[...] (SBU) In December 18 and 21 meetings in Athens with visiting Treasury Representative for Europe Mathew Haarsager, Greek government and bank officials expressed the common view that the main challenge facing the GoG was undertaking a reform program that would restore credibility in Greek econom [...]
2009-12-31 11:52:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ECIN PREL GR
09BAGHDAD1248PM TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT IRAQ WANTS STRONG RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: In Ambassador Hill's initial official meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the PM stressed Iraq's desire to develop a strong strategic relationship with the Obama Administration, and to focus on implementing the Security and Strategic Framework Agreements. Maliki complaine [...]
2009-05-12 14:36:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD1706RRT ERBIL: "CHANGE" IS AFOOT IN DOHUK, BUT ARRIVES
[...] (SBU) In preparation for the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament (IKP) elections planned for July 25, Nawshirwan Mustafa's party -- the Change list -- has finally established a presence in Dohuk, the northernmost province of the Kurdistan Region. So far, the Change list has found a lukewarm receptio [...]
2009-06-26 13:58:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KDEM PGOV IR
09BAGHDAD2100MINISTER SAFA AL-SAFI LAUDS BASRAH RECONSTRUCTION,
[...] (C) Summary. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Safi al-Safi told Poloffs he is proud of his management of Prime Minister Maliki's $100 million reconstruction effort in Basrah province. Contrasting his efforts to the United Kingdom's "economic failure" in Basrah, he said over 80 perce [...]
2009-08-04 10:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2652009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 05:36:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON ETRD PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2698UNAMI EXPLORING BIGGER ROLE ON MEK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMI is exploring the possibility of establishing an observation presence at Camp Ashraf and assuming a more direct role in mediating between the GOI and the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) after two weeks in which the Embassy has worked with senior GOI officials, UN and ICRC representat [...]
2009-10-07 06:14:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREF PREL PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2930WATER RESOURCES MINISTER DISCUSSES MAJOR WATER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Transboundary water negotiations, repair of the Mosul Dam, salinity issues in Basra province, and improvement of irrigation drainage are the major water issues facing Iraq, Minister of Water Resources Dr. Latif Rashid told USG personnel in late October. END SUMMARY Three Prima [...]
2009-11-02 15:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON PBTS SENV TNGD TPHY EAGR
09BAGHDAD45DPM BARHAM SALIH - IRAQ LOOKING FOR A NEW APPROACH
[...] (U) This cable is an action request, please see paragraph 10 2. (C) Summary: In a January 7 meeting with EMIN Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih stated that Iraq's Ministry of Oil has failed at the highest levels of management and that the situation of Iraq's oil sector is a "disaster". T [...]
2009-01-08 15:27:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD546PRT SALAH AD DIN: PROVINCIAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION
[...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In recent months, the Salah al-Din (SaD) Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) has improved its working relationship with the National Investment Commission (NIC) and committed itself to a rigorous campaign of outreach to pot [...]
2009-03-03 03:32:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON PREF EAID ETRD IZ PINR
09BAGHDAD605 IRAQ HEALTH INVESTMENT SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS,
[...] SUMMARY. The Iraq Health Investment Summit, held on February 19-20 in Istanbul, Turkey, was a key opportunity for the Minister of Health (MOH),Dr. Salih al-Hasnawi, to showcase Iraq's 2009-2013 strategic health plan and to solicit partnerships with private companies for Iraq's healthcare sys [...]
2009-03-09 07:26:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECIN BEXP CVIS IZ ECON PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD700RRT Erbil: The 1991 Generation on College, Jobs
[...] (U) Summary: Given that half of the Kurdistan Region's population is under 25, understanding the concerns of the so-called "1991 Generation" -- those born during or after the Kurdish Uprising -- is key to understanding the Region's future. Right now, the Generation's primary concern is getting [...]
2009-03-16 12:04:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL SOCI PGOV PINR ECON IZ
09BAKU40AZERBAIJAN - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009
[...] This cable contains Post's Investment Climate Statement for 2009 and includes the following sections: Introduction A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A.3. Expropriation and Compensation A.4. Dispute Settlement A.5. Performance Requirements and Incent [...]
2009-01-21 10:11:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB AJ
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN185SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON VISIT TO BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
[...] (SBU) Senator Nelson: Your August 16-18 visit to Brunei comes at an opportune moment. Our bilateral relationship with Brunei continues to improve as The Government of Brunei (GoB),lead by His Majesty the Sultan, seeks closer ties with the United States. Particular attention is focused on expa [...]
2009-08-04 08:42:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN73AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE: BRUNEI LIKELY TO ATTEND
[...] (SBU) After repeated discussions with DCM, Government of Brunei (GoB) officials confirmed that Brunei is planning on attending the March 31 "International Conference on Afghanistan" in the Netherlands. Ms. Janeh Sukaimi, Deputy Director, Politics II, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFA [...]
2009-03-30 06:16:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AF BX
09BANGKOK1315THAI SENATORS ASK GENERAL THAN SHWE TO RELEASE
[...] (SBU) Thirty Thai Senators, led by Bangkok Senator Rosana Tositrakul, signed a May 25 letter to the Burmese State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Chairman Senior General Than Shwe, requesting that the GOB free Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and create a better democratic environment in Burma. Th [...]
2009-06-02 09:26:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV TH BM
09BANGKOK1382 THAI ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE U.S.
[...] (U) In response to ref A, post has compiled a list of energy partnerships between the Royal Thai Government (RTG) and the USG or entities in the U.S. private sector. USAID partnerships ------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID RDMA) oversees the Envir [...]
2009-06-09 07:33:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON ENRG APECO TH
09BANGKOK151THAILAND: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Per reftel request, below is Post's draft of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Thailand. We also e-mailed a Microsoft Word version to EB/IFD/OIA (J. Nathaniel Hatcher and Gregory Hicks),per reftel instructions. 2. (U) Begin text of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for [...]
2009-01-21 10:10:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR TH
09BANGKOK1662THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S JULY
[...] (C) Madam Secretary: You will arrive July 21 in a Kingdom of Thailand divided politically and focused inward, uncertain about the country's future after revered but ailing 81 year old King Bhumibol eventually passes. Despite a deep and broad alliance partnership that continues to deliver sign [...]
2009-07-13 07:18:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK1901THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Senator Webb, Embassy Bangkok looks forward to welcoming you back to Thailand. Your visit will afford a chance to express the United States' commitment for Thailand's democracy in meeting its current challenges and emerging strengthened, as well as to engage Thai officials and others on [...]
2009-08-05 10:22:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS TH
09BANGKOK2167KING BHUMIBOL WARNS OF RUIN IN THE ABSENCE OF
[...] (C) On August 21, 81-year-old Thai King Bhumibol carefully dipped his feet into Thailand's boiling political waters, warning the Thai people that, among other things, "without cooperation, the country may actually fall to ruin." The comments, delivered during an audience with civil servants [...]
2009-08-27 06:56:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK237THAILAND CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] This report provides information as requested by the Department of Labor to determine if countries eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program are implementing their international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor as required unde [...]
2009-01-30 02:30:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM KTIP TH
09BANGKOK2599THAI CANDIDACY FOR THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 10:16:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TH UNESCO
09BANGKOK2747THAI PM CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO POTUS BARACK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 01:58:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TH
09BANGKOK2764THAI PM INVITATION TO PRESIDENT TO ATTEND ASEAN-US
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 08:39:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TH
09BANGKOK2987BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF SUWIT
[...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, International Electronics & Defence Co., Ltd. was listed as follows: Registration No. 0105522008368 Registered Date: April 25, 1979 Status: Limited Partnership Capital Registration: 2,000,000 baht Partners: Suwit Khandhawit and Rojana Khandha [...]
2009-11-24 10:37:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TH
09BANGKOK2990BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF WITHAN
[...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Siam Aviation Co., Ltd. was listed as follows: Registration No. 0105515008722 Registered Date: December 6, 1972 Status: Limited Partnership Capital Registration: 4,000,000 baht Partners: Withan Makarabhirom, Wara Makarabhirom, Worathan Makara [...]
2009-11-24 10:41:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TH
09BANGKOK499THAILAND: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 08:16:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH
09BANGKOK991THAI GOVERNMENT VS. THAKSIN: ARREST WARRANTS, PASSPORT REVOCATION, AND OVERTURE TO NICARAGUA
[...] (SBU) The RTG has formally informed the Embassy via diplomatic note of new measures against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra: the issuance of a new arrest warrant for inciting mob violence, and the revocation of Thaksin's Thai passport. These steps follow the eruption of mob violence in Pat [...]
2009-04-20 09:47:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR CVIS CPAS KJUS NU TH
09BANJUL18THE GAMBIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Banjul presents its Investment Climate Statement for 2009. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Gambian government publicly espouses a liberal, open economic environment and free-market pricing, with a [...]
2009-01-22 17:59:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR
09BASRAH18BASRAH: UNITED KINGDOM HOSTS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 10:58:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD PGOV MASS EAIR EWWT UK IZ
09BASRAH41BASRA: TWO AMERICAN FIRMS TO HELP BUILD MASSIVE "SPORTS
[...] (U) Summary: According to local officials and media reports, the Government of Iraq (GOI) has selected two U.S. firms to design and provide engineering services for a massive new sports complex in Basra. The site is planned to be completed in preparation for the Basra-hosted 2013 Gulf Cup, an [...]
2009-07-06 13:03:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV SOCI ELAB KPAO SCUL IZ
09BASRAH53BASRA JOURNALIST DISCUSSES MALIKI VISIT, JOURNALISTIC
[...] (C) Summary. Local journalist and close PRT contact Majed Al-Brekan (strictly protect) dismissed Prime Minister Maliki's recent visit to Basra, ostensibly undertaken to deal with water shortages, as "entirely political," and said that that "all his promises were just talk." On the challenges [...]
2009-09-24 06:52:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALSOCI SCUL KPAO KMDR PGOV IZ
09BASRAH57BASRA: THE SLUMS OF HAYYANIYAH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Hayyaniyah is a poor and politically sensitive Basra city neighborhood with a history very similar to Baghdad's Sadr City. Wracked by extreme poverty, high unemployment, and an extremely dense population, the enclave of about 300,000 is largely comprised of Shi'a Marsh Arabs fr [...]
2009-10-28 08:38:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI ECON PREL PGOV SMIG IZ IR
09BASRAH67IRAQI FISHERMEN HARASSED BY IRAN AND KUWAIT
[...] (C) Iraqi fishermen are bearing the brunt of conflicting claims by Iraq and its neighbors to territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. Media reports and personal accounts by fishermen, PRT members, US Navy personnel in the region, and a British naval officer familiar with the situation confirm r [...]
2009-12-31 11:31:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EWWT ETRD PGOV EFIS PBTS IZ IR KU
09BEIJING1135 MGSF01 H1N1 SWINE FLU OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 1 - NO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of COB April 28 Beijing time, no cases of swine influenza (AH1N1) virus infection in humans or livestock had been reported by the local press or government authorities. As a precaution, the Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQ [...]
2009-04-28 09:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1172PRC: CHINESE SCHOLARS SUGGEST ACHIEVING NEAR-TERM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese participants at a UK/France-sponsored seminar on UN Security Council Reform April 29 uniformly affirmed the need for UN Security Council reform, though none expressed any urgency in acting on this need. While offering generally positive views of the UK/France "intermedia [...]
2009-04-30 10:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KUNR UN CH JA RS
09BEIJING1224 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 6 -
[...] (U) This cable corrects Beijing 1223. Please disregard Beijing 1223. AMERICANS IN QUARANTINE, QUARANTINE CHARGES, AND NOTIFICATION ----------------------- ------------------- ---------------- Â [...]
2009-05-07 10:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1227MAY 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HU-OBAMA TELCON, USNS VICTORIOUS,
[...] Key points at the May 7 MFA press briefing: -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. President Barack Obama discussed bilateral relations and had an "in-depth exchange of views" on H1N1 influenza, agreeing to cooperate in addressing the issue. The two leaders also discussed the Korean Peninsu [...]
2009-05-07 23:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AMED MCAP CH MX CE CA AS KU JP
09BEIJING1317 TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 12
[...] (SBU) Mainland Chinese newspapers (both Chinese and English-language publications) have criticized U.S. government response to the H1N1 outbreak, blaming the "low-key approach" of the government and media for what it sees as ineffective prevention measures against the spread of the virus. The [...]
2009-05-15 10:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09BEIJING1353MAY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, BOC
[...] Key points at the May 19 MFA press briefing: -- -- China "hoped the new U.S. Ambassador to China would play a positive role in promoting friendship between the two countries." -- China "welcomed the verdict" convicting two former Bank of China employees who "committed embezzlement and then [...]
2009-05-19 11:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH FR AS KN PK BR IN KS XG BM RS
09BEIJING1388PRC/SUDAN: PRC SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR DARFUR
[...] (C) In a May 25 meeting with Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration, Special Representative for the Chinese Government on Darfur Ambassador Liu Guijin agreed that the United States and China shared common goals in Sudan. Liu added that China hoped that the new U.S. Administration's "con [...]
2009-05-25 12:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM SOCI KDEM CH SU LY
09BEIJING164January 20 MFA Press Briefing: Wen Jiabao Visit to Europe,
[...] Key points at the January 20 MFA Press Briefing: -- Premier Wen Jiabao will visit EU headquarters, Switzerland, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom from January 27-February 2. Wen plans to attend the upcoming World Economic Forum in Davos. -- As President-elect Obama prepares to take offi [...]
2009-01-20 10:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KS KN CH SZ UK SP GM EU TW
09BEIJING2414PRC: INDIAN INFORMATION INADEQUATE TO WARRANT
[...] (C) India has not provided sufficient information about the three Pakistan-based individuals it proposed to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to merit their listing as terrorists, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin told PolOff Au [...]
2009-08-21 09:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH IN PK
09BEIJING2438PRC/IRAN: SCHOLAR SUGGESTS U.S. NEGOTIATE SE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The unstable post-election political climate in Iran likely precludes the initiation of formal negotiations with Iran on ceasing its uranium enrichment program, according to a PRC scholar. Though Iran is sincere in wishing to reach out to the United States on broader bilateral i [...]
2009-08-25 09:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING255FEBRUARY 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA BILATERAL
[...] Key points at the February 3 MFA Press Briefing: -- China is ready to work with the United States to promote bilateral relations. -- China is a friend of both India and Pakistan and hopes the two countries will "proceed from the interests of regional stability and promote the peace process [...]
2009-02-03 09:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD CH KN XG IN PK KS RP UK SA
09BEIJING2617BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON JAPANESE
[...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing on September 11, Japanese Ambassador Miyamoto stated that while the recent elections in Japan were "significant," he does not expect major changes in Japan's foreign policy. British Ambassador William Ehrman said the United Kingdom was " [...]
2009-09-11 11:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING903CHINA/EITI: CHINESE ACADEMIC STRESSES NEED TO BUILD
[...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese officials and academics lack a clear understanding of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),according to Dr. He Wenping, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). In He's view, Chinese officials will not support the EITI unless they can be co [...]
2009-04-03 09:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG SENV EPET EMIN KCOR CH
09BEIRUT496LEBANON: DDEFMIN MURR ON FOUR GENERALS, MARCH 14
[...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador April 30 that the release of the four generals held in connection with the assination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri would provide the opposition with ammunition against March 14. Murr assessed the Christian community was especially [...]
2009-04-30 16:57:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT537LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS HE RECEIVED "ENOUGH" FUNDS
[...] (C) March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt told the Ambassador that he and Sunni leader Saad Hariri had "very good" meetings with Saudi King Abdullah, Prince Mukrin, and other Saudi officials during a brief visit to the Kingdom May 9-10. Jumblatt said the Saudis had recently given cash injectio [...]
2009-05-14 08:59:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SA
09BEIRUT605LEBANON: NEW SAUDI AMBASSADOR SAYS HIZBALLAH
[...] (C) The new Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Saeed Awadh Asseri, told the Ambassador June 1 that Hizballah Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem was worried that if the Hizballah-led March 8 alliance won the majority in Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, the March 14 coalition would not [...]
2009-06-02 14:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SA PK
09BEIRUT624LEBANON: CAMPAIGN ISSUE: THE ELECTIONS AND THE
[...] (C) Both the March 14 coalition and the opposition are seeking to capitalize on the possible economic impact of the international community's reactions to the June 7 parliamentary elections to gain votes. March 14 leaders have floated the idea that an opposition-led Lebanese government would [...]
2009-06-05 12:57:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EFIN MARR LE SY
09BELFAST5NORTHERN IRELAND LEADERS THANK SPECIAL ENVOY DOBRIANSKY
[...] (C) Summary: On January 7-8, Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Ambassador Paula Dobriansky made farewell calls on Northern Ireland political leaders. Everyone paid tribute to the Special Envoy for her efforts during the past two years and praised the role the United States has played in brin [...]
2009-01-13 13:12:00Consulate BelfastCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UK EI
09BELFAST79FRAUD SUMMARY - BELFAST - MARCH- AUGUST 2009
[...] Country Conditions: As part of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland is a developed industrialized country with a well-established infrastructure. Like the rest of the UK, Northern Ireland is suffering as a result of the global credit crunch and economic downturn. The unemployment rate in N [...]
2009-09-30 14:05:00Consulate BelfastUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC UK
09BELGRADE1316SERBIA: 2009 INCSR PART 1 SUBMISSION
[...] The following is the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 2009-2010, Part 1 for Serbia. BEGIN TEXT. Serbia I. Summary The Republic of Serbia is a major transit country for narcotics and other drugs along the Balkan smuggling corridor from Turkey to Centra [...]
2009-11-06 16:42:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM SR
09BELGRADE276SERBIA CONTINUES TO DELAY ADOPTION OF VOJVODINA STATUTE
[...] (SBU) The Vojvodina Statute, the governing legislation for the Serbia's only remaining autonomous province (and one of the most prosperous parts of the country),remains off the National Assembly's agenda. The statute is foreseen in Serbia's Constitution, but nationalist groups continue to cr [...]
2009-03-30 15:14:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SR
09BELGRADE98SERBS AND RUSSIANS
[...] (SBU) Serbia,s recent rhetoric about apparently strengthening their relationship with Russia is worrisome both for the harm it can do to Serbia itself, as well as for its destabilizing effect on Balkan integration into trans-Atlantic alliances. Serbian gratitude for Russia,s support for Serb [...]
2009-02-03 15:46:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SR
09BELMOPAN305 CCJ MAY BECOME BELIZE'S FINAL APPELLATE COURT
[...] On June 19, 2009, Prime Minister Dean Barrow proposed a bill to the House of Representatives for a constitutional amendment that would replace the Privy Council in London as the final appellate court for Belize with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). This proposal is in keeping with the obl [...]
2009-08-05 15:44:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV XL BH
09BELMOPAN400 FRAUD SUMMARY - BELMOPAN
[...] Per Reftel B, U.S. Embassy Belmopan provides the following information for the period March, 2009 - September, 2009: a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Fraud encountered during visa and American Citizen Services interviews remains at moderately low levels. Post saw a slight increase in NIV fraud. Be [...]
2009-10-30 21:35:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM BH
09BERLIN1112(C) IAEA: GERMANY READY FOR IRAN SANCTIONS; WANTS
[...] (C) Summary. On September 8 poloff informed MFA IAEA lead Hans-Peter Hinrichsen that the U.S. was delivering reftel demarche to all IAEA Board Members. Hinrichsen shared copies of the EU and E3 statements to be released that day (see paragraphs 12 and 13). Hinrichsen asked for the USG to in [...]
2009-09-10 10:04:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS GM
09BERLIN1361EMBASSY PRODUCING COUNTER RADICALIZATION VIDEO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Berlin is producing a counter radicalization video that highlights messages from Germany-based Muslim community leaders who reject extremism and promote tolerance and understanding among religions. Mission Germany recently organized ten days of filming by a U.S.-Indonesi [...]
2009-10-29 09:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL ASEC KPAO KHLS GM
09BERLIN67BLUE LANTERN REPONSE: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, after an initial investigation, we assess that ASC is a reliable recipient of United States Munitions List (USML) items. We will conduct a site visit on March 3, 2009 to complete this investigation. 2. (SBU) Ms. Renate Bay, ASC's Marketing and Customer Service Di [...]
2009-01-16 16:05:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC SF GM
09BERLIN752IRAN ELECTION AFTERMATH: GERMAN MFA QUESTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Iranian ambassador to Berlin on June 22, a senior German MFA official raised Germany's concerns about accusatory comments made by Iranian officials against Western embassies in Tehran earlier that day. According to an MFA contact, the Iranian ambassador sta [...]
2009-06-23 15:19:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GM IR
09BERLIN758MERKEL'S CHARTER GETS GREEN LIGHT FROM G-20 SHERPAS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. One of Chancellor Merkel's highest priority global economic initiatives got a boost from G-20 Sherpas at a meeting in Berlin on June 12, 2009. The Chancellor's top economic advisors presented her vision for a Charter for Sustainable Activity, which is Merkel's contribution to [...]
2009-06-24 10:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN GM OECD PREL WTRO IO
09BERLIN781GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 388 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in Germany rose by 30 cases to a total of 388 on June 29. Germany has the third highest number of infections in the EU. SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 29, the National Reference Center for Influenza at RKI announced in its press briefing thirty-o [...]
2009-06-30 11:03:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN905MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-ISRAEL U.S.-CHINA, IRAN, RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Israel) Netanyahu-Mitchell Meeting 3. (U.S.-China) Washington Summit 4. (Iran) Western Reaction 5. (Russia) Influence on Central Asian Neighbors 6. (Moldova) Re-Election  [...]
2009-07-29 11:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERN381SWISS RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ORAL STATEMENTS FOR
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on September 3 to Didier Chassot, Regional Coordinator for South-Eastern Europe at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Chassot noted that Switzerland was still considering whether to deliver an oral statement supporting Kosovo at t [...]
2009-09-11 09:29:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL ICJ KV SZ
09BISHKEK792009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THE KYRGYZ
[...] This cable provides Embassy Bishkek's submission of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for the Kyrgyz Republic. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ The Kyrgyz Republic has a liberal investment regime on paper with a broad base of commercial l [...]
2009-01-28 08:36:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR KG
09BOGOTA1352SENATE INVESTIGATION INTO SOACHA FALSE POSITIVE
[...] (C) A public meeting convoked by the Colombian Senate on the Soacha killings turned heated when Senator Galan challenged Defense Minister Santos' claim that extrajudicial killings stopped after the GOC's high-profile dismissal of 27 military officers for the Soacha murders on October 30 last y [...]
2009-04-24 18:48:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS MOPS MARR PTER MASS CO
09BOGOTA2246THE URIBE COALITION: LESS THAN SOLID
[...] (C) President Uribe's legislative coalition is focused on changing the Constitution to allow Uribe to run for a third term in 2010, but the House and Senate must reconcile differing versions of the reelection bill before it can go forward. After Congressional approval, Colombia's Constitution [...]
2009-07-15 20:57:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA292URIBE SIGNALS THAT HE MAY NOT RUN IN 2010
[...] (C) Summary: President Uribe has signaled he may drop his effort to amend the constitution to allow for a 2010 reelection bid, but his intentions remain unclear. A respected Medellin daily reported January 29 that Uribe would not seek reelection in 2010, and Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santo [...]
2009-01-29 13:34:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CO
09BOGOTA3031UNDP LABOR VIOLENCE STUDY KICKS OFF
[...] (C) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Colombia launched its long-anticipated labor violence study with an Ambassador-level planning meeting (which Ambassador Brownfield attended) and working-level workshop on September 4, 2009. The study will analyze the causes and effects of la [...]
2009-09-21 20:45:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PREL PTER USTR CO
09BOGOTA3347COLOMBIA'S CLOUDY ELECTIONS PANORAMA
[...] (SBU) As the May 30, 2010 presidential election draws nearer, campaigns have begun and the field of candidates is slowly being whittled down. However, the potential referendum to allow President Uribe to run for a third term combined with missing electoral rules of the game (especially regardi [...]
2009-11-12 14:00:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PHUM PINR OAS CO
09BOGOTA3421COLOMBIANS SEE UBIQUITOUS VENEZUELAN THREAT
[...] (C/NF) Colombian officials and observers are increasingly concerned about the long-term threat Venezuela poses to their country. Experts inside and outside the government worry that any small incident along the tense border could spark a costly confrontation, given the decrease in communication and [...]
2009-11-20 16:41:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KJUS ETRD OAS CO VE
09BOGOTA3814POSITIVE HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENT IN COLOMBIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vice President Santos extolled Colombia's entry as an "Engaged Government" in the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPs) program at a plenary meeting on November 18. Santos remarked that Colombia is a great example of the VPs process and offered to support othe [...]
2009-12-01 23:19:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ENRG PGOV CO
09BRASILIA1136BRAZIL: "WE WILL HAVE AN AMBITIOUS NUMBER" FOR EMISSIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) will go to Copenhagen with an ambitious emissions reductions number as part of the negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),according to the Minister of External Relations Celso Amorim. In an early September inte [...]
2009-09-11 19:32:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1230QOM REPORT GETS THE BRAZILIANS THINKING
[...] (C) Summary. During an October 1 meeting with poloff, Ministry of Foreign Relations (MRE or Itamaraty) Central Asia (including Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India) Director Ricardo Luis Pires Ribeiro da Silva acknowledged that the September 24 report to the IAEA on the Qom nuclear facility ch [...]
2009-10-07 17:30:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP BR IR
09BRASILIA1254BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based. There exists a solid foundation of scientific and technological (S&T) ties, which offers excellent opportunities for increasing bilateral - and possible trilateral - cooperation. The bilatera [...]
2009-10-22 18:57:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA EAGR EAID SENV TBIO BR
09BRASILIA132BRAZIL: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009
[...] This cable transmits the text of the Brazil Investment Climate Statement for 2007. BEGIN TEXT: A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment Brazil is open to and encourages foreign investment. According to a recent United Nations report, Brazil is the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) re [...]
2009-02-03 16:48:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR BR
09BRASILIA1321SCENESETTER FOR THE U.S.-BRAZIL JOINT COMMISSION MEETING ON
[...] SUMMARY: Brazil - the giant of South America - has stepped on to the world stage as a major economic power and is a key player in regional and multilateral matters. What has been less noticeable is that Brazil has put itself on a track to eventually become a global scientific and technologic [...]
2009-11-16 14:28:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKSCA EAGR EAID SENV TBIO NSF BR
09BRASILIA1341DEMARCHE RESPONSE: MANAGING THE VISIT OF IRANIAN
[...] (C) Summary. CDA met separately November 18 with Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs II (Asia) Roberto Jaguaribe and Foreign Policy Advisor in the Presidency Marcel Biato to deliver demarche regarding the November 23 visit to Brazil of Iranian [...]
2009-11-20 18:21:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AORC CASC BR IR
09BRASILIA1414BRAZIL: STAS DR. NINA FEDOROFF PROMOTES SCIENCE AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dr. Nina Fedoroff, Science and Technology Advisor for the Secretary of State and USAID (STAS) visited Brazil on October 25-30. In her meetings in Sao Paulo, Brasilia, and Rio de Janeiro with academics, private sector representatives, and government officials she promoted incre [...]
2009-12-07 13:48:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TBIO TPHY EAGR KSCA EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1498BRAZIL: USTR/MRE BCM POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 9, Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for the Americas Everett Eissenstat, accompanied by Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Katherine Kalutkiewicz, led the U.S. delegation during a positive and productive meeting of the Bilateral Consultative M [...]
2009-12-21 18:52:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR
09BRASILIA530MGSF01: H1N1 FLU AND BRAZIL: SITREP #3
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) The Health Ministry still has not confirmed any cases of H1N1 flu in Brazil. As of the afternoon of April 29 the Brazilian Health Ministry and National Agency on [...]
2009-04-30 10:35:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH CASC ECON EAGR AEMR ASEC KSAF KFLO
09BRASILIA766BRAZIL SCENESETTER: DR. MICHAEL FROMAN, DEPUTY NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based, with growing economic ties. Through the financial crisis, Brazil has played a constructive role in the G20 and has also prioritized concluding the Doha round of World Trade Organization (WTO) n [...]
2009-06-17 18:16:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA872 BRAZIL: CALIFORNIA'S AND OTHERS' INITIATIVES TO REDUCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. California is leading a group of states in the United States, Brazil and Indonesia, which are parties to a November 2008 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),in developing the specifications for credit grade international offsets for avoiding deforestation under California's cap- [...]
2009-07-13 14:03:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ECON KSCA EAID ENRG BR
09BRATISLAVA45 SLOVAKIA - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Slovakia's once troubled economy has been transformed in the last ten years into a business friendly market-model, which led the region with GDP growth of 7.1 percent (est.) in 2008. Comprehensive structural reforms adopted by the Slovak government in the first several years of this decade led [...]
2009-01-26 15:44:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR LO
09BRATISLAVA85SLOVAKIA 2009 ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] SLOVAKIA'S TIP SITUATION A. SOURCES OF INFORMATION The MOI, local police, NGOs, and IOM are the best sources of information regarding the number and kinds of TIP victims. Though the numbers vary from source to source, they are generally reliable. IOM estimates between 150 to 200 individua [...]
2009-02-18 07:40:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC
09BRIDGETOWN402SAINT LUCIA FIRST H1N1 CASE
[...] (U) According to press coverage, St. Lucia has reported its first case of H1N1. The Ministry of Health was informed on June 26th by the Caribbean Epidemology Center (CAREC) based in Trinidad that the sample of a 32 year old woman was positive for the H1N1 virus. The patient had recently re [...]
2009-07-02 12:20:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO KSTH XL
09BRIDGETOWN438 Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean: June 2009 NAS Update
[...] (SBU) The island nations that make up Embassy Bridgetown's area of responsibility - Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines continue to see a steady increase in the volume of narcotics destined for and transshipped th [...]
2009-07-20 16:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL
09BRIDGETOWN786International Efforts Keep Drug Trafficking at Bay in
[...] (SBU) A consistent presence of counter-drug assets from the international community throughout the summer had a noticeable impact on suppressing trafficking activity in the Eastern Caribbean. Most countries in the region continue to lack financial and human resources to adequately address the [...]
2009-12-04 19:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL
09BRUSSELS1056BELGIUM: THREE REGIONAL INVESTMENT AGENCIES WORK TO ATTRACT
[...] (U) THIS REPORT IS FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT USE ONLY, AND SHOULD NOT BE POSTED ON THE INTERNET. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) BelgiumQs three regions -- Flanders, Wallonia, and Brussels -- compete among each other and against neighboring countries for foreign direct investment (FDI) projects. Emb [...]
2009-07-31 15:26:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON BE
09BRUSSELS120EU COUNTER-TERRORISM COORDINATOR ON GAERC INFORMAL
[...] (C) According to European Union (EU) Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove, with whom Mission officers met January 27, the previous day's informal discussion on Guantanamo at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) remained as yet inconclusive. De Kerchove said h [...]
2009-01-28 15:15:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWK KISL EUN
09BRUSSELS134AN OVERVIEW OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN ACTIVISM IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Five years ago the EU experienced its largest expansion to date with the accession of ten new member states*eight of which were Central European post-communist states*followed by the entry of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, which together comprise what is commonly known as the Cen [...]
2009-01-29 17:26:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN XG
09BRUSSELS1360BELGIAN VIEWS ON IRANIAN PROLIFERATION AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a joint demarche, political officers from the United States, the United Kingdom and France urged Werner Bauwens, the Belgian MFA's Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, to show concern about the recently revealed clandestine uranium enrichment facility in Iran, an [...]
2009-10-09 14:28:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALMNUC PREL PGOV IR BE
09BRUSSELS1371EP: CHARGE PRESENTS THE US PERSPECTIVE TO THE DELEGATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. A large crowd of Members of Parliament (MEPs) and staffers attended the Charge's presentation on U.S.-EU relations during the September 30th meeting of the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with the U.S. This was the delegation's first meeting of the new session of p [...]
2009-10-13 16:00:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EPET EUN
09BRUSSELS1383BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY ON MICHAEL MITCHELL,
[...] (U) Summary: Pursuant to reftel request, Poloff and polintern met with Michael Mitchell, President of Aero Systems, SA, on October 5, 2009. Poloff and polintern conducted requested inquiry of Mitchell's brokering activities as well as a site visit to assess the business operations of Aero Sys [...]
2009-10-15 11:44:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC BE
09BRUSSELS1406DONORS ENGAGE ON L'AQUILA FOOD SECURITY COMMITMENTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, 2009, the European Commission's (EC) Directorate General for Development (DEV) and USAID hosted a meeting in Brussels to further operationalize donor commitments from the July 8-10 L'Aquila meeting on Food Security. The meeting sought to build on prior discussion [...]
2009-10-21 11:06:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ETRD SOCI
09BRUSSELS1474EUROPEAN RISK FORUM: HELP WANTED: EU CHIEF SCIENCE ADVISOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A vibrant debate on the role of science in decision making took place at the October 13 quarterly meeting of the European Risk Forum (ERF) in Brussels. In a roundtable session on "Revisiting Science and Decision Making", private sector representatives, European Commission and Parl [...]
2009-10-30 10:56:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ETRD SENV EUN ECON TPHY TSPL
09BRUSSELS1514BELGIUM: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] With a major world port at Antwerp, an airport with connections throughout Africa, and its proximity to major consumers in the United Kingdom (U.K.) and The Netherlands, Belgium has ecome a crucial transit point for a varietyof illegal drugs, especially cocaine and heroin. Belgium is not a [...]
2009-11-10 16:59:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL KSEP BE
09BRUSSELS1541 EU MEMBER STATES REMAIN DIVIDED DESPITE EU COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although the European Council took several steps forward in defining its efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, it failed to resolve several open issues, notably around financing. Even among the agreed conclusions, it is apparent there remains disagreement among Mem [...]
2009-11-18 14:44:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EWWT KGHG SENV TRGY
09BRUSSELS1571AFGHANISTAN CONTINUES TO DOMINATE EU MINISTERIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers devoted considerable time and attention to Afghanistan at their monthly GAERC meeting November 16 and 17 (SEPTEL),with discussions on the issue at their informal meeting November 16 with EU Defense Ministers, their dinner November 16 with NATO Secretary G [...]
2009-11-23 16:49:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID KDEM EUN AF
09BRUSSELS171EU INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2009
[...] Per reftel, this is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for the European Union. Post will email Word versions as instructed in reftel. The statement covers the following categories: --Openness to Foreign Investment Q-Conversion and Transfer Policies --Expropriation and Compensation -- [...]
2009-02-06 11:28:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC BE
09BRUSSELS236CZECH MFA EASTERN EUROPE DIRECTOR ON THE BALKANS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a dinner with Poloff February 18, Czech MFA Eastern and Southeastern Europe Director Tomas Szunyog was most interested in learning U.S. views about Bosnia. While acknowledging that a decision to close the Office of the High Representative (OHR) was unlikely at the March Pe [...]
2009-02-19 16:07:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PBTS EUN AL HR KK SR SI EZ
09BRUSSELS244BELGIUM: 2009 TIP REPORT -- CORRECTED COPY
[...] (U) POC for Brussels is Political Officer Aaron Jensen. Email: JensenAW@state.gov; Office:33-2-508-2483. 2. (U) Hours spent by Embassy Brussels preparing this report by employee: Charge Wayne Bush (FE-MC):3 hours; Political-Economic Counselor Richard Eason (FO-01): 8 hours; Political Office [...]
2009-02-20 15:55:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09BRUSSELS264EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: FEBRUARY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 16:20:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS280UNITY QUEST: CENTRAL EUROPEAN EFFORTS TO FORGE EU
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Renewed efforts by the Central Europeans to approach energy security from a common EU position are being obstructed by a lack of member state unity on the issue. Holding the rotating presidency of the European Council, the Czech Republic has made energy security [...]
2009-02-27 12:28:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN ENRG EPET XH
09BRUSSELS330EU Approaches the G-20 Summit
[...] (SBU) The European Union and its 27 member states have been hard hit by the global financial crisis and economic downturn, with the economy in recession and some of the world's largest financial institutions under stress. The EU has responded actively to this, with strident calls for action f [...]
2009-03-11 15:24:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON KSUM EUN
09BRUSSELS444EUROPEAN UNION EFFORTS TO COUNTER MUSLIM RADICALIZATION
[...] (U) The European Union (EU),with the European Commission at the forefront, has made several advances in the past six months in addressing the topic of Muslim radicalization and related terrorism. The Commission has revised its Plan of Action on Combating Terrorism, or Action Plan, as it doe [...]
2009-03-27 13:34:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EUN SOCI PHUM PINS SCUL KISL
09BRUSSELS476MIDDLE EAST: NOTES FROM MARCH 27-28 INFORMAL
[...] (C/NF) An EU member country contact gave to the Charge the following text (paras 2-5),based on a Czech Presidency readout of the informal discussion on the Middle East among EU foreign ministers at the March 27-28 Gymnich, held in Hluboka in the Czech Republic. As is usual with the semi-annu [...]
2009-04-01 15:31:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPAL EUN
09BRUSSELS496CENTRAL EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE SHOWS COALITION
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction. Experts agree that effective EU policymaking is driven by coalitions among member states. They also agree that the Central European states that joined the EU since 2004 have only recently begun to employ coalition building. As a corollary, some EU experts cont [...]
2009-04-02 16:20:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM EUN XG ECON EFIN SENV
09BRUSSELS635EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: May 4th,
[...] (SBU) On May 5, the ECOFIN Council will meet to discuss the Commission's Spring economic forecast and to formally adopt the Regulation on Credit Rating Agencies and the Solvency II Directive, both recently approved by the European Parliament. Ministers will exchange views on how to cross-borde [...]
2009-05-05 10:38:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS804BELGIUM: H1N1: FOURTEENTH CASE REPORTED
[...] Belgian health authorities announced via a press release late on June 5 that a fourteenth positive case of H1N1 had occurred in the Kingdom: a young man from the Flemish Brabant region who had fallen ill sometime during the night of June 2 to June 3, following his return that day from a trip t [...]
2009-06-09 15:35:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09BRUSSELS916 Commission Hosts Discussions on U.S. - EU Development
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 15-16, the European Commission hosted a Technical Meeting on Development in Brussels. The meeting was a continuation of a series of discussions between the U.S. and EU aimed at promoting a renewed trans-Atlantic dialogue on development. Sessions were held on food securit [...]
2009-07-06 05:01:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EIND ETRD SENV EUR ECON EAGR TPHY TSPL
09BRUSSELS965EU MILITARY CAPACITY-BUILDING IN AFRICA: EURO
[...] 1. (C) Summary: The EU's capacity-building program to train African civilian and military leaders is struggling to overcome the African Union's absorption capacity and recruitment challenges. The EU effort, named EURO RECAMP, is halfway through a training cycle for the African Union (AU) t [...]
2009-07-13 15:09:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALEUN MARR MOPS PREL XA
09BUCHAREST397ROMANIA: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (U) Summary: The United States Government is aware of eight (8) outstanding investment disputes and expropriation claims brought by United States persons or corporations that may be pending against the Government of Romania (GOR). There are no new cases since last year's report. Post recomm [...]
2009-06-15 09:17:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV RO
09BUDAPEST129HUNGARY'S "SILENT SUPPORT" ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Clint Williamson visited Budapest February 13 and met with Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz, other MFA and Justice Ministry Officials, and the Prime Minister's Security and Foreign Policy Advisor Karoly Banai to discuss detainee issues, the GOH's role in the EU process, and [...]
2009-02-19 15:35:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV EUN HU
09BUDAPEST148HUNGARY: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] Despite the successful implementation of the National Strategy Against Trafficking in Human Beings on April 10, 2008, the GOH was unable to sustain the same level of commitment to anti-TIP activities as it had done in previous years. During the year, the GOH eliminated financial and programm [...]
2009-02-27 13:18:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KWMN ELAB KCRM KFRD PREF SMIG ASEC
09BUDAPEST734BRIEFING THE HUNGARIANS ON P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN
[...] (C) POL/ECON Counselor and POL Officer briefed Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Gabor Iklody and Sandor Racz, Iran Desk Officer in the Security and Non-Proliferation Department, October 5 on the outcome of the P5 1 talks in Geneva. We emphasized that although progress had been m [...]
2009-10-07 15:19:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR HU
09BUDAPEST910ENGAGING HUNGARY ON THE "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS"
[...] (SBU) Hungary has a clear track record on the "defamation of religions" question. It backs the common EU position, which echoes USG recommendations, and in November 2009 voted against the UN Third Committee resolution on the issue. In the UN Human Rights Council, it has stood with us on other [...]
2009-12-30 10:20:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV KISL KDEM OPDC HU
09BUENOSAIRES1113FRAUD SUMMARY - ARGENTINA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 17:57:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC AR
09BUENOSAIRES1272ARGENTINA: 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control
[...] (U) Per reftel, Buenos Aires draft INCSR report follows, with partial changes suggested by INL Washington in response to first draft (ref. B). 2. (SBU) Argentina Part I. Summary Argentina continued to be an important transshipment route for Andean-produced cocaine during 2 [...]
2009-11-20 18:33:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES137(C) ARGENTINA: SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE SAYS
[...] (C) Summary: With his customary candor, Senate President Pro Tempore Jose Pampuro, a moderate Peronist, told Ambassador Wayne February 4 that "the biggest problem" facing President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) administration is its inability to engage in dialogue with the opposition [...]
2009-02-09 19:50:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON AR
09BUENOSAIRES334ARGENTINA VIEWS SUMMIT OF AMERICAS AS CRUCIAL TO
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. SOA Coordinator Ambassador Hector Morales received GOA assurances March 5 that Argentina was committed to a positive outcome in Trinidad and Tobago and would work closely with the USG to that end. Argentina's Summit Coordinator, Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti, empha [...]
2009-03-23 13:50:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL KSUM EFIN ENRG ECON PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES695 ARGENTINA: H1N1: HEALTH MINISTRY HAS BEEN WORKING AT ALERT
[...] On June 11, ESTCouns called Sebastian Tobar, Director of International Health Relations at the Ministry of Health (MOH),to discuss the recent WHO announcement that it had raised the alert level for Influenza A H1N1 from level five to level six. Tobar commented that the Argentina MOH had been [...]
2009-06-13 19:03:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES841ARGENTINE PROPOSAL ON COOPERATION FOR CONSERVATION OF THE
[...] (SBU) Charge received on July 15 a non-paper from Ambassador Antonio Trombetta, the Argentine MFA's Director of North American Affairs, and Marcelo Santos, National Director of Fishing Coordination at the Secretariat of Agriculture. The non-paper is a proposed MOU between the GoA and the USG i [...]
2009-07-17 17:01:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIS PREL ECON PBTS AR UK
09BUENOSAIRES844 ARGENTINA: SECOND LARGEST NUMBER OF H1N1-
[...] (U) SUMMARY: With 2,485 confirmed cases and 137 deaths, Argentina is now second only to the United States in the number of fatalities attributed to the H1N1 influenza outbreak. A USG donation of 120,000 treatment units of Tamiflu to Argentina was well-received, with the new Health Minister s [...]
2009-07-17 20:44:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELAB CASC AR
09BUENOSAIRES920 ARGENTINA AGREES TO PROPOSAL TO RESOLVE DISAGREEMENT OVER
[...] (SBU) ADCM and ESTCouns delivered ref A points to the Argentine MFA's Director General for Political Coordination, Rafael Grossi, a close advisor to FM Jorge Taiana. Grossi was pleased with the USG proposal regarding Argentina's submission of its claim to the Antarctic continental platform (re [...]
2009-08-11 19:51:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTBS PHSA AR
09BUENOSAIRES941ARGENTINA: DUE DILIGENCE ON THREE ACE AWARD NOMINEES
[...] (SBU) Mission Buenos Aires is in the midst of a multi-year strategy to improve the image of the United States in Argentina to combat this country's high levels of anti-Americanism -- among the highest in the Western Hemisphere. A key component of post's public diplomacy outreach is to draw Arg [...]
2009-08-18 10:54:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EIND ELTN ETRD AR
09CAIRO1428EGYPT PROVIDES INFORMATION IN OPPOSITION TO
[...] (S/NF) Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Assistant Minister and Co-ordinator for Counterterrorism Ashraf Mohsen, in a July 19 meeting, restated Egypt's opposition to the proposed removal of Egyptian citizen Hani al-Sabai from the UNSCR 1267 consolidated list (refs A and B). Mohsen [...]
2009-07-26 12:32:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PREL PTER KTFN UNSC EG UK
09CAIRO1766 FRAUD SUMMARY - CAIRO
[...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Widespread poverty and a lack of perceived economic prospects drive a significant number of Egyptians to look for opportunity outside of their homeland. Boatloads of Egyptians have been intercepted traveling north across the Mediterranean towards Europe. Such economic migran [...]
2009-09-13 13:39:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EG
09CAIRO426 FRAUD SUMMARY - CAIRO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-12 11:37:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EG
09CANBERRA33AUSTRALIA BROADBAND - A SNAPSHOT (CORRECTED COPY)
[...] (U) Summary: In Australia 4.3 million households (52%) have broadband connections, an increase of 800,000 through the Australian fiscal year ending June 30; 78% of Australian households with internet access have broadband. There has been more than a five-fold increase in the number of househo [...]
2009-01-09 06:52:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON AS
09CANBERRA404TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIANS AGREE TO MODIFY MARINE
[...] (C/NF) Though surprised at U.S. expressions of concern about the text of the Marine Notice updating Australia's Torres Strait pilotage regime issued on April 17, Australia agrees to remove both the opening clause and the closing sentence saying that details about applicable legislation, appli [...]
2009-04-23 07:24:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEWWT PHSA PREL AS
09CANBERRA421PRIME MINISTER RUDD ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced in a press conference April 29 that Australia would boost its troop contribution in Afghanistan from 1,100 to 1,550 troops, mostly for training and capacity building and to support the Afghan elections in August 2009, and that it wo [...]
2009-04-29 07:51:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PTER PREL AS
09CANBERRA464 Australian Health Care - An Overview
[...] (SBU) Australia's mixed public and private health care system achieves some of the best health outcomes in the OECD despite healthcare spending comprising less than 10% of GDP. Australia is second in the OECD for life expectancy at birth and 16th in percentage of GDP spent on healthcare. Aust [...]
2009-05-17 22:21:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV SOCI AS
09CANBERRA78 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - AUSTRALIA
[...] Following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Australia. Note that the exchange rate between the US and Australian dollars fluctuated very widely over the year 2008; we have used the exchange rate as of January 21, 2009 (A$1 = US$.66) throughout. ----------------------------------- [...]
2009-01-22 03:52:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB ETRD EINV ECON ELAB OPIC AS
09CAPETOWN30ANC, COPE TO SLUG IT OUT IN EASTERN CAPE
[...] (C) Summary: South Africa's Eastern Cape province is the spiritual home of the African National Congress (ANC) and one of the ruling party's strongholds since the 1994 transition to majority rule, but the ANC breakaway Congress of the People (COPE) thinks it can give the ANC a run for its money [...]
2009-02-09 10:28:00Consulate Cape TownCONFIDENTIALSF PGOV
09CARACAS1114DOLLARIZATION OF LE STAFF SALARIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Post requests Department permission to pay LE Staff in US dollars. Venezuela's rising inflation and fixed official exchange rate have eroded the purchasing power of LE staff. The continued decline in the standard of living of LE Staff has hurt morale, increased attrition, and c [...]
2009-08-21 21:38:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALAFIN
09CARACAS1262HR DEFENDERS WARN OF AUTHORITARIANISM, ARBITRARY
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 24 breakfast hosted by Embassy Caracas' human rights officer, Venezuelan human rights defenders expressed profound concern to 22 Caracas based diplomats about the increasingly limited democratic space within the country. They expressed concern about the disc [...]
2009-09-29 15:45:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL VE
09CARACAS864MIXED SIGNALS AT RETURN OF AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary. US Ambassador Patrick Duddy returned to Venezuela July 1, following a nearly ten month expulsion and the 2008 recall of Hugo Chavez's Ambassador in Washington. On July 2, Ambassador Duddy hosted the annual Independence Day celebrations at the US Embassy in Caracas. Despite off [...]
2009-07-09 18:54:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL CASC PGOV ASEC VE
09CASABLANCA11MOROCCO - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 13:17:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD EFIN ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA14MOROCCO'S TEXTILE SECTOR IS IN TROUBLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the economies of Morocco's principal textile trading partners - France, Spain, and the United Kingdom - slowing, the Moroccan Association of Textile and Industries (AMITH) has sounded the alarm about prospects for the sector, which typically constitutes a third of Moroccan [...]
2009-01-30 16:03:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMCHAMS EAID ECON EFIN ETRD MO
09CASABLANCA144DEAR MOROCCAN EXPATRIATES, PLEASE SEND MONEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic contraction is having a direct effect on Morocco's economy through falling remittances. Based on discussions with government interlocutors and the banking community, the outlook for inflows of expatriate funds into Morocco is increasingly somber. Morocco's e [...]
2009-07-23 13:42:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA160VIOLENCE AT UNHCR HIGHLIGHTS MOROCCO,S REFUGEE
[...] (SBU) Moroccan police clashed with sub-Saharan refugees after a two-week long sit-in at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) headquarters in Rabat, resulting in five arrests and numerous injuries including a senior police officer. The five detained refugees were initially [...]
2009-08-07 12:29:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREF
09CASABLANCA165SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARSHALL
[...] 1. (SBU) Summary: Representative Mashall, Consulate Casablanca warmly welcomes you nd your delegation to Morocco. Politically and eonomically, Morocco is a country "on the move," eeply engaged in reform and development, albeit nevenly. Morocco has averaged over 5 percent anual growth in r [...]
2009-08-14 16:58:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI MO
09CASABLANCA210MOROCCO, THE WORLD'S NEXT HOLLYWOOD?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Situated in central Morocco, the Souss-Massa-Draa region has become one of the world's most appealing film locations - and the backdrop for several major Hollywood films starring actors such as Angelina Jolie, Russell Crowe, and Leonardo DiCaprio. The Moroccan government has im [...]
2009-11-19 09:12:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PGOV SOCI KISL MO
09CHENNAI269 PROSECUTIONS ON THE RISE, BUT CORRUPTION STILL PLAGUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tamil Nadu has seen a series of arrests of bureaucrats for official corruption in the recent months. The cases have included several high-profile arrests of senior officers of the Indian Administrative Service, as well as lower level officials. Consulate contacts report that t [...]
2009-08-21 09:08:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ETRD IN
09CHIANGMAI172RED-SHIRTS CALL FOR U.S. TO BOYCOTT RTG
[...] (SBU) Capitalizing on the on-going visit to Chiang Mai of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, over 50 members of red-shirt groups protested in front of Consulate Chiang Mai on November 16, strongly criticizing the current Royal Thai Government (RTG),and asking the U.S. to "boycott and not sup [...]
2009-11-16 09:50:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC TH
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