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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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08TELAVIV830ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted U.S. sources as saying yesterday that President George Bush is likely to visit Masada during his visit to Israel next month. The newspaper reported that PM [...]
2008-04-10 10:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV837COORDINATOR FOR GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Coordinator for Government Activity in the Territories (COGAT) Major General Yossef Mishlev heard the Ambassador's concerns about stalled U.S. commercial imports into the West Bank, continued demolitions of Palestinian homes, and ground clearing in Area E-1. Mishlev was not able [...]
2008-04-11 12:24:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PHUM KPAL IS
08TELAVIV868ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was quoted as saying in an interview with Ha'aretz on Sunday that peace cannot be achieved without talking to all the relevant people and that he intends [...]
2008-04-15 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV906ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Deputy Prime Minister Eli Yishai asked former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Monday to tell Hamas leaders, including Khaled Mashal, that he would like to meet in orde [...]
2008-04-18 10:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV944ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syria 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media featured the intelligence briefings yesterday to Congress on the alleged Syria - North Korea nuclear connection. The media quoted senior Bush administration members as saying [...]
2008-04-25 11:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV954ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-28 10:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV961ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media highlighted the IDF's version of the deaths of a mother and her four small children in Beit Hanun, northern Gaza, yesterday: The army maintains that the deaths occurred when two [...]
2008-04-29 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV969ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-01 10:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV978SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-05 05:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TIRANA103ALBANIA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 06:29:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDAL ECON ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR
08TOKYO166JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/23/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-23 01:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1735JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-25 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1824 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07//08
[...] Japan and the United States last held a meeting of their leaders when Fukuda visited the United States last November. This is the second time for Fukuda and Bush to meet. Wilder indicated that Japan and the United States would confirm cooperation within the framework of the six-party talks i [...]
2008-07-03 01:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO227TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - STATE OF UNION ADDRESS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Five of six national dailies gave top play to the ruling coalition's move to submit to the Diet stopgap legislation aimed at maintaining the gasoline tax at the current level beyond April. 2. "Bush Keen to Set Path toward Addressing Global Warming" Public broadcaster NHK's Was [...]
2008-01-29 07:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2555 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 08:26:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2920 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/20/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 08:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO520JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02//08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 08:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO611ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO JAPAN: FIRST IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's February 25-28 visit to Tokyo focused on expanding the bilateral relationship, particularly trade, but also addressed regional issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iran, North Korea, and China. On the peace process, Olmert thanked [...]
2008-03-07 08:10:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PINR KPAL KWBG IR NK IS JA
08TOKYO92TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BUSH VISIT TO MIDDLE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers front-paged the planned enactment of the new antiterrorism legislation today, noting that this will allow the GOJ to resume the refueling operation in the Indian Ocean in mid-February. 2. "Bush Should Urge Parties to Coexist" The liberal Tokyo Shimb [...]
2008-01-11 04:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TRIPOLI923GOL SEEKS TO TURN THE PAGE ON LINGERING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: A group of older political prisoners, many of whom are in ill health, may be released soon in connection with talks that have taken place under the auspices of the quasi-governmental Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF). Separately, the GOL and QDF may soon significantly raise the amou [...]
2008-12-01 10:44:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM LY
08USNATO419READOUT: AMR MOUSSA'S 6 NOVEMBER DISCUSSION WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 6, Mr. Amr Moussa, Secretary General of the League of Arab States, held a broad exchange of views with the North Atlantic Council at NATO HQ. Striking a conciliatory tone early on as he read from his prepared text, Moussa lauded the election of President-elect Obama, [...]
2008-11-10 13:54:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PARM PREL AL XI XF
08USOSCE212OSCE/FSC SEPTEMBER 10: RUSSIA WILL FOCUS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Forum for Security Cooperation began its autumn round on September 10 with an exchange of charges and counter-charges between Georgia and Russia. Georgia reports that large numbers of Russian forces remain on its territory, including South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and are engag [...]
2008-09-11 14:30:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG
08USUNNEWYORK1024UNRWA REPORT AND GENERAL DEBATE: SITUATION IN
[...] Summary: The UN General Assembly's Special Political and Decolonization Committee (the Fourth Committee) held its general debate on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on October 29-30. Two UNRWA officials opened the session with reports [...]
2008-11-05 14:16:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF KPAL KWBG
08USUNNEWYORK1047FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES NINE RESOLUTIONS ON
[...] SUMMARY: The UNGA Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) approved nine resolutions on the Israeli-Palestinian situation on November 7: four under agenda item 29 "The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East" (UNRWA) and five under agenda i [...]
2008-11-10 13:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG UNGA IS
08USUNNEWYORK1074UN FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON ISRAELI PRACTICES IN
[...] Summary: The UN General Assembly's Fourth Committee met November 4 - 6 to debate the annual "Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories" (the Special Committee). The debate inclu [...]
2008-11-17 15:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAL IS
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
08USUNNEWYORK1172UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE CONCLUDES WORK BY ADOPTING
[...] SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) Second Committee concluded its work by adopting 15 draft resolutions - 14 by consensus and one by vote - on December 11. As instructed, the United States called for a vote and voted against the resolution entitled, "Toward a New International Economic [...]
2008-12-15 23:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV EFIN UNGA CU
08USUNNEWYORK1189UNGA ADOPTS SECOND COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS AND TWO
[...] Summary: On December 19, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) took final action on the remaining draft resolutions and decisions adopted by the Second Committee (Economic and Finance) - approving three resolutions by vote and adopting 31 resolutions and one decision by consensus. The UN [...]
2008-12-19 19:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECIN AORC SENV KPAL UNGA LE IS
08USUNNEWYORK1199UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST - MOST STATES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in five months only two days after a ministerial-level Security Council meeting that saw the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1850 which confirms the irreversibility of the bilateral neg [...]
2008-12-23 19:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG
08USUNNEWYORK1202SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS DFI PROTECTIONS FOR IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 22 the Security Council unanimously passed resolution 1859, providing for a one-year extension of protections for Iraqi assets, including the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and a Security Council review of all resolutions pertaining to Iraq since the adoption of re [...]
2008-12-23 21:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IZ
08USUNNEWYORK280RANCOROUS UNSC MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DEBATE MAKES
[...] (SBU) Summary. SYG Ban Ki-Moon made an unusual appearance during the UNSC's monthly Middle East debate on March 25 to beseech the parties and the international community -- including the Security Council -- to support the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement by the [...]
2008-03-28 15:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPKO KPAL KWBG UNSC SY IR LE
08USUNNEWYORK519MIDDLE EAST: ARABS PUSHING UNSC RESOLUTION ON
[...] (SBU) USUN has learned that the Arab Group at the UN met at the expert-level on June 11 to discuss a Saudi proposal to table a draft resolution in the UN Security Council criticizing recent Israeli settlement activity. According to friendly delegations in the Arab Group, the Palestinian Obser [...]
2008-06-11 21:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK523PALESTINIAN NY REP URGES USG SUPPORT FOR UNSC
[...] (C) Palestinian Amb Riyadh Mansour met at his request June 13 with Council President Amb Khalilzad to express Palestinian support for a Saudi draft of an UNSC resolution calling on Israel to freeze settlement activity. Mansour argued that there is an international consensus on the substance [...]
2008-06-13 22:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK531SETTLEMENTS: ARAB GROUP SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT OR
[...] (C) Summary. An Arab Group delegation consisting of representatives from Mauritania, Iraq, the Palestinian Observer Mission, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the Arab League requested a meeting with Amb Khalilzad on June 16 to formally present a draft resolution -- initiated by Saudi Arabia an [...]
2008-06-16 23:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK547UPDATE ON SETTLEMENTS UNSCR
[...] (C) This is an Action Request. USUN requests authorization to engage the Arab Group in New York, in response to a Saudi initiative to seek an UNSCR on Israeli settlements, on a discussion of elements for such a resolution. Proposed elements are in para 3. The primary objective of such eng [...]
2008-06-20 23:33:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL UNSC IS
08USUNNEWYORK573SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: LIBYA TABLES DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Security Council held its monthly Middle East meeting on June 27. Lisa Buttenheim, Director of the Asia and Pacific Division of the UN Department of Political Affairs, briefed the Council in a public session, and Council members subsequently discussed regional events i [...]
2008-06-28 00:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC SY LE IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK590SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS TO CONSIDER BROADENING
[...] (SBU) Libya convened a second UNSC experts meeting on July 2 to discuss its draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement expansion. (Note: During the first experts meeting on June 30, several delegations expressed support for the draft text, but others including USUN and UKUN said they had [...]
2008-07-02 23:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC PA IS
08USUNNEWYORK595SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS PUT TEXT IN BLUE FOR VOTE
[...] (SBU) Following the July 2 UNSC experts meeting on the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements (reftel),the Arab Group decided on July 3 to put their draft text in blue on July 7 and call for a vote latest on July 11. The Arabs also decided to keep the focus of the resolution on [...]
2008-07-03 23:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER KWBG KPAL UNSC PA IS
08USUNNEWYORK598SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: USUN PLANS TO INTRODUCE
[...] (C) Amb Khalilzad met with the Arab Group on July 7 about the draft resolution on Israeli settlements. He urged the group to delay putting the text in blue for 48 hours so that the Arabs could consider U.S. elements for a comprehensive resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and UNSC e [...]
2008-07-08 15:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK605SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: USUN REQUESTS DEMARCHE TO PARIS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) The Arab Group decided on July 8 to put their revised draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements in blue, "so that it can be voted on soon," according to the press release they put out after their meeting. (Note: The text of the [...]
2008-07-09 01:16:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK610RUSSIA THREATENS ZIMBABWE VETO, P-3 DISCUSS
[...] (C) Amb Khalilzad discussed the Arab settlements UNSCR with British and French PermReps on July 9. After previously saying they would offer only weak amendments to the preambular Arab text, the French said they now had clearance from Paris to present additional operative paragraphs as well th [...]
2008-07-09 17:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC ZI RS IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK614SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS NOW UNSURE IF THEY HAVE
[...] (SBU) Libya convened a UNSC experts meeting on July 9 to solicit comments on its draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements. France spoke first, emphasizing that the Council has a unique opportunity to adopt a comprehensive resolution on the Middle East peace process, and that experts sh [...]
2008-07-10 02:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK616UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON 1701 REPORT: MEMBER STATES
[...] (SBU) Summary. During closed consultations on July 9, UN Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe and Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber, DPKO Asia and Middle East division director, briefed the Council on the June 27 SYG report on the implementation of UNSCR 1701. U/SYG Pasco [...]
2008-07-11 00:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE
08USUNNEWYORK626SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRENCH MAY GO WOBBLY
[...] (C) French PR Ripert called Amb Khalilzad on July 14 to discuss the way ahead on the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement expansion. Having successfully delayed action on the resolution until after the Euro-Med summit, which concluded on July 14, Ripert said he now had to give [...]
2008-07-14 23:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK630CHINA, RUSSIA OUTLINE THINKING ON ZIMBABWE, SUDAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Chinese PermRep Wang told P-5 counterparts this morning that Beijing had instructed him to veto last weekend's Security Council resolution on Zimbabwe after South African President Mbeki called Chinese President Hu to complain that the U.S. and UK were actively discouraging the Zi [...]
2008-07-16 01:21:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO SU ZM
08USUNNEWYORK631SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRANCE AND UK TO PROPOSE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) P-3 Ambassadors met in the evening of July 15 to discuss a response to the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements. French Amb Ripert reported that earlier in the day Qatari Amb Nasser had agreed, on behalf of the Arab [...]
2008-07-16 01:36:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK646SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS LIKELY TO CONCEDE DEFEAT
[...] (C) Arab Group Ambassadors met on July 18 to discuss the revised comprehensive resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that USUN shared with them on July 16 (ref B). (Note: This revised draft contained more language on settlements than USUN's original elements but retained strong langua [...]
2008-07-19 00:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK660ISRAEL AND ARABS EXCHANGE BARBS IN MONTHLY DEBATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. U/SYG Lynn Pascoe briefed the Security Council during an open meeting on the Middle East on July 22. Pascoe outlined encouraging developments in the region, highlighting the formation of a national unity government in Lebanon, indirect talks between Israel and Syria, and the [...]
2008-07-24 01:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC SY LE IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK764UNSC: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS TAME THIS MONTH,
[...] (SBU) Summary: U/SYG Lynn Pascoe briefed the Security Council during an open meeting on the Middle East on August 20. He stressed that the benefits of the cease-fire have not translated into an improvement of everyday living conditions in Gaza. He welcomed the planned release of 200 Palesti [...]
2008-08-22 22:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA LE
08USUNNEWYORK851UNSC: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS FOCUS MORE ON UN
[...] (SBU) In another low key set of consultations on the Middle East on September 18, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry's briefing was the main focus. He lauded the "gradual but systematic process of Palestinian self-empowerment" in the West Bank and later said t [...]
2008-09-20 00:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA LE
08USUNNEWYORK875UNSC MEETS AT SAUDI/ARAB LEAGUE REQUEST
[...] (SBU) The UN Security Council met September 26 in response to the request by Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Arab League to discuss Israeli settlement activity. The Saudi FM spoke first and accused Israel of intransigence and a lack of good faith in dealing with the settlements issue. Arab Le [...]
2008-09-29 17:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA LE SY IR
08USUNNEWYORK95JANUARY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING: RANCOROUS SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the UN Security Council's monthly public debate on the Middle East on January 30, past optimism about the Annapolis process was overshadowed by rancor resulting from the UNSC's inability to adopt a Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Gaza as well as acrimon [...]
2008-02-01 22:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE SY
08USUNNEWYORK967UNSC: MULTIPLE DELEGATIONS, INCLUDING UK, CALL FOR
[...] (SBU) In his monthly briefing to the Security Council on the Middle East, Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Pascoe reviewed October 22 the series of meetings held in late September on the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. In terms of the West Bank, he noted the start of the [...]
2008-10-23 20:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY
08VATICAN15HOLY SEE: DEPUTY FM DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with a visiting White House official, Holy See Deputy FM Parolin called for dialogue to resolve the Lebanese political impasse and address concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions. Parolin confirmed that negotiations with Israel on taxation of Church proper [...]
2008-01-18 19:11:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF LE IS SY IR VT
08VIENNA1358WORLD WATER CONGRESS HIGHLIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] SUMMARY: From September 7 to 11, Vienna hosted the World Water Congress / trade show highlighting the impact of climate change on water issues. Organized by the International Water Association (IWA),the event brought together around 3,000 experts from science / technology, water policy, water [...]
2008-09-16 14:42:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID ENRG AU
08VIENNA527AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 16, 2008
[...] The parliamentary committee, which investigates charges of corruption against the Ministry of the Interior, has now issued a summons against Minister G|nther Platter to account for holding back files and documents that are needed to assess the charges. The minister had done so with reference to [...]
2008-04-16 12:31:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA708AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON THE GAERC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-21 16:17:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EU KV AU
08VLADIVOSTOK136TAIGA NATIVE VILLAGE KRASNIY YAR: EVERY DAY IS A CRISIS
[...] (U) Summary. In the 1930's Stalin relocated many indigenous minorities of Primorye and Khabarovskiy Krai to remote northern areas. One such town is Krasniy Yar. The remote town is an eleven hour drive from Vladivostok, the last four hours over a rough snow road (zimniki) cut through the woo [...]
2008-12-15 07:16:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PHUM RS
08VLADIVOSTOK94RUSSIAN-NORTH KOREAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION: DISTANT TRAIN
[...] (U) Summary. Russian and North Korean officials have signed an agreement to renovate the railroad linking the two countries and to jointly develop the North Korean port of Najin to handle major container cargos. The move, which has been anticipated for years, is seen as the first step in upg [...]
2008-08-22 06:21:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL ETRD RS
08WINDHOEK254NAMIBIAN MINISTER OF LANDS: EXPROPRIATION SHOULD
[...] (C) Minister of Lands and Resettlement Alpheus Naruseb told the Ambassador on August 13 that expropriation of land (eminent domain) should be a last resort, and that he intends to allocate land without antagonizing key stakeholders and nsure it remains productive. He lamented that a majority o [...]
2008-08-18 16:23:00Embassy WindhoekCONFIDENTIALPREL EAGR PGOV PHUM KMCA PINR WA
08WINDHOEK315NAMIBIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is the AGOA Eligibility Review submission for Namibia. Responses are keyed to paragraph 3 of reftel. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Country: NAMIBIA Current AGOA Status: Eligible 3. (SBU) Country Background Summary: Namibia has a population of approximately 2 [...]
2008-10-06 08:57:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON XA WA
08WINDHOEK345NAMIBIA: SWAPO WINS AGAIN AMIDST AN OPPOSITION BOYCOTT
[...] (SBU) As it has in previous by-elections this year, the ruling SWAPO party retained control of the Tobias Hainyeko Constituency seat with an overwhelming victory. The October 31 by-election became necessary when SWAPO expelled the previous Tobias Hainyeko Councilor, Erasmus Hendjala, from the [...]
2008-11-05 15:56:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM WA
08YAOUNDE1047BAKASSI DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES: THE PRIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon has formed a committee to coordinate future development projects for Bakassi, under the auspices of the Prime Minister. The committee's initial report, designed to provide a broad road map for consideration by the government and donors, outlines priority needs for Ba [...]
2008-10-23 15:52:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCM EAID ECON NI PGOV PREL
08YAOUNDE941AMID RISING CONCERN, YAOUNDE GOV'T TO RAZE 13 MORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts have expressed concern that the Yaounde City Council's (CUY) plan to demolish thirteen more neighborhoods as part of an urban renewal plan will render homeless thousands of residents, threatening to foster criminality and unrest. The demolitions initially gar [...]
2008-10-02 07:39:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL 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
08ZAGREB510DEMARCHING UNSC MEMBERS ON THE ARAB GROUP DRAFT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-10 13:26:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IS LE SY HR
09ABIDJAN91OUAGA IV MAY RESOLVE THE CRISIS, BUT AT A COST
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Since the Ouaga IV accord was signed in late December 2008, Embassy has noted widely varying reports about what the accord means, both in terms of what it requires each side to do, and the broader political implications. This message gives our analysis of Ouaga IV. We believe t [...]
2009-02-06 16:10:00Embassy AbidjanSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM EAID IV
09ABUDHABI1091UAE ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS AND PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) On November 19, DCM delivered reftel demarche to Mohammed Rashed Al Absi, Deputy Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al Absi responded that resolutions in the UN are a secondary concern to the real issues of settlements and the status of Jerusalem. [...]
2009-11-19 10:18:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KPAL IS AE
09ABUDHABI133UAE HOSTS ARAB DISCUSSION ON PA SUPPORT
[...] (C) As previewed with the Ambassador (ref A),UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) hosted a gathering of nine Arab foreign ministers February 3 in Abu Dhabi to discuss coordination of Palestinian issues. Eight countries and the PA attended (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, [...]
2009-02-04 14:23:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG EFIN AE
09ABUDHABI995 UNESCO Eternalizes the Tango at Intangible Cultural
[...] (SBU) Summary. UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage named the first intangible cultural heritage elements at its fourth extraordinary session in Abu Dhabi September 28 to October 2. Ambassador Richard Olson attended the opening ceremony [...]
2009-10-22 11:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SCUL UNESCO KPAO AE
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
09ACCRA1327CHILD TRAFFICKING ON LAKE VOLTA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloff and Democracy and Human Rights Program Coordinator (DHRC) spent December 1-3 in fishing villages on Lake Volta with the West Africa Regional Director for the NGO Free the Slaves and the Director of the Ghanaian NGO Challenging Heights following children believed to have be [...]
2009-12-15 16:53:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB KTIP XY GH
09AITTAIPEI189TAIWAN FSC CHAIRMAN SAYS BANKS STRONG, ASKS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Chairman Sean Chen of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) told AIT Director Young Taiwan banks are strong enough to weather the current financial downturn, although profitability remains an issue. Unwilling to forecast the length or depth of the current recession, he said [...]
2009-02-19 08:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALCH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW
09AITTAIPEI666MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 6-8 on the speculation over President Ma Ying-jeou possibly doubling as KMT chairman after July; on the reshuffle of board members in the Formosa Petrochemical Corp; and on several issues concerning the livelihood of p [...]
2009-06-08 09:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09ALGIERS1002ALGERIA PROVIDES ITS REASONS FOR SUPPORTING
[...] (C) The Ambassador on November 8 reinforced ref A demarche on the Goldstone report with MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher, urging Algerian support to help ensure the follow-up process does not further complicate efforts to move Palestinians and Israelis to negotiated peace. Bouzah [...]
2009-11-09 12:18:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER KPAL IS IZ AG
09ALGIERS717ALGERIA: ENGAGEMENT FOLLOWING PRESIDENT'S CAIRO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The President's June 4 speech in Cairo was closely watched by a generally receptive Algerian public, as was his July speech in Ghana. Our Algerian contacts appreciated the President's effort at Muslim outreach -- epitomized by opening the speech with "assalaamu alaykum" -- and [...]
2009-07-28 17:38:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL OEXC ECON EINV SCUL SENV SOCI TSPL KISL
09ALGIERS973NEA A/S FELTMAN MEETING WITH ALGERIAN FOREIGN
[...] (C) In an October 20 meeting with Algerian FM Medelci, visiting NEA A/S Feltman said we wished to deepen counterterrorism and regional security cooperation with Algeria. Medelci focused on the economy and the Middle East. Algeria was an open economy that needed foreign and U.S. investment, w [...]
2009-11-02 07:06:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG IS AG
09AMMAN1179 Mediterranean Resources Apparel Industry (MRAI) in
[...] (SBU) Mediterranean Resources Apparel Industry (MRAI),an Emirati-owned garment factory in Ad-Dulayl Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ),is currently under liquidation after suffering significant financial losses. Since a strike in September 2008 (ref A),MRAI had been having financial difficul [...]
2009-05-21 11:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO
09AMMAN1181Regional Leaders Urge U.S. to Push for Progress on
[...] Summary: "If you had just two minutes with President Obama, what would you ask of him and what would you offer in return?" This was the first question posed to political leaders participating in a May 17 World Economic Forum (WEF) panel on regional security held in Jordan. Participants in t [...]
2009-05-21 12:36:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON PARM XF
09AMMAN1264JORDAN: JOURNALISTS BOTH PRAISE AND CRITIQUE CAIRO
[...] (SBU) Ten of Jordan's leading journalists joined the Ambassador for a luncheon to view and discuss the President's speech in Cairo. All responded favorably to the overall substance and tone of the speech. This group also focused in great detail on the language used to deny the legitimacy of [...]
2009-06-04 15:15:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO JO
09AMMAN1267JORDAN: CODEL ACKERMAN FOCUSED ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) On May 27-28, Representative Gary Ackerman, D-NY, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-TX, Representative Keith Ellison, D-MN, and Subcommittee Staff Director Howard Diamond visited Jorda [...]
2009-06-04 15:57:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KDEM KWMN IR IS QT JO
09AMMAN1667JORDAN'S INTERIOR MINISTER DEFENDS CITIZENSHIP
[...] (S) Summary: Jordan's Interior Minister Nayef Al-Qadi has changed his public stance on the practice of citizenship revocation for Palestinian-origin Jordanians. While he denied the existence of such a policy as recently as June 24, Qadi is now vigorously defending it in domestic and regional [...]
2009-07-26 15:55:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV PHUM KPAL KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN2054LET MY PEOPLE GO: TRAVEL HOLDS IN JORDAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Travel holds are the legal mechanism which allow Jordanian officials to prevent travelers from departing the country. The legal framework for travel holds in Jordan is full of loopholes. These allow abuses of the system which have the effect of restricting the travel of Jord [...]
2009-09-10 07:00:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CASC KWMN JO
09AMMAN211SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S JANUARY
[...] (S) Foremost on the mind of King Abdullah will be his desire for assurance that the U.S. has reinvigorated its pursuit of a two-state solution. The King pins the blame for the Gaza crisis on three factors: the perceived political vacuum during our presidential transition, doubts about a weake [...]
2009-01-25 15:46:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV KPAL IS JO
09AMMAN2127SCENESETTER FOR SE MITCHELL'S SEPTEMBER 17 VISIT
[...] (S/NF) Your visit comes as Jordanian officials and the King continue to eagerly anticipate the launch of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Jordanian-Israeli relations are cordial, although the growing controversy over Mughrabi Gate remains a sore point. Many of our interlocut [...]
2009-09-16 13:23:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL ECON KWBG KPAL IS JO
09AMMAN2225JORDAN: KING,S CHIEF ADVISOR SAYS SUSTAINED
[...] (U) This cable has been cleared by CENTCOM POLAD Michael Gfoeller. 2. (C) SUMMARY: CENTCOM Policy Advisor Michael Gfoeller met with Royal Court International Affairs Advisor Jaffar Hassan on September 27. In the meeting, Hassan outlined Jordan's views on Middle East peace, Afghanistan [...]
2009-10-05 10:28:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JO
09AMMAN2351JORDAN: KING'S INTERVIEW WITH HAARETZ DRAWS
[...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah's October 6 interview with the Israeli Haaretz daily has drawn praise in Jordan. Public commentary focused on the substance of the King's remarks and, in particular, on his pointed call for Israel to stop unilateral actions in Jerusalem that threaten to destabilize [...]
2009-10-22 14:28:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL SOCI JO
09AMMAN2449JORDAN: PUBLIC'S HIGH HOPE IN PEACE SINKS TO NEW
[...] (C) Jordanian public hope for a rapid, positive outcome for the peace process deflated enormously over the past week, down from extremely high levels following the President's initial statements and actions in January and his June 4 speech in Cairo. 2. (SBU) Headlines from recent days inc [...]
2009-11-09 16:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL JO
09AMMAN2572 Jordan's Tax Revenues Increase in 2009, But 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's Tax Department announced recently that tax collections through October 2009 are 7.2% higher than the corresponding 2008 levels. Better collection efficiency and good business performance in 2008 have led to higher tax revenue income in 2009. Tax reform efforts in 2009 [...]
2009-11-25 12:49:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV EAID JO
09AMMAN2614 Jordan Does Not Participate in or Cooperate with Arab
[...] (U) The Government of Jordan (GOJ) does not participate in any form or cooperate in any way with the Arab League Boycott or other international boycotts of Israel. Jordan signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994, after which the Jordanian parliament enacted legislation ending economic boycott [...]
2009-12-03 14:00:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL KBCT JO
09AMMAN359AMMAN FATHAWIS DISCUSS GAZA EFFECTS ON MOVEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Fatah members resident in Amman agreed that their movement was in dire straits following recent Israeli operations in Gaza. Aside from the perennial plea for quick movement on the peace process, our contacts varyingly saw potential Fatah salvation in convening the long-delayed Si [...]
2009-02-08 05:17:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG KISL IS JO
09AMMAN552STAFFDEL DIAMOND, GOJ OFFICIALS DISCUSS REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings February 16-17, Foreign Minister Salah Al Bashir and Advisor to the King Ayman Safadi told Staffdel Diamond that to obtain peace in the Middle East the U.S. administration needed to pursue immediate negotiations, not a protracted process. It also needed to pr [...]
2009-03-01 11:32:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JO
09AMMAN669STRIDENT GOJ LANGUAGE WITH U.S. ON MUGHRABI GATE,
[...] (C) Summary: While Jordanian fears that Israel will unilaterally rebuild the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif have cropped up periodically since the original ramp was damaged by heavy rains in 2004, over the past year the matter has been raised in increasingly strident [...]
2009-03-16 11:21:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL UNESCO IS JO
09AMMAN676JORDANIAN TRAINING OF PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES
[...] (U) Independent daily Al-Arab Al-Yawm criticized U.S.-sponsored training of Palestinian Security Forces in Jordan in a March 9 editorial, suggesting a pause in activity given Israeli settlement activity and its recent operations in Gaza. The article by managing editor Fahd Khitan charged Jord [...]
2009-03-16 16:34:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL 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
09AMMAN990JORDAN,S ISLAMISTS OPPOSE POPE,S MAY 8 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Islamists from Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing have publicly opposed the Pope's planned May 8-11 visit to the Kingdom. Government officials have denounced the published criticisms and continue to plan for the visit. Christian leaders privately say that criti [...]
2009-04-30 07:33:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SCUL KISL JO
09ANKARA1310CODEL WEXLER URGES TURKISH ACTION ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary. Rep. Robert Wexler met August 26-27 with a wide array of top-level Turkish officials to discuss the current state of U.S.-Turkish relations and to urge them to push for greater regional support for President Obama's initiatives on Middle East peace and his willingness to deal wit [...]
2009-09-08 12:18:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG AM AZ IS IR TU
09ANKARA1574TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1580TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 11:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1832FORMER DTP MEMBERS HEAR PKK RHETORIC IN MAKHMOUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Six officials who will soon join the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP),including three MPs from the former Democratic Society Party (DTP),traveled overland to Iraq on December 22 to visit the Makhmour refugee camp and hold meetings with officials from the Kurdistan Regional Gover [...]
2009-12-23 16:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM TU
09ANKARA336CODEL WEXLER TELLS ANKARA THAT GAZA RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Congressman Wexler's message to Turkey's leaders during his February 17-20 visit was blunt. He told President Gul, PM Erdogan, Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Basbug, PM Foreign Policy Advisor Davutoglu, MFA U/S Apakan, and other GOT, Parliamentary and opposition party [...]
2009-03-04 16:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IS TU
09ANKARA519OBAMA'S POSITIVE MESSAGES RESONATE WITH TURKISH MEDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 10:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA731TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 10:27:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA764TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-29 10:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA799TURKEY: OBAMA SPEECH HITS ALL THE RIGHT NOTES
[...] (C) Summary: The Turkish public widely welcomed the open and sincere tone of President Obama's June 4 speech to the Muslim world from Cairo. Reflecting statements by other Turkish political and religious leaders, President Gul complimented Obama for being honest and realistic. Particular att [...]
2009-06-05 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL TU
09ANKARA815TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 12:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA862TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 13:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA889TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 11:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA902IPR ASPECTS OF TURKEY'S NEW CUSTOMS LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Turkish Parliament approved the long-awaited Customs Law on June 18. The law aims to fully harmonize Turkey's customs regime with that of the European Union, and it will now go to the President for signature. The law will take effect three months after it is signed and publ [...]
2009-06-26 10:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD TU
09ASHGABAT163 TURKMENISTAN: PROVINCIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY--THE GOOD,
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In 2008, the Turkmenistan government kicked off a wide array of development projects, under the auspices of a 2007 National Development Program, which was designed to refurbish crumbling Soviet era infrastructure [...]
2009-02-03 09:39:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EIND EINV ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1635TURKMENISTAN: PROJECTS TO HELP REFUGEES STILL NEEDED
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (U) On December 16 the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) jointly with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA),briefed a donors meeting about achievements from the project "Improvement of the Quality of Reproductive Health and Socia [...]
2009-12-18 14:16:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV SOCI UN TX
09ASHGABAT461 TURKMEN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON 2009 FIRST QUARTER RESULTS
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov chaired an expanded session of the Cabinet of Ministers on April 6 for the purpose of reviewing social and economic development in the first quarter of the year, as well as a number of p [...]
2009-04-10 03:58:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TX
09ASHGABAT529 TURKMENISTAN: GRANT PROPOSAL FOR PRM FY 2009 JULIA TAFT
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The following is Embassy Ashgabat's recommendation for FY 2009 support via the Julia Taft Refugee Fund to finance a refugee assistance project. The proposed project would provide equipment and materials for th [...]
2009-04-24 13:28:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF TX
09ASHGABAT864 TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL NGO HOLDS SEMINAR ON PENITENTIARY
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a July 9 seminar for the public on the penitentiary system of Turkmenistan, local NGO "Bosfor" Director Zalina Rossoshanskaya explained types of penitentiary systems in the world, types of penitentiary insti [...]
2009-07-09 13:32:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM TX
09ASMARA196SITUATION DIRE FOR ERITREAN REFUGEES IN SUDAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There are more than 62,000 Eritreans registered in UNHCR refugee camps in eastern Sudan, and tens of thousands more living in Khartoum and in refugee camps in the east that have been officially closed over the years. Eritreans in Sudan face discrimination from the Sudanese governm [...]
2009-06-25 13:48:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL SU ER
09ASTANA112 KAZAKHSTAN: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel, below is Post's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Kazakhstan. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Kazakhstan 2009 Investment Climate Statement - Kazakhstan Openness to Foreign Investment Kazakhstan has made significant progress toward creating a market economy sinc [...]
2009-01-22 00:46:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR KZ
09ASTANA1771 KAZAKHSTAN: GRASS-ROOTS DEMOCRACY AT WORK
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Leader of the local non-governmental organization "Shanyrak," Asylbek Kozhakhmetov, described on September 29 the situation of internal migrants and his organization's efforts to assist them. Primarily focused at [...]
2009-10-05 08:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA853KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, APRIL 27 - MAY 8
[...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. AZAT'S ABILOV -- THE CHOSEN ONE? 2. Rumors are swirling around Azat party leader Bulat Ab [...]
2009-05-15 11:05:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KZ
09ASUNCION82 LUGO LAUNCHES AGRARIAN REFORM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the creation of an inter-agency commission in November, President Lugo launched an agrarian reform program January 12 in San Pedro Department. Lugo's program is more of a national social plan to assist landless peasants than agrarian reform per se. It is a good start [...]
2009-02-09 20:16:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PREL PA
09ATHENS1463Greek MFA on Jewish Cemetery Issues, Athens Mosque
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 28, the director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) E2 Directorate for Religious and Ecclesiastical Affairs, Amb. Christodoulos J. Lazaris, described GoG actions to address increased anti-Semitic vandalism, the current status of property restitution negotiations [...]
2009-09-09 14:33:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KISL GR
09ATHENS1595GREECE: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on the Goldstone Report and debate at the UN General Assembly to Loukas Tsokos of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs D1 Directorate for International Organizations and Stelios Gavriil of the A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs. Counselor Gavriil thank [...]
2009-11-04 13:40:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA IS KPAL GR
09BAGHDAD1255SPEAKER PELOSI'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER MALIKI
[...] (S) During a May 10 meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Prime Minister Maliki stressed that security in Iraq has improved significantly but emphasized the need to continue strong intelligence cooperation to help Iraq combat terrorism. Maliki said Iraq wants a close bilateral relationship with [...]
2009-05-13 11:52:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV OVIP ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD1493IRAQI POLITICIANS PRAISE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iraq's political classes almost uniformly praised President Obama's June 4 speech from Cairo as "a good start." However, most contacts told us that the U.S. must follow up with specific actions to consolidate Iraq's fragile democracy and to establish an independent [...]
2009-06-07 15:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1803IDPS AND ECONOMIC MIGRANTS STUCK IN SLUMS ADJACENT
[...] (U) USAID/OFDA,s program advisor in Iraq conducts regular field visits to locations of displacement and return to assess humanitarian conditions and identify areas of possible intervention by implementing partners. On June 24 and 25 the program advisor met with residents of northeast Baghdad,s [...]
2009-07-06 12:31:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV PREL PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD2652009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 05:36:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON ETRD PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2901IRAQ ELECTION LAW UPDATE, OCTOBER 29, 2009
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Hopes of a vote on an election law in the Council of Representatives melted away over the course of the day October 29 as party bloc leaders continued to haggle over terms for voting rules in Kirkuk. The Ambassador and poloffs engaged key leaders and a wide spectrum of influenti [...]
2009-10-29 19:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3155 IRAQ REFUGEES AND IDPS - BROOKINGS DOHA CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Summary: The November 18-19 Brookings conference "Regional Perspectives on Iraqi Displacement" in Doha brought together representatives of major donor countries, development agencies, humanitarian players, and some regional representatives, but suffered from the absence of any senior Gover [...]
2009-12-07 12:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV PREL IZ
09BAKU408AZERBAIJAN: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 11:54:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ AM ECON EFIN EINT GG PINR
09BAMAKO321IN HASTE, MALI POSTS FLAWED LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-28 16:30:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ML
09BAMAKO43DROUGHT THREATENS MALI'S MIGRATORY ELEPHANT HERD
[...] Summary: In meetings on January 13 and 21, representatives of international conservation groups Save the Elephants and the WILD Foundation told the Embassy that prolonged drought is severely threatening the estimated 400 to 600 elephants in Mali's Gourma region. This herd is the only survivi [...]
2009-01-22 15:15:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ML SENV
09BAMAKO58BAHANGA RELEASES LAST THREE MALIAN SOLDIERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 16:40:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS ASEC PREL ML
09BANGKOK2369THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: WEEKEND PROTESTS
[...] (C) Summary: Yellow-shirt supporters plan a September 19 protest in the vicinity of Preah Vihear temple to demand that Cambodia civilians vacate the disputed territory adjacent to the temple. The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) claims that the Thai government has surrendered sovereignty [...]
2009-09-17 09:46:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
09BANGKOK2962THAILAND: AMBASSADOR AND FM KASIT DISCUSS U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya called Ambassador to the Foreign Ministry on short notice late November 19, primarily to discuss Cambodia and Thaksin. Kasit began the meeting expressing "profound thanks" for the President and Secretary's effective re-engagement in Asia this y [...]
2009-11-20 10:28:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK311THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PM ABHISIT, FM KASIT
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador engaged PM Abhisit Vejajjiva during a February 3 AMCHAM dinner and FM Kasit during a February 4 office call on the Thai response to Rohingya boat people from Burma and Bangladesh. Abhisit reiterated that his government, once made aware of the issue, insisted that all T [...]
2009-02-05 08:14:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF 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
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
09BEIJING1198PRC/MEPP: FM YANG EXPOUNDS ON CHINA'S PEACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a five-day swing through the Middle East, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi laid out China's five-point plan for progress on the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),according to an MFA official. He conveyed to the new Israeli government hopes expressed by Arab leaders that the M [...]
2009-05-05 11:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM MEPP CH IS SY EG IR
09BEIJING2149CHINA/UNSCR 1874: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA AND CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK
[...] (S) Summary. Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey on July 8 queried People's Bank of China (PBoC) Vice Governor Su Ning about Chinese actions to enforce UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1874 given China's complex financial relationship with North Korea. Gove [...]
2009-07-28 06:25:00Embassy BeijingSECRETEFIN PGOV PREL KTFN PTER CH KN
09BEIJING2196CHINA 2009 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified -- it contains business proprietary information and is not for distribution to the public. 2. (SBU) In response to ref A, this cable provides updated information on investment and expropriation claims in China and includes input from the Econo [...]
2009-08-03 08:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
09BEIJING2570XINJIANG STABILITY, ISRAEL SETTLEMENTS, PAKISTAN, INDIA
[...] Key points at the September 8 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government was capable of dealing with the situation in Xinjiang and would handle the issue according to law. -- China hoped that Israel would "be prudent and take measures to facilitate the early resumption of talks" with Pal [...]
2009-09-08 09:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC SENV CH KN KS JP IN IR AE IS PK TW
09BEIJING3001CHINESE SPECIAL ENVOY TALKS IRAN, MIDDLE EAST WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 26 meeting with PRC Special Envoy to the Middle East Wu Sike, Senior Director for the Central Region Dennis Ross underscored the high priority that the United States placed on the pursuit of peace in the Middle East and on resolution of the Iran nuclear issue. Both [...]
2009-10-30 10:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC OVIP ENRG PGOV CH IR IS
09BEIJING3123MIXED IMPACT AND INDUSTRY SKEPTICS FOR CHINA'S FOREST
[...] (U) On October 29, five Chinese central government agencies (State Forestry Administration (SFA),National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC),Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM),Ministry of Finance (MOF),and the State Administration of Taxation (SAT)jointly issued a "Forestry Industry Devel [...]
2009-11-16 10:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD KSCA CH
09BEIJING3138NOVEMBER 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OPPOSITION TO JEWISH
[...] Key points at the November 19 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes Israel's plans to build new Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem, viewing the move as likely to undermine trust and security in the region. -- The decision not to accept journalist questions following the meeting between P [...]
2009-11-19 11:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH IS KN AF IN VM JA
09BEIJING3421CHINA REBALANCING: HOW MUCH, HOW SOON, AND HOW?
[...] (C) Summary. Recent senior leadership meetings in Beijing indicate that with 2009 GDP growth in excess of eight percent assured, the Chinese Government has turned its attention to rebalancing the economy for more sustainable development. Most observers believe the government is serious about [...]
2009-12-22 09:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING3489DECEMBER 29, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMCIT IN NORTH KOREA,
[...] Key points at the December 29 MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes the U.S. will uphold the larger issue of stability on the Korean Peninsula when addressing US citizen Robert Park's detention in North Korea. -- The execution of UK citizen Akmal Shaikh for drug smuggling, despite claims [...]
2009-12-29 10:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM PHSA PTER CH BM KN IS
09BEIJING960MEDIA REACTION: McCain Visit, President Obama, Ren Min Bi
[...] McCain Visit "McCain said that China has become a "superpower" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/10): McCain arrived in Beijing on 8th for his Asian "survey trip". He indicated during a press conference on April 9th that China had [...]
2009-04-10 09:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIRUT197LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS SENATOR KERRY ON-TIME
[...] (C) Saad Hariri told visiting U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry that it was most important for Lebanon's parliamentary elections to occur as scheduled June 7. Meeting with the Senator on February 18, Hariri was confident his March 14 coalition could [...]
2009-02-19 16:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS
09BEIRUT593LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN ASSURE SLEIMAN: NO
[...] (C) Vice President Joe Biden visited Lebanon on May 22, the first visit by a U.S vice president since 1983. Regional peace talks topped the agenda of his meeting with President Michel Sleiman, including the issue of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and the roles of both Syria and Iran. Biden [...]
2009-05-29 15:06:00Embassy BeirutSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IRLE
09BEIRUT597LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT TELLS SPEAKER BERRI U.S.
[...] (C) Vice President Biden told Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri that his May 22 visit to Lebanon was designed to send a strong message from the Obama administration that the U.S. supports a sovereign, independent Lebanon with strong institutions and was committed to achieving a compre [...]
2009-05-29 15:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV PINR LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT617LEBANON: PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT'S "HISTORIC
[...] (C) Emboffs heard from a number of Lebanese contacts, including Sunni and Shia Muslims and Christians, much praise for President Obama's June 4 speech to the Muslim world. Though many Lebanese were preoccupied with the parliamentary elections three days away, those who watched the speech told [...]
2009-06-04 16:39:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT647LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR S/E GEORGE MITCHELL'S
[...] (C) Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit, which comes just five days after Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections in which the pro-western March 14 coalition won the majority by an unexpected margin. Lebanese officials have eagerly anticipated your trip to Beirut since your appointment was an [...]
2009-06-10 15:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS SY IR
09BEIRUT655LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS S/E MITCHELL SHOULD FOCUS
[...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, in a June 10 meeting with the Ambassador, advised that Special Envoy George Mitchell should secure a freeze on Israeli settlements in order that President Obama's peace efforts succeed. Asked about Lebanon's role in regional peace, he half-joked "We cannot aff [...]
2009-06-11 15:05:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT662 Lebanon: Media Reaction - June 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 11:37:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT668LEBANON: REACTION TO PM NETANYAHU'S JUNE 14 SPEECH
[...] (C) Lebanese reaction to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's June 14 speech was mostly negative (Ref A). President Sleiman termed the Netanyahu speech as "hard lined" in a statement issued June 15, while PM Siniora termed it "extremely dangerous." The only positive acknowledgment note [...]
2009-06-17 05:08:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC LE IS
09BELFAST29SINN FEIN LEADER GERRY ADAMS DISCUSSES RECENT VISIT TO
[...] (C/NF) During an April 27 meeting with Belfast Consul General, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams discussed his mid-April trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. During his meetings with Hamas leaders, Adams made clear he did not support violence. He also met with residents of the Israeli [...]
2009-04-28 16:13:00Consulate BelfastCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UK EI IS KPAL PTER
09BELGRADE357SERBIA'S PRESIDENCY OF THE DECADE OF ROMA INCLUSION A MIXED
[...] (SBU) As Serbia marked International Roma Day on April 8 in its capacity as president of the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015, its record on addressing the plight of Europe's largest ethnic minority remained spotty at best. Continued reports of discrimination, hate speech, and physical viole [...]
2009-04-24 13:38:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO SR
09BELGRADE363SERBIA: HIGH-FLYING BELGRADE MAYOR DJILAS BUILDS BRIDGES
[...] (SBU) In an April 21 meeting, Belgrade Mayor Dragan Djilas - a strong candidate to be a future Prime Minister - shared with the Ambassador his achievements in his first seven months in office in both the infrastructure and social spheres, the political challenges he faces due to his efforts to [...]
2009-04-27 14:58:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SR
09BERLIN1054MEDIA REACTION: JAPAN, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, GERMANY
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Japan) Outcome of Parliamentary Elections 3. (UN) Climate Conference 4. (Mideast) Peace Process 5. (Germany) Outcome of State Parliament Elections  [...]
2009-08-31 11:37:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC
09BERLIN1066NETANYAHU FEELS SOME HEAT IN BERLIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu August 27, Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier both stressed the importance of a freeze on settlement construction to achieve a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. This, despite attempts b [...]
2009-09-02 13:40:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS GM IR
09BERLIN1118AMBASSADOR MURPHY'S INITIAL MEETING WITH GERMAN FM
[...] (C) During a September 13 introductory call by Ambassador Murphy, Steinmeier emphasized his frustration at being unable to distance himself from Merkel in the election campaign. He stated his support for the Magna deal on Opel. He expressed his strong support for President Obama, and underli [...]
2009-09-10 16:19:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1174MEDIA REACTION: Afghanistan, Missile Defense, G20, Climate
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghanistan 3. Climate Change 4. G20 Summit 5. Missile Defense 6. UN-U.S. Relations 7. Mideast Peace Process 8. Travel Promotion Act 9. German Elections  [...]
2009-09-22 13:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM AF US RS IR IS XF
09BERLIN1274MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, RUSSIA-U.S.,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Pakistan) Bomb Attack 3. (Afghanistan) New U.S. Strategy 4. (Russia-U.S.) Clinton Visit 5. (Mideast) Aftermath of Goldstone Report 6. (U.S.) Nobel Peace Prize for Obama 7. (Turkey-Armenia) Rapprochement 8. (EU) Future of Lisbon Tr [...]
2009-10-13 15:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PK AF RS XF US AM EU
09BERLIN1433NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HEUSGEN ON AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Chancellery National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen told EUR A/S Phil Gordon and Ambassador Murphy in a November 10 meeting in Berlin that Germany strongly preferred that the proposed international conference on Afghanistan be held outside the country to make it easier to pre [...]
2009-11-12 17:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO MNUC PARM KNNP GM IR RU AF
09BERLIN1481MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, GUANTANAMO,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Karzai's Inauguration 3. (Environment) Copenhagen Summit 4. (Mideast) Israeli Settlements 5. (U.S.) Closure of Guant namo 6. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 7. (U.S.-Asia) Future Relations 8. (EU) Top Jobs 9. (Economic) [...]
2009-11-23 07:10:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF KGHG XF US IR EU ETRD
09BERLIN1580MEDIA REACTION: COP15, IRAN, MEPP, U.S., FINANCE, GERMANY-
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Environment) Copenhagen Climate Conference 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Middle East) Settlement Conflict 5. (U.S.) Blackwater 6. (U.S.) Finance Markets 7. (Germany - Afghanistan) Defense Minister Under Fire  [...]
2009-12-14 14:22:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KGHG IR XF US AF
09BERLIN1628MEDIA REACTION: U.S., IRAN, TERRORISM, ISRAEL, GERMANY-
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Failed Terrorist Attack 3. (Iran) Clashes Between Regime and Opposition 4. (Terrorism) U.S.-Yemen 5. (Israel) New Settlements 6. (Afghanistan) London Conference  [...]
2009-12-31 13:34:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IR YM IS AF
09BERLIN402MEDIA REACTION: G20, NATO, CHINA-US, ISRAEL, ECB
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. G-20 Summit 3. NATO Summit 4. Hu-Obama Meeting 5. New Israeli Government 6. Lowering of Interest Rates  [...]
2009-04-03 12:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CH IS
09BERLIN414FINANCIAL CRISIS AND EASTERN EUROPE: PRIMARILY A
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The German government is concerned about deteriorating conditions in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries due to the financial crisis, but does not consider the potential for economic spill-over from east to west to be substantial. Of greater concern are the possible pol [...]
2009-04-07 11:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ELAB PREL GM
09BERLIN637MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, SUPREME COURT, MIDEAST,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. North Korean Nuclear Threat 3. Supreme Court Nomination 4. Israeli Settlements 5. Climate Protection 6. New French Base in UAE Â [...]
2009-05-27 11:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM KN US IS XF FR AE
09BERLIN713MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, GITMO, NORTH KOREA, ISRAEL,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Presidential Elections 3. Guantnamo Prisoners 4. New North Korean Threats 5. Israeli PM Netanyahu Address 6. Troop Re-enforcements in Afghanistan 7. Zimbabwe  [...]
2009-06-15 15:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR KN IS AF ZI
09BERLIN803MEDIA REACTION:NORTH KOREA, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. UNSC Sanctions on North Korea 3. Iranian Protests 4. Afghanistan 5. Mideast Settlement Policy 6. Aftermath of Coup in Honduras 7. Run-Up to Obama-Medvedev Meeting 8. EU Presidency, Constitutional Court on Lisbon Treaty 9. Croatian Premier St [...]
2009-07-02 13:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR KN AF XF HO XG
09BERLIN851FM STEINMEIER REINFORCES U.S. MESSAGES IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Steinmeier reinforced U.S. messages on the need for Israel to halt settlement construction and for Syria to play a constructive role in the region during his July 6-7 Middle East visit to Jerusalem, Damascus and Beirut. According to the MFA, Steinmeier also high [...]
2009-07-14 15:58:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS GM LE SY
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
09BERN99RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CRITICAL
[...] Post has identified two entities that fit into the categories supplied by S/CT: the Swiss pharmaceutical industry and the Swiss banking system. 2. The Swiss pharmaceutical industry is located in Basel and produces internationally recognized products to combat Avian Influenza, cancer, tube [...]
2009-03-05 15:35:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV EAID EFIN SZ
09BRASILIA1112BRAZIL MORE SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. ARAB-ISRAELI
[...] (C) Summary. The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE or Itamaraty) has no immediate response to our request in ref A to provide $10 million in direct budget support to the Palestinian Authority (PA). The relevant MRE department heads were receptive to the idea of a further Brazilian co [...]
2009-09-04 20:38:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN EAID KWBG OPDC IS
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
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
09BRASILIA1391PERES AND ABBAS VISITS IN PERSPECTIVE
[...] (C) Summary. The November visits by Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, both shortly in advance of Iranian President Ahmadinejad's visit (ref A),led to few substantive results but helped Brazil craft its narrative as a hopeful emerging player in the Middl [...]
2009-12-02 17:40:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KHUM KPAL IS IR
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
09BRASILIA252 BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil continued to be a source country for internationally and domestically trafficked women, children, and men, and a destination country for forced factory labor in metropolitan cities. Brazil was not a significant Trafficking in Persons (TIP) transit country. Forced or sl [...]
2009-03-02 11:14:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR
09BRASILIA391BRAZIL: GAZA PLEDGE, ARAB SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT:
[...] (C) Summary: President Lula's trip to Doha to attend the March 31 Arab-South American Summit will continue a year of intense Middle East diplomacy that kicked off when Amorim matched Brazil's largest foreign aid contribution by pledging USD 10 million for Gaza reconstruction. Following the Mar [...]
2009-03-28 00:20:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL BR
09BRASILIA400SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 118
[...] 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 [...]
2009-03-31 20:17:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA709Brazil: Initial Reactions on Cairo Speech
[...] (U) Summary: In Brazil, President Obama's address to Muslims worldwide has drawn praise for its even-handed approach to the issues of religion and politics in the Middle East from government, congressional, academic contacts and from members of the Brazilian Middle Eastern and Muslim communitie [...]
2009-06-04 22:38:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KPAO PREL PGOV ECON BR
09BRATISLAVA368THE EXTREMISM PARADOX
[...] (C) Summary: Extremism is on the rise in Slovakia, and the Government's ability and willingness to combat it, despite a newly-passed extremism amendment to the Penal code, remains an open question. While the amendment supposedly strengthens the government's hand, many experts believe it is a [...]
2009-08-21 09:29:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL LO
09BRATISLAVA380SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL: SCHOOL SEGREGATION OF ROMANI CHILDREN
[...] Summary: A disproportionately high percentage of Romani children in Slovakia are shunted into "special schools" for mentally handicapped children. The implications of this de facto segregation are broad and troublesome, as it mislabels children as handicapped, confines them to a substandard edu [...]
2009-08-28 10:11:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA484SLOVAKIA PAINTED RED: FICO'S SMER STEAMROLLS OPPOSITION IN
[...] Summary: The 2009 regional elections were a smashing victory for PM Robert Fico's ruling party, SMER ("Direction"). In four of the eight regions, SMER-supported regional governor or "zupan" candidates won over 50 percent of the vote and do not require a run-off; in the remaining four regions, [...]
2009-11-19 16:03:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM LO
09BRUSSELS1118PERSPECTIVES FROM NEW DEPUTY PERMREP TO BELGIUM'S
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs and Polintern met on August 5 with Thomas Lambert, Belgium's new Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New York. Lambert has just left a position as Deputy Chief of the Cabinet of former Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel De Gucht. Based on his insider's view of B [...]
2009-08-12 09:44:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BE IS KN IR UNSC
09BRUSSELS1193EU SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KANJORSKI
[...] (SBU) I would like to welcome you and the members of your Delegation to Brussels. You are arriving at a time when the change in U.S. Administration and the press of global events have pushed U.S.-EU cooperation to new heights across a range of economic and political issues. The EU and its Mem [...]
2009-08-28 11:20:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL ETRD ENRG SENV KHGH KJUS KTFN EUN
09BRUSSELS1581AMBASSADOR GUTMAN'S NOVEMBER 9 MEETING WITH
[...] Summary: The Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on Charles Michel, Belgium's Minister for Development Cooperation, on November 9. Michel's ministry creates policy and oversees administration of a large part of Belgium's official development assistance to Afghanistan, Central Africa an [...]
2009-11-24 15:34:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV BE AF CG
09BRUSSELS1587BELGIUM: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 06:07:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KPAL IS BE
09BRUSSELS355EU'S ROBERT COOPER AND S/P SLAUGHTER DISCUSS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 09:42:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL IS AF PK PBK EUN
09BRUSSELS371EGYPTIANS AND PALESTINIANS MEET WITH EU TROIKA ON
[...] (C) Summary: The EU Troika (Czech FM Karel Schwarzenberg, Council High Representative Javier Solana, and Commissioner Bettina Ferrero-Waldner) met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, PA Foreign Minister el-Maliki, and the Jordanian ambassador to the EU on March 15 for dinner to disc [...]
2009-03-16 15:25:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG EUN
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
09BRUSSELS567SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) We warmly welcome your visit to Brussels. The members of the European Union's Political and Security Committee (PSC) look forward to meeting with you April 22 and exchanging ideas on Israeli-Palestinian and broader regional peace. The President heard from EU heads of state/government in [...]
2009-04-16 14:41:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP MITCHELL AMGT PREL EUN
09BRUSSELS601SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S EU MEETINGS
[...] (U) 22 April 2009, EU Council Justus Lipsius Building, Brussels. 2. (U) U.S. Participants: Special Envoy George Mitchell NEA DAS David M. Hale NEA/IPA Payton L. Knopf NEA/IPA Alon Sachar NSC Mara E. Rudman USEU Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Christopher Murray USEU PolMinsCouns Christop [...]
2009-04-27 18:02:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EUN IS XF
09BRUSSELS672ISRAEL DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER AYALON DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, Daniel Ayalon, met for two and a half hours in an informal May 7 session with ambassadors who make up the EU's 28-member Political and Security Committee (PSC),which helps set EU common foreign and security policy. Several EU diplomats an [...]
2009-05-12 10:40:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EU
09BRUSSELS784DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE
[...] (SBU) Mission delivered reftel demarche to officials who cover the Middle East at the EU Council, European Commission, and Czech Mission (the current EU presidency). According to the director for Middle East affairs at the Council, the upcoming Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting was di [...]
2009-06-05 13:19:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KPAL PGOV PREL EU
09BUCHAREST136ROMANIA: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, post recommends that Romania remain on the Special 301 Watch List for 2009. Despite a decreasing trend in physical optical disc piracy, the growth of Internet piracy -- both peer-to-peer file sharing and business-to-consumer piracy -- remains a problem. R [...]
2009-03-02 09:11:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR RO
09BUCHAREST24ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2009
[...] Following is Embassy Bucharest's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT Romania actively seeks direct foreign investment. The Agency for Foreign Investment (ARIS),created in 2004, is designed to advertise the co [...]
2009-01-14 13:09:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR RO
09BUDAPEST422HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE JUNE GAERC AGENDA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 23:00:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL EU HU
09BUDAPEST423HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE JUNE GAERC AGENDA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 23:00:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL EU HU
09BUDAPEST777HUNGARY'S COMMENTS ON OCTOBER GAERC
[...] (SBU) MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed ref email topics with PolOff on October 22 and provided the following comments concerning the agenda items: 2. (SBU) AFPAK: We welcome the Council's conclusion that will be adopted, but the emphasis [...]
2009-10-22 15:35:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EU HU
09BUDAPEST824200 CIVIL SERVICE JOBS FOR ROMA -- HUNGARIAN STYLE
[...] (U) Summary: Despite the public service hiring freeze, the GOH launched an affirmative action project that aims to induct 200 Roma college graduates into civil service positions by January 1, 2010. EU grants will cover salaries for the first year, after which the GOH hopes to add the new empl [...]
2009-11-17 14:37:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI EU HU
09BUDAPEST881MULTICULTURAL POLICING WORKSHOP ADDRESSES
[...] (SBU) Summary. As part of Post's continuing tolerance program, Post, the Hungarian Ministry of Justice (MOJ),and the FBI's International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) jointly conducted a two-day workshop in Budapest for senior police officials, prosecutors, and judges on policing in multi-cu [...]
2009-12-11 16:56:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI EU HU
09BUENOSAIRES1049MEDIA REACTION; G-20 SUMMIT; ARGENTINE PRESIDENT KIRCHNER
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories are related to Argentina's attendance at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh; expectations over Argentine President Cristina Kirchner's trip to New York; the current status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; as well as the UN General Assembly [...]
2009-09-21 15:17:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
09BUENOSAIRES1126MEDIA REACTION; NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT; PRESIDENT OBAMA
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces and editorials are related to UN Security Council Resolution 1887 in favor of nuclear disarmament; President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize; the Project Syndicate association of newspapers' seminar on climate change; and Argentina's [...]
2009-10-13 18:20:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
09BUENOSAIRES1282MEDIA REACTION: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17-23; 11/23/09; BUENOS
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international opinion pieces and editorials last week were mostly related to President Obama's trip to Asia and its impact on the US-Sino bilateral relationship; President Obama's policy on the Middle East; the Guantanamo Bay detention center; and the outcome of the FOA [...]
2009-11-23 19:47:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PREL
09BUENOSAIRES1338Argentina: Well-Received Visits by Shimon Peres and Mahmoud
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) received separate visits from Israeli President Shimon Peres (November 16-18) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (November 23-24),and joined top GOA officials, and a wide range of Argentines, in offering both very warm recepti [...]
2009-12-10 15:16:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM AR
09CAIRO1089UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' JUNE 7 MEETING WITH ARAB LG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 12:30:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL SY LE IZ IR SU IS EG
09CAIRO1143ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA ON JUNE 24 MINISTERIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 07:15:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO1220U.S.-EGYPT STRATEGIC DIALOGUE OF JUNE 7
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 03:51:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER SCUL PHUM SU SO IR AF PK SY
09CAIRO1410ARAB LEAGUE COS FOLLOW-UP ON US-ARAB COOPERATION;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 10:12:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL SCUL EG
09CAIRO1788ARAB LEAGUE SPOKESMAN BRIEFS ON SEPTEMBER MINISTERIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 10:48:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS IZ WEU GZ SY SU EG
09CAIRO529SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL'S VISIT TO CAIRO
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Senator McConnell, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U.S., [...]
2009-03-26 14:32:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP MCCONNELL PGOV ECON KPAL EG IS
09CAIRO568SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TAUSCHER'S VISIT TO CAIRO
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Representative Tauscher, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The [...]
2009-04-02 15:38:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP TAUSCHER PGOV ECON KPAL EG IS
09CAIRO614CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH GAMAL MUBARAK
[...] (C) Key Points -- Gamal Mubarak told CODEL McConnell that Egypt remained committed to economic reform despite the global financial crisis. -- Egypt wants increased trade with the U.S.; however, it is looking elsewhere for trade opportunities as well, including the EU, Russia, and China. [...]
2009-04-12 10:05:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PGOV ETRD IZ EG IS IR
09CAIRO65CODEL DORGAN VISIT TO EGYPT DECEMBER 13-14 REF: A. CAIRO 2542 B. CAIRO 2435 C. CAIRO 2502 D. CAIRO 2505 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senators Byron Dorgan (ND),Thad Cochran (MS),Kent Conrad (ND) and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) visited Cairo on December 13-14. All of their GOE interlocutors asked them to convey to the incoming Obama Administration that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Palestinian statehood [...]
2009-01-14 09:36:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALOREP PGOV PTER PREL EWWT MEPP IR IZ SO EG
09CAIRO773EGYPTIAN MFA UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Key Points: -- The fourth round of the Cairo Dialogue on Palestinian reconciliation yielded no results. Egypt has temporarily shelved its proposal to create a Palestinian committee to oversee reconstruction, security reform, and the January 2010 elections. -- The Government of Egypt ( [...]
2009-05-06 12:33:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS PA EG
09CAIRO873ARAB LEAGUE ON ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT AND
[...] (C) Key points: -- In a May 11 meeting, Arab League (AL) Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef told us that AL SYG Moussa was very encouraged by the Administration's early position on Middle East peace. He said that the AL had agreed to resume Israeli-Palestinian negotiations only if Israel satisfact [...]
2009-05-19 12:22:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO874SCENESETTER: PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S VISIT TO
[...] (S/NF) Introduction: President Mubarak last visited Washington in April 2004, breaking a twenty year tradition of annual visits to the White House. Egyptians view President Mubarak's upcoming meeting with the President as a new beginning to the U.S.-Egyptian relationship that will restore a [...]
2009-05-19 12:58:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM ECON EG IS IR IZ
09CAIRO937SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO VISIT
[...] (SBU) Mission Cairo welcomes your visit, the first by a U.S. president to Cairo since President Clinton's in 1990. The Egyptian Government will also warmly welcome you, as will the Egyptian people, who are proud that the U.S. has recognized what they view as Egypt's central role in the Arab [...]
2009-05-26 09:35:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL KIRF EG
09CANBERRA1021AUSTRALIA WILL VOTE AGAINST MOST ANTI-ISRAELI UNGA
[...] (C/NF) Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Middle East Division Head, Deborah Stokes, told Pol/Econ Counselor November 19 that Australia has traditionally voted with the United States against most of the 21 resolutions heavily biased against Israel including all three of the [...]
2009-11-20 05:12:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE AS
09CANBERRA401INDIGENOUS ISSUES: STILL LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: After thirty years of bipartisan support for a range of policies based on self-determination and self-management, the Australian Government, in reaction to increasing evidence of policy failure, has embarked on policies involving direct intervention in the lives of indigenous [...]
2009-04-21 08:21:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAS PHUM SOCI
09CANBERRA856AUSTRALIA PLAYS HARDBALL WITH TELECOM GIANT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Rudd government is seeking to force Telstra, Australia's leading telecommunications company, to restructure or risk losing access to any future mobile spectrum. The government is confident that Telstra will negotiate and split its operations. Market analysts seem to agree t [...]
2009-09-18 07:47:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ETRD AS
09CAPETOWN110WESTERN CAPE HOUSING MINISTER DISCUSSES THE WAY
[...] (U) On May 14, Poloff and CG attended a dinner in honor of newly elected Western Cape Housing Minister, Bongi Madikizela. Madikizela, a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA) is the only black member of the all male Western Cape Cabinet and is also the nephew of Winnie Mandela. Although he [...]
2009-05-15 15:09:00Consulate Cape TownCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SF
09CAPETOWN169 PROTESTS OVER LACK OF HOUSING CONTINUES
[...] (U) On July 30, 2009 about 300 people gathered at the entrance to Masiphumelele, an informal settlement near Fish Hoek in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town to protest against lack of housing. The protesters blocked Kommetjie Road obstructing access to motorists on their way to work and burnt [...]
2009-07-31 19:14:00Consulate Cape TownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN201DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE LAUNCHES NEW HOUSING POLICY
[...] (U) On September 8, Poloff attended the launch of the Democratic Alliance's (DA) new national housing policy. Party leader and Premier of the Western Cape, Helen Zille, DA Shadow Minister for Human Settlements, Butch Steyn and DA Deputy Shadow Minister for Human Settlements, Archibold Figlan [...]
2009-09-09 16:10:00Consulate Cape TownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN207EASTERN CAPE ANC PROVINCIAL CONFERENCE
[...] (U) On September 12 the African National Congress (ANC) concluded its sixth Eastern Cape Provincial conference by voting for the new Eastern Cape Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) and Chairperson. A total of 1963 delegates were accorded a voting status at the conference despite earlier gl [...]
2009-09-21 14:19:00Consulate Cape TownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SF
09CHENGDU110SOUTHWEST CHINA: PEASANTS, TITANIUM, AND HALTED DAMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Displaced peasants, a new dam that will be second only to Three Gorges, China's largest titanium deposits, a sudden dam-halting order from the PRC Environment Ministry and the transformation of villages on Xichang's rural periphery are all linked to the construction of a va [...]
2009-06-24 03:42:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN SENV SOCI ECON CH
09CHENGDU262SW CHINA ELECTRONICS GIANT SETS SIGHTS ON U.S. MARKET, SEEKS
[...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: Sichuan electronics giant Changhong recently told us success in the U.S. market, elusive up to now, would be a litmus test of its arrival as a major globa [...]
2009-11-18 07:48:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV PGOV KIPR KNNP CH
09CHENNAI157Over Half of Tibetan Visitors from India Overstay Visas
[...] (SBU) Summary. Mission India recently conducted a validation study of the 496 B1/B2 tourist visas granted in CY-2007 and CY-2008 to stateless individuals carrying Indian-issued identity papers. All butQ of those applicants was Tibetan. Over half of these travelers appear to be potential overs [...]
2009-05-26 23:17:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS ASEC PHUM PREL PREF IN
09CHIANGMAI109IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN: HILL TRIBES, ENVIRONMENTALISM,
[...] (SBU) In northern Thailand, differing opinions of environmental cause and effect have led to highly charged debates about forest management policies, often pitting "conservationists" against agriculturally-dependent ethnic hill tribe minorities and their supporters. The Royal Forest Departm [...]
2009-07-24 09:55:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON EAGR EAID ELAB SENV TH
09COLOMBO1126SRI LANKA'S AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR NORTHERN
[...] (C) Summary. An official of Sri Lanka,s Ministry of Nation Building provided Econoff with the Government of Sri Lanka,s (GSL) plans to rebuild the Northern region of Sri Lanka. The document outlines how the economy and infrastructure were destroyed by the war, the GSL,s 180 day plan to [...]
2009-12-09 02:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALCE ECON PGOV
09COLOMBO577USAID/OFDA Humanitarian Assistance to Sri Lanka in FY 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) has provided more than USD 6 million to U.N. and non-governmental organization (NGO) partners in Sri Lanka for emergency relief assistance to date in Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 primarily in northern Sri Lanka. The funding [...]
2009-06-01 12:46:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO598GAPS IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AT IDP CAMPS IN SRI LANKA
[...] Summary. On May 29, the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) briefed the media on needs, achievements, gaps, and challenges in camps for recently-displaced persons in Sri Lanka. Gaps remain in the shelter and settlements, protection, nutrition, agriculture, emergency edu [...]
2009-06-08 11:15:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO623SRI LANKA: "COMPETENT AUTHORITY" STILL IN CHARGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has indicated that responsibility for camp management in Manik Farms and in the transit sites in and around Vavuniya District was being transferred from Competent Authority (CA) Major General Chandrasiri to Vavuniya Government Authority [...]
2009-06-18 10:45:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO643SRI LANKA: JUNE 22 BILATERAL DONOR MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, Charge attended a bilateral donor meeting hosted by Australian High Commissioner Kathy Klugman to discuss current relief assistance to Sri Lanka and aid beyond the emergency phase. Officials from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Can [...]
2009-06-25 09:18:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO652CORRECTED VERSION: SRI LANKA: JUNE 22 BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, Charge attended a bilateral donor meeting hosted by Australian High Commissioner Kathy Klugman to discuss current relief assistance to Sri Lanka and aid beyond the emergency phase. Officials from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, C [...]
2009-06-26 09:52:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO67INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 06:02:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
09COLOMBO943SRI LANKA BOOSTS DEFENSE BUDGET FOR TROOPS,
[...] (C ) Summary. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has requested almost $300 million in supplementary defense spending, which will provide for paying current soldiers, salaries and needs, recruiting 25,000 new soldiers, and building bases and a new Coast Guard. The timing of the announceme [...]
2009-10-12 04:25:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALCE ECON PGOV PINS PREL PTER
09COPENHAGEN404AMBASSADOR VISITS GREENLAND
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see paragraph 15. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Official Greenland warmly welcomed Ambassador Fulton on her first visit to the capital Nuuk, August 20-22, and the GOD sent a senior delegation to accompany her to Thule Air Base September 7-9. Greenla [...]
2009-09-18 14:34:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MARR SENV SCUL DA GL
09COPENHAGEN526 ISRAELI FM LIBERMAN VISITS DENMARK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israeli Foreign Minister Liberman visited Copenhagen November 9-10, but failed to get Denmark's support for upgrading Israel's relations with the EU. Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller and members of the Folketing expressed publicly opposition to Lieberman's objective of asking [...]
2009-11-23 07:02:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL IS DA
09COTONOU247COTONOU: MAY, 2009 REPORT ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND
[...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers. 2. Print Media: May 4: An article in the right-of-center indepen [...]
2009-06-15 13:05:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN
09DAMASCUS176CODEL KERRY PRESSES SYRIAN VICE PRESIDENT ON
[...] (C) In a February 21 meeting with CODEL Kerry, Vice President Faruq al-Shar'a declined to provide specific actions that the SARG wanted from the U.S. to improve the bilateral relationship. Senator Kerry enumerated three measurable ways that Syria could signal its intentions to the Obama Admin [...]
2009-03-06 17:27:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PGOV PTER IZ LE IS SY
09DAMASCUS198FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Acting NEA A/S Feltman and NSC NENA Senior Director Shapiro emphasized the strong U.S. commitment to achieving a two-state Israeli-Palestinian solution and providing humanitarian relief for Gazans, as demonstrated by the appointment of Special Envoy Mitchell and the U.S. pledg [...]
2009-03-15 05:37:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNPREL KWBG KPAL IS SY
09DAMASCUS375OIC'S 36TH MINISTERIAL CONVENES IN DAMASCUS:
[...] (U) Summary: Syria played host to the 36th meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) ministerial meeting May 23-25. As in past sessions, the ministers focused on issues related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, combating "Islamophobia" and terrorism, the potential for OIC peace [...]
2009-05-27 09:23:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS SY
09DAMASCUS447MESHAAL WARMS TO OBAMA, SYRIA CONTAINS MESSAGE
[...] (C) Summary: Hamas political bureau chief Khalid Meshaal spoke on June 25 from Damascus, welcoming President Obama's "change in rhetoric" toward the Arab world and Palestine. He encouraged the Obama administration to follow through, saying he was not "bewitched by speeches." He also criticized [...]
2009-06-29 12:47:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL SY
09DAMASCUS726SAUDI KING'S VISIT TO DAMASCUS: POSITIVE
[...] (S) Summary: According to a range of Syrian and diplomatic contacts, the atmospherics of Saudi King Abdullah's October 7-8 visit to Damascus were positive and relaxed. The two leaders reportedly enjoyed a lot of time alone (with the King's son, Prince Abdul Aziz participating) for cordial b [...]
2009-10-13 09:34:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL LE SA EG SY
09DAMASCUS759TURKISH SUPPORT EMBOLDENS ASAD BUT PROVIDES BEST HOPE FOR COAXING SYRIA FROM IRAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: President Bashar al-Asad's September 16-17 working visit to Istanbul produced agreement on the creation of a high-level strategic cooperation commission, visa-free travel between Syria and Turkey, and a Syrian offer to work to rehabilitate Syrian PKK members. The deliverables [...]
2009-10-28 05:25:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL TU LE SA IZ SY
09DAMASCUS781SYRIAN RESPONSE ON INTER-AGENCY DELEGATION
[...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister (V/M) Faisal Miqdad's Chief of Staff (COS) Husam Aala informed Charge November 5 that the Syrian Embassy in Washington would be conveying an invitation to U/S Burns to lead a U.S. inter-agency delegation to Syria during the second half of November. (Note: Miqdad's [...]
2009-11-05 12:49:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY
09DARESSALAAM173Tanzania Refugee Update: Resettlement on track for 1972
[...] On March 6, UNCHR Chief of Mission Yacoub El Hillo briefed donors on the Country Operations Plan (COP) and status of refugees in Tanzania. El Hillo said the process of granting citizenship to the nearly 200,000 Burundi refugees from the 1972 exodus continued to be on schedule and had the highe [...]
2009-03-16 14:09:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREF BY TZ
09DARESSALAAM525REFUGEE UPDATE: TANZANIA BEGINS NATURALIZING 1972 BURUNDI
[...] (U) Minister of Home Affairs Laurence Masha signed an order August 4 granting Tanzanian citizenship to 3,568 Burundian refugees. These are the first of some 160,000 refugees from the 1972 population who have applied for naturalization (ref a). UNHCR expects thousands more naturalizations in t [...]
2009-08-11 12:44:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PHUM PREF TZ
09DARESSALAAM758REFUGEE UPDATES: GOT ACKNOWLEDGES OBLIGATIONS, BUT STILL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Due to security and domestic political concerns, GOT continues to push for the repatriation of the Burundian refugees in the Mtabila camp. While initial steps towards invoking the cessation clause have been taken, UNHCR hopes to avoid a scenario where the refugees are forced to [...]
2009-11-06 03:45:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PHUM PREF CG BY TZ
09DARESSALAAM836BANK OF TANZANIA GOVERNOR REVIEWS TANZANIA'S ECONOMY WITH
[...] Summary: Bank of Tanzania (BOT) Governor Benno Ndulu reviewed for visiting Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin the state of the Tanzanian economy and the Government of Tanzania's (GOT) responses to the global financial crisis in a November 2 meeting at the BOT. Ndulu described the GOT's rescue [...]
2009-12-04 06:10:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID PGOV TZ
09DARESSALAAM882REFUGEE UPDATE: MTABILA BURUNDI RESIST RETURN; UNHCR ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite UNHCR's increased efforts to encourage refugees in the Mtabila camp to return to Burundi, there has been little movement. UNHCR suspects camp leaders are conducting intimidation campaigns to discourage repatriation. Following UNHCR's protest of the Tanzania's return of [...]
2009-12-21 13:37:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF TZ
09DHAKA177EMBASSY DHAKA INPUT TO NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] This report covers anti-trafficking efforts by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) from April 2008 to February 2009. Paragraph three begins text. Embassy point of contact is David Arulanantham, Political Officer, telephone: 880-2-885-5500 x2148, IVG post-code: 583, fax number: 880-2-882-3744, e [...]
2009-02-22 00:57:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09DILI79TIMOR-LESTE'S LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL ELECTION LAWS MOVE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On Monday, March 2, Timor-Leste's Council of Ministers submitted two draft laws for Municipal and Suco (Village) elections to the National Parliament's Commission A (Constitutional Issues, Justice, Public Administration, Local Power and Government Legislation). The Commission w [...]
2009-03-12 11:34:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM TT
09DJIBOUTI657MEDIA REACTION TO JUNE 4 POTUS SPEECH
[...] SUMMARY: Government-owned press in Djibouti devoted considerable media attention to the June 4 POTUS speech in Cairo before, during, and after the event. Prior to the speech, French-language newspapers carried a lengthy opinion piece reflecting the Government of Djibouti's expectations that t [...]
2009-06-09 16:22:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KISL KPAL DJ
09DOHA391QATARI STUDENTS SPEAK OUT ON POTUS SPEECH
[...] (U) Qatar University President Dr. Shaykha al-Misned welcomed Ambassador to an event gathering about 45 students and faculty to discuss President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. The event was moderated by American University in Cairo professor Laurence Pintak, and Ambassador delivered short r [...]
2009-06-15 04:29:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO QA
09DOHA429EMBASSY DOHA'S ANALYSIS OF QATARI PRIME MINISTER'S
[...] (U) Further to Ref A, Embassy Doha offers the following analysis and reporting on the Prime Minister's rare and important interview on Al Jazeera about Qatar's foreign policy in the region. The subjects covered in the interview, if not the questions themselves, almost certainly were worked ou [...]
2009-07-01 12:30:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO QA EG IS SA IR SU
09DOHA60GCC HAS CLEAR VISION FOR COMMON CURRENCY, BUT
[...] (C) Qatar Central Bank Governor Shaykh Abdullah Bin Saoud Al Thani told Ambassador January 12 that the GCC states continue to plan for the launch of a common currency next year but they must still "do more homework" on harmonizing their monetary policies. (Note: GCC Heads of State and Finance [...]
2009-01-26 12:30:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALECIN EFIN QA
09DOHA66QATAR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PUSH BOYCOTT OVER GAZA
[...] (U) According to January 27 press reports, students of Qatar University are pursuing an economic boycott of American and Western firms that support Israel in solidarity with a boycott movement in nearly a dozen other (unidentified) countries. 2. (U) Engineering student Ibrahim Saad, an orga [...]
2009-01-27 13:05:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON KBCT KPAL KWBG QA
09DUBAI457U.S. CONTRACTORS STILL OWED FOR DUBAI PROJECTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. companies who in part helped fuel the real estate and construction boom in Dubai continue to lament the lack of payment to them by both the Government of Dubai entities and private property developers across Dubai. The amount of money owed to U.S. contractors varies quite si [...]
2009-10-22 14:33:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE
09DURBAN53KWAZULU NATAL-NEW CABINET
[...] (U) Summary. New KwaZulu Natal (KZN) Premier Zweli Mkhize announced his new ten-member provincial cabinet during his inauguration ceremony on May 11, 2009. His team features four female `Ministers' or MECs (Members of the Executive Council),including one Indian woman and one white woman. Be [...]
2009-05-22 10:41:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF PINR
09DUSHANBE723JUSTICE SECTOR REFORM GRANT RECIPIENTS
[...] Summary: Via recently launched Justice Sector Reform program, INL Dushanbe Issued eight grants totaling $300,000 to Tajik non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to carry out programs in court monitoring, legal aid to indigents, legal education, legal representation of minors, and third party arb [...]
2009-06-09 04:22:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI
09GABORONE235WESTERN BOTSWANA: STILL STRUGGLING DESPITE GOB
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 09:16:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SENV PHUM PINR BC
09GABORONE240MOST SAN CHOOSE ASSISTANCE OVER TRADITION
[...] (SBU) Summary. PolOff traveled with a San guide to the ghost town of Xade, a former San settlement within the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) as well as the village of New Xade, a new San community near but outside the reserve. New Xade's population is almost entirely dependent on GOB a [...]
2009-03-24 12:36:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SENV PHUM PINR BC
09GENEVA1048 UNCTAD - Trade and Development Board, 56th Session,
[...] (U) Summary. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) held the 56th Session of its Trade and Development Board (TDB),UNCTAD's governing body, in Geneva from September 14-25, 2009. The meeting focused on LDC's, African economic integration, and the impact of the financi [...]
2009-11-22 11:02:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNCTAD ECON ETRD XA EAID
09GENEVA233 UNCTAD: Investment for Development
[...] SUMMARY: UNCTAD experts, numbering approximately 50 member country and 40 field experts, focused on the development dimension of international investment agreements (IIAs) at a recent meeting in Geneva. The experts covered many areas of current debate in the international investment community [...]
2009-03-18 13:26:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EINV UNCTAD
09GENEVA336ICRC BRIEFS CHARGE ON WEST BANK BARRIER REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva has issued a new confidential report on the humanitarian consequences of the West Bank Barrier. ICRC is sharing the report with the Government of Israel (GOI) and a limited number of other countries through their miss [...]
2009-04-29 17:26:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF
09GENEVA894 GAZA, GOLDSTONE RESOLUTION PASSES AT HRC SPECIAL SESSION
[...] (SBU) The Human Rights Council Special Session passed a resolution endorsing the recommendations contained in the Goldstone Fact Finding Mission's report on the conflict in Gaza. By a margin of 25 in favor, 11 abstentions, 6 no votes, and 5 not voting, the Council adopted the resolution that [...]
2009-10-20 14:05:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHRC
09GUANGZHOU397South China Bankers See Signs of Economic Improvement,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Guangzhou bankers differ over whether South China's economy is as bad off as some media reports would have us believe. They agreed, however, that Beijing is increasing the pressure to expand lending to small and medium enterprises. They expressed interest in the Chinese governm [...]
2009-07-01 07:31:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD HK CH
09GUATEMALA501GOG UPDATES USG ON CAFTA-DR LABOR SUBMISSION
[...] (U) Summary: On May 13, Embassy hosted a DVC with the GOG and USG inter-agency to discuss progress on the CAFTA-DR Labor Submission Report and to follow up on a November 2008 DVC (ref C) and demarches delivered by the Ambassador and Embassy pol/econ officers in February 2009 (refs A, B). Seni [...]
2009-05-27 20:11:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KJUS GT
09HAMBURG5INFORMATION ON UN DISPUTE TRIBUNAL GERMAN CANDIDATE THOMAS
[...] (U) Per request in reftel, ConGen Hamburg spoke with local legal and government contacts regarding Dr. Thomas Laker's candidacy for the UN Dispute Tribunal. Our responses to the questions in reftel paragraph 6 are provided below. 2. (SBU) Question 1: Please provide views on the candidat [...]
2009-02-26 13:36:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDACABQ AORC APER KUNR PREL UNGA
09HELSINKI221FINLAND: JUNE GAERC DISCUSSION
[...] (C) On June 12 PolOff met with the MFA Deputy European Correspondent for European Common Foreign and Security Policy Markku Lampinen to discuss the June GAERC agenda. Lampinen said that the Middle East discussion would dominate in light of the Lebanese elections and since the last discussion w [...]
2009-06-12 12:42:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALEUN FI MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI63FINLAND COMMENTS ON FEBRUARY 23-24 GAERC
[...] Summary: PolOff met with Markku Lampinen, Finnish MFA Deputy European Correspondent on February 20 in advance of the GAERC. Lampinen said that the main topics this month will be Afghanistan and the Middle East. This GAERC represents the first discussion of the Eastern Partnership Initiative [...]
2009-02-20 12:14:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EUN PGOV FI
09HONGKONG1322009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, MACAU
[...] Macau became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on December 20, 1999. Macau's status since reverting to Chinese sovereignty is defined in the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration (1987) and the Basic Law, Macau's constitution. Under the concept of "One Count [...]
2009-01-21 01:53:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR HK
09ISLAMABAD1079IDP CRISIS UPDATE: MEETINGS WITH GOP, G8 HEADS OF
[...] (C) Summary: At a May 18 meeting between GOP Economic Advisor Shaukat Tarin and G-8 Heads of Mission, Tarin said that while the government is focused on immediate IDP emergency needs, it also is looking at reconstruction in order to permit IDPs to return to their homes as soon as their area [...]
2009-05-18 15:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1249 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 09:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1321 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 10:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1992REMITTANCES LIKELY TO REMAIN HIGH, BUT MAY TRAVEL LESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of meetings in Karachi and Islamabad in early August, the Treasury Attach, Consulate EconOff, and EconOff, spoke to several Pakistani government and private sector officials to discuss Pakistan's steadily growing remittance levels. The State Bank of Pakistan reported [...]
2009-08-21 05:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2301 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-24 09:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2477BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 23 SEPTEMBER 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 12:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2663 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 11:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2677 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, HILLARY CLINTON'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2692 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY STATE'S VISIT,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 09:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2718 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, VISITING U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 11:18:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2942WAY FORWARD ON AFGHAN REFUGEES REMAINS UNCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: A new inter-ministerial subcommittee has been established to find a way forward on Afghan refugee status, repatriation, and security-related issues in Pakistan. While establishment of the subcommittee has rolled back progress on finalizing Pakistan's draft Afghan Management and R [...]
2009-12-08 09:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL EAID PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD940UPDATE ON PAKISTANI IDPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: As military operations continue in Dir and Buner in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP),access to these areas remains the greatest impediment to the UN and others conducting registration, assessing needs, and delivering aid. Higher internally displaced persons (IDP) estim [...]
2009-05-01 13:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PREF PHUM PTER PK
09ISTANBUL151SISLI MAYOR SARIGUL READY TO LAUNCH NEW PARTY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mustafa Sarigul, recently re-elected for a third term as mayor of the Istanbul municipality of Sisli, voiced absolute confidence that he will be the Prime Minister of Turkey following the 2011 elections. Prime Minister Recep Erdogan will not win a third term, according to Sarig [...]
2009-05-04 06:28:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALCY PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL408INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY VOICES GROWING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 06:36:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV PHUM TU
09ISTANBUL70CHP,S CORRUPTION FIGHTER TARGETS ISTANBUL MAYORAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: CHP,s mayoral candidate for Istanbul, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, told us he will continue to focus on corruption within the AKP, since this is the primary problem facing Turkey today -- which exacerbates the growing economic crisis. When he tours poor neighborhoods throughout the cit [...]
2009-02-20 06:11:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TU
09JAKARTA1075Health Cooperation Q Moving Toward a New
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This message outlines a vision of greater health cooperation with Indonesia and provides building blocks for the June 25 Sub-IPC. The United States now has an opportunity to transform our health [...]
2009-06-24 10:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED KFLU MASS PGOV ID
09JAKARTA1698 MGEAP1: INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #3
[...] The September 30 earthquake damaged or destroyed approximately 210,000 houses and affected at least 1.2 million people. Field assessments conducted by the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) indicate needs for food, safe drinking water, and shelter interventions. The U.N. Of [...]
2009-10-08 10:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID PHUM AEMR ASEC
09JAKARTA1705 MGEAP1: INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #4
[...] The September 30 earthquake damaged or destroyed approximately 210,000 houses and affected at least 1.2 million people. Field assessments conducted by the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) indicate needs for food, safe drinking water, and shelter interventions. The U.N. Of [...]
2009-10-09 04:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID PHUM AEMR ASEC
09JAKARTA1726 INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #7: USAID/DART
[...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) continues to assess emergency shelter needs, in light of recent reports that the September 30 earthquake damaged more than 265,000 houses and destroyed the majority of brick kilns that serve affected areas. Following an assessment in th [...]
2009-10-14 09:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID PHUM AEMR ASEC
09JAKARTA1756 INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #11: SNAPSHOT OF
[...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) is continually assessing the dynamic emergency shelter conditions of areas affected by the September 30 earthquake, which severely damaged nearly 140,000 houses. Little displacement has occurred, as most families are living under tarps [...]
2009-10-19 10:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID PHUM AEMR ASEC
09JAKARTA1776 INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #12: PROGRAM
[...] In response to the September 30 earthquake in West Sumatra, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) has programmed more than $5.2 million in humanitarian programs. Current implementing partners include the American Red Cross, the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI),Mercy Corps, Inter [...]
2009-10-23 06:57:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID PHUM AEMR ASEC
09JAKARTA1783 INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #14: USAID/DART
[...] On September 30, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra Island. In response, Post issued a disaster declaration, and a USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) deployed to Padang, West Sumatra Province. To date, the USAID/DART has programmed nearly $5.3 millio [...]
2009-10-26 10:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID PHUM AEMR ASEC
09JAKARTA1784 INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #13: SHELTER AND
[...] The combination of widespread, spontaneous shelter recovery by households affected by the September 30 earthquake and emerging humanitarian action in the shelter and settlements sector is beginning to address post-earthquake shelter needs. In many instances observed by the USAID Disaster Assi [...]
2009-10-26 10:44:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID PHUM AEMR ASEC
09JAKARTA1786 INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #13: SHELTER AND
[...] The combination of widespread, spontaneous shelter recovery by households affected by the September 30 earthquake and emerging humanitarian action in the shelter and settlements sector is beginning to address post-earthquake shelter needs. In many instances observed by the USAID Disaster Assi [...]
2009-10-26 14:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID PHUM AEMR ASEC
09JAKARTA1787 INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #14: USAID/DART
[...] On September 30, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra Island. In response, Post issued a disaster declaration, and a USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) deployed to Padang, West Sumatra Province. To date, the USAID/DART has programmed nearly $5.3 millio [...]
2009-10-26 14:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID PHUM AEMR ASEC
09JAKARTA2082INDONESIA-UNITED STATES STRATEGIC CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the second session of the December 11 inaugural U.S.-Indonesia Strategic Consultations, Under Secretary Bill Burns led the U.S. delegation in a discussion of cooperation on regional and international issues. The USG and the GOI agreed to cooperate in promoting democratic [...]
2009-12-21 09:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR KDEM OVIP ID AF
09JEDDAH214OIC OFFICIALS RECEIVE SECRETARY CLINTON'S LETTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 27 Consul General delivered Secretary Clinton's letter to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General in response to his May 6 message urging pressure on Israel to end settlement expansion and home demolitions. While expressing appreciation for the Se [...]
2009-06-03 14:35:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALIS KISL KWBG OPDC PREL SA OIC
09JEDDAH215ASKING TO SEE WORDS LINKED TO ACTION, JEDDAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo to the Muslim world was very positively received by an audience of a dozen Saudi elites, Muslim diplomats, and a senior OIC official at the Consul General's residence in Jeddah. The speech was viewed as setting US-Islamic relations in a new [...]
2009-06-04 16:43:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PREL SA TU EG
09JEDDAH61SAUDI ARABIA: CONTRIBUTION TO THE NINTH ANNUAL
[...] (SBU) KEY POINTS: --Saudi Arabia continues to be a destination country for foreign domestic workers, primarily women from East and South Asia, who are either trafficked into the Kingdom or whose treatment after arriving in the country qualifies them as victims of trafficking. --In additio [...]
2009-02-11 06:26:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09JERUSALEM1005PALESTINIANS DISMAYED BY NETANYAHU'S SPEECH
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian reaction to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's June 14 speech has been overwhelmingly negative. Palestinians believe Netanyahu introduced a series of unacceptable preconditions, as well as limitations on the future Palestinian state that render the call for such a st [...]
2009-06-15 14:48:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS KPAL KPAO
09JERUSALEM1020JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/17): "AHMADINIJAD'S VICTORY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 09:52:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1026JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/18): REACTIONS TO NETANYAHU'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 10:10:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1031PM FAYYAD RESPONDS TO NETANYAHU'S SPEECH
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a June 17 meeting of donors, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad responded to Israeli PM Netanyahu's June 14 speech. He acknowledged the mention of a Palestinian state, but commented that the speech as a whole describes a policy that will not lead to a success [...]
2009-06-18 14:31:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1041JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/19): "HAMAS MUST ACCEPT THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 10:27:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1067JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/24): PRISONER RELEASES LEAD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 06:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1091TALMON PLANS PAVE THE WAY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW
[...] (C) Summary. Israeli NGO Bimkom provided PolOff a copy of the plan deposited last April to expand Talmon settlement (reftel). The plan includes capacity for 300 total residential units. NGOs report that approximately 60 residential units illegally constructed in the area would be retroact [...]
2009-06-26 14:16:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KWBG PREL
09JERUSALEM1092JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/29): PALESTINIANS WONDER IF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 11:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1094CONSUL GENERAL VISITS QALQILIYA; EXPRESSES SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Consul General visited Qalqiliya on June 24, toured a local factory, met the Governor and local business leaders, and emphasized USG support for PA efforts to restore stability and promote private sector growth. Qalqiliya residents emphasized that the city's primary sources [...]
2009-06-29 12:37:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KPAO ETRD KWBG EAID IS
09JERUSALEM1098UPDATE ON SETTLEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
[...] (C) Summary. Israeli NGO contacts briefed PolOff on several West Bank settlement infrastructure projects. Projects include a wastewater pipeline to serve Ariel settlement, a wastewater purification plant in Ofra settlement, a road between Geva'ot and Beitar Illit settlements, and access roads [...]
2009-06-29 15:35:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KWBG PBTS PREL
09JERUSALEM1101JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/30): PALESTINIANS WANT HAMAS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 09:16:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1128JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/02): Palestinians: We
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 07:45:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1137JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/06): Abbas Calls for Cessation
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 10:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1154JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/07): Hamas Must Not Be An
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 10:54:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1161JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/08): Israel Will Not Commit to
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 10:45:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1168JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/09): Palestinian Papers Report
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 12:25:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1171JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/10): Egyptian Efforts at
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 10:41:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1184SETTLER VIOLENCE IN THE WEST BANK CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary. NGO contacts, UNRWA, and local Palestinian sources report continuing incidents of settler violence in the West Bank. Reports of violence include settlers setting fire to Palestinian agricultural land, throwing stones at vehicles carrying Palestinians, and attacking Palestinian [...]
2009-07-10 14:37:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM IS KWBG KPAL PTER
09JERUSALEM1190JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/13): "National Unity Should
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 10:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1203ABU ALA'A ON RECONCILIATION AND THE FATAH CONGRESS
[...] (C) Summary. In a July 13 meeting with the Consul General, Fatah Central Committee member Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala'a) expressed optimism the Fatah General Congress will occur on schedule, but said he "can't exclude surprises." His main concern is whether Hamas will allow Gaza-based delegates to a [...]
2009-07-14 13:49:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS IS KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM1226JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/17): "The dialogue must
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 09:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1231JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/20): No change in the US
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-20 10:21:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1249JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/21): Cessation of settlements
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 09:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1259JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/22): Growing International
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 10:16:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1265RECENT TRENDS IN WEST BANK VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Summary. While levels of Israeli-Palestinian violence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are down this year, the first half of 2009 saw a 44 percent increase in incidents of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians or Palestinian property, and a doubling of the number of Palestini [...]
2009-07-22 15:18:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM IS KWBG KPAL PTER
09JERUSALEM1266FOUR PRE-CONGRESS VIEWS ON FATAH
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, contacts from various segments of Fatah and a prominent analyst discussed expectations for the upcoming Congress on August 4. One said Fatah had little to show for its platform of peaceful resistance, and worried that any U.S.-Israeli "deal" on settlements [...]
2009-07-22 15:32:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KDEM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1268JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/23): PALESTINIAN COMMENTATOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 10:36:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1270YESHA COUNCIL DIRECTOR-GENERAL REJECTS U.S. CALL
[...] (C) Summary. It will be "impossible" for the USG and Israel to agree on settlements without accommodating natural growth, according to YESHA Council Director-General Pinchas Wallerstein. A freeze on settlement construction would have the greatest impact on the settlement blocs, which accoun [...]
2009-07-23 12:59:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1276JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/24): PALESTINIANS CALL FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 10:14:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1280JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/27): Palestinians seek deeper
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-27 11:04:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1283JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/28): Palestinians looking for
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 09:17:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1294JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/29): A Freeze in Settlement
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 09:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1330JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/03): Palestinians Decry East
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 10:44:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1333JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/03): Palestinians Decry East
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 12:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1359FATAH CONGRESS: DAHLAN'S BACK, PROGRAM IN DRAFT,
[...] (C) Key developments on the third day of the Fatah Congress included an apparent deal on elections and the formation of committees to address, inter alia, the political program and Fatah bylaws. 2. (C) After publicly threatening to boycott Fatah Central Committee (FCC) elections over the [...]
2009-08-06 13:55:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1380JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/10): As Fatah Congress Draws
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 09:55:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1398YESHA COUNCIL WEAKEND, NEEDS TO DELIVER TO SETTLER
[...] (C) Summary. Although it emerged weaker from the 2005 Gaza disengagement and 2006 evacuation of Amona outpost, and is now challenged by a younger generation of radical settlers, the YESHA Council remains the strongest settler organization, according to ConGen contacts. One expert claimed t [...]
2009-08-12 14:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1401JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/13): Commentators Discuss
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 09:25:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM143NEW LAND CONFISCATIONS IN EAST JERUSALEM AND WEST
[...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality informed an East Jerusalem family that ten dunams (2.5 acres) of their land will be confiscated to build a school for Palestinian children. A Municipality representative told PolOff the Municipality planned to confiscate land throughout East Jerusalem [...]
2009-01-15 16:25:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
09JERUSALEM1465JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/19): Palestinians continue to
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 07:14:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1486JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/21): Palestinians await new US
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 09:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1502JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/25): Prime Minister lays out a
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 09:53:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1524JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/26): Prime Minister outlines
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 09:59:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1527JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/27): Press speculates on
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 10:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1533PALESTINIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETS FOR FIRST TIME
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. On August 26, the Palestinian National Council (PNC) convened for the first time since 1998 to fill six seats vacated by deaths on the PLO Executive Committee (PLO/EC). Three of the new members return to the seats traditionally held by their small factions. Two othe [...]
2009-08-27 15:02:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR KDEM KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1555JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/28): Conflicting reports about
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-28 09:13:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1561UPDATE ON SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
[...] (U) Summary. Ongoing construction was observed at settlement sites ranging from established blocs inside the separation barrier to Jordan Valley farms during observation trips conducted by PolOff August 21-25. Near Givat Zeev, just north of Jerusalem, construction continues on 300 additional [...]
2009-08-28 14:50:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1565JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/31): Indications of progress
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 10:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1573JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/01): Palestinians Continue
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-01 09:01:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1586JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/02): Palestinian press report
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 10:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1587JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/02): Palestinian press report
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 10:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1614JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/08): Relations will not
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 10:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1618JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/09): The Obama peace
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 10:02:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1623PM FAYYAD: SETTLEMENTS AND PALESTINIAN ECONOMIC
[...] (S) Summary: PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General on September 8 that a deal on settlements with the GOI needed to be "inclusive" or otherwise risked undermining U.S. credibility. He noted that West Bank economic growth continued to exceed expectations, but warned that, abs [...]
2009-09-09 14:25:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPGOV ECON EAID PREL KWBG IS QA KU SA
09JERUSALEM1627JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/10): New settlement units in
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 10:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1651BARAK APPROVES CONSTRUCTION OF 455 WEST BANK
[...] (C) Summary. On September 7, Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak publicly approved the construction of 455 new housing units in nine existing West Bank settlements. Issuance of construction permits represented the last step in the GOI approval process. Settler organization sources said th [...]
2009-09-11 14:48:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PREL KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1652NASER AL-QIDWA ON FATAH, PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Summary. Newly-elected FCC member Nasir al Qidwa said Fatah's abilities to overcome internal rivalries will determine whether it ultimately emerges stronger after its recent Congress in Bethlehem. He is skeptical that Fatah is prepared for new elections, despite favorable polls, and beli [...]
2009-09-11 15:11:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREF PTER PGOV KWBG KPAL KUNR IS EG
09JERUSALEM1654JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/14): Palestinian factions
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 06:34:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1695JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/16): Palestinian press report
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 12:17:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1700JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/17): Negative reporting about
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 07:30:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1701SETTLER VIOLENCE SETS NEIGHBOR AGAINST NEIGHBOR IN
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. Sources on both sides of recent settler-Palestinian clashes near the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyer provided conflicting explanations of what precipitated the event. This incident illustrates the difficulty in establishing ground truth on incidents of violence [...]
2009-09-17 09:58:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG CASC IS
09JERUSALEM1703JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/18): Normalization will not
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 08:35:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1713JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/23): Palestinian press report
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-23 06:21:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1719MUTED PALESTINIAN REACTION TO POTUS SEPTEMBER 23
[...] (C) Summary: Despite positive public comments by PA leadership in local media following President Obama's September 23 UNGA speech, mid-level Fatah contacts told Post that, while they welcomed the President's references to Palestinian statehood and the illegitimacy of continued settlement a [...]
2009-09-24 14:34:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG KPAO KPAL IS PTER
09JERUSALEM1721JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/25): Continued Skepticism
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-25 06:17:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1742JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/29): Palestinians hope for
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 05:56:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1748JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/30): American Role in Peace
[...] Hamada Fara'neh commented in independent Al-Ayyam under the headline, "Reaching a settlement without a third party" (9/30): "It is not the first time that the US failed to forge an agreement between the Palestinians and Israelis, especially in regards to the final status issues ... It was unsuc [...]
2009-09-30 08:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1754PROFILE OF AVIGAIL OUTPOST FOUNDER ELISHA MEIDAN
[...] (C) Summary. On September 22, PolOff visited the settlement outpost of Avigail in the Hebron Hills and met with its founder, 30-year-old Elisha Meidan. Meidan, a new husband and father living in a converted bus, explained to PolOff that while he considers himself and his fellow outpost sett [...]
2009-10-01 16:24:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG CASC IS
09JERUSALEM1758JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/02): Palestinians believe the
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-02 07:36:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1769JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/06): Palestinians question why
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 08:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1793JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/09): Palestinians react to
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 11:52:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1804FRAUD SUMMARY -- JERUSALEM
[...] Semiannual fraud report for Consulate General Jerusalem follows, formatted per instructions in ref C. (A) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Jerusalem's consular district includes Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. JERUSALEM: Jerusalem's diverse population includes Palestinian residents of E [...]
2009-10-13 09:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ECON KWBG IS XF
09JERUSALEM1838EAST JERUSALEM HOME DEMOLITIONS RESUME
[...] (C) Summary. On October 12, Israeli officials demolished a Palestinian-owned house and dismantled several other structures in the Beit Hanina area of East Jerusalem. The demolitions were the first to take place inside the Jerusalem municipality in nearly three months. PLO official Saeb Ere [...]
2009-10-15 12:44:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1890SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE
[...] (C) Summary. Since the Hamas takeover of Gaza in June 2007 and the subsequent establishment of an "emergency government" in the West Bank under PM Salam Fayyad, the trajectories of Gaza and the West Bank have increasingly diverged. In Gaza, Hamas has consolidated control, thanks to externa [...]
2009-10-16 16:41:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1897JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/19): Palestinians question
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 10:02:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM190JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/27): THE COSTS OF DIVISION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 10:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1908JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/20): Palestinians skeptical
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-20 07:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1915JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/21): President Mahmoud Abbas
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 06:43:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1925OLIVE HARVEST KICKS OFF, LESS VIOLENTLY THAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post contacts say violence during the current olive harvest season has been lower than expected so far, but they offered different reasons for the decline. Rabbis for Human Rights, (RHR) Arik Ascherman said the IDF,s increased presence in Palestinian orchards adjacent to settle [...]
2009-10-21 15:22:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS EAGR KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1932ABU ALA'A SAYS NEGOTIATIONS REQUIRE DEFINED
[...] (C) Summary. Negotiations cannot resume while settlement activity continues, Palestinian negotiator Ahmad Quraya' (Abu Ala'a) told the Consul General in an October 20 meeting. Abu Ala'a urged the USG to play a strong third-party role in order to prevent negotiations from back-sliding to pre [...]
2009-10-22 17:40:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1936JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/23): Palestinian press leads
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-23 05:55:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1960ASSESSING RECENT VIOLENCE IN JERUSALEM
[...] (C) Summary. While recent skirmishes on the Haram al-Sharif / Temple Mount over the past month are troubling, stabilizing factors have kept these incidents from sparking broader unrest. Neither the GOI nor the PA appear to be inciting violence, though individual leaders have been less rest [...]
2009-10-29 13:43:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1967WEST BANK POLLSTERS COMMENT ON RECENT PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary. Three early-October polls showed a decrease in support for both Hamas and Fatah following the decision of PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to support a deferral of the Goldstone report. Palestinians still expressed greater trust in Abu Mazen and Fatah than in former Hamas P [...]
2009-10-30 15:36:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALIS KDEM KPAL KPAO KWBG PGOV PTER
09JERUSALEM1971EGYPTIAN REPRESENTATIVE TO THE PA UPDATES ON GOE
[...] (C) Summary. In an October 28 meeting with the Consul General in Jerusalem, Egyptian Representative to the PA Yasir Othman provided an update on Fatah-Hamas reconciliation efforts. He said the GOE continues to press Hamas to sign a draft Egyptian reconciliation text, but does not anticipate [...]
2009-11-02 08:27:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS EG
09JERUSALEM1974JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/3): Palestinians skeptical of
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 07:31:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1975REVISED JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/3): Palestinians
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 12:30:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM198JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/28): MITCHELL AND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 11:24:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1987JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/4): Palestinians not convinced
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 06:57:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1996JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/5): Palestinian press and
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 07:04:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2004ABU MAZEN ANNOUNCES HIS DESIRE NOT TO SEEK
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a televised speech the evening of November 5, Abu Mazen announced his desire not to be a candidate in the next Palestinian presidential election. His speech was preceeded by two days of leadership meetings in which he privately briefed participants of his plans, [...]
2009-11-05 20:59:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2006JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/6): Palestinians disappointed
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 07:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM201WEST BANKERS RELEASE PETITION CALLING FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Prominent Palestinians from a range of political factions in the West Bank issued a petition January 26 calling for national reconciliation and a national unity government. Their stated goal is to generate pressure on President Abbas and Hamas leaders to return to discussions a [...]
2009-01-28 15:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2018JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (11/6): President Mahmoud
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 14:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2023JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/9): Palestinians want
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 08:29:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2028JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/10): Questions about where the
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 08:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM204JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/28): HOPES FOR MITCHELL'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 09:01:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2047JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/16): The Palestinian Authority
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 07:32:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM205CORRECTED DATE: JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/29): HOPES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 09:03:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2050MIXED MESSAGES ON PLO UNSC STATEHOOD INITIATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Palestinian officials have been sending mixed messages about the seriousness and speed of the PLO's call for a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution declaring a Palestinian state on the basis of the 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as its capital. PLO Chief Nego [...]
2009-11-16 14:49:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2065JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/18): Palestinian press
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 06:02:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2068JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/18): Palestinian press
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 10:34:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2078JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/19): Continued settlement
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 05:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2086JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/20): Popular Campaign Against
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 09:49:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2099JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/23): Progress on Prisoner
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-23 15:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2128JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/25): Contradicting Reports on
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 09:58:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2130PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS, ISRAELI SETTLERS CRITICIZE
[...] (C) Summary: In the build-up to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's early-evening November 25 address announcing a ten-month moratorium on new West Bank settlement construction, senior Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) officials issued a flurry of publi [...]
2009-11-25 20:23:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAO KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2131JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (11/26): PA Rejects
[...] Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's announcement of a 10-month moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank and the Palestinian rejection of it as a deceitful and manipulative move dominate the local media. (No immediate response to the proposal in Hamas media.) The failure of Hamas [...]
2009-11-26 11:30:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2132WEST BANK SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION MORATORIUM, TOME
[...] (SBU) The GOI's November 25 announcement of a ten-month moratorium on new residential construction in West Bank settlements was the subject of continued criticism on November 26-27. Palestinian officials issued a stream of press statements arguing that the moratorium was meaningless without [...]
2009-11-27 11:59:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAO KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2144JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/30):
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 13:06:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2168JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/03): Settlement Moratorium
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 09:55:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2174WEST BANK SETTLERS FEEL "BETRAYED" BY NETANYAHU
[...] (C) Summary. In the wake of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's November 25 announcement of a 10-month suspension of new construction in West Bank settlements, Post contacts in the settler community voiced distrust of the GOI, anger at the USG, and a determination to resist GOI efforts to moni [...]
2009-12-03 15:38:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG CASC IS
09JERUSALEM218JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/02): PALESTINIAN ALARM OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 10:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2203PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY MINISTER OF INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of the Interior Said Abu Ali expressed concern about what he called a "troubled and tense" political climate. He predicted, "a resurgence of settler attacks on Palestinians" in the West Bank, and noted that the PA had little control over these [...]
2009-12-07 13:35:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KPAL PREL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2224SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM: WEST BANK SETTLERS ANGRY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite recent GOI outreach to the settler community, Post contacts continue to express distrust of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and blame the USG for the current moratorium on West Bank construction. Meanwhile, most Palestinian contacts remain unimpressed with what they [...]
2009-12-08 15:10:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2231JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/09): Ambiguous EU Statement:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 10:33:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2256JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/11): Additional Funds For
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 13:24:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2260WEST BANK MOSQUE TORCHED, SETTLERS SUSPECTED
[...] (C) Summary. Before dawn on December 11, a mosque was set afire in the Palestinian village of Yasuf, south of Nablus, according to Palestinian Authority security officials. Local contacts and press report that Israeli settlers from Kfar Tappuach are suspected of the arson, which was the la [...]
2009-12-11 16:33:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KIRF KISL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2266JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/15): "Israel Has Replaced the
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 13:59:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2267CORRECTED: JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/14): "Israel Has
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 14:17:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2271PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY MINISTER OF INTERIOR POINTS
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Interior Said Abu Ali expressed frustration at what he characterized as poor Israel Defense Forces (IDF) situational awareness and response time, in the wake of a December 11 arson attack on a West Bank mosque allegedly carried out by extr [...]
2009-12-15 15:49:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2275FEW HEADLINES AS ABU MAZEN DEFENDS HIS STANCE ON
[...] (C) Summary. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) said little new on negotiations or his personal future in a December 15 speech to the opening session of a two-day PLO Central Council (PLO/CC) meeting in Ramallah, which convened primarily to extend his term as president beyond its expirati [...]
2009-12-15 17:19:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2292PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY POLICE CHIEF ON WEST BANK
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Civil Police Chief Hazim Atallah told Post that PA security forces were focused on settler-Palestinian violence and a possible upcoming large-scale prisoner release by Israel. He said that preparations to prevent the former and manage the latter are [...]
2009-12-17 16:25:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL PINS IS
09JERUSALEM2296ASSESSING THE "NEW" FATAH
[...] (S) Summary and Comment. In the four months since Fatah (the historically dominant Palestinian national movement) held its long-delayed Sixth General Congress, it has made only limited progress on internal reform. Despite the initial boost he received from the Congress, Palestinian Authorit [...]
2009-12-18 12:35:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETECON KDEM KPAL KWBG PGOV PINR PREL
09JERUSALEM2307PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SECURITY OFFICIALS ON
[...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings, senior Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials stressed the need to prevent settler violence from provoking a Palestinian response. They noted the difficulty of preventing and containing settler-related violence in flashpoints outside PA security cont [...]
2009-12-22 14:12:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL KJUS IS
09JERUSALEM2317IDF NABLUS RAID KILLS THREE, INFURIATES
[...] (C) Summary: Following the fatal shooting of an Israeli settler on December 24, Israeli security forces conducted a large-scale raid into Nablus city center in the early hours of December 26 which resulted in the death of three Palestinian suspects. In the wake of the raid, Palestinian Aut [...]
2009-12-28 10:54:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2319JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/28): The PA continues to
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-28 13:33:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2323IMMINENT PUBLICATION OF TENDERS FOR 692 NEW
[...] (C) Summary: On December 27, Israel press sources reported the impending publication of 692 construction tenders for new residential units in three Israeli neighborhoods of East Jerusalem: 377 units in Neve Yaakov, 198 in Pisgat Zeev, and 117 in Har Homa. While the details of the tenders a [...]
2009-12-28 15:28:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2325UPDATE ON HEBRON'S OLD CITY
[...] (C) Summary. In recent visits to Hebron's "H2" district, the impact of Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) movement restrictions on Palestinian residents remains apparent in high Palestinian unemployment, a shrinking Palestinian population, and derelict storefronts in what was once Hebron's commerc [...]
2009-01-01 15:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM240GOI TO RELOCATE MIGRON SETTLERS
[...] (C) Summary. According to a February 4 report in Ha'aretz, the GOI will relocate settlers from the Migron outpost to a new location one kilometer east of the Adam settlement, northeast of Jerusalem. ConGen previously reported (reftels) that the Yesha Council and the GOI agreed to relocate [...]
2009-02-04 17:19:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PREL
09JERUSALEM271JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/11): "POLITICAL PROGRESS...
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-11 09:42:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM275JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/12): "A FIRST READING OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 09:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM288PA OFFICIALS BRIEFED ON NEW WEST BANK MEASURES
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials have received briefings from the IDF about new measures to improve conditions in the West Bank. The steps include incremental access and movement improvements, more permits for Palestinian VIPs and workers, construction of additional [...]
2009-02-13 16:22:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ETRD PHUM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM295JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/18): "OBAMA - A TURNING POINT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 11:30:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM318UNRESOLVED ISSUES REMAIN AFTER FATAH COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary. The Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC) announced on February 19 its recommendation that the sixth party Congress be held April 15 in Jordan or Egypt. In February 18-19 conversations with PolSpecialist, grassroots activists doubted that the Congress would be held as soon as April [...]
2009-02-24 13:39:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM343JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/27): UNITY AS THE ANECTDOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 11:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM37WEST BANK REACTIONS TO START OF IDF GROUND
[...] (C) Summary. Since IDF ground operations began in the Gaza Strip on January 3, the West Bank has seen continued demonstrations. Faction leaders, including jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, are calling for unity and joint protests. PA security forces (PASF) continue to prevent clashes [...]
2009-01-05 16:12:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KWBG KPAL IS GZ
09JERUSALEM373B'TSELEM REPORTS PLANS FOR EXPANDED SEWAGE SYSTEMS
[...] (C) Summary. NGO B'tselem has published on March 3 a report revealing Civil Administration plans for vastly expanded sewage systems in eight West Bank settlements. B'tselem claims the plans signal GOI intentions to expand the settlements themselves. Much of the proposed sewage system expan [...]
2009-03-02 14:51:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPHUM ASEC IS PBTS KWBG
09JERUSALEM503POSSIBLE 65-UNIT EXPANSION OF NABLUS-AREA
[...] (C) Summary. The mayor of Burin, a Palestinian village near Nablus adjacent to the Har Bracha settlement, says he believes ongoing land clearing operations begun three weeks ago are part of a plan for 65 new housing units in Bracha. The mayor said Palestinian laborers working in the village [...]
2009-03-20 15:47:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM572JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/30): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 10:09:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM587JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/31): PALESTINIANS: CULTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 06:13:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM661CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES IN WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. Site visits by Poloff in mid-April confirmed large-scale, ongoing construction in Maale Adumim and smaller-scale work in nearby Qedar, extending about 70 meters outside Qedar's current built-up area. There has been no new activity in E-1. The YESHA Council Chairman expressed [...]
2009-04-13 14:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPHUM ASEC PBTS KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM67SETTLERS STRONGLY SUPPORT IDF OPERATION IN GAZA
[...] (C) Summary. The Yesha Council Chairman told Poloff that four of the six IDF soldiers killed in Gaza since the beginning of military operations on December 27 were settlers from the West Bank/East Jerusalem. Settler contacts told PolOff that they strongly support IDF operations in Gaza, but [...]
2009-01-07 13:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KWBG IS GZ
09JERUSALEM675JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/17): PALESTINIANS: U.S. BEARS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 06:54:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM678JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/20): PALESTINIANS: NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 09:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM689YESHA COUNCIL CHAIRMAN DISCUSSES COUNCIL MEETINGS
[...] (C) Summary. The YESHA Council held an expanded meeting in January at which it established a Secretariat of ten former Council leaders and a core group of 25 Council members, which will meet every two months. The expanded Council, with over 200 members, will meet only two or three times pe [...]
2009-04-23 13:47:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS PBTS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM696JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/24): PALESTINIANS SEEK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 10:32:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM702JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/27): PALESTINIAN DIVISION
[...] Talal Ukal of Al-Ayyam writes in "A decision Round, not [more] talks"(4/27): "Overshadowed by an atmosphere of pessimism, or, in the best case scenario, cautious optimism, the fourth round of talks- which could very well be the last in the series of inter-Palestinian dialogue - is scheduled t [...]
2009-04-27 09:05:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM705GOI COMMITTEE PROPOSES UNIFICATION OF MAALE ADUMIM
[...] (C) Summary. NGO Peace Now confirmed press reports that the Israeli Ministry of Interior (MOI) internal panel recommended unification of West Bank settlements Maale Adumim and Qedar (southeast of Maale Adumim). This step could potentially annex 3,000 acres of land to Maale Adumim and pave [...]
2009-04-27 14:06:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM711JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/28): DECISION TO CLOSE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 10:05:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM719JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/30): UNITY TALKS "POSTPONED"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 10:13:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM727JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/01): NEW U.S. POLICY OF OPEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-01 09:21:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM734JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/04): CONCERNS MOUNT OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 11:22:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM742JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/05): LOW EXPECTATIONS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-05 10:46:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM756JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/08): WORRY THAT WEST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 11:43:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM785CODEL WEXLER DISCUSSES PA GOVERNMENT FORMATION
[...] (S) Summary. Congressman Wexler discussed PA government formation and other issues with President Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad on May 9. Abbas and Fayyad assured the Congressman that the new Palestinian government would abide by Quartet principles, and advised the USG to separate the is [...]
2009-05-13 10:50:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPREL PGOV OREP EAID PTER IS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM797JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/14): PALESTINIANS WONDER:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 09:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM8001,500 ISRAELIS ATTEND MAY 12 DEMONSTRATION AT
[...] (U) Summary. Around 1,500 Israelis, including busloads from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as well as West Bank settlers, attended a May 12 demonstration at the evacuated settlement of Homesh. The northern West Bank settler council and several settler organizations are lobbying for Homesh to be re [...]
2009-05-14 10:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM803PALESTINIANS OUTLINE IMPLICATIONS OF ISRAELI
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinians outlined serious consequences for a viable and contiguous Palestinian state resulting from the decision by the Israeli Minister of Interior to join the Qedar settlements to the Ma'ale Adumim Municipality. The Palestinian Governor of Jerusalem and the Mayor of Abu Di [...]
2009-05-14 14:34:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09JERUSALEM852JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/26): PALESTINIANS: NO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 11:06:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM853JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/27): PALESTINIANS: "MEEK U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-27 09:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM857"OUTPOST" MAOZ ESTHER DISMANTLED, TEN "DELIMITING"
[...] (C) Summary. On May 21, Israeli border police dismantled, for the third time, six caravans at a site north of Ramallah called Maoz Esther by settlers. Settlers immediately began rebuilding the caravans. Settler leadership claimed to be unconcerned by the GOI's decision to dismantle Maoz E [...]
2009-05-27 14:27:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM870JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/01): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 14:26:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM871JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/01): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 14:27:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM874JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/02): PALESTINIANS: GIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-02 09:40:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM875CODEL CASEY MEETS WITH NEW PA MINISTERS
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Casey discussed problems of economic development in the West Bank and the situation in Gaza with two new ministers in the new Palestinian Authority (PA) government and two prominent figures in the Palestinian private sector. The Palestinians focused on restrictions on ac [...]
2009-06-02 14:28:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV IS ECON OREP
09JERUSALEM876SETTLERS RIOT IN WEST BANK AS "PRICE TAG" FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Settlers rioted south and west of Nablus on June 1, attacking a minibus of Palestinian laborers and setting fire to dozens of acres of fields and olive trees near the villages of Burin and Jit, reportedly in response to GOI evacuations of minor outposts in the area (Ref A). Is [...]
2009-06-02 15:56:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM886JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/04): "THE STRATEGIC AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 11:48:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM888JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/05): DEEP PALESTINIAN CONCERN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 10:28:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM890JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (06/05): OVERWHELMINGLY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 11:24:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM892SETTLERS LASH OUT AGAINST USG
[...] (C) Summary. ConGen contacts in West Bank settlements are uniformly angry at U.S. statements calling for a freeze in settlement expansion and the dismantling of outposts. Poloffs visited with a number of settler leaders who asserted that U.S. opposition to settlement activity "will push peop [...]
2009-06-05 12:23:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM897PALESTINIANS WELCOME PRESIDENT OBAMA'S JUNE 4
[...] (U) Summary. Palestinians welcomed President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech. Palestinian Authority (PA) officials praised the speech, highlighting the President's commitment to an independent Palestinian state. Several Fatah leaders told Post officers privately that President Obama's speech [...]
2009-06-05 15:27:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS PTER KISL
09JERUSALEM900JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/08): PALESTINIANS: WAITING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 07:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM945JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/09): PALESTINIANS: NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 08:13:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM966SALFIT LEADERSHIP RAISES PROBLEMS OF ROADBLOCKS,
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with the Consul General on June 8, the Mayor of Salfit Municipality and Governor of Salfit District both expressed concern about a road gate that has closed the main road into Salfit. They also described untreated wastewater seeping into Salfit from the nearby s [...]
2009-06-09 14:30:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PREL SENV IS KISL KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM970JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/10): "ISRAELI INTERESTS ARE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 09:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09KARACHI194KARACHI - POLITICAL KILINGS INCREASE
[...] (SBU) Almost fifty political workers, mainly from MQM-H, have been killed in what appear to be targeted assassinations, in Karachi over the past week. On Sunday alone, ten workers from various parties, but mainly Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H) died. Political parties blame Muttahida [...]
2009-06-10 08:53:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
09KATHMANDU645NEPAL'S TIBETAN REFUGEE POLICY UNDER STRAIN
[...] (C) The Government of Nepal's policy of permitting Tibetan refugees to remain quietly in Nepal while accommodating Chinese demands to prevent "anti-China" activities is under increasing strain. Tibetan activists have recently conducted several public protests, Nepali authorities detained the [...]
2009-07-17 10:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM CH IN NP
09KHARTOUM1073 Disaster Declaration - Khartoum Floods
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Paragraph 6. 2. (U) Summary: In late August, heavy rains in Khartoum State caused massive flooding in Soba Aradi, Mayo, Jebel Aulia, and other settlements largely occupied by South Sudanese and Darfuri war-displaced populations. Houses and latrines [...]
2009-09-23 13:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
09KHARTOUM126RUSSIAN ENVOY PLANS GREATER ENGAGEMENT, PROPOSES
[...] (C) Summary: President Bashir promised that the GOS will carry on with "business as usual" and asserted there would be no government-orchestrated hostile response to the issuance of an ICC arrest warrant, Russian Special Envoy Mikhail Margelov told CDA Fernandez in a meeting on January 30. Mar [...]
2009-02-02 09:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM581SOUTHERN SUDAN - FLOOD MITIGATION ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) From April 20 to 26, a four-person USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster (USAID/OFDA) flood mitigation assessment team traveled to Juba, the capital of Southern Sudan, and Aweil and Malualkon towns in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State. The team met with Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) o [...]
2009-04-30 13:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM649SLA/AW COMMANDER CONSENTS TO CEASEFIRE, BUT STILL
[...] (SBU) Summary: SLA/Abdul Wahid General Commander Gaddura said his movement would agree to a formal 90-day ceasefire with the GOS and other Darfur rebel movements, but will not travel to Doha or any other Arab country for peace negotiations. With his territory in urgent need of additional human [...]
2009-05-17 10:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM660 SOUTHERN SUDAN - HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN LRA-AFFECTED
[...] Between May 7 and 14, humanitarian officers from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM) and USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) reviewed the ongoing emergency in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)-affected areas in Eas [...]
2009-05-18 14:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV PREL EAID SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM699VP TAHA WANTS POSITIVE RELATIONS WITH USG, UNITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 25 meeting, an unusually loquacious GNU Second Vice-President Ali Osman Taha told Codel Isakson (Senator Johnny Isakson R-Georgia, Senator Bob Corker,R-Tennesee) CDA a.i. Asquino, and emboffs that the GoS wants "direct engagement and direct contact" with the USG, citing a [...]
2009-05-28 15:56:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM859 SE GRATION VISITS KASS IDP CAMPS AND IDP RETURN VILLAGE
[...] (U) On July 18, U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan J. Scott Gration and his delegation traveled to Kass to assess remaining expulsion-related gaps in Kass town's internally displaced persons (IDP) camps and to visit a village of reported returns. During meetings with Kass's largely Fur tribe IDP [...]
2009-07-21 13:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KINGSTON361JAMAICA: PM GOLDING'S 2009-10 BUDGET PRESENTATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Responding to criticism from the opposing People's National Party (PNP),Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding defended his proposed national budget before Members of Parliament on May 5. During the speech attended by emboffs, Golding detailed the dire economic reality facing the Gov [...]
2009-05-07 20:08:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG SENV EAIR EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY OPIC
09KINSHASA316 SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL INHOFE TO THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]
2009-04-02 11:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA334 SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL ADAM SMITH TO THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]
2009-04-07 14:01:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA336 SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM WARD TO THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]
2009-04-07 16:47:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA45DRC: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Per reftel, following is the text of the Investment Climate Statement for the DRC for 2009. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. (U) The DRC's rich endowment of natural resources, large population size (approximately 65 million) and generally open trading [...]
2009-01-15 12:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR CG
09KINSHASA715DRC SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S AUGUST
[...] (C) Madam Secretary: Your August 10/11 visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) comes at a critical juncture. Effective leadership by President Joseph Kabila will determine whether the DRC,s government (GDRC) can successfully address the country's enormous development and security chal [...]
2009-07-28 06:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PHUM CG
09KINSHASA967CORRUPTION AND MISMANAGEMENT CONTINUE TO UNDERMINE
[...] (C) Summary: Corruption and mismanagement continue to be endemic problems plaguing DRC's mining industry, as highlighted by a September 29 GDRC Senate report on the loss of up to 450 million in mining sector revenues due to alleged fraud and mismanagement. The report was issued at approxim [...]
2009-10-23 10:59:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEINV EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA990The Rapid Exodus of IDPs from the Camps in Goma, DRC
[...] (U) A rapid field study of the sudden exodus of an estimated 65,000 residents of camps for displaced populations in the Goma area has revealed evidence of excessive use of violence and the violation of humanitarian principles during the camps closure. The sudden camp closures also damaged relat [...]
2009-11-04 09:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF CG
09KOLKATA162MAOIST GROUPS STEP UP VIOLENCE IN EASTERN INDIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past two weeks, there have been daily attacks on police and political party leaders in the Western part of West Bengal, primarily in and around the town of Lalgarh. Leaders of these attacks appear to be members of the Communist Party of India - Maoist (hereinafter ref [...]
2009-06-18 12:11:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV IN
09KUALALUMPUR478MALAYSIANS LAUD PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH, QUESTION WHETHER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Najib Razak, speaking to the press on June 11, welcomed President Obama's Cairo address and efforts to "mend the rift between the Muslim world and the West" while noting the importance of concrete measures, and offered Malaysia's cooperation with US. efforts. Opp [...]
2009-06-14 23:35:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL KPAO SOCI MY
09KUALALUMPUR942MALAYSIA: MFA SHARES VIEWS ON ITS UN POSITIONS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. Poloff met with Principal Assistant Secretary Jamal Sharifuddin Johan, Assistant Secretary Mohd Adlyn Mughni Shamsudin, and Assistant Secretary Nik Ady of the MFA's Multilateral Political Division on November 18 to discuss Malaysia's general voting practices in the UN, [...]
2009-11-20 08:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAL IR IS MY
09KUWAIT11KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- UPDATE ON KUWAITI MEDIA COVERAGE
[...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of Monday, January 5, all Kuwaiti Arabic and English language print dailies continued to publish headlines and pictures related to the ongoing situation in Gaza. In addition to the continued front page news updates, a number of Editors-in-Chief offered editorials [...]
2009-01-06 07:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINO EPET OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
09KUWAIT1182GCC CLOSING COMMUNIQUE STAKES OUT LITTLE NEW GROUND
[...] (C) GCC leaders quietly filed out of town December 16 at the conclusion of a two-day GCC Summit that made no major breakthroughs. In the absence of consensus on pressing political issues -- policy towards Iran, Palestinian reconciliation, etc., -- the communiqu hewed closely to tried and tru [...]
2009-12-16 14:18:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER ECON IR IZ IS KU
09KUWAIT1217AMIR MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MUBARAK
[...] (U) Local media briefly noted a December 23 visit to Kuwait by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the highlight of which was a meeting with Amir Shaykh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah, Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al Sabah, and First Deputy PM and Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Al Sabah. Mubarak was ac [...]
2009-12-29 13:22:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KU EG
09KUWAIT233MFA ARAB AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ON IRAN, SYRIA, PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: On March 10, the director of the MFA's Arab World Department, Ambassador Jassim Al-Mubaraki told EconCouns and Econoff that he was impressed with the foreign policy steps of the Obama administration, particularly its willingness to start dialogue with Syria. It was critical to co [...]
2009-03-11 15:25:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PTER ECON KU
09KUWAIT571WORDS VS. DEEDS: KUWAITIS REACT TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At an informal discussion held at the Ambassador's residence, a group of 13 Kuwaiti academics and political and media figures offered thoughtful commentary on President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. The overall theme was that this was a "good start" but the "proof was in the [...]
2009-06-08 03:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO SCUL SOCI KU ZR
09KUWAIT754EMBASSY KUWAIT'S PROMOTION OF DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIM
[...] (U) Summary. Regarding Ref A's tasking on the Consultative Process for Muslim Engagement, future events planned by Embassy Kuwait include the following five programs: -- Arab-American Science Partnership -- Alternative Energy Applications Conference -- American Diwaniya -- Food for Thought A [...]
2009-07-30 14:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL SCUL SOCI KU
09KUWAIT853CENTRAL BANK DEPUTY GOVERNOR ON MENA/FATF,
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary and Key Points: On August 24, CDA and Econoffs met with Mohammed Al Hashel, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK). Key topics discussed: Economic status from CBK's perspective: robust oil prices balance the [...]
2009-08-30 10:40:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EPET EINV KU
09KUWAIT889RAISING UNGA GOALS WITH KUWAIT
[...] (C) Polcouns on September 07 raised USG UNGA goals (reftel) with Jassem Al-Najem, Counselor in MFA's International Organizations Department, stressing USG interest in transending the North-South divide, bolstering non-proliferation regimes, encouraging support for peacekeeping, Middle East pea [...]
2009-09-07 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KU
09LAPAZ1141BOLIVIAN INFRASTRUCTURE: TRANSPORTATION GRIDLOCK
[...] (C) Bolivia's ground transportation infrastructure is either in complete disrepair or the standard by which South America should be measured, depending on one's perspective. Seventy percent of Bolivia's 50,000 KM (31,000 miles) of roads are in need of repair, yet the 3521 KM (2188 miles) of [...]
2009-08-04 20:44:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALEMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ1321PANDO SETTLEMENTS UPDATE: C-AL9-01687
[...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, Poloff traveled to Bolivia's Pando department on September 11-12 to discuss GOB resettlement programs with local sources. The GOB maintains the settlements are necessary to reinforce its border with Brazil and "re-establish sovereignty" in the region, while cr [...]
2009-09-17 15:18:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SNAR BL
09LIBREVILLE14INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - GABON
[...] Per reftel, following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Gabon. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Gabon is generally open to foreign investment, with foreign firms controlling the country's three main sources of inco [...]
2009-01-13 10:56:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OPIC USTR KTDB EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV GB
09LILONGWE19MALAWI - CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] Summary: The child labor situation in Malawi remains largely unchanged from last year. No new laws concerning child labor, child rights, or trafficking were passed. Violations largely resulted in fines rather than custodial sentences. Approximately 150 labor inspectors are trained to identi [...]
2009-01-12 14:58:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MI
09LILONGWE707MALAWI HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) The following is a compilation of recent highlights in Malawi. MULUZI RETIRES - JUMBE TO LEAD UDF ---------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Former Malawian President and United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Bakili Muluzu has announced his retirement from politics. Famous for defea [...]
2009-12-24 09:20:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV AU MI
09LJUBLJANA122009 SLOVENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] In response to reftel, the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Slovenia follows: A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- A European Union member since May 1, 2004 and a eurozone member since January 1, 2007, Slovenia has a strong mix of qualities to recommend [...]
2009-01-15 17:07:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD ELAB USTR OPIC KTDB SI
09LJUBLJANA242SLOVENIA: SMALL ROMA POPULATION STILL FACES
[...] (U) The Roma community in Slovenia, numbering between 7,000 and 10,000, is characterized under Slovene law as a "special community," rather than a national minority. Since 1994, the government has passed legislation and worked through various ministries to foster better social integration for [...]
2009-08-06 14:47:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SI
09LOME17TOGO - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following is Togo's 2009 Investment Climate Statement as requested in reftel: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT 2. Togo has traditionally provided a hospitable environment for foreign investment. However, political instability has diminished both opportunities and investor confidence. T [...]
2009-01-16 11:36:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TO
09LONDON1451LONDON-BASED EXPERTS AGREE THE U.S. DOLLAR WILL
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite the decline in the dollar share of global FX reserves over the past decade and recent debates on the creation of a new global reserve currency, the U.S. dollar's reserve status remains in-tact. Gains made by its nearest rivals--the euro, pound sterling, and yen--over th [...]
2009-06-19 14:09:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN ECON UK
09LONDON2307LABOUR PARTY OUTLINES ECONOMIC STRATEGY IN RUN-UP TO NEXT
[...] (U) Summary: The Labour Party's last conference before the general election saw ministers attempt to draw a dividing line between Labour and Conservative economic policy. Chancellor Darling acknowledged spending cuts and tax rises would be necessary to return public finances to a sustainable [...]
2009-10-07 13:46:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON2501SCOTLAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS
[...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador engaged with a wide variety of policy, civic, business, and Muslim communities during his first official visit to Scotland, October 29-30. Prominent Scottish Muslim leaders told the Ambassador during a roundtable discussion that the Muslim community in the UK and [...]
2009-11-05 16:27:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL OEXC OIIP ECON UK
09LONDON2678UK HOSTS P5 UN DEPUTY DIRECTORS MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: IO PDAS Gerald Anderson participated in a P5 UN Deputy Directors meeting at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London on November 23. The Deputy Director-level meeting was the first of its kind and covered Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding reform, Afghanistan and Paki [...]
2009-12-02 13:49:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKUNR PGOV PREL PTER UNSC KPKO KWMN CH FR RS
09LONDON2705UK BANKS: LARGE EXPOSURE TO THE UAE, BUT STILL SMALL TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: UK banks have greater exposure to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) than their global counterparts, but the potential impact of debt problems in Dubai on the UK banking sector is unlikely to be significant, say industry analysts. Analysts viewed the initial media frenzy following th [...]
2009-12-03 17:17:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON2710UK BANKS: LARGE EXPOSURE TO THE UAE, BUT STILL SMALL TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: UK banks have greater exposure to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) than their global counterparts, but the potential impact of debt problems in Dubai on the UK banking sector is unlikely to be significant, say industry analysts. Analysts viewed the initial media frenzy following th [...]
2009-12-04 09:10:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09LUSAKA579WJEI PROGRAM: TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK
[...] Summary: Zambia's Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative (WJEI) is a collaborative effort involving USAID, USDOJ, and the Government of Zambia (GRZ) to address gender-based violence (GBV). Initiated in February 2008, the WJEI program in Zambia is approaching the midpoint in its implementa [...]
2009-08-19 08:32:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV KCRM ZA KWMN
09LUXEMBOURG11 LUXEMBOURG INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009
[...] The following is Luxembourg's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement: A. Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg offers a very favorable and welcoming attitude toward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). FDI reflects how [...]
2009-01-13 12:27:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR LU
09MADRID412SPAINISH PREVIEW OF APRIL GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the April 27-28 GAERC with MFA European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso April 24. Benitez-Donoso said that Council conclusions will be issued on Burma, Iran, and Sri Lanka, while the Eastern Partnership, Croatia, Moldova, Ukraine, the [...]
2009-04-24 12:36:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP
09MANAGUA1064NICARAGUA: PROPERTY SUPERINTENDANT AIMS TO TAKE OVER U.S.
[...] (SBU) The Office of the Property Superintendant has issued agrarian reform titles for beachfront property owned by U.S. citizen Miguel Angel Arguello and intends to take over more of his land. Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) supporters with agrarian reform titles have invaded his p [...]
2009-10-28 16:07:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON KIDE NU
09MANAGUA244NICARAGUA: GON DENIES "RECONFISCATION" POLICY AGAINST U.S.
[...] (SBU) During the February 26 Property Working Group meeting, Jeanette Garcia, President of the National Confiscations Review Commission (CNRC),asserted there is no government policy to "reconfiscate" U.S. property related to previously settled claims. Ruth Zapata, Head of the Office of Assessm [...]
2009-03-06 21:26:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAGUA465NICARAGUA: GON UNDER PRESSURE TO RESOLVE CLAIMS
[...] (SBU) During the April 30 Property Working Group meeting, Ruth Zapata, Head of the Office of Assessment and Indemnification, said the Government of Nicaragua (GON) is taking a more flexible approach to work on U.S. citizen claims. Rebeca Zuniga, Coordinator of the Liaison Office for U.S. Citiz [...]
2009-05-06 14:24:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
09MANAMA183BAHRAIN SHARES U.S. CONCERNS AHEAD OF DOHA SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa told A/DCM on March 26 that Bahrain shared USG concerns about maintaining commitment to the Quartet principles and not undermining the Arab Peace Initiative. Currently, King Hamad plans to attend the Doha Summit, but developments [...]
2009-03-26 13:56:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG KPKO MOPS PGOV PHUM AL SU XF
09MANAMA409BAHRAIN'S CROWN PRINCE DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS,
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa on July 6 for a readout of his 7/24-25 discussions in Washington with the President, Vice President, Secretary Clinton, Secretary Gates and others. Sheikh Salman described it as the most important visit he has made to th [...]
2009-07-06 14:43:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS JO BA
09MANAMA439BAHRAINI BLOGS REACT NEGATIVELY TO CROWN PRINCE'SEDITORIAL; ELITES SKEPTICAL REF: MANAMA 435 Classified By: Ambassador Adam Ereli for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 14:38:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KMDR IS BA
09MANILA2327 Philippines: Intellectual Property Rights Updates for
[...] Summary. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced in April 2009 that the Philippines would remain on the intellectual property rights (IPR) Special 301 Watch List, but that USTR would conduct an Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR) to gauge progress on key issues. While progress is being made in ju [...]
2009-11-06 06:53:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON RP
09MANILA2593 AMBASSADOR'S GOODWILL VISIT TO BAGUIO CITY AND LA TRINIDAD
[...] SUMMARY. In the wake of devastating mudslides in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR),the Ambassador travelled to Baguio City December 3 and 4 for a goodwill visit and to host the annual holiday reception. On December 3, the Ambassador announced USG plans to provide an additional $10 mi [...]
2009-12-18 07:08:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO RP
09MANILA505 Philippines: 2009 Special 301 Report
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy recommends retaining the Philippines on the Special 301 Watch List. Improvements to intellectual property protection over the past year include an executive order creating intellectual property units in law enforcement agencies, increasing seizures by the Optical Media [...]
2009-03-09 23:21:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON RP
09MAPUTO507MAPUTO UNPREPARED TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (U) This cable represents the first in a series of innovative collaboration in environment/science reporting between Embassies Maputo and Pretoria. Embassy Pretoria ESTH Officer and Maputo Economic/Commercial officer visited environment and science projects in Niassa, Sofala and Cabo Delgado [...]
2009-04-22 08:07:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI MZ
09MAPUTO657MOZAMBIQUE MEDIA REACTION TO POTUS CAIRO SPEECH
[...] One week after the President's "A New Beginning" speech to the Muslim world from Cairo, Mozambican press is still digesting his words and the implications for Muslims and U.S. policy. While all coverage has been positive, praising the President for his boldness, his eloquence and his depth of [...]
2009-06-12 05:33:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM PREL PHUM PGOV MZ
09MASERU394OPPOSITION LEADER WANTS MORE SAY IN HOW MCC MONEY IS SPENT
[...] On Friday, October 30, Ambassador Rob Nolan met with Kelebone Maope, Member of Parliament and leader of opposition political party the Lesotho People's Congress. Maope expressed concern that poor citizens of Lesotho will be exploited under the current version of the Land Bill (ref A). He fel [...]
2009-11-04 16:01:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KMCA LT
09MEXICO1191UNITED STEETWORKERS UNION HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUING
[...] SUMMARY: Secretary Clinton,s recent visit to Mexico prompted the US president of the United Steelworkers Union (USW) to write to her on behalf of Mexico,s National Miners Union (SNTMMSRM). The letter, which received extensive media coverage, highlighted various aspects of the long running dis [...]
2009-04-28 20:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON AFL CIO PGOV SOCI PINR MX
09MEXICO264Water shortage in Mexico City and the State of Mexico
[...] SUMMARY: Water supply in Mexico City and the State of Mexico is going to be suspended partially during the last weekend of each month, from January to May, due to low levels of the Cutzamala system, a complex of dams that provide 30 percent of the water used in Mexico City. The shortage will a [...]
2009-01-29 23:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV MX
09MINSK195BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JUNE 19, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Convicted (para. 2) - Protestant Activist Fined (para. 3) - GOB Denies Registration to Opposition Party (para. 4) - Police Raid Residence of Malady Fr [...]
2009-06-22 15:15:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MONTERREY314MONTERREY ECONOMIST WEIGH PROSPECTS FOR RECOVERY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Monterrey-based economists remain hopeful as employment in Mexico's formal sector recorded its second straight month of growth in July. Even though they believe the worst of the recession may be over, David Martinez, the Chief Economist for Nuevo Leon's Secretary of Economic [...]
2009-08-19 17:16:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD EINV ELAB PGOV ECON MX
09MONTEVIDEO181 URUGUAY ADVANCES ON CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] An environmental current is gathering momentum in Uruguay, with a notable increase in the number of public and press events related to climate change. On March 17, President Vazquez announced the launching of a National Agenda on Climate Change that creates a $6 million emergency fund to help [...]
2009-04-02 11:16:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG UY
09MONTEVIDEO212URUGUAY: KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING
[...] While Uruguay has completed the epidemiological transition from infectious diseases to non-communicable diseases, it nevertheless faces an increasing incidence of diseases, such as parasitic diseases, traditionally linked to poverty and deteriorating social and environmental conditions. The G [...]
2009-04-16 16:38:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI TBIO EAGR WHO UY
09MOSCOW1488ISRAELI FM LIEBERMAN IN MOSCOW
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli FM Lieberman's June 2-3 visit to Russia appears not to have broken new ground diplomatically, but cemented Moscow's impression that the Russian-speaking Lieberman is one of their own. The trip included meetings with Medvedev and Putin, as well as a lengthy discussion with [...]
2009-06-05 13:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR IS SY GG RS
09MOSCOW809TUBERCULOSIS REMAINS UNDER-REPORTED PROBLEM IN NORTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The International Medical Corps (IMC) Acting Russia Country Director warned of the continuing spread of tuberculosis (TB) in the Russian republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia at a meeting of post's Refugee Assistance Roundtable/Forum on March 24, World Tuberculosis Day. While [...]
2009-04-01 10:17:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAID TBIO RS
09MOSCOW896DFM SALTANOV ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, NEW
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Beyrle on April 8 conveyed to Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov and North Americas Department Director Igor Neverov Washington's preference not to link the proposed Moscow conference on the Middle East with President Obama's July visit to Russia. Saltanov in [...]
2009-04-08 14:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS IS
09MUMBAI265TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER, BHOPAL DISASTER NOW HAUNTS DOW
[...] (U) Summary. In December 1984, a massive chemical leak at the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh killed thousands, leaving a legacy of suffering, continued health and environmental concerns, and political controversy. As the twenty-fifth anniversary of this traged [...]
2009-06-22 06:34:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON PGOV ASEC ELAB IN
09MUMBAI346MINISTER FOR CORPORATE AND MINORITY AFFAIRS PROMOTES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent talk in Mumbai, Salman Khurshid, Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs and Minority Affairs, promised a "hands off" attitude towards the state's role in corporate governance. He praised the effective handling of the Satyam scandal, but called for further [...]
2009-08-25 10:37:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV SOCI IN
09MUMBAI43MUMBAI MASALA: CONSUL GENERAL VISITS KUTCH, MUNDRA SEZ AND
[...] (U) On a recent trip to Gujarat, the Consul General inaugurated a medical camp near Bhuj, in the remote desert region of Kutch. This is the 35th consecutive year that the month-long camp has served the needs of local inhabitants, in one of the most remote parts of the state. The camp is sta [...]
2009-01-27 08:29:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV TSPL ECON IN
09MUSCAT1001SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO OMAN
[...] (U) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes you on your return to Oman. Below is an update on events since your last visit. 2. (C) Base Access Agreement: The renewal negotiations, in scheduling stage during your last visit, are now set to begin in Muscat in mid-December 2009. We do not see signi [...]
2009-11-04 14:01:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL MOPS MASS MU
09MUSCAT1007AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON ZAWAWI: IRAN, ISRAEL-PALESTINE, IRAQ
[...] (C) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on the Sultan's Foreign Affairs Adviser and Omani oligarch Dr. Omar Zawawi at his seaside compound November 3. The two discussed many regional issues but the main focus was Middle East Peace and Iran. Zawawi made clear that the Sultan was a strong [...]
2009-11-08 05:47:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MU KPAL IR IS PK
09MUSCAT1069OMAN: ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador presented the demarche on Israel's Settlement Moratorium to the Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs on December 6. The FM replied that Israel will not stop settlement building, as it views the land as Israeli, not Palestinian. He also was convinced that [...]
2009-12-07 12:57:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS MU
09MUSCAT1090Oman Media Reaction: Positive on IRF Report, Critical of US
[...] SUMMARY: During the past week, the Omani media in editorials the chorus of praise for the Department's International Religious Freedom report that started last week (reftel); prescribed unity among the Palestinians in negotiations with Israel; and expressed increasing skepticism over the credi [...]
2009-11-04 10:07:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT1120OMAN MEDIA REACTION: Omani Stability; Arab-Israeli Conflict
[...] SUMMARY: In observance of the Oman's National Day, local media this week focused primarily on the Sultanate's achievements during the 39 years of rule by Sultan Qaboos, the era referred to locally as the Blessed Renaissance. At the same time, Omani editorials continued to focus on issues rela [...]
2009-11-24 09:52:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT1146Oman Media Reaction: Frustration at the Israeli-Palestinian
[...] SUMMARY: This past week saw Omani dailies level heavy criticism on the latest developments in the Israeli-Palestinian dialogue, with reaction to the European Union's stance on the status of Jerusalem providing the bulk of the fodder for editorials. END SUMMARY. ------------------------- [...]
2009-12-15 13:42:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT152Labor Attach??s Discuss TIP in Oman
[...] (C) Summary: On February 16, emboffs met with labor attachC)s from the Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi and Philippine embassies in Muscat for a roundtable discussion on trafficking in persons (TIP) in Oman. Labor attachC)s said that most TIP-related problems in Oman concerned empl [...]
2009-03-02 10:57:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIP MU ELAB
09MUSCAT170OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: This week in the Omani dailies, private Arabic language "Al Watan" accused Washington of protecting Israel in its attempt to delay the peace process. Arabic state daily "Oman", in turn, accused Israel of scuttling Washington's peace efforts by declaring settlement expansion. "Al Wa [...]
2009-03-09 12:39:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT251EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR REVIEWS PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S MARCH 18-22
[...] (C) Summary: In his March 18-22 visit to Muscat, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Sultan Qaboos: -- shared their optimism about the new U.S. administration; -- agreed that continuing divisions among the Palestinians, compounded by Iranian interference and unhelpful Qatari and [...]
2009-03-30 05:59:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL EG QA IR MU
09MUSCAT387OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: This week in Omani dailies, private "Al Watan" criticized the U.S. for setting the same conditions before Hamas as the previous administration. On April 24, "Al Watan" said that the U.S. must treat all its international partners by the same criteria, noting U.S. policy towards Pakis [...]
2009-04-27 13:50:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT397OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: This week in Omani dailies, commentaries repeated condemnations of Israel for blocking the peace process. Government daily "Oman" said that the Arab peace initiative is already part of the final solution, despite Israel's backtracking on the two-state solution. Private daily "Al Wat [...]
2009-05-04 09:57:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT429OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: This week, Omani dailies continued criticism of Israel, hammering on war crimes, settlement activity, and its distancing from the two-state solution. On May 6, private daily "Al Watan" said Israelis must be put on trial for its "aggression" on the UNWRA headquarters in Gaza. On May [...]
2009-05-11 13:36:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT473OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: In a highly unusual press appearance, H.E. Yousuf bin Alawi, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, gave a broad overview of Omani foreign policy to two local dailies on May 23. The Minister reiterated Oman's longstanding policy strategy of non-confrontation, then touched on issu [...]
2009-05-25 12:05:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT525OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Peace in the Middle East remained a focus of editorial discussion in Omani state and privately-owned papers, with the government's "Oman" concerned about the disparity in thinking between U.S. and Israeli leadership and the effects of Palestinian infighting on the outcome of Presiden [...]
2009-06-01 09:16:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT579OMAN - PRAISE, CONCERNS GREET CAIRO SPEECH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo has generated significant positive response in Oman. In the press, online, and in person, Omanis have been forthright in discussing the speech (a potential fourth avenue for expression, through the mosques, is unavailable, as content fo [...]
2009-06-06 12:27:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO MU
09MUSCAT585OMAN MEDIA REACTION: CAIRO SPEECH "A MESSAGE OF LOVE AND
[...] SUMMARY: Following initial reaction in its immediate wake (reftel),the President's Cairo speech continues to draw comment from Oman's dailies. On June 7, The editor-in-Chief of sister dailies "Times of Oman" and "Al Shabiba" headlined his weekly column "A Message of Love and Peace" (his fir [...]
2009-06-08 11:14:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT699OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: State and private dailies continue commentary on the Arab-Israeli conflict, citing the recent Amnesty International report as confirmation of Israeli war crimes and supporting the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland. TIP awareness received a substantial boost t [...]
2009-07-06 12:29:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT739OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Oman's government papers carried stronger than usual criticism of U.S. issues: state Arabic daily "Oman" (circulation 38,000) on July 6 lamented that President Obama did not more clearly criticize poor governance by some Arab regimes in his speech Cairo speech. On July 7, it also wro [...]
2009-07-13 12:05:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT779OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: This week, the state-owned Arabic daily issued an uncharacteristic endorsement of the work of civil-society organizations, at least insofar as they "support existing institutions. As always, hopes for a Palestinian state loom large, especially in the private Arabic press. Finally, a [...]
2009-07-21 10:58:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT902OMAN MEDIA REACTION:
[...] SUMMARY: The relative influence and overall credibility of the United States on the world stage was prominent in the Omani papers this week, with the Government Arabic daily "Oman" casting doubt about US mediation efforts on Israeli-Palestinian issues, the Arabic language "Al Watan" questioni [...]
2009-08-25 12:00:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT995AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OMANI MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR
[...] (S) The Ambassador was called into the MFA today to meet with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi (YbA) to hear Omani criticism of the U.S. position concerning Israeli settlements in occupied territory as announced by Secretary Clinton, following her recently-conclu [...]
2009-11-02 13:45:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL KWBG KPAL IS MU
09NAIROBI1238ISIOLO'S SECURITY PROBLEM, PART I
[...] (SBU) Isiolo District lies in Kenya's geographic center and since colonial times the area has been a crossroads and settling place for people from all over northern Kenya. Pressure from an increasing population, decreasing water supply, and recurrent drought make competition over scarce resour [...]
2009-06-18 12:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR PHUM PGOV SENV SOCI KCRM KE
09NAIROBI1298SOMALIA - Diaspora in Dubai Meets DAS Wycoff
[...] (SBU) Between June 3 and 6, visiting Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (DAS) Karl Wycoff met with representatives of Somalia's dispora community residing in Dubai. DAS Wycoff held a series of small group discussions with community organizers, business leaders, indu [...]
2009-06-29 04:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID ECON KWMN AE SO
09NAIROBI1770Pastoralists Gather for Peace in Maikona
[...] Kenya's upper Eastern province continues to be caught in a cycle of inter-tribal violence driven by competition for scarce resources. Two of the opposing groups, the Borana and Gabra, are closely related communities that speak the same language and intermingle along the Kenyan-Ethiopian borde [...]
2009-08-20 12:57:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS EAID KCRM KE ET
09NAIROBI2184KENYA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2010
[...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Country: Kenya 3. Current Status: Eligible 4. Country Background Summary: The population of Kenya is 38.6 million (mid 2008 estimate),estimated 2008 GDP is $30.4 billion, and per capita income is $770. An estimated 54% of the [...]
2009-10-16 08:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ETRD EINV ENRG ELAB AGOA PGOV PREL
09NAIROBI2412 KENYA: NOVEMBER ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] IMF APPLAUDS KENYA'S NEW INFLATION CALCULATION 2. EVICTIONS PROCEED IN MAU FOREST 3. KENYA SIGNS COMMON MARKET TREATY Â [...]
2009-11-25 12:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EINV ETRD PINR KCOR SENV KE
09NASSAU360HAITIANS IN THE BAHAMAS: COMING THROUGH YET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Haitians account for some 30-60,000 out of 340,000 inhabitants of The Bahamas. Societal tolerance for immigrants is decreasing from an already low benchmark due to current economic stresses, exacerbating ingrained anti-Haitian sentiments. Bahamians associate immigrants with cr [...]
2009-06-10 16:24:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI BF
09NASSAU531NASSAU- CRIME SPIKE TRIGGERS DEMAND FOR HANGINGS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A recent surge in violent crime to include home invasions, rapes and murders have triggered calls for capital punishment to resume. The crime wave, attributed in press editorials to Haitian gang activity, also threatens to undermine the shaky Bahamian tourist industry. The potent [...]
2009-09-08 18:35:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC PHUM ASEC BF
09NDJAMENA223 OBAMA'S SPEECH IN CAIRO RECEIVES WARM WELCOME IN CHAD
[...] (U) The U.S. Embassy in Ndjamena held rebroadcasts June 9 and 10 of President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech. The rebroadcasts were in French and Arabic, respectively, in this barely-majority Muslim country. Reaction was almost uniformly positive, with participants stressing that they hoped to [...]
2009-06-12 08:20:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KPAO OIIP CD
09NEWDELHI1349NAXALITES: AN EMERGING NATIONAL THREAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent violence in West Bengal has focused attention on India's Maoist insurgency, which has become one of the most violent of its domestic conflicts. The broad network of Maoist cells, known as the Naxalite movement, is present in at least eleven of India's twenty-eight states [...]
2009-06-29 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1872MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "FIRE ON BOTH SIDES...," editorial in September 7 right-of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "U.S lawmaker Edward Markey, founder of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation has written a letter to the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton that both India and Pakistan are trying to [...]
2009-09-08 13:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1953MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, INDIA-IRAN-
[...] "CHINA PHOBIA," editorial in September 17 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Some media people and experts are painting a picture of reiteration of 1962. At present war is out of question. China will neither gain anything extraordinary on the boundary dispute nor will it benefit strategi [...]
2009-09-18 11:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1955PRM DAS ROBINSON DISCUSSES STATUS OF TIBETAN, SRI
[...] (SBU) PRM DAS David Robinson held meetings with representatives from the Dalai Lama's Office, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),Catholic Relief Services' (CRS),and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) during his September 4th visit to New Delhi. During these meeting [...]
2009-09-22 02:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM CH SL IN
09NEWDELHI2242SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF
[...] "PALESTINE-ISRAEL CONFLICT AND AMERICA," commentary in November 5 right-of-center Urdu daily, SIASAT: "U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been completely unsuccessful in convincing Arab leaders that the United States is adopting a serious attitude to stop construction of Jewish settlem [...]
2009-11-06 10:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2461PDAS WITTEN DISCUSSES REFUGEE ISSUES IN INDIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a two-day visit to New Delhi, PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Samuel Witten discussed Bhutanese refugees, Tibetans in India, and the status of UNHCR in India. Key members of the Bhutanese Core Group agreed that we should submit test humanitarian return cases [...]
2009-12-09 11:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL IN SL
09NEWDELHI863DEMOCRACY-IN-EXILE - TIBETANS DEBATE REFORM AMIDST
[...] (C) Summary. Following the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's escape to India, Tibetans now look toward their future and the implementation of further democratic reforms for the government-in-exile, the Central Tibetan Authority (CTA). While the exile community has the instruments of democra [...]
2009-04-30 13:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PREF CH IN
09NICOSIA10CYPRUS FAVORS EARLY APPROVAL OF EU-SYRIA
[...] (C) In response to Reftel regarding U.S. request that the European Union delay approval of its Association Agreement (AA) with Syria until the SARG improves its behavior and demonstrates commitment to its public pledges, PolChief on January 12 demarched Cypriot MFA Middle East Desk Officer Di [...]
2009-01-12 12:58:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL CY SY LE
09NICOSIA383CYPRIOT POSITIONS FOR JUNE GAERC
[...] (C) On June 11, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA European Union/CFSP desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Taking up the Israel-Palestine points first, Panayiotou stated that the GOC welcomes recent USG overtures but remains concerned over the stance of the Netanyahu government, particularly o [...]
2009-06-17 05:05:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS SY LE CU AF PK BK YI KO HR
09NICOSIA563CYPRIOT STANCE FOR SEPTEMBER GYMNICH
[...] (C) On September 1, Poloff delivered reftel points to Cyprus MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina. First taking up Iran, Mina stated that the GOC backs applying pressure on Iran while stressing engagement. Cyprus would consider further measures, including sanctions, but only if such measur [...]
2009-09-04 05:12:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS IR AF PK CY
09OSLO115PART I: CONSTRAINTS ON NORWAY'S MIDDLE EAST ROLE?
[...] (C) Summary: Norway aspires to be a leader in Middle East peace negotiations and could be a genuine asset in bringing peace to the region. Norway's diplomatic principles, focus on dialogue, and mediation history have helped raise Norway's profile as a peacemaker. Its tense relationship with I [...]
2009-02-13 14:48:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PGOV PINR IS NO
09OSLO586Svalbard - Norwegian Territory with a Twist
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Pol/Econ counselor traveled to Svalbard Sep 1-4 as part of a Norwegian and international group hosted by two Norwegian security policy related NGOs. The group toured the main settlement on Svalbard -- Longyearbyen -- as well as visiting the Russian mining community in Barentsburg. [...]
2009-09-22 15:58:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV CVIS PREL ECON SV XQ NO RU
09OSLO624NORWAY'S TUNE ON ISRAEL, THE PEACE PROCESS, AND
[...] (C) Summary: On October 7, Charge Heg had a constructive discussion about overall U.S. Norway cooperation in the Middle East with senior Norwegian diplomats Jorn Gjelstad, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East Section, and Special Envoy to the Middle East Jon Hanssen-Bauer. [...]
2009-10-08 15:09:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PTER KPAL IS IQ NO
09OSLO722NORWAY STILL DECIDING HOW TO VOTE ON ISRAEL -
[...] (C) Summary: As of the morning of November 19, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was still undecided as to how to vote on the three UNGA resolutions into which Goldstone report language has been inserted; the Middle East section was consulting with the MFA legal department to con [...]
2009-11-19 10:30:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE NO
09OSLO777GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT'S NOBEL VISIT
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ---------------- GENERAL REACTION ---------------- 2. (U) The response to President Obama's visit, and to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech in particular, has on the whole been overwhelmingly enthusiastic, even pa [...]
2009-12-17 07:01:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL SCUL KPAO NO
09OTTAWA492CANADA REACTS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE TO
[...] (U) Summary: Across Canada the reaction to President Obama,s June 4 speech in Cairo was overwhelmingly positive. Canadian Muslim leaders, national and local politicians and journalists described the speech as inspirational, respectful, and empowering. Many remarked it was a turning point in U [...]
2009-06-25 14:57:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PINR PTER SCUL KPAO CA
09OTTAWA610CANADA IN THE UNHRC: A CHAMPION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary. Canada closed its three year term on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) with an enhanced reputation as a strong advocate for human rights protection and democracy promotion worldwide. During its term, Canada was a spirited advocate -- condemning human rights abuses, standing alon [...]
2009-08-06 20:43:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM UNHCR CA
09OTTAWA643ABORIGINAL LAND CLAIMS DEFY TIMELY RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The recent imbroglio between the Canadian Border Services Agency and the Mohawk community of Akwesasne over armed agents at the crossing point on Cornwall Island, Ontario (reftel) highlights again the complexity, lack of clarity, and evolving nature of relations between the fed [...]
2009-08-21 14:37:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM CA
09PANAMA196PANAMA: PLANS FOR NORMALIZATION FOR COLOMBIANS
[...] (C) The GOP planned to offer legal immigrant status to individuals living in the Darien region under Temporary Humanitarian Protection (THP) status, said MFA DG of Exterior Policy Javier Bonagas told POLOFF on February 20. The official census of THP persons taken in 2004 counted 542 Colombia [...]
2009-03-10 15:52:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTBS SOCI PM
09PANAMA347PANAMA: POLITICAL COMMENTATOR PROVIDES INSIGHT ON
[...] (C) Ricardo Martinelli's Alliance for Change movement will perform well in next weekend's elections, and the PRD will be weakened but will regain strength and prepare for 2014, political commentator Alfredo Castillero told POLOFFS during lunch on April 23. Castillero noted that a Martinelli [...]
2009-04-29 21:51:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA349PANAMA: POLITICAL COMMENTATOR PROVIDES INSIGHT ON
[...] (C) Ricardo Martinelli's Alliance for Change movement will perform well in next weekend's elections, and the PRD will be weakened but will regain strength and prepare for 2014, political commentator Alfredo Castillero told POLOFFS during lunch on April 23. Castillero noted that a Martinelli [...]
2009-04-30 15:10:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM PREL
09PARIS1007MIDDLE EAST: SARKOZY AND MUBARAK CONFER ON NEXT
[...] (C) Summary: Mubarak and Sarkozy reportedly are in agreement on the need to move quickly on the Israel-Palestinian front, following their meeting in Paris July 21. According to one of Sarkozy,s key advisors, Mubarak shares Sarkozy,s interest in convening an international conference as a mea [...]
2009-07-24 15:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL FR
09PARIS1394FRENCH RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Poloffs discussed Ref A demarche on October 14 with MFA UN/IO officers Jean-Luc Delvert (human rights) and Frederic Jung (UNSC Middle East issues) who confirmed that France shares most of the U.S. perspective on the handling of the Goldstone report. Jung confirmed that France would likel [...]
2009-10-14 16:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS FR
09PARIS1548FRANCO-CUBAN RELATIONS: RESPONSE TO REVIEW FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France advocates democratic advancement and the protection of fundamental human rights in conjunction with the joint EU position on Cuba. Although diplomatic ties have been frayed since 2003, the GOF supports continued dialogue with Havana on democratization and the release of p [...]
2009-11-23 12:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC EFIN EINV PREL PHUM FR CU
09PARIS586FRENCH PREVIEW OF GAERC: CROATIA, BURMA, MIDDLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 24, French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona previewed the April General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting's discussions on Croatia, Burma, the Middle East, Sri Lanka, follow-up from the U.S.-EU Summit [...]
2009-04-24 16:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN KPAL KWBG HR BM IS GZ WE CE UP MD
09PARIS769SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR MITCHELL'S VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Senator Mitchell: The timing of your second visit to Paris could not be better. You will find your interlocutors energized by the President,s speech in Cairo and his subsequent visit to Paris and Normandy. They will be eager to follow up on the President,s bilat with Presi [...]
2009-06-09 16:16:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL FR
09PARIS827FRANCE MID-EAST DIRECTOR ON PEACE PROCESS
[...] (S/NF) MFA Middle East Director (Assistant Secretary-equivalent) Patrice Paoli informed POL Minister Counselor June 18 that Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told French officials in Paris June 15 that the Israelis have a "secret accord" with the USG to continue the "natural growth" of Israe [...]
2009-06-22 13:54:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL FR
09PARIS876SARKOZY, NETANYAHU DISCUSS FREEZE, JEWISH STATE,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: According to President Sarkozy's Middle East Advisor Boris Boillon, Sarkozy told Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu June 24 in Paris that the GOF supports the creation of a Palestinian state; seeks a "total freeze" on Israeli settlement activity; stands with Israel against the t [...]
2009-06-29 16:26:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL FR
09PARIS946FRENCH SENATE LEADERS ON MIDDLE EAST: YEMEN, PEACE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After visiting over 250 dignitaries in every country in the Middle East (except Oman),two French Senate Foreign Affairs Committee members stated July 9 that French foreign policy in the Middle East should set three priorities: 1) advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process; 2) pre [...]
2009-07-13 08:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL FR
09PARTO112705(U) Secretary Clinton's November 9, 2009,
[...] (U) Classified by: Kin Moy, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d). 2. (SBU) November 9, 2009; 12:30 - 14:00; Berlin, Germany. 3. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Philip D. Murphy Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon, EUR Jeff Hov [...]
2009-11-27 22:03:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALOVIP CLINTON HILLARY
09PARTO41305Secretary Clinton's March 31, 2009 conversation
[...] (U) March 31, 2009; 9:00 a.m.; The Hague, Netherlands. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Deputy Secretary Lew SRAP Holbrooke A/S Fried Ms. Abedin, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary Mr. Sullivan, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary Mr. Falls (Embassy Notetaker) NETHERLAN [...]
2009-04-13 19:34:00US Delegation, SecretarySECRETOVIP PREL NL AF PHUM RU NATO
09PHNOMPENH962DRAFT RESETTLEMENT REGULATIONS RAISE NGO AND DONOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 4, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction (MLMUPC) released a draft circular on the process for resettlement of urban poor communities, which it referred to as "illegal, temporary settlements." German development agency GTZ, which has foun [...]
2009-12-28 08:54:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM ECON CB
09PORTAUPRINCE862009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - HAITI
[...] (U) Haiti's openness to foreign investment is codified in its laws. Import and export policies are non-discriminatory and are not based upon nationality. There is no significant public opposition to foreign investment in Haiti. The Government of Haiti (GoH) has made notable progress in rece [...]
2009-01-27 14:22:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDKIDE EINV ECON EFIN PGOV HA OPIC USTR KTDB ETRD
09PORTMORESBY30SOLOMON ISLANDS FEELING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Solomon Islands (SI) is beginning to feel the effects of the current global economic crisis. Donors view the situation as serious. SI leaders are looking for options to replace logging revenues that are quickly disappearing due to a drop in demand caused by the current economic c [...]
2009-03-06 08:06:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BP
09PORTOFSPAIN462TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO CONTINUE VOTING YES ON UNGA ISRAEL
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director Margaret Rousseau November 19. Rousseau said that Trinidad and Tobago will generally continue to vote in favor of resolutions on the Middle East as outlined in reftel, particularly, she said, "given recent developme [...]
2009-11-19 20:34:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE
09PRETORIA1004GOSS REPRESENTATIVES TALK POLITICS AND SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Southern Africa Liaison Office representatives delivered a message to Poloff intended to "counteract Khartoum's propaganda." They discussed the political situation in Sudan and South Africa's role. They are optimistic about South Africa's engag [...]
2009-05-18 15:57:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL SF SU
09PRETORIA1618SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2-AUGUST 8
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]
2009-08-07 16:37:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA1694SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 16-AUGUST 22
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]
2009-08-24 06:42:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA1740XENOPHOBIA IN SOUTH AFRICA: ROOT CAUSES REMAIN,
[...] South African townships remain at risk of renewed xenophobic violence, such as was seen in the mid-2008 mob attacks on African migrants. Foreigners make easy scapegoats for enduring grievances of poverty, unemployment, housing shortages, and poor public services, and the SAG has not taken de [...]
2009-08-27 10:15:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF PHUM SF
09PRETORIA1752SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 23-AUGUST 29
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]
2009-08-31 06:14:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA1766WOMEN MIGRANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA: A HARD ROAD TO
[...] In an August 27 panel discussion, three speakers discussed the plight of female migrants in South Africa. Compared to men, women on the move are more vulnerable to robbery and attack, facing more limited job options, and often encumbered by children. Border crossings are extremely risky for [...]
2009-09-01 14:36:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM PREF KTIP SF
09PRETORIA1810SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 5
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]
2009-09-08 06:24:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA1921SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 13-SEPTEMBER
[...] (SBU) Written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau, the POL newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, or to m [...]
2009-09-19 13:26:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2091AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW
[...] In response to Ref A, post provides the following input for the AGOA eligibility review. -------------------------- Country Background Summary -------------------------- 2. The population of South Africa was 49.3 million in mid-2009. In 2008, South African Gross National Income (GNI) [...]
2009-10-14 12:46:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PHUM SF
09PRETORIA2163SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 19-OCTOBER 23
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]
2009-10-23 13:12:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2169RECONFIGURED MINISTERIAL CLUSTERS LEAD TO
[...] (C) The South African Government on October 19 announced plans to reconfigure ministerial clusters (committees within the Cabinet intended to improve coordination within government). The announcement set off immediate speculation by political analysts and economists over whether the reconfig [...]
2009-10-23 17:45:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SF ECON EFIN EINV
09PRETORIA2272SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2-NOVEMBER 6
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]
2009-11-06 14:19:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2377SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 16-NOVEMBER 20
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]
2009-11-20 12:09:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2507AMBASSADOR GIPS MEETS WITH DIRCO DEPMIN EBRAHIM
[...] (C) On December 3, Ambassador Gips met with Ebrahim Ebrahim, Deputy Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO). Ebrahim cordially listed points on which the SAG was content with its relations with the U.S., he cited areas for collaboration in resolving Afri [...]
2009-12-07 15:08:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KGHG AF WI ZI IR SF
09PRETORIA553STUDY FINDS XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS DRIVEN BY LOCAL
[...] On March 11, a Wits University team unveiled the results of their research into the direct triggers of last year's xenophobic attacks in South African townships. Interviews and focus groups with over 300 residents of seven areas found the attacks were premeditated and organized by community [...]
2009-03-24 11:18:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SF
09PRETORIA994SA-ZIMBABWE BORDER: COPING WITH CONTINUED HEAVY
[...] A May 7-8 visit to the South African and Zimbabwean border towns of Musina and Beitbridge found the border zone was beginning to normalize despite continued heavy flows of Zimbabwean migrants into South Africa. The SAG's halt in deportations has reduced migrants' vulnerability to police hara [...]
2009-05-15 14:36:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PREF KTIP SF
09PRISTINA379KOSOVO: ASSESSING LIKELY ELECTION PARTICIPATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Debate among stakeholders continues on modalities for and risks associated with holding elections on November 15 in the new Serb-majority municipalities formed through Ahtisaari-mandated decentralization, but we are edging towards a solution along U.S.-shaped lines: elections i [...]
2009-08-28 17:19:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV
09RABAT490MOROCCAN ENTHUSIASM FOR PRESIDENT'S CAIRO
[...] (U) Summary: At five separate events organized around President Obama's speech last week, Mission Morocco not only saw and heard the extraordinarily positive reaction of Moroccans first hand, but also helped shape insights that found their way directly into the media. The Mission also amplif [...]
2009-06-10 23:11:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OIIP KPAO MO
09RABAT540FM AND DGED CHIEF DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST AND OTHER
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: In June 23 conversations with Charge mostly devoted to Western Sahara and Algeria (septel),Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri and external intelligence (DGED) chief Mansouri underscored the GOM,s commitment to work with the USG on regional issues. Fassi Fihri said h [...]
2009-06-24 18:21:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR KPAL IS MU IR MO
09RABAT667MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT: OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) could facilitate linkages between U.S. and Islamic world universities, ISESCO Director General Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri told the Charge on July 24. Altwaijri, an admirer of the U.S., proposed that such [...]
2009-07-31 17:16:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OEXC SOCI KISL PINR MO
09RABAT821MOROCCO RESPONSE TO POTUS MEETINGS WITH NETANYAHU
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Moroccan MFA Director-General for Multilateral Affairs and the Middle East Mohammed Azaroual Oct. 5, following his return from the UNGA. Azaroual shared the GOM's appreciation for President Obama's deep engagement on Peace Process issues and for our re [...]
2009-10-05 14:30:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL PGOV MA IS
09RABAT879DAY ONE OF RABAT INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The October 28 and 29 Rabat International Forum on Jerusalem brought together senior Quartet and Muslim representatives. Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri opened the conference with a message from King Mohammed VI, calling on the international community to pressure Israel [...]
2009-10-29 13:43:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL IS MO
09RANGOON746BURMA: ILO PROGRESS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The International Labor Organization (ILO) office in Rangoon has received an increased number of complaints of forced labor and child soldier recruitment over the past five months. ILO attributes this increase to heightened awareness of workers' rights rather than increased incidence of [...]
2009-11-13 08:09:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RIYADH118SAUDI 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 [...]
2009-01-18 06:14:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR SA
09RIYADH1386SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER URGES US STATEMENT OF
[...] (C) In a warm introductory meeting, a relaxed Saudi FM Saud provided Ambassador Smith with a tour d'horizon of bilateral and regional issues. Bilaterally, the top priorities were removing impediments to people-to-people contacts and intensifying official consultations. Saud assessed that Mi [...]
2009-10-20 08:59:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL SA IS SY
09RIYADH1466SAUDI ARABIA: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON SECRETARY
[...] (U) Summary: Editorial comments have criticized the Secretary for what they view as a reversal of the U.S. position with her statements in Israel. Editorial comments have yet to surface regarding her statements made in Marrakech, other than those noting her attempts to "soften" her previous s [...]
2009-11-03 20:10:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMDR KPAO PHUM PREL SA
09RIYADH1467 Saudi Arabia: Special Media Reaction on Secretary
[...] Summary: Editorial comments have criticized the Secretary for what they view as a reversal of the U.S. position with her statements in Israel. Editorial comments have yet to surface regarding her statements made in Marrakech, other than those noting her attempts to "soften" her previous stat [...]
2009-11-04 04:16:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAO KDEM PHUM SA
09RIYADH1472BANKERS SANGUINE ABOUT SAUDI ECONOMIC PROSPECTS
[...] (C) Private bankers and government officials in Saudi Arabia insist that domestic Saudi banks did not receive special treatment in the AHAB - Saad Group dispute, despite protests by overseas lenders to the contrary. Embassy contacts contend that Saudi banks just wrote better loans that requir [...]
2009-11-04 11:44:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV SA
09RIYADH1671IO/DRL (KESHAP) VISIT BEGINS DIALOGUE ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 19 meeting Deputy FM for Multilateral Affairs, HH Dr. Torki told IO/HR Director Keshap and Senior Human Rights Policy Advisor Ostermeier that the SAG was prepared to consider working with the U.S. on a new approach to the defamation issue in the UN context. Pri [...]
2009-12-27 10:14:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KISL PGOV KDEM OPDC SA
09RIYADH947SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER PETRAEUS' JULY
[...] (C) General Petraeus, Embassy Riyadh warmly welcomes you back to the Kingdom. Since your last visit just after the U.S. presidential election we have heard Saudi officials from King Abdullah on down expressing hope and expectation that we are moving toward a more consultative and productive pa [...]
2009-07-20 05:06:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS PREL PINR OVIP SA
09ROME427U/S BURNS' PARTICIPATION IN G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS
[...] (U) This message has been cleared by Under Secretary Burns. 2. (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns participated in the second Political Directors meeting of the Italian G8 Presidency in Taormina, Sicily, April 6-7. The Political Directors discussed a [...]
2009-04-14 16:42:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL PTER AF BM GG IR IT KN PK
09ROME521ISRAELI FM LIEBERMAN REWARDS ITALY'S FRIENDSHIP
[...] (C) Summary. On a May 4-5 visit to Rome, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman met separately with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, as well as Rome's mayor and the leadership of its tiny Jewish community. With Berlusconi and Frattini, Lieberman stre [...]
2009-05-08 06:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL EU IS IT
09ROME686U/S BURNS' PARTICIPATION IN G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 06:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC PTER AF IR IT KN PK YM
09ROME687U/S BURNS' PARTICIPATION IN G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 06:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC PTER AF BM GG IR IT KN
09ROME776TRIESTE G8 FOREIGN MINISTERIAL: FOCUS ON IRAN,
[...] (C) Under Secretary Burns headed the U.S. delegation to the G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in Trieste June 25-27. The G8-only portion of the meetings focused on global and regional challenges but the forum grew on June 26th to include meetings between the G8 and Afghan and Pakistani foreign m [...]
2009-07-06 05:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC PTER AF IR IT KN PK YM
09SANAA1618SA'ADA WAR: FIERCE FIGHTING FOLLOWS ALLEGED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. After a fleeting )- or, by some accounts, non-existent -- ceasefire, fighting continues in earnest with artillery and aerial attacks throughout Sa'ada and parts of Amran governorates. Although President Saleh announced a "new" strategy on August 26, little appears to have change [...]
2009-08-31 14:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA2030SA'ADA: HOUTHIS PUSH OUTWARD, THOUSANDS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The vast majority of Sa'ada governorate appears to be under Houthi control, including much of western Sa'ada, where the rebels took Razeh's military airport; northwestern Sa'ada; and eastern Sa'ada, where they have opened a new front. One exception is Sa'ada City, most of which [...]
2009-11-04 15:02:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANTODOMINGO13942009 IWOC award nomination of Sonia Pierre
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Santo Dominigo nominates Sonia Pierre, founder and leader of MUDHA (Movement of Dominican-Haitian Women) for the 2009 International Women of Courage (IWOC) award. Ms. Pierre has, for years, demonstrated courage, leadership and perseverance in advancing the cause of Hait [...]
2009-12-02 12:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWMN PHUM PGOV KPAO DR
09SAOPAULO18 BRAZIL MAKES PROGRESS AGAINST TIP
[...] (U) Summary: The year 2008 saw continued improvement in the fight against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in Brazil. Despite prickly reactions to U.S. pressure, as evidenced by discussions between U.S. and Brazilian officials during a June G/TIP visit (Reftels A and B),the fight against human [...]
2009-01-09 17:35:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF KCRM PHUM ELAB KTIP BR
09SAOPAULO317The MST Method: Work the State, Alienate the Locals
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Landless Rural Worker's Movement (MST) follows a pre-planned methodology in its land seizures that includes leveraging contacts within the GOB's National Institute of Colonization and Agricultural Reform (INCRA) to help select targets, according to MST expert Clifford Welch [...]
2009-05-29 13:55:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAGR ELAB PHUM PINS EINV SOCI ASEC BR
09SAOPAULO343MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT'S JUNE 4 SPEECH IN CAIRO: A NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 17:21:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO421AFTER CAIRO: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH ECHOES IN
[...] (SBU) President Obama's June 4 address to the world's Muslim population has echoed favorably in both Sao Paulo's Muslim and non-Muslim communities, producing distinct reactions within key groups. Moderate Sunni Muslims, many of them eager to work with the U.S., were euphoric, as reported Ref [...]
2009-07-16 16:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBR KPAO PGOV PREL PTER
09SEOUL1092SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JUNE 2009
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROKG to Invest 24.5 Trillion Won in 17 New Growth Engines -- Current Account Surplus of USD 4.28 Billion in April -- Business Sentiment Recovering in [...]
2009-07-10 06:07:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL4032009 SPECIAL 301 - POST RECOMMENDATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: 2008 saw a significant acceleration of Korean efforts on intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement. On February 25, 2008, Lee Myung-bak was inaugurated as Korea's President; Lee explicitly identified stronger IPR protection as an important strategy to boos [...]
2009-03-16 10:59:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR KS
09SHANGHAI151(C) SHANGHAI LAWYER SUING FOR ECONOMIC STIMULUS
[...] (C) Summary. Shanghai-based lawyer Yan Yiming on March 20 described his requests for increased government transparency on the RMB 4 trillion stimulus package announced last fall. Yan is pushing the Central Government to allow National People's Congress (NPC) delegates more time to deliberate [...]
2009-04-03 04:09:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALCH EFIN KJUS PGOV PINR ECON
09SOFIA93EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 (BULGARIA)
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador strongly endorses post request for an Embassy Science Fellow (ESF) from the Smithsonian Institute to assist the American Research Center in Sofia (ARCS) in conservation and preservation of archaeological sites in Bulgaria. This position would address a pressing need i [...]
2009-03-05 14:19:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KSCA TSPL SENV AMGT OTRA APER BU
09STATE103314VOTING INSTRUCTION - WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY RESOLUTION
[...] (U) This is an action request: The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution regarding Women, peace and security on October 5, 2009. USUN is authorized to provide U.S. co-sponsorship of the resolution. Post should seek additional guidance fro [...]
2009-10-05 12:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PHUM PREL CG KWMN
09STATE106424Guidance: Middle East Consultations, October 14
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from para two elements when making its intervention during the Middle East debate in the Security Council on October 14. The Department may send follow-on instructions revising these elements in order to capture the nuance of the evolving situatio [...]
2009-10-14 05:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IS KPAL
09STATE109024OSCE: RESPONSE TO LITHUANIAN FM USACKAS
[...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the October 22, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. We warmly welcome you to the Permanent Council, Mr. Minister. As Chairman of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, you have see [...]
2009-10-22 00:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV LI
09STATE118799OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
[...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach the highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- a reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; -- the defeat of three resolutions reaffirming the "Com [...]
2009-11-17 23:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE
09STATE120323Guidance: Middle East Consultations, November
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from para two elements when making its intervention during the upcoming Middle East consultations in the Security Council on November 24. 2. (SBU) Begin elements: I thank Under Secretary-General Pascoe for his report. Advancing the cause of [...]
2009-11-21 03:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IS KPAL
09STATE122214GUIDANCE AND ACTION REQUEST: ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (U) On November 25, the Government of Israel (GOI) announced a 10-month moratorium on new settlement construction and new approvals in the West Bank. Following the announcement by the GOI, Secretary Clinton released a written state [...]
2009-11-27 21:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIS KPAL PREL KWBG
09STATE127868GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS, DECEMBER 17
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from para two elements when making its intervention during Middle East consultations in the Security Council on December 17. 2. (SBU) Begin elements: I thank Special Coordinator Serry for his report. Advancing the cause of comprehensive peac [...]
2009-12-15 03:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IS KPAL
09STATE29981THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE ECONOMY OF IRAQ
[...] (U) Summary: This cable provides background, analysis, and status on the programs and activities of the United Nations (UN),UN agencies and the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) as they relate to the economy of Iraq. This review is provided in support of the ongoing activities of USUN and [...]
2009-03-27 20:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ KU USUN PREL ECIN EFIN ECON UNSC
09STATE34688(U) Secretary Clinton's April 7, 2009 meeting
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 04:22:00Secretary of StateSECRETOVIP CLINTON HILLARY UAE
09STATE43054U.S. MESSAGES ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE
[...] (SBU) The U.S. remains committed to comprehensive peace in the Middle East, including the two-state solution, and to an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict as soon as possible. To this end, Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell recently completed a 9-day trip to the Middle East and [...]
2009-04-28 23:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG AL EU RU IS
09STATE4358TRAVEL WARNING - ISRAEL, THE WEST BANK, AND
[...] This Travel Warning updates U.S. citizens on the risks of traveling to Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, and about threats to themselves and to U.S. interests in those locations. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to remain mindful of security factors when planning travel t [...]
2009-01-15 22:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER AMGT ASEC IS GZ WE
09STATE46591GUIDANCE: UNSC MIDDLE EAST DEBATE, MAY 11, 2009
[...] (SBU) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below as a basis for its participation in the Security Council debate on the Middle East scheduled for May 11, and for its public statements about the debate. 2. (U) Talking points: -- Thank the Secret [...]
2009-05-07 16:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL IS LE KPAL
09STATE49495Secretary Clinton's May 7, 2009 Meeting with
[...] Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried. Reason: 1.4 (d) 2. (U) May 7, 2009; 12:00pm; Washington, DC, United States. 3. (S) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Under Secretary Burns NSC Senior Russia Director McFaul EUR Assistant Secretary Fried Ambassador Beyrle PA DAS [...]
2009-05-14 18:43:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PGOV
09STATE50286SECRETARY CLINTON'S MEETING WITH FINNISH
[...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) May 11, 2009, 11:00 11:45, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary EUR DAS Judy Garber NSC Director Jeff Hovenier S Staff: Jake Sullivan EUR/NB Estonia/Finland [...]
2009-05-16 02:31:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NATO EAID IAEA PARM KNNP
09STATE60413SAUDI ARABIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 19:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SA
09STATE61707JUNE 8 MEETING OF THE AD-HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE
[...] Summary: The United States used the June 8 meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) -- the principle policy-coordinating mechanism for donor assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) -- to focus donors on the need to (1) strengthen the PA with immediate budget support and (2) foster e [...]
2009-06-15 19:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS
09STATE62420RETURNS OF RWANDAN AND BURUNDI REFUGEES IN THE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraphs 4-6. -------- ISSUE -------- 2. (C ) Issue: Department is concerned that in the current process of returning and reintegrating Burundi and Rwandan refugees in the Great Lakes, international refugee principles of access to an asylum [...]
2009-06-17 00:25:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREF RW BY UG
09STATE62909DEMARCHE: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Arab and Palestinian reaction to PM Netanyahu's June14 speech has focused entirely on the negative, without acknowledging PM Netanyahu's recognition of a future Palestinian state as a significant step, or recogniz [...]
2009-06-17 23:03:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PGOV KPAL XF EAID
09STATE64424LEBANON -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary released the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release received substantial coverage in domestic and foreign [...]
2009-06-22 18:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG LE
09STATE64642GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST DEBATE, JUNE 23
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the following building blocks for remarks during June 23 consultations on the Middle East. 2. (SBU) Begin building blocks: It is the policy of the United States to move quickly and actively to seek a lasting peace between Israel and it [...]
2009-06-23 01:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KPAL KPKO IS LE
09STATE9032INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW SESSIONS
[...] (U) Summary: This cable is an action request for Mission Geneva to share U.S. views and suggested questions and recommendations for the upcoming UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) Fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Session, to be held February 2-13. The HRC's Fourth UPR session will include [...]
2009-02-02 08:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM
09STATE95932Guidance: Middle East Consultations, September
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from para 2 elements when making its intervention during the upcoming Middle East consultations in the Security Council on September 17. The Department may send follow- on instructions revising these elements, in order to capture the nuance of the [...]
2009-09-15 20:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IS KPAL
09STOCKHOLM153Media Reaction - Interview with Hamas leader by Swedish
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 09:49:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM155Media Reaction - Interview with Hamas leader by Swedish
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 09:49:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM204SWEDEN LOOKS TO REFORM DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
[...] Summary: Minister for International Development Cooperation, Gunilla Carlsson, announced March 9 that Sweden is evaluating its aid to multilateral organizations and is disappointed in how several UN organizations have used Swedish development assistance, singling out the following agencies: [...]
2009-03-24 15:00:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ECIN EFIN PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM361POSITIVE SWEDISH REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
[...] (U) On Thursday, June 4, Embassy Stockholm hosted a lunch for key Muslim contacts to watch President Obama's speech to the Muslim world and discuss their initial thoughts and reactions. 2. (U) In general, the speech was well received by the Swedish Muslims. The guests highlighted appreciat [...]
2009-06-12 14:08:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PTER SW
09STOCKHOLM418EUR A/S GORDON'S JULY 3 MEETINGS WITH THE EU
[...] (U) Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Phil Gordon met with the 27 EU Member State Political Directors in Stockholm July 3. He then met with the EU Political Directors "troika," comprising Swedish PolDir Bjorn Lyrvall, EU Council Secretariat DG Robert Cooper, EU External Re [...]
2009-07-09 16:15:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV IR RS SW
09STOCKHOLM577FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS AFPAK, IRAN, MEPP AT
[...] (C) Summary: At the September 4-5 informal foreign ministers' meeting (Gymnich) in Stockholm, the Swedes deliberately limited the meeting agenda to provide adequate time for more thorough discussions, and the Swedes insisted on strict anonymity in reporting, a format that was broadly praised [...]
2009-09-10 15:09:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALAF AL CE EUN IR IS IZ PGOV PK PREL SY SW
09TBILISI117GEORGIA: INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS RUSSIANS
[...] (C) Summary. Minister of Internal Affairs Merabishvili told the Ambassador January 22 that using night-vision goggles, the Georgians had seen Russian special forces with sniper rifles conducting operations across the administrative boundary lines in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. (UNOMIG made [...]
2009-01-23 13:09:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GG RU
09TBILISI512GEORGIA: IDPS: NEW AND OLD THEMES
[...] (C) Summary: Recent trips to the west Georgian cities of Kutaisi and Zugdidi reinforce the impression that many of the problems for IDPs from the 1990's remain unaddressed, and the GoG's plan to target their needs directly has not yet yielded visible results. While the GoG has been criticiz [...]
2009-03-17 14:05:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF RR GG
09TELAVIV1006ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media cited President Shimon PeresQs satisfaction over his meeting with President Obama last night. Media quoted the office of the White House Press Secretary as sayin [...]
2009-05-06 11:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1023ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Quartet Mideast envoy Tony Blair was quoted as saying in an interview with The Jerusalem Post that PM Benjamin Netanyahu can be a peacemaker. Blair praised Netanyahu for f [...]
2009-05-08 10:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1058ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Pope Benedict XVI in Israel ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to promise during his meeting with President Obama at the White House on Monday that Israel will remove all r [...]
2009-05-13 10:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1070CODEL WEXLER'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM AYALON
[...] (C) Summary. Representative Robert Wexler met with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon on May 10. Looking toward PM Netanyahu's May 18 meeting with President Obama, Wexler advised that Netanyahu should support President Obama's engagement with Iran. Wexler said he was confident that the tw [...]
2009-05-13 13:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IR SA SY EG TU IS
09TELAVIV1105ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1115ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 10:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1124ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1129ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-21 10:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1140ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 10:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1149ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu told his Likud party's Knesset faction yesterday, following a stormy debate on the outposts, that coordination with Washington over the Iranian [...]
2009-05-26 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1155ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported on the trip to London of three confidants of PM Benjamin Netanyahu to hold talks with Special U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, which are expected to focus [...]
2009-05-27 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1163GOI SAYS IT IS READY TO EVACUATE OUTPOSTS
[...] (C) Since Prime Minister Netanyahu's May 18 meeting with POTUS, the GOI has publicly announced and demonstrated its intent to dismantle illegal West Bank outposts. On May 20, Ha'aretz reported that Minister of Defense Barak told the YESHA settlers council that the GOI was ready to evacuate ill [...]
2009-05-28 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1164ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-28 10:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1171ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Block Quotes: ------------- I. "How We Beat Obama" Senior op-ed writer Akiva Eldar commented in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz (6/1): "Let's agree that Obama in his naivete really has become preoccupied with inconsequential matters, such as a handful o [...]
2009-06-01 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1176NETANYAHU OFFICIALLY REJECTS U.S. POSITION ON
[...] (U) On June 1, Israeli press reported that PM Netanyahu officially rejected the USG position against Israeli expansion of West Bank settlements, including construction to facilitate "natural growth." Speaking to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Netanyahu reportedly declared t [...]
2009-06-01 15:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1181ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-02 10:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1184CODELS ACKERMAN AND CASEY MEETINGS WITH PRIME
[...] (S) Summary. CODEL Ackerman and Casey met separately May 26 and 27 with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The Prime Minister discussed his visit to Washington, focusing on his discussions of Iran, a regional approach in support of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and his approach to the P [...]
2009-06-02 13:25:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KNNP IR KWBG EG IS
09TELAVIV1192ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1209ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1216ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 11:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1218IDF WEST BANK COMMANDER SHAMNI BRIEFS THE
[...] (C) Summary. Major General Gaddi Shamni, the commander of the IDF's Western Command, briefed the Ambassador June 4 on what he termed the development of relations of cooperation and mutual trust between his coammnd and the PA Security Forces at all levels over the past year. Shamni described [...]
2009-06-05 12:27:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1221TRILATERAL WATER WORKING GROUP MEETING, APRIL 21,
[...] (C) Summary. With the U.S. as chair, the Trilateral Water Working Group (TWWG) met in Tel Aviv April 21, to facilitate technical discussions on current Israeli and Palestinian water issues. This was the first meeting held since June 2008. The discussion revolved around the general lack [...]
2009-06-05 13:37:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EAID KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1226ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Block Quotes: ------------- I. "NetanyahuQs Moment" The independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized (6/8): QFaster than expected, the Prime Minister has reached the moment when he must decide between adhering to his outdated political platform and advanci [...]
2009-06-08 14:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1235SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 05:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1246GOI INTERIOR MINISTER WANTS SETTLEMENT EXPANSION
[...] (SBU) In a June 8 radio interview, Interior Minister and Shas Party head Eli Yishai publicly committed to using his Ministry's funds to promote expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Prompted by reports that no settlement construction tenders have been issued since PM Netanyahu took [...]
2009-06-09 12:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1251SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 12:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1262ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz quoted sources close to PM Benjamin Netanyahu as saying that he will announce in his foreign policy speech scheduled for Sunday the adoption of the Roadmap and the "two-state solut [...]
2009-06-11 09:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1270ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast - BLOCK QUOTES ONLY Block Quotes: ------------- I: "Bibi's Dilemma" Shimon Shiffer, senior diplomatic correspondent wrote in the mass-circulation, pluralist Yedioth Ahronot (6/12): "Among the prime minister's close aides, there is a clash between two schools of thought regarding [...]
2009-06-12 10:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1291ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Prime Minister Netanyahu's Speech I: "For Obama's Ears Senior columnist Nahum Barnea wrote in the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot (6/15): "Three words will remain from the speech at Bar Ilan University: "demilitarized Palestinian state." ... They clarify that if there should b [...]
2009-06-15 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1295NETANYAHU'S "BAR ILAN ADDRESS" REFLECTS EMERGING
[...] (C) Summary. PM Netanyahu's June 14 speech was a balancing act to deal with widely-perceived U.S. pressure without causing the collapse of his coalition. By announcing his acceptance of a demilitarized Palestinian state beside Israel, Netanyahu moved to the center and embraced positions sup [...]
2009-06-15 13:25:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1309ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Netanyahu's Speech 2. Iran Block Quotes Only: ------------- Â [...]
2009-06-17 10:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1326ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Netanyahu's Speech 2. Iran 3. Mideast Block Quotes Only: ------------- Â [...]
2009-06-18 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1338 VICE PRIME MINISTER SHALOM ON HIS NEW REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with VPM and Minister for Regional Development Sylvan Shalom on June 18 to discuss the latter's coordinating role in the GOI interministerial committee on West Bank economic development. Shalom outlined his role, which is limited at this point to trying to coordin [...]
2009-06-19 13:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL KWBG KPAL IS
09TELAVIV1339ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Netanyahu's Speech 2. Iran 3. Mideast Block Quotes Only: ------------------- Â [...]
2009-06-19 14:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1349ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran Block Quotes Only: ------------------- Â [...]
2009-06-23 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1360ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday in Paris PM Benjamin Netanyahu continued to refuse to yield ground on the settlement construction issue, even though French President Nicolas Sarkozy squar [...]
2009-06-25 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV138ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast Summary: -------- Veteran journalist Eitan Haber wrote on page one of the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot: "[And] we,in our little corner, in the Middle East, in Israel, are tensely waiting to see whether you will continue the tradition of American presidents of the pas [...]
2009-01-20 12:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1387ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1398ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1434ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 11:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1459ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted remarks made yesterday by Vice President Joe Biden in Baghdad on ABC-TV's "This Week" program: "We cannot dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot [...]
2009-07-06 11:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1462INCENTIVES TO WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS MAY PERSIST
[...] (U) On 5 July, the Knesset Finance Committee broadened the criteria by which the government will grant National Priority Area (NPA) status, which could allow the continuation and a potential increase of incentive benefits for West Bank settlers. The NPA bill gives the GOI the legal authority to [...]
2009-07-06 14:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1503ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media quoted President Obama as saying yesterday on CNN-TV that the U.S. has Qabsolutely notQ given Israel a green light for a possible attack on IranQs nuclear facilities. The Preside [...]
2009-07-08 10:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1510ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post and Israel Radio reported that yesterday State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly dismissed as QinaccurateQ a report published in an Israeli media outlet [Yediot] that Israe [...]
2009-07-09 11:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1516ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post cited Israeli assessments that the U.S. and Israel both believe that QIran could, but probably won't, build a bomb within a year.Q According to these appraisals, there i [...]
2009-07-10 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1529ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that yesterday, during a special cabinet session in Beersheva, PM Benjamin Netanyahu called on PA President Mahmoud Abbas and other Palestinian leaders to meet. Ye [...]
2009-07-13 09:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1535ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 10:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1547ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 10:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1564ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in HaQaretz) reported that yesterday, in a policy address to the Council of Foreign Relations, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gave Iran an ultimatum to ac [...]
2009-07-16 14:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1565MFA COMMENTS ON MEETINGS WITH MOROCCAN AND OMANI
[...] (C) Summary. Senior MFA officials recently met in Europe with the Moroccan MFA Director General and the Omani Foreign Minister. While the meetings were positive, the Israeli impression is that moderate Arab states are looking for Israeli steps on final status issues, not a settlements freez [...]
2009-07-16 14:40:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR MO MU MR IS
09TELAVIV1611ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-20 10:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1619ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1630ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Deputy State Department Spokesman Robert Wood as saying yesterday: QNo one is asking Israel to act outside its national security interests. What weQre asking both parti [...]
2009-07-22 11:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1659SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-27 05:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1671SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 06:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1685ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 13:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1689ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 11:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1710ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday all media reported that on Friday Saudi Arabia sharply rejected American calls for gestures toward Israel. The Jerusalem Post noted that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who a [...]
2009-08-03 10:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1721ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast ------------------------ Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------ All major print media reported about the international protests against the eviction of two Palestinian families from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheik Jarrah. The media quoted Secre [...]
2009-08-04 09:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1732ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mieast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Iran ------------------------ Key stories in the media ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that Washington issued another diplomatic protest over Israeli conduct in East Jerusalem on Monday, its second in as many weeks. Assistant Sec [...]
2009-08-05 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1767ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Nabil ShaQath, a Fatah Central Committee member, listed 14 preconditions set yesterday by Fatah delegates meeting in Bethlehem to dialogue with Israel, amon [...]
2009-08-07 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1780ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that the members of the Quartet are trying to arrange a meeting between PM Benjamin Netanyahu and PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas during the course of the UN Gen [...]
2009-08-10 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1808ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted a senior Israeli diplomatic source as saying that Israel might agree to a move led by President Obama in which it would pledge to freeze construction in settlements if i [...]
2009-08-14 11:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1809GOI SEEKS ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSISTANCE.
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post Econ Counselor received a written request from GOI Ministry for Environmental Protection (MEP) Director General for assistance in upgrading Israel's environmental law enforcement capabilities. New civil law procedures could reinforce existing mechanisms which rely chiefly [...]
2009-08-14 11:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG TBIO IS
09TELAVIV1824ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 11:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1832ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 09:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1841ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted a senior Israeli diplomatic source as saying yesterday that U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell is well aware that the Netanyahu government has [...]
2009-08-19 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1842MINISTERS PUBLICLY SPLIT ON SETTLEMENTS
[...] SUMMARY: Government ministers are sending mixed signals in the press on Israel's position regarding settlements ahead of the expected meeting next week between Prime Minister Netanyahu and Special Envoy Mitchell. Political tensions are growing as several influential ministers visited illegal o [...]
2009-08-19 11:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1854NETANYAHU'S RIGHT GETS LOUDER, BOLDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following a tour of illegal outposts by four cabinet ministers on August 17 (reftel),and ahead of Netanyahu's expected meeting in London next week with Senator Mitchell, some right wing members of the government have continued to up their rhetoric in support of settlements and [...]
2009-08-21 08:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IS
09TELAVIV1855ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media cited the White House as saying yesterday that President Obama wants Israel and the Palestinians to restart stalled peace talks as soon as possible and that he urged both side [...]
2009-08-21 10:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1862ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday PM Benjamin Netanyahu told the cabinet that he would like to resume direct negotiations with the PA following the U.N. Genera [...]
2009-08-24 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1868ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 10:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1873ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1887ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] All conflicts are soluble; 2. Israel is the stronger party; 3. And so it must take the greater risks for peace. Liberals are exasperated by Israel's failure to embrace these principles categorically. Yet we survive in this region because we don't. Edward Kennedy understood all this and more. [...]
2009-08-28 09:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1893ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On August 30, The Jerusalem Post reported that, following the Jerusalem Post/Rafi Smith poll published on Friday, left-wing parties have lamented President ObamaQs unpopularity. Media qu [...]
2009-08-31 10:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1904ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-01 10:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1915ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted an unnamed Israeli diplomat as saying that there is no disagreement with the U.S. regarding the issue of construction freeze in the settlements. The diplomat was quoted [...]
2009-09-02 12:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1925ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 09:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1953ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Block Quotes: ------------- I. "A Question of Trust" Senior columnist Nahum Barnea wrote on page one of the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot (9/4): QTepid, cold, frozen: Benjamin Netanyahu is now officially willing to declare a settlement constructi [...]
2009-09-04 10:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1974ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1980ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1997ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu has shortened his planned visit to the U.N. from four days to two. Officials in NetanyahuQs bureau are quoted as saying that the central rea [...]
2009-09-10 10:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2011ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Anniversary of 9/11 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media quoted PM Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday before an audience of Likud members in Tel Aviv that Israelis were ready to make concessions for peace [...]
2009-09-11 10:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2015SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 06:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2021SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 06:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2036SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 06:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2045OPPOSITION LEADER LIVNI TALKS PEACE PROCESS, IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. Sen. Gillibrand met on September 3 with Kadima Chairman and Knesset opposition leader Tzipi Livni. Livni told Gillibrand that Israel must reach a two-state solution with the Palestinians that represents an end to the conflict and does not include a right of return for Palestinia [...]
2009-09-16 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PTER IR SY IS
09TELAVIV2061ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Goldstone Report 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that at the conclusion of their meetings yesterday, U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell and PM Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to meet again to [...]
2009-09-17 11:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2089ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu, PA President Mahmoud Abbas, and President Barack Obama will meet this week, despite U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell's [...]
2009-09-21 10:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2096ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-22 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2098CODEL ROHRABACHER DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS,
[...] (C) Summary. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) visited Israel August 19-21 for a series of meetings with Israeli officials, primarily focused on the peace process, regional security issues, and arms sales. Rohrabacher met with Minister of Strategic Affairs Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon, Deputy Foreign M [...]
2009-09-22 14:17:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV2101ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media viewed President ObamaQs QcoldQ announcement after his meeting yesterday with PM Benjamin Netanyahu and PA President Mahmoud Abbas at New YorkQs Waldorf Astoria Hotel as a sign of [...]
2009-09-23 10:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2105ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-24 12:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2118ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the speech delivered by PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) yesterday. The PM blasted IranQs nuclear program and the welcome Presi [...]
2009-09-25 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2126ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that, two days before the opening of talks between Iranian and U.S. officials, the Islamic Republic carried out a test launch of long-range missiles capable of reaching I [...]
2009-09-29 11:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2164ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the deal reportedly brokered by Germany and Egypt, in which Hamas will give Israel tomorrow a video recording proving that Gilad Shalit is alive. In exchange Israel will [...]
2009-10-01 11:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2196ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media emphasized the continued violence around the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Clashes continued yesterday between Palestinian demonstrators and security forces. One Israeli soldier wa [...]
2009-10-06 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2205ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Block Quotes: ------------- I. "Restraint in a Delicate Place" The independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized (10/7): The growing tension surrounding the Temple Mount threatens to undermine the calm Israel has enjoyed for the past few months.... Netanyahu [...]
2009-10-07 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV221ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2215SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 08:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2254SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Turkey Relations 3. Iran 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that Jewish Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL),an associate of President Obama, is likely to become the United St [...]
2009-10-14 13:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2270SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Turkey Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot (Shimon Shiffer) reported that, following the failure in obtaining a settlement construction freeze and Arab gestures towards Israel, the U.S. administration is dr [...]
2009-10-15 10:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2275SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2283SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF USUN AMBASSADOR SUSAN
[...] (S) Summary. Israelis are even more anxious than usual these days as the Goldstone Report is being discussed in Geneva and New York. Israeli leaders have developed a virtually obsessive reaction to the report, which they see as both an assault on the State of Israel and it's democratic inst [...]
2009-10-16 12:26:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IR TU IS
09TELAVIV2294SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations: ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted GOI officials as saying yesterday that the Moscow conference on the Middle East may be in jeopardy as a result of Russia's support for the U.N. H [...]
2009-10-19 10:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2310SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that President Shimon PeresQ Facing Tomorrow Conference will open in Jerusalem tonight. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, an [...]
2009-10-20 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2334SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-23 05:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV235ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Climate Change and Environment ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted President Obama as saying in an interview with Al-Arabiya that the time has come for Israel and the Palestinians to return to the negotiating t [...]
2009-01-27 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2357ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 10:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2362ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and other media reported that yesterday President Obama marked the fifteenth anniversary of the signing of the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan. He was quoted as saying: [...]
2009-10-27 10:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2376ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to arrive in Israel on Saturday after preparatory talks by U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Senator George Mit [...]
2009-10-28 12:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2394SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 06:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2396SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 08:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2409MOD SETTLEMENTS STRATEGY DEPENDENT ON US-ISRAEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The MOD is taking a wait-and-see approach on both settlements and outposts, pending the outcome of USG-GOI negotiations on a moratorium, according to Oded Herman, Senior Advisor to MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad. On settlements, Herman noted that any MOD attempts to restrict th [...]
2009-11-02 16:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
09TELAVIV241ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 10:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2410ISRAELI SECURITY SERVICES ARREST "JEWISH TERRORIST"
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli security services announced October 31 that they had arrested an American-born settler in connection to a number of crimes and terrorist attacks over the past 12 years. Yaacov "Jack" Teitel was arrested on October 7 for posting anti-homosexual flyers, and later confessed [...]
2009-11-02 16:16:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KCRM KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2415ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 10:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2424ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts 3. One Year after ObamaQs Election ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported on the first anniversary of President ObamaQs election. Israel Radio quoted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [...]
2009-11-04 11:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2431SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Block Quotes: ------------- I. QMofaz in the Footsteps of Sharon Senior commentator Ari Shavit wrote in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz (11/5): Q[Former Defense Minister Shaul] Mofaz's basic assumptions are those of [Ariel] Sharon: On one hand, at this p [...]
2009-11-05 14:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2442ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Mideast 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as saying yesterday in a televised address that he had no wish to seek reelection through a presidential p [...]
2009-11-06 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2454ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Mideast 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu will meet President Obama in the White House today. HaQaretzQs banner -- QObama Showing Israel WhoQs Boss with S [...]
2009-11-09 12:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2462ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 12:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2465SHAUL MOFAZ BRIEFS THE AMBASSADOR ON HIS PEACE PLAN
[...] (C) Summary/Comment. Member of Knesset (Kadima) and former Deputy PM, Defense Minister and IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. General (retired) Shaul Mofaz briefed the Ambassador November 9 on the peace plan that he announced at a press conference the previous day. Mofaz' plan provides for the [...]
2009-11-10 15:28:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2467ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2482ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE VERSHBOW MEETS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 1 and 2, Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, met with a number of senior Israeli defense officials in Israel including: Ministry of Defense (MOD) Director General (DG) Pinchas Buchris; Head of MOD Poli [...]
2009-11-16 08:55:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS PTER KWBG EG SY IR SA LE TU
09TELAVIV2483ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 11:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2495ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly as saying yesterday: QOur position is clear. We support the creation of a Palestinian state that is contiguous a [...]
2009-11-17 11:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2498GOI/IDF ADDRESS SOLDIER INSUBORDINATION
[...] (C) Summary: The Israel Defense Force (IDF) and GOI responded quickly to yet another soldiers' demonstration on November 16 protesting against outpost evacuations in the West Bank. Israeli media outlets report that the IDF may examine further the "hesder" program combining yeshiva religious [...]
2009-11-17 15:27:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2499ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday the Jerusalem Municipal Planning Committee approved a plan to build 900 housing units in the cityQs southeastern neighborhood of Gilo. Leading media repor [...]
2009-11-18 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2513ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 12:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2514ISRAELI REACTIONS TO GILO CONTROVERSY
[...] (C) Summary: Israelis across the political spectrum have lined up in support of Israeli expansion in Jewish neighborhoods of East Jerusalem following the controversy over plans for new construction next to the existing neighborhood of Gilo (reftel). Many Israelis feel a strong connection to [...]
2009-11-19 12:48:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2520ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 11:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2525CODEL LIEBERMAN'S NOV 16 MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary. While in Israel participating in the Saban Forum, CODEL Lieberman met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 16 in Jerusalem. They discussed the PM's recent meeting with President Obama in Washington, restarting negotiations with the Palestinians, and regional issues [...]
2009-11-20 15:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR SY TU KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2530ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-23 13:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2535ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2541ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2556ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-27 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2560INITIAL ISRAELI REACTIONS TO NETANYAHU'S
[...] (C) Summary. PM Netanyahu's November 25 announcement of the "suspension of new (building) permits and new construction" in the West Bank for a period of 10 months appears to be generally well received in Israel even while generating virulent opposition on the far right and with the settler m [...]
2009-11-27 13:58:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2567ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2575ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 11:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2577GOI ALARMED BY EU DRAFT COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS ON
[...] (C) Summary. MFA Senior Deputy Director General Barak briefed PolCouns December 1 on the Israel's "alarm" at the Council of the European Union's draft text on the Middle East Peace Process. Barak stressed that the EU draft, if adopted by the EU foreign ministers December 7, would seriously [...]
2009-12-02 09:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2580ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday at an economic conference that the 10-month moratorium on new housing starts in the West Bank is a one-time, temporary deal, and [...]
2009-12-02 11:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2594ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV260ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 12:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2603ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday PM Netanyahu told a group of more than 20 members of the Yesha Council of Jewish Settlements in the Territories that he is not their enemy, but that he wil [...]
2009-12-04 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2604SETTLEMENT FREEZE: YEDIOTH REPORT ON IDF CONCERNS REGARDING
[...] (U) Influential journalist Alex Fishman, lead military correspondent for Yedioth Ahronoth, published an article on Friday, December 4 (Note: this is the equivalent to the Sunday paper) in which he conveyed IDF concerns about the extent of GOI political support for IDF efforts to uphold the law [...]
2009-12-04 11:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2617SETTLEMENT FREEZE: YEDIOTH REPORT ON IDF CONCERNS REGARDING
[...] (U) Influential journalist Alex Fishman, lead military correspondent for Yedioth Ahronoth, published an article on Friday, December 4 (Note: this is the equivalent to the Sunday paper) in which he conveyed IDF concerns about the extent of GOI political support for IDF efforts to uphold the law [...]
2009-12-04 12:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2643ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S. Foreign Policy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that settlers are preparing for a heated confrontation with security services over the construction freeze in West Bank settlements. For the first tim [...]
2009-12-07 11:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2648ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in HaQaretz) reported that yesterday PM Benjamin Netanyahu told the KnessetQs Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that Syria is now willing to negotiate without p [...]
2009-12-08 12:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV266ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 12:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2670ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that the QGolan Heights and Jerusalem Referendum BillQ is expected to return to the Knesset plenum for a key vote, after a late-nig [...]
2009-12-09 11:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2679ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran/President Obama 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that last night thousands (over 30,000, according to major media outlets) of settlers and right-wing sympathizers rallied near PM Benjamin NetanyahuQs off [...]
2009-12-10 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2683MORATORIUM: GOI ADDRESSING EXCEPTIONS, RELIEF
[...] (U) Summary/Comment: Nearly two weeks into settlement construction moratorium enforcement, the GOI is addressing the difficult issues of exceptions and compensation, while facing increased opposition from the settler movement. The MOD has established an exceptions committee to consider petitio [...]
2009-12-10 14:40:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2685GOI'S PROPOSED NATIONAL PRIORITIES
[...] (U) ZFR CANCEL ENTIRE MESSAGE. MESSAGE WAS RETRANSMITTED UNDER NEW MRN: TEL AVIV 2686. CUNNINGHAM [...]
2009-12-10 14:58:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2686GOI'S PROPOSED NATIONAL PRIORITIES AREA TO INCLUDE
[...] (U) On the evening of 9 December, PM Netanyahu's office announced that it will seek cabinet approval on 13 December for a redrawn National Priority Area list that would include 90 settlements, most of which are outside of the settlement blocs and east of the separation barrier. NPA status would [...]
2009-12-10 14:58:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2694ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] President ObamaQs Nobel Speech 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Hayom bannered President ObamaQs statement in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech in Oslo yesterday endorsing the concept of Qjust war.Q Yediot headlined: QP [...]
2009-12-11 11:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2707DEFENSE MINISTER BARAK BRIEFS THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Defense Minister Ehud Barak briefed members of the diplomatic corps December 11 on the role of the Labor Party in Netanyahu's coalition government. Barak noted Labor's role in moderating the coalition's right-wing tendencies, and stressed the GOI's commitment to move forward [...]
2009-12-14 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KWBG SY IS
09TELAVIV2709ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 11:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2712CABINET APPROVES NEW MAP OF PRIORITY ZONES THAT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 15:12:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2720ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 11:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2725ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-17 10:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2734STAFFDEL KUIKEN-CAMMACK'S MEETING WITH PM ADVISOR
[...] (S) Summary: During a December 14 meeting with Senate staff members (Michael Kuiken, Senate Armed Services Committee, and Perry Cammack, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations),the Prime Minister's Director for Policy Planning Ron Dermer confirmed a solid U.S.-Israeli relationship that weather [...]
2009-12-18 08:45:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2738ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that DM Ehud Barak steadfastly expresses his determination to carry out the 10-month moratorium on settlement construction and that he will not recant his opposition to I [...]
2009-12-18 11:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2750ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Copenhagen Climate Change Summit ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the senior cabinet ministers who constitute the so-called Qforum of sevenQ are to convene again this morning at the PMQs Off [...]
2009-12-21 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2777CODEL SKELTON'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. CODEL Skelton met with Prime Minister Netanyahu November 16 at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem. Their discussion covered Netanyahu's meeting with President Obama the previous week, Netanyahu's interest in resuming negotiations with the Palestinians, the Iranian nuclear [...]
2009-12-23 10:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP MASS SY TU FR KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV2819ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that, following PM Benjamin NetanyahuQs conversation with Kadima leader Tzipi Livni yesterday, Kadima is likely to reject his offer, spurring a possib [...]
2009-12-28 14:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2843ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that yesterday Hamas denied a report by Al Arabiya-TV that claimed that the movementQs leadership has rejected the latest offer presented by a German mediator regardi [...]
2009-12-30 10:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2851ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Hayom reported that U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Senator George Mitchell is slated to arrive in Israel next Thursday. The reported purpose of his visit [...]
2009-12-31 12:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV350GOI ESTABLISHES COMMISION ON ILLEGAL BEDOUIN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 16:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV SOCI PREL EFIN ELAB EIND IS
09TELAVIV361ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-11 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV381ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV390ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Israeli Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted senior GOI officials as saying that PM Ehud OlmertQs decision to condition a Gaza cease-fire and the opening of the border crossings on [...]
2009-02-17 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV424ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Aftermath of Israeli Elections 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that this morning, after 65 Knesset members recommended yesterday that Benjamin Netanyahu create the governing coalition, President Shimon Peres [...]
2009-02-20 12:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV449ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Formation of Netanyahu Government 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has relayed messages to Israel in the past week expressing anger at obstacles Israel is placing to the [...]
2009-02-25 12:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV457CODEL CARDIN DISCUSSES IRAN, SYRIA, PALESTINIANS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY During their trip to Israel, CODEL Cardin discussed Iran, Syria, Israel-Palestinian negotiations, and the Israeli elections with Likud Party leader and candidate for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu described a nuclear Iran as the greatest threat facing Israel, and u [...]
2009-02-26 12:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS IR SY
09TELAVIV465ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 12:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV483ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 12:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV500SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Any dialogue must be both preceded by and accompanied by harsher sanctions against Iran, both within the framework of the UN Security Council and outside it. Otherwise, the talks are liable to be perceived by both Iran and the international community as acceptance of Iran's nuclear program. [...]
2009-03-03 06:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV517SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 06:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV534ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Various media reported that yesterday the IAF assassinated senior Islamic Jihad militant Khaled ShaQalan in northern Gaza. Another senior militant and five ot [...]
2009-03-05 11:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV553ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Formation of NetanyahuQs Government ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday the media reported that Yisrael BeiteinuQs Avigdor Lieberman is likely to receive all the cabinet portfolios he is demanding from PM-designate Benja [...]
2009-03-09 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV601THE AMBASSDOR BRIEFS EU AMBASSADORS ON THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-12 09:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EU KWBG IS
09TELAVIV662AGENDA FOR NETANYAHU'S FIRST 100 DAYS AND FIRST
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 11 meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns, PM-designate Bibi Netanyahu's transition team laid out their agenda for the first one hundred days of the new government, which Netanyahu is expected to announce March 18. The top item on their agenda is passing a budget, [...]
2009-03-20 11:40:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS
09TELAVIV695ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the 1,478 convention delegates of the divided Labor Party will come together this afternoon in Tel Aviv to decide whether to join PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu's [...]
2009-03-24 11:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV723MOD MASKING SANSANA SETTLEMENT AS ESHKOLOT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On 23 March, Ha'aretz reported and the MOD confirmed that MOD Barak recently approved a plan to declare the non-GOI recognized settlement of Sansansa as a neighborhood of the Eshkolot settlement. Based on this approval, the Civil Administration deposited a detailed outline for c [...]
2009-03-27 12:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV734ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz and other media reported that PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu met last night with a handful of close associates to discuss ministerial postings, a move he hopes will ward of [...]
2009-03-30 10:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV752ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 10:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV767ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel: Swearing-In of Netanyahu Government 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot (Shimon Shiffer) quoted a senior Israeli diplomatic source as saying that the Americans will watch Netanyahu closely. All media led with yest [...]
2009-04-01 14:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV802ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the murder of a 13-year-old boy and the wounding of a seven-year-old boy when an axe-wielding Palestinian man attacked them in the settlement of Bat Ayin [...]
2009-04-03 11:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV818ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV823ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV831ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited Iranian President Mahmoud AhmadinejadQs announcement yesterday that his country has made great strides in uranium fuel production and uranium enrichment. HaQaretz and Israe [...]
2009-04-10 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV858ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 05:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV887LOWEY DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS AND IRAN WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On April 16, CODEL Lowey met with Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Danny Ayalon to discuss the peace process and Iran. Foreign Minister (FM) Lieberman also joined for part of the meeting. Ayalon and Lieberman both emphasized that Iran is the biggest threat to Israel, the region, [...]
2009-04-21 08:32:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL OREP PGOV KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV895CODEL LOWEY DISCUSSES ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE WITH
[...] (C) Summary. CODEL Lowey discussed peace with the Palestinians April 16 with senior GOI officials, including Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Barak, Foreign Minister Lieberman, IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. General Ashkenazi, Minister for Strategic Affairs Yaalon, and Deputy Foreign [...]
2009-04-22 08:47:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KWBG IS EG JO IR
09TELAVIV925ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 10:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV966ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz cited the concern of PM Benjamin Netanyahu's aides that President Obama will "surprise" the Prime Minister with unanticipated ideas and demands at the [...]
2009-05-01 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV982ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu called Dr. Michael Oren to inform him that he has officially been appointed IsraelQs ambassador to the U.S. L [...]
2009-05-04 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV990ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in HaQaretz) reported that the U.S. administration is apparently toughening its stance towards Israel. HaQaretz reported that National [...]
2009-05-05 12:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09THEHAGUE707NETHERLANDS/ISRAEL: "DISMAYED"
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Dutch will support EU consensus on the anti-Israel resolutions at UNGA, having negotiated a strong Explanation of Vote (EOV) by the EU. FM Verhagen was dismayed by the latest Israel decision on settlements in Gilo, and angered by the surprise announcement of new settlements [...]
2009-11-20 15:37:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNGA IS PINR KPAL NL EU
09TOKYO1097JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/09
[...] Aiming at a fraternal society based on the independence and dignity of individuals; compiling budgets under the leadership of lawmakers; reforming the civil servant system, including a total ban on amakudari (the practice of senior bureaucrats landing postretirement jobs at entities related to [...]
2009-05-15 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1109JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 01:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1255JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO1270 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-07 22:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2240JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/25/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-25 00:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2667 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/18/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO992 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/29/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-29 07:31:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TUNIS14TUNISIAN "STREET" VENTS ANGER OVER GAZA
[...] (C) Anger in the Tunisian "street" continues to increase over civilian casualties in Gaza, and the GOT is taking measures to show that it is not out of step. President Ben Ali again expressed solidarity with the people of Gaza, and was credited with identifying with their plight in a key Frid [...]
2009-01-09 18:24:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL TS
09TUNIS291REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ: THE VIEW
[...] (C) This cable is in response to reftel request for information on the viability of creating new regional networks as part of the new US policy on diplomatic engagement with Iraq. Answers below are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (C) Tunisia's most significant regional affiliation is with [...]
2009-05-14 17:28:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ TS
09TUNIS293TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Economic Crisis Affecting Exports B. Foreign Investment Down 45 Percent C. Online Travel Booking System By 2010 D. Brokers Create Guarantee Fund For Non-Commercial Risks E. Low Inf [...]
2009-05-15 10:14:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV ETTC EMIN TS
09TUNIS343TUNISIANS SAY "BRAVO" TO PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH,
[...] (SBU) At a small gathering with opinion leaders and a reception for young people, as well as in exchanges with diplomatic officials, Ambassador and EmbOffs heard an overwhelmingly positive response to President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. While some contacts would have liked to see the P [...]
2009-06-04 22:06:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL KPAO TS
09TUNIS408ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL: TUNISIA SUPPORTS PEACE
[...] (C) The Ambassador raised he Arab League Ministerial with Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah late June 18, asking Tunisia to demonstrate leadership and help create the context for the prompt resumption and early conclusion of peace negotiations. 2. (C) Abdallah spoke effusively about Pres [...]
2009-06-19 18:04:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL XF EAID
09TUNIS645FM ABDALLAH ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE, IRAN, SUDAN, AND
[...] (C) Tunisian Foreign Minister Abdallah told CODEL Meeks (led by Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY),including Representatives Mel Watt (D-NC),Jack Kingston (R-GA),Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX),and Marcia Fudge (D-OH)),during an August 29 meeting that Tunisia strongly supported President Obama [...]
2009-09-01 16:58:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALOREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
09TUNIS688AMBASSADOR RAISES MIDDLE EAST PEACE WITH THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador informed Foreign Minister Abdallah September 17 of a likely telephone call from the Secretary either that day or soon thereafter. The United States is seeking concrete steps from Tunisia in support of reviving the Middle East peace process, including possible re [...]
2009-09-17 14:29:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL TS US IS
09TUNIS71PRESIDENT'S AL-ARABIYA INTERVIEW: FACTUAL PRESS
[...] (C) Summary: President Obama's January 26 interview on al-Arabiya has garnered limited specific reaction, probably a result of al-Arabiya's lean market penetration in Tunisia. That said, those contacts who did watch the interview or read the transcript have responded favorably, especially to t [...]
2009-02-03 16:24:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO TS
09TUNIS814TUNISIAN RESPONSE TO THE SECRETARY'S NOVEMBER 2 ADDRESS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of post's extensive efforts to obtain full coverage for the Secretary's speech at the Forum for the Future in Marrakech, including a pre-arranged interview with one of the media hub spokespersons for a local journalist, the lack of live television coverage on the satell [...]
2009-11-06 06:37:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KPAL PBTS IS TS
09TUNIS815TUNISIAN RESPONSE TO THE SECRETARY'S NOVEMBER 2 ADDRESS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of post's extensive efforts to obtain full coverage for the Secretary's speech at the Forum for the Future in Marrakech, including a pre-arranged interview with one of the media hub spokespersons for a local journalist, the lack of live television coverage on the satell [...]
2009-11-06 06:37:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO TS
09ULAANBAATAR1192009 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-01 04:58:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV KTTB MG OPIC USTR
09USEUBRUSSELS1569EU NOVEMBER GAERC - SELECTIONS FOR EU POSITIONS
[...] (U) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers met November 16-17 in Brussels for their biannual "jumbo" or "super" General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) that included a November 16 informal meeting with EU Defense Ministers and a November 17 meeting with EU Development Ministers. Highli [...]
2009-11-23 14:54:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN AF AL BO BK MK UP RS MOPS
09USEUBRUSSELS567SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) We warmly welcome your visit to Brussels. The members of the European Union's Political and Security Committee (PSC) look forward to meeting with you April 22 and exchanging ideas on Israeli-Palestinian and broader regional peace. The President heard from EU heads of state/government in [...]
2009-04-16 14:41:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP MITCHELL AMGT PREL EUN
09USOSCE172OSCE/FSC: JULY 22 RUSSIAN "LESSONS LEARNED FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the final plenary before the summer break of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),Russia made a lengthy statement outlining the lessons learned from the August 2008 war in Georgia. While Russia made what it considered to be a strong case that Georgian President Saakas [...]
2009-07-24 06:38:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USUNNEWYORK1008UNGA PASSES CONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION SUPPORTING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly met in plenary on November 4th and 5th to discuss the Report of the Human Rights Council (HRC) on the report on the UN fact-finding mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Goldstone Report). A draft resolution endorsing the report passed with 118 for, 18 against [...]
2009-11-09 21:45:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UN UNGA IS
09USUNNEWYORK1073UNSC: MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST MEETING - LIBYA KEEN FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Secretariat's briefing to the Security Council at its monthly meeting on the Middle East on November 24 focused on the current impasse in re-launching bilateral negotiations, given continuing Israeli settlement activity. The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains troubli [...]
2009-11-25 23:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK1083ISRAELI PRACTICES IN THE WEST BANK, GAZA AND GOLAN
[...] SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly's Fourth Committee met November 9 - 10 to debate the annual "Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories" (aka the Special Committee). The deb [...]
2009-12-01 23:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK1146GA PLENARY: ANNUAL DEBATE: THE SITUATION IN THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The General Assembly met from November 30 - December 2 on the "Question of Palestine" and "Situation in the Middle East." The debate on the Question of Palestine included speeches from the President of the General Assembly, 42 countries and the Palestine Observer Mission. Most [...]
2009-12-22 15:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK1150UNSC: COUNCIL'S DECEMBER MEETING ON THE MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for the Peace Process Serry briefed the Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on December 17. He highlighted the lack of progress in seeking the two parties' return to the negotiating table. While noting that Israeli Prime Minister Netan [...]
2009-12-23 19:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK159UNSC MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST MEETING: SUPPORTIVE OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the monthly Security Council meeting on the Middle East, Robert Serry, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the Secretary General's Personal Representative to the PLO and the Palestinian Authority, briefed the Council on the situation in Gaza and t [...]
2009-02-19 22:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK328UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS LACK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 25, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in 2009. In addition to a briefing by the Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs covering recent events, which he termed a "situation of impasse and uncertainty," all 15 Council members spoke [...]
2009-03-27 22:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG IR
09USUNNEWYORK433UNSC MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS: FRUSTRATED BY LACK
[...] (C) Summary: Lynn Pascoe, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on April 20 briefed Council members on the situation in the Middle East in a public session before the Council moved to closed consultations. Pascoe focused most of his presentation on the situation in Gaza, and noted pa [...]
2009-04-24 22:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG IR
09USUNNEWYORK493UNSC: MIDDLE EAST MINISTERIAL STRONGLY BACKS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council on May 11 convened a ministerial-level meeting to encourage Israel, the Palestinians, and the international community to move forward on their commitments toward a comprehensive peace agreement. Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, opened the meetin [...]
2009-05-13 00:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KPAL UNSC LE SY IS
09USUNNEWYORK54AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH UN
[...] (C) The UN's Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, just back from a brief visit to Gaza, told Ambassador Rice Jan. 26 it will take a lot of time and money to repair the war's damage, but lamented there is no political basis on which to build and said he fears donors w [...]
2009-01-27 19:46:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREF PREL KWBG IS
09USUNNEWYORK544ECOSOC ELECTIONS TO 21 UN BODIES
[...] SUMMARY: ECOSOC elected membership to 21 of its subsidiary bodies on May 18. The United States was elected to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Balloting was necessary for only the International Narcotics Control Board; elected were experts from India, France, Thailand [...]
2009-06-01 14:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDECOSOC UN AORC INCB
09USUNNEWYORK574MUSLIM AMBASSADORS PRAISE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on June 4 hosted 28 Ambassadors from Muslim-majority countries at her residence to view President Obama's speech in Cairo a few hours earlier and discuss it. There was uniform praise for the President's sincerity and honesty, and most judged the speech a watershed [...]
2009-06-08 23:27:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS UN EG
09USUNNEWYORK597LIBYA'S TREKI ELECTED UNGA PRESIDENT; QADDAFI TO
[...] Summary: The UN General Assembly elected Libyan diplomat Ali Treki to serve as its president in the forthcoming session. Also elected by acclamation were 21 vice presidents. The bureaus of the Assembly,s six Main Committees were elected with a few remaining vacancies to be filled soon. In [...]
2009-06-16 14:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC LI PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK605KOSOVO: SRSG ZANNIER UPDATES SECURITY COUNCIL ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Kosovo SRSG Lamberto Zannier told the Security Council on June 17 that UNMIK's nearly completed reconfiguration is "timely and necessary" due to UNMIK's "limited capacity" to perform administrative functions in Kosovo. Zannier, along with Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, n [...]
2009-06-18 23:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM UNMIK UNSC SR KS
09USUNNEWYORK618AMBASSADOR RICE'S JUNE 22 MEETING WITH TERJE
[...] (C) Summary: Terje Roed-Larsen told Ambassador Rice on June 22 that the June 7 Lebanese Parliamentary elections had been "good news" and described three possible regional scenarios going forward in order of probability: (1) business as usual, (2) a regional war started by Hizballah involving [...]
2009-06-25 02:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UN KWBG KPAL IS LE SY IR SA VT
09USUNNEWYORK657AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Observer Ambassador Mansour raised with Ambassador Rice on July 6 the possibility of cooperating on the various Israeli-Palestinian-related UNGA resolutions. Ambassador Rice pressed Mansour to set a tone during the upcoming UNGA that is constructive, responsible, and [...]
2009-07-07 23:43:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG UNGA IS
09USUNNEWYORK736UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON THE MIDDLE EAST CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant-Secretary-General for Political Affairs (A/SG) Oscar Fernandez-Taranco briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on July 27. He focused his briefing on continuing Israeli settlement activity, the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and th [...]
2009-07-31 00:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG KPAL KPO UNSC IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK799UNSC : MONTHLY MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST AUGUST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs (A/SYG) Oscar Fernandez-Taranco briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on August 19. He focused on evictions of Palestinians from East Jerusalem homes, the continuing difficulties at the borde [...]
2009-08-28 14:06:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO KBIO UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK854UNSC: MONTHLY MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST SEPTEMBER
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for the Peace Process Robert Serry briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on 17 September. He focused on the prospects for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Serry noted efforts aimed at the deve [...]
2009-09-23 21:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KHUM KBIO UN IS LE IV SO
09USUNNEWYORK864UN COMMEMORATION OF 60 YEARS OF UNRWA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of United National Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) special high-level meeting of the General Assembly took place at UN headquarters September 24, 2009. The event was an opportunity [...]
2009-09-30 14:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF UNRWA KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK878UNGA 63 CLOSES WITH PARTING SHOTS; UNGA 64 OPENS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Outgoing President of the 63rd General Assembly (PGA) Miguel D'Escoto's lengthy farewell address continued his year long theme of criticizing the USG and supporting actions by Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador. In contrast, the brief opening statement of the incoming 64th PGA, Dr [...]
2009-10-07 17:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AORC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK889UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES: NETHERLANDS, EGYPT
[...] SUMMARY: The ninth plenary meeting of the 64th UN general assembly was held on the morning of September 26. The themes of the economic crisis, climate change and UN reform, specifically the expansion of permanent members of the Security Council continued. Iran's nuclear program was addressed [...]
2009-10-10 01:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON KPKO UNGA BY TH NL KG TV TD
09USUNNEWYORK890GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES: CUBA AND MYANMAR SPEAK
[...] SUMMARY: The eleventh plenary meeting of the 64th UN general assembly was held on the morning of September 28. The following countries spoke: San Marino, Namibia, Peru, Myanmar, Mexico, Bahrain, Cuba, Tunisia, Eritrea; Syria; Niger; Sudan; Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); Oman; Belize; Sin [...]
2009-10-10 02:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON KPKO UNGA AORC SM WA PE BM
09USUNNEWYORK926SUBJECT: U.N. GENERAL DEBATE CONCLUDES SEPT 29:
[...] SUMMARY: The final session of the 64th General Assembly general debate focused on non-proliferation, climate change, multilateralism, Security Council reform, the financial crisis, and sustainable development. Several countries reflected on the importantance of preventing piracy on the high s [...]
2009-10-19 16:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA ECON PGOV PREL AORC KPKO ER GJ NU NO
09USUNNEWYORK928UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE - NON-MEMBERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On 14 October, the Security Council held its Open Debate on the Middle East. Under Secretary-General Pascoe briefed the Council on recent events, noting that there had been no significant progress on the peace process. He referred to recent tensions in East Jerusalem as well as [...]
2009-10-19 19:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG KPAL UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK944ARABS REQUEST U.S. SUPPORT FOR SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wolff met Friday October 23 with the representatives of Arab states and organizations that have joined together as a follow-up group to lobby for action on the Goldstone Report in New York. The Palestinian Permanent Observer suggested the establishment of a "monitoring [...]
2009-10-24 00:38:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LY
09VALLETTA498PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SYG
[...] (S) SUMMARY. U.S. Ambassador to Malta Douglas Kmiec met November 12 with Mr. Sergio Piazzi, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM),at Piazzi's request. Piazzi urged U.S. support for and participation in PAM's planned February meeting in Malta on the Jerus [...]
2009-11-16 19:12:00Embassy VallettaSECRETPREL KPAL IS MT
09VATICAN54HOLY SEE TURNS OUT THE LIGHTS
[...] Summary: The dome of Saint Peter's Basilica plunged into darkness March 28 signaling Vatican City's participation in Earth Hour 2009. Environmental issues have moved more to the front burner since Pope Benedict XVI assumed office in 2005 and the Vatican has initiated several highly publicize [...]
2009-04-14 14:36:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KIRF ENRG SENV SOCI TNGD TRGY TSPL KTIA VT
09VIENNA530ASAD DISCUSSES U.S. RELATIONS, MEPP AND WINS GOA
[...] (C) Summary: Syrian President al-Asad told GOA leaders during an April 27-28 visit to Vienna that he is optimistic about the new U.S. Administration, but maintained that President Obama has one year to turn around U.S.-Syrian relations. He said the new Israeli government must demonstrate a wi [...]
2009-05-04 13:51:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM SY IS AU
09VILNIUS466GIMNICH DISCUSSION WILL REFINE EU POLICIES FOR
[...] (C) Summary. The head of MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Division, Egidijus Navikas said that Foreign Ministers plan to adopt an EU strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan at the next GAERC meeting and will use the GIMNICH discussion to refine policies. He shared a white paper (sent [...]
2009-09-02 14:03:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN LH
09VILNIUS656LITHUANIA FOCUSED ON WESTERN BALKANS, EAP PLANNING
[...] (C) We spoke with head of MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Division, Egidijus Navikas on December 4. He said that Lithuania will be focused on the Western Balkans during the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting. Navikas expects that Ministers will reach an agreement on tran [...]
2009-12-07 11:21:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN LH
09VLADIVOSTOK12DCM DONS A YARMULKE IN BIROBIDJAN
[...] A highlight of DCM Eric Rubin's trip to the Russian Far East was a February 5 visit to the capital of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO),Birobidjan. The Jewish Autonomous Region was established in May 1934 as a homeland for Soviet Jews. It was a social experiment that some historians contend [...]
2009-02-11 05:00:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM RS
09VLADIVOSTOK21DCM FAR EAST VISIT COMES AMIDST TURMOIL AND PROMISE
[...] (U) DCM Eric Rubin's February 2-6 visit to the Russian Far East came at a time of economic turbulence and discontent, but also high hopes that the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit will lift the region's fortunes when it is held in Vladivostok in 2012. The DCM visit was a chan [...]
2009-02-13 07:18:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON SENV RS
09VLADIVOSTOK62DPRK NUCLEAR TEST: PROTEST SCHEDULED IN VLADIVOSTOK
[...] Though the North Korean nuclear test took place less than 180 miles from Vladivostok, reaction in the city has so far been fairly muted. Professors at the Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service announced plans to conduct a small demonstration at noon on May 27 to protest the No [...]
2009-05-26 07:26:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV RS
09VLADIVOSTOK9YAKUTSK: DISPATCH FROM COLDEST CITY IN THE WORLD
[...] Vladivostok Political/Economic Officer and FSN paid a mid-winter visit to Yakutsk and met with several officials of the Sakha Republic. Officials discussed economic and development plans for the area, including infrastructure development, possible areas of cooperation with United States busi [...]
2009-02-09 07:57:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR ETRD RS
09VLADIVOSTOK91INTERNATIONAL FISHERY CONGRESS TOUTS STRENGTHS OF RUSSIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sixth International Fishery Congress, hosted in Vladivostok September 8-10, has grown in significance. This year's event was attended by over 500 participants from across Russia, including all of the Russian Far East (RFE) regions, as well from the U.S., Europe, and Asia. [...]
2009-09-14 02:20:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIS ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV PREL PHSA RS
09WARSAW1187POLAND'S POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, MIDDLE EAST, IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland will respond positively to a U.S. troop increase in Afghanistan and, after interministerial consultations, hopes to announce its own increase soon, according to MFA Political Director Witold Sobkow. Poland prides itself on being a pro-Israel voice within the EU, Sobkow sa [...]
2009-12-02 16:51:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KNNP EFIN IR PL
09WARSAW431POLISH VIEWS ON APRIL EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Polish MFA's EU Correspondent defended the Czech Presidency's decision to invite Belarusian President Lukashenka to the May 7 Eastern Partnership, and predicted that Lukashenka would indeed attend. Poland will use the release of the Commission's report on the European Neighb [...]
2009-04-24 09:38:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PL
09WARSAW596POLISH VIEWS ON JUNE 15-16 GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In advance of the June 15-16 GAERC, MFA European Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski said Poland will press for close coordination with the U.S. on the Middle East and oppose efforts to condition the upgrade of EU-Israel relations on progress in the peace process. Poland views the E [...]
2009-06-12 10:48:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EFIN KNNP IR PK KS PL
09WINDHOEK374NAMIBIA: 2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is the AGOA Eligibility Review submission for Namibia. Responses are keyed to paragraph 3 of reftel. End Summary. Country: NAMIBIA Current AGOA Status: Eligible 3. (SBU) Country Background Summary: Namibia has a population of approximately 2.1 million (proj [...]
2009-10-14 12:30:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PHUM WA
09WINDHOEK70 DISASTER ALERT: NAMIBIA-SEVERE FLOODING IN NORTHERN AND
[...] Torrential rains in Angola and northern Namibia in January and February 2009 have caused serious flooding in the north and north east of Namibia. Thousands of people have already been affected and every day the situation is getting worse. The floods in the northern regions have already claimed [...]
2009-02-26 15:35:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR SENV ECON WA
09YEKATERINBURG36SCO AND BRIC SUMMITS IN YEKATERINBURG: ECONOMIC
[...] Summary: Meeting in Yekaterinburg July 15 and 16, members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the world's biggest emerging markets (BRIC - Brazil, Russia, India, China) demanded a greater say in the global financial system. Leaders stressed the need to reflect a multipolar real [...]
2009-06-17 10:04:00Consulate YekaterinburgUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ECON EFIN RS
09YEREVAN269EUR DAS BRYZA DRUMS UP POLITICAL PARTY SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS Matt Bryza held discussions with two opposition parties and the semi-governmental/nationalistic Dashnaks April 17, in a bid to build support -- or defuse possible opposition -- for possible negotiated settlements with Turkey or Azerbaijan. All three parties voiced strong [...]
2009-04-22 13:33:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ TU AM
09YEREVAN66ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008
[...] Following is Embassy Yerevan's submission per reftel request for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Armenia. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. While Armenia's government officially welcomes foreign investment and the country has received respectable rankings on some global indi [...]
2009-02-04 04:16:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AM
10ABUDHABI91CODEL HASTINGS DISCUSSES TIP, IRAN, MEPP WITH MINSTATE
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 16 meeting in Abu Dhabi, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash discussed human trafficking, Iran, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-FL). Gargash outlined the UAE's efforts to meet USG expectations on traffi [...]
2010-02-22 04:23:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETTC KTIP UNSC IR AE
10ABUJA185NORTHERN NIGERIAN MUSLIM VIEWS OF THE UNITED STATES
[...] (C) Muslim scholars, government officials, politicians, professors, students, and civil society representatives discussed their views on the United States and its foreign policy with PolOffs during a visit in January to the Northern Nigerian state of Sokoto. Many interlocutors expressed apprec [...]
2010-02-18 12:29:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI KDEM KISL KPAO NI
10ABUJA64NIGERIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation with an estimated population of over 150 million. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest domestic market in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite these advantages, much of that market potential is unre [...]
2010-01-21 12:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC NI
10ANKARA267USF-I GENERAL ODIERNO'S COUNTER-PKK MEETING WITH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a February 3 meeting with the top level of the Turkish inter-agency security affairs group, USF-I Commanding General Raymond Odierno agreed to develop an action plan to improve counter-terrorism pressure on the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Odierno suggested the plan's initi [...]
2010-02-17 16:06:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER PINR MARR MOPS TU IZ
10ANKARA88TURKEY: CODEL HASTINGS HIGHLIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 4-6 visit to Ankara, U.S. Representative Hastings (D-Florida) met with leaders of government, the Turkish General Staff and human rights organizations to discuss Turkey-US relations and regional developments. With the TGS, Rep. Hasting underscored the importance [...]
2010-01-20 07:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM OREP TU
10ASTANA44KAZAKHSTAN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 01:00:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ELAB EPET ETRD KTDB KZ OPIC PGOV USTR
10BAGHDAD344PRT NAJAF: CLEAR PROGRESS ON ANTI-CORRUPTION, BUT
[...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Anti-Corruption Coordinator (ACCO),Embassy rule of law (ROL) officer, and USF-I officer visited Najaf to engage local officials in assessing corruption in Najaf and government's efforts to improve. C [...]
2010-02-09 15:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD452 EXAMINING OPTIONS FOR BAGHDAD'S DISPLACED PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: RefCoords conducted a series of visits to informal settlements of internally displaced persons (IDPs) around Baghdad province on February 9, 10, 11 and 15. The visits reaffirmed the need to take a tailored, multi-faceted approach to create durable solutions for the estimated 180 [...]
2010-02-19 16:30:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
10BANGKOK468THAILAND: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 06:09:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH
10BEIJING350China/RMB Internationalization: Some
[...] (SBU) Summary. Hong-Kong-based HSBC bank last week announced it had issued the first Renminbi-denominated letter of credit in which none of the trading parties involved came from mainland China. The move was the latest step towards Beijing's stated goal of establishing the Renminbi (RMB) as a [...]
2010-02-10 07:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN CH
10BERLIN33MEDIA REACTION: U.S., MEPP, U.S., ITALY, ECONOMIC;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) President Obama's Remarks on Improving Security 3. (MEPP) U.S. Pressure on Israel 4. (U.S.) Harry Reid Comments 5. (Italy) Violence Against Africans 6. (Economic) Google Tax  [...]
2010-01-11 13:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDUS XF IT ECON
10BERLIN76ISRAEL USES GERMANY FOR INTERNATIONAL ENTREE,
[...] (C) MFA NEA Assistant-Secretary equivalent Andreas Michaelis told Pol M-C January 20 that the January 18 German-Israeli consultations in Berlin were primarily oriented toward the bilateral relationship rather than the peace process or regional issues, outside of Iran. He described Israeli FM [...]
2010-01-20 15:59:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPAL KWBG IS IR GM
10BOGOTA111USG-FUNDED LABOR RIGHTS PROJECTS UPDATE
[...] Summary: The USG has allocated $33 million to improve labor rights in Colombia through 17 projects in the 2001-2011 timeframe: one by the Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL),six by the Department of Labor (DOL),and ten by the U.S. Agency for International [...]
2010-02-01 14:11:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO
10BRASILIA176Brazil: Competition Policy Overview
[...] (SBU) Brazil's Competition Policy System (SBDC) is awaiting Congressional approval of major reforms to restructure its three constituent agencies, add much-needed professional staff, and implement substantive reforms (notably, pre-merger notification requirements). In a Februa [...]
2010-02-18 12:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EIND EINV BR
10BRATISLAVA71SLOVAKIA 2010 ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] SLOVAKIA'S TIP SITUATION A. SOURCES OF INFORMATION The Ministry of the Interior (MOI),police, the International Organization for Migration (IOM),and NGOs are reliable sources of information regarding the number and kinds of TIP victims. In March 2010, the government will open an Inter [...]
2010-02-18 15:39:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA
10BRIDGETOWN19Rearranging the Dominos in Dominica's Cabinet
[...] (C) Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced his new cabinet at an event in the National Stadium on the 4th of January. Fifteen ministerial positions will be parsed out among 18 MPs, almost half of whom are new to government. Skerrit added Foreign Affairs and Information Technology [...]
2010-01-23 00:00:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL XL
10BRUSSELS161ISRAELI AMBASSADOR ASKS U.S. SUPPORT ON EU
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During a courtesy call with the Ambassador on February 8, Israeli Ambassador to the EU (and to NATO) Ran Curiel described Israel's frustration with the freezing of an upgrade in Israel-EU relations since the end of the Gaza incursion in 2009. Curiel said Israel was instead [...]
2010-02-10 06:20:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEUN IS KPAL PREL
10BUCHAREST22ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010
[...] Following is Embassy Bucharest's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement, in response to tasking reftel. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT Romania actively seeks direct foreign investment. Romania's marketplace offers 21.5 million consumers, a well- [...]
2010-01-13 12:27:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR RO
10BUENOSAIRES108MEDIA REACTION: COMMENTARY CONTINUES FOLLOWING STATE OF THE
[...] Over the weekend, only two Argentine dailies, largest daily Clar????n and left-leaning, pro-government P????gina 12, printed opinion articles written by Argentine reporters on President Obama's foreign policy following the State of the Union address. All other dailies published articles fro [...]
2010-02-01 18:48:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR IS
10BUENOSAIRES96Argentina Economic and Financial Review, Jan 22-28, 2010
[...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 22-28, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...]
2010-01-29 14:17:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
10CAPETOWN29 SOUTH AFRICAN STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS
[...] (SBU) South African President Jacob Zuma, relying heavily on the legacy of former President Nelson Mandela (also known here by his clan name: "Madiba"),on February 11 gave his second State of the Nation address since assuming office last May. The South African leader came into the speech some [...]
2010-02-12 16:07:00Consulate Cape TownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM SF
10CHENGDU8TIBETAN NOMAD POLICIES IN SICHUAN: SETTLEMENT, CONFLICT AND
[...] (U) This is the first of two cables on settlement policies and economic development in Tibetan communities of Hongyuan County, Aba (Tibetan: Ngaba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, western Sichuan, based on EconOff's travel there in November and December. Summary and Comment - [...]
2010-01-08 10:05:00Consulate ChengduCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR PHUM PGOV CH
10COLOMBO72INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010 - SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 08:41:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
10COPENHAGEN39(SBU) GREENLAND'S CLIMATE-CHANGE DEAL WITH DENMARK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Greenland (which is is self-governing within the Kingdom of Denmark) is satisfied with the climate-change agreement it reached with Denmark during COP-15. Under that agreement, Greenland is committed to doing the following by 2020: reducing GHG emissions by five percent fro [...]
2010-01-25 08:07:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ECON ENRG GL DA
10DOHA22QATAR INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 07:10:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC QA
10DOHA26PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR GIVES READOUT ON ABBAS-AMIR
[...] (C) At a January 14 meeting with Ambassador, Palestinian Ambassador Mounir Abdullah Ghanim recounted the conversation that took place between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani during Abbas's January 5 visit to Doha. The conversation focused on elections in [...]
2010-01-21 08:47:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL WBG EG IS QA
10DOHA71SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH QATAR'S PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) The Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC),Senator John Kerry (D-MA),accompanied by Ambassador, P/E Chief and SFRC staff Frank Lowenstein and Fatema Sumar, met February 13 with Prime Minister (and Foreign Minister) of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ). HBJ [...]
2010-02-24 09:44:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL IR QA
10DUBAI34U.S. Companies Seek Overdue Payment in Dubai
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following months of advocacy by the Consul General and FCS, some Dubai government-linked companies have begun initial steps to address outstanding payments owed to U.S. companies that provided services and delivered on projects during Dubai's property boom. Dubai Holding, a co [...]
2010-01-26 09:19:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD ECON PGOV AE
10DURBAN10IFP LEADERSHIP BATTLE CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The redeployment of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) National Chairperson Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi has deepened fissures within the party. KaMagwaza-Msibi's supporters claim certain IFP leaders are attempting to separate her from her constituency ahead of the party's elective conf [...]
2010-02-22 09:52:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SF
10DURBAN3IS THE ANC AS DEMOCRATIC AS IT CLAIMS?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. What began as a Durban road blockade in 2005 has become a shack-dwellers movement in South Africa. Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM, which means `those who live in the shacks' in Zulu) now includes thousands of shack-dwellers from more than 30 informal settlements throughout the co [...]
2010-01-08 15:48:00Consulate DurbanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI SF
10DUSHANBE95TAVILDARA - THE MOST STABLE PLACE ON EARTH?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to the Tavildara District, scene of fighting between government forces and militants from May-July 2009, contacts described the area as stable and identified the absence of international development groups and lack of jobs, rather than security concerns, as the main [...]
2010-01-20 09:25:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPGOV PHUM ECON PINR TI
10GENEVA14UNHCR Highlights Displaced Persons in Urban Settings
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, convened "The High Commissioner's Dialogue on Persons of Concerns (POCs) in Urban Setting" on December 9 and 10, 2009. A variety of actors (including mayors, police, parliamentarians, host government representatives, donors, [...]
2010-01-08 13:31:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM
10GENEVA43Palestinian Ambassador on Goldstone, 4GC, HRC
[...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with DRL A/S Mike Posner, Palestinian Ambassador Ibrahim Khraishi stressed the following points: -- The PA is angered that the OHCHR asked Hamas to submit a report on Goldstone follow-up, which implicitly recognized Hamas as a governing entity; the Palestin [...]
2010-02-16 16:30:00Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC
10GENEVA94Preview of March 2010 Human Rights Council Session
[...] (U) The 13th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) will take place in Geneva from March 1 - 26, 2010. The longest of the three yearly meetings, the March session opens with the High Level Segment. This cable outlines key issues Mission Geneva expects will be raised at the 13th Session, p [...]
2010-02-02 11:39:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHRC
10HONGKONG862010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR MACAU
[...] Macau became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on December 20, 1999. Macau's status since reverting to Chinese sovereignty is defined in the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration (1987) and the Basic Law, Macau's constitution. Under the concept of "One Country [...]
2010-01-15 10:19:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR HK CH
10JERUSALEM102JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/19): President Abbas continues
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 10:41:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM111NGO CONTACTS WARN ISRAELI GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Tel Aviv - Consulate General Jerusalem cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: According to NGO and GOI sources, the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) intends to "reassess" the legal status of the land on which three West Bank outposts are built, despite previous GOI stateme [...]
2010-01-19 16:08:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM112WEST BANK CROSSINGS REMAIN FOCUS OF FRUSTRATION;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian private sector contacts emphasize that moving goods between the West Bank and Israel remains a complicated and time-consuming process. The continued use of a "back-to-back" process, which requires goods to be transferred from Palestinian to Israeli trucks, plus a l [...]
2010-01-19 17:10:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAID PREL KWBG KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM115JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/20): Israeli authorities level
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 07:57:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM135IDF OPENS KEY WEST BANK ROAD TO PALESTINIANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) opened an important West Bank road southwest of Hebron to Palestinian vehicle traffic on January 15, in compliance with an October 2009 Israeli Supreme Court ruling. The IDF's response to the ruling could have implications for the easing of other [...]
2010-01-21 16:36:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS
10JERUSALEM141JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/25): Local press report that
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 08:09:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM16JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/06): New settlement
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 10:13:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM161JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/27): President Abbas under
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 15:15:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM165DE FACTO SOCIOECONOMIC SEPARATION PERSISTS BETWEEN
[...] (C) Contacts ranging from ultra-nationalist Israeli hard-liners to anti-settlement peace activists and Arab community leaders agree that a de facto separation persists between Israeli-majority West Jerusalem and Arab-majority East Jerusalem. East Jerusalem's rapidly-growing Arab population [...]
2010-01-27 17:14:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM199AS OLD GUARD RESIGNS, YESHA COUNCIL SETTLERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 11, Pinchas Wallerstein resigned as director-general of the Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip (known as the "YESHA Council," from the Hebrew acronym for "Judea, Samaria, and Gaza"). Wallerstein told the Israeli press that he was re [...]
2010-02-02 18:32:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
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