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06COLOMBO200	PROMISE OF CEASE-FIRE TALKS STANCHES FLOW OF [...] (SBU) Data recently released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Colombo shows that the flow of Tamils out of potential conflict areas in northern Sri Lanka was much higher than the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) or the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) had reported. Di [...]	2006-02-08 08:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM PREF CE

06COLOMBO2010	SRI LANKA: ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Unknown assailants, but most likely the LTTE ("Tamil Tigers"),attacked the motorcade of Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa (the brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa) with explosives on December 1. The method of delivery was apparently a vehicle-borne "claymore" mine. According to [...]	2006-12-01 08:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
06COLOMBO2013	SRI LANKA: DEPUTY USTR URGES PRESIDENT TO IMPROVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in a meeting on November 30, asked Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Karan Bhatia to help facilitate completion of a Millennium Challenge Compact for his country. Rajapaksa made it clear that Sri Lanka was prepared to drop controversial irr [...]	2006-12-01 10:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO2014	HANSSEN-BAUER EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CRITICISM OF [...] (C) Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer met briefly with Co-Chair Ambassadors to compare notes before he begins a trip to Kilinochchi to meet with the LTTE on December 2. After two days of meetings with Government and civil society representatives in Colombo, he expressed concern about [...]	2006-12-01 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO2015	GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW ALL CONTACTS WITH LTTE [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: In the aftermath of the failed assassination attempt of Defense Secretary Rajapakse (ref a),the Government of Sri Lanka announced on December 3 that the Cabinet will decide on December 6 whether to revive the ban on contacts with the LTTE, which would effectiv [...]	2006-12-04 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO2020	SRI LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS CABINET TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 5 meeting with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, Ambassador strongly urged the Sri Lankan government (GSL) to refrain from proscribing the LTTE ("Tamil Tigers," saying it would effectively put an end to the peace process. The Minister responded that the governm [...]	2006-12-06 12:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2021	SRI LANKA KEEPS PEACE PROCESS ALIVE; REINSTATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Cabinet reached a consensus not to react to the assassination attempt on Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa (ref a) by proscribing the SIPDIS LTTE. Instead, the President will issue an order reinstating provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act. However, [...]	2006-12-06 14:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2030	SRI LANKA: MINISTER GIVES ASSURANCES ON HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 6 meeting, the Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights gave Ambassador his readout of Cabinet deliberations over the promulgation of new powers for security forces in the fight against LTTE terrorism. He assured us, however, that the new regulations adeq [...]	2006-12-07 12:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER CE
06COLOMBO2031	TERRORIST LISTS: SRI LANKA DOES NOT MAINTAIN A [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 06:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KVPR CE
06COLOMBO2033	SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT DEFENDS EMERGENCY MEASURES TO [...] (SBU) In a December 7 address to the nation on the new emergency measures (in Sinhala, translation e-mailed to SCA/INS),President Mahinda Rajapaksa offered brief thanks to the members of international community that have rejected the LTTE's call for "Eelam," or a separate state. He singled o [...]	2006-12-08 09:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL CE
06COLOMBO2037	HANSSEN-BAUER RETURNS EMPTY HANDED FROM [...] (C) Summary: In a readout to Co-Chair Ambassadors the evening of December 8, Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer reported that the LTTE had refused all four initiatives proposed the Government of Sri Lanka, including the idea of holding peace talks as soon as possible. The LTTE respon [...]	2006-12-10 04:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO2043	SRI LANKA: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN JAFFNA DIRE [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's December 7 visit to Jaffna, Government Agent Mr. K. Ganesh (protect throughout) expressed deep concern for the humanitarian situation in Jaffna, particularly with regard to nutrition and livelihoods. Since August 11, when the Tigers attacked the Governme [...]	2006-12-11 13:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2045	SRI LANKA: PROBABLE "YES" ON SUDAN SPECIAL SESSION [...] (C) Pol Chief demarched MFA multilateral section deputy director Gunesekara on December 8, who confirmed that Sri Lanka was leaning toward voting for the Finnish resolution. Gunesekara reported that the Sri Lankan Ambassador had weighed in with a favorable recommendation on the Finnish draft, [...]	2006-12-11 13:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA PHUM PREL SU UN CE
06COLOMBO2046	SRI LANKA: ALL PARTY REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rajapaksa appointed a Panel of Experts (PoE),all lawyers, to draft constitutional recommendations for a "maximum devolution" proposal that can form the basis for talks with the LTTE. Some supporters of the governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and some Tamil lega [...]	2006-12-11 13:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER CE
06COLOMBO2050	SRI LANKA: JAFFNA UNIVERSITY STAFF, STUDENTS [...] (C) Summary: Jaffna Government Agent Mr. K. Ganesh hosted a panel discussion on December 7 with Jaffna University faculty and students and the Ambassador. Classes have been suspended at the University since August 11, when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked the crossing poin [...]	2006-12-12 11:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2051	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR TELLS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador told Foreign Minister Samaraweera on December 11 that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is allowing the "Tamil Tigers" (LTTE) to exploit the serious humanitarian and human rights situation in Jaffna by alienating the local population from the government. While some of [...]	2006-12-12 13:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2052	SRI LANKA: ARMY SHELLS HIT VAKARAI IDPS, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 11 press release, the International Committee for the Red Cross confirmed the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) shelling December 8-11 killed up to 27 civilians in LTTE-controlled Vakarai and injured 30. About 35,000 civilians remain trapped in Vakarai where the LTTE and GSL s [...]	2006-12-12 13:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2054	HRC: SRI LANKA WILL NOT SUPPORT EXPERT MISSION TO [...] (C) Further to reftel, Pol chief followed up with MFA Multilateral Section Deputy Director Gunesekera on December 12. Gunesekera affirmed Sri Lanka was disposed to support the Finnish draft. However, she said that, according to her information, there was still no consensus in Geneva on the [...]	2006-12-13 02:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KTIA PREL SU UN CE
06COLOMBO2056	SRI LANKA: JAFFNA CIVILIANS FEAR SECURITY FORCES [...] (C) During the Ambassador's December 7 trip to Jaffna and a December 5-8 political section/USAID visit, Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Human Rights authorities told us they have seen evidence that security forces intelligence units are working with paramilitary cadres belonging to Minister Dou [...]	2006-12-13 06:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2060	SRI LANKA: JAFFNA BISHOP CALLS FOR TOUGH MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Blake met the Catholic Bishop of Jaffna on December 7 during his day trip to the northern peninsula. An outspoken Tamil rights advocate, the Bishop told the Ambassador that the international community will have to use "stick diplomacy" to persuade the Government of Sr [...]	2006-12-13 10:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2063	Sri Lanka FY 2007 Budget [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mahinda Rajapakse, who is also the Finance Minister, presented the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL's) FY 07 budget to Parliament on November 16. The budget envisages large increases in both expenditure and revenue. Military expenditure will increase by 28 percent to [...]	2006-12-13 12:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CE
06COLOMBO2066	DONORS PRESS GSL TO FOCUS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] Chiefs of Mission of the EU, Norway, Australia, Canada, Germany (on behalf of the Finnish EU Presidency),and Switzerland and the DCM met on December 12 to develop a joint response to the GSL's call to host a development forum in late January. The forum would provide bilateral and multilater [...]	2006-12-14 09:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE EAID ECON PHUM SOCI
06COLOMBO2067	SRI LANKA TO PROCEED WITH GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Following up on ref B, Defense Attache passed information to Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa during a previously scheduled meeting on November 3. DATT later received a call back from Defense Ministry expressing interest and asking for more information. Pol Chief received a reque [...]	2006-12-14 09:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MARR PREL MASS KSEP CE
06COLOMBO207	DEMARCHE: DEFEATING VENEZUELA IN THE 2006 ELECTION [...] (C) On February 8, Ambassador Lunstead delivered Reftel demarche to Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Palihakkara acknowledged the points concerning Venezuela as enumerated by the Ambassador and stated that his government would consider the [...]	2006-02-08 11:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CE
06COLOMBO2070	5TH ROUND OF TIFA TALKS HIGHLIGHT ON OBSTACLES TO US [...] (SBU) Summary. The Office of the US Trade Representative and the Sri Lankan Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Marketing Development held the Fifth Joint Council Meeting under the bilateral US-Sri Lanka Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) in Colombo on December 1. [...]	2006-12-14 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD EAID CE
06COLOMBO2072	SRI LANKA WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR UPDATE - DEC 2006 [...] Per Ref A, below is an update of the worst forms of child labor information for Sri Lanka. This report provides new developments since the submission of the last update in 2005 (Ref B). Child Labor Legislation ----------------------- 2. In August 2006, the Parliament passed an amendmen [...]	2006-12-14 11:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID CE
06COLOMBO2073	SRI LANKA: JAFFNA CALMER FOLLOWING AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: Pol FSN spoke December 14 with Mr. Remidious, Legal Advisor and Acting Coordinator of the Human Rights Commission in Jaffna, Government Agent K. Ganesh, and the Jaffna Bishop Rev. Thomas Savundranayagam. Each interlocutor pointed out that since Ambassador Blake's December 7 visit [...]	2006-12-14 12:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2077	SRI LANKA: TAMIL PARTY URGES MORE TALKS BUT SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on December 14 with Ambassador and PolCouns, Members of Parliament from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA, which shares the political goals of the "Tamil Tigers"),criticized the report of an Experts' Committee on possible future power-sharing arrangements, but felt th [...]	2006-12-15 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2078	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES JAFFNA, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met on December 15 with Basil Rajapakse, the brother and chief political advisor of President Rajapakse, to urge that the President address the deteriorating human rights situation and problems in Jaffna, and that the President urge as rapid consideration as possible [...]	2006-12-15 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO2081	SRI LANKA: INTERLOCUTORS MOURN BALASINGHAM AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy's Tamil contacts, international observers and Sri Lankan political figures lamented the December 14 death in London of chief LTTE negotiator and theoretician Anton Balasingham (1938-2006). Members of Colombo's humanitarian and think-tank community stressed that Balasingh [...]	2006-12-15 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2082	SRI LANKA: INTERLOCUTORS MOURN BALASINGHAM AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy's Tamil contacts, international observers and Sri Lankan political figures lamented the December 14 death in London of chief LTTE negotiator and theoretician Anton Balasingham (1938-2006). Members of Colombo's humanitarian and think-tank community stressed that Balasingh [...]	2006-12-15 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2083	SRI LANKA: MUSLIM PARTY SUPPORTS DE-MERGER OF [...] (C) Ambassador met December 11 with representatives of the All Ceylon Muslim Congress (ACMC),including Minister of Disaster Relief Services M.S.S. Ameer. The ACMC split from Rauf Hakeem's Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) (ref b) to support the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),although [...]	2006-12-15 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2084	SRI LANKA: INTERLOCUTORS MOURN BALASINGHAM AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy's Tamil contacts, international observers and Sri Lankan political figures lamented the December 14 death in London of chief LTTE negotiator and theoretician Anton Balasingham (1938-2006). Members of Colombo's humanitarian and think-tank community stressed that Balasingh [...]	2006-12-15 10:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2086	SRI LANKA: HUGE PUSH TO DEVELOP THE PRESIDENT'S HOME [...] Summary. Since President Rajapaksa's election, there has been renewed interest in pursuing several infrastructure projects in Hambantota District, his home district and one of the poorest and least developed areas in Sri Lanka. Proposed projects include an international airport, an industria [...]	2006-12-18 03:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD EAID CE
06COLOMBO2087	PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSE REQUESTS DS ADVICE ON HIS [...] (C) Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse, brother of President Mahinda Rajapakse, contacted me to ask if the United States could advise the President and his security detail how they might improve all aspects of his security. The Secretary said the President had been impressed with the secur [...]	2006-12-18 04:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER CE
06COLOMBO2089	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY [...] Post grants country clearance to Treasury Enforcement Advisors, Fred Borakove and Carol Kelley from January 19 to January 27, 2007. The purpose of their visit is to deliver the financial investigators techniques training course to be hosted by the governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and [...]	2006-12-18 05:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OTRA KPAO AFIN CE
06COLOMBO209	CHAIRMAN GIVES STATUS REPORT ON AD HOC COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On February 8, Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara hosted the Chiefs of Missions of the G-8 countries and India for a discussion concerning the outstanding issues facing the February 27 meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Terrorism (AHCT). AHCT chairman Dr. Rohan Perera ( [...]	2006-02-08 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER CE
06COLOMBO2090	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EILEEN BURKE, [...] Post grants country clearance to Eileen Burke, Lawrence Camp and Andrew Farnum of Millennium Challenge Corporation to visit Colombo from January 3 to January 28, 2007. The purpose of their visit is to continue due diligence on the SME Development portions of the GOSL?s Millennium Challenge Com [...]	2006-12-18 05:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KMCA ECON OTRA KPAO AFIN OVIP CE
06COLOMBO2094	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT FACES CHALLENGES IN BUILDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 10, former Sri Lankan president Kumaratunga told a group of supporters she will return to politics, possibly making a bid to regain leadership of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),currently headed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. On Dec 12, the Marxist, Sinhalese n [...]	2006-12-18 12:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE
06COLOMBO2095	SRI LANKA: EASTERN UNIVERSITY VICE-CHANCELLOR [...] (C) Summary. Eastern University (Batticaloa) Vice-Chancellor S. Ravindranath disappeared from an area of heightened security in Colombo midday on December 15. Civil monitors and human rights activists allege that the LTTE-breakaway Karuna faction (TMVP),in collusion with state security forc [...]	2006-12-18 12:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2096	ECONOMIC LEADERS MUST FOCUS ON DEFENSE; IMF [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption within the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL),shifting of budgetary allocations for defense expenditures, Sri Lanka,s true potential for economic growth, and the planned closure of the International Monetary Fund,s (IMF,s) Resident Office in Sri Lanka, were topics on De [...]	2006-12-18 12:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID CE
06COLOMBO2099	SRI LANKA: TWENTY-THREE STUDENTS ABDUCTED IN [...] (C) Summary: Twenty-three teenage students and two teachers were abducted from a private tutorial center in the Thirukovil area of the southeastern Ampara district on December 18 at approximately 10 p.m. The Government of Sri Lanka has blamed the "Tamil Tigers" (LTTE). Other interlocutors no [...]	2006-12-19 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO21	Sri Lankan Nominee for the USPTO's February [...] Post welcomes the opportunity to nominate candidates for the USPTO training programs and is pleased to nominate Wasantha Navaratna Bandara, Senior State Counsel in the Attorney General's office, for the program scheduled from February 21-24, 2006. 2. Mr. Bandara has worked in the Attorney [...]	2006-01-04 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR CE OEXC ECONOMICS
06COLOMBO2101	TERRORIST LISTS: MALDIVES DOES NOT MAINTAIN A [...] (SBU) EconOff coordinated with US TreasuryOff located in Sri Lanka to obtain the following information requested reftel. The Government of Maldives (GOM) does not maintain a national list of banned terrorist organizations. The GOM does not identify any terrorist groups in its country. Altho [...]	2006-12-20 05:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KVPR MV
06COLOMBO2104	SRI LANKA: TOURISM INDUSTRY DECIMATED BY CONFLICT [...] Summary. Sri Lanka's tourism industry has suffered dramatically in recent months as incidents of terrorism have increased and western countries have ramped up their travel warnings for Sri Lanka. Hotel companies are responding to the drop in business by implementing severe cost cutting measur [...]	2006-12-20 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI CE
06COLOMBO2105	Agreement Ends Tea Plantation Strike For Most [...] Summary: Sri Lankan tea trade unions have been striking for the last two weeks to demand an increase in wages. On December 19, most unions, representing 80-90 percent of the tea plantation workforce, entered into an agreement for a moderate increase in wages. Some unions, however, did not ca [...]	2006-12-20 12:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID CE
06COLOMBO2106	SRI LANKA: US TRADE MISSION A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The extended business outreach project involving four US companies to Sri Lanka, who were part of a major US trade delegation to India, was successfully concluded with the participating companies reporting encouraging prospects. Post would like to acknowledge the efforts and ti [...]	2006-12-20 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID CE
06COLOMBO2107	SRI LANKA: TIGERS APOLOGIZE FOR ABDUCTING 23 [...] (C) Summary: The "Tamil Tigers" (LTTE) apologized late December 19 for the December 18 "mistaken recruitment" of 23 students from a private tutorial center in Thirukovil, Ampara, releasing the abductees to the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) that evening. Humanitarian interlo [...]	2006-12-20 12:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
06COLOMBO2113	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR AND OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Summary: On December 20, the Ambassador met with Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the major opposition United National Party (UNP),to discuss the prospects for a Sinhalese consensus on resolving Sri Lanka,s ethnic conflict. Wickremesinghe, who had met with President Rajapaksa earlier tha [...]	2006-12-21 12:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE
06COLOMBO2114	COLOMBO PORT TO EXPAND AS MUCH AS 300 PERCENT [...] On December 18, 2006, President Mahinda Rajapaksa officially inaugurated the commencement of the Colombo Port Expansion Project (CPEP) at an opening ceremony attended by the U.S. Ambassador. Cited as the largest development project undertaken by Sri Lanka to date, the Government of Sri Lanka [...]	2006-12-22 03:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV ETRD EWWT EAID CE
06COLOMBO2118	COLOMBO PLAN ON TRACK TO RECRUIT NEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) On December 21 Ambassador Blake met with Pakistani High Commissioner Shahzad Chaudhry, currently serving as President of the Colombo Plan Council (CPC). The Ambassador explained US objections to an extension on Colombo Plan Secret [...]	2006-12-22 06:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL CE
06COLOMBO2119	CORRUPTION WORSENING IN SRI LANKA [...] Summary: On December 9th 2006, the Sri Lanka Chapter of Transparency International organized the National Integrity Awards to commemorate United Nations International Anti Corruption Day. Justice Ameer Ismail, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corrup [...]	2006-12-22 06:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PHUM SOCI EAID CE
06COLOMBO212	DEMARCHE: PSI ENDORSEMENT BY THE 2/13 2006 ASTOP [...] (C) DCM joined Australian High Commissioner French, Japanese Ambassador Suda, British High Commissioner Evans and Canadian Charge' Shea in February 9 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) demarche (reftel) on Foreign Secretary H.G.M.S. Palihakkara. French presented reftel points, focusing [...]	2006-02-09 08:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP XC CE
06COLOMBO2122	SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER URGES QUICK [...] Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe hosted a meeting on December 22 to discuss the status of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP). Representatives of the sponsoring countries and organizations and relevant Government of Sri Lanka [...]	2006-12-22 08:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2123	AMBASSADOR BRIEFS INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER ON [...] (C) Ambassador hosted a one-on-one lunch for Indian High Commissioner Alok Prasad on December 22, hours after Prasad presented his credentials to President Rajapakse. The Ambassador told Prasad that he and his Embassy colleagues looked forward to working very closely with Prasad and his miss [...]	2006-12-22 10:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR CE IN
06COLOMBO2126	SRI LANKA: LTTE BOARDS JORDANIAN SHIP, RUNS IT [...] (U) On December 23, the Jordanian vessel "Faraha 3," carrying 14,000 metric tons of rice from southern India to South Africa, had engine failure and anchored in Sri Lanka's northern territorial waters. Newspapers reported that Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres boarded the ship, r [...]	2006-12-26 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EWWT ETRD EAGR PREL CE
06COLOMBO2127	SRI LANKA LOSES HALF OF GERMAN TSUNAMI AID [...] (U) SUMMARY: News of Germany's reallocation of approximately 19 million euros in tsunami reconstruction funding from Sri Lanka to Aceh, Indonesia hit the newswires on December 23 and 24 following remarks by the German Minister for Overseas Development during a visit to Aceh. This funding, ea [...]	2006-12-26 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM SOCI EAID CE
06COLOMBO213	SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT IN SERIOUS PREPARATIONS FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador's discussion with Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, the head of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) delegation to the February 22-23 ceasefire talks in Geneva, along with poloff's separate consultations with staff at the GSL Peace Secretariat, indicate that the new Gov [...]	2006-02-09 09:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL CE
06COLOMBO2132	DEVELOPMENT GOALS FOR MALDIVES [...] (U) Summary: The importance of creating a stable economy before Maldives' 2011 LDC graduation, diversification beyond the fisheries and tourist industries, and promoting environmental protectionism were the main topics of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to South and Southwest Asia, [...]	2006-12-27 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ENRG EWWT SENV EINV ETRD MV
06COLOMBO2135	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER CONCERNED DE-MERGER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since October, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has discussed de-merging the north and east, currently administered as a single province per the 1987 Indo-Lanka Accords. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its proxies have said a continued merger is an essential pre- [...]	2006-12-28 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2139	SRI LANKA: UPDATE ON JORDANIAN SHIP GROUNDED OFF [...] (U) December 28-29 saw a barrage of media articles on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) boarding a Jordanian vessel and forcing the crew to raise anchor, causing the ship to be grounded off the coast of Mullaitivu in the north (ref). Papers reported that the Sri Lanka Monitoring Miss [...]	2006-12-29 06:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2142	SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS VOICE CONCERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following up on Secretary Rice's December 14 initiative, Ambassador Blake hosted a roundtable discussion with human rights activists and civil society representatives on December 21. The Ambassador briefed the group on USG efforts and also solicited views on how best to stren [...]	2006-12-29 12:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PTER PREL CE
06COLOMBO218	IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 - [...] THE FOLLOWING IS THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR MALDIVES FOR 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT MALDIVES FEBRUARY 2006 2. Maldives is comprised of over 1,190 islands, of which 198 are inhabited and 87 are exclusive resort islands. The local population is about 285,000, and ove [...]	2006-02-10 05:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR MV
06COLOMBO219	SRI LANKA: PROPOSAL FOR INCLE FUNDS [...] Summary: Per Reftel request, this message contains Post's endorsement for the International Organization of Migration (IOM)'s proposal to combat trafficking in persons. IOM representatives informed us they have forwarded the proposal directly to G/TIP. IOM has a proven track record within S [...]	2006-02-10 05:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN CE
06COLOMBO230	SRI LANKA: GSL INSIDER PREDICTS PRE-GENEVA [...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with poloff, presidential advisor and younger sibling Basil Rajapaksa discussed Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) thinking and expectations in the run-up to talks on the ceasefire with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) scheduled for February 22-23 in Geneva. [...]	2006-02-13 11:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO242	BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON RADHIKA COOMARASWAMY, [...] (C) Radhika Coomaraswamy, whose appointment as UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict was announced on February 7, has been a close and valued contact of the Embassy for more than two decades. She has been a long-standing and vociferous opponent of the Liberation Tigers o [...]	2006-02-16 07:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR CE
06COLOMBO247	SRI LANKA NOMINATION OF MFA LEGAL ADVISER ROHAN [...] (U) Ambassador was requested to come in by Foreign Secretary Palihakkara Feb 16 to discuss the candidacy of Sri SIPDIS Lankan MFA Legal Adviser Rohan Perera to the International Law Commission (ILC). At the last minute, Foreign Secretary was detained at the President's office, so meeting wa [...]	2006-02-16 11:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AORC CE UN
06COLOMBO248	SRI LANKA NOMINATION OF MFA LEGAL ADVISER ROHAN [...] (U) Ambassador was requested to come in by Foreign Secretary Palihakkara Feb 16 to discuss the candidacy of Sri SIPDIS Lankan MFA Legal Adviser Rohan Perera to the International Law Commission (ILC). At the last minute, Foreign Secretary was detained at the President's office, so meeting wa [...]	2006-02-16 11:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AORC CE UN
06COLOMBO250	SRI LANKA: POLICE, COMMUNITY, SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7, emboffs traveled to Alawwa, 30 miles north of Colombo in Kurunegela District, to look into reports from the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) that the congregation of a local Christian church had been threatened and harassed on Christm [...]	2006-02-16 11:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV CE
06COLOMBO256	SRI LANKA: PRE-TALKS PREPARATIONS, POSTURING [...] (C) Ambassador's meetings with the three Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Ministers who will participate in talks on the Ceasefire Agreement in Geneva February 22-23 indicate that the new Rajapaksa government is diligently preparing for its first face-to-face with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil [...]	2006-02-17 05:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE
06COLOMBO271	SRI LANKA: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Rohitha Bogollagama, Sri Lankan Minister for Investment Promotion and Industries, is a colorful, aisle-crossing politician and lawyer whose bipartisan experience--as well as his involvement in a few sensational local scandals--may make him uniquely qualified for the delicate job of pres [...]	2006-02-21 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV EINV CE
06COLOMBO284	(C) SRI LANKA: INFORMATION REGARDING EXTREMIST [...] (SBU) Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have a twenty-year history of using youths, some as young as 10, in non-combatant as well as combat and even suicide bomber roles. The use of underage boys and girls points to a systemic shortage of traditional manpower and an attempt [...]	2006-02-23 03:35:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO287	SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE ON REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER IZ CE
06COLOMBO293	2005 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Mission has funded, and continues to monitor the use of, equipment purchased for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in anti-narcotics efforts. The two NGOs are the Sri Lanka Anti-Narcotics Association (SLANA) and Mithuru-Mithuro Rehabilitation Center. Per REFTEL, the details of [...]	2006-02-24 06:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN
06COLOMBO30	SYMPOSIUM OF EAST ASIA SECURITY (SEAS),APRIL 3-26, 2006 [...] POST WISHES TO NOMINATE MAJOR GENERAL NISSANKA WIJESINGHE, ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE SRI LANKA ARMY FOR PARTICIPATION IN SEAS 2006 PROGRAM. 2. NOMINEES BIO DATA FOLLOWS: A. NAME IN FULL: NISSANKA ?WIJESINGHE? B. SEX: MALE. C. DOB: MARCH 1, 1954, POB: KALUTHARA, SRI LANKA. D. NAT [...]	2006-01-05 11:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
06COLOMBO306	Special Media Reaction: Conclusion of Ceasefire [...] (U) Summary: The Sri Lankan media, in an avalanche of commentary on the just concluded ceasefire talks in Geneva, spun the outcome in different directions according to their traditional political tendencies. Comment in state-owned media chided the local independent media and international wire [...]	2006-02-27 11:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
06COLOMBO308	SRI LANKA: MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACKING ON [...] (C) With the conclusion on February 23 of the first round of talks between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in three years, southern political parties are feverishly engaging in Monday morning quarterbacking to determine whether the GSL "won" or [...]	2006-02-27 13:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO309	SRI LANKA'S PREMIER BUSINESS CHAMBER CALLS FOR [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lanka's first "Economic Summit," sponsored in January by Sri Lanka's premier business group, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, provided an opportunity for business leaders to discuss their role in vital issues confronting the country such as the peace process and economic deve [...]	2006-02-28 03:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV XD XO CE
06COLOMBO321	IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006 ? SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV
06COLOMBO331	SRI LANKA: THE SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Mission's submission for the sixth annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Anamika Chakravorty, telephone +94.11.2.448.007 x2425, fax +94.11.2.471.092. Paragraph 21: Sri Lanka [...]	2006-03-01 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE
06COLOMBO337	AVIAN INFLUENZA - SRI LANKA UPDATE FOLLOWING INDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The avian flu (AI) outbreak in nearby India has generated significant publicity in Sri Lanka, with public concern leading to decreased consumption of poultry products. Little change has taken place since November (Ref A) in the pace of preparations by the Government of Sri Lan [...]	2006-03-02 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO EAGR CASC CE
06COLOMBO338	NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR HAPPY WITH GENEVA BUT SEES [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar told Colombo co-chairs reps March 2 that the Geneva talks had exceeded his expectations. An initially tense atmosphere had relaxed over time and made it possible for agreement on a joint statement. Brattskar is fairly confident the next round wil [...]	2006-03-02 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO
06COLOMBO340	SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT DELEGATION MEMBERS' [...] (C) In separate conversations March 2, Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) delegation members John Gooneratne and Nivard Cabraal told emboffs they were generally pleased with the outcome of the February 22-23 talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Geneva. Both said they foresee [...]	2006-03-02 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE
06COLOMBO342	SRI LANKA: DEMINING RETURNING TO FULL SPEED [...] (U) NGOs continued humanitarian demining while Sri Lankan Army (SLA) deminers were still hunkered down following the December and January surge in attacks on security forces by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). While remaining on operational stand down, Department-funded demining [...]	2006-03-03 06:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID CASC MOPS KHDP CE
06COLOMBO349	Terrorism Finance - Placement of Op-Ed on [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 10:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KTFN KPAO EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR CE
06COLOMBO357	SUPPORT FOR TRADE MISSIONS TO SRI LANKA [...] Summary: Post, along with the American Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka (AmCham Sri Lanka) would welcome a trade mission described in reftel from the American Chamber of Commerce of India (AmCham India). Post will work closely with AmCham Sri Lanka on this project. Regarding a possible separa [...]	2006-03-07 08:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD KTEX ECON CE
06COLOMBO367	SUPPORTING THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 09:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC IN CE
06COLOMBO368	LETTER FROM SECRETARY RICE TO SRI LANKAN FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 09:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER OPDC UN CE
06COLOMBO373	SRI LANKA ALMOST CERTAINLY TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA [...] (C) The Ambassador demarched Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera March 8 on the need for Guatemala, not Venezuela, to obtain the Latin America seat on the UNSC this fall. Samaraweera said, "At the moment, we are thinking along the same lines. We are moving in that direction." He noted t [...]	2006-03-08 10:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC CE
06COLOMBO374	EU Election Observation Media Analysis [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 10:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO EAID OIIP PREL CE
06COLOMBO377	SRI LANKA: GSL MINISTERS DOWNPLAY COMPLEXITIES IN [...] (C) In a March 7 meeting with Health Minister and chief Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) negotiator Nimal Siripala de Silva and a March 8 meeting with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, the Ambassador stressed that the GSL must be proactive in upholding its commitments under the joint statem [...]	2006-03-08 10:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE
06COLOMBO382	SRI LANKA: JVP INSISTS CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT MUST [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) General Secretary Tilvin Silva and JVP MP Vijitha Herath told poloff that their party generally supported Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Geneva February 22-23 but insisted that th [...]	2006-03-09 10:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR CE
06COLOMBO383	USCIRF VISIT TO SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) Summary. Members of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visited Sri Lanka February 23-25 and met with religious, political, and civil society leaders to get a sense of the overall human rights situation as well as to discuss reports of unethical conv [...]	2006-03-10 04:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV CE
06COLOMBO4	IS SRI LANKA GOING BACK TO WAR - AND WHAT CAN WE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the optimism and hope surrounding the four-year old ceasefire agreement (CFA) fade and a return to some sort of war becomes an increasing (but certainly not inevitable) possibility, the U.S. and the rest of the concerned international community need to consider how best to he [...]	2006-01-03 07:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS EFIN CE LTTE
06COLOMBO400	READY OR NOT, HERE THEY COME: (MOST) LOCAL [...] (C) Local government elections, scheduled to take place in most areas on March 30, have been embroiled in controversy and legal challenges since the deadline for nominations passed on February 16. Although the pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has file [...]	2006-03-15 09:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CE
06COLOMBO408	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY CLAIMS NO GSL [...] (C) In a March 15 meeting with Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the Ambassador stressed the importance of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) upholding its commitment to restrain any armed group other than Government security forces from operating in GSL-controlled territory (Reftels). Acc [...]	2006-03-16 09:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PHUM CE
06COLOMBO414	SRI LANKA MONITORING MISSION: SCORING THE GENEVA [...] (C) Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) Spokeswoman Helen Olafsdottir told poloffs on March 17 that the level of violence in the north and east had diminished dramatically since the February 22-23 talks between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [...]	2006-03-17 13:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV CE
06COLOMBO428	SRI LANKA: LTTE-BACKED STUDENTS BLOCK VICE [...] (SBU) Vehement protests by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-affiliated Jaffna University Student Union (JUSU) have prevented Professor S. Ratnajeevan Hoole, who was appointed Vice Chancellor to the troubled university on March 9, from assuming his duties. President Mahinda Rajapak [...]	2006-03-20 11:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV SOCI CE
06COLOMBO431	SRI LANKA MAY HAVE OIL AND GAS FIELDS, BUT LACKS [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lanka is preparing to call for expressions of interest from international companies for oil and gas exploration as studies conducted by an international company have revealed possible petroleum resources in the seabed off the northern and western coasts. While Sri Lanka app [...]	2006-03-21 03:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ETRD BEXP CE

06COLOMBO460	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENTIAL CONFIDANT (AND SIBLING) [...] (C) Basil Rajapaksa, confidant and advisor to his older brother President Mahinda Rajapaksa, told poloff on March 22 that in the second round of talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),scheduled to be held in Geneva April 19-21, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) wants to move [...]	2006-03-23 10:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO467	SRI LANKA: NORWEGIANS CONCERNED ABOUT PROSPECTS [...] (C) In a March 23 meeting, Norwegian emboffs expressed concern that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),absent greater evidence that the Government is disarming the Karuna paramilitary and/or other confidence building measures, may pull out of talks with the Government of Sri Lanka ( [...]	2006-03-24 07:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE
06COLOMBO470	SRI LANKA: NEW ANTI-LTTE TAMIL PARTY: A CREDIBLE [...] (C) Summary: A new Tamil umbrella political party hopes to pose an alternative to the pro-LTTE Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and to attract prominent non-LTTE Tamils, such as Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) misfit V. Anandasangaree and People's Liberation Front of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) chi [...]	2006-03-25 06:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE
06COLOMBO471	COLOMBO CO-CHAIRS HUDDLE IN FACE OF POST-GENEVA [...] (C) Summary. In the face of tepid performances by both the GSL and the LTTE in fulfilling their Geneva commitments, local co- chair representatives plan to beard each side in early April, after March 30 local government elections. That said, violence remains down which is quite encouraging [...]	2006-03-27 04:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO
06COLOMBO484	Slow but Steady Progress on Sri Lankan Tsunami [...] (U) Summary: Despite a change in Government in late 2005, and resultant changes in ministries and personnel handling tsunami reconstruction, Sri Lanka continues to make steady, if not speedy, progress in rebuilding. The new Government has rolled back the problematic ?buffer zone,? thus movi [...]	2006-03-28 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON CE
06COLOMBO495	SRI LANKA: JVP GIVING ALL IT'S GOT IN SOUTHERN [...] (C) Poloff's March 26-27 visit to four southern districts suggested a sharp split in attitudes--if not in actual platforms--among the three largest parties in the run-up to March 30 local elections. The governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is banking on traditional voter preferences for [...]	2006-03-29 10:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CE
06COLOMBO508	SRI LANKA: LTTE-KARUNA TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN [...] (C ) Summary: Following the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Geneva in mid-February, the eastern district of Batticaloa has seen tension and turf battles between the LTTE and the breakaway Karuna faction. During a March 19-21 visit, [...]	2006-03-30 12:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO528	SRI LANKA: STRONG GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE IN LOCAL [...] (SBU) Local government (LG) elections were held March 30 in a total of 266 Municipal Councils (MCs),Urban Councils (UCs),and Pradeshiya Sabhas (PSs- village councils) in most areas of Sri Lanka except the north and the eastern district of Batticaloa. (Note: Polling in those areas is due Sep [...]	2006-04-03 12:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CE
06COLOMBO53	Special Media Reaction: LTTE Sinks Navy Ship Off [...] (U) Summary: English and vernacular press on Sunday, January 8, overwhelmingly led with January 7th's pre-dawn LTTE suicide attack on the Sri Lanka Navy Dvora-class vessel off the coast of the eastern port of Trincomalee. English, Sinhala, and some independent Tamil press readily blamed the L [...]	2006-01-09 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
06COLOMBO533	Sri Lanka Garment Sector Revises Revenue [...] (SBU) Summary: Sluggish growth in apparel exports has prompted Sri Lanka to re-design its textile and garment industry strategy. While new growth targets have not been set, the new strategy will focus on promoting two broad categories of apparel and enhancing productivity. In addition, a k [...]	2006-04-05 03:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KTEX ETRD CE
06COLOMBO534	SRI LANKAN TAX ON FOREIGN PROGRAMMING COULD HARM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a move to resuscitate the ailing local movie industry and protect the local TV production industry, Sri Lanka has announced plans to impose a tax on most foreign television series and movie broadcasts. While the tax was slated to go into effect April 1, no implementing reg [...]	2006-04-05 03:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD CE
06COLOMBO537	Garment Quota Expiration No Drastic Impact on Labor [...] (SBU) Summary: While Sri Lankas apparel export growth slowed to 3% from an expected 12% (REFTEL),there has been no drastic impact on labor, as previously expected. Although, there is evidence of about 10,000 job losses, most of the workers have been absorbed back into the industry as large [...]	2006-04-05 04:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KTEX ETRD CE
06COLOMBO54	Special Media Reaction: Sri Lankan Foreign [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera's first official visit to Washington D.C. January 5 - 8 elicited much attention from the government- owned and mainstream independent press. State-run and independent television news programs carried prominent footage of the Ministe [...]	2006-01-09 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
06COLOMBO543	PRESIDENT AGREES CO-CHAIRS SHOULD DELIVER STRONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa agreed that Co-Chair Chiefs of Mission (minus the US) should travel to Kilinocchi to deliver message to Tigers that they need to engage seriously in Geneva talks, give up violence, and broaden Geneva agenda beyond the ceasefire agreement (CFA). Co-Chairs will [...]	2006-04-05 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO546	SRI LANKA: JVP SOLDIERING ON AFTER DISAPPOINTING [...] (C) In an April 3 meeting with poloff, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) General Secretary Tilvin Silva downplayed his party's dismal showing in March 30 local elections (Ref B). "We knew the SLFP (the governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party) was going to win," he insisted; "we're pleased with our res [...]	2006-04-05 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CE
06COLOMBO55	SRI LANKA: ESCALATING VIOLENCE SHIFTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The week of January 2 was quiet in the Jaffna peninsula where several attacks by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the last 30 days had claimed the lives of dozens of security forces (Ref B). However, the eastern district of Trincomalee became the new nexus of violence [...]	2006-01-09 11:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE LTTE
06COLOMBO550	SRI LANKA PLANS FIRST SOVEREIGN BOND ISSUE; MAY [...] (U) Summary: For the first time, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) intends to raise funds through a sovereign bond issue. Traditionally, Sri Lanka has avoided large-scale borrowing from the international capital markets, relying on concessionary donor financing and local borrowing to fill i [...]	2006-04-06 06:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON CE
06COLOMBO551	NATION-BUILDING BONDS: SRI LANKA TARGETS ITS [...] (U) Summary: In a move to raise funds from new markets, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is targeting its citizens living overseas (who normally repatriate over USD 1 billion in remittances annually) to purchase patriotically-branded, Nation Building Bonds (NBB),by offering tax holidays and [...]	2006-04-06 07:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON CE
06COLOMBO553	SRI LANKA: INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONS IN LIMBO [...] (C) Summary: Political in-fighting, spearheaded by the Sinhalese nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP),is hindering formation of the Constitutional Council, the multi-partisan body empowered to nminate members to independent watchdog authoritis like the Human Rights Commission (HRC),P [...]	2006-04-06 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CE
06COLOMBO557	TIGERS NOT YET COMMITTED TO SECOND ROUND OF TALKS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are not yet willing to commit to attending the second round of peace talks scheduled for April 19-20 in Geneva, according to Solheim and Hanssen-Bauer. While the Tigers want to stick to discussing the Ceasefire Agreement, the GSL wants to broa [...]	2006-04-07 06:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO559	SRI LANKAN AIRLINES INTERESTED IN BOEING AIRCRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lankan Airlines (SLA),Sri Lankas national carrier, is in contact with Boeing and Airbus regarding gradual replacement of its current all Airbus fleet. Boeing will have tough competition from Airbus, due to its existing hold on Sri Lankan Airlines and its partner Emirates [...]	2006-04-10 05:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EFIN ECON CE
06COLOMBO568	AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPARATIONS IN MALDIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lack of a concentrated poultry sector keeps Maldives at low risk for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). At the same time, it also presents challenges for surveillance and detection in the case of infection due to inadequate animal testing facilities, underdeveloped quara [...]	2006-04-10 05:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO EAGR CASC MV
06COLOMBO57	REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND SPORTS [...] (U) Post welcomes renewed attention by ECA to cultural and sports diplomacy as important tools to support mission objectives(reftel). Following responses are keyed to reftel paragraph four. --------------------------------------------- -------------- A: Which of your mission objectives bene [...]	2006-01-09 12:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP OEXC OPRC PREL SCUL CE
06COLOMBO581	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENZI [...] (SBU) Senator Enzi, your delegation's April 14 visit to Sri Lanka offers a valuable opportunity to highlight our warm bilateral ties, re-emphasize our commitment to support the peace process and review progress on key elements of our humanitarian assistance program. Bilateral relations with [...]	2006-04-10 12:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON CE
06COLOMBO584	CIVIL AIR IN SRI LANKA 3 NEW CARRIERS [...] Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is taking some steps to liberalize civil aviation. The GSL has issued provisional licenses to three new airlines registered in Sri Lanka to operate international air services, although initially they will be restricted to Sri Lanka-India routes. U [...]	2006-04-12 04:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR CE
06COLOMBO585	SRI LANKA CIVIL AIR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankas civil aviation industry is undergoing important changes. In order to continue development of its tourism industry and meet International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards within the country, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) wants to build a second runway [...]	2006-04-12 04:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR CE
06COLOMBO591	NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT LETTER TO SRI LANKA AND LTTE [...] (C) After Co-Chairs meeting April 12 (septel),Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar grabbed Ambassador privately to pass copy of letter which Norwegian International Development Minister Erik Solheim was sending to Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa. Brattskar said very similar letter would be sent to L [...]	2006-04-12 09:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO592	SRI LANKA: VIOLENCE, VERBIAGE THREATEN GENEVA TALKS [...] (U) Summary: After a brief moratorium on violence following the late January announcement of the first round of Geneva talks (Ref A),the all-too-regrettable pattern of tit-for-tat bloodshed between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its armed rivals has resumed with a vengeance. [...]	2006-04-12 09:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE
06COLOMBO600	GOVERNMENT ASKS CO-CHAIRS FOR STRONG RESPONSE AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chair ambassadors, minus the U.S., pushed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) hard in an August 10 meeting to make clear its commitment to "Geneva II" but the Tigers are focused on the "transportation issue" in which the GSL has refused to chopper Eastern Tigers to the [...]	2006-04-12 11:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO601	SRI LANKA: MORE BOMB BLASTS AND BLOODSHED IN [...] (SBU) A recent upsurge in violence that has seen 30 people killed in the north and east in just five days continued April 12 when a series of bomb blasts shook Trincomalee town in the late afternoon. Although details remain sketchy, information culled from police, journalists, local resident [...]	2006-04-12 13:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER CE
06COLOMBO612	CO-CHAIRS DISCUSSION: STILL SLIM CHANCE FOR GENEVA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chair reps met in Colombo April 17. Problems on both sides led to failure of transport of Tiger leaders on Aug 15, but Tigers bear most blame. There is one last chance to arrange transportation by civilian helicopter, which could allow Geneva to take place April 24-25 as plann [...]	2006-04-17 09:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO613	CO-CHAIRS DISCUSSION: STILL SLIM CHANCE FOR GENEVA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chair reps met in Colombo April 17. Problems on both sides led to failure of transport of Tiger leaders on April 15, but Tigers bear most blame. There is one last chance to arrange transportation by civilian helicopter, which could allow Geneva to take place April 24-25 as pla [...]	2006-04-17 09:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO62	MALDIVES: ELEMENTS OF GOVERNMENT AT ODDS OVER [...] (C) Summary. On December 28, Sri Lankan police, apparently acting on a request from Maldivian authorities via Interpol, searched the Colombo office of the pro-opposition Minivan News for evidence that Minivan staff were engaged in seditious activities and/or gun-running. Although the search y [...]	2006-01-10 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR MV CE
06COLOMBO620	SRI LANKA: CLAYMORE MINES AND MOB VIOLENCE AS LTTE [...] (C) Summary. Violence and communal strife in the north and east continued over the long New Year holiday, killing at least another 40 people April 13-17 in Trincomalee, Jaffna and Vavuniya. An April 12 bomb blast in Trincomalee that appeared to target civilians--the first such incident since [...]	2006-04-17 13:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO630	SRI LANKA: DEATH OF CHILD SOLDIER IN LTTE ATTACK [...] (U) Summary. The death of an underage Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadre in a claymore mine explosion in North Vavuniya on April 13 has prompted an outcry from the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF),which has repeatedly asked the LTTE to free all child soldiers. [...]	2006-04-19 09:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO634	SRI LANKA: NORWEGIAN FACILITATORS SEE SLIGHT HOPE [...] (C) In an April 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer and Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar said they still held out some hope that talks in Geneva between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) might take place A [...]	2006-04-19 11:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CE
06COLOMBO635	PROPOSED ANTI-CONVERSION LEGISLATION UNLIKELY TO [...] (U) After more than eighteen months in legislative limbo, the Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) anti-conversion bill showed faint signs of life when the Speaker of Parliament appointed Wijedasa Rajapakse, the Minister of State for Banks, to head the parliamentary select committee [...]	2006-04-19 12:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CE
06COLOMBO639	SRI LANKA: CODEL ENZI CALLS ON PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 14 visit to Sri Lanka, Senators Michael Enzi, Lamar Alexander and Johnny Isakson, their spouses, staff and Terrell Halaska, Assistant Secretary of the Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of Education, observed US-funded humanitarian demining [...]	2006-04-20 09:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID OREP CE
06COLOMBO646	SRI LANKA: FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS "NEGATIVE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera met with the Ambassador on April 20 to discuss latest developments on the peace process. Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara and GSL Peace Secretariat head Palitha Kohona also participated in the meeting. The Foreign Minister said that he had "he [...]	2006-04-20 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM CE
06COLOMBO650	NORWEGIANS STILL TRYING TO BROKER DEAL AS APRIL 24 [...] (C) SUMMARY: LTTE told the Norwegians they cannot attend ceasefire talks in Geneva until transport is arranged for their leaders to attend a Central Committee meeting. Contrary to what the Tigers told the press, the Tigers did not insist on other conditions for talks. Norwegians are still try [...]	2006-04-21 06:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO654	SRI LANKAN PEACE PROCESS: WHAT CAN WE AND OTHERS [...] (C) Escalating violence by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) against both civilian and military targets, along with the Tigers' refusal to attend the second round of talks in Geneva, suggest that the LTTE may have decided that continuing the peace process, at least for now, does not [...]	2006-04-21 14:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE
06COLOMBO656	LOCAL G8 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 10:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CE
06COLOMBO661	SRI LANKA: CLAYMORES, CYANIDE, AND CIVILIANS: [...] (C) The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continued small-scale attacks against military and civilian targets in the north and east April 21-23, killing eleven members of the security forces and six Sinhalese villagers in separate incidents. For the second time in as many weeks, a Sinhal [...]	2006-04-24 12:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO668	SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE ON ASIAN CANDIDATES TO UN [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara on April 20. The Ambassador stressed the US commitment to ensuring the effectiveness of the Human Rights Council and the need for the Asia group to support candidates [...]	2006-04-25 07:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KUNR UNHRC UN CE
06COLOMBO672	SRI LANKA: SUSPECTED LTTE SUICIDE BOMBER ATTEMPTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Army Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka was injured April 25 in an assassination attempt by a suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber at Army Headquarters in Colombo. As many as eight people, many of them members of Fonseka's security detail, may h [...]	2006-04-25 11:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC CE
06COLOMBO675	SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADOPTION OF ICRC [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 06:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREL ICRC SZ CE
06COLOMBO676	SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE ON U.S. REQUEST TO EXTEND 100 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 06:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC CE
06COLOMBO683	Jaffna University Students Also Suffering From [...] (SBU) Summary. More than most university students in Sri Lanka, the approximately 5,000 students currently studying at Jaffna University have felt the impact of the ongoing political tensions in missed classes, low funding, and deteriorating academic standards. This formerly prestigious uni [...]	2006-04-26 10:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SCUL SOCI KPAO CE
06COLOMBO686	SRI LANKAN MILITARY LAUNCHES "LIMITED" RETALIATORY [...] (C) Following the attempted assassination of Army Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka in Colombo on April 25, Government security forces launched aerial and artillery strikes on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) territory in the eastern district of Trincomalee late April 25 and the mor [...]	2006-04-26 13:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO696	SRI LANKA: INITIAL REPORTS OF IDP OUTFLOWS [...] (SBU) Summary. April 27 reports by the pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) website TamilNet alleging that as many as 40,000 civilians have fled the Trincomalee District since the Sri Lanka Military carried out aerial bombing raids cannot be confirmed. Trincomalee's Government Agent e [...]	2006-04-27 12:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO697	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT CONFIRMS MILITARY OPERATIONS [...] (C) In an April 27 meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Charge' condemned the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) April 25 attempt on the life of the Army Commander and underscored strong US support for Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts to find a peaceful resolution to the confli [...]	2006-04-27 12:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO713	SRI LANKA: TIGER TRANSPORT STILL ON TABLE AS [...] (C) Low-intensity conflict between Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continued April 29-May 2, including an April 30 LTTE attack on camps run by the dissident Karuna faction on the Batticaloa-Polonnaruwa border. Despite the violenc [...]	2006-05-02 13:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PHUM CE
06COLOMBO72	Special Media Reaction: Ambassador's January 10 [...] (U) Summary: English and Sinhala media January 11 ran bold front-page headlines and lead stories highlighting Ambassador's January 10 speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in which he noted that peace should be the nation's highest priority, criticized recent LTTE violence and lauded the [...]	2006-01-11 09:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
06COLOMBO721	INDIANS STILL HOPING GENEVA TALKS CAN RESUME UNDER [...] (C) According to a local Indian diplomat, his government remains hopeful, despite the April 25 assassination attempt on Army Chief Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka, that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) can engage the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in a second round of talks. To get the talks back [...]	2006-05-03 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV IN CE
06COLOMBO723	GUNMEN ATTACK TAMIL NEWSPAPER ON EVE OF WORLD PRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the evening of May 2 unidentified gunmen entered the offices of the Tamil language newspaper Uthayan in the northern district of Jaffna and opened fire on the employees, killing two and wounding at least three. The Minister of Mass Media and Information condemned the attack [...]	2006-05-03 12:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PGOV PTER CE
06COLOMBO731	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR STRESSES NEED TO DEVELOP [...] (C) In separate May 4 meetings with Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara and opposition United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya, the Ambassador emphasized U.S. support for the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the need for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to giv [...]	2006-05-04 11:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO737	SRI LANKA HOPING FOR "POSITIVE RESPONSE" ON PSI [...] (C) The Ambassador presented reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera on April 4 and raised it in a subsequent meeting with Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara one day later. Palihakkara indicated that his Government was interested and said he hoped to have "a positive res [...]	2006-05-04 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM KNNP PGOV PREL PHSA CE
06COLOMBO74	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER FOR THE LEASE AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-11 11:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO CE MV ECONOMICS
06COLOMBO757	AKASHI GETS HARD LINE FROM TIGERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tigers implied to Akashi they will not go to Geneva until Government stops all violence against Tamils. They insisted President Rajapaksa has the power to do so, but Akashi told us that the President has admitted some doubts about his control. END SUMMARY 2. (C) Japanese S [...]	2006-05-10 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO759	SRI LANKA: ICRC NOTES DISTURBING TRENDS SINCE [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting with poloff, ICRC Deputy Head of Mission Peter Krakolinig and Protection Coordinator Christoph Sutter said that they believed that their access to Government-held detainees is very good. Sutter estimated the number of detainees held under Emergency Regulations to whom [...]	2006-05-10 12:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO763	Your Efforts to Rationalize Foreign Assistance [...] (SBU) I have read with interest the information we have received regarding your efforts to revamp US foreign assistance processes. In that vein, I believe Sri Lanka deserves a closer look and poses interesting questions for the foreign aid planning community to consider as it moves forward wi [...]	2006-05-11 06:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON CE
06COLOMBO771	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS [...] (C) Since the April 7 assassination of a Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP-nominee in Trincomalee--and in tandem with stepped-up violence against Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) military targets--the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is increasingly attempting to depict GSL security forces [...]	2006-05-11 12:46:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO776	HIV/AIDS IN MALDIVES -- LOW PREVALENCE BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite a low reported prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Maldives, the lack of surveillance among high risk populations and risky behavior among Maldivian drug- using youth suggest underreporting and the potential for a serious, but silent, outbreak. Even though Government of Maldives ( [...]	2006-05-15 03:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO EAGR CASC MV
06COLOMBO777	Sri Lankan Business Community's Post-Tsunami "Back [...] Summary: The "Back to Business" project of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL) has helped restart a significant number of tsunami affected businesses and livelihoods. "Back to Business" was a comprehensive, private sector-led program. The Government of [...]	2006-05-15 05:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN CE
06COLOMBO790	SCA PDAS CAMP PRESSES GSL ON POLITICAL PROPOSALS [...] (C) In separate May 15 meetings with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Peace Secretariat head Palitha Kohona, Principal Deputy Assistant SIPDIS Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Camp SIPDIS emphasized U.S. concern at the escalation [...]	2006-05-16 07:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PHUM CE
06COLOMBO791	SRI LANKAN TRUCE MONITORS TELL SCA PDAS CAMP THEY [...] (C) In a May 15 meeting with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Camp and SIPDIS Charge', members of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) said that the Mission plans to resume naval monitoring as soon as possible. In SLMM's view, the May 11 Se [...]	2006-05-16 07:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER CE
06COLOMBO792	SRI LANKA: SCA PDAS CAMP URGES DEFENSE SECRETARY [...] (C) In a May 15 meeting with Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Camp and Charge' underscored U.S. support for the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) but stressed the need for the Government to investigate thoroughl [...]	2006-05-16 08:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER MOPS PREL PGOV CE
06COLOMBO793	Central Bank reports 6% GDP Growth Sri Lanka in [...] (U) Summary: According to the Central Bank, Sri Lanka's economy grew by 6% in 2005 compared with 5.4% in 2004. Post- tsunami reconstruction, debt moratoria and foreign grants SIPDIS and loans helped mitigate the adverse effects of the December 2004 tsunami. Main contributors to growth wer [...]	2006-05-16 09:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON CE
06COLOMBO794	Sri Lanka Tax mess [...] (U) Summary: The cost of doing business in Sri Lanka is set to rise, due to increased taxation and tax complexity. International trade is also subject to high taxation in the form of increased non-tariff fees and surcharges. However, the impact of higher taxes is not equitable. For companies [...]	2006-05-16 09:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CE
06COLOMBO803	TRANSITIONS AND CHALLENGES IN HIV/AIDS PREVENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Though Sri Lanka is still considered a low prevalence country for HIV/AIDS, most local HIV/AIDS experts agree that interventions must shift from general awareness campaigns to behavior change approaches targeted at vulnerable and at-risk populations. Government bureaucracy, lack [...]	2006-05-17 06:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO EAGR CASC MV
06COLOMBO805	DUTCH AMBASSADOR REGISTERS LOCAL EU CONCERN WITH [...] (C) Dutch Ambassador Reynout Van Dijk called on Charge' May 17 in his capacity as the representative of the EU Presidency to complain about SCA PDAS Donald Camp's May 16 statement during a television interview in Colombo that the U.S. encouraged the European Union to list the Liberation Tige [...]	2006-05-17 10:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL CE EU
06COLOMBO808	Special Media Reaction: PDAS Camp Visit to [...] (U) The Sri Lankan media splashed SCA PDAS Donald Camp's media interviews prominently on their front pages and as leads on the evening TV news programs. While government-run media highlighted Camp's denunciations of the LTTE, independent papers, in both Tamil and English, played up his comment [...]	2006-05-17 11:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
06COLOMBO809	MAIN PARTIES TROT OUT THE OLD GUARD FOR COLOMBO [...] (SBU) Local government elections for the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) and 21 other local government authorities will be held on May 20. Elections in these localities were postponed from March 30 because of assorted court challenges to electoral lists submitted by various parties (Reftel). [...]	2006-05-17 12:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CE
06COLOMBO814	POPULATION DISPLACEMENTS DUE TO RECENT [...] (SBU) OFDA REGIONAL ADVISOR, WILLIAM BERGER TRAVELED TO SRI LANKA FROM MAY 4 THROUGH MAY 14TH TO ASSESS REPORTED POPULATION DISPLACEMENTS DUE TO RECENT INCREASE IN HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT FORCES AND THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE). FINDINGS OF THE ASSESSMENT [...]	2006-05-18 09:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID CE
06COLOMBO819	Electricity strike could delay reforms [...] (U) Summary: Unions affiliated with the Marxist- Nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party have warned of a strike and country-wide blackout on May 23 in protest of government moves to present electricity reforms to Parliament, which they fear would lead to privatization of the state [...]	2006-05-19 07:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG CE
06COLOMBO836	World Health Assembly: Smallpox Demarche [...] (SBU) Econoff and EconFSN met on May 19 with Dr. H.A.P. Kahandaliyanage, Director General of Health, Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition, regarding reftel. Kahandaliyanage appeared to agree with various arguments for retaining the smallpox virus. He promised that he would discuss the issue wi [...]	2006-05-22 08:24:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC TBIO WHO CE
06COLOMBO843	SRI LANKA: NGO OFFICES TARGETED, LTTE EASTERN [...] (C) The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) deputy eastern military commander was one of several fatalities as violence continued in the embattled north and east May 20-21. Unknown perpetrators threw grenades into the offices of three international NGOs in a government-controlled town in [...]	2006-05-22 12:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM EAID CE
06COLOMBO853	SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER VISIT TO TOKYO AND SRI [...] (C) Your visit to Tokyo and Sri Lanka comes during a tense period of increased violence and worrisome prospects for Sri Lanka's fragile ceasefire. Your visit gives us the opportunity to pursue two key goals - increased co-chair support to push the peace process forward, including seeking way [...]	2006-05-24 06:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON MARR OVIP PGOV PREL CE
06COLOMBO866	SRI LANKA: FROM INSIDE THE CONFLICT ZONE AND FROM [...] (C) In separate meetings on May 18 and May 23 a Tamil cleric from Jaffna and a Sinhalese Buddhist Cabinet Minister shared with poloff their assessments of the current situation and expectations for the future. Although their many differences in viewpoints, especially with respect to Governme [...]	2006-05-24 13:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV CE
06COLOMBO87	SRI LANKA: SEVEN POLICE ARRESTED IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 29, the media reported six police officers were arrested for having links to a drug baron. A seventh officer was arrested on January 3. These arrests appear to be the beginning of a larger-scale effort to clean police corruption, which law enforcement contacts and [...]	2006-01-12 10:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR KCRM CE
06COLOMBO872	TOKYO CO-CHAIRS PRE-MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: GSL representatives admit that at least some elements of armed forces may be cooperating with irregular armed groups. Government is trying to crack down on this, and is also trying to develop a proposal for a political settlement. EU will likely designate LTTE as terrorist group on May [...]	2006-05-25 11:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO
06COLOMBO88	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR THE JANUARY 23-25 [...] (C) Your visit to Sri Lanka comes as small-scale but recurrent aggression by the insurgent Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is exerting increasing pressure on a still-new and relatively untested Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) executive. President Mahinda Rajapaksa appears to lack a coh [...]	2006-01-12 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE
06COLOMBO89	Special Media Reaction: Editorial Reaction to [...] (U) Summary: English and Sinhala editorialists January 12 praised Ambassador Lunstead's January 10 speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in which he noted that peace should be the nation's highest priority, criticized recent LTTE violence and lauded the GOSL's restrained response to LTTE [...]	2006-01-12 11:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
06COLOMBO898	Sri Lanka Tourism Prospects [...] (U) Summary: Despite the deteriorating security situation, tourist arrivals in the first four months of 2006 have increased 25%, according to the Sri Lanka Tourist Board (STB). April arrivals were up 18%. Discussions with tourism sector reps, however, indicate that the Government of Sri La [...]	2006-05-31 10:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON CE
06COLOMBO906	SRI LANKA: ANTI-CONVERSION BILL MIRED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The parliamentary select committee to discuss the Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU)-sponsored bill proposing to outlaw "unethical conversions" began hearing testimony in May (Ref A). According to one member of parliament (MP) serving on the committee, the group i [...]	2006-05-31 12:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF CE
06COLOMBO91	BFIF FY06 PROPOSALS [...] US-MALDIVES FRIENDSHIP WEEK: (A) JUSTIFICATION: THE MALDIVES TRADE FAIR HAS SEEN CONSIDERABLE GROWTH OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS IN TERMS OF COMPANY PARTICIPATION, COVERAGE, AND SIGNIFICANCE IN THE MALDIVES COMMERCIAL CALENDAR (REF C). IT REMAINS THE PRIMARY MEANS THROUGH WHICH US COMPANIES CA [...]	2006-01-13 06:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON EFIC ETRD CE MV
06COLOMBO933	A/S BOUCHER TALKS TOUGH ON TIGERS BUT PRESSES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Following his participation in the May 30 meeting of the Sri Lankan Donor Co-Chairs (US, EU, Norway, and Japan) in Tokyo, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher underscored the messages from the Tokyo Co-Chairs statement during a May 31 trip to Co [...]	2006-06-05 07:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO940	U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN; DEMARCHE ON NAM STATEMENT [...] (C) Ambassador delivered demarche requested ref (A) to Foreign Secretary Palihakkara June 5. Palihakkara said that he had not read the NAM document, and presumed that as usual this "112-member monster" had produced a lowest common denominator document. Ambassador said that did not seem to be t [...]	2006-06-05 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR CE
06COLOMBO941	SRI LANKA: TAMIL TIGERS THREATEN WITHDRAWAL AFTER [...] (C) On June 1, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) agreed to go to Oslo for June 8-9 talks with a Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) delegation led by Peace Secretariat Secretary General Palitha Kohona to discuss the role of the Scandanavian-led Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) despite e [...]	2006-06-05 12:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO946	HCOC: SRI LANKA HAS "NOT HAD TIME" TO CONSIDER AS [...] (SBU) On April 25, poloff delivered Reftel demarche to Sumedha Ekanayake, Assistant Director of UN and Multi-lateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In a June 6 phone conversation, Ekanayake explained that his government "had not had time" to consider the Hague Code Of Conduct (HC [...]	2006-06-06 10:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA CE
06COLOMBO947	SRI LANKA WILL ATTEND RED CROSS-RED CRESCENT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Director for UN and Multilateral Affairs Sumedha Ekanayake June 5. Ekanayake said Sri Lanka will send a delegation to the Red Cross- Red Crescent scheduled for June 20-21 in Geneva, and his government supports [...]	2006-06-06 10:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC CE
06COLOMBO958	EAC MEETING 7 JUNE 2006 [...] (SBU) Colombo EAC met June 7 to discuss the June 6 early morning claymore mine attack along the main road from Colombo to the airport north of town. The latest information indicates the explosion occurred near the entrance to a Navy base (which processes new recruits) about five hundred meter [...]	2006-06-07 11:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CE PTER
06COLOMBO970	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR STRESSES HUMAN RIGHTS AS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 10:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO971	SRI LANKA CLOSE TO ENDORSING PSI [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Palihakkara told Ambassador June 8 that the MFA had "made some headway" on obtaining GSL consensus on participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Palihakkara said that he had sent a letter to the Ministry of Defence and to the President's office stating [...]	2006-06-08 11:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC PREL CE
06COLOMBO976	SRI LANKA: POPULATION MOVEMENTS IN CONFLICT AREAS [...] (C) The unsteady security environment since April 2006, including ethnic communal incidents and military action, has led to displacement among Sinhalese, Muslim, and Tamil communities in the North and East of Sri Lanka. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) currently estima [...]	2006-06-09 06:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO989	SRI LANKA: ASSESSING UNOHCHR FIELD PRESENCE [...] (U) Summary: Poloff met with United Nations Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) Sri Lanka representative Rory Mungoven on June 9 to discuss the successes and constraints of the program and how the U.S. could buttress OHCHR's mandate in Sri Lanka. Mungoven noted moderately [...]	2006-06-12 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO990	SRI LANKA: LTTE REFUSES TO MEET GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) surprised most observers by derailing diplomatic efforts to salvage the peace process, refusing to hold talks on the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission June 8-9 in Oslo. Moreover, in the wake of the EU listing of the Tigers, the LTTE has said [...]	2006-06-12 11:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL CE
06COLOMBO996	SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROLIFERATION [...] (C) Ambassador reminded Foreign Secretary Palihakkara June 13 that the US would like the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) to attend the June 23 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) High-Level Political Meeting (HLPM) in Poland. Palihakkara stated that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had recomm [...]	2006-06-13 10:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC PREL KACT CE
06COLOMBO997	SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CE
06COLOMBO998	SRI LANKA: FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSSES OSLO, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Palihakkara and Peace Secretariat Chief and head of the Oslo delegation Kohona on June 13 in the wake of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) refusal to enter talks with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) in Oslo on June 8-9 on t [...]	2006-06-13 11:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM CE

06DAKAR1846	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 28 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 28, the Ambassador, Senior Regional Commercial Officer and Agricultural Attache called on Minister of Commerce Decroix to discuss the Doha Round, AGOA, U.S. assistance to Senegal's cotton farmers, possible Sri Lankan investment in the textile industry, and franchising. [...]	2006-08-01 15:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EAID EINV SG
06DAKAR2571	SENEGAL: TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS [...] (U) In response to Ref A request, post provides the following information on Senegal's textile and apparel industry. This expands upon information provided in Ref B. 2. (SBU) Senegal's textile industry produces limited volumes of domestic cloth and finished apparel. Despite being highlig [...]	2006-10-23 11:33:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KTEX EINV AGOA SG
06DAKAR441	UNDECIDED ON UNSYG AND ON VENEZUELAN CANDIDACY FOR [...] (C) On February 22, Charge made Ref A demarche to Acting Foreign Minister Claude Absa Diallo. While Ambassador Diallo appreciated U.S. interest in Senegal,s candidacy, she said that, after lengthy consultations, the Government of Senegal has decided not to present its candidacy for the new P [...]	2006-02-23 12:07:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UN UNSC SG GT VE
06DUBAI3374	KHOR FAKKAN PORT - A TRANSHIPPMENT HUB [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 17:02:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD ELAB AE IZ IR
06DUBAI4122	EMIRATES SHIPPING LINES INFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 14:48:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EIND ETRD AE HK
06DUBLIN500	IRELAND SUPPORTS LTTE DESIGNATION, BUT DOUBTFUL ON [...] (C) On May 4 emboff delivered reftel points to Department of Foreign Affairs Asia and Oceania Deputy Director James McIntyre and UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs section First Secretary Maurice Biggar. McIntyre said that Ireland shares SIPDIS USG concern over the deteriorating situation in Sr [...]	2006-05-05 11:50:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PREL CE EI
06DUBLIN778	IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIANS MAKE THEIR CASE IN IRELAND [...] (U) In a June 18-24 trip sponsored by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and organized with embassy assistance, a group of Iraqi parliamentarians visited Ireland to learn from the Irish experience of reconciliation and to plead for more Irish assistance. During this visit the group [...]	2006-06-30 15:49:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ EI
06DUSHANBE2017	SUPERMARKET SWEEP - THE NEW LOOK OF GROCERIES IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A TAJIK-DUTCH JOINT VENTURE HAS CREATED THE FIRST WESTERN-STYLE SUPERMARKET CHAIN IN TAJIKISTAN, "ORIMA," FEATURING HUNDREDS OF IMPORTED PRODUCTS AIMED AT THE LOCAL MARKET. UTILIZING A SERIES OF EXCLUSIVE PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION PAGE 2 RUEWMFS2017 UNCLAS DUSHANBE 002017 SIPDI [...]	2006-11-02 17:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EINV EIND ETRD PGOV TI
06FREETOWN460	NEW SPECIAL COURT PRESIDENT FAVORS TAYLOR [...] (C) On June 5, Ambassador and PolOff met with the new presiding judge of the Special Court for Sierra Leone Appeals Chamber (and President of the Special Court),Justice George Gelaga King, who just took up a one-year term of office. King thanked the Ambassador for the U.S. financial contribut [...]	2006-06-05 17:46:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC SL NL
06GENEVA1954	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PASSES LEBANON RESOLUTION AT [...] In its second special session the Human Rights Council (HRC) passed August 11 by a vote of 27-11-8 with one absent a resolution condemning Israel for its actions in Lebanon. The resolution did not included any reference to Hizballah or its actions. The resolution sponsors, primarily from the [...]	2006-08-12 11:46:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2030	INSIDE THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL \ [...] (C) The newly established Human Rights Council (HRC) \ within the space of two months held an inaugural session \ (June 19-30) and two special sessions (July 5-6 and August \ 11) both focused on condemning Israel. As the U.S. \ Government debates whether or not to seek election to the \ Council n [...]	2006-08-23 05:21:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC PREL
06GENEVA2169	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES' GENEVA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles held a series of bilateral meetings in Geneva August 31 and September 1 with select missions to discuss the upcoming Human Rights Council (HRC) session. The meetings are summarized below. United Kingdom -------------- 2. (C) DAS Barks-Ruggles discussed w [...]	2006-09-06 15:31:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2171	UNITED STATES CONSULTATIONS WITH THE OFFICE OF THE [...] DRL Deputy Assistant Secretary Erica Barks-Ruggles and Ambassador Tichenor, accompanied by PolCouns and Washington- and Geneva-based staffers, met with High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour August 31 to discuss a broad range of human rights-related issues, including OHCHR field ope [...]	2006-09-06 15:37:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2251	PAKISTANI PERMREP ON OIC TACTICS FOR HRC -- TIT [...] (C) In a meeting, at our request, Ambassador Tichenor delineated U.S. concerns regarding the Human Rights Council and urged Pakistani PermRep Masood Khan to take a more constructive approach to safeguard the Council's credibility. Khan, while appearing calm and reasonable, laid out an OIC s [...]	2006-09-14 15:13:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC PK
06GENEVA2347	ILC - SRI LANKA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR DR. A. ROHAN [...] U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka requesting USG support for the candidacy of Dr. A. Rohan Perera for election to the International Law Commission at elections to be held in New York during the 61st sessio [...]	2006-09-22 11:44:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA UNSC ID CE XD XO
06GENEVA2913	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL THIRD SPECIAL SESSION: ONCE [...] (U) The Human Rights Council (HRC) concluded its third Special Session November 15 with the passage of a one-sided resolution condemning Israeli military operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, especially the death of civilians in Beit Hanoun November 8, by a vote of 32-8-6. The r [...]	2006-11-15 19:05:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UNHRC
06GEORGETOWN979	T-MINUS 170 DAYS--STATUS REPORT ON GUYANA'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With just 170 days left until the scheduled opening of Cricket World Cup 2007, Guyana appears unprepared to host this major sporting event. A CARICOM review of Guyana's security arrangements has concluded that Guyana "has no plan" and appears to be "overwhelmed by the magnitude" [...]	2006-09-25 14:23:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV CASC ASEC EAID GY
06GUANGZHOU32090	FREE TRAVEL TO HAINAN - ALMOST [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to officials from the Sanya Foreign Affairs Office and Tourism Bureau, Hainan's landing visa and visa waiver programs are intended to increase tourism to Hainan, particularly from East Asia. Americans are permitted to travel to Hainan without a visa if they are part of a [...]	2006-11-02 09:25:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS ECON CH
06HANOI2434	First-Ever National Assembly Donors Forum on the Gender [...] (U) Summary: On September 15, 2006, the National Assembly held its first-ever forum to meet with foreign donors and international agency representatives to discuss how to improve the current draft Gender Equality Law. The participants agreed that, with gender inequality a serious problem in Vi [...]	2006-09-21 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM VM SOCI
06HELSINKI1073	A READ-OUT ON THE EU-INDIA SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Emboffs met Oct. 18 with Johan Schalin, Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen's Special Advisor for Foreign Affairs. Schalin offered the following tidbits from the Oct. 12-13 EU-India Summit: Joint Action Plan and a Bilateral Trade Agreement --------------------------------------------- ---- [...]	2006-10-20 11:08:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV EUN ETRD FI IN
06HELSINKI783	GOF PESSIMISTIC ON SRI LANKA CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Echoing reftel concerns about the escalating violence in Sri Lanka, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director Rauli Suikkanen, desk officer Marita Meranto, and EU secretariat first secretary Niklas Lindqvist told Emboff Helsinki is currently coordinating an EU demarche to be delivered this week [...]	2006-08-09 12:14:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CE EUN FI
06HELSINKI816	FINLAND: PRESIDENCY UPPING SRI LANKA INVOLVEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 13:27:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CE EUN FI
06HELSINKI885	FINLAND AND SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (U) MFA Sri Lanka desk officer Marita Meranto assured emboff on September 4 that Finland would attend the Sri Lanka Contact Group's experts meeting in Washington on September 27. She said that because of the press of business arising from Finland's EU presidency, Finland's representative woul [...]	2006-09-04 09:12:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE FI
06HOCHIMINHCITY1392	U.S. GARMENT INDUSTRY LEAVING VIETNAM [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: U.S. garment retailers, the largest indirect employers in Vietnam?s apparel industry, are cutting Vietnam orders as a result of the USG special textile monitoring mechanisms. Well over one hundred thousand w [...]	2006-12-13 11:22:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1399	GARMENT AND APPARAL EXPORT ISSUES [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: U.S. garment retailers, the largest indirect employers in Vietnam's apparel industry, are cutting Vietnam orders as a result of the USG special textile monitoring mechanisms. Well over one hundred thousand w [...]	2006-12-14 10:23:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KTEX WTRO VM
06HONGKONG2373	MEGAPORTS - BILATERAL MEETING ADVANCES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 28-29, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Assistant Deputy Administrator David Huizenga led an inter-agency delegation (Departments of Energy, Homeland Security, and State) to Hong Kong to discuss next steps in the USG's proposed implementation of the Megaport [...]	2006-06-08 09:04:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG PTER PREL PGOV ECON EWWT HK CH
06HONGKONG3089	CE TSANG HOSTS SMALL GATHERING TO SEEK SUPPORT [...] (C) LATE ON JULY 27, WE RECEIVED CHIEF EXECUTIVE (CE) DONALD TSANG,S INVITATION TO A FORTY-FIVE MINUTE RECEPTION ON JULY 31 AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE. THE PURPOSE WAS TO INTRODUCE DR. MARGARET CHAN, CHINA,S CANDIDATE FOR DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO),AND SEEK CAPITALS, S [...]	2006-07-31 09:58:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMED ECON PREL TBIO EAGR CVIS HK CH
06HONGKONG3973	OVERVIEW OF HONG KONG'S ASYLUM POLICIES [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong, which is not a signatory to the United Nations Refugee Convention, does not grant asylum to refugees but allows the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Hong Kong Office to assess all refugee claims submitted by asylum seekers. A recent doubling of as [...]	2006-10-06 06:51:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL PREF PINR HK CH
06HONGKONG4414	BEIJING-BASED UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE CALLS ON CONSUL [...] (C) Veerapong Vongvarotai, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representative for China and Mongolia, discussed asylum and refugee issues with Consul General Cunningham on November 9. Vongvarotai, who was accompanied by Choosin Ngaotheppitak, Senior Protection O [...]	2006-11-09 09:41:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PREF HK CH KN MC
06JAKARTA11142	EVASIVE RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) We called on Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director for South and Central Asia Mohamad Asruchin and his assistant Winanto Adi on August 31 to deliver reftel information about the proposed dates of the first meeting of the planned Sri Lanka Contact Group. Asruchin responded that hi [...]	2006-09-08 12:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE ID
06JAKARTA11143	EVASIVE RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) We called on Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director for South and Central Asia Mohamad Asruchin and his assistant Winanto Adi on August 31 to deliver reftel information about the proposed dates of the first meeting of the planned Sri Lanka Contact Group. Asruchin responded that hi [...]	2006-09-08 12:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE ID
06JAKARTA11475	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): INDONESIA [...] (U) The Fourth Regional Meeting of CWC States Parties in Asia met in Jakarta, Indonesia from September 5-7, 2006. The meeting was attended by 24 States Parties from the Asian Group: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, N [...]	2006-09-15 10:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PTER PHUM AMGT ASEC CWC SA AF MV
06JAKARTA13316	USTR AND ASEAN SECRETARIAT DISCUSS TIFA AND ASEAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Southeast Asia and the Pacific Barbara Weisel and Director for Southeast Asia and Pacific Affairs David Katz met on November 6 with Anna Robeniol, head of the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) Section of the Bureau of Economic [...]	2006-11-28 05:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ASEAN ID
06JAKARTA8507	DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUPS [...] (C) Summary. On July 6, officials at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) expressed interest in our proposal for creation of two new contact groups on the Sri Lankan conflict, and will let us know in the coming weeks about possible Indonesian participation. They said that the S [...]	2006-07-06 11:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PREF PGOV CE ID
06KABUL5373	DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER SHAHRANI - BUDGET [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-06 01:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN AF
06KATHMANDU1154	NORWAY'S ERIK SOLHEIM VISITS NEPAL [...] (C) Norwegian Minister for International Development Erik Solheim briefed members of the international community on his four-day visit to Nepal May 5, stressing that Norway wanted to show support for the government of Nepal (GON). He said he had assured PM Koirala that Norway would resume its [...]	2006-05-05 11:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1186	CIVIL SOCIETY WARNS A/S BOUCHER OF MAOIST THREAT [...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with SCA A/S Boucher and NSC Senior Director Millard, Nepali civil society and human rights organization representatives voiced concern over the continuing Maoist threat as Nepal transitioned to a democratic government. A/S Boucher stressed the need for the political pa [...]	2006-05-09 02:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU1191	INDIAN AND UK AMBASSADORS BRIEF BOUCHER AND NSC [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with A/S Boucher, NSC Senior Director Elisabeth Millard, the Ambassador and Acting DCM, Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee and U.K. Ambassador Keith Bloomfield said they expected the remaining seats in a 21-member cabinet would be filled May 3 or 4. Mukherjee s [...]	2006-05-09 08:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PTER NP IN UK
06KATHMANDU1319	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR SUPPORTS ACTING QUICKLY TO [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Japanese Ambassador Tsutomu Hiraoka on May 24 in order to push the message that Nepal's traditional donors should increase assistance as quickly as possible to consolidate the democratic transition. Hiraoka replied that he supported increasing assistance to the new [...]	2006-05-25 08:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID ASEC NP JP IN
06KATHMANDU1652	MAOISTS CREATE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESS IN [...] (C) According to local businessmen, Nepal is becoming a less hospitable business environment each day as the political turmoil continues and the possibility of the Maoists entering the government increases. Nepali businessmen assert that the Maoists can not be trusted and many businesses are [...]	2006-06-22 11:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PTER ETRD EINV PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU1726	MONITORING COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE WHILE [...] (C) The work of the Ceasefire Code of Conduct National Monitoring Committee is proceeding at a far slower pace than it took to reach the eight-point agreement (ref A) that created it. Members of the monitoring committee explained to us that the committee was busy developing its working framew [...]	2006-06-30 11:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU205	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BHUTANESE REFUGEES WITH [...] (C) On January 17, the Ambassador met with Norwegian Ambassador Tore Toreng to discuss Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. As Norway was the current chair of the Bhutanese resettlement countries group, Toreng explained, he is actively engaging with Foreign Minister Pandey on the Bhutanese refugee is [...]	2006-01-20 07:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL NP
06KATHMANDU2088	WELCOME MESSAGE FOR CODEL KOLBE [...] (SBU) Embassy Kathmandu warmly welcomes the August 25-28 visit of Representative Jim Kolbe, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs of the House Appropriations Committee (HACFO),along with Representatives Fred Upton, Brian Baird, Ander Crensha [...]	2006-08-01 11:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NP
06KATHMANDU2140	WELCOME MESSAGE FOR CODEL SPECTER [...] (SBU) Embassy Kathmandu warmly welcomes the August 12-14 visit of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman and Mrs. Specter and staff to Kathmandu. 2. (SBU) Overall control officer for this delegation will be Political/Economic Section Chief Bill Martin. He can be reached 24/7 via the Embassy s [...]	2006-08-07 10:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NP
06KATHMANDU2173	WELCOME MESSAGE FOR STAFFDEL FORSYTH [...] (SBU) Embassy Kathmandu warmly welcomes the August 23-26 visit of Minority Deputy Chief Counsel of the House International Relations Committee (HIRC) Bart Forsyth, along with Democratic Deputy Staff Director Peter Yeo, Democratic Professional Staff Member David Killion, and Staff Associate Tod [...]	2006-08-10 10:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NP
06KATHMANDU2253	UN TEAM EXPECTED IN KATHMANDU BY SEPTEMBER 1 [...] (C) UNDP Resident Representative Mathew Kahane told DCM August 18 that a small UN team will arrive in Kathmandu by September 1 to start work on the 5-point GON/Maoist request to the UN for assistance (ref A). Kahane said that the five-person team would include representatives of UN technical [...]	2006-08-18 11:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2281	CLEAR PUBLIC MESSAGE ON ARMS MANAGEMENT FROM PRIME [...] (C) On August 21 former Prime Minister and Rastriya Janashaki Party founder Surya Bahadur Thapa agreed with the Ambassador that the issue of Maoist arms management "will decide everything." Thapa stressed that the Prime Minister needed to publicly and clearly explain why the Maoists could not [...]	2006-08-22 12:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU26	BIMSTEC FREE TRADE AGREEMENT CLOSER TO [...] (U) According to Ramesh Nath Pandey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and head of Nepal's delegation to the 8th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Ministerial Meeting on December 19, representatives from member states made important decisions th [...]	2006-01-04 09:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BTIO BEXP EINV ETRD NP
06KATHMANDU2638	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SCA PDAS STEVEN R. MANN [...] Embassy Kathmandu warmly welcomes SCA PDAS Steven R. Mann to Nepal from October 3-6, 2006, for meetings with embassy and host government officials. Country clearance is hereby granted for travel to and within the Kathmandu Valley. For the traveler's safety, you should review the security inf [...]	2006-09-30 09:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA IN NP
06KATHMANDU2700	PEACE DEAL APPEARS UNLIKELY ON EVE OF THIRD DAY OF [...] (C) USAID contracted peace facilitator Siebert and leaders of two of the three major political parties in the Government of Nepal (GON) told the Charge d'Affaires and visiting SCA India, Nepal, Sri Lanka Office Director Bernicat in separate meetings on October 11 that they did not expect the GO [...]	2006-10-12 11:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2702	PARLIAMENT SPOKESMAN TO U.S.: "TAKE A CHANCE" WITH [...] (C) Parliament Spokesman Manohar Bhattarai told SCA/INS Office Director Marcia Bernicat on October 12 that the U.S. should aid the peace process by establishing informal dialogue with the Maoists. He stressed that there were many in Parliament, including himself, who agreed with the Ambassad [...]	2006-10-12 12:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2955	2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of, nor a major transit route for, narcotic drugs, domestically-produced cannabis, hashish and heroin are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. An increase in the number of Nepalese couriers apprehended by the police suggests that Nepalis [...]	2006-11-03 08:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KTFN NP
06KATHMANDU2997	MAOISTS RUNNING THE SHOW IN BIRATNAGAR AND [...] (C) Recent visits to two towns on Nepal's southern border with India revealed a sharp deterioration in law and order with Maoist extortion, opportunistic violence, and intimidation interrupting the local economies while government security forces stood idly by. The South and Central Asia Bure [...]	2006-11-07 11:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PHUM PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU3112	FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS WITH UN [...] (C) During a November 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mahat gave his views on what the United Nations was doing and should be doing soon to assist the peace process. He expressed appreciation for Secretary General Annan's November 22 letter to the UN Security Council Presiden [...]	2006-11-27 06:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR EAID UN IN FI NP
06KATHMANDU376	PROPOSALS FOR FY 2006 G/TIP INCL AND ESF FUNDING [...] Embassy Kathmandu is pleased to propose the following eight projects, in rank order, for consideration for FY 2006 International Narcotics, Crime and Law Enforcement (INCLE),and Economic Support Funds (ESF) funding. Post has pouched the full text of the proposals to the Office to Combat Tra [...]	2006-02-08 01:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU629	NEPAL 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (U) The following is Embassy Kathmandu's submission for the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a country of origin for the trafficking of women and children, and to a lesser extent boys and men. The majority of persons are trafficked to India, while othe [...]	2006-03-07 07:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC NP
06KATHMANDU689	PDAS CAMP VISIT: INDIAN, UK ENVOYS ON STATE OF [...] (S) Visiting SCA PDAS Camp and the Ambassador alerted the Indian and British ambassadors in a March 9 meeting that the Chief of Army Staff had acknowledged that the Royal Nepalese Army's stocks of ammunition were so low as to have reached a "crisis" point. Indian Ambassador Mukherjee maintain [...]	2006-03-15 11:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR NP
06KATHMANDU743	NEPAL DELEGATION TO USTDA TRANSPORTATION [...] (U) Embassy Kathmandu was pleased to have one of its Emboffs accompany a two-member government delegation from Nepal to the United States Trade and Development Agencies' (USTDA) "Transportation Solutions for South Asia Trade" conference held in Mumbai, India, March 7-9, which highlighted trans [...]	2006-03-16 11:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR EINV ELTN NP
06KATHMANDU958	DAY-TIME CURFEW IN KATHMANDU LIFTED; CURFEW [...] (U) On April 12, day seven of the seven-party alliance nationwide general strike and demonstrations, Nepalis across the country again took to the street to participate in pro-democracy protests. Following April 8-11 day-time curfews, which protesters had increasingly disregarded, the governme [...]	2006-04-12 13:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER NP
06KUALALUMPUR1092	SRI LANKA PEACE PROCESS: MALAYSIAN RESPONSE ON [...] (C) MFA Principal Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Nik Mustafa Kamal Nik Ahmad told us June 14 that the governments of Sri Lanka and India had recently made approaches to the MFA to discuss cooperation in cutting off the Tigers from their funding and weapons sources. During the May [...]	2006-06-14 07:15:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PINS CE MY
06KUALALUMPUR1227	SRI LANKA: MALAYSIA CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF [...] (C) MFA Principal Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Nik Mustafa Kamal Nik Ahmad told us July 3 that Malaysia was still considering whether to join contact groups on Tiger financing and weapons procurement. Nik Mustafa frankly admitted that the decision would be politically difficult [...]	2006-07-03 07:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PINS CE MY
06KUALALUMPUR2119	PM A/S HILLEN URGES GREATER SECURITY COOPERATION, [...] (C) PM Assistant Secretary Dr. John Hillen encouraged greater bilateral and regional security during November 8 meetings with senior Malaysian officials in the Foreign Affairs and Defense ministries. He acknowledged Malaysia's strong support for UNSCR 1718 and discussed non-proliferation conc [...]	2006-11-16 02:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PGOV MY
06KUWAIT1095	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT UPDATE: [...] (C) Summary and comment: While much work remains to be done, Post believes that the GOK is making significant efforts to combat human trafficking and to improve the working conditions and status of the large expatriate labor community. In the 2006 TIP report, we recommend that Kuwait be li [...]	2006-03-29 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT2024	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER/INTERIOR MINISTER WELCOMES [...] (C) The Ambassador met with First Deputy Prime Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, who holds the Defense and Interior portfolios as well, on May 31 to discuss TIP issues. (The meeting had been scheduled before the change in release dates, so the Ambassador spoke about TIP issues in ge [...]	2006-05-31 17:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT223	PAKISTANI AND AFGHAN AMBASSADORS COMMENT ON LABOR [...] Pakistani Ambassador Mohammad Aslam called on the Ambassador on January 22 to discuss the ongoing succession process in Kuwait (septels) and bilateral issues between Pakistan and Kuwait. He also reported that the Pakistani labor community in Kuwait is faring well in general. He said that durin [...]	2006-01-24 08:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KCRM PK AF KU
06KUWAIT2235	(C) LABOR MINISTRY GIVES APPROVAL FOR UN-SPONSORED [...] (C) Mohammad Al-Nassery, IOM Chief of Mission in Kuwait, informed the labor-sending countries' labor officers in a June 10 meeting that the GOK has provided written approval of an international labor conference to be sponsored by the UN and held in Kuwait at the end of 2006. (Note: Post in [...]	2006-06-12 12:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB XD XF
06KUWAIT262	FREEDOM AGENDA: EMBASSY INITIATES KUWAIT [...] Post organized and hosted on January 24th a meeting of labor officials from source countries for expatriate labor in Kuwait to engage on how to better work together to improve the status of Kuwait's large expatriate labor force. Representatives from the embassies of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Paki [...]	2006-01-25 14:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB CE BG ID RP PK IN KU
06KUWAIT305	UN PLANS FORUM IN KUWAIT ON EXPAT LABOR [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Moez Doraid, UN resident coordinator and UNDP resident representative, on January 25. Doraid raised the possibility of holding a UN-sponsored forum on expatriate labor in Kuwait to bring countries that traditionally send and receive expatriate labor toge [...]	2006-01-29 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB KCRM UN KU
06KUWAIT3741	KUWAIT TAKES ACTION ON KEY TIP ACTION PLAN ITEMS: [...] (C/NF) Summary. The GOK has made progress on a number of key items on the Kuwait TIP Tier 2 Watchlist Action Plan. The Ministry of Interior announced the implementation of a standardized domestic worker contract beginning October 1. Post will monitor implementation closely. GOK contacts hav [...]	2006-09-18 07:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB PHUM KU TIP
06KUWAIT3747	POST MARKS LAUNCH OF 2006 TIP ESF PROJECT FOR [...] (SBU) The Ambassador hosted a reception on September 12 to mark the launch of Project FALCON (Fostering Awareness of Labor Conditions) (ref E). The project is funded through G/TIP ESF funds and is designed to raise awareness among foreign workers of their rights and responsibilities while w [...]	2006-09-19 06:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KU TIP
06KUWAIT4351	NGOS SAY NEW DOMESTIC LABOR CONTRACT IS A FIRST [...] (C/NF) Summary. After more than a year of delay, the GOK recently implemented a rule that all domestic laborers coming to Kuwait must sign a standard, three-party (recruitment agency, worker, employer/sponsor) contract. The contract provides for, among other things, minimum wages and daily [...]	2006-11-05 05:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB IN SL ET KU TIP
06KUWAIT698	KUWAIT: SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) follows. Responses are keyed to paragraphs 21-24 of reftel. 2. (SBU) 21A: Kuwait is a destination country for internationally trafficked men and women. There is no trafficking in areas outside of GOK con [...]	2006-03-01 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF KU
06LIMA469	EU IMPROVES PERU'S TRADE PREFERENCES, BUT FTA [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 1, 2006, the European Union extended its Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for Peru, making Peru one of 15 countries to receive GSP Plus benefits. Under GSP Plus, Peru will be able to export up to 7,200 products duty free to the EU, an increase from 6,900 unde [...]	2006-02-06 12:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV PREL PE
06LISBON1656	SUPPORTING THE CEASEFIRE IN SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 15:45:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CE PO
06LONDON3207	DEMARCHE ON EU LISTING OF THE LTTE AS A TERRORIST [...] (C) Embassy raised reftel points with Simon Bond of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's South Asia Department and Ben Lyon of the FCO's Counterterrorism Policy Department. Lyon said that the UK fully supports an EU designation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). LTTE is already [...]	2006-05-05 16:01:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KTFN PREL PTER CO UK
06LONDON5057	(C) SRI LANKA: UK REVIEWING POLICY [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) FCO Sri Lanka Section Head Simon Lever told Poloff July 11 that HMG is reviewing its policy on Sri Lanka. This policy review is what is holding up its reply to the USG proposal that the UK consider chairing a contact group to a [...]	2006-07-12 07:53:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR CE UK
06LONDON6559	(C) SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP MEETING 9/27 [...] (U) Action Request - please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The UK still supports the Sri Lanka Contact Group in principle but would like more detail about it - i.e., what are the expected inputs and the anticipated outputs/results? FCO Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Section Head Simon Lever told Polof [...]	2006-09-11 15:32:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE UK
06MANAMA2004	BAHRAIN'S ELECTIONS: DESPITE ALLEGED FLAWS, A [...] (C) Bahrain's parliamentary elections, held in two rounds November 25 and December 2, represent a major step forward in the King's democratic reform program. In a significant improvement over the 2002 parliamentary elections, which were marred by a boycott by leading Shia opposition political [...]	2006-12-05 12:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KISL BA POL
06MANAMA389	BAHRAIN ANTI-TRAFFICKING RESPONSES 2006 [...] (SBU) Post's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Please note that during the reporting period the Ministry of Social Affairs, which has the lead in establishing a shelter for victims of trafficking and abuse, was renamed the Ministry of Social Development. [...]	2006-03-14 04:35:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF BA HUMRIT
06MANILA2195	DRUGS, CRIME, AND CORRUPTION CHALLENGE PEACE AND [...] (C) Summary. Widespread methamphetamine trafficking and abuse, organized crime, and endemic corruption are gnawing at the fabric of Muslim society in Mindanao. While Muslim clan leaders and political warlords sustain fiefdoms and private armies through sources of illicit income, the common p [...]	2006-05-26 06:26:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL SNAR KISL KCRM RP
06MANILA4150	REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SOUTH AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chiefs of Mission from Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Colombo fully support the regional maritime security proposal to be submitted by U.S Pacific Command (PACOM) under the FY07 authority granted by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2006. The proposal -- th [...]	2006-10-01 23:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS PREL PBTS SNAR MASS MARR TH CE ID MY RP
06MANILA4151	REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SOUTH AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chiefs of Mission from Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Colombo fully support the regional maritime security proposal to be submitted by U.S Pacific Command (PACOM) under the FY07 authority granted by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2006. The proposal -- th [...]	2006-10-01 23:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS PREL PBTS SNAR MASS MARR TH CE ID MY RP
06MANILA5101	PHILIPPINES TO SEND VICE PRESIDENT TO FORMER [...] (SBU) Action request: The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed on December 28 that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had appointed Vice President Noli de Castro to be the representative of the Philippine Government at the funeral of former President Gerald Ford. The Vice President's offi [...]	2006-12-28 09:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP RP
06MONTREAL676	MONTREAL REACTIONS TO THE TORONTO ARRESTS [...] (C) Montreal has a diverse population, receiving 88% of the province's immigrants. According to the 2004-05 report from the Quebec Ministry of Immigration and Cultural Communities, 27.6% of the Island of Montreal's residents are foreign-born. The greater-Montreal area has an estimated Musl [...]	2006-06-16 18:56:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CPAS CVIS CA
06MUSCAT1048	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: ASIAN AMBASSADORS OFFER [...] (SBU) In a June 27 working lunch hosted by the Ambassador, colleagues from labor-source countries outlined problems faced by their nationals, to include salary arrears, lack of legal status, and in some cases physical or sexual assault. Their suggested improvements include additional labor pro [...]	2006-07-02 13:20:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM SMIG PBTS PREL MU
06MUSCAT161	OMAN 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel request, Embassy is pleased to submit the following Investment Climate Statement for 2006. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement: Economic Overview Oman's economy is based primarily on petroleum and natural gas, which is expected to account for 81% of the government's [...]	2006-02-08 06:33:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ENRG KTDB PGOV MU
06MUSCAT256	DELIVERED: POINTS ON UNSYG, PEACEBUILDING [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-21 14:44:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UN MU
06MUSCAT949	RELIGIOUS VOLUNTEERS DISCUSS TIP ISSUES [...] (SBU) Religious leaders and charitable organization volunteers recently shared their views on trafficking in persons in Oman. Though they argue Oman's TIP problem is small in comparison to its neighbors, all are calling for prompt government action to enforce Oman's labor law, increase oversi [...]	2006-06-12 08:37:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV ELAB MU
06NEWDELHI1172	RECENT SRI LANKAN TAMIL REFUGEE ARRIVALS IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the promise of upcoming talks to strengthen the Cease-Fire Agreement has slowed the flow of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees coming to South India, there are now about 400 refugees at the Mandapam refugee transit camp in Tamil Nadu, near Palk Bay. In recent meetings, UNHCR an [...]	2006-02-15 14:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREF SL IN
06NEWDELHI1854	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOND [...] (SBU) Senator Bond, your delegation's 22-23 March visit to India provides a significant opportunity to assess the accelerating India-US relationship on the heels of President Bush's historic summit and help shape the next phase of this growing partnership. After forty years of mutual indiffe [...]	2006-03-17 14:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM INCB IN
06NEWDELHI2172	INDIA WILL SUPPORT OUR INCB CANDIDATE IF WE [...] (SBU) After PolCouns raised reftel points regarding the nomination of Ambassador Levitsky for re-election to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) on March 29, MEA Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Manjeev Puri responded that India would be pleased to support the US candidat [...]	2006-03-30 12:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR AORC PREL UN IN
06NEWDELHI2173	GOI PRIVATELY MAINTAINING PRESSURE TO DEMOCRATIZE [...] (C) Summary: MEA Burma watcher Mohan Kumar told PolCouns March 30 that the GOI is continuing privately to push the military regime in Burma to pursue democratic reforms. Kumar elaborated on President Kalam's visit to Burma earlier this month, and indicated that discussions on democracy figur [...]	2006-03-30 13:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM BM IN
06NEWDELHI2229	GOI GETS GOOD ATMOSPHERICS BUT LITTLE SUBSTANCE [...] (C) Summary: The GOI went to great lengths to cast a positive glow over Bangladesh Prime Minister Zia's March 20-22 visit to New Delhi in an effort to improve the tone of the bilateral relationship. Our MEA contacts lamented that this positive turn-around came just in time for Zia's lame duc [...]	2006-03-31 13:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EINV ETRD ENRG EPET IN BG
06NEWDELHI2231	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HAGEL [...] (SBU) Senator Hagel, your delegation's 8-12 April visit to India provides a significant opportunity to assess the accelerating transformation of the India-US relationship following President Bush's historic March 1-3 meeting and help shape the next phase of this growing partnership. After fo [...]	2006-03-31 15:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM INCB PTER
06NEWDELHI2255	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTERT [...] (SBU) Speaker Hastert, your delegation's 9-12 April visit to India provides a significant opportunity to assess the accelerating transformation of the US-India relationship following President Bush's historic March 1-3 meeting and help shape the next phase of this growing partnership. After [...]	2006-04-03 13:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM PTER ECON
06NEWDELHI2323	INDIA GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT SAARC [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff's April 4 introductory call on Preeti Saran, the new MEA Joint Secretary for SAARC, revealed an element in the GOI that is generally upbeat about SAARC's potential to improve regional cooperation, in line with Prime Minister Singh's long-term vision of Indian [...]	2006-04-05 14:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG ECIN EAID IN AF BG BT
06NEWDELHI2496	MEA PROVIDES A/S BOUCHER WITH TOUR D'HORIZON OF [...] (C) Summary: Over an April 7 lunch, MEA regional Joint Secretaries provided Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher with SIPDIS a review of India's relations with its neighbors in South and Central Asia. Boucher probed them specifically on Nepal, Pakistan (including Kashmir),Afghanistan, Cent [...]	2006-04-13 06:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG ETRD PBTS MOPS ELTN EPET KDEM
06NEWDELHI27	GOI DECLINES A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN SRI LANKAN [...] (C) Summary: Mahinda Rajapakse's December 27-30 trip to India stimulated the public debate about the Sri Lankan President's call for a more active Indian role in the peace process, but did not yield any major new Indian initiatives. The GOI told President Rajapakse, who encouraged greater Indian i [...]	2006-01-04 04:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MASS CE IN
06NEWDELHI3266	SRI LANKAN ENVOY URGES INDIAN ENGAGEMENT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Sri Lanka's visiting Foreign Minister has requested India's help to resume peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),while concurrently seeking India's assistance to choke LTTE's financial and logistical resources. Despite Sri Lanka's request, domestic politic [...]	2006-05-11 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS IN
06NEWDELHI3499	SARAN ARGUES FOR PRESSURE ON MAOISTS, CRITICIZES [...] (U) This is an action request for SCA and USUN. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Foreign Secretary Saran used a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador (other topics septel) to explain India's concern about the current UN Secretariat approach to Nepal and to appeal for US engagement with the UN to ens [...]	2006-05-19 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC MOPS NP IN

06NEWDELHI3611	EMBASSY AND MEA HOLD PRODUCTIVE, FOCUSED CTJWG [...] (U) This is an Action Request for SCA and S/CT. Please see Para 17. 2. (C) Summary: The DCM and key Embassy interlocutors on counterterrorism issues (see Paras 21-22) on May 19 reviewed with MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) KC Singh action items that emerged from the April 19 [...]	2006-05-24 10:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER EFIN TBIO PREL PINS SCUL KCIP ASEC EAIR
06NEWDELHI4100	MEA POSITIVE ON ANTI-LTTE CONTACT GROUPS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 13:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN CE
06NEWDELHI4200	CONGRESS ON THE DEFENSIVE WITHIN ITS COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Congress is feeling increasingly isolated, as regional parties nominally part of the UPA openly join BJP and Left Front (LF) protests against the recent petroleum product price hikes. The Prime Minister on June 7 asked the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG),s Secretary [...]	2006-06-15 11:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EINV EFIN ELAB EPET ENRG IN
06NEWDELHI4405	INDIA FAVORS PARALLEL DEMARCHE TO SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 12:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI4605	BIOGRAPHIC NOTES: MEA ADDITIONAL SECRETARY KC SINGH [...] (C) Summary: Additional Secretary (International Organizations) KC Singh's position combines several large MEA portfolios of USG interest, including the UN, nonproliferation, and counterterrorism. USG interlocutors over the past several months have had opportunities to interact with Singh in [...]	2006-06-30 08:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP IN
06NEWDELHI5135	INDIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY BOARD: ADVISING [...] (C) Summary: The National Security Advisory Board -- populated by civilians, but supported by the GOI National Security Council Secretariat -- is a little-discussed institution designed to provide creative long-term assessments to the National Security Advisor, and through him to the Cabinet [...]	2006-07-21 07:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IN
06NEWDELHI5136	INDIA'S NSCS: PROFESSIONALS IN A "BUREAUCRATIC [...] (C) Summary: India's National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) was a little-known institution until a SIPDIS recent series of "Indian Express" articles alleged that several of its employees were involved in a spy ring (Ref A). From collating intelligence inputs to supporting National S [...]	2006-07-21 07:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR IN
06NEWDELHI550	GOI STUMPED ON ITS NEPAL POLICY [...] (C) Summary: New Delhi is trying to decide its next steps on Nepal, and hopes for more "clarity" in a few days, Joint Secretary Pankaj Saran said in a January 25 meeting with SIPDIS PolCouns and Poloffs. The GOI is committed to maintaining its current pro-democracy position (including the [...]	2006-01-25 13:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MASS PTER ASEC IN NP
06NEWDELHI5738	SRI LANKA: NEW DELHI STILL BELIEVES POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Despite assessing the current situation in Sri Lanka as a stalemate, India has no plans to change its policy of pushing for a political solution. New Delhi continues to tell the SLA that it should not see war as an option. Public opinion and refugee inflows into Tamil Nadu are seen as [...]	2006-08-18 13:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CE IN
06NEWDELHI5801	SRI LANKANS SEEK MORE INDIAN INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner A. Sabarulla Khan delivered an Aide Memoire to Acting PolCouns August 21, using the occasion to mention that the same note had been recently delivered to the GOI and that MEA Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar received it positively and endorsed the notion of formin [...]	2006-08-21 13:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS CE IN
06NEWDELHI583	GOI PROMISES MILITARY SUPPORT TO SRI LANKA AND [...] (C) Summary: During U/S Burns' January 21 consultations on regional issues, the GOI relayed its concerns over the increasingly possible return to war in Sri Lanka and the conflict between the need for Iranian gas and the looming crisis over Tehran's nuclear program. Indian Foreign Secretary [...]	2006-01-27 08:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS ENRG EPET IR CE IN
06NEWDELHI6133	THE PM PICKS A WINNER: SHIV SHANKAR MENON TO BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 31 announcement that seasoned diplomat Shiv Shankar Menon will succeed Shyam Saran as Foreign Secretary with Saran moving to a newly-created post as the PM's Special Envoy for the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal represents not only a domestic coup for PM Singh, but also bod [...]	2006-09-01 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6520	INDIA, US "CONVERGE" ON SRI LANKA, LESS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a September 18 courtesy call, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar told PolCouns: -- India and the U.S. have a "broad convergence" of interests on Sri Lanka; -- India continues to tell the GSL that there can be no military solution to the conflict, [...]	2006-09-19 10:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM CE BG IN
06NEWDELHI7005	HIGH STAKES FOR INDIA IN NEPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: India's stakes in Nepal are high, yet, of all its neighbors, Nepal is the easiest to manage, according to MEA Americas Director Santosh Jha. Jha said the Maoists are long on guns, but short on strategy. They have created an "aura" of support, said Jha, but would be exposed in e [...]	2006-10-11 10:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM NE IN
06NEWDELHI7095	INDIA'S SRI LANKA POLICY DESCRIBED AS DECISIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 27 September roundtable discussion on India-Sri Lanka relations, the consensus among prominent journalists and think-tankers was that the GOI should pursue a Track II dialogue with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) in three phases: achieve a sustainable cease-fire agreement [...]	2006-10-16 01:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN CE
06NEWDELHI7155	MAOISTS UNWILLING TO SHARE, ACCORDING TO INDIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Ajai Sahni of the Institute for Conflict Management, warned that current peace talks will result in Nepal being handed over to the Maoists, who have no intention of sharing power. The Maoists are tactical negotiators who should not be underestimated, said Sahni. Describing [...]	2006-10-18 04:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS KISL NP IN
06NEWDELHI7305	INDIA'S TAMIL-BASED PARTIES RELUCTANT TO EXPEND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing lingering ill feelings over the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, the embarrassment caused by the hasty withdrawal of Indian peacekeeping force deployed to Sri Lanka from 1987-1990, and the unpredictability of the LTTE,leaders of Tamil Na [...]	2006-10-23 12:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF IN CE
06NEWDELHI7466	GOI ON THE SAME PAGE REGARDING SRI LANKA, MINOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: India's newly appointed Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee stated on October 30 that it is in India's interest to work with Bangladesh to curb terrorism. While monitoring Bangladesh's deteriorating security situation, Mukherjee noted the current political crisis is an "internal ma [...]	2006-10-31 09:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN CE
06NEWDELHI7514	INDIA STRONGLY DENIES HOWITZER SALES TO BURMA, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy contacts have confirmed press reports that India has supplied Burma 105 mm Howitzers and associated equipment. However, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) denied that any such deals had transpired. India's rationale for supplying weapons to the junta is ostensibly [...]	2006-11-02 07:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MARR BM IN
06NEWDELHI7759	BOUCHER DISCUSSES NUCLEAR TALKS, BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reflecting the rapid maturation and quickly broadening scope of US-India strategic coordination, visiting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. Subramanyam Jaishankar discussed the o [...]	2006-11-13 10:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7762	AN INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH COMMUNIST LEADER [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting with PolCouns, CPI(M) leader and ideologue Sitaram Yechury expressed a desire to maintain regular relations with the Embassy. With a straight face, Yechury was adamant that good relations benefited both India and the US and had moved beyond the stage of [...]	2006-11-13 11:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PGOV PINR PREL IN BG NP SL
06NEWDELHI7764	BAD VIBES BEFORE HU JINTAO'S INDIA VISIT? [...] SUMMARY: (C) China's presidential visit to India may not culminate in any major breakthroughs in Sino-Indian relations. Despite Chinese claims that a momentous announcement will be made during President Hu's possible address to a joint session of the Indian Parliament on his upcoming visi [...]	2006-11-14 01:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PBTS IN CH
06NEWDELHI7767	BOUCHER AND MENON TOUR D'HORIZON: PAKISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Secretary Menon told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher SIPDIS and Ambassador Mulford in a Nov. 10 meeting that countering Pakistani mistrust about India's role in Baluchistan will be difficult. India is concerned about the growin [...]	2006-11-14 04:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI8129	INDIA'S MEA PROVIDES READOUT OF SRI LANKA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of External Affairs' Joint Secretary responsible for Sri Lanka, Mr. Mohan Kumar, SIPDIS provided Polcouns with a readout of Minister of External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee's meeting with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Kumar said that Mukherjee hammered home [...]	2006-12-04 12:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER KTIA MOPS IN CE
06NEWDELHI8156	RUMORS ABOUT BANGLADESH; MEA CONTINUES TO DENY AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary (Bangladesh, Burma Sri Lanka, Maldives) Mohan Kumar informed PolCouns that rumors are rife in Dhaka that the U.S. wants neither Sheikh Hasina, leader of the Awami League (AL),nor Khaleda Zia, head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),to win January's s [...]	2006-12-05 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MASS PTER KISL IN BG
06NEWDELHI8184	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ORDNANCE FACTORY KHAMARIA, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Ordnance Factory Khamaria (OFK),Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, o [...]	2006-12-06 11:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
06NEWDELHI8373	MOVING THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP FORWARD: PDAS MANN AND JOINT SECRETARIES JAISHANKAR AND KUMAR [...] (S) Summary: On December 13, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Steven Mann met SIPDIS with out-going MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. Jaishankar and his designated replacement Ms. Gyatri Kumar to follow-up on the progress made during Under Secretary Burns' [...]	2006-12-15 08:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PINR EAGR MASS IN
06NICOSIA1347	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORTING THE CEASEFIRE IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 11:22:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL
06NICOSIA2048	CYPRUS: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Per Reftel, Post offers the following input for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report. A note on terminology is in order: Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into the Greek Cypriot government-controlled area, comprising the southern two-thirds of the island, and a northern third, [...]	2006-12-20 15:42:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	PTER ASEC CY EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO
06NICOSIA2053	CYPRUS: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Per Reftel, Post offers the following input for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report. A note on terminology is in order: Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into the Greek Cypriot government-controlled area, comprising the southern two-thirds of the island, and a northern third, [...]	2006-12-20 15:50:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	PTER ASEC CY EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO
06NICOSIA2054	CYPRUS: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Per Reftel, Post offers the following input for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report. A note on terminology is in order: Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into the Greek Cypriot government-controlled area, comprising the southern two-thirds of the island, and a northern third, [...]	2006-12-20 15:50:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	PTER ASEC CY EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO
06NICOSIA313	REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified--not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the March 2005-March 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Bridget Alway, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3545, Fax (3 [...]	2006-03-02 12:34:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CY ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06NICOSIA912	ASYLUM SEEKERS PROTEST FOR RIGHTS IN CYPRUS; [...] (C) Summary: As Cyprus struggles with a large influx of asylum sekers who have put a major strain on the limited facilities of this small country, NGO advocates contend that the situation for asylum seekers is increasingly desperate and that the GOC continues to deny them rights to which they [...]	2006-06-15 08:33:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CY
06OSLO1063	SRI LANKA LETTER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 13:18:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OPDC NO
06OSLO1344	NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN SUDAN, IRAQ [...] (C) In an October 30 tour d'horizon, Norwegian Minister of Development Assistance Erik Solheim reviewed Norway's approach to Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Sri Lanka. He cited unhappiness with the multilateral aid mechanisms Norway has been using in the Sudan, saying Norway may have to switch to [...]	2006-10-31 16:34:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID NATO SU NO AF SL IZ
06OSLO1352	NORWAY ASSESSES THE GENEVA SRI LANKA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Norway attributes the recent Geneva talks stalemate to the evolving negotiating position of both the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the LTTE, divisions within the GSL negotiating team and the LTTE's decision to raise the A-9 road as a major issue. The Norwegians note the LTTE [...]	2006-11-02 14:35:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CE NO
06OSLO1359	ENGAGING NORWAY ON PEACE AND RECONCILIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 31, the DCM and Pol/Econ officers met with Tore Hattrem, Director General of the MFA's Peace and Reconciliation Section and other members of his team. The meeting began and intensified a dialogue on Norwegian peace efforts in several global hot spots: Sri Lanka, P [...]	2006-11-03 15:59:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF EAID CE SU CO HA RP SO NO
06OSLO1384	CO-CHAIRS INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 11:32:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL CE NO
06OSLO1496	NORWAY: MANAGING THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary. On December 6, MFA State Secretary Liv Monica Stubholt, who recently took on the US portfolio, met with the Ambassador for a tour d'horizon. Both agreed that key ways to deepen the already strong relationship included increasing educational exchanges, finding joint projects rega [...]	2006-12-11 16:27:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG NO PGOV PINR PREL
06OSLO166	PM COMMITTED TO AFGHANISTAN, FOCUSED ON HIGH NORTH [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Prime Miniter Stoltenberg on February 14, the Prime Minsiter made sure that we knew that Norway remains commited to supporting ISAF and will not be deterred by the recent attack on the Norwegian provincial reconstruction team in Meymaneh. The [...]	2006-02-15 11:27:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PINR AF NO
06OSLO18	NORWAY HOPES TO JUMPSTART SRI LANKA PEACE TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Norway's Minister of International Development Erik Solheim will travel to Colombo January 23-26 in an effort to jumpstart peace talks between the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Solheim and his team are quite concerned that the situation in Sri Lanka [...]	2006-01-05 12:00:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CE NO
06OSLO184	REASONS THE SECRETARY SHOULD VISIT NORTH NORWAY [...] Summary (C) The time is ripe for you to come to Norway. In the wake of the Mohammed cartoons, your visit would be a tangible demonstration of our solidarity and friendship with Norway. Norway is becoming increasingly important as a reliable major energy supplier, particularly as energy resou [...]	2006-02-17 13:11:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG NO
06OSLO227	AMBASSADOR MEETS NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT STATE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Norwegian Development Ministry State Secretary Anne Stenhammer on February 27. Stenhammer elaborated on Norway's plans to direct foreign aid to areas where Norway has unique expertise: oil and energy development, peace and reconciliation, gen [...]	2006-02-28 15:35:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID NO
06OSLO279	NORWAY HAS NO PLANS TO RECEIVE HAMAS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Middle East Office Director Joern Gjelstad on March 9. Gjelstad took note of our comments and promised that he would convey our message upward. Gjelstad said that Norway did not have regular political level contact with Hamas; however, at the local go [...]	2006-03-09 13:54:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER NO KPAL
06OSLO427	NORWAY'S ROLE IN NEPAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-04 14:35:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER IN NP NO
06OSLO467	"GRIM" PROSPECTS FOR SRI LANKA PEACE TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-11 16:15:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE NO
06OSLO543	NORWAY'S DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SOLHEIM'S NEPAL VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 13:23:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER IN NP NO
06OSLO551	SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEETING IN OSLO [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs ( Norway, Japan, the EU, and the U.S. ) met in Oslo on April 28 in an emergency session to discuss the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka and plan for a follow-on meeting in Tokyo. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affa [...]	2006-05-03 09:26:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE NO
06OSLO553	A/S BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN DFM JOHANSEN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-03 12:35:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PARM PREL IN PGOV PHUM PTER NP CE
06OSLO613	SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEETING IN OSLO [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs (Norway, Japan, the EU, and the U.S.) met in Oslo on April 28 in an emergency session to discuss the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka and plan for a follow-on meeting in Tokyo. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affair [...]	2006-05-11 13:42:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE NO
06OSLO615	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO OSLO, MAY 16-17 [...] (C) I very much look forward to welcoming you to Oslo. You will be the most senior U.S. administration official to visit Norway since the center-left government of Jens Stoltenberg came to power in October 2005, and your visit should help us in our efforts to bolster our dialogue with Norway [...]	2006-05-11 14:49:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP EAID ENRG NO
06OSLO661	U/S SHINER'S VISIT TO OSLO [...] (U) Summary: On May 16, Under Secretary Josette Shiner met in Oslo with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and the PM,s team working on the UN High Level Panel for Reform. The Norwegians laid out their plans for moving forward the work of the panel, including establishing the advance [...]	2006-05-22 14:08:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ENRG UN NO KPAL
06OSLO72	AMBASSADORÂ´S CALL ON DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SOLHEIM [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador made his introductory call on International Development Minister Erik Solheim January 19 and discussed Solheims upcoming trip to Sri Lanka, the state of play in Sudan, and the Ministers development priorities. Solheim stressed that he is eager to cooperate with the Unite [...]	2006-01-23 12:52:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CE SU NO
06OSLO759	SRI LANKA TALKS DISINTEGRATE IN OSLO [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 13:57:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PINS CE NO
06OSLO807	NORWEGIANS TIP OFF RESPONSES TO SRI LANKA LETTERS [...] (C) Summary. On June 20 we spoke with Tomas Stangeland, Adviser on Sri Lanka matters in the MFA's Peace and Reconciliation Section. As noted in reftel, the Norwegian government submitted letters to both the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government of Sri Lanka (GSL) on Ju [...]	2006-06-20 14:44:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINS PTER CE NO
06OSLO820	NORWEGIANS RECEIVE ANSWERS FROM SRI LANKA, TIGERS [...] (U) On June 22, the Norwegian government issued a press release on Minster of International Development Eric Solheim's June 8 letters to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government of Sri Lanka (GSL). (Post will fax a copy of the press release to the SCA/INS). The press re [...]	2006-06-23 15:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINS PTER CE NO
06OSLO829	(S) PKK TERRORISM DEMARCHE DELIVERED - NORWAY [...] (S) Summary. On June 28 we delivered ref. b points to Kari Bjornsgaard, Adviser in the MFA's Section for European Regional and Economic Affairs. Bjornsgaard noted that Norway would cooperate with U.S. law enforcement efforts tracing PKK funding mechanisms, while emphasizing that her country' [...]	2006-06-28 14:00:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	PREL PTER NO
06OSLO95	POST-PALESTINIAN ELECTION: NORWAY SEEKING TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Meeting in Oslo, Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere told A/S Dan Fried on January 27 that he plans to speak with Abbas later today and tell him that he is sending his number two, Deputy Foreign Minister Raymond Johansen, to visit with him next week (date unspecified). Stoere wanted to make su [...]	2006-01-27 14:22:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS NO
06OSLO958	OSLO MEETING WITH SPECIAL ENVOY HANSSEN-BAUER [...] (C) On August 2, 2006 we met with Jon Hanssen-Bauer, Special Envoy to Sri Lanka at the MFA and Sri Lanka Desk Officer Sondre Bjotveit. Noting Norwegian Development Minister Eric Solheim's public appeal earlier today for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil (LTTE) and the Government of Sri Lanka (G [...]	2006-08-03 06:58:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE NO
06OSLO980	SUPPORTING SRI LANKA CEASEFIRE-DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 15:09:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CE NO
06OTTAWA1029	CANADA OUTLAWS LTTE/TAMIL TIGERS [...] (C) Summary: Canada's Conservative-minority government domestically designated the LTTE/Tamil Tigers under Canada's Criminal Code on April 10, 2006. As a result of this listing, participating in Tiger activities (including fundraising) is a criminal offense and financial institutions must [...]	2006-04-10 21:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER CE
06OTTAWA3487	CANADA ANNOUNCES OVER C$40 MILLION IN MICROFINANCE [...] (U) Summary: At the November 12 Global Microfinance Summit in Halifax, Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay and International Cooperation Minister Josee Verner announced that Canada will provide more than C$40 million to three Canadian NGOs to help poor people in developing countries get acc [...]	2006-11-28 20:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN CA
06PARIS2796	USUNESCO: MEDIA FREEDOM - DANISH CARTOONS [...] (C) Classified by: PAO Caitlin Bergin for reasons 1.4; B/D 2. (C) SUMMARY: Executive Board Agenda Item 46, Title, was renegotiated by a working group during the Executive Board to address concerns about respect for culture and religion raised by the Danish cartoons of Mohammed published in [...]	2006-04-27 16:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL ECON UNESCO
06PARIS332	FRANCE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]	2006-01-18 17:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR
06PARIS4174	FRANCE AND WORKING GROUPS SUPPORTING THE SRI [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor and poloff discussed reftel points June 13 with French MFA A/S equivalent for Asia, Herve Ladsous. Ladsous said that the GoF had no objections in principle to forming the two working groups, though, he added, France would probably not insert itself into a leade [...]	2006-06-16 16:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PINS FR
06PARIS4955	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' JULY 13 MEETING WITH INDIAN [...] (U) July 13, 2006; 10:30AM - 2:45PM; Paris, FRANCE 2. (U) Participants: U.S. U/S Nicolas Burns Anja Manuel, P Staff Political Officer Greg D'Elia, U.S. Embassy, Paris Political Officer Leslie Ordeman, U.S. Embassy, Paris (notetaker) India: Foreign Minister Saran S. Jaishankar, H [...]	2006-07-20 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL BM NP CE IR IZ VE GT CU FR
06PARIS5829	SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP: FRANCE LOOKING TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 15:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS PTER FR
06PARIS6340	FRANCE SETS CONDITION ON PARTICIPATION IN SRI [...] (C) Summary: The GoF will send a three-person interagency delegation to the Sri Lanka contact group meeting on September 27. The MFA is asking that all discussions in the contact group remain strictly confidential, that the Sri Lankan government receive only the most general briefing on the g [...]	2006-09-21 14:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE
06PARIS715	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 07:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	FR MARR MCAP PREL
06PARIS719	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MCAP FR
06PHNOMPENH2209	CAMBODIA: 2006 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (U) Cambodia's ability to investigate potential terrorist activities is limited by a lack of training and resources. An absence of comprehensive domestic legislation to combat terrorism also hinders the ability to arrest and prosecute terrorists. However, Cambodia's political leadership demo [...]	2006-12-21 01:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH2240	CAMBODIA: GARMENT BUYERS URGE IMPROVED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Buyers of Cambodian-made garments urged the Better Factories Cambodia factory monitoring project to maintain credibility by continuing International Labor Organization (ILO) involvement and to meet financial challenges by encouraging more buyers to participate. Cambodia's good [...]	2006-12-28 05:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KTEX PHUM
06PHNOMPENH887	KRT JUDGES NAMED: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY [...] (C) Summary. On May 7, the Cambodian Government announced the names of the Cambodian and international judges selected by the Supreme Council of the Magistracy and approved by the King. The results are a mixed bag of good, middling, and poor choices. Initial soundings within the diplomati [...]	2006-05-09 09:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL CB
06PORTAUPRINCE1220	MINUSTAH, GOH ASSESS RENEWED GANG VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) Government and MINUSTAH officials are taking stock of the gang shoot-out on July 6-7 which left more than 20 people dead in the "quartier chaud" of Martissant, south of the capital. Government/MINUSTAH meetings are underway to discuss how to manage the fallout from the Martissant inci [...]	2006-07-10 12:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC HA PGOV PREL
06PORTAUPRINCE1622	PREVAL PRESSURES MINUSTAH FOR CLAMPDOWN [...] (C) President Preval on August 31 convened meetings with MINUSTAH leaders, including the SRSG and his military and police commander, and Haitian security officials to press for decisive action against gang leaders in Cite Soleil. A MINUSTAH official who participated in the meeting told Polco [...]	2006-08-31 16:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2202	MARTISSANT VIOLENT, BUT NOT "OPERATION BAGHDAD" [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Gang violence has increased in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Martissant during recent weeks, and local radio has given a forum to gang members who claim they are launching "Operation Baghdad II," [...]	2006-11-15 17:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC HA KCRM MARR
06PORTAUPRINCE2367	MARTISSANT HOTSPOT FOR GANG VIOLENCE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The murder of a Haitian National Police officer during the December 3 elections sparked a new wave of gang violence in the Martissant neighborhood in the south of Port-au-Prince. MINUSTAH presenc [...]	2006-12-12 19:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM MARR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE637	HAITI ELECTIONS: PLANNERS APPLY LESSONS LEARNED [...] (C) Summary. UN Mission (MINUSTAH) officials are confident they will be much better prepared to conduct the second round of national elections and working to apply lessons learned from the first round. MINUSTAH has ordered its military planners to develop the overall security plan, taking o [...]	2006-04-07 17:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR ASEC HA
06PRAGUE1217	CZECHS ON THE SECOND SESSION OF THE UNHRC [...] (C) Polec Counselor and Poloff met with MFA Human Rights Department Director Veronika Stromsikova on September 29 to discuss priorities for the second session of the UNHRC, and to deliver Reftel talking points. Stromsikova had just returned from UNHRC meetings in Geneva and offered her assessm [...]	2006-10-03 14:43:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM UN EZ
06PRETORIA3182	SOUTH AFRICA EXPANDING COOPERATION IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary. South Africa plans to expand its cooperation with Bolivia, particularly in the mining and energy sectors, according to DFA Director Swanepoel. Minister in the Presidency Essop Pahad led a high-level delegation to Bolivia July 17-20 to discuss a South African-Bolivian bilateral c [...]	2006-08-02 15:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO SF
06PRETORIA4598	NEC MEMBER EBRAHIM SAYS TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: This is the second in a series of cables on the strengths and weaknesses of the emerging candidates for the ANC and national presidencies in South Africa (Ref A). This messages presents the view of Ebrahim Ebrahim, ANC National Executive Council member and forme [...]	2006-11-06 14:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SF
06PRISTINA608	KOSOVO MISSING PERSONS FORENSICS HAMPERED BY LACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) is faces severe staffing and funding shortages which are hampering its ability to resolve cases of missing persons. Despite fewer leads on potential new grave sites, OMPF is still very busy with a few ongoing exhumations [...]	2006-07-19 18:00:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI KJUS EAID
06RANGOON799	SPDC ROAD SHOW GOES TO KAREN STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In another of its carefully choreographed road shows for local diplomats and hand-picked media, the Burmese ruling regime showcased its "peace and development" program in pacified areas of Karen State and characterized the Karen National Union as a "terrorist organization" solely [...]	2006-06-14 11:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS BM
06REYKJAVIK294	ICELAND: PEACEKEEPERS STICKING IT OUT IN SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to MFA officials, Iceland will probably maintain or even expand its peace monitoring mission in Sri Lanka following the withdrawal of EU peacekeepers, despite renewed media questioning of the appropriateness of Icelandic participation in peacekeeping in combat zones. T [...]	2006-08-14 18:00:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO CE IC
06REYKJAVIK431	ICELAND: PEACEKEEPING POLICY AT A CROSSROADS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iceland's Foreign Minister has announced that Iceland will increase the number of peacekeepers sent abroad with the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit(ICRU),while focusing on civilian projects where Iceland has particular expertise and restricting behavior (e.g. wearing battle dress [...]	2006-11-27 11:49:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO EAID NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK452	ICELAND: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Post submits the following narrative for inclusion in the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. Text of report will also be emailed to EUR/NB and S/CT via unclass and classified email. 2. Begin text of submission: Iceland Iceland is a NATO ally and party to all 12 major UN conventions [...]	2006-12-21 07:43:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC IC
06ROME2582	ITALY CO-CHAIRING COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES WORKING [...] Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on the Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial September 12 to Gabriella Biondi, MFA Acting Office Director for UN Affairs, and Brunella Borzi, MFA OSCE Office Director (and CD coordinator). Poloff noted we plan to focus our participation on the success of th [...]	2006-09-13 15:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IT
06ROME263	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] Summary. Italy continues to court foreign investors by actively seeking to implement the 2003 legal reforms designed to lift the Italian economy out of its malaise. In 2003 Italy successfully reformed its civil code and made important modifications to its Unified Rules on Financial Intermed [...]	2006-01-30 08:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV IT OPIC USTR
06SEOUL2675	UNSYG CAMPAIGN: FM BAN'S UPDATE [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on August 7, ROK Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon said that he was relieved to have done well in the recent UNSC straw poll for the declared candidates for UNSYG. At the same time, the results were also burdensome, because they had created the expectation tha [...]	2006-08-08 08:29:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN KS
06SEOUL549	LABOR SNAPSHOT: MEETING THE STANDARDS [...] (SBU) This is the final report in a three-part series on labor-management relations in the ROK. In previous cables we described the major players (Ref A) and current issues (Ref B). We now focus on whether Korean labor laws meet the core labor standards contained in the Trade Promotion Autho [...]	2006-02-17 06:07:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KS PGOV
06SINGAPORE197	SINGAPORE - 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Post submits below the draft text of the 2006 Singapore Investment Climate Statement (ICS). As requested reftel, we have also forwarded the document via email to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. Begin text of 2006 Investment Climate Statement: Investment Policy Summary 3. Foreign investments, combi [...]	2006-01-24 06:41:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
06SINGAPORE3442	SINGAPORE - 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES [...] Per reftel instructions, post submits its draft chapter on Singapore for the 2007 National Trade Estimate Report. We assume that Washington agencies will update the trade and investment data in the first three paragraphs of the report as they have done in the past. Per reftel instructions, [...]	2006-10-27 11:12:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KIPR ECPS SN
06SINGAPORE632	SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE 2006 TIP REPORT: [...] (U) This is the third of three messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2006 TIP submission. Part III covers Protection and Assistance to Victims, and details the sources Post has consulted in preparing this submission. PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS ------------------------------------ [...]	2006-03-01 09:33:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN
06SOFIA264	BULGARIA: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES UN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to reftel demarches, the Bulgarian MFA said that it supports Guatemala's UNSC candidacy, agrees that the Secretary General appointment process should be based on individual qualifications rather than regional affiliations, and supports continued UN reform. Bulgaria a [...]	2006-02-22 12:12:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR PHUM UN UNSC ADCO GT VE BU
06STATE134206	Allegations of LTTE Chemical Weapons Capability [...] (U) Background. A. (S) Ref reported on a document the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister passed to the U.S. Charge reporting that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had made an attempt (in 2002) to procure "Red Mercury," a chemical claimed to be used to manufacture weapons of mass destruc [...]	2006-08-15 23:03:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER MCAP PARM CW KNNP CE
06STATE61225	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' APRIL 10 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: Acting EAP A/S Kathleen Stephens, reason 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) Participants: Morning meeting U.S. Under Secretary Burns EAP A/S Kathy Stephens (acting) P Special Assistant Andrew Shaw EAP/J Director Wendell Albright (acting) JAPAN Deputy Foreign Minister Ni [...]	2006-04-18 15:23:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL MARR MCAP MNUC PARM PINR SNAR IZ IR IN AF JA
06STATE86004	IRAN SEEKS CHAIR OF IOM EXCOM [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 11 and 12. ------------ Summary ------------ 2. (C) On June 7, 2006, the International Organization for Migration (IOM),a non-UN intergovernmental organization dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration, is holding its a [...]	2006-05-26 14:54:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG IR AORC
06TALLINN709	ESTONIA SUPPORTS EU EFFORTS FOR A CEASEFIRE IN SRI [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 11:28:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CE EN
06TASHKENT825	UZBEKISTAN AND SOUTH KOREA DEEPEN THEIR LABOR [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan and South Korea are taking steps to strengthen their labor relations. Sources at the Uzbek Ministry of Labor and South Korean Embassy told Poloff that their governments have agreed to facilitate labor contracts for Uzbek guest workers. Uzbekistan will reportedly become [...]	2006-04-26 03:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB SMIG ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV KS UZ
06TELAVIV915	ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) This cable forms the first part of a four-part message in response to reftel A. Embassy point of contact is poloff James Miller, phone (972)3-519-7437, fax (972)3-519-7484. Poloff spent approximately 120 hours in preparation of TIP report; deputy polcouns spent six hours, polcouns spe [...]	2006-03-06 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL

06THEHAGUE126	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - THE NETHERLANDS [...] The following transmits the draft 2006 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with Chapter VI in the FY 2006 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has been forwarded by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA to the attention of J. Nathaniel Hatcher and Pa [...]	2006-01-19 14:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB NL OPIC USTR
06THEHAGUE1486	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands) held two informal consultations on 23 and 26 June to discuss Executive Council 46 report language. On Monday, delegations were asked to choose between two texts, the draft EC-45 text and a new facilitator's proposal. Mexico intervened to relay its in [...]	2006-07-04 16:16:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE995	NO DUTCH RESERVATIONS ON EU LISTING OF TAMIL TIGERS [...] (U) Econoff met April 28 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Political Affairs Department to deliver reftel A. points urging the immediate EU listing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organ [...]	2006-05-03 15:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PREL KTFN PTER NL
06TOKYO1557	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-24 07:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2751	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/19/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-19 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2790	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 01:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2816	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2911	JAPAN REP AKASHI PREVIEWS CO-CHAIRS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Japan Representative for Sri Lanka Peace-Building Akashi told the DCM on May 24 that the May 30 Co-Chair Meeting in Tokyo comes at a crucial point in the peace process and expressed hope that it will be a comprehensive meeting leading to a consensus on the way forward. Both the [...]	2006-05-25 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LK JA
06TOKYO2915	JAPAN REP AKASHI PREVIEWS CO-CHAIRS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Japan Representative for Sri Lanka Peace-Building Akashi told the DCM on May 24 that the May 30 Co-Chair Meeting in Tokyo comes at a crucial point in the peace process and expressed hope that it will be a comprehensive meeting leading to a consensus on the way forward. Both the [...]	2006-05-25 08:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE JA
06TOKYO2969	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2987	CO-CHAIRS APPEAL TO SRI LANKA TO PULL BACK FROM [...] (C) Summary: U.S., Japanese, Norwegian and EU participants at the 30 May 2006 Tokyo Co-Chairs meeting concluded a joint statement presenting a strong Co-Chairs position on the failing Sri Lankan peace process. Participants agreed to cite Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) failure to prevent attacks by a [...]	2006-05-31 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO JA
06TOKYO2990	SCA A/S BOUCHER'S MAY 30 MEETING WITH MOFA ASIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 30 meeting with visiting SCA A/S Boucher, MOFA Asian Affairs Bureau DG Sasae stated: -- Japan is committed to nation building in Sri Lanka; -- MOFA is carefully explaining to the public and the Diet Japan's interests in supporting the India nuclear initiative; -- [...]	2006-05-31 09:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM IN AF NP CE IR JA
06TOKYO3224	JAPAN MULLING RESPONSE TO SRI LANKA PEACE PROCESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 06:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PINS CE JA
06TOKYO3237	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 01:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3618	JAPAN TO PARTICIPATE IN SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUPS, [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Following ref a instructions, on June 29 Embassy Tokyo Political Officer contacted MOFA Southwest Asia Division Director Shinsuke Shimizu to elicit a more substantive Japanese response regarding the two new contact groups than that [...]	2006-06-29 07:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PINS CE JA
06TOKYO4443	JAPAN: SUPPORTING THE CEASEFIRE IN SRI LANKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is disappointed by the lack of progress toward peace in Sri Lanka and is reconsidering its approach to dealing with the LTTE, according to MOFA's Sri Lanka country officer. Tokyo is thinking of taking "tangible measures," likely declaring the LTTE to be a terrorist organ [...]	2006-08-08 03:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CE JA
06TOKYO4755	THE DCM'S AUGUST 18 COURTESY CALL WITH [...] (C) Summary. During a call on August 18 with newly appointed Counterterrorism Ambassador Suda, the DCM shared that DoS and DHS have agreed to return to the March draft of the Note Verbale as the basis for further negotiations on the Immigration Advisory Program (IAP). Since a few points in [...]	2006-08-18 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CE JA
06TOKYO4915	JAPAN WILL ATTEND ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF SRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan supports the proposed Sri Lanka Contact Group and will attend the September 27 meeting. Tokyo wishes to know whether other positive responses have been made to this proposal, whether the September 27 meeting will be the first formal meeting of the Group or whether it will [...]	2006-08-28 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PHUM PTER MARR CE JA
06TOKYO5824	MOFA DIRECTOR GENERAL DISCUSSES THAILAND, BURMA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA Director General for Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Chihiro Atsumi told Charge October 6 that: -- Japan is not happy with the recent coup in Thailand and is concerned about the signals it sends to other states in the region, particularly Burma, but at the same time [...]	2006-10-06 09:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETRD PINR TH BM IN CE JA
06TOKYO6475	THOROUGHLY MODERN AKIE ABE; JAPAN'S NEW FIRST LADY [...] (SBU) Summary. After more than five years of living under Japan's most famous bachelor, former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Japan once again has a First Lady. Since the election of Shinzo Abe as prime minister on September 26, Akie Abe has begun to chart a very different course from her [...]	2006-11-12 22:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JA
06TOKYO6487	JAPAN TO ATTEND SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-13 05:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC CE JA
06TOKYO797	JAPAN WILL SUPPORT "ASIAN CANDIDATE" TO BE NEXT UN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 08:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN JA
06UNVIEVIENNA500	IAEA/BOG/IRAN: STATEMENTS CALL ON IRAN TO [...] (SBU) At the June BOG, mission, per reftel, accomplished its objectives of underscoring the absence of confidence in the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program, stressing Iran's need to halt enrichment-related activities, and re-dividing the NAM. Iran was dealt with under agenda item 8 (g) [...]	2006-06-16 09:29:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA511	IAEA/BOG/IRAN: STATEMENTS CALL ON IRAN TO [...] (SBU) Further to Reftel, this message provides detailed information on the June 15 IAEA Board of Governors debate on Iran. During that discussion, 33 countries delivered statements, with a preponderance calling on Iran to cooperate with the IAEA to resolve the outstanding issues identified in [...]	2006-06-23 13:39:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IAEA IR KNNP
06USUNNEWYORK1119	SYG SELECTION: SECURITY COUNCIL INFORMALS MAY 31, [...] (C) Security Council Ambassadors met May 31 in "informal informals" to continue last week's discussion on the process of selecting the next Secretary-General (reftel) and to agree on the text of a letter from the incoming Security Council President (Denmark) to the President of the General Asse [...]	2006-06-01 18:00:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UN DA
06USUNNEWYORK1297	UNGA: JUNE 28-30 INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON THE UN [...] Summary: General Assembly members gathered for informal consultations on the draft UN Global Counter-Terrorism strategy from June 28-30. Many had detailed line-in, line-out comments while reserving the right to provide additional comments separately to the co-chairs of the discussion. The [...]	2006-07-03 18:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PTER
06USUNNEWYORK1335	PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: FIRST MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY. UN officials, international financial representatives and 31 member states inaugurated the Peacebuilding Commission on June 23. The Angolan permrep took the chair, and announced the selection by consensus of Norway and El Salvador as vice chairs. Each will lead country-specific [...]	2006-07-10 17:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EAID PREL UNSC KPKO KCRS
06USUNNEWYORK1347	SYG SELECTION: STRAW POLL IN JULY [...] (C) Summary. The Security Council has agreed on the next stage of the Secretary-General selection process, including the modalities of the straw polls to begin in July and the means by which the Council will notify candidates of the results. Incoming President of the Council, French PR de La [...]	2006-07-12 11:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC UN
06USUNNEWYORK1759	SYG SELECTION: NEW CANDIDATE(S?) AND A STRAW POLL [...] (U) Summary. In the past week, at least one candidate (Jordan's Prince Zeid) has joined the four candidates for Secretary-General already notified to the Security Council. SIPDIS A second additional candidate, European Parliamentarian Nirj Deva, has also informed the Council of his nominati [...]	2006-09-07 21:32:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UN
06USUNNEWYORK1869	SIXTY-SECOND UNGA - SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE [...] The Chairman of the Sixth Committee, Juan Manuel Gomez Robledo (Mexico) convened a meeting of member state delegates on September 27 to discuss plans for the Sixth Committee session which begins on October 10. Gomez Robledo called the group's attention to the tentative calendar of work (A/C. [...]	2006-09-27 20:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1881	SYG SELECTION: SEPTEMBER 28 STRAW POLL RESULTS; [...] (C) Summary. Ban Ki-Moon increased his lead over his nearest competitors in the third Secretary-General straw poll, though one delegation that had previously encouraged Ban's candidacy slipped to the "no opinion" category. The Security Council - in a contentious meeting the previous day - ag [...]	2006-09-29 21:08:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC UN
06USUNNEWYORK2169	U.S. CANDIDATE NOT ELECTED TO THE INTERNATIONAL [...] Summary. In a General Assembly election, November 16, the U.S. candidate missed being elected to the International Law Commission by eight votes. Michael Matheson placed ninth among 11 candidates seeking to fill eight Western seats on the Commission. European Union candidates took six of the [...]	2006-11-18 00:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ILC ODIP UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK2291	CONDEMNATORY HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (U) A strong and unambiguous resolution deploring the situation of human rights in Burma gathered momentum and passed by a significant margin of 57 votes in a late-night session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on December 22. The final vote count was 82 in favor (U.S.) - 25 opposed - 45 ab [...]	2006-12-26 20:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AORC UNGA BM XC
06USUNNEWYORK432	AD HOC COMMITTEE CONTINUES STALEMATE ON [...] (U) Summary. The Ad Hoc Committee (AHC),established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996, met at UN Headquarters February 27-March 3, 2006 to continue negotiations on the CCIT. Deep-seated differences over key text between member States of the Organization of the Isla [...]	2006-03-07 18:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK547	ECOSOC MEETING ADOPTS HUMANITARIAN SEGMENT THEME [...] Summary: ECOSOC (UN Economic and Social Council) held informal consultations March 10 on open items handled in the current organizational session, followed by a brief formal meeting to adopt the Humanitarian Affairs Segment theme. The President proposed continued consultations on the Operation [...]	2006-03-20 22:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN KUNR KPKO ECOSOC TBIO PHUM
06USUNNEWYORK759	SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United [...]	2006-04-11 14:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM UN CE
06USUNNEWYORK832	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: UN SECRETARIAT BRIEFS ON [...] SUMMARY. The GA Secretariat and Office of Legal Affairs provided a briefing April 19 on plans and preparations for the May 9 election of members of the Human Rights Council (HRC). The Secretariat reiterated that the HRC elections will provide for each candidate to be voted directly and indi [...]	2006-04-21 23:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK946	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: FIRST MEMBERS ELECTED [...] SUMMARY: In May 9 elections, the General Assembly elected the 47 members of the newly-created UN Human Rights Council. While most seats were filled in only one round of balloting, three rounds were required to fill the six contested seats allocated to the Eastern European Group. Iran's cand [...]	2006-05-11 14:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNGA UNHRC KUNR
06USUNNEWYORK977	GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENTS ON SYG'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In informal consultations of the General Assembly (closed to press and public) May 11 and 12, 36 delegations commented on the Secretary-General's recently released counterterrorism strategy. (UN Doc A/60/825 "Uniting against terrorism: recommendations for a global counter-terro [...]	2006-05-15 15:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER UNGA
06VATICAN149	LEBANON: POPE SPEAKS OUT AGAIN; HOLY SEE RESPONDING TO [...] (C) Benedict XVI emphasized the rights and plights of Lebanese and Israelis July 23 while addressing the current crisis in the Middle East. Though the Holy See has expressed to us privately its support for a "robust" multi-national force, the pope stopped short of saying so Sunday. The Hol [...]	2006-07-24 12:26:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS LE IS PHUM VT
06VATICAN183	VATICAN: IRAQI AMBASSADOR WARNS OF UNIFIED ISLAMIC THREAT [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See Yelda, sees severe consequences to western interests should radical Shia and Sunni factions ever put aside their differences and unite. Yelda, an Assyrian Christian, counseled the U.S. to take steps now to combat this possibility by portraying Iran [...]	2006-09-01 09:16:00	Embassy Vatican	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER IZ VT
06VIENNA2371	SUPPORTING THE CEASEFIRE IN SRI LANKA: AUSTRIAN [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points on August 7 to Michael Kainz on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs's Asia Desk. We will report any substantive reply as soon as it becomes available. Kilner [...]	2006-08-09 11:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CE AU
06VIENNA2829	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PRIORITIES FOR THE SECOND [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche on the Human Rights Council (HRC) September 22 to Engelbert Theuermann, the assistant secretary-level director of the Austrian MFA's human rights bureau. We also passed him copies of the U.S. proposals on Universial Periodic Peer Review and Mandate Revie [...]	2006-09-22 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UN AU
06VILNIUS988	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK 05-1007717: HELISOTA AND [...] (U) This report contains business-sensitive information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) We visited the premises of Helisota Ltd. on October 16 and met with the company's Director General (Josif Legenzov),Production Manager (Vaclovas Kliunka),Director of International Sales (Anatoli [...]	2006-11-03 11:05:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC LH UK EZ
07ABUDHABI198	UAE LABOR UPDATES [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 5, Obaid Al-Zahmai Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labor (MOL) and Yousif Al-Noor, Labor Advisor to the MOL told econoff that the MoL was working with the Dubai executive council on a specialized labor court to facilitate the hearing of labor disputes in [...]	2007-02-07 13:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS GTIP TC
07ABUDHABI368	UAE 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of April 2006 through March 2007. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of reftel paragraphs 27-30. Embassy TIP point o [...]	2007-03-05 15:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE
07ACCRA2091	Ghana: Information on Textiles and Apparel Production [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 17:04:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX GH
07ADANA106	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 27, 2007 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 27, 2007. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL: 2. HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): All M [...]	2007-08-29 11:01:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
07AITTAIPEI1437	USDA SPONSORED INTERNATIONAL AVIAN INFLUENZA DIAGNOSTIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 03:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TW
07AMMAN2827	JORDAN REPEATS REQUEST FOR U.S. SUPPORT FOR PARIS CLUB [...] (SBU) Jordanian officials have renewed their request for the U.S. to join in supporting a debt buyback scheme. The King's Officer Director, Bassem Awadallah, sent Ambassador a new background paper and the text of a letter the Finance Minister sent to the head of the Paris Club (text below). [...]	2007-07-01 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PREL JO
07AMMAN3992	Jordanian Labor Minister Continues to Focus on Improving [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paras 6-7. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a September 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Labor Bassem Salem provided an update on labor issues, noting that despite some intermittent problems, dramatic improvements have been made, particularl [...]	2007-09-27 08:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV JO
07AMMAN4060	STRIKES IN JORDAN'S QIZ FACTORIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Workers, predominately Bangladeshi, have gone on strike at two factories in Jordan's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs). The Ministry of Labor (MOL) has been monitoring situations at both factories and facilitating negotiations with management. Following receipt of informatio [...]	2007-10-02 15:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV JO
07AMMAN968	JORDAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is political officer Miriam Schwedt, phone number 202-536-4173, ext. 6597 or 962-6-590-6597, fax number 962-6-592-0159. Officer spent approximately 48 hours preparing the report. Political Analyst Manal Hashweh spent 16 hours preparing the [...]	2007-03-04 13:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO
07ANKARA2680	MINISTERS TO DECIDE ON ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Council of Ministers will meet in emergency session on October 31 to consider authorizing economic actions against Northern Iraq. Four potential measures are on the agenda: cutting off of electricity exports, closing road access through Habur Gate, restricting Turkis [...]	2007-10-31 10:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KFPC ECON ETRD ETTC PREL EAIR TU
07ANTANANARIVO160	AUSTR Encourages Madagascar to Build on AGOA Success [...] SUMMARY: AUSTR Liser engaged public and private AGOA partners during her February 6-8 visit to Madagascar. While the AGOA third-country extension will boost the apparel sector, Madagascar also shows promise in diversifying exports to the United States. High cost and reduced service in shippi [...]	2007-02-16 08:39:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA EINV ECON MA
07ASMARA736	MEETING WITH UNMEE DEPUTY CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER [...] (S) SUMMARY: RSO and UK Deputy Head of Mission (DHM) met September 6 with the UNMEE Deputy Chief Security Officer (DCSO) to discuss the security situation in Eritrea. DCSO, RSO and UK DHM agreed to start a Security Officer's Working Group that would meet on a monthly/as needed basis. This fi [...]	2007-09-18 08:54:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	ASEC PTER PINR PREL PGOV ER
07ASMARA860	WELL-CONNECTED ERITREAN TALKS OF ERITREA'S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Poloff met October 24 with a well-connected Eritrean-American, and regular contact, who passed second-hand information on the Government of the State of Eritrea's (GSE) war planning efforts and military strategy. According to him, the GSE anticipates that war with Ethiopia is [...]	2007-11-01 13:03:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER KPKO MOPS ASEC ER
07ATHENS2204	GREEK ISLANDS: RESOURCES STRETCHED AS ILLEGAL [...] (S) On October 28 and 29, poloff visited the eastern Aegean islands of Lesvos and Samos to discuss how authorities are handling the growing problem of illegal migrants. Officials on both islands (a) expressed concern that potential terrorists may be among the flood of economic migrants; (b) co [...]	2007-11-13 13:03:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PGOV PREL GR
07BAGHDAD3902	NEW UNAMI SRSG TO FOCUS ON ARTICLE 140 IMPASSE [...] (C) United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Senior Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Staffan De Mistura emphasized in a November 25 meeting with Senior Political Advisor that resolving the Article 140 impasse is one of UNAMI's top priorities. "My strategy is to put all [...]	2007-11-30 15:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IR UN IZ
07BANGKOK1537	THAILAND SECURITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE [...] (U) The information provided applies to Embassy Bangkok. New RSO at ConGen Chiang Mai will report septel for ConGen Chiang Mai and Udorn areas. Appropriate members of post's core Emergency Action Committee have cleared this cable. ------------------- Political Violence ------------------- [...]	2007-03-15 04:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	ASEC PTER
07BANGKOK5927	THAI GEM INDUSTRY BELIEVES ANTI-BURMA LEGISLATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 05:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ETRD PHUM PREL BM TH
07BEIJING1015	FEBRUARY 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] Key points made at the February 13 MFA Press Conference were: -- News on the Six-Party Talks will be released later in the day after a "important meeting" has concluded. -- Journalists must abide by new Olympic regulations and local regulations when working in Tibet, along with the constr [...]	2007-02-13 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CH
07BEIJING1267	FEBRUARY 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: KIM KYE-GWAN TO [...] Key points made at the February 27 MFA press conference were: -- Kim Kye-gwan has no plans for meetings with Chinese officials en route to the United States and China hopes that the United States and the DPRK can realize full diplomatic relations. -- Qin called China's military buildup na [...]	2007-02-27 11:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CH NK JP CE BM
07BEIJING1508	PRC/NEPAL: MFA THINKING ON FUTURE DEALINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary. China considers the Maoists to have joined the political mainstream in Nepal, despite the ongoing struggle between the Maoists and the Seven Party Alliance to strike a power sharing arrangement, MFA Asian Department India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Division officer Zhi Luying st [...]	2007-03-07 23:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP CH
07BEIJING1676	MARCH 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] Key points made at the March 13 MFA press conference were: -- The first denuclearization working group meeting will be held on March 17 chaired by VFM Wu. -- IAEA Chief ElBaradei was briefed by VFM Wu on the Six-Party Talks in Beijing en route to Pyongyang. -- Australia and Japan should [...]	2007-03-13 11:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CH
07BEIJING2096	MARCH 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] Key points made at the March 29 MFA press conference were: -- China has always viewed the Six-Party Talks "rationally" with neither pessimism nor optimism. -- The "so-called" stealing of United States military secrets was groundless and had ulterior motives. -- It is unfair for the Unite [...]	2007-03-29 10:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC XV CH KN KS JA RS CE PP SU NUIN
07BEIJING3120	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION, [...] (SBU) China welcomed refs A and B information about expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) to include ten new members, MFA Arms Control Department official Yu Dunhai told poloff May 10. China continues to urge that the process for adding new members be refined, as [...]	2007-05-10 11:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH
07BEIJING3171	PRC/NEPAL: BEIJING SEES EARLY ELECTION DATE AS [...] (C) The Government of Nepal needs to set a date for the constituent assembly elections as soon as possible, according to MFA Asia Department Director for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka Huang Xilian. The postponement of the elections could reignite political differences between the "eight parties." [...]	2007-05-11 12:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH NP
07BEIJING3173	PRC: BORDER TALKS WITH INDIA MAKING STEADY [...] (C) The last round of border talks between China and India was the most in depth to date, according to MFA Asian Affairs Department Director for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka Huang Xilian. The two countries' differences on the Eastern section of the border remain quite large. Beijing and New De [...]	2007-05-11 12:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN CH
07BERLIN459	GERMANY - 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission points of contact are Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127) and Caroli [...]	2007-03-07 09:17:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV ASEC
07BRUSSELS1462	A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES SOUTH ASIA WITH THE EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 17, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher led the U.S. South Asia delegation to the COASI (the EU's Asia-Oceania Working Party) Troika on South Asia, discussing Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, U.S.-EU-India relations, and the situati [...]	2007-05-02 12:49:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN AF PK IN CE NP BG
07BRUSSELS3501	AMBASSADOR SCHWEICH DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN RULE OF [...] (C) The U.S. Coordinator for Counter-Narcotics and Justice Reform in Afghanistan, Ambassador Thomas Schweich, discussed police training and counter-drug issues with several European Union (EU) officials at a November 28 meeting in Brussels. Officials on both sides agreed on virtually all polici [...]	2007-12-13 20:04:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EU
07CASABLANCA42	MOROCCO: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This cable responds to action request (ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2006 to March 2007. --------------------------------- Morocco Remai [...]	2007-03-07 16:52:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MO
07CHENNAI143	TAMIL TIGERS' ARMS SMUGGLING ON THE UPSWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Smuggling of arms and bomb-making materials by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eeelam between the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka appears to be on the rise. Indian authorities seized three vessels last week carrying arms and bomb-making material. Most troublingly, one [...]	2007-02-22 11:43:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PTER IN CE
07CHENNAI198	LTTE SMUGGLING AND ONGOING FISHERIES DISPUTE RAISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent upswing in smuggling by Tamil Tigers has combined with an ongoing fisheries dispute to mobilize anti-Sri Lanka sentiment in Tamil Nadu. Possibly in an effort to tamp down on smuggling by the Tigers, the Sri Lankan Navy has allegedly fired on Indian fishing vessels re [...]	2007-03-15 11:24:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EFIS IN CE
07CHENNAI280	SRI LANKA CONFLICT: SPILLOVER INTO INDIA CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The effects of the intensifying conflict between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and Sri Lankan forces continue to spillover into India's southern state of Tamil Nadu. The death of five Indian Tamil fishermen on March 29, gunned down by unknown assailants, has raised [...]	2007-04-13 11:34:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EFIS MOPS IN CE
07CHENNAI318	TAMIL NADU SAYS LTTE TO BLAME FOR KILLING AND ABDUCTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Through a surprise announcement that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (not the Sri Lankan Navy) shot five Tamil Nadu fishermen dead on March 29 (reftel),Tamil Nadu has embarrassed and silenced Tamil Tiger supporters in the state. The Tamil Nadu government also alleged that [...]	2007-05-02 07:34:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EFIS IN CE
07CHENNAI399	CHIEF MINISTER'S DAUGHTER TO UPPER HOUSE; THE DMK'S FRESH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi's 39 year-old daughter Kanimozhi is one of the six candidates set to be elected without contest to India's upper house of Parliament (the Rajya Sabha). Although a political novice, Kanimozhi will attract much attention as she is likely to em [...]	2007-06-08 11:55:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN
07CHENNAI50	PDAS Mann in Chennai: Visas, Refugees and Politics [...] (SBU) Summary: During his December 16-17 visit to Chennai, SCA bureau Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Mann met with visa staff and viewed visa processing, had talks with Sri Lankan refugee leaders and discussed politics and Indo-U.S. relations with journalist-insider Malini Parthasa [...]	2007-01-19 10:28:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CMGT IN CE
07CHENNAI605	RELIGIOUS MONKEY BUSINESS ROILS INDIAN WATERS, POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political tempers have flared in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu as a canal project off the state's coast has turned into an unlikely source of political and religious controversy. The long-proposed Sethusamudram project will dredge a passage through the Palk Strait be [...]	2007-09-28 09:50:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN
07CHENNAI654	TRICKLE OF SRI LANKAN REFUGEES TO INDIA COULD BECOME FLOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The flow of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees to the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu has steadily declined to less than 200 a month. But the situation could quickly reverse itself: our contacts say that up to 50,000 refugees could arrive in India within a few months if war breaks out [...]	2007-10-26 03:26:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN
07CHENNAI690	TAMIL NADU CHIEF MINISTER'S TRIBUTE TO DEAD TAMIL TIGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's poem eulogizing a leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam killed in an attack by the Sri Lankan air force raised questions about his views on the banned group. Media reports and protests by opposition parties caused a political s [...]	2007-11-20 11:41:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN
07CHENNAI86	TAMIL NADU POLICE ARREST SUSPECTED LTTE SMUGGLERS, STEP UP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Seizing thousands of kilos of iron ball bearings from suspected smugglers, Tamil Nadu (TN) police appear to have busted an emerging LTTE supply line. TN police believe the ball bearings were meant to be used in LTTE's explosive devices to enhance their lethality. The seizures l [...]	2007-02-02 08:24:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER IN CE
07COLOMBO100	SRI LANKA: INTERNATIONAL NGOS FACE CLIMATE OF [...] (C) Summary: Elements of the government appear to be orchestrating a campaign against international NGOs, particularly those working in LTTE-controlled areas. On January 11, a mob led by the nationalist Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) party stormed the Colombo office of the Dutch NGO ZOA Refugee [...]	2007-01-17 12:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1002	SRI LANKA: CHARGE PRESSES MINISTER OF POWER AND ENERGY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge met Power and Energy Minister Seneviratne to continue pressing for the Ceylon Electricity Board to deliver contractually-required letters of credit to U.S. independent power producer AES. The minister said that he hoped to resolve the issue by getting the cabinet to offic [...]	2007-07-17 11:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG PREL CE
07COLOMBO1003	EASTERN PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ASSASSINATED [...] (U) On July 16, unidentified gunmen shot and killed Chief Secretary of the Eastern Provincial Council H.M. Herath Abeyweera in his office in Trincomalee. The gunmen fired several rounds at point blank range before fleeing the scene. It is unclear how the assailants were able to enter Abeyw [...]	2007-07-17 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1016	COLOMBO CELEBRATION MARKS VICTORY IN THE EAST [...] (C) Summary. On July 19 the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) held a ceremony in Colombo's Independence Square to celebrate the military victory in the East. The U.S., United Kingdom, and India sent their Defense Attaches to observe, while many countries opted not to attend at all. The Preside [...]	2007-07-19 12:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1017	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT PLANS TO RELEASE ACSA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition parties are trying to make political hay out of the GSL's execution of an Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) with the USG. At the time it was signed on March 5, 2007, by Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa and Ambassador Blake, Embassy issued a short [...]	2007-07-19 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1020	MAIN OPPOSITION AND RULING PARTY SPLINTER GROUP [...] (C) Summary. On July 19, the leading opposition United National Party and the recently-formed Sri Lanka Freedom Party/Mahajana (SLFP/M) wing (ref) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). The agreement stipulates that the two groups will jointly contest future elections. It outlines th [...]	2007-07-20 10:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1023	SRI LANKA: POLICE FORCES KILL TAMIL TIGER LEADER [...] (SBU) Elite Sri Lankan police officers known as Special Task Forces (STF) killed six Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres on Saturday, July 21, including the Ampara area leader known as Ravindran, recovering a cache of weapons and ammunition. The STF reported that its raid was in [...]	2007-07-23 13:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1025	SRI LANKA: REQUEST FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [...] (C) Charge and Pol Chief met Foreign Minister Bogollagama on July 20 and informed him according to reftel that the U.S. could not provide Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to the Sri Lankan military at this time. Charge explained that the U.S. interagency process had determined that the targeting and [...]	2007-07-24 02:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV MASS
07COLOMBO1029	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT MODERATES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The representative of the President's party on the committee to develop a consensus devolution proposal told Charge on June 23 he was confident President Rajapaksa would accept the consensus on power-sharing with the regions and the country's minorities. Foreign Minister Bogollag [...]	2007-07-24 23:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO103	BFIF FY07 PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 09:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON EFIC ETRD CE MV
07COLOMBO1031	SRI LANKA: WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT SECRETARY ENGAGES [...] (C) Summary. On July 10, Charge and Poloff called on Secretary of the Ministry of Child Development and Women's SIPDIS Empowerment Indrani Sugathadasa to brief her on Sri Lanka's Tier 2 Watch List status and discuss Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts to address trafficking of women and [...]	2007-07-25 06:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KWMN KPAO ELAB KCRM SOCI
07COLOMBO1036	SRI LANKA: CONDITIONS DETERIORATING IN JAFFNA; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conditions in the military-controlled portion of the Jaffna peninsula are deteriorating, with eight extra-judicial killings in just three days and 21 dead in the past two weeks. Among the dead is a Tamil employee of the Danish Refugee Council, who was shot twice in the face at [...]	2007-07-25 10:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1045	SRI LANKA: CONDITIONS FOR "UP-COUNTRY" TAMILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are approximately 1.5 million Tamils, mostly of Indian origin and often referred to as "Up-Country" Tamils, working on tea, rubber and coconut plantations in Sri Lanka. Plantation exports account for more than 50 percent of Sri Lanka's gross domestic product, but the Govern [...]	2007-07-27 07:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1046	SRI LANKA: 1206 FUNDING JUSTIFICATION FOR FY2008 [...] (SBU) Embassy supports the allocation of fiscal year 2008 funds under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) section 1206 for installation of a high frequency surface wave (HFSW) radar near Arugam Bay (Okanda) on the southeastern coast of Sri Lanka. The total estimated cost of this p [...]	2007-07-27 08:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MOPS MARR PTER CE
07COLOMBO1048	OPPOSITION RALLY DRAWS SIGNIFICANT CROWD AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, the newly formed United National Party/Sri Lanka Freedom Party-Mahajana Wing alliance, now called the National Congress, held its first public rally at Colombo's Hyde Park with the theme "Country is ruined. Come forward." Rumors that the Government would try to preve [...]	2007-07-27 09:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1050	SRI LANKA: EMBASSY HELPS GLOBAL ENERGY REVIVE ITS OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy continues advocacy for U.S. firm Global Energy and Industrial Operations, Inc., which seeks to build and operate an $800 million oil refinery near Colombo. The project has been stalled since 2004, when Global Energy thought it had a deal upon signing a memorandum of und [...]	2007-07-30 06:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG PREL CE
07COLOMBO1054	SRI LANKA: SUPREME COURT ALLOWS CASE AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court on July 27 allowed a case filed by the Sinhalese nationalist parties against the constitutionality of the CFA to proceed. The Court of Appeals had previously dismissed the suit. The line of questioning by Chief Justice Silva may give an indication that he inte [...]	2007-07-30 12:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE

07COLOMBO1055	SRI LANKA: LITTLE PROGRESS ON COMPLIANCE WITH [...] (C) On July 26, Acting DCM and Econ Chief called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary for UN and Multilateral Affairs Sarala Fernando to follow up on earlier demarches (refs E and F) urging Sri Lanka to comply with UNSCR 1747. EmbOffs specifically emphasized the requirement to [...]	2007-07-31 06:16:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL ETTC EFIN IR CE
07COLOMBO1056	SRI LANKA: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SAYS ECONOMY IS BETTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a recent presentation trumpeting the health of the Sri Lankan economy, Central Bank governor Cabraal told heads of missions and donor agencies that return to civil war was not ruining growth or busting the government's budget. The governor predicted that GDP growth would exc [...]	2007-07-31 08:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV CE
07COLOMBO1057	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT STILL WORKING ON PLANS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Sri Lanka announced soon after consolidating military control over the East (ref A) that it would ask donors to fund development of the area. The president has designated his brother Basil as the point man for the Eastern development push. Basil told UN offic [...]	2007-07-31 10:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EINV PGOV PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1058	SRI LANKA TO CONSIDER ADOPTING CONVENTION FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 10:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CE
07COLOMBO1067	SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON AMERICAN RED CROSS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 10:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC CE
07COLOMBO1071	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT'S SOUTHERN POLITICAL BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa is losing support among his political base in southern coastal towns to former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, whose recent alliance with the United National Party (UNP) has re-energized the opposition. In an effort to sway public opinion in his favor, [...]	2007-08-01 11:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1077	SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES: 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) On July 26, A/DCM called on Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary for UN and Multilateral Affairs Sarala Fernando to request a list of high-level officials planning to attend the 62nd UN General Assembly (UNGA). Fernando replied that President Mahinda Rajapaksa and [...]	2007-08-02 08:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CE MV
07COLOMBO1078	SRI LANKA: JAFFNA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE ENDS CONTACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Long-time Embassy interlocutors in Jaffna, including those who met with Assistant Secretary Boucher in May 2007, report that they continue to feel pressure from the government, particularly the Jaffna military commander. Contacts have told us that in addition to the GSL curtailin [...]	2007-08-03 06:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1079	SRI LANKA: DEFECTIONS REDUCE PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 2, the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) Party leader, Minister of Youth Empowerment and Socio-Economic Development Arumugan Thondaman, and four out of five CWC Members of Parliament announced they would no longer vote with the President's coalition. The one CWC parliam [...]	2007-08-03 08:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO109	SRI LANKA: DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL ON TRACK, BUT WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tissa Vitharana, Chair of the All-Party Representative Committee (APRC),has culled common elements from several devolution proposals and offered a compromise document for discussion within the committee. In a January 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Vitharana explained that he ba [...]	2007-01-19 06:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1093	SRI LANKA: EAST DEVELOPMENT -- TRINCOMALEE NOT READY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trincomalee, the eastern seaboard town boasting one of Asia's finest natural harbors, is underdeveloped and depressed as a result of over two decades of civil war in Sri Lanka. The government wants to translate its recent reassertion of control over the east into development, mu [...]	2007-08-08 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV PTER CE
07COLOMBO1103	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT APPEARS READY TO ACCEPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The chair of the committee to work out a consensus devolution proposal reported that the President and all parties represented in the current government had agreed to support a compromise. This foresees the province, rather than the district, as the unit of devolution. This con [...]	2007-08-09 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1106	SRI LANKA: HUMANITARIAN ACCESS COMMITTEE REVIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes, currently visiting Sri Lanka, attended the 11th Consultative Committee on Humanitarian Assistance (CCHA) meeting chaired by Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe on August 7. Charg [...]	2007-08-10 05:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PHUM PGOV PREL CE
07COLOMBO1113	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY OUTLINES PLAN FOR [...] (C) Defense Secretary (and brother of the President) Gothabaya Rajapaksa told Charge and Pol Chief on August 9 of his plans to stabilize the security environment in Sri Lanka's East, where government forces recently routed the remaining regular Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) forces. [...]	2007-08-13 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1114	SRI LANKA: USAID LAUNCHES NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] SUMMARY: The final version of the USAID-sponsored National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP),which outlines key steps the Government and private sector can take to address corruption, was presented at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) on July 28 as part of the [...]	2007-08-13 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KCOR PGOV PREL ECON CE
07COLOMBO112	SRI LANKA: 1206 BOAT TRAINING TO SUPPORT [...] (U) Post supports PACOM's approval of $1.4 million to conduct boat training with the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) through 1206 FY07 funding. This initiative provides training and equipment necessary for the SLN to effectively conduct Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) operations off the coast of [...]	2007-01-19 09:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO1123	SRI LANKA: PRIME MINISTER LASHES OUT AT UN UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes visited Sri Lanka from August 6-9, the first high-level UN visit to Sri Lanka in almost a year. Holmes met with senior Government officials, attended the first year anniversary of the killing of 17 Action Against Hun [...]	2007-08-14 12:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1127	SRI LANKA: COMPROMISE ON DEVOLUTION SHOWS SIGNS OF [...] SUMMARY: The deal the President put together on devolution (reftel) has come under fire from Sinhalese hardliners, delaying its approval for at least several days, perhaps much longer. The radical Sinhalese Buddhist monk-based party Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) objected to the compromise, insi [...]	2007-08-15 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO113	GOVERNMENT AGREES TO TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE IN [...] (SBU) At the fourth Consultative Committee on Humanitarian Affairs chaired by Minister for Human Rights and Disaster Management Samarasinghe and Defense Secretary Rajapaksa on January 19, Samarasinghe briefed selected donors, UN agency representatives, Ambassador and AID Mission Director o [...]	2007-01-19 09:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO1134	SRI LANKA: COLOMBO PORT STRUGGLING TO KEEP ITS DOMINANCE IN [...] SUMMARY: Due to congestion, low productivity, increasing freight rates, and security concerns caused by the conflict, global shipping lines have begun bypassing Sri Lanka in favor of India's emerging ports. In the last six months, shipping costs from Colombo have nearly doubled to $600 per T [...]	2007-08-16 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EWWT CE
07COLOMBO115	SRI LANKA: MUSLIM PARTY LEADER ACCUSES GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader Rauff Hakim complained to Ambassador on January 19 that the President's brother and senior political advisor Basil Rajapaksa had employed strong-arm tactics to induce members of his party to join the government. Hakim said, however, that he was s [...]	2007-01-19 10:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1165	SRI LANKA: TRINCOMALEE TAMILS WARY OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM met with local government officials, civil society leaders, and community members in the eastern city of Trincomalee on August 10-12th to discuss the security and humanitarian situation in the area and promote policies that will foster peace and economic development. The Gov [...]	2007-08-24 08:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PTER PHUM PREF MOPS PREL KMCA CE
07COLOMBO1168	SRI LANKA: NATIONALISTS THREATEN TO END SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sinhalese nationalist Janatha Vikmuthi Peramuna (JVP) has threatened to withdraw its support from outside for the government if the All-Party Representative Committee consensus in favor of meaningful devolution to the provinces is allowed to stand. The JVP insists on retainin [...]	2007-08-27 09:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1170	FOREIGN MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS DEVOLUTION [...] Summary: In an August 27 meeting, Foreign Minister Bogollagama and Ambassador reviewed human rights, the status of the All Parties Representative Committee (APRC) deliberations, and a request by the Foreign Minister to meet the Secretary anytime between October 4 and 8 in Washington. The Amb [...]	2007-08-27 11:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA CE
07COLOMBO1171	SRI LANKA: EMINENT PERSONS REASSURED AFTER MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) held its third plenary meeting with the Commission of Inquiry (COI) August 17 - 20. The positive tone of the meeting reassured even skeptics within the IIGEP. U.S. Eminent Person Gene Dewey noted that the possibilit [...]	2007-08-27 12:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1182	SRI LANKA PROMISES RESPONSE ON UNSCR 1737 AND 1747 [...] (S) Ambassador on August 24 sent a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama outlining US concerns about Sri Lanka's lack of compliance with UN Security Council Resolutions 1737 and 1747. Ambassador noted in the letter that Sri Lanka's Bank of Ceylon maintains a correspondent [...]	2007-08-29 12:11:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1184	"NEW MALDIVES" MINISTERS WHO RESIGNED PREDICT [...] (C) Summary: At a private dinner on 8/29 hosted by Ambassador, the three leading "New Maldives" advocates for political reform, all of whom resigned from the government in recent days, candidly discussed the bleak outlook for political reform and the unsuccessful negotiations they had with Pr [...]	2007-08-30 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MV
07COLOMBO1187	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE CORRESPONDENT FEARS RETALIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Defense Correspondent Iqbal Athas is preparing to temporarily leave Sri Lanka with his family following a barrage of threats and intimidation apparently orchestrated by the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL). On August 12, he wrote an article for the Sunday Times about the Ukraini [...]	2007-08-30 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1188	SRI LANKA OPEN TO ENGAGEMENT ON TIP ACTION PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM and Poloff called on Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on August 23 to deliver ref A talking points and Trafficking in Persons (TIP) action plan. DCM noted that the primary reason for watchlisting Sri Lanka was insufficient evidence of Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts t [...]	2007-08-30 12:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1196	SRI LANKA - DCHA/FFP MONITORING REPORT ON WORLD FOOD [...] (U) Summary: From July 7 - 13, 2007, USAID/DCHA Food for Peace Asia Team Leader (FFP/TL) Matthew Nims and USAID/DCHA Food for Peace Officer Katey Schein (FFP/O) visited Sri Lanka to monitor the WFP Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) which receives U.S. Title II Emergency Assistanc [...]	2007-08-31 06:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF CE PINS
07COLOMBO12	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ERIC B. KING, [...] Post grants country clearance to Eric B. King, Country Manager, OFO, Washington D.C. The purpose of his visit is to conduct an initial visit as the country manager with the CSI Team in Colombo, Sri Lanka from January 7-14, 2007. Embassy control officer is Mr. Richard Merrin, Commercial Attach [...]	2007-01-04 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EWWT OTRA CE
07COLOMBO1207	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT OFFENSIVE IN SOUTHERN MANNAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Army (SLA) began a military offensive on August 27 to clear Silavaturai and neighboring villages in southwestern Mannar district of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres. About four thousand civilians are reportedly displaced by the fighting. UN interlo [...]	2007-09-04 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1218	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT REVIVES SOVEREIGN BOND ISSUE PLANS; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka plans to issue the country's first international sovereign bond, in hopes of raising $500 million to fund infrastructure projects. However, the main opposition United National Party has announced that a future UNP government would not honor the bonds [...]	2007-09-05 12:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN KMCA CE
07COLOMBO1225	HUMAN RIGHTS IN SRI LANKA: SOME IMPROVEMENT BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The period April-June 2007 showed a decline relative to the beginning of the year in Colombo and some other parts of Sri Lanka in certain categories of human rights abuses, such as abductions. However, the overall level of human rights violations compared to 2002-2005 remains e [...]	2007-09-06 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1232	SRI LANKAN PROGRESS ON ISSUES OF CONCERN TO U.S. - [...] (C) As Washington prepares for a busy fall, post thought it would be useful to provide a brief snapshot of where we stand on the key issues in our agenda with Sri Lanka; the outlook for the fall; and what specific steps the U.S. can take to advance our interests here. A number of factors have [...]	2007-09-07 11:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1233	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT TAKES CREDIT FOR INCREASED FLOW OF [...] Summary: Two weeks after returning from a visit to the northern Jaffna Peninsula, the Commissioner General of Essential Services (CGES) on August 30 briefed the diplomatic community and United Nations agency heads in Colombo on steps the Government of Sri Lanka has taken to maintain a steady [...]	2007-09-10 02:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF CE
07COLOMBO1252	SRI LANKA: SUCCESS IN GARMENT IPR CASES; LESS PROGRESS IN [...] Summary: US apparel brands have found some level of success in combating piracy in Sri Lankan courts. In August 2007, the Colombo Commercial High Court issued an order in settlement in favor of Polo/Lauren, LLP, the largest IPR enforcement case in the apparel sector to date. Other companies [...]	2007-09-12 02:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR EAID KMCA CE
07COLOMBO1253	SRI LANKA LIKELY TO SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-12 06:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA UNHRC CE
07COLOMBO1259	SRI LANKAN NAVY SINKS THREE LARGE LTTE SHIPS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: On September 12, Ambassador and Defense Attache Oxley met with Sri Lanka Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda to discuss the navy's recent operational successes, including sinking three large Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) weapons supply ships (referred to by the media [...]	2007-09-12 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1260	SRI LANKA: CHRISTIANS FACE MOUNTING LEGAL HURDLES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, Godfrey Yogarajah of the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) called on Ambassador to provide an update on the problems faced by Sri Lanka's Christian community. Yogarajah noted that Sri Lankan churches are experiencing a growing number [...]	2007-09-12 12:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1261	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT SHARES HIS VIEWS ON THE [...] SUMMARY: In an early September interview with Indian author and journalist Inderjit Badhwar (full text at www.tamilunitedfront.com/articles/rajapakse.h tml),President Mahinda Rajapaksa emphasized his desire for a political solution that addresses the aspirations of the Tamil people. He also [...]	2007-09-12 12:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1262	SRI LANKA: SIT-REP ON THE TSUNAMI WATCH [...] Following local and international media reports of a tsunami watch issued by the Pacific Center, Embassy issued SIPDIS the following warden message at 6:17 p.m. local time: "7.9 earthquake reported in Indonesia. Tsunami watch issued for the Indian Ocean, including Sri Lanka. People in co [...]	2007-09-12 13:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC AEMR PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1263	SRI LANKA: SIT-REP FOLLOW-UP ON TSUNAMI WARNING [...] After a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck the west coast of Indonesia and the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) issued a tsunami warning, Embassy convened the Emergency Action SIPDIS Committee at 7:00 p.m. local time to discuss contingencies and preparedness measures in the event of an tsunami. [...]	2007-09-12 14:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC AEMR PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1266	SRI LANKA: RESPONSE ON PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador, Embassy staff, and Washington-based officials have made a consistent, intensive effort over the past year to engage the Sri Lankan government on improving its human rights record, and to support and defend human rights advocates in the country. Sri Lanka has recen [...]	2007-09-13 03:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO127	SRI LANKAN ARMY TAKES VAKARAI; TIGERS ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Security forces captured the eastern LTTE redoubt of Vakarai on January 20 after almost three months of fighting. This significant victory in the east may embolden the GSL to continue its campaign to recapture LTTE-held territory in the north and east. On January 21, a cluster o [...]	2007-01-22 12:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PGOV CE
07COLOMBO1273	SRI LANKA: OFFICIAL DELEGATION LIST FOR 62ND UNGA [...] (SBU) Embassy Colombo has received by diplomatic note the following list (para 2) of the official delegation and media members who are scheduled to visit the USA accompanying H.E. the President of Sri Lanka for the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (SBU) (begin list) Composition [...]	2007-09-13 12:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ITRA OVIP UNGA CE
07COLOMBO128	SRI LANKA: IPR RAID SEIZES 17,000 FAKE "POLO" BRAND SHIRTS [...] Summary: Sri Lankan police on January 11 raided a Sri Lankan factory manufacturing and supplying counterfeit "Polo" brand garments. The raid was the largest intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement bust since Sri Lanka began to enforce its 2003 IPR law in 2004. End Summary. 2. On [...]	2007-01-23 03:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR EAID CE
07COLOMBO1284	BUILDING A SOUTH ASIA COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Chiefs of Mission and other Embassy representatives from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan met under the auspices of the Regional Security Initiative (RSI) in Colombo on September 7 to discuss regional counterterrorism strategy with the Coordinator for Counterte [...]	2007-09-17 11:13:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1286	ICAO ASSEMBLY: SRI LANKA SUPPORT FOR U.S. RE-ELECTION TO [...] (U) Summary: The Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Civil Aviation Authority support re-election of the United States to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Sri Lanka plans to send a four-person delegation, including Minister of Ports and Aviation, C [...]	2007-09-17 11:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PREL AORC ICAO CE
07COLOMBO13	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT AIR STRIKES KILL 16 [...] (C) Summary: On January 2 Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) jets bombed a northwestern coastal area near Mannar. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) website Tamilnet reported that 16 civilians died in the air strike. Government officials countered that the SLAF targeted and hit a known Sea Tig [...]	2007-01-04 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PHUM PREL PGOV CE
07COLOMBO130	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER SEEKS TO MEND PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met opposition leader Wickremesinghe on January 22 to urge him to seek common ground with his UNP critics, including leading dissident Karu Jayasuriya. Our only interest was in supporting the peace process, Ambassador noted, but the current round of political wrangli [...]	2007-01-23 05:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO1301	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT'S BROTHER BASIL TAKES A [...] (U) The President's brother, Basil Rajapaksa, took a seat in parliament today, replacing Muslim MP Anver Ismail, who died recently, reportedly from alcohol-related illness. Speaker of Parliament Lokubandara swore in Basil, whose nomination had gone the previous day to the Election Commissione [...]	2007-09-19 12:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1304	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT OUTLINES EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Summary. DCM and Poloff recently met with GSL officials from the Foreign Employment Bureau, the National Child Protection Authority, the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Development, and the Sri Lanka Police to present the Department's TIP Action Plan and follow up on an Augu [...]	2007-09-20 10:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1305	SRI LANKA: 6.2% GDP GROWTH IN FIRST HALF OF 2007 AMIDST [...] (U) Summary and comment: Sri Lanka's GDP grew at an annual rate of 6.2% for the first half of 2007. The trade deficit narrowed as export growth significantly exceeded import growth. Growing remittances compensated for much of the trade deficit and boosted foreign exchange reserves to a level [...]	2007-09-20 10:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KMCA CE
07COLOMBO1308	SRI LANKA LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] DCM phoned Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on September 20 to follow up on ref b demarche. Kohona indicated that Sri Lanka would likely support the U.S. candidate, remarking that this was "an easy decision." He said he would ask the Office of UN and Multilateral Affairs to answer the demarc [...]	2007-09-21 07:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM UNHRC CE
07COLOMBO1309	SRI LANKAN ATTENDANCE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 07:24:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNGA CE
07COLOMBO1313	SRI LANKA: TOURISM INDUSTRY PINS HOPE ON NEW TOURISM ACT [...] Summary: On October 1, following a two year delay, the government will implement the Tourism Act of 2005. The law provides for greater private sector participation in government-controlled tourism regulatory, promotion and training agencies. More importantly, the private sector will now ha [...]	2007-09-24 05:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN EAID KMCA CE
07COLOMBO1322	SRI LANKA: PROGRESS ON DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL STALLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The All-Party Representative Committee (APRC) has made substantial progress on drafting its devolution proposal, but remains stuck on some final key issues. The President, under pressure from his Sinhalese base to stick to the "unitary state" concept, has decided to delay action [...]	2007-09-25 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO133	SRI LANKA: DEATH THREATS CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF [...] (C) Summary. Death threats are aggravating the atmosphere of intimidation in Sri Lanka. Twenty-two individuals, mostly anti-war advocates and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sympathizers, received death threats in January from a shadowy Sinhalese ultra-nationalist group called the " [...]	2007-01-23 10:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO134	SRI LANKA: FOREIGN SECRETARY ASKS FOR PATIENCE ON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona called an evening meeting with Ambassador Blake on January 22. Kohona expressed concern that a pending public letter from U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone to the White House would call for a special international envoy to investigate human rights. [...]	2007-01-23 10:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1348	MALDIVES: BLAST IN MALE APPARENTLY TARGETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A blast in Male's Sultan Park on the afternoon of September 29 wounded 12 foreign tourists. Foreign Minister Shahid told Ambassador the same day that the Government of Maldives (GORM) was shocked by the incident and does not know who was responsible. Eleven arrests have so fa [...]	2007-10-01 10:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL CASC MV
07COLOMBO1349	DISCUSSION WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador met on September 28 with Basil Rajapaksa, the President's brother, senior political advisor, and coordinator of the stabilization and reconstruction program in the east, to discuss the opportunities and risks in the east (reftels). Rajapaksa acknowledged the need to stop ill [...]	2007-10-01 11:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID CE
07COLOMBO1352	SRI LANKA: CONFLICT CONTRIBUTES TO BRAIN DRAIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Professionals and business people are steadily migrating out of Sri Lanka in pursuit of better living conditions and a more stable business environment. Many are Tamils and Muslims fleeing the conflict and persistent harassment. The "brain drain" is depleting a local talent pool [...]	2007-10-02 05:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB KMCA CE
07COLOMBO1355	SRI LANKA TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATS AND [...] Summary: While growth in Sri Lanka's textile and apparel export market has slowed since expiration of the Multifiber Agreement, the sector continues to maintain market share and in some cases grow in niche garment industry markets. Exports to the U.S., Sri Lanka's largest market, were flat i [...]	2007-10-02 10:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX CE
07COLOMBO1357	SRI LANKA SUPPORTS IN PRINCIPLE DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 12:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM KWMN SOCI UN CE
07COLOMBO1358	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT CRITICIZES EMINENT PERSONS; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) submitted its second Interim Report to the President on September 18 and released its third public statement on September 19. The Commission of Inquiry (COI) and Attorney General's (AG) office sent strongly-worded [...]	2007-10-02 12:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1369	FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER ASSESSES STABILITY OF [...] (C) Summary: In a lunch on October 3 with Ambassador, former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said that his breakaway faction from the ruling SLFP party and the opposition UNP have not yet been able to persuade the JVP to vote against the Government in November, mostly because the JVP st [...]	2007-10-04 08:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1371	256TH SESSION OF THE COLOMBO PLAN COUNCIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 27, 2007, The Colombo Plan Council convened for the 256th Session and discussed FY 2005/6 audited accounts, the 2006/7 draft annual report, a special paper on "Strategic Plan of The Colombo Plan 2025," and the needs assessment questionnaire. Ambassador Blake present [...]	2007-10-04 12:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR SOCI ECON EAID CE
07COLOMBO1372	MEETING WITH NATIONALIST JVP PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met for a spirited but cordial hour with JVP Parliamentary group leader Wimal Weerawansa, on October 1 at the JVP Party-Headquarters. Weerawansa expressed dissatisfaction with President Rajapaksa's failure to reduce inflation and corruption but said the JVP has not decid [...]	2007-10-04 12:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1384	SRI LANKA PROTESTS IMPROMPTU VISIT BY ICELANDIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An Icelandic diplomat on a tourist visa paid an impromptu visit to the Tamil Tiger de facto capital, Kilinochchi. Icelandic FSO Bjarni Vestmann, who apparently was under consideration for a position with the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM),decided to accompany the SLMM on [...]	2007-10-05 10:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1387	MUSLIM LEADERS VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT LAND RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 2, Ambassador hosted prominent Muslim leaders for a roundtable discussion on Muslim issues to mark the holy month of Ramadan. Participants noted the absence of Al-Qaida and other radical Islamist terror groups but expressed concern about a growing Wahhabi presence, an [...]	2007-10-09 06:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1391	SRI LANKA: MIXED REACTIONS TO NEW U.S. LAW ON MARITIME [...] SUMMARY: Colombo Port authorities and managers of shipping lines expressed opposing views on the ability to meet the new U.S. law on maritime cargo scanning requirements. Authorities of the Port of Colombo maintain that the port will be able to scan all U.S.-bound shipping containers by year [...]	2007-10-09 09:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD PREL PTER KMCA CE
07COLOMBO1399	SRI LANKA: LAGGING IN WORLD BANK EASE OF DOING BUSINESS [...] Summary: Sri Lanka rated poorly in the World Bank Group's just-released Doing Business 2008 index and in the middle of Transparency International's 2007 Corruption Perception Index. In the Ease of Doing Business index, Sri Lanka ranked 101 out of 178 economies. Notable was its ranking of 133 [...]	2007-10-10 09:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAID KMCA KCOR CE
07COLOMBO140	SRI LANKA: ARMY COMMANDER CONSIDERS CLEARING [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Blake met with Army Commander Major General Sarath Fonseka on January 23 following the Sri Lanka Army's (SLA) victory in the eastern Tiger (LTTE) strong hold of Vakarai (ref B). Fonseka estimated that the LTTE had been significantly weakened by two and a half months of [...]	2007-01-24 08:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1402	SRI LANKA NOMINATES CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO [...] The Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post via diplomatic note on October 1 that the Government of Sri Lanka has nominated Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha for election to the UNESCO Executive Board. A document outlining "Sri Lanka's Vision In and For UNESCO" was attach [...]	2007-10-10 11:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL UNESCO CE
07COLOMBO1403	MALDIVES: SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN PAVILION AT MAJOR TRADE SHOW [...] Summary: Post is pleased to report that the American Pavilion at an international trade fair in the Maldives produced encouraging results for participating companies and strengthened U.S. economic ties with Maldives. Fifteen U.S. companies, or their local partners, exhibited as part of an Am [...]	2007-10-11 03:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO ENIV ABUD ECON MV
07COLOMBO1407	ARBOUR PROVIDES INTERIM READOUT OF HER VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: At a working lunch on October 11 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour expressed doubt that she will be able to negotiate during this trip an increase in the staff of the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombo with a broad mandate. She wants t [...]	2007-10-11 09:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AORC CE
07COLOMBO1408	SRI LANKA: RUMORS ABOUND ABOUT KARUNA'S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On October 8, the Hindustan Times reported that pro-government paramilitary Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) military commander Chandrakanthan, more commonly known as Pillaiyan, ousted the group's founder Karuna Amman from the party's Executive Committee over "financia [...]	2007-10-11 11:38:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1421	ARBOUR CONCLUDES DISAPPOINTING TRIP TO SRI LANKA [...] (C) Summary. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour completed a five-day visit to Sri Lanka on October 14. UN Resident Representative Neil Buhne told Ambassador that Arbour was disappointed in the outcome of her visit and disturbed by the magnitude of the human rights problems [...]	2007-10-15 10:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1425	SRI LANKA: TIGERS STAGE A RAID DEEP IN THE [...] (SBU) On October 15, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) base in Yala National Sanctuary, located deep in the predominantly Sinhalese portion of the South. Tamilnet, a pro-LTTE web site, reported that Tigers took a cache of weapons and set the camp ab [...]	2007-10-16 10:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1428	TAMIL LEADER REFLECTS ON THE CONFLICT, THE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 08:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO1439	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT PLANS VISIT TO IRAN TO [...] (C) Summary: President Rajapaksa plans to make a state visit to Iran, probably in December. The focus of the visit will be on trade. Iran is Sri Lanka's sixth largest trading partner -- it provides half of Sri Lanka's crude oil imports and is the fourth largest buyer of Sri Lanka's tea. With [...]	2007-10-19 05:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ENRG PREL KNNP IR CE
07COLOMBO1441	SRI LANKA: NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S [...] Embassy Colombo wishes to nominate Ms. Srinithy Nandasekaran of Sri Lanka for the Secretary's International Woman of Courage Award. As one of Sri Lanka's few female attorneys from the ethnic minority Tamil population, Ms. Nandasekaran has worked tirelessly as a lawyer, judge, and human righ [...]	2007-10-19 09:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO CE
07COLOMBO1444	SRI LANKA: TAMIL TIGERS ATTACK NORTH CENTRAL AIR [...] (C) Before daybreak on October 21, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) launched a ground attack on the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) base in Anuradhapura, 210 kilometers north-east of Colombo. Less than an hour later, two LTTE light aircraft dropped bombs over the base, hitting an air [...]	2007-10-22 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1449	SRI LANKA: PROPOSED TIP BENCHMARKS [...] In accordance with the Short Term Action Plan for Sri Lanka provided by G/TIP, post recommends the following benchmarks for use in evaluating Government of Sri Lanka progress in combating trafficking in persons: -Working with the International Organization for Migration (IOM),set up and be [...]	2007-10-23 10:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1450	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR LAUNCHES US-FUNDED [...] Summary. Ambassador on October 18 hosted a press event to launch a Department of State and USAID-funded anti-trafficking program implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The event received wide coverage in the Sri Lankan media. The Sri Lanka Police's Women's and Chi [...]	2007-10-23 10:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1459	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT PROVIDES WEAK RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama on October 23 provided Charge with an Aide Memoire response to U/S Burns' request for additional information on the GSL's progress on human rights indictments and convictions. The GSL document, although constructive rather than defensive in [...]	2007-10-24 15:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1460	SRI LANKA UNDECIDED ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 07:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIA UN CE
07COLOMBO1463	SRI LANKA UNDECIDED ON IAAC ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 08:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AORC UN UNGA CE
07COLOMBO147	MCC IN SRI LANKA: MAJORITY OF INDICATORS PROBABLY NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Almost three years ago when Sri Lanka qualified as a Millennium Challenge Account candidate country, many of Sri Lanka's MCC indicators were on a positive trend. Since then, the government has changed hands twice and each new government has proven less commi [...]	2007-01-24 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID EAIR CE
07COLOMBO1479	SRI LANKA: AIR BASE ATTACK RESULTS IN HEAVY [...] SUMMARY: Reports of damage from the October 21 attack on the Anuradhapura air base (ref A) remain varied. The Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) reports 8 aircraft destroyed and 14 SLAF casualties, including two pilots. According to a U.S. defense contractor, approximately 75 percent of the SLAF's [...]	2007-10-30 10:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO148	SRI LANKA: ATTITUDE SURVEY REVEALS SINHALESE VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Sri Lankan think tank, the Centre for Policy Alternatives, recently released a study intended to provide a measure of public confidence in the peace process and public opinion on resolving the conflict. This attitude survey provides valuable insight into the views of the maj [...]	2007-01-24 13:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1484	SRI LANKA: UN BRIEFS AMBASSADORS ON RESULTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour did not call publicly for an international human rights monitoring mission during her recent visit here. However, she made her desire for international monitoring clear to Sri Lankan government officials in private. The GSL i [...]	2007-10-31 09:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1488	SRI LANKA: DEBUT SOVEREIGN BOND ISSUE RAISES $500 MILLION [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: International investors, 40% of them American, purchased all $500 million of Sri Lanka's first-ever sovereign bond issue, despite domestic opposition efforts to block the sale. The government offered 8.25% coupon bonds with a five-year maturity, and received orders [...]	2007-11-01 08:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON KMCA CE
07COLOMBO1489	SRI LANKA: MEDIA COME UNDER NEW FIRE; FIGHT BACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A series of recent government actions against media outlets or individual reporters has given rise to concern that the government may again be trying to muzzle or intimidate media critics. The Information Ministry has withdrawn the broadcasting license of a radio network on the [...]	2007-11-01 10:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS KPAO KDEM CE
07COLOMBO1492	SRI LANKA TO ENDORSE UNGA RAPE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 11:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA CE
07COLOMBO1504	SRI LANKA TO ENDORSE US CANDIDATE FOR IAAC ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 08:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AORC UNGA CE
07COLOMBO1505	SRI LANKA CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN THE 4TH [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 08:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM UNGA CE
07COLOMBO1506	SRI LANKA: DELIVERY OF FATF GUIDANCE REGARDING IRAN REF: A. SECSTATE 149648 B. COLOMBO 1439 C. COLOMBO 1307 Classified By: Charge d'Affaires James R. Moore for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 08:51:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	EFIN KNNP UNSC IAEA IR CE
07COLOMBO1509	SRI LANKA: TIGER POLITICAL WING HEAD KILLED IN AIR [...] (U) LTTE Headquarters announced in a press release on November 2 that LTTE political chief and lead peace negotiator S.P. Thamilchelvan was killed at about 6 a.m. in a Sri Lankan Air Force attack near the LTTE de facto capital of Kilinochchi. Five other LTTE officers, including Lt Col. Anpun [...]	2007-11-02 09:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV CE

07COLOMBO152	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT STRUGGLING IN ATTEMPT TO WOO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa has yet to announce his anticipated cabinet reshuffle, leading to confusion and speculation in the media and among our political contacts. The Rajapaksa team is struggling to eke out a bare majority of the parliamentary seats. Both the governing Sri Lanka Fre [...]	2007-01-25 05:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CE
07COLOMBO1523	SRI LANKA: TAMILCHELVAN'S DEATH - AFTERMATH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: LTTE Police Chief Nadesan has replaced the deceased Tamilchelvan as head of the LTTE political wing, but will continue to serve as head of the LTTE "police." A former Sri Lankan government peace negotiator noted that Nadesan has little experience in the negotiating field. A No [...]	2007-11-07 13:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS PREL PINR CE
07COLOMBO1526	SRI LANKA: GSL HELPED KARUNA ENTER UK ON FALSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK High Commissioner Dominic Chilcott briefed Co-Chair Ambassadors on November 7 on the arrest of TMVP leader Karuna Amman for entering the UK on a false Sri Lankan diplomatic passport. Chilcott said there is no question that the GSL, with high-level authorization, knowingly iss [...]	2007-11-08 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CVIS CE
07COLOMBO1527	SRI LANKA: CO-CHAIRS SEE LITTLE PROSPECT OF A [...] (C) SUMMARY: A meeting of Co-Chair Ambassadors in Colombo on November 5 concluded there will be little scope for promoting new peace talks in the next several months. Participants agreed to propose to capitals that the Co-Chairs principals meet during the first quarter of 2008 in Tokyo. Sever [...]	2007-11-08 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS PINR CE
07COLOMBO1528	SRI LANKAN FOR MIN TO TRY TO DISSUADE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tourism Minister Moragoda told Ambassador that he was traveling to Tehran in mid-November to advance the President's trip to Iran. Embassy has continued to underline our concerns about Iran's proliferation programs and sponsorship of terrorist activities known to the most senior [...]	2007-11-08 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS IR CE
07COLOMBO153	SRI LANKA: TAMIL PARLIAMENTARIANS FEAR "ETHNIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with three Members of Parliament from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA),a party which shares the political goals of the LTTE, on January 24. The Tamil representatives said they feared an "ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing" of Tamils from the east. Ambassador ex [...]	2007-01-25 10:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1533	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Bogollagama requested a meeting with Ambassador on November 7 to follow up on Under Secretary Burns's October meetings with President Rajapaksa SIPDIS in New York and the Foreign Minister in Washington (reftel). He and his staff expressed frustration at their l [...]	2007-11-09 09:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1534	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS RADARS AND RIB BOATS TO SRI LANKAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador handed over to the Sri Lankan Navy Commander a radar-based maritime surveillance system and ten Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats in a ceremony on November 8 at the Trincomalee Base today. In his public remarks, the Ambassador explained that the equipment was transferred u [...]	2007-11-11 07:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO154	SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS IN CLERGY FACE [...] (C) Summary: Catholic and Protestant clergy engaged in human rights work in the predominantly Tamil North and East report they have received death threats from elements of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and their allied paramilitaries, including that of Social Development M [...]	2007-01-25 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1542	MEETING WITH SRI LANKAN DEFENSE SECRETARY ON [...] (C) Ambassador and EU Head of Mission Wilson met with Defense Secretary Rajapaksa on November 13 to present a list of incidents reported by NGOs operating in eastern Sri Lanka in the last year perpetrated by the paramilitary Karuna Group. Secretary Rajapaksa admitted such incidents were stil [...]	2007-11-14 13:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1546	SRI LANKA: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) After meeting with numerous officials from throughout the GSL, Post assesses that the Government acknowledges the trafficking problem in Sri Lanka and is committed to addressing it. However, resource constraints, a lack of coordination among concerned ministries, and systemic problems [...]	2007-11-15 10:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG CE
07COLOMBO1550	IMO COUNCIL ELECTIONS - SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for the United Nations and Multilateral Affairs Division, Satya Rodrigo. Rodrigo told Econoff that Sri Lanka will support the U.S. candidacy in the upcoming International Maritime Organization (IMO [...]	2007-11-15 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA PREL CE MV
07COLOMBO1551	SRI LANKA: BUDGET VOTE A CLIFFHANGER AS JVP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of the principal Sinhalese nationalist party, the JVP, with 37 seats in Parliament, told a rally of supporters on November 13 that the party would not support the government on the crucial budget vote unless its conditions were met. He demanded that the President agree [...]	2007-11-15 12:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1554	SRI LANKA: TRO DESIGNATION WELCOMED BY GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 10:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER PREL SL
07COLOMBO1562	SRI LANKA: GSL ARM-TWISTING SUCCEEDS IN GETTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government came to its own rescue in a must-win budget vote, using every means at its disposal to ensure passage of its budget in the second reading. President Rajapaksa was once again able to outmaneuver opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe. In the process, Rajapaksa repo [...]	2007-11-19 12:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1564	SRI LANKA: TRO ASSET FREEZE ALIENATES TAMILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tamils and some non-Tamil Sri Lankans have conveyed to post predictably negative reactions to the U.S. Government's Executive Order 13224 designation of the Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO)(ref A). They assert the move will hurt Tamils and embolden the government to ta [...]	2007-11-19 12:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1565	SRI LANKA: TRO DESIGNATION WELCOMED BY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary and comment: Ambassador informed the Government of Sri Lanka the evening of November 15 of the forthcoming U.S. designation of the Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation shortly before Treasury's Washington announcement of the Executive Order 13224 designation. The government welcomed [...]	2007-11-20 10:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER PREL SL
07COLOMBO158	Respected NGO Analyst Tells Donor Ambassadors to Expect Protracted Conflict in Sri Lanka [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 12:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER EAID CE PHUM
07COLOMBO1580	SRI LANKA: INCSR PART II 2007-2008 SUBMISSION [...] The following is Embassy Colombo's International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part II regarding money laundering and financial crimes, per request in reftel. 2. Begin text: Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is neither an important regional financial center nor a preferred center for money [...]	2007-11-21 11:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR KMCA CE
07COLOMBO1581	SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES: UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION [...] Contact information for Embassy Sections. a. AMB: Robert O. Blake, Jr. Office: 94-11-249-8640 Cell: 94-77-347-6592 b. DCM: James Moore Office: 94-11-249-8640 Cell: 94-77-770-9571 c. POL: Michael DeTar Office: 94-11-249-876 [...]	2007-11-23 05:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AMGT CE
07COLOMBO1582	SRI LANKA: EMINENT PERSONS FRUSTRATED, DECIDE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The members of the International Independent Panel of Eminent Persons assisting the Sri Lankan Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Abuses feel their efforts have been stymied and concluded they can do little more to influence events in a positive way. A letter [...]	2007-11-23 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1601	LTTE CHIEF SAYS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his annual "Heroes' Day" speech, LTTE supremo Prabhakaran reiterated his litany of charges against the majority Sinhalese community in Sri Lanka. However, Prabhakaran went further than he has before in condemning what he sees as the international community's passivity in the [...]	2007-11-28 13:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS PGOV PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1603	SRI LANKA: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR UPDATE - NOV 2007 [...] As requested by Ref A, below is an update of the worst forms of child labor information for Sri Lanka. Child Labor Legislation ----------------------- 2. Sri Lanka ratified International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 138 on Minimum Age for Employment on November 2, 2000, and ILO [...]	2007-11-29 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CE
07COLOMBO1604	SRI LANKA: TIGERS RESUME ATTACKS IN COLOMBO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A bomb exploded near a clothing store in a crowded shopping mall in Nugegoda, a southern suburb of Colombo, at 5:55 p.m. on November 28. The attack may have been a reprisal for an alleged attack on a bus transporting schoolchildren near the Tamil Tiger de facto capital of Kil [...]	2007-11-29 12:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1616	SRI LANKA: ARMY, POLICE ROUND UP TAMILS WHILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 30 - December 3, Sri Lankan security forces conducted random arrests and cordon and search operations, rounding up approximately 2500 Tamils in Colombo and suburbs and perhaps 3500 island-wide. Some of the detainees were released within hours, others were transported [...]	2007-12-04 13:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1618	SRI LANKAN ARMY HOLDS HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR FOR [...] Summary: The Sri Lankan Army organized on December 4-7 a three-day seminar on "Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, Disaster Response and Military Civilian Relations" for all of its battalion field commanders in the northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka (where fighting is heaviest [...]	2007-12-05 02:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR PTER PREL CE
07COLOMBO162	SUPPORTING A BELEAGUERED TAMIL PRESS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and PAO called on beleaguered Tamil dailies "Tinakkural" and Sudar Oli" to demonstrate support for a free press. Ambassador agreed to try to help solve specific problems with their Jaffna editions, in immediate danger of closing due to lack of newsprint and other suppli [...]	2007-01-26 09:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1627	BUSINESS FACILITATION INCENTIVE FUND: SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 11:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO ENIV ABUD CE
07COLOMBO1640	CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA ON THE WAY [...] (S) Summary: In a series of short conversations with Ambassador on December 6 during a trip to his home town of Tangalle, President Rajapaksa expressed confidence his government would win the third and final budget vote on December 14, but was less clear on the way forward after that. Rajapa [...]	2007-12-07 11:32:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PREL PGOV CE
07COLOMBO1641	ISRAELI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ISRAELI RELATIONS [...] (C) In an introductory meeting on December 7, Israel's new Ambassador to Sri Lanka Mark Sofer (who is resident in New Delhi) told Ambassador that after presenting his credentials to President Rajapaksa and several days of consultations in Colombo he had noted considerable pessimism about the [...]	2007-12-07 11:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CE IR IS
07COLOMBO1651	IIGEP INFORMS DONORS IT IS LEAVING IN MARCH [...] (SBU) As reported reftel, the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) has decided to end its work in Sri Lanka by March 2008. IIGEP informed the Government of Sri Lanka of this on December 7. Ambassador received the following letter dated December 4 from IIGEP. BEGIN ME [...]	2007-12-12 09:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PTER CE
07COLOMBO1652	SRI LANKA'S RELATIONS WITH UN DETERIORATING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The last month has seen a deterioration in the UN's already shaky relations with Sri Lanka. On November 12, JVP parliamentary floor leader Wimal Weerawansa made a speech to parliament in which he accused UNICEF of supporting the LTTE through contributions of money and vehicles. [...]	2007-12-12 10:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1656	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES FOR SURVIVAL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The third and final reading of the budget on December 14 is shaping up as a battle royal for the government's survival -- and the government is losing ground in the count. On December 12, Sri Lankan Muslim Congress leader Rauff Hakeem and three of his five Members of Parliament [...]	2007-12-12 12:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1661	SRI LANKA: 2008 BUDGET WOULD BOOST DEFENSE AND TRANSFERS TO RAJAPAKSA CONSTITUENTS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The Rajapaksa government could survive or fall depending on the outcome of a December 14 final vote on its 2008 budget. The proposed budget continues the president's emphasis on high taxes to fund big government and transfers to his primary constituents: civil servan [...]	2007-12-13 10:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KMCA PGOV CE
07COLOMBO1666	MALDIVIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES JOIN FORCES, ENDORSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition parties and other political groups in Maldives have formed a National Unity Alliance (NUA) and called for a transitional government that would run Maldives from the time the new constitution comes into effect until new officials can be elected. Member parties, includ [...]	2007-12-14 11:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
07COLOMBO1667	SRI LANKA: FOREIGN SECRETARY COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. [...] (C) DCM and Pol Chief were summoned by Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on December 13 to discuss proceedings at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Kohona expressed the government's objection to the U.S. delegation's statement in support of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbo [...]	2007-12-14 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1676	MALDIVES: AHMED KHALEEL NEW PERMREP IN NEW YORK [...] On December 13, Embassy received a diplomatic note dated December 10, 2007, announcing the appointment of Ahmed Khaleel as Maldives' Permanent Representative to the United Nations. [begin text] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives presents its compliments to the Emb [...]	2007-12-18 09:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP PINR UN MV
07COLOMBO1677	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT SCRAPES TOGETHER A FINAL [...] SUMMARY: On December 14, the United People's Freedom Alliance passed its budget with a majority of 47 votes. The Government's victory was not assured until the JVP decided, in the final hours before the vote, to abstain. The decision to abstain, after voting against the budget in the first tw [...]	2007-12-18 11:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO168	SRI LANKA: NAVY CLAIMS IT AVERTS TAMIL TIGER [...] (S) Summary: Government of Sri Lanka military sources described to DATT on January 27 an attempted Tamil Tiger (LTTE) attack on the Colombo Port that morning in which the Navy destroyed three suspected "Sea Tiger" vessels, two of them suicide boats, disguised as fishing craft. Local weekend [...]	2007-01-29 12:40:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1680	Sri Lanka - DCHA/FFP Monitoring Report on WFP [...] Summary: From November 25 to December 4, 2007 USAID/DCHA Food for Peace Officer (FFP/O) visited Sri Lanka to monitor the UN World Food Program (WFP) Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO),which receives U.S. Title II Emergency Assistance. FFP/O visited multiple sites in the conflict [...]	2007-12-19 03:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PINS CE
07COLOMBO1687	MCC DECISION NOT TO RE-SELECT SRI LANKA FOR COMPACT [...] (SBU) Sri Lanka's national focal point for Millennium Challenge Account issues, Secretary of Ministry of Plan Implementation Dhara Wijayatilake, contacted Econoff December 20 to seek clarification regarding the MCC board's December 12 decision regarding Sri Lanka. Wijayatilake had seen a local [...]	2007-12-20 10:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KMCA PREL CE
07COLOMBO1688	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT HOLDS SUCCESSFUL TIP [...] On December 13, the Ministry of Child Development and Women's Empowerment hosted a four-hour roundtable discussion on trafficking in persons (TIP) with key stakeholders in the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL). The goal of the meeting was to share information and best practices, foster more effe [...]	2007-12-20 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV CE
07COLOMBO1689	GOVERNMENT ISSUES PUBLIC STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF [...] Summary: At the urging of the U.S., EU and UN in Sri Lanka, the Government of Sri Lanka issued a public statement on December 15 expressing its "support for, and confidence in, United Nations operations in Sri Lanka" and "the efforts of the international agencies in humanitarian assistance and [...]	2007-12-20 12:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL CE
07COLOMBO1698	MINISTER PEIRIS PREVIEWS PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on December 20, Trade Minister GL Peiris (who was one of the Government's former chief negotiators in the 2002-3 talks with the LTTE) previewed a new initiative the President has asked him to draft to begin to redress Tamil grievances. [...]	2007-12-21 08:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO170	SRI LANKA: CABINET RESHUFFLE NARROWS MAJORITY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa reshuffled his cabinet on January 28. Joining the government ranks were 18 "dissident" MPs from the opposition United National Party (UNP) and all 6 MPs from the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC). This gave the government, which previously had 98 seat [...]	2007-01-29 15:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ETRD EINV CE
07COLOMBO1707	SRI LANKA: IRAN REFINERY OFFER COMPLICATES PICTURE FOR US [...] (SBU) Summary: Iran's recent promise to finance a $750 million expansion of Sri Lanka's sole oil refinery complicates the ambitions of U.S. firms Global Energy and ENGlobal to secure contracts for similar refinery investments. The head of the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation doubts Ira [...]	2007-12-31 08:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG PREL CE IR
07COLOMBO1708	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT UPS WAR RHETORIC, FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary. In late December, Sri Lanka's Defense Secretary, Prime Minister, and Army Commander spoke out SIPDIS confidently on the GSL's prospects of defeating the LTTE militarily. Meanwhile, heavy fighting continued in several areas in the North. The GSL's statements and actions conf [...]	2007-12-31 08:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO175	SRI LANKA: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER TO MAKE INDIA HIS [...] (C) Summary. Indian High Commissioner Alok Prasad informed the Ambassador on January 30 that new Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama is traveling this evening to New Delhi for introductory calls on the Government of India (GOI). Prasad suggested the U.S. and India should combine efforts t [...]	2007-01-30 14:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO176	SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER VOWS NOT TO TAKE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Minister of Disaster Relief and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe January 30 to share with him a list of suggested actions the Government could take to address the human rights situation. The deeply frustrated Minister (strictly protect throughout) expressed [...]	2007-01-30 14:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO181	SRI LANKA TO SIGN ACQUISITION AND CROSS SERVICING [...] On December 7, 2006, Ambassador and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief met with Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa to provide background information (see para 4) on a Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement (ACSA) and a the draft ACSA proposed for signature. See paragra [...]	2007-01-31 10:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL MOPS CE
07COLOMBO186	SRI LANKA: RULING PARTY LURES 8 MORE CROSSOVERS [...] (C) Eight out of nine Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) announced on January 31 that they have joined the Government. JHU MP Venerable Omalpe Sobitha Thero resigned to allow the party's Policy Formulator, Champika Ranawaka, to become an MP. R [...]	2007-01-31 11:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO188	SRI LANKA: RULING PARTY LURES 8 MORE CROSSOVERS [...] (C) Eight out of nine Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) announced on January 31 that they have joined the Government. JHU MP Venerable Omalpe Sobitha Thero resigned to allow the party's Policy Formulator, Champika Ranawaka, to become an MP. R [...]	2007-01-31 12:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO189	SRI LANKA: NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS TIGERS WILL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar on January 31 to discuss the January 28-29 Sri Lanka Development Forum and the ramifications of the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) military victories in Vakarai and elsewhere in the east. The Ambassadors shared concerns over sp [...]	2007-01-31 12:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO20	SRI LANKA: NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIR - A [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa has named former Sri Lankan Supreme Court justice Anandacoomaraswamy chair of the national Human Rights Commission (HRC),circumventing a constitutional requirement that an independent council appoint the heads of national commissions. Sri Lanka's human right [...]	2007-01-05 06:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO200	IMI - OIL EXPLORATION IN SRI LANKA [...] Sri Lanka is hoping to begin offshore oil prospecting soon. Seismic surveys and airborne gravity surveys have confirmed the possible existence of petroleum resources in Sri Lanka's territorial waters off the northern and western coasts, in the Cauvery basin in the Palk Straits (between Sri Lan [...]	2007-02-05 09:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB ECON ETRD ENRG CE
07COLOMBO211	REQUEST FOR NIH ACCOUNTS TO ACCESS MALDIVES DATA [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-05 12:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV PREL CE MV
07COLOMBO212	SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES - NO TOBACCO-RELATED ACTIVITIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-05 12:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ETRD CE MV
07COLOMBO214	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY RECKONS TIGER GROUND [...] (C) Summary: Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa offered his interpretation of the government security forces' January victory in Vakarai to Ambassador and DATT on February 5 and explained the government's current military strategy. Gothabaya noted that the security forces encountered pred [...]	2007-02-05 13:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO215	SRI LANKA: MONK-BASED JHU INSISTS GSL SHOULD SEEK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, Ambassador met with several members of the Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU),including newly appointed environment minister Champika Ranawaka (reftel). JHU representatives said the government should crush the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [...]	2007-02-05 13:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO221	NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO "TENSE" KILINOCHCHI [...] Summary: In a February 5 readout of his February 1-2 visit to Kilinochchi, Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar described the mood in the area as very tense. LTTE spokesman and chief negotiator Tamilselvan complained to Brattskar that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) had gone to war by occupying V [...]	2007-02-06 08:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO227	MALDIVES: AMBASSADOR ADVOCATES BOEING AND WINDPOWER SALES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Blake advocated for the purchase of Boeing aircraft by a Maldivian airline and the expansion of an upcoming wind power pilot project utilizing US-made wind turbines during his January 16 visit to the Maldives. Either of these sales could significantly boost US exports [...]	2007-02-06 11:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EAIR ETRD MV
07COLOMBO228	SRI LANKA: LIMITED EFFORTS TO ADDRESS INDOOR AIR POLLUTION [...] Summary: Government involvement in Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) issues in Sri Lanka is at an early stage. Although IAP was discussed at the country's first national symposium on air resource management in 2004, limited progress has been made in this area. The Ministry of Environment and Natural [...]	2007-02-06 11:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID CE
07COLOMBO229	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER SAYS PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the major opposition United National Party (UNP),on February 5, soon after 18 UNP parliamentarians joined the government to accept ministerial posts (ref). Wickremesinghe said he would not attempt to expel the "crossovers" f [...]	2007-02-06 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO23	NEW ECONOMIC COUNCIL APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 26, 2006, President Mahinda Rajapaksa chaired the inaugural meeting of Sri Lanka's new Economic Council. The President appointed this council, comprised of the nation's top economic experts to advise the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) on economic affairs, and to engage [...]	2007-01-08 05:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD CE
07COLOMBO230	SRI LANKA: NEW MEGA-CABINET BOOSTS RAJAPAKSA [...] (C) Summary. President Mahinda Rajapaksa's recent cabinet reshuffle has served to consolidate his and his brothers' control, particularly over the all-important defense portfolio. The new United National Party (UNP) ministers have settled for distinctly secondary ministries, while their de [...]	2007-02-06 12:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO231	FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES INITIAL PRIORITIES AND [...] (SBU) Sri Lanka's new Foreign Minister Rohita Bogollagama convoked diplomatic heads of mission on February 6 to outline his initial priorities and travel plans. Noting his prior experience as Minister of Industries, then Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion, Bogollagam [...]	2007-02-06 13:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO232	FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES INITIAL PRIORITIES AND [...] (SBU) Sri Lanka's new Foreign Minister Rohita Bogollagama convoked diplomatic heads of mission on February 6 to outline his initial priorities and travel plans. Noting his prior experience as Minister of Industries, then Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion, Bogollagama [...]	2007-02-07 02:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO241	PRESS CONFERENCE TO PUBLICIZE POSITIVE WORK OF [...] The Ambassador and EU Head of Mission Wilson organized on February 7 a press conference to publicize the positive work that international NGOs are performing in Sri Lanka and condemn the recent campaign to discredit international NGOs. The German Ambassador (and EU President),the U.S. Ambass [...]	2007-02-08 06:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV CE
07COLOMBO244	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GEOFF MOYLE, ANURA [...] Post grants country clearance to consultants Geoff Moyle, Anura Widananpathirana, Ed Ely and John Standingford of URS Corporation to travel to Sri Lanka from January 23 to February 23, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to continue due diligence on the Infrastructure and ESA portions of the GOSL' [...]	2007-02-08 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KMCA ECON ORTA KPAO AFIN OVIP CE
07COLOMBO249	SRI LANKA: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER AFFIRMS COMMITMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador paid his initial call on new Foreign Minister Bogollagama on February 8. Ambassador reviewed U.S. support for Sri Lanka in its fight against LTTE terrorism. He also underlined serious U.S. concerns about Sri Lanka's deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situati [...]	2007-02-09 09:06:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO25	SRI LANKA'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FAILING TO MEET STUDENT AND [...] SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's government-run university system is able to accommodate about 15 percent of eligible secondary school graduates, and the population of potential students is growing much faster than the universities can expand. The University Grants Commission (UGC),a government body, de [...]	2007-01-08 09:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD CE
07COLOMBO250	SRI LANKA: GROWING COUT AND APPEAL OF NON-WESTERN [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Sri Lanka is increasingly looking to non-Western partners like China, India, Korea, Malaysia, and even Iran to fund major infrastructure projects. These donors are promising aid without conditions, while the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, European donors and t [...]	2007-02-09 09:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EINV PREL CE CH IN IR JA KS MY
07COLOMBO254	SRI LANKA: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER AFFIRMS COMMITMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador paid his initial call on new Foreign Minister Bogollagama on February 8. Ambassador reviewed U.S. support for Sri Lanka in its fight against LTTE terrorism. He also underlined serious U.S. concerns about Sri Lanka's deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situati [...]	2007-02-09 10:14:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO255	SRI LANKA: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER AFFIRMS COMMITMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador paid his initial call on new Foreign Minister Bogollagama on February 8. Ambassador reviewed U.S. support for Sri Lanka in its fight against LTTE terrorism. He also underlined serious U.S. concerns about Sri Lanka's deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situati [...]	2007-02-09 10:14:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO256	UN A/SYG KANE PROPOSES HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORS TO [...] (C) Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Angela Kane briefed on February 9 Co-Chair Ambassadors regarding her current visit to Sri Lanka. She has met with Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister, Human Rights Minister, political party leaders and other senior government officials to gain a [...]	2007-02-09 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM AORC PGOV CE
07COLOMBO257	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR URGES PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a candid, hour-long meeting with President Rajapaksa on February 9, Ambassador pressed the President to show personal leadership in taking concrete steps to improve his government's human rights performance. Rajapaksa weighed in against a proposal by members of Congress to app [...]	2007-02-12 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO263	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT SACKS THREE MINISTERS, [...] (U) On February 9, President Rajapaksa dismissed Ministers Anura Bandaranaike (National Heritage portfolio) and Mangala Samaraweera (Ports and Aviation portfolio and Foreign Minister until the January 28 cabinet reshuffle),as well as non-cabinet Minister Sripathi Sooriarachchi (Ports portfoli [...]	2007-02-12 12:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CE
07COLOMBO264	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT ROUNDS UP ALLEGED SINHALESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 5, three Sinhalese members of the Railway Services Trade Union disappeared. Three days after the abduction, Defense Spokesman Rambukwella announced that the Army had arrested the three men on allegations that they had links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (L [...]	2007-02-12 13:12:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO265	SRI LANKA: MILITARY VICTORIES IN THE EAST PAVE WAY [...] (C) Summary: The military victories of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces against the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) in Vakarai, Sampur and elsewhere in the eastern province mark a significant change in the balance of power. The consensus, with which we agree, is that the capture of Vakara [...]	2007-02-12 13:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON MOPS CE
07COLOMBO266	ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 7 the Ambassador hosted a round-table discussion on trafficking in persons with 12 NGO representatives and three government officials working in related fields. Although there was no single working definition of "trafficking" or common assessment of the scope of th [...]	2007-02-12 13:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE
07COLOMBO274	MODERATE TAMILS SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVES [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador MET on February 9 with Ahilan Kadirgamar of the Sri Lanka Democracy Forum, a group of moderate Tamil expatriates. Kadirgamar, who is based in the U.S., was critical of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) monopoly over Tamil politics and saw the breakaway [...]	2007-02-13 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO28	SRI LANKA: TWO BUS BOMBS KILL 21 IN SINHALESE [...] (C) Summary: A January 5 bomb blast on a passenger bus in the Western Province town of Nittambuwa killed five and injured 50. On January 6, a second bus bomb near the southern coastal town of Hikkaduwa killed at least 15 people, and injured 42. Both buses originated in Colombo. The indepen [...]	2007-01-08 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO286	CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS DISCUSS POLICY IMPLICATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador hosted on February 14 a meeting with Co-Chair Ambassadors and Indian High Commissioner Prasad to agree on positions we should recommend that capitals take on the key policy issues that Co-Chairs now face as a result of the Sri Lankan military's victories in the east [...]	2007-02-14 13:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO289	MALDIVES: STRATEGY FOR ENGAGING ONE OF ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) Maldives is a moderate, pro-American Islamic country that cooperates on American military objectives and is responsive to US advice on reform and openness. In a generation, it has gone from being South Asia's poorest country to that with the region's highest per-capita income. However, [...]	2007-02-15 10:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MASS MARR ECON ETRD AMGT OEXC KPAO
07COLOMBO290	SRI LANKA: PRODUCTIVE KICKOFF FOR IIGEP [...] (C) Summary. The eleven members of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) met February 12 for the first time with each other and with the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) recently established Commission of Inquiry (COI) into human rights abuses, which they will be obse [...]	2007-02-15 11:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO292	SRI LANKA: TWO SACKED MINISTERS CRITICIZE [...] (U) Recently dismissed ministers Mangala Samaraweera and Sripathy Suriyarachchi (reftel) strongly criticized President Mahinda Rajapaksa at press conference they held at the Parliament building on February 15. Ex-Foreign Minister Samaraweera said he would not accept any ministerial post under [...]	2007-02-15 12:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO294	SRI LANKA: GERMAN EMBASSY PROTESTS HARASSMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German Ambassador has lodged a protest with Foreign Minister Bogollagama regarding separate recent incidents in Trincomalee and Batticaloa involving their aid agency and, apparently, members of the LTTE splitoff "Karuna group." German Technical Cooperation (GTZ),the German [...]	2007-02-16 08:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS EAID CE
07COLOMBO302	SRI LANKA: AFTER THE FALL OF VAKARAI, GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: An Embassy team that visited Vakarai on February 14 was the first group of foreign diplomats into the area since the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) retook the strategic coastal town from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) last month. Demining operations and infrastruct [...]	2007-02-20 13:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS EAID CA
07COLOMBO303	SRI LANKA: PRESS COVERAGE FOR SIGNING OF ACQUISITION AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Department concurrence, Post plans to sign an Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement (ACSA) with the government of Sri Lanka on or about February 28, 2007. Because of the risk that the agreement could be misconstrued by local parties pursuing domestic political agendas, [...]	2007-02-20 13:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL MOPS MASS CE
07COLOMBO304	SRI LANKA: PRESS COVERAGE FOR SIGNING OF ACQUISITION AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Department concurrence, Post plans to sign an Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement (ACSA) with the government of Sri Lanka on or about February 28, 2007. Because of the risk that the agreement could be misconstrued by local parties pursuing domestic political agendas, [...]	2007-02-20 13:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL MOPS MASS CE
07COLOMBO316	SRI LANKA: 5-YEAR CEASEFIRE ANNIVERSARY INSPIRES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: February 22 marks the five-year anniversary of the Cease-fire Agreement (CFA),which has inspired renewed calls to abandon the peace process. A group of Buddhist monks from the National Bhikku Front, officially backed by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP),mounted a hunger [...]	2007-02-22 11:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO322	SRI LANKA: UK CONSIDERING CANCELING TSUNAMI DEBT RELIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: The UK is considering canceling $80 million in debt relief provided to Sri Lanka following the 2004 tsunami because of concerns that Sri Lanka is not meeting pro-peace conditions of the debt relief agreement. The UK's privately-conveyed concerns were leaked to the Sri Lankan pre [...]	2007-02-23 09:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV CE
07COLOMBO324	SRI LANKA: CABINET RESHUFFLE AND SACKING OF [...] (C) Summary. The effects of the President Rajapaksa's strategy of luring crossovers and reshuffling the Cabinet are still rumbling through both of Sri Lanka's main political parties. Senior Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Vice President D.M. Jayaratne held talks on February 21 in an attempt [...]	2007-02-23 12:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO326	SRI LANKA: FORMIN PROMISES DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama and Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on February 23 at their request. Bogollagama assured us that the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) devolution proposal would be ready soon, perhaps before Bogollagama's propo [...]	2007-02-26 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO327	SRI LANKA: NO DECISION YET ON U.S. WTO TAFT GOODS [...] Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) will not make a decision on the U.S. WTO textiles, apparel, footwear and travel goods (TAFT) negotiating text until it meets with apparel producers later this week. End summary. 2. Econoff delivered the TAFT negotiating text to senior government o [...]	2007-02-26 12:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO CE
07COLOMBO328	ATTACK ON AMBASSADOR'S CONVOY IN BATTICALOA [...] On February 27, 2007 Ambassador Blake and the German, Italian, Japanese and French Ambassadors accompanied Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe and representatives of the United Nations and international non-governmental organizations on a day trip to observe [...]	2007-02-27 09:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER PREL PGOV MOPS
07COLOMBO333	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR OPIC OFFICIALS DIANA JENSEN [...] Post grants country clearance to OPIC officials Diana Jensen, Senior Investment Officer and Barbara Gibian, Assistant General Counsel to travel to Colombo, Sri Lanka, arriving on or about March 7, 2007 and departing on or about March 13, 2007. Embassy control officer is Mr. Richard Merrin, Com [...]	2007-02-28 05:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN CE
07COLOMBO337	SRI LANKA:EX-FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Ex-Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera at his residence on February 26, at Samaraweera's request. Samaraweera reported that following his petition to the Human Rights Commission on Friday regarding his personal security, a senior official from the Ministe [...]	2007-02-28 12:17:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO338	SRI LANKA: FORMER PRESIDENT KUMARATUNGA EXCORIATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga expressed strong disapproval of President Rajapaksa's approach to governance in a meeting with Ambassador on February 26. She feared that the current government was committed to trying to resolve the country's ethnic conflict through purel [...]	2007-03-01 02:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ECON CE
07COLOMBO341	CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS IN BATTICALOA DECRY HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador participated in a visit to Batticaloa led by Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights Samarasinghe. Although the visit was disrupted by a mortar attack as the delegation arrived in Batticaloa (reftel),the delegation met with civil society leaders. The Amba [...]	2007-03-01 08:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KHDP CE

07COLOMBO342	LTTE HEAD REGRETS ARTILLERY FIRE ON AMBASSADOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 28, Ambassador Blake received a faxed letter (full text para 2) dated February 27, 2007, from S.P. Tamilselvan, Head of the Political Division, LTTE, apologizing for the February 27 artillery attack on the delegation in which the Ambassador was traveling to Battical [...]	2007-03-01 08:42:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PTER ASEC PREL CE
07COLOMBO35	SRI LANKAN MONITORING MISSION ADAPTING TO RESUMED [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 12:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO350	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR SCA PDAS MANN'S VISIT [...] (C) Your visit to Colombo comes at a critical time. There is a substantial risk of a return to fighting in the east and north in the next few weeks. Prospects are uncertain that the ruling Sri Lankan Freedom Party (SLFP) will present a viable devolution proposal to the All-Party Representati [...]	2007-03-01 12:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO352	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DARIUS NASSIRY, EILEEN BURKE, [...] Post grants country clearance to Darius Nassiry, Eileen Burke, Carlton Bennett, Doris McMahon, Mary Jo Johnson, Thomas Hohenthaner, Berry Deren and Amanda Beatty of Millennium Challenge Corporation to travel to Sri Lanka from March 11 - 30, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to continue due dilig [...]	2007-03-02 06:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KMCA ECON ORTA KPAO AFIN OVIP CE
07COLOMBO36	SRI LANKAN MONITORING MISSION ADAPTING TO RESUMED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SLMM head of mission Lars Solvberg briefed Co-Chair Ambassadors and new Indian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alok Prasad on January 8 regarding SLMM plans to reconfigure the mission. Because of their limited numbers and various constraints on their operations, but especially because [...]	2007-01-09 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO367	SRI LANKA: THE SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Mission's submission for the seventh annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Anamika Chakravorty, telephone +94-11-249-8822, fax +94-11-249-8820. Paragraph 27: Sri Lanka Overvi [...]	2007-03-05 12:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE
07COLOMBO368	AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador called on Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohita Bogollagama on March 5th to brief him on the Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement that Ambassador signed earlier in the day with Defense Secretary RajapaksA(septel). Bogollagama expressed appreciation for the briefing. Neithe [...]	2007-03-05 12:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP CE
07COLOMBO37	SRI LANKAN SECURITY FORCES CAPTURE KEY TIGER BASE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO370	SRI LANKA: PARA-TARIFFS BOOST REVENUE AND INCREASE [...] Summary: Tariffs and para-tariffs have hiked Sri Lanka's effective tariff rates to 50-85 percent. The para-tariffs include at least seven different levies, taxes, and surcharges, the rates of which frequently change (generally upward). These fees have added complexity and unpredictability to [...]	2007-03-06 10:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD CE
07COLOMBO375	SRI LANKA: 2006 U.S. EXPORTS UP, BUT BARELY DENT USD 1.9B [...] (U) Summary: The United States-Sri Lanka goods trade balance narrowed to nine-to-one in Sri Lanka's favor in 2006, from over ten-to-one in recent years. The improvement came from 20 percent growth in U.S. exports to Sri Lanka, while U.S. imports from Sri Lanka rose by only 3 percent. Neverth [...]	2007-03-06 12:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAID CE
07COLOMBO376	TERRORIST FINANCE: SRI LANKA ENFORCING AGAINST ILLICIT CASH [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka Customs and the Central Bank's Financial Intelligence Unit are actively attempting to prevent illicit cash courier activity and are aware of the issues raised in reftel. They have had some success in disrupting transactions, but have been less effective in figuring ou [...]	2007-03-06 12:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KFTN LE PREL PTER CE
07COLOMBO379	MUSLIM MINISTER SAYS PRESIDENT WAVERING ON [...] (C) On March 4 Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on the President of the Sri Lanka Muslim Council (SLMC) Rauff Hakeem in his new capacity as SL Minister of Posts and Telecommunications. After a brief discussion on his new portfolio which Hakeem admitted he was still learning about, A [...]	2007-03-06 13:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO38	SRI LANKAN SECURITY FORCES CAPTURE KEY TIGER BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces captured the Tamil Tigers' (LTTE) main military camp in the eastern district of Ampara on January 7, where they reportedly uncovered an explosive-laden truck and three motorbikes fitted with explosive detonators. The military alleged [...]	2007-01-09 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO383	LTTE LEADER BREAKS NO NEW GROUND IN MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Norwegian Ambassador briefed Co-Chair ambassadors March 7 on his visit to Killinochi earlier this week. LTTE political chief Tamilselvan warned that a push by the Sri Lankan military in the North would produce aggressive retaliation by the LTTE. He criticized the internat [...]	2007-03-07 14:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL CE
07COLOMBO388	SRI LANKA: CRUNCH TIME COMING ON DEVOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two months after the release of the All-Party Representative Committee (APRC) Experts Panel "Majority Report," the President's party, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),has yet to put forward its own proposals on devolution. The President reportedly has told his party's ad-ho [...]	2007-03-08 11:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO394	SRI LANKA: ALLEGATIONS OF IMPROPRIETY IN CONNECTION WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Government of Sri Lanka plans to launch in March 2007 a state-run airline aimed at providing low-cost travel for migrant workers and tourists to the Middle East and India. The budget carrier, called Mihin Lanka, has elicited criticism from politicians, the press [...]	2007-03-09 10:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD EAIR EINV KCOR CE
07COLOMBO398	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USDA JOHN GROSMAN TO TRAVEL [...] Post grants country clearance to USDA Wildland Fire Training Officer, John Grosman, an employee of the US Forest Service, to travel to Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 17-25, 2007. The purpose of the visit is the development of a Disaster Simulation Exercise. Embassy control officer is Mr. Richard Me [...]	2007-03-12 11:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON OTRA CE
07COLOMBO399	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TRUDIE MAHONEY TO TRAVEL TO [...] Post grants country clearance to Trudie Mahoney, Emergency Management Specialist, an employee of the US Forest Service, to travel to Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 18-27, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to provide technical assistance for a program to integrate Incident Command System into the Di [...]	2007-03-12 11:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON OTRA CE
07COLOMBO402	SRI LANKA: EARLY ROADBLOCKS FOR IIGEP [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe called a meeting on March 6 to brief donor country Heads of Mission on the status of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP). Samarasinghe acknowledged a lack of clarity on the responsib [...]	2007-03-12 13:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO410	SRI LANKA WILL CO-SPONSOR U.S. WTO TAFT GOODS NEGOTIATING [...] Summary: Sri Lanka will co-sponsor the U.S. WTO textiles, apparel, footwear and travel (TAFT) goods proposal on labeling. End Summary. 2. Department of Commerce Director of Multilateral Trade Affairs Gomi Senadheera informed Post that he has instructed the Sri Lanka Mission to the WTO in G [...]	2007-03-13 12:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO CE
07COLOMBO411	SRI LANKA: PDAS MANN'S MEETING WITH FINANCE SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: SCA PDAS Steven Mann raised the Millennium Challenge Account, the payment dispute between Sri Lanka and U.S. power producer AES, and prospects for offshore oil exploration with Finance Secretary P.B. Jayasundera March 8. Jayasundera remains optimistic about the health of the Sri [...]	2007-03-14 03:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV ETRD PREL CE
07COLOMBO412	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NOAA FISHERIES EMPLOYEES [...] Post grants country clearance to NOAA fisheries employees, Lawrence Biondo and Rodney Platt to travel to Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 24-28, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to conduct audits for the USDOC Seafood Inspection Program. Embassy control officer is Mr. Richard Merrin, Commercial Atta [...]	2007-03-14 03:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY ECON OTRA KSCA EFIS CE
07COLOMBO413	SRI LANKA: PDAS MANN PRESSES PRESIDENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa told visiting PDAS for South and Central Asia Steven Mann that the Sri Lankan Freedom Party would present its proposals for devolution by March 14. He outlined a multi-tiered process for reconciling this with proposals of other parties, submitting the proposal [...]	2007-03-14 03:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO414	SRI LANKA: PDAS MANN URGES FOREIGN SECRETARY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDAS Mann, accompanied by Ambassador Blake, met Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on March 10 to press the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) to put forward a viable devolution proposal and to address human rights concerns. Kohona acknowledged the need to do more, but said constraints [...]	2007-03-14 03:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO416	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY OUTLINES SIX-MONTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa told visiting SCA PDAS Steven Mann that the government was certain that the LTTE was not interested in a political solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict. Nevertheless, he said, the government would try to reach out to the Tamil populations, [...]	2007-03-14 05:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO424	SRI LANKA: U/S FORE COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY [...] SUMMARY: During a March 8 visit to Colombo, Under Secretary for Management Henrietta Fore marked International Women's Day by meeting with a group of leading female entrepreneurs and senior executives. Most participants offered their perspectives on the conflict in Sri Lanka and were unequivoc [...]	2007-03-15 03:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO428	SRI LANKA: MILITARY STRIKES LTTE BASES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 12, the Sri Lankan military launched its latest campaign in Thoppigala. Thoppigala, roughly between Polonnaruwa and Batticaloa, is home to a cluster of LTTE bases, which are among the last significant LTTE camps remaining in the east. Sri Lanka's air force used Kfir [...]	2007-03-15 12:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO434	SRI LANKA WILL CONSIDER ENDORSING HAGUE CODE OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-16 09:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS PARM ETTC MTCRE KSCA CE
07COLOMBO435	SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNAL UN REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-16 09:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ACABQ AORC APER UNGA
07COLOMBO436	SRI LANKA TO CONSIDER ENDORSING THE GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-16 09:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM CE
07COLOMBO439	MEETING WITH DEFENSE SECRETARY ON KARUNA PROBLEMS [...] (C) Ambassador, EU Head of Mission Wilson and UNHCR Head Awad met on March 16 with Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa and Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe. Wilson shared with Rajapaksa a list developed by the EC Humanitarian Office of concrete example [...]	2007-03-16 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF CE
07COLOMBO45	SRI LANKA: MINISTER'S "THUGS" BEAT JOURNALIST AT [...] (C) Summary: The BBC and several local independent news agencies reported that on January 9 a mob led by Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Deputy Minister of Labor Mervyn Silva attacked participants at a peace rally in Colombo organized by the United People's Movement (UPM),an organization repr [...]	2007-01-10 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO451	SRI LANKA: OUTSPOKEN FORMER MINISTER, NOW A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Former Minister of Port Development, Sripathi Sooriyarachchi, was arrested Saturday by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on charges of corruption for failing to return his government assigned vehicle after his dismissal as a minister. Sripathi alleges that he retur [...]	2007-03-20 02:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS CE
07COLOMBO455	MALDIVES: DRUGS, EDUCATION, ISLAMIC EXTREMISM AND WOMEN'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable contains an Action Request in Paragraph 14. During Under Secretary of State for Management Fore's March 7 visit to Maldives, in addition to discussions with President Gayoom (Ref A) and female political and business leaders (Ref B),she met separately with the Forei [...]	2007-03-20 04:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ELAB ETRD MARR PHUM KDEM KISL EAID MV
07COLOMBO46	SRI LANKA: CABINET RESHUFFLE IMMINENT; PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa told media representatives on January 9 that he will reshuffle his cabinet. A source in the presidential secretariat told pol FSN Rajapaksa may offer ministerial posts to opposition United National Party (UNP) members while allowing them to retain their presen [...]	2007-01-10 12:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO460	SRI LANKA: KARUNA GROUP EMBOLDENED IN THE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: As ref A reported, Karuna, leader of a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) breakaway faction in the East, is engaging in serious human rights violations and criminal activities, often under the protection of the Sri Lanka security forces. This cable provides additional det [...]	2007-03-20 12:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO463	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS LIST OF ALLEGED ABDUCTIONS TO [...] (C) Ambassador met with Presidential Secretary (National Security Advisor equivalent) Lalith Weeratunga on March 20 to present a list of 350 Sri Lankans who are alleged by Sri Lankan NGOs to have been abducted in Colombo and Jaffna between January 2006 and February 2007. Ambassador explained [...]	2007-03-21 03:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO464	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY CANDIDLY BRIEFS FOREIGN MEDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa held a closed door, off-the-record meeting with members of the Foreign Correspondents Association and some foreign diplomats. In response to pointed questions, Rajapaksa gave blunt answers, revealing a different side to that usual [...]	2007-03-21 04:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
07COLOMBO475	SRI LANKA: SLOW STRANGULATION OF MEDIA FREEDOM [...] (C) Summary: Since the inauguration of President Mahinda Rajapaksa in November 2005, Sri Lanka's vibrant media has been slowly smothered by attacks on journalists, publishers and broadcasters by the LTTE and armed paramilitary groups with alleged links to the government security forces. The [...]	2007-03-22 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KPAO KDEM CE
07COLOMBO476	SRI LANKA TO "SERIOUSLY CONSIDER" U.S. POSITIONS [...] (C) On March 22, Ambassador met Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona regarding reftel demarches concerning votes on Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Occupied Territories at the UN Human Rights Council. The Ambassador delivered all key points in reftels. He suggested that if Sri Lanka found it could not [...]	2007-03-22 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ZI SU IS CE
07COLOMBO477	FORCED RESETTLEMENT CONTINUES; UNHCR DISSOCIATES [...] (SBU) UNHCR Representative Amin Awad informed Ambassador on March 22 that UNHCR had formally disassociated itself from all resettlement efforts in the east because of continued forcible resettlement of internally displaced people by the government. Awad said that even after the somewhat tense [...]	2007-03-22 12:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL AORC CE
07COLOMBO483	SRI LANKA: MANNAR COULD FACE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with military personnel and civil society members in Mannar on March 21, 2007, to discuss the humanitarian and security situation in the area. Over 8,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are living on Madhu Church grounds in Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTT [...]	2007-03-23 09:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS PTER PREL EAID CE
07COLOMBO484	SRI LANKA: FRESH FIGHTING IN NORTHWEST COASTAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 23, Government security forces attacked Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) mortar positions inside LTTE territory. The activity took place at approximately 10:00 am in an area east of Mannar on the northwest coast. The attacks penetrated about two kilometers int [...]	2007-03-23 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PHUM PGOV PREL CE
07COLOMBO491	SRI LANKA: LTTE ATTACKS AIR BASE USING LIGHT [...] (SBU) At approximately 12:45 am on March 26, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) conducted their first known aerial attack on Sri Lankan military targets. The LTTE used two small fixed-wing aircraft to drop four bombs on Katunayake Air Force Base adjacent to Colombo's Bandaranaike I [...]	2007-03-26 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MOPS EAIR CE
07COLOMBO493	SRI LANKA: FIU, MAKING LITTLE PROGRESS, WILL BE MERGED INTO [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Sri Lanka's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),which began operations about a year ago, has made little progress towards becoming an effective, independent operation. Sri Lanka's Central Bank Governor, who currently supervises the nominally autonomous FIU, plans to m [...]	2007-03-26 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL PTER CE
07COLOMBO496	SRI LANKA: LTTE SUICIDE BOMBER EXPLODES TRACTOR [...] (SBU) At 7:15 am on March 27, a LTTE suicide bomber detonated a tractor with an attached trailer just outside the entrance to Chenkalady Army camp near Batticaloa. Military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe told us that the LTTE initiated a mortar attack on the south side of Chenkalady [...]	2007-03-27 10:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MOPS PGOV CE
07COLOMBO498	SRI LANKA REQUESTS CO-CHAIR STATEMENTS CONDEMNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama convoked Co-Chair Ambassadors on March 27 to brief them on the March 26 LTTE air attack on the military airbase adjacent to Colombo's international airport (ref),and to request that Co-Chair countries issue a statement condemning the attac [...]	2007-03-27 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS CASC CE
07COLOMBO500	SRI LANKA: IMPLICATIONS OF THE LTTE AIR ATTACK FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are indications that the damage to the Sri Lankan Air Force's fleet of attack aircraft may be more serious than the GSL has conceded. The military have clamped a virtual news blackout over the incident, refusing reporters and even the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission access to [...]	2007-03-27 12:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO502	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT'S STATE VISIT TO CHINA FOCUSES ON PORT [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa visited China February 26 - March 4 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and China. For Sri Lanka, key deliverables from the visit were economic, in the form of a Chinese government commitment to [...]	2007-03-28 07:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV ETRD PREL CE
07COLOMBO508	UNSCR 1747: SRI LANKA'S TIES WITH IRAN [...] (C) DCM and poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Additional Secretary for Multilateral Affairs T B Maduwegedera and Deputy Director of United Nations and Multilateral Affairs Division Satya Rodrigo on March 28. Maduwegedera and Rodrigo were familiar UNSCR 1747 and stated that the GSL inte [...]	2007-03-29 08:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC PREL
07COLOMBO509	AMBASSADOR AND UN REACH AGREEMENT WITH GSL ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador hosted a meeting on Thursday, March 29 with UN Resident Coordinator Frederick Lyons and Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights Samarasinghe to brief Samarasinghe on donor concerns about the current structure of the Consultative Committee on Humanitarian Assistance ( [...]	2007-03-29 08:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF AORC CE
07COLOMBO511	SRI LANKA: FOREIGN MINISTER PROMISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Bogollagama called in Ambassador on March 29 to request Embassy cooperation in overcoming human rights-based concerns about Sri Lanka's eligibility for a Millennium Challenge Compact. Ambassador explained that MCC eligibility is based on a country's governance r [...]	2007-03-30 05:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM PGOV PTER MOPS CE
07COLOMBO515	UNSCR 1747: SRI LANKA FIU WILL ACT ON ANY LOCAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to the new director of Sri Lanka's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),G. Karunaratne, and his deputy, Ravindra Jayaratne, on March 30. Econoff noted that, according to the Bankers' Almanac, Bank Sepah is believed to maintain either a branch, subsidiary, [...]	2007-03-30 11:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KNNP PARM IR CE
07COLOMBO516	SRI LANKA REQUESTS US MILITARY TEAM TO ASSESS AIR DEFENSE FOLLOWING LTTE AIR ATTACK [...] (C/NF) Summary: Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa convoked Ambassador and Defense Attache on March 30 to request the visit of a U.S. military team to assess how Sri Lanka can improve its air defense capabilities to defend against possible future LTTE air attacks. Rajapaksa outlined the countr [...]	2007-04-01 05:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PTER PREL CE IN
07COLOMBO521	SRI LANKA: CONTINUED VIOLENCE IN THE EAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent violence in Sri Lanka's east included an April 2 blast on a civilian passenger bus in Amara district that killed 15 and injured 20. On Apil 1, in Batticaloa district, six Sinhalese consruction workers were gunned down. The Sri Lanka government blamed the Liberation Tige [...]	2007-04-03 13:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO523	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER OUTLINES AGGRESSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe on March 30 to press Wickremesinghe to stay involved in working towards a political solution to Sri Lanka's widening conflict. Wickremesinghe outlined the UNP's new aggressive strategy toward the ruling Sri [...]	2007-04-04 12:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO524	SRI LANKA: DEVOLUTION COMMITTEE CHAIR OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 30 meeting with Ambassador, Tissa Vitharana, chair of the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) convened to draft a devolution proposal, was optimistic the process would yield positive results. Vitharana said he expected the governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) [...]	2007-04-04 12:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE
07COLOMBO525	SRI LANKA: PUSH FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In October-November 2006, senior UN officials proposed establishing a UN-sponsored human rights monitoring mission in Sri Lanka. However, the GSL has consistently resisted the idea, most recently citing the existence of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Human Right [...]	2007-04-04 12:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER CE
07COLOMBO526	UNHCR ASSESSES HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN THE VAKARAI [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador and USAID Program Officer attended the seventh Consultative Committee on Humanitarian Assistance (CCHA) meeting, chaired by the Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights and attended by the Secretary of Defense and representatives of UN agencies, the ICRC, and o [...]	2007-04-04 13:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF CE
07COLOMBO528	SRI LANKA: NO RELATIONS WITH IRAN'S DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-05 05:44:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PARM KN IR CE
07COLOMBO534	SRI LANKA: TAMIL PARLIAMENT MEMBERS PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 3 meeting with Ambassador, opposition party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan and three TNA members of Parliament pressed the U.S. to be a more vocal critic of the Rajapaksa administration. Speaking of the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party's (SLFP) an [...]	2007-04-05 12:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM MOPS PGOV PREL CE
07COLOMBO535	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NOAA AND NWS EMPLOYEE KENNETH [...] Post grants country clearance to Physical Science Technician, Kenneth Clark of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Weather Service(NWS)to travel to Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 18-22, 2007 and to the Maldives April 22-26, 2007. The purpose of the visit is for s [...]	2007-04-06 03:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA KSCA SENV EFIS AU CE
07COLOMBO536	SRI LANKA: 2006 GDP GREW 7.4 PERCENT; 2007 GROWTH LIKELY TO [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Sri Lanka's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 7.4 percent in 2006, its highest annual growth rate since 1978. The Central Bank Governor announced that he expects 2007 growth to come in between and 7.5 and 8 percent. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecasts only [...]	2007-04-06 06:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV ETRD PREL CE
07COLOMBO539	LEADING PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES GSL [...] (C) Summary: President Rajapaksa's senior political advisor and brother Basil Rajapaksa told the Ambassador on April 4 that once the All Parties Representative Committee (APRC) reaches agreement on a consensus devolution proposal, the GSL would need the approval of the Supreme Court and two [...]	2007-04-06 07:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO54	SRI LANKA - DEAD BIRDS DID NOT HAVE AVIAN FLU [...] SUMMARY: Approximately 150 birds were found dead on January 5 in the town of Nikawaratiya, in Sri Lanka's North Western Province. Others were reported in the eastern part of Pollonaruwa Province on January 10. Salmonella caused the Nikawaratiya deaths. The Pollonaruwa deaths are still under [...]	2007-01-11 11:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI EAID WHO KFLU KSCA CE
07COLOMBO540	SRI LANKA: JVP MAINTAINS PRO-WAR STANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 5, the Ambassador met with Somawansa Amarasinghe, chairman of the Marxist, Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP),to discuss the prospects for a peaceful solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict. The JVP, long critical of U.S. foreign policy, has made public [...]	2007-04-06 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO541	SUMMARY OF UNITED NATIONS COMMON HUMANITARIAN [...] Summary: On March 30, UN agencies involved with the Sri Lanka Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP) gave presentations on the status of their activities and funding levels. Additional funds are sought in all areas. During introductory remarks, UN Country Representative Frederick Lyons sta [...]	2007-04-09 03:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF CE
07COLOMBO545	SRI LANKA: INTENSIFIED FIGHTING LEADS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Fighting between the Sri Lankan military and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) intensified over the weekend. An April 8 claymore mine attack 12 kilometers northwest of Jaffna city killed at least one SLA soldier and wounded six others. A bus bomb the morning of April 7 [...]	2007-04-09 11:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO56	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NANDA KUMAR RANGANATHAN AND [...] Post grants country clearance to Nanda Kumar Ranganathan and Gail Chambers of Millennium Challenge Corporation and URS consultant Michael Jacobs to travel to Sri Lanka from January 21 to February 1, 2007. Embassy control officer is Mr. Richard Merrin, Commercial Attache and Economic Officer, t [...]	2007-01-11 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KMCA ECON ORTA KPAO AFIN OVIP CE
07COLOMBO561	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA APPOINTS NEW [...] (C) Summary. President Rajapaksa has tasked Justice Mahanama Tilakaratne to oversee the GSL's response to concerns about abductions, including the list of 347 names Ambassador presented to Presidential Chief of Staff Lalith Weeratunga. Prior to this assignment, Rajapaksa formally appointed [...]	2007-04-11 12:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO563	IIGEP'S GLACIAL PROGRESS DISCOURAGING [...] (C) Summary. International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) Assistants Rohan Titus and David Savage called on the DCM on April 10 to give an update on IIGEP's progress. The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) plans to finally hold public hearings for several days in May, June, and July. [...]	2007-04-12 07:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO564	SRI LANKA: BUSINESS LEADERS WANT PEACE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Sri Lankan business leaders are concerned that increased fighting could provoke an LTTE attack that would seriously hurt the economy. While normally hesitant to question the government's handling of the conflict, a small group of American Chamber of Commerce members [...]	2007-04-12 08:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV PTER CE
07COLOMBO57	SRI LANKAN DEFENSE SECRETARY REITERATES COMMITMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa told Ambassador on January 10 that Army Commander Fonseka had been misquoted, and that the GSL would not take the fight to North after pushing the LTTE out of the East. Gothabaya insisted the GSL wants a peaceful solution to the conflict, not [...]	2007-01-11 12:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO58	SRI LANKA: INDIAN FOR MIN URGES GOVERNMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee, in Colombo ostensibly to invite President Rajapaksa to the next SSARC summit in April, expressed India's concern to the President and other senior leaders over civilian casualties in the two-decade old ethnic conflict. He ga [...]	2007-01-11 13:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PGOV MOPS IN CE
07COLOMBO59	KARUNA GROUP AGGRAVATING TAMIL-MUSLIM TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. A land dispute near Batticaloa led to violence between the Tamil and Muslim communities on January 8 and 9. At a meeting on January 10, political party, community, and government representatives agreed to allow the Batticaloa Government Agent to take control of the disputed lan [...]	2007-01-12 02:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO591	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY THREATENS THE PRESS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Defense Secretary Rajapaksa reportedly threatened Daily Mirror Editor Champika Liyanarachchi following the publication of a series of articles on the activities of the LTTE-breakaway Karuna group in the East. After the call from Gothabaya, Liyanarachchi contacted Karuna directl [...]	2007-04-19 12:53:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO592	SRI LANKA: AIR FORCE HITS LTTE POSITIONS IN JAFFNA [...] (SBU) The local wire service reported April 19 that the Sri Lanka Air Force bombed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) gun positions in Palai (in the Jaffna peninsula, near the Forward Defense Line, or FDL) and in Mullaitivu in the East. The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission also reported the [...]	2007-04-19 12:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO593	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY THREATENS THE PRESS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Defense Secretary Rajapaksa reportedly threatened Daily Mirror Editor Champika Liyanarachchi following the publication of a series of articles on the activities of the LTTE-breakaway Karuna group in the East. After the call from Gothabaya, Liyanarachchi contacted Karuna directl [...]	2007-04-19 13:05:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO595	SRI LANKA WILL ENDORSE THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (U) Sri Lanka's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 17 informed the Embassy via diplomatic note that Sri Lanka wishes to endorse the Statement of Principles of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and to signify its continuing commitment to support all global efforts to combat [...]	2007-04-20 09:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM CE
07COLOMBO600	HUMANITARIAN COORDINATION MEETING FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the eighth meeting of Consultative Committee on Humanitarian Assistance on April 23 with Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Samarasinghe and Defense Secretary Rajapaksa, UN chief Lyons briefed on his April 20 trip to Killinochchi in which he expressed the UN's [...]	2007-04-23 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER AORC EAID CE
07COLOMBO603	SRI LANKA: GSL DENIES TRAVEL CLEARANCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 23, the Ministry of Defense denied clearance for Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar to travel to Kilinochchi for a previously scheduled, regular meeting with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). On April 22 Associated Press correspondent Matthew Rosenberg (stri [...]	2007-04-23 12:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO604	SRI LANKA: FOREIGN SECRETARY ASKS FOREIGN PARTNERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona called in the Ambassador on April 20 to provide an update on Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) progress on human rights. He said the GSL's new Inter-Ministerial Committee on Promoting Sri Lanka's Image Abroad, which he chairs, is so far succeeding [...]	2007-04-23 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO608	SRI LANKA: INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO RECOMMEND TRO [...] (C) Embassy Colombo would support a designation of the Tamils Relief Organization (TRO) if convincing evidence of TRO financial links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eeleam (LTTE) exists. Post has not seen solid evidence against the TRO and is therefore not in a position to make the case for [...]	2007-04-24 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER CE
07COLOMBO609	SRI LANKA: MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY KICKS OFF NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe met Ambassador on April 23 to outline the UNP's latest efforts (ref a) to push the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) on human rights and media freedom. On April 22, the UNP launched a new website, www.unp.lk, which will serve [...]	2007-04-24 11:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO610	SRI LANKA: GE TURBINES PART OF $90M U.S. CONTENT IN [...] SUMMARY: Negotiations continue between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and Lakdhanavi Private Limited (Lakdhanavi) for a 300 megawatt power plant in Kerawalapitiya described in reftels. The project plan anticipates that the Export Import Bank will provide guarantees and insurance for suppl [...]	2007-04-24 12:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ETRD PREL CE
07COLOMBO611	SRI LANKA: LTTE CLAIMS SECOND SUCCESSFUL AIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) reported on their website Tamilnet that two small LTTE aircraft bombed the Palaly military complex in Jaffna at approximately 1:30 a.m. on April 24, "inflicting heavy damage and casualties." Sri Lankan government military spokesmen so [...]	2007-04-24 12:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO616	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT MAKES HUMAN RIGHTS EFFORTS [...] (C) The Foreign Ministry on April 24 issued a media statement highlighting the April 12 re-issuance of the President's directive to the security forces on respecting human rights and outlining the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) progress on human rights issues. Essentially, the order on det [...]	2007-04-25 12:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO622	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR URGES MINISTER OF POWER AND ENERGY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. company AES, operating a 163 megawatt power plant in Sri Lanka since 2003, has never received two contractually-required letters of credit from the state-owned Ceylon Electricity Board as protection against non-payment of AES's fuel costs. Ambassador, joined by AES project [...]	2007-04-26 12:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG PREL CE
07COLOMBO625	SRI LANKA, COUNTING ON RISING REMITTANCES, TRIES TO [...] Summary: Sri Lankans abroad formally remitted a record $2.3 billion in 2006, up 21 percent from 2005. Higher salaries in the Middle East, where a majority of Sri Lankan migrant workers go, partially drove this rise. A higher share of remittances sent through formal, rather than informal, chan [...]	2007-04-27 06:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EFIN PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG CE
07COLOMBO629	MALDIVES: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Maldives comes as this moderate Islamic nation is experiencing the political strains of an indigenous push toward democracy that began in 2004. Tensions between the government and opposition have slowed the pace of constitutional reform, frustrating many. There is [...]	2007-04-27 10:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER EINV MV
07COLOMBO630	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY OUTLINES MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa on April 26 to inquire about the military's future ambitions in the North. Ambassador reasserted the U.S. position that only a political solution will resolve Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict. In a candid discussion, Gothab [...]	2007-04-27 11:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO631	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: Your visit comes at a time when the environment for human rights, civil liberties, and media freedom is declining broadly as the conflict escalates. Our top priority is to press the government to put forward a serious power-sharing proposal that can help it win back the sy [...]	2007-04-27 11:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ECON EAID SL
07COLOMBO632	SRI LANKA: OIL EXPLORATION PROSPECTS REAL, BUT CONSTRAINED [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. experts who have looked at recent geological survey data believe that significant petrochemical deposits lie off the coast of Sri Lanka. On May 1, the Ambassador will join Sri Lanka's Petroleum minister and others at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston to describ [...]	2007-04-27 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ENRG EPET ETRD CE
07COLOMBO635	MALDIVES: POLITICAL TURMOIL FOLLOWS PUBLIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The discovery of a dead body floating in a lagoon near Male' on April 15 led to political controversy, as the deceased's family and opposition charged the victim was killed in custody -- and government authorities denied it. A demonstration erupted outside the cemetery. Police [...]	2007-04-30 10:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MV
07COLOMBO636	SRI LANKA: AIR TIGERS BOMB OIL STORAGE FACILITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Between 1:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 29, while most people were watching Sri Lanka play in the Cricket World Cup finals, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) carried out their third confirmed air attack, damaging Ceylon Petroleum Company oil and gasoline facili [...]	2007-04-30 14:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO637	SRI LANKA: LTTE AIR ATTACKS HITTING THE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attack early Sunday morning on oil storage facilities outside Colombo (septel) was the terrorist organization's first aerial strike aimed at an economic target. Whether by directly hitting economic infrastructure or by indirectly raisi [...]	2007-04-30 14:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EAIR PREL PTER CE
07COLOMBO643	SRI LANKA: RULING PARTY'S DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) on May 1 released its devolution proposal, which will now move to the All Party Representative Committee (APRC). Unlike most previous APRC drafts, which recommend devolution to the provinces, the SLFP proposal recommends that the unit o [...]	2007-05-02 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO646	COLOMBO EAC MEETING: APRIL 29 ATTACK ON PETROLEUM [...] (SBU) On May 2, 2007, Charge chaired a meeting of the Colombo Emergency Action Committee. Representatives from RSO, Consular, Management, Political, Econ, Public Diplomacy, IPC, USAID, DAO, ODC, IBB, and CSI attended. The EAC was convened to discuss the April 29 attack by LTTE light aircraf [...]	2007-05-02 14:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL AORC CE
07COLOMBO660	SRI LANKA: COLOMBO AIRPORT TO SUSPEND NIGHT OPERATIONS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) will suspend nighttime operations following a series of air attacks by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),including two in Colombo. Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa made the decision, seeking to reduce the poss [...]	2007-05-04 11:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PTER CE
07COLOMBO661	SRI LANKA: CRITICISM OF RULING PARTY DEVOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Most parties represented in parliament, including several elements of the ruling coalition, have come out publicly or privately against the governing Sri Lankan Freedom Party draft devolution proposals. The Sinhalese nationalist JVP has also attacked the plan, saying it is contr [...]	2007-05-04 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CE

07COLOMBO676	UNSCR 1747: SRI LANKA CITES ASIAN CLEARING UNION [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka has not yet taken any action to sever the correspondent bank relationship between the state-owned Bank of Ceylon and Bank Sepah of Iran, as required by UNSCR 1747. Central Bank officials say that Sri Lanka's membership with Iran in the eight-country Asian Clearing Uni [...]	2007-05-10 08:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD KNNP PARM IR CE
07COLOMBO68	SRI LANKA: CATHOLIC BISHOPS ASSESS DIRE HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Blake met the Catholic Bishops of Jaffna and the northwestern district of Mannar on January 11. Political Chief and Poloff followed up with Jaffna Government Agent Ganesh on January 12. The bishops expressed deep concern regarding the humanitarian situation in the n [...]	2007-01-12 13:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO686	SRI LANKA: NO DECISION YET ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) PolOff delivered ref B demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for UN and Multilateral Affairs Satya Rodrigo on May 4. Rodrigo agreed that electing Belarus to the Human Rights Council (HRC) would send a signal that human rights are of little concern to the international c [...]	2007-05-10 12:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS UNHRC CE
07COLOMBO689	SRI LANKA - NO RESPONSE TO US PROPOSALS ON SPECIES [...] Summary: Sri Lanka has no comments on the proposals submitted by the United States for consideration at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in The Hague from June 3 through 15, 2007 and summarized reftel. End Summary. 2. EconFSN sp [...]	2007-05-11 06:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA ETRD CE
07COLOMBO69	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY AND AMBASSADOR REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 13:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PTER PREL PGOV CE
07COLOMBO698	PRESIDENT RELIES ON BROTHERS FOR POLICY ADVICE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa relies on his brothers, Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa and Senior Advisor to the President Basil Rajapaksa, for advice on security matters and political affairs respectively. Fear that Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) stalwarts are disloyal has caused [...]	2007-05-15 05:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO699	HUMANITARIAN AND HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN THE [...] (U) Summary: USAID Program Officer traveled to Trincomalee District April 22-26, 2007 to assess the humanitarian and human rights situation. The following organizations and locations were visited: the Human Rights Commission?s field office, ICRC, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNOCHA, World Food Program (W [...]	2007-05-15 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF CE
07COLOMBO70	SRI LANKA: CROSSOVERS ENDANGERING COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leader Wickremesinghe told Ambassador on January 11 that a large-scale defection of members of Parliament from his UNP to the government ranks would force him to end cooperation with President Rajapaksa. He was concerned about the negative fallout for the peace proces [...]	2007-01-12 14:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO700	SRI LANKA: NO NAS PERSONNEL IN COUNTRY [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 11:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KRCM CE
07COLOMBO702	SRI LANKA: BOUCHER TELLS GOVERNMENT TO GET HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: After meeting with human rights and non-governmental organization leaders in Jaffna, Assistant Secretary Boucher urged Sri Lankan officials to control SIPDIS paramilitary groups' human rights abuses and encourage greater freedom of the press. The Government asserted that it [...]	2007-05-15 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO708	SRI LANKA: KARUNA FACTION FRACTURES; EPDP [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 08:38:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO709	SRI LANKA: KARUNA FACTION FRACTURES; EPDP [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Karuna faction is experiencing a split between its political wing and its military wing. Some observers speculate this will result in Karuna leaving Sri Lanka again. Some Karuna members have requested asylum, fearing retribution from the breakaway faction led by Karuna's [...]	2007-05-16 08:47:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO71	SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE ON PSI PARTICIPATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-13 10:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP EWWT PARM CE
07COLOMBO712	SRI LANKA TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR HUMAN [...] (C) Ambassador spoke today with Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona to urge that Sri Lanka vote on May 17 in the UN General Assembly for Bosnia and Slovenia -- and not for Belarus -- as members of the UN Human Rights Council. Several other western embassies also demarched the GSL on this issue. [...]	2007-05-16 12:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS UNHRC CE
07COLOMBO719	SRI LANKA: MALDIVES MILITARY SINKS SUSPECTED LTTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At approximately 8:25 a.m. on May 17, the Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) fired on a 75 foot-long vessel suspected of trafficking weapons for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The MNDF's actions came after a 12-hour standoff with the vessel near the Gaaf Al [...]	2007-05-17 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO720	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT APPOINTS BROTHER AS MINISTER OF PORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa has appointed his older brother, Chamal, as Minister of Ports and Aviation. The position makes Chamal responsible for oversight of several multi-million dollar ventures that the President has pushed, including an international port and airport in his home d [...]	2007-05-17 11:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KCOR PGOV CE
07COLOMBO722	SRI LANKA: IN JAFFNA, STUDENTS TARGETED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two armed, masked men entered the University of Jaffna campus in broad daylight on May 16 and delivered a note threatening eight named students with summary execution for working with the LTTE. Ambassador, following a request by the university's Vice Chancellor, spoke with both t [...]	2007-05-17 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO728	SRI LANKA: GSL COMPLICITY IN PARAMILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Allegations of government complicity in crimes committed by organized paramilitary groups have mounted in the last year. Paramilitaries such as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-breakaway Karuna group and Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) have helped the Government of Sr [...]	2007-05-18 09:22:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO733	SRI LANKA: ATTEMPTS AT TMVP RECONCILIATION FAIL [...] (S) SUMMARY: On May 18, PolOff met Kanagasabai "Mahesh" Prabhakaran, the Head of the Peace Secretariat of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP or "Karuna group") and "Pathmini" Devananda, also known as Sivageetha Prabhakaran, the TMVP Political Secretary. The two described the cause of [...]	2007-05-21 10:51:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KVPR CE
07COLOMBO734	SRI LANKA: ARMY COMMANDER REQUESTS REVIEW OF A [...] (C) Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka asked Ambassador on May 18 to reconsider the case of a Sri Lanka Army intelligence officer rejected for U.S.-funded counterterrorism training under Leahy Amendment provisions. Ambassador explained the application of the Leahy Amendment, and said the E [...]	2007-05-21 10:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO736	MALDIVES FLOODING: TEXT OF PRESIDENT GAYOOM'S [...] Summary: The Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a diplomatic note to Embassy Colombo May 21 conveying a May 18 letter from Maldives President Gayoom to President Bush stating that widespread flooding caused by heavy sea swells had damaged a third of Maldives' 194 inhabited islands [...]	2007-05-21 12:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC EAID PREL SENV MV
07COLOMBO742	SRI LANKA: SECOND "EMINENT PERSONS" PLENARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The second plenary meeting of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) and the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) took place May 12. This was followed the same week by the CoI's first hearing, a meeting hosted by the Human Rights Minister to update donor countrie [...]	2007-05-22 09:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO746	SRI LANKA: EMINENT PERSON DEVELOPS EYEWITNESS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a May 21 meeting, U.S.-funded International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) Assistant David Savage told PolOff that a witness to the January 2006 killing of 5 youths in Trincomalee approached the United Kingdom's Eminent Person (EP) Sir Nigel Rodley in the UK wi [...]	2007-05-23 12:19:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PTER MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO747	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION "CROSSOVERS" PRESENT THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 22, a group of "crossover" United National Party (UNP) Members of Parliament (MP) held a press conference to release their own devolution proposal. The UNP defectors are not members of the All Parties Representative Committee (APRC),but APRC Chairman Tissa Vitharana h [...]	2007-05-23 12:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE
07COLOMBO748	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT SEEKS TO NEUTRALIZE SINHALESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the extremist Sinhalese party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) withdrew official support for the President in April 2006, President Rajapaksa has been working to establish a measure of indirect control over the party and sap its ability to challenge his policies. The Presid [...]	2007-05-24 08:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO753	SRI LANKA: LTTE ACTIVITY IN COLOMBO, JAFFNA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 22 and 23, rounds from LTTE weapons fire fell in the vicinity of the ICRC compound at the crossing point at Omanthai on the A-9 highway and came close to hitting an ICRC vehicle with an expatriate ICRC worker inside. The checkpoint along the A-9 road to Jaffna was then [...]	2007-05-24 13:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PREL CE
07COLOMBO754	PROJECT PROPOSALS, 2007 IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FUNDS [...] SUMMARY: Post is pleased to submit a proposal to obtain funds to conduct three IPR law enforcement training sessions for magistrates and customs officials at a total cost of USD 16,500. The training sessions will repeat as well as expand a highly successful workshop recently developed by the [...]	2007-05-25 03:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR CE
07COLOMBO755	SRI LANKAN AMBASSADOR TO U.S. ALLEGES LTTE SOLD NORWEGIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States, Bernard Goonetilleke, stated in a May 17 radio interview that 130,000 Norwegian passports were in the hands of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),who were selling them to Middle Eastern terrorist groups. On May 21, the Norw [...]	2007-05-25 05:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS CE
07COLOMBO756	SRI LANKAN AMBASSADOR TO U.S. ALLEGES LTTE SOLD NORWEGIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States, Bernard Goonetilleke, stated in a May 17 radio interview that 130,000 Norwegian passports were in the hands of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),who were selling them to Middle Eastern terrorist groups. On May 21, the Norw [...]	2007-05-25 05:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS CE
07COLOMBO758	SRI LANKA: SOLID WASTE ACCUMULATES AS AUTHORITIES FAIL TO [...] Summary: Solid Waste Management in Sri Lanka, particularly in urban areas, is a severe environmental issue. Around 6,400 tons of waste is generated each day in Sri Lanka, and only 40% of this volume is collected. Sri Lanka has not created sufficient landfill space to keep up with the volume [...]	2007-05-25 09:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID SENV CE
07COLOMBO768	SRI LANKA: LTTE DETONATE MINE DURING RUSH HOUR ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 28, 2007, at approximately 5:40 p.m. local time, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) detonated a claymore mine on Galle Road near Ratmalana military base. The attack was clearly an attempt to kill Special Task Force (STF) soldiers traveling on a bus after comple [...]	2007-05-29 12:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO769	SRI LANKA: EU HUMANITARIAN AID REPORT ON [...] (C) Summary: The EU Delegation to Sri Lanka, passed to us on May 28 a confidential report describing a recent European Commission Humanitarian Assistance (ECHO) visit to Sri Lanka's Vanni region, the heart of the northern area controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The repo [...]	2007-05-29 13:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON MOPS PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO777	SRI LANKA SUPPORTS ZOELLICK NOMINATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD CE
07COLOMBO778	SRI LANKA: NATIONAL DECLARATION ON PREVENTION OF HIV/AIDS [...] Summary: An International Labor Organization-initiated National Tripartite Declaration on Prevention of HIV/AIDS at workplaces in Sri Lanka was signed recently. Partners in this new program include government agencies, trade unions, trade chambers and employers. The Declaration describes plans [...]	2007-05-30 12:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON TBIO CE
07COLOMBO779	SRI LANKA: CORRUPTION PANELISTS TELL AMBASSADOR POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent roundtable hosted by Ambassador, participants from government, civil society organizations, the private sector, and the media described corruption as endemic at all levels of Sri Lankan government, and also widespread in dealings between business and government. Most [...]	2007-05-30 12:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KCOR PGOV CE
07COLOMBO785	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (U) As requested ref A, post passed the information sheet on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Third Meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan to the Government of Sri Lanka on May 3, 2007. 2. (SBU) Pursuant to ref D, Ambassador Blake and the Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka demarched [...]	2007-06-01 06:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PARM PREL KGIC
07COLOMBO787	SRI LANKA: TAMIL HOSTEL OWNERS TOLD TO EXPEL ALL [...] (C) At approximately 5:30 p.m. on May 31, a local holiday, police in the central Colombo business district of Pettah summoned more than 60 Tamil hostel owners and ordered them to expel all occupants from their lodging that night. The police warned that they would do so forcibly the next morni [...]	2007-06-01 10:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO788	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT ARRESTS ANOTHER FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 30, 2007, the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) arrested the Chairman of Standard Newspapers Ltd. and former Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority, Tiran Alles, on allegations of "aiding terrorists." The arrest occurred as Alles was receiving treatment in a priv [...]	2007-06-01 10:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO789	SRI LANKA: CONSULTATIONS ON DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: All-Party Representative Committee (APRC) chair Vitharana told Ambassador that discussions on devolution were proceeding constructively, and should be finished within two months, or by the end of July. He agreed with Ambassador's assessment that President Rajapaksa was prepared [...]	2007-06-01 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO805	SRI LANKA: EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS OF RED CROSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The issue of abductions has again taken center stage in Sri Lanka as President Rajapaksa prepares to travel to Geneva to deliver a speech to the International Labor Organization on June 15 and meet with Louise Arbour. On June 1, President Rajapaksa announced a new committee desi [...]	2007-06-06 11:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO809	SRI LANKAN SECURITY FORCES IMPOSE TRAVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 2, the Defense Ministry issued verbal directives to police stations in Colombo to evict from the city Tamils whose identification cards indicate they are from areas outside Colombo. According to local news media and Embassy sources, on June 6 and 7, police evicted Tamils [...]	2007-06-07 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO82	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2007 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-16 12:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
07COLOMBO820	SRI LANKA: SUPREME COURT STAYS ORDER EXPELLING [...] (S) SUMMARY: On June 8 the Sri Lanka Supreme Court stayed the removal of non-Colombo based Tamils temporarily residing in Colombo lodges and hostels (ref A). The Court ruled in favor of a Fundamental Rights Application filed by the NGO Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA). Military spokesm [...]	2007-06-08 10:20:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO824	SRI LANKA: PRIME MINISTER EXPRESSES REGRET FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the weekend, Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake publicly expressed "regret" for the deportation of Tamils from Colombo lodges and hostels. On Saturday June 9, approximately 160 Tamils who were forcibly deported from Colombo to Vavuniya returned to Colombo on the same [...]	2007-06-11 10:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO825	COLOMBO RESPONSE TO TSUNAMI, EARTHQUAKE WARNINGS [...] Per reftel, Embassy Colombo provides the following responses to listed questions. 2. Question: Does a duty officer or Mission Disaster Relief Officer (and alternate MDRO) receive tsunami and earthquake warnings on a 24-hour basis from the Ops Center or other service? --Response: To date [...]	2007-06-11 11:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY AORC EAID AMGT CASC
07COLOMBO829	AKASHI PLEDGES CONTINUED JAPANESE AID TO SRI LANKA [...] (C) Summary: In a briefing to Co-Chair Ambassadors on June 8, Japanese Special Envoy Yasushi Akashi found Colombo more polarized and pessimistic when he arrived on June 5 than he had seen in any of his 14 previous visits. By the end of his visit, he was only slightly more optimistic. In respo [...]	2007-06-12 02:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF CE
07COLOMBO830	SRI LANKA: TAMIL TIGERS SIPHON OFF PART OF [...] (S) SUMMARY: In late May PolOff met the XXXXXXXXXXXX described the LTTE's complete control of all activities that take place in Tiger-controlled territory, including forced conscription and the use of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) to extract money from XXXXXXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXXXXXX also [...]	2007-06-12 03:23:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PTER PHUM MOPS PGOV CE
07COLOMBO833	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADAR HIGHLIGHTS U.S.EFFORTS AT [...] Ambassador addressed an event organized by the U.S. Embassy, USAID and the Sri Lanka Energy Managers Association (SLEMA) to commemorate Earth Day 2007. Over 300 school children, government officials, representatives of the private sector and local NGOs participated in this half day seminar. [...]	2007-06-12 11:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PREL SENV CE
07COLOMBO834	UNSCR 1747: SRI LANKA HAS NOT YET SEVERED BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka has not yet taken steps to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1747, but says it will do so soon. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama visited Iran May 25-28. With that visit past, Sri Lanka is likely to take steps to implement UNSCR 1747 in the near future. [...]	2007-06-12 12:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KNNP UNSC IAEA IR CE
07COLOMBO835	SRI LANKA: IIGEP'S FIRST PUBLIC STATEMENT CRITICAL OF GSL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The first International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) public statement, released on June 10, outlines the group's key criticisms of the Commission of Inquiry's (CoI) progress to date and notes that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has done little to address IIGEP's [...]	2007-06-12 12:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL CE
07COLOMBO837	LEAHY VETTING FOR SRI LANKAN PARTICIPANT IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The following Sri Lankan official has been nominated to attend the following course of instruction: Funding Source: ODC Course Name: Pacific Army Chiefs Conference Course Dates: August 4-10, 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia [...]	2007-06-13 03:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MASS CE
07COLOMBO838	SRI LANKA: INDIAN NAVY REPORTEDLY LIFTS OBJECTIONS [...] (C) On June 5, Sri Lanka Director of Naval Projects and Plans (DNPP) Commodore Lakshman Illangakoon contacted Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) to provide a readout of a meeting in New Delhi with the Indian Navy Commander and others (no further information) on the proposed U.S.-provided [...]	2007-06-13 06:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MASS MOPS IN CE
07COLOMBO841	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY CRITICIZES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa, in an interview with Reuters and BBC correspondents, accused the international community, particularly the UK, of "bullying" Sri Lanka over human rights. He maintained that in fighting terrorism "anything is fair." He also charged that the [...]	2007-06-13 12:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO842	FOREIGN MINISTER FOLLOWS UP WITH AMBASSADOR ON [...] (S) Summary: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama invited Ambassador for a one-on-one meeting the evening of June 13th to discuss his requests to Secretary Gates at their recent meeting in Singapore for enhanced US-Sri Lankan maritime surveillance cooperation, UAVs, and enhanced i [...]	2007-06-14 09:18:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PREL MASS PHUM CE
07COLOMBO843	SRI LANKA: WAR, AIR ATTACKS HIT BUSINESS CONFIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The resumption of war in Sri Lanka is hurting the economy both in the short term and the long term, by driving up day-to-day business costs and by making firms nervous about new investments. Veteran Sri Lanka business people say the current investment environment is as bad as th [...]	2007-06-14 10:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD CE
07COLOMBO844	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER CALLS FOR ARREST OF [...] (S) SUMMARY: United National Party (UNP) Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, citing the same grounds used by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) to arrest Tiran Alles (ref A),has called for the arrest of the President's brother Basil Rajapaksa and other members of the President's [...]	2007-06-14 10:36:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO845	OPPOSITION LEADER BLASTS RAJAPAKSA GOVERNMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: In a June 13 briefing to the diplomatic corps, Opposition Leader Wickremesinghe criticized the Rajapaksa government for being "at war with the LTTE, the international community, and with Sri Lankan values." He said the UNP party would soon start a campaign to bring the failures [...]	2007-06-14 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CE
07COLOMBO847	SRI LANKA: EASTERN MUSLIM PERSPECTIVE ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: USAID Mission Director met with community leaders representing the Peace Secretariat for Muslims from the three districts of the Eastern Province -- Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara. Participants in the the meeting, chaired by Mr. M.I.M. Mohideen, the body?s Secretary-Genera [...]	2007-06-14 11:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM PINS PREF PGOV CE
07COLOMBO848	SRI LANKA: INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS [...] (SBU) The following three claims are hereby submitted for 2007, in accordance with reftel request: 2. (SBU) a. Claimant A b. 2004 c. Claimant A had been contracted in June 2000 to provide power to the national grid under a combined cycle agreement signed with the state-owned Cey [...]	2007-06-14 13:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CE
07COLOMBO851	SRI LANKA - NOMINATION OF VIRTUSA FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE [...] I am pleased to nominate Virtusa for the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence in the small and medium enterprise category. While meeting all eligibility requirements for this award, Virtusa has demonstrated outstanding corporate citizenship by assisting disaster-ridden countries with an [...]	2007-06-15 03:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP ETRD ELAB KSEP SENV AMGT CE
07COLOMBO852	SRI LANKA - NOMINATION OF MICROSOFT FOR CORPORATE [...] I am pleased to nominate Microsoft-Sri Lanka for the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence in the multinational enterprise category. While meeting all eligibility requirements for this award, Microsoft-Sri Lanka has demonstrated outstanding corporate citizenship by enabling reformed drug [...]	2007-06-15 03:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP ETRD ELAB KSEP SENV AMGT CE
07COLOMBO854	AMBASSADOR AND OFDA DIRECTOR VISIT TO BATTICALOA, SRI [...] (SBU)Summary: On June 4 and 5, Ambassador and USAID Mission Director joined an OFDA assessment mission led by OFDA Director Ky Luu to Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka. Also on the mission were William Berger, OFDA Regional Advisor and John Lee Park, USAID HA Program Manager. The team as [...]	2007-06-15 05:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PREF PGOV EAID CE
07COLOMBO861	SRI LANKA: ABDUCTIONS PLAGUE MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Muslim businessmen have been subjected to abductions for the first time in recent weeks, marking a new and disturbing trend. Following numerous complaints from Muslim community groups, Ambassador called on Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader Rauff Hakeem (strictly protect),who st [...]	2007-06-19 05:44:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO868	SRI LANKA: EMBASSY SUPPORTS SECTION 1206 POPOSAL [...] (S) Post hereby indicates its support for roviding the CENTRIX Communication package ($56,00) and Aircraft Command and Control Integrationpackage ($4.5 million) to the Government of Sri anka under Section 1206 of the National Defense uthorization Act for fiscal year 2007. BLAKE [...]	2007-06-19 13:01:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO873	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR TRADE MINISTER GL PEIRIS VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lankan Trade Minister Peiris will visit Washington June 22-26 to meet with senior officials including Assistant Secretary Boucher and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Bhatia. Peiris will be accompanied by representatives of Sri Lanka's main garment exporter association, whic [...]	2007-06-20 08:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV PREL CE
07COLOMBO88	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY AND AMBASSADOR REVIEW [...] (S) On January 10, Ambassador and Pol Chief met Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa (ref a). Ambassador noted that SIPDIS the U.S. and Sri Lanka wanted to work with each other and with India on interdiction of arms shipments to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (ref b). He said the U [...]	2007-01-16 13:45:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	MARR MOPS PTER PREL PGOV CE
07COLOMBO882	SRI LANKA GOVERNMENT CREATES HIGH SECURITY ZONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 18 media outlets reported that the Government of Sri Lanka has designated Sampur and Muttur in the Trincomalee district as a High Security Zone (HSZ) by formal "gazette notification." Some NGOs expressed concern that the move could prevent thousands of Tamils, displaced [...]	2007-06-20 13:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO883	TWO EX-MINISTERS JOIN THE OPPOSITION, FORM NEW [...] (C) Summary. On June 19, two high profile ex-ministers, Mangala Samaraweera and Sripathi Sooriyarachchi, crossed over from the President,s party, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),to the opposition. In a letter to the Speaker of Parliament, Samaraweera announced his and Sooriyarachchi,s [...]	2007-06-20 13:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO889	SRI LANKA: ACCESS TO TAMILNET RESTRICTED IN SRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19 TamilNet, a pro-Tamil website accused by the Government of posting propaganda for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),was blocked by the major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Sri Lanka. TamilNet has accused the GSL of ordering ISPs to restrict access, a [...]	2007-06-21 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO890	SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 25-26 CO-CHAIR MEETING IN OSLO [...] Summary: The June 26 Co-Chair meeting in Oslo marks a good opportunity to think through our strategy to get the parties back to the negotiating table and into a more sustained process that could produce a breakthrough. In a June 15 meeting with Norwegian Minister Solheim in Geneva, President [...]	2007-06-21 13:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO893	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT'S SUPPORT IN PARTY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since Mahinda Rajapaksa was selected as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party's (SLFP) candidate for the 2005 presidential election, tensions have been building within the party. Embassy contacts tell us that several SLFP stalwarts have tired of defending the Rajapaksa government's poor p [...]	2007-06-22 05:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO898	SRI LANKA REQUESTS U.S. HELP ON THAI EXTRADITION [...] (C) Further to a June 13 conversation the Ambassador had with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollogama in which the Minister briefed on the GSL's efforts to work with partners in Southeast Asia to stop LTTE weapons procurement and transfer (reftel),Acting Foreign Secretary Maduwegedera contac [...]	2007-06-22 09:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PTER CE
07COLOMBO899	SRI LANKA: POLICE ARREST SUSPECTED ABDUCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 21, a special unit of the Police Department's Criminal Investigation Unit (CID) arrested former Air Force Squadron Leader Nishantha Gajanayake in connection with an ongoing probe into abductions, extortion and extra-judicial killings. Among other crimes, Gajanayake is [...]	2007-06-22 10:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO903	SRI LANKA: FEW DONORS HAVE CUT AID DESPITE WIDESPREAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The resumption of conflict and a deteriorating human rights climate have caused relatively few donors to reconsider parts of their planned aid to Sri Lanka. However, out of reluctance to penalize the intended recipients of development assistance, both multilateral and bilateral [...]	2007-06-25 05:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PHUM CE
07COLOMBO913	SUMMARY OF UNITED NATIONS REVISED COMMON [...] (U) The Interagency Standing Committee Country Team held a mid-year review meeting on the revised Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP) 2007 for the international donor community on June 14, 2007. The U.S., Japan, UK, South Korea, Australia, Canada, India, France, Sweden, and others other don [...]	2007-06-26 03:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PREF PGOV EAID CE
07COLOMBO920	AMBITIOUS CHIEF JUSTICE BREAKS AWAY FROM PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a shift from regularly supporting the President in its rulings, the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Sarath De Silva, made several decisions this month that the public widely hailed as justice served by a newly independent judiciary. Legal experts say, however, that whi [...]	2007-06-27 13:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO923	ICAO ASSEMBLY: SRI LANKA SUPPORT OF U.S. POSITIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Sri Lanka generally supports all the U.S. positions on aviation safety and security for presentation at the upcoming International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly. The Director General of the CAA, however, wanted more information [...]	2007-06-28 04:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD SENV CE
07COLOMBO924	ICAO ASSEMBLY: SRI LANKA NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S. [...] (U) Summary: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) does not support nor oppose the U.S. environmental positions for the September 2007 International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly. The Director General of the CAA cited that the CAA is not sufficiently knowledgeable of the issues to s [...]	2007-06-28 06:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD SENV ECON CE
07COLOMBO927	AMBASSADOR AND OFDA DIRECTOR VISIT TO BATTICALOA, [...] (SBU) Summary: OFDA recently completed a mission to Sri Lanka that was highlighted by the participation of OFDA Director, Ky Luu. While in Sri Lanka Mr. Luu, along with the Ambassador and USAID Director, spent two days in Batticaloa District assessing the situation of IDPs and returnees. The [...]	2007-06-29 04:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PREF PGOV EAID CE
07COLOMBO933	SRI LANKA: TIGERS ATTEMPT TO ORCHESTRATE MASSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Friday June 29, the Sri Lanka Navy seized a truck laden with more than 1,000 kilograms of C4 explosives in the Panikkar district of Trincomalee. This find follows police confiscation on June 1 of a truck traveling towards Colombo containing 1,054 kilograms of explosives. T [...]	2007-07-02 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO934	IRAN ENDORSES NEW COLOMBO PLAN HEAD [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-02 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO944	OPPOSITION COOPERATING TO PRESSURE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera on July 2 to discuss the goals of his newly formed Sri Lankan Freedom Party-Mahajana Wing (SLFP-M) and its new informal partnership with the main opposition United National Party (UNP). Samaraweera told us he h [...]	2007-07-03 11:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO946	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 2 Ambassador met with President Rajapaksa's brother and chief political advisor Basil Rajapaksa to discuss the GSL's development plans in the East. Ambassador inquired about ongoing efforts to resettle internally displaced persons (IDPs),the concerns surrounding the cr [...]	2007-07-03 12:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO948	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY AGREES TO APPOINT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, Swiss Ambassador Flint and the Head of the European Commission Humanitarian Office Verboom presented Defense Secretary Rajapakse on June 29 the findings and recommendations of the Bilateral Donor Group (BDG) visit in May to the Vanni (the LTTE-controlled area of north [...]	2007-07-03 13:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID CE
07COLOMBO957	SRI LANKA: NO OBJECTION TO PROPOSED TRO DESIGNATION [...] (C) Embassy Colombo would support an E.O. 13224 designation of the Tamil Relief Organization (TRO) if the USG determines that there is sufficient evidence to establish that the TRO is channeling funds to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for arms purchases or terrorist activities. [...]	2007-07-06 05:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER CE
07COLOMBO959	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT TAKES STEPS TO ADDRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has recently made several announcements about its efforts to eliminate abductions in Sri Lanka. On July 4 Defense Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella announced the arrest of 10 suspected abductors in the GSL's efforts to eliminate abductions-for-ra [...]	2007-07-06 07:35:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO962	SRI LANKA: COLOMBO AIRPORT RESUMES NIGHT OPERATIONS [...] SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's Bandaranaike International Airport resumed night operations on July 1 after the airport suspended night flights in early May following a series of air attacks near the airport by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. However, only one airline operating through Colombo has [...]	2007-07-09 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PTER CE
07COLOMBO966	IIGEP DISPUTE WITH GSL DIFFUSED FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 20, the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) received a harshly worded letter from the Attorney General (AG) accusing IIGEP of over-extending its mandate, relying too much on its assistants, and insulting the members of the Commission of Inquiry (C [...]	2007-07-10 11:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO971	SRI LANKA: MILITARY TAKES LAST REMAINING LTTE [...] (C) On July 11 military spokesman Prasad Samarasinghe announced that the military had taken Baron's Cap, the last remaining high point in Thoppigala, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) last stronghold in the East. Later that evening, LTTE defense spokesman Irasiah Illanthirayan is [...]	2007-07-12 10:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO973	SRI LANKA: DEVOLUTION PROCESS MAY BE RUNNING OUT [...] (C) Summary. The opposition United National Party (UNP) leadership has grown increasingly frustrated with the All Parties Representative Committee (APRC) process and is threatening to withdraw completely by August 15. UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe admits that he is staying out of the AP [...]	2007-07-12 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO977	SRI LANKA: INSTABILITY IN THE EAST MAKES FREE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: After more than a year of fighting to rid the eastern province of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),the Government is making preparations to hold elections as a concrete sign that order has been restored. However, significant obstacles remain that could jeopardize th [...]	2007-07-13 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO978	SRI LANKA: LTTE SOMBER IN LATEST TALKS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar met with Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leadership in Kilinochchi July 11. In a briefing for Co-Chair Ambassadors, he described their mood as serious, somber, and determined. No new ground was broken. Political wing head Thamilselvan wa [...]	2007-07-13 11:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO98	SRI LANKA: ARMY MAKES GAINS IN CAMPAIGN TO TAKE [...] (C) Military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe confirmed to pol FSN on January 16 that the security forces, through air strikes and ground movements, made progress against LTTE defenses both north and south of Vakarai on January 16. However, they have not yet captured the strategic brid [...]	2007-01-17 12:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO980	SRI LANKA: REQUEST TO STATE/DRL AND STATE/INL FOR SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka's Presidential Commission of Inquiry (COI) has begun investigations into serious human rights violations. The COI began hearings on one of the cases but a dispute between scientific experts regarding the forensic evidence is becoming a major impedimen [...]	2007-07-16 10:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PREL PREF PGOV EAID ASEC CE
07COLOMBO982	SRI LANKA LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. IOM CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-16 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AORC EUN PREF SMIG CE
07COLOMBO983	COLOMBO PLAN MONEY RETURNED [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-16 11:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL CE
07COLOMBO986	SRI LANKA: FIGHTING SHIFTS TO THE NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 14, the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) battled with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Vavuniya district in northern Sri Lanka, resulting in at least 14 SLA deaths. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is planning a large celebration on July 19 in downtown Colombo to c [...]	2007-07-16 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO99	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION WILL COOPERATE WITH [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Karu Jayasuriya, former deputy leader of the opposition United National Party (UNP),on January 17 to discuss whether the likely "cross-over" of UNP members to accept cabinet slots in the government would damage the MoU between the UNP and governing Sri Lanka Freedo [...]	2007-01-17 12:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07DAMASCUS218	SYRIA: 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S SUBMISSION TO THE ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT. THE EMBASSY'S POINT OF CONTACT IS POLOFF MARIA D.G. OLSON. OFFICE TELEPHONE: (963) (11) 3391-3785. FAX: (963) (11) 3391-3999. OFFICER SPENT 40 HOURS IN PREPARATION OF THE REPORT, WHICH IS STRUCTURED TO [...]	2007-03-06 09:06:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07DHAKA1602	ENGAGING BANGLADESH'S RAPID ACTION BATTALION: THE [...] (C) Summary: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is the lead Bangladeshi security force for countering terrorism. Yet since its creation the U.S. government has not engaged the 10,000-member paramilitary group because of human rights concerns stemming from persistent reports of extrajudicial kill [...]	2007-10-04 08:44:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	BG MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL

07DHAKA195	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-05 09:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OPIC KTDB USTR BG
07DHAKA611	REO VISITS DHAKA Q REVIEWS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES [...] SUMMARY. REO John Adams and FSN Jay Pal Shrestha visited Dhaka March 7 Q 14 as part of a series of regular regional visits. They met with embassy personnel, GOB officials, and NGOs to assess major environmental issues facing Bangladesh. They also visited USAID projects in the field, and par [...]	2007-04-16 01:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID BG
07DOHA260	QATAR: INPUT FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) The following is post's input for the seventh annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (SBU) Paragraph 27. Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or des [...]	2007-03-08 09:25:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB QA
07GENEVA1713	SRI LANKAN PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE LOBBIES [...] (C) Recently arrived Sri Lanka Permanent Representative, Dayan Jayatilleka, used an introductory courtesy call with Ambassador Tichenor June 27 to lobby hard against any kind of resolution on Sri Lanka in the Human Rights Council. Jayatilleka stressed that Sri Lanka saw all country resolutio [...]	2007-07-03 09:47:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC PINR CE
07GENEVA2110	EU CONSIDERS CONDEMNING SRI LANKA IN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action cable. Action request in para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The EU is considering whether to table a resolution in the Human Rights Council condemning Sri Lanka's recent human rights record. To avert a resolution, the Sri Lankan Government sent its Human Rights Minister and two [...]	2007-09-10 05:54:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER UNHRC CE
07GENEVA2184	HUMAN RIGHTS HIGH COMMISSIONER ARBOUR DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: In a September 14 meeting with the Ambassador, High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said she had felt obliged to attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) conference in Tehran even though she would have preferred another venue, given Iran's poor human rights record. She [...]	2007-09-19 05:33:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC IR CE
07GENEVA2373	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SIXTH SESSION: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council held the first part of its sixth regular session on September 10-28. It largely completed the institution-building process that had occupied much of its first year of existence, laying the groundwork for mechanisms such as universal periodic review (UPR) [...]	2007-10-11 15:39:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA2541	UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: A NEW MECHANISM IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new human rights mechanism is scheduled to get underway in April 2008, with the human rights behavior of a first tranche of 16 countries to be reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Over the next four years, all UN member states are to undergo such review in [...]	2007-11-30 16:28:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
07HANOI595	STOCK MARKET PREDICTIONS [...] (U) Summary: At the second annual Euromoney Institutional Investor Investment Forum held March 19-20 in Hanoi, a panel of investment experts in Vietnam offered their opinions on and predictions for VietnamQ volatile stock market. While all panelists agreed a market correction will occur with [...]	2007-03-28 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID EINV ETRD ECON VM
07HANOI725	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - SPORADIC ANIMAL OUTBREAKS [...] (U) Summary: Since mid-February, sporadic outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) have occurred in isolated poultry flocks. The outbreaks have been readily controlled by the Government of Vietnam (GVN). No human cases were found. Local media reports that the 2007 poultry vaccination program i [...]	2007-04-18 11:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07ISLAMABAD4208	PAKISTAN'S TEXTILE EXPORTS DROP; COMPETITIVENESS AN ISSUE [...] (SBU) Textiles and apparel account for 38 percent of Pakistan's total industrial production but almost 2/3 of exports. Despite $6 billion in investment in the textile sector in the last six years, textile exports growth slowed down in FY07 to just 5.2 percent versus last year's 16.8 percent. [...]	2007-09-29 09:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PK
07JAKARTA2073	AMBASSADOR CAMERON R. HUME PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO [...] On August 1 Ambassador Hume, along with the new Ambassadors from Libya, Spain, Sri Lanka, and Argentina, presented credentials to President Yudhoyono. In the joint audience following the ceremony President Yudhoyono described his goals to be the strengthening of democracy in Indonesia, the e [...]	2007-08-01 10:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER
07JAKARTA3180	NATIONAL LEGISLATURE FLEXES MUSCLES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's national legislature (DPR) is pressing the GOI to explain several of its recent ambassadorial nominees. Legislators are--in particular--criticizing picks for Kuala Lumpur, London and New Delhi, asserting that they are either not competent or are corrupt. The Chair [...]	2007-11-16 07:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PREL ID
07JAKARTA3408	HUMAN TRAFFICKING -- INDONESIA ESCALATES LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian law enforcement agencies are escalating the war against human trafficking, armed with the robust new anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) law and invigorated political will. Arrest and prosecution is at a record pace and corrupt officials who facilitate trafficking are [...]	2007-12-17 05:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SMIG PHUM EAID ID
07KAMPALA377	UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2007 [...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking In Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FO-02) spent 30 hours and political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 3 [...]	2007-03-05 10:58:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UG
07KARACHI784	SINDH GOVERNOR SUMMONS THE CONSULAR CORPS TO HIGH [...] (C) Summary: On November 5, 2007, the Governor of Sindh summoned all Consuls General for a meeting to explain and justify the recent declaration of a State of Emergency. Within the one-sided conversation, the Governor touched upon press freedom, judicial activism, and how the abuse of freed [...]	2007-11-06 12:30:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ASEC CASC PK
07KATHMANDU122	NEPAL: FORTY-EIGHT NEW MPS ROUND OUT INTERIM [...] (C) On the eve of the Interim Parliament's first session on January 15 (Ref A),the governing Seven Party-Alliance and the Maoists appointed representatives to fill the 48 additional seats the November 8 peace agreement had allocated to civil society (Ref B). The Maoists had previously announ [...]	2007-01-19 09:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR NP
07KATHMANDU1982	NEPAL: DRAFT 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of nor a major transit route for narcotic drugs, hashish, heroin and domestically produced cannabis are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. An increase in the number of Nepalese couriers apprehended by the police in 2007 suggests that N [...]	2007-11-15 07:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NP
07KOLKATA353	A/S SAUERBREY MEETS WITH CHIN LEADERS ON ACCESS TO REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 7 stopover in Kolkata, Population, Refugee, and Migration (PRM) Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey discussed with Burmese Chin leaders the condition of the several thousand Chin migrants in India's Northeast. The lack of access by UNHCR to the Chins and other [...]	2007-11-20 04:36:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IN PREF
07KOLKATA364	CORPORATE KOLKATA HOPES NANDIGRAM WILL NOT AFFECT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of recent violence in Nandigram, Post surveyed leading industry contacts to discuss the potential impact of the violence on investment in W. Bengal. Business owners and senior corporate managers generally believe that the recent government sponsored attacks in Nan [...]	2007-11-28 11:06:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV EFIN EIND EAGR IN
07KOLKATA67	LEFT PARTIES TO PUSH THIER AGENDA AND CHALLENGE UPA DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Parliament's "budget session" opened on February 23 and is expected to last approximately eight weeks. During the session, India's Left parties, headed by the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM),plan to challenge the economic policies of the Congress-dominated Un [...]	2007-02-23 08:17:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI IN
07KOLKATA68	LEFT PARTIES TO PUSH THEIR AGENDA AND CHALLENGE UPA DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Parliament's "budget session" opened on February 23 and is expected to last approximately eight weeks. During the session, India's Left parties, headed by the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM),plan to challenge the economic policies of the Congress-dominated Un [...]	2007-02-23 13:34:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG EAGR PGOV PREL IN
07KUALALUMPUR1641	MALAYSIA CONCERNED ABOUT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT TRENDS [...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's foreign direct investment flows rose rapidly in 2006, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2007. However, while a 52.8% increase in inward FDI flows reversed a declining trend over the past five years, the bigger news [...]	2007-11-22 23:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1721	AMBASSADOR RAISES ISA CONCERNS WITH LAW MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on December 14 with de facto Law Minister Nazri Aziz and raised U.S. concerns over Malaysia's use of the Internal Security Act (ISA) in light of the December 13 detention of five ethnic Indian activists. Minister Nazri vigorously defended use of ISA as necessar [...]	2007-12-14 11:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR448	UNHCR IN MALAYSIA: THE HONEYMOON IS OVER [...] (C) The UNHCR representative in Malaysia, meeting with the Ambassador March 2, described difficulties with the Home Affairs Ministry and raised the prospect the GOM might restrict the UNHCR's ability to operate in country. The Home Affairs Ministry recently eliminated the UNHCR's access to cu [...]	2007-03-09 00:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF SMIG PREL PGOV UNHCR MY
07KUALALUMPUR575	PETRONAS ON CASPIAN GAS; PM ABDULLAH TO VISIT KABUL [...] (U) Summary: Petronas, CEO Tan Sri Hassan Merican said Malaysia,s national oil company has not yet decided on an export route for Livanov gas and is willing to consider all possible export routes for Caspian oil and gas, including a westward one. In response to PDAS Mann's suggestion that gas [...]	2007-03-28 09:14:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PREL ECIN EPET MY TX
07KUWAIT1397	PHILIPPINES AMBASSADOR: KUWAIT "WORST" PLACE FOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: Filipino Ambassador Ricardo Endaya told the Charge on September 3 that Kuwait is the "worst" country in the Gulf region for domestic workers. He said the shelter at his embassy houses more runaway domestic workers (200) than any other Filipino Embassy shelter in the world. [...]	2007-09-16 06:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB RP KU TIP
07KUWAIT239	PROGRESS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS SLOWED BY BUREACRACY [...] (C/NF) Summary: GOK attempts to address the abuse of domestic workers through a mandatory contract have so far fallen short, with the contracts proving difficult or impossible to enforce. GOK enforcement officials acknowledge unscrupulous practices at domestic recruitment offices, but expre [...]	2007-02-19 11:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB ID KU TIP
07KUWAIT475	TIP UPDATE ON PROSECUTIONS, SHELTER, LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOK recently provided a response to formal questions regarding this year's TIP report, including an update of prosecution figures. The response states that Kuwait has agreed to establish a shelter for domestic workers, though further clarification is needed. The respons [...]	2007-04-04 06:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
07LISBON1800	PORTUGAL: REACTION TO US VIEWS ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Pol-econ officer delivered reftel points underscoring deep USG unhappiness with the results of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) 5th Session with MFA Deputy Director of Human Rights and International Affairs Susana Vaz Patto. Patto replied that the Portuguese were also quite unhappy with t [...]	2007-07-10 14:57:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UN EUN PO
07LISBON2301	US-EU PRESIDENCY CONSULTATIONS DISCUSS HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: US-Portugal consultations on human rights covered the U.S.-EU common human rights agenda and outlined plans for resolutions both in the UN's Third Committee and the UN's Human Rights Council. Portugal agreed to seek common language with us and to avoid controversial measures as [...]	2007-09-07 12:58:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN PO
07MANAMA206	BAHRAIN: SEVENTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Post's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. -------- Overview -------- 2. (SBU) 27A. Bahrain is a country of destination for men primarily as laborers and, to a much lesser extent, domestic workers, and women primarily as domestic workers, and to [...]	2007-03-05 13:34:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC BA
07MANAMA738	BATELCO ANTI-UNION ACTIVITY CRITICIZED BY GOB [...] (SBU) Recent tension between Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) management and its union, including an open meeting at Batelco headquarters attended by 500 workers, resulted in the dismissal of the head of the union and his deputy. Minister of Labor Dr. Abdulmajeed Al Alawi stated [...]	2007-08-01 12:49:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ELAB PHUM BA HUMRIT POL
07MANILA2519	REGIONAL ENDORSEMENT FOR FY08 1206 PROPOSAL FOR PACOM [...] (SBU) Summary: Chiefs of Mission of Embassies Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Dhaka and Colombo fully support the FY2008 regional proposal developed by U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM). This year's $143 million package builds upon last year's submission to improve regional m [...]	2007-07-27 06:22:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP BG CB CE ID MY TH
07MANILA2586	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SRI LANKA FM [...] (C) Summary: The government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is committed to the political agenda of devolution, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama and Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa told Deputy Secretary Negroponte in a July 31 meeting on the sidelines of ASEAN. The FM emphasized Sri [...]	2007-08-01 09:14:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS RP
07MASERU549	LESOTHO SEPTEMBER 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: ARRESTS, ANALYSIS, [...] SUMMARY: - Fitch Puts Lesotho's Economy Under Microscope - Article IV Consultations: Good Numbers, No Poverty Impact - Principal Secretary of Justice Arrested - High-level Chinese Trade Delegation Visits Lesotho - "One Stop Shop" to Simplify Trade - Promise in the Mining Sect [...]	2007-10-01 12:13:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EMIN EFIN PGOV CH LT
07MUSCAT1116	OMANIS HIRING MAIDS FROM THE UAE: FOLLOW-UP AND [...] (C) Summary: Contacts in the embassies of labor-exporting countries report that some recruitment agencies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continue to force women who have run away from their Emerati sponsors to accept employment in Oman. Omani sponsors hire the women in the UAE and transport [...]	2007-12-12 07:31:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG MU
07MUSCAT206	CORRECTED COPY - OMANIS HIRING MAIDS FROM THE UAE: PROBABLY [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts report that Omanis are hiring domestic employees from recruitment agencies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and bringing them across the border into Oman. The practice of hiring maids from a third-country allegedly is legal, but a number of women who claim to h [...]	2007-03-03 08:23:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG MU
07MUSCAT219	SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: OMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Oman is beginning to display the political will to recognize and prevent trafficking in persons (TIP). There is no available data to accurately assess the size of the problem in Oman, but there are a number of populations in Oman at risk of being victims of trafficking. Since la [...]	2007-03-06 08:09:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB MU
07MUSCAT388	RECONCILING ANTI-TIP POLICY & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 9 through 12. 2. (SBU) Summary: Some expatriate workers who fill Oman's low-paid, low-skill service sector jobs face exploitative conditions and may be victims of trafficking. Workers in the commercial cleaning industry, including those under co [...]	2007-04-22 13:19:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG AMGT MU
07MUSCAT576	TROPICAL CYCLONE GONU CAUSES EXTENSIVE FLOODING, [...] (SBU) With the departure of tropical cyclone Gonu from Omani waters on the evening of June 6, the Embassy is attempting to take stock of the storm's impact in the Muscat area. The condition of the Chancery is still being assessed, but there appears to have been no major structural damage to [...]	2007-06-07 14:06:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMER AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS SENV MU
07MUSCAT586	TROPICAL CYCLONE GONU CAUSES SEVERE HARDSHIP FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Low-skilled expatriate workers - particularly those residing in employer-owned compounds locally known as "labor camps" - were severely affected by tropical cyclone Gonu and continue to face food and water shortages. The number of storm-related fatalities among these workers r [...]	2007-06-11 11:57:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL AEMR ELBA SMIG MU
07MUSCAT788	TIP, VISAS TOP LIST OF NEW OMANI CHAMBER OF [...] (U) On August 15, the Ambassador discussed with incoming Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) Chairman Khalil bin Abdullah bin Muhammad al-Khunji. Khunji immediately raised his concern that the USG's Tier 3 ranking of Oman in the latest Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report would advers [...]	2007-08-18 10:55:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PHUM ETRD MU
07MUSCAT97	OMAN 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel request, Embassy submits the following Investment Climate Statement for 2007. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement: Economic Overview Oman's economy is based primarily on petroleum and natural gas, which are expected to account for 79% of the government's revenue [...]	2007-01-30 13:25:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ENRG KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
07NAIROBI1027	Trafficking in Persons Donor Working Group a Success [...] Summary: The Donor Working Group on Trafficking in Persons and Child Protection, established by the U.S. Embassy, UNICEF and the IOM, has greatly enhanced coordination within the donor and diplomatic community in assisting Kenyan government agencies and non-governmental organizations to develop [...]	2007-03-05 07:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB GTIP KCRM ECON PHUM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI1135	SOMALIA EMBASSY MEDIA OUTREACH [...] (U) On March 7 the Embassy of the Somali Republic in Nairobi held a media conference and issued the following statement. Begin Text: Embassy of the Somali Republic Nairobi -Kenya GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEMBERS OF THE PRESS: First I would like to take this opportunity t [...]	2007-03-09 10:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1136	KENYA SUBMISSION FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] (U) The following is Embassy Nairobi's submission for the Department's annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP). Information is keyed to the format provided in reftel. 2. (SBU) STATUS AND EXTENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN KENYA I. Overview A. Origin, Transit, and Destination Origin [...]	2007-03-09 10:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF KE
07NAIROBI1393	Somalia Requests Anti-Pirate Assistance [...] (SBU) Under cover of Diplomatic Note ESR/1381/N/07 dated March 16, 2007, the Somali Embassy transmitted the following letter from Foreign Minister Hurreh to Ambassador Ranneberger: TFG MFA letterhead Quote. Ref: FA-IC/010097/07 Date: 14/03/2007 Mr. Michael E. Ranneberger Ambass [...]	2007-03-28 08:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAID PREL MOPS SO US
07NAIROBI1407	Somalia--Kenya Requests Anti-Pirate Assistance [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 14:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAID PREL MOPS SO US
07NAIROBI3958	Pace of Anti-Trafficking Activities Quickens in Kenya [...] (U) Summary: The pace of anti-trafficking activities in Kenya quickened in the last week of September, with the first Africa-Wide Conference on Child Sexual Abuse, the regular meeting of the National anti-TIP Steering Committee, a briefing for 15 new Kenyan Ambassadors on TIP and victim assista [...]	2007-10-04 14:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB GTIP KCRM PHUM PGOV KE
07NEWDELHI1051	INDIANS OFFER BLEAK ASSESSMENT OF AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (S) Summary: During the February 28, 2007 session of the U.S.-India Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG),the Indian delegation gave a tour d'horizon of developments in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal to help set the stage for the day's discussions (reported Septel). Indian int [...]	2007-03-02 14:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV EFIN PINR MOPS KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI1218	SCENESETTER FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SECRETARY SAMUEL W. BODMAN'S MARCH 2007 VISIT TO INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Bodman, the members of the Country Team warmly welcome you to New Delhi and Mumbai and look forward to your arrival on March 19. You are visiting at a crucial time in Indo-U.S. relations and are positioned to significantly advance our growing government-to-government, commer [...]	2007-03-13 13:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY EPET EAID SENV PREL PGOV IN
07NEWDELHI1302	GOI "VERY UNEASY" ABOUT RECENT EVENTS IN BANGLADESH [...] (C) SUMMARY: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's recent visit to Dhaka was "excellent," according to Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar. Chief Adviser of the Caretaker Government Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed received high marks from the GOI with Kumar noting that, "He talks like us. He's brillian [...]	2007-03-19 06:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BG CE IN
07NEWDELHI1643	SRI LANKA'S FOREIGN MINISTER ASSURES BOUCHER THAT HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WILL BE ADDRESSED AND REQUESTS MORE SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his meeting with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, Assistant Secretary Boucher emphasized that it was vital that the forthcoming devolution package reassure moderate Tamils about their future place in Sri Lankan society and guarantee that their rights are protected. [...]	2007-04-05 13:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE IN
07NEWDELHI1702	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER REVIEWS SOUTH ASIAN [...] (C) Summary: During a one hour meeting on April 5, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon reviewed political and economic developments with Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. When it comes to the region, New Delhi a [...]	2007-04-11 07:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR PREF ECON ETRD AF
07NEWDELHI1749	THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA - PART II [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the second in a two part series on the status of women in India. This cable is derived from Post's ongoing analysis of the issues facing women as well as conversations with politicians, think tanks, NGO activists, pundits, and government officials during Senior Advisor to [...]	2007-04-12 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KWMN IN
07NEWDELHI2037	INDIAN OFFICIAL SEES BANGLADESH AT CROSSROADS, SRI [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with PolCouns on April 26, MEA Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar: -- said that the caretaker government in Bangladesh has reached a crossroads by allowing Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia to return, stating such a move weakens the government and will force it to reassert itself in [...]	2007-04-27 12:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BG BM CE IN
07NEWDELHI210	COMMUNISTS COPECETIC WITH UPA REGIONAL APPROACH, [...] (C) Summary: The Left Front (LF) and UPA are locked in agreement when it comes to South Asian regional policy, but differ sharply when it comes to the US and countries with which the US has disputes, such as Iran. In preparation for his January 13-14 Pakistan visit, External Affairs Minister [...]	2007-01-16 11:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF PINR KDEM IN PK BT BG
07NEWDELHI2179	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: GUJARAT GLASS (P) LIMITED, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Gujarat Glass (P) Ltd. (GGL),Vadodara, Gujarat, on May 2, 2 [...]	2007-05-08 04:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD BEXP IN
07NEWDELHI2225	DELHI DIARY, MAY 5-9 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 5-9, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- GOI Responds to LTTE Air Attacks in Sri Lanka with Increased Vigilance in the South -- Think-tanker: Lantos Letter "Less Than Diplomatic" [...]	2007-05-09 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR MNUC PTER PINR BT CE UK
07NEWDELHI2553	GOI BRIEFED ON AIR DEFENSE CONSULTATIONS WITH SRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) expressed appreciation for the briefing provided by the Defense Attache (DATT) regarding the recent U.S. military survey of the Government of Sri Lanka's (GOSL) air defense capabilities. MEA requested the USG to apprise the GOI of radar equipmen [...]	2007-05-30 09:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM CE BM
07NEWDELHI2766	DELHI DIARY, JUNE 6 - 13 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 6 - 13, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: POL-MIL: -- India, China announce joint military exercises -- Russian Ground Force commander visits India -- Russia continues to gouge I [...]	2007-06-13 13:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV MASS MARR KOMC KSTC RS
07NEWDELHI3031	THE BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY: A HOUSE IN DISARRAY [...] (C) Summary: In the Spring of 2007, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appeared to be making a comeback after a series of electoral wins in both state assembly and municipal elections (reftel A). However, the euphoria ended following the party's abysmal performance in the May and June Uttar Pra [...]	2007-06-29 11:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI3034	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 25-29, 2007. COMING SOON - EFFORTS TO AMEND THE MONEY LAUNDERING ACT --------------------------------------------- --- 2. (SBU) During a meeting with Econoff on June 29, Joint Secretary of Reve [...]	2007-06-29 11:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EAIR PTER KTFN PREL ENRG ECON IN PK IR
07NEWDELHI342	BJP DOWNPLAYS IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The UPA's January 3 luncheon meeting with the BJP leadership proved to be largely a flash in the pan. Subsequent events and statements by BJP insiders confirm that little of substance took place at the meeting, which consisted primarily of a briefing by Minister of External Affa [...]	2007-01-22 13:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF PINR PTER KDEM IN PK BT
07NEWDELHI3813	INDIA LAUNCHES ITS OFFICIAL CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRY [...] (U) Summary. India is rapidly emerging as an attractive destination for clinical research. The need to ensure transparency, accountability and accessibility of clinical trial data has galvanized India to launch its official clinical trials registry. This initiative, christened as the Clinica [...]	2007-08-21 11:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO TSPL ECON KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4224	DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 8-14 [...] (U) This week's product is a joint effort of Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Mumbai. Below is a compilation of political highlights for September 8-14, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Senior Nuclear Scientist Speaks in Support of Nuclear Deal -- BJP [...]	2007-09-14 12:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MNUC KNNP KISL IR PK BU IN
07NEWDELHI4377	IRAN AND THE NUCLEAR DEAL ARE NOT ELECTION ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an Iran roundtable event hosted by PolCouns September 19, a group of Indian analysts, journalists and diplomats agreed that, while the Government of India (GOI) was struggling to live down the perception that it took orders from Washington, neither the nuclear deal nor Ir [...]	2007-09-26 01:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MNUC KNNP MOPS ENRG EPET PINR KISL
07NEWDELHI4690	DELHI DIARY, OCT 13-22 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 13-22, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Indo-Pak Dialogue on Conventional and Nuclear Confidence Building Measures -- SAARC Home Ministers Meeting Scheduled for Next Week -- [...]	2007-10-23 08:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PBTS PK BT IN
07NEWDELHI4843	ARGENTINE AMBASSADOR ON INTERPOL REQUEST [...] (C) Argentina's Ambassador to India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, Ernesto Alvarez, has conveyed his opinion -- without elaboration -- that it could be counterproductive for the Embassy to deliver the remarks supporting Argentina's position on the upcoming Interpol vote to the Indian gov [...]	2007-11-02 14:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV IR IN
07NEWDELHI4898	MEA SILENT REGARDING PUBLIC DECLARATION OF BAN ON [...] (C)SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary T.S. Tirumurti acknowledged that the Government of India (GOI) denied a Burmese request for military equipment but did not comment on PolCouns' suggestion that the GOI announce the decision publicly. Tirumurti reported that three Burmese recently arrested in Manipur [...]	2007-11-07 13:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM IN
07NEWDELHI4925	BHUTANESE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT - GOI TELLS A/S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Bhutan and Nepal Preeti Saran and MEA Joint SIPDIS Secretary for Americas Gaitri Kumar told Assistant Secretary SIPDIS for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Ellen Sauerbrey November 8 that the Government of Indi [...]	2007-11-08 13:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NP BT IN
07NEWDELHI4932	BANGLADESH HIGH COMMISSION REFUTES MEA CLAIMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bangladesh Political Minister in Delhi dismissed as untrue Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) claims that Bangladesh is unwilling to ensure security of the "Friendship Train" operations. She asserted that the two sides continue to search for a mutually acceptable solu [...]	2007-11-13 04:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BG IN
07NEWDELHI5127	A/S SAUERBREY VOICES CONCERN OVER SRI LANKA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey's points regarding the status of Sri Lanka's Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),the Government of Sri Lanka's (GOSL) slow pace of identification and prosecution of human rights abusers, allegations of child recruitment into the [...]	2007-11-29 05:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER CE IN
07NEWDELHI847	GOI EXPOUNDS UPON ITS BURMA POLICY AFTER RECEIVING [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka and the Maldives) Mohan Kumar. Kumar made the following points regarding the GOI's current Burma policy: -After a period of limited interaction with Burma because of its po [...]	2007-02-20 13:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM BM IN
07NEWDELHI909	SCENESETTER: INDIA COUNTER-TERRORISM JOINT WORKING [...] (S) Summary: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes the visit of Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic, and looks forward to adding dynamism to the India-U.S. Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) and developing an atmosphere where ideas and information are easily exchanged by b [...]	2007-02-23 11:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL KTFN
07NICOSIA115	ARMENIANS IN CYPRUS: FITTING IN BEATS FALLING OUT [...] SUMMARY: Successful for four hundred years in maintaining their unique culture, language and religion, Cyprus's Armenians -- who enjoy "official religious group" status under the Republic's 1960 convention -- nonetheless seek closer ties to the majority Greek Cypriot population. As such, Arm [...]	2007-02-07 09:12:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CY TU
07NICOSIA124	CYPRUS'S "LATINS" CHART COURSE FOR GROWTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The smallest of Cyprus's three "official religious groups," the "Latins," originally the descendants of the island's Frankish and Venetian overlords, are also the least homogenous. This Roman Catholic grouping, along with the Armenian Orthodox and Maronite Catholics, were recogn [...]	2007-02-12 15:26:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CY
07NICOSIA125	NEW LAW BRINGS CYPRUS INTO COMPLIANCE WITH EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cyprus's Parliament passed February 1 a new immigration law to bring the nation into compliance with European Union norms. Under the legislation, legally employed foreign workers who have been on the island for five years can apply for long-term residency. That many officials [...]	2007-02-13 05:10:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CY
07NICOSIA168	REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS -- SEVENTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified --not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2006 - March 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Terry Steers-Gonzalez, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-336 [...]	2007-03-01 14:39:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM CY PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07OSLO1099	PAKISTANI NORWEGIANS RIPE FOR RADICALIZATION? [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 23. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Norway is increasingly a land of immigrants, with over twenty three percent of the capital city,s population now designated as non-Norwegian,. The largest non-Western group is Pakistani, a population that has established deep [...]	2007-11-08 15:28:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR KCRM KPAO PK NO
07OSLO195	NORWAY'S VIEWS ON SRI LANKA PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. On February 28, DCM and Pol Officer met with Norwegian Special Envoy to Sri Lanka Jon Hanssen-Bauer and Sri Lanka Adviser Tomas Stangeland at the MFA. The Norwegians stressed the importance of USG involvement in the peace process, outlined views on the Indian and the U.K. pers [...]	2007-03-01 16:36:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER CE NO
07OSLO404	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S APRIL 25-26 VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-19 15:58:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP NO
07OSLO454	NORWEGIAN UPDATE: SRI LANKA PEACE EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. On April 30 Sondre Bjotveit, MFA Adviser in the Peace and Reconciliation Section, updated us on Norwegian peace efforts in Sri Lanka. He described MFA Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer's recent meetings with UK and South African government officials, in addition to sharing perso [...]	2007-05-02 12:28:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER CE NO
07OSLO706	BOUCHER DOES BUSINESS IN OSLO ON MARGINS OF [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the June 26 Sri Lanka Co-Chairs meetings, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with high-level Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense officials, covering a broad range of matters including Afghanistan, Pakistan, [...]	2007-07-02 07:29:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PARM PREL IN PGOV PHUM PTER NP CE
07OSLO723	SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEET IN OSLO [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs (United States, European Union, Japan, and Norway) met in Oslo on June 29, to discuss the latest developments in Sri Lanka. All participants agreed that the situation is bleak with few small signs of opportunity. Assistant Secretary Ric [...]	2007-07-06 11:08:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER CE NO
07PARIS1090	FRANCE ON BURMA: IT'S ALL ABOUT CHINA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the Burma resolution in the U.N. Security Council, the MFA -- never fully convinced of the value of a resolution over a presidential statement -- believes Burma is a dead letter in the UNSC and fears further UNSC action would provoke the Chinese, whose coop [...]	2007-03-20 17:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
07PARIS1103	FRANCE ON BURMA: IT'S ALL ABOUT CHINA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the Burma resolution in the U.N. Security Council, the MFA -- never fully convinced of the value of a resolution over a presidential statement -- believes Burma is a dead letter in the UNSC and fears further UNSC action would provoke the Chinese, whose coop [...]	2007-03-21 15:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
07PARIS232	FRANCE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]	2007-01-22 12:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR
07PARIS321	UNESCO: SEEKING NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] Summary: Ref A calls for posts to supply the names of influential women to be included in a roster of women leaders worldwide. We at the U.S. Mission believe that UNESCO can act as an effective multiplier on global issues, including those involving women's empowerment. End Summary. 2. [...]	2007-01-26 16:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO KWMN PHUM PREL
07PARIS3344	COUNTERTERRORISM IN FRANCE: PKK, LTTE, ETA, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Poloff met on August 7 with Louis Blin, the MFA's Acting DAS-equivalent for security and counterterrorism in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs, to discuss current U.S./France counterterrorism cases. Blin expressed disappointment (but not surprise) at Vienna's release and assist [...]	2007-08-08 15:11:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL EFIN PGOV AU IZ PO SP TU FR
07PARIS414	FRENCH INFORMED U.S. WILL NOT ATTEND PARIS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on February 1 to MFA IO DAS-Equivalent Jacques Pellet to convey the U.S. decision not/not to participate in the February 5-6 Ministerial Conference in Paris entitled "Free the Children from War. Poloff explained that the U.S. decision did not/not reflect di [...]	2007-02-01 17:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNSC FR
07PARIS798	SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 16:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07PARIS864	BOUCHER AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ARAUD TALK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 1 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Gerard Araud offered frank views on Afghanistan, counter-narcotics in Central Asia, and France-Turkey relations and offered reco [...]	2007-03-07 07:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PBTS PREL PTER SNAR NATO MOPS FR AF PK
07PHNOMPENH682	BUCKING A DISTURBING TREND IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: [...] (SBU) Summary. According to a 2006 study by Freedom House, Cambodia stands alone among mainland Southeast Asian countries as having improved its commitment to freedom of the press. At Embassy urging, Cambodia removed all prison terms for criminal defamation -- a weapon of choice in this part [...]	2007-05-17 03:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KPAO CB
07PORTAUPRINCE1782	HAITI MONTHLY: OCTOBER 2007 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (U) MINUSTAH DEPUTY RECALLED. Local press reports that the deputy MINUSTAH For [...]	2007-11-08 16:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON HA KPKO
07PORTAUPRINCE1904	HAITI MONTHLY: NOVEMBER, 2007 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (SBU) PREVAL SEEKS CONSENSUS ON NEED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM FROM MAJOR LABOR UNIONS. Gesner Milcent, General Coordinator for the Haitian Syndicate Initiative (I [...]	2007-12-05 18:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON HA PGOV SMIG SNAR
07PORTAUPRINCE408	RESPONSE TO INR/B REQUIREMENTS ON PRESIDENT PREVAL [...] (C) Introduction: Reftel asks for a comprehensive assessment of President Preval's decision-making process and leadership style. As noted in reftel, post has reported on many of the specific topics inquired about over the course of Preval's re-election campaign and the first year of his second [...]	2007-03-01 17:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE54	PREVAL ON THUGS, DRUGS, AND HIS HEALTH [...] (C) I met with President Preval for an hour the evening of January 11, shortly after the president returned from the Ortega inauguration in Manugua. Key topics of discussion included the security situation, Haiti's drug problem and his agreement to meet with his Colombian and Dominican counte [...]	2007-01-12 19:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR HA US
07PRETORIA3091	AQ KHAN TRIAL: GERHARD WISSER PLEADS GUILTY!! [...] (SBU) German citizen and South African resident Gerhard Wisser pled guilty to unlawful manufacture of components of illicit gas centrifuge uranium enrichment plants intended for Libya and Pakistan and associated export control violations on 04 September in the Pretoria High Court. In his stat [...]	2007-09-04 11:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF

07PRETORIA3210	AQ KHAN TRIAL: FURTHER DETAIL ON WISSER GUILTY PLEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and INTRODUCTION: As reported reftel, on 04 September German citizen Gerhard Wisser was convicted in the Pretoria High Court of unlawful manufacture of components for illicit gas centrifuge uranium enrichment plants intended for Libya and Pakistan and associated export control [...]	2007-09-11 14:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF

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